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Fasti ecclesi scotican
FASTI ECCLESI.E SCOTICAN^
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
The Rev. W. S. Crockett, Minister of Tweedsmuir, Convener and General Editor
Francis James Grant, W.S., Rothesay Herald and Lyon Clerk, Vice-Convener
and Joint-Editor.
The Very Rev. Professor James Cooper, D.D., D.Litt., D.C.L.
W. Traquair Dickson, W.S.
The Rev. Professor James Mackinnon, Ph.D., D.D.
Sir James Balfour Paul, C.V.O., LL.D., Lord Lyon King-of-Arms.
The Rev. Arthur P. Sym, B.D.
The Rev. Robert W. Weir, D.D.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
The Very Rev. David Paul, D.D., LL.D.,
Edinburgh
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. James Gillan, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. J. King Hewison, D.D., Rothesay
The Rev. J. Mitchell, D.D., Mauchline
The Rev. Robert Pryde, D.D., Glasgow
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. 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. Arch. Maclaren, Glasgow
The Rev. J. Muirhead, B.D., Avendale
The Rev. J. W. Murray, B.A.(Oxon.), Manor
The Rev. W. H. Porter, Cidts, Pitlessie
The Rev. Harry Smith, M.A., Old Kil-
patrick
The Rev. James Smith, B.D., Aberdeen
The Rev. W. Stephen, B.D., Inverkeithing
The Rev. D. Macfarlane Wilson,
Thornton
The Rev. Wm. Wilson, M.A., Trossachs
C. E. W. Macpherson, C.A., Edin.
Thomas Reid, M.A., Lanark
J. H. Stevenson, M.B.E., K.C., Advocate,
Edinburgh
FASTI ECCLESIiE
SCOTICAN.E
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
/ BY
HEW^SCOTT, D.D.
NEW EDITION
Revised and continued to the Present Time under the Superintendence
of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly
VOLUME III
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR
OLIVER AND BOYD
EDINBURGH: TWEEDDALE COURT
1920
PREFATORY NOTE
The Editorial Committee regret the delay in issuing this Third
Volume of the Fasti. The Volume has been in type for a year, but
publishing difficulties having arisen in consequence of the enormous
increase in printing expenses, the work could not be further proceeded
with at the time.
Volume Three, including within its scope the Presbytery of
Glasgow, has entailed an unusual amount of often difficult and
arduous research. Thanks must be accorded to many persons, both
clerical and lay, who have helped in the preparation of this Volume.
The Committee are specially indebted for much assistance to the
Clerks of the various Presbyteries, and to the Rev. Andrew Burns,
Fenwick; the Rev. W. S. Brownlee, Clydebank; the Rev. John Muirhead,
Avendale; the Rev. Archibald Maclaren, Glasgow, and Mr Thomas
Reid, M.A., Lanark. They have also to thank Mr D. A. Boyd,
Saltcoats, and Mr James R. Anderson, Ayr, for placing valuable
notes at their disposal. Pains have been taken to verify the informa-
tion given, but the book does not claim to be immaculate. It has
been found that information taken from pedigrees, and even from
tombstones, is frequently contradictory and misleading. Causes of
trouble nearly always occur in proper names and dates. In almost
eveiy case, however, the material now furnished has been transcribed
from the Records of the Church, the Separate Registers of each
Presbytery, the Public Records in H.M. Register House and else-
where, and all the printed literature available on Parish and Family
Histories, Biographies, Newspaper Sketches, etc.
The Volume has been brought down to the eve of publication.
10th June 1920.
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Synod of Glasgow and Ayr —
I. Presbytery of Ayr
II. Presbytery of Irvine
III. Presbytery of Paisley
IV. Presbytery of Greenock
V. Presbytery of Hamilton
VI. Presbytery of Lanark
VII. Presbytery of Dunbarton
VIII. Presbytery of Glasgow
Bibliography of Church and Parish Histories, etc.
Index of Parishes and Chapels .
Index of Ministers . . - .
PAOB
viii
1
78
131
190
220
284
325
371
493
508
513
ABBREVIATIONS
adm.
. admitted
marr.
. married
app.
. appointed
min. .
. minister
bapt.
. baptized
ord. .
. ordained
coll.
. collated
pres. .
. presented
cont.
. contract
presb.
. presbytery
(marriage)
pro. .
. proclaimed
dem.
. demitted
res. .
. resigned
dep.
. deposed
S.£>.
. without issue
ind.
. inducted
trans.
. translated
inst.
. instituted
univ.
. university
licen.
. licensed
unmarr.
. unmarried
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR
The Synod Eegister begins 30th August 1687.
PEESBYTEEY OF AYR
[In 1581 the General Assembly had in view the erection of a Presbytery at Ayr. How
soon thereafter this Court was actually constituted does not appear. The Presbytery
Eegister begins at 20th April 1642. There is a gap in the Records from 22nd Jan. 1651
to 3rd Aug. 1687.]
ALLOWAY (Q.S.).
[The parish of Alloway is ancient, and
was a prebend of the Chapel Royal of
Stirling. Its church was dedicated to St
Mungo. In 1690 the parishes of Ayr and
Alloway were united. The ancient church
of this parish, " Alloway's auld haunted
kirk," the romantic scene of Tam o' Shanter's
ghostly vision, still stands roofless in its
churchyard, a finely placed, impressive ruin.
Near its west end is St Mungo's Well, which
Burns has not overlooked in the poem. In
the churchyard is buried William Burns,
the poet's father. In 1858 a mission chapel
was built close to the churchyard gate. By
decree of the Court of Teinds, 4th July
1860, Alloway was disjoined from Ayr, and
erected anew as a separate parish. In
addition to the territory within its ancient
boundaries, Alloway thereafter included
certain lands on the right bank of the
Water of Doon taken from the parish
of Maybole. In 1891 the modern parish
church of Alloway was considerably
enlarged.]
JAMES RAMSAY, reader from 1567 to
156 ^ 1580; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage by James VI. 28th March
1573.— [Reg. Assig.]
VOL. III.
JAMES DALRYMPLE, min. of Ayr;
1573 pres. to the vicarage 13th Aug. 1573.
THOMAS FALCONER, reader in
1589 1589.
ANDREW MILLAR, min. in 1628;
1628 pres. to Girvan 26th Nov. 1632.
DAVID M'QUORNE, min. before 1636.
As he had neither manse, glebe, nor
competent allowance, the Presb., on
12th July 1643, apparently gave him leave
to accept a call to any other parish, but it
was not till 11th Sept. 1662 that he was
pres. to Straiton.
1636
1859
JOHN LOCHHEAD, born Toward,
Argyll, 1833, eldest son of Thomas
L., farmer ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dunoon ; ord.
17th Feb. 1859 ; first min. of the parish 4th
July 1860 ; res. on account of voice failure,
1880, and went to reside at Cheltenham.
SAMUEL MARCUS DILL, born Belfast,
20th Dec. 1843, son of Professor Robert
Foster D., M.D., M.R.C.S., Queen's
College, Belfast, and Catherine Haughton
Rentoul ; educated at Royal Belfast Institu-
tion, Queen's College, Belfast, Assembly's
Theological College, Belfast, Theological
1881
ALLOW AY— ANNBANK
[PKESB. OF
College, Geneva ; Queen's University, Ire-
land; B.A. (1864), M.A. (1866), licen. by
Presb. of Belfast Dec. 1867 ; ord. to Cumber,
Co. Londonderry, 5th May 1868 ; trans, to
Ballymena, Co. Antrim, 7th May 1874 ;
adm. here 5th May 1881 ; D.D. (United
Theological Faculties of Presbyterian
Church of Ireland, 1907); joint -convener
of Committee on Small Livings 1912 ;
Moderator of the General Assembly 21st
May 1912; dem. 4th June 1918. Marr.
4th July 1878, Agnes Graham, daugh. of
John James Kowe of Dinglefield, Liverpool,
and has issue — Kathleen Norah, army nurse,
born 14th June 1880 ; Marcus Graham,
brevet major R.A.M.C., served in France,
bom 22nd Feb. 1882 ; Robert Foster, D.S.O.,
captain 129th Baluchis, born 6th June
1883, killed in France 11th April 1915;
Agnes Rosa, born 4th Jan. 1887 ; John
Rowe, lieut. 49th Punjabis, born 3rd Dec.
1889, killed in France, 6th June 1915;
Hessy Foster, born 31st Jan. 1892 ; Alfred
Vincent, M.B., Ch.B., born 26th April
1893 ; Louise le Blanc, born 20th May 1897.
Publications — Sermons and Contributions
to Theological and Literary Magazines ;
The Church, The Body of Christ [Assembly
Closing Address] (Edinburgh, 1912).
JOHN M'FARLANE HAMILTON,
born Beith, 28th April 1879, son of
John H. and Isabella Steedman ;
educated at Beith Academy, Vale of Leven
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1902), B.D. (1905); licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton April 1905 ; assistant at Ren-
frew ; ord. to St James's, Ayr, 14th Feb.
1912 ; trans, and adm. 18th Dec. 1918.
ANNBANK (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built at Annbank in 1871.
This parish, erected 10th July 1914 by the
Court of Teinds, was disjoined from the
parishes of Tarbolton and St Quivox.]
GEORGE M'CONACHIE, M.A; ord.
1st Oct. 1873; trans, to Rerrick
24th July 1877.
GAVIN CRAWFORD, ord. 18th Oct.
77 1877 ; trans, to Fauldhouse 20th
June 1882.
THOMAS WALLS, licen. by Presb. of
1882 Edinburgh 12th May 1880 ; ord. 25th
Sept. 1882; res. 1st Dec. 1886;
was assistant at Shettleston 1892.
ANDREW ROBERTSON, M.A.; ord.
30th Dec. 1886; trans, to Cadzow
1886
13th Dec. 1888.
JOHN MANN CALLAN, educated at
1889 Univ - of Glasgow; M.A. (1882);
licen. and ord. by Presb. of Dunoon
to Presbyterian Church, Balwearie, Pictou,
Nova Scotia, 1886; adm. here 1889; res. 1895.
MELVILLE VIPONT ANDERSON
1895 [afterwards David Avenel Vipont];
ord. 28th Aug. 1895; trans, to St
Ninian's Mission, Edinburgh, in 1898.
ROBERT CONDIE HUNTER, licen.
1898 k y Presb. of Dunfermline 1st May
1889; ord. 28th Sept. 1898; res.
in 1900 ; assistant at Rutherglen in 1901,
Lanark 1904, Abbotshall 1905, Dundee 1906,
and Edinburgh 1907-8.
ALEXANDER CAMERON, ord. 26th
lgoo April 1900; trans, to Inverchaolain,
3rd Aug. 1910.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, M.A. ; ord. 31st
1910 ® c *" ^^® ' t rans - to Stronsay 6th
Feb. 1913.
ROBERT SMITH MACKINTOSH,
lgl3 M.A. ; ord. 5th June 1913 ; first min.
of the parish 10th July 1914; trans,
to St Margaret's, Arbroath, 6th Dec. 1916.
GEORGE LINDSAY STEWART, born
1917 Glasgow, 22nd Sept. 1880, son of
William S. and Maria Lindsay ; edu-
cated at Kilmarnock Academy, Univ. of
Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Free Presb. of Glasgow,
14th June 1910 ; assistant at Fountainbridge
Free Church, Edinburgh ; ord. to Free
Church, Dumfries, 11th Aug. 1910; trans,
to Free Church, Dunbarton, 18th Feb.
1915; trans, and adm. 3rd May 1917.
Marr. 3rd Oct. 1900, Anna, daugh. of John
Smith, and has issue — William, born 27th
April 1902 ; Lindsay, born 13th Aug. 1903 ;
George, born 27th June 1907 ; Constance,
born 15 th May 1910.
aye]
AUCHINLECK
AUCHINLECK.
[The church of Auchinleck belonged of
old to the Abbey of Paisley. In 1754
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, a
senator of the College of Justice, added
an aisle to the church. He was a judge
of some note, but is now perhaps best
known as the father of James Boswell,
Dr Samuel Johnson's biographer. The
parish had a Well named Our Lady's, and
near Auchinleck Castle stood a Chapel of
St Vincent. In 1844 Auchinleck Church
was rebuilt on a new site adjoining the
old one. There is a" mission chapel at
Darnconner.]
JOHN INGLIS, trans, from Ochiltree
before 1574 ; returned there after
1574
1580.
1617
1631
GEORGE WALKER, son of John W.,
bailie in Newmills; MA. (Glasgow
1607) j min. in 1617 ; died June 1621,
aged about 34. He marr. Martha Granger,
who died in 1640. — [Milne Home Papers,
87 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
JOHN SHAW, son of Alexander S.
in Clauchphymett ; MA. (Glasgow
1617) ; min. in 1631 ; died after 28th
March. 1649. He marr. Margaret Douglas,
and had issue — William, apprenticed to
James Durie, merchant, Edinburgh, 27th
Nov. 1650. — [Sed.-Book of Teinds; Ayr
Sas., iii. 220, vii. 640.]
ANDREW DALRYMPLE,MA.; called
March 1650 ; adm. 22nd Jan. 1651 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He was accused of holding con-
venticles 8th April 1669. He had an in-
dulgence at Sorn 2nd Sept. 1669.— [P. C.
Reg., 3rd ser., iii., 3, 70.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A.; be-
i662 came min. here after 1662; some
"desperate villains" having entered
and robbed his house on the night of 12th
Jan. 1672 and maltreated him and his
family, the Privy Council sent down a com-
mission under a strong military guard to
investigate the matter, and the parish was
fined 3500 merks as damages sustained by
the min. ; elected to Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
1669.— [P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., iii., 444 et seq.]
1680
JOHN WATSON, MA. (Glasgow, 14th
July 1670); adm. before 23rd June
1680. The edict was served under
the protection of three troops of dragoons,
and at the Revolution W. was forced into
the churchyard by ninety armed men, who
prevented him from preaching and tore
his gown. He died between 27th March
1696 and 6th Nov. 1697. He marr. Janet
Crichton. — [Mauchline Sess. Reg. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
1687
JOHN CAMPBELL, MA. (Glasgow
1661) ; ord. 4th Feb. 1679 ; was one
of the members constituting the
Presb. after the Toleration 3rd Aug. 1687 ;
died Nov. 1688, aged about .47. He marr.,
and had issue — a daugh. (marr. Adam
Stillie of Chang).— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
JOHN LAURIE, MA. (Glasgow, 27th
July 1676) ; ord. Presbyterian min. at
Macosquin, Coleraine, Ireland ; called
to Penpont before 8th Oct. 1689 ; called in
Nov., and adm. 29th Dec. 1692 ; died June
1710, aged about 54. He marr., and had
issue — James, min. of Kirkmichael. —
[Craivf ord John Sess. Reg. ; Wodrow's
Anal.]
JOHN GRANT, son of Lewis G. of
Whitetree ; ord. to Knockbain 27th
Sept. 1711; called 29th May, and
adm. 9th July 1712. He was accused at
the Presb. 28th April 1731, of having been
absent from his parish from Oct. 1729, and
providing an assistant for one month only,
that he had visited the families in the parish
only once in four years, and had dispensed
the Communion not more than two or three
times since his admission. His demission
was accepted 9th June 1731 ; retired to
London, where he became min. of a Presby-
terian meeting-house. On the death in 1729
of his brother-in-law, Colin Campbell, the
celebrated architect, he inherited a large
fortune. He died Jan. 1732. He marr.
Henrietta (died 6th June 1731), daugh. of
Donald Campbell, and had issue— Elizabeth;
Ann; Alexander; Colin; Ludovick, adjutant
1712
AUCHINLECK— AYR
[PRESB. OF
of Chelsea Hospital ; John ; Donald : Jean.
— [Edi?i. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Boston's
Memoirs, 377 ; Brown's Gospel Truth.]
DAVID COOPER, M.D. ; licen. at
Rotterdam; called 6th Dec. 1731;
pres. by James Boswell of Auchin-
leck ; ord. 26 th April 1732 ; died 9th July
1751. He marr. May 1723, Janet Carstairs,
who died 25 th March 1770, and had issue —
David ; William. Publication — Two single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1735 ; Glasgow, 1747).
1732
1752
JOHN DUN, a native of Eskdale,
Dumfriesshire ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 11th Sept. 1750; became chaplain
in the family of Alexander Boswell, Lord
Auchinleck, and tutor to James Boswell
the biographer ; called 11th Aug., and ord.
9th Nov. 1752; died 11th Oct. 1792, aged
68. He marr. (1) 21st Nov. 1757, Mary
Wilson, who died 2nd June 1762, aged 32,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 8th Aug.
1758; Isabella, born 16th March 1760
(marr. Alexander Gillies, min. of Kil-
maurs): (2) 28th Dec. 1770, Deborah
Blackstock or Williamson, who died 13th
December 1795, aged 63, and had issue —
Alexander Boswell, born 3rd July 1772.
Publications — Two single Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1766; Kilmarnock, 1 780) ; Sermons,
2 vols, (in the first of which is " the Deil's
answer to his verra friend, R. Burns ")
(Kilmarnock, 1790) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Steven's Atich-
inleck, 32.]
JOHN LINDSAY, pres. by James Bos-
well of Auchinleck in March, and ord.
29th Aug. 1793; trans, to Ochiltree
5th June 1818.
1793
JAMES BOYD, pres. by Alexander
Boswell of Auchinleck, M.P., 24th
Nov. 1818; adm. 6th May 1819;
trans, to Ochiltree 18th April 1833.
1819
1833
JAMES CHRYSTAL, born 1807, second
son of William C, LL.D., rector of
the Grammar School, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1825);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th Oct. 1829 ;
pres. by Sir James Boswell of Auchin-
1893
leek, Bart., 25th April, and ord. 19th
Sept. 1833 ; sometime Clerk of Presb. ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1861) ; Moderator of General
Assembly 22nd May 1879; LL.D. (St
Andrews 1893); died Father of the
Church, 6th Feb. 1901. He marr. 1st Oct.
1834, Sophia (died 21st July 1890), daugh.
of Patrick Playfair of Dalmarnock, West
India merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
—William, born 30th July 1835, died 12th
April 1845 ; Jane Playfair, born 12th Feb.
1837, died 29th Nov. 1884 ; Patrick, Bom-
bay, born 28th June 1838, died 17th June
1885 ; James Robert, min. of Coltness, born
6th Oct. 1839 ; Andrew, merchant, Montreal,
born 19th Jan. 1841, died 16th Feb. 1885;
David, born 17th Sept. 1843, died 21st June
1857; John Smith, born 12th Oct. 1845;
Sophia Ann, born 3rd June 1847 (marr.
Pearson M'Adam Muir, D.D., min. of
Glasgow Cathedral). Publication — The Doc-
trine and Position of the Church of Scotland
(Assembly Address, Edinburgh, 1879).
JAMES HILL, born Dundee, 20th July
1863, son of Alexander H. and
Barbara Hill ; educated at West
End Academy, Dundee, and Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1888) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee May 1888; assistant
at Maxwelltown and Darnconner Mission ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Nov.
1893. Marr. 22nd April 1903, Agnes Jane,
daugh. of Hugh Blair M'Lellan, and has
issue — Alexander, born 3rd March 1904 ;
Hugh Blair M'Lellan, born 20th July
1907 ; James, born 16th June and died
31st July 1908 ; Alison Irene, born 15th
Feb. 1911; Eric Alan (twin), born 15th
Feb. 1911.
AYR.
[Until the Reformation the Rectory of
Ayr was a prebend of Glasgow. Its church,
a spacious structure with choir and tran-
septs, was dedicated to St John the Baptist.
The Parliament held at Ayr by Robert I., to
settle the succession of the Crown, appears
to have sat in St John's Church. About
1652 this fine building was pulled down by
Oliver Cromwell to furnish material for a
fort which he was erecting close by. The
AYR]
AYR
church tower only was spared ; it has re-
centlybeen the subject of careful restoration.
The foundation outlines of St John's can
still be well made out. In its stead there
was built about 1654 a smaller and much
plainer edifice, which has come to be called
the Old Church of Ayr. It stands upon
ground formerly occupied by the Grey
Friars. When the nineteenth century
began, the population of the old parish of
Alloway had become greatly reduced, while
the town of Ayr was steadily growing.
In 1810 church services at Alloway were
given up, and there was built at Ayr a
second place of worship for the united
parishes. This building, termed the New
Church, stands near the ruins of St John's.
Besides the high altar, there were in St
John's Church a good many minor altars.
Among these were dedications to the Holy
Trinity, the Holy Blood, the Holy Rood, St
Mary, St Michael, St Peter, St Ninian, St
Nicholas, St Christopher, and St Eloi. The
chief yearly fairs at Ayr were St John's
on St John the Baptist's day, 24th June,
and St Michael's at Michaelmas, 29th
September. St John's Fair is still held,
but now the fair day is the last Tuesday of
June, old style. At Doonslie in the parish
of Ayr there was a hospital of St Leonard.
The parishes of Ayr and Alloway were
united in 1690. In 1860 this union was
dissolved by the re-erection of the parish of
Alloway. In the town of Ayr there was a
priory of the Black Friars, dedicated to St
Katherine ; and beside it was St Katherine's
Well. This priory, founded in 1230, was
the earliest house of the Dominicans in
Scotland. In it was kept an image of the
Virgin Mary greatly famed for miraculous
power, and much resorted to by pilgrims.
In the Black Friars' Church there was an
altar of St Duthac. John Willock, a
notable supporter of the Reformation, who
became a colleague of John Knox in Edin-
burgh, was bred a Black Friar of A.yr.
The Grey Friars also had a priory in the
town. It was founded in 1472 on the site
now occupied by the Old Church and its
churchyard. On the sloping ground be-
tween that church and the water of Ayr
the Friars' Well is still to be seen.]
CHRISTOPHER GOODMAN, B.D.;
1559 became min. here Nov. 1559 ; trans,
to St Andrews in 1560.
JAMES DALRYMPLE, is mentioned at
1560 the first General Assembly, 20th
Dec. 1560, as reader ; " thought
qualified for preaching the word and ad-
ministering the sacraments." He entered
at Beltane 1568 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 8th Aug. 1571, to the parsonage
and vicarage of Alloway 13th Aug. 1573,
and to the parsonage of Ayr 28th Nov.
1579. He was a member of the Conven-
tion at Leith in 1571, and of the Assembly,
Aug. 1572 and 1578. He died in 1580,
leaving a widow and children. — [Booke of
the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist. ii. 45 ; Beg.
Assig. ; Acts and Dec, xlviii., 145, 10th
Dec. 1572.]
ROBERT HERBERTSON, called parson
1574 °^ ^-Y V * n 15 ^ 4 - — [Fraser's Maxwells
of Pollok, i., 310.]
JOHN PORTERFIELD, adm. min. of
1580 D un baxton in 1564, but banished
therefrom before Dec. 1568 ; became
min. of Kilmaronock and vicar of Ardrossan,
to which he was pres. by James VI. 29th
April 1568 ; trans, here in 1580 ; pres. to the
parsonage by James VI. 25th April 1581,
and to the parsonage " callit Air secundo "
22nd Sept. 1582. He was a member of at
least eleven Assemblies preceding Whit-
sunday 1597 ; was one of those nominated
by the Privy Council 6th March 1589, for
preservation of true religion within the
baillierie of Kyle, and was dead before
10th April 1604. He is said to have been
" easy in his disposition, even going to bow-
butts and archery on the Sabbath after-
noons." He marr. (1) Margaret Smollet :
(2) Elizabeth Stewart, who survived him. —
[Beg. Assig.; Booke of the Kirk; Calder-
wood's Hist., ii. 501 passim, iv. 566, v. 447 ;
Life of Welsh ; Melville's Autob. ; Ayr Sas.
Sec. Beg., i., 161 ; Beg. of Deeds, cxl., 30th
Nov. 1607 ; Prot. Book of John Mason, Ayr
(Hist. Coll. Ayr and Gall., vi., 179).]
JOHN WELSH [WELCH], born about
1600 15 ^ ' son °f John W. of Colliston,
parish of Dunscore, Dumfriesshire,
and Marion Grier. After finishing a some-
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what desultory education he joined a band
of Border thieves, till like the prodigal "he
began to be in want," and being ashamed
of himself he returned, and through an
intercessor, sought reconciliation with his
offended parent. He went to the Univ. of
Edinburgh, graduated M.A. in 1588, and
was the first min. who had studied there.
He was nominated, 6th March 1589, by the
Privy Council one of a committee for
maintaining the true religion in the Forest
and Tweeddale ; was adm. min. of Selkirk
in 1589 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright in 1594 ;
app. 29th March 1596 one of the visitors
for Nithsdale, Annandale, Lauderdale,
Eskdale, and Ewesdale. On 18th Dec. of
that year, while supplying the High Kirk,
Edinburgh, during the flight of its own
ministers, he so offended the king by his
illustrations, that he also was obliged to
take flight, till application was made by
the Assembly on 5th March following for
permitting his return to his charge. This
in 1599 included Galtaway, Dunrod, and
Kilchrist ; trans, to Ayr as assistant Aug.
1600. In consequence of the crowds who
were attracted by his preaching, the
Town Council resolved, 26th May 1603,
to erect a new church, which, however,
was not carried out till 1652. On John
Porterfield's death in 1604, the people
unanimously elected W. his successor, and
on 10th April they requested the Town
Council to ratify their choice and assign
him a stipend. Though he did not arrive
at Aberdeen till two days after an Assembly
had been held there, 2nd July 1605, in
opposition to the royal will, he zealously
approved its proceedings, and has been
considered one of its chief supporters. He
was summoned before the Privy Council
25th July, and committed prisoner to the
castle of Blackness on the 27th. Declining
the authority of the Privy Council 24th
Oct., in a cause which he considered
spiritual, he, with four others, was tried
before the Justiciary at Linlithgow 10th
Jan. following, found guilty, and banished
from His Majesty's dominions for life,
23rd Oct. 1606. He went to France and
studied the language of the country so
successfully that in fourteen weeks he was
able to preach in it with fluency. After
preaching at Bordeaux, he was inducted
parson at Jonsac in the end of 1608, at
Nerac in 1614, and St Jean dAngely about
1617. For several years after he was
banished, the Town Council of Ayr regu-
larly remitted his stipend to him. St Jean
dAngely was besieged in 1620 by Louis
XIII. while he was there. By the law of
the kingdom no Protestant worship was
allowed at the place where the king resided ;
nevertheless, W. continued to hold his ser-
vices, and when called before the king and
demanded how he durst do so, he replied,
"If your Majesty knew what I preach, you
would command others, and come yourself
to hear it ; I preach salvation by Jesus
Christ ; and sure I am your conscience
tells you, your own works will never merit
salvation for you ; I preach there is none
on earth above you, which none of those
that adhere to the Pope will say." This
firm and energetic reply so pleased the
sovereign, that he exclaimed, "Very well,
father, you shall be my minister," at the
same time promising his protection, so
that when the town was taken in the
following year, guards of safety were
planted at his house, and he and his family
conveyed to Eochelle at the king's expense.
In consequence of declining health, he
was induced to return to Britain in 1622,
intending thereafter to settle in the newly
formed colony of Nova Scotia. At London
his wife petitioned the king in person on
his behalf, with urgent solicitude, when
James, who had suffered under the faith-
ful rebuke of W. for his unkingly habit
of swearing, replied that if she would
persuade her husband to submit to the
bishops, he would have his permission.
With a fortitude and heroism worthy of
her husband and her father, Mrs W., lifting
up her apron, and holding it towards her
sovereign, mildly yet firmly said, "Please
your Majesty I'd rather kep (receive) his
head there (in her lap)." W. died in
London 2nd April 1622, and was buried
two days later in St Botolph, Bishopsgate.
He marr. previous to 8th April 1596, Eliza-
beth (died at Ayr, 8th Jan. 1625), youngest
daugh. of John Knox the Reformer, and
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had issue— John, bapt. 8th June 1606;
William, doctor of physic, died before 1633;
Josias, min. of Temple-patrick, Ireland, died
1634; Nathaniel; Lucy; and another. Pub-
lications— A Reply against Mr Gilbert
Brown, priest (Edinburgh, 1602) [reprinted
as Popery Anatomized by Matthew Craw-
ford, min. of Eastwood (Glasgow, 1672)] ;
V Armageddon de la Babylon Apocalyptique
(Jonsac, 1612) ; Thirty-Jive Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1744); Discourses (1752); "Letters to
Mr Robert Boyd of Trochrig" (Woodrow
Miscell.); A Cryto the Whole JW^ (Glasgow,
1785); Forty-eight Select Sermons (Glasgow,
1811).— [Beg. Assig. ; Life (Sermons); Liv-
ingston's Charac. ; Select Biog., i., 1-61 ;
Edin. Chr. Inst., xxii. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Edin. Reg. {Bapt.) ; Young's Life of Welsh ;
Calderwood's Hist., i., 420, 621, 685, passim;
Reg. of Deeds, cccclxiii., 282 ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. ; Notes and Queries, 9th ser., iv.,
433 ; Craig-Brown's Selkirkshire, ii., 220 ;
M'Crie's Knox, App., p. 417.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, probably of the
. „ family of Dunbar of Cumnock, was
min. of Cumnock in 1599; trans,
about 1607 ; removed by the Privy Council
12th Oct. 1611, and commanded to be
warded in Dunbarton, for praying for the
banished brethren, his predecessor, and
others ; became min. of Second Charge in
1613, and returned here in 1619.
' WILLIAM BIRNIE of that ilk, born
Edinburgh 1563, only son of William
B. of that ilk and Margaret Fraser ;
educated at St Andrews; M.A. (1588);
became a merchant, but sustaining con-
siderable losses, he returned to his studies
and studied divinity at Leyden Univ. for
three years ; was on the exercise at Edin-
burgh 25th Jan. 1596 ; pres. to the vicarage
of Lanark 28th Dec. 1597 ; app. 4th Aug.
1603 master and economus of the hospital
and almshouse of St Leonard ; and on 26th
Sept. 1612 Dean of the Chapel Royal ; adm.
here that year and pres. to parsonages and
vicarages of Ayr and Alloway by James VI.
16th June 1614. He was a member of the
Court of High Commission 21st Dec. 1615,
and one of the commissioners for the
suppression of popery agreed to by the
Assembly 1616; died 19th Jan. 1619. It
was said of him, " He was of good personage,
and so agile, that he could make the salmon's
leap, by stretching himself on the grass,
leaping to his feet, and again throwing
them over his head." He was also " pleasant,
pious, and charitable even above his estate."
" He waited on his charge with care and pains,
At Air, on little hopes and smaller gains."
He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of John Lindsay,
min. of Carstairs (she survived him, and
marr. (2) James Harper, surgeon, and (3)
John Harper, min. of West Kilbride), and
had issue — John, merchant, born 1600,
served heir to his father 31st Jan. 1621 ;
James, merchant, afterwards secretary to
the King of Poland; Robert, min. of
Lanark ; Elizabeth (marr. (1) George Fer-
guson, treasurer of Ayr : (2) Dr Steinson,
physician, Ayr) ; Margaret (marr. Hew
Harper of the family of Cambusnethan).
Publication — The Blame of Kirk-Bttriall
(Edinburgh, 1606, reprinted London, 1833).
— [Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; Nisbet's
Her. Plates, 24 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Marr.
Reg. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 940 ;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 206, 230 ; Booke of
the Kirk; Reg. of Deeds, ccexxxi., 95; -Hugh
Davidson's Lanark, 39.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, trans, from Second
Charge in 1619; deprived by the
Court of High Commission 10th Jan.
1622, for not conforming to the articles of
Perth Assembly, endeavouring to prevent
their being enacted by the Parliament, and
declining the authority of the court being
at the same time ordained to be warded at
Dumfries. Instead of giving obedience, he
continued to preach in the town, though
denounced a rebel and put to the horn.
Thus the magistrates were brought to
trouble, and he was ordered by royal
warrant, 30th July 1624, to be sent to Ire-
land. Being summoned before the Privy
Council 22nd Sept. thereafter, he declared
"that he wald acquiess to his majesties
will and pleasure." He was then described
as " ane decrepite, poore, aged man," yet he
went to Ireland, was min. at Lame, for
twelve years (1624-1636), and then returned
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to the charge of Mid-Calder in his native
country.— [Orig. Lett., ii. ; Livingston's
Charac. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 534 ;
Reid's Ireland, i., 113 ; Blair's Autob., 73.]
WILLIAM ANNAND, descended from
1625 the family of A. of Auchterellen ;
M.A. (Aberdeen, King's College,
1608) ; adm. min. of Ruthven in Strath-
bogie about 1615 ; trans, to Falkirk about
July 1617 ; pres. to the parsonages and
vicarages of Ayr and Alloway by James
VI. 2nd Aug. 1625, the livings being at
that time held in conjunction as there was
no church in Alloway; adm. 14th Nov.
that year. Being appointed to preach
before the Synod at Glasgow 30th Aug.
1637, he made an able defence of the service
book, then proposed to be introduced,
which caused "a great dinne." Retiring
from the church, in presence of the arch-
bishop and magistrates, about thirty or
forty women fell upon him, " rayling,
cursing, and scolding." Having visited the
bishop, and taken his leave after supper,
he was "no sooner on the causey, at
nine o'clock, in a mirk night, than some
hundreds of enraged women, of all qualities,
were about him with neaves, staves, and
peats : they beat him sore, his cloake, ruffe
and hat were rent : upon his cryes, how-
ever, and candles set out from many
windows, he escaped all bloody wounds ;
yet was in great danger, even of killing."
When he went with the bailies and sundry
ministers to mount his horse next day,
" many women were waiting to affront him.
At his onlouping, his horse fell above him,
in a very foul myre, in presence of all the
company ; which occasioned more speech."
He was dep. by the Assembly 14th Dec.
1638 for erroneous doctrine. He retired to
England, where he obtained, 16th Nov. 1639
the vicarage of Selling, Kent, which he
resigned on being inducted to the rectory
of Throwley in the same county 15th July
1649 ; he held also the rectory of Leave-
land, and was allowed £200 sterling by
the Parliament of Scotland 2nd July 1661.
He died before 10th Nov. 1663, and is said
to have been " a person of great gifts, and
resolutely opposed to all things which he
considered Puritanical." He marr. 24th
Sept. 1617, Margaret Lindsay of the parish
of South Leith, and had issue — William,
dean of Edinburgh ; Barbara, who had a
pension of £20 sterling, 17th May 1679.
— {Reg. Sec. Sig. ; S. Leith Marr.
Reg. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Peterkin's Records ;
Hasted's Kent, ii. ; Lindsay's Lives, ii. ;
Acts of Pari., vii. ; Maitland Miscell. ;
Privy Seal Eng. Reg., iii., 250.]
JOHN FERGUSHILL of Burnockstoun,
1639 son of David F., provost of Ayr;
educated at the School of Ayr, Univ.
of Edinburgh, Montauban, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1612) ; adm. to Ochiltree in
1614 ; trans, and adm. 14th Nov. 1639 ; died
11th June 1642, aged about 52, having
been one of those accounted in their day
" eminent for graces and gifts, or faithful-
ness and success." He marr. (1) Agnes
Eccles, who died before 1643, and had
issue — Robert of Burnockstoun, apprenticed
to Patrick Hepburn, apothecary, Edinburgh,
23rd Feb. 1642 ; David, apprenticed to
David Gray, merchant, Edinburgh, 7th
Sept. 1636 ; William, apprenticed to Abra-
ham Thomson, merchant, Edinburgh, 12th
March 1645, and afterwards to Alexander
Johnston : (2) Annabel, daugh. of Matthew
Wallace, and had issue — James ; Isobel ;
Anne. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Stevenson's Hist. ;
Livingston's Charac. ; Peterkin's Records ;
Ayr Sas., viii., 81, 160 ; G. R. Sas., liii., 268.]
WILLIAM ADAIR, son of William A.
of Kinhilt, and brother of Sir Robert
A. of Kinhilt and Ballymena; ord.
to Second Charge 24th Oct. 1639 ; pres. by
Town Council and Committee in 1645, and
by Charles I. ; adm. 22nd Aug. 1646. An
Act of Parliament was passed, 16th Jan.
1649, in favour of him and others who had
opposed the Royal forces at Mauchline-
Moor June 1648. In 1651 he joined the
Protesting party in the Church, and was
app. in 1654 by the English Council on
the committee for authorising admissions
to the ministry in the province of Glasgow
and Ayr. In 1662 he was called before
the Lord Chancellor for not signing, with
six other brethren, the explanation of the
Oath of Allegiance laid before Parliament
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on 28th May, but escaped censure. Though
not conforming to Episcopacy, he continued
to discharge his duty, being merely confined
to the parish ; and when an accommoda-
tion was proposed to certain Presbyterian
ministers by Leighton in 1670, he took an
active share in their proceedings. He and
his colleague had a presentation to the
prebends of Ayr and Alio way, 11th Dec.
1677. On 11th Dec. 1682 he had sentence
of deposition passed on him, because he
would not conform. He died 12th' Feb.
1684, aged 69. He marr. (1) Janet Kennedy,
widow of Robert Cunningham, min. of
Holywood, Ireland, and had issue — William
of Prestwickskaws; Patrick, min. at Belfast,
author of Adair's Narrative, died 1694;
Archibald : (2) Janet, daugh. of Robert
Boyd of Trochrig. — [Glasgow Tests ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Nicol's Diary ;
Inq. Ret. Gen.,4242 ; Acts and Dec. 'Dal., 15th
July 1696 j G. R. Inhib., 12th Sept. 1662.]
ALEXANDER GREGORIE, a native
168S °^ Banff; educated at Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1661) ; passed trials before Presb. of
Paisley, and got a testimonial for licence
28th Jan., and pres. to Dreghorn before
30th May 1664 ; trans, to St Quivox before
1669 ; trans, and adm. before 4th June
1683 ; there was, 14th Jan. 1689, " no sermon
both ministers being discharged to preach
by ane armed partie of hillmen " ; died at
North Leith, Dec. 1694, aged about 54.
" Though his gift of preaching was not so
great as some others, yet none excelled him
in presiding at the Presbytery or Synod,
from his great tact in holding his brethren
close to the point they were observing."
He marr. 18th Sept. 1666, Anna Ross, who
survived him, and had issue — William ;
Joseph ; John ; Anna (marr. 18th June 1702,
Thomas Arklie, indweller, Coltbridge) ;
Marion.— [Edin. I'ests. ; Edin. Bur. Reg. ;
St Cuthbert's Marr. Reg. ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8010.]
WILLIAM ECCLES, eldest son of John
1692 ^" °^ Kildonan, whom he succeeded
in that estate ; ord. to Second Charge
3rd Jan. 1656; deprived in 1662; had an
indulgence at Paisley in 1672 ; returned to
Second Charge before 3rd Aug. 1687 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Aug. 1692 ; died
15th March 1694. He marr. (1) (cont. 7th
and 16th Jan. 1657), Lilias, daugh. of
Robert Baillie, Principal of Glasgow Univ.,
and had issue — Robert of Kildonan ;
Helen (marr. Allan Chalmers of Sauchrie) :
(2) 29th Jan. 1690, Anna, daugh. of Colonel
John Maxwell, fourth son of Sir James M.
of Calderwood, and widow of Bickerstaff
of Rosegift, Ireland. — [Wodrow's Anal. ;
Douglas's Baronage, 437 ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Ayr Sher. Court Books, 16th Aug. 1695 ;
Fraser's Maxwells of Pollok ; Glasgow
Comm. Deeds.]
PATRICK LISTON, son of Patrick L.
1694 m Kirkliston, and Janet Wilkie ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th July 1688);
called unanimously by Town Council,
Session, Heritors, and Community, as col-
legiate min. 15th Jan., and ord. 18th April
1694 ; died 9th June 1700, aged about 32.
He marr. Mary Chalmers, who survived
him, and had issue — Patrick ; Mary (marr.
17th Aug. 1719, Patrick Wilkie, min. of
Haddington) ; Janet (marr. 15th Aug. 1731,
George Dischington, writer, Edinburgh).
He left 100 merks for the use of the poor. —
[Glasgoiv Tests. ; Edin. Sas., lxxiv., 260.]
JOHN HUNTER, born about 1670;
1W1 licen. by Presb. of Ayr 11th Sept.
1695 ; ord. to Second Charge 5th
Feb. 1696 ; trans, and adm. 19th Feb. 1701.
In the General Assembly of 1727, during
the case of Professor Simson of Glasgow,
speaking hypothetically, he said, " if one
should call his Majesty King George a
rogue and villain," whereupon the Com-
missioner James, Earl of Findlater and
Seafield, rose and stopped him, when he
immediately asked pardon, and acknow-
ledged himself in the wrong, but the
Assembly caused him to be rebuked from
the chair. He died Father of the
Church, 12th Feb. 1756. He marr. (1)
7th Jan. 1698, Elizabeth, daugh. of George
Skirvine, master of the Grammar School,
Glasgow, and had issue — George, born
1699 ; Helen, born 1700 ; Robert, born 1701 :
(2) 15th Oct. 1723, Elizabeth Ramsay, widow
of William Jordan, land-surveyor, Irvine,
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and had issue— David ; William ; Elizabeth,
(marr. William Dunlop of Macnairston,
Greenane) ; Margaret ; Marion ; Susannah
(marr. her father's successor) : (3) 28th Nov.
1751, Agnes (died 20th Oct. 1757), one of the
twenty-four children of Mungo Campbell,
provost of Ayr. Publications — New Method
of Teaching the Latin Tongue, in such a
natural order as a child may learn that
language more speedily than by any other
grammar yet extant [being an Imitation
and Supplement of Dr Thomas Harrison's
Topica Sacra] (Kirkbride, 1711) ; Spiritual
Pleadings (Kirkbride, 1712) ; The Wanderer
and Traveller, a religious drama (Glasgow,
1733). — [Glasgoiv Marr. Reg.; Glasgoiv
Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal, and Corresp. ;
Anal. Scot., i.]
1756
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, born 29th
Aug. 1723, son of James D., sheriff-
clerk of Ayr ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1740) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 2nd May 1745 ; ord. to Second Charge
18th Dec. 1746; pres. by George II. 30th
April, trans, and adm. 10th June 1756 ; D.D.
(St Andrews, 7th May 1779); Moderator
of General Assembly 24th May 1781 ; died
28th Jan. 1814 He baptized Robert Burns
on 26th Jan. 1759, and was held in great
esteem by the poet He was the " Dal-
rymple mild " of The Kirk's Alarm. Among
his descendants were William Dalrymple
Maclagan, D.D., Archbishop of York (1826-
1910), and Sir Douglas Maclagan (1812-1900),
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Univ.
of Edinburgh. He marr. 21st Aug. 1749,
Susannah (died 28th Nov. 1809), daugh. of
John Hunter/his predecessor, and had issue
—Elizabeth, born 11th July 1750, died 9th
Aug. 1751 ; Ramsay (daugh.), born 19th
April 1752, died 23rd Feb. 1762; James,
born 20th Feb. 1754, died 10th June 1773 ;
Susanna, born 2nd Aug. 1756, died 2nd Jan.
1817 ; Macrae, born 19th June 1758, died
7th March 1759; Margaret, born 7th Jan.
1760 (marr. Philip Whiteside, surgeon, Ayr) ;
Charlotte, born 30th Oct. 1761, died 30th
Oct. 1765 ; Williamina Ramsay, born 15th
Feb. 1765 (marr. William Tennant, mer-
chant, Ayr) ; Sarah, born 1st Oct. 1766 (marr.
Bedford Stewart, merchant, Greenock).
Publications — Three single Sermons (Glas-
gow, 1766 ; Edinburgh, 1773, 1782) ; Family
Worship Explained (1787) ; A History of
Christ (Edinburgh, 1787;, and Sequel (Air,
1791) ; Faith in Jesus Christ (Air, 1790) ;
The Acts of the Apostles made easy (Air,
1792) ; The Mosaic Account of the Creation
(Air, 1794); Meditations and Prayers (Air,
1795); Legacy of Dying Thoughts (Air,
1796) ; Solomon's Ethics, or the Boohe of
Proverbs made easy (Air, 1799) ; The
Scripture Jewish History (Ayr, 1803) ;
Account of the Parish jointly with Dr
M'Gill (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, \.).—[Tombst. ;
Craufurd's Fun. Sermon ; Wallace's Burns,
i. 23, 459, ii. 286.]
ROBERT AULD, son of Robert A.,
iai4 farmer in Underwood, Mauchline ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 2nd May 1798; ord.
(assistant and successor) to Second Charge
18th April 1800; pres. by George, Prince
Regent, 18th Feb., and adm. 1st June 1814 ;
having claimed a manse and offices, he
obtained a decreet from the Presb. in his
favour, 25th Jan. 1815, which on appeal by
the heritors was recalled by the Second
Division of the Court of Session, 12th Nov.
1819 and 16th June 1825. This judgment
was reversed by the House of Lords, 13th
June 1827, by whom it was found that the
min. of a royal burgh with a landward
district annexed is entitled to a manse ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1815) ; clerk of Presb.
29th Nov. 1826, and of Synod ; died 17th
April 1853, aged 79. He marr. 16th Sept.
1800, Susannah Alexis (died 22nd May 1841),
daugh. of John Wilson, min. of Neilston,
and had issue — Robert Henry, born 5th
Dec. 1802, died at Calcutta 8th July 1835 ;
Elizabeth, born 20th July 1804, died 25th
March 1808; Christiana, born 20th April
1807 ; John Wilson, colonel H.E.I.C.S., born
23rd June 1809, died 18th Oct. 1872;
Elizabeth Walker, born 20th Feb. 1811;
Mary Kelso Ballantyne, born 27th Aug.
1812 (marr. (1) 15th Jan. 1839, Alexander
Wilson of Summerlee : (2) David Ritchie,
min. of Tarbolton) ; William, accountant,
Glasgow, born 20th June 1814, died 31st
Jan. 1885 ; Alexander Walker, calico
printer, Glasgow, born 4th Jan. 1816.
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WILLIAM SHAW, trans, from Second
Charge 30th Sept. 1853; trans, to
Alloa 2nd Jan. 1863.
THOMAS DYKES, born 1830, third son
of Thomas D., writer, Hamilton ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th July 1853;
ord. to Second Charge 16th March 1854;
trans, and adm. 5th March 1863; D.D.
(Glasgow 1871); res. 15th June 1909; died
23rd July 1914. He marr. 14th July 1857,
Margaret, only surviving daugh. of William
Shedden, Medical Service, H.E.I.C.S., and
had issue — Thomas James, born 1st June
1858, died 15th Sept. 1871; William
Shedden of Darnconner, W.S., born 18th
June 1860, died 25th Jan. 1907 ; James
Eaton, advocate, born 12th Nov. 1862, died
10th May 1908. Publication— The Christian
Church in Relation to Huma?i Experience
(1885).
WILLIAM CAIRNS DUNCAN, born
1909 Glasgow, 27th Nov. 1856, son of
David D. and Grace Anderson
Cairns ; educated at Glasgow High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 4th June 1884 ; assistant at Alloa
Aug. 1884 till June 1886; ord. to Second
Charge 16th June 1886; trans, and adm.
22nd Sept. 1909. Marr. 7th Sept. 1887,
Eliza Scott, daugh. of Walter Wylie, and
has issue— George Shaw, born 17th Nov.
1888.
Second Charge.
[In 1 567, the parish of Ayr Avas provided
with a Second Charge. In 1647, the
General Assembly directed its committee
on the plantation of kirks to give attention
to the need of further maintenance for the
Second Charge of Ayr.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, formerly in First
1613 Charge. He was one of fifty-five
mins. who signed a protestation for
the liberties of the kirk, 27th June 1617 ;
re-trans, to First Charge in 1619.
V ROBERT BLAIR, M.A.; adm. in July
1638 1638 » trans - to St Andrews 8th Oct.
1639.
WILLIAM ADAIR, ord. 24th Oct. 1639 ;
1639 trans, to First Charge 22nd Aug. 1 646.
WILLIAM ECCLES, ord. 3rd Jan. 1656;
1656 deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662 ; returned before 3rd Aug.
1687.
GEORGE WHITE, pres. with his col-
1664 l ea & ue > to prebends of Ayr and
Alloway by Charles II. 11th Dec.
1677; trans, to Maryculter in 1679.
WILLIAM WATERSON, licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1st
Feb. 1667 ; ord. assistant at Dunbar
before 24th Sept. 1678, trans. 1682. There
was no sermon, 14th Jan. 1689 ; " both mins.
being discharged to preach upon their peril
by ane armed partie of hillmen." He died
at Edinburgh, 1st March 1698. He marr.
Helen or Agnes Liddell, who survived him,
and had issue — Elizabeth ; Anne ; and five
others, one of whom was buried in Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 4th April 1696. — [Grey-
friars Bur. Reg.]
WILLIAM ECCLES, above mentioned,
lga7 formerly of Paisley ; returned before
3rd Aug. 1687 ; had the church
granted by the committee of estates, on a
petition from him and the town, 8th May
1689 ; trans, to First Charge in 1692.
JOHN HUNTER, called 30th Sept.
1696 1695 ; ord. 5th Feb. 1696 ; trans, to
First Charge 19th Feb. 1701.
EBENEZER VEITCH, born at Harnam,
1703 Northumberland, 16th March 1676,
youngest son of William V., min. of
Dumfries ; educated at Univs. of Edin-
burgh and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 21st May 1701 ; was first
Sunday morning lecturer in the Tron
Church on Mackall's Mortification, app. by
the Town Council 17th June 1702, when he
was also appointed to visit the sick in that
parish ; called 17th Feb. and ord. 13th May
1703 ; died at Edinburgh while attending
the Commission of Assembly 13th Dec.
1706. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of Patrick
Warner of Ardeer, min. of Irvine (she sur-
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vived him and marr. (2) Robert Wodrow,
the historian). — [Memoirs of Mr William
Veitch, 253-257, 261 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Edin.
Chr. Inst., xxv.]
ANDREW FULLARTON, chaplain to
1708 ^* r Alexander Hope of Carse ; Keen,
by Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd April
1706 ; ord. to Falkirk, Second Charge, 15th
Oct. 1706 ; called 6th April and adm. 14th
July 1708; died between 6th June and
29th Oct. 1711.
JOHN M'DERMEIT, eldest son of
l7l6 Alexander M.. writer, Ayr ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 29th July 1707;
ord. to Dalmellington 22nd Sept. 1708 ;
called 22nd March, trans, and adm. 20th
June 1716 ; died 6th Jan. 1745. He marr.
(1) 29th Oct. 1711, Janet, daugh. of John
Ferguson, writer, Ayr, and had issue — John,
min. of Straiton ; James of Fergushill ;
Jean ; after his death his children raised an
action against the widow relative to the
ann, when it was decided 14th July 1747,
that she was entitled to one half, and the
pursuers to the other : (2) 27th April 1730,
Margaret (died before 1 734). second daugh.
of James Goudie of Haughyett, and had
issue— Robert, born 1731 : (3) cont. 30th
Dec. 1736, Jean (died 30th Oct. 1768),
daugh. of Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield,
and widow of John Burnet, min. of Stair,
and had issue — Thomas ; Lilias, born 1739.
— [Glasg. Tests.; Wodrow's Anal, and
Corresp. ; Scots. Mag., vii. ; Ayr Sher.
Court Rec, 1st Nov. 1712.]
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE.M.A.; called
1746 20th Aug. and ord. 18th Dec. 1746 ;
trans, to First Charge 13th May 1756.
JAMES DICK, son of James D., min. of
1757 the Wynd Church, Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 22nd July 1752 ;
pres. by the magistrates and Town Council
June 1756; ord. 6th Jan. 1757; res. on
getting an allowance, "having no prospect
of living usefully to them, or comfortably
to himself," his demission was accepted 20th
Oct. that year. He subsequently left the
country.
ROBERT FERGUSON, M.A. (Glasgow,
1st May 1734) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 3rd May 1734 ; ord. to
Colmonell 25th Sept. 1735 ; pres. by the
Commissioners for the Town Council and
kirk-session in April, and adm. 2nd Nov.
1758 ; died 17th Nov. 1760. He marr. 29th
Aug. 1737, Margaret (died 9th Aug. 1769),
youngest daugh. of Henry Osburn, min. of
Tarbolton, and had issue — Janet, born 4th
June 1741; Elizabeth, born 31st Aug. 1743;
Robert, born 31st Jan. 1745 ; Mary, born
11th Sept. 1746; Hugh, captain in the army,
born 16th Feb. 1748; Henrietta, born 15th
Sept. 1749.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
WILLIAM M'GILL, born 11th July
1761 1732, fifth son of William M., farmer,
Carsenestock, Penninghame, and
Jean Heron ; educated at the parish
schools of Monigaff and Penninghame, and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1753); licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown 10th Oct. 1759; as-
sistant at Kilwinning 12th June 1760 ; pres.
by Commissioners for the Town Council
and kirk-session in April, and ord. 22nd
Oct. 1761 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1785). Being
accused of heresy, the Synod, 15th April
1789, enjoined the Presb. to inquire whether
there were sufficient grounds for the com-
plaint. The General Assembly unanimously
agreed, 1st June, to " reverse the sentence
of the Synod, but recommended to the
Presb. to take such steps as should be found
necessary for preserving the purity of the
doctrines of this Church and the authority
of her standards." For a whole year the
case was debated with much heat in
both Presb. and Synod. Ultimately the
latter Court suggested the appointment of
a committee to interview Dr M. This was
done, with the result that in two hours the
matter was satisfactorily settled. It was
regarding this discussion that Burns wrote
The Kirk's Alarm. He died 30th March
1807. He marr. 7th Nov. 1763, Elizabeth
(died 9th June 1785), daugh. of William
Dunlop, merchant, Ayr, niece of William
Dalrymple, D.D., min. of First Charge, and
had issue— William, born 15th Aug. 1764;
Elizabeth, born 24th Dec. 1765, died 18th
Aug. 1791 ; Jane, born 22nd Jan. 1768 ;
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Janet, born 15th May 1770, died 18th Jan.
1786; Graham (daugh.), born 7th March
1772 ; Douglas Heron (daugh.), bom 30th
Sept. 1773, died 29th April 1790; James,
born 5th June 1775, died 1st July 1782;
John, born 17th July 1777, apprenticed to a
W.S., died 13th Jan. 1801. Publications—
Five Single Sermons (Glasgow, 1768 ; Edin-
burgh, 1773, 1779, 1793; Ayr, 1795); A
Practical Essay on the Death of Jesus
Christ (Edinburgh, 1786); The Benefits
of the Revolution, a sermon (Kilmarnock,
1789) [this led to a satirical essay or
sermon, Modem Moderation stated and
defended (Edinburgh, 1790)]; Sermons
viii.-ix. (Scotch Preacher, iii.); Account of
the Parish (jointly with Dr Dalrymple) ;
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace. i., xxi.). — [Tombst. ;
Murray's Galloway, 202 ; Rankine's Inst,
of Theology ; Haldane's Mem. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
ROBERT AULD, called 12th Dec. 1799 ;
1Rno ord. (assistant and successor) 18th
April 1800; trans, to First Charge
1st June 1814.
ALEXANDER CUTHILL, probably son
of William C., farmer, St Ninians,
Stirling ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 3rd Oct. 1809;
became assistant in First Charge ; pres.
by magistrates, Town Council, and kirk-
session, 7th June, and ord. 1st Sept. 1814 ;
died 17th Feb. 1852. Publications— Public
Sins aggravated by the Enjoyment of Great
Public Blessings, illustrated from the Case
of the Jews, and the Present compared, with
the Former Position of the Church of
Scotland, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1843) ;
Discourses on Interesting and Important
Subjects of Practical Religion, 2 vols. (Ayr,
1851) ; Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, v.).
WILLIAM SHAW, trans, from Bonhill,
1851 and adm. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1851; trans, to First
Charge 30th Sept. 1853.
1854
THOMAS DYKES, ord. 16th March
1854 ; trans, to First Charge 5th
March 1863.
1863
WILLIAM MENZIES. ord. 7th May
1863 ; trans, to Gladsmuir 20th July
1871.
1871
1910
JOHN SINCLAIR, born at Port Glas-
gow, 1846 ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1870), B.D. (1871) ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock ; ord. 14th
Dec. 1871 ; res. 2nd Dec. 1885. He became
min. of the Catholic Apostolic Church,
Edinburgh, and afterwards in Dundee ;
died 3rd May 1905. He marr. 10th Nov.
1875, Isabella Davidson or List, who died
s.p. 16th Aug. 1909.
WILLIAM CAIRNS DUNCAN, ord.
16th June 1886 ; trans, to First
Charge 22nd Sept. 1909.
WILLIAM PHIN GILLIESON, born
25th June 1879, son of Archibald
H. G., min. of Olrig ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1901); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1905 ; assist-
ant at St Giles', Edinburgh ; ord. to
Mannofield 18th Jan. 1907 ; trans, and adm.
17th Feb. 1910 ; Chaplain to the Forces,
1915-18. Marr. 18th June 1913, Margaret
Marion, daugh. of Andrew Mitchell of
Fisherton, Ayrshire, and has issue — Mar-
garet Marion Phin, born 30th Sept. 1914 ;
Esme Helen Mitchell, born 17th March
1917. Publications— " Diary of a Tour in
Egypt and Palestine " (Ayrshire Advertiser,
1912); "Letters to my Congregation from
Flanders" (Ayrshire Post, 1915-16).
NEWTON-UPON-AYR.
[A church was built here in 1777. The
parish was disjoined from Monkton and
Prestwick, and erected by the Lords Com-
missioners of Teinds, 15th Dec. 1779.]
WILLIAM PEEBLES, born 1753, son of
lOTa J ames P-> draper, Inchture, where for
a short time he taught the parish
school ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 6th Sept. 1775 ;
assistant at Dundonald ; elected by the
Town Council 7th Jan., and ord. 25th June
1778; trans, and adm. 18th May 1780;
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[PRESB. OF
elected clerk of Presb. 27th Nov. 1782 ;
D.D. (Dickensonian College, Carlisle, Penn-
sylvania, 1795); died 11th Oct. 1826. He
marr. 31st Dec. 1781, Jean Home, who died
23rd May 1832, and had issue— James, born
22nd Nov. 1782, died at Kingston, Jamaica,
23rd June 1822 ; Margaret Chaplain, born
26th Feb. 1784, died 2nd May 1788 ; John,
M.D., Edinburgh, born 21st July 1785;
William, merchant, Glasgow, born 26th
March 1787, died 21st Dec. 1848; Anne
Miller, born 11th Sept. 1788, died 24th
March 1792 ; Jean Home, born 13th May
1790 (marr. 25th Dec. 1816, Capt. Archibald
Fullarton, 36th Foot), died 12th March 1819 ;
Charles, writer, Glasgow, born 15th March
1792; Annabella Home, born 1st June 1794,
died 2nd Jan. 1814 ; Mary, born 31st July
1796 (marr. William Rorison, min. of Stair);
Margaret Ann, born 19th April 1800. Pub-
lications — The great Things which the Lord
hath done for the Nation, illustrated and
improved, two sermons (Kilmarnock, 1788)
[on which appeared " Remarks : ' subjoined
to a sermon preached the same day by
William M'Gill, D.D.] ; " Short Account of
the Author with Sermon XX." (Grant's Ser-
mons ii., Air, 1793); Sermons on various
Subjects, to which are subjoined Hymns
(Edinburgh, 1794); The Universality of
pure Christian Worship, and the Means of
promoting it, Considered, a sermon (Ayr,
1796) ; The Crisis, or the Progress of
Revolutionary Principles, a Poem (Edin-
burgh, 1803) ; the same, enlarged and
altered (Edinburgh, 1804); Poems, consist-
ing chiefly of Odes and Elegies (Glasgow,
1810); Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.).— [Wallace's Burns, i. 363,
iii. 91.]
JAMES JULIUS WOOD, pres. by the
magistrates, Town Council, and
heritors in March, and ord. 16th
Aug. 1827; elected to Middle Parish,
Paisley, Sept. 1835, but declined to accept ;
trans, to Stirling 12th May 1836.
JAMES STEVENSON, born 1810, eldest
son of Alexander S., artificer, Kil-
marnock; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th
May 1836 ; assistant at Kilmarnock ; pres.
by the committee for managing the affairs
of the church and parish in Oct., and ord.
29th Dec. 1836. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Newton-upon-Ayr Free
Church, 1843-65; died 30th Sept. 1865.
His attainments as a scholar were widely
recognised, and he made a special study
of geology. He marr. 10th Aug. 1840,
Mary (died s.p. 2nd June 1899), daugh. of
James MacKinlay, D.D., min. of Kilmar-
nock. Publication — Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat, Ace. v.).
v ANDREW BROWN, ord. 31st Aug.
1843 1843 ; trans, to Irvine 9th Jan. 1845.
JOHN CAIRD, M.A. ; ord. 18th Sept.
1845 ; trans, to Lady Yester's, Edin-
1845
burgh, 6th May 1847.
JOHN STUART, trans, from St
George's-in-the-Fields, Glasgow, and
adm. 25th Nov. 1847; trans, to
Moffat 26th Oct. 1849.
1847
1850
ROBERT HENDERSON, born 2nd
Nov. 1825, youngest son of Richard
H., solicitor, Haddington ; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; ord. 10th Jan. 1850 ; app.
chaplain at Calcutta 8th July 1851, and
in Northern Provinces of India in 1868 ;
res. in 1871 ; died at Nice 27th Sept. 1897.
He marr. (1) 29th July 1851 : (2) 8th Feb.
1858 : (3) 20th Dec. 1866, Helen Christina
Meikle, who died 21st June 1907.
- ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON
BOYD, ord. 10th Sept. 1851 ; trans,
to Kirkpatrick-Irongray 27th Jan.
1854.
- GEORGE STEWART BURNS, M.A. ;
ord. 11th May 1854; trans, to Hous-
1854
ton 16th July 185 1 ;
1857
ROBERT WALLACE, M.A. ; ord. 23rd
Dec. 1857 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 21st Dec. 1860.
1861
JOHN MACLEOD, B.A.; ord. 8th
Aug. 1861 ; trans, to Duns 18th
Sept. 1862.
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1863
1867
1875
1881
GEORGE THOMAS JAMIESON,
MA. ; ord. 26th March 1863 ; trans,
to Portobello 20th July 1866.
WILLIAM EWEN BELL GUNN, ord.
17th Jan. 1867 ; trans, to Anderston,
Glasgow, 31st Dec. 1868.
EDWARD LITTON THOMPSON,
B.A. ; ord. 13th May 1869; trans.
869 to Second Charge, Hamilton, 18th
March 1875.
DAVID SMITH PETERS, ord. 25th
Aug. 1875 ; trans, to Middle Parish,
Greenock, 13th March 1877.
ROBERT MACPHERSON, M.A., B.D. ;
1877 ord. 16th Aug. 1877 ; trans, to Elgin
17th Feb. 1881.
WILLIAM RAINIE, born 26th Nov.
1855, son of Robert R., C.A., Edin-
burgh, and Marion Cowan Brown ;
educated at Edinburgh Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1877) ; Keen,
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1879; assist-
ant at St Cuthbert's ; ord. 20th July 1881.
Marr. 15th Dec. 1881, Jane Agnes (died 27th
July 1920), daugh. of Josias Cunningham
of Glencairn, Belfast, and has issue — Jane
Agnes Cunningham, born 28th Sept. 1882 ;
Robert, born 11th Dec. 1884.
ST JAMES'S, AYR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1885 in North
Newton. The parish, disjoined from
Newton - upon - Ayr, was erected by the
Court of Teinds, 15th July 1904.]
ROBERT HENDERSON, ord 10th
March 1885; adm. Flowerhill 10th
1885 Jan. 1889.
JOHN HENDERSON, born 18th Nov.
1889 185 " > educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy in 1885 ; ord. to Kingairloch 7th
June 1887 ; trans, and adm. 17th April
1889 ; died unmarr. 10th Oct. 1911.
JOHN M'FARLANE HAMILTON,
ord. 14th Feb. 1912 ; trans, to Allo-
way 18th Dec. 1918.
MUIR ANDREW, born Paisley, 19th
1919 *^ y 1893 ' son °f Alexander A., M.A.,
and Elizabeth, seventh daughter of
Alexander Walls, builder of Coats' Thread
1912
Mills, Paisley ; educated at Paisley Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 2nd May 1917 ; assistant
at Middle Church, Paisley, and Riccarton ;
ord. 4th June 1919. Publications — Contri-
butions to Coats' Memorial Magazine (Pais-
ley), and Kilmarnock Standard.
ST LEONARD'S, AYR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1886. The
parish, disjoined from Ayr, was erected by
the Court of Teinds, 7th March 1892.]
WILLIAM GRANGER, born Glasgow,
24th April 1859; educated at St
David's Parish School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1881) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1884 ; assistant at Bluevale
and St Mungo's parishes; ord. 7th July
1886 ; died 1st March 1898. He marr. 23rd
April 1891, Jane (died 8th May 1912),
daugh. of John Hunter, Burnfoot, Dal-
mellington. Publication — The Average Man
and other Sermons [Preface by Edward
Caird, Master of Balliol ; Memoir by James
Miller, min. of New Cumnock] (Paisley,
1899).
WILLIAM WALKER, born 13th Aug.
1861, son of William W., min. of
1898 Mid-Calder; educated at Highfield
School, Melrose, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1881), B.D. (1884) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 17th June 1884 ; ord. mission-
ary at Chamba, India, 15th Oct. 1884 ; adm.
here 28th July 1898 ; res. 17th May 1909.
Marr. 5th July 1905, Marion Jane,
daugh. of William Mackenzie, Clairmont
Gardens, Glasgow.
OSWALD BELL MILLIGAN, born
Aberdeen, 10th Feb. 1879, son of
William M., D.D., Professor of
Biblical Criticism, Aberdeen ; educated
at Edinburgh Academy and Univ. ; M.A.
(1899), B.D. (1902); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1903 ; assistant at Greenside,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Wallacetown, Ayr,
11th May 1906; trans, and adm. 19th Oct.
1909; served with 8th Black Watch in
European War; Military Cross (1916);
trans, to Jedburgh 16th May 1919. Marr.
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ST LEONARD'S— VVALLACETOWN
[PItESB. OF
26th June 1912, Beatrix Ann Monro,
daugh. of Robert Paterson Paterson of
Montgomerie and Ella Morison Thomson,
and has issue — Beatrice Movia, born 30th
Dec. 1918.
1919
JOHN ELLIS, born Strathblane, 21st
Aug. 1890, sou of George E. and
Sarah Margaret Brown ; educated at
Strathblane School and Whitehill School,
Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1911), B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton, May 1914 ; assistant at Alloa ;
ord. at Elie 19th Jan. 1916 ; trans, and
adm. 15th Oct. 1919. Marr. 19th April
1917, Annie Catherine, only daugh. of Alex-
ander Grant, Clunievale, Alloa.
WALLACETOWN, AYR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1834. In 1836
the General Assembly granted it a consti-
tution and a district of its own. The parish
was disjoined from St Quivox by the Court
of Teinds, 9th March 1874.}
JOHN ALEXANDER, unanimously
elected by the male heads of families
being communicants, and ord. 8th
Dec. 1836 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy 15th March
1838.
JAMES STEWART, elected in June,
and ord. 30th Aug. 1838 ; trans, to
South Parish, Aberdeen, 27th Oct.
1838
1842.
WILLIAM GRANT, born 6th Sept.
1814, son of Patrick G., min. of
Kirkmichael, Banffshire ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 30th Nov. 1836 ; assistant at
Logiealmond in 1837, and St John's, Glas-
gow, 1840; ord. 19th April 1843. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Wallace-
town Free Church, 1843-76 ; died 2nd Nov.
1876. He marr. 1845, Auguste Peterson
(died s.p.), daugh. of the librarian at Bonn
University. Publications — The Lord's
Supper Explained (Glasgow, 1859) ; Chris-
tian Baptism Explained (Glasgow. 1871) ;
Missionary Life among the Jeivs in
Moldavia, Galicia, and Silesia (London,
1867) ; Christ Our Hope, and other Ser-
mons, with Memoir by David Maclagan. —
[Baird's Sixty Years of Church Life in Ayr,
67-199 ; Brown's Annals of the Disruption,
127. 386, 518.]
* SAMUEL BLAIR, trans, from Presby-
1844 te " an Church, Dudley, 13th June
1844 ; trans, to Dairy, Galloway,
26th Sept. 1845.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, ord. 27th March
1846 ; trans, to Newhaven 18th April
1846
1850.
JOHN DEWAR FORBES, born Duns,
10th April 1825, son of Thomas F. and
Elizabeth Dewar ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
5th Dec. 1848; ord. 19th Sept. 1850;
res. 7th Feb. 1855 ; assistant at Earlston,
1856-8. Joined the Church of England;
curate of New Wortley, Leeds, 1866-8 ; St
Thomas, Preston, Lancashire, 1868-70;
St Stephen, Tonbridge, Kent, 1870-5;
Egerton, Kent, 1875-83 ; Nonington, Kent,
1883-5 ; rector of Shadoxhurst, Kent, 1885 ;
died 19th May 1915. He marr. (1) Jane
Winlaw, Berwick-on-Tweed, who died s.p.
1886 : (2) 13th Aug. 1889, Louisa Mary
Blaine, schoolmistress of Shadoxhurst
[Canterbury Diocesan Gazette, June 1915].
HENRY GIBSON, M.A. ; ord. 7th June
1855 1 ^ 55 » trans, to Glenapp 26th Nov.
1857.
FRANCIS RAE, educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; ord. 12th Aug. 1858
1858
res. 1st Feb. 1865.
1865
GEORGE JOHN CHALMERS SCOTT,
born Creebridge, Minnigaff, 30th Oct.
1835, fourth son of Archibald S.,
schoolmaster, and Jessie Darling ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 26th July 1864; ord. 20th July
1865, died 27th Dec. 1905. He marr. 6th
Sept. 1865, Agnes Milligan, and had issue —
Archibald John Darling, min. of North-
maven ; Lilian Anna, born 22nd April
1870 ; Jessie Helen, born 15th April 1872 ;
Amy Constance, born 4th Aug. 1874 ;
Bertram Watson, born 3rd Dec. 1876.
OSWALD BELL MILLIGAN, M.A.,
1906 B.D. ; ord. 11th May 1906; trans,
to St Leonard's 19th Oct. 1909.
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JOHN ARCHIBALD GLOVER
THOMSON, born Sanquhar, 19th
1910 Feb. 1883, son of James T., D.D.,
min. of St Andrew's, Glasgow ; educated
at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
Glasgow Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1903), B.D. (1906) j licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1907 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. 3rd Feb. 1910 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 28th
Sept. 1916. Marr. 9th June 1910, Ethel
Maud, youngest daugh. of Thomas Richard-
son, Edinburgh, and has issue — Aidan
Hunter, born 1st April 1911.
JOHN MARTIN, born Greenock, 26th
June 1888, son of James M. and
Anne Maclntyre ; educated at
Greenock Higher Grade School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1910), B.D. (1913);
licen. by Presb. of Greenock in 1913 ;
assistant at Bluevale, Glasgow, and First
Charge, Hamilton ; ord. 16th Jan. 1917.
BARR.
[The parish of Barr was disjoined from
Dailly, Girvan, and Colmonell, in 1653.
In the churchyard, a stone commemorates
Edward MacKean, a Covenanter, shot in
1685. At Kirkdominie in the parish, styled
in Latin deeds " Capella Sanctae Trinitatis
de Kildomine," there was a Chapel of the
Holy Trinity, with a Holy Well. The
ruins of the chapel stand on high ground
overlooking the Water of Stinchar. Here
was held annually the Fair of Kirkdominie,
sometimes vulgarly called Kirkdamdie Fair.
The fair day was Trinity Sunday, but was
changed in Protestant times to the last
Sunday of May.]
FERGUS ALEXANDER or M'ALEX-
1653 ANDER, tutor of Dalreoch; M.A.
(Glasgow 1635) ; became min. at
Kilmud in Ireland ; was recommended by
a committee of General Assembly 5th May
1647, and the Presb. desired to further his
provision to any vacant kirk among them ;
adrn. in 1653 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; returned in 1687.
VOL. III.
HERCULES LINDSAY, studied at St
1665 Leonard's College ; M.A. (St Andrews,
25th July 1663) ; min. about 1665 ;
outed in 1689; retired to Edinburgh, and
died 10th April 1710, aged 67. He marr.
Janet Seton, and had issue — Katherine
(marr. John Lawson, merchant in Den) ;
Ann (marr. John Thorn, schoolmaster, Carn-
bee) ; Elizabeth (marr. John Clephane,
merchant, Anstruther) ; Margaret (marr.
Sergeant M'Naughton in Lauder's Regi-
ment). — [Edin. Bur. Reg. ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 29th March 1711.]
FERGUS M'ALEXANDER, M.A.,
1687 aDOVe noticed ; returned Aug. 1687 ;
died after 9th Feb. 1688. He
marr. (cont. 30th June 1658) Jean (died
in May 1691), daugh. of William
M'Kerrell of Hillhouse. — [G. R. Homings,
5th April 1672; Privy Seal Eng. Reg., v.,
18 ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 327.]
GEORGE GUTHRIE, called Oct. 1689 ;
1689 trans, to Oxnam after 4th Aug. 1691.
THOMAS FISHER, called May 1692 ;
16g3 ord. 9th May 1693 ; trans, to Auchter-
gaven 26th April 1698.
WILLIAM GORDON, brother of
16g9 Thomas G., wright in Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 28th July, and called
27th Sept. 1698; ord. 26th April 1699;
died between 9th July and 4th Nov. 1724.
He left a MS. account of his personal
experiences in religion. He marr. 10th
Dec. 1707, Jean Hamilton, who survived
him. He bequeathed 200 merks to the
Kirk-session and 100 to Dalrymple for
the poor.— [ Woodrow MSS.; Ayr Sheriff-
Court Books, 11th Nov. 1726.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of John C,
1?25 min. of Craigie; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 2nd Sept. 1724; called 10th
June, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1725 ; died 9th
Feb. 1743, aged 44. He marr. 23rd Nov.
1736, Marion (died 6th March 1795), daugh.
of John Lockhart, bailie of Ayr, and had
issue — John ; Marion (marr. John Mont-
gomerie, collector of taxes, Ayr), died
March 1811, aged 72 ; Margaret ; James.
— [Tombst. ; Paterson's Ayr, i.]
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BARR
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM ALLAN, son of Robert A.,
_ merchant, Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 11th Aug. 1741 ; called 22nd May,
and ord. 14th Aug. 1746; died 25th Oct.
1778. He marr. 12th June 1750, Agnes
Chalmers, who died s.p. 11th Aug. 1787.
— [TombsL]
STEPHEN YOUNG, son of Thomas
1*780 Y., merchant burgess, Glasgow, and
Marion Howison ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
27th March 1776 ; assistant at Ochiltree ;
called 23rd Sept. 1779; ord. 8th March
1780 ; died 21st Feb. 1819, aged 74. He
marr. (1) 22nd June 1780, Elizabeth Pater-
son, who died 3rd July 1781, and had issue
—Thomas, born 8th May 1781, died 16th
March 1782: (2) 20th Sept. 1784, Mary
(died 22nd Jan. 1837), daugh. of Archibald
M'William in Blackclauchary, and had issue
— Thomas, born 10th Sept. 1786; Jean,
born 19th May 1788, died 20th Aug. 1791 ;
Marion, born 13th May 1790, died 24th
July 1819; Jean, born 7th Dec. 1792
(marr. 22nd Dec. 1812, David Ewen of the
Customs, Ayr); Archibald of Hyndford,
M.D., born 31st March 1795. Publication
—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.]
EBENEZER BRADSHAW WALLACE,
born Lowick, 19th June 1792, son
of Gavin W., min. of Nenthorn ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin-
burgh, became tutor in the family of David
Cathcart, Lord Alloway ; licen. by Presb.
of Kelso 5th June 1817 ; assistant in this
parish ; pres. by George, Prince Regent,
26th March, and ord. 19th Aug. 1819.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Barr Free Church 1843-67 ; died unmarried
6th June 1867. Publications — A Lecture
on the Right Relation between Church and
State (Ayr, 1844); Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, v.).
JAMES MACMASTER, born 13th Jan.
1815, son of Peter M., min. of
Girvan ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 8th May
1839; pres. by Queen Victoria; ord. 21st
Dec. 1843; died 20th Dec. 1852. He
marr. 29th April 1845, Grace (died 18th
March 1860), daugh. of James Gibson,
solicitor, Wigtown, and had issue — Jessie
Caldwell Russell, born 15th Feb. 1847;
Henrietta Maria, born 13th March 1849 ;
Peter, born 4th Nov. 1850.
JAMES GIBSON, son of James G.,
185s solicitor, Wigtown ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Terregles
8th March 1849 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ;
trans. 23rd June 1853 ; died 22nd Aug. 1858.
He marr. 26th March 1850, Mary Ann (died
12th Dec. 1857), daugh. of Thomas Inglis,
min. of Lochrutton, and had issue — Mary
Ann Duncan, born 17th Feb. 1851 ; Jessie
Caldwell, born 7th Nov. 1852 ; James, born
11th Dec. 1854; Thomas Inglis, born 7th
March 1856, died 17th May 1857.
WILLIAM MUNGALL, eldest son of
1859 WiHi am M., overseer, Lanarkshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
to Barrhead 19th Oct. 1854 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria; trans, and adm. 13th Jan. 1859;
res. 21st and died 30th Dec. 1865.
DAVID STRONG, M.A., pres. by Queen
1866 Victoria ; ord. 3rd May 1866 ; trans,
to Hillhead 14th Oct. 1872.
CHARLES GOODALL, born 28th June
1873 *846, son °^ Alexander G., farmer,
North Bank, Cameron, Fife, and
Marjory Page ; educated at Cameron School,
Madras College, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in 1869 ;
assistant at Strathmiglo and St Andrews,
Edinburgh ; ord. 8th May 1873 ; died 27th
Aug. 1888. He marr. 9th June 1875, Jane,
daugh. of Andrew Watson of Belmont,
St Andrews, and had issue — Alexander,
M.D., F.R.C.P.E., Edinburgh, born 1st June
1876; Marjory Jane Watson, born 22nd
July 1877 ; Charles, min. of Dailly, born
10th Jan. 1880 ; John, born 9th Jan. 1883,
died 12th Sept. 1901.
GEORGE DODS, born Leith, 11th Oct.
1858, son of George D., min. of
Garvald ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1880), B.D.
(1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1882 ;
AYR]
BARR— CATRINE
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assistant at Hyndland, Glasgow, and Scots
Church, Melbourne ; ord. to Melbourne 1st
Feb. 1883 ; trans, and adm. 20th Feb. 1889.
Marr. 4th June 1890, Ida, daugh. of John
Abraham, and has issue — Ida Mary Homan,
born 31st March 1891 (marr. 28th Nov.
1917, John Gifford Nicholson, lieut.
R.F.A.); Helen Ruth, born 1st March
1893 (marr. 1st June 1916, Oliver Hughes-
Onslow, yr., of Balkissock, lieut. Irish
Guards) ; George John Abraham, born
19th Oct. 1894, died 11th April 1910;
Edith Jane, born 31st Jan. 1900.
CATRINE (Q.S.).
[A church was built here by Claud
Alexander of Ballochmyle in 1792. On
31st May 1834, the General Assembly
granted it a chapel constitution, and
assigned it a district. The parish of
Catrine was disjoined from Sorn on 30th
Oct. 1871. At St Cuthbert's Holm on the
Water of Ayr, near the site of Catrine
Church, there was of old a chapel of St
Cuthbert.]
ROBERT STEVEN, ord. 12th Sept. 1792;
1792 trans, to Dalrymple 31st May 1798.
ANDREW HARLEY, called Nov. 1799 ;
ord. 15th May 1800; trans, to John-
stone Chapel-of-Ease 26th April 1804.
JAMES CURRIE, eldest son of
iai6 J ames C., farmer, Stevenston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA.
(1803) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 3rd Oct.
1809 ; elected in Nov. 1815 ; ord. 5th March
1816 ; dep. 15th June 1836 " for several acts
of intoxication." He marr. and had issue
— James, student of medicine at Glasgow
1825-8.
WILLIAM HUTCHESON, born Liff,
1836 1805 > educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; ord. 22nd Dec. 1836.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Free Church, Johnstone, Renfrewshire,
1844-76 ; died 25th March 1876. He marr.
25th Sept. 1839, Jane, only daugh. of Robert
Reid, merchant, Greenock. Publications —
Home Evangelisation (London, 1851) ; The
Apocrypha Opened.
1855
JAMES BELL BIGGAR, missionary at
Banton 1854; ord. 17th May 1855;
died at Annan 8th Oct. 1870.
1872
PEARSON MADAM MUIR, ord.
70 22nd Sept. 1870; first min. of
the parish ; trans, to Polmont 1st
Aug. 1872.
THOMAS PHILLIP, born 14th Aug.
1840, son of Robert P. and Elizabeth
Beveridge ; educated at Dunfermline
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; MA.
(1870); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh;
assistant at East Church, Stirling ; ord.
21st Nov. 1872 ; died 24th July 1876. He
marr. 24th Dec. 1872, Jane Runue (died
10th Oct. 1917), daugh. of William Pike,
and had issue — Robert James, born 3rd
June 1875, died at Prestwick 19th Oct.
1909; and a daugh., died in infancy.
1877
JAMES BUCHANAN, B.Sc. ; ord. 4th
Jan. 1877 ; trans, to Eaglesham 18th
Oct. 1881.
JAMES GILMOUR BAILLIE, licen. by
1882 Pres k- °f Paisley 4th May 1881 ;
ord. 9th March 1882 ; died at Prest-
wick 21st May 1893. He marr. 17th Feb.
1885, Josephine Mactavish (died 20th Aug.
1888), and had issue — James Duncan Mac-
tavish, born 27th Jan. 1886 ; Josephine,,
born 10th Aug. and died 26th Sept. 1888.
HUGH CALLAN, MA. ; ord. 8th Nov.
1893; trans, to Second Charge*
Montrose, 13th Jan. 1899.
WILLIAM JOHN, born Glasgow, 27th
March 1871, son of John Shennan
Graham J. and Margaret M'Nab ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1893); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1895 ; assistant at Cath-
cart and St Thomas's, Glasgow; ord. 11th
May 1899. Marr. 9th Aug. 1905, Sara,
daugh. of John Alexander Taylor, and has
issue — Graham Taylor, born 29th May
1906 ; Margaret Patricia, born 22nd June
1915.
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COYLTON
[PRESB. OF
1581
COYLTON.
[The vicarage of Coylton belonged to the
Chapel Royal of Stirling, and yielded it
two prebends. Coylton was for some time
united to the parish of Riccarton, but was
severed from it in 1647. About the year
1700, those parts of the lands of Gadgirth
lying north and east of the Water of Coyle
were disjoined from the parish of Ochil-
tree, and added to Coylton. In this parish
there were of old three chapels, St Bride's,
near Sundrum, the Chapel of Camel, which
had its Chapel Well, and the Chapel of
Raithhill, where also there was a Holy
Well. Coylton Church was rebuilt in
1776, and again in 1836.
JAMES DAVIDSON, exhorter at
1570 Candlemas 1570.
1574 JOHN CAMPBELL, reader, 1574-80.
MATTHEW WYLLIE, min. of Dal-
rymple pres. 3rd May 1581 ; trans, to
Dalmellington 1590.
WILLIAM WALLACE, educated at
1598 Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1593);
min. of Dalmellington in 1595 ;
trans, in 1598.
JAMES KER, adm. about 1606; trans.
1606 to Colmonell in 1610.
WILLIAM SCOTT, educated at Univ.
161Q of Edinburgh; M.A. (27th July
1609) ; was min. here in 1619 ;
deposed 7th Nov. 1649 for breaking the
Lord's Day, etc. — [Commiss. to Ass., 1638.]
JOHN ROSE, M.A. ; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; adm.
min. of Old Monkland in 1664.
WILLIAM FULLARTON of Craighall,
alias Laglen-Fullarton, son of James
F., of that ilk, and Agnes Fullarton ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1634) ;
adm. to St Quivox 10th May 1642; not
conforming to Episcopacy, he was deposed
by the Diocesan Synod ; was accused
before the Privy Council, March 1669, of
baptizing and marrying irregularly, which
he confessed 8th April, and was dismissed.
He was adm. to this parish under indulgence
1662
1672
by the Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; died
after Nov. 1679. He marr. Frances, daugh.
of Stewart of Raiss, Renfrewshire. She
survived him, and had issue — James ;
Robert of Craighall, born 1641 ; Francis ;
William ; George. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Wod-
row's Hist., ii., 123; G. R. Inhib., 19th
Nov. 1680; G. R. Homings, 10th July
1688 ; P. C. Decreta, 8th April 1680.]
GEORGE MILNE, pres. in Feb., and inst.
16 Aug. 1680 ; trans, to Campsie 24th
June 1681.— [P. C. Decreta, 1680.]
GEORGE MEIK, mentioned as min.
12th Dec. 1682 ; trans, to Straiton
in 1683.
JOHN WHITE, mentioned as min. 16th
1688 July 1683, and 10th March 1687.
He marr. Helen, daugh. of Robert
Cruickshank of Banchory. — [Glasg. Comm.
Deeds, 9th Feb. 1686; Ayr Sheriff-Court
Books, 17th Feb. 1688.]
RICHARD HISLOP, educated at Univ.
1687 of Edinburgh; M.A. (1679); passed
trials before Presb. of Dalkeith ; was
recommended to the Bishop 6th Dec. 1683
for licence ; pres. by Robert, Bishop of
Dunblane, in March, and after passing
secondary trials before same Presb. (being
then resident at Monktonhall in its
bounds), got a testimonial 1st Sept. 1687,
for ordination. The parish was vacant in
1689.— [Dalkeith Presb. Reg.]
JOHN MAIR, Presbyterian min. at
Loughbrickland, Ireland ; called in
Aug., and adm. (with liberty to
return to his own congregation when he
might have access) 24th Sept. 1689 ; still
min. in 1691.
1692
JOHN HUNTER, brother of George H. ;
min. at Magherally, Ireland, in
1672 ; came to Scotland in 1689 ;
called Jan. 1692, and adm. soon after;
died Jan. 1697. — [Glasg. Tests.; Reid's
Ireland, iii., 18.]
J WILLIAM BOYD, son of John B.,
7 mason, Glasgow; studied divinity
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 26th July 1699; ord. 14th
AYR]
COYLTON
21
1723
Feb. 1700; died of grief at infidelity of
his wife Feb. 1722. He marr. and had
issue— Allan ; Charles ; William ; Helen ;
Margaret; Elizabeth (marr. 16th Sept.
1736, George Blair, tailor, Edinburgh);
Katherine. — \Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's
Anal. ; G. R. Homings, 19th April 1705.]
JOHN KEY, clerk of the Baron's Court
at Greenock 14th Oct. 1708; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 19th June 1717 ; called 2nd Aug.
1722 ; ord. 26th Feb. 1723 ; died 31st Jan.
1748. He marr. (1) Mary Handyside, who
died 1st Jan. 1732: (2) 16th Aug. 1732,
Margaret Campbell (who survived him, and
marr. (2) 1st Sept. 1752, Patrick Douglas,
surgeon, Ayr) ; she died 1st Nov. 1764. —
[Williamson's Old Cartsburn, 185.]
DAVID SHAW, third son of Alexander
1749 ^*> mm- °^ Edinkillie ; licen. by
Presb. of Forres 10th Nov. 1743;
pres. by George II. 12th July 1748 ; ord.
29th June 1749; D.D. (St Andrews, 11th
Jan. 1775); Moderator of the General
Assembly 25th May 1776 ; died 26th April
1810, aged 91. In personal appearance he
was stately and venerable, was hale and
hearty till he was 91, and had not a
wrinkle on his cheek or a furrow on his
brow. He marr. 5th Nov. 1750, Marion
(died 14th March 1803), daugh. of James
Dalrymple, sheriff clerk, Ayr, and had
issue— Grizel, born 29th Dec. 1751, died
28th Feb. 1775 ; Alexander, born 7th Feb.
and died 2nd May 1753; Margaret, born
4th April 1754, died 21st Aug. 1799 ; Jean
Cathcart, born 2nd Sept. 1755, died 18th
Nov. 1800 ; Charles, writer, Ayr, born 17th
Dec. 1757 ; Manie, born 14th March 1759,
died 10th April 1784; James, born 20th
Oct. 1760, died 12th July 1779 ; William,
born 6th April 1763, died 10th Feb. 1793;
David, writer, Edinburgh, born 26th Sept.
1765; John, born 11th July 1767, died 5th
Aug. 1774. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xxi.). —
[Tombst.]
v JOHN BLACK, eldest son of Adam B.,
1810 farmer, Douglas, Lanarkshire ; edu-
cated at parish school and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
28th April 1802 ; pres. by George III. 10th
May, and ord. 20th Sept. 1810; LL.D.
(Glasgow, 1st May 1812) ; died at Paris,
26th Aug. 1825, aged 47. Publications—
The Falls of Clyde, or the Fairies, a
Scottish dramatic pastoral (Edinburgh,
1806); Life of Tasso, 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1810) ; Palceoromaica (London, 1822) ;
Supplement thereto (London, 1824).
ALEXANDER DUNCAN, born 16th
June 1793, son of William D., min.
of Abernethy ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 25th Sept. 1816 ; pres. by George IV.
27th Dec. 1825; ord. 11th May 1826; died
unmarried at Dysart, 26th Aug. 1866.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, v.).
THOMAS UNDERWOOD, pres. by
1858 Q ueen Victoria ; ord. assistant and
successor 8th July 1858 ; trans, to
Kirkpatrick-Irongray 22nd Sept. 1859.
JOHN MACKINLAY, eldest son of
William M., Campbeltown ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord.
assistant and successor 22nd Dec. 1859 ;
died between 17th Aug. and 4th Oct. 1865.
He marr. Ann Gillespie, daugh. of John
Stewart, min. of Blair-Atholl.
JAMES GLASGOW, born Wiston,
Lanarkshire, 1839, son of James G.
and Grace Whitelaw ; educated at
Wiston and Strathaven Schools, and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
in 1863 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord.
assistant and successor 19th April 1866 ;
died 20th Feb. 1904. He marr. 25th
July 1894, Margaret M'Farlane, elder
daugh. of James Maitland of Balquochen,
Stirlingshire.
- DAVID LOGAN BLAIR, ord. 7th July
1904 ; trans, to Scone 10th Nov.
1904
1908.
1909
WILLIAM COCHRAN CONN, born
The Grange, Castlerock, Co. Derry,
23rd Dec. 1871, son of Hugh C. and
Martha Cochran ; educated at Coleraine
Academy, Magee College, Derry, and Univ.
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COYLTON— CRAIGIE
[ PRESB. OF
of St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Perth.
(Original Secession) ; ord. Original Seces-
sion min. at Kirriemuir 1897 ; adm. to
Church of Scotland May 1900 ; assistant
at Alexandria ; app. to St John's, Hadding-
ton, 17th Sept. 1901 ; trans, to St John's,
Glasgow, 18th Dec. 1902 ; trans. 22nd April
1909 ; trans, to Penpont (assist, and sue.)
13th July 1917. Marr. 12th June 1906,
Beatrice Isobel, second daugh. of John
Carlyle, M.D., Greenock, and has issue —
John Carlyle, born 7th July 1908.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, born 26th
1Q17 April 1891, son of Gavin C, min. of
Fauldhouse ; educated at George
Watson's College and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1911), B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh May 1914 ; assistant at
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1914; ord.
23rd Nov. 1917.
CRAIGIE.
[The vicarage of Craigie belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1673 part of the
parish of Barnweil was annexed to Craigie.
The church was rebuilt in 1776.]
1574 DAVID WALLACE, reader in 1574.
1576
1580
1586
DAVID MYLNE, reader at Kilwinning,
in 1574 ; adm. in 1576, Riccarton
being also in his charge ; trans, to
Dundonald same year.
LAURENCE DALGLEISH, adm. in
1580; still min. in 1585. — [Beg.
Assig.~\
ALEXANDER FORSYTH, min. of
Dumfries in 1585 ; adm. here in
1586; pres. to vicarage of Dun-
donald by James VI. 20th June 1587 ;
still min. 14th Oct. 1590, but subse-
quently dep. ; pres. to Abercrombie before
20th Oct. 1593.
NATHAN INGLIS, M.A. (Glasgow
1571); min in 1593; app. one
of the visitors for Galloway by
the General Assembly in 1601, and also
went to Assembly at Aberdeen in 1605,
but was too late for the meeting. For so
doing and approving of what that Assembly
had done, he was committed to the Castle
of Dunbarton, but on his submission, 2nd
July 1607, he was liberated. Wodrow
relates of him that in admonishing his
parishioners in church for a breach of the
Sabbath, the laird (Wallace of Craigie),
who supported the culprits, threw a
"whinger" or short sword at him, which
he avoided by stooping, and it lodged in
the back of the pulpit. I. is then said
to have predicted misfortune to the laird
and his family, which came true ! But if
this story is true it probably applies to
some subsequent incumbent and not to
Inglis. He died about Feb. 1612, aged
about 42. He marr. Ann, daugh. of John
Eccles of Kildonan, who survived him and
had issue — John, apprenticed to John
Inglis, skinner, Edinburgh, 25th Aug.
1619; James, min. of Dailly. — [Reg. Assig.;
Glasg. and Edin. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal., ii.,
153 ; Forbes's Records ; Melville's Autob. ;
Calderwood's Hist., vi., 22, 161, 292, 445,
667.]
EDWARD POWER, M.A. (Glasgow
1606); adm. in 1613.— [Reg. of Deeds,
ccix., 32.]
JOHN HAMILTON, son of Gavin H.,
Bishop of Galloway ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1618);
adm. prior to 16th Sept. 1622; dep. 28th
March 1649, for not being hearty in oppos-
ing the public enemy ; was alive in 1662,
when he had a grant out of the vacant
stipends. He marr. Margaret, sister of
Hew Wallace of Craigie, and had issue —
John ; Margaret. — [Ayr Sess. Reg ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds, dlxi., 239 ; Ayr Sas.,
viii., 267 ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., i., 34.]
^ DAVID BROWN, M.A. '(Glasgow 1645);
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 27th June
1649 ; called in July ; he had also
calls to Ayr and Irvine, but was adm. here
2nd Jan. 1650 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; had an indulgence
from Privy Council 9th Dec. 1669; died
April 1673. He marr. Agnes Lockhart,
and had issue — David, min. of Blackfriars,
Glasgow, and nine others. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 327 ; P. C. Decreta, 5th March 1674.]
1613
1622
aye]
CRAIGIE
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1678
LAURENCE MERCER, M.A. ; adm.
about 1678; trans, to Kirkurd 11th
May 1681.
JOHN ARBUCKLE, M.A. ; trans, from
Monigaff in 1681 ; trans, to Riccar-
ton about 1686.
REID, said to have been outed from
1fl0 . t;his charge in 1689.— [MS. Ace. of
lb by _ _, _ _ -
Mm., 1689.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. ; probably
1690 f° rmer ly mm - °f Sorn ; min. in 1690;
was a member of Assembly that
year; died 12th Feb. 1700, aged 68. He
marr. (1) Janet Thomson : (2) 20th Nov.
1695, Mary Couper, and had issue— Janet
(marr. John Adam, min. of West Kilbride) ;
Mary ; John, schoolmaster of Galston
1715 ; and others. — [Ochiltree Sess. Beg. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Tombst. ;
Glasg. Com. Deeds, 12th Sept. 1700.]
JOHN HANNA, licen. by Presb. of
1701 Kirkcaldy 30th July 1700 ; called
15th Feb., and ord. 13th Aug. 1701 ;
died before 7th Jan. 1708. He marr. (pro.
11th Nov. 1705), Elizabeth, daugh. of James
Caithness, W.S., Edinburgh.
JAMES ROBERTSON, educated at
17og Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (13th
July 1691) ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 11th Jan. 1699 ; ord. to Men-
muir 3rd Sept. 1701 ; called 14th Oct.
1708; adm. 23rd March 1709; died 4th
June 1743, aged 69. He marr. Sept. 1707,
Anna, daugh. of John Wallace of Holms-
toun ; she survived him, and had issue —
Elizabeth ; William ; Thomas ; Jean ;
James. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.']
^ GEORGE BANNATYNE, called 2nd
Aug. 1744; ord. 18th July 1745;
trans, to Wynd Church, Glasgow,
18th Oct. 1764.
ANDREW SHAW, born 1741, son of
1765 Andrew S., Professor of Divinity,
St Mary's College, St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 14th Nov.
1764 ; pres. by Sir Thomas Wallace of
Craigie, Bart., in April, and ord. 26th Sept.
1765 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 12th Oct. 1795) ;
died 14th Sept. 1805. He marr. 28th Nov.
1774, Mary Lymburner, who died 30th
Dec. 1826, aged 83, and had issue — Andrew,
born 9th Oct. 1776, died 4th Nov. 1802;
John, born 27th Jan. 1778, and settled in
Canada, died 18th Dec. 1808 ; James, born
10th Dec. 1780, lost at sea on board the
Courier of Greenock Dec. 1798. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, v.).
JOHN STIRLING, second son of John
1806 ^'' Dunblane ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 21st Jan. 1800 ; pres. by William
Campbell of Craigie 21st Nov. 1805 ; ord.
17th April 1806 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May
1812) ; Moderator of General Assembly
16th May 1833; died 13th Jan. 1846. He
marr. 21st April 1806, Mary (died at
London, 28th June 1862, aged 79), daugh.
of William M'Quhae, D.D., min. of St
Quivox, and had issue — James, born 12th
Feb. 1807, died 17th Oct. 1823; Mary
Laurie, born 25th March 1808 (marr. 25th
May 1836, Thomas Ainsworth of The Flosh,
Cumberland, sometime High Sheriff of that
county, died 1st Feb. 1867 ; Isabella, born
1st Sept. 1809, died 2nd Feb. 1826; Jane
Erskine, born 8th Feb. 1811 ; Elizabeth,
born 11th Dec. 1812 (marr. 5th June 1838,
William Erskine, Bombay Medical Service),
died 28th Sept. 1840; Lydia Ainsworth,
born 11th Nov. 1814, died 26th June 1829 ;
William, merchant, Liverpool, born 12th
Aug. 1816, died 15th Feb. 1852; Rose
Sophia, born 27th Aug. 1818 ; John of
Fairburn, Ross-shire, flax spinner, Cleator,
Cumberland, born 26th June 1820, died
19th Aug. 1907 ; Laura Margaret, born
5th Sept. 1822, died 18th April 1846;
Annabella Fullarton, born 7th June 1824 ;
James, born 2nd Sept. 1827, died 11th
March 1846. — [Burke's Landed Gentry,
12th edition,^. 1793.]
1843
ROBERT INGLIS, son of Robert I.,
quarrier, Douglas ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Lanark ; pres. by James Campbell of
Craigie ; ord. (assistant and successor) 6tb
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CRAIGIE— CROSSHILL— CUMNOCK
[PKESB. OF
Sept. 1843 ; died 17th May 1859. He raarr.
16th Sept. 1846, Jane (died 26th Aug. 1852),
daugh. of William Rorison, min. of Stair,
and had issue — Margaret Anne, born 7th
Feb. 1848; Robert, born 26th May 1849.
died 23rd June 1853 ; Mary, born 28th Jan.
1851 (marr. George M'William, min. of
Crawfordjohn).
1859
DAVID STIRLING, born 12th Oct.
1828, fourth son of Robert S., D.D.,
min. of Galston ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; Keen, by Presb. of Ayr 6th
Sept. 1854 ; ord. to Dalmellington 14th
May 1857 ; pres. by James Campbell of
Craigie ; trans, and adm. 3rd Nov. 1859 ;
died 20th Aug. 1882. He marr. 3rd Jan.
1862, Agnes Maria, daugh. of Colonel
James Fairlie of Holms and Agnes
Maria Fairlie, and had issue — Robert,
engineer, Peru, born 6th Oct. 1862 ; James
Fairlie, Iquique, born 10th Dec. 1864 ;
Agnes Maria, born 18th Feb. 1866 ; David
Edward, Taital, Chile, born 25th June 1867;
Jane, born 31st July 1868.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, born Slate-
ford, 21st Sept. 1852, son of John
C. and Margaret Taylor ; educated
at Irvine Academy and Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh; M.A. (Glasgow 1873),
B.D. (Edinburgh 1876); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 11th May 1876; ord. to
Foulden 10th May 1877 ; trans, and adm. 1 7th
Jan. 1883 ; died 6th June 1920. He marr.
16th Aug. 1877, Janet Burns, daugh. of Gavin
Lindsay, Overton, Dreghorn,and had issue —
John, born 1st June 1878, died 23rd April
1887; Gavin Lindsay, born 11th March 1880;
Jane Lindsay Robertson, born 27th Sept.
1881 ; Margaret Taylor, born 21st Jan. 1883
(marr. 7th Dec. 1905, Alexander Templeton,
grain merchant, Kilmarnock) ; Janet, born
24th April 1884 (marr. 8th Sept. 1915,
Robert Hardie, solicitor, Kilmarnock) ;
William John, born 12th Dec. 1887 ; Mary,
born 9th June 1890 (marr. 19th Oct. 1915,
Harry H. Haigh, Tillicherry, Southern
India); Arthur James Balfour, born 14th
Sept. 1894. Publications — The Elder's
Prayer Book (Paisley, 1885) ; Family
Prayers (Kilmarnock, 1903).
CROSSHILL (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1838. The
parish of Crosshill was disjoined from Kirk-
michael and Kirkoswald, 8th March 1854.]
JAMES SMELLIE, ord. 14th July 1841 ;
1841 trans, to Innerwick 21st Sept. 1843.
THOMAS MAULE, M.A. ; ord. 30th
May 1844 ; res. 1851 ; died at
Partick 23rd Dec. 1864.
1844
1851
1888
JAMES CRAWFORD, son of Walter O,
Perth ; licen. by Presb. of Perth Nov.
1850 ; ord. 25th Dec. 1851 ; res. 5th
Dec. 1888. Marr. 26th Jan. 1852, Catherine,
only daugh. of John Ferguson, Perth.
ROBERT STEWART, born Peebles,
13th Dec. 1861, son of Robert
Stewart and Elizabeth Mitchell ;
educated at Peebles Public School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Peebles; ord. (assistant and successor) 14th
Nov. 1888. Marr. (1) 21st July 1884,
Louisa (died 20th Nov. 1889), daugh. of
Henry King, and had issue — Robert Alex-
ander, born 8th Feb. 1885 ; Louis William
Henry, born 13th Nov. 1889, died 14th Aug.
1890 : (2) 27th Oct. 1891, Jane, daugh. of
James Peebles, and has issue — Agnes
M'Fadzean, born 31st July 1893 ; Eliza-
beth Mitchell, born 25th July 1896.
CUMNOCK, on OLD CUMNOCK.
[The rectory of Cumnock was a prebend
of Glasgow. Its church was dedicated to
St Conal. There was a chapel in the parish
at Borland. On St Matthew's Day, the
21st of September, a yearly fair was held
at Cumnock. The parish church was re-
built in 1754, and again in 1867. Alex-
ander Peden, the Covenanter, having died
in the neighbourhood, was buried at
Auchinleck ; but a party of dragoons took
up his body, and carried it to Cumnock, to
be there hung in chains. Being unable to
effect this, they buried the corpse at the
foot of the local gallows. This site is near
the church, and the people of Cumnock
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25
have chosen it for their burial-place. Here
in the churchyard lie David Dun and Simon
Paterson — two Covenanters shot at Cum-
nock in 1685. Four other martyrs of the
Covenant are buried in this parish at the
places where they fell.]
JOHN DUNBAR, previously parish
priest, conformed at the Reformation
and styled "parson" in 1562. He
was alive in 1581, when he is described as
" vicar and life-long pensioner of the parish
church of Cumnock," and had a charter
confirming him in the possession of "four
acres of arable land, with a house and
small wood and pasture for two cows and
one horse."— [Reg. Mag. Sig. ; Chalmers's
Caledonia, vi., 522.]
JOHN RYND, entered exhorter at
1572 Kinglassie at Lammas 1569 ; adm.
Nov. 1572 ; had for stipend in
1574 "the haill parsonage and vicarage
of Cumnock, and the haill chaplainrie of
St Blaise in Perth " ; died before 22nd
May 1576. — [Reg. Min.; Steven's Old
Cumnock, 18.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, min. of Dun-
157 donald at Lammas 1572 ; pres. by
James VI. 22nd May 1576.— [Reg.
Assig.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON of Bardanoch ;
15 ,_ 8 min. in 1578 ; trans, to Dairy, Gallo-
way, 1595.
GEORGE DUNBAR of Pollesche ; min.
1599 in 1599 ; trans, to Ayr about 1607.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, son of Donald
1608 ^' °^ Aikenbar ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1602) j adm. to
Inchcailloch 22nd March 1604; trans, to
Dunlop after 14th Oct. 1606 ; trans, and
adm. before 1608. In 1642 he was trans,
to Hamilton but continued here ; was a
member of the Commission of Assembly
in 1643, 1644, and is believed- to have died
in 1644, aged about 63. He marr. Margaret
Sempill, and had issue — William, appren-
ticed to John Fleming, merchant, Edin-
burgh, 9th Aug. 1637 ; Jean (marr. George
Crawford of Auchincors) ; Marion (marr.
William Crawford, in Burne). — [Reg. of
Assig. ; Acts of Ass. ; Acts of Pari., viii. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
Reg. of Deeds, cxcviii., 147 ; Ibid., Mack.,
14th Nov. 1666 ; G. R. Sas., xix., 242 ; Ayr
Sas., v., 290 ; Stevenson's Hist., 197.]
JOHN HALKEID, educated at Univ. of
1644 St Andrews ; M.A. (1638) ; pres. by
James Crichton of Abercrombie ;
adm. 6th Aug. 1644 ; died unmarr. after
25th March 1646, aged about 28.
JOHN CUNYNGHAME of Blook,
1647 brotner of Hugh C, Provost of
Irvine ; pres. by James Crichton
of Abercrombie, with advice of William,
Earl of Dumfries, 10th March, and adm.
8th Sept. 1647 ; refusing to conform to
Episcopacy in 1662 he was confined to his
parish ; died Oct. 1668. He marr. Elizabeth
Cunynghame, who died Sept. 1677, and had
issue — Alexander, of Blook, an eminent
Latin scholar, died at The Hague, Dec.
1730 ; John ; Hugh ; Charles ; Elizabeth
(marr. James Logan, merchant burgess,
Glasgow); Margaret.— [Ochiltree Sess. Reg.;
Glasg. Tests. ; Acts of Pari., viii. ; Inq. Ret.
Ayr, 612, et Gen., 6054 ; Grant's Story of
Univ. of Edin., i., 361 ; G. R. Sas., xxviii.,
77 ; G. R. Inhib., 11th Jan. 1679 ; Scots Mag.,
1804 ; Diet. Nat. Riog.]
SAMUEL NIMMO, M.A. ; adm. prior
1673 to 25t ^ AP r ^ 16 ?3 ; trans, to Colinton
15th April 1686.
FRANCIS FORDYCE, son of Andrew
1686 F. in Kirkton of Dyke; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(9th July 1672) ; schoolmaster of Banff,
1673-85 ; recommended for licence by
Presb. of Fordyce 3rd April 1678 ; was
min. of Dalgain (Sorn) in 1686 ; trans, and
adm. before 3rd Nov. 1686. In 1688 he
was forced by ninety armed men into the
churchyard, forbidden to preach and had
his gown torn. — [For glen Sess. Reg. ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication.]
•HUGH KILPATRICK, min. of a
Presbyterian Congregation at Lurgan
in 1686; supplied Dairy, 1689-91;
called unanimously Nov. 1691; adm. 13th
Jan. 1692; returned to Ireland Oct. 1694,
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CUMNOCK
[PRESB. OF
and was adm. to Ballymoney in 1695 ; died
April 1712. He marr., and had issue — James,
CD., min. at Belfast, author of Presbyterian
Loyality ; and others. — [Reid's Ireland,
iii., 18.]
JOHN STEEL of Windhill; licen. by
1701 Presb. of Linlithgow in 1699 ; called
Nov. 1700 ; ord. 26th March 1701 ;
died 4th March 1746, aged 72. He marr.
(cont. 6th and 11th Dec. 1703), Margaret
(died 8th June 1756), second daugh. of Sir
George Drummond of Milnab, Lord Provost
of Edinburgh, and had issue — John, min.
of Stair; Lilias (marr. 3rd March 1741,
William Morris, surgeon, Kilmarnock), died
Sept. 1790. Publication — Account of a Late
Conference betwixt Mr John Steel and Mr
John Adamson, a Disorderly Preacher
(Glasgow, 1714) [answered by Adamson in
Contendings for the. Kingdom of Light
against the Kingdom of Darkness (1715)]. —
[Wodrow's Anal., iii., 337 ; Lanark Sas.,
xi., 257.]
ADAM THOMSON in the parish of
1748 Valine ; licen. by Presb. of Dunferm-
line 4th March, and called 10th Dec.
1747 ; ord. 28th April 1748 ; died unmarr.
1st Feb. 1751.
GEORGE MUIR, called unanimously
1752 26th Sept., and ord. 30th Nov. 1752 ;
trans, to High Church, Paisley, 30th
Oct. 1766.
THOMAS MILLER, born 1740, son of
1767 W u li am M., bookseller, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 12th June
1764 ; pres. by William, Earl of Dumfries
and Stair, in April, and ord. 24th Sept.
1767; D.D. (Edinburgh, 23rd Dec. 1788);
died at Edinburgh, 1st June 1819, and was
buried in Greyfriars' Churchyard. He marr.
2nd June 1780, Janet (died 19th Jan. 1789),
daugh. of Matthew Stewart, D.D. , Professor
of Mathematics in the Univ. of Edinburgh,
and had issue — Margery, born 9th April
1781,died 29th Jan. 1805 ; Patrick, physician,
Exeter, born 21st May 1782 ; Margaret,
born 18th Oct. 1783 (marr. 10th April 1815,
Major James Miller, 74th Foot, who died
4th June following, of wounds received at
the Battle of Toulouse) ; William, Colonel
in the army, born 20th June 1785 ;
Matthew, merchant, Liverpool, born 27th
Jan. 1787, died 14th March 1833. Publica-
tion—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOHN FRAZER, born Rothesay, 1778,
181g second son of Daniel F., merchant ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
by Presb. of Edinburgh min. of a Presby-
terian Congregation at Monkwearmouth
30th May 1816; pres. by John, Marquess
of Bute, in March, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 13th May 1819 ; died unmarr.
20th Nov. 1829.
V NINIAN BANNATYNE, born 27th Oct.
1830 18 02, son °f Ninian B., shipowner,
Rothesay ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1825) ; pres. by John,
Marquess of Bute, 10th Feb., and ord. 16th
Sept. 1830. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of the Free Church, Old Cumnock,
1843-74; died unmarr. 20th Feb. 1874.
Publications — Election no excuse for Man's
Sloth or Sin, but rather a Motive to Holiness
(1844) ; Account of the Parish (J\ T ew Stat.
Ace, v.).
JAMES MURRAY, born Langcoat,
184 _ Eddleston, 1812, son of John M.
and Jane Elliot ; educated at Eddle-
ston School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Peebles 26th July 1842 ; assis-
tant at Roxburgh and Kirkconnel ; pres. by
John, second Marquess of Bute ; ord. 17th
Aug. 1843 ; died at Mentone, France, 30th
Jan. 1875, and was buried at Old Cumnock.
He marr. 11th June 1844, Isabella (died
7th Nov. 1881), daugh. of Thomas White,
Union Bank of Scotland, and had issue
— John Elliot, banker, Paisley, born 10th
Nov. 1845 ; Mary Ann, born 18th May
1847, died 24th Sept. 1878 ; Thomas White,
born 20th Dec. 1849, died 25th Aug.
1867; William Henry, M.D., Galashiels,
born 10th Aug. 1851, died 12th Jan. 1899 ;
Elizabeth Fanny Moore, born 17th Nov.
1853 (marr. Thomas Crosby, min. of Loch-
rutton); Ellen, born 14th July 1856, died
16th July 1870 ; Margaret Alice, born 15th
April 1864, died 9th April 1876. Publica-
tions — War in Prospect and War in
Earnest (Edinburgh, 1855) ; Songs of the
aye]
CUMNOCK— NEW CUMNOCK
Covenant Times [anon.] (Edinburgh, 1861) ;
The Prophet's Mantle, being Scenes from, the
Life of Elisha, the son of Shaphat (Edin-
burgh, 1870). — [Modern Scottish Poets, iii.,
147.]
JOHN SPENCE ROBERTSON, born
.„,__ 1850, son of Edmund Robertson,
schoolmaster, Kinnaird, and brother
of Edmund, Lord Lochee ; educated at
Kinnaird Parish School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
Oct. 1874; ord. 22nd July 1875. Marr.
23rd April 1885, Catherine Forbes, daugh.
of Robert Sharp, Blackford, Perthshire,
and has issue — Edmund Downing, born
1st Feb. 1887 ; Lillias Mabel, born 1st May
1889 ; Robert Arnold Fitzjohn Spence, born
20th Dec. 1892.
NEW CUMNOCK.
[This parish was disjoined from Cumnock
by the Commissioners for the plantation of
kirks on 11th July 1650. On 14th July
1667, the Commissioners recalled this
decision, and set aside the disjunction. On
11th March 1691, however, they renewed
the repealed decree of 1650, and confirmed
the erection of the parish. The church of
New Cumnock was rebuilt in 1832.]
HUGH CRAUFURD, fourth son of
Patrick C. of Auchenames and
Jane Craufurd of Crosbie ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1648); adm.
before 1653 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662. He had sasine of the lands
of Garrive July 1669. He became indulged
min. at Riccarton in 1672, and afterwards
held a charge in Ireland ; returned here
at the Toleration ; idied May 1692, aged
about 64. He marr. Eupham, daugh. of
John Cunningham of Baidland, and widow
of William Cunningham, min. of West
Kilbride, and had issue — Hugh of Garrive ;
John, apothecary, Paisley. — [Burke's Landed
Gentry, 12th Ed., 452; Neio G. R. Sas.,
xxiii. ; Acts of Pari., viii. ; Nisbet's Her.,
ii. ; Bailiary of Cunningham Deeds, 23rd
May 1685 ; G. R. Homings, 1st Oct. 1685.]
1653
JAMES GILCHRIST, called Oct. 1696 ;
16g7 ord. 31st March 1697 ; trans, to
Dunscore 14th May 1701.
THOMAS HUNTER, licen. by Presb.
1706 of Dunblane 31st March 1702 ;
assistant at Sanquhar ; called 21st
Feb. ; ord. 19th Dec. 1706 ; dem. in 1757 ;
died 5th Jan. 1760, in his 100th year. He
marr. (1) a lady whose name is unknown,
and had issue — Joseph ; Isobel : (2) 20th
March 1750, Jean Welsh, who died 28th
Dec. 1780.
JAMES YOUNG, son of Alexander Y.,
17 _ 8 cooper, Falkirk ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow ; called 29th Dec. 1757 ;
ord. 3rd May 1758; died 1st Aug. 1795,
aged 84. He marr. 4th Nov. 1762, Eliza-
beth (died 3rd Dec. 1825), daugh. of Robert
Hunter, min. of Kirkconnel, and had issue —
James, born 13th Oct. 1763 ; Robert, born
12th and died 30th Nov. 1764 ; Marjory,
born 12th Aug. 1766 ; Marion (twin), born
12th Aug. 1766, died 8th Sept. 1780;
Robert, born 20th Jan. 1768 ; Janet, born
20th March 1769 ; Elizabeth, born 5th Nov.
1770; Margaret Crawford, born 21st Feb.
1773 ; Alexander, born 5th March 1774 ;
Elizabeth Penelope, born 21st Sept. 1775,
died 18th Oct. 1781 ; Katherine, born 3rd
Nov. 1776, died 30th May 1796; Mary,
born 28th Feb. 1778; Patrick, born 6th
June 1779. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace. vi.).
WILLIAM REID, a native of Annan ;
ltjqe educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; pres. by Patrick, Earl of Dum-
fries, 10th Dec. 1795 ; ord. 12th May 1796.
He was interdicted by several heritors from
cutting down grown trees on his glebe, but
the interdict was recalled on appeal by the
Court of Session 16th May 1799. He died
28th Feb. 1829. He marr. 22nd Aug. 1796,
Mary (died 19th Sept. 1848), daugh. of
Richard Allan of North Bardowie.
ROBERT CRAIG, M.A. ; pres. by John,
Marquess of Bute, 31st March, and
ord. 17th Sept. 1829 ; trans, to
Rothesay 17th Sept. 1835.
1829
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NEW CUMNOCK— DA ILLY
[PRESB. OF
1835
MATTHEW KIRKLAND, born 1799,
eldest son of Matthew K., Car-
munnock ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th
May 1828 ; pres. by John, Marquess of
Bute, 28th Sept., and ord. 10th Dec. 1835.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min.
of New Cumnock Free Church, 1843-6 j
died 27th July 1846. He marr. 12th Dec.
1839, Ann (died 2nd Aug. 1872), eldest
daugh. of John Smith, hosier, Glasgow,
and had issue — Isabella, born 27th Feb.
1841. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Neiv Stat. Ace, v.).
ROBERT ELLIOT MURRAY, born
1843 L an g coat > Eddleston, 1814, son of
John M. and Jane Elliot, and brother
of James M., min. of Old Cumnock ; educ.
at Eddleston School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 26th
July 1842 ; pres. by John, second Marquess
of Bute; ord. 10th Aug. 1843; died un-
marr. 26th Nov. 1894. Publications— Two
Chapters on Miracles (Edinburgh, 1863) ;
The Scrijrtural Doctrine of Repentance unto
Life (Glasgow) ; The Day-Spring from on
High (Edinburgh, 1871; 2nd ed., 1881).—
[Modern Scottish Poets, iii., 155.]
1886
JAMES MILLAR, born Shawlands, 10th
April 1857, son of Archibald M. and
Agnes Smith ; educated at Crossmy-
loof, High School, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1879), B.D. (1884); licen. by Presb.
of Paisley in 1883 ; assistant at New Kil-
patrick ; ord. (assistant and successor) 20th
Oct. 1886 ; res. Dec. 1919. Marr. 8th July
1887, Grace Underwood (died 9th Nov.
1889), daugh. of Walter Kennedy, and has
issue — Archibald Underwood, born 10th
Nov. 1888 ; Grace Underwood Kennedy,
born 30th Oct. 1889. Publications— Trans-
lations of The Apostolic Age, by Weizsaeker
(vol. i., London, 1894; vol. ii., 1895); of
History of Dogma, by Harnack (vol. iii
1896; vol. iv. (part), 1898; vol. v., 1899)
of Long Ago, by Storm, 5 vols. (Glasgow)
Articles in Hastings' Dictionary of the
Bible; Murray's Illustrated Bible Diet
International Bible Dictionary (Chicago).
DAILLY, ok DALMAKERRAN.
[The church of Dalmakerran belonged to
the Abbey of Crossregal. It was dedicated
to St Michael, but an older dedication was
to St Kiaran. In the old churchyard of
Dalmakerran stands a monument erected
in 1886 to the memory of John Stevenson,
tenant in Camregan, a Covenanter who
fought at Bothwell Bridge, and has left a
written account of his times. He died in
1729. The main part of this parish is
inland, its nearest point being almost two
miles from the sea ; yet the island of Ailsa
is included within the bounds of Dailly.
There were four chapels in the parish, St
Mary's in the Lady Glen, the chapel of
Machrikil (Machar a Cille = the level place
of the church), another at Altichapel (Allt
an t-seipeail = th.Q stream of the chapel),
and the fourth on the isle of Ailsa. In
1766 the parish church was removed to
New Dailly.]
JOHN CUNYNGHAME, adm. to this
157 parish in 1573, and " placit " 1st May
1575, having also Girvan and Kirk-
oswald in his charge ; trans, to Girvan
in 1590.
DAVID BARCLAY, adm. min. in 1590;
1590 trans, to Maybole in 1599.
JAMES INGLIS, brother of John I.,
1605 glover, Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 29th July 1598) ; min. in 1605 ;
was one of fifty-five who signed a Protesta-
tion for the Liberties of the Kirk 27th June
1617 ; was summoned before the Court of
High Commission 28th March 1620, but ex-
cused on account of infirmity, and when
threatened to be silenced and banished by
James, Archbishop of Glasgow, about the
same time, for not conforming to the Articles
of the Perth Assembly, he replied, " I sail
be als readie by God's grace to suffer as ye
sail be to persecute, and one day will make
manifest whether ye doe weill or not." He
died before 22nd May 1640. He marr.
Dorothy Stewart, widow of Thomas Kennedy
of Drummurchie. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Calder-
wood's Hist., vii , 256, 427, 436 ; Inq. Ret.
Ayr, 351, 375 ; Ayr Sas., ii., 136 ; Reg. of
Deeds, dxxviii., 27.]
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JAMES INGLIS, son of Nathan I., min.
of Craigie; M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
July 1629) ; pres. by Charles I. 30th
Aug. 1641 ; he took part with the Resolu-
tioners ; died Jan. 1659, aged about 50.
He marr. Bethia Burns, who survived him,
and had issue — James ; Hew ; Thomas ;
John ; Anna ; Marie. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; G. R. Inhib.,
12th Sept. 1670 ; Reg. of Deeds, 10th July
1663.]
1660
ANDREW MILLAR, M.A. ; adm. in
1660 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; still min.
17th Dec. 1663; was fined 4000 merks for
baptizing the child of a neighbouring min.
but got the penalty reduced to one half.
He was indulged at Neilston in 1672.
THOMAS SKINNER, M.A. (St
Andrews 1650) ; was on the Exercise
15th June 1654; dep. for immorality;
reponed 28th Jan. 1658 ; became school-
master of Brechin 5th July 1658 ; adm. to
Careston after 9th April 1663 ; pres. by
Alexander, Archbishop of Glasgow, jure
devoluto 26th June, and inst. 5th July
1665 ; deserted his charge at the Revolu-
tion ; died 1694. He marr. Isobel Erskine,
and had issue — Thomas ; Catherine. — [Inq.
Ret. Gen., 5330 ; Rule's Sec. Vindication ;
Brechin Sess. Reg. ; G. R. Homings, 22nd
Aug. 1688.]
PATRICK CRAUFURD, brother of
John C. of Garrive ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (11th
Feb. 1681) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 12th
March 1689 ; called 7th July and ord. 11th
Nov. 1691 ; died June 1710, aged about
49. He marr. Janet Shaw, who survived
him, and had issue — Janet, born 1694. —
[Inq. Reg. de Tut., 1178; Glasg. Tests.;
Wodrow's Anal, and Corresp.]
WILLIAM STEEL, educated at Univ.
1711 of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 30th Dec. 1707; called
9th Aug. 1710; ord. 17th Jan. 1711; died
1st June 1723, aged 43. He marr. Margaret
Barclay, who died 11th May 1763, and had
issue — David, cabinetmaker, Westminster ;
Isobel ; Bethia ; John ; William ; Matthew,
weaver, Kilwinning. — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM PATON, born 1696, second
1724 son °^ R°b ert P-5 niin. of Dumfries ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(3rd May 1714); licen. by Presb. of Dal-
keith 4th May 1718; called 2nd Jan. and
ord. 9th July 1724; died 18th June 1755.
He marr. (1) 20th Nov. 1727, Margaret,
daugh. of David Kennedy of Kirkmichael,
and had issue — Montgomerie, born 31st
March 1729 ; Robert, born 21st Sept. 1730;
Jean, born 16th Dec. 1731 ; David, born
2nd July 1733 : (2) 12th March 1734, Janet
Kennedy, who died 3rd Nov. 1786, and had
issue — Alexander, born 23rd Sept. 1735;
Margaret, born 6th June 1737 (marr. 7th
Dec. 1760, Mark Stark, merchant, Glasgow);
Sarah, born 10th Nov. 1738 ; Jean, born
17th June 1740 ; Janet, born 5th June 1742 ;
James, born 30th Aug. 1743 ; Janet, born
2nd May 1745, died 25th Jan. 1746;
Elizabeth, born 28th July 1747; William,
born 15th June and died 1st Oct. 1750.
1756
THOMAS THOMSON, born 1730, sixth
son of Thomas T.. min. of Auchter-
muchty ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; tutor in the family of Sir
James Fergusson of Kilkerran ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 28th March 1753 ; called 8th
Jan. and ord. 3rd June 1756 ; died 19th Feb.
1799. He marr. 10th Jan. 1759, Margaret
(died 6th Dec. l760),-daugh. of Sir Alexander
Hope of Carse, Bart., and had issue —
Margaret Hope, born 14th Nov. 1759 (marr.
her cousin James Thomson, min. of Preston-
kirk) ; Thomas, born 3rd Nov. 1760, died
14th Jan. 1763 : (2) 5th Jan. 1768, Mary
(died at Edinburgh, 21st Jan. 1822, aged
76), daugh. of Francis Hay in Lochside,
and widow of Lockhart, and had
issue — Thomas, advocate, Deputy Clerk
Register, and an eminent legal antiquary,
born 10th Nov. 1768. died 2nd Oct. 1852 ;
Francis, born 10th Feb. 1770; Christian,
born 6th Sept. 1771 (marr. 25th Aug. 1794,
William Hay, farmer, Mains of Dundonald,
whom she divorced in 1799); Mary, born 25th
May 1773 ; Agnes, born 10th Feb. and died
12th June 1775 ; Adam, accountant, Edin-
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DAILLY
[PKESB. OF
burgh, born 28th Oct. 1776 ; John, min. of
Duddingston ; Helen, born 25th Sept. 1781
(marr. 9th Aug. 1811, James Pillans, LL.D.,
Professor of Humanity, Univ. of Edinburgh),
died 5th Aug. 1840. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, x.). —
[MS. Genealogy of the Family; Laing's
Account ; Innes's Memoir of Thomas Thom-
son ; Baird's John Thomson of Duddingston,
158 ; Napier's John Thomson of Dtcdding-
ston, 395.]
JOHN THOMSON, youngest son of
laoo P rece ding '} pres. by George III. 23rd
July 1799; ord. 24th April 1800;
trans, to Duddingston 14th Nov. 1805.
CHARLES CUNNINGHAM, licen. by
1806 Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Nov. 1795 ;
ord. 3rd May 1798 to Lundie and
Foulis ; pres. by George III. 10th Dec.
1805 ; trans, and adm. 8th May 1806 ; died
10th Aug. 1815. He marr. 4th Dec. 1799,
Maxwell (died 22nd Aug. 1846), daugh. of
James Finnan, min. of Kirkpatrick-Iron-
gray, and had issue — Duncan, born 1st
Nov. 1800 ; James John, staff surgeon,
born 30th July 1803, died at Bombay
9th Jan. 1843 ; "William, born 2nd Jan.
1805, died 2nd April 1805 ; Maria Lucia,
born 7th March 1807 ; Hew, ensign 6th
Madras Cavalry, born 19th Oct. 1810, died
at Bombay, 16th March 1833; Charles,
assistant surgeon, born 10th Aug. 1813,
died at Bombay, 29th Aug. 1841.
ALEXANDER HILL, D.D. ; trans.
1816 ^ r0m Colmonell ; pres. by Presb.
jure devoluto 14th Feb., and adm.
27th June 1816 ; dem. 12th Nov. 1840, on
appointment as Professor of Divinity in
Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.).
WILLIAM CHALMERS, born Malacca,
12th April 1812, son of William C,
M.A., M.D., H.E.I.C.S., and Eliza-
beth Margaret Pungel, daugh. of the Dutch
Governor of Malacca ; educated at Univs.
of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Aberdeen 1829); licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 29th April 1835; ord.
(assistant and successor) at Aberdour 5th
Aug. 1836 ; trans, and adm. 15th July
1841. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Free Church, Dailly, 1843-5 ; of
Marylebone Presbyterian Church, London,
1845-68; D.D. (Aberdeen, April 1867);
Professor of Apologetics, Dogmatic The-
ology, and Church History in Theological
College of English Presbyterian Church,
1868-80 ; Principal of that College, 1880-8 ;
died 5th Nov. 1894. He marr. 10th March
1842, Emily (died 20th Jan. 1908), daugh.
of William Bryce, D.D., min. of Aberdour,
and had issue — William Bryce, London,
born 27th Jan. 1843; Alexander, Watford,
Herts. Publications — Sermon on the Death
of Sir Alexander Gibson Carmichael, Bart.
(London, 1850) ; The Power of the Civil
Magistrate ; The Church Question ; The
Blade and the Ear (London, 1862).
DAVID STRONG, born 1803, eldest son
1843 °* David S., accountant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd Oct. 1832; ord.
to Second Charge, Kilmarnock, 29th Aug.
1833 ; trans, to First Charge, Kilmarnock,
2nd Sept. 1841 ; trans, and adm. 21st Sept.
1843 ; died 29th Jan. 1855. He marr. 25th
Dec. 1839, Margaret Paterson (died 22nd
March 1869), daugh. of John Roxburgh,
min. of Kilmaurs, and had issue — David,
D.D., min. of Hillhead, born 20th Oct.
1840 ; John Roxburgh, accountant, Glasgow,
born 10th Feb. 1842, died 1st Nov. 1899 ;
Robert, born 7th Sept. and died 12th Oct.
1843 ; Charles, D.D., min. of Scots Church,
Melbourne, born 26th Sept. 1844 ; William
Robertson, C.A., Brisbane, born 19th June
1851, died 29th Sept. 1912. Publication-
Certain Portions of the Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
CORNELIUS GIFFEN, pres. by Queen
1855 Victoria ; adm. 13th Sept. 1855 ;
trans, to Trinity parish, Edinburgh,
13th May 1869.
GEORGE TURNBULL, born 15th Jan.
1834, second son of John T., Bar-
linnie, Glasgow, and Ann Todd
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1854)
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 24th June 1858
ord. to Pollokshaws 1st Dec. 1859 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria ; trans, and adm. 23rd Sept.
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DAILLY— DALMELLINGTON
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1869 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1902) ; died 5tli April
1908. He marr. 9th July 1874, Elizabeth
Steel, daugh. of William Colledge, and had
issue — Elizabeth Ann, born 31st Aug.
1875 ; John, solicitor, Glasgow, born 4th
Jan. 1877 ; Janet Colledge, born 19th Oct.
1879 ; Mary Georgina, born 3rd Dec. 1881
(marr. Charles Goodall, min. of this parish) ;
William Colledge, born 10th April 1883, died
20th May 1884. Publication — Sermon on
the Occasion of the Death of the Rev. James
C. Bryce (Edinburgh, 1870); A South Ayr-
shire Parish [edited by John Torrance,
B.D., U.F. Church, Dailly] (Ayr, 1908).
CHARLES GOODALL, born 10th Jan.
1880, son of Charles G., min. of
Barr; educated at Fettes College
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1902), B.D.
(1905) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1907 ;
assistant at St Giles and St Mary's, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 9th Sept. 1908. Marr. 3rd
June 1914, Mary Georgina, daugh. of George
Turnbull, D.D., min. of this parish, and has
issue — Elizabeth Margaret, born 4th Sept.
1915 ; Jean Patricia Bell, born 9th Feb. 1917.
DALMELLINGTON.
[The vicarage of Dalmellington was a
prebend of the Chapel Royal of Stirling.
A yearly Lammas Fair was held at Dal-
mellington on 1st Aug. The Parish Church
was rebuilt in 1846. There are mission
chapels within the bounds at Lethanhill
and Waterside.]
RANKEN DAVIDSON, min. of
156g Galston ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 23rd Aug. 1569.
JOHN MAKCONNELL, reader, Nov.
1571 1571.
DAVID CATHCART, pres. to the
1572 vicarage by James VI. 20th Sept.
1572 ; continued reader 1580. — [Beg.
Assig.]
JAMES DAVIDSON, entered exhorter
1574 at Coylton at Candlemas 1570. In
1574 Dalrymple and Coylton were
also in his charge. — [Beg. Min.]
MATTHEW WYLIE, adm. in 1578;
1578 P res - to Coylton by James VI. 3rd
. May 1581 ; trans, to Dalrymple in
1590.
JOHN M'QUORNE, M.A. ; adm. in
1591 1591 ; trans, to Maybole in 1595.
WILLIAM WALLACE, M.A.; adm. in
1595 1595; trans, to Coylton in 1598.
JOHN ANDERSON, adm. 1599; still
1599 min. in 1601. — [Beg. Assig.]
GAVIN STEWART, M.A. (Glasgow
1621 1612); licentiate there 11th Dec. 1616;
min. in 1621 ; pres. by Charles I.
2nd April 1635 ; dep. in 1639 for declining
the jurisdiction of the General Assembly,
etc., and debarred from raising any civil
action. He retired to Glasgow, and died
in Nov. 1646, aged about 55. He marr.
Rachel Sharpe, who survived him, and
had issue — William, apprenticed to David
Murray, merchant, Edinburgh, 8th Sept.
1641 ; James ; Robert ; Jean ; Margaret. —
[Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Glasg. Bapts. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 3525 ;
Nicoll's Diary.]
JOHN M'SCHELE, held the office of
1641 reader in 1641.
1641
1648
JAMES NAISMYTH, M.A. ; pres. by
Charles I. 1st Oct. 1641 ; app. to
attend Lord Montgomerie's regi-
ment Jan. 1645 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 23rd Nov. 1645.
ALEXANDER STEVENSON, pres. by
Charles I. 26th Feb., adm. 15th
March 1648, coll. and inst. soon
after ; not conforming to Episcopacy he
was confined to the parish and probably
deposed by Diocesan Synod. He is called
min. here on 27th Feb. 1677, having prob-
ably been indulged by the Privy Council ;
deprived in 1684 ; he was restored in 1687.
ALEXANDER LAING, M.A.; adm.
about 1680; trans, to Stewarton
1680
before 4th Oct. 1685.
JOHN M'QUORN [MACCORN], adm.
before 22nd March 1686; deserted
his charge and was deprived by the
Privy Council 17th Sept. 1689, for neither
1686
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DALMELLINGTON
[PRESB. OF
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary, and
absenting himself from his church for
two years.— [Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church.]
ALEXANDER STEVENSON, above-
mentioned ; returned under the
1687 Toleration and was present at first
meeting of Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687 ; restored
by \ct of Parliament 25th April 1690;
died after 12th Sept. 1694. He marr. Jean
Lindsay, and had issue— Alexander, W.S. ;
James, physician, Ayr ; a son, a doctor in
Edinburgh.— Lfoflr. See. Sig. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
G. B. Inhib., 17th Feb. 1675.]
JAMES AIRMAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
3rd July 1693); licen. by Presb.
1699 of Stranraer ; called in March, and
ord. 9th Aug. 1699; died unmarr. after
22nd Oct. 1707, aged about 35.
JOHN M'DERMEIT, called 20th May,
and ord. 22nd Sept. 1708 ; trans, to
1708 Second Charge, Ayr, 20th June 1716.
WILLIAM COATES, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
1717 lgt Dec 1714; called 28th March,
and ord. 21st Aug. 1717 ; dem. 1st Aug.
1755 ; died 6th Feb. 1757. He marr. 12th
July 1723, Elizabeth (died 28th June 1762),
daugh. of Andrew Taite, min. of Car-
munnock.
JOHN CUNNINGHAME, called 19th
Aug., and ord. 21st Oct. 1756 ; trans.
1756 to Monkton and Prestwick 1st July
1762.
DUNCAN M'MYNE, son of the school-
master of the parish ; licen. by Presb.
1763 of Ayr 29th Dec. 1762 ; called 14th
July, and ord. 15th Sept. 1763 ; died unmarr.
14th Nov. 1799, aged 60. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi.).
GILBERT M'lLVEEN, second son of
William M., farmer, Barr ; educated
1800 at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Lorn 2nd April 1793 ; pres. by
George III. 31st Jan., and ord. 7th Aug.
1800 ; died 22nd Aug. 1832. He marr. 20th
Oct. 1802, Alexandrina Johnston, who died
js.p. 17th Jan. 1840.
ROBERT HOUSTON, M.A. ; pres. by
William IV. 24th Nov. 1832; ord.
1833 25th April 1833 ; trans, to Gorbals,
Glasgow, 16th April 1844.
WILLIAM GILCHRIST, born 1800,
eldest son of Alexander G., collector,
1844 Glasgow; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1821); app. chaplain to
Glasgow Prison in 1840, and Governor of
House of Refuge in 1841 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria; ord. 19th Sept. 1844; died 2nd
Dec. 1856. He marr. 6th Dec. 1841, Mar-
garet Peat, who died s.p. 21st Aug. 1894.
DAVID STIRLING, pres. by Queen
Victoria ; ord. 14th May 1857 ; trans.
1857 to Craigie 3rd Nov. 1859.
GEORGE GREEN GILLAN, trans,
from Inverteil; pres. by Queen
1859 Victoria; adm. 15th Dec. 1859;
res. 25th Oct. 1865, on appointment to
Indian chaplaincy; [afterwards min. of
Carmunnock].
THOMAS WALKER, B.A. ; pres. by
Queen Victoria ; adm. 1st Feb. 1866 ;
1866 trans, to Dairy, Galloway, 26th
Feb. 1880.
GEORGE SMITH HENDRIE, born
Galston, 18th Sept. 1853, son of
1880 John H. and Catherine Smith;
educated at Galston School, Kilmarnock
Academy, Park School, Glasgow, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1875) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 1st May 1878 ; assistant at St
Andrews, Edinburgh ; ord. 22nd July 1880.
Marr. 15th June 1881, Catherine Girvan
(died 3rd April 1890), eldest daugh. of John
Gairdner White, Union Bank, Leith, and
has issue— Mora Girvan, born 25th April
1882 (marr. 3rd April 1918, David Ernest
Ker, captain Scottish Rifles); Catherine
Smith, born 22nd Aug. 1884 (marr. 11th
June 1912, John Lamb, min. of Fyvie) ;
John Gairdner White, lieut. Ayrshire
R.H.A.(T.), born 3rd Feb. 1888. Publica-
tions— The Parish of Dalmellington (Dal-
mellington, 1889) ; edited reprint of Poems
and Songs of Robert Hettrick, 1823 (Dal-
mellington, 1898); edited Poems by William
G. Hendrie (Paisley, 1899).
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WATERSIDE CHAPEL— DALRYMPLE
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WATERSIDE CHAPEL.
WALTER STRANG, MA.; app. in
1896; res. in 1900; ord. min. of
Abbey St Bathans 27th Sept. 1902.
1896
JOHN DALZIEL DYKES, app. in
1900 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
1900
to Unst 6th June 1902.
JAMES DALGETY, app. in 1902 ; ord.
1902 to Glenprosen 19th Sept. 1907.
JOHN MACKINTOSH, M.A., formerly
7 of Amulree ; app. in 1907 ; trans, to
Port Dundas, Glasgow, 24th June
1912.
WILLIAM EADIE, ord. 27th April
1912 1912 » ac * m - assistant at Skipness
19th Oct. 1914 ; [min. of Cumlodden
in 1917].
JOHN CADENHEAD, born Aberdeen,
6th Aug. 1865, son of Colonel James
C, Aberdeen, and Annie Cadenhead ;
educated at Walker's Academy, privately,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1888) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1892 ;
assistant at Twatt, Shetland, in 1899, and
Fraserburgh in 1903 ; ord. 30th Jan. 1915.
DALRYMPLE.
[The church of Dalrymple was a prebend
of the Chapel Royal of Stirling. The
parish church was rebuilt in 1764 and
1849.]
GEORGE FEANE, reader from Nov.
1570 1570 to 1580.
JAMES DAVIDSON, exhorter at Dab
1574 me lti n gton ; was in charge here in
1574.
MATTHEW WYLIE, reader at Cathcart,
1590 1574 " 6 ; P re s- to Coylton by James
VI. 3rd May 1581 ; trans, from Dal-
mellington, Coylton being still in his
charge in 1590; still min. 15th March
1618.— [Reg. Assig. ; Ayr Sess. Reg.']
VOL. III.
ROBERT SPREULE on the Exercise
1621 at Glasgow, 26th Nov. 1617; ord.
and adm. at Glasgow 14th June
1621 ; was Presb. clerk ; took part with
the Resolutioners, and died April 1660.
He marr. Janet Shaw, who survived him,
and had issue — Agnes (marr. Andrew Millar,
min. of Girvan). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Nisbet's
Her., ii., App., 25 ; Baillie's Lett.]
1664
ROBERT KENNEDY was min. here in
1664 and obtained a decree against
certain persons for his salary for
preaching within this parish preceding Aug.
that year. He marr. Margaret Kennedy. —
[Glasg. Comm. Decreets.]
^ JOHN BOGLE, pres. Aug. 1664 ; trans.
1664 to Dundonald about 1682.
1683
GEORGE REID, adm. after 1683. He
granted a mortis causa disposition to
John Reid of Smiddiehill on 7th
Feb. 1690, for behoof of his own children —
Margaret, James, and George. — [Ayr Sheriff-
Court Boohs, 5th July 1692.]
JAMES GILCHRIST, schoolmaster,
1694 Strathaven; called Aug. 1693; ord.
9th Jan. 1694; died between 29th
April and 13th May 1696.
JAMES LAURIE, son of James L., min.
1699 °^ Stoneykirk ; studied theology at
the Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. bv
Presb. of Glasgow 15th Nov. 1698 ; called
2nd July, and ord. 20th Sept. 1699; died
Feb. 1726. He purchased the lands of Skel-
doun, and had issue — James of Skeldoun
and Redcastle ; Margaret of Redcastle
(marr. (1) Andrew Sloan, writer, Ayr,
who assumed name of Laurie ;
(marr. Captain Mackie, master mariner,
Ayr) ; Sarah (marr. William Kennedy of
Waterside). — [Wodrow's Anal., iii., 275.]
JOHN ADAMS, MA. ; called 8th Sept.
1726 ; ord. 15th Feb. 1727 ; trans, to
1727
Falkirk 30th May 1744.
SAMUEL WALKER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1745 3rd ^ el °' 1743 ^ licen - b y Presb. of
Edinburgh 30th Nov. 1743; pres.
by George II. 21st July 1744 ; ord. 1st Aug.
1745 ; died unmarr. 10th Feb. 1754.
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DALRYMPLE— DUNDONALD
[PRESB. OF
EBENEZER WALKER, brother of pre-
1754 ce d m S ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; pres. by George II. 24th May,
and ord. 3rd Oct. 1754 ; died 30th Nov.
1797, aged 71. He marr. 26th May 1755,
May Donaldson, who died at Ayr, 12th
May 1805, and had issue — James, born 15th
March 1756; Elizabeth, born 17th Dec.
1757, died 13th March 1792; Ebenezer,
born 28th Feb. 1760, died 6th Oct. 1762;
Samuel, born 15th Sept. 1763 ; Jean, born
31st Oct. 1766 (marr. William M'Cosh,
merchant, Ayr); Ann, born 13th June
1770. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).— [Tombst.]
ROBERT STEVEN, perhaps third son of
179 _ John S., Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 4th Feb. 1784 ; assistant at
Auchinleck ; ord. to Catrine Chapel-of-
Ease 12th Sept. 1792 ; pres. by George
III. 5th Jan., trans, and adm. 31st May
1798 ; died 25th July 1828. He marr. 14th
April 1794, Annabella Earle, who died s.p.
30th Aug. 1829. Publication— Account of
Catrine (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xx.).
ROBERT WALLACE, born Edinburgh,
1829 1>799 ' son °^ ^°^ n Wallace, painter,
Dunkeld, and Charlotte, daugh. of
Robert Dick of Tullymet; educated at
Dunkeld School, George Heriot's Hospital,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 8th Oct. 1823 ; pres. by George IV.
6th Aug. 1828 ; ord. 19th Feb. 1829 ; died
5th July 1876. He marr. (1) 12th April 1830,
Elizabeth M'Carty, London, who died 12th
March 1849, and had issue — Alexander
Hunter, born 17th May 1831, died 23rd
March 1840 ; Anne Wilson, born 31st Oct.
1833 (marr. 21st April 1857, James, younger
son of James Steel of Courthorn, Galston),
died 18th Feb. 1890; John, min. of this
parish ; Robert Daniel, born 19th Aug.
1838, died 21st Aug. 1870 : (2) 5th April
1852, Marion (died 25th Jan. 1902), daugh.
of John Tennant of St Rollox, Glasgow,
and had issue — Joanna, born 15th, and
died 16th March 1853. Publication —
Account of the Parish (]S T eiv Stat. Ace, v.).
JOHN WALLACE, born 19th Dec. 1836,
la __ son of preceding ; educated at Dal-
rymple Parish School, Ayr Academy,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr May 1864 ; pres. by Queen Victoria,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 7th Aug.
1865; died 3rd April 1902. He marr. 21st
Nov. 1865, Margaret (died 15th Dec. 1909),
daugh. of Hugh Reid Strathern, Mossbog,
Tarbolton, and Janet Manson, and had
issue — Robert Daniel, solicitor, Ayr, born
10th Jan. 1867, died 14th July 1908 ; Hugh
Strathern, born 6th Dec. 1868, died 1st
Nov. 1870 ; Janet Manson, born 2nd Aug.,
and died 18th Oct. 1870; Elizabeth
M'Carty, born 19th Oct. 1871, died Jan.
1907 ; John, min. of Second Charge, Paisley
Abbey ; Marion Tennant, born 22nd July
1875, died 7th Dec. 1891 ; Margaret Helen,
born 15th June 1877 (marr. July 1902,
Norman Gentles, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan,
Canada); William, born 6th Aug. 1880;
Ann Wilson Bonnar, born 16th July 1882
(marr. 31st Oct. 1917, Lieut. O'Malley,
S.A. Artillery) ; Charlotte M'Leod Camp-
bell, born 20th Aug. 1884 (marr. 15th Dec.
1914, George Meldrum, Minneapolis,
U.S.A.)
GEORGE ALLAN SEATH, born 10th
lgo2 May 1872, son of Robert S. and
Janet Allan ; educated at Dunferm-
line High School and Univ. of St An-
drews ; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline in
1896; assistant at St George's, Glasgow,
and Sandyford ; ord. 10th Sept. 1902.
Marr. 8th April 1903, Agnes Jane M'Cosh,
daugh. of Major John Hammond, and has
issue — Robert John Hammond, born 27th
Aug. 1904 ; George Allan, born 28th June
1907.
DUNDONALD.
[The church of Dundonald was dedicated
to St Giles. It belonged to the Abbey of
Paisley. There was a chapel in the parish
at Crosbie. In 1651 the Presbytery of Ayr
annexed the lands of Crosbie to the parish
of Monkton. But in 1688 the lands thus
conveyed were given back again to Dun-
donald. There was a chapel of St Ninian
AYfi]
DUNDONALD
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1572
near the Castle of Dundonald. At the
Friars' Croft on the Water of Irvine, in
this parish, the Carmelites had a small
priory. It stood on the river bank opposite
the Burgh of Irvine. Dundonald church
was rebuilt in 1803.]
^ROBERT BURN, reader from 1567 to
1567 1572.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, adm. at
Lammas 1572, Riccarton also being
in his charge till 1574 when it was ex-
cluded, and Crosbie, Craigie, and Symington
were added ; trans, to Cumnock 1 22nd May
1576.
DAVID MYLNE, reader at Kilwinning
lg7 in 1574 ; adm. to Craigie in 1576,
and trans, here that year, having
that parish and Crosbie and Symington
also in his charge ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 7th June 1592 ; died June
1617. He marr. Janet Campbell, who died
Jan. 1618, when Robert Campbell, burgess
of Ayr, was one of her executors. He left no
issue, and David (sic) Mylne, goldsmith, his
brother, was served heir to him, 14th Nov.
1618. — [Reg. Assig. ; Exchequer Buik ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Book of the Kirk ; Calder-
wood's Hist., iv., 570; Inq. Bet. Ayr, 181 ;
Robertson's C uniting hame.]
ALEXANDER SIBBALD, brother of
James S. of Rankeillour Over ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1612) ; adm. in 1618 ;
died Dec. 1624, aged about 32. He marr.
Jean Wallace, who survived him, and had
issue — an only son, George, died young.
His younger brother William, min. in
London, was served heir, 27th March 1630.
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 1591 ;
Beg. of Deeds, ccccxxx., 29th June 1630.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, M.A; adm. in
1625 1 ^ 25 > trans, to Blackfriars Parish,
Glasgow, 13th Dec. 1640.
GABRIEL MAXWELL, third son of
John M. of Stanelie ; M.A. (Glasgow
1634) ; adm. in 1642 ; was app. by
the General Assembly Aug. 1647 to attend
Lieut.-general Leslie's Regiment ; was
engaged in opposition to the royal forces
at Mauchline Moor June 1648, and joined
the Protesting party in the Church. In
1662 he was confined to his parish for non-
conformity to Episcopacy. He participated
in the Pentland Rising in 1666 and was
ordered to be prosecuted, but was included
in the general pardon, 1st Oct. 1667. His
lands were forfeited 22nd Dec. 1671, but
the forfeiture was rescinded by Parliament,
4th July 1690. He marr. Lilias Cunyng-
hame, who survived him, and had issue
— Lilias. — [Jedburgh Presb. Beg. ; Acts of
Pari., vi., ix.; Inq. Bet. Gen., 4HA4, ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 73, 196 ; Peter-
kin's Becords ; Guthrie's Mem.]
GEORGE WILSON, adm. min. of Kil-
ellan before 31st Aug. 1665; trans,
and adm. before 28th Jan. 1667.
-[Glasg. Com. Bee]
JOHN OSBURNE, formerly of Kirk-
oswald ; had an indulgence here
from Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ;
was in 1674 accused of keeping conventicles
at Tarbolton. In Feb. 1683 the Privy
Council gave him the choice of removing
immediately from the kingdom, or binding
himself to desist from holding conventicles
under a penalty of 5000 merks. He chose
the latter alternative ; returned to Kirk-
oswald in 1687.
1667
1672
1672
JOHN HUTCHISON, formerly of
Maybole ; had an indulgence here
jointly with preceding min. from the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672; was fined 8th
April 1673 for not keeping the anniversary
of the Restoration. Complaints were made
in 1674 of his baptizing children irregularly ;
in Nov. 1681 he was cited to answer for
various offences before the Privy Council ;
was denounced fugitive, and had his in-
dulgence revoked, 20th Dec. 1681 ; deprived
of his license, and fined 5000 merks on 4th
July 1682. He returned to Maybole in
1687.
^JOHN BOGLE, son of John B., burgess
of Glasgow, and Barbara Cunning-
ham ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1661); pres. toDalrymple Aug. 1664;
trans, here about 1682; outed in 1689;
died between 2nd March 1708 and 15th
Dec. 1715. He marr. Jean, sister of Robert
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DUNDONALD
[PRESB. OF
1688
Kincaid, min. of Barnweil, and had issue —
John, surgeon, Glasgow, died Jan. 1716 ;
Agnes, born 15th Nov. 1681 (marr. 20th
Dec. 1704, Thomas Buchanan, younger,
of Ardoch), died 9th June 1720.— [Gray
Buchanan Coll., Lyon Office.]
, JAMES BOOG, licen. by Presb. of Ayr
18th Oct. 1687 ; called unanimously
in Nov., and ord. 29th March 1688 ;
died between 9th Jan. and 26th June 1695.
He marr. 4th Sept. 1690, Janet, daugh. of
John Aitkenhead of Jaw, who survived him
(marr. (2) Alexander Cunningham, min. of
Dreghorn), and had issue — John ; James ;
Euphame. — [Edin. Mar. Beg.}
WILLIAM LINDSAY, second son of
George L. of Blacksholm and Bal-
Wharrage ; studied at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 16th
July 1696; called 8th June 1697; ord.
5th Jan. 1698; died Jan. 1715. He marr.
Beatrix Clark, who survived him and
marr. (2) 23rd April 1717, Thomas Craufurd
of Craufurdsburn, and died s.p. 23rd Aug.
1727. — [Lives of the Lindsays, i., 430 ; Ayr
Sheriff-Coxirt Books, 14th Feb. 1715 ; Wod-
row's Anal., iii., 437 ; Williamson's Old
Cartsbtirn, 66.]
JAMES COWAN, licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 11th Jan. 1700; called
30th May, and ord. 19th Sept. 1717;
his demission "on account of inability or
unfitness" was accepted 20th March 1723,
and he got an allowance from the parish.
JOSEPH CABNOCHAN, licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 1st Nov. 1721 ; pres.
by the "Manager for Dundonald"
Sept. 1723 ; ord. 3rd Sept. 1724 ; still min.
24th April 1728.
HAMILTON KENNEDY, M.A. ; called
26th June, and ord. 24th Sept. 1729 ;
Xl trans, to Ballantrae 19th Aug. 1731.
THOMAS WALKER, born 1704,
youngest son of David W., min. of
Temple ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (26th March 1723) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 6th June 1727 ; called
12th April, and ord. 24th Aug. 1732 ; died
15th Aug. 1780. He marr. Jean Robertson,
1717
1724
1732
1783
who died 8th Nov. 1747, and had issue —
David, born 11th July 1743; Robert, born
24th June 1745 ; James, born 22nd March
1747: (2) 2nd March 1749, Ann Shaw,
who died 14th Oct. 1795, and had issue-
Mary, born 9th and died 12th Dec. 1749 ;
Mary, born 17th Dec. 1750, died 15th Feb.
1754 ; Margaret, born 15th June 1752 (marr.
William Grierson, min. of Glencairn) ;
William, born 5th Nov. 1755, died 4th May
1768; Archibald, born 21st Jan. 1758;
Thomas, born 2nd Aug. 1 759 ; Josias, Pro-
fessor of Humanity, Glasgow Univ., born
8th July 1761, died 28th Aug. 1831. Publi-
cations — Observations on the Letters pub-
lished by the Rev. Mr Baine (Glasgow,
1767) ; Vindication of the Discipline and
Constitution of the Chtirch of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1774) ; Essays and Sermons
on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects (Edin-
burgh, 1782) ; Reasons for Excluding from
Sealing Ordinances (Edinburgh, 1782 ;
Irvine, 1835).
ROBERT DUNCAN, born 1753, son of
Robert D., Boston, U.S.A. ; entered
the army, in which he became a
sergeant ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 27th March 1776 ;
assistant at Irvine ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, in April, and ord. 11th
Sept. 1783; D.D. (Glasgow, Oct. 1806);
died 14th April 1815. He was the " Duncan
deep " of Burns's " The Twa Herds." He
bore an extraordinary likeness to Charles
James Fox. He marr. (1) 2nd Sept. 1782,
Isobel Morrell, who died 2nd Aug. 1809 :
(2) 30th April 1810, Mary (died 19th Oct.
1843), daugh. of .Robert Wharrie, M.D.,
Pathhead, Lanark, and had issue — Robert,
born 10th July 1812. Publications — Infi-
delity the growing Evil of the Times, a
sermon (Air, 1794) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Wallace's
Burns, i., 174 ; Scot. Hist. Revietv, xvi.,
98, 255.]
JOHN MACLEOD, a native of Skye ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1776) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 16th April 1778; ord. by
Presb. of Aberdeen ; adm. to Harris 10th
April 1779 ; trans, to Kilmodan 16th April
1816
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DUNDONALD— CROSBIE— FISHERTON
37
1806 ; trans, to Second Charge, Kilmarnock,
23rd Nov. 1809; pres. by Lady Mary
Montgomerie and Charles M. Burges
[Lamb], her husband, 2nd Oct. 1815 ; adm.
15th Feb. 1816; D.D. (Aberdeen, 18th
May 1795) ; D.L., Inverness-shire, before
1804; died 6th Feb. 1841, aged 84. He
marr. (1) 8th June 1781, Janet Campbell,
who died s.p. 13th Jan. 1821 : (2) Ann
M'Donald, and had issue — Catherine, born
1807; Donald, born 1809. Publications—
Dep>endence on God, the best Security of
Nations amidst the Perils of War, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1810) ; Account of Harris (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, x.). As superintendent
of the schools of the S.P.C.K. in Synod
of Glenelg he gave a melancholy picture
of the want of education in the Lewis
(Bennet's Sermon). He also superintended
the publication by the Highland Society
of the Dictionarium Scoto - Celticum, or
Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, 2
vols. (Edinburgh, 1828).— [Maclean's Typo-
graphia Scoto-Gadelica, 152.]
1841
ALEXANDER WILLISON, son of
John W., farmer, Douglas, Lanark-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 23rd Nov. 1831 ;
pres. by Lady Mary Montgomerie ; ord.
9th Sept. 1841 ; died 23rd Dec. 1865. He
marr. 1st Nov. 1842, Eliza Macdonald, who
died 22nd Sept. 1897, and had issue —
John, writer, Glasgow, born 17th Aug.
1843, died 18th April 1890; Archibald
George, born 20th March 1845, died 26th
Dec. 1859 ; Alexander Stewart, born 19th
Dec. 1846, licen. by Presb. of Ayr 2nd May
1870; Isabella Fanny, born 12th June
1849; James, born 21st June 1853; Jane
Eliza, born 29th April 1855, died 29th
Dec. 1856.
JOHN SIME, born 14th July 1837
educated at Univ. of St Andrews
1866 ord. to Kilwinning 20th Jan. 1864
pres. by Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton
trans, and adm. 17th May 1866 ; died 15th
Aug. 1904. He marr. 12th March 1867,
Christian (died 25th June 1900), daugh. of
John Wylie, D.D., min. of Carluke, and had
issue — William Northcote, M.D., Dollar,
born 8th Oct. 1868 ; John Francis Vere,
1902
born 6th June 1871, died 16th Jan. 1874 ;
Caroline Frances, born 11th March 1875,
died 11th Aug. 1877 ; Richard Edward,
born 17th Oct. 1879, died 16th May 1885.
JAMES HOGG GILLESPIE, born
Glasgow, 7th June 1867, son of
Andrew G. and Barbara Hogg ;
educated at Dennistoun Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1892), B.D.
(1895) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1895; assistant at Largs and Dundonald ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 20th Feb.
1902. Marr. 9th April 1902, Mary, daugh.
of Allan Muir, and has issue — Marjorie,
born 4th May 1904 ; Katherine Barbour,
born 13th Jan. 1906; Mary Muir, born
29th Aug. 1908 ; Elspeth Taylor, born 29th
Jan. 1911 ; Alison Drysdale, born 4th Jan.
1914.
CROSBIE, or CORSBIE CHAPEL.
[A chapel belonging to Dundonald Parish,
disjoined by Presb. in 1651 and annexed
to Monkton and Prestwick, but again
restored to Dundonald in 1688.]
ADAM WALLACE, exhorter in
1567 1567.
FISHERTON (Q.S.).
[Mission services were begun here about
1820. In 1842, a constitution was granted
to the chapel and a district assigned to it.
The parish of Fisherton was disjoined from
Maybole, 16th July 1862.]
ADAM HALL, ord. 7th March 1842;
1842 trans, to Cromarty 26th Sept. 1843.
JAMES LAIDLAW, adm. 26th Dec.
1844 1844 J trans, to Wanlockhead 26th
May 1848.
^JOHN BLAIR, born 1795, second son
of John B., Secession min. at Col-
monell; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. Antiburgher (afterwards U.P.)
min. at Drymen 16th July 1822 ; res. 14th
March 1848. Joined the Church of Scot-
land, and adm. here 7th June 1849 ; first
min. of the parish in 1862 ; died 2nd Oct.
1872.
1849
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FISHERTON— FULLARTON
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM MURDOCH, born Karse-
1870 P ar k> 1842, son of James M. and
Marion Galbraith ; educated at
Coylton School, and Univs. of Edinburgh
and Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 6th
Nov. 1867 ; assistant at Dalmellington and
Greyfriars, Dumfries ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 8th Sept. 1870; res. 17th May
1909; died 17th Sept. 1912. He marr.
26th June 1884, Sarah Davidson, daugh.
of Crafurd M'Cracken, and had issue —
Rhoda May, born 13th Sept. 1886; James
Bruce, born 6th Oct. 1890; Hilda Blair,
born 14th Sept. 1891 ; Ida Thomson, born
15th April 1894; William Kennedy, born
25th Aug. 1895.
ROBERT DAVIDSON, born Montrose,
13th Oct. 1877, son of James D. and
Margaret Fenwick Maclaren ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA. (1907) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1908 ;
assistant at Huntly ; ord. 20th Sept. 1909 ;
trans, to Portobello 15th Nov. 1917. He
marr. 2nd Dec. 1909, Alice, daugh. of James
Gerard.
1918
JOHN AITKEN SPENCE, born Auch-
inleck, 12th Nov. 1872, son of James
S., min. of the Original Secession
Church there, and Helen S. Morton ;
educated at Ayr Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1901 ; assistant at St. Leonard's, Edinburgh,
and Dunbarton ; ord. to Church of Scotland,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 30th June 1910 ; trans,
and adm. 21st March 1918. Marr. 28th
Feb. 1912, Margaret J., daugh. of William
Mitchelhill, Whitley Bay, Northumberland,
and has issue — James Mitchelhill, born
30th Dec. 1912.
FULLARTON (Q.S.).
[The church, erected in 1836, was consti-
tuted a Chapel-of-Ease and annexed to
Presbytery of Irvine by General Assembly,
29th May 1837. The parish was disjoined
from Dundonald and erected by the Court
of Teinds, 23rd Nov. 1874, and annexed
to Presb. of Ayr.]
DAVID WILSON, born Edinburgh,
1837 1810; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; missionary in St Leonard's
Parish, Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 30th July 1834 ; ord. 21st Dec.
1837. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of Fullarton Free Church, 1843-81 ;
died 8th March 1881. He marr. 28th
June 1842, Jane, youngest daugh. of John
Denniston, merchant, Greenock.
JOHN GREENSHIELDS SCOULAR,
trans, from Scots Church, Sunder-
land, and adm. in 1845; trans, to
Rothesay Chapel 7th Feb. 1850.
JOHN PATTERSON, ord. to Ander-
ston, Glasgow, 2nd May 1844 ; trans,
and adm. 18th April 1850.
ARCHIBALD FLEMING, BA. ; ord.
27th Oct. 1854 ; trans, to St Paul's,
Perth, 18th Dec. 1856.
ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE
lg57 CRAWFURD, ord. 5th March 1857 ;
trans, to Brownfield, Glasgow, 17 th
March 1870.
JOHN GRIGOR, ord. 1st Sept. 1870;
1870 t- rans * to Lady Glenorchy's, Edin-
burgh, 24th Sept. 1874.
WILLIAM WORKMAN, ord. 28th Jan.
1875 1875 ; first min. of the parish ; trans,
to Second Charge, Montrose, 2nd
Dec. 1875.
JOSEPH THOMSON PATON, born
1876 * 85( ^ > ^ cen - by Presb. of Irvine
12th Jan. 1875; ord. 10th May 1876;
res. 18th Dec. 1902 ; died 22nd Feb. 1909.
He marr. 15th Sept. 1891, Margaret Charles
Ward, and had issue — Jane Williamson
Cameron, born 7th July 1892 ; Robert
Tannahill, born 11th Feb. 1899.
JOHN PATERSON, born Airdrie, 26th
1903 ^ a y 18 ^ 4 > son °* Robert P. and Isa-
bella Cleland ; educated at Victoria
School, Airdrie, Hutchison's Grammar
School, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1895), B.D. (1898); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton May 1898; assistant at South
Church, Greenock ; ord. 15th April 1903.
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GALSTON
39
GALSTON.
[The vicarage of Galston belonged to the
Ministry of the Red Friars of Fail. Its
church was dedicated to St Peter. An
annual fair, formerly held on 29th June, is
known as St Peter's Fair. In the parish
there was a Chapel of St Mary. Galston
Church was rebuilt in 1809.]
JOHN BARRON, entered 1st May 1563;
1563 trans, to Whitern 2nd Feb. 1567.
RANKEN DAVIDSON, min. in 1568 ;
1568 * rans ' t° Dalmellington in 1569. —
[Beg. Mag. Sig., iv., 2541.]
PETER PRIMROSE, min. of Mauch-
1574 line ; had charge in 1574.
ALEXANDER WALLACE, M.A. (Glas-
1592 £ ow 158 ^) ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 19th Jan. 1592 ;
died April 1641, aged about 72. He signed
the copy of the National Covenant which
appears in Galston Kirk-Session Records.
He marr. (1) Alison Stewart, apparently
of the Galston family, widow of George
Lockhart of Sempill, Galston : (2) Sibella
Wallace, who died in 1643, and had issue —
Barbara ; Jean ; Ann. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg.
Old Dec. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Ayr Sas. Sec.
Reg., i., 16.]
1628 THOMAS MUIR, reader in 1628.
v ALEXANDER BLAIR, M.A. (St
1648 Andrews 1638) ; " expectant " in
Glasgow, and residing with the laird
of Blair; adm. March 1643. In 1648, he
was engaged in opposition to the royal
army at Mauchline Moor, but had a remis-
sion the following year from Parliament.
He was imprisoned 28th May 1662 by
Parliament. On 16th Sept. 1662, he was
deprived by the Privy Council, for taking
the Oath of Allegiance with explanations,
and forbidden to carry on ministerial work.
On 8th April 1669, he was charged before
the Privy Council with keeping conven-
ticles, etc. He had an indulgence on 9th
Dec. 1669 ; was charged on 8th July 1673
with failing to observe the anniversary of
the Restoration. When a copy of the Royal
Order which he had failed to obey was
handed him, he said before the Council,
" My Lord Chancellor, I cannot be so
uncivil as to refuse a paper offered me by
your Lordship, but I can receive no instruc-
tions from you for regulating the exercise
of my ministry, for if I should receive
instructions from you, I should be your
ambassador and not Christ's." He was
again imprisoned in the Tolbooth. Being
seized with illness, he was released on
caution 4th Dec. 1673, and died Jan. 1674,
aged about 56. He left 200 merks to the
kirk-session for pious and charitable uses.
He marr. Helen Farquhar, and had issue —
James, his heir ; Margaret ; and others. —
[Wodrow's Hist., i. 296, ii. 216, 217, 222 ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Acts of Pari., vi. ; Ayr Sas.,
ii., 221 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Law's Mem.]
ADAM ALASOUN [ALISON] of Dun-
1672 J ape ' M *^ - (Edinburgh, 28th July
1648) ; min. of Balmaghie in 1659 ;
deprived 11th June 1662; had an indulg-
ence here with the preceding, from the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672, but his name
does not appear on the Register until 1674 ;
died Oct. 1680, aged about 52. He marr.
Marion (died Dec. 1680), daugh. of William
Gordon of Carlton, sister and ultimately
heiress of James G. of Carlton, she
survived him, and had issue — Gabriel of
Dunjape; Adam. — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
204 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Acts, and Dec, Dal.,
9th July 1696.]
ROBERT SYMSON, born Aberdeen,
1681 brother of William S., and nephew
of Patrick Forbes ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1670) ;
coll. 17th Sept. 1681. He was outed in
1689, and retired to Edinburgh ; died 27th
April 1710, aged about 60. He marr. Mar-
garet Crichton, and had issue — Patrick ;
Sarah ; William, buried 15th Sept. 1691 ;
a child, buried 9th May 1697 ; a child,
buried 1st June 1699. — [Mauchline Sess.
Reg. ; Greyfriars Bur. ; G. R. Homings,
28th Feb. 1688 ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 20th
Sept. 1709 ; Dumfries Sas., vii., 442.]
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GALSTON
[PRESB. OP
ANDREW ROGERS, licen. by Presb. of
1692 Glasgow 13th May 1689 ; called Aug.
1691 ; ord. 4th May 1692 ; died be-
tween 5th March and 2nd April 1735, "a
man of eminent and distinguished worth."
He marr. Julian, daugh. of Quintin M'llvain
of Grimmet. — [.Ayr Sheriff-Court Books,
14th Oct. 1712.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of George C.
-,___ of Waterhaughs, and grandson of
Hugh C., min. of Muirkirk ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 18th Dec. 1728; ord.
to Muirkirk 12th May 1730 ; called 28th
Aug., and adm. 27th Nov. 1735 ; died 27th
July 1743. He marr. Nov. 1730, Christian,
daugh. of Hugh Fawsyde, min. of Loudoun.
She survived him. — [Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT FINDLAY, trans, from
1745 Stevenston ; pres. by Hugh, Earl
of Marchmont ; adm. 6th June
1745 ; trans, to Town Church, Paisley, 21st
March 1754.
ROBERT WAIT, probably son of
William W., Westruther, Berwick-
shire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; became preacher at Gorbals
Chapel-of-Ease ; pres. by Hugh, Earl of
Marchmont, Sept., and ord. 17th Oct.
1754: D.D. (Aberdeen, Nov. 1765); died
29th Jan. 1777. He marr. 20th Nov. 1754,
Margaret (died 9th Jan. 1781), daugh. of
George Stuart, merchant, Banff, and had
issue — Alexander, born 30th Nov. 1755,
died 21st Dec. 1756 ; George, born 22nd
Nov. 1757 ; William, born 9th Feb., and
died 20th June 1760 ; Robert, M.A. (1778),
born 13th July 1761. Publication — The
Gospel History, with Explanatory Notes
(Edinburgh, 1768).— [Cleland's Ann., i.]
GEORGE SMITH, born 2nd March
1748, son of William S., min. of
Cranstoun ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
6th July 1773; pres. by John Wallace of
Cessnock 26th July 1777; "ord. 3rd Feb.
1778; D.D. (Glasgow, Oct. 1806); died
28th April 1823. He figures in Burns's
The Kirk's Alarm, The Holy Fair, and
The Twa Herds. He marr. 24th April
1782, Marion (born 9th July 1755, died at
1778
Edinburgh, 14th May 1825), daugh. of
Adam Freer of Innernethy, Perthshire,
and had issue — Margaret Isabella, born
22nd July 1783 (marr. John Moodie, min.
of Riccarton) ; Jean, born 24th April 1785,
died 30th Dec. 1824 ; Henrietta Scott, born
24th July 1787 (marr. Lewis Balfour, D.D.,
min. of Colinton) ; William, banker, Edin-
burgh, born 24th Nov. 1789 ; Adam Freer,
merchant, Calcutta, born 1st June 1791 ;
George, D.D., min. of Tolbooth, Edin-
burgh ; Marion, born 7th Aug. 1795 ;
David, merchant, Calcutta, born 12th Nov.
1798 ; John, West India merchant, Glasgow,
born 9th Nov. 1800, died 15th Aug. 1880.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's StaV Ace, ii.).— [Wallace's Burns,
i., 176, 362, iii. 94.]
ROBERT STIRLING, born Methven,
1824 Perthshire, 25th Oct. 1790, son of
Peter S., farmer, Cloag, and grandson
of Michael S., inventor of the rotary thrash-
ing machine ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 4th July
1815; ord. to Second Charge, Kilmarnock,
19th Sept. 1816 ; pres. by the Commissioner
for the Duke and Duchess of Portland 22nd
Sept. 1823; trans, and adm. 12th Feb.
1824; D.D. (St Andrews, 11th Jan. 1840);
was suspended with nine others by the
General Assembly 30th May 1842, until
1st March 1843, for holding communion
with the dep. mins. of Strathbogie ; died
Father of the Church op Scotland,
6th June 1878. His hobby was mechanics :
he sometimes surprised his neighbours at
midnight by the hammering resounding
from the anvil in his little smithy adjoining
the manse. On 16th Nov. 1816 he patented
the Stirling Air Engine, and experiments
which he made in iron-smelting anticipated
the Siemens process in the manufacture of
of steel. He marr. 10th July 1819, Jane
(died 18th May 1892), eldest daugh. of
William Rankine, wine merchant, Galston
and had issue — Patrick, C.E., born 29th
June 1820, died 1895; Jane, born 25th
Sept 1821, died 1915 ; William, C.E., Peru,
born 14th Nov. 1822, died 1900; Robert,
engineer, Peru, born 16th Dec. 1824, died
1889 ; David, min. of Craigie ; James,
aye]
GALSTON— GIRVAN
41
engineer G. & S.-W. Railway, born 2nd Oct.
1835, died 1917; Agnes, born 22nd July
1838 (marr. John Hunter, Dalmellington),
died 1st Nov. 1917. Publication — Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, v.). — [Kil-
marnock Standard, 8th June 1878 ; Wood-
croft's Alphabetical List of Patentees ;
British Improvements in Iron and Steel-
Making, by Walter Macfarlane, F.I C.
(Glasgow 1904) ; The Engineer, 14th Dec.
1917 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
'JOHN BROWN, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1876 (assistant and successor) 4th July
1876 ; trans, to Bellahouston, Glas-
gow. 17th May 1887.
JAMES ALLAN HOGG, born Coat-
1887 bridge, 20th Aug. 1863, son of
Robert Hogg, headmaster of Spring-
burn School, Glasgow, and Janet Allan ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1884), B.D. (1886) ; licen.
by Fresb. of Abernethy May 1886 ; assistant
at Grantown-on-Spey and West Church,
Dairy; ord. 9th Nov. 1887. Marr. 1st
Oct. 1889, Helen Gourlay, daugh. of James
Arthur, min. of Springburn, and has issue —
Robert Blacklock, born 25th March 1891 ;
Jessie Reid Arthur, born 16th Aug. 1893,
died 18th June 1895 ; Helen Arthur, born
6th April 1895 ; George, born 11th March
1897 ; Mary Allan, born 15th March 1900.
Publication — History of Galston Parish
Church (Paisley, 1909).
GIRVAN, of old INVERGARVAN.
[The church of Invergarvan was dedicated
to St Cuthbert. It belonged to the Abbey
of Crossregal. At Chapel Donan, on the
lands of Craigoch in the parish, there was
a Chapel of St Donan. Girvan Church
was rebuilt in 1770, and again in 1883.]
JAMES YOUNG, reader from 1574
1574 to 1578.
JAMES ROSS, reader from 1578 to
1578 1585.
JOHN CUNYNGHAME, adm. to
1590 baptize and solemnize marriages at
Kirkmichael in 1567 ; pres. to the
vicarage of Kirkcudbright - Innertig by
James VI. 23rd April 1571, where he was
probably reader; adm. to Dailly in 1573,
and "plaicit" 1st May 1575, having also
Girvan and Kirkoswald under his care ;
trans, to this charge in 1590; died before
6th April 1612. He marr. Margaret Max-
well, who died 9th March 1608, leaving a
grand - daugh., Margaret Cunynghame. —
[Reg. of Assig.]
ALEXANDER DUNMURE, school-
1612 master °f Ayr 5 th Sept. 1608 ; pres.
to the parsonage and vicarage of
Girvan to be held with the vicarage of
Innertig by James VI. 6th April 1612 ;
dem. Innertig in 1617. He was still min.
31st May 1619, but died before 19th April
1620. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sess. Reg.]
DAVID BURN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1620 July 1612 ) » V res ' by James VI - 19tu
April 1620; died Oct. 1632, aged
about 40. He marr. Margaret Boswell,
who survived him, and had issue — Mar-
garet. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sess. Reg. ;
Glasg. Tests.]
ANDREW MILLAR, son of Andrew
1632 ^' °^ Temple, and Elizabeth Lock-
hart ; min. of Alloway in 1628 ; pres.
by Charles I. and adm. after 26th Nov.
1632 ; died April 1649. He marr. (1) 1629,
Geilles, daugh. of William Hunter of Drum-
dow, and had issue — Andrew, min. of Dailly ;
Robert, min. of Ochiltree ; Alexander, died
at -Glasgow ; Henry, died at London in
1718 : (2) Agnes, daugh. of Robert Spreule,
min. of Dalrymple, and had issue — Thomas,
min. of Kirkliston. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Nisbet's Her., ii., 42.]
GILBERT KENNEDY, brother of
Thomas K., min. at Donoughmore
or Carlan, Co. Tyrone ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1647) ; adm. 26th Nov. 1651 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. In 1679, he
was accused of keeping conventicles, and
afterwards went to Ireland, and had charge
of the congregation of Dundonald ; died 6th
Feb. 1688, aged about 61. He marr. a lady
whose name is unknown, and had issue —
Gilbert, min. of Donaclony, died 8th July
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GIRVAN
[PRESB. OF
1745. — [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Linlithgow
Presb. Reg. ; ReicFs Ireland, ii., 401 ; G. R.
Homings, 29th Jan. 1653.]
WILLIAM FOGO, min. in 1666 ; trans.
1666 to Bothkennar 18th Dec. 1673.
ALEXANDER GADERER, eldest son
16?4 of William G. of Twelfth part of
Urquhart, and Margaret Marshall,
and brother of James, Bishop of Aberdeen ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (2nd May 1663). He was assaulted
while going to preach here, and the Bishop
and Synod lodged a complaint to the Privy
Council 6th May 1674. He was outed in
1689. He marr. (1) Katherine Lammie
from Angus, and had issue — Elizabeth,
died 20th April 1688, aged 8 : (2) Anna,
(died 17th Jan. 1698), daugh. of James Cook
of Ardblair, min. of St Andrews-Lhan-
bryd and had issue — John, M.D., London ;
and another. — [G. R. Sas., xxxix., 202;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., iv., 178; Monteith's
Theater of Mortality, ii.]
SAMUEL STUART, a licentiate from
- Ireland ; called June 1689 ; ord. 25th
June 1690; died between 17th Jan.
and 19th Sept. 1711, leaving a widow. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 520.]
ROBERT ALEXANDER, brother of
1712 -David A. of Drummochreen ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 1st Aug., and
called 15th Nov. 1711; ord. 16th April
1712; died between 4th Aug. and 8th
Sept. 1736. He left £200 for a bursary in
divinity in Univ. of Edinburgh in favour
of students born in the parish. He marr.
Janet (died 23rd Feb. 1762), daugh. of
Hugh Hamilton, merchant, Ayr.— [Glasg.
Tests.]
HUGH HAMILTON, son of Hugh H.,
1737 merchant, Ayr, and Jean Ferguson,
and brother-in-law of preceding;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(27th Jan. 1722) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
19th April 1732; called 10th Feb., pres.
by George II. 23rd March, and ord. 21st
July 1737 ; died 2nd June 1787, aged 80.
He marr. 28th April 1743, Helen Glen
(died 9th Feb. 1760), widow of Patrick
Paisley, min. of Kilmarnock, and had issue
— Jean, born 23rd May 1744 (marr. Thomas
Crawford of Ardmillan) ; Hugh, who pur-
chased the estate of Pinmore, born 11th
Jan. 1746; Margaret, born 9th Feb. 1748,
died 13th Feb. 1838; Joanna, born 2nd
May 1751; Robert, born 31st Aug. 1752,
died 10th June 1753 ; Helen, born 3rd Dec.
1754.— [Glasg. Tests.; Tombst.]
JAMES THOMSON, M.A. ; pres. by
1784 George III. 17th Sept. 1783; ord.
(assistant and successor) 18th March
1784 ; trans, to Prestonkirk 1st June 1809.
PETER M'MASTER, eldest son of
laio J ames M., farmer, Inch ; educated
- at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Stranraer 5th Jan. 1803 ; ord. to New
Luce 12th May 1803 ; pres. by George III.
30th Nov. 1809 ; trans, and adm. 10th May
1810; died 5th Jan. 1847, aged 71. He
marr. (1) 18th Aug. 1812, Jessie (died 25th
April 1815), daugh. of Thomas Russell, min.
of the Antiburgher congregation, Dunblane,
and had issue — James, min. of Barr, born
13th Jan. 1815 : (2) 8th Aug. 1816, Henri-
etta Maria Bulley, who died 19th Nov. 1869,
and had issue — Helen, born 14th April
1818 (marr. Robert Gordon of Rattra) ;
Williamina, born 13th March 1820 ; Janet,
born 10th Feb. 1822, died 26th Oct. 1914 ;
Marion Cathcart, born 11th May 1824.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, v.). — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM CORSON, born Craigen-
1848 P u ttock, Dumfriesshire, 31st Dec.
1809, son of Samuel C. and Mary
Dinwoodie ; educated at Dumfries Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; missionary at
Corsock, 1839-44, Gilmerton in 1848, and
Dairy, Galloway ; pres. by Queen Victoria ;
ord. 20th July 1848 ; died 17th Dec. 1887.
He marr. 31st Oct. 1854, Aitchison (died
18th July 1910), daugh. of Lockhart Dobbie,
and had issue — Isabella Coutts, born 26th
Oct. 1855 (marr. Robert M'Clelland, min.
of Inchinnan) ; Samuel M'Keur, born 16th
June 1857 ; Lockhart Dobbie, S.S.C., Edin-
burgh, born 3rd Sept. 1858 ; Mary Aitchi-
son, born 23rd April 1860, died 17th Jan.
1896 ; William, born 16th June 1862, died
6th April 1865; Anne, born 17th March
1864, died 19th Jan. 1886; Margaret
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GIRVAN— GIRVAN SOUTH— GLEN BUCK
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1888
Wardrop, born 26th March, and died 11th
Oct. 1866 ; William, born 28th Aug. 1867,
died 23rd Nov. 1895 ; Robert Coutts, born
20th June 1869, died 30th May 1870;
Eobert Aitchison, born 20th May 1871,
died 15th June 1894 ; Murray Wardrop,
licentiate, assistant at Kinghorn, Shettle-
ston, and Muthill, born 8th Oct. 1873,
died 29th Aug. 1901. Publication— Five
Discourses [anon.] (Ayr, 1847).
SAMUEL CAMPBELL FRY, born 20th
Aug. 1851, son of Robert F. of H.M.
Customs, and Mary M'Lurg ; edu-
cated at the Highlanders' Academy,
Greenock, and Univ. of Glasgow ; student
assistant at Kingarth, 1876-7 ; assistant
at Possilpark, 1877-8; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow June 1878 ; ord. to St Columba's,
Oban, 10th Sept. 1878; trans, to Flower-
hill 11th March 1880 ; trans, and adm. 27th
June 1888. Marr. 13th Nov. 1878, Janet
Allan (died 3rd March 1919), daugh. of
Robert Rankin, Motherwell, and has issue
— Robert Rankin Campbell, born 30th July
1879; Samuel Campbell, born 27th Oct.
1880; Jane Rankin Campbell, born 7th
Jan. 1882 ; Mary Campbell, born 8th Oct.
1883 (marr. 31st March 1919, Alexander
Todd M'Caw, F.R.C.S., Invercargill, New
Zealand) ; Janet Rankin Campbell, born
20th April 1885; Henry Cuthbertson
Campbell, born 18th Jan. 1887 ; William
Arthur Campbell, born 11th May 1888 ;
Margaret Caroline Campbell, born 11th
Oct. 1891, died 15th May 1908; John
Campbell, born 31st July 1893.
GIRVAN SOUTH (Q.S.).
[The church, which was built in 1839, was
taken possession of by the Free Church in
1843, but was recovered some years after-
wards and served by licentiates. The parish
was disjoined from Girvan and erected by
the Court of Teinds, 19th July 1875.]
DAVID CHAPMAN, son of David C,
1860 manufacturer, Kirkintilloch ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
13th Sept. 1860 ; res. in 1872 ; died in
Virginia, U.S.A., Nov. 1893.
ANDREW THOMSON DONALD, ord.
1873 20th Feb. 1873 ; trans, to St Vincent's
Parish, Glasgow, 21st Dec. 1881.
ARCHIBALD GRAHAM BROWN,
1882 k° rn Edinburgh, 10th June 1846,
son of James B. and Mary Graham ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; sometime
a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
16th May 1878; assistant at Middle Church,
Greenock; ord. 11th May 1882; died 6th
Jan. 1907. He marr. 18th June 1895, Isa-
bella Forrest (died s.^. 25th Oct. 1907),
youngest daugh. of Andrew Fairbairn,
Kilmacolm.
THOMAS GOURLAY SINCLAIR,
.__,_ born Killearn, 26th Oct. 1875, son
of John S. and Mary Gourlay ; edu-
cated at Sharp's Educational Institution,
Perth, and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1903), B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of
Perth in 1906 ; assistant at South Church,
Aberdeen, May 1906 ; ord. 3rd June 1907.
GLENBUCK (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1881. The
parish was disjoined from Muirkirk 11th
Dec. 1882.]
JOHN WALLACE, born Polloksbaws,
6th Nov. 1827, son of John W. and
Agnes M'Ghee ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
27th Aug. 1862 ; assistant at Abington ;
ord. to North Shore, New Zealand, 12th
March 1866; adm. 29th Sept. 1881; was
first min. of the parish ; died 3rd Dec. 1895.
He marr. 15th Feb. 1864, Eliza, daugh. of
Andrew Ewing, and had issue — John Ewing,
min. of Kirriemuir ; Andrew Ewing, min. of
Duns ; Leila ; Agnes ; Jessie.
1881
COLIN ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE,
born North Shields, 17th Jan. 1860,
son of Colin Archibald M., min.
of Scots Church, North Shields, after-
wards of Govan U.F. Church, and Mary
Gilfillan ; educated at Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1888; assistant at Broughton, Lamington
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KIRKMICHAEL
[PRESB. OF
and Strathaven ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 31st Jan. 1895. Marr. :24th June
1919, Jessie Helen Paul, daugh. of John
Bain, rain, of Wilsontown U.F. Church.
KIRKMICHAEL.
[The church of Kirkmichael belonged to
the priory of Whitern. It was dedicated
to St Michael. In honour of the patron
saint a yearly Michaelmas Fair was held
here. A stone in the churchyard records
the name of Gilbert MacAdam, a Cove-
nanter, shot in 1685. There was a chapel
in the parish at Lindsayston. Kirkmichael
Church was rebuilt in 1787.]
1567 LEONARD CLERK, reader in 1567.
WILLIAM HUNTER, reader 1576 to
1576 1591.
ROGER MELVILLE, M. A. (St Andrews
1601 1600 )> ac * m - a bout 1601; trans, to
Pittenweem in 1603 ; returned here
in 1608.
THOMAS MONTGOMERY, died before
1606 25th May 1606.
JAMES MONTGOMERY, M.A. ; pres.
1606 *° ^ e v i cara S e by James VI. 25th
May 1606 ; trans, to Dunlop after
2nd Feb. 1607.
DANIEL JOHNSTONE, min. in 1608 ;
was accused of celebrating an adul-
terous marriage 10th Sept. 1608. —
[Glasg. Presb. Reg.']
ROGER MELVILLE, M.A., above
mentioned ; trans, from Pittenweem
and adm. before Michaelmas 1608 ;
died before 24th July 1635, aged about 55.
He marr. Janet Baird (who survived him
and marr. (2) John Drysdale, min. of
Slamannan), and had issue — John, his heir ;
Susanna; Christina.— [A yr Sess. Reg.; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 2214 ; Tombst. ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccix., 192, dxxxvi., 21 ; Fife
Sas., v., 63.]
ROBERT PEEBLES, son of Robert P.,
one of the bailies of Irvine ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1611) ; ord. in 1617 ; pres. by Charles I.
24th July 1635 ; died 1636, aged about 45.
He marr. Margaret Dunbar, and had issue
— Patrick, student in Irvine, served heir 1st
Nov. 1648, and ten others. — [Inq. Ret. Ayr,
425; Gen., 2054, 3588; Reg. Sec. Sig.;
Tombst.]
ROBERT UDUARD, M.A.; pres. by
1637 Bishop of Galloway in 1637. Dis-
agreeing with the Covenanters, he
deserted his parish. He was afterwards
min. of Murroes.
1638
WILLIAM COCKBURN, M.A. (St
Andrews 1627) ; became chaplain
to John, Earl of Cassillis ; adm.
between 15th April and 26th Sept. 1638 ;
was confined to the parish in 1663 on
account of non - conformity ; died Aug.
1677, aged about 70. He marr. Marion
(or Margaret) Dickson, who survived him,
and had issue — James, min. of Pencait-
land ; Patrick, born 1654 ; William, ap-
prenticed to James Cockburn, merchant,
Edinburgh, 4th Dec. 1661 ; John, sheriff-
clerk of Ayrshire ; David, apprenticed to
John Little, merchant, Edinburgh, 5th
July 1665 ; Anna (marr. Hew Eccles, min.
of Straiton) ; Agnes (marr. Alexander
M'Gill, writer, Edinburgh) ; Marion (marr.
George White, min. of Maryculter); Kather-
ine (marr. Henry Sinclair, writer, Edin-
burgh). — [Ayr Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests, y
Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Edin. Apprentice Reg. ; Ayr Sheriff-Court
Books, 25th Nov. 1697.]
WILLIAM IRVINE, son of Alexander
1680 ■""' °^ Fortrie, tutor in the family
of Sir James Foulis of Colinton ;
pres. by James, Bishop of Galloway, 18th
Aug., coll. 4th Sept., and adm. 28th Sept.
1680 ; deserted the parish in 1689. He
preached to Viscount Dundee and his army,
was apprehended at Killiecrankie and im-
prisoned, but made his escape to France
in 1690 in company with James, Earl of
Dunfermline. In Nov. 1699 he was resi-
dent in the Laird of Colinton's family. In
1715 he was chaplain to Robert, Earl of
Carnwath ; preached at Kelso to the
Jacobite army, was taken prisoner at
Preston, and carried to the Fleet. He was
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KIRKMICHAEL
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consecrated a bishop to the Nonjurant
Episcopalians at Edinburgh, 22nd Oct.
1718, having charge of the district of
Brechin, and chiefly resided at Linlithgow.
He died at Edinburgh, 9th Dec. 1725, and
was buried at Restalrig. — [Collections
Aberd. and Banff; Rule's Sec. Vindication;
Colinton Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Bur. ; Rebuffer
rebuffed ; Hogg's Jacobite Relics, ii. ;
Chambers's Hist, of Rebellion ; G. R.
Homings, 8th Feb. 1688.]
1691
JAMES GILCHRIST, chaplain to Sir
George Stirling of Glorat, Bart. ;
was made prisoner at the instance
of the min. of Baldernock in 1684 ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 21st Dec. 1687 ; passed
trials for the ministry in that city ; called
to Dunbarton, and to this parish in June,
and ord. here 22nd Sept. 1691 ; buried in
Glasgow Cathedral Ground, 18th April
1710, leaving a considerable sum to the
kirk - session for the poor. Wodrow
describes him as "an useful minister." —
Wodrow's Hist., iv., 175.]
1711
JAMES LAURIE [or LAWRIE], son of
John L., min. of Auchinleck ; educ.
at Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1707)
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 29th June 1709
called 9th Nov. 1710 ; ord. 8th May 1711
died 7th Aug. 1764. He marr. 11th Dec.
1714, Ann (died 28th Dec. 1747), daugh. of
George Ord, attorney in Owley, Wooler, and
had issue — Mary; Ann; John; Helen;
James, Colonel in the army and Governor
of the Mosquito Shore ; William ; George,
D.D., min. of Loudoun. — [Ramsay's Scott.
Life; Scot. Hist. Rev., i., 159; Graham's
Literary and Historical Essays, 138-160.]
JOHN RAMSAY, son of David R.,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1761); licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 6th Feb., and called 19th
Sept. 1765 ; ord. 9th Jan. 1766 ; died 13th
May 1801. He founded and was the first
President of the Carrick Farmers' Society,
and did much to encourage farming enter-
prise in the district. He marr. 3rd Jan.
1782, Margaret M'Fadzean, who died 22nd
March 1838, and had issue — Isobella, born
12th Oct. 1782 (marr. John Thomson, min.
1766
1802
of Dailly) ; David, W.S., born 19th Aug.
1784, died 3rd April 1828; Janet, born
15th May 1786; Thomas Kennedy, lieut.
in Bengal army, born 7th Jan. 1788, died
18th Nov. 1807; John, born 12th Oct.
1789; Grizel, born 9th Dec. 1791 (marr.
14th Aug. 1811, Alexander Guild, S.S.C.,
Edinburgh), died 17 Jan. 1861 ; Margaret,
born 26th Oct. 1794. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). —
[Tombst.]
DAVID KENNEDY, born 1765, son of
David K. ; licen. by Presb. of Pen-
pont 4th April 1792 ; pres. by George
III. 23rd May 1801 ; ord. 15th April 1802 ;
died 10th March 1835. He marr. (1) 28th
Nov. 1803, Margaret M'Hutcheon, who
died 27th March 1814, and had issue-
Henrietta, born 16th Sept. 1804 ; David,
born 14th May 1806 ; Alexander, Ayr, born
23rd May 1808 ; John, Inspector-General of
Hospitals, Madras army, born 5th Nov. 1810,
died 6th April 1893 : (2) 23rd Sept. 1816,
Mary Grieve, who died s.p. 1st Sept. 1825.
JOHN M'EWEN, born 9th July 1803,
second son of Captain Robert M.,
Alloway, and Jean M 'II wraith ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 22nd Oct. 1828 ; pres. by William IV.
25th March, and ord. 17th Sept. 1835 ; died
11th May 1866. He marr. 12th Jan. 1860,
Isabella (died 20th Aug. 1905), daugh. of
William Finnie of Titchfield House, Kil-
marnock, merchant, Lisbon, and had issue
— Robert Finnie of Marchmont and Bar-
drochat, advocate, born 1st Jan. 1861 ;
Jessie of Findynate, born 3rd July 1862.
HENRY ALEXANDER FAIRLIE,
born 10th April 1839, youngest son
of Colonel James F. of Holms,
Ayrshire, and Agnes Maria Fairlie ; edu-
cated at Edinburgh Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 1st Feb.
1 865 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord. 20th
Sept. 1866 ; died unmarr. 22nd Oct. 1909.
JOHN KELLIE, born 4th Feb. 1883
son of Robert Muir K. and Janet
Frew Smith ; educated at Kilmar-
nock Academy and Univs. of Glasgow,
MA. (1904), B.D. (1907), Edinburgh, and
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KIRKMICHAEL— KIRKOSWALD
[PItESB. OF
Erlangen, Ph.D. (1909); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine May 1907 ; assistant at Cathcart ;
ord. 23rd March 1910 ; served as an army
chaplain, 1915-17; killed in action in
France, 31st July 1917. He marr. 12th
Aug. 1913, Margaret Orr, daugh. of James
Ramsay, Provost of Maybole/and had issue
— Jean Ramsay, born 26th Nov. 1914.
Publication — Philosophical Position of
Alexander Fraser [thesis] (Edinburgh,
1909).
WILLIAM HENRY RANKINE, born
1918 Falkirk ' 27til Marcn 1862 > son of
Adam R., master of the General
Assembly's School, Carronshore, afterwards
at Auchterderran, and Joanna Currie ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1883); B.D. (1886); licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 4th May 1886 ; ord. to Slamannan
9th Nov. 1887 ; trans, to St Boswells 16th
July 1891 ; trans, to Titwood 2nd March
1897 ; chaplain to Forces, Mediterranean,
1915-16; trans, and adm. 9th Jan. 1918.
Marr. 12th Dec. 1888, Helen Anderson,
daugh. of George Jamieson, Drummuir,
Keith, and Sarah Anderson, and has issue —
Sarah Anderson Jamieson, M.B., Ch.B.,
Poona ; Adam, M.B., Ch.B., lieut. R.A.M.C. ;
Joanna Primrose (marr. 23rd Nov. 1917,
Walter M'Intyre, min. of St Mary's, Dum-
fries) ; George Jamieson Affleck Scott ;
Theodora, died in infancy ; David ; Helen
Elizabeth Fairbairn. Publications — A Hero
of the Dark Continent, a Biography of the
Rev. William Affleck Scott, M.A., M.B., CM.
(Edinburgh, 1896); The Call to Disciple-
ship, a sermon (Kelso, 1897) ; The Secret of
Christian Giving, a sermon (Glasgow, 1899) ;
The Present Crisis in Missions, a sermon
(Glasgow, 1909) ; Contributions to Scottish
Outposts (Edinburgh, 1914), and Hastings'
Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.
KIRKOSWALD.
[The parish church was dedicated to St
Oswald. It belonged to the Abbey of
Crossregal within the parish. This Cluniac
Monastery, dedicated to St Mary, was
founded in 1244 by Duncan, Earl of
Carrick. Its extensive buildings are still
stately in their ruin. In early documents
this place is often called Kirkoswald of
Turnberry, in contrast to the village and
Chapel of Kirkoswald in the parish of
Ballantrae. The ancient church of this
parish stands roofless in the churchyard.
Its successor is in the village of Kirk-
oswald. In the churchyard are buried
Douglas Graham and John Davidson, the
Originals of Robert Burns's "Tarn o'
Shanter " and " Souter Johnie."]
1572 JOHN M'CAVELL, reader in 1572.
1572
/ JAMES BOYD of Trochrig, adm. min.
in 1572 ; promoted to the arch-
bishopric of Glasgow in 1573 (q.v.),
but returning to his estate, resumed his
pastoral duties here in 1577 till his death
21st June 1581.
HEW KENNEDY, reader 1576 to
1576 1591.
PATRICK ANDERSON, min. in 1607 ;
left his charge for lack of sufficient
stipend and went to Ireland during
winter 1612-13. — [Beg. Assig. ; Ayr Sess.
Beg. ; Wodrow's Biog., ii.]
" JOHN BURNE, M.A. (St Andrews, 28th
July 1610) ; min. in 1616; was com-
missioned by the Assembly to supply
the north and west parts of Ireland in and
about Derry for three months, because of
"the great scarcity of honest ministers in
these bounds," and had £50 allowed by
Parliament 22nd June 1644 for his convey-
ance. He was injured in Derry, though in
what manner is not stated. He adhered to
the Resolutioners 8th Oct. 1651. He marr.,
and had issue — John of Tradonock. — [Ayr
Sess. and Binlithgow Presb. Reg. ; Beg.
Old Dec, iii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8166;
Baillie's Lett.; G. R. Inhib., 5th Feb. 1674.]
JOHN OSBURNE, MA. (Glasgow
1647) ; min. about 1660 ; was deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; was
accused of acting as kirk officer in giving
notice of conventicles or unlawful meetings
25th Jan. 1666 ; was granted an indulgence
at Dundonald in 1672, but did not accept ;
returned here in 1687.
AYR]
KIRKOSWALD
47
ALEXANDER ABERCROMBIE, adm.
166? to Fyvie before 15th July 1649;
trans, here prior to 5th June 1667. —
[Fordyce Presb. Beg. ; Beg. Old Dec, ii.]
CLAUD HAMILTON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 19th July 1661) ; adm. before
23rd Nov. 1668 ; deserted his charge
at the Revolution ; retired to Maybole in
1691 ; was accused before the Presb. in
1694 of baptizing and marrying irregularly ;
promised in May 1695 to remove from
its bounds ; died before 18th Aug. 1699.
He marr. and had issue — John, writer,
Edinburgh; Ann (marr. 6th Feb. 1715,
William Simpson, schoolmaster, Dalkeith).
— [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN OSBURNE, M.A., above noticed ;
1687 returned and was present at meeting
of Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687 ; died before
2nd July 1691. He marr. Anne M'llvain,
and had issue — Henry ; Quintin ; William ;
Elizabeth (marr. Robert Paton, min. of
Dumfries) ; Margaret. — [Ayr Sheriff Court
Books, 8th Oct. 1685 and 20th Nov. 1697.]
HENRY ADAM, studied theology at
1694 Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 17th Jan. 1694 ; called
14th Feb., and ord. 14th Aug. 1694 ; died
between 10th June and 8th July 1719.
He marr. and had issue — John, min. of
Dalrymple.
WILLIAM CUPPLES, M.A. (Glasgow);
1?2 licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 29th May
1717; pres. by George I. 27th Oct.
1719 (was the first who, in accordance with
the Act of Assembly, gave in a letter of ac-
ceptance with his presentation) ; ord. 22nd
Sept. 1720; died 17th March 1751, aged
about 61. He marr. 2nd March 1721, Jean
(died 12th April 1775), daugh. of Thomas
Kennedy, min. of Ballantrae, and had issue
— Ann ; Charles ; Jean ; George, mm. of
Swinton ; Thomas, born 13th June 1730.
Publication — The Experiences of John
Stevenson, Land Labourer, in the Parish
of Daily, "a rare soul-strengthening and
comforting cordial for old and young
Christians" (Glasgow, 1729).— [Beg. Old
Dec, ii. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
v MATTHEW BIGGAR, born 1725, son
ltJ5 of Matthew B., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 8th March 1749 ;
called 23rd April, and ord. 5th Oct. 1752 ;
died 2nd Jan. 1806. He marr. 8th Jan.
1754, Margaret (died 8th May 1801), daugh.
of Robert Wodrow, min. of Eastwood,
historian of the Church, and had issue —
Margaret, born 31st Jan. 1755 ; Janet, born
6th March 1756 (marr. Robert Callander,
min. of Kirkmaiden) ; Elizabeth, born 18th
Aug. 1757; Louisa, born 22nd Sept. 1761
(marr. James Inglis, min. of this parish) ;
Thomas Kennedy, born 15th April 1763,
died 2nd Jan. 1773.
JAMES INGLIS, born 1767, probably
1806 son °^ J ames I'j farmer in parish
of Wiston ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 27th Jan.
1796 ; pres. by George III. 31st Jan., and
ord. 24th July 1806 ; died 15th May 1847.
He marr. 25th Aug. 1806, Louisa (died s.p.
5th Feb. 1846), daugh. of Matthew Biggar,
min. of this parish.
JOHN FINDLAY, born 1820, third son
1 of John F., farmer, Ayrshire ; edu-
cated at Maybole School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; B.A. (1840) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 1st May 1844 ; assistant at Kilwinning ;
pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 31st Jan. 1845 ; died 13th May
1905. He marr. 20th Aug. 1850, Jessie
M'Hutcheon, who died 29th March 1855,
and had issue — John, born 29th July 1851 ;
Margaret Tennant, born 29th Nov. 1852
(marr. 29th Sept. 1878, David Simpson
Carson, C.A., Glasgow).
JAMES MUIR, born Longridge, Whit-
burn, 14th June 1859, son of Thomas
M. and Ann Crosser ; educated at
Wilson's Endowed School, Whitburn, and
Univs. of Glasgow, Gottingen, and Berlin ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1888 ;
student missionary, Anderston Church,
Glasgow; assistant at Largo; ord. (assistant
and successor) 18th June 1890. Marr. 17th
Sept. 1895, Agnes, daugh. of William Black,
town clerk, Stranraer. Publication — Burns
in Kirkoswald (Dumfries, 1905).
48
LUGAR— MAUCHLINE
[PltESB. OF
1867
1876
1881
LUGAR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1867. The
parish was disjoined from Auchinleck and
erected by the Court of Teinds, 8th March
1907.]
SIMON SOMERVILLE STOBBS,
trans, from Swallow Street Church,
London, 1867 ; trans, to St Matthew's,
Montreal, 1876 ; [afterwards min. of St
James's, Edinburgh].
JOHN SKEOCH CLELLAND, prob-
ably son of James O, min. of Scots
Church, Bolton, and Mary, daugh.
of John Skeoch of Corsehillmill ; ord. to
Cobden Street Chapel, Townhead, Glasgow,
1873 ; adm. in 1876.
WALKER MILNE, born Dundee, 1853 ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1874), B.D. (1877) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 3rd Oct. 1877 ; ord. 30th
June 1881 ; res. 7th March 1905 ; died un-
marr. 11th March 1916.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
. 2nd May 1867, son of Joseph C. and
Margaret Crockett; educated at
Glasgow Highland Society's School, Univ.
of Glasgow, and Central Univ., Indiana,
U.S.A. ; M.A. (Aug. 1915) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow Nov. 1899 ; assistant at Bruce-
field, Larbert and Dunipace ; app. 9th
March 1905; ord. 7th Jan. 1907; first
min. of the parish 8th March 1907 ; res.
16th July 1912 ; went to America ; returned
to Scotland, and became assistant at Riccar-
ton ; ind. to Bargrennan, 18th Sept. 1917.
Marr. 11th April 1907, Marion, daugh. of
George Park, M.D., Kilsyth.
JAMES MOROGH YOUNG, born 6th
Nov. 1880, son of James Bristow Y.,
Dublin, and Matilda Russell ; edu-
cated at St Andrew's School, Dublin, and
Univs. of Dublin and Glasgow ; B.A.
(Dublin 1902); licen. by Presb. of Lin-
lithgow May 1905; assistant at East
Church, Stirling, and Hillhead, Glasgow ;
ord. 19th Dec. 1912. Marr. 14th July 1915,
Jane, daugh. of John Blackburn Hislop,
F.R.C.S.E., and widow of John Brown
Niven.
MAUCHLINE.
[The church of Mauchline belonged to
the Abbey of Melrose. It was dedicated
to St Michael, and near it was St Michaels
Well. An autumn fair was held at Mauch-
line on St Francis' Day. Near the parish
church there was founded, in or about 1165,
St Mary's Cistercian Priory of Mauchline
a cell of Melrose Abbey. Ruined portions
of it remain. In 1544 George Wishart was
invited to preach at Mauchline. When he
came he found the church closed against
him. The adherents of reform, being in
strong force, would have carried the church
by storm. But Wishart forbade all violence.
He led the crowd to Mauchline Muir, where
he preached to them in peace. In 1647 the
General Assembly passed an act for erecting
a second charge here. The measure, how-
ever, was so carried out that, instead of
Mauchline becoming a collegiate parish,
there was severed from it the new parish
of -Dalgain, now called Sorn. Mauchline
Church was rebuilt in 1829. It is in the
old churchyard that Robert Burns has laid
the scene of his " Holy Fair." Two of
the poet's children lie buried there. On
the Green at the Townhead of Mauchline,
a monument, set up in 1830, marks the
place where, in 1685, five Covenanters were
hanged, and buried at the gallows foot.]
1567
PETER PRIMROSE, son of Duncan P.,
bailie of Culross, and Helen Smyth ;
adm. in 1567 ; Galston was also in
his charge in 1574. In 1586 he was app.,
with others, on a committee to deal with
irregularities among the clergy in Ayrshire,
and in 1589 by the Privy Council on a com
mittee for the preservation of true religion
in Kyle ; dem. previous to 13th Dec. 1617
died before 15th Nov. 1621. He marr., and
had issue — Peter, min. of Crossmichael ;
Margaret (marr. William Spottiswood of
Foular) ; perhaps also Duncan, surgeon to
the King ; and Henry, notary in Mauchline.
— [Scots Peerage, vii., 213; Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv. 570, v. 104, vii. 96,
106 ; Melville's Autob. ; Acts and Dec,
ccclxiv., 399.]
AYR]
MAUCHLINE
49
1621
JOHN INGLIS, mentioned as joint
,_„_ min. with above in 1589.— [Acts and
1589 „ .. L
Dec, xx., 246.]
JOHN ROSE, M.A. (Glasgow 1606);
was on the Exercise at Glasgow 2nd
May 1621 ; pres. by James VI. 15th
Nov. that year ; died Jan. 1634, aged about
48. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Bell, senior (she survived him and marr.
(2) George Young, min. of this parish), and
had issue — John, min. of Monkland. —
[Sed. Book of Teinds ; Ayr Sess. Reg.; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 2875.]
THOMAS PEEBLES, mentioned as min.
,__. in 1634.— [Glasg. Com. Dec, 25th
1634 Feb. 1637.]
GEORGE YOUNG, M.A.; formerly
163 _ Regent in Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
before 29th June, and adm. (at
Glasgow) 1st Sept. 1635; trans, to St
Mungo's parish, but settled in Tron Church,
Glasgow, 1644.
THOMAS WYLIE, M.A.; trans, from
164 _ Borgue; pres. by John, Earl of
Loudoun, Lord Chancellor, in June ;
adm. 16th July 1646 ; trans, to Kirkcud-
bright about 1655.
JAMES VEITCH, M.A., son of John
V., min. of Roberton ; Regent in
Univ. of Glasgow, 1649-56 ; adm. in
1656 ; for refusing to take the Oath of
Allegiance, 28th May, without explanations,
he was imprisoned several weeks and
deprived by the Privy Council 16th Sept.
1662, and the parish was declared vacant.
In March 1669, he was accused of preaching
and baptizing irregularly, and so harshly
treated that even the Privy Council was
convinced of the severity, and allowed him
300 merks for the losses he had sustained.
Again min. (indulged) in 1669.
WILLIAM DALGARNO, M.A. ; trans.
,„_,. from Kirkmahoe about 1665 ; trans.
1665 _
to Dunsyre in 1669.
JAMES VEITCH, M.A., above men-
1669 ti° nec h na d an indulgence from the
Privy Council 9th Dec. 1669. He
was accused in Oct. 1674 of contravening
the terms thereof, and again 3rd Nov. 1681,
but was acquitted by the Privy Council
24th Nov. that year. On 2nd Aug. 1683
he was charged with breaking his confine-
ment; this he confessed, 3rd Jan. 1684;
was deprived of his licence; ordered to
leave the kingdom and refrain from exercis-
ing his ministry unless he find caution for
5000 merks. He retired to the house of
his brother at Stanton Hall, in Northum-
berland, and went afterwards with him to
Holland. Returned in 1687.
ROBERT ARCHIBALD, M.A., formerly
1672 min. of Dunscore; had an indulg-
ence here jointly with preceding, 3rd
Sept. 1672, but it is doubtful if he accepted.
DAVID MELDRUM, M.A. ; adm. 29th
16g4 Aug. 1684; deprived by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690 restoring
Presbyterian mins. He was received into
communion by the Presb. of Irvine 2nd
Sept. 1691, and was settled at Tibbermore
22nd Aug. 1694.
JAMES VEITCH, M.A., above men-
16gl7 tioned ; returned under the Tolera-
tion 30th Oct. 1687; died before
28th July 1694. He was well read in
scholastic theology and philosophy. He
marr. Jean Dunbar, who survived him. He
left in MS., "Ane Sober Inquirie into the
lawfulness of the Presbyterian Ministers,
their acceptance of a libertie to preach the
gospel upon the Indulgence, and the
people's dutie to hear them." — [Wodrow's
Hist., i. 297, ii. 296, iii. 269, iv. 37 ; Memoirs
of Mr William Veitch, 6-10, 146, 264 ; Reg.
Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Ayr Sheriff Court Books,
16th July 1697.]
WILLIAM MAITLAND, born 1671, son
1695 °^ William M., min. of Beith ; called
April, and ord. 25th Sept. 1695 ; died
27th Oct. 1739. He marr. in Sept. 1690,
Mary, eldest daugh. of James Stewart of
Lumloch, and niece of Sir Archibald S. of
Blackhall, Bart., with whom he got 8000
merks tocher, and had issue — William,
surgeon, Mauchline ; James of Barcaple,
surgeon. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
VOL. III.
50
MAUCHLINE
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM AULD, born 1709, younger
1742 son °^ ^- °^ Ellanton, Ayrshire,
and Margaret Campbell ; educated at
Univs. of Edinburgh (MA., 6th May 1733),
Glasgow, and Leyden ; became chaplain to
the laird of Schawfield ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 27th Nov. 1739; called 29th
Oct. 1741 ; ord. 29th April 1742 ; died
unmarr. 12th Dec. 1791, after having
suffered serious financial loss by the failure
of the Douglas and Heron Bank. In 1788
Robert Burns, then a parishioner, was cited
before the kirk-session for his irregular
marriage with Jean Armour. The session
remitted the fine and "Mr Burns gave
a guinea note for the poor." A. was
the "Daddy Auld" of The Kirk's Alarm.
Publications — The Pastoral Duty briefly
explained and recommended, a sermon (Glas-
gow, 1763) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Tombst. ; Acts of Ass., 1745 ;
Wallace's Burns, i., 184.]
ARCHIBALD REID, born 1744, prob-
ltJQ2 ably third son of John R., Tulli-
allan; educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 3rd March 1773 ;
ord. to Greenock Chapel-of-Ease 21st June
1781 ; pres. by the tutors of Flora, Countess
of Loudoun in March, and adm. 28th June
1792 ; died unmarr. 25th April 1803. Pub-
lication — Account of Greenock (Sinclair's
Stat. Acc, v.). — [Tombst.]
JOHN TOD, licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
1804 4th June 1793; said to have been
noticed as a volunteer by Lord
President Hope, who recommended him to
Flora, Countess of Loudoun, by whom
he was pres. 17th Oct. 1803; ord.
10th May 1804; died 7th May 1844,
aged 76. He marr. 3rd March 1806,
Wilhelmina Kennedy (died 21st March
1858), daugh. of Gavin Hamilton, the
friend and patron of Robert Burns, and
had issue— Gavin Hamilton, born 6th Dec.
1806, died 24th May 1813; Isabella, born
10th Dec. 1807 ; Helen Kennedy, born 31st
July 1809; George, born 14th Dec. 1810,
died 8th Jan. 1812 ; Anna, born 8th Aug.
1812, died 23rd Sept. 1835 ; Henry Hamil-
ton (daugh.), born 11th May 1814; Gavin
George, born 6th April 1816, died 6th April
1821 ; John Agnes, born 17th Aug. 1817 ;
John Alexander, merchant, Glasgow, born
4th Feb. 1819 ; Agnes Finlay, born 3rd
Oct. 1820, died 27th April 1828; James,
born 11th Sept. 1822, died 31st July 1834.
Publication — A Sermon (Glasgow, 1826) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Acc, v.).
JAMES FAIRLIE, born 1805, eldest son
1838 °^ J°h n F-> schoolmaster, Fenwick ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1824) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 8th June
1830 ; assistant in this parish ; pres. by
Flora, Marchioness of Hastings, 23rd Aug.,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 14th Nov.
1838 ; died unmarr. 2nd July 1874. Publi-
cations — Three Single Sermons (Ayr, 1834 ;
Kilmarnock, 1843 ; Glasgow, 1844) ; Five
Sermons addressed to Emigrants (Glasgow,
1852).
ANDREW EDGAR, born Catrine,
1874 ^ ct ' 1830 > eldest son of Andrew E.,
solicitor, Mauchline ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
4th July 1855 ; missionary at Toward
Chapel ; ord. to Tongland 5th March 1863 ;
pres. by Henry, Marquess of Hastings ;
trans, and adm. 26th Nov. 1874; D.D.
(Glasgow 1886); died 23rd March 1890.
He marr. 24th Nov. 1865, Mary Sybilla,
daugh. of Samuel Cowan, min. of Kelton,
and had issue — Andrew Colville, born 7th
Nov. 1866, died 2nd April 1883; Mary
Campbell, born 3rd Jan. 1869 ; Campbell
Cowan, born 26th Dec. 1870 ; John Stewart,
born 26th Oct. 1872, died 23rd March 1916 ;
Charles Samuel, born 29th April 1874 ;
Jane Violet, born 24th Nov. 1875; Sybil
Frances, born 27th July 1877 ; Magdalen
Grace, born 22nd July 1880 ; Audrey Col-
ville, born 1st Feb. 1884. Publications —
Old Church Life in Scotland ; Lectures on
Kirk-Session and Presbytery Records, the
Ministers of Mauchline, 1560-1800, two
series (Paisley, 1885, 1886) ; Catechism for
Young Communicants (Edinburgh, 1888) ;
The Bibles of England (Paisley, 1889).
JOSEPH MITCHELL, born parish of
1890 Brechin 20th July 1859, son of
Joseph M. and Janet Millar; edu-
cated at Craig Public School and Univ. of
aye]
NEW KIRK— MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE
51
St Andrews; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1887); licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 5th May 1886;
assistant at St Mary's, Dundee; ord. 17th
Sept. 1890 ; app. clerk to Presb. in 1901 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1916). Marr. 15th April
1896, Helen Honeyman, eldest daugh. of
George Litster, Bridge of Allan, and has
issue — Joseph Litster, born 10th April
1898. Publications — The Present Ecclesi-
astical Situation : Proposals for a Recon-
structed National Church (Ayr, 1904) ;
Articles in Hastings' Dictionary of Christ
and the Gospels, and in Revieiv of Theology
and Philosophy.
NEW KIRK.
^ JOHN BLAIR, educated at Univ. of
1662 Glasgow ; wa s adm. to a charge
(unidentified) in 1649 ; mentioned
as min. here in 1662 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was
accused, with others, of turbulent and
seditious conduct, 14th July 1663; on his
confession, 18th Aug., he was prohibited
from exercising any part of the ministry
in time coming, and was required to remove
beyond the River Ness before 1st Oct.
"under the highest peril." He appears to
have preached at a conventicle in Inver-
keithing in end of 1679 or beginning of
1680.— [Wodrow's Hist, i., 372.]
MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE.
[These two parishes were united soon
after 1571.
Maybole. — The vicarage of Minibole, now
called Maybole, belonged to the Cistercian
Nunnery of North Berwick. Its church
was dedicated to St Cuthbert, and con-
tained a chapel of St Ninian founded in
1431. There was a chapel in the parish
on the lands of Auchendrane. Maybole
had three Holy Wells— Our Lady's, St
Anthony's, and St Helen's. Within the
bounds were two early dedications, pro-
bably chapels, St Muireach's, at the place
called St Murrays, and St Kenneth's, at
Kilchenzie. On Lammas day, the first of
Aug., a fair was held at Maybole. In
the town are the ruins of St Mary's Col-
legiate Church of Maybole, founded in
1371, by Sir John Kennedy of Dunure,
the earliest foundation of the kind in
Scotland. The last event of note in the
history of St Mary's took place in May
1563, when Gilbert, fourth Earl of Cassillis,
headed an attempt to overturn the Refor-
mation. Some two hundred of the Kennedy
Clan, with their allies, rose in arms, and
took possession of that church, where, in
open defiance of the law, they had Mass
sung with full Roman ceremonial. It was
the last of several such efforts. The leaders
of this demonstration were promptly
brought to trial ; and the reaction went
no further. Two years before this, Quentin
Kennedy, Abbot of Crossregal, challenged
John Knox to an open debate on some of
the theological questions of the time. On
28th Sept. 1561, their meeting took place
in one of the larger ancient houses still left
standing at Maybole. The discussion lasted
for three days, and aroused much interest
at the time. In the corner of a field near
the town stands a stone erected to the
memory of six Maybole men, taken at
Bothwell Bridge — Mungo Eccles, Thomas
Home, Robert MacGarron, John Mac-
Harrie, John MacWhirter, and William
Rodger. After much hard usage, they
were shipped as convicts to Virginia in
a vessel which was wrecked on the Moul
Head of Deerness in Orkney, where they
were drowned, 10th Dec. 1679. Maybole
Church was rebuilt in 1808.
Kirkbride. — The church of Kirkbride
belonged to the Nunnery of North Ber-
wick. It was dedicated to St Bride. Its
ruins are still to be seen ; and the old
churchyard around them is used for burial.
The piece of ground adjoining keeps its
ancient name of the Priest's Land.]
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, reader at
1571 Kirkbride Nov. 1571.
1572
MATTHEW HAMILTON, reader here
and at Kirkbride from Lammas
1572 to 1590.
1591 HEW HAMILTON, reader in 1591.
52
MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE
[PRESB. OF
JOHN M'QUOBNE, M.A. ; trans, from
Dalmellington in 1595; Kirkbnde
1595 also being in his charge ; trans, to
Straiton in 1598.
^ DAVID BAKCLAY, trans, from Dailly
in 1599; trans, to Dumfries after
1599 13th June 1601.
1608
JAMES BONAE, M.A. (St Andrews
1601); probably of the Bossie
family ; reader at Burntisland ; min.
in 1608, pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
1st June 1614 ; became a leading man among
the Covenanters, and Moderator of General
Assembly in 1644. He was ordered in
Aug. 1642 to repone Gilbert Power, min.
of Stoneykirk, whom the Assembly found
to have been unjustly dep. When B. went
to that parish he was opposed by a number
of women and others armed with clubs and
stones, who prevented his preaching in the
kirk. This so affected him that it cast him
into a long and dangerous fever. A com-
mittee was app. by the following Assembly
for the trial of the rioters. He joined the
Eesolutioners or Moderate Party in the
Church ; died about 1655. He is said to
have been a "person of very great learn-
ing " He marr. (1) a daugh. (died 1623), of
Duncan Craufurd of Nether Skeldoun : (2)
Helen (died 19th Jan. 1684), daugh. of
Thomas Kennedy of Drummurchie. Pub-
lication— Epitaph on Mr William Birnie,
min. of Ayr (Family of Birnie of Broom-
hill) —[Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Stran-
raer Presb. Reg.; Glasg. Tests.; Wodroiv
MS 'S., and Anal.; Bsallie' a Lett.; Bannatyne
Miscell., iii. ; Grose's Antiq. ; G. R. Inhib.,
xxxix., 96 ; Reg. of Deeds, dxxviii., 27 ; Ayr
Sas., ii., 157.]
JOHN HUTCHISON, son of John H.
of Kirklandholm and Sanquhar ; ord.
1655 to Bathgate 31st Jan. 1654 ; trans,
and adm. between 18th April and 12th
Sept 1655; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council at Glasgow 1st Oct. 1662 ; had an
indulgence at Dundonald in 1672 ; returned
to this parish in 1687.
JOHN JAFFBAY, son of William J.,
min. of King Edward ; educated at
1667 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1631); adm. to Monquhitter before 21st
Oct. 1651 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright in 1663;
trans, and adm. before 20th July 1667. He
did not get on well with his parishioners ;
he accused them of attempting his life ; in
return they charged him with profane
swearing, striking, fighting, and drunken-
ness ; in 1670 he was forbidden by Arch-
bishop Leighton to minister further in the
parish— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 162, 177;
Aberdeen Sas., ii., 384.]
WILLIAM ABEBCBOMBIE, M.A.
(Glasgow, 5th July 1666) ; pres. 11th
1673 May, and inst. 3rd June 1673;
deserted his charge at the Bevolution, and
was deprived by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, restoring the Presbyterian mms.
He retired to Edinburgh, and died 21st
Feb. 1722, aged 74. He marr. Janet Home,
and had issue— Jean (marr. Lieut.-colonel
William Nicolson of Lauder's Foot in the
service of the United Provinces) ; Andrew ;
Mary, buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
26th Feb. 1694 ; and three others, buried
there, 31st Oct. 1690, 8th Jan. 1695, 25th
Feb. 1700. He wrote a description of Car-
rick (Macfarlane's Topog. Collect.; Pit-
cairn's Hist, of the Kennedys). — [Edm.
Tests.; Edin. Marr. Reg.; Greyfriars
Bur. Reg.; Chalmers's Caledonia, m. ;
G. R. Homings, 29th March 1688 ; Glasg.
Com. Deeds, 3rd Sept. 1701.]
JOHN HUTCHISON, above men-
tioned; formerly of Dundonald;
1687 returned under the Toleration, and
was present at the Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687;
restored by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690 • died about 1695. He marr. Agnes
Wallace, and had issue-William, served
heir 26th Aug. 1705 ; George of Monkwood,
advocate, born 1674, died 24th Dec 1725 ;
Elizabeth (marr. James Muir of Boddens,
Co. Down).— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Ayr
Sas., ix., 273.]
ALEXANDEB FAIBWEATHEB, M.A.
(St Andrews, 24th July 1688) ; some-
1696 time librarian to the Univ. ; passed
trials before the Presb. there, and was
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recommended for license to the archbishop
4th Feb. 1685; never having taken the
Test nor the Oath of Allegiance and
Supremacy, he was received into com-
munion by the Synod of Fife 9th May
1694 ; called 8th Aug. 1695 ; ord. 13th May
1696; died before 1730. He marr. Mary
Ferguson, and had issue— an only child,
Jean (marr. 1730, John Moore, yr., of
Blairston). — [Carnbee Sess. Reg. ; Ayr
Sheriff-Court Books, 26th April 1735.]
1720
ROBERT FISHER, app. a teacher in
George Heriot's Hospital, 21st April
1707 ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd April
1709) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 2nd
July 1718 ; called 3rd Dec. 1719 ; ord. (col-
league and successor) 5th May 1720 ; died
8th Jan. 1752. He marr. 20th Jan. 1730,
Susanna Hutcheson (died 27th Feb. 1758),
and had issue— George, born 11th March
1731 ; James, born 2nd July 1732, died
26th April 1750; Alexander, born 29th
May 1737; Jean, born 2nd Dec. 1738
(marr. John Dunlop of Greenock) ;
Susanna, born 5th Feb. 1743, died 24th
May 1748; Sarah, born 19th Jan. 1745;
Helen, born 12th Feb. 1748. — [Steven's
Mem. of Heriot's Hosp. ; Ferrie's Life of
Carstairs.~\
JAMES MACKNIGHT, called 22nd
Feb., and ord. 10th May 1753;
trans, to Jedburgh 30th Nov. 1769.
JAMES WRIGHT, third son of James
W., Kirkoswald ; M.A. (Glasgow
1761); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 31st
July 1765; pres. by George III. 30th
March, and ord. 29th Nov. 1770. One
Sunday forenoon in harvest 1807, he stated
to his people, after service, "that he con-
ceived a favourable opportunity to save the
crops, then in imminent danger, was vouch-
safed by Providence, from a temporary
change of weather, and therefore, that
those who chose to devote the afternoon
to that work of necessity, might in his
opinion, do so without violation of the
Sabbath." Complaint was made to the
Presb., but on appeal the Synod did not
in the circumstances disapprove of his sug-
gestion ; D.D. (St Andrews, 3rd Feb. 1810) ;
died 20th June 1812. He marr. (1) 26th
April 1773, Margaret (died 13th March
1781), daugh. of John Kennedy of Balong,
and had issue — Margaret, born 8th April
1774 ; John, born 4th Oct. 1775 ; Ann,
born 6th Nov. 1776; Jean, born 29th
March 1778 (marr. Captain George Black,
54th Regiment) ; Helen, born 8th July 1779 ;
all of whom, except Jean, died before 26th
Aug. 1812 : (2) 22nd Sept. 1788, Sarah Mair
(died at Ayr, 9th March 1819), and had issue
—Sarah, born 18th Nov. 1790. Publica-
tions — Three Single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1780-94); A Recommendation of Brotherly
Love to which is subjoined an Enquiry
into the True Design of the Institution of
Masonry (Edinburgh, 1786) ; An Effectual
and Practicable Plan of Defence against an
Invasion (Glasgow, 1797) ; A Treatise on
the Causes of Sedition, 1798 ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.). —
\Tombst. ; Scots Mag., lxx.]
CHARLES LOGAN, perhaps son of
181S Charles L., Sorn ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 2nd Dec. 1807 ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 27th June 1812 ; ord. 22nd
April 1813 ; died 14th April 1823, aged 49.
He marr. 16th Nov. 1813, Margaret (died
s.p. 16th May 1818), daugh. of James
M'Clymont.— [Tombst.]
JOHN PAUL, trans, from Straiton ;
1823 pres. by George IV. in May, and
adm. 4th Sept. 1823 ; trans, to St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 17th April 1828.
GEORGE GRAY, born 4th Jan. 1798,
son of John G., architect, Kelso
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
licen. by Presb. of Kelso 11th May 1819
ord. to Eckford 19th Sept. 1822 ; pres. by
George IV. in May, and adm. 18th Sept.
1828 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 23rd March 1840) ;
app. Professor of Oriental Languages, Glas-
gow, 22nd Nov. 1839 ; died unmarr. at
Moffat, 24th June 1850. Publication-
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
ANDREW THOMSON, born 10th May
1840 1815 ' son of Andrew Mitchell T.,
D.D., min. of St George's, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
54
MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE— MAYBOLE WEST [presb. of
by Presb. of Edinburgh ; pres. by Queen
Victoria; adm. 12th Nov. 1840. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Maybole
Free Church, 1843-5 ; believed to have
been killed by Chinese pirates, 31st Dec.
1859. He marr. 29th Dec. 1840, Mary (died
19th Aug. 1898), daugh. of John Thomson,
Thornhill, Greenock, and had issue —
Margaret Shaw, born 29th March 1842.
WILLIAM MENZIES, born at Dun-
1843 keld ; assistant to the Rector of
Grammar School there ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1822);
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 29th June
1819 ; ord. to East Parish, Greenock, 20th
April 1826 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; trans,
and adm. 7th Dec. 1843; D.D. (Glasgow,
17th March 1851); died 15th April 1870.
He marr. 10th Oct. 1831, Margaret Pagan,
who died 17th Aug. 1871, and had issue —
"William Alfred, born 30th June, and died
20th July 1832; William Cunningham,
banker, Halifax, Nova Scotia, born 14th
June 1833, died at Hyeres, France, 10th
April 1876 ; Jemima, born 24th June 1834,
died 3rd June 1835 ; Jane Campbell, born
3rd March 1836 ; Robert Hair, born 20th
May 1837, died 27th Sept. 1852 ; Elizabeth
Pagan, born 12th Aug. 1838, died 29th
April 1843; Peter Sinclair, min. of St
George's-in-the-Fields, Glasgow, afterwards
of Scots Church, Melbourne, born 1st Nov.
1839; Margaret Pagan, born 21st Feb.
1841 ; James John, born 14th Feb. 1843 ;
Janet Helen, born 9th April 1846, died 6th
Oct. 1858 ; Charles, born 16th April 1847 ;
Mary Josephine, born 2nd Feb. 1849. —
[Smith's Scottish Clergy, ii., 386.]
GEORGE PORTER, born Sornbeg, Gal-
1870 ston ' 10t ^ ^ e k" 1838 ' secon d son of
John P., Glasgow, and Anne Smith ;
educated at Free St Peter's School, High
School, and Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A. (1859),
M.A. (1860) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
8th June 1864 ; assistant at St Mary's,
Dundee ; ord. to Bellahouston 25th Jan.
1866; trans, and adm. 15th Sept. 1870;
D.D. (Glasgow 1883); died at Ayr 16th
Dec. 1919. He marr. 28th June 1877,
Helen Hester Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert
Thompson, linen merchant, Coleraine.
DAVID SWAN, born Greenock 8th Oct.
1902 18 ?2, son of Andrew S. and Catherine
Bowes Macfadyen ; educated at
Greenock Academy, High School, and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A (1896), B.D.
(1898) ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock April
1898 ; assistant at Hillhead ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 23rd Jan. 1902 ; Chaplain to
the Forces May 1918.
MAYBOLE WEST (Q.S.).
[A church was built here about 1840 by Sir
Charles Dalrymple Fergusson of Kilkerran,
Bart. The parish was disjoined from May-
bole and Kirkoswald 2nd July 1862.]
JOHN THOMSON, ord. 19th Nov. 1857 ;
1857 trans, to St Marnoch's, Kilmarnock,
6th March 1863.
RODERICK LAWSON, born 1832,
186S eldest son of John L., Girvan ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; be-
came teacher at Falkirk and Blantyre ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord. 14th
May 1863 ; res. 12th Nov. 1897 ; died un-
marr. at Ayr, 26th Feb. 1907. Publications
— Crossraguel Abbey (Paisley, 1883); The
Covenanters of Ayrshire (Paisley, 1887; 2nd
ed., 1904) ; What I saw of India and its
People (Paisley, 1889) ; The Sacred Places
of Scotland (Paisley, 1891); The Famous
Places of Scotland (Paisley, 1893); Glimpses
of Norway (Paisley, 1895) ; A Minister's
Life (Paisley, 1895) ; Ailsa Craig : its
History and Natural History (Paisley,
1895) ; The Capital of Carrick (Paisley,
1897); The Famous Places of England
(Paisley, 1898) ; Reminiscences of Robert
Wallace, M.P. (Paisley, p.p., 1899);
Through Eastern Cities (Paisley, 1900);
Persons who have Influenced my Life
(Paisley, 1903) ; Catechism on Scripture
Knowledge (Paisley, n.d.) ; Catechism on
the Christian Life (Paisley, n.d.); Cate-
chism on Tem]>erance (Paisley, n.d.) ; many
others, besides Sermons and Addresses. —
[A Minister's Life.]
GEORGE THOMSON, M.A, B.D. ;
1898 ord. 16th April 1898; trans, to
Carnbee 17th May 1905.
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WILLIAM ALEXANDER REID, born
igo5 Portsoy, 14th Feb. 1864, son of
Walter R. and Jane Lamb ; edu-
cated at Gordon's College and Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; MA. (Aberdeen
1885); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
1888 ; assistant at Dalziel, Motherwell ; ord.
min. of a Presbyterian Church, Port Dal-
housie, Canada, 1891 ; held charges at
Pulteney and Buffalo, New York State,
U.S.A. ; app. missionary at Poona, India,
1904 ; adm. to this charge 28th Sept. 1905 ;
res. 14th Nov. 1911. Marr. 24th Sept. 1895,
Jane, daugh. of John Hay. Publications —
— Cash is King (London, 1900) ; Christian
Prayer (Edinburgh, 1905) ; In the Clutches
of the Cardinal (London, 1911); The Two
Laws (Philadelphia, 1913 ; Glasgow, 1914) ;
The Church as it was, is, and should be
(Paisley, 1919).
DUNCAN FINDLAY M'LEAN, M.A.,
1912 B.D. ; ord. 16th March 1912 ; trans,
to Cardonald 16th Sept. 1915.
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, born
1916 Dundee, 18th May 1879, son of
Robert W. and Christina Duncan-
son ; educated at Falkirk High School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1900) ; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow in 1903 ; assistant at
Dalmarnock in 1903, and St George's-in-
the-Fields, Glasgow, 1905 ; ord. to Largo-
ward 28th April 1909 ; trans, and adm.
11th March 1916. Marr. 7th Sept. 1909,
Jessie Nimmo, daugh. of Alexander Stir-
ling, Glasgow.
MONKTON AND PRESTWICK.
[These two parishes were united soon
after 1567.
Monkton, of old Monks' Presttvick. — The
rectory of Monks' Prestwick belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. Its ancient church,
now ruined, dedicated to St Cuthbert, was
used for worship till 1837. The chapel of
Crosbie, with the lands in the parish of
Dundonald lying near it, was included in
Monkton from 1651 to 1688 ; but in the
latter year all that district was given
back to Dundonald. Near Adamton, on
the lands of Ladykirk in this parish, are
the ruins of the chapel of St Mary called
Our Lady Kirk of Kyle, a famous place of
pilgrimage. Dependent on this chapel was
Our Lady's Chapel on the Lady Isle, some
three miles off the coast near Troon.
Prestwick. — In old times this parish was
commonly called Prestwick Burgh, in
contrast to Monks' Prestwick. Its church,
which belonged to the Abbey of Paisley,
was dedicated to St Nicholas, and on St
Nicholas' day a fair was held at Prestwick.
Within the bounds stood St Ninian's Leper
Hospital of Kilcass, or Kingcais, founded
by King Robert I. Its Well only now
remains. A new church for the united
parishes of Monkton and Prestwick was
built at Prestwick in 1835.]
JOHN WYLIE, min. here 2nd Dec.
1563 15 ^^ > reader from 1567, and also
of Prestwick from 1574 to 1591.
NINIAN YOUNG, brother of James Y.,
15 _ 4 min. of Colmonell ; MA. (Glasgow
1578) ; reader at Ayr, 1580-93 ; held
the vicarage of Dundonald ; min. here in
1594 ; died between 1st Sept. 1597 and
16th May 1598. He marr. Janet, sister of
John Power, burgess of Ayr, who survived
him. and had two children. — [Peg. Assig.]
CLAUD HAMILTON, eldest son of
- John H. of Newton ; MA. (Glasgow
1596); adm. about 1599; still min.
23rd Feb. 1613; alive in 1636. He marr.
Isabel Hamilton. — [Hamilton's Lanark ;
Reg. Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, cci., 70.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, son of John
1615 H. in Aitkenhead ; MA. (Glasgow
1604) ; adm. about 1615. On 25th May
1642, he admitted that "he had some breif
notes of his sermon for the help of his
memorie enclosed in his Byble," and was
dep. 13th Jan. 1646 for "various mis-
demeanours." Written sermons (at least
when they were read) were not popular in
those days. But sometimes he prepared
no sermons, if his statement is true, that
"twenty-six years he had preached by
reading of Commentaries and bringing no
Byble to the Kirk at all." The Presb.
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MONKTON AND PRESTWICK
[ PRESB. OF
ordered hirn to take the Bible with him,
when he "did bring a great Kirk-Bible
with ane selch covering thairon, and in the
samin had an quair of paper or thairby
tyed therin, wherin his preachings were
wreatten, and immediately after reading
the text, goes to the said paper, and
turneth the leafs thereof, sometimes ten or
twelf, sometimes moe, or fewer, as occasion
serveth, and so insisteth in reading of the
same, till the tyme of sermon be past ; and
that after preaching and prayer is endit,
he layeth the Byble upon the saitt he sitts
on within the pulpit, and when the psalm
beginneth to be sung, he taketh the
wreatten paper out of the Byble, and puts
it in his berakkines, and leaveth the Bible
there till he returne the nixt day- and
practises the same order, and in tyme of
sermon the most part of the people do
nothing, but lay wajours upon the turning
of the pages." He died Sept. 164V, aged
about 64. He marr. (1) cont. dated 18th
Oct. 1616, Elizabeth, daugh. of William
M'Kerrell of Hillhouse : (2) Margaret
Brown, and had issue — James, apprenticed
to Robert Sands, merchant, Edinburgh, 7th
April 1652, served heir to the lands of
Ladylands, 23rd Aug. 1649 ; John, clerk in
1648 : (3) Grizel Black, his servant.— [A yr
Sess. Beg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Ayr,
43; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; Glasg. Com.
Dec, x., 27th July 1624 ; Ayr Sas., v. 71,
viii. 179; G. B. Sas., vii., 160; Hewat's
A Little Scottish World, 59.]
ROBERT MAXWELL, son of Patrick
M., tailor and Deacon-convener of
the Trades in Glasgow, and Bessie
Boyd, and grandson of John M. of Auld-
house; M.A. (Glasgow 1637); adm. (col-
league) in 1640. Refusing to conform to
Episcopacy he was confined to his parish
in 1662 ; deprived 11th Oct. 1665, and had
an indulgence at Craigie in 1672 but did
not accept ; imprisoned 18th Jan. 1677 for
holding conventicles; died at Bogton,
Cathcart, 26th Mar. 1686, aged 75. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Robert Blair of Bank-
end, and had issue — Robert, merchant, Glas-
gow.— [Bollok Papers ; Hamilton's Lanark ;
Wodrow : s Hist., i., 327 ; Baillie's Lett.]
1676
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, son
of William C., merchant, Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July 1663);
min. at Colmonell in 1666 ; trans, and
adm. before 1676 ; outed at the Revolution ;
died in 1692, aged about 49. He marr.
Janet Wemyss, who survived him, and had
issue — Alexander, Regent in- Edinburgh
Univ., 1679, died April 1696; Catherine
(marr. 22nd Feb. 1717, James Laird, wig-
maker, Edinburgh). — [Edin. Tests. ; Book
of Old Edin. Club, viii., 100 ; Edin. Marr.
Beg.]
1683
MUIRHEAD. According to
Robert Simpson, D.D., author of
Traditions of the Covenanters, this
charge was held [about 1683] by a min. of
the name of Muirhead. Nothing authentic
has been ascertained about him. He is
said to have met his death at the hands
of Grierson of Lag and his troopers. —
[Simpson's Traditions, 367 ; Hewat's A
Little Scottish World, 187.] ]
^MATTHEW BAIRD,was officiating as
a preacher in Ayr in 1682 ; called
Nov. 1687; ord. 28th March 1688;
died 17th April 1718. He marr. 1682, Agnes
M'Cubbin.— [Tombst.]
1688
1720
JOHN FULTON, licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline 7th March 1711 ; as-
sistant to the preceding ; called 14th
Jan., and ord. 8th Sept. 1720 ; died 26th
March 1730, aged 46. He marr. Elizabeth
Wallace, who died 24th July 1764, and
had issue — Thomas, born 1723, served heir
4th Feb. 1752.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
1731
THOMAS ANDREWS, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (18th
June 1713); licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 18th Oct. 1721 ; ord. to Kilmaronock
6th May 1724 ; called 25th Feb., trans, and
adm. 8th July 1731 ; died between 21st
July and 11th Dec. 1734, aged about 40.
He marr. Agnes Wallace, and had issue —
George ; Thomas ; Ann.
JAMES STIRLING, called 11th Nov.
1737 1736; ord. 26th April 1737; trans,
to Outer High Kirk, Glasgow, 29th
July 1742.
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1744
1762
WILLIAM WALKER, born 10th Nov.
1719, son of John W., min. of the
Canongate, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th March 1740; called 17th
March 1743; pres. by David Blair of
Adamton ; ord. 10th May 1744 ; trans,
to Rotterdam 28th May 1760; died 6th
March 1774. He marr. (1) 26th Sept.
1749, Susanna Sturraent, widow of Thomas
Latimer, merchant, Virginia, and had issue
—John, merchant, born 17th Aug. 1751,
died in the West Indies ; Mary, born 28th
June 1753 ; Robert, min. of the Canongate,
born 30th May 1755; Sarah: (2) 1767,
Elizabeth Lawson, widow of William
Robertson, merchant, Rotterdam ; she sur-
vived him, s.p. — [Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Steven's
Scot. Church, Rotterdam, 194, 203, 336.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAME of Bridge-
house, born 1729, son of Alexander
C, merchant, Kilmarnock, and Bar-
bara Hodgert ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1746); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 2nd Jan. 1753 ; ord. to Dalmelling-
ton 21st Oct. 1756 ; pres. by Thomas, Earl
of Dundonald, 23rd March 1761 ; trans, and
adm. 1st July 1762 ; died unmarr. 28th May
1774. — [Scots Mag., xxiii. ; Tombst.]
ANDREW MITCHELL, of Avisyard,
born 1725, second son of Hugh M.
of Dalgain and Margaret Campbell
of Fairfield ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 8th March 1749 ;
ord. to Muirkirk 11th July 1751 ; pres. by
Miss Catherine Blair of Adamton Nov.
1774 ; trans, and adm. 19th Jan. 1775 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 5th March 1784); died
unmarr. 14th Oct. 1811. He was the
"Andro Gowk ; ' of The Kirk's Alarm.
Publications — The Causes of Opposition to
the Gosjiel, and the Moral Tendency of its
Doctrines to remove them Considered, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1764) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.;
Wallace's Burns, iii., 94.]
JOHN STEEL OUGHTERSON, born
3rd Dec. 1770, son of Arthur O., min.
of West Kilbride ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1793) ; ord. to West Kil-
bride 3rd July 1805 ; pres. by Robert Reid
1830
of Adamton 10th March, and adm. 24th
Sept. 1812 ; died 24th Dec. 1829. He marr.
24th June 1805, Helen (died s.p. 22nd Jan.
1825), third daugh. of William Macredie
of Perce ton. — [Tombst.]
/ THOMAS BURNS, born at Mossgiel,
Mauchline, 10th April 1796, third
son of Gilbert B. and Jean Brecken-
ridge, and nephew of Robert Burns ; edu-
cated at Haddington (where Edward Irving
was his teacher) and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 3rd Dec.
1822 ; tutor in the family of Sir Hew
Dalrymple, North Berwick ; ord. to Ballan-
trae 13th April 1826 ; pres. by Robert Reid
of Adamton 23rd Jan., and trans, and adm.
18th May 1830. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of Monkton Free Church,
1843-6; adm. to Free Church, Portobello,
25th June 1846. In 1847 he left for Otago,
New Zealand, where he was from 1848 to
1854 the sole rnin. of the Scottish colonists ;
D.D. (Edinburgh 1860) ; first Chancellor of
Otago Univ., 1869 ; died 22nd Jan. 1871.
A monument to him occupies a prominent
site in Dunedin. He marr. 4th Jan. 1830,
Clementina (died 19th July 1878), daugh. of
James Francis Grant, rector of Merston,
Sussex, and niece of preceding min., and
had issue— Arthur John, born 22nd Oct.
1830; Clementina, born 24th July 1832
(marr. 14th June 1848, A. J. Ellis, Col-
lector of Customs) ; Jane, born 23rd Jan.
1835 (marr. 21st May 1856, William Banner-
man, min. of Presbyterian Church, Toko-
mairiro and Clutha, New Zealand) ; Ann,
born 25th June, and died 1st Dec. 1837 ;
Annie, born 20th July 1839 (marr. Henry
Livingstone) ; Frances, born 25th Oct. 1841
(marr. Alexander Livingstone) ; Agnes; Isa-
bella (marr. Alexander Stevenson, Dunedin).
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, v.). — [Fifty Years Syne {Jubilee
Memorial of Presbyterian Church of Otago)
(1898).]
GEORGE JAMES LAWRIE, born 20th
Nov. 1796, son of Archibald L., D.D.,
I04.O _ .
min. of Loudoun ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; Snell Exhibitioner, Balliol
College, Oxford (1816-18) ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine in 1822 ; ord. (by Presb. of Irvine)
58 MONKTON AND PRESTWICK— MUIRKIRK OF KYLE [presb. of
junior chaplain at Madras, Nov. 1823 ; app.
chaplain in 1830 ; res. in 1838 ; became
farmer at Castlecary, Galloway ; pres. by
John, second Marquess of Bute ; adm. 2nd
Nov. 1843; D.D. (Glasgow 1828); died at
Hythe, Kent, 14th Feb. 1878. He marr.
21st Aug. 1827, Laura Louisa (died 25th
April 1898), second daugh. of Samuel
Ludlow, Presidency Surgeon, Delhi, and
had issue — Mary Louisa, born 2nd Jan.
1834 (marr. 6th April 1858, Edmund Lewis
Hooper, schoolmaster, London) ; Annie
Adair, born 26th Aug. 1835, died 26th
April 1919 (marr. 18th April 1860, Henry
Bean Mackeson, Hythe) ; Harriet Dalma-
hoy, born 19th Dec. 1837, died 31st Jan.
1846 ; Flora Hastings, born 25th April 1841
(marr. 24th Dec. 1867, Thomas Shelford,
Singapore). Publication — Songs and Mis-
cellaneous Pieces (Ayr, 1874). He was
author of the song, " Hae ye mind o' lang
lang syne." — [Modern Scottish Poets, x., 35 ;
Addison's Snell Exhibitions, pp. 97-8 ; The
Burns Country, 199.]
WALTER FOTHERLNGHAM LOR-
RAINE, ord. to St Columba's, Oban,
21st March 1877 ; trans, and adm.
25th April 1878 ; died unmarr., 7th Jan.
1880.
JOHN PATRICK, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from High Kirk, Kilmarnock, and
adm. 13th May 1880; trans, to
Greenside, Edinburgh, 28th Dec. 1887.
DAVID ALLAN REID, born Carlisle,
1888 20th Aug. 1858, son of John R.
and Janet Robertson ; educated at
Greenock Schools and Univ. of Glasgow;
MA. (1884), B.D. (1887); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1887 ; assistant at North
Leith ; ord. 9th May 1888.
PRESTWICK— ST NICHOLAS
(Q.S.).
[Within the parish stands, roofless but well
preserved, the ancient church of St Nicholas.
It is a building of the twelfth century, but
a good deal altered in later times. Till
1837 it was the parish church of Prestwick.
1878
1880
A new church at Prestwick was built chiefly
through the munificence of William Weir
of Kildonan and opened in 1908. The
parish was disjoined from Monkton and
erected by the Court of Teinds, 19th
March 1909.]
ROBERT i LEGGAT, a Romish priest
1567 W ^° con f° rme d an d was reader in
1567.
JAMES MONTGOMERY CRAW-
lgo8 FORD, born 19th Nov. 1864, son
of Robert O, Ayr, and Jean Mont-
gomery ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1891 ; assist-
ant at St Vincent's, Glasgow, 1891 ; ord. to
Lerwick 8th June 1893; trans, to Scotstoun
3rd Oct. 1901 ; ind. 3rd Dec. 1908. Marr.
2nd June 1899, Martha Bowman, eldest
daugh. of Alexander Campbell, Annfield,
Bishopbriggs, and has issue — Margaret
Murdoch, born 10th March 1900 ; Robert,
born and died 20th Jan. 1901 ; James
Montgomery, born 2nd May 1902; Alex-
ander Campbell, born 12th Aug. 1903, died
4th Sept. 1909 ; John, born 14th Feb. 1906,
died 7th April 1907 ; Jean Montgomery,
born 17th Feb. 1911. Publication — The
Parish of Lemvick [1701-1901] (Lerwick,
1901).
MUIRKIRK OF KYLE.
[Muirkirk was disjoined from Mauchline
on 29th July 1631. Its severance was
ratified by Act of Parliament on 28th June
1633. For a long time the parish church
was commonly known as the Kirk of the
Muir. On the farm of Priesthill in the
parish is a monument in memory of John
Brown, carrier there, who, on the first of
May 1685, Claverhouse caused to be shot
before his own door, in presence of his
wife and children. The church of Muir-
kirk was rebuilt in 1812. There is a
mission chapel in the parish at Karnes.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, reader 1576 to
1576 1591.
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MUIRKIRK OF KYLE
59
JOHN REID, heritor of the two merk-
land, called the Pennyland, 25th Nov.
1631 ; adm. in 1631 ; did not conform
in 1662, yet was allowed to remain by con-
nivance ; complained against by the Synod
22nd Oct. 1674. He marr., and had issue —
Elspeth (marr., cont. 13th July 1660, John,
eldest son of James Reid in Dernielaw. —
[Sed.-book of Teinds ; Wodrow's Hist., i.,
327 ; Beg. of Deeds, Mack., 13th Nov. 1664.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, probably son of
1662 Hugh C. of Netherplace, and Janet
Campbell; M.A. (Glasgow 1654);
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
was confined to the parish ; ordered to be
summoned 15th July 1675, for baptizing
and marrying irregularly, and 5th June
1676 for preaching without a presentation.
His life was in serious danger in 1678 owing
to a design of the more violent opponents
of the indulgence, but their scheme was
defeated by the action of James, Earl of
Loudoun. Again min. in 1687.
JAMES GRAY, a native of Aberdeen ;
1684 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (11th July 1676); he
was min. here in 1684, when he was aged
25, and unmarr., but did not reside in the
parish ; deserted his charge at the Revolu-
tion, and was deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 25th April 1690, restoring the Presby-
terian mins. He became agent of the
Episcopal party in London, for which he
received from the Government £100 yearly.
In 1705 he intruded at Logiebride, Perth-
shire. — [Kilconquhar Sess.', Reg. ; Wodrow's
Anal., ii., 278 ; Brit, and For. Evang. Bev.,
xiii. ; P. C. Acta, 3rd April 1705.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, M.A.; above
16QtJ noticed ; returned and preached in
his house at Netherwood after the
grant of liberty 5th July 1687 ; died Jan.
1714, aged about 80. He marr. (1) Bessie
Reid, who died 2nd Oct. 1673, and had
issue — John; George of Waterhaugbs,
served heir 26th Feb. 1718; James;
Mungo; Thomas; Hugh; James; Marion:
(2) Rebecca Carmichael, and had issue —
Janet : (3) 14th May 1695, Agnes Camp-
bell.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 123, 296, 323;
Macgill's Life of Hugh Heugh, D.D. ;
Tombst. ; Ayr Sas., vii., 436.]
ALEXANDER ORR, called 4th Oct.
1717 1716 ; ord. 5th June 1717 ; trans, to
Hoddam 10th July 1729.
JOHN CAMPBELL, called 15th Jan.,
1?30 and ord. 12th May 1730; trans, to
Galston 27th Nov. 1735.
WILLIAM YOUNGER, M.A. (Glasgow,
1737 13th April 1715) ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 15th Oct. 1730; called 22nd
Oct. 1736 ; ord. 10th Feb. 1737 ; died 17th
Sept. 1750, aged 58. He marr. 2nd June
1742, Margaret (died 21st Oct. 1758), third
daugh. of Hugh Mitchell of Dalgain, and had
issue — Janet ; Jean, born 3rd June 1746. —
[Tombst. (Glasg. Cath. Bur. Ground).]
ANDREW MITCHELL, M.A. ; called
17 5th March, and ord. 11th July 1751 ;
trans, to Monkton and Prestwick
19th Jan. 1775.
JOHN SHEPHERD, born 21st May
1775 1741, son of George S., min. of
Newbattle ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
7th Aug. 1764 ; ord. by Scots Presb. in
London 20th Oct. 1772 ; min. of a Presby-
terian Congregation at Hemel Hempstead,
Hants ; pres. by John, Earl of Loudoun,
16th March, and adm. 21st Sept. 1775;
died unmarr., 14th Aug. 1799. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vii.). — [Tombst]
WILLIAM RUTHERFORD, M.A. ;
i8oo li cei1, by Presb. of Caithness 25th
Aug. 1767 ; ord. by the Scots Presb.
of London, min. of a Presbyterian congre-
gation at Uxbridge. There also he kept
a school ; D.D. (St Andrews 1784) ; became
assistant at Kelso 2nd Nov. 1795 ; pres. by
Flora, Countess of Loudoun, and her
curators in Jan., and adm. 10th April
1800; died 1st Sept. 1820, aged 74. He
marr. (1) a lady whose name has not been
ascertained, and had issue — William, born
1776 ; Mary, born 1778 : (2) 23rd July 1801,
Elizabeth, daugh. of William Scott of
Knockenstobo. Publications — Two Single
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MUIRKIRK OF KYLE— OCHILTREE
[PRESB. OF
Sermons (London, 1781 ; Kilmarnock, 1810) ;
Element* of Latin Grammar (1787) ; A
Vieiv of Ancient History, including the
Progress of Literature and the Fine Arts
[believed by his friends to have been written
by John Logan, min. of Leith], 2 vols.
(London, 1788-91). — [Kelso Presb. Beg.;
Tomhst.]
" ALEXANDER BROWN, born in parish
1814 °^ Tongland, 1785 ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 15th June 1809 ; assistant
at St Quivox ; pres. by commissioners of
Flora, Countess of Loudoun, 19th Feb.,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 30th
June 1814 ; died 2nd Dec. 1831. He marr.
(1) 29th June 1813, Grace Gordon, who
died at Ayr 17th May 1814, and had issue
— Grace, born 9th May 1814 (marr. 11th
June 1839, Robert Robertson, writer, Ayr) :
(2) 14th Nov. 1820, Margaret (died 20th
Aug. 1837), daugh. of John Loch of Rachan,
parish of Broughton. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
JAMES SYMINGTON, born Douglas,
1832 L anar kshire, 1785 ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 8th Sept. 1819; assistant at
Douglas and Mauchline; pres. by Flora,
Marchioness of Hastings, 15th March, and
ord. 27th Sept. 1832; died 5th Oct. 1852.
He marr. 18th Oct. 1836, Mary Gordon,
who died 13th Nov. 1884, and had issue-
Elizabeth, born 15th Nov. 1837 (marr.
William Smith, min. of Douglas) ; William,
born 21st Aug. 1839 ; Grace, born 12th Feb.
1841 ; James, min. of Leadhills, born 26th
Sept. 1842; John, born 10th Oct. 1845;
Campbell, born 9th March 1847.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, licen. by
1853 Presb. of Linlithgow 18th Jan. 1848 ;
pres. by Henry, fourth Marquess of
Hastings ; ord. 3rd March 1853 ; died 25th
April 1866. He marr. 25th Jan. 1854, Mary
Shaw, who died 27th Oct. 1861, and had
issue— Sarah, born 15th July 1858.
LEWIS BEATON, M.A. ; pres. by
1867 Henp y> fourth Marquess of Hastings,
and ord. 10th Jan. 1867; trans, to
Carnwath 1st Aug. 1878.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY, born South-
187g end, Argyllshire, 5th June 1848, son
of Duncan M. and Flora Hawthorn ;
educated at Southend School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1875), B.D. (1877); licen.
by Presb. of Kintyre 26th Sept. 1877;
missionary at Kinning Park and St
Columba's Church, Glasgow ; ord. 9th Jan.
1879; res. 17th May, and died 22nd Nov.
1910. He marr. 11th March 1879, Annie
Vallance, daugh. of James Bardner, and
had issue — Duncan Chrystal, born 9th Dec.
1879 ; James Bardner, born 22nd April
1881 ; Robert, born 10th Sept. 1882 ;
Hugh Hawthorn, born 30th Sept., and
died 23rd Nov. 1884; Norman, born 23rd
Aug. 1888 ; Archibald William, born 13th
Sept. 1890 ; Leslie Balfour, born 14th April
1892 ; Isobel Flora, born 9th March 1894 ;
Donald Vallance, born 12th June 1897.
JOHN HENDERSON, born Morebattle,
28th Dec. 1873, son of James H.,
schoolmaster, and Janet Hunter ;
educated at Morebattle Public School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1893), B.D.
(1896) ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso 5th May
1896 ; assistant at Townhead, Glasgow,
Sept. 1896 ; ord. to Cowdenbeath 13th Oct.
1898; trans, and adm. 21st Sept. 1910.
Marr. 6th June 1900, Ina Joan Noble,
daugh. of Thomas Campbell, Shanghai,
and has issue — Barbara Bonnar, born 11th
May 1901 ; Janet Hunter, born 6th Nov.
1904 ; James Ogilvy, born 25th April 1910 ;
Ina Jane Noble, born 30th Sept. 1915.
OCHILTREE.
[The vicarage of Ochiltree belonged to
the Abbey of Melrose. Its church was
dedicated to St Conal, and contained an
altar of St Mary. Within the church of
Ochiltree, in March 1564, John Knox was
marr. to his second •wife, Margaret, daugh.
of Andrew, Lord Ochiltree. In 1789 the
Parish Church was rebuilt. Its founda-
tion was laid by James Boswell, the
biographer of Dr Johnson.]
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OCHILTREE
61
EOBERT HAMILTON, app. 2nd July
by the Assembly to preach in the
unplanted kirks of Carrick suc-
cessively till next Assembly, and (29th Dec
1562) to be present, with others, at the
inauguration of a superintendent, which,
however, did not take place ; trans, to
Irvine about 1566.
1567
JOHN INGLIS, min. in 1567, with
Cumnock and Auchinleck also in
his charge ; was a member of the
Convention at Leith in 1571, and of the
Assembly in March 1572 ; removed to
Auchinleck before 1574, but returned after
1580 ; was one of the commissioners named
by the Privy Council 6th March 1589 for
the preservation of true religion in the
bailiary of Kyle ; was nominated constant
Moderator of the Presb. by General
Assembly in 1606 ; still min. in 1608. He
marr. Agnes Grosar, and had issue — John,
apprenticed to Robert Verner, skinner,
20th Jan. 1586-7 ; Joseph, apprenticed to
Robert Graham, tailor, 25th Feb. 1589-90 ;
Daniel, apprenticed to John Skinner, 1st
April 1607 ; Samuel, apprenticed to Patrick
Hepburn, apothecary, 26th Dec. 1610 ;
William, apprenticed to Thomas Finnie,
tailor, 8th Sept. 1613.— [Reg. Min.; Reg.
of Deeds, xli. ; Lochleven Papers ; Calder-
wood's Hist., iv., 570 ; Edin. Apprentice
Reg.]
JOHN FERGUSHILL, M.A., min. in
1614 ^* 4 » deprived by the Court of
High Commission 28th March 1620,
and warded at Perth. He was a member
of Assembly in 1638; trans, to Ayr 14th
Nov. 1639.
v JOHN BLYTH, born 1604, son of Henry
1641 ■^•' m * n * °^ Eccles ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (24th
July 1630) ; was on the Exercise at Kirk-
caldy 7th Jan. 1636 ; adm. 27th May 1641 ';
coll. 29th Nov. 1643; died April 1665 —
[Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT MILLER, son of Andrew M.,
1661 min. of Girvan ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow, where he was a dis-
tinguished student ; adm. (probably col-
league) between 24th Nov. and 15 th Dec.
1661 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; went to Holland and France ; obtained
the degree of M.D. in 1668 ; returned under
an indulgence from the Privy Council 27th
July 1669, but was fined by them, 8th July
1673, for not keeping the anniversary of the
Restoration. Accused at the Synod, 22nd
Oct. 1674, of not observing the instructions
prescribed by the Privy Council ; he was
libelled 3rd Nov. 1681 and 17th Dec. 1683,
although the Lord Advocate declared he
"had behaved himself loyally and duti-
fully in reading the proclamation and
declaration anent the Plot, and preaching
against it," and he was ordered to find
caution in 3000 merks to appear when
called. He died in 1685. He marr. (1)
Margaret, daugh. of Gilbert Kennedy of
Girvanmains ; (2) Grizel, daugh. of Colonel
Hugh Cochrane, brother of William, Earl
of Dundonald, and had issue — Robert,
min. of St Quivox; William, M.D. : John,
min. of Neilston ; Hugh ; Margaret ;
Katherine ; Mary ; Jean. — [Wodrow ; s Hist.,
ii., 132; Nisbet's Her., ii., 42; Reg. Old
Dec, i.]
1672
[PATRICK PEACOCK, M.A., formerly
min. of Kirkmabreck ; had an in-
dulgence here conjointly with pre-
ceding 3rd Sept. 1672, but apparently did
not accept as he went to Ireland and was
chaplain at Killyleagh Castle. — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 204; Reid's Ireland, ii., 519.]]
JOHN MITCHELL, called in Feb.,
16go adm. 29th, died 30th April 1690
(probably the shortest incumbency in
the church). He left a widow.
1695
MATTHEW COUPER, trans, from
Lilliesleaf and adm. 21st Aug.
1695 ; trans, to Kinfauns 12th Sept.
1700.
SAMUEL LOCKHART, educated at
„ Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 7th Feb. 1705; called 3rd
May, and ord. 12th Sept. 1 705 ; died 8th
March 1724, aged 48. He marr., cont. 16th
March 1709, Ann, daugh. of Alexander Orr,
min. of St Quivox, and had issue — Alex-
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OCHILTREE
[PEESB. OF
1725
1786
ander; Mary (rnarr. pro. 18th Jan. 1736,
Bailie William Adie, merchant, Dun-
fermline) ; Alexander ; Margaret ; James ;
Samuel; Janet.— [Tombst.; Ayr Sher. Court
Books, 27th May 1734.]
GEORGE REID, born 1696, son of
Alexander R., covenanter, tenant in
Easter Mains, Uphall Parish, and
Margaret Storie ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th
May 1723) ; licen. by. Presb. of Linlithgow
30th Oct. 1723 ; became chaplain to James
Boswell of Auchinleck; called 7th Jan.,
and ord. 16th June 1725 ; died Father of
the Church 6th April 1786. He marr.
24th Nov. 1746, Jane (died 8th Oct. 1770),
daugh. of George Campbell of Treesbank,
and had issue— Alexander ; James, born
15th May 1754, died 7th Dec. 1762; George
of Ratho.— [Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
DAVID GRANT, born in parish of
Madderty, 9th April 1750 ; educated
at Univs. of St Andrews and Edin-
burgh ; sometime teacher in George
Watson's Hospital; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 29th July 1778 ; ord. to Groat
Market Presbyterian Congregation, New-
castle-on-Tyne, 14th Nov. 1781 ; adm. to
Ettrick 4th May 1786 ; pres. by Elizabeth,
Countess Dowager of Glencairn, 19th Aug.,
and adm. 14th Dec. 1786; died 16th July
1791. He marr. 1783, the sister of Sir
Thomas Mills, Knight. She died April
1785, and had issue — an only child, James,
born 3rd April 1784. Publications— The
Living Manners of the Times (Edinburgh,
1779) ; The Necessity and Advantages of
Religious Consideration (Edinburgh, 1782) ;
Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical, 2 vols.
(Newcastle, 1785; Ayr, 1793).— [Tombst. ;
Sermons, ii. ; Hist. Memorials of Presby-
terianism in Newcastle-up>on-Tyne, 75.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. ; school-
i"792 mas * er °f Kirkpatrick - Fleming,
and afterwards teacher in George
Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, 8th Oct. 1787 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd April
1789 ; pres. by Elizabeth, Countess Dowager
of Glencairn, Oct. 1789; ord. 12th April
1792; died at Glasgow, 26th Aug. 1817,
aged 55. He marr. 13th Sept. 1792, Eliza-
beth Johnston, who died 31st Aug. 1801,
and had issue — Margaret, born 10th July
1793, died 24th May 1823 ; Jean, born 15th
Sept. 1795, died 16th June 1822; Eliza-
beth, born 26th Dec. 1797; Mary, born 24th
June 1800. Publications — A Scripture
Defence of Christ's Supreme Divinity (Ayr,
1793); A Treatise on the Atonement of
Christ (Ayr, 1797); The New Testament
translated from the Greek, and the four
Gosjyels arranged in harmony, with Pre-
liminary Observations, and Notes, Critical
and Explanatory, 3 vols. (Kilmarnock,
1816) ; The Spirit's Standard, a sermon,
with a sketch of his Life and Writings
(Glasgow, 1817) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v., xxi.).— [M'Farlan's
Serm. ; Steven's Mem. of Heriot ; Tombst.]
JOHN LINDSAY, licen. by Presb. of
lgl8 Edinburgh 28th April 1790 ; ord. to
Auchinleck 29th Aug. 1793 ; pres.
by Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck 20th
Jan., and adm. 5th June 1818 ; died 6th
July 1832. He marr. 28th April 1802,
Janet Blackstock, who died s.p. 16th 'Nov.
1842.
. JAMES BOYD, trans, from Auchinleck ;
pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto 30th
Jan., and adm. 18th April 1833 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Glasgow, 18th April
1844.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WALKER,
1844 born Irvine ' 18tn Feb. 1805 > fourth
son of Thomas W., M.D., Irvine, and
Mary, daugh. of Charles Fleeming, M.D.,
R.N. ; educated at Irvine Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1829 ; assistant at St George's
Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Scots Church,
Huntingdon, Montreal, Canada, 5th Nov.
1834 ; pres. by John, second Marquess of
Bute; adm. 15th Aug. 1844; died 24th
April 1880. A. K. H. B. describes him " as
the best preacher I ever heard, the truest
genius I ever knew." He marr. 20th Nov.
1835, Jane Walker (died 13th Nov. 1891),
daugh. of Hugh Barr of Hillside, Hunt-
ingdon, Quebec, and had issue — Mary
Fleeming, born 1st Jan. 1838 (marr. James
Wilson, min. of St Quivox); Margaret
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OCHILTREE— PATNA— RICCARTON
63
Laird, born 3rd Oct. 1839 : Thomas, min. of
Dairy, born 23rd Sept. 1841 ; Jane, born
21st Sept. 1844 ; William Hugh, M.P.P. for
Co. of Huntingdon, Canada, born 25th July
1847 ; Josiah Charles, born 6th May 1851,
died young ; Frances Hunter, born 21st
Oct. 1854; Patrick Hunter, M.B., CM.,
district surgeon, Tembuland, South Africa,
born 15th April 1858.— ["Churchmen who
never got their Due," by A. K. H. B., in The
Scottish Church, ii., 260-6.]
NIEL MACKAY, born Southend, Kin-
1880 tyre ' 14th 0ct * 1851 ' son of Peter M>
and Janet M'Kerrell ; educated at
Southend Public School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1875), B.D. (1878) ; Keen.
by Presb. of Kintyre 8th Sept. 1878;
assistant at Milton and Hillhead parishes,
Glasgow; ord. 15th Sept. 1880. Marr.
10th Aug. 1882, Teresa Kossuth, daugh. of
Duncan Forbes.
PATNA (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1837. On
2nd July 1877 the parish of Patna was
disjoined from Dalmellington, Dairy mple,
Kirkmichael, and Straiton.]
JOHN SPEIRS, born Lochwinnoch,
1804, eldest son of Matthew S.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock ; ord.
29th April 1841. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Free Church, Kinglassie,
1845-78; died 8th Feb. 1878. He marr.
1852, Elizabeth S. Laird.
1841
THOMAS EASTON MACFADYEAN,
1849 son of John M., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 5th May 1847 ; ord.
15th March 1849 ; res. 1876 ; died unmarr.
at Prestwick 20th Jan. 1877.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON GIBSON,
1876 ord. 27th March 1876 ; first min. of
the parish ; trans, to Carnoustie 7th
Jan. 1880.
CHARLES STEWART RUSSELL, ord.
1880 3rd May 1880; trans, to Stair 3rd
July 1884.
WILLIAM HENDRY, born Keith,
1884 19th July 1852, son of William H.
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen
M.A. (1874), B.D. (1880) ; licen. by Presb
of Forres 4th May 1880; ord. 4th Dec
1884; died unmarr. 21st Nov. 1895.
ANDREW EWING WALLACE, M.A. ;
18g6 ord. 14th May 1896 ; trans, to Duns
15th March 1907.
DAVID JOHN MACLAREN,M.A.,ord.
lgo7 25th July 1907; trans, to Trinity
Gask, 21st Sept. 1916.
ROBERT WOOD, M.A., ord. 1st Feb.
1917 ; trans, to Newtyle, 16th May
1917
1919.
1919
DOUGLAS DICKSON ROBERTSON,
born Glasgow, 17th Jan. 1886, son
of Thomas Whitelaw R. and Rebecca
Murray ; educated at Hutcheson's Gram-
mar School and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1907); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 11th
May 1911 ; assistant at Blackfriars,
Glasgow, and St Columba's, Pont Street,
London ; ord. 3rd Sept. 1919. Marr. 14th
Oct. 1919, Dora Selkirk, M.A., daugh. of
Robert Stephen Henderson and Maggie
Storrar Selkirk.
RICCARTON.
[From 1229 to 1238 the church of Ric-
carton belonged to the priory of Dalmulin.
From 1238 to 1560 it was in the possession
of the Abbey of Paisley. Sometime after
1578 the parishes of Craigie and Riccarton
were united. They were severed again in
1648. In 1823 Riccarton church was re-
built on a new site, which is now within
the burgh of Kilmarnock.]
1578 JOHN TURBAT, reader in 1578.
HUGH CAMPBELL, son of William,
1650 son °^ Charles C. of Horsecleugh ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1646) ; adm. 4th Sept. 1650 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st May 1662; was accused
March 1669 of preaching and baptizing
irregularly ; returned under an indulgence
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RICCARTON
[PRESB. OF
by Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672, but was
accused by the Diocesan Synod, 22nd Oct.
1674, of baptizing irregularly. He returned
in 1687.
1663
ALEXANDER OGILVIE got a testi-
monial 31st March. 1663 ; adm.
thereafter; trans, to Stewarton in
1666.— [Glasg. Cornm. Dec, 14th July 1666.]
ANDREW WILSON, adm. before 20th
1668 Jan. 1668. — [Glasg. Comm. Dec]
HUGH CRAUFURD, M.A., formerly of
New Cumnock ; had an indulgence
jointly with preceding by Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; was cited to
appear before Privy Council 11th Aug.
1677, and his cautioners also 31st Aug.
1681. He returned to New Cumnock
in 1688.
JOHN ARBUCKLE, MA. (Glasgow
1663); adm. to Stranraer in 1668;
trans, to Monigaff in 1669 ; trans,
to Craigie in 1681 ; had sasine of an annual
rent of £64 Scots from lands of Bellshill
about 1685 ; trans, hereabout 1686 ; dem. in
1689 ; buried in Cathedral burying-ground,
Glasgow, 27th Oct. 1717. He marr.
Katherine Hamilton, who was buried 13th
Dec. 1718, and had issue — James ; William.
—[Treas. Sed.-Booh, 28th Feb. 1696; Acts
and Dec, Dal., 15th June 1692 ; Ayr Sheriff
Court Book, 22nd June 1698.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, M.A., above
168l _ mentioned ; returned before 3rd
Aug. 1687 ; died after 7th Oct. 1690,
aged about 64. He marr. Elizabeth Cath-
cart, and had issue — James of Little
Cessnock.
ROBERT CUMIN, born 1660 ; studied
16g5 at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1676-80; called Dec. 1694; ord. 1st
May 1695 ; died 8th April 1739— [Tombst.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of George C.
173Q of Treesbank, and Ann Boswell ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 26th April
1738 ; called (colleague and successor) 23rd
Jan., and ord. 10th May 1739; died 3rd
April 1761.
ALEXANDER MOODIE, born 1728,
17 2 fourth son of Hugh M., gardener,
Kilwinning ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 5th
Feb. 1754 ; ord. to Second Charge, Culross,
26th Sept. 1759; pres. by Sir Alexander
Dick of Prestonfield, Bart., Sept. 1761 ;
adm. 8th April 1762 ; died 15th Feb. 1799.
He marr. 6th March 1763, Janet (died
16th Sept. 1772, aged 41), daugh. of John
Wilson, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— Hannah, born 3rd Jan. 1764 ; John, min.
of this parish ; Hugh, merchant, Glasgow,
born 14th Sept. 1767 ; Alexander, born
27th May, died 1st Sept. 1769; Walter,
merchant, Glasgow, born 10th Oct. 1771.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Tombst.]
1799
JOHN MOODIE, born 20th Nov. 1765,
eldest son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 4th May 1791 ; pres. by Sir William
Cuninghame of Caprington, Bart., in April,
and ord. 19th Sept. 1799 ; died 26th Jan.
1837. He marr. (1) 2nd April 1801, Henri-
etta (died 24th Jan. 1802), daugh. of John
Robertson, min. of Kilmarnock : (2) 5th
Dec. 1803, Margaret Isabella (died 3rd Jan.
1829), eldest daugh. of George Smith, D.D.,
min. of Galston, and had issue — Marion,
born 3rd Feb. 1805, died 6th March 1825 ;
Henrietta Robertson, born 11th Aug. 1806 ;
Alexander, born 25th April 1810, died 28th
March 1825 ; George, born 6th Feb. 1812,
died 8th Feb. 1825 ; John, merchant,
Glasgow, born 12th Oct. 1814; Janet, born
1st Sept. 1816 ; Elizabeth, born 22nd March
1818, died 30th May 1834 ; Hugh, born 14th
Nov. 1819, died 12th March 1825.
JAMES PORTEOUS, pres. by John
1837 Smith Cuninghame of Caprington
8th March, and ord. 17th Aug. 1837 ;
trans, to Prestonkirk 27th Sept. 1843.
WILLIAM JEFFREY, son of Peter J.
and Janet Fotheringham ; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling; ord. 22nd Feb.
1844; died s.p. 5th Feb. 1876.
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RICCARTON— ST QUIVOX
65
1905
EMMANUEL MORGAN, born Dun-
fermline 27th April 1848, son of
1876 James M. and Margaret M'lver ;
educated at Saline Parish School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 18th June 1875 ; assistant at St
John's Parish, Edinburgh, and in this
parish; ord. 7th Sept. 1876; res. 16th
May 1905, and dem. his status as min.
DAVID JACKSON TWEEDIE, born
Edinburgh, 17th Oct. 1870, son of
David T. and Jemima Reid ; edu-
cated at Carriden School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1895); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews May 1904 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. 9th Nov. 1905 ;
trans, to Stichill and Hume 6th June
1917. Marr. 13th April 1897, Jessie
Fleming, daugh. of Robert Allison, Kil-
marnock, and has issue— Jeanie Allison,
born 29th Oct. 1898; David Reid, born
3rd Oct. 1901.
BERRY PRESTON, born Springburn,
3rd Dec. 1881 ; son of William P. and
Martha Hall ; certificated teacher in
Whifflet Public School, Coatbridge, 1906-7 ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1906),
B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
March 1910 ; assistant at Stevenston April
1910 to Feb. 1911 ; locum tenens Calcutta
Jute Mills and Steamers Presbyterian
Mission Feb. 1911 to Aug. 1912; assistant
at Springburn ; ord. to Springburn 3rd
April 1913 ; trans, and adm. 24th Oct.
1917. Marr. 7th Sept. 1915, Jessie Capie,
M.B., Ch.B., daugh. of Thomas Russell,
schoolmaster, Busby, and Janet Brockett
Capie, and has issue — William Berry, born
11th July 1916; Janet Capie, born 20th
April 1918.
ST QUIVOX, formerly SANCHAR-
IN-KYLE.
[The church of Sanchar-in-Kyle was dedi-
cated to St Kevoc. For the sake of dis-
tinction from Sanquhar in Nithsdale, this
parish came to be called St Kevoc's, a name
now corrupted into St Quivox. From 1221
to 1238 the church of Sanchar belonged to
the Gilbertine Priory of St Mary at Dal-
mulin within the parish. From 1238 till
the Reformation it was owned by the Abbey
of Paisley. The Religious House of Dal-
mulin Avas founded in 1221 by Walter, third
High Steward of Scotland. He settled it
with Brethren of the Order of St Gilbert
of Sempringham, drawn from the Priory
of Sixel in Lincolnshire. The Gilbertine
Order admitted to the same convent both
men and women ; but there is no record
of any female inmates at Dalmulin. This
was the only house owned in Scotland by
this purely English Order, and they did
not hold it long. In or about the year
1238, when the political relations of the
two kingdoms had grown unfriendly, the
Friars of Dalmulin went back to England.
Their Priory then became a cell of Paisley
Abbey.]
GEORGE COCHRAN, reader in 1567 ;
1567 died at Candlemas 1570.
HEW KENNEDY, reader from Nov.
1572 1572 to 1574.
THOMAS FALCONER, reader from
1576 ]576 to 1580.
DAVID ALANSON [or ALISON],
1585 reader from 1585 to 1591.
COLIN ROW, bapt. 1st March 1576,
eighth son of John R., min. of Perth ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th July 1598);
adm to Drumelzier in 1603 ; trans, and
adm. after 22nd Aug. 1604.
PATRICK HAMILTON of Bogwood ;
1618 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1613); on the Exercise there 7th Aug.
1616 ; adm. 1618 still min. 22nd Sept. 1622.
He marr. (cont. 23rd Sept. 1616), Katherine,
sister of Robert Hamilton. — [Glasg. Presb.
Beg. ; Ayr. Sess. Reg. ; Bannatyne Miscell.,
iii. ; Ayr Sas., ii., 187 ; Beg. of Deeds, cccli.
231, cccxcii. 25.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, born 1597,
eldest son of Adam M. of Macbie-
hill, Ayrshire ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1618); adm. to Kinnaird
in 1622 ; trans, and adm. 1636 ; died Nov.
1641. He marr. (1) (cont. 16th May 1616),
Jean, daugh. of Sir James Lockhart of Lee :
1604
1636
VOL. III.
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ST QUIVOX
[ PRESB. OF
1683
1685
(2) Janet, daugh. of Alexander Hamilton
of Grange ; she survived him, and had issue
— Theodore of Pressbank and Lantoun in
Barmore ; Hew of Auchenhude, died July
1669 ; Robert ; Anna j and Agnes.— [Ayr
Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; G. R. Sas., xxi.,
340 ; Ayr Sas., iii., 475.]
WILLIAM FULLARTON, M.A. ; adm.
10th May 1642; deprived by the
1642 Privy Council 8th April 1669, but
had an indulgence at Coylton in 1672.
ALEXANDER GREGORIE, M.A. ;
min. of Dreghorn before 1669 ; trans.
1669 here before 31st May that year;
trans, to Ayr before 4th June 1683.
JAMES LAMMIE, a native of Angus ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (13th July 1675) ; adm.
before 4th April 1683 ; died unmarr. Aug.
1684, aged about 29.— [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN HERIOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh
1673) ; adm. about 1685 ; deserted
his charge in 1689. He had issue —
Jean (marr. 12th June 1734, John Paterson,
tailor, Edinburgh).
JAMES RICHMOND, M.A. (Glasgow
1665); called Oct. 1687; ord. 27th
March 1688 ; died before 13th March
1700. He marr. Anna Wilson, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — James ; Anna.
— [Ayr Sher. Court Books, 8th April 1700.]
ALEXANDER ORR, M.A. (Glasgow,
1700 13tl1 July 1671 ); adm - t0 Beifcn
between 2nd April and 1st Oct.
1689 ; called 6th May, and adm. 31st July
1700 ; died 28th Sept. 1710, aged about 60.
He marr. Barbara (buried 28th Dec. 1699),
daugh. of David Crauford of Auchenames,
and had issue — Archibald, born 24th July
1691 ; Alexander, min. of Muirkirk ; Ann
(marr. Samuel Lockhart, min. of Ochiltree).
— [Woclrow's Anal, and Corresp. ; Duncan's
Mem. of Duncan.]
ROBERT MILLER, bapt. 3rd June
1664, son of Robert M., min. of
Ochiltree ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
14th July 1708; called 12th April, and
ord. 20th Sept. 1711; died April 1732.
He marr. Nov. 1724, Helen, daugh. of David
1688
Meldrum, min. at Tibbermore, and had issue
— an only son, Robert, served heir, 22nd
June 1738.— [Nisbet's Her., ii. App., 42 ;
Ochiltree Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests.]
GEORGE REID, M.A. (Edinburgh, 11th
1732 ^ une i? 18 ) > li cen - by Presb. of
Dalkeith 5th April 1720; ord. to
Symington, Ayrshire, 20th March 1723;
called 10th Aug., and adm. 23rd Nov. 1732 ;
Moderator of the General Assembly 22nd
May 1755 ; died 21st March 1763, aged 70.
He marr. 23rd April 1745, Janet, daugh. of
Ninian Ballantine of Gardrum, and widow
of Thomas Paterson, merchant, Ayr, and
had issue.
WILLIAM M'QUHAE, born 1st May
1764 1737> son °f David M., magistrate
of Wigtown ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 24th
March 1762 ; became assistant in the parish ;
pres. by James Murray of Broughton Aug.
1763; ord. 1st March 1764; D.D. (St
Andrews, 2nd June 1794) ; was proposed as
Moderator of the General Assembly in 1806,
but declined. He died Father of the
Synod 1st March 1823. A learned and
able man of business. His cheerful and
happy temper, his rich fund of anecdote
and flow of wit, rendered him an agreeable
and pleasant companion. He marr. (1)
11th Nov. 1765, Elizabeth (died 7th Jan.
1780), daugh. of William Park of Barkip,
physician, and had issue — Richard, born 21st
Dec. 1766, died in Jamaica, 9th March 1805;
Sarah, born 30th Jan. 1769, died 29th Dec.
1778 ; Margaret, born 31st Dec. 1770, died
20th May 1836 ; David, born 21st Jan. 1773,
died 3rd April 1775 ; Elizabeth, born 22nd
Sept. 1774, died 23rd March 1778; Glencairn
(daugh.), born 15th Sept. 1776, died 16th
July 1802 ; Charles (daugh.), born 28th July
1778 : (2) 3rd June 1782, Mary Lawrie, who
died 22nd Oct. 1824, and had issue — Mary,
born 26th Aug. 1783 (marr. John Stirling,
D.D., min. of Craigie); Elizabeth, born
22 nd Aug. 1784; Lydia Wills, born 22nd
Sept. 1785 (marr. 14th Jan. 1805, Thomas
Ainsworth, Blackburn, Lanes.); William,
major in army, born 15th June 1787 ;
Patrick, born 6th Sept. 1788 ; James, born
24th Feb. 1790, died 10th Jan. 1819 ; Stair
aye]
ST QUIVOX— SORN
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Park, his successor in the parish ; Laura
Macrae, born 22nd July 1798, died 9th
Sept. 1802. Publications — The Difficulties
which attend, the Practice of Religion no
just Argument against it, a discourse
(Edinburgh, 1785); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). —[Tombst.]
STAIR PARK M'QUHAE, born 27th
March 1795, youngest son of preced-
ing ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 26th March 1817 ;
pres. by George Oswald of Auchencruive
3rd Sept. 1818 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 2nd March 1820; D.D. (Glasgow,
23rd March 1840) ; retired from bad health
in 1859 ; died at St Croix, Rownhams,
Hants, 8th March 1872. He marr. (1) 16th
Feb. 1835, Margaret Logan (died 8th Jan.
1841), only child of Lieut. Lewis Mac-
kenzie of the family of Scatwell, and had
issue— William, born 22nd April 1838 : (2)
2nd May 1843, Louise Georgina (died 12th
Jan. 1894), daugh. of John Mackenzie, and
had issue— Caroline, born 6th June 1844 ;
Mary Lawrie, born 15th Nov. 1845 ; John
Mackenzie, Commander R.N., born 8th
June 1847 ; Louise Georgina, born 27th
Dec. 1848. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, v.).
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON
1858 CHARTERIS, M.A. ; pres. by Alex-
ander Haldane Oswald of Auchen-
cruive ; ord. (assistant and successor) 27th
June 1858 ; trans, to New Abbey 21st July
1859.
JAMES WILSON, born Leven, Fife,
1859 18th March 1832, son of Peter W.
and Helen Elder; educated at
Scoonie Parish School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 1st
July 1857 ; assistant at Belhaven Chapel ;
pres. by Alexander Haldane Oswald of
Auchencruive ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 10th Nov. 1859 ; clerk of Presb. of
Ayr, 1866-1901 ; died 8th May 1906. He
marr. 9th July 1867, Mary Fleeming (died
13th Nov. 1888), daugh. of William Mont-
gomerie Walker, min. of Ochiltree, and had
issue— Jane Barr, born 22nd April 1868,
died 31st July 1878; James Peter, his
successor in this parish ; Helen Elder,
born 4th May 1871, died 27th May 1919 ;
William Montgomery Walker, born 26th
Sept. 1872 ; Mary Anne, born 18th June
1875, died 13th Aug. 1878; Margaret
Frances, born 23rd April 1878.— [Life of
Archibald Hamilton Charteris, 38, 75, 84].
JAMES PETER WILSON, born 8th
1906 ^ ov * 1869 > ^dest son of preceding ;
educated at Kelvinside Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1890), B.D.
(1893); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 3rd May
1893; assistant at Dalserf ; ord. to Dal-
beattie 25th Feb. 1899 ; trans, and adm.
23rd Aug. 1906. Publication — Introductory
Paper on the Book of Job (Scottish Woman's
Bible Study Association, 1914-15).
SORN, formerly DALGAIN.
[The lands forming this parish were dis-
joined from Mauchline in 1656, but the new
parish of Dalgain was not erected till 1692.
Its church was built in 1658 on the lands
of Dalgain, very near Sorn Castle. There
was of old a chapel on the Water of Greenock
within what is now the parish of Sorn.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1653) ; adm. about 1658 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
was summoned to appear before a com-
mittee of the Diocesan Synod, 28th April
1664, for nonconformity ; returned in 1672.
ANDREW DALRYMPLE, M.A. (Glas-
1669 gow 1646 )^ a( ^ m - t0 Auchinleck 22nd
Jan. 1651 ; deprived 11th June 1662 ;
became min. here under indulgence 2nd
Sept. 1669 ; was fined by the Privy Council
8th July 1673 in half of his stipend for
that crop for not keeping the 29th May,
the anniversary of the Restoration ; died
June 1676, aged about 50. He marr.
Elizabeth Ross, who survived him, and
had issue — Margaret, served heir, 2nd Oct.
1688 (marr. Adam Aird, jun., of Catrine).
— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 123 ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Inq. Ret. Ayr, 653.]
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SORN
[ PRESB. OF
JOHN CAMPBELL, above mentioned ;
1672 had an indulgence along with the
preceding, from the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672, but having preached* at
conventicles in 1678, was accused of treason
before the Lords of Justiciary, and remitted
by them to the Privy Council 19th Dec.
1683. Admitting he had broken his con-
finement, officiated in private families, and
had not read the Proclamation for the
thanksgiving, his indulgence was revoked
3rd Jan. 1684, and he was imprisoned on
failure to find caution in 5000 merks that
he would not frequent conventicles, baptize,
or marry. But on his petition that he
could not possibly find such caution, he was
liberated on undertaking not to transgress
in these matters, 24th Jan. 1684. He was
at the first meeting of Presb. after the
Toleration, 3rd Aug. 1687, and is styled
min. of Dalgain 4th June 1690, but prob-
ably went to Craigie (q.v.) after that year.
— [Wodrow's Hist., Hi. 468, iv. 37.]
WILLIAM BLAIR, M.A. ; pres. before
1684 lst ^ U ^ V ' £°* a testimonial for ordina-
tion 5th Aug., and adm. before 31st
Aug. 1684 ; trans, to Symington, Ayrshire,
1685.
1686
FRANCIS FORDYCE, had right to
stipend for crop in 1686 ; trans, to
Old Cumnock before 3rd Nov. 1686.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, a native of
Moray ; M.A. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 24th Aug. 1680) ; adm. about
1686 ; outed in 1689. A small pass in the
River Ayr near the castle, over which he
took in his flight, is still called the Curate's
Steps. He died Aug. 1690, aged about 30.
The Faculty of Glasgow University having
intromitted with the stipend, granted on
3rd June 1691, 250 merks to pay his debts.
1692
MUNGO LINDSAY, born 1666; was a
teacher in the Grammar School of
Glasgow 30th Aug. 1690; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 29th April 1691 ; called
unanimously in June, and ord. 30th Nov.
1692; died March 1738. He marr. Christian
Beg, in Corsebogue, who survived him, but
had no issue. He left 200 merks to the
poor of the parish. His tombstone has this
inscription : —
" So long he lived in this secure retreat,
Neither affecting to be known nor great —
Humble and painful taught the great concern,
Which yet he thought he never enough could learn :
Skill'd in the tongues of heavenly truth,
The only language of Jehovah's mouth,
He led his flock through the delicious fields
(Heaven's gentle dews and rain it yields).
Shuning law-suits by deeds he used to write,
He sav'd their purse and clear'd their doubtful right ;
And with rare bounty gratify'd the poor
From the rich treasure of his blessed store,
Which, by the laws of God and man, descends
To his long, dear, and valuable friends."
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst. ; Privy Seal Beg.,
viii., 233 ; Steven's Sorn, 11, 28.]
WILLIAM STEELE, licen. by Presb.
1739 of Ayr 27th April 1737 ; called 25th
April, and ord. 29th Aug. 1739. He
was chosen by the General Assembly in
1751 as one of its commissioners for apply-
ing to Government for a general augmen-
tation of the stipends of mins., but the
application was unsuccessful owing to the
opposition of the landed interest. Dis-
appointed by the non- success of the pro-
posal, he accepted an invitation to be min.
of the Scots congregation at Founders'
Hall, London, and dem. his charge Oct.
1751 ; died of consumption in April 1752.
He collected subscriptions for building the
bridge near the church across the River
Ayr. He marr. 7th June 1744, Janet
Brownlee, and had issue — John ; Thomas,
born 4th July 1746 ; John. Publication
— Speech in the General Assembly, 1749
(Collection of Papers for augmenting the
stipends of the Established Church). —
[Wilson's Dissent. Churches, ii.]
JAMES CONNELL, son of James C,
merchant, Dunbarton ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1740) ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
barton 12th Aug. 1746; called 2nd July,
and ord. 26th Oct. 1752; died 14th July
1789, aged 67. He marr. 12th June 1755,
Anne (died at Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1809),
daugh. of James Farquhar, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Katherine,
born 25th March 1756; Agnes, born 30th
June 1758, died 18th Aug. 1786 ; Elizabeth,
born 9th Oct. 1760, died 3rd Jan. 1841 ;
James, born 27th Feb. 1762 ; George, born
ayk]
SORN— STAIR
69
8th Aug. 1765, apprenticed to a W.S. in
1782; Jean, born 18th Nov. 1767, died
5th Aug. 1845 ; Alexander, born 9th Nov.
1770, died 4th June 1841 ; Arthur, surgeon
H.E.I.C.S., Hyderabad, born 24th Dec.
1773, died Dec. 1819.— [Tombst., erected by
James Connell of Conheath in testimony
of duty, affection, and respect.]
GEORGE GORDON, licen. by Presb.
17go of Edinburgh 28th July 1779; pres.
by William Tennant of Sorn Nov.
1789 ; ord. 13th May 1790; D.D. (Glasgow,
Nov. 1804); died 25th Dec. 1805. He
marr. (1) Elizabeth Carruthers, who died
13th March 1799 : (2) 14th Feb. 1800, Ann
(died at Liverpool, 12th Nov. 1834), daugh.
of George Lawrie, D.D., min. of Loudoun,
and had issue — George Lawrie, captain
H.E.I.C.S., born 25th March 1801, died
at Manipur, 30th Dec. 1844 ; Louisa, born
23rd July 1802 (marr. 6th Oct. 1833, Dr
Charles Bryce) ; Archibald Campbell, M.D.,
H.E.I.C.S., born 29th May 1804, died at
Jallundur, 30th Nov. 1849. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xx.).
LEWIS BALFOUR, pres. by William
Somervell of Hamilton's Farm 22nd
Jan., and ord. 28th Aug. 1806 ; trans,
to Colinton 28th Aug. 1823.
1806
JOHN STEWART, M.A. ; trans, from
1824 Oldham Street Church, Liverpool ;
pres. by Miss Agnes Somervell of
Hamilton's Farm 22nd Sept. 1823 ; adm.
11th March 1824 ; trans, to Liberton 28th
Sept. 1843.
JOHN RANKINE, born 28th Dec. 1816,
1843 son °^ J° nn R- °f Knockdon, Ayr-
shire, and Marion Sloan ; educated
at Maybole, Ayr Academy, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 14th
Sept. 1842 ; assistant at Lauder ; pres. by
Miss Somervell of Sorn ; ord. 30th Nov.
1843; D.D. (Edinburgh 1880); Moderator
of General Assembly 24th May 1883 ; died
30th April 1885. He marr. 29th April
1845, Jane (died 21st Dec. 1879), daugh. of
Charles Simson of Threepwood, Roxburgh-
shire, and had issue — John of Threepwood,
K.C., LL.D., advocate, Professor of Scots
Law, Edinburgh, born 18th Feb. 1846;
Charles Simson of Threepwood, W.S., who
assumed the name of Simson, born 15th
Oct. 1847, died 19th Nov. 1911 ; Margaret
Romanes, born 25th May 1849 (marr.
John Brown, D.D., min. of Bellahouston,
Moderator in 1916) ; Adam George, mer-
chant, Liverpool, born 17th April 1852;
Marion Elizabeth, born 4th April 1854
(marr. Archibald Scott, D.D., min. of St
George's, Edinburgh, Moderator in 1896) ;
James, Liverpool, born 23rd Dec. 1855 ;
Janet Simson, born 29th July 1858 (marr.
George Milligan, D.D., Professor of
Divinity, Glasgow Univ.), died 16th Dec.
1898 ; Graham Somervell, born 27th and
died 30th March 1861 ; Jane Tait, born
1st Jan., died 18th Sept. 1863. Publication
— Address at Close of General Assembly,
1883.
RICHARD SPENSER RITCHIE, ord.
18 __ 21st July 1885; trans, to Mains and
Strathmartine 21st Nov. 1888.
HENRY CUNNINGHAM BEGG, born
1st Dec. 1856, son of William B.,
D.D., min. of Falkirk ; educated at
Falkirk Grammar School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
May 1884 ; assistant at Sorn and Maxwell
Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 21st Feb. 1889; died
unmarr. 11th Feb. 1919.
1919
DAVID FYFE M'MATH, born Forfar,
24th Oct. 1889, son of Robert M.
and Jessie Fyfe ; educated at Forfar
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews, M.A.
(1911), B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 1914 ; served in European War as
Captain R.F.A., 1914-19, awarded M.C.
1917 ; assistant at Galston ; ord. 18th June
1919. Marr. 6th Aug. 1915, Christina J.,
daugh. of Alexander Cargill, and has issue
— Ian Forbes, born 3rd July 1917 ; Ronald
Alexander Cargill, born 27th Sept. 1919.
STAIR.
[The parish of Stair was disjoined from
Ochiltree by the Commissioners of Teinds
9th July 1673. Its erection was ratified
by Act of Parliament 22nd July 1690,
70
STAIR
[PRESB. OF
and a second time in 1709. Stair church
was rebuilt in 1864.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, trans, from
171 Kilmadock ; called 25th March
1708; adm. 7th June 1710; trans,
to High Church, Glasgow, 12th May 1715.
JOHN BURNET, educated at Univ. of
1717 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 8th Dec. 1715 ; was tutor in the
family of Montgomery of Coilsfield ; called
20th Sept. 1716; ord. 13th March 1717;
died between 22nd Nov. 1732 and 1st Aug.
1733. He marr. (cont. 22nd May 1728),
Jean, third daugh. of Hugh Montgomery
of Coilsfield (she marr. secondly, John
M'Dermeit, min. of Second Charge, Ayr),
and had issue — John ; Jean.
JOHN STEELE, son of John S., min.
17 g of Old Cumnock ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 29th May 1734 ; called 24th
April, and ord. 14th Aug. 1735. Having
been present at the theatre when Home's
tragedy of Douglas was acted, he was called
before the Presb. and had to express regret.
He died Father of the Church, 13th
April 1804, aged 93. He marr. (1) cont.
6th June 1748, Mary (died 14th Oct. 1761),
eldest daugh. of John Chalmers of Gad-
girth, but had no issue : (2) 10th Aug.
1762, Christian (died at Edinburgh, 21st
April 1814, aged 85), daugh. of John Steuart
of Dalguise, and had issue — Julia (marr.
1796, Francis Redfearn, H.E.I.C.S., of
Langton Lodge, Yorks), died 22nd Aug.
1851 ; Margaret (marr. 1800, Lieut.-Col.
Joseph Burnett, H.E.I.C.S.). Publications
— Sermons (Edinburgh, 1778); Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).—
[Paterson's Ayr, i., 237; Tombst.; Scots
Mag., xix.]
ALEXANDER SMALL, pres. by John,
1805 Earl of Stair, 27th Aug., and ord.
18th April 1805; trans, to Second
Charge, Stirling, 21st Jan. 1818.
WILLIAM RORISON, studied at Univ.
1818 of Edinburgh; tutor in the family
of Sir William Miller, Lord Glenlee ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 7th Jan.
1818; pres. by John, Earl of Stair, 20th
Feb., and ord. 24th Sept. 1818 ; died 29th
May 1862. He marr. 7th June 1819, Mary
(died 19th June 1868), fifth daugh. of
William Peebles, D.D., min. of Newton -
upon-Ayr, and had issue— Jane, born 8th
June 1820 (marr. Robert Inglis, min. of
Craigie) ; Margaret Ann, born 22nd Aug.
1822, died 10th May 1847; William Peebles,
D.D., min. of Dalserf, born 30th Oct. 1826 ;
Mary, born 16th July 1832. Publication-
Account of the Parish {Neio Stat. Ace, v.).
WILLIAM M'CAA KER, born 2nd Nov.
1862 182 ^, eldest son of John K., banker,
Stranraer ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; ord. to New Luce 8th Feb. 1855 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Oct. 1862; died 9th
March 1881. He marr. 20th Feb. 1861,
Jessie (died 28th Feb. 1912), daugh. of
John Allan, writer, Glasgow, and had issue
—John, born 19th Feb. 1862, died 9th Aug.
1877 ; Helen Alexandra, born 10th March
1863, died 7 th Aug. 1912 ; Francis Walter,
Glasgow, born 18th June 1864; Georgina
Margaret, born 24th Feb. 1866, died 21st
June 1870 ; William Albert, Glasgow, born
10th March 1869; David Stevenson, mer-
chant, Glasgow, born 10th Sept. 1872 ; Lydia
Morland Murray, born 17th April 1876.
JAMES KING HEWISON, M.A., B.D. ;
1881 orc * - 15t ^ Sept. 1881 ; trans, to
Rothesay 8th Jan. 1884.
CHARLES STEWART RUSSELL,
1884 ^ cen - by Presb. of Greenock 18th
Oct. 1876; ord. to Patna 3rd May
1880; trans, and adm. 3rd July 1884, died
unmarr. 29th Aug. 1889.
1890
ROBERT BARR DICKSON, born 10th
Jan. 1859, son of John Inches D.,
min. of Kirkbean ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Holytown
25th Jan. 1883; trans, and adm. 20th
March 1890; res. 5th July 1899. Marr.
15th Sept, 1885, Flora (died 29th Sept.
1886), daugh. of Alexander Macdonald,
min. of Kildonan, and has issue — George
Arthur Macdonald, min. of Fordyce, born
22nd Sept. 1886.
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STAIR— STRAITON
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WILLIAM HENRY SHANNON, born
1899 Glas g° w > 18tl1 JaU> 1868, SOn 0i
James S. and Ellen Dunn ; edu-
cated at Mearns Street Public School,
Avenue Park Collegiate School, Greenock,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 24th April 1894 ; assistant at
Inversnaid, Thornwood, and Riccarton
(Kilmarnock); ord. 7th Dec. 1899. Marr.
2nd June 1908, Hilda, daugh. of John
Meikle of Barskimming and Lochlibo, and
has issue — Hilda Helen Elizabeth, born
20th June 1909 ; Constance Eileen, born
31st Aug. 1910; Agnes Meikle, born 26th
Dec. 1913 ; James, born 29th Jan. 1916.
STRAITON.
[The church of Straiton was dedicated to
St Cuthbert. It belonged to the Abbey of
Crossregal. A stone in the churchyard here
records the memory of Thomas MacHaffie,
who, in 1686, was raised from a sick bed,
and required to take the Oath of Ab-
juration. Failing to do so, he was shot
forthwith. At the foot of Trostan Hill
in the parish, there was a chapel of St
Drostan.]
1568
JOHN M'QUORNE, formerly exhorter ;
entered at Beltein in 1568. In 1574
he had also Maybole, Kirkbryde, and
Kirkmichael under his charge ; was on a
committee nominated by the Privy Council
6th March 1589, for the preservation of
true religion in the sheriffdom of Carrick ;
still min. in 1597, and died previous to
30th May 1598.— [Reg. Min. ; Calderwood's
Hist., iv., 570.]
JOHN M'QUORNE, M.A. (Glasgow
1598 1589) ; adm. to Dalmellington in
1591 ; trans, to Maybole in 1595 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 30th
May 1598 ; was enjoined by the Presb. 27th
June 1642, to get "ane helper in respect
of the laichnes and infirmitie of his voyce " ;
was dep. 26th Nov. 1645, as he "usuallie
frequents the aill-house, drinking indiffir-
entlie with all sorts of persons from morning
to night, except a little in the midst of the
day, when he goes home to take a sleep. 1 '
He marr. Jean M'Quhirtour, widow of
James Chalmers. She died July 1635, and
had issue — James ; Samuel ; Jean ; Eliza-
beth (marr., cont. 23rd Nov. 1636, Thomas
M'Blane in Camragen). — [Eeg. Assig. ; Ayr
Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 385 ; Reg.
of Deeds, dxiv., 318.]
HEW ECCLES, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1644 2< ^ "^y 1638) ; called unanim-
ously, and adm. (colleague) 28th
Aug. 1644 ; pres. to the vicarage by Charles
I. March 1647; died March 1662, aged
about 44. He marr. Anna, daugh. of
William Cockburn, min. of Kirkmichael,
she survived him, and had issue — William,
served heir, 19th Feb. 1663; Anna.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4677, Ayr, 622.]
DAVID M'QUORNE, adm. to Alloway
1662 De f° re !636 ; pres. by Charles II.
11th Sept. 1662 ; still min. 7th April
1664. He marr. Margaret Annand, who
survived him, and had issue — a daugh.
(marr. Adam Blair) ; a daugh. (marr. John
Rankine of Blook) ; Sara (marr. David
M'Querne, min. of Kirkmabreck). — [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sheriff-Court Books, 20th
Oct. 1682.]
GEORGE MEIK, educated at St Sal-
1683 vators College ; M.A. (St Andrews,
23rd July 1672) ; passed trials before
the Presb. there, and had a testimonial for
licence 18th Aug. 1675 ; was an expectant
31st Aug. 1679 ; adm. min. of Coylton
before 12th Dec. 1682 ; trans, here in
1683; deserted his charge in 1689.— [Ket-
tins Sess. Reg. ; Ayr Sheriff-Court Books,
30th Jan. 1683.]
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, born 1663,
1691 son of John K. of Dalmorton ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 27th April 1688;
called July 1689 ; ord. 27th Jan. 1691 ;
he was immediately commissioned to the
North, and acted a conspicuous part in
supplying the church of Foveran, under
the auspices of the Presb. of Aberdeen,
and the protection of Alexander Udny of
Udny's servants, and armed dragoons. He
died before 16th March 1737. He acquired
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STRAITON— SYMINGTON
[PKESB. OF
the estate of Knockgray, Kirkcudbright.
He marr. (1) 13th Jan. 1691, Elizabeth
Chalmers of Bonnington, who died 1710,
and had issue — John of Knockgray ; Adam,
licentiate, died in 1738 : (2) Jean Crawford,
who died 17th Sept. 1763, and had issue —
Anna. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Spalding Club
Miss., ii.]
ROBERT WALKER, called unanimously
17 8th June, and ord. 14th Sept. 1738 ;
trans, to Second Charge, South Leith,
20th Nov. 1746.
JOHN M'DERMEIT [FERGUSS-
ll74g HILL], born 1724, son of John M.,
min. of Ayr ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1746) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 21st Dec. 1748 ; called 23rd Feb., and
ord. 3rd Aug. 1749 ; he assumed the name
of Fergusshill ; died 13th Sept. 1793. He
marr. 11th Jan. 1762, Agnes (died at Largs,
20th June 1818, aged 81),daugh. of William
M'Jerrow of Altanalbany, and had issue —
John, born 24th April 1763 ; William, born
12th Dec. 1764; Giles, born 25th Dec.
1766; Janet, born 27th Feb. 1769 (marr.
27th March 1796, Andrew Wilson, mer-
chant, Renfrew) ; Agnes, born 29th Jan.
1771 (marr. William Crawford, D.D., min.
of this parish) ; Jean, born 12th Jan. 1773 ;
Robert, born 17th Sept. 1775 ; Helen,
born 23rd May 1778, died 7th March 1828.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, probably
fourth son of William C, farmer,
New Cumnock; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
24th April 1787 ; pres. by George III. 9th
Nov. 1790 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
21st April 1791 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 3rd
Feb. 1810) ; res. 2nd Oct. 1816, on appoint-
ment as Professor of Moral Philosophy, St
Andrews ; died 23rd Sept. 1822, aged 60.
He marr. 6th Feb. 1792, Agnes, daugh. of
John M'Dermeit, min. of this parish, and
had issue — William, born 23rd Oct. 1793 ;
Agnes, born 21st March 1795 ; John
M'Dermeit, born 4th Dec. 1796; Andrew,
born 29th May 1798; Elizabeth, born 6th
Aug. 1799, died 30th Dec. 1813; Robert,
born 13th Feb. 1802 ; George (twin), born
13th Feb. 1802; Alexander, born 29th
1791
Oct. 1804 ; Thomas Jackson, D.D., Professor
of Divinity, Edinburgh, born 13th Feb. 1812.
Publication — Sermons (Edinburgh, 1815).
JOHN PAUL, pres. by George, Prince
lgl7 Regent, 6th Nov. 1816 ; ord. 1st
May 1817; trans, to Maybole 4th
Sept. 1823.
ROBERT PATON, pres. by George IV.
1824 15th Sept. 1823; ord. 22nd April
1824; trans, to St David's Parish,
Glasgow, 11th April 1844.
v JOHN BLAIR, born 30th Jan. 1821, son
1844 °^ Thomas B., min. of Colmonell ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
(1839); licen. by Presb. of Stranraer;
pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord. 25th July
1844; died 21st Oct. 1898. He marr. 7th
April 1847, Jean (died 20th Feb. 1916),
daugh. of Quintin Macadam, Dalmorton,
Ayrshire, and had issue — Margaret Eliza-
beth, born 13th March 1848 ; Thomas, born
14th Oct. 1849; Quintin, born 28th Oct
1851; Anna M'Fadzean, born 19th July
1853; John Henry, born 23rd May 1855
Jane Macadam, born 11th June 1857
Catherine Jane, born 25th Aug. 1859
James Andrew, born 24th Jan. 1862
Henrietta Ritchie (twin), born 24th Jan.
1862, died 9th Feb. 1890.
WELLWOOD MAXWELL LANDALE,
1899 Dorn 24 ^ U J une 1870, son of David
L., min. of Applegarth ; educated at
Fettes College and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben
1896; assistant at St Giles, Edinburgh,
1897; ord. 20th April 1899. Marr. 16th
July 1902, Agnes Frances, daugh. of John
Macvicar Anderson, architect, London.
SYMINGTON.
[The church of Symington belonged
to the Ministry of the Red Friars of Fail,
and is an ancient Norman building It
was restored in 1919.]
Sir JOHN MILLAR, vicar in 1566.—
1566 [Treas. Ace, xi., 487.]
THOMAS CARRINGTON, reader in
1567 1567.
ayk]
SYMINGTON
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JOHN MILLAR (probably same as
above), reader, 1574 to 1586 ; died
1574 previous to 27th May 1598.
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, formerly
min. of Stirling and Archbishop of
Glasgow ; adm. in Feb. 1587 ; trans,
to Stewarton about 1589.
WILLIAM WALLACE, M.A. (Glasgow
1595) ; pres. to the vicarage by
1598 James VI. 27th May 1598, and again
by him as tutor-at-law of Henry, Duke of
Rothesay, 2nd Dec. 1601 ; still min. 16th
Feb. 1626. He marr. Jane Cathcart, and
had issue— Agnes (marr. William, eldest son
of John Wallace in Scheilles). — [Ayr Sas.,
iii., 575.]
1636
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1617) ; adm. in 1636 ; deprived
before April 1642.— [Syn. Boll, 1642.]
JOHN GEMMILL, M.A. (Glasgow 1637) ;
reader and schoolmaster of Mauch-
1642 line; adm. 6th July 1642; refused
to conform to Episcopacy in 1662 ; dep.
by Diocesan Synod ; was accused of preach-
ing and baptizing irregularly, and confined
to his parish March 1669 ; returned that
year.
JAMES WHYTE, adm. about 1667;
1667 trans, to Strichen 4th July 1669.
1669
JOHN GEMMILL [in Wodroiv,
GEMBLE], above mentioned ; had
an indulgence by the Privy Council
3rd Aug. 1669; was sent for Aug. 1670,
together with other Presbyterian mins.,
by His Majesty's Commissioner, to consult
in order to an Accommodation ; returned
to the parish in 1687.
1685
WILLIAM BLAIR, son of Thomas B.,
schoolmaster, Monifietb ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 25th July 1676) ; passed
trials before the Presb. of Meigle ; was
recommended for licence 9th Jan. 1683 :
adm. to Sorn before 31st Aug. 1684 ; trans,
in 1685 ; outed in 1689 ; deprived by Act
of Parliament restoring Presbyterian mins.,
25th April 1690.— [Kettins Sess. Reg.']
1687
JOHN GEMMILL, above mentioned ;
returned under the Toleration ; was
at the Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687 ; re-
stored by Act of Parliament, 25th April
1690 ; died Father of the Church be-
tween 3rd Jan. and 7th Feb. 1705, aged
about 88. He marr., and had issue —
William of Tourlands ; John ; Marion. —
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 296 ; Ayr Sheriff-Court
Books, 4th July 1698.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, chaplain to
Lady Sinclair of Longformacus ;
Keen, by Presb. of Dunbar 24th
Sept. 1701 ; called (to be colleague) Dec.
1704 ; ord. 28th March 1705 ; died between
23rd April and 3rd Sept. 1706. He marr.
Mary Bankhead, and had issue — Anna. —
[Ayr Sheriff-Court Books, 31st May 1707.]
GEORGE CRAWFORD, called 21st Oct.
1708 ; ord. 4th May 1709 ; trans, to
1705
1709
Stoneykirk 2nd Jan. 1712.
172
1733
JOHN COCHRANE, called 15th April,
and ord. 10th Sept. 1712 ; died be-
1712 tween 7th March and 25th April
1722. He marr., and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. George Boyle of Mote) ; Jean ;
Margaret.
GEORGE REID, M.A. ; called 30th Aug.
1722; ord. 20th March 1723; trans.
to St Quivox 23rd Nov. 1732.
RICHARD CUNNINGHAM, born 1704,
second son of Alexander C, min. of
Dreghorn ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; chaplain in the family of
Lord President Dalrymple ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 27th Oct. 1730; called 19th
April, and ord. 6th Sept. 1733 ; died 4th
Nov. 1760. He marr. 20th March 1734,
Ann, daugh. of John Murray, merchant,
Edinburgh, to whom it is said he appeared
in a dream after his decease and told her
" she had yet fifteen years to live," and so
it nearly happened, as she died 24th Oct.
1775. He had issue— Elizabeth, born 2nd
Sept. 1735 (marr. George Bannatyne, min.
of St George's Church, Glasgow); Alex-
ander, min. of this parish ; Robert, born
13th Dec. 1739, went abroad. — [North
Berwick Sess. Beg. ; Scots Mag., xxii. ;
Robertson's Ayrsh. Fam., i., 315.]
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SYMINGTON
[PRESB. OF
1761
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, born
15th April 1737, eldest son of
preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 28th
Nov. 1759 ; pres. to Monkton by Thomas,
Earl of Dundonald, 4th Nov. 1760. The
presentation being disputed, was upheld
by Court of Session, 31st Jan. 1761. C.
then res. and was pres. by Commissioner
for Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, March,
and ord. 3rd. Sept. 1761 ; libelled 18th
Dec. 1765 for "leaving the parish in 1762,
taking up his residence in Edinburgh till
Dec. last, attending the theatre, obscene
conversation, tippling, drinking to excess,
etc.," but the prosecution was withdrawn ;
died 10th Dec. 1783. Publications— Two
single Discourses or Sermons (Glasgow,
1763-9); Poems on the British Authors
(Glasgow, 1779). — [Robertson's Ayrsh.
Fam., i., 315.]
WILLIAM LOGAN, eldest son of
1784 "William L. of Camlarg, Ayrshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Jan. 1782;
pres. by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, in May,
and ord. 16th Sept. 1784; died 4th Oct.
1801. He marr. 20th March 1787, Ann
Baird, who died 10th Feb. 1843, and had
issue — Katherine, born 22nd April 1788 ;
John, captain in Madras army, born 26th
Sept. 1789; Euphemia, born 10th Nov.
1791 ; Anne, born 5th Nov. 1794 ; Eliza-
beth, born 2nd Sept. 1796 ; Helen, born
12th June 1800. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).
1802
ALEXANDER FLOCKHART, licen. by
Presb. of Fordoun 4th Sept. 1793 ;
pres. by tutors of Mary, Lady
Montgomerie, 20th, 22nd, and 25th March,
and ord. 16th Sept. 1802 ; died unmarr.
2nd May 1808.
THOMAS SMITH WHARRIE [or
M'WHARRIE], born 19th June
1809 1776, son of Robert W., surgeon,
Pathhead, Douglas, and Elizabeth
Smith ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1795); licen. by Presb. of Lanark
1st Aug. 1804; pres. by Lord and Lady
Montgomerie 6th Oct. 1808 ; ord. 27th April
1809 ; died 27th Feb. 1844. He marr. 11th
March 1816, his cousin Elizabeth (died 17th
July 1867), daugh. of John Fraser, min. of
Libberton, and had issue — Jane, born 13th
March 1817, died unmarr. at Glasgow,
March 1895; Robert, M.D., Deputy In-
spector-General of Hospitals, born 28th
Oct. 1819, died at Toftcombs, Biggar, 28th
Aug. 1899 ; John, farmer in America, born
30th Sept. 1822, died unmarr. ; Eliza,
born 27th Jan. 1826, died at Glasgow July
1893 ; Thomas, C.E., Glasgow, born 30th
Aug. 1828, died 1916 or 1917.
GEORGE ORR, born 1814, third son of
James O., farmer, Dundonald; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine ; pres. by Mary, Lady
Montgomerie ; ord. (assistant and successor)
10th Sept. 1840. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Symington Free Church,
1843-82; died at Edinburgh, 15th July
1882. He marr. 1850, Jessie Hamilton
Howe.
1840
1844
JOHN DAVIDSON, born 1798, youngest
son of James D., schoolmaster,
Lanarkshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1832); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow; pres. by Mary, Lady Mont-
gomerie ; ord. (assistant and successor) 25th
Jan. 1844 ; died 17th April 1883. He marr.
1st Feb. 1844, Helen Thomson (died 3rd
Nov. 1881), and had issue — Jane, born
15th Feb. 1846 (marr. Matthew Meikle,
min. of Fintry).
1878
PETER CONSTABLE LYALL, born
Logie, Fife, 1853 ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 6th June 1876 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 14th Nov. 1878 ; died un-
marr., 19th July 1905.
v JOHN GAGE BOYD, born 19th Aug.
1906 1873, son of John B. and Margaret
Anderson ; educated at Coleraine
Academical Institution and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr (Original
Secession Church) ; ord. to Original Seces-
sion Church, Midlem, in 1899 ; adm. to
Church of Scotland in 1904 ; assistant at
Galashiels in 1905; adm. here 17th Jan.
1906. Marr. 5th Aug. 1902, Minnie, only
AYR]
TARBOLTON AND BARNWEIL
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daugh. of Andrew Reid, Coleraine, and has
issue — Annie Elizabeth Gage, born 14th
March 1909.
TARBOLTON AND BARNWEIL.
[These two parishes were united in 1673.
The rectory of Tarbolton was a prebend of
Glasgow. Tarbolton Church was rebuilt in
1821.]
DAVID CURLE, reader from Nov.
1571 1571.
JOHN NISBET, son of John N. in
167g Rystubhill, East Lothian ; entered
1st May 1575, Barnweil, St Quivox,
Monkton, and Prestwick, being also in his
charge ; died Aug. 1610. He marr.
Margaret Dunbar, who survived him, and
had issue — William, his successor in this
parish; Adam, notary. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Regality of Torphichen
Minutes, 1614-15, p. 117 : Laing Charters,
1871.]
WILLIAM NISBET, eldest son of
iei4 P rece ding ; adm. about 1614 ; was
still min. 4th Sept. 1650. He marr.
Jean Wallace, and had issue — Edward.
Publications — A Golden Chain of Time
(Edinburgh, 1650) ; Scripture Chronology
(London, 1655). — [Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Reg. of
Deeds, ccclxvii., 29 ; (Doivnie), dlxxi., 13th
Nov. 1652.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, youngest son of
1658 James G. of Pitforthie, Forfar-
shire; M.A. (Glasgow 1652); adm.
about 1658 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was accused of
turbulent and seditious conduct 14th July
1663 ; took part in the Pentland Rising in
1666, but was prevented from being present
at Rullion Green through illness. He was
indicted before the Justiciary Court 15th
Aug. 1667 and condemned to death, but
received the royal pardon 1st Oct. there-
after; died in 1669, aged about 37. He
was an excellent musician. He marr.
Mary Haldane, who survived him, and was
imprisoned at Edinburgh for attending a
conventicle 6th Nov. 1676. Publication —
A Sermon upon Breach of Covenant
(Howie's collection). — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
28, 73, 335; Guthrie's Christian's Great
Interest; Acts Pari., ix. ; Kirkton's Hist.]
WILLIAM NASMYTH, M.A. ; trans,
from Borgue in 1666 ; trans, to
Eckford 8th May 1678.
JAMES [Wodrow says, GEORGE]
1681 GILLESPIE, M.A. (Glasgow, 4th
July 1670) ; adm. about 1681 ; he
and his brother-in-law, James Gordon,
min. of Rosneath, having been assaulted
and wounded in his manse, the parishioners
were summoned before the Privy Council
2nd June 1681 ; outed at the Revolution,
he retired to Edinburgh, and was living
in Murray's Land at the Craig Well in
1701. He marr. Anne, daugh. of Archibald
Dennistoun of Dalquharn, min. of Campsie.
—[Wodrow's Hist., iii., 246; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; P. C. Beg., 3rd ser., vii., 123,
187-8.]
GEORGE ANDREWS, called July
1689 1688; ord. 28th March 1689; trans,
to Prestonpans 10th Oct. 1694.
HENRY OSBORN, studied at Univ.
of Glasgow in 1680 ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 10th April, called June, and
ord. 11th Dec. 1695 ; died between 1st
June and 4th Aug. 1737. He marr. (cont.
12th March 1701), Janet, daugh. of Archi-
bald Dickson of Tourlands, and had issue
— Janet (marr. John Adams, min. of Dal-
rymple) ; Margaret (marr. Robert Fergus-
son, min. of Ayr). — [Ayr Sas.< vii., 243.]
PATRICK WODROW, born 8th March
1*738 i? 13 ' second son of Robert W., min.
of Eastwood, the historian ; called
13th April, and pres. by Montgomerie of
Coilsfield; ord. 18th Aug. 1738; D.D.
(St Andrews, 28th June 1784); died 17th
April 1793. He marr. 18th June 1755,
Elizabeth (died at Mauchline, 19th March
1812, aged 98), daugh. of James Balfour of
Pilrig, and had issue — Robert of Viewfield,
born 8th May 1758. Publication — Copy of
a Printed Letter, signed John Gillies,
addressed to the Elders of the Synod of
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TARBOLTON AND BARN WEIL
[PRESB. OF
Glasgow and Air, with Observations Moral
and Theological (1784).— [Wodrow's Hist.,
i., xvii ; Life of J. Wodrow ; Tombst.]
JOHN M'MATH, eldest son of James M.,
17S2 in the parish of Galston ; MA.
(Glasgow 1772) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 5th July 1779 ; called 20th Dec. 1781 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 16th May
1782 ; dem. 21st Dec. 1791, enlisted as a
private soldier ; died at Rossul in Mull,
10th Dec. 1825. He was a friend of Burns,
and erred in being too fond of convivial
society. One of the poet's rhyming Epistles
was addressed to him. — [Wallace's Burns,
i., 193.]
WILLIAM RITCHIE, pres. by Colonel
7 . Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield,
afterwards Earl of Eglinton 9th
Sept. 1793; ord. 24th April 1794; trans.
to Kilwinning 8th Nov. 1798.
JOHN RITCHIE, bapt. 2nd Nov. 1760,
1799 y° un S er son °f John R., wright,
Foulis Wester; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry
13th July 1790; ord. to Dunsyre 4th Sept.
1794 ; pres. by Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, in
March, trans, and adm. 27th June 1799;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 28th July 1827); died
17th May 1828. He marr. 30th April 1797,
Christian Stoddart, who died 3rd Oct. 1844,
and had issue — William, born 17th Jan.
1798 ; David, min. of this parish ; John,
born 4th Dec. 1801 ; James, born 30th
March 1804; George, D.D., min. of Jed-
burgh, born 22nd Sept. 1806; Elizabeth,
born 2nd Sept. 1808 ; Alexander, born
18th Sept. 1811, died 16th Feb. 1821;
Maurice Murray, born 17th Jan. 1815.
Publication — Accounts of Coupar - Angus
and Kettins (Sinclair's Stat. Ace).
DAVID RITCHIE, born 11th Nov. 1799,
1829 secon d son of preceding ; MA.
(Edinburgh, 4th Dec. 1824); licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 3rd June 1824 ; pres.
by Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton,
with consent of his curators 2nd, 6th,
7th, and 11th Aug. 1828; ord. 22nd Jan.
1829; died 4th July 1883. He marr. 6th
April 1848, Mary Kelso Ballantyne (died
4th Nov. 1832), daugh. of Robert Auld,
1883
min. of Ayr and widow of Alexander
Wilson, and had issue — Susan Alexis,
born 19th Jan. 1849 ; John William, min. of
Langside, born 15th Oct. 1851. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Netv Stat. Ace, v.).
JAMES CRAIG HIGGINS.born Irvine,
27th Sept. 1856, son of David H.
and Janet Craig ; educated at Irvine
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1880),
B.D. (1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock in
1883 ; assistant at West Parish, Greenock ;
ord. 19th Sept. 1883. Marr. 3rd June 1879,
Mary Ann Macleod, daugh. of John Camp-
bell, farmer, Maybole. Publications — Life
of Robert Burns (Paisley, 1893) ; Patriotic
Pageant " Britannia 's Reception" (1914).
BARNWEIL.
[The church of Barnweil belonged to the
ministry of Fail within the parish. Of this
religious house, founded in 1252, there are
now but very scanty remains. It was the
chief Scottish convent of the Order of the
Red Friars, or Friars of the Holy Trinity ;
its superior, termed the Minister of Fail,
being provincial of the order in Scotland.
The ruins of Barnweil Church still stand
in the churchyard. The parish was sup-
pressed by the Commissioners of Teinds,
9th July 1673, and annexed to the parishes
of Tarbolton and Craigie.]
JOHN MILLAR, exhorter, Nov.
1566 1566.
1574 ROBERT GAW, reader in 1574.
JOHN NISBET, min. of Tarbolton;
1575 also had charge here.
DAVID ALANSON [ALISON], reader
1576 from 1576 to 1580.
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, min. about
1580. He marr. Jean, daugh. of
Robert Hunter of Hunterston (she
survived him and marr. (2) before 1608,
Alexander Scrimgeour, min. of Irvine), and
had issue — Jean, heiress of Hunterston
(marr. Patrick, son to William Hunter, in
Binberrie Yairds) ; Catherine, died before
1613 (marr. Robert Cuninghame of Auchin-
harvie. — [Paterson's Ayr, iii., 347.]
AYR]
BARNWEIL— TROON
77
ROBERT SOMERVILLE, M.A. ; trans,
from Coulter ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. before 21st July 1615 ;
re-trans, to Coulter in 1616.
JOHN FERGUSSON, son of William
F., burgess of Glasgow ; pres. by
James VI. 21st July 1616 ; was
served nearest agnate to the children of
Robert F., commissary clerk of Lome, 4th
April 1634; still min. 4th Aug. 1639, but
died shortly afterwards. He had issue —
Alexander, student at Glasgow Univ. in
1647.— {Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sess. Beg. ;
Inq. Ret. de Tut., 508, 509.]
ROBERT WALLACE, M.A. ; adm. in
1640; took the side of the Resolu-
tioners, and was promoted to the
bishopric of the Isles in 1662 (q.v.).
ROBERT KINCAID, probably son of
John K. of Auchenreoch and Agnes
Buchanan; M.A. (Glasgow 1658);
adm. about 1662 ; proposed to be trans, to
Kirkmahoe in 1672 ; deserted the charge
at the Revolution ; retired to Glasgow ;
died Aug. 1691, aged about 53.— [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 232 ; Reg. Old Dec, i. ; Glasg.
Tests.]
ROBERT PATON, M.A. (Glasgow 1648);
, adm. to Terregles 17th July 1660;
deprived 11th June 1662 ; engaged
in the Rising at Pentland, but had an Act
of Indemnity 1st Oct. 1667 ; restored by
Act of Parliament, 25th April 1690, to his
charge ; called in July, and trans. 26th
Aug. 1691 ; died before 5th July 1699, aged
about 71. He marr. (1) Sarah, daugh. of
Robert Maitland of Eccles : (2) Elizabeth
Kae, who died 17th June 1709, and had
issue— Margaret (perhaps marr. John Lock-
hart in Ayr). — [Dumfries Reg. (Bapt. and
Bur.) ; Wodrow's Anal.]
TROON (Q.S.).
[There was of old at Troon a chapel of
St Medan. In 1836 a mission chapel was
built here, and the General Assembly
granted a constitution and assigned a dis-
trict to the chapel. The parish of Troon
was disjoined from Dundonald 18th March
1878.]
JAMES FLEMING, born Glasgow, 17th
1836 ^ ec " ^92, eldest son of Archibald
F., Anderston, Glasgow, and Isabella
Maxwell of the Pollok family ; educated at
Burgh School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 16th Sept. 1824;
min. of chapel at Troon, 1824-36 ; ord. 15th
Dec. 1836 ; died 25th Oct. 1888. He marr.
15th Feb. 1830, Janet (died 9th June 1864),
daugh. of Andrew Hamilton, min. of High
Kirk, Kilmarnock, and had issue — Jessie,
born 16th Jan. 1831 (marr. John Neil
M'Leod, min. of Chryston) ; Archibald,
min. of St Paul's Church, Perth, born 14th
Feb. 1833 ; Isabella Wilson, born 12th July
1834 (marr. 1854, James Abercromby Taylor,
accountant, Glasgow) ; Andrew Hamilton,
warehouseman, Glasgow, born 18th April
1836, died 8th Sept. 1877 ; Jane Hamilton,
born 18th July 1838 ; James, D.D., min.
of Kettins, born 12th May 1842; Rebecca
Maxwell, born 27th June 1844. Publica-
tions — Numerous short memoirs, pamphlets,
and tracts.
ROBERT SMITH, born Uphall, 2nd
j 87 June 1858, son of Robert S. and
Catherine Drysdale ; educated at
Ecclesmachan School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1886 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 18th
May 1887. Marr. 4th June 1901, Janet,
daugh. of James Gilmore, Troon, and has
issue — Robert James, born 12th May 1902.
PRESBYTERY OF IRVINE
[In 1581 the General Assembly erected this Court, and called it the Presbytery of
Cunningham. Nevertheless, it has generally been styled, from its place of meeting, the
Presbytery of Irvine. Its Records are extant from 17th Aug. 1687, with a gap from 18th
April 1699 to 20th Sept. 1710.]
ARDROSSAN.
[The old churchyard lies open to the
wind on the Castle Hill of Ardrossan. The
church there was blown down by a violent
gale in 1695. A new church was then built
half a mile inland in a less exposed situa-
tion. In 1744 this latter site was ex-
changed for one at the rising town of
Saltcoats. The new building there fared
little better from the western blasts than
the old one at Ardrossan. In 1773 it was
so much damaged by a wild storm of
wind that it had to be rebuilt next year.
A handsome new church was erected in 1907.
At Saltcoats, in earlier times, there was a
chapel of St Medan. Two fairs in the year
were held at Saltcoats, one on St Laurence's
Day, 10th Aug., the other on the Nativity
of St Mary, 8th Sept.]
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, exhorter
1567 from Nov. 1567 to Lammas 1572.
7 THOMAS BOYD, reader from Lammas
1572 1572 to Beltein 1573.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, reader at
1573 Beltein 1573.
7 GEORGE BOYD, reader, 1574 to
1574 1591.
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, M.A. ;
min. m 1591 ; trans, to Stevenston
1591
before 1603.
78
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, M.A. (Glas-
le2 _ gow 1610) ; was on the Exercise
there 17th Jan. 1616 ; min. in 1623 ;
dep. before 20th Oct. 1646. He marr.
Elizabeth Hemes, and had issue —
William. — [Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Reg. of Deeds, ccclvii., 301.]
RALPH RODGER, called 18th, and
7 adm. 27th May 1647; he joined the
Protesting Party in the Church and
was called to Ayr, but declined ; trans, to
High Kirk, Glasgow, 5th June 1659.
JOHN BELL of Blook, adm. about
. 1659 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was
granted an indulgence by the Privy
Council 27th July 1669 ; was allowed by
the Council to visit his father who was
dying 22nd June 1671, and on 8th May
1685 his liberty Avas continued six months
longer under caution. He returned in
1687.
LUKE GREENSHIELDS of Swinstie ;
1687 M.A. (Edinburgh 1665); adm. to
Morton before 1684 ; trans, to this
parish before 24th April 1687, but outed
in 1689. He marr. Elizabeth Hamilton,
widow of Robert Row, min. of Abercorn.
— [G. R. Sas., lxiv., 444.]
PRESB. OF IRVINE]
ARDROSSAN
79
1687
1739
JOHN BELL, before noticed ; returned
and was at the meeting of Synod
30th Aug. 1687; dem. after 3rd
April 1688 ; adm. to Smailholm 12th Oct.
1691. He marr. Jean Murray.
THOMAS CLARK, chaplain to Lord
Montgomerie in 1688; ord. April
1691; died 20th Nov. 1737. He
marr. Grizel M'Neill, who survived him. —
[Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT DOW, born Beith, 1707, son
of John D. and Margaret Stewart
MA. (Glasgow, 1st May 1724)
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 20th Aug. 1734
called 26th April, and ord. 23rd Aug,
1739 ; died 20th July 1787. He marr. 22nd
April 1743, Janet (died 20th June 1797),
daugh. of William Adie, and had issue —
William ; John, born 24th June 1 745, died
23rd Aug. 1746 ; Grizel, born 27th March
1747, died 29th Dec. 1820 ; Stewart, mer-
chant, Bermuda, born 9th Nov. 1748, died
18th July 1786; Janet, born 11th June
1750, died 14th Oct. 1812; Robert, born
12th Oct, 1751, died 24th Sept. 1752;
Robert, M.D., New Orleans, born 26th
May 1753; Margaret, born 18th Nov. 1754
(marr. Daniel Dow, merchant, Saltcoats) ;
William, born 21st April 1756, died 13th
April 1779 ; David, min. of Cathcart, born
1st Nov. 1757 ; John (secundtis), merchant,
Jamaica, born 3rd Jan. 1760 ; Alexander,
born 20th May 1761, died 17th Feb. 1768;
Mary ; Ann, born 6th April 1765 (marr.
Allan Ker, merchant, Greenock), died 25th
Jan. 1822.
JOHN DUNCAN, probably son of John
178g D., weaver, Kilmarnock ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; became rector
of the Grammar School of Kilmarnock ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 11th April 1787 ;
pres. by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 28th
Dec. 1787 ; when sent to preach by the
Presb. he was stopped by a mob and turned
back 4th May 1788. The case subsequently
was referred to the Assembly and settle-
ment was appointed by the Commission,
and he was ord. at Irvine 28th Aug. 1789.
He died 31st Jan. 1819, aged 70. He marr.
(1) Christian Dow, who died 26th Feb.
1799 : (2) 23rd Dec. 1799, Helen Hart,
who died 28th May 1805, and had issue —
Catherine, born 15th Feb. 1801; Jane,
born 2nd Feb. 1805 : (3) 15th Nov. 1808,
Margaret Logan, Irvine. — [M'Kay's Hist, of
Kilmarnock, 159 ; Scots Mag., li. ; Report
on Church Patronage.]
JOHN HENDRY, second son of John
H., farmer, Baldernock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; min. of Gourock
Chapel-of-Ease, 1789-96; assistant at Dairy;
app. by Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, in March,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 5th June
1810 ; died 10th Feb. 1835, aged 69. He
marr. 10th June 1805, Mary (died 1st March
1857), daugh. of John Adam, D.D., min. of
Middle Parish, Greenock, and had issue —
John Adam, student of medicine, 1825-6,
born 10th Dec. 1806, died April 1837.—
[Tonibst.]
" JOHN CAMPBELL BRYCE, born 1800,
eldest son of John B., farmer, Inner -
peffray ; educated at Parish Schools
of Madderty and Muthil, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 28th
Nov. 1826; assistant to preceding; pres.
by the trustees of Archibald William, Earl
of Eglinton, March, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 8th July 1830; died 14th May
1858. He marr. 27th Dec. 1830, Mary Ann
(died 20th March 1867), second daugh. of
Archibald Douglas, Burnbrae, and had
issue — Margaret, born 25th Sept. 1831,
died 3rd March 1844 ; Elizabeth, born
28th Dec. 1832 ; John, . born 18th April
1834, died 6th March 1858; Mary Ann,
born 27th Feb. 1835 ; Agnes Smith, born
24th May 1836 (marr. James Clow Bryce,
min. of Dalton) ; Archibald Douglas, born
3rd Oct. 1840. Publication— Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, v.). — [Smith's
Scottish Clergy, iii., 181.]
DAVID EVAN M'NAB, born Crieff,
1858 11th Nov. 1834, fifth son of Alex-
ander M., weaver, and Jean Foster ;
educated at Crieff School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
14th May 1858 ; assistant at Dairy, Ayr-
shire, June to Sept. 1858; pres. by
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, Aug.,
80
NEW PARISH, ARDROSSAN
PRESB. OF
and ord. 16th Sept. 1858 ; died 18th July
1888. He raarr. 26th July 1859, Matilda
(died 22nd July 1890), daugh. of Hugh
King Hagart, and had issue— Alexander,
born 29th Aug. 1860, licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 10th June 1884, died 6th June 1886 ;
Rosina Bein Hagart, born 24th Nov. 1861 ;
Mary Crawford, born 5th Feb. 1863 (marr.
22nd Oct. 1885, John Stirrat) ; Jane Foster,
born 14th May 1864 (marr. 4th Nov. 1910,
Thomas Bradshaw) ; David Evan, born
16th Aug. 1865, died Jan. 1913; Matilda
King Hagart, born 10th March 1867;
Rachel Bein Hagart, insurance inspector,
born 23rd Sept. 1868; Stevenson Wilson,
born 31st Dec. 1869, min. of Crichton ;
William Brown, licentiate of the Church of
Scotland, afterwards vicar of Hadley, Shrop-
shire, born 7th Jan. 1871 ; Margaret Bein,
D.C.S. missionary, Lomweland, born 5th
March 1872; George Ashley Herbert, born
17th Feb. 1873, died 26th July 1901;
Radstock Bein Hagart, born 21st Sept.
1874 ; Jessie Elizabeth, born 30th Dec.
1876 (marr. 23rd April 1904, Dr Strachan).
v WILLIAM ROSSIE BROWN, born
1888 Glasgow, 24th May 1857, son of
James B. and Elizabeth Dickson,
educated at High School and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; MA. (Glasgow
1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1884 ;
assistant at Portobello ; ord. min. of Brox-
burn chapel in 1887 ; trans, and adm. 13th
Dec. 1888; died 13th Aug. 1907. He
marr. 28th Oct. 1884, Mary Jane, daugh.
of Alexander Fullarton, and had issue —
James, MA. (Glasgow), born 10th July
1886 [licen. by Presb. of Irvine 2nd May
1911, app. chaplain to the Duke of
Hamilton and ord. by Presb. of Hamilton
29th July 1912, assistant at Peebles, adm.
min. of Murrayfield 13th April 1915, served in
European War, 1914-15] ; Mary Shaw, born
2nd Dec. 1888 ; Elizabeth Dickson Rossie,
born 19th Aug. 1892, died 10th Oct. 1907.
DAVID DANIEL REES, born Neath,
1908 Glamorgan, 29th March 1876, son of
Thomas R. and Catherine Phillips ;
educated at Aberavon Academy and Univ.
of Wales; licen. by Presb. of Glamorgan-
shire June 1903; ord. min. of Welsh Presby-
terian Church, Llantrisint, Aug. 1904 ;
adm. by General Assembly 30th May 1907 ;
assistant at . Peebles in 1907 ; adm. 6th
Feb. 1908. Marr. 3rd March 1908, Grace
Evelyn Emlyn, eldest daugh. of the Rev.
A. Emlyn Jones, Downend, Bristol, and has
issue— Catherine Grace, born 7th Dec.
1908. Publication — Souvenir of Ardrossan
Parish (Saltcoats, 1908) ; Christ and the
Crisis (London 1917).
NEW PARISH, ARDROSSAN
{Q.S.).
[A church was built here on a site
granted by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton
and Winton, and largely at his expense.
The parish was disjoined from Ardrossan
and West Kilbride, 5th March 1851, at
Lord Eglinton's instance.]
THOMAS CLARK WILSON, formerly
of Perth, Canada; pres. by the
subscribers to the new church on
6th May 1845; trans, to Dunkeld 27th
Aug. 1846.
JAMES MACKAY, pres. by the sub-
scribers 15th April 1851 ; ord. first
min. of parish 5th June 1851 ; trans,
to Inverkei thing 26th Jan. 1854.
JOHN DRENNAN M'CALL, born
1827, third son of David M., canal
manager, Falkirk ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; pres. by Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton and Winton, 16th May,
ord. and adm. 29th June 1854; died at
Aberfeldy, 8th June 1907. He marr. 27th
March 1861, Mary Williamson, eldest daugh.
of William Blackwood, writer, Peebles,
and had issue — Elizabeth Buchanan, born
25th April 1862; David, born 30th July
1863 ; Margaret Mary Williamson, born
26th Aug. 1865.
JOHN KIRKLAND CAMERON, ord.
and adm. (assistant and successor)
29th Sept. 1904; trans, to Auchter-
house 18th Dec. 1912.
DUGALD MARTHUR, born Renton,
1st March 1886, son of John M. and
Joan Forbes ; educated at Renton
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1908),
1851
1854
1904
IRVINE]
NOKTH CHURCH, SALTCOATS— BEITH
81
B.D. (1911); licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
2nd May 1911 ; assistant in Barony Parish,
Glasgow, 1911-3; ord. 13th May 1913;
served in European War as 2nd lieu-
tenant in Black Watch ; died from wounds,
21st April 1917. He marr. 22nd April
1916, Margaret Steedman Sweet.
ROBERT PAUL FAIRLIE, born 12th
lgi7 March 1888, son of Archibald F.,
headmaster, Paisley, and Christina
Miller ; educated at Paisley Grammar
School, High School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1908) ; student missionary at North
Knapdale and Kildalton ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 3rd May 1911 ; assistant at
North Parish, Paisley, and Dunbarton ;
ord. to Lerwick 4th Feb. 1914; trans,
and adm. 4th Oct. 1917. Marr. 29th
April 1916, Florence Annie Allan, youngest
daugh. of James Wilson, L.R.C.P., Ash-
ville, Dunbarton, and has issue — Alison
Anna Bowie, born 23rd May 1917.
NORTH CHURCH, SALT-
COATS (Q.S.).
[A church built here was constituted as
a Gaelic chapel by Act of Assembly, 9th
May 1837. From 1843 until 6th Aug. 1872
the chapel appears to have been closed.
The Presb. then sanctioned that it should
be reopened as an English charge. On 14th
Dec. 1906 it was disjoined from Ardrossan
and Stewarton.]
JOHN HAMILTON, born Arran, 1804,
1838 eldest son of James H., farmer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh ; nominated Oct.
1837, but his appointment was opposed.
After certain proceedings, the General As-
sembly on 31st May 1838 declared H. to have
been duly elected, and directed the Presb.
to ordain him, which was done 30th Aug.
1838. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of the Free Gaelic Church, Saltcoats,
1843-5; Free Church, Lochranza, 1845-7;
-died 30th May 1847. He marr. 1840,
Margaret Kerr, who survived him.
[Vacant 1843-72.]
VOL. III.
JOHN GOULD SMITH, assistant at
Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; app. 7th Jan.
1873 ; res. in 1876, and went to
Scots Church, Pietermaritzburg ; died in
1914. He marr., and had issue — J
Lindsay.
ROBERT WILLIAM PRIMROSE,
187 _ licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 8th Jan.
1873 ; assistant at Fenwick in 1875 ;
ord. 2nd June 1876 ; res. 13th April 1877.
JOHN CLARK, educated at Univ. of
1877 Glasgow ; M.A. (1872), B.D. (1875) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord.
10th July 1877 ; died unmarr. 24th March
1878.
FRANCIS HALDEN, licen. by Presb.
187 of Paisley ; ord. 11th July 1878 ; res.
2nd March 1899.
JOHN ROBERT SPOTTISWOODE,
1899 k° rn Edinburgh, 28th June 1861,
son of Hugh S. and Catherine
M'Liskie ; educated at Innerwick and East
Barns Schools, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
engaged as missionary of St Leonard's
Parish, Edinburgh, before licence ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1898 ; as-
sistant at Muirkirk; ord. 13th July 1899.
Marr. 6th June 1900, Annie Nicol, daugh.
of John Pears Hutton, Edinburgh.
BEITH.
[The church of Beith was dedicated to St
Inan. It belonged to the Abbey of Kil-
winning. At Cuff Hill in the parish is
St Inan's Chair, and near it St Inan's
Well. There was also within the bounds
a Well of St Bride. A yearly tryst named
St Inan's Fair used to be held at Beith
on St Inan's Day in Aug. Beith Church
was rebuilt in 1810.]
' THOMAS BOYD, reader, from 1574
1574 to 1580.
JOHN WALLACE, reader, from 1585
lg85 till he was " changit by the Commis-
sioners' advyce " 26th Nov. 1586.
ROBERT MAXWELL, reader, 1586 to
1586 1588.
82
BEITH
[PRESB. OF
JOHN YOUNG, brother of Andrew Y.,
1589 domestic servant of the king ; was
min. of North Berwick in 1567 ;
trans, to Duns Nov. 1568 ; trans, to Jed-
burgh Aug. 1569 ; trans, to Irvine May
1570 ; trans, and adm. in 1589 ; app. one of
the Visitors for Ayrshire by the Assembly
in 1593. He was called before the Privy
Council 15th Feb. 1610, for intercommun-
ing with his brother-in-law, "ane knowne
trafficquing priest " ; died before 13th Aug.
1622. He marr. (1) Jean Wallace: (2)
Margaret Campbell, who survived him, and
had issue — George, min. of Mauchline. —
[Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Orig. Lett., i. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 2781 ;
Forbes' Becords ; Calderwood's Hist., iii.
463, vi. 444 ; Books of Coun. and Sess., 7th
May 1580.]
JAMES FULLARTON, son of William
1624 ^*' mm " °^ Dreghorn ; M.A. (Glasgow
1618); declined presentation to Dreg-
horn by James VI. 14th June 1620 ; was
adm. here before 1624 ; clerk of Presb. 25th
Sept. 1638; died before 30th March 1640,
aged 42. He marr. Barbara Boyd, who sur-
vived him. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Edin. Bapt. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett.]
PATRICK COLVILLE, M.A. (Edin-
1645 bur S n ' 25tn Ju *y 1629 ) 5 ord - before
1645, when he was a member of As-
sembly ; app. by the Council of England
8th Aug. 1654, on a committee for authoris-
ing admissions to the ministry in the
province of Glasgow and Ayr, and elected
Moderator of the last Synod previous to
the establishment of Episcopacy 2nd April
1661 ; died May 1662, aged about 53. He
marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Aulay (1 Walter)
Macaulay of Ardencaple, and had issue —
Walter. She survived him, and marr. (2)
William Maitland, min. of this parish. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Bannatyne
Miscell., ii. ; Nicoll's Diary.']
ANDREW WALKER, M.A. ; trans, from
Auchtertool ; he had the stipend for
crop in 1666 ; trans, to Eaglesham
in 1667.
WILLIAM MAITLAND, born 1635,
1669 y° UD g es t son of Robert M. of Eccles,
and Mary, daugh. of John Brown,
min. of Glencairn ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd
May 1655); adm. min. of Whitern about
1660 ; deprived 11th June 1662 ; granted an
indulgence here by the Privy Council 27th
July 1669 ; was one of those selected by
the Presbyterians when terms of accom-
modation were proposed in 1670, to deliver
an unfavourable answer regarding it at
Edinburgh. Receiving no stipend for 1675
and 1676 he applied to the Privy Council,
who granted letters of horning for pay-
ment thereof ; died Oct. 1681. He marr.
(1) (died in Galloway, s.p.), a daugh.
of James Hamilton, min. of the Old
Kirk, Edinburgh : (2) (cont. 26th Sept.
1666), Elizabeth Macaulay, widow of
Patrick Colville, min. here in 1645, and
had issue — William, min. of Mauchline :
(3) 16th June 1674, Mary, eldest daugh.
and co-heir of John M'Michan of Barcaple,
min. of Dairy (she survived him, marr. (2)
Gilbert Crocket, merchant, Dumfries, and
died 13th Sept. 1735, aged 83), and had
issue — John, bapt. 19th Jan. 1676, ancestor
of the Fuller-Maitlands of Stansted, Essex ;
Alexander, min. of Tongland, born 19th
March 1677, ancestor of the Dundrennan
family ; James, bapt. 5th Jan. 1679. —
[Harrison's Family of Maitland ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; Tombst. ; Fenwick Sess. Beg. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Barns Writs.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, son of John
1683 ^'' ma ltman, burgess of Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 27th July 1676);
adm. before 7th April 1683; died March
1686, aged about 30.— [Glasg. Com. Deeds,
2nd July 1685, 20th Dec. 1684; Glasg.
Tests.]
THOMAS WILKIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1668) ; passed trials before Presb. of
Jedburgh, and got a testimonial for
iicen. 1st March 1676 ; adm. to Abbotrule
28th Sept. 1676 ; trans, and adm. before
15th June 1687 ; the parish was vacant in
1689; died in Edinburgh, 8th Jan. 1733,
aged 82. He marr. perhaps (1) Anna
Ewart (buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
9th Dec. 1692), and (2) Janet Johnston, for
1687
IRVINE]
BEITH
83
whose funeral expenses he was allowed £40
Scots in 1700. — [Greyfriars Btir. ; Charity
Boll.]
ALEXANDER ORR, M.A. ; adm. be-
tween 2nd April and 1st Oct. 1689 ;
trans, to Alyth in 1699, but did
not accept, and was adm. to St Quivox 31st
July 1700.
ROBERT CAMERON, educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 1st Sept.
1701 ; died 16th Dec. 1735. He
marr. Rebecca (died 22nd June 1749),
daugh. of Robert Hunter, min. of West
Kilbride.
WILLIAM LEECHMAN, M.A. ■ called
27th May, and ord. 30th Sept. 1736 ;
dem. 3rd Jan. 1744, on appointment
as Professor of Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow
(q.v.).
JOHN WITHERSPOON, M.A. ; called
24th Jan., and ord. 11th April 1745 ;
trans, to Laigh Parish, Paisley, 16th
June 1757.
DAVID M'CLELLAN of Nettlehirst,
born 1723, son of James M., min.
of Kirkcowan ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
14th April 1743); licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 16th June 1752 ; pres. by Com-
missioner for Alexander, Earl of Eglinton,
16th Dec. 1757 ; ord. 24th Aug. 1758 ; died
22nd Oct. 1796. He marr. (1) 11th March
1767, Jean, only daugh. of George Brown of
Knockmarloch : (2) 30th March 1778, Isa-
bella (died 26th April 1823), daugh. of John
Fullarton (irrimus), min. of Dairy, and had
issue — Katharine Fullarton, born 7 th May
1779, died 27th Oct. 1827. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
viii.). — [Tombst., Ayr Sheriff-Court Boohs,
2nd Nov. 1771.]
ROBERT M'VEY, born 1766, eldest son
1796 of William M., merchant, Kippen ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 3rd Dec. 1782 ;
pres. by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 1st
Jan., and ord. (assistant and successor) 25th
Feb. 1796; died 3rd July 1811. He marr.
11th Nov. 1806, Janet (died 17th March
1847), daugh. of John M'Vey, and had issue
— Jean, born 27th Sept. 1807 ; Robert, born
13th March 1809 ; John, born 7th Dec. 1810,
died 20th March 1819.
JAMES MUIR, born Carstairs, 1771,
1812 e ^est son of Alexander M. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 3rd Sept. 1798 ; pres. by
Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, Dec. 1811 ; ord.
23rd April 1812; died 19th Jan. 1831.
He marr. (1) 21st Jan. 1814, Harriet (died
3rd Nov. 1828), daugh. of James Crawford,
W.S., and had issue — Janet Graham, born
4th Nov. 1814; James Brown Crawford,
born 25th Jan. 1817, died at South Pether-
ton, Australia, 23rd Dec. 1876 : (2) 6th
July 1829, Margaret Macgregor (died s.p.
13th June 1833), widow of Joseph M'Laren,
surgeon.
GEORGE COLVILLE, third son of
1831 J° nn C., farmer, Bardarroch, Ochil-
tree ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr ; ord. to
Kilwinning 23rd Sept. 1824 ; pres. by the
trustees of Archibald William, Earl of
Eglinton, and adm. 7th July 1831 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1845); died 13th
May 1852. He marr. 18th Oct. 1824,
Janet Maria (died 30th June 1870), daugh.
of Alexander Macdougal, and had issue —
George, min. of Canonbie, born 22nd Sept.
1825 ; Jane Margaret, born 22nd July 1827
(marr. 10th Dec. 1844, Francis Johnston
Wilson of Stroquhan) ; Helen, born 30th
April 1829 ; James, born 1st June 1832,
died 8th Jan. 1835 ; John, born 29th Sept.
1834, died 5th March 1839.
1852
ANDREW BROWN, born 1808, second
son of Andrew B., collector of taxes,
Hamilton ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1837); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1841 ; assistant at Kilmaurs ;
ord. to Newton-upon-Ayr 31st Aug. 1843 ;
trans, to Irvine 9th Jan. 1845 ; pres. by
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, and
adm. 7th Oct. 1852; died at Edinburgh,
28th Sept. 1888. He marr. 30th Aug. 1849,
Jean Isabella (died 23rd July 1890), daugh.
of James Cumming, Upper Parliament
Street, Liverpool, and had issue — Archibald
84
BEITH— CROSSHOUSE— DALRY
[PRESB. OF
James, born 10th Feb., and died 17th June
1850 ; Elizabeth Barnet Cumming, born 6th
May 1851 ; William, born 22nd April 1854 ;
Andrew, born 24th May 1856 j Helen Mary,
born 26th Jan. 1858 ; Jane Isabel, born
14th Sept. 1860 ; Constance Margaret, born
24th June 1862.— [Smith's Scottish Clergy,
iii., 104.]
INNES GRANT SUTHERLAND,
1887 k° rn Invermark, 30th Aug. 1859;
son of James S., parochial school-
master, Lochlee ; M. A. (Edinburgh 1886) ;
assistant at Alloa and Tullibody in 1886 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 24th March
1887; died 15th March 1919. He marr.
26th Sept. 1888, Frances Harriet, daugh. of
Alexander Bryson, min. of Alloa, and has
issue — Rollo Russell Grant, min. of Ballan-
trae, born 5th Dec. 1890.
JOHN MURRAY WOODBURN, M.A.,
B.D., trans, from New Abbey (q-v.),
1919 and adm. 25th Sept. 1919.
CROSSHOUSE (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Kilmaurs
and Dreghorn, 13th March 1882.]
JAMES WYSE, born Edinburgh, 1839,
son of James W., C.A. ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1871);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh; pres. by the
trustees 8th June, and ord. 3rd Aug. 1882 ;
died unmarr. 13th June 1894. Was clerk of
Presb. for a few months before his death.
1882
WILLIAM WHITE, born 1866, son of
18Q5 Matthew W., grain merchant, Partick ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1887); B.D. (1889); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; assistant at Motherwell; ord.
10th Jan. 1895.
DALRY.
[The vicarage of Dairy belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. About a mile from
the church, on the east side of the Water
of Garnock and within this parish, there
was a chapel dedicated to St Margaret of
Antioch. On her day, the 31st of July old
style, a yearly fair was held at Dairy. There
was within the bounds a Well of St Finan.
Dairy Church was removed to a new site in
1608 ; and the church was again rebuilt in
1771. There are mission chapels in the
parish at Blair and Kersland.
JOHN HEPBURN, min. in 1564. He
1564 had issue — Margaret. — [Acts and
Dec, xxxi., 9.]
• GEORGE BOYD, reader, 1567 to
1567 1573.
JAMES GREIG, trans, to Colmonell in
1568 1568.— [Acts and Dec, xlii., 243, 405.]
ANDREW BLAIR, reader, 1574 to
1574 1591.
ROBERT MAXWELL, M.A. ; trans.
1591 f rom Percetown in 1591 ; trans, to
Carluke same year.
. ARCHIBALD BLACKBURN, M.A. ;
15gs trans, from Baldernock ; pres. by
James VI. Sept. 1593 ; trans, to
Aberdeen in 1601.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, eldest son of
1604 J° nn C- of Baidland, and Margaret
Crawford; M.A. (Glasgow 1595);
adm. to Houston in 1599; trans, to Kill-
ellan before 30th Dec. 1602 ; adm. in 1604 ;
had a crown charter of Baidland 19th Dec.
1622 ; died April 1635, aged about 60. He
marr. (1) Jean (died March 1611), daugh. of
Thomas Fleming of Auchinvoll, and had
issue — John of Baidland : (2) Jean, daugh.
of ■ Ker of Triborne, and had issue
— Gabriel, burgess of Irvine ; Robert ;
James ; Lilias. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. of
Deeds, cxcv., 59, 13th Aug. 1604 ; Ayr Sas.,
v., 203 ; vii., 394 ; xiii., 395.]
ROBERT BELL, son of John B., min.
of Tron Parish, Glasgow; M.A.
(Glasgow 1628) ; proposed as assistant
to his father in the New Kirk, Glasgow,
26th Nov. 1634, but was adm. (in Glasgow) to
this parish 1st Sept. 1635 ; was again pro-
posed as assistant and successor to his
father in 1639. He was probably deprived
by Diocesan Synod about 1664 ; had an
indulgence, which he had been granted,
withdrawn 17th Jan. 1685 ; died before
IRVINE]
DALRY
85
2nd Oct. 1688. He marr. Agnes Inglis,
who died 8th Jan. 1680, and had issue
— John of Blook, min. of Ardrossan ; Bryce,
physician, Glasgow; James, chamberlain
to the Earl of Kilmarnock ; Jean (marr.
William Cunningham, merchant burgess,
Glasgow). — [Glasg. Presb. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 340 ; Inq. Ret. Ayr,
652 ; Tombst. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 9th
March and 22nd May 1682.]
ANDREW SLIRIE, educated at King's
1682 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (9th July
1668) ; licen. by James, Archbishop
of St Andrews, 21st July 1674 ; ord. 1st
March 1682 ; outed at the Revolution.
He afterwards intruded at Falkirk, but
was inhibited by the General Assembly
25th Oct. 1690 ; opened a meeting-house at
Brotherton in the parish of Benholme from
July 1712 to March 1713. He was dep. by
the Presb. of Fordoun for intruding within
their bounds and for contumacy. — [Acts
and Hist. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; Orig. Certif. Licen. and Ord.]
HUGH KILPATRICK, formerly min.
1689 °^ a P res byterian congregation at
Lurgan, Ireland, which he held from
about 1686 ; officiated here from 1689 to
1691, when he was called to Old Cumnock.
JOHN KING, adm. before 19th March
16g ^ 1696; app. to go to the colony of
Caledonia [Darien],butwas prevented
from doing so; died June 1713. He had
issue — John, . surgeon, Stewarton; Mary ;
Elison.— [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN FULLARTON (primus), son of
1717 James F., min. of St Ninians ; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1709) ;
studied divinity at Glasgow Univ. and
Leyden ; burgess of Irvine in 1712 ; tutor
to Sir Robert Menzies of Weem in 1715 ;
schoolmaster in Irvine 19th March 1715 ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 14th Aug. 1716;
pres. by William Blair, younger, of that
ilk, 20th Oct. 1716 ; ord. 25th April 1717 ;
died 17th April 1761. He marr. (1) a lady
whose name is unknown. She died 19th
Aug. 1728 : (2) 3rd Feb. 1733, Katharine
(died 22nd July 1775), fourth daugh. of
Gavin Ralston of that ilk, and had issue —
Anne, born 12th Sept. 1734 (marr. John
Monteith, min. of Houston) ; John, min.
of this parish ; Gavin, surgeon, Greenock,
born 20th June 1737, died 1795; Isabella,
born 22nd Aug. 1740 (marr. David
M'Clellan, min. of Beith) ; William,
merchant, Greenock, born 19th March
1745; James. — [Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., vol. i., 182.]
JOHN FULLARTON (secundus), born
y- „ 5th Sept. 1735, son of preceding;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 20th March 1759 ; ord.
to Dunlop 25th Sept. 1760 ; pres. by Major
Blair of Blair 8th Oct. 1761 ; trans, and
adm. 1st April 1762 ; died 23rd Jan. 1802.
He marr. 14th April 1766, Helen (died 21st
Jan. 1800), fifth daugh. of Robert Donald,
merchant, Greenock, and had issue —
Christian, born 7th March 1767, died 6th
Nov. 1809 ; John of Kerelaw, born 14th
Nov. 1768, died 1844 ; Robert, born 25th
May 1770, died 15th Sept. 1785; Katharine,
born 17th Jan. 1772; Helen, born 18th Dec.
1773, died 18th Aug. 1798; James, born
19th July 1776, died 13th April 1792 ; Mary
born 9th Nov. 1778 (marr; John Thomson,
her father's successor) ; Isabella, born 18th
Jan. 1781, died 31st May 1793; Robert,
H.E.I.C.S., born 30th May 1785, died at
Prince Edward Island, 23rd April 1807;
Gavin of Kerelaw, born 1st Jan. 1788, died
Sept. 1876. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.;
Family Pajyers.]
JOHN THOMSON, youngest son of
1802 Archibald T., farmer, St Ninians,
Stirling ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling 3rd
Aug. 1791 ; ord. to Cambusnethan 11th July
1797 ; pres. by William Blair of Blair in
July, trans, and adm. 18th Nov. 1802 ; died
14th Oct. 1820. He marr. (1) 13th Dec.
1803, Mary Fullarton (died s.]?. 14th Oct.
1808), daugh. of preceding min. : (2) 15th
April 1811, Jean (died 4th March 1827),
only daugh. of Alexander Coulter, surgeon,
Kilwinning, and had issue — Ann, born 18th
July 1812, died 11th Aug. 1815; Agnes,
born 2nd Feb. 1814, died 25th Dec. 1824 ;
86
DALRY— WEST DALRY
[PRESB. OF
1821
William Murray, merchant, Glasgow, born
29th Oct. 1816 ; John, born 1st April 1818,
died 6th April 1827.
THOMAS JOHNSTONE, born 29th
July 1775; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 22nd
April 1802 ; tutor successively in the families
of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart of Blackhall,
Bart., and of Robert Baird of Newbyth ;
assistant at Haddington ; ord. (by that
Presb.) min. of the Low Meeting, Berwick -
on-Tweed, 15th Sept. 1809 ; pres. to this
parish by William Blair of Blair in April,
trans, and adm. 28th June 1821 ; died 25th
Sept. 1843. He marr. (1) Jane Wilson,
Edinburgh, who died 22nd May 1836, and
had issue — Michael Shaw Stewart, min. of
Monigaff, born 14th May 1811 ; Ebenezer
Wilson, born 22nd Sept. 1813, died at
Skeldon, Canada, 26th Aug. 1839 ; Thomas,
min. of Anwoth, born 6th March 1815;
Francis Alexander Wilson of Croglin and
Stroquhan, born 18th Nov. 1820: (2) 2nd
Sept. 1839, Harriet (died 13th Sept. 1870),
daugh. of William Hamilton of Craighlaw
M.D. Publication — The History of Berwick-
upon-Tiveed and its Vicinity (Berwick, 181 7).
ROBERT STEVENSON, born 1807,
eldest son of Hugh S., weaver,
Bannockburn ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
23rd Oct. 1823; ord. to North Church,
Paisley, 17th July 1835 ; trans, to Middle
Parish 3rd, and adm. 18th Feb. 1836 ; pres.
by William Fordyce Blair of that Ilk ;
trans, and adm. 28th March 1844; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1878) ; died unmarr., 11th Sept.
1890, aged 83. During his ministry large
and commodious mission halls were erected
in the parish, and he bequeathed handsome
endowments to the West Church and Kers-
land Barony mission.
JAMES LAMONT FYFE, born Cam-
buslang, 10th May 1859, son of
Gabriel F. and Elizabeth Lamont ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in
1889; assistant at Dairy in 1888; ord.
23rd April 1891 ; died in church while cele-
brating Communion 14th Nov. 1915. He
marr. 5th June 1901, Margaret, daugh. of
William Smith Neil Patrick, Sheriff-clerk
of Ayrshire, and had issue — James Gabriel,
born 2nd June 1902 ; William Patrick, born
22nd Feb. 1905; Ann Crawford Lamont,
born 26th Nov. 1908; George Wardrop,
born 13th Oct. 1911.
ANDREW BALD THOMSON, born
1916 29th May 1880, son of George T.,
min. of Blackhill ; educated at Peter-
head Academy and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1902), B.D. (31st Oct. 1905);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 5th May
1908 ; assistant at Woodside in 1909 ;
ord. to Second Charge, Kilmarnock, 24th
March 1910 ; trans, and adm. 18th
May 1916. Marr. 16th July 1904, Mary
Isabella (born 3rd April 1881), daugh.
of Robert Henderson, Aberdeen, and
has issue — George, born 14th Dec.
1904 ; Robert Henderson, born 21st Feb.
1906 ; John Lyon, born 1st Sept. 1907 ;
Margaret Jane, born 6th Feb. 1909 ;
Andrew, born 10th Nov. 1910; Matthew
Osburne, born 28th March 1912; Mary
Isabella, born 23rd Nov. 1913 ; a daughter
born 4th Oct. 1919.
WEST DALRY (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the
parishes of Dairy, Kilwinning, and
Ardrossan on 30th Oct. 1896.]
JOHN DALL GLASS, pres. by the
trustees 6th April, and ord. 13th May
1897 ; trans, to St James's Parish,
Glasgow, 23rd June 1910.
1910
JAMES JOHNSTON, born Corbally,
Co. Antrim, 15th May 1872, son of
James J. and Margaret MTnnes;
educated at Methodist College and Queen's
Univ., Belfast; B.A. (1896); licen. by
Presb. of Belfast 15th May 1900 ; assistant
at St Enoch's, Belfast ; ord. to First Pres-
byterian Church, Ray, Manor - Cunning-
ham, Co. Donegal, 23rd July 1903; adm.
13th Oct. 1910. Marr. 8th Nov. 1904,
Susan Crockett, daugh. of Andrew George
Ramsay, and has issue— May Elizabeth
Margretta, born 11th Sept. 1905; Annie
IRVINE]
DARVEL— DREGHORN
87
Fotheringham M'Innes, born 12th April
1908; Jessie, born 4th April 1910; Ian
Ramsay, born 18th Aug. 1913.
DARVEL (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the
parishes of Loudoun and Galston on 7th
March 1892.]
JOHN WATSON JACK, born Hall of
1889 KyP e > 11th Dec. 1859, son of Robert
J. and Janet Watson ; educated at
St John's Grammar School, Hamilton,
Crosshill School, Strathaven, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
May 1886 ; assistant at Strachur and St
Matthew's, Glasgow ; ord. 31st Oct. 1889 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 1892.
DREGHORN, or LANGDREG-
GARNE AND PIERSTOUN,
oh PERCETOUN.
[These two parishes were united in 1688.
The church of Dreghorn belonged of old to
the Abbey of Kilwinning. It was rebuilt
in 1780. At Springside within the bounds
there is a mission chapel.]
GAVIN NAYSMITH, exhorter in
1567 ; styled min. Feb. 1572-3; vicar
12th Feb. 1574; he had charge of
Kilmaurs also from Nov. 1571, to which he
was trans, in 1574. — [Acts and Dec, xlviii.,
229 ; Feu Charters of Kirklands, ii., 210.]
LAURENCE LYNE, reader from 1574
1574 to 1589.
WILLIAM FULLARTON, son of John
1590 ^' °^ dreghorn and Janet Houston ;
min. of Largs in 1585 ; pres. to the
vicarage of Irvine 30th Nov. 1586; went
to Kilmaurs in 1589 ; adm. here in 1590 ;
was called before the Privy Council 5th
Feb. 1610 for intercommuning with a
trafficking priest ; died Jan. 1620. He
had issue — James, min. of Beith. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Glasg. Tests.]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, son of Gavin
L. of the family of Dunrod, and
Isabella, daugh. of John Shaw of
Greenock ; MA. (Glasgow 1614) ; was on
1567
the Exercise there 15th March 1620 ; adm.
in 1621 ; dep. 7th May 1650 for complicity
in " the Engagement " ; was banished to
Ireland, and in 1662 had a grant from
vacant stipends. He marr. Margaret
Cunningham. — [Crawfurd's Renfrew, 125 ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Acts of Pari., v. ; Laing
Charters, 2031 and 2161 ; P. C. Reg., 3rd
ser., i., 291-2.] •
ARCHIBALD FERGUSON, MA.
1652 ^ Andrews 1642) ; studied theology
at Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 29th Jan. 1645 ; ord. about April
1645 as min. of a Presbyterian congregation
in Antrim. He was commissioned to the
General Assembly in 1649, to ask its
influence with the Government for the
protection of the Irish Presbyterians. He
returned, but with several others was
obliged to leave Ireland in 1650 on account
of the persecution. He probably was adm.
here about 1652, but returned to his former
charge, and died Dec. 1654, aged about 33.
He marr. Janet Conyngham, who died June
1652. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 95,
215, 238.]
1656
JOHN SPALDING, MA. (St Andrews
1651); adm. 19th Nov. 1656; de-
prived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; min. again in 1670.
1664
ALEXANDER GREGORIE, MA. ; pres.
by William, Earl of Glencairn, Lord
Chancellor, before 30th May 1664.
The heritors and whole inhabitants having
withdrawn themselves from the parish
church, the Privy Council on 23rd June
" ordain a party of soldiers to be forthwith
sent to quarter upon that parish with
power to uplift the penalty of 20 shillings
Scots from every person residing in said
parish, who shall withdraw from the said
Kirk." G. was adm. after 3rd July that
year, but so ill received was he, that he
threatened to remove 11th Aug. thereafter;
trans, to St Quivox before 1671.
1667
WILLIAM MAIR, styled min. 9th May
1667 and 4th June 1668. — [Glasg.
Com. Deeds.)
88
DREGHORN
[PRESB. OF
1674
1885
JOHN SPALDING, M.A., above men-
1670 ti° ne d 5 was called before the Privy
Council at Edinburgh 6th April
1669, with others, for keeping conventicles,
or preaching in private houses, but dis-
missed two days after and indulged by the
Council 3rd March 1670, when he returned
to the parish on 20th of that month. He
was still min. in 1684. — [Wodrow ; s Hist.,
ii., 123 ; Fenwick Sess. Reg.]
PATRICK ANDERSON, M.A., formerly
min. of Walston ; granted indulgence
in this parish [or at Kilbirnie] prior
to 22nd Oct. 1674. He returned to Walston
before 6th July 1689.
JOHN ROW, M.A. ; said to have been
■•coo trans, from Stoneykirk before 1682 ;
min. of Dalgety before 1686.
ALEXANDER MUSHET, son of Nicol
M., Carse of Cambus, Monteith ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(15th July 1673); tutor in Ellengreig's
family ; passed trials before Presb. of
Dunoon and recommended for licence 1st
Jan. 1679 ; adm. to Cumbrae that year ;
trans, and adm. before 26th Dec. 1685 ;
died before 12th Oct. 1686.— [Dunoon Presb.
Reg. ; Bail. Cunning. Deeds and Arrest-
ments.]
JAMES STEWART, M.A. (Glasgow,
13th July 1669) ; was in London
for twenty-two years ; returned to
Scotland and was adm. min. of Cumbrae
about 1683 ; trans, and adm. in 1688 ; died
after 18th April 1688. He marr. in London,
Mary Stewart, who survived him, and had
four children. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Charity
Papers, 1696.]
JOHN SPALDING, M.A., noticed
1688 a ^ ove 5 returned at the Toleration ;
app. to use the old church of Piers-
toun as his place of worship 15th Aug. 1687 ;
attended the first meeting of Synod 30th
Aug. 1688 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright in 1689.
— [Maitland Miscell., iv., 185; Sec. Off.
Reg., 1687-8.]
ROBERT YOUNG, adm. {interim) to
16g2 Eaglesham 21st Aug. 1689; adm.
6th Sept. 1692 ; died 16th Nov. 1693,
aged 51. He marr. (1) Grizel Stevenson, and
1688
had issue — Sarah (marr. William Morris),
died 18th Jan. 1700 : (2) Margaret Muir-
head (who survived him, and was recom-
mended to the Presbyteries by the General
Assembly for charitable supply 12th April
1694).— [Tombst. ; Acts of Ass., 1694.]
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, born
16g5 1665, fifth son of Richard C. of
Glengarnock ; ord. 17th Sept. 1695 ;
died Aug. 1712. He marr. Janet (buried
6th Feb. 1720), daugh. of John Aitken-
head of Jaw, and widow of James Boog,
min. of Dundonald, and had issue —
William ; Richard, min. of Symington,
Ayrshire ; Elizabeth (marr. 27th May 1739,
Andrew Hastie, schoolmaster, Kilwinning).
— [Robertson's Ayrshire Fam., i., 315.]
JAMES SEMPILL, son of Robert S. of
171 Kirkhouse of Bonhill ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 4th Aug. 1713; called 5th
Dec. 1717; ord. 7th May 1718; died 9th
Feb. 1752. He marr. (1) 9th July 1719,
Dorothea (died June 1720), daugh. of John
Edminston, merchant, Glasgow, and had
issue — Robert, served heir 4th Feb. 1761 :
(2) 23rd April 1722, Margaret (died 23rd
Aug. 1758), daugh. of William Gemmil of
Towerlands, and had issue — Janet, died
29th Dec. 1747; John, M.A. (Glasgow 1744);
Dorothy, buried in Ramshorn Churchyard,
Glasgow, 29th Nov. 1754 ; James, born 18th
May 1730 ; George, born 27th Sept. 1737 ;
Elizabeth, born 26th March 1743.— [Glasg.
Marr. Reg. ; Glasg. 'Pests.]
1753
ANDREW M'VEY, born Logie, Bridge
of Allan, 1720, son of John M. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor to
the son of Dr Colin Campbell of Daling ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 18th Sept. 1744.
He served as a volunteer at the Battle of
Falkirk, where he was taken prisoner by
the Highland army and carried to the
Castle of Doune, but made his escape in
the disguise of a woman carrying a kettle ;
called 8th March, and ord. 10th May 1753;
died 4th July 1769. He marr. 18th Oct.
1763, Janet Hunter, who died 4th May
1768, and had issue — John, born 5th Aug.
IRVINE
DREGHORN
89
1764, died 6th July 1769; Robert, born
25th May 1766; Andrew, born 28th May
1767. — [Cochrane Corresp. ; Tombst.]
MICHAEL TOD, born Kilmarnock,
1770 1740, eldest son of James T. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 16th Sept. 1764 ; pres. by
Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 7th Dec. 1769 ;
ord. 5th April 1770 ; died 15th Aug. 1801.
He marr. 18th Aug. 1778, Margaret (died
27th Nov. 1828), daugh. of John Monteath,
min. of Houston, and had issue — Michael,
born 18th July 1779 ; Margaret, born 8th
Dec. 1780; Mary, born 11th Oct. 1782, died
14th Jan. 1787 ; Jean, born 30th Aug.
1784 (marr. 20th Aug. 1816, John Parker,
merchant, Glasgow) ; Agnes, born 5th June
1786 (marr. 23rd Sept. 1805, Alexander
Murdoch, writer, Ayr); Mary Anne, born
born 24th Feb. 1788; John, born 25th
April 1790; Elizabeth, born 19th June
1792 ; Janet, born 6th Feb. 1794, died 6th
Jan. 1820; Isabella, born 23rd Aug. 1796
(marr. 12th July 1819, Thomas M'Clelland,
agent, Bank of Scotland, Ayr). Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv.). — [Tombst.]
ANDREW HALDANE, born 29th Jan.
1802 ^76, son of Bernard H., min. of
Glenholm ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar
10th June 1800 ; pres. by the Trustees and
Commissioner of Mary, Lady Montgomerie,
in Feb. and ord. 13th May 1802 ; died 22nd
Jan. 1820. He marr. 18th April 1808, Mar-
garet (died 23rd Jan. 1854), daugh. of
Alexander Campbell of Greenfield, and had
issue — John Campbell, surgeon, Ayr, born
3rd Feb. 1809 ; Bernard, physician, Preston
born 19th March 1811 ; Alexander, born
29th Jan. 1814.— [Tombst.]
ROBERT SMITH, pres. by the Commis-
1821 s i° ners °f Mary, Lady Montgomerie,
andCharlesMontolieuBurges[Lamb],
July 1820 ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1821 ; trans, to
Tester 1st Oct. 1829.
WILLIAM WODROW, born 1795, son
1831 °^ R°k ert W., Mauchline ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr in 1820 ; ord. by the Scots Presb.
London, 20th April 1826, as min. of
Swallow Street Chapel there ; pres. to this
parish by Mary, Lady Montgomerie, and
Sir Charles Lamb in Sept., and adm. 3rd
Nov. 1831 ; died unmarr. 24th Jan. 1834.
Publication — Charge to the People at the
Ordination of the Rev. Hugh B. Maclean
(London, 1827). — [The Scots Churches in
England, 224 ; Tombst.]
JOHN CAMPBELL JAMIESON, born
Greenock, 4th Jan. 1796; eldest son
of William J.,' teacher, Kilmarnock,
and Ann Campbell ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 17th
Nov. 1821 ; pres. by Mary, Lady Mont-
gomerie, and Sir Charles Lamb in Feb. 1834.
Objections having been taken to his settle-
ment, judgment was given against him by
a majority of one vote in the General As-
sembly 28th May 1835. In consequence
of irregularity in the voting the case was
continued to next Assembly, who re-
mitted to the Presb. to proceed ; he was
therefore ord. 28th July 1 836 ; died at
Irvine, 16th Sept. 1864. He marr. 30th
Aug. 1836, Mary (born 7th March 1802,
died 11th Oct. 1868), daugh. of William
Young, merchant, West Indies, and Anne
Allan, and had issue — William Allan, born
7th Nov. 1837, died 5th Aug. 1838; William
Allan, M.D., LL.D., President of Royal
College of Physicians, Edinburgh, born 1st
April 1839, died 21st April 1916 ; Mary
Anne Kerr, born 16th March 1841 (marr.
Thomas Reid), died at Victoria, B.C., 1st
Jan. 1900. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, v.).— [Acts of Ass.,
1834-6 ; Edinburgh Medical Journal, June
1916.]
JAMES MILROY, born Borgue about
1855 1830; B.A. (Edinburgh 1848), M.A.
(Edinburgh 1850) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh; assistant at Stewarton in 1854;
ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Aug.
1855 ; died unmarr. at Kirkcudbright, 23rd
March 1890.
WILLIAM HORNE, born Dunfermline,
1888 1844 ' educated at Univ. of St
Andrews M.A., (1869) and Congrega-
tional Theological Hall, Edinburgh ; min.
90
DREGHORN— PIERSTON— DUNLOP
[PRESB. OF
1889
of Lindsay Street Congregational Church,
Dundee, 1877-82 ; examiner in Philosophy
in Univ. of St Andrews in 1880; adm. as
an ordained min. by General Assembly in
1882 ; ord. assistant in this parish 31st
March 1885 ; adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 19th May 1888; died at Scar-
borough, 1st Aug. 1888. Publications —
Reason and Revelation, being an Examina-
tion into the Nature and Contents of
Scripture Revelation, as Comjiared with
other Forms of Truth (London, 1877) ;
Religious Life and Thought (London, 1880).
WILLIAM YOUNG LINDSAY, born
1862, second son of John Cowan
L., F.E.I.S., Eector of Grammar
School,' Kilmarnock ; M.A. (Glasgow 1886) ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 12th June 1888 ;
assistant at Lady Glenorchy's Parish, Edin-
burgh, 1888-9 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1889 ; died at Stafford, 1st Oct.
1913. He marr. 2nd March 1897, Bessie
Anderson, daugh. of David Russell Cowan,
min. of Presbyterian Church of England,
Walsall, and had issue — David Russell
Cowan, born 21st April 1902.
WILLIAM JAMES JAMIESON, born
1914 Coatbridge, 12th Jan. 1880, son of
John J. and Margaret Brown ; edu-
cated at Gartsherrie Academy, High School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1901) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1905 ; assistant at
Kinghorn in 1905 ; ord. to Logie, Fife,
11th April 1907 ; trans, and adm. 15th May
1914.
PIERSTON on PERCETOUN.
FRANCIS ADAMSON, reader at
1570 Candlemas 1570.
DAVID WHYTE, reader, Nov. 1572
1572 to 1589.
ROBERT MAXWELL, min. in 1590;
1590 trans, to Dairy in 1591.
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; inst. to the vicar-
age pensionary on presentation by
1613 James VI. 28th Jan. 1613; trans,
to Stevenson in 1613. — [Prot. Book of
Robert Broivn.~\
1613
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, son of
William C, burgess of Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1600) ; pres. to Duns-
core 22nd June 1609 ; trans, in 1613 ; was
a member of the Court of High Commission
15th June 1619 ; still min. Oct. 1631. He
marr. June 1619, Janet (died about Oct.
1631), daugh. of John Campbell, shipmaster,
Irvine, and widow of John Young, mer-
chant, burgess of Irvine. Probably residing
in Irvine in 1648 and then married to
Catherine Crawford. — [Reg. of Deeds,
ccclxxxvii., 327 ; Downie, dlxxxiv., 10th
June 1653 ; Prot. Book of Robert Brown ;
Glasg. Tests.]
HEW MACKAILE, min. in 1633 ; trans.
1633 to Irvine about 1642.
ROBERT URIE, entered student at
Univ. of Glasgow 24th Feb. 1626 ;
1642 min. in 1642 ; still min., and clerk of
Presb. 2nd July 1650.— [Synod Roll, 1642.]
WILLIAM NASMYTH, adm. before
1667 11th July 1661.— [Glasg. Comm.
Deeds.]
DUNLOP.
[The vicarage of Dunlop belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. Near it there was a
chapel of St Mary. The stepping-stones
across the Water of Glasert leading to the
village of Dunlop were called Our Lady's
Steps. From 1518 to 1523 John Major
was Vicar of Dunlop. The Parish Church
was rebuilt in 1835.]
JOHN [or HANS] HAMILTON, born
1563 1536 ' a natura l son °f Archibald H.
of Raploch ; promoted to the vicar-
age in 1563; probably John H, who was
reader and exhorter in 1567, and reader in
1574. In 1606, being unable to serve the
cure, another was presented ; died 30th
May 1608. He marr. Janet (died 30th
Jan. 1628), daugh. of James Denham of
Westshields, and had issue — James, school-
master at Dublin in 1587, tutor to Arch-
bishop Ussher, created Viscount Claneboye
in 1622, and Earl of Clanbrassill in 1647,
died 20th June 1659 ; Archibald of Hal-
craig, ancestor of Killyleagh family ; Gavin
IRVINE
DUNLOP
91
of Ballygalley, merchant, Coleraine ; John
of Tullimore ; William of Bangor, Co.
Down ; Patrick ; Jean (marr. William
Mure of Gland erston). — [Anderson's House
of Hamilton ; Reg. Min. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reid's Ireland, i., 59 ; M'Crie's Melville,
ii. ; Ind. Reg. Deeds ; Burke's Landed
Gentry, Ireland; Tombst.]
JAMES HAMILTON, vicar.— [Beg. of
1593 Deeds, xlviii., 103, 22nd Jan. 1593.]
JAMES SCHEWAN, min. before 5th
1596 Aug. 1596. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., vi.,
2033.]
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ; trans.
160 _ from Inchcaillioch ; pres. by James
VI. 14th Oct. 1606; trans, to Cum-
nock 1607.
1607
JAMES MONTGOMERY, third son of
Sir Neil M. of Lainshaw and Mar-
garet Cunningham ; M.A. (Glasgow
1599) ; was on the Exercise 13th Nov. 1602 ;
pres. to Kirkmichael 25th May 1606 ; trans,
after 2nd Feb. 1607 ; died May 1613. He
marr. 1605, Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert
Montgomerie, min. of Stewarton ; she sur-
vived him, and had issue — Robert ; James,
colonel in Sweden. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Glasg. Tests.]
HUGH EGLINTON, son of Archibald
1615 E., to whom he was served heir in
certain lands in the parish of Mearns
26th July 1634 ; M.A. (Glasgow 1610) j on
the Exercise there 30th Dec. 1612. He got
a testimonial to the Presb. of Irvine 4th
Jan. 1615 ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. 26th May 1615 ; had a protection from
the Marquess of Montrose after the battle
of Kilsyth in 1645 ; died March 1647, aged
about 57. He marr. (1) Janet Maxwell,
who died 30th Jan. 1628, and had issue-
Archibald : (2) Marion Hamilton, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — Hew, merchant,
Glasgow, died 1649 ; George, apprenticed to
Patrick Maxwell, W.S., 28th Nov. 1632;
John ; Jean ; Elspeth. — [Inq. Ret. Renfrew,
91 ; Reg. Old Dec, ii. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Glasg. Presb. and Bapt. Regs. ; Glasg,
Tests. ; Mem. of Montrose, ii. ; Baillie's
Lett.']
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAM, M.A.
1648 (Glasgow 1642) ; pres. by the laird
of Dunlop in Aug., and adm. 1st
Dec. 1648 ; deprived in 1664, for not con-
forming to Episcopacy.
WILLIAM TORRIE, M.A. (King's
1668 College, Aberdeen, 12th July 1660) ;
adm. before 2nd July 1668. — [Bail.
Cunningham Decreets.]
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAM, M.A.,
1672 a b° ve mentioned ; indulged by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672, but
did not then return to the parish. In June
1674 orders were given for his appre-
hension as a preacher at conventicles. On
8th March 1683 the Privy Council in-
structed the Lord Advocate to prosecute
him for harbouring rebels. He returned
in 1687. — [Privy Counc. Reg., 3rd ser.,
viii., 87.]
JOHN HAY, M.A., formerly of Yester ;
1680 adm. after 1680 ; trans, to New
Monkland about 1682.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A. (King's
1685 College, Aberdeen, 14th July 1674) ;
adm. before 4th Oct. 1685; still
min. 6th Aug. 1687. — [Corshill Baron
Court Book ; Ayr and Wigtown Arch, and
Hist. Collections.]
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAM, M.A.,
1687 a l rea dy noticed ; returned in 1687
after the Toleration was granted ;
was restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690. Having been Moderator at a
previous meeting of Presbyterian mins. he
preached at the opening of the first General
Assembly after the Revolution 16th Oct.
1690 ; was on the commission for visiting
schools and colleges for that year ; died
May 1691, aged about 69. — [Maitland
Miscell., iv. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7158, 7175 ; Acts
of Pari., iv.]
WILLIAM RO BIS ON, adm. before
1688 1688 > deprived by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690, restoring Presby-
terian mins.
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DUNLOP
[PRESB. OF
JOHN JAMIESON, licen. by Presb. of
1692 Paisle y lltn ^OV. 1691 > ord - 21st
Sept. 1692; died in 1708. He was
a poet " of no mean pretension." He marr.
Joan Cunningham, and had issue — Doro-
thea ; William, min. of Rerrick. Publica-
tion — Zion's Traveller (Paisley, 1786).
JAMES ROWAT, M.A.; ord. May 1709 ;
1709 trans, to Jedburgh 20th Sept. 1732.
He marr. Agnes Muir, who died in
Ireland in 1763 [vide vol. ii., 127].
ROBERT BAIRD in Kilmarnock ; M.A.
1734 (Glasgow, 1st May 1724); licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 14th Sept. 1731 ;
pies, by the tutors for Alexander, Earl of
Eglinton, 8th March 1733 ; ord. 28th March
1734; died 27th March 1756. He marr.
(1) 10th June 1735, Helen (died 3rd Jan.
1750), daugh. of Henry Beveridge, mer-
chant, Dysart, and had issue — William,
merchant, Glasgow, born 4th May 1736 ;
Robert, born 16th Aug. 1740 ; Ebenezer,
born 1st May 1742 ; Marion, born 14th
April 1744, died 14th May 1746; Helen,
born 1st April, and died 2nd June 1746;
Henry (twin), born 1st April, and died 26th
May 1746; Helen, born 19th Oct. 1747;
Elizabeth, born 14th Feb. 1749 : (2) 9th
May 1753, Agnes Cunningham, who died
30th June 1780, and had issue — George,
born 6th Dec. 1755, died 28th Nov. 1756.
JAMES WODROW, M.A. ; pres. by
Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, Sept.
1756 ; ord. 1st Sept. 1757 ; trans,
to Stevenston 18th Oct. 1759.
1757
JOHN FULLARTON, pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Earl
of Eglinton, and ord. 25th Sept.
1760 ; trans, to Dairy 1st April 1762.
1760
JOHN GRAHAM, M.A. ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Earl of Eglinton, 7th Sept.
1762; ord. 12th May 1763; trans,
to Kirkinner 30th June 1779.
1763
THOMAS BRISBANE, born 1743,
second son of William B. in Govan ;
1 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 16th Oct.
1779 ; ord. 27th April 1780 ; died 9th May
1837. He marr. 28th Sept. 1783, Catherine
(died 28th March 1813), daugh. of George
Cunningham of Monkredding, and had
issue— Janet, born 16th May 1785 ; George
Cunningham, born 11th Oct. 1786, died
10th Feb. 1787; Thomas, of Lylestone,
M.D., born 11th March 1790, died 4th May
1855 ; Fairlie,born 15th Feb. 1792 ; George
Cunningham, born 22nd Jan. 1794, died
3rd Jan. 1864; William, born 22nd Feb.
1797, died 9th Jan. 1798 ; John Campbell,
born 1799, died 6th July 1868. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ix.).
1834
MATTHEW DICKIE, born 1800, sixth
son of Matthew D., Kilmarnock ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 6th Aug., and ord. by
Presb. of Paisley 4th Nov. 1828, assistant
and successor to a Presbyterian min. at
Limerick, where he remained five years ;
pres. by the Trustees of Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 8th May 1834. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Free Church,
Beith, 1843-63 ; died at Invercloy, Arran,
from the result of an accident, 28th Sept.
1863. He marr. 30th June 1835, Agnes Ann
Steven, who died 14th June 1877, and had
issue— Janet Barbour, born 2nd April 1836;
Harriet Dunlop, born 1st Oct. 1837 ; Agnes
Ann, born 27th April 1839. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, v.).
1843
WILLIAM GEBBIE, born Kilmarnock,
1810, third son of Alexander G. ;
educated at Kilmarnock Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1837 ; assistant at Dairy in 1842 ;
pres. by Archibald William, Earl of Eglin-
ton, 14th July, and ord. 22nd Aug. 1843 ;
died 2nd Aug. 1883. He marr. 17th Sept.
1844, Catherine Campbell, Bowfield, Loch-
winnoch (died 11th Feb. 1889), and had
issue — Elizabeth Campbell, born 6th Aug.
1845 ; Catherine, born 16th Oct. 1846, died
26th April 1872; Marion, born 12th Oct.
1850. Publications — Many Gospel Tracts
and Short Sermons. — [Lawson's Persons
who have Influenced my Life, 112.]
IEVINEl
DUNLOP— FENWICK
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1884
ROBERT GRAHAM, born Hoddam,
5th Oct. 1841, son of James G. and
Agnes Laidlaw ; educated at Hoddam
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Greenock in 1872 ; assistant at
High Kirk, Edinburgh ; ord. to St David's
Parish, Kirkintilloch, 4th June 1874 ; trans.
and adm. 28th Feb. 1884 ; died 4th July
1886. He man. 21st July 1874, Georgina
Agnes, daugh. of John Grieve, and had
issue — James, M.D., Edinburgh, lieut.
R.A.M.C., born 2nd July 1875; John
Grieve, C.E., born 6th May 1877, died at
Regina, Saskatchewan, 1911 ; Margaretta
Maria Lothian, born 23rd Feb. 1879 (marr.
T. T. Rutherford, architect, .C.P.R.) ; Agnes
Laidlaw, born 29th Dec. 1881 (marr. Ernest
P. Titterton, L.R.C.P., capt. R.A.M.C.,
Saltash, Cornwall) ; Euphemia Garvin,
born 14th July 1883 (marr. John T. Titter-
ton, M.B., C.M., South Mimms, lieut.
R.A.M.C.).
JAMES SYMON, born Dufftown, 10th
June 1853, son of John S. and Jane
Anderson ; educated at Dufftown
School and Univ. of Glasgow j licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 14th June 1882 ; ord.
to Hogganfield 21st Dec. 1882 ; trans, and
adm. 16th Dec. 1886 ; died 2nd April 1915.
He marr. 14th Aug. 1901, Mary, youngest
daugh. of Robert Wilson of Burnhouse,
and had issue — Mary Robertson, born 7th
June 1902.
1915
JAMES M'CARDEL, born Rutherglen,
19th Sept. 1887, son of James M.
and Elizabeth Allingham ; educated
at Glasgow Pupil Teachers' Institute and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1909), B.D.
(1914) ; student assistant at Townhead
Parish, 1911-12 ; student assistant at
Barony Parish, 1912-13 ; locum tenens at
Alvie in 1913 ; student assistant at Blyths-
wood Parish, 1913-14 ; assistant at Barony
Parish April 1914 ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1914; ord. 9th Sept. 1915;
Chaplain to the Forces in 1916. Marr. 4th
April 1916, Agnes, daugh. of Philip Mackie.
FENWICK, sometime NEW
KILMARNOCK.
[At the desire of the General Assembly
the parish of Fen wick was disjoined from
Kilmarnock, and erected by Parliament
9th Oct. 1641. The parish was annexed
by the Synod to the Presb. of Glasgow 17th
Oct. 1677, but was retransferred to that
of Irvine in 1689. Fenwick Church, built
in 1643, contains interesting old woodwork
and a characteristic ancient pulpit with an
hourglass. The parish jougs also remain.
John Howie, author of the Scots Worthies,
was born at the farmhouse of Lochgoin in
1735.]
WILLIAM GUTHRIE, born 1620,
eldest son of James G. of Pitforthie,
Forfarshire, by a daugh. of Lyon of
Easter-Ogle, in Tanadice parish. He be-
came an apt scholar, and on 5th June
1638 he graduated M.A. at the Univ. of
St Andrews, where his studies had been
directed by his cousin, James Guthrie
the martyr, then a regent in philosophy.
He studied divinity under Samuel Ruther-
ford. To free himself from what he con-
sidered purely worldly affairs, he made
over Pitforthie to one of his brothers. He
was licen. by the Presb. of St Andrews in
Aug. 1642, and became tutor to the eldest
son of John Campbell, first Earl of
Loudoun, the Lord High Chancellor of
Scotland. Some persons from Fenwick
having heard him preach at a Fast-day
service in Galston Kirk, they desired him
to be called as the first min. of their newly
created parish. That was done, and he
was ord. 7th Nov. 1644. Soon afterwards
the General Assembly appointed him an
army chaplain, and he was present at the
engagement which took place at Mauchline
Moor in June 1648. He joined the Pro-
testers in 1651. On 8th Aug. 1654 he was
appointed by the English Council on a
committee for supervising admissions to
the ministry within the bounds of his own
Synod. Refusing to submit to Episcopacy,
he was deprived 24th July 1664. He went
to Pitforthie, which had again come into
his hands through the death of his brother,
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FENWICK
[PRESB. OF
and following a period of ill-health, he
died in the manse of his brother-in-law
Laurence Skinner, min. of Brechin, 10th
Oct. 1665, and was buried in the Cathedral
there. He was a man of ready wit, who
moved freely amongst his people, lived
simply, and spent a great part of his leisure
in such sports as fishing and fowling.
When he preached his church was crowded,
and his pastoral work was performed with
undiminished fervour and success through-
out all his ministry. He refused calls to
Renfrew, Linlithgow, Stirling, Glasgow,
and Edinburgh. Dr John Owen describes
him as " one of the greatest divines
that ever wrote." Guthrie's book, The
Christian's Great Interest (which has been
translated into several foreign tongues),
was published to vindicate himself against
a volume purporting to contain a series
of his sermons on Isaiah lv. This appeared
at Aberdeen about 1657 as A Clear, Attrac-
tive, Warming Beam of Light. In 1680
another work professing to be his was
issued, with the title The Heads of some
Sermons j)reached at Finnick in August
1662, but this also was disclaimed by his
widow in a public advertisement. Most
of his papers were seized in 1682, when
Mrs Guthrie's house was raided by a party
of soldiers instigated by the bishops. He
marr. Aug. 1645, Agnes, daugh. of David
Campbell of Skeldon, parish of Dalrymple,
and had issue — Agnes, born 1652 (marr.
Matthew Miller of Glenlee) ; Mary, born
1654 (marr. Patrick Warner, min. of Irvine) ;
Elizabeth ; Margaret, John, and William,
who all died young. Publications — The
Christian's Great Interest (probably 1658 ;
numerous editions) ; Two Sermons (Glas-
gow, 1701) ; A Collection of Lectures and
Sermons preached mostly in the Time of
the late Persecution, edited by J[ohn]
H[owie] (Glasgow, 1779 ; reprinted as
Sermons delivered in Times of Persecution
[with biographical notices by James Kerr,
min. of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Greenock] (Edinburgh, 1880) ; Crumbs of
Comfort : or Grace in its various Degrees,
and yet Oneness in Kind (n.p., 1681). —
[Wodrow's Anal., i., 47, 169, 243; iii., 69;
A true and exact Copy of Letters of Horn-
ier
ing, or formal Excommunication past by
Mr William Guthrie (n.p., 1681) ; Ing.
Pet. Gen., 5001 ; Acts of Ass. ; Acts
of Pari., vi., pt. 2, 138 ; Muir's Memoir
and Original Letters (1827) ; The Scots
Worthies ; Carslaw's Guthrie of Fenvnck
(Paisley, 1900) ; Thomson's Martyr Graves
of Scotland, 102 ; Johnston's Treasury of
the Scottish Covenant, 324 ; Hewison's
Covenanters, ii., 184 ; Black's Brechin ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
JAMES OGILVIE, only son of William
O., portioner of Blairmaud, Banff-
shire ; M.A. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 17th July 1662); schoolmaster at
Cullen 1663-5; passed trials before Presb. of
Fordyce, and got a testimonial for licence
5th July 1665 ; though settled, 24th Aug.
1666, he was kept out of the manse ; is
said to have deserted his charge May
1671.— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 28th Jan.
1670 ; Cullen Sess.; Cramond's Cullen, 131.]
THOMAS WYLLIE of Barclay ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 20th July 1638); ord.
to Borgue in 1642 ; trans, to Mauch-
line 16th July 1646 ; was engaged in
opposition to the royal forces at Mauchline
Moor June 1648 ; joined the Protesting
Party in the Church in 1651 ; trans, to
Kirkcudbright in 1655 ; deprived by Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662, and ordered to
remove north of the Tay. He obtained
charge of a Presbyterian congregation at
Coleraine, Ireland, about 1669 ; was in-
dulged here (on a call from the people) by
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672; died 20th
July 1676, aged about 58. He marr. Mar-
garet (died Feb. 1690), daugh. of John
Gordon, factor at Lochinvar, and had
issue — Ann, born 1673 ; Robert, min. of
Hamilton. Publications — "Letter to Sir
William Mure" (Mure's House of Roiv-
allan) ; Ane Catechism of the Christian
Religion [printed for the first time in
Professor Mitchell's The Catechisms of the
Second Reformation'] (Edinburgh, 1886).
He also, in conjunction with Alexander
Wedderburn, min. of Kilmarnock, drew up
Grievances in the Indulgence, straitening
the Presbyterian Ministers so that they
cannot accept it. — [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326 ;
IRVINE]
FENWICK
95
1680
Glasg. Tests. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 407 ;
Calderwood's Hist., App., 5, 6 ; P. C. Reg.,
3rd ser., v., 91 ; Henderson's Borgue, 27-30.]
JOHN WILSON, only son of John W.,
merchant, Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow,
18th July 1672); pres. by William,
Earl of Kilmarnock, June, and inst. 26th
Sept. 1677; dep. May 1680 for adultery;
went to Barbados ; died before 18th June
1694, when his sister Grizel, wife of Robert
Rowat, merchant, Glasgow, was served heir
to his property in the Saltmarket. — [Glasg.
Presb. Peg.]
JAMES MAIN, M.A. ; pres. by William,
Earl of Kilmarnock ; passed trials
and got a testimonial 23rd June
1680 for ordination. He is believed to
have instigated the arrest of Captain
John Paton of Meadowhead, who was
ultimately executed ; trans, to Old Monk-
land after 25th March 1684. — [M'Kay's
Hist, of Kilmarnock, 62.]
ANDREW CRAWFORD, M.A. (Glas-
gow, 13th July 1669) ; passed trials
1685 before the Presb. there and got a
testimonial 18th July 1677 for licence;
adm. about 1685 ; deserted his charge in
1689, and is said to have been a " scandal-
ous drunkard. 3 '
ANDREW FAULLS [FAULDS], edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; been, by
Presb. of Paisley 22nd Aug. 1689;
ord. 18th March 1691 ; died, probably un-
marr., after 5 th July 1699.
WILLIAM SIMSON, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
18th March 1702 ; ord. in 1703 ; died
between 16th April and 7th May 1718. He
marr. Julian Stewart, who died at Glasgow,
17th Jan. 1765, aged 82, and had issue —
Juliana, buried 1st June 1777, aged 60.
JOHN CHRISTIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1719 22nd April 1708); studied theology
at Univ. of Glasgow ; became tutor
to Richard Carsewell ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 23rd May 1716; called 24th Sept.
1718; ord. 18th March 1719; died 22nd
March 1740. He marr. Agnes Weir, who
survived him, and had issue — William. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Corresj).]
1691
1703
JAMES HALKET, licen. by Presb. of
1741 Dunkeld 1st Oct. 1734; called 31st
Dec. 1740 ; ord. 15th April 1741 ; died
16th April 1779, aged 72. He marr. 26th
July 1741, Alison (died 4th June 1777),
daugh. of Robert Chalmers, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Katherine,
born 22nd April 1745 ; John, born 22nd
June 1747, died 28th April 1775; Jasper,
born 25th Oct. 1751, died 11th March 1771.
" WILLIAM BOYD, born 1748, eldest son
1782 °^ Adam B-, carpenter, Lochwinnoch ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1768); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 28th
Jan. 1774 ; pres. by the Commissioners of
George, Earl of Glasgow, 20th and 21st
Sept. 1780. Great opposition was made
by the parishioners, who barricaded the
church door and filled the lock with stones
to prevent his access, while the beadle
refused to ring the bell. The case coming
before the Assemblies of 1781 and 1782,
they ordered the settlement. He was ord.
at Irvine 25th June 1782 ; died 17th Oct.
1828. He marr. 31st Aug. 1784, Elizabeth
Barr, who died 6th April 1834, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 8th Aug. 1785, died
23rd April 1832 ; William, M.A. (Glasgow
1804), student of divinity, born 1st April
1787, died 9th June 1813 ; John, born 1st
June 1789, died 31st July 1808; Adam,
M.A. (Glasgow 1809), born 24th July 1791,
died 7th March 1822; Ann, born 26th
June 1793, died 31st March 1833; James,
secretary, Dublin, born 21st May 1795;
Margaret, born 30th Sept. 1797; Elliotta,
born 4th June 1800 ; George, born 23rd
Dec. 1803, died 8th April 1829 ; Janet, born
12th Oct. 1805 (marr. James Glen, min. of
Benholm). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.).
JOHN GEDDES CROSBIE, eldest son
1829 °^ Andrew C., Dumfries ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; called to the
Scots Church, Birmingham, 30th Nov. 1824 ;
ord. by Presb. of Glasgow 8th June 1825 ;
res. 9th Oct. 1826 ; pres. by George, Earl of
Glasgow, Jan., and adm. 19th March 1829 ;
his demission (on conscientious grounds)
was accepted 5th April 1836, when he was
declared to be no longer a min. of the
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FENWICK— FERGUSHILL— HURLFORD
[ PRESB. OF
1836
Church ; died 16th June 1838. He marr.
31st Aug. 1831, Mary Lloyd, Birmingham,
who died 25th Dec. 1876, and had issue —
Robert Lloyd, born 25th Sept. 1832 ; John.
ROBERT FERGUSON, M.A. ; pres. by
George, Earl of Glasgow, May, and
ord. 25th Aug. 1836; trans, to St
David's, Edinburgh, 16th May 1843.
JAMES GRAHAM, trans, from North
Church, Paisley ; pres. by James,
Earl of Glasgow, 17th Aug., and
adm. 21st Sept. 1843 ; trans, to Penpont
21st Feb. 1845.
DAVID DICKIE, born 1804, youngest
son of George D., farmer, Monkton,
Ayr ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. assistant 7th Nov. 1837 ; adm. (assist-
ant and successor) at Terregles 3rd June
1841;. pres. by James, Earl of Glasgow, 6th
March, and adm. 8th May 1845; died 16th
June 1880. He marr. (1) Sarah Ann
M'Naught, who died 7th Jan. 1854, and
had issue — John Stott, shipowner, Glas-
gow, born 19th July 1842 ; David James,
born 1843, died 14th Oct. 1866; George
Boyd, shipbroker, Greenock, born 18th
Oct. 1845 ; Sarah Ann M'Naught, born
25th March 1848; William M'Naught,
born 2nd Sept. 1850 ; Jessie Mary Eliza-
beth, born 2nd Jan. 1854 (marr. Andrew
Graham Service, merchant, Glasgow, and
Collector of Trades' House) : (2) 3rd July
1855, Anna M'Millan Crichton, who died
s.p. at Lenzie, 14th May 1886.
JOHN HALL, eldest son of William H.,
1879 blacksmith, Eaglesham ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; assistant in
Arran ; ord. (assistant and successor) 11th
Dec. 1879 ; res. 2nd June 1887, and went
abroad.
' ANDREW BURNS, born Kirklands,
n Dreghorn, 19th Sept. 1858, second
son of William B., engine-keeper,
and Agnes Hunter ; was in business in
Glasgow, 1876-8 ; educated at Univs. of
Glasgow and St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 5th May 1886;
assistant at Gartsherrie, 1886-7 ; ord. 15th
Dec. 1887 ; app. clerk of Presb. of Irvine
16th Oct. 1900. Marr. (1) 27th Feb. 1890,
Agnes (died 29th June 1904), daugh. of
John N. Shaw, Garreyhorn, Maybole, and
Agnes M'Fadzean, and has issue — Agnes
M'Fadzean Hunter, born 17th Dec. 1890
(marr. 5th July 1916, William Archibald,
C.E., Glasgow) ; Bella, born 19th Dec.
1892, died 5th July 1894; Andrew Shaw,
born 11th June 1898 : (2) 3rd July 1906,
Mary, third daugh. of George Retson,
Gardrum, Fenwick, and Mary M'Manus.
FERGUSHILL (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1880. The
parish was disjoined from Kilwinning,
Irvine, and Stewarton, 15th March 1886.]
WILLIAM M'ALPINE, born Edin-
1880 burgh, !9th Nov. 1838, son of George
M. and Elizabeth Fort ; educated
at Dalkeith High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
in 1866; assistant at Ballantrae, Tron
(Glasgow), Forfar, Markinch, Alexandria ;
ord. 29th Jan. 1880. Marr. 14th Sept,
1887, Blanche, daugh. of James Stephen
Tripp, and has issue — William Herbert,
born 20th March 1891 ; Francis Helen
Blanche, born 24th Jan. 1893 ; Rosa
Margaret Adela, born 5th March 1896 ;
Amy Elizabeth Antonia, born 13th May
1899 (marr. 10th Sept. 1919, Carrington
Nunn Ayles).
HURLFORD (Q.S.)
[The parish was disjoined from Kilmar-
nock, Galston, and Riccarton, by the Court
of Teinds, 9th March 1874, and, by Act of
Assembly, annexed to Presb. of Irvine.
The church was built in 1875.]
ALEXANDER MARSHALL, M.A. ;
74 pres. by the Trustees of the parish
17th Aug., and ord. 5th Nov. 1874 ;
trans, to Callander 13th Sept. 1877.
THOMAS PEARSON, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
7th March 1878 ; trans, to Second
1878
Charge, Cupar, 7th Jan. 1880.
GEORGE GARDINER, M.A.,B.D. ; ord.
8th July 1880 ; trans, to Kirknewton
11th June 1889. He had the following
children in addition to those given under
IRVINE]
HURLFORD— IRVINE
Kirknewton — Euphemia Forgan, born 5th
Oct. 1881, died 7th June 1882; Annie
Dow, born 10th Oct. 1883 ; David Forgan
Lindsay, born 21st Aug. 1885, died 22nd
Sept. 1888.
ALEXANDER CAMERON, licen. by
1890 Presb. of Kintyre 11th May 1887;
ord. 9th Jan. 1890; died unrnarr.
at Glasgow, 31st Aug. 1906.
JAMES BRYCE JAMIESON, M.A.,
1907 B - D -' ord ' 7th Feb ' 1907; trans-
to Greyfriars, Dumfries, 3rd Feb.
1911.
JAMES WILSON MUGGOCH, born
20th Nov. 1880, son of James Wilson
M., Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1905); B.D. (1909);
engaged as a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 5th May 1909 ; assistant at Black-
friars' Parish, Glasgow, 1909-11 ; ord. 29th
June 1911 ; Chaplain to Forces in Egypt,
1916-17. Marr. 23rd April 1912, Jane
Helen, daugh. of James Glen, Cora Linn,
Uddingston, and has issue — Helen Milne
Lawson, born 9th June 1915 ; James Wilson,
born 16th May 1918.
IRVINE.
[The church of Irvine belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. In early times it
was dedicated to St Inan, but there was
a later dedication to St Mary. There were
two chapels in the parish, St Mary's on the
Water of Irvine near the church, and the
other at Bourtriehill. The parish church
contained at least nine dedications besides
that of the high altar. Two of these were
in honour of St Ninian. The others bore
the names of St Salvator, St Conal, St
Thomas the Martyr, St Sebastian, St
Christopher, St John the Baptist, and St
Stephen. Close to the churchyard stood
the priory of the White Friars of Irvine
founded in the fourteenth century by one
of the Fullartons of that ilk. Irvine
church was rebuilt on a new site in 1774.
Two fairs in the year were held at Irvine
in honour of St Mary, the one on the 15th
VOL. III.
of Aug., the feast of her Assumption, and
the other on the 8th of Sept., the day of
her Nativity.]
JOHN LYND, min. in 1565; it was
1565 declared by the Assembly, 26th June
that year, " that he was unsufficient
for the charge." — [Booke of the Kirk ;
Keith's Hist.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, probably son of
1567 Robert H. of Preston, adm. to Ochil-
tree about 1562 ; trans, before 27th
June 1567; died in 1578. He marr., and
had issue — Robert in Prestonpans ; Jona-
than, student at St Andrews Nov. 1582,
died before 4th March 1588-9 ; Andrew ;
Janet ; Magdalen. — [Reg. Min. ; Booke of
the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., ii., 370 ; Reg.
Sec. Sig., xlix., 34 ; Reg. of Heeds, xviii.
160.]
JOHN YOUNG, trans, from Jedburgh,
157o entered at Beltein, 1570 ; was a
member of the Convention in 1571 ;
of the Assemblies March 1572, March 1573,
April 1576, July and Oct. 1580, and April
1581. In 1574 Pierstoun was in his
charge ; was app. Commissioner of Kyle
and Cunninghame July 1579, to which
Carrick was added afterward ; was still
min. Oct. 1582, and was afterwards at
Beith. He had decree for half of stipend
for crop and year 1588; styled min. 13th
May 1589. — [Ayr Homings, 11th April
1590.]
WILLIAM STRANG, adm. to Kirk-
1583 ^ s * on M- av 15 ^9 ; trans, (probably
as colleague) before Aug. 1583 ; died
2nd Aug. 1588, in his 42nd year. The
history which he gave of himself is worthy
of preservation. "The Lord that is riche
in mercie, and infinite in gudnes vouch-
safed to oppin eyis and lycht in my hart
with the knawledge of his treuth ewin in
my childheid, being bot xij zeiris of aige
quhill the dark bonds of Ignorance did
couer the haill land for the maist part,
and from that tyme that he callit me to
the knawledge of his eternal treuthe it
has pleisit him to grant to me all meanis
that mycht further me in the fayth, as
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IRVINE
[PRESB. OF
the vse of gude buikis, the heiring of
godlie and leirnit sermones maid be his
faythfull seruandis, the first restoreris of
the Evangell in this countrie, besyd the
continual inspirationes of his Spreit,
kendling in my hart ane lufe and desyre
to proffeit in the trew knawledge of
saluatioun, be exercising myself continuallie
in reiding the Scriptures from my youth,
and the meditationes of godlie men that
hes writtin vpoun the same, be the quhilk
menis it pleisit him to prepair me afoir the
hand to the ministrie, quhairunto he had
appointit me be his mercifull Providence.
Lykeas he callit me thairvnto being ane
zoung man xxiij zeiris of aige or thairby,
and of the lyke mercie he hes vouchsaved
to vse the seruice of me his unproffitabill
seruand in the preiching of his Evangell
now by the space of xviij zeiris, first in the
congregatioun of Kirklistoun be the space
of xiiij zeiris, and now in the kirk of Irwin
be the space of iiij zeiris or thairby." S.
left to the "pure of the Town x merks."
He marr. Agnes, sister of Alexander
Borthwick, portioner of Nether Leneyher.
She survived her husband (marr. (2) Robert
Wilkie, min. of Kilmarnock), and had issue
— William, min. of Johnstone ; John, D.D.,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow ; Barbara
(marr. John Blackader, father of B. the
Covenanter) ; Dorothy ; Margaret. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Edin. Tests. ; Crichton's Life of
Blackader; M'Ure's Glasg.]
ALEXANDER SCRIMGEOUR, a native
of Dundee ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. ; regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh, 1586-8 ; on the
Exercise there, and recommended to the
Merse 27th Feb. 1588; adm. after 27th
May 1589 ; he was nominated by the Privy
Council 6th March following one of the
Commission for the maintenance of the
Protestant religion in Cunningham. After
1595 he was a member of five Assemblies,
and in that of 1606 named constant
Moderator of this Presb., which was
charged by the Privy Council 17th Jan.
1607 to receive him as such within twenty-
four hours after notice. He was called,
with four others, before the Privy Council
15th Feb. 1610, for intercommuning with
papists ; died before 12th July 1617. He
marr. (1) Agnes, daugh. of Hew Campbell :
(2) Jean (died before 1608), daugh. of
Robert Hunter of Hunterston and widow
of Robert Cunningham, min. of Barnweil,
and had issue — Henry. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Grant's Univ. of Edin., i.
146, ii. 278; Ayr Sas. Sec. Reg., I, 239:
iv., 184.]
DAVID DICKSON, M.A.; adm. 31st
March 1618 ; proposed for Edin-
burgh Oct. 1620; deprived by the
Court of High Commission 10th Jan.
1622, and confined to Turriff, for opposing
the Articles of Perth and declining the
authority of the Court, but was permitted
to return in July 1623. In the discharge
of his official duty he was unwearied and
indefatigable, and was universally esteemed
by his parishioners. During the visitation
of religious zeal in 1630, known as "the
Stewarton Sickness," his prudence was
notable, and the interests of practical
religion were maintained. For employing
in 1637 two of his countrymen, who were
under the ban of Episcopal authority in
Ireland, he was again called before the
High Commission. As its authority, how-
ever, was then on the decline, he was no
further troubled. In the same year an
attempt was made to enforce the Service-
Book, which he and his Presb. moderately
but firmly opposed. He was a member of
Assembly of 1638, and distinguished him-
self by his activity and determination
during its memorable proceedings. An
attempt to have him translated to Glasgow
was at that time successfully opposed. In
1639 he was appointed chaplain to the newly
raised Ayrshire regiment, who were shortly
afterwards disbanded. On 12th Aug. that
year he was elected Moderator of the
Assembly, an honour well deserved, and
he discharged its duties with judgment
and moderation ; trans, to the Professor-
ship of Divinity in the Univ. of Glasgow
30th Jan. 1640; afterwards min. of St
Giles, Edinburgh.
IRVINE]
IRVINE
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HEW MACKAILE, min. of Percetoun
in 1633 ; trans, and adm. about 1642 ;
was app. one of the Commissioners
for visiting the Univ. of Glasgow 19th Aug.
1643 ; was a member of the Commissions
of Assembly 1645, 1647, 1649; trans, to
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, after 12th Oct.
1649.
ALEXANDEK NESBITT of Knock,
1660 M.A. (Edinburgh, July 1643) ; trans.
from Second Charge ; nominated by
the Provost and Bailies of Irvine, and ap-
proved by the Presb. 1st Jan. 1650 ; died
11th March 1669, aged about 46. He marr.
Agnes Walkinshaw, who survived him,
and had issue — John, of Knock ; James,
entered apprentice to James Nisbet, M.D.,
surgeon - apothecary, Edinburgh, 5th June
1678, afterwards merchant, Irvine, died
2nd Sept. 1745 ; Elizabeth. Publications
— Exposition of the First and Second
■ Epistles of Peter (London, 1658) ; Exposi-
tion of Ecclesiastes (Edinburgh, 1694). —
[Edin. Guild Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Inq.
Ret. Ayr, 567 ; Reg. Old Dec, ii. ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Kirkton's Hist. ; M'Ure's Glasg.,
Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 5th Nov. 1686, 10th
March 1687.]
GEORGE HUTCHISON [HUTCHE-
1669 SON], M.A. (Edinburgh, 20th July
1638) ; adm. to Colmonell about
1642 ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh,
4th April 1649 ; deprived by Parliament 7th
Aug. 1 662 ; indulged here by the Privy
Council 27th July 1669 ; in the following
year he was invited, with four others, to
consider proposals for compromise with the
existing ecclesiastical government, which
were rejected. He was fined in a half-
year's stipend, 8th July 1673, for not observ-
ing the anniversary of the Restoration.
He died, after an illness of two hours, 1st
March 1674, aged 58. He was "a great
preacher." Possessing much ability and
considerable influence among his brethren,
he took a lead in advocating the cause of
the Resolutioners against that of the Pro-
testers. He marr. (1) Catherine Kinin-
mont, and had issue — John ; Anna ; Jean
(marr. John Wallace, min. of Largs) : (2)
19th Jan. 1672, Rachael, daugh. of George
Baillie of Jerviswood, and widow of
Andrew Gray, one of the mins. of Glasgow.
She was alive 13th June 1696. Publica-
tions — Exposition of Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah
(London, 1654) ; Exposition of Haggai,
Zechariah, and Malaehi ,: (London, 1654) ;
Brief Exposition of the Twelve Minor
Prophets (London, 1655) ; Exposition of St
John (London, 1657) ; Exposition of the
Minor Prophets (1657) ; Review and
Examination of "Protesters no Sub-
verters " (London, 1659) ; Exposition of the
Book of Job (London, 1669) ; Forty-five
Sermons on the CXXX. Psalm (Edinburgh,
1691); with several papers against the
Protesters.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 133, 178,
181-222, 278; Edin. Bapt. and Marr.
Regs.; Glasg. Tests. ; Kirkton's Hist. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 5725 ; Middleton's Appendix ;
M'Ure's Glasg. ; Brodie's Diary.]
JOHN STIRLING, M.A. (St Andrews
1676 1641); ord. to Bara 10th March
1647 ; trans, to Tron Parish, Edin-
burgh, 12th April 1650; trans, to Lady
Yester's Chapel, Edinburgh, in 1655 ;
deprived by Privy Council in 1662; in-
dulged at Hounam 30th Sept. 1669, and
here 3rd Aug. 1676 ; died Feb. 1683, aged
about 62. He marr. Christian, daugh. of
Sir Arthur Forbes, Bart., of Castle Forbes,
in Ireland, and had issue — John, bapt. 16th
Feb. 1653; Jean, bapt. 18th July 1654
(marr. Andrew Ker, writer, Edinburgh) ;
Marion, bapt. 17th June 1656; James,
bapt. 8th May 1659 ; Arthur, bapt. 8th
Sept. 1661 ; Mary.— [Brown's Hist, of the
Indulgence ; Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Reg.
Bapt. ; Min. - book Reg. Privy Seal ;
Lumsden's House of Forbes.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A., formerly
1688 °^ Penicuik ; adm. before 1688 ;
trans, to Kirknewton in 1689.
PATRICK WARNER of Ardeer, born
1688 1640, son of John W., Irvine, and
brother of Thomas, min. of Balmac-
lellan ; studied at Univs. of St Andrews
and Glasgow ; M.A. (1661) ; licen. after
1666, went to England soon after, and was
ord. by Dissenters in London in 1669. He
went to India and officiated at Fort St
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IRVINE
[presb. or
George, on the Coromandel coast, for three
years. He returned in 1677 and preached
occasionally for the indulged ministers, as
well as for their opposing brethren. After
the battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, he
went to Holland, where he remained till
1681. Having returned to Scotland, he
was arrested in Feb. 1682, and imprisoned
in Edinburgh on 7th June, but was released
on undertaking to leave the kingdom. He
then went to Tweedmouth and Newcastle,
but at the latter place he was again im-
prisoned for eight weeks for not taking the
Oath of Allegiance. On submission he was
released and went to Rotterdam, whence
he returned at the Toleration. He at-
tended the general meeting of ministers
on 6th July 1687, received a call to this
parish 9th Feb., and adm. 24th March 1688.
While in Holland he had an interview with
the Prince of Orange, who assured him he
would establish Presbyterian Church govern-
ment in Scotland. He dem. his charge, 28th
July 1702, but the parish was not declared
vacant until Feb. 1708; died 19th April
1724. He acquired the estate of Ardeer in
1707. He marr. Dec. 1681, Mary, daugh.
of William Guthrie, min. of Fenwick, and
had issue — William of Ardeer; Patrick;
Margaret (marr. (1) Ebenezer Veitch, min.
of Ayr : (2) Robert Wodrow, the church his-
torian). — [Wodrow's Hist., iii. 394 passim,
iv. 436 ; Maitland's Miscell., iv. ; Howie's
Collect, and Lives ; Lothian Syn. Reg.]
WILLIAM M'KNIGHT, born Lisburn,
170Q Ireland, 3rd Aug. 1685; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 3rd July 1706;
ord. 4th April 1709; he preached at
Cambuslang during the revival Aug. 1742,
and died 13th April 1750. He marr. 13th
Feb. 1716, Elizabeth (died 6th April 1753),
daugh. of John Gemmell of Dalraith, and
had issue — John of Dalraith ; William ;
James, D.D., min. of Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, born 17th Sept. 1721 ; Mary,
born 1723 ; Elizabeth, born 1726 ; Margaret,
born 12th Aug. 1730; Thomas, of Ratho,
distinguished for his loyalty during the
American War, born 24th July 1735,
died 19th April 1811— [Macfarlan's Revivals;
Wodrow's Corresp.']
J CHARLES BANNATYNE, born 1715,
7 son of Dugald B., min. of Kilmory ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 31st Aug.
1739 ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Kilmory 25th April 1743 ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Earl of Eglinton, 29th April 1750 ;
adm. 8th Aug. 1751, the settlement having
been delayed by a difference of opinion
regarding a clause in the presentation
" reserving the tithes " The presentation
was sustained by the General Assembly.
He died 27th April 1773. He marr. 17th
April 1758, Barbara (died 10th May 1785),
daugh. of Alexander Cunningham of Bridge-
house, and had issue — Barbara, born 1st
Feb. 1759 (marr. (1) 25th Aug. 1777, John
Mutrie, min. of Kilmarnock : (2) James
Steven, min. of Kilwinning) ; Dugald, born
26th Feb. 1760, died in Jamaica ; Alex-
ander, born 9th Aug. 1761, went to India ;
Margaret, born 1st March 1763, died 4th
Dec. 1765 ; John, merchant, London, born
2nd Jan. 1765; Margaret, born 31st Oct.
1766 (marr. 14th April 1800, Daniel
Mackenzie, merchant, Glasgow) ; Katherine,
born 9th Sept. 1768, died 15th Aug. 1769 ;
Jean Dunmoor, born 16th Sept. 1770 ; Neil,
born 25th June 1772 (marr. her cousin,
John Bannatyne, merchant, Glasgow). —
[Tombst. ; Morren's Ann., i.]
JAMES RICHMOND, born 1744, second
-M _ 4 son of John R., farmer, New Mills ;
tutor in the family of Cunningham
of Carmelbank ; after studying divinity at
Univ. of Glasgow, was licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 12th Sept. 1769 ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, at the desire of the
parishioners, 7th Oct. 1773; ord. 15th
March 1774; D.D. (Glasgow, Feb. 1800);
died 16th July 1804. He marr. 6th Sept.
1779, Margaret Cunningham, who died
10th April 1820, and had issue— William,
born 16th July 1780, died in Jamaica, 25th
June 1796; Helen, born 27th Oct. 1781;
Margaret, born 8th May 1783 ; John, min.
of Southdean, born 21st Aug. 1784 ; Jane,
born 2nd July 1786 ; Elizabeth, born 25th
Feb. 1788, died 2nd Dec. 1789; Sarah,
born 1st March 1790; James, surgeon
H.E.I.C.S., born 25th Nov. 1791; Mari-
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IRVINE— KILBIRNIE
101
anne, born 14th June 1793, died 20th
March 1797. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Tombst.]
JAMES HENDERSON, perhaps son of
Andrew H., schoolmaster, Methven ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1781); pres. by Hugh,
Earl of Eglinton, Jan., and ord. 2nd May
1805 ; died 3rd Feb. 1820. He marr. 11th
July 1804, Eleanora Forbes, who died 23rd
Sept. 1833, and had issue — James, born 15th
Sept. 1805, died 6th June 1809 ; Mary Ann,
born 1st Jan. 1807; George, born 24th July
1808 ; Eleanora, born 1st May 1810; James,
born 10th Nov. 1812 ; Augusta Hay, born
2nd July 1816 ; Margaret, born 25th Feb.
1818 ; Jane Montgomery, born 31st Dec.
1819.
JOHN WILSON, pres. by the Trustees
of Archibald William, Earl of Eglin-
ton, May, and adm. 22nd June 1820;
trans, to Stirling 22nd Aug. 1844.
1820
1845
^ANDREW BROWN, trans. from
Newton-upon-Ayr ; pres. by Archi-
bald William, Earl of Eglinton,
12th Sept. 1844; adm. 9th Jan. 1845;
trans, to Beith 7th Oct. 1852.
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, born Glas-
1853 £ ow ' 12t ^ April I 828 ) eldest son of
James S., merchant, and Margaret
Scotland ; educated at James Allan's
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Greenock 5th May, and ord. to
Gourock 23rd June 1852 ; pres. by Archi-
bald William, Earl of Eglinton, 30th Nov.
1852; trans, and adm. 17th Feb. 1853;
D.D. (Glasgow, April 1887) ; died 29th Jan.
1893. He marr. 5th Aug. 1856, Mary (died
7th Oct. 1903), daugh. of Thomas Campbell
of Annfield, Provost of Irvine, and Ann
Rankin, and had issue — James, born 8th
June 1857, died 9th April 1863; Ann
Rankin, born 14th Sept. 1858, died 9th
Feb. 1891 ; Thomas Campbell, born 24th
June 1860, died 31st May 1886 ; Margaret,
born 24th Jan. 1862 ; Agnes Jamieson, born
27th July 1863, died 30th May 1873 ; Henry
John, writer, Glasgow, born 27th June 1865 ;
James, born 17th May 1867, died 30th April
1871 ; John Campbell, born 26th July 1868,
died 20th April 1906; Robert Galbraith,
born 4th, and died 23rd March 1870 ; Mary,
born 27th April 1871 (marr. 4th Sept. 1901,
Francis Carr) ; Robert Galbraith, C.E.,
born 11th Oct. 1872 ; Norman, born 3rd
April, and died 9th July 1874; James,
born 31st Aug. 1875, died 2nd May 1889;
Catherine Campbell, born 4th June 1879,
died 3rd Feb. 1880. Publication— Twenty
Years, a sermon (Irvine, 1873). — [Memoir.]
HENRY RANKEN, born 8th Sept. 1852,
1891 son °^ Henry R. and Hannah Sher-
wood ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1879), B.D. (1887) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 13th May 1887; as-
sistant at Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
to John Knox Church, Aberdeen, 16th May
1888 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 1st Oct. 1891. Marr. 10th Aug.
1882, Helen M'Cormick, daugh. of Mathew
Morton, and has issue — Harry Sherwood,
M.B., Ch.B.., Glasgow, M.R.C.P., London,
captain R.A.M.C, V.C., Chevalier of the
Legion of Honour, born 3rd Sept. 1883,
died at Braisne, France, 25th Sept. 1914,
from wounds received in action ; Alan
Rain, solicitor, born 7th April 1889. Publi-
cation — Reasons and Facts against Dis-
establishment (Irvine, 1893); St Athanasius
(Edinburgh, 1911).
Second, or Collegiate Charge.
ALEXANDER NESBITT, M.A. ; was
1646 P resent at * ne beginning of the
register of the proceedings of Presb.
20th Oct. 1646; trans, to First Charge
about 1650.
JOHN GRANT, M.A. (Edinburgh, July
1662 1643) ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662— [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327.]
KILBIRNIE.
[The church of Kilbirnie was dedicated to
St Breandan, and St Breandan s Well was
near. The church belonged to the Abbey
of Kilwinning. On St Breandan's Day, the
28th of May, a fair was held at Kilbirnie.
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KILBIRNIE
[PRESB. OF
Of several dates carved upon the church,
the earliest is 1597. That, however,
evidently refers to an addition. The
main structure is in the style of a some-
what earlier time. There is, in one of the
transepts, a very elaborate gallery pew,
having on it much fine heraldic and sym-
bolic carving. This was erected in 1694
by John, first Viscount Garnock. In the
churchyard, a great feature is the mauso-
leum of the Crawfurds of Jordanhill, built
in 1594. In it are recumbent statues of
Thomas Crawfurd of Jordanhill, who
captured Dunbarton Castle in 1571, and
his wife.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, son of
- „,_ Robert H. of Dalserf ; exhorter and
vicar in 1567 ; was forfeited in 1571
for joining his clansmen on behalf of
Queen Mary. He appears as reader in
1574-80, and was again adm. to the
ministry before 1585 ; dem. before 28th
April, and died 7th Oct. 1586. He marr.
Jean Barclay (who survived him and
marr. (2) John Heriot, min. of this parish),
and had issue — Malcolm, pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 28th April 1586,
but not adm. ; he is styled min. in 1604.
— [Beg. Min. ; Ayr Sas. ; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
ii., 401.]
ROBERT CRAWFURD, succeeded on
16*71 ^e forfeiture of the preceding,
and was vicar and reader with the
whole vicarage in 1571. — [New Stat. Ace.,
Ayrshire, 720.]
JOHN HERIOT, M.A. (St Andrews,
21st March 1580); pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 21st Nov.
1586; died before 25th Nov. 1630, aged
about 70. He marr. Jean Barclay, widow
of Archibald Hamilton, his predecessor,
and had issue — Robert ; Alexander ;
David ; Jean (marr. Nov. 1615, Hugh,, son
of Alexander Montgomery, merchant,
Irvine). — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Reg. Assig. ;
Prot. Book of Robert Brown.]
WILLIAM RUSSELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1610) ; got a testimonial from the
Presb. of Glasgow 15th May 1616 ;
adm. before 1619 ; pres. to the vicarage by
Charles I. 25th Nov. 1630 ; was a member
of General Assembly in 1638 ; made a com-
plaint to the Presb. 15th June 1647, that
one of his parishioners had called his
doctrine "dust and grey meal." The
accused being summoned, confessed his
fault, and was ordered by the Presb. to
make -confession upon his knees, and also
before his own congregation in the place of
public repentance. R. was still min. 26th
Dec. 1661. He marr. Lucrece Scrimgeour,
who died 3rd Sept. 1637, and had issue —
Euphemia (marr., cont. 10th and 11th Nov.
1657, William M'Kerrell of Hillhouse).—
[Glasg. Presb. Reg. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Acts of Pari., v. ; Ayr Sas.,
iii. 642, ix. 279.]
FRANCIS BAILLIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1665 1653); min. in 1665.
WILLIAM TULLIDAFF, M.A. ;
1670 f° rmer ly mm - °f Dunbog ; granted
indulgence here by Privy Council
1st Jan. 1670 ; fined half a year's stipend
on 8th July 1673 for not observing the
anniversary of the Restoration ; deprived
27th Nov. 1684 for failing to keep the
Council's instructions, and imprisoned 11th
Dec. following, for refusing to give bond
not to exercise his ministry in the kingdom.
He became min. of Wemyss in 1688.
PATRICK ANDERSON, granted in-
1672 dulgence nere together with preced-
ing in 1672.— [P. C. Reg., 3rd ser.,
iii., 587.]
ALEXANDER DUNCAN, probably son
1680 °^ William D., min. of New Kil-
patrick ; M.A. (Glasgow, 20th July
1675); adm. in 1680; recommended by
James, Marquess of Montrose, 7th May
1681, for the parish of Baldernock, which
did not then become vacant ; outed in
1688 ; probably assisted his father for a
time at New Kilpatrick, but settled in a
non-jurant Episcopal congregation at Glas-
gow in 1715. So keen were his political
feelings that he refused the Communion to
an English officer, because he would not
acknowledge his having held a commission
from King George to be a sin. He was
consecrated a bishop of non-jurants at
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KILBIRNIE
103
Edinburgh in 1724; died Jan. 1733, aged
78. He marr. a lady whose name has not
been ascertained, and had issue — Robert ;
Grizel. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodroiv MSS. ;
Stirling Papers ; Cleland's Anal. ; Rebuffer
Rebuffed.]
JOHN GLASGOW, M.A. (Glasgow,
1688 16th July 1674); ord. 16th Aug.
1688 ; died Dec. 1721, aged about 68.
He marr. (1) Jean, eldest daugh. of John
Cunningham of Wattieston, chamberlain
to the Laird of Kilbirnie, and had issue —
Robert of Puddockholme, ancestor of the
Montgreenan family : (2) Margaret Scott,
and had issue — James, min. of Edinburgh
Castle ; Margaret ; William ; Samuel ;
Janet, buried at Glasgow, 25th Dec. 1723 ;
Elizabeth ; Jean (marr., pro. 12th June
1763, John Sword, merchant, Edinburgh).
— [Robertson's Ayrshire Fam., i., 344 ;
Edin. Com. Deeds., xxxvi., 5th Jan. 1758.]
JAMES SMITH, M.A. (Glasgow, 16th
1723 J une 1712) ', schoolmaster at Irvine ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 13th March
1722 ; called 5th Feb., and ord. 2nd May
1723 ; died 11th Feb. 1733, aged about 40.
He marr. Bethia (died 30th Jan. 1767),
daugh. of Hugh Barclay of the Pierston
family, and had issue — Robert, born 1727 ;
Elizabeth (marr. Robert Dallas of Kensing-
ton). — [Glasg. Tests.]
-MALCOLM BROWN, M.A. (Glasgow,
1734 30th April 1723) ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 10th Nov. 1 730 ; was chaplain
to Lord Boyle; called 26th Sept. 1732;
ord. 30th Jan. 1734 ; died Father of the
Church 21st Dec. 1794, aged 99. He
bequeathed £10 to the poor. He marr.
8th Dec. 1738, Anne (died 29th Nov. 1792),
daugh. of James Baine, min. of Bonhill,
but had no issue. — [Edin. Com. Deeds,
xxxvi., 18th April 1760.]
ROBERT URQUHART, born 1763, son
of Andrew U., Irvine ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 23rd Sept. 1788; pres. by Archi-
bald, Earl of Eglinton, 9th March, and ord.
6th Aug. 1795; died 22nd Sept. 1845. He
marr. 10th Sept. 1804, Elizabeth (died 13th
Dec. 1866), daugh. of Henry Hooks, and
1846
had issue — Andrew, min. of Port Patrick,
born 22nd July 1805 ; Janet Morrice, born
13th Jan. 1807, died 31st March 1889;
Agnes, born 7th Aug. 1808 (marr. John
Johnston, factor) ; Elizabeth Glasgow, born
29th Nov. 1812, died 28th Jan. 1861 ;
Jane Fulton, born 8th Dec. 1814, died 24th
Feb. 1846 ; Henry Ritchie, writer, Largs,
born 22nd March 1816; Mary, born 13th
Feb. 1818; Robina, born 7th Dec. 1820
(marr. Archibald Watson, D.D., min. of
St Mary's, Dundee) ; John, born 19th Oct.
1823, died 16th March 1860; Robert Morrice,
born 16th Nov. 1827, died 20th May 1843.
JOHN ORR, born 1811, third son of
William O., farmer, Dreghorn ; edu-
cated at Univs. of Glasgow, Edin-
burgh, and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine June 1844 ; assistant at Wig-
town and in this parish ; pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton, 2nd Dec. 1845 ;
ord. 15th Jan. 1846 ; died 16th Sept. 1885.
He marr. 16th Sept. 1851, Jessie (died 9th
Dec. 1907), second daugh. of James Black-
wood of Leelaw, and had issue — Maine
Maggie, born 17th Sept. 1852; William
Alexander, born 5th March 1854 ; John,
born 27th Feb. 1856 ; Mary Blackwood,
born 17th Nov. 1861, died 16th Feb. 1864 ;
James Blackwood, born 15th, and died
30th Jan. 1864 ; Jessie Blackwood, born
17th April 1865 (marr. Henry Ritchie
Buchan, min. of this parish).
v HENRY RITCHIE BUCHAN, born
1886 Cameron, 12th Nov. 1857, son of
William B. and Euphemia M'Ewan ;
educated at Cameron School and Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1882 ; assistant at Kilbirnie
in 1882; ord. 22nd June 1886; died 15th
April 1918. He marr. 28th Dec. 1886, Jessie
Blackwood Orr, daugh. of preceding min.,
and had issue — William Sutherland, min.
of Liff and Benvie, born 28th Feb. 1888;
John Orr, born 1st Oct. 1889; Henry
Ritchie, born 5th May 1892 ; Jessie Black-
wood, born 7th Aug. 1894 ; Euphemia,
born 26th July 1896; Marion, born 29th
May 1899 ; Ethel, born 5th May 1901 ;
Katherine Alexandra, born 10th Oct.
1903 ; Lionel Cecil, born 30th March 1907.
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KILBIRNIE— KILMARNOCK
[PRESB. OF
HUGH CLARKE M'COLL, born
1918 Glasgow, 2 9tll O ct - I 885 ) son of
John M. and Isabella M'Dougall ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1908); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1908 ; assistant at Milton
(Glasgow), Larbert, and Buccleuch (Edin-
burgh) ; ord. by Edinburgh Presb. to
Darjeeling, India, 16th Dec. 1908; adm. to
this parish 19th Sept. 1918. Marr. 6th
Oct. 1910, Janet, daugh. of John Taylor,
B.D., Indian Chaplain, and has issue — John
Hugo, born 31st Dec. 1911. Publications
— "On the Track of the Lepidoptera"
{Chambers's Journal, Edinburgh, 1911);
"Notes on Bible Lessons" (Indian C.E.
Year Book, 1915-16).
KILMARNOCK.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Marnoch, who was commemorated
also in the name of the stream called the
Water of Marnoch, but now generally
termed Kilmarnock Water. The church
was rebuilt in 1802, and enlarged in 1831.
It is now commonly known as the Laigh
Kirk. Its tower is a survival from the
older building, and is said to have been
built in the fifteenth century. A spring
near by was styled Our Lady's Well. Sir
William Mure of Rowallan, M.P., the poet
and historical writer, was an elder of this
parish. He undertook, among other
poetical works, a metrical version of the
Psalms, but did not live to complete it.
The churchyard of Kilmarnock has several
interesting memorials of Covenanting times.
One monument marks the place where are
buried the heads of John Ross and John
Shields, executed at Edinburgh on 27th
Dec. 1666. Their bodies were interred with
those of criminals in Edinburgh, but the
heads were long exposed for public warn-
ing at Kilmarnock, where the men were
well known. Another stone tells how five
men of the neighbourhood, Thomas Finlay,
John Cuthbertson, William Brown, Robert
Anderson, and James Anderson, taken at
Bothwell Bridge in 1679, were drowned at
sea, while being carried as convict prisoners
to the American plantations. A third
inscription records that John Finlay was
hanged at Edinburgh as a Covenanter on
15th Dec. 1682, while on another stone is
the name of John Nisbet of Hardhill, a
famous member of a notable Covenanting
family. He was executed at Kilmarnock
on 14th April 1683.]
JOHN MUIR, adm. about 1561 ; still
1561 min. 20th April 1565.
ROBERT WILKIE, min. of Loudoun
158 _ in 1574 ; styled min. here 13th March
1580. Loudoun being still in his
charge; died 19th July 1601. He marr.
(1) Helen Lockhart, who died 2nd Sept.
1586, and had issue — Margaret; Helen;
Sara : (2) Agnes Borthwick, widow of
William Strang, min. of Irvine, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — Thomas, min.
of Crailing. — [Reg. Assig. ; Feu Charters
of Kirklands, ii., 193.]
HEW FULLARTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1601 15>78 ) > a d m - to Dumfries in 1586 ;
pres. by James VI. 21st July 1601 ;
died between 29th July and 3rd Dec. 1608,
aged about 50. He had issue — Hector,
mentioned in 1631. — [Beg. Assig. ; Booke
of the Kirk ; Reg. of Deeds, cccclxvi., 481.]
WALTER WHITEFORD, M.A. ; pres.
1608 ky James VI. 3rd Dec. 1608 ; trans,
to Moffat in 1610.
1610
MICHAEL WALLACE, M.A. ; formerly
a regent in the Univ. of Glasgow ;
min. in 1610 ; was a member of
Assembly that year and 1618 ; signed the
Protestation for the Liberties of the Kirk
27th June 1617: was on the Commission
for Maintenance of Church Discipline 21st
Oct. 1634 ; died May 1641, aged about 60.
He marr. (1) Margaret Scott, sister of Robert
S., min. of Glasgow : (2) Margaret Mirrie,
who survived him, and had issue — Robert,
Bishop of the Isles. — [Booke of the Kirk;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 106, 256, 318;
Glasg. and Stranraer Fresh. Regs. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Reg. Old Dec, iii. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
IRVINE]
KILMARNOCK
105
Acts of Pari., v. ; Maitland Miscell., ii. ;
Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; Ayr Sas., 1620,
ii., 69.]'
MATTHEW MOWAT, son of (? John)
M. of Busbie ; M.A. (Glasgow 1624);
1641 pres. by James, Lord Boyd, 1641, but
the Presb. refused to admit him until they
had tried his qualification Nov. 1641. An
Act of Parliament was passed (16th Jan.
1649) pardoning him and others who had
opposed the royal forces at Mauchline Moor
in June 1648. He joined the Protesters in
1651, and was elected by them Moderator
of Synod in April. He was imprisoned
with others 28th May 1662, for refusing
to take the Oath of Allegiance, unless with
explanations, and with consent of Parlia-
ment he was deprived by Privy Council
16th Sept. following, and the church
declared vacant. On a charge of sedition,
he was summoned before the Privy Council
on 9th Dec. 1662. He died Dec. 1669, aged
about 66, and was probably unmarr. His
brother, John, bailie of Kilmarnock, was
his executor. — [Rutherfurd's and Baillie's
Letts.; Syn. Roll, 1642; Stranraer Pr-esb.
Reg. ; Fenivick Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Tests. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Livingston's
Charac. ; Young's Life of Welsh ; Kirk-
ton's Hist. ; P. C. Reg., 2nd ser., vii., 306.]
JAMES CARNEGY, M.A. ; adm. in
1663 1663 j trans - t0 Arbroath 7th Oct.
1669.
1670
ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, born
about 1620, son of James W., min.
of Moonzie ; M.A. (St Andrews
1642); adm. to Forgan 10th Feb. 1647;
suspended and confined to his parish by
Court of High Commission 5th April 1664 ;
deprived 6th April 1665 ; indulged here by
Privy Council 27th Jan. 1670. When terms
of accommodation were proposed to the
Presbyterians that year, he was one of
those who carried a refusal to Edinburgh,
and in 1672 was one of two who drew
up a paper on "Grievances as to the In-
dulgence." He died Nov. 1678, aged about
57, from the effects of a blow given by a
Highlander with the butt end of a musket,
while W. was in the act of expostulating
against the ravages the man's comrades were
committing in the town. He marr. June
1654, Helen (buried in Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 29th Nov. 1696), daugh. of Thomas
Turnbull of Bogmill in the Carse of Gowrie,
and had issue — Robert, served heir 23rd
Dec. 1679 ; William, bapt. 4th May 1671 ;
Jean (twin) ; John ; Mary, edited her
father's sermons ; Janet ; Susanna ;
Margaret. Publications — Believers' Privi-
ledges and Duties in several Sermons,
Part first [no more published] (1682) ;
David's Testament, opened up, in forty
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1696) ; Our Lord's
Transfigxiration evangellically and practi-
cally improved, in ttventy-two discourses
(Edinburgh, 1696). — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
178, 429 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Lamont's Diary ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 6172; M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
50, 145; P. C. Decreta, 18th Sept. 1679,
10th Aug. 1680,9th March 1703; Wedder-
burn Book, 52.]
1682
GEORGE POLLOK, born 24th July
1649, son of James P., bailie of
Glasgow, and Elizabeth Marshall,
and grandson of David P., min. of Old
Luce; M.A. (Glasgow, 5th July 1666)
pres. to Ballantrae 6th June 1673 ; adm
in 1682 ; died April 1688. He marr. (cont
1st March 1681) his cousin Margaret
daugh. of Thomas Pollok, merchant
Glasgow, who survived him, and had issue
— David ; Thomas.
ROBERT BELL, bapt. 20th July 1666,
1687 y° un o est son °f Sir John B., Provost
of Glasgow, and Janet, daugh. of
Colin Campbell of Blythswood ; educated
at Univs. of Glasgow and Oxford ; M.A.
(22nd June 1686) ; adm. to Kilwinning in
1687 ; trans, and adm. in 1687 ; outed in
1689, when some of the people threatened
to throw him into the river, and at the
market cross prohibited him from preach-
ing any more. He went to France in 1692.
— [Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
1690
JAMES ROWAT, formerly in the Second
Charge ; attended first meeting of
Presb. after Toleration, 17th Aug.
1687 ; restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April, and attended the meeting of Synod
106
KILMARNOCK
[PRESB. OF
1711
7th Oct. 1690; died Feb. 1692. He left
100 merks to the poor of the parish.—
[Maitland MiscelL, iv. ; M'Kay's Kilmar-
nock, 144.]
FRANCIS FINLAYSON, studied
16gg divinity at the Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 29th
Nov. 1698; ord. 11th May 1699; died 6th
Feb. 1710. He marr. (cont. 17th Dec.
1703), Margaret (died 30th June 1757),
second daugh. of Hugh Hunter, surgeon
apothecary in Kilmarnock, and had issue
—Hugh, writer, Edinburgh. — [Wodrow's
Anal., and Corres}). ; M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
146; Ayr Sheriff-Court Book, 23rd May
1716.]
WILLIAM WRIGHT, son of Robert
W., bailie of Kilmarnock ; trans,
from Second Charge; adm. 23rd
Jan. 1711 ; died 4th July 1724. He marr.
(cont. 12th Sept. 1720) Charlotte Marie,
daugh. of John Gardiner, London (she
survived him and marr. (2) Laurence Hill,
min. of the Barony, Glasgow), and had
issue— William ; Lettice ; Elizabeth, who
were all dead before 1st May 1727. Publica-
tions — The Comic History of the Marriage
behveen Fergusia and Heptarchtis (1706) ;
The Jacobite Curse (Glasgow, 1714); and
other minor papers. — [Ayr Sheriff-Court
Book, 27th April 1725, and 10th March and
5th June 1727 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's
Anal, and Corresp. ; M'Kay's Kilmar-
nock, 146.]
PATRICK PAISLEY, born 1695, son
of John P., min. of Lochwinnoch ;
1 M.A. (Glasgow, 28th June 1716);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 18th July 1722 ;
was assistant for several months to Thomas
Hoog, one of the mins. of Rotterdam ;
trans, from Second Charge and adm. after
4th July 1724 ; died 11th Dec. 1736. He
marr. 20th May 1731, Helen, daugh. of
John Glen of Assloss, merchant in Kilmar-
nock (she survived him and marr. (2) Hugh
Hamilton, min. of Girvan), and had issue
— Margaret ; Anne ; Janet ; the last two
served heirs to their father 22nd July 1740.
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Steven's
Hist, of Scott. Church, Rotterdam, 152 ;
M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 146.]
LAURENCE HILL, M.A. ; trans, from
1739 Second Charge ; adm. 6th May 1739 ;
trans, to the Barony Parish, Glasgow,
8th March 1750.
JAMES LESLIE, born 1723, son of
1751 Alexander L. of Lachop ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1741);
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 23rd Feb.
1748; called 30th Aug. 1750; ord. 17th
Jan. 1751 ; died 19th May 1764. He marr.
6th Dec. 1757, Nicolas (died at Sanquhar,
1st Jan. 1821, aged 88), daugh. of James
Murray of Upper Ingliston, Glencairn, and
had issue — James, born 22nd Nov. 1758,
died 14th April 1762 ; Beatrix, born 14th
April 1760, died 20th June 1761 ; Alex-
ander, born 28th June 1761 ; Nicolas, born
15th March 1763.— [M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
146.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, born 1733, son
ltJ65 of John R., in the parish of Dunlop ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1753) ; pres. by William, Earl of Glencairn,
8th Oct. 1764; ord. 25th April 1765; died
5th June 1799. He marr. 31st March 1769,
Beatrix (died 31st May 1814), daugh. of
William Smith, min. of Cranstoun, and
had issue — Jane, born 21st June 1770 (marr.
William Scott, min. of Dalkeith); Henri-
etta, born 7th Oct. 1772 (marr. John Moodie,
min. of Riccarton); William, born 2nd June
1775, died 16th June 1776. Publications—
Sermon preached, 8th March 1798 (Ayr,
1798); Account of the Parish, Part II.
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Tombst. ; Somer-
ville's Life ; M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 146.]
DAVID RITCHIE, pres. by the Com-
missioner for Henrietta, Marchioness
of Titchfield, Sept. 1799; adm. 27th
Feb. 1800; trans, to St Andrew's Church,
Edinburgh, 2nd July 1801.
ANDREW GRANT, trans, from Port-
1802 moa ^ > P l * es - by the Commissioner
for Henrietta, Marchioness of Titch-
field, Dec. 1801; adm. 6th May 1802;
trans, to Canongate, 20th Oct. 1808.
JAMES MACKINLAY, trans, from
1809 Second Charge ; pres. by the Commis-
sioners for the Trustees of Henrietta,
Marchioness of Titchfield (in compliance
1800
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KILMARNOCK
107
with a petition from the inhabitants), 1st
Dec. 1808; adm. 12th Feb. 1809; D.D.
(Aberdeen, Dec. 1810) ; died 10th Feb. 1841,
aged 84. He marr. 17th April 1815, Eliza-
beth Dickie, his servant, who died 3rd July
1828, and had issue — Mary, born 17th
Dec. 1815 (marr. James Stevenson, min.
of Newton-upon-Ayr) ; James, min. of Well
Park Chapel, Glasgow, born 4th March
1817; Grizel, born 18th March 1818;
William. Publications — Sermons ; Account
of the Parish, Part I. (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
ii.).—[Tombst. ; Wallace's Burns, i., 298.]
DAVID STRONG, trans, from Second
1841 Charge ; pres. by Commissioners for
William, Marquess of Titchfield, 3rd
Aug., and adm. 2nd Sept. 1841 ; trans, to
Dailly 21st Sept. 1843.
JAMES BUCHANAN HAMILTON,
1843 k° rn Glasgow, 1801, eldest son of
James H., merchant, and Christian
Buchanan ; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Blantyre ; ord. by Presb. of Monaghan,
Ulster, to Clontibret, Presb. of Ballibay, 1st
Sept. 1836 ; pres. by Commissioners for
William, Marquess of Titchfield, 5th Oct.,
and adm. 9th Nov. 1843; died 16th Feb.
1881. He marr. Jessie Murdoch, and
had issue — Janet, born 26th Aug. 1828;
Sarah, born 22nd Dec. 1834 ; James
Buchanan, writer, Kilmarnock, born 8th
Sept. 1837 ; John George, born 15th Oct.
1839; William Gibson, born 20th July
1841; Agnes Logan, born 3rd Feb. 1844;
Mary Anne Dunlop, born 13th July 1846;
Patrick Clark, born 17th Nov. 1848.—
[Smith's Scottish Clergy, iii., 63.]
WILLIAM DUNNETT, born Edinburgh,
1881 30th Aug. 1848, son of William D.,
classical master, George Heriot's
Hospital, and Carrick Pursuivant, and
Christina Gunn ; educated at George
Heriot's Hospital and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1867) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1872 ; assistant at Canongate ; ord. by
Presb. of North of England to Lowick
Aug. 1874 ; trans, to Second Charge, Kil-
marnock, 9th Oct. 1879; trans, and adm.
23rd June 1881 ; clerk of Presb., 1895-1901.
Marr. 29th Sept. 1874, Jane Farquhar
Whyte, daugh. of Alexander Inglis, LL.D.,
rector of Bathgate Academy, and has issue
— William Alexander, min. of Dalkeith,
born 14th Oct. 1875; James M'Donald,
Indian Civil Service, born 11th April 1877 ;
George Victor, min. of Grange, Edinburgh,
born 9th Dec. 1878 ; Hamilton David For-
rester, min. of Inveraven, born 20th July
1880 ; Arthur Henry, min. of Teviothead,
born 25th Feb. 1882 ; Charlotte Inglis, born
18th July 1883; Inglis, born 27th Jan.,
and died 9th Feb. 1885 ; Jane Christina
Georgina Cook, born 27th May 1889 ;
Florence, born 5th June 1892 (marr. 4th
Feb. 1918, Hugh Shirlaw, M.A., B.D.,
lieut. Royal Scots, min. of Fogo). Publica-
tion — Memorial Sermon on the Rev, John
Robertson (Newmilns, 1892).
Second Charge.
JAMES ROWAT, studied theology at
1649 Univ. of Glasgow ; called July 1647 ;
adm. 28th March 1649. Joined the
Protesting Party of the Church in 1651,
was imprisoned with five other niins. 28th
May 1662, and, with consent of Parliament,
deprived by Privy Council 16th Sept. 1663
for not taking the Oath of Allegiance to
His Majesty, unless with explanations. —
[Wodrow's Hist., i., 296 ; Baillie's Lett.]
JAMES OSBURNE, ord. 9th Aug. 1688 ;
1688 trans, to Aberdeen, 18th Dec. 1695.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, studied theology
1700 at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 26th Sept.
1700; trans, to First Charge 23rd
Jan. 1711.
GEORGE PEDEN, M.A. (Glasgow,
1711 1st April 1695); became chaplain to
Anne, Duchess of Hamilton ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th July 1709 ;
was subsequently chaplain in Provost
Hamilton's family ; called 6th Feb., and
ord. 3rd May 1711 ; died 23rd Dec. 1721.
He marr. (cont. 4th Nov. 1714) Katherine
Miller, who survived him, and had issue —
Grizel ; Jean ; Mary. — [Caldwell Papers,
i. ; MacKay's Kilmarnock, 146 ; Ayr Sheriff'
Court Book, 3rd May 1725.]
108
KILMARNOCK
[PRESB. OF
1724
PATRICK PAISLEY, MA.; ord. 6th
May 1724 ; trans, to First Charge
after 4th July 1724.
1739
LAURENCE HILL, ord. 6th May 1725;
1725 ' rans - t0 Fi rst Charge 6th May
1739.
ROBERT HALL, son of Robert H. of
Fulbar, and Margaret Maxwell of
Dargarvel ; MA. (Glasgow, 2nd
May 1727) ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
23rd May 1733 ; called 22nd Nov. 1738 ;
ord. 11th April 1739; died 5th June 1762.
He marr. (1) 25th Dec. 1741, Margaret
(died 21st March 1752), daugh. of William
Smith, merchant, Kilmarnock, and had
issue — Mary, died young ; Margaret, born
6th Feb. 1744, died 18th Nov. 1747 ; Mary,
born 3rd Sept. 1746, died 30th May 1758 ;
Jean, born 26th June 1748 ; Margaret, born
6th April 1750, died 20th March 1754: (2)
7th May 1756, Margaret Tough, who died
8th Jan. 1768.— [M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 146.]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, MA. (Edin-
1764 b ur gh) 1 " 7t ^ April 1745); licen. by
Presb. of Dunblane 9th Jan. 1750;
ord. to Cumbrae 13th May 1760 ; pres. by
William, Earl of Glencairn, 30th Nov.
1762. A refusal to sustain the call or to
grant translation caused the case to be
carried to the General Assemblies of 1763
and 1764, which sustained the call and
granted the translation. Owing to the
opposition of the parishioners, the admis-
sion was made in an inn, 12th July 1764.
Several persons were tried at the Circuit
Court at Ayr for raising a tumult and
sentenced to a month's imprisonment and
to be whipped through the streets of
Ayr. L. died 30th April 1774. He
marr. 27th June 1760, Margaret (died at
Edinburgh, 3rd Dec. 1817), daugh. of
Robert Lauder, writer, Dalkeith (about
whom Burns makes a jocular reference in
his poem of The Ordination, coupling her
name with an old ballad), and had issue —
Henrietta, born 23rd June 1761, died 29th
Nov. 1763; Helen, born 18th June 1762,
died 16th May 1763; Helen, born 20th
June, and died. 5th Nov. 1763 ; Robert,
born 6th Aug. 1764 ; Ann, born 7th Aug.
1765 (marr., pro. 3rd March 1785, Thomas
Henderson, merchant, Edinburgh) ; George,
born 22nd March 1770 ; Glencairn, born
21st June 1772. — [M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
132-142 ; Scots Mag., xxvi. ; Acts of Ass.,
1763, 1764; Caledonian Mercury, 28th
May and 21st July 1764 ; Wallace's Burns,
i., 299.]
JOHN MUTRIE, licen. by Presb. of
1775 Edinburgh, 29th Dec. 1773; pres.
by James, Earl of Glencairn, 30th
Sept. 1774; ord. 8th March 1775; died
2nd June 1785, aged 39. He marr. 25th
Aug. 1777, Barbara, daugh. of Charles
Bannatyne, min. of Irvine ; she survived
him, and marr. (2) 7th Dec. 1795, James
Steven, min. of Kilwinning. — [Tombst. ;
Wallace's Burns, i., 302.]
JAMES MACKINLAY, born Douglas,
17g6 Lanarkshire, 1756, third son of James
M., farmer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 3rd July
1782 ; tutor in the family of Sir William
Cunningham of Windyhill ; pres. by James,
Earl of Glencairn, with consent of his
Trustee, Dec. 1785; ord. 6th April 1786.
This ceremony was the subject of Burns's
poem The Ordination ; trans, to First
Charge 12th Feb. 1809.
JOHN MACLEOD, D.D. ; trans, from
180g Kilmodan ; pres. by the Commis-
sioners for the Trustees of Henrietta,
Marchioness of Titchfield, 10th and 14th
June, and adm. 23rd Nov. 1809 ; trans,
to Dundonald 15th Feb. 1816.
ROBERT STIRLING, pres. by the
Commissioner for William, Duke of
Portland, May, and ord. 19th Sept.
1816 ; trans, to Galston 12th Feb. 1824.
GEORGE SMITH, M.A. ; pres. by the
Commissioner for the Trustees of
Henrietta, Duchess of Portland,
April, and ord. 16th Sept. 1824 ; trans.
to Penpont 9th May 1833.
DAVID STRONG, pres. by the Commis-
sioner for the Trustees of Henrietta,
Duchess of Portland, June, and ord.
29th Aug. 1833 ; trans, to First Charge at
the unanimous desire of the congregation
2nd Sept. 1841.
1824
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109
DANIEL VERE THOMSON, fourth
1843 son °^ William T., Castle Yett,
Lanark ; educated at Lanark Gram-
mar School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark ; tutor to John Alex-
ander Campbell of Dunstaffnage ; rector of
the Normal School. Edinburgh, till 1839 ;
thereafter schoolmaster in Edinburgh ;
pres. by the Commissioner for John, Mar-
quess of Titchfield, 5th Oct., and ord. 9th
Nov. 1843; died 13th June 1866. He
marr. Mary Thomson, who died 14th July
1864, and had issue — William, born 10th
May 1841 ; Daniel Adam Vere, born 21st
March 1849; Mary Helen Vere, born 9th
Jan. 1851 (marr. Alexander Maxwell
Adams, F.R.C.S.E.), died 20th Nov. 1918.
[Smith's Scottish Clergy, ii., 279.]
ALEXANDER WEBSTER, M.A. ; adm.
and ord. 9th Aug. 1866; trans, to
St David's Parish, Edinburgh, 1st
June 1876.
ROBERT PRYDE, M.A. ; trans, from
„ 6 Kininmonth ; adm. 25th Nov. 1876;
trans, to Townhead Parish, Glasgow,
19th May 1879.
WILLIAM DUNNETT, M.A. ; trans.
7 from Lowick ; adm. 9th Oct. 1879 ;
trans, to First Charge 23rd June
1881.
WALTER FORBES LOW, born 12th
1882 March 1856, son of Alexander L.,
min. of Keig ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1876), B.D. (1879) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th May 1879;
ord. 5th Jan. 1882; clerk to Presb., 1885-93;
trans, to St Andrew's, Glasgow, 21st June
1893, but died unmarr. the day after that
fixed for his admission, 1st Sept. 1893.
JOHN CRAIG, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 19th
1894 ^ U ^ 18 94; trans, to Lanark 23rd
Sept. 1898.
GEORGE SIMPSON YUILLE, M.A.,
lg99 B.D. ; ord. 30th March 1899 ; trans,
to Rutherglen 9th Sept. 1909.
ANDREW BALD THOMSON, M.A.,
1910 B.D. ; ord. 24th March 1910; trans,
to Dairy 18th May 1916.
DAVID PORTER HOWIE, born Glas-
1916 £ ow ' lst AP r ^ 1887, son of Robert
H., min. of Enzie ; educated at
Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1910) ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordyce in 1913 ; assistant at Huntly in
1913, and at St George's Parish, Edinburgh,
1914 ; ord. 7th Dec. 1916. Marr. 5th June
1917, Villne, younger daugh. of David
Christie, Aberdeen.
THE HIGH KIRK PARISH,
KILMARNOCK.
[A chapel was built here in 1732. The
High Kirk Parish, so named from the lofty
situation of its church, was disjoined from
Kilmarnock, 23rd July 1811.]
JAMES OLIPHANT, trans, from
i"764 Gorbals Chapel-of-Ease ; called Dec.
1763; ord. 17th May 1764; trans, to
Dunbarton 23rd Dec. 1773.
JOHN RUSSEL, ord. 30th March 1774 ;
1774 trans, to Second Charge, Stirling,
30th Jan. 1800.
GEORGE WRIGHT, called 3rd April,
and ord. 24th June 1800 ; trans, to
Markinch 7th May 1801.
DAVID DICKSON, called 25th Jan.,
and ord. 10th March 1802 ; trans, to
St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 16th May
1803.
ANDREW HAMILTON, born 1773,
1804 eldest son of William H., Eagles-
ham; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1798); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
3rd Aug. 1803 ; called 26th Dec. 1803 ; ord.
8th March 1804 ; pres. by the managers
22nd Aug., and adm. first min. of the
parish 5th Sept. 1811 ; died 11th June
1839. He marr. (1) 17th May 1799, Janet
(died 15th Sept. 1820), daugh. of John
Bachop, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— Jean, born 13th April 1800 ; Margaret,
born 8th Dec. 1802, died 31st Aug. 1828 ;
William, student of divinity, born 13th
March 1807 ; Janet, born 7th Jan. 1811
110
HIGH KIRK PARISH— HENDERSON CHAPEL [presb. of
(marr. 15th Feb. 1830, James Fleming, min.
of Troon): (2) 24th Aug. 1829, Elizabeth
Wilson, who died 6th Aug. 1846.
THOMAS MAIN, born 5th Jan. 1816,
,___ third son of Robert M., schoolmaster,
Slamannan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
pres. by the managers 7th May, and ord.
8th Aug. 1839. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Free Church, Kilmarnock,
1843-57; of Free St Mary's, Edinburgh,
1857-81 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1880) ; Moderator
of Free Church Assembly 20th May 1880;
died at Edinburgh during the General
Assembly 28th May 1881. He marr. 16th
May 1850, Wilhelmina (died s.p. 21st Oct.
1887), daugh. of John Cuninghame of Craig-
ends. Publication — Memoir of Neil Russell,
Student, a sermon (Kilmarnock, 1850). —
[Memorials of the Life and Ministry of
Thomas Main, D.D., by his widow ; Smith's
Scottish Clergy, iii., 55.]
JAMES AITKEN, born Glasgow, 9th
Dec. 1802, son of James A., Ander-
ston ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
pres. by managers 30th June, and ord. 3rd
Aug. 1843 ; died unmarr. 9th Jan. 1881.
JOHN PATRICK, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
187 _ (assistant and successor) 17th April
1879; trans, to Monkton and Prest-
wick 13th May 1880.
JAMES MACGEOCH, born Newton
1880 Stewart ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1876); licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 14th Oct. 1880; died 11th Aug.
1895 unmarr., leaving no near relatives.
GORDON BEATTIE WATT, M.A. ;
1896 ord. 20th Feb. 1896; trans, to St
Paul's Parish, Glasgow, 6th June 1907.
JOHN STEWART ROBERTSON, M.A.,
1907 B.D. ; ord. 24th Oct. 1907 ; trans, to
Wallacetown, Dundee, 10th Feb.
1843
1911.
1911
ANDREW TAYLOR LAURENCE,
born Muthill, 26th July 1883, son of
William Scotland L. and Christina
Taylor ; educated at Muthill Public School,
Morrison's Academy, Crieff, and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1905), B.D. (1909);
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 29th April
1908; assistant at Airdrie 1908-9, and
at Barony Parish, Glasgow, 1909-11 ; ord.
11th May 1911 ; trans, to St Mary's,
Edinburgh, 4th March 1915. Marr. 27th
April 1917, Anne Charlotte Munro, M.A.,
eldest daugh. of John Mackenzie, Lieurary,
Thurso.
DAVID CRAWFORD WATSON, born
Glasgow, 28th Nov. 1887, son of
David W., D.D., min. of St Clement's,
Glasgow ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1909); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1st May 1912 ; assistant
at Queen's Park Church, Glasgow, 1912,
and Barony Parish in 1915 ; ord. 19th Aug.
1915. Marr. 14th March 1916, Grace Mary
Turnbull, and has issue — Lome Martin
Turnbull, born 16th Jan. 1917.
HENDERSON CHAPEL,
KILMARNOCK.
[Formerly an Original Secession Church,
was retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
PETER CAMPBELL, born 1793, fourth
son of Peter O, farmer, Cardross ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow and
Original Secession Divinity Hall ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 27th Dec. 1814 ; ord.
min. of Original Secession Church, Kil-
marnock, 22nd Nov. 1815. Joined the
Church of Scotland in 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Henderson
Free Church, 1843-50; died unmarr. 19th
March 1850. At a meeting of Presb.
arrangements were being made for the
supply of a vacant pulpit. It was the
turn of a popular young minister but upon
his name being mentioned, he said, " I
can't go; I cannot preach to a handful."
C, then an old man, rose, and addressing
the Moderator, said, " Send me : like our
Master, I can preach to many and to few."
Publication — The N on- Intrusion Contro-
versy (1835). — [Scott's Annals of the
Original Secession Church, 488.]
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111
1842
ST ANDREW'S, KILMARNOCK.
(Q.S.)
[A new chapel called St Andrew's,
Netherton, with a district of its own in
the parish of Kilmarnock, was sanctioned
by the Presb. in 1842. The church and
district were erected a parish quoad sacra
by the Court of Teinds, 19th June 1867.]
^NEIL BRODIE, born 1813, eldest son of
Neil B., artificer, Campbeltown ; ord.
27th Jan. 1842. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Kilmarnock Free
Church 1843-4, of Shandon Free Church
1844-62, of Pollokshaws Free Church
1863-92; died at Rothesay 10th March
1892. He marr. 30th Aug. 1842, Martha,
daugh. of Alan Macarthur, H.M. Customs,
Glasgow.
DANIEL M'FEE, ord. 1st Aug. 1848;
1848 t rans - t° Second Charge, Canongate,
Edinburgh, 15th Aug. 1850.
THOMAS MARTIN, second son of
1850 J° nn M., farmer, Mochrum, Wig-
townshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 22nd
Sept. 1846 ; missionary at Toward Chapel ;
elected 24th July, and ord. 15th Oct. 1850 ;
clerk of Presb. 1854-84; adm. first min.
of parish in 1867 ; died unmarr. 18th Feb.
1885.
JAMES LINDSAY, elder son of John
1885 Cowan L., F.E.I. S., rector of
Grammar School, Kilmarnock ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1878),
B.Sc. (1879), B.D. (1882); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 8th June 1882; ord. 25th June
1885; University Extension Lecturer
1886-7 ; Examiner to the Associated The-
ological Colleges of British and Colonial
Philosophy 1897-9, and member of many
British and Foreign Learned Societies ;
F.R.S.E. (1889); D.D. (Glasgow 1899,
Edinburgh 1899); Hugh Waddell Lecturer,
Queen's Univ., Canada, 1899-1900 ; dem.
9th June 1908. Marr. 17th March 1908,
Margaret Dykes, daugh. of James Cook,
Glasgow, and widow of Robert Barclay
Shaw of Annick Lodge, and Knockgerran,
Ayrshire. Publications — The Progressive-
ness of Modern Christian Thought (Edin-
burgh, 1892) ; Essays Literary and Philo-
sophical (Edinburgh, 1896); Significance of
the Old Testament for Modern Theology
(Edinburgh, 1896) ; Recent Advances in
Theistic Philosophy of Religion (Edin-
burgh, 1897) ; Canada, its Commerce, its
Colleges, and its Churches (London, 1900) ;
Momenta of Life (Edinburgh, 1901 ) ;
Studies in European Philosophy (Edin-
burgh, 1909) ; The Fundamental Problems
of Metaphysics (Edinburgh, 1910); The
Psychology of Belief (Edinburgh, 1910);
New Essays, Literary and Philosophical
(Edinburgh, 1912) ; Literary Essays
(Edinburgh, 1912); A Critical Essay on
European Literature (Edinburgh, 1913) ; A
Philosophical System of Theistic Ldealism
(Edinburgh, 1917) ; associate editor of
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1903-19 ; numerous con-
tributions to home and foreign magazines.
ROBERT ALEXANDER, ord. 26th Nov.
1908 ^^ » trans, to Second Charge,
Cupar-Fife, 11th May 1916.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, born Maybole,
6th April 1888, son of Matthew M.
and Mary Barton ; educated at Car-
luke Higher Grade School, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1910), B.D. (1913); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 7th May 1913 ; assistant
at St Matthew's Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
14th Sept. 1916.
ST MARNOCHTS, KILMAR-
NOCK (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1836. The
parish was disjoined from the parish of
Kilmarnock by the Court of Teinds on 16th
July 1862.]
CHARLES STEWART, ord. in 1858;
became first min. of the parish 16th
July 1862; trans, to Strichen 25th
Sept. 1862.
JOHN THOMSON, born 1830; third
son of Peter T., Glasgow ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow ; ord. to West Parish, Maybole,
19th Nov. 1857; trans, and adm. 6th March
1863 ; dem. the office of the Holy Ministry
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ST MARNOCITS, KILMARNOCK— KILMAURS [presb. of
Oth Jan. 1883 ; died at Corstorphine, 25th
July 1916. He marr. (1) 27th April 1864,
Catherine Wilson, who died 3rd Feb.
1878, and had issue— Catherine M'Gregor
Wilson, born 20th June 1865; Peter, born
20th Jan. 1867 ; Helen Anderson, born
9th May 1868; Robina, born 11th June
1869; John, born 18th Dec. 1871; Jessie,
born 28th Jan. 1875; a daugh., born 18th
Aug., and died 13th Oct. 1876 ; John Knox,
min. of Kilmaurs, born 27th Jan. 1878 :
(2) 8th Oct. 1879, Agnes Stewart : (3) 13th
Aug. 1895, Agnes Nisbett.
JAMES WRIGHT ARMSTRONG, born
1883 ^ Andrews, 1855, son of Robert
Armstrong, LL.D., Rector of Madras
College, St Andrews ; M.A. (St Andrews,
1876) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 5th
May 1880; assistant at Eastwood 1880-3;
ord. 28th June 1883 ; died unmarr., at
Dunblane, 8th Nov. 1916.
WILLIAM JAMES SMITH, born
Newcastle, Natal, S.A., 9th Aug.
1885, son of James S., min. of
Baldernock ; educated at Bellahoustoun
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1906); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th
May 1909 ; assistant at Eastwood, 1909-12 ;
•ord. (assistant and successor) 15th Feb.
1912. Marr. 14th Aug. 1913, Isabella,
daugh. of James Leggat, and has issue —
James Aikman, born 13th June 1914 ;
Jean Carswell, born 21st Sept. 1915.
KILMAURS.
[The church of Kilmaurs belonged to the
Abbey of Kelso. It was dedicated to St
Mora or Maura of Little Cumbrae. In
1403, Sir William Cunningham of Kilmaurs
endowed the church with a collegiate
foundation. In 1600, his descendant
James, seventh Earl of Glencairn, added
an aisle to the building. In this part of
the structure there is now a fine seven-
teenth century monument in memory of
William, ninth Earl of Glencairn, Lord
Chancellor of Scotland (died 1664), and
his countess, both of whom were buried
in St Giles, Edinburgh. Of two chapels
in the parish, one was dedicated to
St Mora. The other was at Busby.]
ARCHIBALD CRAUFURD, min. in
1567 1567 ; trans, to Stevenston in 1569.
GAVIN NASMYTH, formerly exhorter
lg(74 at Dreghorn and here ; pres. to the
vicarage of Dreghorn by James VI.
28th Nov. 1572 ; Dreghorn and Stewarton
were also in the charge in 1574 ; still min.
in 1588. He marr. Alison Brown, who
survived him.— [Reg. Min. ; Ayr Inhib.,
24th Nov. 1590.]
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, reader
1585 an< ^ V ^ car m 1585. H e had issue —
David, min. in 1598.
WILLIAM [called HEW in the testa-
ment of Agnes Howie, 1603]
FULLARTON, formerly min. of
Largs ; " buikit by a delyverance of the
Exchequer ; ' 21st Jan. 1589 ; trans, to
Dreghorn in 1590.
DAVID HENDERSON, son of Alex-
ander H., reader and vicar in 1585 ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1591); pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 26th June
1598; was min. in 1626.
JAMES HANNAY, M.A., min. in 1620 ;
trans, to the Canongate, Edinburgh,
1620
in 1624.
DAVID HENDERSON, M.A., above
mentioned ; again appears as min. in
1626; dem. before 14th Feb. 1637.
He marr. Marion Cunningham, and had
issue — David; Frederick; Jean (marr. (1)
cont. 22nd Aug. 1628, John, son of
Archibald Osburne, burgess of Ayr ; (2)
William Bryane) ; Elizabeth (marr., cont.
19th Feb. 1626, Patrick, eldest son of
Archibald Cunningham of Kirkland) ;
Anna (marr., cont. 21st Oct. 1634, John
Cunningham of Hill). — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Wodrow's Anal., iii., 114; Baillie's Lett.;
Reg. of Deeds, dxvi. 392, dvi. 322; Ayr
Sas., iii., 577 ; M'Naught's Kilmaurs, 150.]
JAMES ALDERSTON, brother of
163t? Robert A., cooper, burgess of Glas-
gow ; pres. to Dairy, Galloway, 2nd
April 1635 ; pres. by Charles I. 14th Feb.
irtine]
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113
1637 ; he appears to have been outed in
the following year; died July 1642. He
marr. (1) Margaret, daugh. of Gavin
Hamilton, Bishop of Galloway, and widow
of James Dunlop of that ilk, and of John
Campbell, Bishop of Argyll, and had issue-
Agnes : (2) Jean Colquhoun, who survived
him.— [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Glasg. Tests, j Edin.
Reg. (Bapt.) ; Reg. of Deeds, dvi., 412.]
WILLIAM CROOKES, M.A. (Glasgow
1619) ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
16 21st Dec. 1625 ; assistant at Leswalt
9th iNov. 1631 ; pres. by Charles I. 29th
Oct. 1641 ; res. 1653, owing to the desertion
and disorderly conduct of his parishioners
He went to Ireland, and was min. at
Ballykelly, from which place he was
obliged to remove for a time, and received
thirty shillings from the Kirk-session of
Torphichen 12th Sept. 1659, and also
charity from that of Newbattle 20th
June 1662. He died in 1699, aged over
90. In the Pres. Reg. (14th July 1647)
he is described as "not of robust con-
stitution, but in his life blameless." He
had issue — James. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; P. C.
Dec. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 352 ; Edin. Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett.]
GEORGE RAMSAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1649) ; adm. in 1655 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He is mentioned as min. 24th April 1665 ;
he was with a small party on the way
to join Colonel Wallace in the Pentland
Rising, Nov. 1666, when fortunately for
themselves they retired. Indulged by
Privy Council 3rd March 1670; again
3rd Nov. 1672, along with John Park ;
fined 8th July 1673 by Privy Council in
half a year's stipend for not observing
the anniversary of the Restoration ; died
28th Sept. 1677, aged about 49. He marr.
Janet Trail, who survived him, and had
issue — Catherine (marr. 11th Oct. 1713,
James Yorston, goldsmith, Edinburgh). —
[Wodrow's Hist., i. 327, ii. 28 ; Tombst. ;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., vi., 69.]
JAMES MILNE, adm. before 15th March
1664 1664.— [Glasg. Com. Decreets.]
VOL. III.
1672
JAMES PETRIE, min. in 1668] sued
for stipend for year, 24th Feb. 1669.
— [Glasg. Com. Decreets ; Bailiary
of Cunningham Deeds, 7th Oct. 1671.]
JOHN PARK, M.A. (Glasgow 1639);
adm. to Mochrurn in 1646 ; trans, to
Stranraer 7th Nov. 1649; deprived
by Parliament 11th June 1662; granted
indulgence there by Privy Council 27th
July 1669; licen. to preach here by Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 167^ ; failing to take
up his residence he was ordered to do
so 5th Sept. 1673 ; died at Glasgow, 25th
Nov. 1688, aged about 69. He was the
subject of several elegies. He marr. 29th
Oct. 1646, Barbara Mein, who died 21st
Dec. 1704, aged 85, and had issue —
Robert, advocate, town clerk of Glasgow,
and clerk to the General Assembly after
the Revolution ; who was murdered at
Glasgow about 1691 ; James. Publication
— The Rights and Liberties of the Church
asserted and vindicated against the
pretended Right of Patronage (Edinburgh,
1689). — [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 147 ; Stranraer
Sess. Reg.; Edin. Marr.; Greyfriars Bur.]
JOHN OCHTERLONIE, M.A. ; called
, 00rt 13th, and inst. 21st May 1680 ; trans,
to Balmermo 1682.
GEORGE DUNBAR, adm. in 1682
1682 [ not 1 ^ 85 aS ^ n V0 ^ * - ' ^^ » ^ rans *
to Second Charge, Haddington,
before 12th Nov. 1685.
^GEORGE BROWN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1685 18t ^ ^ U ^ 1^64), sometime school-
master at Fordyce ; adm. to
Stranraer before 15th Oct. 1684; pres. by
William Cuninghame of Caprington 10th
Sept., coll. 9th, and adm. 12th Oct. 1685.
He seems to have been outed at the
Revolution, as about 1700 he was charged
with performing clerical functions and
celebrating irregular marriages. The date
of his death is unknown. He marr.
Katherine Livingston. Publications — An
Account of the Rotula Arithmetica (Edin-
burgh, 1700) ; A Specie Book to turn any
Pure Number of Pieces of Silver, into
Pounds Scots, or Sterling (Edinburgh,
1700) ; A Compendious but a Compleat
System of Decimal Arithmetic (Edinburgh,
H
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KILMAURS
[PKESB. OF
1701); Toleration Defended (1703); Arith-
metica Infinita, or the Accurate Accomptani's
Best Companion (Edinburgh, 1718). — [Had-
dington Presb. Reg.; Assembly Pajiers ;
G. R. Homings, 27th March 1685, 3rd
March 1705; M'Naught's Kilmaurs, 153.]
PETER ORE, M.A. (Glasgow, 1665);
1688 0r< ^' m * n " at Plough, Ireland, Jan.
1673 ; officiated here about 1688 ;
returned to Clough, where he died 27th Dec.
1706. Probably father of Alexander O.,
who succeeded him as min. at Clough. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii. 520.]
HUGH THOMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh
1691 1685) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 25th
Sept. 1688 ; called to Dunbarton,
but declined ; ord. 21st July 1691 ; dem.
12th Nov. 1712, because of the "difficulties
he met with from the people in carrying
on his work in the parish." He retired
to Hill of Kilmaurs, a small property
he possessed in the parish, and preached
there even after his successor was ap-
pointed, a proceeding which led to the
erection of the first dissenting meeting-
house in Ayrshire. He died 13th Feb.
1731, aged 66. He had a knowledge of
medicine, which he practised without pay-
ment. He had great muscular strength,
and on one occasion at Kilmarnock market,
it is said, when told the price of two horse-
shoes, he replied, " so much for these ! I
could twist them with my fingers."
"Twist them then," replied the smith,
"and you shall have the price of your
own making." Taking up one he did so,
and the smith considering his customer
as "no cannie," gave him the shoes on
his own terms, glad to get rid of him.
He marr. Barbara (died 8th March 1765),
daugh. of Robert Barr of Trearne, and
had issue — Barbara, born 1691 (marr. 1743,
David Smyton, min. of the Associate
Congregation, Kilmaurs) ; Robert ; James ;
Janet ; Marion ; Hugh ; Grizel ; Elizabeth,
buried 8th March 1729 ; Agnes, buried 8th
March 1729 ; Martha (marr. Robert Kerr,
merchant, Kilmarnock); Lilias (marr. Gavin
Bryce, merchant, Gorbals).— [Glasg. Tests. ;
Wodrow's Anal. ; Irving's Dunbarton ;
M'Naught's Kilmaurs, 153-55.]
JOHN MILLAR, licen. by Presb. of
171 Paisley 21st May 1712; called 2nd
July, and ord. 25th Sept. 1718 ; died
at Erskine (where he is buried) between
8th Aug. and llth Sept. 1721. He
marr. Christian, daugh. of John Shaw
of Bargarran ; her history is remarkable
for the strange story of supposed sorcery
and witchcraft connected with her younger
years. She is said to have been the means
of introducing the spinning and manu-
facture of linen thread into the west of
Scotland. She marr. (2) 20th Feb. 1737,
William Livingston, glover, Edinburgh. —
[M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 399; Hist, of the
Witches of Renfrewshire (Paisley, 1877) ;
Bargarran's Daughter in Roughead's The
Riddle of the Ruthvens and other Studies,
231-253.]
HUGH COCHRANE, chaplain in Sir
7 Alexander Maxwell's family; licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown 26th Oct. 1715 ;
pres. by William, Earl of Dundonald,
with consent of his curators, 14th Feb.
and 3rd March 1722 ; ord. 7th March 1723 ;
died 9th April 1733, aged 48. He marr.
Marion Smith, Avho died July 1771, and
had issue — Alexander ; Charles ; Mary. —
[Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal., iv., 272.]
SAMUEL FERGUSON, M.A. (Glasgow,
1734 1st May 1724); licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 22nd April 1730; called 19th
Dec. 1733 ; ord. 27th March 1734 ; died in
1735, aged about 31, probably unmarr.
WILLIAM COATES [COATTS], resid-
1739 ing in Blantyre ; M.A. (Glasgow, 9th
Jan. 1725); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 27th Sept. 1726 ; became tutor in
the family of James Dunlop of Garnkirk ;
pres. by the curators for Alexander, Earl
of Eglintou, Oct. 1735, but owing to strong
opposition to his settlement he was not
ord. till 3rd May 1739 ; died 2nd May 1777.
He marr. 8th Nov. 1739, Christian Murray,
who died s.p. 3rd March 1758.
ALEXANDER GILLIES, third son of
1778 Alexander G., Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 1st Jan. 1766, though he signed the
Confession of Faith only erroribus exceptis ;
IRVINE]
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115
became tutor in the family of Provost
Hamilton of Irvine; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, 1st Oct. 1777; ord. 11th
March 1778; died 26th Nov. 1786. He
marr. 12th June 1780, Isabella (died 14th
July 1833), daugh. of John Dun, min. of
Auchinleck, and had issue— John Sundrum,
born 29th June 1781 ; Mary Montgomerie,
born 8th Jan., and died 5th Sept. 1784.
ALEXANDER MILLAR [or MILLER],
licen. by Presb. of Penpont 5th Aug.
1778 ; pres. by Archibald, Earl of
Eglinton, 9th April 1787. In consequence
of violent opposition, he was not ord. till
8th May 1788 ; died 22nd Dec. 1804. He
was the "Wee Millar" of Burns's Holy
Fair. He marr. 6th June 1793, Jane
Johnston, who died 14th July 1827, and
had issue — James Boswell, ironmonger,
Kilmarnock, born 24th April 1794. Publi-
cation — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vs..). — {Report on Church Patron-
age ; Tombst. ; Wallace's Burns, i., 363.]
JOHN ROXBURGH, born 1780, third
son of Adam R., merchant, Hamilton
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th March 1805
pres. by Lord and Mary, Lady Montgomerie
June 1805 ; ord. 20th March 1806 ; died
21st April 1840, " an eloquent preacher and
able man of affairs." He marr. 23rd March
1807, Margaret Bannatine (died 11th Feb.
1828, aged 42), daugh. of Robert Robertson,
Ayr, and had issue — Margaret Paterson,
born 7th Aug. 1808 (marr. David Strong,
rain, of Dailly) ; Adam, min. of the Scots
Church, Greenwich, born 9th Jan. 1810,
died 17th Oct. 1866; Robert, merchant,
Greenock, born 1st March 1812 ; John,
merchant, Glasgow, born 16th Jan. 1814,
died 2nd Feb. 1890 ; Jane, born 23rd Sept.
1815 ; Mary, born 6th Jan. 1818, died 23rd
March 1919; Barbara, born 11th Jan.
1820; Archibald, born 23rd Oct. 1823 —
[Tombst.]
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, pres. by Mary,
1840 Lady Montgomerie 4th Aug., and
ord. 24th Sept. 1840. Four years
afterwards an assistant and successor was
appointed, and for thirty-six years he
resisted all attempts to induce him to
return to his parish ; died at Wick, 8th
Oct. 1881. He marr. 3rd Sept. 1849,
Margaret Manson, Tansfield, Olrig, who
died 1st Oct. 1884, and had issue —
Margaret Anne, born 15th Oct. 1851 ;
Janet, born 18th Oct. 1853 ; Williamina,
born 5th Jan. 1856 ; David, born 12th April
1858 ; George, born 1st July 1860 ; James,
born 22nd Nov. 1862 ; John Cameron, born
13th April 1865 ; Henry Duncan Dundas,
born 8th Dec. 1867; Charles, born 27th
July 1874; Frederick (twin), born 27th
July 1874.
-WILLIAM BUCHANAN, born 1821,
1844 y° un g es fc son °f John B., merchant,
Paisley ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; BA. (1840) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley in 1843 ; assistant at Kilbirnie
in 1844 ; pres. by Mary, Lady Montgomerie
5th Oct., and ord. (assistant and successor)
19th Dec. 1844 ; deposed by General As-
sembly for drunkenness 30th May 1850.
A man of marked literary ability, he
became editor of the Ayr Observer, Edin-
burgh Gourant, Dumfries Herald, and
again of the Ayr Observer ; died unmarr.
19th July 1866. Publications— The Kil-
maurs Case (Kilmarnock, 1847) ; The
Blessed Dead (Kilmarnock, 1849) ; Verses f
Serious, Humorous, and Satirical (Ayr,
1866).— [Brown's Paisley Poets, ii., 131 ;
The Poets of Ayrshire, 329 ; Modern
Scottish Poets, iii., 287.]
[Some delay was caused in the filling up
of the vacancy as the patron objected to
present another assistant and successor,,
and the Presb. requested Mr Sinclair to
return to his duties, but without success.]
ROBERT LOCKHART, born 1834;
1852 eldest son of Robert L., merchant,
Denny ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; MA. (1851) ; pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton, 10th Aug., and
ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Sept.
1852 ; died unmarr. 12th Aug. 1857.
ALEXANDER INGLIS, born St An-
drews 18th April 1830, son of
Alexander I. and Ann Peebles ;
educated at Madras College and Univ. of
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KILMAURS— KILWINNING AND DALGARVEN [presb. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews ; assistant at Largs ; pres. by
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, 24th
Nov. 1857 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
21st Jan. 1858 ; died at Kilmarnock 14th
Oct. 1904. He marr. 23rd Feb. 1858,
Isabella (died 27th Dec. 1913), eldest daugh.
of James Macfarlane, Largs, and had issue
— Alexander, born 11th June 1859, died
29th April 1901 ; James Macfarlane,
solicitor, Kilmarnock, born 13th Feb. 1865 ;
Daniel Macfarlane, Bombay, born 7th Jan.
1867 ; John, born 14th July 1869 ; Elizabeth
Kerr, born 12th March 1873.
JOHN KNOX THOMSON, born 27th
1903 ^ an# 18 ^ 8 > son °f J° nn T., min. of St
Marnoch's Parish, Kilmarnock ; edu-
cated at Royal High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
15th May 1901 ; assistant here, 1901-2; ord.
(assistant and successor) 26th Feb. 1903 ;
enlisted in 15th Royal Scots Nov. 1914;
lieutenant 18th Highland Light Infantry
May 1915, served in France ; res. his com-
mission in 1918. Marr. 6th Sept. 1906,
Marion Forrest, daugh. of John Risk,
Kilmaurs, and has issue — John Forrest,
born 14th Sept. 1908 ; James Douglas, born
1st Jan. 1910 ; Robert Charles Muirhead,
born 2nd May 1914.
KILWINNING AND DAL-
GARVEN.
{Kilwinning. — The church of Kilwinning
was dedicated to St Finan. It belonged to
the abbey of Kilwinning within the parish.
There was long held here a tryst called St
Finan 's Fair ; and a spring near the manse
is still known as St Winan's Well. St
Finan's Tyronensian Abbey of Kilwinning
was founded in 1140 by Hugh de Morville,
Lord of Cunningham, and constable of
Scotland. Part of the Abbey Church was
in use as the Parish Church until 1775,
when a separate church was built for
parochial worship. In 1814 the remaining
ruins of the monastery were greatly damaged
by the fall of its fine, lofty tower. This
tower was then rebuilt on a smaller scale to
1567
a height of 105 feet. At the same time
considerable restorations were made on the
choir of the Abbey Church and in parts of
the nave.
Dalgarven. — The church of Dalgarven
was dedicated to St Michael.]
WILLIAM K1RKPATRICK, min. in
1567; in 1574 Dunlop and Beith were
also under his care ; died July 1577.
He marr. Alison Campbell, who survived
him (marr. (2) Neill Montgomerie), and
had issue — William ; Martha. — [Reg. Min. ;
Edin. Tests. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., lii., 44.]
ALEXANDER WREITTOUN, min. in
1578 1578 ; died 12th Feb. 1605, and is
said to have been "eardit (buried)
with his mouth down that all the ill micht
ga to hell." He marr. Helen Pirrie, and
had issue — Alexander, schoolmaster, Kil-
winning, to whom he left his books and
a house in Kilwinning ; John ; David,
apprentice to Andrew Hart, librarian,
Edinburgh, 12th May 1613; Joshua.—
[Reg. Assig. ; Excheq. Buik ; Glasg. Presb.
Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Reg. Gen., 4328,
4329 ; Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ; Ayr Sas.
Sec. Reg., iii., 433 ; Ker's Kilwinning, 25.]
J DAVID BARCLAY, trans, from Dum-
fries about 1605 ; trans, to St An-
1605
drews in 1614.
JOHN GLASFORD, son of Patrick G.,
1614 k ur S ess °f Cupar-Fife, and Margaret
Lucklaw ; M.A. (St Andrews 1600) ;
adm. in 1614 ; died Dec. 1636, "an eminent,
learned, and pious man." He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Robert Blair of Lochwood, and
had issue — John, apprenticed to James
Stevenston, merchant, Edinburgh, 6th July
1642, served heir to his father in certain
lands in the parish 28th Feb. 1672 ; Jean ;
Margaret. — [Glasg. Presb. Reg.; Inq. Ret.
Ayr, 577 ; Fergusson's Refutat. ; G. R.
Inhib., 18th Feb. 1619; Ayr Sas., iii.,
32, 33.]
ROBERT BAILLIE, M.A.; formerly
1631 re S ent i n tne Um v - of Glasgow ;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Eglin-
ton ; adm. at Glasgow 25th May 163] ;
was a prominent member of the General
Assembly of 1638; attended the army at
IRVINE]
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117
Duns Law June 1639; app. to Tron,
Glasgow, and the second Professorship of
Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.) 30th
Jan. 1640, but the translation was not
carried out till 1642.
1643
JAMES FERGUSSON, of the family
of Kilkerran : M.A. (Glasgow 1638) j
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton ;
ord. June 1643; died 13th March 1667,
aged 46, " esteemed for his great piety and
learning as a most wise, gracious and able
man." He is said to have refused a
bishopric. He marr. Jean Inglis, who died
4th Jan. 1687, and had issue — James ; Hew ;
Mary (marr. Robert Cheislie, merchant,
Edinburgh). Publications — Exposition of
the Epistles to the Philippians and Colos-
sians (Edinburgh, 1656) ; A Brief Exposi-
tion of the Epistles to the Galatians and
Ephesians (Edinburgh, 1659) ; Exposition
of the Epistle to the Thessalonians (London
1674, Glasgow 1675); A Brief Refutation
of the Errors of Toleration, Erastianism,
Independency, and Separation (Edinburgh,
1692). He left in MS. An Essay on the
Singing of Psalms, but it was never pub-
lished. — [Edin. Marr. Beg. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 100 ;
Mem. of Eglinton, ii. ; Tombst. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
RALPH RODGER [or ROGERS], M.A.,
1669 f° rmei ly of the High Church, Glas-
gow ; was resident here 11th March
1667 ; had indulgence by Privy Council 7th
June 1669, being the first so favoured. He
was one of those who met at Paisley, 14th
Dec. 1670, with Archbishop Leighton, with
a view to an accommodation. He was fined,
with others of his indulged brethren, in the
half of his stipend, 8th July 1673, for not
observing the anniversary of the Restora-
tion. During 1676 he preached for some
time in Glasgow. On the removal of the
Indulgence, he was imprisoned in Edin-
burgh, 11th Dec. 1684, for refusing to give
a bond not to exercise his ministry in any
part of Scotland. He returned to his
former charge, the High Church, Glasgow,
in 1687.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 180.]
1687
1688
ROBERT BELL, adm. 1687, through the
influence of the Archbishop of Glas-
gow ; is said to have preached only
one day, and was trans, to Kilmarnock.
GEORGE MELDRUM, M.A., formerly
min. of Aberdeen ; adm. before 21st
March 1688; trans, to Tron Parish,
Edinburgh, 11th Feb. 1692.
[In 1692 John Munro, and John Stirling,
min. of Inchinnan, were unanimously called
by the heritors and elders but both declined
acceptance, and a vacancy of more than
four years followed.]
GEORGE CHALMERS, licen. by the
1696 umte d Presb. of Stirling and Dun-
blane 6th May 1695 ; ord. 2nd Sept.
1696; trans, to Principalship of King's
College, Aberdeen, 22nd Nov. 1717 (q.v.).
ALEXANDER FERGUSSON, born
1721 1689, eldest son of William F. of
Auchenblain, Sheriff Depute of
Ayrshire ; M.A. (Glasgow) ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 31st March 1718 ; called 2nd
Nov. 1720 ; ord. 14th March 1721. Towards
the end of his life, being unable through
age and illness to perform his duties, he
was assisted by five probationers in succes-
sion, to whom he gave the whole stipend.
He was libelled by James Macconnell, the
town drummer of Beith, for holding opinions
known as the " New Light," but the charge
was dismissed 8th Aug. 1769. He died 16th
Feb. 1770. He marr. 22nd July 1725,
Katherine (died 2nd May 1766), eldest
daugh. of William Watson, writer, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — William, born 30th
March 1729, died 3rd April 1751. Publica-
tions — A Warning against all Divisive
Courses (1759) [which called forth An
Answer to the Warning, by David M'Lerie,
weaver in Paisley, but really by James
Elice or Alice, Secession minister there] ;
A Second Warning (1761) [also answered
by Elice (1761)] ; A Display of the Act and
Testimony published by Mr Ebenezer
Erskine and his Associates (Glasgow, 1761) ;
" Letter from One Clergyman to Another "
(Scots. Mag., xxix.) ; [Vide The Religious
Establishment in Scotland, A Tract
occasioned by the late persecution against
118
KILWINNING AND DALGARVEN
[PRESB. OF
the Rev. Alexander Fergusson [anon.]
(London, 1771) [the author was John
Mackenzie, D.D., min. of Portpatrick]. —
[Ker's Kilwinning, 55-83.]
THOMAS POLLOCK, born 1743; eldest
l7 ^ n son of James P., Maybole; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 6th Feb. 1765 ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, 7th April, and ord. 20th
Sept. 1770; died 4th May 1798. He marr.
18th Aug. 1777, Margaret (died at Irvine
19th July 1830), second daugh. of Alex-
ander Hamilton of Grange [now Kerelaw],
surgeon, Saltcoats, and had issue — Alex-
ander Hamilton, born 1st July 1778, died
4th June 1787; Montgomery, Cornet
H.E.I.C.S., born 31st May 1780, 'died 1803 ;
Archibald, born Llth March 1782, died 26th
March 1788 ; Rachel, born 9th Dec. 1783,
died 7th Jan. 1859 ; Robert, Lieut.
H.E.I.C.S., born 7th Jan. 1786, died
1806; Captain Alexander, born 13th Nov.
1787, died 27th July 1816; Elizabeth, born
27th May 1789 (marr., 21st March 1837,
Gilbert Cunningham of Carmelbank), died
1st May 1861 ; Margaret, born 9th April
1791 ; Hamilla, born 26th Dec. 1793, died
3rd Jan. 1847 ; Annabella, born 22nd
March 1795, died 2nd Aug. 1845; and
probably George, merchant, Paisley. Pub-
lication—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xi.).— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM RITCHIE, D.D. ; trans, from
Tarbolton ; pres. by Hugh, Earl of
Eglinton, 1st Aug., and adm. 8th
Nov. 1798 ; trans, to St Andrew's Parish,
Glasgow, 1st Oct. 1802.
JAMES STEVEN, born June 1761, eldest
son of William S., Kilmarnock ;
studied at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 28th June 1786 ; assist-
ant at Ardrossan ; called to Crown Court
Church, London, 14th June, and ord. by
the Scots Presb. there 1st Nov. 1 787 ;
was one of the founders of the London
Missionary Society. He was pres. to this
parish by Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, Dec.
1802 ; adm. 24th March 1803 ; D.D. (Glas-
gow, April 1817) ; died of apoplexy, 15th
Feb. 1824, "having preached that day in
his usual eloquent manner." He was the
subject of Burns's satirical verses entitled
"The Calf," the poet having heard him
preach at Mauchline in 1786. He marr.
(1) 3rd Sept. 1788, Margaret Corse, Paisley
(died 30th Oct. 1791), and had issue-
William, born llth Oct. 1789, died a
student, 5th May 1808 ; Margaret, born
16th April 1791, died 15th April 1820 : (2)
2nd Dec. 1795, Barbara (died llth April
1825, aged 66), daugh. of Charles Banna-
tyne, min. of Irvine, and widow of John
Mutrie, min. of Kilmarnock, and had issue
— James, writer, Glasgow, born 26th Sept.
1796, died 9th Feb. 1849 ; Charles Banna-
tyne, min. of Stewarton, born 14th Oct.
1798 ; Barbara, born 7th March 1802 (marr.
27th April 1836, Captain James Patrick of
Drambuie, factor to the Marchioness of
Hastings); John, H.E.I.C.S., born 24th
March 1804, died at Bombay, May 1832.
Publications — The Unrivalled Felicity of
the British Empire (London, 1802) ; Two
other Sermons (London, 1796-1811). —
[Tonibst. ; Wilson's Diss. Church, iv. ;
Wallace's Burns, i. 397, iii. 178 ; Ker's
Kilwinning, 98-119.]
GEORGE COLVILLE, pres. by the
1824 trustees of Archibald William, Earl
of Eglinton, May, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1824; trans, to Beith 7th July 1831.
ARCHIBALD BLAIR CAMPBELL,
1831 b ° rn 14th N ° V> 18 ° 2 ' thir(i SOn ° f
Thomas O, D.D., min. of Ancrum ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 8th June 1825 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) to Port Patrick
3rd April 1828 ; pres. by trustees of Archi-
bald William, Earl of Eglinton, July, and
adm. 22nd Sept. 1831 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1844) ; died at Kelton Manse, Castle
Douglas, unmarr., 7th March 1879. Pub-
lication — Account of the Parish {Neiv Stat.
Ace, v.).
JOHN SI ME, pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton and
Winton, 3rd Nov. 1863; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 20th Jan. 1864 ; trans,
to Dundonald 17th May 1866.
IRVINE]
KILWINNING AND DALGARVEN— LOUDOUN
119
WILLIAM LEE KER, born Peebles,
6 29th Sept. 1834, son of James K.,
bailie, and Jane Lee; educated at
Peebles Burgh School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1861); licen. by Presb. of
Peebles 20th July 1864 ; assistant at Kirk-
hope and Stow; pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton and Winton,
20th May, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 16th Aug. 1866; died 12th May
1902. He marr. 19th Jan. 1875, Janet,
daugh. of Findley Caldwell, and had issue
—Janet Latta, born 4th May 1876, died
12th May 1881 ; James Campbell, B.A.
(Cantab.), Indian Civil Service, born 2nd
Jan. 1878 ; Jane Lee, born 12th May 1879 ;
Alice Caldwell, born 18th Aug. 1881, died
9th March 1882 ; Ada Lee, born 24th Jan.
1883 (marr. 21st Oct. 1913, Dr Campbell
Kay Stevenson); Findley Caldwell, C.A.,
Glasgow, born 6th May 1884; Gertrude
Lee, born 11th Nov. 1885 (marr. 2nd Oct.
1911, Edgar Campbell Russell, B.A.). Pub-
lications — Kihvinning Abbey (Ardrossan,
1885); Mother Lodge, Kihvinning (Paisley,
1896); Short Studies on the Epistle to the
Philippians (Edinburgh, 1900) ; History of
Kilwinning (Kilwinning, 1900).
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, born Lam-
. lash, 16th Aug. 1871, son of Archibald
H. and Janet M'Bride ; educated at
Lamlash School and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A.
(1895), B.D. (1898); missionary at Drum-
chapel in 1896 ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre
27th April 1898; ord. to West Cambus-
lang 20th April 1899 ; trans, and adm.
8th Jan. 1903. Marr. 12th May 1903,
Crissie, daugh. of Thomas MacNeish and
Mary Swan, Lamlash, and has issue —
Crissie Swan, born 28th March 1904;
Archibald M'Bride, born 16th Jan. 1906;
Janet Winning, born 19th March 1907.
LOUDOUN
[The church of Loudoun belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. In 1738 the parish
church was transferred to a site at New-
milns. The ruins of the old church, stand-
ing in the churchyard at Loudoun, contain
the burial-place of the Earls of Loudoun.
A spring at Loudoun was long held in
honour as Our Lady's Well. At Newmilns
a fair was held on St Denys' Day, 9th
October.]
RANKEN DAVIDSON, exhorter in
1567 1567.
ROBERT WILKIE, min. in 1574, with
Kilmarnock and Riccarton also in
his charge ; continued in 1580,
when he was also min. of Kilmarnock.
JAMES LANDES or LANDLESS,
M.A. (Glasgow 1588); min. in 1594.
1574
1594
— [Beg. Assig.]
1597
JAMES GREIG, son of James G., min.
of Colmonell ; adm. about 1597 ; for
approving of the proceedings of the
Assembly at Aberdeen in 1605, was im-
prisoned in Dunbarton Castle 3rd Oct.
1605. On 24th of that month he, with
the other imprisoned mins., declined the
jurisdiction of the Privy Council on such
a question. On 24th Oct. 1606 he was
ordered to confine himself within the
bounds of Caithness. On his submission
and expression of regret he was liberated
2nd July 1607 ; still min. 20th July 1635.
He marr. Helen Wilkie, and had issue —
John, min. of Carrickfergus (1646-49) and
Newtonards in Ireland (1650-61), died 20th
July 1670; Margaret (marr. John Reid,
younger, of Ballochmyle) ; Isabella (marr.,
cont. 5th, 12th, and 13th Feb. 1628,
Matthew Campbell of Barcreochill). — [Beg.
Assig. ; Stranraer Presb. Beg. ; Livingston's
Charac. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 403 ; Melville's
Autob.; Calderwood's Hist., ii., 94; P. C.
Beg., 1st ser., vii., passim; Ayr Sas. ii. 504,
iii. 193, v. 8, viii. 49 ; The Clan Campbell,
v., 60.]
JOHN NEAVE or NEVAY, nephew of
Andrew Cant, min. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1626); was tutor to George, Master of
Ramsay ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 14th
Oct. 1630 on the recommendation of that
of Alford, but left its bounds a fortnight
after ; adm. about 1637 ; app. in 1647 a
member of committee to revise the Psalter.
He was present at Mauchline Moor in
1637
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LOUDOUN
[PRESB. OF
opposition to the royal army June 1648,
but was pardoned by Parliament 16th Jan.
1649 ; was app. a commissioner by Parlia-
ment for visiting the Univ. of Aberdeen
31st July 1649 ; was active in raising the
western army in 1650, and in 1651 a
prominent supporter of the Protesters. In
1654 he was named by the Council of
England on a committee for authorising
admissions to the ministry in the province
of Glasgow and Ayr. On 23rd Dec. 1662
he was banished by the Privy Council
from His Majesty's dominions and went
to Holland, where he died in 1672, aged
about 66. He was a man of great zeal
though somewhat violent and did not
object to the execution of the Macdonald
prisoners taken at Dunaverty. He marr.
Ann Sharp, widow of Robert Halyburton,
merchant, Edinburgh ; she survived him,
and had issue — a son. Publications — The
Nature, Properties, Blessings, and Saving
Graces of the Covenant of Grace (Glasgow,
1748) ; Latin Stanzas on Isaiah ii. 1-5
(Vuftien Predicatien, door Jac. Borstius
(Utrecht, 1696).— [Rutherfurd's and Baillie's
Letts.; Wodrow's Hist., 317, 318-; Acts of
Ass. ; Acts of Pari., vi., vii. ; Nicoll's and
Brodie's Diaries ; Steven's Scott. Church,
Rotterdam, 36, 51, 54, 75 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., viii., 345 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; High-
land Papers, ii. (Scott. Hist. Socy.); Lang's
Hist, of Scotland, iii., 181, 247 ; Mathie-
son's Politics and Religion, ii., 71.]
WILLIAM HUME, pres. to Edrom
22nd May 1648 ; trans, to Ellem in
1664 1652; adm. to Ayton after 17th
March 1653; trans, and adm. 13th Oct.
1664 ; died Feb. 1666. He marr. Anna
Hume, who survived him, and had issue —
Patrick ; Thomas ; two other children,
who received six shillings from the Kirk-
session of Logie-Murdoch [Fife], 1st March
1672. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Edin. Sas., xviii.,
125 ; Logie Sess. Reg.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, M.A., formerly of
Muirkirk ; probably indulged here
1 in 1673. He had issue — Anna, who
had sasine of lands in the parish of Dalserf
1st Nov. 1673. — [Par. Reg. Sas., Lanark.]
1674
ANTHONY SHAW, M.A. (Edinburgh,
17th April 1639); licen. by Presb.
of Stranraer 12th March 1645 ; ord.
min. of a Presbyterian congregation at
Belfast Sept. 1646 ; adm. to Colmonell
Jan. 1650, but deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; granted indulgence
at Paisley 3rd Sept. 1672 ; trans, here about
1674 ; summoned before Court of Justiciary
2nd Aug. 1683, and imprisoned, but liber-
ated after a week's confinement. He dem.,
and had his indulgence declared void by
the Privy Council 10th Jan. 1684, but was
again imprisoned for refusing to find
caution to desist from preaching in future.
Being old and infirm he was released on
22nd Jan., caution having been found. He
died before 20th Sept. 1687, aged about
68. He marr. (1) Agnes, sister of Fergus
M'Cubbin of Knockdolian, and had issue —
Fergus, served heir to his father 20th Sept.
1687 ; Margaret (marr. Yuil) : (2) Janet
Taylor or Tillour (buried at Glasgow 13th
Jan. 1699), a lady "eminent for piety,
skill in physic, and long experience, who
died aged over 70."— [Wodrow's Hist., iii.
470, iv. 37 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6870 ; Reg.
Mag. Sig., 5th March 1662 ; Ayr Sas., ix.,
346 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 124 ;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., viii., 346.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, ord. Cairncastle,
Ireland, 2nd May 1677; adm. here
before 8th Oct. 1685 ; dem. in 1689 ;
was received into communion by the Presb.
7th Jan. 1690, and returned to his former
charge. He had calls from Largs but con-
tinued at Cairncastle till 1714 when he went
to Scotland. He marr. Agnes Cunningham,
and had issue.— [Hist, of Presb. Congr. in
Ireland, 74 ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 520.]
HUGH FAWSYDE, son of Hugh F.,
merchant burgess, Glasgow ; studied
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 17th April, and ord. 26th
Sept. 1695; died 10th Jan. 1752. He
marr. (1) 31st Jan. 1701, Lilias, only daugh.
of James Weir, surgeon, Glasgow, and had
issue — James ; Christian (marr. Nov. 1 730,
John Campbell, min. of Galston) ; Lilias,
died 28th Aug. 1750 : (2) Margaret Hamil-
1695
irvink]
LOUDOUN
121
ton, and had issue — Elizabeth. — [Glasg.
Marr. Reg. ; Lanark Sas., xiv., 85 ; Ayr
Sheriff- Court Books, 26th July 1745;
G. R. Sas., 26th Dec. 1716.]
ANDREW ROSS, pres. by John, Earl
of Loudoun, 4th July 1752 ; ord.
27th Sept. 1753 ; trans, to Inch 21st
Oct. 1762.
1753
1763
GEORGE LAWRIE, youngest son of
James L., min. of Kirkmichael ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Nov.
1756 ; pres. by the Commissioners for John,
Earl of Loudoun, 31st March and 4th April,
and ord. 28th Sept. 1763 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
19th Jan. 1791); died 17th Oct. 1799, aged
77. Dr Lawrie was intimate with Robert
Burns, and it was his influence that changed
the poet's plans when he bad already
taken his passage as an emigrant for the
West Indies. Ere setting out he went to
pay a parting visit to the old manse of
Loudoun. His brother Gilbert has recorded
that it was then that Burns first heard the
spinet played and danced to its music
with his host and hostess and their
children. On going away next morning
he left in his bedroom the well-known
Verses addressed to the Almighty on behalf
of this min. and his family. L. marr. 21st
Nov. 1764, Mary (died at Glasgow 23rd
Jan. 1818, aged 88), daugh. of Archibald
Campbell, D.D., Professor of Divinity,
Univ. of St Andrews, and had issue —
James, born 30th Sept., and died 28th
Nov. 1765; Christina, born 11th Nov.
1766 (marr. 19th April 1787, Alexander
Wilson, bookseller, Glasgow) ; Ann (twin),
born 11th Nov. 1766 (marr. George Gordon,
min. of Sorn) ; Archibald, his successor in
the parish ; Mary (twin), born 30th May
1768 ; Louisa, born 31st Oct. 1769 ; Eliza-
beth, born 3rd Nov. 1772, died 1st Oct.
1773. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace. iii.). — [Wallace's Burns,
i. 412, 443, ii. 42, 187.]
ARCHIBALD LAWRIE of Hillhouse,
born 30th May 1768, son of preced-
ing ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 18th
Jan. 1791 ; pres. by Flora, Countess of
Loudoun, and her tutors 22nd and 29th
April and 21st May, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 1st Aug. 1793; D.D. (Glasgow,
14th March 1816) ; died 5th May 1837. He
marr. (1) 2nd April 1794, Anne M'Kitterick
Adair, who died 12th Feb. 1822, and had
issue — Anne Baxter, born 14th April 1795 ;
George James, D.D., min. of Monkton ;
Mary, born 18th May 1798, died 14th April
1813; Christina Wilson, born 16th July
1799 (marr. 5th Sept. 1820, Robert Balfour
Graham, D.D., min. of North Berwick) ;
James Adair, M.D., Professor of Surgery,
Glasgow Univ., born 25th June 1801, died
23rd Nov. 1859; Harriet, born 25th Aug.
1802 (marr. James Dalmahoy, surgeon,
H.E.I.C.S.) ; Barbara Adair, born 3rd Nov.
1803 ; Francis Rawdon Hastings, major in
army, born 21st Dec. 1804 ; Louisa Camp-
bell, born 3rd April 1806 ; Frances Wallace,
born 10th Aug. 1807 ; Harrietta Liston,
born 26th Feb. 1809 (marr. Feb. 1842,
Francis Valentine Woodhouse of the Inner
Temple, London) ; Archibald, born 8th
Sept. 1810, died 17th May 1811: (2) 12th
Jan. 1832, Mary (died s.p. 26th Jan.
1863), second daugh. of John Howison of
Holmfoot.
NORMAN MACLEOD, pres. by the
Commissioner for George, Marquess
of Hastings, Oct. 1837; ord. 15th
March 1838 ; trans, to Dalkeith 15th Dec.
1843.
1838
1845
JAMES ALLAN, born 1804, third son
of John A., farmer, Lesmahagow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by the Presb. jure devoluio 12th Sept., and
call sustained 1st Oct. 1844, but objections
having been taken, the Presb. resolved not
to proceed, a decision which was reversed
by the General Assembly ; ord. 4th July
1845; died 1st June 1864. He marr. 8th
July 1839, Lucy (died 16th Nov. 1882),
daugh. of James Davidson, Alloa, and had
issue — James, chemical broker, Glasgow,
born 2nd Sept. 1840 ; William Davidson,
born 31st Jan. 1842, died 17th May 1860;
Lucy Isabella, born 8th July 1843; Jane
Templeton, born 22nd Dec. 1844, died 10th
Nov. 1848; Daniel, born 7th June 1846,
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LOUDOUN— STEVENSTON
[PRESB. OF
1891
died 11th Nov. 1848; John, born 26th
Sept. 1847; Marion, born 3rd June 1850,
died 2nd Oct. 1861.
JOHN ROBERTSON, born 1823, son of
1865 J° nn R-> merchant, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by Henry, Marquess of Hastings, Aug.
1864; ord. 5th Jan. 1865; died unmarr.
11th Feb. 1896. Publication — Sermon
(Newmilns, 1892).
HAMILTON MOORE, born Connor,
Ireland, 12th June 1856, son of John
Hamilton M., D.D., and Eleanor
Allen ; educated at Royal Academical In-
stitution and Queen's Univ., Ireland ; B.A.
(1878), M.A. (1879); licen. by Presb. of
Ballymeria; ord. to Glenwherry, Ireland, 1st
Nov. 1881 ; adm. by General Assembly as
an ordained min. in 1886 ; assistant at St
Stephen's, Edinburgh ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 8th Oct. 1891. Marr. 6th Sept.
1883, Annie Kinnear, daugh. of John
Stephen, shipowner and agriculturist, Com-
mieston, Kincardineshire, and has issue —
John Hamilton, born 26th June, and died
11th Sept. 1884; Eleanor Allen, born 26th
July 1885 ; Hamilton, born 25th Aug. 1887,
died 11th Feb. 1888 ; Frederick James, born
25th Jan. 1889 ; Norman Denis, born 24th
Dec. 1890; Hamilton Stephen, born 25th
Jan. 1893 ; Annie Stephen, born 14th April
1895; William David, born 22nd June 1898.
STEVENSTON.
[The vicarage of Stevenston belonged to
the Abbey of Kilwinning. The church was
dedicated to St Monach. A fair was held
annually at Stevenston on St Monach 's Day,
30th October. The parish church was
rebuilt in 1833. There is a mission chapel
within the bounds at Ardeer.]
STEPHEN WILKINSON, vicar in
1560 1547; believed to have held office
in the Reformed Church in 1560.
JAMES WALKER, probably pre-Refor-
6 „ mation vicar and who had con-
formed ; was a member of As-
sembly 29th June 1562; died before 28th
1569
July 1569.— [Boolce of the Kirk; Keith's
Hist. : Reg. Min.']
ARCHIBALD CRAUFURD, adm. to
Kilmaurs in 1567 ; entered at Bel-
tein ; pres. by JameB VI. 28th July
1569 ; Dairy and Kilbirnie also were under
his care in 1574; mentioned as min. in
1580 ; returned about 1585. — [Beg. Min.]
PATRICK WALKINSHAW, a
1581 member of Assembly April 1581 ;
trans, to Kilmaronock in 1583.
ARCHIBALD CRAUFURD, above
1585 mentioned, returned ; still min. in
1601, and dem. before 1603— [Reg.
Assig.]
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, M.A.
,.„ (Glasgow 1585); adm. to Ardrossan
in 1591 ; trans, before 1603 ; set a
lease of the teinds in 1606 ; was called
before the Privy Council with four others,
15th Feb. 1610, for intercommuning with
his brother-german John C, a Capuchin
friar, alias "Father Chrisostome, ane
knowne trafficquing priest " ; dem. before
28th Jan. 1613; died 6th Sept. 1615, aged
about 50. He marr. Elizabeth Smetoune
(who survived him, and marr. (2) Aug.
1616, Thomas Boyd of Carncogie, Provost
of Irvine), and had issue — Alexander ;
Hew ; Janet (marr. (1) 1621, James
Bryding (2) John Peebles, younger, of
Pethirland, Antrim, which marriage was
annulled in 1632) ; Margaret ; Marion ;
Annabell. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Prot. Book of
Robert Brown; Ayr and Wigtown Arch.
Socy. vii. 190, viii. 35 ; The Clan Campbell,
v., 78.]
JOHN BELL, M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th
1613 ^ U ^ !609); m ^ n - at Percetoun before
1613; coll. 28th Jan. 1613; pres. to
the Vicarage Pensionary by James VI.
10th Dec. 1613; died in 1641, aged about
52. He marr., and had a son — John, his
successor. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Tombst. ; Acts
of Pari., v. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN BELL, son of preceding; M.A.
1641 (Glasgow 1632) ; adm. to Glasford
1st Jan. 1640 ; trans, in 1641 ; died
Oct. 1665, aged about 54. He marr. (1)
IRVINE]
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123
Jean Balcanquhall, who died Sept. 1652 :
(2) cont. 13th Oct. 1662, Janet, daugh. of
Thomas Craigingelt, servitor to the
Countess of Eglinton, who survived him
and marr. (2) Kalph Rodger, min. of Kil-
winning. (On a piece of oak behind the
manse pew are the initials of B. and his
first wife, "M. [Mr] I. B., I. B. 1641.")—
[Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Tombst.]
JOHN CRAMOND, M.A. (King's
1668 Colle ? e » Aberdeen, 17th July 1662) ;
called 20th May, inst. 19th Oct. 1668 ;
remained till about 1680. — [Glasg. Comm.
Decreets, 2nd Nov. 1669, 28th Dec. 1679;
Bail. Cunn. Deeds, 28th May 1675.]
DAVID MITCHELL, M.A. ; inst. before
, QO , 1st June 1681 : trans, to Greenock
lbol , _ _
26th May 1683.
JOHN KEITH, M.A. (Marischal College,
1688 Aberdeen, 1673) ; mentioned as min.
1st Sept. 1688 ; probably outed in
the following year ; he applied +o the Presb.
of Aberdeen to be received into communion,
but was refused ; on a vacancy at Old Deer
in 1710, he intruded ; was dep. by the
Synod of Aberdeen 3rd April 1711 ; died
at Chancery Lane, London, Aug. 1735, aged
86. — [Aberdeen Synod ; Inq. Ret. de Tut., iv.]
ROBERT STIRLING, born 1635, son of
Alexander S., Stewarton ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1654) ; min. of Derry-
Keichan or Dervock in Ireland ; adm. in
1689 ; was recalled to his former charge in
1695 ; died 1699. He marr. Marian Camp-
bell, and had issue — Thomas, min. at
Dervock, ord. 22nd June 1703; died 20th
Nov. 1718. — [Wodrow's Anal.; Reid's
Ireland, ii., 520.
WILLIAM REID, called 10th April
17oo 1700 ; ord. soon afterwards ; died
26th Nov. 1742. He marr. 23rd
Oct. 1702, Sarah (died 1735), daugh. of
Thomas Bogle of Bogleshole, and had issue
— Alexander ; Mary ; William ; Anna ;
Thomas, merchant, Saltcoats ; John of
Seabank (marr. Anna, daugh. of Robert
Cunningham of Auchinharvie) ; Alexander ;
Robert, apprentice to a W.S. in 1734. —
[Tombst]
1689
ROBERT FINDLAY, called 29th March,
1744 and ord. 23rd Aug. 1744 ; trans, to
Galston 6th June 1745.
THOMAS M'KINDLAY, son of Patrick
1746 ^'' * n P ar * s h °f Kilmaronock, Dun-
bartonshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; became tutor in the family of
Sir Michael Stewart of Blackhall, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 9th July, and
called 17th Oct. 1745; ord. 24th April
1746 ; died 2nd May 1758. He marr. 4th
Dec. 1751, Jean Dickie, who died 16th July
1824, aged 93, and had issue — Jean, born
27th Nov. 1752 ; John, merchant, Montrose,
born 31st March 1754.— [Tombst.]
JAMES WODROW, born 21st March
175 1730, ninth son of Robert W., min.
of Eastwood ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow, where he was librarian 1750-5 ;
M.A. (1750) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 28th
Feb. 1753 ; ord. to Dunlop 1st Sept. 1757 ;
called 7th June, trans, and adm. 18th Oct.
1759; D.D. (Glasgow, 1786); died 17£hDec.
1810. He marr. 30th April 1759, Louisa,
daugh. of Gavin Hamilton, bookseller,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Robert, born
11th Jan. 1761, died 7th April 1762 ; Gavin,
M.A. (Glasgow, 1781), student of divinity,
born 19th Dec. 1761, died 29th May 1781 ;
Helen, born 23rd June 1763 ; Patrick, born
2nd Sept. 1765, died while a student, 30th
Aug. 1781 ; Margaret, born 20th May
1767; died 4th March 1845; William.
Publications — The Measures of Divine
Providence towards Men and Nations
suitable to their Behaviour, two sermons
(Edinburgh, 1794) ; Account of the Life
and Lectures of William Leechman, D.D.
(Leechman's Sermons i.) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Wod-
row's Mem.]
DAVID LANDSBOROUGH, born
Dairy, Galloway, 11th Aug. 1779 ;
son of John M'Landsborough and
Isabel Hugan ; educated at Dumfries
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor
in the family of Sir William Miller of
Glenlee, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 24th Feb. 1808 ; pres. by Alexander
Hamilton of Grange in May, and ord. 26tb
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STEVENSTON— STEWARTON
[PRESB. OF
Sept. 1811. Joined the Free Church in
1843; F.C. rain, of Saltcoats, 1843-54;
D.D. (U.S.A. 1849); died of cholera 12th
Sept. 1854. He was an Associate of the
Linnaean Society, an authority on sea-
weeds, and is said to have discovered
nearly seventy species of plants and
animals new to Scotland. He has been
termed "The Gilbert White of Scotland."
He marr. 18th March 1817, Margaret (died
9th Nov. 1834, aged 37), daugh. of James
M'Leish, shipowner, Port Glasgow, and
had issue — John, born 10th July 1818;
James, born 27th Nov. 1820, died at Port-
Denison, Queensland, 7th Jan. 1866 ;
Margaret Kerr, born 20th Aug. 1822 (marr.
10th Oct. 1848, Robert Mackenzie Stark,
seed merchant, Edinburgh); William,
Australian explorer, born 21st Feb. 1825,
died at Lochlamborough, near Brisbane,
May 1886 ; David, LL.D. min. of Grange
U.F. Church, Kilmarnock, born 19th Dec.
1826, died 22nd Nov. 1912 ; Isabella, born
28th May 1828 (marr. Arthur Thomson,
min. of the Free Church, Yester, and was
mother of John Arthur T., LL.D., the
biologist); Janet, born 20th Aug. 1834
(marr. 21st Jan. 1856, James Stoddart
Porteous, California). Publications —
Arran, a poem (Edinburgh, 1828);
Natural History of Arran ; Ayrshire
Sketches (1839); Excursions to Arran,
Ailsa Craig, and the Two Cumbraes
(1847; 2nd ser., 1852; 2nd ed., with
memoir, 1875); A Popular History of
British Zoophytes (1852); A Popular
History of British Seaweeds (London,
1849, 3rd ed., 1857); Biographical Notice
of Rev. John Hendry; Account of the
Parish (Nezo Stat. Ace, v.).—[Tombst.;
Story's Mem. ; Our Galloway Ancestors,
43-49; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1843
JAMES CRUICKSHANK, born Peter-
head, son of John C. and Henrietta
Hay ; educated at Univ. of St An-
drews ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar ; ord. to
Manor 12th Sept. 1833 ; trans, and adm.
22nd Sept. 1843, died 17th Oct. 1880. He
marr. 3rd July 1839, Janet Ann Elizabeth
(born 6th Sept. 1807, died 16th June
1877), daugh. of James Burnett of Barns,
Peeblesshire, and had issue — Henrietta
Hay, born 24th June 1840, died 8th Oct.
1850; Christian Catherine, born 13th May
1844 (marr. 14th April 1869, James Smith,
LL.D., min. of Newhills) ; James Burnett,
born 26th Dec. 1845, died in Ceylon, 21st
Jan. 1877; John Robert Lee, born 18th
Aug. 1848, died in British Guiana, 14th
May 1901. Publication — Account of the
Parish of Manor (New Stat. Ace, iii.). —
[The Burnetts of Barns.]
JOHN FRASER GRAHAME, M.A.,
187r _ B.D. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1877 ; trans, to Belmont
Chapel, Glasgow, 17th Feb. 1886.
ROBERT JOSEPH KYD, son of David
1886 ^' 5 Dundee, and Margaret Anderson ;
educated at Evangelical Union
Theological Hall, 1876 ; min. of the Evan-
gelical Union Church at Airdrie and West-
hill, Aberdeenshire ; adm. as a licentiate by
General Assembly in 1885 ; assistant at
Dairy in 1885 ; ord. 9th Nov. 1886. Marr.
22nd Nov. 1886, Mary Georgina (died 14th
June 1902), daugh. of George Forrest,
Falkirk, and has issue — Robert ; Mary
Winifred, died 1st Feb. 1909: (2) 2nd
June 1914, Susan Frances Rea, widow of
Dr Alister, Ibrox.
STEWARTON.
[The vicarage of Stewarton belonged to
the Abbey of Kilwinning. At the Chapel-
toun of Lainshaw in the parish there was
a chapel of St Mary. The church of
Stewarton was rebuilt in 1696.]
JAMES LUMMISDAILL [LUMS-
1567 DEN], reader in 1567.
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, exhorter
1572 at Lammas 1572.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE, elder,
1574 rea< ^ er 5 1574-88 ; called to St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 23rd Sept.
1586, but the translation was not carried
out. — [Reg. Assig.; St Cuthbert's Sess.
Beg.].
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, third son
158g of Hugh M. of Hesselhead ; was
one of those thought " apt and able
to minister" by the first General Assembly
1KVINE]
STEWARTON
125
20th Dec. 1560, and was settled, perhaps, at
Cupar-Fife, in 1562. He was trans, to
Dunblane in 1567, and to Stirling before
Lammas 1572 ; promoted to archbishopric
of Glasgow in 1581, but dep. before 28th
April 1582 by General Assembly, who was
however interdicted by the Privy Council
from proceeding to carry this sentence out,
27th June 1582. The sentence was removed
Feb. 1587, and he was adm. to Symington,
Ayrshire, that year ; trans, about 1589 ;
was archdeacon of Argyll ; dem. in 1607
in favour of his son-in-law ; died after
25th March 1609 and before April 1611.
He marr. Beatrice Jamieson, and had issue
— John of Sevenakers; Robert, to whom
his father granted the stipend of Stirling,
a gift which was revoked by the Privy
Council 29th Oct. 1583; Elizabeth (marr.
James Montgomery, min. of Dunlop ;
another (marr. William Castlelaw, min.
of this parish. — [Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. of
Deeds, clxxx. 16, cxcvi. 27 ; Diet. Nat.
Biog., xiii., 756.]
WILLIAM CASTLELAW, educated at
1607 Univ. of Glasgow ; adm. as min. on
demission of his father-in-law in 1607.
During his ministry the religious revival
known as the " Stewarton Sickness " took
place, 1625 to 1630. He died July 1642.
He marr. (1) a daugh. of Robert Mont-
gomerie, his predecessor, and had issue —
WiJJiani, probably his successor ; Thomas ;
Eupham ; Ann ; a daugh. (marr. Adam
Stewart of Fairlie Ardoch Mill) : (2) 13th
Jan. 1629, Marion Geddes. — [Edin. and
Canongate Marr. Beg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Old
Dec., ii. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Blair's Autob. ;
Stevenson's Hist. ; Stirling Sas., viii., 373 ;
G. R. Inhib., 20th Nov. 1665; Reg. of
Deeds, 18th June 1641.]
WILLIAM CASTLELAW, probably
1645 eldest son of preceding ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 22nd July 1632) ; adm.
before 11th May 1645 ; not conforming to
Episcopacy, he was confined to his parish
in 1662 ; indulged in 1672.
ANDREW HUCHESON (M.A. Edin-
1647 kurgh, J u ^ 1642 ) I studied theology
at Glasgow ; called 27th April, and
was adm. (colleague) 10th May 1647 ; not
conforming to Episcopacy he was confined
to the parish in 1662 ; indulged in 1672.
ALEXANDER OGILVIE, son of John
1664 ®"> bailie of Cullen ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; became
schoolmaster of Cullen and of Fordyce July
1659 ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 9th May
1660 ; got a testimonial for ordination 31st
March 1663 ; was at the Synod April 1664 ;
adm. to Riccarton in 1663 ; trans, about
1664 ; he agreed with the parishioners to
leave his charge, at which the Privy Council
expressed its displeasure 29th Dec. 1669.
He was in the Presb. of Fordyce unemployed
20th Dec. 1671.— [Jedburgh Presb. ; Banff
Homings, iv., 346 ; Cramond's Cidlen.]
WILLIAM CASTLELAW, MA., above
1672 mentioned ; granted an indulgence
by the Privy Council 3rd Sept.
1672 ; died Sept. 1675. He marr. Jean
Niven, who survived him, and had issue —
Eupham; Elizabeth (marr. (1) Francis
Scott ; (2) Robert Hunter, maltman, burgess
of Culross). — [Glasg. Com. Dec, 21st May
1676 ; Bail. Cunn. Dec, 22nd Jan. 1691 ;
Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204 ; Reg. Old Dec, ii. ;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., vi., 65.]
ANDREW HUCHESON, M.A., noticed
1672 De f° re > granted an indulgence with
the preceding by the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672 ; died June 1683, aged about
61.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204 ; Glasg. Tests.]
ALEXANDER LAING [or LANG], a
le native of Buchan ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 23rd July 1674) ;
adm. to Dalmellington about 1680; trans,
here in 1685 ; having been very serviceable
to Lieut. Dundas at Dalmellington in
pointing out persecuted people Dec. 1684,
he was outed in 1689. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
iv., 171 ; Rule's Sec Vindication.]
ALEXANDER FORBES, ord. 9th May
1690 1690 ; trans, to Dyke 4th Feb. 1692.
126
STEWARTON
[PRESB. OF
1699
JAMES ARBUCKLE, was a student at
the fourth class in the Univ. of
Glasgow in 1684 ; adm. about 1699 ;
dem. before 1704. He marr. Margaret
Hamilton. — [Beg. Old Dec, ii. ; Lanark
Sas., xi., 135.]
ROBERT PAISLEY, studied theology
1704 at ^ e Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 27th May 1702;
ord. in 1704 ; died 7th Nov. 1711. He
marr. Agnes, daugh. of William Wallace,
maltman in Paisley, who survived him. —
[Wodrow's Anal. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 15th
July 1712.]
JOHN MONTGOMERIE, licen. by
17 Presb. of Edinburgh 1st Oct. 1712 ;
pres. by the Commissioners for Sir
James Cunningham of Milncraig 8th Dec.
1712; ord. 9th Sept. 1713; died 27th Sept.
1757. He marr. (1) Jean Cran, and had
issue— Jean, born 1714 : (2) 29th Aug. 1726,
Christian (died Nov. 1730), daugh. of James
Marshall, writer, Edinburgh, and widow of
Samuel Brown, min. of Makerstoun, and
had issue — James, died 19th Nov. 1754 ;
Margaret, died 26th April 1748 ; Elizabeth,
born 9th Nov. 1730 (marr. Colin Campbell,
min. of Eaglesham). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg.
Old Dec, ii. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Caldwell
Papers, i.]
THOMAS MAXWELL, second son of
175 Patrick M., min. of Inchinnan ;
educated at Univ . of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton ; pres. by
James Montgomerie of Lainshaw in March,
and ord. 28th Sept. 1758 ; died 13th March
1796. He marr. 10th Sept. 1770, Elizabeth
(died 3rd May 1794), daugh. of Robert
Brown, shipmaster, Saltcoats, and had
issue — Patrick, writer, Irvine, born 8th
Sept. 1771 ; Robert, born 23rd April 1773,
died 1st Oct. 1774 ; John, surgeon, West
Indies, born 1st July 1774, died 13th July
1805 ; Thomas, born 19th Dec. 1775, died
at Tobago, 26th Nov. 1802; Robert, born
9th Feb. 1777, died at Tobago, 21st Jan.
1804 ; Jean Montgomerie Maxwell, born
16th Oct. 1778, died 5th March 1782;
Janet, born 15th Dec. 1779, died 14th
March 1780 ; George, born 8th Aug. 1781,
died 25th Sept. 1826. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ix.). — [Hamilton's Descrij). ; Tombst. ;
Pollok Papers.']
JAMES DOUGLAS, born Cambus-
7 „ nethan, son of James D. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1st Aug. 1792 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 30th May 1793 ;
pres. by William Cuninghame of Lainshaw
24th June 1796 ; died 11th April 1825. He
marr. (1) a lady, whose name is unknown :
(2) 12th Jan. 1795, Annabella (died 18th
July 1847), daugh. of William Tod, mer-
chant, Glasgow, and had issue — James,
writer, Glasgow, born 10th Jan. 1796 ;
William, merchant, Jamaica, born 17th
March 1798 ; Robert, surgeon, Tobago, born
20th Jan. 1800 ; Janet, born 16th Feb. 1802
(marr. (1) 4th Oct. 1819, John Torrance,
surgeon, Kilmarnock : (2) John Duncan,
LL.D., min. of Milton Parish, Glasgow) ;
Lilias, born 1st March 1804 (marr. James
Monteith, Glasgow) ; Henry, born 27th
Jan. 1806, died young ; Annabella, born
16th Dec. 1807 ; Mary Wallace, born 18th
Jan. 1810 (marr. 2nd April 1838, Adam
Monteith, writer, Glasgow), died 22nd
Dec. 1839 ; Henry, min. of Kilsyth, born
31st Aug. 1811 ; John, merchant, London,
born 7th April 1814 ; Alexander, born 25th
Feb. 1816.
CHARLES BANNATYNE STEVEN,
born 14th Oct. 1798, son of James
S., D.D., min. of Kilwinning ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 6th May 1823; pres.
by William Cuninghame of Lainshaw, and
ord. 22nd Sept. 1825, died suddenly at
Glasgow, 14th May 1865. He marr. (1)
24th Dec. 1827, Marianne (born 28th April
1804, died 23rd Dec. 1856), daugh. of
Colonel Stewart Murray Fullarton of that
Ilk, and had issue— James, in Smyrna, born
27th Sept. 1828; Rozetta Fullarton, born
11th Feb. 1830 (marr. David Marshall
Lang); Stewart Murray, born 4th Sept.
1831 ; Charles Bannatyne, writer, Edin-
burgh, born 17th March 1833, died 30th
June 1894; John, born 17th Sept. 1834,
died 8th April 1840 ; William Cuninghame,
born 4th Aug. 1836, died 27th Jan. 1837 ;
irvine] STEWARTON— NEW CHAPEL— WEST KILBRIDE 127
I860
Alexander, born 15th Sept. 1838, died 13th
Jan. 1840 ; William John, min. of Melville,
Montrose, born 19th July 1841 : (2) 1st Feb.
1859, Mary Hamilton, widow of Henry
Lepper, who died 1st Nov. 1905.
NEIL MAXWELL MACNAUGHTON,
trans, from Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow ;
adm. (assistant and successor) 15th
March 1860 ; trans, to Kinclaven 20th Aug.
1863.
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, MA. ; pres.
by John Cuninghame of Lainshaw
and Duchrae 3rd Nov. 1863 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 14th Jan. 1864 ;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 13th
May 1879.
JAMES CORNWALL BROWN, born
187g 13th Jan. 1855, son of Benjamin B.,
min. of Airdrie ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ;
ord. 18th Dec. 1879; died at Kilmacolm,
27th Jan. 1909. He marr. 5th Aug.
1880, Elizabeth Christian Stirling Napier,
second daugh. of John Glegg, Milliken,
Renfrewshire.
WILLIAM FALCONER OGILVIE,
1908 b0rn Pertn 20tn May 1881 > son of
William Falconer O. and Eliza
Stirton Tilley ; educated at Balhousie
Public School, Perth Academy, and Univ.
of St Andrews ; MA. (1902), B.D. (1907) ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 15th May 1906 ;
assistant at Dunblane, 1906-8 ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 2nd July 1908 ; enlisted
in Black Watch in 1914, 2nd lieut. 1916.
Marr. 3rd July 1912, Catherine Margaret,
daugh. of William Grant Methven Brown,
St Andrews, and has issue — Lorna Falconer,
born 22nd Oct. 1913; Katharine Falconer,
born 1st April 1915 ; Sheila Falconer, born
4th Jan. 1917.
NEW CHAPEL, STEWARTON.
[The church belonged to the Original
Secession. In 1839 the congregation
united with the Church of Scotland and
a district was assigned by the General
Assembly. Objection was taken to this
procedure by John Cuninghame of Lain-
shaw, one of the heritors, who appealed to
the Court of Session. This controversy,
subsequently well known as the Stewarton
Case, and which involved the question
whether or not the Church of Scotland
had freedom in regulating its ecclesiastical
affairs, became one of the grounds which
led to the Secession of 1843. The building
was retained by the Free Church.]
JAMES CLELAND, born Carluke 1804,
1839 son °^ Thomas C, farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow and Associate
Theological Hall ; ord. to Stewarton
Original Secession Church 26th Oct. 1830.
Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839 ;
afterwards min. at Bolton, in Isle of Man,
and Risley, Warrington ; died at The
Folly, Warrington, 29th Jan. 1888.—
[Scott's Annals of the Original Secession
Church, 507.]
DAVID ARTHUR, born 1812, third
1842 son °^ J ames A., farmer, New
Cumnock; ord. 14th July 1842 by
Commission of Assembly in face of an
interdict by Court of Session. Joined the
Free Church and was min. of Free Church,
Stewarton, 1843-51, and of Belize, British
Honduras, 1851-76 ; died in London, 18th
March 1888. He marr. 7th Jan. 1845,
Agnes Morris.
WEST KILBRIDE.
[St Bride's Parish Church here belonged
to the Abbey of Kilwinning. A yearly
tryst called Bridesday Fair was held at
Kilbride on St Bride's Day, 1st Feb.
Within the parish there were several
chapels, St Inan's at Southannan, St Bey's
on the island of Little Cumbrae, and
another at Chapelton. The church of
West Kilbride was rebuilt in 1873.]
Sir JOHN MAXWELL, exhorter and
1567 min. in 1567.— [Reg. of Deeds, ix. 97.]
JOHN MAXWELL, probably the same,
1574 reader 1574 to 1580.
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAME, min. in
1585 1585.
128
WEST KILBRIDE
[PRESB. OF
HEW BOYD, min. from 1588 to
1588 1591.
JOHN HARPER, M.A. (Glasgow 1594) ;
. adm. that year ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 30th June 1601 ;
called before the Privy Council 15th Feb.
1610, with others, for harbouring papists ;
died 28th or 29th Aug. 1630. He marr. (1)
Barbara, daugh. of Archibald Boyd of
Portincross : (2) cont. dated 13th July
1621, Mary, daugh. of John Hamilton of
Stonehouse, and had issue — Hugh ; John :
(3) cont. 4th Aug. 1624, Elizabeth, daugh.
of John Lindsay, min. of Carstairs, and
widow of James Harper, surgeon, and of
William Birnie, min. of Ayr. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Memoir of James Mitchell ; Ayr Sas., ii.
205, iii. 596 ; Reg. of Deeds, dxx., 102.]
GEORGE CRAUFURD, eldest son of
Andrew C. of Drings, and Marion
Cathcart; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (25th July 1618); min. in 1632;
dep. 14th March 1648, for general conduct
unbefitting his profession ; died before 23rd
Dec. 1663. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of
John Montgomerie of Bngend, and had
issue — Robert of Balsarroch, ancestor of
the Craufurds of Kilbirnie, Baronets, died
Feb. 1682 ; William ; John in Maybole ;
Robert ; Jean (marr. Simon Fergusson,
brother to Kilkerran) ; Mary (marr. Duncan
Craufurd in Knockshinnoch) ; another
(marr. Dr Robert Craufurd, Nethermains).
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Burke's
Peerage ; Ayr Sas., 3rd ser., i., 431 ; G. R.
Sas., xlix., 453 ; Reg. of Deeds, 3rd March
1663.]
WILLIAM RODGER, M.A. (Glasgow
1643) ; called in Jan., and adm. 18th
Oct. 1649 ; still min. 2nd July 1650.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, son of
Alexander C. of Collellan ; min. in
1658 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662; died Jan. 1669, aged 40. He
marr. Eupham, daugh. of John Cunning-
ham of Baidland, who survived him, and
marr. (2) Hugh Craufurd of Garrive, min.
of New Cumnock. His nephew, Alexander
C. of Cherrielands, was served heir to him
1665
22nd June 1686.— [Fountainhall's Dec, ii. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 32 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Ayr
Mornings, 9th April 1662; Inq. Ret. Gen.
6743.]
ANDREW LOUTHIAN [LOTHIAN],
adm. about Oct. 1665 ; still min. in
1670. — [Bailiary of Cunningham
Deeds, 19th June 1671.]
v ROBERT BOYD, M.A., of Cranberrie-
1672 moss > formerly of Linton in Teviot-
dale ; granted an indulgence by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; he was
called before the Justiciary Court 2nd
Aug. 1683, but the diet was deserted,
the Court finding that he was "known
to have been notoriously loyal and had
refused to read the rebel's declaration."
He returned to Linton in 1690.
GILBERT HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1R| _ 2 1643); adm. to Crawford 15th Jan.
1651 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662; granted an indulgence here
with the preceding by the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672 ; he was cited before the
Privy Council for not obeying its orders
11th Aug. 1677.— [Wodrow's Hist., i. 327 ;
Family of Birnie of Broomhill, 55.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE of Lenturk,
son of Alexander I., min. of Long-
side ; adm. to Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 12th Dec. 1672; dem. Whitsunday
1674 ; probably became min. at Logie
Buchan before 11th July 1681 ; adm. here
about 1688 (not in 1669 as stated in Vol. I.,
p. 45, and in Hew Scott) ; outed in 1689 ;
died after 23rd Dec. 1697 and before 8th
April 1705. He marr. 20th Dec. 1672,
Grisell (died 1735), daugh. of Captain
Thomas Ramsay of the Abbotshall family,
and had issue — Andrew, bapt. 8th Jan.
1674; Alexander; John, bapt. 14th Dec.
1684 ; Jean (marr. 8th April 1705, James
Millar, servitor to Sir Hew Dalrymple
of North Berwick) ; probably also Anne,
died 1729 ; Mary (marr. Aitchison,
glover, Edinburgh). — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 30th Aug. 1687; Edin. Bapt.
and Marr. ; Aberdeen Sas., 8th Aug.
1682 ; Gen. Reg. Sas., 7th Jan. 1685 ;
IRVINE]
WEST KILBRIDE
129
Edin. Tests.; Aberdeen Tests.; Ex inform
D. A. Boyd.]
ROBERT HUNTER of Kirkland, born
1621, son of Robert H. of Hunterston,
and Elizabeth Craufurd of Auchen-
ames family; M.A. (Glasgow 1643); adm.
under the Toleration 28th April 1688 ; dem.
3rd May 1698 ; died about 1710. He marr.
(cont. 29th July 1675) Margaret, daugh. of
John Hamilton of Grange, and had issue —
Robert of Kirkland ; Margaret (marr. 1713,
William Castlelaw); Rebecca (marr. Robert
Cameron, min. of Beith) ; Elizabeth (marr.
1720, John Montgomerie of Barradger).—
[Robertson's Cunninghame.']
GEORGE RENNIE, M.A. ; teacher in
Borrowstounness ; master of the
Scottish School, Rotterdam, March
1692 to Aug. 1697; studied divinity at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
15th Nov. 1698 ; ord. 12th May 1699 ; died
Jan. 1713. He marr. Agnes Williamson,
widow of David Dick, skipper in Bo'ness,
who survived him, and had issue — Robert.
— [Steven's Scottish Church, Rotterdam,
349; Edin. Sas., 22nd May 1705.]
JOHN ADAM, probably a native of
1699
1716
Kilmarnock ; schoolmaster at Dun-
donald ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 10th
Aug. 1714; called 24th Aug. 1715; ord.
15th Feb. 1716; died 29th Sept. 1763.
He marr. 8th Nov. 1716, Janet (died 21st
Sept. 1755), daugh. of John Campbell,
min. of Craigie, and had issue— Elizabeth ;
Matthew ; Mary ; John, min. of this
parish ; Andrew ; Jean, died 8th Sept.
1745; Robert, born 4th May 1731 ; Janet,
born 27th Dec. 1737.
JOHN ADAM, son of preceding ; called
29th Nov. 1750 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 28th March 1751 ; trans.
to Middle or New Parish, Greenock, 12th
July 1769.
ARTHUR OUGHTERSON, born Ayr,
August 1736, son of John O., min.
of Cumbernauld ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 7th
May 1766 ; pres. by Archibald, Earl of
Eglinton, 25th May 1770; ord. 28th Feb.
VOL. III.
1751
1771
1771 ; died 14th Sept. 1822. He marr.
1st Sept. 1760, Ann Fergusson, who died
29th Nov. 1809, and had issue — Clementina,
born 14th June 1761, died 6th Aug. 1809 ;
Arthur, merchant, Greenock, born 5th
June 1762, died 26th Sept. 1816 ; Eglinton,
born 19th April 1769 (marr. (1) Nov. 1795,
George Muir : (2) Dr Hendrie : (3) 14th
Dec. 1812, John Newbigging, Kilmarnock) ;
John Steel, min. of Monkton, born 3rd
Dec. 1770 ; James, merchant, Greenock,
born 21st Jan. 1773 ; Ann, born 31st Jan.
1776 (marr. 27th Oct. 1795, James Francis
Grant, of the Monymusk family, rector of
Wrabness, Essex, and Mersten, Sussex).—
[Kay's Portraits, ii.]
JOHN STEEL OUGHTERSON, M.A.,
son of preceding; nominated by
Hugh, Earl of Eglinton in Jan., and,
ord. (assistant and successor) 3rd July 1805 ;
trans, to Monkton 24th Sept. 1812.
WILLIAM VASSIE, M.A., of the
Mansionhouse Academy, Camber-
well, London ; ord. by Presb. of
North Northumberland 16th April 1813,
as min. of a Presbyterian congregation
at Thropton ; pres. by the trustees of
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, in
Jan., and adm. 20th March 1823 ; died
28th April 1834, aged 67. He marr. Anna
(died s.p. 20th March 1858), daugh. of
Adam Fife, Woolwich Arsenal. Publica-
tion — The Necessity of Religion and Virtue
to National Happiness and Prosperity, a
sermon (London, 1809).
THOMAS FINDLAY, born Westlin-
1832 bank, Strathaven, Nov. 1801, fourth
son of Francis F., farmer, Avendale ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 26th Nov. 1826; pres.
by trustees of Archibald William, Earl of
Eglinton, in July, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 11th Oct. 1832. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, West Kilbride, 1843-75 ; died 13th
June 1875. He marr. 21st Nov. 1832,
Isabella Smith, who died 3rd July 1880,
and had issue — Francis Muirhead, born
28th April 1834, died 19th March 1865;
John Smith, born 14th April 1836, died
130
WEST KILBRIDE
[PRESB. OF IRVINE
June 1893; Isabella Donaldson, born 10th
May 1838 (marr. Robert Brown, merchant,
Glasgow); Thomas William, in Natal, born
12th July 1839, died 6th May 1869; Eleanor,
born May 1843 ; Robert Daniel, born 1846,
died at Malacca, Sept. 1880 ; David Lands-
borough, born 1848, died at Pietermaritz-
burg, March 1892.
ALEXANDER KING, born 1818,
1843 y° un & est son °f Alexander K.,
Stewarton ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 29th
March 1842 ; pres. by Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton, 17th Oct., and ord. 10th
Nov. 1843 ; died 25th Feb. 1882. He marr.
11th March 1845, Helen Dow, who died
9th Feb. 1881, and had issue — Alexander,
merchant, Manchester, born 22nd Jan.
1846, died 24th Feb. 1903 ; Andrew Dow,
in Griqualand East, born 8th May 1847 ;
Mary Craig, born 19th March 1849 ; John
Gavin, in Griqualand East, born 7th May
1851; Anne Blair, born 6th March 1854
(marr. Anderson) ; Helen Jane, born
20th April 1856 (marr. Theophilus Paton
of Swinlees), died 16th Sept. 1915 ; Agnes
Josephine, born 7th Nov. 1858 (marr.
William Brown), died 1916 ; Georgina
Sarah, born 26th March 1862, died 4th
Jan. 1872 ; and Christian Hunter (twin),
born 26th March 1862 (marr. Matthew
Brown).
JOHN LAMB, born North Berwick, 4th
1881 "^ e ^ - 184 ^> son of John L. and Agnes
Currie ; educated at Cauvin's In-
stitution, Duddingston, and Edinburgh
Univ. ; M.A. (1872), B.D. (1879) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 16th May 1879;
assistant at Greenside and St George's,
Edinburgh, 1879-81 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 28th April 1881 ; died 28th Oct.
1913. He marr. 1st June 1882, Jessie (died
23rd Dec. 1919), daugh. of James Taylor,
Inverleith Gardens, Edinburgh, and had
issue— Jessie Fletcher, born 27th Oct. 1883
(marr. Arthur Henry Dunnett, min. of
Teviothead) ; John, min. of Fyvie, born
31st Jan. 1886 ; Agnes Currie, born 7th
Sept. 1890. Publications — Annals of an
Ayrshire Parish [West Kilbride] (Glasgow,
1896) ; West Kilbride and Neighbourhood
(Ardrossan, 1899).
1914
ANDREW FORRET SCOTT
PEARSON, born Tayport, 25th
Dec. 1886, son of John P. and Agnes
Forret ; educated at Tayport Higher Grade
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1906), B.D. (1910), D.Th. (Heidelberg
1911); licen. by Presb. of Dundee 4th May
1910 ; assistant at St Mary's College
1910-12 ; at First Charge, Cupar-Fife,
1912 ; at First Charge, Hamilton, 1912-14 ;
ord. 19th March 1914 ; Chaplain to Forces,
1918-20. Marr. 28th Nov. 1916, Jean, daugh.
of James Kerr Love, M.D., Glasgow, and
granddaughter of Joseph Corbett, D.D.,,
min. of Camphill U.F. Church, Glasgow,
and has issue — Ian Forret Scott, born 20th
Oct. 1917 ; James Kerr Love, born 11th
March 1919. Publications — Prayer (Dundee
1912) ; Der Aelteste Englische Presbyterian-
ismus (Edinburgh 1912).
PRESBYTERY OF PAISLEY.
[This court was severed from the Presbytery of Dunbarton in 1590. It appears on
record as in operation at 8th April 1593. The existing Presbytery Register, however,
does not begin till 16th Sept. 1602. There are blanks in the records from Dec. 1607 to
20th April 1626, and 20th June 1660 to 29th Oct. 1663.]
BARRHEAD (Q.S.).
[On 28th May 1838 a constitution was
granted to a chapel here. The parish was
disjoined from Neilston by the Court of
Teinds, 15th July 1868.]
ALEXANDER SALMON, born 1802,
1841 y oun S est; son of John S., artificer,
Cambuslang ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; schoolmaster of Kilsyth in 1823 ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 30th March
1836 ; ord. to South Parish, Paisley, 19th
Aug. 1836 ; trans, and adm. 13th May 1841.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Barrhead Free Church 1843-9 ; adm. min.
of St Stephen's Presbyterian Church,
Sydney, New South Wales, 10th Oct. 1849 ;
returned in bad health in 1860 ; died un-
marr. at Alderney, Channel Islands, 6th
Aug. 1864. — [Centenary History of the
Presbyterian Church in New South Wales
(Sydney, 1905).]
[Vacant 1843-50.]
JAMES IRELAND, ord. 26th Feb.
1R50 1850 ; trans, to St James's Chapel,
Forfar, 1852.
ALEXANDER WATSON, ord. 25th
1853 Aug. 1853 ; died 21st Feb. 1854.
1854
WILLIAM MUNGALL, ord. 19th Oct.
1854 ; trans, to Barr, Ayrshire, 13th
Jan. 1859.
THOMAS BUCHANAN, born Glasgow,
1859 1830, third son of Alexander B. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
12th May 1859; adm. first min. of the
parish 17th July 1868 ; died unmarr. 19th
March 1906.
DUNCAN CAMERON, M.A., B.D. ;
1 trans, from Logie, Fife ; adm. 3rd
Oct. 1906 ; trans, to St Paul's, Leith,
19th March 1914.
JAMES CHARLES CONN, born
Hamilton, 10th March 1887, son of
Thomas C. and Agnes Kirkland ;
educated at Hamilton Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1909), B.D. (1912);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1912 ;
assistant at Partick ; ord. 18th Sept. 1914.
Marr. 18th April 1916, Margaret Lilias,
daugh. of John Aitken.
BRIDGE OF WEIR (Q.S.).
[The parish of Bridge of Weir was dis-
joined from Kilbarchan and Houston by
the Court of Teinds, 14th March 1887.]
WILLIAM SCOTT HAY, born Paisley,
1839 !7!)<), eldest son of James H., mer-
chant ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow
and Divinity Hall of Associate Synod ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th Dec.
1818 ; ord. min. of the Original Secession
congregation at Burntshields, Kilbarchan,
132
BRIDGE OF WEIR— CALDWELL— CARDONALD [presb. of
20th March 1821. Joined the Church of
Scotland, and adm. here 4th Sept. 1839.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
the Free Church, Bankhead (Midmar),
Aberdeenshire, 1845-51 ; died unmarr. 15th
Dec. 1851. — [Scott ; s Annals of the Original
Secession Church, 492.]
1884
ROBERT TURNBULL, ord. 31st July
18 ,_ g 1879; trans, to Barrowfield, Glas-
gow, 17 th Sept. 1883.
THOMAS DUNCAN, born Perth, 14th
April 1832, son of Thomas D. and
Marjorie Thomson ; educated at
Perth Grammar School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Perth in
1855 ; assistant at St John's (East Parish),
Perth ; ord. to St James's (Church of
Scotland), Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, 23rd Oct. 1856; min. of St
Andrew's, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1876 ;
min. of North Merchiston Chapel [now
St Michael's Parish] Edinburgh, 1882-84;
adm. to this charge 16th July 1884 ;
first min. of the parish in 1887 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1896); died 4th May 1899. He
marr. 3rd Sept. 1857, Mary Ann (died at
Ottawa, 3rd Oct. 1916, aged 82), daugh. of
Robert Hyndman, and had issue — Marjorie,
born 31st July 1858 (marr. William Thomas
Herridge, D.D., min. of St Andrew's Pres-
byterian Church, Ottawa) ; Eliza, born
28th July 1859, died 6th Oct. 1860;
Margaret Edith, born 16th Dec. 1860
(marr. Henry Gibson Bauld, M.P.P., Hali-
fax, N.S.); William Frederick, born 19th
Oct. 1862, died 6th June 1869; Emilie
Elizabeth, born 23rd Aug. 1864; George
Gordon Dundas Stewart, D.D. (Queen's
Univ.. Canada, 1919), min. of St Andrew's
and St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mon-
treal, Canada, formerly min. of St Cuth-
bert's, Edinburgh ; Charles Gordon, Vic-
toria, B.C., staff-captain, C.E.F., born 6th
May 1873.
ALEXANDER MASON SHAND, born
1899 Woodside, Aberdeen, 9th April 1864,
son of John S. and Margaret Robb ;
educated at Woodside School and Univs. of
Aberdeen and Glasgow ; M.A. (Aberdeen
1891) ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 4th May
1898 ; assistant to preceding min. 1898-9 ;
ord. 8th Sept. 1899.
CALDWELL (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1888. The parish
was disjoined from Neilston and Beith by
the Court of Teinds, 10th March 1891.]
1891
DAVID STEWART, born 9th June
1852, son of Robert S. and Rebecca
M'Lure ; educated at Thornliebank
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 4th July 1888 ; assistant
at Neilston ; ord. 25th June 1889 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 10th March 1891.
Marr. 12th July 1875, Jane, daugh. of
Robert Kidney, and has issue — Elizabeth,
born 30th May 1877.
CARDONALD (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the
Abbey parish of Paisley and Govan by the
Court of Teinds, 14th July 1890.]
WILLIAM ALEXANDER LISTON,
born 25th Aug. 1840, son of
William L., min. of Redgorton ;
educated at Redgorton and Perth Schools,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Perth ; assistant at St Paul's, Perth,
and St John's, Glasgow ; ord. assistant
chaplain, St Andrew's Church, Madras,
1866 ; retired as senior chaplain in the
Madras Presidency, 1886; app. to this
charge 17th Feb. 1889 ; adm. first min. of
the parish 1st Aug. 1890; died 12th April
1915. He marr. 30th Nov. 1871, Patricia,
daugh. of Peter Napier, D.D., min. of Black-
friars Parish, Glasgow, and had issue —
Major William Glen, M.D., CLE., born 30th
July 1873 ; Margaret Constance Isabella,
born 5th Nov. 1874, died 23rd Dec. 1890 ;
Mary Forbes, M.B., Ch.B., Merryflats,
Govan, born 1st Nov. 1876; Patricia
Napier, born 10th Aug. 1879 (marr. 16th
Oct. 1902, Major George Lamb, I.M.S.).—
[In Memoriam, by A. L., 1915.]
paisley]
CARDONALD— EASTWOOD
133
DUNCAN FINDLAY M'LEAN, born
lgl5 Tarrymill, St Vigean's, 28th Sept.
1882, son of Duncan M. and Mary
Ann Findlay ; educated at Arbroath Schools
and Univ. of St Andrews; MA. (1905),
B.D. (1909) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
17th May 1909 ; assistant at Northesk ;
ord. to West Parish, May bole, 16th March
1912 ; trans, and adm. 16th Sept. 1915.
Marr. 4th Sept. 1912, May Isobel, daugh.
of John Cooper, London.
EASTWOOD or POLLOK.
[The vicarage of Pollok belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. Its church was dedicated
to St Conal, and in the Old Glebe at Pollok
is St Conal's Well. Near the site of the
ancient church stands also St Conal's
Dowry, a walled enclosure having a ruined
building within it. In the old church at
Pollok there was an altar of St Ninian.
The parish church was removed from
Pollok to Eastwood in the seventeenth
century. In 1781 Eastwood Church was
rebuilt on a new site. A new church, the
gift of Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Bart.,
was built in 1863.]
JAMES CARRUTHERS, exhorter in
1567 1567 ; dep. Nov. 1569.
THOMAS KNOX, reader and exhorter
1569 in 1569.
THOMAS JACK, sometime preceptor
1570 ^° R°b er t Rollock, Principal of the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; Master of the
Grammar School of Glasgow ; pres. by
James VI. 1st Sept. 1570, Rutherglen and
Cathcart being also in the charge. In
1573 Robert, Lord Semple, made an in-
effectual attempt to deprive him of his
benefice in favour of John Hamilton "a
papist priest." He was Quaestor [collector
of revenues] of the Univ. of Glasgow in
1577, in which year he presented to its
Library the works of St Ambrose and St
Gregory. He was a member of Assembly,
1581, 1582, 1590, and a commissioner
appointed by the Privy Council, 6th March
1589, for the preservation of true religion
within the bounds of Lennox and Glasgow.
He died in 1598, bequeathing some of
his books to the Presb. of Paisley. He
marr. Eupham Wylie, who died in 1608,
and had issue — Elizabeth (marr. (1) Walter
Maxwell of Cowglen : (2) Patrick Sharp,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow). [For
a curious attempt to force Elizabeth Jack
into a marriage with Ninian Stewart, kins-
man of the laird of Minto, see the Pollok
Papers, edited by Sir William Fraser.]
Publication — Onomasticon Poeticum : sive
Propriorum quibus in suis Monumentis
usi sunt veteres Poetae, brevis descriptio
poetica Thoma lacchaeo Caledonio Author e
(Edinburgh, 1592) [150 pages quarto, printed
by Robert Waldegrave]. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Collections, i.,
179, 529 ; M'Crie's Life of Melville, 1824,
i. 444, ii. 365, 478 ; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii., pp.
229-30 ; Arch, and Hist. Coll. relating to
the County of Renfrew, ii., p. 110; Ecclesi-
astical Antiquities of Eastwood, 39 ;
Tanner's Bibliog. Brit. 426 ; Lownde's
Bibliographer's Manual, 1175; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
JOHN GIBSON, MA. ; Regent in the
1599 Univ. of Glasgow ; adm. here after
3rd May 1599 ; he was pres. to
Eckford before 22nd Dec. that year, but
the translation does not seem to have been
proceeded with. He marr., and had issue
— Henry. — [Reg. Assig.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, born about 1577,
son of William W. of Johnstone ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1599); declined a
call to Lenzie [Kirkintilloch] 8th Jan.
1600 ; min. here in 1606 ; died Dec. 1617.
He marr. (cont. 24th Jan. 1605), Isobel,
daugh. of James Greig, min. of Colmonell.
She survived him (and marr. (2) Andrew
Hamilton, brother of Sir Robert H. of
Silver tonhill), and had issue — Margaret,
who, at the age of 85, and reduced to great
helplessness, was strongly recommended
for charity ; William ; Isobel ; Jean ;
Agnes; Grizel. — [Glasg. Tests.; Reg. of
Deeds, exxvi., 416, 8th Jan. 1607 ; Hamil-
ton Com. Dec, 28th June 1625.]
JOHN MAXWELL of Auldhouse;
1620 ^■ ,A * » m " 1 ' * n 162 ° » trans - t0 $t
Mungo's, Glasgow, 1629. He was
again min. here in 1645.
1606
134
EASTWOOD
[PRESB. OF
HEW BLAIR, M.A. ; pres. by James,
1630 "^ ar ^ °^ Abercorn, aQ d ord. at Glas-
gow 1st April 1630 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, Jan. 1644.
JOHN MAXWELL of Auldhouse, eldest
1645 son °^ George M. of Auldhouse, min.
of Mearns ; M.A. (Glasgow 1609) ;
min. here in 1620 ; trans, to St Mungo's,
Glasgow, 1629. He was a member of the
Commission for the maintenance of Church
Discipline in 1634 ; Dean of Faculty of
the Univ., 1634-5, and Lord Rector in
1636; dep. 1st May 1639 for declining
jurisdiction of the Glasgow Assembly in
1638. He officiated sometime at Killy-
leagh in Ireland, but returned to Paisley,
where he preached and dispensed the
sacraments " in the absence of and without
invitation from the minister." He was
re-adm. here between 2nd Jan. and 20th
Feb. 1645 ; dem. after 10th Jan. 1651 ; died
after 9th Aug. 1666, aged about 77. He
marr. (cont. 8th Jan. 1621), Elizabeth,
(died June 1662), second daugh. of James
Stewart, tutor of Blackhall, and had issue
—Sir George, ancestor of the Maxwells of
Pollok, took orders in the Episcopal Church
of Ireland, died 1677; Zacharias of
Blawarthill, died April 1698 ; John, M.D.,
Jamaica ; Walter ; Thomas, at Strabane ;
William ; Jean (marr. cont. 27th Sept.
1653, Thomas, son of Cornelius Crawfurd
of Jordanhill); Grizel (marr. (1) cont. 5th
Jan. 1643, Robert Hucheson, alias Pollok of
Auchengray, (2), cont. 8th Feb. 1661, Alex-
ander Jameson, min. of Govan) ; Elizabeth.
— [LochwinnochPajiers, ii., 110 ; G. R. Sas.,
lii. 317 ; P, C. Reg., ii., 229 ; Campbell's
Eastwood, 55 ; Maxwells of Pollock, i., 58
435.]
HUGH SMITH, probably a native of
1652 the count y> younger brother of
William S., min. of Largs; M.A.
(Glasgow 1647); licen. by Presb. of Paisley
19th Feb., and ord. 27th May 1652 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. On 18th Aug. 1663, he was ordered
to obey the Act of the Privy Council
against taking part in conventicles. He
opposed the granting of Indulgences to
1679
1681
1679
mins. who had been deprived, continued
to carry on his ministerial and pastoral
work in the immediate neighbourhood, and
was denounced rebel for not compearing
before the Committee of Privy Council, 6th
April 1676. He died before January 1679.
— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Pollok Papers ;
Crawfurd's Hist, of Renfrewshire.]
ROBERT HUME, brother of James H.,
merchant, Edinburgh; passed trials
before the Presb. and was recom-
mended for ordination 8th Dec. 1664 ; died
March 1679.— [Glasg. Tests.; Reg. Old
Dec, i.]
HECTOR M'LAINE, M.A. ; trans, from
Morven, and inst. in 1679. He
became Bishop of Argyll next
year (q.v.).
WILLIAM FISHER, M.A. ; trans, from
Dunoon, and inst. before 6th April
1681; probably outed in 1689;
intruded at Aberfoyle in 1696.
MATTHEW CRAUFURD, born in
Greenock about 1640, of the family
of Craufurd, or Crawford, of Kerse ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 31st July 1662) ; studied
also at Utrecht, where he was a friend of
William (afterwards Principal) Carstares ;
licen. at Glasgow at a meeting (held, for
fear of penalties, in private) in 1671. In
Oct. 1674 he was complained against to
the Diocesan Synod for attending conven-
ticles, and on 6th April 1676 he was de-
nounced rebel by the Glasgow Committee
of the Privy Council, but though eagerly
sought for, was not apprehended. Being
called by the parishioners of Eastwood,
with the consent of Sir John Maxwell, he
was privately ord. at Paisley in 1679. He
attended the first meeting of Synod after
the Toleration 30th Aug. 1687 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1690, and took a
somewhat prominent part in arranging and
settling the affairs of the Church at the
critical period when Presbyterianism was
re-established. He died Dec. 1700. He
marr. (1) a lady whose name has not been
ascertained : (2) Margaret (died Feb 1727),
daugh. of John Houston of that ilk, and
had issue — Matthew, Professor of Ecclesi-
astical History in the Univ. of Edinburgh
paisley]
EASTWOOD
135
(q.v.) ; Margaret, born 1683, died 26th Feb.
1773; Bethia, buried 24th Aug. 1722.
Publications — Exercitatio Apolegetica pro
Doctrina ab Ecclesiis Reformatio com-
muniter recepta de perpetua obligatione
quarti Prcece]iti de Sabbato (Utrecht,
1669); Disputatio theologica, de origine,
et primceva obligatione Sabbathi (Utrecht,
1669) ; Disputatio theologia de prin-
cipiis fidei objectivo et effectivo (Utrecht,
1669) ; A Brief Discourse of the Bloody
and Treasonable Practices of the Papists,
1672 [subjoined to Popery Anatomised],
being Welsh's Reply to Brown (2nd ed.,
Glasgow 1672). He left in manuscript a
History of the Church of Scotland from the
Introduction of Christianity to the end of
1680, 2 vols, folio (1400 pages) [this was
lost for some time, but was discovered by-
Principal John Lee, and is now in the
Library of the Church of Scotland]. —
[Wodrow's Corresp., i. 98-103, 112-13, ii.
311 ; Pollok Papers, i. ; Glasg. 'Tests. ;
Maitland MiscelL, iv. ; Crawfurd's Hist. ;
Edinburgh Christian Instructor, xxv. ;
Campbell's Eastwood, 95-105.]
ROBERT WODROW, youngest son of
.,_ os James W., Professor of Divinity,
Univ. of Glasgow, was born in the
Trongate there, April (or Sept.) 1679. At
the very hour of his birth, soldiers under
warrant of the Privy Council, were search-
ing the house to seize his father, but the
latter, having exchanged clothes with the
physician's man - servant, succeeded in
escaping. Wodrow entered the Univ. of
Glasgow in 1691, and graduated M.A. 18th
Jan. 1697. He served as chaplain in the
house of his kinsman, Sir John Maxwell
of Pollok, and for several years he was
librarian to the Univ. of Glasgow. On
6th Jan. 1703, he was licen.by the Presb.
of Paisley, and ord. to this charge 28th
Oct. of that year. In 1707 he was one of
a Committee of Presb. appointed to consult
and act with the Commission in Edinburgh
as to the best means of averting the evils
with which the Union of the Kingdoms
seemed to threaten the church and people
of Scotland. On the accession of George I.
in 1714, he was principal correspondent
and adviser of the five ministers sent by
the Assembly to London to plead the
rights of the Church, and particularly to
petition for the abolition of patronage.
He assisted Principal Hadow in drawing
up the Act of Assembly (1731) for the
filling up of vacant parishes, the passing of
which in the following year gave rise to
the Associate Presbytery. He declined
calls to Glasgow in 1712, to Stirling in
1717, and again in 1726. He died 21st
March 1734. An enthusiastic collector
of information on the history and personal
ministry of the Church, he left behind him
a vast accumulation of interesting and
illuminative MSS. many of which were
printed by the Wodrow Society (1841-50),
the Maitland and other Clubs. The
Wodrow MSS. are preserved in the Ad-
vocates' Library, and the Library of the
Univ. of Glasgow. He marr. Nov. 1708,
Margaret (died 27th Jan. 1758), widow of
Ebenezer Veitch, min. of Ayr, and daugh.
of Patrick Warner of Ardeer, min. of
Irvine, and had issue — Janet, born 1710,
buried 5th April 1773 ["Her days and
nights were devoted to the poor, to whom
she gave her personal but unostentatious
attendance " ] ; Robert, his successor in this
parish ; Patrick, min. of Tarbolton ; James,
min. of Stevenston ; Alexander, settled in
America, had an estate there, and died
about the end of the first American War ;
Mary, died unmarr. ; Margaret (marr.
Matthew Biggar, min. of Kirkoswald) ;
Marion, died unmarr. ; Martha, and six
others died early. Publications— The Oath
of Abjuration considered in a Letter to a
Friend (1712) ; The History of the Suffer-
ings of the Church of Scotland from the
Restoration to the Revolution, 2 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1721-2 ; 2nd ed. [edited by Robert
Burns, D.D., min. of St George's, Paisley,
with Memoir of the author], 4 vols., Glas-
gow, 1828-31); Life of James Wodrow,
A.M., Professor of Divinity (Edinburgh,
1828); Collections upon the Lives of the
Reformers and most Eminent Ministers of
the Church of Scotland [Maitland Club],
2 vols. (Glasgow, 1834-45); Analecta : or
Materials for a History of Remarkable
Providences, mostly relating to Scotch
136
EASTWOOD
[PRESB. OF
Ministers and Christians, edited for the
Maitland Club by Thomas Leishman, D.D.,
4 vols. (Edinburgh, 1842-3); The Corres-
pondence of the Rev. Robert Wodrow, edited
for the Wodrow Society by Thomas M'Crie,
D.D., 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1842-3) ; Proposals
for printing by subscription the History
of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland
[n.p., n.d.]; Private Letters [to Robert
Wodrow] now first printed from the
Original Manuscripts, 1694-1732 (Edin-
burgh, 1829). — [Memoir prefixed to History ;
Anderson's Scottish Nation, iii., 667 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.}
ROBERT WODROW, born 21st Dec.
1?S5 1711, son of preceding; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 19th Dec. 1733 ; called 18th Nov.
1734 ; ord. 20th Feb. 1735 ; dem. on ac-
count of ill-health 26th Oct. 1757 ; died in
Little Cumbrae, 13th May 1784. He marr.
(1) 10th Oct. 1743, Mary Craig, who died
2nd Aug. 1754, and had issue — Robert, born
8th Nov. 1744, died 8th March 1758 ; Mary,
born 26th July 1746; Margaret, bora 9th
Nov. 1751 ; Andrew, born 14th Nov. 1752,
went to U.S.A. : (2) 30th Dec. 1755, Anne
(died at Glasgow, 1st April 1814, aged 95),
daugh. of John Ruthven, music master and
burgess of Glasgow, and had issue — Patrick,
born 30th Dec. 1756 ; Marion and Anne
(twins), born 6th July 1758, died 5th and
6th Oct. 1760 ; John (daughter), born 12th
Sept. 1760, died 17th April 1774; Ann,
born 28th June 1762 (marr. Mr Archibald),
died 4th July 1790. Publication — Account
of the Life and Writings of Hugh Binning,
prefixed to his Sermons (Glasgow, 1760).
— [Burns's Memoir of Robert Wodrow ;
Campbell's Eastivood, 193 ; Lamb's West
Kilbride. 131.]
JAMES SIMSON, licen. by Presb. of
1?58 Paisley 28th Oct. 1736 ; in 1744 he
was adm. to the eldership at East-
wood and was then probably chaplain
at Pollok ; pres. by Sir John Maxwell of
Pollok, Bart., and ord. 28th Sept. 1758;
died 28th Feb. 1790. He marr. 5th June
1759, Mary Maclea, who died 16th May
1797, and had issue — a daugh., bora and
died 22nd May 1760 ; Mary, born 25th Aug.
1761 ; Ann, born 28th July 1763 (marr.
William Lyon, merchant, Halifax, Nova
Scotia) ; Rebecca, born 13th May 1765 ;
John, born 27th Feb. 1769.
JOHN M'CAIG, born 1755, eldest son
1786 °^ J ames M., weaver in Calton ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1775); licen. by Presb. of Stirling
14th June 1780 ; called 18th Aug., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 26th Oct. 1786 ;
died unmarr. at Pollokshaws, 25th Jan.
1791— [Tombst.]
STEVENSON MACGILL, pres. by Sir
1*791 J° nn Maxwell of Pollok, Bart., and
ord. 8th Sept. 1791 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 12th Oct. 1797.
ROBERT ANDERSON, trans, from
1798 Symington, Lanarkshire ; pres. by
Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Bart.,
and adm. 5th July 1798 ; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 16th July 1802.
GEORGE LOGAN, born 1759, eldest
1802 son °^ Thomas L., carpenter in
Calton ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 6th Dec.
1760; ord. (by Presb. of Perth) min. of
High Bridge Presbyterian congregation,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27th April 1785 ; adm.
to Ardoch Chapel-of-Ease 18th July 1793 ;
pres. by Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Bart. ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1802 ; died 2nd
July 1843. He was a distinguished classi-
cal scholar and could repeat from memory
much of the Greek New Testament. He
desired to join the Free Church, but on the
day of the meeting of Assembly he was
confined to bed. He wrote a letter of
adherence, and begged that a copy of the
Deed of Demission should be sent for his
signature. Before that could be done he
had passed away. He marr. 31st Oct. 1785,
Ann Scott, who died 25th March 1838, and
had issue — Janet, bora 25th Aug. 1787
(marr. Allan Foulds, merchant, Glasgow),
died 2nd April 1821 ; Margaret, born 19th
March 1789, died 8th July 1804; Thomas,
merchant, Glasgow, born 14th June 1790 ;
Ann, born 19th Sept. 1791, died 5th Oct.
1791; Jean, born 16th Sept. 1792 (marr.
5th June 1820, William Moffat, surgeon,
paisley]
EASTWOOD— ELDERSLIE
137
Glasgow) ; Alexander, rector of Perth
Academy 1831-46, author of a Commentary
on Virgil's Georgics (Edinburgh, 1853), and
The Creative Week (Edinburgh, 1856), born
27th Sept. 1793, died 6th Sept. 1869 ; Mary,
born 14th Oct. 1794 ; Helen, born 20th Oct.
1795 (marr. 1st Sept. 1819, Wood Sinclair,
Leith) ; Ann, born 17th Jan. 1797 ; James,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland, born
21st June 1798, died 23rd March 1886;
Agnes, born 27th Sept. 1800; Barbara
Maxwell, born 21st July 1803 (marr. 30th
Dec. 1828, Robert Carsewell, manufacturer,
Paisley) ; Robert Balfour, licentiate, born
17th March 1805, died 13th June 1895.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Neiv
Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Life and Times of
Robert Burns, D.D.]
DUNCAN MACINTYRE, eldest son of
1843 Archibald M., schoolmaster of the
parish ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1819) ; ord. min. of a Presby-
terian congregation at Stamfordham,
Northumberland, 24th Sept. 1838; adm.
to this charge 7th Dec. 1843; died 25th
June 1853. He marr. 26th Sept. 1844,
Isabella Kaye Cumming, who died s.p.
30th April 1850.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, born 9th Sept.
1853 1827, son of James Campbell, min.
of Traquair; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 7th
May 1852 ; assistant at Rosneath ; ord.
17th Nov. 1853; one of the Founders of
the Church Service Society, 31st Jan.
1865; clerk of Presbytery, 1868-88; died
30th April 1904. He marr. 27th Dec. 1853,
Euphemia Harriet (died 14th March 1896),
daugh. of William Graham, LL.D., of the
Scottish Naval and Military Academy,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Christina
Drummond, born 3rd Feb. 1855 (marr.
William Smith, min. of St Paul's, Dundee) ;
Alice Mary, born 31st Aug. 1856; Matilda
Maxwell, born 14th April 1858, died 18th
May 1872 ; James Montgomery, min. of
Dumfries ; William Graham, born 11th
May 1861 ; Euphemia Jane, born 16th May,
and died 2nd Aug. 1862; Margaret Jane,
born 9th June 1863 ; George Douglas, born
16th June 1864, died 3rd June 1865 ; Edith
Graham, born 1st March 1866 ; John
Maxwell, born 23rd Sept. 1867; Henry
Wallace (twin), born 23rd Sept. 1867, died
22nd Jan. 1869; George Henry, born
1st July 1869, died 19th Feb. 1885.
Publication — Eastwood : Notes on the
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Parish
(Paisley, 1902). — [Kerr's The Renascence of
Worshi]), 6, 46, 128.]
JAMES MACKIE, born Tyrie, 16th Dec.
1904 1853 > son °f Donald M. ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1880) ;
ord. to Advie, Morayshire, 1882 ; dem. and
became assistant at Eastwood 17th Oct.
1888 ; adm. min. of the parish 24th Aug.
1904 ; died unmarr. 2nd Dec. 1908.
FREDERICK DAVID LANGLANDS,
1909 born Downfield, Dundee, 8th March
1880, son of Peter L. and Jessie
Peters ; educated at Dundee High School
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1901),
B.D. (1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 4th
May 1904; assistant at Morningside, Edin-
burgh, 1904-5 ; ord. to Aberlemno 2nd Nov.
1905; trans, and adm. 31st May 1909.
Marr. 9th April 1908, Ruby, daugh. of
Robert Scott, Dowanhill, Glasgow, and has
issue — Robert Scott, born 27th Aug. 1910 ;
Frederick Peters, born 4th Aug. 1914, died
in infancy.
ELDERSLIE (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution to a chapel here on 27th May
1839. The parish was disjoined from that
of Abbey of Paisley by the Court of Teinds,
17th Dec. 1862.]
ALEXANDER STEWART, ord. 8th
1841 J une 1841 > trans - to Kilarrow, Islay,
13th July 1843.
- JAMES BLAIR, third son of Robert B.,
1844 f armer > Kilmaronock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 31st March 1829; elected to
Buchlyvie 17th Nov. 1836, but found
"unqualified" by Presb. and Commission
of Assembly in 1837 ; sometime min. of
a Church of Scotland congregation at
138
GIFFNOCK— GREENBANK— HOUSTON
[PRESB. OF
Hexham ; adm. here 19th Jan. 1844 ; dem.
27th July 1847 j died at Bakehouse,
Buchanan.
DAVID RESTON, born Glasgow, 1794,
1850 e ldest son °f George R., farmer,
and Margaret Gardiner ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. min. (colleague)
of the Relief Church, CouparAngus, 15th
March 1826 ; res. 21st March 1848. Joined
the Church of Scotland, and adm. to this
charge, 25th Feb. 1850 ; became first min.
of parish in 1862 ; died 17th April 1877.
He marr. Jane Gray, who predeceased
him, and had issue — George, Union Bank,
Glasgow.
JOHN SMITH, born Glasgow, Aug.
1877 1844, son of James S. and Ann
Brown ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. to Calderbank in 1872 ; trans,
and adm. 27th Sept. 1877 ; died unmarr.
1st Dec. 1908.
JOHN MACDOUGALL HAY, born
1909 Tarbert, Loch Fyne, 23rd Oct. 1880,
son of George H. and Mary Mac-
dougall ; educated at Tarbert School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1900) ; sometime
headmaster of Lionel Public School, Storn-
oway i student missionary at Morven ; licen.
by Presb. of Inveraray in 1908 ; assistant
atGovan; ord. 12th May 1909; died 10th
Dec. 1919. A college friend wrote of him
as " one of the most attractive personalities
I have ever met. It is difficult to describe the
influence he exerted on his fellow students."
Marr. 28th Oct. 1909, Catherine, daugh. of
Duncan Campbell, and had issue — Sheena,
born 19th Oct. 1911 ; George Campbell,
born 8th Dec. 1915. Publications— Gillespie
(London, 1914) ; Barnacles (London, 1916) ;
Their Dead Sons [a Poem] (London, 1918).
He was a frequent contributor to newspaper
and magazine literature [Glasgow Herald,
11th Dec. 1919].
GIFFNOCK {Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Eastwood, Mearns, and
Thornliebank, 10th Jan. 1919.]
JOHN M'DOUGALL, M.A., B.D. ; app.
1914 * n 1914 ; 0I "d- t0 Cross and Burness
21st July 1915.
1919
JOHN WILL, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from
1915 Aberfeldy. and adm. 2nd June 1915 ;
trans, to Rothiemurchus, 11th Dec.
1917.
ALBERT M'CLUGGAGE, born Larne,
Co. Antrim, 29th Oct. 1879, son of
David M. and Annie Montgomery ;
educated at the Model Schools of Belfast and
Newtonards and Univs. of Dublin (Trinity
College), BA. (1912), and Edinburgh, M.A.
(1917) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th
Dec. 1918; assistant at South Leith ; ord.
13th May 1919. Marr. 5th Oct. 1906,
Hetrice, daugh. of James Peden Barbour
and Elizabeth Christie Elliot.
GREENBANK (Q.&).
[A church was built here in 1885. The
parish was disjoined from Cathcart, East-
wood, and Mearns by the Court of Teinds,
25th Feb. 1889.]
JAMES FRASER, born Glasgow, 1st
lass "^ a y 185 6, son of Alexander F.
and Mary M'Dougall ; educated at
Dennistoun Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1883 ;
assistant at Rutherglen ; ord. to Greenbank
Chapel 20th Nov. 1883 ; adm. first min. of
the parish 3rd April 1889. Marr. 1st July
1884, Mary Scott, daugh. of Thomas Loch-
head, and has issue — Isabella Simpson,
born 10th June 1885 (marr. 26th April
1918, Gordon Moore, min. of Cromarty);
Alexander, born 10th Oct. 1887; Thomas
Lochhead, born 30th Jan. 1889 ; Mary
M'Dougall, born 25th Aug. 1891 ; Angus
M'Intyre, born 20th Nov. 1892 ; James
(twin), born 20th Nov. 1892, died 28th
Aug. 1893 ; James Valentine, born 14th
Feb. 1900.
HOUSTON AND KILLELLAN.
[Houston and Killellan. — These two
parishes were united by the Commissioners
for the Plantation of Kirks on 28th Feb.
and 27th June 1759.
Houston or Kilpeter. — The vicarage of
Houston belonged to the Abbey of Paisley.
Its church, dedicated to St Peter, has been
paisley]
HOUSTON AND KILLELLAN
139
rebuilt in modern times ; but within it
are two recumbent memorial effigies that
belonged to an earlier building. One of
these, a knightly figure in armour, repre-
sents Patrick Houston of that ilk, who died
in 1450. The other statue is that of a lady,
most likely of the same family. It is dated
1456. Near the church are St Peter's Well
and St Peter's Burn. On St Peter's day,
the 29th June, Petermas Fair was held at
Houston. The Parish Church at Houston
was rebuilt in 1874 by Mrs Ellice of Inver-
garry in memory of her son, Captain
Archibald Alexander Speirs of Elderslie,
M.P.]
ROBERT COOK, exhorter in 1572. See
1572 Killellan.
1574 DAVID HALL, reader in 1574.
JOHN ALLISON [ALISON], min. in
1584 1584.— [Acts and Bee, xcix., 96.]
GEORGE SEMPILL [SEMPLE], min.
. 5 in 1585. He left after 1591, and is
said to have been " licensed to preach
at Leith," 23rd Oct. 1593 ; min. of Killellan
in 1600. — [Reg. Assig. ; Booke of the Kirk.']
ARCHIBALD LOGAN, M.A. (Glasgow
15Q5 1595) ; adm. here that year ; still in
the charge in 1597. — [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAME, M.A., min.
1599 in 1599 ; trans, to Killellan in 1602.
THOMAS HAMILTON, was on the
16M Exercise in this Presb. 16th Sept.
1602, and on trials for ordination
18th May 1603. The Presb. was ordered
by the Synod, 27th March 1604, to proceed
with his admission to this charge. Objec-
tion was taken to him as being "Yung
baith in doctrine and manners," on 13th
Sept. following, but he was adm. soon
afterwards and was still min. 5th Sept.
1605.— [Glasg. Presb. Reg.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A. ;
1606 P res ' ky James, Lord Abercorn, 9th
April 1606; ord. 31st July 1606;
trans, to Lochwinnoch before 1611.
1617
JAMES HUTCHESON, M.A. ; min. in
1617 ; trans, to Carmunnock 18th
Dec. 1633.
' ROBERT BIRNIE, M.A. ; trans, from
1634 Shotts • pres. by the Commissioner
for James, Earl of Abercorn, 3rd
Nov. 1633 ; coll. in 1634 ; trans, to Lanark
Feb. 1643.
JAMES HOUSTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1644 1633 ) > min> ° f Glasford about 1642 ;
dep. for immorality that year. On
petitioning the Presb. of Paisley, 2nd Feb.
1643, he was reponed, and was app. chaplain
to an Irish regiment. The parishioners at
Glasford craved his return as their min. ;
this the Presb. refused, the General
Assembly sustaining that decision 19th
Aug. 1643. He was pres. to this charge by
John, Earl of Lauderdale, 8th Dec. follow-
ing, and adm. 30th May 1644. He was again
dep. 15th July 1647.
HENRY MAIN, probably born in Lin-
1650 lithgow about 1625; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 15th April 1645) ; ord. min. of
a Presbyterian Church at Island-Magee,
Ireland, July 1649, but was obliged to leave
on account of persecution, having been
imprisoned at Carrickfergus in 1650 ; adm.
here (temporarily) 10th Sept. 1650; died
Oct. 1651. leaving a widow. — [Linlithgow
Presb. Reg. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 214.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 25th July 1635) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 24th March
1642; ord. 28th March 1655; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of the Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 —
[Wodrow's Hist, i., 327.]
1665
JOHN HOUSTON, adm. before 31st
Aug. 1665 ; trans, to Eaglesham
before 17th June 1685.
JOHN NISBET, M.A. (Edinburgh
1675) ; inst. at Crawfordjohn 21st
Sept. 1682 ; trans, and adm. between
1st Sept and 3rd Nov. 1686 ; probably
outed at the Revolution.
1695
ROBERT
1695;
1701.
TAYLOR, ord.
trans, to Currie
6 th
13th
Nov.
Nov.
140
HOUSTON AND KILLELLAN
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM FLEMING, licen. by Presb.
1703 of Paisley 17th June 1701 ; called
13th April 1702; ord. 18th Aug.
1703; died 24th Aug. 1717, aged 43. He
marr., and had issue — John, min. of Kil-
raacolm. — [ Tombst.]
EOBERT CARRICK, born 1681 ; edu-
1720 cate d a t Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 3rd Feb.
1713; tutor in the family of Andrew
Buchanan of Drumpellier, Lord Provost
of Glasgow; called 30th Nov. 1719; ord.
31st March 1720; died 1st May 1771.
He marr. (1) a daugh. of John Simson,
Professor of Divinity, Glasgow Univ. :
(2) 13th Jan. 1724, Margaret Paisley, who
died 23rd Nov. 1775, aged 80, and had
issue — John, physician, Lecturer on
Chemistry and Materia Medica, Glasgow,
born 1724, died 1750; Agnes, born 1726,
died 11th March 1758; Patrick, merchant,
Glasgow, born 1729, died 19th March 1790 ;
James, born 1731, student at Glasgow in
1747; Anne, born 8th Feb. 1734, died 9th
Oct. 1760; Robert of Braco, banker, Glas-
gow, commonly known as " Robin " Carrick,
one of the bailies of the city in 1796, and
Dean of Guild 1802-3, born 3rd March 1737
died 20th June 1821.— [Tombst.]
JOHN MONTEATH, born 1716, son of
17?1 John M. of Kippen ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1733);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 17th Sept. 1741 ;
ord. to Killellan 11th Feb. 1748; removed
to Houston in 1771 in terms of the De-
creet of Union; died 6th Nov. 1796. He
marr. (1) 27th Nov. 1749, Margaret Baine,
who died 20th Jan. 1754, and had issue —
James, surgeon, Glasgow, born 12th Oct.
1750 ; John, his successor here ; Margaret,
born 21st Dec. 1753 (marr. Michael Tod,
min. of Dreghorn): (2) 12th Jan. 1762, Anne
(died 14th Jan. 1820, aged 86), daugh. of
John Fullarton (primus), min. of Dairy,
and had issue — Gavin, born 13th July
1763; Catherine, born 17th May 1765, died
16th Jan. 1782; Malcolm, born 9th July
1767; William, surgeon, born 5th Nov.
1769, died at St Vincent, 16th Aug. 1793 ;
Anne, born 1st Nov. 1772 (marr. James
Thomson of Woodfoot). Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, i.). — [Crawfurd's Hist.]
JOHN MONTEATH, born 18th Feb.
1781 1752, son of preceding; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1770);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 8th May 1776 ;
ord. (by said Presb.) to Dunfermline Chapel-
of-Ease 16th Feb. 1780 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 13th June 1781 ;
trans, to Neilston 18th March 1785 ; pres.
by Archibald Speirs of Elderslie ; trans, and
re-adm. here, 1st Sept. 1797. [The presenta-
tion was disputed by Malcolm Fleming of
Barrochan, the next patron, who maintained
that Speirs having presented M. once,
could not do so a second time ; but the
Court of Session decided unanimously in
S.'s favour] ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st Aug.
1820) ; died Father of the Church 18th
Jan. 1843. He marr. 28th Aug. 1786, Ann
(died 2nd Aug. 1848, aged 86), daugh. and
heiress of George Cunningham of Mcnk-
redding, and had issue — John, M.A., M.D.,
HE.I.C.S., born 15th June 1787, died at
Aurungabad, India, 1st July 1815 ; George
Cunningham, M.A., M.D., distinguished
oculist, author of a Manual of the Diseases
of the Human Eye (2 vols. 1821), born 4th
Dec. 1788, died 25th Jan. 1828; James,
M.A., writer, Glasgow, born 31st Aug.
1790, died 5th July 1857; Janet, born 8th
Sept. 1792 (marr. Robert Douglas, min. of
Kilbarchan) ; Margaret, born 23rd May
1794, died 26th April 1836 ; Ann, born 14th
Aug. 1796 (marr. James Thomson, Wood-
foot); Agnes born 5th Feb. 1801, died 11th
Feb. 1807. Publications — The Divine Pre-
cepts and Promises with the Dispensations
of Providence, the Continual Source of In-
struction and Comfort to the Church, a
sermon (Glasgow, 1785) ; Accounts of
Neilston, and of Houston and Killellan
(Sinclair's Ace, ii., and Nev) Stat. Ace, vii.).
— [Chambers's Biog. Diet., iv. ; Crawfurd's
Hist.]
PETER DALE, born 1808 ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Miln-
gavie 2nd Dec. 1841 ; trans, and adm.
5th Sept. 1843; died 11th Dec. 1856. He
marr. 26th Oct. 1843, Margaret Hay, who
1843
paisleyI
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141
died 18th Nov. 1895, and had issue— George
Hay, born 24th Aug. 1844 ; Jessie Walker,
born 10th April 1846 ; John William, born
30th Jan. 1849 ; Elizabeth Mary, born 10th
June 1851 ; Wilhelmina Fleming, born 23rd
Sept. 1852, died 1st Oct. 1853.
^GEORGE STEWART BURNS, trans.
.„_,_ from Newton-uponAyr, and adm.
16th July 1857; trans, to First
Charge, Montrose, 12th Feb. 1863.
1863
ALEXANDER M'LAREN, born
Stirkoke, Caithness, 28th Dec.
1830, son of James M. and Mary
Greenlaw ; educated at Reay School and
Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1849) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 13th June 1853 ;
assistant at Bonhill and Selkirk ; ord. to
St Cuthbert's Chapel-of-Ease, Edinburgh,
[now Buccleuch Parish] 5th March 1857 ;
trans, and adm. 17th Sept. 1863 j D.D. (St
Andrews 1888); died 23rd March 1890.
He marr. 1st June 1858, Ann Taylor (died
4th Sept. 1892), daugh. of William Bell,
Ceres, and had issue — James, law clerk,
born 18th March 1859, died 20th April
1890; William Bell, bank clerk, born 6th
March 1860; Alexander, born 11th June
1862 ; Charles Lucius, min. of Eckford.
DANIEL KIRKWOOD, born Inkerman,
1890 19tl1 Jan " 1865, son of William K -
and Sarah Park ; educated at the
John Neilson Academy, Paisley, and Univ.
of Glasgow; MA. (1887), B.D. (1890);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley ; ord. 17th
Sept. 1890 ; took charge of the Dooars
Mission, India, 1903-4 ; died 7th Nov.
1916. He marr. 18th Aug. 1897, Christina
Dykes, third daugh. of James Fleming
Coates, Penicuik, and had issue — Jean
Vallance, born 5th Nov. 1898; William
Park, born 1st Oct. 1901.
GEORGE MUIR, M.A., B.D.; trans.
iqi7 from Bargrennan {q.v. vol. ii., 359),
and adm. 18th May 1917.
KILLELLAN.
[The church of Killellan, which now
stands ruined in the churchyard, was
dedicated to St Fillan. It belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. Near it is the old
manse, a characteristic residence of the
seventeenth century. Not far off are St
Fillan's Well, and a large stone called St
Fillan's seat. Beside the church, in times
of old, St Fillan's Fair was held annually.]
ROBERT COOK, exhorter in 1567 ; had
1573 Houston also in his charge Nov.
1572 ; pres. to vicarage by James
VI. 11th Oct. 1573 ; trans, to Kilbarchan
in 1575.
ROBERT MAXWELL, app. reader at
15?5 Kilmacolm 1st May 1572; pres. to
vicarage by James VI. 24th Jan.
1575; MA. (Glasgow 1578); still min. in
1599. He marr., and had issue — Robert ;
Bartholomew. — [Reg. Assig.; G. R. Inhib.,
v., 199 ; Reg. of Deeds, clxxxiv., 153.]
GEORGE SEMPILL, formerly of Hous-
1600 t0Un ' P reS " 18t ^ "^ e0, 1599 ' acmi -
after 16th Sept. 1600, but discharged
by the Synod on account of opposition of
the parishioners. The Assembly on 16th
Sept. 1602 absolved him from all charges
made against him, but ordered him to
demit. On 17th May 1604, he was dep.
by the Presb. for " ryving thrie leives out
of the Presbytery book." He returned
before Sept. 1606, but was suspended
3rd Nov. 1613 by the Archbishop and
Commissioners of the Presb. for "his
slanderous lyfe, erroneus doctrine, selling
of the sacraments, tying of marriage and
baptism to the Sabbath and abuse of
discipline," which sentence was on 3rd
Nov. 1614 continued to a future day. He
died at Paisley, June 1632, leaving his
estate for decorating the kirk, helping
the almshouse, the widow and fatherless,
and to " end out Camrene burn brig." —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Hamilton's Descrip. ; Pont's
Ctmningham.]
W.
K1LLELLAN
[PKESB. OF
JOHN CUNN1NGHAME, M.A. ; trans.
from Houston ; had a manse and
glebe assigned to him by the Presb.
16th Feb. 1602 ; trans, to Dairy, Ayrshire,
after 21st June 1604.— [G. B. Inhib., v., 199.]
GEORGE SEMPILL, above men-
1606 tioned.
JOHN HAY, adm. in 1616; trans, to
1616 Paisley 21st May 1627.
MATTHEW BRISBANE, ord. in 1627 ;
1627 trans, to Erskine 8th Sept. 1642.
* ROBERT BRISBANE, M.A. (Glasgow,
1643 26tl1 July 1637 ); P res - b y Patrick
Fleming of Barrochan ; ord. 4th, and
inst. 16th May 1643 ; dep. about 1649.
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A. (Glasgow
1649 1^45) ; became chaplain in the family
of Drummond of Riccarton ; called
unanimously ; ord. 13th Nov. 1649 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; had an indulgence from Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; accused of not
obeying its commands 22nd Oct. 1674 ;
the Council had his indulgence withdrawn
6th Oct. 1684 for not reading the procla-
mation regarding the Ryehouse Plot. He
returned in 1687 after the Toleration had
been granted ; was called in Aug., and
trans, to Eaglesham 2nd Oct. 1688, but
the trans, was declared void by the Synod
2nd April 1689 ; restored here by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690; died 25th
Feb. 1706, aged 80. He marr. Margaret
Gilhagie, who died 15th Jan. 1710, and
had issue — Christian (marr. Alexander
Muir, min. of Rutherglen). — [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; Bass Bock ; Maitland's
Miscell. ; Tombst. ; Hamilton's Descrip.;
Crawfurd's Hist.]
GEORGE WILSON, adm. before 31st
Aug. 1665 ; adm. to Dundonald
before 28th Jan. 1667.
y GEORGE BIRNIE, a native of Banff;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (27th April 1659);
became schoolmaster of Culsalmond ; coll.
and ord. at Edinburgh 7th, and adm. 28th
1667
Jan. 1667 ; dep. by Alexander, Bishop of
Glasgow, Sept. 1670 ; restored to the
ministry before 9th April 1671 ; became
schoolmaster of Logie Durno previous to
2nd Jan. 1676, and of Kintore 28th Dec.
1678. — \0yne Sess. Bee. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 176.]
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A. ; above
1672 mentioned.
THOMAS RUTHERFORD, M.A. (Glas-
1686 gow ' 27t k ^ U ^ l 6 ^); passed trials
before Presb. ; got a certificate for
ordination and was inst. 18th May 1686 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament restoring
Presbyterian mins. 25th April 1690.
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A. ; above
1687 mentioned.
JOHN FORK, educated at Univ. of
1708 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
13th Nov. 1706; called 29th Oct.
1707 ; ord. 6th May 1708 ; died 21st Nov.
1727, aged 56. He marr. July 1718, Janet
Davidson (who survived him, marr. (2)
Thomas Orr, writer, Glasgow, and died
9th Jan. 1741), and had issue — John,
buried 26th Nov. 1733 ; Janet, buried 14th
April 1729.— [Glasg. Tests.]
-PATRICK BRUCE, born 11th April
1729 1^92, son of James B., min. of Killy-
leagh, Ireland, and grandson of
Michael B., min. of Anwoth ; ord. min. of
a Presbyterian congregation at Drumbo,
Ireland, 12th June 1717 ; pres. by William
Fleming of Barrochan April 1728; adm.
15th Feb. 1729; trans, to Killyleagh 14th
Oct. 1730 ; died 9th April 1732. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of James Hamilton of
Ladyland, and had issue, three sons and
four daughs. — [Playfair's Baronet., ii. ;
Wodrow's Anal. ; Crawfurd's Hist.]
WILLIAM POLLOCK, M.A. (Glasgow,
29th April 1718); licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 15th Nov. 1727; called
5th July, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1731 ; died
15th March 1743, aged about 45. He marr.
Barbara Fleming, who survived him. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
paisley]
KILLELLAN— HOWWOOD— INCHINNAN
143
ALEXANDER SCOTT, called 18th Oct.
1744 1743 > ord - 2Gt]l A P ril 1744 ' trans -
to Inverkip 18th Feb. 1747.
JOHN MONTEATH, pres. by William
1748 Fleming of Barrochan in 1747; ord.
11th Feb. 1748 ; removed to Houston
in 1771 in terms of Act of 1754 uniting
these parishes.
HOWWOOD (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution to a chapel here called Elliotstoun
on 28th May 1838. It was rebuilt in 1858.
The parish was disjoined from Lochwinnoch
and Kilbarchan by the Court of Teinds,
15th July 1904.]
WILLIAM LYTTEIL [LITTLE], born
Millport, 9th June 1832, eldest son
of Neil L., shoemaker; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1856); licen. by
Presb. of Greenock in 1862 ; in charge
of Howwood Chapel, 1862-7 ; sometime
assistant at Fyvie, Spott, and Livingston ;
ord. to the Scots Kirk, Longtown, Cumber-
land, 23rd June 1880 ; dem. in 1887 ; went
to U.S.A., and was min. at Taymouth,
Michigan, 1887-92 ; retired and settled at
Stravannan, Brier Co., Michigan, U.S.A. ;
died in 1918. He marr. 1881, Isabella,
daugh. of Thomas Brown, tailor, Biggar,
and had issue — Reginald William, who died
in his 25th year. Publications — Landmarks
of Scottish Life and Language (Edinburgh,
1877) ; The Cumbraes (Carlisle, 1886) ;
Battling in the Bush (1909).— [The Scottish
American (26th May 1909).].
JOHN KAY, born Muthill, Perthshire,
son of Peter K., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Auchterarder 1st July 1867 ;
missionary at Howwood, 1867-8; ord. 31st
July 1868 ; res. 10th Sept. 1872 ; min.
successively at Port Austin, Michigan,
U.S.A. ; Milverton (Presb. of Stratford) ;
Ontario, Canada ; Toronto, Canada ;
Norwich, Ontario ; and again at Port
Austin ; retired about 1907. Marr. 1872,
Catherine Ogilvie, Glasgow, and has issue
— Edith ; Mary ; John, min. at Tara,
Canada.
1867
ROBERT NEILL RAE, M.A. ; ord.
1873 30t ^ ^ an ' 18 ? 3 j trans, to Macleod
Parish, Glasgow, 1st May 1879.
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR NICOL,
187g ord. 20th Aug. 1879; trans, to
Cummertrees 10th Feb. 1881. [In
Vol. ii., p. 244, delete line 8—" died at
Bournemouth, 25th Nov. 1916," and add
"died 20th March 1920," and to line 11—
" Sybil, born 20th Feb. 1886."]
CHARLES FAWNS JACK, M.A. ; ord.
1881 25t ^ ^ U ^ 1881 ' trans - t0 Robertson
Memorial Parish, Glasgow, 4th Jan.
1883.
WILLIAM CARRICK MILLER, ord.
188S 16th May 1883; trans, to St Mar-
garet's, Hawick, 3rd Nov. 1886.
JOHN GILBERT, born Wishaw, 15th
1887 ^ ct ' 1855 ' son °^ William G. and
Annie Kirk wood ; educated at
Wishaw Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1882), B.D. (1886); assistant at
Milton Parish, Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 24th Feb. 1887 ; ord. 8th March
1887 ; adm. first min. of the parish 16th
July 1904. Marr. 1st July 1905, Alice
Annie, daugh. of Henry Brook, s.p.
INCHINNAN, ok KILINNAN.
[The vicarage of Inchinnan belonged to
the Knights Templars, and, after the dis-
solution of the Order of the Temple, to
the Knights Hospitallers of St John. The
parish church was dedicated to St Conal,
but there was probably an earlier dedication
to St Inan. Of St Conal's Cross, an ancient
structure which stood near the church, the
base only now remains. A piece of land
called the Lady Acre, now held by the
minister, formed of old the endowment of
an Altar of St Mary in the church. Inch-
innan church was rebuilt in 1828, but the
structure then erected has given place to
a much finer parish church built by
Archibald, Lord Blythswood, in 1904.]
WILLIAM JACKSON, reader Nov.
1567 1567.
144
INCHINNAN
[PRESB. OF
BERNARD PEEBLES, vicar in 1568 ;
1574 reader, 1574 to 1579.
GABRIEL MAXWELL, son of John
M. of Pottarhill, and nephew of
Thomas Jack, min. of Eastwood ;
reader at Paisley, 1578-80, and in this parish,
1580-8 ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
9th Sept. 1580, and 18th Dec. 1583; died
April 1621. — [Beg. Assig.; Glasg. Tests.]
THOMAS LAW of Ballarnock, son of
James L., Archbishop of Glasgow ;
on the exercise of the Presb. there
19th April 1620 ; min. in 1626 ; dep. in 1648
"for malignancy and other scandals " ; died
May 1649. He marr. 24th April 1621,
Jean, fourth daugh. of Sir Robert Hamilton
of Goslington, who survived him, and had
issue — Robert, min. of New Kilpatrick,
served heir 4th Feb. 1657 ; John, min. of
Campsie ; Thomas ; James.
JAMES WALLACE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1649 ^ U ^ 1643) ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
24th Aug. 1648 ; ord. 10th May 1649 ;
not conforming to Episcopacy he was
deprived in 1663, and apparently again
16th July 1671 ; declined an indulgence
at Neilston 3rd Sept. 1672. He was
accused at the Synod 22nd Oct. 1674 of
holding conventicles in Killellan parish,
and of preaching at the house of Ferme.
He returned here about 30th July 1689,'
and probably dem. before 14th May 1690;
died in 1692, aged about 69. He marr.
Elizabeth, widow of John Baillie, min. of
Cambuslang, and daugh. of Henry Gibson,
town clerk of Glasgow, who, with her
husband, gave a renunciation of the lands
of Auchinkill to John, Earl of Wigtown, 1st
Jan. 1666.— [<?. R. Sas., xiii., 343; G. R.
Jnhib., 30th May 1670.]
JAMES FINDLAY or FINLAY, M.A. ;
1665 orc * - before 24th Aug. 1665 ; trans, to
Glasford after 28th Feb. 1667.
WILLIAM STEWART, son of John S.,
^ min. of Bonhill ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1657) ; had a
testimonial for ordination 15th Aug. 1667;
inst. before 24th Oct. that year. The Privy
Council proposed to settle him at Gretna
3rd Sept. 1672, but this was not carried
out. His name disappears from the Presb.
Register at 7th Sept. 1687. He was
deprived in 1689 ; died in 1691. He marr.
Janet (buried 17th Jan. 1721), daugh. of
James Taylor, min. of Mearns. — [Glasg.
Tests.; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 202.]
JAMES WALLACE, above men-
1689 tioned.
JOHN STIRLING, ord. 7th May 1691 ;
1691 trans, to Greenock in 1694.
ROBERT MACAULAY, ord. 9th Sept.
16gl7 1697 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Stirling, 3rd Oct. 1706.
MATTHEW CRAWFORD or CRAU-
1710 FURD, called 12th Aug. 1709 ; ord.
11th May 1710 ; app. Professor of
Ecclesiastical History in the Univ. of
Edinburgh (q.v.) 16th June, and dem. 11th
Oct. 1721.
PATRICK MAXWELL, born 1689, son
1722 °^ R°b ert M., merchant, Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 1st July 1710) ; pres.
by James, Duke of Montrose ; ord. 3rd May
1722 ; died 16th Jan. 1749. He marr. 1727,
Janet (died 22nd March 1772), daugh. of
Thomas Thomson, merchant, Glasgow, and
had issue — Robert, died Jan. 1737 ; Thomas,
min. of Stewarton ; Patrick, born 12th Jan.
1734, died 9th Jan. 1737 ; Margaret, born
1736 (marr. Thomas Allison, merchant,
Glasgow); Eupham, born 28th Sept. 1738
(marr. 18th Nov. 1765, Gilbert Lang, min.
of Largs) ; Robert, at Cape Coast Castle,
born 15th March 1741— [M'Ure's Glasg. ;
Pollok Papers, i. ; Tombst. ; Hector's
Judicial Records, iii.]
ARCHIBALD SMITH, possibly son of
7 Archibald S., writer, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 3rd March 1748 ; pres.
by James Campbell of Blythswood, and
ord. 13th Feb. 1750; died unmarr. 28th
Aug. 1760.
ARCHIBALD DAVIDSON, trans, from
1761 Second Charge, Paisley Abbey ; pres.
by John Campbell of Blythswood
17th Dec. 1760 ; adm. 20th Oct. 1761 ; app.
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.)
dem. 25th Oct. 1786.
paisley]
INCHINNAN
145
1791
t THOMAS BURNS, pres. by Colonel
John Campbell of Blythswood, and
adm. 23rd March 1787 ; trans, to
Renfrew 5th Aug. 1790.
WILLIAM HARDIE, eldest son of
William H., farmer, Gargunnock ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
Keen, by Presb. of Glasgow 1st Oct. 1783 ;
pres. by the Commissioner for Colonel John
Campbell of Blythswood, and ord. 21st
Feb. 1791 ; died unmarr. 18th June 1792.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, born Glas-
gow, second son of James R., tanner,
and nephew of William R., Professor
of Humanity in the Univ. of Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1785) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 25th
Aug. 1789 ; pres. by John Campbell of
Blythswood; ord. 5th April 1793; D.D.
(Glasgow, 14th March 1816) ; dem. 6th Feb.
1822 ; died unmarr. 10th Jan. 1845.
1822
LAURENCE LOCKHART of Milton-
Lockhart and Germiston, born 29th
Dec. 1795, third son of John L.,
D.D., min. of Blackfriars' Parish, Glasgow,
brother of John Gibson L., biographer of
Sir Walter Scott; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd
Jan. 1822 ; pres. by Archibald Campbell of
Blythswood 13th April, and ord. 13th Aug.
1822; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May 1849);
dem. 18th Oct. 1860; died 16th April
1876. He marr. (1) 16th Sept. 1825, Louisa
(died 16th Nov. 1847), only daugh. of David
Blair, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue —
John Somerville, born 9th Oct. 1826, died at
Madeira, 28th Feb. 1848 ; Janet Margaret,
born 22nd Feb. 1828, died 17th Feb. 1847 ;
Major-Gen. David Blair of Milton-Lockhart,
born 19th Aug. 1829, died s.p. 14th Jan.
1906 ; Lieut. -Col. Laurence William Max-
well, M.A. (Cantab.), served in the Crimean
War ; Times correspondent in Franco-
Prussian War in 1870 ; novelist, author of
Fair to See ; Doubles and Quits, etc., born
9th April 1831, died at Mentone, 23rd
March 1882 ; Elizabeth Catherine, born 5th
Jan. 1833, died unmarried 1898 ; Louisa
Matilda, born 31st July 1834 (marr. 9th
Oct. 1863, Thomas Rudd) ; Violet Sophia,
VOL. III.
born 3rd Dec. 1836 (marr. 1860, Thomas
Maxwell, M.D., Bengal Army), died 8th
Feb. 1914 ; Mary Veronica, born 17th Feb.
1839, died 17th April 1848; General Sir
William Stephen Alexander, G.C.B.,
K.C.S.I., Commander-in-Chief of the army
in India, 1895-1900, born 2nd Sept. 1841,
died 18th March 1900 ; Robert Thomas, born
19th Jan. 1846, died 25th Dec. 1855 : (2) 5th
Feb. 1849, Marion (died 22nd April 1902),
eldest daugh. of William Maxwell of Dar-
gavel, and had issue—Mary Nina Maxwell,
born 18th April 1850, died 28th March 1854 ;
James Somerville, born 18th Oct. 1851 ;
Alexander Francis Maxwell, born 12th
July 1854 ; Walter Somerville, born 12th
Aug. 1856, merchant, Rangoon, afterwards
Johannesburg. Publications — Tracts for
the Times (Paisley, 1843) ; Address to the
People of Inchinnan on the Present Troubles
of the Church (Paisley, 1843) ; Facts not
Falsehoods (Edinburgh, 1845) ; Answer to
the Protest of the Free Church (Edinburgh,
1846); Sermon X. [Church of Scotland
Pulpit, ii.]; Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, vii.).
ROBERT GILLAN, born 1st Oct. 1799,
1861 son °^ R° Dert; GKj min. of Hawick ;
educated at High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk
7th July 1829 ; ord. min. of a Presbyterian
Church at Stamfordham, Northumberland,
27th Oct. 1830; trans, to South Shields in
1833; trans, to Holy town 26th Oct. 1837;
trans, to Wishaw 27th Dec. 1842 ; trans, to
Abbotshall 7th Sept. 1843; trans, to St
John's, Glasgow, 25th Feb. 1847; D.D.
(Glasgow, 1853) ; pres. by Archibald Camp-
bell of Blythswood 31st Oct. 1860; trans.
and adm. 10th Jan. 1861 ; Moderator of
Assembly 22nd May 1873; died 1st Nov.
1879. He marr. (1) 7th Oct. 1833, Anne
(died 23rd Jan. 1847), daugh. of George
Green, Staley, Hexham, and had issue —
George Green, D.D., min. of Carmunnock ;
Robert, born 30th June 1836 ; Campbell,
merchant, Glasgow, born 16th July 1838 ;
Mary Jane, born 9th June 1841 ; Hamilton
Belhaven, born 8th April 1844 (marr. W. W.
Farquharson) died 30th Nov. 1919; Anne
Green : (2) 13th June 1848, Laura Gillam
K
146
INC HINN AN— JOHNSTONE
[PRESB. OF
(died 6th Nov. 1885), daugh. of John
Buttery of Woodville. Publications — Four
Single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1852; Glasgow,
1855) ; The Decalogue, a Series of Dis-
courses on the Ten Commandments (Glasgow,
1856) ; Sermon II. (Church of Scot. Pidpit,
ii.).— [The Border Almanac, 1880.]
ROBERT M'CLELLAND, born Girvan,
1880 Ayrshire, 7th July 1849, son of
Charles M. and Mary Scott ; edu-
cated at parish schools of Maybole and
Barr, Church of Scotland Normal School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1878; ord. 5th March 1880;
chaplain to the Forces, South Africa 1900-2 ;
died 1st March 1919. Marr. 18th July
1882, Isabella Coutts (died 15th Feb. 1918),
daugh. of William Corson, min. of Girvan,
and has issue — William Corson, lieut., A.
and S. Highlanders, born 19 th July 1886 ;
Charles Steen, born 27th June 1889, killed
in action in the Dardanelles, 28th June
1915 ; Robert Scott, B.D., min. of Dollar,
born 9th Dec. 1890. Publications — Heroes
and Gentlemen : An Army Chaplain's
Experiences (Paisley, 1902) ; The Church
and Parish of Inchinnan (Paisley, 1905);
Bees in a Bar-Framed Hive (S.P.C.K., n.d.).
1919
FREDERICK ALEXANDER STEU-
ART, born at sea, 31st May 1885,
son of John A. S., novelist, and Annie
Maude, daughter of John Craig, Coleraine ;
educated at Univs. of London (B.A. 1908),
Glasgow (B.D., 1911), Berlin and Heidel-
berg; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1911 ; ord. to Craigrownie 13th May 1913 ;
lecturer to Palestine Exploration Fund in
1915 ; trans, and adm. 10th Sept. 1919.
Marr. 2nd Sept. 1913, Marie Louise, only
daugh. of William Cole Dickenson,
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
JOHNSTONE (Q.S.).
[A church built here in 1792, was greatly
renovated in 1877. On 31st May 1834 a
chapel constitution was granted to the
charge. The parish was disjoined from
that of Paisley by decree of the Court of
Teinds, 1st March 1865.]
1804
JAMES WEIR, eldest son of Walter W.,
17g7 farmer, Cumbernauld ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1787)
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 16th Oct. 1789
elected 3rd April 1795 ; ord. 1st June 1797
dem. 1st July 1801, and entered the Army
as a private soldier.
MATTHEW GRAHAM, ord. 20th Jan.
1802 1802 > adm. to Calton Chapel-of-Ease,
Glasgow, 19th Jan. 1804.
ANDREW HARLEY, born Paisley,
1764, eldest son of David H.,
weaver ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Nov.
1799 ; ord. to Catrine Chapel 15th May
1800 ; adm. here 26th April 1804 ; died
unmarr. 30th July 1807. Publication —
Sermons (Glasgow, 1808). — [Religious Moni-
tor, vi.]
ALEXANDER TELFER, born Laming-
ton, 1782, fifth son of John T. ;
educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
26th Sept. 1804; elected 28th Sept., and
ord. 16th Dec. 1807 ; died 21st July 1840.
He marr. 7th Oct. 1808, Helen (died 7th
Sept. 1857), daugh. of Thomas Gray, min.
of Broughton.
1807
1841
JOHN REID, born 1800, son of John
R., farmer, The Burn, Tarbolton,
and Jean Ronald, celebrated by
Burns [in his verses " The Ronalds of the
Bennals"]; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
and United Secession Divinity Hall there
ord. min. of the United Secession Congre
gation, Dairy (Galloway), 8th Oct. 1829
dem. his charge and had his name erased
from the Presb. Roll 8th July 1833
preached for a time in connection with
the United Christian Church, Heriot
Bridge, Edinburgh. Joined the Original
Burgher Synod 23rd Jan. 1838, and adm.
to Bathgate Feb. 1839. Joined the Church
of Scotland in 1839, and adm. here 22nd
April 1841 ; trans, to the Scots Church,
Oldham Street, Liverpool, 9th April 1845.
He went to Australia in 1852 ; was min.
at Essendon and North Melbourne ; also
sometime colleague to John Dunmore
Lang, D.D., of the Scots Church, Sydney^
paisley]
.JOHNSTONE— ST ANDREW'S
147
and latterly ruin, of the Mariners' Church,
Sydney. He died 18th June 1867, and
was buried at Rookwood. Dr Hamilton,
historian of the Presbyterian Church of
Victoria, says of him that "his gifts in
the pulpit were very attractive ; his
oratory was of a superior order, and he
was well qualified to take a prominent
position in the Church." He marr.
Marion Crybbrace (died 18th June 1885),
and had issue — John, shipping agent,
Newcastle, N.S.W. ; William Ferguson ;
Hugh Ronald, manager, Melbourne
Shipping Co., died in 1910 ; Mark Watt ;
Sir George Houston, G.C.B., K.C.M.G.,
D.C.L., LL.D., K.C., M.P., Prime Minister
of Australia 1904-5, born 25th Feb. 1845,
died 12th Sept. 1918 ; Mary Eliza ; Marion
Jane. — [Wallace's Burns, i., 61 ; Sir George
Reid's My Reminiscences ; Small's Hist, of
U.P. Congregations, i., 710 ; Cameron s
Centenary Hist, of Presbyterian Church in
New South Wales, i., 27 ; Hamilton's Hist,
of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria.']
1846
HUGH PARK, ord. 26th Jan. 1846;
trans, to Cumbernauld 16th Nov.
1848.
JOHN MEIN AUSTIN, ord. 2nd May
1849 ; trans, to St Mary's, Dumfries,
7th May 1852.
WILLIAM GAFF, born New Monkland,
1852 1825, son of James G. and Jane
Cunningham ; educated at New
Monkland School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock in 1850 ;
assistant at Greenock ; ord. 1st Dec.
1852 ; adm. first min. of the parish 5th
April 1865; died 7th July 1872. He
marr. Margaret Leggat -or M'Gregor, who
died sj). three days after her husband.
JOHN FERGUSON, ord. nth Sept.
1873 18 ^ 3 ' trans, to Townhead Parish,
Glasgow, 21st Sept. 1876.
GEORGE CARRUTHERS, M.A., B.D. ;
1877 trans, from South Dalziel, and adm.
11th Jan. 1877; trans, to Falkirk
27th Sept. 1888.
WILLIAM MACLOY, born Garvagh,
1889 ^°' Londonderry, 25th Dec. 1838,
son of Robert M. and Isabella
M'Neary ; educated at Queen's College,
Belfast ; licen. by Presb. of Coleraine ; ord.
to Wellington Street Church, Ballymena,
Co. Antrim; 31st March 1863; dem. 9th
Aug. 1881 ; min. of Free Middle Church,
Paisley, 1881-82; adm. to New Parish,
Rothesay, 8th May 1882 ; min. of Rodney
Street Church. Liverpool, 18th May 1886;
adm. here 7th Feb. 1889; died 2nd April
1909. He marr. 4th Feb. 1885, Emily, daugh.
of Robert Robinson, and had issue — Amy,
born 29th Jan. 1886 (marr. James Hutchison
Cockburn, min. of Dunblane). Publications
— Bible Wine; Infant Baptism; sometime
editor of The Christian Banner (Ballymena,
Ireland).
JOHN ROLLAND M'NAB, M.A.; trans.
lg08 from St David's, Kirkintilloch;
adm. (assistant and successor) 7th
Oct. 1908; trans, to Bonhill 25th Oct.
1918.
JOHN LENNOX HOWAT, born
191g Airdrie, 3rd Jan. 1888, son of
William Prentice H. and Helen
Love ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
sometime a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1914; ord. to Drymen 6th
April 1915 ; res. 1918 ; adm. here 16th June
1919. Marr. 5th Aug. 1915, Christina
Lennox Rennie, and has issue — William
Prentice, born 21st May 1916.
ST ANDREW'S, JOHN-
STONE (Q.S.).
[A chapel for the district of Laighcart-
side was built here in 1886. St Andrew's
Parish was disjoined from Johnstone, Kil-
barchan, and Elderslie, by decree of the
Court of Teinds, 1st Nov. 1901.]
ARCHIBALD HALLIDAY, born
Morningside, Lanarkshire, 18th July
1849, son of Robert H. and Lillias
Paterson ; educated at Morningside and
Coltness Schools, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 5th May 1886 ;
ord. to St Andrew's Chapel-of-Ease, 8th
148
JOHNSTONE— KILBARCHAN
[PRESB. OF
1917
March 1888; adm. first min. of the parish
4th Dec. 1901 ; died 12th March 1917. He
marr. 3rd March 1880, Grace, daugh. of
Archibald Beaumont, and had issue —
Mary Carson, born 5th July 1881.
WILLIAM PAUL MONTEATH, born
Ardrossan, 12th Aug. 1887, son of
Robert Park M. and Jemima Paul ;
educated at Annfield Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
26th June 1912 ; assistant at Milton of
Campsie and Newton, Cambuslang ; ord.
to Carronshore 16th Feb. 1915 ; trans, and
adm. 30th July 1917. Marr. 8th June
1907, Elizabeth M'Naughton.
KILBARCHAN.
[The vicarage of Kilbarchan belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. Its church was
dedicated to St Bearchan, and within it
was an altar of St Mary. In the church-
yard stood a chapel of St Katherine. At
Kenmuir in the parish there was a chapel
of St Bride, with St Bride's Burn running
by. At Auchendinan on that burn was
St Bride's Mill. In another part of the
parish, at Ranfurlie, there was a chapel
of St Mary, with the Priestoun beside it.
St Bearchan's yearly fair is held at Kil-
barchan in Dec]
JOHN MACQUEEN, M.A., last vicar
of Kilbarchan, "granted [about 1568]
in fee to Alexander Cunningham of
Craigends the church lands of the vicarage
of K., reserving a dwelling-house, garden,
and steading occupied by Master Adam
Watson, reader." — [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv.,
2412.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, called "of
1561 Johnstone," vicar in 1561.
ADAM WATSON, M.A., perhaps
1568 formerly a priest ; reader in 1568.
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, styled
1572 reader, 1572-4.
PATRICK ADAMSON, min. in 1574,
w with Mearns, Neilston, and Paisley,
also in his charge.
1576
ROBERT COOK, adm. in 1576, with
Houston and Killellan also in the
charge ; trans, to Kilmacolm in
1580.
ROBERT CRAWFORD, reader in
1577 1577.
JAMES FLEMING, M.A. (Glasgow);
1578 min. in 1578. — [Beg. Assig. ; Calder-
wood's Hist, iii., 528.]
PATRICK SHARPE, min. of Paisley,
1584 had charge here in 1584.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, son of William
1585 C, "fourth of Craigans" [Craig-
ends] ; pres. to the vicarage 27th
March 1585. He was perhaps only a lay
vicar.
GAVIN HAMILTON, "placit" 15th
, co _ March 1586, continued to be vicar
for at least forty years. He was
still alive and in office in 1628, when,
with others, he signed a document
testifying that Marion Boyd, Countess of
Abercorn, who was suspected of Popish
sympathies, was through weakness and
infirmity unable to travel and answer for
herself before the Privy Council. He drew
the greater part of the stipend of Kil-
barchan. On the occasion of Andrew
Hamilton's admission as min. the Presb.
caused it to be recorded that " Gavin
Hamilton, vicar of K. is long before law-
fullie provydit and admittit by the kirk to
the vicarage of K., manse, gleib, and kirk-
lands thereof. Therefore, it is judicialie
concludit by Act of Presb., with the advyce
and consent of the said Andro Hamilton,
that the said Gavin sal possess, enjoy, and
bruke at his plesor the foresaid vicarage
and all pertinents thereof, with the houses
and yaird presentlie possest by him, and
twa ackeris of the gleib land, and that in-
during all the days and space of his lyftyme
without impediment or trouble of the said
Mr Andro, or any of his successors quhat-
samevir." — [Mackenzie's Kilbarchan, p. 54 ;
Reg. Sec. Sig., 2nd ser., ii., 344.]
JAMES LIVINGSTON, M.A. ; min. in
,.„, 1589; trans, to Neilston before
1589 „. '
1591.
paisley]
K1LBARCHAN
149
1591
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; min. in 1591;
became a regent in the Univ. of
Glasgow in 1593 ; trans, to Cardross
in 1594.
1593
ROBERT STIRLING, perhaps son of
Andrew S. of Portnallan and Law,
and Elizabeth Cunningham of Craig-
ends ; M.A. (Glasgow 1586) ; died or dem.
between 10th March and 14th April 1603.
He is described as a " pious young man,
whose heart was broken by the slighting
and carelessness of the people." He marr.
Margaret Graham in Craigends, who sur-
vived him. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Ana-
lecta ; Mackenzie's Hist, of Kilbarchan ;
G. R. Inhib., vii., 11.]
ROBERT HENDERSON, min. in 1603 ;
trans, to Durisdeer in 1603. — [Acts
and Dec, ccclx., 187.]
ANDREW HAMILTON, son of Hamil-
lfi0 _ ton of Millhouse, parish of Kilbride ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th July 1599);
pres. by James, Lord Abercorn, 12th Aug.
1604 ; ord. 3rd, and adm. 17th Jan. 1605 ;
died between 18th Jan. and 26th March
1646, aged about 67. Though he delated
several before the Presb. for desecrating
the Sabbath day, he is said to have " drunk
and debauched with his people, and to
have gone with them to the foot-ball on
the Sabbath after sermon." He marr. (1)
Elizabeth Boyd : (2) Katherine Thomson,
and had issue — Gavin ; Alexander, a
witness in 1643. — [Wodrow's Anal. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Acts and Dec, ccclx., 186 ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccccii., 94.]
JAMES GLENDINNING, M.A. (St
1647 Andrews) ; min. of Coole or Cam-
money (a parish between Belfast
and Carrickfergus) in 1621 ; lecturer at
Carrickfergus, from which he was obliged
to remove during the Rebellion to Old-
stone ; was settled temporarily here, 1647-8.
He signed the local copy of the Solemn
League and Covenant 19th Dec. 1648. He
served also at Largs in 1649, and at Row,
until his return to Ireland. — [Reid's Ireland,
i., 100, 432.]
JOHN STIRLING, born 1620, second
1649 son °^ Alexander S., farmer, Clerk-
land, Stewarton ; educated at Irvine
(at a school taught by William Smith, after-
wards min. of Largs) and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1645) ; was chaplain in the family of
Ramsay of Dalhousie, and in that of Sir
Arthur Erskine of Scotscraig ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 10th May 1649 ; ord. 12th
Dec. following. Joined the Protesters in
1651 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662; min. again in 1672.
1662
JAMES WALKINSHAW, min. of
Baldernock in 1659, but deprived in
1662 ; indulged min. here in 1662.—
[Wodrow's Hist., i., 372 ; Mackenzie's
Kilbarchan, 84.]
DAVID PIERSON, M.A. ; ord. before
13th Oct. 1664 ; trans, to Second
1664 Charge, Kirkcaldy, March 1670.
1672
JOHN STIRLING, M.A. ; min. in 1649 ;
adm. as an indulged min. here 3rd
Sept. 1672. On 8th July 1673 he
was fined in the amount of one half year's
stipend for failing to keep the anniversary
of the Restoration, and was again cited
before the Privy Council 11th Aug. 1677.
He died " of overflowing of the gall," 18th
July 1683. It was said of him that "he
had good natural parts, though not the
gift of eloquent speaking. What he said
was solid and scriptural, and was spoken
with great affection, fervency, and vehem-
ency. In the heat of harvest his kirk
would be full even to the very door when
he preached on a Friday ; the people left
the field for an hour and a half, heard with
greediness, and returned, and found their
day's work as complete as on any other
day of the week." But following his
" indulgence " it is stated that he " could
not then get people to attend a week-day
sermon in time of harvest." He was civil
to the soldiers who were quartered in his
parish, and had great influence in restraining
them from abuses. He marr. at Edinburgh
11th Oct. 1653, Jean Maxwell, who died
in 1708, and had issue — John, Principal of
150
KILBARCHAN
[PRESB. OF
Univ. of Glasgow, bapt. 18th Aug. 1654;
Elizabeth, born 7th Oct. 1655; James,
bapt. 1st May 1657, died young; Marie,
bapt. 20th May 1659 ; Elizabeth, bapt. 8th
June 1660 ; James, min. of Barony, bapt.
13th June 1662.— [Wodrow's Hist., i. 423,
ii. 183 ; Baillie's Lett. ; Law's Memorialls ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Crawfurd's Hist, of Renfrew-
shire^
ARCHIBALD WILSON, licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 26th Oct. 1668;
1683 inst. 11th Oct. 1683; adhering to
Episcopacy he was dep. (by Presb. of
Glasgow) after the Revolution. He after-
wards officiated in Glasgow, and was
imprisoned for celebrating clandestine
marriages. A collection to relieve his
necessity was made by the Presb. of
Glasgow in 1691. He marr. Annabella,
daugh. of Major Hamilton of Forehouse,
and had issue — Archibald, born 24th April
1674 ; Barbara, born 9th March 1679 ;
Margaret, born 3rd April 1681.— [Hector's
Judicial Records, ser. ii., 138-141 ; Reg.
Presb. Glasg., 2nd Feb. 1691.]
JAMES STIRLING, son of John S.,
above-mentioned ; ord. (in a meeting-
house) 8th June 1688 ; trans, to the
Barony Parish, Glasgow, 27th June 1699.
ROBERT JOHNSTON, born 1675, son
of James J., merchant, Greenock ;
bursar of Presb. of Dunfermline ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 22nd May 1700 ; ord. 16th
April 1701 ; app. clerk of Presb. in 1703 ;
died 27th Oct. 1738. He was buried at
the west door of the church, where a mural
tablet marks his grave. The inscription
concludes with a Latin sentence forbidding
any one to disturb his remains — " Ne
liceat nemini defodere hanc urnani." He
marr. Anne, youngest daugh. of Claud
Hamilton of Barnes, and had issue — an
only son James, major of the 61st Foot
[his daugh. Mary Anne marr. Francis,
Lord Gray of Kinfauns] ; Anna (marr.
1741, William Cullen, M.D., Professor of
Medicine in the Univ. of Glasgow), died
1786 [she was mother of Robert Cullen
(Lord Cullen), Scottish judge, 1742-1810] ;
Mary; Margaret. — [Dunfermline Sess. Reg.;
Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; Craw-
furd's Hist. ; G. R. lnhib., 18th Sept.
1708; Tombst.]
JOHN WARNER, born 28th Aug. 1713,
second son of William W. of Ardeer
1*739
and Janet Hamilton ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 30th Aug. 1737; ord. 13th Sept.
1739; died unmarr., 8th March 1786, "a
great farmer, an enlightened philosopher
and theologian." Publication — A Letter
to the West-Country Farmers concerning
the Difficulties and Management of a Bad
Harvest (Paisley, 1773). — [Love's Mem., i. ;
Mackenzie's Kilbarchan.]
PATRICK MAXWELL (MAXTON),
l787 born 1747, son of John M., farmer,
parish of Auchterarder ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1767); licen. by
Presb. of Dunbarton 26th Sept. 1776; pres.
by the Trustees of James Milliken of
Milliken (in whose family he had been tutor);
ord. (after appeal to the General Assembly)
5th July 1787 ; died 19th Dec. 1806. He
marr. (1) 27th Jan. 1789, Elizabeth Cochran,
who died s.j). 22nd Oct. 1803: (2) 24th
Dec. 1804, Charlotte Sprengell, who died
s.p. at Portobello, 22nd Nov. 1832. Publi-
cation — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xv.).
1802
ROBERT DOUGLAS, second son of
James D. of Barloch, Stirlingshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 22nd Oct. 1801 ; called
15th April, ord. (assistant and successor)
10th June 1802 ; died 17th April 1846. He
marr. 3rd July 1811, Janet (died 18th April
1873), daugh. of John Monteath, D.D.,
min. of Houston, and had issue — James,
M.A., surgeon, Glasgow, born 16th Nov.
1812, died 22nd Feb. 1844 ; Anne Cunning-
ham, born 27th Aug. 1815 (marr. 24th Aug.
1841, James Fergusson Murdoch, W.S.,
Procurator-Fiscal for Ayrshire) ; John Mon-
teath, solicitor, Cupar-Fife, afterwards
stockbroker in London, born 21st April
1819, died 26th Dec. 1899; Robert, engineer,
paisley]
KILBARCHAN— LEVERN
151
Kirkcaldy, born 8th March 1822 ; George
Cunningham Monteath, D.D., LL.D., rain,
of the Free Church, Bridge of Weir,
1852-7, Moderator of the Free Church
Assembly, 1894, Professor of Hebrew, and
Principal of the United Free Church
College, Glasgow, born 2nd March 1826,
died 24th May 1904 ; Campbell, architect,
Glasgow, born 14th June 1828, died 14th
April 1910 ; Carstairs, M.A., LL.D., mission-
ary of the English Presbyterian Church, to
China (1855-77), born 27th Dec. 1830, died
at Amoy 26th July 1877. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, vii.).
ROBERT ARCHIBALD,.adm. (assistant
and successor) 14th March 1844 ;
trans, to New Monkland 12th Feb-
1846.
1844
1847
ROBERT GRAHAM, born Paisley, 13th
July 1820, eldest son of James G.
and Agnes Wallace ; educated at
Lochwinnoch School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1846) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
assistant at Campsie ; chaplain to Univ.
of Glasgow; ord. 19th Feb. 1847; D.D.
(Glasgow 1869) ; died 11th Nov. 1895. He
marr. 31st July 1861, Margaret Andrew,
daugh. of Archibald Glen, and had issue —
Henrietta, born 18th June 1862, died 19th
May 1869.
1895
ROBERT DUNBAR MACKENZIE,
born Grantown, 21st Dec. 1863, son of
Alexander M. and Elsie Dunbar ;
educated at the Grammar Schools of Gran-
town-on-Spey and Old Aberdeen, Univs.
of Aberdeen and St Andrews ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1887), B.D. (St Andrews
1889); licen. by Presb. of Abernethy in
1889 ; assistant at Dalkeith ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 15th Nov. 1892. Marr. 14th
Nov. 1917, Christina Martin, daugh. of
William Martin Scott, Paisley, and has
issue — Alexander, born 3rd Sept. 1918.
Publications — Kilbarchan : a Parish His-
tory (Paisley, 1902) ; A Description of the
Kilbarchan Copy of the Solemn League and
Covenant, being a Supplement to the History
of Kilbarchan (Paisley, n.d.)
LEVERN (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here on 23rd
March 1835. On 30th May 1836 a chapel
constitution was granted to it, and a
definite district given it. The parish of
Levern was disjoined from the parishes
of the Abbey of Paisley and Eastwood 17th
Jan. 1866.]
1836
ANDREW BORLAND PARKER, ord.
22nd July 1836 ; trans, to Lesmaha-
gow 28th Feb. 1839.
1839
THOMAS BRYDSON, ord. 6th Nov.
1839; trans, to Kilmacolm 29th
Aug. 1843.
1843
ANDREW M'EWEN, born Muthill;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; min.
of a Presbyterian Congregation at
Holywell, 1839-40, of the Scots Church,
Longtown, 1840-3 : adm. to this charge 5th
Oct. 1843 ; dep. by the General Assembly
in 1851 ; died at 173 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow, 9th April 1852.
v JAMES BURNS, ord. 15th Jan. 1852 ;
1852 trans, to Nairn 11th Sept. 1854.
1855
JAMES INGRAM, born Kilmarnock,
1830, second son of James I. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1850), B.D. (1870) ; ord. 25th Jan. 1855 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 7th Feb. 1866 ;
died unmarr., 24th Feb. 1894.
THOMAS COOK, born Gateside,
Paisley, 18th May 1869, son of
1894 Archibald C. and Jane Martin ;
educated at Paisley Grammar School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1890) ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley in 1893 ; assistant at
Penpont ; ord. 5th Sept. 1894. Marr. 28th
July 1896, Annie, daugh. of Robert Robson,
and has issue — Archibald Robson, born
21st July 1897 ; Thomas, born 18th April
1900. Publications — In a Far Country
(Paisley, 1896) ; In Memoriam : Colonel
Robert King, Levemholme (Glasgow).
152
LINWOOD— LOCHWINNOCH
[PRESB. OF
LINWOOD (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Kil-
barchan and the Abbey Parish of Paisley
by the Court of Teinds on 19th Jan. 1880.]
JAMES WALLACE, born Lochwinnoch,
son of James W. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 14th June
1860 ; res. 18th Jan. 1867 ; died at Loch-
winnoch 16th April 1881.
JAMES DOUGLAS, ord. 27th June
1867 ; trans, to Kinning Park, Glas-
1860
1867
gow, in Feb. 1873.
1873
1880
WILLIAM MILNE, ord. 11th Sept.
1873 ; adm. first min. of the parish
in 1880; trans, to St Cyrus 18th
May 1880.
JOHN ADAMSON ABERNETHY,
born Parkhead, Glasgow, 24th March
1854, son of Peter A. and Marion
Adamson ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1877 ; assistant at Kingarth,
Bute, and Tron Parish, Glasgow j ord. 28th
Sept. 1880. Marr. 16th Sept. 1886, Mar-
garet Arneil, daugh. of William Gray, and
has issue — Peter Adamson, manager, Clyde
Iron Works, born 10th June 1887 ; William
Gray, C.A., born 7th April 1890 ; Margaret
Marion, born 6th Sept. 1892.
LOCHWINNOCH.
[The church of Lochwinnoch belonged
to the Abbey of Paisley. It was dedicated
to St Gwinoch. In 1504 John, first Lord
Sempill, built in this parish St Mary's
Collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch, now a
picturesque ruin. The founder fell at
Flodden in 1513. His body was then
brought home, and buried in St Mary's
beside the remains of his first wife,
Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Colvill
of Ochiltree. An elaborate and somewhat
florid mural monument over their grave
commemorates Lord and Lady Sempill.
On the wall of another part of the ruined
church is a simpler and finer memorial in
honour of their son Gabriel Sempill of
Cathcart, who died in 1587. Lochwinnoch
church was rebuilt in 1806.]
1574 NINIAN SEMPILL, reader in 1574.
WILLIAM CUMMING, min. from 1578
1578 to 1580.— [Reg. Assig.]
ANDREW KNOX, M.A. ; min. in 1581 ;
1581 trans, to Paisley about 1585.
[THOMAS YOUNGER, min. of Inverkip
1591 had charge of this parish in 1591.]
JOHN ROSS, M.A. (Glasgow 1581);
,^„„ mentioned as min. in 1593. — [Ren.
1593 . . \. j
Assig.j
PATRICK HAMILTON, M.A. ; min. in
1596 1596 ; trans, to Paisley in 1607.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, second
leu son °^ J ames H. of Torrance ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1599); ord. to Houston 31st July 1606;
trans, and adm. before 1611 ; died between
18th Jan. and 28th May 1646, aged about
67. He is said to have been "a naughty
man," but he was not "the father of the
good laird of Halcraig" as stated by
Wodrow. He marr. Ann Hamilton, and
had issue — James. — [Reg. of Deeds, ccxx.
77, dxv., 405 ; Glasg. and Edin. Tests. ;
Wodrow's Anal., iii., 22.]
HUGH PEEBLES of Mainshill; M.A.
1647 (Glasgow, 1634); pres. by John,
Earl of Lauderdale, 18th Feb., and
ord. 2nd June 1647. He was a member of
the Commissions of Assembly, 1648-9 ;
joined the Protesters in 1651 ; refused to
submit to Episcopacy ; was accused at the
Diocesan Synod, Oct. 1663, of continued
wilful absence from its meetings ; deprived
about 1665. In Jan. 1666 he was called
before the Privy Council for having
preached on a Sunday evening at his
house of Mainshill, and ordered to confine
himself to the burgh of Forfar. He was
allowed to return under caution, but on
18th Aug. 1670, refusing to come under
obligations, he was confined to Dunbarton
and a mile around. He was restored about
1676, but was again before the Privy
Council 11th Aug. 1677 for not keeping the
rules. He returned after the Toleration
paisley]
LOCHWINNOCH
153
and was present at the meeting of Synod
30th Aug. 1687 ; was restored under the
Act of Parliament 25th April 1690; died
May 1691, aged about 77. He marr.
Elizabeth, daugh. of Sir John Cunningham
of Glengarnock, and had issue — a daugh.
(marr. Matthew Hani mill of Roughwood).
— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Glasg. T'ests. ;
Metcalfe's Hist, of the County of Renfrew,
290.]
ROBERT AIRD, MA. (Glasgow 1628) ;
1666 was schoolmaster of Stranraer ; ord.
to Stranraer 9th Oct. 1633 ; dem.
27th June 1638 ; adm. to Cumbrae before
April 1642 ; trans, and inst. between 22nd
Feb. and 5th April 1666; still in the
charge 2nd Feb. 1669. He marr. Janet
Campbell, who died 1st June 1668. — [Isles
Tests. ; Tombst.]
1676 HUGH PEEBLES, M.A., see above.
1683
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, passed
trials before the Presb. of Dalkeith
and had a certificate for licence 3rd
Nov. 1681 ; pres. by William, Earl of Dun-
donald ; inst. 1st Aug. 1683 ; deprived in
1689.
1687 HUGH PEEBLES, M.A., see above.
JOHN PAISLEY, born Paisley, 1658,
,_ . son of Bailie P. and Elizabeth,
sister of Janet Ferguson in the
Wool ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
was chaplain to Sir James Maxwell of
Pollok, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
25th March 1691 ; called 26th May, and
ord. 15th Sept. 1691 ; declined a call to
Foveran in 1693 ; died 18th April 1728. He
marr. Anna (died 2nd June 1760), daugh.
of Patrick Simson, min. of Renfrew, and
had issue — Patrick, min. of Kilmarnock ;
John, surgeon, Glasgow ; Margaret ; Jean,
died 29th March 1791.— [Glasg. Tests.; Acts
of Ass., 1698 ; Wodrow's Anal., v., 411.]
JOHN PINKERTON, MA. (Glasgow,
1723 4th May 1719); licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 16th Nov. 1726; chaplain to
Sir James Maxwell of Pollok, Lord Justice-
Clerk ; pres. by Thomas, Earl of Dun-
donald, and ord. 15th Dec. 1728 ; died 3rd
1788
Jan. 1750, aged about 50. He marr. Sarah
Martin, who died 17th Jan. 1770, and had
issue — William, born 1731.
JOHN COUPER, perhaps son of William
-,___ C, New Monkland, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1739); licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 19th Oct. 1737 ; called 9th
Aug., and ord. 28th Sept. 1750 ; died 19th
Dec. 1787. He had considerable reputation
as a scholar. He marr. 22nd Oct. 1751, Sarah
Mackill, who died 12th March 1796, and had
issue — James, D.D., min. of Baldernock,
afterwards Professor of Astronomy in the
Univ. of Glasgow, born 9th Aug. 1752 ;
Elizabeth, born 14th March 1755 ; William,
M.D., surgeon, Glasgow, born 19th Feb.
1757, died 21st May 1843 ; John, born 24th
April 1759 , Sarah, born 11th March 1762
(marr. George Sym, D.D., min. of New Kil-
patrick) ; Alexander, born 2nd June 1766.
— [Crawfurd's Hist. ; Tombst.']
JAMES STEVEN, born Glasgow, eldest
son of Andrew S. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1776) ; ord. min.
of Albion Street Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow,
9th July 1782 ; pres. by William MacDowall
of Garthland (on the unanimous requisition
of the parishioners) 17th May, and trans,
and adm. 15th Aug. 1788; died unmarr.
21st June 1801. He was an enthusiastic
Volunteer at the time of the threatened
French Invasion. Publications — The Neces-
sity of Arming at the Present Juncture, a
sermon (Glasgow, 1797) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.).
JAMES CRAWFURD, born Cadder,
1802 1^ 50 > third son of William C. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Sept. 1781 ;
ord. to Port - Glasgow Chapel - of - Ease
[Newark] 8th July 1785 ; pres. by William
MacDowall of Garthland ; trans, and adm.
4th Feb. 1802 ; died unmarr. 7th May 1814.
He had been incapacitated for duty from
January 1809, and the work of the parish
was carried on by a series of assistants.
ROBERT SMITH, born Grassmilnside,
1 Kilmaurs, 12th March 1787, second
son of Robert S., farmer, and
Margaret Smith ; educated at Univ. of
154
LOCHWINNOCH— MEARNS
[PRESB. OF
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 6th
Oct. 1812 ; pres. by the heritors Nov. 1814 ;
ord. 2nd March 1815. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Lochwinnoch
Free Church, 1843-65 ; D.D. (U.S.A., 1845) ;
died 22nd Jan. 1865. He marr. 28th March
1820, Marjory (died 8th May 1881), eldest
daugh. of Captain William Barr of Loch-
side, and had issue— Mary Barr, born 8th
Feb. 1821 ; Margaret, born 9th Oct. 1822 ;
Robert Barr, merchant, Adelaide, born 4th
Feb. 1824 ; Jane Skeoch, born 10th Oct.
1825 ; William Barr, born 21st April 1827,
died 19th July 1828 ; Marjory, born 17th
Feb. 1829; Janet, born 27th Jan. 1831;
William Caldwell, M.D. (Glasgow, 1854),
I.M.S., born 10th April 1833, died 21st
Sept. 1913 ; John Caldwell, born 5th Feb.
1836 ; James Dunlop, born 11th Jan. 1838,
died 26th Jan. 1839 ; James Hugh, died
15th June 1841. Publications — A Sermon
Preached in the Nexo Church of Greenock
(Greenock, 1836) ; " A Discourse preached
during the Prevalence of Influenza " (Scot-
tish Christian Herald, June 1837); "Letter
containing Remarks on the Present Posi-
tion of the Church of Scotland explained
and vindicated" (Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, New Ser., iii.) ; Memoir of
Agnes Hutton (1843) ; Piety in Hiimble
Life (1845) ; Tracts on the Roman Catholic
Controversy, iii. (Paisley, 1852) ; The Life
and Remains of Duncan J/' Parian, D.D,,
Renfrew (Paisley, 1856) ; The Testimony of
Scripture concerning Intoxicating Liquors ;
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
vii.). — [Robertson's Ayrshire, i., 156 ; The
Lochwinnoch Election (1814).]
WILLIAM GRAHAM, born Newhouse,
1843 Lesmahagow, nth May 1807, second
son of James G., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark ; ord. by Presb. of Lanark to South
Shields 26th June 1833; trans, to Cale-
donian Chapel, Newcastle ; adm. to this
charge 7th Sept. 1843 ; died 5th Nov. 1872.
He marr. 8th Sept. 1841, Mary Coxall
(born 15th Jan. 1807, died 3rd Jan. 1875),
daugh. of Thomas Thomson, M.D., and
had issue — James Thomas, min. of Dean
Park Parish, Govan, born 1st Oct. 1842 ;
Katherine Harrison, born 13th Sept. 1845
(marr. Dr Orr.)
ROBERT ZUILLE GILFILLAN, born
1873 Glasgow, 23rd April 1843, son of
Robert G. and Agnes M'Kellar ;
educated at Normal School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1867), B.D. (1871) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1870 ; assistant at
Carluke ; ord. to North Parish, Paisley,
20th June 1872 ; trans, and adm. 26th
June 1873, died 23rd Dec. 1892. He marr.
28th Oct. 1873, Agnes Brodie Smith, born
9th March 1848, and had issue — Agnes
Brodie, born 28th Aug. 1874 ; Robert
M'Kellar, accountant, Chile, born 3rd Dec.
1875 ; Brodie Smith, min. of Inch, Wigtown-
shire ; George Zuille, shipper, Glasgow,
born 13th July 1879 ; Mary, born 8th May
1881 ; Jessie Laing Smith, born 25th May
1884; Isabella, born 21st March 1886;
Henrietta Alice Lee Harvey, born 9th
Dec. 1887.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR STEVENSON,
1893 born Johnstone, Renfrewshire, 8th
April 1865, son of William S. and
Jane Sinclair ; educated at Johnstone
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 8th June 1892 ; ord.
4th April 1893. Marr. 20th June 1893,
Isabella, daugh. of Hugh Black, Rothesay.
MEARNS.
[The vicarage of Mearns belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In the parish church
there was an altar of St Bride. At Capelrig
in the parish stood a chapel belonging to
the Order of the Temple.]
JAMES DOBIE, reader, 1574 to
1574 1576.
ARCHIBALD EGLINTON, reader,
1576 1576 to 1580.
PATRICK ADAMSON, min. of Paisley,
1584 had charge here in 1584.
ANDREW NORMOND or NORMAN,
1585 reader in 1585.
1586 JOHN YOUNG, reader in 1586.
JOHN HAY, MA. ; min. in 1588 ; trans.
1588 to Renfrew after 15th Dec. 1592.
paisley]
M EARNS
155
ANDREW HAY, M.A., son of Andrew
H., min. of Renfrew ; min. at Erskine
in 1590; trans, to this charge in
1593. On 7th May 1594, the Presb. of
Glasgow complained to the Presb. of Paisley
as to H.'s conduct while resident within
their bounds, " he noways behaving himself
according to his calling." — [Beg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Presb. Reg.']
GEORGE MAXWELL of Auldhouse,
1594 son °^ J° nn M. of Auldhouse ; min.
of Neilston in 1593 ; trans, and adm.
in 1594. Apparently non-resident, he was
ordered by the Presb. 26th Aug. 1635, to
reside in the parish " that he may visit the
sick, and do the other incumbent duties.'"'
He died Nov. 1648. He marr. (1) Janet,
daugh. of John Millar of Newton, and had
issue — John, progenitor of the Maxwells of
Pollok and Keir, min. of Eastwood : (2)
Jean (died after 8th Jan. 1621), daugh. of
William Mure of Glanderston, and had
issue — William of Springkell, advocate ;
George, apprenticed to Patrick Forbes,
merchant, Edinburgh, 23rd Jan. 1622 ;
Alexander ; Patrick ; James, min. of Kirk-
gunzeon : (3) Janet Douglas of Waterside,
who survived him, and had issue — George ;
Hugh, ancestor of the Dalswinton family ;
Gabriel ; David ; Robert ; Jean (marr.
William Hamilton of Ruinemure). — [Beg.
Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Caldwell Papers, i. ;
Inq. Bet. Gen., 8653 ; Playfair's Baronetage,
viii., 323 ; Maxwells of Pollok, i., 55.]
[HUGH CUNNINGHAM, MA. ; min.
1649 a ^ -^ a y' Ireland ; adm. here " until a
door be opened for return to his
own charge " 1st Nov. 1649 ; went to
Erskine in 1651.]
[DAVID GEMMILL, MA. (Glasgow
1650 1643) ; was min. of a Presbyterian
congregation in Ireland, which he
left on account of persecution ; adm. here
temporarily 10th Sept. 1650, apparently
as colleague; died July 1651, aged about
28. He marr. Elizabeth Montgomerie, who
survived him, and had issue — Peter, Bailie
of Glasgow, a pioneer of the sugar trade
there.— [Glasg. Tests. ; M'Ure's Glasgow.]
"[JOHN BURNETT, chaplain to Lord
Wemyss : was called to the parish in
1652, but probably did not accept. —
[ Wemyss Book, i., 263.] ]
WILLIAM THOMSON, MA. (Edin-
1653 burgh, 30th July 1646); ord. 11th
Aug. 1653 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He marr.
Christian Mercer, and had issue— Thomas.
— [Prot. Book of Alexander Forbes, 40.]
1665
JAMES TAYLOR, MA. (Glasgow 1627),
schoolmaster at Kilmarnock ; ord.
to Greenock 11th Feb. 1640. Joined
the Resolutioners in 1651 ; trans, and adm.
20th July 1665; died March 1668, aged
61. He marr. Jean Stewart, and had
issue — John, served heir 11th March 1669 ;
Margaret (marr. Robert Boyd, min. of Car-
munnock) ; Janet (marr. William Stewart,
min. of Inchinnan) ; Helen (marr. Archi-
bald M'Neil).— [Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Bet.
Ayr, 563 ; Beg. of Deeds, 2nd Feb. 1663 ;
G. B. Inhib., 2nd May 1670; Baillie's Lett.;
Bailiary of Cunningham Homings, 25th
June 1644.]
ROBERT FLEMING, M.A.; trans.- from
1669 M°mg a ff) and inst. 7th Jan. 1669 ;
trans, to Kirkintilloch after 4th
May 1681.
JOHN TAYLOR, MA. ; trans, from
Libberton, Lanarkshire ; pres. by
Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackball,
Bart., 29th April, and inst. before 13th
July 1681 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Paisley, before 10th Nov. 1685.
1681
1686
JAMES INGLIS, inst. 22nd May 1686 ;
deprived at the Revolution [after-
wards min. of Muthill].
JOHN GLEN, educated at Univ. of
1688 Glasgow (bursar in 1676) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 9th Nov. 1687;
ord. 27th Feb. 1688; died between 8th
July and 15th Sept. 1691.
JAMES M'DOUGALL, licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 21st Jan. 1691 ; ord. 24th
1691 Sept. that year; died May 1712.
Wodrow speaks of him "as an honest,
156
MEARNS
[PRESB. OF
painful, gospel min." He niarr. Jan. 1692,
Grisell Stewart, and had issue— Susanna
(marr. Alexander Stevenson, writer, Irvine).
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Canongate Reg. {Marr.) ;
Crawford's Hist. ; Wodrow's Anal., i., 57.]
HENKY HUNTER, born 1681, son of
1713 Patrick H. of Hunterston, and
Marion Cunningham ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; pres. by John Stewart
of Blackhall, and ord. 28th April 1713;
died 29th Nov. 1731. He marr. 30th Sept.
1715, Margaret (died 13th Jan. I742),daugh.
of James Stewart of Lumloch, and had
issue —Patrick ; Annabella ; Marion (marr.
John Lyle, merchant, Glasgow). — [Glasg.
Beg. (Marr.); Glasg. I'ests.; Wodrow's
Anal.]
1733
GEORGE MACVEY [MACVIE], M.A.
(Glasgow, 27th Jan. 1707); was
chaplain to Mrs Stewart of Black-
hall ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 27th Aug.
1717; called 18th July 1732; ord. 25th
July 1733 ; died 23rd Oct. 1751, aged 63.
He marr. 28th Jan. 1737, Elizabeth Leckie,
who died 28th Dec. 1755, and had issue —
Stewart, born 26th April 1738; Janet,
born 8th Jan. 1741 ; George, born 17th
Oct. 1742.
ALEXANDER CRUICKSHANK, born
1752 Aberdeenshire, 1724, son of John O,
merchant ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1735-9, and Univ. of
Glasgow in 1742 ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 5th Jan. 1748 ; pres. by Sir
Michael Stewart of Blackhall, Bart., and
ord. 26th Sept. 1752 ; died 22nd Jan. 1791,
aged 67. He marr. 2nd April 1759, Jean
Alexander, who died before 1786, and had
issue — Mary, born 1st May 1760, died
young ; Stewart, born 22nd Feb. 1 762,
died at Bristol, 23rd July 1824; William,
born 24th July 1764, died young ; Jean,
born 19th May 1766, died young.
GEORGE M'LATCHIE of Humbie, in
1788 ^ e P ar ^ sn ' b° rn Glasgow, 5th April
1757, eldest son of Robert M., school-
master ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1774) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
2nd Dec. 1778; called 7th Feb., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 11th April 1788 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1808); died unmarr., 13th
Aug. 1833. He was tutor to John Wilson,
" Christopher North," who resided with
him for some years. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.).
DONALD MACKELLAR, born Knap-
1834 dale, Argyllshire, second son of Neil
M., merchant; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
12th Dec. 1826 ; pres. by Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart of Ardgowan, Bart., and ord. 20th
Feb. 1834 ; Clerk of Presb., 1834-68 ; died
unmarr., 9th Jan. 1868.
MUNGO REID, born Glasgow, 23rd
March 1838, second son of Mungo
R. and Jessie Heron ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1859); licen. by Presb. of Islay in 1863;
assistant at St Andrew's Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. to Lochgelly, May 1865 ; trans, and
adm. 30th July 1868; D.D. (Chicago,
U.S.A., 1884). Marr. 30th Aug. 1887,
Isabella Hamilton, daugh. of Adam Pear-
son, and has issue — Eric Pearson, born 19th
Feb. 1890, died 22nd Aug. 1890 ; Ada Mary
(marr. 10th Feb. 1917, Charles John
Paterson, son of Charles Alfred Paterson,
Principal of Church of Scotland College,
Madras).
JAMES HUTCHISON COCKBURN,
M.A., B.D. ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 9th Oct. 1908 ; trans, to
Battlefield Parish, Glasgow, 10th Nov.
1914.
DAVID SCOTT, born Broughty-Ferry,
4th April 1888, son of William S. and
Patricia Bowie Findlay ; educated at
High School, Dundee, and Univ. of St An-
drews ; M.A. (1910), B.D. (1913) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 7th May 1913 ; assist-
ant at the Barony Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 21st April 1915.
Marr. 14th March 1917, Janet Fergu-
son, second daugh. of Hugh Stevenson,
Glasgow.
paisley]
NEILSTON
157
NEILSTON.
[The vicarage of Neilston belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1594, this parish was
annexed to the Presb. of Glasgow ; but it
was soon restored again to that of Paisley.
At Fereneze within the bounds there was a
chapel of St Conal, where also is St Conal's
Well.]
PATRICK ADAMSON, min. of Paisley,
1574 had charge in 1574.
ROBERT ARTHUR, reader, 1574 to
1574 1576.
1578 JAMES DAVIDSON, reader, 1578-79.
1580 JOHN RAMAGE, reader in 1580.
PATRICK SHARPE, min. of Paisley,
1584 had charge in 1584.
v JOHN BROWN, min. in 1589 j went to
1589 Blantyre in 1591.— [Beg. Assig.]
JAMES LIVINGSTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1585) ; min. of Kilbarchan in 1589 ;
trans, and adm. in 1591. He probably
left for some other charge. — [Beg. Assig."]
GEORGE MAXWELL of Auldhouse;
min. in 1593 ; trans, to Mearns in
1593
1594.
ANDREW LAW, son of John L. of
Spittal and Margaret Strang, and
brother of James L., Archbishop of
Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1591); ord. to
Stonehouse in 1591 ; trans, to Glasford in
1593 ; trans, and adm. 15th July 1595 ;
died before 21st May 1639. He marr. (1)
Barbara Mure : (2) (cont. 15th Sept. 1624)
Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert Mure of Cald-
well, and widow of Gavin Hamilton of
Raploch, and had issue — John, his heir,
and successor in this parish ; Janet. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret.., Renfrew, 109, and
Gen., 8630 ; Law's Memorialls ; G. R.
Inhib., 2 ser., ii., 387 ; Reg. of Deeds,
cccxcviii., 226.]
JOHN LAW of Waterfoot, son of pre-
ceding ; M.A. (Glasgow 1624) ; was
on the Exercise in Presb. of Paisley
8th May 1628 ; had a certificate for ordina-
tion 28th June 1632, and adm. here shortly
afterwards ; deprived for inefficiency April
1632
1649. On 14th Dec. 1659, the Presb. recom-
mended him to charity, and Parliament
granted him £100 sterling from vacant
stipends, 12th July 1661. The date of his
death is unknown. He marr. Agnes, daugh.
of John Shearer, Provost of Stirling, and
had issue — William of Lauriston, parish
of Cramond, goldsmith [a business which
then included money-lending and bank-
ing], Edinburgh, died 1684. [He was the
father of John of Lauriston, Controller-
general of French finance, the famous
speculator, who died in comparative
poverty at Venice, 21st March 1729] ;
John, apprenticed to Robert Gibson, gold-
smith, Edinburgh, 12th Dec. 1649 ; William,
apprenticed to Thomas Scott, goldsmith,
Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1650.— [Inq. Ret.,
Renfrew, 109, and Gen., 8630; Acts of
Pari., vii. ; Pollok Papers, ii. ; Wood's
Hist, of Cramond; G. R. Inhib., 2 ser.,
ii., 387 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcviii. 226,
dxxxi. 121 ; Law's Memorialls ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. ; Orig. Sas. in Register House.]
WILLIAM SEMPLE, probably brother
of Robert S. of Nether- Walking-
shaw ; app. Regent in the Univ.
of Glasgow 26th Oct. 1645 ; M.A. (Glasgow
1645) ; ord. min. of a Presbyterian congre-
gation at Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland,
1647 ; being obliged " through the violence
and persecution of the malignants and
sectaries," to leave his charge there, he
was adm. here 1st Nov. 1649. He re-
mained till 18th Nov. 1653, when he
returned to Letterkenny, and died in that
charge, 19th Oct. 1674, aged about 50. A
scholarly, pious man, he was, says Wodrow,
"reckoned more eminent than any of the
others that came from Ireland to the Presb.
of Paisley."— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 130.]
HUGH WALKER, M.A. (Glasgow
1651); ord. 17th Dec. 1657; died
1657 March 1662, aged 31. He marr.
Eupbam Mure, who survived him. — [Glasg.
Tests.]
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, M.A. ; min.
„ 000 in 1663; trans, to Bothwell 6th
1663 T , _
July 1670.
158
NEILSTON
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW MILLAR, born about 1630,
son of Andrew M., min. of Girvan ;
educated at Irvine School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1650); adm. to Dailly
about 1660; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662; still mentioned as
min. 17th Dec. 1663. He was fined 2000
merks for baptizing the child of a neigh-
bouring min. On 3rd Sept. 1672, he was
adm. here as an "indulged" min. The
Privy Council cancelled his indulgence 6th
Oct. 1684, because he did not read the
Proclamation regarding the deliverance of
the King and the Duke of York from
the Rye House plot; he was imprisoned
in the Edinburgh Tolbooth and in Black-
ness Castle for refusing to bind himself
not to preach, but was liberated on 12th
March 1685. He died Jan. 1686. He
marr. Margaretta (alive 7th March 1693),
daugh. of John Montgomerie of Cockelbie,
and had issue — Katherine (marr. 1696,
Robert Graham of Kirkhill) ; Andrew, died
young ; Robert, min. of Paisley ; Margaret
(marr. Aird of Milton).— [Wodrow's
Hist, ii., 203; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 42;
Crawfurd's Hist. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN KINNEAR, M.A. (Edinburgh
1681) ; passed trials before the
Presb. of Dalkeith, and had a testi-
monial for licence, 15th June 1686; inst.
13th May 1687; outed at the Revolution;
died in Edinburgh, 14th April 1702, aged
50. He marr. Janet (died 10th Feb. 1711),
sister of Robert Meldrum, min. of Yester,
and had issue— John ; James. — [Edinburgh
Tests. ; Edin. Reg. Bur. ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 22nd March 1711.]
v DAVID BROWN, ord. 12th March
1688 ; trans, to Blackfriars Parish,
1688 Glasgow, 6th Feb. 1701.
JOHN MILLER, bapt. 30th Dec. 1677,
son of Robert M., min. of Ochiltree ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 26th Nov. 1701; called
16th Feb., and ord. 6th May 1703. He was
elected Dean of the Faculty of Divinity in
1703
the Univ. of Glasgow 26th June 1718, but
did not accept ; died 17th May 1732. He
marr. Janet, daugh. of James Adam of
Kirkton, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— an only child, Grizell, born 1708 (marr.
William Grant, Lord Prestongrange), died
30th Sept. 1792. [Her daughters, Janet,
Agnes, and Jean became the wives of John,
fourth Earl of Hyndford, Sir George Suttie
of Balgone, Bart., and Robert Dundas of
Arniston, Lord President of the Court of
Session.] — [Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 42 ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 20th Sept. 1707.].
ALEXANDER CLARK, born 1703, son
l7g3 of James C, min. of the Tron
Parish, Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow,
17th Dec. 1727) ; held the office of Librarian
1727-31; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st
Sept. 1731 ; pres. by Thomas, Earl of Dun-
donald, and ord. 24th July 1733; died
unmarr. 8th Sept. 1736. It was said of
him that in his day there was "neither a
minister nor preacher so accomplished in
the West of Scotland." His sister, Lilias,
was his executor. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Caldivell
Papers, i. ; Acts of Assembly, 1733; Craig's
Life.]
HENRY MILLAR, son of Robert
7 ? M., min. of First Charge of Abbey,
Paisley ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 24th
April 1734; pres. by Thomas, Earl of
Dundonald, 19th Jan., and ord. 10th May
1737; died 13th Nov. 1771. He was a
man of much public spirit and enterprise.
Succeeding to the fortune of his brother
Andrew, the celebrated London book-
seller, he employed it, in conjunction
with his chief heritors, in setting up an
inkle [braid] manufactory in the parish,
thereby stimulating the introduction of a
number of other manufactures to which Neil-
ston owes its great modern prosperity. He
marr. 27th Aug. 1745, Robina (died 12th
Nov. 1754), daugh. of Alexander Cochrane
of Craigmuir, and had issue — Marion, born
27th July 1746 (marr. William Fulton,
manufacturer, Maxwelltown) ; Robert, born
21st May 1749, died 3rd Aug. 1763; Alex-
ander of Dalnair, advocate, born 20th Jan.
paisley]
NEILSTON
159
1751, died 30th June 1790 ; Elizabeth, born
25th Oct. 1754 (marr. Alexander Napier of
Blackston). — [Crawfurd's Hist, ; New Stat.
Ace, vii.]
JOHN WILSON, licen. by Presb. of
1772 Edinburgh 27th Feb. 1765 ; pres. by-
Alexander Wilson of Glanderston
11th Jan., and ord. 16th July 1772; died
26th April 1784. He marr. 19th April 1773,
Elizabeth Walker, who died 5th Feb. 1807,
and had issue — Susannah Alexis, born 5th
Feb. 1774 (marr. Robert Auld, D.D., min. of
Ayr) ; Alexander Philips, born 12th Sept.
1775 ; John Graham, born 13th June 1778 ;
Eliza Robina, born 27th May 1780, died
16th June 1781.
JOHN MONTEATH, M.A. j trans, from
Houston, elected by the parishioners
20th Sept. 1784 ; pres. by Archibald
Speirs of Elderslie, and adm. 18th March
1785 ; re-trans, to Houston 1st Sept. 1797.
WILLIAM HOOD, born 1772, eldest
son of William H., farmer, Tar-
bolton; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 26th Nov.
1794; elected 18th Sept. 1797; pres. by
Archibald Speirs of Elderslie, and ord. 22nd
Feb. 1798 ; died 26th Feb. 1804. He marr.
4th Feb. 1799, Janet (died 15th Jan. 1864),
daugh. of John Robinson [or Robertson],
and had issue — William, born 18th Dec.
1799 ; John, born 17th Feb. 1801 ; Catherine,
born 1st Oct. 1802 ; Agnes, born 11th Jan.
1804.
ALEXANDER FLEMING, born Kil-
1Rn4 marnock, 1760, youngest son of
Robert F., workman ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1797) ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 20th Jan. 1801 ; elected by
the parishioners in June ; pres. by Archibald
Speirs of Elderslie, and ord. 27th Sept.
1804 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 7th Nov. 1835) ;
died unmarr. 10th June 1844. In conse-
quence of his action in refusing to preach
in the church which had become too
small to hold the parishioners, and hold-
ing services in a tent in the churchyard,
the General Assembly, on complaint by the
heritors, ordered him, 28th May 1828 to
conduct service in the church. An action
raised against the heritors to compel them
to provide suitable accommodation being
decided both in the Court of Session and
House of Lords against that contention, led
to the formation of the General Assembly's
Committee for Church Extension. In 1833
the Assembly recorded its thanks to F.
for his zeal and labours in the case.
Publications — Tivo Letters to the Lord
Provost of Glasgow on the Subject of the
Organ introduced into St Andrew's Church
(Glasgow, 1808) ; Answers to a Statement of
the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Glas-
gow relative to the Use of an Organ
(Glasgow, 1808) ; Letter to a Young Friend
in Ayrshire, on a Question discussed in the
Synod of Glasgow ivhich involved the
Subjects of Liberty and Necessity (Glasgow,
1810) ; Full Statement of the Interesting
Cause before the Very Rev. the Synod
of Glasgow and Ayr from the Presb. of
Paisley (Paisley, 1812) ; Examination of
the Resolutions adopted by a Meeting of
Gentlemen after discussing the Merits of
a Pill to be brought into Parliament
anent Building and Endowing Churches in
the City of Glasgovj (Glasgow, 1814) ;
Answer of the Kirk-Session of Neilston to
the Heritors' Publication (Paisley, 1820) ;
Letters on Pluralities; Remarks on an
Assumed " Statement of Facts " put forth by
the Heritors of Neilston (Glasgow, 1827) ;
The Reviewer Reviewed, being a Criticism
on the Church of Scotland Magazine, which
attempted to impugn the Rev. Dr Cook's
Pamphlet on Calls (Glasgow, 1835); An
Historical Lecture on Teinds or Tithes
(Glasgow, 1835) ; Sermon delivered at the
Admission of the Rev. R. Stevenson, certified
under a Charge of Heresy (Glasgow, 1836) ;
Letter to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel,
Bart. (Glasgow, 1842) ; Strictures on the
Hypotheses of Ttvo Supreme Co-ordinate
Potvers with Reference to Patronage and
Non- Intrusion, by Gnimelf Rednaxela [i.e.
Alexander Fleming] ; Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Acts of
Assembly, 1823, 1827-35; Life, by his
relative, John Fleming, min. at Paisley.]
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NEILSTON— PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
HUGH AIRD, born 15th Jan. 1813, son
of John A., shoemaker, and Helen
Fairbairn ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; ord. to Wishaw 7th March
1844 j trans, and adm. 17th April 1845 ;
died 4th Sept. 1872. He marr. 2nd April
1838, Agnes Anderson, born 5th April 1817,
died s.p. 5th May 1890.
THOMAS MILLER, born Ayr, 16th
March 1835, second son of Thomas
M. and Janet Bone ; educated at
Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 10th Aug. 1859 ; missionary
at Howwood ; ord. to Wandel and Laming-
ton 11th Aug. 1862 ; trans, to St Stephen's,
Glasgow, 28th April 1866 ; trans, and adm.
8th May 1873; died 21st Sept. 1878. He
marr. 11th June 1868, Christina Gladstone
(died 7th Sept. 1911), daugh. of James
Sommerville, manufacturer, Glasgow, and
had issue — Thomas, shipowner, Glasgow,
born 9th April 1869 ; William James
Sommerville, min. of West Coates, Edin-
burgh ; Agnes Sommerville, born 4th
June 1871 (marr. Andrew Boyd Scott,
min. of Lansdowne U.F. Church, Glas-
gow); Hugh, M.B., Ch.B., lieut. R.A.M.C.,
born 6th March 1877.
PETER MACLEOD, born Muckcroft,
1879 Gampsie, 1843, son of Peter M.
and Mary Macfarlane ; educated at
Cadder School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Neilston and Rothesay ; ord. to St Luke's,
Lochee, 17th Sept. 1874 ; trans, and adm.
29th April 1879 ; died s.p. 17th Dec. 1896.
He marr. 24tb July 1877, Mary, daugh.
of William Gray and Elizabeth Moffat.
She survived him, and marr. (2) 3rd April
1899, Colonel Robert James Bennett.
ROBERT BARR, born Bearsden, New
1895 Kilp atr i c k, 1st May 1863, son of
William B. and Hannah Kirk ; edu-
cated at New Kilpatrick School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1894); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton in 1892 ; assistant at Martyrs'
Parish, Paisley ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 10th Jan. 1895.
PAISLEY.
[St Mirin! s or The Abbey Parish. — Where
the Abbey Church of Paisley now stands,
there was from a very early time a church
dedicated to St Mirin. It would appear
also that it was built over the saint's tomb.
Around that church this parish arose.
From the church, too, the place got its
name of Baisleac or Paisley, meaning a
large or notable church. This word bais-
leac, a Gaelic term of Greek origin, is not
of frequent occurrence, and may never have
been very commonly applied. But there
are other places so named in Scotland, and
several in Ireland. When the Monastery
of Paisley was founded as a Cluniac Priory
in 1169, the parish church of St Mirin was
granted to it. The pious founder, Walter,
first High Steward of Scotland, transferred
at that time to Paisley a monastic com-
munity which he had himself set up at
Renfrew in 1163. The monks thus settled,
first at Renfrew and then at Paisley, were
brought from an English Priory at Much
Wenlock in Shropshire, the High Steward's
native district. St Mirin, to whom the
place had long been dedicated, was retained
as patron of the new monastery, but in
its dedication there were joined with him
St Mary, St James, the patron of Renfrew,
and St Milburga of Wenlock. Many bene-
factions were bestowed upon the High
Steward's foundation by his descendants,
notably by his son and grandson, Alan
and Walter, the second and third High
Stewards. In 1219 Pope Honorius III.
raised Paisley to the rank of an abbey.
In 1307 it was burned by an English army
under Aylmer de Valence. A restoration
was speedily begun, and in 1334 Pope
Benedict XII. conferred on its Superior
the dignity of a Mitred Abbot. By 1459
the abbey buildings were complete again.
Embellishments and enlargements now
went steadily on, for the monastery was
very rich. In 1484 Abbot George Shaw
enclosed with lordly walls and gateways
the extensive precincts of the abbey. The
tower which rose from the crossing of the
church is said to have been of great height.
paisley]
PAISLEY
161
But it is very doubtful whether that tower
was ever completed until recent times.
The last addition of great importance was
the building of a new choir, without aisles,
about 125 feet long. When the work had
made some progress, the great central
tower fell. Its fall wrecked the north
transept, and did much damage to other
parts of the church, and to the conventual
buildings. But little had been done to-
wards repairing this disaster when the
abbey was suppressed in 1560. The Abbey
Church, such as it was, soon became the
parish church of Paisley. But only the
nave, crossing, and south transept were
habitable. The north transept was a roof-
less ruin ; most of the tower had fallen,
and the walls of the new choir were barely
half built. There does not seem to have
been any renovation undertaken till 1862,
when the nave was restored. Near the
end of the nineteenth century there was
carried out a further restoration of the
transepts, St Mirin : s Chapel, and the lower
part of the tower. In 1913 began a com-
plete restoring and finishing of the whole
church, with the tower, cloisters, and some
remains of the monastic buildings. The
cost of this, estimated at about £40,000, is
being borne by members of the well-known
Paisley family of Clark. The work is still
in progress under the hands of Patrick
MacGregor Chalmers, architect, Glasgow.
The total length of the church is over 260
feet. Within St Mirin's Church were
buried the founder and most, if not all,
of the High Stewards and their near
kindred. Among these was Walter, the
sixth of the line, who was knighted on the
battlefield of Bannockburn for notable
achievements done that day. Here, too,
lies his young wife, Marjorie, daughter of
King Kobert I., and mother of Robert II.
When Robert III. died at Rothesay Castle,
he also was buried in this church. At-
tached to the south transept is St Mirin's
Chapel, in which of old were the shrines of
St Mirin and St Columba. There were
also in the church, altars of St Mary, St
Ninian, St Nicholas, St Peter, St Katherine,
and St Anne. At the Broomlands, near
the town, was a Chapel of St Roque with
VOL. III.
seven roods of adjoining land belonging to
it. Beside the Lady Burn there was a
Chapel of St Mary. Another chapel stood
at Blackball, and at Cruickston there was
a hospital. In 1577 the Grammar School
of Paisley was founded by royal charter,
and was endowed with the revenues of a
number of the chapels and altars of the
abbey. Yearly fairs were held at Paisley
in honour of St Mirin, St James, and St
Marnoch. For a lengthy account of St
Mirin and his apostleship, see Brown's
History of Paisley, vol. i., chap. 2.]
First Charge.
WILLIAM MACFINGOUN, MA. ;
probably a pre-Reformation priest
who conformed and became reader
in 1572.
1572
PATRICK ADAMSON [or CON-
1572 STANT], formerly min. of Ceres,
and an advocate ; returned to the
ministry and was adm. to this charge Aug.
1572. In 1574, Kilbarchan, Mearns, and
Neilston were also under his care. He
resided in Glasgow, not being able to
obtain a lodging in Paisley, and was
sharply rebuked by the Assembly for not
"waiting on his cure." He became chap-
lain to the Regent, James, Earl of Morton,
and was afterwards Archbishop of St
Andrews (q.v.). — [Melville's Diary (Banna-
tyne Club), 42 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ANDREW POL WART [POLWARTH],
studied at Geneva, and was adm.
min. here at Martinmas 1574. He
was one of a committee appointed by the
Assembly for correcting an edition of the
English Bible then being printed by Alex-
ander Arbuthnot and Thomas Bassandyne
[the first Bible issued in Scotland]. He
experienced great difficulty in the per-
formance of his ministerial duties, being
hindered in every possible way, and his
life threatened if he remained. After
two years he was loosed from his charge
" that he may serve uther quhair it please
God to call him, because of the contempt
of discipline, thair manifest vices, minacing,
and boasting of him in doing his deutie, his
1574
162
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
1577
1585
labours cannot be profitable to them." He
became min. of Cadder in 1578. — [Beg.
Assig. j Reg. Min. ; Wodrow Miscell., L,
382; Calderwood's Hist., iii , 328, 350;
Knox's Works, vi. ; Melville's Autob. ; Book
of the Kirke, iii., 324, 342 ; Lees's Abbey of
Paisley, 240.]
THOMAS SMEATON, adm. in 1577 or
1578 ; app. Professor of Divinity and
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow
[in succession to Andrew Melville] in 1580
(q.v.) and min. of Govan.
PATRICK SHARPE, min. at Paisley,
15a4 Neilston, and Kilbarchan in 1584. —
[Audit of Exchequer, 22nd July 1584.]
ANDREW KNOX, trans, from Loch-
winnoch, and adm. here in 1585 ;
became Bishop of the Isles (q.v.)
12th Feb. 1605. After visiting his See, he
wished to continue min. of Paisley, and
made overtures for the appointment of
a colleague, but neither the Presb. nor
the magistrates and inhabitants would
entertain his proposal. He did not actually
quit this charge until 12th Nov. 1607. —
[Metcalfe's Hist, of Paisley, 212 ; Scottish
Review, xx. ; Hatfield MSS., vii., 246.]
PATRICK HAMILTON, MA. ; elected
1607 fr° m a l ee t °f three 23rd April ;
trans, from Lochwinnoch and adm.
between 12th Nov. and 25th Dec. 1607.
He was not in the charge after 1610, but
was adm. to Cambuslang after 3rd July
1628.— [Brown's Hist, of Paisley, 81.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, born 1579,
son of Claud H. of Barnes, Dun-
bartonshire ; Regent in the Univ.
of Glasgow, of which he was D.D. ; was on
the leet with Andrew Boyd, min. of Eagles-
ham, and Patrick Hamilton, his predecessor,
27th March 1606; adm. before 8th June
1610. In 1612 he built a manse (now
demolished) for the mins. of the First
Charge of the Abbey Parish, and a stone
set over the entrance bore his own initials
with those of his wife. He was a member
of the Perth Assembly 25th Aug. 1618, and
of the Court of High Commission 15th
June 1619 ; was app. Bishop of Killala
1610
in Ireland 21st May, and consecrated in St
Peter's Church, Drogheda, 29th June 1623.
On 20th April 1630 he was made Arch-
bishop of Cashel and Emly. He incurred
the displeasure of Archbishop Laud for
having "upon his own authority com-
manded a fast once a week for eight weeks
together throughout his province," as well
as for being in possession of the tem-
poralities of no fewer than sixteen vicar-
ages. When required to explain matters
he pleaded inability to travel to Dublin,
owing to an acute attack of sciatica. Laud
wrote to the Earl of Strafford : " Do you
not think it would lame any man to carry
sixteen vicarages ? But surely that burden
will help him to a sciatica in his conscience
sooner than in his hips." Shortly after the
rebellion of 1641 he left Ireland and settled
in Sweden. He is said to have died at
Stockholm in 1659, but another account
gives Upsala in 1658. He marr. (1) a lady
whose initials, A.L., only are known : (2)
a daugh. of James Haig of Bemersyde and
Elizabeth, wet-nurse of Elizabeth, Queen
of Bohemia (daugh. of James VI.), daugh.
of Thomas M'Dowall of Stodrig, and had
issue. He is said to be the ancestor of
several Hamilton families in Sweden. —
[Row's Hist., 269 ; Glasg. Tests., 15th Jan.
1622 ; Notes and Queries, 3rd ser., vol. v. ;
Ware's Works, edited by Harris ; Records
of Town Council of Paisley ; Monumenta
Ullarakeriensia cum Uftsalia Nova Illus-
trata (Stockholm, 1719); Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, MA. ;
dem. either before the date fixed for
his settlement in 1625, or within a
few months thereafter.
1625
^ROBERT BOYD of Trochrig, Ayr-
shire, born Glasgow, 1578, eldest
son of James B., Archbishop of
Glasgow; educated at Ayr School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1594); went
to France and taught at Tours ; became
Professor of Philosophy (Arts) atMontauban,
1599-1604 ; min. at Verteuil, 1604-6 ; trans,
to Saumur in 1606 ; was Professor of
Divinity there in 1608 ; app. Principal of
Glasgow Univ. Jan. 1615 ; elected to
paisley]
PAISLEY
163
Greyfriars' Parish, Edinburgh, 18th Oct.
1622, with the Principalship of Edinburgh
Univ. in conjunction ; dem. in 1623 ; pres.
to this charge (at the earnest desire of the
parish) by James, Earl of Abercorn, 1625 ;
adm. 1st Jan. 1626; dem. in Aug. that
year, having been assaulted at the instance
of his relative, Marion Boyd, Countess
Dowager of Abercorn, who had become a
Komanist, and her son Charles. In B.'s
absence the doors of his house were
broken open, his books littered on the
floor, and his furniture thrown into the
street. This so affected him that on 14th
Sept. 1626 he sent a formal resignation of
his charge to the Presb. He retired to
Trochrig, and died in Edinburgh (where
he had gone for medical advice) of a
malignant growth in the throat, 5th Jan.
1627. He was a person of singular piety,
great learning and admirable eloquence in
French, Latin, and Greek. He marr. at
Saumur, May 1611, Anna, daugh. of Sir
Patrick Maliverne of Viniola, knight (she
survived him, marr. (2) 1629, Dr George
Sibbald, and died before 14th Dec. 1654),
and had issue — Robert ; John of Trochrig ;
Anne ; Margaret ; Janet. Publications —
Hecatombe ad Christum Servatorem (Edin-
burgh, 1627., 1825) ; A Spirituall Hymne,
or the Sacrifice of a Sinner, to be offered
upon the Altar of a Humbled Heart to
Christ our Redeemer, Inverted in English
Sajyphicks, from the Latin of that Revered,
Religious, and Learned Divine, Mr Robert
Boyd [by Sir William Mure, younger of
Rowallan] (Edinburgh, 1628) ; In Epistolam
Pauli Apostoli ad Ej)hesios Praelectiones
(London, 1652 ; Geneva, 1661) ; Monita de
filii sui primogenita institutione (Edin-
burgh, 1701); Ode, "D. Georgio Sibbaldo,
M.D." (Del.Poetar. Scot., A., 209); "Verses
to King James " {Muse's Welcome) ; Extracts
from Obituary {Bannatyne Miscell., i).
He left in MSS., Sermons, 3 vols. ; Apody-
terium ; Sermons in French, several vols. ;
Philotheca. — [Glasg. Reg. {Marr.) ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Wodrow Biog., ii. ; Baillie's Lett.,
iii., 226; Inq. Ret. Ayr, 99, 345, Gen.,
3973; Robertson's Ayr, iii., 307; P. C.
Reg., i., 309, 421, 422; Rivet's Life of
Boyd ; Diet. JYat. Biog. ; Reid's Divinity
Principals in the Univ. of Glasgow, 115
et seq.]
JOHN HAY, M.A. ; trans, from Killellan,
162*7 anc ^ a< ^ m - 21st May 1( ^27 ; trans, to
Renfrew 28th April 1628.
JOHN CRICHTON, cousin of Robert
lg2g Baillie, Principal of Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (St Andrews 1619) ; ord.
to Abercorn in 1622 ; trans, to Campsie
27th April 1623; pres. by James, Earl of
Abercorn ; coll. 28th Aug., and adm. 6th
Sept. 1629. On 26th July 1638, the
parishioners brought against him no fewer
than thirty -four charges on matters of
doctrine and conduct, and "having found
witnesses that he was ane professed
arminiane and popish champion, him the
Assemblie all in one voice deposed," 5th
Dec. 1638. He petitioned the Presb. 10th
May 1649, stating that as he was now
chaplain to James, Marquess of Ormond,
a chaplain-major in the army, and installed
in the Trinity Kirk of Dublin, he should
be reponed. The Presb. referred him to
the Assembly, which sent the matter back
to the Presb. What followed does not
appear. In 1655 he is styled Professor of
Physic in Glasgow, and in 1661 he had a
grant of vacant stipends. — [Baillie's Lett.,
i. 123, iii. 434 ; Balfour's Annals, ii., 308 ;
Lees's Paisley Abbey, 284-95 ; G. R. Inhib.,
10th Jan. 1656 ; P. C. Reg.. 1661.]
HENRY CALVERT [or CULWORT],
1M1 an Englishman by birth ; ord. by
Andrew, Bishop of Raphoe, as assist-
ant to Edward Brice, min. at Broadisland,
Co. Antrim, 4th May 1629; adm. to Old-
stone or Muckamore (now Killead) 17th June
1630 ; dep. by Henry, Bishop of Down, 1636,
for refusing to subscribe the Canons. On
27th May 1641 he was pres. to this parish
by James, Earl of Abercorn, and adm. 1st
July that year. In 1642, " considering the
charge an over-great burden to one," he
had a colleague appointed. He was seized
with gout in 1647, and "having been sud-
denly overtaken with a palsie" died after
22nd June 1653. "Of a fervent spirit and
vehement delivery in preaching, and withal
very diligent, he was a blessing to his
164
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
people." He marr. Barbara Boyd, who
died before 9th May 1679.— [Glasg. Tests. ;
Reid's Ireland, i., 115, 221 ; Baillie's Lett.,
iii., 43 ; Livingston's Charac. ; Blair's
Autob., 73.
JOHN DRYSDALE, M.A. (Glasgow,
26th July 1637). He had been
probably ord. to a charge in Ireland,
and was adm. here as colleague Oct.
1650 ; outed on the establishment of
Episcopacy in 1661. Being charged with
turbulent and seditious practices 9th Dec.
1662 he was ordered to be arrested
by the Privy Council. He fled and
perhaps returned to Ireland. — [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327.]
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, born 1621,
son of Archibald D., son of Auchens-
keith ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1638); ord. to Second Charge 12th
Sept. 1644 ; sometime chaplain in the
army ; in 1651 he joined the Protesters ;
trans, to this charge, and adm. 28th Dec.
1653. In 1654 he was app. by the English
Privy Council on the committee for author-
ising admissions to the ministry in the
province of Glasgow and Ayr ; deprived on
the establishment of Episcopacy in 1661, and
ordered to quit the kingdom 6th Jan. 1662.
It was proposed to send him to Holland,
but Sir Robert Cunningham, the king's
physician, intervened, saying " that they
might as well execute him on the scaffold
as send him to the sea, for he could not be
twenty-four or forty-eight hours upon the
sea but it would be his death, for by his
extraordinary study and labour in Paisley
he had brought his strong body so low that
he could not live upon the sea for a very
short time." He appears to have retired
to Culross. After the hopes of the Cove-
nanters had been disappointed at Rullion
Green, he died, it is said, of a broken heart,
at Bo'ness, 13th March 1667. He marr.
(1) 1646, Jean Mure, who died July 1647 :
(2) Elizabeth, daugh. of William Mure of
Glanderston. The latter having attended
a conventicle in a private house, was im-
prisoned by order of the Privy Council 6th
Nov. 1676, until she found caution to remove
from Edinburgh and six miles around it.
He had issue — William, Principal of Glas-
gow Univ. (q.v.), born 1654, died March
1700 ; James, merchant, Rotterdam ;
Margaret (marr. James Stirling, min. of
Kilbarchan). Among his descendants were
Alexander Murray Dunlop of Corsock,
M.P., and Robert Herbert Story, D.D.,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow. —
[Edin. Reg. (Marr.) ; Edin. Tests. ; Wod-
row's Anal., iii. 21, iv. 19 ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 318 ; Caldwell Papers, i. ; Feme's
Life of Carstairs ; Nicoll's Diary ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Birth Briefs, Lyon Office.]
WILLIAM PIERSON, M.A; trans.
1663 fr° m Kinnaird, an d adm. before 29th
Oct. 1663 ; trans, to Dunfermline
17th Jan. 1666.
1667
JAMES CHALMERS, born about 1625,
second son of William C, min. of
Boyndie; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1645); adm. to New Machar
before 21st Oct. 1651 ; trans, to Cullen
after 20th April 1652; app. by Parliament
22nd Feb. 1662, one of the Visitors of the
Univ. of Aberdeen ; trans, to Dumfries
before 11th Dec. 1662; trans, and adm.
before 24th Oct. 1667 ; dem. after 4th April
1670 ; died that year. He marr. (1) a
daugh. of William Scroggie, Bishop of
Argyll : (2) Elspeth (buried in Greyfriars
13th March 1692), sister of Robert Petrie of
Portlethen, Provost of Aberdeen, and had
issue — James, min. of Kirkpatrick-Fleming ;
Charles, W.S., afterwards captain in the
Scots Guards ; Robert, born 26th March
1667; Elizabeth, buried in Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 30th June 1692 ; Anna (marr.
(1) Elliot, merchant, London : (2)
Alexander Brown, periwig maker and
barber, Edinburgh, son of Gideon B., min.
of Smailholm) ; and two who died in
infancy. — [Edin. Bapt. Reg. ; St Andreiv's
Tests. ; Nisbet's Heraldry, i., 309 ; Reg.
Collat.; Consistorial Processes, No. 149
(Scot. Record Soc.).]
MATTHEW RAMSAY, son of a burgess
1669 of Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1643);
adm. to Old Kilpatrick 28th Sept.
1648 ; confined to his parish on the estab-
lishment of episcopacy, and solicited to
paisley]
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165
accept the Archbishopric of Glasgow by
the Chancellor, but declined. Accused
30th July 1663 before Privy Council of
factious and seditious carriage, was ordered
10th Aug. to wait on and satisfy Lord
Middleton the Commissioner, but declin-
ing to join in the new Synods and Presby-
teries, was deposed Oct. 1665 ; he had an
indulgence here, 22nd Sept. 1669, became
infirm 16th Dec. 1669; died May 1671,
aged about 48. He is described as "a
person of most shining piety, stayed
gravity, greatest eminency of gifts, extra-
ordinary sweetness of temper, and most
peaceable behaviour." He marr. (1) Eliza-
beth, daugh. of John Lothian, min. of Old
Monkland, and had issue — Matthew ;
Thomas, min. of Cadder ; John ; Robert,
bursar at Edinburgh Univ., 14th Oct. 1668 ;
David, imprisoned for keeping conventicles
in 1679; Margaret (marr. Patrick Brock,
maltman, Glasgow) : (2) Mary Padie, who
survived him! — [Glasg. Bapt. Beg. ; Glasg.
Tests, ; Wodrow's Hist., L, 427 ; Crawford's
Hist. ; Burnet's History of his own Times ;
Law's Memorialls ; G. B. Inhib., 20th Sept.
1673.]
• JOHN BAIED [or BAIRDIE] of Sel-
1669 vac tee ; M.A. (St Andrews 1648) ; on
the Exercise in that Presb. 5th May
1652 ; adm. to Innerwick 26th Jan. 1654 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
granted indulgence with the preceding by
the Privy Council 16th Dec. 1669 ; he was
fined in a half year's stipend by the Privy
Council 8th July 1673 for not observing the
anniversary of the Restoration ; dep. 10th
April 1684 for repeating the same offence ;
died Feb. or March 1685, aged about 57.
He was a man "of thin, small body, but
of great spirit, took little food and drank
much spring well water, eminent for piety,
gravity, and learning," and having " a rare
gift of neat, accurate, and well - studied
popular preaching." He marr. (cont. 21st
July 1658), Margaret (died at Inverkeithing
in the end of 1684), daugh. of James Bruce,
min. of Kingsbarns, and had issue — James,
surgeon, who was a source of great vexation
to his parents ; Sophia (marr. Robert
Alexander, principal clerk of Session) ;
Margaret. Publications — Violent the Re-
view ; Balm from Gilead, or the Differ-
ences about the Indulgence stated and
impleaded (London, 1681). He left a
MS. treatise Be Magistrate and another
On hearing Curates. — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
216 ; Fountainhall's Diary ; Crawford's
Hist, i G. B. Inhib., 21st April 1675 ; G. R.
Sas., xxv., 395.]
ANTHONY SHAW, M.A., formerly
1672 min. of Colmonell; granted indulg-
ence with the two preceding by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; [afterwards
min. at Loudoun.]
JOHN FULLARTON of Greenhall,
1684 Argyll, born about 1645, son of
James M'Cloy of Ballochindryan and
Jean Stewart, probably grandson of Donald
M'Cloy F., min. of Kilmodan ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1665) ; passed trials before Presb. of
Dunoon ; was recommended 9th Dec. 1668 ;
adm. to Kilmodan before 2nd June 1669 ;
trans, before 12th Nov. 1684 ; outed at the
Revolution ; consecrated a bishop of the
non-jurant church in Edinburgh 25th Jan.
1705 ; elected to the diocese of Edinburgh
in 1720 ; died at Greenhall, Glendaruel,
27th April 1727, aged about 82. He marr.
(1) Anna (died 28th July 1679), second
daugh. of George Haldane, W.S. : (2) before
1682, Barbara Hamilton, and had issue —
John of Greenhall ; Alexander ; William ;
Jean, Barbara (marr. cont. 29th Jan. 1718,
Patrick Lamont of Stronalbanich. — [Argyll
Tests.; Rule's Sec. Vindication; Keith's
Scottish Cat., 524 ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's
Anal., i., 309; Rebuffer Bebuffed ; G. B.
Sas., lxvii., 330 ; Inventory of Lamont
Bapers, No. 1152 (Scot. Bee. Soc).]
ANTHONY MURRAY, M.A.; trans.
1688 fr° m Coulter, Lanarkshire; adm.
2nd April 1688 ; returned to Coulter
after 27th. Feb. 1689.
WILLIAM LEGGAT [LEGATE], M.A.
1689 (GU as go w 1661) ; entered on trials for
licence in Ireland 29th July 1670 ;
min. at Dromore, Co. Down, which he left
and resided in Fenwick ; adm. to this
parish salvo jure ecclesios Hibernicos 22nd
166
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
Aug. 1689 ; member of Assembly in 1690 ;
returned to Dromore after 11th Nov. 1691 ;
died about 1697. — [Maitland Miscell., iv. ;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 465 ; Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1690 ; Mackie's Description.]
- THOMAS BLACKWELL, called 5th
16g4 April 1693; ord. 28th Aug. 1694;
trans, to Aberdeen 9th Oct. 1700.
THOMAS BROWN, a native of Glasgow,
1701 studied theology at the Univ. there ;
licen. by that Presb. 4th Aug. 1697 ;
ord. to Second Charge, Paisley, 4th May
1698 ; trans, and adm. 5th March 1701 ;
died in Nov. or Dec. 1708. He marr. 15th
Aug. 1698, Mary, daugh. of Archibald
Erskine, merchant burgess, Glasgow (alive
in 1749), and had issue — David, min. of
Port Glasgow ; George, writer, Edinburgh ;
William. — [Glasg. Marr. Beg. ; Edin. and
Glasg. Tests. ; Brown's Hist., 94.]
ROBERT MILLAR, born 1672, son of
7 Andrew M., min. of Dailly; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 3rd Feb. 1697; ord.
to Port Glasgow 18th Aug. 1697 ; called
20th Oct., trans, and adm. 28th Dec. 1709 ;
died 16th Dec. 1752. He marr. 10th June
1702, Elizabeth (died 30th Sept. 1759),
daugh. of John Kelso of Kelsoland, and
had issue — Andrew, bookseller, London,
publisher of the first or folio edition of
Johnson's Dictionary : [Millar's patience
was sorely tried by Johnson's unpunctu-
ality, and when the last sheet was handed
to him he exclaimed, " Thank God I have
done with him ! " WTien this was reported
to Johnson he replied, with a smile, "I am
glad that he thanks God for anything"],
born 1707, died 8th June 1768 ; John, min.
of Old Kilpatrick ; Henry, min. of Neilston ;
Robert, M.D., went abroad ; William, of
Walkingshaw ; Archibald, captain H.M.S.
Lyon, died 7th Sept. 1766; Anna (marr.
Peter Scott, min. of Laigh Church, Paisley) ;
Elizabeth (marr. James Hamilton, min. of
this parish) ; and perhaps others. Publi-
cations — History of the Propagation of
Christianity and Overthrow of Paganism,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1723); History of the
Church under the Old Testament from the
Creation of the World (Edinburgh, 1730),
fol. reprinted in 8 vols. (Paisley, 1789). —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 42 ;
Wodrow's Corresp). ; Boswell's Johnson ;
Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES HAMILTON, born 19th Dec.
7 1721, eldest son of Robert H., min.
of Hamilton ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 23rd
Feb. 1748 ; ord. to Second Charge 24th April
1751 ; pres. by William, Earl of Dundonald ;
trans, and adm. 9th June 1753 ; died 14th
March 1782. He is described as "a man
of great knowledge, solid judgment, liberal
manners, and enlarged sentiments." He
marr. 3rd Aug. 1761, Elizabeth Millar (died
s.p. 25th Sept. 1798), daugh. of his pre-
decessor in this parish. — [Epitaphs ; Craw-
furd's Hist.]
v ROBERT BOOG, born Edinburgh, 13th
1782 ^ e k* 1>746 ' son °^ R° Dert B., cutler
in Canongate, and Mary Orrock ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Sept. 1772 ; ord.
to Second Charge, Paisley, 21st April 1774 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Abercorn ; trans,
and adm. 29th Aug. 1782 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
1st May 1812); died 24th July 1823.
Through his exertions the Paisley Medical
Dispensary and the Paisley House of
Recovery were erected. He marr. 26th
Feb. 1781, Mary (died 18th May 1827),
daugh. of Humphrey Fulton, silk manu-
facturer, Paisley, and had issue — Robert,
born 15th Dec. 1781, died 1816; William,
merchant, Rio de Janeiro, born 1st Dec.
1783; Andrew, born 3rd July 1785, died
24th Sept. 1789 ; Margaret, born 24th Jan.
1787; John, born 9th Nov. 1788; Mary,
born 8th Aug. 1790 (marr. 6th June 1841,
Lieut.-Col. John Dalziel, Madras Army) ;
Alexander, born 5th June 1792, died 13th
April 1793; James, born 12th May 1795.
Publications — Discourses selected from his
MSS. [edited by Professor Mylne] (Glas-
gow, 1824) ; Excursions through the Starry
Heavens (Paisley, n.d.) ; "Account of Queen
Bleary's Tomb " (Archceol. Scot., ii., 1822) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
vii.). The MS. of his unpublished History
of the Abbey is in the Paisley Library. —
paisley]
PAISLEY
167
[Scots Mag., 1783 ; Weavers' Mag., Paisley,
ii., 92; Paisley Poets, i., 30; Brown's
Paisley, i., 95.]
ROBERT MACNAIR, born 10th Sept.
1824 1790! ' son °^ J ames M., min. of
Slamannan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1808) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 8th Dec. 1813; ord. to Ballantrae
11th May 1815 ; pres. by the tutor of James,
Marquess of Abercorn ; trans, and adm. 9th
April 1824; D.D. (Glasgow, 12th April
1842); died 22nd July 1851. He marr.
13th Oct. 1818, Jane (died at Leith, 1st
March 1871), second daugh. of George Hill,
D.D., Principal of Univ. of St Andrews
and had issue — Harriet Scott, born 20th
Aug. 1819, died 1st Nov. 1847 ; James, min.
of Canongate Parish, Edinburgh ; George
Hill, born 15th June 1823, died 23rd Dec.
1835; Agnes, born 18th Jan. 1826, died
1872 ; Robert, M.D., min. of Gourock ;
Alexander Hill, C.E., India, born 5th Aug.
1830, died 1897. Publications — An Address
to the Heritors, Parishioners, and Con-
gregation . . . shotoing the want of Church
Accommodation and Pastoral Superintend-
ence in the Paris]), and suggesting a Plan
by which the Evils thence arising may in
part be remedied (Paisley, 1836) ; Separation
between Paul and Barnabas, a discourse
(Paisley, 1843) ; Address to the Parishioners,
especially the Congregation of the Abbey,
on their Duty in the Present Circumstances
of the Church of Scotland (Paisley, 1843) ;
Account of the Town and Parishes of
Paisley [with Robert Burns, D.D.] {Neiv
Stat. Ace, vii.).
ANDREW WILSON, born Lauder, 26th
1852 Dec. 1816, son of John W., weaver,
and Mary Law ; educated at Lauder
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Lauder 5th June 1843 ; ord. to
Falkland 20th Sept. 1843 ; trans, and adm.
19th Aug. 1852 ; died 5th March 1865. He
marr. 15th May 1844, Sophia (died 24th
Jan. 1898), daugh. of Robert Rule, Guernsey,
surgeon, H.M. 86th Foot, and had issue-
Elizabeth Sophia, born 13th June 1845,
died 26th July 1861 ; John de Carteret,
born 14th Aug. 1846, died 4 th March 1854 ;
Maria Antonia, born 24th Feb. 1850;
Andrew de Carteret, born 12th Aug. 1854 ;
Robert Thomas, born 30th July 1858;
Louisa Margaret, born 3rd Jan. 1861. Pub-
lications — Three Sermons (Paisley, 1852) ;
Pamphlet on the Scottish Education Ques-
tion (Paisley, 1856). — [Brown's Hist, of
Paisley, i., 108.]
JAMES CAMERON LEES, D.D. ;
lg65 trans, from Second Charge 28th
June 1865 ; trans, to St Giles, Edin-
burgh, 19th Oct. 1877.
THOMAS GENTLES, born Falkirk,
1878 12th Feb. 1838, son of Adam G. ;
educated at Grammar School and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1857); ord.
assistant at Alloa in 1872 ; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 18th April 1872 ; trans,
and adm. 20th Dec. 1878 ; D.D. (Aberdeen,
1891); died after service, 2nd May 1910.
He marr. 11th Oct. 1865, Cecilia Wernicke,
and had issue — Hemy Wernicke, M.D.,
in Chicago, U.S.A., born 15th Sept. 1866 ;
Thomas Adam, M.A., LL.B., advocate, born
26th Nov. 1867 ; Isabella Constance, born
9th Feb. 1869 (marr. 1st June 1898, William
Smith Lowson, Montreal) ; Emma Eliza,
born 30th Sept. 1871 (marr. 24th July 1902,
Alexander Munro MacRobert, M.A., advo-
cate) ; Norman, MA., B.L., Moosejaw,
Sask., Canada, born 3rd March 1873 ;
Frank, engineer, Washington, U.S.A., born
18th Aug. 1874 ; Robert Birnie, grain
merchant, New York, born 9th Jan. 1877 ;
David Alexander, born 9th Jan. 1879,
died 8th Aug. 1898. Publication— 4 Plea
for the Restoration of Paisley Abbey
(Paisley, n.d.).
ALEXANDER MILLER MACLEAN,
1910 k° rn Killiemore, Mull, Argyllshire,
27th June 1865, eldest son of Lachlan
M., min. of North Knapdale ; educated at
Ardnamurchan Parish School, High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1884), B.D.
(1887); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1887 ; assistant at St Mark's, Dundee,
1887-9 ; inaugurated the mission which is
now Beach Parish, Broughty Ferry ; ord. to
Turriff 14th June 1889 ; trans, to Cramond
15th Oct. 1896 ; trans, to Peebles 9th May
1907 ; trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1910 ; pro-
168
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OP
moted scheme for the restoration of Paisley
Abbey Church in 1911 ; app. Chaplain -
in-Ordinary to the King in 1914 ; app.
Vice-Convener of Committee on Highlands
and Islands in 1914 ; served as chaplain in
France, 1914-15, 1917-19 ; mentioned in
despatches, and had C.M.G. in 1916 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 1919). Marr. 19th March 1890,
Mary, only child of Robert Brown, Edin-
burgh, and has issue — an only child, Alice
Mary Jeannie, born 18th June 1892 (marr.
25th Nov. 1914, Valentine Beardmore
Stewart, capt. H.L.I.). Publications —
Queen Victoria and Her Time (Edinburgh,
1901) ; Peace, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1902);
In Memoriam, the Right Rev. Theodore
Marshall, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1909) ; Paisley
Abbey Restoration (Paisley, 1913) ; With
the Gordons at Ypres (Paisley, 1916).
Second Charge.
[In 1641, a Second Charge was erected
for the Abbey Parish. Its endowment was
confirmed by Act of Parliament, 8th March
1645.]
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, MA. j called
1644 April, an d orc *- 12th Sept. 1644;
trans, to First Charge, 28th Dec.
1653.
JAMES STIRLING, born 1631, fourth
1654 son °^ Alexander S., farmer, Clark-
land, Stewarton ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; MA. (1648) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 18th Nov. 1653 ; ord. 12th June
1654; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He sailed from Leith for
Bombay to be min. at one of the planta-
tions, where he died from injuries sustained
in falling from his horse, in 1671 or 1672.
Publications — Joint-author [with Sir James
Steuart of Goodtrees] of Naphtali, or the
Wrestlings of the Clmrch of Scotland
(1667). He wrote several political skits
in reply to those of Francis Sempill of
Beltrees.— [Wodrow's Hist., L, 281, 327.]
WILLIAM ECCLES, formerly min. of
72 the Second Charge, Ayr ; granted an
indulgence here by the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672 ; fined by the Council, 8th
1698
July 1673, for not observing the anniversary
of the Restoration, and as he persisted in
the same conduct, his indulgence was with-
drawn 30th June 1684. He returned to
Ayr in 1687.
JOHN TAYLOR, MA. (Glasgow, 13th
July 1671); ord. to Libberton,
Lanarkshire, 27th Sept. 1677 ; trans,
to Mearns before 13th July 1681 ; trans,
and adm. before 10th Nov. 1685 ; outed at
the Revolution. He was residing in the
Castle of Doune, Nov. 1703, when the Privy
Council inhibited him from preaching as
he refused to take the Oath. — [Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; P. C. Acta ; Perth Homings,
9th March 1705.]
THOMAS BROWN, ord. 4th May 1698 ;
trans, to First Charge, 5th March
1701.
[From 1701 to 1722 the duties of both
charges were performed by the min. of the
First Charge.]
ROBERT MITCHELL, MA. ; pres. by
the tutors of William, fifth Earl of
Dundonald, and ord. 27th Sept.
1722; trans, to the Laigh Parish, Paisley,
21st March 1739.
WILLIAM FLEMING, educated at
1*740 Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 31st July 1733 ; ord. to
Kirkintilloch 1st July 1735 ; pres. by the
tutors of William, seventh Earl of Dun-
donald ; trans, and adm. 26th June 1740 ;
died s.p. 2nd Jan. 1747. He marr. Jean
Wallace, who survived him, and marr. (2)
11th July 1755.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Crawford's
Hist. ; Mackie's Descript.]
JAMES HAMILTON, pres. by William,
Earl of Dundonald, 11th Nov. 1750 ;
1 5 ord. 24th April 1751 ; trans, to First
Charge, 9th June 1753.
JOHN RAE, perhaps son of Robert R.,
Greenock ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1737); licen. by
Presb. of Dunoon 6th May 1744; pres.
by William, Earl of Dundonald, and ord.
24th Jan. 1754 ; died unmarr., 4th Sept.
1757, aged 40.
paisley]
PAISLEY
169
ARCHIBALD DAVIDSON, pres. by
1?58 Commissioner for William, Earl of
Dundonald, and ord. 7th Sept. 1758 ;
trans, to Inchinnan 20th Oct. 1761 [after-
wards Principal of Univ. of Glasgow].
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, born Lead-
1762 hills, 1732, son of Thomas K., wright ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
10th June 1762 ; died 12th July 1773. He
marr. 30th April 1762, Janet (died at Edin-
burgh in 1S05), daugh. of William Russell
of Slipperfield, West Linton, merchant,
Leith, and had issue — Janet, born 27th
Jan. 1763 (marr., pro. 12th April 1787,
Charles Lamont, gentleman's servant, Edin-
burgh) ; Alexander, born 26th June 1764 ;
Jane, born 23rd Nov. 1765 ; Katherine, born
14th Aug., and died 29th Sept. 1767.
v ROBERT BOOG, pres. by James, Earl
1?74 of Abercorn, and ord. 21st April
1774; trans, to First Charge, 29th
Aug. 1782.
JAMES MYLNE, born 1756, son of
1783 James M., min. of Kinnaird ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee 5th May 1779 ; ord.
(by that Presb.) deputy-chaplain of the
83rd Foot 1st Dec. 1779 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Abercorn, and adm. to this charge
27th March 1783. He became Professor of
Moral Philosophy in the Univ. of Glasgow,
and dem. 4th Oct. 1797 ; died 21st Sept.
1839. He marr. (1) 24th Aug. 1789, Grizel
Davidson, who died s.p. in 1790 : (2) 26th
June 1798, Agnes (died 1827), daugh. of
John Millar, advocate, Professor of Law,
Glasgow, and had issue — James William,
barrister, London, born 20th Aug. 1800,
died 24th Nov. 1855 ; Margaret, born 4th
March 1803 ; John Millar, W.S., born 5th
July -1804, died 30th Jan. 1880; William
Craig, born 13th Nov. 1805 ; Archibald,
born 13th Nov. 1806.
JAMES SMITH, born 1770; pres. by
1798 J°k n J am es, Marquess of Aber-
corn, and ord. 26th Jan. 1798; died
28th Jan. 1817. He marr. Mary Craw-
ford, who died 9th Jan. 1844, and had
issue — Janet, born 8th Aug. 1798 ; Mar-
garet, born 6th March 1800, died 21st Sept.
1814; Mary, born 25th Nov. 1801 (marr.
Patrick Brewster, min. of this parish) ;
James, D.D., min. of Cathcart, born 17th
Nov. 1803 ; Andrew, born 4th Dec. 1805 ;
Robert, born 5th June 1809, died 7th
Sept. 1810; William Keith, born 21st
Dec. 1811, died 23rd Dec. 1812; Elizabeth
Keir (twin), born 21st Dec. 1811, died 6th
May 1812. Publication — Evidences of a
special Divine Providence attending the
late Signal Successes obtained over the
Enemy, a sermon (Paisley, 1814).
y PATRICK BREWSTER, born Jed-
1818 k ur gh> 20t h -Dec. i? 88 ) youngest son
of James B., rector of the Grammar
School there, and Margaret Key, and brother
of Sir David B. ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 26th
March 1817 ; pres. by Lord Aberdeen, act-
ing on behalf of the representatives of
John James, Marquess of Abercorn, and
ord. 10th April 1818 ; died at Craigie
Linn, Paisley, 26th March 1859. He was
a notable pulpit orator, a polemic of great
pertinacity, whose whole life was a con-
tinuous succession of exciting disputes
upon public questions. He took a promi-
nent share in the Chartist movement, and
was a keen advocate of the abolition of the
slave trade, the repeal of the Corn Laws,
and Roman Catholic emancipation. In
1863 a monument was erected over his
grave at Paisley by public subscription.
He marr. (1) 19th Jan. 1820, Frances Anne
(died 7th June 1831, aged 30), daugh. of
Colonel Edward Stafford of Mayne, Ire-
land, and had issue — Mary Margaret, born
26th March 1821 ; Grizelda, born 28th
Dec. 1822; Frances Anne, born 7th Aug.
1824 ; James Edward, born 6th Sept. 1826,
died 16th June 1843; Patrick, born 4th
March 1829: (2) 4th Feb. 1834, Mary
Smith (died 1st May 1888), daugh. of his
predecessor in this parish, and had issue —
David, born 15th May 1835 ; Andrew Smith,
born 19th Feb. 1838; Janet Smith, born
29th July 1839; George James, born 3rd
Jan. 1841, died 6th Feb. 1916; James
Edward, born 14th Nov. 1843, died 2nd
April 1858 ; Margaret Mary Crawford,
born 8th July 1845 ; Horatio Ross, born
15th June, and died 21st Nov. 1846. Pub-
170
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PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
lications — The Heroism of the Christian
Spirit (Edinburgh, 1833); The Claims of
the Church of Scotland on the Support and
Affection of the People (Paisley, 1835) ;
Reply to the A ttacks made on Mr Brewster
in the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr for
attending the O'Connell Dinner (Paisley,
1835); An Essay on Passive Obedience
(Paisley, 1836); Report of Speeches at
Soiree given in Mr Brewster's Honour
(Paisley, 1838) ; Duties of the Present
Crisis (Paisley, 1838); The Rights of the
Poor of Scotland vindicated against the
Misrepresentations of the Editor of the
" Glasgow Post and Reformer? 2 parts
(1843); The Seven Chartist and Military
Discourses libelled by the Marquis of Aber-
com and other Heritors of the Abbey
Parish, to which are added four others
formerly jntblished, with one or two more
as a Specimen of the Author's mode of
treating other Scripture topics (Paisley,
1843 ; Glasgow, 1910) ; Mr Brewster's State-
ments in the Assault Case (Paisley, 1851) ;
Wellington weighed in the Balance, or
War and Crime (Paisley, 1853) ; The Perils
and Duties of the War : European Freedom
and Popish Conspiracy (Paisley, 1854) ; Re-
port of the Speech at the Paisley Presb. in
the Case of Mr J. G. Wood (Paisley, 1856) ;
The Indian Revolt : its Duties and Dangers
(Paisley, 1857) ; The Plague of Patronage
(Paisley, 1858) ; " Description of a Fossil
Tree found in a Quarry at Nitshill " (Trans.
Royal Soc. Edin., ix.) ; Contributions to
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia [edited by
his brother, Sir David]. — [The Glasgoio
Herald, 28th March 1859; Home Life of
Sir David Brewster, 40 ; Brown's Hist, of
Paisley, 102-8 ; The Border Magazine, Oct.
1913 (portrait) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1859
JAMES CAMERON LEES, trans, from
Carnoch, and adra. 1st Sept. 1859 ;
trans, to First Charge 28th June
1865. Publications (cf. vol. i., p. 62)—
An Election Sermon (Paisley, 1868) ; Leaves
from My Log (Paisley, 1874). Delete
reference to Life there.
JAMES DODDS, trans, from St
Stephen's, Glasgow, and adm. 21st
Dec. 1865 ; trans, to St George's
1865
1878
Parish, Glasgow, 7th Jan. 1875. Publica-
tion (cf. vol. i., p. 9) — The Religious
Aspect of the Present Political Struggle
(Paisley, 1868).
JAMES ROBERT MITFORD
1875 MITCHELL, B.A. ; trans, from
Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, and
adm. 16th Sept. 1875 ; trans, to West
Parish, Aberdeen, 22nd Feb. 1878.
JAMES BOATH DALGETY, born
Shandford, Fearn, 20th Sept. 1841,
son of John D., farmer, and Mar-
garet Sturrock ; educated at Fearn School,
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 5th Dec. 1865 ;
assistant at Montrose; min. of St Andrew's,
British Guiana, 1865-9, of All Saints',
Berbice, 1869-76 ; adm. to Macleod Parish,
Glasgow, 6th July 1876 ; trans, and adm.
20th Dec. 1878 ; sometime clerk of Presb. ;
died 11th May 1908. He marr. 17th Jan.
1866, Jane Paterson, daugh. of William
Balfour, min. of the U.P. congregation,
Rosehearty, and had issue — William Bal-
four, banker, born 4th Feb. 1867; Mar-
garet Balfour, born 3rd June 1870, died
19th May 1883 ; Bethia Edghill, born 14th
Sept. 1872 (marr. 15th April 1896, Walter
Edward Lee, min. of the East Church,
Perth).
WILLIAM FULTON, M.A., B.D., B.Sc;
trans, from Wigtown, and adm. 21st
1909 July 1909 ; app. Professor of Syste-
matic Theology, Aberdeen Univ. (q.v.),
22nd Oct. 1915.
JOHN WALLACE, MA. ; trans, from
Tron Parish, Edinburgh, and adm.
4th May 1916 ; chaplain to the
Forces in Egypt, 1916-17; died at Edin-
burgh, 5th June 1918, and was buried at
Abercorn. Publication (cf. vol. i., p. 138) —
A Church Innovation (Edinburgh, 1916).
ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD
HOWELL, born Portobello, 28th
Aug. 1871, son of Edward H. and
Isabella Rutherford ; educated at High
School and Univs. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1893), and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 17th May 1895 ; assistant at
Buenos Aires in 1895, North Berwick in
1916
1918
paisley] PAISLEY— GREENLAW— HIGH KIRK PARISH
171
1897 ; ord. to St Stephen's Chapel, Inverness,
29th May 1900; trans, to Kincardine-in-
Menteith 7th Dec. 1904 ; trans, and adm.
28th Nov. 1918. Marr. 2nd Sept. 1908,
Anne Selby Burrell, daugh. of William
Logan, Madras Civil Service, Heathery-
haugh, Moffat, and has issue— Anne Selby
Burrell, born 29th Nov. 1909; Edward
Alexander, born 22nd March 1912 ; David
Logan, born 23rd March 1914; Isabella
Rutherford, born 3rd July 1917. Publica-
tion—Editor of The Church of Scotland
Prayer Roll (annually).
GREENLAW (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1889. The
parish was disjoined from Paisley Abbey
by the Court of Teinds 13th March 1896.]
WALTER EDWARD LEE, M. A. ; ord.
3rd May 1893; adm. first min. of
the parish 18th March 1896; trans.
to East (St John's) Parish, Perth, 11th Dec.
1901.
THOMAS WILKIE WILSON, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 24th April 1902 ; trans.
to Rosemount Parish, Aberdeen, 2nd
April 1907.
GEORGE NISBET DODS, born Cot-
hill, Polwarth, Berwickshire, 22nd
June 1875, son of John D., farmer,
and Alison Murray; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1895) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1899 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Perth, 1899 ; ord. to Collace 21st
Aug. 1901 ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept.
1907; dem. 12th Dec. 1913, and became
min. of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Perth, West Australia. Marr. 2nd April
1902, Isabella Cunningham, younger daugh.
of David Greig, Dunfermline, and has
issue— Christina Nisbet, born 7th March
1903 ; John Murray, born 12th April 1906.
JOHN CHAMBERS, born Ayr, 16th
Oct. 1874, son of William Dunn C.
and Janet Andrew; educated at
Ayr Grammar School and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th May
1904 ; assistant at Pollokshields, Spring-
burn, and Abbey Parish, Paisley; ord. to
1893
1902
1907
1756
Law 18th May 1908 ; trans, and adm. 23rd
April 1914. Marr. 10th June 1909, Jessie
Manson, daugh. of John Robertson, and
has issue — Janet Andrew Latta, born 10th
June 1910; Myra Helen, born 10th Oct.
1912.
HIGH KIRK PARISH.
[A church was built here in 1756. Being
placed upon rising ground, it was styled
the High Church, in contrast to the older
Laigh Kirk. The High Kirk parish was
disjoined from that of the Abbey of Paisley
by the Commissioners for the Plantation
of Kirks on 20th Feb. 1782.]
v JAMES BAINE, born 1710, eldest son
of James B., min. of Bonhill ; edu-
cated at the Grammar School of
Dunbarton and Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh; M.A. (Glasgow, 4th May
1725) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 19th
Oct. 1731 ; pres. by James, Duke of Mon-
trose, and ord. to Killearn 26th May 1732 ;
called 22nd Jan., trans, and adm. 22nd
April 1756; dem. 10th Feb. 1766. Joined
the Relief Church, and adm. min. of College
Street Relief Church, Edinburgh, 13th Feb.
1766; Moderator of Relief Synod in 1773 ;
died 17th Jan. 1790. "An eloquent and
popular preacher, he zealously pleaded for
Thomas Gillespie of Carnock in the As-
sembly of 1752. His personal appearance
in the vigour of life was prepossessing ; his
manner and powers of elocution in the
pulpit were peculiarly attractive. Being
somewhat remarkable for the sweetness
of his voice, he was honoured with the
characteristic epithet of the ' Swan of the
West."' He marr. 22nd May 1740,
Margaret, only daugh. of Michael Potter,
D.D., Professor of Divinity in the Univ. of
Glasgow, and had issue — Michael, an officer
in army, served in Elliot's Light Dragoons,
born 28th March 1742, died at Amiens,
Nov. 1793; Grizel, born 8th March 1743
(marr. Oct. 1777, Alexander Kemp, writer,
Edinburgh) ; James, born 1748, licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1772, took Episcopal
orders, and was incumbent of the Episcopal
Church, Alloa, LL.D. (Aberdeen 1815), suc-
ceeded to Easter Livilands, died 29th Sept.
172
HIGH KIRK PARISH
[PRESB. OF
1823 ; William of Easter Livilands, St
Ninians, Stirlingshire, born 1755, died 12th
Jan. 1837 ; Helen, born 1757 ; Anne, born
1761. Publications — Sermon [preached at
the translation of the Rev. John Wither-
spoon from Beith to Paisley] (Paisley,
1757) ; A Sermon preached before the
Society for the Reformation of Manners
(Glasgow, 1 767) ; Memoirs of Modern
Church Reformation, or the History of the
General Assembly, 1766, ivith a Brief
Account and Vindication of the Presby-
tery of Relief (Paisley, 1767); The
Theatre Licentious and Perverted [dedi-
cated to Samuel Foote, the actor] (Paisley,
1770); Sermon preached at Edinburgh, 22nd
Bee. 1770 (Paisley, 1770) ; Sermons (Paisley,
1778 ; 2nd ed. [edited by his son], 1829) ;
Select Sermons by Thomas Boston and James
Baine (Edinburgh, 1850). — [Struthers's Hist.
of the Relief Church, 199-209 ; Kay's Edin-
burgh Portraits, ii., 82 ; Anderson's Scottish
Nation; Small's Hist, of U.P. Congrega-
tions^., 706 ; Brown's Hist, of High Church,
Paisley, 7 ; Tombst. ; Scots Mag., xxviii. ;
Dkt. Nat. Biog.]
GEORGE MUIR [MURE], born Spott,
1766 Haddingtonshire, 1723 ; served in
the office of a "Writer to the Signet
in Edinburgh, but, coming under the influ-
ence of the Cambuslang Revival, he
studied for the ministry ; became school-
master of Carnock ; was licen. by Presb.
of Dumfermline 30th Oct. 1750; ord. to
Old Cumnock 30th Nov. 1752; trans, and
adm. 30th Oct. 1766; D.D. (Princeton
College, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1768). For
some years he suffered from a malignant
tumour in one of his feet. Ultimately
he became unable to walk, and for a con-
siderable period was carried to church
on Sundays, and conducted the services
sitting in the pulpit. As a last resource,
the foot was amputated, and the wound
healed. He died 20th July 1771. He
was much esteemed as a preacher.
He marr. 12th Sept. 1753, Isabella (died
2nd July 1772, aged 48), third daugh.
of James Wardlaw, min. of Dunferm-
line, and had issue — Crichton, born 5th
July 1754; Ann, born 13th April 1756,
died 21st Jan. 1757 ; James, min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Alexandria,
Virginia, U.S.A., born 12th April 1757,
died 8th Aug. 1820 ; George, born 1st, and
died 8th Jan. 1759 ; George, born 21st
Dec. 1759 ; Ebenezer, born 12th Aug. 1761 ;
Jean, born 2nd April 1763. Publications —
Christ's Cross and Crown : an Essay (Edin-
burgh, 1759 ; Paisley, 1769) [said to be the
first book printed in Paisley] ; Two Sermons
on the Demise of George II. and Accession
of George III. (Glasgow, 1760); Sermon
at the Admission of the Rev. Alexander
Moodie to the Parish of Riccarton (Glasgow,
1762) ; The Conversion of the Gentiles [a
sermon on behalf of S.P.C.K.] (Edinburgh,
1766); Sermon preached at the Admission of
the Rev. Colin Campbell to the Church
and Parish of Renfreiv (Paisley, 1769) ; A
Sermon preached at the Oldening of the
Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, V&th Oct.
1769 ; The Parable of the Sower Illustrated
and Applied (Paisley, 1769); The Parable
of the Tares, in twenty-one Sermons, to
which are added two Sermons (Paisley,
1771); The Substance of Four Table Ser-
vices delivered in Tolbooth Church, Edin-
burgh, 16th March 1760 (Edinburgh, 1794) ;
" Letter to the Rev. William MacCulloch "
[of Cambuslang] (Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, new series, i.) ; he left a MS.
book containing Some Remarkable Provi-
dences that happened to Dr George Muir,
Minister of the Gospel in Paisley. — [Tombst. ;
The Christian Instructor, 1838 ; Brown's
Hist, of the High Church, Paisley, 10;
Hist, of Old Cumnock, 108.]
WILLIAM TAYLOR, pres. by the Town
Council 15th Jan., and ord. 2nd July
1772 ; trans, to St Mungo's Parish,
Glasgow, 15th Sept. 1780.
1772
JOHN FINDLAY, born Glasgow, 26th
Sept. 1751, eldest son of William F. ;
1*781
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1775); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd
Aug. 1780; pres. by the Town Council
(at the unanimous wish of the congrega-
tion), and ord. 14th March 1781 ; D.L
(Edinburgh, 8th Feb. 1810); died 25th
March 1821. He was a zealous supporter
PAISLEY]
HIGH KIRK PARISH
173
1821
of missions and of the dissemination of the
Bible at home and abroad. He marr. (1)
9th March 1783, Margaret (died 19th Feb.
1794), daugh. of James Thomson, merchant,
Paisley, and had issue — Margaret, born
1st Jan. 1784 (marr. Brown) ; James.
merchant, Glasgow, born 7th Dec. 1785 ;
Marjory, born 26th July 1786 (marr. 7th
Oct. 1811, Matthew Urie, merchant, Glas-
gow) ; Jean, born 16th March, and died
26th July 1788; John, born 16th Nov.
1789; William, born 17th Aug. 1791, died
16th Jan. 1802 ; Janet, born 7th Jan. 1794 :
(2) 16th Nov. 1795, Margaret Carswell or
Duthie, who died s.p. 2nd Oct. 1823.
Publication — The Universal Diffusion of
Knoivledge with its Happy Effects : being
Sermons preached before the London Mis-
sionary Society (London, 1799). — [Memoir,
by Thomas Crichton, 1821 ; Edin. Christian
Instructor, xx. ; Tombst.]
JOHN GEDDES, app. by the Town
Council (on a petition in his favour
from the parishioners) 28th Oct.
1820 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 9th
Feb. 1821 ; trans, to St Andrew's Parish,
Glasgow, 18th Jan. 1832.
JOHN MACNAUGHTAN, born
1832 Greenock 1807, eldest son of Donald
M., merchant ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1826) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 4th Aug. 1830 ; ord. (by same
Presb.) min. of the Scots Church, Crown
Court, London, 21st July 1831 ; pres. by
the Town Council ; trans, and adm. 14th
May 1832. In 1837 he accepted a call to
St Paul's Chapel, Edinburgh, but the
Courts of the Church refused translation.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the
Free High Church, Paisley, 1843-9, of Rose-
mary Street Church (Irish Presbyterian),
Belfast, 25th Oct. 1849; died 27th May
1884. He marr. (1) 16th Aug. 1841, Jessie,
daugh. of James Buchanan of Northbar :
(2) 8th July 1868, Matilda Hanna (died 24th
Jan. 1909), eldest daugh. of Murray Suffern.
Publications — A Statement of the Actual
Income and Exj)enditure of the Established
Church in the Burgh of Paisley (Paisley,
1835) ; Letters to the Rev. John Bremner,
Pojrish Priest of Paisley (Paisley, 1836) ;
A Discourse preached in the High Church,
Paisley (Paisley, 1837); A Sketch of the
Life of William Perry, and Recollections of
Conversations tvith him during his Confine-
ment and tvhen under the Sentence of Death
(Paisley, 1837) ; Slanders against the Free
Church met and answered in a Speech
(Paisley, 1846); The Free Church and
American Slavery (Paisley, 1846) ; The
Interdicted Farewell Sermon (Paisley,
1849) ; Man a Responsible and Social
Being ; The Lord's Day, the Sabbath (Bel-
fast, 1859) ; A Sermon on Christianity and
Science (London, 1874) ; Tracts for the
Times—" Who are the Separatists ? " " Who
have broken their Ordination Vows ? "
Lecture XIII. [On Revival of Religion], and
X. [To Young Men, i.].— [Smith's Scottish
Clergy (1848), 215-222 ; Acts of Ass., 1838,
1843 ; Edinburgh Christian Instructor,
series iv., i.]
v CHARLES FORBES BUCHAN, trans,
from the Scots Church, North
Shields, and adm. 10th Jan. 1844 ;
trans, to Fordoun 14th Jan. 1846.
ANDREW JOHNSTONE, MA. ; trans,
from St John's, Dundee, and adm.
17th Sept. 1846; trans, to Kin-
glassie 9th March 1848.
JOHN INCHES DICKSON, trans,
from Wanlockhead, and adm. 4th
May 1848; trans, to Kirkbean 17th
May 1855.
JAMES MACGREGOR, ord. 8th Nov.
1855 ; trans, to Monimail 17th July
1862.
1844
1846
1848
1855
PETER SINCLAIR MENZIES, ord.
5th March 1863 ; trans, to St
George's-in-the-Fields, Glasgow, 9th
March 1865.
1863
JOHN MARTIN, ord. 7th Sept. 1865 ;
1865 trans, to Bonhill 24th Sept. 1874.
ANDREW MONTGOMERIE LANG,
1875 k° rn Glasgow, 19th July 1848,
son of Hugh L. and Elizabeth Stobo ;
educated at Collegiate School, Glasgow, and
Univs. of Heidelberg and Glasgow ; B.Sc.
(1874); licen. by Presb. of Greenock 3rd
Dec. 1873; ord. 4th March 1875; died
174
HIGH KIRK PARISH— ST GEORGES
[PKESB. OF
1910
23rd Nov. 1909. He marr. 28th Dec. 1880,
Catherine Brown Dickson, who died 29th
Nov. 1911, and had issue — Hugh Mont-
gomerie, ship draughtsman, born 18th Sept.
1881 ; Catherine Suttie Purvis, born 8th
Oct. 1882; John Dickson, marine engineer,
born 21st Aug. 1884; James Stobo, com-
mission agent, born 2nd Oct. 1886, died
29th Feb. 1912 ; Andrew Montgomerie,
ship draughtsman, born 28th Jan. 1888 ;
Robert Forrester Graham, born 7th July
1890, died 7th July 1891 ; Elizabeth Stobo,
born 5th April 1895.
JOHN MUIR, born Glasgow, 6th July
1880, son of John M., min. of Govan-
hill ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1899), B.D. (1902) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 7th May 1902 ; assistant at St
Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Kirkcowan 16th
March 1905 ; trans, and adm. 19th May
1910. Publications — War and Christian
Duty (Paisley 1916) ; Contributions to
Hastings' Dictionary of Christ and the
Gospels.
ST GEORGE'S, or THE LAIGH
KIRK PARISH, PAISLEY.
[A church built here in 1736 was called,
from its situation, the Laigh Kirk. On
7 th July 1738, the Laigh Kirk Parish was
disjoined by the Commissioners for the
Plantation of Kirks from the parish of the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1819 another church
was built for this parish on a new site. It
was named St George's Church, and, since
its erection, the Laigh Kirk Parish has
been known also as St George's.]
ROBERT MITCHELL, M.A. (Glasgow,
1?39 26th April 1712); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 2nd Feb. 1720; pres. by
the tutors of William, Earl of Dundonald,
and ord. to Second Charge, Paisley, 27th
Sept. 1722; called 12th Oct. 1738; trans.
and adm. 21st March 1739 ; died 9th
March 1746, aged 50. He marr. Katharine
Glassford, who died 3rd July 1781, and had
issue — Euphemia, born 1741. — \Glasg.
Tests. ; Crawford's Hist. ; Tombst.]
PETER SCOTT, bapt. 20th June 1695,
174 ^ son of John S., min. of the Outer
High Kirk Parish, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 6th Jan. 1731 ; app. by
the Town Council 21st April, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 27th June 1740 ;
adm. to the full charge 15th May 1746 ;
died 4th Aug. 1753. He marr. 9th Sept.
1741, Anna (died 9th April 1768), daugh.
of Robert Millar, min. of Paisley, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 7th Oct. 1745 (marr.
Robert Fulton, manufacturer, Maxwell-
town) ; Grizel, born 15th Feb. 1748 (marr.
Archibald Davidson, min. of Inchinnan) ;
Peter, born 7th Aug., and died 10th Oct.
1752.— {Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.']
ROBERT FINDLAY, trans, from Gals-
17 . ton; called 6th Dec. 1753; adm.
21st March 1754 ; trans, to Ramshorn
or St David's, Glasgow, 29th Jan. 1756.
JOHN WITHERSPOON, born Yester,
1757 East Lothian, 5th Feb. 1723, eldest
son of James W., min. of that parish.
On his mother's side he claimed to be
descended from John Knox through the
Reformer's daugh., Eliza Knox, wife of
John Welsh of Ayr. He was educated at
Haddington Grammar School and Univ. of
Edinburgh. On 6th Sept. 1743 he was
licen. by the Presb. of Haddington ; was
sometime assistant to his father ; pres. by
Alexander, tenth Earl of Eglinton, and ord.
to Beith 11th April 1745. At the Rising
in that year he put himself at the head
of a body of volunteers and marched to
Glasgow. Though ordered to return, he
refused, went forward, and was taken
prisoner after the battle of Falkirk, in
which, however, he had no part. With
other prisoners he was confined in Doune
Castle until all of them managed to escape
by means of a rope of knotted blankets.
He was adm. to this charge 16th June
1757. He declined calls to Dublin and
the Scots Kirk, Rotterdam. On 9th May
1768 he dem., having accepted the Presi-
dentship of Princeton College, New Jersey,
U.S.A.; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th June
1769). During the Revolutionary War
he supported the cause of the Colonies
paisley]
ST GEORGE'S
175
with such decision and ardour that the
citizens of New Jersey elected him their
representative in Congress, a position he
held for seven years. He signed the Dec-
laration of Independence 4th July 1776,
and for some years afterwards was promi-
nently occupied with the secular politics of
America. In 1783 he resumed his academic
duties, and soon after revisited Scotland
with the object of procuring subscriptions
for Princeton, which had suffered severely
during the War. He was made LL.D. of
Yale Univ. in 1785, and died at Princeton
6th Nov. 1794, having been afflicted with
blindness for the last two years of his life.
As a min. of the Church of Scotland he
was considered the leader of the Evan-
gelical party. Pious, learned, grave, judi-
cious, he shaped the policy of that party
and moulded its views in such a manner
as to make the defeat of the Moderates
both certain and enduring. One day,
after he had carried in the General
Assembly some important points against
the Moderates, their leader, Robertson the
historian, said to Witherspoon in his quiet
way, " I think you have your men
better disciplined than formerly." "Yes,"
replied Witherspoon, "by urging your
politics too far you have compelled us
to beat you with your own weapons."
On Princeton he impressed his strong
individuality. He brought its system of
instruction into line with the Scottish
school, and himself took an active share
of lecturing, in which he greatly excelled.
He was brilliant in conversation, and is
said to have had a more imposing presence
than any American leader except Washing-
ton. A colossal statue was erected in
his honour in Fairmount Park, Phila-
delphia, 20th Oct. 1876. He marr. (1)
2nd Sept. 1748, Elizabeth, daugh. of
Robert Montgomery of Craighouse, and
had issue — Anne, born 3rd July 1749
(marr. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D.,
LL.D., President of Princeton College,
1794-1812); Christian, born 14th Aug.
1750, died 10th Dec. 1756 ; James, major in
U.S. Army, born 17th Nov. 1751, killed at
Brandywine, 1777 ; Robert, born 3rd April
1753, died 18th July 1754; Barbara, born
19th Feb. 1756, died 1st Aug. 1763 ; John,
army surgeon, born 29th July 1757;
Frances, born 16th Aug. 1759 (marr. as
his first wife, David Ramsay, M.D.,
American historian, Charlestown, South
Carolina) ; David, M.D., born 27th Sept.
1760; George, born 31st March, and died
27th July 1762 : (2) 1791, Anne, widow
of Dr Dill of York County, New York.
Publications — Ecclesiastical Characteristics,
or the Arcana of Church Policy, being an
Attempt to open up the Mystery of Modera-
tion (Glasgow, 1753 ; 5th ed., Edinburgh,
1763 [anon.]; and others); A Letter from
a Blacksmith on the Manner of Public
Worship in the Church of Scotland (Lon-
don, 1759; New York, 1764; Edinburgh,
1826) ; A Serious Apology for the " Char-
acteristics " (Edinburgh, 1763) ; Essay on
the Connection between the Doctrine of
Justification by the imputed Righteousness
of Christ and Holiness of Life (Glasgow,
1756 ; and other editions) ; A Serious
Enquiry into the Nature and Effect of
the Stage (Glasgow, 1757 ; Edinburgh,
1876) [reprinted at Edinburgh, 1842, as
the first of a series of "Reprints of
Scarce Tracts connected with the Church
of Scotland "] ; Sinners sitting in the Seat
of the Scornful : Seasonable Advice to
Young Persons (Edinburgh, 1762); The
History of a Corporation of Servants
discovered a fetv years ago in the Interior
Parts of South America (Glasgow, 1765) ;
A Practical Treatise on Regeneration
(London, 1764 ; and other editions) ; Essays
on Important Subjects, 2 vols. (London,
1764); Discourses on Practical Subjects
(Glasgow, 1768 ; Edinburgh, 1804) ; Practi-
cal Discourses on Leading Truths of the
Gospel (Edinburgh, 1768); Considerations
on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative
Authority of the P>7-itish Parliament (Phila-
delphia, 1774) [mistakenly attributed to
Benjamin Franklin] ; The Dominion of
Providence over the Passions of Men, a
sermon (Philadelphia, 1776 ; Glasgow,
1777); Address to the Natives of Scotland
(Philadelphia, 1778). Edited Sermons [of
James Muir of Alexandria, U.S.A.] (1787) ;
Sermons on Various Subjects (Edinburgh,
1798), besides numerous single sermons,
176
ST GEORGE'S
[PRESB. OF
lectures, and essays. A collective edition
of his Works, with a Memoir by his son-
in-law, S. S. Smith, was published at New
York in 4 vols, in 1802, and at Edinburgh,
1804-5, and 1815 in 9 vols. His Miscel-
laneous Works appeared at Philadelphia
in 1803, his Select Works at London in
1804 (2 vols.), and his Essays, Lectures,
and Sermons at Edinburgh in 1822 (6 vols.).
— {Life, prefixed to his Works, Edinburgh,
1804 ; The Princeton Book, 1879 ; Headley's
Chaplains and Clergy of the Revolution,
1864 ; Tyler's Literary Hist, of the
American Revolution, ii., 1897 ; Sanderson's
Signers of the Declaration of Independence,
1865 ; Collections of the Historical Society
of New Jersey, ii., iii. ; Carlyle's Autob.,
72; Notes and Queries, 3rd ser., xi. 25,
5th ser., viii. 16; Halkett and Laing's
Diet, of Anon, and Pseudon. Literature,
1885 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES MOKPJSON, born Glasgow,
son of James M. ; educated at Univ.
69 of Glasgow ; M.A. (1749) ; licen. by
Presb. of .Wigtown 22nd July 1755 ; ord. to
Killearn 12th May 1757 ; trans, to Strath-
blane 22nd Oct. 1767 ; pres. by the Magis-
trates and Council 18th Nov. 1768; trans,
and adm. 29th June 1 769 ; died 28th March
1781. He was a man of talent, decidedly
evangelical, and a zealous advocate of a con-
gregation's right to choose its own minister.
He marr. 1st Dec. 1760, a lady name un-
known, and had issue — Janet, born 28th
March 1762; James, born 4th May 1765;
Marion, born 31st Dec. 1767; Mary, born
4th July 1770, died in infancy; (2) Mary
Harvie (widow of the Rev. James Craig of
Leddriegreen), who died 27th Jan. 1807,
Publication — Gospel -Preaching, illustrated
and recommended, a sermon (Glasgow, 1767).
COLIN GILLIES, born 2nd June 1748,
son of John G., D.D., min. of Black-
friars, Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st
July 1772; became preacher in Shettleston
Chapel-of-Ease in 1772 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) to Greenock 12th May 1774;
elected by the Town Council 12th, pres.
31st Aug., trans, and adm. 19th Dec. 1781 ;
died 6th March 1810. "I passed the even-
1781
ing at the house of the truly affectionate
son of that truly apostolic man, the late Dr
Gillies. His house was filled with good
ministers of the different denominations,
all living in affectionate love and cordiality
with each other. This makes Paisley the
paradise of Scotland " {Journal of Row-
land Hill, 14th Aug. 1798). He marr. 16th
Oct. 1775, Isabella (died 13th Aug. 1833),
niece of John MAlpine, sugar refiner,
Greenock, and had issue— John, merchant,
Glasgow, born 26th Aug. 1776; Isabella,
born 19th Sept. 1778 (marr. Thomas
Lowndes, Paisley) ; Colin, born 5th July
1779, died 2nd April 1780; Robert, born
12th May 1781 ; Thomas, born 7th May
1783 ; Rebecca, born 17th April 1788 (marr.
11th March 1811, John Blackburn of
Killearn) ; Elizabeth, born 1792 ; Lilias,
born 3rd Aug. 1794, died young.
JOHN REID, licen. by Presb. of Glas-
1801 sow 27tl1 ^ arcn i" 799 > P res - ky the
Town Council, and ord. (assistant
and successor) 17th Dec. 1801 ; died 10th
Nov. 1810. He marr. 1803, Agnes (died s.p.
23rd Jan. 1814), daugh. of William King,
Lone-End.
" ROBERT BURNS, born Bo'ness, 13th
1811 ^ e ^' l789 > son °f J°hn B., surveyor
of Customs, factor to the Duke of
Hamilton, and Grizel, daugh. of John
Ferrier, writer, Linlithgow ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 28th March 1810 ; pres. by the
Town Council, and ord. 19th July 1811 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 22nd April 1828). Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of St
George's Free Church, Paisley, 1843-5 ;
min. of Knox Church, Toronto, 1845-56 ;
Professor of Christian Evidences and
Church History in Knox College, Toronto,
1856-64; died there 19th Aug. 1869. He
was a man of great energy and activity,
which hardly lessened even in advanced
old age. He was one of the founders and
chief supporters of "The Society for pro-
moting the Religious Interests of Scottish
Settlers in British North America," begun
by the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr in 1825.
After his own settlement as a minister in
Canada he threw himself whole-heartedly
paisley]
ST GEORGE'S
177
into the work of consolidating the Presby-
terian Church in the Dominion. To him
Knox College is largely indebted for its
extensive library. Within its archives are
deposited the original manuscript minutes
and correspondence of the Glasgow Colonial
Society, which contain much valuable in-
formation about the early history of the
Church in Canada. He marr. (1) 8th
July 1814, Janet (died 14th Nov. 1841),
daugh. of John Orr, manufacturer, Paisley,
and had issue — Agnes, born 22nd April
1816, died 1st Jan. 1820 ; John, born 30th
July 1819, died 29th Jan. 1820 ; John Orr,
born 4th Jan. 1821, died 13th July 1831 ;
Robert, born 4th Aug. 1822, died 2nd Jan.
1823; James Orr, born 2nd Nov. 1823,
student at Univ. of Glasgow in 1840;
Robert Ferrier, D.D., min. of Chalmers
Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Canada,
1847-55, Knox Church, St Catherine's,
Canada, 1855-67, Scots Church, Chicago,
1867-70, Cote Street Church, Montreal,
1870-75, Fort Massey Presbyterian Church,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1875, born 23rd Dec.
1826, died at Broughty Ferry, 5th April
1896 ; William, born 16th Aug. 1831 : (2)
12th Dec. 1844, Elizabeth Bell (died s.p.
22nd Aug. 1882), daugh. of Thomson Bonar
of Grove. Publications — An Essay on the
Office and Duties of the Eldership in the
Church of Scotland (Paisley, 1818) ; Histori-
cal Dissertations on the Lata and Practice
of Great Britain, and particidarly of Scot-
land, with regard to the Poor (Edinburgh,
1819) ; Plurality of Offices in the Church of
Scotland Examined (Glasgow, 1824) ; Three
Letters to a Friend on the Moral Bearings
of the Bible Society Controversy (Edin-
burgh, 1827) ; The Gareloch Heresy tried
(1830) ; Memoir of the Rev. Stevenson
M'Gill, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1842) [vide
Plagiarisms of Rev. Dr R. Burns, one of
the Ministers of Paisley, detected and
exposed (Edinburgh, 1842)]. He edited a
new edition of Wodrow's History of the
Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, 4 vols.
(Glasgow, 1828-31), contributing a Memoir
of the author ; and for three years (1838-40)
he edited, and wrote many papers in, the
Edinburgh Christian Instructor. — [Memoir
by his son, Robert Ferrier Burns, D.D. ;
VOL. III.
Gregg's Hist, of the Presbyterian Church in
Canada, 265 ; Metcalfe's Hist, of Paisley,
429 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDER RENNISON, born
1844 Berwick-on-Tweed, 9th Aug. 1807,
son of John R., bookseller, and
Margaret Bell ; educated at Berwick-on-
Tweed Grammar School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (12th April 1828); licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside ; assistant at Whitsome
and Birkenhead ; ord. by Presb. of Lanca-
shire, and adm. min. at Risley, near
Warrington, 6th Feb. 1839; adm. to this
charge 23rd Feb. 1844 ; died 12th Dec. 1867.
He marr. 24th June 1839, Eliza (died 20th
March 1888), daugh. of Charles Henderson,
and had issue — John Albert, architect,
Paisley, born 15th July 1841, died Jan.
1915 ; Charles Alexander, born 27th March
1843, died in Australia; Lewis William,
missionary in the South Sea Islands, born
6th April 1845, died in Australia; Alice
Graden, born 7th April 1847, died 7th July
1853 ; Edward, born 21st April 1849 ; Eliza
Marion, born 8th Aug. 1851 (marr. Oct.
1881, William Bayne M'Lennan, Fair-
holme, Castlehead, Paisley), died 15th May
1891 ; Margaret Bell, born 20th Oct. 1854,
died in 1894. Publications — Strictures on
the Marriage and Registration Bills for Scot-
land (Paisley, 1848) ; The Sabbath a Day of
Rejoicing (Paisley, 1849) ; Sermons [edited,
with Memoir, by Lewis Rennison] (Paisley,
1868).— [Brown's Paisley Poets, l, 392.]
CHRISTOPHER M'KUNE, ord. 17th
1868 ^ U ^ y 18 ^ 8 ' trans - to Crawford 26th
Sept. 1876.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN CAMPBELL,
trans, from Kilcalmonell and Kil-
berry, and adm. 2nd May 1877 ;
trans, to Kirkcudbright 27th March 1879.
1877
JAMES PATON, B.A. ; trans, from
1879 Flowerhill, and adm. 30th Oct. 1879 ;
trans, to St Paul's Parish, Glasgow,
6th Sept. 1881.
" ALEXANDER FYFE BURNS, born St
1882 Vigeans, Arbroath, 13th Oct. 1838,
son of James B. and Elizabeth
Duncan ; educated at Arbroath Academy
M
178
ST GEORGES— THE MARTYRS 1 PARISH
[PRESB. OF
and Univ. of Aberdeen; MA. (1862);
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath ; assistant at
St David's, Dundee ; ord. to St James's,
Kirkcaldy, 1869; trans, to Lady Glen-
orchy's, Edinburgh, 17th May 1877 ; trans,
and adm. 21st March 1882 ; died 21st April
1913. He marr. 17th Oct. 1871, Isabella
Martin, daugh. of Malcolm Ritchie, and
had issue— John Ritchie, M.B., CM., born
17th Feb. 1873, died 4th Oct. 1912 ; Isabella
Martin, born 9th March 1874 (marr. Charles
Whitehead Hutcheson, min. of St Cuthbert's
Parish, Glasgow) ; James Alexander, born
1st April 1876 ; Mary Elizabeth, born 22nd
March 1878 (marr. Augustine Wentworth
Scudamore Forbes, min. of West Parish,
Aberdeen) ; Alexander Fyfe, born 16th
March 1880; George Paisley, born 24th
Feb. 1882; Thomas, born 8th April 1883,
died 5th March 1913; Robert, born 17th
July 1885 ; Malcolm, born 21st Sept. 1887.
ROBERT AITKEN, born Irvine, 2nd
1913 "^ e ^' ^76, son of Allan A. and
Margaret Jeffrey ; educated at Irvine
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1897); B.D. (1900); licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1900 ; assistant at Cambuslang ;
ord. to Ladyburn, Greenock, 17th June
1903; trans, and adm. 19th May 1913.
Marr. 1st June 1904, Mary, daugh. of John
Shedden, and has issue — Allan, born 19th
June 1905 ; John, born 8th Nov. 1909 ;
Margaret, born 26th Feb. 1911.
THE MARTYRS 1 PARISH (Q.S.).
[A church opened here 20th Nov. 1835,
was named in honour of the martyrs of
Paisley. These two men, James Algie and
John Park, were tenant farmers in the
parish of Eastwood. On 3rd Feb. 1685
they were brought before the Royal Com-
missioners met in the town, and were
charged with disowning the supremacy of
King Charles in Church and State. The
Court forthwith required them to take the
Oath of Abjuration and the Test, warning
them that refusal to do so would be fatal.
Declining to comply with this demand,
they were condemned, and were hanged
that afternoon at the Cross of Paisley. Over
the grave where they lie buried together has
been set up in modern times a memorial
obelisk, recording their faithful endurance.
A chapel constitution was granted for the
district on 30th May 1836. The parish of
the Martyrs was disjoined from the High
Kirk and Abbey Parish of Paisley on 6th
July 1874.]
JOHN MACFARLANE, ord. 21st July
1836 ; trans, to St Andrew's Church,
Wellington, New Zealand [the first
min. of any church who went out expressly
to minister to the settlers], 24th Oct. 1839
[min. of Lochgilphead 9th Sept. 1847].
1840
JAMES FALCONER, born 1808;
studied at the United Secession
and Original Secession Divinity
Halls, Edinburgh ; licen. by Associate
Presb. of Glasgow 6th Dec. 1836 ; ord. min.
of the Associate Congregation, Paisley,
12th Dec. 1837. Joined the Church of
Scotland 4th Sept. 1839 ; adm. to this
charge 21st April 1840. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Martyrs' Free
Church, Paisley, 1843-4, of Wigtown Free
Church, 1844-51. He went to Canada in
1851, where some time afterwards he dis-
appeared, and is reported to have died
Sept. or Oct. 1856.
JOHN FLEMING, born Kilmarnock,
1826 ; third son of Robert F. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1847) ; app. missionary here in 1847 ; ord.
7th June 1853 ; dem. 21st April 1864 ; was
afterwards chaplain to Paisley Prison ;
died unmarried at Morningside, Edinburgh,
10th June 1887. Publication — Life of
Alexander Fleming, D.D., min. of Neilston
(Paisley, 1883).
ROBERT WODROW THOMSON,
formerly min. of Ormiston ; adm.
26th Jan. 1865 ; trans, to St Luke's
Parish, Glasgow, 22nd March 1866.
[JAMES KEITH DUNCAN, BA. ; was
elected min. in 1866, but res. before the
date fixed for his admission. He became
min. of the South Parish, Aberdeen.]
paisley] THE MARTYRS 1 PARISH— MIDDLE PARISH
179
1897
JOHN DOUGLAS STEWART, ord.
18 7 21st Feb. 1867 ; trans, to Cross-
michael 7th Sept. 1871, died 16th
Feb. 1919.
GEORGE WALTER STRANG, M.A. ;
1872 ord. 26th Jan. 1872; trans, to
Campbeltown (Lowland Charge),
8th April 1874.
FINLAY ROBERT MACDONALD,
1874 ord. 25th Sept. 1874; trans, to
Coupar-Angus 18th Aug. 1881.
WILLIAM LOW, born Auchtermuchty,
Fife, 8th July 1850, son of James
L., H.M. Customs, and Christina
White ; educated at Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh ; M.A. (St Andrews, 1874),
B.D. (1877); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
assistant at Castle Douglas (Lauriston) and
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 7th March
1882 ; died unmarr., 11th July 1896.
JAMES THOMSON, born Ayr, 14th
June 1870, son of James T. and
Catherine Samson ; educated at Ayr
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1888), B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
3rd May 1893 ; assistant at West Parish,
Greenock ; ord. 14th Jan. 1897. Marr. (1)
14th June 1898, Mary (died 1st Nov. 1900),
daugh. of William Farquhar, and has issue
— James, born 2nd April 1899 ; Mary
Farquhar, born 12th Oct. 1900 : (2) 28th
April 1908, Margaret, daugh. of Thomas
Blench.
MIDDLE PARISH.
[A church built here was opened on 13th
Nov. 1781. The Middle Parish was dis-
joined from the Abbey Parish by the Com-
missioners for the Plantation of Kirks on
20th Feb. 1782.]
JOHN SNODGRASS, born Paisley,
1781 1744, son of James S. ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (22nd
March 1764) ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton 2nd Sept. 1766; ord. to Norriston
Chapel-of-Ease 25th June 1772; trans, to
South Parish, Dundee, 10th Nov. 1774;
app. by the Town Council 26th June, trans,
and adm. 19th Dec. 1781 ; D.D. (Princeton,
New Jersey, U.S.A., 1793); died at Salt-
coats 22nd June 1797, and was buried in
the Abbey Churchyard, Paisley. He was
an able Biblical critic, and excelled in many
branches of literature. He marr. 19th July
1782, Janet Mackenzie, who died at Eagle-
ton, William's River, N.S.W., 30th July
1852, aged 90, and had issue — Agnes, born
23rd April 1783; Colonel Kenneth, C.B.,
served with distinction in the Peninsular
Campaign, born 5th Nov. 1784, died 14th
Oct. 1853; James, born 17th July 1786;
Janet, born 9th Feb. 1788 ; Margaret, born
9th Feb. 1790 (marr. 15th Jan. 1816, Major
Benjamin Sullivan of the British and
Portuguese armies) ; Elizabeth, born 29th
Jan. 1792 ; Esther Jean, born 9th Aug.
1794 ; Colonel John James, author of A
Narrative of the Burmese War (London,
1827), born 22nd Oct. 1796, died 26th
Nov. 1863. Publications — A Pamphlet on
the Repeal of the Penal Laws against
Popery (1772) ; Sermon preached before
the S.P.G.K. in Scotland (Paisley, 1795) ;
Three Single Sermons (Dundee, 1781 ;
Paisley, 1796) ; Prospects of Providence
respecting the Conversion of the World to
Christ (Paisley 1796) ; A Commentary, with
Notes, on Part of the Book of the Revelation of
John (Paisley, 1799) ; Account of the Town
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Edinburgh
Christian Instructor, xxix. ; Brown's Hist,
of Paisley, 158 ; Notes and Queries, 4th
July 1908; Tombst.]
1798
JONATHAN RANKEN [RANKINE],
born about 1773, sixth son of Robert
R., farmer, Slamannan; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 1st Feb. 1797 ; pres. by the Town
Council, and ord. 15th June 1798; died
7th March 1831. He marr. 4th Feb. 1799,
Jean (died 29th Sept. 1836), daugh. of
Robert Auchincloss, cooper, Glasgow, and
had issue — Agnes Fogo, born 20th Nov.
1799; Mary, born 26th Feb. 1803, died
25th June 1822; Robert, born 4th Dec.
1804, died 27th Jan. 1811 ; John, born 30th
Aug. 1806, died 12th June 1822 ; Jonathan,
writer, Glasgow, born 26th Aug. 1808, died
6th Sept. 1864 ; Robert Auchincloss, born
8th May 1811, student at Glasgow Univ.
in 1825.
180
MIDDLE PARISH— NORTH PARISH
[PRESB. OF
JAMES BEGG, M.A. ; trans, from Lady
1881 Gtf enorc hy' s Chapel-of-Ease, Edin-
burgh ; pres. by the Town Council,
and adm. 25th Nov. 1831 ; trans, to Liber-
ton, Mid-Lothian, 25th June 1835.
ROBERT STEVENSON, trans, from
1886 ^ ortn Church; pres. by the Town
Council, and adm. 18th Feb. 1836;
trans, to Dairy, Ayrshire, 28th March 1844.
JAMES GEORGE WOOD, trans, from
1845 Bathgate, and adm. 21st Feb. 1845 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Old Machar,
14th Sept. 1848.
ROBERT KIRKE, trans, from Newark
1849 Chapel-of-Ease, and adm. 3rd April
1849; trans, to Hutton and Fish-
wick 6th Oct. 1858.
JOHN ALISON, M.A.; ord. 10th
March 1859; trans, to Bonhill 21st
1859
Nov. 1861.
-ALEXANDER BRYSON, ord. 17th
1862 April 1862 ; trans, to St Michael's,
Dumfries, 10th Jan. 1868.
ROBERT DUNCAN, ord. 7th May 1868 ;
trans, to First Charge, Montrose, 26th
Feb. 1874.
1874
DAVID WATSON, ord. 12th May 1874 ;
trans, to Woodside Chapel-of-Ease,
Glasgow, 15th Nov. 1877.
ALEXANDER FALCONER FRASER,
•78 born Aberdeen, 5th June 1855, son of
Alexander F. ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; MA. (1874), B.D. (1877) ; ord. 20th
March 1878; dem. 1st Nov. 1881; died
unmarr., at Stirling, 9th March 1893.
GEORGE PARK, born Inverness, 9th
Nov. 1844, son of James P. and Mar-
garet Paterson ; educated at Inver-
ness Academy, Aberdeen Grammar School,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Inverness ; ord. to Inverchaolin 30th June
1870; trans, and adm. 12th April 1882.
Marr. (1) 29th Oct. 1872, Charlotte Butler
(died 16th Feb. 1879), daugh. of David
Reid, Perth, and had issue — Margherita
Catherine, born 3rd Feb. 1874, died 25th
Jan. 1883 ; George John Paterson, engineer,
born 11th March 1875; David Reid, born
21st Sept. 1876, died 19th Feb. 1883 ; Char-
lotte Reid, M.B., Ch.B. (Glasgow 1904), born
7th Sept. 1877 (marr. 19th Jan. 1907, Com-
mander Charles Osborne, R.N.R.) ; (2) 16th
April 1919, Jane Craig Skinner, eldest
daugh. of Peter Ritchie, Montrose.
NORTH PARISH (Q.S.)
[A church was opened here 29th Aug.
1834. On 1st June of that year the
General Assembly granted a Chapel Con-
stitution to the district. The North Parish
was disjoined from the Middle Parish of
Paisley by the Court of Teinds, 9th March
1874. In 1888 the church was rebuilt.]
[PETER MACMORLAND, elected 20th
1834 ■^y * 8 ** 4 » ^ 00 ^ c ^ ar S e as a licen-
tiate. In 1835 he accepted a call to
the National Scots Church, Regent Square,
London ; afterwards min. of North Berwick.]
ROBERT STEVENSON, ord. 17th July
1885 18 ^ 5 ' trans - ^° Middle Parish,
Paisley, 18th Feb. 1836.
JAMES GRAHAM, ord. 31st March
1836 18 *^ ' trans, to Fenwick 21st Sept.
1843.
WILLIAM WYPER, min. of New
1843 Church [Greenknowe], Annan ; trans,
and adm. 27th Oct. 1843 ; trans, to
Norrieston, Dunblane, 2nd Oct. 1845.
y DUNCAN BLAIR, ord. 15th Oct. 1846 ;
1846 trans, to Glenapp in Feb. 1851.
WALTER BROCK, born Glasgow, 8th
1851 Juty 1819, eldest son of George B. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
27th July 1851 ; res. 1856 ; missionary at
Eday, Orkney, 1856-65; chaplain of H.M.
Prison, Glasgow, 1865-82 ; died 27th June
1882. He marr. 29th March 1847, Jean
M'Vey Paterson, who died 23rd Feb. 1892,
and had issue — Isabella, born 3rd Feb. 1848
(marr. Daniel Drain) ; Janet Paterson,
born 25th Sept. 1850 (marr. Edward
Hayman), died 3rd Feb. 1897; Mary
Paterson, born 7th Nov. 1852, died 7th
March 1854 ; George M'Vey Paterson, born
30th Nov. 1854, died 29th July 1881;
Walter Paterson, min. of Forth, Lanark-
paisley] NORTH PARISH— ST COLUMBA'S GAELIC PARISH 181
shire ; John Charles, solicitor, born 10th
Jan. 1861, died 18th Dec. 1905; William
James, merchant, born 10th Feb. 1863.
JAMES AITKEN, ord. 5th Jan. 1856 ;
trans, to St Luke's Parish, Glasgow,
1856
19th June 1862.
JOHN ALLAN STEWART, born 2nd
1862 ^ an# 1836 > son °f J ames S., min. of
Edrachillis : educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; ord. 28th Aug. 1862 ; died
unmarr. at the manse of Edrachillis, 18th
Jan. 1864.
WILLIAM ROWE, ord. 21st July 1864 ;
iooa trans, to Laurieston, Glasgow, 17th
-lob 1 ! ._.
Jan. 1867.
JOHN RENWICK, ord. 18th July 1867 ;
1867 trans, to Garturk 1st July 1870.
DAVID NEIL IMRIE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
lffro 1st Dec. 1870 ; trans, to Logie, Bridge
of Allan, 18th Jan. 1872.
ROBERT ZUILLE GILFILLAN, ord.
1872 20t ^ ^ une 18 ^ 2 5 trans, to Loch-
winnoch 26th June 1873.
FREDERICK CHARLES NIVEN, born
1874 4t ^ ^ ct- 1844 ' youngest son of Alex-
ander N., D.D., min. of Balfron; edu-
cated privately and at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton ; assistant
at Foulden, Dunoon, and Kilmun ; ord.
6th Jan. 1874; adm. first min. of the
parish 1st April 1874 ; died 7th July 1883.
He marr. 1876, Elizabeth Josephine, daugh.
of Malcolm M'Laren, M.D., Johnstone (she
marr. (2) 15th July 1889, Thomas Burns,
L.R.C.P. & S.E.), and died 13th Feb.
1906, leaving issue — Malcolm M'Laren,
Associate of Inst, of Loco. Engineers, born
24th Dec. 1876 ; Susan Eliza, born 7th Jan.
1880 (marr. July 1907, Joseph Stott, iron
merchant, Leeds) ; Alexander M'Laren,
stockbroker, lieut. Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, born 30th Nov. 1881.
JAMES YOUNG, born Bothwell, 27th
1883 "^ ec * 185 6> son of Thomas Y. and
Isabella Paton ; educated at Douglas
and Lesmahagow Parish Schools and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1879), B.D. (1882);
licen. by Presb. of Lanark in 1882 ; assist-
ant here, and ord. 5th Dec. 1883 ; app. clerk
of Presb. in 1916. Marr. 16th Feb. 1886,
Janet, daugh. of James Reid, and has issue
— Andrew Gardyne, M.A., lieut. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, born 21st Jan.
1887, killed in action 13th Oct. 1917;
James Reid, C.A., born 2nd Dec. 1888 ;
Agnes Millar, born 29th Feb. 1892. Publi-
cation — Contributions to Hastings' Diction-
ary of Christ and the Gospels.
ST COLUMBA'S GAELIC
PARISH (Q.S.).
[The church was erected by public sub-
scription in 1793. On 31st May 1834
the General Assembly granted a chapel
constitution to the district. The parish
was disjoined from the High Church and
erected as a Gaelic charge by the Court of
Teinds, 6th July 1874.]
WILLIAM SIMSON [SIMPSON], ord.
17g5 missionary at Kincardine and Creich,
Ross-shire ; adm. 26th Jan. 1795 ;
trans, to Fearn 7th July 1802.
^WALTER BLAIR, born 1764, third
1803 son °^ J°^ n B., farmer, Drymen;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 30th March 1790 ;
ord. to Gartmore Chapel 18th May 1795 ;
trans, and adm. 3rd June 1803 ; died
unmarr. 2nd July 1832.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Argyllshire,
1833 1801, second son of Dugald O,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Lorn 27th Nov.
1828; elected 21st Dec. 1832; ord. 16th
April 1833. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of the Free Gaelic Church,
Paisley, 1843-5; of the Free Church,
Tarbert, Lochfyne, 1845-75; died 17th
Sept. 1874. He marr. (1) 1834, Jane
Brown, who died 12th Dec. 1844: (2)
1860, Margaret M'Farlane.
[The church was vacant from 1843 to
1853.]
EVAN ROSS, ord. 1st April 1853 ; trans.
1853 to Ardersier 15th Dec. 1853.
182 ST COLUMBA'S GAELIC PARISH— SOUTH PARISH [presb. of
NEIL M'NEIL, ord. 2nd May 1854;
1854 trans, to Tobermory 12th May 1857.
NEIL STKACHAN, ord. 17th Dec. 1857 ;
1 7 trans, to St Columba's, Glasgow
7th Feb. 1859.
JOHN M'GILCHRIST, ord. 2nd June,
1859 and dem. 17th Aug. 1859 [after-
wards min. of Kilarrow, Islay].
LACHLAN M'NEILL, third son of
eo Lachlan M., farmer, Kilmun ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 19th
April 1860; dem. 6th April 1864; some-
time missionary among the Scottish settlers
on the Banda Oriental in the Republic
of Uruguay ; min. of St John's, Florencio
Varela, Quilmes, and Jeppener Churches,
Buenos Aires ; dem. 1910. — [Dodds' Records
of the Scottish Settlers in the River Plate
and their Churches, 340-6.]
RANALD MACALISTER, ord. 4th
. QOA Aug. 1864; trans, to Cromdale 7th
1864 , , ° '
May 1869.
JOHN SMITH, ord. 23rd Dec. 1869;
1869 trans, to Cumlodden 30th Oct. 1873.
PATRICK WILLIAM MACKENZIE,
1874 trans, from Kilberry, and adm. first
min. of the parish 26th Nov. 1874 ;
trans, to Kirkbean 16th Oct. 1879.
DONALD MACKAY, born Creich,
1880 Sutnerlancl > 19tn Feb. 1829, son of
^Eneas M., tacksman, and Jane
Urquhart ; educated at Parish School,
Creich, and Univ. of St Andrews ; school-
master at Ullapool, 1848-53 ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochcarron in 1S52 ; ord. to
Stoer, Sutherland, 1854 ; res. 1876, and
became min. of Gareloch, Nova Scotia,
1876-9; adm. 31st March 1880; dem. 18th
Oct. 1882 ; became min. of Metiss, Quebec,
1884-6; adm. to Rothesay Gaelic Chapel
in 1888 ; res. in 1897 ; died 9th Nov. 1910.
He marr. 2nd Feb. 1856, Catherine (born
18th Sept. 1838), daugh. of Donald Morri-
son, farmer, and had issue — Alexander
Ross, assistant Professor of Engineering,
Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, born 1st
Dec. 1856, died 1902; John Urquhart,
chemist born 3rd Dec. 1857, died 1887;
Annie Jane, born 29th March 1859 (marr.
1892, Alexander Macdonald, Scourie,
Sutherland), died 8th Dec. 1918; Mary
Crawford, born 26th June 1860 (marr.
1892, John Patrick, Chicago, U.S.A.);
^Eneas Donald, secretary Y.M.C.A.,
Chicago, born 10th March 1862 ; George
William, min. of Killin, born 23rd Nov.
1863 ; Dolina, born 22nd Sept. 1865 (marr.
William Alexander Macfarlane, min. of
Dull) ; Jane Georgina, teacher, Edinburgh,
born 12th July 1867; William John
Menzies, tea-planter, India, born 31st May
1869 ; Georgina Sumner, born 21st Oct.
1872 ; Hughina Ann Chalmers, born 11th
July 1876 ; David Williamson, born 21st
Feb. 1878, died 1883.
DAVID JOHNSTONE, born 1844, son
of William J., farmer, and Flora
M'Fie ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. to Hallin-in-Waternish, Skye,
9th Nov. 1871 ; trans, and adm. 4th July
1883 ; died 11th May 1903. He marr. 24th
Feb. 1887, Janet Kennedy, and had issue —
William, born 5th May 1888 ; Thomas
Kennedy, born 20th March 1890.
JOHN MACNIVEN, born 29th Jan.
1863, son of John M. and Ann
Campbell ; educated at Hylipol
School, Tiree, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Mull in 1894 ; ord. to
Bernera, Presb. of Uist, 19th Sept. 1895 ;
trans, and adm. 21st Oct. 1903.
SOUTH PARISH (Q.S.).
[A church was opened 29th April 1836.
On 30th May of that year the General
Assembly granted to the district a chapel
constitution. The parish was disjoined
from the Laigh Kirk and the Abbey
Parishes of Paisley by the Court of Teinds,
18th Feb. 1878.]
ALEXANDER SALMON, ord. 19th
Aug. 1836; trans, to Barrhead 13th
1908
1836
May 1841.
PETER HENDERSON, born 1810,
eldest son of James H., solicitor,
Lanarkshire ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; ord. 2nd Dec. 1841. Joined
paisley]
SOUTH PARISH
183
1856
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of South
Free Church, Paisley, 1843-4, of West
Pollokshaws Free Church, 1844-61 ; died
27th Sept. 1861. He marr. in 1846, Jessie
Grieve.
[The fabric was retained by the Free
Church from 1843 to 1856, when the Court
of Session decided in favour of the Church
of Scotland's right of ownership.]
JOHN M'LEAN, Keen, by Presb. of
Dunoon 12th Dec. 1854; ord. 20th
Nov. 1856; dem. 15th May 1873;
went to U.S.A. and died there in Aug. that
year. He marr. 18th Jan. 1859, Elizabeth,
eldest daugh. of John Macintosh, H.M.C.S.,
Auckland, New Zealand.
GEORGE STRANG ANDERSON, ord.
187s 18th Dec. 1873; trans, to North
Parish, Aberdeen, 21st March 1877.
CHARLES CADELL MACDONALD,
trans, from New Rothesay, and adm.
18th July 1877; adm. first min. of
the parish 6th March 1878; trans, to St
Clement's Parish, Aberdeen, 11th Sept. 1879.
WILLIAM MUSHAM METCALFE,
born York, 14th Sept. 1840, son of
John M. and Hannah Musham ;
educated at St George's Wesleyan School,
York ; was an assistant teacher in the
Wesleyan Training College, Westminster,
after which he came to Scotland, spent
four years in the Free Church Training
College, Glasgow, and taught in the West
End Academy, Dundee ; ord. min. of the
Congregational Church, Ayr, 23rd Dec.
1868 ; adm. a licentiate of the Church of
Scotland by the General Assembly June
1873 ; app. min. of Poltalloch [Tighna-
bruaich] Chapel Nov. 1873 ; adm. to this
charge 17th Dec. 1879 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1892) ; assessor to the Lord Rector of that
Univ. 1892-9; clerk of Presb. 1st July 1908;
died 8th Aug. 1916. He marr. 1st June
1869, Cecilia daugh. of James Simpson,
Dundee, and had issue — William, born
21st June 1870, M.A. (Glasgow, 1891),
B.D. (Glasgow, 1892), ord. by Presb. of
Paisley 14th May 1902, sometime min. at
Ficksburg, Orange River Colony, chaplain
to the Forces, Plymouth, 1917-19, author
1877
1879
of The Great Palace of Constantinople
(Paisley, 1893), Origen the Teacher (Lon-
don, 1907); Cecilia, born 5th Sept. 1872;
Hannah, born 11th March 1876; Alice,
born 4th Nov. 1878 (marr. Adam Nelson,
min. of Tyrie) ; James Alexander, born 12th
April 1881. Publications — The Natural
Truth of Christianity (Paisley, 1880) ; The
Reasonableness of Christianity (Paisley,
1882); Life after Death (Paisley, 1883);
Pinkerton's Lives of the Scottish Saints
[revised and enlarged], 2 vols. (Paisley,
1889); Ancient Lives of the Scottish Saints
(Paisley, 1895) ; Scottish Legends of the
Saints from a unique MS. of the XIV.
Century, 3 vols. [Scot. Text. Soc] (Edin-
burgh, 1896); Charters and Documents
relating to the Burgh of Paisley, 1163-1665,
and Extracts from the Records of the Toivn
Council, 1594-1626 (Paisley, 1902); The
John Neilson Institution : its First Fifty
Years (Paisley, 1902) ; The Legends of SS.
Ninian and Machar in the Scottish Dialect
of the Fourteenth Century (Paisley, 1904) ;
A History of the County of Renfrew from
the Earliest Times (Paisley, 1905) ; A His-
tory of the Burgh of Paisley, 600-1908
(Paisley, 1909) ; Supplementary Dictionary
of the Scottish Language (Paisley, 1910) ;
Specimens of Scottish Literature, 1325-1835
(Glasgow, 1913); The Lordship of Paisley
Account Book (Paisley, 1914) ; Sermons
[Preface by William Metcalfe] (Paisley,
1916); The Poems of Robert Henry son
[ed.] (Paisley, 1917). He was editor of The
Scottish Revieiv [Paisley] from 1882 to 1900.
1917
FRANK HENDERSON, born Beith,
11th July 1889, son of Henry
Fotheringham H., D.D., min. of
Ogilvie U.F. Church, Dundee, and Mar-
garet Grace Reid; educated at High
School, Dundee, Morrison's Academy, Crieff,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1909),
B.D. (1913); licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1913 ; assistant at St Michael's,
Dumfries, and Holburn, Aberdeen ; ord.
30th Jan. 1917. Marr. 10th Aug. 1917,
Edith May, daugh. of David Sturrock
Lowson, M.A., and Anne Marie Murison,
Perth, and has issue — Ruth Lowson, born
4th Aug. 1918.
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POLLOKSHAWS— RENFREW
[PRESB. OF
POLLOKSHAWS (Q.S.).
[The earliest church building here was
called Auldfield Chapel. The General
Assembly granted a chapel constitution
with a definite district, 29th May 1837.
The parish was disjoined from Eastwood
6th June 1862. At Pollokshaws St Conal's
Fair was held annually in Sept.]
ROBERT ORANGE BROMFIELD,
1840 trans - fr° m Larkhall 24th Sept. 1840 ;
trans, to Sprouston 21st Sept. 1843.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON WAT-
SON, born Lanarkshire, youngest
son of John W. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; ord. min. of the Relief Church,
Greenend, parish of Dron, 30th Jan. 1839 ;
adm. min. of the Relief Church, Newburgh-
on-Tay, 18th May 1842; res. 15th April
1845. i Joined the Church of Scotland ; app.
missionary here 5th Nov. 1845 ; adm. as
min. 21st Jan. 1847 ; died 24th Jan. 1849.
1845
1849
1870
WILLIAM LAW, probably son of Alex-
ander L., Linlithgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by United
Secession Church in 1844 ; suspended in
1845; ord. 27th Sept. 1849; dem. 24th
June 1859.
GEORGE TURNBULL, M.A. ; ord.
1st Dec. 1859 ; adm. first min. of
1859 • i
the parish 2nd July 1862; trans, to
Dailly 23rd Sept. 1869.
PHILIP RODGER, born Cupar-Fife,
13th March 1839, eighth son of John
R. and Catherine Graham ; educated
at Cupar Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A. (1861), M.A. (1862); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 13th June 1866 ; assistant at
Rothesay and St Enoch's Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. 27th Jan. 1870; died 11th June 1889.
He marr. 21st Nov. 1871, Joanna Thomson,
daugh. of William Taylor.
SAMUEL DAVID M'CONNELL,
born Gortnessy, Londonderry, 31st
Oct. 1858, son of the Rev. William
J. M. and Jane Brigham ; educated at
Academical Institution (now Foyle College),
Londonderry, and Queen's Univ., Ireland ;
1888
1918
M.A. (1881), B.D. (Edinburgh, 1885); licen.
by Presb. of Glendermott 6th May 1884 ;
assistant at Govan and St John's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1888; died 8th March 1918.
He marr. 2nd July 1890, Mary Violet,
daugh. of Alexander Cuthbert, M.D., and
had issue — William Alexander Cuthbert,
M.A. (Glasgow), lieut. Scottish Rifles, born
29th Oct. 1894.
JOHN MACFARLANE, born Helens-
burgh, 15th Dec. 1881, son of Alex-
ander M. and Jane Graham ; edu-
cated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (April 1904),
B.D. (April 1907); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 1st May 1907 ; assistant at St
Paul's, Dundee, and Paisley Abbey ; ord.
to Aberdalgie 18th July 1911 ; trans, and
adm. 10th Oct. 1918. Marr. 14th April
1914. Catherine Anne Barker, and has
issue — Isabella Russell, born 9th April
1915 ; John Alexander, born 24th June
1917.
RENFREW.
[The church of Renfrew, dedicated to St
James, was a prebend of Glasgow. Within
it were chapels of St Ninian, St Conal, St
Christopher, St Thomas the Apostle, and
St Thomas the Martyr. Near the mill of
Renfrew in the parish stood a chapel of
St Mary, which, with its adjoining chapel
lands, belonged to the Abbey of Paisley.
In Renfrew Church there is a fine
recessed mural monument, with recumbent
figures of John, first Lord Ross of Halk-
head, and his first wife Marjorie, daughter
of John Mure of Caldwell. Lord Ross died
about the year 1500.
On an island in the Clyde, within this
parish and close to the town of Renfrew,
Walter, first High Steward, founded in 1163
the Cluniac priory of Renfrew, dedicated to
St Mary and St James. In 1169, however,
the High Steward removed this foundation
to the new monastery which he then erected
at Paisley. From that year the Abbey of
Paisley owned various lands in this parish
which had belonged to the priory of
Renfrew. On these properties we still find
paisley]
RENFREW
185
such names as the Abbot's Inch and the
Monks' Dyke. In 1861 Kenfrew Church
was enlarged and in great part rebuilt.]
ANDREW HAY of Renfield, son of
1560 William H. fourth of Talla, Tweeds-
muir, and Janet Spottiswood, was
prebendary of Renfrew in 1556, rector and
parson 10th July 1558; joined the Re-
formers in 1559 ; was Commissary of
Hamilton and Dalserf in 1564. He was
accused of being concerned in the murder
of David Riccio 9th March 1566, and was
confined in free ward within the burgh of
Dunbar and two miles around in July 1566,
but was released by Queen Mary 29th Jan.
1567. He was a member of thirty-four of
the forty Reformed General Assemblies
held before Aug. 1590, and was Moderator
of those of March 1573 and Oct. 1580;
was elected Dean of the Chapter of
Glasgow Jan. 1571, and a Commissioner
for Clydesdale, Renfrew, and Lennox
1569-88. In 1574 Govan and Inchinnan
were also in his charge. He was rector
of Glasgow Univ. 1569-86 ; was app. by
Privy Council 6th March 1589 a commis-
sioner for the maintenance and defence of
the true religion in Clydesdale, and died
in 1593. He marr. Janet Wallace of the
Craigie family, and had issue — John, min.
of this parish ; Theodore, D.D., min. of
Peebles ; David, commissary-clerk of Glas-
gow, died Jan. 1616 ; Andrew, min. of
Erskine ; Archibald ; Susannah (marr. 1588,
Archibald Gibson) ; Jean. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Family of Bimie of Broomhill ; Calder-
wood's Hist, [see General Index there,
p. 70] ; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii. ; Coutts'
Hist, of Univ. of Glasgow ; Pitcairn's
Criminal Trials, i., 486 ; Metcalfe's Hist,
of Benfrew, 221 ; F. C. Beg., vii., 580.]
JOHN HAY of Renfield, born 1566,
1593 eldest son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1582) ; ord.
to Mearns in 1588 ; trans, and adm. to this
charge in 1593 ; rector of Univ. of Glasgow
1594-6, 1599, 1600, 1603-11, and 1613 ; was
named by Privy Council on 12th Dec. 1605
constant Moderator of Presb., the members
of which were charged to receive him as
such under pain of rebellion ; died Dec.
1627. He marr. (1) Margaret (died Oct.
1601), daugh. of Claud Hamilton of Cochno
and Margaret Beaton, and had issue — John,
min. of this parish ; Andrew of Inchnoch,
M.A. ; William : (2) cont., 6th Aug. 1602,
Agnes, eldest daugh. of John Somerville of
Tarbrax (she survived him, and marr. (2)
Matthew Wallace of Dundonald), and had
issue — George ; Janet (marr. cont., 6th
April 1625, William Noble, younger of
Ardardan); Jean (marr. cont., 14th Oct.
1629, James, eldest son of Matthew Wallace
of Dundonald); Margaret.— [Beg. Assig.;
Hamilton Tests. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 1399 ;
Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 132 ; Calderwood's
Hist., vi., 161, 617 ; vii., 59, 106 ; Beg. of
Deeds, cci., 294; ccclv., 8th Feb. 1644;
ccccxciv., 20th July 1636 ; ccccvii., 23rd
June 1628 ; ccccliv., 75 ; Ex. inform. Charles
Cleland Harvey.]
JOHN HAY of Renfield and Inchnoch,
1628 Dorn 1597, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1613) ; on the Exercise there 28th June
1615 ; had testimonial for ord. to Killellan
11th Sept. 1616; trans, to Paisley First
Charge 21st May 1627 ; trans, and adm.
to this charge 28th April 1628 ; member of
Commission for Church Discipline 21st Oct.
1634; rector of Glasgow Univ. 1640-2;
dep. after 1st June 1649 nominally on a
charge of "drunkenness," but really on
account of Episcopal tendencies. He
became a preacher at Donegal in Ireland ;
had £100 sterling allowed him by Parlia-
ment 12th July 1661 from vacant stipends
in Presbs. of Hamilton, Ayr, and Irvine,
on account of his sufferings ; was readm.
before 29th Oct. 1663; died after 13th Aug.
1668. He marr. Agnes, daugh. of David
Forsyth of Dykes and Inchnoch, and had
issue — Andrew of Inchnoch ; Elizabeth
(marr. Patrick Simson, min. of this parish).
— [Hamilton Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ;
Maitland Miscell., ii. ; Nisbet's Heraldry,
ii., 132 ; G. B. Inhib., 26th Feb. 1622.]
JOHN MAULD [MAULE], born 1629,
third son of Henry M. of Melgund ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 6th May 1649) ; ord.
23rd Jan. 1650; died unmarr. 29th April
1653.— [Fife Inhib., 7th Feb. 1651.]
186
RENFREW
[PRESB. OF
1653
PATRICK SIMSON, born 2nd Oct.
1628, son of Adam S., min. of New
Abbey ; educated under his cousin,
George Gillespie, min. of St Giles', Edin-
burgh, and was four years tutor in the
family of Archibald, Marquess of Argyll ;
ord. 11th Nov. 1653; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of the
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; was granted
an indulgence at Kilmalcolm in 1672. In
Nov. 1678 he was cited before the Privy
Council for holding conventicles out of
the parish to which he had been confined,
and not compearing, was denounced a
rebel. He returned at the Toleration ; was
at the meeting of Synod 30th Aug. 1687,
and was restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690. He became Dean of Faculty in
the Univ. of Glasgow 11th Dec. that year,
and was re-elected annually till 1696;
Moderator of the General Assembly 20th
Dec. 1695; died Father of the Church
24th Oct. 1715. Wodrow speaks of him as
the " last of the antediluvian Presbyterian
ministers in this church. I never knew one
more pleasant and profitable in conversa-
tion and of a sweeter temper. He had one
of the clearest judgments, and the most
exact and tenacious memory that I ever
knew. He was the most digested and
distinct master of the Scriptures that I
ever met with." He marr. (1) 30th Aug.
1654, Elizabeth (died 31st March 1662),
daugh. of John Hay, min. of this parish,
and had issue— Sarah, born 1655, died 26th
Nov. that year; George, born 19th Sept.
1657, died 8th Aug. 16—; Patrick, born
April 1659, died in West Indies 1688;
Agnes, born 25th March 1662 (marr. John
Simson of Kirktonhall, West Kilbride,
merchant, Glasgow) [of this marriage
there were seventeen sons and no daughs. ;
one of the sons was Robert Simson, Pro-
fessor of Mathematics in Univ. of Glasgow,
translator of Euclid] ; Elizabeth (twin),
born 25th March, died 16th June 1662 :
(2) 30th June 1664, Janet (died 19th Sept.
1714, aged 79), daugh. of James Peadie,
merchant, Glasgow, and widow of Robert
Cullen, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue-
James, born 26th May 1665, died 18th Oct.
1667 ; John, Professor of Divinity, Glasgow
Univ. (q.v.) ; Margaret, born 27th April
1669 (marr. James Montgomerie), buried
8th Nov. 1758 ; Matthew, min. of Pencait-
land ; Anna, born 8th May 1674 (marr.
John Paisley, min. of Lochwinnoch) ; a son,
still-born 11th Feb. 1677; Mary, born 13th
June 1679. Publications — Letter in Answer
to Hackston's Ghost ; The Larger Reply ;
Spiritual Songs or Holy Poems, a Garden
of True Delight, in 6 books (Edinburgh,
1685-6).— [MS. Genealogy; Glasg. Tests.;
Pettigrew's Extracts ; Wodrow's Hist,, iii.,
5. 61 ; Julian's Diet, of Hymnology, p. 1058 ;
The Simsons, 19-27.]
1663 JOHN HAY [see above].
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans.
- from Bothwell ; pres. by Charles II.,
and inst. 15th March 1669 ; trans, to
Hamilton after 19th May 1675.
ROBERT YOUNG, second son of John
1&J5 Y. (descended from the Leny family) ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1657) ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Greenock, and had a
certificate for ordination 12th Nov. 1663;
adm. to Erskine before 31st March 1664 ;
trans, and adm. 8th Sept. 1675 ; died after
7th April 1680. He marr. Agnes Campbell,
widow of Robert Freeland of that ilk, who
died s.p. before Martinmas 1697. — [Inq. Bet.
Gen., 5983 ; M'Ure's Glasgow ; G. R. Lnhib.,
18th Sept. 1679.]
FRANCIS ROSS, second son of Alex-
. ander R. of Tullienaught ; was a
preacher in Aberdeenshire 5th Dec.
1675 ; inst. to this charge July 1683 ; the
people attempted to out him in 1688, but
he remained until deprived by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690 restoring the
Presbyterian mins. He opened a meeting-
house at Stonehaven, Dunnottar, where he
conducted services from 24th Aug. 1709 to
21st April 1714. The date of his death is
unknown. He marr., cont. 9th Sept. 1686,
Mary, daugh. of John Keith, D.D., min. of
Old Machar, and had issue — Alexander,
M.D., Aberdeen. — [Fordoun Presb. Reg. ;
Banchory -Ternan Sess. Reg.]
PATRICK SIMSON, above men-
1687 tioned.
paisley]
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187
NEIL CAMPBELL, trans, from Ros-
171 _ neath ; pres. by George I. 15th Nov.
1715 ; called 26th April, trans, and
adm. 18th July 1716; dem. on appointment
as Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow 17th
Jan. 1728 (g.v.).
ROBERT PATOUN [PATON], born
17 „ 1690, eldest son of Robert P., min.
of Dumfries ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (11th May 1710); licen. by
Presb. of Dunbar 12th July 1721 ; ord. to
Second Charge, Haddington, 18th Jan.
1722 ; pres. by George II. 29th Sept. 1730 ;
trans, and adm. 21st Jan. 1731 ; was an
unsuccessful candidate for the office of Clerk
to the General Assembly in 1746 ; Moderator
of Assembly 10th May 1750 ; was com-
missioner in a scheme for augmenting the
stipends of the clergy, and received thanks
of Assembly 18th May 1752 ; died 1st April
1768. He marr. 16th Aug. 1722, Cecilia
(died 23rd March 1777), daugh. of Archi-
bald Hamilton, min. of Cambuslang, and
had issue — William, librarian, Glasgow
Univ. ; Janet, born 1732. Publication —
The Main Duty of Bishops, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1739).— [Acts of Ass., 1750-2 ;
Carlyle's Autob., 85 ; Morren's Ann., i., 86,
167, 324 ; Tombst.]
COLIN CAMPBELL, born 16th July
17 1718, third son of Neil C, above
mentioned; I educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Eaglesham 25th June 1741; trans,
to Kilmaronock 10th Dec. 1761; pres. by
George III. 20th Sept. 1768; trans, and
adm. 20th April 1769; died 24th Nov.
1788. He marr. 20th Dec. 1749, Elizabeth
(died Aug. 1786, aged 56), daugh. of John
Montgomerie, min. of Stewarton, and had
issue — Christian, born 29th May 1752
(marr. Daniel Clark, merchant, Glasgow) ;
John, captain 72nd Foot, born 24th Feb.
1755. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Scots Mag., xli. ;
Tombst.]
' THOMAS BURNS, born Carmyle, eldest
17 son of William B. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 29th July 1777 ; ord. (assistant) at
Clackmannan 2nd Nov. 1778 ; adm. to
Inchinnan 23rd March 1787; pres. by
George III. 9th May 1789 ; trans, and adm.
5th Aug. 1790; died 21st May 1830. He
marr. 12th Nov. 1787, Mary (died 22nd
March 1818), daugh. of John Glen, min. of
Forgandenny, and had issue — Eliza, born
1790 (marr. 26th Jan. 1807, James Liddell,
Petrograd) ; William, merchant, Petrograd,
born 15th Jan. 1793 ; Jane, born 6th Jan.
1795 (marr. 31st Aug. 1812, General Henry
Thomson, H.E.I.C.S.) ; Mary (twin), born
6th Jan. 1795 (marr. 18th June 1816,
William Robertson, writer, Glasgow). Pub-
lications — Four Sermons (Glasgow, 1799-
1803) ; Accounts of Inchinnan and Renfrew
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii., iii.).
DUNCAN MACFARLANE, born
1830 R en ton, 1793, eldest son of Duncan
M., farmer, Cardross ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Anderston
Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow, 25th Jan. 1827 ;
trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1830. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Renfrew, 1844-53; D.D. (Union
College, Schenectady, U.S.A., 1844); died
unmarr., 30th April 1853. Publications —
A Treatise on the Authority, Ends, and
Observance of the Christian Sabbath
(Glasgow, 1832); "Introductory Memoir ; '
(Letters of Martha Muir) (Glasgow, 1833) ;
The Duty of Prayer, a sermon (Glasgow,
1835) ; The Right Appointment of Ministers
and other Office-Bearers in the Church
(Glasgow, 1840); Raihvay Travelling on
the Lord's Day Lndefensible (Glasgow,
1841); "The History and Arrangement of
the Shorter Catechism " (Paterson's System
of Theology) (Edinburgh, 1841); The Re-
vivals of the Eighteenth Century, 2)articu-
larly of Cambuslang (Edinburgh, 1844) ;
Bible Temperance and Present Duty (Edin-
burgh, 1847); Tracts [1, 2, 4-7] on the
Romish Controversy (Paisley, 1852). —
[Tombst.]
JAMES GRAY WOOD, born 7th Dec.
1843 1807, son of Charles W., min. of
Wiston and Roberton ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to East Strath-
aven 22nd Aug. 1839 ; trans, to Gartsherrie
11th Nov. 1841 ; trans, and adm. 21st Sept.
1843 ; dep. 9th June 1850 ; died in Jan. 1869.
188
RENFREW— SHAWLANDS
[PRESB. OF
He marr. (1) 6th April 1842, Mary (died
22nd March 1844), daugh. of John Gray,
George Square, Edinburgh, and had issue
—Charles, born 9th March 1843, died 26th
Jan. 1844 ; Charles, born 25th Feb. 1844 :
(2) 6th Oct. 1846, Jessie (died 8th Aug.
1882), daugh. of James Hamilton of Spring-
hill, Douglas.
GEORGE ALEXANDER, trans, from
1850 ^i snaw ? an d adm. 26th Dec. 1850 ;
trans, to First Charge, Stirling, 10th
March 1858.
ROBERT STEPHEN, born Fraserburgh,
1858 13th Sept. 1835, son of David S.,
captain of the Anna Mary; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1848); sometime tutor to Charles,
11th Marquess of Huntly ; assistant at
Alloa and at the Barony and St Enoch's
Parishes, Glasgow; ord. 26th Aug. 1858;
died unmarr., 22nd Nov. 1897. Publica-
tion — Divine and Human Influence, a
series of sermons, vol. i. (Paisley, 1897) ;
vol. ii. [Memoir] (Paisley, 1898).
GEORGE ANDERSON, born Glasgow,
6th Dec. 1856, son of George A. and
Benjamina Budge ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1881), B.D. (1884);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Galashiels ; ord. to Bothkennar 13th June
1885 ; trans, to St Vincent's Parish, Glas-
gow, 10th Nov. 1892 ; trans, and adm. 9th
June 1898 ; lecturer on Pastoral Theology at
the Scottish Univs., 1910-11 ; Convener of
the Jewish Mission Committee, 1911-16;
D.D. (Glasgow 1912); died unmarr., 13th
Feb. 1916. Publications— Edited Historical
Sketch of Glasgoiv University Oriental
Society (Glasgow, 1901); Transactions of
said Society (Glasgow, 1901-7); The
Scottish Pastor: A Manual of Pastoral
Theology (Edinburgh, 1911).— [Life and
Work, April 1916.]
DAVID YOUNG, born Strathaven, 11th
1916 March 1871, son of David Y.,
farmer, and Marion Young ; edu-
cated at Crosshill School, Strathaven,
Hamilton Academy, and Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1892), B.D. (1894); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton in 1894 ; assistant
at Dulnain Bridge (Inverallan), Palace
Colliery Mission (Bothwell), St Columba's,
Church of Scotland (London), and West
Parish (Greenock) ; ord. to Knoxland,
Dunbarton, 27th March 1902; trans, to
Inverallan 26th July 1907 ; trans, and
adm. 7th Sept. 1916. Marr. 1st June
1904, Minnie d'Esterre Roberts, daugh. of
Donald MacLeod, D.D., min. of St
Columba's (Church of Scotland), London,
and has issue — David Patrick MacLeod,
born 17th March 1905; Minnie Aileen
d'Esterre, born 7th Nov. 1906; Marion
Norma, born 19th June 1908 ; Donald
MacLeod (twin), born 19th June, and
died 4th Nov. 1908.
SHAWLANDS (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1889. The
parish was disjoined from Eastwood by
the Court of Teinds, 18th March 1901.]
HUGH WILSON, M.A. ; ord. 29th Jan.
1880 1880; trans, to Bellshill 4th April
1882.
JOHN SLOAN, born Glasgow, 24th
1882 ^ une 1 851 j son °f David S. and
Agnes Dennistoun Rankin ; edu-
cated at Glasgow Academy and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh;. M.A. (1873);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow April 1878 ;
assistant at Govan and Park Parish ; ord.
to Presbyterian Church, Rangoon, Burmah,
1878 ; adm. here 1st Sept. 1882 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 20th March 1901 ; died
5th Aug. 1912. He marr. 13th Aug. 1890,
Alice Jane, daugh. of Thomas Brigg Lay-
cock, Aireworth House, Keighley, Yorks,
and had issue — Oswald Tennant, 2nd lieut.
Scottish Rifles, attached R.A.F., born 9th
June 1891 ; Alic.e Cruden, born 17th May
1893; Jessie Dennistoun, born 30th April
1895; Mary Victoria, born 19th March
1897 ; Hilda Laycock, born 11th Sept.
1900; John Edward, born 1st Nov. 1902,
died young.
JAMES EDWARD HOUSTON, born
1913 Partick ' 5tn Feb. 1861, son of
Robert H. and Janet Edward ; edu-
cated at Partick Academy and Univ. of
paisley]
SHAWLANDS— THORNLIEBANK
189
Glasgow ; M.A. (1879), B.D. (1882) ; Keen,
by Presb. of Glasgow 13th June 1882;
assistant at Bridgeton and Partick ; ord.
to St Clement's Parish, Dundee, 29th April
1885 ; trans, to Cambuslang 27th Dec. 1892 ;
trans, to Buccleuch Parish, Edinburgh, 15th
Jan. 1908 j trans, and adm. 19th Feb. 1913.
Marr. 13th June 1893, Effie Terras, daugh.
of John Yule. Publications — How can I
be Saved ? (Edinburgh, n.d.) ; Why go to
Church ? (Edinburgh, n.d.).
THORNLIEBANK (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Eastwood
by the Court of Teinds, 7th March 1892.]
1890
JOHN CHAKLESON, born Inverness,
7th Sept. 1862, son of Kenneth C.
and Margaret Forbes, and brother
of Charles Forbes C, min. of Kirkconnel ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1884), B.D. (1888); licen. by Presb. of
Paisley ; ord. 5th Sept. 1890 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 8th March 1892.
Joined the Church of Rome, when the
Presb. declared him to hold "no longer
the office of the holy ministry, and that
he is disqualified and discharged from
exercising the functions of the same or
any part thereof," 30th Oct. 1901. He
was ord. priest at Kirkintilloch in 1904 ;
afterwards at Croy and Rome. Publica-
tion — Why I left the Church of Scotland
(1901.)
ROBERT HARVIE SMITH, born
1902 Paisle y> 23rd Marcn 1863, son of
James S. and Margaret Lang; edu-
cated at Paisley South Public School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; as a certificated teacher
sometime assistant master in Glasgow Board
Schools ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1894 ;
assistant at New Kilpatrick and St An-
drew's Parish, Glasgow; ord. 23rd April
1902. Marr. 24th June 1903, Margaret
MacCallum, daugh. of John M'Gechan.
PRESBYTERY OF GREENOCK
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly 31st May 1834 ; all its parishes
were taken from the Presbytery of Paisley except Largs and Cumbrae, taken from that
of Irvine. The Presbytery Records begin 8th July 1834.]
CUMBRAE.
[This parish was disjoined from Largs at
an early time. Its church at the Kirktoun
of Cumbrae belonged to the Abbey of
Paisley. In 1837 the parish church was
transferred to a new site less than a mile
from the Kirktoun. There were of old two
chapels in the parish, St Columba's on
Meikle Cumbrae, and on Little Cumbrae,
Seibeal Bheidh, dedicated to St Bey. A
fair used to be held on Meikle Cumbrae in
honour of St Brioch.]
THOMAS MOORE, M.A. (Glasgow,
1601) ; mentioned as min. 15th July
1623; dep. in 1639 for drunkenness
and other misdemeanours. — [Glasg. Comm.
Deeds ; Collect de Reb. Alban ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Stevenson's Hist.]
1623
1642
ROBERT AIRD, M.A. ; trans, from
Stranraer, and adm. before April
1642 ; trans, to Lochwinnoch in
1666, as "his provision was so small that
he was not able to maintain his family."
ALEXANDER SANGSTER, M.A. ; ord.
1668 afteF 23r(i ^ 6pt " lQ68 > trans> t0
Kirkpatrick-Durham in 1676.
[ARCHIBALD PORTEOUS, M.A. ;
,__ min. of Covington; said to have
been adm. here as an indulged min.
along with John Rae, min. of Symington,
Lanarkshire, 3rd Sept. 1672, but this is
doubtful.]
190
ALEXANDER MUSHET, M.A. ; adm.
about 1679 ; still min. 4th May 1682 ;
min. of Dreghorn before 26th Dec.
1685.
1679
PATRICK ROBERTSON, M.A. ; min.
1682 in 1682 ; trans, to Edrom after 5th
June that year.
JAMES STEWART, M.A. ; min. about
1683 1 ^ 83 » trans - *° Dreghorn before 30th
Aug. 1687.
ALEXANDER SOMERS, a native of
1687 Forfarshire ; sometime schoolmaster
of Inverkip ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley after 24th Oct. 1667. It was
reported to the Privy Council on 4th
May 1681 that he "haunts in the isle
of Combray, being formerly an orthodox
preacher, but now turned vagrant and
apostatised, and debauches the country,"
and orders were given to proceed against
him. After the Toleration he was present
at the Synod 30th Aug. 1687, and at the
Presb. of Irvine on 1st Nov. ; adm. here
after 30th Aug. 1687; died 23rd May
1703. — [Paisley Presb. Peg. ; Maitland
Miscell., iv.]
JOHN SMITH, min. about 1688; de-
1688 P r i ve d by the Privy Council, 19th
Sept. 1689, for not praying for
William and Mary but for James VII., and
for saying " that our rulers are as Sodom,
and our judges as Gomorrah."
PKESB. OF GREENOCK]
CUMBRAE
191
ALLAN NASMYTH, licen. by Presb. of
1703 Dunbarton 4th July 1699 ; ord. in
1703 ; died before 10th Dec. 1717.
He marr. Susan (died 19th June 1751),
daugh. of George Munro, clerk of the
Bailiary of Cunningham.
JOHN PICKEN, educated at Univ. of
1720 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 4th Feb. 1719 ; was schoolmaster
at Stewarton; ord. 5th May 1720; died
before 12th March 1729.
ALEXANDER SMITH of Evelaw, a
i7so na ti ve °f Berwickshire ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 13th Dec. 1720); licen. by
Presb. of Earlston 18th July 1727; tutor
at Blair House, Perthshire ; called 15th
June, and ord. 2nd Sept. 1730 ; dem. 19th
June 1759. He succeeded his brother
Archibald in the estate of Evelaw, parish
of Westruther ; died unmarr. at Lauder,
23rd Feb. 1774, aged 75.— [Lauder Tests.;
TombsL]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, M.A. ; pres. by
1760 J° nn > -E ar l of Glasgow, 6th Dec.
1759 ; ord. 13th May 1760 ; trans.
to Second Charge, Kilmarnock, 12th July
1764.
GORDON STEWART, pres. by John,
1765 Earl of Glasgow, 16th Oct. 1764;
ord. 18th April 1765 ; trans, to
Bonhill 21st April 1768.
HENRY GRAHAM, son of William G.,
176 _ Kilmadock, Perthshire ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Inveraray 22nd April 1752 ; assistant at
Irvine ; pres. by John, Earl of Glasgow,
18th May, and ord. 20th Sept. 1768 ; died
29th Nov. 1798. He marr. 10th May 1769,
Jean (died 24th July 1805, aged 57), daugh.
of William Cuninghame of Monkton Hill,
and had issue — Margaret, born 21st Feb.
1770 ; Christian, born 31st May 1772, died
23rd Feb. 1773; William, born 28th May
1774 ; James, born 3rd Oct. 1775 ; Henry,
born 18th June 1780; Robert, born 4th
Oct. 1782; John, colonel H.E.I.C.S., born
13th Feb. 1787.— [T&mbst.]
JAMES ADAM, born 1748, eldest son of
1799 William A., farmer, Clouse, parish
of Campsie, and Janet Maitland ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 1769);
tutor in the family of Campbell of Craig-
nish ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st July
1778 ; assistant at Kilbirnie, 1783-91 ;
became a bookseller in Glasgow, but re-
turned to the ministry and was assistant
at Kirkoswald in 1795 ; pres. by George,
Earl of Glasgow, and ord. 13th Aug. 1799 ;
died unmarr. 25th June 1831. "He was
of a shy, retiring disposition, and possessed
great medical skill." In an intercessory
prayer he prayed for " the Big Cumbrae,
the Wee Cumbrae, and the adjacent islands
of Great Britain and Ireland." In his life-
time he gave to the Presb. of Irvine £250
for behoof of the widows of mins. in that
Presb. He bequeathed £45 for the educa-
tion of poor children in his parish, and
founded the James Adam Bursaries in the
Univ. of Glasgow.
JAMES DRUMMOND, born Paisley,
1829 27tl1 ^ eb- 1779 ' fourtla son of Jonn
D. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow :.
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 3rd Feb. 1819 ;
assistant to preceding min., 1819-28 ; pres.
by George, Earl of Glasgow ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 30th April 1829. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Cumbrae, 1843-62 ; died unmarr.
31st Jan. 1862. Publication — Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
ALEXANDER MARSHALL, born 1820,
1843 tn i r d son °f James M., merchant ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
21st Sept. 1843; died at Glasgow 3rd
March 1866. He marr. 20th June 1854,
Mary Jessie Begg, died 29th March 1905,
and had issue — Janet Henry Frew, born
21st Oct. 1855.
JAMES SIMPSON MACNAB, born
1867 G:l as o ow J eldest son of James M. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. 26th
July 1867; died 22nd Dec. 1888. He
marr. 20th Nov. 1867, Jemima Sarah
Henderson Semple, who died 2nd Nov.
1911, and had issue — Annie Semple, born
192
CUMBRAE— ERSKINE
[PRESB. OF
20th June 1869; James, Secretary, Scottish
Life Assurance Co., Glasgow, born 19th
June 1871.
ARCHIBALD GRIERSON, born Camp-
beltown, 7th Jan. 1863, son of
William G., schoolmaster of Cam-
busnethan, and Margaret Watson Arthur ;
educated at Cambusnethan School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1883); Keen,
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th April 1887;
assistant at Dunbarton ; ord. 9th July
1889.
ERSKINE.
[The vicarage of Erskine was a prebend
of Glasgow. Its church belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1813 the parish
church was transferred to a new site.]
1567 ROBERT SEMPILL, reader in 1567.
THOMAS STEWART, reader, 1571;
1571 died in 1572.
JAMES HILL, was exhorter at Cath-
lffn cart 2nd Feb. 1568 ; pres. by James
VI. 17th Feb., and adm. 1st May
1571. In 1574 Houston was under his
charge, and he is still mentioned as min.
in 1589.— {Reg. Min.]
ANDREW HAY, M.A. ; adm. about
1590 1590; trans, to Mearns before 1593.
7 WILLIAM BRISBANE, son of John
1592 ^' °^ Bishopton and Margaret
Hamilton; M.A. (Glasgow 1588);
pres. by James VI. before 9th June 1592 ;
member of Assembly 1610 and 1638 ; was
on the Committee for the maintenance of
Church Discipline, 21st Oct. 1634; died
between 3rd Sept. 1640 and 29th Sept.
1642. He marr. Margaret Stewart of
Barscube, and had issue — Jean (marr.
cont., 13th April 1621, Hugh Monfode of
that ilk) ; Matthew, his successor here,
served heir, 26th Nov. 1642. — {Reg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Renfrew, 117, 148 ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii.,
106 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxlviii., 82 ; Ayr
Sas., ii., 158.]
-MATTHEW BRISBANE, born about
1594, son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1615);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 29th March
1620 ; recommended for ordination by
James Law, Archbishop of Glasgow, 15th
Nov. 1627, and adm. to Killellan soon
afterwards ; member of the Glasgow
Assembly in 1638 ; app. by the Presb.
11th April 1639 to accompany Colonel
Montgomerie's Regiment at Duns Law ;
was a member of the Commission for
visiting the Univ. of Glasgow 28th Aug.
1639 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Oct. 1642 ;
inst. after 14th Dec. 1643. He was a
member of Assembly, 1645-7 ; was dep.
after 29th March 1648; died Feb. 1650.
He marr. Jan. 1629, Helen (died 6th Dec.
1675), youngest daugh. of John Napier of
Merchiston, inventor of Logarithms, by
his second wife Agnes Chisholm, and had
issue — John of Freeland, served heir, 14th
June 1653; William of Freeland ; Matthew,
M.D., Glasgow ; Mary. — [Glasg. Tests.
Inq. Ret. Renfrew, 148, Gen., 3806
Baillie's Lett. ; Scots Peerage, vi., 422
G. R. Inhib., 18th Sept. 1679.]
[THOMAS HALL, M.A. ; adm. here,
1649 a PP aren tly temporarily, 31st Aug.
1649; trans, to Kilmacolm in 1651.]
HUGH CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (Glas-
1651 ^ 0W 16M) ; chaplain to Glencairn's
Regiment in Ireland 1642 ; min. at
Ray, Ireland, 1647 ; min. at Mearns 1649 ;
adm. here in 1651 ; returned to Ray about
1659 ; dep. by Bishop of Raphoe in 1661. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 499 ; Killen's Hist, of
Irish Congs., 225.]
WILLIAM HOUSTON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 13th May 1653) ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 7th Nov. 1659;
ord. 29th March 1660; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council, 1st Oct. 1662.
ROBERT YOUNG, M.A. ; ord. before
1664 31st ^ arcn 16( >4 ) trans, to Renfrew
and inst. 8th Sept. 1675.
DAVID ROBB, M.A. (Glasgow, 5th
July 1666) ; licen. by George, Bishop
of Edinburgh, 21st Feb. 1671 ; pres.
by William Hamilton of Orbiston ; passed
1660
1676
GREENOCK]
ERSKINE
193
trials before the Presb. and had a certificate
for ordination 5th April 1676; inst. 2nd
May 1676; still min. 7th April 1687.
He marr. Helen, daugh. of Thomas Pollok
of Balgray, merchant, Glasgow, and had
issue. — [Beg. Collat.]
1680
JOHN WALLACE, born Paisley, 1641,
of the family of W. of Johnstone ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1657) ; tutor in the
family of William, Lord Ross ; ord. by
the Presbyterians in 1680 ; dem. in 1682 ;
died at Paisley 22nd July 1683. Wodrow
says of him that he was " a wise, prudent
man, of a sweet, calm, and peaceable
temper, abhorring all divisive courses ;
piety and holiness were engraven, as it
were, on his face and countenance." —
[Wodrow's Anal., ii., 331, 337.]
ANDREW TURNER, called 23rd June,
and ord. 22nd Sept. 1692; trans, to
1692 Greenock 2nd Feb. 1704.
1705
WALTER MENZIES, licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 1st Sept. 1702 ; called
29th Aug., and ord. 14th Nov. 1705 ;
died 17th May 1741, aged 62. He marr.
(pro. 9th Nov. 1707), Isobel Clerk, and had
issue — Ann ; Walter ; Marion (marr. John
Anderson, min. of St Mary's, Glasgow);
Robert ; John.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Crawfurd's
Hist. ; Tombst.]
JAMES LUNDIE, born 1716, son of
Archibald L., min. of Saltoun ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 24th
Jan. 1740 ; called 16th Nov. 1741 ; ord.
4th May 1742; died 2nd Jan. 1769. He
marr. 26th Aug. 1745, Christian Ballan-
tyne of Kelly, who died in Edinburgh,
31st Oct. 1791, and had issue — James,
born 20th Sept. 1746, died young,
abroad ; Archibald, merchant, born 14th
July 1748 ; Walter, M.D., Jamaica, born
28th March 1750 ; Janet Isabella, born 6th
July 1753 (marr., pro. 30th Nov. 1778,
Andrew Wardrobe, surgeon, Edinburgh);
Jane, born 24th Dec. 1755 (marr. her cousin
Archibald Lundie, W.S.), died 23rd April
1826.— [Crawfurd's Hist. ; Tombst.]
WALTER YOUNG, born 1745, son of
David Y., rector of the Grammar
17*71
School of Haddington ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 25th April 1769;
pres. by David Erskine, W.S., 30th June
1770 ; ord. 2nd May 1771 ; D.D. (source
and date unknown) ; died unmarr., 6th
Aug. 1814. He was an accomplished
musician, " performing with equal grace
and effect on the piano, the violin, and the
flute." He did much for the psalmody of
the Church. Publications — " On the Influ-
ence of Poetry and Music upon the High-
landers " (M'Donald's Highland Airs,
Edinburgh, 1781) ; " An Essay on Rhythmi-
cal Measures " (Trans. Roy. Soe. Edin., ii.,
1790) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ix.). — [Scots Mag., lxxvi. ;
Somerville's My Own Life and Times, 42.]
1815
VOL. III.
ANDREW STEWART, born Cleughside,
Annan, 9th Oct. 1771, son of John
S. and Helen, daugh. of John Ker,
farmer, Tweedshaws, Tweedsmuir ; edu-
cated at Annan Parish School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; sometime secretary to
Thomas Blacklock, D.D., and tutor in
family of the Rev. Dr Davidson of Muir-
house ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 27th
April 1796; M.D. (Edinburgh 1802); ord.
to Bolton 26th April 1804 ; pres. by Robert
Walter, eleventh Lord Blantyre ; trans,
and adm. 21st Sept. 1815; died 26th Dec.
1838. He marr. 5th Oct. 1809, the Hon.
Margaret Stewart (died 20th Oct. 1839,
aged 78), eldest daugh. of Alexander, tenth
Lord Blantyre, whom he successfully treated
for pulmonary disease, and had issue —
Robert Walter, D.D., his successor here ;
Alexander Patrick, M.D., born 27th Aug.
1813, died in London, 17th July 1883 ; David
Andrew, surgeon-major 92nd Highlanders,
born 4th Jan. 1816, died at Colaba, East
Indies, 10th May 1859. Publications —
Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis De Mente
Regimine (Edinburgh, 1802); "Speech on
the Admissibility of Law Agents into Kirk
Sessions" (Edinburgh Christian Instructor,
xxvi.) ; " History of Botany " (Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia, iv.). — [Scots Peerage, ii., 90 ;
M'Farlane's Eun. Serm.]
N
194
ERSKINE
[PRESB. OF
1837
ROBERT WALTER STEWART, born
29th Feb. 1812, eldest son of pre-
ceding ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1832) ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 3rd Aug. 1836 ; pres. by the
Commissioners for Charles, twelfth Lord
Blantyre (the parishioners having petitioned
for his appointment) ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 16th March 1837. He journeyed
from Constantinople by unbroken travel-
ling in order to be present at the meeting
of the General Assembly 18th May 1843.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of the
Free Church, Erskine, 1843-5, of the Free
Church, Leghorn, Italy, 1845-87 ; D.D.
(Princeton, U.S.A., 1849) ; Moderator of the
Free Church General Assembly, 21st May
1874; died at Leghorn, 23rd Nov. 1887.
He made the evangelisation of Italy the
great work of his life. No min. was better
known among the Waldenses, or was more
beloved. Addressing the General Assembly
of 1869, Signor Prochet said : " You claim
Dr Stewart as one of yourselves, bone of
your bone and flesh of your flesh, and you
may well do so, because in the land in
which he has been living for thirty years,
he has taught not only the Protestants but
the Roman Catholics to respect and esteem
Scotland and Scottish Protestants. But,
if you claim him as yours, we also claim
him as being ours. He has not been thirty
years by our side, if not to become part of
us. It is true, I have no parchment to
show to you with the name of Dr Stewart
saying that he has become a citizen of the
Waldensian Alps. But, if ever you come
to those valleys, I will show you 20,000
living hearts upon which his name is
written in characters that can never be
blotted out." He marr. 3rd Sept. 1839,
Graham (died 30th June 1897), daugh. of
Henry Cockburn [Lord Cockburn] and
Elizabeth Macdowall, and had issue — Henry
Cockburn, C.M.G., administrator, Sey-
chelles, born 21st July 1840, died 5th June
1899 ; Margaret Catherine, born 16th April
1842, died 4th Dec. 1913 ; Elizabeth Georg-
ina Frances, born 26th July 1844 (marr. 29th
March 1865, the Rev. James Collie), died
23rd July 1908 ; Charles Francis, born at
Leghorn, 2nd Oct. 1846, died 22nd July
1847 ; Robert Walter, born 26th April 1848,
died 14th July 1849; Alexander David,
born 19th Sept. 1852, died 13th March
1899; Walter Charles (twin), born 19th
Sept. 1852, died 23rd July 1908; Louisa
Caroline Graham, born 19th Nov. 1855
(marr. 1883, James Wood Brown, M.A., min.
of the Free Church, Gordon, Berwickshire).
Publications — The Fields White unto the
Harvest (1844) ; The Present Condition
and Future Prospects of the Waldensian
Church (1845) ; The Tent and the Khan : a
Journey in Sinai and Palestine (Edinburgh,
1857) ; Commentary on the Four Gosjiels
(in Italian) (Florence, 1870-89) ; Religion
in Southern Europe. — [Wood Brown's An
Italian Campaign ; Brown's Annals of the
Disruption, 88, 554 ; F.C. Assembly Blue
Booh, 1869, Rep. VII., p. 6; ibid., 1874,
p. 161.]
JAMES CAMERON, youngest son
1843 °^ J° un C., nuper Senator apud
Canadam ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1840); ord. 19th Oct.
1843; dep. 30th May 1851 ; died at Parlia-
mentary Road, Glasgow, 6th Nov. 1869.
THOMAS M'KIE, born Underwood,
1852 Tongland, 20th April 1814, son of
James M. and Grace Charters ; edu-
cated at Borgue Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright ; ord. to Monikie 1st Nov. 1843;
trans, and adm. 15th Jan. 1852 ; died 20th
Aug. 1871. He marr. 12th Dec. 1844,
Margaret (died 12th Nov. 1888), daugh. of
Robert Dunlop, wool merchant, Hudders-
field, and had issue — Agnes Dunlop, born
29th Oct. 1845, died 17th July 1910 ; Walter
James, born 16th Sept. 1847, died 1st April
1848 ; Robert Dunlop, born 12th Dec. 1848,
died 15th May 1895 ; Henry Bannerman,
factor to Lord Blantyre, born 17th July
1850 ; John M'Millan, born 9th May 1852 ;
Thomas George, born 15th May 1854 ; Jane
Burns Theodora, born 8th May 1856, died
22nd Aug. 1914 ; James, Shanghai, born
30th June 1858, died 18th March 1911;
Walter Dunlop, born 22nd July 1860;
Katherine Hastings, born 6th Feb. 1862,
died 12th Dec. 1899.
gkeenock]
ERSKINE— FAIRLIE
195
JOHN M'lLRAITH, born Airdrie, 13th
7 Aug. 1816, second son of Hugh M.,
schoolmaster, and Jean Rankin ;
educated at Airdrie School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Gourock 3rd May 1850 ; adni. min.
of All Saints, Berbice, West Indies, 9th
April 1852 ; min. of Greenhead, Glasgow,
1853-4 ; adni. min. of the English Reformed
Church, Amsterdam, 24th Dec. 1854; adm.
to this charge 21st Dec. 1871 ; died 10th
Oct. 1892. He marr. (1) 6th Oct. 1851,
Paulina (died at Berbice, 4th May 1852),
youngest daugh. of Stephen Miller, Glas-
gow : (2) 30th April 1855, Josephine
Richardson (born 11th Nov. 1836, died
in London, 23rd Dec. 1916), daugh. of
Robert Wallace, writer, Dumfries, and
had issue — Elizabeth Jane, born 5th Sept.
1856 (marr. Alan Burgess Crombie, archi-
tect, Dumfries) ; Josephine Richardson,
born 23rd Sept. 1858, accidentally drowned
while boating on the Gareloch, 20th July
1889 ; Beatrice Annie, born 4th May 1860 ;
John Robert, M.A., L.L.B., Barrister-at-
Law of the Middle Temple, born 16th
March 1862 ; Alexander Hannay, min. of
Kinghorn, born 9th July 1864; Charles
Hugh, M.D., born 18th Feb. 1867 ; Thomas
Wallace, merchant, born 4th Feb. 1869 ;
Tetia Catharina, born 7th May 1871 ;
Robert Wallace, born 23rd July 1873,
accidentally drowned at Erskine, 22nd
June 1887 ; Edward Richardson, mercan-
tile clerk, C.I.V. South African War, born
27th July 1875, died at Pretoria, 28th
Dec. 1908. Publication — Life of Sir
John Richardson, LL.D. [arctic explorer]
(London, 1868).
WILLIAM FERGUSON, born Coupar-
Angus, Perthshire, 14th April 1861,
son of William F. and Grace Barty ;
educated at Coupar- Angus School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1889 ; assistant at St
George's and St Mungo's, Glasgow; ord. 25th
April 1893 ; died unmarr., 25th March 1913.
DAVID MELVILLE STEWART, born
1913 Glas s° w ' 28tn Ma y 187 1> S° n of
James S., writer and banker, and
Jessie Melville ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1894 ; assistant at St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; ord. to Queensferry 28th Sept.
1897 ; trans, to St Margaret's, Arbroath,
20th Feb. 1900; trans, to St Matthew's
Parish, Edinburgh, 6th Jan. 1904 ; res. in
1906; adm. min. of Belhaven 10th Aug
1911 ; trans, and adm. 9th Oct. 1913
Marr. 23rd Dec. 1908, Elizabeth Miller
daugh. of George Brown Anderson, S.S.C.
of Bleaton and Baldourie, Perthshire. Pub
lications — An Impregnable Faith (London
1909) ; Ecce Yir : Jesus and Modern Man
hood (London, 1911); Ye anciente Kirke of
Eriskyne (Paisley, 1915).
FAIRLIE (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1833. In 1835,
a chapel constitution was granted, and a
district assigned. The parish was disjoined
from Largs and West Kilbride 19th June
1876.]
JAMES GARDNER, born Anderston,
1835 GI as g ow > 1791, second son of James
G. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th Aug. 1819 ;
ord. 8th Sept. 1835; died 17th Dec. 1836.
He marr. Isabella (died 16th May 1847,
aged 49), daugh. of Archibald Fleming,
Anderston, Glasgow, and had issue — Isa-
bella Maxwell, born 1832, died 11th Nov.
1908; James born 1835, died 11th Feb.
1909.
JOHN GEMMEL, born Port-Glasgow,
18S7 1807, youngest son of Robert G.,
bookseller ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1824) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 7th Oct. 1829 ; missionary at St
John's Parish, Glasgow (when Thomas
Chalmers, D.D., was min.) ; ord. to New-
town-Crommelin, Ireland, 23rd June 1835 ;
adm. to this charge 27th April 1837. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of the Free
Church, Fairlie, 1843-84; D.D. (Glasgow
1881) ; died unmarr., 25th March 1884. He
was a distinguished Semitic scholar. Pub-
lications — Sermon preached on the Death of
Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D. (Edinburgh,
1847); The Gospel in Isaiah (Edinburgh,
1872) ; The Renetval of the Sovl (Edinburgh,
196
FAIRLIE— GOUROCK
[PRESB. OF
1880
1884
1878); Tiberiad, or The Art of Hebreio
Accentuation (Glasgow, 1880); The Atone-
ment, a poem ; Contributions, chiefly on
Oriental subjects, to British and Foreign
Evangelical Review. — [Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, new series, iv.].
JAMES CLARK, possibly son of Robert
1844 ^ - ' f armer j educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. in 1844 ; died 1st Sept.
1880. He marr. Elizabeth Greig, who
survived him.
JAMES RICHMOND WOOD, ord. 30th
Dec. 1880; trans, to Sanquhar 6th
Nov. 1883.
ARTHUR ALLAN, born Glasgow, 25th
July 1857, son of James A. and Mary
Ann Macfie ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1880) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1883 ; assistant at
Milton Parish, Glasgow; ord. 17th April
1884. Publication — Fairlie : Past and
Present (Largs, 1914).
GOUROCK (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1776. It was
rebuilt and opened on 27th May 1832. On
31st May 1834 it was given a chapel con-
stitution. The parish was disjoined from
Inverkip and Greenock West, 8th July 1857.
Additions to the church were made in 1877.]
JAMES WILSON, son of James W.,
l7?4 mariner, Saltcoats ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 19th March 1765 ; min.
in 1774-7.
ARCHIBALD ANDERSON, min. in
1777 1777.
JAMES GRINOCK, son of James G.,
l780 farmer, St Ninians, Stirling; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Relief ; received by Presb. of
Stirling 28th Dec. 1774 ; min. here 1780-9.
JOHN HENDRY, elected Nov. 1789;
1789 res * * n *^^ [afterwards min. of
Ardrossan].
DAVID GEMMILL, eldest son of Alex-
17 __ ander G., tailor, Kirkintilloch, and
Margaret Gray ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
3rd May 1797 ; min. here 1798-1815. In
1815 he removed to Kirkintilloch, and
was chief magistrate from 1826 till his
death, 8th June 1842. He gave a site
for the erection of St David's Church
there, was the largest subscriber to the
building fund, and preached at the opening
of the church in 1836. He marr. (1) Alicia
(died s.p. 1822), eldest daugh. of John
Kincaid of Kincaid : (2) 12th Oct. 1824,
Agnes, daugh. of Walter Scott of Neilston,
Bonhill.— [Watson's Kirkintilloch, 327.]
DONALD MACLEOD, born Luss, 1793,
lass eldest son of John M., farmer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 11th
Aug. 1833. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Gourock,
1843-9; of the Presbyterian Church,
Coburg, Canada, 1851-60; res. his charge,
and returned to Scotland in 1860 ; died
at Gourock 19th May 1868. He marr.
1829, Elizabeth Cochran.
DUNCAN HARKNESS WEIR, M.A. ;
184 _ ord. in 1845 ; min. of the Scots
Church, Manchester, 1849-50 [after-
wards Professor of Oriental Languages in
the Univ. of Glasgow, 1850-76 (q.v.)].
JOHN M'lLRAITH, ord. 3rd May 1850 ;
1850 a( ^ m ' min. of All Saints, Berbice,
West Indies, 9th April 1852 [after-
wards min. of Erskine].
JAMES SOMERVILLE, ord. 23rd
, _ June 1852; trans, to Irvine 17th
Feb. 1853.
ROBERT MACNAIR, born 28th Aug.
1854 1827, third son of Robert M., D.D.,
min. of Paisley ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1845) ; sometime min.
of a Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island ; min. of this
charge 1854-5 ; was a chaplain at Scutari
during the Crimean War, 1855. He studied
medicine, took the degrees of M.D. (1862)
and L.R.C.S. (1867) at Edinburgh, and from
1862 to 1883 was a medical practitioner in
Leith. Joined the Baptist denomination ;
min. of Orangefield Baptist congregation in
Greenock 1883-86 ; died at Edinburgh, 15th
GREENOCK]
GOUROCK— AUGUSTINE
197
July 1896. He marr. Anne Maria Forsyth,
who died 17th March 1919, and had issue.
— Editor of Scot. Baj>tist Magazine, 1875, &c.
GEORGE M'CORKINDALE, born
1855 Rothesay, 1828, third son of Dun-
can M. ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; ord. in 1855; became first min.
of the parish in 1857. He perished in a
storm on Mont Blanc, 7th Sept. 1870, and
was buried at Chamouni. A communica-
tion to a friend written on the evening of
7th Sept. contains this message : "We have
been on Mont Blanc for two days in a
terrible snowstorm : lost our way : are in
a cave dug out of the snow, 15,000 feet
high. Have no hope of descending.
Perhaps this book will be found and sent
to you. We have no provisions. My feet
are already frozen, and I am utterly ex-
hausted. I have only strength to write
these few words. I die believing in Jesus,
with sweet thoughts of my family. My
love to all. I hope that we shall meet in
heaven. Ever thine." He was unmarr. —
[Macrae's Notes about Gourock, 36.]
JOHN YUILLE, born Irvine, 7th Feb.
1871 1832, son of John Y. and Janet
Boyle; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Dec.
1866 ; assistant at Kilbirnie and Largs ;
ord. 20th April 1871 ; died unmarr. at
Irvine, 17th April 1875. Publications —
The Gourock Messenger (Irvine, 1874-5) ;
Sermons [with a memoir] (Irvine, 1878).
JOHN HUTTON M'CULLOCH, M.A.,
18 „ B.D. ; trans, from Rosewell, and
adm. 8th Oct. 1875 ; trans, to North
Leith 13th March 1884.
ALEXANDER MILNE, born Lunan,
1884 Forfarshire, 10th Dec. 1840, son of
James M. and Jean Matthewson ;
educated at Lunan and Inverkeillor Schools
and Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1866) ;
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath 17th Nov.
1869 ; ord. to Hillside, Montrose, 17th
March 1870; trans, to St Andrew's, Dun-
dee, 19th Oct. 1871 ; trans, to Swinton
13th June 1878; trans, and adm. 24th
July 1884 ; died in Edinburgh 8th Dec.
1912. He marr. (1) 13th Nov. 1871, Isa-
bella White Keith, born 23rd Jan. 1840,
died 11th Jan. 1882, and had issue — Isa-
bella Patullo, born 29th Aug. 1872, died
24th Feb. 1875 : (2) 26th June 1883, Helen
Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert Kirke, D.D.,
min. of Hutton and Fishwick, and had
issue — Helen Williamson, born 30th March
1891 (marr. 20th Aug. 1913, Alexander
Dunbar, solicitor, Edinburgh) ; Margaret
Elizabeth, in Board of Trade, born 14th
Dec. 1892 ; Alexander Robert, 5th Cameron
Highlanders, born 10th Oct. 1895, killed at
the battle of Loos, 25th Sept. 1915 ; Jean
Matthewson, born 28th Jan. 1902.
GEORGE BENNET THOMSON
1907 MICHIE, born Aberdeen, 13th May
1880, son of James M. and Harriet
Davidson ; educated at Aberdeen Gram-
mar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA.
(1901), B.D. (1905); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen in 1905 ; assistant at West
Parish, Aberdeen, in 1905, and Park Parish,
Glasgow, 1906 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 11th Oct. 1907. Captain Tank
Corps, France, 1917-18.
GREENOCK
AUGUSTINE (Q.S.).
[Services were begun here in 1878. A
church was built in 1884. The parish was
disjoined f rom Cartsburn, 19th March 1897.]
JOHN KERR CAMPBELL, served from
1878 "^ a y 18 ^ 8 to * 881 » trans - aQ d adm.
to Marykirk, Stirling, 14th June
1881.
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT BEGG, born
1881 Snaip, Coulter, Lanarkshire, 5th
July 1843; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; min. at Woodstock and St
Stephens, New Brunswick ; adm. to this
charge 1881 ; dem. 1887 ; min. of Kentville,
Nova Scotia, Masena, New York, and
Parkersburg, Iowa ; D.D. (Queen's College,
Kingston) ; Professor of Philosophy, Tabor
College, Iowa. Marr. October 1872, Fannie
Miles, daughter of W. O. Smith, surgeon,
St Johns, New Brunswick. Publication —
Development of Taste (Glasgow, 1887).
198
AUGUSTINE— CARTSBURN
[PRESB. OF
CHARLES CHRISTIE, born 10th April
. 7 1852, son of William C, banker, and
Isabella Laing ; educated at Dun-
blane School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1877); licen. by Presb. of Stirling;
assistant at Pollokshaws, 1885-7 ; ord. 27th
Oct. 1887. Marr. 20th Aug. 1889, Elizabeth
Arthur, daugh. of Captain Shaw, Shaw-
lands. Publication — The Religion of Free-
masonry (Stirling, 1888).
CARTSBURN (Q.S.).
[In 1839 the General Assembly granted a
constitution to a chapel for the district of
Cartsdyke. The parish was erected 19th
Feb. 1866.]
JAMES STARK, born Cumbernauld,
1M9 1810, second son of Malcolm S.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling and
Falkirk in 1832 ; adm. min. of the
Original Secession congregation, Cartsdyke,
Greenock, 22nd Jan. 1834. Joined the
Church of Scotland in 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Cartsdyke
(afterwards Wellpark) Free Church 1843-
90; sometime clerk of the Free Presb. of
Greenock ; died unmarr. 5th Jan. 1890.
Publications — Correspondence with the Rev.
Dr Ritchie of Edinbxirgh in reference to the
Discussion at Kirkintilloch on Ecclesiastical
Establishments (1836) ; Sermon at the Ordi-
nation of the Rev. James Falconer, Paisley,
with the Addresses to Minister and People
(1837); Re-Union of Seceders ivith the
Church of Scotland Defended (1838) ;
Sermon on the Death of the Rev. George
Moscrip, Greenock (1838) ; Fermented Wine,
its Use in the Sacrament Right and Scrip-
tural (1839) ; The Duty of the Secession
Church to petition for the Abolition of
Patronage, proved from their own Prin-
ciples (1841) ; The Church Question Briefly
Considered (1843) ; The Ascension and the
Advent : a Sermon on the Death of the Rev.
Thomas Stark, Lanark (1870) ; also Ser-
mons in the Scottish Ptdpit and the Olive
Branch. — [Annals of the Original Secession
Church, 511.]
1856
JAMES STEWART, M.A. ; ord. 25th
Dec. 1856 ; trans, to Peterhead 20th
Oct. 1864.
1865
ARCHIBALD FULLARTON, born
Saltcoats ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow and U.P. Theological Hall,
Edinburgh, 1851. Joined the Church of
Scotland and became assistant at Kilmun ;
elected 27th Jan., and ord. 16th March 1865 ;
dem. in 1897 ; died 31st July 1898.
ROBERT WALKER MUIR, ord. 26th
April 1898; app. to Dennistoun
Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow, 19th Nov.
1908.
ROBERT BRUCE MACKINNON,
lg09 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 15th April 1909;
trans, to Whitburn 26th Sept. 1912.
KENNETH ALEXANDER MAC-
LEAY, born Lochbroom, 12th Sept.
1861, son of Murdoch M. and Jane
Douglas Macdonald ; educated at Golspie
and Elgin Schools and Univ. of St An-
drews ; M.A. (1882), B.D. (1886); licen.
by Presb. of Forres 11th May 1886;
assistant at Wallacetown, Ayr ; ord. to
Craigrownie 19th July 1887 ; trans, and
adm. 16th Jan. 1913 ; dem. 30th Nov.
1915. Marr. (1) 12th Feb. 1890, Elizabeth
(divorced 1st July 1899), youngest daugh.
of James Hervey, Alderly Edge, and has
issue — Douglas Macdonald, lieut. R.N.,
born 20th July 1891 : (2) 31st March
1903, Anita Lloyd it Cowan, and has issue
— Kenneth Noel Grant, born 25th Dec.
1903 ; Anita Esther Lloyd, born 23rd July
1905 ; Annabelle Yvonne, born 21st Aug.
1913. Publications — Presbyterianism : a
Retrospect and Criticism (London, 1901) ;
The Never -Changing Creed (London, 1902) ;
The Garden of the Cross (London, 1909) ;
Is Our Progress a Broken Arc? (Edin-
burgh, 1910); The Parish Church of Carts-
burn, 1854-1914 (Greenock, 1914).
GEORGE CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
1916 2nc * ^ ec ' 18 ^' son of Joseph C. and
Margaret Crockett ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1908) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1910 ; assistant at
Airdrie ; ord. to Annbank, Ayr, 31st Oct.
GREENOCK]
CARTSBURN— EAST PARISH
199
1910 1 trans, to Stronsay (assistant and
successor) 6th Feb. 1913; trans, and adm.
9th May 1916; dem. 22nd Oct. 1918;
Chaplain to the Forces in 1918. Marr. 4th
June 1914, Jessie Middleton, daugh. of
James Rettie, Aberdeen.
JAMES FRANCIS, born Glasgow, 28th
Jan. 1871, son of William F. and
Isabella Maclean ; educated at
Thomson Street Public School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1896), B.D. (1901);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1901 ;
assistant at Townhead, Glasgow, and St
David's, Kirkintilloch, 15th May 1902;
ord. to Twechar 13th Dec. 1904 ; trans, to
Cowdenbeath 17th Jan. 1911 ; trans, to
St Thomas's, Glasgow, 7th Aug. 1913;
trans, and adm. 16th May 1919. Marr. 7th
Oct. 1902, Janet Bilsland, daugh. of John
Mackellar of Rowardennan, and has issue —
William John Lawrence, born 10th June
1906 ; Christina Edmond Marjory, born
21st Oct. 1909 ; Hadassah Isobel, born
6th Dec. 1911.
EAST PARISH.
[A church was built for this district in
1774. On 8th March 1809 the Commis-
sioners for the Plantation of Kirks dis-
joined the East Parish from the West
Parish of Greenock. Near the site of the
East Church there was of old a chapel of
St Laurence, of which the ruins remained
till towards the end of the eighteenth
century. From this chapel the inlet
adjoining got the name of St Laurence
Bay ; and beside the chapel St Laurence
Fair was held annually. The East Church
of Greenock was rebuilt in 1853.]
PETER [or PATRICK] MILLAR, per-
17?( . haps only son of Alexander M., Island
of Arran ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 12th Aug.
1766 ; ord. (by Presb. of Dunbar) in 1775 ;
dep. (on his own confession of immorality)
8th Jan. 1777, and left the country.
ARCHIBALD REID, ord. (by Presb. of
Irvine) 21st June 1781; trans, to
1781
Mauchline 28th June 1792.
ARCHIBALD M'LACHLAN, ord. 13th
1794 '^ une 1794 > trans - t0 St Clement's
or Steeple Church, Dundee, 16th Oct.
1805.
JOHN GILCHRIST, ord. 10th Nov.
18o7 1807 ; first min. of the parish in
1809 ; trans, to Canongate Parish.
Edinburgh, 24th Aug. 1825.
WILLIAM MENZIES, M.A. ; ord. 20th
1826 April 1826; trans, to Maybole 7th
Dec. 1843.
JAMES HUTCHESON, born Kil-
1844 barchan, Renfrewshire, 1st Sept.
1817, third son of John H., farmer,
Garscube and Selvilands, and Mary Muir ;
educated at Paisley Grammar School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1844 ; clerk of
Presb. 1846-87 ; died 10th May 1887. He
marr. (1) 8th June 1848, Margaret (died
11th Sept. 1852), eldest daugh. of David
Davis of Blaengwaer, South Wales, colliery
proprietor, and had issue — Mary Muir
Lewis, born 11th April 1849, died at Aber-
dare, 11th Sept. 1852; John Davis, M.D.,
Glamyngs, Aberdare, born 29th Oct. 1850,
died 2nd Jan. 1893; David, born 4th
June 1852, died 27th Sept. 1852 : (2) 13th
Feb. 1861, Anne Scott, daugh. of Thomas
Brown, min. of Inverkip, and had issue —
Thomas Brown, M.B., CM. ; Janet Steele,
born 22nd May 1862, died 24th Sept.
1862 ; Susan, born 19th Aug. 1864, died
4th Jan. 1888; Frances Ann, born 25th
June 1866 (marr. Henry Lancaster, manu-
facturer, London) ; James, born 17th, and
died 21st Dec. 1867 ; Janet Steele, born
24th Dec. 1868 (marr. 1905 Sir Benjamin
Sands Johnson of Abbot's Lea, Woolton,
Liverpool) ; Martha James, born 1 5th July
1870 (marr. J. B. Harris, insurance manager,
London) ; Marion Boyd (twin), born 15th
July 1870; James, born 2nd, and died 14th
Nov. 1871 ; James, solicitor, Glasgow, born
20th Oct. 1874. Publication — NewWday
and Domestic Lyric (Paisley, 1881).
THOMAS REID THOMSON, ord. 8th
1887 -^ ov - 1887 ; trans, to Greenlaw,
Berwickshire, 6th Jan. 1916.
200
EAST PARISH— GAELIC
[PRESB. OF
GEOKGE DAVID HENDERSON, born
1916 ■^ yr ' 26tl1 Marcn 1888 ' son °f R° Dert
H., min. of Flowerhill, Airdrie ; edu-
cated at High School and Univ. of Glasgow,
also at Berlin and Jena ; MA. (1910),
B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
in 1914 ; assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow,
Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, and First
Charge, Hamilton ; ord. 6th June 1916 ;
Chaplain to the Forces in Mesopotamia
1918.
GAELIC, FORMERLY SOUTH
CHURCH.
[The church was built in 1791, and
opened as a chapel-of-ease 8th April
1792. The parish was erected by the
Court of Teinds, 5th July 1855.]
KENNETH BAYNE, born Dingwall,
1792 1^>7, son of John B. and brother of
Ronald B., D.D., min. of Kiltarlity ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall ; ord. to the
Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen, 29th Aug. 1788 ;
adm. to this charge 4th Sept. 1792 ; died
13th April 1821. He marr. 24th July 1793,
Margaret, daugh. of James Hay, D.D., min.
of Elgin, and had issue — Christina, born
1794 (marr. 23rd Dec. 1834, William
Francis Hunter Laurie, W.S.); Margaret,
born 1795 (marr. 12th Aug. 1828, John
Wilson, D.D., F.R.S., missionary at Bom-
bay), died 19th April 1835 ; John, licen. by
Presb. of Dingwall, 8th Sept. 1830, D.D.,
min. at Gait, Canada, born 16th Nov. 1806,
died 3rd Nov. 1859 ; Mary, drowned in
the River Allan, 1st May 1832 ; Isabella,
also drowned whilst bathing in the River
Allan, 1st May 1832; Eliza, died 24th
March 1828 ; Anna, missionary in India,
died unmarr. 4th Oct. 1841 ; Hay, mission-
ary in India (marr. Robert Nesbit), died at
sea, 1848. — [Memoir of Margaret Wilson ;
Smith's Life of Wilson of Bombay, 32, 263,
625 ; Roger's A Week at Bridge of Allan,
20 ; Gregg's History of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada, 490.]
ANGUS M'BEAN, born Moy, 16th Nov.
1785 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (31st March 1809) ;
sometime schoolmaster of Dores ; licen. by
Presb. of Inverness 1st June 1813 ; assist-
ant at Croy ; ord. 8th Nov. 1821. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Gaelic
Free Church, Greenock, 1843-5 ; died
unmarr. 24th Dec. 1845. — [Mackay's Fun.
Serm.]
[Church vacant 1843-53.]
ROBERT MAXWELL MAC-
FARLANE, ord. 23rd Dec. 1853;
trans, to Glenorchy 22nd Sept. 1864.
JOHN MACPHERSON, ord. 16th Feb.
1865 ; trans, to Comrie 5th Aug.
1875.
1853
1865
JOHN BARNETT, trans, from Kil-
1876 Brandon and Kilchattan, and adm.
13th Jan. 1876; trans, to Lochalsh
13th March 1878.
JOHN DEMPSTER MUNRO, ord. 19th
1878 Nov. 1878 ; trans, to Eyemouth 16th
May 1882.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 2nd Nov. 1882; trans, to
Fodderty 15th July 1885.
ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, trans,
from Logie-Easter, and adm. 19th
Nov. 1885 ; trans, to Kiltarlity 5th
May 1892.
DAVID COLVILLE MACMICHAEL,
1892 M - A " B - D,; ° rd ' 27th Sept - 1892;
app. min. of St Andrew's Church,
Colombo, Ceylon, 30th Sept. 1912.
JOHN STEWART M'CALLUM, born
lgl3 Killean, Kintyre, 24th March 1867,
son of Donald M. and Janet Stewart;
educated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Kintyre in 1895; assistant at Glenelg; ord.
to Kilchoman 22nd Nov. 1895 ; trans, to
Stornoway 29th Jan. 1904 ; trans, and adm.
16th May 1913; died 1st Dec. 1918. He
marr. 24th Sept. 1903, Isabella Leitch,
daugh. of John Thomson, and had issue —
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201
Catherine, born 7th Sept. 1904 ; Grace,
born 15th Sept. 1906; Margaret, born 9th
April 1909 ; Ian, born 4th Nov. 1911.
DUNCAN MACARTHUR, born Port
lgi9 Charlotte, Islay, 11th Feb. 1875, son
of Duncan M. and Ann M'Cormick ;
educated at Port Charlotte, Bowmore, and
Kingussie Schools and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 7th May 1903 ;
assistant at Beauly ; ord. to Knoydart 27th
Oct. 1903 ; trans, to Kilninver 2nd March
1911; trans, and adm. 3rd June 1919.
Marr. 29th Dec. 1905, Catherine Jane,
daugh. of Hugh Maclean, and has issue—
Duncan, born 24th May 1908.
LADYBURN (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here on 26th Dec.
1875. Disjoined from the East Parish of
Greenock, and erected by the Court of
Teinds, 5th June 1882.]
THOMAS KAY, born 26th Aug. 1819, son
1876 of John K., merchant, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
ord. missionary at Eday, Orkney, 1864;
adm. min. of North Ronaldshay 4th May
1866; trans, and adm. 17th May 1876;
res. 17th May 1897 ; died 22nd Jan. 1903.
He marr. (1) Isabella Agnes Hogg : (2)
14th April 1857, Margaret Lumsden, daugh.
of William Wardlaw, merchant, Ratho, and
had issue — Isabella Richardson ; John ;
Annie, died 2nd April 1918. Publication—
The Kirk and the Book (1885).
ROBERT MONTGOMERY HARDIE,
18Q7 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 22nd Sept. 1897;
trans, to Cockpen 17th Feb. 1903.
ROBERT AITKEN, M.A., B.D.; ord.
1903 17t ^ ^ Une 1903 ; trans, to St George's
Parish, Paisley, 19th May 1913.
ROBERT CLEGHORN THOMSON,
lgl3 born Uddingston, 17th Oct. 1877,
son of Robert Cleghorn T. and
Agnes Hay; educated at Queen's Park
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1903), B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 8th May 1906 ; assistant at Peebles
1906-7, at Inverness 1907-8. On doctrinal
grounds he res. his licence in 1908, and
became a theological tutor at Harley
College, London. He was restored as a
licentiate, and was assistant at Alloa,
1911-13; ord. to this charge 16th Oct.
1913 ; elected to Wallacetown, Dundee,
but died before admission, 6th Oct. 1918,
unmarr.
1919
GEORGE HOPE JAMIE, born 30th
Nov. 1891, son of David J., min.
of Ballingry ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1914) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 1916 ; ord. Indian Chaplain
at Jhansi 1916 ; res. and became assistant
at New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 1918 ; adm.
to this charge 16th Jan. 1919.
MIDDLE PARISH.
[The Middle Parish was disjoined from
the West Parish of Greenock by the Com-
missioners for the Plantation of Kirks on
15th July 1741. At first this was known
as the New Parish. In 1761 the Middle
Church was rebuilt. Its tower, 146 feet
high, was added in 1787.]
JOHN SHAW, born 1712, second son of
7 Alexander S., min. of Edinkillie ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1738); licen. by
Presb. of Forres 22nd Aug. 1736 ; called
30th Sept., and ord. 10th Nov. 1741 ; adm.
a burgess of Inveraray 30th July 1744 ; died
6th Nov. 1768. He marr. 9th Dec. 1745,
Agnes (died 28th April 1815), daugh. of
Hugh Hendry, cooper, Greenock, and had
issue — Alexander, born 16th April 1748 ;
John, born 27th April 1749, died 26th
March 1751 ; Eleanor, born 30th June
1750; Hugh, born 23rd Sept. 1752, died
8th Sept. 1756; Jean, born 6th Oct. 1754,
died 14th Sept. 1756; Grizel, born 11th
Nov. 1756, died 9th Oct. 1757 ; Agnes, born
22nd Jan. 1761 ; Margaret, born 7th Feb.
1763, died 1853; John, born 17th June
1765 ; Andrew, born 13th May 1767. " The
only existing record of their names, day
and hour of birth and death, is on a leaf
of his family Bible" [now in America]. —
[Tombst. ; Watt Memorials, p. 98 ; William-
son's Old Greenock. 45.]
202
MIDDLE PARISH
[PRESB. OF
JOHN ADAM, born 1720, son of John
1769 A., min. of West Kilbride ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 29th Jan. 1745 ; ord. to
West Kilbride 28th March 1751 ; called
4rh May 1769 ; trans, and adm. 12th July
1769 ; D.D. (source and date unknown) ;
died 5th Aug. 1792. He marr. (1) 29th
July 1752, Elizabeth Parker, who died 27th
Nov. 1779, and had issue — John, merchant,
Greenock, born 21st June 1753, died 21st
May 1776 ; William, born 18th Sept. 1754,
died 27th Feb. 1757; Mary, born 8th
Aug. 1756, died 19th Dec. 1757; Janet,
born 27th June 1758 ; Robert, merchant,
Fayetteville, North Carolina, born 9th Dec.
1760, died 1804 j Elizabeth, born 31st Oct.
1762, died 23rd Aug. 1766; Mary, born
3rd June 1765 (marr. John Hendry, min.
of Ardrossan) ; John William, born 7th
Nov. 1768 : (2) 13th Oct. 1783, Agnes (died
s.p. 19th Oct. 1826), daugh. of Bailie John
Anderson, merchant, Greenock, and Helen
Hill. Publication — A Sermon (Glasgow,
1785).— [Tombst.]
JOHN SCOTT, born Port of Menteith,
17gs 1763, son of John S. ; educated at
Port of Menteith and Aberfoyle
Schools and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1787 ; tutor in
the family of John Wallace, Greenock ;
pres. by the Town Council 16th Jan., and
ord. 10th May 1793; D.D. (Glasgow, -22nd
Feb. 1803); died 23rd March ls36. He
marr. 8th Feb. 1796, Susan (died 1st Nov.
1829), daugh. of Alexander Fisher of Dych-.
mount, and had issue— Mary, born 18th
Nov. 1796, died young; John, born 27th
April 1799, died young; Susan Hutchison,
born 6th May, and died 23rd Aug. 1801 ;
Jean, born 2nd March 1804, died young;
Alexander John, born 26th March 1805
[M.A. (Glasgow 1824), licentiate of the
Church of Scotland, 1827-39 ; charged with
heresy and deprived of his license : was
successively a min. in Woolwich ; Professor
of English, University College, London;
Professor of Hebrew, Owens College, Man-
chester, and first Principal of that
College], died at Yeytaux, Switzerland,
12th Jan. 1866 j Margaret, born 26th May
1S06, died unmarr. Publication — Sermons
[Memoir] (Edinburgh, 1839).— [Smith's
Fun. Sarm. ; Acts of Ass., 1831 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, assistant
18S1 t0 P rece ding min. ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 15th Oct. 1831 ;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh. 16th
Jan. 1834.
1835
JAMES SMITH, born Glasgow, 1796,
son of James S. ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews : M.A. (1817); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd May 1S20; ord.
to Alva 6th May 1823: pres. by the
Town Council 2nd Feb., trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 11th June
1835. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Middle Free Church, Greenock,
1843-53 ; sometime clerk of Free Presb. of
Greenock ; res. and resided first in Jersey,
and afterwards in Hyde, I.W. : died 5th
March 1886. He marr. 3rd Sept. 1828,
Charlotte Laura, second daugh. of Captain
Richard Bullen, Scots Greys, and had issue
— Laura Jemima, born 10th June 1829 ;
James Richard, born 22nd May 1S31 ; Jessie,
born 15th Jan. 1833 ; Charles Bullen, born
22nd Jan. 1834, died 23rd Jan. 1S36 ; John-
stone, born 3rd March 1S36 ; Jane Agnes,
born 12th Nov. 1837 : Jemima Bullen, born
23rd July 1839 ; George William, born 3rd
June 1842.
1S4S
JAMES REID BROWN, born Cold-
stream, 6th Dec. 1796, only son of
Robert B. and Isabella, daugh. of
James Reid, Coldstream : educated at
Associate Burgher Hall and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Berwick
14th May 1819; sometime tutor to John
Wilkie of Foulden ; ord. min. of the High
Meeting, Berwick-on-Tweed, 10th Feb.
1824; trans, to the Scots Church, Swallow
Street, London, 18th Nov. 1S31 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1834) ; adm. to this charge 26th
Oct. 1843; died 3rd Oct. 1860. As
Moderator of the Presb. of London he
pronounced sentence of deposition on
Edward Irving. 2nd May 1S32. He accom-
panied the deputation from the Church of
Scotland who congratulated Queen Victoria
GREENOCK]
MIDDLE PARISH— NORTH PARISH
203
on her accession in 1837. He marr. 11th
Nov. 1824, Mary Margaret (died 26th Feb.
1860), daugh. of John Burke, 10 St Andrew
Square, Edinburgh, and had issue — Cather-
ine Isabella, died unmarr., at Edinburgh,
10th Aug. 1915, aged 90; Robert, major
Madras Army, died at London, 29th May
1869 ; James Reid, captain Madras Staff
Corps, died at Glasgow, 10th June 1891 ;
Thomas Reid, stockbroker, died at Edin-
burgh, 26th June 1905. Publications— He
was at one time on the staff of the Times,
to which he contributed many articles,
chiefly on Scottish subjects.
FREDERICK LOCKHART ROBERT-
1861 SON, trans, from Bonbill, and adm.
16th May 1861 ; trans, to St An-
drew's Parish, Glasgow, 28th March 1873.
JAMES ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
1874 trans - f rom North Parish, Stirling,
and adm. 19th May 1874 ; trans, to
Troqueer, Dumfriesshire, 21st Sept. 1876.
DAVID SMITH PETERS, born Newton
1877 of Falkland 3rd July 1845, son of
David P. and Ann Smith ; educated
at Falkland School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; MA. (1869); licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 5th Oct. 1872 ; assistant at St
George's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Newton-
upon-Ayr 25th Aug. 1875 ; trans, and adm.
13th March 1877.
THE NORTH PARISH (Q.S.).
[A church, built for this district in 1823,
was known as Blackhall Street Chapel.
On 31st May 1834 the General Assembly
erected this as a separate charge, and on
30th May 1836 it was granted a constitution
as a chapel, and had a definite district
assigned to it. In 1840 the old West
Church, built for the town and parish of
Greenock in 1592, was restored and made
a chapel for this north district. The
North Parish was disjoined from the
West Parish of Greenock, 18th March
1872. In the north churchyard, now be-
longing to this parish, was buried in 1786
Mary Campbell, the "Highland Mary" of
Robert Burns. In 1842 there was erected
over her grave a monument on which is
sculptured her parting with the poet, and
beneath are inscribed the lines —
" O Mary ! dear departed Shade !
Where is thy place of blissful rest ? "]
NATHANIEL MORREN, MA. ; ord.
1823 20t ^ ^ Une 1823 ' trans - t0 B recnm
28th Sept. 1843.
[Vacant 1843-65.]
JAMES RANKIN, MA. ; ord. 21st July
i MC 1865 ; trans, to Muthil 4th June
lobo _
1868.
CHARLES STRONG, ord. 1868 ; trans.
ioqo to Anderston Parish, Glasgow, 16th
lobo ^ _ _ _
March 1871.
WILLIAM WEIR TULLOCH, M.A,
1871 B.D. ; ord. 10th Aug. 1871 ; first
min. of the parish in 1872 ; trans, to
Kelso 10th Sept. 1874.
ALEXANDER ERSKINE SHAND,
lffJS educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1871) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh ; assistant at St George's, Edinburgh ;
ord. 25th Feb. 1875 ; died 3rd May 1897.
He marr. 4th June 1878, Alison (born 7th
May 1853, died 30th Aug. 1902), eldest
daugh. of Alexander Hay, jeweller, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Helen Masters Hay,
born 30th April 1879 ; Catherine Ballingall
Clerk, born 9th Nov. 1881 ; Thomas
Graham, born 15th Sept. 1884.
ADAM CURRIE, born Leith, 6th Feb.
1898 18 ^ 5 > son °f Adam C. and Agnes
Beveridge ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1889 ; assistant at Tron
Parish. Edinburgh ; ord. missionary to
Mount Mlanje, British Central Africa,
1891 ; adm. to this charge 29th April 1898.
Marr. Jan. 1892, Jessie, daugh. of John
Monteath, Dunblane, and has issue — Adam,
Scots Guards, born 1894, killed in action in
France, 23rd Aug. 1918.
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ST ANDREWS CHAPEL— ST PAULS
[PRESB. OF
ST ANDREW'S CHAPEL,
WEST STEWART STREET.
[This charge was founded 1st March 1835.
A church was built in 1836. It was re-
tained by the Free Church after the
Secession.]
1835
JOHN JAMES BONAR, born 25th
March 1803, son of James Bonar,
Second Solicitor of Excise, Edin-
burgh, and Marjory Pyott or Maitland ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
25th April 1827 ; assistant at Middle
Parish, Greenock; ord. 20th Aug. 1835.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min.
of St Andrew's Free Church, Greenock,
1843-91; D.D. (Edinburgh, 20th April
1883), died 7th July 1891. He marr. 17th
July 1838, Isabella (died 22nd March 1875),
youngest daugh. of James Watt of Ran-
furly, Renfrewshire, and had issue — James
of Ranfurly, M.A. (Edinburgh), born 1st
May 1839, died 14th Sept. 1915; John,
born 20th May 1840, died 7th Nov. 1907;
William, born 29th April, and died 19th
Sept. 1842; Horatius of Ranfurly, W.S.,
Edinburgh, compiler of the Pyott or
Maitland Pedigree (1914), born 31st July
1843, died 2nd Feb. 1917 ; Andrew, born
26th July 1845, died 31st Aug. 1847. Pub-
lications — Contributions to the Presby-
terian Review (Edinburgh, 1832-48), and
the Quarterly Journal of Prophecy (Lon-
don, 1849 ff.). — [Jubilee Memorial of Saint
Andrew's Parish and Congregation, and of
their first Minister, John James Bonar,
D.D. (Greenock, 1889); Parting Memorial
of John James Bonar, D.D. (Greenock,
1892); The Christian, 29th July 1893;
Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ST PAUL'S (Q.S.).
[An iron chapel was opened here 21st
July 1878, and a stone church 5th March
1893. The parish was disjoined from the
West Parish of Greenock 29th Nov. 1901.]
1879
THOMAS FRANCIS JOHNSTONE,
born 1840, son of Michael Shaw
Stewart J., D.D., min. of Monigaff;
educated at Leamington College and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; B.A. (1861), M.A. (1862) ;
licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 28th June
1864 ; ord. to St Boswells 20th July 1865 ;
trans, and adm. 15th Jan. 1879 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 29th Nov. 1901 ; dem.
18th May 1908; died 13th March 1913.
He marr. 22nd Jan. 1891, Florence Mary,
daugh. of Norman Cowley, 5th Dragoon
Guards, but had no issue.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Glasgow, 20th
April 1867, son of Duncan C. and
Jane Wotherspoon Simpson ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1888),
B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1891 ; assistant at Kinghorn ; ord. to
Monquhitter 28th Sept. 1897 ; trans, and
adm. 18th Dec. 1908; trans, to Tolbooth
Parish, Edinburgh, 19th Sept. 1917. Marr.
3rd Aug. 1898, Margaret, daugh. of Edward
Swan, farmer, Mountskip, Gorebridge, and
sister of Annie S. Swan, the novelist, and
has issue — Duncan Edward, born 2nd July
1899 ; Effie Jean, born 7th March 1902 ;
John Colin, born 9th Jan. 1904 ; Alexander
Archibald, born 9th Feb. 1907. Publica-
tion — "Introduction and Commentary on
Epistles to Corinthians " (The One Volume
Bible Commentary, London, 1909).
CHARLES LAING WARR, born 20th
May 1892, son of Alfred W., min. of
Rosneath ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1913); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 1917; assistant at St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; served as lieut. of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders in France;
was wounded at the second battle of
Ypres, and discharged from the army ;
ord. 7th March 1918. Marr. 30th April
1918, Christian Lawson Aitken, daugh. of
Robert Rattray Tulloch, city analyst,
Glasgow. Publications — The Unseen Host
(Paisley, 1916); Echoes of Flanders
(London, 1916) ; Alfred Warr of Rosneath
(Paisley, 1917).
Greenock] ST THOMAS'S CHAPEL— SOUTH— WELLPARK
205
1839
ST THOMAS'S CHAPEL.
[The building was retained by the Free
Church after the Secession of 1843.]
WILLIAM LAUGHTON, born London,
31st Aug. 1812, son of William L.,
master mariner and shipowner, and
Agatha Boog ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; ord. 18th July 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of St Thomas's
Free Church, Greenock, 1843-97; D.D.
(Glasgow 1881) ; Moderator of Free Church
General Assembly 19th May 1881; died
unmarr. at Edinburgh, 7th Nov. 1897.
SOUTH (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the West
Parish 19th July 1875.]
CHARLES DURWARD, M.A., B.D. ;
adm. first min. of the parish 21st
1875 Sept. 1875; trans, to Scoonie 5th
May 1881.
JOHN FORBES MACPHERSON, son
of Lauchlan M., bedellus of the Univ.
of Glasgow; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1872), B.D. (1875) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. to New Rothesay
27th Sept. 1877 ; trans, and adm. 27th Oct.
1881 ; clerk of Presb. ; res. Dec. 1919. Marr.
13th April 1882, Jessie Ewart, daugh. of John
Hannah, and has issue — Elizabeth Forbes,
born 20th May 1883; Jessie Blackwood
Hannah, born 22nd Jan. 1885 ; George
Lauchlan, born 2nd Sept. 1886 ; Barbara
Gunn,born 26th Nov. 1887 ; John Hannah,
born 16th Oct. 1889; Robert, born 23rd
May 1892.
JOHN YOUNGSON THOMSON,
1920 trans, from Leadhills 1920.
WELLPARK (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1877, and the
parish was disjoined from the West Parish
of Greenock, 21st Feb. 1881.]
HARCOURT PETER CHARLTON,
B.A. ; min. at Burt, Ireland, 19th
1877 Oct. 1858 to 3rd Nov. 1875 ; adm. in
1877 ; trans, to Stranraer 27th March 1879.
1881
WILLIAM WILSON, born Druma-
la7g donald, Co. Down, Ireland, June
1842, son of James W. and Margaret
Mair ; educated at Queen's College, Bel-
fast ; licen. by Presb. of Belfast in 1873 ; ord.
to Spa, Presb. of Comber, Ireland, 5th May
1874 ; adm. to this charge 18th July 1879 ;
first min. of the parish in 1881 ; dem. in
1916. Marr. June 1878, Jane Young,
daugh. of James Killen, D.D., Comber,
and has issue — Jane ; Florence.
CHARLES PETER GRANT, born 3rd
Jan. 1882, son of Alexander G., min.
of Stoer, Sutherland ; educated at
Kingussie School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Dornoch in
1907 ; assistant at St Michael's, Dumfries ;
ord. to Greengairs 28th Sept. 1910 ; trans.
and adm. (assistant and successor) 15th
Aug. 1916.
THE WEST PARISH, formerly
THE PARISH OF GREENOCK.
[On 18th Nov. 1589, at Holyrood House,
King James VI. granted John Shaw of
Greenock authority to erect a church for
this rising town and its neighbourhood.
The church was then built and opened 5th
Oct. 1591. An Act of Parliament giving
sanction to the proceedings was passed on
5th June 1592. By another Act, passed on
8th June 1594, this parish was disjoined by
Parliament from Inverkip and erected as
the Parish of Greenock, a name which it
continued to bear till the erection of the
East Parish in 1809. In 1636 the Lord
Commissioners for the Plantation of Kirks
enlarged the parish of Greenock by adding
to it various lands taken from the parishes
of Inverkip and Houston. There were of
old two chapels within the bounds assigned
to the parish of Greenock, besides the chapel
of St Laurence in what is now the East
Parish. One of these chapels stood at
Chapelton, in the extreme east of the
parish, and the other was the chapel of St
Blaan at Kilblaan. There were two yearly
fairs held of old times in Greenock — St
Helen's Fair, and the Fair of St Laurence.
The latter was held beside St Laurence's
^06
WEST PARISH
[PRESB. OF
Chapel, whose site was near where the
East Church now stands. The West
Parish Church was rebuilt on a new site
in 1840, and a tower added to it in 1854.]
ANDREW MUEDO [MUEDOCH],
1591 M.A. (St Andrews 1582); adm. to
Kippen in 1587 ; trans, and adm.
after 8th Feb. 1591. [In Notes on Greenock
Writs (Advocates' Library), his name is
given as Mure, or Murehead.]— [Stirling
Presb. Beg.]
PATEICK SHAW, pres. by James VI.
5 Nov. 1593 ; trans, to Selkirk in 1596.
— [Williamson's Old Greenock, 2nd
ser., 51.]
1598
JOHN [not Malcolm as in the Report
of the Commission of 1627] LAING,
MA. (Glasgow 1594) ; min. in 1598 ;
died Feb. 1639, aged about 65. One of
his parishioners was " delated " before the
Presb. for " invading, abusing, and striking
his pastor in the market-place" on a market
day in 1602. For thisoffence he was ordered
to make the round of all the kirks in the
Presb. on successive Sundays in time of
divine service, and present himself at the
place of public repentance, bareheaded and
barefooted, in sackcloth, till the end of the
sermon, and confess his offence and sorrow
for it. On the last Sunday he was to
present himself in the public place of
repentance in the kirk of Greenock, humble
himself on the floor of the kirk on his
knees, and crave God's mercy. L. marr.
Janet Craig, and had issue — James, min.
of Kirknewton, served heir 31st Jan.
1640. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 2472 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccclxvi., 217 ;
Old Greenock, 2nd ser., 52.]
JAMES TAYLOE, M.A. ; pres. by John
Shaw of Greenock, acting for James,
Earl of Abercorn, the "undoubted
patron," and ord. 11th Feb. 1640 ; trans, to
Mearns 20th July 1665.
WILLIAM CAMEEON, born about
1637, son of Archibald C, min. of
Buchanan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1657) ; pres. by John Shaw
1640
of Greenock, and ord. before 19th Dec. 1667 ;
various charges (afterwards shown to be
unfounded) being brought against him, his
health became shattered, and he dem. at
the end of 1680. For several years he was
supported by collections made by his former
co-Presbyters and their congregations. On
2nd Oct. 1689 he petitioned the Synod for
supply for himself and his wife and family
(" being in a starving condition "), and the
General Assembly, 13th Nov. 1690 and 25th
Dec. 1695, recommended him to the Privy
Council for charity. From the Univ. of
Glasgow also he received £200 on 19th
Feb. 1691. He died at Edinburgh, 29th
Jan. 1698. He marr. Mary Wauchope, who
survived him, and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. Eobert Kincaid, schoolmaster, Salt-
coats), and eight- others. — [Glasg. Tests.;
Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ; Maitland Miscell., iv. ;
Acts of Ass., 1690, 1695.]
1681
ANDEEW CEANSTOUN, probably
related to John O, min. of Crail-
ing ; was a student within the
bounds of the Presb. ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1673) ; pres. by Sir John Shaw ; had a
testimonial for ordination 1st June, and
inst. 5th July 1681. He is not mentioned
after 26th Oct. 1681, but the parish was not
vacant till Jan. 1682.
DAVID MITCHELL, born Alloa, about
1683 1646 ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1666) ; licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 15th
Feb. 1668 ; app. schoolmaster of Alloa 28th
Sept. 1673 ; clerk of Presb. of Stirling ; ord.
to Stevenston before 1st June 1681 ; pres.
by Sir John Shaw ; coll. and inst. 26th May
1683 [he served his own edict before institu-
tion] ; app. clerk of Presb. 12th Nov. 1684 ;
probably outed at the Eevolution. He is
described as " a quiet and peaceable man."
Apparently in " great distress," he was given
a sum of £5, lis. ljd. sterling by the Univ.
of Glasgow 20th April 1697. The date of
his death is unknown. — [Alloa Sess. Reg.]
[ALEXANDEE GOEDON, M.A. ; de-
prived min. of Inveraray ; officiated
here from Nov. 1687 ; returned to
Inveraray 6th Aug. 1690.]
1687
GREENOCK]
WEST PARISH
207
JOHN STIRLING, trans, from Inch-
1694 mnan » an d adm. 11th Sept. 1694;
dem. 8th July 1701, on appointment
as Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow
(q.v.), in succession to his uncle, William
Dunlop.
ANDREW TURNER, born Port of
1704 M entevtn > son °f David T. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 6th April 1692 ; ord.
to Erskine 22nd Sept. 1692; called 12th
Sept. 1703 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Feb. 1704 ;
died 30th Nov. 1718. He took a leading
part in dealing with the witches of Renfrew-
shire, especially the case of Christian Shaw,
daugh. of the laird of Bargarran, parish of
Erskine. He marr. 18th April 1694, Kath-
erine, daugh. of Thomas Kennedy, min. at
Glasgow, and had issue — David, his suc-
cessor here ; Thomas, min. of Stirling ;
Margaret (marr. James Anderson, min. of
Rosneath). — [Glasg. Reg. {Marr.) ; Lees's
Abbey of Paisley, 329 ; Metcalfe's Hist, of
the County of Renfrew, 330.]
DAVID TURNER, born 1695, son of
1721 P rece drng ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (13th April 1715);
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon ; pres. by Sir
John Shaw of Greenock 4th July 1720 ;
ord. 12th Jan. 1721 ; died Father op the
Church 9th Dec. 1785. He marr. 30th
March 1740, Janet (died 13th Aug. 1799),
daugh. of John Hunter of Kilbowie, and
had issue — Anne, born 24th Jan. 1741 ;
Elizabeth, born 29th Jan. 1743; Andrew,
born 2nd April 1747 ; David, merchant,
Greenock, died, aged 23 ; Thomas of Kil-
bowie, merchant, Greenock ; James, some-
time town-clerk of Greenock, Parliamentary
Solicitor in London.
COLIN GILLIES, pres. by John Shaw
l774 Stewart, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 12th May 1774; trans, to
Laigh Parish, Paisley, 19th Dec. 1781.
ALLAN M'AULAY, probably second son
1786 °^ J° nn M-, Barony Parish, Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1770) ; pres. by John
Shaw Stewart, and ord. 27th July 1786 ;
died 8th Nov. 1791, aged 41. He marr. 4th
Nov. 1788, Margaret Hopkins, who was
resident in Greenock 25th March 1807,
and had issue — an only daugh., Jane, born
16th Aug. 1789.
ROBERT STEELE [STEEL], descended
1792 fr° m the martyr John Brown of
Priesthill, born 15th Aug. 1749
[another account gives May 1754], second
son of William S., farmer, Skellyhill and
Waterhead, parish of Douglas ; educated
at Lesmahagow and Hamilton Schools and
Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor to Sir Thomas
MacDougall Brisbane of Brisbane ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 13th Feb. 1787 ; assist-
ant at Doune ; pres. by John Shaw Stewart
14th Jan., and ord. 21st June 1792 \ died 6th
Dec. 1 831. He marr. 9th June 1794, Marion
(died 21st April 1839), daugh. and co-heiress
of John Boyd-Cuninghame of Carlung, Ayr-
shire, and had issue — Elizabeth, born 6th
May 1795 ; Mary, born 22nd Dec. 1796 ;
William, advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of
Stirling and Dunbarton, born 27th June
1798, died 28th Dec. 1880 ; Jane, born 3rd
Feb. 1800; Marion, born 29th Nov. 1801,
died 11th Jan. 1842 ; Janet, born 17th Jan.
1804 (marr. Thomas Brown, min. of Inver-
kip) ; Margaret, born 3rd Jan. 1806 ; Helen,
born 4th Nov. 1808, died 23rd March 1846 ;
Katherine Maxwell, born 15th Feb. 1817. —
[Douglas Sess. Reg. ; Tombst.~\
[After the death of Mr Steele the charge
was offered to Thomas Chalmers, D.D.,
who declined it, but recommended Mr
MacFarlan.]
PATRICK MACFARLAN, born 4th
1832 AP r ^ 1>781 > son °f J onri Warden M.,
min. of Second Charge, Canongate
Parish, Edinburgh ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Dec. 1803; ord.
to Kippen 4th Sept. 1806 ; trans, to Polmont
13th July 1810 ; trans, to St John's Parish,
Glasgow [as successor to Thomas Chalmers,
D.D.], 29th July 1824 ; trans, to St Enoch's
Parish, Glasgow, 1825; pres. by Sir Michael
Shaw Stewart, Bart. ; trans, and adm. 27th
July 1832. He was examined before the
Committee of the House of Commons on the
Patronage Question, 20th and 25th March
1834, and was Moderator of Assembly 22nd
208
WEST PARISH
[PRESB. OF
May that year. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the West Free Church,
Greenock, 1843-9 ; Moderator of Free
Church General Assembly 22nd May 1845 ;
died 13th Nov. 1849. He rnarr. 8th Jan.
1808, Catherine (died 21st Dec. 1815, aged
31), daugh. of Robert Clason, min. of Logie,
Dunblane, and had issue — Ann, born 11th
April 1810, died 25th Nov. 1831 ; Helen,
born 17th June 1811 ; Catherine, born 21st
June 1813 (marr. Alexander Melville, min.
of Falkirk), died at Paris, 25th Feb. 1866 ;
John, min. of Middle Free Church, Green-
ock, born 2nd May 1815, died 18th Dec. 1891.
Publications — Six Sermons (Glasgow, 1825 ;
Edinburgh, 1846) ; Strictures on the Rev.
Greville Swing's Speech (Glasgow, 1827) ;
Answer to Remarks . . . by the Rev.
Greville Ewing, and to Mr M'Gavin's
Letter (Glasgow, 1827); Thoughts on
Popular Election, Patronage, and Calls
(Edinburgh, 1833); Letters to the People
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Lecture on
Candour in the Investigation of Religious
Truth (Edinburgh, 1842); A Letter to the
Friends of the Established Church (Edin-
burgh, 1842) ; Supplementary Letter to the
Friends of the Established Church (Edin-
burgh, 1842) ; Address at the Opening of the
General Assembly of the Free Church (Edin-
burgh, 1845) ; The Past and Present State
of Evangelical Religion in Switzerland
(Edinburgh, 1845) ; The Gospel Ministry
Fund essential to the Maintenance and
Extension of the Free Church (Greenock,
1 848) ; A Vindication of the Church of
Scotland (London, 1850) ; edited Warden's
Essay on the Lord's Suptper (Leith, 1808)
and Thomas Brown's Sermons (Glasgow,
1849).— [Smith's Scottish Clergy, ii., 66;
Disruption Worthies, 63 ; Free Church
Mag., 1850 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES MELVILLE M'CULLOCH,
1843 b ° rD St Alldrew8 » 25th Feb - 1801 >
son of John M. ; educated at the
Burgh and Grammar Schools and Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1821) ; rector of the
Grammar School of Dunkeld 1821 - 6 ;
been, by Presb. of Dunkeld 28th Dec.
1824 ; headmaster of Circus Place School,
Edinburgh, 1826-9; ord. to Inverbrothock
Chapel 25th Feb. 1829; trans, to Kelso
27th Sept. 1832; D.D. (St Andrews, 13th
Feb. 1841); pres. by Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart, Bart. ; trans, and adm. 23rd Nov.
1843; died 12th Jan. 1883. His Course of
Reading was the most notable school-book
of its time, and was used not only in
Scotland but throughout Great Britain,
as well as in India and the Colonies.
Some of his school-books reached forty
editions. He marr. 26th Dec. 1827,
Arabella Cargill, and had issue — Robert
Cargill, born 10th Oct. 1828; Melville,
a daugh., born 10th Jan. 1830, died
5th Feb. 1833; Louisa, born 10th Aug.
1831 (marr. James Rankin, D.D., min.
of Muthill), died 19th Oct. 1915; Agnes
Jane, born 19th Dec. 1832; John, M.D.,
Greenock, born 24th May 1834 ; Mary
Anne, born 14th Sept. 1835 ; James Nisbet,
born 6th July 1840 ; Janet Frances, born
28th Feb. 1842. Publications—^ Compen-
dious View of the Principal Charges which
have been preferred against the Committee
of the British and Foreign Bible Society
[anon.] (Edinburgh, 1826) ; A Course of
Elementary Reading in Science and Litera-
ture (Edinburgh, 1827, numerous editions) ;
The Trust-worthiness of the Earl Street
Committee Examined and Disproved [anon.]
(Edinburgh, 1828); A Sermon on the Occa-
sion of the Death of the Rev. Dr Andreiv
Thomson (Edinburgh, 1831) ; Present and
Future Consequences of witnessing a Good
Confession (Edinburgh, 1831); English
Grammar with Exercises (Edinburgh, 1834) ;
On the Civil Establishments of Religion
(Edinburgh, 1835); Causes and Remedy of
the Present Disaffection to the Church of
Scotland (1835) ; A Series of Lessons in Prose
and Verse (Edinburgh, 1836); Pietas Juven-
ilis (London, 1838) ; Introductory Notice at
the Opening of the North Parish Church
[Kelso] (Edinburgh, 1838); The Establish-
ment shoivn to be laid prostrate at the Feet
of the Civil Magistrate (1840) ; Literary
Characteristics of the Scriptures (1847);
Misconceptions regarding Education (1876) ;
First Reading Book, various editions
(London) ; Second Reading Book, various
editions (London) ; Third Reading Book,
8 editions (London) ; Prefixes and Affixes
geeenock]
WEST PARISH— INVERKIP
209
(London) ; English Pronunciation and Spell-
ing (London) ; Sermons [edited by James
Rankin, D.D.] (1884); Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iii.).— [Memoir pre-
fixed to Sermons (portrait) ; Smith's Scottish
Clergy, ii„ 289.]
JOHN BARCLAY, born Collessie, 29th
July 1840, son of Robert B. and
Grace Barclay ; educated at Madras
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1860); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1865; ord. to Nenthorn 1st March 1866;
trans, to Old Kilpatrick 19th Sept. 1867;
trans, to Dunblane 20th Jan. 1870; trans,
to St George's, Glasgow, 14th Sept. 1871 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 7th May
1 874 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 4th Nov. 1875 ; died 24th May 1893.
He marr. (1) 13th June 1866, Annie Stark
(died 8th April 1878),daugh. of John Leslie,
and had issue — Robert, his successor ;
Johanna Leslie, born 13th Jan. 1871 (marr.
1899, William Russell, M.A., Cradock, Cape
Colony), died 23rd Feb. 1914 ; John Leslie,
1st officer R.N.R., born 19th Nov. 1872;
Grace, born 27th June 1875 (marr. 1904,
John Maclntyre, M.D., Glasgow); Annie
Stark, born 14th April 1877 (marr. Henry
Mountj oy Bartlett, Cape Colony) : (2) 6th
May 1879, Helen M'Naughton, eldest daugh.
of Neil M'Eachran, Gleneden, Bothwell,
and had issue — Alexander Love, born 29th
March 1880, accidentally killed at Omaha,
U.S.A., 3rd May 1912; Noel M'Eachran,
C.E., B.Sc, 2nd lieut. Argyll and Suther-
land Highlanders, born 19th Nov. 1884.
ROBERT BARCLAY, son of preceding,
born 27th Jan. 1869 ; educated at
George Watson's College and Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock
in 1892 ; assistant at St Andrew's Parish
and Barony Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 28th
Nov. 1893 ; died 30th Jan. 1904. He marr.
13th June 1895, Hannah Buchanan, daugh.
of John Marshall Lang, D.D., Principal of
the Univ. of Aberdeen, and had issue —
Dorothy, born 6th Aug. 1898 (marr. 1920,
Lieut. Cuthbert Carr, R.N.).
VOL. III.
1904
WILLIAM JACK NICHOL SERVICE,
born 22nd March 1873, son of John
S., D.D., min. of Hyndland Chapel,
Glasgow ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1894), B.D.
(1897); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1897 ; assistant at St George's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Arbroath 21st Feb.
1899; trans, and adm. 8th Sept. 1904.
Marr. 25th June 1904, Amy Margaret,
daugh. of Henry Angus, D.D., min. of
Erskine U.F. Church, Arbroath. Publi-
cations — Responsibility of Citizenship
(Arbroath, 1903); Daily Prayer in Time of
War (Glasgow, 1914) ; War and the Peace
of God (Glasgow, 1915).
INVERKIP.
[The vicarage of Inverkip belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. At Christswell, in the
parish, there was a chapel with a holy well.]
GEORGE THOMSON, exhorter, 1st
1574 May 1569. He was accused of being
" airt and pairt in the cruel murder "
of Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie and
his son William, in April 1584 ; was reduced
to the office of reader in 1588, but was
restored in 1589, and is still mentioned in
1590. — [Reg. Min.; Reg. Assig. ; Pitcairn's
Crim. Trials, i.]
THOMAS YOUNGER, M.A. (Glasgow
15g2 1584); reader at Paisley 1585-90;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
before 11th Dec. 1592, and still in the
charge in 1617. He marr., and had issue —
Robert, apprenticed to Robert Thomson,
tailor, Glasgow, 30th Jan. 1625. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Edin. and Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A., min. in
1626; adm. to Wandel and Laming -
ton May 1664 {q.v.). He marr. Jean
Sharp, and had issue — Jean (marr., cont.
22nd and 24th June 1653, Archibald Banna-
tyne of Lubas). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. Old
Dec, iv. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Min.-book Reg.
Priv. Seal ; Lamont Papers, 649 ; Argyll
Sas., i. 87 ; G. R. Inhib., 2nd Oct. 1665.]
O
210
INVERKIP
[PRESB. OF
1665
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1661) ; pres. by
Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackball ;
coll. Sept. 1665; inst. 21st March 1666;
died before 12th Nov. 1684, aged about 43.
— [Beg. Old Dec, iv.]
1685
HENRY HENDERSON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 23rd July 1672); Keen,
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1681 ;
was ord. a Deacon ; ord. and inst. to this
charge 29th May 1685 ; he left the parish
in 1689 ; died in Edinburgh, 16th April
1703, aged 51.— [Edin. Reg. Bur.]
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.A., formerly
min. of Kilmun ; adm. here under
the Toleration, 26th Dec. 1688;
returned to Dunoon in 1690.
1688
WILLIAM FLEMING, educated at
1692 Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 4th April 1692 ; ord. 20th
Sept. 1692 ; died Father of the Synod
24th Dec. 1745. He marr. 8th June 1693,
Agnes (who predeceased him), daugh. of
Adam Aird of Katrin, and had issue —
James ; Mary ; Barbara, all above 30 years
of age in 1745. — \_Sorn Kirk-sess. Reg.~\
ALEXANDER SCOTT, tutor in the
1747 ^ ain ^y °f Thomas Brisbane of Bris-
bane ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 11th
Sept. 1739; ord. to Killellan 26th April
1744 ; pres. by Sir Michael Stewart of
Blackball, Bart. ; trans, and adm. 18th Feb.
1747; died 15th Dec. 1787. He marr. (1)
16th Aug. 1750, Katherine Weir, who died
22nd April 1753, and had issue — Eleanora,
born 3rd Aug. 1751 (marr. Neil Somerville,
Fairfield, Govan) ; Katherine Elizabeth,
born 10th April 1753 : (2) 28th Feb. 1757,
Anne Speir, daugh. of William Cunning-
ham, and had issue — Anne, born 10th
Feb. 1758 (marr. her father's successor).
— [Tombst. ; Crawfurd's Hist.]
y THOMAS BROWN, born Tynron, prob-
1788 a k^ son °^ J° nn B., farmer,
Lesmahagow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; pres. by Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart, Bart., and ord. 25th Sept. 1788 ;
died 8th April 1832. He marr. 18th Nov.
1788, Anne Scott (died 25th May 1844),
daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue —
John, born 5th Sept. 1789, died at Sligo,
Ireland, 28th May 1818 ; Anne, born 13th
Oct. 1790 (marr. 4th June 1839, Humphrey
Colquhoun, R.N.) ; Alexander, born 14th
Nov. 1791, student at Glasgow Univ. in
1808, died at Calcutta, 21st Aug. 1814;
Thomas, his successor here ; Charles, born
22nd Sept. 1795, died 12th Jan. 1817;
Frances, born 2nd July 1798 ; Helen, born
19th Feb. 1800.
THOMAS BROWN, born 12th March
1822 1793, third son of preceding ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Greenock 7th May 1817 ; pres. by
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart of Blackhall,
Bart., and ord. (assistant and successor) 21st
Feb. 1822; died at Greenock, 10th June
1868. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1825, Janet (died
12th Dec. 1866), daugh. of Robert Steele,
min. of Greenock, and had issue — Marion,
born 31st July 1826 ; Thomas, min. of
Collace, born 3rd March 1828; Robert
Steele, born 30th Sept. 1829 ; Anne Scott,
born 25th May 1831 (marr. James Hutche-
son, min. of East Church, Greenock) ;
William Steele, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway, born 31st Dec. 1834 ; Janet, born
24th July 1839. Publication — Speech on
Skelmorlie Church Site (1853).
ALEXANDER M'QUISTEN, born
1869 Coulstoun Holme, Cathcart, 1832,
third son of Peter M. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1855) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow; assistant at St
George's, Edinburgh, 1858 ; ord. to St
Matthew's Parish, Glasgow, 26th June
1862 ; trans, and adm. 18th Feb. 1869 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1894) ; died at Prestwick, 31st
Oct. 1906. He marr. 11th May 1863, Jessie
Steel, daugh. of John M'Kechnie, Glasgow,
and had issue — Gertrude, born 21st Feb.
1864 (marr. 26th Aug. 1891, George Mac-
farlane Reid) ; Henrietta Mary, born 3rd
Nov. 1866 ; Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, C.A.,
Glasgow, born 4th Nov. 1868; Frederick
Alexander, M.P., M.A., LL.B., advocate,,
born 23rd July 1870.
GREENOCK]
INVERKIP— KILMACOLM
211
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, born Alloa,
1905 9th March 1877, son of John C,
bailie in Alloa, and Elizabeth
Findlay; educated at Dollar Academy
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1899),
B.D. (1902) j licen. by Presb. of Stirling in
1903; assistant at Dunblane; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 10th May 1905 ; Chaplain
to the Forces, 1915-18 ; M.C. Marr. 11th
Sept. 1918, Margaret Macgregor, second
daugh. of Dermont Campbell, Dunblane.
KILMACOLM.
[The church of Kilmacolm was dedicated
to St Columba. It belonged to the Abbey
of Paisley. An aisle of the old church
still stands, and was the burial-place of the
Earls of Glencairn. There was a chapel
in the parish at Finlayston. A yearly fair
was held at Kilmacolm in honour of St
Marnoch. The parish church was rebuilt
in 1833.]
ROBERT MAXWELL, reader 1567 to
1567 1572.
JAMES CRAW, min. in 1574, having
Lochwinnoch also in his charge ; still
min. in 1576. — [Beg. Assig. ; Wodrow
MiscelL, i., 329.]
ROBERT COOK, min. of Killellan in
1567, of Kilbarchan in 1576; adm.
here in 1578.— [Beg. Assig.]
1580
ARCHIBALD SPITTALL, M.A. ; min.
in 1580 ; trans, to Kilmaronock before
1588.
DANIEL [or DAVID] CUNNINGHAM,
1588 MA. (Glasgow 1586) ; min. in 1588 ;
was a member of the Court of High
Commission 15th June 1619 ; still min. 27th
March 1628, but apparently dem. and was
resident at Lochwinnoch 26th March 1646.
— [Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Calderwood's
Hist., 385 ; Morrison's Dec, vi. ; Murray's
Kilmacolm, 33-46.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A. ;
ord. and adm. (at Glasgow) 15th
April 1629 ; trans, to Haddington
2nd Dec. 1629.
NINIAN CAMPBELL, M.A. ; adm. 1st
,_„.. April 1630; trans, to Rosneath 11th
March 1651.
THOMAS HALL ; born 1620, brother of
Gilbert H., min. of Kirkliston ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1642) ; ord. to Lame,
Ireland, Aug. 1646 ; adm. temporarily to
Erskine 31st Aug. 1649 ; trans, and adm. to
this charge 28th May 1651 ; returned to
Larne soon after 1660, where he continued
to minister privately to his people ; died in
1695. Wodrow speaks of him as a man
"of solid learning and judgment, integrity
and piety, as well as of constancy as a
sufferer for the truth, yet modest and
humble." He marr. Isobel M'Clellan, and
had issue — Jean ; Gilbert, " lieutenant of
the town of Edinburgh's company of
guards." Publication — A Plain and Easy
Explication of the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism, confirmed with plenty of Scrip-
ture-proofs, very usefxd to all, especially to
those of weaker capacity (Edinburgh, 1697,
pp. 248). — [Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Reid's Ireland,
ii., 124 ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Tombst.]
JAMES ALEXANDER of Blackhouse
and Boghall, born 1634, eldest son
of Robert A. of Blackhouse, town
clerk of Paisley, and Marion Hamilton ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1653); licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 27th Jan. 1655 ; ord. 29th March
that year ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of the Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. In March 1669
he was accused before the Privy Council
at Ayr of preaching and baptizing
irregularly. He died of fever that year.
He was eminent for his piety and scholar-
ship. He marr. (cont. 9th June 1657) Mary
(died in 1701), daugh. of John Maxwell
of Southbar, and had issue — Robert of
Blackhouse, W.S., died 23rd May 1723;
John, merchant, Glasgow ; Jean (marr. (1)
cont. 24th Aug. 1689, William Greenlees
of Auchlamont, writer in Ayr : (2) 26th
Nov. 1704, Alan Walkinshaw of Orchard);
Mary ; Elizabeth ; Anne.— [Wodrow's Hist.,
i. 327, ii. 123 ; Ayr Sas., ix., 244, 245.]
ANDREW ABERCROMBIE, M.A. ;
min. in 1663 ; trans, to Strathdon
1655
1663
26th July 1666.
212
KILMACOLM
[PRESB. OP-
JOHN IRVINE of Saphock, M.A. ; ord.
after 2nd March 1665 ; trans, to
Peterculter 11th Jan. 1674.
PATRICK SIMSON, deprived min. of
1672 R en ^ rew > was granted indulgence
here 3rd Sept. 1672 ; the parish was
declared vacant 13th May 1679. [S.
returned to Renfrew in 1687.]
DAVID BARCLAY, born 1648, nephew
1679 °^ David Fothringham of Pourie ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 25th July 1668);
recommended by the Presb. of Glasgow for
licence 20th June 1677 ; pres. by John,
Earl of Glencairn ; had a testimonial for
ordination 3rd Sept., and inst. 24th Sept.
1679 ; died unmarr. before 30th June 1680.
His brother John, min. of Cockburnspath.
was served heir, 7th Feb. 1683. — [Glasg.
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Perth, 923.]
JAMES GADERAR [GATHERER],
1682 born about 1655, younger son of
William G. of Trowes, Morayshire,
and Margaret Marshall; M.A. (Glasgow,
20th July 1675) ; recommended for licence
by Presb. of Glasgow 23rd March, and pres.
by John, Earl of Glencairn, 7th Oct. 1681 ;
coll. 12th, and adm. 15th Jan. 1682 ; outed
at the Revolution, and took to farming
along with his brother Alexander, who had
been outed from his charge at Girvan ; was
consecrated a bishop of the Non-Jurant
Episcopal Church, in London, 24th Feb.
1712 ; app. to the dioceses of Aberdeen
and Moray in 1724. He died unmarr. 23rd
Jan. 1733, and was buried in the grave
of Bishop Scougall within the church of
Old Machar. Publications — The Right
of Sticcession to the Kingdom of England,
in two books, against the Sophisms of
Parsons the Jesuite [translated from the
Latin MS. of Sir Thomas Craig of Ric-
carton] by Mr J. G. (London, folio, 1703) ;
The Communion Office in the Scottish
Liturgy of 1637 (Edinburgh, 1724).—
[Aberd. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; G. R.
Homings, 3rd March 1687 ; Dowden's
Bishops, 406 ; Grub's Ecclesiastical Hist,
of Scotland, iii., iv., 8 ; Craven's Church in
Moray, 104 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Tombst.]
JAMES HAY, M.A.; ord. under the
Toleration 16th Jan. 1688 ; trans.
1688
to Kilsyth 29th Dec. 1692.
JAMES BRISBANE, called 8th Aug.,
and ord. 21st Nov. 1693 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Stirling, 29th Dec.
1703.
ROBERT MAXWELL, licen. by Presb.
1706 of Paisley 29th Aug. 1705 ; called
13th Feb., and ord. 30th April 1706 ;
died 18th Feb. 1735. He marr. (1) cont.
5th June 1708, Helenor, daugh. of John
Small of Crucketsheill, and had issue —
John ; Janet, born 1719 (marr. William
Reid, surgeon, Paisley) : (2) 27th Oct.
1724, Euphemia (died s.p. before 30th
June 1749), daugh. of James Cochran of
Mainshill, Paisley. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Lanark
Sas., xii., 17.]
JOHN FLEMING, born 1711, son of
1737 William F., min. of Houston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 24th April 1734;
called 10th Jan., and ord. 23rd June 1737 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 8th Dec. 1786); died 30th
June 1787. He was a singularly able min.
and a distinguished scholar. He marr. 1st
June 1752, Margaret (died 6th July 1780),
daugh. of William Ralston of that ilk, and
had issue — William, born 31st March 1753,
died 1793 ; Henrietta, born 15th Feb. 1755 ;
John, born 28th July 1757, died 14th July
1761; David, born 9th May 1759; John,
born 28th July 1761 ; Margaret, born 9th
Sept. 1764, died 9th March 1765 ; Robert,
born 11th April 1767.— [Tombst.]
v JOHN BROWN, born Glasgow, 1749,
-,_„„ second son of John B., tailor; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1776) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 12th
May 1781 ; assistant at Stewarton, 1786-8 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Glencairn, and
ord. 8th May 1788; died 12th Nov. 1817.
He marr. 4th Nov. 1793, Elizabeth Gracie,
who died 21st Nov. 1826, and had issue —
John Grier, licentiate of the Church, born
8th Aug. 1794; Agnes, born 12th Jan.
1796 ; Robert, student at Glasgow Univ.
in 1813, born 5th Jan. 1798 ; Thomas, born
9th Jan. 1800; Elizabeth, born 3rd Aug.
geeenock]
KILMACOLM— LANGBANK
213
1804, died 24th March 1826 ; William of
Wateryetts, M.A. (Glasgow 1827), M.D.
(Glasgow 1830), born 2nd June 1807, died
12th Aug. 1873. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). —
[Tombst.]
EOBERT CAMERON, born Glasgow,
1819 1768 ' e ^ est son °f D an iel 0. ', edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Sept. 1804 ; pres.
by Dr William Anderson, Glasgow, and
ord. 6th May 1819; died unmarr. 20th
June 1842. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Tombst.']
*- THOMAS BRYDSON, born Glasgow,
1848 1806 > son °f William B., merchant ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Levern Chapel 6th Nov. 1839 ; trans,
and adm. 29th Aug. 1843 ; died unmarr.
28th Jan. 1855. Publications— Poems (1829) ;
Pictures of the Past (1831); Contributions
to the Republic of Letters and the Edin-
burgh Literary Journal. — [Eyre - Todd's
The Glasgow Poets, 290 ; Rogers' Modern
Scottish Minstrel, iv., 172 ; Boase's Modern
English Biography, i., 455.]
ALEXANDER LECK, born Glasgow,
1858 ^ 820 ' third son of John L. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow; ord. to Martyrs' Church,
Glasgow, 22nd Sept. 1853 ; trans, and adm.
30th July 1858 ; died 13th Sept. 1876. He
marr. 11th Dec. 1854, Robina (died 6th Jan.
1895), daugh. of David Calder, and had
issue — John Alexander Brown, born 13th
Nov. 1855; David Calder, M.A., LL.B.,
barrister-at-law, London, born 31st July
1859; Agnes Prentice, born 20th March
1861 ; William Brown, born 31st Dec.
1862; James (twin), born 31st Dec. 1862,
died 2nd Dec. 1870 ; Margaret Calder, born
26th July 1866.
JAMES MURRAY, born Edinburgh,
18?5 3rd March 1849, son of James M.
and Mary Thomson ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1868) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
June 1873 ; assistant at Old Monkland ;
pres. by Colonel Carrick Buchanan of
1918
Drumpellier Dec. 1874; ord. (assistant
and successor) 22nd Jan. 1875. Marr. 27th
April 1875, Margaret Anne, daugh. of
George Darling. Publications — Kilmacolm,
a Parish History (Paisley, 1898 ; 2nd ed.,
1907) ; Life in Scotland a Hundred Years
Ago (Paisley, 1905 ; 2nd ed., 1908).
WILLIAM BLACK, born Glasgow, 19th
March 1891, only son of Samuel B.,
yarn merchant ; educated at Glasgow
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1911); licen. by Presb. of Paisley 1915;
assistant at Govan and in this parish Oct.
1917 ; Chaplain to the London Scottish 8th
March 1918 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
10th March 1918 ; died in hospital at Bou-
logne, France, 10th July 1918, unmarr.
LANGBANK (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1866. The
parish was disjoined from Erskine, 22nd
Nov. 1875.]
JAMES ALEXANDER CRICHTON,
M.A. ; missionary at Langbank
Chapel-of-Ease in 1866; [afterwards
of Annan].
ROBERT CRAWFORD, born Campsie,
7 25th July 1839, son of Robert C. and
Janet Campbell ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1866 ; assistant at Bluevale, Glasgow ; ord.
12th Dec. 1867 ; adm. first min. of the
parish 1st Dec. 1875 ; died 27th March
1893. He marr. 9th June 1874, Margaret
Kirk, daugh. of James Stewart, and had
issue — Marjory Stewart, born 16th Jan.
1876 ; Janet Campbell, born 27th Nov.
1877 ; Margaret Stewart, born 21st March
1879 ; Robert, born 23rd Oct. 1881.
v JOHN KNOX BROWN, born 22nd June
1866, son of William B. and Mar-
garet Knox ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
assistant at St Michael's, Edinburgh ; ord.
23rd Aug. 1893 ; died 30th April 1896. He
marr. 31st Oct. 1893, Katherine, daugh. of
James Baxter MacGregor, Edinburgh, and
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LANGBANK— LARGS
[PRESB. OF
had issue — Ian MacGregor Knox, born
16th Aug. 1894 ; Lieut., Royal Scots, killed
in action in France 25th Sept. 1915 ; Douglas
Knox, born 20th Sept. 1895, Lieut., H.L.L,
killed in action in France 30th Nov. 1917.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, born Ter-
regies, 7th June 1865, son of James
A. and Annie Lewis ; educated at
Terregles Public School, Dumfries Academy,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1886);
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries ; assistant at
St Michael's, Dumfries ; ord. 5th Nov.
1896. Marr. 1st June 1897, Mary Moni-
laws, daugh. of Patrick Maxwell Murray,
M.D., Dumfries, and has issue — William,
born 12th Nov. 1898, died 30th March
1916 ; Patrick Maxwell Murray, born 15th
March 1901 ; Mary Monilaws, born 24th
Feb. 1903 ; Francis James, born 17th Aug.,
and died 4th Sept. 1907 ; Annie Lewis,
born 5th Sept. 1912.
LARGS.
[The vicarage of Largs belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. Its church was dedicated
to St Columba. In early times, the lands
now forming the parish of Cumbrae, and a
considerable extent of what is now that of
West Kilbride, were included in this parish.
In 1812 the church of Largs was transferred
to a new site ; and in 1832 important addi-
tions and alterations were made upon the
church then built. The north transept of
the old church, which appears to have been
rebuilt in the seventeenth century, still
stands in the churchyard. Within it is a
very fine sepulchral monument in memory
of Sir Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie
and his wife Margaret Douglas. Over this
large and elaborate stone structure there
still hang ancient pennons and the remains
of armour. On the roof of the transept are
skilfully painted heraldic devices, emblems,
and inscriptions. Outside in the church-
yard, but within the area which the church
roof once covered, another massive seven-
teenth century monument is built against
a surviving portion of the south wall of the
old church. It commemorates the Boyles
of Kelburne. St Colum's Fair, a well-
known tryst, has been held at Largs
1564
from of old. It used to take place on St
Columba's Day, the 9th of June, but in
later times the fair day has been changed
to the second Tuesday of June, old style.
About half-way between Largs and Skel-
morlie is St Fillan's Well ; and near it once
stood St Fillan's Chapel. A fine new
church was built in 1892.]
DAVID NEILL, mentioned as min.
10th Nov. 1564, but is spoken of as
exhorter only in 1567. In 1590 he
is styled " sometime reader at Largs, now
in-dweller in Ayr." — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg.
Min. ; Ayr Homings, 7th July 1590.]
ALEXANDER CALLENDAR, ord. to
7 Killearn ; trans, and adm. in 1574,
when Ardrossan and Kilbride were
also in the charge ; still min. in 1584. —
[Beg. Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, xxiii., 185.]
ALEXANDER KING, min. in 1584.—
1584 [Reg. of Deeds, xxiii., 134.]
WILLIAM FULLARTON, min. in 1585 ;
dem. in 1586 ; [min. of Kilmaurs in
1589].
WILLIAM COCK, son of John O,
burgess of Perth ; min. in 1586, and
still in the charge July 1623. He
marr. Marion Nasmyth, and had issue —
William. — [Reg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Perth
Sas. Sec. Reg., iii. 70, vi. 381 ; Glasg. Com.
Deeds, 25th May 1619.]
THOMAS CRAIG, M.A. (Glasgow 1617) ;
was on the Exercise there 15th March
1620 ; adm. before 12th May 1631 ;
dep. in 1640. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Synod Roll,
1642 ; Baillie's Lett]
WILLIAM SMITH, probably a native of
Renfrewshire, brother of Hew S.,
min. of Eastwood ; M.A. (Glasgow
1639); schoolmaster of Kilwinning in
1641 ; adm. here in 1644 ; died, unmarr.,
of the pestilence, caught whilst visiting
his parishioners, Sept. 1647, aged about 28.
In compliance with his wish, he was
buried in the valley of the Noddle, about
two miles from Largs, and close to the
farmhouse of Middletown, where he died.
A tombstone with a highly eulogistic Latin
inscription still marks the spot. Some-
what lame in one foot, he is described as
1585
1586
1631
1644
GREENOCK]
LARGS
215
" having an excellent gift of preaching, and
most taking with the people." — [Glasg.
Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Macdonald's
Days at the Coast ; Muniments of the
Royal Burgh of Irvine, vol. i.]
[JAMES GLENDINNING, MA.;
1649 f° rmer ly °f Kilbarchan ; adm. tem-
porarily in 1649; was min. of Row
27th June 1658].
JOHN WALLACE of Monkcastle;
1658 MA. ; adm. in 1658 ; deprived by-
Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; in
March 1669 he was accused of preaching
and baptizing irregularly, but was allowed
to return to this parish as an indulged
min. 3rd Sept. 1672. Warrant for his ap-
prehension, having attended conventicles,
was issued 14th July 1674, and he was
again deprived 18th Feb. 1679. He
returned under the Toleration, and was
present at first meeting of Presb. of Irvine
17th Aug. 1687, and became min. of
Mertoun 13th May 1692. — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii. 123, 270, iii. 5 ; Min.-book Reg.
Privy Seal.]
PETER TURNBULL, licen. by Presb.
1664 °^ P^^y* anc * had a testimonial for
ordination 7th April 1664. Nothing
further appears in Presbytery Register.
JOHN WALLACE, MA. [see
1672 above].
ALEXANDER GORDON, formerly
1672 min. of Inveraray ; was indulged
min. here along with John Wallace
[min. of Greenock in 1688],
CHARLES LITTLEJOHN, MA. (St
1680 Andrews, where he was a Regent
of Humanity) ; passed trials before
Presb. of Glasgow, and had a certificate
for ordination 28th April 1680; pres. by
Archbishop of Glasgow jure devoluto 21st
May, and inst. 26th May 1680; deprived
by Act of Parliament restoring the Presby-
terian mins. 25th April 1690 ; died in
Edinburgh, 12th Nov. 1732, aged 82. He
marr. 19th July 1684, Mary Ramsay, and
had issue — George, Snell Exhibitioner, 6th
Nov. \1\0.— [Edin. Reg. {Marr.); Edin.
1701
Reg. (Bur.); Fountainhall's Dec, i., and
Diary ; G. R. Homings, 4th July 1688 ; The
Snell Exhibitions, 36.]
JOHN WALLACE, MA. [see
1687 above].
JOHN WILSON, min. at Dunboe, Ire-
1689 l an d> ne( ^ to Scotland in the troublous
times preceding 1689 ; adm. here
(temporarily) 22nd Jan. 1689 ; returned to
Dunboe, but at request of Presb. of Irvine
was loosed from his charge and settled here
in 1691 ; died unmarr., 15th Nov. 1699, aged
46.— [Reid's Ireland, ii. 465, iii. 18.]
ANDREW CUMIN, classical master in
the Grammar School of Irvine in
1696 ; ord. 27th Sept. 1701 ; he dis-
sented from the deposition of the eight
Seceders, 15th May 1740; died Father of
the Church, 4th July 1762, aged 82. He
marr. 13th July 1703, Jean, daugh. of John
Caldwell of that ilk, and had issue — John,
his colleague ; Margaret (marr. 10th June
1733, Hugh Hamilton, merchant, Edin-
burgh). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Family of Birnie
of Broomhill ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1740; Edin.
Marr. Reg.]
JOHN CUMIN, born 1714, only son of
1742 preceding; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Irvine
5th June 1739 ; called 18th Jan., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 27th May 1742 ;
died unmarr., 31st Jan. 1743.
PATRICK WALLACE, son of Archibald
1748 ^•' m * n " °^ Cardross ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 10th Aug. 1742 ; called 31st March,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 10th Oct.
1748 ; died unmarr., 18th Nov. 1755.
GILBERT LANG, born Greenock, 1725,
17 son of Andrew L. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; called 20th
April, and ord. (assistant and successor)
3rd Aug. 1756; died 30th Dec. 1791. He
marr. (1) 18th Nov. 1 765, Eupham (died 7th
Nov. 1768), daugh. of Patrick Maxwell, min.
of Inchinnan, and had issue — Janet, born
15th Aug., and died 20th Oct. 1767 : (2)
5th Feb. 1771, DArcy Millar, who died
27th Aug. 1840, and had issue— Jean, born
216
LARGS
[PKESB. OF
12th May 1772, died 1857; D'Arcy, born
2nd March 1776 ; Elizabeth, born 14th Dec.
1777 ; Andrew, born 28th Sept. 1779 ; Mar-
garet, born 27th Aug. 1781 ; Isabella, born
3rd May 1783, died 2nd Jan. 1824; Gilbert,
born 22nd June 1784 ; John, born 4th, and
died 8th March 1786; Patrick, born 17th
Nov. 1787 ; Thomas, born 1st April 1788 ;
Mary, born 9th April 1789 ; John, born
2nd March 1791. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). —
[Tombst.]
STEPHEN ROWAN [ROWAND], eld-
1792 es * son °^ ^ onn ^-> Glasgow; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1776) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 28th Nov.
1780 ; pres. by Hugh Montgomerie of Coils-
field 8th March, and ord. 15th May 1792 ;
died 4th June 1801. He marr. 27th July
1784, Janet Bogle, who died at Ayr, 15th
Jan. 1815, aged 70, and had issue — Janet,
born 28th Sept. 1785 ; Stephen, born 26th
Feb. 1787.
JOHN MITCHELL, M.D., pres. by
1802 Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, Nov. 1801 ;
ord. 22nd April 1802; dem. on
appointment to Professorship of Divinity,
St Mary's College, St Andrews, 16th May
1826 (q.V.).
JACOB RICHARDSON, born Dum-
friesshire ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; tutor at Amisfield,
Dumfries ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
6th Nov. 1810; pres. by the Trustees of
Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, and ord. 28th
Sept. 1826 ; died 6th Oct. 1830. He marr.
25th Dec. 1826, Wilhelmina (died s.p. 3rd
Feb. 1855), only daugh. of Alexander Scott,
D.D., min. of Dumfries.
JOHN DOW, born Dunkeld, 1788, son
of John D. ; educated at Univ. of
1831
Edinburgh ; sometime master in
George Watson's Hospital, Edinburgh, and
tutor in the family of Sir James Mont-
gomery Cunninghame of Corsehill, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 24th Nov. 1818 ;
pres. by the Trustees of Archibald, Earl of
Eglinton, and ord. 28th April 1831. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Largs, 1843-5 ; of the Free Church,
1826
1848
Roberton, Selkirkshire, 24th April 1845-52 ;
died unmarr., in Edinburgh, 20th Sept.
1865.
JOHN KINROSS, born Dunblane, 13th
July 1812, third son of William K.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1833); licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 2nd Feb. 1836 ; was tutor in the
families of Earl of Glasgow, Sir John Mar-
joribanks, Bart., and Sir William Milliken
Napier, Bart. ; assistant at Kilwinning in
1840; ord. to St Thomas's, Leith, 27th
June 1842 ; pres. by Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton, 7th July, trans, and
adm. 1st Sept. 1843 ; died unmarr., 5th
Dec. 1883. Publications — A Holiday in
Scandinavia [anon.] (Glasgow, 1871); On the
Disestablishment of the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1878).— [A yr and Gall. Coll.,
vi., 53.]
JOHN KEITH, born Edinburgh, 14th
Dec. 1850, son of John K. of
Scottish Education Department and
Margaret Russell ; educated at Royal
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1877), B.D. (1877); assistant to
John Stuart Blackie, Professor of Greek,
Univ. of Edinburgh, 1871-7 ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 26th July 1876;
assistant at St Mary's Parish, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Skelmorlie 7th Nov. 1878; trans,
and adm. 5th Feb. 1885 ; D.D. (Edinburgh
1901) ; died unmarr., 3rd June 1902.
GAVIN LANG PAGAN, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Callander, and adm.
1902 26th Nov. 1902 ; trans, to St George's
Parish, Edinburgh, 7th Oct. 1909.
ROBERT OSWALD, born Edinburgh,
1910 6ttl ^ ept * 1864 ' son of ^°^ n ^'' " Fee
Stamp Distributor, and Christina
Smart ; educated at George Watson's Col-
lege and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886),
B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
21st May 1888 ; assistant at Ardwell Mis-
sion Church and St Andrew's Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to St Stephen's, Perth, 28th
July 1896 ; trans, and adm. 9th March
1910. Marr. 30th June 1903, Isabel
Fleming, daugh. of Robert Pinkerton, and
has issue — Helen Dorothy, born 2nd Oct.
GREENOCK]
NEWARK— PORT-GLASGOW
217
1904; John, born 2nd April 1908; Isabel
Christian, born 5th Sept. 1910. Publica-
tion — Memorandum on Reformatory Work
among Inebriates (Perth, 1905).
NEWARK (Q.S.).
[There was in old times a chapel at
Newark. The holding of regular services
here was begun in 1767, and in 1774 a
church was built. On 31st May 1834 a
chapel constitution was granted for this
building, and a district was assigned to
it. On 27th March 1855 the parish of
Newark was disjoined from Port-Glasgow.]
AKCHIBALD SIMPSON, said to have
been an American, but more probably
son of William S., Glasgow ; ord.
3rd Aug. 1774 j dem. 27th Oct. 1784.
JAMES CRAWFURD, ord. 8th July
1785 : trans, to Lochwinnoch 4th
1774
1785
Feb. 1802.
1807
JAMES THOMSON, ord. 24th June
1802 ■"•^° 2 » trans, to St Clement's (Steeple
Church), Dundee, 23rd Oct. 1806.
JOHN PARKER, eldest son of John
P., Port-Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 24th Sept. 1806 ; elected 24th Dec.
1806 ; ord. 28th April 1807 ; dep. 8th June
1837, for being " so occupied in managing
and superintending his farm, and two fruit
gardens adjacent, belonging in property to
himself, as that an undue portion of his
time was thereby taken up, preventing his
discharge of the duties of the ministry."
He died unmarr. at Plantation, Port-
Glasgow, 13th March 1850. — [Acts of Ass.
1836, 1837.]
DONALD KENNEDY, ord. 8th Feb.
1838 ; trans, to Killearnan (his
** native parish) 9th Sept. 1841.
JAMES MORISON, born Auchterarder,
1842 1810 ' f° urt h son °f J° nn M., mer-
chant ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. in 1842. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of the Free Church, Port-
Glasgow, 1843-52 ; died at Callander, 22nd
Sept. 1852. He marr. 19th June 1845, Ann
(died s.p. 21st Feb. 1875), daugh. of Archi-
bald Bonar, banker, Edinburgh.
ROBERT KIRKE,ord. 11th Sept. 1845;
trans, to Middle Parish, Paisley, 3rd
1845
April 1849.
1849
HENRY DUNIPACE, ord. in 1849;
dem. in 1851 ; went to America, and
all trace of him is lost.
1852
PETER M'LAREN, ord. 15th Sept.
1852 ; first min. of the parish in
1855 ; trans, to Fraserburgh 16th
May 1861.
" JAMES BRYCE, ord. 9th Jan. 1862 ;
1862 trans - to St Ninian's Parish, Glasgow,
16th May 1877.
JAMES NIBLOCK [afterwards
1877 STUART], B.A.; adm. 7th Aug. 1877;
trans, to Yester 25th July 1878.
JOHN CAMPBELL, ord. 7th Jan. 1879 ;
lg7 _ trans, to Buccleuch Parish, Edin-
burgh, 8th March 1882.
THOMAS HARKNESS GRAHAM,
1882 b° rn Marjoribanks, Lochmaben, 20th
Feb. 1852, son of Thomas G. and Jean
Harkness ; educated at Lochmaben School
and Univ. of Edinburgh (M.A., 1876), and
at Bonn and Leipzig ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 12th May 1880 ; assistant at
New Kilpatrick; ord. 11th Oct. 1882.
Marr. 3rd July 1884, Isabella Rankin,
daugh. of Andrew Brooks, and has issue —
Thomas Forrest Harkness, min. of Cadzow,
born 26th Aug. 1885 ; Andrew Brooks
Harkness, born 23rd June 1893, died 26th
March 1910.
PORT-GLASGOW.
[The Commissioners for the Plantation
of Kirks disjoined this parish from Kil-
macolm on 1st July 1696 ; but local
difficulties delayed the erection of the
parish till 13th Oct. 1714. The church was
rebuilt in 1823.]
ROBERT MILLAR, M.A. ; called 22nd
1Q97 March, and ord. 18th Aug. 1697 ;
trans, to Paisley 28th Dec. 1709.
218
PORT-GLASGOW
[PRESB. OF
JOHN ANDERSON, pres. by the Com-
171? missioners for John, Earl of Dun-
donald, and ord. first min. of the
parish 26th March 1717 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 29th Nov. 1730.
-DAVID BROWN, son of Thomas B.,
.,_„, min. of Paisley ; M.A. (Glasgow, 4th
Jan. 1722); licen. by Presb. of Paisley
23rd April 1729 ; called 6th Sept., and ord.
28th Oct. 1731. [The appointment was
disputed by the Town Council of Glasgow,
who made another presentation, and
obtained interdict from Lord Ordinary
Couper. The Presb., however, proceeded
with B.'s settlement.] He died 6th June
1754. He marr. 29th July 1745, Elizabeth
Gray, who died 2nd July 1758, and had
issue — Thomas, born 28th March 1746, died
23rd Dec. 1750.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's
Anal.}
JOHN ANDERSON, born Glasgow,
1754 P 0SS ^ D ^y son °f William A. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow, where he
had a bursary in divinity from the Ex-
chequer 24th July 1746 ; pres. by the Town
Council of Glasgow, and ord. 12th Dec.
1754; died 17th Feb. 1774. He marr.
18th Aug. 1755, Mary (died 24th Nov.
1796), daugh. of James Nisbet, wright in
Glasgow, and had issue — John, born 17th
July 1756 ; Euphemia, born 29th May 1758,
died young; Marion, born 18th May, and
died 10th Oct. 1761 ; James, merchant,
Glasgow, born 23rd April 1764 ; George,
born 27th April 1766 ; Euphemia, born 4th
May 1769.
JOHN FORREST, born 1742 ; licen. by
l77s Presb. of Dunfermline 2nd Sept.
1772; pres. by the Town Council
of Glasgow, and ord. 5th Jan. 1775 ; died
8th July 1822. He marr. 2nd Dec. 1782,
Ann Dunlop, who died 31st May 1813,
aged 64, and had issue — William, merchant,
Glasgow, born 23rd Oct. 1783; Elizabeth,
born 24th Oct. 1785 (marr. 22nd June 1807,
Charles M'Arthur, captain of The George,
of Port-Glasgow); Agnes, born 15th Jan.
1787, died 1st Dec. 1789. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, v.).
JAMES BARR, D.D., min. of the Scots
1823 Church, Oldham Street, Liverpool ;
pres. by the Town Council of Glas-
gow 19th Nov. 1822, and adm. 13th Feb.
1823; trans, to St Enoch's Parish, Glasgow,
16th Nov. 1843.
GEORGE OLIVER MOFFAT, born
1844 181 6> son of George M. ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. min. of
the Scots Church, Falstone, Northumber-
land, 25th Oct. 1837 ; adm. to this charge
20th June 1844 ; died unmarr. 24th June
1864.
GEORGE HORNE, born Auchenkiln,
Cumbernauld, 1840, third son of
George H., farmer, and Margaret
Stevenson ; educated at Dundee Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow; ord. 29th Dec. 1864; died
(the result of an accident) 24th Feb.
1877. He marr. 8th June 1866, Margaret
Dunlop (died 8th Nov. 1905), daugh. of
James Steven of Glenpark, and had issue
—George, engineer, born 6th May 1867 ;
Grace, born 7th Jan. 1869 ; James William,
born 3rd Sept. 1870 ; Robert Alexander,
born 27th May 1873.
JOHN REID, born Ayr, 16th May 1848,
187 „ son of John R. and Jacobina Reid ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1874); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 2nd
Dec. 1874 ; ord. 21st Aug. 1877 ; died sj).
27th Oct. 1906. He marr. 9th April 1879,
Margaret Birkmyre, daugh. of John Laird,
Marchmont, Port-Glasgow.
DAVID JOHN MOIR PORTEOUS,
lgo7 born Edinburgh, 12th May 1867,
son of James Moir P., D.D., min. of
Cowgatehead Free Church, Edinburgh,
and Margaret Lamont Skilling ; educated
at George Watson's College and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1890);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1890 ;
assistant at Scots Church, Buenos Aires,
1890-2, also at Lerwick and Coltness; ord.
to Midcalder 23rd March 1894 ; trans, and
adm. 6th June 1907. Marr. 6th Aug. 1903,
Edith Lucy, daugh. of George Bertram, and
has issue — Mary Matthews, born 27th Sept.
1905.
GREENOCK]
SKELMORLIE
219
SKELMORLIE (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution to Kelly Bridge Chapel here in
1856. The parish was disjoined from
Inverkip and Largs, 18th July 1860. There
was at Skelmorlie a Well of St Fillan.]
HENRY ALEXANDER PATTULLO,
185 served as a licentiate during part
of 1856; [afterwards min. of Parton]-
v WALTER LITTLE GILMOUR BOYD,
lg56 born 26th June 1832, third son of
James B., D.D., min. of Tron Parish,
Glasgow, and brother of "A.K.H.B.";
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1853); licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 5th July 1854 ; ord. 25th Sept. 1856 ;
first min. of the parish in 1860 ; died 4th
Jan. 1872. He marr. 12th Dec. 1866,
Margaret Anne (died 14th Nov. 1900),
daugh. of David Smyth of Gallony and
Artagarven, Co. Tyrone, and had issue —
Elizabeth Frances, born 30th Oct. 1867 ;
Alice Mary, born 14tb Jan. 1869.— [Boyd's
Tiventy-five Years of St Andrews, i., 196 ;
Lamond's Skelmorlie, 17-25.]
ROBERT STEWART, M.A., B.D.; ord.
1872 11th June 1872 ; trans, to Duns 19th
Aug. 1875.
JOHN KERR, M.A.; ord. 20th April
187 1876; trans, to Dirleton 11th July
1878.
JOHN KEITH, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 7th
1878 Nov. !878 ; trans, to Largs 5th Feb.
1885.
1885
1891
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 20th Aug. 1885 ; trans,
to Jedburgh 20th Nov. 1890.— Pub-
lication (cf. vol. i. p. 85) — The Outside of the
Inside [Reminiscences] (London, 1919).
JOHN LAMOND, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from Kelton, and adm. 19th May
1891 ; trans, to Greenside, Edin-
burgh, 20th April 1899 ; D.D. (Edinburgh,
1919). Publication (cf. vol. i., p. 33)— The
Book of the Parish Church of Skelmorlie
(Glasgow, 1895).
JOHN M'GILCHRIST, B.A., M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from Fodderty, and
adm. 14th Nov. 1899 ; trans, to West
St Giles', Edinburgh, 10th March 1911.
DAVID BRUCE NICOL, born 22nd
Feb. 1886, son of Thomas N., D.D.,
Professor of Biblical Criticism in the
Univ. of Aberdeen ; educated at George
Watson's College, Edinburgh, Aberdeen
Grammar School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1905), B.D. (1908); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen in 1908 ; assistant at the Scots
Church, Buenos Aires, and St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh; ord. 12th July 1911 ; Chaplain
to the Forces on War Service, 1916-19 ;
M.C. 1919 ; trans, to St. Margaret's, Edin-
burgh, 3rd Aug. 1920. Marr. 12th April 1912,
Helen Scott, daugh. of James William
Helenus Trail, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of
Botany, Univ. of Aberdeen, and Katherine
Milligan,and has issue — Bruce Milligan,born
24th March 1913 ; Elizabeth Anne Under-
wood, born 5th Feb. 1915 ; Thomas James
Trail, born 24th Jan. 1917. Publication—
Scotland and the Crusades (Largs, 1920).
1899
1911
PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly in or about 1590. The Presbytery
Kegister begins 6th Sept. 1687. There is a blank in the records from 28th Jan. 1777 to
26th April 1785.]
AIRDRIE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened at Airdrie 5th Feb.
1792. In or about 1833 a second mission
chapel was opened in the town, and was
called the East Chapel of Airdrie. On
31st May 1834 the General Assembly
granted a chapel constitution, with a
definite district, to this East Chapel. On
2nd June 1834 a similar chapel constitu-
tion was given to the older mission of 1792,
and it was styled the West Chapel Mission.
In 1835 a new church building was erected
for the West Mission, to take the place of
the old chapel built in the eighteenth
century. A year or two later a third
chapel was built in the town, and was
named the High Chapel of Airdrie. On
28th May 1838 it also received a chapel
constitution. The High Chapel had little
success, and was retained by the Free
Church in 1843. Meanwhile, owing to coal-
working underneath the East Chapel, that
building became unsafe ; and in 1851 the
East Mission also was brought to an end.
There then remained only the West Mission,
begun in 1791. On 13th March 1867 it was
erected into the parish of Airdrie and
was disjoined from New Monkland. There
is a mission chapel in the parish at
Bawyards.]
THE EAST CHAPEL.
1792
[ALEXANDER [or GEORGE] BOWER,
served as a licentiate from 5th Feb.
1792 to 9th Nov. 1796. It is not
unlikely that this licentiate was Alex-
ander B., who afterwards held the post
of assistant - librarian in the Univ. of
Edinburgh. He died unmarr. about 1830
or 1831. Publications — An Account of the
Life of James Beattie, LL.D. (London,
1804) ; The Life of Luther, ivith an Account
of the Early Progress of the Reformation
(London, 1813) ; History of the University
of Edinburgh, 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1817-
1830); The Edinburgh Students 7 Guide
(Edinburgh, 1822).— [Grant's Story of the
University of Edinburgh, i., p. ix ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.] ]
1798
WILLIAM STARK, elected 11th May,
and ord. 23rd Aug. 1798 ; trans, to
Stonehouse 5th Feb. 1801.
JOSEPH FINLAYSON, born Glasgow,
fifth son of James F., schoolmaster ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1798); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th
Aug. 1800 ; ord. 16th July 1802 ; died 7th
Oct. 1838. He marr. 28th Sept. 1813,
Mary Arkle, youngest daugh. of Captain
William Chalmers. Publications — A
Sermon preached on the National East,
27th Feb. 1806 (Glasgow, 1806); Two
Sermons preached in Airdrie Chapel (Glas-
gow, 1810).
ROBEBT STEVENSON, M.A. ; elected
7 6th April, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 2nd June 1837 ; trans, to
Forfar 14th Sept. 1843.
WILLIAM FBEELAND, LL.D.; ord.
1844 *° Kingstown, Ireland, 1st June 1828 ;
trans, to Ballygawley 16th April
1838 ; dem. 8th July 1841 ; adm. here 11th
presb. of Hamilton] EAST CHAPEL— WEST CHAPEL
221
Jan. 1844 ; trans, to St Mary's Chapel-of-
Ease, Dumfries, 24th July 1845.
ARCHIBALD MILLIGAN, a native of
1846 P en P ont ] educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh and Relief Theological
Hall, Edinburgh; licen. by Relief Presb.
of Dumfries. Joined the Church of Scot-
land in 1845 ; ord. 12th Feb. 1846 ; dem.
29th July 1851 ; died in Canada.
[The congregation joined with the West
Church : the fabric was demolished, and
remembrance of it is preserved only by the
name of the street and the churchyard in
which it stood.]
THE WEST CHAPEL.
WILLIAM JACKSON, born Mearns,
Renfrewshire, 17th Jan. 1805, eldest
son of Andrew J., schoolmaster
there ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1825); sometime tutor to George
Douglas, eighth Duke of Argyll ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 8th Nov. 1832 ; assistant
at Airdrie Chapel ; elected 10th Feb., and
ord. 14th May 1835. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Airdrie Free
Church, 1843-69; died (while preaching
in his own pulpit) 8th Aug. 1869. He
marr. 4th April 1837, Elizabeth Hunter
(born 4th May 1806, died 21st Sept. 1853),
daugh. of Andrew Spreull Crawfurd of
Cowdenhill, and had issue — Margaret
Aitchison, born 30th Jan. 1838, died 16th
April 1842; Bethia Alexander, born 9th
March 1840, died 26th March 1840 ; Agnes
Elizabeth, born 23rd March 1842, died 9th
Dec. 1888 (marr. 1863, Thomas Andrew
Macfarlane, solicitor, Airdrie) ; Elizabeth
Crawfurd, born 19th Sept. 1844, died in
March 1913 (marr. 15th Sept. 1875, John
Howie, schoolmaster, Langholm) ; William
Hunter, banker, born 16th Nov. 1847, died
18th July 1913.
JOHN STEWART, born Glasgow about
1805, eldest son of John S. ; educated
at Grammar School (Dux 1820) and
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 13th Feb. 1845 ;
dem. (from ill-health) 24th July 1851 ;
died at Bowling in 1853.
BENJAMIN CORNWALL BROWN,
1853 born Glasgow, 9th Nov. 1826, son
of James B., dyer, Bluevale, and
Catherine Moses ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
assistant at Carmunnock ; ord. 13th Jan.
1853; died 1st Oct. 1874. He marr. 21st
March 1854, Henrietta Porteous (died 23rd
Aug. 1902), daugh. of John Henderson,
min. of Carmunnock, and had issue —
James Cornwall, min. of Stewarton, born
13th Jan. 1855 ; Margaret Houston
Forrester, born 30th Oct. 1856 (marr.
Robert Craig of Dawsholm) ; Henrietta
Porteous Henderson, born 14th July 1858 ;
John Henderson, born 16th March 1860 ;
Catherine, born 1st July 1861 (marr. James
Forsyth) ; Mary Thorburn, born 21st May
1865 (marr. 4th April 1914, John Hender-
son of Ballochmorrie) ; Jane, born 24th June
1866, died unmarr. 5th Aug. 1902 ; Robina
Forrester, born 5th July 1869 (marr.
Hugh Jamieson) ; Benjamin Cornwall,
born 16th Feb. 1871, died 15th April
1871.— [MacArthur ; s Hist, of New Monk-
land Parish, 253.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, trans, from New-
1R| _ 5 hall Chapel, Glasgow, and adm. 15th
April 1875 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy 31st
March 1881.
DAVID HOWAT PATERSON, born
i88i Galston > A y rsnire > 22nd Feb - 185 ° 5
son of James P. and Janet Howat ;
educated at Galston Parish School and
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 5th June 1879 ; assistant at East-
wood [Thornliebank], and High Parish,
Paisley; elected 11th July, and ord. ,23rd
Aug. 1881. Marr. 21st March 1882, Martha
Livingstone, daugh. of Joseph M'Cubbin
and Mary M'Lachlan. Publications — The
Jubilee of Queen Victoria (Airdrie, 1887) ;
Our Civic Privileges and Responsibilities
(Airdrie, 1895) ; Christianity and the Muni-
cipality (Airdrie, 1896) ; A Crown of Gold
(Airdrie, 1897) ; Masonic Airdrie, 1799-
1899 (Airdrie, 1899).
222
HIGH CHAPEL— AVENDALE
[PRESB. OF
THE HIGH CHAPEL.
[The majority of the congregation joined
the Free Church in 1843, and retained the
building.]
THOMAS BURNS, ord. 15th Aug.
1839 ; trans, to Lesmahagow 29th
Sept. 1842.
BROOMKNOLL CHAPEL.
[A church, originally connected with the
Associate Presbytery, was built in 1804. In
1839 the congregation joined the Church of
Scotland. In 1843 its members joined the
Free Church, and retained possession of
the building.]
JAMES FINDLAY, born Kirkintilloch,
12th July 1809, second son of David
F., brewer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1831); ord. to Broom-
knoll Original Secession Church, Airdrie,
11th Aug. 1835. Joined the Church of
Scotland 24th Sept. 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Broomknoll
Free Church, 1843-4 ; of Camlachie [after-
wards Whitevale] Free Church, Glasgow
1844-81 ; died 24th July 1881. He marr.
1838, Christina Torrance, and had issue
—a son and two daughters.
AVENDALE, or STRATHAVEN.
[The church of Strathaven was dedicated
to St Mary. It belonged to the collegiate
church of Bothwell. There were three
chapels within the bounds, one of them
being St Bride's at Kype, which belonged
to the Priory of Lesmahagow. A yearly
fair of St Laurence was held at Strathaven
on 10th Aug. In 1772 the Parish Church
was rebuilt on a new site. A mission
chapel was built for the district of East
Strathaven in 1837, but after some years
this was given up. The building was sold,
and the money used in the erection of
Drumclog Memorial Church within the
parish.]
JOHN ANDERSON, reader, 1567 to
1567 1574.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, reader in
1576 ; trans, to Glasford about 1585.
— [Reg. Assig.]
ARCHIBALD NORMAN [NORMON,
158g NORMOND], M.A. (Glasgow 1583) ;
min. of Stonehouse in 1586 ; trans,
and adm. in 1588 ; died Feb. 1644, aged
about 81. He marr. (cont. 15th May 1589)
Christian, daugh. of Gavin Hamilton of
Airdrie. — \Bannatyne MiscelL, ii. ; Reg.
Assig. ; Lanark Sas. Reg, ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Reg. Mag. Sig. ; Glasg. Prot., 3463 ; Reg. of
Deeds, ccccliv., 261.]
HUGH ARCHIBALD, M.A. (Glasgow
1648 1628). He refused to conform to
Episcopacy, and was probably en-
gaged as a tutor. In 1638 the Glasgow
Assembly recommended him for supply of
vacancies, but he does not appear to have
been settled in a parish till 1648, when he
is mentioned as min. here. He dem. in
1658 " through want of peace in his minis-
try, occasioned by his disuading the
people from joining or complying with the
English usurpers." He was called to New-
battle 12th Aug. 1658, but the Synod of
Lothian and Tweeddale refused to sustain
his call, on the ground of failure to produce
a certificate of character, 9th Feb. 1659.
He was allowed the stipend of Avendale for
1658 by Act of Parliament, 30th June 1661.
In 1669,and again in 1670,he was summoned
before the Privy Council for preaching and
marrying persons illegally. He was im-
prisoned in Stirling Castle, and, after 18th
July 1672, in Dunbarton Castle. He
petitioned the Privy Council 29th Aug.
1672, because of ill-health and poverty, and
was granted permission to live within the
bounds of the parish of Galston, where
there was a military station. He died
before 18th Nov. 1679, having marr. Sarah
Wilson or Neilson, and had issue — Hugh of
Dankeith, W.S., who succeeded him in the
infeftment of an annual rental of £26 from
the lands of Rylandsyde, Lanarkshire. —
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 123, 152, 196; Gen.
Reg. Sas., xiv., 464 ; Lanark Sas. ; G. R.
Inhib., 26th Dec. 1666; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
6165 ; Acts of Pari., vii.]
HAMILTON]
AVENDALE
223
1672
WILLIAM HAMILTON, formerly min.
of Glasf ord ; granted an indulgence
here by the Privy Council, 3rd Aug.
1669 ; returned to Glasford 3rd Sept. 1672.
— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 133.]
JAMES HAMILTON, son of Edward
H. of Silvertonhill ; M.A. (Glasgow
1638) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Blantyre in 1653 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662; intruded by the
Remonstrants in 1663. In 1669 he was
imprisoned for preaching at his own house
[in Glasgow] to a number of his friends,
and was not set at liberty until his health
had given way, his brother, Sir Robert H.
of Silvertonhill, giving bond of 1000 merks
for H.'s compearance when called upon.
He was granted indulgence at Avendale
3rd Sept. 1672. The first meeting of kirk-
session at which he presided was 12th June
1673, and he was still in office at 12th March
1684. There is no record of removal to his
former parish, except that in 1678 he was
charged with intruding there, and dismissed
with a rebuke. He probably died here in
or about 1684. He marr. Janet Burns. —
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 127 ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Glasg. Com. Dec, 26th July 1665; P. C.
Decreta, 1663.]
1672
ROBERT YOUNG, born 1620, son of
Andrew Y., min. of Abercorn ; was
Regent of Humanity in Univ. of
Edinburgh, 1638-43; app. by the Town
Council of Edinburgh assistant to the city
mins. 16th Oct. 1644 ; adm. to Dunbarney
3rd Feb. 1647. He was a member of the
Commission of Assembly in 1648, preached
at the opening of Parliament 3rd March
1651 ; was Moderator of Presb. of Perth
when its sittings were dissolved by order
of Cromwell 28th March 1655. He refused
to conform to Episcopacy, was confined to
his parish, and deprived by Archbishop
Sharpe in the latter's own house at St
Andrews, one min. only being present, 13th
Dec. 1664. On 3rd Sept. 1672 he was
granted an indulgence here, but not
having come to the parish at the proper
time, he was called before the Privy Council
12th March 1673, and ordered to take up
1684
his duties before 1st June. The date of
his death is unknown. He was apparently
unmarr. He left 500 merks each to the
Kirk-sessions of Dunbarney, Avendale, and
Earlston, the interest to be given to the
schoolmasters of those parishes for " their
encouragement to teach puir bairns." —
[Edin. Counc. Beg. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
212 ; Acts of Pari., vi. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Gebbie's Sketches of Strathaven and Avon-
dale, 117.]
JOHN DALGLEISH, M.A. (Edinburgh
1672) ; min. of Kirkcudbright about
1683 ; trans, and adm. about 1684 ; is
said to have "deserted from fear" at the
Revolution ; died in Edinburgh, June 1699,
aged about 47. He marr. Helen Irving,
who survived him. — [Edin. Bur. Beg. ;
Rule's Sec. Vindication ; Edin. Homings,
14th July 1705.]
ALEXANDER FINDLATER, M.A. ;
called 25th Oct. 1693; ord. 15th
1694 Feb. 1694 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 9th Jan. 1695.
JOHN HAMILTON, ord. 13th Dec. 1698,
trans, to Blackfriars Parish, Glasgow,
1713. [The translation was refused
by the Presbytery 30th Sept. 1712, but on
appeal, was sustained by the Synod.]
THOMAS STEEL [STEILL], educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 30th Dec. 1707 ; called
13th Jan., and ord. 30th March 1714 ; died
unmarr., Feb. 1740. — [Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT BELL, born 1702, son of
James B. of Westerside, and nephew
of preceding min. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (4th May 1725); licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 20th June 1732 ;
assistant in this parish ; called 13th Dec.
1739; ord. 26th March 1740; died 5th Nov.
1781. He marr. (1) 16th Dec. 1740, Eliza-
beth (died about 1746), daugh. of Thomas
Thomson, min. of Southdean, and sister of
James Thomson, author of The Seasons,
and had issue— James, min. of Coldstream,
born 10th May 1742 ; Beatrice, born 26th
Nov. 1743 ; Thomas, born 20th Dec. 1745 :
(2) 27th August 1747, Catherine (died 10th
May 1788), daugh. of Thomas Linning, min.
1698
1714
1740
224
AVENDALE
[ PRESB. OF
of Lesmahagow, and had issue — Ann, born
11th June 1748 (marr. 29th March 1769,
George Cochran, surgeon, Strathaven). —
[Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN SCOTT, born Strathaven 1749,
7 _ eldest son of Alexander S., shoe-
maker ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1772) ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton ; called 9th May, and ord. 12th
Sept. 1782; D.D. (St Andrews, 1st June
1811): died unmarr., 18th Oct. 1820. He
appealed against the heritors on the ques-
tion of upholding his manse, once declared
free, which had subsequently been re-
paired. Lord Ordinary Glenlee gave a
decision in his favour 8th Dec. 1809, the
Court of Session adhering 6th Dec. 1810.
The House of Lords affirmed the same 13th
July 1813. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.). — [Duncan's
[Johnston] Paroch. Law, 384 et seq.]
1821
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT, born
Burrancerigg, Closeburn, 29th March
1784, son of George P. and Janet
Smith ; educated at Closeburn School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 5th Sept. 1810 ; tutor in the family
of William Mosman of Auchtyfardle ; ord.
to Shotts 22nd Sept. 1814 j pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Duke of
Hamilton ; trans, and adm. 13th Sept.
1821 ; died 26th Nov. 1849. His general
kindly disposition gained for him the title
of " the poor man's friend." He marr. 20th
April 1815, Henrietta (died at Fogo Manse,
26th June 1857, aged 62), daugh. of Robert
Forrester, Secretary of the Bank of Scot-
land, and had issue — Robert Forrester,
min. of Fogo; William, born 27th April
1822, died 6th May 1829 ; Henrietta, born
25th Nov. 1824 (marr. Thomas Davidson,
min. of Abbey St Bathans) ; a son, born
23rd, and died 25th May 1827 ; Jessie, born
9th June 1828 ; George, commission agent,
Glasgow, born 6th Sept. 1830; William
Mosman, student at Univ. of Glasgow,
born 29th April 1833, drowned while bath-
ing in the Clyde, 28th June 1851 ; Mary
Forrester, born 15th Nov. 1835 (marr.
Duncan Macarthur, banker, Glasgow) ;
James, Canada, born 20th June 1840. Pub-
lications — Exhortation to my People not to
Secede (Edinburgh, 1843) ; Account of the
Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Tombst.']
1850
ROBERT REID RAE, born Thornhill,
1816, second son of Alexander R.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1841) ; licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben ; assistant at Selkirk ; ord.
22nd Aug. 1850 ; dep. for " falsehood, fraud,
and wilful imposition," 28th May 1874. He
engaged in literary work in London, and
died at Horsham, West Norwood, 10th
May 1896. He marr. 7th Sept. 1852, and
had issue.
DUNCAN TAYLOR, born Dalin-
1R74 longart, Dunoon, 8th May 1834,
youngest son of John T., school-
master, and brother of Malcolm Campbell
T., D.D., LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical
History in the Univ. of Edinburgh ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; sometime tutor
to William, twelfth Duke of Hamilton ; ord.
to Brodick 8th April 1864 ; pres. by William,
Duke of Hamilton, 23rd June, and trans,
and adm. 24th Sept. 1874 ; died at Ballyna-
hinch Spa, Co. Down, 29th April 1911, and
was buried at Strathaven. He marr. (1)
Mary (died 26th Nov. 1877), daugh. of
William M'Culloch, merchant, Glasgow,
and had issue — Douglas, born 28th April
1865, died in Melbourne 14th Nov. 1914;
Norman, born 5th June 1872, died in Oporto
27th Feb. 1892; Annie (marr. William
Guild of Lindores, Fife); Mary (marr. 21st
Dec. 1892, Frederick Parker Walton, K.C.,
Cairo); (2) 26th Sept. 1893, Isabella
Mackenzie, who died s.p. 12th May 1914.
DAVID ANDREW ROLLO, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
20th July 1 893 ; trans, to Buccleuch
Parish, Edinburgh, 17th May 1901.
1893
HENRY GREY GRAHAM, born 8th
March 1874, son of Manners Hamil-
ton Nisbet G., min. of Maxton ;
educated at Kelso Burgh School and Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1894), B.D. (1896) ;
sometime assistant to Professor of Hebrew,
Univ. of St Andrews, 1896-97 ; licen. by
Presb. of Selkirk 9th March 1897 ; assistant
Hamilton] AVENDALE— EAST STRATHAVEN— BAILLIESTON 225
at Dalserf and Park Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 14th Nov. 1901.
He joined the Church of Rome, and was
dep. by Presb. of Hamilton 28th July 1903 ;
sometime Roman Catholic priest at Long-
riggend and Motherwell ; titular Bishop
of Tipasa, and Suffragan Bishop to Arch-
bishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in
1917. Publications — Where ive get the Bible,
and various pamphlets in defence of the
Roman Catholic faith.
JOHN MUIRHEAD.born Middlemains,
Saltoun, East Lothian, 3rd March
1904 1868, son of John M., farmer, and
Eliza Williamson ; educated at Saltoun
School, Daniel Stewart's College, Circus
Place School, Edinburgh, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1890), B.D. (1893) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th May 1893;
assistant at St Paul's, Leith, 1894-6 ; ord.
to Westruther 24th June 1896 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 11th Feb.
1904. Marr. 10th June 1897, Elizabeth
Mary, daugh. of John Mundy and Ann
Webb, and has issue — John Arthur, born
21st April 1898; Sergeant Tank Corps;
agricultural student 1920.
EAST STRATHAVEN CHAPEL.
DAVID BURNESS [BURNS], M.A. ;
ord. 2nd Aug. 1838 ; trans, to Wiston
and Roberton 21st March 1839.
JAMES GRAY WOOD, ord. 22nd Aug.
1839; trans, to Gartsherrie 11th
1839 Nov. 1841.
ALEXANDER RANKIN, born Glen-
head, Old Kilpatrick, 29th Sept.
1-812, second son of Daniel R.,
merchant, Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Abertarff;
ord. 21st April 1842. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free and
United Free Church, Strathaven, 1843-1900;
died 27th Dec. 1900. He marr. 12th Feb.
1844, Annabella Alexander, and had issue
— Agnes Alexander, born 27th April 1845,
died 20th Feb. 1864 ; Christina Cameron,
born 7th Oct. 1846, died 10th May 1855 ;
Daniel Cameron Mirrlees, M.A., born 12th
Jan. 1849, died 9th Oct. 1871 ; John Alex-
ander, born 18th Nov. 1850, died abroad ;
VOL. III.
1838
1842
William Mirrlees, M.A., B.D., min. of
Bridgeton U.F. Church, Glasgow, born
3rd Feb. 1857; two other daughs.
[After 1843 the Chapel remained closed
for a time. ^William Blackwood served
as missionary from 12th Oct. 1845 to 28th
April 1846. William Proudfoot, min. of
Avendale, and Alexander Fraser, parish
catechist, supplied ordinances till the death
of the former in 1849. An ordained min.
was not appointed till 1862.]
WILLIAM BARNHILL, born Glasgow,
1862 1^26, son of James B., merchant ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
(1852), M.A. (1867), B.D. (1869) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 5th Oct. 1859; catechist
of Avendale parish, 1860-2 ; ord. to this
charge 13th Feb. 1862 ; res. 29th Aug. 1865.
Thereafter connected with a Boys' Home
in London ; sent to Toronto, Canada, by
the Colonial Committee of the Church of
Scotland in 1874 ; chaplain at Gosport in
1879 ; min. of St Clement's Parish, Berbice,
British Guiana, 1879-83; died at Berbice,
22nd Oct. 1883.
JAMES ALLAN, born 1840, son of
George A., captain Royal Navy, and
Mary Patrick ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
31st July 1861; app. missionary 8th July
1866 ; ord. 21st Jan. 1869 ; res. 9th Oct. 1883;
died 18th Sept. 1897. He marr. Catherine
Hossack Smart, who predeceased him. He
left a bequest for the purchase of the
" George Allan Public Park," Strathaven.
[COLIN ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE,
served sometime as a licentiate, and was
afterwards min. of Glenbuck.]
THOMAS HILL, ord. 16th Dec. 1887 ;
1887 res. in 1892, and went to America.
BAILLIESTON, formerly CROSS-
HILL (Q.S.).
[A chapel built at Crosshill was the first
mission building of the kind erected by
public subscription in the nineteenth
century. A chapel constitution was granted
to it on 1st June 1835.
The parish of Baillieston was disjoined
from Old Monkland, 9th Dec. 1872.]
1866
226
BAILL1EST0N— BARGEDDIE— BELLSHILL [presb. of
ANDREW GRAY, ord. 29th Oct.
1835 1835 ; trans, to Dunbarton 28th
Sept. 1843.
MATTHEW GRAHAM, born 10th Aug.
1844 1811 > son °f Matthew G., min. of
Calton, Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. min. of the Scots Church, Whitehaven,
Cumberland, 2nd Dec. 1841 ; adm. here 1st
Feb. 1844; dem. 29th Jan. 1856; died
unmarr., at Glasgow, 4th June 1856.
HUGH RAMSAY, born Darvel, Ayr-
1856 shire, 16th May 1828, son of David
R. and Isabella Morton ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 26th Sept. 1854 ; missionary
at Gartmore; elected 8th May, and ord.
26th June 1856 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1872; died 16th June 1898. He
marr. 21st July 1868, Margaret (died 7th
June 1909), daugh. of Robert Law and Isa-
bella Murdoch, and had issue — Isabella
Murdoch, born 26th June 1870 ; Margaret
Magdalen, born 2nd Feb. 1873 (marr.
William M'Kean Campbell, min. of Boqu-
hanran) ; David Alexander, electrical
engineer, born 14th Nov. 1875.
ALEXANDER ANDREW, born Carlisle,
18g2 16th March 1867, son of George A.
and Catherine Macdougall ; educated
at Balfour's School, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1889 ; assistant at Kilberry, Kintyre, 1890 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 8th Nov.
1892. Marr. 14th June 1893, Isabella
Lumsden, daugh. of William Allan and
Annie Lumsden.
BARGEDDIE (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1875. The
parish of Bargeddiewas disjoined from Old
Monkland, 13th March 1876.]
ALEXANDER THOU SCOTT, born
1876 Forfarshire, 1848, son of John S.
and Nicola Thou ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; ord. to Collision, Forfar-
shire, 1870 ; trans, and adm. 14th Dec.
1876; died 3rd Sept. 1910. He marr.
(1) 4th Jan. 1877, Barbara Jamieson (died
1881), daugh. of the Rev. Andrew
Cromar, and had issue — Edith Mary Nicola
(marr. Adam Stewart Jardine, Rowanlea,
Baillieston) : (2) 16th July 1886, Agnes
(died s.p. 1903), daugh. of Alexander
Black, Heathery Knowe, Old Monkland.
ANDREW TEMPLETON, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 2nd Feb. 1911 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Lesmahagow, 26th Sept.
1912.
DAVID YOUNG ROBERTSON, M.A.,
ord. 23rd Jan. 1913 ; trans, to Inver-
allan 3rd May 1917.
ALEXANDER LYON BENNETT, born
1917 Possilpark, Glasgow, 4th Feb. 1878,
son of James B. and Janet Lyon ;
sometime engaged in business ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; missionary at Barrow-
field Parish ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
May 1917 ; assistant at Douglas, Lanark-
shire ; ord. 20th Sept. 1917.
BELLSHILL (Q.S.).
[The parish of Bellshill was disjoined
from Bothwell, 18th March 1878.]
JAMES MILLAR KILLEN, born
„ Ireland, son of James K., D.D.,
Comber ; educated at the Assembly's
College, Belfast ; ord. to Birsay, Orkney,
25th Sept. 1877 ; trans, and adm. 10th Oct.
1878 ; dem. (on account of his health) 25th
Oct. 1881. He went to Auckland, New
Zealand, and engaged in practice as a lawyer.
He marr. 6th Aug. 1879. — [Goodfellow's
Birsay Church History, 95.]
HUGH WILSON, born Rothesay, 1st
May 1853, son of John W., book-
seller, and Henrietta Borland ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley ; assistant at Eastwood ;
ord. to Shawlands 29th Jan. 1880 ; trans,
and adm. 4th April 1882; dem. 13th Nov.
1900; died in New South Wales, 19th
April 1916. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1882,
Margaret Josephine, daugh. of William
Lawrence Taylor, bookseller, Peterhead,
and had issue — Henrietta Margaret (marr.
H. W. Shephard, solicitor, Sydney) ; Edith
HAMILTON]
BELLSHILL— BLANTYRE
227
Lilian (marr. Charles St Leger Willis,
physician, Milton, N.S.W.) ; Alys Vaila
school teacher, Ballina, Richmond River,
N.S.W. ; Dorothy Borland, hospital nurse,
Sydney.
GAVIN WARNOCK, bora Auchingra-
lg01 mont, Hamilton, 7th May 1866,
son of John W. and Marion Baird \
educated at Academy and Grammar School,
Hamilton, and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA.
(1890), B.D. (1893); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 14th June 1893 ; assistant at St
Andrew's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Toward
Chapel 8th Aug. 1894 ; res. and was assist-
ant at Sandyford Parish, Glasgow, 1897-9 ;
adm. to Bressay, Shetland, 14th Sept. 1899 ;
trans, and adm. 5th June 1901. Marr. (1)
26th Oct. 1899, Grace M'Laren (died 8th
July 1901), eldest daugh. of Alexander
Cameron, Glenkirk, Cambuslang, and had
issue — John Gourlie, born 1st Nov. 1900 :
(2) 18th Feb. 1903, Marion Wither, eldest
daugh. of John Ross, Auchenree, Port-
patrick, and Annabella Auld, and has issue
— Anabel Janette May Louisa, born 8th
Feb. 1906.
BLANTYRE.
[In the fifteenth century the church of
Blantyre was endowed as a collegiate
church. It belonged to the Priory of
Blantyre, within the parish. This Augus-
tinian monastery was founded in 1295, and
was a cell of Holyrood Abbey. Its build-
ings were never of great extent ; and their
ruins are now scanty. Blantyre Church
was rebuilt in 1793, and again in 1863. The
house at Lower Blantyre, in which David
Livingstone, African missionary and ex-
plorer, was born, still stands.]
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, provost of
1567 the collegiate church of Bothwell ;
exchanged that office for the Priory
of Blantyre 3rd Sept. 1552. He conformed
and was first Protestant min. of the parish ;
trans, to Luss, Nov. 1572.
JOHN DAVIDSON, M.A. ; min. here in
1574 15,?4 ' w ^h Cambuslang, Dalserf, and
Hamilton also in his charge ; died
in 1591.
1574 JOHN HAMILTON, reader in 1574.
^JOHN BROWN, min. at Neilston in
15gl 1589 ; trans, and adm. in 1591. He
either died or left the parish two
years afterwards.
-WILLIAM BOYD, M.A. ; min. in 1593 ;
15Q3 trans, to Glenluce probably that
year.
JOHN SANGSTER, min. of Glasford
15g3 in 1590 ; trans, to this charge about
1593; died Nov. 1609. He marr.
Helen Hamilton, who survived him, and
had issue— Elspeth ; Marion; Christian,
one of whom marr. William Naismith.—
[Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN HERIOT, eldest son of William
H., baxter, burgess of Glasgow ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1603) ; min. in 1609 ; was
a member of Assembly in 1638, 1639 ; died
7th Dec. 1662, aged 90 [but perhaps only
84], He marr. Margaret Finlay, and had
issue — James ; Archibald ; Thomas. His
tombstone has the following inscription : —
' ' Here lies a pastor ten years and fourscore,
Who taught his flock 55 years and more,
During which time, to his immortal praise,
* So blamelessly behaved himself always
In holy order, doctrine sweet and soun',
As did become his reverend gospel gown.
His soul in heaven, his body in the clay,
Wait a reunion at the latter day."
[Peterkin's Records ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reg.
Old Dec, iii., iv. ; Tombst. ; P. C. Reg., 3rd
ser., i., 326 ; Reg. of Deeds, 30th May 1663 ;
Ibid., Dal., 29th Jan. 1672 ; G. R. Homings,
20th Aug. 1652 ; Annals of Blantyre, 24.]
HUGH MITCHELL, ord. (probably
1636 ass i stan ^ an d successor) in 1636.
[There is no reference to him
beyond that date.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. ; ord. (prob-
1653 a ^y assistant and successor) in
1653 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; indulged at Aven-
dale 3rd Sept. 1672.
^RICHARD BROWN, M.A. ; min. in
1664 1664 ; trans, to Biggar in 1665.
JAMES BARBIE, MA.; min. of
1666 Mochrum in 1664 ; trans, and adm.
after 26th April 1666; died April
1678, aged 59. He marr. Anna, eldest
daugh. (by a second marriage) of Sir
James Maxwell of Calderwood, and had
issue — Agnes, who was infeft in the life-
rent of houses and lands in the Kirkton of
Blantyre, 26th July 1677.— [Lanark Sas. ;
Glasg. Tests.]
GEOBGE LESLIE, a native of Aber-
1678 deenshire j M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1670) ; passed trials for
licence before Bresb. of Baisley, and got a
testimonial 18th July 1677; min. here
about 1678 ; deprived at the Bevolution.
He marr. Marjory Beacock, and with her
was infefted in "ane merkland of Syd,"
14th Sept. 1688. — [Bule's Sec. Vindication ;
Lanark Sas.~\
BOBERT LANDESS of Bobroyston,
1690 k° rn J an - 1630; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow, where he held a bursary
in 1658 ; M.A. (1658) ; licen. by Bresb. of
Hamilton ; min. at Ballymoney, Co. Antrim,
1672-86, and at Garvagh. In 1687 he appears
as a member of the Synod of Glasgow and
Ayr ; was called ad interim to officiate in one
of the meeting-houses in Glasgow, and had
charge of the East Quarter till April 1690,
when, at his own request, he was relieved
of office. He was adm. to this parish 12th
Aug. 1690; dem. 29th Dec. 1702, through
age and failing health, and is said to have
been buried within the High Kirk of
Glasgow 5th Aug. 1707, but the register of
burials makes no mention of the interment.
He marr. (1) a lady whose name has not
been recovered. She died (buried at Loch-
winnoch) in April or May 1670, and had
issue — George, born 8th April, and died
July 1663; Joan, born 8th Dec. 1664;
Mary, born 6th June 1666 ; Bobert of
Bobroyston, born 21st July 1667 ; Mar-
garet, born April, and died June 1670 :
(2) Dec. 1670, Janet Baillie, who had issue.
Publication— He left in MS. a Narrative of
his Lite from 1660 to 1703 (preserved among
the family papers of Major John Henry
Lamont of Lamont). — [ Vide " Ecclesiastical
Bersecution in the Seventeenth Century"
(Scottish Historical Review, July 1909), and
"Beceipts from the Diary of the Bev.
Bobert Landess " {ibid., April 1916) ; Beid's
Ireland, iii., 18.]
MATTHEW CONNELL, called 23rd
1704 Dec. 1703; ord. 12th April 1704;
trans, to East Kilbride 14th April
1720.
BICHABD HENDEBSON, M.A. (Glas-
1722 gow ' 7tl1 ^ une 1709 ); called 25th
May, and ord. 1st Aug. 1722 ; died
12th Dec. 1769. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1727,
Janet (died 9th Nov. 1784), daugh. of
Robert Cleland, min. of Kilrenny, and had
issue — Archibald, merchant, and Chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce of Virginia,
U.S.A., born 2nd March 1733, died 9th Jan.
1816 ; Alexander, merchant, Glasgow, born
2nd March 1738 ; Bichard ; Margaret, born
10th Jan. 1740, died 20th Jan. 1820 ; Bobert,
died before 14th Oct. 1747; Janet, died
young. — [Annals of Blantyre, 33.]
[JOHN FINNIE, son of Bobert F., tailor,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1749) ; licen. by Bresb. of Glasgow in
1759 ; tutor in the family of Matthew Orr
of Stobcross ; librarian to the Univ. of
Glasgow, 1767-72 ; pres. by David Erskine,
W.S., on behalf of Lord Blantyre, 8th
May 1770. His settlement was vigorously
opposed, the objectors declaring that he
" was more oppressed with the delivery of
his sermons, and discovered more symptoms
of infirmity than their late pastor did at
the time he was seized with the trouble of
which he died." F. was never adm. to the
charge, and died unmarr., 2nd Nov. 1772.
Finnieston, now a populous part of Glas-
gow, was named after him, he having
suggested to the proprietor the founding
of a village on its site.]
HENBY STEVENSON, born 1738,
177s second son of James S., farmer,
Dunlop ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1766); licen. by Bresb. of
Irvine 28th Nov. 1769; librarian to the
Univ. of Glasgow, 1772-3 ; pres. by David
Erskine, W.S., and ord. 6th May 1773;
died 27th Dec. 1808. He marr. 29th March
1793, Janet (died 21st Feb. 1834), daugh. of
HAMILTON]
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229
David Muirhead, and had issue — Alex-
ander David, merchant, Glasgow, born 1 1th
Jan. 1795, died 10th April 1881 ; Henry,
merchant, Glasgow, born 11th June 1799;
Patrick, born 9th Feb. 1801, sometime in
Australia, died at Bridge of Allan. Publi-
cation — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.).
JOHN HODGSON, born 26th Jan. 1781,
1809 son °^ J° se P n H., min. of Car-
munnock ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 2nd
May 1804; M.D. (Edinburgh 1809); pres.
by Eobert, Lord Blantyre, and ord. 7th
Sept. 1809; died at Edinburgh, 9th Feb.
1832. He marr. 2nd Feb. 1810, Anne (died
s.p. 9th Oct. 1844), daugh. of Valentine
White, Bracklach. Publications — Stephen's
Prayer [a Synod Sermon] (Glasgow, 1819) ;
The Hamiltonian Sermon on the Advantages
of the Reformation from Popery (Glasgow,
1819) ; contributions to The Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia. — [Watt's Biblioth. Brit. ;
Tombst.]
JAMES ANDERSON, born Livingston,
lg32 20th June 1785, son of William A.,
farmer, and Elizabeth Bell ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (17th
April 1813) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
6th Feb. 1816 ; pres. by the Trustees for
Charles, Lord Blantyre, 30th March, and ord.
13th Sept. 1832. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Blantyre,
1843-60; died 7th May 1860. He marr.
28th Dec. 1832, Mary Stewart (died 27th
Feb. 1865), daugh. of Charles Archer and
Janet Stewart, and had issue — Margaret
Stewart, born 11th Dec. 1834, died 5th
June 1836 ; William, min. of the Free
Church, Boyndie, Banff, born 19th April
1839, died 17th July 1920; James, born 11th
Jan. 1843, died at Boyndie, 18th Aug. 1877.
1843
SAMUEL PATERSON, born 11th June
1806, eldest son of William P., farmer,
Wigtownshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; pres.
by Lord Blantyre 17th Feb., and ord. 14th
Sept. 1843 ; died 2nd May 1860. He marr.
10th July 1844, Sarah M'Kgnna, who died
2nd Oct. 1881, and had issue — William,
I860
born 7th Sept. 1845 ; Samuel, born 24th
June 1847 ; Sarah, born 10th July 1849.
PATON [PATTON] JAMES GLOAG,
pres. by Lord Blantyre 7th June,
trans, from Dunning and adm. 27th
Sept. 1860 ; D.D.(St Andrews 1867) ; trans.
to Galashiels 20th April 1871.
STEWART WRIGHT, born Inveraray,
1871 15th Oct. 1829, fifth son of James
W., writer; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. to St George's-in-the-Fields,
Glasgow, 23rd May 1855 ; chaplain at
Madras, 1858-65, and at Bangalore, 1865-71 ;
adm. to this charge 3rd Aug. 1871 ; died
29th Nov. 1887. He marr. Alice (died s.p.
27th Oct. 1913), daugh. of Colin Smith,
D.D., min. of Inveraray. Publication —
Annals of Blantyre (Glasgow, 1885).
1888
CHARLES SCRIMGEOUR TURN-
BULL, born Glasgow, 9th Feb.
1860, son of David T. and Margaret
Blane ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (28th April 1882) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1885 ; assistant
at St George's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 7th
June 1888. Publication — For Good Con-
sideration [Church Defence pamphlet]
(1894).
BOTHWELL.
[The church of Bothwell was dedicated
to St Bride. On 10th Oct. 1398 it was
constituted and endowed as a collegiate
church by Archibald the Grim, Earl of
Douglas-
nethan, 8th July 1872.]
JOHN DAVIDSON GRANT, ord. 18th
1859 Feb. 1859 ; trans, to West Calder
25th Aug. 1870.
GEORGE ALPINE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1871 ^k Jan. 1871 ; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1872 ; dem. 30th Dec.
1873 ; adm. to Coats 7th April 1874.
ROBERT DICKSON, ord. 14th May
1874 18 ^ 4 ' trans# t0 St David's Parish,
Glasgow, 10th June 1880.
JOHN STEWART, born Coupar-Angus,
1849 ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1875), B.D. (1877);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 16th May
1878 ; elected 25th Oct., and ord. 9th Dec.
1880 ; died 11th Nov. 1892. He marr. 5th
March 1890, Helen Janet, daugh. of Robert
Brown, Ayr, who predeceased him, and had
issue — Eleanor Jane (marr. 1st Aug. 1917,
Thomas Wilson Cochrane, Army Veterinary
Corps).
1918
ROBERT WILLIAM RUTHERFORD,
1893 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 11th May 1893 ;
trans, to Gartsherrie 11th Dec. 1917.
JOHN REEVIE JOHNSTON MERRY,
born Motherwell, 3rd April 1889,
son of Alexander M. and Janet
Leech Johnston ; educated at Dalziel High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1911) ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton May 1914 ;
assistant at St Michael's, Dumfries ; ord.
to Sinclairtown 29th Dec. 1915 ; trans, and
adm. 16th May 1918. Marr. 8th March
1917, Annie Dunwoodie, M.A., daugh. of
Adam Hyslop.
CAMBUSLANG.
[The rectory of Cambuslang was a pre-
bend of Glasgow. Its church was dedicated
to St Cadoc. Beside the Kirk Burn, near
the Parish Church, stood a chapel of St
Mary, which gives its name to the Lands
of Chapel. It was founded in 1379 by
William Mony penny, rector of Cambus-
lang. At the village of Spital in the
parish there was a hospital of St Thomas.
Cambuslang Church was rebuilt in 1743.
There are mission chapels within the bounds
at Morriston and Newton of Cambuslang.]
JAMES LINDSAY, M.A. ; exhorter in
1567 1567 ; reader in 1574. — [Reg. Jlin.]
ADAM FOULIS, mentioned as min. of
1572 Newbattle [and Heriot], Nov. 1570 ;
pres. by James VI. 28th July 1572.—
[Reg. Min.]
JOHN HOWISON [HEWISON, or
157g HOWIE], born 1530, son of a Glas-
gow burgess ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; min. of Kelso in 1576 ; perhaps
at Glasford, 1577-8 ; pres. by James, Earl
of Arran (on the wish of James VI. and his
Council, and by special request of the Com-
missioners for Planting Kirks) ; adm. after
9th April 1579 ; a member of Assembly in
1581. He opposed the appointment of
Robert Montgomery, min. of Stirling, to
the Archbishopric of Glasgow. As Modera-
tor of the Presb. of Glasgow, he preached
in the High Kirk there, 8th June 1582,
when Montgomery appeared to claim the
HAMILTON]
CAMBUSLANG
235
pulpit, having been appointed to enter upon
his office that day. M. was accompanied
by the Lord Provost, Sir Matthew Stewart
of Minto [and of Morriston, parish of Cam-
buslang], the bailies of Glasgow, and others.
Stewart ordered H. to desist, and the Presb.
todisperse. The ministerrefused, whereupon
the provost and his party laid violent hands
on H., who was " smote on the face, pulled
by the beard, had one of his teeth beat out,
and put in the tolbuith lyke a theefe." The
General Assembly excommunicated five of
the assailants, but Stewart and another
appeared and confessed, 9th Oct. 1582.
From 23rd Nov. 1584 to 15th Aug. 1585,
H. had charge of the parish of Perth, where
a troublesome plague had broken out, and
where he " ministered to the great comfort
of the sufferers." Again declining the
authority of the bishops, and failing to
subscribe a bond imposed upon all " that
gat assignation of stipends," he was im-
prisoned " in the Spey or Spy Tower of St
Johnstoun" [the old name of Perth]. He
was soon allowed his liberty, and had an
interview with James VI., when "he made,
says James Melvill, "a good exhortation,
telling the truth, and meit for the purpose."
He was equally outspoken in a sermon
preached in Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh,
in which he said, "I ken I will be
noted. I regard not. What can the king
get of me but my heid and my bluid 1 I
shall never obey their injunction, like as
I request all faithful folk to do the lyke."
He was at once seized and confined in Falk-
land Palace, still persisting in his refusal
to submit to the bishops, and specially to
Montgomery, who, he declared, was "an
infamous man, a monster, and an idol."
An Act of Parliament annulling his presenta-
tion and appointment to Cambuslang was
passed in 1587, when the benefice was
given to Lord Claud Hamilton, third
son of the Duke of Chatelherault and
ancestor of the Dukes of Abercorn. [Lord
Claud was regarded by the Romanist
party as rector of the parish, having
succeeded Halyton, rector about 1560.] In
1588 H. was app. Visitor for Nithsdale.
By the Assembly of 1595 he was nomin-
ated a Commissioner of Piatt [planting of
churches] for the whole of Clydesdale. In
1597 he was libelled on a charge of issuing
as genuine " a false, adulterate, and altered "
Act of Parliament, purporting to be that
passed in 1592, and entitled, "An Act for
abolishing the Acts contrar to the Liberties
of the Kirk." He had persuaded the king's
printer, Robert Waldegrave, to circulate
forty or fifty copies. Though declared
innocent of falsifying the Act himself, H.
was convicted of complicity in its circula-
tion, and was accordingly confined for
some months in the Castle of Edinburgh.
Regaining his freedom, he was one of
a committee appointed to consider an
Act of the Privy Council for resisting
the Spanish invasion. He returned to
Cambuslang after 7th March 1596, the
General Assembly having petitioned in
his favour, " seeing he has obeyit sick
things as was injoynit to him." He was
now chiefly occupied with parish work —
philanthropic and educational — endowing
a school and making provision for the poor
of Cambuslang. He founded a bursary in
the University of Glasgow, which still
yields an annual sum of £9 to the holder,
and he gave 2000 merks for the support
of two old men from Cambuslang, in the
hospital at Hamilton. He died June 1618.
He left his books to the Library of Glasgow
University with other benefactions, "and
last it is his will, and he ordains his ex-
ecutor [James Braidwood] that in case my
Lord Marquis of Hammiltoune perform
nocht his condition in erecting and build-
ing of ane hospitell for the poor conforme
to the contract and foundation made
betwixt his Lordship and him, that the
said James sail cause charge his Lordship
to perfyte the same for the foundation of
swa guid ane work." There is a portrait
of H. in the Trades' House, Glasgow, but
damaged by fire. He marr. 13th July 1586,
Agnes (died March 1612, probably s.p.),
daugh. of Arnold Columnes [Coluines,
Collins], surgeon, Newhaven, France.
Publications — A Discourse of Conscience
(Edinburgh, 1600). He left in MS. 3 vols,
of a reply to the Jesuit leader, Cardinal
Bellarmine, which the Assembly of 1602
was asked to revise, and " if found worthie,
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[ PRESB. OF
to have it printed. This was not done. —
[Be;/. Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, xxvi. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; MS. State Paper Ojfice, " Accusation
of Howison ; Acts of Pari., iii., 481 ;
M'Crie : s Melville, 83, 383, 390; Pitcairn's
Criminal Trials, ii., 14 ; Booke of the Kirk,
201 ; Calderwood's Hist., iv., 146 passim ;
Adamson's The Muse's Welcome ; Porter's
Cambuslang and its Ministers, 8 - 18 ;
Brown's Cambuslang, 22, 89.]
1611
ROBERT HAMILTON, probably only
assistant to preceding min. in 1611 ;
was pres. to Rutherglen, but ap-
parently not settled, the Presb. of Glasgow
considering "he is not meitt for it," 6th
Feb. 1611. — [Glasg. Presb. Reg.; Glasg.
Tests.]
ALEXANDER THOMSON, M.A.; min.
in 1619 ; trans, to Second Charge,
1619
1628.
St Giles, Edinburgh, after 3rd July
1628
PATRICK HAMILTON, M.A. (Glas-
gow) ; min. of Lochwinnoch in 1596 ;
adm. to Abbey Parish, Paisley, 25th
Dec. 1607 ; pres. by James, Marquess of
Hamilton, and adm. after 3rd July 1628.
He zealously supported the decisions of the
Glasgow Assembly of 1638, of which he
was a member. He had a " protection "
from James Graham, Marquess of Mon-
trose, 20th Aug. 1645, and was dep. soon
afterwards, Wodrow says, for drunkenness.
On 19th July 1648 he was on the eve
of being reponed by the General Assembly
when an unlucky chance spoiled all. " We
were fashed with the opening of the
mouths of deposed ministers," says Robert
Baillie. " Poor Mr Patrick Hamilton, in
the very nick when the Assembly was to
grant all his desire, was rejected by his
own unhappiness. He had let fall out of
his pocket a poem too invective against
the Church's proceedings. This, by a
mere accident, came into the hands of
Mr Mungo Law [min. of Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh], who gave it to Mr James Guthrie
[min. of Lauder], and he did read it in the
face of the Assembly, to Mr Patrick's con-
fusion." In 1653 he was in extreme poverty,
and died May 1658. He marr. (1) Grizel
Semple, and had issue — Nathan, Robert,
and Patrick : (2) Aug. 1604, Maisie Towris,
and had issue — James : (3) 1629, Katherine
Hamilton, a minister's daugh. She sur-
vived him, with issue ; was recommended
for assistance by the Synod of Lothian,
8th Nov. 1660; had a grant of £50 from
Parliament out of vacant stipends, 12th
July 1661, and in 1663 was 72 years old
and " in great distress." Publications —
A Poem on the Creation, Fall, and
Redemption of Mankind (Edinburgh, 1629) ;
Zachary Boyd's Christian Hecatome (Edin-
burgh, 1629); "A Short Description of
the Trew Properties of a Faithfull Sheip-
hard of Christe's Flock, and other pieces
in Verse " [by a Curat on Clyde] {Fugitive
Scottish Poetry, 2nd ser., Edinburgh, 1853).
— [Acts of Pari., vii. ; Baillie's Lett., iii.,
60 ; Edin. Reg. {Marr.) ; Wodrow's Anal.,
i., 165 ; Peterkin's Records ; Memoirs of
Montrose, ii. ; Porter's Cambuslang and its
Ministers, 21-4 ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., L,
459, 532.]
JOHN BAILLIE, M.A. (Glasgow 1639) ;
pres. by James, Duke of Hamilton,
and adm. in 1647 ; died Dec. 1652,
aged about 33. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh.
of Henry Gibson, writer, Glasgow. She
marr. (2) James Wallace, min. of Inch-
innan.— [Baillie's Lett. ; Glasg. Tests. ; G. R.
Sas., xiii., 343.]
ROBERT FLEMING, born Yester, Dec.
1630, of which parish his father,
James F., was min., his mother being
Jean Livingston [not, as sometimes stated,
Martha (daugh. of John Knox), who was
James Fleming's first wife]. His childhood
was delicate, and he nearly lost his sight
from a blow with a club. He had his early
training at home. At fifteen he entered
the Univ. of Edinburgh, and graduated
M.A. with distinction, 26th July 1649. He
studied divinity at St Andrews under
Samuel Rutherford. He is believed to
have served as a private soldier in the
Scottish ranks at the battle of Dunbar,
3rd Sept. 1650. He was ord. here in 1653
— still sickly — " his health so bad that it
seemed hopeless." He was deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
1647
HAMILTON]
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237
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. For the
next ten years he remained in Scotland,
preaching as he had opportunity. On 3rd
Sept. 1672 he declined indulgence at Kil-
winning, disobeyed a citation of the Privy
Council, and fled to London, where his
Scottish speech somewhat marred his
usefulness. In 1674 he was living at West
Nisbet, in Roxburghshire. On 30th Dec.
1677 he was adm. colleague [in succession
to Robert MacWard] to John Hog [or
Hoog], min. of the Scots Kirk, Rotterdam.
Next year he was in Edinburgh, preaching
at conventicles, and lying a prisoner in the
Tolbooth. The Privy Council allowed him
bail, June 1679, but refusing to conform
to all its demands, he was sent back to
confinement. On regaining his liberty, he
returned to Rotterdam. He was charged
in the High Court of Justiciary, 2nd April
1683, with harbouring and befriending
several of the murderers of Archbishop
Sharpe, but having proved his innocence, the
accusation was departed from, 17th April
1684. After the Revolution he might have
been restored to Cambuslang, but preferred
to remain in Holland. "While on a visit
to London, he died of fever, 25th July 1694,
after a short illness. He marr. Christian
(died at West Nisbet in 1674), daugh. of
Sir George Hamilton of Binny, Linlith-
gowshire, and had issue — Robert, his suc-
cessor at Rotterdam, born 1660, died 21st
May 1716, and six others. Wodrow charac-
terises him as a "devout and pious man,
most spiritual in his carriage and writings,
much engaged in secret prayer and medita-
tions, very affectionate to his servants and
people, full of love, and of a peaceable
temper." Publications — The Fulfilling of
the Scripture (Rotterdam, 1669 ; 2nd ed.,
1671) ; The Faithfulness of God, etc. [Second
Part]; The Great Appearances of God
[Third Part] ; all three parts, 2 vols. (Lon-
don, 1681 ; 3rd ed., 1681 ; 4th ed., 1693 ;
5th ed. [with Life and a Funeral Sermon
by Daniel Burgess], 1726; latest edition
[with Life by Thomas Thomson], Edin-
burgh, 1845) ; An Account of the Roman
Church and Doctrine (London, 1675); A
Survey of Quakerism [anon.] (1677);
Scripture Truth confirmed and cleared
(1678) ; The Truth and Certainty of the
Protestant Faith (1678); The Church
Wounded and Rent by a Spirit of Division
(1681); The One Thing Necessary (1681);
Joshua's Choice (1684) [originally printed
in Dutch] ; The Confirming Worke of
Religion (Rotterdam, 1685) ; True State-
ment of the Christian Faith (1692) ; Sermon
on Fcclesiastes, vii., 1 (1692); Sermon on
Jeremiah, xviii., 7-11 (1692); The Present
Aspect of Our Times (London, 1694). —
[Wodrow's Hist., iii., 96 ; New Gen. Reg.
Sas., xxvi. ; Steven's Scot. Ch. Rotterdam,
58-67, 83-113; Glasg. Tests.; Edinburgh
Christian Instructor, xxiii. ; The Scots
Worthies [Carslaw's edition], 571-80 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, MA. (Glas-
1663 gow 165 °)j adm - 4tn Sept. 1663;
pres. by William, Duke of Hamilton ;
called 4th June, and adm. 22nd Aug.
1692. As an Episcopalian he was exceed-
ingly unpopular. The parish was in a
condition of almost constant ferment, and
riots at the Manse were frequent. C. died
about the Revolution time. — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 3 ; G. R. Homings, 22nd Feb.
1688; Justiciary Records, ii., 114.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, born 1660,
son of James H, second son of
Andrew H. of Westburn ; bursar
of the Univ. of Glasgow (1677-80) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Dec. 1687 ; called
28th April, and ord. [at Flemington] 13th
June 1688; died after 8th March 1724 [on
that date he was present at a meeting of
kirk-session ; the date of death — 3rd Jan.
1723 — as recorded on his tombstone is there-
fore an error]. He marr. Janet, daugh.
of Gilbert Hall, min. of Kirkliston, who
survived him, and had issue — William,
min. of Douglas ; Cecilia (marr. Robert
Paton, min. of Renfrew). — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Tombst.~\
WILLIAM M'CULLOCH, born Whit-
1731 norn > 1691, son of the schoolmaster
there ; educated at Univs. of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow, 26th
April 1712); licen. by Presb. of Wigtown
28th Aug. 1722; tutor in the family of
1688
238
CAMBUSLANG
[PRESB. OF
Hamilton of Aitkenhead, parish of Cath-
cart ; called 18th Feb., and ord. 29th April
1731 ; died 18th Dec. 1771. He marr. 29th
April 1736, Janet Dinwoodie, who died
13th Oct. 1779, and had issue — an only
child, Robert, D.D., min. of Dairsie, born
21st July 1740. The ministry of M. was
memorable for that extraordinary religious
movement known as the " Cambuslang
Wark," which occurred during the spring
and summer of 1742. M., who is described
by Dean Stanley as " no wild fanatic, but
a learned, unostentatious scholar, a cautious
and prudent parish minister," was hardly
remarkable as a preacher. In the course
of his ordinary preaching, however, the
people became spiritually awakened. The
news of what was happening soon spread,
and multitudes from every part of Scot-
land crowded to Cambuslang to see the
strange work. Many ministers came to
M.'s assistance, and amongst them George
Whitefield, who tells us that he preached
to congregations which numbered between
thirty and forty thousand. "It was ten
o'clock at night when Whitefield rose up
to speak. The tent stood on the margin
of a little stream ; in front of this rose
a green bank in the form of an amphi-
theatre, still known as the ' conversion
brae. J It was wonderfully adapted to the
purpose to which it was now applied, and
Whitefield, in one of his bold figures of
speech, spoke of it as a temple built by
God Himself for this great concourse to
worship in. As the preacher's deep voice,
in the twilight of the autumn eve, rolled
over the vast multitude, it was answered
by sighs and sobs, and soon the whole
audience was melted in tears." White-
field's visit was the high-water mark of the
Revival. In writing of it nine years after-
wards, M. had to lament many backsliders,
but still he spoke of hundreds who from
that time forward had been evidently
changed. Publications — The Annual Ser-
mon/07' Reformation of Manners (Glasgow,
1725) ; An Account of some Remarkable
Events at Cambuslang (1742) ; A Short
Narrative of the Extraordinary Work at
Cambuslang (1742); Observations in Defence
of the Work at Cambuslang (1742); Sermons
on Several Subjects [Memoir by his son]
(Glasgow, 1793). — [Wodrow's Anal. ; Scots
Mag., xxxiii. ; M'Farlane's Revivals of the
Eighteenth Century; Meek's "Report on
Cambuslang" (Sinclair's Stat. Ace. Scot.,
v.) ; Cunningham's Church History of Scot-,
land, ii., 315 ; Porter's Cambuslang and its
Ministers, 39-48 ; Butler's Wesley and
Whitefield in Scotland, 36-41.]
JAMES MEEK, born 1739, brother of
1774 William M. of Fortisset ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 25th Oct. 1763;
preacher in the College Chapel, Glasgow,
1763-5 ; ord. to Second Charge, Lesma-
hagow, 25th Sept. 1766 ; pres. by the
commissioners for Douglas, Duke of
Hamilton, 1772 ; trans., but not adm. till
1st Sept. 1774 [opposition to his appoint-
ment was concerned mostly with questions
of doctrine] ; D.D. (Glasgow, 12th Dec.
1781) ; Dean of Faculties in Glasgow Univ.,
1780-2, 1784-6, 1788-90, 1792-4, and 1798-
1800 ; Moderator of Assembly 21st May
1795 ; died 21st June 1810. He marr. 5th
Feb. 1770, Grizel (died 4th Feb. 1815,
aged 68), eldest daugh. of Thomas Weir
of Kerse, and had issue — John, born
5th Feb. 1772, died while a student at
Glasgow Univ., 28th Dec. 1790 ; Elizabeth,
born 11th Feb. 1774 (marr. 15th April 1791,
James Davidson, W.S.), died 11th Jan.
1799 ; Thomas, writer, Interim Commissary
Clerk at Glasgow, 1817, born 20th May
1776 ; Frances Stuart, born 15th March
1779, died 1866. Publication — Account of
the Parish [in which the story of the
Cambuslang Conversions is very fully told]
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).
JOHN ROBERTSON, born in the parish
17 ^ of Hamilton, 1768, eldest son of
William R., farmer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 8th May 1795; assistant to pre-
ceding min. in 1795 ; app. by Douglas,
Duke of Hamilton, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 22nd Aug. 1797 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
20th Oct. 1826) ; died 2nd Feb. 1843. He
marr. 9th Feb. 1813, Sarah, eldest daugh.
of William Shaw, bookseller, Glasgow, and
had issue — Agnes Riddell, born 12th Dec.
HAMILTON]
CAMBUSLANG— WEST CAMBUSLANG
239
1813 ; Janet, born 14th June 1815 ; Sarah,
born 24th Jan. 1817 (marr. White-
head); Jane Shaw, born 16th Nov. 1818
(marr. 11th Dec. 1838, Richard Vary,
Hamilton) ; William, min. of Monzievaird,
born 15th July 1820 ; Alexander Riddell,
student of medicine, Univ. of Glasgow
(1841-5), born 28th June 1821, died from
the effects of bloodi- poisoning, 15th June
1845 ; Mary Ann Hamilton, born 12th Feb.
1824 ; Elizabeth Gibson, -born 13th Nov.
1825; Joanna, born 13th Jan. 1829. Pub-
lication — Lay Preaching Indefensible on
Scripture Principles (Glasgow, 1800).
JAMES STEWART JOHNSON, born
lg43 Old Cumnock, 3rd Nov. 1810, eldest
son of William J. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 24th Aug. 1843 ;
clerk, of Presb., 1853-81 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
1st May 1874); died 9th Nov. 1881. He
marr. 12th June 1849, Elizabeth (died 2nd
April 1894), second daugh. of James Gil-
mour of Polnoon, Eaglesham, and had
issue — James Alexander Gilmour, born
11th April 1850; William Stewart, born
15th Nov. 1851 ; Clementina Stewart, born
13th July 1853 ; Helen Isabella, born 23rd
July 1855 ; Allan George, born 14th Oct.
1856, died 26th Oct. 1857 ; David Brown,
born 17th Sept. 1858; Elizabeth Gilmour,
born 7th Feb. 1861 ; Emma Marion Mar-
garet, born 27th April 1863.
ROBERT BLAIR, M.A., D.D. ; trans.
from St Columba's, Glasgow, and
adm. 23rd May 1882; trans, to St
John's Parish, Edinburgh, 20th July 1892.
JAMES EDWARD HOUSTON, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from St Clement's,
Dundee, and adm. 27th Dec. 1892;
trans, to Buccleuch Parish, Edinburgh,
15th Jan. 1908.
ROBERT SIBBALD CALDERWOOD,
born Blythswood, Glasgow, 2nd Dec.
1864, son of Robert Wilson C. and
Mary Sibbald ; educated at Normal School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; was secretary to
George Matheson, D.D., at Innellan and St
Bernard's, Edinburgh; student-missionary
at Loch Lomond in 1888 ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 20th June 1889; assistant at
1882
1892
St Matthew's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) at Garelochhead 6 th
Feb. 1890; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 3rd May 1900 ; chaplain of
H.M.'s Prison, Edinburgh, 1905-8; trans,
and adm. 24th June 1908. Marr. (1) 11th
Sept. 1894, Annie (died 21st May 1910),
daugh. of David Macfarlane, Dowanhill,
and Jean Boston, and has issue — Robert
George Matheson, M.C., lieut. H.L.I. ,
born 5th May 1896; William Sewell, 2nd
lieut. 8th Scottish Rifles, born 31st July
1897, killed in action in France, 31st July
1917; Jean Boston, born 20th April 1899;
Maurice Sibbald, born 15th Aug. 1901 ;
Mary Sibbald, born 18th Jan. 1903;
Walter Macfarlane, born 30th March 1908 :
(2) 28th Oct. 1918, Alicia Hope, R.R.C.,
eldest daugh. of Thomas Kerr, H.M.C.S.,
Leith. Publications — Patriotism, a Coron-
ation Address (1911); New Testament
Lessons (in Scottish National Sabbath
School Magazine, 1911).
WEST CAMBUSLANG (Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Cambus-
lang, 11th Jan. 1901.]
JOHN ELDER, born Eaglesham, brother
1887 °^ Andrew E., min. of the U.P.
Church, Paisley ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow and U.P. Theological Hall,
Edinburgh ; licen. by U.P. Presb. of
Edinburgh ; ord. min. of U.P. congrega-
tion, Busby, 24th Dec. 1872 ; dem. 4th July
1882. Joined the Church of Scotland
3rd June 1882 ; adm. to this charge 3rd
Nov. 1887 ; dem. 27th Sept. 1898.— [Small's
U.P. Congregations, ii., 147.]
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, M.A., B.D. ;
1899 ord. 20th April 1899; adm. first
min. of parish 12th Jan. 1901 ; trans,
to Kilwinning 8th Jan. 1903.
ARTHUR STANLEY MIDDLETON,
1903 k° rn l 5tn April 1874, son of James
M., min. of Lauder ; educated at
Dollar Institution and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1894), B.D. (1897) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1897 ; assistant at St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; ord. 29th June 1903 ; chaplain
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CAMBUSNETHAN
[PRESB. OF
France, 1916-18. Marr. 25th April 1906,
Gloriana Margaret, second daugh. of
Pearson M'Adam Muir, D.D., min. of St
Mungo's, Glasgow, and has issue — Anne
Chrystal, born 3rd Oct. 1918.
CAMBUSNETHAN.
[The church of Cambusnethan was dedi-
cated to St Nechtan. It belonged to the
Abbey of Kelso. There were three chapels
in the parish — the chapel at Auchter Water,
St Michael's at the Manor Place of Cam-
busnethan, and St Diarmad's, or Diarmad
Kirk, at Darmead Linn. There were also
the holy wells of St Columba and St
Aidan. In 1845 the Parish Church was
removed to a site in the middle of the
parish. There is now at Cambusnethan a
mission chapel of St Columba.]
1560 JOHN HAMILTON, min. in 1560.
ROBERT FISHER, min. here and at
«_„„ Dalziel in 1567. — [Acts and Dec,
1567
1588
1592
xxxvii., 435.]
WILLIAM NAISMITH, reader, 1567 to
1586 1580.— [Reg. Min.]
ALEXANDER ROW ATT, M.A. j min.
in 1588 ; trans, to Dalziel about
1591.
THOMAS MUIRHEAD [MOORE-
HEAD] of Lauchope, born about
1571, son of James M. of Lauchope ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1591) ; adm. to Shotts in
1591 ; trans, and adm. about 1592 ; died
May 1634. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of
William Baillie of Carfin. She survived
him, and had issue — William of Lauchope,
apprenticed to Hew Rose, W.S., 31st Dec.
1635 ; James of Lauchope; Margaret (marr.
Alexander Thomson, min. of St Giles,
Edinburgh); Christian (marr. John Lind-
say, min. of Carluke) ; Elizabeth (marr.
George Barbour). — [Reg. Assig.; Glasg.
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Lanark, 189, 208 ;
Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., app., 266; Family
of Birnie of Broomhill ; Calderwood's Hist.,
vii., 106, 427 ; Lanark Homings, 7th Jan.
1636.]
1669
FRANCIS KINCAID, M.A. ; reader in
1634 1634. — [Com. Records of Glasgoiv.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. ; ord. Dec.
1635 1635 ; became Bishop of Galloway
in 1661 (q.v.\ but probably continued
here till 1668.
WILLIAM VILANT, M.A. ; min. of
Ferry-Port-on-Craig in 1656 ; de-
prived in 1662 ; granted indulgence
here by the Privy Council 27th July 1669 ;
again deprived, 17th July 1684, for refusing
information regarding certain Presbyterians
" who had passed by his church on a Sab-
bath evening in the preceding month." He
returned at the Toleration before 6th Sept.
1687, and was trans, to his previous parish,
Ferry-Port-on-Craig, 12th June 1690.
• ROBERT LAMB, was granted an in-
1672 dulgence Wltn preceding min. 3rd
Sept. 1672 ; afterwards officiated at
Dalserf.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204.]
JAMES GUTHRIE, M.A. ; adm. 16th
16g Aug. 1685. He deserted at the
Revolution, and was min. of
Guthrie, Forfarshire, in 1692.
1687 WILLIAM VILANT [see above].
JOHN MUIRHEAD, licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 6th April, called 22nd
May, and ord. 1st Sept. 1692; died
11th Oct. 1733, aged 70. He marr., and
had issue — Margaret ; Martha, buried in
St Mungo's Churchyard, Glasgow, 1st
June 1770, aged 50 ; Elizabeth.— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM CRAIG, M.A. ; ord. 20th
1737 April 1737 ; trans, to Wynd Church,
Glasgow, 16th March 1738.
THOMAS CLELAND, M.A. ; called
16th Nov. 1738 ; ord. 1st March 1739 ;
trans, to Stirling 4th Aug. 1763.
JOHN GRAY, eldest son of William
17 G., writer, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Slamannan
28th July 1756 ; pres. by George Sinclair
of Woodhall, Lord of Session ; trans, and
adm. 4th April 1764; dem. in 1779; died
9th Sept. 1790. He marr. 1st Sept. 1756,
Grizel (died s.p. 1st March 1817), daugh. of
Andrew Gibb, farmer, Tibbermore.
1692
1739
HAMILTON]
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241
WILLIAM HOWISON, born 1747,
177g second son of Stephen H., farmer,
St John's Kirk, Lanarkshire; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Lanark 4th Nov. 1772 ; assistant at
Ochiltree ; called 22nd April, and ord. 8th
July 1779. He died unmarr. at Madeira,
where he had gone for the recovery of his
health, 21st July 1780.
ALEXANDER RANKEN, ord. 17th
1781 Aug. 1781 ; trans, to North-West
Church, Glasgow, 8th Sept. 1785.
JOHN LOCKHART, ord. 28th June
1786; trans, to Blackfriars' Parish,
Glasgow, 30th Sept. 1796.
JOHN THOMSON, ord. 13th July 1797 ;
trans, to Dairy, Ayrshire, 18th Nov.
1797
1802.
ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTON, born
1776, son of John L., merchant,
Strathblane ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1794) ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar ton 6th May 1800 ; pres. by James
Lockhart of Castlehill; ord. 13th May
1803 ; dep. 27th May 1850 ; died 19th Jan.
1852. He marr. 18th Jan. 1826, Janet
(died 3rd Jan. 1854), daugh. of Alexander
Sherriff, merchant, Leith, and had issue —
Janet Walker, born 10th Dec. 1827 ; Mary
Hamilton Campbell, born 23rd March 1829 ;
Jane Jemima Steuart, born 17th Dec. 1831
(marr. James Livingston, M.D., Wishaw) ;
Archibald, born 17 th June 1835 ; John
Alexander Sherriff, born 17th Sept. 1837.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, vi.). — [The Scottish Jurist,
xviii.]
ROBERT SHAW HUTTON, born
1851 Edinburgh, 30th April 1825, son of
Alexander H. and Agnes Thorburn ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (25th April 1846) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1849 ; assistant
at Newington, Edinburgh ; ord. 17th April
1851; D.D. (Edinburgh 1891); died 20th
June 1891. He marr. 19 f h March 1855,
Isabella Kirkwood (died 14th Feb. 1899),
eldest daugh. of John M'Murtrie, writer,
Ayr, and had issue— Ada ; Ella; Alexander,
went to Australia. Publications— A Present
VOL. III.
Saviour (London, 1862) ; Jesus Passing By
(Glasgow, n.d.) ; The Sevenfold Promise ;
Pastoral Addresses ; Prayers for Family
Worship ; Scripture Text Book ; A Simple
Manual for the Lord's Supper (Wishaw,
1881) ; Sundays at Cambusnethan (Wishaw,
1900
JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL, born
1892 Ireland 1852, son of John Laurence
R., min. at Ballymoney, Ireland, and
Dorcas Carmichael ; M.A. ; ord. (by Presb.
of Belfast) to Lisburn 17th Oct. 1872;
received by the U.P. Synod, May 1876,
and had then a call to North U.P. Church,
Perth, but declined ; adm. min. of St
George's (Presbyterian Church of England),
Sunderland, 29th July 1886 ; adm. to this
charge 21st Jan. 1892 ; died 13th July 1900.
He marr. Annie (died 27th March 1899),
daugh. of William Barker, silk merchant,
London, and had issue — Annie Laurie (marr.
Lyon, Valparaiso) ; Marjory, Belfast.
—[Small's Hist, of U.P. Congregations, ii.,
550.]
GILBERT ALEXANDER KENNEDY,
born Gortnaglush, Co. Tyrone, 3rd
Aug. 1861, son of Robert K. and
Isabella M'Clelland ; educated at Queen's
College, Belfast, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
B.A. (Royal Univ. of Ireland, 1885 ; M.A.
1886) ; licen. by Presb. of Cavan 8th May
1888 ; min. at Carland, Ireland, 1888 ;
trans, to Aghadoey, Ireland, 1890 ; adm.
here 27th Dec. 1900; died 8th Dec. 1916.
He marr. 29th July 1890, Mary, daugh. of
James Bryars and Margaret Kells, and had
issue — Adelaide Margaret, born 6th June
1891 ; Florence Isabel, born 31st May 1892,
died 13th June 1909 ; Gilbert M'Clelland,
lieut. 6th Cameronians, born 5th March
1895, killed in action at Festubert, France,
15th June 1915 ; Norman Robert, capt.
2nd Royal Scots (M.C.), born 12th Feb.
1898; Moira Evelyn, born 9th Sept. 1902,
died 20th Nov. 1909; Eileen Maud, born
5th July 1905.
JOHN ASHPLANT NICHOLLS, trans.
1Q17 from North Esk [vide vol. i., p. 339],
and adm. 16th May 1917. Had
further issue — Christian Mary Isobel, born
2nd May 1918.
242
CHAPELTON— CLARKSTON
[PRESB. OF
CHAPELTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Chapelton was disjoined
from Glasford, Hamilton, and East Kil-
bride, 17th Jan. 1876.]
DAVID PATON, born Montrose, 1810,
son of John P., manufacturer, and
grandson of James P., D.D., min. of
Craig ; educated at Univs. of St Andrews,
Aberdeen, and Edinburgh; ord. 11th Feb.
1841. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of the Free Church, Fettercairn,
1844-80; retired in 1880; died at Joppa
13th July 1901. He marr. 1st Aug. 1848,
Catherine (died 1898), daugh. of John
Shaw, writer, Cupar-Fife, and had issue —
Margaret ; Elizabeth Greig. — [Cameron's
History of Fettercairn, 213.]
JOHN MURRAY, MA. ; app. mission-
185Q ary 14th Feb. 1858; ord. 15th Dec.
1859 ; trans, to Calton Parish, Glas-
gow, 18th Aug. 1864.
JOHN M'GAVIN, born Newhouse,
1864 Sorn, 1834, third son of John M.,
farmer, and Jane Jamieson ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1859) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th May 1863 ;
missionary at Parkhead and Ban ton ; elected
25th Oct., and ord. 15th Dec. 1864 ; adm.
first min. of the parish in 1876 ; died 31st
Dec. 1890. He marr. 20th Feb. 1883, Ann
Rennie, Curriemyre, Kilsyth, but had no
issue.
WILLIAM THOMSON, born New
1891 Monklami > 13tl] Feb - 1859 > son of
John T. and Mary Gardner; edu-
cated at Bluevale Sessional School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1888 ; assistant at Bluevale,
Glasgow ; ord. 13th May 1891. Marr. 5th
July 1892, Helen, daugh. of John M'Leod
and Catherine Duncan, and has issue —
John Gardner, born 2nd June 1901 ;
Catherine Jane Duncan, born 27th April
1903.
CLARKSTON (Q.S.).
[A church was built at Clarkston in 1830.
The parish was disjoined from New Monk-
land and Shotts in Nov. 1869.]
1834
WILLIAM NISBET, served in 1834 as
a licentiate [afterwards min. of New
Street Chapel, Edinburgh].
JOHN MURDOCH, ord. 9th March
1837 1837; trans, to Middle Parish, Perth,
19th Oct. 1843.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
1844 1804 ' n f tn son °f John C. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. 29th Nov. 1844 ;
adm. first min. of the parish in 1869 ; died
unmarr. 31st Jan. 1872.
. JAMES BRANDER, born Glass, Huntly,
1872 lst "^h* 1835, son of Alexander B. ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1857), B.D. (Univ. of Aberdeen 1868);
sometime schoolmaster of Deskford, Banff-
shire ; assistant at St David's Parish,
Glasgow; ord. to Calderbank 30th Nov.
1869; trans, and adm. 2nd May 1872; res.
28th Aug. 1906; died at Knowle, Bristol,
24th Feb. 1909. He marr. lst June 1879,
Jessie, second daugh. of James Lorimer
and Jane Renshaw, Kirktown, Deskford,
and had issue— James, B.Sc, F.R.S., born
16th Feb. 1887. Publication — Edited
Sermons by Robert Paton, B.D. [St David's,
Glasgow] (Edinburgh, 1882).
WILLIAM OGILVY DUNCAN, born
188Q Burnside, Airlie, Kirriemuir, 23rd
Jan. 1850, son of William D. and
Isabella Gowans ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1881) ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews in 1885 ; assistant at
Chapelton ; ord. (assistant and successor)
lst Aug. 1889. Marr. (1) 29th Aug. 1906,
Eleanor Mary (died 10th Dec. 1912), daugh.
of David Duncan, Curdridge, Botley, Hants,
and has issue — Mary Laura, born 22nd Aug.
1907 ; David, born 21st Feb. 1911 : (2) 30th
Oct. 1918, Mary King, youngest daugh. of
Adam Prentice, Airdrie.
HAMILTON]
CLELAND— COATDYKE— COATS
243
1891
CLELAND (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1877. The
parish of Cleland was disjoined from Shotts
and Bothwell, 11th Dec. 1882.]
GEORGE MACKIE, adm. as a licentiate
1878 of the Church of Scotland in 1877 ;
assistant at Dairy ; app. 31st July,
and ord. 15th Oct. 1878; adm. first min.
of the parish in 1882 ; died 13th June 1883.
JOHN PARKER, ord. 14th Nov. 1883 ;
trans, to St James's Parish, Glasgow,
18th Dec. 1890.
DUNCAN CAMERON, born 18th May
1855, son of Robert C, bedellus of
Glasgow Univ. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Abertarff
11th June 1889; assistant at Cambuslang ;
elected 23rd March, and ord. 12th May
1891. Marr. 28th Nov. 1906, Agnes Jack,
daugh. of John Lang, Motherwell.
COATDYKE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Coatdyke was disjoined
from Airdrie and Coats, 7th July 1905.]
JAMES CROMARTY SMITH, born
1905 27th Oct. 1863, son of William S.,
min. of Unst ; educated at Balta-
sound School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1886), B.D. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1886 ; assistant at Cam-
busnethan ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Alexandria 28th June 1888; trans, and
adm. 11th March 1905. Marr. (1) 18th June
1889, Ethel Mary (died 26th Dec. 1891),
daugh. of John Eddison, Leeds, and has
issue — Helen Cromarty, born 30th March
1890 (marr. 9th July 1915, Colin Cameron
Philip, M.B., Ch.B., capt. R.A.M.C); Ethel
Emily Cromarty, born 21st Dec. 1891, died
29th Nov. 1914: (2) 1st Jan. 1895, Jean
Cumin (died 17th Jan. 1901), daugh. of
John Walker, banker, Old Deer, and has
issue— William, born 29th Oct. 1898, died
28th Dec. 1909; John, born and died
1901 : (3) 29th April 1913, Emma Mary,
second daugh. of David Philip, min. of the
Congregational Church, Avoch, and has
issue — James, born 21st Feb. 1914. Publi-
cations— Why go to Church? (1898); This
Do (Coatbridge, 1909) ; Contributions to
Hastings' Dictionary of Christ and the
Gospels.
COATS (Q.S.).
[The parish of Coats was disjoined from
Gartsherrie, 9th March 1874. There is a
mission chapel at Coatbank in the parish.]
GEORGE ALPINE, M.A., B.D., trans.
18 ,_ 4 from Calderhead, and adm. 7th April
1874 ; trans, to Dunbarton 14th
Feb. 1882.
WILLIAM HUTCHISON, born Lesma-
1882 na S ow Ist Aug. 1846, son of James
H. and Mary M'Donald Tudhope
educated at Lesmahagow School and Univ
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
assistant at Milton Parish, Glasgow ; ord
to Newhall, Glasgow, 16th Sept. 1875
trans, and adm. 17th Aug. 1882 ; died 6th
July 1906. He marr. 18th Sept. 1877, Eliza-
beth, daugh. of John Dinwoodie and Jane
Borthwick, and had issue — James Tudhope,
lieut. on active service in France, 1914,
born 29th June 1878 ; Jane Borthwick, born
30th April 1880; John Dinwoodie, C.E.,
born 9th Dec. 1881 ; Mary M'Donald, born
22nd Sept. 1883; William Burns, born 17th
May 1885 ; George M'Farlane, H.L.I., born
5th March 1887, killed in action on the
Somme, 1st July 1916 ; Samuel Borthwick,
born 15th April 1888, died 28th Feb. 1889 ;
Theodore Paton, M.B., Ch.B., born 12th
Jan. 1890, captain R.A.M.C, Egypt.
GEORGE MACKENZIE, born Inver-
lafll _ ness, 31st Aug. 1864, son of George
M. and Jane Hunter ; educated at
Inverness and Aberdeen Schools and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1889);
licen. by Presb. of Forres 7th May 1889 ;
assistant at Grey friars', Dumfries, 1889-91,
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1891-4, ord.
to Ettrick 20th Dec. 1894 ; trans, and adm.
10th Jan. 1907. Marr. 6th Sept. 1900,
Margaret Jane, only child of Robert Max-
well, Dumfries, and Jane Kirk, and has
issue — Joan Noble, born 2nd Dec. 1905.
244
COLTNESS MEMORIAL PARISH— CRAIGNEUK [pkesb. of
1879
COLTNESS MEMORIAL PARISH,
formerly NEWMAINS (Q.S.).
[For some years services were held here
in the school at Newmains. In 1878 James
Houldsworth of Coltness built a church in
memory of his eldest son, at a cost of over
£9000. As a further memorial of his son
he proceeded to endow the parish. Colt-
ness was disjoined from the parish of
Cambusnethan, 17th March 1879.]
HENRY M'INTOSH ROBERTSON,
. oan ord. 16th Feb. 1860 ; trans, to Bo'ness
31st March 1868.
GEORGE LOGAN, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1868 6th Aug. 1868 ; trans, to Inver-
brothock 22nd Aug. 1876.
JAMES ROBERT CHRYSTAL, born
6th Oct. 1839, third son of James
C, D.D., LL.D., min. of Auchinleck ;
educated at Cumnock School, Madras Col-
lege, and Univ. of St Andrews ; MA.
(1858), B.D. (1861) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
7th May 1862 ; assistant at Gals ton and
Moffat ; ord. to Cults 8th April 1864 ; trans.
to Coltness, and adm. 21st Jan. 1879 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 17th March
1879; dem. 24th Nov. 1885. He joined the
Baptist denomination and was min. of the
Baptist Church at Hamilton, 1886-1909;
President of the Baptist Union of Scotland
in 1910. Marr. 15th June 1871, Margaret
Sophia, eldest daugh. of Major -General
William Riddell of Camieston, C.B., and
Margaret Wilkie, niece of Sir David Wilkie
the painter, and has issue — Alice Margaret
Wilkie, born 21st March 1872; James
William, born 15th Jan. 1875, killed in
South African War, 4th March 1900;
Walter Riddell, solicitor, Lanigan, Sask.,
Canada, born 25th Dec. 1876; Robert
Patrick, born 23rd May 1878, killed in
South African War, 23rd Oct. 1899 ; John
Play fair, captain 18th Batt. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, born 25th April
1880 ; William Carre, merchant's clerk,
Valparaiso, Chile, born 28th July 1882.
Publication — Address at Annual Meeting
of Baptist Union of Scotland (1910).
JOHN ALEXANDER CLARK, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 23rd April 1886; trans,
to First Charge, Brechin, 26th April
1886
1892.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Edin-
1892 burgh, 27th Feb. 1847, eldest son of
Roderick R. and Helen Whitehead ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA.
(1875); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1877 ; assistant at Tolbooth Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Garturk 29th Aug. 1878 ;
deputy of the Home Mission Committee,
1884-92 ; adm. to this charge 10th Nov.
1892 ; app. convener of Committee on
Christian Life and Work in 1894; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1908) ; V.D. ; President of the
Church of Scotland Young Men's Guild,
1908. Marr. 11th June 1879, Isabella (died
at Strathpeffer, 17th Aug. 1904), daugh. of
William Grant, min. of Cavers, and has
issue — Jane Eleanor, born 2nd Aug. 1880.
Publications — The Martyrs of Blantyre
(London, 1892) ; Sttidies in the Acts of the
Apostles [Guild Text-Book] (Edinburgh,
1901); Sabbath School Work in Theory
and Practice (Edinburgh, 1885) ; The Joy
of Worship (Edinburgh, 1887) ; A Parent's
Wages (Wishaw, n.d.) ; Father, I Will
(Edinburgh, 1907). — [Gordon's Life of
Archibald Hamilton Charteris, 164 et seq. ;
Life and Work, October 1904.]
CRAIGNEUK (Q.S.).
[The parish of Craigneuk was disjoined
from South Dalziel, 7th March 1913.]
WILLIAM HOOD WRIGHT, born
1843; ord. 1880; dem. 25th March
1880
1902 ; died 16th April 1916.
1902
JAMES ROBERT FRASER BRAND,
born Edinburgh, 1863, son of Robert
B., manager, North British Rubber
Works ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th May
1891 ; ord. 8th Sept. 1902 ; dem. 22nd Dec.
1903, and went to South of England.
HENRY DODD, L.R.C.P.E., formerly
min. of Birsay ; adm. 23rd Nov. 1904 ;
1904 dem. in 1906 [min. of Downfield,
Dundee, in 1919].
HAMILTON]
CRAIGNEUK— DALSERF
245
^ROBERT GEDDES BRODIE, bom
Edinburgh, 15th May 1862, son of
1906 Robert B. and Agnes Geddes ; edu-
cated at High School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1888 ; assistant at Edderton, Dundee (St
David's), Torryburn, Tranent, Kinloss,
Blackridge Mission, and Cadzow ; app.
23rd April 1906 ; ord. 6th May 1906 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 8th March 1913.
Marr. 6th April 1904, Sarah, daugh. of
Thomas Cooper, Elgin.
DALSERF, of old MACHAN-
SHIRE.
[The church of Machanshire was a pre-
bend belonging to the Dean of Glasgow.
Its dedication to St Mary had superseded
an earlier one to St Machan. In the parish
are Machan Muir and Allt Machan. There
were four chapels within the bounds — St
Serf's at Chapelton of Dalserf, St Ronan's
at Broomhill, known as Chapel Rone, St
Patrick's at Dalpatrick, and the chapel at
the Chapel Knowe of Raploch. In 1655
the parish church was removed from St
Mary's to Dalserf. There are in the parish
mission chapels at Netherburn and the
Rorison Memorial.]
ANDREW HAMILTON, MA. ; reader
from 1567 to 1579 ; reader at Stone-
house in 1579 ; again reader here
from 1588 to 1591 ; adm. min. about 1593,
but again styled reader in 1596.— [Reg. Min.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A.; trans, from
Carmunnock and adm. 10th April
1600 16Q0 . trans t0 Hamilton after 4th
May 1609.
CLAUD HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1609); was min. 20th Nov. 1609,
1 when he entered into a contract
with James Hamilton that the latter would
resign the benefice in his favour, whilst
retaining the Deanery itself ; died 21st
Dec. 1635. He marr. (cont. 9th Oct. 1613)
(1) Marjorie Wood : (2) Jean Hamilton,
who survived him, and perhaps marr. John
Hamilton, min. in 1636. — [Hamilton Tests. ;
Reg. of Deeds, diii., 438 ; Lanark Sas.,
iv., 109.]
1636
JOHN HAMILTON, brother of Robert
H. in Derg ; on the Exercise at
Glasgow 13th June 1618 ; min. here
about 1636 ; dep. (for simony) by Commis-
sion of Assembly 3rd Jan. 1639 ; died Dec.
1641. He marr. Jean Hamilton, perhaps
the widow of his predecessor. She survived
him. — [Hamilton Tests. ; Stevenson's Hist. ;
Baillie's Lett.]
JOHN WEIR, born 1610; MA. (Glas-
gow 1635) ; a licentiate in 1638, and
recommended by the General As-
sembly of that year as ready to supply
vacant parishes ; min. here in 1642. He
went with others to Ireland, by appointment
of the Assembly, 19th May 1643, to preach
and administer the Solemn League and
Covenant to the Protestants of Ulster.
Having finished their mission, W. and
his companions were on their way home,
but were taken prisoners at sea, 3rd July
1644, by Alexander or Alastair Macdonald,
son of the notorious Colla Ciotach, who
was leading an expedition to recover the
lands of the Macdonalds from the Camp-
bells. The prisoners were lodged in Min-
gary Castle, Ardnamurchan, and suffered
the most cruel hardships. But W. and
James Hamilton [min. of Dumfries] " every
day twice, did both of them expound a psalm
or part of a psalm, the one praying before,
and the other after the said exposition, in
the hearing of their fellow-prisoners, so
long as they were together (from 15th July
till 23rd Sept.), at which time they had
proceeded in expounding to the eighty-first
Psalm." W. was seized with fever on 2nd,
and died "with great peace and joy," 16th
Oct. 1644. He was buried at Kilchoan.
He marr. Janet, sister of Lieut.-Col. William
Cunningham, who survived him, and had
issue — an only child, Ann. Mrs Weir was
one of the Mingary prisoners, but being
near her confinement, was released, 3rd
Sept. 1644. On 13th Feb. 1645 she
petitioned Parliament for relief, and re-
ceived a grant of 3000 merks Scots. —
[Baillie's Lett. ; Peterkin's Records ; Hamil-
ton and Glasg. Tests. ; Acts of Pari., vi., i.,
324 ; Reid's History of the Presbyterian
Church in Ireland, vol. ii., 27-42.]
246
DALSERF
[ PRESB. OF
1646
FRANCIS AIRD, a native of Ayrshire ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1642); adm. before
3rd June 1646 ; elected one of the
mins. of Edinburgh 3rd Dec. 1649, but not
settled. Joined the Protesters in 1651, and
in 1654 was appointed by Oliver Crom-
well one of a committee for visiting the
Universities and placing suitable mins.
within the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr.
He was one of three whom James Durham,
min. of the Inner Kirk, Glasgow, when on
his deathbed in 1658, recommended as
suitable successors to himself. He died
March 1659, aged about 57. He was noted
for piety, is said to have "wept much
both in prayer and preaching, and insisted
much on death and judgment." His Com-
munions were largely attended, persons
coming from as far as the North of
England. He was punctilious in matters
of dress, and reminded the Synod that
mins. should wear mounted [embroidered]
gloves while preaching. He marr. March
1647, Isobel Rynd, who died Oct. 1662,
and had issue — Isobel, served heir to her
father, 11th March 1665; another daugh.
marr. William Vilant, Principal of the
New College, St Andrews. — [Wod row's
Anal., ii., 56 ; Baillie's Lett. ; Hamilton
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 4878 ; Acts of Pari.,
vii. ; Nicoll's Diary ; Reg. Old Dec, iv.]
1664
NINIAN PATERSON, M.A., son of
Walter P., merchant burgess of Glas-
gow ; trans, from a parish in Dum-
friesshire [unidentified] ; pres. by William,
Duke of Hamilton, 16th June, and inst.
5th Aug. 1664 [not 1668 as in Vol. I., p.
171] ; trans, to Smailholm 4th July 1671.
— [G. R. Homings, 18th May 1671.]
THOMAS KIRKCALDY [KIRK-
CALDIE], brother of Kirkcaldy of
Grange (from the lands of which
he had, in Aug. 1669, infeftment of an
annual rent of 3000 merks) ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 23rd July 1636) ; entered on trials
in the Presb. of Kirkcaldy, 12th Dec. 1644 ;
ord. to Carnwath 30th Sept. 1646 ; trans,
to Tranent in 1658 ; deprived in 1662 ;
had an indulgence from the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672; died before 25th April
1691. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
1672
Robert Birnie, min. of Lanark, and had
issue — John ; Thomas ; William ; Eliza-
beth ; Christian ; Jean (marr. Alexander
Findlater, min. of Hamilton). — [Family of
Birnie of Broomhill ; Lanark Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Neiv Gen. Reg. Sas., xxiii.]
1672
JOHN CARMICHAEL, brother of
Alexander C, min. of Pettinain ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1639) ; min. of Kirk-
connel about 1642, having charge of
Sanquhar also that year ; deprived in
1662 ; , granted indulgence by the Privy
Council, 3rd Sept. 1672. His name dis-
appears after that date, and all trace of
him is lost.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326.]
1677
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A. ;
deprived min. of Dalmeny (1662),
who had been granted indulgence in
that parish in 1669 ; was removed to this
charge by the Privy Council 7th March
1677 ; restored to Dalmeny at the Revolu-
tion, but trans, to the High Kirk, Edin-
burgh, 4th Dec. 1690.
1681
JOSEPH CLELAND, M.A. (Glasgow,
20th July 1675) ; passed trials before
Presb. of Linlithgow and recom-
mended to the Bishop for license 1st March
1679 ; pres. by William, Duke of Hamilton,
15th April, coll. 15th, and adm. 28th Sept.
1681. Deprived at the Revolution, he went
to Ireland, and was min. of Ahoghill before
1701. He marr. Mary Muirhead, step-
daugh. of Archibald Muir, min. of Garvald,
and had issue. Two of his children died
May 1694 and Feb. 1695. —[Linlithgotv
Presb. Reg. ; Reg. Bur. Edin.]
1688
[ROBERT LAMB, indulged min. at
Cambusnethan 3rd Sept. 1672 ; offici-
ated here from Sept. 1688 to Martin-
mas 1690, but not adm. as min. of the
parish ; died Dec. 1690. He marr. Janet
Barclay, who survived him]. — [P. C. Deer eta,
20th Jan. 1691.]
JAMES HOG, M.A.; ord. 20th Jan.
1691 ; dem. 30th March 1697 ; adm.
min. of Carnock, Fife, 23rd Aug.
1691
1699.
HAMILTON]
DALSERF— DALZIEL
247
1730
v DAVID BRODIE, born 1668, third son
of James B. of Kinloss and Margaret
1698 Forbes; M.A. (Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1691) ; studied divinity at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
25th Dec. 1694 ; chaplain to Anne, Duchess
of Hamilton ; ord. 4th Aug. 1698 ; died
4th Oct. 1729. He marr. Sept. 1703, Rachel,
daugh. of Walter Rankine of Orchardhead,
who survived him, and had issue — James ;
Walter ; Sarah (marr. Archibald Sydserff,
min. of Dunbarton). — [Hamilton Tests. ;
Elgin Sas., iv. 141, vi. 332 ; Wodrow's
Anal.]
WILLIAM STEEL of Waygateshaw,
Lanarkshire [in which property he
succeeded his uncle, William Weir,
who had been a pedlar in England], born
18th March 1706 ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1st May 1719); licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 23rd Oct. 1728 ; ord. 20th
Aug. 1730; died unmarr., 4th Oct. 1760,
and was succeeded in the estate by his
nephew, William Steel. Publication —
Memorial showing the Reasonableness and
Necessity of an Immediate AjtyHcation to
the King and Parliament for augmenting
the Small Stipends in Scotland (Edinburgh,
1750).— {Hamilton Tests. ; Morison's Diet.,
xxvii.]
JOHN RISK, born 1733, son of Hugh
R., Fintry ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Hamil-
ton 26th March 1754 ; pres. by James
George, Duke of Hamilton ; ord. 2nd July
1761 ; died unmarr., 7th May 1805. Several
of his elders and parishioners waited upon
him on one occasion, telling him they were
dissatisfied with his doctrine, as "he did
not make them renounce their own right-
eousness," when he archly replied, " For a
very guid reason — I didna ken ye had ony
to renounce." His brother Alexander,
tidesman at the Broomielaw, Glasgow,
was his executor. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). —
[Hamilton Tests.]
JAMES CRAIG, licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 12th Aug. 1795 ; pres. by
Alexander, Marquess of Douglas ;
ord. 26th Sept. 1805; dem. in 1816; died
1761
9th Nov. 1845. He marr. 23rd Dec. 1811,
Sarah Dixon of Atcham Grange, Shrop-
shire, who died 11th July 1884, and had
issue — James ; John ; Elizabeth ; Sarah.
JOHN RUSSEL [RUSSELL], born
181 ^ Hamilton, 1788, eldest son of Robert
R. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1807) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
25th April 1815; nom. by Lord Archibald
Hamilton, 14th Jan., and ord. (assistant
and successor) 29th April 1817 ; LL.D.
(Glasgow, 15th Oct. 1817) ; died unmarr.,
28th Aug. 1850. Publication— Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, vi.).
1851
WILLIAM PEEBLES RORISON, born
30th Oct. 1826, only son of William
R., min. of Stair ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 10th
Jan. 1850; pres. by Alexander, Duke of
Hamilton, 25th Feb. 1851 ; ord. 1st May
1851; D.D. (Glasgow 1900); died 11th
March 1907, and was buried at Stair. He
marr. 4th Nov. 1858, Jane (died s.p. 18th
April 1911, aged 88), third daugh. of John
Urquhart of Fairhill, Hamilton.
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, born
1907 Coupar-Angus, 26th July 1881, son
of John B. and Elizabeth Veitch ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1902), B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of
Perth in 1906 ; assistant at Dean Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. 1st Aug. 1907.
DALZIEL.
[The church of Dalziel was dedicated to
St Patrick. It belonged to the Abbey of
Paisley. At Motherwell, in the parish,
there were Wells of Our Lady and St
Katherine. The parish church was re-
built at Dalziel in 1789, but was removed
to Motherwell in 1874.
ROBERT FISHER, probably exhorter
in 1566; min. in 1567, with Cam-
busnethan in his charge. — [Acts and
Dec, xxxvii., 435.]
JOHN ROBESON [or ROBERTSON],
1567 reader in 1567.
248
DALZIEL
[PRESB. OF
1591
ROBERT KERR, reader, and perhaps
1574 min., 1574 to 1580.
ALEXANDER ROWATT, M.A. ; trans,
from Cambusnethan and adm. in
1591 ; trans, to Rutherglen in 1592.
LUKE STIRLING, MA. ; trans, from
1594 Stonehouse and adm. about 1594 ;
trans, to Kilmaronock in 1601.
DAVID POLLOK, M. A ; min. in 1603 ;
1603 trans, to Glenluce before 1605.
DAVID MAYNE, eldest son of James
1607 M., wright burgess, Glasgow; MA.
(Glasgow 1598), min. in 1607. In
1655 he is described as "ane honest, old,
and faithfull minister" who, "being be cum
unable to preach through old age, disponit
lang before his decease, all his books, goods,
geir, etc," and retired to the house of his
daugh., Janet, wife of John Miller of
Coltersheuch, parish of Shotts, where he
died, Father of the Church, in March
1670, aged about 98. — [Reg. Assig. ; Glasg.
Tests.]
JOHN LAUDER [born 20th Jan. 1631,
165g not 1671 as in Vol. I., p. 179] ; adm.
3rd May 1659 j deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662, " preaching his
farewell sermon on the Sabbath following."
He was adm. as an "indulged" min. here,
3rd March 1670, but having refused to read
the proclamations regarding the deliver-
ance of the King and the Duke of York
from the Rye House Plot, his indulgence
was withdrawn, 8th Oct. 1684. He re-
turned at the Toleration in 1687, and was
trans, to "West Calder in 1689.— [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; The Bass Bock, 92.]
' [WALTER BIRNIE, a native of Banff-
1664 sn ^ re ^ MA. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 13th July 1658); studied
divinity at the Univ. of Oxford ; app.
probably only assistant (by the Synod)
28th April 1664. In 1670, John Lauder
having been granted indulgence, returned
to his parish, whereupon B., " being thrown
out of bread," petitioned the Privy Council
and was allowed a sum of 200 merks pay-
able from fines. He became assistant at
Campsie 15th Jan. 1679, and was in receipt
of charity from the Kirk-session of Tynning-
hame, 20th March 1680 to 1st May 1686.
He had a grant of 400 merks from Parlia-
ment out of vacant stipends belonging to
the Univ. of Glasgow 15th June 1686, and
a sum of £5, 16s. from the Kirk-session of
Cramond 27th May 1688. He died 19th
June 1708, aged 74. It does not appear
that he ever was min. of the parish, and
the statement that he "deserted at the
Revolution " is unlikely. He was afflicted
with blindness during most of his life.] —
[Craviond Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.).]
1670 JOHN LAUDER [see above].
JOHN AIRD, nephew of James A., min.
1685 °^ Torryburn, and grandson of John
A., min. of Newbattle in 1615 ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; sometime
schoolmaster of Newbattle ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Dalkeith, and had a
testimonial for license 4th Dec. 1684 ; ord.
after 3rd Sept. 1685. In 1689 the Kirk-
session of Torryburn invited him to "supply
ordinances " there during the vacancy
caused by his uncle's deprivation. Nothing
further is said about him, and the date of
his death is unknown.
1687 JOHN LAUDER [see above].
ALEXANDER ADAMSON, born 1673,
1697 son °^ Andrew A, surgeon, Inver-
keithing ; MA. (Edinburgh, 3rd July
1693) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy and
Dunfermline 17th Sept. 1696; called 13th
May, and ord. 18th Aug. 1697; died 25th
April 1733. He marr. Eupham Halden,
who survived him. — [Wodrow's Anal.,
ii., 108.]
HUGH M'VICAR, born 1709, second son
1734 oi Neil M "' min " of ® t Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Inveraray
29th Nov. 1732 ; called 24th April, and ord.
22nd Aug. 1734; died unmarr., 20th March
1736.— [Tombst.]
DANIEL MACQUEEN, called 14th
1736 Sept., and ord. 29th Oct. 1736;
trans, to Second Charge, Stirling,
31st Dec. 1740.
Hamilton]
DALZIEL
249
JOHN PINKERTON, pres. by Archibald
17M Hamilton of Dalziel in 1743 ; ord. 7th
Feb. 1744; trans, to Markinch 7th
Sept. 1758.
JAMES FRAME, M.A. ; pres. by Archi-
17 _ bald Hamilton of Dalziel, and ord.
27th Sept. 1759; trans, to Alloa
25th Sept. 1760.
RICHARD ROBERTSON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 27th April 1742); licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 11th Sept. 1754 ;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, and
ord. to Glasford 9th Nov. 1756 ; trans, and
adm. 22nd Oct. 1761 ; dem. 4th Oct. 1785 ;
died 2nd July 1799. He marr. 19th Oct.
1766, Elizabeth Gray.
ROBERT CLASON, pres. by James
Hamilton of Dalziel, and ord. 20th
July 1786 ; trans, to Logie, Stirling-
shire (his native parish), 23rd April 1801.
WILLIAM AIRD THOMSON, pres. by
James Hamilton of Dalziel, and ord.
24th Sept. 1801; trans, to Middle
Parish, Perth, 22nd Sept. 1808.
JAMES CLASON, born 25th June 1783,
son of Robert O, min. of this parish
in 1786 ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 26th
April 1808 ; pres. by James Hamilton of
Dalziel, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1808. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Dalziel, 1843-52 ; died 16th April
1852. He marr. 15th Nov. 1811, Janet,
second daugh. of John Harvie, min. of
Innerwick, and had issue — Rebecca, born
4th Nov. 1812 (marr. Adam Thorburn,
min. of the Free Church, Strathkinness) ;
Anne, born 31st May 1814 ; Marion, born
8th May 1816 ; Robert, born 1st July 1820 ;
John Harvie, born 1st March 1823 ; Eliza-
beth, born 4th May 1825 ; James Harvie,
born 16th June 1827. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOSEPH LOUDON, born Brechin, 1804,
1844 son °^ J° nn -L., farmer, and Janet
Bowman ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; assistant at Tannadice ; ord. 4th
Jan. 1844 ; died 20th May 1874. He marr.
13th Aug. 1844, Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Buist, min. of Tannadice, and had issue
—John, born 28th June 1846, died 7th Oct.
1848 ; Joseph, min. of Roslin.
DAVID SCOTT, born Inglestone, Kirk-
1874 Patrick- Juxta, 15th March 1844, son
of David S. and Isabella Johnstone ;
educated at Dumgree and Wanlockhead
Schools (taught afterwards in the former,
and in the Academy at Moffat) and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1868), B.D. (1871);
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 6th Feb.
1872 ; assistant at Kirkbean and Park
Parish, Glasgow ; elected 14th Sept. 1874 ;
pres. by John Glencairn Carter Hamilton
22nd Sept., and ord. 5th Nov. 1874 ; app.
convener of the Colonial Committee in
1909; D.D. (Edinburgh, 7th July 1911);
dem. 25th Nov. 1913. He marr. 11th June
1884, Elizabeth Christian, daugh. of George
Ritchie, D.D., min. of Jedburgh, and has
issue — Charles George Gordon, born 25th
March 1885, died 21st March 1887; May
Elizabeth Bradfute, born 29th May 1890.
Publication — To the West Indies and back,
One Hundred Days (Motherwell, 1908).
GEORGE SIMPSON MARR, born
1914 Leith, 10th May 1884, son of
Andrew M. and Christina Car-
michael ; educated at Trinity and Leith
Academies and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1909), B.D. (1912); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1912 ; assistant at Greenside
Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. to Blythswood,
Glasgow, 11th Feb. 1913; trans, and adm.
23rd April 1914; D.Litt. (Edinburgh,
1916) ; trans, to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh,
2nd Oct. 1918.
THOMAS BENTLEY STEWART
1919 THOMSON, born Aberdeen, 8th
Dec. 1889 ; son of William Stewart
T., M.A., licentiate of the Church of Scot-
land and Principal of Aberdeen Civil
Service and Business College, and Jeanie
Jacques Jackson ; educated at Robert
Gordon's College and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1911), B.D. (1914) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen, 5th May 1914; assistant at
Glasgow Cathedral ; served in European
War as captain, 9th H.L.I. (Glasgow
250
DALZIEL— ST ANDREW'S— ST MARY'S— SOUTH [presb. of
Highlanders), awarded M.C. 1919 ; ord. 17th
March 1919. Marr. 4th June 1918, Margaret
Holland Menzies, only daugh. of Robert
Mackenzie, M.A., min. of the West U.F.
Church, Alloa, and has issue — a daughter,
born 12th July 1920. Publication— Edited
Alma Mater (Aberdeen University
Magazine) 1912-13.
DALZIEL, ST ANDREWS (Q.S.).
[The parish of St Andrew [in Mother-
well] was disjoined from Dalziel, 3rd Dec.
1909.]
JAMES GELLATLY, born Kirriemuir,
1904 ^^ J une I860, son of James G. and
Mary Ann Kennedy ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1894 ; ord. to Scots Church,
Lowick, Northumberland, 28th Oct. 1898;
app. to Dalziel Chapel Oct. 1904 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 4th Dec. 1909.
Marr. 28th Dec. 1898, Mary, daugh. of John
Henderson and Margaret M'Kenzie, and
has issue — Margaret Florence, born 15th
April 1900 ; Norman Croll, born 18th June
1902 ; Arthur James, born 6th Sept. 1906.
Publication — The Ordeal of Oscar Manning
(Edinburgh, 1904).
DALZIEL, ST MARY'S (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Dalziel,
15th Nov. 1918.]
WILLIAM SMITH, born St Cyrus,
1902 Kincardineshire, 13th July 1865, son
of William S. and Helen Durward ;
educated at St Cyrus School, Church of
Scotland Training College, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; schoolmaster of Maryculter,
1886-91; M.A. (Edinburgh 1892), B.D.
(1895); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun May
1895; ord. 19th Jan. 1902. Marr. 17th
June 1903,, Maria, daugh. of John Hatelie
and Elizabeth Barnes, and has issue —
William Durward, born 8th Nov. 1904.
DALZIEL, SOUTH (Q.S.J.
[The church of South Dalziel is the old
church of the parish of Dalziel as rebuilt
in 1789 and enlarged in 1860. Near it was
the Holy Well of St Patrick, to whom in
ancient times Dalziel Church was dedi-
cated. The parish church of Dalziel was
removed to Motherwell in 1874. Thereafter
for some years this old church served as a
mission chapel for the southern district of
the parish of Dalziel. On 15th March 1880,
the parish of South Dalziel was disjoined
from Dalziel, and the old church at Dalziel
was made the church of the new parish.]
GEORGE CARRUTHERS, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 19th Aug. 1875 ; trans, to John-
1875
stone, Paisley, 11th Jan. 1877.
THOMAS HISLOP, ord. 10th May
18tJtJ 1877 ; adm. first min. of the parish in
1880 ; trans, to Bridgeton, Glasgow,
18th Feb. 1883.
DUFF MACDONALD, born Keith, 5th
1883 ® ct - 1850 ' son of WilIiam M- and
Ann Elder ; educated at Grange
Parish School, Grammar School, Old Aber-
deen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1871),
B.D. (1875); licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie in 1875 ; assistant at Lybster in
1875 ; ord. to Pulteneytown Chapel, Wick,
22nd March 1877 ; superintendent of the
Church of Scotland Mission, Blantyre,
British East Africa, 1878-81 ; assistant at
Clackmannan in 1882 ; adm. to this charge
28th June 1883. Marr. 6th April 1878,
Helen Harriet, daugh. of James George,
physician, Keith, and Helen Rutherford,
and has issue — James George, min. of
Elchies ; William Elder, M.A., B.L., Penang,
born 9th Sept. 1880; George Rutherford,
captain Sherwood Foresters, born 22nd
March 1895 ; John Forrest, Coldstream
Guards, born 29th Sept. 1897 ; Marion ;
Helen Rutherford ; Isabel Gray ; Anna
Elizabeth. Publications — Translations in
East African Dialects (Lovedale and Blan-
tyre Mission Presses, 1880) ; Yao and
Chinyasa Tales (Edinburgh, 1882); Afri-
cana, or The Heart of Heathen Africa
(London, 1882) ; Revised Catechism [Preface
by Professor Flint] (London, 1902); Has
Man a Sold ? or, Bible Teaching on Man's
Nature and Destiny (Motherwell, 1907).
Hamilton] DUNDYVAN— FLOWERHILL— GARTSHERRIE
251
DUNDYVAN (Q.S.).
[The parish of Dundy van was disjoined
from Old Monkland, 13th July 1906.]
ANDREW ROBERTSON, born Irvine,
lgo5 27th Jan. 1858, son of Andrew R.
and Agnes Campbell ; educated at
Irvine Academy, High School, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (29th April 1881) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1883 ; assistant at
Rankinston ; ord. to Annbank 30th Dec.
1886; adm. to Cadzow 13th Dec. 1888;
trans, and adm. 28th Nov. 1905 ; adm. first
min. of the parish in 1906 ; died 7th June
1917. He marr. 25th July 1889, Marea,
daugh. of Christian Sieberg and Emma
Schultze, and had issue — Thomas Campbell,
engineer, born 16th July 1890; Christian
Arthur, min. of Garelochhead, born 30th
April 1892 ; Agnes Campbell, born 12th
April 1895.
CHARLES MACKINNON, born Tober-
1Q17 mory, 17th March 1887, eldest son of
Duncan M. and Jessie Gillies ; edu-
cated at Tobermory and Kingussie Schools
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Mull May 1913; assistant at High
Church, Inverness, and Shettleston ; ord.
12th Dec. 1917. Marr. 30th July 1919,
Mabel Helen, third daugh. of Thomas
Thomson, chemist, Edinburgh.
FLOWERHILL (Q.S.).
[A church was built here by the Reformed
Presbyterians in 1873. Its minister and
congregation, having petitioned the General
Assembly, were admitted to the Church of
Scotland that year. The parish of Flower-
hill was disjoined from Airdrie, 6th
Dec. 1875.]
JAMES PATON, B.A. ; ord. min. of
18173 the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Airdrie, 1st June 1865. Joined the
Church of Scotland in 1873, along with
his entire congregation and formed Flower-
hill Chapel-of-Ease ; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1875; trans, to St George's,
Paisley, 13th Oct. 1879.
SAMUEL CAMPBELL FRY. trans,
from St Columba's Chapel, Oban,
and adm. 11th March 1880 ; trans.
to Girvan 27th June 1888.
ROBERT HENDERSON, born Dysart,
1889 25t ^ Sept. I 855 ) son °f George H.
and Isabella Sharp ; educated at
Burgh School, Kirkcaldy, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
14th May 1884; ord. to North Newton
Chapel [now St James's Parish], Ayr, 10th
March 1885; adm. here 10th Jan. 1889.
Marr. 1st June 1887, Isabella Wright,
daugh. of Alexander Gibson and Magdalena
Hunter, and has issue — George David, min.
of East Parish, Greenock ; Alexander
Gibson, M.D., Culross, Fife, born 18th
Sept. 1889 ; Robert Sharp, lieut. Indian
Army, born 14th June 1891 ; Magdalena
Hunter, M.A., born 17th May 1893 ; Isobel
Gibson, born 5th March 1897 ; Harry
Gibson, born 30th Dec. 1903.
GARTSHERRIE (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here 13th Jan.
1839. The parish of Gartsherrie was
endowed by James Baird of Cambusdoon,
M.P., and disjoined from Old Monkland,
17th March 1858.]
JAMES M'LETCHIE, trans, from Lark-
1838 hall 11th Jan. 1838; trans, to St
Thomas's, Leith, 6th May 1841.
JAMES GRAY WOOD, trans, from East
1841 Strathaven, and adm. 11th Nov.
1841 ; trans, to Renfrew 21st Sept.
1843.
1844
JOHN FRASER, born Glasgow, 1815,
son of John F., merchant ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Inveraray ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1844 ; died
unmarr. 25th Dec. 1845.
BRYCE JOHNSTONE BELL, bom
184 _ Lockerbie, 1816, son of Robert B.,
farmer, and Mary M'Kie ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben ; assistant at Kilwinning ;
252
GARTSHERRIE— GARTURK
[PRESB. OF
elected 29th Sept., and ord. 24th Dec. 1846 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 30th March
1858 ; dein. 20th May 1884 ; died unmarr.
at Bellvue, Lockerbie, 10th July 1894.
1884
ROBERT SOMERS, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
11th Dec. 1884; trans, to Moffat
19th Feb. 1891.
JOHN ALEXANDER IRELAND, born
18gl Edinburgh, 12th July 1846, son of
John Balfour I., banker, and Barbara
Georgina Scott, .and grandson of Walter
Foggo I.j D.D., min. of North Leith ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews ; assistant at Both-
well, Greenock, and St John's Parish,
Glasgow; ord. to Whitburn 11th May
1876; sometime Provost of Whitburn;
trans, and adm. 27th Aug. 1891 ; died 7th
July 1917. He marr. 7th Sept. 1887,
Charlotte, daugh. of Alexander Falconer,
min. of Denny, and had issue — Charlotte,
born 6th Oct. 1889; John Balfour, lieut.
Black Watch, born 13th May 1891, killed
in action in France, 9th Sept. 1916 ; Eliza
Ann, born 6th March 1893 ; Alexander
Falconer, born 17th Nov. 1894, died 17th
April 1914. Publications — An Order of
Divine Service for Young People (Coat-
bridge, 1912) ; The Story of the [Gartsherrie]
Church (Coatbridge, 1914) ; A Legacy from
a Scottish Manse (London, 1918) [Biography
and Sketch]. — [In Memoriam [Funeral Ser-
mon and Character Sketch] (Coatbridge,
1917).]
ROBERT WILLIAM RUTHERFORD,
1917 born Glasgow, 5th Jan. 1866, son of
Robert R. and Mary Walker Hardie
educated at Garnethill School and Univ
of Glasgow; MA. (1887), B.D. (1890)
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th Jan. 1891
assistant at Pittenweem and Dunbarton
ord. to Calderhead 11th May 1893; trans.
and adm. 11th Dec. 1917. Marr. 17th
April 1895, Wilhelmina Walker, daugh. of
David Sinclair, Principal of the Church of
Scotland College, Madras, and Isabella
Georgina Aitchison, and has issue — David
Sinclair, born 28th Feb. 1896; Robert,
born 15th Dec. 1901.
GARTURK (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1869. The
parish of Garturk was disjoined from Old
Monkland in 1870.]
JOHN GRIGOR, served as a licentiate ;
186g ord. to Fullarton Chapel -of -Ease
26th July 1870.
1870
JOHN RENWICK, born 3rd Oct. 1838,
son of John R. ; educated at Edin-
burgh Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh; B.A. (19th April 1856);
assistant at St Stephen's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to North Church, Paisley, 18th July 1867 ;
pres. by the Trustees 13th May, and adm.
30th June 1870 ; died 23rd April 1878. He
marr. 9th Aug. 1870, Elizabeth Wylde,
third daugh. of Archibald Gardner, Nether-
common House, Paisley, and had issue.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, M.A.; ord.
1878 2 *^k Aug. ^*^ > dem. on appoint-
ment as first Deputy of the Home
Mission Committee 29th Jan. 1884 [after-
wards min. of Coltness].
JAMES ROBERTSON, M.A., B.D. ;
1884 trans - f rom Fort Augustus, and adm.
22nd April 1884 ; trans, to Fetteresso
10th April 1890.
HUGH DUNCAN, born Dunoon, 23rd
18go Feb. 1861, son of Hugh D. and
Elizabeth Barnet ; educated at
Dunoon Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1882), B.D. (1885); licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon in 1885 ; assistant [to the Rev.
William Kean] at Alexandria, Egypt ; ord.
17th Oct. 1890. Marr. 9th Aug. 1887, Mary
Alice, daugh. of James Swallow and Eliza-
beth Reynolds Knight, and has issue — Mary
Elizabeth, M.A., born 15th May 1888;
Hugo James, engineer, M.C., lieut. R.F.C.,
born 24th June 1891 ; Torquil Macleod,
capt. A.C.C., born 2nd July 1893 ; Herbert
Cecil, lieut. Seaforth Highlanders, born
19th Aug. 1895. Publication— Why I have
Not left the Church of Scotland (Coat-
bridge, 1902) ; contributions to Hastings'
Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.
HAMILTON]
GLASFORD
253
GLASFORD, or GLASSFORD.
[The church of Glasford belonged to St
Mary's Collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch.
In 1633 the parish church was rebuilt at
Glasford, where its ruins still stand in the
churchyard. In 1820 a more central parish
church was built at Westquarter, and was
considerably renovated in 1897. In the
old churchyard at Glasford there is a
pillar stone, erected in 1772 by Sir John
Gordon of Earlston, Bart., to mark the
burial-place of his great-grandfather,
William Gordon of Earlston. When on
his way from Galloway to join the forces
of the Covenanters at Bothwell, the Laird
of Earlston was overtaken by a party of
English dragoons and was shot dead, 22nd
June 1679.]
THOMAS MACASKIE, reader, 1574
1574 to 1576.
JAMES HAMILTON, reader in
1576 1576.
JOHN HOWISON, probably officiated
here, 1577-8 ; min. of Cambuslang in
1577
1579.
1580 DAVID HALL, reader in 1580.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, reader at
Stonehouse, 1574-6 ; at Avendale,
1576-85 ; adm. here, probably only
as reader, 1585-91. — [Beg. Assig.]
JOHN HAMILTON, mentioned in
1589 1589.— [Beg. Assig.]
JOHN SANGSTER, min. in 1590;
trans, to Blantyre about 1593. — [Beg.
Assig.]
ANDREW LAW, M.A.; trans, from
1593 Stonehouse in 1593 ; trans, to
Neilston 15th July 1595.
PETER CAMERON, MA.; min. in
1594 1594 j trans, to Shotts that year,
but returned here :n 1597.
JOHN MUIRHEAD, MA. ; trans, from
1595 Shotts, and adm. in 1595 ; trans, to
Hamilton in 1597.
PETER CAMERON, M.A. ; retrans.
15Q7 from Shotts, and adm. in 1597. He
went to Cabrach, Banffshire, about
1607.
GEORGE CLYDESDALE, eldest son
1607 °^ ^ - ' baxter burgess of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (Glasgow 1600) ; was an
"expectant" in Presb. of Lanark Nov.
1602; adm. here in 1607; died Jan. 1627,
aged about 47. He marr. Anna Wodrow,
who survived him, and had issue — Christian.
— [Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Beg.
(fiapt.) ; Paterson's Ayrshire.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1626 1616 )> probably son of James H, min.
of Hamilton, brother of James H.
of Shields of Kilbride ; was settled here in
the lifetime of the previous min., in whose
inventory he is described as "minister at
Glasford." He was probably assistant
and successor ; D.D. (Glasgow). As their
Procurator, he presented to the Glasgow
Assembly, 27th Nov. 1638, the Bishop's
" Declinator " of the Presbyterian jurisdic-
tion, which " was read amid contemptuous
whispers and smiles." At the same As-
sembly he was libelled for frequent and
prolonged absences from his parish, en-
couraging his parishioners to dance and
play at football when the sermon was done,
etc., and unanimously dep. on 14th Dec.
For some time thereafter he continued in
his charge, but ultimately retired to Eng-
land, where he was nominated Bishop of
Caithness in succession to John Abernethy,
but was never consecrated. He died before
1st Nov. 1649. He marr. (1) Isobel
Murray, and had issue — a daugh. : (2)
Helen, daugh. of Adam Whiteford of
Milton, and widow of John Hamilton of Colt-
ness. She survived him, and had issue. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; P. C. Beg., 3rd
ser., i., 531 ; Craven's Diocese of Caithness,
94 ; Lanark Sas., Nether Ward, v., 112.]
JOHN BELL, M.A.; ord. 1st Jan.
,_,,_ 1640: trans, to Stevenston (his
1640 . > . . .
native parish) in 1642.
JAMES HOUSTON, M.A. ; min. in
1642 1 ^ 42 ' ^ e P - ^ at y ear ^ or i mmora ifty
[afterwards min. of Houston].
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GLASFORD
[PKESB. OF
WILLIAM HAMILTON of Netherfield,
1644 Strathaven, born 1620, second son of
John H. of Coltness and Udston,
and Helen Whiteford, above mentioned ;
ord. Jan. 1644 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1649, "and continued in the faythfull
and patient exercise of his ministry till
1666," when he was "most injuriously
silenced, and thrust out of his charge by
the Bishop of Glasgow." He was given in-
dulgence at Avendale in 1669, but returned
to Glasford again as an " indulged " min. 3rd
Sept. 1672. He died Feb. 1682. From his
singular sagacity and uprightness he was
commonly known as "Wise Willie." He
marr. April 1646, Margaret Hamilton,
and had issue — James, styled eldest
son in 1673 ; William, burgess and guild-
brother of Edinburgh 31st May 1682;
Margaret (marr. James Young of Nether-
field, writer, Strathaven). A volume of
H.'s MS. Sermons was exhibited at a
meeting of Glasgow Arch. Soc. 20th April
1916. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Edin. Guild Reg. ;
Lanark Sas., v., 239 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
204 j G. R. Inhib., 15th July 1644.]
JAMES FINDLAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Inchinnan, and adm. after 28th Feb.
1667 ; trans, to Traquair 3rd Oct.
1672.
JAMES NAISMITH [NASMYTH] of
Haughhead, born about 1614, called
" son of Ann Cunnison," and brother
of John N. in Allanton ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
23rd July 1636) ; min. of Dalmellington in
1641 ; trans, to Second Charge, Hamilton,
23rd Nov. 1645 j app. in 1647 chaplain to
Major-general Holburn's Regiment; trans,
to First Charge, Hamilton, about 1649 ;
app. by Parliament a Visitor of the College
of Edinburgh 31st July 1649; joined the
Protesters in 1651 ; was imprisoned in Edin-
burgh in 1660, and allowed only to reside
within twelve miles of his parish, and six
miles from the seat of a Prelate. Deprived
16th Sept. 1662, and, 6th Jan. 1663, ordered
to be confined to the Merse ; was granted
indulgence here 3rd Sept. 1672 ; died Sept.
1674, "a good man and a good preacher."
He marr. (1) (cont. 18th May 1641) Sophia
(died Nov. 1647), daugh. of Sir Patrick
1672
Home of Polwarth, and widow of Joseph
Johnston of Hilton, Berwickshire : (2) 18th
May 1650, Marion Inglis, Kirkliston, and
had issue — Alexander ; John, M.D., Glas-
gow ; Francis ; Mary ; Elizabeth ; Eupham ;
Susan ; Janet (marr. John Muirhead, junior,
tailor in Hamilton). — [Wodrow's Hist., i.,
80, 296, 318; Wodrow's Anal., iii., 127;
Hamilton and Edin. Tests. ; Brodie's
Diary ; Lanark Sas., v., 369 ; Perth Sas.,
ii., 187 ; Reg. of Heeds, dliii., 474.]
JOHN DENNISTOUN, son of William
1684 ®"> Treasurer of Dunbarton, and
Agnes Buchanan ; M.A. (Glasgow,
16th July 1674); passed trials before
Presb. of Dunbarton, and had a testi-
monial for license 6th Sept. 1681 ; adm.
here about 1684 ; deprived at the Revolu-
tion. — [Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
1692
FRANCIS BORLAND, born about 1666,
son of John B. of Crosshouse, East
Kilbride ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ;
called 3rd April, and ord. 20th July 1692.
He was one of four mins. [the others were
Alexander Shields, Archibald Stobo, and
Alexander Dalgleish] commissioned by the
Church of Scotland, 21st July 1699, to
accompany the Scottish colonists on the
Second Darien Expedition, which, like the
First, ended disastrously. Borland was
one of the few who returned to Scotland,
27th July 1701. He died 24th Dec. 1722.
He marr. Rachel Hall, who died 7th April
1699, and had issue — Cecil (marr. Robert
Hamilton, min. of Hamilton) ; Anne ;
Eupham ; Sarah ; Jean. Publications —
Memoi?*s of Darien [written mostly in the
year 1700] (Glasgow, 1715, 2nd ed.); [The
History of Darien] (Glasgow, 1779).—
[Douglas's Baronage, 479 ; Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1705; Hill Burton's The Darien Papers;
Barbour's A Hist, of William Paterson and
the Darien Company, 136; MS. Diary,
1661-72, in Laing Collection, Univ. of
Edinburgh.]
MICHAEL M'TAGGART, a native of
Penninghame ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamil-
ton 31st July 1716 ; called 15th April 1723,
HAMILTON]
GLASFORD
255
1762
but not ord. till 30th Nov. 1726, when the
ceremony took place at Chapelton, the
Presb. being assisted by a Committee of
Synod. He died after a few days' illness,
when about to be married to a Miss Muir,
15th Feb. 1731.— {Glasg. Tests.; Wodrow's
Anal., iii. 365, 375, iv. 202.]
JOHN MUIRHEAD, called 16th Nov.
1732 1731 ; ord. 29th Feb. 1732 ; died 31st
Dec. 1755. He marr. Janet Bogle,
who died 2nd Nov. 1784, and had issue —
James, min. of Stonehouse ; John ; Jean ;
Anna ; Elizabeth (marr. Patrick Muirhead,
min. of Dysart).
RICHARD ROBERTSON, M.A. ; pres.
by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, and
ord. 9th Nov. 1756 ; trans, to Dalziel
22nd Oct. 1761.
ALEXANDER DOBIE, pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Earl
of Eglinton, and ord. 30th Dec.
1762 ; trans, to Eaglesham 5th Jan. 1786.
HUGH MITCHELL, born Mauchline,
eldest son of Hugh M., farmer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1770) ; sometime tutor in the family of
Archibald Nisbet of Carphin ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Jan. 1777 ; master
in the first academy of Greenock, 1779-86.
He was pres. to Eaglesham, but being
" exceedingly unacceptable," exchanged
with preceding min., and was ord. here
19th April 1786. Having adopted the view
that the union of Church and State was
contrary to the teaching of Scripture, he
dem. his charge 30th Dec. 1794. He after-
wards taught in an English and French
academy at Glasgow. On the Peace of
Amiens in 1802, along with his wife and
daugh. he visited France, when all three
were made prisoners by Napoleon and
carried to Verdun, but shortly afterwards
liberated. He died 6th Dec. 1815. He
marr. 1774, Amelia (died 14th Nov. 1838),
daugh. of Archibald Nisbet of Carphin,
and had issue— a daugh. Publications —
Strictures on the Political Condition of
the Jews (1794); A Short Apology for
Ajwstacy (Glasgow, 1797); Scotticisms,
Vulgar Anglicisms, arid Grammatical Im-
1795
1832
proprieties corrected (Glasgow, 1799) ; The
Popular Preacher [Fordyce's The Preacher's
Manual] (Edinburgh, 1820) ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.).
PATRICK MACBETH, born Kilmadock,
1766, second son of John M., farmer ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 24th March 1789;
tutor in the family of Sir William Mont-
gomery, Bart., of Macbie Hill, Peeblesshire;
assistant at Kelso ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, and ord. 10th Sept. 1795 ;
died unmarr., 22nd April 1832.
GAVIN LANG {primus), born Paisley,
1791, son of Robert L. and Euphemia
Morrison ; educated at Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 11th June 1823; assistant
at Houston in 1826, and West Kilbride in
1828 ; ord. by Presb. of Irvine, 5th May
1829, for work in Canada; min. of Shel-
burne, Nova Scotia, 1829-31 ; pres. by
Mary, Lady Montgomerie, and adm. to this
charge 23rd Aug. 1832 ; died 25th Aug.
1869. He marr. 14th July 1829, Anna
Roberton (died 18th April 1886), niece of
David Marshall of Nielsland, parish of
Hamilton, and had issue — David Marshall,
manager, Glasgow and London Fire Insur-
ance Office, born at Shelburne, Nova
Scotia, 21st April 1830, died 5th April
1912 ; Anna Hamilton, born 19th Dec. 1831,
died 17th Jan. 1908; Robert, born 7th
April 1833, died in infancy; John Mar-
shall, C.V.O., D.D., LL.D., Principal of
the Univ. of Aberdeen (q.v.) ; Gavin, min.
of Second Charge, Inverness, born 21st
July 1835 ; Sir Robert Hamilton, K.C.M.G.,
Director-General of the Imperial Ottoman
Bank, Constantinople, sometime British
member of the Council of the Egyptian
Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt,
born 14th Nov. 1836, died at Hampstead,
London, 2nd March 1913 ; Euphemia
Morrison, born 30th Sept. 1838 (marr.
Richard Cunliffe, shipbuilder, Glasgow)
Elizabeth Stobie, born 21st May 1840
(marr. Paton James Gloag, D.D., min. of
Galashiels); Jane, born 23rd Nov. 1841
(marr. (1) William Clarke, New Zealand ;
(2) Alfred Martin Maynard, vicar of Christ
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GLASFORD— GREENGAIRS
[PRESB. OF
Church, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight);
Margaret Wiseman, born 29th Oct. 1843
(marr. John Pagan, D.D., min. of Both-
well) ; James Paisley, min. of East Parish,
Stirling, born 25th April 1846 ; Alexander,
C.M.G., London manager of the Bank of
Montreal, born 22nd Sept. 1848.— [Gregg's
Hist, of the Presb. Church in Canada, 328.]
GAVIN LANG (secundus), son of above ;
trans, from Fyvie ; pres. by Archi-
1870 bald William, Earl of Eglinton and
Winton, 23rd Sept. 1869; adm. 4th Feb.
1870 ; trans, to St Andrew's (Church of
Scotland), Montreal, Canada, 28th Nov.
1870 [afterwards min. of Second Charge,
Inverness].
ROBERT PATERSON, born East Kil-
bride, 16th Nov. 1836, son of Alex-
"18*71
ander P. and Bethia Browning;
educated at East Kilbride School, Hamilton
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow; B.A.
(27th April 1859); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton, 12th July 1859; ord. (by Presb.
of Glasgow) missionary at Sialkot, Panjab
[in succession to Thomas Hunter, who was
killed in the Mutiny of 1857], 24th Aug.
1859; pres. to this charge 29th Dec. 1870;
adm. 16th March 1871. Marr. 26th Aug.
1859, Ellison M'Farlane, daugh. of Ebenezer
Steven, cotton-spinner, Glasgow, and has
issue — Alexander Browning, M.B., CM.,
born 1860; Ellison Steven, born 1861
(marr. John Annan, Bearsden), died 1913 ;
Robert M'Cheyne [B.D., ord. by Presb.
of Hamilton missionary at Gujrat, Panjab,
25th Sept. 1885], born 1862; Bethia
Mary Jane, born 1864 ; Joanna Martin,
born and died 1865 ; William Watt,
born and died 1866 ; M'Leod Watson, born
1868, died 1869 ; Margaretta Violet Prinsep,
born 1870, died 1895 ; Ebenezer Steven,
C.E., born 1871, died 1892; Ethel Marion
Jackson, born 1874 (marr. Dr Potter,
Derby) ; Norman M'Leod, architect and
farmer, Slaterville, U.S.A., born 1875 ;
Edith Maud, born 1878 ; John M'Farlane,
solicitor, Strathaven, born 1880. Publi-
cation — "History of the Panjab Mission"
(Church of Scotland Mission Record, 1907).
— [Youngson's Forty Years of the Panjab
Mission, 112.]
1918
ROBERT DALY, born Kilmarnock, 4th
Nov. 1884, son of Allan D. and
Margaret Henderson Hall; edu-
cated at Grammar School and Academy,
Kilmarnock, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1910); became a certificated teacher;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 5th May
1914; assistant at St George's, Glasgow;
ord. to Dean Park Parish, Glasgow, 1st
Dec. 1914; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 8th Aug. 1918. Marr. 7th July
1909, Agnes Glover, daugh. of Samuel
Scarlett, Kilmarnock, and has issue —
Janet Howie M'Master, born 28th May
1910, died 26th March 1912; Margaret
Henderson Hall, born 13th April 1913;
Allan Scarlett, born 17th Feb. 1915;
Samuel Scarlett, born 5th Jan. 1917.
GREENGAIRS (Q.S.).
[A church was opened 18th June 1876.
The parish of Greengairs was disjoined
from New Monkland, 13th July 1894.]
i [ALEXANDER OGILVIE BROWN,
served as a licentiate from 1873 to
1873 July 1877.]
JAMES MUIR, born Bellshill, Lanark-
shire, 1st Nov. 1841, son of James
M. and Isabella Baird ; educated
at Bellshill School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in 1877 ;
assistant at Dalziel ; ord. 29th Dec. 1877 ;
dem. 4th Aug. 1884, on appointment to St
George's Church, Grenada, West Indies,
1st Sept. 1884 ; trans, to St James's Church,
Wakenaam, Demerara, 1887 ; died at
Georgetown, British Guiana, 5th Dec.
1892. He was the founder of the Coolie
Mission in British West Indies. He marr.
6th July 1869, Jessie M'Kelvie (died 5th
Aug. 1919), daugh. of John Reid, and
had issue — James, Controller of City of
Ottawa, born 25th June 1871 ; John
Reid, fleet surgeon R.N., Croix de Guerre,
born 11th Jan. 1873 ; Andrew Reid, M.M.,
2nd lieut. R.F.A., born 5th Dec. 1874,
died of wounds in France, 7th Nov.
1917 ; Thomas, sub-editor Cape Times, born
8th Oct. 1876, died 12th March 1913;
Mary M'Bride, nurse, served in France,
1877
Hamilton] GREENGAIRS— HALLSIDE— HAMILTON
257
1914-18, born 1st Sept. 1878 (marr. 4th
Aug. 1918, Captain Ralph Elswood Cole-
man, C.A.M.C. ; Isa Baird Forbes, nurse,
served in France, born 3rd Sept. 1880 ;
Jessie Eeid,born 7th Oct. 1882 (marr. 1911,
Charles Albert Donovan, Canada) ; Dougald
Baird, artist, R.F.A., born 7th Oct. 1882 j
Jane Park, born 20th Nov. 1884, died 8th
Aug. 1894.
WILLIAM GREEN, ord. 13th Nov.
1884 ; dem. on election to Inverallan
1884
28th Feb. 1888.
1888
1893
1910
1916
ALEXANDER MACRAE, ord. 24th
July 1888; res. 19th Nov. 1892
[afterwards min. of Crown Court
Church, London (q.v.)].
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
M.A. ; ord. 29th June 1893; adm.
first min. of the parish 28th Aug.
1894 ; trans, to Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy,
18th May 1910.
CHARLES PETER GRANT, M.A;
ord. 28th Sept. 1910; trans, to Well-
park, Greenock, 15th Aug. 1916.
JAMES RUSSELL, born Kirkfieldbank,
Lesmahagow, 4th Feb. 1859, son of
John R. and Ann Smith ; educated
at New Lanark School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; min. of the Evangelical Union
Church, Kilwinning, 1882-91 ; of the Evan-
gelical Union Congregational Church,
Anstruther-Easter, 1891-9 ; of Emmanuel
Congregational Church, Overnewton, Glas-
gow, 1899-1908 ; of Congregational Church,
Muirkirk, 1908-14 ; adm. as a licentiate
of the Church of Scotland by the General
Assembly in 1914; ord. 14th Dec. 1916.
Marr. 9th March 1904, Mary, daugh. of John
Keddie and Mary Waugh, and has issue —
Ambrose Shepherd, born 16th May 1905.
HALLSIDE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Hallside was disjoined
from Cambuslang, 15th March 1901.]
PATRICK HYNDS HUTCHINSON,
M.A. (Glasgow 1883) ; ord. 26th Jan.
1892 ; res. 1894, and became min. of
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hunt-
ingdon, Quebec, Canada.
VOL. III.
1892
1918
WILLIAM HENRY PORTER, app.
1894 1894 [afterwards min. of Cults],
ROBERT LOGAN, app. 1896, ord. first
,„__ min. of the parish 26th June 1901 ;
1896 _ r .
trans, to Dunrossness 13th Oct. 1911.
WILLIAM M'MILLAN, ord. 27th March
1912 *^ 12 » trans - to St Leonard's Parish,
Dunfermline, 30th Aug. 1917.
WILLIAM CONWAY, born Ballymena,
Co. Antrim, 26th June 1874, son of
Thomas C. and Agnes Wilson ; edu-
cated at Ballymena and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Free Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1909; assistant at Free St Columba's,
Edinburgh; ord. to Free Church, Elgin,
9th June 1909 ; trans, to Free Church,
Coatbridge, 9th May 1912; adm. to this
charge 23rd January 1918. Marr. 11th
May 1893, Mary, daugh. of Adam Anderson
and Esther Buick, Knowhead, Broughshane,
Co. Antrim, and has issue — Esther, born
28th Feb. 1894; Agnes, born 6th March
1896; William, born 12th March 1898;
Adam, born 9th Aug. 1900; Mary, born
11th Aug. 1903; Florence, born 4th Oct.
1905; Ann Wilson, born 1st Aug. 1909;
Thomas James Norman, born 24th April
1914; Leonorina Maude, born 17th July 1916.
HAMILTON, of old CADYOW.
[The rectory of Cadyow was a prebend
belonging to the Dean of Glasgow. In
1451 James, first Lord Hamilton, built a
new and larger church for the parish on
a site very near where Hamilton Palace
now stands. This new place of worship he
endowed as a collegiate church. At the
same time he caused the name of the parish
to be changed to Hamilton. In the church
then erected there was a Chapel of St
Mary. In 1459 Lord Hamilton founded
a hospital also within the parish. This
was dedicated to St Mary of Bethlehem.
In 1732 the parish church was removed
to the town of Hamilton. Yearly fairs
were held at Hamilton in honour of St
Laurence and St Martin. In Hamilton
churchyard a stone marks the place where
are buried the heads and right arms of four
Clydesdale men taken prisoners in the
R
258
HAMILTON
[PRESB. OF
1562
Pentland Rising. These men, John Parker,
Gavin Hamilton, James Hamilton, and
Christopher Strang, were hanged at Edin-
burgh on 7th Dec. 1666. As was the
custom, their bodies were buried beside
the gallows, but their heads and right arms
were publicly exposed at Hamilton in their
own country.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, rector of Tor-
rens in 1558, and prebendary of Her-
seldean in the Collegiate Church of
Bothwell ; joined the Protestant Party and
accompanied John Knox to Berwick-upon-
Tweed in the end of July 1559. At the
General Assembly, 30th June 1562, John
Willock, Superintendent of the West, was
ordered to investigate a scandal against H.,
and, if necessary, to remove him from the
ministry. This was not done, and by the
Assembly which met on Christmas Day
1562, Knox being Moderator, H. was app.
min. of this parish. He was at Torrens
from 1576 until after 1580.— [Knox's Works,
ii. ; Beg. Min. ; Hamilton Tests. ; Booke of
the Kirk.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, min. in 1567, with
Cambusnethan, Dalserf, and Dalziel
also in the charge. In 1574, instead
of Cambusnethan and Dalziel, Blantyre
and Cambuslang were conjoined with
Hamilton. It is stated that in 1577 he
threatened and admonished those inhabit-
ing Hamilton Castle "for rioting, etc.,
declaring how he saw in a vision a great
arm with a sword in its hand standing
above it, and forcibly striking it down to
the ground, till it injured the wood by
which it was surrounded as well as the
town." He was a member of Assembly
24th April 1581, and app. by the Privy
Council, 6th March 1589, a commissioner
within the bounds of Clydesdale for the
maintenance and defence of true religion ;
still min. here in 1596. — [Beg. Min. ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv., 139 ; Melvill's
Autob., 43 ; Keith's Hist., 575.]
ROBERT RAE, reader in lb74.—[Beg.
1574 Min.]
JOHN MUIRHEAD, MA. ; adm. to
Rutherglen 16th Dec. 1586 ; min. of
Shotts in 1593; min. of Glasford in
1567
1604
1597
1595 ; trans, and adm. in 1597. He was
pres. by James VI. to the Deanery of
Glasgow 26th Jan. 1603; died 10th Oct.
that year, aged about 40. He marr. (1)
Margaret Crawford, who died in Oct. 1599,
and had issue — James ; Agnes : (2) Mar-
garet Hamilton, who survived him, and
marr. (2) (cont. 17th Jan. 1606), Anthony
Kennedy of Bogend. — [Beg. Assig. ; Edin.
and Hamilton Tests. ; Ayr Sas. Beg., iii.,
274 ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 4th Aug. 1612.]
GAVIN HAMILTON, MA. ; trans, from
Bothwell, and adm. in 1604 ; app.
Bishop of Galloway (q.v.) 3rd March
1605, but still held the charge in 1608.—
[Beg. Assig.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A., son of
Robert H. of Dalserf ; min. of Car-
munnock in 1586 ; trans, to Dalserf
10th April 1600 ; trans, and adm. after
4th May 1609. He was a member of
the Court of High Commission 15th June
1619, and of a Commission for the
maintenance of Church Discipline 21st
Oct. 1634. He was dep. 3rd April 1639 for
refusing to acknowledge the General As-
sembly of 1638. He obtained a protection
from the Marquess of Montrose 29th Aug.
1645, and died 28th Oct. 1648, aged about
83. He marr. Anne, only child of James
Hamilton of Shields, and had issue —
Robert, probably min. of Glasford; James;
Isobel. His widow had a grant from Parlia-
ment of £100 sterling, 2nd and 12th July
1661. — [Anderson's House of Hamilton;
Booke of the Kirk ; Hamilton Tests. ; Inq.
Bet. de Tut., 238, 239 ; Calderwood's Hist. ;
Acts of Pari., vii.; Melvill's Autob.; Baillie's
Lett. ; Beg. of Deeds, cclxxxviii., 306, 354
14th Jan. 1624 ; ibid., ccccl., 426.]
[JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ; min.
of Old Cumnock in 1608; was a
member of the Glasgow Assembly
of 1638, and had been spoken of for the
Moderatorship when Alexander Henderson
was elected ; made a request to that As-
sembly to be allowed translation to some
other parish should an opportunity arise.
"It was thought," says Baillie, "he was
furthered to make this motion by his hopes
HAMILTON]
HAMILTON
259
to obtain the more large paroche, but more
profitable, of Paisley or Hamilton, and
readily he might have been made welcome
to either, but his too ardent desire to be at
them and from his own people, has made
his own to disgust him and these to have
no great feast of him." In 1642 he was
trans, to this parish. The Register of Ayr
Presb. refers to him as " presentlie minister
of the kirk of Hamiltoun," 19th May 1642 ;
at a meeting of Presb. of Ayr upon that
date, he was present and gave information
regarding the state of the church, manse,
and glebe, and the minutes constantly speak
of him as "last min. of Cumnock." He
continued to reside at Cumnock, and for
some unknown reason never entered on his
new charge]. — [Baillie's Lett., i., 166.]
JAMES NAISMITH [NASMYTH],
1649 ^-^' > m ^ n - ™ 1649 5 deprived by
the Privy Council, 16th Sept. 1662,
for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance ;
granted indulgence at Glasford in 1672.
THOMAS BELL, having served for
lfie „ a twelvemonth, during which the
church had no other min., was
allowed 1000 merks Scots out of vacant
stipends in 1664. — [P. C. Decreta.]
JAMES RAMSAY, M.A. ; trans, from
1664 Linlithgow in 1664 ; became Bishop
of Dunblane (q.v.) in 1673.
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans.
le75 from Renfrew ; pres. by his cousin
"William, Duke of Hamilton, and
adm. in 1675 ; became Bishop of Brechin
(q.v.) that year.
THOMAS HAMILTON, born about
1683 ^47, secon d son of James H. of
Woodhall; M.A. (Glasgow, 26th
July 1668) ; min. of Bothwell about 1672 ;
trans, to Carnwath 21st May 1675 ; trans,
to Stenton before 3rd June 1679 ; trans,
and adm. after 5th Sept. 1683. He was
charged with an unnatural crime, but
acquitted by the Court of Justiciary, 5th
Oct. 1685. He went to Ireland, and died
at Ballyroy, King's Co., Nov. 1699. He
marr. before 1679, Jean, daugh. of Sir
Francis Douglas of Sandilands, and widow
of Alexander Inglis, min. of Douglas.—
[Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; Fountain -
hall's Diary ; Wodrow's Hist., iv., 345 ;
Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 22nd March 1679.]
ROBERT SCOTT, bapt. 21st Jan. 1641 ;
youngest son of Sir William S. of
Clerkington ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1670) ; licen. by George
Bishop of Edinburgh, 11th Dec. 1672 ; min.
of Inverkeithing in 1673 ; trans, to Canon-
gate Parish, Edinburgh, before 28th Nov.
1676 ; trans, and adm. about 1686 ; prob-
ably outed at the Revolution, but was alive
and possessed the lands of Kinglassie 4th
Nov. 1707. He marr. (1) Isobel Cullen,
and had issue — Charles, bapt. 15th April
1673 : (2) Barbara Martin, widow of Charles
Carnegie, D.D., Dean of Brechin. Publica-
tions — A Funeral Sermon on the Death of
Charles, Earl of Southesk (Edinburgh,
1699) ; A Sermon on the Dreadful Fire at
Edinburgh, 3rd Feb. 1700 (Edinburgh,
1701). — [Douglas's Baronage, 218; Beg.
Collat. ; Morison's Diet., xxviii. ; Southesk
Papers, i. ; Edin. Reg. (Bapt.) ; Fife Sas.,
xv., 11.]
JOHN INGLIS, M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th
1687 April 1652) ; adm. to Second Charge
28th Jan. 1658; deprived by the
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. " He had
the boldness to preach on the Sunday after
the proclamation of this abnoxious Act,
which so enraged the Earl of Middleton,
who said that ' had it not been for respect
to the Duke of Hamilton, he should have
hanged him before his own door."' He
was granted indulgence at Bo'ness 3rd Sept.
1672 ; returned to Hamilton at the Tolera-
tion, and officiated in this charge from 29th
Oct. 1687 to 23rd Sept. 1690, when he dem.
He died Nov. 1699. Wodrow says he had
"great skill in divinity, and was much
esteemed for his piety and gift of preach-
ing." He marr. Elizabeth Stewart, and had
issue — Alexander, shipmaster, Queensferry ;
Anna ; Christian (marr. John Carmichael,
min. of Pettinain). — [Reg. of Deeds, Durie,
cvi., 3rd Sept. 1705 ; Wodrow's Anal.].
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HAMILTON
[PRESB. OF
ARCHIBALD YOUNG, MA. (Edin-
1688 bur gk> 2>7tl1 Jul y 1663 ) > orcl - m ^ n ' at
Downpatrick, Co. Down, June 1673;
adm. to this charge 21st Dec. 1688 ; dem.
Mh Oct. 1690; died before 1700.— [Reid's
Ireland, iii., 18.]
ROBERT WYLLIE, born 1650, son of
Thomas W., inin. of Fenwick; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
1668) ; tutor at Cavers ; ord. to Yarrow
5th Feb. 1690 ; trans, to Ashkirk 3rd April
1691 ; trans, and adm. 13th May 1692 ; died
at Smiddiecroft 14th Feb. 1715. Wodrow
characterises him as "a man of shining
piety, fine taste, excellent sense, and
singular accomplishments in every branch
of valuable knowledge and learning." He
marr. Rachael Murray of the Philiphaugh
family, born 30th Sept. 1664, died 15th
July 1694, and had issue — James and
Thomas, both died in infancy. Publica-
tions — A Letter respecting the Assembly
(1703) ; A Speech without Doors concerning
Toleration (1703) ; A Short Answer to a
Large Paper intituled A Continuation of
Brief and Modest Reflection (1703); A
Letter from a Gentleman in the City to a
Minister in the Country (1703).— [Wodrow's
Corresp., ii., 27 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 419 ;
Law's Memorialls ; Menteith's Theater of
Mortality, 268 ; Calderwood's Hist., App. 6.]
ALEXANDER FINDLATER, a native
1715 °^ ^ ora y; M-JL. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 15th July 1686); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow, 28th Sept. 1693;
ord. to Avendale 15th Feb. 1694 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Hamilton, 9th Jan. 1695 ;
trans, and adm. 28th June 1715 ; died 29th
July 1735, aged about 65. He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Thomas Kirkcaldie, min. of
Dalserf, and had issue — Thomas, min. of
West Linton ; Robert, appointed master
of the Grammar School of Hamilton, 2nd
July 1726 ; Alexander, M.A., schoolmaster
at Montrose, appointed Classical Master in
Edinburgh High School, 3rd Jan. 1718,
died 20th Jan. 1735; Elizabeth; Ann;
Basil ; John ; Charles ; James. — [Wodrow's
Anal. ; Steven's High School, App. vi., 89 ;
Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; MS. Burgh
Records of Hamilton.']
ROBERT HAMILTON, born Glen-
7 hoove, 3rd March 1691, second son
of Robert H., Wishaw; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 28th June 1715 ; ord. to
Second Charge, Hamilton, 17th Nov. 1719 ;
trans, and adm. 29th July 1735 ; died 13th
July 1765. He marr. 9th March 1721,
Cecil (died before 1758), daugh. of Francis
Borland, min. of Glasford, and had issue
— James, min. of Abbey Parish, Paisley ;
Robert, born 20th Aug. 1723, died 15th
April 1765 ; Francis, born 8th April 1727 ;
Anna; Rachel, died 23rd May 1813. —
[Anderson's House of Hamilton ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Scots Peerage, ii., 51.]
JAMES MILLAR of Millheugh, parish
i7ee °^ Blantyre, born 1701, son of John
M. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (7th May 1720); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 28th Sept. 1726 ; ord. to Shotts,
26th Sept. 1728; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 27th Sept. 1737 ; trans, and adm.
28th Jan. 1766 ; died 28th June 1785. He
marr. 30th Aug. 1734, Ann (died 19th June
1766), daugh. of Archibald Hamilton of
Westburn, Cambuslang, and had issue —
John of Millheugh and Whitemoss, advo-
cate (1760), Professor of Law, Univ. of
Glasgow, author of The Origin of the
Distinction of Ranks, born 22nd June 1735,
died 30th May 1801 ; Ann, born 7th May
1744 (marr. Alexander Hutchison, min. in
1785); Archibald, born 5th Nov. 1748;
Margaret. — [Moncreiff's Life of Erskine;
Works of Dugald Stewart, xii., 13, 80 ;
Annals of Blantyre, 78 ; Edinburgh Revieiv,
iii., 154-81; ibid., iv., 83-92; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, born
1785 1734, second son of John H. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 5th Oct. 1762 ; assist-
ant at Kilwinning ; ord. to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 14th Nov. 1776; pres. by
Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, and adm.
26th July 1785; D.D. (Glasgow 1786);
died from the accidental discharge of a
fowling-piece when at his window intending
to shoot birds, 15th Jan. 1821. He marr.
26th Aug. 1777, Ann Miller (died 8th Jan.
HAMILTON]
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261
1808), daugh. of his predecessor, and had
issue — Ann, born 14th July 1778 (marr.
James Hamilton, D.D., min. of Lesma-
hagow) ; John, merchant, Glasgow, born
22nd April 1780; James, LL.D., born 9th
Dec. 1781, died 10th Sept. 1857 ; Christian,
born 29th Sept. 1783, died 8th June 1796 ;
Thomas, born 3rd Dec. 1785, died 21st April
1786 ; Thomas, born 17th Oct. 1787.
WILLIAM MEEK, born 1774, son of
William M. of Fortisset; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 17th Nov. 1796; ord.
to Torphichen 31st Aug. 1797; D.D.
(Glasgow, 10th June 1802); pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Duke of
Hamilton ; trans, and adm. 6th Nov. 1821 ;
died 5th Feb. 1837. He marr. 5th June
1809, Christian Croil, who died 22nd Feb.
1865, and had issue — William, born 21st
Nov. 1810, died 4th April 1829; Janet,
born 12th May 1813; Thomas, born 12th
Nov., and died 28th Nov. 1814; John of
Fortisset, Provost of Hamilton, 1857, born
2nd March 1816, died 15th Nov. 1893;
Christina, born 12th Sept. 1817 (marr.
AVilliam Paterson Falconer, min. of Lad-
hope) ; James, born 27th Sept., and died
28th Sept. 1819 ; Margaret, born 4th March
1821, died 12th Feb. 1823; Margaret, born
1st Aug. 1824 (marr. Walter Buchanan
Ogilvy) ; Jessie, born 9th Oct. 1827 (marr.
William Maxwell Hetherington, D.D., min.
of Torphichen); William, born 31st Oct.
1832, died near San Francisco, 7th May 1861.
PETER HAY KEITH, born Glasgow,
1837 1800, eldest son of Daniel K., and
Mary Williamson ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
29th Sept. 1829 ; pres. by Alexander, Duke
of Hamilton; ord. 28th Sept. 1837; D.D.
(Glasgow, 26th April 1844) ; died 30th Oct.
1874. He marr. 13th Feb. 1839, Hannah
(died 7th Aug. 1883 aged 74), daugh. of
Archibald, Buchanan of Catrine Bank, parish
of Sorn, and had issue— Hannah Agnes, born
10th June 1840 (marr. John Marshall Lang,
C.V.O., D.D., LL.D., Principal of Univ.
of Aberdeen); Patrick, writer, Hamilton,
born 25th Feb. 1842, died 13th July 1920 ;
Archibald Buchanan, born 9th July, and
died 7th Oct. 1844 ; Archibald Buchanan,
born 19th Dec. 1845, died 1892; James
Buchanan, merchant, London, born 18th
Jan. 1847 ; Arthur (twin), born 18th Jan.
1847 ; Henry, stockbroker, Glasgow, born
10th Sept. 1848, died 1897; Mary Susan,
born 25th Nov. 1850 (marr. 23rd Sept. 1886,
Alexander Lang, C.M.G.. banker, London).
HENRY MONTEITH HAMILTON,
1874 k° rn Glasgow, 17th Aug. 1836, fourth
son of John George H., sometime
writer, afterwards merchant there, and great-
grandson of John H., D.D., min. of St
Mungo's, Glasgow, Moderator of Assembly in
1766 ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. to Durisdeer
20th Nov. 1862 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 22nd Sept. 1864; pres. by
William, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 19th
Nov., and trans, and adm. 24th Nov. 1874 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1889) ; dem. 10th Oct. 1900;
died at Holme Hill, Dunblane, 13th June
1903. He marr. 20th June 1871, Margaret
(born 14th Oct. 1843, died sp. 29th Oct.
1884), younger daugh. of Robert Ker of
Auchensaith.
EDWARD LITTON THOMPSON, born
1900 Ooleraine, Co. Londonderry, 31st
May 1841, son of Robert T., linen
merchant, and Helen Maria, daugh. of the
Rev, James Boyle, Dunluce, Co. Antrim ;
educated at Coleraine Institution and
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Inveraray in 1865 ; assistant at
Linlithgow ; ord. to Newton-upon-Ayr 13th
May 1869 ; trans, to Second Charge of this
parish 18th March 1875; D.D. (Glasgow,
25th April 1890); trans, and adm. 18th
Dec. 1900; sometime convener of Com-
mittee on Aids to Devotion. Marr. 27th
Oct. 1916, Helena Gunn, daugh. of Walter
Nicol Russell, schoolmaster, Glendevon,
and Elizabeth Sarah Smith Keddie. Pub-
lications — The Origin and Develojyment of
Christian Liturgies [thesis for D.D. degree] ;
Farewell Words (Ayr, 1875) ; The Relation
of the Clergy to War (1900).
NORMAN MACLEOD CAIE, born
7 2nd Oct. 1874, son of George John-
stone O, D.D., min. of Forfar ; edu-
cated at George Watson's College, Edin-
262
HAMILTON
[PEESB. OF
burgh, and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1892), B.D. (1897); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar in 1898 ; assistant at St Mary's,
Partick ; ord. to New Kilpatrick 29th June
1899 ; trans, to St Matthew's Parish, Edin-
burgh, 21st Feb. 1907; trans, to Pollok-
shields 14th Sept. 1911 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 11th Oct. 1917.
Marr. 5th March 1901, Mary Rennie
Mathers, daugh. of Alexander Wood,
Provost of Partick, and Mary Mathers,
and has issue— Mary Mathers Wood, born
5th April 1902; Norman M'Leod, born
8th May 1905 ; Annabel Hyndman, born
23rd March 1908. Publications— 4 Trinity
of Christian Graces (Glasgow, 1905) ; The
Architecture of Life (Glasgow, 1906) ; The
Church and the Child (London, 1909) ; The
Deeper Meanings of Change [Sermon on
the War] (Glasgow, 1914); A Mother's
Goodbye [a song] (London, 1917).
Second Charge.
[With the aid of Anne, Duchess of
Hamilton, a Second Charge was secured
for the parish of Hamilton in 1695. For
the better working of the two charges, the
additional place of worship called Auchin-
gramont Church was built in 1860.
GAVIN HAMILTON, M.A. ; min. in
1590; trans, to Bothwell after
1590
1593.
1645
ROBERT HAMILTON, min. in 1594.—
1594 [Reg. Assig.]
JAMES NAISMITH, M.A. ; trans, from
Dalmellington, and adm. 23rd Nov.
1645 ; trans, to First Charge in or
about 1649.
JOHN HART, perhaps son of John H.
in West Quarter, parish of Glasford,
who suffered death at Glasgow in
1666; adm. 2nd Jan. 1653. In 1656 he
was trans, to Taughboyne, Ireland, where
he was ejected in 1662, and imprisoned on
a charge of being accessory to a plot
against the bishops. From 1681 to July
1682 he was imprisoned for holding a
fast, but was released on paying a fine of
twenty shillings. He died before 1689. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 359 ; Blair's Autob. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 52.]
JOHN INGLIS, M.A. ; called 6th Sept.
1657 ; adm. 28th Jan. 1658 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of the Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He became min. of the First
Charge in 1687. '
ALEXANDER FINDLATER, M.A.;
trans, from Strathaven, and adm.
9th Jan. 1695 ; trans, to First
Charge 28th June 1715.
1695
ROBERT HAMILTON, called 8th
1715 Sept., and ord. 17th Nov. 1715;
trans, to First Charge 29th July
1735.
JAMES MILLAR of Millheugh, M.A. ;
1737 ^ rans - from Shotts ; called 12th July,
and adm. 27th Sept. 1737; trans, to
First Charge 28th Jan. 1766.
1766
\ JAMES BAILLIE, D.D. ; trans, from
Bothwell ; pres. by the Trustees for
James George, Duke of Hamilton,
and adm. 23rd Oct. 1766; app. Professor
of Divinity in the Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.)
19th Dec. 1775.
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, pres. by
..,_,__ the Commissioner for Douglas, Duke
of Hamilton, and ord. 14th Nov.
1776; trans, to First Charge 26th July
1785.
ALEXANDER FLEMING, born Hawk-
1785 w0 °d> 30tn J u ty 1747, son of John
F., farmer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1771) ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 28th March 1780 ; pres. by Douglas,
Duke of Hamilton, and ord. 17th Nov. 1785 ;
app. Chaplain in Ordinary to the King in
Scotland 7th Sept. 1799; D.D. (Glasgow
1800) ; died 28th May 1830. He marr. 30th
March 1786, Margaret Boyes, who died 8th
Sept. 1799, and had issue — John Boyes,
born 26th Jan. 1787 ; Jane, born 2nd March
1790 (marr. 30th Oct. 1809, Sir William
Drysdale of Pitteuchar, W.S.), died 18th
Nov. 1812 ; Alexander, W.S., Edinburgh,
born 26th Oct. 1792, died 27th July 1879.
HAMILTON]
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^WILLIAM BUCHAN, born Crieff, 1806,
1831 son of John B., brewer, and Mary
Lawson ; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; Keen, by Presb. of
Auchterarder 6th May 1828 ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Duke of Hamilton, 20th Nov. 1830 ;
ord. 21st April 1831. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of the Free Church, Hamilton,
1843-69; died 21st June 1869. He marr.
(1) 10th April 1832, Jane, daugh. of Robert
Brown, Leith : (2) 24th March 1857, Ann
Campbell (died 31st May 1901), daugh. of
William Naismith, Saffron Hall, Hamilton,
and had issue — William, advocate, died 22nd
Jan. 1917. — [Brown's Annals of the Disrup-
tion, 375.]
JOHN SMYTHE MEMES, born
1844 Brechin, lltn Feb. 1795, son of
James M. ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; LL.D. (source unknown, year
before 1826) ; rector of Ayr Academy,
1826-44; ord. 15th Feb. 1844; died at
Muirhall, 13th May 1858, "a man of com-
manding appearance and varied talents."
He marr. (1) 1822, Anne Eliza Ritchie, and
had issue — John, sometime teacher in Ayr
Academy, died in Australia ; Robert,
solicitor, died 20th Dec. 1860 : (2) 1834,
Mary (died 3rd Oct. 1841), daugh. of
Robert Shortreed, Sheriff - substitute of
Roxburghshire [the companion of Sir
Walter Scott], and Margaret Fair, and
had issue — Thomas, born 1836, died in
Australia 1916 ; James, merchant, London
and Rotterdam, died in 1905 ; Mary
Margaret Fair, born 1st Sept. 1841 (marr.
16th Sept. 1879, John Miller Maxwell,
shipper, London) : (3) 30th June 1847,
Ann M'Pherson Macallum, Glasgow, who
died s.j). 12th March 1895. Publications
— Memoirs of Antonio Canova : with a
Historical View of Modern Sculpture (Edin-
burgh, 1825) ; Memoirs of the Empress
Josephine (London and New York, 1832);
Works of William Cowper, 3 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1834); Bourrienne's Memoirs of
Napoleon Bonaparte [translated], 3 vols.
(London, 1836) [in Library of Standard
Biographies, 1903]; History of Sculpture,
Painting, etc. (London, 1837) ; Life of
William Cowper (Edinburgh, 1837) :
Daguerre's History and Practice of Photo-
genic Dratuing [the Daguerreotype] (London,
1839) ; Poems of William Cowper, with
Notes (Edinburgh, 1840, 4th ed. 1844).—
[Air Academy and Burgh Schule, 83, 104.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born 1829,
1858 y° un g es t son of John R., farmer,
Downcastle, Perthshire ; educated at
Univs. of Glasgow and Aberdeen ; ord. to
Midmar 7th Sept. 1854 ; trans, and adm.
to St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 11th April
1856 ; pres. by William, eleventh Duke of
Hamilton, 20th Aug. 1858 ; trans, and adm.
23rd Nov. 1858. On 27th Oct. 1863, he
was granted leave of absence for a year on
account of ill-health ; died at sea on board
the Damascus 4th Dec. 1863, and was
buried in the English Cemetery, Sydney,
11th Jan. 1864. He marr. Jane Fraser,
who died 15th May 1915, and had issue —
John James, Life Association of Scotland,
born 10th Sept. 1858, died 14th Nov. 1900 ;
Agnes Fraser, authoress, born 21st March
1861 ; Elizabeth Margaret, born 1st Aug.
1862.— [J. Turnbull Smith's Sketch of St
Bernard's, 108.]
HENRY MONTEITH HAMILTON,
1864 ^rans. f rom Durisdeer ; pres. by
William, twelfth Duke of Hamilton,
21st May 1864, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1864 ;
trans, to First Charge 24th Nov. 1874.
EDWARD LITTON THOMPSON,
^ D.D. ; trans, from Newton-upon-
Ayr, and adm. 18th March 1875 ;
trans, to First Charge 18th Dec. 1900.
JAMES MACGIBBON, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Blackford, and adm. 28th
April 1901 ; trans, to St Mungo's
Parish, Glasgow, 21st June 1916.
JOHN LANCELOT CONSTANTINE
1917 TULLOCH, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from
Stichill [vide vol. ii., 94], and adm.
8th Jan. 1917.
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HARTHILL AND BENHAR— CARFIN CHAPEL [presb. of
HARTHILL AND BEN-
HAR (Q.S.).
[The parish of Harthill and Benhar was
disjoined from Shotts, 18th March 1878.]
ALEXANDER WATT, born Kintore,
18 -_ Aberdeenshire, 9th Aug. 1845, son
of John W., farmer, and Agnes
Mackie ; educated at Grammar School and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; sometime teacher at
Blackheath, London ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 27th Aug. 1874 ; missionary here,
1874-7; ord. 13th Feb. 1877; adm. first
min. of the parish in 11878 ; dem. 1919.
Marr. Oct. 1878, Sarah Alice Mahon, and
has issue — Agnes Mary Stewart.
KENNEDY ADAMS, born Drumagomer,
1919 ^°' Derr y' lst O ct - 1869 ; son of
Alexander A. and Mary Torrens ;
educated at Lisowen School and Queen's
College, Belfast; B.A. (1895); licen. by
Presb. of Tyrone June 1899; assistant at
Portglenone and Donegall Road Presby-
terian Church, Belfast ; ord. to Orritor
Presbyterian Church 24th Sept. 1902 ; trans,
to Greengairs U.F. Church 6th July 1916 ;
trans, and adm. 20th Nov. 1919. Marr. 29th
Jan. 1919, Helen Elizabeth Cumming, daugh.
of Alexander Grant, min. of Stoer.
HOLYTOWN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1837. The
parish of Holy town was disjoined from
Bothwell, 15th July 1863.]
ROBERT GILLAN, adm. from South
1837 Shields 26th Oct. 1837; trans, to
Wishaw 23rd March 1843.
JOHN WILKIE, born Strathmartine,
1843 180 ^' son °^ ^ n ^' anc * Margaret
Boyd ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; ord. 15th Sept. 1843; adm. first min.
of the parish 30th Dec. 1863; died 28th
April 1885. He marr. 27th Aug. 1844,
Mary Ann Wilson, who died March 1878,
aged 69, and had issue — John George, born
30th Oct. 1845, died 22nd Feb. 1902 ;
James Wilson, born 5th March 1847, died
6th Sept. 1883 ; Lorraine Wilson, born 20th
June 1848, died 10th Jan. 1875; North
Dalrymple, born 11th Dec. 1849, died 11th
Oct. 1896.
ROBERT BARR DICKSON, elected
2 18th Dec. 1882 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th Jan. 1883 ; trans, to
Stair 20th March 1890.
JOHN SUTHERLAND HUNTER,
1890 son °^ J° nn H., farm servant, and
Mary Sutherland ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1884) ; assistant at
Shettleston; ord. 12th Sept. 1890; dem.
28th Nov. 1905; min. of Bonnington Chapel,
Edinburgh, 1908-11; res. in 1911. Marr.
26th Feb. 1895, Lizzie, youngest daugh. of
William Mathewson, Dunfermline, and has
issue.
JOHN DALZIEL DYKES, born Coat-
1906 b r kig e > 12th Sept. 1870, son of James
D. and Ann Semple ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1898 ; assistant at Gartsherrie
in 1898 ; missionary at Waterside in 1900 ;
ord. to Unst 6th June 1902 ; trans, and
adm. 5th June 1906. Marr. 18th June
1901, Elizabeth Alexander, daugh. of James
Gibson and Mary Samson, and has issue —
Moira, born 13th June 1902; James, born
22nd March 1904; Elizabeth, born 12th
April 1906 ; Annie, born 9th March 1908.
CARFIN CHAPEL.
ALEXANDER SPARK, adm. 25th Sept.
1877 1877 [afterwards min. of Rousay].
MARTIN BROWN M'INNES, born
Bower, Caithness, 14th July 1858,
son of Angus M., schoolmaster, and
Charlotte Brown ; educated at Bower
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1889) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1892 ; assistant at Torthorwald ; ord. 21st
July 1899 ; died unmarr., 11th Sept. 1904.
CHARLES FAWNS JACK, born
1905 Brechin, 1850, son of James Peter
J. and Ann Mathers ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow in 1876 ; ord. to Howwood 25th
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July 1881 ; trans, to Robertson Memorial,
Glasgow, 4th Jan. 1883; dep. 28th May
1892 ; was afterwards reponed and became
assistant at Wishaw in 1902; adm. 29th
June 1905 ; clem, in 1913. He marr. 1874,
Helen M'Millan.
ALEXANDER MOIR, M.A. ; ord. 19th
1913 Sept. 1913 ; trans, to Mouswald 29th
Sept. 1916.
ROBERT FORSYTH M'GARRITY,
1918 born Armadale, 15th Sept. 1869, son
of Peter M. ; educated at Armadale
School, Univ. of Glasgow and Free Church
College, Glasgow ; licen. by Free Presb. of
Linlithgow May 1892 ; assistant at Pleas-
ance F.C., Edinburgh, and Holy Island ;
ord. to Beaumont, Northumberland, 14th
July 1895 ; trans, to Holderness Road
Church, Hull, March 1910; trans, to Wark-
on-Tyne 1913; res. 1916; app. to this
charge March 1917; adm. to the Church
of Scotland by the General Assembly 23rd
May 1918; trans, to St Thomas's, Leith,
19th May 1919. Marr. Miss Gloag, Edin-
burgh, and has issue — a son and daugh.
WILLIAM NOTMAN NEILL, born
Forfar, 4th Dec. 1879, son of
George N. and Mary Sutherland ;
educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1900),
B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of Forfar
1904 ; assistant at St Luke's, Glasgow, and
Kirkcudbright ; ord. to Mauritius 1910 ;
app. to Karnes Mission, Muirkirk, 1914 ;
adm. here 10th Oct. 1919 ; served as a
combatant in Royal Field Artillery during
European War, 1915-19, and was wounded
and gassed. Marr. ] 3th Sept. 1910, Agnes,
daugh. of Joseph Salmond, and has issue —
Angus George, born 3rd May 1911 ; Shiela
Salmond, born 4th May 1915.
KENMUIR (Q.S.).
[The parish of Kenmuir was disjoined
from Old Monkland, 19th March 1897.]
JOHN CURRIE HUTTON, born Glas-
1883 gow ' 1841 ' son °^ Alexander H. and
Sarah Currie ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
1919
the United Presbyterian Presb. of Edin-
burgh. Joined the Church of Scotland,
and was assistant at Swinton, Govan, and
Newbattle; ord. 24th April 1883; adm.
first min. of the parish 20th March 1897 ;
dem. 20th Dec. 1910 ; died unmarried at
Edinburgh, 18th Jan. 1920.
GEORGE ALEXANDER STALKER,
1910 born Blair-Atholl, 22nd March 1872,
son of John S. and Margaret Stewart ;
educated at Logiealmond School, Perth
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1892), B.D. (1895); licen. by Presb. of
Dunoon in 1895 ; ord. to Inverchaolain 25th
June 1896 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 14th April 1910. Marr. 9th June
1908, Gavina Elizabeth, daugh. of George
Christie Young and Mary Cassells Weir.
EAST KILBRIDE AND
TORRENS.
[East Kilbride and Torrens. — These two
parishes were united in 1589.
East Kilbride. — The church of Kilbride
was a prebend belonging to the Precentor
of Glasgow Cathedral. It was dedicated
to St Bride. In March 1596 the parish of
Kilbride was disjoined from the Presb.
of Glasgow and added to that of Hamilton.
In 1725 the lands of Busby were detached
from this parish and annexed to Carmun-
nock. The church of East Kilbride was
rebuilt in 1774. A tower was added in
1816.
Torrens. — A Hospital of St Leonard,
with a chapel attached to it, was founded
at Torrens in the thirteenth century.]
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A. ; ex-
horter at Torrens in 1567 ; reader
in 1575.
1567
1576
ROBERT HAMILTON, son of Gavin H.
of Orbieston ; rector of Torrens in
July 1558 and prebendary of Hessil-
dean, in the Collegiate Church of Bothwell ;
min. of Hamilton in 1562 ; min. at Torrens
in 1576, and still mentioned in 1580.—
[Hamilton Tests., Hon. de Morton, 68.]
266
EAST KILBRIDE AND TORRENS
[PRESB. OF
JOHN COLVILL, born about 1543,
was second son of Robert C. of
Cleish and Margaret, daugh. of
James Lindsay of Dowhill. He was edu-
cated at St Leonard's College, St Andrews,
where he graduated M.A. about 1561. In
1567 he was settled in this charge. James
VI. app. him Chantor or Precentor of
Glasgow, 20th April 1569. In 1570 he is
spoken of as being " presently at the point
of excommunication," doubtless because of
alleged acts of non-residence. Carmunnock
and Eaglesham were added to the charge
in 1574. He was created Master of
Requests in 1578, but appears as min. here
in 1585, when he left. He participated in
the Raid of Ruthven in 1582, and was twice
ambassador to the Court of England, where
he made himself specially obnoxious to the
Catholic party. He was imprisoned in
Edinburgh Castle on a charge of treason,
15th July 1583. Having obtained his
freedom, he was given a license to " pass
furth of this realm, 1 ' but not to England
or Ireland, and to remain absent for three
years. He persisted in going to England,
and was forfeited by Parliament, 22nd Aug.
1584, a sentence which was apparently
reduced, for, in Nov. 1586, he was still
styled Chantor of Glasgow, and a deferred
payment of his pension as Master of
Requests was ordered to be made. On
2nd June 1587 he became a Senator of the
College of Justice, succeeding his uncle,
Alexander Colvill, Commendator of Cul-
ross, but nineteen days later he resigned
the post in favour of the uncle aforesaid.
He sat also in the Scots Parliament in
1587 as Commissioner for Stirling. Soon
afterwards he associated himself with the
turbulent and treasonable practices of
Francis, E^rl of Bothwell, and was obliged
to quit the kingdom, and he probably never
returned tc Scotland. He was in Holland
in 1597 ; in 1599 there is mention of his
being in London in a state of destitution,
and offering his services in vain to Sir
Robert Cecil ; in 1600 he was living in
Paris, and paying occasional visits to
Rome. He renounced Protestantism, be-
came Roman Catholic, and died at Paris,
Nov. 1605, "in great want and misery."
He marr. July 1572, Janet, sister of John
Russell, advocate, and had issue— Robert ;
John, bapt. 29th March 1590 ; Thomas ;
Margaret (marr. Sir Jerome Lindsay of
Annatland, advocate, Lord Lyon King-of-
Arms, son of David L., Bishop of Ross) ;
a daugh. (marr. Henry Stewart of White-
law). Publications — "Notes to be pre-
sented to my speciall good Lord, my Lord
Hunsdon," etc. (1584) {Miscellany of the
Bannatyne Club, i., 85) ; The Palinod of
John Colvill, wherein he doth penitently
recant his former proud Offences (Edin-
burgh, 1600; reprinted with Colvill's
" Original Letters," 1858) ; Paroynesis
Joannis Colvilli Scoti (2)ost quadraginta
annorum errores in gremium Sanctce
Catholican Romance Ecclesian quasi post-
liminis reuersi) ad suos Tribules et Popu-
lares (Paris, 1601) [this appeared also in
Lowland Scots under the title The Parce-
nese or Admonition of lo Coluille (Paris,
1602)] ; Oratio Funebris exequiis Eliza-
bethan nuperce Anglian Hibernian, etc.,
Peginos, destinata (Paris, 1604) ; In Obitu
Beatiss. Papon dementis Octaui Lacryman
Joannis Colvilli Scoti, Eiusdem in felicis-
sima Assumptione Beatiss. Papon Leonis
Vndecimi Gaudia (Paris, 1605) ; " Original
Letters " (1582-1603) [edited, with Memoir,
by David Laing for the Bannatyne Club]
(Edinburgh, 1858); Colvill was probably
(as Laing thinks) author of The History
and Life of King James the Sext [edited
by Thomas Thomson for the Bannatyne
Club] (Edinburgh, 1825) [this work was
first published anonymously as Memoirs
of the Affairs of Scotland, containing a full
and impartial account of the Revolution in
that kingdom, begun in 1567. Faithfully
publish'd from an authentick MS. (London,
1706; reprinted 1753 and 1767). Edited,
with interpolations and additions, by David
Craufurd]. The genuine work from 1566 to
1582 was edited by Malcolm Laing in 1804. —
[Peg. Min. ; M'Crie's Melville, 35 ; Acts of
Pari., iii., iv. ; Laing's Memoir ; Ty tier's
History of Scotland, xiii., 124 ; Spottiswood's
Hist., 394, 457 ; Calderwood's Hist., v., 256 ;
Brunton and Haig's Senators of the College
of Justice, 161, 212 ; Redpath's Border
History, 467 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
HAMILTON]
EAST KILBRIDE AND TORRENS
267
1580
1584
1586
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A. ; reader
1575 in 1575, and at Torrens.
JAMES FLEMING, min. about 1580 ;
died 31st Jan. 1583-4. He marr.
(cont. 4th Feb. 1582-3) Janet, daugh.
of Robert Hamilton of Newhouse. She
survived him, and had issue — James, his
heir.— [Reg. Tests. ; G. R. Inhib., xl„ 70.]
[WILLIAM FLEMING, nephew of John
F. of Boghall, and probably nephew
of preceding also ; pres. by James
VI. 28th May 1584, but there is no record
of his admission.]
ROBERT DARROCH, M.A. (Glasgow
1579) ; min. of Kilmaronock in 1580 ;
min. of Stonehouse in 1585 ; was
also Regent in the Univ. of Glasgow,
1583-9; pres. by James VI. 22nd July
1586. He was app. by the Convention of
Ministers, 15th-20th Nov. 1592, to furnish
information on the practices of Papists
within the bounds of this Presb. By the
Assembly of March 1597 he was app. one
of a committee to consider grievances
against the preceding Assembly. He was
nom. constant Moderator of Presb. 12th
Dec. 1606, and the members were ordered
by the Privy Council to recognise him as
such within twenty-four hours, after receiv-
ing notices under pain of rebellion. He
died Jan. 1607, aged about 48. He marr.
Agnes Ross, who died Dec. 1614, and had
issue — James ; Robert, merchant burgess
of Glasgow.— [Reg. Assig. ; Melvill's Autob. ;
Calderwood's Hist., v., 685 ; Hamilton and
Glasg. Tests. ; Ure's Rutherglen, 207 ; Wod-
row's Biog., ii.]
DAVID SHARPE, M.A. ; son of Patrick
S., min. of Govan ; Regent in the
Univ. of Glasgow ; min. of Bothwell
in 1606 ; pres. by James VI. 14th Jan.
1608; trans, and adm. soon after; died in
1638, aged about 62. He marr. (1) Margaret
Hay, who died Sept. 1621, and had issue-
Patrick, his successor in this parish ; John ;
Janet ; Margaret ; Elizabeth : (2) 1622,
Nicolas Lindsay, probably a native of the
parish, who survived him, with four children
She had inf ef tment of the lands of Braehead
and Corse, also of the " four merk land " of
Over Mylneton or Chapelton, in the parish,
24th April 1633. In the year of her
husband's death, the College of Glasgow
[titulars of the teinds of East Kilbride]
allowed her a sum of £323, 6s. [perhaps
as ann] in aid of herself and family. She
was buried in Greyfriars', Edinburgh, 5th
Nov. 1684. — [Reg. Assig. ; Lanark Sas. ;
Hamilton Tests. ; Acts of Pari., v. ; Ure's
Rutherglen, 207 ; Melvill's Autob.]
PATRICK SHARPE, born 1603, son
of preceding ; M.A. (Glasgow 1624) ;
on the Exercise there 19th April
1626; min. here in 1639; died Sept. 1651.
He marr. 11th Oct. 1635, Janet, daugh. of
Robert Wilkie, min. of Blackfriars Parish,
Glasgow, who survived him, and had issue
— Patrick, min. of Foulden ; Robert ; Jean
(marr. James Crichton, min. of this parish) ;
Margaret. — [Hamilton Tests. ; Baillie : s
Lett., iii., 136 ; Ure's East Kilbride, 207.]
1639
1653
THOMAS CHARTERIS, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 30th July 1646): min. of
Stonehouse in 1650 ; joined the Pro-
testers in 1651 ; adm. about 1653, when he
ministered to a congregation of Independ-
ents or Anabaptists. He is said to have
occupied much of his time in the business
of horse-dealing. On a Saturday evening
in June 1656, he was kicked on the breast
by a horse pasturing in the churchyard,
and died next day, aged about 30. He
marr. 1650, Anna, daugh. of John Hamilton
of Boghall, and widow of Alexander Mont-
gomery, who survived him (marr. (3)
William Govan), and had issue — Anna,
served heir, 12th June 1669. She had an
infeftment of lands in the Mains of
Blantyre, or the Orchard Neuk, 20th Nov.
1675.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5233 ;
Reg. Sas. Lanark ; Ure's East Kilbride,
207.]
^ JOHN BURNET, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1656 22nd July 1637) ; tutor in the
family of David, Earl of Wemyss,
who characterised him as " one of the
preciousest young men that ever was in
my family in that charge " ; had a call to
Mearns in 1652, but probably did not
accept ; adm. after 20th Sept. 1656 ; de-
268
EAST KILBRIDE AND TORRENS
[PRESB. OF
prived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He refused indulgence at Loudoun 3rd
►Sept. 1672. Wodrow says of him that "he
was a min. of great solidity and learning,
and though he had no freedom to fall in
with the indulgence himself, yet he was
very opposite to division upon that score,
and both heard the indulged mins., and
pressed his people at Kilbride, among
whom he lived, to do so. He had been
singularly useful in that parish, where
there were a great many Quakers and
Separatists ; and yet, by his painful and
excellent preachings, and other labours,
he reclaimed most part of them." He
died 22nd Dec. 1673, aged about 57. He
marr. Eupham Dundas, and had issue —
Andrew ; Susanna ; and others. " He had
a son lately dead before him, and seeing
him dissected and the physicians finding
fault with his vital parts, he presently
apprehends a faultiness in his own, which
apprehension stuck with him even to his
death, which the physicians took to be the
cause of his sickness : so strong is the power
of apprehension." Publication — "Eeasons
for not accepting the Indulgence " (Brown's
Hist, of the Indulgence, 42). — [Maxivells of
Pollok, ii., 283 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 227 ;
Law's Mem. ; Ure's East Kilbride, 207 ;
Edin. Sets., i., 359 ; G. R. Homings, 15th
Sept. 1685 ; Ross's Busby and its Neigh-
bourhood, 57 ; Wemyss Book, i., 263.]
JAMES CRICHTON [CREIGHTON],
1663 M.A. (Glasgow 1655) ; adm. after
19th Nov. 1663; deprived at the
Revolution ; D.D. (Glasgow) ; was Dean of
Faculties in the Univ. of Glasgow, 1685-9 ;
died (after long illness) April 1692, aged
about 57. He marr. (1) 15th Feb. 1667,
Jean (died Sept. 1670), daugh. of Patrick
Sharpe, min. of this parish in 1639 : (2)
Jean Elphinston, who survived him, and
had issue — Jean ; Rachel (marr. James
Walkinshaw of that ilk) ; James, a
preacher, served heir 21st Jan. 1724
John. — {Hamilton and Glasg. Tests.
Ure's East Kilbride, 207 ; Rule's Sec
Vindication; G. R. Sds., 21st Jan. 1706
Glasg. Com. Deeds, 29th July 1717.]
ROBERT MUIR, ord. (at Dalserf) 20th
March 1688 ; was a member of As-
sembly in 1690; died [buried 10th]
April 1719. He .marr. Margaret Bryson,
who purchased the estate of Neilsland in
1723. She was buried 2nd June 1730.—
[Anderson's House of Hamilton ; Ure's
East Kilbride, 207.]
MATTHEW CONNELL, educated at
1*720 Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 28th July 1702 ; called
23rd Dec. 1703; ord. 12th April 1704;
trans, and adm., jure devoluto, 14th April
1720; died 1st Oct. 1743, aged 66. He
marr. Jean Nasmyth, and had issue-
Matthew, born 31st Dec. 1714, died young ;
David, his successor in this parish ; James,
merchant, Glasgow, born 16th Jan. 1716,
died 1792; Arthur of Enochbank, West
India merchant, born 22nd Nov. 1717,
Lord Provost of Glasgow 1772-3, died 1st
March 1775; Matthew, born 9th March 1722.
—[Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 27th May 1768.]
DAVID CONNELL, born 1706, son of
i >744 preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (2nd May 1727);
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 27th July
1736 ; assistant to his father. On 30 th
Aug. 1743, the parishioners petitioned the
patron — the Presb. concurring — that C.
should be settled as assistant and successor
to his father. Before any steps could be
taken, the death of the latter took place,
and a petition for his son's ordination to
the full charge was now presented. He
was pres. by George II. 21st Nov. 1743,
and ord. 19th April 1744 ; died unmarr.,
13th June 1790.— [Ure's East Kilbride, 207.]
JAMES FRENCH, born Edinburgh,
1791 l^l, son of James F., classical
master in the High School there
(a native of Tweedsmuir), and Susan,
daugh. of James Witherspoon, min. of
Yester ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Nov.
1785 ; ord. to Carmunnock 21st Sept. 1786 ;
pres. by George III. 14th Sept. 1790;
trans, and adm. 21st April 1791 ; died
unmarr., 26th April 1835. He was tutor
to Sir Walter Scott immediately before
HAMILTON]
EAST KILBRIDE AND TORRENS
269
Scott became a pupil of Edinburgh High
School in 1778. Publication— The Effectual
and Universal Influence of the Cross of
Christ, a sermon (Glasgow, 1796). —
[Steven's Edinburgh High School, App.
vi., 92) ; lire's Rutherglen, 207 ; Lock-
hart's Life of Scott, i., 97.]
WILLIAM HANNA, M.A. ; pres. by
18S5 William IV. 1st July, and ord. 17th
Sept. 1835 ; trans, to Skirling 8th
June 1837.
SIK HENRY WELLWOOD MON-
18g7 CREIFF, Bart., born Edinburgh,
21st May 1809, eldest son of Sir
James Wellwood M. of Tulliebole, Bart,
[afterwards Lord Moncreiff, Lord of
Session], and Ann, daugh. of Captain
James Robertson, R.N. ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh, and
at New College, Oxford (where William
Ewart Gladstone was a friend and fellow-
student) ; BA. (Oxon 1831); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Baldernock
17th March 1836 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ;
trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1837. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of East
Kilbride Free Church, 1843-52; min. of
Free St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 1852-83;
Joint Principal Clerk of the Free Church
General Assembly in 1855; D.D. (Glas-
gow 1860) ; Secretary of the Scottish Bible
Board in 1862 ; Moderator of Free Church
General Assembly 20th May 1869 ; died 4th
Nov. 1883. In 1851, on the death of his
father, he succeeded to the baronetcy and
assumed the name of Wellwood. He was
distinguished for his knowledge of Church
Law, and was one of the most influ-
ential supporters of the Free Church.
He marr. (1) 8th Feb. 1838, Alexandrina
(died s.p. 12th April 1874), daugh. of George
Bell, surgeon, Edinburgh : (2) 19th Aug.
1875, Lucretia (died s.p. 10th Sept. 1885),
daugh. of Andrew Murray of Murrayshall,
Perthshire. Publications — A Letter to Lord
Melbourne on the Appointment of Ministers
in the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh,
1840) ; Letter to the Session and Congrega-
tion of East Kilbride regarding the late
Convocation of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1843);
The Present Aspects of the Car dross Case
[a speech] (Edinburgh, 1861) ; Speech on
the Union Question (Edinburgh, 1866) ; A
Vindication of the Free Chtirch Claim of
Eight (Edinburgh, 1877) ; The I^ree Church
Principle, its Character and History
[Chalmers Lectures, 1st ser.] (Edin-
burgh, 1883) ; Practice of the Free Church
(London, 1871); Creeds and Churches in
Scotland (Edinburgh, 1869) ; History of the
Case of Professor William Robertson Smith
(Edinburgh, 1879) ; Christian Union and
Visible Characters (Edinburgh, 1860); "In-
dependence of the Church " {Communica-
tion on the Principles of the Church, iii.) ;
Account of the Parish of East Kilbride
{Neiv Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Mem. of Robert
Smith Candlish, 225-59 ; The Free Church
Principle, 330; The Life of William
Robertson Smith, 204 et seq. ; Morley's
Gladstone, i., 73 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM CARRICK, born Balfron,
1843 1812, second son of James C, weaver,
and Rebecca Blair ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; teacher at Balfunning ; ord.
7th Sept. 1843 ; died 24th June 1869. He
marr. 4th June 1844, Elizabeth (born 2nd
Oct. 1818, died 7th Nov. 1902), daugh. of
William Hamilton of Greenbank, Mearns,
and had issue — an only child, died in infancy.
JOHN DOWNS, born Slamannan, 1836,
1870 eldest son °f John D., farmer, and
Janet Henry ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock ;
ord. to Wishaw 28th Nov. 1861 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 8th Dec. 1869 ; trans, and
adm. 10th March 1870 ; died 1st Oct. 1893.
He marr. 10th Nov. 1870, Mary Annette
(died 19th Sept. 1908, aged 58), daugh. of
John Cubitt, and had issue — John Cubitt,
born 15th Oct. 1871, died 2nd Aug. 1872 ;
Edith Julia, born 4th May 1873; Alice
Mary, born 1st Oct. 1874 ; Herbert Cubitt,
born 7th Aug. 1876, died 24th April 1879 ;
Walter Henry, born 18th April 1878, died
2nd Aug. 1878 ; Muriel Campbell, born 27th
Aug. 1886.
WILLIAM JACK, born Edinburgh,
1894 10th July 1862, son of George J.
and Frances Richardson ; educated
at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1886);
270
LARKHALL— MEADOWFIELD
[PRESB. OF
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 21st May
188S ; assistant at St Mary's Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 15th March 1894. Marr. 12th
July 1S94, Margaret Gilmour, daugh. of
Cornelius Giffen, D.D., min. of St Mary's
Parish, Edinburgh.
LARKHALL (Q.S.).
[A church was first opened here, 10th
Jan. 1836. The parish of LarkhaU was
endowed by William, eleventh Duke of
Hamilton, and was disjoined from Dalserf
5th July 1855. There is in the parish a
mission chapel of St Machan.]
1837
JAMES M'LETCHIE, sometime mis-
sionary here ; ord. 27th July 1837 ;
trans, to Gartsherrie 11th Jan. 1838.
1838
ROBERT ORANGE BROMFIELD,
called 4th, and adm. 26th July 1838 ;
trans, to Auldfield [Pollokshaws] 24th
Sept. 1840.
THOMAS CLEMENT WADDELL, born
Cumbernauld, 3rd Feb. 1813, third son
1841 of William W.,. baker, and Margaret
Young ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. 29th April 1841 ; D.D. (source and date
unknown) ; dem. and became a teacher at
Cumbernauld ; died there 12th March 1880.
He marr. and had issue — Lieut. -Col.
Laurence Austine, M.B., CM. (Glasgow
1878), LL.D. (Glasgow 1895), CLE. (1901),
C.B. (1904), I.M.S., Professor of Tibetan,
University College, London, born 29th
May 1854.
JOHN CPJCHTON, born 1826, son of
Thomas C, draper, and Sarah Ann
Hilliard ; pres. by William, eleventh
Duke of Hamilton, 22nd Feb., and ord. 20th
May 1856 ; died 10th June 1885. He marr.
20th Dec. 1862, Mary Ann Slater, daugh.
of Edward John Griffin of Eyford Hill,
Twickenham.
JOHN DONALDSON M'CALLUM,
born Enterkine, Tarbolton, 19th
May 1856, son of Duncan M. and
Euphemia Cochrane ; educated at Tar-
bolton School, Church of Scotland Training
College, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(Glasgow 1881), B.D. (1884); sometime a
1856
1885
certificated teacher under the Glasgow
School Board ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
7 th May 1884 ; assistant at Tron Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. 12th Nov. 1885 ; app. clerk
of Presb. in 1894 ; in 1906, at the request
of the Foreign Mission Committee, he
visited the African Missions of the Church
of Scotland, and took charge of Blantyre
Missionary Institution, Nyasaland. Marr.
19th Sept. 1907, Mary Gordon, daugh. of
Andrew Thomson Donald, min. of Mertoun,
and has issue — Annabel Edith Cochrane,
born 1st Feb. 1911. Publications— The
Spiritual Conditions of Effective Preaching
in the Ministry and in the Flock (Glas-
gow, 1903); The Evangelization of the
World (Edinburgh, 1910); "Self-Support
of Native Churches " {The Mission World,
Aug. 1906).
MEADOWFIELD (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1875. The parish
of Meadowfield was disjoined from New
Monkland and Clarkston, 3rd Nov. 1905.]
JOHN MORRISON, M.A; ord. 19th
Feb. 1877; res. 23rd July 1878 on
1877
India.
appointment as chaplain at Mhow,
1878
LOCKHART DOBBIE, born New
Monkland, 1842, son of Lockhart
D. ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 22nd
Oct. 1867 ; assistant at St Peter's, Glasgow ;
ord. 12th Nov. 1878 ; res. 29th Dec. 1885 ;
died 23rd June 1911.
THOMAS MILLAR, ord. 23rd April
1886; trans, to St Paul's Chapel,
1886 Leith, 19th Jan. 1888.
DAVID TELFER, ord. 17th April 1888 ;
res. 30th Aug. 1892, and went to
1888
Australia.
1893
NEIL LIVINGSTONE THOMSON,
born Methven, 26th Aug. 1858, son
of Peter T. and Florence Living-
stone ; educated at Perth Schools and
Univ. of Edinburgh; student missionary
at Auchengray, Lanarkshire; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1891 ; assistant at
Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 16th
HAMILTON]
NEW MONKLAND
271
Feb. 1893; adm. first min. of the parish
4th Nov. 1905. Publications— Better than
Gold [Sermons] (Glasgow, 1899) ; A Tour
through the Cave of Adullam (London,
1901) ; Rank Good Luck (London, 1904).
NEW MONKLAND.
[The parish of New Monkland was dis-
joined from Monkland in 1640. There is
a mission chapel within the bounds at
Glenboig.]
LUDOVIC SOMERVELL of Drum-
gray, in the parish, born 1630, brother
1655 of David and Robert S. of Drum-
gray ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th May 1651);
min. in 1655 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; died 
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