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FASTI ECCLESI^E SCOTICANiE
SYNODS OF ABERDEEN AND OF
MORAY
a 2
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
The Kev. W. S. Crockett, Minister of Tweedsmuir, Convener and General Editor.
Francis James Grant, W.S., Kothesay Herald and Lyon Clerk, Vice-Convener
and Joint-Editor.
W. Traquair Dickson, M.A., W.S.
The Eev. Professor James Mackinnon, D.D., Ph.D.
Sir James Balfour Paul, K.C.V.O., LL.D., Lord Lyon King-of-Arms.
The Rev. Arthur Pollok Sym, D.D.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
The Very Eev. David Paul, D.D., LL.D.,
Edinburgh
The Rev. Professor Baxter, B.D., St
Andrews
The Rev. Professor Mackinnon, D.D.,
Ph.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. Thomas Burns, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. W. W. Coats, D.D., Brechin
The Rev. James Gillan, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. J. King Hewison, D.D., Thornhill
The Rev. A. M'Neill Houston, D.D.,
Auchterderran
The Rev. Joseph Mitchell, D.D., Mauchline
The Rev. Harry Smith, D.D., Old Kil-
patrick
The Rev. Arthur P. Sym, D.D., Lilliesleaf
The Rev. J. R. Aitken, M.A., Edinburgh
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. James F. Leishman, M.A.,
Linton
The Rev. Angus J. Macdonald, Killearnan
The Rev. Alex. M. MacGregor, Lochryan
The Rev. John Muirhead, B.D., Avendale
The Rev. John W. Murray, B.A. (Oxon.),
Manor
The Rev. W. H. Porter, Cults, Pitlessie
The Rev. William Stephen, B.D., Inver-
keithing
W. Teaquatr Dickson. W.S., Edinburgh
C. E. W. Macpherson, C.A., Edinburgh
Sir James Balfour Paul, K.C.V.O., LL.D.,
Edinburgh
Thomas Reld, M.A., Lanark
J. H. Stevenson, M.B.E., K.C., Edinburgh
SEP ? 5 19
FASTI EGGLESI^asLss^
SCOTICANiE
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
/ BY
HEW vSCOTT, D.D.
NEW EDITION
Revised and continued to the Present Time under the Superintendence
of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly
VOLUME VI
SYNODS OF ABERDEEN AND OF MORAY
OLIVER AND BOYD
EDINBURGH: TWEEDDALE COURT
1926
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH
3n affectionate /IDemorp
OF THEIR COLLEAGUE
The Very Rev. JAMES COOPER
D.D., Litt.D., D.C.L., LL.D.
THIS VOLUME CONTAINING THE ECCLESIASTICAL
ANNALS OF HIS NATIVE SYNOD OF MORAY IS
DEDICATED BY THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
PREFATORY NOTE
The Editorial Committee have pleasure in issuing the Sixth Volume
of the Fasti. This Volume they consider one of the most important
of the Series, embodying, as it does, the record of a greater number of
ministers appointed after 1839 than is contained in any of the previous
Volumes. The lists before 1839 have been very carefully revised;
many hitherto unrecorded names have been added, together with a
large amount of freshly-acquired information. The lack of two
Separate Registers — those of Abernethy and Forres — (apparently
lost) has been a hampering element, but as far as possible, the
necessary details have been supplied from other sources. The officials
of H.M. General Register House have again afforded courteous access
to various Records in their keeping. Information has come from
numerous private individuals at home and abroad. Practically all
forms of Local Literature have been consulted, Churchyard inscrip-
tions gleaned, and newspaper notices examined. Great pains have
been taken to secure accuracy, and where discrepancies have occurred
— mostly with regard to proper names and dates — the official Registers
have been accepted as authority.
The Committee desire to express their thanks to the Clerks of
the different Presbyteries; also to Mr John A. Henderson, Cults,
Aberdeenshire; J. F. Kellas Johnstone, LL.D. ; the Rev. John Stirton,
U.D., Crathie ; the Rev. Archibald Macdonald, D.D., Kiltarlity, and
many others, for much assistance and information.
The Volume has been brought down to the eve of publication.
April 1926.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Abbreviations ....... xii
Synod of Aberdeen —
I. Presbytery of Aberdeen ..... 1
II. Presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil
77
III. Presbytery of Alford
117
IV. Presbytery of Garioch
148
V. Presbytery of Ellon
186
VI. Presbytery of Deer
209
VII. Presbytery of Turriff
247
VIII. Presbytery of Fordyce
275
Synod of Moray —
I. Presbytery of Strathbogie .... 298
II. Presbytery of Aberlour
334
III. Presbytery of Abernethy .
351
IV. Presbytery of Elgin
374
V. Presbytery of Forres
413
VI. Presbytery of Nairn
430
VII. Presbytery of Inverness .
445
Bibliography of Church and Parish Histories, etc.
485
Index of Parishes and Chapels .
525
Index of Ministers .
529
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.p. .
. without issue
ind.
. inducted
trans.
. translated
inst.
. instituted
univ.
. university
licen.
. licensed
unmarr.
. unmarried
SYNOD OF ABERDEEN
The Kegister of the Synod of Aberdeen begins at 21st Oct. 1651. There are
gaps in the Eecord from 20th April 1660 to 21st Oct. 1662, and from
21st Feb. 1681 to 18th May 1697.
PEESBYTERY OF ABERDEEN
[The Presbytery Eegister of Aberdeen begins at 20th Oct. 1598. The earliest volume
was formerly in Edinburgh, in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, but has been
recovered therefrom. It carries the Eecord down to 14th June 1610. From this last date
to 29th July 1673 there is a gap in the narrative. Other gaps extend from 30th Oct.
1688 to 11th July 1694, from 30th Oct. 1695 to 28th April 1697, from 10th June 1730
to 5th March 1733, and from 27th Aug. 1746 to 30th March 1748. The lack of the two
missing portions belonging to the eighteenth century is owing to the Manse of Durris,
occupied by Eobert Melvill, having been broken into and plundered on 28th Feb. 1747.]
EAST.
[In 1577 a Second Charge was founded
for the parish of St Nicholas in Aberdeen.
After some time, owing to continued great
growth of the population, separate religious
services in connection with the Second
Charge were held in the choir of St
Nicholas Church. On 5th March 1828
the Court of Teinds disjoined the East
Parish from that of St Nicholas. At the
same time the Court handed over to the
new parish the revenues of the Second
Charge and its duties. Thus that charge
was merged in the East Parish. Then also
the choir and the crypt of St Nicholas were
assigned by the Court to serve as a church
for the East Parish.]
1577
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, promoted
■ from sub-deanery of Glasgow to the
bishopric of Aberdeen in 1577 (q.v.),
which he held in conjunction with this
charge till his death, 3rd Aug. 1600.
VOL. VI.
1596
PETEE BLACKBUEN, trans, from
West or First Charge 14th Sept. 1596 ;
elected Moderator of the General
Assembly 7th March 1597 ; promoted to
the bishopric of Aberdeen in 1601 (q.v.).
1602
JAMES EOSE, son of Henry E. of
Larachmore and Beatrice Skene
adm. to Strachan before 1585
trans, to Third Charge 11th Sept. 1599
trans, and adm. before 29th Jan. 1602
preached at the opening of the General
Assembly 2nd July 1605, and being
summoned before the Privy Council 3rd
Oct. thereafter, he declared that it was
not a lawful meeting and was ordered to
return to his parish ; dem. 9th Dec. 1629 ;
died before 10th July 1635. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of John Irvine of Glassel,
and had issue — John, min. of Birse ;
Alexander, min. of Third Charge, Aber-
deen ; Jean (marr. Alexander Scrogie, min.
of St Machar). — {Aberdeen Sas., iv. 304,
337, 390; v. 48, 325.]
EAST
[PRESB. OF
1650
WILLIAM GUILD, D.D. ; trans, from
1631 Kinedward ; elected 12th Jan. 1631 ;
promoted to Principalship of King's
College in 1640 (q.v.).
JOHN OSWALD, trans, from Pencait-
1641 land, and adm. in 1641 ; trans, to the
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1643.
JOHN MENZIES, Eegent in Marischal
1649 College ; adm. in 1649 ; promoted to
Professorship of Divinity in said
college in that year (q.v.).
ANDEEW CANT, probably a kinsman of
Andrew C. the elder ; educated at
Marischal College ; adm. before 4th
Nov. 1650.
GEOEGE MELDEUM, M.A. ; elected
1659 ky the Town Council 1st Dec. 1658 ;
ord. 2nd Feb. 1659 ; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 [afterwards
min. of Kilwinning in 1688].
GEOEGE GARDEN, born 1649, son of
16g3 Alexander G., min. of Forgue ; edu-
cated at King's College; M.A. (1666);
app. Eegent there in 1673; adm. to Forgue
in 1677 ; trans, to St Machar 29th June
1679 ; trans, and inst. 22nd Nov. 1683 ;
D.D. ; deprived by Privy Council in 1692
for not praying for William and Mary;
dep. by General Assembly 5th March 1701
for Bourignonism ; died 31st Jan. 1733. He
is said to have been an ingenious naturalist.
Publications — " Extract of a Letter from
Aberdeen concerning a man of a strange
imitating nature, etc." {Phil. Trans. No. 134,
23rd April 1677) ; Queries and Protestations
of the Scots Episcopal Clergy(London, 1694) ;
Preface and Translation of Bourignon's
Light of the World (London, 1696) ; An
Apology for Madame Antonia Bourignon
(London, 1699); Sermon at the Funeral of the
Eev. Henry Scougal, M.A. (Scougal's Life of
God in the Soul of Man) (Edinburgh, 1747);
"On Generation" (Trans. Boy. Soc, London,
xvi.) ; Life of the Bev. John Forbes of Corse
("Opera Omnia Jo. Forbesii," Amsterdam,
1702-3) ; The Case of the Episcopal Clergy
truly represented (London, 1689 ; Edin-
burgh, 1703, 1704, 1705).— {Aberdeen Tests. ;
Tombst. ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
THOMAS EAMSAY, born 1661; edu-
„„. cated at King's College ; ord. to
Cadder 15th March 1688; elected
7th April, trans, and adm. 9th May 1695 ;
died 28th July 1698. He marr. 2nd June
1689, Elizabeth Dunlop, and had issue
— Matthew ; Bessy ; Mary. — [Tombst. ;
Kennedy's Ann., ii. ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, iii., 36.]
THOMAS BLACKWELL, trans, from
17 Paisley, and adm. 7th Nov. 1700;
trans, to Chair of Divinity, King's
College (q.v.) 4th May 1711.
FEANCIS MELVILL, born Kin-
1711 cardineshire, 1665 ; educated at King's
College ; licen. by the United Presb.
of St Andrews and Cupar ; ord. to Arbuth-
nott 30th Oct. 1690 ; called 14th June, trans,
and adm. 20th Dec. 1711 ; died Dec. 1723.
He marr. (1) 2nd Dec. 1690, Katherine,
daugh. of James Arbuthnot of Dalladies
and Elizabeth Blair, and had issue — Eobert,
min. of Durris, born 1691 ; Elizabeth, born
1700 : (2) April 1704, Margaret Turnbull,
Montrose, and had issue — Janet, born 1707.
— [Aberdeen Tests. ; Kennedy's Ann.]
JAMES CHALMERS, trans, from Dyke,
1726 and pres. by the Town Council in
1724 ; adm. (after considerable
opposition) 21st April 1726 ; trans, to
Greyfriars Parish and Chair of Divinity
in Marischal College (q.v.) 31st July 1728.
JOHN BISSET, born New Deer, 29th
Aug. 1692, son of Patrick B.,
messenger-at-arms, Tyrie ; educated
at Marischal College ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 20th June 1716; ord. to New
Machar 13th March 1717; pres. by the
Town Council in Sept., trans, and adm.
14th Nov. 1728 ; died 2nd Nov. 1756. He
was of a choleric disposition. When
George Whitefield visited Aberdeen in
1741, B., whose turn it was to preach in the
afternoon, attacked him in his sermon by
name, for this the Magistrates apologised
to W. next day. On one occasion B.
was excluded from the pulpit by the
Provost locking the church door against
him. He was a zealous Presbyterian, a man
of many controversies, and is generally
1728
ABERDEEN]
EAST
regarded as founder of the Secession in
Aberdeen, the first congregation of that
body having been formed chiefly from
members of the East Church after B.'s
death. He marr. 30th Oct. 1717, Agnes
(died 21st Sept. 1773), daugh. of John
Pirrie, shipmaster, Aberdeen, and had
issue — Isabel ; Christian ; John, min. of
Brechin; James, born 11th March 1732;
William, min. of South Church, Dundee,
born 11th Nov. 1735. Publications— The
Eight of Patronages Considered (Aberdeen,
1731) ; Modern Erastianism unvailed (Edin-
burgh, 1732) ; A Sermon preached before the
Presb. of Aberdeen \6th Feb. 1737 (Aberdeen,
1737, also 1778) ; Apology for Mr John Bisset
against a Scurrilous Letter ([Aberdeen],
1739) ; Letter to a Gentleman in Edinburgh,
containing Remarks upon a late Apology
for the Presbyterians in Scotland who keep
Communion in the Ordinances of the Gospel
with Mr George Whitefield, a Priest of the
Church of England ([Aberdeen], 1742 ; 3rd
ed. Glasgow, 1743); Communion between
Christ and the Believer (Aberdeen, 1742);
Sermon preached upon 25th April 1749
(Aberdeen, 1749); Standing Fast in the
Lord (Aberdeen, 1749) ; Sermon designed
to have been preached 1th Nov. 1756 (Aber-
deen, 1756) ; Sermon preached on 6th Feb.
1756 (Aberdeen, 1757) ; Discourses on
several Important Subjects (Edinburgh,
1763) ; The Profligacy of any Nation or
People (Aberdeen, 1794) ; A View of the
Judgments of God (Aberdeen, 1794); Ex-
tracts from his Diary, 1745-1746 {Spalding
Club Miscell., vol. i.] (Aberdeen, 1841).—
[Tombst. ; Bruce's Eminent Men of Aber-
deen, 324 ; Butler's Wesley and Whitefield
in Scotland, 30 ; Bamsay's Scotland and
Scotsmen of the Eighteenth Century.']
GEOBGE CAMPBELL, M.A., D.D.;
1757 trans, from Banchory-Ternan ; pres.
by the Town Council in Feb., and
adm. 23rd June 1757 ; dem. on being app.
to Chair of Divinity in Marischal College
(q.v.) 26th June 1771.
GEOBGE ABEBCBOMBIE, born 9th
1772 Jan. 1713, seventh son of Bobert A.,
merchant and bailie of Aberdeen,
and Agnes, daugh. of William Blair, D.D.,
min. in Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College ; M.A. (1734) ; ord. to Footdee 12th
June 1745 ; trans, to Forgue 15th Aug. 1759;
pres. by the Town Council in Feb., trans,
and adm. 25th June 1772 ; died 15th July
1790. He is said to have baptised both
his wives in infancy. He marr. (1) 3rd
Nov. 1772, Jean (died 31st March 1775,
aged 21), daugh. of James Leslie of Drum-
dollo, and had issue — Bobert, born 17th
Feb. 1774, died 15th April 1775 : (2) 9th
Nov. 1778, Barbara (died at Edinburgh,
28th May 1824), youngest daugh. of John
Morrice, baker in Castlegate, Aberdeen,
and had issue— John, M.D. (Oxon), dis-
tinguished medical author, President of the
Boyal College of Physicians, Edinburgh,
Lord Rector of Marischal College (1835-6),
born 11th Oct. 1780, died 14th Nov. 1844 ;
George, born 11th Jan., died 13th Oct.
1782; David, M.A. (Marischal College,
1800), born 30th Oct. 1783, died young;
Robert, born 28th March 1786.— {Diet.
Nat. Biog. ; Bodger's Aberdeen Doctors, 109.]
HUGH HAY, born 13th Sept. 1764, son
17gl of James H., D.D. min. of Elgin;
educated at King's College ; M.A.
(1781) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1st
May 1788 ; pres. to Bathen 17th Aug. 1789,
but res. owing to a charge of simoniacal
practices ; pres. by the Town Council 24th
Aug. 1790; ord. 25th Aug. 1791; died
13th Jan. 1793. He marr. 14th Feb. 1792,
Catherine (died s.p. 24th May 1817, aged
56), second daugh. of Peter Reid, merchant,
Aberdeen. — {Scot. Notes and Queries, is..,
151.]
GEORGE GORDON, born Strathbogie,
lfjga 1753 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1770) ; came there
from Presb. of Caithness; ord. to Mort-
lach 23rd Aug. 1781 ; pres. by the Town
Council in March, trans, and adm. 4th
Dec. 1793 ; D.D. (King's College, 23rd Oct.
1795); app. one of H.M. Chaplains-in-
Ordinary 26th Nov. 1802 ; died after a long
illness 5th Dec. 1811. He marr. 12th Sept.
1786, Margaret Copland, Aberdeen, who
died 15th Aug. 1821, aged 59, and had issue
— Alexander, M.D., surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.,
born 3rd July 1787, died of cholera at
EAST
[PEESB. OF
Satara, 2nd May 1819; George, M.D.,
superintending surgeon, Bombay, born 1st
Sept. 1789, died at Aberdeen "worn out
by climate and much hard service," 4th
May 1832; John, lieut. Bombay Artillery,
born 20th Jan. 1791, died on service in the
Persian Gulf Aug. 1809 ; Maxwell, min. of
Foveran, born 19th Nov. 1792; Isabel, born
28th March 1794 (marr. 13th May 1813,
Gordon M'Bobie, merchant, Aberdeen) ;
William, advocate, Aberdeen, born 15th
April 1795, died 4th April 1856; James,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 20th Feb. 1797,
died 1815; Mary, born 30th Dec. 1797;
Jean Maxwell, born 6th Jan. 1799, died
16th Jan. 1806; Adam, born 30th Sept.
1800, went to Penang ; Margaret, born
20th Nov. 1802 (marr. 11th March 1845,
William Hunter, advocate, Aberdeen), died
17th April 1890; Helen, born 10th Jan.
1805 ; Robert Abercrombie, licentiate school-
master, Foveran, born 20th Oct. 1805, died
9th Aug. 1841. Publication — Account of
Mortlach (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii., xxi.).
ROBERT DOIG, born 1769; educated
1812 at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 12th Nov. 1788;
ord. assistant at Arbroath 3rd March
1791 ; trans, to Trinity Chapel, Aberdeen,
23rd Oct. 1794; elected by the Town Council
17th Dec. 1811 ; trans, and adrn. 2nd Dec.
1812 ; died at Edinburgh 26th July 1824.
He marr. (1) Euphemia (died 31st Jan.
1807), daugh- of Robert Mavor, ship-
master, Dundee, and had issue — Mary,
born 1792, died 26th July 1809 ; Thomas,
min. of Torryburn, born 16th June 1796 :
(2) 28th Dec. 1808, Isabella (died 16th
March 1818), daugh. of Alexander Hadden,
Aberdeen : (3) 11th Nov. 1819, Agnes (died
9th April 1854), daugh. of Alexander Ding-
wall, merchant, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth,
youngest daugh. of John Douglass of
Tilwhilly and Inchmarlo and Mary
Arbuthnott.
JOHN MURRAY, born Insch, 11th
March 1784, son of Andrew M., Mill
of Clatt, and Isobel Milne ; educated
at Parish School, Insch, Aberdeen Grammar
School, Marischal College, MA. (1806), and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; became tutor in family
of Sir James Nasmyth of Posso, Peebles-
shire ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 7th Aug.
1811; assistant at St Andrew's Parish,
Dundee ; ord. to Trinity Chapel, Aberdeen,
9th Jan. 1816; elected by the Town Council
19th Aug., trans, and adm. 2nd Dec. 1824 ;
removed to North Church on its being built
5th March 1828. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of North Free Church, 1843-61 ;
D.D. (Marischal College, 10th April 1856) ;
died 1st March 1861 ; an active member
of Church Courts and an accomplished
scholar. He marr. 18th April 1820,
Margaret (born 9th June 1803, died 4th
Feb. 1862), eldest daugh. of Alexander
Brown, bookseller, and Provost of Aber-
deen, and Catherine Chalmers, and had
issue — Andrew, born 12th Feb. 1821 ;
Catherine, born 24th Sept. 1822; Alex-
ander, born 29th Dec. 1824, died young ;
Margaret, born 27th Jan. 1828, died young;
Alexander Brown, born 29th July 1829 ;
Margaret, born 2nd July 1832. Publica-
tion— To the Constituent Members of
Trinity Chapel (Aberdeen, 1824). — [Aber-
deen Journal Notes and Queries, ii., 62 ; Scot.
Notes and Queries, xi., 147 ; Thomson's
Ministers of the North U.F. Church, Aber-
deen, 1908 ; Life of Andrew Murray [of
South Africa], 137.]
SIMON MACKINTOSH, born Petty,
la4„ 1815 ; educated at Petty and Arder-
sier Schools and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (March 1835) ; teacher at
Lochbroom ; licen. by Presb. of Lochcarron
1840 ; pres. to Daviot, Inverness, but not
settled, being unacceptable to the people ;
ord. to Third Charge, Inverness, 2nd March
1842; trans, and adm. 27th Sept. 1843;
D.D. (King's College, 24th Nov. 1849) ; died
23rd Jan. 1853. In figure he was tall and
stout, with fine auburn hair and capacious
head. He is described as the best preacher
of his time in Aberdeen. He marr. 13th
June 1842, Margaret Macpherson (died 13th
Feb. 1887), and had issue — Willoughby,
born 6th April 1843. Publications — Sermon
preached in the East Church (Aberdeen,
1848) ; Sermon preached on 27th May 1849
(Aberdeen, 1849) ; The Anti-Popish Agita-
tion Explained (Aberdeen, 1851) ; Sermon
on 1st August 1852 (Aberdeen, 1852);
ABERDEEN]
EAST— FERRYHILL
Sermons (Aberdeen, 1855). — [Tombst. ;
Martin's Eminent Divines in Aberdeen
and the North, 234-8.]
WILLIAM OGILVIE, M.A. ; ord. 21st
1S53 July 1853; trans, to Fintray 3rd
Jan. 1856.
JOHN MAKSHALL LANG, ord. 26th
June 1856 ; trans, to Fyvie 5th Aug.
1856
1858.
1862
EOBEET FLINT, ord. 3rd March 1859 ;
1859 trans, to Kilconquhar 2nd Jan. 1862.
COLIN M'CULLOCH, son of James M.,
farmer, and Christian Millar ; ord.
to Haggs 14th Jan. 1841 ; trans, to
Denny 7th Sept. 1843 ; trans, to First
Charge, Montrose, 22nd Dec. 1853; trans.
and adm. 26th June 1862; res. 23rd Aug.
1866 ; became min. at Warrick, Queens-
land, 4th Sept. 1867 ; min. of Campbell
Street Church, Balmain, Sydney, 1869 ;
min. of Wickham Terrace Church, Brisbane,
Aug. 1871 ; res. 7th June 1887 because of
misunderstandings between him and a
portion of his congregation, and formed
St Andrew's Church, Brisbane, 1887 ; deni.
5th Feb. 1889 ; died at Horsham, England,
18th May 1893. He took a prominent part
in the business of the Queensland Church,
and was Principal of the Presbyterian
College and Divinity Hall. He marr. 13th
Jan. 1857, Jemima (died 17th Feb. 1906),
daugh. of James Birnie, shipbuilder, and
Jane Bowman, and had issue — Alice Mary,
born 27th Oct. 1857; Jessie, born 3rd
Sept., and died 23rd Dec. 1859 ; Colin James,
born 13th Sept. 1860. — [Jubilee Memorial
of Presbyterian Church of Queensland
(portrait), 51, 125, et seq.~\
1866
ALEXANDER WATSON BROWN,
born Musselburgh, 1811, son of
Alexander B., tailor, and Agnes
Main ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
ord. to St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 16th Dec.
1841. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Free St Bernard's, Edinburgh,
1843-63; returned to the Church of Scot-
land in 1863 ; adm. here 22nd Nov. 1866 ;
died 5th July 1895. He marr. 1st Dec.
1842, Eliza Hume (died at Stirling, 26th
1877
1881
1899
Oct. 1880), daugh. of James Lockhart,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Elizabeth
Hume, born 13th Nov. 1853; William
Walker, born 23rd Dec. 1855 ;■ Alexander
More, born 19th Jan. 1856, died 5th Feb.
1877;. Camilla Lockhart, born 26th July
1857 ; Agnes Main, born 2nd Jan. 1859 ;
James Lockhart, born 7th June 1860.
Publications — Manual of Scripture Instruc-
tion ; Discourses on the Song of Solomon.
CHARLES MACGREGOR, trans,
(assistant and successor) from Dor-
noch and adm. 9th Aug. 1877 ; trans,
to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh, 8th Dec. 1880
[c/. Vol. I., 84] ; died 27th Dec. 1923.
JAMES COOPER, M.A ; trans, (assist-
ant and successor) from St Stephen's,
Broughty Ferry, and adm. 17th May
1881 ; dem. 5th July 1898 on being app.
to Chair of Church History, Glasgow
Univ. (q.v.).
GEORGE WALKER, born 30th April
1863, son of James W., min. of Kirk-
wall ; educated at Kirkwall School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1883), B.D.
(1886); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th
May 1886 ; assistant at Kinghorn ; ord. to
Callander 20th Oct. 1887 ; trans, and adm.
11th May 1899; D.D. (Aberdeen, 1922).
Marr. 15th Sept. 1892, Isabell, third daugh.
of Charles Isham Strong of Thorpe Hall,
Peterborough, and has issue — Margaret
Isabella, born 23rd Aug. 1893; Charles
William, M.C., M.A., physician, born 16th
Feb. 1895 ; James Frederick, M.A., teacher
of English, born 8th Dec. 1896; George
Francis, born 29th May 1898, died 6th
Dec. 1907 ; Katherine Alice, University
Librarian, Aberdeen, born 21st April 1900 ;
Ralph Spence, born 25th May 1904 ; Ronald
Powlett, born 6th Feb. 1910.
FERRYHILL (Q.S.).
[A church was opened' here 9th Oct 1873.
The parish of Ferryhill was disjoined from
Holburn on 14th July 1879.]
HENRY COWAN, assistant min. of
West Church; app. in 1873; app. to
1878 Rubislaw 6th June 1875.
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FERRYHILL— GAELIC CHAPEL
[PRESB. OF
1875
HENRY WILLIAM "WEIGHT, bom
in 1847, son of Henry W., road sur-
veyor, and Olivia Bennet ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow j assistant at West
Parish, Greenock ; ord. in 1875 ; app.
25th Feb. 1875; D.D. (Aberdeen 1913);
President of Wagner Society, Aberdeen ;
died 14th Dec. 1923. He marr. 3rd May
1875, Isabella Ramsay Anderson, who died
in 1922. Publications — Author of several
hymns which were included in a Hymnary
he compiled.
1924
CHARLES MONCREIFF ROBERT-
SON, M.A. ; trans, and adm. from
Little Dunkeld (q.v.) 15th May 1924.
GAELIC CHAPEL.
[In or about 1778 Gaelic services began
to be held in the choir of St Nicholas
Church. The ordinary time of worship
adopted was on Sunday mornings before
the regular services of the parish. These
Gaelic services were well attended, and
after a time the congregation grew so large
as to make that arrangement inconvenient.
The Gaelic services were therefore removed
to St Mary's Chapel in the crypt of St
Nicholas. A minister of its own was first
called to this Gaelic charge in 1781. In 1795
owing to the growth of the congregation,
a new chapel was built in Belmont Street.
The services were given up in 1843.]
' KENNETH BAYNE,app.to this charge
ll781 in 1781 ; res. in 1785 ; returned in
1788.
RONALD BAYNE, M.A.; app. in 1785;
went to India as chaplain to 73rd
Foot [afterwards min. of The Little
Kirk, Elgin].
1785
1788
KENNETH BAYNE, before mentioned;
ord. 29th Aug. 1788 ; trans, to Gaelic
Chapel, Greenock, 4th Sept. 1792.
JOHN MACKENZIE, ord. 27th Nov.
1793 ; trans, to Gaelic Chapel, Duke
1793 Street, Glasgow, after 3rd Oct. 1798 ;
returned in 1809.
WILLIAM FORBES, ord. 5th Nov.
17g8 1798; trans, to Tarbat 24th April
1800.
JAMES MACPHAIL, M.A. ; ord. 30th
Sept. 1800; trans, to Daviot and
1800
Dunlichty 13th May 1802.
NIEL KENNEDY, adm. 20th Dec.
1804 ; res. and returned to his
former charge at Strathconan [after-
wards min. of Logie Easter].
1804
JOHN MACKENZIE, before men-
1809 ti°ned J trans, from Duke Street
Chapel June 1809 ; trans, to Gorbals
Chapel-of-Ease (Kirkfield) in 1814
DUNCAN GRANT, ord. 12th April
18U 1814; res. 22nd June 1819 [after-
wards min. of Alves],
DONALD SAGE, M.A. ; called Aug.
1819 1819 ; adm. 1st Feb. 1821 ; res.
Dec. that year [afterwards min. of
Resolis].
ROBERT CLARK, M.A; adm. 20th
1822 ^une 1822J res- April 1823 [after-
wards min. of Gaelic Chapel, Duke
Street, Glasgow].
HUGH M'KENZIE, born Beauly, Feb.
1823 ^^ > e<*ucated at King's College ;
M.A. (29th March 1811) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dingwall 28th Sept. 1820; ord.
missionary at Lochtayside 20th June 1822 ;
elected 26th June, and adm. here 31st Oct.
1823. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Gaelic Free Church, 1843-59 ; died
31st Jan. 1859. He marr. Anne (died 8th
March 1869, aged 63), daugh. of Simon
Fraser, min. of Kilmorack, and had issue —
Marianne, died 13th Jan. 1831; James
Alexander, born Jan., and died 27th April
1827 ; William, born Feb. 1829, died 11th
March 1831; Alexander, born 1831, died
23rd Sept. 1855; Hugh, teller, North of
Scotland Bank, born 1835, died 16th May
1909; George, born 1838, died 13th May
1859 ; Catherine Russell (marr. George
Macdonald, min. of Free High Church,
Aberdeen).
ABERDEEN]
GILCOMSTON
1801
GILCOMSTON (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1771. The
parish of Gilcomston was disjoined from
St Machar's 14th July 1852.]
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, M.A. ;
177s called 23rd Dec. 1772; ord. 3rd
March 1773; trans, to Monquhitter
8th May 1776.
JAMES GREGORY, M.A; elected
1778 27th June 1776; ord. 5th Nov. 1778;
trans, to Banchory - Ternan 26th
March 1801.
JAMES KIDD, M.A., D.D. ; called 14th
May, and ord. 15th June 1801 ;
Professor of Oriental Languages in
Marischal College (q.v.), and held this
charge in conjunction ; died 24th Dec. 1834.
JAMES BRYCE, born 1792, eldest son of
18S5 William B., farmer, Renfrew ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 27th April 1819 ; school-
master of St Ninians, Stirling, 1816-24 ;
ord. to Presbyterian Congregation at
Stamfordham 18th May 1824; trans, to
West Church, Wooler, July 1830 ; pres. to
this charge, and adm. 2nd July 1835.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Gilcomston Free Church, 1843-54; res.
in 1854; LL.D. (Glasgow, 1858); died at
Edinburgh, 23rd March 1861. He was well
versed in Church History, and lectured on
that subject to the students of the Free
Church before the equipment of their Theo-
logical Faculty had been completed. He
marr. in 1828, Mary, daugh. of Patrick
Plenderleath, town - clerk, Pittenweem,
and had issue— Acolette (marr. a doctor
in Sheffield). Publications — The Bides and
Practice of the Free Church in so far as
differing from the Established (Edinburgh,
1856); Sketch of Church History (Scot.
Christian Herald) ; Sermon LXXX. (Free
Church Pulpit, ii.). — [The Story of the
West Church, Wooler (portrait), Edinburgh,
1844.]
GEORGE JAMIESON, M.A., B.D. ;
1843 ord" 30tl1 Nov- 1843j trans, to
Grange 14th May 1845.
DAVID MILNE, born Forfar, 1808, son
of David M., brewer, and Jane Cairn-
cross ; educated at King's College;
M.A. (1832) ; ord. (assistant) to Cluny 28th
Sept. 1843; elected 8th May, trans, and
adm. 19th June 1845 ; died 8th Aug. 1879.
His memory is perpetuated by the Milne
Fund, which provides an annual sum of about
£200 for the relief of deserving poor in the
parish. He marr. Eliza (died s.p. 20th
Dec. 1874, aged 74), daugh. of William
Wright, supervisor of Excise, and Helen
Simpson.
1 WILLIAM BREBNER, born Tarland,
„ 4th March 1848, son of Charles B.
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen
M.A. (1868) ; assistant at New Kilpatrick
ord. (assistant and successor) 17th Feb.
1876; res. 16th May 1916, when he was
presented with his portrait, painted by
Fiddes Watt, R.S.A. ; died unmarr. 22nd
May 1920. He was Chairman of Aberdeen
Blind Asylum. During his ministry a
scheme for the complete restoration of the
church was carried through, a suite of
halls built, and a pipe organ installed.
JOHN WATT, trans, (assistant and suc-
I9ie cessor) from Hutchesontown, Glas-
gow, and adm. 9th Nov. 1916 ; trans,
to Buchlyvie 19th May 1919.
JAMES LAWSON MACCURRACH,
1919 born New Abbey, 4tb April 1890>
son of Edward M. and Henrietta
Wright ; educated at Dumfries Academy
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1913);
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow in 1919 ;
served in 4th K.O.S.B. and R.A.F. in
European War ; assistant at Kingscavil ;
ord. 29th Oct. 1919; trans, to Greenock
Middle Parish 18th Sept. 1924.
JOHN MONTGOMERY M'QUITTY,
born Lisnafillan, Ballymena, Co.
Antrim, 27th April 1883, son of
George M. and Fannie Montgomery ; edu-
cated at Ballymena Academy and Queen's
Univ., Belfast; B.A. (1907); licen. by
Presb. of Ballymena 12th Nov. 1908 ;
assistant at North U.F. Church, Aber-
deen, and High Kirk Second Charge,
Ballymena; ord. to High Kirk Second
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GILCOMSTON— GREYFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
Charge, Ballymena, 13th April 1910 ; trans.
to Trinity U.F. Church, Glasgow, 3rd Dec.
1914 ; min. of Abbotshall U.F. Church in
1918 ; trans, to Westbourne Park Church,
Belfast, 30th March 1920 ; trans, and adm.
11th Feb. 1925. Marr. 12th Nov. 1913,
Jane Murray, daugh. of David Meikle and
Isabella Murray, The Pines, Ayr, and has
issue — Frances Jean, born 11th Oct.
1914; George David Holt, born 3rd June
1916 ; Eoin Leonard, born 24th Sept. 1919 ;
Gordon Eaith, born 9th June 1922.
GREYFRIARS.
[The Priory of the Grey Friars in Aberdeen
was founded in 1469, or near that date. It
was dedicated to St Francis. Somewhere
about 1525, Gavin Dunbar, Bishop of Aber-
deen, rebuilt its church on a larger scale.
Of this work the chief feature was the very
graceful tracery of its east window. In
1560 the Priory was suppressed. Its lands
and buildings were then granted to the
City of Aberdeen. Some years later the
Town Council conveyed them to George,
Earl Marischal, to be used by him in
founding Marischal College. Thus the
church of the Grey Friars became the college
chapel. On 2nd July 1605 the General
Assembly met at Aberdeen, in this church.
On 13th Aug. 1616 the Assembly met
again there. A third Aberdeen meeting of
Assembly, also in the Grey Friars Church,
was opened on 29th July 1640. In 1644
an endowment for maintaining a minister
at this church was secured, mainly through
the zeal and benevolence of Sir Thomas
Crombie of Kemnay. In 1749 this building
was constituted a chapel-of-ease. In 1768
a wide aisle was added to it on the north
side. Other alterations were then made at
the west end of the church, including the
removal of its ancient belfry. The parish
of the Greyfriars was disjoined from that of
St Nicholas on 5th March 1828. In 1902
the site of this historic church was taken
by the Town Council of Aberdeen for an
extension of Marischal College. The ancient
building was then taken down and a new
church for the parish built at the expense
of the city.]
1635
1649
1684
ROBERT BARRON, trans, from Keith ;
app. to Chair of Divinity in Mari-
schal College (q.v.) 21st Dec. 1625.
JOHN FORBES, D.D.; Professor of
Divinity in King's College (q.v.) ;
adm. about 1635 ; returned to his
Chair in 1635.
JOHN MENZIES, trans, from Second
Charge and to Chair of Divinity
in Marischal College {q.v.) 6th June
1649.
PATRICK SIBBALD, D.D. ; trans,
from First Charge and adm. 4th
June 1684, holding Chair of Divinity
in Marischal College in conjunction (q.v.).
JAMES OSBORNE, trans, from First
Charge ; pres. by the Town Council
23rd Aug., and adm. 22nd Dec. 1697,
with Chair of Divinity in Marischal College
in conjunction (q.v.).
THOMAS BLACKWELL, trans, from
Second Charge and to Chair of
Divinity in Marischal College (q.v.)
18th Dec. 1711.
JAMES CHALMERS, trans, from
Second Charge and to Chair of
Divinity in Marischal College (q.v.)
8th Aug. 1728.
ROBERT POLLOCK, trans, from
Duddingston and to Chair of
Divinity in Marischal College (q.v.)
28th Aug. 1745.
1697
1711
1728
1745
1760
ALEXANDER GERARD, M.A.; trans,
from Chair of Moral Philosophy,
in Marischal College ; elected 24th
May 1759; adm. to this charge and Chair of
Divinity in said college (q.v.) 11th June 1760.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, D.D. ; trans,
from Second Charge with Principal-
ship of Marischal College in con-
junction (q.v.); elected by the Town Council
26th June, and adm. 7th Aug. 1771.
WILLIAM LAURENCE BROWN,
D.D. ; pres. by the Town Council
1795 15th June, and adm. 12th Aug. 1795;
app. Principal of Marischal College (q.v.),
which he held in conjunction 26th Jan. 1796.
1771
ABERDEEN]
COLLEGE CHAPEL-OF-EASE
9
1805
1813
COLLEGE CHAPEL-OF-EASE.
ALEXANDEK GALL, app. in 1759;
1759 died 8th March 1771.
ALEXANDER MEARNS, app. in 1771 ;
1771 ord. to Towie 18th Sept. 1777.
JAMES HOGG, M.A.; app. in 1778;
1778 trans, to Skene 10th May 1787.
JAMES SHAND, M.A.; elected 31st
l791 March 1787 ; ord. 11th May 1791 ;
trans, to Marykirk 5th July 1805.
JAMES PAULL, M.A. ; elected by the
Town Council, and ord. 22nd Aug.
1805 ; trans, to Tullynessle and
Forbes 24th March 1813.
GEORGE GLENNIE, M.A.; elected
by the Town Council 19th Dec. 1812;
ord. 3rd Feb. 1813; trans, to West
Parish, Aberdeen, 5th May 1814.
DANIEL DEWAR, M.A., LL.D. ;
elected by the Town Council, and
adm. 13th July 1814; trans, to
Tron Church, Glasgow, 19th Aug. 1819.
ANDREW TAWSE, elected by the
Town Council 20th Sept., and adm.
13th Oct. 1819; trans, to Logie-
Colstone 19th July 1826.
ABERCROMBY LOCKHART
GORDON, born 30th Dec. 1803,
son of Abercromby G., min. of Banff;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen,
1817-21 ; elected by the Town Council 2nd,
and ord. 31st Aug. 1826 ; adm. first min. of
this parish 7th May 1828. Joined the Free
Church in 1843, when he retired from the
ministry; died at Norwood, London, 17th
March 1873. He marr. (1) 28th Oct. 1833,
Belinda Jane (died 27th April 1840), daugh.
of Major Alexander Dunbar of Durn, and
had issue — Jane Elizabeth, born 15th Aug.
1834, died 8th Feb. 1837; Jessy Dunbar,
born 8th Jan. 1836, died 25th Nov. 1839 ;
Belinda Jane, born 19th July 1838; Wil-
helmina, born 25th April 1840; Sarahbella
(twin) born 25th April 1840 : (2) 20th Dec.
1842, Ann Brougham (died 13th Feb. 1874),
widow of John Edwards Vivian. Publica-
tions— A Discourse on the Duty of Man to
1814
1819
1826
the Inferior Creation (Aberdeen, 1831) ; An
Address to the Inhabitants on the Necessity
of Establishing Schools, especially for the
Poorer Glasses (Aberdeen, 1831) ; A Letter
to the Right Hon. Lord Belhaven on the
new Scheme of Irish Education (Aberdeen,
1832); The System of National Education
in Scotland, its Origin, its Nature, and
Results (Aberdeen, 1839); A Sermon occa-
sioned by the Second Centenary of the
Second Reformation (Aberdeen, 1839) ; The
Seizure of John Knox's Church (Aberdeen,
1841); Ecclesiastical State and Educational
State (Account of the City, New Stat.
Ace, xii.). — [Scot. Notes and Queries, 1st
ser., vi., 170.]
ARCHIBALD FRANCIS STEWART,
trans, from Craignish 25th April
1844
1845.
1844 ; trans, to Aberfoyle 26th June
WILLIAM ROBINSON PIRIE, Pro-
fessor of Divinity, Marischal College
(q.v.); adm. 17th Sept. 1846; res.
27th Oct. 1847.
1846
1863
DAVID MACTAGGART, M.A, B.D. ;
1848 adm. 13th Sept. 1848; trans, to St
James's Parish, Glasgow, 20th Aug.
1857.
JAMES SMITH, M.A. ; trans, from
Ladhope 17th Dec. 1857 ; trans, to
1857 Ellon 27th Nov. 1862.
JOSEPH HENDERSON, fifth son of
James H., merchant, Kilbarchan ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1846) ; ord. to Abbey Parish, Arbroath,
25th Nov. 1852 ; trans, and adm. 16th
April 1863; diedunmarr. 1st April 1882.
WILLIAM OLIVER, born 1845, son
of William O., grocer, and Agnes
Watt ; ord. (assistant and successor)
1st Sept. 1881 ; died 5th April 1886. He
marr. 25th June 1884, Ann Ross, second
daugh. of John Duncan, min. of Abdie.
GORDON JOHN MURRAY, born
Fochabers, 11th Jan. 1858, son of
1886 WilHam M- and Helen Mackenzie ;
educated at Milne's Institution, Fochabers,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1878), B.D.
1881
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HOLBURN
[PRESB. OF
(1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie May
1882 ; assistant at Arbroath, 1882-6 ; ord.
1st Sept. 1886; D.D. (Aberdeen, March
1910) ; app. Convener of General As-
sembly's Committee on Education for the
Ministry in 1919. Publication — Edited
Records of Arts Class, 1874-8 (Aberdeen,
1906).
HOLBURN (Q.S.).
[The parish of Holburn was disjoined
from St Machar's on 19th June 1867.]
WILLIAM LAMB MITCHELL, born
18S8 Gtlamis, 1803, son of James M.,
landed proprietor and farmer, and
Margaret Lamb ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1829) ; licen. by Presb. of
Meigle 3rd Oct. 1832 ; assistant at Chapel-
shade, Dundee ; elected 12th June, and ord.
25th Sept. 1838. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Holburn Free Church,
1843-80 ; assumed name of Lamb in 1846 ;
died unmarr. 15th May 1880. — [Gammie's
Churches of Aberdeen, 143.]
ALEXANDER ROSS, ord. in 1844;
1844 trans, to Dunnichen 26th Sept. 1850.
JOHN MITCHELL, ord. in 1850;
1850 trans, to St Fergus 28th Feb. 1855.
GEORGE HENRY, born 1830, son of
1855 George H., smith, Aberdeen; edu-
cated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1850) ; ord. 1855 ; died in 1856 ; " a young
man of exceptional promise."
ALEXANDER GRAY, M.A ; ord. 19th
1S57 March 1857 ; trans, to Strichen 7th
Jan. 1858.
JOHN MILNE, born 1820, son of
1858 James M-*> woollen manufacturer,
and Elizabeth Jane Proctor ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1849) ; ord. 4th Feb. 185S ; adm. first min.
of this parish 2nd July 1867 ; died 3rd July
1886.
JAMES ALEXANDER M'CLYMONT,
„ born Girvan, 26th May 1848, fourth
son of Samuel M., Provost of Girvan
and Mary White; educated at Girvan
Grammar School, Ayr Academy, and Univs.
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1867), B.D. (1870), and
Tubingen ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 1st Feb.
1871 ; assistant at Dundee ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 30th April 1874 ; chaplain
to the Gordon Highlanders; V.D. (1893);
D.D. (Edinburgh, 1894); res. 17th Oct.
1912; app. Convener of Committee on
Chaplains to H.M. Forces in 1909 ; app.
depute - clerk of General Assembly 19th
May 1914 ; app. Convener of Committee
on Faith and Order in 1914; principal
chaplain to the Forces in Scotland and
Brigadier-General July 1918 ; C.B.E. (24th
Feb. 1920) ; elected Moderator of General
Assembly 24th May 1921. He presented to
Holburn Church in 1889 a brass lectern
with oak standard. Marr. 14th Dec. 1886,
Agnes, fifth daugh. of Thomas Smith,
Ashwood, Dundee (s.p.). Publications —
Joint-translator [with Thomas Nicol, D.D.],
Beck's Pastoral Theology of the New Testa-
ment (Edin. 1885) ; The Neiv Testament and
its Writers : an Introduction to the Books of
the New Testament [Guild Library] (London,
1893); St John's Gospel [Century Bible]
(Edinburgh, 1901) ; Greece (London, 1906) ;
New Testament Criticism,, its History and
Results [Baird Lecture, 1910-11] (Edin-
burgh, 1913) ; The JVeia Calls to Christian
Brotherhood [Assembly Closing Address]
(Edinburgh, 1921). Editor of the Church
of Scotland Guild Text-Books and Guild
Library. — [Aberdeen Journal Notes and
Queries, iv., 169 ; Church of Scotland Year-
Book, 1922 (portrait).]
WILLIAM HARVEY LEATHEM,
M.A. ; trans, from Second Charge,
St Andrews, 15th May 1913 ; trans, to
Helensburgh West Parish 19th March 1919.
HENRY COULTER, born Warrenpoint,
lgl9 Ireland, 11th Feb. 1880, son of John
C. and Lucinda Best ; educated at
Clontifleece, Co. Down, Magee College,
Derry, Royal Univ. of Ireland (B.A.
1908), and Univ. of Aberdeen (B.D. 1912),
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 7th May 1912;
assistant at Broughty Ferry May 1912 ;
ord. to Newport 30th June 1913 ; served
as chaplain to Forces in France, 1916-18;
trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1919. Marr.
5th Aug. 1914, Dorothy Isabel Mackay,
ABERDEEN]
JOHN KNOX
11
daugh. of John Gibbon, Elgin, and has
issue — Kathleen Elizabeth, born 29th June
1915 ; Sylvia Lucinda, born 2nd Aug. 1916 ;
John Aitken, born 31st Dec. 1919; Mary-
Veronica, born 27th Jan. 1923 ; Dorothy
Euth, born 20th Sept. 1924.
JOHN KNOX (Q.S.).
[The parish of John Knox was disjoined
from those of Greyfriars, St Nicholas, and
St Machar on 15th March 1880.]
ALEXANDEB PHILIP, MA. ; ord. 4th
Aug. 1836; trans, to Cruden 8th
1S36
March 1838.
JOHN STEPHEN, born New Deer, 10th
1838 ^•arc^ I800) son °f Eobert S. and
Jane Smith ; was apprenticed to
his uncle, a cooper, in Aberdeen ; educated
at Marischal College; M.A. (30th March
1821) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 5th
May 1835 ; assistant at Crieff and Gilcom-
ston ; elected 2nd Aug. and ord. 27th
Sept. 1838. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of John Knox Free Church,
1843-81; died 17th June 1881. He marr.
in 1843, Ann, daugh. of William and Janet
Mitchell, and had issue — Jessie Ann, born
29th July 1845, died unmarr. at Auchter-
muchty, 20th April 1925 ; Jane, born July
1847, died 1850; Mary Smith, born 18th
Feb. 1849 (marr., 14th Aug. 1909, James
Bruce Eeid, Chicago, U.S.A.) ; Ann Gordon,
born 10th March 1852; John, born 1854,
died in infancy ; Wilhelmina, born 10th
July 1856 ; Eobert James William, born
July 1857, died 25th Dec. 1862 ; Eobertha,
born 27th July 1862. Publications—
Address to Free John Knox's (Aberdeen,
1845) ; Expositions on the Epistle to the
Romans (Aberdeen, 1857); The Utterances
of the GXIX. Psalm (Aberdeen, 1861) ; An
Answer to Dr Colenso (Aberdeen, 1870).
— [Bazaar Booh (portrait), Aberdeen, 1910.]
CHAELES SKENE, born 1799, son of
184„ Alexander S., farmer, and Elizabeth
Dinnie; app. schoolmaster at Skene
1825; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 30th
Aug. 1826; ord. 21st Dec. 1843; res. in
1877 ; died 30th Jan. 1878. He marr.
Jane Milne, and had issue— Jane Haldane,
who died 29th June 1849. [Bazaar Booh
(portrait), Aberdeen, 1910.]
^HEEBEET BELL, born Langholm,
1877 1842, son of John B., draper,
and Christian Calvert; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1864) ; ord. to
Persie 23rd Sept. 1869; trans, and adm.
1st Oct. 1877 ; died under tragic circum-
stances at Kittybrewster Station 21st
Nov. 1887, and was buried at Canonbie,
Dumfriesshire. He marr. 2nd March 1870,
Sophia (died 4th Jan. 1902), daugh. of
William Henry Garratt, Inland Eevenue,
Annan, and had issue — Christian Henrietta,
born 30th Aug. 1871, died 28th Dec. 1873 ;
Jane Harret, born 20th July 1873; John
William Henry, born 19th May 1875;
Herbert, born 8th May 1877 ; Mary Calvert,
born 20th Jan. 1880; Sophia Alice, born
28th Nov. 1881. — [Aberdeen Journal Notes
and Queries, ii., 311; Bazaar Book (portrait),
Aberdeen, 1910.]
HENEY EANKEN, M.A., B.D.; ord.
lg8s 16th May 1888 ; trans, to Irvine 1st
Oct. 1891.
AETHUE EUGENE CLAXTON, M.A.,
lgg2 B.D. ; ord. 22nd March 1892 ; trans,
to Cathcart 15th Oct. 1896.
DUNCAN HUNTEE BEODIE, M.A.,
1897 B.D. ; ord. 29th April 1897 ; trans.
to Parkhead, Glasgow, 6th June 1905.
GEOEGE ANDEEW JOHNSTON,
1906 M.A., B.D. ; formerly min. of Deer ;
adm. 20th June 1906 ; trans, to
Grange 6th July 1909.
ANDEEW MITCHELL SNADDEN,
M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Eedgorton
8th Dec. 1909 ; res. on being app. to
St George's Church, Johannesburg, 30th
Sept. .1913 ; min. of St Columba's, Black-
hall, in 1922.
GEOEGE DUNDAS NISBETT, edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1908); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1912 ; assistant at St George's, Glasgow ;
ord. 16th April 1914 ; res. 8th Oct. 1917 ;
became assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edin-
12 JOHN KNOX— MANNOFIELD— MARINERS1 CHAPEL [presb. of
burgh; res. and went into business in
Liverpool. Marr. 5th Sept. 1914, Margaret
Alice, daugh. of John Herbert Porter and
Emily Abbott, Burton-on-Trent.
DAVID FINDLAY CLAKK, born
1918 Girvan, 6tn J11116 1882, son of James
C. and Helen Findlay ; educated
at Girvan High School and Univs. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1907), and Edinburgh, B.D.
(1910); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 4th May
1910; assistant at St Matthew's, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Lochgelly 12th March 1913 ; trans.
and adm. 8th March 1918; trans, to Banff
6th April 1925.
JOHN JAMES SCOTT THOMSON,
born Castleton, 10th Sept. 1889, son
of James T. and Isabella Scott ;
educated at Teviot Grove Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1914) ; teacher
in Brydekirk Public School; served in
European War as Captain ; M.C. ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh March 1921 ;
assistant at South Leith Oct. 1920 ; ord.
to Westruther 20th April ly22 ; trans, and
adm. 3rd Sept. 1925. Marr. 18th Oct. 1916
Mabel Jane Scoular, daugh. of George
Bruce Scoular Watson, min. of Cavers,
and has issue — Mabel Jane Scott, born 1st
Oct. 1919; James, born 27th Dec. 1922,
died 10th Jan. 1923.
MANNOFIELD (Q.S.).
[The parish of Mannofield was disjoined
from Holburn and Banchory-Devenick on
13th March 1882.]
WILLIAM FORBES, born Macduff,
1881 1841, only son of James F., builder ;
educated at Macduff School,
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1863); taught in a London school
for a time ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
7th July 1868 ; assistant at West Parish,
Aberdeen ; missionary at Craigiebuckler,
1874-7; ord. to Craigiebuckler 19th July
1877 ; trans, and adm. 10th March 1881 ;
adm. first min. of this parish in 1882 ; res.
in 1906; died at Cathcart 16th Dec. 1921.
— [Johnston's Last Bajans of King's and
Marisc/ud Colleges, 17.]
WILLIAM PHIN GILLIESON, M.A. ;
„ ord. 18th Jan. 1907 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Ayr, 17th Feb. 1910.
WILLIAM WALKER REID, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 29th July 1910; trans,
to Dunbarton 24th June 1915.
1915
1840
JOHN AULAY STEELE, born Renton,
Dunbartonshire, 22nd Sept. 1884,
son of John S. and Frances Dinning;
educated at St Peter's and Scottish High
Schools, Bombay, and Univs. of Bombay
and Glasgow (M.A. 1906) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1909 ; assistant at Keith,
1909-10, at Buenos Aires, 1910-14 ; ord. for
work in Argentina 7th Jan. 1912; and at
St George's Parish, Glasgow, 1914-15 ; adm.
to this charge 3rd Dec 1915. Marr. 22nd
Feb. 1916, Ethel, daugh. of George Hendry
and Mary MTnnes, and has issue — John
Hendry Dinning, born 10th Feb. 1917.
MARINERS' CHAPEL.
[Retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
JOHN LONGMUIR, born parish of
Fetteresso, 13th Nov. 1803, son of
John L., sailor, and Christian Pater-
son ; his parents having removed to Aber-
deen he was educated at the Grammar
School and Marischal College there ; M.A.
(1825) ; became a teacher at Stonehaven
and Forres ; licen. by Presb. of Forres July
1833 ; app. Evening Lecturer in Trinity
Church, Aberdeen, 1837 ; ord. 17th Sept.
1840. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Mariners' Free Church [now merged
in St Andrew's U.F. Church], 1843-81, and
sometime lecturer on geology at King's
College ; LL.D. (Marischal College) 1858 ;
died 7th May 1883. "He was a man of
powerful physique — tall, erect, muscular —
and as he walked along the street with his
stately step, a stout tasselled stick in his
hand, and his hat a little to one side of his
large and well-formed head, with lustrous
eyes and leonine face, there was no mistak-
ing that he was a man of strong mental
force and character." His chief hobbies
were science, poetry, and lexicography —
his edition of Jamieson's Scottish Diction-
Aberdeen] MARINERS' CHAPEL— MELVILLE— NORTH
13
ary giving him considerable reputation
amongst scholars. He marr. (1) 1835,
Lilias Milne, and had issue — John in
Mercantile Marine ; Alexander Davidson,
artist ; Eobert Milne ; Colin Milne, banker,
Melbourne : (2) 1857, Dorothy Hawthorn
Dixon. Publications — The College, and
other Poems (Aberdeen, 1825) ; A Day
spent among the Ruins of Dunnottar Castle
(Aberdeen, 1835) ; Bible Lays (Aberdeen,
1838; Edinburgh, 1877); Wine and Strong
Drink [prize essay] (Aberdeen, 1842) ; The
Anchor of the Soul (Aberdeen, 1842); The
Bible versus Bacchus (Aberdeen, 1845) ;
Dunnottar Castle: its Ruins and Historical
Associations (Aberdeen, 1851) ; Transub-
stantiation and the Jfass (Aberdeen, [1851]);
Ocean Lays (Edinburgh, 1854 ; Aberdeen,
1858) ; Lays for the Lambs (Aberdeen,
1860) ; Speyside : its Scenery and Anti-
quities (Aberdeen, 1860) ; Recollections of
Rev. I. Ballantyne (Edinburgh, 1862) ; The
Water and the Blood (Aberdeen, 1862) ;
Walker and Webster contained in a
Dictionary (London, 1865) ; The Comet
and other Poems (Aberdeen, 1865) ; The
Free United Church (Aberdeen, 1867) ; The
Maydyn Stane of Bennachie (Aberdeen,
1869) ; A Parting Address to the Old Tear
(Aberdeen, 1871); A Run through the Land
of Btirns (Aberdeen, 1872) ; Rhythmical
Lndex to the English Language (London,
1877). He edited an abridged edition of
Jamieson:s Scottish Dictionary (Aberdeen,
1867) ; and [jointly with David Donaldson]
a complete edition of the same in 4 vols.
(Paisley, 1879-82), also Alexander Ross's
Helenore, with a life of the author (Edin-
burgh, 1866). — [Scot. Notes and Queries,
xii., 183 ; Bards of Bon-accord, 407-14 ;
Gammie's Churches of Aberdeen (portrait),
179 ; Edwards's Modern Scottish Poets, ii.
39; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
MELVILLE.
[Retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
WILLIAM PRIMROSE, born Kin-
cardine - on - Forth, 1783, youngest
son of Thomas P., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow and Original Burgher
1839
Synod Hall ; licen. by Presb. of Perth and
Dunfermline 12th Nov. 1805 ; ord. to
Original Secession Church, Aberdeen, 13th
Aug. 1806. Joined the Church of Scotland
in 1839 and adm. to this charge. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Melville
Free Church, 1843-66 ; died 23rd May 1866.
He marr. Isabel Gibb, and had issue —
Elizabeth, died 20th May 1866 ; Katherine
E. (marr. 3rd Dec. 1874, William Leslie of
Nethermuir). — [Tombst. ; Scott's Annals of
Original Secession, 242, 481.]
NORTH, formerly Third Charge.
[In 1580 a Third Charge was founded
for the parish of St Nicholas in Aberdeen.
Owing to great growth of population
separate religious services soon came to
be held in connection with both the Second
and the Third Charges. In 1826 the North
Church was built as a place of worship for
the Third Charge. On 5th March 1828, the
Court of Teinds disjoined the North Parish
from that of St Nicholas assigning at the
same time to the new parish the revenues
and duties which had pertained to the Third
Charge of the parent parish.]
NICOL DALGLEISH, adm. before 28th
Dec. 1580; trans, to St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh, 1581.
1591
ROBERT HOWIE, adm. in 1591;
app. Principal of the newly erected
Marischal College, which he held in
conjunction in 1594 ; trans, to Dundee
before 26th Sept. 1598.
GEORGE CHALMERS, probably acted
1599 as min. in 1599.
[GEORGE GREIR, was brought from
Edinburgh by the Town Council,
who on 5th Sept. 1599 did not con-
sider it expedient to proceed any further in
the matter.]
JAMES ROSE, trans, from Strachan ;
elected by the town, 11th Sept. 1599,
with consent of David, Bishop of
Aberdeen, on behalf of King James ; trans.
to Second Charge before 29th Jan. 1602.
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NORTH
[PEESB. OF
JOHN MACBIRNIE, educated at Univ.
1605 of Edinburgh; M.A. (28th July
1596); adm. to Third Charge, Crail,
about 1601 ; trans, to Ferryport-on-Craig
10th May 1604; trans, and adm. 21st Oct.
1605, for which admission the bishop was
charged to appear before the Privy Council,
not having first obtained the consent of the
King and Commissioners of Assembly. He
opposed the introduction of Episcopacy,
and was summoned before the Commis-
sioners of Assembly 7th Oct. 1607, for
preaching against the bishops and constant
moderators, when he promised to desist
from so doing. His "hatt was tackin aff
his heid and he was strickin on the face by
a parishioner 28th June 1608." He died
in 1614, aged about 38. He was a godly,
zealous, and powerful preacher, and always
had when he rode two Bibles, one in the
original, hanging at a leather girdle about
his middle, as also a small sandglass in a
brazen case to enable him to time his
service. He marr. a lady, name unknown,
and had issue, a daughter, for whom the
magistrates of Aberdeen raised 1000 merks
each. — [Collect. Aberdeen and Banff; Eccl.
Records of Aberdeen, 61, 186, 198.]
WILLIAM FORBES, trans, from Mony-
lel„ musk ; pres. by the General Assembly
in Aug., and adm. 29th Oct. 1616;
D.D. (King's College 1617) ; app. Principal
of Marischal College 1st March 1620 ; trans.
to St Giles, Edinburgh, 21st March 1622
trans, to Old Kirk there 27th Jan. 1626
returned here about Michaelmas that year
app. Bishop of Aberdeen {q.v.) 26th Jan.
1634.
JOHN FORBES of Corse, adm. Pro-
16S4 fessor °^ Theology in King's College
(q.v.) 24th April 1620 ; D.D. (King's
College, 1620) ; app. Rector 30th June
1634 ; adm. to this charge that year, but
probably resigned on succeeding to the
family estates on his father's death in
1635.
ALEXANDER ROSE, born 1594, son
16S6 °^ James R-> min- °f Aberdeen; edu-
cated at King's College; M.A. (1618);
D.D. (King's College about 1630) ; adm. to
Insch about 1621 ; trans, to Footdee 22nd
June 1631 ; elected to this charge 9th Nov.
1636; app. Rector of King's College 25th
June 1638 ; died 11th Aug. 1639. He was
one of the six "Aberdeen Doctors" who
strongly opposed the Covenant, and pro-
pounded to its authors the celebrated
Queries. He was prevented by sickness
from fleeing with the other Royalists
and Churchmen from Aberdeen in 1639.
Spalding speaks of him as a "learned
divine, weill beloved of his flock and
people whyle he was in life and after he
was dead heaviely regretted." He has fre-
quently been confounded with Dr Alexander
Ross, chaplain to King Charles I., and a
voluminous author. He bequeathed £200
for educating boys at the grammar schools.
He marr. (cont. 19th Nov. 1622), Elizabeth,
daugh. of James Cruickshank, burgess of
Aberdeen; she and her children had £100
allowed them by Parliament, 21st June
1661, in consideration of her husband's
sufferings and loyalty. Publication — A
Consolatorie Sermon preached upon the
Death of Patrick, Bishop of Aberdeen, from
Daniel xii., 2 (Forbes's Funeral Sermons,
Aberdeen, 1635).— [Aberdeen Sas., viii. 324,
x. 167; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcix. 458, dvi. 399,
458, 6th May 1628; Aberdeen Burgh Sas.,
xxxviii., 266 ; Fam. of Kilravock ; Acts
of Pari., vii., 38 ; Spalding's Hist., i., 167 ;
Gordon's Scots A fairs, iii., 209; The Aber-
deen Doctors, 255.]
JOHN ROW, elected by the Town
1641 Council 16th Nov., and adm. 14th
Dec. 1641 ; app. by the Magistrates
to give weekly lessons in Hebrew in
Marischal College ; app. Principal of King's
College (q.v.) Sept. 1652.
JOHN PATERSON, trans, from Ellon ;
165g elected by the Town Council 17th
Dec. 1658 ; adm. (by a Committee
of Synod) 16th Aug. 1659; app. Bishop
of Ross (q.v.) in 1662.
DAVID LYELL, trans, from Banchory-
1666 Devenick and adm. in 1666; trans,
to First Charge, Montrose, before
3rd April 1673.
ABERDEEN]
NORTH
15
WILLIAM BLAIE, born about 1644,
la80 son of Eobert B., min. of Alvah;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1663) ; adm. to Forglen 14th
April 1667; trans, to Fordyce in 1675;
trans, and adm. 21st Oct. 1680 ; lie refused
to take the Test, in 1681, and his benefice
was forfeited, but having afterwards signed
before the Bishop, he was allowed by the
Privy Council to return 23rd Feb. 1682;
Rector of Marischal College, 1688-90;
D.D. ; received into Communion by the
Synod 11th May 1698; died after 22nd
Feb. 1716. He marr., and had issue —
James ; Robert, sometime assistant to his
father and afterwards an Episcopal min. in
Edinburgh; Agnes (marr., cont. 19th June
1691, Robert Abercrombie, merchant and
bailie, Aberdeen), died Oct. 1736; Catherine.
— [Wodrow's Hist., iii., 361 ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, iii., 134.]
JOHN OSBORNE, pres. by the Town
1716 Council and ord. 26th April 1716;
app. Principal of Marischal College
(q.v.) in conjunction 8th June 1728; died
19th Aug. 1748.
THOMAS FORBES, born 1710, son of
,,_.- Alexander F. of Tochendry and
Jean, daugh. of Alexander Gallo-
way, goldsmith, Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; became
schoolmaster of Cruden ; licen. by Presb.
of Ellon 6th June 1733 ; ord. to Slains 9th
Jan. 1734 ; pres. by the Town Council in
Feb., trans, and adm. 15th June 1749 ; died
18th Jan. 1783. His portrait is in the
Trinity Hall. He marr. (1) 10th Feb. 1737,
Margaret (died 8th April 1765), daugh. of
David Forbes of Lesly : (2) 19th Aug. 1767,
Agnes (died 29th Feb. 1800), daugh. of
James Mackenzie of Dalmore and Isobel,
eldest daugh. of John Douglass of Tilwhilly.
— [Scot. Notes and Queries, ii., 55 ; Tombst.]
DUNCAN SHAW, born 1727, son of
1783 kachlan Shaw, min. of Elgin, the
historian of Morayshire ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen (M.A., 11th
March 1747), and Univ. of Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Elgin 14th Nov. 1752 ;
ord. to Rafford 10th May 1753; D.D.
(Marischal College, 8th Sept. 1774);
elected by the Town Council 9th April,
trans, and adm. 13th Nov. 1783 ; elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 18th
May 1786; died 23rd June 1794. He marr.
10th Jan. 1754, Jean (died 6th Jan. 1795),
daugh. of George Gordon, min. of Alves,
and had issue — Lachlan, born 30th Oct.
1754; George, born 13th Jan. 1756, died
23rd Sept. 1781 ; Agnes, born 16th Aug.
1757 (marr. Capt. John Grant of the
Inverness-shire Militia); Anna, born 19th
May 1760, died 26th July 1783; David,
born 28th Aug. 1762, died 24th July 1782 ;
Mary, born 7th Dec. 1764, died 29th March
1784 ; Jean, born 10th March 1770, died
19th Feb. 1798. Publications— 4 Com-
parative View of the Several Methods of
promoting Religious Instruction from the
Earliest down to the Present Time, 2 vols.
(London, 1776); The History of Gamaliel ;
The History and Philosophy of Judaism
(Edinburgh, 1787) ; The Centurion's Testi-
mony to Christ's Divinity (Edinburgh, 1793).
— [Scot. Notes and Queries, iv., 65; Tombst.]
JAMES ROSS, born 1761, son of James
-„„ R., teacher of writing and arithmetic
in Aberdeen ; educated at Grammar
School and Marischal College ; M.A. (Feb.
1780); tutor in family of Lord Forbes;
became a schoolmaster at Bo'ness ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 30th April 1794 ; pres.
by the Town Council 30th Aug. that year ;
ord. 11th June 1795; D.D. (Marischal
College, 18th Oct. 1809); died 17th Oct.
1824. He marr. 23rd May 1796, Margaret
(died 20th April 1802, aged 40), daugh. of
Patrick Leith of Allathan, and had issue
— Alexander Leith, M.A., born 22nd Nov.
1796, died 21st April 1821 ; Elizabeth, born
10th Aug. 1799, died 3rd March 1800.
Publication — Sermons, with a Memoir of
his Life (Aberdeen, 1825). — [Remains of
Alexander Leith Ross, Aberdeen, 1822.]
JAMES FOOTE, born 30th Aug. 1781,
son of Robert F., min. of Fettercairn ;
educated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(31st March 1798) ; licen. by Presb. of Perth
25th July 1804; ord. to Logie-Pert 21st
Dec. 1809; elected by the Town Council
1st Nov. 1824 ; trans, and adm. 23rd June
1825
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NORTH— ST MACHAR'S
[PEESB. OF
1825. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Free East Church, Aberdeen,
1843-56; D.D. (Marischal College 23rd
Feb. 1850); died 25th June 1856. He was
an accomplished musician and excelled as a
violinist. He marr. 3rd June 1812, Christian
(born 15th April 1777, died s.p. 26th Feb.
1868), daugh. of William Aberdein, Mont-
rose. Publications — The Wilderness made
glad, A Sermon (Dundee, 1813; London,
1819) ; The Duty of Christians (Aberdeen,
1816); The Difficulties of the Christian
Ministry (Aberdeen, 1830); Lectures on
the Gospel according to Luke, 6 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1838-9 and 1849, 3rd ed. 2
vols. 1858); Pastoral Letter to the Congrega-
tion of the Free East Church (Aberdeen,
1844) ; A Doctrinal Treatise on Effectual
Calling (Edinburgh, 1846) ; A Plea for
Theological Education in the Free Church
of Scotland (Aberdeen, 1850) ; Communion
Week Sermons (Aberdeen, 1854); Sermon
XXIII. (Free Church Pulpit, i).— [Gammie's
Churches of Aberdeen, 110; Tablet in
Church.]
1843
JOHN WILSON, born 7th Oct. 1793,
second son of William W., merchant,
Ayr, and Antonia M'Call ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; became assistant
master at Ayr Academy and afterwards
classical master in Madras Academy,
Cupar-Fife; ord. to Methil 21st Nov.
1839; res. in 1842; adm. here 27th Sept.
1843; died 27th Sept. 1873. He marr. 25th
Dec. 1836, Louisa (died 30th May 1876),
daugh. of Matthew Shout, shipowner,
and Jane Dougal. — [Carnie's Reporting
Reminiscences.]
WILLIAM JAMIESON, born 1831, son
of William J., first mate, and
Georgina Jamieson Cleat ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; became a missionary
in connection with Maxwell parish; ord.
(assistant and successor) 12th May 1870 ;
died unmarr. 11th Oct. 1876. — [Gammie's
Churches of Aberdeen, 40.]
GEOEGE STRANG ANDERSON,
trans, from South Parish, Paisley,
21st March 1877 ; trans, to Kilrenny
14th Nov. 1878 ; died 14th March 1925.
1870
WILLIAM MACKNIGHT WILSON,
187g born Ayr, 1831, son of Henry W., shoe-
maker, and Elizabeth Macknight ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. by Presb. of
Glasgow 16th Nov. 1865, min. of St An-
drew's Church, Campbelton, Restigonche,
New Brunswick, but res. on account of his
wife's health ; assistant at Burntisland ;
adm. to this charge 24th April 1879; died
6th Jan. 1914. He marr. 31st Dec. 1860,
Mary Ann Russell Robertson, who died 2nd
Feb. 1923.
1904
JAMES RAE, born Port-Gordon, 18th
Dec. 1872, son of John R. and
Margaret Brown Fraser ; educated
at Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1895) ; licen. by Presb.
of Elgin ; assistant at St Mary's, Dumfries,
and John Knox Parish, Aberdeen ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 18th May 1904.
ST MACHAR'S, commonly called
OLD MACHAR.
[It was drawing near the end of the sixth
century when St Columba, Abbot of Iona,
sent forth St Machar, one of his monks,
to found an evangelistic mission among the
Eastern Picts. Machar fixed his settlement
a little way from the mouth of the Don,
near where that river reaches the sea. The
spot thus chosen was called Aberdoin, that
is, the place at the mouth of the Don. It is
now known as Old Aberdeen. This site, we
are told, was chosen by St Machar because,
at that point, the course of the stream curves
into a loop like the head of a pastoral staff.
Such sites on the bends of rivers were much
favoured by ancient Celtic builders for their
raths or places of strength, whether these
were to be the fastnesses of warrior chiefs
or the peaceful dwellings of monks. They
were well secured against attack, yet easy
of access. Such remains can be seen at
Old Melrose, Dryburgh, Cambuskenneth,
and other places. In after times, there
arose, about a mile along the coast to
the south, a notable harbour to which
was given the name of New Aberdeen.
This led to St Machar's town being called
abeedeen]
ST MACHAR'S
17
Old Aberdeen. The two are now united
in the city of Aberdeen. In 1125, when
King David I. founded the See of Aberdeen,
he fixed the bishop's seat at Old Aberdeen
and made St Machar's Church there its
cathedral. The funds for this new founda-
tion, were, in great part, obtained by the
suppression of the ancient Celtic Abbey
of Mortlach. Neachtan, the Abbot of
Mortlach was made the first Bishop of
Aberdeen. Out of this last fact has arisen
the somewhat widespread myth that there
was a Bishopric of Mortlach which King
David transferred to Aberdeen. There was
really no such See. The so-called bishops
before Neachtan were Abbots of Mortlach.
Somewhere about 1190, Matthew Kinnin-
mont, Bishop of Aberdeen, began to build
a great church for a cathedral at Old Aber-
deen. His undertaking was carried on by
his successors until 1233, when the work
was stopped for a time by the sudden
arrival of an English fleet, which captured
the town and sacked it. The manses of the
prebendaries and other buildings were
burned, but the cathedral was left standing.
In 1282 Bishop Henry le Cheyne pulled
down all the cathedral building, and started
anew to erect a church of greater size. In
1370 the building operations were again
brought to a stand by Bishop Alexander
Kinnimont. He removed the work of his
predecessors, and then began to erect on the
same site a much larger and more stately
church. With this new plan the work
went steadily on till near the middle of the
sixteenth century. There is no record to
show whether the building of the choir was
ever actually completed. It is, however,
evident that it had advanced a long way.
The cathedral, as thus erected, was some-
what over 200 feet in length. It had a
stately central tower, and at its west end
were simple but dignified twin towers.
The choir, which had no aisles, was about
70 feet long. Besides the High Altar of
St Machar, there were in the church
shrines of the Holy Bood, St Mary, St
Michael, St Katherine, St Nicholas, St
Deavanach, St Muireach, St Andrew, St
Dominic, St Duthac, St Peter, St Paul,
St Clement, and St John. In 1560 the See
VOL. VI.
of Aberdeen was suppressed, but, ere long,
St Machar's was made the parish church
of Old Aberdeen. As such, it took the
place of the small Church of Our Lady
of the Snows, commonly styled the Snaw
Kirk, whose burial ground is still to be seen
close to St Machar's. The parish of Old
Aberdeen had been a prebend belonging to
the Dean of the Diocese. It was of vast
extent, including the lands that form such
modern parishes as Gilcomston, Holburn,
Ferryhill, Powis, Kuthrieston, Bosemount
and Woodside, together with the large area
now forming the great parishes of St
Machar, New Machar, and Newhills. In
1595 a Second Charge was provided for
this unwieldy cure. At Monykebuck, in the
landward part of the parish, there had long
been a chapel of St Columba. In 1609 this
became the church of an extensive new
parish taken off Old Aberdeen. For a
time it kept its old name of Monykebuck,
but, by the end of the seventeenth century,
it had got to be called Upper Machar. In
the eighteenth century this name gradually
gave place to the modern designation of
New Machar. As a result of this latter
change of title, the parish of Old Aberdeen
came to be called Old Machar. In the
winter of 1688 a violent gale brought
down the massive central tower of St
Machar's Church. In its fall the tower
carried the transept roofs along with it, and
utterly ruined the choir. The damage to
the transepts was soon made good, but the
tower and the choir passed out of existence.
The church, as now standing, is 143 feet
long. One of its chief features is the very
fine oaken roof of the nave, with its rich
heraldic adornment. Within this parish,
near the church, stands King's College, the
more ancient part of the University of
Aberdeen. In 1494 William Elphinston,
the great Bishop of Aberdeen, undertook
the erection of a college and university
here, and in that year King James IV.
obtained from Pope Alexander VI. a Bull
authorising the new foundation. In 1595
the building was begun. Then, also, the
bishop granted to the chapel of the King's
College an erection as a collegiate church.
This, Pope Julius II. confirmed by a Bull
18
ST MACHAR'S
[PRESB. OF
in 1596, and King James fortified the
foundation by a Royal Charter in 1597.
Marischal College and University in New
Aberdeen was founded by George, Earl
Marischal, in 1593. In 1641 Charles I.
united the two colleges, so as to form one
University of Aberdeen. But this good work
of his was undone by his son Charles II.,
who severed the two foundations again in
1661. It was only in 1860 that the two
colleges were a second time brought to-
gether in the one university. The Collegiate
Church of King's College in Old Aberdeen
was of old sometimes styled St Mary's
College Kirk. When it was founded,
however, in 1595, it was dedicated to
the Holy Trinity, St Mary, St Andrew, St
Mungo, and St German. Inside the church
there were Altars of St Mary, St German,
and St Katherine. Old Aberdeen held two
fairs, those of St Machar and St Luke.
There were two holy Wells in the town,
St Machar's Well and that dedicated to the
Nine Maidens of St Donald.]
First Charge.
JAMES LAWSON, adm. Aug. 1569;
trans, to St Giles, Edinburgh, 9th
1569 Nov. 1572.
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOT, min. of
Arbuthnott in 1569; adm. here about
1574 1574, holding the Principalship of
King's College in conjunction (q.v.).
DAVID RAIT, of the family of Hall-
green in the Mearns ; adm. before
1598 20th Oct. 1598, holding the Principal-
ship of King's College in conjunction ; was
a member of Assembly, 1602, 1605, 1610.
As Moderator of Synod, he preached in
place of the former Moderator at the open-
ing of Assembly at Aberdeen, 2nd July
1605, but no action was taken against him;
D.D. (Aberdeen 1620) ; died in 1632. He
marr. Dec. 1592, Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Allardice of that ilk, and had issue— James,
apprenticed to James Gardine, litster, Aber-
deen, 20th March 1642.— [Munro's Records
of Old Aberdeen, 205.]
1621
ALEXANDER SCROGIE {primus),
born 1565 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. ; became
a regent in Marischal College ; assistant
at Skene 9th Sept. 1603; ord. (assistant
there) 16th Aug. 1605 ; attended the
meeting of the Assembly at Aberdeen
2nd July that year, for which he was
summoned before the Privy Council, but
admitting it was not a lawful Assembly
he was released ; trans, to Drumoak 26th
Jan. 1606. He was ordered, 7th March
1608, to reside in his parish, but on 13th
March 1609 he was charged with non-
residence. He answered that his family did
reside and he himself too on every Satur-
day, Sunday, and Monday, being occupied
at the College the rest of the week. He was
ordered to leave the College at Lammas and
reside with his wife and family ; trans, and
adm. in 1621 ; D.D. (King's College, 31st
July 1627) ; joined with the other Doctors
of Aberdeen in opposing the Covenant, and
was app. rector of King's College 24th June
1636. He gave further offence by celebrat-
ing the Communion on Christmas 1638, after
that had been forbidden by the previous
Assembly. His house was seized by a
party of soldiers of the Earl Marischal's
Regiment on 15th July, but he compounded
for a protection next day with 600 merks
until the meeting of Assembly, when he
was dep. by a committee, 1st Aug. 1640,
for his opposition to the Covenant. He
petitioned the Assembly in July 1641,
offered to subscribe the Covenant, and to
make a full recantation before the Presb.
26th May 1642. By this means he obtained
a gift from the Bishop of Ross of eight
chalders' victual, after he had been deprived
of his benefice ; died at Rathven 1659. He
has been represented as " of good parts for
good literature, judgment, and understand-
ing." He marr. Jean, daugh. of James Ross,
min. of Second Charge, Aberdeen, and had
issue — William, min. of Rathven and Bishop
of Argyll ; Alexander, min. of this parish ;
James ; Patrick ; a daugh. (marr. William
Douglas, min. of Forgue) ; Marjorie (marr.
Alexander Innes, min. of Mortlach). Publi-
cations— A Funeral Speech in Commemora-
tion of Bishop Forbes (Forbes's Funeral
ABERDEEN]
ST MACHAR'S
19
1640
Sermons) ; also contributed to the Eeplies
and Duplies against the Covenant. — [Aber-
deen Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 373 ; P. R.
Sas. Aberdeen, iv. 73, vi. 5, 182, 529; The
Aberdeen Doctors, 248-54 ; Baillie's Letters,
i., 248 ; Gordon's Scots Affairs, iii., 22, 226.]
WILLIAM STEACHAN, born 1610,
eldest son of Arthur S., son and heir
of Sir Alexander S. of Thornton,
Knight ; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1628) ; became Kegent and
Procurator - Moraviensis there, 30th June
1634; adm. to Methlick in 1635; was a
member of Assembly in 1639 ; trans, and
adm. 29th Nov. 1640 ; elected to Edinburgh
6th Nov. 1643, 13th July 1647, and 17th
and 29th March 1648, but refused to accept
any of these calls ; died 8th March 1653.
" He was learned and of good life," while
he taught "powerfullie and planelie the
Word to the gryt comfort of his auditores,"
and was " one of the best pastores that hes
bene sene in this church thir many yeiris."
He marr. Elizabeth Middleton, who died
at Tarves Manse, 30th Jan. 1666, and had
issue — Andrew, died young ; Patrick, M.A.
(King's College, 1656), app. Master of the
Grammar School, Aberdeen, 16th July 1656
[he is called min. of Maxton in Morland
Simpson's Records of the Grammar School,
but this is a mistake]; John, min. of Tarves,
and Principal of the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
George, min. of this parish; Arthur, min.
of Mortlach — [Monteith's Mort., 130 ; Lyon
Register ; Spalding's Hist., 351.]
JOHN" SEATON, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1645);
licen. by Presb. of Deer 22nd Nov.
1649 ; adm. to Second Charge 12th June
1650 ; trans, and adm. before 18th March
1656, when he was allowed by the Presb.
to be the only min. Coming into conflict
with his kirk-session, he dem. 2nd Nov.
1657, went to England, where he held a
charge at Felton Bridge, Northumberland,
from which he was outed in 1662, and
returned to Aberdeen. He marr. a daugh.
of Alexander Forbes of Auchintoull, and
had issue — John, at Aberdeen Univ. 1667.
— [Records of Old Aberdeen, 207; Mac-
farlane's Geneal. Coll., ii., 257.]
1656
1669
ALEXANDEE SCKOGIE {secundus),
son of Alexander S., D.D., min.
of this parish ; educated at King's
College; M.A. (1634); app. regent there
30th April 1638, but was deprived by the
General Assembly, 18th Oct. 1639, when
Alexander Gardyne was app. in his place ;
adm. to Forglen in 1642 ; trans, to Drum-
blade before 9th Dec. 1647 ; trans, and
adm. 18th April 1659 ; died shortly before
21st April 1661. He marr. Isobel Eeid,
who died 28th Sept. 1662, and had issue-
William, Commissary of Argyll; and five
others. Publication — Mirabilia Dei, or
Britania Gaudo Exultans : a Congratu-
latory Sermon for the safe Return of Our
Gracious Sovereign (Edinburgh, 1660). —
[Banff Sas., vi., 278 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6373 ;
Bow's Diary ; Kennedy's Anal, of Aberdeen,
ii., 352.]
ALEXANDEE MIDDLETON, M.A. ;
trans, from Bayne and adm. 12th
1661 Nov. 1661 ; dem. in 1662 on being
app. to Principalship of King's College,
Aberdeen (q.v.), and to Newhills in con-
junction.
1665
EOBEBT BEYNOLD [or REY-
NOLDS], born about 1630, son of
John R., who built half of the loft
in the church of Montrose ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1647), and
studied divinity at St Andrews ; was a
probationer in Presb. of Brechin 16th
Aug. 1649; adm. to St Vigeans after 15th
Aug. 1650; trans, and adm. 29th Oct.
1665; Eector of King's College, 1668-70;
died Nov. 1670. He marr. Janet Douglas
(who survived him, and marr. (2) Andrew
Straton, apothecary, Montrose), and had
issue — Patrick, M.D., Leyden ; Alexander ;
William, M.A., born 1656, died 16th March
1674 ; Anna, died 25th April 1675 ; Janet ;
Mary.— [G. R. Homings, 19th Feb. 1675;
Reg. of Deeds, Durie, vii., 130.]
1672
GEOBGE STEACHAN, born 1646,
son of William S., min. of this
parish ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th April 1663) ; adm.
to Second Charge, Montrose, 1669 ; trans.
and adm. 10th March 1672 ; died between
20
ST MACHAR'S
[PRESB. OF
1679
1699
19th Nov. and 19th Dec. 1678. He was
probably unmarr.
GEOEGE GABDEN, MA.; trans, from
Forgue and inst. 29th June 1679 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Aberdeen,
22nd Nov. 1683.
JOHN KEITH, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1649: became
16R4
servitor to Lord Fraser ; adm. to
Echt 9th Nov. 1662 ; trans, to Birse in
1684 ; trans, and adm. 12th Oct. that year ;
D.D. (after 1687) ; died in 1694. He marr.
and had issue — Mary (marr. Francis Eoss,
min. of Eenfrew).
THOMAS THOMSON of Cocklaw;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1654) ; min. of Parton about 1660 ;
dep. 11th June 1662; restored in 1690,
but did not return ; adm. to Carstairs that
year ; adm. to Forres in 1693 ; trans, to
Turriff before 6th May 1697 ; called 13th
Aug., trans, and adm. 15th Nov. 1699 ;
died 25th Oct. 1704. He marr. 21st Sept.
1659, Isobel (died 3rd March 1704, aged 70),
daugh. of Thomas Mercer, advocate in
Aberdeen. — [St Andrews Tests.]
DAVID COESE, educated at King's
.„0, College ; ord. to Second Charge 26th
March (or 22nd April) 1704 ; called
26th April, trans, and adm. 17th May 1705;
died 15th Oct. 1712. He marr. 8th Feb.
1705, Margaret, eldest daugh. of James
Gray of Balgownie, and had issue — Alex-
ander, M.A. (King's College, 1725) ; David,
min. of Dunnottar. — [Aberdeen Journal
ATotes and Queries, iii., 262.]
ALEXANDEE MITCHELL, eldest son
1714 of John M. in Logie ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1688) ; became tutor to Charles Maitland,
younger, of Pittrichie ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 4th May 1698 ; ord. to Belhelvie
28th Feb. 1699 ; pres. by the Principal and
Masters of King's College May 1713 ; trans.
and adm. 31st Aug. 1714 ; died 19th Jan.
1728. He marr. 18th July 1699, Jean,
daugh. of Thomas Innes, factor to the
Earl of Panmure, and had issue — Thomas ;
John ; Alexander, merchant, Aberdeen ;
Margaret ; Anna, died Nov. 1714 ; a child
born 1725 ; a child born 1726; Jean (marr.
John Eobertson of Foveran). — [Privy Seal
Eng. Reg., vi., 314.]
GEOEGE CHALMERS, Principal of
172g King's College; pres. by Masters of
King's College ; called 19th June
1728; adm. March 1729, but the settle-
ment was set aside 15th May thereafter ;
called anew 23rd Sept. 1729, and adm. by
a Committee of Synod soon after, which
was affirmed by the General Assembly
21st May 1730. He held the Principalship
in conjunction {q.v.).
JAMES MITCHELL, born 1702; edu-
1746 cate£l at King's College ; M.A. (12th
May 1719) ; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen 30th Sept. 1724 ; ord. to Footdee 4th
Jan. 1727 ; trans, to Second Charge 27th
July 1731 ; trans, and adm. 6th Oct. 1746;
died 20th Jan. 1773. He marr. 5th Dec.
1727, Elizabeth Duncan, who died 7th April
1792, aged 84, and had issue — William,
min. of the Scots Church, Leyden; George
James, born 27th Oct. 1732 ; Euphemia,
born 16th Feb. 1734 (marr. 18th June 1761,
Peter May) ; Archibald, born 19th Nov.
1736; John, born 24th Aug. 1738; Thomas,
born 5th Nov. 1740; Alexander, born 15th
Nov. 1745 ; Diana, born 1st Sept. 1748, died
31st Jan. 1749.— [Tombst. ; Steven's Scot.
Church Rotterdam, 313.]
PATRICK DUFF, born 1728, son of
1773 Eobert D., min. of Aberlour; edu-
cated at Marischal College, 1741-5 ;
licen. by Presb. of Alford 22nd June 1753 ;
ord. to Glenbuchat 2nd May 1754; trans,
to Second Charge 6th March 1755; pres.
by James, Earl of Fife, in April, trans, and
adm. 23rd June 1773 ; died 6th March 1784.
He marr. (1) 6th Aug. 1764, Henrietta
Lumsden, who died s.p. 15th Nov. 1777,
aged 47 : (2) 21st Oct. 1779, Elizabeth
Forbes, who died s.p. 21st Dec. 1828, aged
85.— [Records of Old Aberdeen, 238.]
SKENE OGILVY, born 27th Sept. 1755,
17s4 son of George O., min. of Banchory-
Devenick; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1773); licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 28th Nov. 1776; ord.
to Skene 11th Sept. 1777; pres. by James,
ABERDEEN]
ST MACHAR'S
21
Earl of Fife, in Aug., trans, and adm. 14th
Oct. 1784 ; D.D. (Marischal College, 27th
Sept. 1799) ; dem. 11th June 1830 ; died in
London, 12th Dec. 1831. He marr. 16th
Sept. 1783, Isabella (died 6th Sept. 1821),
daugh. of George Seton of Mounie, and had
issue — Alexander, born 28th Sept., and died
12th Oct. 1785 ; George of Cool, Dumfries-
shire, surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 15th May
1786; Anna, born 24th Dec. 1787 (marr.
21st Oct. 1809, George Anderson, merchant,
London) ; Janet Skene, bom 31st Dec. 1789
(marr. 8th Feb. 1810, Alexander Anderson-
Seton of Mounie) ; David, surgeon
H.E.I.C.S., born 20th Sept. 1793, died
31st Oct. 1814; Jean, born 11th Sept. 1794
(marr. 4th Sept 1822, Capt. John Gordon,
R.A.). Publications — The Excellence of
Charity (Aberdeen, 1791) ; The Consola-
tions on the Death of Friends (Aberdeen,
1811); The Memory of our Rulers (Aber-
deen, 1815) ; To the Heritors of the Parish
of Old Machar (Aberdeen, [1817]); The
Utility of the Ceremonial of a Coronation
(Aberdeen, 1821).
ROBERT SMITH, born 1797, son of
1830 J°nn S-, bailie of Brechin, and Cecilia
Gillies, sister of Adam G., Lord of
Session; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Brechin 10th
May 1820; ord. to Dreghorn 22nd Feb.
1821 ; trans, to Yester 15th Oct. 1829 ;
pres. by Trustees of James, Earl of Fife,
in July, trans, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1830 ;
D.D. (King's College, 13th July 1858);
died 11th Nov. 1877. He marr. 11th June
1821, Mary Curzon (died 15th Aug. 1865,
aged 71), daugh. of Thomas Molison,
Provost of Brechin, and had issue — Ann
Mary, born 4th Feb. 1823 (marr. 15th June
1854, Frederick Fuller, Professor of Mathe-
matics, Aberdeen Univ.) ; John, major-
general Bengal Staff Corps, born 1st July
1824, died 27th Nov. 1889; Thomas
Molison, lieut. 8th Madras Infantry, born
28th May 1826, died at Samulcotta, 23rd
Nov. 1853 ; Adam Gillies, C.A., Edinburgh,
born 30th Nov. 1827, died 8th Jan. 1900;
Sir Colvin S., surgeon-general, G.C.B.,
M.D., served in the Indian Mutiny, was
Principal Medical Officer with the Indian
Contingent in the Egyptian Campaign
(1882), and Honorary Surgeon to Queen
Victoria and King Edward VII., born 4th
Aug. 1829, died at South Kensington, 1st
March 1913 ; Cecilia Gillies, born 28th Jan.
1831, died 21st Nov. 1918; Robert, M.D.,
born 30th Aug. 1832 ; William Allardice,
born 13th May 1834, died 19th March 1842;
Molison, born 13th Feb. 1836, died 20th
March 1S42 ; Margaret Christina, born 4th
Jan. 1838, died 19th March 1842; Mary
Curzon, born 28th Oct. 1839, died 17th Jan.
1926. Publication — A Sermon on Isaiah
liii., 1 (Aberdeen, 1836).— [Tombst.]
GEORGE JAMIESON, born Turriff,
.„„_ 18th July 1815, second son of Andrew
J., merchant and chief magistrate ;
educated at Turriff School, Grammar
School, and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A (1834), B.D. (1867); licen. by Presb.
of Turriff in 1839; taught in Woolwich
Academy and other schools in England ;
became schoolmaster at Chapel of Garioch ;
ord. to Gilcomston 30th Nov. 1843; trans,
to Grange 14th May 1845 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Fife ; trans, to Second Charge 3rd
June 1858 ; trans, and adm. 20th June
1878; D.D. (Aberdeen, 6th March 1886);
died 12th March 1903. He marr. 20th Jan.
1848, Jane (died 3rd Aug. 1898, aged 71),
eldest daugh. of Andrew Wallace of Chapel
of Seggat, Auchterless, and had issue —
Georgina Jane, born 25th March 1851
(marr. 16th Dec. 1876, William Wallace,
London) ; William, Government surveyor,
Australia, born 14th Feb. 1852 ; Fife, M.A.,
M.B., CM., Demonstrator of Anatomy,
Univ. of Aberdeen, born 19th March 1854,
died 18th April 1882 [his fellow-students
founded a Medal in the Univ. in his
memory] ; Ann Lumsden Wallace, born
13th July 1856 ; Margaret, born 13th April
1858 (marr. J. H. Fawcett, metallurgist),
died at Coolgardie, Western Australia ;
Andrew, C.E., Professor of Engineering
in Technical College, Glasgow, born 18th
Sept. 1859 ; Matthew Buchanan, C.E., born
16th May 1860, died in Australia; Alexander
William George Macduff, born 20th June,
died 19th Aug. 1861; Alexander George,
M.A., M.D., born 6th Sept. 1863, died at
22
ST MACHAR'S
[PEESB. OF
Omaha, U.S.A., 13th May 1888; Isabella
Mary Jane, born 15th Aug. 1865 (marr.,
10th Sept. 1888, William John Eitchie
Simpson, C.M.G., Professor of Hygiene in
King's College, London) ; Christian, born
13th Aug. 1866 (marr. James Hall, min.
of Banchory-Ternan). Publications — Gospel-
Doctrines and Duties (Aberdeen, 1845);
Established versus Free (Aberdeen, 1846);
The Education Question (Aberdeen, 1854);
The Essentials of Philosophy (Edinburgh,
1859) ; The Church's Communion (Aber-
deen, 1867) ; Carnality, or the Philosophy
of Law Investigated (London, 1872) ;
Try the Spirits (Aberdeen, 1876) ; Fore-
knowledge and Predestination (Edinburgh,
[1880]) ; Profound Problems in Theology
(London, 1884); Discussions on the Atone-
ment (Edinburgh, 1887) ; A New Psychology
(Edinburgh, 1890); Neo-Catholicism in the
Church of Scotland (Aberdeen, 1893). —
\Thanage of Fermartyn, 135.]
JOHN CALDER, born Cambusnethan,
12th June 1843, son of John C, min.
of Partick ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 7th Dec. 1870 ; assistant at Kirk-
hope and St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Leochel-Cushnie 19th Sept. 1872 ; trans.
to Second Charge 17th Oct. 1878; trans,
and adm. 3rd June 1903 ; D.D. (Aberdeen,
6th April 1904) ; res. 3rd June 1919 ; died
unmarr. 3rd March 1923.
BRUCE M'EWEN, born Stonehaven,
1919 !876, son of Thomas M., school-
master, and Susan Bruce, and nephew
of William Straton Bruce, D.D., min. of
Banff; educated at Fettes College and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1897), B.D.
(1900) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1900 ; ord. (assistant and successor) at
Gladsmuir 7th May 1903 ; Lecturer on
Apologetics, Edinburgh Univ. 1908; trans, to
Second Charge 2nd Sept. 1913; res. 9th Oct.
1916 ; served as major in Sth Royal Scots
and Machine-Gun Corps in European War ;
wounded in Prance ; adm. to this charge
20th Aug. 1919; D.Phil. (Edinburgh); died
Sth June 1923. " Scholar and antiquary,
preacher and churchman, soldier and
patriot, man and brother, death fastened
upon him on the field of war and claimed
him after a brief respite in time of peace."
He marr. Eleanor Officer Blackwood.
Publication — Manual for First Communion
(Aberdeen, n.d.). Epistolare in usum
Ecclesice Cathedral is Aberdonensis [Pre-
face by Professor Curtis, D.D., Introduc-
tion by Francis C. Eeles (Edinburgh,
1924.)]
JOHN MACGILCHRIST, D.D.; trans.
1923 ^rom Govan (q.v.) and adm. here
23rd Nov. 1923; app. Convener of
Committee on Correspondence with the
Scottish Church in England, 1924.
Second Charge.
ROBERT HOWIE, min. of Aberdeen,
1595 said to be colleague in 1595.
JOHN CHALMERS, Sub-Principal of
1601 King's College, which he held in
conjunction ; adm. before 25th Dec.
1601 ; trans, to Keith in 1610.
JOHN SEATON, M.A. ; adm. 12th June
1650 1650 ; trans, to First Charge before
18th March 1656.
16
ADAM SUTHERLAND, M.A. ; adm.
(date uncertain) ; trans, to New
Machar in 1676.
ALEXANDER CLERK, M.A. ; ord. (at
168S Kettins) 2nd, and trans, to Methlick
16th Sept. 1683.
DAVID CORSE, called 5th, 8th, 10th,
.„.. and 11th Jan., and ord. 26th March
(or 22nd April) 1704 ; trans, to First
Charge 17 th May 1705.
WILLIAM SMITH, educated at
„ „ Marischal College ; M.A. (1708) ;
licen. by Presb. of Deer 20th July
1714; ord. (assistant) at Peterhead 9th
Aug. 1716 ; called by Presb. jure devoluto
6th March, trans, and adm. 8th May
1717 ; adm. honorary burgess of Aberdeen
in 1719, when he was made Master of
Bishop Dunbar's Hospital ; died June
1731. He purchased in 1720 two of the
prebend's manses (Kinkell and Monymusk
in the Chanonry of Aberdeen), and with
ABERDEEN]
ST MACHAR'S
23
1731
1747
the stones built himself a three-storey house
and offices. He marr. (1) 5th Feb. 1717,
Elizabeth Lindsay : (2) Janet Keith, who
died Sept. 1767 .—[Aberdeen Tests.]
JAMES MITCHELL, M.A. ; trans, from
Footdee and adm. 27th July 1731 ;
trans, to First Charge 6th Oct. 1746.
GEORGE BARTLET, born 1715, son
of James B., merchant burgess of
Aberdeen, and Ann, daugh. of David
Gregory of Kinnairdie ; educated at Mari-
schal College, 1727-31 ; licen. by Presb. of
Ellon 27th July 1737 ; ord. to Footdee 17th
June 1741 ; trans, to Crimond 9th Aug.
1744 ; trans, and adm. 27th June 1747 ; died
7th Dec. 1753. His early death was spoken
of as "truly lamentable," as the church
" has thereby lost one of its most able and
faithful pastors." He marr. 21st June 1748,
Helen (died 25th April 1766, aged 52),
daugh. of William Gellie, bailie and Dean
of Guild of Aberdeen, and had issue —
Elizabeth, born 8th Oct. 1749 (marr. 1770,
Richard Hyde, dyer) ; James, born 16th
Sept. 1751, served heir 14th Nov. 1767.
PATRICK DUFF, trans, from Glen-
17ss buchat ; pres. by Principal and
Masters of King's College June
1754; adm. 6th March 1755; trans, to
First Charge 23rd June 1773.
THOMAS TAIT, M.A. ; pres. by James,
1774
Earl of Fife, Nov. 1773 ; ord. 15th
Sept. 1774; trans, to Auchindoir
18th April 1780.
ROBERT DUNBAR, educated at
Marischal College, 1763-7; licen.
by Presb. of Forres 24th Nov. 1772 ;
ord. (assistant) at Dyke 6th April 1779;
pres. by James, Earl of Fife, in July, trans.
and adm. 30th Aug. 1 780 ; died 7th Sept. 1 787 .
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, M.A.,
1788 Pres- ky James, Earl of Fife, in
March, and ord. 1st May 1788;
trans, to Echt 16th June 1791.
GEORGE GRANT, pres. by James, Earl
791 of Fife, 6th July, and adm. 11th Aug.
1791 ; trans, to Mortlach 14th May
1794.
ALEXANDER SIMPSON, MA.. ; pres.
1795 ky James> Earl of Fife, Oct. 1794 ;
ord. 21st Jan. 1795 ; trans, to New
Machar 28th Nov. 1804.
ALEXANDER WALKER, M.A. ; pres.
by James, Earl of Fife, in April,
and ord. 8th Aug. 1805 ; trans, to
Urquhart 4th April 1811.
1805
GILBERT GERARD, D.D. ; Professor
1811 °^ Divinity in King's College (q.v.),
which he held in conjunction ; pres.
by trustees of James, Earl of Fife,in Aug., and
adm. 19th Sept. 1811; died 28th Sept. 1815.
PATRICK FORBES, born 17th June
1776, son of Francis F., min. of
Grange ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege ; M.A. (1793); app. schoolmaster of
Grange 1st May 1793-4; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 3rd May 1797 ; ord. to Boharm
14th Aug. 1800 ; pres. by trustees of James,
Earl of Fife, in March, trans, and adm.
9th May 1816 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 7th July
1821); elected Moderator of the General
Assembly 21st May 1829 ; app. Professor of
Humanity and Chemistry, King's College,
18th July 1817; died 13th Oct. 1847. He
was familiarly known as "Prosody." He
marr. (1) 3rd June 1800, Helen (died
13th July 1816), daugh. of John Copland,
merchant and bailie of Aberdeen, and had
issue — Jemima, born 5th March 1801, died
19th July 1810; John, LL.D., Professor of
Hebrew, Univ. of Aberdeen, born 16th Nov.
1802 ; Francis, min. of St Luke's, Demerara,
born 27th Sept. 1804 ; Anna, born 20th May
1806 (marr. 17th Nov. 1834, Alexander
Thurburn, Alexandria, Egypt), died 4th
June 1876 : (2) 17th Dec. 1821, Mary (born
16th Nov. 1800, died 24th Jan. 1879), second
daugh. of George Glennie, D.D., min. of
West Parish, Aberdeen, and had issue —
Alexander of Dacca, Bengal, born 13th July
1823, died 22nd Oct. 1891 ; George, cashier,
Bank of England, born 2nd Jan. 1825, died
at Manningtree, 25th May 1874 ; Margaret,
born 24th Aug. 1826 ; Mary, born 19th Feb.
1830, died 5th Jan. 1918; Patrick, M.D.,
born 5th Oct. 1832, died 3rd Dec. 1854;
Isabella, born 14th Nov. 1834, died 27th
April 1835 ; Elizabeth Jane, born 5th May
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ST MACHAR'S— POWIS— ROSEMOUNT
[pRESB. OF
1837, died 21st April 1851 ; James Beattie,
min. of Leslie, born 13th April 1838 ; Helen,
born 28th June 1839, died 20th July 1924.
Isabella, born 27th Aug. 1842, died 17th
Aug. 1853. Publications — Syllabus of
Lectures on Chemistry (Aberdeen, 1825) ;
Letter regarding Bills for the Regulation
of the Scottish Universities (Aberdeen,
1835) ; Letter to Alexander Bannerman
(Aberdeen, 1835) ; Considerations on the
Constitution of the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1841). He translated Principle
of Interpretation of the Old Testament from
the "Institutio Interpretis Veteris Testa-
menti " of J. H. Pareau (Biblical Cabinet,
viii.). — [Records of Old Aberdeen, 218 ;
Rodger's Aberdeen Doctors, 246-50.]
JAMES GEORGE WOOD, born
1848 Slamannan, 29th July 1818, eldest
son of William W., farmer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Bath-
gate 28th Sept. 1843; trans, to Middle
Parish, Paisley, 21st Feb. 1845; pres. by
James, Earl of Fife ; trans, and adm. 14th
Sept. 1848; died 11th Oct. 1857. He marr.
8th Feb. 1844, Georgina (died at Glasgow,
9th Oct. 1896, aged 76), daugh. of George
Ure, and had issue — William Maine, born
13th Jan. 1848; George Ure, born 15th
April 1850 ; Georgina Helen, born 4th Dec.
1854 (marr. David Nicol).
GEORGE JAMIESON, trans, from
Grange and adm. 3rd June 1858 ;
trans, to First Charge 20th June 1878.
JOHN CALDER, trans, from Leochel-
.„_„ Cuslmie and adm. 17th Oct. 1878 ;
trans, to First Charge 3rd June 1903.
THOMAS SHERRETT CARGILL,
lgo3 M.A., B.D.; ord. 25th Nov. 1903;
trans, to Cromdale 9th Nov. 1909.
JAMES KIRK, M.A., M.C. ; trans, from
Forteviot and adm. 2nd March 1910 ;
trans, to Dunbar 23rd April 1913
(c/. Vol. I., 406) ; died of wounds received
in action 1st April 1918.
BRUCE M'EWEN, M.A., B.D., D.Phil. ;
trans, from Gladsmuir and adm. 2nd
Sept. 1913 ; res. 9th Oct. 1916 [after-
wards min. of First Charge].
1913
CHARLES M'GLASHAN, born
lgl7 Strowan, Perthshire, 19th Nov. 1867,
son of Alexander M. and Margaret
M'Reanor ; educated at Monzievaird School
and Univs. of Glasgow and St Andrews ;
licen.byPresb.of Perthl5th May 1890; assist-
ant at Larbert and West Parish, Aberdeen;
ord. to Maryculter 9th Jan. 1900; trans, and
adm. 12th Jan. 1917; trans, to Strichen, 15th
May 1925. Marr. 4th June 1902, Ellen
Barclay, youngest daugh. of Francis Love,
Roebuck Park, Carron, and Janet Barclay.
MELVILLE DINWIDDLE, born 18th
lg25 July 1892, son of John Linton D.,
min. of Ruthwell; educated at Dum-
fries Academy and Univ.of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1914), B.D. (1925); licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 25th March 1925 ; assistant at South
Leith; ord. to this parish 16th Sept. 1925.
Served in Gordon Highlanders in European
War, commissioned 1914, on active service
in France 1915-19, promoted capt. in 1915,
appointed staff-capt. in 1916, and D.A.A.G.
at G.H.Q. 1917, staff-capt. in War Office
1920-4; awarded M.C. (1915), D.S.O. (1917),
O.B.E. (1919), six times mentioned in dis-
patches, retired with rank of major, 15th Aug.
1924. Marr. 6th Jan. 1920, Margaret Arnott,
elder daugh. of Alexander Guild, W.S.,Edin-
burgh, and has issue— John Alexander, born
1st Dec. 1920 ; Mona Margaret, born 18th
Aug. 1922.
POWIS (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built at Powis in or about
1895. On 8th Jan. 1904 the parish of Powis
was disjoined from St Machar's, Rosemount,
and Woodside.]
THOMAS DAVID WATT, M.A. ; trans.
1896 from Robertson Memorial Mission,
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, adm. 17th
May 1896; adm. first min. of this parish 9th
Jan. 1904 ; trans, to Glengairn 31st Jan. 1924.
ALEXANDER MOIR, M.A.; trans.
1924 from Mouswald (q.v.), 24th June 1924.
ROSEMOUNT (Q.S.).
[The church was opened 9th Dec. 1877.
On 14th July 1879 the parish of Rosemount
was disjoined from St Machar's.]
Aberdeen] ROSEMOUNT— RUBISLAW— RUTHRIESTON
25
1878
1882
1895
1901
1907
JAMES LEASE, M.A. ; trans, from
Lonmay 13th June 1878 and adm.
first min. of this parish ; trans, to St
Stephen's, Broughty Ferry, 24th Nov. 1881.
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.A., B.D. ;
min. of the Scots Church, Paris ;
adm. 11th May 1882 ; trans, to St
Matthew's, Edinburgh, 25th July 1894.
WILLIAM BOBLAND, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 31st Jan. 1895; trans, to Dunbar
17th May 1901. Publication— Hose-
mount Parish Church : the Work of Twenty-
one Years (Aberdeen, 1898).
GEOBGE WAUCHOPE STEWABT,
M.A., B.D.; trans, from West Parish,
Fraserburgh, 25th Sept. 1901 ; trans,
to Fyvie 7th Nov. 1906.
THOMAS WILKIE WILSON, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from Greenlaw, Paisley,
2nd April 1907 ; trans, to Stow 27th
Jan. 1911 (cf Vol. II., 165). Publications—
The Permanence of Christianity (London,
1919); The Stow of Wedale (Aberdeen, 1924).
NEIL MACLEOD BOSS, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from St James's, Kirkcaldy,
10th Aug. 1911 ; trans, to Buccleuch,
Edinburgh, 17th Sept. 1913.
JAMES KISSOCK WILKIN, born
Caerlaverock, 14th June 1868, son
of James W. and Marion Kissock ;
educated at Dumfries Academy, Univs. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1891), Marburg, and
Berlin ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 2nd
May 1894 ; locum tenens at Skelmorlie ;
assistant at Ellon, Abbotshall, and Alloa ;
ord. to Ladhope 5th Dec. 1900 ; trans, and
adm. 18th Feb. 1914. Marr. 10th April
1901, Anne, daugh. of John Brander and
Margaret Laing.
RUBISLAW.
[On 19th March 1877, the parish of
Bubislaw was disjoined from St Nicholas.]
HENRY COWAN, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from Ferryhill and app. 6th June
1875 ; adm. first min. of this parish
19th April 1877 ; trans, to New Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 27th Sept. 1882.
1911
1914
1883
EOBEET THOMSON, born Greenock,
24th July 1843, eldest son of Bobert
T., artificer, Greenock, and Agnes
Orr ; educated at Greenock Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow ; B. A. (1860), M.A. (1861) ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock 10th May
1865 ; assistant at West Parish, Greenock,
and Barony, Glasgow; ord. to North Church,
Stirling, 6th Nov. 1866 ; trans, to Bothesay
16th May 1870 ; trans, and adm. 22nd May
1883; B.D. (Glasgow, 1908); res. 27th
Dec. 1921. Marr. 18th Oct. 1871, Kate,
fourth daugh. of William Cockburn, Port
Canning, Bengal, and Kate Laing, and has
issue — Bobert Cockburn, born 15th, and
died 28th Sept. 1872; Kate Cockburn,
born 1st April 1874 (marr. 1st Dec. 1903,
Herman Gunther) ; Edith, born 10th July
1875 (marr. 3rd Sept. 1914, Hugh Barr);
Violet Elizabeth, born 11th Oct. 1880 (marr.
18th June 1902, Charles E. Bitchie); Alice
Mary, born 11th July 1886. Publication—
The Preaching of Christ (Synod Sermon)
(Aberdeen, 1888).
1922
VINCENT CASSELS ALEXANDEB,
born London, 10th Sept. 1886,
youngest son of Major James
A., Whitehouse, Edinburgh, and Augusta
Marie Eck ; educated at Dulwich College,
London, Fettes College, Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (1909), B.D. (1912); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th May 1912;
assistant at St Mary's, Dundee ; ord. to
Bow 17th Sept. 1914; trans, and adm. 14th
June 1922. Marr. 9th Feb. 1921, Nora,
youngest daugh. of William Mackay,
Thurso, and Mima Alexa Taylor, and
has issue — Alexa Marie, born 22nd Dec.
1921 ; Alastair Boss Cassels, born 22nd
July 1924.
RUTHRIESTON (Q.S.).
[Services were begun in 1876 in the old
school of Buthrieston by Dr M'Clymont and
his assistants, and in 1881 an iron church
was secured. A new church was opened
by Professor Story in April 1891. The
parish of Buthrieston was disjoined from
Holburn and Ferryhill on 28th Nov. 1902.]
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RUTHRIESTON
[PEESB. OF
1881
THOMAS SCOTT, M.A. ; app. May
1881 ; res. in July on being app. as
Indian chaplain (g.v.).
1881
JOHN CEAWFOED, M.A., B.D. ; app.
in 1881 ; res. the same year on being
app. as Indian chaplain (g.v.).
WILLIAM T. W. LOWE, born Laurence-
1882 kirk, 1854, educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; app. April 1882.
DAVID LILLIE, M.A., B.D. ; app. in
1884 1884 [afterwards min. of Watten].
ALEXANDEE JACK, M.A.; app. in
1886 1886 [afterwards min. of Towie].
1888
JOHN HEEON, M.A, B.D. ; app. Nov.
1888 ; res. on being app. as Indian
chaplain (g.v.).
WILLIAM KEAN, born Rothesay, 31st
July 1857, son of William K. ; edu-
cated at Eothesay School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1880); B.D. (1881); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1881 ; assistant at St
George's, Glasgow; ord. Consular chaplain
and min. of St Andrew's Church, Alexandria,
Egypt, 6th May 1884, where he rendered
conspicuous service during the bombard-
ment of that city ; adm. to this charge in
1893 ; res. in 1895 ; app. assistant agent of
the British and Foreign Bible Society at St
Petersburg [Leningrad] in 1895 and became
sole agent in 1897 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1899) ;
died during the Eevolution in Eussia in
Dec. 1918. He was a singularly success-
ful agent of the Bible Society. His wide
and sympathetic knowledge, his mastery of
many languages, his administrative ability,
and his shrewd wisdom in the conduct of
affairs won for him a position of unusual
influence. While he held office he super-
vised the circulation in Eussia of over
eleven million copies of the Scriptures.
During the War he exerted himself heroic-
ally on behalf of the Eussian armies, the
sick and wounded, and the prisoners of
war from Central Europe. After the
Eevolution he remained courageously at
his post, in face of much hardship and
peril, acting as secretary of a committee
for the relief of British residents in Petro-
grad, and conducting a regular Sunday
service. Among his last letters to the
Bible Society he wrote in September 1917 :
" Clear out at once, if you want to carry
off a little of what you have ; less it will
be, every day you remain ; and if you
remain to the end, you will have nothing.
My goal is the end." He marr. 21st Oct.
1884, Mary, daugh. of James Macgregor
and Mary Scott, and had issue — Andrew
Malloch, lawyer, born 8th March 1887 ;
Dallas, master of a merchant steamship,
born 28th June 1889, reported missing
during 1915 ; Ethel, Welfare secretary,
born 11th May 1891 ; Francis, accountant,
born 9th Oct. 1893.— [The Bible in the
World (1919).]
KENNETH DANIEL M'LAREN, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from St Andrew's, Cal-
cutta, 1st Sept. 1895 ; trans, to Saline
29th Nov. 1900.
1895
1902
1906
JOHN MOEEISON M'LUCKIE,
formerly of Scots Church, St Vin-
cent ; adm. 29th Nov. 1902 ; trans,
to Wallacetown, Dundee, 11th April 1906.
JOHN MARSHALL PRYDE, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 15th Aug. 1906; trans,
to St Modan's, Falkirk, 11th Oct.
1910 (g.v.); dem. 1916; assistant at Kil-
renny and adm. min. there 29th May 1925.
JAMES ALEXANDER WADDELL
19U MULLIGAN, B.A. ; adm. 22nd
Feb. 1911 ; trans, to Strachan 15th
Jan. 1920.
M'INTOSH MOWAT, born Drumlithie,
1920 15t^ Sept. 1890, son of James M.
and Marjory M'Intosh ; educated at
Mackie Academy, Stonehaven, Gordon's
College, and Univs. of Aberdeen and
Edinburgh ; B.L. (1922) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 16th June 1920 ; assistant at
Holburn ; ord. 16th June 1920. Marr. 24th
Dec. 1914, Antoinette, daugh. of Ronald
M'Donald Mollison and Margaret Wilson,
and has issue — Marjory M'Intosh, born
26th May 1917; Gilbert Mollison, born
28th April 1921 ; Alexander Ruthrieston
(twin), born 28th April 1921 ; Mackintosh
Henry Cowan, born 2nd Jan. 1926.
ABERDEEN]
ST CLEMENT'S
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ST CLEMENT'S, or FOOTDEE.
[In the parish of St Nicholas, near the
mouth of the river Dee, stood of old the
fishing village of Futtie. In it, from an
early time, there was a chapel of St Futach,
styled in Gaelic Mo Futach. It is more
than likely that the dedication of this
chapel gave the place its name of Futtie.
The local tradition tells that St Futach
was an early Pictish teacher of the faith.
However that may be, there was at Futtie,
in later times, a chapel dedicated to St
Photinus, the Martyr of Apamea in
Phrygia. Futtie was joined to Torry on
the further side of the Dee by a wide
passage called St Fittick's, or St Futach's
Ferry. As at some other wide ferries,
this one had a second chapel near the
landing-place at Torry. It, too, bore the
name of St Photinus. By the end of the
fifteenth century the shrine of St Photinus
at Futtie had given place to a later chapel
dedicated to St Clement, the patron of
mariners. A hundred years afterwards
this chapel of St Clement had fallen into
ruin, and was no longer in use. In 1631
St Clement's Chapel was restored and
became a place of regular worship. During
the nineteenth century Futtie was taken
into the city of Aberdeen. The old chapel
was about that time rebuilt on a larger
scale. On 28th March 1828 the parish of
St Clement was disjoined, quoad omnia,
from that of St Nicholas.]
ALEXANDEE BOSS, M.A.; trans.
from Insch and elected 22nd June
1631 1631; D.D. (King's College 1631);
trans, to Third or North Charge, Aberdeen,
9th Nov. 1636.
1636
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born about
1610, son and heir of Charles R.,
burgess of Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, 1626-30; elected 14th
Sept. 1636; signed the Covenant 22nd
July 163S ; was elected one of the mins.
of the City in 1640, but not settled ; fled the
country with the mins. of the City in 1645.
[JOHN BURNETT, elected preacher
19th Sept. 1649.]
1652
[JAMES RITCHIE, M.A. (King's Col-
lege 1645) ; also elected preacher 4th Sept.
1650.]
ROBERT DOWNIE, son of William D.,
Banchory, and nephew of Thomas
Reid, secretary to the Univ. ; edu-
cated at King's College; M.A. (1623),
M.D. ; app. librarian of Marischal College
8th Feb. 1632 ; adm. before 1652 ; gave his
library to the College in 1662; died 14th
Aug. 1663. He marr. Isobel Walker, and
had issue — Patrick, died in England in
1679 ; Katherine ; Isobel. Publications —
Poems dedicated to the Earl of Kinnovl ;
Scotorum Elogium, dedicated to Charles I.
(Aberdeen, 1641) ; " Epitaphia Metrica,"
xxvii.-x.xxi. (Forbes's Funeral Sermons,
Aberdeen, 1635).— [G. R. Inhib., 19th April
1670; Maidment's Scot. Writers; Row's
Diary [where D. is called " catechist at
Futtie."]]
WILLIAM MITCHELL, elected 4th
April 1667 ; probably deprived in
1681 on account of the Test ; adm.
to Leslie, Fife, 1688.
1667
1683
ALEXANDER GRAY, born about 1660,
son of Thomas G., Provost of Aber-
deen ; educated at Marischal College,
1674-8; elected 7th June 1682; ord. in 1683;
burgess of Aberdeen in 1695 ; dep. 27th June
1716, for praying for the Chevalier de St
George during the Rising. — [Scot. Notes
and Queries, xii., 39.]
JAMES OGILVIE, M.A. ; pres. by the
Town Council 18th Jan., and ord.
1720 23rd March 1720; trans, to Inch-
ture 28th April 1726.
JAMES MITCHELL, M.A.; pres. by
l727 the Town Council 3rd Oct. 1726;
ord. 4th Jan. 1727 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Old Machar, 27th July 1731.
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, pres. 21st
July, and ord. 28th Aug. 1731 ;
1731
trans, to Keig 30th April 1740.
GEORGE BARTLET, pres. 8th Sept.
1740; ord. 17th June 1741; trans,
to Crimond 9th Aug. 1744.
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ST CLEMENT'S
[PEESB. OF
1745
GEOEGE ABERCROMBIE, pres. by
the Town Council and ord. 12th
June 1745 ; trans, to Forgue 15th
Aug. 1759.
WILLIAM BISSET, M.A. ; elected by
11?60 the Town Council in 1759 ; ord.
7th May 1760 ; trans, to Drumblade
11th July 1764.
ALEXANDER BURNETT, M.A. ; ord.
1765 19th June 1765; dem. 20th Aug.
1773 [afterwards min. of Careston].
ALEXANDER FULLERTON, born
1737 ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1757); became
schoolmaster of Fetteresso ; app. one of
the masters of the Grammar School,
Aberdeen, 23rd April ] 760 ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 25th March 1767 ; elected by
the Town Council Sept. 1773; ord. 23rd
Feb. 1774, holding his mastership in con-
junction ; died 10th Sept. 1787. He marr.
29th Dec. 1777, Jean, daugh. of John Mair,
min. of Rayne ; she survived him and marr.
(2) William Paterson, min. of Logie-Buchan.
Publication — The Measures of Toleration, a
sermon (Aberdeen, 1783). — [Tombst]
JOHN THOMSON, born 31st Jan. 1757,
1774
1787
son of Patrick T., min. of Tough ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (8th Feb. 1773) ; licen. by
Presb. of Alford 7th May 1777 ; ord. by
it 2nd Sept. 1778 without a charge ; pres.
by the Town Council 20th Sept. 1787;
M.D. (King's College, 12th Oct. 1807);
adm. first min. of this parish 7th May
1828 ; died 16th Jan. 1838. He marr. 5th
June 1792, Barbara Hay, who died 22nd
Dec. 1836, aged 77, and had issue — Helen,
born 25th March 1793 (marr. 5th June 1812,
Captain William Rait, R.N.) ; Elizabeth,
born 15th Nov. 1794 (marr. Alexander
Mortimer), died 23rd Jan. 1822 ; Jane,
born 10th April 1797 ; Barbara, born 13th
March 1799 (marr. 19th Oct. 1820, George
Crawford, merchant, Montrose). — [Gam-
mie's Churches of Aberdeen, 56, 183-5.]
ALEXANDER SPENCE, born 12th
18g!7 Dec. 1804, son of William S., min.
of Glenbuchat ; educated at Mari-
schal College; M.A. (1st April 1822);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 30th Aug.
1827 ; pres. by the Town Council in April,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 1st Aug.
1837. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of St Clement's Free Church, 1843-90 ;
D.D. (Aberdeen, Dec. 1866); died 30th
Aug. 1890 [the last of the Aberdeen
mins. who seceded in 1843]. He marr. (1)
24th June 1845, Janet Simpson Gibb, who
died 14th Aug. 1850, and had issue-
Catherine Easton, born 4th May 1846
(marr. James M'Kissock Shiach, min. of
Abbey Free Church, Dunfermline) ; Mary
Jane, born 20th Sept. 1847 (marr. Robert
Urquhart, min. of Free Church, Botriph-
nie): (2) 19th Oct. 1852, Janet Auchie,
who died 24th Dec. 1899, and had issue-
Alexander Easton, min. of Free Church,
Insch, born 1860. Publication — Fisheries
(Account of the City, New Stat. Ace, xii.).
JAMES NEWLANDS, born Banff about
1843 1811i educated at King's College;
M.A. (1831) ; became schoolmaster
of Foveran ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff and
ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ; dep. 2nd June 1849.
WALTER CARRICK, born St Andrews,
184g 1825, son of James O, farmer,
Balfron ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1844); ord. 27th Dec.
1849 ; died unmarr. 16th June 1850.
JAMES FRASER, ord. 21st Nov. 1850 ;
1850 trans, to St John's, Glasgow, 26th
Sept. 1861. He had issue (cf. Vol. II.,
268)— James, born 5th Nov. 1852; John,
born 13th Jan. 1854 ; Alexander, born 5th
June 1855.
JOHN WILSON HEPBURN, born
1862 Kiimun> 1847 ; ord. 6th March 1862 ;
dep. 25th May 1870; died 14th
Sept. 1875.
GEORGE FORBES INNES PHILIP,
1870 trans, from Skene 13th Oct. 1870;
trans, to New Deer 27th March 1879.
CHARLES CADELL MACDONALD,
born Edinburgh, 19th Aug. 1837,
son of John Cadell M., M.D., and
Christina Ritchie ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1862 ; assistant
Aberdeen] ST CLEMENT'S— ST FITTICK'S— ST GEORGE'S
29
at Tron and Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Inverbrothock 26th Dec. 1862 ;
trans, to New Parish, Eothesay, 9th March
1876 ; trans, to South Parish, Paisley, 18th
July 1877 ; trans, and adm. 11th Sept.
1879; D.D. (Aberdeen, 4th April 1900);
chaplain to Aberdeen prison ; died 15th
Feb. 1920. He was a keen politician of
the Liberal school, and meetings he
attended seldom closed without cries for
a speech from " C. C," by which he was
familiarly known. During the movement
for Disestablishment, no more eloquent
voice was raised against the proposal.
He had a marked personality and was
one of the most popular mins. in the
North. He marr. 31st Dec. 1862, Margaret
Olivia, daugh. of Eobert William Fraser,
min. of St John's, Edinburgh, and had
issue — Ethel Olivia Maga, born 10th
Aug. 1864 (marr. Francis S. Traill Straith,
banker, London) ; Alice Margaret May,
born 29th Aug. 1865; Eonald William
Cadell, M.D., Inverness, born 4th July
1868; Minnie Elizabeth May, born 14th
Dec. 1869 (marr. Archibald Macdiarmid,
New Jersey) ; Oswald Kobert Cadell, in
Canada, born 2nd July 1874.
JOHN STUART CAMERON, bom
Motherwell, 27th Dec. 1889, son of
Hugh C. and Janet M'Call ; edu-
cated at Dalziel High School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1912), B.D. (1915);
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton May 1915 ;
assistant at Cambuslang and Buenos Aires ;
ord. camp assistant at Buenos Aires 9th
April 1916 ; chaplain to the Forces in
Russia and Palestine May 1918 to July
1920; adm. to this charge 5th Oct. 1920;
trans, to Springburn, Glasgow, 1926.
Marr. 6th Feb. 1918, Warina M'Donald,
daugh. of John. S. M'Lean and Catherine
Grant, and has issue — Gilbert Stuart, born
11th Feb. 1919 ; Ian Grant, born 23rd June
1921 ; Hector Macdonald, born 20th Dec.
1922 ; Warina M'Call, born 1st Sept. 1924.
ST FITTICK'S (Q.S.).
[In old times, travellers leaving Aber-
deen for the south were wont to cross the
Dee from Futtie to Torry by St Fittick's
1920
Ferry. This place gets its name from St
Futach (Gaelic, Mo Futach), whom the
tradition of the country honours as an
early Pictish missionary. St Futach had
an ancient chapel at Futtie. In later times,
when this old chapel had been rebuilt, we
find its former dedication replaced by
the name of St Photinus of Apamea, the
Phrygian martyr. Then, too, there had
been built a second chapel on the further
side of the ferry, beside the landing-place
at Torry. There likewise the Patron was
St Photinus. Towards the end of the
nineteenth century, Torry became part of
the City of Aberdeen, and a mission chapel
was planted there. The parish of St Fittick
was disjoined from Nigg on 17th December
1915.]
ARCHIBALD M'INTYRE, M.A. ; ord.
1900 17 th July 1900; trans, to Ting wall
30th April 1908.
AUGUST JOHN RESTING, M.A.,
lgo8 B.D. ; trans, from St John's, Kirk-
caldy, 8th Oct. 1908 ; res. Dec. 1910;
min. of Mossgreen in 1918 ; trans, to Fort
Augustus 12th Nov. 1925.
JOHN GORDON, born Edinburgh, 8th
lgll April 1863, son of James G. and
Mary Buchan ; educated at George
Watson's College and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1883); licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 13th May 1887 ; assistant at Hawick,
1887-92, Culross, 1892-4; ord. to Second
Charge, Culross, 17th May 1894; trans,
and adm. 4th Oct. 1911. Marr. 4th Sept.
1894, Alison (died 18th Aug. 1918), youngest
daugh. of John Murray, Hawick, and has
issue— Margaret Isabella Maitland, born
10th Oct. 1900 (marr. 6th July 1920, Hugh
Wolfe Corner, M.B., Ch.B., Bournemouth).
ST GEORGE'S (Q.S.).
[St George's Parish was disjoined from
that of St Nicholas on 15th March 1880.
The church of the parish is often styled
St George's-in-the-West, as if it were still
only a chapel in the West Parish from
which it was severed. The term as thus
applied seems misleading and lacks any
descriptive meaning.]
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ST GEORGE'S— ST NINIAN'S
[presb. or
JAMES SMITH, born Old Machar, 27th.
1R7q Nov. 1855, son of James S., bookseller
[son of Lewis S., a well-known book-
seller in Aberdeen], and Christian, daugh.
of Alexander Wallace Chalmers, Governor
of Bridewell; educated at Michie's Academy,
Aberdeen, Smith's Academy, Fordyce, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; MA. (1874), B.D.
(1877) ; assistant librarian at Aberdeen
Univ., 1876-8 ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
2nd May 1877 ; assistant at West Parish,
Aberdeen, 4th Nov. 1877 to 5th Jan. 1879 ;
ord. 20th Feb. 1879 ; app. chaplain to
Volunteer Medical Staff Corps 7th June
1889 ; promoted first-class chaplain 11th
Oct. 1909 ; chaplain (with rank of Colonel)
1st and 2nd Highland Field Ambulances
and 1st Scottish General Hospital in 1914-21
(T.D.) ; died suddenly in vestry 2nd Nov.
1924. He was the most popular min.
in Aberdeen in his day. He took a
deep interest in all its affairs, civic and
religious, and was a member of many
educational and philanthropic committees.
During the Great War he enlisted recruits
to such an extent as to constitute a com-
plete regiment. He made many notable
genealogical researches, and amassed a vast
library of local literature. He began with
a congregation of less than a hundred
and at his death the membership was
close on two thousand. Publications — The
Church and Amusements (Aberdeen, 1887) ;
Christianity and Benevolent Patriotism
(Aberdeen, 1889) ; The Story of the
Medical Staff Corps (Aberdeen, 1891) ;
The Book of St George's-in-the- West (Aber-
deen, 1892) ; A Pilgrimage to Palestine
(Aberdeen, 1895) ; A Pilgrimage to Egypt
(Aberdeen, 1897) ; A Pilgrimage to Italy
(Aberdeen 1899); The Signs of the Times
[Synod Sermon] (Aberdeen, 1899) ; Twenty-
one Tears' History of St George's-in-the-
West Parish (Aberdeen, 1900) ; In Memo-
riam : Queen Victoria (Aberdeen, 1901);
Spiritual Independence : What is It 1
(Aberdeen, 1904); Twenty - four Tears'
History of St-George's-in-the-West Parish
(Aberdeen, 1904) ; The Soid and Knowledge
(Aberdeen, 1906) ; Against Cruelty to Dumb
Animals (Aberdeen, 1907) ; Twenty-eighth
Anniversary of St George's (Aberdeen,
1907) ; Patriotism (Aberdeen, 1908) ; Faith
in God (Aberdeen, 1908) ; In Memoriam :
Xing Edward VII. (Aberdeen, 1910);
Christian Manliness (Aberdeen, 1912);
The Social Problem in relation to Home,
School, Church, Parliament (Aberdeen,
1912); Genealogies of an Aberdeen Family,
1540-1913 (Aberdeen, 1913); The Recruit-
ing Week (Aberdeen, 1914) ; David the
Cadet (Aberdeen, 1915) ; The Call to Arms
(Aberdeen, 1915) ; The Soldier's Watchword
(Aberdeen, 1915) ; The Roll of Honour of St
George's (Aberdeen, 1915) ; War Pastorals
(Aberdeen, 1915 - 19) ; War Anniversary
Services (Aberdeen, 1915-18); The Raising
of the lo7th Brigade (City of Aberdeen)
E.F.A. (Aberdeen, 1917); The Great Vic-
tory (a Sermon at the Armistice) (Aber-
deen, 1918); Ecclesiastical Celebrations (at
Minister's Fortieth Anniversary) (Aberdeen,
1919) ; Dedication of War Memorial, a
booklet (Aberdeen, 1922) ; Righteousness, a
sermon (Aberdeen, 1923).
NEIL MELDEUM, M.A., B.D., Ph.D.,
trans, from Forteviot (q.v.) 3rd June
1925
1925.
ST NINIAN'S (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1899. St
Ninian's Parish was disjoined from Eose-
mount and Eubislaw on 10th July 1903.]
MAXWELL JAMES WEIGHT, born
Singapore, 9th Sept. 1857, son of
Captain George Tod W.,iH.E.I.C.S.,
and Mary Blundell, and grandson of George
Tod W., D.D., min. of Kingsbarns ; educated
at Madras College and Univ. of St Andrews ;
MA. (1878) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
11th May 1881 ; assistant at Largo and
St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Dornock,
Annan, 18th Nov. 1885 ; trans, and adm.
5th June 1901 ; adm. first min. of this
parish in 1903. Marr. 28th Aug. 1889,
Edith Graham, daugh. of George Campbell,
min. of Eastwood, and has issue — Effie
Graham, born 10th Nov. 1890 (marr. 20th
March 1918, Captain William Conway
Glegg, C.E.) ; George Tod, B.D., ord. 6th
April 1919, min. of Dryfesdale, born 21st
April 1892 ; Mary Moncrieff, born 21st Jan.
ABERDEEN]
ST NINIAN'S— SOUTH
31
1894; Maxwell Campbell, M.B., Ch.B.,
M.C. and Bar, served as lieut. in 5th
Gordons, 1916-18, born 5th Sept. 1896;
James Campbell Graham, born 3rd Jan.
1901 ; Ninian Blundell, born 20th June
1905. — [Gammie's Churches of Aberdeen
(portrait), 67.]
LEWIS LEGEKTWOOD LEGG
lg25 CAMERON, born 5th August 1896,
son of John C. and Annie Legg ;
educated at Ferryhill School and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; B.Sc.(Agric) ; assistant at West
Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 10th Sept. 1925. Marr. 3rd
Sept. 1925, a daugh. of James Middleton
and Jane Allan.
SOUTH.
[In the eighteenth century the Synod of
Belief formed a congregation which met for
worship in Belmont Street, Aberdeen. On
11th Aug. 1791 the min. and congregation
of this chapel were admitted to the Church
of Scotland, and their church constituted a
chapel-of-ease. On 5th March 1828 the
Court of Teinds disjoined the South Parish,
with its church in Belmont Street, from
St Nicholas'.]
JOHN BBYCE of Dalshangan, born
17gl 1754, son of James B. and nephew
of Kobert B. of Dalshangan ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by the
Presb. of Belief and ord. by it to this
chapel in 1780. Joined the Church of
Scotland with his congregation 11th Aug.
1791 ; adm. first min. of this parish 7th
May 1828 ; died 10th Dec. 1831. He marr.
Isobel Scroggs, and had issue — James,
D.D., first chaplain of the Church of Scot-
land at Calcutta, and min. of Strachan ;
Mary, born 1783 (marr. Alexander Thorn,
min. of Nigg) ; John, merchant, Aberdeen.
— [Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries, ii.,
175 ; Aberdeen Journal, 21st Dec. 1831.]
WILLIAM LEITH, born Aberdeen, 16th
March 1802, son of John L., brass-
founder, and Janet Bichardson ;
educated at Brown's School, Grammar
School, Aberdeen, and Marischal College;
MA. (1819) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
1829
7th Aug. 1823; ord. (assistant) 3rd Aug.
1825 ; called 8th Jan., and adm. (assistant
and successor) 4th Feb. 1829 ; studied
medicine, L.R.C.P. & S. (Edinburgh 1823) ;
died unmarr. on communion Sunday 8th
April 1832.— [Aberdeen Doctors, 252 ; Aber-
deen Journal Notes and Queries, ii., 176 ;
Selections from "Aberdeen Magazine," 365-
369.]
ALEXANDER DYCE DAVIDSON,
1832 •M--A-! pres. by the Town Council 5th
June, and ord. 1st Aug. 1832; trans.
to West Parish, Aberdeen, 4th May 1836.
WILLIAM KING TWEEDIE, trans.
1836 ft'om London Wall Church, London,
and adm. 1st Sept. 1836 ; trans, to
Tolbooth, Edinburgh, 10th March 1842.
Publications— (Cf. Vol. I., 121), The Bay
of Small Things (Aberdeen, 1838) ; Tracts
on Missions (Aberdeen, 1838) ; The Gospel
Message and the Last Assize (Aberdeen, 1842).
JAMES STEWART, born Govan, April
1842 1813> son °f William S., farmer;
educated at Partick School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; became tutor in the family
of William Hislop of Blackcraig and also
at Petersfield, St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 5th Oct. 1836 ; ord. to Wallace-
town, Ayr, 30th Aug. 1838 ; trans, and adm.
27th Oct. 1842. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Free South Church, 1843-6 ;
died at Braehead of Savery, Banchory-
Ternan, 5th June 1846. Publications —
The Church independent in her Jurisdic-
tion (Aberdeen, 1843) ; Sermon Preached
1th Jan. 1844 (Aberdeen, 1844) ; Romans
(Edinburgh, 1847) ; Outlines of Discourses,
Doctrinal and Expository (Aberdeen, 1862).
— [Remains of the Rev. James Steivart,
with Memoir by Bev. R. Craig.]
THOMAS DEWAR, born 20th March
1843 1809> son °f Thomas D., merchant,
and Christian Dougal; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Scots Church,
Alnwick, by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1839;
trans, and adm. 28th Sept 1843; died
suddenly while engaged in opening with
prayer the Aberdeen Circuit Court of
Justiciary 22nd April 1873. He marr. 14th
Jan. 1845, Grace (died 30th Jan. 1894),
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SOUTH— TRINITY
[PEESB. OF
daugh. of William Allester, writer, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Thomas, min. of
Lochgelly, born 15th June 1846 ; a son,
born and died same day. Publications —
On Death and its Consequences [Funeral
Sermon for James Smith, min. of Ellon]
(Aberdeen, 1872). — [Aberdeen Journal, 23rd
April 1873.]
JAMES KEITH DUNCAN, born about
la„„ 1840, son of James D., Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A. (1861); ord. 16th Oct. 1873; died
in Glasgow 17th Jan. 1894. He marr. 20th
Oct. 1874, Jessie (died 23rd Oct. 1886),
younger daugh. of John Eeid, timber
merchant, Glasgow, and had issue — Jessie
Reid, born 6th Nov. 1875, died 23rd Oct.
1886; Eoland Barratt Keith, born 27th
Dec. 1877 ; Mary Reid Keith, born 6th Feb.,
died 8th Nov. 1880 ; Douglas Keith, born
26th June 1881 ; Catherine Keith, born
20th Nov. 1882.
GEORGE ROSS, trans, and adm.
-_„_ (assistant and successor) from Glen-
shee 7th Sept. 1876 ; trans, to
Hoddam 29th Jan. 1878.
WILLIAM DAVID SCOTT, born 25th
1878 Nov. 1848, son of David S., M.D.,
and Jane Houstoun ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1870), B.D.
(1873) ; assistant at St George's, Glas-
gow; ord. (assistant and successor) 17th
Sept. 1878 ; res. 20th May 1907 ; died 10th
April 1913. He marr. 16th Nov. 1893,
Margaret Massie, daugh. of Alexander
Barclay, builder, and Barbara Stewart, s.p.
GUY STEEL PEEBLES, M.A., B.D. ;
_ trans, from Kinloss 23rd Oct. 1907 ;
trans, to Wick 8th Sept. 1911.
WILLIAM LINDSAY GORDON, born
1912 4th I)ec- 1871' son of William G->
min. of Glenbervie; educated at
Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1893), and Edin-
burgh,B.D. (1896); assistant at St Stephen's,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Athelstaneford 14th
June 1900 ; trans, and adm. 15th Feb. 1912 ;
res. 9th Oct. 1916 ; became chaplain to
Forces during European War ; adm. to
Yetholm 6th Jan. 1921 ; dem. on appoint-
ment as Military chaplain at Colchester,
1917
1921
1925. Marr. 19th March 1902, Mary
Horatia, daugh. of Alexander Thomson
Cosens, min. of Broughton.
JOHN WILSON ANDERSON, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from Anstruther Easter
18th Feb. 1917; trans, to Banchory-
Ternan 19th Jan. 1921.
CHARLES EDWIN FORSTER, born
Bedlington, Northumberland, 19th
Oct. 1870, son of Joseph F. and
Margaret Winter ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1906), and Bradford Con-
gregational College; ord. to Congrega-
tional Church, Macclesfield, 22nd Oct. 1902 ;
trans, to Ramsbottom, Manchester, 1st Dec.
1907 ; res. 30th June 1914 ; adm. to Church
of Scotland 28th May 1914 ; assistant at
West St Giles, Edinburgh ; locum tenens at
Inverness; ord. to Tannadice 12th April
1917 ; trans, and adm. 27th April 1921.
Marr. 25th Nov. 1902, Marion, daugh. of
Captain William Kell, Blyth, Northumber-
land, and has issue — Charles Eric, born
14th Oct. 1903; Dorothy, born 16th Feb.
1905 ; Margaret Gena, born 6th Sept. 1906 ;
Frank Northman, born 17th March 1908;
Irene Marion, born 21st Aug. 1911.
TRINITY (Q.S.).
[The Brethren of the Holy Trinity, com-
monly called Red Friars, had in Aberdeen
a convent, or, as their Order styles it, a
ministry. It was founded in 1211. About
the middle of the eighteenth century mission
work was begun in this part of Aberdeen,
and a chapel was built on the site of the
ancient ministry of the Red Friars. In
memory of the work carried on here by the
Friars of old this was called the Trinity
Mission. On 19th March 1877, Trinity
Parish was disjoined from that of St
Nicholas.]
ROBERT DOIG, adm. 23rd Oct. 1794 ;
1794 trans, to East Parish, Aberdeen, 2nd
Dec. 1812.
ALEXANDER KIRKLAND, born
1813 1784, second son of Alexander K.,
Strathaven ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. there 1st May
ABERDEEN]
TRINITY
33
1811 ; assistant at St Andrew's Chapel-of-
Ease, Dundee; elected 18th March, and ord.
13th May 1813 ; died 24th April 1815. He
marr. Wilhelmina (died 4th March 1866,
aged 76), daugh. of John Johnstone, tanner,
Glasgow, and Jane Ballame, and had issue
— Jean Ballame, born 1812, died 7th March
1887; Helen, born 14th March 1814 (marr.
Bobert Cruickshank, merchant, Aberdeen),
died 5th Feb. 1908. — [Aberdeen Journal
Notes and Queries, ii., 140.]
JOHN MUBKAY, M.A. ; elected 19th
1816 <~>ct- 1815; ord- 9tn Jan- 1816; trans,
to East Farish, Aberdeen, 2nd Dec.
1824.
DAVID SIMFSON, born Findhorn,
1825 22nd May 1795, son of William S.,
shoemaker ; educated at Parish
School, Cromarty, and Marischal College ;
M.A. (1812) ; assistant at Alves ; ord. to
Burghead 2nd July 1823 ; trans, and adm.
3rd May 1825. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Trinity Free Church, 1843-64;
died at Cluny 28th July 1864. He marr.
7th July 1825, Jane, daugh. of William
Kinnaird, chemist, Edinburgh, but had
no issue. Publications — National Sins
(Aberdeen, 1831) ; The Plague is Begun
(Aberdeen, 1832); The Believer's Triumph
(Aberdeen, 1832) ; The Young Reminded
(Aberdeen, 1833); The Bangers of Bad
Company (Aberdeen, 1834) ; Watching for
the Souls of His People (Aberdeen, 1836) ;
On the Worthiness of the Lamb (Aberdeen,
1836) ; God giving all Things to His People
(Aberdeen, 1836) ; The Chxirch's Lamenta-
tion over the Death of Good Men (Aberdeen,
1838) ; The Scriptural Warrant for the
Election of Office- Bearers by the Members
of the Church (Aberdeen, 1840) ; The Weak
confounding the Mighty, a sermon (Aber-
deen, 1845) ; Pastoral Addresses to Young
Men (Aberdeen, 1847) ; Speech on India
(Aberdeen, 1858).
JOHN MACDONALD, ord. 10th July
1844 1844; trans, to Dallas 4th June 1846.
[Owing to depopulation of the district
the church was sold in 1846. A new
church built and opened 18th Feb. 1877
on the erection of the parish.]
VOL. VI.
JAMES PABK, ord. first min. of this
187? parish 7th July 1877 ; trans, to St
John's, Leith, 14th April 1880 (cf.
Vol. I, 159); dem. that charge 18th May
1921.
BOBEBT SLESSOB, born 1840, son of
1880 James S., farmer, Kathen, and Isobel
Gray; educated at Marischal Col-
lege ; M.A. (1859) ; became schoolmaster
at Methlick; ord. 9th Sept. 1880; res.
12th Dec. 1906 ; died 25th May 1923. He
marr. (1) 25th June 1874, Mary Anne
Benelope Stewart, and had issue — Bobert
Alexander, M.A., MB., Ch.B., Fraserburgh,
born 13th Nov. 1875; Thomas Stewart,
M.A., M.B., Ch.B., Aberdeen, born 29th
Sept. 1876 ; Helen MTntosh Stewart, born
2nd, and died 13th June 1878; Elizabeth
Boss (twin), born 2nd, and died 14th June
1878 ; James George, M.A., C.A., Sheffield,
born 27th July 1879: (2) 16th Sept. 1915,
Jeannie Davidson (born 1894), daugh. of
John Thomson and Margaret Wilkin, and
had issue — David Bobert, born 1st May
1916; Herbert John William, born 25th
June 1917; Edward Charles, born 13th
Jan. 1920.
WILLIAM BBUCE MUIB, born Nine-
1907 wells> Chirnside, Berwickshire, 21st
March 1866, son of Thomas M.,
schoolmaster, Mordington, and Mary Ann
Bruce ; educated at Mordington School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. in 1895 ;
assistant at Falkirk, Bathgate, and Tulli-
body ; ord. missionary at Bobertson
Memorial, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 14th
Dec. 1904 ; adm. to this charge 19th April
1907 ; res. 25th Oct. 1909 ; went to Canada
and was min. at Sherbrooke, Presb. of
Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1925, and at Char-
lottetown in Prince Edward Island, 1926.
Marr. 24th Dec. 1909, Elsie, eldest daugh.
of William Barrat, Aberdeen.
DAVID ALEXANDEB MILLAB, ord.
lgl0 15th March 1910; res. 28th Nov.
1916; adm. min. of St Margaret's,
Tollcross, Glasgow, 13th May 1919.
WILLIAM BBOWNE, M.A., B.D.;
7 trans, from Portsoy 19th April 1917;
trans, to Tingwall 30th Jan. 1919.
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TRINITY— ST NICHOLAS'
[PRESB. OF
1923
JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSON, M.A.,
lgl9 B.D. ; ord. 2nd May 1919 ; trans, to
Drumoak 5th Sept. 1922.
ROBERT LOGAN, born Beith, 18th
Oct. 1859, son of John L. and Jessie
Black ; educated at Beith Parish
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 3rd May 1887 ; assistant at
Longforgan and missionary at Hallside in
1896 ; ord. there 26th June 1901 ; trans, to
Dunrossness 13th Oct. 1911 ; trans, and
adm. 4th Jan. 1923. Marr. 22nd July 1902,
Annie, daugh. of James C. Purse and Annie
Welsh, and has issue — John, born 14th Oct.
1904 ; Annie Welsh, born 18th April 1907 ;
James C. P., born 20th March 1911; Robert
F. R., born 22nd Oct. 1914.
ST NICHOLAS', or WEST.
[It was near the end of the sixth century
when St Machar began his mission work
beside the mouth of the river Don.
Thenceforward Old Aberdeen continued
to be more or less a centre of Church life.
Meanwhile the town of New Aberdeen was
growing up close by, where the Dee reaches
the sea. It is not, however, until the
twelfth century that we find any record
of it. For a time this later town had been
little more than the port of Old Aberdeen,
but it was fast coming to overshadow it.
Already it was a harbour of note, and a
busy place of trade, with a royal castle
for its defence, and a church of its own.
That church was dedicated to St Nicholas,
the Patron of Commerce. It too grew in
size and fame, with the rise of the royal
burgh. The two towns are now one city ;
but the High Kirk of Aberdeen is not the
Cathedral of St Machar, with its time-
honoured story, but the Church of St
Nicholas.
When completed, this was a building
245 feet in length. Its nave extended to
117 feet; and the measurement across the
transepts was 74 feet. These transepts
remain as of old, and so does the interest-
ing crypt beneath the choir. All the rest
has suffered change. In 1742 the nave,
then much out of repair, was taken down
and rebuilt. In 1837 the same fate befell
the choir. It unhappily was poorly recon-
structed, and was moreover shortened by a
few feet. In 1874 an accidental outbreak
of fire so damaged the central tower that
it too had to be built up anew. The Parish
of St Nicholas was of old a prebend of the
diocese of Aberdeen. In its church, besides
the High Altar of St Nicholas there were
many other shrines. Among these were
dedications to St Salvator, the Holy Name,
the Holy Blood, the Holy Rood, St Michael,
St Mary, St Joseph, St John the Baptist,
St John the Evangelist, St Andrew, St
Peter, St James, St Anne, St Magdalene,
St Ninian, St Laurence, St Leonard, St
Katherine, St Barbara, St Sebastian, St
Christopher, St Eloi, St Martin, St Thomas
the Apostle, St George, St Crispin, St
Crispinian, St Mungo, St Deavanach, St
Bride. St Margaret, St Helen, St Duthac
and the three Kings of Cologne, as they
were called, that is to say, St Melchior, St
Balthasar, and St Gaspar, the three mytho-
logical personages in whom the Mediaeval
Church recognised the Sages from the
East who came to Bethlehem to pay their
homage to the Infant Christ. All these
dedications have been duly identified from
records. But other saints also, whose
traces are less evident, were honoured in
this church. Among such were St Luag,
St Fergus, St Blaise, St Paul, St Photinus,
and St Thomas the Martyr. In 1441 a
collegiate foundation was granted to St
Nicholas' Church. In 1577 a Second
Charge was erected for the parish, and a
Third Charge was added in 1580. On 14th
Sept. 1596 this great church was partitioned
off, so that the choir and the crypt were
severed from the main building and given
over for separate services pertaining to the
Second Charge of the parish. In 1826
the North Church was built as a place of
worship for the Third Charge, which was
thus removed from St Nicholas' Church.
On 5th March 1828 the Court of Teinds
erected the East Parish of Aberdeen,
merging in the new foundation the Second
Charge of St Nicholas', and assigning as its
place of worship the eastern part of that
ancient church. On the same day the
Aberdeen]
ST NICHOLAS'
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North Parish too was disjoined, and to it
the work and revenues of the Third Charge
were given over. The part of St Nicholas'
Church still in the possession of this parish,
being the nave and the transepts, has for a
long time been known as the West Church.
This parish also is spoken of as the West
Parish.
Within the bounds of St Nicholas'
Parish there were of old chapels at
Eubislaw and Futtie. In 1211 the Eed
Friars, known also as the Brethren of the
Order of the Holy Trinity, established a
ministry of their community in Aberdeen.
Their memory is kept up by the Trinity
Parish, whose church stands upon the site
of their building. Some years after the
Eed Friars came, King Alexander II.
settled a colony of the Black Friars here.
They dedicated their house to St John the
Baptist. At an early date, the Knights of
the Temple also set up a Preceptory in
Aberdeen. In 1350 Philip of Arbuthnott
erected in the city a convent of the White
Friars, of which St John the Evangelist
was made patron. The Grey Friars came
in 1450, and settled near St Nicholas'
Church. Their Priory was dedicated to
St Mary. There was here too a convent
of the Nuns of St Clara under the patronage
of St Katherine of Siena. Within the
bounds there were four hospitals. Of these
St Anne's and St Peter's were of early date.
St Anne's stood outside the town, nearly
half-way to Old Aberdeen. The Hospital
of St Thomas the Martyr was founded in
the fifteenth century. In 1538 Bishop
Gavin Dunbar erected a fourth hospital.
Among the many good works of Bishop
William Elphinstone was the building of
a bridge across the Dee, thus joining Aber-
deen to the parish of Banchory-Devenick.
At the east end of the bridge he placed a
chapel of St Mary. The entrance to the
city, at the other end, was guarded by a
watch-tower with a gateway of defence.
A fair was held in this parish on Trinity
Sunday.]
1560
ADAM HEEIOT, born 1514. Nothing
is known of his family except that
he had a sister called Margaret.
He became an Augustinian Canon at St
Andrews and a keen student of scholastic
theology, and in 1559 he embraced the Ee-
formed Doctrines ; was app. min. here by the
Lords of the Congregation 19th July 1560 ;
was placed in Dec. 1562 on a leet of three
by the General Assembly for the office
of Superintendent of Aberdeen, but no
election appears to have been made. He
was a member of Assembly June 1566, July
1567, and Feb. 1568 ; pres. to the parsonage
and vicarage of Eathen by James VI. 16th
May 1569 ; app. by the Assembly March
1570 a commissioner to deal with the
Marquess of Huntly regarding the restora-
tion of the collectors of the kirk to their
situations. He dem. his charge in 1573,
and died of apoplexy 28th Aug. 1574,
having been an eloquent preacher, " greatly
loved for his conversation, and regretted
by the poor to whom he had been very
beneficent." He marr. Euphemia Scheves,
" a devoted and upright woman, born
in the kingdom of Fife," who died 3rd
Feb. 1568. — {Collect. Aberdeen and Banff;
Knox's Works, ii. ; Calderwood's Hist., ii.,
11, 207, 478; Scot. Notes and Queries, ii.,
7 ; Hist, of the Reformation in Aberdeen,
44 ; Tombst. ; Kennedy's Annals, i., 114.]
1573
JOHN CEAIG, born about 1512, des-
cended from one of the Craigston
family, who fell at Flodden ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews; became tutor
to children of Lord Darcy, English Warden
of the North ; joined the Dominican Order
but being suspected of heresy was im-
prisoned. On his release in 1536 he went
to England and thence to Eome. Through
the influence of Cardinal Pole, C. was
app. Master of Novices in the Dominican
Convent at Bologna, of which Convent he
was rector for several years. Through
reading the Institutes of Calvin he again
inclined to the reformed faith, was cast
into the prison of the Inquisition at Eome
and condemned to be burnt. He, however,
managed to escape and proceeded to
Vienna, where he preached as a Dominican.
The Archduke Maximilian refused to de-
liver him up and gave him a safe conduct
to England. In 1560 he returned to Scot-
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land and preached in the chapel of St
Magdalen in the Cowgate of Edinburgh ;
trans, to Holyrood in 1561 ; trans, to St
Giles as colleague to John Knox after 18th
June 1562, where he refused to proclaim
the banns of marriage between Queen
Mary and Bothwell ; app. Moderator of the
General Assembly 2nd March 1569 ; trans.
to Montrose in 1571 ; trans, and adm.
6th Aug. 1573; app. Moderator of the
General Assembly for a second time,
24th Oct. 1576, and for a third time, 17th
Oct. 1581 ; app. one of the chaplains to
King James VI in 1579, he returned to
Edinburgh 14th Sept. 1579, when he took
part in the composition of The Second
Booh of Discipline and National Covenant
of 1580. In 1581 he wrote "Ane Shorte
and General Confession of the True
Christian Fayth and Keligion according
to God's Worde and Actes of our
Parliamentes," which was signed by the
King and Household. In Oct. 1583 the
General Assembly app. him to intimate
its approval of the seizure of the King
by the Earl of Gowrie in the raid of
Ruthven, and boldly rebuked James for
his conduct. He denounced the Black
Act passed by Parliament in 1584, restor-
ing Episcopacy and recognising the Royal
supremacy. At the conference at Falk-
land, to which he was summond by Royal
command, he had a stormy scene with
Arran. For refusing submission to the
Royal Ordinance he was interdicted from
preaching and threatened with banishment.
He, however, acted as mediator between
the extreme Presbyterians led by Melville
and the King and was successful in making
a compromise in the form of the Oath
required as to the King's supremacy in
matters ecclesiastical " as far as the Word
of God allows." In 1585 he preached
before Parliament and in 1590 composed,
at the request of the General Assembly,
"A Form of Examination before Com-
munion " ; died 12th Dec. 1600. He marr.
Marion Smaill, and had issue — William,
Professor in College of Edinburgh (1599),
and of Divinity, Samur (1601) ; died Nov.
1616; Margaret (marr. 29th Nov. 1598,
Robert Fairlie, goldsmith, Edinburgh). —
1582
[Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Laing MSS. ; Hist.
MSS. Com., 167 ; Craig's Catechism [edited
by Thomas Graves Law, LL.D. (Edinburgh,
1885) ; Calderwood's Hist., iv., 466-84, but
see General Index.]
PETER BLACKBURN, Regent in the
Univ. of Glasgow ; adm. 14th Sept.,
and entered on his duties 22nd Nov.
1582 ; trans, to New or East Kirk in 1596.
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, Bishop of
Aberdeen (g.v.) ; on the town being
divided 14th Sept. 1596, this charge
with the "Grene and Crukit quarteris"
fell to his share by lot. He held this
charge in conjunction with the bishopric,
and died 3rd Aug. 1600.
ARCHIBALD BLACKBURN, son of
1601 a^ove Peter B., Bishop of Aberdeen,
called M.A. (but his name is not
found in any Univ. list) ; reader at Balder-
nock in 1588, min. there that year ; trans,
to Dairy, Ayrshire, in 1593 ; trans, and adm.
in 1601 ; was a member of the Assembly in
1602 and one of those who constituted the
Assembly at Aberdeen, 2nd July 1605, in
opposition to the King's wishes, for which
he was denounced by the Privy Council,
18th July, and summoned to appear before
it 3rd Oct. following. Having done so, and
declared that he was persuaded the said
Assembly was not lawful, he was ordered
to return to his charge. He was a member
of the Assembly in 1610, and still min.
29th Jan. 1623.— [Melvill's Antob., 561,
573; Calderwood's Hist., vi., 284.]
JAMES SIBBALD of Kair, son of
1625 Andrew S. of Kair and Margaret
Arbuthnott; educated at Marischal
College ; M.A (1618), B.D. (King's College
1st Aug. 1627) ; was a probationer in
Presb. of Deer 28th Oct. 1613; regent
in Natural Philosophy, Marischal College,
1622-6; adm. in 1625; D.D. (King's
College 1628). As one of the famous
"Aberdeen Doctors" he strongly opposed
the Covenant and was obliged to flee
from Scotland in 1638, though he had
been elected a member of the Assembly
that year. In 1639 he waited upon the
King at Berwick, but receiving little
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encouragement, returned 13th Oct. to this
charge. On 24th May 1640 he was silenced
and dep. by the Aberdeen Assembly, July
following, for refusing to subscribe the
Covenant and for heretical preaching, he
being, according to Principal Baillie, "in
many points of doctrine found verie
corrupt." He fled to England a second
time, expecting protection and favour from
the King, but returned in the beginning of
1641. Removing to Ireland he obtained
a charge in Dublin ; died of the plague
(caught through unremitting attention to
the sick) after 1647. His books and papers
had been seized, July 1640, by a party of
musketeers by command of a Committee
of Assembly, but were on his petition
returned to him, with the exception of
some manuscripts. He marr. Elizabeth
Nicolson who, with her children, had
£200 allowed by Parliament, 21st June
1661, in consideration of his sufferings
and loyalty. Publications — Assertiones
Philosophicce (Aberdeen, 1623) ; Theses
Philosophiccs (Aberdeen, 1625-6) ; Theses
Theologicce (Aberdeen, 1627-8) ; Holiness
to the Lord, a sermon from Exodus, xxviii.,
36 ; (Forbes's Funeral Sermons, Aberdeen,
1635) ; Divers Select Sermons on Several
Texts of Holy Scripture (Aberdeen, 1658).
He also contributed to the Replies and
Duplies against the Covenant (Aberdeen,
1638). For Bibliographical description of
these, see Aberdeen Quatercentenary
Studies, 400-1. — [Acts of Pari., vii., App.
78, 88 ; Forbes's Funeralls [Spottiswoode
Soc], 119; Macmillan's The Aberdeen
Doctors, 245 ; Scots Peerage, i., 291 ; Scot.
Notes and Queries, vii., 167 ; Mant's Hist,
of the Church in Ireland, i., 591.]
1641
ANDREW CANT, the elder, born 1584.
Nothing definitely is known as to
his parentage, though it is supposed
with some show of reason that he was a
native of Aberdeen, and connected with
the family of Walter C, formerly a bailie
of Leith, who on 1st Oct. 1548, was admitted
to the Guildry of Aberdeen. He has also
been described as a native of Haddington-
shire, and of the Mearns, and the son of a
dependant of the Earl Marischal. Educated
at the Grammar School and King's College,
Aberdeen, he graduated MA. in 1612 ; was
app. Humanist in King's College in 1614 ;
adm. min. of Afford before 13th Dec. 1617 ;
dem. after 26th Oct. 1629, on becoming
tutor to the only son of Alexander Forbes,
Lord Pitsligo ; adm. to Pitsligo before 20th
Nov. 1633 ; endeavoured to get up suppli-
cations to the Privy Council from the North
against the Service Book Oct. 1637, and
accompanied Henderson of Leuchars and
Dickson of Irvine to Aberdeen, with this
view, towards the end of that year ; was
a member of the Assembly which met at
Glasgow in 1638 ; trans, to Newbattle 20th
May 1639 ; served as chaplain with the
Scots army at Newcastle in 1640 ; elected
to this charge by a Committee of Assembly
and adm. 24th March 1641 ; was a member
of all the Commissions of Assembly,
1642-9; had 2000 merks allowed him by
Parliament, 4th Feb. 1646, for his services
and losses ; was elected Moderator of the
General Assembly 10th July 1650. Joined
the Protesters in 1651 ; became rector of
King's College in 1651 ; is said to have
been dep. on a charge of circulating
Rutherford's Lex Rex, but probably dem.
in 1660; died 27th April 1663. He was
the most actively bigoted supporter of the
Covenant in the North of Scotland, a man
of great moral earnestness and courage,
and was one of those summoned before
the Privy Council, 9th Dec. 1662, for
seditious carriage. He marr. Margaret
Irvine, who was buried 28th March 1679,
and had issue — James ; Alexander, min.
of Banchory-Ternan ; Andrew (secundus),
Principal of Univ. of Edinburgh ; Mar-
garet, died unmarr. 1660 ; Sarah (marr.
4th May 1647, as his second wife, Alex-
ander Jaffray of Kingswells), died a
Quaker in 1673. Publications — On the
Titles of Our Blessed Saviour (Aberdeen,
n.d.) ; Sermon preached in the Greyfriars
Church, Edinburgh, in June 1638 (Edin-
burgh, 1699 and 1720); The Evil and
Danger of Prelacy (Edinburgh, 1699 and
1720 ; Glasgow, 1741) ; Essay on Church
Government (Edinburgh, 1703); A Discourse
and Exhortation at renewing the National
Covenant (Hamilton, 1713; Edinburgh,
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[PEESB. OF
1727; Glasgow, 1741 and 1841).— [Tombst.;
Lamont's Diary, 10, 21 ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, iii., 84-8; Aberdeen Sas., i. 187, v.
121, 359; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Watt's Aber-
deen, 258, 262; Wodrow's Anal., iii., 265;
Select Biog. [Wodrow Soc], i., 311.]
WILLIAM GEAY, trans, from Auchter-
less after 27th Sept. 1664, but doubt-
ful if admitted; trans, to Duns 1st
May 1666.
1664
1666
PATEICK SIBBALD, adm. 24th May
1666 ; app. Professor of Divinity in
Marischal College (q.v.) in 1685.
1686
ANDREW BURNETT, son of James
B., burgess of Aberdeen ; educated
at Marischal College ; M.A. (1672) ;
adm. in 1686 ; deprived by Parliament, 1st
July 1695, for not taking the Oath to their
Majesties, and for presenting and adhering
to a Protestation against the Assembly's
Committee of 17th April 1694 for the
North. He was imprisoned four days and
banished the country. When subsequently
he took the Oaths, the Trades of Aberdeen
petitioned the Magistrates in 1711 for his
restoration, " threatin if they did not, to
enter him by force " ; M.D. (1685) ; dep. by
the Presb., 27th June 1716, for praying for
the Chevalier during the Rising. Wodrow
describes him as "a very weak, empty,
volage (volatile) man, of nae great parts
of learning, and just made a tool of to
disturb the established constitution." He
died before 1723. He marr. (1) Margaret,
daugh. of Alexander Burnett of Leys, and
widow of Alexander Burnett of Monboddo,
and had issue — Robert, born 1692, died
before 1723 ; and others, born 1693, 1694,
1703 : (2) Elizabeth Reid, widow of Adam
Maltman, merchant, Aberdeen. Publica-
tion— The Spiritual Anatomy of Man
(London, 1693). — [The Burnetts of Leys,
76-8.]
1695
JAMES OSBORNE, trans, from Second
Charge, Kilmarnock ; called Oct.
1694, and again in Aug. ; adm. 18th
Dec. 1695 ; app. Professor of Divinity in
Marischal College (q.v.) 22nd Dec. 1697.
COLIN CAMPBELL, born 1678, son
1702 °^ Oeorge C. of Westhall ; educated
at Marischal College, M.A. (1699),
and at Leyden ; called in March, and ord.
29th April 1702; died 27th Aug. 1728.
He actively supported the Government
during the Rising of 1715. He marr.
Margaret (died 8th April 1747, aged 69),
daugh. of Alexander Walker, merchant,
Aberdeen, and Helen, daugh. of Alexander
Irvine of Murthill, and had issue — Colin ;
George, D.D., Principal of Marischal Col-
lege (q.v.) ; and three daughs. — [Aberdeen
Tests. ; Bruce's Eminent Men of Aberdeen.']
JAMES OGILVIE, born 1695; edu-
cated at King's College, M.A. (10th
1729 March 1724), and Marischal College ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 12th Aug.
1719 ; ord. to Footdee 23rd March 1720 ;
trans, to Inchture 28th April 1726 ; called
23rd Jan., trans, and adm. 29th May
1729; died 2nd Feb. 1776. He was a
person of great prudence, strictly evan-
gelical in his sentiments, and what was
termed "a sweet-blooded man" with "a
very taking gift." He marr. 27th April
1727, Elizabeth Strachan, who died 31st
Aug. 1778, and had issue — John, min. of
Midmar, born 18th Nov. 1732 ; Ann, born
9th June 1734 (marr. (1) 12th Jan. 1761,
James' Cruickshank, merchant, Aberdeen :
(2) Capt. James Edwards, 53rd Foot) ;
Elizabeth, born 10th Nov. 1735; Thomas,
born 9th March 1737 ; James, one of H.M.
Chaplains, born 3rd Feb. 1742, died Nov.
1808; Helen, born 16th Aug. 1743 (marr.
John Paterson, writer, Aberdeen).
WILLIAM FARQUHAR, born about
1728, son of John F., farmer,
Aucheoch, New Deer ; educated at
King's College; M.A. (1745); became
master of the Grammar School of Elgin;
licen. by Presb. there 3rd Nov. 1772 ; ord.
by said Presb., 21st June 1774, in anticipa-
tion of a call to a' congregation in Ireland ;
adm. to Skene 15th June 1775 ; elected
by the Magistrates and Town Council 4th
July, trans, and adm. 28th Nov. 1776 ; died
14th May 1778. He marr. 22nd Aug. 1776,
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Mary, daugh. of William Johnston, Old
Deer (she marr. (2) William Paterson,
min. of Slains).
1779
JAMES SHERIFFS, born 1752, son of
David S., builder, Aberdeen, and Jane
Lunan, and brother of Andrew S.,
the poet ; educated at Marischal College ;
MA. (1770); became a master in the
Grammar School of Aberdeen; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 27th March 1776;
ord. 10th June 1779; D.D. (King's College,
23rd Oct. 1795); elected Moderator of
General Assembly 21st May 1807 ; dem.
9th Feb. 1814; died 26th March 1830.
He marr. 28th Sept. 1790, Amelia (bapt.
2lst Jan. 1756; died 21st May 1818),
daugh. of James Morison of Elsick, Lord
Provost of Aberdeen, and had issue —
David, born 5th Dec. 1791, died at Madeira,
15th Dec. 1809; James, born 19th Jan.
1793, died 19th Dec. 1813; Alexander,
born 19th June 1794, died 4th Sept. 1813 ;
Amelia, born 14th Aug. 1796 (marr. Robert
Burnett, W.S.) ; Jane, born 19th Dec. 1797
(marr. 9th Aug. 1817, Alexander Caden-
head, advocate, Aberdeen, died 22nd April
1832.) Publications— The Fear of God,
reasonable in itself, and beneficial in its
Consequences, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1793) ;
An Inquiry into the Life of Br Guild
(Aberdeen, 1798); Sermons preached at
the Communion and on other Particular
Occasions (Aberdeen, 1821). — [The Family
of Cadenhead, 26, 29, 51 ; Memoirs of David
Sheriffs, Aberdeen 1811.]
1814
GEORGE GLENNIE, born 24th Jan.
1768, son of John G., D.D., min. of
Maryculter; educated at Marischal
College; MA. (1786); app. Professor of
Moral Philosophy there 30th Sept. 1796;
app. to the College Chapel [Greyfriars] in
conjunction by the Town Council 19th
Dec. 1812; ord. 3rd Feb. 1813; pres.
by the Town Council 19th Feb., trans,
and adm. 5th May 1814; D.D. (Marischal
College, Feb. 1816); dem. 5th Jan. 1836;
died 9th Nov. 1845. He marr. 4th July
1797, Margaret (died 25th Nov. 1836),
daugh. of John Valentine, Montrose, and
niece of James Beattie, L.L.D., author
of The Minstrel, and had issue— Jean,
born 5th Oct. 1798 (marr. 17th Sept.
1821, William Knight, LL.D., Professor
of Natural Philosophy, Marischal College) ;
James Beattie, born 19th Nov. 1799 ; Mary,
born 16th Nov. 1800 (marr. 17th Dec.
1821, Patrick Forbes, Professor of Moral
Philosophy, Marischal College); Margaret,
born 26th Aug. 1803, died 18th Oct. 1881 ;
John, born 12th Jan. 1806, died 1864;
Helen, born 17th March 1811, died 1877.—
[Scot. Notes and Queries, iii., 161.]
ALEXANDER DYCE DAVIDSON,
born 8th May 1807, son of George
D., wright superintendent of the
Devanha Brewery, Aberdeen, and brother of
George D., author of Rhyme of St Swithin ;
educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and
Marischal College; MA. (1825); became
tutor in the family of James Blaikie, advo-
cate and provost, Aberdeen ; licen. by the
Presb. there 31st March 1830; ord. to
South Church (in which he had been
brought up) 1st Aug. 1832; pres. by the
Town Council 22nd May, trans, and adm.
4th May 1836. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Belmont Street West Free
Church, 1843-72 ; D.D. (Marischal College,
19th April 1854); died 27th April 1872.
He marr. 11th Aug. 1840, Elizabeth (died
s.p. 23rd Jan. 1842, aged 23), daugh. of
James Blaikie of Craigiebuckler, advocate
and provost of Aberdeen. Publications —
Address to the Elders of South Parish (Aber-
deen, 1834) ; Funeral Sermon, the Death of
Provost Blaikie (Aberdeen, 1836); The
Gospel, the Ministration of the Spirit
(Aberdeen, 1839) ; An Action Sermon, lbth
Oct. 1843 (Aberdeen, 1843); The Position
and Duties of Christ's Church (Aberdeen,
1844) ; A Sermon on 1th Nov. 1852 (Aber-
deen, 1852); Lectures, Expository and
Practical, on the Book of Esther (Edin.
burgh, 1859) ; Sermons [Preface by Francis
Edmond] (Edinburgh, 1872) ; Lectures and
Sermons (Aberdeen, 1872). — [Scot. Notes
and Queries, 1st ser., ix., 25; Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, ii., 10 ; Aber-
deen Journal, 1st May 1872 ; Munro's
Provosts, 274 ; Eminent Divines in Aber-
deen, 238-41.]
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[PRESB. OF
JAMES FOESYTH, born 1797, seventh
1843 son °^ R°bert ^., Kirkintilloch, and
Jane Smith ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd
Feb. 1819 ; ord. (assistant) at Inveresk 26th
June 1829 ; adm. to Morham 10th May
1832 ; trans, and adm. 10th Nov. 1843 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1844); died 29th Jan.
1879. His portrait is in the Trinity Hall,
Aberdeen. He marr. (1) 13th Sept., 1832,
Elizabeth (died 28th Jan. 1854), daugh. of
Eobert Brown of Gilston, and had issue
— Robert Brown of Whitsome, assistant
surgeon 14th Light Dragoons, born 8th
Aug. 1834 ; James, M.A., captain Bengal
Staff Corps, born 12th Jan. 1838, died 1st
May 1871 ; John Smith, born 1st Jan.
1840, .died at Melbourne, 20th Nov. 1885;
Elizabeth, born 27th March 1844, died 13th
Feb. 1845 ; Jane Elizabeth, born 17th Dec.
1845 (marr. 24th Oct. 1871, Patrick Leslie,
merchant, Cochin and Calicut, Malabar,
India) : (2) 21st Aug. 1855, Margaret (died
28th May 1880), daugh. of Alexander
Simpson, min. of Strichen, and had issue
— Archibald, merchant, London. Publica-
tions— The Duties of the Christian Minister
(Aberdeen, 1844) ; Two Discourses on the
Sabbath (Aberdeen, 1847); Sermon VI.
(Church of Scotland Pulpit, i) ; Account of
Morham (New Stat. Ace, ii).
HENRY COWAN, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1869 (assistant and successor) 15th April
1869 ; dem. 11th Dec. 1873 on app.
to Ferryhill Mission.
ALEXANDER IRVINE ROBERT-
1874 SON, M.A., B.D.; trans, from
Clunie and adm. (assistant and
successor) 19th May 1874 ; trans, to Clack-
mannan 7th Aug. 1877 (cf. Vol. IV., 303) ;
died 21st Feb. 1925.
JAMES ROBERT MITFORD
MITCHELL, born Inverness, 20th
Feb. 1843, son of Joseph M., C.E.,
engineer of the Highland Railway ; edu-
cated at Inverness Academy, Merchiston
Castle, Univ. of Edinburgh, B.A. (1861),
M.A. (1862), and Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, B.A. (1866); ord. to Kirkmichael,
Dumfries, 20th Aug. 1868 ; trans, to Paisley
Abbey 16th Sept. 1875 ; trans, and adm.
22nd Feb. 1878 ; chaplain to Queen Victoria
29th Sept. 1888-1901 ; D.D. Aberdeen, 27th
Feb. 1892); dem. 11th Nov. 1895 ; Convener
of General Assembly's Colonial Committee,
1898-1909 ; chaplain to King Edward VII.
1901-10; elected Moderator of General
Assembly 21st May 1907 ; died 26th Sept.
1914. He marr. 22nd Nov. 1876, Agnes Jane
(died 1909), daugh. of J. Dobie of Gyle-
burn, Dumfries, and had issue — Christian
Elizabeth (only child), born 25th Jan.
1878 (marr. Major Stafford). Publication —
Address at close of General Assembly
(Edinburgh 1907).— [Memoir.]
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, M.A.,
1896 B.D. ; trans, from Jedburgh and
adm. 19th May 1896; trans, to
Morningside 2nd Oct. 1900 (cf. Vol. I., 99) ;
Baird Lecturer in 1924. Publication— The
Outside of the Inside [an Autobiography]
(London, 1919); Religious Experience [Baird
Lecture] (London, 1924). Resigned editor-
ship of Life and Work in 1925.
ANDREW BROWN, M.A. ; trans, from
1901 Ceres and adm. 6th June 1901 ;
trans, to Queen's Park, Glasgow,
15th Nov. 1907.
ALEXANDER STUART MARTIN,
born 6th Nov. 1865, son of David
M., factor, and Jane M'Lean ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1888);
B.D. (1901) ; assistant at St George's, Glas-
gow ; ord. to Scone 1st Nov. 1894 ; trans,
and adm. 18th May 1908 ; dem. 17th July
1912; dep. 25th April 1916. Marr. 29th
April 1908, Ada Constance, younger daugh.
of Andrew Thomson Mackay, clothier,
Perth, and Jane 'Buchan Macdonald ; she
divorced him for desertion 3rd July 1920.
Publications — Contributions to Hastings'
Dictionary of the Bible and Dictionary of
Christ and the Gospels.
GEORGE HENRY DONALD, born
1912 Cirvan, 17th June 1876; son of
Andrew Thomson D., min. of Mer-
toun ; educated at Albany Academy, Glas-
gow, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1898);
licen. by Presb. of Earlston in 1901 ; reader
in St Giles, Edinburgh, and assistant at
1908
Aberdeen] UNION CHAPEL-OF-EASE— UNION TERRACE
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1919
St John's, Edinburgh; ord. to Southdean
25th July 1902; trans, to First Charge,
Haddington, 4th Oct. 1906 ; trans, and adm.
11th Dec. 1912 ; trans, to Galashiels 5th
Sept. 1918; Convener of Committee on
Correspondence with the other Reformed
Churches 1918-25 ; trans, to St Andrew and
St Paul Church, Montreal, 1925. Marr. (1)
16th July 1903, Margaret Dora (died 13th
Nov. 1918), daugh. of John Alison, D.D.,
min. of Newington, and has issue — Andrew
Macgeorge, born 26th and died 28th May
1905; John Alison, born 31st July 1906
Henry Gordon, born 4th Nov. 1908
George Arthur, born 16th May 1913
James Robert Macgeorge, born 18th May
1917 : (2) 9th June 1920, Adelaide Fanny
Marguerite, daugh. of George Kennedy
Webster, I.C.S., and Fanny Tuite Dalton.
Publication — sometime editor of Kikuyu
News.
AUGUSTINE "WENTWORTH
SCUDAMORE FORBES, born
Bridlington, Yorks, 6th Dec. 1878,
son of David F. and Lavinia Catherine
Matilda Davis ; educated at Allan Glen's
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1901),
B.D. (1904); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
May 1904 ; assistant at St George's, Paisley;
ord. (assistant and successor) to Laurieston,
Glasgow, 22nd May 1905 ; trans, to Alloa
15th Sept. 1911; chaplain to Forces in
Egypt, 1917-18; trans, and adm. 21st
March 1919. Marr. 15th June 1910, Mary
Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Fyfe Burns,
min. of St George's, Paisley.
UNION CHAPEL-OF-EASE.
[This chapel was first opened for worship
in 1822. It was taken possession of by the
Free Church in 1843.]
DAVID SIM, born 1766, schoolmaster
.._„_ of Monquhitter; educated at King's
College; M.A. (1790); licen. by
Presb. of Turriff 27th June 1796 ; went to
Elsinore, Denmark, where he engaged in
farming ; returned home and became
master of Hilton Academy ; ord. 29th
Aug. 1822; died 3rd Jan. 1823.— [Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, iii., 9.]
1823
WILLIAM LYON, born 13th July
1798, third son of James L., min.
of Glamis ; educated at Marischal
College ; M.A. (2nd April 1816) ; licen. by
Presb. of Forfar 21st June 1820; elected
6th May and 26th June, and ord. 7th
Aug. 1823; died 4th July 1828.— [Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, iii., 71 ; Tablet
in Church ; Sermon by David Simpson
(Aberdeen, 1832).]
JOSEPH THORBURN, elected 3rd Dec.
1828 ; ord. 19th Feb. 1829 ; trans, to
Forglen 20th Sept. 1831.
JOHN ALLAN of Potterton, Belhelvie,
born 1798, eldest son of Andrew A.,
farmer, Tarbolton ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow and Marischal College ; elected
5th July, and ord. 29th Aug. 1832. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Union
Free Church, 1843-6 ; res. (owing to an
affection of the throat) in 1846 ; died at Ayr,
21st May 1885. He marr. 19th Aug. 1846,
Margaret (s.p.), daugh. of James Harvey of
Potterton. Publications — The Guilt of
Idleness under the Call to Gospel Activity
(Kilmarnock, 1831); Christ and the Father
proved to be One (Aberdeen, 1834); The
Exposure of Unitarianism, and of Mr
Harris, Part I. (Aberdeen, 1839) ; God the
Efficient, and Sin the procuring Cause of
existing Distress in Church and State, a
discourse (Aberdeen, 1842) ; The Lentiad,
or Peter the Pope and his Pioneers (London,
1853 and 1863) ; John Dodd, and how
he stirred his Broth-pot (London, 1864) ;
Fiddle-de-dee : an Ode against Presbyterian
Organs (Aberdeen, 1865); A Walk about
Zion (Aberdeen, 1873) ; Broad Views apart
from " Broadchurch " Views (Aberdeen,
1873) ; A Council Canticle (Aberdeen,
n.d.) ; Dean Norman down in the Mouth
(Aberdeen, n.d.) ; Booh for Popular Use
on testing the Doctrines of Unitarianism
(Glasgow).— [Bards of Bon-Accord, 660.]
UNION TERRACE, or BON-
ACCORD CHAPEL.
[A chapel in Union Terrace, Aberdeen,
was built in 1822 for mission work in that
part of St Machar's Parish. In 1843 the
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UNION TERRACE— WOODSIDE
[PEESB. OF
building was taken possession of by the
Free Church.]
GAVIN PARKEE, born 18th July 1780,
1828 second son of John P., craftsman,
Port-Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. Aug. 1815 ; ord. assistant
at St Andrew's Church, Dundee, 1st Oct.
1823 ; elected by the managers and adm.
here 16th Oct. 1828. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Bon-Accord Free
Church, 1843-5; died 5th June 1845. He
was a preacher of rare ability and a dis-
tinguished theologian. He marr. 1829,
Susan (died 12th June 1880, aged 82),
daugh. of Thomas Watt, general merchant,
and Grace Scott, and had issue — Elizabeth,
born Oct. 1833, died 24th April 1834 ; John
(only son), born 24th Jan. 1836, M.A.
(Marischal College 1857), advocate in Aber-
deen, died 16th Aug. 1920. Publications—
Sermon preached at Dundee (Dundee,
1823) ; Sanctification : a Good Work
(Aberdeen, 1830); Sermons (Aberdeen,
1830) ; On the Doctrine of the Trinity
(Aberdeen, 1839) ; On the Internal Evi-
dence of Christianity (Aberdeen, 1839);
On the Work of the Ministers of the Gospel
(Aberdeen, 1840) ; On the Profanation of
the Sabbath (Aberdeen, 1842); On the
Sabbath (Aberdeen, 1846); Selected Por-
tions from his Diary and Manuscripts
(Aberdeen, 1848). He edited Durham's
Exposition of the Song of Solomon (1840). —
[Tombstone in Old Machar Churchyard ;
Martin's Eminent Divines, 222.]
WOODSIDE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here on 9th May
1830. In 1843, the Presb. of Aberdeen
claimed the building, but repudiated a
debt of £1200 upon it. The Court of
Session decided that church and debt must
go together, whereupon the Free Church
resumed possession, and a new parish
church was erected in 1846. The parish of
Woodside was disjoined from St Machar's
17th Dec. 1862.]
ANDREW GRAY, M.A.; elected 23rd
Sept. 1830; ord. 1st Sept. 1831 ; trans.
1831 to West Parish, Perth, 14th July 1836.
1836
ROBERT FORBES, born 1812, son of
Robert F., one of the masters of
the Grammar School, Aberdeen, and
Mary Langlands ; educated at Marischal
College; M.A. (1831); became Evening
Lecturer in John Knox's Church ; elected
20th Oct., and ord. 26th Dec. 1836. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Wood-
side Free Church, 1843-59 ; died suddenly
on the road near his manse, while on his
way home, 21st Oct. 1859. He was one of
the first mins. in Scotland to establish
courses of week-night lectures on scientific
and literary subjects. He marr. 30th July
1844, Jane (died 25th Dec. 1855), daugh.
of James Harvey, manager, Grandholm
Works, and had issue — Mary Langlands.
Publications — Pastoral Retrospect of the
Years 1837 to 1859 (continued annually)
(Aberdeen, 1838-59); Questions for the Use
of Parents (Aberdeen, 1839); Address to the
Children attending the Sabbath Evening
Schools (Aberdeen, 1839 and 1840);
Questions for the Use of Young Persons
preparatory to their Receiving the Ordin-
ance of the Lord's Supper for the First
Time (Aberdeen, 1842); Minor Morals
(Aberdeen, 1854) ; Digest of Rules and
Procedure of the Free Church (Edinburgh,
1856, 1862 and 1886) ; The Pastoral Care of
the Children of the Flock (Aberdeen, 1859);
Sermon LV. {Free Church Pulpit, ii.) ;
Remains, with Sketch of Life (Aberdeen,
1861). — [Morgan's Annals of Woodside,
85-92, 261 ; Tablet in Woodside Free
Church.]
JAMES ROSE SUTHERLAND, M.A.;
ord. 4th Oct. 1846 ; trans, to North-
1846
maven 18th Nov. 1848.
JAMES WALLIS, born about 1823, son
1849 °* William W., Gartly ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1844) ; ord. in 1849 ; dem. on being app. to St
Mark's, Demerara, 1854; studied medicine
at Edinburgh (L.R.C.S., 1863); emigrated
to New Zealand ; app. min. of St David's,
Auckland, Oct. 1865 ; res. 1st July 1868,
and went to Matanana Valley, Wanganui,
but returned to Auckland, where he built
a church called Newtonkirk, and estab-
ABERDEEN]
WOODSIDE— BANCHORY-DEVENICK
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lished an independent congregation. Pub-
lication— Farewell : Communion Services
(Aberdeen, 1854).
MALCOLM MUNKO EOSS, ord. in
18_. 1854 ; dem. on being app. as Indian
chaplain (q.v.) in 1859.
WILLIAM MURRAY KEAY, M.A. ;
ord. 18th Aug. 1859 ; adm. first min.
of this parish 2nd Feb. 1862 ; trans,
to Foveran 19th Sept. 1872.
WILLIAM SHEPHERD, born 1844,
1873 son °^ William S., farmer, and
Helen Ogilvie; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1867); ord. 10th
April 1873; died unmarr. 10th Jan. 1885.
JOHN OGILVIE, M.A.; trans, from
1885 Burghead 23rd July 1885 ; dem. on
being app. to united churches of
Penrith and St Mary's, Sydney, New South
Wales, 31st Dec. 1889; min. of Slainsin 1897.
DAVID PORTER M'LEES, ord. 14th
May 1890 ; trans, to North Church,
Stirling, 28th Dec. 1894.
JOHN FAIRLIE, born 20th May 1859,
son of John F., baker, and Jane
Douglas Roy ; assistant at Calton,
Glasgow ; ord. 9th July 1895 ; died at
Row, 11th April 1920. He marr. (1)
(name not recorded) ; (2) 21st Jan. 1914,
Barbara Thomson Wotherspoon, daugh. of
Hugh Smith, master engineer, and Barbara
Thomson Wotherspoon.
PETER ALEXANDER DUNN, born
Stellarton, Nova Scotia, 24th Nov.
1884, son of Charles D., min. of
Lybster ; educated at Lybster School,
Daniel Stewart's College, and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1908), B.D. (1911);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th May
1911 ; assistant at Morningside, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Arbuthnott 8th Jan. 1913 ;
trans, and adm. 30th Sept. 1920 ; trans, to
Greenside, Edinburgh, 13th May 1924.
Marr. 25th April 1914, Alberta Mary
Margaret, B.A., only child of William
George Freeman, B.A., Plumstead, London,
and Mary Dow Morrison, and has issue —
Charles William, born 30th Nov. 1915.
1895
ROBERT LAIRD SNEDDON, born
1924 Slamannan, 6th May 1886, son of
John S. and Annie Niven; edu-
cated at Larkhall Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1908) ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 7th May 1912 ; assistant at St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Kinloss
27th Aug. 1915; trans, and adm. 6th Nov.
1924. Marr. 28th June 1916, Rowena
Anthony, daugh. of George Grant Duncan,
Ravelston Place, Edinburgh, and Marion
Anthony, and has issue — Robert John
Bertram, born 7th Jan. 1919 ; Anna Irene,
born 19th July 1923 ; Yvonne Rowena, born
28th March 1925.
BANCHORY-DEVENICK.
[In or about 887 St Deavanach was
buried at Banchory. To him, in later
times, the church of this parish was
dedicated. Banchory - Devenick was a
prebend of Aberdeen.
PATRICK DUNBAR, vicar in 1550,
1560 and still in office in 1560, probably
conformed at the Reformation.
DAVID MENZIES, min. in 1567, with
1567 Nigg also in the charge.
ROBERT MERCER (primus), of the
15a„ family of Innerpeffry [cadets of Meik-
lour] ; matriculated at St Andrews
Univ. 11th Dec. 1531 ; was exhorter and
parson in 1567; adm. before 1574. In the
Assembly in 1575, a complaint was made
against the Superintendent of Angus and
Mearns anent his admission, who replied
that he had been admitted with the advice
of the brethren of Aberdeen, by whom he
had been tried. He died before 25th Feb.
1578. He marr., and had issue — Malcolm,
rector of Crieff; Robert, his successor in
the parish; Thomas. — [Wodrow Miscell.
and Biog., i. ; Jervise's Epitaphs.]
ROBERT MERCER (secundus), son of
lgl7_ preceding, regent in King's College,
Aberdeen, which he held in con-
junction, and had among his pupils John
Johnston, the Latin poet and scholar, who
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BANCHORY-DEVENICK
[PRESB. OF
speaks of M. as his "auld kynd maister,"
and bequeathed to him his "white caup
with the silver fit in token of thankful
dewtie " ; pres. 25th Feb. 1578 ; was on
23rd July 1602, found negligent in teaching
and exercise of discipline and admonished.
It was reported, 12th Aug. 1603, that he
" teaches better and oftener since he has
his residence in Aberdeen," but he was
ordered to reside in this parish, which
order was repeated 19th July 1605. The
Presb., 5th April 1610, found him some-
what cold in his doctrine and delivery
thereof, and that he had dilapidated the
benefice. He was a member of the Assembly
in 1610, and still min. 24th March 1618.
He marr. Isobell Collison, and probably had
issue — John, burgess of Aberdeen, 27th
Sept. 1625 ; Eobert, M.A. (Marischal
College), who went to Bremen after 1649.
— [Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Beg., ii. 157, Sas. iii.
402.]
ANDREW MELVILL, son of David M.,
1622 lister i probably trans, from Eccles ;
pres. to the parsonage and vicarage
by the bishop, 14th Nov. 1622, subscribed
the Covenant 22nd July 1638 ; was a
member of the Assembly in 1641 ; still min.
27th Dec. 1645. He marr., and had issue —
Andrew, apprenticed to Hew Hamilton,
merchant, Edinburgh, 24th April 1644. —
[Aberdeen Homings, 17th Dec. 1624; Reg.
of Deeds, ccccliv., 390.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON of Peter-
lesl stoun ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1630) ; adm. before
21st Oct. 1651 ; died 16th June 1656, aged
about 46. He marr., 1630, Isobel Gordon,
who survived him, and had issue — William
of Peterstoun ; Patrick, tutor at Marischal
College, 1666-7; Charles; Isobel; Margaret;
Jane. — [Brechin Tests.]
DAVID LYELL ; ord. before 18th Oct.
1658 ; intimated the sentence of
deposition against Andrew Cant,
who thereupon exclaimed, " Davie, Davie,
I kent aye ye wad do this sin the day I
laid my hands on your heid " ; trans, to
Third Charge at Aberdeen in 1666.
JAMES GORDON of Ardoe, born about
167„ 1640, son of William G., physician
and Professor of Medicine, King's
College, Aberdeen, and Jean, daugh. of
James Sandilands, commissary of Aber-
deen ; educated at said College ; M.A.
(1661); adm. before 28th Oct. 1673; dep.
by the Primate and Bishops before 21st
Jan. 1680 for publishing The Reformed
Bishop, which had given great offence from
its having denounced in most scathing
terms the alleged corruptions prevailing
throughout the Church. When he had ex-
pressed his sorrow and craved pardon of all
whom he had offended by publishing this
book, the sentence was removed and he was
again inst. 14th March that year. He died
24th Dec. 1714. He bequeathed £40 Scots
annually for behoof of the poor of the parish.
It has been stated that having been dis-
appointed in his expectations of a bishopric,
he "fell a railling at the grapes, because
out of his reach, and lampooned the
ecclesiastical peerage." The nickname of
" Reformed Bishop " was given to him, and
in a pasquil of the period — " Ecclesiastes
or the Preacher, the Penitential Retrac-
tions of Mr James Gordon of Banchory,"
it was said —
"If your book had never been seen,
You had been Bishop of Aberdeen ;
If you had been Bishop of Aberdeen,
Your book had never been seen."
He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of William
Forbes of Corsindae, and had issue —
James, intruded into the ministry at
Foveran, while also a rector in York-
shire, and afterwards Episcopal min. at
Montrose ; George, M.D. (King's College
1696). Publications— The Reformed Bishop,
or XIX. Articles (1679) ; Request to Roman
Catholics (London, 1687); Some Observa-
tions on the Fables of jEsop (Edinburgh,
1700) ; Reflections on L'Estrange's Transla-
tion of JZsop's Fables (Edinburgh, 1700) ;
The Character of a Generous Prince
(London, 1703); Some Charitable Observa-
tions on Forbes's Treatise of Church Lands
and Tithes (1706) ; Some Just Reflections on
a Pasquil against the Parson of Banchory
(1706) [the two latter were answered by
William Forbes, Professor of Law, in
ABERDEEN]
BANCHORY-DEVENICK
45
1716
Univ. of Glasgow] (Edinburgh, 1706) ;
Queries about Popery. — [Henderson's Hist,
of Banchory-Devenick, 46-51 ; G. R. Inhib.,
16th Feb. ' 1672, 21st Sept. 1677 ; Mac-
farlane's Geneal. Collect., ii., 255.]
JOHN MAITLAND, born about 1678,
son of Peter M., advocate in Aber-
deen ; educated at Marischal College ;
M.A. (1693) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
15th May 1700; ord. to Skene 19th Sept.
1700 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
17th Aug. 1715 ; trans, and adm. 1st March
1716; died March 1727. He marr. (1)
7th Nov. 1700, Elizabeth, daugh. of Thomas
Innes, factor to the Earl of Panmure : (2)
Agnes, daugh. of James Thomson, advocate,
Aberdeen, she survived him, and had
issue — James, min. of Sorbie ; Helen ;
May; Agnes. — [Aberdeen Tests; Reg. of
Deeds, Durie, 1st July 1741.]
JOHN LUMSDEN, trans, from Keith-
.„__ hall ; called 22nd, and adm. by the
Presb. jure devoluto 25th Oct. 1727 ;
adm. 28th Feb. 1728; trans, to Chair of
Divinity in King's College (q.v.) 14th Oct.
1735.
JAMES NICOLSON, licen. by Presb.
-„„7 of Haddington 24th Sept. 1734 ; pres.
by George II. 30th Jan. 1736, and
23rd March 1737; ord. 13th Sept. 1737;
died 4th June 1772. He marr. (1) 12th Nov.
1741, Janet (died 22nd March 1749), daugh.
of George Haliburton, Lord Provost of Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Cadogana (daugh.),
born 7th Oct. 1742; George Haliburton,
born 17th April 1745 ; Charles, M.A., min.
of English Presbyterian Church, Amster-
dam, 1775 - 81, subsequently chaplain to
British Embassy, Constantinople, born 21st
Jan. 1747 : (2) 15th May 1772, Helen Thorn,
who died 4th Aug. 1781. — [Henderson's
Banchory, 53 ; Steven's Rotterdam, 276 ;
Bibliotheca Peirsoniana, 126.]
GEOEGE OGILVY, born 20th May
17„a 1720, eldest son of James O., Kirrie-
muir, and Mary Ogilvie of Balbrydie ;
educated at King's College ; became school-
master of Auchterhouse ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee 4th Nov. 1747 ; ord. to Cortachy
22nd Sept. 1748 ; pres. by George III. 3rd
1785
July 1772 ; trans, and adm. 8th July 1773 ;
died 17th April 1785. He marr. (1) 13th
June 1742, Elizabeth, daugh. of Matthew
Crawford, Professor of Divinity, Edin-
burgh : (2) 2nd Sept. 1754, Katherine
(born Nov. 1719, died 28th March 1800),
daugh. of John Anderson, Professor of
Philosophy, Marischal College, and had
issue — Skene, D.D., min. of Old Machar,
born 27th Sept. 1755 ; David, born 1st Nov.
1757, died 16th Nov. 1826.
GEOEGE MOEISON of Elsick and
Disblair, born 1758, fifth son of
James M. of Elsick, Provost of
Aberdeen, and Isobel Dyce ; educated at
Marischal College ; M.A. (14th Feb. 1776) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 30th Jan.
1782; ord. to Oyne 7th May 1783; pres.
by George III. 2nd May, trans, and adm.
10th Nov. 1785; D.D. (King's College,
27th Nov. 1824) ; died . Father op the
Chuech, 13th July 1845. He built in
1837, at a cost of £1400, an iron suspen-
sion bridge across the Dee at Cults,
established a school and schoolhouse at
Portlethen with an endowment of £100,
and largely aided the endowment of Port-
lethen Church. His many acts of generosity
were long remembered in the district. He
marr. 26th June 1786, Margaret (died 11th
June 1837, aged 80), daugh. of Gilbert
Jaffray of Kingswells, a well - known
Quaker, but had no issue. Publications —
The Importance of Self- Diffidence (Aber-
deen, 1821) ; The Dealings of God with
Nations (Aberdeen, 1832) ; Address to Heads
of Families in Banchory-Devenick (Aber-
deen, 1834); A Brief Outline of the External
Framework and Internal Constitution of
the Appointments of the Church of Scotland
as by Law established (Aberdeen, 1840) ;
State of the Church of Scotland in 1830 and
1840 contrasted (Aberdeen, 1840) ; Accounts
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv., and
New Stat. Ace, xi., xxi.). — [Walker's Dis-
blair (Aberdeen, 1884).]
WILLIAM PAUL, born 27th Sept.
1804, son of William P., min. of
Maryculter, Professor of Natural
Philosophy, King's College, Aberdeen, and
grand-nephew of preceding; educated at
1884
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BANCHORY-DEVENICK— BELHELVIE
[PEESB. OF
the Grammar School, Aberdeen, and King's
College; M.A. (March 1822); taught in a
private academy at Colchester ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 4th May 1826; ord.
assistant in this parish 19th Oct. that year ;
pres. by William IV. 19th Aug. 1833 ; adm.
(assistant and successor) 21st Aug. 1834 ;
elected clerk of Presb. that year. This he
res. in 1861 ; D.D. (King's College, 9th
April 1853);' died 27th April 1884. He
was a distinguished linguist and educa-
tionist. He marr. (1) 20th Aug. 1829,
Jessy (died 2nd Feb. 1866, aged 58), daugh.
of Alexander Stewart, bailie in Aberdeen,
and had issue — William, advocate, Aber-
deen, born 10th May 1830, died 14th Oct.
1918; Jessy, born 15th Oct. 1831, died
18th Nov. 1911 ; Isobel, born 29th Sept.
1833, died 10th June 1907; Margaret
Morison, born 20th Jan. 1835 (marr. 5th
Dec. 1865, James Brodie, merchant,
Mauritius), died 17th July 1916 ; Alex-
ander, born 18th Jan. 1837, died 4th Nov.
1846 ; George, born 21st July, and died
3rd Aug. 1838; Sir George Morison, D.K.S.,
LL.D., born 18th Aug. 1839; John Thur-
burn, born 3rd Dec. 1841, died at Ventnor,
26th Nov. 1867 ; Elizabeth, born 29th Oct.
1843 (marr. 30th June 1868, Sylvester Keid,
captain Devonshire Eegiment), died 3rd
March 1919 ; James Stewart, born 28th
Aug., and died 2nd Sept. 1845 ; David,
D.D., LL.D., min. of Robertson Memorial,
Edinburgh (twin), born 28th Aug. 1845;
Alexander, went to Moka, Mauritius, born
20th April 1847, died 2nd April 1871;
Edward Burness, LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1924),
Principal, Victoria College, Victoria, British
Columbia, born 17th Jan. 1850 ; Katherine
Loyd, born 1st June 1851 : (2) 24th Dec. 1867,
Margaret (died 26th April 1892), second
daugh. of William Smith, min. of Bower.
Publications — Analysis and Critical Ex-
amination of the Hebrew Text of the Booh of
Genesis, preceded by a Hebrew Grammar,
and Dissertations on the Genuineness of the
Pentateuch, and on the Structure of the
Hebrev) Language (Edinburgh, 1852); Letter
to the University Commissioners for Scot-
land (Aberdeen, 1859) ; The Scriptural
Account of Creation vindicated by the
Teaching of Science (London, 1870) ; The
1882
Authorship and Date of the Boohs of Moses
considered (Aberdeen, 1878); Past and
Present of Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, 1881).
WILLIAM FYPE LAWRENCE, born
Carmyllie, 18th May 1857, only son
of William L., farmer, Kirkbuddo,
and nephew of John Fyfe, Professor of
Moral Philosophy, Univ. of Aberdeen ;
educated at Carmyllie School, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(1880); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1881; assistant to preceding; ord. (assistant
and successor) 26th Jan. 1882 ; died 14th
Feb. 1919. He marr. 28th Jan. 1885, Eliza-
beth Milne, younger daugh. of William
Duncan, quarrymaster, Carmyllie, Arbroath,
and had issue — Mary Fyfe, born 17th March
1887 (marr. 26th Aug. 1908, Albert George
Watson, flax buyer, Courtrai) ; Helen
Catherine Gerard, born 28th Jan. 1889 ;
William, marine engineer, born 1st April
1890 ; Charles Christie, Mercantile Marine
Service, lieut. E.N.R., born 27th Dec. 1891 ;
Joan Felice, born 12th Nov. 1897 (marr.
11th Oct. 1922, Ronald Kirkham Grant,
M.B., Ch.B., D.T.M.).
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, born
19lg Tomlea, Cromdale, 30th April 1869,
son of Alexander M. and Jane
Stuart ; educated at Grantown Grammar
School, Fordyce Academy, and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
5th May 1897 ; assistant at Kilmorack,
Dunnottar, and St Machar's ; ord. to
Cookney 24th April 1901 ; trans, and adm.
11th July 1919. Marr. 1st July 1903, Mary
Young, daugh. of James Henderson, bank
agent, Woodside, Aberdeen, and Ann
Murray Kempt Findlay, and has issue —
Alastair, electrical engineer, born 10th April
1904 ; James Henderson, Mercantile Marine,
born 4th Dec. 1905; George, born 16th May
1908 ; Mary Barron, born 15th Jan. 1913.
BELHELVIE.
[In early times the church of Belhelvie
was dedicated to St Neachtan, but at' a later
date St Columba was made the patron. The
church belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath.
Belhelvie was a prebend of Aberdeen.]
ABERDEEN]
BELHELVIE
47
1576
1617
1567 GILBERT KELLO, reader in 1567.
GEORGE PATERSON, entered at
Beltein in 1570, with Kintore and
Kinellar both in the charge ; trans.
to Daviot in 1573.
PATRICK GARDYNE, pres. by James
VI. 29th May 1576, with Foveran
also in the charge ; called an aged
man in 1601 ; died July 1614. — [Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 70.]
DAVID LINDSAY, son of James L.,
burgess of Dundee ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1602) ;
adm. to Carmyllie in 1609 ; probably trans,
to Kinnettles before 20th Sept. 1610;
trans, and adm. before 8th Aug. 1617 ;
signed the Covenant 22nd July, and was
a member of Assembly in 1638, 1639, and
of the Commissions of Assembly, 1642,
1644, 1646, and 1647. He was rector of
King's College, 23rd April 1645 to 1650,
and was app. by Parliament one of the
Visitors of the Univ. of Aberdeen 24th
March 1647 ; burgess of Aberdeen in 1651.
Though one of the most active and
energetic in the cause of the Covenanters,
he continued under Episcopacy, and died
23rd Nov. 1667, aged about 84. He marr.
(1) before 8th Dec. 1617, Elizabeth Ochter-
lony : (2) Margaret Annand, and had issue
— John of Easter Tyrie, burgess of Aber-
deen ; Elizabeth ; Helen. Publications —
Scotland's Halleluiah (Aberdeen, 1642) ;
A Dolorous Expression and an Eclogue
on the Death of Bishop Forbes, 1635
(Forbes's Funeral Sermons) ; The Converts
Cordiall (1644). — [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court
Records, iii., 12 ; Reg. of Deeds, cclxviii., 8th
Dec. 1617 ; Acts of Pari., v. 594, vi., pt. i.
394, 535, 834 ; G. R. Inhib., 14th Nov. 1617.]
GEORGE INNES of Blairton, son of
Alexander I., merchant in Holland ;
1668 educated at King's College; M.A.
(1653) ; schoolmaster at Belhelvie ; ord.
to Dipple 14th Oct. 1658; trans, to Kin-
airney before 25th Nov. 1663 ; trans, and
adm. 8th March 1668; D.D. (King's College,
date uncertain); died in 1697, aged about 64.
He purchased the estate of Blairton in the
parish, of which the minister is superior
1716
and from which he receives a feu-duty.
He marr. (name unknown), and had issue
— George, died 21st Sept. 1710 ; Anna,
buried 26th Sept. 1701 ; Elizabeth (marr.
pro., 17th Aug. 1714, Daniel Farquharson,
shipmaster, Aberdeen). — [Aberdeenshire
Poll-Book, ii., 539 ; Broughdearg MS.]
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, called 13th
169g Nov. 1698; ord. 28th Feb. 1699;
trans, to Old Machar 31st Aug. 1714.
JAMES KEITH, intruded in 1715, and
1715 continued till Feb. 1716.
WILLIAM DYCE, born 26th Dec. 1689,
son of Andrew D., merchant, Old
Aberdeen, and brother of James D.
of Disblair; educated at King's College;
M.A. (15th May 1713); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 10th Nov. 1714 ; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 12th Oct. 1715 ; ord.
14th March 1716; died 23rd July 1724.
He marr. Katherine (died 2nd May 1773,
aged 72), daugh. of David Anderson, D.D.,
Professor of Divinity in King's College, and
had issue — Andrew, born Aug. 1720, died
24th April 1742; Katherine, born 7th
Sept. 1721, died 31st Oct. 1731; Janet,
born 18th March 1723 (marr. 15th Oct. 1740,
William Forbes, coppersmith, Aberdeen,
father of William F., who purchased the
estate of Callender, Stirlingshire, in 1783). —
[Aberdeen Tests. ; Tombst. ; Burke's Landed
Gentry ; Kay's Portraits.']
DAVID BROWN, born about 1695, son
1725 of David B., min. of Blackfriars,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (13th April 1715); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 12th Aug. 1719 ;
ord. to Peterhead 27th April 1721; called
21st March, trans, and adm. 22nd July
1725 ; dep. 18th Oct. 1744 for adultery.
Having declared his intention to go abroad,
he was reponed by the Assembly 16th May
1747; died 10th March 1751. He marr.
the Hon. Isabel (died 27th April 1762),
daugh. of William, Lord Saltoun, and had
issue — Margaret, born 2nd June 1731 ;
Katherine Ann, born 13th Sept. 1733 ;
Elizabeth, born 29th Jan. 1740 ; Janet,
born 4th Sept. 1742 ; a daugh. (marr. Alex.
Scroggs, merchant, Aberdeen).
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BELHELVIE
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS RAGG, born about 1697, son
1745 of John R., merchant, Aberdeen ;
educated at King's College ; M.A.
(1717) ; became schoolmaster of Belhelvie ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 30th Sept.
1724; ord. to Dyce 25th Oct. 1727; pres.
by George II. 29th Nov. 1744 ; trans, and
adm. 5th June 1745 ; died 14th Jan. 1766.
He marr. 2nd June 1740, Ann (died 10th
Aug. 1786), daugh. of William Black, advo-
cate, Aberdeen, and had issue — Isabel, born
4th Jan. 1742 ; John, M.A., born 1st Jan.
1743; Andrew, born 20th July 1744.— [Aber-
deen Sas., xxviii., i., 149.]
JAMES FORSYTH, born Clatt, about
17e6 1732 ; educated at King's College ;
M.A. (2nd April 1752) ; licen. by
Presb. of Alford 6th Dec. 1758; pres. by
George III. 15th Feb., and ord. 24th Sept.
1766 ; died suddenly after meeting of the
Presb. 1st Dec. 1790. He marr. 30th April
1767, Isabella (died 5th Nov. 1786), daugh. of
Walter Syme, min. of Tullynessle, and had
issue — Alexander John, LL.D., min. of this
parish ; Elizabeth Barbara, born 22nd June
1773, died unmarr. ; Mary Margaret, born
28th March 1776 (marr. Robert Scott, min.
of Glenbuchat) ; Walter, died young.
ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH,
1791 born 28th Dec. 1768, son of preced-
ing ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, where he had as intimates the
celebrated Robert Hall and Sir James
Mackintosh ; M.A. (30th March 1786) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 13th Oct.
1790 ; pres. by George III. 15th Jan., and
ord. 24th Aug. 1791 ; LL.D. (Aberdeen, 8th
Sept. 1834) ; died suddenly at his breakfast
table on Sunday, 11th June 1843, unmarr.
He was a man far in advance of his times.
Ingenious rather than learned, Nature, not
books, was his chief teacher. Professor
John Stuart Blackie says that " he taught
one the great lesson of how to use the eyes."
He was an indefatigable chemist and geolo-
gist, and spent much of his leisure in the
" minister's smiddy " set up in his manse
garden. His discoveries in the preparation
of gunpowder were of great service to the
Government during the French War, and
his invention of the percussion-lock revolu-
tionised the mechanism of firearms, and
was adopted by the army. He firmly
believed that electricity would ultimately
rival the power of steam, and in his
imagination of the bestowal of a new sense
acting at an infinite distance and through
all kinds of substances, he had what looks
like a dim groping after wireless telegraphy.
He was badly treated in the matter of his
gun invention, and was unceremoniously
removed from the Tower of London, where
he carried on operations at the request of
the Government, and his expenses were
tardily repaid. No pecuniary reward came
to him until the year before his death,
when he received a grant of £200, while
three of his relatives received £1000 after-
wards. " It is hardly too much to say that
if F. had been allowed to complete 'the
few things he was engaged on at the
Tower' in 1807, instead of being told to
'remove his rubbish,' Wellington might
have found the Peninsula and Waterloo
easier than he did, or, to put it another
way, if F. had not patriotically refused the
£20,000 offered him by the French for his
invention, the great Napoleon might not
have died a prisoner at St Helena." Publica-
tions— Accounts of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vii., and New Stat. Ace, xii). —
[The Rev. Alexander John Forsyth and his
Invention of the Percussion-lock, by Major-
Gen. Sir Alex. J. F. Reid, from information
collected mostly by Mary Forsyth Reid,
Aberdeen, 1909.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, born 15th June
1815, son of George T., merchant,
Woodside, Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College ; M.A. (1832) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 26th March 1839; became
teacher in Robert Gordon's Hospital, after-
wards schoolmaster at Dyce and at Bel-
helvie ; pres. by Queen Victoria 17th July,
and ord. 13th Sept. 1843 ; died 11th Oct.
1887. He marr. Sth Dec. 1843, Jane (died
6th Jan. 1879, aged 62), daugh. of George
Macnaughton, factory manager, and had
issue — George, M.D., Oldham, born 14th
Sept. 1844, died 18th Oct. 1906; John,
born 20th May 1846; William, born 26th
Dec. 1847, died at Aberdeen, 23rd Jan. 1889;
Aberdeen] CRAIGIEBUCKLER— CULTS— DRUMOAK
49
Jane, bom 22nd April 1849; Alexander,
agent, Town and County Bank, Aberdeen,
born, 24th Jan. 1851, died 10th Aug. 1897;
Margaret, born 16th Oct. 1852; Agnes,
born 13th May 1854; Isabella, born 6th
March 1856; Theodore, M.D., C.M.G.,
barrister, Middle Temple, Inspector, Local
Government Board, London, born 30th
Dec. 1857; Kobert Smith, born 5th Sept.
1859 ; Harvey Abernethy (twin), born 5th
Sept. 1859, died at Yokohama, 15th Feb.
1906 ; James Henderson Bose, born 19th
April 1863, died 7th May 1875 ; Frederick
Holland, M.B., CM., born 20th Oct. 1866.
— [Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscrip-
tions, 135.]
MALCOLM TOWER SOBLEY, born
1888 Alford, 14th Aug. 1862, son of Bobert
S. and Janet Fernie ; educated at
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1884), B.D. (1887); licen. by Fresb.
of Aberdeen May 1887 ; assistant at Hol-
burn, Aberdeen ; ord. 12th April 1888.
Marr. 10th May 1894. Annie Elizabeth,
daugh. of George Allan and Helen Smith,
and has issue — Helen Allan, born 13th
June 1895 (marr. 15th March 1923, William
Cumming Thorn, min. of St Stephen's
U.F. Church, Carnoustie) ; Malcolm Tower,
engineer, born 17th March 1897 ; Annie
Elizabeth, born 24th Aug. 1899.
CRAIGIEBUCKLER (Q.S.).
[Craigiebuckler Church was opened in
Feb. 1883. The parish of Craigiebuckler
was disjoined from St Machar's, Banchory -
Devenick, Peterculter, Newhills, and Bubis-
law, Aberdeen, 15th March 1886. Its
erection and endowment were very largely
due to the generosity of John C. Couper
of Craigiebuckler. The church bells
possess some historic interest. They were
cast from the metal of " Auld Lowrie,"
the great bell of St Nicholas', whose sound
was so familiar in the city from 1351, when
it was presented by Provost Leith, until
the burning of the tower in 1874.]
WILLIAM FOBBES, ord. 19th July
1877 1877; trans, to Mannofield 10th
March 1881.
VOL. VI.
1881
GEOEGE DINGWALL, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 22nd Dec. 1881 ; trans, to Liff
28th Sept. 1892.
JAMES NIMMO CUTHBEBT, born
18g3 Linlithgow, 29th April 1867, son
of William Cuddie and Margaret
Cunningham ; educated at George Watson's
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1887), B.D. (1891); assumed name of Cuth-
bert in 1891 ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
May 1891 ; assistant at Coats, Coatbridge ;
ord. 21st Feb. 1893. Marr. 4th Nov. 1903,
Maud Mary, only daugh. of John C.
Couper of Craigiebuckler.
CULTS (Q.S.).
[The parish of Cults was disjoined
from Banchory-Devenick, Peterculter, and
Craigiebuckler on 13th March 1896.]
CHABLES SINCLAIB CHEISTIE,
1888 k°rn Dundee, 11th June 1861, son
of Sinclair C. and Mary Key Mac-
kay ; educated at Dundee High School,
Univs. of St Andrews, M.A. (1880), and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1887 ; assistant at New Grey friars, Edin-
burgh ; app. to Cults Mission in Jan., and
ord. 2nd June 1888 ; adm. first min. of
this parish 14th March 1896; D.D. (St.
Andrews, 1921). Marr. 26th Oct. 1904,
Jessie Hope (died s.p. 18th May 1925), eldest
daugh. of George David Butherford, advo-
cate, Aberdeen, and Jessie Macdonald. —
[Henderson's Banchory-Devenick, 201-3.]
DRUMOAK, of old
DALMAYOCK.
[The church of Dalmayock was dedicated
to St Mayota. Beside it was St Mayota's
Well. There were also in this parish Wells
of Our Lady and St Peter. Dalmayock
was a prebend of Aberdeen.]
THOMAS HAY, rector; attested a
1560 deed in 1560. — [Aberdeen and Banff
Antiquities, iii., 20.]
CUTHBEBT REID, reader. -
1566 381.]
D
[Ibid.,
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DRUMOAK
[PRESB. OF
AKTHUR FORBES, mm. of Echt ; had
1567 charge here in 1567.
1567 GEORGE FRASER, reader in 1567.
ALEXANDER GERARD, reader from
1570 1570 to 1580.
JOHN GRAHAM, min. at Midmar ; had
1574 charge here in 1574.
RICHARD ROSS, min. of Peterculter
lgg8 in 1585, having this parish also in
charge till 1586, and then again from
1593 to 20th Oct. 1598, when he removed
here, being app., 10th Aug. 1599, to preach
at Peterc alter every third Sunday, which
he did till 3rd July 1601. He was a
member of the Assembly in 1602 ; was
accused, 15th June 1604, of having passed
to the pulpit to preach " rashlie," and that
his doctrine was not for the comfort and
edification of " sic a notable congregation " ;
was adm. a burgess of Aberdeen 15th Aug.
that year; suspended, 13th Oct. 1605, for
celebrating a marriage irregularly, and
dep., 14th March 1606, for inefficiency
and granting a tack for three years of his
vicarage to his brother, Gilbert R, without
the consent of the kirk. He marr. (name
unknown), and had issue — several children.
ALEXANDER SCROGIE ; trans, from
1606 Skene ; pres. by John, Earl of Mar,
in May; coll. and adm. after 12th Dec.
1606, and inst. 26th Jan. 1607; ordered,
7th March 1608, to reside at his church,
and on 13th March 1609 to leave the college
at Aberdeen at Lammas ; trans, to Old
Machar after 6th June 1621.
JOHN GREGORIE, born 1598, son
1621 °^ James G. [descended from the
Macgregors of Roro, a younger
branch of the Glenlyon family], saddler
and burgess of Aberdeen, and Margaret
Barbour; educated at Marischal College;
M.A. (1616) ; adm. in 1621 ; served heir
to his father, 27th May 1623. Refusing
to sign the Covenant he fled to England,
but returned June 1639 ; was arrested
in bed on the night of 2nd June 1640,
by a party of soldiers, brought before
General Monro, fined 1000 merks, had his
house plundered, and deprived by the
General Assemby in July that year. On
the petition of the laird of Drum, he was
reponed in 1641, but disobeyed an order
to preach with Andrew Cant (whom he
greatly disliked) at the visitation of the
kirk of Aberdeen ; was again dep. in
1649, but the Synod, 22nd April, recom-
mended the Assembly to restore him ;
died before 31st March 1653. He marr.
1621, Janet, daugh. of David Anderson
of Finzeauch, a distinguished engineer in
his day, and had issue — Alexander of
Finzeauch, M.A., born 1623, murdered by
Francis Crichton, brother of Lord Fren-
draught, in 1663 ; David of Netherdale and
Kinnairdy, librarian, King's College, born
20th Dec. 1625, died in 1720 ; James,
M.A., inventor of the reflecting telescope,
correspondent of Sir Isaac Newton, and
Professor of Mathematics in Univs. of
St Andrews and Edinburgh, born Nov.
1638, died Oct. 1675 ; Margaret (marr.
Thomas Mercer, bailie of Aberdeen);
Janet (marr. Thomas Thomson of Faich-
field). — [Aberdeen Burgh Records, ii. ;
Inq. Ret. Aberdeen, 308; Inq. Ret. Banff,
90 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 37, 69, 518 ; Aberdeen
Sas., v., 109, 171.]
[ANDREW BALLENDEN, a deprived
1652 min., was charged by the Synod,
Oct. 1652, with having intruded
here. He confessed that he had done the
same " by warrant from the Englishers in
respect he was upon the independent and
congregational course." He was dismissed
on undertaking to leave the country.] —
[Ecclesiastical Records of Aberdeen, 222.]
DAVID LINDSAY (primus), born 1626,
1654 eldest son of David L., burgess of
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College, 1642-6 ; ord. in 1654 ; deprived
in 1681, for not taking the Test ; returned
21st June 1691 ; died 30th Sept. 1702.
He marr. Sophia Douglas, and had issue —
David, min. of this parish ; Jean. — [G. R.
Inhib., 11th Aug. 1673; Aberdeen Sas., vi.,
428 ; Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 471.]
DAVID LINDSAY (secundus), son of
1682 preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, 1671-5; pres. in Feb.;
passed trials before the Presb. and received
ABERDEEN]
DRUMOAK
51
a testimonial to the Primate, 25th April,
for ordination ; inst. between 23rd^May
and 20th June 1682; died 16th June
1691.— [Aberdeen Tests.]
DAVID LINDSAY (primus) [see
1691 above].
ALEXANDER SHANK, bapt. 1676,
,„._ son of Henry S. of Castlerig, bailie
of Kinghorn [descended from Mur-
doch S., who is said to have found the
body of King Alexander III. among the
cliffs at Kinghorn]; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (25th June 1700) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 25th Nov. 1702
called 25th April, and ord. 4th Aug. 1703
pres. to Lochmaben in 1728, but not settled
died from effects of a fall from his horse,
6th March 1749. He bequeathed 400
merks for the poor of the parish. He marr.
4th Dec. 1705, Elizabeth (died 1st April
1730), daugh. of William Burnett of Balfour
and Woodtown, and Margaret Douglas, and
had issue— Thomas, born 12th Sept. 1706;
Alexander, min. of St Cyrus, born 4th Oct.
1708; Margaret, born 20th Nov. 1710
(marr. James Walker, min. of Dunnottar) ;
Jean, born 24th Dec. 1712 (marr. William
Thomson, min. of Marykirk); William,
min.; of Brechin, born 20th June 1714;
Elizabeth, born 13th Aug. 1715, died young ;
Elizabeth, born 4th April 1718, died young ;
Henry, born 30th March 1720; Elizabeth,
born 21st Nov. 1721, died young ; Martin,
M.A. (1740), born 18th Jan. 1723; Elizabeth,
born 1725; Marjory.— [Burnetts of Leys, 76;
Brechin Tests. ; Aberdeen Tests.]
JOHN GLENNIE, pres. by Patrick
1750 Duff of Premnay Sept. 1749; ord.
10th Jan. 1750 ; trans, to Maryculter
23rd June 1763.
ALEXANDER ROSE, M.A.; pres. by
1764 ^°^n Irvine Dec. 1^63; ord. 9th
May 1764; trans, to Auchterless 2nd
Nov. 1774.
JOHN FULLERTON, educated at
m5 Marischal College; M.A. (1757);
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 15th
Jan. 1766; pres. by Alexander Fullerton,
min. of Footdee, in April, and ord. 17th
Aug. 1775 ; died 27th May 1785, aged about
48. He had great reputation for piety and
earnestness as a pastor. He marr. 27th
April 1776, Isabel Rose, who died at Aber-
deen 6th March 1814, aged 73, and had
issue — Alexander, secretary, Town and
County Bank, born 14th Sept. 1777; Hugh,
advocate, Aberdeen, Sheriff-Substitute of
Kincardineshire, born 17th July 1780, died
20th Jan. 1846.— [Tombst.]
JAMES FRASER, born 1756, son of
1„__ John F., merchant and treasurer of
Aberdeen, and Helen, daugh. of
James and Elizabeth Copland Michie, Tar-
land ; educated at Marischal College ;
M.A. (1771); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
3rd Feb. 1779 ; under-master in Gordon's
Hospital ; pres. by Alexander Irvine of
Drum Nov. 1785; ord. 15th June 1786; D.D.
(Marischal College, Feb. 1796) ; died unmarr.
31st Jan. 1828. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iii.). Edited
Lectures on the Pastoral Character, by
Principal George Campbell, 1811.
1826
ADAM CORBET, born 31st July 1799,
son of William C. of Beildside,
Supervisor of Excise, Aberdeen, and
Jean Gordon ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege; M.A. (2nd April 1816); licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 20th Dec. 1821; pres.
by Alexander Irvine of Drum in June, and
ord. (assistant and successor) 27th July
1826; D.D. (Aberdeen, 6th May 1864);
died 11th Oct. 1876. He marr. 29th Dec.
1831, Christian (died s.p. 2nd Nov. 1899,
aged 89), daugh. of John Blaikie, Aberdeen,
and sister of Provost Sir Thomas Blaikie.
Publication — The Christian's Triumph
(Aberdeen, 1855). — [Henderson's Annals of
Lower Deeside, 88 ; Jervise's Epitaphs, ii.,
367 ; Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries,
ii., 227.]
GEORGE INNES SIM, born Deskford,
21st June 1839, son of William S.;
educated at Univs. of Aberdeen,
M.A. (1862), and Edinburgh, B.D. (1868) ;
became schoolmaster of Rothiemay in
1862 ; licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 2nd
July 1867; ord. to Glenlivet 26th June
1872; trans, and adm. 15th March 1877;
1877
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DRUMOAK— DURRIS
[PRESB. OF
res. 6th Feb. 1883, and went to Australia ;
min. of Presbyterian Church, Easterton,
Victoria, 1883; Eector of High School,
Eangiroa, New Zealand, 1894 ; Principal of
Queen's College, Auckland, New Zealand,
1900-3; died 11th Jan. 1913. He marr. (1)
4th July 1865, Margaret Chrystal, and had
issue— John, born 16th Sept. 1869; Jane
Robertson, born 23rd March 1871 ; Jessie
Margaret, born 21st Oct. 1872; Georgina,
born 21st Oct. 1873 ; Eliza, born 29th Nov.
1874: (2) 28th June 1894, Catherine O.
Goodlet.
CHARLES MACKIE, born Newhills,
1S8S 7tb March 1852> son of Jonn M-
and Christian Davidson ; educated
at Bucksburn Free Church School,
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1874) ; licen. by the Presb. of Aber-
deen ; assistant at Drumoak and Cullen ;
ord. 10th May 1883 ; dem. 22nd May 1922.
Marr. 24th Sept. 1884, Elsie, daugh. of
William Souter, painter, Aberdeen, and
Rachel Procter, and has issue — William
Souter, M.A. (Oxon), Professor of English
Literature, Cape Town, born 31st Oct.
1885 ; John, in Australian Forces, born
17th Aug. 1887, killed in action at Fletre,
28th April 1918 ; Helen, born 8th May 1890
(marr. 1916, Alistair Cameron MacDonald,
M.B., Ch.B.) ; Charles, accountant, born
15th Oct. 1891 ; George, warehouseman,
lieut. 2nd Royal Scots, born 27th March
1893, died of wounds at Arras, 12th April
1917 ; Elsie, M.B., Ch.B., born 24th Dec.
1895. Publications — Making of the Bible
(Aberdeen, 1895) ; John Grubber and Son's
Factory (1908).
JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSON, born
1922 Newnills. 16th May 1884> son of
Alexander Troup R., and Bathia
Leslie; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen;
M.A. (1907), B.D. (1919) ; assistant master
in Alva Academy in 1907, Macduff Higher
Grade School in 1908, and Headmaster of
Badenscoth Public School, 1913-15 ; licen.
by Presb. of Garioch April 1918; locum
tenens at Kintore ; ord. to Trinity, Aber-
deen, 2nd May 1919 ; trans, and adm. 5th
Sept. 1922. Marr. 2nd July 1918, Elizabeth
Wallace Ewing, second daugh. of Robert
Patterson, min. of Savoch U.F. Church,
and has issue — Isobel Agnes Robertson,
born 13th Oct. 1920.
DURRIS.
[The church of Durris belonged to the
Knights of the Order of the Temple. It
was dedicated to St Comgall of Bangor.
Besides the church, St Comgall's Fair was
held in May. The parish of Durris was
severed from the Presb. of Fordoun, and
added to that of Aberdeen 14th May 1717.
A new church was opened on 17th Nov.
1822. The communion vessels still in use
were gifted by Thomas Fraser "Chapline
and Judge-advocat aboard the English
Admirale." He died in the Straits of
Gibraltar 19th Feb. 1694.]
JOHN DUFF, parson in 1560 ; granted
a charter to George Fraser and
Christian Ogilvy, his spouse. — [Feu
Charters of Eirhlands, i., 282.]
GEORGE FRASER of the Frasers of
Durris; entered at Lammas 1568;
probably went to Boharm.
1574
ARCHIBALD HOGG of the family of
Blairydrine ; min. in 1574 ; died
before 20th March 1595. He marr.
and had issue — Patrick, min. of Fetlar.
JAMES IRVINE, son of Alexander I.
of Beltie ; adm. in 1595 ; pres. by
James VI. 20th March 1595-6. In
1599 Kinnairny also was in the charge ;
probably trans, to Tough in 1599.
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, min. of
Aboyne in 1593 ; trans, to Skene in
1599, preaching there and at Durris
alternately; removed here in 1601; ordered
by Presb. to make his residence here 15th
Jan. 1602; still min. 5th Oct. 1630. He
marr. Elspeth, daugh. of John Reid, min.
of Banchory-Ternan, and had issue —
Alexander ; John ; James, student at
Marischal College, 1628-32; Andrew, Pro-
fessor of Philosophy, Aberdeen (1645-6),
became a Roman Catholic and entered
Scots College, Madrid, born 13th July
1619; William, min. of this parish;
ABERDEEN]
DURRIS
53
Kobert; a son died Dec. 1602. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcix.,
295 ; Records of the Scots Colleges, 196.]
WILLIAM YOUNGSON, son of pre-
165_ ceding ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, 1637-41 ; adm. before 25th Dec.
1653 \ still min. 26th June 1656. He marr.
Helen Patoun, and had issue — Alexander.
— [Reg. of Decreets, Durie, 27th July 1672 ;
Echt Sess. Reg.]
1656
WILLIAM REID, trans, from a charge
(unidentified) in Shetland between
25th March 1655 and 12th Oct. 1656;
elected one of the mins. of Edinburgh,
6th Oct. 1662, but declined acceptance ;
was very ill 26th March 1673, and probably
died shortly thereafter. He marr. and had
issue— Katherine (marr. 27th Nov. 1722,
John Dunbar, tailor, Edinburgh) ; Margaret
(marr. 6th Dec. 1706, John Smith, tailor in
the Canongate, Edinburgh). — [Echt Sess.
Reg.]
1675
JOHN EEID, educated at Marischal
College; M.A. (1669); became
schoolmaster of Banchory-Ternan ;
and session-clerk there 27th March 1670 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen ; adm. 24th
Nov. 1675 ; was a non-jurant ; dep. for
supporting the Jacobite Eising in 1715;
died before 2nd April 1728. He marr.
(1) Isabel Fraser, who died 13th June
1716 : (2) Margaret Cruden, who survived
him. — [Aberdeen Tests.]
1717
ROBERT MELVILL, born 1691, son
of Francis M., min. of East or
Second Charge, Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 20th June 1716;
pres. by Sir Peter Fraser that year ; ord.
31st Jan. 1717; in his absence his house was
robbed on 28th Feb. 1747 by five armed
men, the chief of whom — James Davidson —
was executed and hung in chains. [In Feb.
1747 Davidson and his confederates robbed
in one night the manses of Kinnell, Farnell,
and Kinnaird. Next day they entered the
manse of Fettercairn, which was gallantly
defended by the minister, who kept David-
son a prisoner for some time until he was
released by his associates. From Durris
manse they took away the Presbytery
Records of 1598-1610, the volume ultimately
falling into the hands of the Faculty of
Advocates, Edinburgh, by whom it was
restored to its original owners in June
1891.] M. died 29th May 1758. He marr.
(1) Isabella (died 1719), daugh. of George
Fordyce, Provost of Aberdeen, and had
issue — Ann, bapt. 19th May 1718, died 15th
March 1737; Elizabeth, bapt. 2nd July 1719
(marr. John Harper, schoolmaster) : (2) 30th
Dec. 1734, Janet Greig, who died 8th Nov.
1752, and had issue — Katherine, born 13th
Oct. 1736 ; Isobel, born 20th Dec. 1737 ;
Francis, M.A. (Marischal College, 1756),
merchant, Amsterdam, born 12th Dec. 1739 ;
Margaret, born 9th Nov. 1741 ; Sarah, born
29th Aug. 1743 ; John, merchant, Amster-
dam, born 25th Feb. 1747 ; Jean, born 21st
Oct. 1749. — [Family of Dingwall-Fordyce.]
1759
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A. ; pres.
by Earl of Peterborough in 1758 ;
ord. 5th April 1759; trans, to
Fordoun 31st Oct. 1771.
WILLIAM STRACHAN, born 1745,
ll772 son of Robert S., Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1766); pres. by Earl of Peterborough in
Feb., and ord. 9th April 1772 ; died 15th
June 1823. He marr. 8th Dec. 1774,
Margaret (died 24th Feb. 1807), daugh.
of Arthur Mitchell, min. of Skene. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iii.). — [St Andrews Tests.]
1823
ROBERT COPLAND, born 1780, son
of Peter O, farmer, Gillachie,
Rathven ; educated at King's Col-
lege; M.A. (1799); licen. by Presb. of
Fordyce ; ord. missionary at Enzie 22nd
July 1814 ; pres. by Alexander, Duke of
Gordon, in Sept., trans, and adm. 30th
Oct. 1823 ; died 3rd July 1860. He marr.
29th Dec. 1835, Christina Wright, who
died 30th April 1852, and had issue —
Robert, born 9th May 1842 ; Adam Corbet,
born 11th Nov. 1846, died 12th April 1858.
Publication— Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xi.).
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DURRIS— DYCE
[PRESB. OF
1858
JAMES DUIRS, born about 1800, son
of James D., builder, Laurencekirk ;
educated at Marischal College ; M. A.
(1832) ; sub-regent in Marischal College in
1840 ; became schoolmaster in the parish ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 27th July
1858; died 28th Jan. 1893. He marr.
12th Jan. 1859, Mary Johnston (died
20th March 1895), daugh. of James Murray,
Stonehaven.
CHAELES JAMES WATT, M.A. ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 11th April
1878; trans, to Polwarth and adm.
21st March 1882 ; dem. that charge 1925.
1878
1888
ROBERT EEITH SPARK, born 7th
Sept. 1855, son of Archibald S.
and Barbara Reith ; educated at
Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1878); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen in 1882 ; assistant in this
parish ; ord. (assistant and successor)
18th Jan. 1883. Marr. 16th March 1892,
Christian Taylor, daugh. of James Lyon
and Agnes Cooper, and has issue — Archi-
bald Douglas, M.C., captain and adjutant
5th Gordons, born 21st Oct. 1892 ; Arthur
Percy, M.B., Ch.B., Stoke-on-Trent, born
4th June 1894; Ian Robert, M.B., Ch.B.,
Nottingham, born 6th March 1897 ; Cecil
Vivian, M.B., Ch.B., Insch, born 5th Dec.
1898 ; Gladys Agnes, born 6th Aug. 1900 ;
James Christian, born 28th May 1903.
DYCE.
[The church of Dyce was dedicated to
St Fergus.]
1567 THOMAS MILL, reader in 1567.
ROBERT WOOD, reader here and at
1574 Fintray in 1574.
JOHN WHITE, min. in 1574, with
Fintray, Kinnellar, and Skene all in
1574
the charge.
ARTHUR FORBES, reader, buried in
5 St Nicholas' Churchyard, 7th July
1595.
DONALD WALKER, probably formerly
lsqw of Birsay ; adm. before 26th Jan.
1597, when he subscribed the libel
given up to the Session in a case of witch-
craft.— [Spalding Miscell., i., 177.]
1604
JOHN CHALMERS, sub-Principal of
King's College, Aberdeen ; was
ordered by the Provincial Assembly
to settle here, provided the Principal and
masters of the College should agree, but
they unanimously refused consent.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, educated at
Marischal College ; adm. 20th Jan.
1605, and enjoined by the Presb.
11th July thereafter to reside under pain
of deprivation ; still min. 7th March 1608.
1605
1611
1645
THOMAS MELVILL, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1604) ; a probationer 6th Dec. 1605 ;
adm. before 4th Sept. 1611 ; subscribed
the Covenant 22nd July 1638 ; still min.
22nd April 1642. — [Gordon's Aberdeen;
Spalding's Hist., 51 ; Sheriff-Court Records,
ii., 174.]
WILLIAM CHEYNE, born 1613 ; edu-
cated at King's College; M.A.
(1635); adm. 27th Aug. 1645; died
11th Feb. 1676. He marr. 7th June 1653,
Katherine, third daugh. of Andrew Skene
of Overtown of Dyce and Margaret, daugh.
of John Forbes, min. at Delft, Holland,
and had issue — Andrew; Robert; William,
min. of Carmichael ; Anna ; David, appren-
ticed to Walter Mackale, Aberdeen, 13th
July 1680.— [Family of Skene, 30, 35 ; Scot.
Notes and Queries, vii. 152, xii. 7.]
PATRICK SETON, M.A. ; inst. before
1676 31st Oct. 1676 ; trans, to Auchterless
in 1682.
GILBERT RAMSAY, born about 1660,
son of Robert R., merchant, Aber-
deen ; educated at Marischal College ;
M.A. (1677); became one of the under-
masters of Aberdeen Grammar School in
1679 ; pres. by Dr James Weinyss, Dean of
St Andrews, 5th April, coll. 4th May, and
inst. 28th May 1682 ; having protested
against the Committees of the General
1682
ABERDEEN]
DYCE
55
Assemblies for the North, he was allowed
by Parliament, 9th July 1695, to take the
oath of allegiance, but was dep., 21st June
1716, for praying for the Chevalier during
the Eising ; died 31st May 1728. He marr.
Jean Livingston, who died 6th March 1708,
and had issue, Anna. — [Aberdeen Tests. ;
O. P. Homings, 4th Aug. 1687 ; Tombst. ;
Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 512; Acts of
Pari., ix., 423, App. 119.]
JOHN REID, born about 1690, son of
171„ Thomas R., Pittenkeiry; educated
at Marischal College; M.A. (1708);
called 21st April, and ord. 9th May 1717;
died between 8th and 15th Jan. 1727. He
marr. 13th Feb. 1718, Margaret, daugh. of
William Cruden, bailie, Aberdeen, and
had issue— William ; Isobel (marr. Robert
Walker, wright, Old Machar). His widow
marr. (2) 3rd May 1729, Alexander Crombie,
schoolmaster of Dyce.
THOMAS RAGG, M.A.; called 30th
1727 July, and ord. 25th Oct. 1727 ; trans.
to Belhelvie 5th June 1745.
JOHN KING, a native of Mar; edu-
1746 cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1729); licen. by Presb. of
Kincardine ONeil 2nd Feb. 1743; called
9th Feb., and ord. 30th July 1746, died 21st
April 1767. He marr. 10th March 1748,
Katherine (died 30th Nov. 1761), daugh. of
James Morison of Elsick, Provost of Aber-
deen, and Isobel Dyce.
ALEXANDER TEMPLE, M.A. ; pres.
1768 ^ Andrew Skene of Dyce Sept.
1767; ord. 23rd March 1768; trans,
to Newhills 17th Jan. 1770.
JAMES HAY, M.A. ; trans, from Inver-
117„0 urie ; pres. by Andrew Skene of
Dyce in March, and adm. 11th July
1770; trans, to Elgin 8th July 1779.
WILLIAM WILSON, born 1754 ; edu-
11780 cated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1772) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
24th March 1779 ; pres. by Andrew Skene
of Dyce in Nov. that year; ord. 19th
April 1780 ; died unmarr. 18th Feb. 1821.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Tombst.]
GORDON FORBES, born 6th Feb.
1822 ^85' son °f George F., min. of
Leochel ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege; MA. (1804) ; ord. to Towie 8th April
1819 ; pres. by Lieut-Gen. John Gordon-
Cuming Skene of Pitlurg in Feb., trans,
and adm. 5th June 1822 ; dem. 19th Nov.
1829 ; died 26th May 1833. He marr. 16th
Feb. 1817, Margaret (died 5th May 1829,
aged 30), daugh. of George Grant, min. of
Mortlach, and had issue — John, surgeon,
R.N., born 13th April 1818; Charles,
L.R.C.P., born 14th Sept. 1819 ; Margaret
Mitchell, born 20th Feb. 1821 ; Katherine
Stewart, born 21st Oct. 1824 ; Harriet Ann
Stewart, born 28th Sept. 1826 (marr. 29th
June 1847, Gilbert James Blane, H.E.I.C.S.);
Gordon Stewart, born 18th Feb. 1828.
WILLIAM ROBINSON PIRIE, M.A. ;
1880 Pres- by William Gordon-Cuming
Skene of Pitlurg and Dyce ; ord.
28th April 1830 ; app. Professor of Divinity
(q.v.) in Marischal College, Aberdeen, and
adm. 30th Dec. 1843.
JOHN SYME KEMP, born 18th March
1844 1807) son °f James K, Farniefold,
Madderty, and Amelia Tainsh ; edu-
cated at Madderty School, Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1825); licen. by Presb.
of Auchterarder ; rector of Musselburgh
Academy, rector of Inveraray Academy,
rector of Anderson's Institution, Forres ;
ord. 19th Dec. 1844 ; died unmarr. 18th
Feb. 1892.
JAMES TAYLOR COX, bom Gamrie,
x 19th May 1865, son of Henry William
C. and Margaret Taylor ; educated
at Grammar School, Old Aberdeen, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1886), B.D.
(1888); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1st
May, and ord. (assistant and successor)
18th Oct. 1888; app. clerk of Presb. 29th
Sept. 1903, and of Synod 8th April 1913 ;
app. Convener of General Assembly's
Advisory Committee on Freewill Offerings
in 1921 ; app. Convener of General As-
sembly's Committee on Statistics in 1922.
Marr. (1) 28th Feb. 1893, Mary (born 31st
Jan. 1866, died 2nd April 1915), daugh.
of James Morrison, Phingask, Fraserburgh,
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DYCE— FINTRAY
[PEESB. OF
and Sarah Marshall, and has issue — Sara
Marshal], born 18th Nov. 1893, died at
Bridge of Weir, 20th Oct. 1925; Lilian
Oswell, born 25th Jan. 1896 ; Gladys, born
4th July 1899, accidentally drowned 4th
May 1901 ; Harold Cecil Morrison, farming
in Victoria, Australia, born 20th Dec. 1902 :
(2) 3rd Jan. 1917, Lilian Gertrude Lees,
daugh. of James Sykes, Sefton Park, Liver-
pool, and Annie Maria Lees. Publication —
Assisted in revision of Dr Mair's Digest
of Church Laws (4th Edition), with
Supplementary and other Notes (Edin-
burgh, 1923).
FINTRAY.
[The church of Fintray was dedicated to
St Medan and belonged to the Abbey of
Lindores. At Hatton within the bounds
there was a chapel of St Giles.]
ALEXANDEK HOWIE, reader in
1567 1567.
THOMAS FLEMING, vicar and reader
1567 in 1567 ; min. in April 1573.
STEPHEN MANNERS, mentioned as
ls?1 vicar in 1571 ; probably the last vicar
of the Romish Church, but may have
conformed.
ROBERT WOOD, reader here and at
1574 Dyce in 1574.
JOHN WHITE min. in 1574, with Dyce,
ls„. Skene, and Kinellar also in the
charge ; trans, to Skene before 1576.
JOHN INNES, min. in 1576, with same
15„„ parishes in charge [afterwards min.
of Urquhart (Elgin)].
WALTER RICHARDSON, min. in
1578 1578, with similar charge ; trans, to
Clatt in 1580.
1580 JOHN CURRIE, reader.
THOMAS GARDYNE, adm. before 29th
1583 Feb. 1583 ; trans, to Tarves in 1593.
WILLIAM NEILSON, son of N.
lgg4 and Agnes Rait; adm. in 1594,
with Dyce and Kinellar also in the
charge ; pres. to vicarage by James VI.
before 15th Feb. 1600 ; still min. 14th June
1610. — [Aberdeen Sheriff - Court Records,
ii., 101.]
' ADAM BARCLAY, adm. before 11th
June 1625. — [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court
Records, ii., 408.]
ANDREW ABERCROMBIE, son of
Walter A., min. of Rayne ; educated
at Marischal College ; M.A. (1617) ;
adm. before 20th Feb. 1635 ; was a member
of the Assembly 12th Aug. 1639. Being a
strong Covenanter he had his house and
corn burned and his goods plundered by a
party of the Marquess of Montrose's army,
17th March 1645 ; was app. by Parliament,
31st July 1649, one of the Commission for
Visiting the College of Aberdeen ; was a
member of the Commission of the Assembly
that year. In 1662 he is reported as having
ceased to preach in the parish church, and
to have taken away the Session-Book and
the Session's money. He conducted services
in Hatton Chapel till June 1663, and after
that privately, when he left the district ;
died at Cawstone, Ayrshire, 22nd March
1665. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of James
Forbes in Knockandauch, and had issue —
Alexander ; William, went to Poland, whose
descendants lived at Ehlerstorff, Olden-
burg, Schleswig-Holstein ; Andrew, min.
of Tarland ; John. — [Acts of Pari., vi., ii.,
509; Burgh of Aberdeen Birth Breives, 1st
June 1663 ; Spalding's Hist., 481 ; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 402 ; Scot. Notes
and Queries, vii., 53, 85.]
1662
GEORGE MELDRUM, born 1624, son
of David M., min. of St Cyrus ; edu-
cated at Marischal College in 1640;
adm. 25th May 1662; burgess of Aberdeen
in 1681 ; died 23rd April 1681. He left
2000 merks towards building a bridge
across the Dee. He marr. and had issue
— Alexander, min. of Dunscore. — [Acts of
Pari., viii., 364.]
ALEXANDER FORBES, born about
1681 1654, son of John F., merchant
and stationer, burgess of Aberdeen,
descended from the family of Pitsligo ;
educated at Marischal College ; M.A.
ABERDEEN]
FINTRAY
57
(1672); licen. by Presb. of Alford; inst.
to Kearn 13th Jan. 1678 ; trans, and adm.
17th July 1681 ; died 16th March 1693, "a
young man, most expert in mathematics."
He marr. Jan. 1678, Jean (died in summer
1740), daugh. of Captain James Forbes,
Greenlands, and had issue — William Eeid,
bursar, Marischal College, 1696-9; John;
James ; Anna (marr. William Forbes of
Badiefurrow). Publication — Be Rota Arith-
metica. — [Maidment's Catal. Scots Writ. ;
G. R. Homings, 20th Sept. 1705.]
1693
ALEXANDER THOMSON, assistant
at St Machar, Aberdeen ; pres. by
Sir John Forbes of Craigievar ;
adm. 24th April 1693, but was deprived
by Parliament, July 1695, for intruding
without admission from the legal Presb. and
imprisoned till he should find caution not
to go north of the Forth ; was liberated
on his own petition within four days. The
parish was declared vacant on 18th Aug.
1695.— [Acts of Pari., ix. 389, 411, App. 109,
118.]
1699
ROBERT BURNETT, eldest son of
Thomas B. of Sauchen, uncle and
factor to Sir Thomas Burnett of
Leys ; educated at King's College ; M.A.
(9th July 1668); inst. at Banchory-
Ternan 7th Nov. 1682 ; deprived before
6th Oct. 1695 for non-jurancy, but was re-
ceived into Communion by a Committee of
Assembly in 1698; called 9th Oct. same year;
adm. here 5th Jan. 1699 ; died 18th June
1701, aged about 53. He marr. Jean (died
9th April 1722), daugh. of Robert Reid,
min. of Banchory-Ternan, and had issue —
Robert of Sauchen ; Alexander, bapt. 5th
Dec. 1685 ; William, bapt. 7th Sept. 1690 ;
Katherine, bapt. 7th Dec. 1691 ; John, min.
of Cluny, bapt. 14th Dec. 1692; Mary,
bapt. 6th Dec. 1693 ; Nicholas (twin), bapt.
6th Dec. 1693 ; Katherine, bapt. 19th Sept.
1696 ; Anna, bapt. 15th Nov. 1697.— [Laing
MS. Hist. MSS. Com., 434; Inq. Ret.
Aberdeen, 515.]
JAMES HUTCHESON [or HUTCH-
170„ EON]; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (1654); adm. to Inch
after Whitsunday 1663; trans, to North
Leith in 1682; trans, to Old Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 1687; dep. for contumacy in
1691 ; restored by General Assembly in
1699; adm. to Newhills 15th Aug. 1700;
called 31st May and adm. 2nd July 1702 ;
died 26th Feb. 1712, aged about 78. During
his incumbency the site of the church was
changed from Cothal to Hatton. He marr.
(pro. 15th March 1666), Margaret, daugh.
of Captain William Keir, shipmaster, in
whose right he entered burgess and guild-
brother of Edinburgh, 17th March 1678,
and had issue— Catherine ; Elizabeth. —
[Edinburgh Guild Reg.]
1712
WILLIAM OSBORNE, son of James
O., Professor of Divinity in Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen, 1694-8 ;
licen. by the Presb. 27th Aug. 1707 ; pres.
by Sir William Forbes of Cragievar in
Aug., and ord. 11th Dec. 1712 ; died
between 16th and 23rd Jan. 1732. During
his incumbency Jacobite feeling ran high
in the parish, and public worship was
frequently much disturbed, especially at
the last prayer when King George's name
was mentioned. He marr. Ann Caddell,
and had issue — William, sailor, in Phila-
delphia ; James, a sailor ; Barnes ; Anne
(marr. Alexander Mitchell of Colpnay,
merchant, Aberdeen).— [(?. R. Sas., cix.,
255, 8th Aug. 1716; Edin. and Aberdeen
Tests. • Index to Services.]
PATRICK GORDON, son of Patrick
1'732 ^'' m*n* °^ Coull ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; ord.
to Cushnie 31st Jan. 1711 ; trans, to
Lumphanan 27th June 1717 ; pres. by Sir
Arthur Forbes of Craigievar ; adm. 25th
Oct. 1732; died 4th July 1744. He
marr. his cousin Margaret Gordon of the
Hallhead family, who died 17th Feb.
1784.
1745
SAMUEL COPLAND, born 1715, son
of Patrick C, min. of Tough ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (29th March 1733); licen. by Presb.
of Alford 19th Sept. 1739; called 27th
Jan., and ord. 19th June 1745; D.D.
(Marischal College, 26th April 1784); died
58
FINTRAY
[PRESB. OF
18th Feb. 1795. He was present at a
clan fight between the Stewarts and the
Macleods at Inverurie, of which a local
song says : —
" Copland up frae Fintray cam'
Wi' his geyk neck sae keen, man,
Wi' plaid and trews, and bonnet blues,
O' Macleods he had been ane, man;
And hid himself into a byre —
To show his worthy deeds, man, —
And then he shot a French officer
Comin' up the reeds, man ! "
He marr. 11th Nov. 1747, Jean Copland,
who died 18th July 1770, and had issue
— Patrick, LL.D., Professor of Natural
Philosophy and Mathematics, Marischal
College, born 18th March 1749, died 10th
Nov. 1822 ; Isabella, born 18th March 1750
(marr. Francis Forbes, min. of Grange) ;
Margaret, born 27th May 1755 (marr. Alex-
ander Cock, min. of Cruden). Publications
— An Essay on the Christian Character
(Edinburgh, 1785); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Scot. Notes
and Queries, i., 124 ; Catto's Jottings on
Fintray, 40.]
1796
JOHN LESLIE, born 1763; educated
at Marischal College ; M.A. (1782) ;
schoolmaster of the parish ; ord.
(assistant) 24th Dec. 1793; pres. by Sir
William Forbes of Craigievar July 1795 ;
adm. 30th March 1796 ; sometime clerk
of Presb. ; died 30th May 1850. He marr.
28th July 1796, Jane (died 2nd Oct. 1846,
aged 69), daugh. of James Davidson in Cow-
stones of Fintray and Ann Johnstone, and
had issue — James, born 19th June 1797 ;
Ann, born 16th Sept. 1799, died 31st July
1818; Jean, born 26th Nov. 1800, died
8th Aug. 1853; Janet, born 17th March
1801; Elizabeth, born 28th Jan. 1803;
Margaret, born 2nd Nov. 1804 (marr.
George Black Bothwell, merchant, Aber-
deen), died 27th July 1867 ; John, surgeon,
Inverurie, born 27th Feb. 1807 ; William,
M.A., min. of Turriff, born 14th March
1809 ; George, farmer, Monymusk, born
11th March 1811, died 23rd Dec. 1874.
Publication (jointly with his son William)
— Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xii.).
1838
WILLIAM LESLIE, son of preceding ;
pres. by Sir John Forbes of Craigie-
var in July, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 20th Sept. 1838 ; trans, to Turriff
4th April 1844, when his father resumed
the whole duties.
1851
JAMES GERAED YOUNG, ord. 16th
Jan. 1851 ; trans, to Monifieth 24th
Dec. 1855.
1856
WILLIAM OGILVIE, born Keith,
1824, son of Alexander O., manure
merchant, and Isabella Mitchell ;
educated at King's College ; M.A. (1842) ;
became schoolmaster of Spynie ; ord. to
East Parish, Aberdeen, 21st July 1853;
pres. 8th Dec. 1855 ; trans, and adm. 3rd
Jan. 1856 ; died 6th May 1885. He marr.
11th July 1854, Elizabeth (died 2nd April
1901, aged 73), eldest daugh. of John
Gordon, Leith, and had issue — William
Alexander, born 22nd May 1855, i died at
Calcutta, 22nd Feb. 1886; Elsie Joanna,
born 17th Nov. 1856 (marr. James Donald,
D.D., min. of Keithhall) ; Catherine Crans-
ton, born 17th Dec. 1858 ; Helen, born 8th
June 1860 ; George Gordon, born 7th Jan.
1862, died at Aberdeen, 17th Nov. 1889;
Charles Green, born 11th Feb. 1864;
John Gordon, born 12th Aug. 1866; Anna
Gordon, born 19th June 1868, died at Aber-
deen, 14th Oct. 1889 ; Elizabeth, born 23rd
Feb. 1870; Mina, born 23rd Sept. 1871.
— [Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscrip-
tions, 85.]
JOHN CATTO, born Fyvie, 21st Nov.
188S 1845, son of Gavin C. ; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1867);
became schoolmaster of New Pitsligo ; ord.
to New Pitsligo 29th Dec. 1880; trans,
and adm. 27th Oct. 1885 ; clerk of Presb.
1890-1903 ; died 30th May 1909. He marr.
26th Sept. 1877, Eliza Watt, and had issue
—John, M.B., Ch.B., I.M.S., born 29th Aug.
1878 ; Gavin James, born 28th March 1880 ;
William Robert, M.B., Ch.B., Johannesburg,
Transvaal, born 25th March 1882; Alexander
Godsman, min. of Inverkeithny, born 14th
Dec. 1883 ; Lizzie Jane, born 1st May 1885 ;
Patrick Thomas, captain, R.A.M.C., born
ABERDEEN]
FINTRAY— KINELLAR
59
16th April 1891 ; Forbes Shepherd, born
23rd Feb. 1898. Publication — Jottings on
the Parish of Fintray (Fintray, 1901).
JAMES ANDREW CRAWFORD, born
1909 Cardigan, Prince Edward Island,
Canada, 15th Jan. 1864, son of
Charles C. and Annabella Munro ; edu-
cated at Prince of Wales College and
Univs. of Dalhousie, Canada, B.A. (1894),
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Mira-
michi in April, and ord. to Flatlands, New
Brunswick, 21st July 1889 ; trans, to River
John, Nova Scotia, Nov. 1899 ; res. in 1906 ;
adm. to Church of Scotland in 1908 ; adra.
(assistant and successor) 11th Feb. 1909.
Marr. 1st Nov. 1911, Dr Blanche Margaret,
daugh. of the Rev. John R. Munro, B.D.,
Vancouver, and Mary Archibald M'Kay,
and has issue — Mary Munro, born 26th
Aug. 1912; Annabella Margaret, born 31st
May 1914.
KINELLAR.
[The small parish of Kinellar was of
old a vicarage belonging to the adjoining
parsonage of Kinkell.]
JAMES HENDERSON, reader
1567 in 1567.
GEORGE PATERSON, min. here and
1570 at Kintore in 1570.
JOHN WHITE, min. in 1574, with Dyce,
1574 Fintray and Skene also in the charge.
ROBERT FORBES, reader from 1574
to 1597, and reader and exhorter in
1599 to 27th June 1600, when he
was dismissed by the Presb. for neglecting
his duties. He was re-adm. 1st May 1601,
and adm. to this parish 19th June there-
after, but as he was ignorant of Latin the
question was referred to the General
Assembly, 26th July 1605, which decided he
was not fit to be a minister, and declared
the charge vacant.
WALTER ANDERSON, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1601) ; was a probationer 17th May,
1605 ; called 12th June, adm. 25th July,
1601
and inst. 10th Aug. 1606 ; subscribed the
Covenant at Aberdeen 22nd July 1638 ;
still min. 17th July 1643. He marr. and
had issue — James, apprenticed to William
Forbes, burgess of Aberdeen, 5th July
1632 ; Margaret ; Jessie ; Elizabeth ;
Christian. — [New Spalding Club Miscell.,
iii., 138.]
JAMES CHEYNE, educated at Mari-
1645 schal College ; M.A. (1634) ; min.
about 1645.
WILLIAM KEITH, M.A. ; adm. before
164g 13th Feb. 1649, when the benefice
of Kinkell was dissolved, of which
Kinellar was a pendicle ; trans, to Mont-
keggie 10th Oct. 1650.
JOHN MERCER, born 1624, son of
-„, Lancelot M., merchant, London, and
Agnes Beans ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1642-6. Joined the
Protesters in 1651 ; adm. before 21st Oct.
1651 ; was authorised to get an assistant,
7th Oct. 1675, because of bodily infirmities ;
left the parish, 27th June 1676, and resided
in Aberdeen; died 21st Sept. 1676. He
marr. Lilias (died 31st Oct. 1713, aged 77),
daugh. of John Row, Principal of King's
College, and had issue — John, born 18th
Dec. 1653, died Oct. 1671 ; Agnes, born
2nd Feb. 1656 (marr. 19th June 1677,
William Lindsay of Culsh), died 26th Feb.
1691 ; Thomas of Todlaw and Smiddyburn,
M.A., born 28th Jan. 1658; Alexander,
born 29th Dec. 1659, died young ; Christian,
born 20th June 1662 (marr. (1) Robert
Arbuthnott ; (2) Alexander Robertson, min.
of Longside) ; Isobel, born 2nd July 1664,
died 14th May 1733 ; Anna, born 4th Feb.
1666; Alexander, born 12th Aug. 1668,
died 2nd Dec. 1690; Margaret, born 3rd
Aug., and died Sept. 1672; a child born
and died Jan. 1676. — [Mercer Pedigree.']
GEORGE SMITH, educated at King's
1677 College, 1660-4; pres. July 1676;
ord. 2nd, and inst. 7th Jan. 1677;
deprived in 1695 for non-jurancy, but still
min. in 1696. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Book,
ii., 506.]
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KINELLAR
[PEESB. OP
JOHN ANGUS, educated at King's
1697 College; M.A. (1690); called 30th
May, and ord. 18th Aug. 1697;
clerk of Synod 6th April 1703 to Oct. 1713 ;
died after 2nd Jan. 1723. He marr. (1) in
1700, Barbara, daugh. of Patrick Maitland
in Methlick, and had issue — John, min.
of Culsalmond : (2) Sept. 1733, Marjorie,
daugh. of David Sibbald, min. of New
Deer, and had issue — Alexander, bookseller,
Aberdeen, born May 1721, died Sept. 1802 ;
David ; Elizabeth ; Christian. Publica-
tion — An Explanation of the Shorter
Catechism by Question and Answer (Aber-
deen, 1770).— [Aberdeen Tests.]
ARTHUR MITCHELL, called 21st July,
.„ and ord. 30th Oct. 1723; trans, to
Skene 20th Oct. 1756.
GAVIN MITCHELL, born 1731, son
17s7 of preceding ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1748);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 15th May
1754 ; pres. by the Principal and masters
of the United College, St Andrews, in Jan.,
and ord. 8th June 1757 ; elected joint-clerk
of the Synod 8th April 1777 ; D.D. (Mari-
schal College, Aug. 1798); died 19th Oct.
1811. He marr. 11th April 1771, Margaret
Easson, who died 26th Nov. 1792, and
had issue — Isabella, born 4th Oct. 1772
(marr. William Smith, min. of Bourtie) ;
Arthur, licentiate of the Church, born 16th
June 1774, died at Banchory, 3rd June
1810 ; Alexander, born 15th Oct. 1775, died
3rd Sept. 1797 ; Gavin, M.A., born 5th Dec.
1776, died at Lynn Begis, Norfolk, 29th
June 1818; Elizabeth, born 21st Oct. 1778,
died 29th July 1795 ; John, captain of
the Britannia, West Indiaman, born 18th
March 1780, died at Trinidad 1st March
1811 ; Margaret Anne, born 5th Nov. 1784
(marr. 22nd July 1805, John Robert Smith
of Concraig), died 6th June 1834. Publica-
tions— A Critical Dissertation on Isaiah
xxiv. (Aberdeen, 1799) ; Remarks upon a
Publication entitled "Journal of a Tour
through the Northern Counties of Scotland
and the Orkney Isles in Autumn 1797,
undertaken with a view to promote the
knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ"
(Aberdeen, 1799)— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
DAVID SMITH, born Aberdeenshire,
1812 ^^ ' educated at King's College ;
M.A. (1778); licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 27th June 1782 ; assistant at
Oyne ; pres. by William, Earl of Kintore,
in March, and ord. 9th July 1812 ; died
unmarr. 2nd Feb. 1841. Publication (jointly
with Robert Fiddes) — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xii.).
ROBERT FIDDES, born 1800, son
of William F., farmer, Belhelvie ;
educated at Marischal and King's
Colleges, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1823);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 26th March
1828 ; pres. by Anthony Adrian, Earl of
Kintore, in Sept., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 21st Nov. 1833 ; died 21st Jan.
1889. He marr. (1) 16th Oct. 1834, Jessie
(died 18th Aug. 1853, aged 47), youngest
daugh. of David Reith, Loirston, Nigg, and
had issue — Janet Gerard, born 28th July
1835, died 20th Nov. 1851; Robert
Elphinstone, born 8th Jan. 1837, died 10th
May 1862; Alexander, North of Scotland
Bank, born 15th Jan. 1839, died 8th July
1859 ; William (twin), born 15th Jan., and
died 5th Oct. 1839 ; Helen Ann, born 23rd
June, and died 2nd Oct. 1843 ; Helen Ann,
born 23rd Sept. 1 844, died 23rd Nov. 1861 : (2)
26th Sept. 1855, Margaret (born 10th Aug.
1809, died 1st July 1902), daugh. of Robert
Gerard, farmer, Pityot, Kincardineshire.
Publication (jointly with David Smith) —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
JAMES JOHNSTON TINDAL, born
1881 Ordiquhill, 5th Aug. 1842, son
of James T., Eden, Kinedward ;
educated at Kinedward School, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1863) ; master in the High School, Stir-
ling, 1863-4; became schoolmaster at Lums-
den, 1864-6, and of Duffus, 1866-77 ; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 12th Oct. 1870 ; ord. to
Glenlivet 21st June 1877 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 17th Feb. 1881 ;
dem. owing to failing sight 24th Nov. 1898 ;
clerk of Presb. 1887-90.— [Johnston's Last
Bajans, 60.]
ABERDEEN]
KINELLAR— MARYCULTER
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KOBEKT LITTLEJOHN BAKE, born
x Fergushill, Kilwinning, 29th May
1866, son of John B., colliery-
manager, Fergushill, Kilwinning, and
Margaret Littlejohn ; educated at Fergus-
hill School, Kilmarnock Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Forres 5th May 1891 ; assistant at Kilwin-
ning, May to Aug. 1891, and Dairy, Ayr-
shire ; ord. to Bressay 20th Sept. 1894 ;
trans, and adm. 17th May 1899. Marr.
25th Sept. 1895, Isabella Garland, second
daugh. of Alexander Gray, D.D., min. of
Auchterless, and has issue — Bertram John
Alexander Gray, Mercantile Bank of India,
Ltd., born 4th Jan. 1899. Publications —
Burial Services for the Use of Elders
(Lerwick, 1896) ; Kinellar Soldiers' Mem-
orial (Fintray, 1919). Preface to Talks
with mir Farm Servants [by Alexander
Gray, D.D.] (Edinburgh, 1906).
MARYCULTER.
[The church of this parish was dedi-
cated to St Mary. It belonged to the
Commandery of the Knights of St John
of Jerusalem at Torphichen. Near the
church was a Well of St Mary.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, reader
1574 from 1574 to 1580.
JOHN MILNE, reader and vicar in
158S 1585 ; was offered to be made min.
27th Aug. 1602 and again 28th Aug.
1609, but being unable to accept was
ordered to demit.
WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, min. of
,_„_ Nigg ; had also charge here in
1578.
ANDREW MILNE, educated at Mari-
1614 schal College; M.A. (1610); adm.
about 1614; died before 20th Dec.
1639. He marr. Marjory, daugh. of David
Menzies of Kirktown of Banchory-Devenick,
whom she succeeded in these lands, and had
issue — James, apprenticed to Patrick Black,
saddler, Aberdeen, 23rd April 1629; William,
his nephew, served heir 20th Dec. 1639. —
[Inq. Ret. Gen., 2467 ; Aberdeen Homings,
19th Sept. 1634 ; Aberdeen Sas., i., 172.]
ALEXANDER LEASK of that ilk, son
1640 °* William L. of that ilk ; educated
at Marischal College, 1616-20; became
tutor in the family of Sir Thomas Burnett
of Leys, Bart. ; adm. in 1640 ; died between
15th July and 1st Sept. 1674. He marr.
Anna Cuming, and had issue — John, M.A.
(1671), who was inhibited by the Presb.
from preaching 18th May 1675 ; William ;
Alexander, min. of Turriff; Gilbert, appren-
tice to Walter Melville, goldsmith, Aber-
deen, 24th March 1664.— [Brechin Tests.;
Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 146 ; Sheriff-
Court Records, iii., 31 ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, xi., 150.]
JAMES GARDEN, M.A.; trans, from
16„B New Machar ; inst. between 18th
May and 8th June 1675 ; trans, to
Balmerino in 1676.
[JOHN LUMSDEN, educated at Mari-
1&J schal College; pres. June 1678;
his licence to preach was with-
drawn, but was restored 22nd April 1679,
on acknowledging his fault in " over-reach-
ing" in regard to the kirk of Maryculter.
This was a simoniacal agreement between
him and Alexander Leask for which he was
rebuked by the Synod, 19th March 1679.]
GEORGE WHITE, educated at
167g Marischal College; M.A. (1657);
pres. to Second Charge, Ayr, 11th
Dec. 1664 ; he bought the patronage of
this parish, pres. himself and was adm.
before 11th Nov. 1679; dep. in Dec. 1718 for
being concerned in the Rising of 1715 ; in-
truded here and at Newhills; died in 1724.
He marr. Marion, daugh. of William Cock-
burn, min. of Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, and had
issue — George; James; Alexander; Agnes;
Catherine. Publications — Advertisement
anent the reading of the Books of Antonia
Bourignon (Aberdeen, 1700) ; The Case of
the Episcopal Ministers Considered (1717).
He also wrote against Mundane, a Romanist.
WILLIAM ABERCROMBIE, called by
-„._ the Presb. jure devoluto 8th April,
and ord. 28th May 1719; he was
obliged to preach in the churchyard and
the schoolhouse on account of White's
intrusion; trans, to Skene 6th Dec. 1721.
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MARYCULTER
[PRESB. OF
AKCHIBALD NAPIER, educated at
1722 Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (27th June
1707) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
4th Dec. 1716; ord. to Bourtie 17th Aug.
1720 ; pres. by Sir Alexander Cuming of
Culter, Bart., 7th April, trans, and adm.
28th Nov. 1722 ; died suddenly at the farm
of Swellhead while engaged in pastoral
visitation, 4th Nov. 1761, aged about 74.
He marr. 4th Nov. 1720, Jean White,
who died 10th Dec. 1769, and had issue —
Alexander, M.A. ; Archibald, M.A., M.D.,
Cheshunt, Herts., died 13th May 1748;
Mary (marr. James Smith, min. of Garvock);
David; John; Jean, born 15th March 1735
(marr. Adam Morison, wright, Edinburgh).
JOHN GLENNIE, a native of the
1763 Parisn> born 1720 ; educated at
Marischal College; M.A. (1738);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 27th April
1748; ord. to Drumoak 10th Jan. 1750;
pres. Oct. 1762 ; trans, and adm. 23rd June
1763 ; D.D. (King:s College, 6th Aug. 1782);
died 14th Dec. 1801. For many years he
kept an academy which had some celebrity,
and was attended by pupils from England
and America. He marr. 8th Aug. 1754,
Jean (died at Aberdeen, 12th Feb. 1815),
daugh. of Arthur Mitchell, min. of Skene,
and had issue — John, born 28th June 1755,
died 23rd July 1761; Arthur, born 5th
Sept. 1756; Alexander, born 29th Aug.
1757; Gavin, merchant, London, born 15th
July 1759, died 17th March 1818 ; William,
M.A., LL.D. (King's College 1806), born
4th April 1761 ; James, merchant, London,
born 17th May 1764, died 27th Oct. 1828 ;
John, min. of Dunnottar, born 18th Dec.
1765 ; George, min. of West Church and
Professor of Moral Philosophy, Aberdeen,
born 24th Jan. 1768 ; Mary, born 1st March
1770 (marr. 8th Jan. 1793, James Thomson,
merchant, Aberdeen). Publication — Ac-
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
vi., xxi.).
WILLIAM PAUL, born 1770, son of
tao2 William P., Old Aberdeen ; educated
at King's College; M.A. (1788);
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 12th Aug.
1795; pres. by Eobert William Duff of
Fetteresso in May, and ord. 7th May 1 802 ;
dem., 17th Oct. 1811, on appointment
to Chair of Natural Philosophy, King's
College ; died 3rd March 1834. He marr.
13th Aug. 1802, Isabel (died 26th April
1856), daugh. of John Hucheon, min. of
Fetteresso, and had issue — Mary, born
24th May 1803 (marr. 9th July 1829, James
Edmond, advocate, Aberdeen), died 14th
Dec. 1886; William, D.D., min. of Banchory-
Devenick, born 27th Sept. 1804 ; Catherine
Forbes, born 11th Jan. 1806, died 2nd
July 1832-; Eobert, born 1st June 1807,
died 1st Aug. 1845 ; Isobel, born 5th Feb.
1810, died 30th Dec. 1832 ; David Hucheon,
died 30th Sept. 1852 ; John, died 21st Jan.
1819.
JOHN BOWEE, born 1786, son of John
1812 ■^•' *eac'ier' Longacre, Aberdeen, of
whom Lord Byron was a pupil ;
educated at Marischal College; M.A.
(April 1803) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
9th May 1810; pres. by Eobert William
Duff of Fetteresso in Jan., and ord. 7th
May 1812 ; died 18th Dec. 1866. Gentle,
kindly, guileless, he was one of the most
lovable personalities in Aberdeenshire.
He marr. 9th Dec. 1813, Sara Christina
(died 3rd Jan. 1848), only daugh. of
Alexander Wilson, min. of Campvere, and
had issue — Agnes (marr. John Dallas
of the Galcantry family). Publication —
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.).
— [Moore's JByron.]
CHAELES NAIEN BAEKEE
1867 MELVILLE, born Kirkcaldy, 1st
Nov. 1835, son of Charles M. and
Isabella Nairn ; educated at Burgh School,
Kirkcaldy, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 10th Aug.
1859 ; missionary at West Wemyss, 1860-7 ;
ord. 15th Aug. 1867 ; died at Liverpool,
25th Dec. 1875. He marr. 16th Oct. 1860,
Jessie, daugh. of Alexander Williamson
and Jane Simpson (she marr. (2) Mark
Johnston Bryden, min. of Kirkcaldy), and
had issue — Charles James, banker, born
5th Nov. 1861 ; Jane, born 29th June 1863
(marr. Thomas Elliot Simpson Clarke, D.D.,
min. of Saltoun); Agnes Margaret, born 23rd
abekdeen]
MARYCULTER— NEWHILLS
63
Dec. 1864 (marr. John Linton Dinwiddle,
min. of Kuthwell), died 14th Dec. 1923;
Alexander Kennedy, M.D., F.B.C.S., Edin-
burgh, born 2nd May 1866, died 28th Dec.
1897.
GEOEGE DUNCAN, born 1850, son
ls^„ of Eobert D., farmer, and Mary
Napier ; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen; assistant at West Church, Aberdeen ;
ord. 1st May 1876; died 24th July 1899.
He marr. 5th June 1877, Margaret Laurence
(died 28th July 1913), only surviving daugh.
of William Leask, shipmaster, Aberdeen,
and had issue— William Leask, born 25th
July 1878; Mary Gertrude Napier, born
26th May 1883, died 30th April 1884.
CHAELES M'GLASHAN, ord. 9th Jan.
1900 1^00 ' trans- to Second Charge, St
Machar's, 12th Jan. 1917.
ANDEEW TWEEDIE, born Swinton,
1917 20th Nov. 1873, son of George T.,
schoolmaster, and Charlotte Lugton ;
educated at Swinton School, George
Watson's College, and Univs. of Edinburgh
M.A. (1893), B.D. (1899), Berlin, Leipzig,
and Paris; assistant to Professor of
Hebrew, Univ. of Edinburgh, 1898-1901 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th April
1900 ; assistant at Selkirk and Newington,
Edinburgh; ord. to Strachan 15th Feb.
1907; trans, and adm. 13th June 1917.
Marr. 6th June 1907, Christine, daugh. of
Ewen Campbell, Edinburgh, and Eliza
Eoss. Publications — Commentaries on
Amos and Rosea (Edinburgh, 1916) ; Sketch
of the Minor Prophets, 1st ser. (Edinburgh,
1923), 2nd ser. (Edinburgh, 1924).
NEWHILLS, of old KEPPEL-
HILLS or CAPELHILLS.
[A chapel was built here in 1662 by
George Davidson of Pettens, who had made
his fortune as a pedlar. He granted also
an, endowment for the charge, consisting
of over 500 acres of the lands of Capelhills,
or Keppelhills. The Court of Teinds
disjoined the parish of Keppelhills from
St Machar's, Aberdeen, on 21st Feb. 1666.
A new church was built in 1830. The
ruins of the prior church still stand within
the burying-ground at Newhills. A very
old chapel stood within a small graveyard
at Stoneywood.]
GEOEGE MELVILLE, min. in 1663.
1663 ^ deed found among the archives of
King's College, Aberdeen, dated 7th
March 1663, states that " George Davidson
bequeathed to G. M. whom he had appointed
minister at the kirk he had built, and to
his successors serving the cure of the said
kirk, for payment of the minister's stipend
in all things requisite to the ministerial
calling, his town and lands of Kings-
hill (or Keppelhills), extending to five
ploughs ' in the parish of St Machar, and
freedom of Aberdeen." It would appear
that Davidson's executors were somewhat
dilatory in carrying out his benevolent
purpose, and an action was raised against
them on 21st Feb. 1666, by Patrick Scougal,
D.D., Bishop of Aberdeen. The papers
dealing with the case have been lost, but
a decision of the Court of Session, 23rd
Jan. 1811, narrates the circumstances in
connection with a process for augmentation
of stipend by George Allan, then min. —
[Morgan's Annals of Neiohills, 138-43.]
ALEXANDEE MIDDLETON, M.A.;
167g Principal of King's College, Aber-
deen (q.v.), held this charge in con-
junction ; dem. in 1679.
THOMAS CEEVEY, born 8th Sept.
167„ 1644, son of John O, Old Aberdeen ;
educated at King's College ; M.A.
(30th April 1663) ; adm. burgess of Aber-
deen, 19th Feb. 1674, where he is called
" min. of Newhills " ; pres. by the Principal
and masters of said College ; inst. 10th
June 1679 ; became clerk of Synod ; pro-
tested against the Assembly's Committee
for the North in 1694 ; was charged with
adultery and incest ; deprived by Parlia-
ment, 1st July 1695, and went to Ireland,
" where he was challenged." — [Acts of Pari.,
ix., 389, 411, App. 118.]
MAETIN SCHANK, M.A. ; trans, from
7 Auchtertool ; adm. 29th April 1697 ;
trans, to Banchory-Ternan 12th July
1699. The Presbytery Eegister of 17th Feb.
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NEWHILLS
[PEESB. OF
1698, records that "last Sabbath, Margaret,
daugh. of Andrew Jaffray of Kingswells,
coming with, other Quakers, entered the
kirk, and cried, ' Do not believe that
deceiver,' declaring she was sent of God to
tell them He was 'about to destroy all
iddolry and vile worship.'"
JAMES HUTCHESON, MA., formerly
1700 of Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh ;
called 28th July, and adm. 15th Aug.
1700 ; trans, to Fintray 2nd July 1702.
ROBERT BURNETT, born about 1655,
1>702 eldest son of Thomas B., merchant,
Rotterdam, afterwards in Aberdeen ;
educated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(? 1682) ; adm. to Monigaff between 20th
March and 26th Oct. 1694; called 23rd
Aug., and adm. 10th Sept. 1702. The
General Assembly, 28th March 1704, re-
mitted to the Commission to use their
utmost diligence for removing his griev-
ances and to assist him in his process
anent his stipend. He went out of his
mind and hanged himself in the church
with the bell rope, between 20th May
and 22nd June 1715. In the popular belief
he was deemed the victim of witchcraft.
Tradition says that the pulpit Bible was
found open beside his body with the
passage from Job vii., 13, marked by his
own hand — " Thou scarest me with dreams,
and terrifiest me through visions ; so that
my soul chooseth strangling rather than
my life." He marr. Elizabeth Thomson,
who died 2nd Dec. 1728, and had issue —
Thomas, apprenticed to Dr James Gregory,
Aberdeen, 1st July 1732, died April 1737 ;
Robert; Janet, bapt. 28th Sept. 1708;
Elizabeth, bapt. 24th April 1710; Isobel,
bapt. 25th Oct. 1711 ; Christian. — [Aberdeen
Tests. ; Morgan's Annals of JVewhills, 144.]
1770
1716
JAMES HOWE, born 1688, son of John
H., min. of Birse, and brother of
Alexander H., min. of Methlick ;
educated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1705); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 27th
July 1715 ; called jure devoluto 3rd Oct.,
and ord. 12th Dec. 1716 ; died 3rd Oct.
1768. Publication — Sermons (Aberdeen,
1770).— [Tablet in Wall of Old Church.]
ALEXANDER TEMPLE, born Kenneth-
mont; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th April 1755) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 25th March
1767; ord. to Dyce 23rd March 1768;
pres. by the Principal and masters of
King's College, Aberdeen, March 1769 ;
trans, and adm. 17th Jan. 1770 ; died
probably unmarr., 13th July 1771, aged
about 36.
1771
JOHN BROWN, born 1724, son of
Thomas B., schoolmaster, Huntly ;
educated at Marischal College,
1739-43; licen. by Presb. of Alford 4th
Oct. 1749 j ord. to Rhynie 28th May 1752;
pres. by James, Earl of Fife, in Sept.,
trans, and adm. 28th Nov. 1771 ; D.D.
(King's College, 6th Aug. 1782); died
19th June 1803. He marr. 26th July 1757,
Barbara (died 16th May 1798, aged 65),
daugh. of John Gordon of Craig, and had
issue— John, M.A., M.D. (1805), born 25th
April 1758, died at London, 29th Sept.
1818; Elizabeth, born 23rd May 1759
(marr. George Brown, min. of Glen-
muick) ; Thomas, born 11th May 1760 ;
Anne, born 14th May 1765 ; (marr. George
Allan, min. of this parish) ; Barbara, born
17th Feb. 1766 (marr. Ludovic Grant, min.
of Methlick) ; Alexander, lieut. of the York,
R.N., born 2nd Nov. 1767, died on board
H.M.S. Janus, 24th Sept. 1797; Mary,
born 14th Sept. 1770 (marr. Charles Todd,
Bengal), died 25th Jan. 1823. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi.). — [Tablet in Churchyard Wall.]
GEORGE ALLAN, born 1758, son of
17gs Joseph A., schoolmaster, Skene;
educated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1774) ; licen. by Presb. of Kincardine
O'Neil 5th Feb. 1780; ord. (assistant) at
Echt 25th Sept. 1782 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Fife, in Feb., and adm. (assistant
and successor) 14th March 1798 ; died
1st July 1823. He marr. 22nd March
1799, Anne (died at Aberdeen, 24th Dec.
1S35), daugh. of John Brown, D.D., min.
of this parish, and had issue— Barbara,
born 2nd Sept. 1801 (marr. 27th Nov. 1823,
James Nicol, advocate, Aberdeen), died
30th Dec. 1852.
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65
1824
JAMES ALLAN, born Inverkeithny,
1774, son of James A., farmer, and
Elizabeth Home ; educated at King's
College; M.A. (1792); schoolmaster at
Chapel of Garioch ; licen. by Presb. of
Garioeh 20d1i March 1799 ; pres. by trustees
of James, Earl of Fife, Dec. 1823 ; ord. 11th
March 1824; died 22nd March 1857. He
marr. 22nd Nov. 1809, Jean (died 18th
June 1859, aged 64), daugh. of Alexander
Eanald, farmer, and Jane Crombie, and had
issue— Eliza, born 4th April 1812, died 13th
June 1886 ; Jean, born 6th Jan. 1814 (marr.
19th Aug. 1851, James Stewart, schoolmaster,
Newhills), died 3rd July 1889 ; Alexander,
min. of New Machar, born 23rd May 1816 ;
Jessie, born 25th April 1818, died 10th
March 1849; William Knight Erskine,
surgeon, born 16th July 1820, died 6th
Sept. 1843 ; James Eobinson, born 6th
Aug. 1823; Fife, ensign 39th Regiment,
born 1836, died at sea, 8th Aug. 1858;
Margaret (marr. 12th July 1853, Isaac
Gilchrist, M.D., Woodside). Publication
— Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat.
Ace. xii.).
JAMES ADAM, born 1831, son of
James A., editor of Aberdeen Herald,
and Janet Colquhoun ; educated at
Marischal College; M.A. (1848); ord. to
Monquhitter 15th July 1853 ; trans, and
adm. 16th July 1857 ; died in Jersey,
18th Jan. 1881. He marr. 6th Oct. 1874,
Margaret (died 14th April 1923, aged 90),
daugh. of James Clyne, leather merchant,
and Mary Riddel, and widow of George
Bell, leather merchant.
JAMES SMITH, born Alves, 6th May
1862 1835, son of James S., farmer ; edu-
cated at King's College, M.A. (1856),
and Univ. of Edinburgh, B.D. (1865);
licen. in 1860 ; was assistant Professor of
Greek, Univ. of Aberdeen, 1861 ; ord.
(assistant) 2nd Jan. 1862 ; adm. (assistant
and successor) in 1874 ; LL.D. (Aberdeen
1892) ; died after a long illness, 15th Aug.
1917. He was a man of great and many-
sided capacity, a member of the Univ.
Court (1888-1903), Convener of its Lands
Committee, and gave unremitting service
to the cause of Agricultural Education in
VOL. VI.
the North of Scotland. His stately, yet
lithe figure, his fresh, well-chiselled face,
his keen but kindly eyes, his unvarying
courtesy, his modesty, his candour, his
single-minded devotion to duty, will long
remain a pleasing and inspiring memory
for those who knew him. He marr. 14th
April 1869, Christian Catherine (died 4th
Dec. 1924, aged 80), daugh. of James
Cruickshank, min. of Stevenston, and had
issue— James Cruickshank, B.Sc, F.C.S.,
born 24th Feb. 1870; Jane Burnett, born
24th March 1871 ; Eleanor Fullerton, born
5th June 1872 ; Catherine Patrick, born
21st Nov. 1874 ; Henrietta Graham, born
30th May 1876 ; John Lee, born 31st May
1878, died 9th Jan. 1879; Montgomery,
M.C., born 19th May 1880 ; Eleanor Stuart,
born 3rd Jan. 1883 (marr. 1st July 1919,
William Maitland, D.Sc.) ; Alexander
Francis, born 24th Oct. 1884. Publica-
tions — Agricultural Science (Aberdeen,
1872) ; Condition of Education in Scot-
land (Aberdeen, 1873) ; The Laws of
Nature (Aberdeen, 1882). — [Aberdeen Univ.
Review, vol. v., 14th Feb. 1918 [Article
(portrait) by Prof. Matthew Hay, LL.D.]
ANDREW CURRIE, born Kilmarnock,
24th March 1886, son of Andrew C.
and Janet Rodger Rae; educated
at Kilmarnock Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1908); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 2nd May 1911; assistant at
West Parish, Greenock ; ord. to Ordiquhill
23rd Jan. 1914 ; trans, and adm. 9th March
1918. Marr. 21st July 1914, Helen, daugh.
of Alexander Rae, farmer, West Trodigal,
Machrihanish, and Jessie Cuthbertson, and
has issue — Andrew, born 14th March 1917 ;
Jessie Cuthbertson, born 7th Oct. 1919 ;
Helen Janet Rae, born 23rd June 1921.
NEW MACHAR, of old
MONYKEBUCK.
fin ancient times there was at Monyke-
buck a chapel of St Columba. On 9th
May 1609 this parish, with the chapel, was
disjoined from St Machar's, Aberdeen.
The new parish was named Monykebuck,
but, by the end of the seventeenth century,
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66
NEW MACHAR
[PRESB. OF
it had come to be generally called Upper
Machar. In the eighteenth century this
latter name gave place to New Machar.
The present church was erected in 1791.
There were three chapels in the parish —
St Mary's at Clubsgaval or Parkhill, St
Mary's at Straloch, and St Mary's at the
Bishop's Manor in Lochgoul.]
ALEXANDER GARIOCH, reader from
1570 Nov. 1570 to 1574.
BEROALD INNES, reader in 1576; app.
1576 Economist in King's College, Aber-
deen, 26th Feb. 1585-6. His son,
also Beroald, became min. of Alves.
ALEXANDER FORSYTH, reader in
1576 1576.
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, reader in
1578 1578 ; became min. of Nigg in 1580.
JAMES HERVIE [or HERVEY], edu-
1626 cated at King's College ; M.A. (1617);
became Humanist there about 1624 ;
adm. to this charge 13th Aug. 1626; was
Commissioner to General Assembly in 1638
for the doctors of Aberdeen and other anti-
Covenanting mins. in the Presb. ; app. by
Parliament one of the Visitors of the Univ.
of Aberdeen 27th March 1647 ; still min.
in 1649. He marr. Helen Neilson. —
[Spalding Miscell., iii. ; Acts of Pari., vi.
i., 834; Aberdeen Sas., xi., 100.]
JAMES CHALMERS, M.A. ; adm.
,0=„ before June 1650: trans, to Cullen
ifaou „ , '
after 20th April 1652.
GEORGE MELVILL, M.A. ; trans.
1654
1663.
from Bourtie and adm. before 17th
Oct. 1654 ; trans, to Udny 27th Dec.
ALEXANDER LEASK of that ilk,
1665 M.A. ; adm. 14th May 1665 ; trans,
to Cruden before 13th Jan. 1669.
JAMES GARDEN, M.A. ; adm. before
1672 25th July 1672 ; trans, to Maryculter
in 1675.
ADAM SUTHERLAND, M.A. ; trans.
1676 from Second Charge, Old Machar,
and adm. in 1676 ; trans, to Duffus
Feb. 1687.
GEORGE SEATON, educated at King's
16 7 College ; M.A. (1678) ; became lib-
rarian there, 1683-7 ; pres. in April,
and inst. between 17th May and 24th June
1687; died between 28th Nov. and 15th
Dec. 1704. He marr. Barbara Beddie, and
had issue— George ; Alexander, Episcopal
min. ; John ; Anna ; Archibald, ord. Epis-
copal min., 10th March 1723. — [Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Book, ii., 551 ; Aberdeen Journal
JVotes and Queries, ii., 181.]
WILLIAM MITCHELL, educated at
1706 Marischal College; M.A. (1687);
schoolmaster at Grange ; ord. to
Kearn 4th Jan. 1699 ; dem. Dec. 1705 ;
called here 9th Dec. same year ; adm. 9th
Jan. 1706; dem. 16th May 1716. He was
recommended by the General Assembly,
13th May 1717, for charitable supply.
JOHN BISSET, called 23rd Dec. 1716 ;
ord. 13th March 1717 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Aberdeen, 14th Nov.
1728.
THOMAS RAY, a native of Strathbogie;
educated at Marischal College;
M.A. (1722); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 21st Aug. 1728, but licence re-
called 29th May 1729 because he had
accepted a presentation ; restored by Com-
mission of Assembly 13th Aug. that year ;
pres. by Principal and masters of King's
College before May, and ord. (by a Com-
mittee of the Commission of Assembly)
29th Oct. 1729; accused by the Presb. of
" powdering his periwig on the Sabbath
day," but was assoilzied from this charge
by General Assembly 22nd May 1730 ; dep.
8th Sept. 1736 for immorality and for
deserting his charge.— [Acts of Ass., 1729.]
THOMAS REID, born 26th April 1710,
son of Lewis R., min. of Strachan,
by his first wife, Margaret Gregory ;
educated at Parish School, Kincardine
O'Neil, Grammar School, and Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A (April 1726); licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 22nd Sept.
1731 ; app. clerk of Presb. 2nd Aug. 1732 ;
librarian at Marischal College, 1733-6;
made a tour in England with his friend
John Stewart, Professor of Mathematics;
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NEW MACHAR
67
pres. by Principal and masters of King's
College and by George II. ; ord. 12th May
1737 [the people violently opposed his
appointment, and, according to tradition,
ducked him in a horse-pond, and at his
first sermon he was guarded in the pulpit
by a drawn sword] ; app. Professor of
Philosophy in King's College 22nd Dec.
1751 ; dem. 17th June 1752 ; D.D. (Aber-
deen, 4th Jan. 1762) ; app. Professor of
Moral Philosophy in Univ. of Glasgow 12th
June 1764 ; died 7th Oct. 1796. Founder
of the Common Sense School of Scottish
Philosophy. His philosophical treatises
are noble and lasting monuments of his
eminent abilities, his deep penetration,
and his extensive learning. By unravel-
ling sceptical perplexities, overturning ill-
founded hypotheses, and resting every
conclusion on evident principles, he
brought about a memorable revolution in
the Philosophy of Human Nature. He
was one of the kindest and gentlest of
men. When he left New Machar the
people followed him with blessings and
tears, saying, "We fought against you when
you came, and we would fight for you now
when you are going away." He marr. 12th
Aug. 1740, his cousin Elizabeth (born 3rd
Aug. 1724, died 26th April 1792), daugh.
of Dr George Keid, and had issue — Jean,
born 21st July 1741, died 27th Feb. 1772 ;
Margaret, born 20th Oct. 1742, died 1772 ;
Martha, born 22nd Aug. 1744 (marr. Patrick
Carmichael, physician, Glasgow), died Feb.
1805 ; Elizabeth, born 21st Feb., died 21st
Aug. 1746; Anna, born 10th July 1751,
died 21st May 1753; George, born 11th
Feb. 1755, died at St John's, Newfoundland,
Feb. 1780; Lewis, born 13th Dec. 1756,
died 19th June 1758 ; David, born 26th
Feb. 1762, died at Edinburgh, 30th Aug.
1782; Elizabeth, born 8th May 1766, died
1st June 1767. Publications — An Inquiry
into the Human Mind on the Principles of
Common Sense (Edinburgh, 1764, 1765, and
1801; London, 1769 and 1785; Calcutta,
1820); "An Essay on Quantity" {Trans.
Royal Soc, Oct. 1848); "A Brief Account
of Aristotle's Logic" [in Lord Karnes's
Sketches of the History of Man] (Edinburgh,
1774); Essays on the Intellectual Powers
of Man (Edinburgh, 1785 and 1788 ; Lon-
don, 1843, 1853, and 1865); Essays on the
Active Poioers of Man (Edinburgh, 1788); A
Statistical Account of the Univ. of Glas-
gow (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xxi.).— [Stewart's
Life of Thomas Reid ; Prof. A. Campbell
Fraser's Thomas Reid ["Famous Scots
Series "] (Edinburgh, 1898) ; M'Cosh's Scot-
tish Philosophy (1875) ; Cousin's Philo-
sophie Morale, Ecole Ecossaise (1840) ; Prof.
Andrew Seth's [Pringle-Pattison] Balfour
Lectures on Scottish Philosophy (1890) ;
Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries, ii.,
47 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN MAXWELL, educated at King's
175„ College, Aberdeen; M. A. (29th March
1738) ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch
5th Sept. 1744 ; ord. to Auchindoir 6th
Nov. 1747 ; pres. by the Principal and
masters of King's College 18th June, trans,
and adm. 26th Oct. 1752 ; died 7th March
1773, aged about 55. He marr. (1) 16th
July 1754, Jean Lumsden, who died in
1858, and had issue — Jean, born 28th
July 1758: (2) 7th Aug. 1760, Agnes
Lumsden, who died at Aberdeen, 30th Dec.
1803, and had issue — Francis, born 26th
July 1761 ; John, M.A., born 24th Nov.
1762, died at Cawnpore, 27th Dec. 1816;
Anne, born 1st Dec. 1763, died at Aber-
deen, 22nd Jan. 1794 ; Barbara, born 9th
Dec. 1764; Henry, born 17th Feb. 1768,
died 30th March 1769; Agnes, born 26th
May 1769; Mary, born 5th March 1771;
Henrietta, born 29th July 1772; Eliza
(marr. 8th June 1797, Andrew Dun, joint-
rector of the Grammar School, Aberdeen).
—[Tombst.]
ROBEET LUMSDEN, son of John
1774 L., min. of Longside ; educated at
Marischal College, 1738-45 ; licen.
by Presb. of Alford 20th Jan. 1748; ord.
(assistant) at Bothiemay 22nd May 1751 ;
adm. to Auchindoir 27th June 1753 ; pres.
by James, Earl of Fife, Sept. 1773; trans.
and adm. 14th July 1774 ; died 4th May
1781. He marr. 14th Jan. 1755, Elizabeth
(died at Aberdeen, 30th Nov. 1814), daugh.
of James Stevenson, min. of Rothiemay,
and had issue — Katherine, born 16th Sept.
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NEW MACHAR
[PEESB. OF
1757 ; Ann, born 17th Sept. 1758, died 31st
Aug. 1845 ; Elizabeth, born 19th May 1760
(marr. 15th Sept. 1796, Alexander Forbes
of Jamaica); Grissel, born 10th April 1762 ;
Kobert, born 25th Nov. 1763; Jean, born
20th Aug. 1765, died 5th Nov. 1768 ; James
Archibald, born 8th March 1767, died 1st
March 1768 ; John (twin), born 8th March
1767, and died 15th May 1768; Alexander,
born 10th April 1769 ; James, born and
died 25th Nov. 1770; John, born 29th
June 1772.
WILLIAM STEONACH, M.A. ; pres.
1782 ^v James> Earl of Fife, Oct. 1781 ;
ord. 26th June 1782 ; trans, to Mar-
noch 26th Sept. 1804.
ALEXANDER SIMPSON, born Alvah
1757 ; educated at King's College ;
M.A. (1777) ; became schoolmaster
at Kinedward ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff
7th April 1782 ; ord. to Second Charge,
Old Machar, 21st Jan. 1795 ; pres. by
James, Earl of Fife, in Sept., trans, and
adm. 28th Nov. 1804 ; died 2nd Feb. 1840.
He marr. 23rd Aug. 1798, Isabel Cowie in
Invereighny, Alvah, who died 8th Jan. 1837,
aged 78, and had issue — Alexander, min.
in Jamaica, born 15th Feb. 1801, died at
Aberdeen, 10th Jan. 1866. Publications —
Accounts of Kinedward and Turriff (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xi., xvii.). — [Tombst.]
GEORGE MOIR, born 1807 ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen ; became
a teacher at Madras College, St
Andrews ; pres. by James, Earl of Fife,
and ord. 24th Sept. 1840. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of New Machar Free
Church, 1843-57 ; died 17th June 1857. He
marr. 7th -Nov. 1844, Ellen Shelley (born
30th Nov. 1822, died 24th June 1896), and
had issue— Elizabeth Shelley, born 14th
Nov. 1845; Ellen Jane, born 1st April 1847;
George, born 25th Oct. 1848; Margaret
Frances, born 27th Aug. 1851 ; Bertha
Shelley, born 25th July 1853 ; Alexander
Dyce Davidson, born 14th Oct. 1854, died
at Townsville, Queensland, 8th Jan. 1905 ;
Emma Edith, bom 31st Oct. 1856, died
13th May I860.'
ALEXANDER ALLAN, born 23rd May
184_ 1816, son of James A, min. of New-
hills ; educated at King's College ;
M.A. (1833) ; became schoolmaster at New-
hills ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 5th
Feb. 1839 ; ord. 28th Dec. 1843 ; died 10th
Feb. 1866. He marr. 8th June 1848, Joanna
Margaret, daugh. of Captain Smith, Aber-
deen. She marr. (2) 11th Aug. 1869, John
Gray Chalmers, proprietor of the Aberdeen
Journal.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON BRUCE,
1866 k°rrl New Deer, 1835, son of George
B., farmer, Old Deer, and Jane Leslie;
educated at King's College ; M.A. (1858) ;
became schoolmaster of Urquhart ; pres.
by James, Earl of Fife, and ord. 17th May
1866; D.D. (Aberdeen, 25th Oct. 1895);
died 4th Dec. 1901. He marr. 6th April
1865, Elizabeth Gilzean, daugh. of John
Cruickshank, farmer, Barmuchity, and
Charlotte Bruce, and had issue — Charlotte
Bruce, born 22nd Feb. 1866, died 1884;
Margaret Cruickshank, born 28th July
1867; Jane, born 27th April 1869; John
Grant, C.A., Stock Exchange, Johannes-
burg, born 4th July 1870 ; Caroline Isabell,
born 28th March 1872; William Forbes,
born 24th Oct. 1873 ; Thomas Cruickshank,
M.A., goldmine manager, Maraisburg,
Transvaal, born 16th April 1875 ; George
Herbert, accountant, Johannesburg, born
23rd Sept. 1876 ; Edith Mary Elizabeth,
born 9th July 1878 ; Edward Robertson,
born 15th June 1880.
ROBERT NELSON, M.A, B.D.; ord.
29th April 1902 ; trans, to Abbots-
1902
ford, Glasgow, 8th March 1904.
ALEXANDER HOOD SMITH, born
Buchromb, Mortlach, 23rd Jan. 1866,
son of Robert S. and Janet Weir ;
educated at Fordyce Academy, Keith Com-
bined Public School, and Univ. of Aberdeen;
M.A. (1888), B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 3rd May 1892 ; assistant at
Rosemount, Aberdeen ; ord. to Kemnay
3rd May 1893 ; trans, and adm. 13th July
1904. Publication — Kemnay Notes [Bazaar
Book] (Aberdeen, 1896).
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NIGG
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NIGG.
[The ancient church of Nigg, now ruined,
was dedicated to St Fiachra. It belonged
to the Abbey of Arbroath. Near the old
church is St Fiachra's Well]
DAVID MENZIES, min. of Banchory-
1567 Devenick, had also charge here.
JOHN LESLIE, reader here and at Aber-
1567 deen in 1567.
ANDREW STEACHAN, min. in 1574;
1574 trans, to Inverkeilor that year.
EDWARD MENZIES, reader in
1574 1574.
WALTER RICHARDSON, reader in
1576 1576.
WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, min. 1578-9,
1578 with Maryculter also in charge.
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, adm. in
1580 1580; trans, to Cromarty in 1582.
ABRAHAM SIBBALD, adm. before
1585; trans, to Deer 18th June
1586.
WILLIAM LEASE, adm. in 1586 ; trans.
1586 to Dunnottar in 1588.
JOHN ROCHE, adm. in 1588 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 8th July
1597 ; was one of those who met in
the General Assembly at Aberdeen, 2nd
July 1605, contrary to the Royal Will, but
having admitted, 3rd Oct., that it was not
a lawful Assembly, he was not proceeded
against; still min. 2nd Oct. 1620.— [St
Andreivs Tests. ; Melvill's Autob., 561, 573 ;
Calderwood's Hist,, vi., 264, 284, 440, 557.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, M.A. ; adm.
about 1622; pres. to Monymusk by
James VI. 16th Sept. 1628, but not
settled.
JAMES WEMYSS, adm. before 6th
April 1630; died before 24th Dec.
1632.
1622
1630
PATRICK BARCLAY, pres. by Charles
I. 24th Dec. 1632 ; adm. in 1633 ;
1633 died Dec. 1656. He marr. Catherine
Rickart, who survived him, and had
issue — John, apprenticed to John Gray,
saddler, Aberdeen, 1st Jan. 1659. — [Brechin
Tests.]
1 ADAM BARCLAY, M.A. ; mentioned
1656 as min. in 1656, but this may be
a mistake as he is also called
min. of Towie that year. — [Family of
Skene, 35.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, son of William D.,
165~ Professor of Divinity in King's Col-
lege ; educated at said College ;
M.A. (8th July 1649); adm. before 20th
Oct. 1657; died before 29th July 1673,
aged about 45.
RICHARD MAITLAND, probably son
1674 °^ Richard M., min. of Inver-
keithny ; educated at Marischal
College, 1665-8 ; became schoolmaster and
session-clerk of Foveran 9th July 1671 ;
recommended for licence by Presb. of Ellon
1st May 1672; pres. in Aug. 1673; ord.
after 31st March, and inst. between 12th
May and 9th June 1674 ; depr. for praying
for the Old Chevalier 27th June 1716;
died 1719. His initials, with date 1704,
appear upon the old belfry of the church.
He marr. (1) (cont. 9th March 1677)
Susanna, daugh. of Alexander Irvine, min.
of Longside : (2) Katherine, daugh. of John
Mylne, min. of Fetteresso, and had issue —
Richard, bapt. 5th Sept. 1678, died young ;
Margaret (twin), bapt. 5th Sept. 1678;
Charles, bapt. 26th May 1680 ; Christian,
born 18th March 1683 (marr. Thomas Nevay
of Arduthie) ; Catherine, born 20th June
1684; John, bapt. 19th Feb. 1686 ; Richard,
bapt. 18th March 1687 ; Elspeth, bapt. 7th
May 1688; Anna, bapt. 19th July 1689
(marr. 28th Sept. 1720, Andrew Livingston,
merchant); Alexander, bapt. 14th July
1692 ; Patrick, merchant, Aberdeen ;
William, merchant, Aberdeen ; Helen
(marr. George Maitland, min. at Aberdeen):
(3) Mary (died before 3rd May 1738), daugh.
of George Keith, min. of Deer. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Mack, 30th Aug. 1687; Aberdeen
Tests. ; Forfeited Estate Papers ; Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, vi., 268, 281 ;
Jervise's Epitaphs, ii., 14-19.]
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NIGG
[PKESB. OF
JAMES FARQUHAR, bom 1666 ; edu-
.,.,,- cated at Marischal College ; ord. to
Tyrie in 1701 ; dem. 31st Aug. 1709 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 16th Jan.,
and adm. 6th March 1717 ; died 23rd Dec.
1756. He was a man of great muscular
strength, and as a young man was frequently
employed in preaching churches vacant
which had been in possession of the Episco-
palians. He marr. and had issue — James
of Balmoor ; Elizabeth (marr. Captain
Charles Gray of Carse) ; Margaret (marr.
John Gellie, min. of this parish)
JOHN GELLIE, born 1708 ; educated
1743 at ^ariscnal College, 1720-4; ord.
(assistant and successor) 27th July
1743; died 15th Jan. 1753. He marr. (1)
Margaret, daugh. of James Farquhar, min.
of this parish, and had issue — Captain
Patrick, born 27th June 1741, served heir
6th Sept. 1755 : (2) 19th Sept. 1751, Eliza-
beth (died 22nd March 1792), daugh. of
Alexander Gordon of Auchleuchries. —
[Aberdeen Sas., xxvii., 469.]
JOHN FARQUHAR, born 8th June
17,7 1732, second son of Robert F., min.
of Chapel of Garioch ; educated at
Marischal College ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordyce 15th Dec. 1756 ; pres. by George
II. 14th March, and ord. 1st Sept. 1757;
died 25th May 1768. He marr. 17th July
1764, Anne, daugh. of James Morison,
Provost of Aberdeen (she marr. (2) Alex-
ander Mearns, min. of Towie), and had
issue — Robert, born 23rd April 1765;
James, born 26th Oct. 1766; John (post-
humous), born 14th July 1768. Publication
— Sermons on, Various Subjects, 2 vols.
(London, 1772).
DAVID CRUDEN, born 1746, son of
7 William C, merchant, Aberdeen, and
Anna, daugh. of William Phanes,
tailor, Convener of the Trades, and
brother of William C, provost ; educated
at Marischal College ; M.A. (1764) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 6th Sept. 1768;
pres. by George II. 12th Aug. 1768; ord.
7th June 1769; D.D. (Marischal College,
Feb. 1796); died unmarr. 8th Nov. 1826.
He and his sister Marjorie, who had been
his housekeeper for half a century, left
about £80 to the poor of the parish. Pub-
lications— Some Observations on the Con-
duct of a Minister, a sermon (Aberdeen,
1821) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vii., xxi.). — [Scot. Notes and
Queries, iv., 211.]
ALEXANDER THOM, born 1758, son
1826 °* J°hn T- m Frosterhill ; educated
at Marischal College ; M.A. (Feb.
1779); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 6th
Dec. 1786 ; became master of Gordon's
Hospital, Aberdeen ; pres. by George TV.
in Sept., and ord. (assistant and successor)
2nd Nov. 1826; died 11th July 1843. He
marr. 1st May 1827, Mary (died s.p. 15th
May 1852, aged 68), only daugh. of John
Bryce, min. of South Parish, Aberdeen.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Tombst. ; Jervise's
Epitaphs, ii., 15.]
ROBERT FAIRWEATHER, bom
1843 Brechin, 1817, son of George F.,
mail-coach driver, and Janet Bisset ;
educated at King's College ; M.A. (1835) ;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 4th June 1839 ;
ord. to Scots Church, Rotterdam, Aug.
1839 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 31st Aug.,
trans, and adm. 7th Dec. 1843; died 12th
Aug. 1890. He marr. 7th Sept. 1839,
Isabella (died 25th Jan. 1908), third daugh.
of John Guthrie, banker, Brechin, and had
issue— John Bisset, born 28th Aug. 1840;
Alexander Ferrier Angus, M.A. (1860),
M.D. (1876), Pocklington, Yorks, born 16th
Nov. 1841 ; Isabella Guthrie, bom 29th
Nov. 1843 (marr. 19th May 1864, Captain
Samuel E. Wood, 93rd Highlanders), died
13th Nov. 1870; Jane Agnes, born 2nd
June 1846 ; George Angus, tea - planter,
Assam, bom 22nd April 1849, died 12th
Aug. 1883. — [Aberdeen Journ. Notes and
Queries, i., 87.]
HUGH M'CONNACH SMITH, born
28th June 1857, son of Rev. James
S., teacher, Tullynessle, and Jane
Robertson ; educated at Keith Grammar
School and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1879); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd
May 1882 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
1888
ABERDEEN]
NIGG— PETERCULTER
71
23rd Feb. 1888 ; res. 15th June 1923 ; died
at Aberdeen, 28th Dec. 1923. He marr.
31st July 1901, Jane, daugh. of James
Beattie, farmer, and Jane Anderson, and
had issue — Hugh M'Connach Beattie, born
1903.
JOHN EDMUND MITCHELL, born
lg23 Mayne, Omagh, 28th Nov. 1882,
son of Joseph M. and Bosanna
Mitchell; educated at Kelvin House,
Belfast, Boyal Univ. of Ireland, Magee
College, Londonderry, Assembly's Colleges
at Belfast and Londonderry, Univs. of
Dublin, B.A., M.A. (1906), and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Omagh 3rd June 1909 ;
ord. to Ballymore, Antrim, 28th Sept.
1910 ; app. assistant at Bridgeton, Glasgow,
May 1918 ; adm. by the General Assembly
to Church of Scotland, 26th May 1921 ;
assistant at Shettleston ; adm. to this
charge 17th Oct. 1923. Marr. (1) a lady
who died under painful circumstances with
their child : (2) 28th June 1922, Jessie
Stewart, daugh. of John Downie and
Catherine Downie.
PETERCULTER.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Peter. It belonged to the Abbey of
Kelso. Peterculter was a prebend of Aber-
deen. Near the church is St Peter's Well,
and a steep bank close by is called St
Peter's Heugh. There is also in the parish
a Well of St Bride. A new church was
built in 1779.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,
1567 from 1567 to 1579.
reader
WILLIAM WALLACE, reader
1580 in 1580 [afterwards min. in 1601].
RICHARD ROSS, min. in 1585, with
,„_ Drumoak also in charge. It was
1585 , . , . . . ,
separated in 1586 and again joined
in 1593 ; removed to Drumoak in 1599.
WILLIAM MELDRUM, styled "per-
1598 Petual vicar of Peterculter." On 6th
April 1593, he granted a foundation
for the education of four bursars in the
Univ. of Aberdeen, but only in the event
of the restoration of the Roman Catholic
Church in Scotland. — [Records Univ. and
King's College, 134.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, reader from
1601 158° t0 1599 > navmS begun teaching
and continuing daily to increase in
learning by study he was exhorter 10th Aug.
1599 ; was app. to be adm., 4th Dec. 1601,
in terms of ordinance of last Provincial
Assembly; was admonished, 7th March
1608, to be more diligent in his studies,
and dem. before 10th Dec. 1612. He
marr. and had issue — William, his
successor.
WILLIAM WALLACE, son of preced-
1612 ing; pres. by James VI. 10th Dec.
1612 ; still min. Nov. 1633, when he
held a wadset on the lands of Hilton of
Kinnertie. He marr. Christian, daugh. of
William Marr, burgess of Dundee. — [G. B.
Inhib., 1st Nov. 1620; Spalding Miscell.,
iii., 137.]
FRANCIS THOMSON, educated at
16S6 King's College; M.A. (1627); adm.
about 1636 ; refused to sign the
Covenant and fled to England, but returned
to Aberdeen, 2nd June 1639, and died before
1656. He marr. Elspet Molyson, buried in
St Nicholas' churchyard, 14th March 1667,
and had issue — Francis, burgess of Aber-
deen in 1659; Alexander, at Marischal
College, 1651-2.— [Spalding's Hist., i., 199 ;
Scot. Notes and Queries, xi., 7, 118.]
ALEXANDER GARIOCH, educated
le51 at King's College; M.A. (1619);
adm. to Cushnie in 1629; was clerk
of Alford Presb. 1633, 1634 ; a member of
Commission of the Assembly in 1646 ;
trans, and adm. before 21st Oct. 1651.
Joined the Protesters ; pres. by Charles II.
27th July 1664; died between 18th Nov. and
23rd Dec. 1673, aged about 74. He marr.
and had issue — Andrew, his successor;
Alexander, apprenticed to Andrew Watson,
merchant, Aberdeen, 10th May 1655, adm.
burgess 4th July 1660. — [Scot. Notes and
Queries, xi., 74.]
72
PETERCULTER
[PEESB. OF
ANDKEW GARIOCH, son of preced-
ing; educated at King's and Mari-
schal Colleges, 1650-4; was tutor to
the laird of Monymusk in 1656 and 1657 ;
adm. (assistant and successor) before 27th
Oct. 1663 ; still min. 18th Oct. 1664.
1674
JOHN IRVINE of Saphock [Savoch],
son of Gilbert I. of Altrie and
Janet Innes ; educated at Marischal
College; M.A. (1657); ord. to Kilmacolm
after 2nd March 1665 ; pres. by Charles II.
19th Sept. 1672; trans, and inst. 11th Jan.
1674 ; deprived in 1695 for non-jurancy, and
intruded at Insch in 1701. He purchased
the lands of Saphock. He marr. 8th Dec.
1668, Janet, youngest daugh. of Robert
Birnie, min. of Lanark, and had issue —
John ; Christian (marr. Alexander Forbes
of Barnes) ; Elizabeth, bapt. 31st Aug.
1674 ; Mary, bapt. 15th Nov. 1676 ; Alex-
ander of Saphock, advocate, who erected
his lands into the barony of Drum, of
which family he was heir male, bapt.
11th Feb. 1679; Helen, bapt. 5th Jan.
1685, buried at St Nicholas', 29th Dec.
1726 ; Margaret, bapt. 29th March 1686 ;
James, bapt. 30th Dec. 1687.— [The Birnies
of Broonihill ; Beg. of Deeds, Durie, civ.,
23rd Jan. 1705 ; The Irvings of Drum,
(MS.), lxxxi. ; Beaufin Irving's The Irvings,
113.]
1697
ALEXANDER THOMSON, born
Aberdeenshire ; educated at Mari-
schal College ; ord. 14th April 1697 ;
dep. 6th Oct. 1703; outlawed in 1705, for
not removing from manse and glebe ;
buried in St Nicholas' Churchyard, 1st
March 1745. — {Lanark Tests ; Privy Seal
Eng. Reg., vi., 283 ; Scot. Notes and Queries,
May 1923 ; Henderson's Annals of Lower
Deeside, 139-41.]
JOHN KENNEDY, born 1674; edu-
1704 cate^ at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (15th June 1697); licen. by
Presb. of Perth 9th July 1701 ; called 6th
Aug., and ord. 28th Sept. 1704; died
20th Oct. 1723. He marr. May 1706,
Margaret (died before 18th June 1730),
daugh. of Alexander Irvine, Murtle, and
1724
had issue — John ; William ; Anne ; Mary
(marr. John, sixth Lord Rollo of Duncrub.
— [Aberdeen Tests.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(9th April 1718) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 12th Nov. 1723 ; called 24th
May, and by the Presb. jure devoluto 3rd
June, and ord. 1st Oct. 1724; buried in
St Nicholas' Churchyard 4th Nov. 1727,
aged about 30. He marr. 9th Dec. 1725,
Julia, daugh. of Patrick Fletcher, mer-
chant, Rotterdam. — [Aberdeen Tests.]
PATRICK BLACK, educated at Mari-
schal College; M.A. (1718); licen.
1728 by Presb. of Paisley 18th Aug. 1725 ;
called 19th May, and by the Presb. jure
devoluto 5th June, and ord. 10th Oct. 1728 ;
died 11th June 1766. He marr. 30th Dec.
1731, Katherine (died 6th Feb. 1767), daugh.
of John Ker, min. of Roxburgh.
WILLIAM DUFF, M.A. ; trans, from
Glenbuchat ; pres. by Alexander
Duthie 24th Oct. 1766; adm. 4th
March 1767 ; trans, to Foveran 23rd Feb.
1775.
1767
1775
GEORGE MARK, born Banff, 1735;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (29th March 1756) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 6th April 1763 ;
pres. to Kirkhill in 1770, but after much
procedure in Church Courts the presenta-
tion was set aside as he had not a com-
petent knowledge of Gaelic ; pres. to this
parish by Alexander Udny Duff in July,
and ord. 17th Aug. 1775 ; died 23rd Dec.
1811. He marr. 29th July 1779, Elizabeth,
daugh. of John Gordon, shipmaster, Aber-
deen. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xvi., xxi.).
JOHN STIRLING, born Dunblane,
1785, son of James S., Auchreddie,
New Deer; educated at Marischal
College, 1801-5; licen. by Presb. of For-
doun 3rd July 181 1 ; pres. by Robert
William Duff of Fetteresso in Jan., and
ord. 17th Sept. 1812 ; died 5th Oct. 1839.
He marr. 29th May 1827, Helen (died 4th
Dec. 1862, aged 66), second daugh. of
1812
ABEEDEEN]
PETERCULTER— PORTLETHEN
73
Andrew Fowler, merchant, Skene, and had
issue— John, M.A., artist, born 8th June
1829 ; Anne Elizabeth, born 15th April
1833; Patrick. Publication— Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Jervise's
Epitaphs, i., 19.]
ROBERT THOMSON, born Eothes,
1840 1814; educated at King's College;
M.A (1833); became tutor in the
family of Thomas Abercromby Duff of
Haddo; ord. 22nd April 1840. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Peter-
culter Free Church, 1843-5 ; died 30th Jan.
1845.
1843
THOMAS BAKCLAY, M.A. ; trans,
from Lerwick 14th Sept. 1843 ;
trans, to Currie 11th July 1844.
1844
JOHN ALLAN, born Banffshire, 1809,
son of John A., mason, and Mar-
garet Smith ; educated at King's
College ; M.A. (13th Dec. 1838) ; sometime
tutor in a Quaker family ; became classical
master in Elgin Academy ; ord. 19th Sept.
1844 ; clerk of Presb. 1861-88 ; died 25th
Jan. 1888. He marr. 14th March 1844,
Ann (died 1st Jan. 1887), daugh. of .William
Gordon, min. of Elgin, and had issue —
John, M.A. (Aberdeen), B.D. (Edinburgh
1868), born 10th May 1845.
JAMES ATRD, born Sorn, 20th March
18__ 1850, son of Kobert A., contractor,
and Margaret Thomson ; educated
at Sorn School and Univs. of Glasgow,
M.A. (1882), and Edinburgh, B.D. (1885);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th June
1885 ; assistant at St Mary's, Edinburgh ;
ord. 7th June 1888 ; died 18th May 1905.
He marr. 9th April 1874, Margaret Clark,
and had issue — Robert, M.B., Ch.B., born
16th Oct. 1876 ; Marion Lindsay, born 1st
Aug. 1879 (marr. John Robertson, Ashby-
de-la-Zouche), died 11th Aug. 1917.
1905
JAMES LAING THOMSON, born
Menmuir, 19th April 1878, son of
James Laing T., min. of Menmuir ;
educated at Menmuir School, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1900), B.D. (1903); licen. by Presb. of
Brechin in 1903 ; assistant at South Parish,
Aberdeen, and St Michael's Edinburgh ;
ord. 20th Sept. 1905. Marr. 25th April
1906, Mary, youngest daugh. of William
Spalding of Balconnell and Margaret
Higgins Liddell, and has issue — James
Laing Spalding, born 10th Sept. 1910 ;
William Eddie Spalding, born 20th April
1914.
PORTLETHEN (Q.S.).
[The parish of Portlethen was disjoined
from Banchory-Devenick on 25th June
1856. The modern church was erected in
1843 on the site of a chapel built in 1633
by Bobert Buchan. For a full account of
Portlethen Church see Henderson's History
of Banchory-Devenick, 152-7.]
WILLIAM LAW, born 1797, son of
1827
Arthur L., farmer, Kincardine
OTSTeil ; educated at Marischal
College; M.A. (1816); became schoolmaster
at Maryculter ; app. missionary here in
1827, but continued his duties at Mary-
culter, riding over to Portlethen each
Sunday on a pony which had been pre-
sented to him; ord. 30th July 1840 and
dem. his schoolmastership ; died 11th Jan.
1870. He marr. Isobel Mathewson, who
died 17th Feb. 1855, aged 57), and had
issue — Agnes (marr. George Lamb, account-
ant, Aberdeen) ; Sarah Christina Bower
(marr. 5th Nov. 1858, James Stewart,
M.A., Banchory-Ternan). — [Paul's Past and
Present of Aberdeenshire, 27.]
1868
WILLIAM BRUCE, born Sauchentree,
New Aberdour, 1834, son of William
B., ironfounder and farmer, and
Margaret Bruce ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1851); be-
came schoolmaster at Bankhead, Birse, and
missionary at Finzean; ord. (assistant and
successor) 28th Sept. 1868 ; elected to New
Deer in 1876, but the Church Courts refused
to admit him; died 28th Nov. 1882. He
marr. Euphemia Black Allan, who died s.p.
28th Oct. 1867.— [Henderson's Banchory-
Devenick, 156.]
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PORTLETHEN— SKENE
[PKESB. OF
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON GRANT,
born Abernethy, Inverness - shire,
1883 20th Nov. 1857, son of John G.,
hotel-keeper, and Barbara Smith ; educated
at Tomintoul School, Grammar School, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1878); licen.
by Presb. of Abernethy 13th May 1881;
assistant at Elchies ; ord. 14th May 1883.
Marr. 12th Jan. 1888, Annie Elizabeth,
daugh. of Alexander Robertson and Isabel
Kirkham, and has issue — Alister Robertson,
M.C., physician, born 16th April 1890 ; Ian
Cameron Robertson, C.E., born 22nd Aug.
1893 ; Ronald Kirkham, physician, born
11th Sept. 1898.
SKENE.
[The church of Skene was dedicated to
St Bride.]
1574 THOMAS BISSET, reader in 1574.
JOHN WHITE, min. of Fintray in 1574,
„ with this parish also in charge ; re-
moved here in 1576, with Methlick
also in the charge, and in 1579, Kintore ;
was unable through age in 1599 to perform
his duties, and had an assistant appointed.
He still continued to officiate, and on 5th
June 1607 was admonished "not to read
homilies {i.e. in place of a sermon of his
own] publically in the church under pain of
deprivation." When he found himself not
well prepared, he was instructed to teach
the people by reading the " Scripture itself."
Was still min. 17th Aug. 1609.
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, formerly
._„. of Aboyne; called 7th Dec. 1599, and
adm. (assistant) preaching here and
at Durris on alternate Sundays; was
ordered by the Presb. 11th July 1600 to
reside at Durris, and removed there.
ALEXANDER SCROGIE, app.
(assistant) 9th Sept. 1603 for a year ;
adm. 16th Aug. 1605 ; trans, to
Drumoak 26th Jan. 1607.
JAMES STRACHAN, min. of Logie-
Colstone; called 26th Aug. 1609,
but refused on account of the
inadequate stipend. He was settled as
colleague before 17th Aug. 1609, but re-
turned shortly thereafter to Logie-Col-
stone.
GILBERT KEITH of Fynnersie ; adm.
1610 after 3rd May 1610 ; still min. 24th
July 1635 ; died in 1637. He marr.
MarjorieKnowis. — [Reg. of Deeds, cccxcviii.,
188 ; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records, ii.,
386; Mar Papers; Hist. MS. Com., 10.]
ROBERT DUNBAR; adm. (assistant)
1622 Pr°bably after 1622 ; trans, to Tough
before 1625.
PATRICK LESLIE, M.A. ; adm. about
1630 1(^ ' trans- to Eetteresso 13th Dec.
1640.
WILLIAM CHALMERS of Hazelhead
1642 an<^ Smiddyhill in the barony of
Federate ; educated at Marischal
College ; M.A. (1626) ; had his house plun-
dered 31st March 1642, and again by the
army of Montrose May 1645 ; died 21st
March 1667. He marr. and had issue —
Patrick of Balbithan and Federate, M.D.,
Professor of Medicine in Marischal College,
deprived in 1716; John; James, burgess
of Aberdeen in 1674 ; Elizabeth (marr.
William Chalmers, min. of Boyndie). —
[Acts of Pari. vi. ii. 183 ; Nisbet's Her., ii. ;
Spalding's Hist., ii.; Scot. Notes and Queries,
vii., 100.]
LUDOVIC DUNLOP, born 1620; edu-
1664 cate<^ at King's College; adm. to
Tarland 23rd Sept. 1649 ; trans, and
adm. after 18th Oct. 1664; died 6th
Feb. 1691. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh.
of William Douglas, Professor of Divinity,
King's College, Aberdeen, and had issue —
John, his successor in the parish ; James,
burgess of Aberdeen, 26th Feb. 1689;
Alexander, min. of Whitern, and rector of
Rennington in England, 1704; Katherine
(marr. Alexander Forbes, bailie, Aberdeen).
— [Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 501 ; Aber-
deen Sas. Min.-Book, 1705 ; Macfarlane's
Geneal. Coll., ii., 235.]
JOHN DUNLOP, born 1659, son of
1686 Prece<iiiig; educated at Marischal
College, 1671 - 5 ; pres. (colleague)
May 1686 ; deprived in 1695 for non-
ABERDEEN]
SKENE
75
jurancy ; died 27th April 1714. — [Aberdeen
Tests. ; Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii.,' 501 ;
Tombst.]
JOHN MAITLAND, M.A. ; ord. 19th
1700 ^ePt- 1700> trans, to Banchory-
Devenick 1st March 1716.
GEOEGE JOHNSTONE, trans, from
1716 Cluny and called by Presb. jure
devoluto 2nd Oct., and adm. 13th
Dec. 1716; trans, to Kinedward 2nd Nov.
1720.
WILLIAM ABEKCEOMBIE, born
1721 ab°ut 1692> son °f Robert A., bailie
of Aberdeen (to whom he was served
heir 3rd July 1736) ; educated at Marischal
College, 1707-11 ; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen 23rd July 1718; ord. to Maryculter
28th May 1719 ; called 8th Oct., and by the
Presb. jure devoluto, trans, and adm. 6th
Dec. 1721; died 6th June 1746. He marr.
and had issue — Margaret. — [Aberdeen
Tests.]
WILLIAM INNES of Mostoun, born
.,..„ Buchan, about 1709; educated at
King's College ; M.A. (March 1729) ;
licen. by Presb. of Deer 18th Sept. 1734;
ord. (assistant) at Bathen 19th Nov. 1740,
and subsequently at Pitsligo, where he was
app. by Synod assistant and successor, but
this was reversed by General Assembly ;
adm. to this charge 8th July 1747 ; died
unmarr. 18th Dec. 1755.— [Morren's Annals,
i., 64, 100 ; Acts of Ass., 1744 and 1747.]
ARTHUE MITCHELL, born 1695;
7 educated at King's College; ord. to
Kinellar 30th Oct. 1723 ; pres. by
Principal and masters of United College
of St Andrews in June, trans, and adm.
20th Oct. 1756 ; died 2nd April 1774. He
marr. 21st Dec. 1727, Elizabeth (died at
Durris Manse, 28th March 1790), daugh. of
Gavin Harvie, merchant, Aberdeen, and
had issue — seven sons and seven daughs.
■ — Jean, born 1729 (marr. John Glennie,
D.D., min. of Drumoak) ; Gavin, min.
of Kinellar; Elizabeth, born 21st Dec.
1732 ; Margaret, born 9th Dec. 1734 (marr.
William Strachan, min. of Durris) ; Janet,
born 16th June 1737 ; William, born
1785
1st Jan. 1739 ; Thomas, born 29th June
1742 ; Isobel, born 20th Feb. 1744, died 15th
Sept. 1767; Arthur, born 1st Feb. 1748;
Alexander, born 20th Aug. 1749 ; George,
born 11th Aug. 1750 ; Anne, born 4th May
1752 ; Rachel, born 5th Oct. 1754, died 11th
Feb. 1755; Andrew, born 26th May 1756.
WILLIAM FARQUHAE, M.A. ; pres.
1775 ky George Skene of Skene Sept.
1774; adm. 15th June 1775; trans,
to West Parish, Aberdeen, 28th Nov. 1776.
SKENE OGILVY, M.A. ; pres. by
.„_- George Skene of Skene in April,
and ord. 11th Sept. 1777 ; trans, to
First Charge, Old Machar, 14th Oct. 1784.
EOBEET WYAT, born about 1760;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 14th
April 1784 ; pres. by George Skene
of Skene in March, and ord. 5th May 1785 ;
dem. 1st Nov. 1786 ; took orders in Church
of England ; app. domestic chaplain to
Lord Camelford Sept. 1789 ; rector of St
Leonard's and St Benedict's, London ; died
unmarr. at Dieppe, 29th April 1791.
JAMES HOGG, born 1752, of the family
.„._ of Blairydrine in Durris, grandson of
James H. and Margaret Skene ; edu-
cated at King's College; M.A. (1771); licen.
by Presb. of Alford 5th .Nov. 1777 ; app. to
College Chapel, Aberdeen, 1777, and ord.
soon afterwards ; pres. by George Skene of
Skene, in March, trans, and adm. 10th May
1787 ; D.D. (King's College, 28th May 1796) ;
died unmarr. 28th Nov. 1823. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv.). — [Henderson's Annals of Lower
Deeside, 23.]
GEOEGE MACKENZIE, born Aber-
deenshire, 1788, son of Eoderick
M., landed proprietor, and Isabella
Stewart; educated at King's College; M.A.
(30th March 1807); licen. by Presb. of Ding-
wall 29th March 1815; became schoolmaster
of Contin in 1816,and Skene; pres. by George
Skene of Skene in June, and ord. 29th July
1824 ; died 26th Dec. 1859. He marr. 19th
Jan. 1832, Agnes (died at Aberdeen, 20th Dec.
1895), daugh. of William Collie, farmer,
Skene, and had issue — Margaret Ann, born
76
SKENE — STONEYWOOD [presb. of Aberdeen
6th Feb. 1833 ; Agnes, born 17th Nov. 1834 ;
Jane Eettie, born 21st June 1836 ; George,
colonel Indian Staff Corps, born 18th July
1838 ; Mary, born 16th Sept. 1840, died at
Aberdeen, 28th Dec. 1874; Rachel, born
13th Aug. 1842 (marr. 9th June 1863, Joseph
Wood, ship and insurance broker, Aber-
deen), died 9th Aug. 1875 ; John, born 8th
Nov. 1844, died at Torquay, 27th Feb. 1870 ;
William, born 29th March 1847; Thomas
Harding, born 6th April 1849 ; Henrietta
Hill, born 20th June 1850. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Neio Stat. Ace, xiii.).
JOHN RUSSELL, ord. 29th March 1860;
i860 trans, to Grange 12th Dec. 1867.
GEORGE FORBES INNES PHILIP,
M.A. ; ord. 12th March 1868 ; trans, to
StClement:s,Aberdeen,13thOct.l870.
WILLIAM MARSHALL PHILIP,
1870 k°rn 9tn Sept. 1828, son of Thomas
P., schoolmaster, Edingight, Grange,
afterwards of Portsoy, and Mary Williams ;
educated at Marischal College ; assistant
schoolmaster at Forglen ; licen. in 1860 ;
assistant at St Andrew's, Glasgow ; ord.
by Presb. of Glasgow to St Paul's, Truro,
Nova Scotia, 1863 ; trans, to Albion Mines
(now Stellarton), Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1865 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Fife, and adm. to this
charge 22nd Dec. 1870 ; died at Aberdeen,
6th July 1903. He marr. 23rd April 1863,
Mary, daugh. of John Hardy, jeweller,
Aberdeen, and Jane Farquhar, and had
issue — Jane Hardy, born 2nd Sept. 1864
(marr. Dr William H. Stephen, physician,
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex), died 27th Dec.
1922; Mary Hardy, born 14th Jan. 1866
(marr. Arthur Ernest Philip, merchant, Port
Elizabeth, South Africa) ; Thomas Williams,
M.A., M.B., CM., surgeon-captain R.N.,
born 6th May 1867 ; Elizabeth Farquhar,
born 23rd April 1869 (marr. 11th April
1900, John Alexander Cameron, min. of
Legerwood, Berwickshire); James Farquhar,
M.B., CM., surgeon, West Ealing, London,
born 22nd Nov. 1870; William Marshall,
M.B., CM., D.P.H., Medical Officer of
Health, Colombo, Ceylon, born 12th July
1872 ; Hardy, M.A., B.L. (Aberdeen), LL.B.
(Edinburgh), for a time Mayor of Roode-
poort, now at Johannesburg, South Africa,
born 6th June 1874. Publications — It'll a'
come richt : A Scottish Story of Thirty
Years Ago (1872); Kirsty Macintosh's
Scholars (1882); Covedale (1887).
ROBERT ROBERTSON, M.A., B.D. ;
. _„ ord. (assistant and successor) 11th
May 1893 ; trans, to Logie-Colstone
24th Aug. 1910.
JOHN M'MURTRIE, born Edinburgh,
2nd March 1879, son of John M.,
D.D., min. of St Bernard's, Edin-
burgh; educated at Edinburgh Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1901);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1904 ;
assistant at St Columba's, London, West
Parish, Aberdeen, and St Mary's, Edin-
burgh; ord. 26th Jan. 1911. Marr. 17th
June 1924, Mary Margaret, daugh. of
George Mitchell, Schoolhouse, Skene, and
has issue — a daugh., born 13th March 1926.
STONEYWOOD (Q.S.).
[The parish of Stoneywood was disjoined
from Newhills on 13th March 1896. A
chapel dedicated to St Mary and called
the chapel of Stoneywood, stood here in
former days. Its burying ground, enclosed
by a wall, is still to be seen. St Mary's
Well is a copious stream near by.]
JAMES ROBB ALLAN, formerly of
18g_ Advie ; app. missionary here 15th
Oct. 1880; adm. first min. of this
parish 14th March 1896 ; trans, to Glen-
gairn 31st Oct. 1918.
1919
PATRICK JOHN GREEN, born Stir-
ling, 29th Dec. 1878, son of John G.
and Christina Webster ; educated at
Stirling High School, Aberdeen Grammar
School, and Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1901), and Oxford, B.A. (1904), M.A. (1908);
ord. to Roy Lodge Church, Woodford
Green, London, Sept. 1904 ; trans, to
Doll Memorial Presbyterian Church, Bed-
lington, Northumberland, July 1911; trans,
and adm. 28th Jan. 1919. Marr. 13th Aug.
1913, Elsie, daugh. of George Stoddart
and Barbara Wishart.
PRESBYTERY OF KINCARDINE O'NEIL
[As early as 1581 the General Assembly was engaged with a proposal to erect a
Presbytery for Strathdee. The Eegister of this Court begins at 17th April 1700. There
is a gap in the Kecord from 13th Oct. 1713 to 2nd Nov. 1714. The part amissing was
lost soon after it was written, when the documents were in the hands of James Douglas
minister of Aboyne.]
ABOYNE AND GLENTANAR.
[These parishes were united about the
beginning of the seventeenth century.
Aboyne. — The church of Aboyne was
dedicated to St Adamnan. In 1232 a
Preceptory of the Order of the Temple
was founded at Aboyne. The church
belonged to the Templars, as did also some
adjoining landed property. Part of this
still bears the name of Tir an Teampuil
(the land of the Temple). After the fall
of the Templars, in or about 1314, these
lands and the church were held by the
Commandery of the Knights of St John at
Torphichen. Fairs were held at Aboyne on
Candlemas, Michaelmas, and Hallowmas.
There were in this parish Wells of Our
Lady, St Adamnan, and St Malrubh.
Glentanar. — In early times St Lesino
dwelt in Glentanar and taught there. To
him the mediaeval parish church was
dedicated. The old church was in regular
use till 1763. Its ruins still stand in the
churchyard. It was one of the last churches
with a thatched roof.]
JOHN CUSHNIE, reader 1567 to
1567 1574.
ROBERT BOYD, reader 1576 to 1586 ;
1576 called vicar in 1592.
ROBERT YOUNGSON, trans, from
1588 Forbes in 1588, having Tulloch also
in the charge ; trans, to Kinbattock
between 1591 and 1593.
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, min. in
1593 1593 [afterwards min. of Skene].
77
1633
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, min. in
1612 1612.— [P. G. Beg., ix., 330.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS of Blackmiln,
son of Thomas D., merchant, Aber-
deen, and Bridget, daugh. of John
Forbes of Abernethy, and great-grandson
of Sir Archibald D. of Glenbervie ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1621-5; adm. before 1st Nov. 1633; dep. in
1644; reponed by the General Assembly 7th
Aug. 1648 ; petitioned Parliament, 27th July
1649, showing he had lent the Committee
of Estates 1300 merks at Whitsunday
1648, and was now reduced to such poverty
that he was not able to maintain his
family and educate his children, and
had been recommended to the General
Assembly, 27th Aug. 1647 and 12th Aug.
1648. On 31st July 1649 Parliament
ordered said claim to be paid. An Act
of Assembly was passed in his favour,
30th July that year, and Parliament, 21st
June 1661, granted him £100 sterling
"on account of his great sufferings and
losses." He marr. Marjory, daugh. of John
Ross, min. of Birse, and had issue — William,
min. of Midmar; Robert of Cruixton, sugar
boiler in Leith ; John ; a daugh. (marr.
Chalmers of Balnacraig) ; a daugh. (marr.
Burnett, brother to the Laird of Camp-
field) ; a daugh. (marr., as his second
wife, William Forbes of Pitallachie). —
[Spalding Miscell., iii., 131, 135 ; Black-
hall's Narrat. ; Acts of Pari., vi. ii. 504,
737, vii. App. 78; Lumsden's House of
Forbes ; Henderson's Aberdeenshire Epi-
taphs, 118.]
78
ABOYNE AND GLENTANAR
[PEESB. OF
1679
THOMAS ROSS, adm. before 21st Oct.
1651 ; died between 1675 and 15th
April 1684. He marr. Margaret
Farquhar, who survived him.
LUDOVIC GORDON, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1669) ; adm. before 14th Oct. 1679 ;
died Oct. 1694, aged about 45. He marr.
a daugh. of Thomas Burnett of Sauchen,
min. of Kinairney, and had issue — Thomas,
min. of Lonmay.
[The parish vacant sis years.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 16th Nov. 1699 ; ord.
21st March 1700 ; trans, to Arbuth-
nott 16th March 1715.
1700
1716
GEORGE SHEPHERD, son of John
S., Invermarkie, Glass ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1709) ; licen. by Presb. of Kincardine
O'Neil 3rd June 1713; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 22nd Feb., and ord.
29th March 1716; died 16th Dec. 1752.
He marr. 15th Aug. 1717, Katherine (pre-
deceased him), probably daugh. of Thomas
Alexander, min. of Logie-Colstone, and
had issue — John, preacher at Braemar and
Fair Isle ; Isobel (marr. James Brown in
Wester Coull) ; Joseph, deputy chaplain
21st Foot, born 27th Aug. 1726 ; Elizabeth,
born 13th March 1730 (marr. Francis
Smith, slater, Aberdeen).
WILLIAM FORSYTH of Greens, and
Harthill, Keig, born 1707, son of
Alexander F. of Pittodrie ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1725-9 ;
licen. by Presb. of Alford 17th July 1739 ;
became missionary at Glenmuick ; pres. by
Charles, Earl of Aboyne, June 1753 ; ord.
19th June 1754 ; died 25th Aug. 1793. He
marr. 29th Aug. 1765, Margaret (died 15th
Dec. 1793, aged 60), daugh. of John Turner
of Turnerhall, and had issue — William
Osbert, born 14th June 1766; Margaret,
born 17th Oct. 1767 (marr. Alexander
Farquharson of Greens) ; Lieut. Henry
George of Harthill, born 12th Nov. 1768 ;
John Alexander, born 25th Feb. 1770, died
in Jamaica, 20th Feb. 1800.
1754
1784
1826
THOMAS GORDON of Crathienaird,
born 1743, eldest son of John G. of
Crathienaird and Isobel Shepherd ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1761); licen. by Presb. of Kincardine
ONeil 23rd April 1767; ord. missionary
at Crathie 11th Jan. 1769 ; removed to
Glenmuick ; pres. by Charles, Earl of
Aboyne, in April, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 10th June 1784 ; died 13th Jan.
1826. He marr. 23rd April 1781, Elizabeth
(died 3rd Aug. 1830), daugh. of Robert
Michie, min. of Cluny, and had issue —
John, M.A. (Marischal College, 1799), born
17th March 1782, went to Jamaica; Janet,
born 23rd June 1785; Barbara, born 11th
Jan. 1788, died 30th Aug. 1822 ; George
of Buxburn, born 15th April 1791, died
15th Dec. 1847 ; William, born 29th June
1794, died 23rd Feb. 1800. — [Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, ii., 310-11 ;
Scot. Notes and Queries, iv., 228.]
ROBERT MILNE [or MILLER] of
Kinchurdy, born 1780, son of John
M. in Aboyne ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (31st March
1801); became teacher in Fortrose Academy;
licen. by Presb. of Chanonry 5th May 1807;
ord. deputy chaplain at Fort George 23rd
Jan. 1810; promoted chaplain 13th June
1812 ; pres. by George, Earl of Aboyne,
June, and adm. 27th Sept. 1826 ; assumed
name of Miller in 1836; died at Kinchurdy,
7th May 1853. He marr. 1st July 1823,
Jane Gordon (died 12th April 1849), third
daugh. of Colin Matheson of Bennetsfield,
and had issue — John, born 6th April 1824 ;
Colin Matheson of Kinchurdy, M.D., born
22nd Jan. 1826, died 1895 ; Elizabeth
Miller, born 8th Dec. 1827, died 2nd April
1849; Andrew Michael Miller, born 18th
Jan. 1830, massacred at Cawnpore, 1857;
George Gordon, L.R.C.S.E., born 20th Oct.
1832; Grace, died in infancy. Publication
— Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace.,
xii.).
JAMES JENKINS, born Clockeasy,
1848 Urquhart, 1803, son of John J.,
farmer ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1822); was English
master in Elgin Academy, 1828-48; licen.
Kincardine o"neil] ABOYNE— GLENTANAR— BANCHORY-TERNAN 79
by Presb. of Elgin ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 14th Dec. 1848 ; clerk of Presb.,
1850-8; died 3rd Dec. 1870. He marr.
11th July 1833, Margaret (died 15th Oct.
1891, aged 76), daugh. of John Shanks,
baker, Elgin, and had issue — John, archi-
tect and surveyor, Australia, born 21st
May 1834 ; James Anderson, land surveyor,
born 8th April 1836, killed by accident on
Geodetic Survey at Richmond, Victoria,
Australia, 21st Dec. 1892 ; Margaret, born
23rd Nov. 1837, died 25th Feb. 1852;
William Gordon, merchant, near Melbourne,
born 5th April 1839 ; Helen, born 4th Dec.
1840, died at Aberdeen, 30th Jan. 1907;
Robert, ship captain, born 8th Dec. 1842,
died at Sunderland, 1892 ; Anna, born
3rd Jan., and died 10th May 1845 ; Anna
Jane, born 30th June 1846, died 14th Oct.
1867 ; George Gordon, C.E., Aberdeen, born
21st Sept. 1848; Walter, born 8th Jan.
1853, died 30th May 1872.— [Inscriptions
in North-East of Scotland, 119 ; Aberdeen
Free Press, 1st July 1913.]
1861
JAMES MACKENZIE, born Montrose,
30th Nov. 1834, son of James M.,
tailor ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1856); licen. by Presb.
of Brechin 19th June 1860; assistant in
this parish ; ord. (assistant and successor)
31st Dec. 1861 ; clerk of Presb., 1863-1902 ;
D.D. (Aberdeen, 25th Oct. 1895) ; res. 8th
Oct. 1902 ; died at Elm Bank, West Cults,
15th Oct. 1908. He marr. 18th May 1869,
Elizabeth (died 8th Aug. 1896, aged 53),
daugh. of Henry Ross, Wester Coull, Tar-
land, and Jane Anderson, and had issue —
Elizabeth Isabella, parish sister, born 28th
May 1870 ; Isabella Forbes, born 26th Jan.,
and died 13th May 1872 ; James Hay, born
21st Feb. 1873 ; Charles Gordon, min. of
Methlick, born 16th June 1875.
JAMES DUNCAN MACKENZIE,
1902 b°m Ardersier' 22nd Feb. 1866>
fourth son of Alexander M., Alt-
dearg, Evanton, Ross-shire, and Helen
Ross ; educated at Ardersier, Kingussie,
Raining's School, Inverness, and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
April 1892; ord. 17th Dec. 1902. He
marr. 14th June 1918, Helen Maud, younger
daugh. of James Methven, Wemyss Park,
Kirkcaldy.
GLENTANAR.
1567 JOHN ROSS, reader in 1567.
HENRY MIDDLETON, reader
1574 in 1574.
1576 JAMES CUSHNIE, reader in 1576.
1578 JOHN GUTHRIE, reader in 1578.
GILBERT BROWN, reader in 1578
1578 to 1580.
WILLIAM BRUCE, reader or min.
1615 26th May 1615 ; still in the charge
in 1619.
BANCHORY-TERNAN.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Ternan. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath. A fair of St Ternan was
held at Banchory.]
JAMES REID, a younger son of James
,__,_ R. of Pitfoddels ; min. in 1567, with
Strachan also in the charge ; trans,
to Colstone in 1573, but re-trans, from
Birse ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
2nd March 1582 ; adm. burgess of Aberdeen
Oct. 1598 ; died before 16th July 1602.
He "was a man of a notable head-piece
for witte, and most of his children were
men of extraordinary qualifications." He
marr. Isabel Meldrum, who died in June
1621, and had issue — -Robert, his suc-
cessor; Thomas, M.A. (Marischal Col-
lege, 1600), M.A. (Oxon, 1620), Latin
secretary to James VI., metaphysician and
Latin poet, founder of the first public
reference library in Scotland, died 1624 ;
Alexander, physician to Charles I., a pro-
lific writer on medical subjects, whose
writings were standard works till the end
of the seventeenth century, died Oct. 1641 ;
James; Peter; Adam, min. of Methlick;
Catherine (marr. William Burnett, min.
of Kinairney) ; Elspeth (marr. Alexander
so
BANCHORY-TERNAN
[PRESB. OF
Youngson, min. of Durris. — [Stewart's Life
of Reid ; Tombst. ; Scots Mag., lxv. ; Inq.
Reg. de Tut., 498, 499 ; Aberdeen Journal
Notes and Queries, iii., 329 ; Scot. Notes
and Queries, x., 73, for list of Alexander
R.'s Works.]
EOBERT REID, eldest son of pre-
1602 ceding; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (1600) ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 16th July 1602 ;
was one of those who constituted the
General Assembly at Aberdeen, 2nd July
1605, but who admitted, 13th Oct. that
year, that it was unlawful till discussed in
a future Assembly. He was a member of
the Assembly in 1610 ; burgess of Aber-
deen in 1624 ; subscribed the Covenant,
though with considerable modification, 30th
July 1638; was still min. 19th Oct. 1643.
He marr. and had issue — John of Birnes,
father of Robert, min. of this parish. —
[Stewart's Life of Reid ; Calderwood's
Hist., vi. 284, 440, vii. 105.]
ALEXANDER CANT, son of Andrew
if?46 ^"' m^D- °^ Aberdeen ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1636) ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 26th
Sept. 1639; adm. before 29th July 1646;
was a member of the Commission of
Assembly in 1648 ; named by Parliament,
31st July 1649, one of the Commissioners
for visiting the College of Aberdeen.
Joined the Protesters in 1651 ; dep. on
the establishment of Episcopacy at the
Restoration ; ordered to appear before the
Privy Council, 9th Dec. 1662, to answer
for his seditious carriage ; died of scurvy
at Aberdeen, 30th March 1665. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Alexander Douglas of
Downies (she survived him, and marr. (2)
James Anderson of Westerton, Botriphnie),
and had issue — Andrew, min. of Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, and subsequently a
non-jurant bishop ; Isobel (marr. James
Stuart, min. of Inveraven), and probably
Margaret (marr. William Mitchell, min. of
Dundee). — [Acts of Pari., vi., 509 ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 6303; Wodrow's Hist., i., 308;
Orem's Old Aberdeen; Banff Sas., iii., 82;
Scot. Notes and Queries, vii., 100.]
ROBERT REID, son of John R. of
1662 Birnes and Margaret Paton, and
grandson of Robert R., above
mentioned ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1651-5 ; was a member of the
first Episcopal Synod at Aberdeen, 21st
Oct. 1662 ; adm. a burgess of Aberdeen
in 1668; died before 21st Sept. 1682.
He marr. and had issue — Robert of Balna-
kettle, served heir 21st Sept. 1682; Alex-
ander; Thomas, grandfather of Thomas
the metaphysician ; John ; Elspet (marr.
Colonel John Farquharson of the Inverey
family) ; Jean (marr. Robert Burnett, min.
of this parish). — [Stewart's Life of Reid;
Scots Mag., lxv. ; Inq. Ret. Kincardine,
144 ; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii., 75 ; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
24th March 1664, xi., 577; Spalding Club
Miscell., ii., 429.]
ROBERT BURNETT, M.A. ; inst. 7th
1682 'Nov- 16S2 ' dep- before 6tl1 0ct
1695 for non-jurancy ; was received
into communion by a Committee of the
General Assembly in 1698 [afterwards min.
of Fintray].
MARTIN SCHANK, born 28th June
1699 1670, son °f Henry S., bailie of
Kinghorn, and Agnes Balfour ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (19th
July 1690); became chaplain to Mrs Edmon-
ston of Ednam ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
11th April 1693 ; ord. to Auchtertool
20th Sept. 1694; trans, to Newhills 29th
April 1697 ; called 9th April, trans, and
adm. 12th July 1699 ; died 18th April 1747.
He marr. 14th June 1697, Margaret, daugh.
of Thomas Downie, merchant, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Alexander of Castlerig,
who left £100 to the poor of the parish ;
Matthew, apprenticed to William Smith,
merchant, Aberdeen, 22nd Sept. 1713. —
[Aberdeen Tests ; Scot. Notes and Queries,
xii., 40.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, M.A. ; pres. by
174„ Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, Bart.,
Oct. 1747 ; ord. 2nd June 1748 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Aberdeen, 23rd
June 1757.
KINCARDINE O^EIL]
BANCHORY-TERNAN
81
FRANCIS DAUNEY, bom 1719 ; edu-
11758 cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1737); licen. by Presb.
of Garioch lOtb June 1742 ; ord. to Lum-
phanan 8th June 1743 ; pres. by Sir
Alexander Burnett of Leys, Bart., Nov.
1757 ; trans, and adm. 6th July 1758 ; died
2nd April 1800. He marr. 18th Nov. 1748,
Margaret (died 9th Jan. 1790, aged 64),
daugh. of Alexander Chalmers, min. of
Marnoch, and had issue— Alexander, LL.D.,
advocate and sheriff-substitute, Aberdeen,
born 20th Aug. 1749, died 14th July 1833 ;
Barbara, born 30th Dec. 1750 (marr. 10th
Dec. 1772, William Simpson, merchant,
Aberdeen) ; Catherine born 17th Nov. 1752,
died 7th June 1787 ; Francis, advocate and
sheriff-substitute, Aberdeen, born 12th Dec.
1754, died 28th April 1795 ; William, born
30th Aug. 1756; Margaret, born 8th Aug.
1763 (marr. 27th April 1784, John Shand,
min. of Kintore) ; Mary, born 10th July
1765, died 21st Jan. 1790; Isobel, born 8th
Aug. 1767, died 17th Feb. 1768 ; Elizabeth,
born 28th May 1769 ; John, born 3rd Nov.
1772, died 10th May 1773. Publication-
Account of the Parish, Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
vii.).
JAMES GREGORY, born 25th Sept.
1746, son of George G., tenant of
Wester Gallowtown, Dunnottar ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1766) ; became schoolmaster of
Fetteresso ; ord. to Gilcomston Chapel
5th Nov. 1778 ; pres. by Sir Robert Burnett
of Leys, Bart., Sept. 1800 ; trans, and adm.
26th March 1801 ; died 8th Sept. 1829.
He marr. 28th May 1773, Ann (died 11th
April 1837), daugh. of James Milne of
Johnshaven, and had issue — Annabella,
born 17th Dec. 1781 (marr. 24th Nov. 1803,
David Buchanan, Montrose) ; George, born
3rd April 1784, died at Aberdeen, 25th May
1801; Catherine, born 26th March 1788
(marr. 20th Aug. 1811, William Buchanan,
advocate, Edinburgh), died 21st March
1871; Elizabeth, died 4th Jan. 1828.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, son of
James A., draper, Peterhead, and
Mary Lyon; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1816 - 19 ; licen. by
VOL. VI.
1801
Presb. of Deer 30th April 1828 ; pres. by
Sir Robert Burnett of Leys, Bart., Nov.
1829; ord. 24th March 1830. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; assisted Cosmo
Innes in arranging Origines Parochiales
Scotim, vol. i., when his health giving way
he was obliged to leave the country, and
was app. Professor of History and Morals
in Government College, Agra ; LL.D.
(Edinburgh, July 1855) ; returned home,
lived for a time in London, and died at
Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1870. Publications—
The Family of lona, and other poems, with
interesting notes relating to the Colonisation
and Early History of the Island (Edin-
burgh, 1850); Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, xi.).
JAMES SCOTT, ord. to St James'
1843 Church, Alnwick, 1837 ; trans, and
adm. 20th Sept. 1843; dep. 26th
May 1846 ; died unmarr.
GEORGE HUTCHISON, born Forres,
1846 24th Aug. 1818, son of George H. ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1840) ; ord. to Monzie 31st
March 1845 ; trans, and adm. 12th Nov.
1846; D.D. (Aberdeen, 5th March 1870);
elected Moderator of General Assembly
19th May 1887; died at London, 20th
Nov. 1894. He marr. 4th Feb. 1847, Jane
Stewart (died 11th Jan. 1884), third daugh.
of George Wright, min. of Kingsbarns, and
had issue — George Wright, M.D., born 14th
Jan. 1848 ; John, born 23rd Feb. 1850, died
at Singapore, 30th July 1891 ; Maxwell,
min. of Kirkmahoe, born 11th Nov. 1853;
Euphemia, born 11th May 1858; Anna
Moncrieff, born 30th July 1862. Publica-
tions— Knowledge, a lecture (Aberdeen,
1863) ; A Competent Portion, a sermon
(Aberdeen, 1886).
JAMES HALL, born Ballater, 28th
1894 April 1859> son of James H., builder,
and Jane Soutar ; educated at Univ.
of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
in 1892; ord. (assistant and successor) 6th
Sept. 1894; died 14th Aug. 1920. He
marr. 3rd July 1895, Christian, daugh. of
George Jamieson, D.D., min. of Old Machar,
and had issue — James Christian, M.B.,
82
BANCHORY-TERNAN— BIKSE
[PRESB. OF
Ch.B., Bourne, Cambridge, born 18th June
1896 ; George Jamieson, born 27th March
1901.
1921
JOHN WILSON ANDERSON, born
Schoolhouse, Foveran, 28th March
1883, son of John A. and Elizabeth
Wilson ; educated at M'Laren High School,
Callander, and Univs. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1906), and St Andrews, B.D. (1909); licen.
by Presb. of Perth in 1909 ; assistant at
West Parish, Aberdeen, and St Giles,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Anstruther Easter 9th
May 1912 ; trans, to South Parish, Aber-
deen, 18th Feb. 1917 ; trans, and adm.
19th Jan. 1921. Marr. 10th Aug. 1912,
Jessie Murray, daugh. of James Farquhar,
Aberdeen.
BIRSE.
[The church of Birse (anciently Brass)
was dedicated to St Michael. The parish
was a prebend of Aberdeen, and its incum-
bent was chancellor of the diocese. There
were within the bounds Wells of St Colm
and St Michael]
ARCHIBALD IRVINE, reader in
1567 1567.
ANDREW HOGG, reader from 1567 to
1567 1574.
ALEXANDER SETON, M.A., adm.
7 chancellor, with consent of David,
Bishop of Aberdeen, before 1567 ;
died before 16th Nov. 1601.— [Echt-Forbes
Charters, 216.]
JAMES REID, removed from Colstone
.,.„„ in 1576, with Strachan, Banchory-
Ternan, and Dilmaik also in the
charge ; removed to Banchory - Ternan
about 1582.
ROBERT LINDSAY, min. in 1586.
Marr. Janet Farquhar. — [P. O. Beg.,
iv., 118-20, 466.]
WALTER GORDON, mentioned as
min. in succession to James Reid, in
assignation of crop and year 1592. —
Aberdeen Homings, vi., 110.]
1593
ALEXANDER IRVING, brother of
William I. in Tullinturk ; min. in
1593 ; pres. to the Chancellary by
James VI. 16th Nov. 1601 ; still min. in
1608. — [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records,
ii., 60.]
JOHN LESLIE, probably trans, from
Tullich and adm. before 30th July
1611 ; probably returned there.
GEORGE SETON, M.A. (Marischal
1614 College 1604); adm. chancellor
before 14th April 1613— [Reg. Old
Dec, i.]
JOHN ROSE of Easter Clune, son of
1618 James R-> min- °f Second Charge,
Aberdeen ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1613) ; adm. before
17th June 1618 ; suspended 7th July 1640
for not subscribing the Covenant, but did
so " with tears," about three or four weeks
later, and was enjoined to preach several
penitential sermons "disclaiming Episco-
pacy, Perth Articles, the High Commission,
Book of Canons, Common Prayers, and the
like," which he did on 27th April 1641,
when it is recorded that " this preaching
was pleasantly heard, and he esteemed a
good bairn, however he was before " ; de.p.
in 1649 for his Royalist principles. He
was fined at several times 5000 merks,
imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth nine
months together, and forced to lend 4000
merks on the public bonds to carry on
the unnatural war. His house was fre-
quently plundered by the Parliamentary
army, so that he lost at least £20,000.
He was reponed in 1661 on the recom-
mendation of John, Earl of Middleton, he
having been " most unjustlie thrust out for
his loyal tie and fidelitie to His Majestie's
interest " ; re-adm. before 16th April 1661 ;
allowed £200 by Parliament 21st June
that year, on account of his sufferings, but
did not enjoy his place above six months,
and died in 1661. He marr. (1) 1621, Jean
Troup of Balnacraig : (2) Elizabeth Wood
(who survived him, and marr. (2) Patrick
Coutts of Balgreen), and had issue — Alex-
ander, min. of Monymusk ; Arthur, Arch-
bishop of Glasgow and St Andrews ;
KINCARDINE O'NEIL]
BIRSE
83
Captain James ; Marjorie (marr. William
Douglas of Blackmiln, min. of Aboyne). —
[Spalding Miscell., iii., 130 ; Acts of Pari.,
vii., 281, App. 78, 79, 88 ; Family of
Kilravock; Aberdeen Sas., ix., 265; G. R.
Inhib., 21st Feb. 1677.]
JOHN YOUNG, adm. to Keig before
1651 21st Nov. 1638, when he was a
member of Assembly ; app. by
Parliament, 31st July 1649, a commissioner
for visiting the College of Aberdeen ; trans,
and adm. before 22nd Oct. 1651. Joined the
Protesters ; dep. after 16th April 1660 for
treasonable speeches, and was among the
first deprived after the Restoration ; died
at Miltonbank, 18th, and was buried in
Forbes of Craigievar's aisle at Leochel,
24th Oct. 1671. He marr. Elizabeth Fergu-
son, who survived him for forty years, and
had issue — Alexander, served heir 1st June
1681 ; Francis ; and three others. — [Acts of
Pari., vii., 281, App. 79 ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
6299 ; Aberdeen Sas., iii., 259 ; G. R. Hom-
ings, 26th Sept. 1685.]
1661 JOHN ROSE, above mentioned.
ALEXANDER STRACHAN of the
1668 Tillifroskie family; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1651) ; schoolmaster in Aberdeen ; adm.
before 27th Oct. 1663; died 20th June
1664. He marr. Jean, daugh. of Robert
Baron, D.D., Bishop of Orkney. She
received 600 merks in 1668 from fines
imposed for Church affairs by order of the
archbishops and certain bishops for supply
for her and three fatherless children, one of
whom was born 19th June 1664. — [P. C.
Reg., 3rd ser., viii., 493 ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, vii., 84 ; Chambers's Domestic
Annals, ii., 452.]
JOHN KEITH, trans, from Echt and
adm. before 14th Oct. 1666 ; trans,
to Old Machar in 1684.
1666
1685
DAVID OGILVIE of Peattie, son of
David O., portioner of Peattie, and
Margaret Hallyburton ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (24th July
1669); became schoolmaster of Inverkeillor;
passed trials before Presb. of Arbroath,
and was recommended for licence 19th
March 1674 ; was a deacon at Kirriemuir,
became chaplain to George, Bishop of
Brechin, 1680 ; was catechist at Old
Machar ; ord. (at Kettins) 4th Jan. 1685 ;
served the charge of Arbroath from Dec.
1690, and on 4th Aug. 1692 was allowed
the stipend thereof for a year and a half ;
deprived by Privy Council as a non-jurant
in 1697 ; resided at Kirktown of Kettins
17th March 1709; died Dec. 1714, aged
about 65. He marr. Beatrix Cabell, who
survived him, and had issue — David ;
George; Elizabeth (marr. George Robert-
son, writer, Edinburgh) ; Margaret. —
[Kettins, Neivtyle, and Glenmuick Sess. ;
Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, i., 88; Index to
Services ; G. R. Sas., clxxxiv., 338 ; Forfar
Sas., xiii., 75 ; P. C. Acta.~\
JOHN HOWE, son of James H.,
,___ merchant, Cullen ; adm. a deacon
under Episcopacy ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 17th Oct. 1694; called 19th
Dec. 1697; ord. 30th March 1698; died
between 28th May and 4th June 1707. He
marr. and had issue — Alexander, min. of
Tarves ; James, min. of Newhills. — [P. R.
Sas. Banff, vi., 402.]
ALEXANDER DEANS, M.A. (Mari-
1708 schal College 1694); called 13th
July, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1708 ; died
Oct. 1725. He marr. Elizabeth Robertson,
who died 4th Nov. 1749, and had issue —
John ; Robert, min. of Crailing ; Margaret,
residenter in Dundee, died before 10th Dec.
1770. — [Aberdeen and Brechin Tests.}
ALEXANDER GARDEN, born 1681,
1172„ son of John G. of Midstrath, in the
parish, and Catherine Farquharson ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (2nd May 1706) ; ord. to Kinairney
28th Dec. 1720 ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 24th Aug., trans, and adm. 12th
Oct. 1726 ; died 5th Feb. 1778. He was a
well-known violinist and composed the
tune " Jenny dang the Weaver." He marr.
(1) (name not recorded) and had issue —
Alexander, M.D., a distinguished physician
and naturalist at Charlestown, South Caro-
lina ; Hugh, merchant, Huntly, born 13th
84
BIRSE
[PKESB. OF
Nov. 1731 ; Elizabeth : (2) 9th June 1743,
Elizabeth Nicolson, who died 13th Dec.
1758, and had issue — Margaret, born 24th
Dec. 1744; Francis, born 1st Sept. 1746;
Ann, born 1st May 1749 ; John, saddler,
London, founder of the firm of Garden &
Co., accoutrement makers, Piccadilly, born
2nd June 1753 ; Thomas, born 3rd Sept.
1755 : (3) 31st Aug. 1759, Janet Eobertson,
and had issue — George, born 13th Dec.
1761.— [Dinnie's Parish of Birse, 54, 110;
Tombst.]
GEOEGE JOSEPH KNOWLES, born
.„_„ 1750; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1763-7 ; licen. by Presb.
of Ellon 18th Sept. 1771 ; pres. by George
III. 27th Feb., and ord. 29th July 1778;
died suddenly while visiting Balnacraig
on business, 29th March 1789. He was a
good musician, and composed the Psalm
tune originally known as "Birse" and after-
wards as "Balfour" and "St Stephen."
He niarr. 9th June 1778, Martha (died at
Peterhead 26th April 1820), daugh. of
Alexander Farquharson of Balfour, Birse,
and had issue — Alexander, born 17th Sept.
1779; Margaret, born 6th May 1781, died
5th June 1846 ; John, born 29th Dec. 1782 ;
Francis, born 4th Feb. 1785 ; William, born
29th June 1786; Charles Douglas, born
1st June 1788. Publication — " A Poem in
three Parts " (Scots Mag., lxxvii., 1815). —
[Dinnie's Birse, 57.]
JOSEPH SMITH, born Cromar, 1750,
._-„ son of John S., Tarland ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M. A. (1771) ; licen. by Presb. of Kincardine
O'Neil 18th Sept. 1776 ; schoolmaster of
Aboyne for ten years ; pres. by George III.
1st May 1789. [It is said that he received
the presentation when busy in school, and
that he gave vent to his joy by giving three
cheers, and exclaiming, " Hurrah, minister
o' Birse, wi' ten years' fordle ! " (i.e., stock
of sermons on hand)] ; ord. 2nd Sept. same
year ; died 7th Sept. 1831. He was some-
what eccentric, and many stories are told of
his sayings in the vernacular in and out
of the pulpit. He marr. 2nd July 1795,
Barbara Keid, who died 12th Dec. 1825,
aged 66, and had issue— Helen, born 8th
May 1797, died 11th May 1855; Barbara
(twin), born 8th Slay 1797, died at Aberdeen,
29th April 1870; Catherine, born 22nd
April 1799, died 6th Oct. 1885 ; George,
successor in the parish ; Joseph, merchant,
Paris and London, born 27th June 1803,
died 21st Feb. 1823; Margaret, born 1st
March 1805, died 12th Nov. 1822. Publi-
cation—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ix.). — [Dinnie's Anecdotes of the
late Rev. Joseph Smith (Aberdeen, 1882) ;
Jervise's Epitaphs, ii., 46.]
GEOEGE SMITH, born 28th Feb.
._„. 1801, son of preceding; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (3rd April 1819); licen. by Presb.
of Kincardine O'Neil 28th Jan. 1824 ;
pres. by George IV. in June, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 2nd Sept. that
year; died at Ballater 26th Oct. 1863.
He marr. 1st June 1849, Jane Anne (marr.
(2) 3rd July 1866), fourth daugh. of John
Guthrie, banker, Brechin. Publications —
Difficulties about the "Protest" of the
Claim of the Free Church to Spiritual
Independence (Edinburgh, 1844), enlarged
under the title Truth as Revealed, or
Voluntary and Free Churchism opposed
to the Word of God (Edinburgh, 1846) ;
Account of the Parish (ifew Stat. Ace, xii.).
CHAELES DUNN, born Westside,
. e4 Leochel-Cushnie, 1836, son of James
D., farmer, Lumphanan, and Jessie
Petrie ; educated at Lumphanan School,
Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Marischal
College ; M.A. (1856) ; licen. by Presb. of
Alford in 1862 ; schoolmaster at Alford ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 2nd Feb., and
ord. 9th June 1864 ; was a member of
various educational authorities ; chaplain to
5th Gordon Highlanders (V-D.) ; D.D.
(Aberdeen 1903); died at Aberdeen, 24th
Sept. 1908, and buried there. He marr.
23rd April 1891, Annie Lamb Campbell,
eldest daugh. of William Leslie Thomson,
Aberdeen, and Catherine, daugh. of David
Chalmers of Westburn, editor and pro-
prietor of the Aberdeen Journal. She
survived him and marr. (2) 9th Sept. 1913,
Thomas Collins, min. of the South U.F.
Church, Bonhill.
KINCARDINE O^EIL]
BIRSE— BRAEMAR
85
ALEXANDEK WATERS, born Wick,
lg06 19th Dec. 1864, son of Alexander W.,
chemist, and Jessie Sandison ; edu-
cated at Pulteneytown Academy, George
Watson's College, Edinburgh, and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886), B.D. (1891) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1891 ;
assistant at Hutton and St Mary's, Dum-
fries ; ord. (assistant and successor) 26th
April 1906; died 12th Aug. 1923. He
marr. 1st June 1910, Isabella Jane, daugh.
of Andrew Garland of Beechwood, Arbroath,
and had issue — Alexander James Garland
(only child), born 24th March 1912.
JOHN PATON MURRAY, born 28th
1923 Sept. 1898> son °f James M., D.D.,
missionary to Jews at Smyrna, and
Elizabeth Emma Kirtland ; educated at
Mission School, Smyrna, Bobert Gordon's
College, and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(1919) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen June
1921 ; assistant at Gilcomston and John
Knox's, Aberdeen, 1921 ; ord. 21st Nov.
1923. Marr. 3rd July 1924, Jessie Fraser,
M.A., daugh. of Alexander M'Lean, Aber-
deen. Publications — Contributions to Aber-
deen Daily Journal.
BRAEMAR, of old KIN-
DROCHET {Q.S.).
[The parishes of Braemar and Crathie
were united early in the seventeenth
century. The church of Kindrochet in
Braemar was dedicated to St Andrew. It
belonged to the Priory of Monymusk.
From 1725, a missionary on the Royal
Bounty conducted services here. The
parish of Braemar was disjoined quoad
sacra from Crathie on 17th March 1879.]
JAMES HANYE [or HANLY], reader
1567 from 1567 to 1585.
ALEXANDER WATSON, reader from
1586 1586 to 1601.
JAMES LEASE, trans, from Colstone
1607 before 1607, with that parish also
in charge ; trans, to Cushnie in
1607 or 1608.
JOHN ROSS, trans, from Lumphanan,
1608 with Aboyne also in the charge.
ALEXANDER FERGUSON, min. in
1622 1622 ; trans, to Crathie in 1626.
ANDREW SMYTH [afterwards of
1725 Dunning.]
JOHN BEATON [afterwards of Glen-
1727 shiel.]
CHARLES BOG, missionary at Braemar,
1728 Olenmuick, Tulloch and Glengairn,
and after 1739 at Tulloch and Glen-
gairn.
JAMES DUNBAR, app. in 1739, but
1739 having no Gaelic he was recalled.
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, app. in 1740 ;
1740 or<*- lst ^ov- 1744j trans, to Glen-
muick 5th May 1748.
MURDOCH M'LENNAN, ord. 19th
Oct. 1748 ; trans, to Crathie 11th
1748
May 1749.
JAMES GRANT, ord. 14th Aug. 1751 ;
1751 trans, to Inveraven 23rd Nov. 1752.
JOHN SHEPHERD, son of George S.,
1?53 min. of Aboyne; removed to Fair
Isle in 1758.
CHARLES GORDON, ord. 19th Sept.
17_. 1764; removed to Glenmuick [after-
wards min. of Cortachy.]
THOMAS GORDON, ord. 11th Jan.
176_ 1769 ; adm. to Aboyne 10th June
1784.
ROBERT LEITH, ord. 10th July 1782 ;
1782 trans, to Towie 30th July 1795.
1796 JAMES M'LAREN, app. in 1796.
ALEXANDER MACNEIL, ord. 6th May
18 „ 1807 ; trans, to St Andrews, Dundee,
6th Dec. 1809.
WILLIAM GRANT, ord. by Presb. of
Abernethy 21st June 1810 as mission-
ary here ; trans, to Kirkmichael 30th
July 1817.
PETER DRUMMOND, ord. 25th Nov.
1819; trans, to Kirkmichael in
Strathardle, 15th April 1830.
86
BRAEMAR— CLUNY
[PRESB. OF
ARCHIBALD ANDERSON, ord. 2nd
1832 May 1832; trans, to Crathie 6th
Aug. 1842.
FARQUHAR MACRAE, born Camus-
1842 lunie> Pintail, 25th Nov. 1805, son
of Farquhar M. and Mary Macrae ;
educated at Kintail School, Grammar
School, and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1823) ; schoolmaster of Lochcarron,
1825-33 ; licen. by Presb. of Lochcarron
in 1829 ; ord. Royal Bounty Missionary at
Boisdale, South Uist, in 1833 ; app. in
1842. Joined the Free Church in 1843
min. of Free Church, Braemar, 1843-5
min. of Free Church, Knockbain, 1849-82
died at Nairn, 20th Dec. 1882. He marr.
1859, Anne Murray, and had issue — Francis
Farquharson. — [Hist, of Clan Macrae, 131.]
HENRY MITCHELL, M.A. ; app. in
1844 1843 > 0r<^' "* 1®44 > trans- t0 ^IoQ-
quhitter 9th Sept. 1857.
ARCHIBALD BROWN, ord. 6th July
1858 ; trans, to Legerwood 31st
March 1859 ; died at Edinburgh 2nd
Dec. 1918.
WALTER WADDELL, ord. 8th June
1859 ; trans, to Borthwick 16th
1858
1859
March 1860.
JAMES MORRISON CROMBIE, born
laeo about 1830, son of John O, ship-
master, Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, 1847-9 ; ord. 10th July
1860 ; dem. in 1862 ; adm. min. of Swallow
Street Church, London, Nov. 1869 ; was
F.L.S., D.D. orLL.D. ; died 12th May 1906.
Publications — Braemar : its Topography
and Natural History (Aberdeen, 1861 ;
new edition, as Braemar and Balmoral :
a Guide to the Deeside Highlands, Aber-
deen, 1875 and 1887) ; Lichenes Britannicoe
(London, 1870).
WILLIAM MASSON, who had been
186„ min. at Russeltown Flats, Canada ;
app. in 1863 ; adm. to Culsalmond
26th Aug. 1864.
WILLIAM SCOTT, born Rothesay,
lg6 about 1828, eldest son of James S.,
a farmer in Peeblesshire ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A. (1848) ; app.
in 1866; res. 25th July 1871, and be-
came a farmer at Red Deer, Alberta,
Canada.
ARCHIBALD BOWMAN, ord. 1st May
1872 1872 ; trans, to Forglen ISth Dec. 1873.
WILLIAM GORDON, born 1834, son
of William G., schoolmaster, and
Elizabeth Grant ; schoolmaster at
Birnie ; missionary at Lagganallachie ; ord.
6th Aug. 1874 ; adm. first min. of this parish
29th March 1879 ; died 11th Oct. 1906. He
marr. 21st July 1881, Anna Maria (died 24th
Feb. 1919), daugh. of George Gordon, D.D.,
min. of Birnie.
1874
1907
ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, born 12th
April 1S69, son of Alexander Reid
S., min. of Lerwick, and Christian,
daugh. of William Merrylees, Lerwick ;
educated at Anderson Institute, Lerwick,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1889),
B.D. (1892); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
15th May 1891 ; assistant at St Michael's,
Dumfries, St Andrews, St Columba's,
London, and Ayr ; ord. by Presb. of St
Andrews to St Andrew's Church, Cairo,
12th April 1903; res. in 1905; adm. to
this parish 10th April 1907. Marr. 2nd
June 1909, Isabella Mackie (died 29th
March 1911), daugh. of Thomas Duncan
Cunningham, The Mount, Cupar-Fife, and
Isabella Todd Hepburn, and widow of James
Russell of Kingsleith.
CLUNY.
[The church of Cluny was dedicated to
St Machar. Part of the parish of Kin-
airny was annexed to Cluny on 6th Feb.
1 740, and part to Midmar.]
1567 JAMES CURRIE, reader in 1567.
JOHN STRACHAN, reader from 1567
1567 to 1580.
[ ROBERTSON, of a family origin-
ally from Atholl who settled in the district,
is stated in Michie's Account of the Parish
to have been a member of the first General
Assembly at Edinburgh]. — [Antiq. of Aber-
deen and Banff, ii.]
KINCAEDINE O^EIL]
CLUNY
87
1623
JOHN ROSE, son of Henry R. of
1607 Larochmoir and Beatrice Skene;
adm. before 23rd Oct. 1607; died
before 7th June 1623. He marr. Isabel
Roche (who survived him, and marr. (2)
John Lumsden of Tillicarne), and had
issue — Alexander, min. of Insch ; John ;
Francis. — [Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Reg., vii.,
311, 312 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccelxxxvii., 285 ;
Aberdeen Burgh Sas., xxxviii., 226; Aber-
deen Sheriff-Court Book, ii., 158 ; Temple's
Fermartyn, 557 ; Aberdeen Sas., iv., 321.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, studied
at Marischal College 1619-23 ; adm.
before 7th June 1623 ; was a member
of the General Assembly in 1638 ; referred
by the Assembly, 13th Feb. 1645, to the
Presb., and by the Assembly, 18th June
1646, to the Commission for Visiting
the Univ. of Aberdeen; falling under
censure he petitioned the Synod, 22nd
Oct. 1652, to have the censure removed
and was again referred to the Presb., who,
18th April 1653, reported he had been in-
hibited from preaching by it. He was alive
24th Dec. 1659, when his wife, Margaret
Laing, is also mentioned. — [Spalding
MiscelL; P. R. Sas. Aberdeen, iv. 101,
vi. 485 ; Gluny Writs.]
ANDREW SKENE, M.A. ; adm.
between 18th April and 17th Oct.
1654 ; elected as second min. to a
charge in Edinburgh, 29th April 1663, but
declined to accept; trans, to Turriff 2nd
May 1664.
JAMES ROSS, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1660);
adm. before 25th April 1671 ; still
min. 20th April 1680.
JOHN ORD, born Cullen, Banffshire,
about 1644; educated at King's
1685 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (13th
July 1668); was servitor to Earl of Find-
later in 1676 ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce
7th March 1677; adm. before 1st March
1685; died in 1700. He marr. and had issue —
Robert, died before 1709; Katherine (marr.,
cont. 8th Nov. 1709, William, second son of
William Ord of Findochtie). — [Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Book, i., 230 ; Banff Sas., v. 346.]
1654
1702
JAMES ANDERSON, born about 1675;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1687) ; called 3rd Sept.
1701 ; ord. 17th Feb. 1702 ; died between
10th Dec. 1707 and 7th Jan. 1708. He
marr. 16th April 1702, Marjory, eldest
daugh. of William Burnet, min. of Midmar.
GEORGE JOHNSTON, called 6th Dec.
1709 ; ord. 15th March 1710 ; trans.
1710
to Skene 13th Dec. 1716.
JOHN BURNETT, born 1696, third
son of Robert B. of Sauchen, min.
of Fintray ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (6th May 1712) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 2nd
July, and called by them jure devoluto 23rd
Oct. 1718; ord. 20th Jan. 1719; died
between 4th and 20th Nov. 1741. He
marr. Agnes (died 24th Feb. 1785), daugh.
of George Skene, min. of Kinkell, and had
issue — Charles ; George ; Robert ; Francis ;
Andrew ; Alexander, min. of Careston ;
John; Jean; Mary; Margaret; Catherine;
Agnes ; one of his daughs. marr. John
Lunan, glazier, Aberdeen. — [AberdeenTests.,
15th Oct. 1791 ; Burnetts of Leys, 65.]
1743
ROBERT MICHIE, born 1718, son of
John M. in Towie ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1731-5;
licen. by a dissenting Presb. at Dublin ;
adm. a probationer by Presb of Alford
16th July 1740; pres. by Sir William
Gordon of Park May 1742 ; ord. 29th June
1743; died 15th June 1794. He marr. 9th
Jan. 1753, Janet Irving (died 9th April
1790, aged 75), widow of James Adamson,
min. of Ordiquhill, and had issue — Barbara,
born 11th May 1755 (marr. 1st Oct. 1781,
William M'Kenzie, chaplain 78th Foot) ;
Elizabeth, born 25th Oct. 1759 (marr.
Thomas Gordon of Crathienaird, min. of
Aboyne). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, x.). — [Tombst]
1795
ALEXANDER MEARNS, born 22nd
May 1745, son of Alexander M.,
min. of Insch; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1762); adm. to
College Chapel-of-Ease, Aberdeen, 1771 ;
trans, to Towie 18th Sept. 1777; pres. by
88
CLUNY
[PEESB. OF
Miss Fraser of Inverallochy Nov. 1794 ;
trans, and adm. 10th June 1795 ; died 23rd
April 1820. He marr. 29th Dec. 1777, Ann
(died at Aberdeen, 6th July 1823, aged 85),
daugh of James Morison of Elsick, Lord
Provost of Aberdeen, and widow of John
Farquhar, min. of Nigg, and had issue —
Duncan, D.D., min. of Tarves, and Pro-
fessor of Divinity in King's College (q.v.),
born 28th Aug. 1779 ; Isobel Ann, born
6th July 1783, died 7th July 1868. Publi-
cation— Account of Towie (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv.). — [Tombst.]
[GEORGE MITCHELL, M.A. (King's
College, 7th Nov. 1795); for thirty-one
years schoolmaster of Cluny, was also
assistant in this parish, discharging many
of the pastoral duties. He died in 1822,
aged 58.]
1822
JOHN FRASER, born Kintore, 1784,
son of Bailie F. ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March
1801) ; became schoolmaster of Inverurie
17th March 1802, and of Premnay 22nd
Oct. 1803 ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch
30th Nov. 1808; ord. by them assistant
at Meldrum 30th March 1814; pres. by
George rV. 23rd June 1820 (a presentation
was also lodged by Colonel John Gordon
of Cluny 19th July that year in favour
of Robert Urquhart, but the Lords of
Council and Session decided, 13th Nov.
1821, in favour of Fraser) ; adm. 2nd May
1822 ; died unniarr. 21st May 1850. Publi-
cation [jointly with Donald Campbell] —
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace,
xii.). — [Tombst.]
DONALD CAMPBELL, born Fort
1841 George, 1800, son of John C, shoe-
maker, and Mary Munro ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1858) ;
ord. (assistant and successor) in 1841.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Free Church, Ballater, 1843-78 ; died 22nd
Sept. 1878.
WJJLLIAM POLSON, ord. (assistant
184g and successor) in 1849 ; trans, to
Wemyss 5th Sept. 1850.
ALEXANDER RAMAGE, born 1814,
son of John R., optician, Aberdeen
[who had considerable distinction as
a constructor of telescopes] ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1830) ;
ord. 21st Nov. 1850 ; died 20th Sept. 1S65.
He marr. 6th Sept. 1853, Eliza Stuart (died
10th Sept. 1880, aged 46), daugh. of George
Inglis, wholesale provision merchant, and
Agnes Riddoch, and had issue — Alexander,
born 15th June 1854 ; Thomas William,
born 15th March 1856; Eliza Agnes, born
27th March 1858, died 5th Jan. 1869 ; John
Charles, born 6th Jan. 1862 ; George Angus,
born 19th Feb. 1865.
JOHN WEBSTER, bom Forglen, 12th
18(?6 ^arch 1S33, son of Peter W., farmer,
and Mary Stevenson ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March
1853) ; schoolmaster of Rothiemay, 1856-62;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 3rd May
1861 ; ord. to Buckie 24th April 1862 ;
pres. by Colonel Thomas Fraser of Castle
Fraser; trans, and adm. 8th Feb. 1S66;
died 2Sth June 1885. He marr. 23rd Aug.
1876, Alexandrina, daugh. of John Hay,
farmer, and Margaret Barbara Yolum, and
had issue — Margaret Volum, born 29th
Sept. 1877, died 22nd June 1884 ; Jemima
Mary, born 19th Feb. 1879; Joan Hay,
born 11th Dec. 1880 ; John, M.C., major
R.F.A., born 20th July 1883; Christina
Barbara Volum, born 14th Nov. 1884.
1885
GEORGE FERRIES, born Birse, 4th
Jan. 1852, son of Duncan F. and
Elizabeth Duncan ; educated at
Birse and Aboyne Schools, and Univs. of
Aberdeen, M.A. (1871), Edinburgh, B.D.
(1878), Berlin, and Leipzig ; teacher of
classics, Stirling High School, and assist-
ant Professor of Humanity, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh Oct. 1879 ;
ord. 9th Dec. 1885 ; D.D. (Aberdeen, 30th
March 1895); res. 15th June 1923. Marr.
11th June 1889, Mary Leith, daugh. of
Edward Lumsden, min. of Midmar. Pub-
lications — The Truth of the Christian
Religion (a translation from the German
of Prof. Kaftan, Berlin), 2 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1894); The Growth of Christian
KINCARDINE O'NEIL]
CLUNY— COULL
89
Faith (Edinburgh, 1905). Joint-translator
[with Prof. John Dickie, D.D.] of Theodor
von Haering's The Christian Faith : A
System of Dogmatics, 2 vols. (London,
1913).
JOHN ALEXANDER MACK AY, born
1923 Greenock, 17th Oct. 1895, son of
Alexander M. and Euphemia Beaton;
educated at High School and Academy,
Greenock, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1920); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 16th
Dec. 1922 ; assistant at Springburn, Glas-
gow; ord. 3rd Oct. 1923. Marr. 1st Nov.
1923, Isabel, daugh. of Kenneth Smith, min.
of Kilmeny, Islay.
COULL.
[The church of Coull was dedicated to
St Brioch. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath. A fair of St Brioch was
held at Coull. The Corse portion of the
parish was annexed to Leochel about
1621.]
1567 GEORGE LAWSON, reader.
' 1574 WILLIAM BRUCE, reader.
1574 JAMES REID, vicar in 1574.
JAMES DUFF, min. in 1576, with
15„„ Colstone, Peterculter, Migvie, Tar-
land, and Logymar also in charge ;
trans, to Kinnore about 1580.
ROBERT LINDSAY, min. of Cushnie
1S85 in 1579 ; trans, and adm. before
1585 ; still min. in 1608.
ANDREW GRAY, educated at King's
1624 ColleSe> Aberdeen; M.A. (1617);
licen. 1620; adm. before 15th July
1624 ; was charged before Synod with
having baptised children in the parish of
Leochel without a testimonial from the
minister there, and was ordered, 20th Oct.
1652, " not to medle with the exerceiss of
any other minister his charge, as he will
be anserable"; still min. 16th April 1667;
died before 19th March 1670. He was of
small stature as shown in his character,
given in an epitaph said to be written by
the first Earl of Aboyne : —
"... little Mr Andrew Gray ;
Though voyd of witt, yet full of yeires.
To point him forth requyres some skill,
He knew so little good or ill.
He had a church without a roof,
A conscience that was cannon proof;
He was Prelatick first, and then
Became a Presbyterian.
Episcopall once more he turn'd
And yet for neither would be burn'd,
Of whom I have no more to say,
But fiftie years he preach'd and dy'd."
He marr. and had issue — John, assistant
to his father ; James, admitted burgess
of Aberdeen 25th Oct. 1654.— [Aberdeen
Sheriff'- Court Books, ii., 277 ; Jervise's
Epitaphs, ii., 415.]
JAMES GORDON, born about 1645;
1&J1 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (30th April 1663) ; ord.
by Bishop of Moray; elected to Glass
before 3rd April 1666. He was engaged
to marry a sister of the minister of Moville
in Ireland, but eloped with Helen, daugh.
of John Gordon of Cairnborrow, and went
to Londonderry. For this he was sum-
moned on 1st Oct. 1667 by the Synod of
Moray, but did not appear. He was adm.
by Bishop Mossom to preach at Clon-
dermot Chapel, but was dep. by the
Synod of Moray and excommunicated 7th
April 1668. He returned to Scotland, and
petitioned the Synod for relaxation of
its sentence. On 6th May he appeared
and confessed his fault with tears, and
owned that he was married before witnesses
to Helen Gordon. The Synod ordered
them to separate, and G. to appear in sack-
cloth in the kirks of Strathbogie Presb.
except Grange, and on 5th April 1670
he was declared for ever incapable of
holding office within the Synod of Moray.
He removed to the Synod of Aberdeen,
and was adm. to this parish before 26th
April 1671, He eloped with his house-
keeper, and was dep. 23rd April 1674, for
swearing, drinking, striking, and denying
his own subscription. He was imprisoned
at Aberdeen for debt 7th Oct. that year,
90
COULL
[PEESB. OF
but liberated on 31st of that month. He
retired to the Cabrach, where he took the
farm of Soccoth, and married and baptised
irregularly in defiance of the Presb. of
Alford. After repeated citations, he
appeared before that Presb., 10th April
1678, and denied these charges, which
were referred to the bishop and Synod
for advice, but nothing further apparently
was done. On 9th April 1679, he was
again charged with exercising ministerial
functions in the parish of Cabrach, which
he denied. On 12th Nov. that year it
was stated Mrs Gordon was lately dead.
After much contumacy on his part it is
reported on 5th Jan. 1681 that the Lesser
Excommunication had been pronounced,
that G. had celebrated a marriage and had
confessed immorality with his servant
Sievwright. He thereupon leaving the
district, went to London, where he failed
to get employment though recommended
by Bishop Paterson of Edinburgh. He then
proceeded to Ireland and began services
in a deserted Presbyterian meeting-house
at Bovevagh, Londonderry, Sept. 1681.
There he turned a spy upon the Pres-
byterians and entered the pay of the
Government. The authorities discover-
ing his true character, the Duke of
Ormonde wrote to the Archbishop, 3rd
Feb. 1683, " that I cannot imagine any
sort of use can be made of him, but
that he be left to his vagabond course
of life till it brings him to the natural
end it leads to." He afterwards re-
turned to Scotland, and was adm. to
Cardross (q.v.) 29th July 1690, and died
16th May 1693.— [Article by J. M. Bulloch,
LL.D., in Aberdeen Journal Notes and
Queries, iv., 172 ; Duke of Ormonde MSS.
(Hist. MS. Com.).]
PATRICK GORDON, probably son of
1R7_ Patrick G. of Hallhead ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(27th April 1659); schoolmaster and
assistant at Maryculter ; adm. before
1678; still min. 20th April 1680. He
marr. and had issue — Patrick, min. of
Lumphanan. — [Aberdeen Journal Notes
and Queries, v., 42.]
WILLIAM IDELL, a native of Moray ;
1686 educated at King's College, Aberdeen;
M.A (14th July 1664); was school-
master of Chapel of Garioch 28th Feb.
1669 ; pres. by John Forbes of Craigievar
28th Aug. 1685 ; coll. 11th, ord. (at Kettins)
18th April, and inst. 2nd May 1686; took
the oaths to William and Mary, but was
dep., 4th Sept. 1716, for engaging in the
Rebellion. He marr. a lady, who was alive
in 1696.— [Aberdeen Poll-Book, i., 50.]
JAMES FARQUHAR, son of Alexander
1717 F., Ryell ; educated at Marischal
College; M.A. (1707); pres. by Sir
William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart.,
in April, and ord. 13th June 1717 ; died
Feb. 1734. He marr. Elizabeth Rose,
who survived him, and marr. (2) John
Shepherd, min. of Logie-Colstone. — [Aber-
deen Tests.]
JAMES PATERSON, born 1704; edu-
17„. cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1726); pres. by Sir
Arthur Forbes of Craigievar in April, and
ord. 1st Nov. 1734; died 11th Jan. 1789.
He marr. Dec. 1735, Jean (died 28th March
1784, aged 72), daugh. of Walter Turing,
min. of Rayne, and had issue — John,
physician, Jamaica, born 16th April 1741,
died 15th April 1789 ; Ann, born 9th March
1743 (marr. 5th Dec. 1771, Hugh Ross at
Mill of Gellan); Helen, born 19th May
1744 (marr. 6th Dec. 1763, William Mor-
rice, min. of Kincardine O'Neil) ; James,
physician, Jamaica, born 3rd Nov. 1745,
died 25th Aug. 1798; Walter, in Jamaica,
born 1st Aug. 1747, William, min. of Logie-
Buchan, born 22nd July 1751.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, born
7 1762; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (7th March 1781) ;
pres. by Sir William Forbes of Craigievar
in June, and ord. 16th Sept. 1789 ; died
at Montrose, 6th Dec. 1800. He marr. 4th
Aug. 1792, Mary (died 18th June 1834),
youngest daugh. of Robertson, Drum-
nahoy, and had issue — Ann, born 12th
Aug. 1793 (marr. Alexander Cushny, D.D.,
min. of Rayne) ; Mary, born 9th March
KINCARDINE o'NEIL]
COULL— CRATHIE
91
1795, died 1st Feb. 1866. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iii., xxi).
ALEXANDER BKOWN [originally
1801 BROWNIE], born 1771, son of
Bobert B., farmer, Bridgend of Leo-
chel ; educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1789); pres. by Sir William
Forbes of Craigievar in March, and ord.
27th Aug. 1801 ; died unmarr. at Aberdeen,
28th Aug. 1823.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, born Inver-
ness-shire, 1 798 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March
1818); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 31st
Oct. 1823 ; pres. by the Commissioner for
Sir John Forbes of Craigievar, Bart., Nov.
same year ; ord. 31st March 1824 ; clerk
of Presb., 1839-50; died 6th April 1850.
He marr. 8th Aug. 1837, Sophia Jane
(died 15th March 1842, aged 33), daugh. of
William Mackenzie, army chaplain, 72nd
Foot, and widow of Hugh M'Kenzie, D.D.,
min. of Killin, and had issue — Isabella
Forbes, born 8th Oct. 1838 (marr. 31st
Oct. 1865, Andrew Boss, farmer, Park-
dargue), died 5th June 1871 ; Sophia Jane,
born 9th Jan. 1840, died at Aberdeen, 20th
June 1877; John, born 3rd Jan. 1842.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace., xii.).
JAMES LESLIE, born 11th July 1808,
son of William L., druggist, Aber-
deen, and his second wife, Jane
Hiscox ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; was missionary at Holburn,
Aberdeen, 1837-8 ; adrn. honorary burgess
of Old Aberdeen in 1847 ; went with his
personal attendant, John Edward Boss,
as a missionary to France, but on the
outbreak of the Bevolution in 1848 re-
turned to Aberdeen ; ord. 29th Aug. 1850 ;
died unmarr. 16th July 1859. He was an
ornithologist and bequeathed his Natural
History Collection to Professor Mac-
gillivray, who handed it over to the Univ.
of Aberdeen.
WILLIAM SKINNER, M.A. ; ord. 3rd
Nov. 1859 ; trans, to Tarland 3rd
Sept. 1868.
ANDREW RITCHIE, M.A; pres. by
John O. Forbes of Corse and ord.
10th Dec. 1868; trans, to Methlick
12th Jan. 1882.
1868
ALEXANDER M'KENZIE, born Mort-
1882 'aCk' 26tk ^U'y 1853' S0D °^ Murdoch
M. and Margaret Sinclair ; educated
at Rathven and Keith Schools, and Univs.
of Aberdeen, M.A. (1877), and Edinburgh,
B.D. (1880); licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh in 1880 ; assistant at South and
West Churches, Aberdeen ; ord. 12th May
1882 ; clerk of Presb. in 1902. Marr. 6th
July 1887, Annabella (died 26th April
1924), daugh. of John Leslie, min. of
Udny, and has issue — Alexandra, born
10th Dec. 1888 ; Annabella, hospital sister,
born 12th July 1890; Leslie, a distinguished
graduate of Aberdeen Univ., M.A. (1915),
served with 4th Gordon Highlanders, and as
lieut., 8th Black Watch, in European War,
three times wounded, born 20th June 1893,
died of wounds at Camiers, France, 2nd
April 1918.
CRATHIE.
[The church of Crathie, which belonged
to the Priory of Monymusk, was dedicated
to St Manir. Polmanir, a deep pool on the
Dee, still commemorates his name. Re-
mains of three chapels are to be found at
Micras, nearly opposite Abergeldie Castle,
at Balmore, in Aberarder, and at Mains
of Abergeldie. Tradition says that a fourth
stood at " Balmurrel " (Balmoral). The pre-
Reformation Church is now a picturesque
ruin in the churchyard. The foundation
stone of the present church was laid
by Queen Victoria, 11th Sept. 1893, and
the building was opened for divine service
on 18th June 1895. The Braemar portion
of the parish was disjoined in 1879. Bal-
moral Castle, in the parish, was built
1853-5.]
1567 RICHARD CHRISTISON, reader.
1574 JOHN WILSON, reader.
ARCHIBALD WILSON, reader from
1576 1576 to 1585.
92
CRATHIE
[PRESB. OF
DAVID SANDERSON, reader from
1590 15^° *° 1^(^8 > murdered by John
Brabare in Crathie June 1614. —
[P. C. Beg., x., 265.]
ALEXANDER FERRIES [or
1626 FERGUSON] of Crathienaird, born
1596 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1613); adm. to Kindrochet
in 1622; trans, and adm. before 11th Feb.
1626; was recommended to Parliament 30th
July 1649 for reparation of his losses, amount-
ing to £3805, 10s., incurred through having
2500 men quartered on his lands in April
1647, and March 1649, and an Act was
passed in his favour ; died May 1663. He
marr. Christian Auchterlony (who was alive
in 1671), and had issue — Alexander, who
married the heiress of Ballyoukan ; John,
min. of Glenmuick; James; William, wad-
setter on the laird of Skene's lands, Tarland,
said to be great - grandfather of Robert
Fergusson the poet ; Agnes (marr. as his
second wife, James Farquharson, first of
Inverey). — [Douglas's Baronage, 547; Aber-
deen Sheriff- Court Boohs, ii., 287 ; Perth
Sas., 3rd ser., x. 68, xi. 217 ; Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, vii., 51.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, educated at
166g King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(12th July 1660) ; passed trials be-
fore Presb. of Fordyce and recommended
for licence 21st Feb. 1666 ; adm. to Laggan
before 1st Oct. 1667 ; trans, and adm. after
6th April 1669; dep. 3rd Aug. 1699 for gross
and supine negligence in preaching, cate-
chising, administering the Lord's Supper,
visiting families, etc. He marr. Isobel Ross,
and had issue— James ; Joseph, Charles,
died abroad; Lilias; Elizabeth (marr. John
Gordon, alias M'Gregor, in Gavelairge, Kirk-
michael, thought to have been a cousin of
Rob Roy). — [Aberdeen Poll-Book, i., 155.]
ADAM FERGUSSON, M.A ; called by
1l7m the Presb. jure devoluto 11th, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1700; trans, to
Logierait 22nd Nov. 1714.
JOHN M'INNES, M.A. ; called between
26th May and 10th June ; ord. 10th
Aug. 1715; trans, to Logie-Colstone
19th Oct. 1748.
1749
1784
MURDOCH M'LENNAN, born 1702,
son of David M. in Drummond, Kilt-
earn, Ross-shire ; educated at Maris-
chal College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Alford 13th April 1732 ; ord. missionary
at Braemar 19th Oct. 1748; called 27th
April, trans, and adm. 11th May 1749;
died 22nd July 1783. He was a man of
considerable attainments and rich in High-
land lore. He marr. 20th June 1749,
Margaret Forbes, who died s.p. 14th Oct.
1789. Publication— Burns ascribes to him
the popular song, " We ran and they ran,"
on the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. — [The
Harp of Perthshire, 54.]
JAMES WILSON, educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1757) ; licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 19th
March 1766; ord. by it missionary at
Tulloch, 8th April 1767 ; trans, to Lochs,
Lewis, 11th Aug. 1768 ; pres. by George III.
16th Sept. 1783 ; trans, and adm. 4th Aug.
1784; died 7th April 1788. His stipend
being only about £40 a year, he unavoid-
ably got into debt, had his cattle and
furniture sold by his creditors, and had
only one bed left, on which he lay dying,
while his wife at his side was delivered of
her eighth child. A subscription which
was opened for the benefit of the widow
and family met with a generous response.
He marr. 19th Oct. 1769, Mary Wylie, who
died 16th April 1803, and had issue —
William, born 10th May 1771 ; Colin, born
28th Nov. 1772; James, born 7th July
1775 ; John, born 7th March 1778 ; Eliza-
beth, born 7th Dec. 1780; Alexander, born
5th Oct. 1783; Francis, M.A., born 18th
Feb. 1786 ; George, born 24th March
1788.— [Scots Mag., 1., 358.]
CHARLES M'HARDY, born Strathdon,
178_ 1747 ; son of John M., in the Luib,
Corgarff, and Helen, daugh. of
Andrew Farquharson of Allargue; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1767) ; licen. by Presb. of Alford 18th May
1770 ; ord. by Presb. of Abernethy 10th May
1771 ; adm. to Kirkmichael (Dunkeld),
9th May 1781 ; pres. by George III. 16th
May 1788 ; trans, and adm. 10th June
1789 ; was factor and commissioner on the
KINCARDINE O'NEIL]
CRATHIE
93
Invercauld estate; died 14th May 1822.
During his ministry a new church was
built in 1804. "Few buildings have re-
sounded to more eloquence than that little
Highland kirk. Dr Norman Macleod,
Principal Caird, Principal Tulloch, Dr
MacGregor, and many others filled its
pulpit, and no preachers ever had more
attentive or appreciative listeners than the
occupants of the royal pew who, when at
Balmoral, were regular attendants at the
parish church. Queen Victoria has testi-
fied to the pleasure and comfort derived
from what she heard there, and the Prince
Consort liked the Scottish service, which
he used to say reminded him of the simple
Lutheran forms to which in his early youth
he had been accustomed." He marr. 18th
July 1778, Clementina (died s.p. 2nd Aug.
1822), daugh. of George Forbes in Cul-
quhany, and Margaret, daugh. of William
Forbes of Buchan. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.). —
[Patricia Lindsay's Recollections of a Royal
Parish, 99.]
ALEXANDEE M'FAELANE,
1822 born 1^69, son of Alexander (? Donald)
M., farmer, Strathbran ; licen. by
Presb. of Perth 27th Sept. 1797 ; ord. to
Park Chapel, Monkwearmouth, 28th June
1803 ; adm. in June 1819 to Presbyterian
Church at Longtown ; pres. by George
IV. 24th June, trans, and adm. 26th Sept.
1822 ; died 1st Feb. 1840. He marr. 7th
Nov. 1810, Isabella (died at Bridge of
Allan, 25th Jan. 1863), third daugh. of
Duncan Montgomery, Inverkeithing, and
had issue — Montgomery, born 22nd Sept.
1811, died 26th May 1830; Jane Gordon,
born 28th March 1814 (marr. 11th May
1866, Captain Patrick S. Simpson), died at
Bridge of Allan, 7th March 1872 ; James
Ruthven, M.A., chaplain on the Madras
establishment, H.E.I.C.S. (q.v.), born 3rd
March 1816 ; Jessie Margaretta, born 8th
Dec. 1817, died at Bridge of Allan, 30th
July 1870 ; Caroline Grace Christina, born
13th Dec. 1819 ; William Joseph, M.A.,
surgeon, 23rd Foot, born 3rd Dec. 1822 ;
Catherine Farquharson, born 20th Dec.
1824 (marr. at Madras, 19th Jan. 1853,
George C. Finlay of the 12th Native
Infantry). Publications — A Funeral Sermon
on the Death of Miss Lamb of Kirkandrews,
Carlisle (1814) ; Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Tombst. ; Hist, of
Presbyterianism in Sunderland, 44.]
ARCHIBALD ANDERSON, born
1840 Inverness> 1794, son of James A.,
farmer, and Elizabeth King ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th
March 1816) ; ord. to Braemar 2nd May
1832 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 13th March,
trans, and adm. 6th Aug. 1840 ; died 8th
Nov. 1866. He had a good knowledge of
medicine, and was of much service to his
parishioners, who were then far removed
from a doctor. He marr. March 1826, Grace
Grant (died at Dunkeld, 22nd Feb. 1887),
daugh. of John Cumming, tax-man, and
Jean Macpherson, and had issue — John
James, editor of Gippsland Times, born
19th Aug. 1827, died at Sale, Victoria,
30th June 1872; James John, born 22nd
March 1829, died in Queensland, 1st May
1911 ; William, born 31st March 1831 ;
Alexander, min. of Dun, born 9th Dec.
1832 ; Elizabeth Farquharson, born 16th
Jan. 1835, died 6th Feb. 1867 ; Jane
Murray Cumming, born 1st Nov. 1836,
died 2nd April 1919 ; Hector Macpherson
Cumming, born 24th Feb. 1839, died in
Assam, 6th Dec. 1884; Isabella Madaleine
Robina Mary, born 7th Aug. 1843, died
5th May 1873. — [Prof eit's Under Loch-
nagar, 24 ; Recollections of a Royal
Parish, 106.]
MALCOLM CAMPBELL TAYLOR,
1867 D.D. ; pres. by Queen Victoria 22nd
Feb., trans, from Montrose 6th June
1867 ; trans, to Morningside, Edinburgh,
27th Nov. 1873. [At the Communion,
Nov. 1873, Queen Victoria participated for
the first time in this service. She sat in
the manse pew (then included in the
" tables "), and the elements were handed
to her by Dr Robertson of Hopewell, one
of the elders. After that, she regularly
communicated, and her name was entered
on the Communion Roll-Book. From 1887
to 1900 she was only twice absent.]
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CRATHIE— DINNET
[PEESB. OF
1874
ABCHIBALD ALEXANDEB CAMP-
BELL, born 20th June 1845, son of
Colin Fisher C, min. of Kilbride,
Arran ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Kintyre ; assistant at
Barony, Glasgow ; ord. to Lonmay 24th
Aug. 1871 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 10th
Jan., trans, and adm. Sth May 1874 ; app.
domestic chaplain to Queen Victoria 23rd
Oct. 1882; D.D. (Glasgow, 16th April
1895) ; dem. 8th Dec. 1896 ; died 26th Dec.
1907. He marr. 14th Oct. 1874, Mary
Johnston (died at Ballater, 11th Nov.
1923), eldest daugh. of Alexander Weir
Bobertson, C.A., Edinburgh, and Catherine,
daugh. of John Bamsay, min. of Glads-
muir, and had issue — Catherine Mary,
born 29th Aug. 1875, died 7th April 1876 ;
Victoria Alexandrina (so named by special
request of Queen Victoria), born 7th Dec.
1887 ; Mary Elizabeth May, born 26th May
1892 (marr. in Ceylon, 19th April 1922,
Cedric O'Donoghue Carey, Guernsey) ;
Archibald Alexander, 2nd lieut., Indian
Army, born 5th June 1894. Publications —
Sermons preached before the Queen at
Balmoral (by command of Her Majesty in
1882) ; Holy Communion Service in Crathie
Parish Church (printed for private circula-
tion by command of Queen Victoria).
SAMUEL JAMES BAMSAY
SIBBALD, M.A., B.D., M.V.O. ;
ord. 14th May 1897 ; trans, to Pollok-
shields (q.v.) 10th Oct. 1918. He has issue
(omitted in Vol. iii., 430) — Samuel James
Bamsay, born 21st April 1899; Edward
Bamsay, mining engineer, born 18th June
1902.
JOHN STIBTON, born Perth, 3rd Sept.
1871, son of John S., merchant, and
Stewart Maria Lawson ; educated at
Kinnoull School, Perth Academy, and
Univs. of Glasgow, M.A. (1894), and St
Andrews, B.D. (1897) ; tutor to Archibald
Alexander, Earl of Leven and Melville
licen. by Presb. of Perth 5th May 1897
assistant at St Giles, Edinburgh, 1897-1902
ord. to Corsock 25th Sept. 1902 ; trans, to
Glamis 19th May 1904 ; chaplain 5th Black
Watch in 1905 ; served with Lowland
Division for three months in European
1897
War ; trans, and adm. 2nd April 1919 ;
librarian at Balmoral Castle in 1919 ; app.
domestic chaplain to King George V. 23rd
Sept. 1920 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1926). Marr.
18th April 1917, Edith Georgina Katherine,
only daugh. of George Dickson of Monybuie,
Sheriff-substitute of Dumfries and Galloway.
Publications — Glamis (Presbytery of Forfar)
(Forfar, 1904) ; An Old Scottish Divine, Rev.
Dr Thomas Stuart, minister of Neivburgh-
on-Tay (Forfar, 1911) ; Glamis : a Parish
History (Forfar, 1913) ; A Day that is Dead
(Forfar, 1913); Pastime Papers (Forfar,
191V) ; Notes on the Family of De Maria
(Aberdeen, 1920) ; Notes on the Family of
Stirton (Aberdeen, 1920) ; Balmoral in
Former Times (Forfar, 1921); The Celtic
Church and the Influence of the East
(Forfar, 1923) ; Mirrors of Memory (Aber-
deen, 1923); Crathie and Braemar : a
History of the United Parish (1925) ; Notes
on Glamis Old Church ; Proceedings of
Society of Antiqxiaries of Scotland, 1910 ;
Relics of the Family of Innes of Balnacraig
and Ballogie (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., vii.,
100-7, 1920-1); The Red House and other
Papers (1926).
DINNET (Q.S.).
[A Priory of the Bed Friars was founded
at Dinnet in 1297 by Alexander, third Earl
of Buchan. The parish of Dinnet was dis-
joined from Aboyne, Logie-Colstone, and
Glenmuick on 14th March 1886.]
1886
JOHN GBANT MICHIE, born 22nd
Jan. 1830, son of James M., farmer,
Wester Micras, Crathie, and Mar-
garet Grant ; was a Boman Catholic in
early life ; educated at Glengairn, Crathie,
and Ballater Schools, Grammar School,
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1854);
teacher in Dyke Academy, Fochabers ;
schoolmaster of Logie-Colstone in 1858-76;
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine ONeil Sth
May 1860 ; ord. 16th Nov. 1876 ; adm. first
min. of this parish 14th March 1886 ; died
unmarr. 21st Jan. 1904. He was a learned
antiquary. Publications — Deeside Tales
(Aberdeen, 1872; 2nd ed., 1908 [edited by
F. C. Diack]); The History of Loch
KINCARDINE O'NEIL]
DINNET— ECHT
95
Kinnord (Edinburgh, 1877 ; 2nd ed., 1910
[edited by F. C. Diack]) ; " Ancient Annals
of Highland Mar and Abergeldie Castle "
in Under Lochnagar (Aberdeen, 1894) ; A
History of Logie-Coldstone and Braes of
Cromar (Aberdeen, 1896). Edited Records
of Invercaidd, 1547-1828 [Neiv Spalding
Club] (Aberdeen, 1901); "Notes of an
Underground Structure recently discovered
on the Farm of Mickle Kinnord" (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., vol. ix., 1873).— [Fotes
on the Family of Michie (Calcutta, 1907).]
WILLIAM SAWEES, born Cadder,
1903 1869' son °^ William and Ann S. ;
educated at Cadder School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton ; assistant at Campsie and
Glenmuick ; ord. (assistant and successor)
12th July 1903. Marr. 30th March 1904,
Isabella Alexander, daugh. of William and
Christina Giffen.
ECHT.
[The church of Echt was dedicated to
St Finichen. It belonged to the Abbey
of Scone. There was a chapel in the
parish at Monk's Echt. Fairs were held
at Echt at Whitsunday and Martinmas.]
ARTHUR FORBES of Echt, fourth son
7 of Robert F. of Echt ; min. in 1567
with Kemnay and Dalmoak also in
charge ; probably dem. on succeeding to
the estate ; died before 1610. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of John Burnett of Leys,
and had issue — Robert of Echt ; Patrick of
Wester Echt ; George of Wester Echt, died
1656.— [Burnetts of Leys, 29.]
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, adm. to
. .„„ Logymar before 1574 ; trans, and
adm. in 1576, Aboyne and Tullich
also were under his care in 1578 ; died in
Lentron 1588, " and thairfoir the Commis-
sioner has ordanit the stipend of this yeir
to be equallie devydit betwixt the wyff and
bairns of this defunct minister, and Mr
James Ross, minister at Strathauchin,
quha sin his deceis servis the ministry of
the Kirk of Echt."
JAMES ROSS, probably only tem-
1588 porary, but may have been min. of
the parish.
ROBERT FORBES of Finnersie, son of
1599 James F. of Tillyboy; adm. before
1599, with Kinairney also in his
charge in 1601, but not in 1608 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 9th Jan. 1602 ;
was a member of Assembly in 1639 ; died
between 21st April and 19th Oct. 1652.
He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander
Arbuthnott, printer of the Bible, and had
issue — Alexander of Finnersie, W.S. (1635);
Elizabeth (marr., cont. 1st May 1632,
Andrew, eldest son of Thomas Burnett,
min. of Strachen) ; a daugh. (marr. Robert
Duguid, son of the laird of Auchenhove).
— [Lumsden's House of Forbes; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii. 60, 479, iii. 8 ;
Reg. of Deeds, dxviii., 405 ; Echt-Forbes
Charters, 19 ; Aberdeen Sas., iii., 126, 158.]
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, educated at
165_ Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1625) ; entered schoolmaster 31st
Dec. 1648, also session-clerk ; was on the
Exercise at Brechin and had a testimonial
of his trials 1st Jan. 1652 ; adm. 12th June
1658 ; deprived before 5th Dec. 1660. He
marr. and had issue — Walter, min. in 1666.
—{Echt-Forbes Charters, 151.]
1662
JOHN KEITH, pres. 11th Dec. 1661;
inst. and adm. 9th Nov. 1662 ; his
settlement being interrupted by the
change in Church Government, he was
granted, 15th Aug. 1662, by Parliament
the stipend for that year ; trans, to Birse
before 14th Oct. 1666.
WALTER ALEXANDER, son of
1666 William A., min. in 1658; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1651-5 ; app. schoolmaster of Bellie 16th
Oct. 1657; adm. 14th Oct. 1666; dem. in
1694. He marr. Janet Scott, who survived
him, and had issue — William (second son),
apprenticed to John Carnegie, dyer, Aber-
deen, 12th March 1707, served heir to his
mother, 28th Sept. 1712.— [Scot. Motes and
Queries, xii., 39.]
96
ECHT
[PEESB. OF
THOMAS KINNEAE, educated at
-695 Marischal College, Aberdeen, M.A.
(1689), and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by United Presb. of Angus and Mearns
17th May 1694; called unanimously 21st
April, and by the Presb. jure devoluto, and
ord. 18th Sept. 1695; died between 3rd Sept.
and 7th Oct. 1712. He marr. Ann Straton,
who died 1st Oct. 1746, and had issue —
Catherine (marr. June 1756, David Ireland,
shoemaker, Edinburgh) ; Janet (marr. Oct.
1727, Walter Foggo, wigmaker, Edinburgh) ;
Margaret ; Mary. — \Edin. Marr. and Bur.
Regs. ; Index to Services ; Ucht-Forbes
Charters, 171.]
EOBEET WILLOCK, born 1683, son
.„.„ of George W., merchant burgess of
Aberdeen, and grandson of James
W., min. of Kemnay ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen, 1698-1702 ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 21st July 1710;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 30th
March, and ord. 6th May 1713 ; died 5th
April 1763. He marr. Dec. 1714, Henrietta
(died s.p. 7th Nov. 1775, aged 85), daugh. of
James Eymer, min. of St Andrews. Pub-
lication— A Preparation Sermon-preached in
theCollegeKirkofAberdeen(AbeT&een,l75&).
JOHN ABEL, born Mar, about 1712;
,„_. educated at King's College, Aber-
deen, M.A. (29th March 1732), and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; became tutor to the
son of William, Lord Braco ; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 18th Jan. 1749 ; ord.
to Eothiemay 27th June 1753 ; pres. by
James, Earl of Fife, Oct. 1763 ; trans, and
adm. 23rd May 1764 ; died 19th Sept. 1790.
He marr. 3rd Sept. 1765, Ann Eeid, who
died s.p. 25th March 1808.
ALEXANDEE HENDEESON, born
1791 ^7b7, son of Eobert H., Keith ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (Feb. 1775); licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 3rd Dec. 1783 ; ord. to Second
Charge, Old Machar, 1st May 1788 ; pres.
by Hon. Alexander Duff of Echt in Feb.,
trans, and adm. 16th June 1791 ; died
unmarr. 30th May 1813. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xiii.).— [Burns's Life of M' Gill.]
JOHN GLENNIE, M.A., trans, from
1813 Grarvock ; pres. by James, Earl of
Fife in Oct., and adm. 16th Dec.
1813 ; trans, to Dunnottar 16th June 1814.
WILLIAM INGEAM, born Cumineston,
181_ Monquhitter, 1770; educated at Banff
Parish School and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1788) ; became school-
master of St Andrews - Lhanbryd, Cairn-
banno, and Mortlach ; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 30th April 1794 ; ord. to South
Eonaldshay 10th May 1810; pres. by trustees
of James, Earl of Fife, Nov. 1814 ; trans,
and adm. 16th March 1815 ; died 16th May
1849. He marr. 28th Feb. 1808, Ann (died
6th Jan. 1830), daugh. of James Thomson,
M.D., and had issue — James, min. of
Dunblane, born 11th Jan. 1809; William
Alexander, born 8th Nov. 1810, died 26th
March 1811 ; Eliza Gordon, born 22nd
March 1812, died at Dunblane, 25th Feb.
1865; Jane Stuart, born 23rd Feb. 1814,
died at Aberdeen, 1896 ; William Forbes,
writer, Stranraer, born 3rd Sept. 1815, died
in Jersey 2nd March 1874 ; Christina, born
16th April 1817 (marr. James Durran), died
at Urquhart, 1882 ; Ann, born 16th May
1819, died at Aberdeen, 1886; Harry Gor-
don, shipping agent, Akyah, born 13th
Nov. 1821 ; Thomas born 20th March 1824,
died 25th May 1841 ; Alexander, solicitor,
Stranraer, clerk of Justiciary, born 8th
July 1827, died at Malvern June 1875 ;
Gordon, min. of Urquhart, born 28th Aug.
1828. Publications — Account of the Parish
{Few Stat. Ace, xii.); "The Poor Tutor"
(Scots Mag., lxxiii.).
MAXWELL WEIGHT, born 29th Nov.
1850 1827, son of George W., D.D., min.
of Kingsbarns ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; ord. 7th Feb. 1850 ; dem. 27th
Nov. 1872 ; died 2nd April 1900. He marr.
22nd July 1856, Agnes Margaret (died s.p.
15th April 1858), daugh. of William Leslie,
surgeon, Aberdeen.
ANDEEW SOUTTEE, born Hilton,
1878 Banff, 17th March 1842, son of the
Eev. John S., M.A., parish school-
master, Banif, and Margaret Forrest;
educated at Banff School and Academy,
Kincardine o'neil] ECHT— FINZEAN— GLENGAIRN
97
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1863); licen. by Presb. of Turriff
30th April 1868; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) to Daviot 9th June 1870 ; pres. by-
James, Earl of Fife, trans, and adm. 2nd
May 1873 ; died 27th Nov. 1914. He marr.
3rd Sept. 1879, Florence Augusta, second
daugh. of William Joseph Baker, Hartland
Villa, Brondesbury, London, and Sarah,
daugh. of John Leith of Balcairn, and had
issue— Ellen Mabel, born 26th Jan. 1881,
died 6th May 1909; Florence Margaret, born
30th May 1882 (marr. Charles Heughan,
min. of Condorrat); William, lieut. B.N.B.,
born 29th Sept. 1883; James Tindal,
min. of Whitekirk, born 1st Jan. 1885 ;
Emilie Leith, born 20th July 1895. —
[Johnston's Last Bajans of King's and
Marischal Colleges, 55.]
THOMAS ABNOTT MUNBO, born
Kirkhill, Inverness-shire, 27th March
1879, son of William M., Dunferm-
line, and Christina Arnott ; educated at
Dunfermline High School and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1909), B.D. (1912);
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 3rd May
1911 ; assistant at Brechin Cathedral and
West Church, Aberdeen ; ord. 21st April
1915.
FINZEAN (Q.S.).
[There was here an ancient dedication to
St Finan. A mission chapel was erected
at Finzean about 1865. The parish was
disjoined from Birse on 20th March 1903.]
1892
1900
DONALD STEWART, born Crathie,
13th Jan. 1860, son of Charles S. ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1881); app. in 1892; died unmarr.
at Birse, 29th May 1900.
ABNOLD SPENCE SMITH, M.A. ;
ord. 4th Nov. 1900 ; adm. first min.
of this parish 13th April 1903 ; trans,
to Prinlaws 12th Nov. 1920. He assumed
the name of Gray in place of Spence.
JAMES BOSS, born Glenbuchat, 21st
lg21 Dec. 1888, son of James B., Glen-
kindie, and Elsie Beattie ; educated
at Towie School, Gordon's College, and
VOL. VI.
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1910) ; licen. by
Presb. of Alford May 1914; assistant at
Newhills and Kirkcaldy; served for five
years as a combatant in European War ;
ord. 17th Feb. 1921. Marr. 15th Feb. 1921,
Florence, daugh. of Bobert M'Laren, master
mariner, and Mary Donald.
GLENGAIRN (Q.S.).
[The church of the ancient parish of
Glengairn was dedicated to St Mungo.
The three parishes of Glenmuick, Tullich,
and Glengairn were united early in the
seventeenth century, but Glengairn was
disjoined from the others on 28th Jan.
1863. Its ancient church stands roofless in
the churchyard at Abergairn. Two Wells
near it are both called St Mungo's. A tryst
was long held hard by and was styled St
Mungo's Fair. This parish had another
yearly market, St Martin's Fair, at Ballater.]
GEORGE BBUCE, afterwards of
1845 Tomintoul in 1846.
EOBEBT NEIL, born at Wreaton,
1846 Aboyne, 18th April 1815, son of
Peter N., farmer, and Barbara Abel ;
educated at Aboyne School and King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1835); licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil; school-
master of Tarland for twelve years ; app.
in 1846; adm. first min. of this parish
25th March 1863; died 24th Feb. 1891.
He marr. 11th May 1847, Mary, daugh.
of James Beid, farmer, Templeton, Kil-
drummy, and Erskine Walker, and had
issue — James, M.D., medical superintendent
of Warneford Asylum, Oxford, born 11th
May 1848, died June 1914 ; Barbara Walker
Abel, died 1873 ; Bobert Alexander, M.A.,
LL.D. (Aberdeen), Fellow, tutor, and Prin-
cipal Classical Lecturer, Pembroke Col-
lege, Cambridge, Lecturer on Sanskrit,
Cambridge Univ., editor of Aristophane's
Knights and Biiddhist Sanskrit Legends,
born 26th Dec. 1852, died 19th June 1901 ;
Mary Erskine ; Catherine Gordon. Publi-
cations— Catechism on the Look of Genesis
(Aberdeen, 1854) ; Sermon preached before
the Synod of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, 1882).
98
GLENGAIRN— GLENMUICK, ETC.
[PRESB. OF
JAMES ANDERSON LOWE, born
1891 Laurencekirk, 12tb Jan. 1863, son of
William L. and Elizabeth William-
son ; educated at Laurencekirk School and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1885), B.D.
(1888); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 15th
May 1888 ; assistant at West Church,
Stirling, 1888-91; ord. 22nd July 1891;
trans, to Southwick 28th June 1918. Marr.
2nd March 1892, Agnes Simpson, daugh. of
George Smart, Stirling, and Helen Strachan,
and has issue — Agnes May Anderson, born
23rd Dec. 1892 ; Ethel Maud Simpson, born
15th May 1897.
JAMES ROBB ALLAN, born School-
1918 house, Deskford, 22nd Aug. 1853,
son of James A., min. of Marnoch ;
educated at Keith Grammar School, and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Forres 30th April 1878; ord. to Advie 11th
July same year ; adm. to Stoneywood 15th
Oct. 1880 ; chaplain to Forces, V.D. ; trans,
and adm. 31st Oct. 1918; dem. 8th Nov.
1923. Marr. (1) 8th June 1881, Annie
Adeline (died s.p. 8th July 1898), daugh.
of Henry Wilkinson and Ann Grant : (2)
18th April 1900, Helen, daugh. of John
Rae and Agnes Allardyce, and has issue
— James, in Forestry Commission, born
21st Feb. 1901 ; Alexander, born 15th Aug.
1902, died 15th Oct. 1915.
THOMAS DAVID WATT, born 28th
Aug. 1861, son of John W., min. of
1924 Fetteresso ; educated at Chanonry
House School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
5th May 1885 ; became town missionary
at Hamilton ; ord. to Robertson Memorial
Mission, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 16th
July 1889; trans, to Powis 17th May
1896; trans, and adm. 31st Jan. 1924.
Marr. 28th Aug. 1889, Catherine Erskine,
daugh. of William Black Ferguson, C.E.,
and Jane Amelia Smith, and has issue
— Elizabeth Hector Birnie, born 31st
March 1891 (marr. 14th June 1919, Henry
Alexander Richards, advocate, Aberdeen) ;
William Black Ferguson, bank clerk, born
29th March 1893; Thomas David (twin),
M.B., Ch.B., born 29th March 1893 ; Jane
Amelia Mary Ferguson, instructress of
Games and Physical Training, born 13th
Dec. 1894; John Black Leslie Birnie,
apprentice engineer, born 19th March
1897, died of wounds received in action
with 4th Gordons at Hooge, Flanders, 25th
Sept. 1915.
GLENMUICK, TULLICH, AND
INCHMARNOCH.
[It appears that these three parishes
were united about the year 1500. Early
in the seventeenth century Glengairn was
added to the union. It was severed again
in 1863.
Glenmuick.— The church of Glenmuick
was dedicated to St Mary. It was removed
to Ballater in 1798.
Tullich. — The church of Tullich was
dedicated' to St Neachtan. It belonged
to the Knights of the Order of the
Temple who had a preceptory at Tullich.
After the suppression of the Templars,
the property was held by the Commandery
of the Knights of St John at Torphichen.
Inchmarnoch. — The parish church was
dedicated to St Marnoch of Aberchirder.
Its ruins can still be seen on the inch, or
island, in the Dee.]
1567 ARCHIBALD WILSON, reader.
WILLIAM SANDERSON, reader at
Glenmuick and Abergardin from
1574 to 1591 ; adm. min. before
1593 ; still min. in 1595.
JOHN LESLIE, min. of Slains in 1595 ;
trans, and adm. min. of Tullich, with
Glenmuick and Abergardin also in
the charge in 1599 ; dep. by the bishop
before 8th Oct. 1623, when the Synod of
St Andrews caused the sentence to be
publicly intimated in their congregations
by the brethren of Angus and Mearns.
ALEXANDER GORDON, M.A. ; adm.
in 1620 ; trans, to Logie-Colstone.
1574
1599
1620
before 14th Dec. 1647.
JOHN FERRIES [or FERGUSON],
son of Alexander F., min. of
Crathie ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1642) ; adm. before
1651
Kincardine o'nkil] GLENMUICK, TULLICH, AND INCHMARNOCH 99
21st Oct. 1651 ; preached at Glenmuick,
instead of Tullich 3rd March 1667, "by
reason of the loose men in the country,"
and 16th March 1673, " because of the
extremitie of the waters of Muick and
Dee"; still min. 22nd June 1681. He
marr. Agnes Auchterlony, and had issue
— Alexander, apprenticed to Patrick
Chrystie, merchant, Aberdeen, 4th July
1678 ; Margaret (marr., cont. 28th Dec.
1671, Alexander Beattie, merchant burgess
of Montrose). He is also said to have
marr. a Miss Erskine of the family of
Mar. — [Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 13th Nov.
1673 ; Perth Sas., ix., 168 ; Records of
Clan Ferguson, 292 ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, xii., 7.]
DAVID GUTHRIE of Kair, born 1658,
le „ son of Harry G. of Halkerton and
Margaret, daugh. and heiress of
David Sibbald of Kair ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1684) ; passed trials
before Presb. of St Andrews and had a
testimonial for licence 19th April 1676 ;
adm. 11th Dec. 1687 ; was in the Mearns
18th March 1688, "not having got any
house to reside in, could not go over to
Glengarden by reason of the great water,"
28th Sept. 1689, and preached to the
garrison at the Castle of Abergeldie 3rd
Nov. that year ; died 15th Nov. 1697. He
marr. Margaret, daugh. of Alexander
Arbuthnot of Pitcairly, and had issue —
Henry, served heir 30th June 1698 ; Alex-
ander, born 1685, died young ; Harry, died
aged 14; Margaret (marr. William Stuart
of Inchbreck); Ann (marr. 1717, a mason
in Banchory) ; Jean (marr. 1718, William
Seton, minister) ; Isobel (marr. 1718,
Seton, merchant, Edinburgh). — [Inq. Ret.
Gen., 7994, de Tut., 1166 ; Gideon Guthrie,
3-4.]
GIDEON GUTHRIE, brother of pre-
ceding ; M.A. ; intruded about May
1698 [afterwards at Fetteresso
1698
(q.v.).-\
JAMES ROBERTSON, born Dal-
charinnoch, 15th Nov. 1672, third
son of John R. of Straloch and
Magdalene, daugh. of Robert Farquharson
of Invercauld ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1692) ; called 8th Jan.
and ord. (at Tullich) 22nd March 1699;
died 11th July 1747. He marr. (1) a
daugh. of Kinloch of that ilk [a
Gaelic poem on a mutilated leaf of vol. i.
of the Session Records is said to be her
composition] : (2) July 1702, Elizabeth,
daugh. of Donald Mackintosh of Kyllachy ;
she survived him, and died s.p. before
12th March 1757. Publication— He left a
Genealogical Account of the Reid Robertsons
of Straloch (Blairgowrie, 1887). — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, born 1711,
son of Robert M. of Park, Ross-shire;
1748 M.A. (King's College' 1733) ; licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 8th Aug.
1739 ; ord. missionary at Braemar 1st Nov.
1744; pres. by trustees of Charles, Earl
of Aboyne, Nov. 1747; adm. 5th May
1748; served heir to his father 11th July
1749 ; died 12th Aug. 1790. He marr. 4th
June 1749, Mary (died 3rd Dec. 1802),
daugh. of Donald M'Kenzie of Dalmore
and Ann Farquharson, and had issue —
Colin, in Carriacou, West Indies, born 19th
Oct. 1750; Roderick, in Grenada, West
Indies, born 20th March 1752 ; Ann, born
20th May 1754 (marr. 19th Aug. 1786,
Richard Tait, upholsterer, London) ; Alex-
ander, born 21st Feb. 1756, died 1770;
Margaret, in London, born 17th March
1759 ; George, born 27th April 1761, died
young; Marjorie, born 22nd March 1763
(marr. George Mackenzie of Avoch, Tower
Hill, London) ; Elizabeth, born 1st July
1764, died at Aberdeen, 2nd March 1799.
— [Tombst.]
1791
GEORGE BROWN, born 1754, son of
James B. in Wester Coull, Cromar ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1772); licen. by Presb. of
Kincardine O'Neil 31st March 1779; ord.
assistant' at Newhills 5th May 1790; pres.
by Charles, Earl of Aboyne, 1790; adm.
30th June 1791, considerable opposition
being made to his settlement from his non-
acquaintance with the Gaelic language, but
Gaelic was found unnecessary by the Presb.,
Synod, and General Assembly ; died 24th
100
GLENMUICK— TULLICH— KINCARDINE CNEIL [peesb. of
July 1818. He marr. (1) 13th Oct. 1793,
Elizabeth (died 23rd Jan. 1795), eldest
daugh. of John Brown, D.D., min. of New-
hills : (2) 9th June 1803, Anne Gordon,
who died at Aberdeen, 1st Feb. 1850,
aged 90. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii., xxi.).
HUGH BURGESS, born 1766, son of
_ William B., Belhelvie ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; MA.
(23rd March 1787) ; ord. assistant at
Aboyne 27th June 1799 ; pres. by George,
Earl of Aboyne, in Jan., and adm. (assist-
ant and successor) 15th May 1817; died
unmarr. 31st Aug. 1849. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xii.).
JOHN MIDDLETON, born Midstrath,
Birse, 8th April 1823, son of John
M., farmer, and Mary Harper ; edu-
cated at Grammar School and Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (1841) ; was
schoolmaster of Birse, 1843-7 ; ord. to St.
Andrews Chapel, Dunfermline, 21st April
1847 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 15th March 1849 ; died 7th May
1884. He marr. 10th April 1850, Isabella
(died 13th April 1883, aged 61), daugh.
of James Robert Walker, first English
master in Dollar Academy, and had issue —
Jane Alice, born 16th March 1851 (marr.
24th Oct. 1872, Robert Lumsden, merchant,
Aberdeen); Jessie Angus, born 11th Jan.
1854 (marr. 13th Dec. 1888, George John-
ston Wallace, coalmaster, Dunfermline),
died 7th Sept. 1889; John Gerard, born
28th July 1856, died 24th April 1877;
James Robert, his successor in the parish.
JAMES ROBERT MIDDLETON, born
Glenmuick, 23rd Jan. 1860, son of
preceding ; educated at Grammar
School and Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA.
(1881) ; licen. by Presb. of Kincardine
O'Neil 24th April, and ord. 27th Aug.
1884; officiating chaplain to the Forces
at Ballater. Marr. 17th June 1886, Eliza-
beth Davidson Grant, daugh. of John
Charles Wilson, C.E., Durie Vale, Mark-
inch, and Elizabeth Davidson Grant, and
has issue — Helen (so called by special
request of the Duchess of Albany), born
8th Aug. 1897. Publication — Ye Thrie
Parochines of Glenmuick, Tidlich, and
Glengairn [Bazaar Book] (Aberdeen,
1888).
TULLICH.
LAURENCE COUTTS, reader from
1S67 1567 to 1580.
KINCARDINE O'NEIL.
[The church of Kincardine on the Water
of Neil was dedicated to St Erchard
(Tochard). This parish was a prebend of
Aberdeen. St Tochard's Well was near the
church. At Kincardine in 1233, Alan the
Durward founded a Hospital of St Mary.]
ALEXANDER EUSTACHE, a
Romish priest who conformed and
became reader.
1574 ROBERT BOYD, reader.
GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, min. in
15^s 1576, with Lumphanan, Midmar,
and Cluny also in the charge ; pres.
to the parsonage of Logie-Mar, with the
pendicle called Glenbuchat and their
pertinents by James VI., 18th Feb. 1572.
JOHN STRACHAN, granduncle of
15g2 Alexander S. of Thornton; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 17th
April 1582; was rector of King's College,
Aberdeen, 1600 ; a member of the Assembly
in 1602; Moderator of Synod 20th Feb.
1606, and app. by the General Assembly,
12th Dec. 1606, a member of a Committee
to advise the ministers condemned for
holding the Assembly at Aberdeen, to
submit to His Majesty. S. was also
appointed by that Assembly as Constant
Moderator of the Presbytery, who were
charged by the Privy Council, 17th Jan.
1607, to accept him as such within twenty-
four hours after notice under pain of
rebellion. He was a member of the
Court of High Commission 15th Feb. 1610
and 15th June 1619 ; died before 7th Oct.
1625. He marr. (1) Catherine Straiton,
and (2) Isabel, daugh. of John Symmer of
KINCARDINE O'nEIL]
KINCARDINE O'NEIL
101
Bratherisch, who survived him, and had
issue — Alexander of Dalhakie ; Kobert,
apprenticed to Andrew Purves, merchant,
26th July 1626 ; John ; Katherine (marr.
cont. 7th Oct. 1625, Alexander, son of
Andrew Strachan, min. of Dun) ; a daugh.
(marr. James Forbes of Cloak) ; Jean
(marr. Adam Forbes). He is said to have
had also a son, Kobert, min. of Colvend. —
[Beg. of Deeds, cccxcviii. 202, ccccviii. 356 ;
Lumsden's House of Forbes ; Aberdeen Sas.
Sec. Beg., ii. 88, iii. 427, 481.]
" DAVID BELLENDEN, son of Adam B.,
16S6 Bishop 0I Aberdeen ; pres. to this
charge with the pendicles of Lum-
phanan, Cluny, Midmar, and Glentannar
by Charles I. 27th Feb. 1636 ; died at the
bishop's residence, 24th Nov. 1638, and
was buried " without ane funeral sermon."
JOHN FRASEB, min. from 1638 to
1638 1®41' — [Minnie's Kincardine O'JVeil,
30.]
JOHN FORBES of Bithnie, third son
. 41 of William F. of Craigievar, and
Margaret, daugh. of Nicol Udward,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; adm. before
20th Oct. 1641; app. by the General
Assembly 26th Aug. 1647, min. for Colonel
Scott's Regiment; was a member of the
Assembly that year. Joined the Protesters
in 1651 ; died between 20th Oct. 1657 and
21st April 1658. He marr. Agnes, eldest
daugh. of William Duguid of Auchinhove,
and had issue — Henry ; Elizabeth (marr.
William Forbes of Camphill); Margaret
(marr. John Forbes, Professor of Divinity,
Aberdeen), and three others. — [Lumsden's
House of Forbes ; Douglas's Baronage, 76.]
GEORGE BURNETT, son of William
less ■^•' ®^ Aberdeen ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1630) ; adm. to Strachan before 1641 ;
trans, and adm. before 19th Oct. 1658; still
min. 12th Oct. 1680. He marr. Jane Bell.
JOHN FORBES, born 1643, son of
1680 -Patrick F. (descended of Pitsligo),
and Margaret Blackhall of the family
of that ilk; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (9th July 1668) ; adm. to
Logie-Colstone before 6th March 1677 ;
trans, and adm. about 1680 ; died between
28th April and 14th May 1708, "distin-
guished for his eloquence, prudence, in-
tegrity, piety, and peaceableness." He
marr. -Margaret, daugh. of John Strachan,
tutor of Thornton, and had issue — Nicholas
(marr. John Forbes of Kincardine), served
heiress 16th Aug. 1710.— [Blackhalls of
that Ilk, 85 ; Index to Services ; Hist, of
the Macraes, 282.]
WILLIAM MAIR, born 1673, son of
1710 John M., min. of Tough ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(13th July 1693); ord. to Oyne 27th Feb.
1701; called 13th July 1709; he settled
himself (in obedience to the instructions
of the General Assembly 3rd May) between
19th and 26th July, without being formally
admitted, and was received as a member
of the Presb. 27th Dec. 1710 ; died between
6th Jan. and 24th Feb. 1742, aged about
69. He marr. (1) Barbara, daugh. of
Adam Barclay, min. of Perth, and had
issue — John, min. of Rayne ; Elizabeth
(marr. John Fraser at Hildowntree) : (2)
Katherine, daugh. of William Burnet, min.
of Midmar, and had issue — Arthur. — [Aber-
deen Tests.]
WILLIAM ABEL, son of William A.,
Ley Lodge, Kintore; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen,1717-21;
became schoolmaster of Birse in 1722;
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 4th
April 1729; ord. to Lumphanan 4th July
1733; pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes of
Craigievar, Bart., in June, trans, and adm.
14th Oct. 1742; died 21st July 1771. He
marr. 12th July 1738, Katherine Skene,
who died 24th April 1770, and had issue
—George, min. of Drumblade, born 19th
May 1739.
WILLIAM MORRICE, bapt. 2nd Aug.
1730, son of Robert M., farmer,
Waulkmill of Drum, Deeside, and
Margaret Duncan ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; became tutor in the family
of Sir Arthur Forbes of Craigievar, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 3rd Dec.
102
KINCARDINE (TNEIL
[PEESB. OF
1755; ord. to Lumphanan 6th May 1761 ;
pres. by said Sir Arthur Forbes Dec. 1771 ;
trans, and adm. 24th June 1772 ; dem. 6th
July 1808 ; died 22nd Jan. 1809. He marr.
6th Dec. 1763, Helen (died 20th April 1817,
aged 73), daugh. of James Paterson, min.
of Coull, and had issue — sixteen children
— Margaret, born 14th Feb. 1765 (marr.
William Shand, min. of Lumphanan);
Eobert, planter, Jamaica, born 5th Oct.
1766; Alexander, born 2nd May 1768,
died 20th March 1775 ; James, went to
Jamaica, born 14th Oct. 1769, died 19th
Jan. 1816; Jean, born 12th Feb. 1771
(marr. John Roger, min. of this parish) ;
John, timber merchant, London, born 22nd
June 1772; Mary, born 8th July 1773,
died 8th July 1774 ; Alexander, born 20th
March 1775, died young; David, born
5th Jan. 1776, died in Jamaica, 1826 ;
Walter, timber merchant, Ealing, born 12th
April 1777, died 14th May 1843; William,
born 20th July 1778 ; Alexander, born 4th
Dec. 1780, died 14th Nov. 1795; George,
timber merchant, London, born 2nd May
1782, died 24th Sept. 1850; Isabel, born
18th July 1783 (marr. 29th July 1806,
William Roger, merchant, Aberdeen), died
19th Nov. 1862; Joseph, surgeon, 16th
Foot, born 1st April 1785, died in Canada,
19th April 1815; Lewis, born 19th May
1786, died April 1787. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi., xxi.). — [Genealogical Account of
James Young, 181, 183.]
JOHN ROGER, born 1763; M.A.
179g (King's College, Aberdeen, 1785) ;
licen. by Presb. of Alford 5th May
1791 ; became schoolmaster of Towie,
and subsequently of this parish ; clerk of
Presb., 1797-1820; pres. by Sir William
Forbes of Craigievar, Bart., in April, and
ord. (assistant and successor) 27th June
1799 ; died 8th July 1843. He marr. 12th
Dec. 1799, Jane (died 20th Dec. 1845, aged
75), daugh. of William Morrice, onin. of
this parish, and had issue — Helen, born
24th Dec. 1801 (marr. James Gordon
Garioch, min. of Strachan) ; William,
artist, born 21st June 1803, died 3rd
Jan. 1870; Rachael, born 10th Aug. 1805
(marr. 8th Jan. 1829, John Ogg, surgeon,
Banchory), died 26th Oct. 1832; John
Morrice, born 14th Sept. 1807, ord. to
Presbyterian Church, Peterboro, Ontario,
10th Nov. 1833, died 9th Jan. 1878 ; Walter,
born 3rd Aug. 1810, died in New South
Wales; Robert, engineer, Stockton-on-
Tees, born 13th March 1814, died 1869.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xii.).
^MATTHEW BROWN, born 1796, second
son of James B., farmer, Kilmaurs ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1816); ord. to Morpeth in 1829; trans.
and adm. 19th Oct. 1843 ; died 18th Nov.
1853. He marr. 13th Dec. 1838, Susan
Knight, who died 15th June 1858, and had
issue — William Henry James, born 4th Dec.
1839.
GEORGE COOK, born 27th March
18S4 1809, second son of John C, D.D.,
Professor of Divinity, St Andrew's
Univ. ; educated there ; M.A. (1825) ; licen.
by that Presb. 28th Nov. 1832; assistant
at Ceres ; ord. to Midmar 15th June 1837 ;
trans, and adm. 16th May 1854 ; clerk of
Presb., 1858-63; D.D. (St Andrews, 9th
Jan. 1864); died 22nd May 1880. He
marr. 20th Nov. 1838, Agnes (died 19th
March 1879), daugh. of Andrew Watson,
min. of Tarland, and had issue — Helen
Maitland, born 26th Dec. 1839 (marr.
4th Oct. 1864, Alexander Young, min. of
Chapel-of-Garioch); John, in Oriental Bank,
Calcutta, and sometime cashier of Union
Bank, Aberdeen, born 15th May 1841 ;
Elizabeth Hill, born 4th July 1842, died
4th Dec. 1888 ; Andrew Watson, merchant,
Gold Coast, born 31st Nov. 1844, died at
Batanga, Africa, 15th Feb. 1863 ; Agnes
Fordyce, born 22nd June 1847 (marr. 8th
Dec. 1868, Alexander Dalziel Keith, M.D.,
Aboyne) ; Catherine Duff, born 25th June
1849 (marr. Robert Macpherson, D.D., min.
of Elgin.) Publications — Prayers for the
Use of Families (Aberdeen, 1838); Address to
Christian Parents regarding Baptism (Aber-
deen, 1841); Account of Ceres (ATeiv Stat.
Ace, ix.). — [Inscriptions in North-East of
Scotland, 126.]
Kincardine o'neil] LOGIE-MAR AND COLSTONE
103
GAVIN ELMSLIE AEGO, born
187g Inverurie, 10th July 1853 ; son of
Alexander A. and Margaret Wilson ;
educated at Inverurie School, Aberdeen
Grammar School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
MA. (1875), B.D. (1902); ord. (assistant and
successor) 26th Nov. 1879; D.D. Aberdeen,
1920). Marr. 30th Sept. 1880, Ann Whyte,
daugh. of James Thomson, Maybank House,
Aberdeen, and Ann Whyte, and has issue —
Gavin Alexander, M.B., C.M., born 25th
March 1891 ; Euth Elmslie, student of
music, born 30th Oct. 1893.
LOGIE-MAR AND COLSTONE.
[These two parishes were united by the
Commissioners of the Plat on 17th July
1618.
Logie-Mar. — The church of Logie-Mar
was dedicated to St Faelchu, who was
Abbot of Iona from 717 to 724. He is
known also as St Walach. At Logie-Mar
there was a Well of St John.
Colstone. — Colstone was a prebend of
Aberdeen. The church was dedicated to
St Neachtan of Mortlach.]
1S67 HENEY SPAEK, reader in 1567.
DAVID STEWAET, reader from Nov.
1570 1570. In 1568 he alleged he had
served here divers years bygone. —
[Acts and Dec, xlii., 231, 1573, 86; Aud. of
Excheq., 26th May 1586.]
JAMES EEID, trans, from Banchory-
.„„ Ternan ; pres. by James VI. 2nd
June 1573, Coull, Kincardine O'Neil,
Banchory-Ternan, and Birse being in the
charge in 1574 ; dem. the parsonage and
vicarage here in 1576 ; removed to Birse
that year.
WILLIAM CEICHTON, rector in 1549;
,._. called parson of Kilquhiddlestane in
1584. — [Pro. Soc. Antiq. Scot.; Deeds,
1906-7, 80; Beg. Mag. Sig., iv., 421.]
DAVID STEATON, pres. to parsonage
1S85 and vicarage by James VI. 26th April
1585, Logie-Mar being also in the
charge ; still min. in 1597. — [Beg. Sec. Sig.,
lii., 181.]
JAMES LEASK, trans, from Longley
15g9 (St Fergus) in 1599, with Crathie
also in the charge ; had a manse
and glebe designated 5th Nov. that year;
still min. 31st July 1606 ; trans, to Cushnie
in 1608.
JAMES STEACHAN, regent in King's
College in 1601 ; though the stipend
was assigned to him in 1608, he
probably was not adm. till 1609 or 1610 ;
was settled at Skene before 17th Aug.
1609, but returned here shortly after-
wards ; still min. Nov. 1633. He marr.
and had issue — Eobert ; Jean (marr. John
Farquharson of Kirkton, Aboyne), mother
of Eobert F., min. at Kennethmont. — [Beg.
of Deeds, Downie, dlxxxvii., 4th Aug. 1653 ;
Broughdearg MS. ; Michie's Logie-Cold-
stone, 44.]
ALEXANDER GORDON, educated at
164„ King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1613) ; adm. to Glenmuick in 1620 ;
trans, and adm. before 14th Dec. 1647 ;
still min. April 1652. He marr. Isobel
Forbes, and had issue — Margaret (marr.
Eobert Forbes, min. of this parish).— [Aber-
deen Sas., viii., 146.]
EOBEET FOEBES, born about 1623,
son of James F. of Cloak, styled in
Forbes ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1643) ; adm. before 17th
Oct. 1654 ; died 12th Jan. 1675. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Alexander Gordon,
min. of this parish, and had issue — James ;
John.
JOHN FOEBES, M.A. ; pres. by Henry
1 „ Forbes of Boyndlie in 1675; adm.
before 6th March 1677 ; trans, to
Kincardine ONeil about 1680.
THOMAS ALEXANDEE, born 1662;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (4th July 1682); pres.
by Charles, Earl of Mar, as patron of
Logie, but right contested by Henry Forbes
of Boyndlie, patron of Colstone, 1682;
died 6th July 1715. He marr., and had
issue — Alexander of Auchmull and Jacks-
toun, served;heir 14th Jan. 1724 ; Thomas,
born 1713, died 22nd March 1720 ; Thomas,
104
LOGIE-MAR AND COLSTONE
[PEESB. OF
in Inverernan; Isobel (marr. John Shepherd,
min. of this parish); Margaret (marr. (1)
John Forbes of Inverernan : (2) Donald
M'Swain, min. of StT&ihdon).— [Aberdeen
Tests.]
JOHN SHEPHERD, born 1675; ord.
1716 to Muhnar 12th March 1701 ; called
by the Presb. jure devohito 18th July,
trans, and adm. 5th Sept. 1716 ; died 18th
March 1748. He marr. (1) Oct. 1701,
Isobel, daugh. of Thomas Alexander, min.
of this parish, and had issue — George, min.
of Newbattle ; Thomas, min. of Bourtie ;
Christian (marr. John Forbes of Bellabeg) ;
Isobel (marr. John Gordon of Crathie-
naird) ; Helen (marr. Alexander Lumsden,
in Wester Coull); Harry, born 1713, died
1717 : (2) 17th Dec. 1747, Elizabeth Rose
(died 27th May 1769), widow of James
Farquhar, min. of Coull. — [Tombst.]
JOHN M'INNES, born Inverness-shire
1748 1690; educated at King's College
Aberdeen ; M.A. (20th April 1710)
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 14th Dec
1714; ord. to Crathie 10th Aug. 1715
pres. by George II. 12th May, trans, and
adm. 19th Oct. 1748 ; died Father of the
Chuech 21st Oct. 1777. He marr. (1)
Mary, daugh. of James Strachan, min. of
Oyne: (2) Feb. 1742, Helen (died 26th
Dec. 1774, aged 70), daugh. of William
Forbes, min. of Tarves, and had issue —
Janet, born 16th June 1743 (marr. Captain
Alexander Fairbairn, 62nd Regiment) ;
Neil, factor to Lord Huntly at Kinnordie,
born 26th Nov. 1744; Florence, born 10th
June 1746, died 5th May 1747 ; Susanna
(twin), born 10th June 1746, died 20th
Feb. 1747. — [Gonsistorial Processes, 766.]
ROBERT FARQUHARSON of
l779 Allargue, born Jan. 1748, son of
Robert F. of Allargue, and Jean
Grant ; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1767) ; ord. missionary at
Corgarff 29th April 1772; adm. to Kirk-
michael 1st Oct. same year; pres. by
James Farquharson of Invercauld 13th
Dec. 1777; trans, and adm. 3rd Nov. 1779,
his settlement being delayed owing to a
dispute as to the patronage ; died 5th Jan.
1826. He marr. 14th Dec. 1779, Elizabeth
(died 31st Aug. 1836, aged 76), daugh. of
James Innes, min. of Marnoch, and had
issue — Robert of Allargue, thread manu-
facturer, Paisley, born 13th Jan. 1783, died
14th Feb. 1863; James, born 10th April
1784, died in London 23rd March 1801 ;
Colin, born 13th Aug. 1785, died young ;
Francis of Breda, lieu t. -general in Indian
Army, born 18th Feb. 1787, died 1872;
Jane, born 6th March 1788 (marr. 21st
April 1817, William Black, lieut., Bombay
Marine), died 13th Jan. 1885 ; Andrew,
born 29th July 1789, died v.p. ; Janet,
born 10th April 1791 (marr. William Orr,
merchant, Glasgow), died 10th Dec. 1883 ;
John, M.D., min. of Rathven, born 17th
April 1793 ; Thomas Morrison, merchant,
Paisley, born 24th Oct. 1794 ; Charles,
M.A., M.D., born 10th Jan. 1796, died at
Lowerholme 2nd Sept. 1837 ; Mary Ann,
born 19th April 1797 (marr. 1819, James
Black of Willowbank, Aberdeen) ; Eliza-
beth, born 21st July, 1799 (marr. Alexander
Keith of Netherthird), died at Banff, 31st
March 1873 ; George, born 26th Aug. 1800,
went to Australia. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vs..). —
[Farquharson Genealogies, i., 40 ; Michie's
Logie-Goldstone, 193 ; Tombst.]
ANDREW TAWSE, born 1787, son of
Andrew T., flax-dresser, Gallowgate,
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (28th March
1805) ; tutor to the Farquharsons of
Whitehouse, Tough ; licen. by Presb. of
Alford 27th Nov. 1811 ; ord. min. of
Scottish congregation at Dort, Holland,
26th Oct. 1814, but not settled; adm. to
College Chapel, Aberdeen, 13th Oct. 1819 ;
pres. by George IV. 11th Feb., trans,
and adm. 19th July 1826; died while
conducting public worship 15th Dec.
1833. He was an accomplished artist and
musician. He marr. 9th March 1824,
Helen (died 1st Nov. 1883), daugh. of
George Grant, min. of Mortlach, and had
issue — Alexander, born 19th Feb. 1825,
died in India, May 1857 ; Harriet Ann
Stewart, born 17th June 1827; Helen
Kincardine o'neil] LOGIE-MAR— LUMPHANAN
105
Oliphant, born 23rd June 1829, died 25th
June 1864 ; Margaret, born 5th Dec. 1830,
died Feb. 1835.— [Michie's Hist, of Logie-
Coldstone, 194 ; Tombst.]
JOHN M'HAEDY, born 13th Jan. 1785,
1834 e^es* son °f Findlay M., farmer,
Torgalter, Crathie (descended from
an old family long resident in Dalgergie,
Strathdon) ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (28th March 1803) ; licen.
by Presb. of Caithness 19th June 1810 ;
ord. (assistant) at Crathie [he was also the
parish schoolmaster] 1st May 1816 ; pres.
by Mrs Farquharson of Invercauld in
March, and adm. 18th June 1834 ; died
unmarr. 17th Jan. 1866. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace,
xii.). — [Michie's Logie-Goldstone, 194.]
GEORGE DAVIDSON, born Torgalter,
1857 Crathie, 17th Oct. 1825, son of Alex-
ander D., farmer, and Ann, daugh.
of Findlay M'Hardy, farmer, and sister of
preceding min. ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1848); licen. by Presb.
of Kincardine O'Neil 15th June 1852 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 19th March 1857 ;
LL.D. (Aberdeen 1886) ; died at Aberdeen,
16th Sept. 1901. He was a noted botanist,
and discovered Kieselguhr near Dinnet in
a moss, which was profitably worked for
several years. He marr. 19th May 1857,
Mary Birnie (died 21st Feb. 1917), daugh.
of James Ferguson of Altens, advocate,
Aberdeen, and had issue — Jane Elizabeth,
born 11th Nov. 1858, died 20th Aug. 1875 ;
Ann, born 23rd Jan. 1860 (marr. 3rd Feb.
1887, James Campbell, shipmaster), died
30th Sept. 1924 ; Elizabeth Georgina, born
22nd Nov. 1861 ; George, M.D., major
R.A.M.C., born 31st Aug. 1863; John
M'Hardy, born 17th April 1865; Mary
Birnie Davidson, born 30th Nov. 1867;
Alexander, born 19th Nov. 1869 ; Catherine,
born 30th July 1872 (marr. M'Irvine) ;
Charlotte Clark, born 27th Nov. 1874
(marr. Low) ; Bertha Coltman, born
24th Dec. 1878.
JOHN RUGGAN, M.A.; trans, from
1902 ^.ssynt 7th March 1902 ; trans, to
Burntisland 2nd March 1910.
ROBERT ROBERTSON, born Ellon,
1910 llt^1 ^an" 1865' son °f William R.
and Jane Black ; educated at Ellon
School, Grammar School, and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1886), B.D. (1889) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1889 ; assistant
at Rosemount and North Parish, Aber-
deen ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Skene 11th May 1893; trans, and adm.
24th Aug. 1910. Marr. 24th .April 1895,
Catherine Reid, daugh. of John Charnock
Smart and Mary Hutchison, and has
issue— May Rose, born 19th May 1896;
Marguerite Hamilton, born 13th May
1901 (marr. 11th Oct. 1922, Frank Reid,
Glenesk).
LOGIE-MAR.
1567 AKTHUR SKENE, reader in 1567.
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, min. in
1574, with Tarland, Migvie, Lum-
phanan, and Echt also in the charge;
removed to Echt about 1576.
LUMPHANAN, of old
LAN-FINAN.
[In early times the church of this parish
was dedicated to St Finan. There was a
later dedication to St Vincent.]
JOHN MICHELL, reader from 1567 to
1567 1580.
JOHN STRACHAN, min. in 1583 ; had
a manse and glebe designated 22nd
Jan. 1582-3. — [Aberdeen Homings,
14th Sept. 1583.]
1583
JOHN ROSS, adm. before 3rd April
1597 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1602; still min. 4th May 1603;
trans, to Braemar in 1608.
1597
1615
ALEXANDEK STRACHAN, son of
William S. of Kirkton of Kincardine
O'Neil and Tulliefroskie ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1610);
adm. before 1615 ; still min. 1st Nov. 1633.
He marr. Agnes Troup. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
vii., 686, 1236.]
106
LUMPHANAN
[PRESB. OF
JOHN ROSS, min. at 31st Aug. 1647
1647 and 12th Aug. 1648.
WILLIAM SETON, M.A. ; adm. before
1651 21st Oct. 1651 ; trans, to Drumblade
before 16th May 1665.
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, M.A.
(Marischal College, 1659) ; adm.
before 16th May 1665; deprived in
1681 for not taking the Test ; died before
April 1699. He marr. 16th May 1665,
Marjory (died at Edinburgh, Feb. 1709),
sister of John Menzies, Professor of
Divinity in King's College, and had issue
—Margaret (marr., pro. 9th April 1699,
William Coutts, merchant, Edinburgh). —
\Edin. Marr. and Bur. Reg. ; Scot. Notes
and Queries, vii., 85 ; Wodrow's Hist., iii.,
360.]
PATRICK LEITH, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (11th July
1676); adm. before Revolution ; dep.
for engaging in Rebellion, etc., 4th Sept.
1716. He marr. and had issue — William,
a soldier in King William's and Queen
Anne's Army, born 1680, died at Aberdeen,
26th Nov. 1777.
PATRICK GORDON, trans, from
1717 Cushnie ; pres. by Sir William Forbes
in April, called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 8th May, and adm. 27th June
1717 ; trans, to Fintray 25th Oct. 1732.
WILLIAM ABEL, pres. by Sir Arthur
Forbes in April, and ord. 4th July
1733 ; trans, to Kincardine O'Neil
168-
1733
14th Oct. 1742.
FRANCIS DAUNEY, M.A. ; called
2nd March, and ord. 8th June 1743 ;
trans, to Banchory-Ternan 6th July
1743
1758.
JOHN OGILVIE, pres. by Sir Arthur
l7sa Forbes of Craigievar Dec. 1758 ; ord.
15th March 1759; trans, to Midmar
27th March 1760.
WILLIAM MORRICE, pres. by Sir
Arthur Forbes, Bart., of Craigievar,
Dec. 1760 ; ord. 6th May 1761 ; trans,
to Kincardine O'Neil 24th June 1772.
1772
WILLIAM SHAND, born 1740, son of
William S., Craighall ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1761); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 25th
March 1768; ord. assistant at Newhills
10th Aug. that year; pres. by Sir Arthur
Forbes, Bart., of Craigievar in June, and
adm. 26th Aug. 1772 ; died 2nd Jan. 1826.
He marr. 9th Jan. 1790, Margaret (died 10th
Sept. 1793, aged 28), daugh. of William
Morrice, min. of this parish, and had issue
— Rachel, born 4th June 1792 (marr. 17th
Feb. 1810, Hugh Arthur Low, merchant,
Aberdeen) ; Margaret, born 10th Dec. 1793
(marr. 29th Aug. 1820, Harry Lamond of
Pitmurchy), died 8th July 1882. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vi.).
CHARLES M'COMBIE of Tillyfour,
1826 k°rn 1804, eldest son of Charles M.
of Tillyfour and Ann Black; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (3rd April 1820); licen. by Presb.
of Alford 29th March 1826; pres. by Sir
John Forbes, Bart., of Craigievar in May,
and ord. 24th Aug. same year ; LL.D.
(Marischal College [last conferred by it] 8th
Sept. 1860) ; died 25th Aug. 1874. He marr.
(1) 11th June 1835, Isabella Elizabeth (died
28th July 1838, aged 23), daugh. of Robert
Scott, min. of Glenbuchat, and had issue
— Charles, born 2nd April 1836 died on
passage on Horizon from Liverpool to Mel-
bourne 22nd Nov. 1857 ; Mary Margaret,
born 23rd Oct. 1837, died 16th March 1839 :
(2) 9th May 1843, Eliza (died 13th March
1868), eldest daugh. of Henry Lamond of
Pitmurchy, and had issue — Harry, M.A.,
in Oriental Bank, born 16th June 1844,
died 23rd Jan. 1871 ; Ann Helen, born 19th
Dec. 1845, died 25th Aug. 1865 ; Margaret
Shand, born 8th May 1847 (marr. 13th
June 1871, Henry David Adamson of
Balquhain); William, born 6th Nov. 1848,
died 20th Feb. 1871 ; William Lamond,
born 24th May 1850, died 9th Aug. 1867;
Isabella Morrice, born 5th Sept. 1851 (marr.
Thomas Young, D.D., min. of Ellon) ;
Helen, born 25th Jan. 1853, died 19th June
1868 ; Rachel, born 26th Sept. 1854 (marr.
John Duthie, shipbuilder) ; Thomas, news-
Kincardine o'neil] LUMPHANAN— MIDMAR AND KINAIRNEY 107
1882
1913
paper editor, Cape Town, born 2nd Jan.
1856, drowned 18th Oct. 1891.— [Aberdeen-
shire Epitaphs and Inscriptions, 29, 342.]
WILLIAM DAVID HEEALD, ord.
12th Feb. 1875 ; trans, to Duns 5th
1875 May 1882.
MATTHEW CHAETERIS THOR-
BURN, born 1848, son of John
T., farmer, and Jane Charteris,
cousin of Archibald Hamilton C, D.D.,
LL.D. ; licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld ; assist-
ant at Sorn; ord. 21st Sept. 1882; died
2nd Oct. 1912. He marr. 12th Sept. 1883,
Nellie Miller (died 30th July 1921), eldest
daugh. of George Ireland, manufacturer,
Dundee, and had issue— George Ireland,
born 27th July 1884, died 21st Feb. 1924 ;
Jane Charteris, born 16th April 1891.
FRANCIS CANTLIE DONALD, born
Mortlach, 2nd Oct. 1882, son of John
D. and Mary Cantlie ; educated at
Mortlach School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1905); licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie May 1911 ; was assistant-master at
Laurencekirk and Aberchirder Schools ;
ord. 13th Feb. 1913. Marr. 4th Oct. 1913,
Mary, daugh. of Alexander Reid and Mary
Craig.
MIDMAR AND KINAIRNEY.
[These parishes were united on 6th
February 1740.
Midmar. — The church of Midmar was
dedicated to St Nidan of Llanedan in
Wales. It belonged to the Priory of St
Andrews. In the churchyard of the present
church is a fine stone circle.
Kinairney. — The church of Kinairney
was dedicated to St Mary. It belonged
to the Abbey of Arbroath.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, reader in
1567 1567.
GILBERT JOHNSTON, reader from
1574 1574 to 1580.
JOHN STRACHAN, educated at King's
1633 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1623) ;
adm. before 1st Nov. 1633 ; dep.
between 6th May 1656 and 23rd April 1657;
at the latter date the Synod recommended
him to various Presbs. for charitable supply
on account of his very poor condition and
numerous family. He marr. Beatrix, daugh.
of John Chalmerof Balnacraig, andhad issue.
— [Brechin Tests. ; Spalding Miscell. ,iii., 76.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS of Blackmiln,
les_ son of William D., min. of Aboyne ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1643-7; adm. between 21st April and
20th Oct. 1657 ; had an augmentation of
stipend 14th June 1665 ; died after 18th
March 1679. He marr. Janet, daugh. of
Lumsden of Cairndai, and had issue —
Robert of Blackmiln, Logie-Colstone, died
April 1724 [father of Francis D., well-known
printer, author, and publisher of the Aber-
deen Intelligencer, 1719-86]; William; Helen
(marr. Alexander Alexander of Auchmull) ;
Jean (marr. Robert Gelly, merchant, Aber-
deen) ; Margaret, to whom Robert Douglas,
soap - boiler, Leith, was served nearest
agnate, 11th Aug. 1688 ; Mary, died at
Leith, 14th June 1705, aged 31.— [Inq. Ret.
de Tut., 1110; Aberdeen Journal Notes
and Queries, iv., 2 ; Aberdeen Kirk-Session
Record^]
V WILLIAM BURNET, perhaps a son of
16 „ Thomas B. of Sauchen ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(19th July 1664) became schoolmaster of
Alford ; passed trials before the Presb.,
was recommended, 3rd Feb. 1664, for licence
when the bishop was not in the country,
and again 2nd April 1668 ; certified for
ordination 16th Nov. 1670 ; adm. to Kil-
drummy before 15th March 1671 ; deprived
on refusing to take the Test in 1681 ; adm.
here before 1683 ; died between 5th and
25th Oct. 1699. He marr. (1) Jean Barclay,
and had issue — Robert; Marjory (marr.
James Anderson, min. of Cluny) ; Barbara
Jean ; Anna ; Katherine (marr. William
Mair, min. of Kincardine O'Neil : (2) Janet
Douglas, who survived him. — [Aberdeen
Poll-Booh, i., 193; O. R. Homings, 8th
Jan. 1705.]
JOHN SHEPHERD, called 13th Nov.
1701 1700 ; ord. 12th March 1701 ; trans,
to Logie-Colstone 5th Sept. 1716.
108
MIDMAR AND KINAIRNEY
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER GARIOCH, born 1677 ;
,„,_ educated at King's College, Aber-
deen, 4th July 1695 ; became assist-
ant to the schoolmaster of Carnbee from
15th March 1696 to 11th July 1697; licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine ONeil 22nd Dec.
1703; ord. to Kinairney 4th Sept. 1706;
pres. by Sir William Forbes, Bart., of
Craigievar in Aug., and called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 11th Sept., trans, and adm. 31st
Oct. 1717 ; died 13th Dec. 1758. He marr.
Aug. 1721, Isobel (died 10th Dec. 1778),
daugh. of John Gordon of Edintore, and
had issue — Jean (marr. William Wemyss
of Craighall) ; Elizabeth (marr. William
Forbes, min. of Airth).
JOHN OGLLVIE, born 18th Nov. 1732,
1760 son of James O., min. of First Charge,
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen, 16th July 1755 ; ord. to Lum-
phanan 15th March 1759 ; pres. by George
II. 10th May same year ; trans, and adm.
27th March 1760 ; D.D. (Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 7th Oct. 1766); app. 29th May
1775 a member of the Committee for the
Revision of the Paraphrases, and contri-
buted Paraphrase LXIL, " Lo ! in the last
of days," to the 1781 collection ; died
17th Nov. 1813. An anonymous author
says of him : " Ogilvie, with powers far
above the common order, did not know how
to use them with effect. He was an able
man lost. His intellectual wealth and
industry were wasted in huge and unhappy
speculations. Of all his books there is not
one which, as a whole, can be expected to
please the general reader. Noble senti-
ments, brilliant conceptions, and poetic
graces, may be culled in profusion from
the mass ; but there is no production in
which they so predominate (some of his
minor pieces excepted) as to induce it to be
selected for a happier fate than the rest.
Had the same talent which Ogilvie threw
away on a number of objects been con-
centrated on one, and that one chosen with
judgment and taste, he might have rivalled
in popularity the most renowned of his
contemporaries." He was, however, one of
the most notable literary clergymen of his
time. It was to him while dining with
Boswell, in London in 1763, that Johnson
remarked, " Let me tell you the noblest
prospect which a Scotsman ever sees is
the high road which leads him to England."
Of O.'s verses Johnson " could find no
thinking in them," and said that when lie
and O. met, the latter " must give us none
of his poetry." Boswell, on the other hand,
had a good opinion of the Day of Judgment,
remarking that it has " no inconsiderable
share of merit." He marr. 22nd Jan. 1771,
Margaret (died 18th Sept. 1804, aged 52),
daugh. of Patrick Reid, min. of Clatt, and
had issue — Margaret, born 30th Jan. 1772,
died 10th May 1844 ; James, M.A., author
of the Ogilviad, born 22nd March 1773,
died abroad ; Patrick, M.A., surgeon, St
Domingo, born 15th Sept. 1774, died 5th
Sept. 1794 ; Jane Fletcher, born 28th
Feb. 1776, died 2nd June 1850 ; John,
born 25th Sept. 1777, died in West Indies,
27th Sept. 1799 ; William, born 19th April
1779, died 20th Nov. 1791 ; Robert, M.A.,
lieutenant in Army, born 10th Nov. 1780,
died on the coast of Malabar, 29th Feb.
1804; George, born 21st Aug. 1782, died
5th Feb. 1783; Elizabeth, born 20th Oct.
1784, died 17th Sept. 1850; Walter, M.A.,
under-master in Gordon's Hospital, born
30th April 1786, died in London, 11th
May 1822 ; Simpson, advocate, Aberdeen,
born 9th Nov. 1787, died 2nd March 1830.
Publications — The Day of Judgment : A
Poem (Edinburgh, 1753) ; Poems on Several
Subjects (London, 1762; 2 vols., 1769);
Providence : An Allegorical Poem (London,
1 764) ; Solitude, or the Elysium of the Poets :
A Vision (1765) ; Sermons on Several Sub-
jects (Edinburgh, 1767); Paradise: A Poem
(1769) ; Philosophical and Critical Obser-
vations on Composition, 2 vols. (London,
1774); Bona: A Poem in Seven Books
(London, 1777) ; An Inquiry into the
Causes of the Infidelity and Scepticism of
the Times (London, 1783); The Fane of
the Druids (London, 1789); The Theology
of Plato compared with the Principles of
Oriental and Grecian Philosophers (London,
1793) ; Britannia : A National Epic Poem
in Twenty Books (Aberdeen [portrait of
author], 1801) ; An Examination of the
kincaedine o'neil] MIDMAR AND KINAIRNEY
109
Evidence from Prophecy on Behalf of the
Christian Religion, a sermon (Aberdeen,
1803) ; Triumphs of Christianity over
Deism (Dalkeith, 1805); Sermon XII.
(Scotch Preacher, iii.); "Ode to Melan-
choly " ( Weekly Mag., xl.) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Bos-
well's Johnson (Hill's edition), i., 421, 425 ;
M'Cosh's Scottish Philosophy, 241 ; Mac-
lagan's Scottish Paraphrases, 44, 171, 186 ;
Julian's Diet, of Hymnology, 682, 856 ;
Nichol's Illustrations of Lit. Hist., iv., 835 ;
Scots. Mag., 1814, 79 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
GEOKGE MIDDLETON, born 1753,
son of Kobert M., Tarland ; educated
at Marischal College; M.A. (1779)
licen. by Presb. of Alford 7th Dec. 1785
ord. assistant at Auldearn 11th April 1792
app. missionary at Enzie by General
Assembly 26th May 1794 ; pres. by Sir
William Forbes, Bart., of Craigievar, in
March and adm. 8th July 1814; died
24th Dec. 1836. He marr. (1) (name not
recorded), who died 10th Oct. 1802, aged
18 : (2) 13th May 1809, Margaret (died 18th
Aug. 1847), daugh. of William Tod of
Pittensen, and had issue — George Alex-
ander, born 29th March 1810; Helen,
born 21st Aug. 1811 (marr. 13th Feb. 1838,
A. F. Martin, surgeon, Strichen), died 8th
June 1844. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
GEORGE COOK, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
1S37 J°nn Forbes of Craigievar, Bart., in
March, and ord. 15th June 1837 ;
trans, to Kincardine O'Neil 16th May 1854.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, pres.
by Queen Victoria 21st June, and
ord. 7th Sept. 1854 ; trans, to St
Bernard's, Edinburgh, 11th April 1856.
WILLIAM ADAM SMITH, born 1st
.„_ May 1824, son of Adam S., min. of
Towie ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1842) ; became
schoolmaster of Fordoun ; ord. to Chapel-
shade, Dundee, 4th Jan. 1849 ; trans, to
Towie 20th Jan. 1852; pres. by Sir
William Forbes, trans, and adm. 28th
Aug. 1856; dem. 10th Feb. 1859, and
became a farmer at Chorley ; was some-
time min. at Charters Towers ; died in
Queensland, 29th April 1894. He marr.
14th Sept. 1852, Jane, daugh. of James
Paull, min. of Tullynessle, and had issue —
James Paull, born 5th Oct. 1853 ; Isabella
Jane (marr. (1) Thomas Napier, ship-
owner, Montrose : (2) Alexander Clark,
Presbyterian min., North Sydney); William
Adam, born 4th March 1858, died in
Queensland, 20th March 1905.
EDWARD LUMSDEN, born 31st
1859 March 1829, son of Thomas L. and
Elizabeth Robertson ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1855) ; assist-
ant at Greenside, Edinburgh ; ord. 28th
April 1859; dem. 19th May 1904; died
14th July 1914. He marr. 3rd June 1862,
Janet Richardson (born 3rd April 1839,
died 16th March 1903), only daugh. of
Charles Downie of Ashfield, and had issue
— Charles Downie, advocate, Aberdeen, born
9th June 1863 ; Mary Leith,.born 18th May
1866 (marr. George Ferries, D.D., min.
of Cluny); Edward Robertson, advocate,
Aberdeen, born 18th April 1869 ; Elizabeth
(twin), born 18th April 1869 (marr. George
Murray, min. of Balmaclellan) ; Janet, born
29th Aug. 1870, died 14th March 1923;
Thomas William, M.D., London, born 20th
Dec. 1874; Anne Finlayson Hayward, born
24th Jan. 1875 (marr. (1) 23rd April 1897,
Robert Wace : (2) Sept. 1916, the Rev.
William Ernest Pelham, Maiden).
JOHNSTON OLIPHANT, M.A., B.D. ;
,_-. ord. 23rd Sept. 1904 ; trans, to Aber-
1904 , T ,
corn 14th July 1908.
FRANCIS M'HARDY, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from West Parish, Galashiels,
12th Nov. 1908; trans, to Mon-
quhitter 19th Jan. 1917.
DAVID CRAWFORD, born Glasgow,
„ 9th June 1872, son of Thomas C,
artist, and Martha Berkeley; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley May 1902 ; assistant at Dun-
barton, St Vincent's Church, Glasgow, and
Craigmillar, locum tenens at Fintray, Auch-
indoir, and Inverkeithny ; ord. to Bressay
27th Oct. 1909; trans, and adm. 5th July
110
BANKHEAD CHAPEL— KINAIRNEY
[presb. or
1917. Marr. 14th July 1910, Grace Craig
Hunter, daugh. of James Archibald Camp-
bell, ruin, of Fetlar, and has issue — James
Archibald Campbell, born 24th Nov. 1911 ;
Vida Olave Monica, born 12th July 1918.
BANKHEAD CHAPEL.
[Retained by Free Church in 1843.]
1839
JAMES M'GOWN, born 1807, son of
James M., artificer, Glasgow; edu-
cated at Glasgow Univ. and Original
Secession Divinity Hall ; licen. by Original
Secession Presb. of Glasgow, 19th Jan.
1830; ord. to Original Secession Chapel,
Midmar, 29th Aug. 1832. Joined the
Church of Scotland in 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Bankhead
Free Church, 1843-5 ; min. of Bervie Free
Church, 1845-6 ; trans, to Broomknoll Free
Church, Airdrie, 1846 ; died 2nd June 1864.
He marr. 1835, Ann G. Cochran. — [Scott's
Annals of Orig. Sec. Church, 403, 507.]
KINAIRNEY.
1567 JAMES LINDSAY, reader in 1567.
JOHN STRACHAN, reader from Nov.
1570 1570 to 1585.
JOHN GRAHAM, min. in 1574, with
7 ' Midmar, Dalmoak, and Peterculter
also in the charge.
WILLIAM BURNETT of Sauchen,
]Rn7 M.A. (Marischal College before
1604); adm. before 3rd Dec. 1607;
still min. in 1638. He acquired the lands
of Sauchen, Cairnday, etc., by an apprising.
He was a most litigious person, and many
actions at his instance are recorded in the
Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Books. He marr.
Catherine, daugh. of James Reid, min. of
Banchory-Ternan, and had issue — Bessie,
contracted in marriage on 10th Feb.
1642, to Thomas, eldest son of the second
marriage of Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys,
Bart., whom failing, William, whom failing,
James, also sons of said Sir Thomas (she
marr. 1648 the said Thomas) ; Helen, also
contracted to marry the said Burnetts, in
case of the failure of her sister (marr.
George, fifth son of Sir Thomas Gordon of
Cluny) ; a daugh. (marr. Ludovic Gordon,
min. of Aboyne). — [Burnetts of Leys, 257 ;
Aberdeen Sas., ii. 166, iv. 387.]
ALEXANDER ROSE, M.A; adm.
1649 before 3rd -^Iay 1649 ; trans, to
Monymusk 9th Oct. 1653.
ARTHUR ROSS, M.A. ; adm. before
1656 6th May 1656; trans, to Old Deer
before 27th Oct. 1663.
GEORGE INNES, M.A.; trans, from
1663 Dipple, and adm. before 25th Nov.
1663 ; trans, to Belhelvie 8th March
1668.
JAMES THOMSON, born Kincardine-
16_ shire about 1651 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (9th July
1672) ; adm. before 1683 ; died between
17th Oct. and 1st Nov. 1705. He marr.
and had issue — Helen ; Agnes ; Elizabeth.
— [Aberdeen Poll-Book, i., 202.]
ALEXANDER GARIOCH, M.A. ;
17o6 called 8th May, and ord. 4th Sept.
1706; trans, to Midmar 31st Oct.
1717.
ALEXANDER PHILIP, called by the
171g Presb. jure devoluto 19th Nov. 1718 ;
ord. 21st Jan. 1719, trans, to Desk-
ford 27th April 1720.
ALEXANDER GARDEN, M.A. ; called
1720 ^7 tne Presb. jure devoluto 23rd Nov.,
and ord. 28th Dec. 1720; trans, to
Birse 12th Oct. 1726.
ANDREW GAULD, M.A. ; called by
172_ the Presb. jure devoluto 25th Oct.
1727; ord. 13th Feb. 1728; trans,
to Auchterless 11th June 1730.
GEORGE LARGUE, M.A.; called by
1731 the Presb. jure devoluto 8th June,
and ord. 27th July 1731 ; trans, to
Rathen 14th Jan. 1741.
KINCARDINE O^EIL]
STRACHAN
111
STRACHAN.
[The incumbent of Strachan was Arch-
deacon of Brechin.]
JOHN IRVINE, reader from 1574 to
1574 1580.
1585
JAMES ROSS, adm. before 1585 ; trans,
to Third Charge, Aberdeen, 11th
Sept. 1599.
v THOMAS BURNETT of Slowie, second
son of William B. of Slowie and
Jane Chalmer, and grandson of
Alexander B. of Leys ; adm. in 1599 ; in
1607 his house was infected with the
pest, on which two professional " clengers "
(cleansers) were sent for from Dundee to
come with all speed, when they received
from some neighbouring gentlemen, a bond
for 500 merks ; died Aug. 1637. He marr.
Christian, daugh. of Andrew Strachan, min.
of Logie-Durno, and had issue — Andrew ;
Thomas; James; Christian. — [Reg. of Deeds,
cclxxii. 161, dxviii. 405 ; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
viii., 644 ; Brechin Tests. ; Chambers's Dom.
Ann., i. ; Aberdeen Sas., iii. 174, v. 401.]
. GEORGE BURNETT, M.A.; adm.
before 1641 ; trans, to Kincardine
1641
O'Neil before 19th Oct. 1658.
1659
JOHN STRACHAN, younger son of Dr
Robert S., physician in Montrose ;
became schoolmaster of Montrose
24th Sept. 1656; adm. before 17th Aug.
1659 ; died between 28th Jan. and 26th
Feb. 1701 at a great age. He marr. (1)
Beatrix (died June 1668), third daugh. of
David Strachan, Bishop of Brechin, and
had issue — Robert, rector of the .Grammar
School, Montrose ; Jean : (2) Aug. 1669,
Margaret, daugh. of John Speid of Ardovie,
and had issue — George, merchant, Mon-
trose; James ; Alexander ; John. — [Brechin
Tests. ; Brechin Marr. Reg.]
ALEXANDER SIMM, educated at
ll702 King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(15th June 1697); licen. by Presb.
of Garioch 22nd Jan. 1702 ; called 9th
June, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1702; died
probably unmarr. after 23rd June 1703.
1704
LEWIS REID, born Banchory-Ternan,
bapt. 28th Dec. 1676, son of Thomas
R. (second son of Robert R., min.
of Banchory-Ternan), and Jane Burnett,
niece of .Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys ;
educated at Marischal College ; M.A. (3rd
June 1697) ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 9th Dec. 1703; ord. 21st March
1704; died 26th Nov. 1762. He marr.
1704 (1) Margaret (born 25th March 1673,
died 1732), one of the twenty-nine children
of David Gregory of Kinairdy [father of
the Academic Gregories] by his second
wife, Isobel Gordon, and had issue — David,
born 1705, died 1780; Thomas, Scottish
philosopher, founder of the " Common
Sense" School of Philosophy, min. of
New Machar (q.v.), born 26th April 1710 ;
Isobel, died unmarr. 1770; Jane,. "after a
misalliance," died about 1753 : (2) Aug.
1735, Janet (died 26th Jan. 1798, aged 87),
daugh. of Alexander Fraser of Phopachy,
Inverness-shire, and had issue — Margaret,
born 8th Feb. 1738 (marr. Alexander
Leslie, min. of Fordoun) ; Elizabeth, born
13th July 1740, died unmarr., at Edinburgh,
1772; Grace, born 8th Feb. 1742 (marr.
John Rose, min. of Udny) ; Robert, born
18th Jan. 1748; Mary, born 26th June
1750, died unmarr., at Aberdeen, 1771. —
[Dugald Stewart's Life of Thomas Reid;
Scots Mag., lxv. ; Prof. Campbell Fraser's
Thomas Reid ["Famous Scots Series"] ; The
Academic Gregories [same series] ; Fergus-
son's Sons of the Manse, 203-8 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
JOHN RAMSAY, born Fife, 1732;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 2nd
Aug. 1758 ; became min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Kirkley,
Northumberland ; pres. by Sir Alexander
Ramsay of Balmain in May, and adm.
27th July 1763; dem. 26th Nov. 1800;
died at Aberdeen, 4th Aug. 1821. He
marr. Jean Thomson, who died 30th Oct.
1821. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.). — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, born 1764, a
native of Annandale; M.A. (King's
1801 College, 1783); pres. by Francis
Russell of Blackhall in March, and ord.
1763
112
STRACHAN
[PKESB. OF
7th May 1801 ; died 20th Nov. 1807. He
rnarr. 19th June 1804, Helen Adamson,
who died s.p>. 22nd April 1855, aged 70.
— [Tombst.]
1808
JAMES BEYCE, born 1785, son of John
B., min. of South Parish, Aberdeen;
educated at Marischal College,Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1800) ; pres. by Mrs Russell
of Blackball in May, and ord. 31st Aug.
1808 ; app. by Hon. Court of Directors
of the H.E.I.C.S. chaplain on the Bengal
Establishment 11th April 1814; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1818); dem. in
1836 ; was suspended by the General As-
sembly with others, 30th May 1842, from
his judicial functions as a member of the
Presb. and other superior judicatories, till
after 1st March 1843, for holding com-
munion with the ministers of Strathbogie ;
died at Edinburgh, 11th March 1866. He
marr. 7th Jan. 1822, Mary (died 6th Feb.
1883, aged 80),daugh. of Hugh Meiklejohn,
D.D., min. of Abercorn, and had issue —
Mary, 'born 26th Nov. 1823, died 1845 ;
Anne Isabella, born and died 1828, aged
6 weeks ; Anne Elizabeth, born 21st Oct.
1830, died 1838 ; John Henry, lieut. Bengal
Artillery, born 13th Nov. 1832, died in
defence of Lucknow, 8th Aug. 1857 ;
Harriet Flora MacWhirter, born 17th April
1841 (marr. George Thomas Jamieson, D.D.,
min. of Portobello), died 28th Jan. 1907.
Publications — A Sketch of the State of
British India, with a View to pointing out
the Best Means of civilising its Inhabi-
tants (Edinburgh, 1810); On the Ecclesi-
astical Establishment of the Church of
Scotland as it exists in Scotland, and is
now 'extended to British India, a sermon
(Calcutta, 1815) ; The Preaching of the
Gospel, the Effectual Means of diffusing
among Mankind a Knowledge of the True
God, a sermon (London, 1818) ; Sermons
(London, 1818) ; Christian Prospects in
British India (Edinburgh, 1833); The
Present Position of the Church of Scot-
land : A Letter (Edinburgh, 1838) ; Second
Letter (Edinburgh, 1839) ; Speech in the
Commission of Assembly on the Strath-
bogie Case (Edinburgh, 1839); Sketch of
Native Education in India, under the
Superintendence of the Church of Scotland
(London, 1839) ; The Non-Intrusion Ques-
tion : Speeches on the Earl of Aberdeen's
Bill and the Strathbogie Case (London,
1840) ; A Letter to the Rev. R. S. Candlish
[occasioned by his Letter to the Marquis of
Normanby] (Edinburgh, 1841); The "Pith
and Marrow " of the Present Controversy
in the Church of Scotland (London, 1841) ;
Speech delivered in the General Assembly,
May 1841, on the Case of the Strathbogie
Ministers (Edinburgh, 1841) ; The Danger
of Young Men falling into Infidelity
(Aberdeen, 1842) ; Letter to the Ministers
of the Convocation (Edinburgh, 1843) ;
Speech on Endowing the Catholic College
of Maynooth (Edinburgh, 1845) ; Speech on
the Bill for the Abolition of Tests in the
Universities of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1845) ;
Ten Tears of the Church of Scotland,
1833-43, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1850) ; Public
Education in its Relation to Scotland and
its Parish Schools (Edinburgh, 1854) ;
Appeal on Behalf of Native Education in
India (Edinburgh, 1855). — [Cat. Edin.
Univ. Lib., i., 574.]
ALEXANDER CUSHNT, pres. by Mrs
Russell of Blackball Nov. 1814; ord.
29th March 1815 ; trans, to Rayne
7th June 1820.
JAMES GORDON GARIOCH, born
Aberdeenshire, 1783 ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(28th March 1812); licen. by Presb. of
Kincardine O'Neil 27th Nov. 1817; pres.
by Mrs Russell of Blackhall in July, and
ord. 14th Sept. 1820 ; died 9th Nov. 1835.
He marr. 30th Dec. 1824, Helen (died 21st
Oct. 1876), eldest daugh. of John Roger,
min. of Kincardine O'Neil, and had issue —
Frances Farquharson, born 4th Oct. 1825
(marr. 3rd May 1848, Alexander Rhind,
Free Church min., Knockando) ; Mary
Russell, bom 2nd Feb. 1827 (marr. 31st
Aug. 1854, John Bain, min. of Free Church,
Delting) ; Catherine Forbes, born 14th
June 1828, died unmarr. 21st Dec. 1889;
Jane Charlotte, born 18th Jan. 1830 (marr.
17th Dec. 1878, William Burnett, min.
of Free Church, Huntly) ; James John,
coffee-planter, Ceylon, born 24th Oct. 1831,
1820
Kincardine o'neil] STRACHAN— TARLAND AND MIGVIE
113
18S6
died at Aberdeen, 1889 ; Rachel, born 15th
Aug. 1833 (marr. 26th March 1857, William
Leslie Reid, advocate, Aberdeen). — [The
Descendants of James Young, 182.]
DAVID SCOTT FERGUSSON, born
11th June 1808, son of Andrew
F., min. of Maryton ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1822-6, and
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 27th Jan. 1831 ;
pres. by Sir James Carnegie of Southesk,
Bart., Nov. 1835; ord. 10th June 1836.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min.
of Free Church, Strachan, 1843-97; died
4th Sept. 1897. He marr. (1) 21st June
1836, Elizabeth, youngest daugh. of Alex-
ander Duthie, Customs officer, Aberdeen,
and had issue — David Scott, born 23rd
Aug. 1837 : (2) 1st Jan. 1877, Margaret
(died 15th Feb. 1907, aged 84), daugh.
of John Emslie, hotel-keeper, and Jane
Camming. Publication — Account of the
Parish (ATew Stat. Ace, xi.).
DAVID MARTIN, born 1802, son of
David M., land surveyor, and Mar-
garet Pringle ; ord. 21st Sept. 1843 ;
died 13th June 1861. He marr. 24th July
1844, Mary (died s.p. 1st Feb. 1879), daugh.
of William Millington, Shareshill, Stafford-
shire.
ALEXANDER M'LEAN, born Inchture,
18el 5th March 1828, son of John M. and
Helen Bowman ; educated at Inch-
ture School, Perth Academy, and Univs.
of St Andrews and Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee ; assistant at Erskine ;
missionary at Brodick, 1854-7 ; assistant
at St Paul's, Dundee, 1857-9; ord. to
Wallacetown Chapel, Dundee, 17th Feb.
1859 ; trans, and adm. 7th Nov. 1861 ; dem.
Oct. 1906 ; died 26th Feb. 1913. He marr.
5th Jan. 1869, Patricia Collins (died 26th
Feb. 1913), only daugh. of John Grant
Dawson, advocate, Aberdeen, and Elsie,
daugh. of George Barrack, Old Aberdeen,
and had issue — John Dawson, min. of
Maryton, born 22nd July 1870 ; Alexander,
born 9th Feb. 1872 ; Helen Bowman, born
28th Dec. 1873, went to California ; Hugh
Barrack, farmer, Canada, born 9th May
VOL. VI.
1876 ; Elsie Margaret, born 5th Oct. 1878 ;
George Barrack, engineer, born 24th Jan.
1881 ; Patricia Collins, born 5th Dec.
1882; William James, engineer, born 31st
March 1885 ; Anne Gladstone, teacher,
Fettercairn, born 29th June 1887 ; Grace
Grant, born 8th Nov. 1889 ; Emily Duranti,
born 4th April 1892.
ANDREW TWEEDIE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
lgo7 15th Feb. 1907 ; trans, to Maryculter
13th June 1917.
PETER CARMICHAEL MARR, born
„ Leith, 9th Aug. 1889, son of Andrew
M., Leith, and Christina Carmichael ;
educated at Trinity Academy and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1912), B.D. (1916) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1916 ;
assistant at Dalziel in 1916 ; missionary at
Darnconner Chapel in 1917 ; ord. 27th
Sept. that year ; dem. 1st Oct. 1919 ;
assistant at Linlithgow 1922; adm. min.
of Haywood 27th Nov. 1923.
JAMES ALEXANDER WADDELL
1920 MULLIGAN, born Portadown, 25th
June 1862, son of John H. M.
and Jane Wallace ; educated at Belfast
Academy and Queen's Univ., Belfast ; BA.
(1886); licen. by Presb. of Carrickfergus
1st May 1888 ; assistant at Abbey Church,
Rutland Square, Dublin ; ord. to Ray
Manor Cunningham, 9th Dec. 1890 ; trans,
to Groomsport, Co. Down, 10th May 1904 ;
trans, to Ruthrieston 22nd Feb. 1911 ; trans,
and adm. 15th Jan. 1920. Marr. 11th Sept.
1894, Jemima, daugh. of the Rev. James
Anderson, M.A., and Mary M'Elhinney,
and has issue — John H., M.B., Ch.B., born
22nd June 1895 ; James A., student of
medicine, born 9th Jan. 1899 ; Hugh W.,
M.B., Ch.B., born 13th Nov. 1901.
TARLAND AND MIGVIE.
[These parishes were united early in the
seventeenth century. There is a church in
each parish.
Tarland. — The church of Tarland was
dedicated to St Mathulach. It belonged
to the Priory of St Andrews. A fair of
St Luag was held at Tarland.
H
114
TARLAND AND MIGVIE
[presb. or
Migvie. — The church of Migvie was
dedicated to St Finan. It belonged to the
Priory of St Andrews. A fair of St Finan
was held at Migvie.]
JOHN IRVINE, reader from 1567 to
1567 Nov. 1570.
JAMES EOSS, reader from Nov. 1570
1570 to 1574.
WILLIAM INGRAM, reader from 1574
1574 to 1586.
ANDREW WATT, reader from 1588 to
1588 1591.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, min
1593
at Migvie in 1593, with Tarland
also in the charge ; was still min. in
1608; died before 15th July 1624. He
marr. Janet Seton, who survived him—
[P. C. Reg., viii., 651 ; Aberdeen Sheriff-
Court Books, ii., 277.]
JOHN REID, educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1620) ; adm.
before 15th Oct. 1627 ; still min. in
1638. He marr. Sara Keith. — {Aberdeen
Sas., vi. 10, si. 173, Nov. 1638; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 328, 454.]
LUDOVIC DUNLOP, adm. before 23rd
Sept. 1649 ; trans, to Skene after
1649
18th Oct. 1664.
JAMES ROSS, born about 1620, son of
Henry R., min. of Rhynie ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1638); was sought to be helper at
Gartly 24th Jan. and 14th March 1649 ;
schoolmaster at Keith, March 1648 to 30th
June 1650 ; adm. to Strathdeveron 20th
April 1652 ; removed to Cabrach before
5th Sept. 1662 ; trans, and adm. between
20th Feb. and 2nd April 1668 ; died about
1680. He marr. Margaret Sinclair, who
died in 1672, and had issue — William,
who got assistance from Presb. of Ellon,
April 1687, to enable him to go to school,
and was at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1691-5 ; Janet (marr. Thomas Mowat,
writer). — [Tombst. ; Lawrence's School-
masters in Parish of Keith, 98.]
ANDREW ABERCROMBIE, born
Aberdeen, 1632, probably son of
Andrew A., min. of Fintray ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(13th July 1658); adm. to Kilmacolm in
1663 ; trans, to Strathdon 26th July 1666 ;
trans, and adm. in 1681 ; died 25th April
1700. He marr. 15th May 1665, Jean
Taylor, and had issue — John ; Alexander ;
Robert ; Charles ; George ; Marjory ;
Isobel. — [Tombst. ; Aberdeen Poll-Book, i.,
17 ; Farquharson Genealogies, ii.]
ALEXANDER TOASCH [TOSH], born
about 1675, son of Alexander T. ;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1688-92; called 16th Jan.,
and ord. 26th March 1701 ; died May
1737. He marr. Margaret, second daugh.
of Patrick Gordon, of Hallhead, who died
in the same month as her husband, and
had issue — Margaret (marr. Robert Aber-
crombie, min. of Leslie, Garioch). — [Aber-
deen Tests.]
GEORGE SHEPHERD, called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 6th, and ord.
21st Sept. 1738 ; trans, to Newbattle
19th July 1754. He had issue (cf. Vol. I.,
334), Thomas, born 24th May 1752.
THOMAS MITCHELL, pres. by
„ George II. 17th Dec. 1754 ; ord. 17th
April 1755 ; trans, to Tarves 25th
June 1766.
WILLIAM MAITLAND, born Cul-
117Rl7 salmond, 1733; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (3rd April
1750); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd
Nov. 1757 ; assistant at Logie-Colstone ;
pres. by George III. 25th July 1766 ; ord.
8th April 1767; clerk of Presb. 1788-97;
died 23rd Jan. 1799. He marr. 4th Oct.
1767, Elizabeth MTnnes, who died 21st
Feb. 1797, and had issue — Helen, born
22nd April 1769 (marr. Andrew Watson,
min. of this parish) ; Ann, born 10th Aug.
1770, died 13th Sept. 1794; George, born
26th Feb., and died 8th May 1774. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vi.]
KINCARDINE CfNEIL]
TARLAND AND MIGVIE
115
1799
ANDKEW WATSON, born 1764, son of
John W., Jamaica ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1783) ; became schoolmaster of this parish ;
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 29th
July 1789 ; app. missionary at Glengairden
26th Nov. 1798 ; pres. by George III. 5th
March, and ord. 29th Aug. 1799 ; died 9th
March 1845. He marr. 28th July 1801,
Helen (died 10th March 1837), daugh.
of William Maitland, min. of this parish),
and had issue — George, born 4th July
1802, died 22nd Nov. 1819 ; Elizabeth, born
27th June 1804, died 7th March 1848;
James, min. of this parish ; William,
farmer, Knowehead, born 5th Dec. 1806,
died 1852; Agnes, bom 4th Aug. 1808
(marr. 20th Nov. 1838, George Cook, min.
of Midmar) ; Andrew, advocate, Aberdeen
[afterwards A. W. Fordyce of Ardoe], born
25th May 1811, died 4th April 1837,
Margaret Ogilvie, born 25th Nov. 1813,
died 29th Aug. 1827.
JAMES WATSON, born Tarland, 18th
_„.- Aug. 1805, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Marischal College and Univ.
of Aberdeen, 1817-21; M.A. (1821); ord.
(assistant and successor) 4th March 1841 ;
died unmarr. 4th April 1868.
WILLIAM SKINNEE, born Hillhead,
1868 Clatt, 22nd May 1830, son of John S.
and Elspet Booth ; educated at Clatt
School and King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1849) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1854; tutor in family of John Hamilton,
M.D., Stromness ; assistant schoolmaster
at Keig and schoolmaster at Banehory-
Devenick ; assistant at Montrose and
Dairy; ord. to Coull 3rd Nov. 1859;
pres. by Queen Victoria 4th May, trans,
and adm. 3rd Sept. 1868; died 30th Dec.
1912. He marr. (1) 11th Sept. 1860, Jane
(died 16th Oct. 1875), daugh. of Harry
Ross, farmer, Wester Coull, and Jane
Anderson, and had issue — Mary Elizabeth,
born 12th Aug. 1861 (marr. 23rd April 1891,
John Andrew Roger), died at Johannesburg,
South Africa, 20th Nov. 1893; William
Booth, M.B., CM. (Aberdeen 1887), com-
mandant surgeon lieut.-colonel R.A.M.O,
D.S.O., born 2nd Nov. 1862; Jane Anderson,
born 27th Aug. 1864 (marr. 28th Sept. 1892,
Dr George Hubert Ede, Bramley, Surrey) ;
Elizabeth Watson, born 24th Feb. 1866
(marr. 25th Dec. 1889, James Shepherd,
South African merchant) ; Sir Harry Ross,
mine owner, South Africa, deputy inspector
of munitions, knighted 1917, born 14th
July 1867 ; James Forbes, born 13th July
1868, died 11th July 1869 : (2) 21st June
1881, Margaret Isabella (died 18th Jan.
1925, aged 87), daugh. of Charles M'Pher-
son, min. of Tomintoul, and Mary Far-
quharson, s.p.
JOHN DICKIE, born Aberdeen, 20th
May 1875, son of John D. and Anne,
daugh. of James Petrie, Hill of Ault-
more, Keith ; educated at Univs. of Aber-
deen, M.A. (1895), and Jena; assistant to
Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh, 1905-6;
ord. (assistant and successor) 4th July 1906 ;
deni. on appointment to Chair of Systematic
Theology in the Theological College of
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand in
1909; D.D. (Aberdeen 25th May 1919).
Marr. 19th Sept. 1906, Barbara Margaret,
second daugh. of Thomas Trotter, head-
master, Trinity Academy, Leith, and has
issue — Alexander Mackay Trotter, born
9th May 1914 ; John, born 21st March 1917 ;
James Jeffrey, born 6th May 1919. Publica-
tions— The Evolution of Literature (Peter-
head, 1896) ; The Fundamental Principles
of the Reformed Conception of the Church
(1924) ; Joint translator [with George
Ferries, D.D.] of Theodor von Haering's A
System of Dogmatics, 2 vols. (London, 1913).
Contributions to International Standard
Bible Encyclopedia (Chicago, 1915).
""WILLIAM BORTHWICK, M.A., B.D.;
ord. (assistant and successor) 1st
March 1911; trans, to Huntly 11th
March 1915.
WILLIAM MARSHALL LOW, born
Leith, 22nd April 1875, son of
John L. and Margaret Marshall;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1896): licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
May 1899 ; assistant at Kinghorn in 1900
and South Leith, 1904-15 ; ord. 19th Aug.
1915.
116
TORPHINS [PEESB. OF KINCARDINE O'NEIL
TORPHINS (Q.S.).
[The parish of Torphins was disjoined
from Kincardine O'Neil on 31st July 1876.]
JAMES ANDEBSON, born 1844, son of
. ,. Thomas A., farmer, and Isabel Shaw ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 7th May
1873 ; ord. first min. of this parish 4th May
1876 ; died 27th Nov. 1883.
DUNCAN M'GEEGOE, born Inverness,
1884 15t^ ^Ug- 1855' SOn °^ ^°^ert M- >
educated at Fordyce Academy and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1878) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen in 1882 ; assistant at
Keith ; ord. 16th April 1884; died 28th
Feb. 1920. He marr. 22nd May 1895,
Margaret Anne, daugh. of James Eeid,
Banff, and had issue — James, M.C., captain
2nd Gordon Highlanders, born 8th April
1896; Duncan, captain E.A.F., born 9th
Nov. 1897.
EUSSELL WALKEE, born Glasgow,
1920 13th March 1895, son of William
B. W. and Janet Eussell Sinclair ;
educated at Bellahouston Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1916) ; student
missionary at Netherlee, Cathcart; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1919 ; missionary at
Dulnain Bridge, Inverallan; ord. 19th Aug.
1920 ; trans, to Stranraer 25th Sept. 1924.
ANDEEW JAMES AIKEN FAL-
1925 C0NER» born New Deer> 28tn N°v-
1885, son of William Aiken F.
and Mary Brown ; educated at New Deer
Higher Grade School and Univ. of Aber-
deen; M.A. (1907), B.D. (1917); licen. by
Presb. of Deer April 1919 ; ord. to Strichen
25th Feb. 1920 ; trans, and adm. 19th Feb.
1925. Marr. 25th Dec. 1913, Elizabeth
Jane, daugh. of George Henry and Eliza-
beth Findlay, and has issue — Elise Jean,
born 15th Dec. 1915.
PEESBYTERY OF ALFOED
[In April 1581 the General Assembly had before it a proposal to erect in Strathdon
a Court to be called the Presbytery of Kildrummy. No further action in this matter
is known to have been taken until 1606. The Presbytery Register begins at 26th Nov.
1662. There is a gap in the Eecord from 19th Sept. 1688 to 28th March 1705.]
ALFORD.
[The church of Alford was dedicated to
St Andrew. It belonged to the Priory
of Monymusk. A Fair of St Andrew was
held at Alford.]
JOHN PHILIP, adm. before 1567, with
1S6„ Forbes, Kearn, and Clatt also in the
charge. In 1568 he stated he had
served the cure " for divers years bygone " ;
trans, to Dunbennan and Kinore.
1569
JOHN STRACHAN of Sevydlie, trans.
from Tullynessle and adm. Nov.
1569 ; trans, to Tough before 1574 ;
returned here before 1585, Keig, Leochel,
Kemnay, and Leslie being also in his
charge ; trans, to Leochel before 1588.
1593
JOHN FORBES, born about 1568, was
third son of William F. of Corse
and Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander
Strachan of Thornton. He graduated M.A.
at St Andrews in 1583, and was settled
in this charge in 1593. In Nov. 1602 the
General Assembly chose him as one of
those whom the King might select for
nominating commissioners from the various
Presbs. to Parliament. At Alford he came
into conflict with the powerful sept of the
Gordons, who were vigorous opponents of
Protestantism, and when the Synods of
Aberdeen and Moray excommunicated the
Marquess of Huntly, and Huntly had
appealed successfully to the Privy Council,
F. was sent by these Synods to London
to represent the case to King James. He
was elected Moderator of the Assembly
which met at Aberdeen on 2nd July 1605
contrary to the King's order. Of twelve
Aberdeenshire ministers who were present
ten afterwards admitted the illegal nature
of the Assembly, but F. [and Charles
Fearn, min. of Fraserburgh] having been
summoned before the Privy Council,
declined the Council's jurisdiction, on the
ground that the Assembly had dealt wholly
with spiritual matters. For this he was
imprisoned at Blackness, tried for high
treason, and banished the country. On
7th Nov. 1616 he sailed from Leith for
Bordeaux, and after spending a time with
Boyd of Trochrig at Saumur, he proceeded
to Sedan. Much of his work thereafter
consisted in visiting the Reformed Churches
and Universities on the Continent, in which
were many Scots students and professors.
In 1611 he became min. of the English
congregation at Middelburg, Holland, and
soon after he was offered release from his
sentence, but upon conditions he could
not accept. In 1616 he came to London,
where he had an interview with the King,
who promised to annul his banishment —
a promise which was not fulfilled. In
1621 he was min. at Delft, but the hatred
of his former ministerial brethren, some of
whom were now bishops, instigated Laud
and the English Government to procure
his dismissal, and this was carried out in
1628. He died in Holland in 1634. He
was held in much honour by the Reformed
Churches abroad for his consistently faith-
ful character, his eminent talents and
learning, and, above all, for his sufferings in
the cause of religion. He marr. Christian,
118
ALFORD
[PRESB. OF
daugh. of George Barclay of Mathers, and
had issue — John, colonel in the Dutch
Service ; Arthur, colonel in the Dutch
Service ; Patrick, Bishop of Caithness ;
James, min. of Abercorn ; Margaret (marr.
Andrew Skene in Kirktown of Dyce) ; a
daugh. (marr. William, son of Alexander
Forbes, Bishop of Aberdeen) ; Katherine
(marr. John Oswald, min. of Prestonpans).
Publications — The Saint's Hope and In-
fallibleness thereof (Middleburg, 1608) ; Two
Sermons (Middleburg, 160S); A Treatise
tending to the Clearing of Justification
(Middleburg, 1616); A Treatise how God's
Spirit may be discerned from Man's Own
Spirit (London, 1617) ; Four Sermons on
I. Timothy, vi., 13-16 (1635); A Sermon
on II. Timothy, ii., 4 (Delft, 1642) ; Certain
Records touching the Estate of the Kirk in
1605 and 1606 [ Wodrow 5o«'e<y](Edinburgh,
1846); Three Letters to James VI. (Orig.
Letts.) [Edin. Bannatyne Club] (Edinburgh,
1851). — [Lumsden's House of Forbes ; Diet.
If at. Biog. ; MelvilFs Autob. ; Pitcairn's
Crim. Trials, ii. ; Aberdeen Journal Notes
and Queries, vi., 164, 168 ; Family of Skene,
30; Martin's Eminent Divines in Aberdeen
and the North, 113; Life, by David Laing
(prefixed to Certain Records); Aberdeen
Sas. Sec. Rec, i., 170.]
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, trans, from
Forbes and adm. before 1608 ; trans.
to Tullynessle before 14th April
1608
1613.
WILLIAM FORBES, adm. about 1614 ;
1614 trans, to Monymusk in 1615.
1617
ANDREW CANT, adm. before 13th
Dec. 1617 ; dem. before 2nd Oct.
1625 [afterwards settled at Pitsligo].
ADAM BARCLAY, born about 1590,
1625 son of Walter B., younger, of Gartly ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1607); became min. of Leochel;
trans, to Monymusk in 1622; trans, and
adm. before 2nd Oct. 1625; elected Pro-
fessor of Divinity in King's College in
1642, but declined to accept ; died 1st Jan.
1663. He marr. a daugh. of Nicolson
of Kilcassie,-and had issue — James ; Adam,
min. of Towie ; Agnes (marr. James Gordon,
min. of Kinore) ; Barbara (marr. Arthur
Ross, Archbishop of St Andrews). — {Scot.
Notes and Queries, vii., 52.]
JAMES GORDON, educated at King's
1662 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1640) ;
adm. to Tough before 27th April
1657 ; trans, and inst. 2nd Nov. 1662 ; still
min. 14th Aug. 1667. He marr. the second
daugh. of William Forbes of Corsindae. —
[Lumsden's House of Forbes.]
GEORGE MELVILL, educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1646) ; ord. (assistant) at Bourtie
3rd Oct. 1650 ; trans, to New Machar
before 17th Oct. 1654; trans, to Udny
27th Dec. 1663 ; trans, and adm. between
25th Nov. and 16th Dec. 1668; died before
14th March 1679, aged about 53, probably
unmarr. He was instrumental in having
a bridge built over the Leochel, for the
upkeep of which he gave 100 merks to the
min. and kirk-session. He also founded
six bursaries at King's and Marischal Col-
leges. James Christie, his grand-nephew,
was served heir to him in 1679. — [Inq. Ret.
Gen., 6129.]
ANDREW JAFFRAY, probably son of
1 67g Alexander J., min. of Kinedward ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; ord. deacon by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 26th Aug. 1674 ; recommended
for ordination by Presb. 3rd Sept. 1679 ;
dep. 26th Sept. 1716 as a Jacobite. He
marr. Marjorie Davidson, and had issue —
William ; Robert ; Alexander ; Arthur. —
[Aberdeenshire Foil-Book, i. 414.]
JAMES GORDON, M.A. ; trans, from
1717 Bourtie ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 3rd April, and adm. 30th
July 1717 ; trans, to Alloa 28th April
1736.]
WILLIAM BADENOCH, licen.
.,„„_ by Presb. of Strathbogie 3rd March
1724; ord. to Cortachy 6th May
1725 ; pres. by George II. 10th Sept. 1736 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd June 1737; died 5th
Feb. 1746. He marr. (1) Ann Farquharson,
who died 27th Oct. 1736: (2) Barbara,
alford]
ALFORD
119
daugh. of Alexander Forbes of Putachie
(who survived him and marr. (2) 4th Aug.
1753, Theodore Gordon, min. of Kenneth-
mont), and had issue — Dorothy, born Aug.
1741, died 26th March 1742.— [Aberdeen,
Tests.]
ALEXANDEE JOHNSTON, born
1746 1719; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1741) ; called 3rd
Sept., and ord. 12th Nov. 1746; died 2nd
March 1778. He marr. 15th Dec. 1751,
Margaret (died 16th Sept. 1802), daugh.
of Walter Syme, min. of Tullynessle. —
[Tombst.]
V THOMAS BIENIE, born Aberdeenshire,
1778 1745 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th March 1769) ;
licen. by Presb. of Deer 25th March 1778 ;
pres. by George III. 13th June, and ord.
4th Nov. that year; died 27th March
1812. He marr. (1) Barbara Forbes : (2)
Dorothea Ogilvie, who died 8th July
1798. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.).
JAMES FARQUHARSON, born 1781
1812 son °^ J°hn F-, excise officer, Coull ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1798) ; app. schoolmaster of
this parish that year ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 4th April, and ord. 17th
Sept. 1812; F.R.S. (London 1830), LL.D.
(King's College, 25th Feb. 1837); died
3rd Dec. 1843. He was a well-known
meteorologist, a frequent contributor to
various periodicals on scientific subjects,
and corresponded with many of the
learned men of his time. He marr. 19th
Oct. 1826, Helen (died 16th July 1873),
eldest daugh. of Alexander Taylor, in
Wellhouse, and had issue — Ann Robison,
born 15th Aug. 1827 (marr. Thomas
Fraser, min. of Croy) ; Helen, born 18th
Aug. 1830; James, D.D., min. of Selkirk,
born 13th Dec. 1832 ; Alexander, born
6th July 1834; John Ogilvie, born 16th
May 1836 ; Nathaniel, apprentice to an
Advocate in Aberdeen, born 16th Dec.
1837, died 13th May 1860 ; Andrew, born
3rd June 1839, died 30th Aug. 1840;
Andrew, born 17th July 1841. Publica-
tions— A New Illustration of the Latter
Part of Daniel's Last Vision and Prophecy
(London, 1838); The Native Forests of
Aberdeenshire, Noah's Ark, The Aurora
Borealis, The Currency, An Essay on
Cutting Grain with the Scythe {Trans.
Highland Society), and many papers in
The Philosophical Transactions and other
periodicals. — [Family of Cordon, 23.]
JAMES GILLAN of Allangarth, born
1844 27tn ^°V" 1804' SOn °^ James G.,
D.D., min. of Speymouth ; educated
at Elgin Academy and Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1st April 1822) ; licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 25th April 1826; ord.
assistant at Speymouth 11th Aug. 1828;
adm. to Tough 12th June 1834 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 3rd Jan., trans, and adm.
6th June 1844 ; D.D. (Aberdeen, 6th May
1864) ; died at Aberdeen 5th April 1871.
He marr. (1) 2nd Aug. 1836, Marion Bell
(died 25th Dec. 1837), daugh. of Alexander
Brander of Springfield, Elgin, and had
issue — Marion Margaret Helen, born 6th
Dec. 1837 (marr. 31st Dec. 1861, George
Morison Macpherson, LL.D., Bombay
Civil Service), died Oct. 1906: (2) 27th
Aug. 1844, Catherine (died April 1864),
only daugh. of James Taylor, solicitor,
Banff, and Jessie Angus, and had issue —
Jessie Jane, born 20th July 1845, died
March 1907 ; James, D.D., min. of this
parish, born 13th June 1847.
JAMES GILLAN, M.A., B.D. ; pres. by
1871 Queen Victoria 13th April, and ord.
6th July 1871 ; dem. 16th May 1896
[afterwards min. of St Margaret's, Edin-
burgh] (cf. Vol. I., 112); D.D. (Aberdeen
1919). Publication — Supplement to the
Records of the Arts Class, 1862-6, University
of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, 1906).
PETER ADAM, born Cottown, Forgue,
1896 13th Oct. 1851, son of John A.
and Margaret Oliver ; educated at
Drumdollo School, Forgue, Free Church
Training College, Edinburgh, Univs. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1886), and Glasgow, B.D.
(1890); teacher in Edinburgh Public Schools;
F.E.I.S. (1885) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
April 1890 ; assistant at Avendale and
120
AUCHINDOIR AND KEARN
[PRESB. OF
South Church, Greenock ; ord. 18th Sept.
1896 ; clerk of Presb. in 1908 : hon.
chaplain (First Class) Territorial Army
(T.D.). Publication — The Lads of the Don
(Aberdeen, 1904).
AUCHINDOIR AND KEARN.
[These parishes were united in 1792.
Auchindoir. — The church of Auchindoir
was dedicated to St Mary. Auchindoir was
a prebend of King's College, Aberdeen. In
the old ruined church there is a very fine
sacrament house. Near that church was a
Well of Our Lady. A Fair of St Mary was
held at Auchindoir.
Seam. — On 17th June 1618 the Com-
missioners for the Plantation of Kirks
united the parishes of Forbes and Kearn.
In 1638 they were severed again. On 18th
July 1722 Forbes and Kearn were joined
a second time. On 4th July 1792 Kearn
was once more disjoined from Forbes and
was united to Auchindoir.]
GILBERT BROWN, reader from 1567
„„,_ to 1574 [afterwards reader at
1567 Towie].
ALEXANDER DALLOQUHY, reader
1576 from 1576 to 1589.
1589
WILLIAM THOMSON, min. in 1589,
with Forbes and Kearn also in the
charge till 1591 ; still min. in 1601.
1621
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1603) ;
was a probationer there 4th Sept.
1611 ; adm. 15th Nov. 1621 ; was a member
of Assembly in 1639. Having petitioned
Parliament for losses he had sustained, the
Estates, 8th Feb. 1645, allowed him 4000
merks for his present supply until his
claim was further considered. He was still
min. 16th April 1667. He marr. and had
issue — Patrick ; a daugh. (marr. Lauchlan
Farquharson). — [Acts of Pari., vi. i., 311 ;
P. C. Beg., 2nd ser., i., 693 ; Reg. of Deeds,
26th June 1652; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court
Records, ii., 255.]
1698
1719
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. ; coll. 6th
1671 Sept., and inst. 22nd Oct. 1671;
trans, to Kintore 21st April 1697.
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, called 26th
June, and ord. 21st. Sept. 1698;
trans, to Premnay after 13th Aug.
1718. He preached his farewell sermon
(Phil, i., 27) on 19th Oct,
WILLIAM THAIN, born about 1680,
son of Patrick T., Kirktown of
Urquhart ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (8th June 1699) ;
schoolmaster of Aberdour in 1701 ; licen.
by Presb. of Deer ; ord. to Leslie 30th
Dec. 1707 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
29th April, trans, and adm. 25th June 1719;
died 11th March 1747. He marr. and had
issue — Jean (marr. Thomas Adam, min. of
Cushnie) ; and probably Elizabeth (marr.
Alexander Ross, min. of Lochlee).
JOHN MAXWELL, M.A. ; pres. by the
7 7 Principal and masters of King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen, in April, and ord.
6th Nov. 1747 ; trans, to New Machar 26th
Sept. 1752.
ROBERT LUMSDEN, pres. by
7 Principal and masters of King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 9th Dec. 1752 ; adm.
27th June 1753 ; trans, to New Machar
14th July 1774.
WILLIAM LESLIE of Balnageith;
1775 M.A. ; pres. by James, Earl of Fife
in Feb., and ord. 23rd March 1775 ;
trans, to St Andrews (Elgin), 15th July 1779.
THOMAS TAIT, M.A.; trans, from
.„„. Second Charge, Old Machar ; pres.
by James, Earl of Fife in Jan., and
adm. 18th April 1780 ; trans, to Meldrum
15th July 1784.
JAMES REID, born 1749 ; educated at
.„„ Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1768) ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff 1st
May 1782 ; pres. by James, Earl of Fife, in
Jan., and ord. 20th April 1785; died
unmarr. 1st April 1842. Publications —
Accounts of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xii. and [jointly with his successor]
Keio Stat. Ace, xii.).
alford]
AUCHINDOIR— KEARN
121
WILLIAM KEID, born 1805, son of
1834 J0*111 •&•> farmer, Milton, Glen-
buchat, and Charlotte, daugh. of
John Lindsay ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1824) ; pres. by
trustees of James, Earl of Fife, in April,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 17th
June 1834 ; died 2nd Jan. 1882. He marr.
3rd Nov. 1842, Elizabeth Mary (died 9th
Nov. 1890, aged 76), younger daugh. of
Eobert Scott, min. of Glenbuchat, and had
issue — Mary Forsyth, born 7th Nov. 1843,
died at Aberdeen, 27th Sept. 1883; John
Lindsay, born 13th April 1845 ; Maj.-
General Sir Alexander John Forsyth,
K.C.B., M.A., LL.D. (Aberdeen), served
in the Afghan War (1878-80), when he was
dangerously wounded, and in various Indian
Expeditions, born 21st Aug. 1846, died 4th
Sept. 1913; Ann Elizabeth, born 24th
March 1848 ; Charlotte Christina, born
14th Aug. 1849; Eobert William, M.D.,
Professor of Anatomy, Univ. of Aberdeen
(1889), born 14th May 1851 ; William, M.D.,
Medical Superintendent of Aberdeen Eoyal
Asylum, born 24th Oct. 1854, died 3rd
Sept. 1918; Isabella Elizabeth, born 11th
Nov. 1855 ; Charles, M.B., CM., E.A.M.C,
born 21st June 1857. Publication [jointly
with preceding] — Account of the Parish
(Jfeta Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Aberdeen Univ.
Review, xvi., 92 ; Tombsf]
ALEXANDEE JOHN ANDEESON,
1882 k°rn Bellie, 23rd March 1857, son of
Alexander A., min. of Gartly ; edu-
cated at Milne's Institution, Fochabers,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1878) ; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie April 1881 ;
assistant at Keith; ord. 22nd June 1882;
dem. 16th May 1922.
JOHN HAEKNESS, born Penpont,
22nd April 1892, son of Archibald H.
and Grace Millar Kerr ; educated at
Penpont School, Wallace Hall Academy, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1914) ; licen. by
Presb. of Penpont 6th Jan. 1920 ; assistant
at Alloa April 1920 to Sept. 1922 ; served as
combatant in European War and severely
wounded ; ord. 22nd Sept. 1922. Marr. 3rd
Jan. 1923, Henrietta Grimand, daugh. of
David Wilkie,Drymen,and Elizabeth Wilkie.
KEARN.
[During the greater part of the seven-
teenth century the parishes of Forbes and
Kearn were united. In 1722 Kearn was
joined to Auchindoir.]
1567 JAMES COUTTS, reader in 1567.
EOBEET CHEYNE, min. here in 1631
1631 [afterwards min. of Forbes].
JAMES GORDON, M.A. ; adm. after
.„„„ 1633 ; was sent in 1640 with peaceful
assurance from the great body of the
Gordons, who were anti - covenanters to
William, Earl Marischal, and Maj. -General
Monro ; trans, to Kinore and Dunbennan
30th Sept. 1640.
WILLIAM GLASS, M.A. ; min. in
i&ii 1641 ; trans, to Cushnie before 21st
1641 Oct. 1651.
ROBEET DUNBAE, born Moray, about
165g 1632 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1653); school-
master of Forres, 1653-9 ; licen. by Presb.
of Forres 4th March 1658 ; adm. in 1659 ;
died between 17th Feb. and 19th May
1675. He marr. Katherine (alive 11th
Sept. 1694), daugh. of Eobert Watson,
min. of Grange, and had issue — George of
Muretown ; Anna (marr. Patrick Nicolson,
bailie of Forres) ; Jean ; John. — [Services
of Heirs; Elgin Sas., 1st June 1669.]
ALEXANDEE FOEBES,M.A.; recom-
mended 19th Dec. 1677 for ordina-
tion ; inst. 13th Jan. 1678 ; trans, to
Fintray before 17th July 1681.
1678
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, adm. before
1682 29tl1 Nov- 1682> trans- to Auchter-
less 6th May 1697.
WILLIAM MITCHELL, called 13th
1699 N°V- 1698> 0ld- 4th Jan' 1699>
dem. Dec. 1705 [afterwards min.
of New Machar].
ALEXANDEE LAW, called 21st Nov.
1713 1708; ord- 31st Marcl1 1713' dePrived
4th April 1716 as a Jacobite.
122
CABRACH AND STRATHDEVERON
[PKESB. OF
CABRACH AND STRATH-
DEVERON, or INVERCHARACH.
[These two parishes were united by the
Commissioners of Teinds on 27th Feb.
1665.
Cabraeh. — The church of Cabrach was
dedicated to St Mary.
Strathdeveron. — The church of Strath-
deveron stood at Invercharach, which led
to the parish being often called by the
latter name.]
THOMAS CHEISTISON, reader from
1567 1567 to 1580.
ALEXANDEE HAY, rain, here and at
1586 Ehynie in 1586.
JAMES WAEEACK, reader from 1588
1588 to 1599.
PETEE CAMERON, educated at Univ.
1607 of Glasgow ; M.A. (1593) ; adm. to
Glasford in 1594; trans, to Shotts
in 1595 ; re-trans, to Glasford in 1597 ;
trans, and adm. about 1607.
ANDBEW KEEE, min. of Glenbuchat
161_ and Cabrach on union of parishes
in 1618; removed here after 26th
Nov. 1636 ; returned to Glenbuchat before
25th Sept. 1662.
JAMES EOSS, trans, from Strath-
1662 deveron before 5th Sept. 1662 ; trans,
to Tarland before 2nd April 1668.
JOHN IBVING, educated at Marischal
1668 College, Aberdeen, 1657-61 ; pres.
by John, Earl of Mar; licen. by
Presb. of Alf ord ; ord. before 28th Oct.
1668 ; was called a dwarf and a rogue by
one of his parishioners about 14th Feb.
1672 ; suspended 28th May 1673 ; reponed
17th Oct. following ; dep. 15th June 1677 ;
recommended by the Synod for charity,
20th April 1687, and received such from
kirk-sessions of Ceres, Linlithgow, Kirk-
den, Eatho, and Penicuik. He marr.
and had issue — Alexander, a student at
Aberdeen, 1688-92 ; Barbara (marr. James
Ligertwood, glazier, Kinkell). — [Records of
the Exercise of Alf ord, 116, et seq.]
JAMES IRVINE, licen. by Presb. of
1678 Alford; inst. 12th May 1678; still
min. 12th Aug. 1681 ; probably
removed on account of the Test ; adm.
to Muthill 16th March 1687.
ALEXANDEE BEOWN, born 1652;
le_„ educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (July 1673) ; licen. by
Presb. there; inst. 30th April 1682; died
13th April 1705. He marr. Isobel, eldest
daugh. of John Grant, in Hillside, and had
issue — William, licentiate of the Church
of Scotland, and merchant, Burnside,
Auchindoir, born 1686, died 16th March
1772; John, M.A. (King's College, 15th
April 1725).— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM ANDERSON, called 15th
1707 Dec. 1706; ord. 12th March 1707;
trans, to Premnay 30th Sept. 1709.
ROBERT GEAY, called 30th July 1710 ;
1711 ord. 30th Jan. 1711 ; trans, to Edzell
26th Aug. 1714.
DAVID STEANGE, born 1674; licen.
l717 by Presb. of Aberlour 6th March
1716; app. missionary at Glenlivet
in 1717 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
3rd, and ord. 15th May 1717 ; dep. 11th
March 1730, for neglecting his duty, etc.
He retired to Edinburgh, was excommuni-
cated by the Presb. there, 29th Dec. 1736, for
celebrating irregular marriages, imprisoned
by the Lords of Justiciary and sentenced
to banishment. He still continued his
irregular practices in prison, and died there,
1st Sept. 1744. — [Edin. Bur. Reg. ; Scots
Mag., vi. ; Acts of Ass., 1717.]
THEODOEE GOEDON, M.A. ; called
1731
4th Nov. 1730 ; ord. 17th Feb. 1731 ;
trans, to Kennethmont 20th June 1739.
THOMAS GOEDON, pres. by curators
174^ of Cosmo George, Duke of Gordon,
Nov. 1739; ord. 25th June 1740;
trans, to Auldearn 12th Feb. 1747.
JAMES GOEDON, born 1719; edu-
1747 cated at Marischal College, 1734-8;
schoolmaster of Ehynie, 1740-7 ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 18th Sept.
1745 ; pres. by Cosmo George, Duke of
alford]
STRATHDEVERON— CLATT
123
Gordon, in June, and ord. 5th Nov. 1747 ;
died 1st April 1795. He marr. 19th Dec.
1751, Elizabeth Grant, who died 9th March
1771, aged 46, and had issue — Jean, born
25th Sept. 1752; Elizabeth, born 6th June
1754 (marr. 30th July 1789, Thomas Tait,
min. of Ellon) ; Isobel, born 13th Dec.
1756, died 18th May 1794; George, born
22nd April 1759, died 8th Feb. 1763; John,
born 28th April 1762, died 17th Feb. 1763 ;
James, born 21st Dec. 1763, died 7th Jan.
1784; John, his successor in the parish.
Publication — Account ' of the Parish.
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.).
JOHN GOKDON, born 19th May 1767,
11?gg son of preceding ; educated at Maris-
chal College, 1783-7 ; licen. by Presb.
of Alford 5th May 1791 ; ord. by it a min.
without a charge 8th Aug. 1793 ; pres.
by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in Aug.,
and adm. 24th Sept. 1795 ; died 29th Oct.
1816 ; He marr. Elizabeth Gordon, who
died 29th Jan. 1819, and had issue — James,
born 8th Nov. 1795, died 7th July 1808;
Elizabeth, born 5th Nov. 1796 (marr. 5th
May 1818, Michael Anderson, writer, Edin-
burgh) ; Kobert, M.A. (Marischal College
1817), born 1st June 1798, died 19th June
1817 ; Jean, born 6th July 1800 (marr. 1st
Feb. 1820, Captain John Grant, 72nd
Regiment) ; John, born 3rd Jan. 1803,
died at Cape of Good Hope 15th March
1828; Mary, born 19th May 1806 (marr.
16th June 1831, Thomas Burnett, min. of
Daviot) ; Anne, born 18th April 1808, died
10th April 1819.
WILLIAM COWIE, M.A; pres. by
1817 Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in
March, and ord. 6th Aug. 1817;
trans, to Cairnie 16th Aug. 1826.
JAMES GOEDON, born 1784,
.--~ son of Alexander G., miller, Aber-
deen; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; Gray Mathematical Bursar in
1822 ; master of the Mathematical School,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st March 1823) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 19th Oct. 1826;
pres. by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, Nov.
same year ; ord. 28th March 1827 ; died
unmarr. 29th Dec. 1849.
GOEDON SMART, born Cabrach,
18_0 1814, son of Alexander S., farmer,
and Isabella Garrow ; educated at
King's College ; M.A. (1842) ; missionary
at Blairdaff, and teacher of Lord Cullen's
School ; assistant at Eothiemay ; ord. 2nd
May 1850 ; died unmarr. 21st Feb. 1882.
GEOEGE GILFILLAN MACMILLAN,
1882 born Kilmarnock, 18th April 1855,
son of Duncan M. and Mary Dreg-
horn ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 9th June 1880 ;
missionary at Eankinstown ; ord. 10th Aug.
1882 ; died unmarr. 19th April 1911.
DAVID WALKEE MACLEAN, M.A. ;
1911 °rC*- 17tl1 ■^0V" 1911 > trans' t0
Gamrie 2nd June 1920.
ANDEEW BUET, born Dunfermline,
lg20 27th Sept. 1889, son of Eobert C. B.,
and Eobina Cunningham ; educated
at Dunfermline High School and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1912), B.D. (1914);
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline in 1914 ;
assistant at Morningside and St Giles ;
ord. 22nd Oct. 1920. Marr. 23rd Feb. 1921,
Amelia Christina Kirkwood, daugh. of
G. K. Turner and Amelia Sinclair, and
has issue — Christina Turner, born 30th
April 1922.
STRATHDEVERON, or INVER-
CHARACH.
JAMES ROSS, schoolmaster of Keith
30th Jan. 1650; adm. 20th April
1652 ; trans, to Cabrach on union
of the parishes 27th Feb. 1665.
1652
CLATT.
[The church of Clatt was dedicated to
St Luag. Clatt was a prebend of Aberdeen.
A fair of St Luag was held at Clatt.]
JAMES STEACHAN, min. in 1567,
with Forbes and Kearn also in the
charge ; pres. to the vicarage of
Eayne by James VI. 2nd July 1568.
124
CLATT
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM THOMSON, reader at
Kennethmont and Leslie in 1567,
and exhorter there from Nov. 1570 ;
adm. before 1574, with Kennethmont,
Christ's Kirk, and Insch also in the
charge; still rain, in 1578.
ROBERT INNES, adm. in 1579 ; trans.
1579 to Bower in 1580.
WALTER RICHARDSON, trans, from
,„_ Fintray in 1580: trans, to Insch
J.00U , -
before 1585.
JAMES GORDON, parson in 1583;
1588 Proceeded against for treason in
1593 — [Acts of Pari., iv., 4 et seq.~\
JOHN GORDON, pres. by James VI.
before 27th Oct. 1594, and adm. that
1594
year ; still min. in 1599.
1599
16SS
ROBERT YOUNGSON, trans, from
Forbes ; pres. by James VI. 4th June
1599 ; probably removed to Forbes
before 24th March 1618.
WILLIAM STEVENSON, adm. before
1624 ^k ^ov- 1624 > trans- to Gamrie in
1628.
GEORGE GAIRDYNE, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1621); adm. before 1st Nov. 1633;
still min. 16th April 1667. He marr.
Isabel Gray, who survived him, and had
issue — Alexander, min. of Old Deer ;
Thomas, min. of this parish. — [G. R.
Homings, 24th Feb. 1671.]
THOMAS GAIRDYNE, son of preced-
166_ ing; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (30th April 1663);
licen. by Presb. of Alford ; ord. (assistant
and successor) before 8th Dec. 1669 ; inst.
before 15th June 1670 ; still min. 2nd Feb.
1681, but probably deprived on account
of the Test ; went to England and became
rector of Snaith, Yorkshire. He was a
benefactor of King's College Library.
THOMAS ROBERTSON, born Buchan
1682 a^ou* 1^52 J educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1670);
adm. to Caterline 25th Sept. 1679 ; trans.
and inst. 30th April 1682; died after
1696. He marr. and had issue — Alexander,
Episcopal min. in Edinburgh ; James,
student at Marischal College, 1707-11 ;
William, student at Marischal College,
1708-12 ; and three others. — [Aberdeenshire
Poll-Booh i., 474.]
1708
ALEXANDER LEASK, born 1676, son
of Gilbert L., merchant, Aberdeen;
educated at Marischal College,
1691-5 ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd
Nov. 1704 ; called 31st Aug. 1707 ; ord.
30th March 1708 ; dep. 7th March 1722 for
drunkenness, which sentence was affirmed,
4th April, by the Synod, and 16th May,
by the Assembly. He was reponed by the
Synod, 4th April 1723, called to Kinkell
but not settled ; officiated in the bounds
of Presb. of Turriff; was pres. by George
II. to Towie 27th March 172S, but not
adm. ; died Dec. 1729. He marr. Mary
Leith, who survived him, and was recom-
mended for charity by the Synod, 10th
April 1730 and 5th Oct. 1736.— [Aberdeen
Tests. ; Wodrow's Corresp., ii., 645 ; Acts of
Ass., 1722, 1725, 1730.]
PATRICK REID, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1709-13; licen. by
1723 Presb. of Alford 19th Sept. 1722 ;
called jure devoluto 1st May, and ord.
14th Aug. 1723; died 23rd April 1759,
aged about 65. He marr. (1) Isobel (died
1732), daugh. of Alexander Irvine, min.
of Fordyce :■ (2) Margaret Leith, who died
at Midmar, 29th Aug. 1799, aged 89, and
had issue— Peter, died Feb. 1760; Cecilia
(marr. George William Algernon Gordon,
min. of Keith) ; Margaret (marr. John
Ogilvie, min. of Midmar). — [Leslie's Irvines
of Brum, 216; Aberdeen Kirk - Session,
Accounts.]
ROBERT FINDLAY, born Strathbogie,
176 1732; educated at King's College;
M.A. (31st March 1748); licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 18th Jan. 1758 ; pres.
by George II. 18th May 1759 ; ord. 1st
May 1760; died unmarr. at Cromlet, Old
Meldrum, 5th March 1811. He bequeathed
£300 for the benefit of aged and poor
persons, £600 for three bursaries at King's
College, and £40 for the education of the
alford]
CLATT
125
children of poor persons in the parish.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, viii.).
WILLIAM GORDON, born 1751 ; edu-
1797 cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1765-9; licen. by Presb. of
Alford 6th Feb. 1777 ; became schoolmaster
in the parish ; pres. by George III. in Jan.,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 5th Oct.
1797 ; died 11th Jan. 1820. He marr. 20th
Nov. 1798, Anne (died 10th March 1801,
aged 34), daugh. of George Gordon, farmer,
Mains of Rhynie, and had issue — an only
child, Alexander, born 30th Jan. 1800, died
10th May 1810.
ROBEET COOK, M.A.; pres. by George
III. in March, and ord. 3rd Aug. 1820;
1820
trans, to Ceres 19th July 1844.
JAMES WALKER, born Aberdeen,
1844 1809, son of John W. and Catherine
Raffan ; educated at King's College ;
MA. (1828) ; missionary at Boddam ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 7th Sept., and ord. 7th
Nov. 1844; died 22nd May 1867. He
marr. 31st Dec. 1840, Elizabeth (born 1818,
died 14th Dec. 1900), daugh. of Alexander
Robertson, hatter, and Mary Wilson, and
had issue— Elizabeth, born 18th May 1842,
died 1864; Catherine, born 15th April 1844,
died at Colin ton, 3rd July 1920 ; Mary Gray,
born 17th Sept. 1845, died at Colinton, 23rd
Oct. 1917 ; Emma Katherine Gordon, born
1st July 1847 ; James, born 4th Feb., and
died 8th Sept. 1849; Isabella Minty, born
12th Feb. 1851, died 1st June 1852 ; James
Adam Gordon, born 20th Aug. 1853, died
27th Feb. 1870; Jane Anne, born 19th
March 1856, died 3rd Feb. 1862; Helen
Grant, born 2nd Nov. 1858.
1867
ROBERT M'KERRON, born Aberlour,
1830, son of Peter M. and Isabella
Gordon ; educated at Grammar
School and King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1853); pres. by Queen Victoria 6th July,
and ord. 16th Oct. 1867; died 7th April
1884. He marr. 26th Aug. 1858, Jessie
(born 1830, died 13th June 1879), daugh.
of Patrick Weir and Janet Anderson, and
had issue — Isabella, born 21st June 1859 ;
1884
Jane, born 6th May 1861, died Dec. 1914 ;
Robert Gordon, M.A., M.D., Professor of
Midwifery, Univ. of Aberdeen, born 24th
Nov. 1862 ; Patrick, M.A., born 25th Feb.
1865, drowned while bathing, Aug. 1886.
GEORGE ALEXANDER SELBIE,
born Chapel-of-Garioch, 25th Sept.
1858, son of the Rev. George S.,
schoolmaster, and Agnes Watt; educated at
Parish School, Chapel-of-Garioch, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1880); licen. by Presb. of Garioch 9th
May 1883; assistant at Elchies ; ord. 11th
Sept. 1884; dem. 5th Oct. 1908; ind. to
Gillingham, Kent, 23rd March 1910; res.
in 1921.
ANDREW GRAY, born Glasgow, 22nd
1909 Feb. 1868, son of Andrew G., D.D.,
min. of Dalkeith ; educated at Royal
High School, Edinburgh, and Univs. of
St Andrews, M.A. (1883), B.D. (1889), and
Leipzig ; assistant to Professor of Hebrew,
St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
in 1890; assistant i at Dalkeith, Greenock
South, and Greenside, Edinburgh ; ord.
25th Feb. 1909; died 20th Nov. 1921. He
marr. 17th March 1909, Annie Amelia,
daugh. of Peter Sanderson and Annie
Meiklejohn.
ALEXANDER WILLIAM WATT, born
1922 24tk June 1873, son of George
Christie W., min. of Edinkillie ;
educated at Grammar School, Old Aber-
deen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Forres 5th May 1896 ; assistant
at Marnoch, Gorbals, and St Paul's, Leith ;
ord. to Holm 10th Dec. 1901 ; trans, to
Evie 23rd Dec. 1902 ; clerk of Presb. of
Kirkwall 1902-22; trans, and adm. 19th
May 1922. Marr. 4th March 1903, Jane
Thomson, second daugh. of Charles Runci-
man, min. of U.F. Church, Holm, and
has issue — Alexander William, born 5th
and died 13th Jan. 1904 ; George Christie,
born 13th Feb. 1905 ; Jane Runciman, born
6th Oct. 1906 ; Charles Runciman, born
16th June 1908 ; Mary Webster, born 20th
April 1910 ; Eric Watson, born 19th Aug.
1912 ; Adrian Gray, born 30th June 1914 ;
Irene, born 2nd and died 5th Jan. 1919.
126
CORGARFF— GLENBUCHAT
[PEESB. OF
CORGARFF (Q.S.).
[A mission maintained by the Royal
Bounty was set up at Corgarff in 1740.
Sir Charles Forbes of Newe, Bart., built a
new chapel and a manse for the mission
in 1834. The parish of Corgarff was dis-
joined from Strathdon and Tarland 9th
March 1874. A fair of St Machar was
long held at Corgarff.]
WILLIAM COPLAND, adm. before 5th
„ April 1758; trans, to Forbes 12th
May 1763.
GEORGE FORBES, MA. ; ord. 9th
1764 May 1764 ; trans, to Leochel 6th
July 1768.
ROBERT LUMSDEN, ord. 30th March
1768 1768 ; trans, to Kildrummy 5th Sept.
1771.
ROBERT FARQUHARSON of
1772 Allargue ; ord. 29th April 1772 ;
trans, to Kirkmichael 1st Oct. that
year.
SAMUEL M A S S O N, born Colstone
about 1750 ; educated at King's
College; M.A. (1770). Adm. after
1774. He marr. and had issue — Mary Ann
(marr. 12th Jan. 1837, John Grassick,
Glenbuchat).
WILLIAM FORBES, M.A., born 1785,
1824 son °^ Williani F., farmer, and Jean
Blair ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd April 1804) ; ord. in
1824; died at Aberdeen 23rd June 1858.
He marr. and had issue — John, planter,
Ceylon ; Charles, planter, Ceylon.
CHARLES FORBES M'HARDY, born
1820, son of John M., farmer, and
Janet Stewart ; ord. in 1858 ; dem.
16th May 1893; died 8th Feb. 1894. He
marr. 4th Jan. 1866, Jane (died 8th Aug.
1914), daugh. of John' Farquharson, farmer,
Delachaish.
ARCHIBALD THOMSON, born Hill-
side, Foudland, Insch, 5th June 1851,
son of James T. and Elspet Day ;
educated at Largie School and Univ. of
17—
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
10th May 1892; ord. 7th Sept. 1893; died
unmarr. at Aberdeen 27th May 1923.
GEORGE ARTHUR EVERETT
1923 TALKER, born Selkirk, 12th June
1875, son of Thomas W. and Mar-
garet Kyle ; educated at Selkirk Burgh
and Knowepark Schools, and Univ. of
Manitoba, Canada ; licen. by Presb. of
Winnipeg and ord. 30th March 1906 ; adm.
to Westray U.F. Church 20th Feb. 1918;
trans, to Deerness 26th May 1921 ; trans,
and adm. 12th Dec. 1923. Marr. 11th
March 1915, Edith Gibson, daugh. of
James Donaldson and Helen Wilson.
GLENBUCHAT.
[The church of Glenbuchat was dedicated
to St Peter. The parish was annexed to
Cabrach by the Commissioners of Teinds
7th July 1618 (Aberdeen Homings, 24th
Nov. 1631).]
WILLIAM COWPER, reader from 1567
1567 to 1591.
ARTHUR SKENE, mentioned as min.
1582 in 1582.
THOMAS MELVILL, removed from
1599 Kildrummy in 1599, having that
parish, Cabrach, and Logie-Mar also
in his charge ; still min. in 1601.
WILLIAM BROWN, min. in 1608, with
1608 Innernochtie also in the charge ;
removed thither before 24th March
1618.
ANDREW KER [or CAR], educated
1618 at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1607) ; adm. before 2nd Aug. 1618,
with Cabrach also in the charge, to which
place he removed after 26th Nov. 1633.
In 1642 he was summoned before the
Privy Council for a riot at Glenkindie.
He returned here before 5th Sept. 1662,
when he was in "decripit old age," and
died Dec. that year. A tablet with his
initials and dated 1629 is in the wall of
the church. He marr. Christian Burnett,
and had issue — Alexander, min. of Grange ;
alford]
GLENBUCHAT
127
John.— [P. C. Reg., 2nd ser., vii., 589;
Aberdeen Sas., ix., 416; Kow's "Diary";
Scot. Notes and Queries, vii., 53; Aberdeen
Sas. iv., 528.]
DAVID MILNE, educated at Marischal
166S College, Aberdeen, 1650-5 ; became
chaplain in Glenbuchat, 1663 ; pres.
by John, Earl of Mar, in July, and adm.
before 31st Aug. 1665 [the parish was
vacant 26th Sept. 1666] ; afterwards min.
of Cadder.
WILLIAM CHRISTIE, educated
1667 at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1658); licen. by Presb. of
Alford ; adm. 24th July 1667 ; died in 1695.
He marr. Barbara Innes, who survived him,
and had issue — Robert ; Christian ; Ann
(marr. Patrick Copland, merchant, Aber-
deen; Elizabeth; Jean (marr. James Thorn,
merchant, Aberdeen. — [EanJF Inhib., 10th
July 1704; Index to Services.]
WILLIAM LAW, M.A. ; called 16th
June, and ord. 4th Nov. 1697 ; trans.
1697
to Crimond 26th March 1701.
1718
ALEXANDER SHAND, M.A.; called
1704 ky the Presb. jure devoluto 2nd
March, and ord. 10th May 1704;
trans, to Insch 23rd June 1708.
JOHN GORDON, called 15th Jan., and
1710 ord. 9th Aug. 1710 ; clerk of Presb. ;
trans, to Gamrie 7th May 1717.
ADAM OLIPHANT, called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 10th Sept., and
ord. 25th Nov. 1718 ; died 29th July
1746. He marr. 14th March 1721, Mar-
garet (died 19th June 1755), daugh. of
Bailie Martin, Hawick, and had issue —
James, merchant, Edinburgh ; Samuel ;
John ; Ann ; Margaret. — [Brux Writs,
31st Aug. 1745.]
THOMAS JOHNSTON, pres. by
1747 George II. 10th Nov. 1746 ; ord. 16th
July 1747 ; trans, to Boharm 31st
May 1753.
PATRICK DUFF, called 30th Jan.,
and ord. 2nd May 1754 ; trans, to
1754 Second Charge, Old Machar, 6th
March 1755.
WILLIAM DUFF, M.A. ; called 18th
Sept., and ord. 8th Oct. 1755 ; trans.
1755
to Peterculter 4th March 1767.
WILLIAM DUFF, M.A.; called 9th
Aug., and ord. 17th Sept. 1767;
1767
trans, to Keig 27th June 1772.
JAMES DOUGLAS, called 6th July,
and ord. 26th Aug. 1772; trans, to
1772
Premnay 1st Aug. 1787.
WILLIAM SPENCE, born Banffshire,
17a7 1749 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (28th March 1771) ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 3rd Dec.
1783; called 13th, and ord. 27th Sept.
1787 ; died 27th Oct. 1807. He marr. 13th
Aug. 1799, Mary Grassick, who died at
Aberdeen, senior annuitant on Widows'
Fund, 9th Dec. 1864, aged 90), and had
issue — Mary Ann, born 21st July 1800,
died 7th July 1814 ; William, secretary
to British Linen Company Bank, Edin-
burgh, born 26th Sept. 1801, died 1st Dec.
1874; Robert, born 7th April 1803, died
at sea 23rd Jan. 1841 ; Alexander, M.A.,
D.D., min. of St Clement's Church, Aber-
deen, born 12th Dec. 1804, died 30th Aug.
1890 ; Jean, born 20th July 1806 (marr.
28th June 1832, Alexander Booth, jeweller,
Aberdeen), died 8th Oct. 1883. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xix.).
ROBERT SCOTT, born 1778, son of
William S., farmer, Rothiemay ;
educated at -King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (27th March 1800); became
tutor in the family of Major Innes at
Keiss ; licen. by Presb. of Caithness 5th
March 1805 ; pres. by George III. 22nd
Feb., and ord. 9th June 1808 ; pres. to
Forgue Nov. 1833, but declined; died 16th
June 1855. He marr. 15th April 1812,
Mary Margaret (died 23rd Oct. 1830),
second daugh. of James Forsyth, min. of
Belhelvie, and had issue — Isabella Eliza-
beth, born 27th May 1813 (marr. Charles
M'Combie, LL.D., min. of Lumphanan) ;
Elizabeth Mary, born 25th Dec. 1814 (marr.
William Reid, min. of Auchindoir). Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xii). — {Aberdeenshire Epitaphs, 464.]
1808
128
GLENBUCHAT— KEIG
[PEESB. OF
1863
1881
WILLIAM GORDON, M.A.; ord. (assist-
1854 ant and successor) 12th Oct. 1854 ;
trans, to Glenbervie 10th June 1863.
- JOHN BREMNER, born Strathdon,
26th June 1815, son of Garden B.,
farmer, and Janet Wattie ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1836); licen. by Presb. of Forres 24th
July 1844; ord. to Glenlivet 11th April
1850; pres. by Queen Victoria 8th July,
trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1863 ; .died at
Elgin, 1st Dec. 1880. He marr. 3rd Oct.
1862, Helen Stewart (born 5th April 1831,
died 16th July 1895), daugh. of Lieut.
Robert Innes, Aberlour, and had issue —
Robert Garden, born 11th July 1864, died
12th March 1898 ; John William, born
5th June 1868 ; Helen Grace, born 10th
June 1870. — [Henderson's Aberdeenshire
Epitaphs, 464.]
JOHN SCOTT, born Langholm, Dum-
friesshire ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; ord. 6th July 1881 ; died
unmarr. at Edinburgh, 25th May 1886.
WILLIAM ARTHUR SPARK, born
1888 -Aberdeen, 1853, son of Archibald
S. and Barbara Reith ; educated
at Univs. of Glasgow and Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1884; assistant
at Wemyss, Fife, 1884-6; ord. 28th Oct.
1886. Marr. 21st Aug. 1895, Isabel, daugh.
of Charles Ogg, Baltimore, and has issue
— Archibald Charles, 2nd lieut. Gordon
Highlanders, born 26th May 1896, killed
at Ypres, 31st July 1917 ; John Alexander,
lieut. Royal Air Force, born 16th Dec. 1897 ;
Annabella Mary, born 10th Dec. 1899;
Robert Albert, born 8th May 1902 ; Emelia,
born 8th May 1905 ; Gertrude, born 21st
May 1912.
KEIG.
[The church of Keig was dedicated to
St Declan (called sometimes St Diaconan).
It belonged to the Priory of Monymusk.]
ANDREW OGILVIE, min. in 1567,
1567
with Leslie and Premnay also in the
charge ; trans, to Airlie at Candle-
mas 1569.
1574 PATRICK STRACHAN, reader.
JOHN STRACHAN, min. of Cushnie
1576 in 1574 ; trans, with Alford, Leochel,
and Kiudrochet also in his charge
before 1576; still min. 6th Dec. 1603.
He marr. Margaret Dunbar. — [Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, i., 385; Aberdeen
Sas. Sec. Reg., iii., 91, 125.]
WILLIAM FORBES, adm. before 13th
1607 July 1607 ; still min. 1st Sept. 1624,
when the brethren were app. to
bring supply to him. — [P. C. Reg., viii.,
121 ; Aberdeen Sas., vi., 177.]
JOHN YOUNG, adm. before 1638;
trans, to Birse before 22nd Oct.
1638
1651.
THOMAS FORBES, son of William F.
of Corsindae ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1633) ;
became min. of Tough ; trans, and adm.
before 21st Oct. 1651 ; died between 4th
Oct. and 6th Dec. 1665, aged about 53.
He marr. Agnes, daugh. of Thomas Gordon
of Grandholm, who survived him, and had
issue — William of Tullich ; Isobel (marr.
Robert Lumsden, son to Cushnie.) — [Aber-
deen Homings, li., 211.]
ADAM BARCLAY, M.A. ; trans, from
166„ Kinbathoch (Towie) and inst. 10th
July 1666; deprived in 1681 for
refusing to take the Test [afterwards min.
in Perth May 1688].
ANDREW LIVINGSTON, educated at
16S3 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1670) ; became chaplain to John,
Earl of Kintore ; pres. by James, Bishop
of Dunblane, 15th July 1682 ; passed trials
before Presb., coll. 5th, and inst. 12th
April 1683; deprived 22nd Aug. 1716
as a Jacobite. He marr. (1) and had
issue — William, Episcopal min. at Old
Deer, died before 1757 ; Andrew, merchant,
Aberdeen, died May 1738 ; Alexander,
Episcopal min. at Dunfermline ; Margaret
(marr. Alexander Farquharson of Westown) :
(2) 1722, Isobel (died Aug. 1729), daugh. of
Patrick Moir, merchant, Tough, and had
issue — James, bapt. 21st April 1724.—
ALFOED]
KEIG
129
[Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, I, 462 ; G. R.
Homings, 7 th Nov. 1688 ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, xii., 39.]
GEOBGE MIDDLETON, born 1681;
1717 educated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1700); licen. by Presb. of Alford
9th April 1707 ; ord. to Leochel 2nd March
1708; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
14th May, trans, and adm. 27th June 1717,
under, it is said, protection of fifty soldiers ;
died 15th June 1739. He marr. Elizabeth
Farquhar, who died 4th April 1750, and
had issue — George; Hugh, student at
Marischal College, 1733-7; Samuel, student
there, 1733-7 ; Joan. — [Aberdeen Tests.]
ALEXANDEK STBACHAN, born 1696,
1740 son °^ James S., plasterer, Aberdeen;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1712-16 ; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
21st March 1722 ; ord. to Footdee 28th Aug.
1731 ; called 30th Jan., trans, and adm. 30th
April 1740 ; his house was entered on the
morning of 16th Oct. 1746, by a party of
armed men, who robbed him of his watch,
clothes, silver, etc. ; died 10th Oct. 1771.
He marr. 26th April 1738, Elizabeth Wilson,
who died 27th Aug. 1789, aged 82, and left
£50 to the poor of the parish.
WILLIAM DUFF, born 20th Sept. 1742,
17„2 third son of William D., min. of
Eothiemay; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1st April 1761);
licen. by Presb. of Turriff 10th June 1767 ;
ord. to Glenbuchat 17th Sept. that year;
pres. by George III. 26th Oct. 1771 ; trans,
and adm. 27th June 1772 ; died unmarr.
28th June 1773.
ALEXANDEE SMITH, born 1750; edu-
1773 cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Alford
15th Oct. 1771; ord. to Forbes 7th July
1773 ; pres. by George III. 23rd July,
trans, and adm. 14th Dec. that year ; died
12th May 1833. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xi.).
GOEDON BAEBUBN, born 1782, a
native of Aberdeenshire; M.A. (King's
College, 30th March 1804); schoolmaster
of Keig, 1803-61, and licentiate of the
VOL. VI.
Presb. ; acted as ordained assistant to
preceding min. from 1815-33; died 29th
March 1861. He marr. Barbara Benton,
who died 8th Jan. 1881, and had issue —
James (only son) ; Catherine, died 22nd
June 1891, aged 84. During his school-
mastership he had five assistants in
succession, who afterwards became parish
mins. — Alexander Milne, Tough ; John
Watt, Strathdon ; Andrew Christie, Kil-
drummy ; William Skinner, Tarland ; and
Lewis Beaton, Carnwath.
ALEXANDEE LOW, born 5th May
1834 1800, son of James L., farmer, Head-
house, Clatt ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (3rd April 1819) ;
app. schoolmaster of Clatt in 1825 ; licen.
by Presb. of Alford 4th May 1831 ; pres.
by William IV. 18th April, and ord. 27th
June 1834 ; died 3rd May 1873. He marr.
22nd Sept. 1846, Magdalene (born 5th May
1823, died in London, 7th Nov. 1897),
daugh. of George Inglis, Dean of Guild,
Aberdeen, and had issue — George Inglis,
born 20th Sept. 1847, died 22nd Feb. 1897 ;
Agnes Jane, born 20th Oct. 1848; Alex-
ander Hay in London, born 16th Jan.
1850; John, born 28th Dec. 1851, died
19th Sept. 1882 ; Charles, banker in Eng-
land, born 18th Jan. 1853; Catherine
Mary, born 29th Aug. 1854 ; Walter Forbes,
min. of Kilmarnock, born 12th March
1856; Magdalene, born 1st July 1857,
died 23rd Aug. 1858 ; James Gillan, born
23rd July 1859. Publications— The History
of Scotland from the Earliest Period to the
Middle of the Ninth Century (Edinburgh,
1826) ; Scottish Heroes in the Days of
Wallace and Bruce, 2 vols. (London,
1856) ; Notices of the Localities in a Grant
of the Lands of Keig and Monymusk >by
Malcolm, King of the Scots, to the Church
of St Andrews, and a Sketch or History
of the Priory of Monymusk (Proc. Soc.
Antiq., vi., 218-32) ; Account of the Parish
[Additions and Corrections] (Neio Stat.
Ace., xii.).
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.A., B.D. ;
187 pres. by Queen Victoria 5th July,
and ord. 25th Sept. 1873; trans, to
Grahamston 3rd Feb. 1876.
130
KEIG— KENNETHMONT AND RATHMUREAL [presb. of
v THOMAS BELL, born Kirkpatrick-
1876 Juxta, 12th March 1826, son of
Sergeant John B. and Margaret
Hope ; educated at Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
cudbright 6th Aug. 1862 ; became school-
master at Tongland; ord. to Fauldhouse
14th May 1868 ; trans, and adm. 6th July
1876; clerk of Presb. 1895-1908; clerk of
Synod of Aberdeen, 1895-1913; D.D. (St
Andrews 1899) ; died 31st March 1913. He
marr. 29th Aug. 1876, Elizabeth Foster
(died 8th March 1926), youngest daugh.
of William Johnston, schoolmaster, Castle-
Douglas, and Murray Jardine, and had
issue — Murray Jardine (daugh.), born 13th
Oct. 1877 ; Joanna Margaret, born 12th Aug.
1879. Publication — Edited Records of the
Meeting of the Exercise of Alford, 1662-
1688 [New Spalding Club] (Aberdeen, 1897).
JAMES STEWART, born Nairn, son of
1900 James S. and Jane Eliza Mackintosh;
educated at Forres Academy and
Univs. of Edinburgh and St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth ; assistant at
St Michael's, Edinburgh; ord. (assistant
and successor) 21st Dec. 1900. Marr. 7th
July 1908, Janet Forrest, daugh. of Joseph
Turnbull, Thorndean, St Boswells, and
Isobel Rankin, and has issue — Isobel
Rankin, born 15th Aug. 1909.
KENNETHMONT AND
RATHMUREAL.
[These parishes were united in or about
1630.
The church of Kennethmont was dedi-
cated in early times to St Alkmund, but
there was a later dedication to St Rule.
This church belonged to the Abbey of
Lindores. It obtained a collegiate endow-
ment. Kennethmont had a fair of St Rule.
There was in the parish a Well of St John.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, reader here
and at Leslie in 1567 ; exhorter at
1567
Nov. 1570.
ANDREW THOMSON, reader in
1574 1574.
WALTER LESLIE, reader from 1576
1576 to 1591.
1607
GEORGE SPENS, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1603);
adm. in 1607, died before 10th June
1628. He marr. and had issue — James, in
Tillieminet, served heir to his cousin-
german Anna, daugh. of William Spens
at Mill of Williamston, 10th June 1628.
—[Inq. Ret. Gen., 1417, 1899 ; G. R. Sas.,
xxiv., 346.]
1634
PATRICK LINDSAY, born about 1606,
son of David L., burgess of Aber-
deen; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1624) ; became school-
master of Alford ; adm. before 15th Aug.
1634 ; was recommended by the General
Assembly to the Committee of Estates and
to the charity of Presbyteries in Aberdeen-
shire, 24th Aug. 1647 ; is said to have been
killed by the soldiers of Montrose's army
before 28th July 1648. He marr. and had
issue — Patrick, in Towie ; and others. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., ix., 1175.]
1643
ROBERT CHEYNE, adm. min. of
Kearn in 1631 ; trans, and adm. to
Forbes before 12th Aug. 1639, when
he was a member of the General Assembly ;
trans, and adm. before 21st Dec. 1643, when
he was one of the committee for the trial
of the Professor of Divinity in King's
College, Aberdeen ; was a member of
Commission of Assembly in 1649. Joined
the Protesters in 1651 ; was still min. 6th
Oct. 1675. He was convicted by the
Presb. of having employed people to cut
corn on Sunday and made public confession.
He marr. (cont. 23rd July 1631) Isabel,
daugh. of Henry Ross, min. of Rhynie, and
had issue.— [.fte;?. of Deeds, dvi., 97.]
ROBERT FARQUHARSON, second
son of John F. of Kirkton of
187V
Aboyne [youngest son of Finlay,
second son of Robert, first F. of Inver-
cauld] ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1665-7 ; licen. by Presb. of
Alford and recommended for ordination
6th April 1676; adm. before 9th Oct.
alford]
KENNETHMONT AND RATHMUREAL
131
1677 ; still min. 24th Aug. 1687. He marr.
Margaret (marr. (2) William Black of
Haddo, regent, Aberdeen, and died before
24th Jan. 1758, when her testament was
confirmed), daugh. of Alexander Leith of
Craighall, and had issue— Alexander, W.S.,
1703, died 16th April 1735 ; George ; Helen
(marr., cont. 31st Oct. 1713, Ludovick
Gordon of Kinmundy, min. of Huntly). —
[Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 1713, 106; Brough-
dearg MS.; Records of Invercauld; Aber-
deen Journal Notes and Queries, v., 16.]
WILLIAM GAEIOCH, born about
1649 ; educated at King's College
' Aberdeen; M.A. (1669); licen. by
Presb. of Alford ; ord. to Forbes 13th May
1677 ; trans, and adm. 21st Sept. 1687 ;
received into communion by the Committee
of the General Assembly for the North
2nd July 1694 ; died Father of the
Church Jan. 1738. He marr. and had
issue — William. — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
17th May 1711.]
17S9
THEODORE GORDON, born 1701,
son of William Gordon, Drumbulg,
Gartly ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (29th March 1722) ; school-
master of Cairney, 1724-8 ; licen. by Presb.
of Strathbogie 6th Nov. 1728 ; employed as
itinerant preacher in parish of Cairney ;
ord. to Cabrach 17th Feb. 1731 ; expressed
his sorrow to the Presb., 10th Nov. 1736,
for having gone to see a rope dance at the
Brick - hills of Old Aberdeen ; pres. by
George Gordon, Professor of Oriental
Languages in King's College, April 1738 ;
trans, and adm. 20th June 1739 ; elected
clerk of Synod 7th April 1752, which office
he resigned 13th April 1773; died 29th
Aug. 1779. He marr. (1) 10th Aug. 1736,
Anne (died 1742, aged 34), daugh. of Pro-
fessor George Gordon before mentioned,
and had issue — George William Algernon,
min. of Keith, born 1737; Forbes, born
12th April 1739, Margaret Ann, born 8th
Aug. 1740 ; Katherine, born 15th April
1742 : (2) 4th Aug. 1753, Barbara (died
30th Dec. 1767), daugh. of Archibald
Forbes of Putachie, and widow of William
Badenoch, min. of Alford, and had issue —
1780
Elizabeth (marr. Thomas Wilson, min. of
Gamrie). — [Scot. Notes and Queries, new
ser., ii., 19.]
GEORGE DONALDSON, M.A. ; pres.
by Captain Alexander Leith of Leith
Hall in March, and ord. 27th April
1780 ; trans, to Rathven 22nd Sept. 1791.
GEORGE MINTY, born Inverkeithny,
1792 *"*5, son °f William M. ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1775); licen. by Presb. of Fordyce
14th Feb. 1781 ; was in the neighbourhood
of London for eight years ; pres. by Lieut.-
Colonel Alexander Hay of Rannes 15th
Feb., and ord. 10th May 1792; D.D.
(Marischal College 1790); died 18th Jan.
1834. He marr. Ann (died 2nd April
1806, aged 46), only child of William
Foord, Putney, Surrey, and had issue —
Ann Susan, born 9th Oct. 1792, died 22nd
Aug. 1865; Elizabeth, born 13th March
1794, died 21st Sept. 1796; William, his
successor in the parish ; George, army
surgeon, born 25th July 1797, died 27th Aug.
1829 ; Alexander, schoolmaster, Kenneth-
mont, born 30th Jan. 1799, died 30th Oct.
1870; James (twin), born 30th Jan. 1799,
died a student 16th Jan. 1821 ; Mary Jane,
born 7th July 1801, died 30th March 1839.
WILLIAM MINTY, born 22nd Jan.
1832 1^9^> son °f preceding ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(2nd April 1814) ; licen. by Presb. of
Turriff 4th April 1821 ; ord. (assistant) 6th
July 1831 ; pres. by General Alexander
Hay of Rannes in Jan., and adm. (assistant
and successor) 9th Feb. 1832 ; died 2nd
June 1869. He marr. 13th Nov. 1838,
Isabella (died 12th April 1896), daugh. of
Alexander Mackay, Viewfield House, and
had issue — Margaret Graham, born 19th
Nov. 1839 (marr. 14th Nov. 1865, John
Gordon Grant, M.D., 48th Foot) ; Georgina
Mary, born 20th June 1841 ; Alexander,
lieut. - colonel in army, assumed name of
Minto,born 13th Jan. 1843; Isabella Anne,
born 11th Aug. 1844 (marr. 5th Aug. 1865,
Quintain Johnstone of Trolarg, Ayrshire),
died 2nd May 1882; William, born 4th
Feb. 1846; Andrew Leith Hay, born 27th
132
RATHMUREAL— KILDRUMMY
[PEESB. OF
1924
July 1847, died 6th March 1878; James,
born 30th Oct. 1849, died 10th May 1854.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, xii.).
WILLIAM MEARNS MACPHER-
1866 SON, M.A. ; pres. by Colonel Leith-
Hay of Pannes ; ord. (assistant and
successor), 30th Jan. 1866 ; trans, and adm.
to Monymusk 17th April 1868.
THOMAS BURNETT, born 17th May
18_0 1841, son of Thomas B., min.
of Daviot ; educated at Grammar
School and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1859) ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch in
June 1863 ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Daviot 9th Feb. 1865 ; pres. by Colonel
Leith-Hay of Leith-Hall ; trans, and adm.
13th Feb. 1870; D.D. (Aberdeen 1919);
res. 28th Nov. 1923.
ANDREW W. FARMS, born 6th Oct.
1896, son of James F. and Janet
Struthers ; educated at Dunfermline
High School and Univ. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1918), B.D. (1921) ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy in 1921 ; assistant at Tyne-
castle, Edinburgh, and Campsie ; ord. 13th
March 1924.
RATHMUREAL, or
CHRIST'S KIRK.
[The church of Rathmureal was dedicated
to St Muriel. At a late date we find the
charge called Christ's Kirk, and it is likely
there was a change of dedication. The
church belonged to the Abbey of Lindores.
In the old churchyard, scanty ruins of
Rathmureal Church can still be seen.
Near it was St Muriel's Well. This
parish long continued to hold a very
popular tryst of a singular kind. It was
called Christ's Fair, and was held in May
from sunset to sunrise. Hence it got the
name of the " Sleepy Market." In 1794 this
was changed to a daytime fair, but the
alteration seemed to take away the motive
of gathering. It was poorly attended for
a few years, and then given up altogether.]
ANGUS DUNCANSON, reader from
1567 1567 to 1580.
WALTER LESLIE, reader; had a
glebe designated 5th Oct. 1584. —
[Aberdeen Homings, ii., 214.]
KILDRUMMY.
[The church of Kildrummy was dedi-
cated to St Bride. Beside it was St Bride's
Well. In 1650 the parishes of Auchindoir
and Kildrummy were united, but they
were severed again in 1653. There were
three chapels within the bounds, St
Machar's in St Machar's Haugh, St Luke's
at Mid Clova, and St Ranald's in Glen-
kindie, where also is St Ranald's Well.]
THOMAS DALLOQUHY, reader in
1567 1567.
ARTHUR HENDERSON, reader in
1574 1574.
ANDREW WATSON, reader from 1576
1576 to 1578; removed to Innernochtie.
JOHN BAXTER, removed from Inner-
1579 nochtie ; reader from 1579 to 1580.
ANDREW WATSON, reader above
1585 mentioned ; returned in 1585.
1593
THOMAS MELVILL, min. of Forbes
in 1585 ; trans, to Innernochtie in
1588 ; pres. to the common kirks
of Cabrach, Kildrummy, Glenbuchat, and
Logie-Mar by James VI. in 1587 ; removed
here about 1593 ; pres. to Clatt by James
VI. before 25th Oct. 1594, but not settled ;
still min. here 2nd June 1612. He marr.
Marjorie Hay, and had issue — Robert. —
[Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Reg., i., 191 ; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., ISO.]
JAMES ALLAN, min. at 20th May
1619; died between Dec. 1619 and
Jan. 1620. He marr. Janet Brockie,
who survived him, and had issue— James ;
Isobel.— [Banff Homings, 1621.]
WILLIAM FORBES, min. at 15th
Nov. 1621.- [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court
Records, ii., 255.]
WILLIAM DUNCAN, M.A. ; adm.
1653 before 18tJl 0ct- 1653; trans, to
New Kil patrick before 18th July 1666.
alford]
KILDRUMMY
133
WILLIAM GLASS, min. of Kearn.
Joined the Protesters, and was adm.
min. of Cushnie before 21st Oct.
1651 ; trans, and adm. 13th Sept. 1666 ;
died between 2nd March and 6th April
1670. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of
William Raye, advocate, Aberdeen.
WILLIAM BURNETT, M.A. ; adm.
l&11 before 15th March 1671 ; deprived in
1681, on refusing to take the Test
[afterwards min. of Midmar.]
JOHN ALEXANDER of Brow-
1682 land> parish of Auchindoir ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (27th
March 1661); licen. by George Wishart,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 21st May 1668 ; ord.
to Creich, Sutherland, 16th Jan. that
year; pres. by Charles, Earl of Mar, 5th
March 1682; trans, and adm. 28th May 1682;
dep. 3rd April 1717, for joining the Jacobite
army under John, Earl of Mar, praying for
the Old Chevalier, etc.; died Aug. 1717,
aged about 76. He marr. Anna Gordon,
and had issue— John, M. A., born 1694, app.
assistant and successor to his father, but
became an Episcopal min. at Alloa, and
was consecrated a bishop of the Nonjurant
Episcopal Church, 19th Aug. 1743, for its
diocese of Dunkeld, died 24th April 1776 ;
Isobel (marr. Colin Petrie, farmer, Auchin-
tender and Clinkston, parish of Forgue);
Jean, bapt. 3rd Jan. 1683 (marr. (1) 1704,
James Ker : (2) Alexander Tower) ; Agnes,
died unmarr. His widow on 9th July 1718,
being in great poverty, delivered to the
Presbytery the Session Registers from 1673
to 1686 and from 1710 to 1719, the Registers
of the Presbytery from 1662 to 1688, a
baptismal laver, and other church property,
on condition that she be recommended for
the half-year vacant stipend. — {Aberdeen
Tests ; Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries,
iv., 263].
ROBERT DUFF, ord. 12th March 1718 ;
1718 trans, to Aberlour 21st Oct. 1719.
WILLIAM MILN, born 1690, probably
1720 son °^ •^°^)ert M., min. of Forbes ;
educated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1712) ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
8th June, and ord. 25th Aug. 1720; dep.
by the Synod, 5th Oct. 1721, for Sabbath
breaking, but sentence recalled by General
Assembly 14th May 1722 ; died 16th Aug.
1762. He marr. 27th Sept. 1721, Helen
Kerr, who died 25th May 1787, aged 87,
and had issue — Jean, born 1726 (marr.
Robert Duncan, merchant, Aberdeen), died
7th May 1818 ; David, born Nov. 1727, died
10th May 1736; Helen, died 9th July 1761
Margaret; Isobel, died 19th June 1761
Dorothea, born 4th March 1739; Marjory
born 2nd Sept. 1741 ; David, min. of Edin
killie, born 11th Nov. 1744 ; Thomas
Alexander ; Jonathan, went to Jamaica
Archibald ; James.
1763
JAMES M'WILLIAM, born 1st May
1699 ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 9th June 1736 ; became school-
master of Oyne ; ord. to Forbes 17th Aug.
1757 ; pres. by George III. 19th Nov. 1762 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd March 1763; died
unmarr. 6th April 1771.
ROBERT LUMSDEN, bom 12th May
.,—. 1748, son of John L., min. of Strath-
don ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd April 1765) ; licen.
by Presb. of Alford 14th Sept. 1767 ; ord.
missionary at Corgarff 30th March 1768 ;
pres. by George III. 21st April 1771 ; trans,
and adm. 5th Sept. that year ; elected
joint-clerk of Synod 8th April 1777 ; died
unmarr. 23rd Jan. 1795. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xviii.)
JOHN HARPER, born Aberdeenshire,
1795 1745 ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1766) ; assistant at
Leslie ; ord. there (assistant and successor)
5th Sept. 1781 ; pres. by George III. 28th
April, trans, and adm. 17th Sept. 1795 ;
died unmarr. 23rd April 1807. Publica-
tion—Account of Leslie (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, viii.).
BENJAMIN MERCER, born 1734, son
,_.„ of John M. in Mains of Kildrummy ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1762); licen. by Presb. of
134
KILDRUMMY— LEOCHEL AND CUSHNIE [presb. of
Kincardine O'Neil 6th April 1768 ; app.
schoolmaster of Stornoway that year ; res.
in 1774; schoolmaster of Tough; ord. to
Forbes 10th Jan. 1776 ; removed here on
the union of the parishes of Forbes and
Tullynessle ; pres. by George III. 8th
July, and adm. 17th Dec. 1807 ; died
10th Oct. 1815 and was buried at Towie.
Familiarly known as "Ben" Mercer. A
typical min. of the old school, he was one
of many who organised their parishioners
when the first volunteer movement was
got up to meet the threatened invasion of
Napoleon : " I'll gae wi' ye mysel'," he said,
" fan I was a laddie I was a terrible craiter
for fechtin'." He marr. 9th Jan. 1783,
Margaret (died 6th Feb. 1842), daugh. of
James Stewart of Carnaveron, Alford, and
had issue — James, lieut. in army, born
24th April 1784, killed leading a storming
party in Spain during the Battle of
Corunna 16th Jan. 1809. Publication —
Account of Forbes and Kearn (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xi.) — [Davidson's Old Aberdeen-
shire Ministers, 54-58 ; Paul's Past and
Present of Aberdeenshire, 39-42.]'
ALEXANDER REID, born 1783 ; edu-
lgl2 cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (30th March 1807) ; became
schoolmaster of the parish ; pres. by
George, Prince Regent, in May, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 1st July 1812 ;
died 3rd May 1849. He marr. 15th Jan.
1818, Mary Troup, who died 13th Sept.
1831, aged 41, and had issue— William,
born 6th Nov. 1818 ; Margaret, born 21st
Nov. 1819 (marr. Francis W. A. Wilson,
H.M. Customs, Jamaica) ; John, born 17th
July 1821 ; Erskine Elizabeth, born 23rd
May 1823 (marr. Dr George Stephen) j
Isabel, born 11th Aug. 1825, died 21st May
1848 ; Mary, born 6th Oct. 1829 (marr. John
Christie, min. of this parish) ; Gordon, born
29th June 1831, died 30th Sept. 1852 ;
Alexander. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
JOHN CHRISTIE, D.D. ; pres. by
1849 Queen Victoria 25th June, and ord.
13th Sept. 1849 ; trans, to Kilrenny
29th Nov. 1872.
ANDREW CHRISTIE, born Kil-
drumrny, 1826, son of William O,
M. A., schoolmaster ; educated at Kil-
drummy School, Univ. and King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1844); licen. by
Presb. of Alford ; schoolmaster at Glen-
tanar and Alford ; pres. by Queen Victoria
13th Dec. 1872; ord. 14th March 1873;
died unmarr. 10th May 1910.
DONALD STEWART MACKENZIE,
1 born Aberdeen, 5th May 1882, only
son of John M., M.A., rector of
Madras College, St Andrews, and Mary
Stewart ; educated at Madras College and
Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews in 1906 ; assistant at Mark-
inch, 1906-7, and Newington, Edinburgh,
1907-10 ; ord. 9th Nov. 1910 ; served as
captain R.G.A., staff-captain for Counter
Battery duties, 13th Corps R.A., in
European War. Marr. 14th April 1914,
Muriel, daugh. of John Calder, min. of
Crimond, and has issue — Muriel, born 8th
March 1916 ; Margaret Stewart, born 6th
March 1918 ; Mary Drummond, born 25th
Sept. 1919 ; Alison Lucy, born 3rd Nov. 1921.
LEOCHEL AND CUSHNIE.
were united by the Court
June 1795.
church of Leochel was
Marnoch. It belonged
Monymusk. A fair of
held at Leochel.
church of Cushnie was
Bride. Near it was St
[These parishes
of Teinds on 28th
Leochel. — The
dedicated to St
to the Priory of
St Marnoch was
Cushnie.— The
dedicated to St
Bride's Well.]
1574 JOHN MERCER, reader in 1574.
1578 JAMES WALKER, reader in 1578.
THOMAS STRACHAN, reader from
1579 1579 to 1580.
GILBERT BROWN, reader from 1585
1585 to 1588.
JOHN STRACHAN of Sevydlie,
removed from Alford in 1588, having
Kemnay, Alford, Leslie, and Keig
all in the charge; still min. in 1594;
returned to Keig before 1595.
1588
alfoed]
LEOCHEL AND CUSHNIE
135
1651
NATHANIEL BLACK, buried at
Aberdeen 9th Aug. 1616.— [Aberdeen Kirk-
Session Accounts.']
ADAM BARCLAY, M.A. ; adm. about
1616 1616 ; trans, to Monymusk in 1622.
THOMAS FORBES, M.A. ; probably
min. of Monymusk ; adm. before
5th March 1622 ; his house was
plundered by John Dugar and others 8th
Aug. 1638; still min. in 1647.— [Spalding
Club Miscell., iii.]
GEORGE WATSON, son of Robert W.,
min. of Grange, to whom he was
served heir; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1635-9.. Joined the
Protesters ; adm. before 21st Oct. 1651 ;
had confirmation of two ploughgates of
land in Polmanie 19th Dec. 1673; was still
min. 21st Sept. 1681. He marr. (cont. 18th
July 1653), Margaret, daugh. of James
Forbes of Tilliefour. — [Inq. Ret. Gen.,
3907; Macfarlane's Geneal. Coll., ii., 255;
Banff Sas., i., 420.]
JOHN PATON, adm. in 1682; trans.
1682 to Insch 16th April 1683.
ALEXANDER SEATON, educated at
1683 King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1670) ; was the appearing min. of
Insch 6th Aug. 1682; pres. by James,
Bishop of Dunblane, 16th Nov. that year ;
coll. 5th, and inst. 14th April 1683; died
6th April 1707, aged about 57. He marr.
and had issue — Isabel (marr. Alexander
Lumsden). — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Booh, i.,
431 ; G. R. Homings, 27th March 1689.]
GEORGE MIDDLETON, called 23rd
Nov. 1707; ord. 2nd March 1708;
708 trans, to Keig 27th June 1717.
THOMAS REID, educated at King's
1718 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1713);
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil
1st Oct. 1717 ; pres. by Sir William Forbes
of Craigievar, Bart., Oct. that year ; ord.
28th April 1718; got into financial diffi-
culties and the Presb. of Irvine resolved,
5th Feb. 1735, to contribute half a crown
each to his relief ; died 3rd Jan. 1767. He
marr. 10th Sept. 1723, Elizabeth M'Kean,
who died 26th April 1789, and had issue —
Elizabeth ; Arthur ; James ; Alexander,
student at Marischal College, 1751 - 5 ;
Christian ; Agnes ; Henrietta.
1768
GEORGE FORBES, born 24th June
1738, eldest son of John F. of
Bellabeg ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1758); licen.
by Presb. of Alford 12th May 1763 ; ord.
(at Kearnhead) missionary at Corgarff 9th
May 1764 ; pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes of
Craigievar, Bart., in June, trans, and adm.
6th July 1768, and to the united parishes
31st March 1796 ; died 30th Aug. 1799. He
marr. 28th Nov. 1767, Katherine (died 3rd
Nov. 1808), only daugh. of Gordon Stewart
of Drumin, and had issue — Anne, born
10th Sept. 1768, died 29th Nov. 1826;
Christian, born 4th Aug. 1770, died 10th
June 1782; John, born 22nd Dec. 1771,
died in East Indies, 27th Dec. 1787; Sir
Charles of Newe, M.P., merchant, Bombay,
born 3rd April 1773, created a baronet 4th
Nov. 1823, died 20th Nov. 1849 ; Thomas
lieut.-colonel 45th Foot, born 7th Aug
1774, killed at Toulouse, 10th April 1814
Mary, born 30th May 1776 ; George, D.D
min. of Strathdon, born 8th April 1778
Michie of Crimond, born 16th May 1780
Christian, born 28th Sept. 1782, died 28th
Nov. 1783; Gordon, min. of Dyce, born
6th Feb. 1785 ; Katherine, born 23rd May,
and died 7th Aug. 1788 ; Katherine (marr.
Major David Mitchell of Ashgrove). Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Donean Tourist, 61.]
1800
JAMES KELLY, born Alves, 1759;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1780) ; licen. by Presb.
of Elgin 3rd July 1787 ; schoolmaster at
Alves 1787-90; ord. (assistant) at Alves
7th Dec. 1790; missionary at Portsoy in
1793; pres. by the trustees of John
Lumsden of Cushnie in March, and adm.
here 7th May 1800; died unmarr. 12th
Dec. 1804.
GEORGE ANDERSON, born 1767,
son of Charles A., Logie-Colstone ;
1805 educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (23rd March 1787); became
136
LEOCHEL— CUSHNIE
[PRESB. OF
schoolmaster of Tarland ; licen. by Presb.
of Kincardine O'Neil 25th Nov. 1793;
was rebuked for drinking and fighting in
a public-house at Tarland 24th July 1799 ;
pres. by Sir William Forbes of Craigievar,
Bart., in March, and ord. 21st Aug. 1805 ;
died 23rd Dec. 1820. He marr. Margaret
Catanach, who died at Aberdeen, 23rd
April 1847, aged 79, and had issue —
Penelope, born 22nd Jan. 1803 ; Margaret,
born 24th June 1804 ; Charles, M.A., Aber-
deen, born 1st April 1806 ; Alexander, M.A.,
farmer, born 23rd Aug. 1807 ; Margaret,
born 14th Nov. 1809 (marr. George Monro,
S.S.C., Edinburgh) ; George, M.A., Deputy
Inspector-General of Hospitals, born 15th
April 1812— [Tombst.]
1821
WILLIAM MALCOLM, born 1792 ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1812) ; became schoolmaster of
Echt and Cushnie ; ord. (assistant in this
parish) 25th Nov. 1818; pres. by Factor
loco tutoris of Henry Lumsden of Cushnie
in May, and adm. 8th Aug. 1821 ; pres. to
Midmar in 1837, but withdrew on the
petition of his parishioners ; died 24th
Aug. 1838. He marr. Helen Gray, who
died 19th Feb. 1853, and had issue —
Catherine Lumsden, born 2nd Oct. 1819
(marr. 25th Jan. 1844, Alexander Simpson,
M.D., Indian Medical Service), died 21st
Dec. 1880 ; Penelope, born 10th June 1821,
died 27th Dec. 1878; David, born 22nd
March 1823, died 23rd Oct. 1839 ; Henry
(twin) writer, Dublin, born 22nd March
1823 ; William, born 12th Jan. 1825, died at
Hamilton, Victoria, 14th Dec. 1862 ; John
born 16th April 1827, died 15th Nov. 1839
Publications — A Catechism and Prayers foi
the Use of Young Communicants (Aberdeen)
Prayers for the Young (Aberdeen) ; A
Help to Family Worship (Aberdeen, 1839)
Death abolished, and Life and Immortality
brought to Light, a sermon (Aberdeen).
ALEXANDEE TAYLOR, born Kin-
1839 cardiiieshire, 1806, son of John T.,
farmer, and Isabel Eiach ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March
1825); became librarian there; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 3rd Feb. 1830; pres.
by Sir John Forbes of Craigievar, Bart.,
Oct. 1838; ord. 3rd Jan. 1839; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 5th Oct. 1855) ; died 25th March
1872. He marr. 9th Jan. 1851, Jessie
(died 10th Sept. 1852, aged 24), daugh.
of William M'Combie of Easter Skene,
and had issue — Isabella, born 29th Jan.
1852. Publications — Prophecy; The Pro-
phecies delivered by Our Saviour ; The
Miracles wrought by Our Saviour [Murray
Lectures], 1830-1, 1831-2, 1837-8 (Aberdeen,
1831-8) ; Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xii.).
JOHN CALDER, ord. 19th Sept. 1872 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Old Machar,
1872
17th Oct. 1878.
1879
GEORGE HENDERSON GRASSICK,
born Lightnet, Meldrum, 10th Dec.
1853, son of William G. and Cather-
ine Henderson ; educated at Parish School,
Meldrum, Grammar School, and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1876); licen. by Presb.
of Garioch 27th April 1878; assistant at
Holburn, Aberdeen ; ord. 27th April 1879.
Marr. 6th Dec. 1885, Anne, daugh. of
Archibald Reid, Dockington, Glenbuchat,
and Isabella M'Hardy, and has issue —
George Frederick, farmer, Canada, served
with Canadians in European War, born
26th Oct. 1886; Isabella Catherine, born
21st June 1888 ; Annie, Red Cross Sister,
born 30th July 1890 ; Mary, born 17th Aug.
1908.
CUSHNIE.
JAMES PATERSON, reader in
1567 1567.
WILLIAM FORBES, reader in
1574 1574.
JOHN STRACHAN, min. in 1574,
with Forbes, Kearn, Auchindoir, and
Kinbathoch also in the charge ;
trans, to Keig in 1576.
ROBERT LINDSAY, min. in 1579;
1579 trans, to Coull before 1585.
JAMES WALKER, reader at 12th
1696 March, 1595-6. — [A berdeen Sheriff-
Court Book, i., 352.]
1574
alford]
CUSHNIE— STRATHDON
137
JAMES LEASK, probably son of Walter
16 _ L. of that ilk ; adm. to Cruden in
1596 ; trans, to Longley before 1597 ;
trans, to Colstone in 1599 ; trans, to Kin-
drochet before 1607 ; trans, and adm. in
1608 ; still min. 3rd June 1626. He marr.,
and had issue — George, burgess of Aber-
deen.— [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records, ii.,
90, 216, 289, 302; Aberdeen Inhibitions,
16th May 1601.]
JAMES POUTIE [or POWTIE], M.A.
1628 (®* Andrews 1619) ; adm. before
1628.
ALEXANDER GARIOCH, M.A. ; adm.
1629 m 1629; °lerk °f Presb- in 1633>
1634 ; a member of the Commission
of Assembly in 1646 ; trans, to Peterculter
before 21st Oct. 1651.
WILLIAM GLASS, M.A. Joined the
,„, Protesters ; adm. before 21st Oct.
1651 ; trans, to Kildrummy 13th
Sept. 1666.
1667
JOHN LESLIE, fourth son of George
L. of Kincraigie and Lucretia Aber-
crombie ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (17th July 1662); licen.
by Presb. of Alford ; inst. 15th Sept. 1667 ;
was in ill-health 12th April 1671, and died,
probably unmarr., shortly thereafter. —
[Family of Leslie, iii., 336.]
PATKICK COPLAND, educated at
1672 Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1661-5;
licen. by Presb. of Alford ; inst. 18th
Feb. 1672; died in 1710. He marr. Jean
Gordon, and had issue— John ; Charles ;
William ; Patrick ; Agnes ; Margaret ;
Elizabeth ; Mary. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-
Booh, i., 443.].
PATRICK GORDON, called 17th Aug.
1711 1710 ; ord. 31st Jan. 1711 ; trans, to
Lumphanan 27th June 1717.
1720
WILLIAM BIDIE, born 1692 ; edu-
cated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1714); licen. by Presb. of Ellon 20th
April 1720; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 8th June, and ord. 26th Aug.
that year; died 2nd Feb. 1730. He marr.
Mary M'Kean, who died 4th Dec. 1763 —
[Tombst.]
ALEXANDER OREM, pres. by Sir
,„„- Arthur Forbes of Craigievar, Bart.,
May 1730 ; ord. after much opposi-
tion from the parishioners (owing to false
reports about him) by a Committee of
Synod with correspondents 28th April
1731 ; trans, to Forbes and Kearn 22nd
May 1745, though the people were unani-
mous that he should remain amongst
them, all their former animosity having
vanished.
FRANCIS ADAM, born Aberdeenshire,
1746 1705; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. March (1729) ; pres.
by Commissioners for John, Earl of Rothes,
Aug. 1745 ; ord. 9th July 1746 ; died 20th
March 1795. He marr. 2nd Nov. 1747,
Jean (died 5th March 1780), daugh. of
William Thain, min. of Auchindoir, and
had issue — Isabel, born 29th July 1748,
died at Aberdeen 25th Sept. 1825 ; John,
born 21st Dec. 1749, died 27th Jan. 1797 ;
Alexander, born 16th Dec. 1751, died in
West Indies 10th May 1779. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
iv.)— [Tombst.]
STRATHDON, of old
INNERNOCHTIE.
[The church of Innernochtie was dedi-
cated to St Andrew. There was in the
parish a Well of St Ronan.]
ALEXANDER ROSS, reader in
1567 1567.
JOHN BAXTER, reader from 1574 to
1574 1578.
ANDREW WATSON, reader from 1579
1579 to 1591 [afterwards minister].
JAMES ELPHINSTON, parson in 1581.
1581 — [Aberdeen Sas., iv., 224; Feu-
Charters of Kirhlands, ii., 320.]
ALEXANDER MACKIE, min. in 1585,
1585 with Kildrummy and Glenbuchat
also in the charge.
138
STRATHDON
[PRESB. OF
1588
1593
THOMAS MELVILL, formerly of
Forbes, min. in 1588, with other
parishes in charge, to which Cabrach
was added in place of Kildrummy in 1589 ;
removed to Kildrummy in 1593.
ANDEEW WATSON, formerly reader
of Kildrummy, 1576-8, and of this
parish, 1579-91, and at Kildrummy
also, 1585-6; adm. min. here in 1593;
became reader at Kinbathoch in 1596.
x WILLIAM BROWN, min. of Glenbuchat
1608 in 1608, with this parish also in
charge ; removed here before 24th
March 1618; still min. Nov. 1638. He
marr. a daugh. of a burgess of Aberdeen,
and had issue — John, apprenticed to Thomas
Thomson, merchant, Aberdeen, 25th Nov.
1630 ; Francis, burgess of Aberdeen, 3rd
June 1657 ; James, City and University
printer, Aberdeen, died 1662.— [Aberdeen
Sas., xi., 173; Aberdeen Sheriff- Court
Records, ii., 500 ; Scot. Notes and Queries,
x., 165.]
BAXTEK, had his head cut off at
16 the manse door with a Lochaber axe,
by a neighbouring laird.— [Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xiii.].
WILLIAM WEDDERBURN, born
1651 about 1582, son of William W.,
Aberdeen, and Margaret Annand,
and brother of David W., the grammarian
and Latin poet ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; became under-master
of Grammar School, 1616-17 ; regent in
Marischal College before 1623 ; adm. to
Bethelnie [Old Meldrum] before 1st Nov.
1633; was a member of Assemblies, 1638,
1639 ; dep. April 1642 for immorality, but
sentence recalled by General Assembly Aug.
1643 ; appears to have again fallen under
Church censure as he was recommended
by the Presb., 2nd Nov. 1648, to be allowed
to preach; adm. here before 21st Oct.
1651 ; still min. 19th April 1659, but parish
vacant 19th April 1660. He is said by
James Marchmont to have been author
of Meditationes Campestres Wedderburni
(Aberdeen, 1634), but this was written by
his brother, David W. He marr. (1) June
1624, Margaret Tullidelph, and had issue
— William, student at Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1649-50: (2) Nov. 1649, Agnes
Howison.— [Wedderburn Book, 47; March-
mont's Catalog. Scot. Writers ; Collections
Aberdeen and Banff; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT IRVINE, M.A. ; ord. in 1663 ;
1663 trans, to Towie 26th July 1666.
ANDREW ABERCROMBIE, trans,
from Kilmacolm and inst. 26th
July 1666; trans, to Tarland in
1666
1681.
JOHN ROBERTSON, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1671-5;
adm. session-clerk 4th July 1674 ;
licen. by Presb. of Alford in 1678; adm.
24th July 1681 ; dep. as a Jacobite 3rd
May 1717 ; died at Whitehouse of Cromar
in 1772. He marr. and had issue —
Joseph; Charles; William; John; George;
James, bapt. 22nd Sept. 1705; Janet;
Margaret; Isobel; Isobel Elizabeth; Sophia;
Rebecca.
DONALD M'SWAIN, born Skye, 1692;
7 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (2nd May 1711); became
tutor in the family of Major Hugh Mackay
of Scourie ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
25th June 1718; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 10th Sept., and ord. 26th Nov.
1718; died 8th June 1730. He marr.
Margaret (died 3rd April 1754), daugh. of
Thomas Alexander, min. of Colstone, and
widow of John Forbes of Inverernan, and
had issue — Benjamin ; Hugh ; Elizabeth ;
Helen. — [Aberdeen Tests.; Tombst. ; Scots.
Mag., lix. ; Laing's Donean Tourist.']
JAMES LUMSDEN of Corrachrie;
1731 called 16th Dec. 1730; ord. 10th
March 1731 ; trans, to Towie 19th
June 1740.
JOHN LUMSDEN, licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 5th March 1740; pres. by
George II. 22nd July that year ;
ord. 30th July 1741; died 21st July 1785.
He marr. (1) 24th July 1744, Mary Duff,
and had issue — James, born 4th Oct. 1746 ;
Robert, min. of Kildrummy, born 12th May
1741
alford]
STRATHDON
139
1804
1748; Isabel, born 5th April 1752 (marr.
John Gordon, min. of Duffus) : (2) 6th
July 1756, Barbara Lumsden, who died
9th May 1783, and had issue — Anne, born
10th April 1757; Harry, born 23rd April
1759, died 20th Feb. 1775.
JOHN GORDON, M.A. ; pres. by
1782 George HI- m Aug., an<i ord-
(assistant and successor) 4th Dec.
1782 ; trans, to Duffus 22nd Sept. 1803.
GEORGE FORBES of Blelack and
Inverernan, born 8th April 1778,
second son of George F., min. of
Leochel ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st March 1797) ; licen.
by Presb. of Alford 12th July 1803 ; pres.
by George III. 14th Oct. that year ; ord.
1st March 1804 ; D.D. (Marischal College
1814) ; dem. 1st Feb. 1830 ; died suddenly
16th Feb. 1834. He marr. 16th April 1809,
Mary Ann (died 19th April 1848, aged 68),
only daugh. of Captain Alexander Forbes
of Inverernan, and had issue— Catherine
Stewart, born 10th Jan. 1810, died 16th
Nov. 1869; Elizabeth Grant, born 8th
June 1811 (marr. Robert Meiklejohn, min.
of this parish) ; Christian Shepherd, born
10th May 1813, died at Bruges, 21st April
1885; Mary Mitchell, born 10th Sept.
1814 (marr. 15th April 1852, Henry St
John Howard, D.D.), died 21st April
1885; Johanna, born 10th Nov. 1815, died
in infancy ; General Sir John of Inver-
ernan, G.C.B., born 10th June 1817, died
6th July 1906; Georgina, born Oct. 1818,
died in infancy ; Alexander, W.S., born
6th Oct. 1819, died 27th June 1849;
Charles (daugh.), born 15th Nov. 1820.
1830
ROBERT MEIKLEJOHN, born 1st
Oct. 1800, third son of Hugh M.,
D.D., min. of Abercorn, and Pro-
fessor of Ecclesiastical History, Edinburgh;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(24th Jan. 1824) ; licen. by Presb. of Lin-
lithgow 26th Oct. 1824 ; pres. by William
IV. 24th Feb., and ord. 6th May 1830;
died at Edinburgh, 16th March 1859. He
marr. 2nd Sept. 1833, Elizabeth Grant
(died at Heidelberg, Germany, 26th Jan.
1863), daugh. of George Forbes, D.D., min.
of this parish, and had issue — Georgina
Ann Forbes, born 6th July 1834 (marr.
7th Sept. 1852, General St John O'Neill
Muter of the Bombay army), died 29th
Oct. 1917 ; Hugh Robert, lieut. Bombay
Engineers, born 15th Aug. 1835, killed at
storming of Jhansi, 3rd April 1858 ; Mary
Ann Forbes, born 8th Jan. 1837, died 13th
Jan. 1863; Eliza Katherine, born 5th Jan.
1838 (marr. Joseph Augustus Shepherd,
merchant, Bombay), died 24th July 1912;
John Forbes, lieutenant - colonel Bombay
Artillery, born 5th Dec. 1839 ; Katherine
Christina, born 21st Jan. 1842 (marr.
James Hunter of Hafton), died 3rd July
1907 ; James Alexander, born 16th Sept.
1843, died 10th May 1844 ; Alexander
James, born 29th May 1845, went to
Australia ; Christina Forbes, born 30th
May 1847 ; George Forbes, judge at
Mysore, born 7th Jan. 1849, died 25th
Dec. 1903 ; Caroline Emily, born 25th
Oct. 1850, died 7th Feb. 1903. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace., xii.).
1859
JOHN WATT, born Kennethmont, 8th
June 1821, son of William W.,
Old Town, and Catherine Warrack ;
educated at Grammar School and King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1843);
became schoolmaster of Keig and Rathen ;
ord. to Towie 4th Dec. 1856 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 4th April, trans, and adm. 22nd
July 1859 ; died at Aberdeen 15th Feb.
1888. He befriended and took a deep
interest in an orraman's boy of his parish,
who became Sir William MacGregor,
G.C.M.G., M.D., D.Sc, LL.D., Lieut.-
Governor of British New Guinea, and
Governor successively of Lagos, New-
foundland, and Queensland, and founder of
the Univ. of the latter colony. W. marr.
12th Oct. 1869, Sophia Margaret (died s.p.
26th March 1899), daugh. of Major-General
John Gordon, R.A., Gartly — [Aberdeen
Univ. Review, vii., Nov. 1919.]
WILLIAM WATT, born Drumrossie,
1881 Insch, 14th July 1853, son of George
W. and Jane Howie, and nephew of
preceding; educated at Grammar School,
140
STRATHDON— TOUGH
[PRESB, OF
Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1873), and St
Andrews, B.D. (1881); licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews in 1879 ; became schoolmaster
at Coatham Grammar School, Redcar,
Yorkshire, and Pannal College, Harrogate ;
assistant at Kilbirnie ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 2nd Feb. 1881 ; died at Aber-
deen, 1st Nov. 1925. He marr. 3rd June
1885, Catherine, daugh. of David Taylor,
farmer, Newhouses, Wilton, and had issue
— William Gordon, M.B., Ch.B., medical
officer, West African Frontier Force, born
4th April 1886 ; John Taylor, M.B., Ch.B.,
medical officer, West African Frontier
Force, born 23rd Feb. 1887; Mary Eliza
Vida, teacher, New Aberdour, born
26th Jan. 1889 ; David George Melrose,
R.A.M.C., born 11th Aug. 1896, died at
Cambridge, 26th April 1916.
TOUGH.
[The church of Tough was dedicated to
the Nine Maidens of St Donald. In 1832
the Commissioners of Teinds united the
parishes of Tough and Keig. They were
severed again on 5th Feb. 1834.]
ROBERT CARNEGIE, parson in 1558.
ls„ — [Feu-Charters of KirMands, ii.,
317.]
JOHN STRACHAN of Sevydlie ; trans.
1B74 from Afford in 1574, with Tully-
nessle, Leslie, Fettercairn, and
Kemnay also in the charge ; re-trans, to
Alford before 1585.
JAMES IRVING, niin. in 1599, with
15gg Leochel also in the charge; trans,
to Monymusk after 26th Nov. 1607.
JAMES JOHNSTON, formerly
1608 of Monymusk ; adm. in 1608 ; died
19th March 1615. He marr. Margaret
daugh. of James Forbes of Cloak, and had
issue — James. — [Macfarlane's Geneal. Coll.,
ii., 255 ; P. C. Reg., vii., 691 ; Aberdeen
Sas. Sec. Bee, ii. 290, iii. 102, viii. 106.]
1611
JAMES IRVING, above mentioned;
returned here before 19th June
ROBERT DUNBAR, educated at King's
1625 College ; M.A. (1609) ; became regent
there ; adm. to Skene about 1618 ;
trans, and adm. about 1625 ; still min. 26th
Oct. 1629.— [Antiq. of Aberdeen, iv.]
WILLIAM FORBES, min. about 1633 ;
1633 trans, to Innerwick in 1640.
THOMAS FORBES, M.A., min. about
1640 ; trans, to Keig before 21st Oct.
1651.
1640
1611 ; trans, to Arbirlot in 1617.
1663
DAVID SWAN, educated at Mari-
1651 schal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1638) ;
adm. to Tullynessle about 1649.
Joined the Protesters ; trans, and adm.
before 21st Oct. 1651 ; deprived after 17th
Oct. 1654; died before 15th April 1684. He
marr. Magdalen Forbes, who survived him,
and had issue — Alexander, min. of Leslie.
JAMES GORDON, M.A. ; adm. before
1657 21st April 1657 ; trans, to Alford
2nd Nov. 1662.
JOHN MAIR, born 1635 ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1654) ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce
1662 ; ord. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh ;
coll. by James, Archbishop of St Andrews ;
inst. 22nd March 1663; died in 1694 or 1695.
He marr. 16th Feb. 1664, Isobel, daugh.
of Patrick Forbes of Blackhall, and had
issue — William, min. of Kincardine O'Neil ;
James. — [Scot. Presb. Eloquence.]
WILLIAM LESLIE, third son of
,___ Patrick L., eighth of Kincraigie ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (23rd June 1687); called 5th
Dec. 1697; ord. 29th March 1698; dem.
about 1704 for fear of deposition. He
marr. Isobel Vernor, who died April 1745,
aged 84.— [St Cuthbert's Bur. Beg.)
PATRICK COPLAND, educated
1706 at King's College, Aberdeen, 1692-6 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd
Nov. 1704 ; called 12th May, and ord. 11th
Sept. 1706; died 22nd Sept. 1745. He
marr. 15th Oct. 1707, Mary Topham, and
had issue— Samuel, D.D., min. of Fintray ;
Daniel, M.A. (King's College, 29th March
1738).— [Aberdeen Tests.]
alford]
TOUGH— TOWIE
141
PATEICK THOMSON, bora 1708 ; edu-
1747 cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch
10th June 1742 ; pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes
of Craigievar, Bart., March 1746 ; ord. 15th
Jan. 1747 ; an attempt by him to introduce
a new method of singing into divine service
led to a schism in the parish and erection
of a Burgher Secession meeting-house. He
died 7th Feb. 1792. He marr. 7th Feb.
1749, Helen (died at Aberdeen, 22nd March
1812, aged 84), daugh. of John Copland of
Tilliefour, and had issue — -Anne, born 6th
Jan. 1750 ; Agnes, born 21st Aug. 1751 ;
James, in Civil Service, born 9th Feb.
1753, student at Marischal College, 1768-72,
died 9th Sept. 1775; John, D.D., min. of
Footdee, born 31st Jan. 1757 ; Patrick, in
G.P.O., Dublin, born 15th Dec. 1758, died
15th June 1814 ; Helen, born 28th Aug.
1760 (marr. Alexander Urquhart, min. of
this parish) ; Urquhart (son), born 30th
July 1764, died at Dublin, 17th Sept. 1824 ;
Mary, born 1st March 1766.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER URQUHART, born
178_ 1760, son of David U., farmer, Kin-
craigie, and Jean Harvey; educated
at Bang's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1783) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 19th March
1788 ; pres. by Sir William Forbes of
Craigievar, Bart., in Aug., and ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 17th Dec. 1789; died
8th Feb. 1832. He marr. (1) 7th Aug.
1790, Helen (died 4th July 1810), daugh.
of Patrick Thomson, min. of this parish,
and had issue — Helen, born 15th Nov.
1791 (marr. Bailie Harper, Aberdeen),
died 5th Feb. 1859 ; Robert, licentiate and
medical practitioner, born 15th Oct. 1793,
died 22nd Nov. 1828; Anne, born 1799
(marr. (1) 17th Aug. 1820, William Scott,
Campfield, (2) Harvey Hall, merchant,
Aberdeen), died 1870 : (2) Margaret (died
29th Dec. 1833), daugh. of George Forbes,
coppersmith, Aberdeen, and had issue —
Patrick ; Margaret Jane, born 1829 (marr.
3rd May 1853, William Littlejohn, manager,
Town and County Bank, Aberdeen), died
28th April 1897. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, viii.). —
[Tombst. ; Burke's Landed Gentry.']
JAMES GILLAN, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
John Forbes of Craigievar, Bart.,
in April, and adm. 12th June 1834;
trans, and adm. to Alford 6th June 1844.
1834
ALEXANDER MILNE, born Mains of
1S44 Druminnor> Auchindoir, 5th Oct.
1816, son of Robert M., farmer;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1835) ; was schoolmaster at Old Deer
and Keig ; ord. 12th Sept. 1844 ; died 15th
March 1900. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1845,
Eliza Watt (died 7th Aug. 1883, aged 69),
and had issue — Margaret Henrietta, born
10th March 1847 (marr. 28th March 1872,
Charles Forbes, tea-planter, Matale, Ceylon),
died 31st Dec. 1920 ; Katherine Ann,
Corrennie, Banchory, born 12th Aug. 1848.
THOMAS DAVIDSON, born Hatton,
1897 Cruden, 28th Oct. 1866, son of
William D. and Mary Matthews ;
educated at Hatton School, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(1888), B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb. of
Ellon in 1891 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 25th Feb. 1897.
TOWIE, of old KINBATHOCH.
[There were in old times five chapels
in the parish of Kinbathoch, at Nether
Towie, Kinbatoch, Ley, Balnaboth, and
Sinnahard. The church was renovated in
1891.]
1567 DAVID ARROT, reader in 1567.
GILBERT BROUN, reader from 1576
1676 to 1578.
ROBERT YOUNGSON, trans,
from Aboyne in 1593 ; trans, to
Forbes before 1596.
WILLIAM FORBES, adm. in 1596;
trans, to Fraserburgh before Oct.
1596
1618.
PATRICK GUTHRIE of that ilk ; pres.
by John Forbes of Brux ; adm.
before Oct. 1619 ; trans, to Logie-
Buchan before 12th Oct. 1626.
142
TOWIE
[PEESB. OF
1634
JOHN EEIDFURD, adm. before 30th
Nov. 1634 ; was a member of trie
General Assembly 1638 ; trans, to
Aberchirder 19th March 1648.
ADAM BARCLAY, younger, M.A.;
pres. by John Forbes of Brux and
John, Lord Erskine, 1648 ; is called
min. of Nigg in 1656 ; trans, to Keig 10th
July 1666.
ROBERT IRVINE, son of Alexander
I. of Ironsyde, and uncle of John I.
of Kincausie ; educated at Maris chal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1659); licen.
by Presb. of Alford;1 ord. to Strathdon in
1663; trans, and adm. 26th July 1666. In
1694 a complaint was made against him to
the Privy Council that he, with the son of
the laird, had severely assaulted in March
1694 the tenant of Croslachie, and compelled
him to sign a renunciation of his tack.
The minister and the laird not appearing
were outlawed, but this sentence was re-
called 16th June 1698. I. died before 28th
May 1707. He marr. (cont. 15th April
1668, Agnes, daugh. of Patrick Murray
of Blairfindy, and had issue — Adam of
Brucklay, served heir 9th Jan. 1708; Ann
(marr. John Gordon of Law). — [P. C.
Decreta, 6th Aug. 1690; Banf Sas., ii.,
74 ; Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries,
i., 104 ; Chambers's Bom. Ann., iii.]
1709
GEORGE MOIR, called 21st Nov. 1708;
ord. 20th July 1709 ; trans, to Cluny
by the Synod 3rd Oct. 1717, but on
appeal to the General Assembly the trans-
lation was not insisted on ; trans, to Kin-
tore 18th Oct. 1727.
1728
ANDREW MOIR, nephew of preceding;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto
10th July, and ord. 11th Sept. 1728.
This was found to be irregular by the
General Assembly, 23rd May 1730, but the
settlement was allowed to stand ; trans,
to Methlick 21st June 1739.
JAMES LUMSDEN of Corrachree,
born 1704, son of Robert L. of
Corrachree, and Agnes, daugh. of
George Forbes of Skellator; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 25th June
1729 ; ord. to Strathdon 10th March 1731 ;
pres. by George II. 28th Nov. 1739, and
Arthur Gordon of Carnousie ; trans, and
adm. 19th June 1740 ; died 15th Feb. 1777.
He marr. 21st Sept. 1731, Mary Grant,
niece of Ballmdalloch, who died 13th Jan.
1778, aged 77, and had issue — Margaret
(marr. James Gordon, min. of Bellie) ;
Mary (marr. John Dingwall, merchant
and bailie, Aberdeen); Agnes; Elizabeth,
born 18th July 1741 (marr. 1st Feb. 1763,
Captain John Grant of Duthil, 111th Foot);
Robert, author of some satires, born 12th
March 1745.— [Tombst.]
1777
ALEXANDER MEARNS, M.A. ; pres.
by Alexander Leith of Freefield in
July, trans, from College Chapel,
Aberdeen, and adm. 18th Sept. 1777; trans.
to Cluny 10th June 1795.
ROBERT LEITH, born Strichen,
1745 ; educated at King's College,
1795 Aberdeen; M.A. (2nd April 1764);
licen. by Presb. of Deer 20th Dec. 1769;
ord. assistant in parish of Crathie 10th
July 1782 ; pres. by Alexander Leith of
Freefield in June, and adm. here 30th July
1795 ; died unmarr. 7th Sept. 1818.
1819
GORDON FORBES, M.A. ; pres. by
Alexander Leith of Freefield in Feb.,
and ord. 8th April 1819 ; trans, to
Dyce 5th June 1822, at his request owing
to the ill-health of his wife.
ADAM SMITH, born 1791, son of a
farmer; educated at King's College,
1823 Aberdeen ; M.A. (29th March 1811) ;
became schoolmaster of Belhelvie in 1814 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 3rd May 1815 ;
assistant at New Deer in 1819 ; pres. by
Alexander Leith of Freefield July 1822;
ord. 26th June 1823 ; died 16th May 1840.
He marr. (1) 18th June 1814, Isabella Smith,
and had issue — Ann, born 18th May 1S15
(marr. 29th Dec. 1831, James Runciman,
Belnaboth) : (2) 10th Aug 1823, Isabella
(died 24th May 1834), daugh. of Alexander
Smith, Tarland, and had issue — William
alford]
TOWIE— TULLYNESSLE AND FORBES
143
Adam, min. of this parish, born 1st May
1824 ; Isabella, born 25th Sept. 1825 (marr.
21st Sept. 1854, John Gordon Smith, sur-
geon, Rhyme) ; Jane, born 22nd April 1827
(marr. 3rd Feb. 1852, Thomas Napier,
merchant, Montrose); Margaret, born 11th
March 1829 : (3) 27th June 1838, Elizabeth
(died 24th May 1850), daugh. of James
Whitson, Bardmony Bank, and widow of
Gauld, teacher, Dundee. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Ifetv Stat. Ace,
xii.).— [Acts of Ass., 1823.]
ROBERT LINDSAY, born 19th March
1840 ^9^> son °f Robert L., tailor, Bel-
helvie, and Elspeth Troup ; educated
at Marischal College; M.A. (1st March
1817) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen ; tutor
in the family of Sir Alexander Leith of
Glenkindie ; became master of an academy
at Ealing, Middlesex ; ord. 20th Aug. 1840 ;
LL.D. (Marischal College, 17th Feb. 1841) ;
died 31st Oct. 1851. He marr. 10th Dec.
1835, Jane Alitha (born 24th Jan. 1800, died
at Tisbury, Wilts, 13th Jan. 1881), daugh.
of Charles Frederick Sandoy and Alitha
Susan Favey, and had issue — Robert, M.D.
F.R.C.S.E., Army Medical Department,
born 14th Sept. 1837, died at The Oaks,
Botley, Hants, 15th Oct. 1909 ; Alexander,
captain 1st Cavalry, Bengal army, born
17th Dec. 1839, died at Cawnpore, 23rd
Sept. 1872.
WILLIAM ADAM SMITH, trans, from
185_ Chapelshade, Dundee, and adm. 20th
Jan. 1852; trans, to Midmar 20th
Aug. 1856.
JOHN WATT, M.A.; ord. 4th Dec.
1856 ; trans . to Strathdon 22nd July
1856
1859.
1859
ROBERT MILNE, M.A, D.D. ; ord.
28th Sept. 1859; trans, to Ardler
20th May 1885.
WILLIAM GOWANS MACDONALD,
1885 k°rn Pitsl'SO, 30th April 1858, son of
Alexander M. and Barbara Gowans ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(1881) ; missionary at Lerwick ; assistant
at Peterculter ; ord. 24th Sept. 1885 ; died
unmarr. 12th May 1888.
ALEXANDER JACK, born Portsoy,
1888 ntk March 1851, son of John J.,
merchant, and Ann Farquharson ;
educated at Grammar School, Portsoy,
Grammar School and Univ. of Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1873) ; became first assistant
master at Dr Seaver's School, Brighton,
1872-3 ; headmaster of Glenlivet School,
1873-6; English master, High School,
Beith, 1876-7, New Byth School, 1878-80,
and Drumblade School, 1880-3 ; missionary
at Fetterangus, 1884-5, and at Ruthrieston
Jan. 1886 ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
May that year; ord. 20th Sept. 1888;
chaplain to 4th Gordons 5th Jan. 1900 ;
died 22nd Nov. 1920. He marr. 9th Nov.
1877, Jane Ann, only child of George
Loch and Jane Smart, Leith, and had
issue — John Farquharson, born 6th Aug.,
died 30th Oct. 1878 ; Jeannie, teacher,
Collegiate School for Girls, Bournemouth,
born 19th Jan. 1880 ; Alexander Farquhar-
son, M.A., lecturer and secretary, Charity
Organisation Society, Hornsey, London,
born 22nd Jan. 1882 ; Annie Falconer,
LL.A. (St Andrews 1908), teacher, Newport,
Shropshire, born 13th Nov. 1883; George
Rainy, born 27th Jan. 1891, died 30th Aug.
1909. Publication— A Geography of Aber-
deen, Banff, and Moray [in prose and verse]
(1876) ; On the Battle of Glenlivet (1876).
GEORGE PORTEOUS M'WILLIAM,
1921 born New Bvtn' 29tn April 1891j son
of Thomas M., min. of Foveran ;
educated at Fordyce and Banff Academies,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1915) ; licen.
by Presb. of Ellon March 1918; served
in 4th Gordon Highlanders at outbreak
of European War ; assistant at West
Parish, Aberdeen ; locum tenens at Deer ;
ord. 30th March 1921. Marr. 14th Oct.
1921, Eugenie Alexandra, daugh. of William
Campbell, Aberdeen, and has issue — Isobel
Helen, born 24th Jan. 1923.
TULLYNESSLE AND FORBES.
[These parishes were united in 1608.
Tvllynessle. — Tullynessle was a prebend
of Aberdeen. Its church was dedicated
to St Neachtan.
144
TULLYNESSLE AND FORBES
[rEESB. OF
Forbes. — The church of Forbes now
stands ruined in its old churchyard. It
was dedicated to the Nine Maidens of St
Donald. There was within the bounds a
chapel of St Anne. Forbes was a prebend
of Aberdeen. The parishes of Forbes and
Kearn were united in 1722. In 1808 they
were severed again, and Forbes was joined
to Tullynessle.]
JOHN STRACHAN, trans, from Forvie,
1S67 with Keig and Towie also in the
charge in 1567 ; trans, to Alford
Nov. 1569.
JOHN KENNEDY, MA. ; adm. parson
, 7 before 1572; still min. in 1583. —
236.]
[Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records,
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, min.
in 1589 ; trans, to Forbes, with
Tullynessle also in charge in 1601 ;
nominated constant Moderator of the
Presb. by the General Assembly in 1606 ;
trans, to Alford before 1608 ; was a
member of the Assembly in 1610 ; trans.
and re-adm. here before 14th April 1613;
still min. Oct. 1619.
ANDREW STRACHAN, MA.; adm.
before 15th Nov. 1628 ; trans, to
Kintore before 31st July 1649.—
[Banff Sas., 1629.]
1628
1649
DAVID SWAN, joined the Protesters
and adm. about 1649 ; trans, to
Tough before 21st Oct. 1651.
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, MA. ;
adm. before 21st April 1652; trans,
to Rhynie in 1661.
JOHN WALKER, educated at King's
1662 ColleSe> Aberdeen; MA. (1654);
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 27th
Aug. 1657; inst. 9th Nov. 1662; still
min. March 1710 ; died in 1712. He marr.
(1) Margaret, daugh. of Robert Gordon of
Clunie, and had issue — John ; Alexander :
(2) Aug. 1701, Elizabeth Reid, who died
Feb. 1736. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Booh, i.,
484 ; Aberdeen Hornimjs, li., 90.]
WALTER SYME, born Banff, about
1722 1(^2 » educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; MA. (6th May 1712);
became schoolmaster of Alford 20th Aug.
1717 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
13th Dec. 1721; ord. 6th March 1722;
died 27th July 1758. He marr. (1) 9th
Aug. 1722, Elizabeth, daugh. of James
Gordon, min. of Rhynie, and had issue —
James, min. of Alloa ; William ; Mary
(marr. June 1786, John Dingwall of
Rainieston), died 10th Oct. 1802 ; Margaret
(marr. Alexander Johnston, min. of Alford);
Isabel (marr. James Forsyth, min. of Bel-
helvie) : (2) 29th May 1746, Barbara
Calder, who died 4th Feb. 1775 —
[Tombst.]
GEORGE WILLIAM ALGERNON
1759 GORDON, M.A.; pres. by the
Principal and masters of King's
College in Sept., and ord. 3rd Oct. 1759 ;
trans, to Keith 6th Aug. 1771.
ALEXANDER ANGUS, M.A.; pres.
1772 ky James> Earl of Fife, in Jan.,
and ord. 29th April 1772 ; trans, to
Botriphnie 29th June 1774.
FRANCIS LESLIE, MA. ; pres. by
1775 James, Earl of Fife, Dec. 1774;
ord. 10th May 1775 ; trans, to
Rothiemay 21st June 1787.
ANDREW MARSHALL, born 1754;
17g7 educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; MA. (1772) ; became tutor
in the family of Rothiemaise ; licen. by
Presb. of Garioch 11th Feb. 1778; ord.
(assistant) at Daviot 13th July 1786 ; pres.
by James, Earl of Fife, in June, and adm.
here 9th Aug. 1787; died 26th May 1812.
He marr. Mary Grant, who died 21st
March 1841, and had issue — Anna Donald-
son, born 12th Nov. 1786, died 19th
March 1788; John, born 26th Nov. 1787,
died 1st Jan. 1800; Jean, born 8th April
1790, died 13th March 1801 ; Henrietta,
born 18th Sept. 1792; Robert, born 31st
Jan. 1795, died 1st Feb. 1801 ; Mary,
born 17th Jan. 1797 ; Ann, born 8th Dec.
1800— [Tombst]
alford]
TULLYNESSLE AND FORBES— FORBES
145
JAMES PAULL, bom 1782, son of John
lgl_ P., schoolmaster of Drumoak ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (31st March 1798); licen. by Presb.
of Kincardine O'Neil 17th April 1804 ; ord.
to College Chapel, Aberdeen, 22nd Aug.
1805 ; pres. by the trustees for James,
Earl of Fife, Nov. 1812 ; trans, and adm.
24th March 1813 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 10th
Aug. 1844) ; took an active part in church
affairs ; convener of Supplementary Orphan
Fund ; elected Moderator of General
Assembly 21st May 1846; app. one of
H.M. Chaplains-in-Ordinary in 1852 ; died
21st Oct. 1858. He marr. 25th March 1822
Eliza Lumsden (died at Aberdeen 23rd June
1874, aged 73), daugh. of Alexander Forbes,
merchant, Jamaica, and had issue — James,
advocate, Aberdeen, born 12th May 1823,
died 27th Feb. 1901 ; Eliza Ann, born 8th
Dec. 1824, died 3rd March 1905; Mary
Burnett, born 26th April 1826, died 1885 ;
John Alexander Forbes, born 1st Sept.
1828, died at Peria Chola Estate, India, 28th
Jan. 1860; Jane, born 22nd Feb. 1830 (marr.
William Adam Smith, min. of Midmar);
Margaret, born 22nd Oct. 1831, died in in-
fancy; Catherine, born 17th Feb. 1833 (marr.
Major Nicholas J. Gosselin), died 1924 ;
Robert, born 17th Aug. 1834, died in in-
fancy; William, min. of this parish; Barbara
Simpson, born 29th Aug. 1840 (marr.
George Boss, min. of Hoddam) ; Alexander,
born 3rd March 1842, died at Edinburgh,
28th March 1915 ; Patrick, born 22nd July
1844, died in London, 20th June 1883;
Andrew, born 22nd Dec. 1845, died in
infancy. Publications — Letter in Explana-
tion of the Present Position of Parties in
the Church [with William Bobinson Pirie]
(Aberdeen, 1840) ; Some Notice taken of
the Rev. Andrew Gray (Aberdeen [1840] ) ;
A Sermon preached before the Presbytery
at their Annual Meeting in Support of
the Assembly's Schemes (Aberdeen, 1849) ;
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
WILLIAM PAULL, born 10th Oct. 1836,
son of preceding ; educated at Parish
School, Tullynessle, Grammar School
and Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(3rd April 1854) ; licen. by Presb. of Alford ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 12th May
1858; died at Aberdeen, 15th Nov. 1905.
He marr. 13th Feb. 1867, Mary Charlotte,
daugh. of Dr George Stephen, Buchromb,
Mortlach, and Erskine Elizabeth, daugh. of
Alexander Reid, min. of Kildrummy, and
had issue — Eliza Erskine, born 11th May
1868 ; James George, advocate, Aberdeen,
born 4th Nov. 1870 ; Mary Charlotte, born
3rd April 1876 (marr. 19th April 1916,
Herbert S. Hunt, artist, Pont Aven,
Brittany).
JAMES GRANT FORBES, M.A. ; ord.
1901 (assistant and successor) 19th Dec.
1901 ; trans, to Monymusk 18th Jan.
1924.
WILLIAM GREIG STRACHAN, born
lg24 8th Dec. 1889, son of William
Buchanan S., min. of Calderbank;
educated at Airdrie Academy, Higher Grade
School, and Univs. of St Andrews, M.A.
(1910), and Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 23rd March 1919 ; assistant at
Hamilton ; ord. to Stronsay 8th May 1920 ;
trans, and adm. 5th June 1924. Marr. 17th
Nov. 1921, Siblie Maude, daugh. of Daniel
and Mary Mowat, and has issue — Helen
Elizabeth Maude, born 23rd Oct. 1922.
FORBES.
ALEXANDER WALKER, reader here
1574 and at Kearn in 1574.
1576 JAMES WALKER, reader in 1576.
JOHN SMYTH, reader from 1578 to
1578 1580.
JAMES FORBES, son of William F. of
1583 Keithmore ; parson in 1583.
THOMAS MELVILL, min. in 1585, with
15g_ Kearn, Kinbathoch, and Auchindoir
also in the charge [afterwards at
Innernochtie (Strathdon) 1588].
ROBERT YOUNGSON, min. in 1586 ;
15a6 trans, to Aboyne in 1588 ; trans, to
Kinbathoch (Towie) between 1591
and 1593; re-trans, and adm. here before
1596 ; trans, to Drumminnon (Clatt) in 1599.
VOL. VI.
K
146
FORBES
[PEESB. OF
He attended the Assembly at Aberdeen
2nd July 1605, for which he was ordered
to be confined by the Privy Council to the
Island of Arran. This sentence he refused
to obey and it was changed, 2nd July 1607,
to his own parish, he being permitted to
officiate there until the King's will be
signified. On 27th Nov. 1617 he with his
wife and son complained to the Privy
Council that he had been assaulted by
William Gordon of Tulliangus and others,
but the respondents were acquitted. He
probably returned here before 24th March
1618, and died before 28th July 1627. He
marr. Jean Irving, who survived him, and
had issue — Alexander. — [Melvill's Autob.,
573, 616; P. C. Beg., xi., 269; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, i. 385, ii. 298.]
EOBEKT FORBES, adm. before 20th
159g April 1599.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., vi.,
1137.]
[ALEXANDER YOTJNGSON, stated
by Dr Hew Scott to be min. in 1618.
Probably a mistake for preceding.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE, son of Alex-
ander I., advocate, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1618); adm. before 1st Nov. 1633;
had three sasines 1st Sept. 1634. — [Aber-
deen Journal Notes and Queries, v., 180 ;
Aberdeen Sas., ix., 125.]
ROBERT CHEYNE, formerly min. of
1639 Kearn j adm. before 12th Aug. 1639,
when he was a member of the
General, Assembly ; trans, to Kennethmont
before 21st Dec. 1643.
WALTER RITCHIE, educated at King's
1651 College, Aberdeen. Joined the Pro-
testers ; adm. before 21st Oct. 1651 ;
still min. 1st March 1676. He marr., and
had issue — William, student at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1677-81.
WILLIAM GARIOCH, M.A. ; pres. by
. _„ William, Lord Forbes, Sept. 1676;
inst. 13th May 1677 ; trans, to
Kennethmont 21st Sept. 1687.
ROBERT MILNE, educated at King's
1688 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1669) ;
licen. by Presb. of Alford ; pres. by
William, Master of Forbes, Nov. 1687 ;
recommended, 9th May 1688, for ordina-
tion ; died March 1715, aged about 66.
He marr. Elizabeth Ross, and had issue —
James ; William ; Robert ; John. — [Aber-
deenshire Poll-Booh, i., 452.]
STEPHEN OLIVEB, educated at Univ.
1718 of Edinburgh ; M.A. (7th July 1698);
licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 23rd
July 1701 ; called by the Presbjwre devoluto
12th March, and ord. 23rd April 1718;
on annexation of Kearn, adm. to united
charge 8th Aug. 1722; died Feb. 1740,
aged about 62. He marr. 9th Feb. 1727,
Isabella (died 26th May 1746), daugh. of
John Rutherford, bailie of Jedburgh, and
had issue — James, probably father of
Stephen O., min. of Maxton ; Ebenezer,
apprenticed to Robert Chalmers, cooper,
Aberdeen, in 1735.
JOHN MAIR, M.A. ; pres. by James,
1741 Lord Forbes, July 1740; ord. (at
Kearn) 28th Jan. 1741 ; trans, to
Rayne 5th Sept. 1744.
ALEXANDER O R E M, trans, from
1745 Cushnie ; pres. by James, Lord
Forbes, in Feb., and adm. 22nd May
1745 ; trans, to Monquhitter 5th Jan.
1757.;
JAMES MWILLIAM, pres. by James,
.„,.„ Lord Forbes, in Feb., and ord. 17th
Aug. 1757, but in consequence of a
dispute as to the right of patronage, he
received no stipend during his incumbency;
trans, to Kildrummy 23rd March 1763.
WILLIAM COPLAND, born Tough,
„6 about 1709; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1st April
1731) ; licen. by Presb. of Alford 20th Feb.
1740; ord. by Presb. as a min. without a
charge 9th May 1753 ; pres. to this parish by
Dorothea, Dowager Lady Forbes, in 1756,
but not settled owing to induction of
preceding ; became missionary at Corgarff
alfoed]
FORBES
147
before 5th April 1758 ; again pres. by Lady
Forbes 29th March, and adm. (at Kearn)
12th May 1763 ; died 8th May 1772. He
marr. 29th Nov. 1764, Barbara Duthie,
who died in the parish of Echt, 1st Feb.
1809, aged 84, and had issue — Dorothea,
born 24th Feb. 1766; William, born 9th
Jan. 1768 ; Barbara, born 26th Sept. 1769,
died 22nd Feb. 1847; Peter (posthumous),
born 16th June 1772.
ALEXANDER SMITH, pres. by James,
1773 Lord Forbes, July 1772; ord. 7th
July 1773 ; trans, to Keig 14th Dec.
1773.
BENJAMIN MERCER, pres. by James,
1T76 Lord Forbes, May 1775; ord. 10th
Jan. 1776 ; removed to Kildrummy
on the union in 1807 of Tullynessle and
Forbes.
PRESBYTERY OF GARIOCH
[In April 1581, the General Assembly had in view the erection of a Church Court
for the district of Garioch, purposing to call it the Presbytery of Inverurie. In 1606,
however, this Court is styled in the Minutes of Assembly the Presbytery of Garioch.
The Eegister of the Presbytery begins at 6th Nov. 1647. There are gaps in the Eecord
from 14th Jan. 1658 to 28th April 1697, and from 9th March 1705 to 16th Aug. 1732.]
BLAIRDAFF (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened at Blairdaff 9th
June 1839. The parish of Blairdaff was
disjoined from Chapel-of-Garioch, Mony-
musk, and Oyne, 15th March 1895.]
1841
DAVID MITCHELL, born 1809, son
of David M., manufacturer, Aber-
deen ; educated at Marischal College,
1824-8; app. in 1841. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Free Church of
Blairdaff, 1843-76; died 31st May 1876.
He marr. Jane (died at Stonehaven, 23rd
Nov. 1891, aged 69), daugh. of James
Bothnie, farmer, and Janet Gray, and had
issue — David James John Mers, artists1
colourman, Stonehaven, born 1862, died
3rd June 1904.
GOEDON SMART, M.A. ; app. in 1846;
1846 ord. to Cabrach 2nd May 1850.
JAMES MITCHELL LAING, born
1850 Memrmu") 1815, son of David L.,
schoolmaster, and Isobel Thomson;
M.A. (King's College Aberdeen, March
1837); incumbent of Lord Cullen's School,
1850 ; died 27th Feb. 1886. He marr. Jane
Reid (died 25th March 1902, aged 75).
1887
GEORGE KEITH, born Old Machar,
29th Oct. 1856, son of John K. ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1880) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen ;
assistant at Cruden and Greyfriars, Aber-
deen ; ord. in 1887 ; dem. in 1889 ; went to
Australia and was min. of Condobolin and
us
Cudgellico, New South Wales, 1892-1916 ;
clerk of Presb. of the Lachlan, 1899-1914 ;
Moderator of the General Assembly of New
South Wales in 1909.
ALEXANDER WILSON, M.A. ; mis-
sionary at Saughtree ; app. in 1889 ;
ord. to Ythan Wells 16th Sept.
1890.
1889
1890
RICHARD ROBB, born 25th April
1858, son of John R. and Janet
Wilson ; educated at Bathgate
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1885), B.D. (1888); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow June 1888; ord. to Longtown,
Cumberland, 25th Nov. 1889; trans, and
adm. 16th March 1890 ; adm. first min. of
this parish 24th April 1895. Marr. 2nd
Dec. 1890, Jane, daugh. of James Tinning
and Margaret Bell, and has issue — Margaret
Sybil, born 25th Sept. 1895, died 6th March
1912 ; John James, M.C., medical student,
born 30th April 1897 ; Richard Francis,
farm manager, born 20th Dec. 1898 ; Mary
Janet Violet, born 16th Dec. 1902 (marr.
1923, Robert, son of William Connon,
Nether Coullie, Kemnay).
BOURTIE.
[The church of Bourtie belonged to the
Priory of St Andrews. In 1618 the Com-
missioners of Teinds united the parish of
Bourtie to that of Bethelnie or Meldrum.
It was disjoined again about 1650. The
present church was built in 1806.]
PKESB. OF GAEIOCH]
BOURTIE
149
1578
1611
ANDEEW DRUMBLEC [or DUM-
1567 BRECK], reader from 1567 to 1578.
JAMES JOHNSTON, min. of Mony-
musk, had charge here from 1578
to 1595.
vWILLIAM BARCLAY, adm. in 1595;
1595 trans, to Insch in 1596.
THOMAS MITCHELL, min. about
1606 1606 ; dep. in 1611.
GILBERT KEITH, son of Gilbert K.
in Auchquhorsk ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1601);
pres. by Ludovic, Duke of Lennox, 29th
April, and inst. 15th July 1611 ; still min.
Jan. 1643, and is mentioned, probably as
still in the charge, though in extreme old
age, at 19th April 1659. He marr. Mary
Hay, and had issue — George, min. of
Monkeggie. — [Beg. of Deeds, ccclxxxiii.
186, cccxcviii. 187, Mack., 13th Nov. 1671 ;
Aberdeen Sas., xx., 208; Aberdeen Sheriff-
Court Records, ii., 508.]
GEORGE MELVILL, M.A.; adm.
(assistant) 3rd Oct. 1650 ; trans, to
New Machar before 17th Oct. 1654.
1650
1658
1666
WILLIAM GORDON, M.A. ; named by
Gilbert Keith as his assistant 21st
April 1658 ; trans, to St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh, 16th April 1665.
ROBERT BROWNE, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1642);
adm. to Forglen in 1649 ; trans,
and adm. in 1666 ; still min. 5th Oct. 1675.
He marr., and had issue — Mary (marr.
George Keith, min. of Deer). Publica-
tion— [Rudimentorum Rhetoricorum, libri
quinque (Aberdeen, 1666).
ALEXANDER SHARP, formerly a min.
lg7 in Ireland ; adm. to Forgan 16th
Jan. 1678 ; trans, and adm. after
20th Aug. that year ; died between 9th
Feb. and March 1709. He marr. Ann
Douglas, and had issue — John, M.A., D.D.,
chaplain to H.M. Garrison, New York, born
15th May 1680, intruded at Old Machar
April 1714; William; Mary (marr. John
Dalgarno of Fetterangus, afterwards of
Little Creichie) ; Martha (marr. 31st Dec.
1706, William, son of Andrew Ker, Edin-
burgh) ; Margaret ; Katherine ; Anna. —
Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, i., 331 ; Banff
Sas., v., 178.
JAMES GORDON, M.A.; trans, from
1709 Premnav j called 4th April, and adm.
1st June 1709 ; elected clerk of Synod
6th April 1714 ; trans, to Alford 30th July
1717.
JOHN DUNCAN, born about 1693 ; son
171_ of John D., tenant, Pitblado ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 24th April 1717 ;
called 11th May, and ord. 31st July 1718;
died May 1719, probably unmarr.
ARCHIBALD NAPIER, M.A.; called
1720 26th June, and ord. 17th Aug. 1720 ;
trans, to Maryculter 28th Nov. 1722.
GEORGE GORDON, called 18th July,
.„„„ and ord. 18th Sept. 1723; trans, to
Drumblade 19th Oct. 1743.
THOMAS SHEPHERD, born about
1744 1720, son of John S., min. of Logie-
Colstone ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1737) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 4th Nov. 1741 ;
pres. by George II. 21st Nov. 1743; ord.
4th July 1744; died 18th July 1795. He
marr. 9th July 1747, Janet (died at Leith-
field 6th July 1810, aged 85), daugh. of
John Leith of Blair, and Helen Simpson,
and had issue — Helen, born 6th July, and
died 5th Nov. 1748 ; Isobel, born 16th Oct.
1749 (marr. 12th July 1768, John Ramsay
of Barra) ; Anne, born 24th July 1751
(marr. 11th Jan. 1776, James Lumsden in
Barra); John, born 4th Sept. 1753; Alex-
ander, born 7th Sept. 1755 ; Robert, min.
of Daviot, born 27th Jan. 1758; Thomas,
born 10th May 1760, died in Canada 1794;
Janet, born 12th Feb., and died 19th May
1763; George of Blair, born 22nd June
1764; William, born 4th March 1767.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, ix.).
WILLIAM SMITH, born 1767, son of
.„ James S., Kintore ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(23rd March 1787); became schoolmaster
150
BOURTIE
[PRESB. OF
of Inverurie 1st April 1789; licen. by
Presb. of Garioch 16th Dec. 1793 ; pres. by
George III. 14th Oct. 1795; ord. 4th May
1796; elected conjoint-clerk of Synod 14th
Oct. 1806 ; died 28th May 1825. He marr.
15th Aug. 1797, Isabella (died 15th Oct.
1847, aged 75), daugh. of Gavin Mitchell,
D.D., min. of Kinellar, and had issue —
James, farmer, born 15th Dec. 1801, died
11th June 1836; Gavin, LL.D., school-
master, born 5th Jan. 1806, died at
Rottingdean, 13th Nov. 1861. [He erected
a marble sundial in Bourtie Churchyard
in 1853, "in honour of the parish where
he was born and brought up."]
^ JAMES BISSET, born April 1795,
1826 seoond son of George B., master of
a private academy at Udny, in which
he was succeeded by his son at the age of
17 ; educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1808-9, 1817-19, M.A. (1839), and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor to Fraser of
Strichen, afterwards Lord Lovat ; licen. by
Presb. of Ellon 31st March 1819 ; pres. by
George IV. 27th June 1825; ord. 19th
April 1826; D.D. (Marischal College, 23rd
Feb. 1850); elected Moderator of the
General Assembly 22nd May 1862; died
8th Sept. 1872. He was an elegant Latinist
and one of the last to cultivate the habit of
classical quotation in talk and in speeches.
He marr. (1) 24th Dec. 1829, Mary Banner-
man (died 9th Dec. 1836), eldest daugh. of
Robert Lessel, min. of Inverurie, and had
issue — Mary, born 18th Nov. 1830 (marr.
John Davidson, D.D., min. of Inverurie);
Susan, born 1st March 1832 (marr. 3rd Feb.
1852, Henry Campbell Raikes, I.C.S.);
James, banker, Brantford, Canada, born
27th Nov. 1833, died 19th Dec. 1901 ;
Christian Helen, born 29th May 1835, died
at Cawnpore July 1857 ; Robina Mary
Bannerman Lessel, born 3rd Dec. 1836 :
(2) 8th June 1840, Elizabeth Sinclair
(died 8th Jan. 1890), daugh. of William
Smith, min. of Bower, and had issue —
George Thomas, born 12th Dec. 1841,
died 1st June 1852; Sir William Sin-
clair Smith, K.C.I.E., M.A., colonel R.E.,
Government Director of Indian Railways,
born 13th Nov. 1843, died 1917 ; Elizabeth
Sinclair, born 23rd July 1845 (marr. 1st
March 1870, Dr Henry Muscroft, Ponte-
fract). Publications — Correspondence be-
tween the Acting Sub-Committee on Church
Extension and the Rev. James Bisset (Aber-
deen, 1840); Sjieech in the Synod of Aberdeen
on the Motion to exclude the quoad sacra
Ministers (Edinburgh, 1843); Speech on the
Scotch Marriage and Registration Bills
(Aberdeen, 1849) ; Origin and State of the
Fund for Widows and Orphans in the
Synod (Aberdeen, 1855) ; Address in Favour
of the Endowment Scheme (Aberdeen, 1860);
Inquiry into the Spirit of the Constitution
of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh,
1866); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xii.). — [Old Aberdeenshire Ministers,
33-6.]
WILLIAM LESLIE DAVIDSON, born
, 7 Meikle Wartle, Rayne, 25th May
1848, son of Samuel D., M.D., and
Margaret Watson ; educated at Parish
School, Rayne, Grammar School and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1868); licen. by
Presb. of Garioch Nov. 1871 ; assistant at
St Andrews-Lhanbryd ; pres. by Queen.
Victoria 13th Nov. 1872; ord. 23rd Jan.
1873; LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1888); res. 6th
Jan. 1896, having been app., 1st Oct. 1895,
to Chair of Logic and Metaphysics in
Univ. of Aberdeen ; Burnett Lecturer,
Aberdeen, 1891-4; Croall Lecturer 1918-9.
Publications — The Logic of Definition
(London, 1885) ; Leading and Important
English Words Explained (London, 1886,
3rd ed., 1909) ; Theism as Grounded on
Human Nature (London, 1893) ; A Philo-
sophical Centenary (Aberdeen, 1896);
Christian Ethics (London and Edinburgh,
1899, 3rd ed., 1907); Political Thought
in England : The Utilitarians, from
Bentham to J. S. Mill (1915). Edited
Alexander Bain's Autobiography (London,
1904). Contributed the Section on " Scot-
tish Philosophy at Aberdeen " to Studies in
the History of the University (Aberdeen,
1906); The Stoic Creed (Edinburgh, 1907);
Articles in Hastings's Encyclopaedia of
Religion and Ethics (1908-20); "Lecture
on the Nature, Origin, and Historical
Development of Rhetoric or Literary Com-
gabioch] CHAPEL-OF-GARIOCH AND FETTERNEIR
151
position" (Trans. Aberdeen Philosophical
Society, 1910; Recent Theistic Discussion
[Croall Lecture] (1921).
MICHAEL JAMES MACPHERSON,
1896 k°rn Tulchan Lodge, Cromdale, 12th
Sept. 1863, son of Peter M. and
Mary Mackenzie; educated at Advie and
Aberlour Schools, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1887) ; B.D. (1893) ; licen. by Presb.
of Abernethy 9th May 1893; assistant at
Crieff and Kilsyth; ord. 19th May 1896.
Marr. 18th Nov. 1896, Annie, fifth daugh.
of Donald Grant, Balnalon, and Margaret
Fraser, and has issue — Margaret Mary
Grace Gordon, born 25th March 1899.
CHAPEL-OF-GARIOCH (of old
LOGIE DURNO) AND FET-
TERNEIR.
[These two parishes were united in 1599.
Chapel-of-Garioch. — The church of Logie
Durno was dedicated to St Mary. It
belonged to the Abbey of Lindores. At
Chapel-of-Garioch, where the church now
stands, there was of old a Chapel of St Mary
called Our Lady's Chapel of Garioch,
which, in 1583, was appointed by the
Commission of the province and haill
parishioners to be the parish church.
Near it was Our Lady's Well. A new
parish church was built at the Chapel-of-
Garioch. Soon after the seat of the Presby-
tery was removed to Chapel-of-Garioch.
Fetterneir. — The church of Fetterneir
was dedicated to St Ninian. At the
parsonage of Fetterneir, Alexander Kinin-
month, Bishop of Aberdeen, built an
Episcopal mansion in 1329. It became a
favourite residence of the succeeding
bishops.]
STEPHEN MASON, min. here and at
1567 Culsalmond and Insch.
1667 JOHN LESLIE, reader in 1567.
WALTER LESLIE, reader from 1574
1574 to 1576.
ANDREW SPEIRS, reader from 1578
1578 to 1586.
WILLIAM STRACHAN, min. in 1588;
had a manse and glebe designated 1st
Oct. 1589; died 11th Jan. 1592-3.
— [Aberdeen Homings, iv. 223, v. 42.]
ALEXANDER PATERSON, son of the
1592 beadle of Ellon ; adm. to Insch in
1586 ; trans, and adm. in 1592 ; pres.
to the vicarage by James VI. before 31st
Oct. 1592 ; coll. to Fetterneir 15th Aug.
1606; still min. in 1628. He marr., and
had issue — John, Bishop of Ross (q.v.). —
[Beg. Mag. Sig., vii., 1901 ; Family of
Leslie, i. 115, iii. 88.]
ANDREW STRACHAN, promoted from
la being regent in King's College, Aber-
deen; trans, to Chair of Divinity
in that college in 1634 (q.v.).
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, brother of
lf.„F. preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1618-22 ; adm. in
1635. In 1640 he was one of the few who
refused to sign the Covenant and was
suspended by a committee until the meet-
ing of the Assembly, when his case was
referred to a committee ; was enjoined by
the Synod to get a helper 7th Oct. 1675 ;
died before 20th July 1677. He marr.
Katherine Strachan, and had issue —
Thomas ; a daugh. (marr. John Leslie, min.
in Ireland). — [Orem's Old Aberdeen ; Inq.
Ret. de Tut., 642; Aberdeen Inhib., 20th
July 1677; Macfarlane's Geneal.Coll.,ii., 21.]
GEORGE CLERK, a native of Buchan ;
1685 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; recommended for licence by
Presb. of Ellon 16th Dec. 1668; adm.
before 1685 ; dep. 9th April 1702 for
"supine negligence."
WALTER TURING, reader and school-
,-__ master. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Book,
1696 . _ t
l., 290.]
WILLIAM LESLIE, trans, from Kem-
17 7 nay ; called 24th Nov. 1706 ; adm.
26th Feb. 1707; was barbarously
treated, hindered from carting his peats,
had them destroyed by George Leslie of
Balquhain, against whom he brought an
action for redress in the Court of Session ;
trans, to St Fergus 13th Nov. 1718.
152
CHAPEL-OF-GARIOCH AND FETTERNEIR
[PRESB. OF
1738
GILBERT GERARD, educated at Mari-
171g sclial College, Aberdeen, 1699-1703 ;
became chaplain to Sir Robert
Lauder of Beilmouth ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 19th Sept. 1716; ord. 1st July
1719; died 3rd Feb. 1738. He marr.
Marjory Mitchell, who died 24th Oct. 1785,
aged 81, and had issue — Alexander, D.D.,
min. of Aberdeen and Professor of Divinity,
King's College (q.v.), born 22nd Feb. 1728 ;
Gilbert, advocate, Aberdeen, born 1729,
died 8th July 1766. — {Aberdeen Tests.;
Fergusson's Sons of the Manse, 51.]
ROBERT FARQUHAR, born 1699, son
of John F. at Wester Coul, and Mar-
garet Forbes ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1718) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 4th Nov. 1724 ;
ord. to Peterhead 21st July 1726 ; pres. by
Sir James Elphinstone of Logie in June,
trans, and adm. 18th Oct. 1738 ; died
Father of the Chtirch 4th Feb. 1787.
He marr. 21st Jan. 1729, Katherine (died
7th Nov. 1798), daugh. of Walter Turing,
min. of Rayne, and had issue — James,
born 23rd Jan. and died 6th March 1731 ;
John, min. of Nigg, born 8th June 1732 ;
Ann, born 13th April 1734, died 12th Jan.
1825 ; Katherine, born 17th Sept. 1735,
died 23rd Dec. 1750; Thomas, born 27th
Aug. 1736, died 1801; Margaret (twin),
born 27th Aug. 1736, died 9th Oct. 1753 ;
Sir Walter, Bart., M.D., distinguished
London physician, born 6th Oct. 1738,
died 30th March 1819 [great-grandfather
of Horace Brand Townsend - Farquhar,
created a Baronet in 1892, raised to the
Peerage as Baron Farquhar in 1898, and
a Viscount in 1917, died 1923] ; Elizabeth,
born 15th Nov. 1743, died 19th Nov. 1746 ;
Forbes (daugh.), born 3rd Nov. 1747, died
27th Feb. 1763; Martha, born 21st Sept.
1751 (marr. Patrick Davidson, D.D., min.
of Rayne); Robert, born 28th Feb. 1755,
died while on an embassy from Bengal to
the King of Berar 9th Oct. 1778.
JOHN SHAND, M.A. ; trans, from
17R_ Kemnay ; pres. by General Home
of Logie and his son, Captain Home,
in July, and adm. 11th Oct. 1787; trans.
to Kintore 3rd Oct. 1799.
ALEXANDER SMITH, born 1771, son
,800 of Richard S., papermaker, Peter-
culter ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (27th March 1790);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th Dec. 1791 ;
taught class of Botany at Aberdeen Univ.,
1792-9 ; pres. by Robert Dalrymple Horn
Elphinstone of Logie in March, and ord.
5th June 1800; D.D. (Aberdeen, May 1814);
died 6th Jan. 1817. He marr. Margaret
(died at Aberdeen, 11th June 1856, aged
81), daugh. of William Simpson, merchant,
Aberdeen, and granddaugh. of Francis
Dauney, min. of Banchory-Teraan, and had
issue— Robert, M.R.C.S.E., Aberdeen, born
16th Aug. 1800, died 18th Nov. 1870;
Barbara, born 1st Aug. 1802, died 25th Jan.
1830 ; William, merchant, Aberdeen, born
6th Dec. 1803, died 31st Aug. 1878 ; Mary,
born 21st Aug. 1805 (marr. 17th Aug. 1848,
Thomas Laurie, Aberdeen), died 2nd June
1882 ; James, min. of Dunbarton, bom 28th
April 1807; Francis, accountant, North of
Scotland Bank, Aberdeen, born 12th Nov.
1808 ; Rachel, born 10th April 1810, died
20th March 1814 ; Margaret, bom 10th Jan.
1812 (marr. 4th Oct. 1831, John Galen,
M.D., Aberdeen), died 13th Aug. 1864;
Elizabeth, born 11th April 1813, died 22nd
July 1873 ; Rachel, born 9th March 1815,
died loth June 1887 ; Graeme, bom June
1816, died in infancy. Publications —
Commentaries on the Laws of Moses, trans-
lated from the German of Michaelis, 4
vols. (1814) ; The Philosophy of Morals,
2 vols. (London, 1835). — [Camie's Report-
ing Reminiscences, i., 23.]
HENRY SIMSON, born 7th Sept. 1789,
1817 son of David S., D.D., min. of Tulli-
allan ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 5th May
1812; pres. by Sir Robert D. Horn Elphin-
stone of Logie-Elphinstone, Bart., in Feb.,
and ord. 26th Nov. 1817. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Free Church,
Chapel-of-Garioch, 1843-50 ; died at Harlaw,
30th Jan. 1850. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1824,
Mary (bom 9th Oct. 1794, died at Edin-
burgh, 19th Jan. 1871), daugh. of Robert
Shepherd, min. of Daviot, and had issue —
Isabella Mary, born 19th June 1825, died
garioch]
CHAPEL-OF-GARIOCH— FETTERNEIR
153
7th June 1826; David, Judge of Chief
Court of Punjab, born 25th Sept. 1826;
Eobert, H.E.I.C.S., born 15th Feb. 1827;
Anne, born 7th April 1829, died at Edin-
burgh, 12th May 1915 ; Henry, born 29th
Oct. 1830, died 4th April 1843; James
Dalrymple, born 13th March 1832, died in
infancy; James, H.E.I.C.S., born 27th
March 1835; John Thomas, W.S., born
26th May 1837, died 9th Nov. 1865 ; Isa-
bella Mary Garioch, born 2nd July 1839
(marr. Charles Eobertson, Bengal Civil
Service). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). — [David-
son's Old Aberdeenshire Ministers, 47-9.]
JAMES GKEIG, born Hillocks, New-
hills, 1811, son of George G. ; edu-
1343 .
cated at Parish School and King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (April 1830) ;
became schoolmaster at Keith-hall, June
1839 ; Murray Lecturer, 1839-40 ; travelled
on the Continent in 1841-2 as tutor to the
son of an Ayrshire laird ; ord. 31st Aug.
1843; died 14th Aug. 1859. Long known
as "the High Priest of the Parish." He
was a skilful musician and scholar, and
the author of several songs, including " The
Blinkin' o't." He marr. 1st Feb. 1848,
Caroline (died 25th Dec. 1852, aged 38),
only surviving daugh. of William Mackie,
merchant, Aberdeen, and had issue — James
William, born 26th Jan. 1850, died at
Eobbin Island, Cape Town, 19th Feb.
1885. Publications — On the Life and
Character of St Paul ; On the Life and
Character of Balaam [Murray Lectures]
(Aberdeen, 1840-1).— [Bards of Bon-Accord,
633; Kemnay Bazaar-Book, 24; Whistle
Binkie, i., 481.]
WALTER IRVINE, M.A. ; trans, from
Dollar 24th Nov. 1859; trans, to
1859
Kilconquhar 1st Feb. 1866.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SPROTT,
1866 M.A.; adm. 28th March 1866; trans,
to North Berwick 8th May 1873. He
marr. 29th Sept. 1857 (cf. Vol. I., 383).
ALEXANDER YOUNG, born Birse-
more, 1832, son of Charles Y.,
1874 - •
farmer, Birse, and Christina Alex-
ander ; educated at Birse School and
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1851) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil ;
assistant at Aboyne ; min. at Kandy and
St Andrews, Colombo, Ceylon ; ind. 15th
Jan. 1874 ; died at Cults, 10th March 1913.
He marr. 4th Oct. 1864, Helen Maitland
(died 27th March 1900), daugh. of George
Cook, D.D., min. of Kincardine O'Neil, and
had issue — Charles Maitland, born 13th
Aug. 1865 ; Mary Agnes Watson, born 1st
Sept. 1866; Helen Maitland, born 24th
May 1869 (marr. Hogan) ; George
Alexander, born 1st June 1873 ; John
Elphinstone, born 26th Aug. 1874 ; Andrew
Watson Cook, lieut.-colonel Indian Medical
Service, born 25th Feb. 1876; Alexander
Norman, born 7th Nov. 1878.
1912
WILLIAM M'NI COL, born Alex-
andria, 18th July 1884, son of Hugh
M. and Isabella Millar; educated
at Vale of Leven Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1907), B.D. (1911) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton May 1911 ; assist-
ant at South Parish, Paisley, Queen's Park
and Barony Parish, Glasgow ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 27th Dec. 1912 ; Chaplain to
Forces in Great War ; trans, to Longforgan
16th Jan. 1925. Marr. 22nd Feb. 1916,
Louise d'Auvergne, daugh. of William
Thornborrow Kilgour of Tulloch and Bal-
gaveny and Maud Innes, and has issue
—Winifred Isabel, born 16th Dec. 1916 ;
Maud d'Auvergne, born 22nd Jan. 1919.
NEIL LEWIS ARTHUR CAMPBELL,
M.A., trans, from Fort Augustus
(q.v.) 19th June 1925.
FETTERNEIR.
ANDREW LESLIE, parson, granted a
tack of the teinds to John Leslie
1569 of Balqullain 22nd gept 1569_ He
was sheriff-clerk of Aberdeen ; died 8th
April 1571. — [Family of Leslie, i., 115.]
WALTER GORDON, parson, granted
a tack of the teinds to John Leslie
of Balquhain 18th May 1586.—
[Family of Leslie, i., 115.]
1586
154
FETTERNEIR— CULSALMOND
[PRESB. OF
JAMES JOHNSTON, min. of Mony-
1593 musk, had charge here in 1593.
JOHN LESLIE, reader in 1597 —
1597 [Family of Leslie, iii., 74.]
[United to Logie Durno in 1599.]
CULSALMOND.
[The church of Culsalmond belonged to
the Abbey of Lindores. There were in the
parish Wells of Our Lady and St Michael.]
STEPHEN MASON, took charge here in
1567 addition to his own parish of Insch.
WILLIAM STRAITH, reader from 1567
1567 to 1574 [afterwards min. in 1593].
ROBERT IRVING, reader from 1588 to
1588 1591.
WILLIAM STRAITH, min. in 1593.—
159S [P. C. Reg., viii., 134.]
ANDREW SPENS, reader from 1594
1594 to 1595.
THOMAS SPENS, adm. before
1607 1607.
GEORGE LEITH, M.A. ; adm. before
1635 ^k ^xme !635 ; pres. to Bethelnie
(Meldrum), 17th Feb. 1643.
ARTHUR ORE [or ORR], educated
1643 at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1630) ; adm. about 1643 ; died on
Sunday, 18th Sept. 1664. He marr.
Elspeth Forbes, who survived him, and
had issue — Robert, served heir 1st Oct.
1670 ; James ; Bethia(marr. John Maitland,
min. of Inverkeithny). — [P. C. Constat.,
1st Oct. 1670; Aberdeen Sas., iii., 254;
Davidson's Inverurie, 338.]
WILLIAM GARIOCH, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; adm.
about 1665 ; died between 16th
Feb. and 21st March 1711. He marr.
Margaret Moir, and had issue — Peter of
Tulloch; Andrew, apprenticed to Thomas
Orem, merchant, Aberdeen, 9th March
1709 ; Magdalen. — {Aberdeenshire Poll-
Book, i., 265 ; Scot. Notes and Queries,
xii., 39.]
1665
WILLIAM . CLARIHEW, licen.
1712 kv Presb. of Aberdeen 6th March
1700 ; called 2nd Dec. 1711 ; ord.
27th May 1712; died 13th May 1733.—
[Aberdeen Tests.]
JOHN ANGUS, bapt. 23rd Oct. 1701,
17_. son of John A., min. of Kinellar ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (12th Feb. 1719) ; called 5th
June, and ord. 18th Sept. 1734 ; died 2nd
April 1751. He marr. 11th Dec. 1735,
Janet (died 18th Feb. 1792), daugh. of
Walter Turing, min. of Rayne, and had
issue— Ann, born 10th Dec. 1737, died 28th
Oct. 1754 ; Elizabeth, born 26th Feb. 1739
(marr. John Bisset, min. of Brechin) ;
Walter, born 5th May 1743 ; Alexander,
min. of Botriphnie, born 13th Aug. 1744;
Rachel, born 15th Nov. 1746, died 15th
March 1748; Martha, born 30th March
1749; John, born 28th Aug. 1751, died
13th Jan. 1754.
JOHN BISSET, pres. by Sir Arthur
175, Forbes of Craigievar in July and
ord. 20th Nov. 1751 ; trans, to
Brechin 9th Nov. 1769.
ROBERT GAULD, born 1748 ; educated
17„. at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1759-62 ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff
10th Dec. 1766 ; pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes
of Craigievar, Bart., in April, and ord.
25th July 1770 ; died unmarr., " an orna-
ment to his profession and a blessing to
his people," 29th July 1786. A table-shaped
tombstone was erected to his memory by
" his most affectionate friend and sister
Janet Gauld." — [Tombst. ; Jervise's Epi-
taphs, ii., 324.]
WILLIAM M'CLEISH, born 1741, third
j-g^ son of John M., in parish of Black-
ford ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
28th July 1767 ; pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes
of Craigievar, Bart., Dec. 1786; ord. 13th
June 1787 ; LL.D. ; died 24th Jan. 1794.
He marr. 16th June 1788, Amelia Harp,
who died 30th Aug. 1804. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
iii.).
gaeioch]
CULSALMOND— DAVIOT
155
WILLIAM COCK, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
1795 William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart.,
July 1794; ord. 17th June 1795;
trans, to Eathen 6th May 1801.
FEEDINAND ELLIS, born Aberdeen-
laol shire 1770 ; became schoolmaster of
Forgue ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1791) ; schoolmaster at
Eothes; licen. by Presb. of Turriff 27th
July 1796 ; pres. by Sir William Forbes
of Craigievar, Bart., in Aug., and ord. 24th
Sept. 1801 ; died at Aberdeen, 25th March
1851. He marr. 3rd May 1812, Katherine
(died 31st March 1834, aged 46), daugh. of
George Daun, min. of Insch, and had issue
—Susan, born 6th Nov. 1812, died 28th
Jan. 1876; Catherine, born 14th April 1814,
died 9th Aug. 1829; Alexander, born 2nd
Oct. 1815, died at Penang Dec. 1854;
Barbara, born 10th Feb. 1817; George,
born 1st Feb. 1818, died 2nd May 1883;
Wilhelmina Forbes Daun, born 19th Dec.
1819 (marr. 21st March 1863. Alexander
Charles Jamieson, Sydney, N.S.W.) ; John
Eussel, born 19th Dec. 1821 ; Christian,
born 18th May 1823, died 9th Oct. 1834;
Caroline Hamilton, born 9th March 1825,
died 26th Dec. 1836; Eobert, born 23rd
Feb. 1827 ; Andrew Jamieson, born 8th
Oct. 1828; Edward, born 2nd June 1831,
died 26th Dec. 1836. Publication— Account
of the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, xii.).
WILLIAM MIDDLETON, born Titi-
1841 koutie, Coull, 1780, son of Alexander
M., farmer, and Isobel Adam of
Beltie ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1820) ; military chaplain
at Fort George ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 11th Nov. 1841 ; died unmarr.,
11th March 1853.
AECHIBALD STOEIE, adm.
1853 *®*k June l853 > trans, to Insch
17th May 1864.
WILLIAM MASSON, born Belma-
1864 ^uthy, Faster Eoss, 17th May 1836,
son of William M., farmer, and
inspector under Government of Land Ee-
clamation, and Margaret Tolmie ; educated
at Munlochy School, Grammar School,
Aberdeen, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1862 ; mission-
ary at Straloch and Braemar ; pres. by Sir
William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart. ; adm.
26th Aug. 1864 ; dem. 30th May 1911 ; died
at Aberdeen 20th Dec. 1923. He marr. 16th
May 1867, Eliza Jane (died 9th May 1911),
daugh. of John Yeats of Kincorth, advo-
cate, Aberdeen, and Marianne Mearns, and
had issue — William Macdonald, born 24th
March 1868; Duncan John Mearns, born
12th April 1869, died at Lahore, India,
3rd Sept. 1890 ; Marion Isabel, born 28th
Aug. 1871 ; Evan Malcolm Eoss, born 18th
Feb. 1875, died at Aberdeen 5th Sept.
1892; Ethel Margaret Therese, born 5th
Feb. 1881 (marr. Eobert Scarth Valentine
Logie, min. of Aberdalgie). Publication —
Pamphlet on South African War.
EICHAED CLAYTON COEEIE, born
lgll Sheffield, 1st Nov. 1882, son of
Eichard C. and Martha Clayton ;
educated at Dr George Hardy's School,
Doncaster, Turton Hall College, Gilder-
some, Leeds, New College, Harrogate,
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1906),
B.D. (1909) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
5th May 1909; assistant at St Mary's,
Dumfries ; ord. 22nd Sept. 1911 ; trans.
to Prestonkirk 19th Jan. 1916. Marr.
22nd Jan. 1913, Beatrice, daugh. of James
Edward Bradshaw and Kezia Porter, and
has issue — Eichard Clayton, born 28th
March 1918.
WILLIAM MUEDOCH, born Huntly,
lgl 28th April 1889, son of John M. and
Elsie Calder; educated at Aberlour
School and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1911); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1913 ; assistant at East Parish, Aberdeen ;
ord. 11th May 1916. Marr. 22nd Dec.
1920, Elizabeth Collie, daugh. of John
Mackenzie and Elizabeth Sutherland.
DAVIOT.
[Daviot was a prebend of Aberdeen and
the incumbent was treasurer of the diocese.
The church was dedicated to St Colm.
There was in the parish a Well of Our
Lady. The church, built in 1798, has been
since restored.]
156
DAVIOT
[PRESB. OF
JOHN LESLIE, reader here and at
1667 Eayne in 156V.
PATRICK MYKETOUN, formerly
1573 treasurer of Aberdeen and parson
in 1557 ; was pres. by James VI.
10th June 1573, but did not accept— [Aber-
deen Sheriff-Court Books, ii., 494.]
GEORGE PATER SON, sometime
157_ regent in King's College in 1569; adm.
to Belhelvie 1st May 1570; pres. by
James VI. 13th July 1573, with Inverurie,
Monkeggie, Kintore, and Kinkell also in
the charge ; app. by the General Assembly
in 1579, Commissioner over the kirks in the
Laigh of Mar and the Garioch, with the kirks
of Mearns beyond the Mount upon the water,
and on Presbyteries being established he was
nominated to assist in their erection ; was
app. in 1592 to watch over the practices of
the opponents of the reformed religion in
the bounds of the Garioch ; was still min.
in 1608. He marr., and had issue — Helen
(marr. George Raith). — [G. R. Inhib., 1st
Feb. 1619 ; Melvill's Autob., 302.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, min. in 1608.—
1608 [P. C. Reg., viii., 121.]
WILLIAM STRACHAN, probably
brother of Andrew and Alexander
S., mins. of Chapel - of - Garioch ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1605) ; adm. before 14th April 1613 ;
refused to take the Covenant in 1640, and
was arrested by a party of its supporters ;
was suspended by the Synod in 1649 and had
an Act of Parliament passed in his favour
26th June that year. He marr. Grizel Smith,
and had issue — William, a student at Mari-
schal College 1630-8. — [Aberdeen Sas., x.,
559; Acts of Pari., vi., part ii., 438 ; Aber-
deen Sheriff-Court Reg., ii. 505, iii. 14.]
GEORGE TAYLIFER [TELFER], ord.
1650 (assistant) 25tn June 1650; joined
the Protesters in 1651 ; dep. after 27th
April 1660 for treasonable speeches against
the King and the Government. — [Acts of
Pari., vii., 300.]
THOMAS THOIRS, M.A., formerly of
Udny ; adm. March 1661 ; trans, to
Mortlach 27th Dec. 1663.
1613
WILLIAM LUNAN, educated at King's
1666 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1626);
adm. to Cromarty before 2nd Nov.
1638 ; became servitor to Sir Thomas
Urquhart of Cromarty, and on 13th Feb.
1645 the Presb. of Turriff were app. by
the General Assembly to proceed with his
excommunication ; adm. here before 2nd
Oct. 1666; still min. 3rd Oct. 1671. He
marr. and had issue — Alexander, his suc-
cessor.— [G. R. Homings, 2nd Jan. 1669.]
ALEXANDER LUNAN, born about
1672 1647, son of preceding ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(19th July 1664); adm. between 21st April
and 15th Dec. 1672; dep. 17th Oct. 1716
for engaging in the Rebellion, etc., and
became an Episcopal min. at Meikle Wartle.
He gifted in 1705 two silver chalices to the
parish " for the use only of Episcopal
ministers." He marr. Janet, daugh. of Sir
James Elphinstone of Logie, and had issue
— James ; Patrick, Episcopal min. at Meikle
Wartle ; Robert ; Margaret (marr. 1707,
Alexander Gordon of Coldwells); Elizabeth;
Cecilia ; Anna. Publications — The Office
of the Holy Communion (Edinburgh, 1711) ;
The Mystery of Man's Redemption, in Five
Sermons, upon the Festivals of the Church
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1712 ; Aberdeen,
1835).— [Coll. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 581 ;
Aberdeenshire Poll-Booh, i., 315.]
WILLIAM ANDERSON, born 1682, son
1717 of George A., Professor of Divinity
in King's College, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at King's College; M.A. (1696);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 12th June
1706; ord. to Cabrach 12th March 1707;
trans, to Premnay 30th Sept. 1709; called
by Presb. jure devoluto 14th Aug., trans,
and adm. 6th Nov. 1717 ; died April 1730.
He marr. Margaret (died 20th June 1786),
daugh. of Robert Forbes of the Auchreddie
family, who marr. (2). — [Aberdeen Tests. ;
Slains Charters.]
JAMES CHALMERS, born 1703, son
17ql of George C, min. of Drumblade ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1725) ; librarian, King's Col-
lege, 1726-30 ; licen. by Presb. of Ellon 27th
garioch]
DAVIOT
157
Aug. 1729 ; ord. 10th Feb. 1731 ; died 3rd
Aug. 1787. He marr. 22nd Sept. 1731,
Anna (died 22nd Sept. 1744), second daugh.
of James Douglass of Tihvhilly, and had
issue— James, died 25th March 1745 ; John,
born 29th Nov. 1732, went abroad ; Agnes,
born 17th March 1735, went abroad ; George,
born 2nd Aug. 1738, went abroad ; Isobel,
born 8th June 1740, died 18th April 1821 ;
Euphemia, born 12th Jan. 1744; James
(twin), born 12th Jan. 1744.
1788
ROBERT SHEPHEED, born 27th Jan.
1758, son of Thomas S., min. of
Bourtie ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (14th Feb. 1776) ;
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 3rd April 1782 ;
pres. by George III. 7th Nov. 1787 ; ord.
2nd April 1788; died 16th Sept. 1828. He
marr. 26th Feb. 1789, Isabella Mary (died at
Linton 6th Dec. 1841), daugh. of Dr James
Garioch of Gariochsford, and had issue —
James, W.S., born 5th Feb. 1790, died 4th
Dec. 1857 ; Janet, born 5th May 1791, died
29th Nov. 1794; Helena, born 4th Dec.
1792 (marr. 1st Dec. 1812, John Lumsden,
merchant, Aberdeen), died 6th Dec. 1879;
Mary, born 9th Oct. 1794 (marr. Henry
Simson, min. of Chapel-of-Garioch) ; Cap-
tain John, chairman, H.E.I.C.S., born 22nd
May 1796 ; Alexander, sub-Professor of
Greek, born 4th June 1798 ; Thomas, captain
Indian Mercantile Marine, born 19th April
1800; George, M.A., born 11th May 1802,
died 30th Dec. 1825 ; Ann, born 29th Sept.
1804 (marr. 20th April 1837, George Elsmie,
merchant, Aberdeen); Kobert, born 19th
Aug. 1807, died 6th March 1827; Russel
born 21st July 1810, died 21st Aug. 1812 ;
Forbes, born 1st Jan. 1814 (marr. 26th
April 1836, William Burnett Craigie of
Linton). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Jervise's
Epitaphs, i. 283, ii. 409.]
THOMAS BURNETT, born Aberdeen-
shire; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st March 1806) ;
licen. by Presb. of Ellon 29th April 1812 ;
pres. by George IV. 13th Jan., and ord. 5th
Aug. 1829; died 26th Sept. 1874. He
marr. 16th June 1831, Mary (died 7th Aug.
1847), daugh. of John Gordon, min. of
Cabrach, and had issue — Mary Ann, born
30th May 1832 ; Elizabeth, born 23rd April
1833; Jane Gordon, born 12th Dec. 1834;
Margaret, born 3rd April 1836 (marr. 29th
Sept. 1857, John Peter, factor to Lord
Lovat) ; Isabella, born 24th May 1838, died
12th June 1841 ; Thomas, min. of Kenneth-
mont, born 17th May 1841. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
. THOMAS BURNETT, M.A, son of
1865 Preceding; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 9th Feb. 1865 ; trans.
Kennethmont 13th Feb. 1870.
to
ANDREW SOUTER, M.A.; ord. (assist-
18170 ant and successor) 9th June 1870;
trans, to Echt 2nd May 1873.
DONALD ROBERTSON, born Baul-
187s bain, Kirkmickael, Banff, 19th July
1833, son of John R., farmer, and
Margaret M'Intosh ; educated at Kirk-
michael School, Grammar School and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1858); missionary at
Straloch 1870 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
22nd Aug. 1873; died unmarr. 1st May
1885.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born
18 Lower Cabrach, 10th March 1859,
son of William A. and Jessie Jupp ;
educated at Rhynie School, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie in 1885 ; assistant at
Holburn, Aberdeen ; ord. 25th Sept. 1885 ;
clerk of Presb., 1909-23 ; died unmarr. 18th
Feb. 1923.
ALEXANDER SMART, born Aberdeen,
1923 15tl1 ^0V" 1892' S0D °f Alexander S.
and Agnes Taylor ; educated at
Robert Gordon's College and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1915); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen in 1921 ; assistant at East
Parish, Aberdeen, that year; ord. 16th
July 1923 ; trans, to Broughty Ferry 1926.
Marr. 10th Oct. 1923, Elizabeth, daugh.
of James Crichton. Publications — Bio-
graphical Sketch of Late Principal Iverach
(Aberdeen Free Press, 1921).
158
INSCH
[PRKSB. OF
INSCH.
[The old church of Insch (originally Inch-
mabanin), now ruined, was dedicated to
St Drostan. It belonged to the Abbey of
Lindores. A chapel of St John stood at
Dunnideer in the parish.]
STEPHEN MASON, min. in 1567, with
Culsalmond and Logie Durno also
in the charge ; trans, to Bethelnie
(Meldrum) in 1574.
1567 WILLIAM BALLINGALL, reader.
WALTEE RICHARDSON, trans, from
Clatt before 1585, with Culsalmond,
Kintore, and Kinkell also in the
charge ; trans, to Oyne in 1586.
ALEXANDEE PATEESON, adm. in
15__ 1586; trans, to Logie Durno [Chapel-
of-Garioch] in 1592.
1596
v WILLIAM BAECLAY, son of Walter
B. in Andurnocht; adm. to Bourtie
in 1595; trans, and adm. in 1596;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 4th
March 1599; still min. 4th May 1603.—
[Aberdeen Homings, viii., 159.]
JAMES SPENCE, son of George S.
of Boddam ; mentioned as vicar in
1603. He marr. a daugh. of William
Leslie of New Leslie and Elizabeth Forbes.
— [Family of Leslie, iii., 343.]
160S
1607
JOHN LOGIE, adm. before 1607 ; was
a member of the Assembly in 1610 ;
trans, to Bethelnie after 14th April
' 1613. His initials, with date 1613, are on
the belfry of the church.
1621
ALEXANDEE EOSS, M.A.; adm.
about 1621 ; trans, to Footdee in
1631.
ALEXANDEE EOSS, son of John R.,
min. of Cluny ; min. in 1635 ; was
1635 executor to William Roche, min. of
Essil in 1651; still min. 17th April 1660.
He marr., and had issue — John, to whom
his father disponed Drumrossie ; Alex-
ander. — [Aberdeen Burgh Sas., xxxviii.,
226 ; Aberdeen Inkib., 17th Oct. 1674.]
1661
WILLIAM BURNETT, M.A.; adm.
to Oyne before 25th Nov. 1647;
trans, and adm. before 18th April
1661; still min. 20th April 1680. He
marr. Margaret Barclay, and had issue
— James, apprenticed to Dr Matthew
M'Kail, apothecary, Aberdeen, 5th July
1672. — [Aberdeen Sas., vii., 167; Scot.
J\rotes and Queries, xii., 6.]
1683
JOHN PATTON, regent in Marischal
College in 1675; recommended for
ordination 29th March 1682; adm.
to Leochel that year ; trans, and adm.
16th April 1683; died (after a period of
ill-health) 20th March 1691. He marr.
and had issue — Charles ; John ; Janet.
[GEORGE CRICHTON, M.A. (King's
College, 1682) ; session-clerk and school-
master, and a licentiate who had preached
during the long illness of preceding, and
for a year after P.'s death ; was called as
successor, but died 12th July 1692.]
1692
SIR JOHN TURING, M.A., formerly of
Cummertrees ; called 2nd Oct. 1692
and intruded ; dem. between 23rd
Feb. and 12th Oct. 1701. He was subse-
quently received into communion with
the Presbyterian Church, and settled at
Drumblade.
JOHN IRVINE, M.A., formerly of
Peterculter (q.v.) ; intruded, but was
suspended by the Commission of
Assembly 13th June 1701.
1701
JOHN MAITLAND, called 18th Oct.
1702; ord. 26th April 1703; trans.
1703
to Forgue 22nd May 1707.
1708
ALEXANDER SHAND, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(21st June 1694) ; licen. by Presb.
of Turriff 12th Nov. 1701; ord. to Glen-
buchat 10th May 1704; called 8th May,
trans, and adm. 23rd June 1708 ; died after
7th April 1719, aged about 45. He marr.
garioch]
INSCH
159
Isobel, daugh. of Alexander Abernethy of
Auchencloich and Mayen, and had issue
—William, born 13th Nov. 1712; John.
ALEXANDER SIMSON, ord. 23rd
1720 March 1720; trans, to Monymusk
29th May 1729.
ALEXANDER MEARNS, born 1701;
_729 educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1713-18; became schoolmaster
of Rothiemay in 1718; ord., 19th Nov.
1729; died Father op the Chuech
24th Oct. 1789. He marr. 2nd June 1731,
Janet (died 18th June 1779), daugh. of
John Shanks, Kennethmont, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 1st Sept. 1732;
Janet, born 13th Jan. 1734 (marr. 3rd
July 1769, Adam Maitland, manufacturer,
Insch); Margaret, born 24th Nov. 1735,
died 15th Nov. 1756; Ernest, born 27th
Dec. 1737, died 12th Feb. 1750; Walter,
born 18th July 1739, died 5th Sept. 1757 ;
Katherine, born 30th March 1741 ; Alex-
ander, min. of Cluny, born 22nd May
1745; George John, born 9th Feb. 1747,
died 13th July 1748 ; Jean, born 7th, and
died 17th March 1751.
GEORGE DAUN, born, 1751; edu-
.,.„ cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1772) ; became schoolmaster
of Alves ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 25th
Aug. 1778; ord. by it 18th April 1786;
pres. by Sir William Forbes of Craigie-
var, Bart., in April, and adm. 9th June
1790; died 21st May 1821. He marr. (1)
Clementina Leslie, who died at Elgin,
21st July 1780, and had issue — Margaret,
born 10th Aug. 1777, died at Stone-
haven 7th Oct. 1867 : (2) 15th March 1784,
Catherine Petrie, who died 12th May
1837, and had issue— Robert, M.A., M.D.,
deputy - inspector of General Hospitals,
Indian army, born 10th April 1785, died
14th June 1871 ; Catherine, born 17th
Jan. 1788 (marr. Ferdinand Ellis, min.
of Culsalmond); Marjory, born 9th Oct.
1789 (marr. Major Robert Duff, H.E.I.C.S.);
William Forbes, born 1791 ; George, born
29th June 1792 ; James, M.A., M.D., rector
of Westmoreland, 'Jamaica, born 3rd Aug.
1794, died 25th Aug. 1822; Anne, born
15th Aug. 1796 ; Hannah, born 13th April
1798 (marr. 18th Jan. 1821, William Bonny-
man, surgeon, Insch).
PATRICK DAVIDSON, born 12th
1822 •A'Pril 1791' son of William D-i min.
of Inverurie ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1st April 1806) ;
became schoolmaster of Kintore ; licen. by
Presb. of Garioch 19th July 1814; pres.
by commissioner for the trustees of Sir
William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart., in
1821 ; ord. 8th May 1822 ; died at Kintore,
17th Nov. 1858. He marr. 25th March
1830, Elsie (died 10th Feb. 1884), youngest
daugh. of James Innes of Hartfield,
Ross-shire, surgeon, and had issue— Jane
Williamina, born 28th Dec. 1830; Eliza-
beth, born 12th April 1832 ; Elspet Maria,
born 22nd March 1834 ; William, born 25th
May 1838 ; Mary, born 18th July 1842 ;
Patrick Robert, born 11th July 1844 ; Isa-
bella, born 11th June 1846; Agnes, born
28th Nov. 1848; James, born 18th Dec.
1850.
ROBERT CUSHNY, pres. by Sir John
1836 Forbes °f Craigievar, Bart., Oct.
1835 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
23rd June 1836 ; trans, to Bellie 26th Oct.
1843.
ADAM MITCHELL, born June 1799,
1844 son °^ J°nn M., farmer, Christs-
kirk, and Jean Paterson ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (18th
March 1843) ; Murray Lecturer there in
1839-40, 1842-3; rector of Grammar
School, Old Aberdeen, 1822-44; adm.
(assistant and successor) 13th June 1844 ;
LL.D. (King's College, 8th Nov. 1856);
died 21st Oct. 1863. He marr. 29th Oct.
1832, Isabella (died 11th March 1889, aged
85), daugh. of Peter Nicol, Seaton, Old
Aberdeen, and had issue — Anne Catherine,
born 23rd Sept. 1833 (marr. 24th Dec. 1850,
George Mackie, M.D., Insch), died 16th July
1899 ; Margaret Jane, born 26th May 1837
(died 7th May 1913) ; Charles James, born
10th Oct. 1838.
160
INSCH— INVERURIE
[PRESB. OF
1864
AKCHIBALD STORIE, born Edin-
burgh, 10th Jan. 1817, son of
Archibald S., Edinburgh ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; became a teacher
in Aberdeen and chaplain to various insti-
tutions ; ord. to Culsalmond 16th June
1853; pres. by Sir William Forbes of
Craigievar, Bart. ; trans, and adm. 17th
May 1864 ; died at Donbank, Aberdeen,
28th July 1891. He marr. 19th Sept. 1839,
Anne Avery (died 23rd Aug. 1894), daugh.
of Robert Craig, china merchant, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Annabella,, born 8th
April 1842 (marr. (1) 15th Nov. 1864,
Charles Gordon Robertson, advocate,
sheriff of Kincardineshire, (2) Captain
Walter Cheney Hart, Royal Naval Postal
Cable Department); Francis Robert,
engineer, chief officer, Turkish Naval
Department, Bey, afterwards chief officer,
Nagasaki Naval Arsenal, latterly fruit
farmer, California, born 28th Jan. 1844 ;
Catherine Archibald, born 16th Jan. 1846
(marr. 28th Dec. 1880, Alexander Christie,
Insch), died 28th Oct. 1885; Thomas;
Helen Dixson, born 8th April 1850 (marr.
19th Sept. 1877, George Cruden, advocate,
Aberdeen); Archibald John Watt, S.S.C.,
Aberdeen, born 10th May 1851, died 4th
Jan. 1923; Anne Avery Craig, born 28th
March 1853, died 24th May 1880 ; Charles
Gordon Robertson, M.B., CM., Govern-
ment Medical Department, Sarawak, born
23rd Feb. 1855, died at Brighton, 26th
April 1889; Jane Maria Haldway, born
14th July 1857 (marr. Thomas Dixson,
M.A., B.D., D.D., Sydney, Australia;
Robert Craig, fruit farmer, California, born
24th Dec. 1858; William Smith, M.A.,
sometime min. of Kingscavil, born 4th Feb.
1861.
ROBERT SANGSTER KEMP, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
9th May 1888; trans, to Deer 23rd
Feb. 1899.
JOHN MACK, born Baillieston, Lanark-
shire, 1st Nov. 1860, son of Thomas
M. and Mary Douglas ; educated at
Baillieston School, High School, Glasgow,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1884), B.D.
1899
(1895) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ;
assistant at Port-Glasgow and Borthwick ;
ord. 17th Aug. 1899.
INVERURIE.
[The old church of Inverurie, whose ruins
stand in the ancient churchyard, was dedi-
cated to St Apollinaris. It belonged to the
Abbey of Lindores. Inverurie held a fair
of St Apollinaris and another fair on 8th
Sept., Our Lady Day in Harvest.]
GEORGE PATERSON, min. here in
, „ 1573, having Daviot, Monkeggie,
Kinkell, and Kintore also in his
charge.— [Davidson's Inverurie, 153],
ALEXANDER MACKIE, reader here
and at Monkeggie from 1574 to
1580 ; min. in 1585, with Monkeggie
also in the charge ; dep. about 1597.
1574
JAMES MILL [or MILNE], pres. to
the vicarage of both charges above
lfiOO
mentioned, by James VI. 16th Jan.
1600, in which year he was a member of
Assembly, as well as of that held at Aber-
deen, 2nd July 1605, but for maintaining
before the Privy Council, 3rd Oct., that the
Aberdeen Assembly was not lawful, he was
ordered to return to his parish and attend to
his duties ; still min. in 1641, when his last
entry was made in a register of Births and
Deaths, which he seems to have kept with
great regularity from 1609. He marr. (1)
1603, Margaret Leslie (died s.p. 20th April
1629, aged 77), widow of Alexander Leslie,
and sister of the Laird of New Leslie, and
of George L. of Bogis: (2) Marjorie Elphin-
stone, and had issue — James, physician,
Inverurie, born 2nd Oct. 1630 ; Elizabeth,
born 16th Feb. 1632; Jean, born 29th Oct.
1633 ; Andrew, born 3rd Oct. 1635 ; Alex-
ander, min. of West Quarter, Glasgow, born
4th Jan. 1637; George, born 28th Aug.
1638; Marjorie, born 31st March 1640.—
[Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Beg., iv., 169 ; David-
son's Inverurie, 159, 161, 207 ; Prot.-
Book of George Barclay, Town-clerk of
Inverurie.]
garioch]
INVERURIE
161
WILLIAM FOKBES, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1637-41 ;
ord. to Second Charge, Montrose,
20th Nov. 1640; trans, and adm. 14th
Jan. 1643; died before Whitsunday 1679
[it is said in the pulpit, after pronouncing
sentence of excommunication upon his
daugh. for her sympathy with Quakerism].
He marr. Margaret Strachan, and had issue
—William, born 15th April 1644 ; Kobert,
licentiate and schoolmaster of the parish;
Margaret, born 1646 ; Jean. — [Davidson's
Inverurie, 342, 358 ; Barclay's Memoir of
the People called Quakers.]
WILLIAM MUERAY, a native of the
Garioch ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (2nd July 1667);
min. in 1679 ; took the oaths prescribed
by the Government at the Revolution, but
was dep., 30th May 1716, for engaging in
the Rebellion, and praying for the son of
James VII. as King James. He marr.
Magdalen, daugh. of John Gellie, min. of
Kinkell, and had issue — William, Episcopal
min., Old Aberdeen ; Katherine (third
daugh.) (marr. 1716, Alexander Hay of
Rannieston) ; Alexander, M.A., adm.
deacon by Bishop Gadderar, 10th March
1723, Episcopal min. of Banff; Peter ;
Sarah (marr. Arthur Dingwall of Brown-
hill. — [Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries,
ii., 181 ; Aberdeenshire Poll- Book, i., 358.]
1679
1717
WILLIAM WATT, probably a native
of the parish ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1699-1703 ; licen.
by Presb. of Deer 23rd Aug. 1716 ; called
27th Feb., and ord. 2nd May 1717; died
17th Aug. 1755. He marr. 4th July 1718,
Sophia (died 23rd Aug. 1777, aged 85),
daugh. of Thomas Fraser of Cairnbulg, and
had issue — Alexander, min. of Alves, born
25th Jan. 1728 ; Ann, born 16th Jan. 1731.
1757
PATRICK SIMSON, born 1721, son
of Alexander S., min. of Monymusk;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (27th March 1740); licen. by
Presb. of Garioch 29th Oct. 1746; ord. to
Kemnay 2nd Sept. 1747 ; pres. by John,
Earl of Kintore, Nov. 1755 ; trans, and
adm. 27th April 1757 ; died 26th Jan. 1763.
VOL. VI.
He marr. 3rd Nov. 1749, Barbara Chalmers,
who died 2nd March 1756, and had issue —
Helen, born 9th Oct. 1750, died 2nd Nov.
1757 ; George, born 4th July 1752, died 24th
Nov. 1757 ; Alexander, born 2nd Aug. 1754.
176S
JAMES HAY, M.A. ; pres. by George,
Earl Marischal, in June, and ord.
27th Sept. 1763 ; trans, to Dyce 11th
July 1770.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, born Insch,
1767 1731, son of Alexander D. ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (2nd April 1751); became school-
master of this parish June 1751 ; licen.
by Presb. of Garioch 14th Feb. 1759 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 6th Sept. 1767 ;
died 17th Jan. 1799. He marr. 15th April
1783, Jean (died 5th May 1821, aged 72),
eldest daugh. of Robert Bruce, bailie of
Kintore, and had issue — Anthony, born
17th Sept. 1784, died 30th Oct. 1786;
William, M.A., born 9th Nov. 1787;
Patrick, min. of Insch, born 12th April
1791. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.).
1800
ROBERT LESSEL, born 1758, son of
James L., crofter in Kintore, and
brought up by a step-sister, the wife
of a f erry-tacksman in Inverurie ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen [during the
college vacation he worked on his relative's
croft]; M.A. (Feb. 1779); became school-
master of this parish, removed to Grange
4th May 1785, and to Chapel-of -Garioch ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 11th June
1787 ; returned here as schoolmaster; pres.
by Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore, April
1799 ; ord. 26th March 1800 ; died as the
result of an accident 29th July 1853. He
marr. 1st March 1808, Mary (died 30th
Oct. 1864, aged 81), daugh. of William
Morison, farmer, Little Colp, Turriff, and
had issue — Mary Bannerman, born 15th
Dec. 1808 (marr. James Bisset, D.D., min.
of Bourtie) ; Christian, born 7th Dec. 1810
(marr. 24th Jan. 1843, John Leslie, surgeon,
Inverurie) died 4th July 1850. Publication
— Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace,
xii.). — [A berdeen Journal Notes and Queries,
iv., 91 ; Davidson's Inverurie, 395.]
162
INVERURIE— KEITHHALL
[PEESB. OF
1844
JOHN DAVIDSON, born Westfield of
Fraserfield, Old Machar, 27th May
1816, only son of Andrew D., farmer,
and Isabel Murray ; educated at Grammar
School and Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (1838) ; became a teacher of mathe-
matics in Gray's School, Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. there ; assistant to preceding ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 12th Dec.
1844; D.D. (Aberdeen, 17th Feb. 1877);
died 8th Jan. 1892, "his robust frame worn
away by a painful disease." In apprecia-
tion of his services in connection with the
delineation of the burgh boundaries on the
Ordnance Survey maps he was made an
honorary burgess of Inverurie, and he was
afterwards presented with his portrait,
which now hangs in the Council Chambers.
He was chaplain of the 4th V.B. Gordon
Highlanders and took a lively interest in
volunteering, but most of all was he
a profound and diligent investigator of
local history and antiquity. He marr.
8th March 1859, Mary (died 14th Nov.
1892), daugh. of James Bisset, D.D., min.
of Bourtie, and had issue — Andrew, advo-
cate, Aberdeen, born 18th Jan. 1860 ; Mary
Lessel, manager, Kirkintilloch Laundry Co.,
Ltd., Lenzie, born 22nd May 1861 ; James,
assistant editor, Glasgow Herald, born 4th
Oct. 1862; Isabel, matron, Bangour Village,
Dechmont, born 5th June 1864 ; John,
born 28th May 1866, died 26th Aug.
1879 ; William, locomotive superintendent,
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Kail-
way, born 3rd Oct. 1867 ; Barbara,
Grosvenor Hotel, London, born 27th Nov.
1869 ; Susan, teacher of drawing, Aber-
deen, born 22nd May 1871; Elizabeth,
born 17th June 1874, died in India. Publi-
cations— Belief : What is It? (Edinburgh,
1869) ; The Bible's Place in a Science of
Religion (Aberdeen, 1877) ; Inverurie and
the Earldom of the Garioch (Edinburgh
and Aberdeen, 1878), also in two vols,
illustrated ; The Bass and Churchyard of
Inverurie (Aberdeen, 1884); "The Origin
and Geological Associations of the Bass of
Inverurie (Trans. Aberdeen Phil. Soc., ii.,
42-56, 1885) ; The Bass of Inverurie (Aber-
deen, 1886) ; Old Aberdeenshire Ministers
(portrait) [edited by his son James, with
Memoir] (Aberdeen, 1895) ; Remains of the
Kirk of Einhell (Scot. Notes and Queries,
ii., 82, 97).
JAMES BLACK, born Cruden, 7th Aug.
1890 1859, son of Alexander B. and Annie
Adie; educated at Bogbrae School
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1883);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1886 ;
assistant at Fraserburgh, 1886-8, Inverurie,
1889-90 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 3rd
April 1890.
KEITHHALL (of old MON-
KEGGIE) AND KINKELL.
[These two parishes were united on 20th
Feb. 1754.
Monheggie. — The vicarage of Monkeggie
belonged to the adjoining parsonage of
Kinkell. Its church was dedicated to St
Serf. A fair of St Serf was held at
Monkeggie.
Kinkell. — The ancient church, now ruined,
was dedicated to St Michael. It has a fine
sacrament house. A fair of St Michael
was held near the church. The Knights of
the Order of St John had a commandery at
Kinkell.]
ANDKEW SPENS, reader at Nov.
1570 1570.
SAMUEL WALKEK, educated at
1635 Marischal College ; M.A. (1618); adm.
before 27th Jan. 1635 ; was made
prisoner for opposing the Covenant, June
1640, and dep. in 1649 for malignancy; had
a warrant from Parliament, 22nd May 1661,
for £100 Scots as a suffering minister ;
restored before 24th Oct. 1662; still min.
14th Oct. 1673.
WILLIAM KEITH, trans, from Kin-
1650 ellar ; adm. and inst. 10th Oct.
1650 ; trans, to Udny 3rd Nov. 1653.
WILLIAM MAITLAND, educated at
1654 Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1629-33
was excommunicated at Aberdeen
while a probationer before 9th June 1647
this sentence being recalled, he was ord
and adm. 27th June 1654 ; died 5th Sept.
1662. He marr. Kachel Kinnear who with
garioch]
KEITHHALL
163
her children was granted £100 sterling, on
8th July 1663 by Parliament, out of vacant
stipends.— [A cts of Pari., vii., 454 ; Scot.
Notes and Queries, vii., 53.]
SAMUEL WALKEE, M.A., above
1662 mentioned.
GEOEGE KEITH, M.A.; adm. about
1675 1675 ; trans, to Old Deer in 1683.
WILLIAM KEITH, grand-nephew of
preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; ord. between 5th
Aug. and 16th Sept. 1683 ; died before 5th
May 1709. He marr. and had issue — John ;
Margaret (marr. Patrick Anderson in Moss-
side of Kingswells); Elizabeth ; Janet, died
before 19th Dec. 1723 ; Jean. — [Aberdeen
Tests.; Aberdeenshire Poll-Booh, i., 339.]
FRANCIS DAUNEY, called 14th Aug.
710 1709 ; ord. 10th Jan. 1710 ; trans, to
Kemnay 4th June 1719.
JOHN LUMSDEN, ord. 12th July 1721;
,„„. trans, to Banchory-Devenick 28th
1721 Feb. 1728.
JAMES HONYMAN, ord. 26th Sept.
1728 1728; trans.to Kinneff 29th Aug. 1733.
JAMES DARLING, called 2nd Jan.,
and ord. 20th March 1734; trans.to
Kintore 22nd Feb. 1738.
JAMES COCK, born 1699, son of James
O, Kintore ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1721);
called 17th May, pres. by John, Earl of
Kintore, in June, and ord. 9th Aug. 1738 ;
died 17th Feb. 1776. He marr. 3rd July
1739, Barbara Keid, who died 27th April
1800, aged 80, and had issue— Mary, born
11th Aug. 1740, died 25th May 1767 ; Ann,
born 20th April 1742, died at Rathen Manse,
8th April 1820 ; John, born 28th Feb. 1744,
died 4th May 1755; James, born 19th
March 1747, died 26th April 1749 ; Barbara,
born 27th Aug. 1749, died 20th March
1751 ; Barbara, born 2nd May 1751, died
24th April 1764; Patrick, born 29th June
1753; Alexander, min. of Cruden, born
10th May 1755; William, min. of Rathen,
born 1st Nov. 1757 ; Elspet, born 3rd June
1760, died 18th Feb. 1763.
173S
GEORGE SKENE KEITH, M.A.; pres.
,„__ by Commissioners for George, Earl
Marischal, 9th May 1776 ; ord. 14th
May 1778; D.D. (Marischal College, May
1803); trans, to Tulliallan 18th July 1822
(c/. Vol. IV., 365). Had other issue— Helen,
born 13th Jan. 1785, died 10th June 1798 ;
Ann, born 22nd April 1786, died 3rd May
1787 ; Jean, born 2nd Dec. 1789, died 22nd
Aug. 1801; George Skene, born 27th March
1794, died 11th Sept. 1815— [Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, iv., 74.]
JOHN KEITH, born 7th May 1797, son
1821 of preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd April
1814) ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch 9th April
1818; pres. by Anthony Adrian, Earl of
Kintore ; ord. (assistant and successor) 3rd
May 1821 ; died 18th Feb. 1867. He marr.
7th Nov. 1837, Agnes (died 15th May 1906),
daugh. of Robert Mudie of Balmule, and
had issue— George Skene, born 3rd Oct.
1838 ; Susan, born 1st June 1840, died 14th
Feb. 1861; Helen, born 8th Oct. 1841;
Robert, M.D., born 22nd April 1843, died
at Poona, 30th Jan. 1889 ; Alexander, born
18th Nov. 1845, died 4th Oct. 1868
Isabella Grant, born 13th Dec. 1847
Frances Alexandrina, born 30th Nov. 1849
James, born 25th April 1853, died at Aber-
deen 24th July 1868. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace., xii.).
JAMES DONALD, born Peterhead, 4th
._.„ April 1840, son of William D., min.
of Peterhead ; educated at Peterhead
School, Grammar School, and King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1858); licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen May 1862 ; ord. to
Innellan 19th Sept. 1865 ; trans, and adm.
4th July 1867; D.D. (Aberdeen, April 1904);
died at Schoolhouse, Fintray, 10th April
1925. Marr. (1) 11th Dec. 1872, Isabella
Christina (died 7th Dec. 1875, aged 32),
daugh. of Dugald Mackichan, min. of Daviot,
and had issue — James Neil, Belvidere,
Alberta, born 18th Sept. 1875 : (2) 3rd Jan.
1882, Elsie Joanna Gordon (died 19th May
1886), eldest daugh. of William Ogilvie, min.
of Fintray, and had issue — William Ogilvie,
Vancouver, born 12th June 1883; Mary,
born 1st Jan. 1885 ; Ian Gordon, born 17th
164
KEITHHALL— KINKELL
[PRESB. OF
May, and died 26th July 1886. Publica-
tions— Synod Sermon; Articles in Hast-
ings^ Dictionary and Expository Times.
ALEXANDEE EAE GRANT, born
Aberdeen 16th Nov. 1896, son of
James G. and Maggie S. Rae ; edu-
cated at Robert Gordon's College and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1920); B.D. (1922);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen Jan. 1922 ;
assistant at St Machar's, Ferniegair, and
St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 20th Nov. 1923.
KINKELL.
JAMES CURPJE, reader from 1574 to
1574 1579.
1580 ANDREW SPENS, reader in 1580.
THOMAS LUMSDEN, son of Andrew
L. in Wester Ellon ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; parson
in 1583; in 1587 he had a gift of the
" Mediciner's Manse," King's College, from
Gilbert Skene ; rector in 1593 ; died 6th
May 1613. He marr. Elizabeth Stewart,
and had issue — Thomas, served heir 21st
Dec. 1612 ; William. — [Acts and Dec,
cxxxvi., 309 ; Laing Charters, 1275 ;
Anderson's King's College, 35 ; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 68.]
1586
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, min. in 1586,
with Kintore also in his charge ;
still min. in 1597.
JOHN WALKER, min. in. 1599 ; served
Kemnay also for two years before
10th Sept. 1602, but received no
stipend because it was one of the kirks
of the benefice of Kinkell ; pres. to the
parsonage and vicarage of the kirks of
Kinkell, Skene, Drumblade, Kemnay, Dyce,
Kintore, and Kinellar, having been there
many years, "to the great comfort and
edification of his flock," 10th June 1613 ;
still min. 28th Jan. 1620, when he granted
a tack of the teind sheaves of Thainston. —
{Reg. Mag. Sig., vi., 1017 ; Whitehattgh
Chartulary.]
JOHN CHEYNE, educated at Marischal
1628 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1616) ;
adm. 15th Nov. 1628 ; burgess of
Aberdeen in 1635 ; still min. 17th June
1643. He marr. (1) Margaret, daugh. of Sir
John Johnston, Bart., of Caskieben : (2)
Jean Irvine, and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. James Strachan, min. of Oyne) ;
Mary (marr., cont. 5th July 1670, John
Udny of Culterallan and Newtyle) ; a daugh.
(marr. Robert Taylor in Fintray, repre-
sentative of the family of Taylor of
Whitemires).— [Banff Sas., 1629, 9th May
1632; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records, ii.,
324; Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Reg., ix., 534;
Aberdeen Sas., vii. 105, xv. 313.]
WILLIAM LEITH [or LEITCH], edu-
le4y7 cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1624-9; probably assistant; was made
a prisoner with other ministers who opposed
the Covenant in June 1640 ; pres. by the
Presb., and inst. Nov. 1647 ; dep. 7th Dec.
1649.
JOHN GELLIE, educated at King's
1650 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1637) ;
adm. to Leslie before 4th Nov.
1647 ; nominated 19th April, and inst.
26th May 1650 ; still min. 18th April 1661,
but apparently deprived shortly thereafter ;
re-adm. before 1672 ; died 4th Aug. 1683.
He marr. Maria Jeffray, who died 4th
Feb. 1705, and had issue— John ; Patrick,
apprenticed to James Bartlet, merchant,
Aberdeen, 7th May 1679 ; Magdalen (marr.
William Murray, min. of Inverurie). —
[Tombst. ; Scot. Notes and. Queries, xii., 7.]
JAMES GORDON, had a testimonial
leei ^rorD -Pres^- °f Elgin to be adm. to
Drumblade 12th July 1659; pres.
by Charles II. 10th June 1661 ; preached
at the consecration of the bishops in Holy-
rood House, 7th May 1662 ; died Dec.
that year. He marr. Agnes Barclay, and
had issue — Adam, min. of Glasgow.— [Elgin
Sas., v., 57 ; Row's Diary ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, vii., 53.]
1672 JOHN GELLIE, above mentioned.
garioch]
KINKELL— KEMNAY AND CRAIGERN
165
THOMAS WEMYSS of Foynges and
1683 hoodie, son of David W. of Foodie,
Fife ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; MA. (25th July 1676); had
testimonial for licence from Presb. there,
8th Dec. 1680 ; adm. (probably as assistant)
before 30th April 1683; deprived in 1695
for non-jurancy. He marr. 30th April
1683, Janet Wemyss, and had issue —
David ; Thomas ; Margaret ; Janet ; Eliza-
beth. — [Fife Sheriff- Court Deeds, 4th
May 1697 ; Aberdeenshire Poll-Booh, i.,
348.]
GEOKGE SKENE, born about 1674,
leg7 son of Alexander S. in Cocairdie,
and Jean, daugh. of Patrick Leslie
of Kincraigie ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1686-90, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 16th July 1696 ;
ord. 22nd April 1697; died April 1724. He
marr. (1) Mary, daugh. of Francis Gordon
of Craig, who died 1st Aug. 1712, aged 32,
and had issue — Francis, L.L.D., Professor
of Civil and Natural History, Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; died 1775 : (2) Mar-
garet, daugh. of Eobert Skene, rector of
the Grammar School of Aberdeen, she
survived him, and had issue — Agnes
(marr. John Burnett, min. of Cluny) ;
Mary ; Katherine ; Helen ; John, student
at Marischal College, 1729-33, librarian of
that College, 1736-50.— [Aberdeen Tests.;
Tomsbt. ; Memorials of the Family of
Skene, 31, 72.]
JAMES STEACHAN, son of James S.,
17_, apothecary, Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen,1711-15;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 28th Sept.
1720; ord. 11th Feb. 1725; died 29th
Nov. 1761. He marr. 27th April 1737,
Barbara Strachan, who died 18th July
1751, and had issue — James, merchant,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, born 22nd Jan. 1739 ;
John, born 13th March 1740 ; Isobel, born
1st March 1741 ; Margaret, born 21st
March 1742; Jean, born 18th Feb. 1743
(marr. 1764, James Bayne, excise officer) ;
Barbara, born 20th Jan. 1744; Alex-
ander, min. of Strathmartine, born 6th
Sept. 1747.
KEMNAY AND CRAIGERN.
[These parishes were united about 1500.
Kemnay. — The church of Kemnay was
dedicated to St Anne. Kemnay was a
vicarage belonging to the adjoining parson-
age of Kinkell. The present church was
built in 1844.
Craigem. — The church of Craigern was
dedicated to St Bride.]
JOHN WALKEE, min. of Kinkell and
leoo here.
ALEXANDEE SIBBALD, educated at
161S King's College ; M.A. (1613) ; adm.
to Kinneff before 10th June 1611 ;
trans, and adm. before 1613 ; burgess of
Aberdeen in 1626. He marr. Bessie Skene,
and had issue — William ; Margaret (marr.
David Anderson, burgess of Kintore), served
heir to her father 28th May 1653.— [Reg. of
Deeds, cccxix., 320; Aberdeen Sas., viii.,
432 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3797 ; Spalding Miscell.,
i., 148.]
JOHN SEATON, of Schethin, regent in
le41 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; adm.
before 18th July 1641 ; named by
Parliament one of the Visitors of the Univ.
of Aberdeen 27th March 1647; called to
Keith Sept. 1648 ; was a member of Com-
mission of Assembly that year; trans, to
Foveran 7th Oct. 1649.
DAVID LEITCH [or LEITH], born
1650 about 1608, younger son of Andrew
L., min. of Maryton, and brother of
John L., the epigrammatist; M.A. (King's
College, 1624) ; regent and sub-Principal of
King's College, Aberdeen, 6th Nov. 1632;
adm. to Ellon before 30th June 1638 ; fled
to the King with some others on account of
the Covenant but returned to Aberdeen 2nd
June 1639,preached a penitential sermonand
gave obedience to the kirk 21st Sept. 1640.
In 1644, "being forced to arise betwixt twelve
and one at night, he did see the sune to
shine as if it had beene midday, and, there-
for, much astonished at so fearefull a
166
KEMNAY AND CRAIGERN
[PEESB. OF
prodigie, called up his bedell to sie it also ;
and least the treuth heirof sould not wine
[gain] belieff, he caused the bedell to raise
a number of neighboures from there bedes,
all which did testifie the same." In 1648 he
was engaged in paraphrasing "the songs of
the Old and New Testaments" when the
Commission of Assembly desired John
Adamson to revise L.'s " papers of poesie
and give his opinion," but nothing further
seems to have been done ; went to England
as chaplain to the army, became chaplain
to Charles II., was taken prisoner at
Worcester and imprisoned; adm. here and
inst. 15th Jan. 1650 ; is said to have been
made D.D. in 1653, when he was reported
to be living "not far from London," and
to have promised to return to his charge
before 1st Nov. The parishioners desired
the parish to be declared vacant. On 16th
May he is said to be min. of a church " in
the country, on the roadway, not far from
London." He never returned to Scotland
and the date and place of his death are
not known. He was a correspondent of
Drummond of Hawthornden, and is said
by Sir Thomas Urquhart to have been a
most fluent poet in the Latin tongue, "an
exquisite philosopher, and a profound
theologian." He marr. Elspet Gordon, and
had issue — David, burgess of Aberdeen, 1st
Oct. 1655 ; Jean ; Elizabeth, who had a
grant from vacant stipends. Publications
— Positiones Nonnullce Philosophies (Aber-
deen, 1633) ; Positiones Nonnullce Logicae
et Philosophical (Aberdeen, 1634, 1635,
1636) ; Philosophia Illachrymans (Aber-
deen, 1637); Theses Philosophies (Aber-
deen, 1638) [all bibliographically described
in Aberdeen Quatercentenary Studies, 396-
401] ; Parerga (Poems in Latin) (London,
1657); Oratio funebris in obitum Patricii
Episcopi Aberdonensis et Allegoria (Forbes'
Funeral Sermons). — [Chambers's Bom.
Annals, ii. ; P. C. Beg., 3rd ser., i., 553 ;
Laing's Sale Catalogue, ii., 222 ; Robert-
son's Biog. Abred., ii., 295, 301, 317; Brit.
Museum Cat. ; Bid. Nat. Biog. ; Minutes
of Commissions of Assembly, 306 ; Baillie's
Letters, iii., 554; Urquhart's Biscovery of
a Most Exquisite Jewel ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, Oct. 1888.]
JAMES WILLOX, educated at Marischal
1654 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1637);
preached at Old Machar 8th Nov.
1640; said to have been an army chaplain
and to have been taken prisoner by the
Turks, who put out his eyes ; ord. and adm.
19th Sept. 1654; D.D. (before 20th Feb.
1661) ; in failing health in 1688 ; died 19th
Feb. 1695. Dissatisfied with a manse built
for him by the heritors, he erected another
in 1680, which was long known by the name
of " Castle Folly." He marr. Anne Lindsay,
who died 26th Nov. 1708 (she was the
means of saving valuable papers in 1652
from the siege of the Castle of Dunnottar
previous to its surrender), and had issue —
James, M.A.; George, apprenticed to George
Willox, merchant, Aberdeen, 20th Feb.
1679, afterwards burgess of Aberdeen ;
Alexander ; John ; John ; Isobel ; Eliza-
beth.— [Bon, a poem, 36 ; Nisbet's Her., ii. ;
Playfair's Baronet., iii. ; Davidson's Inver-
urie, 336, 380 ; Statistical Account (1794) ;
Scot. Notes and Queries, xii., 7].
[The parish vacant four years.]
WILLIAM LESLIE, called 19th April,
x and ord. 16th July 1699 ; trans, to
Chapel-of-Garioch 26th Feb. 1707.
JAMES SHAND, called 14th Nov. 1708 ;
ord. 29th March 1709; trans, to
1709
Kintore 17th Sept. 1718.
FRANCIS DAUNEY, educated at
,,-,_ Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Garioch 5th May 1709 ;
ord. to Monkeggie (Keithhall) 10th Jan.
1710 ; called 12th April, trans, and adm. 4th
June 1719 ; died 7th Nov 1745. He marr.
(1) 1st April 1715, Katherine Ross, and had
issue— Jean (marr. Alexander Reid, min. of
this parish) ; Francis ; Mary : (2) 28th April
1725, Joan Orem, of the parish of Inverurie.
PATRICK SIMSON, M.A. ; pres. by
1747 the Presb. jure devoluto 19th Aug.,
and ord. 2nd Sept. 1747 ; trans, to
Inverurie 27th April 1757.
[ALEXANDER GAULD, born 1732,
,-„ son of Andrew G., min. of Auchter-
less ; died 4th Jan. 1758, on the
eve of his ordination to this parish.]
garioch]
KEMNAY AND CRAIGERN
167
ALEXANDER REID, son of John R.
17s8 in Nether Sauchen ; educated at
Marischal College, 1728-32 ; licen. by
Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 5th May 1742 ;
became one of the masters of the Grammar
School, Aberdeen ; pres. by the Principal
and masters of the United College, St
Andrews, in March, and ord. 28th June
1758; died 23rd Aug. 1775. He marr.
24th Oct. 1753, Jean, daughter of Francis
Dauney, min. of this parish (died 2nd March
1791), and had issue — Katherine, born 10th
Sept. 1755 ; Jean, born 27th Feb. 1757, died
at Aberdeen 18th Dec. 1828; John, born
23rd May, died 28th Aug. 1760.
PATRICK DAVIDSON, MA. ; pres.
,„„ by the commissioners for George,
Earl Marischal, in Jan., and ord.
19th June 1776; trans, to Rayne 6th May
1778.
JOHN SHAND, MA. ; pres. by
1Wg Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore,
Oct. 1778; ord. 28th April 1779;
trans, to Chapel -of-Garioch 11th Oct. 1787.
PATRICK MITCHELL, born 1755,
.„„_ son of Alexander M. in Craigern,
Kemnay ; educated at Parish School
and Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(Feb. 1774); became schoolmaster of Fin-
tray ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 15th
April 1779 ; assistant at Kintore ; pres.
by Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore, in
March, and ord. 18th June 1788; D.D.
(Marischal College, 18th Jan. 1802); died
1st Dec. 1838. He marr. 29th Nov. 1788,
Agnes Bruce, who died 11th Sept. 1837,
aged 83, and had issue — Agnes, born 29th
Nov. 1789, i died 8th Oct. 1867; Alexander,
M.A., born 4th March 1792, died at sea
in West Indies, 2nd Jan. 1821 ; Robert,
M.A., surgeon, born 22nd Aug. 1793, died
6th Aug. 1859; Patrick, born 31st July
1795, died at Ballater 22nd Oct. 1848;
William, born 5th May 1797, died in Canada
14th May 1868. Publications — On the
Stability of the Church of Christ, a ser-
mon (Aberdeen, 1807) ; Presbyterian Letters
Addressed to Bishop Skinner (London, 1809);
A Discourse on Luke vii., 11-16 (Aberdeen,
1814) ; On Evangelical Preaching (Aber-
deen, 1822) ; Sermons and Communion
Addresses (Aberdeen, 1841) ; Accounts of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii., and
New Stat. Ace, xii.).
GEORGE PETER, born Inglismaldie,
1839 Marykirk, 16th Aug. 1814, son of
John P., farmer, Canterland, St
Cyrus, and Barbara Barclay, and brother
of James P., min. of Deer ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1832) ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 24th Aug.
1836; assistant at Kettle (to his grand-
uncle) ; ord. 25th June 1839 ; died unmarr.
12th Dec. 1897. Publications — Poems and
Hymns at Various Times (Aberdeen, 1871).
— [Kemnay Bazaar-Book (portrait) Aber-
deen, 1896 ; Reid's Bards of Angus and
Mearns, 554.]
ALEXANDER HOOD SMITH, M.A.,
1893 B.D. i 0Td- (assistant and successor)
3rd May 1893; trans, to New
Machar 13th July 1904.
PETER GEORGE SMITH, M.A., B.D.;
1904 ord. 11th Nov. 1904; trans, to
Kippen 20th Nov. 1908.
ANDREW DOWNIE, born Galashiels,
lgog 25th Oct. 1882, only son of Henry
D., Alloa, and Alison Sinclair ; edu-
cated at Dollar Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1903); licen. by Presb.
of Stirling in 1907 ; assistant at Larbert
and Dunipace ; ord. 12th March 1909 ;
died unmarr. 21st Dec. 1923.
1924
ROBERT KELTIE, born Dunfermline,
7th Oct. 1884, son of Robert K. and
Isabella White ; educated at Dun-
fermline High School and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1912); licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 17th May 1916 ; assistant
at St Mary's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Tunder-
garth 6th May 1919 ; trans, and adm.
16th May 1924. Marr. 20th Feb. 1915,
Mary Lilian (B.Litt., Durham), daugh. of
William Hewetson and Isabella Smith, and
has issue — Lucy Isabella, born 17th July
1917 ; Robert, born 12th Oct. 1920.
168
KINTORE
[PEESB. OF
KINTORE.
[The church of Kintore was dedicated to
St Mary. Kintore was a vicarage belonging
to the neighbouring parsonage of Kinkell.
In 1702 the parish of Kintore was trans-
ferred from the Presb. of Aberdeen to that
of Garioch. A fair of St Jerome was held
at Kintore and a Marymas fair also.]
JOHN WYLLIE, sometime exhorter,
then a min., and deposed to reader ;
exhorter before 1567, with Kinellar
and Skene in his charge.
1667 JOHN CHALMEKS, reader in 1567.
JOHN LESLIE, reader from 1574 to
1574 1591.
1567
1593
WILLIAM FOEBES, min. in 1593;
dem. before 27th June 1600, because
he had no "leaving at this kirk,
and therefore he left his flock here without
consent of the kirk " ; adm. to Leslie that
year.
AECHIBALD RAIT, adm. (in King's
1600 College, Aberdeen) 13th Oct. 1600 ;
burgess of Aberdeen in 1620 ; died
before Feb. 1635. He marr. Janet, daugh.
of Peter Blackburn, Bishop of Aberdeen
(she survived him, and marr. (2) Bobert
Anderson in Kintore), and had issue —
William ; Robert, student at Marischal
College, 1628-32. — \Inq. Ret. Gen., 2194,
2223; Acts and Dec, ccccxci., 153; Aber-
deen Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 408 ; Aber-
deen Sas., v., 95, 110.]
ALEXANDEE LUNAN, M.A., regent
162„ in King's College, Aberdeen, 1618,
and previously Humanist there; pres.
to Monymusk 2nd Oct. 1625 ; trans, and adm.
in 1628. John Forbes of Corse wrote his
Irenicum (1629) [whose purpose was to allay
the strife caused by the Perth Articles] in
response to a request for advice on eight
"Aporise" or problems submitted by Lunan.
Forbes wrote a short reply to L. which so
set his mind at rest that he circulated to
his brethren in the Presb. a letter urging
them to be equally persuaded. He marr.
1632, Jean, eldest daugh. of Sir William
1640
1649
Forbes of Monymusk, first baronet, and
Elizabeth Wishart of Pitarrow, and had
issue — William, in Abersnithack and Kirk-
ton of Monymusk, born 1633, served heir
2nd June 1665 ; Anna (marr. John Forbes
in Tombeg). — [Lumsden's House of Forbes,
15 ; Douglas's Baronage, 40 ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 4903 ; Macpherson's Monymusk, 244 ;
Selwyn's The First Book of the Irenicum of
John Forbes of Corse (1923), 31 et seq., 66-9
(where Lunan's " Problems " are printed).]
JOHN CHEYNE, educated at Marischal
College, 1634-8 ; was taken prisoner
with four other mins., opponents of
the Covenant, June 1640. James, Marquess
of Montrose, stayed in his house, 12th
March 1645. He marr. and had issue —
Bobert.
ANDEEW STEACHAN, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1618); adm. to Tullynessle before
1633 ; was a member of Assembly 21st
Nov. 1638, also of that of 12th Aug. 1639 ;
was named by Parliament, 27th March
1647 and 31st July 1649, one of the Visitors
of the Univ. of Aberdeen ; trans, and adm.
before 31st July 1649; died between 29th
July and 19th Aug. 1679. He marr., and
had issue — James, min. of Oyne.
WILLIAM GOEDON, M.A. (King's
1680 College, Aberdeen. 1651); licen. by
Presb. of Garioch 5th June 1656 ;
became schoolmaster of Monymusk 23rd
Aug. 1657 ; app. assistant at Bourtie 21st
April 1658 ; trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edin-
burgh, 16th April 1665 ; trans, and adm.
between 4th Feb. and 16th March 1680;
deprived in 1695 for non-jurancy ; died
July 1697. He marr. Janet Keith, who
died June 1708, and had issue — William,
magistrate of Aberdeen ; Alexander ;
James ; Catherine (marr. Eobert Keith,
min. of Ballantrae) ; Anna. — [G. R.
Homings, 15th July 1687; Orem's Old
Aberdeen; Aberdeenshire Poll -Book, i.,
359; Davidson's Inverurie, 311, 326.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A.
16gw (Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1654) ;
schoolmaster of Eayne 13th Oct.
1667 ; coll. 6th' Sept., and inst. to Auchin-
gakioch]
KINTORE
169
doir 22nd Oct. 1671 ; received into com-
munion by General Assembly's Committee
for Visiting the North 5th July 1694;
trans, and adm. 21st April 1697 ; still min.
1st Oct. 1717.
1718
JAMES SHAND, born 1673, son of
John S., min. of Premnay ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(21st June 1694) ; licen. by Presb. of Alford
8th Jan. 1707 ; ord. to Kemnay 29th March
1709; trans, and adm. April 1718; died
between 25th Sept. and 2nd Oct. 1726.
He marr. Barbara Leith (who died 1st
Sept. 1756), and had issue — George, Provost
of Aberdeen (1764-5), bapt. 27th Sept. 1711,
died 14th July 1792; Andrew, bapt. 4th
Nov. 1712; Margaret, bapt. 17th Nov.
1713; Thomas.
1727
GEOEGE MOIE, bapt. 12th May 1679,
third son of Andrew M. of Overhill
and Oldmill and Agnes Montgomery;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1693-7; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 31st
Oct. 1705 ; ord. to Towie 20th July 1709 ;
called 19th April, trans, and adm. 18th Oct.
1727 ; died 9th April 1737. He marr. 13th
Jan. 1719, Jean, third daugh. of Sir William
Forbes of Monymusk, fourth baronet, and
Lady Jean Keith, and had issue — William,
born 1726, min. of Fyvie; George, died
young ; Agnes (marr. Alexander Eose, son
of Lethenty), died 1809; Jean, born 1730
(marr. 1751, James Jopp of Cotton, Provost
of Aberdeen), died 18th March 1782. —
[Aberdeen Tests.'; Houses of Moir and
Byres, 12.]
1738
JAMES DAELING, son of Eobert D.,
min. of Ewes ; educated at Marischal
College, 1722-6; ord. to Keithhall
20th March 1734 ; called 23rd Nov. 1737 ;
trans, and adm. 22nd Feb. 1738 ; died 29th
March 1742.— [Aberdeen Tests.]
ALEXANDEE GOEDON, born 1719,
1742 son °^ ^eorSe Gf- {primus), Professor
of Oriental Languages in King's
College, Aberdeen ; educated there ; M.A.
(27th March 1735) ; licen. by Presb. there ;
called 9th June, and ord. 30th Sept. 1742 ;
died 27th May 1766. Publication — 4
1767
Sermon preached at the Assizes, Aberdeen
(Edinburgh, 1750).
GEOEGE ADAM, born 1730 ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1747-51 ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff
16th Aug. 1758; ord. to Udny 28th March
1764 ; pres. by the commissioners for
George, Earl Marischal, Aug. 1766; trans.
and adm. 10th June 1767 ; died 19th Nov.
1798. He marr. 28th March 1779, Elizabeth
Pratt, who died 1st Jan. 1822, aged 78,
and had issue — George, born 14th Jan.
1788. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii. — [Tombst.]
JOHN SHAND, born 7th Nov. 1754,
.„„„ son of John S., Old Eayne, and
Mary Stewart; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1771) ; licen. by
Presb. of Deer 26th Nov. 1777; ord. to
Kemnay 28th April 1779 ; trans, to Chapel-
of - Garioch 11th Oct. 1787; pres. by
Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore, in April,
trans, and adm. 3rd Oct. 1799; died 11th
Jan. 1833. He marr. 27th April 1784,
Margaret (died 27th Feb. 1833), daugh. of
Francis Dauney, min. of Banchory-Ternan,
and had issue — John, chief officer of
Marchioness of Wellesley, born 8th April
1785, died at Dinapore, Bengal, 31st March
1813; Francis, advocate, Aberdeen, born
2nd Aug. 1786, died in Jamaica, 10th
March 1827; Margaret, born 15th March
1788, died 22nd Dec. 1789; William, born
13th Jan. 1790, died 12th May 1804 ; Mary,
born 15th July 1791, died 12th Feb. 1881 ;
Elizabeth, born 4th July 1793, died 16th
Jan. 1817 ; Alexander, clothier, Aberdeen,
born 6th Aug. 1795, died 16th May 1837
[father of the Et. Hon. Alexander Burns
Shand, LL.D., D.C.L., created Baron Shand
of Woodhouse, a Lord of Appeal] ; Anthony,
born 1st July 1797, died 20th June 1802;
Eobert, advocate, Aberdeen, born 21st Feb.
1801, died 20th April 1862 ; Margaret, born
28th Dec. 1802, died 21st May 1896;
Christina Keith, born 4th April 1807 (marr.
28th Nov. 1843, Alexander Anderson, Bal-
nacraig), died 17th June 1894. Publication
— Account of Chapel-of-Garioch (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xi.) — [Aberdeen Journal Notes
and Queries, ii., 287 ; Tombst.]
170
KINTORE— LESLIE
[PKESB. OF
EOBEET SIMPSON, born Brechin,
1833 1^1' son °^ ^alIles S.i ^nen manu-
facturer, and Isabel Crow ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1815) ;
became assistant at East and West Parishes,
Aberdeen ; headmaster, Gordon's Hospital ;
app. assistant to Professor of Oriental
Languages [James Kidd, D.D.] in Univ.
of Aberdeen 6th March 1832; pres. by
Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore, in May,
and ord. 18th Sept. 1833. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Free Church,
Kintore, 1843-70; D.D. (King's College,
8th Nov. 1856) ; died 29th June 1870. He
marr. 28th Nov. 1833, Harriet Mary (died 9th
Feb. 1886, aged 72), niece of Eobert James
Brown, D.D., Professor of Greek, Marischal
College, Aberdeen, and had issue — Ann
Elizabeth, born 20th Oct. 1834 (marr. James
Smith Candlish, D.D.), died 9th May 1904 ;
James Bobert, born 1st Nov. 1835, died
13th May 1851; William Lawrence, solicitor,
Dunedin, N.Z., born 22nd July 1837;
Isabella, born 29th Aug. 1838; Bobert
James Brown, colonel, Indian Staff Corps,
born 20th Feb. 1840, died 12th Feb. 1919 ;
John, surgeon-major, born 7th Jan. 1842,
died 13th Aug. 1880 ; George Gilbert, born
17th Sept. 1844, died at Perth, West
Australia, 13th June 1896; Archibald
Foote, banker, born 14th Sept. 1846 ;
Harry Brown, commander, India Marine
Service, born 9th Nov. 1848 ; Harriet Mary,
born 4th April 1850 ; David Carnegie, C.E.,
Sydney, N.S.W., born 18th Sept. 1851;
Jane Mary Anne, born 20th March 1853.
Publications — The Nativity, Crucifixion,
and Ascension of Our Lord; The Early
Progress of Christianity [Murray Lectures]
(Aberdeen, 1832-3); A Pastoral Memorial
of the Year 1837 (Aberdeen, 1838) ; Intro-
duction to [Patrick} Mitchell's Sermons
and Communion Addresses (Aberdeen,
1841) ; Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xii.). — [Davidson's Old Aberdeenshire
Ministers, 45.]
1843
WILLIAM BOSS, born 23rd Sept. 1808,
son of the Bev. Alexander K., school-
master, Balmaghie, and Agnes,
daugh. of William Neilson of Springfield,
Castle - Douglas ; educated at Balmaghie
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1840 ; became tutor
to Earl of Caithness ; ord. 27th Sept. 1843 ;
died 28th Jan. 1873. He marr. 11th April
1848, Isabella (born Feb. 1816, died 22nd
May 1888), daugh. of Duncan Mearns of
Disblair, D.D., Professor of Divinity, King's
College, and had issue — Duncan Mearns,
min. of Glass, born 22nd July 1852 ; Agnes
Neilson (twin), born 22nd July 1852
(marr. Commander Harry Brown Simpson) ;
Isabella Margaret, born 27th April 1855,
died 29th Sept. 1922 ; Eliza Mearns, born
18th Feb. 1857, died 6th Jan. 1862; Jane
Anne, born 13th May 1859; Alexander
William, born 3rd Jan. 1861, died 4th Feb.
1862. — [Aberdeenshire Inscriptions, 197.]
JOHN CBAIG SMITH, born Wester
1 „ Bora, Longside, 19th June 1832, son
of Alexander Smith, overseer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1857) ;
became schoolmaster at Edinkillie, Tough,
1858, and Tarves; ord. 16th July 1873;
died unmarr. 1st June 1896.
THOMAS OGILVY DUNCAN, M.A. ;
1896 ord. 27th Oct. 1896 ; trans, to Whit-
burn 10th March 1910.
JOHN MACLAGAN, M.A.; ord. 5th
Aug. 1910; trans, to Merrylea 16th
1910
Dec. 1919.
JOHN FBASEB, born Beachans,
lg20 Dunphail, 25th Feb. 1891; son of
Alexander F. and Mary Bobertson ;
educated at Dunphail School, Bobert
Gordon's College, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1914); B.D. (1919); licen. by the
Presb. of Forres May 1919 ; assistant at
Bubislaw; oid. 28th April 1920. Marr.
2nd June 1921, Edith, daugh. of John
Boss and Isabella Green.
LESLIE.
[The church of Leslie belonged to the
Abbey of Lindores.]
JOHN STBACHAN, reader from 1574
1574 to 1579.
1580 WALTER, INNES, reader in 1580.
gaeioch]
LESLIE
171
WALTER LESLIE, reader from 1588
1588 to 1591.
WILLIAM FORBES, min. of Kintore
1600 *n 15^3 ' removed here before 27th
June 1600 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 16th Feb. 1602; still min. in
1608.
ANDREW LOGIE, min. 12th Nov. 1619;
1619 trans, to Premnay in 1622.
JAMES DOUGLAS, min. in 1628 and
1628 1637. He marr. Christian Leslie,
widow of Patrick Hill in Fiddler-
seat. — [Aberdeen Homings, 6th Aug. 1628.]
JOHN MIDDLETON, M.A., min. about
1640 1640; trans, to Rayne after 17th Oct.
1643.
DUNCAN FORBES, MA. ; adm. before
1645 1^45 > trans, to Pitsligo before Oct.
1647.
JOHN GELLIE, M.A.; adm. before
1647 4th Nov. 1647; trans, to Kinkell
26th May 1650.
ALEXANDER SWAN, M.A.; ord. 15th
1655 Nov. 1655 ; trans, to Pitsligo 26th
May 1665.
JOHN BARCLAY, min. in 1668. He
1668 marr-> 29tn Oct. 1668, a daugh. of
George Mylne, min. of Premnay.
ALEXANDER MOUAT, born 1644;
1674 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; MA. (1665); adm. before
24th April 1674, having been settled con-
trary to the wishes of John Leslie, the
patron ; refused to take the Test ; deprived
in 1681 ; retired to Foveran ; died 28th
Oct. 1735. He marr. Jean Dalgarno, who
died 21st July 1736, aged 85, and had
issue — Patrick, student at Marischal
College, 1694-8; Helen (marr. Nathaniel
Craig, factor at Pitsligo). — [Aberdeen Tests.;
Tombst.]
WILLIAM WATSON, born Moray;
1683 educated a* King'3 College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (26th April 1669) ; adm.
before 8th April 1683 ; died between 14th
Aug. and 27th Dec. 1699. He presented
two silver chalices to the parish and left
2000 merks, the annual rent of which was
to be applied in maintaining two bursars
of divinity and philosophy at King's Col-
lege. He marr. Mary Ramsay, who died
March 1713. — [Brechin Tests.; Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Book, i., 232 ; Collect. Aberdeen
and Banff', i., 545.]
WILLIAM FORBES, MA. ; called 23rd
1701 Feb., and ord. 30th April 1701 ;
trans, to Tarves 12th June 1706.
WILLIAM THAIN, called by the Presb.
1707 Jure dev°lut° 18th June, and ord.
30th Dec. 1707 ; trans, to Auchin-
doir 25th June 1719.
ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, born Feb.
1720 1694, son of Robert A., merchant,
and bailie of Aberdeen, and Agnes
Blair ; educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1712); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 2nd March 1720; ord. 24th
Aug. same year ; petitioned the General
Assembly in 1731 for pecuniary aid to
assist in defraying the expense of a criminal
action on account of personal assault. On
the evening of 16th Oct. 1746, his house
was invaded by a party of armed men,
who demanded £100 sterling, and not
receiving same they carried off his watch,
seven guineas, and much clothing. He died
10th July 1751. He marr. 31st Oct. 1723,
Margaret (died 19th Sept. 1751), daugh.
of Alexander Toasch, min. of Tarland,
and had issue — Alexander, M.D., Aber-
deen, died 30th July 1753 ; Robert, born
18th Jan. 1728 ; John, stocking merchant,
and Provost of Aberdeen, born 31st July
1729 ; Margaret, born 7th May 1731 ;
Agnes, born 20th Jan. 1735; Isabel, born
7th Aug. 1736 (marr. June 1761, John Cop-
land, merchant, Aberdeen) ; James, born
26th Dec. 1737, died Jan. 1759; George,
born 7th Jan. 1739; William, born 1st June
1741 ; Mary, born 7th Aug. 1744 (marr.
George Adam, merchant, Aberdeen) ; Eliza-
beth, born 16th Nov. 1745 (marr. James
Hay, min. of Elgin). — [Scot. Notes and
Queries, iii., 134.]
172
LESLIE
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER STEWAKT, bom 1717,
17B„ son of John S., Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie ; ord. to Grange
12th March 1741 ; pres. by John Leith of
Leithhall with consent of his curators in
Jan., trans, and adm. 3rd June 1752 ; died
at Keith 21st March 1801. He marr.
Eachel Fairbaim, who died s.p. 30th May
1756.
JOHN HARPER, M.A.; called 2nd May,
-„_, and ord. (assistant and successor)
5th Sept. 1781 ; trans, to Kildrummy
17th Sept. 1795.
DAVID DUNBAR, born 1749, son
17ge of James D., Tullynessle ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1766-70; licen. by Presb. of Alford 14th
May 1779 ; ord. assistant at Laurencekirk
9th May 1794; called 13th Dec. 1795;
adm. (assistant and successor) 24th Feb.
1796; died 20th Feb. 1830. He possessed
considerable poetic talent. He marr. 20th
Dec. 1798, Dorothea Wilson, who died s.p.
18th Oct. 1823, aged 72.
1830
JAMES PETER, born 1805; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(March 1824) ; app. schoolmaster
at Culsalmond in 1827 ; licen. by Presb.
of Garioch 30th Dec. 1829 ; pres. by
General Alexander Hay of Rannes in
April, and ord. 24th Nov. 1830; died 2nd
May 1870. He marr. 13th June 1842, Jane
(died 29th Dec. 1897), daugh. of Peter
Nicol, Old Aberdeen, and had issue —
Anna Isabella, born 16th Feb. 1844 (marr.
20th Feb. 1878, Francis Renshaw) ; James,
born 19th May 1846; Frances, born 23rd
Feb. 1848 (marr. 30th Jan. 1872, George
Cowie, assistant inspector, Union Bank of
Australia) ; George William, born 21st
March 1854. Publication — Account of the
Parish — {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
JAMES BEATTIE FORBES,
born 13th April 1838, son of Patrick
F., min. of Old Machar ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1858) ;
ord. 15th Sept. 1870; drowned 29th Oct.
1884.
JOHN RUSSELL, born Rathven, 1827,
son of John R., contractor, and
18*76 •
Elizabeth Gordon ; educated at Elgin
Academy and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1853) ; was for twenty years school-
master of Fordyce ; ord. to Whalsay 10th
April 1873 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 17th May 1876; died 2nd May
1895. He marr. 9th Aug. 1864, Margaret
(died 12th Oct. 1890), daugh. of Alexander
Davidson, banker, and had issue — John
Alexander, born 1st Jan. 1866, died at
Auckland, New Zealand, 15th Feb. 1897 ;
Isabella Margaret, deaconess, Church of
Scotland, born 18th March 1867 ; Jean,
born 13th March 1870 (marr. Alexander
Black, min. of Blackhill) ; Eliza, nurse,
born 17th March 1871 ; Georgina Cecilia,
born 10th March 1876 (marr. 13th Aug.
1918, James Rae Murdoch, min. of Sand-
wick, Orkney. Publication — Three Years
in Shetland (Paisley, 1887).
1895
ALFRED WILLIAM ANDERSON,
M.A., B.D.; ord. 28th Aug. 1895;
trans, to Craiglockhart 18th May
1908
1903.
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK, M.A.,
19og B.D. ; ord. 18th Aug. 1903; trans,
to Kinneff 11th March 1908.
JAMES GARROW BERRY, born
Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, 25th May
1880, son of William B. and Char-
lotte Glas Grindlay ; educated at Stirling
High School and Univs. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1902), and Edinburgh, B.D. (1905)
licen. by Presb. of Stirling April 1905
assistant at Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh
ord. 15th July 1908 ; trans, to Colvend 2nd
Aug. 1917. Marr. 9th June 1914, Agnes
Mitchell, eldest daugh. of William Hender-
son of Auchinblae, and has issue — Edmund
Grindlay, born 12th March 1915; Elise
Malcolm, born 30th Jan. 1917. Publication
— The Booh of Leslie (Aberdeen, 1913).
DONALD MACGILVRAY BEATON,
born Glasgow, 14th March 1871, son
of John B. and Marion Douglas ;
educated at Allan Glen's School, High
1917
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LESLIE— MELDRUM
173
School, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1897),
B.D. (1903); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1903; assistant at Shettleston and Both-
well ; missionary at Karnes, Muirkirk, and
Drumclog ; assistant at St George's-in-the-
Fields, Glasgow; ord. 6th Dec. 1917 ; trans,
to Tannadice 24th Sept. 1925. Marr. 7th
July 1920, Janette, daugh. of George
Lawson Simpson and Janet M'Intosh
Cameron.
JOHN DALGLISH CARMICHAEL,
born Devonport, 29th April 1866, son
of William C, gunnery instructor
R.N., and Mary Logan ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1895 ; ord. to Nesting 7th Aug. 1901 ; trans.
to Delting 10th Oct. 1907 ; trans, to Kinin-
month 21st March 1912 ; trans, to Portsoy
26th Sept. 1917 ; trans, and adm. 19th Feb.
1926. Marr. 26th Sept. 1901, Isa Watson
Stewart, daugh. of Henry Bayne, clothing
contractor, Glasgow, and has issue — John
Harald, born 21st June 1908; Norman
Bayne, born 9th Feb. 1911.
MELDRUM, of old BETHELNIE.
[The church of Bethelnie was dedicated
to St Neachtan. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath. In 1684 the church was
transferred from Bethelnie to Meldrum.
A fair of St Neachtan was held in the
parish at Cowie. Within the bounds there
were Wells of Our Lady and St Neachtan.]
1567 THOMAS MILL, reader in 1567.
ALEXANDER GARIOCH, reader, Nov.
1570 1570.
STEPHEN MASON, min. of Insch,
Culsalmond, and Logie-Durno in
1567 ; trans, in 1574, with Bourtie,
Rayne, and Belhelvie also in his charge.
In 1585 Fyvie and Tarves were substituted
for these three parishes; in 1595 Bourtie
was alone conjoined till 1601 ; trans, to
Slains before 2nd Feb. 1614.
JOHN LOGIE of Boddam, trans, from
Insch and adm. after 14th April
1613 1613. trans, to Rathven before 3rd
April 1629.
WILLIAM WEDDERBURN, adm.
before 1st Nov. 1633 ; pres. by
1633 Charles I. 22nd June 1636; dep.
for immoral conduct April 1642 ; reponed
by the General Assembly Aug. 1643. He
apparently again came under Church
censure, for the Presb., 2nd Nov. 1648,recom-
mended that he should be allowed to preach.
Was afterwards min. of Strathdon.
GEORGE LEITH, regent in King's
College, Aberdeen ; adm. to Cul-
salmond before 17th June 1635; pres.
by George Seton of Meldrum 17th Feb.
1643 ; was named by Parliament one of
the Visitors of the Univ. of Aberdeen ;
still min. 17th April 1660. He marr. Jean
Mitchell, and had issue — Barbara (marr.,
cont. 12th May 1657, William, son of
William Lindsay at Mylne of Towie) ;
George. — \JReg. of Deeds, Dal., xxiii. 271 ;
22nd July 1663 ; Beg. of Deeds, Mack., 9th
Feb. 1669 ; G. B. Sas., xlv., 360 ; Aberdeen
Homings, 1., 91.]
1664
WILLIAM URQUHART, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1652) ; adm. before 7th June 1664 ;
died 1697, aged about 65. — [Aberdeenshire
Poll-Booh, I, 326.]
JOHN MULLIGINE, called by the
Presb. jure devoluto in March, and
adm. 6th July 1698 ; trans, to
Methlick 27th June 1704.
1698
1706
HENRY LIKLY, born 1665, probably
son of Henry L., Mill of Methlick;
became schoolmaster of Methlick in
1696 ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 27th Jan.
1703 ; called 12th May, and ord. 5th Sept.
1706 ; died 9th July 1760. He marr. 9th
Feb. 1714, Janet (died 3rd Sept. 1772),
daugh. of James Milne of Blairton, and
had issue — John, min. of this parish ;
James, merchant, Old Meldrum, died 18th
May 1800; Henry; William, born 18th
June 1731. — [Scot. Notes and Queries, ii.,
183.]
JOHN LIKLY, born 1717, son of pre-
ceding; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1731-5 ; licen. by the
Presb. 18th June 1740; called 14th Jan.,
174
MELDRUM
[PRESB. OF
and ord. (assistant and successor) 1st April
1741 ; died 6th June 1783. He marr. 27th
Feb. 1755, Barbara (died 22nd April 1792),
daugh. of William Wight, merchant, Aber-
deen, and had issue — James, died young ;
Barbara Janet, born 14th July 1757 ;
Margaret, born 10th April 1759 ; James,
min. of this parish, born 13th July 1760.
THOMAS TAIT, M.A. ; trans, from
Auchindoir ; pres. by Urquhart of
Meldrum Dec. 1783; adm. 15th July
1784 ; trans, to Ellon 5th July 1798.
1784
JAMES RAINY, born 1764, son of
James R., Turriff; educated at
1799 Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1780-7 ;
licen. by Presb. of Tain 30th Nov. 1791 ;
ord. missionary at Newbyth 13th May
1793; adm. there 7th May 1794; pres.
by James Urquhart of Meldrum Nov.
1798; adm. here 1st May 1799; died
1st May 1800. He marr. 12th Sept. 1797,
Mary, eldest daugh. of John Turner of
Turnerhall ; she survived him, and marr.
(2) Robert Arthur, min. of Resolis. —
[Tombst.]
JAMES LIKLY, born 13th July 1760,
son of John L., min. of this parish;
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 8th May
1782; ord. by it 13th Oct. 1789; adm. to
Campvere, Holland, 25th April 1790, from
which he was obliged to retire with many
of his congregation on the invasion of the
French, and the charge was abolished by
the Batavian Republic ; pres. by James
Urquhart of Meldrum Oct. 1800 ; adm.
18th March 1801 ; died unmarr. 8th Dec.
1816. — [Tombst.; Steven's Scot. Church,
Rotterdam, 294; The Scottish Staple at
Veere, 327, 336.]
1817
GEORGE GARIOCH, born 1793, son of
James G. of Gariochsfield, surgeon,
Old Meldrum; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (29th March
1811) ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch 10th
May 1815 ; pres. by James Urquhart of
Meldrum in March, and ord. 29th Oct.
1817. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of Free Church, Meldrum, 1843-72 ;
died 12th May 1872. He marr. 16th
Sept. 1823, Margaret (died s.p. 26th Sept.
1858), youngest daugh. of James Wilson
of Auchaber. Publications — Sermons on
Various Subjects of Christian Doctrine
and Practice (Edinburgh, 1831) ; On the
Association of Ideas, a poem in blank verse
(Edinburgh, 1839); Sermon LXXXIV.
(Free Church Pulpit) ; Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xii).
JAMES JEFFREY, educated at King's
1843 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (April
1830); ord. 14th Sept. 1843; died
24th March 1853. He marr. 26th Aug.
1845, Christina Jane (died 4th April 1857),
eldest daugh. of Captain Smith, Old
Aberdeen.
JAMES CRUICKSHANK EASTON,
1852 k°rn 19th Oct. 1822, son of Thomas
E., D.D., min. of Kirriemuir; ord. to
South Parish, Kirriemuir, 14th May 1846 ;
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
4th Sept. 1852; died 24th Oct. 1876. He
marr. 24th Aug. 1853, Marion Montgomery
(perished in Tay Bridge disaster, 28th Dec.
1879), daugh. of James Louden, min. of
Inverarity, and had issue — Thomas George,
born 12th, and died 20th June 1854; May
Margaret, born 26th Aug. 1855 ; George
Thomas, born 25th Jan. 1858 ; James
Robert, born 5th Jan. 1860 ; John Louden,
born 18th Dec. 1862 ; Harry Montgomery,
W.S., born 31st Aug. 1867.
JOHN WATSON LEITH, born 1822,
-_,— son of George L., shoemaker, and
Elizabeth Cumming ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1866), B.D.
(1869); assistant at Falkirk; ord. 9th
May 1877 ; died 29th April 1895. He marr.
3rd Sept. 1890, Margaret, daugh. of S
Simpson, Woodford, Methlick, and had
issue — Douglas Meldrum Watson, M.C.,
lieut. Gordon Highlanders, born 10th Feb.
1892, died 21st March 1918 ; George Seton
Simpson, born 21st July 1893.
MARSHALL BUCHANAN LANG,
1895 M.A., B.D.; ord. 18th Sept. 1895;
trans, to St John's, Dundee, 9th
March 1909.
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175
1915
JOHN AEBUCKLE SWAN, M.A.,
lg09 B.D. ; ord. 23rd July 1909 j trans,
to St David's, Glasgow, 13th April
1915. He had issue (cf. Vol. III., 441)—
John Herbert St David, born 7th March
1922.
GEORGE SCOTT, born Glasgow, 3rd
Dee. 1887, son of George S. and
Christina Cross Wylie ; educated
at High School and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1908); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
May 1911 ; assistant at Kelvinhaugh and
St George's, Glasgow ; ord. 18th Aug.
1915; served as sub-lieut. R.N.V.R., in
Great War ; dem. on appointment to Moss-
park Mission, Paisley, 30th Sept. 1923.
JOHN CHRISTOPHER NESBITT,
born Leicester, 23rd May 1892, son
of John Christopher N. and Marion
Montgomery; educated at Ripon Grammar
School, Leeds Higher School, and Univs.
of Leeds, B.A. (1914), and Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow July 1920; ord.
assistant at Barony, Glasgow, 19th Nov.
1922 ; adm. 11th Jan. 1924.
MONYMUSK.
[The church of Monymusk was dedicated
to St Mary. It belonged to the Priory of
Monymusk, which was in the parish. This
monastic site was occupied from very early
times by an ancient Celtic Abbey. In
1179 it was converted into the Augustinian
Priory of Monymusk. There is still in the
fabric of the church some early Norman
building. There was within the bounds
a chapel of St Finan. A fair was held
at Monymusk on Our Lady Day in
Harvest.]
JAMES MURRAY, min. in 1567, with
__ „ Kinairney also in his charge ; pres.
to the parsonage and vicarage by
James VI. 18th Jan. 1573, but does not
appear to have got possession ; continued
as reader from 1574 to 1589.
[JOHN FORBES of Camphill, son of
Duncan F. of Monymusk ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 23rd Feb. 1572,
but not adm.]
JAMES JOHNSTON, born 1539 ; min.
1574 in 1574, with Cluny also in charge ;
pres. to the parsonage and vicarage
by James VI. 10th July 1574 ; in 1576 he
had Monymusk only, but in 1585 Bourtie
was included till 1593, when it was joined
with Bethelnie and Fettemeir added to
this charge. He had a manse and glebe
designated 16th Aug. 1592; was probably
deprived before 4th May 1605 [afterwards
min. of Tough in 1608.]
JAMES IRVING, trans, from Tough;
1605 pres. by James VI. 4th May 1605 ;
in consequence of the proceedings
arising out of the Assembly at Aberdeen
that year, his admission was delayed, but
he was adm. after 26th Nov. 1607 ;
deprived before 27th Oct. 1615 ; returned
to Tough.
WILLIAM FORBES, M.A. ; trans, from
1615 Alford ; pres. by James VI. 27th
Oct. 1615 ; trans, to Third Charge,
Aberdeen, 29th Oct. 1616.
THOMAS FORBES, pres. by James VI.
1617 12th Aug. 1617; dem. after 20th
June 1618; adm. to Leochel before
5th March 1622.
i ADAM BARCLAY, trans, from Leochel ;
1622 pres" ky ^ames VI- 5th March 1622 ;
trans, to Alford before 2nd Oct. 1625.
ALEXANDER LUNAN, M.A. ; regent
1625 in King's College, Aberdeen; pres.
by Charles I. 2nd Oct. 1625; adm.
to Kintore in 1628.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, M.A. ; called
1628 rector l5th Nov. 1628 [see under
Nigg].— [Banff Sas., 1629.]
JOHN GELLIE, educated at Marischal
1629 College, Aberdeen; became min. of
Premnay ; pres. by Charles I. 4th
Sept. 1629 ; trans, and adm. same year ;
petitioned Parliament 26th March 1647 on
account of his losses and sufferings, which
were certified by Major-General Middleton,
whereupon 500 merks were ordered for his
present subsistence ; died between 19th
Oct. 1652 and 6th Jan. 1654. He marr.
(cont. 3rd July 1626) Helen, second daugh.
to George Leith of Overhall of Barnes, and
176
MONYMUSK
[PRESB. OF
had issue — Alexander ; George ; Eobert ;
Elizabeth ; Mary. Patrick G., burgess of
Aberdeen, was served nearest agnate to
some of bis children. — [Reg. of Deeds,
ccccxxvi., 25th Jan. 1630; Aberdeen, Sas.,
i. 40, ii. 194 ; Acts of Pari., vi., pt. 1, 800 ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4482, 4483 ; de Tut, 810.]
ALEXANDER ROSE of Insch, eldest
less son °^ J°nn R-> mm- °^ Birse i edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1626); licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 14th July 1642; adm. to Kinairney
before 3rd May 1649 ; trans., coll., and inst.
9th Oct. 1653; imprisoned for debt 21st
March 1657 ; app. by Parliament, 22nd Feb.
1661, one of the Visitors of the College of
Aberdeen; died April 16S0. He marr.
Anna, second daugh. of John Forbes of
Corsindae and Elizabeth Forbes, and had
issue — John, D.D., min. of Foveran ;
William ; Alexander, min. of Perth ; and
four other children who being without
means of support were allowed by the
Privy Council £300 from vacant stipends ;
James, min. of Monimail ; Charles, min. of
Crailing ; Patrick, min. of Glass ; William.
— [Family of Kilravoch ; Acts of Pari., vii.,
38 ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., viii., 150 ; Inq. Ret.
Aberdeen, 442 ; Lumsden's House of Forbes.]
1678
\JOHN BURNETT, born about 1645;
educated at King's College; M.A.
(19th July 1664); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen ; ord. to Second Charge, Lin-
lithgow, 9th Jan. 1673; trans, to First
Charge, Culross, 1676; trans., inst., and
adm. 18th Aug. 1678 ; pres. by Charles II.
27th Feb. 1680 ; died 22nd May 1728. He
marr. and had issue — Robert ; Alexander,
regent of Philosophy in King's College,
Aberdeen ; Jean ; Isobel ; Barbara (marr.
3rd Aug. 1711, Alexander Chalmers, min. of
Marnoch) ; Mary (marr. Alexander Shank
of Castlerig). — [Aberdeen Tests; Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Booh, i.( 386; Davidson's In-
verurie, 348.]
ALEXANDER SIMSON, born 1698;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; ord. to Insch 23rd March
1720; trans, and adm. 29th May 1729;
died Father of the Church 3rd Jan.
1781. He marr. 25th Oct. 1720, Sophia
Leith, who died 28th Oct. 1776, and had
issue — Patrick, min. of Kemnay; Archibald,
born 15th May 1730; George, born 14th
April 1732 ; Jean, born 21st Aug. 1734
(marr. William Marr, min. of this parish) ;
Charles, born 3rd May 1736, died 16th Dec.
1763; Dorothy, born 8th July 1740 (marr.
30th May 1759, Edward Eyres, an officer
in Lord Charles Manners' Regiment) ;
Alexander, born 28th Aug. 1742.
WILLIAM MARR, born about 1745;
-„„„ educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1764) ; became school-
master of this parish ; licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 9th Aug. 1769 ; became assistant
to preceding ; called 22nd Oct., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 9th Dec. 1772 ;
died 12th June 1773. He marr. 14th Jan.
1773, Jean, daugh. of Alexander Simson,
min. of this parish. She marr. (2) 15th
Jan. 1776.
ALEXANDER DUFF, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1769); ord. by Presb. of Abernethy
in 1769 ; app. assistant in this parish in
1776; pres. by Sir Archibald Grant, Bart.,
of Monymusk, and by George III. 28th
Jan., and adm. 27th June 1781 ; died 27th
Feb. 1814, and was the last min. buried
within the church. He marr. 19th Sept.
1761, Elizabeth Mortimer, who died 22nd
Feb. 1791, and had issue — Margaret, born
2Sth July 1762; Barbara, born 9th Feb.
1764; Katherine, born 23rd Dec. 1765;
Lewis Alexander, schoolmaster of the
parish, born 30th Nov. 1768, died 2nd May
1840; Alexander, born 13th Oct. 1773;
Jean, born 1st May 1775, died 23rd June
1785. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xii.).— [Macpherson's
Monymusk, 285.]
ROBERT FORBES, born 16th Aug.
1778 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (28th March 1799) ;
schoolmaster of Speymouth in 1801 ; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 2nd Dec. 1806 ; pres. by
George, Prince Regent, 13th April, and ord.
21st Sept. 1814; died 22nd Feb. 1853. He
marr. 4th Oct, 1803, Rachel Copland (born
1814
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177
9th Dec. 1779, died 12th Sept. 1837), and
had issue — Margaret, born 23rd Jan. 1806,
died unmarr. in Canada ; Alexander, teacher
of Lord Cullen's school at Blairdaff, after-
wards min. at Inverness, Quebec, died at
Waterton, Ontario, 30th Oct. 1881; William,
advocate, Aberdeen, and of Scottish
Amicable Insurance Co., Glasgow, born
1st Aug. 1809; Robert Proctor, Colombo,
Ceylon, born 15th June 1811, died 15th
May 1854; Isobel, born 23rd March 1813,
died unmarr. in Canada ; Charles, vicar of
South Banbury, born 28th May 1815, died
10th Sept. 1869 ; John, born 26th June
1819, died in Glasgow; James, born 13th
Jan. 1821, went to Ceylon. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iii.).— [Old Aberdeenshire Ministers, 28.]
THOMAS HENRY DAWSON, bom
Culsalmond 1825, son of Charles D.,
farmer, and Isabel Cullens ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1843); became schoolmaster at
Chapel-of-Garioch ; pres. by Queen Victoria
9th March, and ord. 15th June 1853; died
22nd Oct. 1867. He marr. 5th Dec. 1861,
Mary, daugh. of George Milne of Kinaldie
(she marr. (2) 2nd Feb. 1875, George
Jamieson, Lord Provost of Aberdeen), and
had issue — Margaret Milne, born 11th Oct.
1862; Annabella, born 18th Dec. 1863;
Mary, born 8th July 1866.
WILLIAM MEARNS MACPHERSON,
1868 b°rn ■F°rt Ge0rSe 13tl1 APril 1842'
son of Robert M., D.D., Professor of
Systematic Theology, Univ. of Aberdeen ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1861) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
2nd May 1865 ; assistant at Kennethmont ;
ord. to Kennethmont 30th Jan. 1866 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 17th Jan. 1868 ; trans.
and adm. 17th April that year; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 4th April 1900) ; died 3rd Sept.
1911. He marr. 29th Sept. 1869, Elizabeth
Matilda (died 24th Oct. 1923), eldest daugh.
of John Beadnell, M.A., barrister, Lincolns
Inn, and of Castle-y-dail, Montgomery, and
Matilda Gill, and had issue — Matilda
Elizabeth Ann, born 13th Aug. 1870, died
10th April 1872 ; Bessie Beadnell, born
VOL. VI.
1920
13th Feb. 1878 ; Maude Clarke, born 27th
April 1880. Publications — Materials for a
History of the Church and Priory of
Monymush (Aberdeen, 1895) ; The Path of
Life : Thoughts on Personal Salvation
(Edinburgh, 1908). Edited his father's
work — The Resurrection of Jesus Christ,
with an Examination of the Speculations
of Strauss in his New Life of Jesus (Edin-
burgh, 1867).
JAMES THOMAS HALL, M.A., B.D.,
i9i2 °-B-E- ; ord- 12tn Jan- 1912 ; trans-
to Tillicoultry 9th Dec. 1919.
FREDERICK WILLIAM LOVIE, born
Aberdeen 29th Oct. 1888, son of
William L. and Margaret Strachan ;
educated at Robert Gordon's College and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1912) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 4th May 1915 ; assistant
at Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 1915 ; served
in Great War as a private and afterwards
as an officer in Gordon Highlanders ; M.C.
(1918) ; assistant at Dunnottar in 1919 ;
ord. 5th May 1920; dem. (from ill-health
occasioned by wounds received in the War)
2nd Oct. 1923; died at Greenock 17th
Nov. 1924. He marr. 4th June 1920, Alice
Gordon, daugh. of John Morrison Wyness
and Alice Gordon Fenton.
JAMES GRANT FORBES, born Aber-
1924 nethy 24th March 1873, son of
Donald F. and Mary Grant ; edu-
cated at Grantown Grammar School, For-
dyce Academy, and Univ. of Aberdeen;
M.A. (1895) ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
3rd May 1898; assistant at Kirkintilloch
May 1898 to Dec. 1901 ; ord. to Tullynessle
and Forbes 19th Dec. 1901 ; trans, and
adm. 18th Jan. 1924. Marr. 24th June
1903, Margaret Grace, daugh. of James
Rennie, and has issue — James Rennie,
Hong-Kong and Shanghai Bank, London,
born 9th June 1904 ; Mary Margaret, born
13th May 1905 ; Caroline Masson Storry,
born 14th May 1908 ; Mabel Grace, born
2nd Sept. 1910, died 19th April 1911;
Gladys Grant, born 19th March 1913;
Meta Rennie Grant, born 4th Jan. 1915 ;
Atholl Gordon, born 24th Feb. 1916.
M
178
OYNE
[PEESB. OF
OYNE.
[Oyne was a prebend of Aberdeen.]
1559
JOHN LESLIE, D.D., the historian
and Bishop of Eoss (q.v.), was a
priest of Oyne; parson and vicar
from 1559 to 1565.— [Davidson's Inverurie,
148.]
1570
JOHN ABEECKOMBIE of Westhall,
second son of Alexander A. of Pit-
medden ; entered at Nov. 1570,
having Premnay also in the charge, to
which he was pres. by James VI. 4th
July 1571 ; Logie-Durno was in the charge
in 1574; pres. to the parsonage and vicar-
age by George Hay, parson of Eathven
and superintendent of Aberdeen and Banff,
22nd March 1577 ; died before 26th May
1586, aged about 41. He marr. Marjory
Forbes, and had issue— William of Kam-
dells, to whom George Abercrombie, Com-
missary of Aberdeen, was served nearest
agnate, 10th April 1594; Walter.— [A ber-
deen Sas. Sec. Beg., iv., 444, Sas., ii. 341,
v. 258 ; Inq. Ret. de Tut., 1251.]
GEOEGE ABEECEOMBIE, parson in
1583 1583.
WALTEE EICHAEDSON, trans, from
Insch and pres. by James VI. 16th
July 1586 ; also pres. to vicarage of
Eayne, called the Archdeaconry of Aber-
deen, 16th April same year, but this does
not appear to have been carried out ;
trans, to Gartly in 1595.
^ EOBEET BUENET, regent in King's
College, Aberdeen, 1583; adm. in
1596 ; app. by Presb. of Aberdeen,
11th April 1606, in preaching at Insch, to
demit and desire them to provide a minister
and a living ; was named by the Assembly
Dec. that year as constant Moderator of
the Presb., which was charged by the Privy
Council to receive him as such within
twenty-four hours after notice, under pain
of rebellion ; was a member of Assembly
in 1610 ; still min. 19th Nov. 1633. He
marr. (1) Margaret Leith : (2) Marjorie
Auchenleck, widow of Captain John Gordon
1596
of Adiell : (3) Marjorie, daugh. of James
Leslie of Warthill and Beatrix, daugh. of
Walter Abercrombie, min. of Eayne. —
[Barclay's Prot.-Booh ; Aberdeen Hornings,
vs.., 135; Aberdeen Sas., vii., 101, 103.]
ALEXANDEE BUENET, probably son
161s of above; adm. (perhaps assistant)
before 14th April 1613; still min.
24th March 1618.
WILLIAM BUENETT, M.A.; adm.
before 25th Nov. 1647; trans, to
Insch before 18th April 1661.
JOHN STEACHAN, adm. before 18th
1661 April 1661.
1668
JAMES STEACHAN, son of Andrew
S., min. of Kintore, and brother of
preceding; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1654) ; ord. to
Second Charge, Montrose, 1664 ; trans, and
adm. before 27th Oct. 1668 ; died 14th
Jan. 1698. Some of his curious texts have
been recorded. On 12th Feb. 1688, immedi-
ately before the birth of Prince Charles,
he preached from Psalm 118, v. 9, and
following that event, from Eccles. xv. 17.
He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of John Cheyne,
min. of Kinkell, and had issue — William;
Alexander, served heir 8th July 1715 ;
Janet ; Mary (marr. John M'Innes, min.
of Crathie) ; Jean ; Elizabeth. — [Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Book, i., 286 ; Aberdeen Sas., xv.,
313 ; Davidson's Inverurie, 379.]
WILLIAM MAIE, M.A. ; called Oct.
1700; ord. 27th Feb. 1701; trans.
to Kincardine O'Neil by the General
Assembly between 19th and 26th July
1710.
1701
1711
AETHUE FOEBES, educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1704);
called 17th June, and ord. 31st Oct.
1711 ; died after 1st Dec. 1727. He marr.
Jane (died 19th Dec. 1765), daugh. of
James Ogilvie of Badentoul, and had issue
— James, served heir 11th Feb. 1735;
Katherine ; Elizabeth (marr. John Mair,
min. of Eayne).
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OYNE
179
Sib ALEXANDER TURING, Bart.,
„ bapt. 9th Aug. 1702, eldest son of
Sir John T„ Bart., min. of Drum-
blade ; ord. 19th March 1729; died 24th
Aug. 1782. He marr. 11th April 1740,
Annie Brown, who died 27th Jan. 1807,
and had issue — Anne, bapt. 24th May 1741,
died before 26th Nov. 1760; John, born
19th May 1742, died on board Admiral
Hawke's Squadron in Mediterranean Aug.
1756 ; Sir Inglis, Bart., chaplain 52nd Foot
and rector in Jamaica, born 4th Dec. 1743,
died there, 15th Nov. 1791 ; Sir Robert,
Bart., born 25th Feb. 1745, died 21st Oct.
1831; Forbes Anne, born 23rd May 1747
(marr. Archibald Bruce, min. of Shotts),
died 1st Aug. 1797 ; Jean, bapt. 13th Dec.
1748, died before 26th Nov. 1760 ; Janet,
born 26th Oct. 1750 (marr. Robert Duff,
D.D., min. of Kinedward) ; Grizel, born
9th Jan. 1752 : Eleanor Jean, born 29th
Dec. 1753, died 14th March 1754; Arthur
James, captain 4th Batt. Madras Native
Infantry, born 19th March 1756, died
1793; Mary, born 21st June 1757 (marr.,
29th June 1778, Alexander Cuthbert) ;
Beatrice, bapt. 10th May 1763.— [Burke's
Peerage.']
GEORGE MORISON, M.A.; pres. by
1783 ■MaJ0r Henry Knight and Mrs Mary
Erskine Knight in Feb., and ord. 7th
May 1783 ; trans, to Banchory-Devenick
10th Nov. 1785.
ALEXANDER CUSHNY, born Aber-
178_ deenshire, 1754 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1774) ;
became schoolmaster of Foveran ; licen. by
Presb. of Ellon 27th Nov. 1782; pres. by
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Knight Erskine of
Pittodrie in March, and ord. 13th July
1786; died 1st Feb. 1839. He marr. 7th
Nov. 1786, Ann (died at Rayne, 9th Sept.
1848, aged 80), eldest daugh. of Thomas
Gray, Westhall, and had issue — Arthur,
merchant, born 28th Aug. 1787, died in
Trinidad, 20th March 1811 ; James Forbes,
lieut. H.E.I.C.S., born 8th Nov. 1788, died
in East Indies, 1st May 1808 ; Alexander,
D.D., min. of Rayne, born 18th March
1790; Thomas, born 3rd Sept. 1791, died
April 1792 ; Ann, born 23rd Dec. 1792, died
at Fochabers, 21st Aug. 1883 ; Katherine,
born 27th Aug. 1794; William, born 19th
Feb. 1796; Alice, born 29th Sept. 1797,
died 19th May 1868; Mary, born 24th
July 1799, died 19th Jan. 1823; John,
born 14th March 1802, died 3rd April
1835; Jane, born 30th April 1804, died
21st Nov. 1823 ; Athol, born 1st June 1806,
died 29th June 1807; Athol, M.A., born
22nd May 1808, died 12th July 1826;
Robert, min. of Bellie, born 22nd Sept.
1810. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.).
DAVID SIMSON, born 13th March
1839 1801, son of David S., min. of
Tulliallan, and brother of Henry S.,
min. of Chapel-of-Garioch ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. 23rd July 1839.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Free Church, Oyne, 1843-71 ; died unmarr.
8th March 1871. — [Old Aberdeenshire
Ministers, 47.]
ANDREW FRASER, born Inverness,
1843 1800j educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1822);
librarian there, 1823-6; ord. 28th Sept.
1843 ; died unmarr. 30th Aug. 1874.
DUNCAN GEORGE MEARNS
lg74 of Disblair, born 11th Jan. 1846,
only son of William M., D.D., of
Disblair, min. of Kinneff; educated at
Univs. of Aberdeen M.A. (1865) and Edin-
burgh B.D. (1869); licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun May 1869 ; assistant at St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Barony, Glasgow,
and Eastwood ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 9th April 1874; dem. 11th Nov.
1896; died 22nd Oct. 1913. He marr.
7th Oct. 1875, Mary Margaret Agnes
Madeleine, daugh. of Hector Grant, East
Indian Navy, and had issue — William
Morison, lieut. R.L.I., Medaille d'Honneur,
born 8th July 1876 ; Hector Grant, Bengal
Nagpur Railway, born 20th Oct. 1877 ;
Rita Georgina May Stewart, born 31st
Oct. 1878; Mary Leith, born 17th July
1881 ; Duncan George Morison, Bombay,
Baroda and Central India Railway, born
6th April 1884.
180
OYNE— PREMNAY
[ PRESB. OF
PETER SMITH BISSET, M.A., B.D. ;
18g7 ord. 15th April 1897; trans, to Craig
12th Nov. 1908.
WILLIAM WATSON, born St
Andrews, 1st Nov. 1S80, son of
D. M'C. W., and Elizabeth Leslie ;
educated at Strathmiglo School and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1903), B.D.
(1906); D.Litt. (1916); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews in 1908 ; assistant to Pro-
fessor of Hebrew there, 1907-9 ; ord. 19th
March 1909 ; chaplain to Forces. Marr.
12th July 1910, Mary Mackintosh, second
daugh. of John Stewart, min. of Premnay,
and has issue— Daniel Stewart, born 30th
Feb. 1911 ; Margaret Stewart, born 10th
May 1915 ; Kathleen Elizabeth, born 22nd
Dec. 1922. Publications — "Survey of
Becent Literature on Biblical Eschatology "
{Review of Theology and Philosophy, Sept.
1913) ; Sermon (Christian World Pulpit,
11th Feb. 1914); "The New Jerusalem"
(Expository Times, July 1914); "Paradise
and the Messianic Woes" (International
Journal of the Apocrypha, July and Oct.
1914); "The New Heaven and the New
Earth " (The Expositor, Feb. 1915) ; " The
Temporal Blessings of the Messianic
Religion " (International Journal of the
Apocrypha, April 1915); "The Last Judg-
ment " (Expository Times, April 1915) ;
" The Human and Superhuman Messiahs "
(The Expositor, Jan. 1917); Sermon, "Is
there a Life after Death 1 " (Glasgow Evening
News, Aug. 1918) ; Articles on " Suffering,"
" Torment," etc. (Dictionary of the Apostolic
Church, n., 1918.)
PREMNAY.
[The church of Premnay belonged to
the Abbey of Lindores. It was dedi-
cated to St Caran, and St Caran's Well
was near it. A fair of St Caran also was
held at Premnay. The church was built
in 1792.]
1567 JAMES CURRIE, reader in 1567.
JOHN ABERCROMBIE, min. here
1574 and at Logie-Durno and Oyne.
JOHN RAE, reader from 1574 to
1574 1576.
GILBERT LEITCH, reader from 1578
1578 to 1599 ; had a manse and glebe
designated 22nd July 1593.— [A ber-
deen Homings, vi., 212.]
ROBERT BURNETT, reader in
1601 1601.
ROBERT IRVING, reader in 1607;
160? min. at 12th Nov. 1619. — [Aberdeen
Sherif-Court Records, ii., 238.]
ANDBEW LOGIE, trans, from Leslie
and adm. 22nd Nov. 1622 ; trans, to
1622
Rayne before 1624.
JOHN GELLIE, M.A ; min. in 1629 ;
1629 trans- t° Monymusk after 10th Sept.
1629.
GEORGE MYLNE, educated at King's
1647 College, where he was Humanist in
1625; M.A. (1626); regent there;
adm. before 4th Nov. 1647; app. clerk of
Synod before 18th April 1661 ; died March
1667. He marr. Marjorie Neilson, and had
issue — John, min. of Fetteresso; George;
James ; Helen ; Jean (marr. James Burnet,
chemist) ; a daugh. (marr. John Barclay,
min. of Leslie). — [Peg. of Deeds, 14th April
1663; Aberdeen 5<z,s.,iii., 61 ; Bow's Diari/.]
GEORGE INNES, M.A.; adm. about
1668 1668 ; trans, to Kinloss in 1670.
JOHN SHAND, educated at King's
1677 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th April
1663); adm. before 9th Oct. 1677;
died March 1701, aged about 71. He marr.
Jean Panton, who survived him, and had
issue — James, min. of Kintore ; Mary ;
Janet — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, i., 243.]
[The parish vacant five years.]
JAMES GORDON, called by the Presb.
1706 Jure devoluto 26th Dec. 1705 ; ord.
25th April 1706; trans, to Bourtie
1st June 1709.
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PREMNAY
181
WILLIAM ANDERSON, trans, from
17og Cabrach ; called 19th June, and
adm. 30th Sept. 1709 ; trans, to
Daviot 6th Nov. 1717.
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, educated at
1718 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1687) ; became schoolmaster of
Kemnay, and a licentiate under Episcopacy;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 21st April
1698 ; ord. to Auchindoir 21st Sept. 1698 ;
trans, and adm. after 13th Aug. 1718; died
24th Oct. 1732.
GEOEGE TYTLER, called 2nd May,
17 „ and ord. 10th Oct. 1733; trans, to
Fern 24th April 1745.
GEORGE OGILVIE, born 1713; M.A.
174_ (King's College, 1730); schoolmaster
of Rothiemay, 1729-31 ; licen. by the
Presb. of Fordyce 20th July 1737 ; pres. by
John Leith of Leithhall Sept. 1745 ; ord.
15th Jan. 1746 ; died after conducting
service 24th March 1776.
JOHN BONNIMAN, born Keith, 1743 ;
11?„„ educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (30th March 1763);
schoolmaster of Huntly, 1763-77 ; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie 20th March 1771 ;
ord. assistant at Huntly 25th March 1772 ;
pres. by John Leith of Leithhall and his
curators Nov. 1776; trans, and adm. 26th
Feb. 1777 ; died 4th Nov. 1785. He marr.
19th Feb. 1778, Susannah Grant, who died
at Aberdeen 29th July 1807, and had issue
■ — John, born 4th Dec. 1778, went to Jamaica,
died 14th Feb. 1807; Lydia, born 10th
March 1780, died 21st May 1799 ; William,
born 19th Nov. 1781 ; Christian, born 19th
April 1783 (marr. 24th June 1813, Thomas
Bain, licentiate and rector of Fortrose
Academy) ; Andrew, M.A. (King's College,
1803), licentiate, rector of Fortrose Aca-
demy, born 21st May 1785, died 24th Feb.
1813.
JAMES DOUGLAS, born 1746, son
1787 of Robert D., Towie, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1758-62;
licen. by the Presb. 31st Aug. 1768; ord.
to Glenbuchat 26th Aug. 1772; pres. by
Lieut.-Colonel Leith of Leithhall in June,
trans, and adm. 1st Aug. 1787 ; died 29th
Nov. 1823. He marr. 11th Sept. 1784,
Ann Elizabeth Duff, who died Oct. 1822,
aged 70, and had issue— Robert, min. of
Ellon, born 17th April 1785; Helen, born
30th Aug. 1786, died 18th June 1850.
JOHN WILSON, born 1793, son of
1824 James W., farmer and factor, and
Isobel Gordon ; was trained as a
farmer and began to study late in life on
the recommendation of his father's laird ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1818); licen. by Presb. of Alford 27th
March 1822 ; pres. by General Alexander
Leith Hay of Ramies Dec. 1823 ; ord. 10th
June 1824; died 10th Jan. 1878. Dr
Davidson says that " he lived for more than
half a century in the most old-world and
decayed manse in the Presbytery, for which
the heritors, glad not to be pressed to
rebuild, made the easily content incumbent
an annual allowance." He marr. (1) 28th
Feb. 1828, Jane (died 19th Dec. 1840, aged
34), only daugh. of Peter Nicolson, provost
and merchant, Elgin, and had issue — Peter,
born 9th Oct. 1829, died 28th Sept. 1854 ;
James, born 5th June 1831 ; John, LL.D.,
rector of Banff Academy, born 27th Aug.
1834, died 16th March 1915; Alexander
Hay, born 29th March 1837; Jane Anne,
born 3rd Dec. 1840 (marr. 1862, James
Gammack, M.A., LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1887),
Episcopal clergyman and author, served
in various charges in Scotland, Canada
and U.S.A., born at Turriff 1837, died
1923), died 11th June 1914 : (2) 6th
May 1848 Mary Emslie, who died 19th
Sept. 1895), and had issue — Mary Hannah,
born 1st Nov. 1851 ; Marjory Margaret,
born 13th Sept. 1855. — [Old Aberdeenshire
Ministers, 32 ; Scot. Notes and Queries,
xii., 167.]
JOHN STEWART, born Aberlour, 14th
1876 Aug. 1835, son of Hugh S., farmer,
and Ann Richardson ; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1856) ; licen. by
Presb. of Abernethy in 1866; became
parish schoolmaster at Inveraven; rector
of Grantown Grammar School and school-
182
PREMNAY— RAYNE
[PEESB. OF
master of Cullen : ord. to Newmill 29th Feb.
1872 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor 2uth Dec. 1876 ; died 22nd Oct. 1911.
He marr. 13th Nov. 1883, Margaret (died at
Grantown 15th April 1924), third daugh. of
Francis Mackintosh, Grantown-on-Spey,
and Ann Mackenzie, and had issue — Hugh,
B.A. (Cantab.), Lecturer, Liverpool Univ.,
Lieut.-Colonel New Zealand Forces, C.M.G.,
D.S.O., M.C., professor of Classics, Canter-
bury, New Zealand, born 1st Sept. 1884;
Anne Elizabeth, born 8th Aug. 1885 (marr.
Hamilton David Forrester Dunnett, min.
of Ellon); John, chief officer Mercantile
Marine, born 26th Sept. 1886, died at Port-
land, Maine, U.S.A., 5th Dec. 1918; Mary
Mackintosh, born 2nd Sept. 1887 (marr.
William "Watson, min. of Oyne) ; Margaret
Fleming, M.A. (Aberdeen), born 31st Jan.
1889; Francis William, fourth engineer,
s.s. Norwegian, born 29th Oct. 1892, killed
by an explosion 13th March 1917 ; James
Fleming, medical student, born 6th March
1894, killed while serving with Eoyal
Engineers in France 28th June 1916.
FKANCIS GARDEN, born Mayhill,
lgl2 Letterfourie, Buckie, 3rd Feb. 1868,
son of George G. and Margaret
M'Connachie ; educated at Bathven School,
Fordyce Academy, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1891); became teacher at Aberchirder;
headmaster of Bogart and Alvie Schools,
1897-1910; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
May 1911; ord. 16th Feb. 1912; dem.
27th Nov. 1917 on appointment to St
Thomas's, Demerara. Marr. 10th May
1893, Jeannie Catherine, daugh. of Andrew
Macpherson and Elizabeth Macdonald, and
has issue — Elizabeth Margaret, born 23rd
April 1894; Donald John, born 20th Nov.
1895 ; Georgina Catherine, born 25th April
1904.
1918
JOHN LEISHMAN NELSON, born
9th March 1874, son of Andrew
Swan N., school teacher, and
Catherine Drysdale Leishman ; ord. to
Lady 5th July 1916 ; trans, and adm. 7th
June 1918. Marr. 12th Sept. 1916, Mary
Norrie, daugh. of William Dorward, bridge
builder, and Mary Christie.
RAYNE.
[The church of Bayne was dedicated to
St Andrew, and some high ground near
it is called St Andrew's Hill. Bayne was
a prebend of Aberdeen. Two fairs were
held at Bayne, those of St Andrew and
St Laurence. There was a Well of St
Laurence in the parish. The incumbent
was formerly Archdeacon of Aberdeen. The
present church, built in 1789, has been
frequently added to and altered. An old
prophecy, ascribed to Thomas the Bhymer,
says : —
" Fite [white] kirk o' Rayne,
Though straight stands your wa'
On a bonnie Pess Sunday [Easter]
Doon sail ye fa'."
The parish of Bayne is known as " the
Girnal of the Garioch."]
ANDBEW THOMSON [or THOM],
exhorter in 1567, and reader from
1567 1574 to 1580.
1574
STEPHEN MASON, min. here in 1574,
with other parishes also in his
charge; min. of Slains in 1614.
1582
WALTEB ABEBCBOMBIE, son of
Alexander A. of Birkenbog ; adm.
in 1582 ; had a manse and glebe
designated 23rd Jan. 1582-3; Kennethmont
and Christ's Church were also in his charge;
pres. by James VI. 31st Jan. 15S2-3, and
to the parsonage and vicarage of Oyne 26th
May 1586 ; still in the charge in 1619, the
belfry of the church bearing that date
with his initials. He marr. Margaret,
daugh. of Andrew Leith of Licklyhead, and
had issue — John ; Elspet ; Andrew, min. of
Fintray ; Beatrix (marr. James Leslie of
Warthill, 1584-1679, and by her had 21
children). — [Burgh of Aberdeen Birth
Brieves, 1st June 1663; Davidson's Inver-
urie, 446; Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Beg., v., 258,
Sas., iii., 309.]
JAMES ABEBCBOMBIE, probably son
of preceding; adm. (assistant) before
1618 24th March 1618. The date of his
death is unknown. — [Forbes's Funerals
(1635) ; Records of Aboj/ne, 189.]
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RAYNE
183
1624
ANDREW LOGIE, MA. (Marischal
College, 1604); adm. min. of Leslie
in 1619 ; trans, to Premnay in 1622 ;
trans, and adm. before 16th June 1624 ;
was a member of Assembly in 1638, and
left with others on 29th Nov. when the
Commissioner returned and prohibited their
sitting. He was taken prisoner with four
other mins. who opposed the Covenant, in
the end of June, and dep. by the General
Assembly July 1640 ; was reponed the fol-
lowing year, but again dep. 8th Aug. 1643
for heresy. He was rebuked by the Synod
19th Oct. 1653, and had his deposition so
far recalled by the Presb. 24th July 1656 ;
re-adm. before 21st Oct. 1662; was still
min. in 1664. He marr. Elizabeth Leslie,
sister and heir of George Leslie of Boyes,
and had issue — Captain John, beheaded as
a Royalist at Edinburgh 19th July 1644;
Isobel (marr. James Leslie of Tocher) ;
probably also William, who boasted that
he had killed Gilbert Blackhall, a priest of
the Scots Mission. Publications — Raine
from the Clouds upon a Choiche Angel :
or a Returned Ansioer to that Common
Quaeritur of Our Adversaries, Where was
Tour Church before Luther 1 (Aberdeen,
1624) ; A Vindication of Episcopacy and
the Nick - named Unlawful Engagement
(1660) ; Cum Bona Deo : Remonstrance to
the Godly Party (Aberdeen, 1661). —
[Baillie's Letters ; Macfarlane's Geneal.
Coll., ii., 35; Aberdeen Sas., v., 158, 19th
June 1656 ; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records,
ii., 277, 508.]
JOHN MIDDLETON, bora 1610; edu-
,„„ cated at King's College, Aberdeen;
MA. (1629) ; became min. of Leslie;
trans, and adm. after 17th Oct. 1643 ;
appealed to Parliament, 9th May 1648,
craving satisfaction for his service as
chaplain to General Middleton and the
army in the north for ten months from
March to July and Oct. to Dec. 1646 and
March and April 1647, with some repara-
tion for his losses and sufferings sustained
from rebels and enemies of the kingdom,
occasioned by his fidelity and constancy
in adhering to the Covenant and country,
eleven merks Scots were allowed him.
He joined the Protesters in 1651 ; died
4th Aug. 1653. This quaint epitaph was
inscribed on his tombstone : —
'* Whereas I stood in pulpit round,
And now I ly alow the ground,
When as you corse my corpse so cold
Remember the words that I you told."
He marr. Helen Strachan (who marr. (2)
John Gordon of Rothnies), and had issue
— Adam ; Janet (marr. Robert Forbes,
min. of Alva). — [Acts of Pari., vi., part
ii., 58 ; Aberdeen Inhib., 26th Jan. 1676 ;
Tombst.]
ALEXANDER MIDDLETON, called
unanimously, ord. and adm. 14th
Nov. 1655 ; trans, to Old Machar
12th Nov. 1661.
1655
ANDREW LOGIE, before men-
1662 tioned.
1666
ROBERT BURNET, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (1656) ;
adm. before 18th Nov. 1666; died
11th May 1703, aged about 67. He marr.
Janet Middleton, widow of Charles Forbes ;
she survived him, and had issue — William ;
Alexander, a Jesuit, born 1671. — [Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Book, l, 278 ; P. C. Dec, 25th
Jan. 1704 ; Records of Scots Colleges, 68,
149.]
1708
PATRICK CHALMERS, M.A,
formerly of Boyndie (q.v.) ; intruded
before 13th Sept. 1703. When a
min. was sent to supply, he could get no
access as C. possessed the church and the
church was guarded by his friends. —
[Davidson's Inverurie, 426-32.]
1705
WALTER TURING, born 1671, son of
Henry T. of Savoch and Janet
Seton ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch 10th
Feb. 1703 ; ord. 10th May 1705 ; died 3rd
Jan. 1743. He marr. 1st March 1709, Anna
(died 23rd Feb. 1766), daugh. of James
Ogilvie of Badentoul, and had issue —
James, factor at Campvere, born 1714, died
19th Dec. 1788; Katherine (marr. Robert
Farquhar, min. of Chapel-of -Garioch); Jane
184
RAYNE
[PRESB. OF
(marr. James Paterson, min. of Coull) ;
Janet (marr. John Angus, min. of Cul-
salmond). — [Burke's Peerage.]
1744
JOHN MAIE, born 1718, son of William
M., min. of Kincardine O'Neil; edu-
cated at Marisclial College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1722) ; licen. by Presb. there
5th Sept. 1733; ord. to Forbes 28th Jan.
1724 ; pres. by George II. 14th March 1743,
but a call given to James M'William,
afterwards min. of Forbes, was sustained
by the Presb., but reversed by the Synod
and Assembly which app. M.'s settlement.
Called 27th May 1743 ; trans, and adm. 5th
Sept. 1744; elected clerk of Synod 13th
April 1773; died 26th Feb. 1777. He
marr. 12th July 1748, Elizabeth (died at
Aberdeen, 10th April 1807, aged 84), daugh.
of Arthur Forbes, min. of Oyne, and had
issue — Jean, born 11th Dec. 1749, died 9th
May 1751 ; Katherine, born 14th May 1751
(marr. Alexander Angus, min. of Botriph-
nie); William, born 20th May 1754;
Arthur, born 1st July 1755 ; Alexander,
Colonel and Governor of Fort George, born
3rd June 1757 ; Jean, born 8th Aug. 1758
(marr. (1) Alexander Fullerton, min. of
Footdee : (2) William Paterson, min. of
Logie-Buchan) ; Peter, born 6th Nov. 1759;
Mary, born 15th June 1761 (marr. George
Gerard of Midstrath) ; Ann (twin), born
15th June 1761 (marr. (1) William Forsyth,
Huntly : (2) John Eose, min. of Udny.)
1778
PATEICK DAVIDSON, bapt. 14th
June 1743, son of Patrick D., farmer,
Scotstown, Insch'; became school-
master of Keithhall ; licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 18th April 1771 ; assistant at
Chapel-of-Garioch ; ord. to Kemnay 19th
June 1776 ; pres. by George III. 5th July
1777; trans, and adm. 6th May 1778;
D.D. (King's College, 30th Jan. 1811);
died 21st May 1819. He marr. 24th Dec.
1776, Martha (died 16th Feb. 1787, aged
35), sixth daugh. of Eobert Farquhar,
min. of Chapel-of-Garioch, and had issue
— Katherine, born 25th Oct. 1777, died
28th July 1828 ; Eobert, Navy Pay Office,
London, born 26th April 1779, died 6th
Sept. 1804; Ann, born 12th Feb. 1781
(marr. 21st Jan. 1823, Thomas Coats of
Lipwood, Northumberland) ; Jean, born
2nd March 1783 (marr. 16th Jan. 1813,
William Leslie of Warthill); Alexander,
G.P.O., London, born 8th Sept. 1784, died
12th May 1803; Walter Stevenson of
Inchmarlo, banker, London (who consider-
ably improved the interior of the church),
born 24th Nov. 1785. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.).—
[Beaton's At the Back o' Benachie, 14.]
ALEXANDEE CUSHNY, born 18th
March 1790, son of Alexander C,
min. of Oyne ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (28th March
1805); became a private tutor; school-
master of Strachan ; ord. to Strachan 29th
March 1815 ; pres. by George, Prince
Eegent, 22nd July 1819 ; trans, and adm.
7th June 1820 ; suspended with others by
the General Assembly, 30th May 1842,
for holding communion with the deposed
mins. of Strathbogie, but sentence re-
called by the Synod in Oct. ; was clerk of
Presb. and Synod ; D.D. (Aberdeen, May
1864); died 16th July 1874. He marr.
1st March 1820, Ann (who died from
effects of accidentally falling into Aberdeen
Harbour, 4th Dec. 1855), eldest daugh. of
Alexander Eobertson, min. of Coull, and
had issue— Mary, born 31st Oct. 1821 ;
Alexander, merchant, Shanghai, born 28th
Feb. 1823 ; John, min. of Huntly, born 12th
Oct. 1826 ; Anne, born 13th April 1828 ;
Catherine Jane, bom 4th April 1835, died
21st Feb. 1859 ; Eobina Alice, born 2nd Nov.
1838 (marr. 10th July 1866, Samuel David-
son, M.D., E.N.) Publications— Accounts
of Eayne and of Oyne {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
— [Old Aberdeenshire Ministers, 29-32; At
the Back o' Benachie (portrait) 15.]
WILLIAM GEEIG, born Mid Funach,
lg75 Durris, 6th March 1847, son of
George G. and Kate Lawson ; edu-
cated at Durris School, Grammar School,
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1870);
became assistant teacher at Springfield
Academy, Helensburgh, 1870-1; assistant
chaplain at Eoyal Infirmary, 1872-3 ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1874 ; pres. by
GAEIOCH]
RAYNE
185
Queen Victoria 28th Oct. 1874 ; ord. 21st
Jan. 1875 ; clerk of Presb. 1889-1909 ; died
16th Feb. 1909. He marr. 23rd Sept.
1878, Isabella (died 16th May 1921),
youngest daugh. of John Harvey, Savoch
of Deer, and Isabella Chrystal, and had
issue — Alexander Collie, master mariner,
lieut. R.N.R., born 18th June 1879
William, Aberdeen, born 26th June 1880
Mary Isabella Harvey, born 9th July 1881
George John, farmer, Canada, born 14th
Jan. 1883; Walter, banker, Japan, born 30th
April 1884; Margaret Dorothea, born 6th
June 1887, died 23rd Dec. 1903 ; James Coull,
Aberdeen, born 31st May 1891. Publication
— Words in Season (Edinburgh, 1889).
JOHN SYMINGTON WEIE, M.A.,
1909 born 15th Aug. 1870 ; licen. 1901 ;
assistant at Trinity, Edinburgh,
Eastwood and Alloa; ord. 2nd July 1909;
dem. 17th Dec. 1913.
ALEXANDER REAPER, born Aber-
chirder, 1st July 1886, son of George
R. and Isabella Harper ; educated
at Fordyce Academy, Buckie Higher
Grade School, and Univ. of Aberdeen;
MA. (1909) ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce
May 1912 ; assistant at Rosskeen and
East Parish, Aberdeen; ord. 8th May
1914.
PEESBYTERY OF ELLON
[This Court was erected on 14th October 1597. Its Parishes were then taken from
the Presbytery of Aberdeen. The Register of the Presbytery of Ellon begins at the
opening of the Court in 1597. There are gaps in the Eecord from 8th June 1604 to March
1605, 30th January 1628 to 16th May 1632, from 16th May 1638 to 10th July 1639, from
4th October 1643 to 29th November 1662, from 13th September to 20th December 1671,
and from 3rd July 1689 to 12th December 1701.]
BARTHOL CHAPEL (Q.S.).
[At the place now called Barthol Chapel
there was of old a chapel of St Bartholomew
belonging to the Abbey of Arbroath.
George, 6th Earl of Aberdeen, having been
lost at sea in 1870, his mother, Mary,
Countess of Aberdeen, built a church here
as a memorial of him, which was opened
16th Aug. 1875. His brother and successor,
John, the 7th Earl, afterwards first Marquess
of Aberdeen and Temair, gifted a manse to
the Mission, and also contributed largely
towards its endowment, with the result that
the Parish of Barthol Chapel was disjoined
from Tarves, Fyvie, Methlick and Meldrum
od 17th January 1876.]
JAMES FORREST, ord. 23rd May 1876 ;
1876 trans, to Lonmay 31st Oct. 1878.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
SUTTER, born East Barns, Dunbar,
16th Aug. 1851, son of Alexander
Urquhart S., schoolmaster, and Margaret
Robertson ; educated at Dunbar School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 1st July 1874 ; assistant at West
Church, Aberdeen, and Newbattle ; ord.
14th May 1879; dem. 10th Nov. 1924.
Marr. 3rd June 1909, Flora, daugh. of Alex-
ander Macrae, farmer, and Ann Macrae.
WILLIAM GEORGE ROBERTSON,
born Calcutta, 13th April 1872, son
of James R., D.D., Professor of
Church History, U.F. College, Aberdeen,
and Mary Robb ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen, M.A. (1894), B.D. (1898), and Free
1879
1925
Church College ; assistant, in English
Literature, Aberdeen Univ. ; licen. by
Free Church Presb., Aberdeen, 1898;
Missionary Professor of English, Wilson
College, Bombay, 1898-1908; app. Principal
of Gujarat College, Ahmedabad ; ret. in
1923 ; adm. by the General Assembly
24th May 1923; adm. to this parish 18th
Feb. 1925. Marr. Elizabeth Anne, daugh. of
Principal James Iverach, D.D., Free Church
College, Aberdeen, and Margaret M'Donald.
CRUDEN, or old INVERCRUDEN.
[The church of Invercruden was dedicated
to St Olaf, and was a prebend of Old
Machar. A fair of St Olaf was held at
Invercruden.]
JOHN WILSON, reader at Lammas
1567 1567.
WILLIAM MURESON, reader 1574 to
1574 1580.
JOHN OGILVY, parson in 1583, son of
,_„„ Thomas O., may be the J. O.
mentioned as parson in 1549. —
[Banff Sas., iii., 281.]
ALEXANDER BRUCE, adm. before
,^„A 1st March 1584 ; Slains and Forvie
1584 , i , •
were also under his care in 1585 ;
trans, to Slains in 1589 ; returned here in
1590 ; re-trans, to Slains in 1597.
ARCHIBALD KEITH, parson in 1586.—
1586 [Privy Council Reg., i., 118.]
PRESB. OF ELLON]
CRUDEN
187
JAMES LEASE, min. in 1596 ; trans, to
1596 Longley [St Fergus] before 1597.
[JOHN ALEXANDEB, schoolmaster at
15g7 Peterhead, intruded himself as reader
in 1597, the elders desiring that he
should be app. to that office, but this
was refused, because "he had entered
without warrant from the Presb." On
21st Dec. he acknowledged his offence
"upon his knees" in the kirk of Cruden,
and on the same day a fresh petition was
made in his favour, which was again
rejected.]
DAVID EATTEAY, educated at
15g_ Marischal College, Aberdeen ; app.
to Slains in 1586 ; trans, to Bervie in
1589; trans, to Philorth in 1593; adm.
here 2nd April 1598 ; was accused of being
absent from the Provincial Assembly
(Synod) 23rd April 1601 and ordered to
pay five merks under pain of suspension.
Having been referred for trial to the Presbs.
of Aberdeen and Ellon, 30th Nov. 1604, he
refused to submit and appealed to the
Eing and General Assembly. In 1618 he
appeared before the Presb. to " satisfy for
the scandals given by him by labouring his
corne on the Sabbath day." Was in prison
for two months in 1625 for various offences.
Was still min. 9th Jan. 1628, and died about
1635. He marr., and had issue — Patrick,
his successor in the parish ; Isabel (marr.
William, eldest son of Alexander Hay in
Damhead) ; Elizabeth (marr. Eobert, son
of William Hay of Little Arnage). Publi-
cation— Latin Verses on Phillorth getting
the name of Fraserburgh {Collect. Aberdeen
and Banff). — [Reg. of Deeds, ccviii., 21st
April 1613 ; ccxxxix., 185 ; Aberdeen Hom-
ings, 2nd June 1621 ; Mair's Presb. of Ellon,
41, 128.]
JOHN OGILVIE, styled parson at 13th
1612 March 1612. — [Aberdeenshire Sheriff-
Court Records, ii., 178.]
1624 PATEICE CLAEE, reader.
PATEICE EATTEAY, son of David E.,
18S2 m*B- °f '^is parish ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; ord.
(at Aberdeen) 23rd Aug., and adm. 2nd
Sept. 1632 ; burgess of Aberdeen 7th Nov.
that year ; last mentioned 4th March 1635,
where the Presb. Reg. is defective. — [Mair's
Ellon, 128 ; Spalding Miscell., ii., 370.]
GILBEET ANDEESON, M.A. (King's
1636 College, Aberdeen, 1626); adm.
between 1st June and 27th July
1636 ; was a member of the Commission
of Assembly in 1646, and named by Par-
liament, 31st July 1649, one of the Visitors
to the College of Aberdeen. He was
elected one of the mins. of Aberdeen but
owing to his personal infirmities, " neir the
age of thrie scoir and so failled in bodelie
strenth, sight of eyis, weaknes of voice, and
dulnes of earis, as to be unfitted for that
charge," the bishop and Synod refused,
30th Oct. 1665, to translate him. He died
about 4th Feb. 1668. He marr. Margaret
Hay, who survived him, and had issue —
Gilbert, presbytery bursar, 15th Sept. 1669 ;
Elspet, buried at Old Machar 31st July
1716. — [Acts of Pari., vi., ii., 509; Slains
Inventory, 7th July 1668 ; Eow's Diary ;
Scot. Notes and Queries, vii., 122.]
ALEXANDEE LEASE, M.A., of that
leeg ilk ; trans, from New Machar ; adm.
before 13th Jan. 1669 ; trans, to
Turriff before 22nd Sept. 1678.
JOHN BAECLAY, said to be descended
1678 from the Towie family ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, M.A.
(1659) ; one of the teachers in the Grammar
School, Aberdeen, 1663; adm.toMonquhitter
before 24th April 1674 ; trans, and adm.
after 17th Sept. 1678 ; failing to take the
Test in 1681 he was suspended from office
and declared to have forfeited his charge,
but " desyring a time to deliberate in " was
allowed to sign the Oath in 1682 and was
reinstated ; died in 1691, aged about 39.
Sir Samuel Forbes describes him as "a
very good man and a good preacher." He
marr. and had issue — William ; James ;
John, who on 13th Dec. 1699 had sasine of
the fourth part of the Mill of Auchmacoy
and multures thereof. Publications — Two
Poems (Menzies' Sermon at the Funeral of
Dr Alexander Fraser of Doores) (Edin-
burgh, 1681); Translations of Dr Arthur
188
CRUDEN
[PRKSB. OF
Johnston's Epigrams (Alexander Skene's
Memorialls for the Government of the
Royall Burghs in Scotland (Aberdeen,
1685, Edinburgh, 1867) ; A Description of
the Roman Catholich Church ... [a Poem],
represented in a Vision (51 pp., Aberdeen,
1689, Edinburgh, 1741); several fugitive
pieces. — [Lives of Eminent Scottish Poets,
vi. ; Privy Seal Reg., vi., 437 ; Mackay's
Cruden and its Ministers, 45-9.]
WILLIAM DUNBAB, born Moray 1661;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; MA. (1681); tutor to the
Sheriff of Moray ; passed trials before
Presb. of Forres, and recommended for
licence 19th Oct. 1687 ; intruded about
1691 ; dep. 5th Oct. 1716 for deserting the
Protestant cause and for being a Jacobite.
He was prosecuted with others before the
Lords of Justiciary 29th July 1717, for
" intruding into parish churches, leasing-
making, and praying for the Pretender,"
but the diet was deserted in respect of the
King's Act of Grace. He was removed
from the parish by sentence of the Lords
of Justiciary, 8th April 1718, when the
entire congregation went out with him ;
consecrated a bishop of the non-jurant
Episcopal Church for its diocese of Moray
and Eoss 18th June 1727 ; trans, to
that of Aberdeen in 1733 ; res. 4th July
1745 ; died Dec. 1745 or early in 1746. In
1911 a brass tablet was erected in Cruden
church to his memory and to that of James
Drummond, Bishop of Brechin, who was
deprived in 1689, and afterwards resided
at Slains Castle till his death in 1695. He
was Dunbar's intimate friend, and gifted
two silver communion cups to the parish
church, where his body now rests. By his
help also a bridge, leading to the church,
and still known as the " Bishop's Bridge,"
was built. He marr. Dec. 1700, Isabel
Moir, widow of Thomas Jaffray of Dilspro,
and had issue. Publication — A Representa-
tion of the State of the Church in North-
Britain as to Episcopacy and Liturgy and
of the Sufferings of the Orthodox and
Regular Clergy (London, 1718).— [Aberdeen
Poll-Book, ii., 134 : Aberdeen Sas., xvii.,
360 ; Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries,
iv., 238, 268; Mair's Presb. of Ellon,
332-9 ; Mackay's Cruden and its Ministers
(portrait), 49-59; Grub's Eccl. Hist. Scot.,
iii. 399, iv. 9 ; Stephen's Church Hist. Scot.,
iv., 331 ; Dowden's Bishops of Scotland, 407.]
JAMES WAEDLAW, called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 26th Aug., and
ord. 20th Sept. 1717 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Dunfermline, 20th Nov.
1718.
JOHN WEBSTER of Balkaithey ; M.A.
1720 (St Andrews> 20t]i Ju]y 1695) > licen-
by the United Presb. of Brechin
and Arbroath 23rd March 1703; ord. to
Fetteresso 13th March 1705 ; trans, to
New Deer 29th April 1707 ; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 3rd Feb., trans, and
adm. "after some delay by reason that
the church doors were shut against them,"
27th April 1720; died (after long ill-
health) 8th March 1743, aged about 68.
He marr. Christian, daugh. of Alexander
Forbes of Meikle Auchreddie, and had issue
— Thomas of Auchreddie ; John, school-
master, Kilrenny.— [A berdeen Tests. ; G. R.
Homings, 16th Jan. 1732.]
WILLIAM HAY, born 1705, son of
Thomas H., sheriff-clerk of Aber-
deenshire, and Jean King ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 25th Dec. 1728 ; ord. to
Crimond 22nd Oct. 1730 ; called 14th July,
pres. by Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy,
acting for Mary, Countess of Errol, in Aug.,
trans, and adm. 23rd Nov. 1743 ; died 27th
April 1777. He marr. 25th March 1732,
Elspet Milne, who died 1st March 1774,
and had issue — Janet, born 3rd March
1743, died 17th March 1774; Mary, born
23rd June 1744 (marr. John Brymer, min.
of Marykirk); Jean, born 6th Feb. 1748,
died 3rd June 1772 ; Eebecca, born 15th
Sept. 1753, died 15th Nov. 1771 ; James,
M.A. (Marischal College 1773), born 21st
March 1755, died-31stMay 1774— [Tombst.;
Mair's Presb. of Ellon, 373-7.]
ALEXANDEE COCK, born 10th May
177_ 1755, son of James O, min. of
Keithhall and Kinkell; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen.
ELLON]
CRUDEN— ELLON
189
1838
by Presb. of Garioch 15th Oct. 1777 ; pres.
by James, Earl of Errol, that month ; ord.
1st April 1778; died Father of the
Synod, 10th July 1837. He marr. 12th
Dec. 1778, Margaret (daugh. of Samuel
Copland, min. of Fintray, died 23rd Oct.
1839). Publications — Accounts of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., v., and New Stat. Ace,
xii.). — [Tombst.']
ALEXANDER PHILIP, born
1813, eldest son of John P., book-
binder, Broad Street, Aberdeen ;
educated at Grammar School and Mari-
schal College; M.A. (1831); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 2nd July 1835 ; ord. to John
Knox Church, Aberdeen, 4th Aug. 1836;
elected by the congregation 23rd, and pres.
by William George, Earl of Errol, 30th Nov.
1837; trans, and adm. 8th March 1838.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; adm.
to Abbey Free Church, Dunfermline, 1845 ;
trans, to Portobello Free Church 29th March
1849 ; died (after long periods of ill-health)
1st March 1861. He marr. (1) 13th Jan.
1846, Frances Eobson, who died 17th Oct.
1851, and had issue — John, born 13th
Nov. 1846, died 8th Feb. 1853; Margaret,
born 28th June 1848 : (2) 1856, Janet
(died s.p. 28th Jan. 1904), youngest daugh.
of J. Eeddie, Cuthill, Kinross - shire.
Publications — The Sabbath Question :
Answer to the Letter of Mr J[oseph] N[eil\
Paton, Addressed to Mr Alexander Philip
(Dunfermline, 1848) ; Essay (Bunyan's
Works, 6 vols. (Aberdeen, 1841-2); [in
Remains] Memoir of the Rev. Robert Forbes,
Woodside (Aberdeen, 1861). — [Tombst. ;
Baird's Portobello and its Free Church,
88-139; The Witness, 6th March 1861;
Gammie's John Knox's Church with
Ministers (portrait) [Bazaar Book] (Aber-
deen, 1910).]
BOBERT ROSS, born 13th March 1819,
sixth son of John Leith R. of
Arnage and Bourtie, and Eliza-
beth, eldest daugh. of William Young of
Shettocksley ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1836) ; licen. by
Presb. of Ellon 8th June 1842 ; ord. 14th
Sept. 1843 ; died Father of the Church
unmarr. 15th Jan. 1905,
1843
ADAM MACKAY, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
lgo5 9th June 1905 ; trans, to Queen's
Park, Glasgow, 2nd June 1915 (cf.
Vol. III., 431) ; trans, to Huntly 24th July
1924. Marr. (2) 29th June 1921, Margaret,
daugh. of Duncan Urquhart, merchant,
Tain, and Christina Fraser. Publication —
Distinguished Sons of Cruden (Peterhead,
1922)
JOHN MACQUEEN, born Balmaclellan,
lgl5 25th Aug. 1884, son of John M.
and Margaret MacGirr ; educated at
Balmaclellan and Dalbeattie Schools and
Univs. of Edinburgh M.A. (1907) and
Aberdeen B.D. (1915); licen. by Presb.
of Turriff April 1915 ; locum tenens at
Methlick; ord. 18th Nov. 1915. Marr.
26th Feb. 1916, Edith M., daugh. of
George Cheyne, Aberdeen, and Mary Ann
Tennant, and has issue — John Gordon,
born 10th May 1920.
ELLON.
[The church of Ellon was dedicated to
St Mary. It belonged to the Abbey of
Kinloss. A fair of St John the Baptist
was held at Ellon. A stream in this parish
is called St Monan's Burn.]
JOHN GREIG, reader from 1567 to
1567 1586.
ALEXANDER CHEYNE, parson in
1583, probably son of Francis C,
who was rector of the parish in
1547. — [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records, i.,
467.]
JOHN HERIOT, M.A. (St Andrews
1582); died between 8th June 1604
and 20th March 1605. He marr.
Isobel Cheyne, and had issue — Nathaniel.
—{Errol Charter Chest, 1600 ; G. R. Inhib.,
16th Aug. 1621.]
t EDWARD BRUCE, second Lord Kinloss
..„„ and Abbot of Kinloss, was parson
here in 1592. He was a Lord of
Session and Privy Councillor, and died
1611. — [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records,
ii., 494.]
190
ELLON
[PRESB. OF
KOBEKT MEECEE, fourth and
i «•>=; youngest son of James M. of Newton ;
was a licentiate 21st Dec. 1604 ; adm.
(at Aberdeen) before 17th July 1605 ; last
mentioned at 22nd March 1637 ; died 6th
Jan. 1638. To him "whom I haif found
always kind and faithf ull " John Johnston
bequeathed in 1611 "his little ring with
the diamond, quhilk he himself brocht
to me from our noble prince. Providing
that if he die without aires maill of his
awen, that the forsaid ring be left to the
best scholar native in Aberdeen, especially
the best poet, because I receavit it as ane
reward of my poesie." He marr. 1612,
Margaret (died before 1624), daugh. of
John Kennedy of Kermuck, and widow of
Alexander Conn in Woodend, son of
Patrick C. of Auchry, and had issue —
John; Eobert, a min.— [Proc. Soc. Ant.
Scot., iii.; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Books,
ii., 497 ; Part Beg. Sas. Aberdeen, iv., 377 ;
Mair's Ellon, 158.]
DAVID LEITCH, M.A.; pres. by
Charles I. 27th Jan., and adm.
before 30th June 1638 ; became
chaplain in army to Charles II. [after-
wards min. of Kemnay.]
JOHN CHEYNE, M.A; reader and
1640 schoolmaster. — [Mair's Ellon, 156.]
JOHN PATEESON, M.A. ; trans, and
adm. from Foveran 9th Sept. 1649 ;
trans, to Third Charge, Aberdeen,
16th Aug. 1659.
JOHN PATEESON, son of preceding ;
called 6th Nov. 1659; adm. before
15th July 1660 ; burgess of Aber-
deen in 1662 ; trans, to Tron Church
Edinburgh, 4th Jan. 1663.
JAMES FEASEE, eldest son of John
F. of Knock ; educated at Univ. of
1664 Glasgow; M.A. (1656); adm. to
Dunoon 19th June 1661 ; pres. by John
Forbes of Waterton 11th March 1663;
probably trans, here 12th June 1664 ; dep.
by a sub -Synod, 5th Nov. 1674, for
continual disobedience. He continued to
discharge his ministry without warrant
from the bishop till 8th July 1677, when
1638
1678
he was admonished under pain of excom-
munication. He marr. Mary Lindsay. —
[Beg. Mag. Sig., 12th June 1668 ; Ayr Sas.,
iii., 188.]
WALTEE STEWAET of Fortrie, edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1672); passed trials before Presb.
of Perth and recommended for licence 14th
Aug. 167S ; licentiate in Old Aberdeen ;
pres. by Charles II. 1st June 1677 ; inst.
7th April 1678 ; probably died Oct. 1711,
when the benefice became vacant. He
marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Sir John Forbes
of Waterton. On 15th Nov. 1727, she had
a grant of the half-year's vacant stipend
for crop 1712; was alive in 1734, and had
issue — John, died young ; Thomas ; John ;
William ; Andrew ; Jean, died young ;
Christian, died young ; Elizabeth (marr.
John Leslie, min. of Eothes) ; Margaret
(marr. Charles Gordon of Fetterangus) ;
Christian; Anna; Katherine (marr. Arthur
Eobertson, surgeon, Old Meldrum) ; Jean.
— [Aberdeen Poll-Book, ii., 259.]
1718
JAMES BUENET of Mosston, edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1701-5 ; licen. by Presb. of
Ellon 30th May 1710; called 12th Oct.
1712 ; pres. by George, Earl of Aberdeen,
and ord. 8th Jan. 1713; died 11th Sept.
1744. He marr. (1) Katherine Anderson
(died 1742) : (2) 12th Jan. 1744, Jean (died
at Logie-Buchan, 22nd Feb. 1774, aged 77),
daugh. of Alexander Eose of Lethenty.
— [Aberdeen Tests. ; Mair's Presb. of Ellon,
308.]
ANDEEW MOIE, bapt. 13th Aug. 1700,
eldest son of Andrew M. of Oldmill
1745 T-i
and Elizabeth Simpson ; licen. by
Presb. of Alford 9th Aug. 1727; ord. to
Towie 11th Sept. 1728, yet though dis-
approved by the General Assembly, 23rd
May 1730, he remained min. ; trans, to
Methlick 21st June 1739; pres. by William,
Earl of Aberdeen, Dec. 1744 ; trans, and
adm. 6th June 1745; died 19th March
1774. He marr. 7th Sept. 1737, Jean (died
10th Oct. 1789, aged 74), daugh. of William
Forbes, min. of Tarves, and had issue —
—Elizabeth, born 6th Nov. 1738 (marr.
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Robert Garden of Grange and Clerkhill,
advocate, Aberdeen); George, M.D., min.
of Peterhead, born 5th April 1741 ; Janet,
born 10th Oct. 1743 ; Jean, born 8th Nov.
1745, died 16th Sept. 1816; Helen, born
30th Dec. 1747, died 1st Jan. 1749 ; William,
born 2nd Nov. 1750, died in London;
Andrew, born 28th April 1753.— [Families
of Moir and Byres, 28.]
JAMES MILNE, born 1718; MA.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1st April
1775 ^gfQ . became schoolmaster of
Methlick; licen. by Presb. of Ellon 16th
Jan. 1751 ; ord. assistant at Forgue 1st
April 1752; adm. to Forglen 11th July
1759 ; pres. by George, Earl of Aberdeen,
Sept. 1774; trans, and adm. 28th June
1775 ; died 30th May 1797. He marr. 16th
June 1774, Elizabeth Ker, who died 28th
May 1807, aged 73. Publication— Accounts
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.,
xxi.). — [Tombst.]
THOMAS TAIT, born Chapel-of-
Garioch, 1743 ; educated at King's
1798 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd April
1764); became schoolmaster of Chapel-of-
Garioch from June 1763 to July 1766;
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 21st April 1773;
ord. to Second Charge, Old Machar, 15th
Sept. 1774; trans, to Auchindoir 18th April
1780; trans, to Meldrum 15th July 1784;
pres. by George, Earl of Aberdeen, Dec.
1797 ; trans, and adm. 5th July 1798 ; died
in the pulpit, 5th Aug. 1810. He marr.
30th July 1789, Elizabeth (died 8th Jan.
1804), daugh. of James Gordon, min. of
Cabrach. Publication — Account of Mel-
drum (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.). —
[Tombst.)
ROBERT DOUGLAS, born 17th April
1785, son of James D., min. of
Premnay ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A (April 1802);
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 11th June 1806;
ord. assistant at Bellie 7th Dec. 1808 ; pres.
by George, Earl of Aberdeen, in Feb., and
adm. 3rd April 1811 ; died 21st Dec. 1831.
He marr. 2nd April 1822, Ann, second
daugh. of Alexander Forbes, Jamaica (she
marr. (2) James Robertson, min. of this
1811
parish), and had issue — James Sholto,
captain 4th Madras Light Cavalry, born
28th Jan, 1823, died of wounds at Buxar,
8th Oct. 1858; Alexander Forbes, com-
missioner to Earl of Aberdeen, born 20th
July 1824, died 27th Feb. 1890 ; Robert,
born 1st Sept. 1827, died at St Helier,
Jersey, 23rd May 1846.
JAMES ROBERTSON, born 2nd Jan.
1832 1803' son °f William R., farmer,
Ardlaw, Pitsligo, and Barbara
Anderson ; educated at parish schools of
Tyrie and Pitsligo, and Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1820); was described by
the Professor of Moral Philosophy and
Logic as the best scholar who had been
in his class for thirty years; licen. by
Presb. of Deer 6th July 1825; became
schoolmaster at Pitsligo ; was tutor in the
family of the Duke of Gordon and arranged
his library at Gordon Castle ; app. Master
of Gordon's Hospital, Aberdeen, 10th July
1829 ; pres. by George, Earl of Aberdeen,
in June, and ord. 30th Aug. 1832 ; was
suspended with others by General Assembly,
30th May 1842, as a member of Church
Courts for holding communion with the
deposed mins. of Strathbogie; he was
app. a member of the Poor Law Commission
in 1843 ; D.D. (Aberdeen, 12th Oct. 1843) ;
was named Secretary to the Bible Board
for Scotland by Queen Victoria Nov. that
year; dem. his parish 5th Jan. 1844 on
appointment to Chair of Church History in
Univ. of Edinburgh 2nd March 1844 ; app.
Convener of General Assembly's Committee
on the Endowment of Chapels-of-Ease 26th
May 1847 ; elected Moderator of General
Assembly 22nd May 1856; died 2nd Dec.
1860. His memory will ever be cherished
for the immense exertions which he made
and the great success which attended his
scheme for the endowment and establish-
ment of new parishes in Scotland, for which
he raised half a million of money and
endowed sixty-four parishes. He marr.
25th May 1837, Ann Forbes, widow of
Robert Douglas, his predecessor ; she died
at Edinburgh 24th Feb. 1890, aged 85.
Publications — Free Trade in Corn (Edin-
burgh, 1825) ; The British Constitution and
192
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[PRESB. OF
Parliamentary Reform (Edinburgh, 1831) ;
Exposition of the Principles, Operation,
and Prospects of the Church of Scotland's
India Mission' (Edinburgh, 1835) ; On the
Power of the Civil Magistrate on Matters
of Religion (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Observations
on the Veto Act (Edinburgh, 1840) ; State-
ment for the Presbytery of Strathbogie, the
Minority of the Late General Assembly, etc.
(London, 1841); Ansivers to the Remon-
strance and Warning against holding Com-
munion with the Strathbogie Ministers
(London, 1841) ; Appeal for the Advance-
ment of Female Education in India (Edin-
burgh, 1846) ; Remarks and Suggestions
relative to the Proposed Endowment Scheme
for quoad sacra Churches (Edinburgh, 1846);
Letters to the Editor of the "Northern
Standard" (Edinburgh, 1854); The Duty
and Privilege of building the Christian
Temple, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1854); The
Medical Profession the Complement of the
Christian Ministry (Edinburgh, 1855) ; Old
Truths and Modem Speculations (Edin-
burgh, 1860); Speech on the Edinburgh
Annuity Tax (I860) ; Account of the Parish
of Ellon (New Stat. Ace, xii). — \Bict. Nat.
Biog. ; Charteris' Life of Professor Robertson
(portrait) (1863), and A Faithful Churchman
[Guild Library] (Edinburgh, 1897).]
WILLIAM BREWSTER, born 1792,
1844 son °^ J°nn B-, linen merchant, and
Janet Gardener ; pres. by George,
Earl of Aberdeen; adm. 20th June 1844;
died unmarr. 27th Aug. 1859.
DONALD DEWAR, born 17th Sept.
1831, son of Daniel D., D.D., LL.D.,
Principal of Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; educated at Marischal College ;
M.A. (1850); pres. by George, Earl of
Aberdeen; ord. 9th Feb. 1860; died
unmarr. at Craiglochie, Perthshire, 6th
June 1862. He had long been in weak
health.
i860
1862
JAMES SMITH, born 1805, son of
Robert S., flax dresser, and Elizabeth
Farrier ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1836); ord. min. of
Presbyterian Congregation at Westport,
Connaught, Ireland, 4th June 1837; res.
in 1845 ; app. missionary at Ladhope,
Galashiels, 17th March 1846 ; adm. min.
there 7th Feb. 1856 ; trans, to Greyfriars,
Aberdeen, 17th Dec. 1857; pres. by George,
Earl of Aberdeen ; trans, and adm. 27th
Nov. 1862 ; died 27th Dec. 1871. He marr.
(1) 4th July 1837, Agnes Roberts: (2)
Agnes Anna Smith, who died 29th Aug.
1900, and had issue — Guy Seton, born
29th March 1838 ; James Dean, born 18th
July 1840; Amy, born 9th May 1842;
Clara Maudeline, born 14th Jan. 1845;
Charles Lionel, born 11 th Jan. 1849 ; Henry
Badely, born 26th July 1850; Charlotte
Alice, born 24th Dec. 1855.
THOMAS YOUNG, born Londonderry
1872 21st June 1843, son of Thomas T.
and Mary Ann Moffat ; educated at
Londonderry, Univ. of Edinburgh, MA.
(1866), B.D. (1869), New College, Edinburgh,
Magee College, Londonderry; licen. by
Presb. of Londonderry May 1869 ; adm. to
Church of Scotland by General Assembly
May 1869 ; ord. as assistant in Barony
Parish, Glasgow, Jan. 1870 ; adm. to this
charge 12th July 1872; D.D. (Aberdeen,
May 1912); died at Aberdeen 9th Feb.
1919. He marr. 16th Oct. 1879, Isabella
Morrice (died 15th Dec. 1913), daugh. of
Charles M'Combie, LL.D., of Tillyfour,
min. of Lumphanan, and had issue —
Thomas Charles M'Combie, M.D., Major
Indian Medical Service, born 26th June
1880 ; Ella Marian Lamond, born 5th
Oct. 1882 (marr. 11th Dec. 1913, Charles
Christie Lumley, Calcutta) ; Eileen Marjory
M'Combie, instructress in physical drill,
born 2nd Oct. 1884 ; Dorothy Mary Moffat,
born 5th Aug. 1887 ; William Moffat, born
1st March 1890, died 15th April 1900.
Publications— The Siege of Derry, a Ptize
Poem, and Occasional Pieces (Dublin,
1868); "Ellon" (The Vale of Tthan)
(Aberdeen, 1895) ; The Metrical Psalms
and Paraphrases [Guild Library] (Edin-
burgh, 1909).
WILLIAM YOUNG COLQUHOUN,
1914 ■^■•■A-. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
8th May 1914 ; trans, to St Enoch's,
Dundee, 17th May 1923.
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HAMILTON DAVID FORRESTER
lg23 DUNNETT, born 20th July 1880,
son of William D., min. of Kilmar-
nock ; educated at Kilmarnock Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (1900),
B.D. (1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine in
1904 ; assistant at Tron Church, Edin-
burgh; ord. to Inveraven 13th Feb. 1906 ;
trans, and adm. 14th Nov. 1923. Marr.
26th Aug. 1908, Anne Elizabeth, daugh.
of John Stewart, min. of Premnay, and
has issue — William Fleming, born 16th
June 1909 ; John Stewart, born 8th May
1912; Arthur Hugh, born 6th Feb. 1917;
Jane Duncan, born 28th Oct. 1921. Publica-
tion. — Invera'an : a Strathspey Parish
(Paisley, 1921).
FOVERAN.
[The church of Foveran belonged to the
Abbey of Deer. There is in the parish a
Well of St Peter. At Holyrood in this
parish there was of old a chapel of the
Holy Rood. In it were altars of St Thomas
the Martyr, St Crispin, and St Crispinian.
A new church built in 1794 has been
renovated since. There is now a mission
chapel at Holyrood.]
ALEXANDER TRAILL, reader from
1567 1567 to 1569.
GILBERT CHISHOLM, min. of Deer ;
1567 had charge here in 1567.
DAVID LAIRD, reader from 1569 to
1569 1579.
JOHN GARTLY, held this charge
„ along with Ellon, Slains, and Logie-
Buchan.
THOMAS TULLIDAFF, born 1541;
reader at Logie-Buchan from 1574
to 1580 ; adm. to this charge in
1582 ; dem. in 1632. In a supplication to
the General Assembly in 1639, when ninety-
eight years of age, he stated that " having
no better securitie for the soume of 400
merkes a-yeare, but the simple bond of his
successor, who may be transportit, or sus-
pendit, etc.," therefore prayed that he
might be secured in the said sum during
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his life, with which request the Assembly
willingly complied. He marr. a daugh.
of Stephen Mason, min. of Slains, and
had issue — Samuel, assistant at Slains,
1614-20, schoolmaster of Ellon in 1620;
Alexander, assistant schoolmaster at Ellon
in 1620 ; William. — [Belhelvie Sess. Bee. ;
Gordon's Scots Affairs, iii. ; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 238 ; Mail's Ellon,
107, 127 ; Bee. Sec. Sig., 1621 ; Peterkin's
Becords, 260.]
JOHN PATERSON, M.A.; adm. (at
1632 Aberdeen) 29th Nov. 1632; trans,
to Ellon 9th Sept. 1649.
ROBERT THOMSON, M.A.; reader.
1641 — [Mair's Ellon, 157.]
JOHN SEATON of Schethin, regent
1649 *n Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
adm. to Kemnay before 18th July
1641 ; named by Parliament, 27th March
1647, one of the Visitors of the Univ. of
Aberdeen ; was a member of Commission
of Assembly in 1648 ; trans, and adm. 7th
Oct. 1649. Joined the Protesters in 1651,
and is said to have been present at the
Battle of Worcester that year with Sir
John Turing of Foveran ; died unmarr.
24th April 1666, leaving 200 merks to the
poor. His brother William of Schethin,
min. of Logie-Buchan, was served heir to
him 26th June 1668.— \Inq. Bet. Aberdeen,
385 ; Belhelvie Sess. Bee. ; Scot. Notes and
Queries, vii., 99.]
JOHN ROSE of Insch and Flinders (of
leerr the Kilravock family), son of Alex-
ander R. of Insch, min. of Monymusk ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1663); pres. Dec. 1666; adm. 13th
March 1667; D.D. (1684); died 1st Feb.
1690. He marr. 1669, Isobel, daugh. of
John Udny of that ilk, and had issue —
Alexander of Lethenty, Bishop of Edin-
burgh ; John ; a daugh. (marr. James
Lorimer, min. of Kelso, Principal of St
Mary's College, St Andrews). — [Family of
Kilravock ; Nisbet's Heraldry, i., 416 ;
Inq. Bet. Aberdeen, 442, 480 ; Archceol.
Scot., iii.]
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194
FOVERAN
[PRESB. OF
JAMES GORDON, son of James G.,
leg2 min. of Banchory-Devenick ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen;
intruded here in 1692 on call from George,
Earl Marischal, and other heritors ; dem.
10th April 1696 ; became rector of Flam-
borough, Yorkshire, and afterwards Episco-
pal min. at Montrose ; died in 1732. He
marr. Katherine Collinson, and had issue
— 'William, physician, Montrose, died 1738.
Publication — A True Account of the Pro-
cedure of the New Established Presbitry in
the Diocese of Aberdeen against Mr James
Gordon (Savoy, 1696). — [Aberdeen Journal
Notes and Queries, iii., 77.]
DAVID ANDERSON, ord. 11th May
16g9 1699 ; app. to Chair of Divinity in
King's College 4th Oct. 1710, and
adm. 7th Feb. 1711 (q.v.).
ALEXANDER GORDON, M.A. (Maris-
1712 chal College, Aberdeen, 1704) : called
16th Sept. 1711 ; ord. 12th Jan.
1712 ; died after long illness 15th Sept.
1726. He marr. 1st July 1714, Rachel
(died Jan. 1762), daugh. of Patrick Gellie,
magistrate of Aberdeen, and had issue —
Rachael, died Jan. 1732, and another on
whose behalf the Presb. petitioned the
Barons of Exchequer, considering that G.
" must have been at considerable charges of
late for physicians as well as for assistants,
and that there must be but small provi-
sion left." — [Aberdeen Tests. ; Mair's Ellon,
380.]
JAMES GILCHRIST, born 1702, son
of John G., min. of Keith; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie 6th Nov.
1722 ; ord. to Essil 2nd March 1725 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 26th
July, trans, and adm. 11th Oct. 1727 ; died
26th Sept. 1773, and was buried in the old
church "in the place where the minister
stands and serves the Tables." He marr.
5th Jan. 1726, Ann Fraser, who died 28th
May 1782, and had issue — Alexander,
student at Marischal College, Aberdeen
(1746-50), born 12th April 1731 ; Jean, born
24th July 1733, died 3rd March 1753 ;
Sarah, born 29th Aug. 1735; Margaret,
born 11th Aug. 1737; Mary, born 8th
April 1740 ; James, student at Marischal
College, Aberdeen (1758-62), born 10th
June 1742.— [Mair's Ellon, 387.]
1775
WILLIAM DUFF, born 1733, son of
Robert D., min. of Aberlour ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1750); licen. by Presb. of
Alford 25th June 1755 ; ord. to Glenbuchat
8th Oct. 1755; trans, to Peterculter 4th
March 1767 ; pres. by George ILT. 9th Dec.
1773; trans, and adm. 23rd Feb. 1775;
died Father of the Synod 23rd Feb.
1815. He marr. 4th Sept. 1770, Ann (died
20th March 1797), daugh. of Bailie Mitchell
of Colpna, and had issue — Alexander, mer-
chant, Amherstburg, Canada, born 16th
July 1771, died 10th June 1809; Helen,
born 17th Jan. 1773, died unmarr. 24th
Sept. 1848; Robert, born 1st Aug. 1774,
died young; Isobel, born 26th Nov. 1775,
died unmarr. 16th Nov. 1847 ; Margaret,
born 26th May 1777 (marr. James Perry,
surgeon, Logie-Buchan) ; Jean, born 10th
April 1779 (marr. 1st Aug. 1809, John Booth,
merchant, Aberdeen) ; William, in Batavia,
born 11th July 1781 ; Ann, born 2nd Feb.
17S3, died 31st May 1789; Mary, born 12th
June 1785 (marr. 15th Oct. 1803, Alexander
Forbes of Saltpond Huts, Jamaica), died
13th Feb. 1808 ; Rachel, born 7th March
1787, died 25th May 1789; Robert, born
10th Feb. 1790, went to Batavia, died
25th May 1815. Publications — Essays on
Original Genius in Philosophy and the
Fine Arts, particularly Poetry (London,
1767); Critical Observations on the Writ-
ings of the most Celebrated Original
Geniuses in Poetry (London, 1770); 'Sermons
on Several Occasions, 2 vols. (Aberdeen,
1786) ; Letters to his Daughters ; The Last
Address of a Clergyman in the Decline of
Life (Aberdeen, 1814); Accounts of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi., xxi.). —
[Tombst. ; Henderson's Ejritaphs, 311.]
1815
MAXWELL GORDON, born 19th Nov.
1792, son of George Gordon, D.D.,
min. of East Parish, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. there 5th May 1814 ; pres.
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1840
by George, Prince Eegent, 11th July, and
ord. 29th Nov. 1815 ; died 31st Jan. 1840.
He marr. 7th Aug. 1827, Margaret (died
25th Dec. 1874, aged 71), daugh. of Eobert
Eobertson, Boddam, Peterhead, and had
issue — George Eobertson, born 15th Feb.
1829, died 25th June 1845 ; Eobert, born
26th Nov. 1830, died 21st May 1845;
Maxwell, born 18th Jan. 1833, died in
Jersey, 12th June 1848 ; Alexander, born
6th March 1834, died 3rd Sept. 1849;
Mary, born 3rd May 1838, died 25th Feb.
1892 ; William, solicitor, Aberdeen, born
15th Jan. 1840, died 4th Aug. 1901. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xii.).
WILLIAM STEACHAN WATT, born
Durris, 1810, son of George W.
farmer, and Margaret Thomson ;
educated at King's College ; M.A. (1828) ;
schoolmaster of Durris ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen ; pres. by Queen Victoria 21st
May, and ord. 17th Sept. 1840 ; died 26th
March 1872. He marr. 24th Aug. 1841,
Bathia (died 24th July 1900, aged 84),
daugh. of John Peter, farmer, Canterland,
and factor to Lord Kintore, and had issue
—William, born 20th Aug. 1842, died 11th
Feb. 1864 ; George, coffee-planter, Ceylon,
born 4th Dec. 1843, died 18th March
1882; Beatrice Helen, born 4th Aug. 1845;
Alexander Barclay, born 8th Jan. 1847,
died 21st April 1870; John Peter (twin),
born 8th Jan. 1847, died 16th Jan. 1852 ;
Charles James, min. of Polwarth, born 18th
Feb. 1850 ; John Peter, min. of Bellie, born
4th July 1852 ; Francis Edward, banker,
Huntly, born 22nd Aug. 1854 ; James
Peter, M.A., M.D., D.P.H., medical officer
for Aberdeenshire, born 30th June 1856 ;
Frederick Arthur, teacher of singing, Aber-
deen, born 22nd Sept. 1861.
WILLIAM MUEEAY KEAY, born
Crieff, 26th Nov. 1828, son of James
K. and Charlotte Hope Johnston ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1850) ; schoolmaster at Old Meldrum ;
ord. to Woodside 18th Aug. 1859; pres.
by Queen Victoria 4th June, trans, and
adm. 19th Sept. 1872; died 17th Feb. 1880.
He marr. 8th Aug. 1861, Eoselle (died at
1872
1880
Liverpool, 16th March 1892, aged 62, eldest
daugh. of Captain Alexander Morice, Aber-
deen, and Isabella Innes, and had issue —
Alexander James, born 18th June 1862 ;
William Henry, born 20th May 1863, died
3rd Jan. 1866; Charlotte Isabella, born
15th May 1864 ; Jane Ann Ferguson, born
16th Oct. 1865, died 28th Jan. 1866;
Eosella Williamson, born 3rd May, and
died 7th Sept. 1867; William Murray,
born 1868; Sidney Oliver Hamilton, born
8th Feb. 1870, Elizabeth Eosella, born 20th
Aug. 1871, died 2nd Feb. 1872.
JOHN SMEATON LOUTIT, born
Kincardine - on - Forth, 10th Feb.
1848, son of John L., farmer, and
Elizabeth Watson ; educated at Tulliallan
School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Dunblane in 1873 ; missionary
at Blackburn (Livingston); assistant at
West Church, Stirling, and Comrie ; ord.
to New Pitsligo 25th June 1875; trans,
and adm. 5th Aug. 1880; killed in a
motor-car accident 4th July 1912. He
marr. 27th June 1883, Susan Abernethy,
daugh. of Alexander Harvey of Ardo and
Agnes Abernethy, and had issue — John
Harvey, M.C., Croix de Guerre, 2nd lieut.
5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
assistant General Organiser, North of Scot-
land College of Agriculture, born 20th Nov.
1884 ; Alexander William, born 8th April
1889, died 25th March 1906. Publication-
Prayers contributed to The Family Prayer
Book, by Gorbett and Martin (London).
THOMAS M'WTLLIAM, born Sorn,
Ayrshire, 4th June 1860, son of
Thomas M. and Margaret Hutchison;
educated at Sorn School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1882) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 6th May 1885 ; assistant at Crieff
and Ladhope ; ord. to New Byth 27th June
1889; trans, and adm. 13th Nov. 1912.
Marr. 17th July 1889, Helen Porteous,
daugh. of George Murray and Delia Eliza-
beth Porteous, and has issue — George, min.
of Towie, born 29th April 1891 ; Charles
Thomas, M.A., lieut. 5th Gordons, born
4th Nov. 1892, killed in action at Arras,
France, 18th March 1916. Publications —
A Quiet Buchan Parish [New Byth] (Banff
1912
196
LOGIE-BUCHAN
[PEESB. OF
1899) ; Speakers for God, being Plain
Lectures on the Minor Prophets (London,
1902) ; The Kirks of the Turriff Presbytery
(Banff, 1904); The Gift of God [Synod
Sermon] (Aberdeen, 1905); The Passing
Days, and Other Verses (Aberdeen, 1917);
Hymns for the Times (Aberdeen, 1919);
Scottish Life in Light and Shadcnv (Paisley,
1920).
LOGIE-BUCHAN.
[The church of Logie-Buchan was dedi-
cated to St Andrew.]
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOTT, min.
156„ in 1562; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage by James VI. 15th July
1568 ; removed to Forvie, holding this
parish in conjunction ; trans, to Old
Machar about 1574.'
JAMES CHEYNE, min. of Slains ; pres.
1584 ky James VI. to the parsonage, and
inst. 29th Feb. 1584-5. [Prot. Book
J. Robieson, 25.]
JOHN REID, brother of Robert R., min.
lg of Banchory ; min. in 1594 ; app.
constant moderator of the Presb. by
the General Assembly in 1606 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1608, 1610, 1616,
in the latter of which he was one of those
selected for establishing " ane uniformitie
of discipline"; was app. by the King in 1619
one of the commissioners for visiting King's
College, Aberdeen. At a visitation of the
parish, 1st Sept. 1620, he was accused of
non-residence but answered that the want
of peats and of a sufficient glebe was the
cause thereof. He died (buried 13th) Feb.
1621. He rnarr. Isobel Meldrum, and had
issue — Isabella, alive in 1633, and others. —
{Spalding Miscell., iii., 118; Aberdeen Sas.
Sec. Reg., ii., 15; Calderwood's Hist., vi.
757, vii. 105,230; Scot's Apologet. Relation.]
THOMAS MITCHELL, a relative of
Patrick Forbes, Bishop of Aberdeen ;
adm. to TJdny 25th April 1604 ; pres.
to this parish by Alexander Buchan of
Auchmacoy before 1st Feb. 1622 ; trans, to
Turriff in 1624. He is said to have never
resided in the parish. — [Session Papers,
1632.]
PATRICK GUTHRIE of that ilk, sub-
1626 Prin°iPal °f King's College, Aber-
deen ; adm. to Kinbattock (Towie)
before 15th Oct. 1619 ; app. one of the
Visitors of King's College by the King
20th Nov. 1623; trans, and adm. between
10th May and 12th Oct. 1626; died
between 11th July 1634 and 15th April
1635. He marr. Jean Blackwood (marr. (2)
James, son of David Ogilvie of Pitmuies),
and had issue — Patrick, served heir 24th
May 1636. — [Reg. of Deeds, ccccxci., 342;
Forfar Lnhib., 12th Aug. 1636; G. R.
Inhib., 4th Nov. 1635 ; Inq. Ret. Aberdeen,
385, 410 ; Acts and Dec,, cccxxxvii., 127.]
WILLIAM SEATON of Schethin,
brother of John S., min. of Foveran ;
M.A. (King's College, 1612); adm.
to Methlick before 9th Oct. 1633; trans,
and adm. before 4th March 1635 ; succeeded
to Schethin in 1666 ; died between 1st and
22nd March 1671, aged about 79. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Alexander Kemp,
burgess of Aberdeen ; she survived him,
and had issue — James, served heir 1st Nov.
1670; George, burgess of Aberdeen, 29th
Aug. 1681.— [Acts of Pari., viii., 264, 268 ;
Inq. Ret. Aberdeen, 385, 410; Aberdeen
Homings, 29th May 1654 ; Henderson's
Epitaphs, 310.]
GEORGE BUCHAN, son of James B.
1671 of Oikhorne (Inkhorn) ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 19th July 1666) ;
pres. by James Buchan of Oikhorne, with
consent of Alexander B. of Auchmacoy, his
brother (the minister's uncle) June 1671 ;
deprived in 1695 for non-jurancy; died
before 1702, when he is said to have left
"ane hundred merks to the poor of the
parish but that there was no write for it,
as he would not permit any witnesses to
be brought in." His executor was Major
James B. of Auchmacoy.— [A berdeen Poll-
Book, ii., 228 ; Mair's Presb. of Ellon, 305.]
JOHN WILKIN, reader. Though " aged
16„. and infirm, he is careful and painful
according to his abilitie and reads and
prays before the minister enters the pulpit
betwixt the second and third time of tolling
the bell."
ELLON]
LOGIE-BUCHAN
197
ALEXANDEE IRVINE of Lenturk,
1681 f°merly min- of Old Greyfriars,
Edinburgh ; said to have been adm.
here (assistant) before 11th July 1681, but
"he is so careless and frequently absent
that he has to be repeatedly censured."
[afterwards min. of West Kilbride].
1696
ALEXANDER GORDON, born 27th
Oct. 1665, son of Patrick G., Pro-
fessor of Hebrew, King's College ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
app. Humanist in King's College, 1st Oct.
1695 ; adm. before 1696 ; probably an
intruder; died Dec. 1738. He marr. 26th
Dec. 1704, Barbara Coleson in Banchory-
Devenick. — [Aberdeen Poll-Booh, ii., 229 ;
Records of King's College, 47.]
ROBERT UDNY, son of Robert U.,
1698 C00Per-burgess of Aberdeen; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1670-4; app. schoolmaster and
session clerk of Foveran 21st Jan. 1683 ;
ord. (by the United Presb. of Ellon, Deer,
and Garioch) 27th April 1698 ; died between
27th Jan. and 1st Feb. 1725.
JOHN ROSE, born 1700, son of Ales-
1726 ander R. of Lethenty and Anna
Forbes ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege ; M.A. (1714) ; called 29th Dec. 1725 ;
ord. 28th April 1726 ; died 4th April 1773.
— [Mair's Ellon, 363-71.]
WILLIAM PATERSON, born 22nd
■ttpjA July 1751, youngest son of James
P., min. of Coull ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1770);
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 18th
Aug. 1773; pres. by Thomas Buchan of
Auchmacoy Sept. 1773; ord. 6th July
1774; died 4th July 1816. He marr. (1)
17th July 1779, Anna (died 17th March
1792, aged 36), daugh. of James Ogilvie
of Culquhanny and had issue — James, born
1st Sept. 1781, died 3rd Nov. 1783; John,
born 28th March 1783, died 28th Feb.
1784; Marjory, born 21st March 1785,
died 23rd Aug. 1841 ; William, born 27th
Aug. 1786, died 4th June 1789; John
James, M.D., surgeon, H.E.I.C.S., Bengal,
born 12th Dec. 1787, died 21st March 1837;
Elizabeth Rebecca, born 23rd March, and
died 20th Dec. 1789 : (2) 7th June 1798,
Jean (died 4th April 1833), daugh. of John
Mair, min. of Rayne, and widow of
Alexander Fullerton, min. of Footdee. She
and her husband left legacies to purchase
coals for the poor. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv., xxi.)
GEORGE CRUDEN, born 1774, son of
181„ James C, Old Deer ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1791); became schoolmaster at Old Deer;
licen. by Presb. of Deer 6th April 1805;
was a teacher of mathematics in Aberdeen ;
pres. by Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy in
March, and ord. 1st July 1817; died 11th
Sept. 1850. He marr. 3rd July 1806,
Sophia (died 18th Dec. 1839, aged 58),
daugh. of William Fraser, min. of Tyrie),
and had issue — James, min. of Gamrie,
born 3rd April 1807 ; William Fraser, born
17th Nov. 1808, died 22nd June 1822 ; Ann,
born 7th Aug. 1810 ; Mary, born 3rd Oct.
1813, died 19th Feb. 1896; George, born
13th March 1816, died 22nd June 1823;
Thomas Buchan, born 25th Oct. 1817, died
6th March 1825 ; David, agent of the North
of Scotland Bank, Old Deer, born 3rd May
1819, died 6th Nov. 1867; Euphemia Buchan,
born 25th Jan. 1821 (marr. Charles S. Ross,
Assistant Receiver General, Ontario), died
in Toronto 19th Feb. 1876. Publications
— Illustration of the Historical Evidence of
the Fulfilment of our Saviour's Promise to
be with His Church to the End of the World
— a sermon (Aberdeen, 1823); "Account
of the Improvement of the Sedgy, on the
Banks of Ythan, with Description of a
Self-acting Tide-sluice used in its Embank-
ment" {Trans. Highland Soc, new series,
vi.) ; Accounts of Old Deer and of Logie-
Buchan (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvi., xxi., and
New Stat. Ace, xii.).
ANDREW GORDON, born Leith 1823,
ls_- son of Andrew G., general merchant,
and Elizabeth Hume ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh; pres. by James Buchan of
Auchmacoy ; ord. 20th Feb. 1851 ; died
unmarr. 29th Sept. 1888.
198
LOGIE-BUCHAN— METHLICK
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM FRANK SCOTT, bom
188g Edinburgh 8th Feb. 1847, son of
Thomas S., cabinetmaker, and Janet
Finlayson ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh : licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1876 ; ord. by that Presb. missionary to
the Jews at Beyrout, Syria, Sept. that
year ; removed to Alexandria, Egypt, 1879 ;
chaplain to Scots Church, Dresden ; adm. to
Robertson Memorial Chapel, Grassmartet,
Edinburgh, 1886 ; adm. to this charge 14th
March 1889 ; died 13th May 1900. He marr.
4th June 1889, Henrietta Porteous, daugh.
of Thomas Hardy, D.D., min. of Foulis
Wester, and had issue — Thomas Hardy
Scott, served in 15th Royal Scots, born 7th
April 1891, died at Rouen 28th April 1917;
Francis William, served in Canadian Forces,
born 25th Oct. 1892; Robert Forrester
Victor, min. of Strathmiglo, born 11th Aug.
1897. Publications — Several contributions
to The Thinker ; Sabbath Observance (Prize
Essay of the Sabbath Observance Society) ;
St John's Gospel (Preacher's Homiletic
Commentary/, New York) ; edited The
Yale of Tthan (Aberdeen, 1895).
WILLIAM GALLETLT GUTHRIE,
lgoo M.A., B.L.; ord. 11th Sept. 1900;
trans, to Glass 25th July 1913.
1918
ALEXANDER WOOD MACNAIR.
trans, from Elchies 19th Dec. 1913 ;
trans, to Tarves 14th Feb. 1917.
JAMES COUTTS, born Mains of Towie,
lgl7 23rd July 1S61, son of Alexander C.
and Isobel Ann Warrack ; educated
at Grammar School, Old Aberdeen, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1882); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen May 1889 ; assistant
at St George's-in-the-West, Aberdeen ; ord.
to Ardallie 20th May 1890; trans, to
Wormit 17th May 1909 ; trans, and adm.
21st May 1917. Marr. 10th June 1896,
Jeannieta M'Leod, daugh. of Peter M'Leod
Cran, City Chamberlain of Aberdeen, and
Emma Troup, and has issue — James Cran,
M.B., Ch.B., lieut, R.A.M.C, born 16th
April 1897 ; Emily Isobel, born 14th Jan.
1902 ; Patricia Jane MLeod, born 1st
March 1905. Publication — In Afemoriam :
James H. Broicn (Aberdeen, 1903).
METHLICK.
[The church of Methlick was dedicated
to St Deavanach and near it was St
Deavanach's Well, said to possess healing
virtue : —
" In simple times when simple folks
Had faith in simple speU,
How many sought thy healing spring
O good St De'nick's Well ! "
Methlick was a prebend of Aberdeen. A
fair of St Deavanach was held at Methlick.
At Andat within the bounds there was a
chapel of St Ninian, with St Ninian's
Well hard by. There was another chapel at
Chapelton. The ruins of the old church of
Methlick, built in 1780, stand picturesquely
in the churchyard, and here also is the
old burial aisle of the Aberdeen family.
A new church was opened on 23rd April
1867.]
THOMAS BURNETT, parson in 1556,
1560 and commissary of Aberdeen ; con-
formed and was min. in 1560 ; died
24th Feb. 1582— [Spalding Club Miscell.,
ii., 55.]
NICOL SMYTH, reader from 1567 to
1567 1580.
THOMAS GORMOK, min. in 1574,
lg74 with Fyvie and Tarves in con-
junction.
WALTER STEWART, sub-Principal in
King's College, Aberdeen; pres. by
James VI. 1st March 1582 and 26th
April 1583; app. Principal of King's Col-
lege in 1584, holding this charge in con-
junction; died in 1593, aged 35.
JOHN MERCER, min. before 31st July
1595; trans, to Slains before 22nd
1595 Sept. 1619.
ADAM REID, son of James R., min.
of Banchory - Ternan ; regent in
Marischal College, Aberdeen; adm.
before 4th Nov. 1619; burgess of Aberdeen
in 1624; died Nov. 1632. Two communion
cups presented during his ministry are
still in use. He marr. Isobel Burnett, who
survived him, and had issue — Patrick ;
1583
1619
ELLON]
METHLICK
199
Agnes, to whom Kobert Keid was app.
guardian as their nearest agnate, 11th
June 1633. — [Aberdeen Sheriff- Court
Records, ii., 330 ; Spalding Miscell., iii.,
110 ; Ing. Ret. Tut., 498, 499 ; Mair's Ellon,
114.]
WILLIAM SEA.TON, M.A. ; adm.
1633 between 20tn March and 17th Sept.
1633 ; trans, to Logie-Buchan before
4th March 1635.
WILLIAM STRACHAN, M.A.; pres.
16S5 March 1635 ; trans, (by order of
the Synod) to Old Machar 29th
Nov. 1640.
KOBERT OGILVIE, M.A. ; regent and
1641 sub-Principal of King's College,
Aberdeen, 30th April 1638 ; pres.
by the masters of said College in Jan.,
and ord. 14th April 1641 ; died March
1663, aged about 57. He marr. (1) a daugh.
of Bobert Middleton of Cauldhame and
Catherine Strachan, and sister to John,
Earl of Middleton : (2) Isabel, daugh. of
David Adie, burgess of Aberdeen, and had
issue — Mary (marr. Walter Gordon) ; John,
in the service of the Earl of Salisbury, died
Oct. 1683; and another daugh. — [Scots
Peerage, vi., 183; Aberdeen Hornings, ad.,
182.]
GEOBGE ANDERSON, M.A. ; ord.
1663 22nd Nov. 1663; trans, to Tarves
17th May 1683.
ALEXANDER CLEBK, born Garioch
1683 ab°ut !655 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (13th July
1675) ; ord. to Second Charge, Old Machar,
2nd Sept. 1683 ; pres. by the Principal and
masters of King's College in July, trans.
and adm. 16th Sept. 1683 ; died between
13th Jan. and 9th Feb. 1703. He marr.
Ann Garden, who died Jan. 1729 and had
issue — five children. — [Aberdeen Poll- Booh,
ii., 226.]
JOHN MULLIGINE [or MULLIGAN],
17o4 adm. to Meldrum 6th July 1698;
called 14th May, trans, and adm.
27th June 1704; died at Aberdeen 24th
April 1733. [A considerable portion of the
Presbytery Register is taken up with con-
sideration of a quarrel between M. and his
second wife, for which he was censured by
the Synod in Oct. 1723.] He bequeathed a
sum for widows, to be administered by the
Principals of King's and Marischal Col-
leges. He marr. (1) 1703, Elizabeth (died
s.p. at Aberdeen in April 1717), daugh. of
William Moir of Scotstoun : (2) Isobel
(died s.p. 8th April 1744), daugh. of Robert
Udney, cooper, burgess of Aberdeen, and
sister of Alexander IT., min. of Logie. —
[Aberdeen Tests.; Mair's Presb. of Ellon,
353-7.]
ALEXANDER HOWIE [or HOWE],
i7so orc'- (assistant) 2nd April 1730; pres.
by the Principal and masters of
King's College, Aberdeen, Oct. 1733 ; trans.
to Tarves 13th Oct. 1738.
ANDREW MOIR, trans, from Towie;
.„_„ called 11th April; pres. by the
Principal and masters of King's
College ; adm. 21st June 1739 ; trans, to
Ellon 6th June 1745.
ALEXANDER KNOLLS, called 4th
l74_ Dec. 1745; pres. by the Principal
and masters of] King's College, Aber-
deen, that month ; ord. 26th March 1746 ;
trans, to Tarves 12th Feb. 1794, though he
had served forty-eight years here.
ROBERT ADAM, M.A. (King's College,
.„-. Aberdeen, 1758) ; became school-
master of this parish ; licen. by
Presb. of Ellon 27th March 1765; pres.
by George, Earl of Aberdeen, in July, and
ord. 17th Sept. 1794; died unmarr. 6th
June 1798, aged about 60.
L.UDOVIC GRANT, born Moray,
l7g. 1755; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1776); licen. by
Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 6th Dec. 1780 ;
ord. missionary at Glenmuick and Glen-
gairden (Tullich) ; pres. by George, Earl
of Aberdeen, Dec. 1798 ; trans, and adm.
3rd April 1799; died 11th June 1839.
He marr. 16th Dec. 1804, Barbara (died
20th May 1854), daugh. of John Brown,
D.D., min. of Newhills.
200
METHLICK— SLAINS AND FORVIE
[PKESB. OF
JAMES WHTTE, born Aberdeen, 25th
Aug. 1809, son of John W., merchant,
1839
and Sarah Burnett; educated at
Grammar School and Marischal College,
Aberdeen; MA. (1827); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 20th June 1832 ; assistant at
Methlick and Kemnay ; ord. to Chalmers
Church, Glasgow, 4th Oct. 1S38 ; trans, and
adm. 22nd Nov. 1839; D.D. (Aberdeen
1871) ; died 4th Aug. 1881. He marr. 25th
Aug. 1840, Ann (died 4th Feb. 1909), daugh.
of Alexander Murray of Blackhouse, Peter-
head, and had issue — Catherine Ann, born
13th May 1841 (marr. 15th Nov. 1859,
Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Parr, Indian Army):
Sarah Burnett, born 23rd Jan. 1843, died
24th May 1847 ; John, born 11th Dec. 1844,
died 20th March 1861 ; Alexander, born
22nd Sept. 1846, died 3rd July 1857 ; James
Kobertson, advocate in Aberdeen, born 10th
April 1848, died 9th Sept. 1918; Sarah
Burnett, born 13th Sept. 1849, died 21st
May 1865; Anne Murray, born 31st March
1851 ; George Gordon, C.A., and stock-
broker, Aberdeen, born 28th April 1853 ;
Helen, born 22nd April 1855 ; Mary Teats,
born 14th April 1857 ; Jessie Johnston,
born 27th May 1858, died 10th Feb. 1859 ;
Eleanor, born 22nd Feb. 1860 (marr. 12th
Dec. 1895, Harry Wedderspoon Smith,
W.S., Edinburgh). Publication — Present
State and Character of the Jeins (Lecture
VI.) (Glasgow, 1839); Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
ANDREW RITCHIE, born Fordoun
1836, son of William R., carrier,
logo
Auchinblae, and Ann Thorn ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1857) ; was a private tutor ; app. mission-
ary at Lady Testers School, Liberton ;
assistant at Lady Tester's, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Coull 10th Dec. 1868; trans, and
adm. 12th Jan. 1882 ; chaplain to 2nd
Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders ;
died unmarr. at Aberdeen, 7th April 1906.
Publication — " Methlick " {The Yale of
Tthan) (Aberdeen, 1895).
CHARLES GORDON MACKENZIE,
born 16th June 1875, son of James
M., D.D., min. of Aboyne ; edu-
cated at Aboyne School, Grammar School,
1906
and TJnivs. of Aberdeen M.A. (1896) and
Edinburgh B.D. (1899); licen. by Presb. of
Kincardine O'Neil 2nd May 1900; assistant
at St Andrew's Scots Church, Buenos Aires,
1900-2, Hamilton, 1902-6; ord. 20th Sept.
1906 ; served as chaplain to the Forces
during European War ; res. on appointment
to Scots Church, Kandy, Ceylon, 24th June
1924. Marr. 2nd April 1907, Nettie, third
daugh. of Alexander Sim, solicitor, Cullen.
Publication — The " Titanic " Disaster, a
Warning from Heaven (Aberdeen, 1912).
ROBERT WILSON FORBES, M.A. ;
trans, from Kirkmichael, Dumfries,
29th Jan. 1925 [formerly min. of
Freuchie {q.v.)].
1925
SLAINS AND FORVIE.
[These two parishes were united about
1573.
Slai?ts. — The church of Skins was dedi-
cated to St Ternan. It belonged to the
Knights of the Order of the Temple. The
present church was built in 1800. In the
manse garden is St Ternan's Well. At
Leask (now Pitlurg) within the bounds
are the interesting remains of a chapel of
St Adamnan containing a sacrament house.
Forvie. — The old church of Forvie, whose
ruins are now half buried in blown sand
was dedicated to St Adamnan.]
JOHN GARTLT, min. in 1574, with
Ellon, Foveran, and Logie-Buchan
also in the charge : trans, to
1574
Urquhart in Moray before 1576.
JAMES CHETNE, min. in 1576, with
ls_6 same parishes in the charge ; inst.
to Logie-Buchan 29th Feb. 1584-5.
ALEXANDER CHETNE, reader in
1580. — [Aberdeen Homings, 1st Oct.
1581.]
DAVID RATTRAT, adm. in 1586, with
Forvie also in his charge ; trans, to
1580
1586
Bervie in 1589.
ALEXANDER BRUCE, removed from
Cruden in 1589, with Forvie and
Cruden also in his charge ; returned
to Cruden in 1590 and to this parish in 1597.
1589
ELLON]
SLAINS AND FORVIE
201
JOHN LESLIE, min. in 1595 [after-
1595 wards min. at Tullich].
- ALEXANDER BRUCE, above men-
16g7 tioned, returned in 1597 ; was sick
9th Jan., and died after 19th Feb.
1611. [The Presbytery Register has a leaf
awanting between 26th Feb. and 1st April,
and B.'s name does not appear after 9th
Jan.]
STEPHEN MASON, min. of Insch in
1614 ^^ > *rans- 1° Bethelnie (Meldrum)
in 1574 ; trans, and adm. before 2nd
Feb. 1614, when the parishioners repre-
sented to the Presb. that he " was agit,
and unable to discharge his office, and
desired Mr Samuel Tullideff might be
admitted to minister the Sacraments for
help to his guidschir in said ministry."
He died about 27th Oct. 1618. He marr.
and had issue — a daugh. (marr. Thomas
Tullidelf, min. of Foveran). On 28th July
1625 it was reported to the Presb. that
Helen Kinaird, "ane apostat-papist " wife
of Patrick Con of Crowley, factor for Lord
Erroll, "had cam1 to the kirk of Slains and
most barbarouslie causit Patrick Bonar
(and others) to tak' up the body of Stephen
Mason, kist and all, out of the grave, and
causit break up the lid of the kist with ane
eich and luikit and beheld the body of the
said Stephen. As also the said Helen left
him there unburied again. The kirk officer
confessit that the said Helen said maist
maliciouslie, 'An' were he best minister
that ever preichit in a pulpit, devil a bit
of him should lie there.' And the officer
confessed that the minister had forbidden
him to have anything to do with taking up
the body. The brethren, after advisement,
thought it best to acquaint the Bishop."
What followed does not appear. — [Mair's
Presb. of Ellon, 91, 93, 121.]
[SAMUEL TULLIDELF, son of Thomas
T., min. of Foveran, who had been ordained
assistant to preceding for seven years, was
desired as min. by the parishioners, who
objected to the appointment of John Mercer
as " ane sawer of sedition," "ane bissie body
in uther men's affairs," and "ane cauld
gospeller, not giving edification to his flok."
An appeal was made to the bishop, but at
this point there occurs a considerable blank
in the Presbytery Register. T. became
schoolmaster of Ellon.]
JOHN MERCER, second son of James
161g M. of Newton, and brother of Robert
M., min. of Ellon ; adm. to Methlick
before 31st July 1595 ; was accused of
absence from the Provincial Assembly, 23rd
April 1601, for which he was ordered to
pay four merks under pain of suspension ;
signed the Protestation in favour of the
Liberties of the Kirk 27th June 1617 ; pres.
by the Principal and masters of King's
College, Aberdeen, Oct. 1618; trans, and
adm. between 13th April and 22nd Sept.
1619 ; burgess of Aberdeen in 1631 ; was
reported "long sick," 1st Feb. 1637, and died
soon afterwards. A curious entry in the
Presbytery Register for 1620 tells how
M. was accused of witchcraft by Dame
Agnes Gordon, who declared that the
minister "was able, or pretended to be
able, to discover a thief by making a cock
crow beneath a cauldron." He marr. and
had issue — Robert, M.A., schoolmaster of
Ellon, min. of Mullaghbrack in Ireland,
died in 1641, a martyr to the Protestant
cause, together with his wife, leaving three
children who were recommended for help
by the Presb. 21st April 1642 and 19th Oct.
1643; James, burgess of Perth and Aber-
deen ; John, major in the army; William,
went to Ireland, entered the Covenanting
army and rose to lieutenant-colonel, and
was also a poet; Margaret, who "went
astray " with Patrick Smyth in Slains ; and
others, 1620-6.— [Reid's Ireland, i., 329;
Mair's Ellon, 105, 158, 361 ; Scots Notes and
Queries, xii., 158.]
WILLIAM MUSHET, pres. by
le__ Principal and masters of King's
College, Aberdeen, May 1638;
appears to have embraced the cause of
the Covenant unwillingly, as on 21st Sept.
1640 he "with divers other ministers came
in, recanted, and preached a penitential
sermon " ; trans, to Hassendean 30th Dec.
1664.
202
SLAINS AND FORVIE
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM FRASER, MA. (King's
1665 College, 1657); adm. before 20th
Dec. 1665 ; was received into com-
munion by a Committee of the General
Assembly, but dem. 6th Oct. 1699 for fear,
it is said, of deposition, being suspected
with his son William (by a previous
marriage), a licentiate, of causing the death
by poison of Jean Gordon, his wife, in the
previous Oct. The son lay unaccused for
three months in Aberdeen jail, when he
presented a petition for trial before the
High Court of Justiciary 6th March 1699,
but what followed does not appear.
[Chambers's Domestic Annals, iii., 208-9 ;
P. C. Dec, 6th March 1699; Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, i., 131.]
ALEXANDER HOWART, chaplain in
1701 the family of Sir William Keith of
Ludquharn in 1696 ; called in Oct.
1700; ord. 16th Jan. 1701; died between
29th Sept. and 2Sth Oct. 1713 ; said to be
subject " to epileptic fits and of great age."
— [Mair's Presb. of Ellon, 323.]
[WILLIAM LAW, intruded here.]
JOHN FORBES, educated at Marischal
1714 College, Aberdeen ; MA. (1704) ;
licen. by Presb. of Ellon 19th Dec.
1710; called jure devoluto 27th July 1714.
His settlement was opposed by a crowd
who wished William Law, deposed min.
of Crimond, who had been pres. by three
mins. of King's College, and had taken
possession^ of the manse. The Presb. were
denied access to the church, and proceeded
to Logie, where F. was ord. 2nd Sept. 1714 ;
he died 12th April 1732. He marr. Janet
Forbes, who died 13th Sept. 1768, and had
issue — Robert, served heir 16th Sept. 1749 ;
Margaret, died at Aberdeen 17th Dec.
1795 ; Helen (marr. 29th Feb. 1748, Francis
Peacock, dancing master, Aberdeen). —
{Aberdeen Tests. ; Services of Heirs; Mair's
Ellon, 386.]
THOMAS FORBES, called 20th Sept.
1734 1^^3 ' Pres' ky sub-Principal and
masters of King's College, Aberdeen ;
ord. 9th Jan. 1734 ; trans, to Third Charge,
Aberdeen, 15th June 1749.
WILLIAM PATERSON, born 1707, son
.„.„ of William P., tailor, Aberdeen ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A (1724); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 30th April 1735 ; pres. by the
Principal and masters of King's College,
Aberdeen, in July, and ord. 14th Dec. 1749;
died 30th Aug. 1793. He marr. (1) 11th
Dec. 1750, Margaret (died 19th May 1778),
daugh. of Robert Abercrombie, bailie,
Aberdeen : (2) 1st June 1780, Mary (died
at Monquhitter 24th Nov. 1817), daugh. of
William Johnston, Old Deer, and widow
of William Farquhar, min. of First Charge,
Aberdeen, and had issue — William, advo-
cate, Aberdeen, born 10th June 1781, died
4th March 1852.
GEORGE PIRIE, born 1761, son of
.„„. Robert P. of Salweythie; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (Feb. 1777); became tutor in the
family at Broadlands ; licen. by Presb. of
Deer 29th Aug. 1781; pres. by Colonel
John Callendar of Westerton Dec. 1793 ;
ord. 16th April 1794; D.D. (Marischal
College, 1811); died 23rd Aug. 1826. He
marr. 1st Oct. 1791, Mary (died 18th July
1835), daugh. of Robert Forbes of Gask, and
Ann, daugh. of Alexander Abernethy of
Corskie, and had issue — William Robinson,
born 31st Dec. 1792, died 6th Dec. 1800;
Andrew Skene, born 15th March 1795
(marr. 3rd June 1811, John Thomson of
Burnhouse), died 15th Oct. 1815 ; Ann
Abernethie, born 22nd Nov. 1799 (marr.
31st Aug. 1841, Captain Munro, 10th
Hussars) ; Elizabeth Margaret, born 21st
Feb. 1S02, died at Aberdeen, 26th Oct.
1S49; William Robinson, D.D., Principal
of Aberdeen Univ., born 26th July 1804.
GAVIN GIBB DUNN, born 1789, eighth
1827 son °^ ^ "illiam D., farmer, Fintray ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1812) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 31st
March 1815 ; pres. by Colonel Gordon of
Cluny Nov. 1826 ; ord. 18th April 1827 ;
died 20th July 1840. He marr. 16th Dec.
1822, Elizabeth (died at Edinburgh, 20th
Oct. 1865), daugh. of Henry Yansitar White,
colonel, H.E.I.C.S. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Xew Stat. Ace, xii.).
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203
JAMES RUST, born 1812, son of James
1840 ^"' mer°hant, Woodside, Aberdeen,
and Margaret Petrie ; educated at
King's College Aberdeen ; MA. (1832) ;
ord. 17th Dec. 1840; died 5th Nov. 1874.
In 1855 he succeeded in raising from St
Catherine's Dub one of the guns believed to
have belonged to the St Catherine, a ship of
the Spanish Armada, wrecked near Colliston
in 1588. He marr. 31st Jan. 1856, Jane
Janet (died 20th Feb. 1883), daugh. of Robert
Scott, merchant, Leith, and had issue — Mar-
garet, born 3rd Dec. 1856 ; Jane, born 29th
July 1858 ; James, born 6th Nov. 1859, died
7th July 1860 ; Elizabeth, born 26th April
1861, died 30th Nov. 1863; Jessie, born
6th June 1862; James, born 18th Sept.
1863 ; Robert Scott, born 27th Dec. 1868 ;
Williamson, born 5th May 1871. Publica-
tions— Duty and Privilege in the Present
Times (Aberdeen, 1861); Scottish Black
Pain Shoivers of 1862 and 1863 (Edin-
burgh, 1864); Druidism Exhumed (Edin-
burgh, 1871).— [Pratt's Buchan, 23.]
GEORGE GREIG, born Alpity, Arbuth-
1875 nott, 16th June 1835, son of John G.
and Elizabeth Burness ; educated at
Kinneff School, Dr Tulloch's Academy,
Aberdeen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1855) ; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun in 1859;
ord. chaplain to the Forces at Aberdeen
in 1860 ; pres. by Sir William Forbes,
Bart. ; adm. to this parish 11th March
1875 ; died at Beechlea, Muthill, '9th Dec.
1905. He marr. 15th July 1880, Susan
Hector (died 3rd Feb. 1883), daugh. of John
Leslie, min. of Udny, and had issue— John,
born 28th May 1881, died 18th March 1882;
Susan Hector Milne, born 10th Aug. 1882
(marr. 15th April 1911, William Macfee
Callan, Saltcoats).
JOHN OGILVIE, born Keith, 22nd
lg97 Nov. 1852, son of John O. and
Elizabeth Whyte ; educated at Keith
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1875) ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
in 1881 ; teacher at Finzean and Duthil ;
ord. to Advie 3rd Aug. 1881 ; trans, to
Burghead 9th March 1882 ; trans, to Wood-
side, Aberdeen, 23rd July 1885 ; min. of
united churches of Penrith and St Mary's,
New South Wales, 1890-3; assistant to
preceding; adm. (assistant and successor)
8th Sept. 1897; died 4th Oct. 1920. He
marr. 8th Aug. 1882, Mary Ann Munro,
daugh. of Donald Menzies and Mary Ann
Munro, and had issue — Elizabeth Margaret,
born 30th Nov. 1883 (marr. Harry C. Ritchie,
C.E., Leeds) ; William Donald, born 11th
April, and died 15th July 1885 ; Ian,
M.B.,Ch.B., Cheadle, Staffordshire; Mary;
Charles, engineering student; Sidney, medi-
cal student ; Ruby. Publication — " Parish
of Slains and Forvie " (The Vale of Ythan)
(Aberdeen, 1895).
DAVID NORMAN MASSON, born
1919 Westnills, Skene, 26th Sept. 1889,
son of John |M., schoolmaster, and
Mary Barron ; educated at Gordon's Col-
lege and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1912),
B.D. (1917) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
2nd May 1917 ; assistant at Newhills and
Old Machar ; ord. (assistant and successor)
19th Feb. 1919. Marr. 26th Sept. 1919,
Margaret Isobel, daugh. of William Galletly
Guthrie, min. of Glass.
FORVIE.
JOHN STEVENSON, parson in 1561,
1561 " ane auld blind man." — [Comp. Coll.
Gen. of Thirds, 1561.]
JOHN STRACHAN, min., with Slains
156„ and Logie-Buchan also in the charge;
trans, to Alford in 1569.
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOTT,
1S6g removed from Logie-Buchan, hold-
ing the office of Principal of King's
College, Aberdeen, in conjunction, and
receiving for stipend the third of the
parsonage.
TARVES.
[The church of Tarves was dedicated to
St Englat. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. Near the church, built in 1798,
is St Englat's Well, and in the River Ythan
is St Englat's Ford. There was a chapel
of St John within the bounds at Ythsie
and chapels at Aquhorthies and Schivas.]
204
TARVES
[PRESB. OF
1593
ALEXANDER OGILVIE, min. in 1567,
1567 with Ellon, Methlick, and Fyvie also
in his charge.
THOMAS GARDYNE, natural son of
Robert G. of Baltimore ; legitimated
19th Nov. 1622; adm. to Fintray
before 29th Feb. 1583; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. in 1593, and also to modified
stipend 1st March 1616; became unable
by age to discharge the duties of his office,
and died between 28th March and 2nd Oct.
1633. He marr. (1) Isobel Chalmers, who
died 20th Nov. [no year given on tomb-
stone], and had issue — Elizabeth (marr.
George Mercer, advocate, Old Aberdeen) ;
Agnes (marr., cont. 31st July 1596, John
Mowat in Aquhorthies) : (2) (cont. 13th
March 1620), Violet, daugh. of John Laing,
burgess of Aberdeen. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
viii., 378; G. R. Inhib., 26th June 1620,
15th March 1636 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccccviii.,
352; Aberdeen Sas., ii., 210; Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 359 ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 1769, 2000, 2001 ; Tombst. ; Aberdeen
Sas. Sec. Reg., i., 184 ; Sas., iii., 164.]
1632
JAMES MOIR, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1624);
adm. (assistant) before 16th May
1632 ; pres. (colleague) by Charles I. 28th
March 1633; still min. 19th April 1659;
died before Aug. 1661. He marr. Mary
Forbes (who survived him and marr. (2)
Alexander Garioch of Little Endowie), and
had issue — William of Hilton, advocate,
Edinburgh, 12th Feb. 1664, and principal
clerk of Session ; Jean (marr. James Moir
in Ferry hill.— [Aberdeen Sas., ii., 539, 541 ;
G. R. Inhib., 11th March 1676 ; G. R.
Homings, 23rd June 1669.]
1662
JOHN STRACHAN, M.A.; pres. by
Earl of Panmure Aug. 1661 ; coll.
and inst. 15th July 1662 ; trans, to
Tron Parish, Edinburgh, and Chair of
Divinity in Univ. there in 1683.
GEORGE ANDERSON, trans, and
adm. from Methlick 17th May 1683;
trans, to Chair of Divinity, King's
College, Aberdeen (q.v.), 10th Dec. 1704.
1706
WILLIAM FORBES, born 1668, third
son of Sir Thomas F. of Waterton,
and grand-nephew to the first Earl of
Aberdeen; studied medicine M.D. (Pisa);
returned home and graduated at King's
College M.A. (21st June 1694); ord. to
Leslie 30th April 1701 ; called 10th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 12th June 1706 ; died 21st
Jan. 1738. He left 300 merks to the poor
of the parish. He marr. Janet (born Jan.
1675, died 13th April 1736), daugh. of
James Gregory, Professor of Mathematics
in Univ. of Edinburgh, inventor of the
reflecting telescope, and had issue— James,
physician, Aberdeen, born 4th Dec. 1701,
died 19th July 1774 [his son William, a
successful Aberdeen merchant, purchased
the estate of Echt] ; John ; Thomas, born
4th Jan. 1704; Helen, born 29th Aug.
1705 (marr. John MTnnes, min. of Logie-
Colstone; George; William, born 1713,
died 22nd April 1731 ; Julia ; Katherine
(marr. Oct. 1730, William Dyce, school-
master at Selkirk) ; Jean (marr. Andrew
Moir, min. of Towie) ; Susanna (marr.
James Johnston, min. of Crimond) ; Mary,
born 1713, died 21st Nov. 1743; Margaret,
died May 1769; Ann, died April 1745.—
[Aberdeen Tests.; Burke's Landed Gentry;
Tombst.; Mair's Ellon, 296, 389; Echt-
Forbes Charters, 177-80.]
ALEXANDER HOWE, son of John H.,
min. of Birse, and brother of James
1738 .
H., min. of Newhills ; educated at
Marischal College; ord. (assistant) at
Methlick 12th April'1730; called 13th July,
pres. by William, Earl of Aberdeen, trans,
and adm. 18th Oct. 1738; died at Newhills
(where he had gone to assist at the Com-
munion) 3rd Sept. 1765. He marr. 20th
Dec. 1739, Margaret Nicol, who died 21st
Sept. 1778, and had issue — Margaret, born
26th May 1742, died June 1774 ; Falconer
(daugh.) born 15th Sept. 1747. Publication
— Seventeen Select Sermons, chiefly on
Sacramental Occasions (Aberdeen, 1770). —
[Mair's Ellon, 389-92.]
THOMAS MITCHELL, born 1718, son
of William M., Inverallochy ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Alford 17th March 1742 ;
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205
1794
became missionary at Portsoy in 1750 ; ord.
to Tarland 17th April 1755; pres. by George,
Earl of Aberdeen, in Feb., trans, and adm.
25th June 1766 ; died 10th May 1793. He
marr. 9th Oct. 1766, Margery (died 3rd
June 1805), daugh. of Donald Mackenzie
of Dalmore [now Mar Lodge in Braemar],
and had issue — Katherine, born 20th Nov.
1767 (marr. 28th April 1798, George Pirie,
merchant burgess, Aberdeen) ; George,
born 6th March 1769 ; Alexander, born
14th Aug., and died 11th Nov. 1771. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, v.).
ALEXANDER KNOLLS, born Aber-
deen, 1716, eldest son of George
K., tailor ; educated at Marischal
College, 1731-5; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen 11th Nov. 1741 ; ord. to Methlick
26th March 1746 ; pres. by George, Earl
of Aberdeen, Oct. 1793; trans, and adm.
12th Feb. 1794 (at the age of 78); died
1st June 1801. He marr. 17th Jan. 1749,
Mary (died 28th Nov. 1800, aged 79), daugh.
of James Petrie, and had issue — George,
born 26th Jan. 1750 ; James, born 6th
March 1751 ; Alexander, born 18th Jan.
1753 ; John, born 24th Feb. 1754, died in
America Nov. 1802; Mary, born 16th April,
and died 26th July 1756; William, born
30th Oct. 1758; Peter, born 10th Aug.
1761, died 16th Aug. 1768. Publication
— Account of Methlick (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv.).
DUNCAN MEARNS, pres. by George,
__ „ Earl of Aberdeen, in Sept., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 13th Nov.
1799; dem. 16th May 1817 on being app.
to Chair of Divinity, King's College, Aber-
deen (q.v.).
t ALEXANDER BLACK, M.A. ; pres.
by George, Earl of Aberdeen, Nov.
1817; ord. 1st April 1818; D.D.
(Marischal College 1824); dem. 27th June
1832, on being app. to Chair of Divinity,
Marischal College, Aberdeen (q.v.).
FRANCIS KNOX, born 1803, son of
lg__ a farmer at Little Ythsie, in the
parish, and Margaret Duncan ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
1818
(March 1822) ; became assistant school-
master in this parish ; licen. by Presb. of
Ellon 8th Dec. 1830; pres. by George
Hamilton, Earl of Aberdeen, in Jan., and
ord. 2nd May 1833 ; died unmarr. 7th Dec.
1870. He was an accomplished scholar and
an able and attractive preacher. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.]
1871
JOHN PRINGLE, born Lambden,
Greenlaw, Berwickshire, 8th Jan.
1835, son of Alexander P., land
steward, and Ann M'Call ; educated at
Greenlaw School, Royal High School, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1862) ; school-
master of Stobhill, 1853-5, and of Earlston,
3rd Jan. 1855 to 11th Nov. 1856 ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1864 ; missionary
of Edinburgh University Missionary Asso-
ciation in Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh,
1864-8 ; pres. by Countess Dowager of
Aberdeen, and ord. 3rd Aug. 1871 ; dem.
13th Oct. 1916; died at Aberdeen, 29th
July 1919. He marr. (1) Dec. 1858, Mary
Montgomerie Dick, who died 5th Oct.
1902, and had issue — Alexander, min. of
St Catherine's, Georgetown, Demerara,
died 1897 ; Elizabeth ; John Montgomery,
died 1st Nov. 1909; Ernest Edwin, M.B.,
in Canada ; Gordon, educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh, min. of Kincardine, New Bruns-
wick ; Ann (marr. Marr, farmer,
Uppermill) ; Frederick, veterinary surgeon,
Ramsgate ; Arthur Maxwell Nicolson,
M.B., Medical Officer of Health, Ipswich,
born 17th Jan. 1872 : (2) 18th May 1904,
Catherine (died 2nd Nov. 1919), daugh.
of Alexander Gordon, farmer, Mains of
Tolquhon, Tarves.
ALEXANDER WOOD MACNAIR,
191_ born Greenock, 22nd Nov. 1879,
son of Robert M. and Hamilton
Wood ; educated at Holmscroft School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock May 1906 ; assistant at Kelvin-
haugh and Strathbungo, Glasgow; ord.
to Elchies 7th May 1912 ; trans, to Logie-
Buchan 19th Dec. 1913 ; chaplain to Forces
at Dieppe during European War; trans,
and adm. 14th Feb. 1917. He marr. 14th
206
UDNY
[PEESB. OF
Aug. 1912, Joan Davidson Stuart Kerr,
daugh. of George Duff Bruce and Jeannie
Finlayson Stewart Kerr, and widow of
A. Gibson Smith.
UDNY.
[The lands of Udny were of old included
in the parish of Ellon. There was then
a chapel of the Holy Trinity commonly
called Christ's Kirk of Udny. By Act of
Parliament passed on 19th Dec. 1597, the
parish of Udny was erected and disjoined
from Ellon, Logie-Buchan, Tarves, and
Foveran. In 1605, a church of greater
size to replace the chapel of the Holy
Trinity was built at Udny. There were
two other chapels within the bounds, St
Mary's at Kingoodie and St Michael's
at Tulligray. On our Lady Day in
Harvest, a fair was held at Balnakettle in
this parish. A new church built in 1821
was renovated in 1883.]
ROBEET MURRAY, "licened to read
15g8 the word at the kirk of Udney,"
May 1598.
THOMAS MITCHELL, adm. 25th
1604 Apr^ 1604 ; trans, to Logie-Buchan
after 20th Feb. 1622.
THOMAS THOIRS' of Auquhorties,
1623 a(^m- after 23rd July 1623; was a
member of the Glasgow General
Assembly in 1638 and left it, with
several other mins., on 27th Nov., when
the Commissioner (James, Marquess of
Hamilton) arose and declined attendance
on its proceedings. He was a great anti-
Covenanter, fled to England, returned to
Aberdeen 2nd June 1639, and finding he
could do no better, 16th March 1641,
"gladly swears and subscribes the Covenant,
beginning his penitential sermons that he
may be in peace." He was still min. 4th
Oct. 1643, but is called late min. 24th July
1655 ; adm. to Daviot (Garioch) March
1661.
WILLIAM KEITH of Lentush, trans,
from Montkeggie (Keithhall) ; called
unanimously Oct. 1653 ; was one of
the commissioners app. by Parliament,
22nd Feb. 1661, for visiting the Univ. of
Aberdeen ; dem. after 8th June 1663 ;
was adm. to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
15th March 1666, and to the Chair of
Divinity in the Univ. of Edinburgh (q.v.).
GEORGE MELVILL, trans, from New
Machar ; produced his presentation
on 23rd Dec, and inst. 27th Dec.
1663 ; trans, to Alford 16th Dec. 1668.
1663
1669
WILLIAM IRVINE, son of Alex-
ander I., min. of Longside ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1658-62 ; recommended by the bishop and
adm. June 1669; had sasine of the lands
of Chapel-of-Westhall, and tenements of
land in Old Aberdeen, 16th Jan. 1673;
died (buried) 4th Nov. 1675.— [Reg. of
Deeds, Mack, i30th Aug. 1687 ; Inq. Bet.
Gen., 7919.]
1676
JOHN COCKBURN, coll. after 16th
Feb., and inst. (amid considerable
opposition) 21st May 1676; trans,
to Old Deer before 7th Sept. 1681.— [Mair's
Presb. of Ellon, 217.]
ALEXANDER MYLNE, M.A., son of
1682 Jonn M., min. of Fetteresso ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1667-71 ; was tutor to William, Lord Keith,
afterwards Earl Marischal ; adm. 1st Jan.
1682; died "a few days before Michael-
mas" 1721, aged about 64. He marr.
11th Jan. 1709, Agnes, daugh. of Robert
Paterson, Principal of Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; she survived him, and had
issue— Elizabeth, died April 1731.— [Mair's
Presb. of Ellon, 346.]
ROBERT INNES of Cotts, Moray,
1722 k°rn a^out 1697> son °^ Patrick !■>
Drumhead of Belhelvie; educated
at Marischal College, 1700-4 ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 30th Aug. 1721 ; pres.
by James Udny, advocate, Aberdeen, in
Feb., and ord. 25th April 1722 ; died 20th
ELLON]
UDNY
207
July 1755. He niarr. (1) 23rd April 1724,
Elizabeth Gordon, and had issue — Eliza-
beth ; Ann (marr. cont. 24th Jan. 1757,
David Stephenson, licentiate, Aberdeen) ;
Marjory, born 14th July 1731 ; James,
merchant, Aberdeen, born 5th Nov. 1736 ;
George, born 31st Aug. 1740: (2) 17th
Nov. 1746, Janet (died 23rd Feb. 1750),
daugh. of Thomas Strachan, bailie of
Aberdeen. — [Elgin Sas., vii., 28 ; Mair's
Presb. of Ellon, 345.]
JOHN FORBES, born 1731, son of
17S6 George F., schoolmaster, Foveran ;
educated at Marischal College,
1745-9 ; became schoolmaster of Foveran ;
licen. by Presb. of Ellon 1st Oct. 1755 ;
pres. by Alexander Udny of that ilk in
Jan., and ord. 7th April 1756; died 22nd
April 1763. He marr. 17th Nov. 1757,
Mary Seton, who died 18th Feb. 1809,
and had issue— Katherine, born 19th Sept.
1758; Jean, born 24th April 1760, died
15th April 1764 ; William, born 18th Sept.
1761.
GEORGE ADAM [or ADAMS], pres.
1764 ^ Alexander Udny of that ilk
Sept. 1763; ord. 28th March 1764;
trans, to Kintore 10th June 1767.— [Mair's
Presb. of Ellon, 395.]
JOHN ROSE, born 1747, son of George
1768 ^"' goldsmith and burgess, Aberdeen,
and Christian, daugh. of the Hon.
Archibald Forbes of Putachie ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1764); licen. by Presb. of Ellon 24th
June 1767; pres. by Alexander Udny
of that ilk Oct. 1767; ord. 30th March
1768; died 17th Nov. 1812. He marr.
(1) 22nd Jan. 1773, Grace (died 29th June
1793, aged 51), daugh. of Lewis Reid,
min. of Strachan, and had issue — George,
surgeon, Coldstream Guards, born 10th
Nov. 1773, died of wounds at Aboukir,
Egypt, 25th May 1801 ; Lewis, M.A.,
usher in Gordon's Hospital, Aberdeen,
born 27th March 1775, died 7th Dec. 1792 ;
James, M.A., born 7th Dec. 1776, died 24th
May 1792 ; Alexander, born 26th June
1778, died 26th Dec. 1799 ; John, Ceylon
Civil Service, born 25th April 1780 ;
Thomas, surgeon, London, born 30th Jan.
1782, died 1828 ; Robert, captain 2nd
Bombay Cavalry, born 19th Nov. 1783,
died at Surat, 28th Aug. 1827; Janet
(twin), born 19th Nov. 1783, died 8th July
1798 : (2) 3rd Feb. 1795, Anne (died 19th
Oct. 1817, aged 56), daugh. of John Mair,
min. of Rayne, widow of William Forsyth,
and had issue — James, born 1st Nov. 1795 ;
Mary Ann, born 23rd Dec. 1800 (marr.
James Torrie, M.D.), died June 1825 ; and
two others, who died in infancy. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN LESLIE {primus), born 1776,
181_ son of Andrew L., Keith ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1795-8; schoolmaster of Grange; tutor at
Esslemont House ; licen. by Presb. of
Ellon 1st May 1805 ; pres. by commissioner
for John Robert Fullerton Udny of Udny
in May, and ord. 15th Sept. 1813; died
unmarr. 1st Nov. 1849. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace.
xii.).
JOHN LESLIE {secundus), born Upper
lg50 Forgie, Keith, 10th Dec. 1817, son
of Robert L., farmer, and Isobel
Sellar, and nephew of preceding ; edu-
cated at Udny Academy ; Grammar School,
Old Aberdeen, and King's College; M.A.
(1835) ; licen. by Presb. of Ellon 7th May
1846 ; pres. by John Robert Fullerton Udny
of that ilk ; ord. 16th Aug. 1850 ; died 15th
July 1875. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1852, Ann
(died 28th Feb. 1862, aged 30), daugh. of
John Hector, farmer, Mains of Pittrichie,
and Susan Milne, and had issue — Susan
Hector, born 12th June 1853 (marr. George
Greig, min. of Slains) ; Annabella, born
5th March 1855 (marr. Alexander Mac-
kenzie, min. of Coull) ; John, student in
Arts, Aberdeen, born 4th May 1857, died
9th June 1876 ; Alexander Milne of Pitt-
richie, born 1st March 1859 ; Barbara
Janet, born 23rd Dec. 1861.
ALEXANDER SPENCE, born Kings-
1817„ barns, Fife, 10th Jan. 1846, son of
David S. and Eliza Scott ; educated
at Kingsbarns School, Normal College,
208
UDXY
[PRESB. OF ELLON
Edinburgh, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1871); licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 25th June 1874 ; assistant at
Tron Parish, Edinburgh; ord. 25th Feb.
1876; D.D. (St Andrews 1910); clerk of
Presb. 1880-1923 ; died at Cults 12th March
1925. He marr. 15th June 1876, Agnes,
third daugh. of John Barclay of Bander-
stone, Kingsbarns, Fife, and Agnes Morton,
and had issue — Agnes Morton Barclay,
born 12th Nov. 1878 (marr. 15th Dec.
1915, Harold Edgar Smith, M.B., Ch.B.,
captain B.A.M.C, ophthalmic surgeon,
Aberdeen) ; David, Ph.D. (Jena), Vice-
President, General Director in the Nor-
walk Tyre and Bubber Co., U.S.A., born
26th Sept. 1881 ; Eliza Barclay, born 7th
May 1883 ; Johanna, M.A. (Aberdeen),
born 10th Nov. 1884. Publication— School
Song " Blue Bells of Scotland," and several
occasional pieces.
1923
BOBEBT WILSON, born 20th Aug.
1892, son of William Wallace W.,
min. of Savoch ; educated at Bobert
Gordon's College and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1919) ; B.D. (1921) ; licen. by Presb.
of Deer 9th July 1920 ; assistant at West
Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 10th Jan. 1923. Marr. 4th
April 1923, Elsie Spence, daugh. of John
and Annie Spence Bae, and has issue —
Margaret Montgomery, born 25th Dec.
1923.
PRESBYTERY OF DEER
[In 1581 the General Assembly proposed to take action for the erection of a Presbytery
at Crimond in Buchan. The Register of this Presbytery, however, does not begin till
30th Dec. 1602. There are gaps in the Eecord from June 1621 to 8th Nov. 1649, from
3rd April 1660 to 16th April 1710, and from Jan. to Sept. 1773. On 15th May 1621 the
seat of the Court was transferred from Crimond to Deer.]
ABERDOUR.
[St Drostan established his mission at
Aberdour in or about the year 580. In
later times the parish church was dedi-
cated to him. Aberdour was a prebend of
Aberdeen. The old church, still standing
in the churchyard, is an interesting ruin.
There were in the parish Wells of St
Drostan and St John. There is a mission
chapel within the bounds at Auchmedden,
where, at Chapelden, a chapel stood in
pre-Reformation times.]
JOHN EAMSAY, pres. by Sir John
Borthwick as min. at Aberdour and
1560 Tyrie. died before 28th Feb_ 1567.8j
when his brothers Robert, Archibald,
George, William, and Alexander were
appointed executors. — ]_Edin. Commiss.
Bee. Dec, ii., 353.]
DAVID HOWESON, adm. to Kin-
edward Nov. 1570 : trans, to Gamrie
before 1574; trans, to Philorth in
1576, holding this parish in his charge
throughout ; was parson also of Tyrie in
1583; pres. to the parsonage and vicarage
by James VI. 9th July 1597, when he
returned here; died in 1611. He marr.
and had issue — John, min. of Tyrie.
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, schoolmaster
1574 and reader, 1574-1613.
ROBERT CARNEGIE, called parson
1583 in 1583.
GEORGE CLARK, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1611);
pres. by Sir John Forbes of Pitsligo
28th Nov. 1613; entered 20th Feb. 1614;
died 18th Aug. 1644, aged about 53. He
marr. Jane, daugh. of William Ogston, in
Turriff, and had issue— George ; William ;
Christian (marr. Patrick Chalmers) ; Mar-
garet (marr., cont. 12th June 1668, Thomas
Law of Newton of Balvenie) ; Jean (marr.
Alexander Galloway, goldsmith, Aberdeen).
— [Tornbst. ; G. B. Inhib., 25th Feb. 1662,
18th Nov. 1662, 16th June 1674; Banff
Sas., ii., 79 ; Aberdeen Sas., iv., 290; Errol
Charters, 12th May 1681.]
NATHANIEL MARTIN, adm. before
18th June 1646, when he had a
recommendation by the Synod for
the vacant stipends of Aberdeen ; member
of Commission of Assembly in 1648 ; trans.
to Peterhead 12th May 1650.
WILLIAM RAMSAY, educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1644) ;
was a probationer within the bounds
of the Presb. ; adm. 2nd Jan. 1651. Joined
the Protesters that year ; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June and 1st Oct.
1662 ; restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 ; died 31st Dec. that year, aged
about 67. He marr. and had issue — Anna
(marr. George Forbes, Tyrie). — [Tombst. ;
Pratt's Buchan, 30 ; Cramond's Church of
Aberdour, 47.]
ALEXANDER REYNOLD [RONALD],
third son of Alexander R., burgess of
Montrose; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; was a licentiate in the
1651
VOL. VI.
210
ABERDOUR
[PKESB. OF
1691
1697
Presb. of Arbroath ; adm. 17th Sept. 1665 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament, 25th April
1690, restoring Presbyterian ministers. He
resided in the neighbourhood but did not
officiate; died 9th Aug. 1691, aged about 57.
He marr. Margaret (died 28th May 1695),
daugh. of John Forbes of Pitnacadel. —
[Tombst. ; Lumsden's House of Forbes, 38 ;
G. R. Inhib., 7th Sept. 1672.]
WILLIAM RAMSAY, above men-
1690 tioned.
JOHN WHITE [WHYTT], formerly of
Ballantrae ; called and settled Sept.
1691, but there was no Presb. to
admit him ; dep. " for cursing " in 1694. —
[P. G. Acta, 27th June 1692.]
JAMES BROWN, born 1662 ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (21st
July 1687); became chaplain to the
laird of Culterallers ; licen. by Presb. of
Peebles and Biggar 11th Oct. 1687 ; ord. to
Kilbucho 5th June 1690 ; trans, to Walston
24th Sept. 1691 ; re-trans, to Kilbucho 23rd
Sept. 1696 ; trans, and adm. 26th Aug.
1697; died 31st July 1732. He marr.
13th May 1703, Margaret, daugh. of James
Forbes of Pitnacadel, and had issue — John,
min. of Longside. — [Tombst. ; Macfarlane's
Geneal. Coll., ii., 233.]
JAMES TURING, bapt. 28th Oct. 1709,
son of Sir John T., min. of Drum-
blade ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1723-7 ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff
3rd Nov. 1731 ; pres. by Samuel Forbes of
Knapernay Nov. 1732; ord. by a Committee
of Synod 21st Sept. 1733; committed
suicide by hanging himself in a room of
the manse 19th Oct. that year. His
settlement was violently opposed by the
parishioners. Tradition avers that five
individuals specially blameworthy all met
violent deaths before five years elapsed.
THOMAS ANDERSON, born 29th
Jan. 1710, son of James A., min.
of Rathen ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1728); licen. by
Presb. of Deer 19th June 1733; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 23rd, and ord.
24th April 1734 ; died 16th Nov. 1765. He
1733
1734
marr. 28th Nov. 1734, Agnes (died 3rd
May 1786), daugh. of Alexander Auchen-
leck, min. of Fraserburgh, and had issue —
James, born 9th Nov. 1735, died at St
Croix, 13th Feb. 1759; Elizabeth, born
31st Dec. 1736, died 14th Nov. 1759; Anna,
born 23rd Feb. 1738, died 26th June 1755 ;
Margaret, born 12th Dec. 1739, died 3rd
Nov. 1777 ; Mary, born 19th April 1741 ;
Alexander, born 8th July 1742, died 22nd
Jan. 1744; Samuel, born 25th Feb. 1744,
died 3rd June 1745 ; Thomas, born 30th
April 1745, died 20th Feb. 1746; William,
min. of St Fergus, born 9th Nov. 1746;
Agnes, born 4th April 1750 (marr. Andrew
Youngson, min. of this parish) ; Christian,
born 7th April 1752, died 28th Jan. 1753 ;
Magdalen, born 10th Aug. 1753, died 11th
April 1756. — [Genealogies of an Aberdeen
Family, 82 ; Tombst.]
ANDREW YOUNGSON, born New
Deer, 1727 ; educated at King's Col-
1 lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (11th March
1747); licen. by Presb. of Deer 20th Feb.
1754; ord. by Presb. of Fordyce missionary
at Enzie 6th May 1761 ; pres. by Alexander
Gordon of Aberdour in April, and adm.
here 2nd July 1766 ; died after a long and
painful illness 15th June 1809. He marr.
(1) 15th May 1764, Mary (died 21st May
1770), daugh. of William Taylor, min. of
New Deer, and had issue — Christian, born
17th May 1765; Alexander, W.S., born
15th April 1766, died 24th Feb. 1849 ;
William, born 1st Jan. 1768, died while a
student at Mariscbal College 10th March
1785 : (2) 17th Feb. 1780, Agnes (died 22nd
May 1825), daugh. of Thomas Anderson,
min. of this parish, and had issue — James,
born 4th Dec. 1780, died young; Agnes
Margaret, born 17th Feb. 1783 (marr. Alex-
ander Simpson, min. of Strichen); Thomas,
major 48th Madras Infantry, born 28th
Aug. 1784, died 26th Oct. 1839; Andrew,
born 4th July 1786. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.).
GEORGE GARDINER, born 16th Feb.
1810 1^82> son °f John G., Smithston,
Rhynie, and Isabel Thomson ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
deer]
ABERDOUR— ARDALLIE— BLACKHILL
211
M.A. (31st March 1801) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kincardine O'Neil 25th Sept. 1805; pres.
by William Gordon of Aberdour Dec. 1809 ;
ord. 20th March 1810; died unmarr. 30th
Jan. 1857. Publications — Answer to the
Remarks by the Procurator and Agent for
the Church : or, An Abstract of the Law
Proceedings in the Case of the Manse of
Aberdour (Aberdeen, 1823); Account of
the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Aberdeen-
shire Epitaphs, 159.]
JAMES WILSON, born Gamrie, 24th
18gl7 Sept. 1821, son of Andrew W., ship-
master, and Margaret West ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1841) ; schoolmaster at Cairney,
1844-52 ; ord. to Savoch of Deer 12th Feb.
1852; trans, and adm. 11th June 1857;
died 3rd Aug. 1883. He marr. 13th June
1854, Isabella (died 6th July 1895), daugh.
of James Welsh, min. of New Deer. —
[Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions,
418.]
CHAELES BIENIE, born Boharm,
1884 23rd May 1853, son of William
B., farmer, Belnagarrow, Boharm,
and Helen Kemp ; educated at Maggie-
knockater and Keith Schools, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1875) ; became school-
master of Bayne in 1875, and of Auchter-
less, 1878-80 ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
May 1883; ord. 9th Jan. 1884; died at
Glasgow, 10th Nov. 1919. He marr. 26th
Sept. 1877, Katherine (died 28th Dec.
1920), daugh. of Alexander Alexander,
advocate, and Procurator-Fiscal, Aberdeen,
and Isabella Laurie, and had issue— Harry
Charles, D.S.O., lieut.-commander, B.N.,
officer on B.M.S. Mauretania, born 1st
Oct. 1882 ; Alice Isabella, born 27th Sept.
1884; Walter Gregor, manager, Siliawan
rubber plantation, Lower Perak.
ALEXANDER GODSMAN CATTO,
1920 korn New Pitsligo, 14th Dec. 1883,
son of John O, min. of Fintray ;
educated at Gordon's College and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1905), B.D. (1908) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen May 1908 ; assistant
at St Leonard's, Perth ; ord. to Inver-
keithny 4th Feb. 1910; trans, and adm.
17th May 1920. Marr. 12th Aug. 1920,
Elizabeth Kate, daugh. of John Macleod,
and has issue — Eoin Macleod, born 30th
Sept. 1921 ; Alexander Forbes, born 13th
June 1923.
ARDALLIE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Ardallie was disjoined
from Deer, Longside, Ellon, and Cruden
on 11th July 1862. The erection of Ardallie
was largely the work of William Yeats of
Auquharney, and John Morrison, M.A.,
min. of Old Deer. Tablets to both these
benefactors are in the church.]
- WILLIAM BUBGESS, born 1829, son
_„„ of James B., farmer, Rathven ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1858); became schoolmaster
at Inveraven and at Boharm ; ord. 16th
June 1859 ; adm. first min. of this parish
in 1862; died unmarr. 10th Nov. 1889.—
[Mackay's Cruden and its Ministers, 105 ;
Bee's Schoolmasters of Eoharm.J
JAMES COUTTS, M.A. ; adm. 20th
March 1890 ; trans, to Wormit 17th
1890
May 1909.
ROBERT CAMPBELL MARSHALL,
1909 k°rn Crieff, 1877, son of John M.,
medical practitioner, and Jane Mary-
Campbell ; educated at Daniel Stewart's
College and Univs. of Aberdeen and Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1901); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh Sept. 1906; ord. 26th Aug.
1909. Marr. 29th June 1911, Helen Gray,
daugh. of Lawrence Anderson, farmer,
and Jean Robertson, and has issue — Hilda
Margaret, born 7th April 1918.
BLACKHILL (Q.S.).
[The parish of Blackhill was disjoined
from Peterhead, Longside, and Cruden on
13th Jan. 1879.]
GEORGE THOMSON, born 1824,
1872 son °^ Andrew T., wood merchant,
Banchory - Ternan, and Marjorie
Dove ; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1850); ord. 15th Aug. 1872; adm.
212
BLACKHILL— BODDAM— CRIMOND
[PRESB. OF
first niin. of this parish 17th Jan. 1879 ;
died 16th Nov. 1899. He marr. 24th June
1874, Sarah (died 20th Feb. 1913, aged 78),
daugh. of Andrew Lyon, mate, and Sarah
Penny, and had issue — Andrew Bald, min.
of Dairy, born 29th May 1880.
CHARLES SCOTT BURDON, adm.
lgo 26th April 1900; trans, to Lundie
and Fowlis 21st April 1910.
ALEXANDER BLACK, born Cruden,
lgl0 9th March 1857, son of Alexander B.
and Anne Adie ; educated at Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1883) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen May 1884 ; assistant at St
George's-in-the-West, Aberdeen, 1882 ; ord.
to Lowick Feb. 1905 ; trans, and adm. 27th
Sept. 1910. Marr. Nov. 1899, Jean, daugh.
of John Russell, min. of Leslie, and has
issue — Aileen, born 21st Nov. 1900; Gordon,
born 21st May 1906.
BODDAM (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1865. The
parish of Boddam was disjoined from Peter-
head and Cruden on 14th March 1881.]
CLARK NAIRN STABLES, born Old
Machar, about 1828, son of Adam S.,
Convener of the Incorporated Trades,
Aberdeen, and Janet Nairn ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.(1848); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen; ord. in 1865; dem.
in 1876 ; died at Inverurie 18th Aug. 1881.
ALEXANDER SPARK, ord. 17th Oct.
1R77 1877 ; adm. first min. of this parish
30th March 1881 ; trans, to Rousay.
Orkney, 22nd Sept. 1885.
WILLIAM GEORGE GREEN
M'LEAN, trans, from Poolewe and
adm. 11th March 1886 ; trans, to
Cullen 14th Feb. 1901.
WILLIAM M'HARDY, born Strathdon,
20th Jan. 1862, son of James M.
and Margaret Smith ; educated at
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1883), B.D. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen May 1886 ; assistant at Peter-
culter, Lossiemouth and Coats ; ord. 28th
June 1901.
1901
CRIMOND.
[The parish of Crimond was a prebend
of Aberdeen. A church built or repaired
in 1576 is now a ruin. The present edifice,
erected in 1812, was considerably renovated
in 1895. In the west end is a steeple con-
taining a clock gifted by James Laing of
Haddo and Streatham Hill, Surrey, a
native of the parish. The site is about
half a mile from the older building.]
GEORGE NESBIT, reader, 1567 to 1573.
lg67 He was probably the father or grand-
father of William N, who died 17th
Feb. 1697, and whose epitaph is in the
inside wall of the old church.
ARCHIBALD KEITH, brother
1573 of William K. of Ludquharn; adm.
to Logie, Fife, 1562 ; trans, to
Longley [St Fergus], 1567, with this parish
also in the charge; trans, to Peterugie
in 1571 ; trans, here and pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 19th Aug. 1573;
in 1574 Longley, Peterugie, and Cruden
were in the charge ; removed to Longley
between 1580 and 1585, but returned about
1591 ; died before 25th Feb. 1595. He
marr. Margaret Stewart, and had issue —
Samuel and George, charged with malicious
and deadly designs against the lieges of
Buchan and Mearns in 1586. — [Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Becords, ii., 67 ; Aberdeen
Hornings, iii., 55, 59, 78 ; Beg. of Deeds,
ccxxv., 24th June 1614; Antiquities of
Aberdeen and Banff, iv., 640.]
GEORGE CHALMER, adm. before
1596 1596 ; appears to have acted, 1597-8,
for Robert Howie, min. of Aberdeen;
was a regent in Marischal College; trans,
to Botarie [Cairney] before 1599.
JOHN GORDON, second son of Alex-
1597 an(^er *-*• °f Lesmoir, and Anne,
daugh. of Alexander Forbes of
Pitsligo ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (7th Aug. 1594); adm. before 30th
Nov. 1597, when he had a manse and
glebe designated; still min. 24th March
1621. He joined Sir Alexander Fraser of
Philorth in his scheme of establishing a
deer]
CRIMOND
213
Univ. at Fraserburgh. — [Douglas's Baron-
age, 31 ; Laing's Donean Tourist, 231 ;
Aberdeen Homings, iii., 55.]
WILLIAM HAY (primus), second
1628 son °^ -Alexander H. ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1623) ; adm. before 15th Nov. 1628 ;
burgess of Aberdeen 18th Feb. 1635 ; died
May 1653. He marr. and had issue — John
of Crimonmogate, apprenticed to John
Eonnold, merchant, Aberdeen, 11th Dec.
1644 ; William, min. of this parish ; Janet
(marr., cont. 11th Jan. 1661, William, eldest
son of John Hay of Cairnclobe) ; Christian
(marr., cont. 20th Dec. 1648, William
Mushet, min. of Slains); Alexander;
Francis, apprenticed to Thomas Noble,
merchant, Edinburgh, 2nd July 1662. —
[Aberdeenshire Sheriff-Court Records, ii.,
313; Slains Charters, 16th April 1646;
Banff Sas., 1629; Inq. Bet. Aberdeen, 346;
Aberdeen Sas., i. 69, v. 323, 349, vi. 546.]
WILLIAM HAY (secundus) of Crimon-
1655 mogate [which was sold in 1721],
son of preceding ; served heir 14th
July 1658 ; brought testimonials from
universities and churches in France, Univ.
of Saumur, and the Session of Kussificald,
where he had studied eight years'; adm. by a
Committee of Synod after 19th Oct. 1655 ;
pres. by Gilbert, Earl of Errol ; coll. in 1662.
He acquired the lands of Earnhill. In 1661
he sued Nathaniel Martin, min. of Peter-
head, for intruding John Stewart in his
place and uplifting the stipend for three
years ; died Feb. 1699. He marr. (cont.
2nd Sept. 1661) Margaret, daugh. of Peter
Meldrum of Thomastoun, and widow of
James Kamsay of Melrose, and had issue —
John, his heir; William of Crimonmogate;
and probably Thomas. — [Jnq. Bet. Aberdeen,
346; Nisbet's Heraldry, i., 188; Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Book, ii., 29; Aberdeen Sas., i.,
172 ; P. C. Beg., 3rd ser., i., 22, 23, 86, 87,
555.]
[JOHN STEWART, elder son of Walter
1655 ^' °^ Bogton of Carnowsie, Forglen ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1649); licen. by Presb. of
Deer 5th April 1654 ; called by the Presb.
(Protesters) jure devoluto 9th Nov., and
adm. at Deer 10th April 1655. The Synod,
22nd Oct. 1657, declared him "an un-
paralleled intruder at Crimond," and on
account of his misrepresentations to Crom-
well and the civil judicatures, deposed
him Oct. 1658, but the Protesters refused
to remove him. He dem. 20th April 1660
and preached occasionally at conventicles,
for which he was examined before a Com-
mittee of the Privy Council, 2nd Feb. 1685,
when he stated that he had not officiated
in the parish church for eighteen or nine-
teen years, but only in his own and private
houses. For this he was banished from His
Majesty's dominions and sent a prisoner
to Edinburgh Tolbooth. From there he
was removed to the Bass and confined till
his liberation 21st June 1686. Afterwards
min. at Elgin and at Urquhart (Elgin).
He marr. (cont. 13th Oct. 1657) Christian,
daugh. of John Arbuthnot of Cairnegall,
and had issue — Mary (marr. Alexander
Forbes, min. of Dyke); Elizabeth.]— [The
Bass Bock, 373 ; Banff Sas., viii., 120.]
THOMAS HAY, probably son of
William H. above mentioned ; adm.
before 1st April 1696. He was
marr. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 44.]
1696
1701
WILLIAM LAW, became schoolmaster
of Strichen 5th Oct. 1679 and a
preacher under Episcopacy ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 6th Feb. 1695 ; ord.
to Glenbuchat 4th Nov. 1697 ; called 26th
Jan., trans, and adm. 26th March 1701 ;
suspended by the Synod for teaching " that
virtue was more natural to the human mind
than vice," but this sentence was cancelled
next day. He demitted and set up an
Episcopal meeting-house before 5th Oct.
1710, accepting ordination from the bishop.
He afterwards removed to Aberdeen and
was deposed by Presb. of Ellon 29 th May
1717 for intruding at Slains.
JAMES LESLIE, M.A. ; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 11th Jan., and
ord. 24th Feb. 1709; trans, to St
Fergus 1st Oct. 1729.
1709
214
CRIMOND
[PKESB. OF
17SO
WILLIAM HAY (tertius); pres. by-
Andrew Hay of Montblairie in April,
and ord. (by Presb. with corres-
pondents appointed by Commission of
Assembly) 22nd Oct. 1730; trans, to Cruden
23rd Nov. 1743.
GEORGE BARTLET, trans, from
Footdee ; pres. by Thomas Buchan
of Auchmacoy in May, and adm. 9th
Aug. 1744; trans, to Second Charge, Old
Machar, 27th June 1747.
1744
1748
JAMES JOHNSTON, born 1714,
brother of William J., min. of
Monquhitter ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (28th March 1734) ;
pres. by Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy
Oct. 1747; ord. 4th Feb. 1748; died 9th
March 1796. He founded two bursaries at
King's College and left £100 to the Society
for Propagating Christian Knowledge. He
marr. 11th June 1751, Susanna (died at
Aberdeen, 27th Dec. 1799), daugh. of
William Forbes, min. of Tarves.
1797
WILLIAM BOYD, born 1760, son of
AVilliam B., Turriff; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1779); became schoolmaster of Turriff;
licen. by Presb. there 17th Feb. 1796 ; pres.
by the trustee for the creditors of James,
Earl of Errol, Aug. 1796 ; ord. 23rd March
1797; died 28th April 1839. He marr. 21st
April 1791, Janet (died 2nd Sept. 1846,
aged SO), daugh. of Robert Mackie, skinner
and deacon of the Incorporated Trades,
Aberdeen, and had issue — Penelope, born
21st Jan. 1792, died 18th April 1874;
Robert, planter, Java, born 4th March
1793 ; George Hay, born 19th June 1796 ;
William, M.A., born 17th March 1799, died
11th Aug. 1820 ; Isabel, born 11th Aug.
1802 (marr. Donald Mackay, Free Church
min., Echt); Alexander, min. of this parish.
ALEXANDER BOYD, born 11th March
1810, son of preceding; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1828) ; ord. 1st Jan. 1840 ; died 22nd Aug.
1854. He marr. 4th Sept. 1851, Christian
(died 27th Nov. 1884), only daugh. of Alex-
ander Fraser, M.D., of Sheddocksley, and
had issue — Christina Penelope, born 13th
Sept. 1852 ; Jessie, born 27th Dec. 1853.
ALEXANDER IRVINE, born Old
Aberdeen, 1805, son of Alexander
I., merchant, Aberdeen ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March
1822); licen. by Presb. there 4th May
1826 ; ord. to Dunnottar 20th Sept. 1827 ;
trans, to Peterhead 4th July 1844 ; trans,
and adm. 29th March 1855 ; D.D. (Aber-
deen, 8th March 1873); died 12th Jan.
1884. He marr. 18th Oct. 1827, Jessie
(died at Lonmay, 27th April 1888, aged 83),
daugh. of Peter Nicol, Aberdeen, and had
issue — Archibald Kennedy, M.D., Glasgow,
born 2nd Aug. 1828, died 2nd July 1903;
Anne Barbara, born 4th June 1830, died
at Moffat, 12th Feb. 1924; Patrick, solicitor,
Peterhead, born 2nd March 1832; Alex-
ander, commander B.I.S.N. Co. Service,
born 28th April 1834 ; Jessie Seymour,
born 26th July 1836, died 2nd Sept. 1887 ;
George Nicol, M.D., Glasgow, born 17th
March 1840 ; Mary Jane, born 5th July
1842 ; Thomas James, born 13th June
1846.
JOHN CALDER, born Durris, 11th Jan.
1R_0 1849, son of John C, farmer, Inch-
loan, Durris, and Helen Hogg ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1871) ;
assistant to Professor of Humanity, Aber-
deen ; ord. (assistant and successor) 14th
July 1880 ; died 9th Feb. 1909. He marr.
26th Sept. 1888, Margaret Williamson
(died 7th Nov. 1925), eldest daugh. of Peter
M'Laren, min. of Fraserburgh, and had
issue — Muriel, born 9th July 1889 (marr.
Donald Stewart Mackenzie, min. of Kil-
drummy); Enid, born 23rd May 1890;
Margaret Winifred, born 21st Jan. 1893 ;
John M'Laren, lieut. 13th Lancers, born
15th Dec. 1895; Hugh M'Laren Neville,
born 8th March 1903.
ROBERT TAYLOR MONTEITH, born
Elmbank, Abernethy, Perth, 22nd
Oct. 1881, son of Andrew M. and
Bathia Taylor ; educated at Perth Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1904),
1909
deer]
DEER
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B.D. (1907); ord. 8th July 1909. Marr.
9th April 1913, Grace, daugh. of George
Henderson, builder, Lintmill, Cullen, and
Agnes Duff.
DEER, or OLD DEER.
[The ancient church of Deer, whose ruins
still stand in the churchyard, was dedicated
to St Drostan. It belonged to the Abbey
of Deer. Near the church was St Drostan's
Well. The Celtic monastery of Deer was
founded by St Drostan, one of St Columba's
monks, who came from Iona to Buchan. It
was converted into St Mary's Cistercian
Abbey of Deer, founded here in 1218 by
William Comyn, first Earl of Buchan. Of
the Abbey buildings there is now very
little left. Ths remains of its church show
a building 157 feet long. There is a mission
chapel in the parish at Fetterangus.]
1567
GILBERT CHISHOLM, brother to
John O, doctor and surgeon to the
King ; was one of the conventual
brethren of the Cistercian Monastery at
Deer who adopted the principles of the
Reformation ; was min. in 1567, with
Foveran, Peterugie [Peterhead], and Longley
[St Fergus] in the charge ; pres. to parson-
age of Lonmay by James VI., 16th May
1569, and to parsonage and vicarage of
Rathen 28th Oct. that year. In 1574 his
charge was reduced to Deer, Fetterangus,
and Rathen, and in 1576 to the two former;
was still min. in 1585. He marr. Margaret
Buist, who marr. (2) Abraham Sibbald,
min. of this parish.
JOHN WARTLAIR, prebendar
1583 in 1583.
ABRAHAM SIBBALD of the family
of S. of Kair in the Mearns ; adm. to
Nigg before 1585 ; trans, and adm.
18th June 1586 ; was a member of As-
sembly, 1602, 1610, and 1616. At the
first of these he was appointed a commis-
sioner for visiting the bounds of Moray.
By that of 1606 he was appointed constant
Moderator of the Presb., and by the
Assembly, 29th July 1608, he was selected
to present a supplication to the King for the
1586
suppression of Popery, and for increasing
the influence of the true Protestant faith.
He was still min. June 1621, and died
before 1635. He contributed considerably
to the cost of his own church reparation,
as well as to that of Longside, upon the
belfry of which his initials and coat-of-
arms are inscribed. He marr. (1) before
1594, Margaret Buist, widow of Gilbert
Chisholm, min. of this parish : (2) 11th
Sept. 1607, Christian, daugh. of Peter
Blackburn, Bishop of Aberdeen. — [Tombst. ;
Aberdeen Sec. Reg. Sas., vi., 213.]
ALEXANDER MARTIN, brother of
James M., min. of Peterhead ; adm.
to Longside after 11th Nov. 1619 ;
trans, and adm. after June 1621, but first
mentioned on record 4th Feb. 1635 ; was a
member of Assembly 21st Nov. 1638, and
one of those " accounted eminent in his day
either for gifts, grace, faithfulness, or
success." He marr. and had issue — Major
James, served heir to his cousin, Alex-
ander M. of Strenere, M.D., 9th Oct.
1677.— [Inq. Ret. Gen. 6038.]
[THOMAS MARTIN, said by Spalding
to be one of a committee at Aberdeen,
19th June 1640, for prosecuting the non-
Covenanting ministers, but no doubt a
mistake for above.]
ROBERT KEITH, a relative (perhaps
1649 son) °^ Robert K., chamberlain
to the Earl Marischal ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1645);
became regent in Old College there ; adm.
before 2nd March 1649; advanced money
for the support of Nathaniel Gordon during
his imprisonment at St Andrews and for
his funeral, and was granted 100 dollars
in payment by Parliament in 1649. He
was appointed by Parliament 31st July
that year one of the Commission for visit-
ing the Univ. of Aberdeen. He joined the
Protesters in 1651 and was a corresponding
member with those of the Presb. of Lin-
lithgow, 1st June 1653, when they admitted
a minister for Linlithgow at Langlands ;
was named by the Council of England, 8th
Aug. 1654, for authorising admissions to
the ministry within the provinces north
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DEER
[PRESB. OF
of Angus. He acquired the estate of
Clackriach 15th April 1659 ; deprived for
non-conformity to Episcopacy in 1662;
died 19th March 1666. He is said to have
been one of the three members of the
Presb. known as the Triumviri of Deer,
the others being Nathaniel Martin, Peter-
head, and Duncan Forbes, New Pitsligo.
He marr. Euphemia Kinnear, who died
19th March 1664, and had issue — Jean
(marr. Patrick Strachan, clothier, Aber-
deen), heir to her father.— [Acts of Pari.,
vi., part ii., 227, 509, 704, 705 ; Wodrow's
Anal., iii., 125 ; P. R. Sas. Aberdeen, xx.,
414, 19th April 1659, 21st Aug. 1699.]
AETHUB EOSS, trans, from
Kinairney and adm. before 27th
Oct. 1663 ; trans, to Glasgow (South
Quarter) 15th Dec. 1664.
ALEXANDEE GAIEDYNE, son of
,___ George G., nun. of Clatt, born
about 1638 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1652) ; adm. to
Gartly before 2nd Oct. 1660 ; trans, and
adm. between 4th April and 18th Oct.
1665 ; still min. 4th July 1669. He marr.
Elizabeth Keith, and had issue — George. —
[Aberdeen Sas., v., 442.]
EOBEET BEUCE, M.A.; regent
16„. in Marischal College ; adm. before
July 1674, when he was a member
of the Eoyal Commission for Visiting
the College of Aberdeen ; trans, to Tron
parish, Edinburgh, 25th May 1681.
JOHN COCKBUEN, trans, from Udny,
,.„, and adm. before 7th Sept. 1681;
iool _ , '
trans, to Ormiston 13th June 1683.
GEOEGE KEITH, born about 1642,
son of John K., min. of Garvock ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1658) ; became schoolmaster
of Methlick ; licen. by Presb. of Ellon in
1667 ; adm. to Monkeggie [Keithhall]
in 1675 ; trans, and adm. in 1683 ; died
16th July 1710. He marr. (1) Mary, daugh.
of Eobert Browne, min. of Bourtie, and
had issue — William ; Margaret (marr. John
Leslie, nephew to Leslie of Wartle) ; Mary
(marr. Eiehard Maitland, min. of Nigg) :
(2) Sophia, daugh. of Alexander Eoss,
min. of Eathen, and had issue — Alexander,
sometime schoolmaster and afterwards
Episcopal min. at Cruden, author of The
View of the Diocese of Aberdeen (Coll.
Aberdeen and Banff [Spalding Club, 1843]),
born 22nd May 1695, died 27th Oct. 1763 ;
Giles (marr. George Irvine, dyer, Cruden.) —
[Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, i., 618; Mackay's
Cruden and its Ministers, 118.]
JOHN GOEDON, born about 1685, son
1)711 of John G., Provost of Aberdeen
(1706-7) ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1702-6 ; licen. by the Presb.
there 24th April 1710 ; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 20th Feb., and ord. (in the
Session - house at Aberdeen) 6th April
1711, the service in the parish having been
prevented by a hostile crowd : died between
21st Jan. and 25th Feb. 1718. He marr.
(1) Barbara, youngest daugh. of John
Gordon of Fechil : (2) 1717, Jean (survived
him, and marr. (2) James Leslie, min. of
Crimond), daugh. of Alexander Forbes of
Ludquharn, and had issue — Janet (marr.
James Walker, min. of Peterhead).
1719
JOHN FOEBES of Pitnacadel, Aber-
dour, born 1688, eldest son of James
F. of Pitnacadel (descended from
Forbes of Tolquhon); educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1707) ; became
schoolmaster of Alves ; licen. by Presb. of
Deer 20th March 1716; his trials were
delayed by an attempt of the Jacobites
to apprehend him ; ord. to Pitsligo 19th
Feb. 1717 ; called by the Presb.jw?-e devoluto
20th Nov. 1718; trans, and adm. 4th Feb.
1719; died 20th April 1769. "With a
manly figure, he possessed the literature of
the Scholar, the eloquence of the Preacher,
the accomplishment of the Gentleman.'1
His hostility to Episcopacy led the author
of Tullochgorum to satirise him in one of his
songs. He marr. 29th Jan. 1740, Margaret
(died s.p. 22nd April 1796), daugh. of
George Hay of Thorniebank. Publications
— The Eminent Character of a Judge or
Counsellor [Synod Sermon] (Edinburgh,
1731); The Lawful Use of the Late [Synod
Sermon] (Edinburgh, 1735); Some Scrip-
deer]
DEER
217
tural Hymns Selected from Stindry Passages
of Holy Writ, intended for the Church in
Secret or Society as may be thought agree-
able (Aberdeen, 1757) [long known in
Buchan as " Pitnycadell's Psalms," the
volume is now very rare and its title is
frequently misquoted]. Said erroneously
to be author of the song, " Nae Dominies
for me, Laddie," which was written by
Nathaniel M'Kie, min. of Crossmichael. —
[Tombst. ; Scot. Notes and Queries, ii. 26,
xii. 180 ; Lawson's A Book of the Parish
of Deir, 56-66.]
CHAELES KEAY, pres. by George III.
1769 12th July, and ord. 14th Deo. 1769 ;
trans, to Coupar- Angus 18th May
1779.
BASIL ANDEESON, born Selkirk,
j™- about 1750 ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk 12th July 1774; pres. by
George III. 28th May, and ord. 25th Nov.
1779; died unmarr. 16th June 1797. He
was notorious for his irrelevant and dis-
connected quotation of scriptural texts.
A collection of these was published under
the title of The Beauties of St Basil. —
[Davidson's Old Aberdeenshire Ministers,
143.]
JOHN CEAIGIE, born 1741, son of
17__ Charles 0., Towie ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1761); licen. by Presb. of Alford 21st
Jan. 1767; ord. to St Fergus 20th Oct.
1773 ; pres. by George III. 1st Aug. 1797 ;
trans, and adm. 1st March 1798 ; died 9th
Oct. 1821. He marr. 19th April 1774,
Mary Burnett, who died 12th Jan. 1828,
and had issue — James, born 17th Feb.
1775, died 31st Dec. 1780; Annie, born
16th April 1776 (marr. 21st Sept. 1808,
Peter Kobertson, merchant, Aberdeen,
and had issue — James Craigie E., M.A.,
born 1813, Canon of Canterbury, historian,
and Professor of Church History at King's
College, London, died 1882); William, born
21st Feb. 1778, died 7th Jan 1811 ; John,
lieut. 6th Native Cavalry, Bengal, born
14th Oct. 1780, died 7th Jan. 1811;
Jonathan (twin), M.A., surgeon, born 14th
Oct. 1780, died 1810 ; Elizabeth, born
27th July 1783; James Forbes, M.A.,
major H.E.I.C.S., born 23rd Dec. 1787,
died 29th March 1875 ; Mary, born 10th
Oct. 1797 (marr. 22nd July 1819, Dr
Williamson, physician). Publication —
Account of St Fergus (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xv.). — [Old Aberdeenshire Ministers,
137 ; Lawson's Deir, 67 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1822
JOHN MOEEISON, born 1782, son of
William M., Newmill, Keith; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1st April 1806); licen. by
Presb. of Aberlour 22nd Aug. 1811; became
schoolmaster at Eothiemay and tutor at
Arndilly ; pres. by George IV. 27th Dec.
1821 ; ord. 4th July 1822 ; died unmarr.
6th June 1854. He bequeathed a sum of
money towards the erection of Ardallie
as a -parish. Publications— Two Sermons
on the Relative and Social Duties (Aber-
deen, 1845) ; Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Lawson's Deir, 69.]
JAMES PETEE, born 1st Aug. 1823,
lag. son of John P., farmer, Canterland,
St Cyrus, factor to the Earl of
Kintore, and Barbara, daugh. of Charles
Barclay of Knockleith ; educated at
Gordon's College and Marischal College ;
M.A. (1843) ; became schoolmaster of
Foveran ; licen. by Presb. of Ellon ;
assistant at Glenbervie, Monymusk, and
in this parish ; pres. by Queen Victoria
25th July, and ord. 29th Nov. 1854; died
unmarr. 15th Aug. 1886. He was an
antiquary and lover of art, and one of the
most devoted of parish ministers. Publica-
tions— The Peat Mosses of Buchan (Aber-
deen, 1875) ; " Notes on an Oaken Spade
found in a Moss at Cruden" (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xi., 1876); "Notes on Some
Stone Instruments from Aberdeenshire"
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvi., 1882); "Notes
of Stone Circles in Old Deer" (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., xix., 1885). — [Lawson's
Deir, 71.]
GEOEGE ANDEEW JOHNSTON,
M.A., B.D. ; ord. 3rd March 1887 ;
188,7 dep. 23rd May 1892 [afterwards min.
of Grange].
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DEER— FETTERANGUS— NEW DEER
[PEESB. OF
ALEXANDER LAWSON, born 18th
Sept. 1852, only son of Alexander
L., Low Valleyfield, Culross, and
Catherine MacQuarrie; educated at
Geddes School, Culross, and Univs.
of St Andrews M.A. (1874), B.D. (1877),
and Heidleberg ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 31st Jan. 1877 ; assistant
to Professor' Thomas Spencer Baynes,
L.L.D., that year ; assistant at St
Michael's, Dumfries, 1877-9, Maxwell,
Glasgow, 1879-82 ; ord. to Second Charge,
Elgin, 21st Sept. 1882 ; trans, and adm.
jure devoluto 12th Oct. 1893; res. 11th
Nov. 1898 on being app. to Berry Chair
of English Literature, Univ. of St
Andrews, 29th Oct. 1898; Dean of the
Faculty of Arts, 1902-7; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1905) ; Convener of Assembly's
Committee on Probationers ; died at
Edinburgh, 25th Jan. 1921. He marr. 27th
Dec. 1882, Elizabeth Laing Stewart (s.p.),
adopted daugh. of Thomas Hindmarsh,
Heiton, Roxburghshire. Publications —
Letters on Golf (Aberdeen, 1889) ; A
Book of the Parish of Deir (Aberdeen,
1896) ; Poems of Alexander Hume (edited
for Scottish Text Society, 1902) ; King's
Quair (1910); "The Abbey of Deer" {The
Booh of Buchan, Peterhead, 1910) ; St
Andrews Treasury of Scottish Verse
(London, 1920). Contributions to various
journals (1883-97).
ROBERT SANGSTER KEMP, born
18g9 Denmill, Peterculter, 6th Dec. 1862,
son of James K., farmer, and Eliza-
beth Mestan ; educated at Craigton School,
Peterculter, Grammar School, and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1882), B.D. (1885);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May 1885 ;
assistant at West Church, Aberdeen ; ord.
to Insch 9th May 1888; trans, and adm.
23rd Feb. 1899; D.D. (Aberdeen 1924).
Marr. 5th June 1903, Helen Gordon
(died s.p. 9th Jan. 1918), daugh. of John
Black, LL.D., Professor of Humanity,
Aberdeen, and Ann, daugh. of Dr
Strahan, Gordon's Hospital. Publication —
Historical Notes on the Parish of Insch
to the End of the Seventeenth Century
(Banff, 1895).
FETTERANGUS.
[The church built about 1120, prior to
the Reformation, belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. The parish was united to Deer
before 12th Oct. 1618.]
DAVID ROBERTSON, elected to
15g_ Fetterangus and Inverugie, 1599 ;
was min. till the incorporation of
parish with Deer.— [P. C. Reg., vii, 100.]
NEW DEER, of old
AUCHREDDY.
[The parish of Auchreddy was disjoined
from Deer in 1622. It was at first placed
in the Presb. of Turriff but was ere long
annexed to that of Deer.]
JOHN BROWN, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1610-14 ; pres.
July 1619 ; coll. 15th, and inst. 25th
June 1620 ; still min. 22nd Feb. 1621.
1620
1626
WILLIAM JAFFRAT, M.A. ; adm.
before 10th May 1626; trans, to
Kinedward after 29th July 1646.
1650
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, adm.before
2nd May 1650 ; dep. by the Presb.
as a Public Resolutioner, 4th Oct.
1653, for "unedifying doctrine, inabilitie
in discipline, excessive drinking, swearing,
lying, profanation of the Lord's Day by
drinking with people in the brewster-
houses of the town from house to house
after sermon, under pretence of visiting
the houses," and seven other charges. He
had a grant from Parliament out of the
vacant stipends in 1661 on account of his
sufferings. — [Acts of Pari., vii., App. 23 ;
P. C. Decreta.]
GILBERT CLERK, educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (30th July
1646) ; licen. by Presb. of Deer 23rd
June 1652 ; called 22nd Jan., and adm.
(at house of Meikle-Auchreddy owing to
opposition) 13th April 1654 ; was still min.
12th Oct. 1680. He marr. Jean Clerk, who
survived him, and had issue — Mary; Janet;
Jean.
1654
deee]
NEW DEER
219
1682
DAVID SIBBALD, born 1651; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (9th July 1668) ; adm. between
24th April and 17th Sept. 1682 ; died 15th
May 1706. He marr. 2nd Oct. 1683,
Elizabeth Sibbald, and had issue — Marjorie
(marr. John Angus, min. of Kinnellar) ;
Elizabeth (marr. Abraham Taylor, ship-
master; Catherine; Christian (marr. (1)
James Brockie, shipmaster : (2) Alexander
Sellar, shipmaster). — [Collect. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 405; Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii.,
22; Tombst]
JOHN WEBSTEK, M.A.; trans, from
1707 Fetteresso, called 23rd Jan., and
adm. 29th April 1707; trans, to
Cruden 27th April 1720.
GEOKGE MATE, born about 1699, son
1722 °^ George M-» min> °f Tulliallan,
and brother of Thomas M., min. of
Orwell ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
3rd Jan., and ord. 21st March 1722 ; died
13th April 1736. He marr. 18th April
1723, Margaret, daugh. of William Lindsay
of Culsh, and had issue — an only son,
William, who joined the Associate Presb.
when a student (21st Oct. 1740)and became
min. of Associate Congregation at Muck-
hart, author of Lectures on the First Four
Chapters of Matthew (1781), born 1724,
died 17th Feb. 1780.— [Small's Hist, of
U.P. Congs., i., 381.]
1737
WILLIAM TAYLOK, born about 1708 ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; MA. (1728); licen. by Presb.
of Turriff 28th April 1736; called 15th
Sept. that year ; ord. 9th Feb. 1737 ; died
29th April 1797. He marr. 27th Dec. 1737,
Christian Gordon, and had issue — Mary,
born 6th Nov. 1738 (marr. Andrew Young-
son, min. of Aberdour) ; George, born
7th Oct. 1739 ; Alexander, born- 5th Nov.
1741 ; John of Blackhouse, W.S., born 5th
Nov. 1744, died 30th Jan. 1810; Hugh,
min. of this parish.
HUGH TAYLOK, bom 8th May 1747,
son of preceding ; educated at
1778 Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1766) ; licen. by Presb. of Deer 8th May
1771 ; pres. by George III. 13th March,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 1st Dec.
1773; died unmarr. 4th July 1831. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ix.).
JAMES WELSH, born Blackhall Close,
18S0 Brechin, 1790, son of James W. ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (30th March 1807); licen. by
Presb. of Ellon 1st July 1812; became a
teacher in Aberdeen Academy ; pres. by
William IV. in Aug., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 2nd Dec. 1830 ; died 25th March
1872, "a grave, learned, and pious man."
He marr. 19th July 1819, Isabella (born
15th Nov. 1796, died 7th June 1848), daugh.
of Donald Munro, Alness, and had issue —
Bachel, born 31st May 1820, died unmarr. ;
Joanna, born 15th Aug. 1821 (marr. James
Cruden, min. of Gamrie) ; Isabella, born
6th April 1823 (marr. James Wilson, min.
of Aberdour) ; James Bonald, born 5th
Oct. 1824, died 2nd Dec. 1825; Robert,
born 1st Sept. 1826, died 6th April 1830;
Catherine, born 22nd Feb. 1828, died
unmarr. ; Elizabeth Crombie, born 23rd
Jan. 1830, died 10th Jan. 1831 ; Eliza, born
5th Aug. 1832, died 20th May 1855. Publi-
cations— Elementary Treatise on Algebra
(Aberdeen, 1823) ; An Introduction to
Geography, Astronomy, etc (Aberdeen,
1823); Hamilton's Arithmetic, enlarged and
improved (Aberdeen, 1826). — [Henderson's
Epitaphs, 404 ; Black's Brechin, 288.]
JOHN WALLACE, born 1835, son of
-_„„ Jasper W., gardener, Kincaple, Fife,
and Elizabeth Archibald, and brother
of Robert W., D.D., M.P., and of William
W., LL.D., editor of The Glasgow Herald ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; ord.
to Portobello 28th Feb. 1862; dem. 28th
May 1866; pres. by Queen Victoria 22nd
April, and adm. 18th July 1872 ; died 26th
Dec. 1875. He marr. Jessie Glenday, who
marr. (2) 27th Dec. 1883.
[WILLIAM BRUCE, min. of Portlethen;
was elected to this charge, but being
then under suspension his appointment
was not sustained. This occasioned much
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NEW DEER— FRASERBURGH
[PRESB. OF
dissatisfaction amongst many of his sup-
porters, who left the church and set up a
Congregational chapel in the parish. A
vacancy of nearly four years followed.]
GEOKGE FORBES INNES PHILIP,
18„9 born 1833, son of Thomas P., school-
master, Grange and Portsoy ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1854) ; became schoolmaster of Inver-
keithny ; missionary at Ythan Wells ; ord.
to Skene 12th March 1868; trans, to St
Clement's, Aberdeen, 12th Oct. 1870 ; app.
by the Presb. jure devoluto 7th April 1877 ;
trans, and adm. (after much litigation) 27th
March 1879 ; died at Cults 21st April 1900.
His zeal, kindliness of heart, and ability
as a preacher, smoothed many difficulties
and won the hearts of the people who had
been divided in opinion and embittered
during the protracted vacancy. He marr.
6th Jan. 1858, Barbara (died 14th March
1903), eldest daugh. .of Peter Morrison,
banker, London, and had issue — Thomas,
merchant, Cape Town, born 4th Nov. 1858 ;
Alfred Morrison, min. of Avoch, born
27th March 1860 ; William Marshall, C.E.,
Johannesburg, born 7th Dec. 1861 ; George
Davenport, missionary of Episcopal Church,
Chanda, India, born 13th Nov. 1863, died
at Cults, Aberdeen, 15th July 1925 ; James
Porter, M.D., Morpeth, born 15th Oct.
1865 ; John Anderson, M.A., rector of St
Mary's Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir, and
canon of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth,
born 18th Nov. 1870.
WILLIAM ADAMS, born Nethermuir,
1897 ^ew 'Deer' 21st Nov- 1869> son of
William A. and Agnes Mutch ; edu-
cated at Eora School, Grammar School
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1890), B.D.
(1895) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen Nov.
1895 ; was classical master at Hermitage
School, Bath, and Birkenhead College ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 22nd July 1897,
died 16th Feb. 1924. He marr. 16th June
1898, Jeannie Russell, daugh. of James
Cheves, Middleton of Rora, Longside, and
had issue— Ethel Mary, born 9th June 1899,
died 19th Aug. 1906.
1924
MATTHEW WELSH NEILSON, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from St Matthew's,
Dundee (g.v.), and adm. (assistant
and successor) 16th May 1924.
FRASERBURGH, of old
PHILORTH.
[The church of Philorth was dedicated
to St Medan. Philorth was a prebend of
Aberdeen. In 1571 the church of the
parish was removed from Philorth to
Faithlie, which is now called Fraserburgh.
Fairs of St John the Baptist and St
Michael were held at Philorth. There is
a mission chapel within the bounds at
Techmuiry.]
DAVID BRADIE [or BRODIE], reader
1567 from 1567 to 1574.
DAVID HOWESON, trans, from Gamrie
ls76 in 1576, with Aberdour and Tyrie
in the charge ; app. by the Assembly
in 1579 joint-commissioner for Rayne and
Buchan, with the heights of Mar and
Garioch, and 1580 for Angus and Mearns ;
trans, to Aberdour about 1597.
DAVID RATTRAY, formerly of
Bervie ; adm. in 1593; dem. in 1596
[afterwards min. of Cruden.]
CHARLES FERME [or FAIRHOLM],
born in the neighbourhood of Edin-
burgh in 1567 ; described in a manu-
script of Thomas Crawford, as " a man of
obscure parentage," and "brought up by
Alexander Guthrie, Town Clerk " ; educated
at the Grammar School and Univ. of
Edinburgh, where he was one of Principal
Rollock's first students ; M.A. (1587) ; was
assistant to Rollock as regent of Philosophy,
1590-8; in 1596, and again in 1597 he declined
calls to the proposed Second Charge at
Haddington ; app. min. of this parish in
1598 ; app. by the General Assembly which
met at Montrose, 18th March 1600, as master
or principal of a college founded at Fraser-
burgh by Sir Alexander Fraser of Philorth.
This college was never actually opened for
students, and though building was begun,
it was not completed. There is no con-
temporary notice, direct or indirect, of any
1598
deer]
FRASERBURGH
221
student, and the arrangement by which
the ministers of Crimond, Rathen, and
Tyrie were to act as regents under Farme,
appears never to have been carried out.
The recent founding of Marischal College,
the remote situation of Fraserburgh, the
lack of endowments, and, perhaps, most
of all, the troubles of the time, prevented
the realisation of Fraser's generous and
enlightened scheme. F. vigorously opposed
the reconstitution of Episcopacy. He
denounced the appointment, in Oct. 1600,
of Peter Blackburn as Bishop of Aberdeen
with a vote in Parliament. In Feb. 1605
he appeared before the Privy Council along
with John Forbes to answer for their
excommunication of Lord Huntly. He
attended the Assembly which met at
Aberdeen on 2nd July 1605, contrary to
the King's wish. For this he was im-
prisoned, 3rd Oct. that year, in Doune
Castle, Perthshire, at his own expense.
On 24th Oct. he was summoned before the
Council but refused to own its authority
in matters spiritual. He succeeded in
escaping, but was again cited for 24th Feb.
1607, and having appeared on 20th May,
again escaped for four days, during which
he lay hid in Edinburgh. He was once
more captured at Doune, after which he
was transferred to the Isle of Bute, where
he passed nearly three years in prison. He
had the stipend of Fraserburgh in 1607,
but not that of 1608. After 1609 he was
restored to his parish, where he discharged
his duties with great fervour and devotion,
spite of much bodily suffering brought on
by incessant study and toil, until his death
on 24th Sept. 1617. He was buried in
the church. He has been described as a
"Tydeus in body and a Hercules in spirit."
He marr. and had issue — Agnes (marr.
Andrew M'Culloch of Glastullich, Provost
of Tain). Publication — Analysis Logica
in Epistolam Apostoli Pauli ad Romanos
(Edinburgh, 1651). This work, originally
published by Principal Adamson, was
translated by William Skae, M.A., and
edited with a Life by William Lindsay
Alexander, D.D., Edinburgh (Wodrow Soc,
1850). F. left a second M.S., Lectiones in
Esteram (Lessons on the Book of Esther),
but this has been lost. — [P. C. Reg., vii.,
58 et seq. ; Melvill's Autob., 573, 598, 616 ;
Scottish Antiquary, v., 60 ; Selections from
Wodroiv's Biog. Coll., edited by Robert
Lippe, lxxvii.-lxxix., 270-81 (New Spalding
Club); Calderwood's Hist., vi. 292, 342,
445 ; vii. 21 ; Grub's Eccles. Hist, of Scot.,
ii., 278 ; Notes and Queries, 7th ser., ii.,
190; Aberdeen Sas., ii. 127, 129, vi. 363.]
WILLIAM FORBES, regent in King's
1618 College, Aberdeen; adm. to Kin-
bathock (Towie), 1596 ; was a member
of the Assembly at Aberdeen 2nd July
1605, which met contrary to royal wish.
For this he was imprisoned at Blackness
and at Stirling Castle, and on 23rd Oct.
was ordered to be sent to Shetland. He
refused to go to the latter place, and on 2nd
July 1607, was confined to his own parish and
prohibited from attending Church courts ;
pres. here by Alexander Fraser of Fraser-
burgh 4th Nov. 1618 ; was on Royal Com-
missions 21st March 1619 and 20th Nov.
1623, for visiting the Univ. of Aberdeen,
and a member of Assembly 12th Aug.
1639. He marr. Barbara, daugh. of Arthur
Forbes, younger son of Patrick F. of Corse,
and had issue — Arthur, min. of this
parish. — [Lumsden's House of Forbes, 21 ;
Acts, of Pari., v., 153 ; P. R. Sas., Aberdeen,
vi., 247, 363 ; Acts and Deeds, ccclvi., 390.]
JOHN HAY, educated at King's Col-
1642 lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1618); adm.
to Rafford after 13th April 1624;
trans, and adm. before 4th Oct. 1642 ;
dem. June 1650. He was the author of a
censure on the Service Book, which the
General Assembly, 7th Dec. 1738, thought
should be printed with others on that
subject. He marr. before 26th Oct. 1625,
Harriet Stewart, widow of Alexander
Rawson, min. of Spynie.
ARTHUR FORBES, son of William F.,
les_ min. of this parish ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1636);
adm. to Pitsligo about 1640 ; trans, to
Innerwick 19th July 1646 ; trans, and adm.
by appointment of Synod, the Presb. con-
ceiving him to be " of too sweet a nature
for so perverse a people," 27th June 1652 ;
222
FRASERBURGH
[PEESB. OF
is styled parson of Turriff, March 1663 ;
died in Edinburgh 24th Aug. 1663, aged
about 48. He marr. Anna Copland. — ■
[Canongate Burial Reg. ; Aberdeen Sas.,
i. 367, ii. 250.]
JAMES MOORE, born 1631 ; educated
1666 a* King's College, Aberdeen ; became
tutor to Alexander, Lord Fyvie;
ord. to Eathen 7th Sept. 1659 ; trans, and
coll. 29th July 1666; adm. before 17th
April 1667 ; died 23rd March 1703. [His
tombstone says he was min. here " for the
space of 44 years,1' but this is an error.
His ministry lasted 44 years in all.] He
marr. Margaret (died 31st May 1717), only
daugh. of Alexander Crawford in Rathen,
and had issue — Elizabeth, died 28th June
1710; Margaret, died 4th March 1686;
Helen, died 9th Sept. 1688; Isobel, died
4th Jan. 1710 ; Alexander, his successor. —
[Tombst.; Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 100;
Cranna's Fraserburgh, 93 ; Henderson's
Epitaphs, 253.]
ALEXANDER MOORE, son of pre-
.„.„ ceding; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1681) ; became
assistant to his father ; intruded after
1703 ; died 20th April 1717, aged about 56.
Bishop Keith says of him, he was "the
best of men I ever saw."
ALEXANDER AUCHINLECK, licen.
1707 by Presb. of Ellon 17th May 1706;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto
3rd Dec. that year ; ord. (amid great
opposition) 4th Feb. 1707 ; died 11th Sept.
1753. He marr. 24th Aug. 1709, Elizabeth
(died 17th Jan. 1767), eldest daugh. of
James Fraser of Tyrie, and had issue —
Agnes, born 24th Aug. 1710 (marr. Thomas
Anderson, min. of Aberdour); Elizabeth,
born 22nd March 1714; George, born 1719,
died 2nd July 1733. — [Collect. Aberdeen and
Banff; Tombst. ; Cranna's Fraserburgh,
101-10 [where a full account is given of
A.'s settlement.]
ALEXANDER FRASER, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1st April 1741); licen. by the
Presb. 6th May 1747; pres. by George,
Lord Saltoun, 31st Dec. 1753; ord. 19th
June 1754 ; died 17th Aug. 1779, aged
about 58. He marr. 15th April 1755,
Jean (died 2nd Nov. 1816), third daugh.
of Andrew Arbuthnot of Broadland, and
had issue — Margaret, born 5th Dec. 1758,
died 5th June 1769 ; Eleanor, born 7th
July 1760.
1780
ALEXANDER SIMPSON, born 1740 ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; MA. (1763) ; licen. by the
Presb. of Deer 23rd Oct. 1765; pres. by
George, Lord Saltoun, in Jan., and ord.
22nd June 1780; died 21st July 1814. He
marr. 1st June 1786, Rachel (died at Loch-
head, Aberdeen, 18th Aug. 1819), daugh.
of Alexander Scroggs, merchant, Aberdeen,
and had issue— George Alexander, min. of
Tyrie, born 30th April 1787; Alexander
Fraser, born 16th May 1789, died in Jamaica
24th July 1834; William of Glenythan,
advocate, Procurator - Fiscal, Aberdeen,
born 9th April 1791, died 20th Nov.
1858; Simon, born 22nd March 1793,
died in Jamaica 5th Jan. 1825; Eleanora,
born 1 1 th Aug. 1802. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi., xxi.).
— [Tombst. ; Dingwall Fordyce Record, ii.,
xv. ; Cranna's Fraserburgh, 119.]
JOHN CUMMING, born Kilmarnock,
1815 1773, youngest son of William C,
provost ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 9th
June 1795 ; assistant at Dundee ; librarian
at Glasgow ; pres. by Alexander George,
Lord Saltoun, Nov. 1814; ord. 6th April
1815 ; died unmarr. at Cove, Dunbarton-
shire, 26th Jan. 1857. He recounted
with great pride a meeting with Robert
Burns during a holiday in Ayrshire. The
poet's intellectual face and especially the
brilliancy of his eyes were so striking that
he could never forget them. Publication
—Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace,
xii.).— [Cranna's Fraserburgh, 121.]
JOHN LOCKHART, born Campsie,
1846 1"94' only son of J°^n L-> inn-
keeper ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1814); licen. by Presb.
deer]
FRASERBURGH
223
of Glasgow 12th Jan. 1826; min. of
Blacket Street Church, Newcastle, 1826-43 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1838); adm. (assistant and
successor) to this charge in 1846 ; dep. by
the General Assembly in 1852 ; apparently
reponed and became min. of the Scots
Church, Hexham, 1855-9 ; res. and resided
in Newcastle, where he died 13th Feb.
1870. He marr. Jane Oliver (died 4th
Feb. 1837), and had issue — Jane, buried
at Hexham ; and two others. — [Tombstone
in Westgate Hill Cemetery, Newcastle ;
Cranna's Fraserburgh, 123.]
1853
JOHN STORIE, born 1828, eldest
son of James S., Renfrewshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 2nd March
1853 ; died (after prolonged ill-health)
14th Oct. 1860. He marr. 22nd Nov. 1855,
Jane, second daugh. of Lewis Chalmers,
bailie of Fraserburgh (she marr. (2) 10th
June 1868), and had issue — James Gillies,
born 27th Nov. 1856, died at Fochabers,
17th Dec. 1872 ; Lewisa Kelman, born
27th Nov. 1857 ; Day Macdowall, born
1861, died on s.s. Orient on voyage from
Sydney, 3rd Jan. 1882. — [Aberdeenshire
Inscriptions, 254.]
1861
PETER M'LAREN, born Ardoch, 2nd
Aug. 1824, son of John M. and
Agnes Finlayson ; educated at
Hamilton Place Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1851 ; assistant at Dairy, Ayrshire ; ord.
to Newark, Port Glasgow, 15th Sept. 1852 ;
trans, and adm. 16th May 1861 ; died
suddenly at Lochs, Lewis, 1st Aug. 1887,
while serving on a Commission appointed
by the General Assembly. He was a man
of great force of character, fearless and
outspoken in debate, and an indefatigable
pastor. In 1866, when an outbreak of
cholera occurred in the town, he was
almost the only person, besides the doctors,
to visit those who were attacked by the
disease. He moved calmly from house
to house, comforted the dying, coffined the
dead, helped to bury them, acted as nurse
to those who were recovering, while the
widows and orphans became his special
care. What he did at that time will
remain a tradition for years in the parish.
He marr. 10th Nov. 1857, Jane (born 7th
March 1834, died 30th April 1885), eldest
daugh. of Captain Robert Glasgow of Port
Glasgow and Margaret Williamson, and
had issue — Margaret Williamson, born 30th
Dec. 1860 (marr. John Calder, min. of
Crimond) ; Agnes Finlayson, born 25th
Sept. 1862 (marr. James Stewart Davidson,
Aberdeen) ; Janet Drummond, born 8th
Oct. 1872 (marr. Roger Stewart Davidson,
min. of Kinfauns). — [Cranna's Fraser-
burgh (portrait), 123-7 ; Gammie's Church
Life in Fraserburgh ; Dr Mair's My Life,
150.]
1888
MICHAEL PATRICK MAXWELL
JOHNSTONE, born 2nd Aug.
1849, son of Michael Shaw Stewart
J., D.D., min. of Monigaflf, and maternal
grandson of Admiral M'Kerlie, who fought
under Nelson at Trafalgar; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1870), B.D.
(1873) ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown Nov.
1873 ; assistant at Liberton and Greenside,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Cadzow 19th April
1877 ; trans, and adm. 5th July 1888 ; res.
22nd July 1919 ; died at Murrayfield, Edin-
burgh, 28th Dec. 1923. He marr. 19th July
1893, Margaret Ranken (s.p.), eldest daugh.
of Alexander Beveridge, solicitor, Kirk-
caldy.— [Cranna's Fraserburgh, 127-9.]
WILLIAM NEIL SUTHERLAND,
1919 born Kalimpong, India, 10th Aug.
1888, son of William Summers S.,
D.D., missionary of Church of Scotland,
India ; educated at George Watson's Col-
lege and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1910) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 12th April
1914; assistant at St Giles, Edinburgh;
served in European War ; major R.F.A.,
M.C. ; ord. 17th Dec. 1919. Marr. 8th
May 1914, Eugenie Florence Natalie, daugh.
of Albert Bach and Marie Pflieger Bach,
and has issue — Marie Jean Rutherford,
born 2nd Sept. 1915; Neil, born 12th
June 1920 ; William Bernhard, born 30th
Oct. 1921.
224
WEST FRASERBURGH— INVERALLOCHY [pkesb. of
WEST FRASERBURGH (Q.S.).
[The church was opened on Oct. 1876.
The West Parish of Fraserburgh was dis-
joined from Fraserburgh on 19th March
1877.]
1877
THOMAS GODFKEY ROGERS, born
Belfast, 1822, son of John R.,
D.D., min. of Comber Presbyterian
Church, Ireland, Professor of Sacred
Bhetoric, and Mary Smith ; educated at
Univs. of Edinburgh and Oxford ; B.A. ;
ord. 30th April 1877; died suddenly at
Harrogate, 20th Sept. 1890. He marr. 1st
June 1877, Margaret Elizabeth (died 30th
Sept. 1925), daugh. of George Bitchie, D.D.,
min. of Jedburgh ; she survived him and
marr. (2) 1st Oct. 1892, Robert Tenison
Braithwaite. — [Cranna's Fraserburgh,
143-4.]
GEORGE WAUCHOPE STEWART,
1891 M.A., B.D.; ord. 12th Feb. 1891;
trans, to Rosemount, Aberdeen, 25th
Sept. 1901.
JAMES ALFRED STOKES LITTLE,
born Greenock, 16th May 1865, son
1902 0£ james l^ shipowner, and Anna
Jeffcott Stokes; educated privately and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1885) ; licen. by
Presb. of Deer in 1902; teacher in Ayr
Academy ; assistant at St John's, Glasgow,
and at Dunblane; missionary at Dennis-
toun, Glasgow ; ord. 13th Feb. 1902 ; died
18th Dec. 1914. He marr. 20th June 1902,
Gloriana Maxwell Gordon, daugh. of
David Millar, D.D., min. of St John's,
Glasgow. Publication — Salt and Peace
and ■ Other Sermons (London, 1903). —
[Cranna's Fraserburgh, 145.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, M.A.; ord. 5th
May 1915 ; trans, to Kingston,
1915 Glasgow, 10th Oct. 1916.
JOHN HUTCHEON WILLIAMS,
born Aberdeen, 26th Jan. 1888, son
1917 of Alexander M. W. and Catherine
B. M. Hutcheon ; educated at Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1910);
1853
student assistant at Bellahouston, 1910-12 ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 24th April
1912 ; assistant at St Andrew's, Buenos
Aires, 1912-15, Robertson Memorial Parish,
Edinburgh, 1915-17; ord. 5th April 1917.
Marr. 31st July 1918, Margot (died 1st
Sept. 1921), daugh. of Robert Southam of
Belgrano, Buenos Aires, and Alice Nowell,
and has issue — Esmeralda Southam, born
14th May 1919 ; Alexander Malcolm, born
24th Aug. 1921, died 7th Jan. 1922.
INVERALLOCHY (Q.S.).
[The parish of Inverallochy was disjoined
from Rathen on 16th March 1864.]
CHARLES OGG, born 1793, son of
Alexander O., Cluny ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1814) ; schoolmaster at Banchory-Ternan ;
app. missionary here in 1848 ; ord. 23rd Feb.
1853; adm. first min. of the parish 20th
April 1864 ; died at Aberdeen, 19th May
1878. He marr. 18th Dec. 1830, Christian
(died 28th Aug. 1883, aged 73), daugh. of
Charles Simmers of Summerfield, Aber-
deen, and had issue — Charles Simmers,
M.A., min. of St Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Wellington, New Zealand, born
10th April 1832, died 21st Aug. 1905;
Janet, born 25th Dec. 1833 (marr. George
Middleton, engineer, Colombo, Ceylon),
died 12th Feb. 1877; Elsy Julia, born
15th Jan. 1838, died unmarr. at Aberdeen,
7th Jan. 1912 ; Alexander, born 23rd Jan.
1842, died while a student 1st Jan. 1861 ;
Mary Burnett, born 26th Dec. 1844 (marr.
25th Jan. 1873, George Lawrance, master
mariner), died 16th March 1923; Helen,
born 23rd June 1847 (marr. George Lee
Ritchie, master mariner) ; Margaret, born
26th Aug. 1850 (marr. 30th Dec. 1875,
John Lawrance), died 18th June 1892 ;
Christina Nicol (marr. 8th Dec. 1859,
Charles A. Mollyson, North of Scotland
Bank, Aberdeen, author of The Parish
of Fordoun). Publication — Banchory -
Ternan Sixty Years Ago (Aberdeen, 1870).
— [Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries,
vii., 220.]
deer]
INVERALLOCHY— KININMONTH
225
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, born Alva,
1875 1840; ord. to Kigg-of -Gretna U.P.
Church, 11th April 1871 ; dem. 26th
Nov. 1872 ; adm. by the General Assembly
in 1873 ; adm. here (assistant and successor)
11th March 1875; drowned 20th July 1881,
when out on a pleasure sail on the Gareloch
with four gentlemen friends and Josephine
M'llraith, daugh. of the min. of Erskine,
to whom he was to have been married the
following week; all the party perished. —
[Small's Hist, of U.P. Congs., i., 64.]
1881
DUNCAN MACGEEGOE, born Fort
Augustus, 18th Sept. 1854, son
of Alexander M., schoolmaster (a
notable Gaelic scholar), and Jamesanna
MacKinnon ; educated at Parish School,
Dunnichen, Forfarshire, and Univ. of Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May
1877 ; missionary at Drumoak, Kincardine
O'Neil, North Isles, Orkney, and Gardens-
town ; ord. 15th Dec. 1881 ; died 8th Oct.
1923. He had considerable reputation as
a Gaelic scholar, a liturgiologist and a
poet. He marr. 3rd June 1880, Anne,
daugh. of William Andrew, fishcurer,
Gardenstown, and Elizabeth Ingram, and
had issue — Theodora, M.A., teacher,
Buchanan, born 17th Sept. 1881, died in
London, 12th Feb. 1919 ; Alpin, sergeant
M.G.C., born 25th Aug. 1883; Helen,
born 10th Dec. 1885, died 20th Nov.
1887 ; Norman, law apprentice, Edinburgh,
born 19th July 1887 ; Jamesanna, hospital
nurse, born 6th Nov. 1889 ; Mary, born
24th Aug. 1891 ; Malvina, born 7th March
1893; Alexander, born 28th July 1894;
Duncan, born 13th Oct. 1896, served in
Machine-Gun Corps, killed at Ypres, 25th
Oct. 1915 ; Grigor, second officer on trans-
port, born 28th June 1898; Elizabeth,
born 23rd Nov. 1899 ; Malcolm, born 21st
June 1902. Publications — The Mystery
Explained (Aberdeen, 1874) ; The Scald,
or the Northern Balladmonger (Aber-
deen, 1874) ; Clouds and Sunlight [Poems]
(London, 1884); The Celtic Inheritance of
the Church of Scotland (Trans. Scot.
Church Soc); General Principles of
Early Scottish Worship [Lee Lecture]
(Edinburgh, 1895) ; Columba : a Record
VOL. VI.
and a Tribute ; Internal Furnishings of
an Early Scottish Church (Trams. Glasg.
Eccles. Soc.) ; An Ancient Gaelic Treatise
on the Symbolism of the Eucharist, with
Translation and Notes (Trans. Aberdeen
Eccles. Soc, 1898) ; The Ra.then Manual,
with Translation and Notes (Aberdeen,
1925) ; The Gospel of the Scots [a lecture
delivered in St Paul's Cathedral, London].
—[Edwards's Modern Scottish Poets, xi.,
83-92.]
JOHN WHYTE MACGILL, born
1924 Musselburgh, 21st Aug. 1867, son
of Henry Moncrieff M., min. of
North Esk ; educated at Loretto School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1889) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith May 1892;
assistant at Alexandria, North Berwick,
and St Margaret's, Edinburgh; ord. to
St Catherine's, British Guiana, 6th Jan.
1897 ; trans, to All Saint's there 18th Jan.
1904 ; adm. to this parish 26th March 1924 ;
trans, to Saughtree 21st Dec. 1925. Marr.
24th Jan. 1899, Edith Sarah Luxton, daugh.
of Silvanus Wreford, New Amsterdam,
British Guiana, and has issue — John
Sylvanus, M.B., Ch.B., born 20th Oct.
1900 ; Jane Whyte, B.Sc, born 30th Sept.
1902.
KININMONTH (Q.S.).
[The parish of Kininmonth was disjoined
from Lonmay, Longside, Deer, Strichen,
and Crimond, on 9th March 1874. There
was a Well of St John at Kininmonth.]
CHAELES COEDINEE, son of the
1846 Rev- James C, Episcopal min. in
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College ; M.A. (1827).
ALEXANDEE LESLIE, M.A. ; ord.
1865 ^®5 » trans, to Evie and Eandall
19th Dec. 1871.
EOBEET PEYDE, ord. 12th May 1872 ;
18„„ adm. first min. of this parish 25th
March 1874; trans, to Kilmarnock
23rd Nov. 1876 (cf. vol. iii., 473) ; died at
Morebattle 11th Jan. 1925. His wife died
9th Jan. 1924.
226
KININMONTH— LONGSIDE
[PEESB. OF
1886
PETER GRANT, bom Kirkmichael,
1877 19th Feb. 1844, son of Robert G. ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen
MA. (1869) and Edinburgh; assistant
at Arbroath ; ord. 8th May 1877 ; died
unmarr. 8th Feb. 1886.
JAMES SMITH, born Kinellar, 29th
Aug. 1861, son of William S. and
Ann Leslie ; educated at Kinellar
School and the Grammar School, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1882) ; licen. by Presb.
of Deer April 1885 ; assistant at Fraser-
burgh 1885 and Sandhaven in 1886; ord.
22nd July that year ; dem. 5th Oct. 1911 ;
died at Dyce 6th Feb. 1912. He rnarr.
8th March 1894, Annie, daugh. of David
Maxwell and M. A. Sturrock, and had
issue — James David Maxwell, lieut. R.E.,
born 25th Jan. 1895 ; Annie Leslie, born
25th Aug., and died 24th Nov. 1896; Herbert
Edwin, born 11th Dec. 1897, died 16th
March 1898 ; Katherine Elizabeth May,
born 9th May 1899; John Leslie Sidney,
born 21st Aug. 1902; Frances Mildred
Dorothy.
1912
JOHN DALGLISH CARMICHAEL,
trans, from Delting 21st March 1912;
trans, to Portsoy 26th Sept. 1917.
GEORGE PETRIE, born Aberlour 17th
April 1875, son of George P. and
Jessie Grigor ; educated at Aber-
lour School and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1916), B.D. (1918); licen. by Presb. of
Aberlour ; assistant at Mortlach, Little
Dunkeld, North Church, Stirling, and
Kirknewton ; ord. to St Clement's, British
Guiana, 31st July 1904; dem. in 1913;
locum tenens at Cadzow ; adm. here 29th
March 191S. Publication — Contributions
to Scottish Church Becord (Demerara).
LONGSIDE, of old WESTER
UGIE.
[The parish of Wester Ugie was dis-
joined in 1620 from Peter Ugie, now called
Peterhead.]
1619
ALEXANDER MARTIN, called 11th
Nov. 1619 ; trans, to Deer after
June 1621.
1634
ALEXANDER IRVINE, born 1599;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1621) ; pres. by William,
Earl Marischal, and inst, before 1634.
Joined the Protesters in 1651 ; dem. 29th
Oct. 1661; died at Old Aberdeen, 15th
May 1665. He marr. Margaret Guthrie,
and had issue— Alexander, min. of West
Kilbride; William, min. of Udny; Andrew,
merchant, Edinburgh ; Margaret (marr.,
cont. 2nd May 1656, John Forbes of Tilli-
gonie), died 9th Feb. 1666, aged 28;
Susanna (marr., cont. 9th March 1677,
Richard Maitland, min. of Nigg). — [Acts
of Pari., v., 526 ; Aberdeen Homings, 19th
June 1642 ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 30th
Aug. 1687 ; Aberdeen Journal JVotes and
Queries, v., 151 ; Spalding Jliscel., ii., 429 ;
Scot, jfotes and Queries, vii., 85, 98.]
THOMAS ROBERTSON, educated at
2 King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1648) ; ord. before 24th Nov. 1662 ;
died before 8th April 1688, aged about 60.
He marr., and had issue — Alexander, his
successor in this parish.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON of Dunie-
1RR7 hill son of preceding; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (13th
July 1675) ; became chaplain to the laird
of Pitsligo; pres. by George, Earl Mari-
schal, and inst. (colleague and successor)
25th Aug. 1687; dep. 3rd July 1716, for
complicity in the Jacobite Rising. He
marr. Christian (died 19th April 1698),
daugh. of John Mercer, min. of Kinellar,
and widow of Robert Arbuthnott, and
had issue — Thomas ; Alexander ; Arthur ;
Lillias. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, i., 593;
Chambers's Bom. Ann., ii.]
JOHN LUMSDEN, born 1684; edu-
1717 cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1707); licen. by Presb.
of Kincardine 0"Neil 15th Aug. 1716;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 29th
Jan., and ord. 20th Feb. 1717; died 29th
Dec. 1731. He marr. Frances Fullarton,
who died 7th April 1762, and had issue —
Robert, min. of New Machar, and four
others. — [Aberdeen Tests. ; Tombst.]
deer]
LONGSIDE
227
JOHN BEOWN, born 1706, only son
17s_ of James B., min. of Aberdour ;
educated at King's College ; M.A.
(1725) ; Keen, by Presb. of Deer 9th Sept.
1731 ; called 19th Oct., and by the Presb.
jure devoluto 20th Dec. 1732; ord. 17th
Jan. 1733 ; died 3rd Feb. 1790.— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM GEEIG, born Kincardine-
1790 shire, 1757 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1775) ;
licen. by Presb. of Turriff 1st May 1782 ;
ord. by it 29th Dec. 1784 on a call to
Dort, Holland ; adm. to Eothiemay 9th
Dec. 1789 ; trans, and adm. 13th Aug.
1790 ; died after preaching on Sunday
17th Aug. 1828. He marr. 17th Oct. 1790,
Margaret Skinner, who died 7th Oct. 1827,
aged 69, and had issue — Eliza, born 17th
Sept. 1792 (marr. (1) 21st Nov. 1816, James
Mackay, Edinburgh : (2) 5th Feb. 1835,
Hugh Fullerton, advocate, Aberdeen), died
11th Oct. 1878. Publications— On Modera-
tion, a sermon (Aberdeen, 1798) ; Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.). —
[Tombst.]
THOMAS KIDD, born 1795, son of
1829 J°nn K., farmer, parish of Aberdour ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (5th April 1817) ; became tutor
in the family of Alexander Eussell of Aden ;
licen. by Presb. of Deer 31st Oct. 1821;
pres. by George TV. 8th Dec. 1828; ord.
14th May 1829, when being unwell, he was
carried to the church on a couch ; died on
17th, three days after. — [Tombst.]
JOHN IMEAY, born 1790, son of
isao James I-i carpenter, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at Marischal College ; M.A.
(1st April 1807) ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 4th Dec. 1816 ; app. school-
master of Peterhead in 1819 ; pres. by
George IV. 21st Sept. 1829; ord. 7th
Jan. 1830; died 12th July 1848. He marr.
29th Dec. 1816, Catherine Memess (died
11th Jan. 1875), and had issue— Eobert
Eoss, born 23rd Dec. 1818 ; John, M.A.,
patent agent, London, born 22nd Aug.
1820.
JOHN EOBB of Pittrichie, born 14th
1849 ^al1, 1^14, son of John E., architect,
Convener of the Trades, Aberdeen,
and Barbara Milne ; educated at Marischal
College; M.A. (1828); pres. by Queen
Victoria 11th Dec. 1848; ord. 22nd March
1849 ; dem. 19th Nov. 1876 ; died at Pitt-
richie, 17th July 1899. He bequeathed
£10 per annum for each of the stipends of
Ardallie, Kininmonth, and BlackhLlls. He
marr. 14th Dec. 1876, Jean Isobel (born
23rd May 1841, died 17th Feb. 1898),
daugh. of Dr Nathaniel Laurence, Long-
side.
EOBEET CUSHNEY, born Bellie, 21st
18„„ Jan. 1851 ; son of Eobert C, min.
of Bellie ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1871), B.D. (1874) ; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie ; assistant at
St Michael's; ord. 1st May 1877; clerk
of Presb., 1892-1904 ; died 22nd Feb. 1904.
He marr. 13th Nov. 1878, Mary, daugh.
of George Williamson, Littlewood Park,
Alford, and had issue — Alice Margaret,
born 17th Sept. 1879; Helen Mary, born
24th Feb. 1882; Eachel, born 11th July
1883.
EICHAED HENDEESON, born New
1904 By*11' 27tlx ®ec- 1863> son of Andrew
H. and Elizabeth Bruce ; educated
at New Byth School, Grammar School,
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1886),
B.D. (1891) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
Aug. 1891 ; assistant at Corstorphine that
year ; ord. to Maryton 1st Nov. 1893 ;
trans, and adm. 11th Aug. 1904; app. clerk
of Presb. 1914. Marr. 18th Jan. 1894,
Margaret Peddieson, daugh. of George
Falconer and Mary M'Killop, and has
issue — George Andrew Falconer, iieut.
3rd Gordon Highlanders, Flying Instructor
Eoyal Air Force, born 1895, killed in
aeroplane accident at Spittlegate, Gran-
tham, 4th July 1918; Elizabeth Mary,
M.A., born 1897; Maude Christian, born
1900 ; Eichard Bruce, born 1901 ; Aileen
Margaret, born 1904 ; Dorothy Catherine,
born 1906; Nancy Falconer Henderson,
born 1909.
228
LONMAY
[PEESB. OF
LONMAY.
[Lonmay was a prebend of Aberdeen.
The old church of Lonmay, of which very
scanty ruins are now left, stood near the
seaside at the village of St Combs. It was
dedicated to St Columba. The parish
church was removed to a site about two
miles further inland in 1607.]
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, min. in
1574 1574; still min. in 1578.
DUNCAN DAVIDSON, parson
1583 in 1583.
THOMAS RIRES, son of Alexander
1fin4 R. of Strathtodlaw; adm. in 1604;
dem. 1st May 1644 ; died between
18th Oct. 1653 and 24th April 1657. He
marr. (1) Margaret Ramsay : (2) Janet
Forbes, who survived him, and had issue —
William, min. of this parish, and others. —
{Spalding Miscel., iii. ; G. R. Sas., xi., 24 ;
G. R. Homings, 2nd April 1672; Aberdeen
Sas., ii. 164, iv. 585, v. 46.]
WILLIAM RIRES, born 1623, eldest
1645 son °^ Preceding; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A.(1639); pres.
by Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum 22nd May,
and adm. (assistant) 24th June 1645. He
is styled by Principal Adamson, " a learned
youth " in 1651 when he joined the
Protesters. He resigned an annual rent
from the lands of Strathtodlaw to Gilbert,
Earl of Errol, 25th Nov. 1664, and had a
resignation of the lands of Gask, 26th
Dec. 1679, with his wife and eldest son.
He marr. Janet Seatoun, and had issue —
Alexander. Publication — Epitaphiwm on
Mr Charles Ferme, minister of Fraser-
burgh (Ferm. Anal. ad. Romanes). — [G. R.
Homings, 2nd April 1672.]
JAMES IRVINE, licen. by Presb. of
Alford in 1678 ; adm. to Cabrach
12th May 1678; probably deprived
on account of the Test in 1681 ; adm. to
Muthill 16th March 1687 ; trans, and adm.
after Oct. 1687; died in 1690. He marr.
Maria Irvine, and had issue — James, served
heir to both parents 22nd March 1692. —
[Inq. Ret. Gen., 7236, 7237.]
1687
JOHN HOUSTON, formerly of
Eaglesham (q.v.) ; intruded before
1696; died in 1707 .—[Aberdeenshire
Poll-Book, ii., 40.]
THOMAS GORDON, son of Ludovic
17og G., min. of Aboyne ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 15th June 1708 ; called
by the Presb. jure devoluto 26th July, and
ord. 22nd Sept. 1709 ; died 12th July 1743.
He marr. Agnes Coupar, who died 5th
Nov. 1778, and had issue — Thomas, mm.
of Dundurcas ; William, student at Mari-
schal College, 1747-51.
JOHN SIME, MA. (King's College,
1744 Aberdeen, 1735); licen. by Presb.
of Deer 23rd Sept. 1741 ; pres. by
James Hay, W.S., Dec. 1743; ord. 14th
June 1744; died 2nd June 1752. He marr.
23rd Oct. 1748, Mary Abernethy, who died
14th July 1759, and had issue — Helen, born
18th March 1750, died 20th Sept. 1751.
JOHN L.UNDIE, born 1726, son
1175g of John L., Inverurie, and Anna
Farquharson ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1743) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd Aug. 1749 ; pres.
by James Hay of Cocklaw Dec. 1752 ; ord.
29th March 1753; died 28th April 1807.
He was an intimate of Beattie the poet.
He marr. 2nd July 1754, Mary (died 5th
April 1798, aged 77), youngest daugh. of
Thomas Forbes of Echt, and had issue —
Margaret, born 27th April 1755, died
17th Sept. 1816; Katherine, born 6th
May 1758, died at Tanfield 9th Aug.
1809. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xvi.).
HUGH SHEARER, born Mortlach,
1808 1741 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (2nd April 1764);
schoolmaster of Botriphnie, 1761 - 76 ;
catechist at Cairney ; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 23rd Nov. 1770 ; ord. assistant
at Cairney 31st Aug. 1795 ; afterwards
assistant at Bellie ; pres. by Thomas
Gordon of Buthlaw and Cairness Nov.
1807 ; adm. here 31st March 1808 ; died
unmarr. 22nd Feb. 1810.
deer]
LONMAY
229
CHAELES GIBBON, bom 20th Nov.
1810 ^89' son of William G., shipmaster,
Aberdeen, afterwards of Fraserburgh ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen j
M.A. (28th March 1805); licen. by Presb.
of Kincardine O'Neil 20th Sept. 1809;
pres. by Thomas Gordon of Buthlaw and
Cairness (assistant and successor) in
Feb., again in March, and ord. 3rd May
1810. He was instrumental in getting the
General Assembly, 27th May 1836, to
establish a Supplementary Orphan Fund,
of which he was the first convener ; D.D.
(Aberdeen, Jan. 1869); died Father of
the Synod, 5th Feb. 1871. He marr. 9th
Nov. 1813, Ann (born 17th Nov. 1787, died
11th Dec. 1867), eldest daugh. of Eobert
Duff, D.D., min. of Kinedward, and had
issue— Jessie, born 29th Aug. 1814 (marr.
30th June 1841, Edward Eyre Williams,
barrister, London) ; Maria, born 2nd Dec.
1815 (marr. 21st Feb. 1833, Christopher
Fagan, major-general Bengali army), died
at Pau, France, 5th Nov. 1847 ; Thomas,
born 25th March and died Aug. 1818 ;
Charles William, born 18th Sept. 1820,
died 30th Aug. 1899 ; Amelia Ann Turing,
born 8th Sept. 1822, died 15th June 1836 ;
Eobina Cussine, born 16th March 1824,
died 28th Nov. 1825 ; Eobert Turing, born
29th July 1827, died 10th Aug. 1895 ; Ann
Grace, born 18th Jan. 1830 (marr. 1st
March 1848, Eobert Boyd Tytler, Ceylon),
died 23rd Oct. 1904; Sir William Duff,
Ceylon, born 22nd July 1837, knighted 1912,
died 19th March 1919. Publications—
Sermons in Aid of the Widows, and Families
of Three Fishermen who were lost at Sea
(Aberdeen, 1827) ; Statement respecting the
Practice of excluding in certain Cases both
the Widoiv and Orphan Family of a Con-
tributor from any Benefit of the Fund
established for a Provision to Ministers'
Widows, etc., in Scotland (Aberdeen, 1829) ;
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
— [Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscrip-
tions, 58.]
1871
AECHIBALD ALEXANDEE CAMP-
BELL, ord. 24th Aug. 1871 ; trans.
to Crathie 8th May 1874.
JAMES LEASK, MA. ; pres. by J. W.
1874 Gordon of Cairness and ord. 6th
Aug. 1874 ; trans, to Eosemount,
Aberdeen, 13th June 1878.
JAMES FOEEEST, born Craighall,
Fraserburgh, 4th Sept. 1843, son of
James F., farmer, and Margaret
Simpson ; educated at Techmuiry and
Strichen Schools, Grammar School, and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1865) ; licen.
by Presb. of Turriff in 1869; became a
teacher in England for three years and
at Auchterless for seven years ; ord. to
Barthol Chapel 23rd March 1876; trans,
and adm. 31st Oct. 1878 ; President of
the Buchan Field Club in' 1890; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 1907); died 21st Feb. 1914.
He was a man of wide culture and attain-
ments and a well-known Semitic scholar.
He marr. 12th April 1876, Catherine,
daugh. of Alexander Gray, D.D., min. of
Auchterless, and had issue — Isabella Gray,
born 1st Feb. 1877 (marr. John Kellas,
min. of Eathen) ; James, M.A., classical
master, Coatbridge Higher Grade School,
born 3rd Sept. 1878 ; Catherine Anne,
born 15th March 1883 (marr. James
Angus Mann, M.A., min. of U.F. Church,
Coatbridge) ; Alexander Gray, born 27th
Oct. 1885, drowned at San Francisco,
9th July 1902. Publications — A Glimpse
into Church Life in the Presbytery
of Deer during the Commonivealth (Peter-
head, 1890); "The Buchan Dialect"
(Trans. Buchan Field Club, 1891);
"Account of Gordon Memorial Church
and Parish, Barthol Chapel" [The Vale
of Ythan] (1895) ; Inverallochy Castle
(Peterhead, 1895) ; Buchan Scots Words
(Peterhead, 1897) ; Place Names in Lonmay
(Peterhead, 1904) ; " Circular Foundations
on the Gallow Hill, Auchterless" (Pro.
Soc. Antiq. Scot.) ; " A Series of Papers
on Bourigninism " (Aberdeen Journal);
" Castles of Eavenscraig and Inverugie "
(Trans. Buchan Field Club, Peterhead,
1909). Edited Prof. John Forbes's Studies
on the Booh of Psalms (Edinburgh, 1888). —
[Trans. Buchan Field Club, vol. ix., 256;
The Booh of Buchan, 370-6.]
230
LONMAY— MAUD— PETERHEAD
[PKESB. OF
JAMES MACDONALD FLNLAYSON,
1914 ^orn 26t^ ^an- 1^83, son of Joseph
Sage F., min. of Burntisland ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (1907),
B.D. (1910) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1910; ord. 19th March 1914. Marr.
21st March 1918, Beatrice, youngest daugh.
of William M'Connachie of Knowsie, Aber-
deenshire. Publications — The Church of
Scotland in Danger : Objections to the Policy
of the Union Committee (Peterhead, 1919) ;
The Haldane Report (Peterhead, 1923).
MAUD (Q.S.).
[The parish of Maud was disjoined from
Deer and New Deer on 15th July 1889.]
1878
WILLIAM DUNCAN FEATEK, born
1837, son of James F., clerk, Aber-
deen ; educated at Univ. of Aber-
deen ; MA. (1857) ; became schoolmaster
at Premnay ; ord. 16th Jan. 1878 ; dem.
in 1883 ; assistant at St George's-in-the-
West, Aberdeen, 1908; died 10th May
1913.
1883
WILLIAM COWIE, born Cushnie,
Auchterless, 2nd March 1S50, son
of William C. and Margaret Smith ;
began life as a ploughman ; head tutor at
Abbey Park, St Andrews; educated at
Univs. of Aberdeen MA. (1880) and St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
18S3 ; app. missionary here July that year ;
ord. first min. of the parish 10th July 1890 ;
died 17th Aug. 1918. He marr. 7th Feb. 1894,
Christian Ewen, daugh. of Captain Alex-
ander Simpson, Peterhead, and Christian
Ewen, and had issue — Christian Ewen,
born 5th Dec. 1894 (marr. 9th July 1920,
Alfred Boss Murison, M.A., rector of
Thurso Academy) ; Gladys May, M.A.,
born 26th July 1896 (marr. David Silver
Johnston, min. of Newhaven) ; Mabel Mar-
garet, born 19th Dec. 1898; William
Archibald Douglas, M.A., B.D., assistant
at Morningside, Edinburgh, born 4th Oct.
1900. Publications — Several papers on
Education and other subjects.
1919
WILLIAM SIMPSON, born Alves,
17th March 1863, son of Charles S.
and Margaret Edwards ; educated
at New Spynie School and Univs. of
Aberdeen M.A. (1883) and St Andrews
B.D. (1891); was a teacher 1883-8; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1895 ; ord.
to Clarendon Street Presbyterian Church.
Melbourne, 1895 ; trans, to Sydenham,
Christchurch, New Zealand, 1900; res. in
1904 and returned home ; adm. to Down-
field 15th Jan. 1908 ; trans, and adm. 23rd
Jan. 1919. Marr. 4th Sept. 1895, Sarah,
daugh. of Charles Dare, Melbourne, and
has issue — William Nightingale, medical
student.
PETERHEAD, of old PETER-
UGIE.
[The old church of Peterugie was dedi-
cated to St Peter. In its remaining ruins
there is ancient Norman building. The
church belonged to the Abbey of Deer.
There is a mission chapel within the
bounds at Tortorston.]
GILBERT CHISHOLM,held the charge
15_7 of Peterugie in conjunction with
Deer, Foveran, and St Fergus,
1567-9.
AKCHIBALD REID, reader in
1567 1567.
1571
AECHIBALD KEITH, trans, from
Longley in 1571 ; trans, to Crimond
in 1573.
THOMAS MOBISON, min. in 1578,
with Cruden also in the charge ;
1578
still min. in 15S0.
THOMAS BISSET, min. in 1585, with
1585 Ellon also in the charge ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. Dec.
1594 ; was relieved of his charge before
1604, and ordered to be warded in the
Edinburgh Tolbooth by the Privy Council,
4th June 1607, for invading with others
the yard of James Martin, his successor,
and digging up his crops, for which he was
ordered to find caution not to repeat that
deer]
PETERHEAD
231
1604
offence. He marr. and had issue — John ;
Susanna (marr., cont. 20th Dec. 1599, John
Keith in Ednie).— [P. C. Reg., vii., 381, 678;
Reg. of Deeds, lxxxii., 15th Aug. 1604.]
JOHN KEITH, trans, from Dunnottar,
pres. by George, Earl Marischal, in
April, and adm. 14th Oct. 1604;
re-trans, to Dunnottar 12th Sept. 1605.
JAMES MARTIN (primtts), pres. by
160g George, Earl Marischal, in Sept.
and adm. 24th Nov. 1605 ; died
before Michaelmas 1623. He marr. Isabel
Arbuthnott, and had issue — James, min.
of this parish.
JAMES MARTIN (secundus), son of pre-
16S6 ceding, adm. before 25th Oct. 1636 ;
was a member of the Assembly in 1638,
and of the Commission in 1641. He was
appointed to the Commission for Visiting
the Univ. of Glasgow 25th Dec. 1638, and
pressed the Covenant on the citizens of
Aberdeen during service in the church of
Old Machar 5th April 1639. He was a
zealous supporter of the Covenant in 1643 ;
died before 20th Dec. 1649, having been
one of those " who were accounted eminent
in their day either for gifts, grace, faith-
fulness, or success." He marr. his cousin
Elizabeth (marr. (2) George Forbes of
Aberdour), daugh. of John Arbuthnott of
Carnegie, and had issue — Alexander ;
Nathaniel, his successor. — [Baillie's Letters ;
Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Deeds ; Acts of Pari.,
v., 526 ; Arbuthnott Book, 132.]
NATHANIEL MARTIN, son of
1650 Preceding i educated at Marischal
College; adm. to Aberdour before
18th June 1646 ; was a member of Com-
mission of Assembly in 1648 ; adm., coll.
and inst. 12th May 1650. Joined the
Protesters in 1651 ; was named by the
Council of England, 8th Aug. 1654, one
of those for authorising admissions to the
ministry in the province of Angus ;
deprived by Act of Parliament, 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council in 1662 ; took
up residence at Turriff, carrying with him
the Exercise or Presbytery Book, which
was ultimately recovered by the Com-
missary. A decreet was passed against
him with others, 16th July 1671, for
keeping conventicles. He is said to have
been one of the Triumviri of Deer — the
others being, Robert Keith and Duncan
Forbes ; died between 24th Aug. 1671 and
15th June 1676. He marr. Jean Forbes,
and had issue — a daugh. (marr. Thomas
Forrest). — [Wodrow's Anal., Hi., 125.]
JOHN CHALMERS, second son of
1664 Wttli.am C, min. of Boyndie; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen
(1655); adm. to Arbuthnott 28th Sept.
1662 ; trans, and adm. in 1664 ; died after
8th Oct. 1678. He marr. 11th Feb. 1663,
Margaret, daugh. of Robert Keith of White-
rige, and had issue — Robert ; William ;
John; George. — [Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 125.]
- ALEXANDER BANKS, M.A. ; adm.
1674 (Pr°bably as assistant and successor)
before 21st April 1674; trans, to
Dalmeny in 1682.
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, educated at
1682 King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (9th
July 1668); adm. to Auchterless
in 1674; pres. by George, Earl Marischal,
trans, and adm. 28th Sept. 1682 ; deprived
in 1695 for non-jurancy and protesting
against the Assembly's Committee for the
North; was dismissed by Parliament 9th
July that year. He intruded before 12th
May 1708; dep. 8th May 1716 for com-
plicity in the Rebellion. He conducted
Episcopalian services in a house in the
Longate for those seceders who formed the
nucleus of St Peter's Episcopal congrega-
tion. He marr. (cont. 4th Nov. 1674),
Margaret Burnet, and had issue — Patrick ;
William ; Alexander ; George ; Margaret ;
Elizabeth (marr., cont. 5th Jan. 1705,
Patrick White) ; Jean (marr. (1) cont. 10th
June 1718, William Badichell, schoolmaster,
Auchterless; ? (2) Charles Gordon, merchant,
Aberdeen).— {Acts, of Pari., ix., 423, App.
119 ; Aberdeenshire Poll-Booh, i., 572.]
ANDREW GUTHRIE, ord. to Edrom
1699 10th Oct. 1690; called 17th July
1698; trans, and adm. 19th April
1699 ; dem. 30th Sept. 1720 ; died May 1722.
He marr. and had issue— Thomas, only son.
— {Aberdeen Tests.]
232
PETERHEAD
[PBESB. OF
1716
1721
WILLIAM SMITH, ord. (assistant) 9th
Aug. 1716 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Old Machar, 8th May 1717.
DAVID BROWN, MA. ; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 5th, and ord.
27th April 1721 ; trans, to Belhelvie
22nd July 1725.
ROBERT FARQUHAR, M.A.; called by
172g the Presb. jure devoluto loth April,
and ord. 21st July 1726 ; trans, to
Chapel-of-Garioeh 18th Oct. 1738.
JAMES WALKER, son of James W.,
1739 merchant, Peterhead ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1723); licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 1st
April 1735 ; called 4th Jan., and pres. by
George II. 17th Oct. 1738; ord. 9th March
1739; died 1st Jan. 1763. A fire in 1740
completely destroyed his manse. He niarr.
(1) 25th Jan. 1750, Janet (died May 1756),
only daugh. of John Gordon, min. of Old
Deer : (2) 17th Nov. 1757, Elizabeth Innes,
who marr. (2) 28th May 1772, Thomas
Gordon, professor of Greek, King's College,
—[Tombst.]
GEORGE MOIR, born 5th April 1741,
son of Andrew M., min. of Ellon ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1755-9 ; licen. by Presb. of Ellon
26th April, pres. by George in. 6th May,
and ord. 11th Aug. 1763 ; M.D. (9th Sept.
1765); died 18th March 1818. In the
course of his ministry he occupied the
pulpits of three parish churches in Peter-
head, that of the old church in the church-
yard, 1763-70, that of the new church
built on the Little Links, 1770-1800, and
afterwards that of the present church. He
marr. 7th March 1766, Martha (died 17th
Nov. 1816), third daugh. of Patrick Byres
of Tonley, and had issue — Andrew, born
9th June 1767, died in East Indies in 1783;
Patrick, Commissioner of the Court of
Requests at Calcutta, born 26th June 1769,
died 5th Feb. 1810 ; James, physician, born
11th Nov. 1770 ; Robert, born 23rd March
1772, died 28th March 1782 ; Janet, born
5th Nov. 1773 (marr. (1) 4th June 1792,
Christopher Norton of Pinkridge : (2)
Captain John Davidson, Gothenburg) ;
1763
1816
John, artist, born 19th June 1775, died
2Sth Feb. 1857 ; William, Commissioner of
Court of Requests, Calcutta, born 12th
June 1777; George, born 21st May 1779,
died 9th Oct. 1786; Forbes, born 16th
March 1781, died 24th Feb. 1782; Jean,
born 24th Feb. 1783 (marr. William Donald,
min. of this parish) ; Andrew Robert, born
10th July 1785. Publication— Statistical
Account of Peterhead (1777) ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, svi.).—
[Family of Moir and Byres, 31 ; Aberdeen
Journal Notes and Queries, iii., 120.]
WILLIAM DONALD, born 17S2, son of
James D., Keithhall Mill, and Anne
Forbes ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (April 1802); licen.
by Presb. of Deer 31st Aug. 1808 ; became
schoolmaster here in 1812 ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, in May, and ord. (assistant
and successor) 12th Dec. 1816; died 15th
Jan. 1844. He marr. (1) 19th Feb. 1816,
Jean (died 23rd Sept. 1837), daugh. of
George Moir, min. of this parish : (2) 14th
March 1839, Mary Agnes (died 23rd Sept.
1896, aged 81) daugh. of Alexander Robert-
son, baker, Peterhead, and had issue —
James, D.D., min. of Keithhall, born 4th
April 1840; Mary, born 2nd Feb. 1842 (marr.
7th June 1865, Peter Neil Mackichan, min.
of Inveraray).
ALEXANDER IRVINE, pres. by Queen
Victoria 25th March, trans, from
Dunnottar 4th July 1844; trans, to
Crimond 29th March 1855.
JAMES MITCHELL, M.A; pres. by
Queen Victoria 16th May, and ord.
23rd Aug. 1855 ; trans, to South
Leith 24th March 1864.
JAMES STEWART, born 12th April
1830, son of Robert S., market gar-
dener, Inverkip, and Mary Brown ;
educated at Grammar School, Greenock, and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (April 1850) ;
became classical master in Burgh School,
Musselburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock
May 1854 ; missionary at Cartsburn ; ord.
there 25th Dec. 1856; pres. by Queen
Victoria 23rd July, trans, and adm. 20th
Oct. 1864 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1894) ; died
1844
1864
deer]
PETERHEAD— EAST PETERHEAD
233
15th Aug. 1917. He was a great book
collector and presented many thousands of
volumes to the Peterhead Public Library,
where his portrait hangs. He marr. 5th
Aug. 1850, Catherine Stark (died 15th
Nov. 1898, aged 72), daugh. of Thomas
Stark Wemyss, house proprietor, and Jean
Cuthbert, and had issue — Robert Brown,
born 13th May 1851, died at Greenock, 6th
Dec. 1876; Thomas Stark Wemyss, born
18th Sept. 1852 j James, born 13th March
1854; John Wemyss, born 10th Sept.
1856 ; William, born 9th Aug. 1858 ; David
Cuthbert, born 30th Sept. 1860; Mary
Jane, born 22nd Jan. 1862, died 28th Oct.
1890; Stephenson George, born 24th Nov.
1863 ; Henry Charles Alexander, born 20th
Oct. 1868. Publications— Words of Fare-
well to Cartsburn (Greenock, 1864) ; A
Discourse on Intemperance (Peterhead,
1865) ; The Lord's Supper and Sacramental
Fast Days (Peterhead, .1867) ; New Tear
Hymns for Parish Church Sunday School
(Peterhead, 1866-70) ; Prayer : by Whom to
be offered, and for What (Peterhead, 1878) ;
Christian Conversion and Church Con-
nection (Peterhead, 1880) ; Higher Edu-
cation : The Academy and the Grading
System (Peterhead, 1881) ; Sermon to Scotia
Lodge of Oddfelloios (Peterhead, 1883);
Abstinence, a Christian Duty ; Total Absti-
nence and the Sabbath ; The Religious
Quickening in the Parish ; Have we Right
Views about the Awakening ; The Church
in Peterhead — Denominational, Chrono-
logical, and Topographical (Peterhead, 1890).
HUGH DOUGLAS SWAN, born
Buncrana, Ireland, 20th June 1881,
son of Thomas S. and Isabella Cooke ;
educated at Royal Belfast Academical
Institution, Magee College, Londonderry
B.A. (1904), Princeton Theological Semin-
ary, U.S.A., and Univ. of Edinburgh
B.D. (1912) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1907 ; assistant at Selkirk and Porto-
bello; ord. to Redgorton 12th May 1910;
trans, and adm. 6th Oct. 1915. Marr. 13th
March 1912, Lizzie Rutherford, daugh. of
James Farmer Brown, Edinburgh, and
Elizabeth Fortune, and has issue — Norman
Stanley, born 26th Aug. 1913; Dorothy
Fortune, born 10th Sept. 1915 ; Nora Kath-
leen, born 21st April 1918; Harold Thomas,
born 2nd Feb. 1922.
EAST PETERHEAD (Q.S.).
[A church opened as an extension church
in 1834, was retained by the Free Church in
1843. The East Parish of Peterhead was
disjoined from Peterhead on 19th March
1877.]
1835
JAMES YUILL, eldest son of William
Y., merchant, Houston, Renfrew-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. there 12th June 1833 ; be-
came missionary in St John's parish there ;
elected 17th Sept., and ord. 3rd Dec. 1835.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Free Church, Peterhead, 1843-1905; died 7th
Jan. 1905. He marr. 19th May 1840, Joan
Ford, second daugh. of John Ford Anderson,
M.D., Peterhead, and Margaret Skelton,
and had issue — James Skelton in Australia;
John Ford, died in Adelaide; William, C.E.,
died 17th May 1922; George Skelton of
Chesham Place (his only child marr. the
sixth Earl of Portarlington).
JOHN BUIE DAVIDSON, born Mac-
187„ duff, 11th Nov. 1844, son of George
D. and Ann Chalmers ; educated
at Macduff Free Church School, Banff
Grammar School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1869); parochial schoolmaster at
Careston ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin 9th
June 1874 ; assistant at Kersland Barony,
Dairy, Ayrshire; ord. 14th Dec. 1876;
adm. first min. of the parish 28th March
1877; clerk of Presb. 1904-14; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 1914) ; dem. same year ; chap-
lain to 1st Banffshire R.G.A., V.D. ;
died at Aberdeen, 19th May 1922. He
took a deep interest in local and Scottish
educational affairs. He marr. 7th April
1871, Ann (died 30th May 1896), daugh.
of Alexander Airth and Anna Alexander,
and had issue— Anne, M.A. (St Andrews),
born 10th July 1872; Alexander Airth,
born 16th Nov. 1874, died 27th Oct. 1881 ;
Mary Urquhart, born 14th Jan. 1877,
died '19th June 1878; John Chalmers,
234
EAST PETERHEAD— PITSLIGO
[presb. or
electrician, Pennsylvania Railway, New
York, born 20th Jan. 1879; James Gill,
chief mechanician, Daily News, Man-
chester, born 9th Nov. 1880; William
Burgess, electrical engineer, Bengal and
Nagpur Railway, India, born 17th June 1886.
Publication — Education in Peterhead under
the Bitrgh School Board (Peterhead, 1894).
GEOEGE M'WILLIAM, M.A., B.D. ;
adm. 25th Feb. 1915 ; trans, to
Clepington, Dundee, 25th March
1915
1918.
1918
WILLIAM PHILIP WISHABT, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 8th Aug. 1918; trans.
to Forres 4th March 1921.
ALBERT ALEXANDER DIACK,born
1Q21 Kemnay, 1st June 1892, son of
Peter D. and Jeannie Emslie ; edu-
cated at Charlotte Street Normal School
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen June 1920 ; assistant at John
Knox's, Aberdeen ; ord. 9th May 1921 ;
trans, to St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 1926.
Marr. 1st June 1921, Maggie, daugh. of
Alexander Fraser and Barbara Steele.
PITSLIGO.
[A church was built here in 1630. The
parish of Pitsligo was disjoined from
Aberdour and erected by Act of Parliament
on 28th June 1633. There is at Pitsligo a
Well of the Nine Maidens of St Donald.
Within the bounds there is a mission
chapel at Sandhaven.]
ANDREW CANT, M.A. ; formerly of
16S3 Alford ; adm. in 1633 ; adm. burgess
of Aberdeen 7th Sept. 1636; trans,
to Newbattle 20th May 1639. [His
reversed initials C. A., said to have been
cut in mockery under his effigy on a
stone on the east wall of the church, may
rather indicate the name of the builder
of the church — Charles Allan.]— [Pratt's
Buchan, 299.]
ARTHUR FORBES, M.A. ; adm. about
ioat. 1640; trans, to Innerwick 19th July
1640 1646.
DUNCAN FORBES, fourth son of
lfi4l7 Duncan F. of Byth ; adm. to Leslie
before 1645 ; trans, and adm. before
Oct. 1647 ; was a member of Commission
of Assembly in 1649, and one of the
Visitors for the College of Aberdeen,
appointed by Parliament 31st July that
year. He was called to Fraserburgh Aug.
1650, and in Nov. to one of the charges
in Aberdeen, but translation was refused.
He joined the Protesters in 1651 ; was
named by the Council of England, 8th
Aug. 1654, one of those for authorising
admission to the ministry in the provinces
north of Angus. Refusing to conform to
Episcopacy he was deprived before 24th
Oct. 1662. He was one of the " Triumviri
of Deer," and was alive Aug. 1680. He
marr. Oct. 1647, Agnes, daugh. of John
Arbuthnot of Cairngall, and had issue —
Alexander, min. of Stewarton and Dyke ;
Duncan, in Aiken way ; George, kirk beadle,
in Aberdeen ; Mary (marr. George Stewart,
notary public, Turriff) ; and another. —
[Acts of Pari., vi., pt. 2, 509, 823 ; Torribst. ;
Wodrow's Anal., iii., 125.]
ALEXANDER SWAN, son of David
S., min. of Tough ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1651) ; ord. to Leslie 15th Nov. 1655 ;
trans, and adm. 26th May 1665 ; died 26th
Aug. 1686, aged about 61. He marr. (1)
Jean Leslie, who died 8th March 1668,
and had issue — William, his successor in
this parish ; Helen (marr. Alexander Robb,
merchant, Rosehearty), died 15th Feb.
1697 : (2) Anna Keith, who survived him,
and had issue— James ; George ; Robert ;
Sophia ; Mary. — [Tombst.~]
WILLIAM SWAN, son of preceding;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (3rd July 1679) ; adm.
before 1689; dep. 3rd July 1716, for com-
plicity in the Jacobite Rising. He set up
a meeting-house in Fraserburgh, 2nd July
1721, and afterwards removed to a house
at Cairns of Pittulie, where he preached
to a congregation of about twenty; died
in 1742, aged about 84. He marr. Grizel
Robertson, and had issue — Alexander ;
William. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 89.]
1665
deee]
PITSLIGO
235
JOHN FORBES of Pitnacadel, M.A. ;
inyj called by the Presb. jure devohito
29th Jan., and ord. 19th Feb. 1717 ;
trans, to Deer 4th Feb. 1719.
WILLIAM MERCER, born 22nd March
1720 1696, third son of Thomas M. of
Todlaw, and brother of' John M.,
min. of Tyrie ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1712) ; licen. by
Presb. of Deer 26th Nov. 1718; pres. to
Spynie, but preferring this parish, was
called 24th Aug., and ord. 22nd Sept.
1720 ; was unable from ill-health to per-
form his duties and had eight assistants ;
died 28th Aug. 1767. He marr. 18th June
1723, Anne (died 19th Jan. 1768), daugh.
of Andrew Monro, sheriff-clerk, Elgin,
and had issue — Margaret, born 3rd June
1724 (marr. William Brown); Hugh,
a surgeon, born 16th Jan. 1726, after
Culloden emigrated to Virginia, became
a general in American army, and fell at
Battle of Princetown 3rd Jan. 1777, his
grandson Hugh was a General in the Con-
federate army, 1860-4 ; William, in Royal
Navy; Ann (eloped with James Brown, her
father's servant) ; Isobel, born 30th Oct.
1735 (marr. George Mercer of Marlboro). —
[Tombst. ; Scot. Notes and Queries, vii.
152, 184 ; viii. 24 ; Family Pedigree.]
CHARLES GILLAN, born 1732 ; edu-
17_ cated at King's College, Aberdeen,
1747-51 ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin
6th July 1758 ; became assistant in this
parish ; pres. by George II. 13th June, and
ord. (colleague and successor) 28th Aug.
1760 ; lived at farm of Boghead ; died
(from an epidemic in parish which carried
off about one hundred persons) 31st Oct.
1761.
DAVID STEPHENSON, born 1727,
.,.-- son of William S., Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1743); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 3rd June 1752 ; became a master
of the Grammar School, Aberdeen; pres.
by George III. 21st Nov. 1767 ; ord. 4th
May 1768 ; died 21st Jan. 1786. He marr.
25th Jan. 1757, Anna Innes, who died 4th
Aug. 1795, and had issue — William, school-
master of this parish, born 16th Sept.
1761; David; Peggy.
JAMES GREIG, born 1760, son of
17__ Thomas G., Strichen ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(Feb. 1779) ; became schoolmaster of
Fraserburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Deer
3rd May 1786 ; pres. by George III. 15th
May, and ord. 21st Sept. 1786 ; died
unmarr. from the effects of poison given
him by a female servant 15th Oct. 1803.
Publications — A Catechism ; The Sufficiency
of the Evidence of Revelation, a sermon
(Aberdeen, 1799) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.). — [Tombst]
1804
ALEXANDER FARQUHAR,
born 1763, son of Alexander F.,
tenant of Aucheoch, New Deer;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (18th March 1785); licen. by Presb.
of Ellon 28th June 1791 ; became school-
master of Colliston, Slains, Rathen, Turriff,
and Banff; ord. to New Pitsligo Chapel
12th Sept. 1799 ; pres. by George III. 31st
Oct. 1803 ; trans, and adm. 13th June
1804; died 26th March 1834. He marr.
22nd Dec. 1806, Ann Spottiswood (died
31st May 1859), daugh. of T. Crooks, Edin-
burgh (governess to a family in the parish),
and had issue — Ann, born 10th Nov. 1807
(marr. 2nd Nov. 1830, James Brodie
Spottiswood of Muiresk), died 24th Jan.
1872; Mary Jane, born 14th July 1809
(marr. 23rd April 1835, David Robertson
Soutar of Lawhead, writer, Edinburgh),
died 18th Aug. 1845; Alexander, surgeon,
London, captain Royal Aberdeen Militia,
born 26th Aug. 1810, died 1883; Janet,
born 9th July 1812 (marr. 20th Oct.
1835, John Anderson of Westbills, Skene) ;
Margaret, born 14th Nov. 1813, died 25th
Oct. 1892 ; William, min. of Forglen, born
2nd June 1815; Elizabeth, born 15th June
1817 (marr. 23rd June 1842, James Craigie,
major Indian army), died 1st April 1883;
Robert Spottiswood, advocate, Aberdeen,
born 13th May 1819, died 2nd April 1873 ;
James, born 20th Dec. 1820, died 13th
Aug. 1829 ; Leslie Fraser, born 1822, died
236
PITSLIGO
[PRESB. OF
14th Feb. 1861 ; Thomas of Auchronie,
M.D., surgeon-major, I.M.S., died 3rd Jan.
1891 ; Sabina, bom 1823, died 24th Dec.
1875. Publication — Account of Slains
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).— [Descendants of
James Young ; Aberdeen Journal Notes
and Queries, i., 71.]
1834
EDWARD HUME, born 1804, son of
David H., tenant, Comiston, and
descended in the eighth degree from
John Knox the Reformer ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 12th Dec. 1826; ord. to
Heriot 25th Sept. 1829 ; pres. by William
rV. 27th May, trans, and adm. 25th Sept.
1834 ; died 1st April 1863. He marr. (1)
3rd Sept. 1835, Marion (died 15th Feb.
1851), daugh. of James Keddie, Peebles,
and had issue — Alexander Clapperton, born
23rd June 1836, died at Oban, 29th March
1853 ; Mary Jane Clapperton, born 1st Jan.
1838, died 13th Sept. 1854 ; David Edward,
born 24th April 1839 ; Eliza Anne, born 4th
Sept. 1840, died 23rd April 1857 ; Marion,
born 8th June 1842 ; James Thomas, born
13th July 1844, died at Great Malvern,
3rd Aug. 1884; Jessie Chalmers, born 5th
Feb. 1846; Lewis Chalmers, born 30th
May 1849 : (2) 16th March 1852, Eliza
(died 16th Sept. 1906), daugh. of Captain
William Patton of Devonshaw, and had
issue — a child, born 19th, and died 24th Dec.
1852 ; Henry Patton, born 23rd Oct. 1855 ;
Frederick Augustus, born 21st Aug. 1859 ;
Anna Maria, born 1st May 1860 ; Florence.
Publication — Accounts of Heriot and of
Pitsligo (New Stat. Ace, i., xii.).— [Jervise's
Epitaphs, ii., 400.]
WALTER GREGOR, born Forgieside,
Keith, 23rd Oct. 1825, son of James
G., farmer, and Janet Leslie ; edu-
cated at Keith School and King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1849); became school-
master at Gamrie ; licen. by Presb. of
Turriff in 1857 ; ord. to Macduff in 1859 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 12th June,. trans,
and adm. 27th Aug. 1863; LL.D. (Aber-
deen 1885) ; died at Bonnyrigg, 4th Feb.
1897. He was a notable archaeologist and
folk-lorist, was secretary of the Scottish
Text Society, and a member of the Ethno-
graphical Committee of the British Associa-
tion. He marr. 24th Dec. 1862, Margaret
Avon (died 8th July 1906, aged 69), daugh.
of Alexander William Gardiner of Green-
skares, Gamrie, and Margaret Milne, and
had issue — Alexander, M.B., CM., born 2nd
Oct. 1865 ; Janet Leslie, died 7th Nov. 1919.
Publications — The Dialect of Banffshire
(London, 1866) ; National Education and
the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1868) ;
An Echo of the Olden Time from the
North of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1874) ;
Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East
Coast of Scotland (London, 1881); "Folk-
Riddles ;: (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii.,
334) ; Healing Art in the North of Scotland,
in the Olden Time (n.d.) ; " Folk-Lore in
Galloway " (Proceedings of the British
Association); " Counting - out Rhymes of
Children" (Trans. Buchan Field Club, i.,
1889); "Kilns, Mills, Millers, Meal, and
Bread" (Trans. Buchan Field Club, iii.,
1S94); "Hints on the Work of a Field
Club " (Trans. Buchan Field Club, iv.,
1896) ; Titin ; a Study of Child Language
[translated from the Spanish] (Philological
Society) ; "The Horse in Scottish Folk-
Lore." He edited John Rolland's The Court
of Venus [Scot. TextSoc] (Edinburgh, 1884)
and contributed Notes and Glossary to
Poems of William Dunbar [Scot. Text Soc]
(Edinburgh, 1893). Many Articles on Folk-
Lore of the North-East of Scotland in the
Folk-Lore Journal, vols. i. to vii. (London),
in Meludine and Revue des Traditions
Populaires (Paris), and in the Dictionary
of Folk-Lore. — [Trans. Buchan Field Club,
ix., 268-70.]
ALEXANDER WRIGHT STEVEN-
189_ SON, M.A. ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 11th July 1895 ; trans
to Balshagray, Glasgow, 7th Aug. 1910
trans, to Inch, Stranraer, 12th March 1925
died 24th Dec. 1925 (cf. Vol. III., 391).
JAMES WALKER MORISON
WILLIAMSON, born Greenock, 4th
July 1881, son of John W., M.A.,
headmaster, Greenock, and Emily Eliza-
beth, only daugh. of Henry Durkin, H.M.
Customs, and nephew of Andrew Wallace
1910
deer]
NEW PITSLIGO
237
W., D.D. ; educated at George Watson's
College, Edinburgh, Eepton, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1904) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 3rd May 1906; assistant
at Tron Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 25th
Nov. 1910. Marr. 27th May 1911, Susan
Marshall, daugh. of Eobert Emslie, S.S.C.,
and has issue — Ian Andrew Wallace
Williamson, born 24th July 1917; Eobert
Emslie Wallace Williamson, born 21st March
1921.
NEW PITSLIGO (Q.S.).
[The village of New Pitsligo was founded
on 12th Sept. 1787 by Sir William Forbes
of Pitsligo, Bart., the eminent banker, who
was superior of the lands. At Cavoch
within the bounds, a chapel was built in
1799. The parish of New Pitsligo was
disjoined from Tyrie, Aberdour, Strichen,
and New Deer, 9th March 1853, mainly
through the generous aid given by Sir John
Stuart Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart.]
ALEXANDEE FAEQUHAE, pres. by
117g_ Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart.,
in June, and ord. 12th Sept. 1799 ;
trans, to Pitsligo 13th June 1804.
1804
JOHN SHAEP (primus), born 1754, son
of Alexander S., Alva ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(Feb. 1775); licen. by Presb. of Fordyce
3rd Oct. 1782 ; schoolmaster of Pitsligo for
twenty-five years ; pres. by Sir William
Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart., in June, and ord.
14th Aug. 1804 ; died 20th July 1837. He
marr. and had issue — William Forbes,
surgeon, New Pitsligo, died of typhus
fever 22nd Feb. 1840, aged 35; Hugh,
surgeon, died 1877 ; John, his successor, in
the parish.
JOHN SHAEP (secundus), born about
1799, son of preceding ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(3rd April 1820) ; app. schoolmaster of
Aberdour in 1832 ; assistant at New Deer ;
pres. by Sir John Stuart Forbes of Pitsligo,
Bart., in May, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 18th July 1837; adm. first min.
of the parish 9th March 1853 ; dep. for
1837
intemperance 27th April 1865; died 15th
July 1875. He marr. 21st Dec. 1833,
Margaret (marr. (2) 15th Aug. 1889), only
daugh. of James Davidson, schoolmaster,
Lonmay, and had issue— Harriet S. Forbes
(marr. 30th Dec. 1856, John Coutts, sur-
geon, New Pitsligo) ; William ; Hugh,
M.A., M.E.C.S.
EOBEET GIBB FOEEEST, M.A. ; ord.
1865 10th Aug. 1865; trans, to Macduff
4th Sept. 1868.
JOHN M'GEEGOE FEEGUSON,
1869 M.A. ; trans, from Glenprosen and
adm. 19th March. 1869; trans, to
Fern 7th Jan. 1875.
JOHN SMEATON LOUTIT, ord. 25th
June 1875 ; trans, to Foveran 5th
1875
Aug. 1880.
1886
JOHN CATTO, M.A. ; ord. 29th Dec.
18g0 1880; trans, to Fintray 27th Oct.
1885.
ALEXANDEE EEID CEAIB, born
1841, son of James O, farmer,
and Magdalen Paterson ; ord. to
Bellegrove Street Congregational Church,
Glasgow, 1871 ; adm. by the General
Assembly May 1881 ; assistant at Beith ;
adm. 17th March 1886; dem. 10th Oct.
1912; died 11th Jan. 1916. He marr.
29th Oct. 1902, Annie, daugh. of John
Hutcheon, general provision merchant, and
Elizabeth Mackay, and widow of Cowie.
Publications — America and the Americans
(Paisley, 1892) ; Malcolm Boss [a romance]
(London, 1900) ; Picturesque New Pitsligo
[a poem] (n.p., 1899); Family Prayers
(2nd ed., Aberdeen, 1903).
1918
JOHN MACWILLIAM, born Ardrone,
Keith, 14th June 1882, son of James
M. and Jane Cockburn ; educated
at Eoyal Academy, Inverness, and Univs.
of Aberdeen M.A. (1905), B.D. (1908), and
Oxford B.Litt. (1910); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen May 1908; ord. 31st Jan. 1913.
Marr. 21st Aug. 1923, Agnes Watson (born
29th April 1890, died s.p. 24th Nov. 1924),
daugh. of James Milne, New Pitsligo, and
Mary Watson.
238
RATHEN
[PEESB. OF
1603
RATHEN.
[The old church of Rath en, whose ruins
stand in the churchyard, was dedicated to
St Ethernan. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath. There was a Well of St
Ethernan near it. A new church was built
in 1870.]
ADAM HEEIOT, min. of Aberdeen;
pres. to the parsonage and vicarage
by James VI. 16th May 1569, but
probably not settled.
DUNCAN DAVIDSON, M.A. ; regent
„ in Univ. of Aberdeen; pres. by
James VI. 26th Feb. 1574 ; in 1593
Lonmay was also in the charge ; still
min. in 1601 ; died before 3rd Sept. 1606.
He marr. and had issue — Alexander ;
Thomas ; Francis.— [Melvill's Autob., 302 ;
Slains Charters ; P. C. Reg., ix., 681.]
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, son of Alex-
ander D. in Kintore ; was present
at the Assembly at Aberdeen, 2nd
July 1605, for which he was summoned
before the Privy Council, 3rd Oct., and
confessed having been present, but stated
that "had he viewed in the light then
which he did now, he would not have
been there." He was acquitted and
returned to his pastoral charge. He was
adm. burgess of Aberdeen 1st Aug. 1620 ;
was a member of Commission of Assembly
in 1645 ; was served " heir of conquest "
to his brother James D., burgess of Aber-
deen, 8th April 1653; died in 1657. A
tradition long lingered in the parish that
in 1644 the people for many days heard
the most ravishing music inside the church,
like a choir of voices, with organs and
other musical instruments. One day they
crowded to the church, but on the minister
and others entering, all at once the music
ceased and died away in a long note. He
marr. and had issue — Christian (marr., cont.
23rd July 1630, William Dovertie in Blair-
mormont); Janet (marr., cont. 16th Nov.
1656, Alexander Greig, merchant, Fraser-
burgh).— [Melvill's Autob. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
3773 ; Acts of Pari., v., 153 ; Reg. of Deeds,
dxliv., 450 ; G. R. Sas., xi., 396.]
JAMES MOORE ; ord. 7th Sept. 1659 ;
1659 trans, to Fraserburgh 29th July 1666.
ALEXANDER ROSS, born Ross-shire
about 1642 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (17th July
1662); ord. to Strichen 26th Oct. 1662;
trans, and adm. in 1666 ; resided latterly
at Old Deer; died in 1694. He marr.
Elizabeth Fraser, and had issue— Sophia
(marr. George Keith, min. of Old Deer) ;
Elizabeth (marr. Forbes, joiner,
Ardendrit).
JAMES CHEYNE of Keithen, son of
1696 ^riUiam C. of Rathen ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(19th July 1666) ; clerk to Presb. of Deer,
1672 to 8th March 1683, and schoolmaster
of Longside ; inst. to Carluke 11th Dec.
1684 ; outed after 4th April 1688 ; intruded
here before 1696 ; was deprived by the
Privy Council Aug. 1702; died April 1703.
— [G. R. Homings, 31st May 1686 ; Aber-
deenshire Poll-Book, i., 650.]
JAMES ANDERSON (primus) edu-
170S cated at King's College; M.A. (1694);
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 26th Nov.
1701 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
24th Feb., and ord. 11th March 1703 ; died
between 19th Nov. 1740 and 20th Jan.
1741. He marr., and had issue — James,
his successor; John, born 5th Dec. 1706;
Margaret, born 18th March 1708 (marr.
George Ogilvie); Thomas, min. of Aber-
dour, born 29th Jan. 1710; Charles, born
29th Dec. 1711, died in infancy; Marie,
born 4th Feb. 1716 ; Ann (twin), born 4th
Feb. 1716; Charles, born 29th Feb. 1720;
Elizabeth, born 13th Aug. 1724; Alex-
ander, born 31st Jan. 1727.
JAMES ANDERSON (secundus), born
173_ 10th Dec. 1705; eldest son of pre-
ceding; licen. by Presb. of Deer
20th July 1737 ; pres. by Alexander, Lord
Saltoun, and ord. (colleague and successor)
6th Dec. 1738; died between 30th April
and 11th June 1740. He marr. Elizabeth,
daugh. of Dr Thomas Gordon of Craigellie.
— [Aberdeen Tests."]
deer]
RATHEN
239
1742
GEORGE LARGUE, born Strathspey,
about 1698 ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (9th April
1718); licen. by Presb. of Turriff 13th
March 1728; ord. to Kinairney 23rd July
1731 ; pres. by Alexander, Lord Saltoun,
14th Jan. 1741 ; trans, and adm. by a
committee of Synod 9th Feb. 1742; died
8th July 1771. He marr. 5th Aug. 1766,
Janet Ramsay (died 5th Sept. 1788), relict
of John Mair, merchant, Aberdeen.
1772
WILLIAM CUMINE, born 1720 ; app.
schoolmaster of Fraserburgh 6th
June 1750 ; licen. by Presb. of Deer
16th Jan. 1754; ord. to Tyrie 8th April
1762 ; pres. by George, Lord Saltoun, 30th
Nov. 1771 ; trans, and adm. 5th Aug. 1772 ;
died 8th Feb. 1800. " A quiet man and a
diligent teacher." His initials are on the
belfry of the church. He marr. 14th Sept.
1775, Elizabeth (died at Aberdeen 11th
March 1803), daugh. of James Leslie, min.
of St Fergus. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).
WILLIAM COCK, born 1st Nov. 1757,
lsol son of James C, min. of Keithhall ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1776); licen. by Presb. of
Deer 3rd April 1782 ; ord. to Culsalmond
17th June 1795 ; pres. by Alexander George,
Lord Saltoun, Aug. 1800 ; trans, and adm.
6th May 1801 ; died 1st July 1848. He
marr. 10th May 1796, Mary Gray, who
died 2nd July 1836, and had issue —
Katherine Ann, born 26th April 1797
(marr. 5th Nov. 1816, George Watson,
Calcutta), died 7th March 1852; Alex-
ander, born 5th June 1798, died 15th
July 1815 ; James, born 3rd March 1800 ;
Barbara, born 16th Sept. 1801 ; Mary, born
21st May 1803 ; Rachel, born 7th April
1805; Duncan, born 18th May 1807, died
25th March 1820; Ann Cushney, born
29th Sept. 1809, died 16th Dec. 1832;
William, born 18th April, died 8th May
1812 ; Margaret Forbes, born 16th June
1814 (marr. Robert Cushney, min. of Bellie);
John Forbes Mitchell, D.D., min. of this
parish. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
JOHN FORBES MITCHELL COCK,
1842 k°rn 8th March 1818, son of pre-
ceding; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1836) ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 12th May 1842 ; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 8th March 1879); died 27th
July 1895. The ministry of father and son
thus occupied a period of exactly one
hundred years. He marr. (1) 13th Nov.
1850, Mary (died 16th Aug. 1864), daugh. of
James Smith, Fraserburgh, and had issue
— William, M.A., tea-planter and farmer,
Australia, born 2nd Sept. 1851 ; James,
born 13th Oct. 1852, died 25th Dec. 1858 ;
Mary Gray, born 25th Nov. 1853; John
Forbes Mitchell, born 2nd April 1856;
Alexander Cushney, born 25th Sept. 1857 ;
James, born 31st May 1859, died 20th Jan.
1860 ; George Watson Coutts, born 6th
Aug. 1860; Catherine Ann Marjorie, born
23rd Nov. 1861, died 7th July 1882: (2)
4th March 1869, Susan Ann (died 12th
Nov. 1903), fifth daugh. of John Crombie,
Aberdeen, and had issue — Susan Bruce
Crombie, born 4th March 1862.
JOHN KELLAS, born Glack of Cluny-
18g. more, Mortlach, 22nd Oct. 1866, son
of William K. and Ann Kelman ;
educated at Glenbuchat School, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1888), B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb. of
Alford May 1891 ; assistant at Tough ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 12th July 1894;
died 16th June 1925. He marr. 2nd June
1897, Isabella Gray, daugh. of James
Forrest, D.D., min. of Lonmay, and had
issue — James Forrest, M.A., B.D., born
2nd Aug. 1898, licen. by Presb. of Deer in
1923, min. of Forteviot; John, born 7th
July 1900; Marshall George, born 22nd
Nov. 1902. Publications — Contributions
to Expository Times and Aberdeen Weekly
Journal; "The Old Kirk of Rathen"
{Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries, i.,
31, 52).
JOHN BELL, born Geneva, Italy, 15th
Aug. 1889, son of Dr James Bell and
Maria Lillianna Amadis; educated
at Univs. of Glasgow, London, and Sienna;
served in European War in King's Own
Royal Lancashire Regt. in France and
1925
240
ST FERGUS
[PEESB. OF
Belgium (despatches), wounded July 1916;
liason officer to Italian Delegation ; studied
Law ; adm. advocate in High. Court of
Baluchistan ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1917 ; assistant at Dunblane ; ord. as
Indian chaplain 23rd May 1920 ; adm. here
10th Sept. 1925.
ST FERGUS, of old INVERUGIE,
AND LATER LONGLEY.
[The church of Inverugie was dedicated
to St Fergus. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath.
GILBEET CHISHOLM, formerly Prior
of the Abbey of Deer; conformed
and was min. of Longley, Deer,
Foveran, and Peterhead in 1567.
1567
1567
AECHIBALD KEITH, trans, from
Logie, Fife, 1567, with Peterugie
and Crimond also in the charge ;
trans, to Peterhead before 1571 ; re-adm.
from Crimond, having same also in the
charge in 1585 ; returned to Crimond after
1590.
WILLIAM MUBKAY, reader in 1585.
1585— [And. of Ex., 1584-98, 107.]
1590 JAMES KYD, reader in 1590.
JAMES LEASK, trans, from Cruden
before 1597 ; trans, to Colstone in
1597
1599.
1599
DAVID EOBEBTSON, regent in King's
College, Aberdeen ; adm. in 1599,
with Fetterangus also in the charge.
He attended the Assembly held at Aber-
deen, 2nd July 1605, against the Boyal
pleasure, was called before the Privy
Council 3rd Oct. thereafter, confessed the
said Assembly to be unlawful and went
home dismissed. Being willing to continue
min. he was pres. to the modified stipend
of Longley and Fetterangus by James VI.
5th March 1616; dem. before 28th June
1637. He marr., and had issue — John, his
successor in this parish.
ALEXANDEB SWAN, reader in 1619
1619 and 1621.— [Banff Hornings, 1621.]
1637
JOHN BOBEBTSON, son of David B.,
min. of this parish ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1626); pres. by Charles I. 28th June
1637; died before 18th April 1683. He
marr. Elspet or Isobel Middleton, who
survived him.
1678
WILLIAM DALGABNO, son of
William D. of Cairnbanno ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1646); ord. to Penicuik 27th Nov.
1656 ; trans, to Kirkmahoe about 1663 ;
trans, to Mauchline about 1665 ; trans, to
Dunsyre in 1669 ; trans, and adm. after
18th April 1678; died in 1696, aged about
70. He marr. Anna Keith, and had issue
— James, had sasine of an annual rent
from lands of Baeshaw, etc., April 1678 ;
John, apprenticed to Edward Cleghorn,
goldsmith, 3rd Nov. 1675, and to William
Henderson, merchant, Edinburgh, 21st Sept.
1681 ; Janet (marr. James Scott of Black-
water). — [Edin. Guild Reg. ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 6th April 1705.]
1703
ALEXANDEB HEPBUBN, born
Buchan about 1656 ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(11th July 1676); intruded about Sept.
1703; dep. 20th Nov. 1716 for declining
the authority of the Presb., complicity in
the Bebellion, etc. He retired to Peter-
head, and died in 1737. He marr. Eliza
Clark, who died 17th Sept. 1703, aged 42,
and had issue — George ; William ; Ann
(marr. 20th Jan. 1737, Andrew Arbuthnott,
shipmaster, Peterhead), died 19th May
1795 ; Jean (marr. J. Duncan, dyer, Peter-
head); Mary. Publication — "A Description
of Buchan in 1721 " (Macfarlane's Geog.
Coll. Scot. Hist. Soc.). — [Coll. of Aberdeen
and Banff, i., 398 et seq. ; Tombst.]
1718
WILLIAM LESLIE, born 18th Nov.
1671, eldest son of James L. of
Bruckles, descended from the family
of Aikenway, and of his second wife,
Elizabeth, daugh. and co-heiress of John
Garden of Bruckles and Bakyhill ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen
M.A. (1687), and Univ. of Glasgow; became
deer]
ST FERGUS
241
1729
chaplain to John, Earl of Tullibardine ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd March
1698; ord. to Kemnay 16th July 1699;
trans, to Chapel - of - Garioch 26th Feb.
1707 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
24th April, trans, and adm. 13th Nov. 1718;
died 28th Jan. 1729. He marr. 19th Dec.
1699, Ann (died 17th March 1766), second
daugh. of George Gordon of Terpersy and
Ann, daugh. of Alexander Burnett of
Craigmyle, and had issue — Anna, born
1702, died 7th Feb. 1757; James, born
1714, died 20th June 1723; Andrew;
Thomas, buried 30th Oct. 1729 ; George,
merchant, Aberdeen, born 1717, died
23rd July 1788 ; Jean. — [Aberdeen Tests. ;
Tombst.']
JAMES LESLIE, born 30th April 1681,
second son of James L., and brother
of preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1697); ord. to
Crimond 24th Feb. 1709 ; called 1st May,
trans, and adm. 1st Oct. 1729 ; died 29th
April 1745. He marr. 2nd Nov. 1731, Jean
(died 16th Oct. 1754), eldest daugh. of
Alexander Forbes of Ludquharn and Jean,
daugh. of Alexander Galloway, Treasurer
of Aberdeen, and widow of John Gordon,
min. of Deer, and had issue — Jean, born
5th Oct. 1732, died 1753; Alexander, min.
of Durris, born 29th Oct. 1733; Eliza-
beth, born 19th Feb. 1735 (marr. William
Cumine, min. of Eathen) ; James, captain
15th Foot, fought in America under Wolfe,
born 18th March 1736, died at Kair, Kin-
cardineshire, 1791; Isobel, buried 20th Aug.
1753.— [Aberdeen Tests.]
EOBEET GAEDEN, born 1716, son
of John G. of Midstrath and
Catherine Farquharson ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1735) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 2nd
July 1740 ; pres. by George II. 11th June,
and ord. 12th Sept. 1745; died 8th Nov.
1772. He marr. 1st Dec. 1747, Mary
Gordon, who died (s.p.) 16th Oct. 1754.
JOHN CEAIGIE, M.A.; pres. by
George III. 7th Jan., and ord. 20th
1745
1773
1798.
Oct. 1773 ; trans, to Deer 1st March
VOL. VI.
1798
WILLIAM ANDEESON, born 9th Nov.
1746, son of Thomas A., min. of
Aberdour ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1767); licen.
by Presb. of Kirkwall 4th Dec. 1771; ord.
to Evie and Eendall 5th April 1780 ; trans,
to Holm 31st May 1798 ; pres. by George
III. 28th March, and adm. 15th Nov. 1798;
died 5th March 1823. He marr. (1) a lady
died at Evie: (2) 19th Dec. 1789, Mary
(died 25th Sept. 1819, aged 62), daugh. of
Eobert Groat of Newhall, M.D.— [Tombst.]
JAMES ANDEESON, born 1796, son
1822 of Jolm A,> En§lisl1 Mill< in tne
parish, and Ann Park ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd
April 1814); licen. by Presb. of Fordyce
5th May 1819 ; pres. by George IV. Nov.
1821 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 7th
March 1822. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; adm. to the Presbyterian Church,
Morpeth, 18th Sept. 1845 ; Moderator of
English Presbyterian Synod in 1847, and
of first English Presbyterian Assembly in
1876; D.D. (Marischal College, 8th Sept.
1860) ; died 17th May 1882. He marr. 23rd
Feb. 1826, Margaret (died 11th Dec. 1869,
aged 64), eldest daugh. of Alexander Gavin,
surgeon, Strichen, and had issue — Mary
Ann, born 16th Feb. 1827 ; Margaret, born
1st Aug. 1828; Eliza Eamsay, born 16th
Feb. 1830; John, born 25th Sept. 1832,
died 27th March 1897 ; Alexander William,
Oriental Bank, born 9th June 1834;
Wilhelmina, born 8th July 1836 ; James,
born Jan. 1838, died 16th Oct. 1842;
Frances, born 1st May 1840 ; Agnes Jane,
born 5th Nov. 1841 ; George Gray, mer-
chant, London. Publications — Charity to
the Poor briefly characterised and recom-
mended, a sermon (Aberdeen, 1825) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., xii.);
Sermon LXIX. {Free Church Pulpit, ii.).
JAMES EOBEETSON, born Cortie-
1844 cram> Old Deer, 1796 ; teacher at
Delting; licen. by Presb. of Deer
6th July 1825 ; ord. to Mid and South Yell
8th May 1828 ; pres. by Queen Victoria
25th Sept. 1843 ; trans, and adm. 8th Feb.
1844; died 12th Sept. 1854. He marr.
Ursula (died 3rd Nov. 1844), daugh. of
242
ST FERGUS— SAVOCH
[PRESB. OP
"William Spence of Gardie, Shetland. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish of Mid and
South Yell (Xew Stat. Ace, xv.).
JOHN MITCHELL, born about 1825,
only son of John M. of The Deep,
Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1846) ; ord. to Holburn in 1850 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 23rd Nov. 1854; trans,
and adm. 28th Feb. 1855 ; clerk of Presb.,
1868-95, and of Synod of Aberdeen in 1873,
which he res. 27th Jan. 1895 ; died at
Aberdeen, 20th July 1895. He marr. 1st
May 1855, Jane (died 17th July 1901, aged
73), daugh. of Hugh Garden, Piccadilly,
London, and had issue — John in Ceylon,
born 5th March 1856 ; Louisa Jane, born
28th Feb. 1858 ; Margaret Alice, born 2nd
Aug. 1859 (marr. John Macnab Macgregor,
min. of Kilmore), died at Farr, 7th April
1891 ; Mary Douglas, born 11th Oct. 1860
(marr. Andrew Watt, min. of this parish) ;
William Garden in Mexico, born 1st May
1862; Christina, born 20th Oct. 1863;
Hugh Garden, born 22nd Aug. 1865, died
at Johannesburg, South Africa, 24th May
1902 ; Charles Eobert, London, born 8th
Nov. 1866; Emily Grace, born 10th Feb.
1868 ; Frederick Garden, born 24th Sept.
1869, died at Liverpool 1st Jan. 1894.
ANDKEW WATT, born Dundee, 19th
lgg5 April 1867, son of John Stark TV.
and Margaret Macgregor Ainsworth;
educated at Dundee High School and
Univs. of St Andrews, M.A. (1888), and
Edinburgh, B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb.
of Dundee May 1891 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 17th Jan. 1895. Marr. 22nd
May 1895, Mary Douglas, daugh. of John
Mitchell, min. of this parish, and has
issue — Douglas Gordon, 2nd lieut. 1st
Gordons, born 27th March 1896, killed at
Tpres 5th March 1916; Beatrix Gardyne,
born 10th Nov. 1899.
SAVOCH (Q.S.).
[A church was opened in 1834. Its
chief promoter was the Rev. James Mair,
M.A., schoolmaster of Savoch, father of
William Mair, D.D., min. of Earlston, a
native of Savoch, who, as Moderator of
the General Assembly, reopened (5th Sept.
1897), after extensive renovation, the church
in which he worshipped as a child. From
1834-51 the mins. of the four interested
parishes officiated in turn, assisted by
probationer schoolmasters in the Presb.
The parish of Savoch was disjoined from
Deer, New Deer, Ellon, and Tarves on
28th May 1851.]
[JOHN DAVIDSON, schoolmaster of
j^. Ellon ; was app. min., but res. before
ordination.]
JAMES "WILSON, M.A. ; ord. 12th Feb.
,_co 1852; trans, to Aberdour 11th June
1852 1857.
JOHN EEID, born Kildrummy, 1825,
.„„ son of James R., farmer, and Erskine
"Watt ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1844) ; schoolmaster of
Tarland ; ord. 24th Sept. 1857 ; dep. 26th
May 1887 ; became a farmer at Galloquhun,
Fordoun ; died at Auchinblae, 17th March
1913. He marr. 11th Jan. 1855, Eliza
Cruickshank, and had issue — James
William, born 16th Nov. 1855; Johanna
Elizabeth, born 3rd Oct. 1861 ; George
Edward, born 12th Sept. 186a
1887
WILLIAM WALLACE WILSON, born
Beith, 17th Aug. 1856, son of Robert
W. and Agnes Wallace ; educated at
Partick Free Church School, Mechanics'
Institute, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(23rd Nov. 1882); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 11th June 1884 ; assistant at
St George's, Glasgow; ord. 18th Nov.
1887; died 1st Oct. 1923. He marr. 16th
Feb. 1888, Louisa, daugh. of Robert Glen
Thomson and Mary Beesley, and had issue
— Louisa Mary, born 10th Nov. 1889 ;
Margaret Montgomery, born 28th Jan.
1S90; Agnes, born 24th May 1891 ; Robert,
min. of Udny, born 20th Aug. 1892;
William "Wallace, born 1st July 1898.
THOMAS NELSON ALLEN, formerly
lg24 min. of Craigmore (q.v.); assistant
at South Leith ; adm. 22nd Feb.
1924.
deer]
STRICHEN
243
STRICHEN.
[A chapel was built here in 1620 by-
Thomas Fraser of Stricben. The parish
of Strichen was disjoined from Kathen
and Philorth in 1627. There was within
the bounds a Well of Our Lady.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, educated at Univ. of
1627 Edinburgh ; M.A. (22nd July 1620) ;
pres. by Alexander Fraser, younger
of Philorth, 21st March 1627. Joined the
Protesters in 1651 ; refused to submit to
Episcopacy in 1662, and was deprived ;
returned two communion cups to the
Kirk-Session 30th Nov. 1662 ; died before
15th April 1683. He marr. Isobel Chalmers,
who survived him. — [Reg. of Deeds,
ccccxxxi., 309.]
ALEXANDER EOSS, M.A. ■ ord. and
1662 co11' 26tl1 0ct-' instl 9th ■NoV- 1662 ;
trans, to Eathen in 1666.
JAMES WHYTE, son of William W.
in Ardlayhill,' Aberdeenshire ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; adm. to Symington, Ayr, about
1667; trans, and adm. 4th July 1669;
adm. burgess of Aberdeen 3rd Jan. 1689 ;
buried 12th March same year. He marr.
24th Oct. 1683, Margaret Cant, in this
parish, and had issue.— [G. P. Inhib., 11th
Jan. 1670.]
JAMES WHYTE, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (9th July
1672); intruded in 1694; died 8th
May 1699, aged about 47. He marr.
Cant, and had issue. — [Aberdeenshire Poll-
Book, i., 610 ; P. C. Dec, 15th Sept. 1699.]
THOMAS UDNY, educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1694);
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 31st Dec.
1700 ; called 11th May, and ord. 20th Aug.
1701; died 16th Aug. 1747. He marr.
27th June 1704, Jean Martin, who died
19th May 1774, and had issue — Thomas;
Elizabeth; Jean; Ann; Martha.
JOHN SMITH, born 1707; educated
74 at King's College, Aberdeen, 1725-9 ;
M.A. (1728) ; became schoolmaster
of Longside and afterwards of Fraserburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Deer 9th Feb. 1743 ; pres.
by the Hon. Alexander Fraser of Strichen,
Lord of Session; ord. 23rd Nov. 1748;
died 26th Dec. 1784. He marr. 2nd Nov.
1749, Elizabeth Auchinleck, probably a
relative of Alexander A., min. of Fraser-
burgh. She died 3rd Sept. 1793, and had
issue — Alexander, born 8th Sept. 1750 ;
John, born 27th March 1752; Elizabeth,
born 25th Oct. 1753 ; Anna, born 4th Nov.
1756.— [Cranna's Fraserburgh, 217-19.]
WILLIAM ANDEESON, born 1758,
178S son of Alexander A., farmer, Burn-
shangie, and Isabel Shearer ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (14th Feb. 1776) ; licen. by Presb. of
Deer 27th Aug. 1783 ; pres. by Alexander
Fraser of Strichen in June, and ord. 22nd
Sept. 1785; died 17th July 1806. He
marr. 22nd Sept. 1796, Helen (died 10th
Aug. 1854), daugh. of Alexander Findlay,
surgeon, Fraserburgh, and had issue — ■
Catherine, born 23rd May 1798, died 4th
May 1882 ; Isabella, born 2nd Jan. 1801 ;
Sir Alexander, advocate at Aberdeen, Lord
Provost of Aberdeen, 1859-66, knighted
17th Oct. 1863, born 10th June 1802, died
11th April 1887 [father of Catherine A.,
wife of Archibald Hamilton Charteris,
D.D., LL.D.] ; Anne, born 27th Sept. 1804
(marr. 18th May 1829, Alexander Copland,
advocate, Aberdeen) ; Wilhelmina (marr.
27th July 1826, William Leslie, surgeon,
Aberdeen). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). —
[Gordon's Life of Professor Charteris, 87,
329, 390 ; Law Times, 30th April 1887.]
ALEXANDEE SIMPSON, born 16th
lso7 April 1778, son of Arthur S., farmer,
Mains of Kindrought, Strichen, and
Margaret Farquhar; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st March
1797) ; became a teacher at Strichen,
1794-6, at Stonehaven June 1801, and
afterwards one of the masters in Gordon's
Hospital, Aberdeen, 1802-7 ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 19th Dec. 1805; pres. by
the factor loco tutoris for Thomas Alex-
ander Fraser of Strichen Dec. 1806; ord.
18th June 1807 ; died 3rd May 1852. He
marr. 1st Aug. 1811, Agnes Margaret
244
STRICHEN
[PEESB. OF
1852
1858
died 22nd Dec. 1874), daugh. of Andrew
Youngson, min. of Aberdour, and had
issue — Arthur, M.A., teacher in Gordon's
Hospital, 1831-8, born 8th June 1813, died
10th Feb. 1838; Agnes, born 1st Feb.
1815 (marr. 17th Jan. 1843, David Kerr,
M.D.), died 28th Jan. 1896; Margaret,
born 29th Dec. 1818 (marr. James Forsyth,
D.D., min. of West Parish, Aberdeen) ;
Andrew, born 1st Sept. 1820, died Feb.
1821 ; Alexander, advocate, Aberdeen, born
27th Dec. 1822, died 17th Feb. 1900. —
[Genealogies of an Aberdeen Family
(portrait), 97.]
JOHN WEBSTER, ord. 2nd Sept.
1852; trans, to Anstruther Easter
29th Oct. 1857). Publications— On
the Epistle to the Hebrews, and On the
Parables [Murray Lectures, 1850-2] (Aber-
deen, 1852).
ALEXANDER GRAY, M.A. ; trans,
from Holburn and adm. 7th Jan.
1858; trans, to Auchterless 17th
May 1862.
CHARLES STEWART, born Fort
1862 George, 1824, son of Alexander S.,
soldier, and Ann M'Donald ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1847) ; ord. to St Marnoch's, Kilmarnock,
in 1858 ; trans, and adm. 25th Sept. 1862 ;
died 29th April 1888. He marr. 12th July
1859, Margaret (died 5th Oct. 1910), daugh.
of James Ferguson, East Grange, Kinloss,
and Ann Paul, and had issue — Annie Paul
Macpherson, born 21st July 1860, died 3rd
June 1915 ; Alexander, born 12th July
1862, died 5th April 1883; Eliza Paul,
born 20th April 1864, died 27th Oct. 1875 ;
Margaret Thomson, born 11th Feb. 1867;
Sealina Isabella, teacher, Aberdeen, born
26th Dec. 1868 ; Christina, born 16th Oct.
1870 (marr. 4th Aug. 1896, James Whyte
Jackson, min. of Charlotte Street U.F.
Church, Aberdeen) ; Jamesina Ferguson,
LL.A., born 20th Jan. 1873; Charles,
chemist, Aberdeen, born 31st July 1875 ;
Katherine Paterson, born 15th June 1877
(marr. 8th Oct. 1903, John Greenlaw, min.
of Buckie); Robert Macpherson in Van-
couver, Canada, born 25th Sept. 1880.
RICHARD GOODWILLIE, born
1888 Reedieleys, Auchtermuchty, 24th
July 1846, son of David G. and
Anne Philip ; educated at Strathmiglo
School, Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow,
and Evangelical Union Theological Hall ;
min. of the Evangelical Union Church
at Stonehouse and Coatbridge, 1875-82.
Joined the Church of Scotland and adm.
by the General Assembly 3rd June 1882;
ord. to Newhall 19th Feb. 1883; trans,
and adm. 20th Nov. 1888 ; res. 29th Oct.
1919. Marr. (1) 27th March 1863, Margaret
M'Kendrick, and has issue — Elizabeth,
born 14th July 1866 ; Margaret, born 26th
Nov. 1868; Catherine, born 16th April
1872 : (2) 17th June 1880, Rachel, daugh.
of James Philip and Rachel Kilgour.
Publications — The Neanuss of Salvation
(Irvine, 1873); Needed Knoicledge (Coat-
bridge, 1876); The Mission and Message
of Christ (Strichen, 1904) ; The Value of
Virtuous Women (Peterhead, 1904) ;
Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow (Aberdeen,
1904) ; This Untoward Generation (Aber-
deen, 1906) ; Statement of Strichen Church-
yard Case (Strichen, 1906); My Father's
House (Aberdeen, 1907) ; Our Lord and
the Church Treasury (Peterhead, 1908);
A NeiD Tear's Greeting (Peterhead, 1909) ;
Marriage (Peterhead, 1909); Whence?
What? Whither? (Coatbridge, 1910);
Christ's Estimate of Woman (Strichen,
1912); Who is He? (Strichen, 1914);
The Terrible War (Strichen, 1914); The
Nation's Need (Strichen, 1915) ; Love
Conquers Fear (Strichen, 1915) ; The
" Greater Love " (Aberdeen, 1918); Strichen
Augmentation Case (Strichen, 1922) ; Dedi-
cation of Church War Memorial (Peter-
head, 1923); An Artless Creed (Dundee,
1923).
ANDREW JAMES AIKEN FAL-
1920 CONER, M.A., B.D.; ord. 25th
Feb. 1920; trans, to Torphins 19th
Feb. 1925.
CHARLES M'GLASHAN ; trans, from
192g Second Charge, Old Machar (q.v.)
15th May 1925.
deer]
TYRIE
245
TYRIE.
[The church of Tyrie was dedicated to
St Andrew. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath.]
ALEXANDER OGSTON [UGSTOUN],
1567 reader from 1567 to 1580.
DAVID HOWESON, min. of Aberdour ;
158S parson in 1583.
1597 WALTER DONALDSON.
JOHN HOWESON, son of David H.,
1599 m'n" °^ Aberdour • min. jn 1599 -}
pres. to Aberdour by James VI.
2nd Jan. 1612, but apparently not settled;
died here between 3rd March and 27th
April 1615.
WILLIAM CHEYNE, M.A. (Marischal
1615 College, 1604); adm. 27th April
1615 ; dep. in 1637. He marr.
Helen Forbes. — [P. E. Sas. Aberdeen, i.,
287.]
WILLIAM ERASER, educated at King's
1643 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1627) ;
adm. before 12th July 1643.
DAVID HOUSTON, educated at King's
1645 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1627) ;
adm. in 1645 ; died before 15th
June 1646, when the General Assembly
recommended his widow to the Committee
of Losses. He marr. Margery Fraser.
JOHN JAMESON, educated at Univ.
1649 of Edinburgh- M.A. (15th July
1641); adm. before 20th Dec. 1649;
died in 1692, aged about 71. He marr.
and had issue — Alexander, M.A. (King's
College, 11th July 1676).
ANDREW DALGARNO, educated at
,___ King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(12th July 1660) ; was schoolmaster
of Fraserburgh ; adm. (assistant) in 1692,
and had dispensation for stipends for
crops in 1692, 1693, and 1694, from William,
Lord Saltoun, 15th May and 27th Dec. 1694.
WILLIAM HUNTER; trans.from
1696 Colmonell in 1696; trans, to Banff
15th Nov. 1699.
1701
JAMES FARQUHAR, called Oct.
1700 ; ord. 27th March 1701 ; dem.
31st Aug. 1709, as he entertained
scruples regarding Congregational Church
Government, which he renounced before
30th April 1715 [afterwards min. of
Nigg].
1710
JOHN MERCER, born 4th Jan. 1677,
eldest son of Thomas M. of Todlaw
and Smiddyburn (son of John M.,
min. of Kinellar) and Isobel, daugh. of
Robert Smith of Smiddyburn ; educated
at Marischal College; M.A. (1704); licen.
by Presb. of Ellon 30th May, called 12th
Sept., and ord. 30th Nov. 1710 ; died 31st
March 1761. He marr. 29th March 1715,
Isabel (died 21st March 1765), daugh. of
Robert Martin of Burntbrae, and had
issue — John, student at Marischal College
(1730-4), farmer, Kirkton, Tyrie, born 24th
March 1716, died 10th Jan. 1790; Eliza-
beth, born 12th Dec. 1718 (marr. James
Wilson, min. of Gamrie); Thomas, licen-
ciate of the Church, born 27th Oct. 1721,
died 4th July 1754 ; Isobel, born 15th June
1723, died 24th April 1745; Agnes, born
20th May 1725 (marr. 4th Sept. 1750, Alex-
ander Wilson, farmer, Cardno). — [Tombst. ;
Mercer Pedigree ; Scot. Notes and Queries,
vii. 165, 183, viii. 24.]
WILLIAM CUMINE, pres. by George,
Lord Saltoun, Aug. 1761 ; ord. 8th
April 1762; trans, to Rathen 5th
Aug. 1772.
1773
WILLIAM FRASER, born 1742, son of
Alexander F., hairdresser, Fraser-
burgh ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1764) ; became
schoolmaster of Fraserburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Deer 30th Nov. 1768 ; pres. by
George, Lord Saltoun, Nov. 1772 ; ord. 5th
May 1773 ; died 6th Sept. 1810. He marr.
16th Dec. 1779, Ann (died 18th March 1835,
aged 80), daugh. of James Wilson, min. of
Gamrie, and had issue — Sophia, born 29th
Sept. 1780 (marr. 3rd July 1806, George
Cruden, min. of Logie Buchan) ; Elizabeth,
born 2nd Nov. 1784 (marr. James Watt,
merchant and banker, Old Deer), died 26th
246
TYRIE
[PRESB. OF DEER
March 1865 ; Alexander of Sheddochsly,
M.D., Lecturer on Midwifery, born 25th
Sept. 1788 ; Sarah, born 3rd March 1791
(marr. 7th Dec. 1837, Donaldson Eose of
Hazelhead, merchant and shipowner, Aber-
deen), died 21st Feb. 1868. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi.).
1812
GEORGE ALEXANDER SIMPSON,
born 30th April 1787, son of Alex-
ander S. nun. of Fraserburgh ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(28th March 1805) ; became schoolmaster of
Rathen ; licen. by Presb. of Deer 3rd May
1809; pres. by Alexander George, Lord
Saltoun, Feb. 1811; ord. 19th Feb. 1812;
died 23rd Oct. 1841. He marr. 24th Dec.
1816, Agnes Lawrie, who died 9th Dec.
1864, and had issue— Rachel, born 30th
Oct. 1817, died 17th Feb. 1839 ; Alexander,
M.D., surgeon, H.E.I.C.S., born 23rd Feb.
1819, died 14th Nov. 1864 ; William, M.D.,
born 2nd May 1821, died 2nd Oct. 1864;
Henry, born 1822, died 1826; Eleanora,
born 7th Jan. 1825, died 14th Oct. 1841 ;
Simon, born 6th Sept. 1826; Helen Still,
born 29th Sept. 1827 (marr. Frederick
William Roche of Marydale, Dawson River);
Charles, born 1828, died 1833 ; Patrick, born
and died 1829 ; Ann, born and died 1830 ;
Catherine Stewart, born 5th June 1834
(marr. 1st Sept. 1859, John Brown, M.D.,
H.E.I.C.S.), died 27th Sept. 1860; George
Alexander, born and died 1835; Agnes
Elizabeth, born 18th Dec. 1836 (marr. 1st
Sept. 1859, James Gifford, Aberdeen) ;
George Alexander, born 5th March 1838,
assistant at Caputh.
1856
JAMES CRUDEN, M.A. ; ord. 14th
,0„„ July 1842 ; trans, to Gamrie 13th
1842 _ J '
Sept. 1855.
ALEXANDER MILNE, born Mortlach,
1825, son of Alexander M. and Ann
Taylor ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1846); became
parochial schoolmaster at Drainie ; ord.
26th March 1S56 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1899) ;
res. 17th May 1901 ; died 29th Oct. 1905.
He marr. 28th April 1859, Isabella Caroline
(died 6th June 1899), daugh. of Captain
William Patton of Devonview, Perthshire,
and 12th Lancers, and had issue — Alexina
Anne, born 26th Feb. 1860 ; Caroline
Isabella, lady superintendent of Presby-
terian Hospital, Philadelphia, U.S.A., born
14th Sept. 1861 ; Margaret Anne, born 26th
April, and died 3rd July 1863; Thomas
Patton, M.A., born 16th Aug. 1864, elected
to Second Charge, Kilmarnock, but died
before ordination 10th March 1894; Mary
Louisa, head of French department of High
School, Kirkcaldy, born 27th May 1867.
1901
ADAM NELSON, born Glasgow, 23rd
June 1869, son of Gilbert N. and
Mary Manson ; educated at Allan
Glen's Institution and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1891), B.D. (1894); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 2nd May 1894 ; assistant at
Peterhead ; ord. (assistant and successor)
17th May 1901. Marr. 29th June 1904.
Alice, daugh. of William Musham Metcalfe,
D.D., min. of South Parish, Paisley, and
has issue — Cecilia Metcalfe, born 10th
June 1905 ; Mary Manson, born 15th June
1907 ; Adam Henry, born 10th Dec. 1909.
PEESBYTERY OF TURRIFF
[This Court was erected sometime after 1606 and before the end of 1638. Its parishes
were taken mainly from the Presbytery of Fordyce. In 1654 the Presbyteries of Deer
and Turriff were united. They were severed again in or about 1657. The Kegister of the
Presbytery of Turriff begins in 1642.]
ALVAH.
[The church of Alvah was dedicated to
St Colman. It belonged to the Abbey of
Coupar in Angus. Within the bounds
were the Wells of St Colman, St Breandan,
and St Katherine. A church built in 1792
was considerably remodelled in 1882. The
church bell bears the date 1645. Part of
the communion plate was gifted by George
Ogilvy of Banff in 1625.]
HENRY MORTIMER, reader 1574 to
1574 1580.
JAMES LYLE, having Kinedward also
in his charge ; min. in 1586 ; trans,
to Bathven about 1589.
1586
1624
JAMES MELVINE [or MELVILL],
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen
1612); adm. before 9th Jan. 1624;
still min. 2nd Aug. 1632.— [Fordyce Presb.
Beg-]
v/ROBERT BLAIB, a native of Forglen ;
1636 educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; min. of Forglen in 1634, trans,
and adm. about 1636 ; still min. 30th
March 1679. He marr. and had issue —
William, min. of Forglen ; James, student
at Marischal College, 1667-71, commissary
in Virginia; Marjory, accused in 1661 of
immorality but found not guilty by Presb.
of Fordyce.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, a native of
168g Aberdeenshire; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (9th July
1672) ; schoolmaster of Crimond ; adm.
before 1689; dep. 31st Jan. 1717 for
praying for the Old Chevalier, etc. He
subsequently officiated at a chapel at Culfin
in the parish of Boyndie, where he died.
He marr. before 1696 Elizabeth Barclay, who
died 13th May 1728, aged 52, and had issue
—Elizabeth, born 22nd Aug. 1696 (marr.
20th Jan. 1717 Archibald Campbell,
collector of the King's dues), died 13th
May 1728 ; George, min. of Botriphnie,
born 1698 ; Archibald, min. of Grange. —
[Banff Sas., v., 417 ; Aberdeen Tests. ;
Tombst.]
JAMES STEUART, son of Walter S.,
.,„.,_ and nephew of John S. of Ryland ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1686); licen. by Presb. of
Turriff 18th Aug. 1702; adm. to Ordiquhill
3rd Jan. 1710; trans, to Inverkeithny 9th
Jan. 1717; dem. 1st May, and adm. here
13th May 1718; died unmarr. 19th Feb.
1745, aged about 65.
ALEXANDER WILSON, educated at
_74g King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(29th March 1722) ; became school-
master of Monquhitter; licen. by Presb.
of Turriff 22nd Sept. 1731; pres. by
Alexander, Lord Banff, 29th March, and
ord. 22nd Aug. 1745; died unmarr. 7th
April 1775, aged about 73.
GEORGE SANGSTER, M.A. (Marischal
1776 College, Aberdeen, 1764); pres. by
William, Lord Banff, and his curators,
Oct. 1775 ; ord. 6th March 1776 ; died 19th
April 1805, aged about 61. He marr. 5th
Nov. 1776, Elizabeth (died 4th March 1820),
daugh. of James Wilson, min. of Gamrie,
247
248
ALV AH— AUCHTERLESS
[PRESB. OF
and had issue — James, his successor in the
parish; Elizabeth, born 13th July 1780;
Jean, born 5th March 1784, died 4th Nov.
1819. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
JAMES SANGSTER, born 28th Aug.
1805 ^77, son of preceding ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(16th March 1795); licen. by Presb. of
Turriff 24th Nov. 1802; pres. by Sir George
and Lady Abercromby in July, and ord. 27th
Sept. 1805 ; died unmarr. 8th Sept. 1840.
ANDKEW TODD, born Banffshire 1798,
1841 son of Robert T., farmer, and Mary
Bonnyman ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1817);
became schoolmaster of this parish ; ord.
5th May 1841 ; D.D. (King's College, 13th
July 1858 [the last occasion on which that
College granted the degree] ; died 17th Dec.
1867. He marr. 21st Dec. 1841, Eliza (died
31st July 1895, aged 75), daugh. of Charles
Begrie, schoolmaster, and Jane Sangster,
and had issue — Mary Jane, born 21st Sept.
1842 ; Robert Abercromby, tea-planter,
India, born 30th April 1844, died 7th Jan.
1884; Charles, S.S.C., Edinburgh, born
13th Oct. 1845, died Eeb. 1900— [Westland's
Records of the First Bajan Class, Aberdeen,
iii., 70 ; Johnston's Last Bajans, 61.]
HUGH FRASER, son of Donald F.,
1868 farmerj arjd Elizabeth Stewart ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1851) ; ord. to Berriedale 13th March
1862 ; trans, to Macduff 26th Nov. 1863 ;
trans, and adm. 19th May 1868 ; died
18th Nov. 1923. He marr. (1) 15th May
1862, Amelia Jane (born 18th Aug. 1836, died
2nd Feb. 1867), third daugh. of Hercules
Scott, LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy,
King's College, Aberdeen : (2) 30th April
1878, Annie, daugh. of Alexander Bean,
farmer, and Jean Morrison, and had issue
— Alexander Donald, born 1884, D.S.O.,
M.C. (bar), Croix de Guerre, Lieut. -Colonel
R.A.M.C. ; George A., Canadians ; James
W., M.C, New Zealand Forces.— Publica-
tion—"Alvah" {The Kirks of the Turriff
Presbytery), (Banff, 1904).
ROBERT JAMES VICTOR MARTIN,
.„.„ born Fotheringham, Forfar, 22nd
June 1890, son of David M., Mont-
grennan, Kilmarnock, and Helen Cameron
Docherty ; educated at Sharp's Institution,
Perth, and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1912 and 1913 Hons.), B.D. (1916);
licen. by Presb. of Perth 2nd May 1916 ;
assistant at Rossendale, Manitoba, 1914,
Brandon, Manitoba, 1915, Inveresk and
St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; ord. 6th Dec.
1917. Marr. 5th June 1918, Catherine
Eliza Halley, eldest daugh. of William
Wallace, Thornlea, Liberton, and Helen
Cowie Randell.
AUCHTERLESS.
[The church of Auchterless was dedicated
to St Donan. Its incumbent was Chantor
of the Cathedral of Aberdeen.]
ROBERT ALLARDICE, probably of the
1 _ Allardices of Auchterless ; reader in
1567.
JOHN RITCHIE, reader from 1574 to
1574 1580.
Sin GIDEON MURRAY of Elibank,
born about 1560, third son of Sir
Andrew M. of Blackbarony and his
second wife Grizel, daugh. of John Bethune
of Creich and widow of William Scott of
Buccleuch ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1581) ; acquired Glenpote in Ettrick
Forest, 15th July 1565 ; adm. about 1582,
when he is designed Chantor of Aberdeen ;
had a charter of the lands of Elibank 15th
March 1594-5. He unfortunately killed a
man named Atchison, fled from his parish,
and was confined in the Castle of Edin-
burgh, from which he was released through
the good graces of Chancellor Arran's wife.
He relinquished the clerical profession and
became chamberlain to his nephew, Sir
Walter Scott of Buccleuch, whose standard
he carried at the fight at Dryfe Sands,
7th Dec. 1593, between some 500 Scotts
against the Johnstones, where Lord Max-
well was slain. He was knighted 4th
March 1605, represented the County of
Selkirk in Parliament in 1612, was app.
TURRIFF]
AUCHTERLESS
249
Treasurer-depute in 1613, adm. an ordinary
Lord of Session [Lord Elibank] 2nd Nov.
that year, and Comptroller to the Royal
Household in 1615, about which time
that office was suppressed. Owing to his
great ability in managing the revenue
he was enabled to repair and add to the
various royal palaces in Scotland, and to
defray the entire cost of King James's visit
to Scotland in 1617. This brought him
for a time the royal favour, but the King
believing charges made against him by
Sir James Stewart, sent him a prisoner
to Scotland, "whereat he took such grief
and sorrow of heart, that he took to bed,
and abstained absolutely from meat for
many days, imagining that he had no
money either to get meat or drink to him-
self and that way died " on 29th June 1621.
He was the last to hold the office of Provost
of the College Church of Crichton, con-
verting the lands belonging to it into
temporal estates. He marr. irregularly,
June 1587 (the marriage was regularised
by the Commissaries of Edinburgh, 6th
June 1601, and the children legitimated),
Margaret, daugh. of Dionis Pentland,
miller, in Edinburgh, who survived him,
and had issue — Sir Patrick of Elibank,
created a baronet 6th May 1628, and a
Scottish peer, as Lord Elibank, 18th
March 1643, died 12th Nov. 1649 ; William
of Langhermiston, died 1659 ; Sir Walter
of Livingston, died Feb. 1659 ; Agnes
(marr., cont. 14th July 1611, Sir William
Scott of Harden). Publication — Letters to
King James (Original Letters). — [Scots
Peerage, iii., 504 ; Scot's Staggering State,
60, 66; Acts of Pari., iv., 466 et seq. ;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 462; Craig -
Brown's Selkirkshire, i., 400 ; The Murrays
of Elibank in Mahon's Life of General
James Murray, London, 1921.]
1595
ROBERT MAITLAND, min. in 1595;
was a member of Assembly 5th June
1610.— [Calderwood's Hist., vii., 105.]
WILLIAM GBAY, educated at Mari-
1618 schal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1609);
was a member of the Chapter that
elected Patrick Bishop of Aberdeen, 24th
March 1618; died before 19th Sept. 1638.
He marr. Christian Irvine, and had issue —
Patrick in Cardrum, burgess of Aberdeen
in 1638; served heir 17th Nov. 1632;
William, min. of Duns. — [Aberdeen Sas.,
iii., 397, 402, 444 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 1922 ;
Forbes's Funeral Sermons ; Spalding
Miscell., ii., 382.]
JOHN FORBES, M.A., son of Alex-
. „„ ander F., Bishop of Aberdeen ;
regent in King's College, Aberdeen ;
adm. about 5th July 1627 ; dep. before
20th April 1641 for not supporting the
Covenant, which sentence was approved
by the General Assembly in 1643, and on
13th Feb. 1645 the Presb. was ordered by
the Assembly to proceed to his excom-
munication. The Parliament recommended
him in 1661 to the Privy Council "for
the bygane vacant stipend of Tarves" on
account of his sufferings and loyalty. —
[Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 294 ;
Privy Seal Eng. Reg., ii., 524 ; Acts of
Pari., vii., 123, 128 ; Spalding's Hist., 179.]
WALTER HEMPSEED, educated at
1646 Marischal College; M.A. (1625);
adm. in 1646. He marr. Agnes
Chalmers, who survived him.
ANDREW MASSIE, adm. to Drumblade
._.„ before 30th Jan. 1633 ; trans, and
adm. before 31st May 1647; still
min. in 1652. He marr. Susan Garden,
and had issue — Andrew, regent of King's
College, Aberdeen ; William, his colleague ;
Margaret; Elspeth. His daughters were
served heirs-portioners, 24th Feb. 1671.—
[Reg. Mag. Sig., xl, 309, 25th Aug. 1662 ;
Lnq. Ret. Gen., 5404; Acts of Pari., vi.,
pt. 2, 326; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Books,
ii., 362.]
WILLIAM MASSIE, son of preceding,
1655 mentioned (colleague) 1655-7.
WILLIAM GRAY, son of above William
G. ; adm. before 21st Oct. 1658;
app. to Aberdeen in 1662, but
declined acceptance ; trans, to Duns before
1st May 1666.
250
AUCHTERLESS
[PKESB. OF
WILLIAM MELDRUM, regent
le70 in Marischal College, Aberdeen :
adm. in 1670 ; trans, to Tranent
8th Aug. 1672.
HENRY SCOUGAL, M.A. ; ord. in
167s 1673 ; trans, to Chair of Divinity
King's College, Aberdeen (q.v.), 11th
Aug. 1674.
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, M.A. ; adm.
, 7 in 1674; trans, to Peterhead 28th
Sept. 1682.
PATRICK SETON, son of Alexander
1682 S., min. of Banff; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 19th July 1665) ;
schoolmaster at St Andrews ; passed trials
before the Presb. there and was certified,
13th Sept. 1671, for licence; adm. to
Dyce before 31st Oct. 1676 ; trans, and
adm. in 1682; dep. 21st Aug. 1694 for
drunkenness, etc., and went to Ireland.
He marr., Oct. 1676, Catherine, daugh. of
James Wood, sometime of Grange.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, educated at
1697 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; was
on trials for ordination, though he
had not taken the Test, 24th May 1682;
adm. to Kearn before 29th Nov. 1682;
was received into communion by the Com-
mittee of the General Assembly for the
North, 5th July 1694 ; trans, and adm. 6th
May 1697 ; died in 1703. He marr. Jean,
daugh. of John Forbes of Asloan, but had
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, above
]704 mentioned, intruded here before
12th Oct. 1704, but was outed.
ALEXANDER ROSE, educated at
17 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Garioch 28th March
1704 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
20th March 1705 ; ord. 8th May 1706 ; died
17th Jan. 1729. He marr. (1) Christian
(died 5th Oct. 1710, aged 22), daugh. of
Patrick Harvie, min. of Forgue : (2) Eliza-
beth Ogilvie, who died 17th May 1720,
and had issue — James; Isobel; Katherine;
Helen (marr. 17th April 1748, Robert
Ross, schoolmaster, Edinburgh). — [Aberdeen
Tests.']
ANDREW GAULD, born Botriphnie
1730 about 1694; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (9th April
171S); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 27th
April 1726 ; ord. to Kinairney 13th Feb.
1728 ; pres. by George II., trans, and adm.
11th June 1730; died 6th March 1767.
He marr. 16th Dec. 1729, Janet (died 11th
April 1770), daugh. of Francis Manson,
factor to the Earl of Panmure, and had issue
— Alexander, born 24th March 1732, pres.
to Kemnay but died before ordination 4th
Jan. 1758; Helen, born 24th July 1734
died 28th Dec. 1761 ; Arthur, born 20th
Sept. 1735, died 26th Jan. 1765; Peter,
born 14th June 1737 ; William, born 18th
Oct. 1738; Janet, born 17th Sept. 1741;
Katherine, born 2nd June 1743, died 9th
May 1752 ; Anne, born 31st Aug., and died
22nd Dec. 1746; Robert, born 22nd Dec.
1747.
WILLIAM STUART, M.A. ; pres. by
John Duff of Hatton in Aug., and
adm. 24th Sept. 1767 ; trans, to
Turriff 6th July 1774.
1767
1774
ALEXANDER ROSE, born 1727, son
of James Rose, Gamrie ; M.A.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1754) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 13th May
1761; ord. to Drumoak 9th May 1764;
pres. by George III. 16th July, and John
Duff of Hatton in Sept., trans, and adm.
2nd Nov. 1774; died 7th Dec. 1810. He
marr. (1) 14th Oct. 1765, Sarah Gee, who
died 6th Feb. 1789: (2) 5th Aug. 1790,
Jean (born 1754, died at Broomhill, near
Aberdeen, 22nd Sept. 1820), daugh. of
Alex. Rose of Lethenty, and had issue-
Agnes, born 24th Nov. 1792, died at Forgan-
denny, 8th Nov. 1827; Jean Margaret, born
8th Aug. 1795 (marr. John Johnston, min.
at Forgandenny). Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii).
GEORGE DINGWALL, born 3rd March
1811 1"S6; son of Alexander D., Smallburn,
Auchterless (where his ancestors had
been for several generations) ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, M.A. (1st
April 1806) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
29th Aug. 1810 ; pres. by Garden Duff of
tubkiff]
AUCHTERLESS— FORGLEN
251
Hatton 8th Feb., and ord. 11th Sept. 1811 ;
died suddenly at Upper Mill 15th Jan.
1862, while engaged in pastoral duty and
when actually speaking about the uncer-
tainty of life; was unmarr. He founded
two bursaries at the school of Auchterless
of £4, 10s. each, and another at the Univ.
of Aberdeen. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xii.).
1862
ALEXANDER GEAY, born Tarves,
Aug. 1823, son of Alexander G.,
crofter, and Jean Garden ; began
life as a herd-laddie at twelve years of age,
and became grieve (steward) on a farm in
his native parish. In 1845 he forsook
farming and returned home to resume
attendance at Tarves School, after which
he passed to the Grammar School at Aber-
deen and Marischal College, gaining the
first bursary for newly-entered students,
and during his course many prizes, the
gold medal as the best student of his
time, and the degree of M.A. with honours
(1851); app. schoolmaster of Methlick April
1851 ; studied divinity at Aberdeen, pro-
viding a substitute for his school when he
took a full session ; licen. by Presb. of Ellon
May 1856; ord. to Holburn 19th March
1857; trans, to Strichen 7th Jan. 1858;
trans, and adm. 17th May 1862; D.D. (Aber-
deen, 2nd March 1889); died 13th Dec. 1905,
" a man of a stamp all his own, and such
that it was good for anyone to be in his
company, a strong man, fearlessly out-
spoken in love of God and man, full of
humour and of seriousness, homely, cheery,
sagacious, tender-hearted, and true." He
was buried at Strichen. He marr. 25th
Aug. 1851, Isabella (died 19th Feb. 1919),
daugh. of John Mair, farmer, Mill of
Birness (where G. had been a farm servant),
and Catherine Garland, and had issue —
John Anderson, schoolmaster, born 5th Feb.
1853; Catherine, born 30th Aug. 1854 (marr.
James Forrest, D.D., min. of Lonmay) ;
Alexander, coffee-planter, Coorg, born 26th
May 1856, drowned while bathing at
Kananberbby, South Coorg, Madras, 24th
Aug. 1880; Thomas Rae, M.B., CM., born
27th Nov. 1858 ; Isabella, born 15th Dec.
1860, died 28th Jan. 1861 ; Isabella Gar-
1898
land, born 14th Feb. 1862 (marr. Robert
Littlejohn Barr, min. of Kinellar) ; Marshall
Lang, banker, born 22nd July 1863; Garden
Duff, born 4th Jan., and died 17th June
1865 ; George, trooper Cape Light Horse,
born 26th May 1866 ; Jean Garden, born
26th May 1868; Jessie, born 5th Aug.
1870 (marr. David Porter M'Lees, min.
of North Church, Stirling). Publications
— The Necessity of the Holy Spirit to
Effectual Witnessing for Christ [Synod
Sermon] (1864) ; Talks with Our Farm
Servants by an Old Farm Servant (Edin-
burgh, 1882; 2nd edition (portrait) [with
Biographical Sketch by William Mair, D.D.
Earlston], Edinburgh, 1906); "Reminis-
cences of the Turriff Presbytery" {The
Kirks of the Turriff Presbytery){Ba.nS, 1904).
ALEXANDER ADAMS DUNCAN,
born Govan, 11th June 1873, son of
Alexander Adams D. and Christian
Brown Smart ; educated at Bellahouston
Academy and Univs. of Glasgow M.A.
(1893), Aberdeen B.D. (1896) and Oxford ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen July 1896 ;
assistant at Greyfriars, Aberdeen, and
Kirkintilloch; ord. (assistant and successor)
10th Feb. 1898 ; app. clerk of Presb. in 1908.
Marr. 18th Oct. 1904, Janet Black, daugh.
of Archibald Galloway, Pollokshields, and
Elizabeth Craven, and has issue — Elizabeth
Craven, born 10th Dec. 1907 ; Christian
Brown Smart, born 28th June 1912. Publi-
cations— "Auchterless" {The Kirks of the
Turriff Presbytery) (Banff, 1904) ; contribu-
tions to Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible,
Expository Times, and Aberdeen Journal.
FORGLEN.
[The church of Forglen was dedicated to
St Adamnan.]
1588 JOHN TA NTON, reader in 1588.
DAVID GARDEN, min. in 1591, having
Alvah also in charge ; trans, to
Inverkeithny in 1614.
JOHN REIDFURD, M.A.; min. in
1624; trans, to Towie before 30th
1624 Nov. 1634.— [Aberdeen Sheriff-Court
Records, ii.]
252
FORGLEN
[PRESB. OF
" ROBEET BLAIR, M.A. ; min. in 1634 J
1684 trans, to Alvab. about 1636.
GILBERT THOM, ord. (at Elgin) 14th
1636 Jan. 1636.
ALEXANDER SCROGIE, M.A. ; adm.
1642 *n 1^42 > trans- to Drumblade before
9th Dec. 1647.
ROBERT BROWNE, M.A. ; adm. in
1649 1649 ; trans, to Bourtie in 1666.
WILLIAM BLAIR, M.A., son of above
Robert B. ; entered 14th April 1667 ;
1667
trans, to Fordyce in 1675.
1717
JOHN DUNBAR, born Moray about
1676 1646; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (2nd July 1667);
entered 10th Sept. 1676 ; died Sept. 1716,
while under a process of discipline. He
marr. Janet Dunbar, and had issue — Jean
(marr. Sir John Turing, min. of Drumblade).
— [Elgin Sas.]
\ JAMES BANNERMAN, born 1670;
ord. to Inveraven 15th April 1703;
pres. by Sir William Ogilvy of
Forglen, Lord of Session, in Jan., trans,
and adm. 26th March 1717 ; died 31st
March 1749. He marr. 9th Dec. 1710,
Ann (died 8th Aug. 1758), daugh. of David
Cunningham, min. of Edinkillie, and had
issue — David, his successor in this parish ;
Patrick, min. of Saltoun ; Elizabeth ; Jean,
died 29th May 1751.
' DAVID BANNERMAN, son of preced-
1742 *n& > M-A- ; pres. by Sir Alexander
Ogilvy of Forglen ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 4th Feb. 1742 ; trans, to
St Martin's 29th June 1758.
JAMES MILNE, pres. by Alexander,
.„.„ Lord Banff, in May, and adm. 11th
July 1759 ; trans, to Ellon 28th June
1775.
ROBERT BALLINGALL, born Fife,
177„ educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 2nd July
1771 ; pres. by William, Lord Banff, and
his curators Nov. 1775; ord. 24th April
1776 ; died 17th April 1795. He marr. 31st
May 1782, Elizabeth (died at Falkland 9th
Oct. 1844, aged 92), daugh. of James
Simpson of Edenhead, and had issue —
Agnes, born 15th March 1783; Elizabeth,
born 9th Nov. 1784; Sir George, M.D.,
Professor of Military Surgery in the Univ.
of Edinburgh, born 2nd May 1786 [not
1780 as in Diet. Nat. Biog.], died at Blair-
gowrie 4th Dec. 1855 ; James, born 23rd
Sept. 1787; Ann, born 30th Jan. 1790;
died at Falkland 5th Sept. 1860. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xiv.). — [Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Edin.
Med. Journ., Jan. 1856.]
LAURENCE MOTES, born 1769 ; licen.
1796 ky Presb. of Stirling 28th March
1792 ; assistant at Larbert and
Dunipace ; pres. by William, Lord Banff,
17th Sept. 1795 ; ord. 6th April 1796 ; died
2nd May 1831. He marr. 10th July 1798,
Anne (died 23rd May 1838, aged 73), daugh.
of George Gerard of Midstrath, and had
issue — Anne Johnston, born 20th March,
died 28th Oct. 1799; Johnston, born 17th
Feb. 1801 (marr. James Morrison, Haughs) ;
Robert Abercromby, born 11th July 1803,
died 10th April 1806; Janet, born 31st
July 1805; Keturah, born 15th June 1807.
Publications — Gratitude to God, a sermon
(Falkirk, 1794) ; The Importance of dis-
seminating the Holy Scriptures, a sermon
(Aberdeen, 1818) ; Eemarhs on the Principal
Feature of the Foreign and Domestic Policy
of Great Britain since 1793 (London, 1826).
JOSEPH THORBURN, born 1799, son
1831 °^ J°sePn T., grocer, Edinburgh ;
educated at the High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. there
9th April 1823 ; assistant at Cockpen ; ord.
to Union Chapel-of-Ease, Aberdeen, 19th
Feb. 1829 ; pres. by Sir George and Lady
Abercromby in June and adm. 20th Sept.
1831. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
adm. to Free English Church, Inverness,
25th June 1844 ; died there 15th July 1854.
He marr. 15th Nov. 1831, Catherine (died
26th Aug. 1874), second daugh. of Alexander
Brown, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and
had issue — Joseph, born 2nd Oct. 1832 ;
Catherine, born 27th June 1834 ; Alexander
Brown, born 25th April 1836; Robert
Kemp, born 18th Aug. 1838 ; Thomas, born
TURRIFF]
FORGLEN— FORGUE
253
1843
26th Aug. 1840. Publications— The Danger
of Forgetting God, a sermon (Aberdeen,
1830); Three Letters to the Rev. Charles
Fraser (Aberdeen, 1831); Sermon XXXIX.
{Free Church Pulpit, i.). He selected and
edited Sermons by James Kidd, D.D.
(Aberdeen, 1835) ; Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, xiii.).
WILLIAM FARQUHAR, born 2nd
June 1815, son of Alexander F., min.
of Pitsligo ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1832); school-
master and session-clerk of Laurencekirk
26th Sept. 1834 to 6th Aug. 1843; ord. 1st
Sept. 1843; died 29th Jan. 1845. He
marr. 9th July 1844, Anne (died s.p. 18th
April 1845), daugh. of Alexander More,
collector of customs, Aberdeen.— [Fraser's
Laurencekirk, 276.]
ALEXANDER GORDON, born 1800,
son of Samuel G., Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at Grammar School and
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; became
tutor in family of Duff of Hatton and
schoolmaster at Auchterless ; ord. 26th
June 1845 ; died 31st Aug. 1873. He marr.
9th Jan. 1833, Jane May, who died 7th
Nov. 1893, and had issue — Alexander (only
son), merchant, Calcutta, born 11th Oct.
1833, died 1st Dec. 1876 ; Anne May, born
27th Feb. 1836 ; Elizabeth Davidson, born
3rd April 1839, died 15th Sept. 1849;
Georgina Jane, born 9th May 1843.
' ARCHIBALD BOWMAN, born Cadder,
_„„„ 24th April 1841, eldest son of James
B., farmer; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. to Braemar 1st May 1872 ;
trans, and adm. 18th Dec. 1873 ; dem.
on app. to St Andrew's Church, New
Glasgow, Nova Scotia, 22nd May 1888;
trans, to St Therese de Blainville, Quebec,
1901, died 22nd March 1919. He marr.
10th March 1874, Helen Maclean, and had
issue — Archibald Abercromby, born 8th
March 1875 ; Isabella Gemmell, born 7th
Jan. 1877 ; Alexander John Maclean, born
17th May 1885.
GEORGE LAWSON, M.A. ; ord. 20th
Sept. 1888; trans, to Selkirk 12th
1888
Oct. 1899.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, M.A.,
1900 B.D. ; ord. 30th Jan. 1900; clerk
of Presb. 1906-8; trans, to Gartly
12th Nov. 1908.
ALEXANDER SPARK, ord. 26th
1909 March 1909 > trans- to St Matthew's,
Glasgow, 12th Nov. 1914.
CHARLES GILES, born Aberdour,
_916 Aberdeenshire, 3rd Aug. 1862, son
of Alexander G. and Mary M'Ghie ;
educated at Boyndlie, Pitsligo, and Old
Grammar Schools, Aberdeen, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
11th June 1891 ; assistant at Avendale and
St Thomas, Glasgow; ord. to Millbrex
16th Feb. 1892 ; trans, and adm. 24th Feb.
1915. Marr. 22nd Nov. 1893, Elizabeth,
daugh. of George Beaton, farmer, Millbrex,
and Mary Simpson, and has issue — Mary,
music teacher, St Bride's, Edinburgh, born
4th Sept. 1894; Elizabeth, Civil Service,
London, born 17th Oct. 1895 ; Charles,
bank clerk, private, 9th Seaforth High-
landers, born 4th Oct. 1897, killed in
action at Nieuport 21st July 1917 ; Isabella
Margaret, born 17th Feb. 1899 ; Alexander
George, apprentice civil engineer, 2nd
Lieut. R.A.F. ; Andrew Milne Mitchell,
born 7th March 1902; Herbert Beaton,
born 29th Sept. 1904.
FORGUE.
[The church of Forgue was dedicated
to St Margaret. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath. Fairs were held at Forgue
on Palm Sunday and Michaelmas.]
ANDREW SPENS, reader at Edzell in
lg„. May 1572 ; min. here in 1574, with
Drumblade and Culsalmond also in
the charge. It was stated in the General
Assembly in 1575, that he "cannot await
on his own cure, because he occupyeth a
servile office in my Lord Forbes's house
of Drummynoure, far distant from his
charge," and in that of 1576, that as he
had not obtained his manse, " he still used
reading in the house of Lord Forbes."
JOHN PHILIP, trans, from Keith in
1590 1590 ; trans, to Rothiemay in 1591.
254
FORGUE
[PEESB. OF
1628
1645
JOHN HOENE, min. Id 1599 and
1699 1601.
WILLIAM EEID, min. at 14th April
1605 1605; trans, to Gartly in 1607.
JAMES HAY, min. before 25th Sept.
1608; was a member of Assembly
in 1610, and still min. 6th July
1620. He marr. Janet Wallace in Quallan.
—{Banff Homings, 19th July 1626, 9th
July 1628.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, M.A. ; adm. in
1628 ; trans, to Professorship of
Divinity in King's College, Aber-
deen, in 1643 (q.v.).
ALEXANDER GARDEN, born 1611;
M.A. (King's College 1631) ; regent
of Philosophy there in 1635 ; adm.
before 20th Aug. 1645 ; was named by
Parliament, 27th March 1647, one of the
Visitors for the Univ. of Aberdeen. He
had a ratification by Parliament, 16th
March 1649, of an Act of the Presb., 9th
Dec. 1647, ordaining his successor to give
him or his heirs satisfaction because he
had purchased his manse at a dear rate
from his predecessor, that it had been
burnt by the rebels, and had been often
plundered in later insurrections ; died of
scrofula brought on by incessant labour
and preaching, 9th March 1674. He marr.
Isobel Middleton, who survived him, and
had issue — George, D.D., his successor in
the parish ; James, D.D., Professor of
Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen (q.v.).
GEORGE GARDEN, son of preceding;
R77 regent in King's College ; adm. in
1677; trans, to Old Machar 29th
June 1679.
PATRICK HARVIE of Mameulaw,
son of Robert H. of Mameulaw ;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1669); inst. 23rd May
1680; died in 1704. He marr. Margaret
Scougal, who was lame, and had issue —
Lewis, died before 1725 ; a daugh. (marr.
James Crichton of Auchingoul) ; Elizabeth
(marr. Alexander Ross, min. of Auchterless);
Mary ; Catherine.
1680
1707
JOHN MAITLAND, born 1672, son of
John M., min. of Inverkeithny ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff 24th Sept.
1700; ord. to Insch 26th April 1703;
called 22nd June 1705 and 6th April 1707 ;
trans, and adm. 22nd May 1707 ; dep.
9th May 1715, for not praying for King
George and not keeping the Thanksgiving
appointed for his Majesty's accession.
He opened an Episcopal chapel at Penny-
burn, which is now represented by St
Margaret's Episcopal church at Forgue,
erected in 1795; died 16th April 1740.
He marr. Christian Ramsay, who died
22nd Nov. 1752. — [Thanage of Fermartyn,
170, 181 ; Davidson's Short History of the
Kingdom, 9.]
ALEXANDER FORBES, born 1690;
.,_.- educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1699-1703 ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 10th Nov. 1714; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto. When the Presb. met
for his ordination, they were attacked by
a furious mob and obliged to retire out
of the parish. The ordination was carried
out at Auchterless on 25th [his tombstone
has 11th] Sept. 1716 ; died 17th May 1758.
In 1734 he succeeded to a considerable
fortune by the death of an uncle in Dublin,
"which, though it increased his power of
doing good, could not increase his benevol-
ence." He marr. Katherine Gordon, who
died 7th Sept. 1746, aged 48, and had
issue — Alexander of Kirkpottie, died 1796;
Thomas, born 1729, died 28th Feb. 1733;
Theodore, born 22nd March 1732 ; Amelia,
born 3rd March 1734 (marr. David Beatson,
min. of Dunbarney).— [Tombst.]
GEORGE ABERCROMBIE, M.A.;
.„„ trans, from Footdee ; pres. by
Theodore Morison of Bognie in Dec.
1758; adm. 15th Aug. 1759; trans, to
Second Charge, Aberdeen, 25th June 1772.
ALEXANDER WILSON, educated at
1772 King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1st April 1761) ; pres. by Alexander
Morison of Bognie in Sept., and ord. 2nd
Dec. 1772 ; died unmarr. 5th Aug. 1779.
TURRIFF]
FORGUE
255
WILLIAM DINGWALL, bom
.,.-_ 1745 ; educated at Marischal College,
1759-63 ; licen. by Presb. of Deer
20th July 1768 ; pres. by Alexander
Morison of Bognie in Jan., and ord. 5th
April 1780; died 29th Dec. 1801. He
marr. 9th Nov. 1786, Sarah, daugh. of
James Lawtie, min. of Fordyce. She died
at Banff 15th Feb. 1829, aged 64, and had
issue — Margaret, born 4th Sept. 1787;
Arthur Fordyce, born 26th Aug. 1789.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.).
ALEXANDER ALLARDYCE, born
1777, son of George A., surgeon,
Banff; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (29th March 1793) ; licen.
by Presb. of Fordyce 23rd Aug. 1797 ; pres.
by Theodore Morison of Bognie in May,
and ord. 27th Sept. 1802 ; died in the pulpit
(of apoplexy) 2nd June 1833. He marr.
Ann Dundas Blair, daugh. of a coastguard
and authoress of the Good Wife at Home
and other Poems (Aberdeen, 1867), she
died at Cromarty 18th July 1857, and had
issue — James, major - general in Indian
army, died at Ramsgate 18th Aug. 1862 ;
William, born 22nd Dec. 1803, died at
Hobart, Tasmania, 1848 ; Mary, born 12th
July 1805, died at Cromarty 18th May
1878; Eliza, born 27th Feb. 1807 (marr.
17th Dec. 1829, Thomas Middleton of
Davidston, Cromarty) ; Frances, born 20th
Aug. 1808, died 4th April 1840 ; Ann
Gordon, born 24th Feb. 1810; Catherine,
born 5th July 1813. — [Tkanage of Fer-
martyn, 171.]
1834
JAMES CORDINER, born 1786;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (25th March 1808) ;
schoolmaster of Gartly in 1825 ; licen. by
Presb. of Alf ord ; assistant at Premnay ;
pres. by Theodore Morison of Bognie in
Feb., and ord. 8th May 1834; died 4th
March 1849. He marr. Rachel Reid,
who died at Aberdeen, 5th Sept. 1856,
aged 72, and had issue — James Douglas,
born 1818, died 30th April 1849; Jane
Ann Campbell. Publication- — Account of
the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, xii.).
JOHN ABEL, born Cluny, 1823, son
1849 °^ ^0^m A-> farmer; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(March 1841); Murray Lecturer, 1847-9;
pres. by Alexander Morison of Bognie ;
ord. 28th June 1849 ; died 31st Jan. 1871.
He marr. 16th May 1850, Elizabeth
Forsyth (died 6th Nov. 1888, aged 57),
eldest daugh. of Hercules Scott, LL.D.,
Professor of Moral Philosophy, Aberdeen,
and had issue — Jane, born 24th June 1851,
died 3rd Sept. 1868 ; Elizabeth Scott, born
22nd Dec. 1852, died 10th Sept. 1872;
John, born 7th June 1854, died 4th Jan.
1872 ; Alexander Morison, min. of Kinneff,
born 17th Dec. 1855; James Hercules,
banker, born 2nd June 1857, died 17th
Sept. 1893 ; Emily Scott, born 25th March
1859 (marr. (1) James Charles Logie, M.D. :
(2) Robert Scarth of Binscarth, Orkney),
died 8th Feb. 1912 ; William Mearns, born
3rd Dec. 1860, died at St Andrew's Manse,
Wellington, New Zealand, 6th March 1881 ;
Euphemia Scott, born 21st July 1862 (marr.
Jan. 1897, Charles E. Holsworthy) ; Duncan
Mearns, LL.B., advocate, born 21st May
1864, died 4th Jan. 1898; Isabella, born
6th Feb. 1866 (marr. 20th Oct. 1896, John
Bruce Wingate, I.C.S.), died at Colinton,
8th July 1925 ; Helen Margaret, born 19th
Feb. 1868 ; Agnes Jane Mary, born 28th
Oct. 1869 ; Jessie Duff, born 3rd Feb. 1871,
died 7th Jan. 1872 ; Anne Mearns (twin),
born 3rd Feb. 1871 (marr. Johann Maxi-
milian Louis Wildman.) Publications —
The Exodus of the Israelites (Aberdeen,
1847) ; The History of Our Saviour (Aber-
deen, 1848) ; The Conflict and the Armour
(Aberdeen, 1849) [All Murray Lectures] ; A
Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Russell (1865).
1871
v JAMES BREBNER, born Lonmay, 22nd
Feb. 1839, son of James B. and Lily
Sadler ; educated at Lonmay and
Grammar Schools, Aberdeen, and Univ.
and King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1st
April 1859); licen. by Presb. of Turriff;
schoolmaster at Daviot, 1859-69 ; ord. to
Ythan Wells 22nd Sept. 1869; trans,
and adm. 29th June 1871; D.D. (Aber-
deen, 1908). Marr. 1862, Elsie (died 30th
May 1919, aged 80), daugh. of Gavin
256
FORGUE— FYVIE
[PRESB. OF
Elmslie and Elizabeth Matheson, and has
issue — James, born 4th Feb. 1863, died
1902; Lily Elizabeth, born 29th Dec.
1864, died 1866 ; Gavin Elmslie, Eealton,
Waterloo, U.S.A., born 3rd Sept. 1866;
Elsie, born 10th April 1868 (marr. J. H.
Marshall, architect); Annie Grace, born
3rd Jan. 1870 (marr. David Duthie M'Laren,
min. of Bressay) ; Alexander Morison,
captain-pilot, Melbourne, born 26th Aug.
1871; Helen Jane, born 24th May 1873
(marr. John Cameron, farmer, Nairn);
Louisa Duff, born 11th March 1875, died
Middleburg, South Africa, 1902; Eobert
Frederick, major, Scottish Bines, factor,
born 29th Oct. 1876 ; Jessie Morison, born
24th Oct. 1878; Walter Scott, engineer,
South Africa (twin), born 24th Oct. 1878 ;
Catherine Morison, born 12th April 1881;
Isabella May, 7th Sept. 1882. Publication—
" The Braes of Gight " {The Vale of Tthan)
(Aberdeen, 1904).
CHABLES WALKEB STOBIE, born
Whalsay, 15th May 1886, son of
1916 Charles S., min. of Whalsay; edu-
cated at Boyal High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A.(1910); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh April 1913; assistant at Brechin
Cathedral, Shettleston, and Lochee ; ord. to
Kirkfieldbank 25th Feb. 1915; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 29th Dec.
1916. Marr. 27th April 1915, Charlotte
Howatt, daugh. of David Wardrop, farmer,
Ayrshire, and Margaret M'Millan, and has
issue— John Charles, born 9th Aug., died
25th Dec. 1916 ; Charles Walker, born 10th
Dec. 1917 ; Marguerite Bosemary, born 25th
Feb. 1921; Isobel Mary (twin), born 25th
Feb. 1921; Eobert John Cameron, born 11th
March 1924.
FYVIE.
[The church of Fyvie was dedicated to
St Peter. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. Pairs of St Peter and St
Magdalene were held at Fyvie and also
a tryst on Shrove Tuesday. There were
in this parish Wells of Our Lady, St Peter,
St Paul, and St Katherine, and two Wells
of St John. Within the bounds there is a
mission chapel of St Mary.]
WILLIAM CHALMEE, reader
1567 in 1567.
VALEXANDEE BABEON, reader, Nov.
1570 and 1585. — [Aud. of Ex.,
1570
1584-95, 107.]
1574
1594
THOMAS COBMOK [COEMACK],
min. of Bescobie in 1567; trans, and
adm. in 1574, with Methlick and
Tarves also in the charge ; still min. in
1577.— [Acts and Bee, lxviii., 382.]
STEPHEN MASON, trans, from
1578 Bethelney and adm. in 1578, with
Bethelney and Tarves in the charge ;
ceased to have charge here before 1595.
WILLIAM . All known is that a
lgq„ min. bearing this christian name
served here in 1593. — [Reg. Assig.]
HIEBOMYMUS [JEBOME] INNES
of Crannat Strype, second son of
John I., first of Edingight, and
Marjorie Leslie ; is mentioned in a deed of
1581 ; adm. in 1594 ; died between 26th
Nov. 1634 and 10th June 1635. He marr.
Margaret Seaton, and had issue — James,
burgess of Aberdeen ; John of Auchlunart,
burgess of Aberdeen; Thomas in Poland,
died at Kirkton of Bayne Feb. 1650 ; Janet
(marr. Cornet John Leslie) ; Margaret
(marr. Patrick Leith, Kirkton of Nairn,
(2) John Logie of Boddam) ; Jane (marr.
William Bannerman) ; Isobel (marr. John
Gordon of Ardlogie); Eobert. — [Aberdeen
Sas. Sec. Reg., v., 13 ; Banff Sas., vi., 227 ;
Reg. of Beech, ccccxvii., 79; Birthbrief,
10th July 1652; Spalding Club Miscell.,
v., 335 ; Chronicles of the Inneses of Edin-
gight, 12, 35 (Aberdeen, 1898).]
GEOBGE SHABPE, M.A. (St Andrews
1635 1615); had testimonial for licence
from Presb. of Haddington 29th
July 1635; pres. by Charles I. 10th June
same year ; member of Assembly in 1638
1639, and of the Commission in 1647.
He petitioned Parliament for payment of
stipend due by George Gordon of Gight,
and for the plundering of his goods by
malignants and delinquents, and had an
order for refunding 21st June 1644. He
tureiff]
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1658
was also recommended by the General
Assembly 27th Aug. 1647 to the Committee
of Estates for reparation of his losses
amounting to eleven years' stipend, for
which an Act of Parliament was immedi-
ately passed ; was still min. in 1653. He
niarr. 7th Feb. 1636, Elizabeth Anderson,
who survived him.— [Acts of Pari., vi., pt.
i., 119, 785 ; Privy Seal Eng. Beg., iii., 406 ;
Edin. Marr. Peg.]
ALEXANDER ABERCEOMBIE, adm.
1649 (probably assistant) before 15th July
1649 ; trans, to Kirkoswald before
5th June 1657.
WILLIAM JAFFRAY, possibly the
same as the min. of Kinedward ;
adm. before 1658 ; still min. in 1669.
He marr. Margaret Davidson. — [Peg. of
Deeds, 22nd July 1663.]
GEORGE SETON, M.A. (King's College,
16„„ Aberdeen, 20th July 1665) ; licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 2nd
Feb. 1667 ; adm. to Broughton 12th March
1668 ; trans, and adm. 1672 ; burgess of
Aberdeen same year ; still min. 12th March
1683. He marr. Margaret Shaw, who died
Aug. 1706.— [G. P. Homings, 19th April
1705 ; Oreyfriars Burials ; Spalding Miscell.,
ii., 438.]
GEORGE DALGARNO, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1670-4 ;
ord. (at Kettins) 1st and adm. 8th
March 1685; died 21st July 1717. He
marr. Sarah Robertson, and had issue —
James ; Thomas ; Jean ; Mary ; Elizabeth ;
Sarah ; a daugh. buried in St Nicolas'
Churchyard, Aberdeen, 28th June 1701. —
[Aberdeenshire Poll-Book, ii., 289; Scot.
Notes and Queries, vii., 183.]
ROBERT HAY in Prestonkirk; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbar 7th March
1716; pres. by Susan, Marchioness
of Tweeddale and John Hay of Hopes 18th
Dec. 1717; ord. 1st May 1718; dep. 1st
July 1719 for immorality.
THOMAS SCOTT, pres. by Susan,
Marchioness of Tweeddale and John
Hay of Hopes Sept. 1719 ; called by
1720
the Presb. jure devoluto 8th June ; ord.
13th July 1720 ; died 3rd July 1748. He
marr. 12th Jan. 1722, Anna Darling, and
had issue — John ; Thomas ; Peter ; Janet ;
Anna; Elizabeth.
WILLIAM MOIR, born 1726, son of
1749 George M., min. of Kintore ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1740-4; licen. by Presb. of Ellon 4th Oct.
1748 ; pres. by tutors of the Hon. William
Gordon of Fyvie in Nov. 1748; ord. 27th
April 1749; died 19th March 1794. He
marr. 22nd Oct. 1776, Helen Constable,
who died at Aberdeen 26th Feb. 1817, aged
67, and had issue — George, M.A., Kingston,
Jamaica, born 18th Dec. 1777, died 11th
Sept. 1807 ; Katherine Jean, born 6th April
1779 (marr. 30th March 1800, John Ding-
wall of Rainieston, provost of Aberdeen).
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, ix. — [Tombst.]
JOHN FALCONER, born Ellon 1755,
1794 son °^ Sylvester F., tutor to the Earl
of Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1775-8 ; licen. by Presb.
of Ellon 3rd April 1782 ; pres. by General
Gordon of Fyvie in Sept., and ord. 3rd Dec.
1794 ; died 19th Dec. 1828. He marr. 23rd
May 1807, Margaret (died 27th Sept. 1854,
aged 69), youngest daugh. of William
Touch, R.N., and had issue— Elizabeth
Jane (only child), born Sept. 1813, died
20th Dec. 1825. His widow marr. (2)
James Cruickshank, D.D., min. of this
parish.— [Tombst.]
JOHN MANSON, born 1806, son of
Alexander M., merchant, Old Mel-
drum, and Mary Blyth ; educated at
Marischal College ; M.A. (1st April 1822) ;
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 13th Dec. 1826 ;
pres. by William Gordon of Fyvie in March,
and ord. 7th July 1829. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Free Church,
Fyvie, 1843-72; died 20th Nov. 1872. He
drew up in 1837 a report on the ecclesi-
astical state of the parishes in the Presb.,
by its command, and for its use. He marr.
13th Sept. 1842, Grace Edmonstoune (died
28th Nov. 1900), second daugh. of John
Pringle, sheriff - substitute of Banffshire,
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and had issue — Margaret Pringle, born 30th
June 1843 ; Mary Christian, born 7th Feb.
1845 (marr. William Anderson, min. of Free
Church, Boyndie) ; Alexander James, born
1st Dec. 1846, died a student 14th Feb. 1864 ;
Grace Edmonstoune, born 1st June 1849,
died 18th Dec. 1892; Agnes Eliza, born
5th June 1851 ; Alison Clephane, born 9th
July 1854; John, born 24th Aug. 1858.
Publication — Changes in Last Thirty-three
Years in Fyvie, a lecture (Banff, 1863;
Account of the Parish {Neiv Stat Ace,
xii.).
JAMES CRUICKSHANK, born 1787,
son of John C, M.A., rector of Banff
Academy ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st March 1806) ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 6th May 1812;
ord. (assistant) in parish of Turriff; adm. to
full charge there 25th July 1821 ; pres. by
William Gordon of Fyvie ; trans, and adm.
5th Oct. 1843; D.D. (Aberdeen, 8th Nov.
1856) ; died 1st April 1858. He bequeathed
£200 to the Church Endowment Scheme.
He marr. 10th Nov. 1830, Margaret (died
s.p., 27th Sept. 1854, aged 69), daugh. of
William Touch, R.N., and widow of John
Falconer, min. of this parish. Publication — ■
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace.,
xii.).
JOHN MARSHALL LANG, trans, from
East Parish, Aberdeen, 5th Aug.
1858 ; dem. on being app. to Ander-
ston Chapel, Glasgow, 12th Jan. 1865.
1865
GAVIN LANG, brother of preceding;
ord. 20th April 1865; trans, to
Glasford 4th Feb. 1870.
ANDREW JAMIESON MILNE, born
1870 Petty, Fyvie, 7th March 1831, son
of Alexander M., farmer (whose
ancestors had been in the parish for nine
generations), and Margaret Leslie Jamie-
son ; educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1850) ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff in
1855 ; ord. assistant min. Scots Kirk and
headmaster Collegiate School, Kingston,
Jamaica, July 1855 ; Principal of Collegiate
School in 1858 ; Inspector of Public
Schools, Kingston, in 1862; LL.D. (Aber-
deen, 16th Dec. 1865) ; Commissioner in
1867 to Colonial Office to select teachers in
Jamaica; adm. to this parish 22nd June 1870;
clerk of Presb. 1887-1906 ; elected Moderator
of the General Assembly 23rd May 1905;
died during his year of office 15th May
1906. He marr. 22nd June 1858, Annie
Lewis (died 4th July 1905), daugh. of the
Rev. John Hodgson, Jamaica, and had
issue — George Leslie Hodgson, M.A., M.D.,
Rome, born 9th April 1859, died 28th Aug.
1897 ; John Alexander Radcliffe, born
16th Nov. 1860, died in New Orleans,
U.S.A., 24th Oct. 1896; Mary Lewis,
born 28th May 1862, died in Jamaica,
16th July 1863; Charles James Barclay,
B.A. (Cantab.), H.M. Inspector of Schools,
born 27th May 1864, died 6th May 1892 ;
Bessie, born 14th April 1866 ; Arthur
Dawson, C.M.G., M.B., CM., Uganda,
lieut.-colonel East African Forces, Principal
Medical Officer, East Africa Protectorate,
born 18th Nov. 1867; Allan Hay,
B.A. (Cantab.), C.M.G., Secretary, Liver-
pool Chamber of Commerce, born 13th
March 1869, died 21st Jan. 1919. Publica-
tions—" Fyvie " {The Kirks of the Turriff
Presbytery) (Banff, 1904) ; Address at Close
of General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1905).
GEORGE WAUCHOPE STEWART,
lg06 M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Rosemount,
Aberdeen, and adm. 7th Nov. 1906 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Haddington, 14th
Nov. 1911 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 1923) ; app.
Convener of Committee on Psalmody and
Hymns, May 1923 {cf. Vol. I., 372) ; Baird
Lecturer 1926.
JOHN LAMB, born 31st Jan. 1886, son
1912 of ^°kn k-> min- 0I West Kilbride ;
educated at Hutcheson's Grammar
School, High School, and Univs. of Glasgow
M.A. (1906) and Edinburgh B.D. (1909);
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 6th April 1909;
assistant at Greenside, Edinburgh; ord.
11th April 1912; trans, to Hyndland 3rd
Oct. 1923. Marr. 11th June 1912, Catherine
Smith, daugh. of George Smith Hendrie,
min. of Dalmellington, and has issue —
Catherine Beatrice Howden, born 23rd
Feb. 1915; John, born 16th June 1917.
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^JOHN HENDERSON SEAFOKTH
lg24 BURLEIGH, born 19th May 1894,
son of John B., min. of Ednam;
educated at Ednam School, Kelso High
School, George Watson's College, and Univs.
of Edinburgh M.A. (1915), B.D. (1920),
B.Litt. (1922) Strasburg, and Oxford; lieut.
in K.O.S.B. during European War ; licen.
by Presb. of Kelso Sept. 1919 ; assistant at
St George's, Edinburgh, 1st Sept. 1923;
ord. 7th March 1924.
GAMRIE.
[The old church of Gamrie was dedicated
to St John the Evangelist. It belonged
to the Abbey of Arbroath. The building
still stands roofless in its ancient church-
yard. Its site, on a high cliff overlooking
the North Sea, is striking but somewhat
hard of access. A decreet of the Court of
Teinds dated 23rd Jan. 1817, authorised
the removal of the parish church to a new
site near Gardenstown. There is a Well
of St John at Gamrie.]
1562
THOMAS CHRISTISON, adm. before
18th Nov. 1562, when a decree of
divorce was passed by him and the
min. of Aberdour against a married couple
on the ground of impotency. — [Pitcairn's
Grim, Trials.]
DAVID HOWESON, entered to Kin-
„„. edward at Nov. 1570; pres. to the
parsonage and vicarage of Tyrie by
James VI. in 1573 ; trans, and adm. in
1574, with Philorth, Aberdour, and Tyrie
also in the charge.
ALEXANDER FRASER, adm. before
1585 1585.
JOHN MURRAY, pres. to the vicarage
1592 by James VI- before 12th May 1592,
when caution was given by Sir
George Ogilvie of Dunlugass that the
presentee shall leave the same unhurt ;
dem. before 3rd Oct. 1628. He marr.
Margaret Cheyne. — [Beg. of Deeds, ccccii.,
274 ; Aberdeen Sas., v., 457, 465.]
1675
WILLIAM STEVENSON (primus), son
1628 °^ William S., burgess of Pittenweem,
min. of Clatt; pres. by Charles I.
3rd Oct. 1628; still min. 21st Oct. 1662,
but probably died in Dec. that year. He
marr. Elizabeth Leslie, and had issue-
William, master of Grammar School, Old
Aberdeen, min. of Fordyce — [Fife Sas.,
v., 430 ; Banff Sas., vi., 259 ; Scot. Notes
and Queries, vii., 53.]
WILLIAM STEVENSON (secundus) ;
16SS ord. (assistant) in 1656 ; trans, to
Fordyce in 1658.
ROBERT INNES, descended from Innes
166„ of Benwell ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1661) ; adm.
before 17th June 1667. He dem. and went
to Virginia. — [Nisbet's Heraldry, i., 262.]
JOHN INNES, born 1650 ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (2nd
July 1667); adm. before 12th Dec.
1675. He was summoned before the Privy
Council, 7th Nov. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates and pray-
ing in terms thereof, and praying for the
late King's restoration to the throne. He
declared that as soon as he had notice of
the proclamation he prayed for William
and Mary, and on receiving a copy of the
proclamation from a neighbouring min.
he had at once read it. He was acquitted
but was dep., 13th June 1716, for praying
for the Chevalier de St George and reading
his proclamation. He died 14th June 1731.
He marr. Margaret Gordon, who survived
him, and had issue — a daugh. — [Aberdeen
Tests.; Tombst.]
JOHN GORDON, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 27th April 1709; ord.
to Glenbuchat 9th Aug. 1710; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 20th Feb., trans, and
adm. 7th May 1717; dep. for scandalous
and unedifying conversation 9th April 1731 ;
died May 1739.
JAMES WILSON, born 1694; studied
at Leyden under Boerhaave; called
31st Jan., and ord. 23rd May 1732 ;
died 7th Aug. 1792. At his settlement
1717
1732
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[PRESB. OP
no person in the parish possessed a -watch
but George Keith of Northfield and himself.
He introduced the cultivation of turnips
and potatoes into the parish by planting
them in his garden. He marr. 27th March
1735, Elizabeth (died 19th April 1781,
aged 63), daugh. of John Mercer, min. of
Tyrie, and had issue — John, born 30th Jan.
1736, died 8th Jan. 1738 ; George, born
2nd Aug. 1737; Isabel, born 19th Sept. 1738
(marr. 13th Nov. 1759, George Sangster,
shipmaster, Gardenstown) ; Barbara, born
10th June 1740 (marr. 23rd June 1761,
William Sangster, farmer, Milltown of
Fisherie) ; Alexander, min. at Campvere,
born 2nd Jan. 1742 (marr. 17th Aug. 1785,
Sarah, daugh. of John French, advocate,
Aberdeen), died 3rd May 1789 ; Thomas,
his successor in the parish ; James, born
9th Oct. 1745; Hugh, born 23rd Feb.
1748 ; Agnes, born 10th May, and died 7th
July 1750; William, bom 12th Nov. 1751,
died 29th Jan. 1752; Elizabeth, born 9th
May 1753 (marr. George Sangster, min. of
Alvah) ; Anne, born 7th Oct. 1755 (marr.
William Fraser, min. of Tyrie) ; Margaret,
born 17th Jan. 1758 (marr. 17th Aug. 1779,
Alexander Sangster, farmer in Minovy) ;
a son, born 3rd April 1761. — [Scot. Jfotes
and Queries, xiii., 24.]
1771
THOMAS WILSON (primus),boTa 21st
Nov. 1743, son of preceding; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1st April 1761) ; licen. by Presb. of
Turriff 27th Aug. 1766 ; pres. by George
III. in April, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 25th June 1771 ; died 16th April
1830. He marr. 11th Aug. 1780, Elizabeth
(died 20th Jan. 1808), daugh. of Theodore
Gordon, min. of Kennethmont, and had
issue — Anne, born 6th May 1781; Christian,
born 17th Oct. 1782; George, born 8th
March 1784; Susan, born 11th March 1786;
Katherine, born 13th Nov. 1787 (marr. 27th
Oct. 1807, Hugh Gordon of Dominica) ;
Hugh, born 16th June 1789 ; Margaret,
born 10th April 1791 (marr. 22nd Nov.
1807, James William Grant of Elchies),
died 28th Jan. 1855 ; Thomas, his suc-
cessor in this parish ; Mary, born 5th Sept.
1794 ; Elizabeth, born 7th Oct. 1796 (marr.
23rd Nov. 1823, Captain Joseph Walker,
East India Company Artillery); Johanna
Nicolson, born 4th Aug. 1798. Publication
—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, i.).
1818
THOMAS WILSON (secundus), born
11th Dec. 1792, son of preceding ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (2nd April 1812); licen. by
Presb. of Turriff 7th May 1817 ; pres. by
George, Prince Kegent, in March, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 29th July 1818;
died 13th April 1855. [The Wilsons were
thus mins. of the parish in succession for
123 years, during which there was no
vacancy.] He marr. 15th Aug. 1832, Mary
(died 25th Feb. 1892), only daugh. of
David Davidson, Brechin, and had issue
—Henry Thomas, born 6th Feb. 1834,
went to Australia ; George Bamsay, born
9th Sept. 1835 ; William, born 13th Jan.
1S37 ; James Grant, born 8th Aug., and
died 18th Oct. 1838.
JAMES CKITDEN, born 3rd April 1807,
son of George C, min. of Logie-
1855
Buchan ; educated at Marischal
College, and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1826) ; schoolmaster of Deer ; ord.
to Tyrie 14th July 1842 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 4th May, trans, and adm. 13th
Sept. 1855 ; died 17th Jan. 1875. He marr.
24th Dec. 1846, Joanna (died 17th April
1901), daugh. of James Welsh, min. of New
Deer, and had issue — Caroline Russell, born
24th March 1848 (marr. Donald Stewart,
min. of Kinedward) ; George, advocate,
Aberdeen, born 2nd June 1850; Isabella,
M.A., born 1st Oct. 1851, died at Aberdeen,
19th June 1924; Sophia Elizabeth, born 5th
Jan. 1854; Sarah Joanna, born 16th Jan.
1858.
1875
PATRICK THOMAS CLARK, born
2nd Feb. 1840, second son of John
C, D.D., min. of Dunoon ; educated
at Dunoon Schools and Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dunoon
in 1861 ; assistant at Tighnabruaich ; ord.
to Tighnabruaich 12th Jan. 1864; trans.
to Kildonan 3rd Oct. 1867 ; trans, and
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adm. 2nd Sept. 1875; died at Arabella, Nigg,
Eoss, 25th Sept. 1923. He marr. 22nd Nov.
1867, Catherine Harriet Hay (died 17th
Feb. 1905), daugh. of David Broadwood
of Fulfordlees, Edinburgh, and Letitia Hay,
and had issue— John, born 28th Sept. 1868,
died in Rutherglen, 13th Jan. 1920; Letitia
Hay Broadwood, born 9th Sept. 1870;
Margaret Murdoch, born 2nd May 1872 ;
Catherine Harriet Hay Broadwood, born
1st Dec. 1873, died 7th Jan. 1896; David
Broadwood, born 5th July 1875, in
Canadian Forces, killed in European War ;
Patrick Thomas, born 11th May 1879;
Francis William Gordon Campbell, Bank
of Montreal, born 6th March 1882 ; Helen
Georgina, born 6th Dec. 1884, died 17th
April 1889.
JOHN SPENCE EWEN, M.A., B.D.,
191s B.Sc. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
27th Jan. 1915; trans, to Mon-
quhitter 7th Jan. 1920.
DAVID WALKER MACLEAN, born
Chapelhall, Airdrie, son of James
Walker M., and Mary Miller Pender ;
educated at Brigend School, Linlithgow,
Univs. of Edinburgh M.A. (1903) and
Glasgow B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow in 1910; assistant at St
Stephen's Parish, Glasgow'; ord. to Cabrach
17th Nov. 1911 ; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 2nd June 1920. Marr. 28th
July 1915, Mary, daugh. of John and
Barbara M'Farlane, and has issue — Vida
Mary Pender, born 9th Sept. 1916; Irene
Isobel Barrie (twin), born 9th Sept. 1916 ;
Ian Gordon Walker, born 13th Oct. 1917 ;
Muriel Margaret, born 26th June 1920.
GARDENSTOWN (Q.S.).
[The village of Gardenstown was founded
in 1720 by Alexander Garden of Troup. A
church was built in 1875. The parish of
Gardenstown was disjoined from Gamrie
16th March 1885.]
JACOB PRIMMER, app. missionary in
1875 1875 [afterwards of Townhill].
1920
GEORGE MURE SMITH, adm. from
1876 Bridge of Weir mission in 1876 ;
trans, to Stirling West Church 12th
July 1877.
DUNCAN M'GREGOR, app. in 1878;
1878 ord. to Inverallochy 15th Dec. 1881.
1886
JAMES WILSON, born Glasgow 1841,
son of Edward W. and Christina
Somerville ; educated at Glasgow
High School, Univ. of Glasgow, and U.P.
Theological Hall, Edinburgh ; ord. to U.P.
Cong., Lumsden, 24th Feb. 1869 ; res. 14th
June 1872 ; headmaster of Government
Grammar School, Grenada, West Indies,
and inspector of all schools in that Colony
1st Jan. 1874-6; teacher in Glasgow and
Port - Glasgow, 1877-85; M.A. (Glasgow
1883), B.D. (Glasgow 1885); adm. to
Church of Scotland by General Assembly
30th May 1885; adm. to this charge as
first min. of the parish 14th Jan. 1886 ;
dem. 20th May 1912 ; died 15th April 1916.
He marr. (1) Isabella M'Leod, and had
issue — Edward, died 1888 ; Jessie, died in
infancy ; Ella : (2) Dec. 1873, Anne (died
at Hillside Manse, Montrose, 19th June
1919), daugh. of John Cunningham, and
had issue — James, medical practitioner,
Gardenstown, born 5th Oct. 1874 ; Jane,
born 26th May 1876 ; Michael Cunningham,
min. of Hillside, Montrose, born 6th Feb.
1879. Publication— " Gardenstown " (The
Kirks of the Turriff Presbytery) (Banff,
1904) ; The Gospel and the Atonement
(Glasgow, 1905).— [Small's Hist, of U.P.
Gongs., i., 39.]
WILLIAM POTTER, M.A. ; ord. 25th
,Q,0 Sept. 1912; trans, to Sheuchan 17th
May 1916.
DUNCAN M'CORKINDALE, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, and adm. from Mid
Yell 11th Oct. 1916; trans, to
Bonnybridge 30th April 1919.
1916
CHARLES MACARTHUR, born
Glasgow 26th June 1882, son of
Neil M. and Mary Bone Wylie ;
educated at Windsor Street School, Liver-
pool, and Univ. of Cambridge ; B.A. (1914) ;
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[PKESB. OF
M.A. (1917); licen. by Presb. of Liverpool
July 1913; assistant Presbyterian Church,
Walsall, 1914-16 ; served with T.M.C.A. in
France 1917-18 ; ord. to Walsall Presbyterian
Church 4th Nov. 1918; trans, and adm.
29th Oct. 1919 ; trans, to Wardlawhill 21st
March 1923.
1923
WILLIAM BEOOMFIELD UEE, ord.
18th July 1923 ; trans, to Holm
2nd April 1925.
1925
JOHN SCOTT THOMSON, born
Glasgow, 29th Feb. 1864, son of
Peter S. and Jessie Blair Eogers ;
educated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1885);
been, by Presb. of Paisley ; assistant at
Kingscavil ; ord. to Kilcreggan 11th May
1916 ; trans, and adm. 7th Oct. 1925.
INVERKEITHNY, of old
CONVETH.
[Inverkeithny was a prebend of the
Diocese of Moray. On 6th March 1701
this parish was severed from the Presb.
of Strathbogie in the Synod of Moray, and
was joined to the Presb. of Turriff in the
Synod of Aberdeen. The church of Conveth
was on the farm of Mains of Tollo, where
its churchyard was discovered some years
ago. A chapel of St Peter existed also in
the parish.]
JAMES ABEENETHY, reader in
1567 1567.
JOHN LOCKHAET, ruin, about
1570 1570.
HEW CEAIGIE, parson and canon of
„ Moray about 1572. — [Feu Charters
of Eirklands, ii., 210.]
1574
FLOEENCE WINCHESTEE, exhorter
at Aberchirder ; adm. before 1574
with Aberchirder and Eothiemay
also in the charge ; pres. to parsonage of
Aberchirder by James VI. 6th Dec. 1588 ;
reader there 1588-93.]
PATEICK OGSTON, vicar 27th July
1587 1587. — [Acts and Dec, cxiii., 26.]
t-'WALTEE BARCLAY, min. in 1590;
1590 still min. in 1607 ; died before 25th
Jan. 1608. He had issue — Walter,
served heir 31st July 1610 ; Isabella ;
Christina ; Janet. — [Inq. Ret. Gen., 2012,
2014 ; Edin. Tests. ; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court
Records, ii., 61.]
ALEXANDEE HAY, pres. to Aber-
1608 chirder 18th June 1597 ; pres. to
parsonage and vicarage by James
Crichton of Frendraught 5th April, and
adm. after 29th May 1608 ; died before 9th
Sept. 1614. — [Reg. of Deeds, cccxcix., 23rd
July 1627.]
DAVID GARDEN, trans, from Forglen;
1614 Pres- t° parsonage and vicarage by
James Crichton of Frendraught 9th
Sept. 1614 ; died before 13th July 1620.
EOBEET IEVINE, educated at
1620 ^Iarischal College, Aberdeen; pres.
to parsonage and vicarage by James
Crichton of Frendraught 13th July 1620;
still min. 2nd Oct. 1660 ; said to have died
March 1671 and buried at Echt. He had
a son, William.— [Banff Sas., 1631.]
EICHAED MAITLAND, eldest son of
1659 Peter M., burgess of Aberdeen;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; pres. by Charles I. 4th March,
and ord. to Aberchirder 8th Sept. 1631;
was censured, 26th April 1633, for saying
" God the Father was the author of sending
out the ministere under the Old Testament,
and God, the Sonne, author of sending
furth the ministere under the New Testa-
ment, and that the lawfulness of a calling
dependit upon the effect of the ministere.''
He and the Kirk-Session of Aberchirder
raised an action against the minister and
parishioners of Gamrie for the recovery of
a bell which they had lent forty-five years
previously, but the Lords of Session, 7th
Dec. 1633, found that this could not be
sustained, in respect of forty years' un-
interrupted possession. M. was enjoined
by the Synod, 24th Oct. 1639, to keep the
Presb. of Strathbogie and not Turriff.
He was a member of the Commission
of Assembly in 1644; dep. May 1647
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263
for corresponding by letter with George,
Marquess of Huntly. On 29th Sept. that
year he did "most heartilie acknowledge
ane unfeigned sorrow for offending and
scandalelizing the Kirk of Scotland," and
was recommended by the Presb. of Strath-
bogie to the charitable consideration of the
nest Provincial Assembly. The Synod, 4th
April 1648, recommended him to the
Assembly that he might be reponed, which
was done by the Synod 16th July 1656.
He was called to be assistant in this parish
before 3rd Feb. 1659, and died here about
1660. He marr. Mary, sister to James Hay
of Muldavit, and had "divers hopeful
children." Eichard M., min. of Nigg, was
probably a son, and John, his successor
in the parish.— [Reg. of Deeds, 10th June
1650; Brodie's Diary; Tombst.]
JOHN MAITLAND,bom 1634, probably
1661 son of preceding; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A.(1656);
adm. before 2nd May 1661 ; died 1698. He
marr. (cont. 5th Sept. 1664) Bathia, daugh.
of Arthur Orr, min. of Culsalmond, and
had issue — James, his successor in the
parish ; John, min. of Forgue ; David,
born 1685, Episcopal min. of Forgue, who
became blind in 1734 but recovered
his sight by operation for cataract, died
unmarr. at Pennyburn 1st Nov. 1757. —
[Aberdeen Sas., iii., 25 ; Beg. of Deeds,
Durie, 26th Jan. 1677 ; Tombst. ; Thanage
of Fermartyn, 182.]
JAMES MAITLAND of Boghead of
17ol Haddo, born 1671, son of preceding;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1689) ; called 23rd March and
ord. 14th May 1701; dep. by General
Assembly 9th May 1715 for Jacobitism,
and refusing to observe the Thanksgiving
for the accession of George I. on 20th
Jan. that year. He opened an Episcopal
meeting-house in the parish but retired to
Boghead of Haddo, where he died 16th
April 1740. He marr. a lady (name
unknown) who was buried at Inverkeithny
11th April 1736, and had issue — John,
born 8th Nov. 1711, who in 1746 was app.
chaplain to Lord Ogilvie's Eegiment in the
service of Prince Charles, and accompanied
it to Culloden, where he is said to have
administered in oatmeal and whisky (no
other elements being at hand) the Holy
Sacrament to the dying Lord Strathallan.
He was obliged to flee the country, and
lived for many years in France as the Abbe
Maitland. He returned to Edinburgh,
died 17th Dec. 1800, and was buried in
Greyfriars Churchyard. — [Thanage of Fer-
martyn, 182 ; Jervise's Epitaphs, ii., 273
[where the name of the first John in [i.]
should be James.']
JAMES STEUAET, educated at King's
17l7 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1690) ;
trans, from Ordiquhill ; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 24th Oct. 1716 ;
adm. 9th Jan. 1717 ; dem. 1st May 1718,
and was adm. to Alvah 13th May that
year.
WILLIAM MILNE, born Cairney about
1721 1^95, third son of John M., portioner
of Urquhart, and Elspet Taylor;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1710) ; licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie
28th Sept. 1720 ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 4th Jan., and ord. 15th March
1721 ; died 15th Sept. 1766. He marr. (1)
July 1722, Jean, daugh. of James Brown,
merchant, Edinburgh : (2) 4th Sept. 1740,
Helen (died 4th May 1778), daugh. of
William Duff of Birkenburn, and had
issue — John, his successor in the parish ;
William, born 11th Jan. 1743 ; Jean, born
5th Aug. 1744, died 25th Oct. 1747 —
[Pirie's Parish of Cairnie, 127 ; Cramond's
Family of Milne.']
JOHN MILNE, born 8th June 1741, son
1767 of preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1757-61 ; licen. by
Presb. of Turriff 28th Nov. 1764 : pres. by
Alexander Morison of Bognie Sept. 1766;
ord. 11th Feb. 1767; died 25th April 1809.
He marr. 23rd Aug. 1782, Ann (died 23rd
June 1798), daugh. of James Innes, min.
of Marnoch, and had issue — Janet, born
30th Nov. 1783, died 28th Oct. 1790;
William, born 18th Feb. 1786 ; James, his
successor in the parish ; Helen, born 18th
Feb. 1789 (marr. 1816, George Terrel,
26-4
INVERKEITHNY— KINEDWARD
[PRESB. OF
Inverurie); Janet, born 16th April 1791,
died at Keith 1872. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.). —
[Tombst. ; Jervise's Epitaphs, i., 165.]
JAMES MILNE, born 20th Sept.
180g 1787, son of preceding ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; MA.
(28th March 1803); licen. by Presb. of
Turriff 27 th July 1808; pres. by John
Morrison of Auchintoul (as assistant and
successor) in March, and ord. 26th July
1809 ; died 12th Aug. 1858. [The Milnes
thus held the charge in succession for
137 years.] He marr. 9th April 1818 his
cousin Isabella (died 20th Nov. 1880),
daugh. of Alexander Milne, min. of
Boyndie, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
20th April 1819, died April 1823. His
widow founded a bursary in the Univ. of
Aberdeen. — [Tombst.']
JOHN SOUTER of Auchingoul, born
185g 1819, son of Alexander S., farmer,
Kildrummy; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; schoolmaster at Drum-
blade; ord. 20th Jan. 1859; dem. 9th
March 1915; died 15th May same year.
He marr. 7th Feb. 1851, Eliza Forbes
Rainy, who died 27th May 1892. Publica-
tion— " Inverkeithny " {The Kirks of the
Turriff Presbytery) (Banff, 1904).
ALEXANDER GODSMAN CATTO,
1910 ^■•■A-> B.D. ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 4th Feb. 1910; trans, to
Aberdour 17th May 1920.
JOHN FAIRLIE, born Maybole, 30th
1920 0ct 1882' eldest son of Hugh F-
Maybole, and Jeanie Hunter; edu-
cated at Carrick Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1915); licen. by Presb.
of the Panjab, India, Oct. 1916, by
authority of the Presb. of Ayr ; ord. in
St John's, Cawnpore, June 1917 ; chaplain
to Royal Scots Fusiliers, Jhansi; locum
tenens at Kinedward ; adm. here 25th Aug.
1920; trans, to St Peter's, Glasgow, 14th
Dec. 1921. Marr. 27th April 1921, Grace
Fraser, eldest daugh. of Andrew Addison,
The Old Manse, Inverkeithing, Fife, and
has issue — John Douglas Roy, born 27th
March 1922.
1922
DAVID SMITH, born Lassodie, 27th
June 1892, son of Robert S. and
Catherine Cook ; educated at Dun-
fermline High School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; MA. (1919); licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline June 1920 ; assistant at St
Michael's, Dumfries ; ord. to Saughtree
31st March 1921 ; trans, and adm. 12th
May 1922 ; trans, to Ceres 14th May 1926.
Marr. 6th June 1922, Anna, only daugh.
of James Clarke, Flowerburn, Ross-shire.
KINEDWARD.
[The church of Kinedward was dedicated
to St Edward the Confessor. It belonged
to the Abbey of Deer. The modern spelling
is a misnomer, King-Edward having been
engraved in error upon communion cups
presented in 1619. A new church was
erected 1847-8.]
ALEXANDER SHAND, reader
1567 in 1567.
DAVID HOWESON, min. in 1570, with
ls70 Philorth also in the charge ; removed
to Gamrie in 1574.
JOHN PHILIP, held the charges of
15?4 Kinedward, Turriff, Forglen, and
Auchterless.
1574 WILLIAM CRAIG, reader.
WALTER MAITLAND, MA. ; pres. to
lsa_ parsonage 7th Oct. 1587 ; still min.
at 12th May 1605. His son Thomas
was served heir to him 31st July 1612. —
[Acts and Bee, cxv., 73 ; Aberdeen Sheriff-
Court Book, ii., 66.]
HENRY ROSS, MA. ; ord. 1605 (pro-
1606 ^ably assistant) ; trans, to Essie in
1607.
ANDREW KEITH, min. in 1608; was
1608 aocused of adultery with a woman
in Aberdeen before his admission to
the ministry. The question was put at
a Sub-Synod, 21st April 1609, whether he
should be restored to the ministry, but
notwithstanding his repentance and other
motives, "it was thought not agreeable
with the weill of the kirk that he should
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265
be restored for ought that they found."
His case was continued to the Provincial
Synod. — [Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Reg., vii., 204.]
WILLIAM GUILD of Balchers, D.D.,
1608 or(*" *n 1608 ' trans, to Second
Charge, Aberdeen, in 1631. At his
death he bequeathed 1000 merks to the
parish, to which his wife added eighteen
bolls of meal for two bursars. A stone
above the door of the old church bears
his initials, and his name is inscribed on
the oldest of the communion cups still in
use.
JAMES GUTHKIE, adm. before 20th
16S5 Feb. 1635 ; still min. 8th Aug. 1643.
WILLIAM JAFFEAY {primus), born
1645 a^out 1600, son of Nicol J. of Salter-
hill and Magdalen Fraser ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1619) ;
became schoolmaster of Fraserburgh ; adm.
to New Deer before 10th May 1626;
probably trans, and adm. after 29th July
1646 ; was a member of the Commissions
of Assembly in 1645 and 1646 ; still min.
18th Oct. 1664 ; died 9th Dec. 1671. He
marr. a lady whose initials (C. H.) only
are known, and had issue — William, his
successor in the parish ; John, min. of
Maybole ; Magdalen (marr. George, son
of John Gregorie in Craighill. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Warrants, 18th Aug. 1647 ; Tombst. ;
G. R. Sas., xxvi., 334.]
WILLIAM JAFFEAY (secundus), born
. 51 about 1630, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1646) ; became chaplain to James, Earl of
Buchan; adm. (assistant and successor)
before 21st Oct. 1651 ; probably trans, to
Fyvie 1658.— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 16th
Nov. 1686.]
ALEXANDEE JAFFEAY, M.A. (St
Andrews, 23rd July 1658) ; adm.
before Oct. 1673; died Nov. 1702,
aged about 65.
WILLIAM CHALMEES, born 1643,
„ . eldest son of John O, min. of
Gartly; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (17th July 1660) ;
1673
adm. to Gartly before 3rd April 1666 ;
conformed to Presbyterian Government
and was received into communion by
Commission of Assembly 2nd July 1694;
trans, to Eathven 24th April 1700 ; called
18th June, trans, and adm. 3rd Aug. 1704 ;
died in 1718. He marr. and had issue —
George, D.D., min. of Kilwinning, and
Principal of King's College, Aberdeen (q.v.),
born 1671 ; John, min. at Campvere ;
Gilbert. — [Chalmers and Trail Ancestry,
93.]
WILLIAM CLAEIHEW, trans, from
171g Culsalmond, called by the Presb. j'wre
devoluto 19th Aug., and adm. 1st
Oct., but settlement declared null and
void by Synod 7th Oct. 1719.
1720
GEOEGE JOHNSTONE, born 1683, son
of William J., Mill of Kellie, Meth-
lick; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1700); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 29th Dec. 1708 ; ord. to Cluny
15th March 1710; trans, to Skene 13th
Dec. 1716 ; called 21st Aug., trans, and
adm. 2nd Nov. 1720; died 29th Jan. 1733.
He marr. 1710, Margaret (died 13th Aug.
1762), daugh. of George Edie, bailie, and
Dantzig merchant, Aberdeen. — [Aberdeen
Tests. ; Tombst. (where he is called " The
Very Beverend.") ]
17S3
WILLIAM DUFF, M.A.; called 13th
Aug., and ord. 27th Sept. 1733;
trans, to Eothiemay 26th June 1764.
1765
EOBEET DUFF, born 25th Sept. 1739,
son of preceding ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (29th March
1756) ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff 6th Oct.
1762 ; schoolmaster of this parish ; pres.
by George III. 17th June, and ord. 18th
Sept. 1765; D.D. (Aberdeen, 30th Oct.
1811); died Father of the Synod, 31st
Oct. 1825. He marr. 3rd Oct. 1785, his cousin
Janet (died 3rd Feb. 1826, aged 74), daugh.
of Sir Alexander Turing, min. of Oyne,
and had issue — James, born 2nd Aug. 1786,
supposed to have been lost at sea in the
wreck of the Duchess of Gordon 14th March
1809 ; Anne, born 17th Nov. 1787 (marr.
266
KINEDWARD— MACDUFF
[PRESB. OF
Charles Gibbon, min. of Lonmay) ; Grace
[whose hard case led to the creation of
the Supplementary Orphan Fund of the
Church], born 20th April 1789, died 13th
Feb. 1867; Eobert, born 17th April 1791,
drowned at sea, the ship being burned ;
William, M.D., born 7th Jan. 1793, killed in
retreat from Cabul 1842 ; Helen, born 23rd
June 1794, drowned in the burn at Kin-
edward, 5th Oct. 1796; Janet, born 15th
Oct. 1796, died 7th Jan. 1854. — [Mair's
Digest, 535.]
WILLIAM FINDLAY, born 1789, son
1826 of David F., gardener, Brechin;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1808); licen. by Presb. of
Deer 30th Sept. 1812; app. teacher in a
school in Aberdeen in 1813, schoolmaster
of Fraserburgh, and in the Mathematical
School, Aberdeen, 1818; pres. by George
IV. 26th Nov. 1825 ; ord. 12th July
1826 ; died 23rd Oct. 1869. He was much
loved by his parishioners, who, in 1866,
presented him with a purse of 200 guineas,
and on a previous occasion plate of a
like value. He habitually wore black kid
gloves in the pulpit. He marr. at Fraser-
burgh, 21st July 1818, Isabella Dalrymple,
who died 8th July 1878, aged 86, and had
issue — Jane, born 27th May 1819 (marr.
17th Aug. 1852, James W. Winchester,
surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.) ; Mary Gordon Ding-
wall, born 8th Sept. 1822, died at Aberdeen,
18th Dec. 1912 ; a son, born 25th May 1825,
died 26th April 1826 ; Elizabeth Farquhar,
born 6th April 1827, died 12th Dec. 1897.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xii.).
1868
DONALD STEWART, born Cairney,
1840, son of Donald S., farmer,
and Margaret Burgess ; educated at
Bang's College; M.A. (March 1857); ord.
(assistant and successor) 3rd Sept. 1868 ;
died at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 16th
May 1893. He marr. 28th Oct. 1873, Caro-
line Russell (died 11th Aug. 1917), daugh.
of James Cruden, min. of Gamrie, and had
issue — Caroline Ethel, born 30th Aug.
1874 ; James Cruden, born 9th April 1876 ;
Duncan, M.A., schoolmaster, Ullapool, born
3rd July 1877 ; Catherine Welsh, born 20th
Nov. 1878 ; Arthur George, born 6th Jan.,
and died 24th April 1880 ; Archibald, born
14th July, and died 17th Dec. 1881 ; John
Alexander, born 23rd Nov. 1882; Evelyn
Margaret, born 27th June 1886; Mary
Elizabeth, born 12th May 1888.
1893
WILLIAM EDIE, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 7th
Nov. 1893 ; trans, to Greyfriars
(Dumfries), 24th Feb. 1905 (c/. Vol. L,
328) ; D.D. (St Andrews) ; chaplain to the
Lord High Commissioner (Lord Elphin-
stone) in 1923. Publication — " King
Edward" {The Kirks of the Turriff
Presbytery) (Banff, 1904).
1905
WILLIAM ALEXANDER RATTEAY
SELKIRK, born Shiskine, Arran,
8th Feb. 1873, son of Robert S.,
schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Battray ; edu-
cated at Irvine Boyal Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1898) ; licen. by Presb.
of Greenock April 1901 ; assistant at Grey-
friars (Dumfries) 1901-3, Abbey (Edin-
burgh) 1904; ord. 7th July 1905. Marr.
23rd Aug. 1911, Dora, daugh. of Andrew
Murray Ellis, M.A., Principal of Ruther-
ford College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
Annie Gibb, and has issue — Robert Andrew,
born 14th June 1912 ; Annie Elizabeth,
born 10th May 1914; William Rattray,
born 23rd April 1916; John Ellis, born
3rd April 1918 ; Eric Murray, born 26th
Jan. 1920 ; Alastair Logie, born 29th Dec.
1921; Norman Macleod, born 26th Feb.
1924.
MACDUFF (Q.S.).
[In 1768 James, Earl of Fife, built a
chapel at the village of Down, which was
afterwards called Macduff. The parish of
Macduff was disjoined from Gamrie on
18th July 1866. A new church built
by Alexander, Earl of Fife, in 1805 was
enlarged in 1865. An organ, also presented
in 1805 by Lord Fife, was allowed to stand
in a corner below the gallery, the congre-
gation declining to use it, and it was
eventually given to a Roman Catholic
chapel nearby.]
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267
1768
WILLIAM PETERKIN, ord. 30th Nov.
1768 j trans, to Leadhills 2nd Nov.
1785.
1790
JOHN FINDLATEE, ord. 16th Dec.
1790; trans, to Glass 23rd June
1796.
1832
[From 1796 to 1831 the parish was
served by the mins. of Gamrie.]
JAMES MILNE, born Ellon 1799, son of
Thomas M., merchant; educated at
Ellon School and Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1818); licen. by Presby.
of Ellon 1823 ; ord. 1832 ; adm. to Padding-
ton, New South Wales, 1854; died 1885.
He marr. Jane Baird, and had issue —
Thomas, apprenticed to an advocate ;
Fitzroy Kelly, went to Australia.
GORDON INGRAM, M.A.; ord. 1854;
1854 trans, to Urquhart 27th Oct. 1859.
WALTER GREGOR, LL.D.; ord. 1859;
1859 trans, to Pitsligo 27th Aug. 1863.
HUGH FRASER, M.A.; pres. by James,
Earl of Fife, trans, and adm. from
1863 Berriedale 27th Nov. 1863; trans.
to Alvah 19th May 1868.
ROBERT GIBB FORREST, M.A.; ord.
(assistant) at Lonmay 27th April
1865 (cf. Vol. I., 142); trans, and
adm. from New Pitsligo 4th Sept. 1868 ;
trans, to West Coates, Edinburgh, 22nd
Feb. 1872.
WILLIAM HUNTER, born 1829, son of
William H., master house painter,
and Elizabeth Sproull ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley ; ord. to Haggs 14th Dec.
1866; trans, and adm. 25th April 1872;
died 19th Dec. 1893. He marr. 30th July
1874, Jane (died 23rd April 1906), daugh. of
Robert Donald of Blochairn, Baldernock,
and had issue — William, born 25th May
1876 ; Robert Donald, in 8th Camerons,
born 7th Nov. 1882, killed in action 1st
July 1916 ; John Sproull, born 12th March
1884, died 12th April 1885 ; Jessie Jarvie,
born 17th June, and died 5th Nov. 1885 ;
Lizzie, born 3rd Oct. 1887.
ROBERT COUPAR, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
18g4 29th June 1894; trans, to Errol 1st
Aug. 1900.
1868
1872
JOHN GARROW DUNCAN, M.A. ;
lgol ord. 4th Jan. 1901 ; trans, to Kirk-
michael 12th July 1907. Publication
—"Macduff" (The Kirks of the Turriff
Presbytery), (Banff, 1904).
JOSEPH LOGAN AYRE, B.A., B.D. ;
lgo7 ord. 4th Dec. 1907; trans, to Kirk-
cowan 20th Oct. 1910 ; Ph.D. (1922) ;
{cf. Vol. II., 364).
WILLIAM MURRAY MILNE,
lgll M.A. ; ord. 24th March 1911 ; trans,
(assistant and successor), to Crail
17th Nov. 1915.
JAMES EADIE, M.A., B.D. ; trans.
1916 from Walston {q.v.), and adm. 16th
June 1916 ; died 19th Nov. 1919.
WILSON SUMMERS LESLIE, born
1920 Aberdeen 1893, son of Thomas L.
and Martha Summers ; educated at
Robert Gordon's College and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1915), B.D. (1918); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1918 ; assistant at
Barony, Glasgow, ord. 5th May 1920. Marr.
30th June 1920, Flora, daugh. of William
Webster.
MILLBREX (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built at Millbrex in 1833.
The parish was disjoined from Fyvie and
Monquhitter, 14th July 1858.]
ALEXANDER CHAPMAN, born
18SS Aberdeen 1800 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th March
1821); elected 25th March 1834; ord. 30th
March 1835 ; first min. of this parish 14th
July 1858 ; died 24th Oct. 1860. With his
own hands he reclaimed the land which
had been given for a glebe. Having com-
pleted this, he remarked that his work was
now done, and the next morning he died
suddenly. He marr. Isabella Connor, who
survived him and marr. (2) 16th July 1888.
— [Henderson's Epitaphs, 522.]
JOHN STEVENSON, ord. 19th July
1861 1861 ; trans, to Dun 3rd Aug. 1865.
268
MILLBREX— MONQUHITTER
[PRESB. OF
JAMES M'GAVIN SMITH, son of
1865 William S., watchmaker, and Eliza-
beth M'Gavin ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; ord. 24th Nov. 1865 ; dem. 20th
Oct. 1891; died at Dyce 2nd Oct. 1896.
He marr. 21st Dec. 1865, Annie Bell, who
died 11th Dec. 1918.
CHARLES GLLES, ord. 16th Feb. 1892 ;
1892 trans, to Forglen 24th Feb. 1915.
ARNOLD LOW KEMP, born Glasgow
1915 14th Sept. 1869, son of William
Strathenry K., LL.D., and Clemen-
tina Neilson ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1894); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1894 ; assistant at
Wishaw, John Knox's parish, Aberdeen,
and Alloa; ord. to Walls, Orkney, 23rd
April 1906 ; chaplain to Royal Navy at
Scapa Flow, July 1911 to July 1915 ; trans,
and adm. 9th July 1915. Marr. 28th March
1907, Robina, younger daugh. of Robert
Simpson, Aberdeen, and has issue — Robert,
born 25th Feb. 1908 ; Jane Stephen, born
10th Oct. 1911 ; Arnold Simpson, born 14th
Aug. 1918. Publications — The Message of
Easter, a sermon (1905) ; The Discipline of
Faith, a sermon (1906) ; The Christ Prayer
(1908).
MONQUHITTER.
[The parish of Monquhitter was disjoined
from Turriff in 1649.]
JOHN JAFFRAY, educated at Marischal
1651 College, Aberdeen, 1635; adm. before
21st Oct. 1651 ; declined a presenta-
tion from Gilbert, Earl of Errol, on the
establishment of Episcopacy, yet was de-
clared min. of this parish by the Bishop
and Synod 24th Oct. 1662; trans, to
Kirkcudbright in 1663 (c/. Vol. III., 52).
He marr. Marie, daugh. of Thomas Mitchell,
min. of Turriff.
JOHN BARCLAY, M.A. ; adm. before
„ 24th April 1674; trans, to Cruden
after 17th Sept. 1678.
ADAM HAY of Asleid, born Banff
. „ about 1647 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; inst. 22nd Sept.
1678; had a resignation of the lands of
Lescraigie in his favour 30th July 1688;
died April 1727. He had been suspended
for a time and was with one exception the
last Episcopal min. who held a benefice in
the Synod. He marr. Anna, daugh. of
Alexander Forbes of Boyndlie, and had
issue — James, W.S., died 20th June 1771 ;
John ; Andrew ; Charles ; Adam ; Agnes ;
Anna, died Dec. 1749; Jean. He bequeathed
two silver communion cups for the use of
the parish and gave a donation of 200
merks from his lands of Asleid, the interest
of which was to be applied to any poor
person residing on them. — [Aberdeen Tests. ;
Aberdeenshire Poll-Booh, ii., 367 ; Errol
Papers; Claims on Forfeited Estates, ii.,
1637.]
WTLLDAM JOHNSTON, brother of
172„ James J., min. of Crimond ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Turriff 2nd June 1725 ;
pres. by Mary, Countess of Errol, with
consent of Alexander Hay of Delgaty Sept.,
and ord. 15th Nov. 1727. Died unmarr.
20th March 1753.
JAMES MACKAIL, born 1725, son of
17s_ Matthew M., Professor of Medicine,
Marischal College ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1742) ;
schoolmaster at Fordoun ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordoun 7th June 1749 ; pres. by
James Hay of Cocklaw, W.S., in July,
and ord. 24th Oct. 1753. Died unmarr.
16th April 1756.
ALEXANDER OREM, born 1698, son
.„_„ of John O., Drumnaheath ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
pres. to Cushnie by Sir Arthur Forbes of
Craigievar, Bart., in May 1731, which was
opposed by the great majority of the
parishioners "owing to groundless stories
and false reports they had heard con-
cerning him " ; ord. by Committee of
Synod, 28th April 1731, affirmed by the
General Assembly 17th May that year ;
trans, to Forbes and Kearn 22nd May 1745 ;
pres. by James Hay of Cocklaw, W.S.,
Aug. 1756 ; trans, and adm. 5th Jan. 1757 ;
died 11th June 1775. He marr. 27th April
1736, Margaret Burnett, who died 18th
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April 1793, and had issue — Anne, born 12th
Feb. 1737 (marr. 28th Jan. 1766, James
Eobertson, manufacturer, Monquhitter) ;
Thomas, studied at Marischal College,
(1751-5), born 28th June 1738, died 1st
Jan. 1767 ; William, born 19th March 1740 ;
Mary, born 27th Feb. 1742 (marr. 22nd
Nov. 1768, George Ogilvie, merchant, Mon-
quhitter ; Elizabeth, born 19th Nov. 1744
(marr. 21st Dec. 1771, Eobert Mitchell,
merchant, Turriff) ; Forbesia, born 1st Feb.
1747 (marr. 26th Jan. 1768, Gilbert Glenny,
merchant, Aberdeen); Dorothea, born 1st
Oct. 1750, died 24th Nov. 1751; Jean,
born 3rd Aug. 1752 (marr. John Russel of
Balmade), died 27th July 1791 ; James,
born 7th May 1756.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, born 1746,
._„_ son of William J. and Mary Brown ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1762) ; licen. by Presb. of Deer
27th Jan. 1768 ; ord. to Gilcomston Chapel,
Aberdeen, 3rd March 1773 ; pres. by Peter
Garden of Delgaty in Nov. 1775 ; trans, and
adm. 8th May 1776; died 1st Feb. 1829,
"a man of piety, learning, and unfeigned
benevolence." He marr. 4th Jan. 1775, Jean
Elphingston, who died 18th July 1813,
and had issue — Mary, born 2nd Oct. 1775 ;
William, born 12th Sept. 1776 ; Anne, born
4th May 1778 ; John, born 20th May 1780 ;
Joseph, born 17th Jan. 1782; Janet, born
13th July 1787. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi., xxi.) —
[Tombst.]
HUGH GORDON, born 21st Sept.
1797, son of Hugh G., min. of
Anwoth ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright 7th Aug. 1822 ; became tutor in the
family of General Sir Alexander Duff;
pres. by trustees of James, Earl of Fife,
in July, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1829. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of Free
Church, Monquhitter, 1843-66; died 17th
June 1866. He marr. 25th Nov. 1830,
Frances Gardiner (died 17th June 1874),
daugh. of Henry David Inglis, advocate,
traveller, and miscellaneous writer. Pub-
lication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xii.).
1829
JAMES SMITH, son of a gardener,
1843 fairness, Lonmay ; rector of Banff
Academy; ord. 23rd Nov. 1843;
died 29th Jan. 1853. He marr. 3rd July
1851, Jane, elder daugh. of James Harper,
commissary clerk of Banffshire ; she marr.
(2) 10th July 1873.
JAMES ADAM, M.A.; ord. 15th July
, 5 1853; trans, to Newhills 16th July
1857.
HENRY MITCHELL, born 27th
1857 June 1800, son of Henry M., farmer,
Wark,Cushnie,and Margaret Hunter;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1819); schoolmaster at Alvie; app.
Royal Bounty Missionary at Braemar in
1843 ; ord. there 1844 ; trans, and adm.
9th Sept. 1857 ; died 21st March 1875. He
marr. 12th July 1836, Isabella Ross (born
at Alvie, 6th Dec. 1808, died at Aberdeen,
25th May 1901), and had issue— Eliza
Gordon, born 10th April 1837, died 1st May
1906 ; Henry Lumsden, M.A., chaplain of
the Dutch Reformed Church, Galle, Ceylon,
born 9th Sept. 1838, afterwards min. of
Scots Church, New Brompton, died at New
Brompton, 3rd May 1900 ; James Francis,
born 16th May 1840, died 26th April 1876 ;
Charles Ross, M.A., planter, Ceylon, born
17th Aug. 1843, died at Colombo, 20th May
1864. — [Tombst. and Tablet in Church.]
GEORGE FAIRBAIRN, born 1841, son
18^5 of Robert F., butcher, and Alison
Kinghorn; assistant at St Peter's,
Glasgow ; pres. by James, Earl of Fife ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 21st March
1875; died 21st Dec. 1894. He marr. 22nd
Aug. 1876, Jessie Blackwood (died 16th
Feb. 1921), younger daugh. of Robert
Anderson, surveyor general, Douglas, Isle
of Man.
ROBERT M'DERMENT, born Kirk-
1887 michael, Ayrshire, 9th July 1857,
son of William M. and Janet Fraser;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 4th June 1884 ; missionary
at Elchies ; ord. (assistant and successor)
12th May 1887 ; dem. 17th May 1897 ; min.
at Boston, Esquesing (Presb. of Toronto),
Canada, in 1923. Marr. 24th Aug. 1887,
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MONQUHITTER— NEW BYTH
[PRESB. OF
Jeanie Aitchison, daugh. of John Morton
and Janet Young, and has issue — William,
O.B.E., Canadian Civil Service, born 23rd
July 1888 ; Jessie Young Fraser, born
13th Jan. 1890 (marr. Frederick C. Hatch,
Duart, Ontario) ; Joan Morton, teacher,
born 20th March 1893 ; Jean Aitchison
Morton, born 21st May 1894 (marr. Andrew
Craven, Toronto); Eobert, B.A., medical
student, born 8th Oct. 1895.
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
lg 7 28th Sept. 1897 ; trans, to St Paul's,
Greenock, 18th Dec. 1908.
DAVID JAMES MACQUEEN, M.A.;
ord. 12th May 1909; trans, to Port
of Menteith 25th Aug. 1916.
FRANCIS M'HARDY, M.A., B.D.;
trans, from Midmar 19th Jan. 1917 ;
trans, to Rickarton, Kincardineshire,
3rd Oct. 1919.
JOHN SPENCE EWEN,bornMethlick,
8th Dec. 1872, son of George E.
and Isabella Spence ; educated at
Methlick School and Univs. of Aberdeen
MA. (1898), Edinburgh B.D. (1914), and
London B.Sc. (1905); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1914 ; assistant at St Michael's,
Edinburgh; ord. to Gamrie 27th Jan. 1915;
chaplain to Forces Dec. 1916 to Dec. 1917;
trans, and adm. 7th Jan. 1920; trans, to
Buccleuch, Edinburgh, 25th Jan. 1924.
Marr. 29th March 1902, Mary Jane Mitchell,
daugh. of John Milne and Jean Forrest,
and has issue — John Clifford Spence, born
2nd July 1903 ; Alastair Hamilton, born
29th Dec. 1904; Patrick Milne, born 9th
July 1907.
FRANK ROBERTSON, M.A.; trans,
from St David's, Kirkintilloch (q.v.),
1917
1920
1924
6th June 1924.
NEW BYTH (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1793. The
parish of New Byth was disjoined from
Kinedward and Aberdour on 18th Dec. 1867.]
JAMES RAINY, M.A. ; ord. 13th May
1793 ; adm. 7th May 1794 ; trans, to
Meldrum 1st May 1799.
GEORGE URQUHART, educated at
179g Marischal College, Aberdeen; app.
Nov. 1799; dem. Aug. 1813.
GILBERT BROWN, born Carnwath,
1772 ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; app. July 1816. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Free
Church, New Byth, 1843-52; died 3rd
Aug. 1852. He marr. in 1805, Christian
Brydie, and had issue — Daniel, M.A. ;
Mary C. (marr. 11th June 1839, George
Hepburn, London.)
JOHN FALCONER, born Moyness,
1846 Nairn, 1814, son of Hugh F., farmer,
and Janet Phimister; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March
1834) ; occupied the Chair of Mathematics
for a session during the absence of the
professor ; Murray Lecturer 1844-5 ; ord.
in 1846; dem. 11th Dec. 1888; died 13th
May 1895. He marr. 18th April 1854,
Anne May (died s.p. 8th March 1882,
aged 68), daugh. of John May, architect,
Aberdeen, and Ann Cordiner. Publication
— On the Epistle of Paul to the Philippians
[Murray Lecture] (Aberdeen, 1845); The
History of Elijah and Elisha [Murray
Lecture] (Aberdeen, 1846). — [M William's
A Quiet Buchan Parish (portrait), 45-54,]
THOMAS M'WILLIAM, M.A.; ord.
27th June 1889; trans, to Foveran
1889
13th Nov. 1912.
ROBERT NICOL PATON, M.A.,
191 B.D. ; ord. 21st March 1913; trans,
to Lochgelly 24th July 1918.
ALEXANDER PATERSON, born
1918 RutnerSlen 28tn 0ct- 1864> son of
James P. and Elizabeth Thomson ;
educated at St John's Grammar School,
Hamilton, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1885) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in
1887 ; assistant at Campbeltown in 1888 ;
Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, in 1891 ;
ord. to Westray 28th Sept. 1892; trans,
and adm. 27th Dec. 1918. Publication-
Edited Land of my Birth, and other Poems
[by James Paterson] (Paisley, 1912).
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271
TURRIFF.
[The church of Turriff was dedicated to
St Coan. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. Turriff was a prebend of Aber-
deen. Two fairs were held at Turriff, the
Lammas Fair, and that of St Coan. There
was a Well of Our Lady at Turriff.]
ANDREW MOWAT, exhorter in
1667 1567.
JOHN PHILP, trans, from Dumbennan
ls^. 1574, Kinedward, Forglen, and
Auchterless being under his care ;
was still min. in 1588; trans, to Keith
1589.
WILLIAM HAY, called parson in
1583 1583.
GEORGE HAY, MA. (St Andrews,
15go 1581); adm. to Idvie (Kirkden),
1589 ; trans, and adm. in 1590 ; app.
constant Moderator of the Presb. of Banff
by the Assembly in 1606 ; app. by the
Assembly in 1608 to visit Caithness and
Sutherland along with the bishop ; was
a member of Assembly in 1610 and 1616 ;
still min. 4th Nov. 1619. He made over
the lands of the hospital of Turriff, founded
by Alexander, Earl of Buchan, to the Earl
of Errol. He was considered a very learned
man and much disposed to peace, by main-
taining unity among the brethren, on the
side of Episcopacy. He marr. and had
issue — Elizabeth (marr. Alexander Innes
of Eomorah). — [Collect. Aberdeen and Banff
iii., 235 ; Aberdeen Sas., i., 253.]
THOMAS MITCHELL of Mains of
1624 ^ask> a relative of Bishop Patrick
Forbes of Aberdeen; adm. to Udny
25th April 1604; trans, to Logie-Buchan
before 1st Feb. 1622 ; trans, and adm.
in 1624 ; became a zealous Covenanter ;
was a member of the General Assembly
in 1638 and 1639, and of the Commission
in 1645 ; preached before Charles I. 3rd
Oct. 1641 ; was robbed of his goods and
gear by the followers of George, Marquess
of Huntly, for which he had a Royal
grant 8th Nov. of the "fermes, kaynes,
customes, silver - dewties, and otheris
dewties of the Bisoprick of Rosse for
the croptes and yeeres, 1638-41, restand
unpayit by the vassellis and uthers,"
which was ratified by Parliament 17th
Nov. that year. He was accused of im-
morality, but was absolved by the Synod
19th Oct. 1642. In 1644 he was plundered
of his horse by the adherents of the
Marquess of Montrose, and had 400 merks
granted by Parliament, 4th Feb. 1646, out
of the rents of Haddo, and 1000 merks
further for his subsistence and entertain-
ment out of the readiest moneys and rents
of delinquents' and malignants' lands in
the North. He died 23rd July 1649. He
marr. Barbara Meldrum, who died 26th
Dec. 1659, and had issue — Arthur, his
successor in the parish ; Isobell (marr.
Walter Stewart of Ryland), died 8th Feb.
1672 ; Marie (marr. John Jaffrey, min. of
Monquhitter). Publications — Elegies LX.,
LXIII. (Forbes's Funeral Sermons). — [Acts
of Pari., vi., pt. i., 23 et seq. ; Spalding's
Miscell., iii., 117, 139; Tombst.; Banff
Sas., v., 159; Baillie's Letters; Balfour's
Historical Works, iii., 89.]
ARTHUR MITCHELL of Gask, son of
1646 preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1637-41 ; ord.
(colleague) 2nd Aug. 1646 ; served heir to
his father 29th April 1668; joined the
Protesters in 1651 ; dep. in 1655, which
sentence was ratified in 1660, and was taken
off, but he was again dep. by the Synod in
July 1661 ; restored by Act of Parliament,
25th April 1690, and declared to be rightful
min. by the General Assembly 27th Oct.
that year ; died 23rd Oct. 1695. He marr.
Marjory Lindsay. — [Tombst. ; Aberdeen-
shire Poll-Booh, ii., 346.]
ARTHUR FORBES, min. of Fraser-
burgh, is styled min. of Turriff
March 1663.— [Aberdeen Sas.,\\., 250.]
ANDREW SKENE, son of Patrick
1664 ®- (secon<I son °f Andrew S.
of Auchorie) and Jean, daugh. of
Robert Forbes of Drumlassie ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1648); adm. to Cluny in 1654;
was elected as second min. to a charge in
Edinburgh, 29th April 1663, which he
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TURRIFF
[PRESB. OF
declined to accept ; pres. 16th March, coll.
13th April, trans, and adm. 2nd May 1664 ;
made over the customs of the markets to
the Earl of Errol, on condition of his
paying annually to the schoolmaster £100
Scots ; died April 1678, aged about 50.
He marr. Joanna, daugh. of Kobert Coutts
of Auchtercoull, she survived him, and
had issue — Eobert. — [Tombst. ; Pratt's
Buchan ; G. R. Homings, 10th March 1670;
Memorials of the Family of Skene, 64.]
ALEXANDER LEASK of that ilk, son
le„8 of Alexander L., min. of Maryculter;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1658) ; adm. to New Machar
14th May 1665 ; trans, to Cruden before
13th Jan. 1669; trans, and adm. before 22nd
Sept. 1678 ; rebuked, 19th March 1679, for
advising and being engaged in a simoniacal
transaction regarding Maryculter; deprived
by the General Assemly, 27th Oct. 1690,
under the Act of 1690 restoring Presby-
terian mins. ; was called to Errol but not
admitted; alive 13th July 1730. He marr.
Rachel Dun. — [Aberdeen >Sas., is.., 97;
G. R. Hornings, 11th Feb. 1690; Reg. of
Deeds, Mack., 12th May 1668 ; Scot. Presb.
Elog.]
ARTHUR MITCHELL, above
1690 mentioned.
THOMAS THOMSON of Cocklaw;
trans, from Forres and adm. before
6th May 1697 ; trans, to Old Machar
15th Nov. 1699.
1697
V WILLIAM BOWER, M.A. (Edinburgh
Aug. 1683); licen. under Episcopacy;
again licen. by Presb. of Haddington
21st Nov. 1700 ; called 19th May, and ord.
18th Aug. 1702; died 3rd June 1730, aged
about 67. He marr. Alison Cranston, who
survived him. — [Aberdeen Tests.]
ANDREW KER, a native of Roxburgh-
shire ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th May
1722); became chaplain to the
Marquess of Tweeddale ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 6th March 1730; called
2nd Dec. ; pres. by Andrew Hay of
Mountblairie same year; ord. 2nd June
1731 ; died 12th Oct. 1773, aged about 72.
He marr. 26th July 1733, Christine Grant
of the parish of Alvah, who died 5th Feb.
1769, and had issue — Elizabeth, born 24th
April 1734; Susan, born 18th Nov. 1736
(marr. 24th Oct. 1755, Alexander Dowell,
lieutenant) ; Christine, born 18th July
1738 (marr. 28th Dec. 1765, George Forbes
of Upper Boyndlie and Ladysf ord); Patrick,
born 1st March 1740, died abroad in 1761 ;
John, born 13th Oct. 1741, died 22nd Feb.
1747 ; Margaret (twin), born 13th Oct. 1741
(marr. 31st Dec. 1770, James Youngson,
farmer, New Deer) ; Theodore, 'born 28th
April 1745, died in East Indies, 12th May
1768 ; John, born 29th Jan., and died 2nd
Oct. 1748 ; Andrew, born 18th Dec. 1748,
died 13th Oct. 1773 ; James, born 13th
Feb., and died 22nd March 1750.
WILLIAM STUART, born 1741,
grandson of S. of Lesmurdie ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (25th April 1759); licen. by Presb.
of Strathbogie 12th Sept. 1764; ord.
missionary at Glenlivet 25th Nov. 1766 ;
trans, to Auchterless 24th Sept. 1767 ;
pres. by Peter Gordon of Delgaty, trans.
and adm. 6th July 1774; died 22nd Nov.
1820. He marr. 6th Feb. 1770, Margaret
(died 27th Feb. 1820), daugh. of Patrick
Duff of Whitehill, Provost of Banff—
[Tombst.']
JAMES CRUICKSHANK, ord. (assist-
1821 an*) *n *^S Parisn Is* May 1816 ;
pres. by the trustees of James, Earl
of Fife in April, and adm. 25th July 1821 ;
trans, to Fyvie 5th Oct. 1843.
1844
WILLIAM LESLIE, born 14th March
1809, son of John L., min. of Fintray;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1825) ; became schoolmaster
of Fintray in 1829 ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 31st March 1830 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) at Fintray 20th Sept. 1838 ;
trans, and adm. 4th April 1844 ; died 21st
Feb. 1850. He marr. 27th Sept. 1842, Jane
(died 4th June 1878, aged 66), eldest daugh.
of John Crombie of Grandholm, manufac-
turer, Cothal Mills, and Catherine Harvey,
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and had issue — John, born 24th July 1843,
died Sept. 1909 ; Catherine Crornbie, born
23rd June 1845 (marr. 18th July 1865,
Charles Orton, M.D., Newcastle - under -
Lyme); William of Fairgirth, Milltimber,
born 3rd July 1846. Publication— Account
of Fintray [jointly with his father] {Neiv
Stat. Ace, xii.).
1850
JOHN CEUICKSHANK, born F.or-
dyce, 1803, cousin of James C, D.D.,
min. of Fyvie ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March 1821);
app. Murray Lecturer, King's College, in
1827 (" On the Superiority of the Gospel In-
formation regarding the Divine Nature ") ;
ord. 1828; called to St Andrew's, Ottawa,
Canada, 17th Sept. 1829 and adm. 4th March
1830; min. of Brockville, 1843-6, of Niagara,
1846 to 11th April 1849 ; adm. to this parish
19th Sept. 1850; D.D. (Aberdeen, 1866);
died at London, 13th June 1892. He marr.
1st Aug. 1838, Katherine Fellows, Bytown
[now Ottawa], Canada, who died 21st May
1909, and had issue — Katherine Margaret,
born 31st Oct. 1839, died 26th July. 1840 ;
Charlotte, born 20th March 1841 ; William
John, born 28th Dec. 1842 ; May Amelia,
born 12th May 1844 (marr. 14th Oct. 1869,
David Gill, Kaecloch); Margaret, born 19th
Feb. 1846 ; Alexander Imlach, born 7th
April 1848 ; James Clark, born 9th March
1851 ; Thomas Fellows, born 18th Jan.
1853 ; Katherine Laura, born 26th June
1861. — [Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
iii., 154.]
1889
ALEXANDER MILLER MACLEAN,
M.A., B.D. ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 14th June 1889 ; trans,
to Cramond 15th Oct. 1896 {cf. Vol. III.,
167) ; died 5th March 1925. Publication—
"Iona" {The Kirks of the Turriff Pres-
bytery) (Banff, 1904).
LAUCHLAN MACLEAN WATT, M.A.,
18g7 B.D. ; ord. 7th April 1897; trans,
to Alloa 12th Feb. 1901 {cf. Vol. I.,
116); adm. to St Mungo's, Glasgow, 26th
June 1923. Publications — The Scottish
Ballads and Ballad Writing (Paisley,
1923) ; Life and Religion (London, 1925).
VOL. VI.
ERNEST SHERWOOD GUNSON,
1901 M.A. ; trans, from Clydebank and
adm. 17th July 1901 ; trans, to St
David's, Glasgow, 26th Nov. 1907 {cf. Vol.
III., 273). Publication — "Turriff" {The
Kirks of the Turriff Presbytery) (Banff,
1904).
1907
DUNCAN MACLAREN, born Bal-
quhidder, 5th Feb. 1882, son of
Donald M. and Mary Stewart ;
educated at Balquhidder School, M'Laren
High School, Callander, and Univs. of
Glasgow M.A. (1903), Edinburgh B.D.
(1906); licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 8th
May 1906 ; assistant at South Leith ; ord.
23rd April 1908. Marr. 15th Sept. 1909,
Joan Hamilton, daugh. of Archibald
Hamilton Gillieson, min. of Olrig, and
has issue — Donald, born 22nd July 1910 ;
Mairi, born 22nd July 1912 ; Jean Mac-
kinnon, born 15th July 1918.
YTHAN WELLS (Q.S.).
[A church built in 1864 was known as
Wells of Ythan Church, a name derived
from the "wells" or springs of the Ythan
in the near neighbourhood. The parish of
Ythan Wells was disjoined from Forgue
and Auchterless 24th May 1869.]
GEORGE PHILIP, M.A., schoolmaster
1864 °^ Inverkeithny, officiated from
1864-8.
ROBERT HARPER, served June 1868
1868 to April 1869.
VJAMES BREBNER, M.A; ord. 23rd
1869 ^epti 1869j trans, to Forgue 29th
June 1871.
ALEXANDER M'WILLIAM, born 1827,
1871 son of Alexander M., farmer, Mort-
lach ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1848) ; schoolmaster at
Ythan Wells, 1848-61, and of Culsalmond,
1861-2; ord. by Presb. of Garioch to St
David's, Georgetown, Prince Edward Island,
29th July 1863 ; pres. by Alexander Morison
of Mountblairie ; adm. 14th Sept. 1871;
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YTHAN WELLS
[PRESB. OF TURRIFF
dem. Stli May 1887: died at Huntly 8th
March 1889. He marr. 13th Oct. 1S64,
Barbara Anderson (died 4th Sept. 1910),
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 9th Nov.
1865 (marr. Alexander Wilson, min. of this
parish).
"WILLIAM BOE, born 19th June 1857,
18__ son of James B., min. of Dunblane ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
MA. (1879); ord. to Scots Church,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1887 ; adm. (assist-
ant and successor) here 13th Dec. 1887 ;
dem. 20th May 1890; adm. to Longtown
1890; dem. 1897; drowned at Portobello
on the eve of going to a church in Canada
18th May 1899.
ALEXANDER WILSON, bom Enzie,
16th June 1860, son of James W.,
MA., min. of Enzie ; educated at
Milne's Institution, Fochabers, Grammar
School, Aberdeen, Univ. of Aberdeen;
MA. (1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen ;
assistant at Holburn, Aberdeen, Saughtree,
1890
and Blairdaff ; ord. 16th Sept. 1890 ; died
3rd July 1917. He marr. (1) 18th Aug.
1896, Margaret Isabella, younger daugh. of
Alexander Anderson of Aucharnie and Mary
Reid, and had issue — Charlotte Mary, born
10th Oct. 1S97; Margaret Anderson, born
loth Oct. 1899; Alexander Gordon, born
14th Feb. 1903 : (2) 23rd May 1911, Eliza-
beth, daugh. of Alexander M'William, min.
of this parish. Publications — The Prophets
and Prophecy (Edinburgh, 1903); "Ythan
Wells" {The Kirks of the Turriff Presbytery)
(Banff, 1904); Ythan Wells: Its Churches
and Its Schools (portrait) (n.p.) 1912.
DANIEL ALEXANDER FORREST
born Cambuslang, 4th May 1888,
son of Walter F. and Mary Scott;
educated at Hamilton Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow ; MA. (1909) ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton in 1914 ; assistant at Dunbar-
ton and Rosskeen ; ord. 25th Oct. 1917.
Marr. 2nd Jan. 191S, Violet Caroline,
daugh. of John and Catherine Hay.
PRESBYTERY OF FOBDYCE, called at first
BANFF, and later CULLEN
[In 1581, and again in 1586, the General Assembly had in view the erection of a local
Church Court at Banff. In 1583 this Court was in existence. Its parishes then were
Banff, Inverboyndie, Bathen, Faskin, Dundurcus, Cullen, Deskford, Fordyce, Ordiquhill,
Gamrie, Kinedward, Turriff, Auchterless, Forglen, Alvah, Inverkeithny, and Aberchirder.
When the Fresbytery of Turriff was set up, many of these parishes were transferred to
it. About that time the seat of this Presbytery was removed from Banff to Cullen. By
1638 there had come another change of the Presbytery seat, and since then the Court has
been uniformly styled the Presbytery of Fordyce. The Presbytery Kegister commences
in 1623. There are gaps in the Record from 31st July 1634 to 28th June 1640, from 2nd
June 1658 to 1st May 1659, from 11th Sept. 1688 to 7th Jan. 1707, and from 4th May
1769 to 30th July 1776.]
BANFF.
[The church of Banff was dedicated to
St Mary. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. There was of old an hospital
at Banff. The Grey Friars had a priory
in the town dedicated to St John the
Evangelist. Banff had three fairs of St
Mary, held on Lady Day, Marymas, and
Our Lady Day in Lentron. There was
also here a fair of St Jerome, which lasted
for six days. Within the bounds there
were Wells of Our Lady and St Ranald.]
1563
WILLIAM MARTIN, reader in 1563,
and 1585.— [Aud. of Exch., 1584-98,
107.]
WILLIAM LAWTIE, min. of Cullen,
Fordyce, Inverboyndie, and this
parish in 1563 ; removed here before
1574 ; died in 1589, leaving a widow and
family.
1590
JOHN GUTHRIE, regent in King's
College, Aberdeen, 1587-92; adm.
in 1590 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 28th May 1597 and to the
modified stipend 14th Oct. 1615. In 1591
Boyndie and Alvah were also in the charge.
— [Cramond's Annals of Banff, ii., 21, 405.]
1620
JOHN MURRAY, reader; min. of
1591 Gamrie in 1592.
ALEXANDER SETON (primus), born
about 1600, son of Alexander S.
of Pitmedden ; educated at King's
College ; M.A. (1615) ; schoolmaster of
Cullen, 1617-18; adm. before 17th July
1620; died after 17th April 1660. He
marr. Isobel Chalmer, who survived him,
and had issue — Alexander, min. of this
parish ; William, min. of Lumphanan, born
1626; Thomas, born 1627; John, born
1633; Isobel, born 1637 (marr. William
Fyf e, bailie of Banff) ; Marie, born 1638 ;
Janet, born 1640; Patrick, min. of Auchter-
less.— [Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 110;
Banff Sas., i., 106 ; Beg. of Deeds, Mack.,
15th Nov. 1661 ; Cramond's Annals of
Banff, i. 25, ii. 23-36, 285.]
ALEXANDER SETON (secundus), son
of preceding, born 1624; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1643); adm. to Cullen 1st Dec. 1647;
trans, to Mortlach 7th May 1650; trans,
and adm. 15th May 1661 ; elected to Aber-
deen, but translation refused by the Bishop
and Synod 30th Oct. 1665 ; was called to
Tranent, but remained here at request of
parishioners, though he had preached his
1661
275
276
BANFF
PKESB. OF
farewell sermon 12th March 1676 ; died
June 1679. [The date on his tombstone,
4th Oct., is apparently an error, for the
Presbytery Eegister of 2nd July 1679
contains this entry : " Mr A. S., min. of
Banff, has departed this lyfe."] His char-
acter has been thus quaintly described :—
" Loe heir in trust lyes ye pretious dust of
Soul-saving Seton,
Preacher in this Town,
Ye Key of Knowledge
And glory of ye Gown."
He marr. (1) Isobel Joass, and had issue —
Janet : (2) Margaret (marr. (2) Patrick
Innes, min. of this parish), eldest daugh.
of Thomas Joass of Colleonard, and had
issue — Alexander, born 1664, died before
1671 ; James, born 1667 ; John, born
1669 ; Alexander, born 1671, died before
1679 ; Janet, born 1673 ; Margaret, born
1675 (marr. Alexander Watt, schoolmaster
of Banff) ; Thomas, born 1677 ; Alexander,
born 3rd Nov. 1679 (posthumous). —
[Tombst. ; Brodie's Diary ; Banff Sas., ii.,
141; Cramond's Annals of Banff, ii., 37-52,
286, 320; Records of Banff, ii., 496; The
Devil's Mistress, by Seton's great-great-
grandson, J. W. Brodie Innes, advocate.]
PATBICK INNES, born about 1651,
167g son of Kobert I., M.A., surgeon,
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1663) under-
master of Aberdeen Grammar School,
1667-70 ; chaplain to James, Earl of
Findlater, who presented him ; adm. to
Deskford 20th May 1679 ; trans, and adm.
2nd Nov. that year ; forfeited his charge
on account of the Test, but taking it
afterwards was restored 23rd Feb. 1682 ;
conformed to Presbyterian Church govern-
ment 2nd July 1694 ; died June 1699. He
marr. Margaret Joass, widow of his pre-
decessor, and had issue — James, min. of
this parish ; Anne, born 1685. — [Cramond's
Banff, i. 189, ii. 52-65, 288, 426 ; Seafield
Correspondence, Scot. Hist. Soc.']
WILLIAM HTTNTEB, born about 1662,
1699 son of Robert H., Provost of Ayr,
and Martha, only daugh. and heiress
of George Muschet of Craighead, Perth-
shire; ord. to Colmonell 11th May 1692;
trans, to Tyrie 23rd Oct. 1695 ; called 27th
Aug., trans, and adm. 15th Nov. 1699 ;
corresponded with Principal Carstares in
1705 regarding the conversion of George,
Lord Banff, from Popery to Protestantism ;
suspended in 1712 for refusing to take the
Oath of Abjuration, but returned in 1713 ;
dep. 4th April 1716 for witnessing the
proclamation of the Chevalier at Banff,
etc.; died 29th Oct. 1730. He marr. (1)
(cont. 27th Dec. 1699), Anna, daugh. of
John Guthrie of Kinedward, and widow
of Patrick Grant of Dunlugas, and had
issue — Alexander, Episcopal min. in Edin-
burgh, served heir 10th Dec. 1730; John,
who went abroad in 1725 : (2) 1723, Mary
(born 3rd May 1679, died 20th April 1756),
daugh. of George Ogilvie, Lord Banff,
and widow of John Joass, younger of
Colleonard. — [Aberdeen Tests. ; Services of
Heirs ; Scots Peerage, ii., 21 ; G. R. Sas.,
civ., 2; Cramond's Annals of Banff, ii.,
65-79, 157 ; Tombst.]
1716
JAMES INNES, born about 1682, son
of Patrick I., min. in 1679 ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; became
tutor in Lord FountamhaU's family ; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie, and ord. by them
as chaplain to the Marquess of Tullibardine's
regiment 26th May 1709; pres. by James,
Earl of Findlater, in Oct., and adm. here
4th Dec. 1716; died 5th Sept. 1753. He
marr. 8th Oct. 1723, Jean (died at Elgin,
9th July 1800), daugh. of Joseph Brodie
of Milntown, and had issue — Joseph ;
Margaret, (marr. James Lawtie, min. of
Fordyce); Ann (marr. Alexander Avon,
merchant, Banff); Patrick, born 6th Oct.
1729; George, born 18th Jan. 1731;
Katherine, born 2nd Feb. 1734; Alexander
of Ibstone House, Bucks, colonel in army,
born 28th Sept. 1738, died 1805; James,
born 3rd June 1741 ; Barbara, born 22nd
July 1744, died 21st Jan. 1748.— [Cramond's
Annals of Banff, i. 189, ii. 79-92.]
ROBERT TRAILL, D.D. ; trans, from
7 Kettins, pres. by James, Earl of
Findlater, in Oct., and adm. 20th
Dec. 1753; app. Professor of Divinity,
Univ. of Glasgow {q.v.), 16th Oct. 1761.
fordyce]
BANFF
277
ANDKEW SKENE, born about 1728,
eldest son of Andrew S., physician
and surgeon, Aberdeen, and Margaret,
daugh. of Lumsden of Cushnie; educated
at Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.D. (18th March 1751) ; licen. by Presb.
of Alford 2nd May 1754 ; ord. to Keith
26th Sept. same year; pres. by James,
Earl of Findlater, 17th Dec. 1761 ; trans.
and adm. 27th April 1762 ; died at Bath,
where he had gone for the benefit of his
health, 2nd Dec. 1792, and was buried
there. His medical knowledge gained for
him much gratuitous practice. A Congre-
gational Church was formed in the parish
by a number who withdrew from S.'s
ministry on account, it is said, of his
Socinian doctrines. He marr. April 1775,
Ann (died at Banff, 2nd Sept. 1826, aged 92),
daugh. of James Innes, Provost of Banff.
Publication — A Catechism : Serious Address
to thePeopleon Infectious Fever. — [Cramon d's
Annals of Banff, ii., 95-108, 162; Memorials
of the Family of Skene, 150 ; A berdeen Burgh
Propinquity Book, 3rd April 1765.]
ABEECEOMBY GOEDON, born 1758,
17g3 son of Harry G., min. of Ardersier ;
educated at Deskford School and
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1777) ;
schoolmaster of Deskford, 1773-9 ; licen. by
Presb. of Fordyce 2nd Aug. 1780 ; adm.
missionary at Portsoy, and ord. 18th July
1781 ; pres. by commissioner for James,
Earl of Findlater and Seafield, in June,
trans, and adm. 15th Aug. 1793 ; died 12th
March 1821. He marr. 23rd Dec. 1793,
Janet (born 16th Dec. 1764, died 28th
May 1824), daugh. of William Dunbar of
Nether Buckie, and had issue — Sarabella
Williamina, born 20th Sept. 1798, died at
Bath 19th July 1857; William, born 5th
Aug. 1800, went to London in 1819, where
he died from the effects of a fall from his
horse 23rd April 1831 ; Henry George of
Killiechassie, Governor and Chief Manager
of the Oriental Bank, London, born 24th
Dec. 1801, died 7th June 1883 ; Abercromby
Lockhart, min. of Greyfriars, Aberdeen,
born 30th Dec. 1803; Margaret, born 1st
May 1805, died at Newington, Edinburgh,
9th April 1849; Janet, born 30th April
1807, died at Edinburgh 10th April 1873.
Publication— Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xx.). — [Cramond's Annals
of Banf, ii., 109-16, 320.]
FEANCIS WILLIAM GEANT, born
1821 Cromdale 1787 I educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (25th
March 1808); licen. by Presb. of Turriff
7th April 1813; ord. to Dallas 26th
Sept. 1816 ; pres. by the curator for Lewis
Alexander, Earl of Seafield, in Sept.,
trans, and adm. 13th Dec. 1821. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Free
Church, Banff, 1843-58; died 12th April
1858. He marr. 12th Sept. 1826, Sophia
(died in London 23rd Jan. 1887, aged 84),
daugh. of Thomas Eannie, Burdsbank,
Cullen, and had issue — Francis William,
born 15th March 1828, died at Terriote
Wynaad, South India, 9th Jan. 1883;
Thomas Eannie, born 18th Nov. 1829;
Elizabeth Wilson, born 28th Dec. 1831 ;
Sophia Thomson, born 10th March 1833 ;
James Duff, born 16th Oct. 1836, died at
Bombay 11th Sept. 1864; Eobert Bruce,
born 7th Jan. 1840. Publication — Sermons
preached in Parish Church, Banff (Edin-
burgh, 1859) ; Life and Immortality (1875) ;
Life in Christ (1885). — [Cramond's Annals
of Banff, ii., 115-26, 333.]
[GEOEGE HENDEESON, M.A., min.
1843 °^ Mullen ; pres. by Francis William,
Earl of Seafield, in 1843, but objections
having been lodged by fifty-three com-
municants, his presentation was set aside
by Commission of Assembly 14th Aug. 1844.
See Collection of the Various Objections
made to Presentees to Parishes in Scotland
since the Passing of Lord Aberdeen's Act
of 17th Aug. 1843 (Edinburgh, 1844.]—
[Cramond's Banff, ii., 126.]
% EOBEET BEEMNEE, born Fochabers,
1845 1805, son of Joseph B., feuar, and
Christian Eoss ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1823) ; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 4th May 1831;
Murray Lecturer at King's College, 1834-5 ;
travelling tutor to Colonel Hepburn of
Fusilier Guards and to Colonel Macdonald
of Eo3sie; pres. by Francis William, Earl
278
BANFF— BOYNDIE
[PRESB. OF
of Seafield, 2nd Jan., and ord. 4th March
1845 ; LL.D. (King's College, 10th March
1856); died 23rd Oct. 1872. In 1851 he
was presented with his portrait by members
of the congregation and friends. He marr.
18th Sept, 1862, Elizabeth (died s.p. 23rd
Aug. 1907, aged 87), daugh. of Alexander
Smith, Moorend House, Charlton Kings,
Cheltenham. Publications — What has
Christianity done for Mankind ? [Murray
Lecture] (Aberdeen, 1835); Travels in
Russia, 2 vols. (London, 1839) ; Excursions
in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 2 vols.
(London, 1840). — [Cramond's Annals of
Banff, i. 360-9, ii. 127-48, 150, 365.]
WILLIAM STRATON BKUCE, born
187s 17th Nov. 1846, son of William B.,
farmer, Westwood, Livingston, and
Janet Straton ; educated at Dunnottar
Parish School, Free Church Manse of Keig,
Grammar School and Univs. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1868), Edinburgh and Tubingen;
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun Dec. 1871 ;
assistant at Tolbooth, Edinburgh, and to
Norman Macleod, D.D., of the Barony,
Glasgow; pres. by Sir John, Earl of Sea-
field, 28th Dec. 1872; ord. 6th March 1873;
V.D., D.D. (Aberdeen, 2nd April 1897);
Croall Lecturer, Edinburgh, 1903. Marr.
1st June 1876, Anna Maria (died 25th Nov.
1912), daugh. of Robert Duncan, merchant
and banker, Banff, and has issue — Eobert
Duncan, engineer, born 6th March 1877 ;
Straton, born 4th June 1878, died 24th Dec.
1897 ; Alice Straton, deaconess, born 12th
Sept. 1879 (marr. 28th Nov. 1917, Murdoch
M'lver, min. of West Airdrie U.F. Church) ;
Norman MacLeod, born 1st Jan. and died
6th June 1881 ; Bella, born 2nd Sept. and
died 12th Sept. 1882; Edith Anna, born
16th Nov. and died 3rd Dec. 1S83 ; Douglas
William, min. of St Stephen's, Broughty
Ferry, app. to Buenos Aires 1926 ; born 1st
June 1885 ; Arthur Nicol W.S., born 8th
Aug. 1887 ; Ethel (twin), born 8th Aug. 1 887 ;
Duncan, dentist, Peterborough, born 23rd
Nov. 1890. Publications— The Ethics of the
Old Testament (Edinburgh, 1895, 2nd ed.,
1909) ; The Formation of Christian Char-
acter (Edinburgh, 1901, 2nd ed., 1908); Our
Heritage, Individual, Social, and Religious
(Edinburgh, 1903); Social Aspects of Chris-
tian Morality [Croall Lecture], (London,
1905) ; The Wealth of Christian Life (1910) ;
Records of Aberdeen University Arts Class,
1864-8 (p.p. 1912) ; The Nor' East (London,
1916, 3rd ed.; Aberdeen, 1922); The Psy-
chology of Christian Life and Behaviour
(Paisley, 1923). — [Cramond's Annals of
Banff, ii., 148.]
DAVID FINDLAY CLARK, trans.
192_ from John Knox Parish, Aberdeen
(g.v.), 6th April 1925.
BOYNDIE, of old INVER-
BOYNDIE.
[The church of Inverboyndie was dedi-
cated to St Breandan. It belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. The old church, whose
ruins stand in the churchyard, was in use
until 1 773. The parishes of Banff and Inver-
boyndie were united about 1600. They were
severed again in 1634. There is a mission
chapel within the bounds at Whitehill.]
WILLIAM LAWTIE, MA. ; min. of
ls_ Banff; had also charge here from
1567 to 1589.
1567 WILLIAM SMITH, reader in 1567.
GEORGE SCOTT, reader in 1585 ; died
1585 in 1589.— [A ud. ofExch., 1584-98, 107.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, M.A. ; min. of Banff;
1590 had also charge here from 1590to 1615.
WILLIAM CHALMER, born 1593,
1620 second son of Alexander C. of Cults,
Provost of Aberdeen ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1617);
adm. before 20th June 1620; in 1645 his
goods, gear, and books were carried off by
Montrose's soldiers ; was a member of Com-
mission of Assembly, 1647 and 1649; died
Feb. 1671. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
William Chalmer, min. of Skene, and had
issue — William, min. of Fettercairn; James,
min. of Paisley ; John, min. of Peterhead ;
Patrick, min. of this parish; Isabel, who
fell under censure ; a daugh. (marr. Walter
Smith).— [Playfair's Baron., viii., app. 318 ;
Acts of Pari., vi.,pt. i.,23; Nisbet's Heraldry,
ii., app. 124; Reg. of Deeds, ccccxxvii., 400.]
fordyce]
BOYNDIE
279
PATKICK CHALMERS, youngest son
16„0 of preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1665) ;
pres. May 1670, and adm. (assistant) before
24th May 1671 ; deprived by Privy Council
7th Nov. 1689, for not reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, etc. ; intruded at
Eayne in 1703. He marr. Ann, daugh. of
James Ogilvie of Kaggell, and had issue-
James, rector of Lamarsh and Wickham St
Paul, Essex ; John, at Aberdeen Univ. in
1709 ; Rolland ; a daugh. (marr. George
Ogilvie of Newrain).— [Nisbet's Heraldry,
ii., app. 125.]
PETER DARLING, born about 1675,
1698 son °^ Peter D. °f Appletreeleaves,
Galashiels ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (13th July 1695) ; licen.
by Presb. of Selkirk 19th Aug. 1697 ; called
by the Presb. jure devohito 20th April, and
ord. 29th June 1698 ; died in 1 730. He marr.
andhad issue — Elizabeth. — [Aberdeen Tests.]
ALEXANDER PHILIP, born 1690, son
1780 °^ George P- in Cullen of Boyne ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 20th
Aug. 1718; ord. to Kinairney 21st Jan.
1719 ; trans, to Deskford 27th April 1720 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Findlater, in June,
trans, and adm. 30th Sept. 1730 ; died
May 1738. He marr. Margaret Russel,
who survived him, and had issue — James ;
George. — [Aberdeen Tests.]
JAMES ANDERSON, M.A.; pres. by
James, Earl of Findlater, in Aug.,
and ord. 13th Dec. 1738 ; trans, to
Cullen 12th Dec. 1751.
1738
JAMES DUNBAR, born Moray 1724;
175_ educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (March 1729); licen.
by Presb. of Forres 6th Oct. 1737; pres.
by James, Earl of Findlater, in May, and
ord. 22nd July 1752; died 9th Jan. 1785.
He marr. 28th April 1752, Amelia Nicolson,
who died 22nd Oct. 1785.
ALEXANDER MILNE, born Banff,
j-j-j. 1754, son of Alexander M., Braehead,
Keith ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1771); licen. by Presb.
of Strathbogie 23rd July 1776 ; pres. by
James, Earl of Findlater, 8th April, and
ord. 16th Nov. 1785; died 11th Feb.
1830. He marr. 4th Nov. 1786, his cousin
Elizabeth (died 28th March 1817, aged 52),
daugh. of Alexander Milne of Chapelton,
Drumblade, and had issue — Margaret, born
7th Aug. 1787, died at Aberdeen 21st
March 1874; Catherine, bom 10th Feb.
1789, died 26th Dec. 1819; Isabella, born
24th Dec. 1794 (marr. James Milne, min.
of Inverkeithny) ; Alexander, born 26th
Feb. 1799, died 11th Aug. 1809 ; Elizabeth,
born 13th May 1801 (marr. John Humphrey
of Comalegy); Jean, born 6th Aug. 1804,
died 8th Jan. 1808 ; Magdalen, born 2nd
Aug. 1806 (marr. 17th July 1828, Alexander
Stronach of Drumallan, advocate, Aber-
deen), died 10th Jan. 1871 ; Robert, died
24th Aug. 1803. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xix.).
1830
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born
Peterhead, 1808, son of John Ford
A., M.D., and Margaret Skelton ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1826); licen. by Presb. of Deer 28th April
1830 ; pres. by the curator for Lewis Alex-
ander, Earl of Seafield, in July, and ord.
2nd Sept. 1830. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; adm. to Old Machar Free Church
in 1845 ; dem. in 1847, having adopted
Baptist principles and joined that body.
He founded the Gymnasium or Chanonry
School, Old Aberdeen, and remained
Principal to his death ; LL.D. (St Andrews
1877); died at Aboyne, 25th Oct. 1884.
He marr. (1) 22nd Sept. 1831, Mary (died
24th June 1864, aged 57), daugh. of Alex-
ander Gavin, surgeon, Strichen, and had
issue — Francis Skelton, born 18th June
1832, died 1 18th March 1833; Alexander
Gavin, banker and shipowner, born 22nd
Oct. 1833, died 6th Dec. 1892 [father
of Adelaide Mary A., D.B.E., Principal Lady
Inspector of Factories]; Frances Anne, born
4th July 1835 (marr. April 1861, Henry
Martyn Barker, M.A., LL.D., Head of Eng-
lish Department, High School, Glasgow),
died 1898; Mary Adamson, born 17th Jan.
1837 (marr. Claud Marshall, Greenock), died
1910; James George Skelton, one of the
280
BOYNDIE— BUCKIE
[PRESB. OF
founders of the Orient Line [father of Sir
Alan Garrett A. and Louisa Garrett A.,
CB.E., M.D.], born 12th Feb. 1838, died
1907 ; John Ford, M.D., Hampstead, born
23rd Jan. 1840 ; Margaret Jane, born 22nd
April 1841 (marr. Archibald Stevenson),
died 1893 ; Jemima Marshall, born 1st
Dec. 1842 (marr. August Westerberg),
died 1915 ; William Richard, shipowner,
born 4th Nov. 1844, died at sea on a voyage
to Australia 30th March 1895; Charlotte
Elizabeth, born 1848 (marr. John Clarke,
M.A., Head Master at the Gymnasium) ;
died 1914 ; Christine Helen M'Leod, born
1850 (marr. Auckland Campbell Geddes,
C.E., and was mother of the Eight Hon.
Sir Auckland Geddes, M.D., G.C.M.G.,
K.C.B., British Ambassador to U.S.A., and
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, P.C., G.C.B.,
G.B.E.), died 23rd June 1914; Andrew
Thomson, planter, Ceylon, born 16th
May 1849, died at Aberdeen 6th April
1912 : (2) 17th Dec. 1867, Marion Fairrie
(died 28th Jan. 1901), daugh. of Claud
Marshall, Sheriff-substitute, Greenock, and
widow of Bobert Nesbit, missionary of the
Free Church, Bombay. Publications — The
Popery of Protestants, and Providential
Judgments and Deliverances, two sermons
(Aberdeen, 1836) ; Letters on Free Church
Univ. Education (Aberdeen, 1845) ; Gym-
nasia, or Intermediate Institutions (Edin-
burgh, 1846) ; Statement of Principiles on the
Spirituality of the New Testament Church
(Edinburgh, 1848) ; Letter to Rev. Thomas
M'Crie (Edinburgh, 1850); The Scottish
University System (Edinburgh, 1859) ;
Science, Theology, Religion (Edinburgh,
1874); Contribution towards the Determina-
tion of the Date of Our Lord's Last Sup/per
(Aberdeen, 1883); Notes of a Short Tour in
Italy (1888) ; Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xiii.) ; Sermon CII. {Free Church
Pulpit, ii.). — [Aberdeen Univ. Revievj, vi.,
June 1919; Shewan's Spirat Adhue Amor:
the Record of the " Gym " (portrait) (Aber-
deen, 1922).]
LUDOVICK WILLIAM GRANT,
1843 k°rn in Edinburgh Castle, 1807,
son of Captain William G. of Sea-
bank, Nairn, and Mary M'Kenzie; edu-
1863
cated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (31st March 1827) ; licen.
by Presb. of Nairn 4th May 1830 ; ord.
to Ordiquhill 4th April 1833; pres. by
Francis William, Earl of Seafield ; trans,
and adm. 7th Sept. 1843 ; died 8th May
1863. He marr. Helen (died s.j). 25th Nov.
1862, aged 47), daugh. of James Anderson
of Gorthleck, banker, Inverness.
JAMES LEDINGHAM, born Sept. 1825,
son of Alexander L., Auchleven,
Premnay ; educated at Premnay
Parish School, Grammar School, and King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1848); licen.
by Presb. of Garioch in 1854 ; ord. to
Seafield 14th Dec. same year; pres. by
Sir John, Earl of Seafield, 13th June,
trans, and adm. 30th July 1863 ; died 25th
Oct. 1895. He marr. 30th Oct. 1861,
Isabella (died 22nd March 1919), daugh.
of James Gardiner, min. of Rathven,
and had issue— Anne Young, born 2nd
March 1863 (marr. A. O. Morison); Alex-
andria Elsie, born 14th Sept. 1864 ;
James Gardiner, min. of this parish ;
Helen Gardiner, born 13th March 1868
(marr. George Smith) ; Alexander, M.D.,
Medical Officer for Banffshire, born 15th
Sept. 1872 ; John Charles Grant, M.A.,
M.B., CM., D.Sc, C.M.G., chief bacteri-
ologist, Lister Institute, London, and
medical author, born 19th May 1875 ;
George Morison, electric inspector, Cale-
donian Railway, born 6th July 1878.
JAMES GARDINER LEDINGHAM,
born 10th Aug. 1866, eldest son of
preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1888) ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordyce April 1891 ; assistant at Keith,
1891-5; elected 18th Dec. 1895; ord. 29th
Jan. 1896.
BUCKIE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in or about
1835. The parish of Buckie was disjoined
from Rathven on 17th July 1876.]
ROBERT SHANKS, born Partick, 6th
18_7 Nov. 1798, sixth son of John S.,
farmer, Slamannan ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1829) ; licen. by
1896
foedyce]
BUCKIE— CULLEN
281
Presb. of Linlithgow 23rd April 1828;
agent of the Scottish Reformation Society
in 1833; ord. 6th July 1837. Joined the
Free Church in 1843; min. of Free
Church, Buckie, same year ; dem. 5th
May 1858, but Free General Assembly
resolved, 16th June 1859, that he should
be re-instated; died 17th April 1884. He
marr. 1853, Mary Fulton. Publications —
Some Causes of Protestant Alarm Stated
(Edinburgh, 1836) ; The Anatomy of the
Mass by Peter du Maurin, translated from
the French (1853).
[Parish vacant 1843-53.]
JAMES CRICHTON, M.A.; elected
1S53 2nd Feb., and ord. 26th April 1853 ;
trans, to Rathven 5th Dec. 1861.
JOHN WEBSTER, M.A. ; ord. 24th
April 1862 ; trans, to Cluny 8th Feb.
1866.
JAMES MACKIE, born Kinellar, about
1866 1818J educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1839) ; schoolmaster
of Banchory-Ternan, 1850-9; adm. 27th
Sept. 1866 ; dem. Nov. 1875 on appointment
to St Mark's Church, Georgetown, British
Guiana, where he died within five months
of arrival, 14th April 1876. He marr.
and had issue — George Monro, D.D.,
Church of Scotland missionary to the
Jews at Beyrout, born 27th Oct. 1853, died
29th July 1922 ; Alexander Hendry, M.D.,
Derby, born 12th Aug. 1867.
1876
- STUART BROWN, born Edinburgh,
8th Oct. 1849, son of Stuart B. of
Currie, Gorebridge, Midlothian ; edu-
cated at High School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh, and at New College, Edinburgh;
licen. by Free Presb. of Edinburgh ;
assistant at Holyrood Free Church,
Montrose Free Church, and Buckhaven
Free Church ; adm. to Church of Scotland
became assistant at West Church, Stirling ;
ord. 18th June 1876 ; adm. first min. of
this parish 17th July 1876; died unmarr.
at Edinburgh 28th July 1894.
JAMES BOATH WOOD, M.A., B.D. ;
1894 e^ecte(i 10tn Nov., and ord. 19th Dec.
1894; trans, to St Paul's, Dundee,
14th July 1897 (cf. Vol. V., 333). His wife
died 6th July 1925.
ROBERT GALBRAITH, ord. 9th Feb.
1898; trans, to Fordoun 24th Dec.
1902.
1898
JOHN ANDERSON, M.A., B.D.; ord.
lg03 6th May 1903; trans, to Dairy
(Galloway) 26th Sept. 1907.
1908
JOHN GREENLAW, born 14th March
1876, son of John G., merchant,
Aberdeen ; educated at the Grammar
School and Univ. of Aberdeen; licen. by
Presb. there 6th May 1902; ord. to Holm
6th May 1903; elected 24th Dec. 1907;
trans, and adm. 13th Feb. 1908. Marr. 8th
Oct. 1903, Katherine Paterson, youngest
daugh. of Charles Stewart, min. of Strichen,
and has issue — John Rutherford, born 17th
Nov. 1904; Karl Stewart Guthrie, born
21st March 1906 ; Elizabeth Dunbar, born
22nd Oct. 1912.
CULLEN, of old INVERCULLEN.
[In old times the church of Invercullen
was dedicated to St Neachtan of Mortlach.
It belonged to the Abbey of Lindores.
There was in the parish a chapel of St
Mary. In or about 1543 Alexander
Ogilvie of Findlater and Deskford rebuilt
part of this chapel and added much to it.
He then endowed it as a collegiate church.
Early in the seventeenth century this church
of St Mary was made the parish church.
It contained a chapel of St Anne. In this
later parish church there are fine inscribed
monuments and good old wood work. St
Mary's Well is near the church, and Mary
Fair was held in the town on the third
Tuesday of September.]
WILLIAM LAWTIE, min. in 1563,
with Inverboyndie and Banff also
in the charge ; removed to Banff
before 1574.
282
CULLEN
[presb. or
GILBERT GARDYNE, trans, from
,66g Fordyce at Lammas 1569; re-trans.
to Fordyce before 1574, with Cullen,
Deskford, and Ordiquhill all in his charge
to 1589.
THOMAS HAY, reader in 1576.—
1576 [Cramond's Cullen, 69.]
THOMAS RANNALDSON, second
reader in 1576. — [Cramond's Cullen,
1576
70.]
ALEXANDER HAY, min. in 1590, with
lsgo Deskford in the charge ; still min.
in 1594.
GILBERT GARDYNE, above men-
tioned ; trans, from Fordyce in 1595 ;
1595
re-trans, to Fordyce in 1596.
1599
PATRICK DARG, min. here in 1599,
and at Deskford, Fordyce, and Ordi-
quhill.
1601
GEORGE DOUGLAS, bom about 1566,
son of Alexander D., Provost of
Elgin; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (28th July 1599); min. of
Dallas in 1588; trans, and adm. in 1601,
with Deskford also in the charge ; app.
by the General Assembly in 1606 to be
constant Moderator of the Presb. of Cullen,
and also to visit with two others 9th July
1608 ; was a member of the Town Council
of Cullen in 1611, and of the General
Assembly, 1616 and 1618 ; burgess of Aber-
deen in 1628 ; died in 1642 [as is borne
out by the Records of the Town Council,
the statement that he died in 1674 being
an error.] He marr. (1) and had issue —
Dr Alexander, Provost of Banff, died
1658 : (2) Jean Stewart, widow of John
Stewart, burgess of Aberdeen, and had
issue — George ; Elizabeth ; Marie. — [Reg.
of Deeds, cccxcvii., 19th June 1627 ; Cullen
Town Council Reg. ; Cramond's Cullen,
74, 164.]
GEORGE LESLIE, born about 1599,
third son of John L. of Kininvie,
and uncle to Archbishop Sharp;
educated at Marischal College, 1620-4 ;
pres. to Inveraven in 1630, but not settled ;
adm. here Oct. 1642 ; died 30th Jan. 1647.
1642
During his incumbency the town of Cullen
was plundered by order of Montrose, and
a few months later it was entirely burned
with the exception of two houses and the
hospital.— [Leslie's Family of Leslie, ill.,
349.]
ALEXANDER SETON, M.A. ; ord. 1st
Dec. 1647 ; trans, to Mortlach 7th
1647
May 1650.
1652
1663
JAMES CHALMERS, trans, from New
Machar and adm. 24th June 1652 ;
app. by Parliament, 22nd Feb. 1662,
one of the Visitors to the Univ. of Aber-
deen ; was called south anent the affairs
of the Church by James, Archbishop of
St Andrews, Nov. 1662 ; trans, to Dumfries
before 11th Dec. 1662. [The Kirk-Session
Minutes are lost from 17th Oct. 1658 to
16th Nov. 1663.]
v "WILLIAM BURNETT, born Aberdeen,
1629 ; educated at King's College ;
M.A. (8th July 1649); licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 23rd March 1653;
adm. to Botriphnie 30th Aug. 1654 ; pres.
by James, Earl of Findlater, in March,
trans, and inst. 15th Nov., and adm. 6th
Dec. 1663 ; died 3rd July 1681, after pro-
longed illness. He marr. 25th April 1667,
Agnes, daugh. of John Douglas of Morriston,
Elgin ; she survived him, and had issue —
James, schoolmaster of Rathven, served
heir 19th Oct. 1691; Helen; Christian.—
[Inq. Ret. Gen., 7177.]
ROBERT FARQUHAR, elected 4th
Sept. 1681 ; inst. 15th Jan. 1682 ;
1682
trans, to Liberton 12th April 1683.
1683
JOHN CUMMING, born about 1641,
third son of John C. of Relugas,
brother of William C, one of the
regents of the Univ. of Edinburgh ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1661); became schoolmaster of Turriff;
ord. to Edinkillie 2nd Jan. 1668; trans,
to Auldearn 14th Feb. 1672 ; dem. in 1682;
adm. 24th May 1683 ; was Dean of Moray ;
died at Edinkillie (where his brother was
min.), 9th Feb. 1689, " a man of great piety
and benevolence." He marr. Barbara Innes,
who predeceased him, and had issue —
fokdycb]
CULLEN
283
John, Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh
Univ. ; Alexander, surgeon, R.N. ; Jean
(marr. William Crombie, merchant, Elgin) ;
Katherine (marr. James White, merchant,
Peebles) ; Margaret. — [Elgin Sas., 1678 ;
Shaw's Moray, ii., 191 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6725,
7409.]
JAMES CHALMEES, son of William
1689 ®"' m*n' °^ Fettercairn ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1677) ; became chaplain to the laird of
Calder and to the Earl of Errol; recom-
mended for licence by Presb. of Forres 2nd
Jan. 1684; adm. 8th May 1689; deprived
in 1695 for non-jurancy ; was living in
the Presb. of Dundee 6th April 1696. He
marr. and had issue.
[The parish vacant 1695 to 1697.]
ROBERT TAIT, educated at Marischal
1697 College, Aberdeen ; declared min.
of Traquair by General Assembly
17th April 1694 ; trans, and adm. 7th April
1697 ; suspended 18th Aug., and dep. (by
the Synod) 3rd Oct. 1700 for "gross im-
moralities, part whereof were acknowledged
and confessed by himself and others
proven." He marr. and had issue.
[The parish vacant five years.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE, called 29th
1705 May, and ord. and inst. 7th Aug.
1705; trans, to Fordyce 27th Sept.
1716. From 15th Jan. to 12th Feb. 1716
the min. was "obliged to leave the place
upon account of some hundreds of the
rebels lying in and about the town."
JAMES LAWTIE, born 1685, only son
-,_,,_ of James Lawtie of Tochieneal, in
the parish ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1705); school-
master of Cullen, 1705-9 ; chaplain to Earl
of Findlater, 1709-17 ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordyce, and pres. by James, Earl of
Findlater Dec. 1716; ord. 19th March
1717 ; died while kneeling at prayer during
family worship at Cullen House 8th Sept.
1751. He marr. 23rd Nov. 1717, Katherine
Dunbar, who died 1st July 1763, and had
issue — James, died 1744; Mary; Elizabeth;
George ; Sophia, born 3rd July 1730 ;
Margaret, born 3rd Jan. 1733.— [Cramond's
Cullen, 140.]
JAMES ANDERSON, MA.; trans.
11?sl from Boyndie ; pres. by James,
Earl of Findlater, in Oct., and adm.
12th Dec. 1751 ; trans, to Keith 29th July
1762.
ROBERT GRANT, born 1731; M.A.
„ (King's College, Aberdeen, 1750) ;
licen. by Presb. of Elgin 31st Aug.
1756 ; ord. missionary at Enzie 5th Sept.
1759; adm. to Rothes 17th July 1760;
pres. by James, Earl of Findlater, 3rd Aug.,
trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1762; died
9th April 1808. [On his tombstone it is
stated that he died in the 54th year of his
ministry, but this is wrong.] He marr. 5th
July 1759, Elizabeth Duncan, who died
31st Aug. 1809, aged 70, and had issue —
Deskford, born 29th Jan. 1761 ; Robert,
born 30th June 1764 ; Mary, born 5th Aug.
1766 (marr. Alexander Gray, min. of
Ordiquhill); Elizabeth, born 24th Dec.
1772; Janet, born 30th April 1777, died
at Portsoy 24th Oct. 1822, leaving £20 to
the poor of this parish. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xiii.).
GEORGE INNES, M.A. ; pres. by
commissioner for James, Earl of
Findlater, in Sept., and ord. 1st Dec.
1808 ; trans, to Deskford 7th Aug. 1829.
1808
GEORGE HENDERSON, born 4th Dec.
1829 1799, son of GeorSe H.» Limekilns,
Fife; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (12th March 1823) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 11th June 1823 ; be-
came tutor in family of Sir John Macpherson
Grant of Ballindalloch ; pres. by curator
for Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield, 10th
Aug., and ord. 25th Sept. 1829; pres. to
Banff, but not settled as the presentation,
was set aside by Commission of Assembly
14th Aug. 1844; LL.D. (Glasgow, 1862);
died 16th Dec. 1885. He marr. 27th
Nov. 1835, Jane (died 28th Feb. 1893),
daugh. of John Wilson, farmer, Brangan,
and had issue— George, born 29th Nov.
284
CULLEN— DESKFORD
[PEESB. OF
1836; Ann, born 6th Aug. 1839; John
Wilson, born 12th April 1841; Eobert
Wilson (twin), born 12th April 1841;
Isabella Thurburn, born 29th Nov. 1842,
died 6th Nov. 1923; Jane, born 5th Oct.
1844 ; Alexander, born 14th Aug. 1847,
died 13th Nov. 1882. Publication— Account
of the Parish — (Neio Stat. Ace, xiii.).
WILLIAM THOMSON PONTON
,„„. MACDONALD, ord. (assistant and
successor), 7th Aug. 1884 ; trans, to
Plean 7th Aug. 1900.
WILLIAM GEOEGE GREEN
1901 M'LEAN, born at Boston, U.S.A.,
6th April 1858, son of William M. ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; ord. to
Poolewe 6th Aug. 1884 ; trans, to Boddam
11th March 1886; trans, and adm. 14th
Feb. 1901. Marr. 10th June 1886, Mary
Gordon (died 26th Feb. 1922), daugh. of
James Farquhar, teacher, Marykirk, and
has issue — Lizzie Reid, born 5th April
1887; William Farquhar, M.C., lieut.-
colonel R.A.M.C., bom 25th May 1888;
Archibald Kennedy, born 5th Nov. 1889;
Ella Mary, born 5th Dec. 1890; James
Mackenzie, in New Zealand, born 9th May
1892 ; Douglas Gordon, born 19th Dec.
1893 ; Hilda Lang, born 17th Sept. 1897.
DESKFORD.
[The old church of Deskford, which now
stands ruined in the churchyard, was
dedicated to St John the Evangelist. It
has a very large and richly-carved sacra-
mental house. Near it is St John's Well.
The parishes of Fordyce and Deskford were
united about 1650. They were severed
again in 1654.]
WILLIAM LAWTIE, M.A. ; min. of
1S6S Banff, had also charge here from
1563 to 1568.
JOHN THOM [or THAIN], reader in
1567 1567.
GILBERT GARDYNE, M.A. ; min. of
Fordyce, had also charge here from
1569 to 1589, and 1596 to 1598.
ALEXANDER HAY, M.A.; min. of
lsg0 Cullen, had also charge here from
1590 to 1595.
GEORGE DOUGLAS, min. of Cullen,
1601 ka<* a^S0 cnarSe nere from 1601 to
1627.
JOHN WATT, min. 20th Oct. 1622 —
1622 [P. B. Sas. Aberdeen, iii., 402.]
WALTER DARG, son of Patrick D.,
lfi27 min. of Fordyce ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1623) ;
adm. schoolmaster of Fordyce 15th Dec.
1624 ; app. to teach at kirk of Ordiquhill
29th Dec. 1624 ; pres. by Lord Deskford
before 7th Feb., recommended for ordina-
tion 12th April, and adm. before 13th
May 1627 ; suspended before 13th Jan.
1650, and dep. before 24th Oct. 1651 for
inefficiency ; reponed by the Presb. 7th
May 1651, but silenced by the Synod Oct.
1652 ; excommunicated by Presb. 2nd Feb.
1653. He was accused of marrying persons
irregularly in 1666 and 1674 ; at the latter
date he was living at Rathven in reduced
circumstances, and received aid from the
Kirk-Session of Cramond 29th May 1681.
He marr. Helen Gordon, and had issue —
Patrick, a prisoner in Glasgow Tolbooth
4th April 1672 ; William, a witness at
Deskford, 8th July 1653; George.— [P. C.
Beg. ; Banff Sas., 5th June 1672.]
1654
WALTER OGLLVIE, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1648)
schoolmaster of Cullen, 1649-51
licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 18th Aug. 1652
called in June, and ord. 13th Sept. 1654
died 18th Jan. 1658, aged about 30. He
marr. a lady whose initials were M. S., and
who died in 1669.— [Tombst.]
ANDREW HENDERSON, educated
1659 at king's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1643) ; schoolmaster of Rathven in
1644; schoolmaster of Cullen, 1651-9; called
in Feb., and ord. 21st June 1659; died
between 19th Feb. and 12th March 1679.
He marr. Agnes Simson, who died 17th
Aug. 1663, aged 34, and had issue —
William, died young ; Elizabeth (marr. 13th
fordyce]
DESKFORD
285
July 1677, Patrick Campbell of Newcalsay) ;
Helen ; Jean ; Janet, and two others, who
all died young.— [Tombst. ; Perth Sas., vii.,
213.]
PATRICK INNES, adm. in 1679 ; trans.
1679 to Banff 2nd Nov. 1679.
ALEXANDER GALLIE, adm.
12th Sept. 1680 ; trans, to Fordyce
4th Sept. 1684.
JAMES HENDERSON, born Banff-
shire, 1658 ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (14th July
1674) ; became tutor to the laird of Boyndie;
pres. by Earl of Findlater ; inst. and
adm. 28th Sept. 1684; deprived by Privy
Council, 7th Nov. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, etc. The
church was declared vacant 2nd Sept. 1694.
JOHN MURRAY, ord. a deacon under
Episcopacy ; intruded in 1694 ; called
24th April, and ord. 26th June 1698 ;
died 1st March 1719. He marr. Jean Ord,
and had issue — James, died 5th May 1717.
[Tombst. ; Banff Sas., v., 149.]
ALEXANDER PHILIP, trans, from
1720 Kinairney 27th April 1720; trans,
to Boyndie 30th Sept. 1730.
WALTER MORISON, born 1693;
.„„. schoolmaster at Enzie and Rathven,
1712-18, and at Cairney, 1718-24;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 11th July
1722 ; was attacked by a " fearful mob of
Papists " in Oct. 1725 ; app. itinerant min.
at Enzie June 1725 ; ord. as such by Presb.
(at Rathven), 6th July 1727; pres. by
James, Earl of Findlater, in Jan., and adm.
here 24th March 1731 ; app. clerk of Presb.
in 1777 ; died 19th Jan. 1780. He marr.
25th Feb. 1729, Elizabeth (died 21st July
1767), daugh. of Andrew Ker, min. of
Rathven, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
29th April 1731 ; Janet, born 17th July.
1732; Sarabella, born 14th Aug. 1733
(marr. (1) 25th Dec. 1754, Harry Gordon,
min. of Ardersier : (2) Walter Chalmers,
min. of this parish) ; Colin, M.A., artist
in Rome, born 16th Dec. 1734 ; Theodore,
born 25th Feb. 1737, died 13th July 1763 ;
Alexander, born 13th June 1738 ; Walter,
min. of Ardersier, born 13th Aug. 1739 ;
Patrick, born 30th March 1741.
WALTER CHALMERS, born 1744, son
1780 °^ Salter C.j schoolmaster of Cairney;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen, 1758-62 ; schoolmaster of Huntly,
1762-3 ; licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie
30th April 1766 ; app. 15th Oct. 1766, and
ord. missionary at Cairney 6th April 1768 ;
removed to Portsoy in 1770; pres. to
Towie by George III. 2nd Sept. 1777, but
not settled ; pres. by James, Earl of Find-
later, in June, and adm. 6th Sept. 1780 ;
died 20th Dec. 1828. He marr. 13th June
1785, Sarabella (died 3rd Jan. 1811), daugh.
of Walter Morison, min. of this parish,
and widow of Harry Gordon, min. of
Ardersier. Publications — The Duty of
Obedience to the Laws (London, 1793) ;
The Prevalent Disregard to Religion and
Virtue, the Ruin of Individuals and of
Nations (Edinburgh, 1794) ; Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xiii.).
1829
GEORGE INNES, born Huntly, 7th
July 1777 ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1794);
schoolmaster of Kinloss ; licen. by Presb.
of Forres 7th Aug. 1801 ; ord. to Cullen
1st Dec. 1808 ; pres. by curator for
Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield, in
March, trans, and adm. 7th Aug. 1829.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Free Church, Deskford, 1843-51 ; died 1st
Oct. 1851. He marr. 2nd March 1811, Jane
(died 7th March 1836, aged 45), daugh. of
David Miln, min. of Edinkillie, and had
issue— Francis William, C.B., M.A., M.D.,
born 9th Feb. 1812; Murray, born 29th
May 1815 ; John Alexander, born 1st Dec.
1816 ; George, min. of Seafield and of
Canonbie Free Church, born 18th March
1819, died 24th Nov. 1847; Helen, born
1st May 1829 (marr. 1850, Charles William
Barclay, min. of Free Church, Enzie) ;
Mary Ann, died aged 2 years ; Elizabeth,
died aged 1 year ; John Alexander, died
aged 6 years. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xiii.).— [Cramond's
Cullen, 98.]
286
DESKFORD— ENZIE
[PRESB. OF
JAMES MACKINTOSH, born Ordi-
lg4s quhill, 16th Jan. 1809, son of
William M., farmer, Nairnside,
Croy ; educated at Croy School and King's
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (1831) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dingwall in 1837 ; pres. by
Francis William, Earl of Seafield, and ord.
14th Dec. 1843 ; D.D. (Aberdeen, 25th Oct.
1895); died at Aberdeen, 10th Sept. 1902.
He marr. 3rd Feb. 1848, Elizabeth (died 15th
April 1889, aged 60), daugh. of John Fraser,
commissioner to Earl of Seafield at Cullen,
and had issue — Catherine, born 8th May
1849, died 18th Feb. 1866; John Fraser,
merchant, Pernambuco, Brazil, born 26th
March 1850 ; James, banker, New Zealand,
born 10th Aug. 1851 ; William, farmer,
Canada, born 9th Oct. 1852 ; Alexander
Watson M'Kenzie, born 20th May 1858;
Alice Eliza, born 28th June, and died
13th July 1859 ; Frank William Innes,
M.B., CM., Kirkwall, born 17th Aug.
1860; Alice Hay, born 14th Jan., and
died 8th April 1862 ; Helen Jane, born 19th
July 1863 (marr.); Edith Frances Wheen,
Aberdeen, born 15th Aug. 1865 ; Ashley
Watson, M.A., M.D., Regius Professor of
Medicine, Aberdeen, born 8th April 1868.
GEORGE MATHIESON PARK, born
1st June 1858, son of William P.,
Inverurie ; educated at Lumphanan
and Leochel Schools, Grammar School, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1886), B.D.
(1889); licen. by Presb. of Alford 28th
April 1889; assistant at North Parish,
Aberdeen ; ord. (assistant and successor)
12th Feb. 1890; clerk of Presb. in 1909.
Marr. (1) 3rd June 1891, Ann (died 15th
July 1891), daugh. of Robert Reith, cattle
salesman, Lower Middlefield, Woodside,
Aberdeen : (2) 13th March 1895, Elizabeth,
daugh. of Alexander Benzie, farmer, Park-
brae, Oyne.
ENZIE (Q.S.).
[There was of old at Enzie a chapel of
St John the Evangelist. Near it was St
John's Well. In 1728 a mission chapel was
opened at Enzie. It was rebuilt in 1785.
The parish of Enzie was disjoined from
Rathven and Bellie on 8th June 1851.]
1890
1725
WALTER MORISON, app. June 1725 ;
ord. 6th July 1727; trans, to Desk-
ford 24th March 1731.
1739
PATRICK GORDON, app. in 1731;
1731 ord. to Rhvnie 7th Feb. 1739.
17SS JAMES TYRIE, app. in 1735.
THOMAS M'CULLOCH, son of
Thomas M., min. of Bellie ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 11th
Oct. 1738 ; app. April 1739.
JOHN GRANT, app. in 1755 ; ord. to
1755 Dundurcas 28th Sept. 1758.
ROBERT GRANT, ord. 5th Sept. 1759 ;
1759 trans, to Rothes 17th July 1760.
ANDREW YOUNGSON, ord. 6th May
1761 ; trans, to Aberdour 2nd July
1761
1766.
JAMES MILNE, ord. 18th Sept. 1766 ;
1766 trans, to Rhynie 15th Jan. 1772.
WILLLAM GORDON, ord. 30th July
1776 ; trans, to Elgin 26th Aug.
1776
1784.
FRANCIS GRANT, ord. 11th May
1TO5 1785 ; trans, to Knockando 14th
Aug. 1788.
ALEXANDER GRAY, ord. 1st April
1789 ; trans, to Ordiquhill 13th Feb.
1789
1794.
GEORGE MIDDLETON, ord. 26th
May 1794; trans, to Midmar Sth
1794 July 1814.
ROBERT COPLAND, ord. 22nd July
1814 1814i trans, to Durris 30th Oct.
1S23.
JAMES LESLIE, born 1770; educated
1824 at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1790); licen. by Presb. of Alford
2nd April 1795 ; app. schoolmaster of
Canisbay, which he resigned on taking a
farm in Cairney ; pres. by Alexander,
Duke of Gordon, in April, app. by the
General Assembly 22nd May, and ord.
missionary 16th June 1824; adm. to the
Presb. 13th July 1836; died 24th March
1844. He marr. 2Sth Feb. 1802, Catherine
fordyce]
ENZIE— FORDYCE
287
(died 1830), only daugh. of James Black,
farmer, Daach, Ruthven, Cairney, local
factor to the Duke of Gordon, and Mary
Garioch, and widow of John Morison,
D.D., min. of Canisbay. — [Pirie's Parish
of Cairnie, 147.]
JAMES WILSON, born Upper Tullochs,
1843 Cairney, 11th Aug. 1807, second son
of James W., farmer, and Janet
Gordon ; educated at Cairney School and
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1832);
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 27th March
1838; schoolmaster of Cairney, 1840-3;
ord. 28th Dec 1843 ; adm. first min. of this
parish 8th June 1851 ; clerk of Presb. for
twenty years ; died 2nd March 1883. He
had an extensive knowledge of church
law and was frequently consulted on the
subject. He marr. 1st Aug. 1854, Charlotte
Allardes (died at Manse of Ythan Wells,
7th June 1900, aged 84), and had issue —
James, M.A., private tutor, London, born
30th Dec. 1857 ; Charlotte ; Alexander,
min. of Ythan Wells. — [Pirie's Parish
of Cairnie, 126, 213.]
WILLIAM SMITH CAIE, born 23rd
June 1835, son of James C, weaver,
Strichen; educated at Strichen Parish
School, Grammar School, and Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1859); school-
master of Forglen, 1861-78 ; licen. by Presb.
of Turriff 7th April 1868 ; ord. (assistant)
to Glenlivet 23rd Aug. 1881 ; trans, and
adm. 2nd Aug. 1883 ; dem. 12th Nov. 1897 ;
died at Aberdeen 6th April 1900. He marr.
15th Dec. 1870, Helen Smith (died 8th
Oct. 1917, aged 74), daugh. of John Scott,
merchant, Craig, and had issue — Helen
Smith Scott, born 10th March 1872 ;
William James, M.A., born 15th Feb. 1874 ;
John Morrison, M.A., born 20th Aug. 1878.
1898
EOBEET HOWIE, born 31st July 1854,
son of David H., Stevenston, Ayr-
shire ; educated at Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh in 1892 ; assistant at St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh; ord. 7th April 1898. Marr.
30th March 1886, Jeanie, daugh. of George
Porter, boot and shoe merchant, Hurlford,
and has issue — David Porter, min. of
Kilmarnock, born 1st April 1887; Kobert
George Porter, born 23rd Feb. 1892.
FORDYCE.
[The church of Fordyce was dedicated to
St Talorgan. Near it was St Talorgan's
Well. Fordyce was a commune kirk of
the Chapter of Aberdeen.]
WILLIAM LAWTIE, M.A., min. of
1563 Banff, had charge here also from
1563 to 1568.
JAMES KOBISON, reader from 1563
1568 to 1574- — [Cramond's Church of
Fordyce, 8.]
GILBEBT GARDEN [or GARDYNE]
1569 °^ Boath, Forfarshire ; was min.
of Monifieth, 25th Dec. 1565, when
he was a member of Assembly ; pres. by
James VI. 15th July 1568; trans, and
adm. 2nd Feb. 1569; trans, to Cullen
Aug. 1570, but returned before 1574, when
Deskford, Ordiquhill, and Cullen were
also in the charge. He was a member
of Assembly in 1569 and Moderator of the
Assembly which met at Stirling 6th Aug.
1571 ; removed to Cullen about 1595, but
returned the following year. Bishop
Adamson has styled him "a man of a
traiblous nature," and it is said that "he
seldom went to the pulpit without his
sword for fear of the Papists," but the
only foundation for this statement is a
side note by a session-clerk of Fordyce
in a minute-book nearly two centuries
after G.'s time. He marr. (1) Margaret
[whose surname on her tombstone is inde-
cipherable], who died 6th April 1592, aged
66: (2) (cont. 16th Aug. 1592), Isobell,
sister of James Strachan of Carmylie. —
[Edinburgh Tests. ; Melvill's Autob. 302 ;
Tombst. ; Cramond's Fordyce, 11 ; Jervise's
Epitaphs, ii., 100.]
PATRICK DARG, adm. before 1599,
1599 W^k Mullen and Deskford in the
charge to 1601 ; had a disposition
and mortification from Gilbert Robertson
of Newbigging, advocate, Edinburgh, of
288
FORDYCE
[PKESB. OF
the vicar's croft, lying on the south of the
Kirktown ; died before March 1647. He
marr. (1) before 1602, Elizabeth Anderson,
and had issue — Walter, min. of Deskford ;
William, M.A., schoolmaster of Fordyce :
(2) Elizabeth, daugh. of William Douglas
of Pumpherston, and had issue — an only
daugh., Elizabeth, served heir to her mother
and uncle 4th Dec. 1697.- — [Brechin Tests. ;
Banff Sas. Sec. Reg., i., 95 ; Inq. Bet. Gen.,
7913, 7914.]
DAVID ABERCEOMBIE, schoolmaster
leV7 of Grange, 1637-9 ; pres. by Earl of
Findlater; ord. 30th June 1647; at
a visitation of the parish the Presb. " found
nothing whereof he should either be
suspended or deposed." The Assembly
(Synod), 22nd Oct. 1650, ordained the Presb.
to provide him with a place more fitted
and convenient for his gifts, "in respect
these are disproportioned to such an
eminent charge." He was dep. 22nd April
for drunkenness, swearing, and profanity,
but was reponed 21st June 1659; died at
Dundee, Nov. 1662. He marr. March 1642,
Margaret Forester, and had issue — Janet ;
Marion. — [Brechin Tests.]
WDLLIAM STEVENSON, son of
William S., min. of Gamrie ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1650); master of Old Aberdeen
Grammar School in 1653 ; ord. (assistant)
10th March 1658; adm. 21st July that
year; died between 27th Jan. and 17th
Feb. 1675. He marr. Helen, daugh. of
William Leslie of Burdsbank, who marr.
(2) Michael Fraser, min. of Daviot, Inver-
ness, and had issue — William, born 1668 ;
James, born in parish of Hackney, 1671 ;
George, born 1672; Elizabeth (marr. George
Buddach, min. of Ordiquhill).— [Mac-
farlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 74; Banff Sas., Hi.
178, vi. 259 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6984.]
WILLIAM BLAIR, pres. by Earl of
„ Findlater ; trans, from Forglen 29th
Sept. 1675 ; trans, to Aberdeen 21st
Oct. 1680.
JAMES STUART, born Strathdon 1647;
educated at King's College; M.A.
(30th April 1663); pres. by James,
Earl of Findlater ; trans, and adm. May
1681; died before 11th July 1684. He
marr. (cont. 9th May 1676), Isobel, second
daugh. of Alexander Cant, min. of Ban-
chory-Ternan. She survived him. — [Banff
Sas., iii., 461.]
ALEXANDER GALLIE.born Aberdeen
1684 about 1^52 ; educated at King's
College there ; M.A. (9th July 1672) ;
adm. to Deskford 12th Sept. 1680 ; pres. by
James, Earl of Findlater ; trans, and adm.
4th Sept. 1684; died May 1715. He was the
means of abolishing the public market long
held in the churchyard on Sundays, tossing
a bag of snuff, the last article offered for
sale, out of the burying ground, but
recompensing the vendor. He marr. (1)
Anna, daugh. of James Gordon, min. of
Rothiemay : (2) Jean Urquhart, and had
issue— James; John; Alexander; Patrick;
Anna, who narrowly escaped death by the
fall of a roof at a wedding at Kindraucht ;
Margaret (marr. William, son to John Leslie
of Bardonsyde).— [Aberdeen Tests.; G. R.
Sas., 1st Aug. 1719; Acts and Dec, Dal.,
13th Feb. 1699 ; Banff Sas., v., 312.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE, educated at
17le Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1692-5 ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 31st
June 1702 ; became a lecturer in the Tron
Church, Edinburgh ; ord. to Cullen 7th
Aug. 1705 ; trans, and adm. 27th Sept.
1716; died 8th Dec. 1746. He marr. Nov.
1706, Isabel, who predeceased him, daugh.
of William Ogilvy of Bauchlaw, and had
issue — Alexander ; James, surgeon ; Isobel
(marr. Patrick Reid, min. of Clatt) ;
Elizabeth, born 1710 (marr. George Gordon,
merchant and Dean of Guild, Aberdeen),
died 1776 ; Barbara (marr. Archibald
Campbell, min. of Grange) ; Janet (marr.
(1) James Adamson, min. of Ordiquhill ;
(2) Robert Michie, min. of Cluny; Mary
(marr. Thomas Johnston, min. of Boharm.
— [Scot. Notes and Queries, vii., 4 ; Leslie's
Ir vines of Drum, 216.]
JAMES LAWTIE, born 1720 ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh and Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordyce 20th April 1743; pres. by
1747
fordyce]
FORDYCE
289
James, Earl of Findlater, in May, and
ord. 29th July 1747 ; died 24th Aug. 1791.
He marr. 20th Jan. 1757, Margaret (died
28th July 1817), daugh. of James Innes,
min. of Banff, and had issue — James, M.A.,
born 23rd Oct. 1757 ; William, M.A., born
20th May 1760, died on voyage to India
Nov. 1780; John, born 22nd April 1763;
Sarah, born 1st Nov. 1765 (marr. William
Dingwall, min. of Forgue). Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iii.).
ALEXANDER HUMPHREY, born
l(- Keith, 1763 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1779);
became tutor in a family ; licen. by Presb.
of Dornoch 29th March 1785 ; ord. (assist-
ant) at Keith 14th Jan. 1789; pres. by
commissioner for James, Earl of Seafield,
in Jan., and adm. 8th March 1792 ; died
13th Feb. 1832. He marr. 12th May 1792,
Catherine (died 11th Oct. 1831, aged 67),
daugh. of John Richardson, and had issue —
Catherine Jane, born 6th July 1793 (marr.
James Christie, surgeon, Huntly) ; Mary
Murray, born 13th Dec. 1794, died 19th
Jan. 1822 ; Elizabeth, born 5th Aug. 1797,
died 23rd April 1816; John of Comalegy,
parish of Drumblade, born 8th Sept. 1800,
died 27th Dec. 1876 ; Alexandrina, born
24th April 1807, died 20th Aug. 1808.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, v.).
JOHN INNES, born Loanhead, Rathven,
1790, son of Captain Alexander I.,
42nd Highlanders ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1810);
schoolmaster of Rathven, 1816-25 ; licen.
by Presb. of Fordyce 27th Nov. 1816 ; ord.
(assistant) to Rathven 6th Oct. 1824;
trans, to Ordiquhill 23rd Sept. 1825 ; pres.
by Colonel Francis William Grant of
Grant, in April, trans, and adm. 6th Sept.
1832; pres. to Deskford in 1843, but
withdrew his acceptance ; died 13th Jan.
1865. He marr. 22nd March 1859, Mary
Anne Brown (died 30th Aug. 1898), daugh.
of Alexander Morrison, merchant, Turriff.
Publication — Account of the Parish of
Ordiquhill (IFeiv Stat. Ace., xiii.).
VOL. VI.
1865
JAMES GRANT, born Towie, 19th
July 1822, son of Robert G., farmer,
Old Morlich, and Isobel Ross ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1840) ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy in
1844 ; assistant at Dunoon ; ord. to Toward
Chapel by Presb. of Dunoon 1846; pres.
by Francis William, Earl of Seafield, and
adm. to Ordiquhill 28th Sept. 1847; pres.
by John, Earl of Seafield ; trans, and
adm. 16th May 1865; D.D. (Aberdeen,
31st May 1894); died 10th Feb. 1902.
He marr. (1) 13th April 1848, Katherine
Stewart Forbes (died 10th May 1860),
daugh. of George Watson, Culquhonie,
and had issue — George Robert, born 19th
Jan. 1849 ; Jane Watson, born 23rd Oct.
1850 ; John Forbes Watson, D.D., min.
of St Stephen's, Edinburgh, born 21st
June 1852 ; Katherine, born 24th May
1854 (marr. 17th Sept. 1878, Thomas A.
Stewart, L.L.D., Chief Inspector of Schools
for Scotland) ; Caroline Stuart, born 23rd
Dec. 1856 ; Lachlan Gordon Duff, London,
born 16th May 1858 ; James, born 2nd
May 1860, died 13th Feb. 1908 : (2) 3rd
Oct. 1865, Elizabeth Clarissa (born 8th
Feb. 1835, died 3rd March 1918), daugh.
of Angus Cameron of Firhill, Nairn.
JOHN CHARLES MACGREGOR,
born 12th Feb. 1875, son of John
1902 M., merchant, Gairloch ; educated
at Croy Public School, Royal Academy,
Inverness, and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(1901) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen April
1902 ; ord. 30th July same year; died 19th
Dec. 1913. He marr. 7th Sept. 1904, Ann
(born 12th April 1884, died 4th April 1919),
daugh. of John Charles, banker, Inverurie,
and had issue— Anne Mary Fordyce, born
12th Oct. 1905 ; Mona Rosaleen, born 1st
Sept. 1907 ; Sheila, born 16th Feb. 1909 ;
Ian Charles Fordyce, born 15th April 1911 ;
Margaret, born 9th April 1913.
GEORGE ARTHUR MACDONALD
DICKSON, born Holytown, 22nd
1914 Sept. 1886, son of Robert Barr D.,
min. of Stair ; educated at Ayr Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1908), B.D.
(1911); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 3rd May
290
ORD
[PKESB. OF
1911 ; assistant, at St Bernard's, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 5th June 1914. Marr. 6th
June 1922, Barbara, M.A., daugh. of Alex-
ander Milne, farmer, Burnsford, Deskford,
and Elspet M'Kenzie, and has issue — Bar-
bara, born 10th April 1923.
ORD (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1836. The
parish of Ord was disjoined from Banff,
Alvah, Boyndie, and Marnoeh 5th July
1869.]
DAVID BBOWN, born 17th Aug. 1803,
fourth son of Alexander B., book-
seller, twice Lord Provost of Aber-
deen, and Catherine, daugh. of James
Chalmers, printer, Aberdeen, and Margaret
Douglas ; educated at Grammar School and
Marischal College, Aberdeen M.A. (30th
March 1821), and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 5th July 1826;
assistant to Edward Irving, Begent Square
Church, London, but resigned from dis-
agreement with Irving's views ; assistant
at Dunbarton ; app. to this charge 1st
Sept, 1835; ord. 17th Nov. 1836. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; ruin, of Ord
Eree Church in 1843 ; trans, to St James's
Free Church, Glasgow, Oct. that year;
superintended for two sessions the training
of the Glasgow divinity students in Biblical
Criticism ; D.D. (Princetown, New Jersey,
1852) ; app. to Chair of Apologetics and
New Testament Exegesis in Free Church
College, Aberdeen, May 1857 ; app. Prin-
cipal of that College 22nd May 1876;
D.D. (Aberdeen, 1872) ; elected Moderator
of the Free Church General Assembly 21st
May 1885 ; LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1895) ; died
at Aberdeen, 3rd July 1897. He was one of
the most eminent Biblical scholars of his
time, and served on the Bevision Committee
of the New Testament. He took an active
part in the Bobertson-Smith controversy.
He marr. Catherine (died 30th July 1879,
aged 75), third daugh. of William Dyce,
M.D., Aberdeen, and Margaret Chalmers,
and had issue — Margaret Dyce (marr.
1S60 Sir David Stewart of Banchory,
Lord Provost of Aberdeen),; Alexander,
I.C.S., died 1861; David Dyce, M.D.,
London, born 30th Aug. 1840 ; Catherine
Hannah ; Jane Charlotte (marr. James
Fyfe, merchant, Manila); Meredith Jemima,
Head of Shaftesbury Institute, London,
died 8th Nov. 1908. Publications— Christ's
Second Coming (Edinburgh, 1846, various
editions) ; Watchman, what of the Sight ?
(Edinburgh, 1855); To Whom shall We Go?
(Aberdeen, 1857); On United and Universal
Prayers (Edinburgh, 1860); Commentary on
the Epistle to the Eomans (Glasgow, 1860);
The Restoration of the Jeivs (Edinburgh,
1S61) ; Crushed Hopes crowned in Death
(London, 1861); The Union Question (Edin-
burgh, 1867); A Commentary on the Old
amdHew Testaments [with Bobert Jamieson,
D.D., and Andrew Bobert Fawcett, D.D.],
vols. v. and vi. (Glasgow, 1868-70) ; Life of
John Duncan, LLD. (Edinburgh, 1872);
The Apocalypse : Its Structure and Pri-
mary Predictions (London, 1S91). — [Memoir
by Prof. W. G. Blaikie, LL.D. (portrait)
(London, 1898) ; In Memoriam, 1897 ;
Guthrie's Chalmers and Trail Ancestry,
25, 85, 144; Disruption Worthies, 73-6;
Boase's English Biography, iv., 510 ; Who
was Who? 93.]
1844
JAMES FEANCIS CASSIE, born
1792, son of Bobert C, baker, Castle
Fraser, and Isabella Bobertson, edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1S05) ; app. by Eoyal Bounty Committee
16th Nov. 1843; ord. 1st Feb. 1844; dem.
1st July 1864 ; died at Aberdeen, 30th May
1874.
JAMES DAVIDSON, born 12th Feb.
1864 1828, son °f James D., Macduff;
educated at Portsoy School, Alvah
Parish School, Aberdeen Grammar School,
and King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1849);
schoolmaster of Protstonhill School, Gamrie,
1849-52; assistant schoolmaster of Fyvie,
1852-4 ; schoolmaster of Portsoy, 1854-64 ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 30th April
1856; nominated by Eoyal Bounty Com-
mittee 10th Aug., and ord. 3rd Nov. 1864 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 5th July 1869 ;
res. 19th May 1890 ; died at Musselburgh,
22nd Oct. 1903. He marr. 7th July 1868,
foedyce]
ORD— ORDIQUHILL
291
Isabella Jemima (died 12th Dec. 1925, aged
88), daugli. of Alexander Wallace Gardiner,
Greenscares, Gamrie, and had issue —
Isabella, L.L.A., St Andrews); Alexander
Gardiner, died a student at Aberdeen
Univ., 1890 ; James Milne, captain 3rd
Camerons.
JAMES AIKEN, ord. 6th Aug. 1890;
1890 dem. 15th Oct. 1897.
GEOEGE GEANT, bom Dufftown, 18th
1898 -M-arch I859! s011 °f Alexander G.
and Isobel Calder ; educated at
Mortlach School, Grammar School, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; B.A. (1922); licen.
by Presb. of Deer 10th May 1882 ; assistant
at Fraserburgh May 1880 to Oct. 1882;
missionary at Eendall Oct. 1882 to Aug.
1884 ; ord. to North Eonaldshay 26th Aug.
1884 ; trans, and adm. 18th April 1898 ;
clerk of Presb.. 1902-9. Marr. 24th Sept.
1885, Williamina, daugh. of William Calder,
farmer, Kildrummy, and Ann Hosie, and
has issue — Alexander Eonald, marine
engineer, born 25th May 1889 ; Ethel
Stewart, M.A., teacher, born 11th Sept.
1893 ; George Evie, engineer, born 14th
Jan. 1895.
ORDIQUHILL.
[There was of old at Ordiquhill a chapel
of St Mary. In 1622 the parish of Ordiqu-
hill was disjoined from Fordyce. Fairs of
St Cuthbert, St James, and St Marnock
were held at Ordiquhill. There were here
also Wells of Our Lady (on the farm of
Auldtown) and of St John.]
1576 THOMAS OED, reader.
JOHN WATSON, educated at King's
1629 ColleSe> Aberdeen ; M.A. (1619) ;
schoolmaster of Eothiemay, 1619-27;
nominated before 6th Nov. 1628 ; ord.
before 25th April 1629; clerk of Presb.
in 1629 ; was a member of the General
Assembly in 1638, but retired from the
meeting with others when the Commis-
sioner left ; died Dec. 1671, aged about 71.
— [Cramond's Presb. of Fordyce, 11.]
GEOEGE EUDDACH, born Banffshire
1671 about 1641 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (12th July
1660) ; was amanuensis to James Gordon,
min. of Eothiemay, 1st March 1662 ;
became schoolmaster of Eothiemay, 1662-6,
of Fordyce, 1666-71; licen. by Bishop of
Moray ; pres. by James, Earl of Findlater,
in Feb., coll., hist., and adm. 26th July
1671; clerk of Presb. in 1688; died between
May and Oct. 1702. He marr. Elizabeth,
daugh. of William Stevenson, min. of
Fordyce, and had issue — George.— [Banff
Sas., iv., 112, 10th July 1688.]
GEOEGE MOEISON, educated
1704 at King's College; M.A. (1684);
became schoolmaster of Boyndie,
1684-98, and of Banff, 1698-1704 ; ord. 22nd
Aug. 1704; died in 1708. He marr. Jean
Gordon, and had issue — Barbara at Kirk-
town of Deskford, 21st March 1779, "a
widow turned 70 years of age and now
reduced to very low circumstances," to
whom the Kirk-Session of Banff "sent a
crown " ; Helen. — [Cramond's Banff, 102.]
JAMES STEUAET, adm. 3rd Jan. 1710;
1710 trans, to Inverkeithny 9th Jan. 1717.
JAMES TOWEE, licen. by Presb. of
1717 Dunbarton 28th March 1704 ; assist-
ant at Duffus ; adm. 24th Sept. 1717;
died 2nd Jan. 1741. He marr. Mary Leslie,
who died 27th April 1748, and had issue —
William; Archibald; Margaret; Elizabeth;
Jean ; and another.
JAMES ADAMSON, born Strathbogie;
1741 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1727); became school-
master in Strathbogie in 1728 ; licen. by
Presb. of Meigle 11th Feb. 1736 ; pres. by
James, Earl of Findlater, in June, and ord.
24th Sept. 1741 ; clerk of Presb. ; died
30th Aug. 1749. He marr. 30th June 1747,
Janet, daugh. of Alexander Irvine, min. of
Fordyce ; she marr. (2) Eobert Michie, min.
of Cluny.— [Aberdeen Tests.]
JAMES OGLLVIE, pres. by James, Earl
1750 of Findlater, Sept. 1749; ord. 21st
Feb. 1750; trans, to Eothes 24th
March 1763.
292
ORDIQUHILL— PORTSOY
[peesb. or
EOBERT OGILVIE, born 1735, son of
.„„_ John 0., Banff; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(] 753) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 25th
Sept. 1754 ; became missionary at Portsoy
in 1755 ; pres. by James, Earl of Findlater,
in June, and ord. 15th Sept. 1763 ; died
29th April 1793. He marr. 13th Dec. 1780,
Margaret Dunbar, who died 20th Jan. 1822.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, vi.).
ALEXANDER GRAY, born about 1754,
1794 son °^ Salter G. in Ley, Fordyce ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (Eeb. 1774); ord. to Enzie
1st April 1789; clerk of Presb. in 1792;
pres. by commissioner for James, Earl of
Findlater, in 1793 ; trans, and adm. 13th
Feb. 1794 ; died 26th Feb. 1823. He marr.
8th Nov. 1787, Mary (died 11th Sept. 1815),
daugh. of Robert Grant, niin. of Cullen,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 6th Feb.
1790 ; Alexander, born 2nd May 1792 ;
James, M.A. (Marischal College 1813), born
21st Nov. 1795; Deskford, born 11th Oct.
1801 ; Mary Jessie, born 30th June 1803,
died in infancy ; George, died in infancy.
1823
ROBERT KNOX, M.A., born 1794;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (17th July 1820) ; tutor in the
family of George Macpherson Grant of
Ballindalloch ; licen. by Presb. of Aberlour
10th Sept. 1818; ord. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh, 6th July 1820, as assistant at St
Matthew's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia ;
pres. by the curator for Lewis Alexander,
Earl of Seafield, in Aug., and adm. 26th
Sept. 1823 ; died 3rd May 1825 from effects
of being thrown from his pony.
JOHN INNES, pres. by curator for
Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield ;
adm. 23rd Sept. 1825 ; trans, to
Fordyce 6th Sept. 1832.
LUDOVICK WILLIAM GRANT, pres.
1833 ^ the curator for Lewis Alexander,
Earl of Seafield, 14th Jan., and ord.
4th April 1833 ; trans, to Boyndie 7th
Sept. 1843.
1844
HENRY WALKER, M.A. ; pres. by
Francis William, Earl of Seafield,
25th Nov. 1843; ord. 12th Jan.
1844; trans, to Urquhart 18th May 1847.
JAMES GRANT, M.A.; pres. by Francis
William, Earl of Seafield ; adm. 28th
1847 Sept. 1847 ; trans, to Fordyce 16th
May 1865.
WILLIAM MACVICAE, born 28th
Nov. 1827, son of John M., farmer,
Balnault, Monzievaird, and Margaret
Macainsh, and brother of Peter M., min. of
Manor ; educated at Monzie Parish School
and Univs. of Glasgow and St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder in 1857 ;
assistant at Duffus, St Mungo, Glasgow,
and New Greyfriars, Edinburgh ; pres. by
Sir John, Earl of Seafield ; ord. 24th Aug.
1865; clerk of Presb. in 1883; died 8th
Sept. 1913. He marr. 16th April 1867,
Penelope (died 11th March 1911), daugh.
of Lewis William Forbes, D.D., min. of
Boharm, and had issue — John Robertson
Pirie, born 1st Feb. 1868; Louisa Williamson,
born 11th June 1869; William George,
Ceylon, born 23rd June 1871, died at
Aboyne 11th Oct. 1917 ; Catherine Eliza-
beth, born 25th Jan. 1873; Archibald
Forbes, Burton -on-Trent, born 1st Dec.
1874 ; Francis Alexander, born 13th May
1876 ; James Donaldson, born 7th June
1879.
ANDREW CURRIE, M.A.; ord. 23rd
Jan. 1914; trans, to Newhills 9th
1914
March 1918.
WILLIAM POTTER, M.A. ; trans, from
Sheuchan (q.v.), and adm. 31st May
1918
1918.
PORTSOY (Q.S.).
[A mission station was commenced here
in 1741. A chapel was built in 1815. The
parish of Portsoy was disjoined from
Fordyce 17th July 1871. A fair of St
Michael was held at Portsoy. There was
here a Well of St Columba.]
JOHN YULE, app. May 1742 ; trans, to
1742 Kirkwall 28th July 1747.
fordyce]
PORTSOY
293
JAMES OGILVIE, app. 1747; ord. to
1747 Ordiquhill 25th Feb. 1750.
THOMAS MITCHELL, app. 1750 ; ord.
1760 to Tarland 17th April 1755.
EOBEET OGILVIE, M.A. ; app.
1755 1755 ; ord. to Ordiquhill 15th Sept.
1763.
v-ALEXANDER BURNETT, M.A. ; app.
1763 in 1763 j ord. to Footdee 19th June
1765.
THOMAS STEEL, app. 1765; be-
came min. at Dort, Holland, in
1765
1770.
WALTER CHALMERS, app. 1770;
1770 trans, to Deskford 6th Sept. 1780.
1780
ABERCROMBY GORDON, M.A. ; app.
1780; ord. 18th July 1781; trans.
to Banff 15th Aug. 1793.
JAMES KELLY, M.A.; app. 1793;
1793 adm. to Leochel 7th May 1800.
WILLIAM GRANT, M.A. ; app. 1800 ;
1800 trans, to Inveraven 16th May 1808.
1808
DANIEL CRUICKSHANK, a native of
Moray, born 1738; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(29th March 1773); became schoolmaster
at Archiestown, 1765-92; licen. by Presb.
of Aberlour 4th Sept. 1780; ord. assistant
at Knockando 4th Oct. 1785 ; became
House Governor of Heriot's Hospital.
Edinburgh, 1792-4 ; Royal Bounty mission-
ary at Glenrinnes, 1806-7 ; app. here in
1808 ; died unmarr. 9th Nov. 1828.
1829
ALEXANDER REID, born 1801, son of
Alexander R., farmer, parish of
Strichen ; educated at Strichen
School and Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1819) ; became tutor in the family of
John Cumming, banker, Forres ; licen. by
Presb. of Forres 27th April 1825 ; pres. by
curator for Lewis Alexander, Earl of Sea-
field, in March, and ord. 18th June 1829.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Portsoy Free Church, 1843-63 ; died at Old
Aberdeen, 7th Feb. 1863, and was buried at
Fordyce. He marr. 1844, Eliza Humphrey,
daugh. of James Humphrey Christie, sur-
geon, Huntly , and granddaugh. of Alexander
Humphrey, min. of Fordyce, and had issue
— Alexander Humphrey, min. of Free
Church, Gartly, 1862, and Free Church
M'Cheyne Mission, Dundee, (1872-88), born
1845 ; a son (twin), died June 1853. Pub-
lication— Hindrances to Ministerial Success
and some of the Causes of the Present Low
State of Religion in the Church, a sermon
preached at opening of Free Synod of
Aberdeen (Aberdeen, 1850); Account of
Fordyce {New Stat. Ace, xiii.).
PETER MURRAY, born 1810, son of
1844 James M., merchant, Elgin; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1827); schoolmaster of Spynie, 1827-43;
licen. by Presb. of Elgin 27th March 1833;
pres. by Sir Francis William, Earl of
Seafield, 23rd Nov. 1843; ord. 25th Jan.
1844 ; died at St Leonards-on-Sea 4th Feb.
1867. He marr. Ann, daugh. of James
Wilson, lieut. R.N.
1867
ANDREW MILLAR GIBSON, born
15th Oct. 1843, son of James G.,
Powmill, Crieff; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
Sept. 1866; pres. by Sir John, Earl of
Seafield, 31st May, and ord. 22nd Aug.
1867 ; adm. first min. of this parish 17th
July 1871 ; dem. in 1913 ; died at Crieff 17th
Dec. 1917. He marr. 21st May 1872, Helen
Anderson (died 1st Sept. 1919), daugh. of
James Gardiner, min. of Rathven, and had
issue — Mary Robertson ; Isabella Leding-
ham Gardiner, died Dorchester 31st March
1925; Elizabeth Jessie (marr. 6th April
1921, William D. Smith, Aberdeen).
- WILLIAM BROWNE, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 31st Jan. 1913; trans, to
Trinity, Aberdeen, 19th April 1917.
JOHN DALGLISH CARMICHAEL,
trans, from Kininmonth and adm.
1917 26th Sept. 1917 ; trans to Leslie
19th Feb. 1926.
294
RATHVEN
[PKESB. OF
RATHVEN.
[The church of Kathven was dedicated
to St Peter. It belonged to St Mary's
Collegiate Church at Cullen. There was at
Eathven a leper hospital of St Peter. It
was founded by John Bisset about 1224.
In later times it was converted into a
hospital of Bedesmen. A fair of St Peter
was held at Rathven. There was also a
Well of Our Lady near Rathven.]
GEORGE HAY, born about 1530, was
1658 a y°unSer son °^ William H., fifth
of Talla, Tweedsmuir, and Janet
Spottiswood of that family. He appears
first as rector of Rathven on 10th July
1558, and held the benefice in conjunction
with Eddleston by a dispensation from
the Pope. He conformed at the Reforma-
ation and retained both charges. On
19th Jan. 1560 he granted the kirk lands
of Rathven and Eddleston to his brother
William Hay of Barro. On 24th Oct.
1561, at a meeting held in the study of
James M'Gill at Edinburgh, he supported
the proposal to deprive Queen Mary of the
Mass. As min. of Eddleston, he attended
the General Assembly, 29th June 1562,
when he was app. to preach throughout
Carrick along with the Superintendent,
John Willock, and another. Knox preached
in Kyle, the result of their co-operating
labours being a large accession to the
Protestant cause and the subscribing of a
covenant at Ayr on 4th Sept. Knox
mentions that soon afterwards, when the
Abbot of Crossraguel presented himself
in Maybole to dispute about the Mass,
"the voyce of Maister George Hay so
effrayed him, that efter ones he wearyed
of that exercise." On 8th May 1563 he
sold the prebendal manse of Eddleston,
on the north side of Rotten Row, at
Glasgow, to his brother Andrew, rector of
Renfrew. At a later date he signed various
charters as Canon of Glasgow. In a
minute of the General Assembly, 30th
Dec. 1563, he is called " minister to the
Privy Council," and in 1564 he is spoken
of as "minister to the Court." In 1565
he had a commission from the Assembly
to visit kirks, schools, and colleges, to
eradicate idolatry, etc., from Dee to
Spey. In subsequent Assemblies he took
a prominent part and acted on the chief
committees and commissions. In 1567 he
had a third of the stipend of both his
charges on condition that he adequately
supplied that at which he did not usually
reside, and in 1568 he was sharply rebuked
for failing to implement this with respect
to Eddleston. On 5th March 1570 he
was elected Moderator of Assembly, and
desired to be relieved of his duties as
commissioner in the north, but that was
not done. In 1574 Forsken, Dundurcus,
and Bellie were in this charge. In 1575
he was app. commissioner of Caithness.
In 1577 he was app. one of the deputies
to the General Council at Magdeburg for
constituting the Augsburg Confession.
Next year, on 25th July, Parliament app.
him a Visitor for the College of Aber-
deen. In 1585 he appears as commissioner
for Banff; died in 1588. He marr. Marion
Henderson of the Fordel family, who
died Oct. 1577, and had issue — George
of Rannes, died v.p. ; James of Rannes,
ancestor of that family, died about 1630 ;
William, tailor burgess, Edinburgh ; Janet.
Publications — The Confutation of the
Abbot of Crossraguel's Masse (Edinburgh,
1563) ; Against Tyrie the Jesuit 1573). —
[Edinburgh Tests. ; Acts of Pari., iii., 98,
105; Melvill's Autob., 57, 302; Collects.
Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 52 ; Acts and Dec,
cxvi., 247 ; Reg. of Deeds, xlv., 195, 17th
Sept. 1588; MS. Notes by C. Clelland
Harvey ; Diet. Mat. Biog. ; Calderwood's
Hist., iii. 363 ; Knox's Works, ii., 291, 348,
352, 435 ; Book of the Universal Kirk,
i., 42.]
JAMES LTLE, min. of Alvah in 1586 ;
15__ trans, and adm. in 1589; dem. the
parsonage of Dundurcus in 1605 ;
trans, to Alvie in 1620.
DAVID FORRESTER, MA.; trans,
from North Leith, and adm. 20th
April 1620 ; re-trans, to North Leith
20th Sept. 1627.
fordycb]
RATHVEN
295
JOHN LOGIE of Boddam, son of John
1627 k'' advocate ; had a presentation
while a student to the vicarage of
Rhynd from James VI., 9th Dec. 1591, for
his maintenance at the schools ; was a pro-
bationer at Aberdeen 6th Dec. 1605 ; adm.
to Insch before 1607 ; was a member of
Assembly in 1610 ; trans, to Bethelnie after
14th April 1613; trans, andadm. May 1627;
dep. by Assembly at Aberdeen, 13th May
1647, for associating with the Marquess of
Huntly and other excommunicated persons
in his parish ; reponed 7th Aug. 1648 ;
called to Keith 24th Jan. 1649 but not
settled; died before 28th Oct. 1652,
when his children were allowed £50 by
Parliament out of vacant stipends on
account of their sufferings. He marr.
Beatrix Spens, who died 1661,' and had
issue — John, M.A. ; Archibald, M.A. ;
William ; Alexander ; a daugh. (marr. John
Hay, Loanhead, Bathven) ; a daugh. (marr.
Robert Stewart in Bathven). — [Acts of
Pari., vii., app. 78; Beg. Mag. Sig., 7th
May 1667; P. B. Sas. Aberdeen, ii. 2, iv.
481, 506, v. 93.]
PATRICK GLAS, M.A., who had fled
16 .„ from persecution in Ireland ; pres.
by George Hay of Rannes, Nov. 1647,
but rejected by the Presb. on the ground
of simony ; res. presentation Dec. 1648 ;
[afterwards min. of Edinkillie].
WILLIAM SCROGIE, M.A. ; pres. by
1649 George Hay of Rannes before 7th
March, and ord. 18th April 1649 ;
app. Bishop of Argyll (q.v.), but retained
his parochial charge till Lammas 1667.
JOHN HAY, son of John H. of Muldavit
of the family of Bannes (directly
descended from William Hay of Talla,
Tweedsmuir, 1479-1525), born Enzie ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1664) ; became schoolmaster of Keith ;
recommended by Presb. of Deer 20th Nov.
1667 ; pres. Dec. 1668 ; inst. (at Aberdeen)
19th April 1669 ; deprived by the Privy
Council, 7th Nov. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, etc. He
retired to Nether Blaroch in Deskford,
but intruded here repeatedly ; died in 1713.
He marr. Margaret Gordon of- the family
of Buckie, and had issue — George of
Thorniebank, served heir 12th March 1713,
died 31st Jan. 1751. — [Tombst. ; Banff
Sas., 1713 ; Scot. Notes and Queries, 3rd
ser., ii., 12.]
[Ten years' vacancy, though not declared
vacant until 17th Sept. 1694.]
WILLIAM CHALMEES, trans, from
170_ Gartly ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 30th Aug. 1699 ; adm. 24th
April 1700, but was unable to obtain access
to the church till 26th May owing to
opposition ; trans, to Kinedward 3rd Aug.
1704.
JOHN HAY, above mentioned, intruded
1710 here.
ROBEET GOEDON, educated at
7l_ Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1704-8;
licen. by the Presb. there 4th Feb.
1713; ord. 29th March 1715; died 29th
Nov. 1720. He marr., 25th Nov. 1717,
Janet, daugh. of Andrew Munro, sheriff-
clerk of Moray ; she survived him. — {Aber-
deen Tests.]
ANDBEW KEE, born 1680, fourth son
of Alexander K, min. of Grange ;
became schoolmaster of Grange 26th
April 1691 to Sept. 1694 ; ord. to Walls and
Flotta in 1701 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Kirkwall, 2nd March 1704 ; trans, to Walls
5th March 1706, but not settled ; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto in 1722 ; trans,
and adm. (after appeal to the Synod) 20th
Feb. 1723; died 3rd March 1751. He
marr. Oct. 1699, Elizabeth, daugh. of
Alexander Ker, tenant of Drumnahoove,
Kildrummy, and Ann Gordon, and had
issue — William ; Isobel, born 28th July
1706 (marr. Patrick Grant, min. of Nigg) ;
Andrew, born 17th March 1709 ; George,
born 8th Feb. 1712; Thomas; Elizabeth
(marr. Walter Morison, min. of Deskford) ;
Janet, died 3rd July 1745.— [Brux Writs,
20th Dec. 1723.]
GEORGE GRANT, born 1710;
17,„ catechist in parish of Rathven;
licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 20th
Sept. 1732; ord. to Boharm 17th Dec.
1723
296
RATHVEN
[PEESB. OF
1734 j pres. by William Gordon of Shilla-
green Aug. 1751; trans, and adm. 11th
June 1752; died 18th March 1789. He
marr. 12th Dec. 1738, Magdalen (died
1st June 1788), daugh. of Charles Gordon
of Glengeraik in Keith, and had issue
— George, schoolmaster of this parish
(1757-80), born 22nd Oct. 1739, died 3rd
May 1780; Margaret, born 2nd Oct. 1740,
died 23rd May 1754 ; Alexander, born 6th
June 1742 ; Katherine, born 23rd July
1744 ; Helen, born 4th March 1747 ; Anna,
born 4th May 1750 (marr. John Wilson,
cashier to the Earl of Findlater), died 18th
Oct. 1791 ; Charles, born 6th June 1751,
died 22nd June 1763; Sophia, born 12th
July 1752, died July 1776; Jean, born
30th Aug. 1754, died 20th Aug. 1756.
[HUGH HAY, pres. by Andrew Hay
of Rannes 17th Aug. 1789, but having been
charged with a simonaical paction, he res.
this presentation on receiving another to
Aberdeen.]— [Acts of Ass., 1790, 1791 ; Scots
Mag., lii., liii.]
GEOEGE DONALDSON, born 1743;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; MA. (1764); licen. by the
Presb. there 12th Oct. 1779; ord. to
Kennethmont 27th April 1780; pres. by
Lieut.-Colonel Andrew Hay of Rannes 16th
June, trans, and adm. (at Cullen) 22nd
Sept. 1791 ; died 13th Nov. 1821. He
marr. 20th April 1782, Jean (born 3rd
Sept. 1761, died 11th Aug. 1846), daugh.
of William Dunbar of Nether Buckie, and
had issue — Margaret, born 7th Feb. 1783
(marr. 24th Oct. 1814, John Masson, S.S.C.,
Edinburgh), died 17th Sept. 1820; Jean,
born 16th April 1785 (marr. Alexander
Burgess, Demerara), died Aug. 1838 ;
Mary Janet, born 8th July 1788. Publi-
cations— Accounts of Kennethmont and
of Rathven (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiil).
1791
1822
JOHN FARQUHARSON, born 17th
April 1793, son of Robert F. of
Allargue, min. of Logie-Colstone ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (1809), M.D. (1817); ord. (assistant)
to Logie-Colstone 27th March 1816; pres.
by General Alexander Leith Hay of Rannes
Dec. 1821 ; trans, and adm. 10th July 1822 ;
died unmarr. 12th Feb. 1825.
JAMES GARDINER, born 1783, son
1825 °^ J°hn GL> bailie of Lochmaben
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
became tutor at Auchintoul in Marnoch
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 2nd Sept.
1812 ; pres. by General Alexander Leith
Hay of Rannes in April, and ord. 1st Sept.
1825 ; died 12th July 1861. He marr. (1)
24th Jan. 1832, Jane (died 16th Jan. 1833),
daugh. of John Reid, merchant, Fochabers,
and had issue— John, born 29th Oct. 1832,
died 13th May 1833 : (2) 25th Oct. 1836,
Ann (died 5th Nov. 1856, aged 49), daugh.
of John Young, surgeon, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Anne, born 15th Aug. 1837
(marr. 7th Nov. 1854, John Fleming, factor,
Ballindalloch) ; Isabella, born 11th Aug.
1838 (marr. James Ledingham, min. of
Boyndie) ; Mary Morrison, born 18th Oct.
1839, died 16th Nov. 1856 ; Helen Ander-
son, born 5th April 1841 (marr. Andrew
Millar Gibson, min. of Portsoy) ; James,
born 12th Nov. 1842, died 8th Jan. 1864;
Eliza, born 30th Oct. 1844 (marr. Alexander
Bremner, banker, Buckie) ; Morrison, born
9th Nov. 1846, died 29th April 1863.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xiii.).
JAMES CRICHTON, born 1826, son
1861 °^ James C-> sailor, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1845); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 2nd Oct. 1849; ord. to Buckie
26th April 1853 ; pres. by Sir Andrew Leith
Hay of Rannes, trans, and adm. 5th Dec.
1861; died 28th July 1865. He marr. 17th
July 1849, Elizabeth Rennie (died 31st May
1908), and had issue — Elizabeth Ann, born
3rd Sept. 1854 ; Helen Anne, born 5th Sept.
1857; James, born 1859, died 17th Feb.
1861 ; Jamesina Carolina, born 31st July
1861, died 24th July 1863 ; Caroline, born
2nd June 1863.
JAMES M'LACHLAN, M.A. ; pres.
by Sir Alexander Leith Hay of
Rannes ; ord. 1st Feb. 1866 ; trans,
to Inveraven 27th Aug. 1874.
foedyce]
RATHVEN— SEAFIELD
297
1901
JAMES BUCHANAN, pres. by Colonel
Alexander Sebastian Leith Hay of
1875 Eannes, C.B., 23rd Nov. 1874 ; ord.
11th Feb. 1875; trans, to Langholm 5th
June 1879.
GORDON IEVING DONALD, born
187g 9th March 1851, son of Abercromby
Gordon D., Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1874); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 8th May 1876;
assistant at Duffus, 1877-9 ; ord. 19th Nov.
1879 ; died 9th Feb. 1901. He marr. 29th
Jan. 1890, Margaret Louise, daugh. of John
Reid, min. of Monikie, and had issue —
Elizabeth Reid, born 28th Nov. 1890
Margaret Gordon, born 6th June 1892
Abercromby Gordon, born 22nd Dec. 1893
John Bruce, born 3rd Oct. 1895 ; James
Dick, born 2nd Dec. 1897 ; Barbara Mary
Lizars, born 20th Jan. 1900.
JOHN LAWRIE SYMINGTON, born
22nd Aug. 1868, son of James S.,
auctioneer, Lanark ; educated at
Lanark Grammar School, Fettes College,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1889);
B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
May 1892 ; assistant at Peebles in 1893 ;
St Mark's, Dundee, 1893-1900 ; St Stephen's,
Edinburgh, 1900; ord. 14th June 1901.
Marr. 18th Sept. 1901, Janet Taylor
Anderson, daugh. of Walter Scott, wine
merchant, Leith, and has issue — Nettie
Agnes Lawrie, born 1st Sept. 1902. Publi-
cation— Favourite Texts (n.p., n.d.).
SEAFIELD (Q.S.).
[A church was erected in Portknockie
and called Seafield Chapel in 1839. The
parish of Seafield was disjoined from Cullen
16th March 1885.]
GEORGE INNES, born 15th March
1819, son of George I., min. of Desk-
839 ford; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (March 1836) ; licen. by
Presb. of Fordyce in 1839 ; app. missionary
here in 1839 ; ord. 10th May 1843. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; became min.
of Free Church, Canonbie, 1844-7; died
unmarr. 24th Nov. 1847.
1846 ALEXANDER FORBES.
JAMES LEDINGHAM, M.A. ; pres.
by John, Earl of Seafield, 30th Sept.,
and ord. 14th Dec. 1854 ; trans, to
Boyndie 30th July 1863.
1854
1863
JOHN SKENE [or SKEEN], born
Elgin about 1830 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (18th Oct.
1851) ; schoolmaster of Spynie, 1853-63 ;
licen. by Presb. of Elgin 23rd Jan. 1861 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Seafield, 20th Sept.,
and ord. 10th Dec. 1863 ; died unmarr.
of smallpox 22nd Dec. 1863.
THOMAS MORRISON PIRIE, M.A. ;
1864 PreS- ky John, Earl of Seafield, 10th
March, and ord. 8th June 1864 ;
trans, to Knockando 13th June 1867.
CHARLES ROBERT HALKETT
1867 DAWSON GORDON, M.A. ; pres.
by John, Earl of Seafield, 19th
June, and ord. 26th Sept. 1867 ; res. 18th
Jan. 1873 [afterwards min. of St Andrews-
Lhanbryd].
THOMAS FRASER, pres. by John,
Earl of Seafield, 25th Feb., and ord.
15th May 1873; trans, to Cawdor
12th July 1876.
1878
1877
JAMES M'INTYRE, born Greenock,
22nd Jan. 1833, son of John M. ;
educated at Greenock Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 24th June 1858; mis-
sionary at Walkerburn ; ord. 11th Jan.
1877 ; adm. first min. of the parish 16th
March 1885.
SYNOD OF MORAY
The Eegister of the Synod of Moray begins 30th Sept. 1623. There are
gaps in the Eecord from 4th June 1644 to 14th July 1646, and from
7th Oct. 1686 to 23rd June 1702. The ordinary meetings of Synod are
held alternately at Elgin and Forres.
PRESBYTERY OF STRATHBOGIE, of old DUNBENNAN
[In 1592 we find this Court styled the Presbytery of Dunbennan. Such was its title
until 10th Oct. 1608, since which time it has been called the Presbytery of Strathbogie.
Its Register begins at 27th Oct. 1630. There is a gap in the Eecord from 30th Aug. 1654
to 1st July 1702. The Presbytery holds its ordinary meetings at Huntly and Keith
alternately.]
BELLIE (FOCHABERS).
[The church of Bellie was dedicated to
St Peter. It belonged to the Priory of
Urquhart. There were in the parish Wells
of St John and St Leonard. Fairs were
held at Bellie on the five feasts of St Mary,
that is on Candlemas (the 2nd of February),
on Lady Day in Lentron (the 25th of
March), on Marymas (the 15th of August),
on Lady Day in Harvest (the 8th of
September), and on Latter Lady Day (the
8th of December). There was a chapel in
this parish at the Bog of Gight.]
GEOEGE HAY, MA. ; held this parish
in conjunction with Eathven from
1567 to 1588.
1567
ROBEET GRANT, reader from
1574 1574 to 1588.
JOHN KNOX, M.A.; reader at Dun-
durcas ; pres. to that vicarage by
1590 James VI. 30th Oct. 1576, which he
held till 1580 ; min. of Keith in 1585 ; pres.
to the vicarage of Ruthven 7th Aug. 1586 ;
trans, to Bellie in 1590, and still in the
charge in 1599.— [Reg. Assig.]
298
THOMAS HAY, min. in 1601— [Reg.
1601 Assig.]
WILLIAM SANDERS, brother of John
1607 S., min. of Nairn, MA. ; min. in
1607. On 24th April 1627 he was
censured by the Presb. "for making ane
pennie brydell within Strathbogie to his
dochter-in-law, at quilk were present
excommunicate papists to the grieff of all
honest Christians." He was pres. to Glass,
by George, Marquess of Huntly, in 1643,
and to Skeiralloway on 3rd Dec. that year.
He stated to the Presb. that he would have
intimated the subscribing of the Covenant,
but was prevented from doing so, his pulpit
being surrounded by armed men who
refused access for preaching until the
Marquess had arrived. He petitioned
Parliament that "having a mean benefice
from which he had received little for eight
years," he might be relieved payment of
300 merks laid on him by the public. This
was granted 18th July 1649 and he was
recommended by the Assembly to the
commissioners for plantation ; dem. 25th
March 1663 ; died in the first week of Sept.
peesb. of steathbogie] BELLIE (FOCHABERS)
299
1672. His age has been given as 108, but
he was probably only a little over 90. If,
however (as Dr Hew Scott says), he had
been seventy-seven years a min. (which is
not authenticated), he could not have been
less than 100 years.— [Acts of Pari., vi.,
pt. ii., 486 ; Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii.,
268 ; Shaw's Hist., i., 61.]
ALEXANDER INNES, adm. (assistant
1643 anc* successor) about 5th Jan. 1643 ;
the Presb. granted toleration to his
appointment, but afterwards rescinded it.
JAMES HORNE, M.A.; called Dec.
1655; ord. (assistant and successor),
28th Feb. 1656; trans, to Second
Charge, Elgin, 12th July 1659.
WILLIAM ANNAND, born about 1635,
1663 saa °^ J°hn A., min. of Inverness;
called in 1659, but his settlement
was delayed till William Sanders had
demitted ; ord. (at Elgin) 19th May 1663 ;
died after Nov. 1699. He marr. Janet,
daugh. of John Hamilton, Boghead, and
had issue — John, M. A. ; Anna, and probably
Catherine (marr. Alexander Mackintosh,
son to Borlum).— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 367;
Mackay's Inverness and Dingwall Presb.
Records, 80, 120; Cramond's Bellie, 4.]
CHARLES PRIMROSE, MA. ; ord.
25th Feb. 1702; trans, to Forres 6th
1702
Jan. 1708.
THOMAS MACCULLOCH, born
.„-_ probably at Cromarty, 1670; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; pro-
duced testimonials from the Session of
Cromarty and Presb. of Ross, and was
taken on trials for licence by Presb. of
Elgin, 18th Dec. 1706; Keen. 24th June
1707; ord. to Birnie 1st July 1708;
called 4th April, trans, and adm. 4th
May 1709 ; died 26th Nov. 1750. He marr.
20th Dec. 1709, Katherine Hosack, who
died before Aug. 1749, and had issue —
Thomas, missionary at Enzie ; Jane
(marr. George Munro, postmaster, Inver-
ness) ; Isobel ; Helen ; Alexander ; Eliza-
beth ; John ; Margaret, all above the age
of 16 in 1749. — {Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
ii., 269 ; Cramond's Bellie, 10, 16.]
PATRICK GORDON, born 1705, son
1751 of William G., Denhead, Keith ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen, 1721-4 ; schoolmaster of Aberlour,
1720-5, and of Bellie, 1725-31; licen. by
Presb. of Fordyce 5th May 1731 ; missionary
at Enzie, 1731-8 ; ord. to Rhynie 7th Feb.
1739 ; pres. by the commissioner of Cosmo,
Duke of Gordon, before 22nd May, trans,
and adm. 3rd Oct. 1751 ; died in London
20th Feb. 1769. He marr. 30th April 1739,
Marjory Chalmers, who died s.p. 4th Aug.
1787.
[JOHN ROSE, min. of Leswalt; pres.
to this parish in 1769, but revoked his
acceptance.]
JAMES GORDON, born 1727, son of
lW0 George G. of Fifthpart of Dundurcas
and grandson of James G. of Fifth-
part, to whom he was served heir 30th May
1780; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1747); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 12th Aug. 1752 ; ord. (by Presb.
of Edinburgh) as chaplain to the Royal
Scots Fusiliers, then at Gibraltar, 13th
June 1763 ; pres. by Alexander, Duke of
Gordon, before 17th Jan., and adm. 14th
March 1770 ; app. chaplain to the Gordon
Fencibles 26th Sept. 1778 ; died 30th Jan.
1809. He marr., prior to admission,
Margaret (died 14th April 1792), daugh.
of James Lumsden, min. of Towie, and
had issue— Jean, born 27th May 1772 ;
Alexander, chaplain at Fort-George, born
4th Oct. 1773, died 1st Jan. 1800; Mary,
born 6th Oct. 1775, died 17th March 1801.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace., xiv.). — [Scots Mag., xl. 630.]
1809
JOHN ANDERSON, born 1759, son of
George A., farmer, Burnside, Bellie,
and Helen Shand ; ord. to Kingussie
15th July 1782 ; pres. by Alexander, Duke
of Gordon, before 14th June, trans, and
adm. 20th Sept. 1809 ; J.P. (1814). Having
been app. commissioner to the Duke of
Gordon he craved the sanction of the
Presb. to his employing William Rannie
as his assistant, but sanction was refused,
11th Nov. 1818. In March 1819 Rannie
was pres. as assistant and successor, and
300
BELLIE (FOCHABERS)
[ PRESB. OF
the Presb. referred the matter to the
General Assembly 5th May 1819. The
Assembly, 27th May, ordered the Presb.
to proceed with the settlement and in
regard to A. declared that "it is im-
possible they should not highly disapprove
of the parish ministers of this church
engaging in such secular employments
as may be inconsistent with the full
and faithful discharge of their spiritual
functions.1' A. thereupon dem. 1st Dec.
1819. He died 22nd April 1839. A local
rhyme was long current in the district : —
" The Rev. John Anderson,
Factor to His Grace,
"Minister of Fochabers,
And Justice of the Peace. "
He marr. (1) Grace, daugh. of John Mae-
lean of Pitmain : (2) 14th July 1830,
Elizabeth M'Pherson, who died s.p. at
Speymouth Manse, 13th Oct. 1846. Pub-
lication— Accounts of Kingussie and Insh
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Acts of Ass.,
1819 ; Tombst. ; Edin. Christian Inst.,
xviii.]
WILLIAM BANNIE, born 1788, son of
Alexander E., Lintmill, Boyndie ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (25th March 1808) ; been, by
Presb. of Aberdeen 25th Nov. 1812 ; pres.
by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in March,
and (after reference to the General As-
sembly) ord. (assistant and successor) 8th
Sept. 1819: died 10th Feb. 1837. He
marr. 4th Dec. 1825, Catherine Matilda
(died 12th Aug. 1835), daugh. of Charles
Evans, Woolwich, and had issue — Henry
Alexander of Greenlaw, Banff, born 12th
Dec. 1826; Emily Margaret, born 18th
June 1828 (marr. John Thomson Bywater,
factor, Wemyss) ; Willianiina Catherine,
born 19th Sept. 1830, died unmarr. ; Mor-
daunt Gordon, born 28th July 1833. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (JS'ew Stat.
Ace, xiii.).
DAVID DEWAE, born Tillicoultry,
15th Aug. 1796, son of James D. •
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
schoolmaster of Carrington, 1819-30; licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 4th Dec. 1827 ; app.
master of the Duchess of Gordon's private
1819
18S7
school in Fochabers in 1830, and chaplain
at Gordon Castle ; pres. by the trustees
of Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in May,
and ord. 17th Aug. 1837. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church,
Fochabers, 1843-85; died 5th May 1885.
He was Moderator of Presb. during the
early part of the proceedings in the presen-
tation to Marnoch, sided with the minority,
was admonished at the bar of the Court
of Session, and fined £5 besides expenses
of the process, 26th May 1843. He was
one of the most zealous mins. in the North
and had a great reputation over a wide
district. He marr. 24th Dec. 1845, Char-
lotte (died 20th Dec. 1899), eldest daugh.
of John Johnston, Edinburgh, and had
issue — James, M.A., M.B., CM., Orkney,
born 24th Nov. 1847 ; Janet Jean, born
22nd April 1849; Margaret, born 16th
Sept. 1S50 ; John, banker, Australia ; Eliza-
beth Johnston, born 23rd Jan. 1852. —
[Biographical Sketch in Our Church Fathers,
Elgin, 1899.]
EOBEET CUSHNY, born 1810, son of
Alexander O, Oyne; educated at
Marischal College; M.A. (1826);
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 4th May 1831 ;
ord. to Insch 23rd June 1836 ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Eichmond, 12th Sept.,
trans, and adm. 26th Oct. 1843 ; died 26th
March 1881. He marr. 23rd April 1844,
his cousin Margaret Forbes (died 23rd
March 1869), youngest daugh. of William
Cock, D.D., min. of Eathen, and had issue
— Caroline, born 16th Jan. 1846; Ann
Mary, born loth Nov. 1847 ; Wilham Alex-
ander, M.A. (Aberdeen 1868), M.D. (1874),
New Zealand, born 7th April 1S49, died
4th Feb. 1897 ; Bobert, min. of Longside,
born 21st Jan. 1851 ; Alice Catherine, born
8th, and died 13th Sept. 1S52; Margaret,
born 8th Feb. 1854, died 22nd April 1S62.
JOHN PETEE WATT, born 4th July
1882 1852' son °^ W^ialn Strachan W.,
min. of Foveran ; educated at Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1873); licen. by Presb.
of Garioch 5th May 1876 ; ord. to Hoggan-
field Chapel, Glasgow, 20th May 1879;
trans, and adm. 6th July 1882; dem. 18th
Oct. 189S ; died at Glasgow. 21st June 1899.
1843
stratheogie] BELLIE (FOCHABERS)— BOTRIPHNIE
301
1899
He marr. 11th July 1888, Jane Thomson
or Farquharson, daugh. of William Scott
Thomson, Dundee, and had issue — Harold
Frederick George (only child), born 4th
Sept. 1889.
ROBEET VENTERS, born Blairgowrie,
19th May 1868, son of John V.,
Collector of Inland Revenue, and
Isabella Jessie Beattie ; educated at Univs.
of Glasgow M.A. (1890) and Edinburgh
B.D. (1894); licen. by Presb. of Stirling
in 1894 ; assistant at Greyfriars, Dumfries ;
elected 19th Feb., and ord. 23rd March
1899. Marr. 31st Aug. 1899, Jessie Jane,
daugh. of Robert Sharpe, solicitor, Maxwell-
town, and has issue— John, B.Sc, electrical
engineer, born 21st Feb. 1901 ; Margaret,
medical student, born 24th June 1903 ;
Robert Sharpe, medical student, born 30th
Jan. 1905 ; William, banker's apprentice,
born 4th July 1906.
BOTRIPHNIE.
[The church of Botriphnie was dedicated
to St Fumach, who, in early times, had set
up his mission here. Near the church was
St Fumach's Well, and hard by was held
St Fumach's Fair.]
GEORGE LESLIE, M.A.; held this
ls„. parish in conjunction with Mortlach
from 1574 to 1576.
ANDREW REIDFURD, reader
1574 in 1574.
ALEXANDER GORDON, min. in 1586,
1586 with Glass also in his charge.
DAVID HENDERSON, held this parish
lsgs in conjunction with Ruthven from
1599 to 1601 ; he went to Ruthven
in 1601.
ALEXANDER FRASER, educated at
1614 King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1604); was min. in 1614. At a
visitation by the Presb., 30th June 1642,
he was spoken of as a "good, popular
preacher," and in "his life and conversa-
tion blameless," but was dep. 26th June
1650 for subscribing a paper against the
Covenant, and the ordinances of the
Glasgow Assembly of 1638. He made
repentance in his own kirk, 16th Feb.
1651, "for these enormities." He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Patrick Gordon of
Auchmenzie, and had issue — Jane (marr.
Adam Leslie in Bowmakelloch).
[The parish was vacant for four years.
James Petrie, schoolmaster of Banff, was
called unanimously, 4th Oct. 1650, and was
taken on trials. Objections were made to
his appointment by various individuals,
and finally the Presb. " resolved to stop the
trials of the young man." — [Presbytery
Book of Strathbogie, 221 et seq., Aberdeen
(Spalding Club) 1843.]
WILLIAM BURNETT, M.A. ; called
1654 in 1653 ; ord. 30th Aug. 1654 ; trans,
to Cullen 6th Dec. 1663.
WILLIAM SPEED, M.A. ; pres. by
1664 James Sutherland of Balvenie ; ord.
(at Elgin) 17th, and adm. 24th Aug.
1664; trans, to Ednam 20th Feb. 1682.
(See Vol. II., 69, where the date should
be 1682.)
GEORGE CHALMERS, born 1654;
1682 ^ncated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1673) ; schoolmaster of
Rothes, 1674-80 ; passed trials before the
Presb. of Aberlour, and recommended to
the bishop for licence 18th Sept. 1678 ;
pres. by Alexander, Master of Saltoun, in
April, adm. and inst. 1st June 1682; did
not conform at the Revolution, but was
allowed to retain his office ; died 24th Feb.
1727. He marr. 6th Jan. 1685, Margaret
(died 14th March 1760), daugh. of Henry
Stewart of Newton of Boharm, and had
issue — James, portioner of Newton of
Boharm, and factor to the Duke of Gordon
at Cairnwhelp in Cairney [father of Alex-
ander O, min. of Cairney], served heir 16th
Aug. 1727 ; Alexander, min. of Glass ;
Helen (marr. Alexander Stewart of Les-
murdie), died in 1758, aged 72; George,
died in 1700. — {Case of Greenshields ;
Tombst. ; Pirie's Parish of Cairnie, 145 ;
Jervise's Epitaphs, ii., 11; Gordon's
Chronicles of Keith, 449 ; Banff Sas., v.,
344.]
302
CAIRNEY, DRUMDELGIE, AND RUTHVEN [peesb. of
1774
GEORGE CAMPBELL, born 1698,
,„„_ eldest son of George C., min. of
Alvah ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1712-16; schoolmaster of Marnoch
24th Nov. 1717 to May 1719; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 7th Nov. 1722; Royal
Bounty missionary at Cairney, 1725-8 ;
pres. by William Duff of Braco before 12th
July 1727; ord. 17th Sept. 1728; died
unmarr. 10th April 1773. He left £425
to the Society for Propagating Christian
Knowledge. — [Moray Tests.; S.P.C.K.
Sermons.']
ALEXANDER ANGUS, born 13th
Aug. 1744, son of John A., min. of
Culsalmond ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1762) ; licen. by
Presb. of Garioch 27th July 1769 ; ord. to
Tullynessle 29th April 1772 ; pres. by James,
Earl Fife, before 6th Oct. 1773 ; trans, and
adm. 29th June 1774; died 11th April
1829. He marr., 16th Sept. 1777, Katherine
(died at Aberdeen, 26th Oct. 1836, aged
85), daugh. of John Mair, min. of Rayne,
and had issue — John, M.A., LL.D.,
Commissioner of Requests, Calcutta, born
8th Sept. 1778 ; Elizabeth, born 12th Nov.
1779; Janet, born 24th Aug. 1782 (marr.
James Taylor, solicitor, Banff); Martha,
born 15th Feb. 1784, died 20th April 1807 ;
Mary, born 1st Aug. 1785, died 16th March
1S08 ; Alexander, born 15th Jan. 1787,
died 29th Sept. 1802 ; Jean, born 6th Oct.
1789 ; Frances Helen, born 12th Aug. 1793 ;
George, M.D., surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born
12th Oct. 1794, died at Aberdeen, 7th April
1872. Publication — Accounts of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, x., xviii.). — [Tombst. ;
Jervise's Epitaphs, ii., 10.]
WILLIAM MAS SON, born Auchlee,
1829 Banchory-Devenick, 17th Sept. 1800,
son of George M., farmer, Durris ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (30th March 1821); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 24th June 1825 ; ord. (assist-
ant) at Old Machar 7th Nov. 1827 ; pres.
by James, Earl Fife, 28th May, and adm.
24th Sept. 1829,; died 27th Nov. 1883. He
was one of the majority of Presbytery who
carried through the settlement at Marnoch
in 1840. He marr. 31st Dec. 1830, Bridget
1879
(died 7th June 1863), daugh. of John Gill,
linen merchant, Aberdeen, and had issue —
William, born 30th Nov. 1831 ; Margaret
Bruce, born 10th Aug. 1834 ; Mary, born
24th March 1837 ; Archibald Fraser Duff,
born 22nd Aug. 1841, died 29th Jan. 1880 ;
Joanna, born 20th Oct. 1844, died 14th Jan.
1847. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, xiil). — [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER M'KAY.born Fochabers,
22nd Feb. 1848, son of John M.
and Charlotte Baxter ; educated at
Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1872); licen. by Presb.
of Skye 24th July 1874 ; assistant at
Dalziel ; elected 28th Jan., and ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 20th March 1879.
CAIRNEY, DRUMDELGIE, AND
RUTHVEN or RIVAN.
[The parish was originally called Botarie.
The part of Drumdelgie on the north side
of the Deveron was added about 1615.
The whole of Ruthven was added in 1618,
and the united parish was thereafter called
Botarie and Ruthven till about 1710, when
the name Cairnie or Cairney was adopted.
The church was dedicated to St Martin.
Botarie and Elchies together made a pre-
bend of the Cathedral of Elgin.
Drumdelgie. — Of Drumdelgie Church but
scanty remains are left. It was dedicated
to St Peter. Near it were St Peter's Well
and St Peter's Cairn.
Rivan or Ruthven. — The parish church
of Rivan was dedicated to St Breandan.
In the belfry on its ruined gable there
has hung for centuries the bell known to
the country round as the " Wow o' Rivan."
Dipple and Rivan together formed a pre-
bend of Elgin Cathedral. Within the
bounds there were chapels at Mortlach and
Haddoch, and a Well of St Cyril. A fair
of St Cyril was held at Rivan.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A. ; held
Botarie from 1567 to 1585; pres. by
1567 James VI. 13th June 1569, Elchies
being also in his charge, Glass in 1574,
and Keith from 1576 to 1580; trans, to
Rothes in 1585.
stkathbogie] CAIRNEY, DRUMDELGIE, AND RUTHVEN
303
JOHN LESLIE, reader at Botarie from
1574 1574 to 1576.
JAMES DUFF, M.A. ; held Botarie in
conjunction with Kinnoir and Dun-
1585
bennan from 1585 to 1589.
1599
JAMES ANDERSON, min. in 1590, and
1590 still in the charge in 1597.
GEORGE CHALMER, M.A. ; min. of
Botarie in 1599, with Gartly in his
charge from 1601 to 1607; trans.
to Kinnoir and Dunbennan [Huntly]
before 16th Nov. 1604.
ROBERT JAMESON, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1607) ; pres. by James VI. 7th Aug.
1614; was a member of the Commission
of Assembly in 1649, and recommended to
Parliament by the Assembly, 10th July
and 3rd Aug. that year, for " some supply
out of the vacant stipends," as a compensa-
tion for his losses ; died after 2nd Oct.
1660. He marr., and had issue — William,
min. of Kinnoir and Dunbennan [Huntly].
During his ministry, on account of the
troubles of the times, the Presb. was fre-
quently hindered from meeting, and many
of its members were forced to flee from their
manses. In 1634 J. had a sum of money
" violently and masterfully " taken from
him by a party of Gordons bent on
revenge for the burning of the House of
Frendraucht, in which he had no share
whatsoever. From the testimony of one
of his elders at a visitation of the Presb.,
30th July 1651, it was stated that J.
lived "Christianly and soberly, that he
used publicly to 'dehort' people from any
excess, and that he consistently practiced
and encouraged family worship, morning
and evening." When asked as to his
doctrine and how the people were being
edified by him, J. replied : " midway well,
that his gift was daily increasing, being
better now than it was for a long time
before, and that he gave himself very much
to reading, keeping home well, and his
book, without meddling with other things :
in a word, he was a known enemy to all
popery, malignancy, and sectarianism." —
{Spalding's Hist., i., 24.]
ROBERT GORDON, born 1629, son of
1661 Patrick G., burgess of Banff; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1647) ; schoolmaster of Rothiemay,
19th Nov. 1654-61; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie before 25th April 1658; ord.
before 2nd April 1661 ; died in 1680. He
marr. Anna Gordon (she marr. (2) Ludovic
Gordon, min. of Kinnoir), and had issue —
John, served heir 27th July 1682.— [Inq. Bet.
Gen., 6397 ; G. B. Inhib., 3rd Dec. 1707.]
ALEXANDER ROSE, born about 1653,
fourth son of David R. of Earlsmill,
Nairn, and brother of Hew R., min.
of Nairn ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1673) ; schoolmaster of
Inverness, 1673-80 ; pres. by George, Mar-
quess of Huntly, and ord. (at Forres) 16th
Sept. 1680; dep. 31st Oct. 1716 for reading
the Earl of Mar's proclamation. He died
before 1725. He marr. Anna, daugh. of
James Gordon of Daach, Ruthven, and
had issue — Alexander ; David, Episcopal
min. at Lethnot [great-grandfather of Sir
Hugh Henry Rose, Bart., Baron Strathnairn,
eminent Indian soldier], died 4th Nov.
1758; James. — [Family of Kilravock ; Case
of Greenshields.]
JOHN RAMSAY, licen. by Presb. of
17lg Kirkcaldy 5th Sept. 1717 ; became
chaplain to Lord President Dal-
rymple; was a licentiate in Presb. of
Deer in 1719 ; called by the Presb. [after
declinatures by Walter Sime, min. of Glass,
and Thomas Fairbairn, min. of Rothes] in
April, and ord. 23rd July 1719 ; died 23rd
Sept. 1746. He marr. 31st July 1722,
Isobel (died 14th Dec. 1787), daugh. of
Hugh Innes, min. of Mortlach, and had
issue — John ; James, above the age of 16
in 1743 ; Jean, born 3rd May 1732 ; Alex-
ander, born 22nd March 1734 ; Mary, born
22nd Nov. 1735 ; George, born 2nd Aug. 1743.
ALEXANDER CHALMERS, born
1174„ 1720, son of James C, factor to the
Duke of Gordon at Cairnwhelp, and
Jean, daugh. of William Law, min. of
Boharm, and grandson of George C, min.
of Botriphnie ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1735-9 ; licen. by Presb. of
304
CAIRNEY, DRUMDELGIE, AND RUTHVEN [presb. or
Strathbogie 1st Oct. 1746; pres. by the
commissioners of Cosmo George, Duke of
Gordon, 3rd March, and ord. 3rd Dec. 1747 ;
app. chaplain to the 88th Foot in 1759 ;
died 2nd Oct. 1798. He marr. 24th Sept.
1782, Lady Anne (died at Huntly, 7th June
1816, aged 69, s.p.), second daugh. of Cosmo
George, third Duke of Gordon, and Lady
Catherine Gordon, only daugh. of William,
second Earl of Aberdeen. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xii.). — [Pirie's Cairnie, 104 ; Tombst. ; Slab
in Church ; Scots Peerage, iv., 555.]
JOHN FINLATER [sometimes FIND-
179g LATER], born Fyvie, 1756, son of
William F. ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1778) ; licen. by
Presb. of Deer 28th Aug. 1782; ord.
(assistant) at Glass 16th Dec. 1790; pres.
by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, 14th
March, trans, and adm. 11th June 1799 ;
died 20th Aug. 1825. He marr. 28th Sept.
1795, Ann Smith (died at Huntly 17th
Aug. 1846, aged 90), sister of Alexander
Smith, min. of Keig, and had issue —
Elizabeth (only daugh.), born 1797 (marr.
21st Nov. 1820, John Thurburn of Murtle,
Aberdeen, formerly of Messina, Sicily).
WILLIAM COWIE, born Banffshire,
1786, son of George C, hotel -
keeper, and Mary Walker ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st
March 1806) ; became schoolmaster of
Mortlach in 1811 ; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 25th March 1812 ; ord. to
Cabrach 6th Aug. 1817; pres. by Alex-
ander, Duke of Gordon, 25th Dec. 1825;
trans, and adm. 16th Aug. 1826 ; died
Father of the Synod 3lst May 1866.
He was one of the majority of Presby-
tery in the Marnoch Case. He marr.
8th Nov. 1817, Elizabeth Ogilvie, who
died 25th Jan. 1829, aged 43, and had
issue — George, student at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1833-7, born 5th Oct. 1818, died
11th July 1842; Mary, born 26th Aug.
1821 (marr. George Abercromby Mitchell,
Carriacou, West Indies), died 25th Aug.
1853; Sophia, born 7th March 1824, died
17th Oct. 1836; David of Colonarie, M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1842), merchant,
St Vincent, West Indies, born 29th March
1825, died 8th Jan. 1878; Elizabeth, born
28th June 1828 (marr. John Annand, min. of
this parish). — [Acts of Assembly, 1838-43.]
JOHN ANNAND, born Upper
18gg Dallachy, Bellie, 1830, son of James
A. ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1852) ; schoolmaster of
Cairney, 1852-7 ; licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 4th Feb. 1857 ; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Richmond, 29th Jan., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 18th March
1858; clerk of Presb. 1880-5; died 31st
July 1885. He marr. 20th July 1858,
Elizabeth (died 26th Feb. 1907), daugh.
of William Cowie, min. of this parish,
and had issue — William, M.A. (Aberdeen,
1883), licentiate of the Church of Scotland,
born 18th March 1860; Jane, born 15th
March 1863, died that month; Elizabeth,
born 15th Oct. 1865 (marr. Charles Fraser,
min. of Croy) ; Mary Charlotte, born 16th
May 1868, died next year. — [Pirie's Cairnie,
105 ; Memorial in Church.]
ALEXANDER FIDDES, M.A., B.D. ;
1886 elected 25th Nov. 1885 ; ord. 21st Jan.
1886; trans, to St Bernard's, Edin-
burgh, 17th May 1900 (cf. Vol. I., p. 92) ; dem.
that charge 1925 ; D.D. (Aberdeen, 1920).
JAMES JOLLY CALDER, born
lgoo Fordoun, 20th March 1853, son of
William C. and Margaret Reid ;
educated at Tipperty School, Drumlithie
School, and Grammar School and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1874) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 2nd May 1877 ; assistant at
Huntly 12th June 1877 ; ord. to Rhynie
19th June 1879; elected 2nd July; trans,
and adm. 16th Aug. 1900; app. clerk of
Presb. in 1885.
DRUMDELGIE.
[This parish, whose church was locally
known as Peter Kirk or the Burnt Kirk,
was held by the minister of Gartly till
about 1615, when a part of it, on the north
side of the Deveron, was added to Botarie
(Cairney), and a part on the south of
the Deveron was added to Kinnoir and
Dunbennan (Huntly).]
steathbogie] DRUMDELGIE— RUTHVEN— DRUMBLADE
305
GEOEGE NICOLSON, M.A.; held
Drumdelgie in conjunction with
1574
Gartly from 1574 to 1594.
GEOEGE GORDON, reader from
1574 1574 to 1578.
JOHN" GUTHRIE, reader from
1579 1579 to 1580.
WALTER RICHARDSON held
1S96 Drumdelgie in conjunction with
Gartly from 1596 to 1597.
WILLIAM REID, min. in 1607; still
1607 mentioned in 1614.
RUTHVEN.
[This parish was united to Botarie (now
Cairney) in 1618.]
ROBERT SMYTH, M.A., exhorter in
1567 1567.
ROBERT KEITH, held Ruthven in
15„4 conjunction with Kinnoir and Dun-
bennan [Huntly] from 1574-80.
WILLIAM ELMSLIE, reader from
1574 1574-88.
NICHOLAS TULLOCH, vicar in 1585.
158S Marr. Isobel Ross. [Forres Burgh
Records.]
DAVID HENDERSON, min. of Keith
1593
in 1590 ; trans, and adm. in 1593 ;
held Botriphnie in conjunction from
1599 to 1601.
WILLIAM ANN AND, M.A. ; adm. 3rd
1616 March 1616; trans, to Falkirk in
1617.
WILLIAM MILNE, M.A. ; ord. in 1617 ;
trans, to Glass 28th Feb. 1618, when
1617
Ruthven was united to Botarie.
DRUMBLADE.
[The church of Drumblade was dedicated
to St Hilary. Near it was St Hilary's
Well and the annual parish fair there
was held in St Hilary's name. The parish
was in the Presb. of Turriff and Synod of
Aberdeen till 1898.]
VOL. VI.
GEORGE ROTHNIE, reader from
1567 1567-74.
ANDREW SPENS, held this parish in
1574 conjunction with Forgue in 1574.
NORMAN SPENS, reader from
1576 1576-80.
ANDREW SPENS, reader from
1585 1585-91.
^ALEXANDER BARCLAY, son of
15gs George B., advocate in Aberdeen,
and Marjory Cheyne; M.A. ; pres.
by James VI. 22nd June 1598 ; still in the
charge 19th July 1610. He marr. Bessie,
daugh. of John Duncan of Scurdargue, and
had issue — William ; James ; and others.
ANDREW MASSIE, M.A. ; ord. before
1631 2nd July 1631 ; trans, to Auchterless
before 31st May 1647.— [Aberdeen
Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 321.]
ALEXANDER SCROGIE, M.A. ; trans.
1647 from Forglen ; adm. before 9th Dec.
1647; trans, to Old Machar 18th
April 1659.
JAMES GORDON, M.A.; formerly
165g min. of Kinnoir and Dunbennan;
got a testimonial from Presb. of
Elgin 12th July 1659, with a view to being
admitted min. of this parish ; adm. before
21st Nov. 1659 ; trans, to Kinkell after 2nd
May and before 31st Oct. 1662.
WILLIAM SETON, son of Alexander
1665 ^"' m*n' °^ Banff J educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1644)
adm. to Lumphanan before 21st Oct. 1651
trans, and adm. before 16th May 1665
still mentioned as min. 20th April 1680.
He marr. and had issue — Alexander.
GEORGE CHALMERS, born 1655,
.„ „ second son of George C, min. of
Rhynie ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1675) ; schoolmaster
of the parish ; pres. by Dr James Wemyss,
Dean of St Andrews, 27th March 1682 ;
ord. before 7th Jan. 1683 ; died in 1702.
He gifted two silver communion cups
dated 1686. He marr. (1) Elizabeth (died
6th Jan. 1692), daugh. of James Gordon,
min. of Rothiemay, and had issue — George;
U
306
DRUMBLADE
[PKESB. OF
Anna ; Jean (marr. her cousin, James
Chalnier, Professor of Divinity, Marischal
College) : (2) Kachel, daugh. of Sir John
Forbes of Waterton, and had issue — James,
min. of Daviot. — [Chalmers and Trail
Ancestry, 139 ; Aberdeen Poll-Booh, L, 271 ;
G. R. Homings, 4th Feb. 1690.]
Sm JOHN TUBING, 3rd Bart., born
170_ about 1650, son of Henry T. of
Savoch and Janet Seton ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1679) ;
succeeded his cousin as 3rd Bart, in 1682 ;
adm. to Cummertrees about 1689 ; deserted
his charge at the Bevolution ; intruded at
Insch in 1692 ; dem. before 12th Oct. 1701 ;
called to this charge 22nd Jan., and adm.
16th March 1703; died Jan. 1733. He
marr. 24th Dec. 1700, Jean, daugh. of
John Dunbar, min. of Forglen, and had
issue — Alexander, bapt. 9th Aug. 1702,
min. of Oyne; John, surgeon, London,
bapt. 23rd Jan. 1704, died before 1730 ;
Jean, bapt. 8th June 1707 ; Anne, bapt.
29th Aug. 1708 (marr. William Duff, min.
of Bothiemay) ; James, bapt. 28th Oct.
1709, min. of Aberdour ; Bobert, surgeon,
Madras, bapt. 11th April 1711, died 26th
Dec. 1764; Beatrix, bapt. 13th June 1712;
Janet, bapt. 14th Jan. 1714 (marr. David
Bannerman, min. of St Martin's) ; Helen,
bapt. 13th May 1716 (marr. Henry Turing
of St Martin's Lane, London). — [Aberdeen
Tests. ; Turing Baronetcy Case."}
JOHN STEWABT, born 1700, son of
1734 Walter S.j min. of Lhanbryd ; edu-
cated at Marischal College ; ord.
to Lhanbryd 23rd March 1727 ; called 24th
Sept. 1733; trans, and adm. 20th Feb.
1734; died 9th Feb. 1743. He marr. 10th
Aug. 1732, Magdalene (died 2nd May 1783),
daugh. of William Gordon of Birkenburn in
Keith and Jean Duff, and had issue — John
of Birkenburn [great-grandfather of Pro-
fessor James Cooper, D.D.] ; Jean ; Mary ;
Magdalene. — [Witherspoon's Memoir of
Professor Cooper, 40.]
GEOBGE GOBDON of Chapelton,
1748 k°rn about 1698, grandson of
Bobert G. of Chapelton ; educated
at Marischal College ; ord. to Bourtie 18th
Sept. 1723; called 11th Aug.; trans, and
adm. 19th Oct. 1743; died 8th Dec. 1763.
He marr. 21st Feb. 1726, Marjorie Gordon,
who died 24th Jan. 1751, and had issue —
James ; George, born 15th March 1729,
died 23rd March 1760; Alexander, born
16th May 1730; Elizabeth, born 8th Aug.
1733 (marr. John Allison, baker, Port-
Glasgow) ; Bobert ; Peter, born 30th June
1738 ; William, born 4th Aug. 1741, died
23rd March 1762; Charles, Glasgow, born
13th March 1744; Ann, born 24th Sept.
1746, died 25th Dec. 1748; Cosmo, born
10th July 1750.
WILLIAM BISSET, M.A. ; trans, from
17_. Footdee ; pres. by George, Earl
Marischal, in April, and adm. 11th
July 1764; trans, to Dundee 20th June
1765.
1766
GEOBGE ABEL, born 19th May 1739,
son of William A., min. of Kin-
cardine O'Neil ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1758) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 5th
Dec. 1764 ; pres. by the commissioners for
George, Earl Marischal, Sept. 1765 ; ord.
2nd April 1766 ; died 14th Sept. 1794. He
marr. 25th April 1769; Mary (died at
Aberdeen, 6th Dec. 1815, aged 86), daugh.
of James Bisset of Lessendrum. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iv.).
1795
EOBEBT GOBDON, born 1750, son of
George G. ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1769);
schoolmaster of Bhynie, 1771-9 ; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 6th April 1774 ; pres.
by William, Earl of Kin tore, Nov. 1794 ;
ord. 6th May 1795; died 27th Nov. 1820.
He marr. 14th Nov. 1778, Jean Farquhar,
who died 25th Jan. 1829, aged 79, and had
issue — Jean; Eliza, born 22nd June 1781
(marr. 29th July 1800, Captain John Henry
of Corse of Monellie), died 1st May 1802 ;
Margaret, born 16th Oct. 1785 (marr.
Andrew Macpherson, Gibston), died 9th
Nov. 1878; George, M.A. (Marischal
College, 1807), captain, 42nd Highlanders,
born 24th Dec. 1790.
steathbogie]
DRUMBLADE
307
EOBEKT JAMES BROWN, born
Utrecht, 23rd Dec. 1792, third son
1821 of William Lawrence B., D.D.,
Principal of Marischal College; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen; MA.
(1808); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 27th
Oct. 1812 ; pres. by Anthony Adrian, Earl
of Kintore, in May, and ord. 25th Sept.
1821; having been adm. Professor of Greek
at Marischal College 11th Dec. 1827 he
dem. 19th Dec. that year ; D.D. (Marischal
College, 4th April 1834). Joined the Free
Church and was elected Moderator of the
Free Church General Assembly 21st May
1846 ; retired from his Professorship 2nd
Dec. 1860, and died 7th Dec. 1872. He
was familiarly known by his students as
the "Dorian." His portrait by Phillip is
in the U.F. College, Aberdeen. He marr.
26th April 1828, Jane (died s.p. 1st Jan.
1854, aged 65), daugh. of William Stronach,
min. of Marnoch. — [Aberdeen Journal Notes
and Queries, ii. 139, iv. 205 ; Becords of
Marischal College, ii. 49 [where the date
of his marriage is wrongly given as 14th
Sept. 1829] ; Memorial in Greyfriars U. F.
Church, Aberdeen [where the date of his
death is erroneously given as 7th Oct.] ;
Aberdeen Free Press, 9th Dec. 1872.]
1828
GEORGE RAMSAY DAVIDSON, pres.
by Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore,
in March, and ord. 8th May 1828;
trans, to Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh,
23rd June 1842.
vWILLIAM GARDEN BLAIKIE, born
5th Feb. 1820 ; second son of James
B., of Craigiebuckler, advocate, and
Lord Provost of Aberdeen [who was a class
fellow of Lord Byron], and Jane, daugh.
of William Garden, land surveyor ; educated
at Grammar School (where he was one of
Dr James Melvin's most brilliant pupils),
and Marischal College, Aberdeen, M.A.
(1837), and at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th July 1841 ; pres.
by Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore ; ord.
22nd Sept. 1842. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Drum-
blade, 1843-4; adm. min. of Pilrig Free
Church, Edinburgh, 1st March 1844 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1864); app. Professor of
Apologetics and Pastoral Theology, New
College, Edinburgh, 1868; LL.D. (Aber-
deen 1871) ; Convener of Home Mission
Committee of Free Church, 1874-8 ; elected
Moderator of the Free Church General
Assembly 19th May 1892 ; President of the
Presbyterian Alliance (Toronto meeting)
that year; died at North Berwick 11th
June 1899. He was one of the most
eminent divines of his generation, a
constant and unwearied worker in various
departments of religious and social service,
an indefatigable litterateur, the biographer
of David Livingstone, and a Founder of
the Alliance of Reformed Churches holding
the Presbyterian System. A singularly
attractive personality gained for him much
popularity with his students, over a
thousand of whom passed through his
classes during his long incumbency, and he
was the means of instituting the students'
dining-hall in the New College. Mainly
through his efforts also a sum of £14,000
was raised on behalf of the Waldenses and
their Church. He was greatly assisted in
all his social work by his wife, whose
Canadian emigration enterprisesand Orphan
Home in Edinburgh were carried on with
remarkable success for a period of twenty
years. He marr. 20th May 1845, Margaret
Catherine (died 25th July 1915, aged 92),
only daugh. of Walter Biggar, merchant,
Biggar, and had issue — James Andrew,
Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, one of
the original masters of Fettes College, after-
wards Inspector of Schools and examiner
in the Scottish Education Department,
born 4th April 1846 ; Walter Biggar, LL.D.,
printer, Edinburgh, author of Itinerary of
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Origins of
the 'Forty-Five, etc., born 23rd Nov. 1847 ;
William Francis Garden, born 17th March
1849, died at Ontario, California, 3rd Sept.
1918 ; Anne Louisa Catherine, born 9th
Aug. 1850 (marr. James Murdoch, M.D.),
died in Australia, 1882 ; Jane Helen, born
1st June 1853, died 16th Dec. 1854; John
Adrian, D.Sc, Inspector of Factories, born
10th Oct. 1855, died 1884 ; Robert Henry,
M.D., born 21st Aug. 1857 ; Alfred Edward,
born 20th March 1859, died 2nd Jan. 1860;
308
DRUMBLADE— GARTLY
[PEESB. OF
Alice Margaret, born 22nd July 1860
(marr. Eev. Murdo Mackenzie, missionary
in China) ; Charles Louis, C.A., born 27th
July 1862, died 1910 ; Alan Keith, born
3rd July 1866 ; and three others still-
born. Publications — Six Lectures to the
Working Classes on the Improvement of
their Temporal Condition (Edinburgh,
1849) [revised in 1863 as Better Days for
Working People]; David, King of Israel
(Edinburgh 1856 and 1861) ; Bible History
in Connection with the General Historj/
of the World (London, 1859) ; My Brother's
Keeper (Edinburgh, 1860) ; Outlines of
Bible Geography (London, 1861) ; Heads
and Hands in the World of Labour (London,
1865) ; The Head of the House (London,
1866); Saving Knowledge [with Thomas
Guthrie, D.D.] (London, 1870); For the
Work of the Ministry (London, 1873 and
1878) ; Glimpses of the Inner Life of Our
Lord (London, 1876); Manual of Homiletic
and Pastoral Theology (Edinburgh, 1878) ;
Personal Life of David Livingstone (Edin-
burgh, 1880, 1882, and other editions) ;
The Public Ministry and Pastoral Methods
of Our Lord (London, 1883); Leaders in
Modern Philanthropy (London, 1884) ;
Robert Pollock, First Principal of the
University of Edinburgh (London, 1884) ;
The First and Second Books of Samuel
[Expositor's Bible], 2 vols. (London, 1888) ;
The Preachers of Scotland from the Sixth
to the Nineteenth Century [Cunningham
Lectures] (Edinburgh, 1888); Summer
Suns in the Far West (London, 1890);
After Fifty Tears : or Letters of a Grand-
father on the Occasion of the Jubilee of the
Free Church of Scotland (London, 1893) ;
The Book of Joshua [Expositor's Bible]
(London, 1893); Heroes of Israel (London,
1894) ; Thomas Chalmers [Famous Scots
Series] (Edinburgh, 1896); "Christianity
and Secularism" [Present Day Tracts],
(London [1882]); "The Family: Its
Scriptural Ideal and its Modern Assailants "
[ibid.] (London, n.d.); "Christianity and
the Life that Now Is" [ibid.]; "The
Witness of Palestine to the Bible " [ibid.] ;
"The Vitality of the Bible " [ibid.] ; "The
Adaptation of Bible Beligion to the Wants
and Nature of Man " [ibid.] ; " The Psalms
compared with the Hymns of Different
Eeligions " [ibid.]. He was editor of the
Free Church Magazine, 1849-53; of the
North British Beview, 1860-63; of the
Sunday Magazine (1865-71) ; and the
Catholic Presbyterian. — [Recollections of
a Busy Life : an Autobiography [edited by
Norman L. Walker, D.D.] (London, 1901) ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. Supplement, 212.]
1843
ALEXANDER RAINY, born 1813, son
of William R., M.A., schoolmaster
of the parish and a licentiate of the
Church, and Mary Taylor; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1830) ;
assistant to his father, and succeeded him
as schoolmaster (2nd Nov. 1842) ; licen. by
Presb. of Turriff 25th Nov. 1835 ; pres. by
Anthony Adrian, Earl of Kintore, and ord.
28th Sept. 1843 ; dem. 19th May 1891 ; died
unmarr. at Inverkeithny, 24th Jan'. 1893.
1891
WILLIAM GRANT, born Tullynessle,
2nd Oct. 1859, son of David G.
and Margaret Barron ; educated at
Parish School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1882), B.D. (1887) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 3rd May 1887 ; assistant at
St George's, Aberdeen, and Ellon ; elected
21st July, and ord. 8th Sept. 1891. Marr.
2nd April 1902, Amelia Margaret, daugh.
of William Hogg, Arbroath, and Mary
Lawrence, and has issue — Lawrence Barron,
M.A., B.Sc, born 21st June 1903 ; Margaret
Forbes, born 22nd April 1905 ; Mary
Crawford, born 18th May 1910.
GARTLY.
[The church of Gartly was dedicated to
St Andrew. It was a mensal kirk of the
Bishop of Moray. In this parish there
were four chapels, St Ninian's at Tulla-
threwie, and three others at Heathery-
hillock, Brawlanknowes, called sometimes
Moralehouse, and Kirkney. Within the
bounds there was a Well of St Finan.]
THOMAS GARDEN, adm. to perpetual
vicarage on res. of James Strachan
19th June 1566.— [Prot. Book, Gilbert
Grote, 275.]
STRATHBOGIE]
GARTLY
309
1567
GEOEGE NICOLSON, M.A. j extorter
in 1567 ; became min. in 1574 and
was still in the charge in 1594. From
1574 he also held Drumdelgie, Essie, and
Rhynie. He marr. Janet Abercromby, and
had issue — Agnes (marr. Robert Gordon in
Cleit; Joanna, served heiress 1st Feb. 1604).
He had a natural son by Isabel Barclay
called Robert, who had Letters of Legiti-
mation 3rd Dec. 1592.— [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
v., 2217 ; Acts and Dec, ccxxiii., 316.]
1574 JAMES LESLIE, reader in 1574.
WALTER RICHIESON [or RICHARD-
SON], min. in 1596; he also held
1596
Drumdelgie.
1601
GEORGE CHALMER of Easter Tyrie
and Peterstorm ; M.A. ; held this
parish and probably also Drumdelgie
in conjunction with Botarie [Cairney] from
1601 to 1607.
WILLIAM REID of Glasgowego; trans,
from Forgue and adm. before 15th
1607 July 1607; dem. 1st May 1649 ; held
probably also Drumdelgie till about 1615.
In 1631 it was reported that "he taxed the
faults of the parishioners bitterly, and not
in the language of scripture, whereby the
people, instead of being edified, were moved
to laughter and derision," and in 1648 he
was suspected of having subscribed the Act
approving of the "late unlawful Engage-
ment " ; buried at Old Machar 18th June
1650. He marr. and had issue — an only
son, Alexander of Glasgowego. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., x., 36.]
1649
JOHN" CHALMERS, born 1609, eldest
son of George C, min. of this
parish in 1601 ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1623); ord.
to Inveraven 10th Nov. 1630; called 20th
June, trans, and adm. (at Inverkeithny)
25th July, and inst. 29th July 1649; was
recommended by the Synod to get an
assistant 5th April 1660 ; last mentioned
at a meeting of Synod 2nd April 1661 ;
died before 21st Dec. 1671. He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Adam Duff of Drummuir, and had
issue — William, min. of this parish and of
Rathven; Janet, bapt. 3rd May 1632; John,
bapt. 5th Aug. 1633 ; Elizabeth, bapt. 27th
June 1634 ; Adam, bapt. 2nd Dec. 1635 ;
Jane, bapt. March 1637 ; Beatrix, bapt.
22nd April 1638; Isobel, bapt. 27th Sept.
1640 ; Alexander.
ALEXANDER GAIRDYNE, M.A.; ord.
(assistant) after 5th April, and before
the meeting of Synod on 2nd Oct.
1660; trans, to Old Deer after 4th April
1665.
1660
1666
WILLIAM CHALMERS, son of above
John C. ; M.A. ; ord. before 3rd
April 1666 ; received into com-
munion by Commission of Assembly 2nd
July 1694 ; trans, to Rathven in 1699.
1701
JOHN URQUHART, M.A.; ord. in
1701 ; trans, to St Andrews (Elgin)
12th Nov. 1717.
1719
THOMAS FAIRBAIRN, born about
1692, a native of the Scottish
Border, son of James F. ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; sent North by
the General Assembly June 1716 ; ord. to
Rothes 24th April 1717 ; called 24th Aug.,
trans, and adm. 7th Oct. 1719 ; died 10th
July 1756. He marr. 2nd Feb. 1721,
Barbara, daugh. of James Gordon of Auch-
lyne, and had issue — Rachel ; Thomas,
apprenticed to a W.S. in 1739; James,
M.D. ; Edward [all above the age of 16
in 1736]; Alexander, born 6th Feb. 1736.
— [Moray Tests.]
ROGER MOODIE, M.A. ; pres. by
,„_,- the commissioners for Alexander,
Duke of Gordon, before 5th Jan.,
and ord. 11th May 1757; trans, to
Monimail 24th July 1766.
GEORGE TAYLOR, educated at
„ Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1757); licen. by Presb. of Deer
24th Nov. 1762 ; ord. 13th Aug. 1766, with
a view to this parish ; pres. by Alexander,
Duke of Gordon, before 19th Aug., and
adm. 19th Sept. 1766 ; dep. for immorality
20th July 1769, and went abroad.
310
GARTLY
[PRESB. OF
JAMES SCOTT, born 1729, son of
1770 Alexander S. ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Cairston ; assistant at Bellie in
1765 ; ord. assistant at Bellie 25th March
1767 ; pres. by Alexander, Duke of
Gordon, before 17th Jan., and adm. 21st
March 1770; died 11th Dec. 1817. He
marr. 5th Aug. 1773, Jane (died 14th May
1792), daugh. of Thomas Johnston, min.
of Boharm, and had issue — Charlotte,
born 23rd Oct. 1774; Mary, born 25th
March, died 21st April 1776 ; Jane, born
11th May 1777 (marr. John Cruickshank,
min. of Glass) ; Alexander, born 9th June
1779; Mary, born 17th Dec. 1781, died
9th May 1792 ; William, born 29th Dec.
1783, died 10th Jan. 1784. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xi.).
JOHN ROBERTSON, born Huntly,
1818 1^8^! son °f Charles R. ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1799) ; schoolmaster at Insch ; licen.
by Presb. of Garioch 14th Oct. 1806 ; pres.
by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, before
20th March, and found by the Presb.
unqualified 11th Nov. 1818 ; ord. by order
of the General Assembly of 1819, 8th July
that year. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Gartly,
1843-55 ; died at Aberdeen, 3rd June 1855.
He marr. 8th June 1814, Jessie Gordon
(died at Kintore, 3rd Sept. 1865), natural
daugh. of Alexander, Duke of Gordon, and
had issue — Helen Gordon, born 1st Sept.
1815 (marr. 9th March 1843, William
Ingram, min. of the Free Church, Rothie-
may) ; Alexina, born 4th Aug. 1817 (marr.
Murdoch Mackay, min. of the Free Church,
Fordyce) ; Alexander, M.A. (Marischal Col-
lege 1837), born 8th Feb. 1819 ; Charles,
born 3rd Dec. 1821 ; John, M.A. (Marischal
College 1842), born 24th Jan. 1824 ; Jessie
Ann, born 18th Sept. 1825, died 19th April
1908 ; Francis Gowdie, born 5th Dec. 1827 ;
Katherine ; George ; William Lennox,
M.D., Cheltenham ; Tyndal. Publication
— Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xiii.).— [Acts of Assembly, 1819, 1843 ; Scot.
Jurist, xv.]
JAMES THOMSON, born 1808, son of
1843 James T., farmer, Corskie, Spey-
mouth ; educated at Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1829) ;
licen. by Presb. of Elgin 25th March 1835 ;
assistant at Enzie Chapel, 1835-40 ; school-
master of Speymouth, 1840-3; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Richmond, 23rd Aug.,
and ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ; died 21st March
1878. He marr. 29th Oct. 1844, Marion
(died 3rd March 1901), daugh. of Lieut.
James Hay of the 93rd Foot, and had
issue — Isabella Jane, born 26th Nov. 1846,
died 3rd June 1870; Marion Grant, born
20th July 1848 ; Jane Leslie, born 2nd
July 1851 (marr. 8th March 1877, John
Thompson, M.D., R.N., Comerford) ; Selina
Gordon, born 13th Feb. 1853 ; John, M.D.
(Aberdeen, 1882), Sedbergh, Yorkshire, born
6th Sept. 1854, died 27th June 1887 ; James,
born 29th Feb. 1856; William Hay, born
15th Nov. 1857 ; Sarah Elizabeth, born 5th
Sept. 1859 ; Thomas Pickthorn, M.B., CM.
(Aberdeen, 1882), Goodwick, Pembroke-
shire, born 12th March 1861 ; Catherine,
born 9th Sept. 1862 ; Amelia Hay, born
12th April 1866 (marr. (1) J. H. Norden,
Lancaster Gate, London, (2) George Simp-
son Duncan, Professor of Biblical Criticism,
Univ. of St Andrews), died 23rd Feb.
1924.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born
187a Mannofield, Aberdeen, 1830, son of
John A., labourer, and Jane Beattie ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1848); schoolmaster of Bogmoor,
Bellie, 1848-58 ; licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 13th Feb. 1856 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) at Rhynie 2nd Dec. 1858 ; elected
13th May, trans, and adm. 18th July
1878; died 13th Feb. 1910. He marr.
15th July 1852, Catherine (died 6th Sept.
1902), daugh. of George Forbes, and had
issue — George Forbes, born 29th May 1853,
died 1st Jan. 1875 ; Jamima Catherine
Campbell, born 16th Aug. 1855 (marr.
William Allardyce, min. of Rothiemay) ;
Alexander John, min. of Auchindoir, born
23rd March 1857 ; Isabella Jane, born 9th
Oct. 1859 ; Jane Georgina, born 7th May
1862 ; Mary Ann Forbes, born 10th May
strathbogie] GARTLY— GLASS AND DALMEATH
311
1865 ; Alfred William, min. of Craig-
lockhart, born 20th Sept. 1869 ; James
Storie, born 21st March 1873. Publications
— Hoto We Knoio : Bible-Class Expositions
in some Leading Doctrines of the Gospel
(Edinburgh, 1908).
WILLIAM SUTHEBLAND, born
1908 Pa"s^ °f Elgin 14th Sept. 1871, son
of Sinclair S. and Jessie Milne ;
educated at Clachmarras School, Elgin
Academy, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1894), B.D. (1898); licen. by Presb. of
Elgin in 1898; assistant at Marnoch and
South Parish, Aberdeen; ord. to Forglen
31st Jan. 1900 ; elected 6th Oct., trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 12th Nov.
1908. Marr. 12th June 1923, Isobel Cran
Bruce, daugh. of Peter Mortimer Turnbull,
Smithston, Khynie.
GLASS AND DALMEATH.
[These parishes were united 25th Feb.
1618.
Glass. — The church of Glass was dedi-
cated to St Andrew. In the parish were
two holy Wells, Our Lady's and St Anne's.
Dalmeath. — The church of Dalmeath was
dedicated to St Faolchu, Abbot of Iona. St
Faolchu's Spring, hard by, was commonly
called St Walloch's Well]
ALEXANDEE LESLIE, M.A.; held
this parish in conjunction with
Botarie (Cairney) from 1574 to
1574
1585.
PATEICK MITCHELL, reader from
1574 1574 to 1576.
EOBEET MOSSMAN, reader from 1576
1576 to 1579.
WILLIAM CLEEK, reader from 1580
1580 to 1585.
JOHN FOBEE [or FOESTEE], reader
1685 in 1585.
ALEXANDEE GOEDON, held this
parish in conjunction with Botriph-
1586
nie from 1586 to 1588.
15S9
THOMAS ANDEESON, M.A. ; pres.
by George, Earl of Huntly, Jan.
1589 ; pres. to Dalmeath by James
VI. 28th Aug. 1598, holding that parish
in conjunction with Glass ; was still in
the charge at 13th June 1616. He marr.
and had issue — James ; Alexander, min. of
St Andrews-Lhanbryd — [Aberdeen Sas., iii.
413, 414, v. 12.]
1618
WILLIAM MILNE, educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1610);
schoolmaster of Eothiemay; ord. to
Euthven in 1617 ; pres. by George, Mar-
quess of Huntly, 25th, trans, and coll. 28th
Feb. 1618 ; died after 26th July 1643. He
left a widow, Christian Abernethy.
GEOEGE MELDEUM of Crombie, in
Marnoch, born 1616, second son of
John M. of Laithers and Margaret
Duff; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1637); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen ; pres. by Alexander, Lord
Spynie, Nov. 1643, and by George, Mar-
quess of Huntly, in Jan., and ord. 24th April
1644 ; was suspended 25th May 1 664 for
his refusal to acknowledge Episcopacy, and
dep. 5th Oct. following. He retired to
Crombie ; returned to this charge in 1690,
when he was a member of Assembly 16th
Oct., and one of the Commission for
visiting north of the Tay ; died Nov. 1692.
He marr. Jan. 1680, his cousin Jean (died
in 1725), second daugh. of Alexander Duff
of Keithmore, and had issue — Jean (marr.
James Duff of Crombie, second son of
Provost William Duff of Inverness); Helen,
(marr. Alexander Abercrombie of Glass-
augh); Isobel (marr. Archibald Ogilvie of
Eothiemay, advocate), died 29th Oct. 1760.
— [Tombst. ; Moray Tests. ; Ind. to Services ;
Henderson's Epitaphs, 330.]
JAMES GOEDON, M.A.; ord. before
3rd April 1666; dep. and excom-
1666 municated, 23rd Oct. 1667, for
breaking an engagement of marriage and
eloping with another woman. He was
relaxed from excommunication, Oct. 1668,
and restored to the Exercise, as an
"expectant," 6th April 1670, but declared
312
GLASS AND DALMEATH
[PRESB. OF
1668
incapable of holding a charge in the diocese
of Moray. He was min. of Coull before
26th April 1671.
PATRICK ROSE, son of Alexander R.,
min. of Monymusk ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1662); ord. before 6th Oct. 1668; died
before 8th April 1679, leaving two daughs.
— Jean ; Anna.
ALEXANDER ALEXANDER of
16_g Mugiemoss (in which he succeeded
his brother William in 1708), born
about 1644, son of Alexander A., bailie of
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1664) ; afterwards regent
there ; licen. by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 22nd July 1675 ; ord. before
8th April 1679 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment restoring the Presbyterian mins. 25th
April 1690. He returned in 1693 ; having
been pursued for intrusion, he produced
an Act of the Privy Council giving him
the protection of the Government, and
allowing him to continue in the parish ;
died in 1713. He marr. Margaret Collison,
and had issue — Alexander of Auchmill,
and five daughs. — [P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., ix.,
290 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8736 ; Douglas's East
Coast.']
GEORGE MELDRUM [above men-
1690 tioned].
ALEXANDER ALEXANDER [above
1693 mentioned].
WALTER SIME, M.A. ; caUed by the
1714 Presb. jure devoluto 17th March,
and ord. 23rd Sept. 1714; trans, to
Mortlach 23rd April 1734.
ALEXANDER CHALMERS, born
j-.g about 1680, son of George C, min.
of Botriphnie ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1700);
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith ; pres. by
Henrietta, Duchess of Gordon, before 18th
Sept. 1734; ord. 19th March 1735; died
(after a long illness) 7th April 1756. He
marr. 22nd June 1738, Anne (died 27th
July 1786), daugh. of Walter Sime, min.
of this parish, and had issue — Margaret,
born 7th Jan. 1741 ; Anne, born 26th
July 1743 (marr. — — Thomson) ; George,
M.A., surgeon - apothecary, London, born
25th Sept. 1744, died March 1769; Walter,
born 2nd Dec. 1745.
JOHN COOPER, bom Huntly, 1717,
,„„ son of Andrew C. ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1734-8 ;
licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 19th Jan.
1742 ; became tutor in the family of
Captain Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards,
Forres, 1747-9 ; ord. by Presb. of Abertarff
as missionary at Fort-William 11th Aug.
1752 ; pres. by the trustees of Alexander,
Duke of Gordon, before 8th Sept., and
adm. 8th Dec. 1756; died 20th Dec.
1795. He marr. (1) 1st Nov. 1783, Helen
Urquhart (died s.p. 2nd April 1785) :
(2) 28th Sept. 1790, Anne Thomson, who
died s.p. at Huntly, 25th Feb. 1832. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Tombst. ; Moray Tests.]
1796
JOHN FINLATEE, M.A. ; ord. (assist-
ant 16th Dec. 1790; pres. by Alex-
ander, Duke of Gordon, 30th Jan.,
and adm. 23rd June 1796 ; trans, to Cairney
11th June 1799.
JOHN CRUICKSHANK, born Cul-
17qq salmond, 1765, son of William C. ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1785) ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 25th March 1795 ; pres. by
Alexander, Duke of Gordon, before 30th
July, and ord. 12th Sept. 1799; died 20th
Dec. 1841. He was the oldest member of
the Presb. when the Marnoch Case was
under discussion, and his counsel was
greatly valued by his brethren. Along
with six others he was dep. by the General
Assembly of 1841 for failure to carry out
the injunction of that Court. He marr.
28th Aug. 1S02, Jane (died at Aberdeen,
6th Jan. 1853, aged 75), daugh. of James
Scott, min. of Gartly, and had issue — Jane,
born 18th June 1803 (marr. 14th Oct. 184],
Edward Wagstaff, Fochabers), died 10th
Jan. 1888 ; James Alexander, min. of
Mortlach, born 8th Oct. 1804; Charlotte,
born 11th March 1806 (marr. William
Duguid, min. of this parish) ; John, M.A.
(1821), student of medicine, born 17th
steathbogie] GLASS AND DALMEATH— DALMEATH
313
Dec. 1807, died at Aberdeen, 12th May
1824 ; Alexander, M.A., M.D., Elgin, born
29th May 1809, died 4th Nov. 1848 ; Janet,
born 15th Nov. 1810, died at Fochabers,
19th Oct. 1886 ; George, M.A., advocate in
Aberdeen, born 24th May 1812, died 21st
March 1848 ; Brodie, M.A., member of
Legislative Council, Cape Coast Castle,
born 22nd Dec. 1813, died at Lisbon, 17th
Nov. 1854 ; Charles, M.A., schoolmaster of
Glass (1831-7), afterwards in Civil Service,
Victoria, born 1st Dec. 1815, died at Foch-
abers, 3rd Aug. 1871 ; Frances Margaret,
born 13th Sept. 1817, died at Fochabers, 8th
June 1881 ; Patrick, M.A., M.D., H.E.I.C.S.,
born 13th July 1819, died at sea between
Suez and Bombay, 10th Dec. 1851 ; Morris,
M.B.C.S.E., surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 18th
July 1821, died near Murzee, on the Indus,
4th Nov. 1854; William, born 7th Dec.
1823, died 24th Dec. 1827. Publication-
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xiii.). — [Bryce's Ten Tears of the Church ;
Acts of Ass., 1838, 1841, 1843; Henderson's
Epitaphs, 331.]
WILLIAM DUGUID, born Fyvie, 1794,
son of Peter D., farmer ; educated at
Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1812); schoolmaster of Glass, 1812-21 ;
classical master in Old Aberdeen Grammar
School, 1821-6; classical master at Elgin
Academy, 1826-42 ; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 5th May 1819; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Bichmond, before 2nd March, and
ord. 21st April 1842 ; D.D. (King's College
1853); died 29th Aug. 1877. He was an
eminent classical scholar and teacher. One
of his pupils was Sir William Duguid
Geddes, Principal of Aberdeen Univ. , who
was named after him. He marr. Charlotte
(died 19th June 1870, aged 64), daugh. of
John Cruickshank, min. of this parish, and
had issue — William, born 1838, died at
Elgin, Sept. 1840 ; Jane Frances, born 1840
(marr. 31st Jan. 1867, Kobert Grant, M.D.,
army surgeon). — [Tablet in Church.]
DUNCAN MEABNS BOSS, born 22nd
,_„_ July 1852, son of William B., min.
of Kintore ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1871) ; licen. by Presb.
of Garioch 1st July 1874 ; elected 4th July,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Aug.
1876 ; died unmarr. 5th Feb. 1913.
WILLIAM GALLETLY GUTHEIE,
191s born Peterhead, 25th Nov. 1865,
son of Alexander G. and Annie
Whyte; educated at Peterhead Academy,
Old Aberdeen Grammar School, and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1898);
schoolmaster at Corse and Leochel-Cushnie;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1898 ;
assistant at John Knox's, Aberdeen,
1898-1900; ord. to Logie-Buchan 11th Sept.
1900; trans, and adm. 25th July 1913.
Marr. 18th Sept. 1888, Maria Anne, daugh.
of William Peters and Margaret Gibson,
and has issue — Annie White, born 9th
Aug. 1889 ; Albert John, lieut. 5th Gordon
Highlanders, born 19th Jan. 1891, killed
in action on the Somme, 30th July 1916 ;
Alexander, licentiate of the Church, lieut.
1st Highland Brigade, B.F.A., born 8th
Oct. 1893, killed in action at Nieuport,
Belgium, 12th July 1917 ; Margaret Isobel,
born 1st April 1895 (marr. David Norman
Masson, min. of Slains) ; Elizabeth Paton
Gloag, born 16th Feb. 1899 (marr. Philip
Lawrence, min. of the U.F. Church, New
Deer); Thomas, in Winnipeg, born 4th
Jan. 1902.
DALMEATH.
[This parish, whose church was locally
known as Walla Kirk, was annexed to
Glass 25th Feb. 1618.]
GEOEGE LESLIE, M.A. ; held Dal-
15^4 meath in conjunction with Mortlach
in 1574.
WILLIAM ABEBCEOMBIE, reader at
15„s Dundurcas; pres. by James VI. 11th
June 1575 ; became exhorter here
and afterwards min. ; still in the charge
in 1585.
THOMAS ANDEBSON, M.A. ; min. of
1598 Glass ; pres. by James VI. 28th Aug,
1598, and held the parish in con-
junction with Glass.
314
GRANGE
[PRESB. OF
GRANGE.
[The parish of Grange was severed from
Keith in 1618. Two springs within the
bounds were called Our Lady's Well and
the Eood Well.]
ROBERT WATSON, educated at King's
1615 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1608); ord.
at Grange before 6th July 1615 ;
became first min. of the parish in 1618.
He complained to the Presb., 5th Aug.
1639, of an attack made upon him on his
way to the Presb. by George Jameson and
Angus Bain Mackintosh. " Furnished with
guns, swords, and targes," they struck him
" most violentlie off his horse to the ground,
and with their guns and stones knocked
him in the arms and breast to his great
hurt, so that scarcely was he able to draw
his breath. Also, they strake his servant
to the ground, and held ane drawn dirk at
his breast and boxed him." The affair
was ordered to be reported to the General
Assembly, who, on 22nd Aug., referred
" this great disorder, earnestlie and
humblie," to the Commissioner, John, Earl
of Traquair, but nothing further appears.
W. was dep. 3rd Oct. 1650 for negligence
in exercising discipline, but on 13th Nov.
a letter from Andrew Cant was read to the
Presb. desiring the Court " not to be hastie
in declaring the kirk vacand,"and declaring
that W. "would get hearing before the
Assembly." He was accordingly reponed.
On 12th Feb. 1651 he was asked " how he
spent the Lord's Day when there was
no sermon at Grange," and answered
that he " went sumtymes to Ordifull
[Ordiquhil], and in the winter season,
when his family has been visited with
sickness, he stayed at home with them."
He died before 13th Aug. 1651, aged
about 63. He marr. Eupbam, daugh. of
Hew Adamson, burgess of Edinburgh, she
survived him, and had issue — George,
min. of Leochel, served heir 1st March
1654 ; Alexander, schoolmaster of Grange ;
Katherine (man-. Robert Dunbar, min.
of Kearn). Publication — Elegia XXII.
[Forbes's Funerals'] (1735).— [Moray Tests. ;
Peterkin's Records ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3907 ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccciii., 219.]
ALEXANDER KER, son of Andrew K,
1652 min. of Glenbuchat ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen: M.A.
(1647); licen. by Presb. of Alford; called
6th July 1651 ; ord. 8th Jan. 1652 ; he had
a resignation of the Knock of Strathylay in
favour of himself and his wife 7th March
1672. He was summoned before the Privy
Council, 7th Nov. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates and failing to
pray for King William and Queen Mary,
but his parishioners having affirmed that
he had given obedience, he was acquitted ;
died in 1693, aged 66. He has been
described as "a man of great ability and
unwearied activity, richly endowed with all
the gifts necessary to a minister." He
marr. (1) Anne Gordon (see her remarkable
tombstone at Grange), and had issue —
Isabel ; Katherine ; Bessie ; Helen : (2)
16th Aug. 1666, Elizabeth (died May
1728), daugh. of Alexander Burnett of
Sheddocksley, and had issue — John, min.
of Roxburgh; Andrew, min. of Bathven;
James ; Patrick ; William, M.A., writer,
Edinburgh, born 1669, died 1734 ; Thomas ;
Gilbert, burgess of Aberdeen, 9th Sept.
1683 ; Christian (marr. cont. 4th July 1678
James Ogilvy, burgess of Cullen).— [Aber-
deen Tests. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church; Book of the
Chronicles of Keith, 369; Banff Sas., iii.,
187.]
JAMES MURRAY, called 31st Dec.
1699; ord. 30th April 1700; died
2nd Oct. 1739. He marr. (1) 13th
Aug. 1700, at Dyke, Margaret Brodie, and
had issue — Thomas; Alexander, min. of
Birnie : (2) 8th Dec. 1714, at Elgin, Janet
Gordon, who died May 1746.
ALEXANDER STEWART, pres. by Sir
Arthur Forbes of Craigievar before
26th March 1740, and (after a com-
peting presentation had been withdrawn)
ord. 12th March 1741 ; trans, to Leslie 3rd
June 1752.
steathbogie]
GRANGE
315
1752
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, born 19th
Oct. 1708, son of George O, min. of
Alvah; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (1724) ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordyce 25th July 1733; Eoyal Bounty
missionary at Cairney, 1738-47, and at
Glenlivet, 1747-52; ord. by Presb. of
Aberlour 2nd May 1749; pres. to New-
burgh, but rejected by Presb. of Cupar 20th
March 1750 ; pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes,
Bart., of Craigievar, before 12th Aug., and
adm. 27th Sept. 1752 ; died 16th Oct. 1774,
"diligent in office, learned in science, an
animated friend, a cheerful companion."
He marr. 21st Dec. 1752, Barbara (died s.p.
at Aberdeen 23rd June 1795), daugh. of
Alexander Irvine, min. of Fordyce. —
\Tombst. ; Chronicles of Keith, 370.]
JOHN DUFF, born 21st Oct. 1745, son
177e of William D., min. of Bothiemay ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen, 1761-5 ; licen. by Presb. of Turriff
5th April 1775 ; pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 9th Aug. 1775; (after appeals to
the General Assembly and to the Court of
Session) ord. 5th Sept. 1776 ; died unmarr.
31st March 1779.
FRANCIS FORBES of Camphill
1779 [which he sold in 1783], born 1752,
son of Patrick F. of Camphill, of
the Monymusk family, and Elspeth
Middleton ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen : MA. (1772); licen. by Presb. of
Alford 26th July 1775 ; pres. by Sir William
Forbes of Craigievar, Bart., before 4th Aug.,
and ord. 9th Sept. 1779; died 5th May
1821. He marr. 24th Aug. 1775, Isabella
(predeceased her husband), daugh. of
Samuel Copland, D.D., min. of Fintray,
and had issue — Patrick, min. of Old
Machar, born 17th June 1776 ; Jean, born
19th Feb. 1780, died 5th May 1793 ; Hope
(daugh.), born 24th March 1781 ; Margaret,
born 12th Dec. 1782, died 25th Nov. 1868 ;
Isabella, born 10th Aug. 1784, died 27th
May 1798 ; Helen, born 9th Aug. 1786, died
1873; Elizabeth, born 11th Dec. 1788, died
21st May 1792; Elizabeth, born 3rd July
1792. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.]
WILLIAM DUFF, born Lockerbie, Jan.
1822 ^90, son °f John D., descended
from Patrick D. of Craigston, third
son of Alexander D. of Keithmore, and
Margaret Latimer (a Quakeress) ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben 5th Aug. 1817 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Fife, before 5th Dec. 1821; ord.
17th Jan. 1822; died 23rd Sept. 1844.
Dr Hew Scott tells the curious story that
in the arrangement of the viands for a
dinner party at the manse Mrs Edwards,
wife of the parish schoolmaster, made some
remarks about the same which gave great
offence, started many disputes of various
kinds in the Presb., and was an indirect
origin of the Secession of 1843. He marr.
18th Oct. 1821, Mary (died at Banff, 27th
April 1873, aged 83), daugh. of James
Steinson, leather merchant, and Jane
Simpson, and had issue — William Latimer,
general, U.S. Army, born 12th Oct. 1822,
died 27th June 1894 ; Caroline Maria
Manners, born 25th March 1824 (marr.
1842, Henry M. Elderton), died 1875;
James, born 9th Jan., died 2nd July 1826 ;
John, MA. (1846), born 22nd June 1827,
died Feb. 1849 ; Andrew Halliday, essayist
and dramatist, one of the founders of the
Savage Club 1857, and a voluminous
author, born in 1829, died in London 10th
April 1877; Mary Keith, born 1832, died
Sept. 1848 ; James Smith, Chicago, born
1834 ; Jane Simpson, born 1837 (marr.
James Martin, Macduff); Margaret, born
1840, died young. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace., xiii.). — [Scot.
Notes and Queries, xii., 40 ; Scot. Jurist,
xv. ; Inglis's Dramatic Writers of Scotland,
49, 132; Diet. Nat. Biog. [for Andrew
Halliday D.] ; Fam. of Duff, ii., 540.]
GEORGE JAMIESON, MA. ; pres. by
James, Earl of Fife, 18th March,
trans, from Gilcomston and adm.
14th May 1845 ; trans, to Old Machar 3rd
June 1858.
JAMES ALLAN, MA. ; pres. by James,
Earl of Fife,, before 7th July, and
adm. 26th Aug. 1858 ; trans, to Keith
1st Oct. 1867.
1853
316
GRANGE— HUNTLY
[PKESB. OF
1867
JOHN RUSSELL, born Spynie, 1829,
son of James R., farmer, and Isabell
Russell ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1852); schoolmaster of
Urquhart ; ord. to Skene 29th March 1860 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Fife, before 10th Oct.,
trans, and adm. 12th Dec. 1867 ; died 17th
Dec. 1889. He marr. 12th April 1860, Char-
lotte Eniilie (died 23rd Dec. 1899), daugh. of
Colonel Thomas Duff Gordon of Park and
Joanna Maria Grant, and had issue —
Thomas William, born 5th March 1861;
James Hay Gordon, born 19th April 1862 ;
John, M.A. (Aberdeen 1886), L.R.C.P., Lon-
don, born 12th May 1863 ; Alexander David,
M.A. (Aberdeen 1899), LL.B. (Edinburgh
1890), advocate, Chief Magistrate, Gambia,
West Africa, author of Horseman's Word,
a Banffshire tale, born 29th Aug. 1864;
Lachlan Duff, born 30th June 1866, died
17th Dec. 1869; Edmond Steuart, min. of
Poolewe, born 16th Jan. 1868 ; Ernest
Gordon, born 17th June 1870; Joanna
Maria, born 2nd May 1872 ; Isabella
Helen, born 18th June 1873 ; Charles
Archibald, born 15th March 1876 ; Robert
Louis, born 1st Nov. 1878.
JAMES LUMSDEN, M.A, B.D. ;
elected 10th April, and ord. 14th
May 1890 ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 16th Feb. 1909 (cf. Vol. I.,
123) ; trans, to Ratho 2nd March 1917.
GEORGE ANDREW JOHNSTON,
born Inverurie, 5th June 1859, son
of Peter J., farmer, and Catherine
Ironside ; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1883), B.D. (1S86) ; assistant at
Cruden ; ord. to Old Deer 3rd March 1887 ;
dep. 23rd May 1892; reponed and adm. to
John Knox's Parish, Aberdeen, 20th June
1906 ; trans, and adm. to this charge 6th
July 1909 ; died 6th Jan. 1915. He was a
very popular preacher in Aberdeenshire.
He marr. 4th June 1895, Mary, daugh. of
William Wilson, grocer, and Mary Dowie,
and had issue — John Wyness Mathieson,
born 3rd Jan. 1898 ; Catherine Jessie, born
7th July 1900; Jeannie Ann Wilson, born
2nd Sept. 1902 ; George Andrew, born 7th
Feb. 1913. — [Book of John Knox's Church
(portrait), Aberdeen, 1910.]
1890
1909
1915
JOHN GRAHAM CRANMER, born
1st Feb. 1874, son of John C,
town clerk, Milngavie, and Margaret
Alexander Graham ; educated at Bears-
den Higher Grade School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1894), B.D. (1896) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton in 1897 ; assistant
at Dunblane, Tullibody, and North Leith
ord. to St Leonard's, Lanark, 20th Nov
1902; trans, and adm. 23rd June 1915
Marr. 25th Aug. 1905, Catherine Mary,
daugh. of James Gordon, min. of Twyn
holm, and has issue — Catherine Hilston,
born 16th Jan. 1911 ; James Gordon, born
21st March 1913 ; Margaret Graham, born
20th Oct. 1915 ; Penelope Agnes, born 17th
Feb. 1918.
HUNTLY, or DUNBENNAN,
AND KINNOIR.
[The parishes of Dunbennan and Kinnoir
were united about 1567 and the parish was
called Kinnoir and Dunbennan. About
1615 part of Drumdelgie lying on the south
side of the Deveron was added. On 17th
Jan. 1725 the name Huntly was adopted
on the union of the parishes of Dunbennan
and Kinnoir.
Dunbennan. — The church of Dunbennan
was dedicated to St Peter. In 1727 the
parish church was removed from Dun-
bennan to a place called of old Tirasowl,
now within the town of Huntly. Huntly
held a fair of St Peter and a Lammas fair.
Kinnoir. — The church of Kinnoir was
dedicated to St Mungo, and in the parish
is St Mungo's Hill. There were also
within its bounds Wells of St Mungo and
St John.]
PATRICK HEPBURN, rector in 1561.
1561 —[Grote's Prot. Book, 261.]
ROBERT FRASER, min. of Kinnoir
1567 in 1567.
1567
JOHN PHILIP, trans, from Alford and
adm. in 1567 ; trans, to Turriff about
1572.
strathbogie]
HUNTLY
317
ROBERT KEITH, pres. by James VI.
ls>72 10th May 1572 ; trans, from Urquhart
and adm. soon afterwards, Ruthven
being also in the charge in 1574; died in
1580.
1574 WILLIAM SPENS, reader in 1574.
1580
JAMES DUFF, third son of Alexander
D. of Tirasowl and Elizabeth
Rutherford ; M.A. ; ord. to Coull
about 1576 ; pres. by James VI. 31st Dec.
1580 ; trans, and adm. soon afterwards ;
still in the charge in 1608. He had also
charge of Botarie [Cairney] from 1585 to
1589.
GEORGE CHALMERS of Easter Tyrie
leo4 and Peterstorm, born 1572, eldest
son of James C. of Kynoch and
Easter Tyrie, and his cousin Janet Chalmers
(natural daugh. of Duncan C, Chancellor
of Ross) ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1592) ; adm. to Crimond before 1596;
trans, to Botarie before 1599 ; trans, and
adm. before 16th Nov. 1604; died after
25th April and before 24th Oct. 1626. He
marr. Marion Lawson, and had issue —
John, min. of Gartly'; Alexander of
Ottingston, burgess of Aberdeen, 17th
Sept. 1632, alive in 1643; George, min.
of Rhynie ; William of Knockando ; Anna ;
Jean ; Isobel ; Elspet ; Margaret (marr.
Gilbert Marshall, min. of Inverness). —
[Chalmers and Trail Ancestry, 139 ; Aber-
deen Sas. Sec. Beg., iii., 401; Aberdeen Sas.,
L, 355 ; Banff Inhib., 30th May 1692.]
ALEXANDER MATHESON, reader in
1605 1605.
JOHN ANNAND, M.A. ; pres. before
24th April, and adm. before 30th
Oct. 1627 ; trans, to Inverness after
1st July 1640.
1627
JAMES GORDON, M.A. ; trans, from
1640 Kearn ; pres. by George, Marquess
of Huntly ; called 15th and inst.
30th Sept. 1640; dep. in May 1647 for
association with the Marquess of Huntly,
then under sentence of excommunication ;
was reponed by the Synod 8th Oct. 1657,
and became min. of Drumblade in 1659.
1651
WILLIAM JAMESON, born about 1625,
son of Robert J., min. of Botarie
[Cairney] ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 30th May 1649 ; pres. by the
Presb. jure devoluto 130th Jan. Jl 650; ord.
7th May 1651 ; died Feb. 1692. He marr.
and had issue — Elizabeth (second daugh.)
(marr., cont. 16th Dec. 1686, Henry Gordon
of Blairmaud).
LUDOVICK GORDON, son of James
1692 ®'' m*n' °^ Rothiemay; educated
at King's College; M.A. (1669);
adm. assistant at Rothiemay before 8th
Oct. 1680 ; trans, to Second Charge, Kirk-
caldy, 1683; deprived by Privy Council
29th Aug. 1689 ; intruded here ; pres. by
Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon; adm. 10th
April 1692; dep. for joining in the Rebellion
16th May 1716. He marr. (1) Anna Gordon,
widow of Robert Gordon, min. of Cairney,
and had issue— Alexander ; Jean : (2) cont.
31st Oct. 1713, Helen, only daugh. of
Robert Farquharson, min. of Kennethmont.
— [Beg. of Deeds, Dal., civ., i., 7th May 1716.]
JOHN SCROGIE, educated at Univ. of
m6 St Andrews ; M.A. (1704) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 7th Dec.
1715 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
19th Sept., and ord. 8th Nov. 1716; died
Nov. 1740. He marr. Elizabeth Innes,
and had issue — John, M.A. ; Elizabeth
(marr. John Touch, min. of Mortlach.)
ROBERT INNES, born 1710; educated
174„ at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1731-42; licen. by presb. of Strath-
bogie 11th Oct. 1738; Pres. by Cosmo,
Duke of Gordon, before 21st April 1741 ;
ord. 19th May 1742; died 13th March
1800. He marr. 10th June 1750, Elizabeth
(died 24th Dec. 1778), aged 50, daugh.
of John Gordon, Mill of Fintray, and
had issue — John, M.A. (Marischal College
1770), licen. by the Presb. 29th March
1780, dem. his licence 26th July 1781,
became a lieutenant in the army and died
at Huntly, 4th Dec. 1839, in his 90th
year; Robert, born 1751, died 13th Nov.
1757. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii).
318
HUNTLY
[PSESB. OF
GEORGE ROSS MONRO, bom 10th
1801 -^ov- 1770, son °f James M., mini,
of Cromarty; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1789); licen.
by Presb. of Chanonry 20th Aug. 1793;
app. missionary at Fort-Augustus 26th
March, and ord. (assistant) at Bellie 28th
Aug. 1800; pres. by Alexander, Duke
of Gordon, Aug. that year, but settle-
ment was delayed at the Duke's request
until 6th May 1801 ; died 10th March
1822. He marr. (1) 30th Aug. 1803,
Margaret (died s.p. 5th June 1804), daugh.
of James Reid of Ellishill : (2) 10th Jan.
1809, Agnes (died 1st Nov. 1873), daugh.
of James Milne, merchant, Aberdeen, and
had issue — Agnes, born 30th Oct. 1809,
(marr. 23rd Jan. 1840, James Westland,
banker, Aberdeen), died 3rd March 1889 ;
James, born 16th April 1811, died 1878;
Mary, born 6th June 1812, died 1833 ;
David, M.A., advocate, Aberdeen, born
17th April 1814, died at sea 30th Dec.
1850; George, born 22nd Oct. 1815, died
1844 ; Jane, born 24th June 1817 (marr.
16th Feb. 1860, William Longmore, banker
and distiller, Keith), died 1912 ; Charles,
born 28th June 1818, died 1860; William
Copland, M.A., writer, Dundee, born 5th
Feb. 1820, died 7th Sept. 1853; Helen
(posthumous), born 1822 (marr. 15th Aug.
1854, John Duguid Milne, advocate, Aber-
deen), died 18th April 1855.
JAMES WALKER, born Caputh 1795,
son of George W., farmer, and Helen
Anderson ; tutor in the family of Sir
Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr ; pres. by Alexander, Duke
of Gordon, before 27th Nov. 1822; ord.
26th March 1823 ; died unmarr. 27th Aug.
1871.
JOHN CUSHNY, born 12th Oct. 1826,
1R71 son of Alexander C, min. of Rayne ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1844) ; licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 24th Nov. 1847; ord. to Spey-
raouth 23rd Nov. 1848 ; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Richmond, 11th Sept., trans, and
adm. 14th Dec. 1871; died 13th March
1875. He marr. 2nd Jan. 1856, Catherine
Ogilvy (died 4th Jan. 1887), daugh. of
Alexander Brown, Procurator-Fiscal, Elgin,
and had issue — Catherine Anne, born 1st
Feb. 1859 ; Alexander, born 25th June
1860; John William, born 29th March
1862 ; James, born 4th Jan. 1864 ; Arthur
Robertson, M.A. (1886), M.B., CM. (1889),
M.D. (1892), LL.D., Professor of Pharma-
cology, Univ. College, London, and Materia
Medica, Edinburgh, born 6th March 1866,
died 25th Feb. 1926; Thomas Horatio, born
21st Oct. 1867; Robert Smith, bom 3rd
June 1870.
ADAM SEMPLE, born Paisley 1844,
187g son of Hugh S. and Marion Adam ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1869), B.D. (1873); licen. -by Presb. of
Paisley 6th Nov. 1872 ; assistant at St
Enoch's, Glasgow ; elected 30th Aug., and
ord. 16th Nov. 1875 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1896) ;
died unmarr. 14th Sept. 1914. Publica-
tions — " Eternal Life " : Scotch Sermons
(London, 1881); Lessons XVTLT. to XL.
[Church of Scotland Sabbath School
Teachers' Booh, Part II., Grade II.] (Edin-
burgh, 1890)
WILLIAM BORTHWICK, born school-
lgl_ house, Crossford, Dunfermline, 28th
Nov. 1884, son of Alexander B. and
Elizabeth M'Quillan ; educated at Cross-
ford School, Dunfermline High School,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1905),
B.D. (1908); licen. by Presb. of Dun-
fermline 9th May 1909 ; assistant at
Arbroath; ord. to Tarland 1st March 1911 ;
trans, and adm. 11th March 1915; trans,
to Leuchars 9th April 1924. Marr. 21st
July 1911, Jean Cochrane, daugh. of James
Kerr and Janet Lamont, and has issue —
Margaret Janet, born 7th Sept. 1913 ;
Elizabeth Tweedie, born 3rd Dec. 1916,
died 26th July 1922 ; Ailsa Jane Cochrane,
bom 8th Dec. 1918.
ADAM MACKAY, M.A., B.D.; trans.
1924 from Queen's Park, Glasgow (q.v.),
and adm. 24th July 1924. Marr. (2)
29th June 1921, Margaret, daugh. of Duncan
Urquhart, merchant, Tain. Publication —
(c/. Vol. TIL, 431) ; Distinguished Sons of
Cr-uden (Peterhead, 1922).
steathbogie]
KEITH
319
KEITH, of old KILMALRUF.
[The parish church was dedicated to
St Malrubh. Kilmalruf was a mensal
kirk of the Bishop of Moray. Fairs of
St Malrubh and St Alexander were held
at Keith.]
JOHN GORDON, a Komish priest,
conformed and became first Protest-
1660
ant min. in 1560.
ANDREW GUTHKIE, reader from
1567 1567 to 1574.
ANDREW YOUNG, MA; held this
1574 Parisn in conjunction with Spynie
from 1574 to 1576.
ROBERT MOSSMAN, reader from 1574
1574 to 1576 ; trans, to Glass in 1576.
ALEXANDER LESLIE, MA. ; held
7 this parish in conjunction with
Botarie, Elchies, and Glass from
1576 to 1580 [afterwards min. of Elchies].
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A.;
1580 min. in 1580; trans, to Elgin in 1581.
JOHN KNOX, MA. ; reader at Dun-
_ dorcas; was pres. in 1585; became
min. of Bellie.
JOHN PHILIP, trans, from Turriff,
158„ and adm. in 1589 ; trans, to Forgue
next year.
DAVID HENDERSON, min. in 1590;
1590 trans, to Ruthven in 1593.
THOMAS ANNAND ; trans, from Moy
(Forres), and adm. in 1599 ; was still
in the charge 31st May 1604, but
the parish was vacant at 1st Dec. 1605 ;
min. of Wick in 1614.
ROBERT HOWIE, M.A.; formerly
min. of Dundee; was adm. in 1606;
app. constant Moderator of Presb.
Dec. 1606 ; became Principal of St Mary's
College, St Andrews, 27th July 1607 (q.v.).
PATRICK GUTHRIE, M.A.; adm.
in 1607; became Sub-Principal of
1607 King's College, Aberdeen, in 1608,
and min. of Kinbathoch [Towie] in 1619.
1606
1610
JOHN CHALMERS, born 1575, son of
James C. of Kynoch and at Mill of
Strichen, and Janet Chalmers (natural
daugh. of Duncan O, Chancellor of Ross),
and younger brother of George C, min.
of Kinnoir and Dunbennan ; app. Sub-
Principal of King's College, Aberdeen, 1601,
with Old Machar in conjunction ; trans,
and adm. after 14th June 1610 ; after
celebrating a marriage on 4th June, in a
fit of melancholy he attempted suicide
and died 11th June 1611. He marr. a lady
whose name has not been recorded, but had
no issue. — [Chalmers and Trail Ancestry,
32; Calderwood's Hist, vii., 160-3 [contains
a full account of C.'s end] ; Thanage of
Fermartyn, 87 ; Chronicles of Keith, 255.]
PATRICK FORBES of Corse, ord. in
1612 ; app. Bishop of Aberdeen in
1612
1618 (q.v.).
ROBERT BARRON, MA. ; ord. in
1619 ; trans, to Greyfriars, Aber-
1619
deen, 27th Oct. 1624.
JOHN GUTHRIE, MA. ; ord. in 1625 ;
trans, to Duffus after 19th Jan.
1625 1631.
^JOSEPH BRODIE, MA. ; pres. by Sir
1631 William Forbes of Craigievar, inst.
and adm. 23rd June 1631 ; trans, to
Forres Dec. 1646.
[ALEXANDER GARIOCH, MA. ; min.
1647 °^ ^ushnie ; was pres. by Sir William
Forbes of Craigievar before 9th June
1647, but resigned the presentation before
27th Oct. that year when Sir William
promised to present William Kinninmonth
who had been recommended by the Com-
mission of Assembly.]
WILLIAM KINNINMONTH, born
1649 ak°ut !617 ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; MA. (1636); licen. by
Presb. of Cupar ; ord. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh as chaplain to General Leslie's
Regiment 12th Jan. 1644 ; pres. Jan. 1648,
and by the Presb. jure devoluto 13th June
1649; adm. 6th, and inst. 9th Sept. that
year; died in the beginning of 1665. He
marr., and had issue. — [Scot. Notes and
Queries, vii., 85.]
320
KEITH
[PKESB. OF
Sik JAMES STEACHAN of Thornton,
16 5 Bart., born 1644, only son of James
S. of Inchtuthill and Thornton, and
Mary, daugh. of David Ramsay of Balmain ;
succeeded to the baronetcy on the death
of his kinsman, Sir Alexander S., in 1659 ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (28th March 1660); licen. by the
Archbishop of St Andrews ; pres. by Sir
John Forbes of Craigievar ; ord. (at Elgin)
25th July 1665, and inst. before 3rd Oct.
following ; deprived by Decreet of the
Privy Council, 7th Nov. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for King William and
Queen Mary, but praying for the restora-
tion of King James. He set up an
Episcopal meeting-house in the parish
in which he was encouraged by many
Jacobites within the district, particularly
the laird of Boyne, against whom a procla-
mation had been issued for his participation
in the Invasion of 1689. In 1703 being
inhibited by the Privy Council, Sir James
retired to Inverness, where he died before
1715. He marr. (1) 24th Jan. 1654, Eliza-
beth (died 10th Jan. 1661 aged 25), daugh.
of Thomas Forbes of Waterton, and had
issue — James, died 1686 ; Mary ; Grizel
(marr. Sweton Grant, min. of Duthil) :
(2) 1663, Katherine (died in childbed 6th
April 1689), only child of John Kose of
Kellas, and Margaret Douglas, and had
issue — John of Kellas [which he sold in
1690 to John Farquharson of Binns], said
to have been killed in the Rising of 1715;
George, Episcopal min. ; Hugh, born 1672,
entered Douai College, 31st Jan. 1693,
returned as a missionary to Scotland in
1701, died at Douai 1745; Kenneth Francis,
schoolmaster of Rothiemay, 1695-7, entered
Douai College July 1700. — [Catholic
Spectator, v. ; Tombst. ; Peterkin's Con-
stitution of the Church ; Gordon's
Chronicles of Keith, 202 ; Cramond's
Church of Keith.']
LACHLAN ROSE, formerly min. of
Carmichael (q.v.) ; intruded 2nd
Nov. 1692 with consent of the
heritors ; the Commission of Assembly,
20th July 1694, prohibited him from
further service in the parish. On 24th
July he received from John Rose of
Allanbuie a bond of security for 5000
merks over the lands of Mulderies, Wester
Mulderies and Bouglain, Altbask, Forgie,
Garlin, and Culshangan.
[Parish vacant sis years.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, born 1672; edu-
.„._ cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to
South Leith 11th Sept. 1695 ; trans,
to Alves 16th May 1697; called 15th Jan.,
trans, and adm. after Sept. 1700; died
13th Jan. 1754. He was an early inspirer
of James Ferguson, the astronomer. He
marr. 7th Sept. 1698, Sarah Guthrie, who
died in 1713, and had issue — James, min.
of Foveran ; John, min. of Boharm ;
Margaret, died 1714 ; Katherine (marr.
William Scott, min. of Kirkwall); William;
a daugh., died in 1723. — [Antiq. of Aberdeen
and Banff, ii., 243.]
ANDREW SKENE ; pres. by Sir Arthur
1754 Forbes of Craigievar before 10th
July, and ord. 26th Sept. 1754;
trans, to Banff 27th April 1762.
JAMES ANDERSON, born 1707; edu-
1762 cate^ at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (March 1729) ; schoolmaster of
Cairney, 1730-5 ; licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 19th June 1734 ; ord. to Boyndie 13th
Dec. 1738 ; trans.ito Cullen 12th Dec. 1751 ;
pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes of Craigievar,
Bart., before 17th June, trans, and adm.
29th July 1762 ; died 6th Nov. 1770. He
marr. 3rd Feb. 1743, Jane Stewart, who
died 29th May 1774, aged 56, and had
issue— James, M.A. (1762), born 2nd Nov.
1743; Alexander, M.A. (1764), born 26th
July 1745, died Jan. 1766; George, M.A.
(1768), born 6th Jan. 1749; Elizabeth, born
28th Feb. 1751 (marr. James Glashan,
writer, Keith), died 10th July 1773 [she was
grandmother of John Stuart, LL.D., the
celebrated Scottish antiquary]; William,
born 26th May 1754; John, M.A., born
2nd Jan. 1756 ; Jean, born 28th Jan. 1758.
— [Tombst. ; Chronicles of Keith, 204.]
steathbogie]
KEITH
321
GEOKGE WILLIAM ALGERNON
1771 GORDON, born 1737, son of
Theodore G., min. of Kennethmont;
educated at King's College; M.A. (30th
March 1753); licen. by Presb. of Alford
30th Aug. 1758; ord. to Tullynessle 3rd
Oct. 1759 ; pres. by Sir Arthur Forbes
of Craigievar before 20th March, trans.
and adm. 6th Aug. 1771 ; died at Linton,
Cluny, 28th May 1794. He marr. 15th
Sept. 1767, Cecilia (died 10th April 1784,
aged 45), daugh. of Patrick Reid, min. of
Clatt, and had issue — Theodore, M.D., army
surgeon, born 1st July 1768 ; Thomas of
Overhall, in Jamaica (twin), born 1st July
1768, died on his passage home 15th June
1807 ; Peter (or Patrick) in U.S.A., born
24th Jan. 1770; Robert, born 15th July
1771 ; Forbes, born 1772, died 1801 ; John,
born 14th July 1774, died 25th June 1820 ;
Catherine, born 1778 (marr. , farmer,
Achlyne) ; Margaret Ann, born 4th Feb.
1781, died 24th Dec. 1811 ; Jane, died 10th
Jan. 1835.— [Tombst.]
1795
JAMES MACLEAN, MA. ; pres. by
Sir William Forbes of Craigievar
before 3rd Dec. 1794; adm. 14th
Jan. 1795 ; trans, to Urquhart (Elgin),
24th March 1825.
JAMES THOMSON, born Drumblade
1825 1,?85; educated at King's College
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th March 1804)
licen. by Presb. of Skye 4th April 1810
classical master in Elgin Academy, 1816-25
pres. by James, Earl Fife, before 4th May.
and ord. 6th July 1825; died 26th Nov.
1856. He was one of the majority of
the Presb. during the Marnoch Case, and
sometime Moderator, when he presided
"with such prudence, security, and forti-
tude, as to command the respect and
affection of his brethren, and those that
espoused their cause." He was eminent
for his piety and singular warmness of
heart. He marr. 13th March 1824, Isa-
bella Burgess, who died 10th Nov. 1882,
and had issue — Isabella, born 28th May
1826, died 21st June 1851 ; Anne, born
11th Oct. 1828, died 6th Jan. 1837;
Margaret, born 5th Oct. 1830 (marr. James
VOL. VI.
1857
Gray Mackenzie, surgeon) ; Alexander,
born 4th April 1832 ; James, born 9th
June 1834; Mary Elizabeth, born 14th
Nov. 1835 ; Charles Burgess, born 24th
Feb. and died 13th March 1837 ; William,
born 3rd July 1839 ; Ann Carolina, born
14th Aug. 1841 ; Richard Wharton, born
24th Sept. 1843.
THOMAS ANNAND, born Kintore,
1827, son of John A. ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1852); licen. by Presb. of Garioch 13th
May 1856; pres. by James, Earl Fife,
2nd April, and ord. 11th June 1857 ;
died 15th June 1867. He marr. 23rd Oct.
1866, Mary Ann (marr. (2) 4th Sept. 1878,
David Balsillie, M.A., House Governor,
Donaldson's Hospital, Edinburgh), i daugh.
of Anderson, draper, Inverurie, and
had issue — a posthumous son, born Aug.
1867, who died in early infancy.
JAMES ALLAN, M.A. ; trans, from
18_„ Grange ; pres. by James, Earl Fife,
27th June, and adm. 1st Oct. 1867;
trans, to Marnoch 3rd Aug. 1880.
WILLIAM ROBINSON PIRIE, M.A.,
1881 B.D. ; trans, from North Parish,
Stirling; elected 9th Nov. 1880;
adm. 12th Jan. 1881 ; trans, to Nairn 2nd
March 1898.
SYDNEY SMITH, born Edinburgh,
18g8 19th Dec. 1871, son of Daniel S.,
corn merchant; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1893), B.D. (1896) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1896;
assistant at Park Church, Glasgow ; elected
23rd May, and ord. 26th July 1898 ; dem.
10th Feb. 1914. Publication— Donald Mac-
farlane of Gigha and Cava (London, 1925).
MATTHEW STEWART, born East-
14 wood, Renfrewshire, 1st Jan. 1881,
son of John S. and Catherine Love
Macqueen ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1902), B.D.
(1909), and Balliol College, Oxford, B.A.
(1909) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1909; assistant at Pollokshields, 1909-11,
and Blackfriars, Glasgow, 1911-12; ord.
to St Paul's, Perth, 26th June 1912;
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MARNOCH
[PRESB. OF
trans, and adm. 19th Aug. 1914. Marr.
(1) 30th June 1915, Margaret Loudon (died
18th April 1923), daugh. of Alexander
Fraser, Mauldslie, Perth, and has issue —
John Love, born 22nd July 1918, died
12th Nov. 1919 ; Katherine Margaret
Loudon Fraser, born 20th Nov. 1921 :
(2) 16th Jan. 1926, Gladys Marriot, daugh.
of J. W. Kynoch, Isla Bank, Keith.
MARNOCH, of old ABER-
CHIRDER.
[St Marnoch was buried at Aberchirder.
The church there was dedicated to him,
and in it his relics were kept. It belonged
to the Abbey of Arbroath. Close to the
river Deveron, in this parish, stood of old a
building called the chapel of St Menimvius.
It is believed to have been dedicated to St
Monan. There was also within the bounds
a chapel of St John. A fair of St Marnoch
was held at Aberchirder. There were in
the parish four holy Wells, bearing the
names of Our Lady, St Marnoch, St Peter,
and St Hugh. In or about 1630 the parish
of Marnoch was taken from the Presbytery
of Turriff and added to that of Strathbogie.
There is a mission chapel within the bounds
at Aberchirder.]
FLOEENCE WINCHESTEK, exhorter
in 1567 ; min. in 1574, when he held
this parish in conjunction with Inver-
keithny ; still min. in 1595.
1567
1567 JOHN WILSON, reader in 1567.
GEOEGE DOUGLAS, reader from 1574
1574 to his death in 1579.
1577
Sik THOMAS GILL, chaplain j reader
at Aberchirder from 1577 to 1578. —
[Becords of Elgin, i., 152.]
WILLIAM DUNBAE, pres. to the
1580 vicarage 6th April 1580.
ALEXANDEE HAY, MA. ; pres. by
„_„ James VI. 18th June 1597 ; trans,
to Inverkeithny after 29th May
1608.
WALTEE HAY, M.A. ; probably son
of preceding; pres. by James VI.
1608 1st Aug. 1608 ; dem. after 8th June
1631 ; died before Jan. 1633. He marr.
Beatrix Gordon (who marr. (2) William, son
of James Hay of Eannes), and had issue. —
[Beg. of Deeds, dlii., 16th Feb. 1643.]
EICHAED MAITLAND, M.A.; pres.
1631 ky Charles I. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 4th March ; registered by the
Presb. as "inefficient," but ord. by the
Bishop (at Elgin) 8th Sept. 1631; dep.
by Commission of the General Assembly
at Aberdeen, 19th May 1647, for compli-
ance with the Marquess of Huntly. He
was reponed by the Synod, 16th July
1656, and was afterwards min. of Inver-
keithny.— [Aberdeen Burgh Sets., xxxviii.,
342.]
JOHN EEIDFUED, educated at King's
1648 ColleSe> Aberdeen; M.A. (1616);
was a member of Assembly, 21st
Nov. 1638, and was allowed by Parliament
4000 merks in consideration of his losses ;
adm. to Kinbathoch [Towie] before 1638 ;
pres. by Patrick, Earl of Panmure, before
6th Oct. 1647 ; trans, and adm. 19th March
1648; died before 5th July 1680. He
marr. Janet, only daugh. of John Forbes
of Balfluig, and had a numerous family.
HUGH CHALMEES, born 1648, eldest
1671 son of George C, min. of Ehynie ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1665) ; schoolmaster of Keith,
1665-71 ; ord. (assistant) 6th July 1671 ;
pres. by Charles II. 5th July, and adm.
before 8th Oct. 1680 ; died 5th June 1707.
His tombstone at Marnoch says of him
that he was " learned without vanity, pious
without ostentation, grave but not morose,
and constantly studied truth and peace."
He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander
Innes of Culquoich, and had issue — Alex-
ander, min. of this parish ; James, born
1679, died in infancy; William, born
1684, died 1716; James, M.A., Professor
of Divinity in Marischal College {q.v.\
born 1686; Margaret, born 1688; Elizabeth,
strathbogie]
MARNOCH
323
1707
born 1691. — [Thanage of Fermartyn, 86 ;
Chalmers and Trail Ancestry (portrait), 30,
51, 115.]
ALEXANDEE CHALMEKS of Cluny,
born 1682, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1699); licen. by Presb. of
Turriff 12th Nov. 1706 ; called 31st July,
and ord. 10th Dec. 1707; died 20th Feb.
1752. He marr. 3rd Aug. 1711, Barbara
(born 1688, died 1784), daugh. of John
Burnett, min. of Monymusk, and had issue
— John, D.D., Principal of King's College,
Aberdeen (q.v.), born 1712 ; Barbara, above
16 in 1737; Margaret, born 1726 (marr.
Francis Dauney, min. of Lumphanan) ;
Alexander, born 18th July 1734; Mary,
born 1735 (marr. 11th July 1754, William,
Thorn, LL.D., advocate, Aberdeen), died
11th Nov. 1823 ; William ; Elizabeth (marr.
her cousin, Andrew Garioch of Mergie) ;
Jean ; Isobel. — [Chalmers and Trail
Ancestry (portrait of Mrs C), 29.]
[AECHIBALD STEVENSON, min. of
17g„ St Madoes ; was pres. by James
Donaldson of Kinnairdy, 8th Aug.
1752, but after Donaldson's right to present
had been sustained by the Court of Session,
the Presb. of Perth, Aug. 1755, refused the
translation.]
JAMES INNES, born 1728 ; educated
1755 at King's College, Aberdeen, 1741-5 ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 20th
Nov. 1751; missionary at Glenlivet, 1753-5;
pres. by James Donaldson of Kinnairdy in
Aug., and ord. 25th Sept. 1755 ; died 22nd
Feb. 1804. He marr. 27th March 1759,
Janet Morrison, who died at Huntly, 28th
Aug. 1816, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
13th Feb. 1760 (marr. Kobert Farquharson,
min. of Logie-Colstone), died 31st Aug.
1836; Ann, born 5th Sept. 1761 (marr.
John Milne, min. of Inverkeithny). Publi
cation — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iii.).
WILLIAM STKONACH, born 1754,
son of Alexander S. in Knock of
Grange ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (Feb. 1775) ; ord.
1804
to New Machar 26th June 1782; pres.
by James, Earl Fife, before 14th Aug.,
trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1804; died 11th
April 1837. He marr., 14th July 1787,
Harriet (died 18th Feb. 1796, aged 28),
youngest daugh. of Sir James Keid of Barra,
and had issue — Jean, born 23rd Dec. 1788 ;
Helen, born 7th Nov. 1790; Alexander of
Drumallan, advocate, Aberdeen, born 15th
March 1792, died 13th Jan. 1880; James,
surgeon, born 3rd Dec. 1793, died 17th June
1817 ; Lieut. William, born 9th Dec. 1795,
died in 1893 ; David ; Jane (marr. 26th
April 1828, Robert James Brown, D.D.,
Professor of Greek, Marischal College,
Aberdeen); Helen (marr. 6th Oct. 1818,
William Stuart of Inverugie, Morayshire).
Publication — Account of New Machar
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOHN EDWABDS, born Grange, 1791,
lg41 son of George E. ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1811) ; schoolmaster of Boharm, 1809-14,
and of Grange, 1814-41 ; licen. by Presb.
of Strathbogie 7th May 1817; pres. by
the trustees of James, Earl Fife, in Sept.
1837. His settlement here was the chief
cause (along with those at Auchterarder
and Lethendy) of the Secession of 1843.
Under the Veto Act of 1834-5, a majority
of male heads of families was given the
right to disapprove in the election of a
minister to vacant parishes. This was
done in the case of Marnoch. A second
presentation was given by Lord Fife's
trustees to David Henry, M.A., whereupon
E. obtained an interdict of the Court of
Session, and raised an action to have it
declared that the Presb. were bound to
take him on trials. At a meeting on 17th
July 1838, it was resolved by a majority
" that the Court of Session having authority
in matters relating to the induction of
ministers, and having interdicted all pro-
ceedings on the part of the Presbytery;
and it being the duty of the Presbytery to
submit to their authority regularly inter-
posed, the Presbytery do delay all procedure
until the matter in dispute be legally
determined." In 1839 the Commission of
Assembly censured the Presb. for their
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MARNOCH
[PRESB. OF
acceptance of the Civil Court's jurisdiction
and prohibited them from taking any steps
towards the induction of E. A 'fortnight
later the Court of Session decided that the
Presb. were bound to conclude a settlement
in the parish if the original presentee were
found qualified. On 4th Dec. the call was
sustained and the matter again referred
to the Commission. On 11th Dec. the
Commission suspended (121 votes to 14)
the seven majority members of the Presb.
[William Masson, Botriphnie ; William
Cowie, Cairney ; John Cruickshank, Glass;
James Walker, Huntly; James Thomson,
Keith ; James Alexander Cruickshank,
Mortlach ; William Allardyce, Rhynie],
and cancelled their proceedings, but on
21st Jan. 1841 E. was duly admitted by
them minister of the parish. Only five of
the suspended ministers were there. The
ground was covered with snow, and the
river half frozen, but a great crowd had
assembled, gathered from the whole sur-
rounding district. John Inglis (afterwards
Lord President) was present as counsel
for E. Before the ordination took place,
the agent of the parishioners protested
against it as contrary to the injunctions of
the Assembly and the wishes of the people,
and declared that it was only because he
could not recognise the ministers who
were present as the Presb., that he did
not give in objections against the life
and doctrine of the presentee. This done,
the parishioners in a body left the church.
A crowd of strangers still remained. Some
of them began to howl and hiss, others
to pelt the Presb. with snowballs and
other missiles, and it was sometime before
the disturbance could be quelled and
order restored. But this being done, the
service proceeded in the usual manner.
On 28th May following the General
Assembly rescinded these proceedings, dep.
the aforesaid seven ministers, deprived E.
of his licence, and ordered the minority four
[David Dewar, Bellie ; John Robertson,
Gartly ; William Duff, Grange ; Harry
Leith, Rothiemay] to proceed to the admis-
sion of Henry. Next day an interdict
was served at the door of the Assembly,
and amid the violent protests of mem-
1842
bers, was laid on the table. Follow-
ing the events of 18th May 1843, the
General Assembly declared on 25th May
that the sentences of 1841 were incompetent
and null and void, and confirmed E. in
his status as minister of Marnoch. By
his prudent and conciliatory manners he
won much esteem and affection from many
of his parishioners and from those who
had been his opponents. He died 1st Oct.
1848. He marr. Margaret Mackay, who
died at Keith, 31st Aug. 1867, aged 79.—
[Bryce's Ten Tears of the Church, ii. ;
Buchanan's Ten Tears' Conflict, ii., 294-323 ;
Brown's Annals of the Disruption ; Acts
of Ass., 1838, 1841, 1843; Cunningham's
Church History of Scotland, ii., 486 et seq. ;
The Marnoch Intrusion (1841) ; Candlish's
Speech (1839) ; The Aberdeen Banner (1841) ;
Scot. Jurist, xiii., xv.]
[DAVID HENRY, born Fordoun, 1806,
son of John H., farmer, Corsbald,
Fordoun ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1825); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 22nd Dec. 1830;
app. by the Glasgow Colonial Society to
labour as a missionary in the southern and
western districts of Nova Scotia ; ord. by
Presb. of Aberdeen, 1st May 1833, and on
arrival at Halifax commenced a series of
journeys through the districts to which he
had been appointed. These visits were
highly prized and his labours eminently
useful ; returned to Scotland in 1834 on
account of failing health ; became assistant
at Marnoch, 1835-7 ; pres. to this parish in
1837. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of the Free Church, Marnoch, 1843-70;
died 7th Oct. 1870. He marr. Corbet,
Beildside (died May 1869), and had issue
— a daughter. — [Gregg's History of Presby-
terian Church in Canada, 332-4 ; See
Eighth Annual Report of Glasgow Colonial
Society (March 1835) for a Journal of H.'s
tours in Nova Scotia.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born
Kincardine O'Neil, 1811, son of
Alexander A., embosser; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1830) ; became principal of a private
boarding - school at High Wycombe,
1849
STRATHBOGIE]
MARNOCH— MORTLACH
325
Buckinghamshire ; rector of Milne's Insti-
tute, Fochabers, 1846-9 ; pres. by James,
Earl Fife, before 4th April, and ord. 28th
June 1849 ; died on Sunday afternoon
(after having conducted the forenoon
service in the usual way and apparently in
good health) 4th April 1880. He marr.
22nd Dec. 1842, Anne Payne, who died
24th Oct. 1898, and had issue — Alexander
Thomas, M.D. (Aberdeen 1872), Falkland
Islands, born 27th Sept. 1844; George,
born 22nd Aug. 1846, died young ; Charles,
born 12th Jan. 1849 ; James Walker, born
26th April 1851 ; Thomas Cochrane, M.A.,
M.B., CM. (1882), Moonee Ponds, Victoria,
born 25th March 1853; Harry, born 1st
March 1855; John, M.A., M.D., Sunbury,
Victoria, born 20th Feb. 1857; Arthur,
born 26th May 1859; Douglas, born 27th
June 1861 ; Albert Edward, born 3rd Feb.
1865.
1880
JAMES ALLAN, born Barnhills,
Rothiemay, 8th Oct. 1830, son of
John A., farmer, and Ann Bobb ;
educated at Moss-side School, Bothiemay,
Daun's School, Cairney, Parish Schools of
Boyndie and Cullen, Grammar School, and
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1848) ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordyce Dec. 1854 ; parish
schoolmaster of Deskford Feb. 1850-5 ; app.
Royal Bounty missionary at Grantown
Dec. 1855, and ord. April 1856 ; adm. to
Grange 24th Aug. 1858; trans, to Keith
1st Oct. 1867 ; elected 22nd June, trans,
and adm. 3rd Aug. 1880 ; D.D. (Aberdeen
1902); died 30th May 1917. He marr.
17th Oct. 1850, Cameron (died 20th Dec.
1915), third daugh. of Jacob Jack, mer-
chant, Portsoy, and had issue— John, born
4th Jan. 1852, died 18th March 1878;
James Kobb, min. of Glengairn, born 22nd
Aug. 1853; Jacob Jack, born 19th May
1855, died 30th April 1880; Caroline
Stewart, born 16th March 1857 (marr.
1878, James Fraser, V.S.), died 29th Nov.
1904; Elsie, born 16th Nov. 1859 (marr.
1885, Alfred Cecil Wright, Birmingham);
Anne Robb, born 15th Oct. 1861 (marr.
1888, Douglas Anderson, Manitoba), died
5th March 1904 ; Jessie Alexandra, born
16th Oct. 1863 (marr. 1885, James Dawson,
1917
Aberchirder) ; Jeannie M'William, born
17th Nov. 1865 (marr. 1895, H. G. Wilkin-
son, Clunie, Marnoch) ; Mary Cameron,
matron, Donaldson's Hospital, Edinburgh,
born 4th June 1869 ; Alexander, farmer,
British Columbia, born 18th May 1871, died
in 1916.— [Cramond's Church of Keith, 92.]
NEIL WILLIAM WILSON, son of
Thomas W., mining oversman, and
Euphemia Catherine Milroy M'Cul-
loch ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine in 1914 ;
assistant at Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 28th May
1917. Marr. 12th Sept. 1917, Jeannie
Kellie, daugh. of Ivie Campbell Hillhouse,
mining engineer, and Janet King Kellie,
and has issue — Janet Kellie, born 19th Dec.
1918 ; Thomas MacSkimming, born 25th
March 1920.
MORTLACH.
[The church of Mortlach was dedicated
to St Luag, who was patron also of an
ancient Celtic monastery here. About the
year 1000 St Bean was abbot of Mortlach.
His name survives in the place, Balvanie,
Bal-bheni-mor = " The dwelling of Bean the
Great." This parish was in the Presb. of
Fordyce and Synod of Aberdeen.]
ALEXANDEK ANDEBSON, a Eomish
lgfi7 priest who conformed and was min.
in 1567.
GEOBGE LESLIE, son of Leonard L.,
157„ Abbot of Cupar and grandson of
Alexander L. of Kininvie ; educated
at St Andrews ; adm. to Strathmiglo about
1562; trans, to Kilconquhar in 1567. In
1569 he was admonished for non-residence
and for travelling about the country for
pleasure ; pres. by James VI. 31st Aug.
1573, trans, and adm. soon afterwards ;
still in the charge in 1593. He also held
Dalmeath in 1574, and Botriphnie and
Aberlour from 1574 to 1576. He marr.
Helen, daugh. of Monypenny of Pitmilly,
and had issue — Bobert, died in Venice ;
William, died at Cullen. — [Macfarlane's
Gen. Coll., ii., 436-46 ; Cramond's Records
of Elgin, ii., 10.]
326
MORTLACH
[PEESB. OF
ROBERT LESLIE, M.A. ; reader in
1574 1574.
NORMAN DUNCAN, trans, from
1594 Cawdor ; pres. by James VI. before
20th Feb. 1594 [afterwards min. of
Aberlour.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A., born
about 1576, second son of Leonard
L., Abbot of Cupar and brother of
above George L. ; pres. by James VI. 7th
Nov. 1601 ; still in the charge at 13th
June 1616. He marr. Mary, daugh. of
Duncan Grant of Easter Elchies, and had
issue — Leonard ; Isabella ; Margaret. —
[Scot. Notes and Queries (2), ii., 75.]
JOHN MAXWELL, M.A. ; ord. before
12th Aug. 1617 ; trans, to St Giles,
1601
1617
Edinburgh, 1622.
WILLIAM FOEBES of Tillygreig, born
1623 a^out 1593> son °f Patrick F. of
Bitbnie ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1611); was regent
in King's College, 1613-19, and Sub-
Principal, 1619-23; adm. here Sept. 1623;
dep. by Commission of the General
Assembly at Aberdeen, 13th May 1647,
for association with George, Marquess of
Huntly, and his son Lewis. He marr. (1)
Helen Leith : (2) 1643, Elspet, daugh. of
James Forbes of Knapernay, and had issue
— John, served heir 20th July 1653. —
[Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records, ii., 511.]
[The parish was vacant from June 1647
to May 1650.]
ALEXANDER SETON, M.A. ; trans,
from Cullen and adm. 7th May
1650 ; trans, to Banff 15th May 1661.
ALEXANDER INNES of Culvie, born
1600, son of John I. ; educated at
King's i College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1617); ord. to Kinedar [Drainie], about
1620 ; trans, to Inveraven after 25th Oct.
1625 ; trans, to Bothiemay and inst. 30th
Aug. 1629. In 1634 he had his horse stolen
by a party of Gordons in revenge for the
burning of the House of Frendraught ; dep.
(for his anti-Covenanting leanings) by a
Sub-Synod, 1st July 1640, when he had
1661
an allowance "frae the King" of eight
victual chalders out of the bishopric of Boss.
He was reponed on 4th Oct. 1642, having
abjured Episcopacy and preached (12th
July) a penitential sermon from Acts xx.,
28, but was again dep., 18th June 1646,
and excommunicated at the order of the
General Assembly by the Presb. of Aber-
deen before 3rd June following. On 27th
June he intruded at Kettle. On a reference
from the Commission of Assembly he was
enjoined, 5th March 1651, to "begin his
public repentence " in the kirk of Aber-
chirder [Marnoch], and there with many
tears he acknowledged the " heinousness of
these sins that brought him under so
heavy a sentence, quhilk he confessed was
most justlie inflicted upon him, and so
carried himself in such ane penitent way
as the whole congregation were moved to
shed tears for him." The Synod, 5th Oct.
1659, found him " incapable to have his
mouth opened," but the sentences were
removed ; elected to this charge 5th June,
and adm. 3rd July 1661 ; died April 1662.
He marr. Marjory, daugh. of Alexander
Scrogie, D.D., min. of Old Machar, and
had issue — John of EI rick ; Elizabeth
(marr., cont. 20th Jan. 1660, John Gordon
in Bogsark, Cairney) ; Christian ; Janet ;
Margaret, each of whom had a grant of
vacant stipends by the Privy Council, 3rd
July 1668..— [Spalding's Hist. 24 ; Gordon's
Scots Affairs ; P.C. Reg., 3rd Ser., ii., 505.]
1663
THOMAS THOIBS [or TOBEES],
born about 1600, probably son of
Andrew T., burgess of Aberdeen ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1618) ; adm. a burgess of Aberdeen
in 1627; ord. to Udny in 1623; was
a member of Assembly in 1638 ; was a
great anti-Covenanter and fled to England,
but returned to Aberdeen, 2nd June 1639,
where he signed the Covenant in 1641 ;
called min. of Auquhorties (Inverurie) 24th
July 1655 ; adm. to Daviot March 1661 ;
pres. by David, Bishop of Aberdeen, trans,
and inst. 27th Dec. 1663; had £100 sterling
allowed by Parliament for his sufferings at
Udny, out of the vacant stipends of 1661 ;
died Jan. 1669. He marr. Isobel, daugh. of
STRATHBOGIEJ
MORTLACH
327
David Anderson of Finzeauch and Jean
Guild, and had issue — William ; and pro-
bably others.— [Reg. of Deeds, dxxxviii.,
267 ; Aberdeen Inhib., 9th Sept. 1634, 27th
July 1655 ; Acts of Pari., vii., 300.]
ARTHUR STRACHAN, born about
i66g 1646, son of William S., min. of
Old Machar, and brother of John
S., min. of Tarves ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1662); passed
trials before Presb. of Ellon and recom-
mended to the bishop for licence 18th
Sept. 1667 ; passed trials before Presb. of
Fordyce and certified for ordination as
assistant here 21st Oct. 1668, but following
Thomas Thoirs' death, was inst. to the
full charge 10th Jan. 1669; deprived by
the Privy Council, 7th Nov. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and also for praying for the late King's
restoration, conversing with rebels, and
urging several of his parishioners to take
up arms under James, Lord Dunfermline.
In 1708 he was officiating at a meeting-house
at Mortlich in Cairney. — [Scot. Notes and
Queries, vii., 122 ; Peterkin's Constitution
of the Church, 88.]
HUGH INNES, born 1665, son of John
16g8 I. of Feichnet, Gamrie ; was tutor
to Alexander, Lord Pitsligo, 1696 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto, 20th
April, and ord. 31st Aug. 1698 ; died 18th
March 1733. He marr. Nov. (or Dec.) 1702,
Elizabeth (died 11th April 1751), daugh.
of John Abernethy of Mayen, and had
issue — Alexander, student at King's College,
1726 ; Isobel (marr. John Eamsay, min. of
Cairney). — [Tombst. ; Aberdeenshire Poll-
Book, ii., 77.]
WALTER SIME [or SIM (so in King's
„ College Gradtcates, 217)], born about
1687, son of John S. ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd May
1705) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 5th
Oct. 1713 ; ord. to Glass 23rd Sept. 1714 ;
pres. by George II. 11th May 1733 ; trans,
and adm. 23rd April 1734 ; died 16th Jan.
1763. At the time of his death there
was an unusual mortality in the parish
from typhoid fever, and the season was
one of intense frost so that fires had to
be kindled in the churchyard to soften the
ground for digging the graves. S.'s body
was one of thirteen lying unburied at the
time. He marr. 22nd April 1729, Eliza-
beth (died 31st March 1775), daugh. of
James Stuart of Lesmurdie and Margaret,
daugh. of Alexander Duff of Keithmore,
and had issue — John ; George ; Alexander,
apprenticed to a W.S., 1752 ; Anna ;
Margaret, all above the age of 16 in 1749 ;
Anne (marr. Alexander Chalmers, min. of
Glass); Margaret (marr. 27th May 1754,
James Gordon in Cluniemore and after-
wards in Pittivaich).
1763
JOHN TOUCH, born Banffshire, about
1703, son of John T. ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(7th April 1721) ; became schoolmaster of
Marnoch 21st May that year; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 27th Aug. 1729;
assistant at Huntly and Enzie; app. mis-
sionary at Pluscarden, 3rd Feb. 1736 ;
ord. to Aberlour, 31st May 1739 ; pres. by
George III. 17th April, trans, and adm. 20th
Oct. 1763 ; died 23rd Oct. 1780. He marr.
29th Aug. 1739, Elizabeth (died 1st June
1799, aged 79), daugh. of John Scrogie,
min. of Huntly, and had issue — John,
D.D., min. of St Cuthbert's Chapel-of-Ease
(Buccleuch), Edinburgh, born 12th July
1740 ; Elizabeth, born 14th Dec. 1741, died
1st March 1812 ; Patrick, schoolmaster of
Aberlour (1759-66), Mortlach (1766-70), and
afterwards chaplain R.N.,born 1742; Jean,
born 30th June 1744 ; Isabella, born 29th
March 1746, died 22nd March 1765 ;
William, born 8th March 1747; Mary,
born 1749, died in infancy ; Anna, born
3rd April 1750 ; George, born 1752, died
in infancy ; James, born 1753, died in
infancy ; Katharine, born 17th Oct. 1754 ;
Robert, born 8th Oct. 1755, died Feb.
1774. Publication — Sermons [revised by
his son Patrick] (London, 1800).
GEORGE GORDON, M.A. ; pres. by
George III. 7th Nov. 1780, and ord.
23rd Aug. 1781 ; trans, to Aberdeen
15th Dec. 1793.
1781
328
MORTLACH— NEWMILL
[PEESB. OF
GEORGE GRANT; educated at
.„9. Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Abertarff 18th June
1786; ord. (assistant) at Rathven 11th
Feb. 1789 ; trans, to Old Machar 11th Aug.
1791 ; pres. by George III. before 26th
March, trans, and adm. 14th May 1794 ;
died 10th Oct. 1804. He marr. 17th May
1796, Harriet Ann Stuart (marr. (2) 20th
Jan. 1824, William Irvine, Towie, and
died 5th Sept. 1847, aged 69), and had
issue — Alexander, born 21st March 1797;
Margaret, born 22nd Oct. 1798 (marr.
Gordon Forbes, min. of Dyce) ; Helen, born
3rd April 1800 (marr. Andrew Tawse, min.
of Logie-Colstone) ; William, born 19th
April 1801, died on a voyage from China
6th March 1823.
MORRIS FORSYTH, born Huntly,
1805 ^0, son of William F., merchant;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1790); licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 14th Jan. 1795; ord. chaplain
to the 69th Regiment 9th Dec. 1795; pres.
by George III. 24th Dec. 1804; adm. 13th
Sept. 1805; died at Huntly, 19th Feb.
1838. He marr. 24th Oct. 1807, Isabella
(died s.p. at Hazelwood, 4th March 1S52),
youngest daugh. of James Donaldson of
Kinnairdy. Publication — Account of the
Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, xiii.).
JAMES ALEXANDER CRUICK-
1837 SHANK, born 8th Aug. 1804, son
of John C, min. of Glass ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1823) ;
schoolmaster of Glass, 1822-31, and of
Mortlach, 1831-7; licen. by the Presb.
23rd Aug. 1827 ; ord. (assistant) 8th June
1836 ; pres. by William IV. 23rd May, and
adm. (assistant and successor), 11th May
1837; clerk of Presb., 1840-80; died 1st
Nov. 1885. He marr. 29th Nov. 1839,
Mary Grant (died 15th May 1886), daugh.
of David M'Innes, Dandaleith, Rothes, and
had issue — John, banker, India, born 9th
Sept. 1840, died 1st Dec. 1864 ; Jean, born
7th April 1842 ; Mary Grant M'Innes, born
28th Dec. 1844 ; Brodie, M.A., M.D., born
18th July 1847 ; James Scott, born 18th
Jan. 1850, died 8th Sept. 1914; Jessie,
born 6th Aug. 1853, died 15th Jan. 1871 ;
William Marshall, born 6th Nov. 1860,
died 24th Jan. 1866.
1886
JOHN BARR GUMMING, born 8th
Oct. 1855, son of James Elder C,
D.D., min. of Sandyford, Glasgow;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1880), B.D. (1884); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 11th June 1884 ; assistant at
Wardlawhill, Rutherglen ; elected 23rd
Feb., and ord. 13th April 1886. Marr.
28th April 1891, Elizabeth Simpson, daugh.
of George Cowie, Dullanbrae, Dufftown,
and has issue — George Elder, born 24th
Aug. 1892 ; James Elder, M.C., born 10th
Jan. 1894 ; John Barr, born 25th March
1895 ; Margaret Cowie, nurse, born 2nd Jan.
1897; Elizabeth Simpson, born 7th Oct.
1898 (marr. John Gardiner White Hendrie,
min. of Dunnottar) ; Anne Neilson, born
6th March 1900 (marr. 21st Sept. 1923,
W. P., son of John Young, D.D., Edin-
burgh) ; Alexandra Mitchell, born 20th
April 1902; Hugh Pouler, born 6th Feb.
1904; Janet Stalker, born April 1906;
Mount Stephen, born 20th April 1911;
Alexander, born 14th Jan. 1914.
NEWMILL (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Keith and erected quoad
sacra 18th June 1877.]
JOHN STEWART, M.A. ; app. mission-
1871 ary here 16th Feb. 1871 ; ord. 29th
Feb. 1872; trans, to Premnay 20th
Dec. 1876.
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, M.A. ;
1877 app. first min. of the parish 9th
July 1877; ord. 4th Sept. 1877;
dem. 1st June 1896 ; min. of Strathy
[Presb. of Tongue] in 1899.
JAMES WEDDERSPOON, M.A., B.D.;
elected 31st Aug., and ord. 28th Sept.
1896; trans, to Alexandria, Dun-
barton, 6th Sept. 1905 (cf. Vol. II., 97).
He died min. of Yetholm 24th July 1920.
steathbogie]
NEWMILL— RHYNIE
329
1906
JOSEPH M'KENZIE M'PHEESON,
M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Birsay, and
adm. 8th Feb. 1906 ; trans, to Bick-
arton, Stonehaven, 12th March 1924.
KENNETH JOHN CAMEBON, born
1924 Dingwall, 28th April 1889, son of
Kenneth O, deputy chief constable,
and Andrewina Paterson ; educated at
Dingwall Academy and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; MA. (1910); licen. by the Free
Church Presb. of Edinburgh in 1913 ; ord.
to the Free Church, Aberfeldy, 24th July
1913 ; trans, to parish of Stromness 21st
Sept. 1916 ; trans, and adm. 13th Aug. 1924.
Marr. 20th Aug. 1919, Barbara Jane Suther-
land, daugh. of Thomas Mowat, Garson,
Hoy, and Jane Sutherland.
RHYNIE, of old KILRYNIE,
AND ESSIE.
[These two parishes were united in or
about 1612.]
Rhynie. — The church of Bhynie was dedi-
cated to St Luag. Bhynie and Essie together
formed a prebend of the Cathedral of Elgin.
Essie. — The church of Essie was dedicated
to St Ernan. Its ruins still remain.
Services were continued in this old church
until about 1767.
ANDBEW THOMSON, reader in
1567 1567.
GEOBGE NICOLSON, M.A., held this
151?. parish in conjunction with Gartly
from 1574 to 1585.
JAMES UEWELL, reader from 1574 to
1574 1580.
AETHUB GOBDON, reader in
1585 1585.
ALEXANDEE HAY, M.A., min. in
1586 ; holding also Cabrach ; trans.
1586
to Dipple before 1588.
1609
HENEY BOSS, born about 1582, son
of Henry B., of Larachmoir, and
Beatrice Skene ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1602); ord. to
Kinedward in 1605 ; trans, to Essie in
1607; adm. here before 17th Feb. 1609;
dem. 26th July 1646, having become "so
old and infatuated that he did misknow his
own wife and children." He marr. Janet
Gordon, and had issue — James, min. of
Tarland ; Isabel (marr. Bobert Cheyne, min.
of Kennethmont). — [Temple's Fermartyn,
557; Henderson's Rjritaphs, 155; Reg. of
Deeds, dxcviii., 25th Feb. 1654.]
164S
GEOBGE CHALMEES, born 1616, third
son of George C, min. of Kinnoir
and Dunbennan [Huntly] ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1632) ; schoolmaster of Inveraven, 1634-5 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen and had a
testimonial from that Presb. 22nd April
1642 ; pres. by George, Marquess of Huntly,
in Aug. 1642 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
Feb. 1643 ; died 3rd April 1660. He marr.
in 1646, Jean Gordon of Thomastown, in
Drumblade, who died at Elgin 25th July
1691, and had issue — Hugh, min. of
Marnoch ; George, min. of Drumblade ;
Jean (marr. 8th July 1671, Thomas Spens
of Inchstellie), died 22nd Feb. 1687;
Margaret (marr. John Grant, merchant,
Elgin). — [Chalmers and Trail Ancestry,
31, 139 ; Monteith's Theatre of Mortality,
250 ; Moray Tests.]
ALEXANDEE YOUNGSON, born
Aberdeen about 1628, son of Andrew
Y., wright; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1644); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen ; ord. to Tullynessle
before 20th April 1652; trans, and adm.
before 2nd April 1661 ; served heir to his
uncle, Martin Thomson, merchant and
burgess, Stirling, 8th March 1664; died
26th Nov. 1678. He marr. and had issue-
William, served heir 26th April 1681;
James ; Alexander, min. of Kirkwall [after-
wards at Broomhall, in Bhynie] ; Andrew ;
Jean ; Agnes. — [Tombst. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
4764, 6291; Stirling Tests.]
JAMES GOBDON, of Chapelton, born
1680 about 1650, son of Eobert G. of
Chapelton, Drumblade ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1670);
pres. by George, Marquess of Huntly ; ord.
(at Forres) 16th Sept. 1680; dep. 30th May
1716 for complicity in the Jacobite Bising.
1661
330
RHYNIE
[PRESB. OF
He marr. Christian Halket, and had issue —
Margaret (marr. George Leslie of Rothie-
Norman) ; Elizabeth (marr. "Walter Syme,
min. of Tullynessle, and was great-
grandmother of Henry, Lord Brougham
and Vaux).— [Case of Green-shields.]
ALEXANDER OGILVIE, born 1686,
1717 son of John 0. of Cairston, Desk-
ford, and Janet Ogilvie of Culvie ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 31st August 1715 ;
pres. by William Wemyss, tutor to the laird
of Lesmoir, before 23rd Jan. and ord. 10th
July 1717; died 6th Feb. 1738. He marr.
Dec. 1718, Mary (died in Dec. 1774), daugh.
of John Cumming Farquharson of Kellas
and Haughton, and had issue — Alexander
of Haughton, succeeded to Haughton on the
death of his uncle in 1767, and assumed the
name of Farquharson, died 1788. — [Moray
Tests. ; Henderson's Epitaphs, 155.]
PATEICK GORDON, pres. by Cosmo,
17gg Duke of Gordon, and Henrietta,
Duchess of Gordon, before 12th July
173S ; ord. 7th Feb. 1739 ; trans, to Bellie
3rd Oct. 1751.
JOHN BEOWN, pres. by Theodore
1752 Gordon, min. of Kennethmont, before
4th March, and ord. 28th May 1752 ;
trans, to Newhills 2Sth Nov. 1771.
JAMES MDLNE, born 7th May 1743, son
1772 of Eobert M., min. of Speymouth ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1757-61 ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin
25th June 1765 ; ord. missionary at Enzie
18th Sept. 1766 ; pres. by Alexander, Duke
of Gordon, before 15th Jan., and adm. 15th
Jan. 1772 ; died 27th May 1822. He marr.
20th July 1771, his cousin Jean (died 21st
April 1834, aged 85), only daugh. of Alex-
ander Milne of Braehead in Keith, and
had issue — Catherine, born 29th May 1772
(marr. 26th April 1806, John Gardiner
in Smithston, Ehynie), died 6th June 1S37.
[Their only daugh. Jane, was mother of
Alexander Mitchell of Stow, M.P.] ; Jean,
born 4th Feb. 1774, died 18th May 1803 ;
Eobert, merchant, St Domingo, born 22nd
April 1775, died 9th Sept. 1814; Arthur,
born 1777, died in infancy; Alexander,
Crown Commissioner of Woods and Forests,
born 17S0 ; Anne, born 14th Oct. 1786, died
1st April 1S26 ; James, born 1789, died
20th March 1S21 ; Isabel, died in infancy.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xii.) — [Tombst. ; Hender-
son's Epitaphs, 156, 159.]
"WILLIAM ALLAEDYCE, born Banff,
1823 17&Z, son of George A., surgeon ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (April 1S03) ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordyce 22nd Nov. 1809 ; became
a teacher in Inverness Academy ; ord.
(by Presb. of Fordyce) as assistant at Banff
23rd Aug. 1S20 ; was afterwards assistant
in this parish ; pres. by James, Earl
Fife, before 4th Sept. 1822, and adm.
(after the Duke of Gordon had with-
drawn his presentation to Eobert Copland,
missionary at Enzie) 16th April 1823 ;
died at Portsoy, 22nd Jan. 1867. He
supported the majority in the Marnoch
Case. He marr. 26th Dec. 1811, Nancy
Cruickshank, who died at Portsoy, 29th
Aug. 1867, and had issue — James Mac-
kenzie, D.D., min. of Bowden, born 5th
Sept. 1814 ; Alexander ; Claude, educated
at King's College, 1830-4 ; Frank, ensign
H.E.I.C.S., died at Madras 6th June 1841 ;
Nancy (marr. 18th June 1844, James
Paterson, surgeon, Bhynie) ; Mary Jane
(marr. 14th April 1853, James Shand);
Duff (marr. 17th May 1864 Alexander Eoss) ;
Wilhelmina.— [Acts of Ass., 1838-43.]
ALEXANDEE ANDERSON, M.A. ;
1858 pres. by Charles, Duke of Richmond,
14th Aug., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 2nd Dec. 1858 ; trans, to Gartly
18th July 1878.
JAMES JOLLY CALDER, M.A;
187g elected 13th Sept. 1878; ord. 19th
June 1879; trans, to Cairney 16th
Aug. 1900.
JAMES CAMERON M'HARDY, born
1900 16th Jan. 1872, son of William M.,
farmer, Kirkmichael, Abernethy ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1893), B.D. (1897); licen. by Presb. of
Abernethy Sept. 1897 ; assistant Ellon ;
elected 23rd Oct., and ord. 6th Dec. 1900.
STEATHBOGIE]
ESSIE— ROTHIEMAY
331
ESSIE.
[Essie was united to Rhynie about
1608.]
GEORGE NICOLSON, M.A. ; held
lgl74 this parish in conjunction with
Gartly from 1574 to 1594.
1574 GILBERT NORIE, reader in 1574.
1576 WALTER LESLIE, reader in 1576.
PATRICK GORDON, reader from
1578 1578 to 1579.
v- DUNCAN BREBNER, reader in
1585 1585.
PATRICK CHALMERS, min. in
1601 1601.
HENRY ROSS, M.A.; trans, from
1607 Kinedward and adm. in 1607 ; trans.
to Rhynie before 17th Feb. 1609.
At his removal Essie was conjoined with
Rhynie.
ROTHIEMAY.
[The church of Rothiemay was dedicated
to St Drostan. It was a mensal kirk of
the Bishop of Moray. Fairs of the Holy
Rood, St Drostan, and St Denys were held
at Rothiemay.]
LAURENCE DONALDSON, reader,
1567 1567 to 1590.
FLORENCE WINCHESTER, held this
parish in conjunction with Inver-
keithny and Aberchirder [Marnoch]
in 1574.
1590 JOHN MAY, min. in 1590.
JOHN PHILIP, min. of Alford in 1567,
of Dunbennan that year, of Turriff
prior to 1574, of Keith in 1589, and
of Forgue in 1590; trans, and adm. in 1591;
still in the charge in 1599.
ALEXANDER SMART, M.A. ; min.
in 1599 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1616, and suspended in 1617 for
marrying the laird of Gight to Jean Aber-
nethy, Lady Careston ; died Nov. 1628,
his funeral sermon was preached on 23rd
Nov. by Robert Watson, min. of Grange.
1574
1591
1599
1641
He marr. a lady whose name has not been
recorded, and had issue — John ; Alexander,
M.A. ; Thomas, M.A. ; Margaret, alive at
Wick in 1652 ; Janet (marr. George Aber-
nethy at Walkmill of Rothiemay).— [Reg.
Assig.]
ALEXANDER INNES, of Culvie;
M.A. : trans, from Inveraven and
1629
inst. 30th Aug. 1629 ; became min.
of Mortlach 3rd July 1661.
JAMES GORDON, born Kinmundy.
17th May 1617, fifth of the eleven
sons of Sir Robert G. of Straloch
and Pitlurg, the geographer and anti-
quary, and a daugh. of Alexander Irvine
of Lynturk ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1636); licen. by Presb.
of Strathbogie in 1639; pres. Sept. 1640
by the trustees of William Gordon of
Rothiemay (the Presb. having accepted his
nomination in place of William Milne, its
own presentee), and adm. before 11th May
1641 ; died 26th Sept. 1686. He assisted
his father in his geographical studies, and
in the preparation of the Scottish maps for
Bleau's Atlas. The earliest known views
of historic buildings in Edinburgh (The
Castle, Holyrood, Parliament Hall, etc.),
and others throughout Scotland, were
sketched by him. He executed a large
map of Edinburgh (1646-7) [engraved by
De Witt], for which the magistrates gave
him 500 merks, made him a burgess, and
" treated him to a collation." For a plan
of Aberdeen done at the request of the
Town Council in 1661, he received a silver
cup weighing twenty ounces, a silk hat,
and a silk gown for his wife. On 1st
Sept. 1647 the General Assembly gave him
permission to proceed to Stirlingshire " for
drawing the mappe thereof." The Memoirs
of Scots Affairs, 1620-51, now definitely
proved to have been his, and written
between 1659 and 1661, throws a clear
light on many of the events of his time —
the Covenanting epoch and the Wars of
Montrose. He was admonished more than
once for a remissness in the exercise of
discipline against persons suspected of
anti - Covenanting leanings. He lived a
quiet, uneventful life, and was more a
332
ROTHIEMAY
[PRESB. OF
man of study and research than ecclesi-
astic or bigot. He marr. (1) July 1643,
Margaret (died 2nd Nov. 1662), daugh. of
William Gordon of Eothiemay. She left
1000 merks for the use of the schoolmaster
at Eothiemay. They had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. George Chalmer, min. of Drum-
blade); Anna (marr. Alexander Gellie, min.
of Fordyce : (2) cont. 14th Aug. 1663
Katherine Gordon, and had issue — James
of Techmury in Buchan, served heir to the
lands of Zeochrie, Banffshire, 21st Feb.
1694 ; Alexander ; Ludovick, min. of this
parish ; George. Publications — Map of
Edinburgh [Bannatyne Miscellany, ii.,
with description by David Buchanan]
(Edinburgh, 1836) ; Sketches of Edinburgh
[Bannatyne Miscellany, i. 188, ii. 398, 401] ;
Plan of the City of St Andrews [Bannatyne
Miscellany, iii., 329] (Edinburgh, 1855) ;
Pen-and-ink Sketch of Cupar-Fife [Ecclesi-
astical Records of St Andreivs and Cupar]
[Abbotsford Club, 161] (Edinburgh, 1837) ;
History of Scots Affairs [edited by Joseph
Eobertson and George Grub, Spalding
Club], 3 vols. (Aberdeen, 1841-2); Abre-
donios Utriusque Descriptio (with a trans-
lation) [edited by Cosmo Innes, Spalding
Club] (Edinburgh, 1842).— [Preface to Scots
Affairs and Appendices iii., v. ; Preface to
Ahredonim Utriusque Descriptio ; Bleau's
Atlas, vi, (1662); James Mair's "Historical
Collections" [MS.], 2 vols., in Scottish
National Library ; Moray Tests. ; Inq. Bet.
Banff, 158 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Spalding's
Hist., i., 403 ; Scot. Notes and Queries, 2, ii.,
109 ; Acts, and Dec, Dal., 13th Feb. 1690.]
LUDOVICK GOEDON, son of pre-
ceding ; MA. ; ord. (assistant) before
8th Oct. 1680; trans, to Second
Charge, Kirkcaldy, after 17th April 1683.
WILLIAM HAY, educated at Univ. of
1685 Edinburgh; M.A. (11th Aug. 1676);
ord. (assistant) before 9th July 1685 ;
inst. as min. Dec. 1688 ; dep. 18th April
1716 for complicity in the Jacobite Eising ;
died Jan. 1718. He marr. (1) a lady whose
name has not been recorded, and had
issue — John ; James ; Elizabeth ; Anna
(marr. Patrick Gordon of Badrow (now Bin-
hall) in Cairney) : (2) 7th May 1700, Ann,
1717
daugh. of William Grant of Creichie.—
[Case of Greenshields.]
JAMES STEVENSON, born about 1676 ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1694) ; licen. by Presb.
of Strathbogie 22nd Aug. 1706, being then
schoolmaster of Mortlach ; missionary at
Glenlivet, 1712-17; ord. (by Presb. of
Aberlour) 19th July 1715; pres. by Archi-
bald Ogilvie of Eothiemay before 5th Dec.
1716, and by the Presb. jure devoluto 20th
March 1717 ; adm. 27th March same year ;
died 16th Jan. 1752. He marr. 16th Oct.
1716, Grizel (died at New Machar 15th
Jan. 1776, aged 80), daugh. of David
Cumming, min. of Edinkillie, and had
issue — Archibald, min. of St Madoes ;
Alexander ; Henry ; James ; Elizabeth
(marr. Eobert Lumsden, min. of New
Machar), all above the age of 16 in 1749.
[Acts of Ass., 1715 ; Weekly Magazine, xxxi.]
JOHN ABEL, M.A., pres. by William
Lord Braco, before 17th June, and
1753 ord. 27th June 1753 ; trans, to Echt
23rd May 1764.
WILLIAM DUFF, born about 1707, a
natural son of William Duff of
1765 j}raco • educated at Univ. and King's
College, Aberdeen M.A. (7th April 1727) ;
had a bursary in divinity from the Exchequer
24th July 1728; ord. to Kinedward 27th
Sept. 1733; pres. by William, Earl Fife,
before 22nd Nov. 1764 ; trans, and adm.
26th June 1765 ; died at Glenbuchat 19th
Aug. 1786. He marr. 28th March 1734,
Anna (died 29th March 1747), daugh. of
Sir John Turing, Bart, min. of Drumblade,
and had issue— Helen, born 6th April 1736;
Patrick, born 26th July 1737, died before
1st Dec. 1779; Eobert, D.D., min. of
Kinedward, born 25th Sept. 1739; Jean,
born 20th March 1741, died before 1st Dec.
1779; William, min. of Keig, born 27th
Sept. 1742; John, min. of Grange, born
21st Oct. 1745 ; Ann Elizabeth, born 29th
March 1747.
FEANCIS LESLIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Tullynessle ; pres. by James, Earl of
1787 Fife, 18th Nov. 1786 ; adm. 21st June
1787 ; trans, to Boharm 14th May 1789.
strathbogie]
ROTHIEMAY
333
WILLIAM GREIG, M.A. ; pres. by
1789 James> Earl Fife, 18t^ Sept., and
adm. 9th Dec. 1789; trans, to Long-
side 13th Aug. 1790.
1791
JAMES SIMMIE, born about 1765,
son of David S. ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd April 1789;
pres. by James, Earl Fife, before 10th
Feb., and ord. 4th May 1791; D.D.
(Glasgow 1824); died 21st Oct. 1826. He
marr. 11th Dec. 1794, Keturah (died at
Aberdeen 27th Feb. 1875, in her 100th
year), daugh. of George Gerard, and had
issue — Margaret, born 25th Oct. 1795 (marr.
Eobert Moir, min. of this parish); Anne,
born 29th May 1797 (marr. James Gerard,
of Midstrath), died 10th May 1879 ; Keturah
Gerard, born 26th Nov. 1798, died unmarr.
25th Jan. 1881 ; David, student of divinity
at King's College, 1814-18, born 2nd July
1800, died 16th Dec. 1820; James David,
M.A., surgeon, Royal Marine Artillery, born
6th Sept. 1803, died 1848; Jane Graham
(marr. 24th June 1833, Daniel M'Gregor,
Liverpool) ; Elizabeth Mary (marr. John,
Marquis Pellegrini di Tibaldi), died at
Brecia, Italy, 29th Nov. 1887; Agnes
Gerard, died unmarr. 1882; George Gerard,
student of medicine at Marischal College,
died 25th June 1827 ; Brodie Gordon, born
1818 (marr. (1) 14th July 1836, Archibald
Wishart, W.S. : (2) George May), died 9th
Feb. 1898. Publications — Sermons and a
Communion Service (Aberdeen, 1829) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xix.) — [Tombst.]
HARRY LEITH of Balcairn, born about
1796, son of James L. ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1817); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd
May 1822 ; ord. (by said Presb.) as min.
at Cornwall, Canada, 6th June 1822,
where he also taught the District School,
1822-6; pres. by James, Earl Fife,
before 28th March, and adm. 23rd Aug.
1827 ; died unmarr. at Cabrach Manse,
20th Aug. 1857. Siding with the minority
in the Marnoch Case (1843) ; he was one
of those rebuked by the Court of Session,
and fined £5. — [Scottish Jurist, xv.]
ROBERT MOIR, born 1802, son
1858 °^ George M., ironmaster, Aberdeen ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
ord. to Careston 21st Dec. 1854; pres. by
James, Earl Fife, 9th Oct. 1857 ; trans,
and adm. 7th Jan. 1858; died 17th May
1880. He marr. 12th Aug. 1845, Margaret
(died s.p. 2nd Sept. 1886), eldest daugh. of
James Simmie, D.D., min. of this parish.
He left £500 to found a Bursary in Arts
at Aberdeen Univ., making the Presb. of
Strathbogie the patrons. He left also £50 to
each of his co-Presbyters. Before entering
the ministry he was engaged in teaching
in Edinburgh, and among his pupils were
Archibald Campbell Tait, afterwards
Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mount
Stuart Grant Duff, afterwards Governor
of Madras.
WILLIAM ALLARDYCE, born 9th
1880 ^&y 1858, son of James A., M.A.,
farmer, Tilly minet, Gartly ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1877) ; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie 11th May 1880;
elected 30th July, and ord. 5th Oct. 1880 ;
died 10th Oct. 1912. He marr. 16th Aug.
1881, Jamima Catherine Campbell (died
7th April 1923), daugh. of Alexander
Anderson, min. of Gartly, and had issue —
Robert Moir, M.C., born 22nd May 1882;
Alexander, Gordon Highlanders, born 22nd
Nov. 1884, killed in action at Hooge, 20th
July 1915; Isabella, born 5th Dec. 1885;
Catharine Forbes, born 5th July 1888 ;
Marion Jane, born 3rd June 1890.
DAVID ALEXANDER ANDERSON,
1913 k°rn Currie, Midlothian, 13th Sept.
1883, son of John A. and Beatrice
Macdonald ; educated at Croy, Inverness,
Gordon's College, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1908), B.D. (1911) ; licen. by Presb.
of Nairn in 1911 ; assistant at St Machar's
Aberdeen; ord. 27th Feb. 1913. Marr.
21st Feb. 1922, Janet Watson, daugh. of
William Robertson, Banff, and Janet
Watson, and has issue — Janet Watson,
born 5th May 1923.
PRESBYTERY OF ABERLOUR
[This Presbytery was conjoined with Abernethy before 1623, and known as Inveraven
till 1630, and as Aberlour and Abernethy in 1631 ; was disjoined from Abernethy in 1632,
and known as Aberlour from 1632 to 1645 ; was again conjoined with Abernethy in 1645,
and known as Aberlour, or Aberlour and Abernethy from 1645 to the Revolution. The
Presbyteries met separately as occasion required, and also held annually a certain
number of conjunct meetings. There were two separate minute-books, the minute of
any conjunct meeting being recorded in the "lower" (Aberlour) or "upper'' (Abernethy)
Presbytery Book, according to the place of meeting. Only the minutes from 3rd May
1671, to 19th Sept. 1688, for Aberlour Presbytery survive. The Presbytery formed part
of the " United Presbyteries of Moray " from the Revolution to 1702, and part of the
"Presbyteries of Elgin, Aberlour, and Abernethy" from 1702 to 1707; was conjoined
with Abernethy, and known as Aberlour and Abernethy from 1707 to 1709 ; was disjoined
from Abernethy in 1709, and has since been known as Aberlour. The Presbytery was
suppressed in 1719 (the parishes of Kirkmichael, Inveraven, and Knockando being added
to Abernethy Presbytery ; Aberlour and Boharm to Strathbogie, and Rothes and
Dundurcas to Elgin), but was re-erected in 1727 the parish of Kirkmichael remaining
in Abernethy Presbytery. The Presbytery Register begins at 3rd May 1671. There are
gaps in the Record from 19th Sept. 1688 to 27th Oct. 1699, from 3rd Nov. 1768 to 9th
May 1769, and from 4th March 1777 to 5th May 1778.]
ABERLOUR, of old
SKIRUUSTAN.
[The parish church was dedicated to St
Drostan. Skirdustan was a prebend of
Elgin Cathedral. At Kinnermonie, in this
parish, there was a Commandery of the
Templars. At Charleston of Aberlour a fair
of St Drostan was held. There is a mission
chapel within the bounds at Craigellachie.]
GEORGE LESLIE, M.A. ; held this
parish in conjunction with Mortlach
from 1574 to 1576.
1574
1607
NORMAN DUNCAN, min. of Cawdor
in 1592 ; trans, to Mortlach in 1594 ;
was min. here in 1607. It is said he
gave the parishioners a hail at football to
induce them to assemble for worship.
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, mentioned as
vicar of Aberlour and Elchies at
9th Nov. 1607.
834
1607
JOHN STUART, M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1604) ; schoolmaster of
Elgin, 1607-9 ; min. before 25th June
1614; died 1st April 1639, aged about 55.
He marr. Janet Brockie, and had issue —
James. — [Antiq. of Aberdeen and Banff, ii.,
290 ; Banff Sas., v., 407.]
GEORGE SPEED, born 1624; educated
164 at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1625) ; schoolmaster of Keith in
1625-32, and of Fordyce 1633-9 ; pres. by
James Sutherland of Balvenie 6th Sept.
1639; ord. June 1640; died 22nd Aug.
1668 and was buried at his own request,
in the churchyard and not in the church
as had been the custom. He marr. a lady
whose Christian name was Margaret, and
had issue — William, min. of Ednam. —
[Antiq. of Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 290;
Shaw's Hist., i., 183; Moray Tests.;
Tombst.]
PRE3B. OF ABEELOUE]
ABERLOUR
335
1669
ROBERT STEPHEN (primus), born
1646 ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1663) ; ord. in
summer of 1669 ; died Dec. 1705. A
door lintel bears his initials M. R. S.
and date 1672. He marr. (cont. 6th Dec.
1672) Marjory, daugh. of George Cumming
of Lochtervandich, Provost of Elgin, and
Marjory Leslie, and had issue — George,
min. of Montrose ; Robert, min. of this
parish ; John, merchant, Elgin ; Anna. —
[Antiq. of Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 290;
Moray Tests.]
ROBERT STEPHEN (secundus), son of
t~Q„ preceding; called 8th Oct. 1706.
Having declined the authority of
the Presb. his call was annulled, but on its
being renewed, 25th Aug., he was ord.
18th Sept. 1707; trans, to Craig 6th May
1714.
GEORGE LINDSAY, brother of Francis
1714 L., min. of Johnstone in Annandale ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (1704) ; ord. to Rothes 22nd Aug.
1710; pres. by William Duff of Braco in
April, trans, and adm. 12th May 1714
" upon the waterside of Spey, near Fisher-
town," the Presb. having been mobbed by
a party of non-jurants and prevented from
having access to the church; died 23rd
Jan. 1715. He left a widow and children.
In their straitened circumstances the
General Assembly in 1715 allowed them a
sum of £320 Scots out of the public money,
and in consideration also of the expenses
to which L. had been put in prosecuting
rabblers, etc. His daugh. Margaret (marr.
24th July 1737, William Simpson, writer,
Edinburgh).— [Acts of Ass., 1715.]
DANIEL M'KENZIE, M.A.; trans, from
^ Kingussie ; pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 8th July, and adm. 13th
Dec. 1715 ; trans, to Inveraven 8th July 1718.
ROBERT DUFF, born 1690, son of
.nia Robert D. of Hillockhead ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1704-8 ; schoolmaster of Mortlach, 1709-14;
ord. to Kildrummy 12th March 1718 ; pres.
by William Duff of Braco before 28th Oct.
1718; trans, and adm. 21st Oct. 1719;
died 15th July 1738. He marr. 13th Nov.
1718, Isabel (died 15th Oct. 1780), daugh.
of John Innes of Culquoich, and had issue
— Patrick, min. of Glenbuchat; William,
min. of Foveran ; John ; Mary ; Margaret.
— [Moray Tests.]
JOHN TOUCH, M.A.; pres. by William,
17s_ Lord Braco, before 21st Nov. 1738 ;
ord. 31st May 1739; trans, to
Mortlach 20th Oct. 1763.
JAMES THOMSON, bom 1719; edu-
l76_ cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1735 - 9 ; schoolmaster of
Lhanbryd, 1737-43, of Bellie, 1743-7, and
of Keith, 1747-66 ; licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 20th Nov. 1751 ; ord. by that Presb.
as assistant at Lhanbryd 17th Dec. 1760 ;
pres. by James, Earl Fife, 5th Dec. 1763,
and (after litigation regarding the right of
patronage) adm. 20th Feb. 1766 ; died 9th
Feb. 1801. He marr. 28th Dec. 1759, Helen
(died at Elgin, 9th Nov. 1821, aged 79),
daugh. of Alexander Anderson, draper, and
had issue — James, born 8th Nov. 1761, died
13th June 1766; Alexander, born 13th
Dec. 1764, died 31st May 1781; Patrick,
born 8th Feb. 1766, died 8th July 1782 ;
Elizabeth, born 16th May, and died 26th
Sept. 1767; James, born 9th June 1768,
died that year ; Francis, planter, St
Vincent, born 27th April 1770; James,
surgeon, New South Wales, born 8th July
1771 ; Joseph, born 17th Oct. 1773, died
July 1785; Elizabeth (twin), born 17th
Oct. 1773 (marr. 25th April 1790, James
Leslie of Kininvie); Maria, born 12th Feb.
1778 (marr. 28th May 1796, John Gatherer,
writer, Elgin). Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
1801
ALEXANDER WILSON, born 1757,
son of John W., Mill of Adziel,
Auldearn ; educated at King's Col-
lege Aberdeen; M.A. (31st March 1777);
master in Banff Academy, 1780-2 ; school-
master of Elgin, 1782-1801 ; licen. by Presb.
of Elgin 4th Dec. 1792; pres. by James,
Earl Fife, 23rd July, and ord. 24th Sept.
336
ABERLOUR— BOHARM
[PRESB. OF
1801 ; died unmarr. 20th Aug. 1842. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Neiu Stat.
Ace, xiii.).
1843
JAMES SELLAR, born Keith, 20th Feb.
1812, son of Thomas S., shoemaker,
and Rachel Robertson ; educated at
Keith Academy and King's College, Aber-
deen M.A. (March 1837), and St Andrews
Univ. ; schoolmaster of St Andrews -
Lhanbryd, 1838-43; licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 14th Sept. 1842 ; pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto (after a leet and vote by the
congregation) 20th June, and ord. 21st
July 1843; D.D. (King's College, 13th
July 1858) ; elected Moderator of the
General Assembly 20th May 1875 ; died
10th Aug. 1886. He marr. 27th Nov. 1878,
Eliza Johnston (died s.^>. at Edinburgh,
18th Nov. 1910), daugh. of Thomas Watson,
min. of Covington and Thankerton [Thomas
W.'s (c/. Vol. I., 249) grandson, the Right
Hon. William Watson, K.C., M.P., advocate,
was Procurator of the Church of Scotland
(1918), Solicitor - General for Scotland
(1922), Lord Advocate (1924)]. Publications
— Church Doctrine and Practice (London,
1869) ; The Conflicts : Progress and Final
Triumph of God's Work in the World
[Sermon at Opening of General Assembly,
1876] (Edinburgh, 1876).— [Tombst.]
JOHN SMITH SLOSS, born Colmonell,
Ayrshire, 28th March 1858, son of
Thomas S., merchant and farmer,
and Jane Lusk Wilson ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; student missionary at Loch-
inver ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 15th May
1884; assistant at St James's, Glasgow; ord.
23rd Feb. 1887 ; died unmarr. 29th April
1917. He was an artist of some merit.
1887
1917
ALFRED DRUMMOND DUFF, born
Kilmeny, Islay, 26th Jan. 1891,
son of Alexander D., min. of Oban ;
educated at Oban and Glasgow High
Schools and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Lorn 26th Dec. 1916; assistant
at Maxwell Parish, Glasgow ; lieutenant in
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in
European War; ord. 14th Nov. 1917.
Marr. 25th Oct. 1917, Edith, daugh. of
Thomas Hart and Jane Thomson.
BOHARM, of old ARNDILLY,
AND DUNDURCAS.
[These two parishes were united by the
Court of Teinds 26th June 1782.
Arndilly. — In early times this parish was
called Ardantullaich, which came to be
shortened into Arndilly. The church was
afterwards removed to Boharm. Arndilly
was a prebend of Elgin Cathedral. At the
Boat of Brig, in this parish, there was a
Hospital of St Nicholas. Its old name was
the Hospital of the Brig of Spey. The
river, however, swept the bridge away, and
the ferry that took its place was called the
Boat of Brig. In modern 'times the bridge
has been rebuilt. At Arndilly fairs were
held on Marymas and Lady Day in Harvest.
Dimdurcas. — In the parish of Dundurcas
there was a chapel dedicated to Our Lady
of Grace. It was a much favoured resort
of pilgrims. The church bell is now at
Cullen House.]
WILLIAM KETHIE [or KEITH],
1567 reader at Arndilly in 1567.
WILLIAM PETERKIN, pres. to the
parsonage by James VI. 26th Jan.
1568, and to the vicarage 19th
March 1582 ; held Arndilly in conjunction
with Dipple from 1568 to 1586.
GEORGE COLLIE, reader at Arndilly
1574 from 1574 to 1576.
THOMAS ANDERSON, M.A. ; min.
in 1617, when he granted a tack of
the teinds of Boharm to Walter
Innes, younger, of Balvenie.
GEORGE FRASER, born about 1590,
son of William F. of Little Clintertie,
Aberdeenshire ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1610) ; min.
before 1623; died before 7th May 1633.
On 13th May 1624 the Synod suspended
him for a month for marrying without
proclamation William, son of Robert Innes
of Balvenie and Elizabeth Barclay. He
marr. and had issue — Alexander ; Andrew,
apparent heir to William F. of Bishop's
Clintertie. — [Aberdeen Sheriff- Court Re-
cords, ii., 438.]
1568
1617
1623
aberlour]
BOHARM
337
1684
THOMAS LAW, MA. ; ord. 24th May
1634 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Elgin, Aug. 1645.
JOHN EAY, M.A. ; trans, from Kirk-
1646 michael ; called in Nov. and adm.
6th Dec. 1646 ; trans, to Dundurcas
after 15th Feb. 1652.
WILLIAM HAKPEK, born 1619 ; edu-
1654 cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1637); brought testimonials
from the Session of Glenberyie and Presb.
of Mearns, when he was approved as tutor
to the family of the laird of Frendraught
14th Dec. 1642 ; brought testimonials from
the Presbs. of Kincardine O'Neil and Deer
when he was admitted on the Exercise by
Presb. of Strathbogie 27th April 1653;
pres. by James Sutherland of Balvenie,
and ord. 25th Oct. 1654; died 20th Dec.
1685. He marr. (1) 20th Sept. 1659, Eliza-
beth (buried 3rd March 1671), daugh. of
Walter Innes of Auchlunkart in the parish,
and had issue — Adam, min. of this parish ;
Walter; Thomas, M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 8th July 1684) ; William ;
Patrick; Jean (marr. George Davidson);
Anna (marr. 10th Nov. 1684, John Muir,
merchant, Edinburgh) : (2) Nov. 1671,
Margaret, daugh. of John Alexander, mer-
chant, Aberdeen, and step-daugh. of David
Seaton, bailie in Elgin, she survived him,
and had issue — Alexander; David; James ;
Margaret. — [Moray and Edin. Tests.]
ADAM HAKPEK, son of preceding;
1686 k°rn ^ "ku£>" -^Cl ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (3rd
July 1679) ; schoolmaster of this parish in
1679 ; passed trials before the Presb. and
was recommended to the bishop for licence
3rd Oct. 1682 ; assistant at Duffus in 1683 ;
pres. by Arthur Forbes of Balvenie before
17th March, ord. (at Elgin) 15th Sept., and
adm. 16th Sept. 1686; dem. 12th June
1716; retired to Cairnwhelp in Cairney,
where he continued to officiate ; died there
14th May 1726. He marr. (1) 2nd Oct.
1687, Janet (buried 2nd Jan. 1703), daugh.
of John Leslie of Kininvie in Mortlach,
and had issue— John; William, Episcopal
min. in Edinburgh, born 2nd March 1693,
VOL. VI.
died 19th Dec. 1765 ; Thomas ; Alexander ;
Margaret (marr. Alexander Kobertson, Mill
of Keith) ; Helen ; Janet : (2) 31st Aug.
1703, Margaret (died at Kingorum in
Knockando before 14th May 1753), daugh.
of Alexander Gordon of Arradoul in
Rathven, and had issue — Peter; Cecilia;
Adam ; Elizabeth ; Katherine ; Anna. —
[Case of Greenshields ; Moray Tests.]
GEORGE GORDON, called by the
Presb. 27th Feb., and ord. 2nd May
717 1717'; trans, to Alves 21st Nov. 1728.
JOHN GILCHRIST, pres. by William
172g Duff of Braco ; ord. 26th Aug. 1729 ;
trans, to Urquhart (Elgin) 12th
March 1734.
GEORGE GRANT, pres. by William
Duff of Braco before 9th April, and
ord. 17th Dec. 1734; trans, to
Rathven 11th June 1752.
1734
THOMAS JOHNSTON, tutor in the
175_ family of Lord Braco ; ord. to Glen-
buchat 16th July 1747; pres. by
William, Lord Braco, 20th Oct. 1752;
trans, and adm. 31st May 1753; died 6th
Feb. 1783. He marr. 14th June 1748, Mary
(died at Manse of Gartly 10th Jan. 1792),
daugh. of Alexander Irvine, min. of Fordyce,
and had issue — Jane, born 28th June 1749
(marr. James Scott, min. of Gartly) ;
William, born 21st March 1751 ; James,
farmer, Auchmadies in Boharm, born 27th
June 1754.
JOHN GRANT, removed from
Dundurcas in terms of the decreet
of annexation, and adm. 1st June
1783 ; trans, to Second Charge, Elgin, 14th
Oct. 1788.
FRANCIS LESLIE, born Kininvie, 1750,
178g son of James L. ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A (31st
March 1766); licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 6th April 1774; ord. to Tullynessle
10th May 1775 ; trans, to Rothiemay 21st
June 1787 ; pres. by George II. 21st March,
trans, and adm. 14th May 1789; died
unmarr. 7th Dec. 1799. Publication — ■
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xvii.).— [Moray Tests.]
1783
338
BOHARM
[PRESB. OF
PATRICK FORBES, MA.; pres.
iRoo ^y James, Earl Fife, in May, and
ord. 14th Aug. 1800; trans, to
Second Charge, Old Machar, 9th May
1816.
LEWIS WILLIAM FORBES, born 1794,
1816 eldest son of George F., advocate,
Aberdeen, Sheriff - Substitute of
Banff; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; MA. (29th March 1811); licen. by
Presb. of Forres 4th July 1815; pres. by
James, Earl Fife, in June, and ord. 20th
Aug. 1816 ; D.D. (Marischal College, 1851) ;
elected Moderator of the General Assembly
20th May 1852; died 8th Jan. 1854. He
marr. (1) 12th Nov. 1816, Penelope (died
12th Sept. 1827, aged 34), daugh. of George
Cowie, Northfield, and had issue— James,
born 24th Nov. 1817, died 25th March
1845 ; George Cowie, born 17th June 1819,
died at San Francisco Nov. 1850 ; Margaret
Chalmers, born 14th July 1821 (marr.
William Robinson Pirie, D.D., Principal
of Aberdeen Univ.) ; Lewis Alexander,
born 10th March 1823, died at Geelong,
New South Wales, 30th April 1852 ; Alex-
ander Chalmers, bom 1826, died Feb. 1827 :
(2) 20th Oct. 1835, Elizabeth Mary (died at
Aberdeen 27th Feb. 1892), daugh. of Archi-
bald Young Leslie of Kininvie, and had
issue — Jane Donaldson, born 20th Dec.
1836; Archibald, LL.D. (Aberdeen 1884),
distinguished war correspondent, author of
Memories and Studies of War and Peace
and other works, born 17th April 183S, died
30th March 1900, and buried in Allenvale
Cemetery, Aberdeen [there are tablets to
his memory in the crypt of St Paul's
Cathedral, London, and in the Ante-Chapel
of Univ. of Aberdeen ; the Forbes Gold
Medal in History was founded in his
honour] ; William Anderson, born 20th
Aug. 1839; Penelope, born 1st Feb. 1841
(marr. William Macvicar, min. of Ordi-
quhill) ; Elizabeth Mary, born 3rd Aug.
1842; Patrick Stewart, born 3rd April
1844; Jamesina, born 25th Jan. 1846;
Isabella Ann, born 23rd Oct. 1849, died
3rd Nov. 1853. Publications — Sermon at
Opening of General Assembly (Edinburgh,
1883); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace,, xiii.). — [Tombst. ; Tablet in Church ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. [for Archibald F.]
ALEXANDER MURDOCH, born 1805,
son of John M., farmer, and Jane
1854 panton . educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1819-23; master of Pirie's School,
Banff, 1823-9 ; master in Banff Academy,
1829-38; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 24th
June 1S34 ; ord. (by same Presb.) min. of
the Scots Church, Amsterdam, 21st June
1841 ; adm. there 11th July 1841 ; res. 30th
Jan. 1854 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 6th
Feb., and adm. here 4th May 1854; died
6th Nov. 186S. He marr. 19th Oct. 1868,
irregularly (by declaration before wit-
nesses), and afterwards after proclamation,
25th Oct. 1868, Jane (died s.p. 10th Jan.
1879), teacher, daugh. of Alexander Stewart,
shoemaker, Old Rayne, and Christina
Raglan. — [Tombst."]
ALEXANDER MASSON, M.A., B.D. ;
pres. by James, Earl Fife, Nov.
1868 ; ord. 4th Feb. 1869 ; trans, to
Kirkliston 31st July 1879.
1869
1880
STEPHEN REE, born Letham, Dun-
nichen, 12th May 1852, son of James
R., quarryman ; educated at Univ.
of Aberdeen; 'MA. (1872), B.D. (1876);
assistant-librarian in Univ. Library [under
his uncle, John Fyfe, LL.D., a licentiate
of the Church of Scotland]; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen May 1876 ; interim
librarian, 1876-7, on his uncle's appoint-
ment to the Chair of Moral Philosophy ;
assistant at Cruden July 1877 to Nov.
1878; assistant at West Parish, Aberdeen,
Feb. 1879-80; ord. 19th Feb. 1880; died
unmarr. loth Aug. 1918. He was a distin-
guished student, an indefatigable antiquary
and genealogist, who freely put his vast
stores of patiently acquired information at
the service of other historical investigators.
He was a member of the Editorial Com-
mittee of the New Spalding Club, and had
a sound knowledge of ecclesiastical law
and procedure, on which he was frequently
consulted. During his ministry the church
of Boharm was finely restored and a pipe
organ with suitable chamber added thereto.
abeeloue]
BOHARM— DUNDURCAS
339
Publications — "The Professor of Oriental
Languages, 1870-1887" {Aurora Borealis
Academica) (Aberdeen, 1899); "The Pro-
fessor of Systematic Theology, 1867-1887 "
(ibid., 1899); "The Professor of Church
History, 1860-1877" (ibid., 1899); "The
Hospital of St Nicholas beside the Bridge
of Spey" (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc,
xii., 1897) (Aberdeen, 1901); "Gordons
of Coclarachie " (House of Gordon)
[New Spalding Club] (Aberdeen, 1903);
"Historiae Compendium de Origine et
incremento Gordonias Familise, Johanne
Ferrerio, Pedemontano, auctore, apud
Kynlos mdxlv. fideliter collectum " (ibid.,
1904) ; " Origo et Progressus Familiae
Gordoniorum de Huntley in Scotia, auctore
Eoberto Gordonio a Straloch " (ibid.) ;
"Gordon Ballads " (ibid.). Edited Parochial
Schoolmasters of Boharm (n.p., 1900) ;
The Becords of Elgin, 1234-1800 [by
William Cramond, LL.D.] [New Spalding
Club], vol. ii. (Aberdeen, 1908); Parish
Ministers of the Presbytery of Aberlour
(Keith, 1911) ; Parish Ministers of the
Presbytery of Strathbogie (Keith, 1911) ;
Parish Ministers of the Presbytery of Elgin
(Elgin, 1912) ; Parish Ministers of the
Presbytery of Forres (Forres, 1912) ; Roll
of Honour of Boharm (1915). — {Banffshire
Journal, 20th Aug. 1918 ; Banffshire
Herald, 24th Aug. 1918; Scot. Notes and
Queries, xi. (1) 123, 135 ; Aberdeen Univ.
Review, vi., 91.]
WILLIAM M'CAIG WIGHTMAN, born
lgl8 Sale, Cheshire, 30th Oct. 1874, son
of William W. and Mary M'Caig ;
educated at Kirkbean School and Univs. of
Glasgow (M.A. 1898) and Edinburgh (B.D.
1917); was headmaster of Lerwick Central
School, 1903-6, and rector of Golspie
Secondary School, 1906-14; licen. byPresb.
of Edinburgh in 1916 ; assistant at St
Aidan's, Edinburgh, and South Leith;
ord. to Inverness as locum tenens May
1917; adm. here 26th Nov. 1918; trans.
to St Enoch's, Glasgow, 17th Jan. 1924.
Marr. (1) 29th Dec. 1903, Elizabeth (died
3rd April 1914), daugh. of W. P. Low,
Alva: (2) 8th May 1917, Elfreyda Maud
Clouston, daugh. of Arthur A. Porteous,
chemist, Lerwick, and has issue — Arthur
William, born 16th May 1924, died 25th
March 1925. Publications — Sweetheart
Abbey (Castle - Douglas, 1898); Rural
Depopulation (1899); The Life of Our
Lord [First Course for Bible Classes],
Youth Committees of Scottish Churches,
1923 ; app. Editor of Young Scotland,
1924.
JOHN WILL, born Castlebrae, Marnoch,
Banffshire, 14th March 1881, son of
1924
James W. and Eliza Slessor ; edu-
cated at Aberchirder School, where he was
a pupil teacher, Church of Scotland Train-
ing College, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1902); teacher in Beauly and
Huntly Schools, 1903-6; B.D. (Aberdeen,
1909); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May
1909 ; assistant at East Parish, Aberdeen ;
ord. to Aberfeldy 3rd May 1912 ; clerk to
Presb. of Weem, 1914-15 ; trans, to Giffhock
Chapel 2nd June 1915 ; trans, to Bothie-
murchus 11th Dec. 1917; trans, and adm.
15th July 1924. He marr. 26th Oct. 1912,
Margaret, daugh. of John Lobban, farmer,
Loanend, Kinnoir, Huntly, and Margaret
Bay.
DUNDURCAS.
GEOBGE HAY, M.A. ; held this parish
15&J in conjunction with Bathven till his
death in 1588.
WILLIAM PETEBKIN, exhorter here
1567 in 1567 ; min. of Dipple in 1568.
WILLIAM ABEECEOMBIE, reader
15*. about 1574 ; became min. of Dun-
meath [Glass] in 1575.
JOHN MODEBATTIS [probably a mis-
1574 spelling], reader from 1574 to 1576.
JOHN KNOX, M.A. ; reader from 1576
1576 to 1580 ; min. of Keith in 1585.
JOHN LYLL [or LYLE], reader from
1585 1585 to 1589.
BOBEBT LESLIE, min. in 1595 ; trans.
1595 to Birnie before 1601.
340
DUNDURCAS— ELCHIES
[PRESB. OF
JOHN MAESHALL, M.A. ; pres. by
160g James VI. 20th Feb. 1605; died
before 5th Oct. 1651. He marr.
Barbara Hay, and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. James Gordon of Fifthpart in Dun-
durcas). — [Laing Charters, 2904.]
JOHN EAY, M.A. ; min. of Kirkmichael
in 1624 ; trans, to Boharm 6th Dec.
1646; trans, and adm. after 15th
Feb. 1652; died 20th Jan. 1680. He marr.
Elizabeth Burnett, who died 25th March
1667, and had issue — Thomas, min. of this
parish ; Kobert, farmer, Pitlurg in Cairney ;
James ; Alexander ; Jean (marr. George
Douglas).
THOMAS RAY, born about 1645, son of
1666 preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1659-63 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) before 2nd Oct.
1666; was suspended 4th Aug. 1669, for
three Sundays, for an attack on Bessie
Leslie "under cloud of night"; deprived
7th Aug. 1694. He retired to Bowmakelloch
in Botriphnie, where he died, 5th Feb. 1704.
He marr. (cont. 12th Sept. 1670) Janet
(died 29th Jan. 1710), daugh. of Patrick
Innes of Davidston in Cairney, and had
issue — John ; Patrick ; James ; Elspet
(marr. John Mann, merchant, Elgin) ; Jean
(marr. James Gordon of Fifthpart in
Dundurcas). — [Laing Charters, 2904.]
DAVID DALRYMPLE, born about
1671, a natural son of Hew D., Lord
Drummore, a Lord of Session ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; was school-
master of Kettle, Fife, at 23rd Nov. 1692 ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 21st Jan. 1696 ;
ord. 4th May 1698; died 23rd Feb. 1747.
He marr. 22nd June 1699, Elspet Gumming,
who died 26th April 1743, and had issue —
Robert, min. of Dallas, born 7th Nov. 1702 ;
Janet, died at Elgin, 20th March 1778;
Elizabeth, died at Elgin, 2nd April 1778;
Helen, died |at Elgin, 15th Feb. 1785.—
[Moray Tests.]
1747
THOMAS GORDON, M.A. ; pres. by
George II. 14th May, and ord. 15th
JOHN GRANT, pres. by George II.
21st June, and ord. 28th Sept. 1758 ;
removed to Boharm 1st June 1783,
in terms of the decreet of annexation.
1758
Sept. 1747 ; trans, to Speymouth,
6th July 1758.
1667
ELCHIES (Q.S.).
[Before the Reformation Elchies, or Mac-
allan, was a vicarage dependent on Botarie.
The church was dedicated to St Colin.
It was annexed to Knockando before
1625, was disjoined in 1682, and was again
annexed after 1695. A mission station
was opened in 1870 and a church built
in 1875. Disjoined from Knockando, a
quoad sacra parish was erected 9th Feb.
1912.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A. ; held
Elchies in conjunction with Botarie
from 1567 to 1585, and in conjunction
with Rothes from 1585 to his death in
1603.
WILLIAM HAY, reader at Elchies in
1574 1574.
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, vicar of Aber-
1607 lour and Elchies 9th Nov. 1607.
ALEXANDER RUDDACH, son of
1683 David R., portioner of Fortrie ; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1667);
schoolmaster of Grange 1668-76 ; pres.
before 11th July, passed trials before the
Presb. and was recommended to the bishop
for ordination 12th Sept., and adm. 23rd
Sept. 1683 ; died July 1695.
ALEXANDER IRONSIDE, born
Auchterless 24th Nov. 1845, son of
1870
Robert I. ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1867); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen in 1870 ; app. to Elchies
Mission same year ; res. March 1875 ; was
min. of the Scots Church, Amsterdam,
1882-94 ; military chaplain at Hythe, 1898-
1912 ; died at Aberdeen, 3rd Nov. 1915.
JAMES THOMSON, M.A. ; app. in
187g 1879; res. in 1881 [afterwards min.
of Arbroath].
aberloue]
ELCHIES— GLENLIVET
341
ALEXANDEE BOBEETSON GEANT,
1881 MA.; app. in 1881; ord. to Port-
lethen 14th May 1883.
GEOEGE ALEXANDEE SELBIE,
18gs M.A. ; app. in 1883; ord. to Clatt
11th Sept. 1884.
EOBEET M'DEEMENT, app. in 1884;
1884
ord. (assistant and successor) at
Monquhitter 12th May 1887.
JOHN KENNEDY, M.A; app. May
1887 1887 ; ord. to Birnie 27th Feb. 1890.
JAMES BEOWN, app. in 1890; app.
1880 to Corrie Mission, Brodick, .1900.
WILLIAM GILLIES, app. in 1900;
1900 res. in 1903 [afterwards of Strachur].
GEOEGE WALSH, app. in 1903 ; after-
1903 wards min. of Unst 5th Oct. 1906.
[CHAELES GELLAN, lay evangelist,
1907 recognised in 1907.]
ALEXANDEE WOOD MACNAIE,
1912 or(^' '*k ^ay 1!^12 ' *rans- *° Logie-
Buchan 19th Dec. 1913.
1914
JAMES GEOEGE MACDONALD,
born 28th Feb. 1879, son of Duff M.,
D.D., min. of South Dalziel; educated
at Wishaw School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1901), B.D. (1904) ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton in 1904; assistant at Kilsyth
in 1906, and Dalserf in 1909; ord. 11th
March 1914. Marr. 20th Jan. 1926, Jane,
elder daugh. of James Younie, Elgin.
GLENLIVET (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly of 1712, upon a
representation from the Presb. of Aberlour
in 1711, granted an allowance for an
assistant minister in Inveraven who was to
carry on work in the district of Glenlivet.
After 1725 the allowance was provided by
the Eoyal Bounty Committee. There was
no fixed place of worship till 1736 when
a chapel was erected at Achbreck, at a cost
of £133 Scots, paid out of the vacant
stipend of Inveraven. In 1825 the church
was entirely renewed, and manse and offices
built. Glenlivet was erected into a parish
on 15th March 1865. There were of old
chapels within the bounds at Chapel
Chriosd, Chapel Donain, and Buitterloch.]
JAMES STEVENSON, M.A. ; app. 29th
July, and entered Dec. 1712 ; ord.
19th July 1715 ; adm. to Eothiemay
27th March 1717.
DAVID MUSCHET, app. Oct. 1718;
ord. 21st Jan. 1719; adm. to Kirk-
1712
1718
michael 14th Oct. 1719.
WILLIAM BLAIE, app. in 1720 ; ord.
(by Presb. of Abernethy) 15th April
1721 ; adm. to Kingussie 16th Sept.
1725
1720
1724.
GEOEGE GEANT, M.A. ; app. 11th
1724 ^0V- ^^> entered Jan. 1725; ord.
to Kirkmichael 21st Sept. that year.
vWLLLIAM BAEEON, M.A. ; app. Nov.
1725 ; ord. (by Presb. of Abernethy)
8th March 1726; adm. to Ardclach
24th April 1729.
JAMES JOHNSTON, app. 1st Nov.
172 1729; adm. to Glenrinnes in March
1736.
WALTEE PONTON, transferred from
11? Glenrinnes 1st March 1736 ; res. 13th
Jan. 1747. — {Glenlivet Gleanings,
1914.]
JAMES HUNTEE, app. 13th Jan. 1747 ;
trans, to Eoyal Bounty Mission at
1747
Cairney 1st Nov. that year.
AECHIBALD CAMPBELL, M.A. ; app.
1747 1st Nov. 1747 ; ord. 2nd May 1749 ;
adm. to Grange 27th Sept. 1752.
JAMES INNES, app. 8th May 1753;
1753 ord. to Marnoch 25th Sept. 1755.
ALEXANDEE MUEEAY, born New
„ Deer; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1746); school-
master of Gamrie, 1746-8, of Bellie, 1748-50,
and Cairney, 1750-5; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 9th May 1752 ; app. Nov. 1755 ;
ord. 4th Nov. 1757; res. Nov. 1761. He
went to England and was sent by the
Society for Propagating the Gospel in
Foreign Parts to America as their missionary
at Eeading in Pennsylvania in 1763 ; D.D.
342
GLENLIVET
[PRESB. OF
(King's College, Aberdeen, 17th Feb. 1784) ;
died at Philadelphia 14th Sept. 1793. He
founded the Murray Lectureships in King's
College, Aberdeen. He marr. a lady, who
died s.p. 28th May 1811.— [Anderson's King's
College, 77 ; Glenlivet Gleanings, 1914 ;
Scot. Notes and Queries, i. 135, 155, iii. 44,
45, v. 9, vi. 157.]
WALTEK MORISON, M.A.; app. March
1762 l762J ord- lst Feb. 1763; adm. to
Ardersier 27th Sept. 1764.
WILLIAM STUAKT, M.A. ; app.
1764 30th Sept" 1764> ord- 25til Nov"
1766; adm. to Auchterless 24th
Sept. 1767.
WILLIAM GORDON, M.A. ; app. 24th
1767 Sept. 1767; ord. 23rd Aug. 1768;
adm. to Urquhart (Elgin) 12th
Jan. 1769.
ALEXANDER INNES, born Rothes
1768 1735 > educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (9th April 1753);
licen. by Presb. of Aberlour 30th June
1767 ; app. 8th Nov. 1768 ; ord. 7th May
1771 ; died June 1819. He marr. and had
issue. — [Glenlivet Gleanings, 49 (1914).]
1819
1826
FRANCIS WALKER, born Aberdeen
about 1790 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A., (31st
March 1809) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
13th Oct. 1815 ; schoolmaster of Inveraven
1815-20; app. Nov. 1819; ord. 23rd Nov.
1820; died 14th Oct. 1826.— [Glenlivet
Gleanings, 49 (1914).]
JOHN M'LEAN, born Knockando, 1789,
son of John M. ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (31st March
1809) ; schoolmaster of Knockando 1810-28 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberlour 26th Nov. 1816;
nominated by the Presb. 21st Oct. 1826,
but not app. by the Royal Bounty Com-
mittee until 19th July 1828; ord. 2nd
Sept. same year ; was declared insane in
1849 and granted a retiring allowance; died
in 1850. He marr. 8th Aug. 1822, Elizabeth
Gordon, who died in 1865, and had issue —
John, schoolmaster of Tomintoul ; and
others. — [Glenlivet Gleanings, 49 (1914).]
JOHN BREMNER, M.A.; app. Nov.
1849, having served from Jan. that
year ; ord. 11th April 1850 ; adm.
to Glenbuchat 24th Sept. 1863.
JAMES BAIN, born Forres, 1833,
son of Alexander B. ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1853); schoolmaster of Duffus
19th Jan. 1854-65; licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 5th May 1858; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Richmond, 7th May, and ord.
14th July 1865 ; declared insane 8th June
1869; died unmarr. at Forres, 7th July
1897.— [Glenlivet Gleanings, 50 (1914).]
[Ordained assistants app. under the
Belhaven Act were :— Andrew Begg, ord.
20th July 1869, res. 21st Feb. 1872 :
George Innes Sim, M.A., B.D., ord. 26th
June 1872 [afterwards min. of Drumoak] :
James Johnston Tindal, M.A., ord. 21st
June 1877 [afterwards min. of Kinellar] :
William Smith Caie, M.A., ord. 23rd
Aug. 1881 [afterwards min. of Enzie].]
1883
ROBERT HOGG CALDER, born
Durris, Kincardineshire, 8th Feb.
1850, son of John C, farmer, and
Helen Hogg ; educated at Glen of Dhualt
School, Durris, Grammar School, Old
Aberdeen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1877); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 4th
May 1880; min. of Finzean Mission Church
Sept. 1880 to May 1883 ; assistant at Cullen
May to Dec. same year; ord. (assistant)
20th Dec. 1883; elected 23rd Aug., and adm.
22nd Sept. 1897 ; dem. 1926. Publications
—Lilts o' the Lea-Rig (Brechin, 1900);
Poems of Life and Work (Paisley, 1900);
Ballads of Upper Banffshire (Elgin, 1910 ;
2nd edition, 1915) ; Deeside Ditties (Aber-
deen, 1912) ; Bores Ditties (Aberdeen,
1915) ; Glenlivet Gleanings, lst ser. (Banff,
1914), 2nd ser. (Brechin, 1918), 3rd ser.
(Banff, 1924); The Dying Ploughboy and
Other Verses (two editions, Aberdeen, 1918);
Songs of the Plough (Aberdeen, 1919); Dee-
side Gleanings, ser. i., ii. (Aberdeen, 1920) ;
The Septuagenarian and Other Verses
(Aberdeen, 1922). — [Edwards's Modern
Scottish Poets, v., 173-80.]
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GLENRINNES
343
GLENRINNES (Q.S.).
[Glenrinnes became a station under the
Eoyal Bounty Committee in 1725. Dis-
joined from Mortlach and Aberlour and
erected a parish quoad sacra 15th March
1865.]
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, app. Aug.
172_ 1725 ; removed to the Eoyal Bounty
Mission at Huntly March 1726.
WALTEB BONTON, transferred from
the Boyal Bounty Mission at Huntly
March 1726; ord. 16th Dec. 1729;
trans, to Glenlivet 1st March 1736.
1726
JAMES JOHNSTON, licen. by Bresb.
of Edinburgh ; app. to Glenlivet in
1729 ; adra. here March 1736 ; died
2nd Dec. 1774. He marr. and had issue.
1736
1775
ALEXANDEB M'KEBBON [or
GBANT], born about 1729, a native
of Mortlach ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (5th April 1750) ;
schoolmaster of Boharm, 1752-4; licen.
after April 1761 and before 14th July
1765 ; assistant at Dyke in 1773 ; app. 1st
May 1775; ord. in 1777; died 28th July
1806.
DANIEL CBUICKSHANK, educated
1Rn_ at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1763).
WILLIAM INGBAM, M.A. ; officiated
here from 1st Nov. 1808, though not
app. by the Boyal Bounty Com-
mittee; ord. to South Bonaldshay 8th
May 1810.
ALEXANDEB FALCONEE, born
Sutherland about 1782 ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(29th March 1802); schoolmaster of Kin-
ellar, 1807-9 ; licen. by Bresb. of Aberdeen
2nd Dec. 1807 ; app. 20th Aug. 1809 ; ord.
(by Bresb. of Strathbogie) 26th March
1817; died 16th Oct. 1837.
1808
1809
WILLIAM MEAENS, M.A. ; app. 29th
April, and ord. (by Bresb. of Strath-
bogie) 11th May 1838 ; res. 2nd Aug.
1843 on being pres. to Kinneff,
1838
1844
GEOBGE GOEDON, born Ehynie,
1807, son of John G. ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1828) ; licen. by Bresb. of Strathbogie 1st
July 1838 ; ord. (by same Bresb.) 12th July
1844; died 5th May 1863. He marr. and
had issue — George Wilson, captain B. & O.
Service.
1864
CHAELES BEUCE, born Cairney, 1832,
son of Charles B. ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1850); schoolmaster of St Andrews-
Lhanbryd, 1851-64 ; licen. by Bresb. of
Elgin 20th June 1855 ; ord. (by Bresb. of
Strathbogie) 5th May 1864 ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Eichmond, 2nd June,
and adm. 18th Aug. 1865 first min. of
this parish ; was clerk of Bresb. and Synod
1879-1908 ; died 18th May 1912. He marr.
Margaret (died 25th March 1916, aged
75), daugh. of Eobert Sellar, farmer, and
Isabella Anderson, and had issue — Isabella
Sellar, born 16th Jan. 1860, died 19th
Nov. 1898 ; Charles Walker, M.A., LL.B.,
solicitor, Edinburgh, born 20th Oct. 1861,
died 10th Dec. 1905; Eobert Eandolph,
C.M.G., Lieut. -Gov. of British Columbia
1925, born 16th July 1863 ; James Alex-
ander, M.B., CM., born 2nd June 1865;
David William, M.A., lieut.-colonel South
Wales Borderers, born 10th June 1867 ;
Ellen Low, born 30th June 1869 ; Margaret
Sellar, born 23rd March 1871 ; Anna Maria,
born 25th Aug. 1874, died 15th April 1890 ;
Catherine Bose Barclay, born 23rd Aug.
1876; Eva Caroline, born 29th Sept. 1880
(marr. E. Wharton M'Bey), died at Eenfrew,
Ontario, 21st Oct. 1910 ; Norman Skene
(twin), born 29th Sept. 1880; Edith
Marjory, born 21st Sept. 1882; Douglas
Walter, captain E.A.M.C., born 10th Dec.
1883.
WILLIAM KAY WHITE, born Ayr,
lgl2 21st Feb. 1883, son of David W.
and Agnes Hastings Kay ; educated
at Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1909), B.D. (1909) ; licen. by Bresb.
of Ayr 6th May 1909; assistant at
Linlithgow, St George's, and Springburn,
Glasgow; ord. 29th Oct. 1912. Marr. 24th
344
INVERAVEN
[PRESB. OF
Dec. 1912, Isabella Helen, daugh. of David
Ewing and Mary Gaul, and has issue —
Michael David Ewing, born 28th Aug.
1917 ; Dorothy Mary Agnes, born 4th Sept.
1919.
INVERAVEN.
[The church of Inveraven was dedicated
to St Peter. Near it was St Peter's Well.
Inveraven and Urquhart together made a
prebend held by the Chancellor of the
Diocese of Moray. At Kilmaichlie, in this
parish, there was a chapel of St Machald,
the Hermit of Kirkmaughald in the Isle of
Man. Four yearly fairs at Inveraven were
held in honour of Our Lady, St Peter,
St Machald, and St Stephen.]
ALEXANDER GOEDON of Tulloch
ls?e and Auchenhive, son of Thomas
G. of Auchenhive ; pres. to the
chancellery by James IV. 13th Aug. 1573 ;
was still niin. in 1596, Knockando and
Kirkmichael being also in his charge. In
1586 he succeeded his brother in the lands
of Auchenhive. He was thrice marr. and
left issue. — [Moray Tests.]
JOHN PORTEOUS, reader from 1574
1574 to 1580.
SAMUEL COCKBURN, M.A.; min.
1601 in 1601.
WILLIAM CLOGIE, M.A.; trans.
160? from Second Charge, Elgin, and
adm. before 1st May 1607 ; trans.
to Inverness in 1620, but did not demit
Inveraven till 13th Oct. 1624.
1625
ALEXANDER INNES, M.A. ; trans,
from Kinedar and adm. after 25th
Oct. 1625 ; trans, to Rothiemay 30th
Aug. 1629.
JOHN CHALMER, M.A. ; ord. 10th
1630 Nov* 1630 ' trans- to Oartly 25th
July 1649. He was adm. a burgess
of Aberdeen 23rd Nov. 1630.
ALEXANDER GORDON, M.A.; school-
,651 master of Marnoch, 1648-50; ord.
before 1st April 1651 ; dep. (for
habitual drunkenness) in 1655. On 8th
May 1656 the Synod enjoined the Presb.
to cite him and to excommunicate him
for having celebrated a marriage in the
parish of Rhynie after his deposition. He
marr. in 1649, Janet Forbes.
GEORGE HANNAY [or AHANNY],
le57 M.A. ; formerly min. of Alves ; adm.
before 7th April 1657 ; trans, to
Auldearn 4th July 1664. On 21st June
1661 he had £100 allowed him by Parlia-
ment on account of his sufferings.
1667
1682
ALEXANDER DUNBAR, M.A.; ord.
between 2nd Oct. 1666 and 2nd
April 1667 ; pres. to Essil June
that year, but withdrew acceptance Feb.
1668 ; trans, to Delting before 7th April
1668.
JAMES STUART, M.A; ord. (at
1669 Elgin) 22nd Sept. 1669; trans, to
Fordyce before 11th May 1681.
JOHN STEWART, born 1656, son of
Patrick S. of Kilmaichlie, and
brother of preceding ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (14th
July 1674) ; pres. by Ludovick Grant of
Grant in March, passed trials before the
Presb. and recommended for ordination
3rd May, and adm. before 19th July 1682 ;
died Jan. 1697. He marr. Christian
(who survived him), daugh. of Alexander
Fordyce, min. of Rafford. — [Antiq. of
Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 294.]
JAMES BANNERMAN, called July
1708 1702; ord. 15th April 1703; trans,
to Forglen 26th March 1717.
DANIEL M'KENZIE, M.A. ; trans.
1718 from Aberlour, pres. by Sir James
Grant of Grant before 29th Aug.
1717, and adm. (after reference to the
Synod of Moray and the General Assembly)
8th July 1718; trans, to Petty 8th Oct.
1719.
ALEXANDER FRASER, born about
1721 1690; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (2nd May 1706);
licen. by Presb. of Haddington (of which
he was Highland bursar) 10th May 1713;
ord. to Alvie 2nd Sept. that year; trans.
aberloue]
INVERAVEN
345
1752
1795
and adm. 22nd Aug. 1V21 ; died 13th Feb.
1752. He marr. 4th Sept. 1716, Elizabeth
Grant, who died 3rd Jan. 1783, and had issue
— Thomas; Elizabeth (marr. 1748, John
Grant of Dundurcas); William, died 26th
June 1747 ; Anna ; Catherine ; Margaret
(marr. 8th Jan. 1747, George Grant, excise
officer, Banff) ; all above 16 in 1744 ; Janet,
born 4th April 1731.
JAMES GKANT, born 1719, son of
James G., farmer, Pitgaveny, Elgin ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1729-33 ; licen. by Presb. of Kincar-
dine O'Neil 2nd Feb. 1743 ; ord. by same
Presb. as missionary at Braemar 14th Aug.
1751 ; pres. by Sir Ludovick Grant of
Grant before 25th Aug., and adm. 23rd
Nov. 1752; died unmarr. 3rd Feb. 1795.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xiii.).
WILLIAM SPENCE, born 1761, a
native of Moray ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (30th
March 1782) ; schoolmaster of Duffus,
1780-5, and Spynie, 1785-90; licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 1st Dec. 1789 ; pres. by Sir
James Grant of Grant, Bart., before 14th
July, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1795 ; died 30th
July 1807. He marr. 11th June 1796,
Catherine Haig, who died s.p. 18th Sept.
1846.— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM GRANT, born Moray, 1758 ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (29th March 1774);
licen. by Presb. of Aberlour 2nd Nov.
1784; ord. (assistant) at Huntly 2nd May
1798; was afterwards missionary at Port-
soy, 1800-8; pres. by Sir James Grant of
Grant, Bart., before 15th March, and adm.
16th May 1808 ; died 12th April 1833. He
marr. 20th Sept. 1806, Margaret (died 7th
Dec. 1814), daugh. of James MacGregor of
Pittyvaich, Mortlach, and had issue— James,
born 4th Feb. 1808, died before 1833;
William, student in medicine, born 20th
June 1809, died 3rd April 1831.— [Tombst.']
WILLIAM ASHER, born St Andrews-
18g3 Lhanbryd, 14th Feb. 1791, son of
Alexander A., farmer and distiller,
and Barbara M'Lelan ; educated at King's
1808
College, Aberdeen, 1807-9 ; licen. by Presb.
of Forres 17th June 1816; ord. to Knock-
ando 7th Sept. 1826; pres. by the tutor
for Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield,
before 31st Aug., trans, and adm. 17th
Oct. 1833; D.D. (Glasgow, April 1866);
died 27th April 1874. He marr. 16th Sept.
1828, Katherine Forbes (died at Elgin, 5th
Aug. 1880), daugh. of John Gordon, min. of
Duffus, and had issue — Isabella Lumsden,
born 12th Aug. 1829, died 9th Sept. 1889 ;
Barbara, born 27th Nov. 1830 (marr.
William Forsyth, D.D., min. of Aber-
nethy) ; John Gordon, M.D., surgeon-
major, Bombay, born 31st May 1832, died
2nd March 1880; Alexander, advocate,
Q.C., M.P., Solicitor-General for Scotland,
LL.D. (Aberdeen 1883), LL.D. (Edinburgh
1891), born 27th Jan. 1834, died 5th Aug.
1905 ; Mary Elizabeth, born 24th July
1836, died 24th March 1878; William
Gordon Cumming, farmer, Kilmaduthy
Mains, born 9th April' 1838, died 3rd June
1882; James, born 18th Aug. 1840, died
3rd May 1842 ; Robina Agnes, born 27th
Oct. 1842, died 1871. Publication — Ac-
count of the / Parish {New Stat. Ace, xiii.).
— [Tombst.']
1874
JAMES M'LACHLAN, born 2nd Jan.
1834, son of John M., engineer,
Maltkiln, Mortlach, and Elizabeth
Gordon ; educated at Mortlach and Keith
Schools and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (March 1854) ; assistant schoolmaster
at Forgue and Tough ; schoolmaster of
Insch, 1855-8 ; was interim rector of Aber-
deen Grammar School in 1855 ; licen. by
Presb. of Garioch in 1860 ; ord. to Rathven
1st Feb. 1866; pres. by Sir John,! Earl of
Seafield, 27th May, trans, and adm. 27th
Aug. 1874; died at Edinburgh, 9th Feb.
1919. He marr. (1) 10th Jan. 1861, Anne
(died 24th Feb. 1867), daugh. of William
Mackay, bank agent, Tough, and Agnes
Whyte, and had issue — William Mackay,
M.A., W.S., Edinburgh, Secretary of the
Foreign Mission Committee of the Church
of Scotland, born 19th Nov. 1861 ; Eliza-
beth Jane, born 14th June 1863 (marr.
8th April 1896, Robert S. Turner, M.D.) ;
James, engineer, born 15th April 1865, died
346
INVERAVEN— KNOCKANDO
[peesb. or
1906
1924
21st June 1905 : (2) 19th April 1870, Elsie
Anne, daugh. of George Kynoch, Keith,
and Ann Milne, and had issue — George
Kynoch, journalist, born 14th Sept. 1872.—
[Simpson's Records of Aberdeen Grammar
School, 281.]
HAMILTON DAVID FORRESTER
DUNNETT, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 13th Feb.
1906 ; trans, to Ellon, 14th Nov. 1923.
EDWIN MAXWELL MURRAY
DAVIDSON, M.A., B.D.; trans,
from Dunning and adm. 9th May
1924 (c/. Vol. IV., 271). He marr. 28th
June 1922, Christina, daugh. of David
Gilbert Donaldson, M.B., CM., L.R.C.R,
L.R.C.S.E., and Margaret Paton Hogg, and
had issue — Margaret Hogg Cunningham,
born 4th June 1923; Edwin Maxwell
Murray, born 27th Sept. 1924; a daugh.
born 18th May 1926.
KNOCKANDO.
[Before the Reformation Knockando was
a vicarage dependent on Inveraven. Elchies
was annexed to it before 1625, was disjoined
in 1682, and again annexed after 1695.
They were again severed in 1912.]
ALEXANDER GORDON of Tulloch,
„ M.A.; held this parish in conjunction
with Inveraven from 1573 to 1586.
ALEXANDER SANDERSON, reader
1674 from 1574 to 1589.
FARQUHAR GRANT, reader from
1590 1590 to 1591.
WILLIAM WATSON, M.A. ; min. here
in 1623, holding Rothiemurchus in
conjunction ; trans, to Duthil before
25th Oct. 1625.
COLIN MACKENZIE, M.A. ; ord. after
25th Oct. 1625 ; trans, to Abernethy
after 7th May 1633. He was adm.
an honorary burgess of Aberdeen 19th
Sept. 1628.
GILBERT MARSHALL, trans, from
Ogston in 1634; trans, to Cromdale
1625
WILLIAM CHALMER, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1634) ; ord. before 11th May 1641 ;
died after 7th April 1668, aged about 54.
1641
1683
JAMES GORDON, M.A. ; ord. before
7 5th April 1670; trans, to Urquhart
(Elgin) 4th July 1682.
THOMAS GRANT, born Moray about
1655 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (13th July 1675) ;
had testimonial for ordination 20th Sept.
1682; adm. 12th July 1683; died Oct.
1699. He marr. Nov. 1687, Elspet, daugh.
of Robert Grant of Delmoir ; she survived
him, and had issue — -Thomas ; Francis, min.
of Cromdale.
DANIEL MACKENZIE, M.A.; called
March 1705; ord. 12th Feb. 1706;
trans, to Kingussie before 31st May
1706
1709.
JAMES GORDON, born about 1683;
171_ educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1700) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 9th Feb. 1709; called 26th
Jan. 1710, and (after appeals to the Synod
regarding his trials), ord. 27th May 1712 ;
died 6th Jan. 1726. He marr. Anne, daugh.
of Robert Gordon, Kirdels of Knockando ;
she survived him, and marr. (2) William
Gordon in Kilphedder, Kildonan.
1727
HUGH GRANT, born 1706, son of John
G., merchant, Nairn ; was chaplain
and tutor in the family of James
Brodie of Whitehill in 1722, when he was
app. Gaelic bursar of the Synod ; school-
master of Alves, 1724-6 ; licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 20th Dec. 1726 ; pres. by Sir James
Grant of Grant, Bart., in June, and ord.
(by Presb. of Abernethy) 1st Aug. 1727;
died 18th Sept. 1763. He marr. Jean (died
before 1746), eldest daugh. of John Rose
of Blackhills, and had issue — John, min.
of Knockando, born 15th Aug. 1731.
1684
before 15th April 1640.
JOHN DUNBAR, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
Ludovick Grant of Grant before 9th
Dec. 1763; ord. 3rd May 1764; trans,
to Dyke 6th May 1788.
1764
abeklouk]
KNOCKANDO
347
FEANCIS GEANT, licen. by Presb. of
1788 Forres 2nd July 1776; ord. (by
Presb. of Fordyce) as missionary at
Enzie 11th May 1785 ; pres. by Sir James
Grant of Grant before 20th June, and
adm. 14th Aug. 1788 ; died 5th Nov. 1805.
He marr. 4th Feb. 1785, Jane Stuart, who
died 25th Aug. 1839, aged 80, and had
issue— Agnes, born 7th Nov. 1785 ; Helen,
born 2nd Aug. 1788; Jean, born 15th
Oct. 1789, died 13th Jan. 1837 ; Elizabeth,
born 16th Sept. 1791 ; Patrick John, born
14th April 1796. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
' LACHLAN M'PHEESON, born
1806 Mortlach about 1757, son of Lachlan
M. ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (27th March 1778);
schoolmaster of Grange, 1777-84; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie 11th June 1783;
app. missionary at Pluscarden in 1785,
and ord. (by Presb. of Elgin) 1st Dec.
1789 ; pres. by Sir James Grant of Grant,
Bart., before 25th March, and adm. 2nd Oct.
1806; died 14th March 1826. He marr.
(at Laggan) 17th Sept. 1808, Penuel Grant,
who died s.p. at Elgin, 2nd Jan. 1862.
Publication — National Ingratitude the
Cause of National Calamities, a sermon
(Aberdeen, 1794).
WILLIAM ASHEE, pres. by the tutor
1826 of Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield,
before 22nd June, and ord. 7th Sept.
1826 ; trans, to Inveraven 17th Oct. 1833.
GEOEGE GOEDON, born 1808, son of
1SS4 -B-U£a ^> merchant, London; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1822-6 ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
23rd June 1831 ; pres. by the tutor of
Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield, before
6th Dec. 1833; ord. 30th Jan. 1834; died
unmarr. 13th Nov. 1839. Publication —
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace,
xiii.). — [See Aberdeen Journal Notes and
Queries, i., 85, as to his alleged murder.]
JOHN WINK, born 1798, son of John
1840 W., schoolmaster of Birnie; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(March 1817); licen. by Presb. of Elgin
19th June 1826 ; pres. by Lewis Alexander,
Earl of Seafield, before 10th Jan., and
ord. 19th March 1840; died 11th March
1851. He marr. 20th March 1845, Catherine
(died at Elgin, 19th Aug. 1893, aged 83),
daugh. of the Eev. James Cooper, M.A.,
schoolmaster of Urquhart, and Ann Eeid,
and had issue — John of Mayne, solicitor,
Elgin, born 20th March 1846, died Dec. 1908 ;
James, born 7th Oct. 1847 ; Mary Ann, born
28th July 1849.— [Wotherspoon's Memoir of
Prof. James Cooper, D.D., 46, 152, 256.]
FEANCIS WILLIAM GEANT, born
1851 Boyndie, 1823; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March
1841) ; schoolmaster of Deskford, 1845-50 ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 27th Dec. 1848 ;
ord. (by Presb. of Abernethy) as missionary
at Grantown-on-Spey 16th April 1850 ;
pres. by Francis William, Earl of Seafield,
before 23rd June, and adm. 13th Aug.
1851 ; died unmarr. 25th June 1855.
JOHN CLAEK, born Deskford, 1820,
_855 son of Alexander O, farmer, and
Isabella Shepherd; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March
1842) ; schoolmaster of Boharm, 1843-53 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberlour 19th July
1847; ord. (by Presb. of Abernethy) as
missionary at Grantown-on-Spey Aug.
1853; pres. by Sir John, Earl of Seafield,
6th July, and adm. 23rd Aug. 1855;
died 18th Dec. 1866. He marr. Jane
Sinclair (died at Fochabers, 5th Feb.
1890), daugh. of William Smith, min. of
Bower, and had issue — Isabella Ann
Sinclair, born at Grantown, 26th Sept.
1853 ; Caroline Stewart, born 20th June
1855 ; John, M.A. (Aberdeen 1880), LL.B.
(London 1887), barrister-at-law, London,
born 22nd Nov. 1858 ; Maria Jane Sinclair,
born 11th Feb. 1860; William Esdaile
Cattley, M.A. (Aberdeen 1885), Inspector
of Schools, Cape Town, South Africa, born
27th Oct. 1864.
THOMAS MOEEISON PIEIE, born
186„ Turriff, son of William P., banker;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (March 1844) ; schoolmaster of
Auchterless, 1845-64; licen. by Presb. of
348
KNOCKANDO— ROTHES
[PRESB. OF
Turriff 28th March 1849 ; ord. to Seafield
Chapel 8th June 1864 ; pres. by Sir John,
Earl of Seafield, before 5th March, and
adm. 13th June 1867 ; died unmarr. at
Elgin, 11th June 1902.
PATRICK RIDDEL, born Cluny, 9th
1901 April 1872, son of George R., M.A. ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1896), B.D. (1898); licen. by Presb. of
Garioch in 1898 ; assistant at Dalziel ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 18th Sept. 1901.
Marr. Isabella Logan (born 26th May
1869), daugh. of George Williamson, Edin-
burgh, and has issue — George Williamson,
born 25th April 1903; Margaret Gertrude
Black, born 29th June 1904.
ROTHES.
[The church of Rothes was dedicated to
St Laurence. It belonged to the Hospital
of St Nicholas at the Boat of Brig on the
Spey. Part of the parish of Dundurcas
was annexed to Rothes in 1782. At Orton,
within the bounds, there was a Chapel
of St Mary, with Our Lady's Well beside
it. There was also at Rothes a Well of
St Laurence.]
JAMES LESLIE, son of William, third
156_ Earl of Rothes, and Janet, daugh.
of Sir Michael Balfour of Mont-
quhanie ; M.A. ; was rector at 20th Feb.
1563 ; exhorter and parson in 1567 ; died
15th Oct. 1576.— [Scots Peerage, vii., 281.]
JOHN GARTLY, M.A; held this
1R„_ parish in conjunction with Urquhart
(Elgin) in 1576.
1578
PATRICK CUMMING, held this parish
in conjunction with Urquhart (Elgin)
in 1578.
ALEXANDER LESLIE, son of James
L. of Aikenway and'Isobel Dunbar;
min. in 1585, having also Elchies
in his charge ; died at Whitewreath in
Elgin after 14th Sept. 1603. He marr.
(1) Elizabeth Leslie, and had issue — John ;
George ; Alexander ; Agnes (marr. Peter
Porter of Kiflat) ; Isobel ; Catherine : (2)
Jane Harvie (marr. (2) before 12th Nov.
1605, James Kinnaird of Middleton, and
died March 1639), and had issue — William
of Aikenway, D.D., Principal of King's
College, Aberdeen (q.v.). — [Aberdeen Sheriff-
Court Rec., ii., 484 ; Family of Leslie, ii.,
146; Aberdeen Sas. Sec. Reg., i. 264, iv. 260.]
LEONARD LESLIE, son of Leonard L.,
abbot of Cupar, and grandson of
Alexander L. of Kininvie, and
brother of George L., min. of Mortlach ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A. ;
pres. by Andrew, Earl of Rothes, 10th
March 1604; still in the charge in 1620.
He marr. (1) Margaret Armstrong, and had
issue — Leonard of Blackhills; William;
Bessie ; Marjory : (2) cont. 18th June
1611, Grissel, daugh. of William Innes
of Blackhills, she survived him, and had
issue — Jean; Annas. — [Family of Leslie,
iii., 347 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxiv., 114.]
JOHN WEMYSS, educated at St
1 22 Andrews Univ.; M.A. (1620); ord.
1st June 1622; was a member of
Assembly in 1639; died 25th Feb. 1640,
"an able and pious divine." He marr.
(1) Jean Adamson of the Braco family :
(2) (cont. 31st July 1638), Jean (survived
him and marr. (2) William Hepburn),
daugh. of William Innes of Dipple, and
had issue — David ; William. Publica-
tion— A Latin Epigram in John Leech's
Jani sperantis Strena Calendis Januarii
a.d. 1617 (printed by Thomas Finlason,
Edinburgh, 1617).
ROBERT TOD, M.A. ; pres. by John,
Earl of Rothes, Dec. 1640, and
again by the tutors of John, Earl
of Rothes, in Feb., and ord. 5th May 1642 ;
trans, to Urquhart (Elgin), 27th Nov. 1662.
1663
JOHN LESLIE of Middleton, born
about 1632, eldest son of John L.
of Middleton in Birnie ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1650);
ord. 4th Nov. 1663 ; dep. by the Committee
of Assembly for the North, July 1694.
He retired to Middleton, and died Oct.
1697. He marr. (1) 22nd July 1673,
Grizel, daugh. of James Douglas of Inch-
aberlour]
ROTHES
349
marlo, and had issue — John, served heir
4th Feb. 1698 ; George (at Aberdeen
Univ. 1704) ; Isobel ; Anna : (2) (cont.
27th July 1691), Elizabeth, daugh. of
Walter Stewart, min. of Ellon. — {Index to
Services.]
JAMES ALLAN, educated at Marischal
16g6 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1688);
ord. 23rd Sept. 1696 ; he adopted
the tenets of Antoinette Bourignon, and
was dep. (for unsound doctrine) 29th May
1706. From a letter to the Earl of
Eothes A. appears to have been willing
to abjure his errors, but the Synod voted
against him. Joined the Episcopal Church
and was settled at Huntly, where he died
after Nov. 1737. Publication— A Letter
to the Moderator of the next General
Assembly against the Imposing of the
Westminster Confession of Faith (1707). —
[Acts of Ass., 1706; Craven's Episcopal
Church in Moray, 349.]
GEORGE LINDSAY, M.A.; pres. by
1710 J°nn> Earl °f Rothes, before 30th
May, called 29th June, and ord.
22nd Aug. 1710; trans, to Aberlour 12th
May 1714.
ALEXANDER TOD, probably son of
1714 Alexander T., min. of Elgin; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1694-8 ; became schoolmaster of
Dyke ; licen. by the United Presbs. of
Elgin, Aberlour, and Abernethy in 1709 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Rothes, before 23rd
Sept., and ord. 11th Nov. 1714; died 11th
April 1716, aged about 36.
THOMAS FAIRBAIRN, a Borderer
171„ who was sent North by the General
Assembly June 1716 ; received as
a ruling elder at a meeting of the Presb.
13th Oct. 1716 ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 27th March, and ord. 24th April
1717 ; trans, to Gartly 7th Oct. 1719.
JOHN PAUL, born Elgin about 1695,
son of William P., merchant and
1 bailie (to whom he was served heir
9th Jan. 1722) ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1711); licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 24th Dec. 1717; pres. by
Presb. of Elgin jure devoluto 18th Oct.,
and ord. 10th Nov. 1720 ; died 16th March
1747. He marr. 23rd Jan. 1722, Magdalen
Innes, who died at Elgin, 2nd June 1771,
and had issue — Jean, above 16 in 1746 ;
Anna, above 16 in 1746 ; Margaret, born
12th Jan. 1731 ; Helen, born 7th March
1735. — [Index to Services.]
JAMES GRAY, pres. by John, Earl of
Rothes, before 15th Sept. 1747 ; ord.
14th April 1748 ; trans, to Lanark
(his native parish) 18th June 1755.
1748
[ALEXANDER GRANT, pres. by John,
.„ 5 Earl of Rothes, before 9th Dec. 1755;
called 6th Jan. 1756 ; died while
undergoing his trials for ordination 25th
Feb. 1756.]
1758
ALEXANDER PATERSON, born 30th
Aug. 1730, son of John P., min. of
St Andrews (Elgin) ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen, 1744-7 ; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 5th Sept. 1753; pres.
by John, Earl of Rothes, before 27th April,
and ord. 9th Sept. 1756 ; died unmarr. 28th
Oct. 1759. It is said that he preached
on the Sunday preceding his death appar-
ently in good health, and ended his
discourse with the words that "he hoped
what had been said would have the greater
influence, as it should probably be the last
sermon they should hear from him." — [Scots
Mag., xxi., 606.]
ROBERT GRANT, M.A.; pres. by
John, Earl of Rothes, before 25th
March, and adm. 17th July 1760;
trans, to Cullen 23rd Sept. 1762.
1760
1763
JAMES OGILVIE, born 1722, son of
John O., Bankhead, Fordyce ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
schoolmaster of Botriphnie, 1732-9 ; licen.
by Presb. of Fordyce 10th June 1741 ;
Royal Bounty missionary at Portsoy in
1747 ; ord. to Ordiquhil] 21st Feb. 1750 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Findlater and Sea-
field before 3rd Jan., trans, and adm. 24th
March 1763 ; died unmarr. 20th May 1788.
350
ROTHES
[PEESB. OF ABERLOUK
GEOEGE CRUICKSHANK, born
1788 1753; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1771); schoolmaster
of Inveraven, 1772-88 ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberlour 30th June 1778 ; assistant to pre-
ceding 20th March 1785 ; pres. by George
III. (assistant and successor) 12th May
1788, and again to the full charge before
14th Aug., and ord. 25th Sept. 1788 ; died
15th June 1838. He marr. 25th Sept.
1788, Jean Anderson, who died s.p. 6th
March 1844, aged 91. Publication — Ac-
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iii.).
ALEXANDER MACWATT, born
1839 Inverness) 1799, son of William M.,
architect, and Ann Grant ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Forres 21st April 1829 ; tutor
at Drumearn, and at Altyre (where one
of his pupils was Gordon Cumming, the
lion-hunter) ; pres. by the tutor for Lewis
Alexander, Earl of Seafield, Nov. 1838 ;
ord. 7th Feb. 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Free Church,
Eothes, 1843-80; died unmarr. 27th Nov.
1880. Publications — The Jealousy of the
Kingdoms of this World toivards the King-
dom of Christ, and their Opposition to its
Progress, a lecture (Elgin, 1844) ; Sermon
XCII. {Free Church Pulpit, ii.) ; Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xiii.). —
[Our Church Fathers, Elgin, 1899.]
GEORGE GRAY, born Monquhitter,
1843 18^2> son °f James G., shoemaker,
and Isabella Grieve ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen, 1816-20 ; school-
master of Boharm, 1820-43 ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberlour 2nd May 1826 ; pres. by Lewis
Alexander, Earl of Seafield, 10th Aug., and
ord. 22nd Sept. 1843 ; died 19th Aug. 1879.
1880
1882
He marr. (1) 24th June 1826, Helen (died
before his admission), daugh. of William
Thomson, schoolmaster of Rothes, and had
issue — William, above the age of 16 in
1844, died 17th Nov. 1848 ; James, born
7th June 1829, died 30th July 1865;
Elizabeth, born 9th Sept. 1831, died 6th
April 1844: (2) 28th Sept. 1846, Marion
Kerr (died s.p. at Glasgow, 19th June
1874), daugh. of John Killian Macnish,
surgeon, Glasgow, and sister of Robert M.,
author of The Anatomy of Drunkenness.
PETER CHARLES FINDLAY, M.A. ;
elected 8th Dec. 1879; ord. 12th
Feb. 1880; trans, to Carsphairn
5th Oct. 1881 (<■/. Vol. HI., 402) ; died at
Edinburgh 10th March 1924.
JOHN MORGAN, born Drumore,
Wigtownshire, 1824, son of John M.,
shipmaster, and Elizabeth Willan ;
educated at Univs. of Aberdeen and at
Giessen (Ph.D.) ; licen. by Presb. of Liver-
pool of the Presbyterian Church of Eng-
land ; became a schoolmaster and was
sometime Principal of Southport College ;
adm. to Church of Scotland as a licentiate
by the General Assembly in 1881 ; elected
28th Dec. same year; ord. 2nd March 1882;
died at Aberdeen, 29th Sept. 1905. He
marr. Mary (died s.p. at Elgin, 27th May
1905, aged 65), datigh. of William Larnach,
farmer, and Barbara Macdonald.
WILLIAM FALCONER JENKINS,
18g5 born Burghead, 2nd Jan. 1870, son
of Alexander J. and Jane Falconer ;
educated at Burghead and Kearn (Duffus)
Schools and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1889) ; licen. by Presb. of Forres 3rd May
1892 ; assistant at Selkirk ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 8th Jan. 1895 ; app. clerk
of Presb. in 1911.
PEESBYTEEY OF ABERNETHY
[This Presbytery was conjoined with Aberlour, and known as Inveraven from before 1623
to 1630, and was called Aberlour and Abernethy in 1631 ; was disjoined from Aberlour
in 1632, and known as Abernethy from 1632 to 1645 ; was again conjoined with Aberlour in
1645, and known as Aberlour, or Aberlour and Abernethy, from 1645 to the Eevolution.
The Presbyteries met separately as occasion required, and also held annually a certain
number of conjunct meetings. There were two separate Minute Books, the minute
of any conjunct meeting being recorded in the " lower " (Aberlour) or the " upper "
(Abernethy) Presbytery Book according to the place of meeting. All these early minutes
for Abernethy have been lost. From the Eevolution to 1702 Abernethy formed part
of the united Presbytery of Moray, and from 1702 to 1707 part of the united Presbytery
of Elgin, Aberlour, and Abernethy ; was again conjoined with Aberlour and known as
Aberlour and Abernethy from 1707 to 1709 ; was disjoined from Aberlour in 1709, and
has since been known as Abernethy. The Register begins 26th June 1722, but is blank
from 29th July 1766 to 8th March 1790, and defective between 1790 and 1805.]
ABERNETHY AND
KINCARDINE-ON-SPEY.
[These two parishes were united about
1560. Each of them still has its own
church.
Abernethy. — The church of the vicarage
of Abernethy was dedicated to St George.
Kincardine-on-Spey. — The church of
Kincardine was dedicated to St Katherine.]
JOHN GLASS, reader and exhorter "in
1567 the Irish tongue " at Abernethy and
Kingussie in 1567; min.
in 1572.
of Alvie
1574
WILLIAM FAEQUHAESON, M.A. ;
min. in 1574, and still mentioned
in 1580.
PATRICK GEANT, M.A. ; pres. to the
,585 parsonage by James VI. ; min. in
1585; from 1590 till 1614 Advie
and Cromdale were in the charge, and
in 1595 also Duthil ; fined for resetting
the Clan Gregor. He marr. (1) Margaret
Hay, and had issue — John : (2) (cont. 25th
Jan. 1597), Barbara, sister to Patrick Grant
of Ballindalloch, and had issue — Thomas,
served heir 17th Aug. 1655; Catherine. —
[P. C. Reg., x. 53, 2nd ser. ii. 572; Reg.
of Deeds, 28th July 1638.
COLIN MACKENZIE, M.A. ; trans.
from Knockando, and adm. (assist-
ant and successor) after 7th May
1633 ; trans, to Contin 12th May 1641.
1633
EODEEICK MACKENZIE, M.A. ;
adm. before 4th Oct. 1642 ; trans,
to Gairloch before 8th Aug. 1649.
1642
1656
JOHN SANDEESON, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1652) ; ord. after
6th May 1656; recommended (by the
Synod) to get an assistant, 7th Oct. 1668,
owing to his ill-health.
COLIN NICOLSON, M.A. ; pres. by
ls7 Ludovick Grant of Grant ; ord.
(at Elgin) as assistant 12th Aug.
1670 ; trans, to Kirkmichael Jan. 1686.
JAMES GEANT, born 1647 ; educated
1686 at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(30th April 1663); an "expectant"
in the Presb. 27th Nov. 1672; passed
trials and remitted to the bishop to
receive ordination, collation, and institu-
352
ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE-ON-SPEY [presb. of
tion, 26th March 1673; coll. 9th April,
and adm. to Urquhart and Glenmoriston
7th May 1673 ; trans, and adm. before
6th Oct. 1686 ; deprived by decreet of
the Privy Council, 7th Nov. 1689, having
refused to read the Proclamation or to
pray for King William and Queen Mary.
He died in 1693. He marr. Isobel Grant,
and had issue — James, served heir 12th
June 1716. — [Mackay's Urquhart and
Glenmoriston, 357].
[Parish said to be vacant for 20 years.]
WILLIAM GRANT, said to be a son
1709 °^ ^r James G. of Dalvey; school-
master of Cromdale; studied divinity
at Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
in 1707 ; ord. 19th May 1709 ; died 27th
June 1764, aged 96. His portrait is at
Castle Grant. He marr. and had issue —
Ludovick, min. of Ardchattan ; Grisel
(marr. William Grant, Advie) ; Ann (marr.
Alexander Grant, barrack-master at Fort
Augustus) ; Margaret, born 1721 (marr.
Lewis Grant of Lettoch), died 29th Sept.
1809 ; Christian (marr. Evan Grant, Fort
Augustus). — [Forsyth's In the Shadow of
Cairngorm, 97 ; Burt's Letters from the
North of Scotland.]
JOHN GRANT, born Milton of Duthil,
17es 1740 ; son of Sweton G. and Elspet
Grant; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (25th April 1759) ; licen.
by Presb. of Abernethy ; ord. to Arrochar
27th Sept. 1764; pres. by James Grant,
younger of Grant ; trans, and adm. 26th
Sept. 1765 ; 'died 21st Jan. 1820. He was
a short-built man though with broad
shoulders and a good figure. Once when
examining a man who had been balloted
for the militia, and whom he wished, for
his mother's sake, to get off, he objected
to his being passed, saying, "Too short,
too short." The man's pride was hurt,
and he answered sharply, " Ye needna say
that, Mr John, ye're no ane o' the Philistines
yersel'." Many of his parishioners were
serving in the army during the French
War, and occasionally after sermon he gave
information to his people as to its progress.
One Sunday he announced with much
satisfaction that Napoleon was dead, and
that there would soon be peace. The
report being incorrect, he was somewhat
downcast when, next Sunday, he said,
" My friends, it was not true what I told
you last day. The scoundrel Bonaparte
is alive yet, and doing as much mischief
as ever." Many anecdotes are still reported
of his kindly ways, and his deep interest
in all parish affairs. He marr. 2nd March
1775, Christian (died 21st July 1832),
daugh. of James Grant of Clurie, and
had issue— James Augustus of Viewfield,
Nairn, Chief Secretary to the Government,
Bombay, and Judge of the Court at
Gujrat; Peter, captain H.E.I.C.S., died
in Madras 27th Feb. 1810 ; Sweton, divinity
student, died 20th Feb. 1810; George,
captain Bombay Infantry, died 1819 ; Helen
(marr. Alexander Grant of Dellachaple),
died 1865. [Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.). — [For-
syth's In the Shadow of Cairngwm,
98-101 ; Tablet in Church].
1820
DONALD MARTIN, born Bealloch,
Kilmuir, Skye, 1750, son of Donald
M., agent for Sir Alexander (father
of first Lord Macdonald of the Isles),
and a daugh. of Macdonald of Sartle ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen
(M.A. 29th March 1773), and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Skye ;
ord. to Kilmuir in Trotternish 5th Oct.
1785 ; trans, to Inverness Chapel-of-Ease
after 14th July 1808; pres. by curator of
Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield, trans,
and i adm. 15th Aug. 1820; died 24th Jan.
1838. He marr. 7th Feb. 1788, Ann (died
11th Dec. 1803), daugh. of Norman Mac-
donald of Scalpa and Barnisdale, and sister
of General Sir John M., General Archibald
M., General Sir Alexander M., and Matthew
Norman Macdonald Hume, W.S. [father of
the Rt. Hon. Sir John H. A. M., Lord Kings-
burgh, Lord Justice-Clerk], and Susanna
MacAlister, and had issue — Diana, born 24th
March 1789 (marr. Lieut. John Maclean) ;
Susanna, born 9th Feb. 1790 (marr. John
Graham, Portree); Donald Norman, captain
of Artillery, born 17th March 1791, died
at Woolwich in 1815 from wounds at
abernethy] ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE-ON-SPEY
353
Waterloo; Ann Isabella, born 12th Nov.
1792 (marr. John Munro, solicitor, Fort-
William) ; Flora, born 1st Dec. 1793, died
16th March 1795 ; Norman, born 20th May
1795, died 10th Jan. 1797 ; Sir James
Eanald, distinguished surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.,
and sanitary reformer, born 12th May 1796,
died lin London, 27th Nov. 1874; Martin
(twin), born 12th May 1796, died 18th April
1797; Flora, born 20th May 1798 (marr.
Captain Kobert Stewart, Kirkton of Mort-
lach, and was mother of Field-Marshal Sir
Donald Martin Stewart, Bart.) ; Norman
Alexander, planter in Demerara, born 16th
Dec. 1799, died there ; Ann Macnicol, born
7th April 1801 ; Norman Lachlan, born
17th Oct. 1802, died 8th Jan. 1803; John
Angus, born 3rd Dec. 1803, died 3rd April
1801. Publications — Account of Kilmuir
(Skye) (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii., xxi.);
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xiii.). — [Tombst. ; Forsyth's In the Shadoio
of Cairngorm, 101-5 ; Clan Donald, iii.,
563.]
JAMES STUAET, born 1805, youngest
son of Adam S., farmer, Dalvey,
Cromdale, and Marjory Grant ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(March 1824) ; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
nethy 12th May 1829 ; pres. by the curator
of Lewis Alexander, Earl of Seafield, and
ord. 6th Sept. 1838 ; died 22nd July 1862.
He was a man of much scholarship and
had marked literary tastes. He marr. 21st
March 1839, Margaret (died June 1855),
daugh. of John Mitchell, C.E., Inverness,
and had issue — William Henry, M.D.,
Deputy Inspector - General of Hospitals
and Fleets, K.N., born 31st May 1847,
died at Eugby, 28th March 1902; John.
—[Tombst.']
WILLIAM FOESYTH, born at Dell of
Abernethy, 24th Aug. 1825, son of
86 William F. and Jane Ironside Mack-
intosh; educated at Grantown Grammar
School, King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1843); licen. by Presb. of Forres 29th
July 1846; ord. to Ardersier 15th Oct.
1846 ; trans, to Dornoch 27th April 1853 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Seafield, trans,
and adm. 24th April 1863; D.D. (Aber-
VOL. VI.
1S38
deen, 1st March 1890); died 27th April
1907. He was one of the most notable
mins. in the North, an antiquary, a keen
observer of Nature, an accomplished Gaelic
scholar, a poet, and he wielded the pen
of a ready and interesting writer. He
marr. 11th Feb. 1863, Barbara (died 14th
Dec. 1912), daugh. of William Asher, D.D.,
min. of Inveraven, and had issue — William,
M.A., solicitor, Grantown, born 23rd Dec.
1863; John Gordon Asher, M.D., Inver-
ness, born 6th April 1865, died 22nd April
1911 ; Margaret Jane, born 17th Jan., and
died 5th Dec. 1867 ; James, rancher, N. W.
Ehodesia, born 9th April 1869 ; Alaistair
Orawfurd, born 16th July 1870, died 14th
Sept. 1889; Francis Stewart, born 20th
April 1872, died 16th Sept. 1887 ; George
Granville Sutherland, manager, Hong Kong
and Shanghai Bank, Bombay, born 7th
Aug. 1873. Publications — A Homiletical
Commentary on Psalms XXV I. -XXXV.
(London, 1878) ; In the Shadow of Cairn-
gorm : Chronicles of the Parish of Abernethy
and Kincardine (Inverness, 1900). High-
land Homilies (Inverness, 1907). Contribu-
tions to The Homiletic Quarterly; The
Homilist; The Pulpit Commentary; Good
Words ; Sunday at Home ; Dictionary of
National Biography.]
DUNCAN EOBEETSON, born Strath
Tummel, Blair Atholl, 15th Jan.
1862, son of James E. and Christian
MacLaren ; educated at Strath Tummel
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1883); licen. by Presb. of Mull 4th May
1886; assistant at Arisaig ; ord. there 1888;
trans, to Tarbert 28th March 1889 ; trans,
to Luss 1st Sept. 1896 ; elected 13th Aug.,
trans, and adm. 27th Sept. 1907 ; D.D. (St
Andrews 1919) ; dem. 11th Oct. 1921.
Marr. 4th Nov. 1902, Marion Macdonald
(born 1st Nov. 1877), daugh. of Thomas
Alexander Goldie Balfour, M.D., Edin-
burgh, and Margaret Christall.
AECHIBALD WATSON EOSS, born
6th April 1889, son of William E.,
min. of Polmont ; educated at High
School, Kelvinside Academy, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow June
1920; assistant at The Barony, Glasgow;
1907
1922
354
KINCARDINE-ON-SPEY— ADVIE
[PKESB. OF
1569
ord. (assistant) at The Barony 19th Feb.
1922 ; adm. here 30th March same year.
Marr. 11th July 1923, Mary Evelyn, daugh.
of Malcolm Cross, Glasgow, and Mary
Smith Walker.
KINCARDINE-ON-SPEY.
[Kincardine was united to Abernethy
about 1593.]
ALEXANDER STEWAET, M.A. ; pres.
by James VI. 9th July 1569. He
was witness to a charter dated at
Banff 9th Aug. 1592.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, reader here and
1574 at Duthil from 1574 to 1576.
WILLIAM HAY, served Kincardine
along with Inverallan from 1576
to 1588.
ANDREW HENDERSON, M.A. ; adm.
17th May 1625 to this charge and to
Rothiemurchus on an agreement for
his maintenance by the mins. of Abernethy
and Duthil, but removed to Balquhidder,
27th April 1630, as the terms of the agree-
ment were not fulfilled. Kincardine was
again annexed to Abernethy.
1576
ADVIE (Q.S.).
[The church of Advie was dedicated to
St Bride. Advie was a prebend of the
Cathedral of Elgin. The parishes of Advie
and Cromdale were united before the
Reformation. A mission station was begun
at Advie in 1861. A church was built in
1874, and the district was erected into a
parish 16th July 1888. In 1905 the church
was enlarged, the interior renewed, stained-
glass introduced, and a tower erected by
George M'Corquodale of Dalehroy, in
memory of his son.]
JAMES THORNTON, parson in 1573.—
1573 [Records of Elgin, i., 143.]
THOMAS AUSTEN, prebendar of Advie
ls74 and curate to William Douglas, vicar
of Elgin ; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage by James VI. 28th Aug. 1574;
still in the charge in 1585.
NEIL GRANT, pres. to Advie and Crom-
1588 dale by James VI. 5th July 1588.
PATRICK GRANT, trans, from Aber-
nethy in 1590; in 1593 Inverallan
was conjoined with Advie and Crom-
dale ; he removed to Cromdale in 1595,
but returned in 1596, and again returned to
Abernethy before 13th Oct. 1624.
JAMES WATSON, min. before 1652
1652 when he was trans, to Duthil.
1861
JOHN GRANT, M.A. ; app. in 1861;
adm. to Rothiemurchus 11th Nov.
1869.
JOHN WHYTE, app. in 1S70 ; res. in
1870 1872.
WILLIAM FINDLAY, app. 3rd Dec.
1872 1872; res. in 1875.
ROBERT WADDELL; assistant at
ls75 Rutherglen ; ord. 20th Oct. 1875 ;
died unmarried 2nd Dec. 1877.
JAMES ROBB ALLAN; ord. 11th
._„- July 1878 ; trans, to Stoneywood
15th Oct. 1880.
1881
JOHN OGILVIE ; M.A. ; ord. 3rd Aug.
1881 ; trans, to Burghead 9th March
1882.
1888
JAMES MACKIE; M.A. ; ord. 6th
1882 Sept. 1882i res- m 1888; became
assistant at Eastwood 17th Oct. 1888
and min. of that parish 24th Aug. 1904.
JOHN LIDDELL, born Monifieth, 23rd
Dec. 1857, son of John L. and
Elizabeth Ramsay ; educated at
Monifieth and Murroes Schools, Church of
Scotland Training College, Edinburgh, and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1885), B.D.
(1888); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
7th May 1888; ord. first min. of this
restored parish 18th Oct. 1888; app. clerk
of Presb. 1895. Marr. 14th Oct. 1897,
Euphemia Eliza Norah, daugh. of Ronald
M'Alister, min. of Dingwall, and has issue
—Ronald Herbert Ramsay, born 19th Nov.
1898 [educated at Univs. of Edinburgh
and St Andrews; M.A. (1920); served as
abernethy]
ALVIE
355
captain in the European War, M.C. ; licen.
by Presb. of Abernethy 27th March 1923 ;
assistant at West Church, Greenock; ord. to
St Madoes 8th Nov. 1923] ; Ena M'Alister,
M.B., Ch.B. (St Andrews 1924), London,
born 31st May 1900 (marr. 28th April
1926 Carolus Francis Morrison, M.K.C.S.,
M.R.C.P.); John, born 28th March 1902,
died 8th Feb. 1903 ; George M'Corquodale,
born 8th Oct. 1905, died 4th Nov. 1908.
ALVIE, of old SKEIRALVIE
[colloquially SKIRALOWAY.]
[The church of Alvie was dedicated to
St Drostan. It was a commune kirk of
the Cathedral of Elgin. The parishes of
Laggan and Alvie were united about
1572, but were severed again in July 1636.
In 1672 they were united a second time,
but were again severed in or about 1708.
There were three chapels within the
bounds, St Drostan's at Dunachtan, St
^-Eth's at Kinrara, and St Luag's at
Lynchat.]
ALEXANDER CLARK, reader from
1567 1567 to Nov. 1569 when he became
exhorter at Laggan.
1572 JAMES SPENS, exhorter in 1572.
1572
JOHN GLASS, reader and exhorter
in 1572 and at Rothiemurchus from
1574 to 1576 ; died in 1579.
ANDREW COLT, reader here and at
1574 Kingussie in 1574.
[JOHN ROSS, son of John R., Provost
157_ of Inverness ; pres. by James VI.
31st March 1579, but probably not
settled.]
WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, son of
15SO James M. in Gask ; pres. 24th Sept.
1580 ; dem. before 19th Aug. 1585 ;
was one of the curators of the chief of
Mackintosh (afterwards Sir Lachlan)
during part of his minority, and one of
the leading men of the clan. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xlvii., 20 ; Reg. Assig. ; Mackintosh
and Clan Chattan, 193 [where " brother "
in line 3 of Note should be " second son."] ]
SEVERINUS [SOVERANE] MAC-
1585 PHAIL, pres. by James VI. 19th
Aug. 1585, and 6th April 1586; was
min. of Petty 26th April 1594, when he
was a witness [with Andrew M., min. at
Croy] to a deed at Inverness.— [Fraser-
Mackintosh's Minor Septs of the Clan
Chattan, 58].
ROBERT LESLIE, min. in 1595; still
1595 in the charge in 1597.
RODERICK SUTHERLAND, min. in
1599 1599 and 1601.
WILLIAM FRASER, held this parish
1614 with Rothiemurchus in 1614 ; trans,
to Kiltarlityin 1618. — [Reg. of Deeds,
cclxxxi., 453.]
JAMES LYLE, trans, from Ruthven
1624 aD0U* 1619 ; styled " min. of Alvie
long before 12th Oct. 1624"; Laggan
was also in the charge ; dem. in 1626
"being of very great age and infirm."
RODERICK MACLEOD, trans, from
1632 Assynt; min. in 1632; dep. (for
immorality) about the end of 1642.
— [Inverness Inhib., 2nd ser., i., 140.]
ALEXANDER CLARK, adm. before
1643 1643. — [Mackintosh Muniments, 387].
JAMES WATSON, adm. before 1653;
legs died before 1667. — [Mackintosh
Muniments, 103].
JAMES DICK, min. of Laggan, had
1662 charge to 1662.
THOMAS MACPHERSON, third son
1662 °^ J°nrl Oig M. of the Invereshie
family and Euphemia Mackintosh ;
schoolmaster in Lochaber 4th April 1660 ;
having begun to preach without passing
trials he expressed his sorrow to the
Presb. of Lorn, 12th Sept. 1660, and was
licen. by said Presb. 11th April 1661 ; ord.
before 21st Oct. 1662; Laggan was still
in the charge in 1672; died in 1708. He
is probably the " Mr Thomas " referred to
by Sir iEneas Macpherson in The Loyale
Dissuasive. He marr. Bethia, daugh. of
John Maxwell, Bishop of Ross, and had
556
ALVIE
[PRESB. OF
issue — Elias ; iEneas ; Isobel. — [The
Loyale Dissuasive (Scot. Hist. Soc), p. 92 ;
G. R. Homings, 7th Feb. 1687.]
ALEXANDER FRASER, M.A. ; ord.
17 2nd Sept. 1713 ; trans, to Inveraven
22nd Aug. 1721.
LEWIS CHAPMAN, called by the
1TO_ Presb. jure devoluto 5th, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1728 ; trans, to
Petty 6th June 1738.
WILLIAM GORDON [alias
1?39 M'GREGOR], schoolmaster of
Kingussie ; catechist at Laggan,
Alvie, and Kingussie (under Royal
Bounty Committee) in 1725 to Oct.
1726; licen. by Presb. of Abertarff 10th
Sept. 1729 ; ord. to TJrquhart and Glen-
moriston 24th Dec. 1730 ; called 30th
Jan., trans, and adm. 20th Sept. 1739 ;
died 2nd April 1787 in his 101st year.
Before the Battle of Culloden in 1746,
he was asked by the Duke of Cumberland
to treat with his clansmen — the M'Gregors
— who had been long proscribed, and to
assure them that if they laid down their
arms, they would be restored to their
name and be countenanced by the Govern-
ment, or if they joined the army that their
officers would retain their rank and not
suffer any loss. G., however, firmly declined
the Duke's overtures. After the battle he
received into his manse and hospitably
entertained a number of soldiers on both
sides, who were reduced to great straits
and had sought his relief. Cumberland
demanded an explanation, when G. is said
to have thus replied : " May it please
your Royal Highness, I am exceedingly
straitened between two contrary commands
both coming from very high authority.
My heavenly King's Son commands me
to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked,
to give meat and drink to my very
enemies, and to relieve to the utmost of
my power, indiscriminately, all objects of
distress that come in my way. My earthly
king's son commands me to drive the
homeless wanderer from my door, to shut
my bowels of compassion against the cries
of the needy, and to withhold from my
fellow-mortals in distress the relief which
it is in my power to afford. Pray, which
of these commands am I to obey ? " " By
all means," replied Cumberland, " obey the
commands of your heavenly King's Son ;
your character is very different from what
has been represented to me ; go home in
peace, act conformably to the benevolent
spirit of that Gospel which you are
professionally employed to teach and
to explain." He marr. (1) Magdalene,
died s.p., daugh. of John Macpherson of
Dalraddie and Invereshie, and widow of
Malcolm Macpherson of Nessentulloch :
(2) 27th May 1772, Barbara (died 13th
March 1819), daugh. of Donald Grant
son to Tullochgorum. — [Percy Anecdotes ;
Douglas's Baronage, 361.]
JOHN GORDON, born 1750, a native
l7g8 of Ross-shire ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (29th
March 1770); ord. missionary at Fort-
William 8th May 1779 ; pres. by Alexander,
Duke of Gordon, and adm. 8th May 1788 ;
died 6th Oct. 1805. He marr. Anne (died
19th June 1S32), daugh. of Duncan
Matheson, Redcastle, and had issue —
Jean (marr. Capt. Donald Fraser, 78th
Foot). Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.). — [Tombst.].
JOHN MACDONALD, a native of the
1806 county > educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th March 1797) ;
sometime schoolmaster at Dornoch ; licen.
by Presb. of Dornoch 4th Feb. 1802 ; ord.
(assistant) at Kingussie Dec. 1803 ; pres.
by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in March,
and adm. 24th July 1806 ; died 16th Feb.
1854. He marr. (1) name unrecorded: (2)
Charlotte Grant, died 30th March 1827,
and had issue, Charlotte (marr. 31st Oct.
1848, William Ogilvie, National Bank,
Grantown) : (3) name unrecorded : (4) 3rd
Aug. 1841, Katherine Durie, who died
16th April 1845. Publication — Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, xiv.) ;
an anonymous Gaelic poem is ascribed
to him, Imcheisd Eaglais na h-Alba. —
[Tombst.].
abernethy]
ALVIE— CROMDALE
357
DONALD MACDONALD, born 1794,
1854 son °^ Duncan M., farmer, and
Margaret Grant ; missionary at Ben-
becula 1837 ; ord. to Trumisgarry 2nd May
1844 ; pres. by Charles, Duke of Bichmond
and Lennox; trans, and adm. 29th Nov.
1854; died 6th Nov. 1879. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Cumming, tacks-
man of Newton, North Uist, and had
issue — Margaret Grant (marr. Dr James
Nicol Cox, Gatehouse of Fleet), died 30th
Aug. 1922.
JAMES ANDEBSON, born Kenmore,
lg80 5th July 1834, son of Duncan A.,
farmer, and Janet M'Ewen ; edu-
cated at Blair-Atholl and Aberfeldy Schools,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; assistant at
Alva and Struan ; ord. (by Fresb. of Nairn)
to the Presbyterian Church, Newcastle,
New Brunswick, June 1865 ; adm. to this
charge 22nd April 1880; died 14th July
1913. During his ministry the church was
greatly renewed, and a parish hall erected
at Kincraig. He marr. (1) Jan. 1865,
Barbara Grant (born 13th Jan. 1832, died
27th Nov. 1883) : (2) 28th March 1888, Jessie,
daugh. of Daniel Munro, min. of Insh.
DITGALD M'LEAN, born Kilchoman,
1914 14th July 1861 ; son of Dugald M.
and Jane Macdiarmid ; educated at
Kilchoman School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Islay and Jura 7th June
1887 ; assistant at Tiree June 1887 to May
1888; ord. to Kinlochspelvie, 9th May
1888; trans, to Hylipol 6th Feb. 1890;
trans, to Gairloch 16th May 1906; trans.
and adm. 15th Jan. 1914. Marr. 23rd
June 1910, Agnes Balmain (Atta), daugh.
of Donald MacLeod, D.D., min. of St
Columba's, London.
CROMDALE.
[The church of Cromdale was dedicated
to St Luag. It was a prebend of the
Cathedral of Elgin. The three parishes
of Cromdale, Inverallan, and Advie were
united, but have been severed again.
Inverallan was disjoined 24th May 1869,
and Advie 16th July 1888.]
THOMAS AUSTEN; MA. ; pres. to
1574 the parsonage and vicarage of Advie
and Cromdale by James VI. 28th
Aug. 1574 ; died in 1588.
DUNCAN M'PHAIL, reader from 1574
1574 to 1584.
NEIL GBANT, pres. to Advie and
1588 Cromdale by James VI. 5th July
1588.
PATEICK GBANT ; M.A. ; held Advie
15g and Cromdale in conjunction with
Abernethy from 1590 till after 1614.
On 11th July 1612 he was one of a jury
in a criminal trial, probably the only
instance recorded of a minister being on
such a jury.
DAVID DICK; M.A. ; was min. at
1618 "^ ^U"y 1618, when Inverallan was
annexed to Cromdale ; died in 1638.
GILBEBT MABSHALL {primus) ; edu-
1640 ca,te<i at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1621) ; ord. to Ogston in 1625 ;
trans, to Knockando before 28th April
1634 ; pres. by James Grant of Grant ;
trans, and adm. before 15th April 1640.
He marr. Margaret Sutherland, and had
issue — Gilbert, min. of this parish.
GILBEBT MABSHALL (seamdus) ;
le6_ M.A., son of preceding ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) before 2nd Oct.
1666 ; trans, to Inverness 9th Sept. 1674.
JOHN STEWABT, born 1643; a
„„ native of Moray ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th April
1663) ; schoolmaster of Dyke, 1663-8 ; ord.
(at Elgin) 26th Jan. 1676; deprived by
Decreet of Privy Council 7th Nov. 1689,
having acknowledged that he neither read
the Proclamation of the Estates nor prayed
for King William and Queen Mary. He
died 6th Sept. 1690. He marr. Sept. 1676
Janet Bobertson, who survived him. —
[Moray Tests.]
WILLIAM M'KAY, born about 1660,
only son of John M. of the Achness
family, min. of Dornoch in 1690 ; app.
a Visitor for the North by the Assembly
13th Nov. 1690 ; was a member of Assembly
358
CROMDALE
[PRESB. OF
in 1692; trans, and adm. after 17th April
1694 ; was Moderator of the United Presbs.
within the Synod of Moray at a meeting
held at Forres 10th Oct. 1695; died in
1700. He marr. Jane, daugh. of John
Dunbar, bailie of Inverness. She survived
him, and had issue — John, who was recom-
mended for a bursary by the General
Assembly 31st March 1701 ; George, Sheriff-
Depute of Moray ; Hugh. — [House of
Mackay.]
JAMES CHAPMAN, born Inverness,
17o2 1677, son of Eobert C, merchant;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (4th April 1695); licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 31st May 1699; ord.
to Cawdor same year ; trans, and adm.
25th Nov. 1702; died at the end of the
year 1737. He marr. Ann, daugh. of Alex-
ander Cuthbert, Provost of Inverness, and
had issue — John in Kesouple, served heir 6th
Feb. 1741; Lewis, min. of Petty; Anne (marr.
George Grant, min. of Kirkmichael). He
compiled a Memoir of the family of Grant,
which is preserved in MS. in the Scottish
National Library, Edinburgh. — [Playfair's
Baronetage, iii.; Index to Services.]
FRANCIS GEANT, born about 1694,
son of Thomas G., min. of Knock -
1*739
ando ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1704 ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar
19th Feb. 1719 ; ord. to Duthil 22nd Sept.
same year ; called 30th Jan., trans, and
adm. 4th July 1739 ; died 19th June 1746.
He marr., and had issue.
PATEICK GRANT, born 1723, son of
Patrick G. of Tullochgriban in
1751 Duthil and Margaret Walker ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1747-51 ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 2nd
July 1751 ; ord. 19th Dec. 1751 ; died 15th
Feb. 1778. He marr. 18th April 1769,
Grace (died at Curr, 30th Dec. 1795),
daugh. of James Grant of Knockando, and
had issue — an only son, James, apprenticed
to a W.S. in 1790 ; Grace (marr. 22nd Dec.
1801, Anthony Barclay, W.S.) ; Elizabeth
(marr., pro. 19th Nov. 1797, James Thomson,
grocer, Edinburgh), died 19th May 1832.—
[Edin. and Moray Tests.]
1778
LEWIS GRANT, born 1735, son of
George G., min. of Kirkmichael ;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1753); licen. by Presb.
of Forres 17th July 1759; ord. to Duthil
20th Sept. that year; trans, and adm. 14th
July 1778 ; died 9th Jan. 1798. A man
of great kindness and hospitality. He
marr. 15th Sept. 1764, Robina Clerk, who
died 17th March 1826, aged 80, and had
issue — George; Jean Duff, born 1766 (marr.
Grigor Grant, min. of this parish) ; Anne
marr. 4th Dec. 1797, Robert Grant of Kin-
corth) ; Alexandrina (marr. James Grant,
min. of Urquhart and Glenmoriston) ;
Robina (marr. 6th June 1807, John
Muterer, merchant, Forres. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, viii.). — [Tombst. ; Moray Tests.]
1798
GRIGOR GRANT, born Kilmuir
Easter, 1770, son of John G.,
farmer, Polnicol, and Margaret,
daugh. of George Grant, min. of Kirk-
michael ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (28th March 1789) ; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 3rd Dec. 1794 ; assistant
in this parish ; pres. by Sir James Grant
of Grant, and ord. 7th Nov. 1798; died
13th Sept. 1829. He marr. 8th Nov. 1798,
Jean Duff (died at Forres, 10th Jan. 1838,
aged 72), daugh. of Lewis Grant, min. of
this parish, and had issue — Lewis, died at
Portsmouth, 5th Jan. 1838 ; John, died
1808 ; Margaret (marr. Robert Grant
Watson, writer, Forres), died 28th Aug.
1855 ; Robina Jane. — [Tombst.]
1830
JAMES GRANT, born 1820, son of
Charles G., farmer, Rothiemoon,
Abernethy ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1822);
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 12th Jan.
1827 ; pres. by Colonel Francis William
Grant Nov. 1829 ; ord. 14th April 1830 ;
died 2nd May 1856. He marr. 2nd June
1836, Christina (died 6th Feb. 1870),
youngest daugh. of Duncan Mackintosh,
and had issue — Charles Duncan, M.B.,
CM. (Aberdeen 1869), born 23rd Oct.
1841. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, xiv.).
abernethy]
CROMDALE— DUTHIL
359
1873
1889
DUNCAN M'INNES, born Oban, eldest
1856 son °^ Captain Duncan M. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Lorn ; ord. to Oban Chapel-of-Ease in
1852 ; pres. by John, Earl of Seafield, trans.
and adm. 19th Dec. 1856 ; dem. 15th Oct.
1886; died at Oban, 13th Feb. 1903.
EONALD MACALISTEK, pres. by
1869 J°nn> Earl of Seafield, trans, from
the Gaelic Church, Paisley, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 1st May 1869;
trans, to Dingwall 1st May 1873.
JOHN GRANT, M.A. ; pres. by John,
Earl of Seafield, 6th Sept., trans.
from Eothiemurchus and adm.
(assistant and successor) 10th Dec. 1873 ;
trans, to Croy and Dalcross 23rd June 1886.
JOHN M'COWAN, born 1852, son of
John M., schoolmaster, and Katherine
M'Cormick ; ord. to Duncansburgh
13th May 1884; elected by a majority of
the congregation 6th June 1887, and (after
appeal to the Synod and Court of Session)
trans, and adm. 7th March 1889 ; died at
Edinburgh while a member of the General
Assembly,26th Mayl909. Hemarr.7thJune
1884, Dorothea Elizabeth (died s.p.), daugh.
of Major Stanleyand widow of Francis Cook.
THOMAS SHERRETT CARGILL,
1909 k°rn West Anstruther, 14th Jan. 1877,
son of John C, fisheries superin-
tendent, and Anne Chalmers ; educated
at Waid Academy, Anstruther, and Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1897), B.D. (1901) ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews Nov. 1901 ;
assistant at Inveresk ; ord. to Old Machar
25th Nov. 1903 ; elected 30th Sept., trans,
and adm. 9th Nov. 1909. Marr. 17th Nov.
1909, Nellie (born 1st July 1874), daugh.
of Alexander Alexander, cattle dealer, and
Helen Walker.
DUTHIL.
[The church of Duthil was dedicated to
St Peter, but there is evidence of an
earlier dedication to St Duchald. Duthil
was a prebend of the Cathedral of Elgin.
There is a mission chapel in this parish,
at Boat of Garten.]
WILLIAM SIMSON, reader at Kin-
cardine and Duthil from 1574 to
1574
1576; reader at Ardclach in 1580.
WILLIAM HAY, held this parish in
conjunction with Inverallan from
1576 to 1586.
1576
1595
PATRICK GRANT; M.A. ; held this
parish in conjunction with Abernethy
in 1595.
WILLIAM WATSON, educated
, „ at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1617); min. of Duthil and
Rothiemurchus before 1623. Having con-
fessed giving lodging for a night to James,
Earl of Montrose, he made a humble sub-
mission for this in 1646 ; in 1647 he was
censured by the Synod for marrying William
Mackintosh to Mrs Grant of Rothiemurchus,
though he was forcibly induced to do so,
having been seized and shut up in a vault
till he consented ; on 4th Oct. 1648, the
Synod, believing him to be too " silent in
those things that concern the public affairs
of the kirk, which makes some suspicious
of his affection to the Covenant, and that
his son James was of the like mind as
himself, gravlie admonished him for being
silent in preaching " and recommended him
"to preach boldly against the unlawful
courses and gross sins of the kingdom, and
to promoove [promote] the Covenant to the
uttermost of his power " ; died before 25th
July 1655. He marr. (1) and had issue
— James, min. of this parish; William;
John : (2) (cont. 6th Nov. 1644), Isobel
Cumming, widow of Andrew Geddes of
Essil ; she survived him. — [Records of
Elgin, ii., 250.]
JAMES WATSON, born 1624, son of
1652 Preceding; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1640);
app. Synod bursar in Theology, having both
Gaelic and English, 11th May 1641; he had
his licence suspended by the Synod, 14th
July 1646, " for compliance with the common
enemy," having made verses in praise of
Montrose's victories; min. of Advie before
1652; was restored 4th April 1648; ord.
(assistant and successor) before 15th Jan.
1652, and is said to have died in 1659.
360
DUTHIL
[PEESB. OF
1664
WILLIAM FRASER; M.A. ; passed
trials before Presb. of Elgin and
was licen. by the bishop 3rd June
1663 ; ord. (at Elgin) 13th Jan. 1664, and
still in the charge at 3rd Oct. 1665.
WILLIAM SMITH ; M.A. ; ord. before
1667 1st Oct. 1667 ; dep. (for drunken-
ness) 10th Oct. 1682, and reponed
23rd April 1684. During the period of
his suspension the Presb. of Inverness gave
him assistance "in regard to his present
straits."
SWETON GRANT,' educated at King's
1683 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1677) ;
ord. before 16th Oct. 1683 ; deprived
by Decreet of the Privy Council, 7th Nov.
1689, for refusing to read the Proclamation
of the Estates or to pray for King William
and Queen Mary ; died in 1693, aged about
36. He marr. Grizel, daugh. of Sir James
Strachan of Thornton, min. of Keith, and
had issue — Louis, M.A. — [Moray Tests. ;
Peterkin's Constitution."]
DONALD M'INTOSH, a native
of Badenoch ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen, 1665-70; passed
trials before Presb. of Aberdeen and recom-
mended for licence 31st March 1674 ; adm.
to Farr before 13th July 1682; received
into communion by the Committee app.
by the Assembly for the North, July 1694 ;
adm. to this charge in 1695. His name
does not appear on the Synod roll though
he was app. by the Assembly, 30th Jan.
1699, as one of a Committee for visiting
the parishes in Moray ; dem. in 1708, on
account of difficulties concerned with the
baptism of a son to Grant of Dalrachny,
the result, it is said, of a conspiracy against
him. He marr. and had issue — iEneas;
Anne ; Elizabeth ; Isobel ; Marjorie. — [Acts
of Ass., 1699 ; Index to Services.]
FRANCIS GRANT; ord. 22nd Sept.
_71g 1719; trans, to Cromdale 4th July
1739.
1695
PATRICK GRANT ; pres. by Sir James
Grant of Grant Dec. 1739 ; ord. 3rd
Dec. 1740; trans, to Nigg (Ross),
25th July 1756. [At the meeting of the
1740
Presb., 6th Nov. 1755, the chief reason for
his translation was said to be the extensive
nature of Duthil parish, where G. " often
exerted himself beyond his strength." Nigg,
a considerably less parish, "would better
fit the natural strength of G. and be the
means of promoting the life and health of
so valuable a minister, and though many
of the people of Nigg had received
unfavourable impressions of him, yet the
Presb. are persuaded from his known
abilities, piety, prudence, and obliging
behaviour, that those prejudices will soon
wear off."'] — [Acts of Ass., 1755.]
ROBERT GRANT of Kinchirdie, bom
.„_„ about 1733, eldest son of James G.
of Kinchirdie (whom he succeeded,
2nd July 1757), and Margaret, daugh. of
Gregor Grant of Gartenmore ; licen. by
Presb. of Abernethy 30th Nov. 1756; pres.
by Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant ; ord.
19th April 1758; died unmarr. 13th Feb.
1759.
LEWIS [or LUDOVICK] GRANT;
.„ M.A. ; pres. by Sir Ludovick Grant
of Grant; ord. 20th Sept. 1759;
trans, to Cromdale 14th July 1778.
1778
PATRICK GRANT, born about 1746,
son of Patrick G. of Glenmore in
Rothienmrchus ; missionary at Fort
William about 1772 ; adm. 24th Sept. 1778 ;
died 21st Jan. 1809. He marr. 20th July
1784, Beatrix (born 2nd Sept. 1761, died
at Nairn, 20th Feb. 1845), daugh. of Niel
Campbell of Duntroon, and had issue —
Georgina Neil Campbell, died unmarr.
21st July 1810; Matilda Campbell, died
unmarr. 2nd Feb. 1838 ; Ann Trapaud
(marr. Major John Grant of Auchter-
blair), and was mother of Sir Patrick G.,
Field-Marshal ; Captain George William
Trapaud, Bengal Horse Artillery, died in
India. Following her husband's death,
Mrs G. established a boarding academy
at Inverness, which was accidentally de-
stroyed by fire in Jan. 1819. She was
authoress of Sketches of Intellectual Edu-
cation and Hints on Domestic Economy,
2 vols. (Inverness, 1812), and Popular
Models (Edinburgh, 1816). Publication —
abernethy]
DUTHIL— INSH
361
1820
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iv., xvi.). — [Memoir of Mrs Grant of
Laggan, ii., 219.]
JOHN GEANT, born 1742; licen.
1809 ky Presb. of Abernethy and ord.
4th Jan. 1774 ; adm. to Arrochar
26th June 1776; trans, to Kirkmichael 10th
March 1780; pres. by Sir James Grant of
Grant in June, trans, and adm. 27th Sept.
1809; died 1st July 1819. He marr. 4th
Oct. 1780, Clementina Cruickshank, who
died 17th June 1841, and had issue—
Georgiana. Publication— Account of Kirk-
michael (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.).— [Moray
Tests. ; Hall's Travels, ii.]
WILLIAM GEANT, born Dalrachny
in Duthil, 1786, son of James G.,
farmer, and Ann Stewart ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st
March 1806) ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
26th April 1810 ; ord. to Kirkmichael 30th
July 1817; pres., by the curator of Lewis
Alexander, Earl of Seafield, Nov. 1819 ;
trans, and adm. 28th March 1820; died
22nd Aug. 1862, and' was buried atAberlour.
He was an accomplished scholar, took a
deep interest in education, and assisted
to endow schools in his parish. He marr.
17th Aug. 1824, Mary (died 20th Nov.
1868, aged 76), daugh. of James Garioch,
surgeon, Old Meldrum, and had issue —
James, Army surgeon ; George, died 4th
July 1836 ; Mary Ann (marr. 1st Nov.
1849, Provost Alexander Mann, Nairn) ;
Elizabeth (marr. 23rd March 1848, Captain
Stewart, Inverness) ; Jane Elizabeth (marr.
23rd March 1848, John Stewart, lieut., 21st
Foot).— [Shaw's Hist., i., 186.]
[JOHN EOBEETSON, min. of
1863 Strontian ; pres. by John, Earl of
Seafield, 2nd Jan. 1863. The pre-
sentation was sustained by the Presb. and
(on appeal) by the Synod and General
Assembly, but E. resigned the same 9th
July 1864.]
WILLIAM GEANT, born Tombae,
Abernethy, 5th Oct. 1837, eldest son
of James G., farmer, and Mary
Cameron ; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 7th May 1861 ;
missionary at Straloch in 1863; pres. by
John, Earl of Seafield, 29th Aug., and ord.
10th Nov. 1864; died 22nd Jan. 1877.
He marr. 1st June 1876, Isabella (died s.p.
at Edinburgh, 22nd June 1919, aged 81),
daugh. of James Macpherson, farmer, Kin-
lochluichart, and Penuel Grant.
1877
1912
JAMES BAIN, born 1829, son of John
B., carrier contractor, and Isabella
Macdonald ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; ord. to Cross 27th Sept. 1859 ;
trans, to Kilfinan 28th Sept. 1860 ; trans,
to Lochalsh 24th Nov. 1875 ; trans, and
adm. 30th Aug. 1877 ; died 13th Nov. 1911,
having conducted service as usual on the
12th. He marr. 20th Feb. 1866, Jessie
Watson (died 10th Nov. 1917), daugh. of
James Paterson, M.D., Glasgow, and had
issue — James Paterson, Australia, born 21st
Nov. 1866; Ella M'Donald, born 16th
Jan. 1868, died 11th Feb. 1890; Alexander
Thomas Niven Milne, born 1st June 1872 ;
Jessie Watson, born 12th April 1874.
PETEE M'GEEGOE, born Fearnan,
Kenmore, Perthshire, 22nd Sept.
1865, son of John M. and Margaret
Cameron ; educated at Acharn School,
Eaining's School, Inverness, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1887) ; licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre May 1890; ord. to Glencoe
22nd Jan. 1891 ; trans, to Assynt 16th
April 1896; trans, to Tobermory 17th
March 1898 ; trans, to Kirkhill 27th Sept.
1907; trans, and adm. 20th May 1912.
Marr. 15th May 1896, Margaret Watson
(born 1st Aug. 1870, died 7th Feb. 1908),
daugh. of David Hodge, Edinburgh, and
Helen Kinloch, and has issue — Helen Kin-
loch, born 14th Nov. 1896, and died 27th
Nov. 1906; Margaret Una Cameron, born
18th Jan. 1901 ; David Patrick, born 26th
Sept. 1904; Ian Watson, born 1st Oct. 1906.
INSH, oe INNIS EOGHAIN (Q.S.).
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Adamnan, the biographer of St
Columba. The parishes of Kingussie and
Innis Eoghain were united about 1580.
In or about 1830 a Parliamentary charge
362
INSH
[PEESB. OF
was made at Insh. On 18th January 1869
the parish of Insh was again disjoined
quoad sacra from Kingussie. The bishops
of Moray long possessed the lands within
the bounds still called Balnespic {Baile an
Easbuig — the bishop's town).
The church of Insh, which stands on
Tom Eunan by the south bank of Loch
Insh, is one of the most interesting in
the Highlands. It is said to be the only
one iu which continuous worship has
been celebrated from the sixth century
to the present time in Scotland. It
possesses a very ancient bronze bell fully
described in Dr Joseph Anderson's Scotland
in Early Christian Times. Tradition tells
how this bell was once carried away to
Perth but would never be silent till it
was restored to its original home, ringing
out as it crossed the hills of Drumuachdar,
"TomEonan ! TomEonan \" i.e., Adamnan's
Mount. Dr Skene identifies Loch Insh
with the stagnum Lockdece of Adamnan's
Life of St Coiumba.]
JOHN ROBERTSON GLASS, pres. by
1829 George IV- 9tn April, and ord. 25th
June 1829 ; trans, to Duirinish, 22nd
June 1836.
LEWIS MACPHERSON, pres. by
lg37 William IV. 18th July 1836; ord.
15th March 1837 ; trans, to Cawdor
17th July 1845.
1846
DANIEL MUNRO, born Edinburgh,
16th Feb. 1814, eldest son of
Alexander M., min. of Queen Street
U.P. Church, Inverness, and Isabella
M'Lean ; educated at Inverness School,
Marischal College, Aberdeen (1837 - 8),
Univ. of Glasgow, and United Secession
Hall, Edinburgh, 1840. Joined the Church
of Scotland; ord. 12th May 1846; adm.
first min. of the parish 18th Jan. 1869;
dem. 18th Oct. 1894 ; died at Kincraig,
13th Dec. 1894. He marr. 3rd March
1852, Elizabeth, youngest daugh. of
John and Jessie Gardiner, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Alexander, born Feb. 1853,
died 30th Nov. 1886 ; John, farmer, born
May 1856 : Daniel, died in infancy ;
Isabella, died in infancy ; Jessie, born
May 1860 (marr. James Anderson, min.
of Alvie) ; Isabella, nurse, born 1863.
JOHN MALCOLM MUNRO, M.A.;
ord. 29th March 1895 ; trans, to
Tarbert 17th Feb. 1897 (cf. Vol. I.,
145) ; trans, to St Columba's, Glasgow, 18th
June 1925 ; app. Convener of Committee
on Highlands and Islands May 1925.
GEORGE MACKAY MUNRO, born
1897 Bettyhill, Farr, Sutherland, 7th Dec.
1866, son of Angus M., building
contractor, and Ann Mackay ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; missionary at
Glenquoich and Loch Hourn in 1894 and
Morven in 1895 ; licen. by Presb. of
Tongue 15th April 1896 ; assistant at
Dervaig (Mull) in 1896 and Kincardine
(Abernethy) in 1896-7 ; ord. 13th May
1897; died 23rd Oct. 1917. He marr.
14th June 1916, Lucy Hyde (born 21st
Nov. 1868), daugh. of Sidney Turnbull,
Dunbar, and Jane Nesbitt.
1918
JOHN ROBERT DE LINGEN KIL-
BURN, born at Petrograd, Russia,
29th Nov. 1886, only son of John
Dawson K., Secretary of Continental
Committee of the National Bible Society,
and May Charlotte, daugh. of Robert
John de Lingen, Petrograd ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1912), B.D.
(1917) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
5th June 1915 ; Organising Secretary of
World's Evangelical Alliance (British
Branch), 1908-10; 2nd Lieut. 12th Batt.
Middlesex Regiment ; served in the War
1914-15 ; assistant at St Mary's, Edin-
burgh, 1916-18; ord. 10th April 1918;
dem. 6th Dec. 1920; app. min. of St
Andrew's, Port Louis, Mauritius, 1920.
Marr. 10th March 1915, Theodosia, daugh.
of Thomas Fitzstephen L'Estrange, and
has issue— Ida L'Estrange, born 2nd July
1918.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY BRIGHT,
trans, from Heatherlie, Selkirk (cf.
Vol. II., 181), and adm. 17th May
1921.
abeenbthy]
INVERALLAN
363
INVERALLAN (Q.S.).
[There is good ground for the belief that
the church of Inverallan was dedicated to
St Futach. A large upright stone in the
ancient churchyard is still known as Clack
Futaich (Futach's Stone). Inverallan was
a mensal kirk of the Bishop iof Moray.
The parishes of Cromdale, Inverallan, and
Advie were united. In 1835 a Parlia-
mentary church was built at Grantown-on-
Spey, near Inverallan. On 4th May 1869
the parish of Inverallan was again disjoined
quoad sacra from Cromdale and Advie.
There is a mission chapel of St Drostan
within the bounds at Dulnain Bridge.]
ALEXANDEB EEID, reader at Inver-
1574 allan from 1574 to 1576.
WILLIAM HAY, min. in 1576, having
charge also of Kincardine and Duthil;
1576
still min. in 1586.
PATBICK GBANT ; M.A. ; held Inver-
allan in conjunction with Cromdale.
On 7th July 1618 Inverallan was
formally annexed to Cromdale.
1593
JOHN CLABK, M.A. ; app. missionary
1835 24th Nov., and ord. 2nd Dec. 1835 ;
adm. to Daviot (Inverness), 29th
June 1843.
1845
ALEXANDEB FOBBES ; app. 30th
May 1844 ; ord. 18th Feb. 1845 ; res.
in 1846.
FBANCIS WILLIAM GEANT, M.A. ;
app. Nov. 1849 ; ord. 16th April
1850 ; adm. to Knockando 13th Aug.
1851.
1850
1852
JAMES KEITH, M.A.; app. Dec.
1851 ; ord. 8th June 1852 ; adm. to
Forres 6th Jan. 1853.
1853
JOHN CLABK, M.A.; app. March
1853; ord. 9th Aug. same year; adm.
to Knockando 23rd Aug. 1855.
JAMES ALLAN, M.A. ; app. Dec.
1855; ord. 25th March 1856; adm.
1 to Grange 26th Aug. 1858.
LEWIS GBANT, born Grange, 1814,
1858 son °"^ J°nn G-, farmer, and Harriett
Inkson ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1846-51 ; schoolmaster of Elchies,
1848-56, and of Deskford, 1856-8 ; licen. by
Presb. of Fordyce ; app. in Nov., and ord.
14th Dec. 1858; died unmarr. 14th Dec.
1863.
HUGH DUFF M'QUEEN, born Knock-
ando, 1832, son of Duncan George
Forbes M., wood merchant, and Jane
Laing ; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (March 1853) ; became a
teacher in England ; licen. by Presb. of
Aberlour 8th June 1859 ; assistant at
Duffus, 1859-64 ; app. in June and ord.
14th July 1864; adm. first min. of the parish
24th May 1869 ; died unmarr. at Grantown,
1st March 1878.
JOHN THOMSON, born St Andrews,
7th Jan. 1819, son of John T.,
builder, and Margaret Nicoll; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; min. of
St David's Church, St John, New Bruns-
wick, Dec. 1848-53 ; min. of Fourth Presby-
terian Church, New York, 1853-61 ; min.
of Knox Church, Gait, Ontario, Canada,
1861-64; and again min. of Fourth Presby-
terian Church, New York, 1864-75 ; adm. to
this parish 10th July 1878; D.D. (Princeton
Univ., U.S.A.), D.D. (St Andrews); dem.
20th Oct. 1887 ; died at Forres, 1st March
1893. He marr. Georgina (died at Forres,
4th May 1901), daugh. of Thomas Boss,
LL.D., min. of Lochbroom, and had issue
—John Boss, M.D., Plockton ; Thomas
Boss ; Jean Mackenzie ; Bradbury ; Alex-
ander Stuart Duff, B.A. (New York), LL.B.
(Edinburgh), advocate, sheriff-substitute of
Lanarkshire, born 1st May 1854. — [Jack's
Hist, of St Andrew's Church (St John, New
Brunswick, 1913), 112 ]
1888
WILLIAM GEEEN, born Kinghorn,
1855, son of Thomas G., linoleum
factory manager, Kirkcaldy, and
Jane Wright ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy ;
assistant at Beith ; ord. to Greengairs 13th
Nov. 1884 ; elected 31st Jan. ; trans, and
364
IN VER ALL AN— DULNAIN CHAPEL— KINGUSSIE [peesb. of
adm. 28th Feb. 1888 ; died 12th March 1902.
He marr. 2nd Oct. 1895, Flora M'Donald,
daugh. of Donald Tolmie Masson, M.D.,
min. of the Gaelic Church, Edinburgh,
s.p.
WILLIAM LARNACH TENNYSON
1902 LEVACK, elected 23rd July, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1902; trans, to
Leuchars 1st Feb. 1907.
DAVID YOUNG, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from Knoxland, elected 17th June,
and adm. 26th July 1907 ; trans, to
Kenfrew 7th Sept. 1916.
1907
DAVID YOUNG ROBERTSON, M. A.;
trans, from Bargeddie and adm. 15th
May 1917 ; trans, to Dingwall 15th
Dec. 1921.
1922
GEORGE JEHU EDWARDS, born
Llanfair, Montgomeryshire, 6th Jan.
1890, son of Richard E. and Eliza-
beth Mackay ; educated at George Heriot's
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1920); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
1914 ; assistant at Alloa and St George's,
Edinburgh ; ord. (by Presb. of Edinburgh)
as chaplain to the Forces 11th Aug. 1915 ;
adm. here 22nd May 1922 ; trans, to
Scoonie 4th June 1925.
1925
IAN ROBERT WILSON GILLAN,
born 12th Nov. 1890, son of James
G., D.D., min. of St Margaret's,
Edinburgh ; educated at Edinburgh Aca-
demy and Univs. of Oxford, B.A. (1922)
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 26th March 1924 ; assistant at Gala-
shiels ; ord. 23rd Sept. 1925. Marr. 8th
July 1924, Doris Bertha, second daugh. of
Frederick Deane of Braiswick, Colchester.
DULNAIN CHAPEL.
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
.-„ M.A. ; adm. from Steven Memorial,
Glasgow (<■/. Vol. III., 397), 1925.
1567
KINGUSSIE.
[Kingussie was a prebend of the
Cathedral of Elgin. Its church was dedi-
cated to St Columba. The parishes of
Kingussie and Innis Eoghain (Insh) were
united about 1580, but their union was
dissolved in 1869. From an early time
there was at Kingussie a Celtic monastery
of St Columba, said to have been founded
by the saint himself. In 1490 George,
second Earl of Huntly, founded it anew as
a mediseval priory. There was a chapel of
St Bride within the bounds at Benchar,
and two others at Invertromie and Nuide.
The Feille Challumchille, a great fair of
St Columba, was held at Kingussie at
Midsummer. There is a mission chapel at
Newtonmore in the parish.]
JOHN GLASS, reader and exhorter in
the "Irish tongue" at Abernethy and
here in 1567 ; pres. by James VI.
14th March 1572 ; Rothiemurchus was
also in the charge in 1574.
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, called
1574 " Parson " °f Kingussie at 18th July
1574, when he subscribed a lease of
the teinds of Ruthven in Strathbogie.
ANDREW COLT, reader here and at
1574 Alvie in 1574.
ARCHIBALD LINDSAY,' parson, died
1581 2nd Jan. 1581.— [Edin. Tests.]
ANDREW M'PHAIL, trans, from
Farnua (Kirkhill) ; pres. by James
1584 yL inh Jan 15g4. g).m in the
charge in 1589.
ANGUS MACINTOSH, born 1590, son
of Angus M. "Williamson "of Termit
(ancestor of Kyllachy family and a
leading man in Clan Chattan) by his second
wife, Agnes Mackenzie of Suddie; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (31st July
1606) ; ord. before 1614 when Laggan was
also in the charge ; died between 4th April
1643 and 2nd April 1644. He marr. Elspet,
daugh. of John Stewart of Kincardine, and
had issue — William, served heir 12th May
1663.— [Inq. Ret. Gen., 4696; Beg. of Deeds,
cccxcviii.]
abeenethy]
KINGUSSIE
365
LACHLAN GEANT of Kuthrie, born
1649 a^out 16°6. third son of Lachlan
G. of Wester Elchies ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; MA. (1625);
ord. to Moy and Dalarossie before 30th
Oct. 1627 ; pres. by James, Lord Gordon,
trans, and adm. after 3rd April 1649 ; died
6th April 1670. He marr. (1) Elizabeth,
daugh. of John M'Intosh in Dundelchack,
and had issue — Anne (marr. Donald Mac-
pherson, seventh laird of Strathmassie) ;
and others : (2) Mary Eobertson (mother by
a previous marriage of Lachlan Mackintosh
of Balnespick), and had issue — James. —
[Banf Sas., iii., 275 ; G. B. Homings, 26th
June 1674.]
HECTOK MACKENZIE, M.A. ; ord.
(at Elgin) 30th Nov. 1670; trans.
to First Charge, Inverness, 2nd May
1688.
[DONALD TAYLOR, styled session-
clerk at Foveran 17th Feb. 1678;
officiated as preacher here till 1701,
but not settled as min.] — [Foveran Sess.
Beg.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, formerly of Inver-
chaolain ; adm. here before 1st April
1701 ; trans, to Laggan before 31st
May 1709.
1690
1701
DANIEL MACKENZIE, M.A. ; trans,
from Knockando and adm. before
1709
31st May 1709; trans, to Aberlour
13th Dec. 1715.
1716
LACHLAN SHAW, M.A. ; ord. 20th
Sept. 1716; trans, to Cawdor 19th
Nov. 1719.
[The parish vacant five years.]
1724
^WILLIAM BLAIR, born 1697, son of
David B., Strathspey ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1 71 1 -1 5 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th March
1719 ; ord. missionary at Glenlivet 15th
April 1721 ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 25th Aug., and adm. 16th Sept.
1724; died 25th Dec. 1780. He got a
bridge built across the river Tromie
between the village of Ruthven and Insh
and Invereshie, the cost being defrayed
out of the vacant stipends of the parish.
He marr. Lucy Gray, who died 14th Dec.
1788, and had issue — Anne (marr. (as his
second wife) Angus Macpherson of Phlihivy,
second son of John M. of Breakachie). —
[Acts of Ass., 1740; Geneal. of the Mac-
phersons; Macpherson's Glimpses, 196-206;
Scots Mag., May 1746.]
JOHN ANDERSON, ord. 15th July
1782 1782^ trans, to Bellie 20th Sept.
1809.
JOHN ROBERTSON, born Auchen-
1810 halrig, Bellie, about 1757, son of
Patrick R., schoolmaster ; school-
master at Langdale, Farr, 1774, and after-
wards at Auchness, where he learned Gaelic,
becoming so proficient that he could speak it
with the utmost readiness and fluency; licen.
by Presb. of Tongue 1st April 1789; ord.
missionary at Eriboll 25th June same
year; trans, to Rothesay Chapel- of -Ease
8th Aug. 1799; pres. by Alexander, Duke
of Gordon, in Jan., trans, and adm. 16th
Aug. 1810 ; died 4th March 1825. He was
the favourite minister of Dr Macdonald of
Ferintosh, the well-known " Apostle of the
North," whose Elegy on the death of his
friend is considered the best of all his
Gaelic poems. He marr. Christian (died
11th Jan. 1832), daugh. of William Mackay
in Achoul, Sutherland, and had issue —
Rebecca, (marr. 21st July 1802, Robert
Glass, merchant, Rothesay) ; William,
min. of Kinloss, born 16th May 1787);
Catherine, born 16th Sept. 1794 (marr.
George Shepherd, min. of this parish);
James, died 20th June 1800. — [Tombst. ;
Mackay's Souse of Mackay, Inverness
Courier, 17th March 1825 ; Macdonald's
Poems and Hymns ; Macpherson's Glimpses,
208-11 ; The Apostle of the North.]
GEORGE SHEPHERD, born Rathven
ls25 April 1793, son of Thomas S., farmer,
afterwards at Fordyce ; educated at
Fordyce School, Marischal College, Aber-
deen (M.A. 1812), and Univ. of Glasgow;
schoolmaster of this parish; licen. by
Presb. of Abernethy 16th July 1816; ord.
missionary at Fort William 2nd Sept.
1817; trans, to Laggan 16th Nov. 1818;
366
KINGUSSIE
[PRESB. OF
pres. by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in
April ; trans, and adm. 14th July 1825 ;
declined a call to Elgin in 1841. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the
Free Church, Kingussie, 1843-52 ; min. of
the South Free Church, Elgin, 25th Nov.
1852-3; died suddenly while on a visit to
Aberdeen 20th July 1853. He marr. 9th
April 1819, Catherine (died s.p. 6th Jan.
1872), daugh. of preceding min. She was
the subject of a song, " The Lovely Maid
of Badenoch." Publication — Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, xiv.). — [Mac-
pherson's Glimpses, 211-13; Young's Elgin,
464 ; Our Church Fathers, Elgin, 1899.]
CHAELES GBANT, born 1804, son of
1843 J°nn G- and Jane Grant ; educated
at Univs. of Edinburgh and Aber-
deen; licen. by Presb. of Inverness 3rd Oct.
1827 ; ord. to Eothiemurchus 28th Sept.
1830 ; pres. by Charles, fifth Duke of Bich-
mond, trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1843 ;
died 29th March 1856. Not a few of the
Badenoch boys of his time were indebted
to him for a successful start in life. He
marr. Jane Fraser, who died 10th Feb.
1869, aged 63, and had issue — Georgina
(marr. John Lewis Gordon of Wavenden,
Ceylon) ; Jane (marr. William Grant,
Ceylon); Eachael. Publication — Account
of Eothiemurchus (New Stat. Ace, siii.).
— [Macpherson's Glimpses, 216.]
ALEXANDEE CAMEEON, born
18S6 Tomintoul, 1826, son of James C,
farmer, and Elspet Stewart ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen, M.A.
(March 1849) ; sometime assistant to
Professor of Greek there ; schoolmaster
at Ballindalloch; pres. by Charles, Duke
of Eichmond, and ord. 26th Aug. 1856;
died unmarr. 19th April 1857.
GEEGOE STITABT, born Cromdale,
lg „ 1825, son of Donald S., farmer, and
Marjorie Stuart ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March 1844),
Ph.D. ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy ; ord.
to Kinlochluichart 13th May 1851 ; trans,
to Kogart 3rd May 1854 ; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Eichmond, trans, and adm. 29th
Sept. 1857 ; was clerk of Presb. ; died 4th
Sept. 1866. He marr. 27th Feb. 1862,
Jemima (marr. (2) Thomas Alexander
Cameron, min. of Farnell), daugh. of
James Clark, Lieut. 42nd Foot, farmer,
Dalnavert, and Jane, eldest daugh. of
Donald Stewart, descended from the
family of Garth and Drumcharry, and
had issue — two daughs. — \Tombst.\
KENNETH ALEXANDEE MAC-
1867 KENZIE, born 19th July 1829, son
of John M., min. of Lochcarron ;
educated at Dyke and Munlochy Schools
and Inverness Academy, and Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1846-50; licen. by Presb.
of Lochcarron 20th June 1854 ; assistant
to preceding ; ord. to Lochcarron 2nd April
1856; pres. by Charles, Duke of Eichmond,
trans, and adm. 7th March 1867 ; LL.D.
(Aberdeen, 1887); died 10th June 1911.
He took a deep interest in all matters
relating to the district, and especially in
the educational development of the High-
lands. He marr. 27th Oct. 1864, Mary
Isabella (born 31st May 1842), daugh. of
Alexander M'Donald of Vallay, Skye,
and Flora Macrae, and had issue — John,
born 18th Dec. 1865, died 23rd Feb.
1874; Mary Flora, born 11th Nov. 1867
(marr. 17th April 1899, Walter Frederick
Eudolph de Watteville, M.B., Kingussie),
died 2nd Feb. 1923 ; Elizabeth Hannah
Fairbairn, born 28th Jan. 1873.— [Mac-
pherson's Church and Social Life in the
Highlands, 217-21.]
DUGALD MACFAELANE, born
1906 Tobermory, Mull, 10th July 1869,
son of Duncan M., min. of the
Baptist Church there, and Margaret Mac-
lachlan ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh April 1895 ; assistant at St
John's, Edinburgh; ord. to Glencoe 31st
July 1896 ; trans, to Arrochar 9th Jan. 1902 ;
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
21st Dec. 1906; app. Vice-Convener of
Highland Committee in 1925. Marr. 11th
June 1902, Eoma Constance (born 27th
March 1870), daugh. of Archibald Camp-
bell of Auchindarroch, Argyll, and Zella
Macleod Fairlie, Crawfordland, Ayr, and
abeenethy]
KIRKMICHAEL
367
has issue — Koma Catriona (only child),
born 20th March 1904. Publication —
"Annual Report of Ladies' Gaelic Schools
and Highland Bursary Association since
1911."
KIRKMICHAEL.
[The church of Kirkmichael was dedicated
to St Michael the Archangel.]
ALEXANDER GORDON of Tulloch,
157„ M.A.; held this parish in conjunction
with Inveraven from 1573 to 1594.
SAMUEL COCKBURN, M.A.j min.
1801 in 1601, holding also Inveraven ;
trans, to Minto in 1609.
JOHN GORDON, M.A. (1618) ; min. in
Dec. 1622 when he stirred up George,
Earl of Enzie, against Robert Bruce,
formerly min. of Edinburgh, then confined
to Inverness ; dem. in favour of John Ray,
15th April 1624, and went to Kinedar.
JOHN RAY, M.A.; adm. after 15th
1624 APr^ 1624, according to an agree-
ment with preceding min. ; trans,
to Boharm 6th Dec. 1646.
GEORGE DUNBAR, M.A.; ord. before
1647 6*k April 1647 ; trans, to Suddie
[Knockbain] in 1650.
ALEXANDER GORDON, son
of George G., burgess of Aberdeen ;
educated at Aberdeen ; schoolmaster
of Gartly, 1642-4, Botarie, 1644-8, and
Rothiemay, 1648-50 ; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 27th Aug. 1646; ord. before
1st Oct. 1650; died 14th Jan. 1685. He
marr. Aug. 1649, Janet Forbes, and had
issue — William, entered apprentice to
Patrick Gordon, merchant, Edinburgh, 8th
Dec. 1680 ; Beatrix.
COLIN NICOLSON, born about 1643 ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (14th May 1664); school-
master of Cawdor 9th Dec. 1664-70; ord.
to Abernethy 12th Aug. 1670 ; trans, and
adm. Jan. 1686; deprived by the Privy
Council, 7th Nov. 1689, for neither reading
1686
the Proclamation of the Estates, nor praying
for King William and Queen Mary ; was
restored and died 25th Sept. 1709. He
marr. Marjory Adamson, and had issue —
George.
DUNCAN M'LEA; called 19th Dec.
1712 1711 ; ord. 26th Sept. 1712 ; dem.
31st Oct. 1717 and adm. to Dull 26th
Nov. 1717.
DAVID MUSCHET, brother of Andrew
1„1Q M., min. of Comrie ; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow in 1716; ord. mission-
ary at Glenlivet 21st Jan. 1719; called
before 8th Sept., and adm. 14th Oct. 1719 ;
died between 31st Oct. 1720 and 26th June
1721, probably unmarr. — [Acts, of Ass.
1716-18.]
1725
GEORGE GRANT, born Strathspey,
1700, son of Alexander G. ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(9th April 1718); recommended for a
bursary by the Synod 25th Oct. 1720;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 6th Oct. 1724 ;
app. missionary at Glenlivet 11th Nov.
same year ; was called to Alvie 28th June,
and to this parish jure devohito 31st Aug.
1725; the Presb. preferring the latter, he
was ord. 21st Sept. following ; died at
Duthil Manse, 27th April 1772. He marr.
7th March 1727, Anne (predeceased him),
daugh. of James Chapman, min. of Crom-
dale, and had issue — Anne, born 14th
March 1729 (marr. Patrick Grant, min. of
Nigg); Margaret, born 1732 (marr. John
Grant, farmer, Polnicol, Kilmuir Easter),
died 2nd Oct. 1810 ; James, min. of Inver-
ness ; Lewis, min. of Duthil ; Alexander,
min. of Daviot (Inverness) ; and eighteen
other children of whom five died in early
youth.— {Acts of Ass., 1724, 1725.]
ROBERT FARQUHARSON of
.„„„ Allargue ; M.A. ; adm. 1st Oct.
1772 ; trans, to Logie-Colstone 3rd
Nov. 1779.
JOHN GRANT, trans, from Arrochar
and adm. 10th March 1780 ; trans.
1780
to Duthil 27th Sept. 1809.
368
KIRKMICHAEL
[PEESB. OF
PATRICK GRANT, born Inverness-
shire, 1783 ; educated at King's
1809 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (28th March
1803) ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 25th
Aug. 1807 ; ord. missionary at Badenoch
and Lochaber same year ; assistant at
Kingussie ; pres. by Sir James Grant of
Grant in Oct., and adm. 21st Nov. 1809 ;
died 8th Nov. 1816. He marr. 16th Oct.
1811, Isabella (died 7th Jan. 1845), daugh.
of William Mitchell, Gordonhall, and had
issue — William, min. of Wallacetown, Ayr,
born 6th Sept. 1814.— [Tombst]
WILLIAM GRANT, M.A; missionary
at Braemar ; pres. by the curator
of Lewis Alexander, Earl of Sea-
field, in March, and adm. 30th July 1817 ;
trans, to Duthil 28th March 1820.
1820
ALEXANDER TULLOCH, born
Lybster, Caithness, 1780, son of
James T., farmer, Skail, and brother
of George T., min. of Eddrachillis ; edu-
cated at Reay School and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (29th March 1811) ; licen.
by Presb. of Forres, 19th Nov. 1816 ; pres.
by the curators of Lewis Alexander, Earl
of Seafield, in Aug., and ord. 14th Sept.
1820. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of the Free Church, Kirkmichael,
1843-55 ; died at Elgin, 5th Dec. 1855. He
marr. 27th April 1824, Katherine (died
17th Jan. 1840, aged 44), daugh. of Charles
Stuart, and Christian Stuart, Bellabeg, and
had issue— James, student, died aged 16;
Charles, died young; John Forbes, died
young ; Katherine Christian (marr. 1856,
Captain George Mills); Anne Margaret
(marr. John Macqueen, min. of the Free
Church, Kirkmichael), died 1884; Eliza-
beth, died in infancy, 12th Dec. 1837.—
[Tombst]
JAMES GRANT, born Mains of Advie,
26th Sept. 1808, son of Charles G.,
farmer, and Elsie Grant; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March
1832); schoolmaster of Advie, 1838-43;
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 29th March
1842; pres. by Francis William, Earl of
Seafield, in Aug., and ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ;
died 25th Dec. 1899. He marr. 14th Oct.
1845, Isabella Christina (died 22nd Nov.
1895, aged 75), daugh. of Captain James
Campbell of Cloghill and Grace Grant,
and had issue — Grace Jemima Campbell,
born 24th Aug. 1846, died 27th Sept. 1892 ;
Alexandrina Somerville Creytie, born 26th
Aug. 1848 ; James Campbell, born 24th
April 1851, died 10th Dec. 1920; Charles
Campbell (twin), educated at Univs. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1873), and Aberdeen, a
very distinguished student, and one of the
first mathematicians of his time, licentiate
of the Church, elected (1877) assistant
and successor to the min. of Elgin, but
res. appointment through ill-health, born
24th April 1851, died at Ventnor, Isle of
Wight, 5th Dec. 1877; Robert Campbell,
M.A. (1S79), student of divinity, born 17th
April 1853, died 9th Dec. 1881 ; Matilda
Isabella Hanwell, born 23rd Nov. 1856,
marr. 16th June 1886, Donald Smith,
farmer, Balcorrach, Glenlivet).— [Tombst.]
JAMES WILLIAM FRASER, born
lg97 18th Feb. 1862, son of Thomas F.,
min. of Croy ; educated at Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1883); licen. by
Presb. of Nairn 4th May 1886; elected
23rd Nov. 1896; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 14th Jan. 1897; died 17th Dec.
1906. He marr. 28th July 1897, Catherine
Roy, daugh. of Gilbert Paterson, farmer,
Shetland, and had issue — Thomas William
Farquharson, born 1st Aug., and died 26th
Sept. 1898; Mona Catriona, born 29th
March 1900, died 24th April 1915.
JOHN GARROW DUNCAN, born
_ Botriphnie, 26th Aug. 1872, son of
John D. ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1892), Blackie Scholar
(1894-5), B.D. (1897); interim Director
of Explorations at Nuffor, 1895-6 ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen April 1897; assistant
at Holburn Parish, Aberdeen; ord. to
Macduff 4th Jan. 1901 ; Wilson Archaeo-
logical Fellow (Aberdeen, 1905-6); exca-
vated in Goshen, Egypt, 1905-6; trans,
and adm. 12th July 1907; Assistant-
Director Palestine Exploration Fund,
1923-5. Marr. 27th Feb. 1901, Katherine
abernethy]
LAGGAN
369
Sudding (born 24th Jan. 1872), eldest
daugh. of Kobert Keid, Kock House,
Buckie, and has issue— Kathleen Nancy,
born 24th Feb. 1902; Jean Eoma, born
5th Aug. 1903; Phyllis Joan, born 7th
Aug. 1904; Sybil Marjorie, born 23rd
Nov. 1905, died 11th April 1906; Sybil
Mary Anderson, born 11th June 1907 ;
Janet Isobel, born 18th Aug. 1908. Pub-
lications— Hyhsos and Israelite Cities : A
Record of Work done in Goshen, 1905-6 [with
Sir Flinders Petrie] (London, 1906); The
Exploration of Egypt and the Old Testa-
ment (Edinburgh, 1908); "Prehistoric
Cairns : A Stone Cist and a Cross in
Kirkmichael " (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.) ; " A
Modern Colloquial Translation of Joel
with Introduction" (Adult School Union
Series of Modern Translations, 1922.)
LAGGAN.
[Laggan was in the Presb. of Abertarff
and Synod of Glenelg from 8th July
1724 to 25th Nov. 1890, and was one
of the original parishes which constituted
that Presb. There are mission stations at
Dalwhinnie and Loch Laggan.]
ALEXANDER CLARK [or CLERK],
1B_„ reader at Laggan and Alvie from
1567 to Nov. 1569 when he was
promoted " exhorter " at Laggan ; pres. to
the parsonage and vicarage by James VI.
27th Sept. 1574; died before 6th Nov. 1575.
JOHN DOW M'CONDOQUHIE, reader
,g7s at Dunlichity and Daviot, 1567-9;
pres. to the parsonage and vicarage
by James VI. 6th Nov. 1575, and still min.
in 1589.
ANGUS MACKINTOSH, M.A. ; held
Laggan in conjunction with Kin-
gussie in 1614.
JAMES LYLL [or LYLE], min. of
Alvah 1586 and of Rathven in 1589 ;
was min. of Laggan and Alvie about
1619. On 25th Oct. 1626 the Bishop and
Synod considering he " is of verie gryt age,
infirme in body, and has nothing of the
Irish language quilk is thair vulgar,"
VOL. VI.
accepted his demission and promised to
pay him £2 Scots (3s. 4d.) annually during
his life. The date of his death is unknown.
RODERICK MACLEOD, min. of Alvie
1636 and Laggan in 1636.
ALEXANDER CLARK [or CLERK],
16S„ may have been a grandson of above
Alexander C. ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1619); pres.
before Oct. 1637; adm. before 3rd April
1638; dep. by the Commission of Assembly
at Aberdeen 17th May 1647. He was adm.
master of the Grammar School at Kingussie
in 1652.
JAMES DICK, educated at Univ. of
1653 St Andrews; M.A. (1645); ord.
before 4th Oct. 1653; dep. (for
drunkenness), 15th Nov. 1665. He had
Alvie in his charge till 1662.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, M.A.; ord.
1667 before 1st Oct. 1667 ; trans, to
Crathie after 6th April 1669.
THOMAS MACPHERSON, held
1672 Laggan in conjunction with Alvie
from 1672 to 1708.
JOHN MACKENZIE, probahly son of
17o„ Alexander M. of Muirton ; ord. to
Inverchaolain after 25th March 1686 ;
intruded at Tarbert ; was received into com-
munion by the Commission of Assembly
and resided for a time near Ellon ; became
min. of Kingussie in 1701 ; trans, and adm.
before 31st May 1709; died Father of
the Church 27th April 1745, a very old
man. He marr. and had issue — Jane
(marr. 1745, Lachlan Macpherson of
Pitmean family). — [Acts of Ass., 1708 ;
Shaw's Hist, iii., 446; Macpherson's
Glimpses of Church and Social Life in
the Highlands, 234.]
DUNCAN M'PHERSON, educated at
1747 King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1st
April 1731) ; licen. by Presb. of
Abertarff 5th April 1742; ord. as mission-
ary at Glenroy 23rd June 1743 ; trans, to
Mull Oct. 1744; called 2nd June, and
adm. 16th Sept. 1747; died 13th Aug.
1757, aged about 46. Familiarly known as
2 A
370
LAGGAN
[PEESB. OF
Ministeir Mdr, he was distinguished for his
herculean strength and his no less vigorous
powers of mind. He marr. 22nd March
1750, Anna M'Pherson, who died 13th Dec.
1794. — [Macpherson's Glimpses, 235-7.]
ANDBEW GALLIE [or GELLIE],
.„58 M.A. ; pres. by Alexander, Duke of
Gordon, and adm. 6th Sept. 1758;
trans, to Kincardine (Tain), 11th Sept.
1774.
JAMES GEANT, app. Eoyal Bounty
,„,= missionary at Fort Augustus 21st
Aug. 1769 ; pres. by Alexander,
Duke of Gordon, and adm. 21st Sept. 1775 ;
app. chaplain to Lord Lynedoch's Begi-
ment of Perthshire Volunteers (the 90th
Foot) in 1794; died 2nd Dec. 1801. He
is described as a man of cultivated tastes,
gentle and amiable in manner, and greatly
revered and loved by his parishioners. He
marr. 29th May 1779, Anne (born 21st
Feb. 1755, died at 7 Manor Place, Edin-
burgh, 7th Nov. 1838, and buried in St
Cuthbert's Churchyard), only child of Cap-
tain Duncan MacVicar, barrack-master at
Fort-Augustus and Fort-George [authoress
of Poems on Various Subjects (Edinburgh,
1803) ; Letters from, the Mountains, 3 vols.
(London, 1806) ; Memoirs of an American
Lady (New York, 1808) ; Essays on the
Superstitions of the Highlands, 2 vols.
(London, 1811); Eighteen Hundred and
Thirteen, a poem (London, 1814)], and
had issue — Mary, born 8th May 1780, died
14th Nov. 1827; Catherine, born 28th May
1781, died 17th June 1807; Isabel, born
10th Dec. 1782, died 16th June 1823;
John Lauchlan, born 25th Jan. 1784, died
at Glasgow 3rd April 1799; Patrick, born
9th March 1785 died 12th May 1789;
Duncan Vicars, born 27th Nov. and died 4th
Dec. 1786 ; Duncan James MacVicar, lieut.
7th Eegiment Indian Army, born 1st April
1788, died in Surat Aug. 1814; Petrina,
born 4th March 1790, died 12th Aug. 1792 ;
Charlotte (twin), born 4th March 1790,
died 8th April 1807 ; Anne Louisa Ourry,
born 11th April 1792; Moore (daugh.),
born 31st Dec. 1795, died at Edinburgh,
1st July 1821; John Peter, W.S., Edin-
burgh, editor of Memoir and Correspondence
of Mrs Grant of Laggan, 3 vols. (London,
1844), born 1st June 1799, died 15th Dec.
1870.— [Diet. If at. Biog. ; Memoir of Mrs
Grant ; see also her " Letters concern-
ing Highland Affairs in the Eighteenth
Century," edited by J. E. N. Macphail
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1896).]
JOHN MATHESON, born 1760, a
1802 na*ive of Eoss-shire ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(31st March 1778); licen. by Presb. of
Dornoch 29th March 1785 ; assistant at
Forres in 1788 ; ord. (by Presb. of Forres)
3rd April 1792, as assistant at Forres ;
became missionary at Badenoch and Loch-
aber ; pres. by Alexander, Duke of Gordon,
and adm. 11th Aug. 1802; died 1st Dec.
1808. He marr. 18th June 1805, Mary
Macpherson, who died 20th Dec. 1857,
and had issue — John, min. of Ardersier.
DUNCAN MACINTYEE, M.A. ; pres.
iao9 ky Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in
March ; trans, and adm. from Fort
"William 7th Sept. 1809 ; trans, to Kilmallie
11th June 1816.
WILLIAM EOBEETSON, M.A. ; pres.
1816 ky Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in
July, and adm. 3rd Sept. 1816 ;
trans, to Kinloss 18th Sept. 1818.
GEOEGE SHEPHEED, M.A. ; pres.
1818 ky Alexander, Duke of Gordon, 26th
Sept., and adm. 16th Nov. 1818;
trans, to Kingussie 14th July 1825.
MACKINTOSH MACKAY; pres. by
1825 Alexander, Duke of Gordon, 27th
July, and ord. 27th Sept. 1825;
LL.D. (Glasgow, 1829) ; trans, to Dunoon
19th April 1832.
DONALD C AM EE ON, born 1792;
1882 schoolmaster of Southend in 1815,
where he was admonished by the
Presb., 28th June 1816, " for cruelty to his
scholars, being censorious and backbiting
and declared to be ill-qualified to be
useful " ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre 13th
Dec. 1820 ; ord. missionary at Glengairn
21st March 1824 ; pres. by the trustees of
Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in May, and
adm. 1st Aug. 1832 ; died 19th April 1846.
abeknethy] LAGGAN— ROTHIEMURCHUS AND AVIEMORE
371
1851
He marr. 24th May 1824, Hughina Scobie
(died 16th Dec. 1881), daugh. of Eoderick
Mackenzie, Achnahaird, Lochbroom, and
had issue — Murdoch, born 21st July 1826 ;
Angus, born 22nd May 1828 ; John Munro,
born 5th April 1830 ; Catherine, born 14th
May 1832; Elizabeth Gordon, born 14th
Feb. 1836 ; Christina, born 16th Feb. 1838.
— [Macpherson!s Glimpses, 244.]
WILLIAM SUTHEBLAND, M.A.;
1846 trans- from Harris ; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Eichmond, and adm. 24th
Sept. 1846; trans, to Dingwall 17th Oct. 1850.
JOHN M'LEOD, born 1806, son of
Donald M. and Mary Cameron ;
schoolmaster at Fort- William ; ord.
to Ballachulish 2nd April 1847; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Eichmond and Lennox,
and adm. 30th Jan. 1851 ; died at Gal-
ston, Ayrshire, 8th April 1869. He was
described as the beau ideal of a parish
minister. He marr. 5th Oct. 1838, Agnes
(died 3rd May 1885), daugh. of John
Balmain, Fishery Officer, Tobermory, and
had issue — Donald, D.D., min. of St
Columba's Church, London, born 21st
July 1839 ; John Balmain, M.D., Galston
and Dundee, born 25th Dec. 1840, died
9th March 1893; Cameron, born 29th
Oct. 1842, died 24th May 1844; Agnes,
born 24th Aug. 1844 ; Cameron, chemical
merchant, Edinburgh, born 9th July 1846,
died 18th Oct. 1911 ; Mary, born 8th Aug.
1848, died April 1866 ; Jane Balmain, born
11th July 1850, died 8th Aug. 1893; James-
ina, born 23rd July 1852 ; Christina
Cameron, born 16th Sept. 1854, died 11th
May 1909 ; Jessie Macpherson, born 20th
Aug. 1856, died 20th Nov. 1875 ; Duncina
Cameron, born 17th Dec. 1858, died 17th
Dec. 1875. — [Macpherson's Glimpses, 245.]
DONALD MACFADYEN, born 1834,
third son of Malcolm M., school-
1869 master, Ballachulish ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; was sometime a school-
master in Eoss-shire ; teacher at Balmoral,
read Gaelic with the Prince Consort ;
ord. to Acharacle 28th Aug. 1856; trans,
to Ardnamurchan 13th Sept. 1860; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Eichmond and Lennox,
1881
trans, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1869; died
unmarr. 1st Nov. 1880. He possessed a
most marked personality, was a graphic
story-teller, with a keen sense of humour,
and had much reputation as a preacher
in Gaelic and English. His parishioners
erected a handsome monument to his
memory. Publications — Freagradh do
Phrotest na h - Eaglaise Saoire (1868) ;
Experience acquired in learning Sheep-
Farming in the Highlands of Scotland
[by " Hector Vallance, Gentleman "] (Edin-
burgh, 1873). — [Macpherson's Glimpses,
245; Tombst]
DUNCAN SHAW M'LENNAN, born
North Uist, 1845, son of Ewen M.
and Isabella MacMillan; educated
at North Uist School and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 16th May 1877; ord. to
Salen 12th Sept. that year; trans, to Kil-
calmonell and Kilberry 19th June 1878 ;
trans, and adm. 8th July 1881 ; dem. 5th
June 1923. Marr. 24th April 1888, Margaret
M'Call (born 1852), daugh. of James Smith,
Tulloch, Fort-William, and Bethia M'Call.
NEIL MACLEOD EOSS, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Buccleuch Parish, Edin-
burgh (c/. Vol. I., 23), and adm. 25th
Sept. 1923. He has additional issue —
Neil, born 16th Feb. 1915 ; Norman Mac-
leod, born 10th July 1919; Eoderick
Sutherland, born 4th Jan. 1921. Publica-
tions— Editor of An Gaidheal [organ of
An Comunn Gaidhealach].
ROTHIEMURCHUS AND
AVIEMORE.
[An old parish, Eothiemurchus was in 1625
united to Duthil to form the united parish
of Duthil and Eothiemurchus. A parlia-
mentary church was erected on the site of
the old church, part of the old fabric being
included in the new, in 1830, and the district
declared by Act of Assembly, 25th May 1833,
to be a quoad sacra parish. Erected by the
Court of Teinds, 16th Feb. 1859. Aviemore
was added to the parish in 1917, also the old
glebe of Eothiemurchus.]
1923
372 ROTHIEMURCHUS AND AVIEMORE— TOMINTOUL [presb. of
JOHN GLASS, held Rothiemurchus
1574 along with Alvie from 1574 to 1576.
ANDREW OSTLER [or OISTLAR],
1574 was reader at Rothiemurchus.
1614
WILLIAM FRASER, min. in 1614, with
Alvie also in his charge in 1614 and
1616.
WILLIAM WATSON, M.A. ; held
ir Rothiemurchus in conjunction with
Duthil in 1623.
ANDREW HENDERSON, M.A. ; adm.
17th May 1625 to Kincardine and
Rothiemurchus on an agreement for
his maintenance by the mins. of Abernethy
and Duthil, but removed to Balquhidder
27th April 1630, as the terms of the agree-
ment were not fulfilled. Rothiemurchus
was again united to Duthil till 1830.
1625
CHARLES GRANT, pres. by William
1830 IV- 23rd July' and ord' 28th Sept"
1830 ; trans, to Kingussie 26th Sept.
1843.
ANDREW RUTHERFORD, born
1844 Broughton, Peeblesshire, about 1797,
son of William R., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1818) ; school-
master of Kingussie, 1821-44; Keen, by
Presb. of Abernethy 29th Nov. 1825 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 8th Dec. 1843 ; ord.
4th April 1844 ; died 28th Nov. 1854. He
marr. Helen (died 28th April 1864), daugh
of Angus Macdonald, farmer, and Ann
Macdonald. — [Tombst.'j
1855
NELL M'INTYRE, pres. by Queen
Victoria 10th March, and ord. 18th
July 1855 ; adm. first min. of the
parish 16th Feb. 1859; trans, to Lochalsh
12th Aug. 1869.
JOHN GRANT, M.A. ; trans, from
1Rfifl Ad vie; pres. by Queen Victoria
16th Aug., and ord. 11th Nov. 1869 ;
trans, (assistant and successor) to Cromdale
10th Dec. 1873.
DONALD M'DOUGALL, born Bal-
.-„. ghulan, Pitlochry, 25th Jan. 1835,
son of Patrick M., farmer, and
Margaret M'Rae; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1865), B.D. (1868);
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 24th Nov.
1868 ; assistant at Innerwick-in-Glenlyon
Jan. to May 1869, and Kenmore 1869 to
April 1872 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Foss 10th Oct. 1872 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 3rd Feb., trans, and adm. 14th
May 1874; dem. 23rd July 1917; died at
Pitlochry 21st March 1925. He was an
accomplished Gaelic scholar and antiquary.
He left in manuscript a History of the
Speyside Highlands. He marr. 23rd Dec.
1886, Jane Miller (born 1st Jan. 1850,
died s.p. 31st Jan. 1904), daugh. of John
Campbell, town-clerk, Fond-du-lac, U.S.A.
JOHN WILL, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from
lgl7 Giffnock, and adm. 11th Dec. 1917 ;
trans, to Boharm loth July 1924.
MURDOCH LAMONT, trans, from
lg2S St Mark's, Glasgow, and adm. 10th
Feb. 1925 (<•/. Vol. III., 450). Pub-
lication—£< Mark's, Glasgow, 1792-1925
(Glasgow, 1925).
TOMINTOUL (Q.S.).
[Erected as a parliamentary charge in
1826, and as a parish quoad sacra 25th
June 1845.]
CHARLES M'PHERSON, born 20th
7 Sept. 1791, eldest son of Cosmo M.,
farmer, Ellic in Kirkmichael ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1821) ; schoolmaster of Kirkmichael,
1813-27; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy
24th Nov. 1825 ; pres. by George IV. 15th
June, and ord. 25th Sept. 1827 ; first min.
of the parish 25th June 1845 ; died at
Chapelton near Forres, 4th Jan. 1846.
He marr. 5th July 1832, Mary (died at
Tarland, 9th Nov. 1876, aged 75), daugh.
of James Farquharson, Belnabodach,
Strathdon, and had issue — Major James
Farquharson, 62nd Foot, born 11th Nov.
1835, died 20th Dec. 1912; Margaret Isa-
abeenethy]
TOMINTOUL
373
bella, born 11th April 1837 (marr. William
Skinner, min. of Tarland); Colonel Sir
John Cosmo Farquharson of Corrachree,
Tarland, K.C.B., Director - General of
the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
and Ireland, born 18th March 1839, died
unmarr. 3rd July 1905 ; Mary Anne, born
10th April 1841 (marr. (1) Sept. 1864, John
Ferguson, Brae of Coyrach, Old Deer : (2)
Robert John Garden, M.D., Aberdeen), died
19th Nov. 1903; Anne Farquharson, born
17th March 1844 (marr. 24th Sept. 1868,
James Ferguson, Aberdeen), died 4th Jan.
1905 ; Charles Peter Farquharson, born
21st May 1846, died in New Zealand, 9th
June 1914. Publication — Accounts of
Kirkmichael and of Tomintoul {New Stat.
Ace, xiii.).
GEORGE BRUCE, born 1802 ; educated
1846 a* Univ. of St Andrews; app. to Glen-
gairn Mission in 1845 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 16th June, trans, and adm. 24th
Sept. 1846 ; died 17th May 1853. He marr.
4th April 1844, Barbara (died 9th May 1852,
aged 39), daugh. of James Harper, Aber-
deen, and had issue.— [Tombst.]
JOHN AULAY MACLENNAN, born
la54 Lochcarron, 1822, son of Norman M.,
postmaster, and Betsy Mackenzie ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen;
schoolmaster of Kilmarnock, 1843-6, and of
Resolis, 1846-53 ; pres. by Queen Victoria
29th Oct. 1853 ; ord. 8th Feb. 1854 ; .died
7th May 1874. He marr. 28th June 1855,
Jane Emslie, or Henry, who died 3rd Dec.
1882, and had issue — John Norman Emslie,
M.B., CM., born 10th Sept. 1859, died in
Sydney, New South Wales ; and a daugh.
• ALEXANDER LUNDIE BALFOUR,
born Arbroath, son of James B.,
seaman, and Margaret Kay Fraser ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1867),
1874
B.D. (1873) ; pres. by Queen Victoria 29th
July, and ord. 24th Sept. 1874; died
unmarr. 26th May 1875, and was buried
at Arbroath.
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, born 1841,
1S7B son of James G., bootmaker, and
Margaret Dow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow; ord. to Haggs 17th Oct. 1872;
elected 1st Oct., and adm. here 9th Dec.
1875; died unmarr. 30th Dec. 1885.—
[Tombst.]
WILLIAM DUNBAR DEY, born
,___ Inverurie, 10th Jan. 1850 [not 11th
Jan. 1851 as in Aberdeen Roll of
Graduates], son of Robert D. and Eliza-
beth Dunbar ; educated at Grammar
Schools (New and Old Town), Aberdeen,
and Univs. of Aberdeen M.A. (1871), and
Edinburgh B.D. (1872); adm. from Con-
gregational Church, Newcastle, by the
General Assembly 3rd June 1878, and licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 5th June that year;
assistant at Duddingston in 1878; ord.
to Marykirk, Stirling, 26th Nov. 1878;
adm. to Kingston, Jamaica, 3rd Feb. 1881 ;
res. 21st Aug. 1883 ; assistant at Cross-
house, 1883-4, and South Leith, 1884-6;
adm. here 12th May 1886; dem. in 1925.
Marr. (1) 10th Jan. 1881, Catherine Pullar
(died 15th April 1901), daugh. of David
Findlay, M.D., Stirling, and Mary Sawers,
and has issue — Dora Dunbar, teacher of
French, Glasgow, born at Kingston 9th
Dec. 1881 : (2) 16th July 1902, Isabella
(born 9th May 1864, authoress of A Bunch
of Heather, and other Poems), daugh. of
Robert Overend Parker, engineer, Dundee,
and Amy Johnston. — [Modern Scottish
Poets, x., 47 ; Reid's Bards of Angus and
the Mearns (portrait of Mrs D.), 360.]
NEIL M'GILL, trans, from Duntocher
1926 (q.v.), and adm. 1926.
PRESBYTEKY OF ELGIN
[The Presbytery of Elgin was proposed to be erected at the General Assembly of April
1581 and of May 1586, and was erected before 1590. It formed part of the United
Presbyteries of Moray from 1689 to 1702, and part of the United Presbyteries of Elgin,
Aberlour, and Abernethy from 1702 to 1707. The parish of Bellie was disjoined in 1719
and annexed to the Presbytery of Strathbogie. During the suppression of the Presbytery
of Aberlour from 1719 to 1727 the parishes of Rothes and Dundurcas were within the
Presbytery of Elgin. The Presbytery Register begins 12th Nov. 1635. There is a gap
in the Record from 26th Sept. 1688 to 1st July 1702.]
ALVES.
[Alves was a prebend held by the Chantor
of the Cathedral of Elgin. In 1593 this
parish was assigned to the Presb. of Forres,
but in 1608 it was transferred to that of
Elgin. The Records of the Kirk-Session
contain a copy of the Solemn League and
Covenant with the signatures of William
Campbell, min. of the parish, and 42 others,
also the names of 151 other parishioners
added by the Clerk.]
JAMES SPENS, styled " vicar of Alves "
156„ in 1567, when he witnessed a charter
granted by James Thornton, pre-
centor of Moray, to Hieronymus Spens
of Over Manbenis, and Katherine Meson,
his wife, on the kirk lands of this parish.
He became exhorter in 1572.
PATRICK BALFOUR; adm. Nov. 1567,
having Lhanbryd also in his charge ;
1567
trans, to Urquhart before 1574.
ALEXANDER BAD, reader in Aug.
1569 1569 ; exhorter in May 1570 ; trans,
to Altyre May 1572.
JAMES SPENS, before mentioned;
1572 exhorter in 1752; styled vicar in
1574.— [Eecords of Elgin, i. 146.]
JOHN KEITH ; M.A. ; held this parish
1574 in conjunction with Duffus from
1574 to 1576.
JOHN SINCLAIR, reader from 1574
1574 to 1576.
PATRICK AUCHINLECK; chaplain
1577 to the Regent Morton ; pres. by
James VI. 8th Jan. 1577, with
Lhanbryd in the charge, 1579-80 ; app. a
commissioner for Moray by the Assembly
June 1578 ; was a member of Assembly
and assessor to the Moderator [James
Lawson] in 1580 ; died at Elgin 5th
April 1581. He marr. Margaret Guthrie,
who survived him. — [Calderwood's Hist.,
iii. 463 ; Moray Tests.]
ALEXANDER SPENS, described
as brother of James S. of Alves-
1578
Kirkton ; reader from 1578 to 1599.
JAMES DUNDAS, M.A. ; pres. by
1582 James VI. 30th May 1582, holding
also Lhanbryd from 1582 to 1600;
on 21st Feb. 1605, he subscribed, with
others, a letter to the King from the Synod
of Aberdeen, in favour of John Forbes,
min. of Alford ; was nominated constant
Moderator of the Presb. of Forres by the
Assembly in 1606, that Presb. being ordered
by the Privy Council, 17th Jan. 1607, to
receive him as such within twenty-four
hours after notice upon pain of rebellion ;
was a member of Assembly in 1586, 1587,
1598, 1606, and 1610. He was consecrated
Bishop of Down and Connor in Ireland,
July 1612, and died at Newton, Co.
Down, before 29th Oct. same year. He
PEESB. OF ELGIN]
ALVES
375
marr. and had issue — James of Windiehills,
in the parish [who disponed that property
on 20th June 1618, to his brother-in-law,
Gavin Dunbar, min. of this parish], and
several daughters, one of whom marr. Gavin
Dunbar. — [Ware's Bishops of Down and
Connor ; Calderwood's Hist., iv. 569 ; v.
684 ; vii. 105 ; Killen's Bed. Hist. Ireland,
i., 489.]
GAVIN DUNBAR of Windiehills, born
1612 about 1586, younger son of William
D., min. of Dyke ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1602) ; min.
of Lhanbryd in 1608 ; pres. by James VI.
29th Oct. 1612 ; dem. the Archdeaconry of
Moray in favour of Patrick Tulloch in
1613 ; was a member of Assembly in 1639 ;
died June 1640. He marr. a daugh. of his
predecessor, James Dundas. She survived
him, and had issue — Alexander of Windie-
hills, served heir, 25th March 1641 ; William,
seriously assaulted in 1642 ; and others. —
[Shaw's Hist, ii. 147; P. C. Beg., 2nd ser.,
vii., 557.]
1640
GEORGE HANNAY [or HANNA,
sometimes AHANNY], M.A. ;
formerly min. of Torphichen (q.v.) ;
having been recommended by the General
Assembly Aug. 1639, was pres. by James,
Earl of Moray, before 5th, and adm. 12th
Nov. 1640. On 5th Nov. 1644 he com-
plained to the Presb. of the "violence and
injurie " done to him by Lord Ludovick
Gordon, who "in the midst of the night
sent for him in name of the Lady Grant,
elder, pretending that the common enemie
was approaching. He, coming on his
journey from his own house, was surprised
by the said Ludovick and charged, under
pain of his life, or he would pistoll him,
yea, draw him in an horse taile if he went
not with goodwill, and after the said Mr
George had escaped, he violently shot pistols
and brought him back, and caused him
marry the said Ludovick with the Lady
Grant, her daughter, that same night."
The matter was laid before the General
Assembly, but what followed does not
appear. Dep. by the Commission of As-
sembly at Aberdeen, 17th May 1647, who
found him " by his own confession, guiltie
of subscribing that perfidious and wicked
bond by the Marquess of Huntly, ane ex-
communicate rebel, and that sometym he
drank the said Marquess's health"; the
Commission also recommended to the
Presb. and the patron that " the stipend
of the Kirk of Alves so long as the same
shall vack" [remain vacant] be given to
H.'s wife and children. He removed from
Alves 5th July 1649, and was afterwards
min. of Inveraven. — [Gordon's Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 407 ; Brodie's Diary, 178-9 ; Cramond's
Church of Alves, 10.]
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, M.A.; trans,
from Bower; elected 27th June,
and adm. 16th Aug. 1649 ; trans, to
Olrig Nov. 1660.
ALEXANDER STEWART, born 1625 ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (1645) ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews; pres. by Alexander, Earl of
Moray, in May, and ord. 16th Oct. 1661 ;
died 27th May 1675, having preached on
the preceding Sunday. He was spoken
of as "a priest of very holy life and very
earnest doctrine." He marr. 27th Feb.
1663, Beatrix, daugh. of Alexander Dunbar
of Boath, Auldearn. She survived him and
marr. (2) Dec. 1676 John Dunbar, probably
assistant min. in 1674. — [Craven's Church
in Moray, 208; Brodie's Diary, 290.]
BEROALD INNES of Inchstellie, in
the parish, born about 1644, said
1676 to be son of John I. of Culdrain
and brother of Sir Alexander I. of Coxton,
second baronet; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1664); schoolmaster
of Bellie, 1664-5 ; tutor to Lord Doune,
son of the Earl of Moray; passed trials
before Presb. of Forres and recommended
to the bishop for licence 18th Aug. 1675 ;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Moray, before
15th Dec. same year ; passed trials before
the Presb. and recommended for ordination
23rd Feb., ord. (at Elgin) 2nd March, and
inst. 5th March 1676 [his tombstone has
the year as 1677, but this is an error];
deprived by the Privy Council, May 1693,
376
ALVES
[PRESB. OF
for not praying for King William and
Queen Mary. He retired to Inchstellie,
■where be continued to preach, and died
27th March 1722. He marr. (at Forres)
15th Aug. 1678, Jean (died in 1746), daugh.
of Colin Falconar, afterwards Bishop of
Moray, and had issue- — Lilias, bapt. 2nd
June 1681 ; James, bapt. 30th Jan. 1683 ;
William in Wester Alves, bapt. 23rd July
1686 ; Eobert, bapt. 10th July 1692 ; Jean,
bapt. 25th Aug. 1694; Hugh, Episcopal
min. at Forres, born 30th March 1698.—
[Tombst. ; Cramond's Church of Alves, 110 ;
Craven's Moray, 210 ; Young's Elgin, 608 ;
Gordon's Shaw, iii., 407.]
[The parish vacant four years.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, M.A. ; trans, from
16g7 Second Charge, South Leith ; called
11th Aug. 1696, and (after reference
to the General Assembly) adm. 16th May
1697; trans, to Keith after 30th April 1700.
JOSEPH SANDERSON, called 7th
l7og Oct. 1702; ord. (after considerable
protest) 2nd Feb. 1703; trans, to
Junior Charge, Elgin, 2nd May 1727.
GEORGE GORDON, born 1692; edu-
1728 cated a* Marischal College, Aberdeen;
schoolmaster of Rothes, 1710-12 ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 20th June
1716; ord. to Boharm 2nd May 1717; called
23rd Jan. [in Oct. 1727, Charles, Earl of
Moray, had pres. John Paul, min. of Rothes;
the Presb. refused both calls 12th March, but
that of G. on appeal was sustained by the
Commission of Assembly, and he was pres.
by the Presb. jure devoluto 8th Oct., the
Earl of Moray consenting], trans, and
adm. 21st Nov. 1728; died 3rd March 1752.
He marr. (1) 13th Jan. 1719, Elizabeth
Gordon, who died in April (buried 25th)
1721, and had issue — Isabel, died before
1744: (2) 9th Aug. 1722, Agnes (died
21st June 1770), second daugh. of Thomas
Brodie of Pitgaveny, and had issue —
William, bapt. 17th June 1724; Jean, above
the age of 16 in 1744 (marr. Duncan Shaw,
D.D., min. of Aberdeen) ; Mary, born 17th
Feb. 1729 (marr. James Munro, min. of
this parish); Harie, min. of Ardersier,
born 3rd June 1730 ; Barbara, born 24th
Aug. 1736 (marr. Ebenezer Munro,
merchant) ; George, born 3rd Oct. 1743,
died 17th March 1748; James, born 2nd
July 1745, died 1st July 1746; Thomas
died young; David died young; Alexander,
captain in the Army, born 30th Jan. 1750,
died in India. — [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER WATT, pres. by James,
Earl of Moray, Oct. 1752; ord.
13th March 1753 ; trans, to Forres
23rd June 1774.
JAMES MUNRO, educated at King's
„„ College, Aberdeen, 1729-33; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 14th Nov. 1749 ;
ord. to Kinloss 14th May 1752 ; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Moray, Dec. 1774 ; trans,
and adm. 10th Aug. 1775; died 24th
June 1780. He marr. 23rd Sept. 1752,
Mary (died in 1770), daugh. of George
Gordon, min. of this parish, and had
issue — George of Vanburghfield, Black-
heath, London ; a daugh. (marr. 26th Aug.
1775, Alexander Adam, LL.D., a native
of Rafford, rector of the High School,
Edinburgh), died before 1780; Margaret
(marr. James Scott, min. of Auchterhouse) ;
and other five children. — [Tombst.]
JOHN HOYES, ord. (assistant) 25th
1777 March 1777 ; trans, to Dalgety
16th July 1778.
WILLIAM SMITH, bapt. 3rd Sept.
1781 1745, son of John S., min. of
Meldrum ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1769); school-
master and preacher at Strichen ; licen.
by Presb. of Deer 28th July 1779; pres.
by Francis, Earl of Moray, 16th Nov.
1780; ord. 22nd March 1781; died 26th
Jan. 1792. He marr. (1) 6th April 1776
Isabella Miller, who died 30th Dec. 1785,
and had issue — Alexander, born 22nd
June 1778 ; John, born 22nd Dec. 1781 :
Jean, born 14th July 1783 : (2) 18th
March 1788, Katherine Robertson, who
died s.p. 29th Jan. 1814. — [Tombst. ;
Cramond's Alves, 110.]
ELGIN]
ALVES
377
WILLIAM MACBEAN, born Inverness-
shire 1758 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st March
1778); licen. by Presb. of Inverness 1st
April 1783; ord. by Presb. of Elgin
min. of the Little Kirk at Elgin 3rd
April 1787 ; trans, to Moy and Dalarossie
5th Aug. 1788 ; pres. by Francis, Earl of
Moray, before 7th Aug., trans, and adm.
11th Oct. 1792; died 5th April 1818. He
marr. (1) 19th Aug. 1788, Elizabeth (died
1st Oct. 1807), daugh. of Patrick Duff,
writer, Elgin, and had issue — Alexander,
born 17th July 1789, died at Aberdeen 5th
April 1857 ; Isabella, born 22nd July 1792,
died 1st Dec. 1795 : (2) 12th Nov. 1810,
Janet (died s.p. 18th Oct. 1858), youngest
daugh. of Alexander Leslie, merchant,
Aberdeen. Publication — Accounts of Moy
and Dalarossie, and of Alves (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, viii., xi.). — [Moray Tests.]
[WALTEE STUART, licen. by Presb.
of Dunblane, a probationer resident in
Edinburgh ; was pres. by Francis, Earl
of Moray, before 3rd Nov. 1818. He died
at Elgin, 27th April 1819, his ordination
having been fixed for 6th May.] —
[Cramond's Alves, 100.]
DUNCAN GRANT, nephew of above
lalfl William MacBean ; M.A. ; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Moray, before 8th
June 1819 ; trans, from the Gaelic Chapel,
Aberdeen, and adm. 15th July 1819 ; trans.
to Forres 27th Sept. 1827.
ALEXANDER GENTLE, born Edin-
burgh, 1798, son of James G., S.S.C.;
educated at High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family of Lord
Napier ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 26th
March 1822 ; assistant at Burntisland ;
pres. by the commissioner for Francis, Earl
of Moray, Oct. 1827 ; ord. 7th Feb. 1828.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
the Free Church, Alves, 1843-69; died
25th March 1869. In his boyhood he
accidentally fell down a stone stair of
considerable length, dislocating his thigh
so badly that a painful limp was the con-
sequence, from which he suffered much
inconvenience all through life. He was,
however, an indefatigable pastor, and a
preacher of wide reputation. He marr.
23rd Oct. 1828, Isabella (died 9th Feb.
1866), daugh. of Lachlan Bogle, Jamaica,
and had issue — Agnes, born 17th July
1829 (marr. Peter James Dewar, Dingwall),
died 26th March 1916; Mary, born 17th
March 1836, died 23rd Oct. 1914; James,
born 17th Sept. 1837 ; Alexander, born 13th
Feb. 1840. Publications — The Principles of
the Free Church closely connected with
Christian Faith and Practice, a lecture
(Elgin, 1844) ; Sermon CVI. (Free Church
Pulpit, ii.) ; Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xiii.). — [Biographical Sketch in
Our Church Fathers, Elgin, 1899.]
ALEXANDER COUL, born Moray-
shire; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1820-4; assistant school-
master of Spynie, 1824-7 ; licen. by Presb.
of Forres 20th Oct. 1835 ; schoolmaster of
Edinkillie, 1836-43 ; pres. by Francis, Earl
of Moray, 22nd July, and ord. 7th Sept.
1843; died 11th March 1850. He marr.
3rd June 1844, Elizabeth (died s.p. 13th
Oct. 1846), daugh. of William Smeaton,
Dollar.
JAMES MACKIE, born Rothiemay,
18S0 15th April 1819 ; son of Alexander
M., farmer ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1840) ; assistant
schoolmaster of Keith, 1840-3; school-
master of this parish, 1843-50 ; licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 6th May 1846; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Moray, before 3rd May,
and ord. 10th July 1850 ; LL.D. (America) ;
died 17th April 1884. He marr. 23rd
March 1852, Eliza Ferrier (died 16th March
1891), daugh. of Dr John Inglis Nicol,
Inverness, and had issue — Alexander Grant,
born 8th June 1854; John Inglis Nicol,
born 26th Feb. 1856 ; Eliza Jane, born
15th Oct. 1857; Alice Isobel, born 27th
March 1859; James Ferguson, born 13th
Sept. 1860 ; George William, born 2nd Jan.
and died 17th Aug. 1862 ; William Donald,
born 7th Nov. 1863 ; Clement Robert, born
19th June 1865.
378
ALVES— BIRNIE
[PRKSB. OF
NIEL KENNEDY MACKENZIE,
1884 -M--A-J elected 11th Aug., and ord.
11th Sept. 1884 ; trans, to Long-
forgan 24th Dec. 1885.
WILLIAM FORREST HAMILTON,
1886 k°rn Kilnca(izowi Carluke, 29th
Nov. 1854, son of William H. and
Elizabeth Forrest ; educated at Kilncadzow
and Lanark Schools, Training College,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Lanark May 1885 ; assistant at Lady
Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, and at Roberton,
Hawick ; elected 5th April, and ord. 5th
May 1886; dem. 1925.
JOHN HARRIS BURRY, born Muir-
head of Liff, Dundee, 23rd April
1887, son of David Nicol B. and
Jane Harris ; educated at Muirhead of
Liff School, Liff Road, Lochee Secondary
School and Queen's Univ., Kingston,
Canada, B.A. (1915), M.D., CM. (1923) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kingston, Canada, and
ord. 20th April 1920 ; travelling missionary,
Algarra and Central Railway, Ontario,
June to Sept. 1920; app. to Monteith 1st
June 1921 to 21st Aug. 1922 ; locum, tenens
Stella, Amherst Island, June to Sept. 1923 ;
adm. by General Assembly 22nd May 1924 ;
locum tenens, Aberlour, 25th Nov. 1923 to
31st Dec. 1924; assistant at Prestwick 13th
March 1925 ; adm. to this charge 22nd Oct.
1925. Marr. 14th Sept. 1921, Mary Lome,
daugh. of Richard Lofton Sheffield and
Mary Lome Roddick, and has issue —
Harris Sheffield, born 2nd Oct. 1922 ; Vera
Belle Jean, bom 26th Feb. 1925.
BIRNIE.
[Birnie was a commune kirk of the
Cathedral of Elgin. It was dedicated to
St Breandan. The twelfth century
Norman parish church remains still in
use. It has an ancient square bell, and
a Norman font of a very early type
which may not unlikely have belonged
to an older church building. In 1184,
Simon, fourth Bishop of Moray, was
buried in this church.]
JAMES JOHNSTON, one of the twelve
1S6„ chaplains of the Cathedral of Elgin
(who were endowed with the revenues
of the church of Birnie), and as such agreed
to say three masses weekly for the soul
of James Strachan, parson of Botarie
(Cairney) ; he conformed to the Protestant
doctrines in 1560 and became exhorter in
1567 ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
26th Feb. that year; is styled "scribe to the
Assemblies in Murray " in 1568 ; witnessed
various charters in 1569 ; became min.
before 28th Aug. 1574, and was still in the
charge in 1588. — [Registrum Horaviensis,
414, 430.]
ALEXANDER INNES, brother of
1589 George L ; M.A. ; min. of Essil in
1588; trans, and adm. in 1589;
deprived in 1598. On 21st March 1598-9
William Hay, uncle of William H. of
Mayne, and Agnes Leslie, widow of
Alexander Douglas, Provost of Elgin (and
mother of the min. of that parish, and
afterwards Bishop of Moray) were slain,
and Hay of Mayne was mutilated by a
party of Inneses. The min. of Birnie
was charged with "being art and part in
the crime," and was on 21st Jan. 1606
outlawed. — [Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, ii. ;
G. R. lnhib., xxxii., 391.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, min. of Dallas ;
1598 was Pres- t>v James VI. 24th July
1598, and held Birnie in conjunction
with Dallas.
1599 WILLIAM DUNBAR, min. in 1599.
ROBERT LESLIE, son of Gavin L.,
1601 Commissar of Moray, and brother
of John L., Bishop of Ross ; min.
of Dundurcas in 1595 ; trans, and adm.
about 1601 ; still in the charge in 1616.
He marr. and had issue — Agnes (marr.
John Leslie, of Boat of Bridge).
COLIN M'KENZIE, M.A. (King's Col-
1624 *e^e' Aberdeen, 1616); min. about
1625.
1624 ; dep. for immorality April
ELGIN]
BIRNIE
379
ALEXANDER INNES, M.A., perhaps
- the above Alexander I.; adm. before
25th Oct. 1625 ; is last mentioned
2nd July 1626.
ALEXANDER SPENS, born 1604, son
.„„,. of James S. of Kirktown of Alves ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1623) ; adm. before 30th Oct.
1627 ; died 15th April 1658. He was pres.
to Alves in 1648 but declined, the Presb.
considering his close association with that
parish by kith and family relationships
to be against his settlement there. He
marr. Margaret Innes, who died before
21st April 1692, and had issue — James
of Stankhouse and Longmorn, in Elgin,
min. of Castle-Martyr, Ireland ; Jerome ;
Janet ; Margaret.
ALEXANDER DUNBAR, M.A. ; called
16S_ 15th Sept. 1658, and (after reference
to the Synod) ord. 22nd June 1659 ;
trans, to Essil 8th July 1663.
WILLIAM SANDERS, born about 1630,
son of John S., min. of Nairn ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1650); schoolmaster of Forres,
1650-3; became tutor at Struthers in
Kinloss ; licen. by Presb. of Forres 21st
July 1659; pres. by Alexander, Earl of
Moray, in June, ord. (at Elgin) 4th,
and inst. 12th Nov. 1663 ; died 13th May
1670, and was buried under the pulpit.
He had wadset of the lands of Balnageith
which he resigned on 22nd Nov. 1666.
He marr. Margaret Falconer, who survived
him, and had issue — William, writer in
Elgin, served heir 14th Jan. 1687 ; John ;
Margaret (marr. John Laing, merchant,
Elgin) ; Katherine, died young ; Anna ;
Elspet, died young. — [Tombst. ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 6788 ; Cooper's Church of Birnie, 13.]
JOHN CUMMING, born in Aberdeen-
1fil_ shire about 1647 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (30th
April 1663); passed trials before the
Presb. of Ellon and recommended for
licence 15th April 1668; was licen. soon
afterwards by Patrick, Bishop of Aber-
deen; pres. by Alexander, Earl of Moray,
in Aug., ord. 13th Dec. 1670, and inst.
1696
before 4th Jan. 1671 ; deprived in 1690
for nonconformity ; is said to have gone
to Ireland and become a Roman Catholic,
but died at Elgin after 14th March and
before 18th July 1702. By his will, dated
29th Oct. 1701, and confirmed 18th July
1702, he left £40 to the poor of the parish. —
[Moray Tests."]
JOHN MACKEAN, born Elgin, 1652,
son of John M., merchant ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1668); passed trials before Presb.
of Aberdeen and recommended for licence
16th May 1676 ; became schoolmaster of
Cromarty, and was schoolmaster of Elgin,
1679-90; ord. in 1696; pres. to Dallas
before 29th June 1703, and was 'enjoined
by the Synod, 27th Oct. following, to trans-
port himself to that parish before 1st April
1704. The Presb. on 27th June that year
ordered the parish of Birnie to be declared
vacant. M. probably died in that month,
according to tradition, by his own hand. —
[Shaw's Hist, iii., 394.]
THOMAS MACCULLOCH, called 22nd
Jan., and ord. 1st July 1708 ; trans.
1708
to Bellie 4th May 1709.
1721
WILLIAM DOUGALL, called 21st
Sept. 1709; ord. 1st Feb. 1710;
1 trans, to Spynie 7th March 1721.
DAVID DUNLOP, educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 25th March 1718; assist-
ant at Duffus; pres. by Charles, Earl of
Moray, before 16th May, and ord. 19th Sept.
1721 ; died probably unmarr. 29th May 1742.
His nephew, John Oughterson, min. of Cum-
bernauld, was his executor. — [Moray Tests.]
ALEXANDER MURRAY, born 1701,
son of James M., min. of Grange ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 27th
Oct. 1725 ; was residing at Balneedon in
Strathdon, when he was pres. by James,
Earl of Moray, 14th Oct. 1742 ; ord. 28th
April 1743 ; he made himself so obnoxious
to the Moray Jacobites that he was obliged
to seek the protection of the Duke of
Cumberland in the South; died unmarr. 13th
Aug. 1765. — [Tombst. ; Index to Services.]
1743
380
BIRNIE
[PRESB. OF
JOSEPH ANDERSON, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1754-8;
schoolmaster of Alves, 1756-65 ; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 27th Nov. 1764; pres.
by James, Earl of Moray, 3rd Dec. 1765 ;
ord. 18th March 1766; died 2nd June 1808.
He marr. 25th April 1776, Jean (died at
Elgin, 27th Dec. 1847, aged 91), eldest
daugh. of Archibald Craig, merchant,
Elgin, and had issue — Christian, born 15th
March 1777; Margaret, born 31st Jan. 1779
(marr. William Gordon, min. of Urquhart,
(Elgin)); Jean Dunbar, born 6th March
1781 ; Alexander, born 25th Feb. 1782, died
on board the Hercules, West Indies, Sept.
1803 ; Marjory, born 16th April 1784 (marr.
22nd Dec. 1805, Alexander Johnston,
manufacturer, Newmill), died 5th May
1807; Archibald, surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born
10th June 1785, killed in action 1817;
Janet, born 7th Dec. 1790 ; Anne, born
20th Aug. 1793. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.). —
[Tombst. ; Steven's High School, App. 56 ;
Acts of Ass., 1771.]
DAVID BAXTER, pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, before 6th Dec.
1808 ; ord. 27th July 1809 ; trans,
to Lilliesleaf 10th Oct. 1816.
1809
1816
JAMES PATERSON, born 13th April
1778, son of Robert P., min. of
Spynie ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1798); licen. by Presb.
of Elgin 7th Dec. 1804 ; ord. (assistant) to
Birnie 26th Jan. 1808 ; pres. by Francis
Earl of Moray, before 6th Nov., and adm.
19th Dec. 1816; dem. 16th Nov. 1832;
died unmarr. at Elgin, 23rd March 1840. —
[Young's Spynie, 355.]
GEORGE GORDON, born 23rd July
1801, son of William G., min. of
Urquhart (Elgin), and grandson of
above Joseph Anderson ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (3rd
April 1819) ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 5th
April 1825 ; pres. by Francis, Earl of
Moray, before 16th Nov., and ord. 13th Dec.
1832 ; LL.D. (Marischal College, 19th Nov.
1859) ; dem. 30th Oct. 1889 ; died at Brae-
birnie, Elgin, 12th Dec. 1893. He was distin-
1882
guished as a naturalist and geologist, and
the fossil reptile Hyperodapedon Gordoni
was discovered by him and named after
him. He added Pinguicula alpina to the
list of British flora. Professor Cooper said
of him : "He has been a living example of
how science can subsist with faith, and
how the active mind and the cultivated
intellect can flourish in a Scottish manse."
He marr. 20th March 1834, Anna (died 9th
Dec. 1889), second daugh. of James Stephen
of Bruceland, Elgin, M.D., and had issue —
Jane Anne, born 16th Dec. 1835 ; Anna
Maria, born 23rd Dec. 1837 (marr. William
Gordon, min. of Braemar) ; John William,
banker, Madras, born 3rd Oct. 1840, died
in London, 5th April 1900 ; Margaret, born
27th Sept. 1842 (marr. Captain Edward
Cooke), died at Allahabad, India, 22nd
Sept. 1876 ; James Lewis Joseph, captain
in Army, born 13th Aug. 1844, died at
Nani-Tal, India, 7th May 1886; George
Henry, merchant, London, born 11th June
1846, died 17th June 1920; Stephen, mer-
chant, Smyrna, born 6th March 1850 ;
Robertson Barclay, Procurator - Fiscal of
Moray, born 28th July 1858. Publications
— Collectanea for a Flora of Moray (Elgin,
1839); "A Fauna of the Province of Moray"
(The Zoologist, [1844-61], ii. 421, 502, 551,
x. 3454, 3480, 3678, xi. 3783, xii. 4300, 4421,
4453, xix. 7663 ; " On the Geology of the
Lower or Northern Part of the Province
of Moray" (Edin. New Phil. Journ., new
series, ix., 14-56) (1859); Wilson's Pre-
historic Annals read with Reference to the
Archaeology of the Province of Moray
(Elgin, 1864) ; " On the Hymenoptera of the
Province of Moray " (Scottish Naturalist,
ix., 177-9 (1887) ; The Reptiliferous Sand-
stones of Elgin (Elgin, 1892) ; Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace. ,xiii.). — [Dr Gordon of
Birnie, by Thomas Wallace, Elgin Courant,
1917; Cooper's The Church of Birnie (Elgin,
1891); Rampini's Moray and Nairn, 381-3;
Memoir of Prof . Cooper, 31-35.]
JOHN KENNEDY, born Longside,
1890 Aberdeenshire, 30th Sept. 1861,
son of Thomas K. and Margaret
Matthew ; educated at Stoney wood School,
Grammar School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
ELGIN]
BURGHEAD
381
M.A. (1884) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
3rd May 1887 ; assistant at Elchies ;
elected 21st Jan., and ord. 27th Feb. 1890.
Marr. 12th Aug. 1908, Eliza Bruce, daugh.
of Robert Scott and Eliza Bruce.
BURGHEAD (Q.S.).
[There was of old at Burghead a chapel
of St Aidan. Its burial ground yet marks
the site. St Aidan's Well too is there.
The parish of Burghead was disjoined
from Duffus on 19th June 1867.]
DAVID SIMPSON, M.A. ; elected in
1823 N°v,> and sustained by the Pres.
3rd Dec. 1822; ord. 2nd July 1823;
dem. on app. to Trinity Chapel, Aberdeen,
5th April 1825.
DAVID WATERS, born Gothagil, Olrig,
lg26 26th Feb. 1793, son of Alexander W.,
farmer, educated at Olrig School,
Tain Academy, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (22nd Dec. 1827); app. schoolmaster of
Bower in 1816 ; licen. by Presb. of Caith-
ness 29th April 1823; elected 6th Aug.
1825; ord. 31st July 1826. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Burghead, 1843-87; died 31st
March 1887 (the oldest min. of the Free
Church). He marr. 1844, Elizabeth (died
1892), daugh. of Captain Macpherson, Wick.
— [Biographical Notice in Our Church
Fathers, by James MacDonald, LL.D.
(Elgin, 1899).]
[JAMES WALKER, M.A. ; elected 10th
1844 Juty> DU* withdrew acceptance 4th
Sept. 1844 on being pres. to Clatt]
ALEXANDER WHYTE, M.A. ; elected
1844 14th Nov., and ord. 26th Dec. 1844 ;
trans, to Canisbay 28th Feb. 1846.
ALEXANDER LESLIE, born Huntly
1846 a^ou* 1813, son of John L. ;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1834) ; sometime a
private teacher in Aberdeen ; schoolmaster
of Spey mouth, 1843-6 ; passed trials before
Presb. of Aberdeen, and licen. by Presb.
of Elgin 4th Dec. 1844; ord. 14th May 1846;
dem. 29th June 1866. He retired to
Lhanbryd, was afterwards resident in
Aberdeen, and died at Derby 1901.
JOHN GARIOCH, M.A. ; elected 28th
1866 NoV-' and 0rd- 27tl1 DeC- 1866 > adm-
first min. of the parish 19th June
1867; trans, to Spynie 28th Dec. 1876.
JAMES DUNCAN MACRAE, elected
1877 19th March, and ord. 2nd May 1877 ;
trans, to Clyne 12th Sept. 1878.
GEORGE CHRISTIE WATT, M.A. ;
1878 elected 28th Nov., and adm. from
the Scots Church, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, 19th Dec. 1878 ; trans, to Edinkillie
20th Oct. 1881.
JOHN OGILVIE, M.A.; elected 6th
1882 Feb., trans, from Advie, and adm.
9th March 1882 ; trans, to Woodside,
Aberdeen, 23rd July 1885.
ROBERT WOODSIDE, born 1852, son of
18g5 Thomas W., boot and shoemaker, and
Mary Brown; assistant at Dunoon;
ord. to Scots Church, Carlisle, 15th Feb.
1882; elected 5th Oct., and adm. 5th
Nov. 1885; died 6th July 1920. He
marr. 13th Oct. 1875, Fanny Helen,
daugh, of Adam Joseph Clarke, chemist,
Govanhill, and Mary Ann Wilson, and
had issue— Thomas, born 27th June 1877 ;
Mary Brown, born 19th Sept. 1878 (marr.
William Scott) ; Fanny Clarke, born 17th
Sept. 1880; Robert, born 2nd June 1883;
Charles Victor, born 28th June 1887;
Ethel Maud, born 1st Oct. 1889.
WILLIAM MURRAY, born Aberdeen,
1920 8th Sept. 1893, son of John M. and
Mary Taylor; educated at Edin-
burgh Royal Blind School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1915); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 1918 ; assistant at Lady
Glenorchy's, Edinburgh ; ord. locum tenens
at Corstorphine 28th Sept. 1919; adm. to
this parish (blind) 28th Oct. 1920. Marr.
24th June 1924, Jeannie, daugh. of
Alexander Taylor and Jessie Reid.
382
DRAINIE
[PRESB. OF
DRAINIE, of old KINEDAR,
AND OGSTON.
[These two parishes were united on 17th
Feb. 1669.
Kinedar. — Kinedar was a prebend held
by the Treasurer of Elgin Cathedral. Its
church was dedicated to St Edward the
Confessor. Soon after the union of the two
parishes, the church was removed from
Kinedar to Drainie. St Gartnay, called
in Latin Gernadius, dwelt at Kinedar, and
died there on or about 8th Nov. 934. His
Well is to be seen there. His cave also used
to be shown, but it has fallen in. Fantastic
forms are often given to the saint's name.
One sees him called St Garadin, and even
St Gerardine.
Ogston. — The church of Ogston was
dedicated to St Michael. In 1642 this
parish was united to Kilmolemnock, now
called St Andrew's. It was disjoined again
by the Commissioners for the Plantation of
Kirks on 28th July 1647. This disjunction,
however, was annulled by the Act Rescissory
on 28th March 1661, and, in 1669, Ogston
was united to Kinedar.]
JOHN KEITH, M.A. ; held Kinedar
in conjunction with Duffus from
1567
1567 to 1572.
WILLIAM WISEMAN, reader from
1569 1569 to 1572.
WILLIAM CLERK, exhorter in
1572 1572.
PATRICK DOUGLAS of Ballormie,
M.A. ; min. in 1574; held Essil
same year ; dem. before 1583. On
20th June 1575 he granted his property of
Ballormie to his nephew, William Douglas
of Whittingehame.
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, son of William
D. of Whittingehame ; M.A. ; pres.
1683 by James VI. 26th April 1583 j still
in the charge at 2nd Oct. 1615. He marr.
(1) Margaret (died at Ballormie, 14th Feb.
1609), eldest daugh. of John Hay of Loch-
loy : (2) Elizabeth Cranstoun. — [Burke's
Commoners, iii.]
1620
ALEXANDER INNES, pres. by James
VI. about 1620. At the Synod on
12th Oct. 1624, "in the tryall of
the ministrie and kirks within the bounds
of the exerceise off Elgin it is found and
heavilie regrated be the bretheren that the
Kirk of Kynedor, quhilk is the principall
kirk belonging to the Thesaurer of Moray,
hes bein neglected these dyvers zeirs bygain
by reasoun off Mr Alexander Innes his
provisioun thereto in his zoung zeirs when
he was vncapable off that charge, as also
his absence furthe off the realme for the
space off fowr or fiyve zeirs past, indur-
ing quhilk tyme no resident minister hes
attendit that kirk and cuir thereoff, many
grevous enormities daily brack furth in that
parochin, and the minister serving at the
kirk off Essil, quhilk belongs unto that
dignitie, is not sufficientlie provydit; all
whiche had bein represented by the com-
missionars directed from this diocie to
the Archbishop of Sanctandroes efter the
deceiss of ther lait ordinar that by his
Lordships authoritie the same might be
redressit, notwithstanding quheroff the evill
contineweth to the sclander of the gospell,
prejudice of the Kirk and tinsell of many
sowles. Whairanent our Reverend Father
declarit that, eftir mony promises maid
be the patrone to present ane qualifiet
persone in caice the titular suld not returne
at certan dayes long since past willing and
able to vndergo that charge, he finding no
performance hed resolved to process the
titular but hed bein hindred therfra vpon
occasioun of ane letter directit from the
Kings Majestie vnto the Bishop of Sanct-
androes quherin his Hienes, being informed
that the said Mr Alexander was following
his studies at Cambridge quherby the moir
to inable him for his charge, wes pleasit to
desyr that a certan tyme might be granted
vnto him for that effect ; quherin, althocht
the truthe hes bein kept vp from his
Majestie, zit is it necessarie that the mater
be so ruled as his Highnes sail not haiff
occasioun to think that his royall desyrs
are neglected. The bretheren resting heirin
for the present reneweth thair former suitt
for removing of that scandall, quherto the
said Reverend Father promised to bestow
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his best trawells"; adm. to Inveraven
before 25th Oct. 1625.
JOHN GORDON, M.A.; formerly of
Kirkmichael; adm. before 25th Oct.
1626; trans, to Senior Charge, Elgin,
31st March 1633.
1626
DAVID COLLACE, M.A.; ord. before
16g„ 1st Oct. 1633 ; became min. of
Drainie, the parish formed by the
union of Kinedar and Ogston, in 1642 ;
died 3rd June 1681. He marr. Lucretia,
daugh. of John Guthrie of Guthrie, Bishop
of Moray, and had issue — Lucretia (marr.
Michael Cumming, min. of this parish).
1666
MICHAEL CUMMING, born 1637, son
of Alexander C. of Tomnamoon,
Edinkillie, and Anne Cumming, and
brother of George C, min. of Urray ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1659) ;
became schoolmaster of Alves, 1653 - 6 ;
chaplain to Sir George Mackenzie of
Pluscarden ; passed trials before Presb.
of St Andrews and had a certificate for
licence 22nd Oct. 1663 ; assistant to pre-
ceding; ord. (assistant and successor) 7th,
and inst. 14th March 1666. He did not
take the Test in 1681, and his ministry
closed, but at 21st Jan. 1683 he appears on
the Exercise, having apparently taken the
Test; died 20th Feb. 1695. He marr.
7th April 1666, Lucretia (buried 22nd
Nov. 1708), daugh. of David Collace, min.
of this parish, and had issue — David,
M.A., min. of Aberdour, Fife, served heir
26th July 1695; Alexander; Elizabeth.—
[Inq. Bet. Gen., 7600; Macphail's Pltcs-
cardyn, 146.]
1698
HUGH ANDERSON, born 1666, son
of Hugh A., min. of Cromarty;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (28th Aug. 1683) ; ord. to Rosemarkie
before 29th March 1694, when he was a
member of Assembly ; called 26th April,
trans, and adm. 17th Aug. 1698 ; dem. 2nd
Dec. 1740 ; died 26th Oct. 1749. He marr.
Margaret Munro, who predeceased him
without issue.
1741
WILLIAM COLLIE, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (5th March
1718); schoolmaster of the parish,
1718-34 ; assistant at Duffus in 1734; pres.
by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun
before 6th Jan., and ord. 17th March 1741 ;
died 29th April 1768. He marr. 17th Dec.
1741, Margaret Mackenzie, who died 27th
April 1773, and had issue — an only child,
Margaret, born 20th Sept. 1748 (marr.
Robert Paterson, min. of Spynie, died 23rd
July 1782. — [Tombst. at Spynie; Young's
Spynie, 355.]
LEWIS GORDON, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun before
1768 8th, and ord. 28th Sept. 1768 ; D.D.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 17th Feb. 1815);
trans, to Elgin 5th Sept. 1815.
RICHARD ROSE, born 1769; edu-
cated at Nairn School and Univs.
of St Andrews and Aberdeen ; was
schoolmaster of Cromarty ; licen. by Presb.
of Chanonry 25th June 1793 ; ord. to
Dallas 1st May 1794 ; pres. by the com-
missioner of Sir William Gordon Cumming
of Gordonstoun 27th Jan., trans, and adm.
23rd July 1816; D.D. (St Andrews, 3rd
Dec. 1831); died unmarr., Father of the
Synod, 23rd June 1853. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xiii.).— [Young's Elgin, 274.]
1846
JAMES WEIR, born Aberlour, 1814,
son of Peter W. ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March
1840) ; master of Grantown Grammar
School, 1840-6; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
nethy 22nd July 1844; pres. by Sir William
Gordon Cumming of Gordonstoun before
4th Feb., and ord. (assistant and successor)
9th April 1846 ; died 7th Nov. 1882. He
marr. 27th Sept. 1849, Johanna Rose (died
9th Aug. 1903), daugh. of Alexander Calder,
and niece of Richard Rose, D.D., min. of
this parish, and had issue — Patrick Alex-
ander, M.A., M.B., colonel I.M.S., born 4th
June 1851 ; Harriet Rose, born 10th April
1853 (marr. 10th Oct. 1872, Captain George
Young, 1st Gurkha Light Infantry) ;
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DRAINIE— OGSTON— DUFFUS AND UNTHANK [peesb. of
Eichard Kose, M.B., lieut.-colonel I.M.S.,
born 21st Feb. 1855 ; Joanna Calder, born
15th April 1857 (marr. Professor Alexander
Fraser, Dublin) ; Janetta, born 20th March
1861.
JOHN WELLWOOD, born Glasgow,
,„„„ 18th Dec. 1853, son of John W.,
commission agent; educated at
Annfield School and Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Auchterderran, Glasgow Cathedral, and
Campbeltown ; ord. 5th April 1883 ; died
5th Feb. 1919. He marr. 26th April 1883,
Isabella, only daugh. of William Herkless,
Glasgow, and sister of Sir John H,
Principal of St Andrew's Univ., and had
issue— Harold, born 29th Jan. 1884 ; Ethel
Jenny, born 26th July 1886, died July
1906 ; Arthur, engineer Eoyal Navy,
born 31st May 1888; Edith, bom 10th
May 1891 (marr. 4th April 1923, James
Paterson, min. of West U.F. Church,
Brechin) ; John Herkless, Lieut. 2nd
Batt. Cameron Highlanders (Canadians),
born 1st May 1892, killed in action at
Ypres while assisting to rescue his
comrades from a smashed dug-out, 10th
June 1917; Eobert Kemp, M.C., Captain
6th Seaforth Highlanders, born 18th Oct.
1893, killed in action, 23rd July 1918.
Publications — The Praise and Blame of
Love, toith other Verses [with Eobert Kemp]
(Glasgow, 1882; 2nd ed., 1885); Norman
Macleod [Famous Scots Series] (Edin-
burgh, 1897) ; Memoir of A. H. Fairley in
Prayers (1897) ; Memoir of James Slater
in Seaside Idylls (Elgin, 1898). Contribu-
tions [stories, etc.] to Cornhill Magazine
and others ; Poems [edited by John E.
Duncan] (Elgin, 1920).— [Memoir (portrait)
in Poems.~\
JOHN GEDDES EITCHIE, M.A.,
B.D., formerly min. of Ladhope
(c/. Vol. II., 182) ; adm. 19th Aug.
1919. Marr. 28th April 1921, Eleanor
Joan, daugh. of George P. Dickson,
Blynlee, Galashiels, and has issue —
Alison Sanderson, born 21st July
1922.
OGSTON.
JAMES KEE, reader from 1567 to
1567 1574.
JOHN KEITH, held this parish in
1574 conjunction with Duffus from 1574
to 1579.
WILLIAM EOCH [ROUGH or
ROCHE], min. in 1594; trans, to
Essil in 1601.
1594
1614
THOMAS DUNBAE, M.A.; held this
parish in conjunction with St
Andrews from 1614 to 1625.
GILBEET MAESHALL, M.A.; adm.
1625 before 25th Oct. 1625; trans, to
Knockando before 28th April 1634,
EOBEET INNES, MA. ; adm. before
1684 28tk April 1634; trans, to Spynie
28th Sept. 1640.
GEOEGE DOUGLAS of the Whittinge-
1641 ■name family, born 1620 ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1636) ; pres. by Sir Eobert Gordon of
Gordonstoun before Dec. 1640 ; died
while undergoing his trials for ordination
Dec. 1641.
[In 1642 Ogston was united with Kinedar
to form the parish of Drainie.]
DUFFUS AND UNTHANK.
[These parishes were united before 1550.
Duffus. — Duffus was a prebend of the
Cathedral of Elgin. Its church was dedi-
cated to St Peter. There were in the parish
Wells of St Peter and St Laurence.
Unthank. — Unthank was a prebend of
the Cathedral of Elgin.]
1567
JOHN KEITH of Ludquharn, M.A. ;
min. in 1567, and still in the charge
in 1607. He also held Kinedar from
1567 to 1572, Ogston from 1574 to 1579,
and Alves from 1574 to 1576. In 1571 and
1582 he was app. by the Assembly to visit
parishes and plant kirks in Moray, and in
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1608
1585 he was app. commissioner for that
province. Between 1571 and 1589 he was
a member of eleven Assemblies, and is
mentioned as one who had " taken a deep
interest in the well-being of the Church,"
though he was accused on 30th Aug. 1595
of having " delapidat the benefice of Keith-
Marischal." He rnarr. Anna or Janet (sur-
vived him, and marr. (2) George Gordon
of Tilphoudie), natural daugh. of Alexander
Sutherland, Dean of Caithness, and had
issue — Alexander, M. A., portioner of Duffus ;
Francis ; Margaret (marr. Alexander Gordon
of Sidera) ; Barbara (marr. John Gray, min.
of Clyne).— [Calderwood's Hist., iii., 330,
587, 618 ; iv., 566, 630 ; Duffus Writs.]
WILLIAM CLEBK, reader from 1567
1567 to 1574.
JOHN GIBSON, parson of Unthank
-gw. and prebendary, 1570. — [Shaw's
Moray, iii. 404.]
PATRICK DUNBAR, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (29th
July 1600); min. in 1608; died in
1629, aged about 49. He marr. Elspet,
daugh. of Douglas of Spynie (who sur-
vived him, and marr. (2) 1631, John Gray,
min. of Dornoch), and had issue — Janet ;
Patrick of Sidera ; Elspet (marr. John,
son of Robert Gray of Creichmore) ; Annas
(marr. Robert Gray, Provost of Dornoch). —
[MS. Ped. Dunrobin.~\
JOHN GUTHRIE of Guthrie, son of
1631 John G., Bishop of Moray; educated
° at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (16th
July 1620) ; adm. to Keith in 1625 ; pres.
by Charles I. 20th Sept 1630 ; adm. after
19th Jan. 1631 ; elected a member of the
Glasgow Assembly of 1638, but does not
appear to have given in his commission or
to have attended; dep. by a Sub-Synod
21st Jan. 1641 for declining the Covenant.
From Principal Baillie's Letters, dated 18th
March and 21st Dec. of the same year, G.
is stated to have yielded and subscribed.
He preached a "penitential sermon" at
Duffus on 10th Feb. 1642 [2 Thess. ii. 16,
17], and was restored to his preaching
office, but not to his parish, the laird of
VOL. VI.
1643
Duffus strenuously opposing a presentation
from Charles I., 24th Nov. 1642, and an
earnest supplication in his favour by the
Synod. He died at Guthrie Castle, 8th
June 1643. He marr. 26th Dec. 1626, Anna
(survived him), daugh. of Robert Innes of
that ilk, and had issue— Nicolas.— [Baillie's
Letters ; Pari. Papers, 2nd July 1661.]
ALEXANDER SYMMER, born about
1614, son of George S., min. of
Meigle; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews (where he had as a college friend,
James Graham, afterwards Marquess of
Montrose); M.A. (1632); became chaplain
to the Earl of Kinghorn's Regiment ; pres.
by James Sutherland, tutor of Duffus, 10th
Aug. 1642 ; ord. 19th Jan. 1643 ; was one
of three app. by the Presb., 26th Dec. 1643,
to confer with the Marquess of Huntly as
to his subscription of the Covenant, but
Huntly declined to subscribe without the
sanction of the King ; was a member of
Commission of Assembly in 1647. In May
1650 it is recorded that when Montrose
was a prisoner at Elgin on his way to
Edinburgh, S. " waited on him and cheered
him wonderfully"; died 30th Oct. 1686.
He marr. Elizabeth Cunningham, and had
issue— George, licentiate of the Church;
Alexander, served heir 21st July 1688;
Margaret (marr. James Fraser, min. of
Wardlaw (Kirkhill).— [Inq. Ret. Gen., 6926;
John Buchan's Montrose, 251 ; Kirkton's
Hist., 197; Tombst.]
ADAM SUTHERLAND, born Caith-
1687 ness about 1646; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(3rd June 1663) ; adm. to Second Charge,
Old Machar about 16 — ; trans, to New
Machar in 1676; trans, and adm. Feb.
1687; died 14th June 1695. He marr.
in 1681, Elizabeth (died in 1711), daugh.
of Dr Robert Dun, Aberdeen, and had
issue — James, served heir 5th Nov. 1695 ;
Margaret (marr. James Panton, merchant,
Old Aberdeen).— [Inq. Pet. Gen., 1629.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born 28th
17ol Aug. 1672, son of Hugh A. of Udol,
min. of Cromarty, and grandson of
John Row, Principal of King's College ;
2B
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DUFFUS AND UNTHANK
[PEESB. OF
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
ord. in 1701 ; M.D. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 10th Nov. 1719); died March 1721.
He marr. Elizabeth Trent, who survived
him, and had issue — Hugh of Umbridge
Castle, served heir 8th Jan. 1751. — [Shaw's
Hist., iii., 404.]
[JOHN CHALMEKS, M.A. ; min. of
the Scots Church, Campvere ; pres. by
Archibald Dunbar of Newton, Sept. 1721 ;
trans, by the General Assembly 12th May
1722, but at his own request was continued
at Campvere by the following Assembly,
16th May 1723].— [Acts of Ass., 1722, 1723.]
JAMES DUNBAE, chaplain to the
1724 laird °f Beanston ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 3rd July 1723; pres.
by Archibald Dunbar of Newton before
3rd Dec. 1723; ord. 31st March 1724;
died 26th June 1736. He marr. July
1728, Agnes Eobertson, who survived him.
- JOHN BOWEK, licen. by Presb. of
1737 Cupar 27th Sept. 1720; pres. by
Archibald Dunbar of Newton Nov.
1736; ord. (after an appeal to the General
Assembly) 15th Sept. 1737 ; died 6th Feb.
1748. He marr. a lady (name not recorded),
who died before his admission here, and
had issue — Alexander ; James, above the
age of 16 in 1740; Patrick, born 24th
July 1721 ; Margaret, born 24th June
1733; Isobel (marr. John M'Callum, Officer
of Excise, Duffus).— [Moray Tests.]
ALEXANDEE MUEEAY, educated at
174„ Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1730-4;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 11th
July 1744; assistant to preceding; ord. as
such 2nd June 1747; pres. by Archibald Dun-
bar of Newton before 2nd Aug., and adm.
28th Sept. 1748; died 31st July 1780. He
marr. 3rd Jan. 1749, Isobel (died 5th Nov.
1795), daugh. of Eobert Gordon of Haughs,
and had issue— Eebecca, born 9th June 1750
(marr. John Eeid, min. of this parish) ;
Archibald, born 5th Jan. 1752; Andrew,
min. of Auchterderran, born 23rd March
1755 ; Alexander, born 10th June 1757 ;
Janet, born 26th Feb. 1761 (marr. David
Miln, min. of Edinkillie).
JOHN EEID, born Banffshire, 1743;
177_ educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (2nd April 1764);
schoolmaster of Lhanbryd, 1764-6, and
of Drainie, 1766-78; licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 18th June 1767 ; ord. (assistant)
at St Andrews (Elgin), 13th Aug. 1776;
pres. by Sir Alexander Dunbar of North-
field in Aug., and adm. (assistant and
successor) 8th Oct. 1778 ; died 9th Jan.
1803. He marr. (1) 26th Jan. 1779,
Eebecca (died (s.p.) 15th April 1793),
daugh. of Alexander Murray, min. of
this parish : (2) 4th March 1797, Anne
Mellis (s.p.), who marr. (2) James Hoyes.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xxi.)
JOHN GOEDON, born 1758; M.A. ;
1803 ^cen- by Presb. of Alford 13th Aug.
1779; ord. to Strathdon 4th Dec.
1782 ; pres. by Sir Alexander Penrose
Gordon Cumming of Gordonstoun 1st
June, trans, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1803 ;
died 8th March 1827. He marr. 31st
July 1783, Isabel (died at Inveraven
Manse, 12th Nov. 1834), daugh. of John
Lumsden, min. of Strathdon, and had
issue — Mary Elizabeth, born 12th June
1784 (marr. (1) 2nd July 1805, Ensign
Alexander Duff of the 71st Foot, who
was killed in action in the Pyrenees, 25th
July 1815: (2) 12th Nov. 1820, James
Petrie, merchant, and Provost of Elgin) ;
Henrietta Anne, born 13th April 1786,
died 13th April 1806; John, lieut. 18th
Foot, born 15th March 1789, died 6th
Aug. 1821; Agnes, born 16th Oct. 1790,
died 10th March 1804; Eobert, lieut.
42nd Foot, born 18th Sept. 1792, killed
at Quatre Bras, 16th June 1815; Teresa,
born 30th Jan. 1795, died 8th April 1796;
Catherine Forbes, born 25th Feb. 1799
(marr. William Asher, D.D., min. of Inver-
aven). Publication — Account of Strathdon
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.). — [Tombst.]
ALEXANDEE BEANDEE, son of
182 Alexander B. of Springfield, banker,
Elgin, and grandson of Eobert
Paterson, min. of Spynie ; educated at
Elgin Academy and King's College,
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Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1824); licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 4th Dec. 1827; pres. by-
Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield before
8th Jan., and ord. 28th Feb. 1828; D.D.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1855); died
unmarr. at Elgin, 18th Jan. 1880. Publica-
tions— Pastoral Letter to the Parishioners
(Elgin, 1843) ; Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace., xiii.).
WILLIAM MASSON, born Eothes,
1880 1831> son °f John M., builder, and
Jane Suter ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews, 1845-9 ; tutor to the family
of James Skinner, Drumin, 1850-2 ; school-
master of Birnie, 1852-6; licen. by Presb.
of Elgin 7th May, and ord. 9th Aug. 1856
(by same Presb.) as a missionary in the
Presb. of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; adm.
min. of St John's Presbyterian Congrega-
tion, Hamilton in 1858; trans, to Russel-
town Flats Oct. 1860; trans, to St Andrew's
Church, Gait, 17th Dec. 1874 ; returned to
Scotland in 1879 ; app. assistant to preced-
ing Nov. 1879; elected 8th March, and
adm. 7th April 1880; died at Hazelhead,
Aberdeen, 4th April 1909. He marr.
31st Aug. 1854, Anne Cruden, daugh. of
James Anderson, Kirktown of Logie, Ellon,
and had issue — Edith Anne.
HENRY REID CHALMERS, born
lgo7 Perth, 15th Sept. 1866, son of
Henry Reid C. and Georgina Reid ;
educated at Perth Academy and Univs.
of Edinburgh and St Andrews; licen. by
Presb. of Perth in 1890 ; assistant at
Beauly ; ord. to Clova 4th Jan. 1893 ;
trans, to Kilmuir-Easter 22nd May 1900;
trans, and adm. 4th Jan. 1907 ; trans, to
Abernyte 1926. Marr. 10th April 1895
Agnes, daugh. of Alexander Ritchie,
farmer, Whitefield, Cargill, and Jessie
Douglas, and has issue — Douglas Henry
Alexander, born 23rd April 1897; James
Grant Wilson, born 8th April 1901.
ELGIN.
[The parish church of Elgin was dedicated
to St Giles. It was a mensal kirk of the
Bishop of Moray. Hard by, in the Castle
of Elgin, there was a chapel of St Mary,
and the site of the Castle still goes by
the name of Our Lady's Hill. In the town
were chapels of St John the Baptist and
St Thomas, and also a Well of Our Lady.
Elgin had, besides these, a chapel of
St Peter, founded in 1480 by George,
second Earl of Huntly. On the west
side of the town stood a hospital, built
in 1226. In 1233 King Alexander II.
established in Elgin a Convent of the
Black Friars, whose church still stands.
On the south side of the town the Grey
Friars had a priory built in 1479. At
Inverlochtie, in the landward part of the
parish, there was a chapel of St John
the Baptist. At Bogside stood another
chapel, and there was a third at Lan
Morgan, now called Langmorn. In 1607 a
Second Charge was founded for this large
parish. Greater facilities for worship
came to be needed as the seventeenth
century went on, and the Little Kirk was
built adjoining the old church of St Giles.
Its primary use was for daily service, but
in 1778 the Little Kirk of Elgin was made
a Chapel-of-Ease. In 1800 this chapel was
closed as not being any longer required.
The great feature of Elgin is the Cathedral
Church of the Holy Trinity. The See of
Moray was founded by Alexander I. in
1107, but the Cathedral at Elgin was not
built till 1224. This noble church was
289 feet long. It had three towers, and
the spire of the central one rose to a
height of 198 feet. In 1506 this massive
tower fell, but it was soon rebuilt. In
1710 a violent wind brought it down
again, and it carried with it the most
part of the huge church. There were in
the Cathedral chapels of the Holy Rood,
St Michael, St Magdalene, and St
Laurence. In the landward part of this
parish Alexander II. founded, in 1230,
St Andrew's Priory of Pluscarden, belong-
ing to the Order of the Val de Choux.
Its full dedication was to Our Lady, St
John the Baptist, and St Andrew. Even
though mainly ruined, it is still a building
of much stately beauty. Elgin used to
hold a fair of St Giles. There is now in
the city a mission chapel of St Columba.]
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ELGIN
[PRESB. 01?
1563
Senior Charge.
KOBERT PONT [KYLPONT or
KYNPONT], M.A.; rain, of Dun-
keld in 1562 ; app. commissioner of
Moray, Inverness, and Banff 26th June
1563. He reported to the Assembly of
25th Dec. that year that he had travelled
in these counties, but that his ignorance of
Gaelic had prevented his fulfilling the work
allotted to him, and he asked the Assembly
to appoint a commissioner with a know-
ledge of Gaelic. Commission was renewed
to him to plant kirks from Ness to Spey,
and this he accepted with the proviso that
he be not "burdened with kirks speaking
the Irish tongue." At the Assembly of
Aug. 1573 he was accused of non-residence
in Moray and with failing to visit the
kirks there for two years, except Elgin,
Forres, and Inverness. At the Assembly
19th March 1574 he dem. his office of com-
missioner, and soon afterwards was adm.
collegiate (junior) min. of St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh (cf. Vol. I., 93, 99).
1566
ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, min.
at 10th Sept. 1566, with St Andrews
(Elgin) in the charge from 1574 to
1576, and Spynie from 1576 to 1578 ; in
the Assembly of 1578 a complaint was
made that he had left his charge, but he
appears still in office in 1580. The date of
his death is unknown. He marr. Margaret
Gadderar, a native of Moray. Publication
— "Letter to Robert Pont, Commissioner
of Moray" [dated at Elgin, Dec. 1571]
(Calderwood's Hist., viii., 192). — [Records
of Elgin, i., 133.]
1569
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, a Roman priest
who conformed and is styled Pre-
bendary of Elgin in 1567; on 8th
Dec. 1569 the Privy Council enjoined
Robert Pont to admit D. to the vicarage
of Elgin, which Alexander Winchester had
resigned. He held office till 1607. He was
appointed clerk of the Burgh Court in 1578.
— [Registrum Moraviensis, Preface, 23, 24 ;
Records of Elgin, i., 153.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, consecrated first
Protestant Bishop of Moray (q.v.)
1573 after 5th Feb. 1573 ; died 28th Dec.
1589.
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A. ;
trans, from Keith and adm. in
1581 ; app. Bishop of Moray (q.v.)
30th Nov. 1602, and consecrated 15th
March 1611.
JOHN GUTHRIE of Guthrie, M.A.;
min. of St Giles, Edinburgh ; conse-
crated Bishop of Moray (q.v.) in
1623 ; dep. by the Glasgow Assembly 11th
Dec. 1638.
1623
1640
GILBERT ROSS, M.A. ; min. of Col-
monell in 1619 ; trans, and adm.
24th Sept. 1640. On Monday, 28th
Dec. 1640, R., accompanied by Robert
Innes, younger, of Innes, the laird of
Brodie, and others, broke down the timber
partition wall dividing the Cathedral
Church of Elgin from the choir which had
stood since the Reformation. On the west
side was painted, in excellent colours, a
representation of the Crucifixion, while
on the east the Day of Judgment was
shown. It was said the minister used the
wood for kindling his manse fires, "but
every night the fire was extinguished, and
could not be kept in to kindle the morning
fire, at which the servants and others were
astonished and affrighted, and thereupon
the minister left off and forebore to bring
in or burn any more of that timber in his
house." He was a member of Commissions
of Assembly in 1642 and 1644 ; died 13th
Aug. 1644, aged about 52. He marr.
(1) Janet Cathcart : (2) cont. 30th Jan.
1636, Elizabeth Napier, who survived
him, and had issue — Gilbert of Ballaird,
served heir 6th Oct. 1657 ; and several
daughs. — [Brodie's Diary ; Spalding's
Hist., i., 376; Chambers's Domestic
Annals, ii., 138 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 4275 ;
Reg. of Deeds, Durie, vi., 57; Gen. Reg.
of Sas., xlvi., 19 ; G. R. Homings, 3rd
July 1661.]
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MUKDO [or MURDOCH] MAC-
KENZIE, M.A.; trans, from Inver-
1645 ness ; elected (after much opposition)
5th Nov. 1644 ; pres. by the Town Council
10th Jan., and adm. 17th April 1645;
consecrated Bishop of Moray 7th May 1662 ;
promoted to the Bishopric of Orkney (q.v.)
14th Feb. 1677.
JAMES ATKIN [AITKEN or AIKEN],
D.D. ; rector of Winfrith, Dorset-
shire, and formerly min. of Birsay
and Harray ; elected 1st Nov. 1676 ; conse-
crated Bishop of Moray 28th Oct. 1677 ;
trans, to the Bishopric of Galloway (q.v.)
in 1680.
COLIN FALCONAR, M.A.; formerly
min. of Essil and of Forres; trans,
from the Bishopric of Argyll and
installed Bishop of Moray (q.v.) 5th Sept.
1680 ; died 11th Nov. 1686.
ALEXANDER ROSE [or ROSS], D.D. ;
16g7 Principal of St Mary's College, St
Andrews, and formerly min. of
Perth ; recommended by the King 17th
Dec. 1686; got his patent 7th April, and
consecrated Bishop of Moray 1st May
1687 ; trans, to the Bishopric of Edinburgh
(q.v.) after 22nd Dec. that year.
JOHN STEWART, M.A. ; formerly
.„ „ min. of Crimond ; adm. as a
Presbyterian min. in the end of
1687, and authorised by the Privy Council
14th Jan. 1690 ; trans, to Urquhart (Elgin)
after 10th May 1691.
WILLIAM HAY, M.A. ; min. of Perth ;
less e^ecte(I in Jan., and consecrated
Bishop of Moray (q.v.) 11th March
1688 ; preached his first sermon at Elgin
25th March that year; deprived by the
Privy Council by the Act abolishing
Prelacy 10th Oct. 1689.
ROBERT LANGLANDS of the family
1696 °^ Ijanglan(is of that ilk ; adm. min.
of the The Barony Parish, Glasgow,
3rd March 1691 ; called in 1695 ; preached
at Elgin for the first time as min. 21st
June 1696 ; died 12th Aug. same year.
The Latin inscription on his tombstone
has been thus rendered into English: —
" In this Bmall grave the famous Langlands lies,
All good men mourn for his sad obsequies ;
A faithful preacher, opening mysteries ;
Not slothful, but was teaching everywhere
His people with sedulity and care.
His various learning and his counsel sound,
With prudence great, adorned well his mind;
Though Elgin holds, whom Glasgow loved before,
Yet heaven itself him claimeth for its glore."
He marr. 22nd March 1692, Elizabeth,
daugh. of George Stirling, surgeon-
apothecary and burgess of Edinburgh,
and had issue — George, surgeon, Edin-
burgh; Elizabeth (marr. pro., 4th Aug.
1717, James Robertson, surgeon, Culross).
— [Tombst. ; Monteith's Theatre, 253 ;
Young's Elgin, 145, 678.]
JAMES THOMSON of Newton of
1696 Collessie, Fife, son of William T.
of Newton of Collessie ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1676);
licen. by mins. in the bounds of Lothian
and Tweeddale 18th Nov. 1687; ord. to
Colinton 7th March 1694 ; trans, and
adm. min. of the Junior Charge 21st June
1696 ; became senior min. 12th Aug. that
year; died 1st June 1726. He marr. (1)
13th Feb. 1696, Elizabeth (died s.p. 12th
Aug. 1698, aged 36), daugh. of Thomas
Paterson, min. of Borthwick, and widow
of George Turnbull of Currie, baxter
burgess of Edinburgh : (2) Janet daugh.
of Alexander Brodie of Lethen, and had
issue — James of Newton of Collessie [which
he sold], M.D., Elgin, served heir 24th Jan.
1727, translator of the Commentaries of
Antoninus (London, 1747), died in London
in 1760; Thomas, M.A., licentiate of the
Church. Publications — Two Single Ser-
mons [preached at Elgin] (Edinburgh,
1707-9). — [Young's Elgin, 677; Murray's
Colinton, 3 ; Wodrow's Corresp. i., 293 ;
Monteith's Theatre of Mortality, 249.]
CHARLES PRIMROSE, M.A.; trans.
1726 from Junior Charge and adm. 1st
June 1726; trans, to Crichton 24th
June 1729.
390
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[PRESB. OF
1729
JOSEPH SANDERSON, licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 23rd Oct.
1700 ; sent by the General Assembly
to Moray in 1702; ord. to Alves 2nd Feb.
1703; trans, to Junior Charge, Elgin,
2nd May 1727; trans, and adm. 20th
May 1729 ; died 15th July 1733.
17SS
JAMES WINCHESTER, adm. from
Junior Charge 15th July 1733 ;
trans, to Jedburgh 20th June 1734.
1734
LACHLAN SHAW, born 1686 [so
Memorial at Elgin], son of Donald
S., farmer, Rothiemurehus (whose
ancestors, originally from the south of
Scotland, settled in the Highlands as early
as 1226, when they held lands in Eothie-
murehus as tenants of the Bishops of
Moray) ; educated at Ruthven School (then
the only seminary of note on Speyside),
and King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd
May 1711) ; became schoolmaster at Aber-
nethy in 1712, when he held the divinity
bursary of the Presb. ; studied theology
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington, 24th April 1716, and sent
North at the desire of the Synod of Moray ;
ord. to Kingussie 20th Sept. that year;
trans, to Cawdor 19th Nov. 1719; pres. by
George II. 17th Dec. 1733, trans, and adm.
9th May 1734 ; dem. 14th April 1774 ; died
23rd Feb. 1777. He was buried in Elgin
Cathedral near the High Altar. A granite
slab was placed to his memory in the
chancel in 1868, and in Elgin Church there
is a memorial window. He early turned
his attention to historical inquiry in con-
nection with Moray. He visited the entire
district, collecting the requisite information
to enable him to compile his History of
the Province, which is specially valuable
in its account of the country emerging
from a period of almost semi-barbarism
and still subject to the feudal and clan
systems. The wealth of material furnished
by his genealogical and ecclesiastical
researches, and the light thrown on the
manners, customs, and superstitions of his
time are such that he was justly described
as the best local historian Scotland had
then produced. He corresponded with
various learned men of his era, and assisted
Thomas Pennant, who visited Elgin in
1769, with many details and statistics
relative to Morayshire. These are printed
in the Appendix to the first volume of
Pennant's Tour in Scotland. S. was ever
a hard student and an assiduous pastor.
He marr. (1) 1st Oct. 1719, Helen (died
before 1727), daugh. of David Stuart,
Collector of Excise at Inverness, and had
issue — David, above 16 in 1744, went to
New York, and was great-grandfather of
Francis, Lord Jeffrey ; Anna, above 16
in 1744 (marr. Bailie John Copland,
Aberdeen) : (2) 14th March 1727, Anne
(died 2nd Nov. 1783), daugh. of Duncan
Grant, bailie of Inverness, and had issue —
Duncan, D.D., min. of Aberdeen ; Lachlan,
born 27th Jan. 1729, went to Jamaica,
died in London ; Mary, born 17th Jan.
1734, died unmarr. ; Isabella, born 5th
Aug. 1736, died unmarr.; Donald, born
18th July 1739, died 1757; Marjory, born
5th April 1742 (marr. William Peterkin,
min. of Elgin); James, born 28th Sept.
1744, died 1st April 1747; Sarah, born
19th June 1748 (marr. James Donaldson,
Morristoun, Elgin) Pier grandson Lachlan
D., became Mayor of St John, New
Brunswick]. Publications — The History of
the Province of Moray (Edinburgh, 1775),
second edition (Elgin, 1827), new and
enlarged edition, 3 vols, [edited by J. F. S.
Gordon] (Glasgow, 1882). Edited Critical
Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities,
Language, Government, Manners, and
Religion of the Ancient Caledonians [by
John Macpherson, D.D.] (London, 1768);
" Description of Elgin and the Shire of
Murray" (Pennant's A Tour in Scotland,
1769) (Chester, 1771); Continuation of
Hugh Bose's A Genealogical Deduction of
the Family of Rose of Eilravoch [Spalding
Club] (edited by Cosmo Innes) (Aberdeen,
1848). His "Account of the Family of
Mackintosh " (1758) is among the MSS. at
Moy Hall. — [Young's Elgin, 495 ; Editorial
Preface to Shaw's Moray (1882); A
Genealogical Account of the Highland
Families of Shaie, p.p. (London, 1877);
Memorials of the Clan Share (Forfar,
1871); Diet. Fat. Biog.]
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391
DAVID EINTOUL, born 1714; licen.
1774 by Presb. of Dunfermline 21st
June 1743; ord. to Second Charge,
Kirkcaldy, 21st June that year ; trans.
to Junior Charge, Elgin, 28th Sept. 1759;
became senior min. 5th April 1774 ; died
26th Oct. 1778. He marr. 29th Aug. 1754,
Helen (died s.£>. at Edinburgh, 19th Jan.
1791), daugh. of Ludovick Brodie, W.S.,
Edinburgh, and Helen Grant.
WILLIAM PETEEKIN, born Elgin
.„„„ about 1743, son of James P. ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; schoolmaster of Auldearn, 1761-6,
and Elgin, 1766-73; pres. by George III.
(assistant and successor) to Lachlan Shaw
8th April 1773, and on S.'s resignation 14th
April, ord. to Junior Charge 14th July 1774 ;
adm. to this charge (after much opposition)
26th Oct. 1778; died 8th Jan. 1788. He
marr. 31st Dec. 1774, Marjory (died 4th
June 1814), daugh. of Lachlan Shaw, min.
of the Senior Charge, and had issue —
James Duff, merchant, Glasgow, born
23rd April 1776; Anna Lachlan, born
10th Dec. 1777, died 16th Nov. 1835;
Lachlan, born 24th June 1780. Publica-
tion— A Dialogue on Public Worship
[second edition] (Aberdeen, 1780). — [Moray
Tests. ; Young's Elgin, 207 et seq., 449, 481.]
WILLIAM GOEDON, born Garmouth,
1st Feb. 1752, son of James G.,
merchant, Garmouth ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (28th
March 1771); licen. by Presb. of Elgin
28th March 1776 ; ord. missionary at Enzie
30th July that year; pres. by George III.
6th March, and adm. to Junior Charge
26th Aug. 1784 ; became senior min. 8th
Jan. 1788 ; app. chaplain to the 92nd
Foot (Gordon Highlanders) in 1794, and
also held for a time the chaplaincy of
the 100th Foot; died 19th Sept. 1837.
He marr. 8th Aug. 1793, Catherine (died
24th Oct. 1840), youngest daugh. of James
Brodie of Muiresk, and had issue — James,
born 15th May 1794, died a student of
divinity, 12th Oct. 1814 ; John, surgeon,
H.E.I.C.S., born 19th May 1795, killed in an
engagement with Arabs at Beni-Boo-Ali,
in the Persian Gulf, 2nd March 1821;
1788
Margaret, born 29th Sept. 1796, died
23rd Nov. 1842; Maria, born June 1798,
died 28th Dec. 1833 ; Peter, bom 5th Aug.
1799; Helen, born 20th Sept. 1801, died
5th May 1836 ; Ann, born 9th Sept. 1803
(marr. John Allan, min. of Peterculter) ;
Catherine, born 28th Sept. 1805, died 7th
March 1807; Alexander, writer, Sheriff-
Substitute of Sutherland(1836-52),born 29th
May 1808, died in America; William Grant,
born 21st April 1810, died at Hastings, 3rd
Feb. 1831; Adam, born 11th Oct. 1812, died
at Eichmond Estate, Island of St Vincent,
23rd March 1832. Publication— Account
of the Parish [with Alexander Walker] {New
Stat. Ace, xiii.). — Stewart's Highlanders,
ii. ; Young's Elgin, 298, 583].
ALEXANDEE WALKEE, M.A. ; adm.
1837 19th Sept. 1837; retrans. to
Urquhart (Elgin), 23rd Sept. 1841.
ALEXANDEE TOPP, born 1st April
1841 1814i second son of Alexander T.,
farmer, Sheriffmill, Elgin ; edu-
cated at Elgin Academy and King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1831);
licen. by Presb. of Fordyce, 13th July
1836 ; tutor in the family of Gordon of
Cairnfield and assistant at Elgin ; ord.
to Junior Charge 25th Jan. 1838 ; adm.
to Senior Charge 23rd Sept. 1841. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
High Church, Elgin, 1843-52, Eoxburgh
Free Church, Edinburgh, 8th July 1852-8,
Knox Church, Toronto, Canada, 1858-79;
D.D. (Aberdeen, 5th March 1870) ; died at
Toronto, 5th Oct. 1879. He marr. 10th
Jan. 1850, Jane Mortimer (died 12th Jan.
1895), widow of John Clark, insurance
broker, Aberdeen, and had issue — Agnes,
born 4th Dec. 1850 ; Alexander, born 12th
Dec. 1852, died young ; Margaret, born 14th
June 1854 ; William, born 5th Sept. 1855.
Publications — The Kingdom of Christ in
the World, or the Nature, Object, and End
of the Church of Christ as laid down in
Scripture, a lecture (Elgin, 1844) ; Neiv
Year Addresses [at Elgin] (various
years) ; New Year Addresses [at Toronto]
(Toronto).— [Our Church Fathers (Elgin,
1899); Tablet in High U.F. Church,
Elgin ; Young's Elgin, 462.]
392
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[PEESB. OF
FRANCIS WYLIE, born 1806, son of
William W., rector of Dundee
Grammar School ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews, 1820-4; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 6th Aug. 1829 ; pres.
to Junior Charge by Queen Victoria 9th
Dec. 1841; ord. 17th March 1842; adm.
to Senior Charge 21st June 1843; D.D.
(St Andrews 1864); died 19th March
1873. He marr. 21st April 1845, Margaret
Helen (died 13th Feb. 1879), daugh. of
Alexander Brander of Springfield, Elgin,
and had issue — Margaret Ann, born 27th
April 1846 (marr. William Gall, banker,
Elgin); Mary Caroline, born 11th July
1848 (marr. Bailie George Whyte, M.D.,
Elgin) ; Joanna Brander, born 11th June
1850 (marr. (1) James Kennedy, Elgin :
(2) Archibald G. Cooke, Lossiemouth), died
19th April 1919.
PHILIP JERVIS MACKIE, born 1821,
son of Andrew M., farmer, Sauchope,
Crail ; educated at St Andrews
Univ., 1834 - 42 ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 11th May 1842; pres. to Junior
Charge by Queen Victoria 15th July, and
ord. 21st Sept. 1843 ; adm. to Senior
Charge 19th March 1873 ; died 15th April
1882. He marr. (1) 23rd Sept. 1845,
Margaret (died 1st July 1874), daugh. of
William Glas, Stirling, and had issue —
Andrew, born 29th Nov. 1847 : (2) 7th
June 1877, Louisa Almerica (died s.p. 8th
July 1903), daugh. of Captain Thomas
Gordon Duncan, 10th Royal Veteran Batt.,
and widow of John Collie, road-surveyor
of Elginshire.
1882
ROBERT MACPHERSON, born
Forres, 2nd Nov. 1850, son of Robert
M., D.D., min. of Forres, afterwards
Professor of Divinity, Univ. of Aberdeen ;
educated at Grammar School and Gym-
nasium, Aberdeen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1869), B.D. (1872) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 27th Jan. 1872 ; assistant at
Kinloss, Inverness (High Church), Stirling
(East Church), and Govan ; ord. to
Newton-upon-Ayr 16th Aug. 1877; trans,
to Junior Charge 17th Feb. 1881 ; became
senior min. 15th April 1882 ; D.D. (Aber-
deen, 1904); app. clerk of Presb. Nov. 1882;
dem. 14th Dec. 1921 ; died at Helensburgh
27th April 1926. He marr. (1) 20th Nov.
1877, Catherine Duff (died 26th May 1895),
daugh. of George Cook, D.D., min. of
Kincardine O'Neil, and had issue — Robert,
born 21st Sept. 1878; George Cook, O.B.E.,
M.A., B.D., Indian chaplain (q.v.), born
11th March 1880; Anne Mearns, born
15th Sept. 1882 ; Agnes Watson, born 9th
April 1884 (marr. Thomas Smith Macpher-
son, min. of St Vincent's, Glasgow) ; John
Cook, 2nd lieut. 3rd Batt. 1st Gordons, born
30th Jan. 1886, killed in action near Loos,
25th Sept. 1915; Duncan Mearns, born 28th
April 1887 ; Catherine Duff, born 1st Jan.
18S9; Malcolm Munro, born 30th Jan. 1892
[educated at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1919), O.B.E. (3rd June 1919), licen. by
Presb. of Elgin in 1920, assistant at St
Giles, Edinburgh, ord. to Helensburgh 25th
Oct. 1922] : (2) 19th Aug. 1896, Elizabeth
(died 20th July 1916), daugh. of Robert
Paisley, D.D., min. of St Ninians, Stirling.
1916
JAMES MILLAR MOORHEAD
MAD ILL, born Garvagh, Co.
Londonderry, 18th July 1879, son
of Thomas M., L.L.D., min. of the Irish
Presbyterian Church, Garvagh, and Sarah
M'Kinney Millar ; educated at the Aca-
demical Institution, Coleraine, and Royal
Univ. of Ireland, Queen's College, Belfast
B.A. (1901), and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Coleraine in 1906 ; adm. to
Church of Scotland by General Assembly
in 1908 ; assistant at Selkirk, 1909-11 ; ord.
to Longformacus 9th March 1911 ; trans,
and adm. 6th April 1916 ; became senior
min. 14th Dec. 1921. Marr. 24th Aug. 1922,
Margaret Helen Scott, daugh. of James
M'Isaac, solicitor, Elgin, and Helen Taylor.
Junior Charge.
[A Junior Charge was erected in 1606.
Since the Revolution the collegiate charge
is not represented by a First and Second
Charge but by a Senior and Junior Charge.
On a vacancy occurring in the Senior, the
Junior becomes Senior without a process
of election and translation.]
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393
WILLIAM CLOGIE, M.A.; min.
1606 bef°re 15tn Sept. 1606; trans, to
Inveraven before 1st May 1607.
DAVID PHILIP, educated at St
1609 Andrew's Univ.; M.A. (1602); min.
before 12th Nov. 1609 ; died 11th
Sept. 1632. He marr. 11th July 1620, Chris-
tian Car or Ker, who died Dec. 1654, and had
issue — a daugh. (marr. John Laing, burgess
of Forres); a daugh. (marr. David Warrand,
burgess of Forres). — [Records of Elgin, i.,
183 ; P. 0. Reg., ix., 673.]
JOHN GOKDON, educated at
163_ King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1618); ord. to Kirkmichael in
1622 ; trans, to Kinedar before 25th Oct.
1626; .trans, and adm. 31st March 1633;
D.D. (King's College, 21st Sept. 1635);
dep. by the Synod 30th April 1639, for
refusing to sign the Covenant. He went
to England, returned to Elgin in 1642,
sold all his effects and again removed
with his family to England in 1648.
He was excommunicated 19th Oct. that
year. He marr. (cont. 23rd April 1662)
Elizabeth, sister of Alexander Gordon of
Dunkintie, and had issue — Alexander ;
Elizabeth (marr. George Gordon). Pub-
lications — Con/essio Fidei In duobus
Gapitibus De Ecclesia et Reali Prcesentia
in Eucharistice Sacramento [thesis for
D.D. degree] (Aberdeen, 1635). [An
exceedingly rare volume from the Press
of Edward Eaban. A copy is in Aber-
deen Univ. Library]. — [Craven's Moray,
185-7; Aberdeen Sas., i., 105.]
THOMAS LAW, born about 1605,
1645 Pr°bably son of James L., Snowdon
Herald, Elgin; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1626); licen. before
22nd May 1631 ; ord. to Boharm 24th
May 1634; pres. by the Town Council
14th, trans, and adm. 28th Aug. 1645 ;
a member of Commission of Assembly in
1646; died 1st Dec. 1657. He marr.
Lilias, daugh. of Kobert Stewart of
Newton in Boharm, and had issue —
Thomas of Newton, M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1661), died 10th May 1692;
William, min. of Forres ; Lilias.
JAMES HOENE of Westhall, Oyne,
1659 k°rn 1*>32, youngest son of John
H. of Balgownie, Aberdeenshire,
and Agnes Touche ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1649) ; licen. by
Presb. of Garioch, 1655 ; schoolmaster of
Grange, 1655-6 ; ord. (assistant) at Bellie
28th Feb. 1656; called 23rd June, and
adm. 28th Aug. 1659 ; dem. on account
of the Test in 1682. He retired to West-
hall and died after 5th June 1707. He
marr. Isobel, daugh. of John Leslie of
Pitcaple, and had issue — John of West-
hall, advocate, born 1691, died June 1743;
James ; Isobel (marr. cont., 27th Nov.
1688, Eobert Douglas of Bridgeford);
Agnes (marr., cont. 16th and 22nd May
1700, John Douglas, younger, of Tilwhilly).
— [Brodie's Diary; Aberdeen Inhib., 1661.]
ALEXANDEE TOD, born 1647, son of
1682 R°bert T., min- °f Urquhart (Elgin) ;
schoolmaster of Urquhart, 1664-9 ;
M.A. ; passed trials before the Presb., and
recommended to the bishop for licence,
26th March 1667 ; ord. to Lhanbryd 31st
March 1669 ; trans, and adm. 11th July
1682 ; deprived by the Privy Council, 16th
Oct. 1689, for declining to read the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, and not praying
for King William and Queen Mary. He
continued to officiate in the Little Kirk.
He died in 1705.— [Young's Elgin, 140,
465; Craven's Moray, 160.]
JAMES THOMSON of Newton of
1696 Collessie, M.A. ; trans, from Colin-
ton ; called in 1695, came to Elgin
18th, and preached 21st June 1696, when
he was adm. ; became senior min. 12th
Aug. that year.
ALEXANDEE KING, born 1652 ; edu-
1701 ca*e^ at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to
Bonhill 1st April 1691 ; trans, and
adm. 27th April 1701; died 22nd Dec.
1715— [Young's Elgin, 678.]
CHAELES PEIMEOSE, M.A.; trans.
1717 from Forres ; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 1st Nov. 1716 ; adm.
7th. May 1717 ; became senior min. 1st
June 1726.
394
ELGIN
[PRESB. OF
JOSEPH SANDERSON", trans, from
1727 Alves ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 20th Oct. 1726; adm. 2nd
May 1727; became senior min. 20th
May 1729.
JAMES WINCHESTER, trans, from
17so Auldearn; called 2nd Aug. 1729;
adm. 5th May 1730; became senior
min. 15th July 1733.
ALEXANDER IRVINE, born 1695, son
1735 of George I., Strathbogie ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1711-15 ; chaplain to Innes of Innes ; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 3rd March 1724 ; ord.
to St Andrews (Elgin) 1st March 1726;
trans, to Auldearn 7th Jan. 1731 ; called
11th Dec. 1734; adm. (after appeal to
the Synod and General Assembly) 12th
Aug. 1735; died 22nd Dec. 1758. He
marr. (1) 19th Dec. 1727, Anne, daugh.
of Thomas Brodie of Pitgaveny, and had
issue— Mary, born 6th May 1729 (marr.
James Gray, min. of Lanark); Sophia,
born 7th April 1731 (marr. John Wood,
min. of Rosemarkie) : (2) 3rd Nov. 1755,
Elizabeth Fraser, who died s.p. 26th April
1789.— [Moray Tests.; Young's Elgin, 452.]
DAVID RINTOUL, trans, from Second
Charge, Kirkcaldy ; pres. by George
II. 10th May, and adm. 28th Sept.
1759 ; became senior min. 5th April 1774.
WILLIAM PETERKIN, pres. (assistant
and successor) to Lachlan Shaw 8th
April 1773, and on S.'s resignation,
as min. of this charge 14th April 1774; ord.
14th July that year ; became senior min.
26th Oct. 1778.
JAMES HAY, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd May
1779 1754) ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 4th
May 1762; ord. to Inverurie 27th Sept.
1763; trans, to Dyce 11th July 1770; D.D.
(1778); pres. by George III. 17th Dec. 1778;
trans, and adm. 8th July 1779 ; died 22nd
Jan. 1784. He left £100 for a preacher at
Pluscarden. He marr. (1) 11th Nov. 1763,
Katherine (died at Dyce, 6th Feb. 1779),
daugh. of James Robertson of Bishopsmiln,
Provost of Elgin, and had issue — Hugh,
1759
1774
1788
born 13th Sept. 1764, min. of East Parish,
Aberdeen ; James, born 2nd June 1766 ;
Barbara, born 21st Nov. 1767 ; Margaret,
born 16th May 1770 (marr. Kenneth Bayne,
min. of Gaelic Church, Greenock) ; Andrew,
born 4th Nov. 1771; Anne, born 11th Sept.
1774 : (2) 19th Sept. 1780, Elizabeth (dieds.^.
27th March 1790), daugh. of Robert Aber-
crombie, min. of Leslie (Garioch). — [Moray
Tests. ; Tombst. ; Young's Elgin, 223.]
WILLIAM GORDON, M.A. ; pres. by
.„-. George III. before 6th July, and
adm. 26th Aug. 1784 ; became senior
min. 8th Jan. 1788.
JOHN GRANT, born 15th Aug. 1731,
son of Hugh G., min. of Knockando,
cadet of Moyness ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1744-8 ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberlour 5th March 1754;
missionary at Enzie 1755-8; ord. to Dun-
durcas28th Sept. 1758; removed to Boharm
June 1783 ; pres. by George III. 13th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 14th Oct. 1788 ; died 22nd
Oct. 1814. He was a singularly active
minister, a keen student of literature, an
antiquary and historian. As a man he
was much esteemed for his beneficence and
hospitality. He delighted in social mirth,
could be frolicsome with youth, serious
with gravity, and garrulous with old age,
He was the first to establish a Sunday
School in the parish. He marr. (1) 11th
Jan. 1760, Anna '(died 20th April 1764,
aged 28), second daugh. of Lewis Grant
of Wester Elchies, and had issue — Anna,
born 1st Aug. 1762 (marr. 20th Jan.
1799, James Brice, Collector of Revenue,
Washington, Penn., afterwards at Pitts-
burg) ; Jean, born 24th July 1763 (marr.
25th Sept. 1786, Alexander Addison [a
native of Keith, M.A. (Marischal College
1777), schoolmaster of Aberlour 1775-85,
licen. by Presb. of Aberlour 4th Sept.
1787, emigrated to America, studied law,
was Judge of Washington County, and
died 24th Nov. 1807]) : (2) 12th Oct. 1767,
Anne Sutherland, who died s.p. 10th May
1805. Publications — " On the Roman
Hasta and Pilum " ; " On the Brass and
Iron used by the Ancients " ; " Memoir
of the Roman Progress to the North of
ELGIN]
ELGIN
395
1815
the Grampian Hills " (Archceologia Scotica,
L, ii.) ; Chapters i., ii. of A Survey of the
Province of Moray (Elgin, 1798). Part of
his MS. on Britannia Antiqua is in the
Library at Cullen House. He prepared
an elaborate treatise on Chronology, which
received the commendation of his former
school-fellow, Principal Eobertson, but its
publication was anticipated by a similar
work on the subject ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.). — [Moray
Tests. ; Scots Mag., xxvi. ; Tombst. ;
Young's Elgin, 497-8 ; Survey of Moray,
27 ; Elgin Council Minutes.]
LEWIS GOBDON, born Forres, 24th
June 1747, sixth son of William
G., merchant; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1765) ; licen. by
Presb. of Forres 19th July 1768; ord. to
Drainie 28th Sept. 1768; pres. by George,
Prince Eegent, 15th Nov. 1814; trans.
and adm. 5th Sept. 1815; D.D. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 17th Feb. 1815); elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 18th
May 1815; died at Burghead, 29th June
1824. He was a man of kindly, agreeable
manners and of a very amiable disposition.
He marr. 7th March 1771, Elizabeth (died
25th Nov. 1788), daugh. of Eobert Logan,
min. of Eafford, and had issue — Eobert
Maxwell, born 9th May 1772, died at
Kineldar, 15th Feb. 1785 ; William, born
8th Oct. 1773 ; John, born 5th June 1775,
died at Calcutta, 7th Feb. 1802 ; Charles,
born 28th Jan. 1777, died on board the
Harriet homeward bound from India, 19th
April 1804 ; Jean, born 9th Aug. 1778, died
11th June 1795 ; Lewis, lieut. H.E.I.C.S.,
born 19th Oct. 1780, died in India, 5th
Dec. 1801 ; Fenella, born 15th June 1782
(marr. 28th March 1801, John Macdonnell,
min. of Forres), died 15th Feb. 1823;
Elizabeth, born 18th July 1783, died 4th
March 1789 ; Eobina, born 12th Feb. 1785 ;
Eobert, captain Bombay Engineers, born
2nd April 1786.— [Young's Elgin, 271.]
ALEXANDEE WALKEE, M.A. ; trans.
from Urquhart (Elgin); pres. by
George IV. 30th July 1824; adm.
6th Jan. 1825 ; became senior min. 19th
Sept. 1837.
ALEXANDEE TOPP, M.A.; pres. by
1838 Queen Victoria before 6th Dec.
1837 ; ord. 25th Jan. 1838 ; became
senior min. 23rd Sept. 1841.
FEANCIS WYLIE, pres. by Queen
Victoria 9th Dec. 1841 ; ord. 17th
March 1842 ; became senior min.
21st June 1843.
1842
PHILIP JEEVIS MACKIE, pres. by
1848 Queen Victoria 15th July, and ord.
21st Sept. 1843 ; became senior
min. 31st March 1873.
DUNCAN STEWAET, B.A. ; trans.
1873 from Dornoch ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 5th May, and adm. 21st
Aug. 1873; trans, to Spott 19th Aug.
1880 (cf. Vol. I., 420). He had issue-
Hugh George, born 28th May 1864;
James Allan, born 3rd March 1866 ;
Mary Jane, born 11th Oct. 1868.
EOBEET MACPHEESON, M.A., B.D. ;
1Bal trans. from Newton-upon-Ayr ;
elected 22nd Dec. 1880; adm. 17th
Feb. 1881 ; became senior min. 15th
April 1882.
ALEXANDEE LAWSON, M.A., B.D. ;
lss2 elected 22nd Aug., and ord. 21st
Sept. 1882; trans, to Deer 12th
Oct. 1893.
WILLIAM MOFFAT, born near
. Glasgow, 6th Feb. 1865 ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1887),
B.D. (1890) ; assistant at Partick and Park
Church, Glasgow; elected 13th Feb., and
ord. 22nd March 1894; dem. 6th Oct. 1915;
staff chaplain, Eoyal Air Force, London,
1925. Marr. 17th Sept. 1913, Frances
Elizabeth Low, widow of John Macdonald
of Blackfriars Haugh, Elgin.
JAMES MILLAE MOOEHEAD
lgl6 MADILL, B.A. ; trans, from Long-
formacus, and adm. 8th April 1916 ;
became senior min. 14th Dec. 1921.
JAMES CHAELES CONN, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Barrhead (cf. Vol. III.,
131), and adm. 10th May 1922.
396
THE LITTLE KIRK— PLUSCARDEN CHAPEL [peesb. of
THE LITTLE KIRK.
[The building called the Little Kirk
stood at the east end of St Giles Church,
and was originally the choir of St Giles.
After the fall of that church in 1679
the Little Kirk was separated from it
by a wall, and used as a distinct place of
worship, chiefly for week-day services. In
1704 the Little Kirk was occupied as a
meeting house by the Episcopalians of
Elgin with consent of the magistrates.
On a complaint by the ministers of the
parish the Privy Council ordered the
Sheriff of the county to put and keep
the ministers in the peaceable possession
of the Little Kirk, and to debar all other
persons from making use of the same.
In 1712, the magistrates again granted
leave for Episcopalian services. Again
the ministers complained, when both the
Court of Justiciary and the Court of
Session enjoined the magistrates and
their successors in office "to deliver all
the keys of the Little Kirk to the
Established ministers and Kirk-Session
of the burgh and parish, and to put
them in peaceable possession of the build-
ing, and to pay £30 sterling as expenses,
and a fine of £20 sterling, or to be im-
prisoned till payment thereof." The
House of Lords reversed the findings,
and adjudged that the "appellants be
quieted in the possession of the Little
Kirk, it being no part of the Parish
Church." In 1744 the building was
opened for Presbyterian services with
consent of the magistrates, one of the
ministers preaching a sermon on a week-
day. In 1798 it had become ruinous,
but the magistrates were not inclined to
make repairs, whereupon the congregation
built a new church in Moss Street. "When
its minister was interdicted by the Presby-
tery and Assembly in 1799-1S00, the con-
gregation ceased connection with the
Church of Scotland and formed the Second
Associate body within the town. The
Little Kirk was demolished about the
year 1800, and all traces of it obliterated.
See Young's Elgin for a full account.]
DONALD MITCHELL, MA. ; ord.
16th June 1778, as assistant to
1778 - - •
David Piintoul, mm. of the Senior
Charge, Elgin, and continued to supply
here after E.'s death ; trans, to Ardclach
3rd May 1781.
ALEXANDER MACADAM, M.A. ;
called 18th June 1781, and served
till his ordination to the Gaelic
Church, Cromarty, 25th Sept. 1782.
WILLL\M MACBEAN, M.A. ; ord. 3rd
April 1787 ; trans, to Moy and
1787
Dalarossie 5th Aug. 1788.
EONALD BAYKE, M.A. ; formerly of
17__ the Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen, after-
wards chaplain to the 73rd Foot in
India ; served here in 179S, but was inter-
dicted by the Presb., 30th April 1799, and
by the General Assembly of 1800, from
doing duty or employing another min. ;
became min. of the East Church, Inverness,
before 4th Aug. 1S00.
PLUSCARDEN CHAPEL.
[About the year 1730 a small yearly
allowance was procured from the Eoyal
Bounty Committee, and services were con-
ducted within the ancient semi-dismantled
Cistercian Priory. By and by the southern
ground floor of the Monastery was fitted
up as a place of worship, and this is con-
tinued to the present time. In 1S43 the
congregation connected itself with the Free
Church.]
JOHN TOUCH, M.A. ; app. 3rd Feb.
1736 1736 [afterwards min. of Mortlach].
174S
FRANCIS HESBEN [or HASBANE],
born 1698 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (12th Feb.
1719); app. Sept. 1743; died 3rd March
1770. — [Tombstone in Vault of Priory;
Macphail's Pluscardyn, 147; Young's
Elgin, 37.]
WILLIAM IRYINE, born 1706, a
native of Strathbogie ; educated at
1739 King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1st
April 1724); licen. by Presb. of Strath-
ELGIN]
PLUSCARDEN CHAPEL— ST ANDREWS
397
bogie 15th Aug. 1733; min. from 1739 to
May 1743, -when he became assistant at
Duffus.
1781
JAMES MUNRO, born 1747, a native
of Orbiston, Moray ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; MA.
(31st March 1772) ; ord. 18th June 1781 ;
res. in 1785, and went to America ; was
sometime min. of a congregation at West
Nottingham, Maryland, and in 1807 at
Antigonish, Nova Scotia ; died there 17th
May 1819. — [Gregg's Hist, of Presbyterian
Church in, Canada, 88.]
1789
LACHLAN MTHERSON, M.A.; ord.
(by Presb. of Elgin) 1st Dec. 1789 ;
trans, to Knockando 2nd Oct. 1806.
1807
JAMES THOMSON, born Banffshire,
1780, educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (27th March 1800);
mathematical master in Elgin Academy,
1803-8 ; app. 31st Jan. 1807, but continued
to teach at Elgin for a year ; was clerk
of Presb. and Synod ; became insane and
died in 1838. — [Young's Elgin, 37, 242,
483.]
ROBERT DUNBAR, born Ardclach
1840 1804> son °l Ceorge D., farmer, and
Ann M'Lean ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen, 1821-4; ord. in 1840.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min.
of the Free Church, Pluscarden, 1843-59;
died 17th Feb. 1859. He marr. 1845,
Jane Sutherland.
[After 1843 Pluscarden continued with
the Free Church of Scotland.]
ST ANDREWS, or KILMALEM-
NOCK, AND LHANBRYD.
[These two parishes were united in 1782.
Kilmalemnoek. — The parish church was
dedicated to St Andrew. Kilmalemnock
was a mensal kirk of the Bishop of
Moray.
Lhanbryd. — The church of this parish
was dedicated to St Bride.]
WILLIAM LESLIE of Balnageith,
1783 Torres, born 1747, son of Alexander
L. of Balnageith ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (29th March
1768); licen. by Presb. of Aberlour 22nd
Feb. 1774; ord. to Auchindoir 23rd March
1775 ; pres. by George III. 11th Aug. 1778 ;
trans, to St Andrews (Elgin), 15th July
1779 ; declared first min. of the parish
5th Aug. 1783 ; died Father of the
Church 13th April 1839. An original, in
mind and manners, innumerable stories
are related of his eccentricities, especially
of the certificates of character which he
wrote from time to time for every type
of applicant. Very many still exist among
collections of local literary curiosities. He
was a man of unbounded hospitality, and
regularly entertained at his manse students
from the West of Scotland on their way to
and from the classes at Aberdeen. He
preached almost to the day of his death.
He marr. on Sunday [date taken from L.'s
own statement], 1st Sept. 1782, Margaret
(died at Darkland, 17th Feb. 1803, aged
36), daugh. of Sir James Sinclair of Mey,
Bart., and had issue — Alexander of Balna-
geith, born 8th April 1784, died at Metanza,
Cuba, 1st Nov. 1820 ; Charlotte, born 20th
July 1785 (marr. 16th Aug. 1811, Arthur
Geddes, merchant, London) ; Anna, born
25th March 1787 (marr. 9th May 1812,
Charles Black, writer, Forres), died 10th
March 1835 ; Margaret, born 16th April
1788, died 30th Oct. 1812; Archibald,
merchant, London, born 30th May 1789,
served heir 3rd Dec. 1842 ; Elizabeth, born
10th Dec. 1790 (marr. 21st Nov. 1812,
Thomas John van Barlow of Roseisle, lieut.
56th Regt. of Foot), died 18th March
1821; Jean, born 29th April 1792 (marr.
7th Nov. 1814, Thomas Brander), died 19th
Feb. 1819; William, surgeon H.E.I.C.S.,
born 2nd July 1794, died in India, 10th
June 1831 ; Helen, born 9th Jan. 1796,
died 1803 ; James, born 31st May 1797,
died in Bermuda, 4th July 1819 ; Isabel,
born 26th March 1798 (marr. 10th June
1820, James Imlach, merchant, Banff);
Janet, born 19th March 1799 (marr. 9th
Nov. 1822, Peter Dunbar, major H.E.I.C.S.);
Mary, born 10th Oct. 1801 (marr. 9th Sept.
'I
398
ST ANDREWS
[PRESB. OF
1826, Patrick Cameron, Sheriff-Substitute
of Elgin) ; Helen, born 6th Jan. 1803 (marr.
8th July 1819, Peter Brown, Linkwood,
Provost of Elgin). Publications — General
View of the Agriculture of the Counties of
Nairn and Moray (London, 1813) ; Account
of the Antiquities, Modern Buildings, and
Natural Curiosities of the Province of
Moray, worthy of the attention of the
Tourist, with an Itinerary of the Province
(Elgin, 1813 ; second edition, 1823) ; A
Letter to William IV. on Church Patronage
(Elgin, 1833). Collaborated (Chapters iii.,
iv.) [with Isaac Forsyth] in A Survey of
the Province of Moray (Elgin, 1798).—
[Eampini's Moray and Nairn, 360 ; Mack-
intosh's Elgin, Past and Present, 223.]
JOHN WALKER, born 4th May
183_ 1816, son of Alexander W., min. of
Urquhart (Elgin) ; educated at Elgin
Academy and King's College, Aberdeen,
M.A. (March 1833); licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 5th May 1837 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 22nd April, and ord. 5th Sept.
1839 ; died 8th Jan. 1866. He marr. 14th
April 1840, Anne (died at Elgin, 16th Sept.
1896, aged 80), daugh. of Major Eobert
Duff of Ladyhill, Elgin, H.E.I.C.S., and
Marjory, daugh. of George Daun, min. of
Insch, and had issue — Catherine Marjory,
born 14th Jan. 1841, died 5th July 1849 ;
Alexander George, born 15th Nov. 1842,
died 24th Aug. 1843; Alexander George,
born 24th June 1844, died at Foresterseat,
in the parish, 19th Dec. 1866 ; Eobert
Duff, born 15th March 1846, went to
Australia, died 29th Dec. 1888 ; John in
Tasmania, born 4th Dec. 1847, died 10th
Sept. 1893; Elisa Catherine, born 20th
Dec. 1849 (marr. Duff, Kerrera, New
Zealand) ; Ann Eleonora, born 25th Nov.
1851 (marr. C. B. Shaw, Melbourne), died
28th Dec. 1914 ; Henry in India, born
26th Dec. 1854, died 23rd Nov. 1888 ;
Charles Emilius Gordon, born 26th Feb.
1859, died 29th April 1864.— [Young's Elgin,
686 ; Aberdeen Genealogies, 118.]
CHARLES ALEXANDEE DAVID-
SON, born 1838, eldest son of
Samuel D., M.D., Eayne ; educated
at Wartle, Eayne, and Grammar School,
1863
and King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1857) ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch
3rd July 1861 ; assistant to preceding in
1862 ; pres. by John, Earl of Moray
before 3rd April, and ord. (assistant and
successor), 25th June 1863 ; examiner
in arts at Aberdeen Univ., 1866-9 ; died
15th June 1873. He marr. 5th Sept. 1865,
Phoebe, daugh. of the Eev. George Cruick-
shank, schoolmaster of Inverurie, and had
issue — Samuel George, M.D., Insch, born
27th May 1867 ; Henry Anderson, born
19th Oct. 1868, died 24th April 1870.
CHAELES EOBEET HALKETT
1873 DAWSON GOEDON, born Glass,
1835, son of George G., farmer; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1855) ; became schoolmaster of Cullen,
1857-67 ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 2nd
April 1862; ord. to Seafield Chapel-of-
Ease, 26th Sept. 1867 ; became assistant
to preceding in 1873 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 28th July, and adm. 9th Oct.
1873; dep. by the General Assembly 24th
May 1897 ; died at Elgin 20th Jan. 1909.
JOHN EOBEETSON DUNCAN, born
, „ Aberdeen, 20th July 1873, son of
John Gordon D. and Elspet Brown ;
educated at Eobert Gordon's College and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1893), B.D.
(1897); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1896; assistant at West Parish and Hol-
burn, Aberdeen ; elected 25th Oct., and ord.
25th Nov. 1897 ; clerk of Presb. Marr. 7th
June 1898, Margaret Croll Macpherson,
daugh. of Archibald Smart, and has issue —
Elspet Margaret, born 13th July 1901 ;
Amy Eose, born 24th Dec. 1906 ; Constance
Evelyn, born 14th Jan., and died April
1909. Publication— Edited [with Memoir],
Poems [by John Wellwood] (Elgin, 1920).
ST ANDREWS.
ALEXANDEE LESLIE, exhorter at
1567 2nd Feb. 1567.
ALEXANDEE WINCHESTER held
15?. this parish in conjunction with
Elgin from 1574 to 1580.
ELGIN]
ST ANDREWS
1581
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A. ; held
this parish in conjunction with Elgin
from 1581 to about 1614.
THOMAS DUNBAR, M.A. ; min. of
14 this parish and of Ogston in 1614 ;
still in the charge in 1625.
WILLIAM GUTHRIE, M.A., brother
of John G., Bishop of Moray ; adm.
before .25th Oct. 1625; left before
30th Oct. 1627.
JOHN PETER, M.A. ; chaplain to the
1627 Bishop of Moray at 6th July 1626 ;
adm. before 30th Oct. 1627; dep.
15th April 1640 for refusing to acknow-
ledge the Covenant.
ROBERT TARRAS [or TARRES], born
1640 1613, son of William T., Elgin ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1629) ; schoolmaster of Urquhart
(Elgin), 1631-40; licen. by the Presb. before
12th Nov. 1635 ; called before 20th Aug.,
and ord. 3rd Sept. 1640 ; died Aug. 1646.
He marr. Jean Henderson. — [Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 393.]
ROBERT INNES, born 1613 ; educated
1646 a* King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1629); ord. to Ogston after 28th
April 1634; trans, to Spynie 27th Sept.
1640 ; pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto
15th, trans, and adm. 29th Oct. 1646;
died May 1663. He had a daugh. Anna. —
[Shaw's Hist., iii., 393 ; Aberdeen Inhib.,
10th Sept. 1661.]
THOMAS CRAIG, educated at King's
1663 ColleSe> Aberdeen; M.A. (1656);
schoolmaster of Dyke, 1656-63 ;
licen. by Presb. of Forres 21st July
1659 ; pres. in June, ord. (at Elgin)
4th, and adm. before 25th Nov. 1663;
deprived about 1690 for non-jurancy.
He died after May 1710. He marr. 11th
Nov. 1665, Lilias, daugh. of William
Falconer of Kincorth, min. of Dyke, and
had issue — James, writer in Elgin, died
about 1740 ; Thomas, merchant, Elgin ;
Margaret (marr. (1) Robert Anderson,
brother of James A. of Linkwood, Provost
of Elgin : (2) John Falconer of Allanhill).
—[Shaw's Hist., iii., 393; Young's Elgin,
578, 661.]
GAVIN WOTHERSPOON, educated
1701 a* Univ. of Glasgow ; chaplain to
the laird of Castle-Stewart ; licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown 2nd Nov. 1697;
ord. about 1701 ; was present when the
Presb. was erected by the Synod, 23rd June
1702; died 26th March 1715.— [Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 393 ; Walker's Life of Cargill.]
JOHN URQUHART, born 1673, second
1717 son of Thomas U. of Braelangwell,
min. of Dipple ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1691) ;
ord. to Gartly 1701 ; called 30th Oct.
1716 ; trans, and adm. (after reference
to the Synod) 12th Nov. 1717; died
23rd June 1725. He marr. (1) Aug. 1705,
Elizabeth, daugh. of James Gordon of
Newbigging, and had issue— William : (2)
19th March 1715, Janet Irvine, who died
8th April 1762, and had issue — Thomas,
baker at Mid-Landen, Aberdeenshire,
served heir 20th May 1740. — [Laing
Charters, 3151.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE, called Oct.
1726 1725; ord. 1st March 1726; trans,
to Auldearn 7th Jan. 1731.
JOHN PATERSON, born Forres 1697,
1731 son of Alexander P. ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen,1713-17;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 29th Dec.
1724; ord. to Dipple 22nd March 1727;
called 14th Oct., trans, and adm. 23rd
Nov. 1731 at Pitgaveny House, "where
the parishioners of St Andrews do for
ordinary resort to divine worship," a new
church being then in course of erection ;
died 20th April 1778. He marr. 18th
Jan. 1728, Helen (died 7th Jan. 1769,
aged 76), daugh. of Alexander Grant of
Conrach, and widow of John Scot, min.
of Dipple), and had issue — Margaret, above
the age of 16 in 1744 (marr. Bailie John
Laing, merchant, Elgin), died 15th Nov.
1748; Alexander, min. of Rothes, born
30th Aug. 1730; Robert, min. of Spynie,
born 8th April 1735.
400
LHANBRYD
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM LESLIE of Balnageith,
17„_ Forres, MA. ; pres. by George III.
11th Aug. 1778 ; trans, from
Auchendoir, and adm. 15th July 1779;
became first min. of St Andrews-Lhanbryd
5th Aug. 1783.
[Parish united to Lhanbryd 28th Nov.
1781.]
LHANBRYD.
ANDREW STRONACH, exhorter in
1567 1567.
JOHN BLINDSCHIELD, reader in
1567 1567 to 1572.
1567
ROBERT KEITH, held this parish in
conjunction with Urquhart (Elgin)
from 1567 to 1572 ; trans, to Kinnoir
in 1572.
1574
JAMES THORNTON, parson and
chantor of Moray. — \_Recoi-ds of
Elgin, i., 146.]
, PATRICK BALFOUR, M.A. ; held this
parish in conjunction with Urquhart
1574
from 1574 to 1576.
JOHN or JAMES ROBERTSON,
1574 reader from 1574 to 1576.
1576
GEORGE DOUGLAS, held this parish
in conjunction with Urquhart in
1576.
PATRICK CUMMING, M.A. ; held
this parish in conjunction with
1578 Dallas in 1578.
TIMOTHY COCKBURN, reader from
1578 1578 to 1580.
PATRICK AUCHINLECK, M.A. ; held
this parish in conjunction with Alves
1579
from 1579 to 1581.
1582
JAMES DUNDAS, M.A. ; held this
parish in conjunction with Alves
from 1582 to 1600.
BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTSON,
trans, from Essil and adm. in 1601 ;
1601 trans, to Kirkhill about 1608.
1623
1627
1669
1682
GAVIN DUNBAR, M.A: min. in
1608 1608 ; trans, to Alves in 1612.
WILLIAM FRASER, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1612); adm. before 22nd Sept.
1623; died in 1626, aged about 34. He
was probably unmarr.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born
1602, son of Thomas A., min. of
Glass ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1620) ; was Synod bursar
in theology, 1625-6 ; ord. before 30th Oct.
1627 ; suspended, 1st Aug. 1639, for compli-
ance with the common enemy ; charges of
drunkenness against him found not proved
16th Dec. 1646 ; died April 1667.
ALEXANDER. TOD, M.A.; pres. by
the Bishop of Moray jure devoluto
17th Feb., and ord. 31st March 1669;
trans, to Elgin 11th July 1682.
JAMES COOK of Ardblair, born about
1652 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (9th July 1668);
passed trials before the Presb. of Forres
and recommended to the Bishop for licence
31st July 1676 ; pres. by Beroald Innes,
min. of Alves and chantor of Moray, before
4th Nov., and ord. 21st Dec. 1682; deprived
by the Privy Council, 10th Oct. 1689, on
his acknowledgment of not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates and not pray-
ing for King William and Queen Mary.
He died 6th Feb. 1717. He marr., and
had issue — Robert, writer in Edinburgh,
served heir 26th Dec. 1721 ; Anna (marr.
Alexander Gadderer, min. of Girvan). —
[Shaw's Hist., iii., 392; Index to Services;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Eclin. Bur. Reg.']
[Parish vacant 1689-1710.]
WALTER STEWART, son of Robert S.,
1710 shipmaster in Inverkeithing ; Keen,
by the United Presb. of Dunfermline
and Kirkcaldy 10th Aug. 1698; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 27th Sept. 1709 ;
ord. 31st Jan. 1710; died 25th Dec. 1725.
He marr. Barbara Munro, who died at
Elgin, 22nd Aug. 1762, and had issue —
John, his successor in the parish ; Mar-
garet, died at Elgin, 22nd April 1770;
ELGIN]
LHANBRYD— SPEYMOUTH
401
Elizabeth, died at Elgin, 12th Feb. 1781.
— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 392 ; Stephen's Inver-
heithing, 279.]
JOHN STEWAKT, son of preceding;
pres. by Charles, Earl of Moray,
before 22nd Nov. 1726; ord. 23rd
March 1727; trans, to Drumblade 20th
Feb. 1734.
1735
1760
PATRICK DUNCAN, born Botriphnie
about 1700 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen, 1717-21 ; school-
master of Ehynie, 1720-5 ; licen. by Presb.
of Peebles in 1728 ; app. Eoyal Bounty
missionary at Cairney 2nd Feb. 1731 ;
called 2nd Sept. 1734 and (trials being
delayed by his illness) ord. 9th April 1735 ;
died 25th Jan. 1760. He marr. 14th Oct.
1735, Elspet (died 9th Feb. 1780), daugh.
of James Milne of Kinstair, and had issue
— Elizabeth, born 16th March 1739 (marr.
5th July 1759, Bobert Grant, licentiate) ;
John, born 5th Jan. 1743 ; Jean, born
16th Nov. 1745; Thomas, born 4th Nov.
1750. — [Index to Services ; Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 392.]
JAMES CROMBIE, born Perth 6th
Dec. 1730, eldest son of James C,
mason, and Mary Johnstone ; edu-
cated at Univs. of St Andrews, MA. (1752),
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie, 8th June 1757; sometime school-
master of Bothiemay ; pres. by James,
Earl of Moray (in whose family he had
been tutor), 31st March, and ord. 11th
Sept. 1760. Soon afterwards, desiring to
continue his studies at Glasgow, he ob-
tained leave of absence from the Presb., and
James Thomson, a licentiate was ordained
to take charge of the parish. In 1760 C.
matriculated at Glasgow, where he re-
mained for four sessions. The Presbytery
Begister records several attempts to compel
him to return to his parish, and he was
ultimately censured on 1st March 1763. In
Dec. 1769 he was called to anon-subscribing
Presbyterian (Unitarian) congregation at
Belfast, and dem. this charge 4th Dec.
1770; D.D. (St Andrews, Sept. 1783);
died 1st March 1790. He founded the
Belfast Academy and was its first Principal
VOL. VI.
(1786-90), teaching classics, philosophy, and
history. He was a man of broad theo-
logical views, of determined, wide, and un-
flagging zeal. His portrait is in the vestry
of his old Belfast church. He marr. 23rd
July 1774 Elizabeth Simpson, who died in
1824, and had issue — four sons and one
daugh. Publications — An Essay on Church
Consecration (Dublin 1777 : third Edition,
Newry 1826) [a defence of the Presbyterians
who had given their meeting-house to the
Episcopalians during the reconstruction of
their church] ; A Sermon on the Love of
Country (Belfast 1778) ; A Volunteer Sermon
(Belfast 1779); The Propriety of Setting
apart a Portion of the Sabbath for the
Purpose of acquiring the Knoivledge and
Use of Arms in Times of Public Danger
(Belfast, 1781), [answered by Sinclair Kel-
burne in The Morality of the Sabbath
Defended (Belfast 1781)]; Belfast Academy
(Belfast 1786).— [Beid's Ireland, iii., 485;
Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Witherow's Hist, of
Presbyterianism in Ireland, second ser.
1880, p. 212.]
THOMAS MACFAELANE, licen. by
Presb. of Dunblane ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, before 10th June, and
ord. 5th Sept. 1771 ; died 12th Nov. 1781.
He was tutor to the well-known Dr Robert
Watson, the discoverer of the Stuart Papers.
He marr. 21st Jan. 1773, Ann (died 19th
May 1832), daugh. of James Gordon, Mort-
lach, and sister of William G., min. of
Urquhart (Elgin), and had issue — Thomas,
min. of Edinkillie, born 10th Nov. 1773;
James, farmer, Boghead, born 19th Feb.
1775.
[Parish united to St Andrews 28th Nov.
1781.]
SPEYMOUTH, of old DIPPLE,
AND ESSIL.
[These two parishes were united by
the Commissioners of Teinds on 14th
July 1731.
Dipple.— The church of Dipple was
dedicated to the Holy Ghost. Dipple was
united to Essil on 14th Nov. 1731, and in
2C
1771
402
SPEYMOUTH
[PRESB. OF
1732, the parish church was removed
from Dipple to Speymouth. There is a
mission chapel within the bounds at
Orbliston.
Essil. — The church of Essil was dedicated
to St Peter. Near it was St Peter's Well.
Essil was a prebend of the Cathedral of
Elgin. At Garmouth, in this parish, there
is a mission chapel.]
WILLIAM PETERKIN, exhorter here
and at Dundurcas, from 1567 to
1 116*7
1569 ; min. from 1568 to 1586, with
Arndilly [Boharm] in his charge for a
time. He marr. Isabel Cunninghame.—
[Records of Elgin, i. 142 ; Moray Writs,
xv. 1374 (1581).]
ANDREW STRONACH, reader
1574 in 1574.
ALEXANDER WATT, reader from
1578 1578 to 1579.
ALEXANDER HAY, son of William
H, burgess in Elgin; educated at
Elgin Grammar School ; had the
Cathedral chaplaincy of St Ninian disponed
to him for seven years by James VI. 4th
Oct. 1574 ; min. of Rhynie in 1586, with
Cabrach also in his charge ; trans, to this
parish before 1588; died (of gout) after 13th
April 1624. He marr. (cont. 7th March
1592), Janet, daugh. of John Innes of Reid-
hall, burgess of Elgin. — [Pitcairn's Crim.
Trials, ii.]
WALTER SMITH, M.A. ; schoolmaster
, „5 of Keith about 1620; ord. before
25th Oct. 1625 ; died before 7th Feb.
1655. He marr. Margaret Angus, who
survived him, and had issue — George ;
Agnes (marr. William Pringle in Balna-
coul).
THOMAS URQUHART, M.A.; had
165R calls in Jan. 1656, to this parish
and to Kinloss ; the Synod deciding
in favour of Dipple, he was ord. 13th Aug.
1656 ; trans, to Essil 30th June 1658.
GEORGE INNES; M.A. ; caUed 11th
1658 July, and ord. 14th Oct. 1658 ; trans.
to Kinairney Nov. 1663.
ALEXANDER MARSHALL, eldest
son of William M. of Pitcairnies ;
1664 studied theology at St Andrews
Univ. ; M.A. ; became chaplain to Sir Robert
Innes of Innes ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin
15th Feb. 1660; pres. by Alexander, Earl
of Moray, before 15th June, passed trials
before the Presb. and recommended to the
bishop for ordination 2nd, ord. (at Elgin)
24th, and inst. 28th Aug. 1664; dem. on
account of the Test in 1662 ; died at Tilli-
coultry, Jan. 1709. — [Young's Elgin, 134 ;
Wodrow's Hist., iii., 295; Perth Sas.,iv.,273.]
1683
JOHN SCOT of Loch, born 1651,
son of John S., burgess of Forres ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1671) ; became tutor in the
family of Grant of Ballindalloch ; passed
trials before the Presb. of Aberlour and
recommended to the bishop for licence
23rd May 1677 ; app. chaplain to the
Bishop of Moray; pres. by Alexander,
Earl of Moray, before 28th March, passed
trials before the Presb. and recommended
to the bishop for ordination 25th April,
and ord. May 1683 ; died June 1726. He
marr. (1) Marjory (died 23rd Dec. 1696)
daugh. of Walter Stuart of Ryland, Alvah,
and had issue — James, Episcopal clergy
man in Virginia, U.S.A., born 1715
Alexander, also Episcopal clergyman in
Virginia, born 1716, died 1737; Robert
Catherine (marr. Alexander Gordon of
Crombie) : (2) before April 1698, Euphemia
(died 12th July 1709), daugh. of John
Gordon of Auchynachie, Keith, and widow
of Robert Gordon of Cairnfield, Rathven :
(3) Helen, daugh. of Alexander Grant of
Conrach, Rothes. She died in 1780, having
marr. (2) John Paterson, min.!of St Andrews
(Elgin). — [Tombst. ; Jervise's Epitaphs, ii.,
259.]
JOHN PATERSON, pres. by Charles,
11?2w Earl of Moray, before 22nd Nov.
1726 ; ord. 22nd March 1727 ; trans,
to St Andrews (Elgin) 23rd Nov. 1731.
ROBERT MILN, born 1697, son of
1781 John M., Mill of Innes; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1714-19; schoolmaster of Alves, 1718-19;
ELGIN]
SPEYMOUTH
403
licen. by Presb. of Caithness 9th March
1725 ; ord. to Essil 19th Nov. 1728; first
min. of united parish 14th Nov. 1731 ; died
5th Jan. 1758. He marr. 4th Oct. 1733,
Katherine (died 28th Feb. 1790), daugh.
of William M'Intosh of Blervie, and had
issue — Isabella, born 9th Aug. 1734; James,
min. of Bhynie, born 7th May 1743.
THOMAS GOEDON, born 1721, son
.„„ of Thomas G., min. of Lonmay;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (27th March 1740); licen. by
Presb. of Deer 18th June 1744; ord. to
Dundurcas 15th Sept. 1747; pres. by
James, Earl of Moray, 21st Feb., trans,
and adm. 6th July 1758; died 18th July
1784. He was an eloquent and accept-
able preacher. He marr. 26th Oct. 1748,
Bebecca (died at Huntly 10th Feb. 1792),
daugh. of Kobert Gordon of Haughs, and
had issue — Mary, born 10th Dec. 1750
(marr. 9th Oct. 1768, William Bell, factor
to the Duke of Gordon) ; Thomas of
Whitburn, W.S., Edinburgh, and Sheriff-
Substitute of Sutherland, born 14th June
1755, died 6th March 1845. Publications
— An Inquiry into the Powers of Ecclesi-
astics on the Principles of Scripture and
Season (London, 1776) [to which an Answer
appeared (London, 1777)]; Plain Sermons
on Practical Subjects [with some account
of the author by James Beattie], 2 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1786). Contributions on
various subjects (under the signature of
" Urbanus ") to the Weekly Magazine,
xviii., xxvii., xxxi., xxxii. — [Moray Tests. ;
Sermons, i. ; Tombst.]
JAMES GILLAN, born 1750, son of
.„„ James G., Hempriggs, and Mary
Taylor ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1767-71 ; licen. by Presb. of
Nairn 17th Dec. 1776; ord. to Kinloss
17th March 1778; pres. by Sir William
Gordon of Gordonstoun 24th Dec. 1784;
trans, and adm. 11th Oct. 1785 ; D.D. (St
Andrews, 14th April 1827) ; died 5th Sept.
1828. He marr. 15th July 1803, Helen
(died 1st July 1858), daugh. of James
Allan of Allangarth, merchant, Garmouth,
and Ann Gordon, and had issue — James of
Cotbank, D.D., min. of Alford, born 27th
Nov. 1804. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv. ; Tombst.]
1829
JOHN GOEDON, born 1797, son
of a gardener ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family
of Sir Francis Walker Drummond of
Hawthornden, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 7th Dec. 1824 ; pres. by the com-
missioner of Francis, Earl of Moray, before
3rd Dec. 1828; ord. 5th May 1829; died
16th Aug. 1848. He marr. 27th May
1830, Elizabeth (died at Hythehill, Elgin,
4th April 1864, aged 67), daugh. of John
Maclean, of Pitmain, and sister of James
M., min. of Urquhart (Elgin), and had
issue — John Anderson, born 23rd Sept.
1831 ; Francis Drummond, an officer in
the 26th Madras Infantry, born 11th Oct.
1832, died at Kurnool, India, 1st May
1864; William, M.D. (Edinburgh 1854),
army surgeon, born 25th April 1834, died
at Newcastle Barracks, Jamaica, 7th Dec.
1856. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, xiii.). — [Clan Maclean,
255; Jervise's Epitaphs, ii., 259.]
JOHN CUSHNY, M.A.; pres. by
1848 ^r William Gordon Cumming of
Gordonstoun 13th Sept., and ord.
23rd Nov. 1848; trans, to Huntly 14th
Dec. 1871.
PETEE DUNN, M.A. ; pres. by
18„„ Archibald, Earl of Moray (on the
recommendation of the congrega-
tion) before 23rd March, and ord. 9th May
1872 ; trans, to Dalraeny 8th May 1890 (c/.
Vol. I., 203) ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1922) ; dem.
that par. 1926.
GEOEGE BIENIE, born Belnagarrow,
18go Boharm, 25th March 1860, son of
William B. and Helen Kemp ; edu-
cated at Boharm and Keith Schools, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1882), B.D.
(1889) ; headmaster, Central School, Glass,
1882-6 ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen ;
assistant at Bellie, 1889-90; elected 25th
Aug., and ord. 24th Sept. 1890. Marr.
16th Dec. 1890, Margaret Dawson, daugh.
of James Lobban, Loanhead, Drumblade,
404
ESSIL
[PEESB. OF
and Christina Morrison, and has issue —
William, estates clerk, lieut. R.E., 51st
Division, born 10th Nov. 1891, killed in
action near Beaumont Hamel, 24th Oct.
1916; Margaret Helen Kemp, born 27th
Jan. 1893; James George, auditor, Bengal
and North Western Bailway, Gorakhpur,
India, served throughout the European War,
born 14th Oct. 1894; Jeannie Morrison,
M.B., CM. (Aberdeen), born 25th April
1896.
ESSIL, or ESSILL.
ROBEBT KEITH, held this parish in
1567 conjunction with Urquhart from
1567 to 1572.
^ JOHN BLINDSHIEL, reader from 1567
1567 to 1572.
BATRICK DOUGLAS, M.A. ; held this
parish in conjunction with Kinedar
COLIN FALCONAR,M.A.; calledbefore
11th June, and ord. 2nd Oct. 1651 ;
1574
m 1574.
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, reader from
1574 to 1580. On 9th March 1575
the King, "understanding that our
lovite, Alexander Douglas, is appoyntit
reader at the kirk of Essill and serves the
cure thairof, as also is agit and seiklie, and
can nocht thairfoir be absent fra the cure of
the said kirk," granted " speciall licence to
the said A. D. to remane and byde at hame
fra all oistis, raidis, armeis," etc. These
letters of exemption were presented by D.
at the Head Court of Elgin 3rd Oct. 1580.
— [Records of Elgin, i., 157.]
ALEXANDER INNES, M.A. ; min. in
1588 1588 ; trans, to Birnie in 1589.
1601
1651
BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTSON, min.
in 1601 ; trans, to Lhanbryd same
year.
trans, to Forres 3rd March 1658.
WILLIAM RIOCH [or RIACH, called
1601 also ROCH and ROCHE]; M.A.;
min. of Ogston in 1594 ; trans, and
adm. in 1601 ; died 2nd Feb. 1651, Alex-
ander Rose, min. of Insch, being executor.
—[Shaw's Hist., iii., 387.]
THOMAS URQUHART of Braelang-
well, son of Thomas U. of Braelang-
well, min. of Arderseir ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1651);
became tutor to the family of Urquhart
of Cromarty ; studied divinity at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Forres
16th Jan. 1656 ; had calls to Dipple and
to Kinloss, and the Synod having decided
in favour of the former, he was ord. 13th
Aug. that year ; trans, and adm. 30th
June 1658; dep. 19th May 1663, because
he would not "own or submit to the
present established government in this
Church and kingdom." When the Presb.
approved of a collection for James Sharp
(afterwards Archbishop) in order to meet
the expenses of his London and Breda
mission in the Presbyterian interest, U.
declared, 2nd May 1660, that "he would
not give money to J. S. because he was
reputed to be a man keeping up debates,"
whereupon he " was exhorted to walk more
humblie and speak more soberly of eminent
mins. of the Church." At a meeting of
the Presb. on 26th Sept. 1660, he was
admonished "for hearing a stranger woman
pray in a minister's family." He was im-
prisoned in Forres for some time in 1668
" for preaching in his own house and keep-
ing conventicles," and for a like offence
a decreet was obtained against him at
the instance of Lord Advocate Nisbet on
16th July 1671. He died before 15th June
1676, having lost both speech and reason
for some time. He marr. Henrietta, daugh.
of Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, and
had issue — William of Braelangwell ; John,
min. of Gartly.— [Kirkton's Hist., 284, 350;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 112; Brodie's Diary;
Family of Kilravoch ; Covenanters in
Moray and Boss, 101, 139; Laing Charters,
2667; Elgin Sas., v., 45.]
ALEXANDER DUNBAR, M.A.; trans.
from Birnie ; pres. before 16th June,
and adm. 8th July 1663 ; trans, to
the South after 6th June 1667 [afterwards
min. at Dunfermline.]
1663
ELGIN]
ESSIL— SPYNIE
405
[ALEXANDER DUNBAR, M.A. ; min.
1667 of Inveraven ; was pres. by Sir
Ludovick Gordon of Gordonstoun
June 1667, but returned his presentation
4th March 1668].
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A. ; pres.
1670 ky David Collace, min. of Kinedar
and Treasurer of Moray, with consent
of Sir Ludovick Gordon of Gordonstoun
before 24th Aug., passed trials before the
Presb. and recommended to the bishop for
ordination 29th Nov., ord. (at Elgin) 13th,
and inst. 14th Dec. 1670; trans, to Urquhart
21st July 1676.
GEORGE CUMMING, born about 1650,
1676 son °^ George C. of Lochtervandich,
merchant and Provost of Elgin, and
Marjory, daugh. of William Leslie ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(2nd July 1667) ; schoolmaster of Elgin,
1668-72 ; passed trials before Presb. of
Fordyce, and recommended for licence
7th Jan. 1674; pres. by David Collace,
min. of Kinedar and Treasurer of Moray,
with consent of Sir Ludovick Gordon of
Gordonstoun before 2nd Aug., ord. (at
Elgin) 20th, and inst. 21st Sept. 1676;
died 20th Sept. 1723. He marr. (1) a
daugh. of Archibald Geddes of Essil, and
had issue — George and William Archibald,
both clergymen in the Church of England ;
Jean (marr. 13th April 1714, William
M'William, Wester Gauldwell, Boharm) ;
Margery (marr. Craig), died Dec. 1764 :
(2) Anna, daugh. of Alexander Gordon of
Brigs, Garmouth, she survived him s.p.
—[Tombst.]
1725
JAMES GILCHRIST, elected by the
congregation in July, and pres. by
Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun
Oct. 1724 ; ord. 2nd March 1725 ; trans, to
Foveran 11th Oct. 1727.
ROBERT MILN, called in Sept., and
ord. 19th Nov. 1728 ; became in
1*728 r •
terms of the decree of erection on
4th July 1731 min. of Speymouth 14th
Nov. 1731.
SPYNIE.
[The church of Spynie was dedicated to
the Holy Trinity, and a fair was held there
on Trinity Sunday. In 1735 the church
was removed from Spynie to Quarrywood,
now called New Spynie.]
JAMES PHILP, exhorter from 1567
1567 to 1576.
ANDREW YOUNG, M.A. ; min. in
ls74 1574 ; trans, to Foulis-Wester before
1576.
ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, held
,_,__ this parish in conjunction with Elgin
from 1576 to 1579.
1581
ALEXANDER RAWSON ; M.A. ; pres.
by James VI. 24th Dec. 1580; ord.
25th Feb. 1581, and adm. soon after-
wards ; from 1587 to 1610 he was a member
of nine Assemblies ; he had a gift from
the King of the chaplaincy of the Rood
"callit Ard-Arle and St Columba" in
Elgin Cathedral 29th Nov. 1621; died
before 4th June 1622. He marr. (1) Janet
Bonyman, who died at Elgin 18th Dec.
1595, and had issue — Daniel ; Robert,
W.S. (each of whom had a gift of the
aforesaid chaplaincy), died 22nd Aug. 1623 ;
Margaret ; Janet : (2) Harriet Stewart,
who survived him and marr. (2) John Hay,
min. of Rafford. — [Calderwood's Hist, iv.,
549 et seq., vi., 161 ; vii., 105.]
THOMAS CRAIG, a native of the
n __. Lowlands ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1603) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews before 4th Sept.
1611 ; min. in 1624 ; died between 19th
Jan. and 19th March 1640, aged about 56.
He marr. (cont. 24th Nov. 1622), Bessie,
daugh. of William Innes in Kinedar, and
had issue — Thomas, min. of St Andrews
(Elgin), and others— ancestors of many
families of Craigs in Elgin and the neigh-
bourhood.—[Young's Spynie, 339; Beg. of
Deeds, ccclxxxiii., 442.]
406
SPYNIE
[PRESB. OF
1640
ROBERT INNES ; M.A. ; pres. by Sir
Robert Innes of Innes before 3rd
Sept. 1640. On 17th Sept., the day
fixed for his admission, he was charged with
signing a simoniacal bond to the patron,
but nothing illegal was found, and he was
adm. (at Elgin) 28th Sept., James Guthrie,
min. of Urquhart, preaching the sermon
and recommending I. to the people ; trans.
to St Andrews (Elgin), 29th Oct. 1646.
WILLIAM CLOGIE, born 1582 ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
1 (1603); min. of the Junior Charge,
Elgin, in 1606 ; trans, to Inveraven before
1st May 1607 ; trans, to Inverness in 1620 ;
dem. that charge in 1640, considering him-
self ill-used on account of a complaint
which had been lodged against him, but
"having deserved well of the kirk, and
his praise being in the gospel, he was
recommended to the several Presbs." ; pres.
by Sir Robert Innes of Innes before 15th
Oct. 1646 ; trans, and adm. 21st Jan. 1647 ;
died 28th Dec. 1659. He marr. and had
issue — Margaret (marr. Alexander Fraser,
min. of Petty) ; Alexander, who had a
gift from James VI. of the chaplaincy,
"callit Brodland and Knockendoche " in
Elgin Cathedral, 14th July 1618, for " his
better entertainment at the schulls and
up-bringing in learning " ; William, M.A.
(Edinburgh 1636), a licentiate. — [Shaw's
Hist., iii., 406.]
SAMUEL TULLOCH [or TULLOH],
born 1631, son of Thomas T. of
Tannochy and Isobel Dunbar of
Grangehill ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1652); licen. by Presb.
of Forres 16th Jan. 1656; called 18th
March, and ord. 27th June 1660 ; died 2nd
Nov. 1706. He marr. Elizabeth Gordon,
who predeceased him, and had issue —
Alexander (only son) ; Agnes ; Marjory ;
Joanna. — [Tombst. ; Young's Spynie, 353.]
ROBERT BATES, licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 4th Feb. 1701 ; called prior
to 10th June, and ord. 16th Sept.
1707; died Oct. 1719. He marr. (1)
June 1708, Margaret, daugh. of Robert
Martin of Moraystoun : (2) Oct. 1714,
1660
1707
Margaret, daugh. of John Dunbar of Kirk-
hill, and had issue — Alexander, sergeant
in Sir George Sackville's Regiment, and
afterwards resident in Forres ; Fenella
(marr. Robert Logan, min. of Rafford).
1719
[WILLIAM MERCER, M.A. ; pres. by
Sir Henry Innes of Innes 17th Nov.,
and had a call Dec. 1719, but on
appeal the General Assembly and its Com-
mission refused the same. He was min.
of Pitsligo in 1720.]
1721
WILLIAM DOUGALL, said to be a
native of Northern Ireland, born
1683; educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 16th Dec.
1707; ord. to Birnie 1st Feb. 1710; called
24th Jan., trans, and adm. 7th March 1721;
died at Quarrywood, near Elgin, 12th Oct.
1766. He left 300 merks, one half of the
interest for the poor, and the other half to
purchase bibles for poor children. He
marr. 23rd July 1716, Katherine King,
who died 26th Sept. 1754, aged 65, and
had issue — Alexander, surgeon, Calder
House, Elgin, born 1717, died about 1790;
William, surgeon, Keith, born 1719, died
10th Dec. 1804; John, who, in 1740, placed
a dial on the wall of the new church
built in 1736 ; Elizabeth, died 13th March
1726, aged 16 months ; Katherine, died at
Elgin, 12th March 1796, leaving £20 to the
Kirk-Session of Elgin for the education of
two girls ; Margaret, born 4th Aug. 1729.
—[Young's Spynie, 137, 339, 354 ; Young's
Annals of Elgin, 587 ; Mackintosh's Elgin,
227.]
ROBERT PATERSON, born 8th April
.„„- 1735, son of John P., min. of St
Andrews (Elgin) ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1753) ; licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 1st July 1760 ; ord. (assist-
ant) at Drainie 3rd Dec. 1765 ; pres. by
Alexander, Duke of Gordon, and Sir James
Innes of Innes before 10th Feb., and adm.
18th June 1767 ; died 31st July 1790. He
marr. (1) 3rd Jan. 1765, Margaret (died
23rd July 1782, aged 34), only child of
William Collie, min. of Drainie, and had
issue— William, born 21st Dec. 1769, served
heir 13th June 1791, and died 5th April
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407
1829 ; John, min. of Auldearn, born 14th
July 1772 ; Alexander, student, born 24th
April 1774, died 13th April 1791; Helen,
born 2nd April 1776 (marr. Thomas Mac-
farlane, min. of Edinkillie) ; James, min.
of Birnie, born 13th April 1778 ; Margaret,
born 19th April 1780 (marr. Alexander
Brander of Springfield, Elgin); Robert,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 17th July 1782,
died at Calcutta Dec. 1829, on the eve of
his retirement after twenty years' service
in India : (2) 8th Jan. 1785, Isobel (died
s.p.), daugh. of William Porteous, min. of
Rafford.
1793
- ALEXANDER BROWN", born 1781;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (31st March 1778);
schoolmaster of Bellie, 1779-93 ; licen. by
Presb. of Strathbogie 24th Nov. 1784; pres.
by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, before 7th
Dec. 1790, and (delay being caused by a
dispute regarding the right of presentation)
ord. 12th Sept. 1793; died 8th Jan. 1814.
He marr. 31st Aug. 1782, Isabella Ord, who
died 11th Aug. 1834, aged 70, and had
issue — Gordon, M.D., born 2nd July 1784,
died in Demerara 16th July 1813 ; Jane,
born 22nd Aug. 1788 (marr. 17th April
1815, Robert Urquhart, surgeon, Alford);
Alexander, born 1st Nov. 1790; Susan, born
29th May 1793; Louisa, born 22nd June
1795 (marr. William Willox, Ordnance
Department), died in Sierra Leone, 21st
March 1826 ; Williamina, born 2nd March
1801, died 4th Dec. 1803; Mary, born
26th June 1806. — [Tombst. ; Young's
Spynie, 353.]
GEORGE M'HARDY, born Aboyne,
1814 i1^5" son °f John M. ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(16th March 1795) ; schoolmaster of Bellie,
1803-14; licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie
20th May 1808 ; pres. by the commissioner
of James Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie and
by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, before 12th
July, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1814 ; died 15th
Sept. 1817. He marr. 24th Dec. 1809,
Margaret (died 26th Feb. 1876), daugh.' of
John Smith, vintner, and Elspeth Proctor,
and had issue — Jane, born 10th April 1811
(marr. Matthew Bowie, D.D., min. of
Kinghorn) ; Francis Nicol, born 16th Aug.
1813.— [Young's Spynie, 353.]
THOMAS CANNAN, pres. by William
181„ Fullarton Lindsay Carnegie of
Spynie before 7th April, and ord.
17th Sept. 1818 ; trans, to Carsphairn 7th
Sept. 1826.— [See Note in Young's Spynie,
341.]
ALEXANDER SIMPSON, born 1787 ;
1826 educated at St Andrews Univ.,
1808-12; licen. by Presb. of Dundee
9th Jan. 1819 ; pres. by William Lindsay
Carnegie of Boysack 12th Sept., and ord.
2nd Nov. 1826; died at Covesea 7th Jan.
1852. He marr. 15th June 1826, Elizabeth
(died 10th April 1848, aged 61), daugh. of
John Patullo, tenant of Ballimbin, and
widow of George Patullo of Longhaugh, and
had issue— Thomas (only child), born 8th
Aug. 1827, died 4th Dec. 1828. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New. Stat.
Ace, xiii.) — [Tombst. ; Young's Spynie,
357.]
JOHN KYD, born 1809, son of James
K., linen manufacturer, Townhead,
Arbroath, and Elizabeth Dear ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1838); tutor in the families of Cathcart
of Pitcarlie and Kinnear of Kinloch, and
travelling tutor to the sons of Lindsay
Carnegie of Boysack ; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 27th May 1843 ; sometime assistant
to Sir David Brewster (whose favourite
pupil he was) at Univ. of St Andrews ;
studied science in Germany under Liebeg,
and lectured on that subject; Ph.D.
(Giessen, 1851) ; pres. by William Lindsay
Carnegie of Boysack before 29th June,
and ord. 9th Sept. 1852; died unmarr.
at Urquhart Manse, the residence of his
niece, 25th Aug. 1876.
JOHN GARIOCH, born Aberdeen, 1830,
-—„ son of John G., hairdresser ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1851); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 30th
March 1858; assistant at Fraserburgh,
1859-60, Aberdeen (East Parish), 1861-3,
and Benholme, 1864-5; ord, to Burghead
408
SPYNIE— URQUHART
[PEESB. OF
27th Dec. 1866 ; elected in Nov., trans, and
adm. 28th Dec. 1876; died unmarr. 16th
Nov. 1906.
JOHN MAIE, born Huntly, 30th June
. „ 1863, son of Charles M. and Mary
Eobertson, and brother of Alexander
William M., Professor of Greek, Univ. of
Edinburgh ; educated at Crossroads and
Grange Schools, Keith Grammar School,
and Univs. of Aberdeen M.A. (1884) and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie
in 1887 ; assistant to Professor of Oriental
Languages [David Laird Adams] at Univ.
of Edinburgh, 1887-91 ; assistant at Nairn,
1891-5; headmaster of Keith Grammar
School, 1895-1907 ; elected 12th March, and
ord. 11th April 1907. Marr. 17th Aug. 1917,
Lilian, daugh. of George Woodcock, Glen
Elgin, Longman, and Elizabeth Marsland.
URQUHART.
[The church of Urquhart belonged to the
Abbey of Inchcolm. It was dedicated to
St Margaret, but an earlier dedication was
to St Irchard. Inveraven and Urquhart
together made a prebend of Elgin Cathedral,
held by the Chancellor of the Diocese of
Moray. The Benedictine Priory of the
Holy Trinity of Urquhart was founded
here in 1125.]
ROBERT KEITH, min. at Nov. 1567;
1567 with Lhanbryd and Essil in the
charge ; trans, to Kinnoir in 1572.
JOHN BLINDSHIEL,
1567 in 1567.
reader
. PATRICK BALFOUR, min. of Alves
„-. in 1567 ; pres. to the vicarage of
Lhanbryd by James VI. 25th Oct.
1570, and to the vicarage of Dunrossness,
15th Sept. 1572 ; trans, to this parish in
1574, having Lhanbryd also in his charge.
On 24th April 1576, he complained to the
General Assembly that his stipend was
changed by the negligence of the bishop
and his name omitted from the roll ;
died before 11th July 1583. He marr.
Katherine Gordon, who survived him, and
had issue — Agnes.
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, reader from
1574 1574 to 1580.
GEORGE DOUGLAS, min. in 1576,
1576 holding also Lhanbryd and Rothes.
PATRICK CUMMLNG, held this parish
1578 in conjunction with Dallas in 1578.
JOHN INNES, trans, from Fintray,
157g min. in 1579; dep. by the General
Assembly at Dundee, 27th April
1593, "first for making of ane unlawfull
marriage, next for counterfitting of hand-
wrytts of diverse honest men by their
witting and will, and thirdlie, for not
making repentance for the former faults
injoined to him under pain of deposition be
certain commissioners, haifhng authoritie
and power from the Synod in that part." —
[Calderwood's Hist., iv. 569, v. 104.]
JAMES GUTHRIE; M.A., min. in 1595,
15g5 as Moderator of Synod he subscribed,
with others, a letter to the King
from the Synod of Aberdeen, 21st Feb.
1605, in favour of John Forbes, min. of
Alford. He was many years Moderator of
Presb., and died at an advanced age, June
1647, leaving Robert and Margaret.—
[Family of Innes ; Shaw's Hist., iii., 390 ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccxcv., 36.]
JAMES PARK of Cranoch, born about
1647 1618; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1636); licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith before Feb. 1642 ; tutor
in the family of the laird of Innes ; pres.
by Charles, Earl of Dunfermline, before
1st, and ord. 15th July 1647. He declined
to contribute towards the expenses of
James Sharp's mission to London on behalf
of the Presbyterians, saying he "was not
clear for that matter." He was libelled
at the instance of John Innes of Leuchars
and found guilty of "the grossness and
unsoundness of his expressions [in a lecture
on Proverbs, xxi., 1-7], relating to the
horrid murder of the late King [Charles I.],
that kings have suffered justly latelie and
in our own tyme, and those that are now
to succeed have need to take heed to
themselves lest they come to the same
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URQUHART
409
danger; lykways his crying out against
the brethren and ministers, saying there are
some that dare not tell great men their
faults, mussled ministers, blind guides, etc.";
dep. 28th Aug. 1660. On 6th Sept. follow-
ing he acquiesced in the sentence, but " did
protest that he was free of allowing the
murder of the late King." Through Sir
William Douglas of Glenbervie he obtained
a remission from Charles II. on 28th Nov.
1661. He died at Clayfords in Strichen,
5th Aug. 1691, leaving 2000 merks to
found a bursary in Arts in King's College,
Aberdeen. He marr. Jan. 1654, Mary
Douglas, who predeceased him, and had
issue — Barbara, who also predeceased him.
— [Tombst. ; Aberdeen Sas., i., 212 ; Banff
Sas., ii., 76 (where he is called Mr James
Park, alias Fraser of Clockaby.]
[JAMES GORDON; M.A.; min.
i860 °^ Drumblade > elected in Oct. 1660,
but not settled.]
ROBERT TOD, educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; MA. (1635); was on
the 'Exercise at Kirkcaldy 30th Aug.
1638; ord. to Rothes 5th May 1642; pres.
by James, Earl of Callendar ; trans, and
adm. 27th Nov. 1662 ; died 7th April 1676.
He marr. Margaret Innes, who survived
him, and had issue— Alexander, min. of
Elgin ; George, min. of Firth ; William,
schoolmaster of Lhanbryd; Hugh, M.A.,
chamberlain to the Earl of Huntly ; Robert
of Nether Dallachy, Bellie— [Family of
Kilravock.]
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, born Aber-
le7gi deen, 1648, son of David L. ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (1665) ; became tutor to the son of
John Ogilvie of Kempcairn ; ord. to Essil
(at Elgin) 13th, and inst. 14th Dec. 1670;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Callendar, before
26th April, and by Charles, Earl of Dun-
fermline, before 19th, trans, and adm. 21st
July 1676; died 8th Sept. that year. He
marr. Ann Car or Ker, who survived him,
and had issue — Alexander. — [G. R. Inhib.,
14th May 1679.]
WILLIAM GEDDES, MA. ; pres. by
.„„„ Charles, Earl of Dunfermline, 16th
Dec. 1676, and by Alexander, Earl
of Callendar, 8th Feb. 1677 ; trans, from
Wick, and adm. 3rd June that year ; dem.
on account of the Test Act in 1681, and
returned to Wick.
JAMES GORDON, born about 1646,
eldest son of John G. of Overhall;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; MA. (30th April 1663); had his
licence suspended by the Synod, 1st Oct.
1667, for alleged complicity in the irregu-
larities of James Gordon, min. of Glass, but
was restored 6th Oct. 1668; ord. to
Knockando after 5th Oct. 1669 and
before 5th April 1675 ; trans, and adm.
4th July 1682; deprived in 1690 as
an Episcopalian. He was resident in
Fochabers at 15th Aug. 1692.
JOHN STEWART, educated at King's
16gl College, Aberdeen; MA. (1649);
licen. by Presb. of Deer 5th April
1654 ; adm. (by the Protesting Presb.) to
Crimond 10th April 1655; on 22nd Oct.
1657 the Synod of Aberdeen declared him
" an unparalleled intruder," ordered him to
cease his ministry there, and dep. him in
Oct. 1658. The Protesters declined to
remove him except to another charge,
judging him to be "a godly and able
man." S. however, dem. 20th April 1660.
On 30th Jan. 1685 he was charged by the
Privy Council with keeping " conventicles,
withdrawing from the ordinances, preach-
ing seditious doctrine, plotting against
the government, supplying and harbouring
rebels, and other public crimes and irregu-
larities." When examined before the
Committee on 2nd Feb. he acknowledged
that he had not kept his own parish church
for eighteen or nineteen years, that he had
preached in his own family and in private
houses, but denied all other charges. On
the ground of this confession, and also
because he refused to take the Oath of
Allegiance, he was on 4th Feb. sentenced
to banishment, and ordered, with that
view, to be taken prisoner to the Edin-
burgh Tolbooth. Instead of being banished
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URQUHART
[PRESB. OF
he was sent to the Bass, where he lay till
liberated by an order of the Council, 21st
June 1686 ; adm. to this charge after 10th
May 1691 ; died 6th May 1692. He marr.
Christian Arbuthnot, sister of John A. of
Cairngall in Longside, and had issue —
Margaret (marr. Alexander Forbes, min. of
Dyke) ; Elizabeth. — [Anderson's Ilass Rock,
373 ; Dickson's Emeralds chased in Gold,
232 ; Wodrow's Hist., iv., 192 ; Macdonald's
The Covenanters in Moray and Ross, 104.]
JAMES URQUHAKT, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1650-4,
and studied divinity at Univ. of
St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Turriff;
ord. to Kinloss (q.v.) 19th Aug. 1659;
restored to Kinloss after his deposition
for adherence to the Covenant, and sub-
sequent banishment, 25th April 1690 ; was
a member of the General Assembly that
year ; trans, to this charge and adm. in
1695; died 16th April 1701. He marr.
Anna Brodie, a near relative of Brodie of
Brodie, and had issue — Joseph, student at
King's College, Aberdeen, in 1676 ; John,
min. of this parish. — [Wodrow's Hist., iv.,
192 ; Macdonald's The Covenanters in Moray
and Ross, 104, 192 ; Brodie's Diary, 389.]
JOHN URQUHART, born 1658, son of
1695 Preceding; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1676);
ord. (assistant and successor) in 1695 ;
died on Sunday 31st Oct. 1731. He marr.
a lady who survived him, and had issue
— John, schoolmaster, Alves, 1716 ; Anna ;
Jean ; Margaret. — [Index to Services.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, born 29th Dec.
„„. 1704, son of John G., min. of Keith ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 13th
April 1727 ; ord. to Boharm 26th Aug. 1729 ;
called 17th May 1733 and (after appeal to
the General Assembly) trans, and adm.
12th March 1734; died 11th Jan. 1739.
He marr. Elizabeth Fraser, who died 1st
March 1796, and had issue — Arthur ; John.
JAMES SPENS of Kirkton of Alves,
born 1714, son of James S. of Kirk-
ton of Alves, writer, Edinburgh (to
whom he was served heir 5th July 1748) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 12th April
1738 ; pres. by the commissioners of Cosmo,
Duke of Gordon, 14th and 22nd June 1739,
and (after conferences with the congrega-
tion and reference to the Synod) taken on
trials 27th May 1740, and (after a second
reference to the Synod) ord. by a Com-
mission of the Synod, only one member
of the Presb. being present, 26th Nov.
1740; died 20th March 1768. He marr.
11th Dec. 1749, Jean Dunbar, who died s.p.
28th Dec. 1794. — [Index to Services ; Shaw's
Hist., iii., 390.]
1769
WILLIAM GORDON, born Mortlach,
1741, son of James G., Laggan of
Auchindoune, and Jean M'William ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1761); licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie
6th May 1767; app. missionary at Glenlivet
24th Sept. that year; ord. by Presb. of
Aberlour 23rd Aug. 1768; pres. by Alex-
ander, Duke of Gordon, before 8th Sept.
that year ; adm. 12th Jan. 1769 ; died 18th
July 1810. He marr. 12th July 1800,
Margaret (died at Elgin, 24th Oct. 1864,
aged 86), eldest daugh. of Joseph Anderson,
min. of Birnie, and had issue — George, min.
of Birnie, born 23rd July 1801 ; James, born
6th Feb. 1803, died in 1810 ; William, M.D.,
H.E.I.C.S., born 26th Oct. 1804. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xv.). — [Moray Tests.]
ALEXANDER WALKER; M.A.;
1811 trans, from Old Machar; pres. by
the trustees of James, Earl of Fife,
before 29th Jan., and adm. 4th April 1811 ;
trans, to Junior Charge, Elgin, 6th Jan.
1825.
JAMES MACLEAN, born 1758, second
1825 son °^ J°hn M- °f Pitmain, cadet
of Achot, and Isobel Fordyce, and
brother of Lieut.-General Sir John M. ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (20th March 1776) ; licen. by Presb.
of Abernethy in 1794 ; ord. by Presb. of
Abernethy same year ; adm. to Keith 14th
Jan. 1795 ; pres. by the trustees of James,
Earl Fife, before 26th Jan., trans, and
adm. 24th March 1825 ; died 24th Nov.
1840, " a pious and highly esteemed divine."
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411
He marr. (1) 7th May 1789, Elizabeth (died
3rd April 1816), daugh. of George Tod,
Stankhouse, Birnie, and had issue — Helen,
born 6th June 1790, died 13th April 1807 ;
Isobel, born 9th June 1792, died 21st Aug.
1801 ; Elizabeth, born 12th Oct. 1794, died
26th Oct. 1817 ; Charlotte, born 14th Aug.
1796, died 16th Feb. 1816; John, born
4th June 1798, died 25th June 1822 ;
George, Governor of Cape Coast Castle,
Africa, born 24th Feb. 1801, died at Cape
Coast Castle in 1847 [he marr. 7th June
1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, poetess and
romancist (1802-1838), famous in her day
under the initials "L. E. L."]j Hugh of
Westfield, surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 5th Dec.
1803, died at Hythhill, Elgin, 1885 ; Isobel,
born 9th Aug. 1805, died 27th May 1827 :
(2) 15th May 1819, Elizabeth (died 25th
Jan. 1851, aged 75), daugh. of William Tod,
factor to the Duke of Gordon and widow
of Alexander Gordon, Jamaica, and had
issue — James, captain of Coast Guard,
Cape Coast Castle, afterwards farmer, St
Martin's, Koss-shire, born 25th March 1820,
died 1877. Publications— " Agriculture of
Badenoch and Strathspey " (Bobertson's
A General View of the Agriculture of the
County of Inverness) (London, 1808); A
Series of Practical Discourses (London,
1838); Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xiii).— [Diet. Nat. Biog. (for"L. E. L.");
Life and Literary Remains of "L. E. L.,"
2 vols. (1841), 134 et sea.]
1841
ALEXANDEB WALKEB, born 13th
Jan. 1779, son of William W., Glen-
buchat ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege ; M.A. (1798); licen. by Presb.of Fordyce
26th Dec. 1804 ; ord. to Second Charge, Old
Machar 8th Aug. 1805 ; pres. by trustees of
James, Earl Fife, before 29th Jan., trans,
and adm. to this parish 4th April 1811 ;
trans, to Junior Charge, Elgin, 6th Jan.
1825 ; became senior min. of Elgin 19th Sept.
1837; pres. by James, Earl Fife, before
10th June, re-trans, and adm. 23rd Sept.
1841 ; died 28th Jan. 1847. He marr. 1st
Jan. 1807, Elizabeth (died 11th Jan. 1855),
daugh. of John Grant of Kincardine
O'Neil, and had issue — Margaret Helen,
born 1st Jan. 1808 (marr. 12th Jan. 1826,
John Lawson of Chapelton in Drumblade),
died at Elgin 6th June 1843; William,
planter, born 19th Oct. 1809, died at
Berbice, 25th April 1843 ; Alexander,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 20th Jan. 1811,
died at Boharm, 5th Sept. 1850; Eliza-
beth, born 8th July 1812 (marr. 17th Sept.
1835, Alexander Cruickshank, M.D., Elgin);
James Fife, planter, born 3rd Feb. 1814,
died at Berbice, 6th Aug. 1842 ; John, min.
of St Andrews-Lhanbryd, born 4tb May
1816 ; Henry, min. of this parish. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish of Elgin
[with William Gordon] (New Stat. Ace.,
xiii.). — [Young's Elgin, 591.]
1847
HENBY WALKEB, born 8th Jan. 1821,
son of preceding; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March
1839) ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 7th June
1843; ord. to Ordiquhill 10th Jan. 1844;
pres. by James, Earl Fife, before 24th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 18th May 1847 ; died
30th June 1859. He marr. 5th March
1845, Eleanora Frances Julian (marr. (2)
6th June 1865, the Bev. J. Aikman),'daugh.
of Thomas Gordon of Park, and had issue
— Alexander, went to Australia, born 25th
Dec. 1845 ; Joanna Maria, born 5th April
1847 (marr. 1876, Michael S. Doolie,
engineer, P.W.D., India); Sir Thomas
Gordon, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., LL.D., Indian
Civil Service, born 14th Sept. 1849, died
27th Nov. 1917.— [Aberdeen Geneal., 119.]
1859
GOBDON INGBAM, born 28th Aug.
1828, son of William I., min. of
Echt; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1847); schoolmaster
at Daviot 1847 ; licen. by Presb. of Garioch ;
ord. to MacdufF in 1854 ; pres. by James,
Earl Fife, before 16th Sept., trans, and adm.
27th Oct. 1859; B.D. (Aberdeen, 1870);
died 6th Aug. 1894. He marr. 11th Aug.
1863, Margaret Boss (died 4th Aug. 1882),
daugh. of James Kyd, Landerneau, Finis-
terre, France, and niece of John Kyd, min.
of Spynie, and had issue — Margaret Anne
Stephen, born 6th July 1864, died at
Dunkirk, France, 27th Sept. 1888 ; William,
LL.B., D.Sc.(Edin.), advocate, Edinburgh,
born 6th Nov. 1865; Anne Gordon,
412
URQUHAHT
[PEESB. OF ELGIN
born 31st Dec. 1866, died 15th Aug. 1884 ;
Johanna Durran, born 26th May 1868,
died July 1908 ; James Kyd Duncan,
M.B., CM. (Edin.), M.D. (Madrid), born
19th July 1869; Mary Anne Annandale,
born 16th May 1871 (marr. 1902, Frederick
Dittermann) ; Jane Eliza Donald, born
4th May and died 9th July 1873; John
Kyd Gordon, born 11th Nov. 1874, died
at Colombo 8th Feb. 1902; Elizabeth
Helen Stuart Dear, born 20th May 1876
(marr. 1907, Thomas Ingram, Ehodesia) ;
Jane Eliza Donald Stuart, born 6th Sept.
1877, died a student at Aberdeen Univ.
12th Dec. 1899; Harriet Gordon, M.A.
(Aberdeen 1900), born 10th Jan. 1879 (marr.
12th Dec. 1906, John Constable, Ehodesia).
Publication — Victual Calculation Simpli-
fied and Shortened (Edinburgh, 1881).
PATRICK CAMPBELL SINCLAIR,
1894 k°rn Is^an^ °f Eigg, 16th March
1868, son of John S., min. of Small
Isles ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1889); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1892; assistant
at Kinloss; ord. 15th Nov. 1894; senior
provisional chaplain, 51st Division, British
Expeditionary Force; received D.S.O., Jan.
1918.
PEESBYTEEY OF FOEEES
[The Presbytery of Forres proposed by the General Assemblies of 1581 and 1586
was erected shortly before the General Assembly of Aug. 1590. It formed part of
the United Presbyteries of Moray from 1689 to 1702, was conjoined with the Presbytery
of Inverness from 1702 to 1708, and again disjoined in 1708, the parish of Cawdor being
left in the Presbytery of Inverness. When the Presbytery of Nairn was erected in 1773,
the parishes of Ardclach, Auldearn, and Nairn were disjoined from the Presbytery of
Forres. Of the early Minutes only those from 22nd Oct. 1651 to 19th Sept. 1688 have
been preserved.]
ALTYRE.
[Altyre was annexed to Dallas before
1601. It was again disjoined from Dallas
and annexed to Kafford 23rd Sept. 1657.
This annexation was approved by the
Synod 6th Oct. 1657 and 3rd Oct. 1660,
and ratified by Parliament 20th March
1661.]
ANDREW SIMSON, M.A. ; held
1S6„ Altyre in conjunction with Forres
in 1567.
JOHN CLERK, reader at Altyre and
1569 Dallas at Lammas 1569.
ANDREW BROWN, M.A.; min. in
1573, when Rafford and Edinkillie
were also in the charge. On 23rd
March 1576 the Privy Council granted
decree against Alexander Dunbar, dean
and sub-chantor of Moray, for three years'
stipend from 1573 to 1575, and ordered that
B. "be placeit and serve in tyme cuming
at sic kirkes as the Bishop of Moray sail
appoint."
ALEXANDER URQUHART, min. of
1574 Altyre and Dallas in 1574.
DALLAS.
[Before the Reformation the parish of
Dallas was a prebend held by the sub-dean
of Moray. Altyre was conjoined with
Dallas from before 1601 to 1657. Easter
1573
Kellas was disjoined from Elgin and added
to Dallas in 1658. The church was dedi-
cated to St Michael. A Michaelmas fair
was held at Dallas.]
WILLIAM THOMSON,
1567 Nov. 1567.
reader 11th
JOHN CLERK, reader at Altyre and
1569 Dallas at Lammas 1569.
JAMES JOHNSTON, held Dallas in
„„. conjunction with Birnie from 1574
to 1576.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, reader
1574 in 1574.
1576
PATRICK CUMMING, brother of John
C., apparent of Erneside, pres. to the
parsonage of Dallas and the vicarage
of Auldearn by James VI. in 1576 ; dem.
before 1st Feb. 1586. In 1578 he also held
Urquhart, Lhanbryd, and Rothes. — [Beg.
Sec. Sig., L, 118.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, min. in 1588;
trans, to Cullen in 1601. He also
1588
held Birnie at 24th July 1598.
ALEXANDER RICHARDSON, min.
leol in 1601, with Altyre also in the
charge; still mentioned in 1617. His
son, William, was served heir in the lands
of Rininel, 18th Feb. 1648. He had also
a natural son, Alexander. — [Inq. Ret.
Elgin, 89; Shaw's Hist., iii., 412.]
414
DALLAS
[PRE8B. OF
KOBERT LESLIE, called min. of Dallas
1602 12th June 1602.— {Moray Writs.]
GEORGE CUMMING, M.A. (King's
1624 College, Aberdeen, 1619); ord. before
4th April 1624; died before 4th
April 1648, aged about 49. He was
charged with being "the maker of some
invective verses fund heir and ther, which
servit for the stirring up of dissensioun,"
and purged himself by oath before the
Synod in April 1631. He was the only
min. in the Presb. who refused to subscribe
the Covenant 28th April 1 638 ; acted as clerk
of Synod 2nd Nov. 1643 ; was a member of
the Commissions of Assembly, 1644, 1645,
and subscribed the Marquess of Huntly's
Bond in July 1646. He left a widow,
Agnes Chapman. — [Spalding's Hist., 48.]
JAMES STRACHAN, bom 1619 ; edu-
1649 ca,ted a* King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1629) ; schoolmaster of Elgin,
1633-48; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 8th
June 1648 ; ord. before July 1649 ; died
after 10th Oct. 1671. He marr. (cont. 2nd
May 1637) Margaret (died Sept. 1660),
daugh. of John Chalmer, merchant burgess
of Elgin.
ALEXANDER CUMMING, probably
1672 son °^ aDOve George C. ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1662); passed trials before Presb. of Turriff
and licen. by Bishop of Aberdeen ; recom-
mended to the bishop for ordination 16th
May, ord. (at Elgin) 6th and adm. 13th
June 1672 ; died 24th May 1681. He marr.
Marjory Stewart, and had issue— George ;
Jean.
1682
GEORGE DUNBAR, M.A.; pres. by
Sir Ludovick Gordon of Gordons-
toun ; passed trials before the Presb.
and recommended to the bishop for ordina-
tion 29th Sept., ord. (at Elgin) 13th, and
adm. 23rd Oct. 1682 ; trans, to Nairn 25th
May 1687.
THOMAS URQUHART of Burdsyards,
1688 k°rD about 1660, son of John U. of
Burdsyards, Forres, to whom he
was served heir 27th Feb. 1675 ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen, 1668-72;
passed trials before the Presb. and recom-
mended to the bishop for licence 7th
March 1683 ; pres. by Alexander Rose,
Bishop of Moray, before 14th Dec. 1687;
coll. (at Elgin) 29th Dec. same year ; adm.
11th Jan. 1688; deserted his charge in
1699, and died about 1706. He marr.
Fenella Dunbar, and had issue — Robert
of Burdsyairds. — [Shaw's Hist., iii., 412 ;
Inq. Ret. Elgin, 135, 136.]
JOHN CROCKAT, a native of Rattray ;
1708 licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 26th
Oct. 1703; called 28th April, and
ord. 13th May 1708 ; died 21st April 1748,
aged about 68. He marr. (pro. 20th June
1736) Jean (died 12th July 1763), daugh.
of George Renton, W.S., Edinburgh, and
had issue — Elizabeth (marr. 23rd April
1759, Matthew Thomson, land surveyor of
the Customs).
ROBERT DALRYMPLE, born 7th
17 Nov. 1702, son of David D., min.
of Dundurcas : licen. by Presb. of
Aberlour 17th Dec. 1728 ; pres. by Sir
Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun June 1748 ;
ord. 23rd Feb. 1749 ; dep. (for immorality)
28th April 1763, this sentence being affirmed
by the General Assembly on 1st June
following ; reponed 29th May 1776 ; died
at Elgin 20th March 1778. — [Tombst. ;
Shaw's Hist., iii., 412; Acts of Ass., 1762,
1763, 1776.]i
JAMES HAY, educated at Marischal
1763 College, Aberdeen, 1749-53 ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 5th Aug. 1761 ; pres.
by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun in
July, and ord. 27th Sept. 1763; pres. to
Kinloss in 1776, the presentation being
sustained after a reference to the Court of
Session in 1777, but he died 20th Oct.
same year. He marr. 24th Dec. 1763, Ann
(died at Elgin, 2nd March 1791), daugh.
of David Brodie of Mayne, physician, Elgin,
and had issue — David ; Joseph ; Colonel
Alexander of Westerton, Elgin; Peggie,
died at Elgin, 25th May 1781.
DAVID MLLN, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
William Gordon of Gordonstoun 28th
1778 March, and' ord. 7th July 1778; trans.
to Edinkillie 27th June 1793.
FORRES]
DALLAS— DYKE, MOY, AND CULBIN
415
1816
RICHARD EOSE, MA. ; pres. by Sir
William Gordon of Gordonstoun 23rd
1794 Nov. 1793; ord. 1st May 1794;
trans, to Drainie 25th July 1816.
FRANCIS WILLIAM GRANT,
MA. ; pres. by Sir William Gordon
Cumming of Altyre and Gordonstoun
in Aug., and ord. 26th Sept. 1816; declined
a presentation to Dyke and Moy by George
IV. 22nd Aug. 1820 ; trans, to Banff 13th
Dec. 1821.
WILLIAM TULLOCH, born 1775, son
1822 °^ Hugh T., Cromarty ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (1799) ; licen. by Presb. of Tain 18th
April 1810 ; sometime schoolmaster of
Nigg (Tain) ; pres. by Sir William Gordon
Cumming of Altyre and Gordonstoun in
Jan., and ord. 11th April 1822 ; died 23rd
Nov. 1845. He marr. 7th March 1818,
Jane (died 24th April 1844), daugh. of
George Cumming, younger, of Altyre, and
had issue — Eliza Maria Campbell, born 4th
April 1821 ; William Gordon Cumming,
born 14th July 1823, died 4th Oct. 1824 ;
Charles Lennox Cumming, min. of the
Free Church, Livingston, born 27th June
1824, died 1874 ; George Cumming, Poor
Law Board Office, London, born 5th Feb.
1826. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Neiv Stat. Ace, xiii.). — [Acts of Ass., 1814.]
JOHN MACDONALD, born 1811, third
son of James M., gardener, Lanark-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow,
1826-30 ; ord. to Trinity Church, Aberdeen,
10th July 1844; pres. by Sir William
Gordon Cumming of Altyre and Gordons-
toun, trans, and adm. 4th June 1846 ; died
26th July 1879. He marr. 11th Oct. 1854,
Mary Ann Deacon, who died 5th Dec.
1865.
JOHN LOW BROWN, born Greystone,
la80 Keithhall, 15th June 1852, second
son of James B., farmer, and Eliza-
beth Laurie ; educated at Grammar School
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by 'Presb.
of Irvine in 1874 ; assistant at Kilwinning
and Northmavine, Shetland; ord. to Hoy
and Graemsay 1878 ; elected 24th Nov.
1879; trans, and adm. 22nd Jan. 1880;
1846
1925
died 29th Sept. 1924. He marr. 15th
June 1880, Amelia Duthie Rose (died 4th
Sept. 1901), daugh. of James Rose Suther-
land, min. of Northmavine, and had issue —
James Sutherland, born 2nd May 1881,
killed in action, East Africa, 30th Sept.
1917 ; Ian Alexander, Insurance Official,
Birmingham, born 12th Jan. 1883 ; Eliza-
beth Catherine, born 21st May 1884, died
20th July 1897 ; Isobel Ann Walker, born
8th Jan. 1886 (marr. Dr Norman Alistair
Duncan, London); Robert Walker, Chester-
ton, Staffordshire, born 11th July 1888 ;
George Gordon, planter, Travancore, India,
born 19th Aug. 1890; Margaret Ballantyne,
born 26th June 1892 (marr. 10th Jan. 1918,
Andrew Scott Seth) ; Magnus Harold, born
28th Oct. 1894, killed in action, Ypres,
31st Aug. 1916; Dorothy Sophia, born
20th July 1897; Sutherland, in Federated
Malay States, born 29th Aug. 1901.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born parish
of Killean, 16th Dec. 1876, son of
Robert R. and Janet Clark ; educated
at Rhunahaorine School, Campbeltown
Grammar School, and Univs. of Glasgow,
M.A. (1900) and St Andrews; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 1906 ; assistant at
St Paul's, Leith; ord. to Shapinsay 12th
June 1908 ; trans, to Olrig 12th May 1920 ;
trans, and adm. 26th Feb. 1925. Marr. 21st
Oct. 1908, Jessie M,, daugh. of David
Douglas and Elizabeth MacLachlan, and
has issue — Robert, born 15th Aug. 1909 ;
and Thora Annie Douglas, born 4th July
1916.
DYKE, MOY, AND CULBIN.
[The Plat united these three parishes on
24th Jan. 1618.
Dyke. — The church of Dyke was dedi-
cated to St Andrew. It was a mensal
kirk of the Bishop of Moray. There was
a chapel of St Ninian in this parish.
Moy. — Moy was a prebend of Elgin
Cathedral. The parish of Moy was added
to Dyke in 1585 and formally united to it
on 24th Jan. 1618.
Cvlbin. — Lying along the shore of the
Moray Firth, the church and parish of
416
DYKE, MOY, AND CULBIN
[PEESB. OF
Culbin have suffered greatly from blowing
sand. This was very notably the case
at various times during the seventeenth
century. Before 1700, almost the whole
parish, with its few remaining houses, had
been buried in the sand drift. Culbin has
long been a mere desert. At places where
the loose sand has been blown off, relics
of old times have often been found, but
the average depth of the drift is great.]
ALEXANDER DUFF, reader at Dyke
from 1567 to 1585; went to Edin-
1667 killie as reader in 1586.
ANDREW SIMSON, M.A. ; held Dyke
in conjunction with Forres from 1574
1574
till his death in 1585.
1625
WILLIAM DUNBAR, M.A. ; pres. by
James VI. 26th Aug. 1585; still
1585 min. 13th April 1624. He marr.
and had issue — James ; Gavin, min. of
Alves.
WILLIAM FALCONER of Kincorth,
born 1600, natural son of Samuel
F. of Kincorth [had letters of
legitimation under the Great Seal 24th
July 1629]; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1617); got Kincorth by
charter from his father 16th May 1625 ;
pres. by Charles, Earl of Dunfermline, and
his tutor, George, Earl of Winton, in July,
and ord. before 25th Oct. 1625 ; was a
member of Assemblies, 1638, 1639; sub-
scribed the Marquess of Huntly's Bond,
July 1646, alleging he was compelled to
do so ; was app. by Parliament one of the
Visitors to the Univ. of Aberdeen in 1649,
and gave a donation towards the erection
of King's College in 1658 ; died 18th June
1674. He marr. (1) Margaret Tulloch,
and had issue — Alexander, died in 1635 ;
Thomas of Kincorth ; Samuel, died in
1638 ; Christian (marr. Thomas Allan,
burgess of Forres) ; Lilias (marr. Thomas
Craig, min. of St Andrews (Elgin) ) : (2)
Katherine Sutherland, who died 24th
Aug. 1668, and had issue — John, M.A.,
schoolmaster of Dyke ; Hugh ; Robert ;
Jean (marr. George Chalmers of Link-
wood) ; Helen ; Katherine ; Grisell. —
[Brodie's Diary, 57 ; Peterkin's Records.]
1674
WILLIAM FALCONAR, born about
1647, eldest son of Colin F., Bishop
of Moray ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd July 1667) ;
schoolmaster of Dyke, 1668-70; ord. in
England by Henry, Bishop of Oxford ;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline,
coll. 16th, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1674;
deprived by decreet of Privy Council, 10th
Oct. 1689, for neither reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates, nor praying for King
William and Queen Mary. He retired
to Forres and was alive in 1712. He
marr. 29th April 1675, Elizabeth, eldest
daugh. of Alexander Tulloch of Tannachie,
and had issue — Alexander, merchant, Elgin
[father of Bishop William Falconar]. —
[Peterkin's Constitution, 86.]
1692
ALEXANDER FORBES, M.A.; ord.
to Stewarton 9th May 1690 ; trans.
and adm. 4th Feb. 1692 ; died April
1708. He marr. Margaret (died 1708),
daugh. of John Stewart, min. of Urquhart
(Elgin), and had issue — Alexander; James;
Robert ; Anne ; Margaret.
JAMES CHALMERS, M.A. ; called
1709 26th July, and ord. 14th Sept.
1709; trans, to East Church, Aber-
deen, 21st April 1726.
1727
ROBERT DUNBAR of Ballinspink,
born 1707, elder son of John D. of
Kincorth and Mary Urquhart ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen, 1716-20;
M.A. (1724) ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 3rd
May 1726 ; pres. by John Duff of Culbin
Nov. and Dec. same year ; called 2nd
Aug., and ord. 28th Sept. 1727; died 23rd
April 1782. He marr. 10th Sept. 1729,
Jean (died 26th Oct. 1788), daugh. of
William Miller, min. of Old Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, and had issue — John, min. of
this parish ; William, sometime in Grenada,
afterwards attorney, London. — [Playfair's
Baronetage, viii., 429 ; Tombst.]
JOHN DUNBAR, born about 1733, son
of preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1754);
ord. to Knockando 3rd May 1764; pres.
by Hugh Grant of Moy 21st Oct. 1782;
FORRES]
DYKE, MOY, AND CULBIN
417
trans, and adm. (delay being caused by a
competing presentation) 6th May 1788 ;
died 15th Nov. 1807. He marr. 5th June
1777, Janet (died 17th June 1784), daugh.
of George Grant, Aberdeen, and had issue
—Elizabeth, bom 26th May 1778 ; Sir
Eobert of Durn, Bart., shipbroker, London,
born 6th Jan. 1780, died 11th Nov. 1813 ;
George, born 5th Oct. 1781 ; William,
merchant and bailie of Elgin, born 30th
April 1783. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Slat. Ace, xx.). — [Tombst.;
Playfair's Baronetage, viii., 429.]
^DAVID BFJCHAN, licen. by Presb. of
isos -^orfar ^lst June 1797 ; assistant in
the Scots congregation at London-
Wall, London, where a section of that con-
gregation, disappointed by the preference
of another to the charge, seceded and
constituted themselves into the Scots
Church, Artillery Street; ord. to that
charge by the Scots Presb. in London 28th
Sept. 1803 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1807) ; pres.
by George III. 27th Nov. 1807; re-ord.
here 9th June 1808; died 3rd Feb. 1814.
He was an accomplished scholar and
eloquent writer. He marr. Anne Allan,
who died 9th Aug. 1858, and had issue —
James Brodie, licentiate of the Church of
Scotland and of the Free Church, an
indefatigable antiquary and historical in-
vestigator, who assisted in the publication
of the latter portion of Origines Parochiales
Scotice, born 1810, died 17th March 1864.
Publications — Two Single Sermons (London,
1805-6); Sermons, 2 vols. (London, 1807-12).
— [Wilson's Dissenting Churches, ii.]
JAMES SMITH, licen. by Presb. of
lgl4 Dundee 6th Oct. 1802 ; pres. by
Colonel Hugh Grant of Moy in
July, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1814 ; died 26th
May 1820.
MABK AITKEN, born Crailing, Eox-
1821 burgb.shire> 1787, son of Bobert A.,
and uncle of William Hay Mac-
dowall A., Canon of Norwich ; educated
at Jedburgh Grammar School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chirn-
side 28th Dec. 1813 ; sometime a teacher
in Sunderland; ord. to Kobinson's Lane
VOL. VI.
Presbyterian Chapel, Sunderland, 12th
Sept. 1816 ; pres. by George IV. 23rd April,
and adm. 30th Aug. 1821. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church,
Dyke, 1843-69; died at Brighton, 20th
June 1869. He marr. 8th April 1817,
Eliza (died 17th Nov. 1850), daugh. of
Gilbert Bannerman, Banff, and had issue —
Bobert, born 6th March 1818, died at sea,
20th Jan. 1841; Mary Ann, born 20th
Oct. 1819 (marr. 1835, Peter M'Laren, min.
of the Free Church, Lossiemouth, after-
wards at Brighton, and later theological
tutor in Presbyterian College, Adelaide,
South Australia). Publication — The Special
Duties of the Office- Bearers and Members
of the Free Church in her Present Emer-
gency, a lecture (Elgin, 1844). — \Presby-
terianism in Sunderland, 4.]
JOHN MACEWEN, born Comrie, 25th
1843 ^ec" 180° » educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 30th Sept. 1830; app. schoolmaster of
Auchterderran 21st April 1831 ; res. on being
app. to Milton of Balgonie Chapel 1st Nov.
1838; ord. 31st Jan. 1839; dem. 3rd Aug.
1843; pres. by James Murray Grant of Moy,
and adm. here 23rd Nov. 1843; died 13th
June 1886. He marr. 23rd Oct. 1844, Mary
(died 26th Oct. 1911), daugh. of Captain
Macintosh of 71st Begiment, Bosebank,
Fife, and had issue — Donald, surgeon-major,
born 26th Aug. 1845, died 9th Nov. 1886 ;
Andrew, born 1847; Bobert Haldane, indigo-
planter, India, born 1848, died 1893 ; Marjory
Janet, born 1848 (marr. John Grant Smith,
Hong-Kong); John, min. of this parish;
Mary, born 17th May 1853 (marr. George
Alexander Bissett, min. of Houndwood);
Harry, electrical engineer, Glasgow, born
31st Aug. 1864.
JOHN MACEWEN, born 6th May 1851,
.-J., son of preceding ; educated at Dyke
School and Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (1870) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
in 1874 ; assistant at Dunkeld and Dum-
fries ; ord. (assistant and successor) 10th
Aug. 1876, died 5th May 1918. He marr.
14th Feb. 1888, Julia, only child of John
Mickle of Stoneshiel, Berwickshire, and had
2 D
418
DYKE, MOY, AND CULBIN— MOY— EDINKILLIE [peesb. of
issue— Alison, born 3rd Dec. 1888; John
Mickle, tea-planter, Ceylon, born 6th June
1890; Margaret Sheila,born 21stMarchl892;
Donald Keith, born 1st Dec. 1893 ; Robert
Alastair, born 22nd June 1895 ; Hugh Henry
Lyall, born 16th March 1897 ; Mary Elspet
Helen, born 24th May 1900 (marr. 27th July
1920, Robert Maitland Cochran).
THOMAS ALEXANDER WARNOCK,
born Augher, Co. Tyrone, 7th May
1876, son of Rev. Robert W., M.A.,
and Elizabeth Hardy ; educated at Queen's
College and Royal University, B.A. (1898),
and Assembly's College, Belfast ; licen. by
Presb. of Clogher Dec. 1902 ; adm. from Irish
Presbyterian Church as licentiate by General
Assembly 21st May 1903 ; assistant at West
Coates and St George's, Edinburgh; ord.
(assistant and successor) 14th May 1914.
Marr. 30th Dec. 1914, Emily Mary, daugh.
of John Honeyford, Strabane, Co. Tyrone,
and has issue — Doreen Graine, born 29th
Jan. 1916 ; Grizel, born 20th Aug. 1917.
MOY.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, parson of
.__, Moy before the Reformation, had
been adm. as exhorter before 1564.
On 30th June 1564, " forasmeikle as it was
complainit be the Commissioner of Moray
upon William Sutherland, parson and
exhorter at the kirk of Moy, that he had
not only disobeyit his charge commanding
him to marie the woman with quhom he
befor had committit fornicatioun, but also
had in despyte the said Commissioner,
ryveing his letters of charge thereto, and
had not obeyit his summonds chargeing
him to compeir to this General Assemblie ;
in consideratioun of this despytef ull ryveing
of the Commissioner's letters and also not
compeiring to this Assemblie, the Kirk
depryves him fra all ecclesiastical functioun
and also ordaines the censure of the Kirk
to proceed aganes him for his contempt."
He kept possession of the Manse of Moy
in Elgin, and was there in 1572 with his
" lemman, Isabell Crystesoun," and also
in 1588. He had a daugh. Marion. —
[Records of Elgin, i. 134, ii. 10.]
GEORGE SIMSON, reader from 1567
1567 to 1591.
ANDREW SIMSON, MA. ; held Moy
„ in conjunction with Forres from 1574
to 1584.
THOMAS ANNAND, pres. by James
1584 VL 15tt May 1584' but did n0t hold
the charge for more than a year
[afterwards min. of Keith].
JOHN PATERSON, called vicar of
Moy in 1586. He was probably
the reader at Forres in 1567. — [3fS.
receipt of that date.]
EDINKILLIE.
[Edinkillie was of old a vicarage. In
this parish there were chapels at Tullidivie
and Logie Tythenach. There is now a
mission chapel at Darnaway.]
ANDREW BROWN, M.A.; min. in
1567, removed to Altyre in 1573,
1567
but held Edinkillie also till 1576.
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, vicar in
1574 1574.— [Records of Elgin, i., 145.]
THOMAS DUFF, reader at Edinkillie
in 1586 ; still mentioned at 11th
1586
Jan. 1596.
JOHN STRATON, M.A. ; held Edin-
killie in conjunction with Forres
1599
from 1599 to 1607.
1637
ROBERT DUNBAR, M.A. (King's
1614 ColleSe> 161°); min- of Edinkillie
and Ardclach in 1614 ; died in 1636,
aged about 46. He marr. Jean Duff, who
survived him, and had issue — Robert.
DAVID DUNBAR, M.A.; pres. to
Edinkillie and Ardclach ; ord. (at
Elgin) 8th June 1637; trans, to
Nairn after 3rd April 1638. [In 1638
Ardclach was disjoined from Edinkillie.]
JOHN DUNBAR, M.A. (King's College,
1638 Aberdeeri> 1631) > ord- in 1638 > died
in spring of 1646, aged about 35.
He marr. and had issue — Alexander,
probably min. of Auldearn.
FORRES]
EDINKILLIE
419
PATKICK GLASS, M.A. (King's College,
,_.„ Aberdeen, 1634) ; received help from
Presb. of Elgin, 2nd Feb. 1643, as
being " a distressed minister who, by God's
providence, hardly escaped with his life
out of Ireland"; adm. before 2nd Oct.
1649; died 18th March 1666, aged about
52. He marr. Margaret (or Marie) Dunbar
(who survived him, and marr. (2) 1668,
James Tarres, bailie of Elgin), and had
issue — Eobert of BeachiHS, Edinkillie.
JOHN CUMMING, M.A. ; pres. by
le„_ Colin Falconar, min. of Forres,
before 30th Oct. 1667 ; passed trials
before the Presb. and was recommended
to the bishop for ordination 18th Dec.
thati year ; ord. (at Elgin) 2nd, and adm.
before 22nd Jan. 1668 ; trans, to Auldearn
14th Feb. 1672.
DAVID CUMMING, born about 1649,
1&J2 fourth son of John Cumming of
Kelugas, and brother of preceding ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 1667);
became schoolmaster of Turriff; pres. by
Colin Falconar, min. of Forres, before 6th
March, passed trials before the Presb. and
was recommended to the bishop for ordina-
tion 4th. ord. (at Elgin) 25th, and adm.
28th April 1672. Being recommended by
the Committee for the North, he was
received into communion 24th July 1694 ;
was app. to visit the Highland parishes
4th Feb. 1699, and died in summer of
that year. He marr. before 16th Jan.
1674, Elspet, youngest daugh. of Peter
Meldrum of Laithers. She survived him,
was served one of the heirs of her uncle,
John Hay of Logie, and had issue — James
of Presley ; Peter, surgeon in Inverness ;
John, min. of Humbie ; Alexander of
Slug ; Grizel (marr. James Stevenson,
min. of Eothiemay) ; Anne (marr. James
Bannerman, min. of Forglen). — [Douglas's
Baronage, 338 ; Moray Tests. ; Acts of Ass.,
1699 ; Inq. Ret. Aberdeen, 420; Gen., 5685.]
ALEXANDER SHAW, bapt. 25th July
1702 1670' on^y son °^ Andrew S.,
merchant, Inverness, and Janet
Paterson ; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews (M.A., 24th July 1696) and Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 20th
Aug. 1700; ord. 6th' .May 1702; died 24th
June 1753. He marr. 2nd July 1702, Grizel
(died 29th Dec. 1769), daugh. of Andrew
Munro, sheriff-clerk of Moray, and had issue
■ — Andrew, min. of St Madoes ; John, min.
of Middle Parish, Greenock ; David, min.
of Coylton ; Elizabeth ; Margaret ; Grizel.
— [Moray Tests. ; Scot. Notes and Queries,
3rd ser., ii., 163.]
ALEXANDER COULL, licen. by Presb.
„ . of Dingwall 28th March 1749, was
Royal Bounty missionary at Edin-
killie Feb. 1752, pres. by James, Earl of
Moray, Nov. 1753, and ord. 13th March
1754; died 10th July 1790. He marr.
7th Jan. 1755, Elizabeth (died at Elgin,
28th June 1806), daugh. of James Ogilvie
in Toux, and had issue — James of Ashgrove,
M.D., Elgin, died 29th May 1831.
JOHN MACDONNELL, pres. by
„ Francis, Earl of Moray in Jan., and
adm. 10th March 1791 ; trans, to
Forres 28th June 1792.
1793
DAVID MILN, born 11th Nov. 1744,
son of William M., min. of Kil-
drummy ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1765) ; licen. by
Presb. of Alford 3rd May 1769; ord. to
Dallas 7th July 1778; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, 6th Dec. 1792 ; trans, and
adm. 27th June 1793 ; died 3rd Jan. 1807.
He marr. 7th Jan. 1786, Janet (died at
Elgin, 21st Dec. 1847), daugh. of Alexander
Murray, min. of Duffus, and had issue —
Jane (marr. George Innes, min. of Cullen ;
Elizabeth; Helen. Publication— Account
of the Parish of Dallas (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv.).
THOMAS MACFARLANE, born 10th
lg07 Nov. 1773, son of Thomas M., min.
of Lhanbryd; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1788) ; licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 9th Feb. 1796; ord. 3rd
April 1798, "with a view of going to a
distant part of the country"; adm. to
Bressay 5th Sept. 1799 ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, in June, trans, and adm.
1st Oct. 1807; died 7th Aug. 1827. He
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EDINKILLIE— FORRES
[PRESB. OF
gained the Blackwell Prize Essay at Mari-
schal College 10th Nov. 1818. He marr.
22nd June 1808, Helen (died s.p. 7th April
1810, aged 34), daugh. of Eobert Paterson,
min. of Spynie. — [Lit. and Stat. Mag., iii. ;
Young's Parish of Spynie, 355.]
PETER FERRIES, born Dumfriesshire,
1828 1795j Pres- to Avoch 25th June 1816
but not settled; pres. by the commis-
sioners of Francis, Earl of Moray, in Feb.,
and ord. 1st May 1828; died 30th April 1865.
He marr. 19th Aug. 1825, Mary Ann Grace
(died at Forres, 22nd Sept. 1867), daugh. of
James Smith, min. of Avoch, and had issue —
Jemima, born 18th May 1826, died 14th Oct.
1838; Mary Anne Dobie, born 23rd June
1827 ; Margaret Ainslie Stewart, born 17th
Dec. 1828 ; James Smith, born 4th July,
died 18th Nov. 1830 ; Alexandrina, born
14th Nov. 1831 ; Lilias Chisholm Mackenzie,
born 14th Sept. 1833, died 24th Nov. 1848 ;
Isabella Jane, born 26th April 1835 ; John,
min. of this parish ; James, captain on
Australian steamer, born 17th Oct. 1839.
Publication — Account of the Parish {Neiv
Stat. Ace, siii.).
JOHN FERRIES, born 23rd Oct. 1836,
son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; B.A. (1855); licen. by
Presb. of Forres 6th July 1859 ; assistant
at Kingarth, Bute ; pres. by John, Earl of
Moray, and ord. 24th Aug. 1865 ; dem. 2nd
June 1881; became min. of the Presby-
terian congregation at Brandon, Manitoba,
Canada ; died at Presbyterian parsonage,
Midland, Michigan, U.S.A., 13th June 1903.
He marr. 24th July 1866, Anna, daugh.
of Walter Broadfoot, Kingarth, and had
issue — Mary Anne Jemima, born 22nd
April 1867 (marr. James S. B. Munro,
Liverpool), died 26th June 1917 ; Walter
Broadfoot, born 23rd May 1868; John,
born 15th June 1869 ; Jessie Dickie, born
7th Dec. 1871 ; James Arthur Fleming,
born 20th Sept. 1875.
GEORGE CHRISTIE WATT, born
1881 Aberdeen, 5th Dec. 1841, son of
George W., shipmaster, Aberdeen ;
educated at King's College and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (King's College 1860),
B.D. (1867); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
10th May 1864 ; assistant at Northmavine
and Huntly; ord. to Scots Church, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, 5th March 1868 ; trans,
to Burghead 29th Dec. 1878 ; elected 29th
Aug., trans, and adm. 20th Oct. 1881 ; died
23rd Jan. 1909. He marr. 5th Oct. 1868,
Mary Ann Barclay (died 16th July 1916),
daugh. of Alexander Webster, Aberdeen,
and had issue — George Christie, born 7th
Aug. 1869 ; Mary Ann Barbara, born 22nd
July 1871 ; Alexander William, min. of
Clatt, born 24th June 1873. Publication—
Sermons on the Epistle to the Colossians
(Forres, 1910).
JOHN MORRISON, born Glasgow,
28th June 1869, son of John M.,
builder, and Isabella Fletcher; edu-
cated at Bellahouston Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1891), B.D. (1894);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd May 1894;
assistant at Irvine and North Parish,
Stirling ; ord. to Bressay 20th Sept. 1901 ;
elected 18th May, trans, and adm. 16th
July 1909. Marr. (1) 30th Oct. 1901, Annie
Frances (died at Bressay, 25th June 1906),
daugh. of Charles Murchland, Irvine, and
Frances Green, and has issue — John Rae,
student, born 10th Oct. 1902; Charles
Murchland, student, born 12th June 1906 :
(2) 27th Sept. 1911, Gertrude, daugh. of
David Johnstone, min. of Quarff, and has
issue — Elizabeth, born 9th Sept. 1913;
Isobel, born 23rd Feb. 1916.
FORRES.
[The church of Forres was dedicated to
St Laurence. The Archdeacon of Elgin
was of old Prebendary of Forres. Within
the bounds was a chapel of St Leonard,
and another called the chapel of Logie.
Fairs of St Laurence and St Malrubh were
held annually at Forres.]
DAVID RAY, min. in 1563; appeared
before the General Assembly 30th
Dec. same year, and "was admonished
to observe a decent order and form in
teaching with such gravity as become
FOREES]
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421
preachers of God's word, and to follow the
text without invectives otherwise than the
text should require rebuke of sin." — [Calder-
wood's Hist., ii., 247.]
JOHN PATEESON, reader in 157V,
1567 probably vicar of Moy in 1586.
ANDBEW SIMSON, M.A.; min. in
1567 1567; died before 26th Aug. 1585.
He also held Altyre in 1567, and
Dyke and Moy from 1574 till his death. —
[Calderwood's Hist., iii., 331.]
JOHN FOEKESTEE, schoolmaster of
15_5 Elgin, 1576-82, afterwards school-
master of Forres ; min. in 1585 ;
still mentioned in 1597. — [Calderwood's
Hist., iii., 334.]
1599
JOHN STEATON, M.A. ; min. of
Eafford in 1598, when he " sub-
scribed a testimonial " on 15th Feb. ;
trans, and adm. in 1599 ; also held Edin-
killie and Ardclach from 1598 to 1607. In
April 1611 he was " cited before the Bishop
of St Andrews and some of His Majesty's
Council to answer for ane exercise wherein
he taught against the state of bishops, the
Bishop of Moray being one of his auditors.
But Mr John would not acknowledge the
bishop to be his judge, yet to let all men
understand that he was not ashamed of
his doctrine, he set down his exercise in
writ. His text fell by course to be in the
beginning of the fourth chapter of the
First Epistle to Timothy. For this he was
warded in the Castle of Inverness," where
he fell into " a madness and phrensy," and
died 20th March 1613. — [Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 96, 160; Scot's Apol. Narrat.]
1613
PATEICK TULLOCH, born about
1584, son of Eobert T. of Tannachie ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (29th July 1600); became min. at
Cobham in Surrey ; pres. i to the arch-
deaconry of Moray by James VI. 1st,
and adm. before 26th July 1613 ; died
before 14th July 1646. On 18th Feb. 1623
complaint was made to the Privy Council
by T. and Eobert Tulloch, son of Alexander
of Tannachie, that Sir Thomas Urquhart,
sheriff of Cromarty, and others, including
Alexander Urquhart, natural son, of Burds-
yards, lately entered the kirk of Forres,
attacked Eobert Tulloch in his seat, and
also attacked the minister of Forres when
he came from the pulpit, "cuttit his gowne
and uther abuilzements with swords and
daigers and so shamefullie misused him
and birst and bruist his haill body and
bowalls within him, that he vomeitt and
spatt bluid at his mouth the space of
aucht or ten days thairefter and has
never been able to go to the pulpett
sensyne." The sheriff of Cromarty and
Alexander Urquhart were found guilty of
attack on Eobert Tulloch, and the sheriff
was ordered to pay the expenses of the
witnesses ; the others were assoilzied. He
marr. (1) and had issue — Mary (marr. cont.
2nd Oct. 1630, Thomas Urquhart, burgess
of Forres) ; Ursula (marr. William Wright,
Ford of Manechie, Forres) : (2) Barbara
Anderson, and had issue — Margaret (marr.
John Dunbar, Provost of Forres) ; Christian
(marr. Patrick Grant in Achnachanviche) ;
Magdalene (marr. William Fullarton, min. of
Eafford); Agnes (marr. Thomas Nicholson,
merchant burgess, Forres); Catherine (marr.
James Dunbar of Westgrange). — [Forres
Burgh-Court Book, 18th April 1662 ; Peter-
kin's Records; Shaw's Moray, iii., 413;
G. R. Sas., xxxiv., 296 ; Reg. of Deeds,
cccclii., 19.]
v JOSEPH BEODIE of Mayne, Elgin
[which he purchased in 1648], born
about 1600, fourth son of David B.
of Brodie; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1620); inst. and adm.
to Keith 23rd June 1631 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Moray, before 15th July, trans,
and adm. Dec. 1646 ; was a member of
Commissions of Assembly, 1647, 1648 ;
app. in 1649 one of the Visitors of King's
College, and in 1654 app. by the Privy
Council of England a commissioner for
authorising admissions to the ministry
in the North. He died 27th Oct. 1656.
He marr. Nicola (died Oct. 1665), daugh.
of John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray, and
had issue — Alexander of Mayne, died 1695.
— [Brodie's Diary.]
422
FORRES
[PRESB. OF
COLIN FALCONAR, MA.; trans,
from Essil ; elected (after unsuccess-
ful calls to John Annand, min. of
Inverness, and William Falconar, min. of
Dyke), 21st Dec. 1657 ; adm. 24th March
1658; app. Bishop of Argyll in 1679
(q.v.).
WILLIAM LAW of Newton, born
1680 ^out 1655, second son of Thomas
L., min. of Elgin ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (1671) ; became
chaplain to Alexander, Earl of Moray ;
passed trials before the Presb. and was
recommended for licence, 1st Aug. 1677 ;
pres. by Lord Moray before 23rd June,
and after secondary trials, was ord. by
Bishop Falconar 16th Sept. 1680 ; deprived
by the Privy Council, 10th Oct. 1689, for
not reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for King William and
Queen Mary. He retired to Newton in
Boharm, to which he succeeded on the
death of his brother Thomas, 16th May
1692, and was drowned in crossing the
Spey 8th June 1697. He marr. 17th July
1683, Isobel Leslie, Mortlach, and had
issue — Thomas, died 1703 ; Margaret (marr.
Alexander Anderson) ; Jean (marr. James
Chalmers, factor to the Duke of Gordon,
and was mother of Alexander Chalmers,
min. of Cairney) ; Isobel (marr. Robert
Stewart of Towiemore). — [Peterkin's Con-
stitution, 86.]
THOMAS THOMSON of Cocklaw,
,_„„ M.A. ; trans, from Carstairs, and
adm. in 1693; trans, to Turriff before
6th May 1697.
[DAVID PITCAIRN, M.A.; min. of
1699 Creich (Fife) ; was called and trans,
by Commission of the General
Assembly in 1699 ; app. by the General
Assembly 12th Feb. 1700, to be adm., but
disobeyed the appointment and was sus-
pended from the ministry by the General
Assembly. He was reponed by the
General Assembly of 1701, and became
min. of Dysart].— [A cts of Ass., 1700, 1701,
1705.].
CHARLES PRIMROSE, M.A.; trans.
.„ _ from Bellie, and called 26th May
1707 ; adm. (after reference to the
Synod) 6th Jan. 1708; trans, to Elgin 7th
May 1717.
JOHN SQUYRE, born about 1685 ; edu-
1718 cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(12th May 1703) ; tutor to the sons
of Brodie of Brodie, 1711-12, and went with
them to the College of Aberdeen Nov.
1711 ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1st
April 1713, and ord. by that Presb. as
missionary to South Carolina, 8th July
same year ; pres. by Charles, Earl of
Moray, before 13th May, and adm. 17th
June 1718 ; died 27th Jan. 1758. He marr.
28th May 1719, Catherine, daugh. of David
Ranny, bailie of Portsburgh, and had
issue — Jean (marr. July 1740, Captain
Andrew Bruce of Grangehill). [Their son
was John of Falkland, professor of Logic,
Univ. of Edinburgh, one of His Majesty's
Printers for Scotland, and historiographer
to H.E.I.C.]. A number of interesting
manuscripts (22 vols.) belonging to S. are
deposited in the Church of Scotland
Library. They include : a volume of Notes
of Lectures by Professor James Wodrow,
father of the historian ; a series of sermons
on Colossians i. ; lists of books taken by
him to South Carolina ; lectures on Logic,
Metaphysics, Pneumatics, Ethics, Physics,
by William Scot, Univ. of Edinburgh ;
compend. of the Tractat of Methodus Homi-
letica ; and 20 vols, of sermons preached
in America and Scotland. None of these
manuscripts throws any light on S.'s birth-
place or parentage. — [Reg. of Deeds, Dal.,
clxxxv., 17th April 1759.]
iENEAS SHAW, born 1710, third son
17s of John S. of Craigfield (of the
family of Shaw of Tordarroch in
Strathnairn), and Marjory, daugh. of John
Macintosh, first of Dalmagavie) ; became
schoolmaster of Cawdor in 1728 ; licen.
by Presb. of Auchterarder 30th Dec. 1730;
ord. to Comrie 29th Dec. 1731 ; trans, to
Petty 8th June 1742; pres. by James,
Earl of Moray, in Aug., trans, and adm.
14th Dec. 1758; died 5th July 1773. He
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marr. 8th Nov. 1742, Margaret Rochead or
Roughead, who died 24th Dec. 1808, and
had issue— Agnes, born 10th Sept. 1743,
died 5th Oct. 1746 ; Marjory, born 2nd Feb.
1745, died 14th March 1746; Mary, bom
1st April 1746; John, born 26th Feb. 1748,
died 29th Oct. 1748; Bethia, born 25th
Aug. 1749; .Eneas, died 1st Sept. 1757;
Jean, born 14th Aug. 1757.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER WATT, born 25th Jan.
1728, son of William W., min. of
Inverurie ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 29th Nov. 1749; ord. to Alves
13th March 1753; pres. by Francis, Earl
of Moray, 30th Nov. 1773; trans, and
adm. 23rd June 1774; died 14th May
1791. He left his books to the Presb. of
Forres to form the nucleus of a library.
He left £30 to the Kirk-Session of Alves
for the poor, and £300 of "monies due
to him " to the Kirk-Session of Forres for
the poor with a provision that " the Kirk-
Session take care of my tomb and keep
it in repair." He marr. 16th Jan. 1755,
Mary (died s.p. 8th April 1777), second
daugh. of Sir James Innes of Orton, Bart.
[Douglas's Baronage, 79.]
JOHN MACDONNELL, born 1756,
_ son of David M. in Glenmoriston ;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; ord. missionary at Fort
Augustus 2nd June 1785 ; adm. to Edin-
killie 10th March 1791 ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, before 11th Nov. 1791 ;
trans, and adm. 28th June 1792 ; died
16th April 1824. He marr. 28th March
1801, Fenella (died 15th Feb. 1823), daugh.
of Lewis Gordon, min. of Drainie, and
had issue — Eliza (marr. Captain Falconer,
Bombay Army) ; Louisa ; Robina (marr.
Lieut. Douglas, R.N.). Publication —
Accounts of Edinkillie and Forres
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, viii., xvii.). —
[Tombst.; Moi-ay Tests.]
WILLIAM HOYES, born 1796, third
son of John H., min. of Kinloss ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
schoolmaster of Cullen, 1818-24; licen.
by Presb. of Fordyce 5th April 1820;
1824
pres. by Francis, Earl of Moray, in June,
and ord. 23rd Sept. 1824; died 20th Jan.
1827, " a popular and much loved minister."
— [Tombst.]
DUNCAN GRANT, born Inverness-
182„ shire, 1790, son of Duncan G.,
farmer and miller, and Elizabeth
M'Bean, and nephew of William M'Bean,
min. of Alves in 1792 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (25th March
1808) ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry 5th
July 1813; ord. to Gaelic Chapel, Aber-
deen, 12th April 1814 ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, in June, trans, and adm.
27th Sept. 1827. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Forres,
1843-66; died 17th March 1866. At the
height of his power he was a singularly
devoted and active minister. His popularity
as a preacher attracted great congregations
wherever he went. On one occasion, a
stormy winter day, when driving to
Burghead, he expected to be able to
redeliver his Alves morning sermon. On
the way he came up with an elder from
Duffus, but a frequent hearer in Alves.
Somewhat irritated, G. said : " John, I
should have thought one sermon would
serve you on a cold day like this." " 'Deed,
sir, I need as good a diet of meat on a
cold day as on a warm one." The elder
was taken up into the gig, and the minister
relapsed into silence, considering another
discourse for his friend's behoof. Publica-
tions — The Case of the Afflicted, a
sermon (Aberdeen, 1816); The Duty of
Loving and Seeking Christ, a sermon
(Aberdeen, 1818) ; Addresses for Sabbath
Schools (Aberdeen, various years) ; Modern
Voluntary Churches incapable of Defence
(Elgin, 1833). He wrote many New Year's
Hymns for Sabbath Schools.— [Biographical
sketch in Our Church Fathers, 73-81
(Elgin, 1899) ; Brown's Memoir of John
Duncan, 94 ; Free Church Monthly Record,
May, 1866.]
ROBERT MACPHERSON, M.A. ; pres.
by Francis, Earl of Moray, and
adm. 6th Sept. 1843; D.D. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1st July 1852); res.
27th Oct. 1852, on being app. to Professor-
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[PRESB. OF
ship of Divinity in King's College, Aber-
deen, to which he was adm. 25th June
1852 (q.v.).
JAMES KEITH, born Keith, 23rd Dec.
18SS 1825, son of John K., grocer, and
Barbara Johnston ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1845);
schoolmaster of Knockando, 1846-51 ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberlour 23rd June 1849;
ord. missionary at Grantown 8th June
1852 ; pres. by Francis, Earl of Moray,
and adm. 6th Jan. 1853 ; LL.D. (Aberdeen
1883); died 11th Aug. 1905. He marr.
5th Dec. 1872, Mary (died s.p. 21st July
1898), daugh. of Alexander Mackenzie,
Inland Eevenue Officer, and Helen Ray.
1899
ALEXANDER COCKBURN
BUCHANAN, born County Down,
Ireland, 18th Jan. 1875, son of the Rev.
A. C. B. and Catherine Barbour ; educated
at Royal Univ. of Ireland; B.A. (1895),
and Univ. of Edinburgh, B.D. (1898) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 11th May 1898;
assistant at Dalziel 1898-9 ; elected 30th
April, and ord. (assistant and successor)
8th June 1899; dem. 16th May 1912.
Joined the Scottish Episcopal Church,
curate of St James', Edinburgh, 1912, and
became rector of St Mark's, Portobello,
1913. Marr. 23rd Aug. 1899, Maude, daugh.
of J. Bristow Young, Dublin, and has issue
— Phyllis Maude, born 8th July 1900,
died 15th Oct. 1908 ; Laurence Alexander
Cockburn, born 23rd June 1903 ; Winifred
Ivis Mary Elizabeth, born 14th Sept. 1910.
Publications — Advent to All Saints (Forres,
1900) ; Meditations on S. John (London,
1925) ; Meditations on S. Matthew (London,
1925) ; Diary of Holy Week (Forres, 1910) ;
Easter to Pentecost (London, 1925) ; Advent
Meditations (London, 1925).
GORDON BEATTIE WATT, bom
lgl_ Fetteresso, 25th Sept. 1865, son of
John W., min. of that parish, and
brother of Thomas D. W., min. of Glen-
gairn ; educated at Univs. of Aberdeen
M.A. (1888) and Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Fordoun ; assistant at St Paul's,
Leith ; ord. to High Kirk, Kilmarnock,
20th Feb. 1896; trans, to St Paul's,
Glasgow, 6th June 1907 ; trans, and adm.
18th Oct. 1912; dem. 30th Sept. 1920;
engaged in private evangelistic work at
home and abroad. Marr. 15th July 1902,
Agnes Milne, daugh. of David Dobie, wool-
len manufacture, Selkirk, and has issue —
Agnes Aileen Gordon, born 28th April 1905.
Publication — Life and Liberty (Edinburgh,
1902.)
WILLIAM PHILIP WISHART, born
1918 Cairntradlyn, Kinellar, 2nd Aug.
1888, son of William W., M.A.,
farmer, and Jane Davidson Philip ; edu-
cated at Kininmonth School, Peterhead
Academy, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1909), B.D. (1917), [Brown Scholar-
ship] ; assistant English master, Montrose
Academy, 1909 - 11, and in Peterhead
Academy, 1911-14; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen in 1917; assistant at St George's-
in-the-West, Aberdeen, 1915-17, and West
Church of St Nicholas in 1918; ord. to
East Parish, Peterhead, 8th Aug. 1918;
trans, and adm. 4th March 1921. Marr.
17th Oct. 1922, Margaret Hay, elder daugh.
of James Thomson, M.A., George Watson's
College, and Isabella Lobban.
KINLOSS.
[The parish of Kinloss was disjoined
from Alves, Rafford, and Forres on 6th
May 1657. Fairs were held at Kinloss
on Candlemas and Lady Day in Harvest.
St Mary's Cistercian Abbey of Kinloss,
now in this parish, was founded by
David I. in 1156. In the Abbey Church
there were chapels of the Holy Rood,
St Mary, St Anne, St John the Evangelist,
St Peter, St Andrew, St Magdalene, St
Jerome, St Laurence, St Bernard, and St
Thomas the Martyr.]
JAMES URQUHART, called by a
165g majority 21st Oct. 1657, and
unanimously in March 1659 ; ord.
19th Aug. that year ; dep. 19th May
1663, because he would not " own nor
submit to the present established govern-
ment in this Church and Kingdom." He
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retired to Penick, Auldearn. In 1677 he
was summoned by the Earl of Moray for
keeping conventicles, but did not compear.
Resolving to leave the country and go to
Ireland, he went as far as Ayr, but returned
in the end of the year. In Jan. 1685 he
was sentenced (with three other mins.)
by the Commission of the Privy Council
for the district of Moray, met at Elgin,
to be banished for keeping conventicles
and refusing to keep the kirk, and was
afterwards confined in Blackness Castle
for a time. He was restored to his
ministry here 25th April 1690.
1665
ALEXANDER DUNBAR, born 1630,
son of John Dunbar, M.A., Provost
of Forres; MA. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1653); schoolmaster of Forres,
1659-64; licen. by Presb. of Forres 1st
July 1663 ; pres. by Alexander, Earl of
Moray, before 2nd Aug., passed trials
before the Presb., recommended to the
bishop for ordination 27th Sept., and adm.
19th Oct. 1665; died 14th March 1669 —
[Shaw's Hist., iii., 409.]
1670
GEORGE INNES, educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1657) ; adm.
to Premnay about 1668 ; trans, and
adm. 16th June 1670; deprived by Act
of Parliament restoring the Presbyterian
mins. 25th April 1690. He retired to Tilly-
glens in Edinkillie. He marr. Grissel
Dunbar, and had issue — George; Alex-
ander, alive at 31st May 1755, when he
was cautioner for the executor of James
Watson, junior, merchant, Stirling.
JAMES URQUHART, above men-
tioned ; restored by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690 ; trans, to Urquhart
(Elgin) in 1695.
1690
1699
JAMES GORDON, born about 1671,
son of Thomas G. of Cloves, brother
to the laird of Lesmoir ; M.A.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1691); ord.
19th Sept. 1699; died 10th Dec. 1750.
He marr. Lilias Dunbar, and had issue —
James, merchant, Forres ; Thomas, min. of
Auldearn.
1752
JAMES MUNRO, pres. by James, Earl
of Moray, before 4th June 1751 ;
ord. (after appeal to Synod and
General Assembly) 14th May 1752 ; trans.
to Alves 10th Aug. 1775.
[JAMES HAY, min. of Dallas, was pres.
,,—_ by Ann Brodie of Lethen Jan. 1776,
and after right of presentation had
been decided Oct. 1777, and Presb. had sus-
tained the same 14th Oct. H. died 20th
Oct. 1777.]
JAMES GILLAN, pres. by Ann Brodie
of Lethen 25th Oct. 1777 ; ord. 17th
March 1778 ; trans, to Speymouth
11th Oct. 1785.
1778
JOHN HO YES, born 1744, son of John
17 „ H., farmer, Knockomie, and Beatrice
Watson; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; schoolmaster at Alves
licen. by Presb. of Elgin 3rd Dec. 1771
ord. (assistant) at Alves 25th March 1777
trans, to Dalgety 16th July 1778; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Moray, 1st April, trans,
and adm. 27th July 1786 ; died 23rd Jan.
1818. He marr. 6th July 1781, Janet (died
10th April 1831), daugh. of James Reid,
min. of Beath, and had issue — Bessie, born
1st May 1782, died 1st Feb. 1783 ; Agnes,
born 28th Oct. 1783 (marr. Paton) ;
Janet, born 24th May 1785 ; Beatrice ;
John, merchant, West Indies ; James,
H.E.I.C.S., drowned at sea, 1806; Alex-
ander, merchant, Jamaica ; William, min.
of Forres ; Robina (marr. Thomas Gillan,
farmer, Castle-Stewart, Inverness) ; Chris-
tina (marr. John Finlayson, min. of Gaelic
Chapel, Cromarty), died 21st Sept. 1834;
and others. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.).—[Tombst. ;
Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries, L,
160.]
1818
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Farr,
16th May 1787, elder son of John
R., min. of Kingussie ; educated at
Univs. of Glasgow (M.A. 1806) and Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th
July 1810 ; ord. to Fort- William 1st April
1813; trans, to Laggan 3rd Sept. 1816;
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KINLOSS
[PKESB. OF
pres. by Mrs Sophia Dunbar Brodie of
Lethen and her husband, trans, and adm.
10th Sept. 181S. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Free Church, Findhorn,
1843-60; died 13th Nov. 1860. He marr.
7th Aug. 1817, his cousin Margaret (died
16th Aug. 1862), daugh. of James Eobertson,
W.S., Edinburgh, and had issue — May,
born 2nd Feb. 1819, died 16th Sept, 1889 ;
Christina Mackay, bom 2nd Oct. 1820,
died 15th Oct. 1906; Jemima, born 15th
Feb. 1822, died 20th March 1830; Lewis
Dunbar Brodie, born 16th Nov. 1823, died
in Ceylon 14th Jan. 1848 ; John James,
born 15th March 1825, died 23rd Aug.
1825 ; Johanna, born 27th June 1826, died
30th Sept. 1901 (marr. 1873 John Murray,
M.D., Forres); Patrick William, M.A., min.
of the Free Church, Portobello, born 18th
Feb. 1828, died 27th Dec. 1901 ; Sophia
Dunbar Brodie, born 28th Aug. 1829, died
24th May 1898 ; Margaret, died 2nd April
1853, aged 23. Publications — The Insepar-
able Union of the Three Offices of Christ,
and the Duty of the Church, in Reference
thereto, a lecture (Elgin, 1844) ; Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xiii.) ;
[Baird's Free Church Congregation of
Portobello, 244 ; Our Church Fathers,
Elgin, 1899.]
THOMAS STEPHEN, born Elgin, 1822,
son of Dr James S. of Bruceland ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1839); licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 21st June 1843 ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, and ord. 21st Dec. that
year ; died in Edinburgh, 9th Jan. 1878.
He marr. 12th Feb. 1857, Anne Mary (died
9th Feb. 1892), only daugh. of Alexander
Maciver, min. of Dornoch, and had issue —
James Alexander, in Australia, born 29th
Nov. 1857 ; Alexa Anna, born 8th April
1859, died in 1884; Louisa, born 23rd
Sept. 1860, died in 1888; Charles Camp-
bell, W.S., born 14th April 1862, died
29th Oct. 1897 ; Harriet Marion, born
29th Feb., and died 24th June 1864;
Norman Kenneth, master at Harrow,
born 24th June 1865 ; Harry Innes,
London, born 21st Sept. 1868; Alice Ann
Mary, born 26th April 1870; Constance
Maud Maria, born 7th June, and died
11th Sept, 1872; Sophia Frances, born
6th Dec. 1874.
WILLIAM HENRY EDIE, born St
1877 Andrews, 1831, son of James E.
and Christian Chalmers ; educated
at Madras College and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
4th Aug. 1852; ord. (by Presb. of Edin-
burgh) as consular chaplain at Paris, 9th
Dec. 1862 ; adm. (assistant and successor)
20th Sept. 1877 ; died at Bridge of Allan,
2Sth March 1903. He marr. in 1866,
Marion Dudgeon (died at Moretonhamp-
stead, 4th Nov. 1921, aged 75), daugh.
of William Ker, factor at Biel and
Dirleton, and had issue — Henry Scott
Ker, Indian Imperial Forestry Service,
born 1868.
GUT STEELE PEEBLES, M.A., B.D. ;
lgoa elected 10th Oct., and ord. (assistant
and successor), 7th Nov. 1900; trans.
to South Parish, Aberdeen, 23rd Oct.
1907.
JOHN MACECHERN, trans, from
Bower ; elected 2nd Jan., and adm.
12th Feb. 1908 ; trans, to Moy and
Dalarossie 25th March 1915.
1908
ROBERT LAIRD SNEDDON, M.A;
ord. 27th Aug. 1915 ; trans, to
Woodside, Aberdeen, 6th Nov.
1915
1924.
GEORGE ALEXANDER MAC-
192S REGGIE, born Aberdeen, 1st May
1888, son of George Lunan M. and
Isabella Gordon ; 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
St George:s-in-the-West, Aberdeen; ord.
missionary at Gujrat, India, 1st Oct.
1916 ; trans, to Poona 16th Feb. 1921 ;
adm. to this parish 12th March 1925.
Marr. 8th Aug. 1916, Emma Elizabeth,
daugh. of Andrew Valentine and Catherine
Brown.
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RAFFORD AND ALTYRE.
[These parishes were united by Act of
Parliament on 20th March 1661.
Rafford. — The sub-chantor of Elgin
Cathedral was prebendary of Eafford.
There was a chapel in the parish at
Ardclach. At St John's Mead stood a
small monastic foundation.
Altyre. — In the seventeenth century the
parish of Altyre was, for a time, united to
Dallas. On 19th Aug. 1659 it was severed
from Dallas, and, in 1661, it was joined to
Eafford. The old church still standing at
Altyre is a building about fifty feet long.]
ALEXANDER URQUHART, min. in
ls_w 1567 ; was allowed at Beltyn in
1568 twenty merks more " providing
he awayit upoun his office in tymes cuming
and use himself without sclander " ; trans,
to Olrig in 1572.
v ANDREW BROWN, M. A. ; held Rafford
„„„ in conjunction with Altyre from
1573 to 1576.
NICOL HOWIESON, held Rafford in
157e conjunction with Auldearn from
1576 to 1580.
ROBERT DUNBAR of Burgie, son of
Alexander D., dean of Moray, and
incumbent here before the Reforma-
tion ; adm. irregularly before Aug. 1590,
John Innes, min. of Urquhart, being
accused at the General Assembly on 5th
Aug. 1590, for admitting R. D. to the
ministry without the advice of the Presb.
of Forres, and answering " there was no
presbytrie thair the tyme of his tryll but
it was erectit before his admissione and
he did it be advyce of the Presbytrie of
Elgine, quherin he confest he did raschlie,"
the Assembly on 12th Aug. found the
admission null and rescinded it. D. was
afterwards regularly adm. ; still min.
in 1597. He marr. (1) Isobel Sharp, and
had issue — Margaret (marr. Patrick Dunbar
of Westerton, Pluscarden) ; Jean ; Isabella
(marr. George Leith of Overhall); Eliza-
beth : (2) Jean Campbell, and had issue —
Robert of Burgie. — [Booke of the Kirk ;
Shaw's Hist., iii., 410.]
1590
1598
JOHN STRATON, M.A.; subscribed
a testimonial as min. of Rafford 15th
Feb. 1598 ; trans, to Forres in 1599.
THOMAS FORBES, min. in 1601;
1601 still in the charge in 1616.
THOMAS DUNBAR, min. at 6th
1620 April 1620, when he is mentioned
in a process at the instance of the
burgesses of Forres.
JOHN HAY, M.A. ; adm. before 13th
1624 April I624; trans, to Fraserburgh
before 4th Oct. 1642.
WILLIAM FULLARTON, born about
1644 1610, son °f Henry F., min. of
'""'" Forfar; M.A. (St Andrews 1628);
pres. by Alexander, Lord Spynie, 22nd Feb.
1643; ord. 2nd April 1644. On 17th Dec.
1646 he was suspended for subscribing
the Bond to George, Marquess of Huntly,
but was released, and died Feb. 1668.
He marr. Magdalene, daugh. of Patrick
Tulloch, min. of Forres, and had issue —
James, min. of Dunnet ; Christian.
ALEXANDER FORDYCE, educated
1668 at king's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(30th April 1663); pres. by Alex-
ander Brodie of Lethen before 18th March,
passed trials before the Presb., and was
recommended to the bishop for ordination
17th June, ord. (at Elgin) 8th, and adm.
15th July 1668 ; died Sept. 1715, aged
about 73. He marr. July 1671, Anna (who
survived him), second daugh. of Andrew
Meldrum of Iden, bailie of Aberdeen, and
had issue — Thomas, writer, Edinburgh,
factor at Ayton, Berwickshire ; George, min.
of Corstorphine ; Sarah (marr. 19th Oct.
1708, Sir Francis Grant of Cullen); Barbara
(marr., cont. 6th April 1708, George Hay of
Thorniebank, Banffshire, son of John H.,
min. of Rathven), died 9th April 1768;
Christian (marr. John Stewart, min. of
Inveraven ; Anna. — [Case of Greenshields ;
G. R. Sas., 28th Aug. 1716 ; Aberdeen Inhib.,
28th Sept. 1675 ; Banff Sas., v. 430.]
JAMES WINCHESTER; pres.
1716 ky Brodie of Lethen Nov. 1715 ; ord.
19th April 1716 ; trans, to Auldearn
12th May 1726.
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[PRESB. OP
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, said to be a
1721? relative of Beilby P., Bishop of
London, brother of John P., min.
of Kilmuir-Easter ; schoolmaster of Forres;
licen. by Presb. of Forres 13th June 1V27 j
called 12th Oct., and ord. 28th Dec. same
year; died 3rd Jan. 1738. He marr. Helen
M'Intosh, who died 30th March 1798, and
had issue — Jean (marr. "William Mackenzie,
min. of Tongue ; Isobel (marr. Robert
Paterson, min. of Spynie). — [Moray Tests.']
ROBERT LOGAN, born Forres, about
17S8 1714, son of Robert L., dyer and
bailie of Forres ; educated at King's
College; ord. 14th Sept. 1738; died 16th
Aug. 1752. He marr. Fenella (died 22nd
Feb. 1799), daugh. of Robert Bates, min.
of Spynie, and had issue — Elizabeth (marr.
Lewis Gordon, D.D., min. of Elgin) ;
Margaret (marr. William Hoyes, bailie of
Forres).
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DUNCAN SHAW, MA. ; pres. by
Alexander Brodie of Lethen before
16th Jan., and ord. 10th May 1753 ;
D.D. (Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1st
Sept. 1774) ; trans, to Aberdeen 13th Nov.
1783.
WILLIAM STEPHEN, born New
_ . Machar, 1746; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd April
1764) ; licen. by Presb. of Alford 1st Oct.
1777 ; pres. by Ann Brodie of Lethen in
March, and ord. 9th Sept. 1784; died 9th
Sept. 1815. He marr. 17th Nov. 1788,
Anna Dunbar, who died 16th March 1799,
and left issue. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvi.). —
[Tombst.]
GEORGE MACKAY, born 6th Nov.
1791, son of David M., min. of Reay;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen (M.A. 31st March 1809) and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Caithness
16th Aug. 1814; pres. by Mrs Sophia
Dunbar Brodie of Lethen Dec. 1815 ; ord.
2nd May 1816. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church at
Rafford, 1843-62; D.D. (King's College,
2nd April 1850) ; died 17th Jan. 1862. He
marr. 7th Aug. 1816, Helen (born 20th
Aug. 1794, died 1st April 1888), daugh.
of John Johnstone, Manchester, and had
issue — David Norris, min. of Free Church,
Rafford, born 1817, died 1875 ; John (32nd
Bengal Infantry), born 1819, killed in
Afghanistan 13th Jan. 1842; Hugh Mac-
pherson, M.A., planter, Ceylon, born 1821,
died 1859 at Burgie Lodge, Forres ; Lewis,
born 1822, died 1902 ; Eliza (marr. Thomas
MLauchlan, LL.D., min. of St Columba s
Free Church, Edinburgh) ; Richard John-
ston, born 1826, died at Burgie Lodge 1896 ;
Sophia Dunbar Brodie, born 1829 (marr.
Alexander Munro, min. of Stockwell Free
Church, Glasgow), died 1893 ; Jane Mac-
pherson, born 1830 (marr. John Hair,
Chancery Office, London), died 1863 ;
James William Norris, M.A., M.D., Elgin,
born 1832, died 26th Sept. 1915; George,
banker, born 1833, died at Shanghai 1867 ;
Harbourne (not Harbonne), born 1835, died
1920; Helen Georgina, born 1837, died
unmarried, Burgie Lodge, Forres, 1886.
HUGH M'INTOSH, born Cawdor,
1843 1^13, son °f James M., farmer, and
Margaret Skene ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen, 1827-31 ; M.A. (1856) ;
licen. by Presb. of Nairn 31st Dec. 1839;
master in Banff Academy, 1839-43 ; pres.
by James Campbell Brodie of Lethen, and
ord. 28th Dec. 1843; died 2nd May 1864.
He marr. 20th Aug. 1845, Jessie Haig
(died 7th March 1890, aged 70), daugh. of
John Manson, Inland Revenue Officer, and
Jessie Guthrie, and had issue — James
Brodie, born 25th June 1846 ; Agnes Eliza-
beth Manson, born 24th May 1848 (marr.
James M'Gregor), died 31st May 1917.
ROBERT SMITH, born Birnie, 8th May
1884 18^° > son °^ R°bert S., cabinet-
maker, and Jane Wink; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1850);
schoolmaster of Knockando, 1852-64; licen.
by Presb. of Aberlonr 30th June 1856; pres.
by Thomas Stewart Brodie of Lethen;
ord. 8th Sept. 1864; died at Fochabers,
23rd Aug. 1907. He marr. 15th April
1862 Helen (born 14th March 1832, died
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429
4th June 1917), daugh. of John Gordon,
Leith, and Elspet Green, and had issue —
Elspet Gordon, born 9th Feb. 1863 (marr.
1902, Kobert Norton, London); Kobert
Gordon, farmer, Australia, born 29th April
1864; William Gordon, student of law,
born 29th June 1865, died 17th Sept. 1885;
Helen Innes, born 21st Jan. 1867 (marr.
1887 Frederick John Hinkenhof) ; Eliza-
beth Jane Ogilvie, hospital nurse, born
30th April 1868, died 28th April 1903;
John Wink, in Canadian Forestry Depart-
ment, born 19th Dec. 1869, killed in
action at Vimy, 9th April 1917; Charlotte
Green, born 9th April 1871 ; James Stuart,
Bank of Scotland, Leith, born 24th April
1872.
AECHIBALD SCOTT BALLAN-
1904 TYNE, born Galashiels, 22nd June
1872, son of James B. and Catherine
Scott ; educated at Galashiels Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1898),
B.D. (1901); licen. by Presb. of Selkirk
30th April 1901 ; assistant at Colinton,
St George's, Edinburgh, and St Aidan's,
Edinburgh; elected 13th April, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 13th May 1904;
app. clerk of Presb. Marr. 13th July
1904, Elizabeth Jane, daugh. of Kobert
Brownlee, Colinton, Midlothian, and Jean
Sinclair Paton, and has issue — Jean Sinclair
Paton, born 24th Jan. 1907 ; James, born
8th Jan. 1909 ; Catherine Scott, born 22nd
May 1912.
PRESBYTERY OF NAIRN
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly on 28th May 1773. The parishes of
Ardclach, Auldearn, Cawdor and Nairn, were taken from the Presbytery of Forres, Croy
from that of Inverness and Ardersier from Chanonry. The Register of the Presbytery
of Nairn begins at 27th July 1773.]
ARDCLACH.
[Ardclach church was dedicated to St
Luag, who is said to have died here.]
WILLIAM BROWN, reader from Aug.
1569 1569 to 1579.
1574
NICOL HOWIESON, held this parish
in conjunction with Auldearn from
1574 to 1580.
1580
WILLIAM SIMSON, formerly at
Duthil, was reader in 1580; styled
vicar in 1588. — [Thomson's A High-
land Parish, 206.]
JAMES RAIT, M.A. ; held this parish
16a5 along with Auldearn from 1585 to
1590.
JOHN STRATON, M.A. ; held this
15gg parish along with Forres 1599 to
1607.
ROBERT DUNBAR, held this parish
along with Edinkillie from before
1614
1614 to his death in 1636.
1637
DAVID DUNBAR, perhaps son of pre-
ceding; M.A.; adm. to Edinkillie and
Ardclach 8th June 1637. Ardclach
was disjoined by the Synod in 1638, con-
firmed by the Plat 13th Feb. 1650.
1638
DONALD MACPHERSON, MA. ; ord.
in 1638; trans, to Cawdor, after 11th
June 1642.
430
- GEORGE [or JOHN] BALFOUR, born
1618, son of Andrew B., min. of
1642 Cawdor ; M.A. (St Andrews, 1636) ;
ord. before 4th Oct. 1642 ; became blind
before 12th May 1675 ; died 4th Jan. 1680.
He marr. (1) Isobel, daugh. of Andrew
Geddes of Essil, and bad issue — Margaret
(marr. 1673, Duncan MacMascall in Little
Beandachar); Janet (marr., cont. 2nd April
1688, John Rose in Meikle Fournes) : (2)
29th Dec. 1670, Anna, daugh. of Alexander
Dunbar of Inchbrock, and had issue — John,
apprenticed to James Balfour, merchant,
Edinburgh, 22nd Aug. 1688.
[CHARLES RITCHIE, M.A. ; ord.
1675 (assistant) 1675-80.]
PATRICK GRANT, M.A. (King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1673), schoolmaster
of Auldearn, 1676-80 ; pres. before
7th Jan. 1680, when he entered on his
trials ; was recommended for licence 17th
March, and for ordination 21st July, ord.
(at Forres) 12th, and adm. 23rd Aug. that
year ; died before 20th Sept. 1715. He
marr. 29th March 1683, Grisell, second
daugh. of Patrick Dunbar of Easterbin, and
had issue — Robert, served heir, 27th Nov.
1716. — [Moray Tests. ; Index to Services."]
JOHN DUNCANSON, pres. by Alex-
171_ ander Brodie of Lethen in June,
and ord. 13th Sept. 1716 ; was made
a burgess of Inveraray 20th June 1720 ;
trans, to Petty 18th June 1728.
1680
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431
v WILLIAM BABBON, born 1693;
1729 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; MA. (25th April 1713) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 28th Sept. 1720;
missionary at Glenlivet; ord. assistant at
Inveraven 8th March same year ; called
10th Dec. 1728, and adm. 24th April 1729 ;
died 27th Jan. 1779. He was an eminent
Hebrew scholar ; he celebrated the marriage
of the parents of Henry Mackenzie, author
of The Man of Feeling. He marr. 27th June
1729, Jean Grant, who died 17th Aug. 1784,
aged 74, and had issue — James of Tort-
George ; Sophia ; Henrietta ; Hugh ; all
above the age of twenty-one in 1775; and
other children who died young. [B. is said
to have had sixteen children.] — [Tombst.]
"WILLIAM SHAW, born at Clachaig,
1779 Kilmory, Arran, 3rd Feb. 1749,
fourth son of John S. ; educated at
Ayr and King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1772); became tutor in a merchant's family
at London, where he made the acquaint-
ance of Dr Samuel Johnson, and was one
of the literary coterie which met at Bolt
Court and Streatham Park; in Dec. 1777
he desired Johnson to make a request
to Lord Eglinton in his behalf for a
regimental chaplaincy, but nothing further
came of it ; licen. by Presb. of Aberlour
(being then in Knockando), 4th Aug. 1779 ;
pres. by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in
July, and ord. 14th Oct. 1779 [the
appointment was most unpopular and
the church became almost deserted] ; dem.
1st Aug. 1780. Joined the Church of
England (on the solicitation of Johnson,
who had some admiration for S., and
speaks of him as "a modest and decent
man ") ; became rector of Chelvey, Somer-
set, 1st May 1795-1831 ; B.D. (Emanuel
College, Cambridge, 1800) ; died unmarried
17th Sept. 1831. Publications — An Analysis
of the Gaelic Language (Edinburgh, 1778 ;
2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1779); A Galic and
English Dictionary, containing all the
Words in the Scotch and Irish Dialects
of the Celtic that could be collected from
the Voice, and old Boohs and MSS., 2 vols.
(London, 1780). [These volumes are almost
always found bound together, and no
pagination is used. In bidding good-bye
to Shaw on the eve of starting his three
thousand miles travel in the Highlands
for the purpose of collecting information
for his vocabulary, Johnson said to him :
" Sir, if you give the world such a
vocabulary, while the island of Great
Britain stands in the Atlantic Ocean,
your name will be mentioned "] ; An
Enquiry into the Authenticity of the
Poems ascribed to Ossian (London, 1781 ;
Dublin 1782) [answered by John Clark
in An Answer to Mr Shaw's Enquiry
(Edinburgh, 1781), and again answered
by Shaw [partly by Johnson] in his
Enquiry (2nd ed., London, 1782 ; Dublin,
1782), also in A Rejoinder to an Answer
from Mr Clark on the Subject of Ossian's
Poems (London, 1784) ; Memoirs of the
Life and Writings of Dr Samuel Johnson,
containing many Valuable Original Letters
and several Interesting Anecdotes both of
his Literary and Social Connections [anon.]
(London, 1785) [now an exceedingly scarce
work] ; Suggestions respecting a Plan of
National Education, ivith Conjectures on
the Probable Consequences of Nondescript
Methodism and Sunday Schools (Bath,
1801); The Life of Hannah More, with
a Critical Review of her Writings [by
the Eev. Sir Archibald MacSarcasm,
Bart.] (London, 1802). — [Boswell's Johnson,
ii., 77, 163, 518 ; Scots Mag., xlviii ; Gent.
Mag. (1781) 251, 621,' (1801) ii. 1116,
(1831) ii., 378 ; Halkett and Laing's Diet,
of Anon. Lit., ii., 1473 ; Eeid's Bibliotheca
Scoto-Celtica, 51-6; Maclean's Biographia
Scoto-Gadelica, 343; Lit. Memoirs of Living
Authors (1798), 247 ; Bristol Mirror, 24th
Sept. 1831 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.].
DONALD MITCHELL, born Cromarty,
17 , 1749, son of John M., tailor; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1769); licen. by Presb. of
Tain 11 th Aug. 1773; ord. (assistant) at
Elgin 16th June 1778, and continued to
officiate in the Little Kirk there after
the death of the min. of Elgin ; pres.
by Miss Brodie of Lethen in March;
trans, and adm. 3rd May 1781 ; died 22nd
June 1811. He had a wide reputation
432
ARDCLACH— ARDERSIER
[PRESB. OF
all over Moray for his personal and pulpit
qualities. He marr. 4th Sept. 1784,
Christian (died 3rd Oct. 1821), daugh. of
John Gordon, writer, Elgin, and had
issue — Archibald Calder, born 25th Oct.
1785; Jean Gordon, born 14th July 1787,
died unmarr. 14th June 1861 ; Ann, born
13th June 1789; Donald, M.A., ord. first
Scottish missionary to India (24th June
1822), born 6th Jan. 1792, died 20th Nov.
1823 ; John. min. in Ceylon, born 22nd Nov.
1793; James Errol, born 11th Nov. 1795,
died 11th Aug. 1869 [he was born blind,
deaf, and dumb, but overcame in a remark-
able way his physical disabilities. Professor
Dugald Stewart has described him in a
paper contributed to the Transactions of
the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1812)] ;
Lewis Dunbar, lieut. R.N., born 3rd Dec.
1796. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).— [Bain's Hist.
of Nairnshire, 505 ; Tombst. ; " Jamie
Mitchell " in Autumnal Gleanings by
Robert Thomson [sometime master of
Ferness School] (Uddingston, 1910, p.p.) ;
Trans. Royal Soc, Edin., vii., viii.]
1812
HUGH MACBEAN, born Inverness-
shire, 1778, son of Alexander M.,
merchant in Campbeltown, Arder-
sier; educated at King's College, Aberdeen;
MA. (1807) ; licen. by Presb. of Nairn 1st
May 1811; ord. missionary at Ullapool 20th
July 1811 ; pres. by Mrs Sophia Dunbar
Brodie of Lethen in Dec, and adm. 10th
Sept. 1812; died 17th Sept. 1851. He marr.
5th Nov. 1812, Ann (died at Glasgow, 23rd
Nov. 1864, aged 72), daugh. of Alexander
Fraser, merchant, Inverness, and had issue —
Rose, born 29th Sept. 1814 (marr. 20th Sept.
1849, Samuel Chapman, Buenos Aires);
Annabella, born 11th July 1816; Alexina,
born 15th May 1818, died young; ^Eneas,
W.S., and Clerk of Justiciary, Edinburgh,
born 13th June 1820, died 17th March 1899;
John, born 1st July 1822, died young; Hugh,
born 28th Feb. 1825, died young; Margaret,
born 8th Sept. 1826 (marr. Patrick John
Dewar, dentist), died 4th June 1864 ; Alex-
ander, born 20th Feb. 1828, died young;
William, died young. Publication — Ac-
count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xiii.).
1850
COLIN M'KENZIE, born 2nd Aug.
1828, son of John M., min. of
Rogart; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1846) ; licen. by Presb.
of Chanonry in 1850 ; pres. by James
Campbell Brodie of Lethen, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 13th Feb. that
year ; died 7th July 1882. He marr. 27th
Jan. 1854, Eliza Isabella (died s.p. at
Nairn, 19th Nov. 1884), daugh. of John
Mackenzie, min. of Lochcarron.
1883
DAVID MILLER, born Galashiels, 14th
May 1836, son of James M. and
Helen Watson ; educated at Gala-
shiels School, Univs. of St Andrews M.A.
(1867) and Aberdeen B.D. (1875); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1874; assistant
at Blackburn Mission, Livingston ; ord.
to East Parish, Brechin, 31st Dec. that
year ; elected 29th Nov. 1882 ; trans, and
adm. 2nd Feb. 1883; clerk of Presb.,
1909-20; died at The Retreat, Nairn, 23rd
Feb. 1920. He marr. 24th Dec. 1879,
Rebecca (died 2nd March 1920, aged 78),
daugh. of Charles Will, solicitor, Brechin,
and had issue — James Webster, M.B.,
CM. (Aberdeen, 1903), born 21st Oct. 1880;
Maud Mary, born 17th Sept. 1886 (marr.
24th Jan. 1918, William Wilton Johns,
M.D.). Publication — The Organisation of
Our Sabbath Schools (Edinburgh, 1880).
ROBERT C. KERR, son of John
1916 Brown K., joiner, Edinburgh ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1910); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1911 ; assistant at St John's, Edinburgh ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 6th Sept.
1916. Marr. 4th June 1918, Grace Strang,
daugh. of John Mitchell, Edinburgh.
ARDERSIER.
[Theprebend of Ardersier in the Cathedral
of Fortrose was held by the dean of Ross.]
JOHN SMITH, reader from 1569 to
1569 1579.
ANDREW MILL, held this parish in
1572 conjunction with Avoch, from 1572
to 1574.
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ARDERSIER
433
ALEXANDEB UEQUHAET, held this
-_-_ parish in conjunction with Kilmuir-
Wester in 1576.
WILLIAM PAPE [or POPE], reader in
1580 1580.
1597
JAMES LAUDEE, M.A.; trans, from
Kilmuir- Wester, and adm. in 1597
[afterwards min. of Avoch].
THOMAS UEQUHAET of Kinudie,
15gg born about 1574, son of John U. of
Cromartie, and brother of Alexander
U. of St Martins ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (about 1590) ;
min. in 1599 ; still in the charge at 16th
Dec. 1628, when he had sasine of Kin-
udie, Auldearn; died 10th Feb. 1638.
He marr. (1) Agnes Eobertson, niece of
John E., treasurer of Eoss, and had issue —
John, eldest son in 1626 : (2) cont. 6th
April 1626, Christian, daugh. of John Bruce
of Airth, and had issue — Alexander of
Kinudie ; Thomas first of Braelangwell,
min. of Dipple and Essil ; William ; Mar-
garet, Anna. — [Beg. Mag. Sig., vi., 1380;
G. R. Inhib., xxix., 149 ; Inverness Sas.,
iii., 204; Laing Charters, 2667; Elgin
Sas., iii., 70 ; G. E. Sas., xlvii., 72.]
PATEICK DUEHAM; educated
1630 at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1617) ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar
on the recommendation of the archbishop ;
ord. to Idvie [Kirkden], after 8th Oct. 1623 ;
trans, and adm. about 1630 ; was a member
of the Commission for Maintenance of
Church Discipline 21st Oct. 1634 ; still
in the charge at 15th July 1655, but was
recommended by the Synod of Aberdeen,
9th May 1656, " on account of his poor and
distrest condition." On the narrative that
he had been deprived of his charge by the
Synod of Eoss after a service of thirty
years "for not complying with the courses
of the time," and had been obliged to give
up his house, sell his goods, leave the
country for debt, and let his children shift
for themselves, he had Acts of Parliament
passed in his favour, 13th March and 3rd
April 1661, giving him the vacant stipends
VOL. VI.
for 1658 and 1659, and was pres. to the
deanery of Eoss, that being a separate
benefice ; trans, to New Abbey about 1661.
1660
JOHN M'CULLOCH, born about 1629,
eldest son of Andrew M. of Glas-
tulloch ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1652); ord. about 1660;
deprived by Act of Parliament, 11th June,
and decreet of Privy Council 10th Oct.
1662 ; returned in 1690 ; was a member of
Assembly that year ; left the charge (pro-
bably outed) soon afterwards ; died in
Edinburgh 17th Dec. 1705. [ff. S. Inhib.,
20th Oct. 1674.]
1665
JOHN DALLAS of Budzet, born 1625,
second son of William D. of Budzet
[or Budgate] ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1643); adm. to
Tain before 4th July 1649, when he was
a member of the Commission of Assembly ;
adm. before 18th April 1665 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament restoring the Presby-
terian mins. 25th April 1690; intruded
here in 1691 ; died about 1693. He marr.
(1) Mary (died 22nd July 1669), second
daugh. of John Eose of Broadley and Anne
Chisholm and granddaugh. of William
Eose, eleventh of Kilravock, and had issue
— John of Primrosehill, writer, Edinburgh,
died 1708 ; William, merchant, Inverness,
died 20th March 1689; Charles, writer,
Edinburgh, afterwards in Life Guards,
buried 19th Feb. 1707; Hugh, licentiate
of the Church ; Eobert, schoolmaster of
Fortrose ; Alexander, min. of Kinnell ;
Lilias (marr. (1) Alexander Urquhart of
Craighouse, (2), cont. 15th Aug. 1671,
Andrew Eoss of Shandwick, (3), cont. 24th
and 25th Dec. 1677, Alexander Urquhart
of Newhall) ; Anna (marr., cont. 9th and
10th Nov. 1669, Eoderick Fowler, fiar of
Coulnard); Henrietta (marr., cont. 11th
Jan. 1687, David Ross of Drummuirnie) :
(2) before 26th Feb. 1672, Margaret, daugh.
of William Fraser of Guisachan and widow
of Thomas Fraser of Eskadale. — [The
Family of Dallas, 247 et seq.~\
JOHN M'CULLOCH, above
1690 mentioned.
2 E
434
ARDERSIER
[PRESB. OF
1691 JOHN DALLAS, above mentioned.
LACHLAN M'BEAN, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1681); schoolmaster of Nairn 29th
March 1682 ; passed trials before the Presb.
and recommended for licence 3rd March
1686 ; had a testimonial for ordination
25th Aug., and ord. and inst. at Cawdor
28th Sept. 1687 ; is said to have dem. but
was probably outed in 1690 ; intruded here
in 1695, and was received into communion,
but dep. for immorality before 6th Dec.
1706.— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 424.]
HUGH CAMPBELL; called by the
170„ Presb. jure devoluto 12th Feb., and
ord. 7th Aug. 1707; trans, to Kiltearn
7th May 1708.
DANIEL [or DONALD] BEATON,
71 M.A. ; pres. by Sir Hugh Campbell
of Cawdor, and by the laird of
Scatwell ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
27th Aug., and ord. 24th Sept. 1713 ; trans.
to Rosskeen 25th April 1717.
ALEXANDER EALCONAR, M.A. ;
171_ called by the Presb. jure devoluto
29th April, and ord. 10th June 1718 ;
trans, to Urquhart and Logie- Wester 31st
Jan. 1729.
DUNCAN M'INTOSH, born about 1696,
_ son of Lachlan M. of Strone; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen,
1718-21 ; licen. by Presb. of Inverness 2nd
April 1729 ; called 30th June, and ord. 25th
Sept. that year ; died 6th June 1738. He
marr. (cont. 11th July 1732), Elizabeth,
daugh. of Alexander Fraser, min. of
Inverness. She marr. (2) 3rd Nov. 1755.
JAMES CALDER ; pres. by John Camp-
bell of Cawdor, Dec. 1738 ; ord. 8th
May 1740; trans, to Croy 29th
April 1747.
1740
1749
DANIEL BRODIE; called 12th Feb.,
and ord. 11th May 1749; trans, to
Cawdor 13th May 1752. [An attempt
to unite the parish with Cawdor failed
about this time.]
HARRY GORDON, born 3rd June 1730,
-,.-,- son of George G., min. of Alves ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 23rd
Nov. 1753 ; ord. 5th April 1757 ; died 15th
March 1764. He was chaplain to the
garrison at Fort-George. He marr. 21st
Dec. 1754, Sarabella (she marr. (2) Walter
Chalmers, min. of Deskford, died 3rd Jan.
1811), daugh. of Walter Morrison, min. of
Deskford, and had issue — Alexander,
M.A., planter in Tobago, died, aged 26 ;
George, M.A., barrister, London ; Aber-
cromby, min. of Banff, born 1758; Major
Pryse Lockhart, N.B. Fusiliers, author of
Personal Memoirs, or Reminiscences of
Men and Manners at Home and Abroad
(2 vols., London, 1830), born 23rd April
1762, died 2nd Sept. 1845. [His son,
George Huntly Gordon, was amanuensis
to Sir Walter Scott, and a licentiate of the
Church. For him Scott wrote two dis-
courses, afterwards published as Religious
Discourses by a Layman (London, 1828). —
[Pryse L. Gordon's Memoirs ; Lockhart's
Scott [Edinburgh edition], viii. 196, ix.
172-6, 181 ; Acts of Ass., 1757, 1760.]
WALTER MORRISON, born 13th
Aug. 1739, son of Walter M., min.
of Deskford ; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 29th March 1756) ; licen. by
Presb. of Fordyce 1st April- 1761 ; ord.
missionary at Glenlivet 1st Feb. 1763 ;
adm. here 20th Sept. 1764; died 14th May
1780. He was chaplain i to the garrison
at Fort-George, and had the soubriquets
of "Witty Wattie," and the "Aristophanes
of the North." He marr. 10th May 1765,
Anne Grant (died 12th March 1788), and
had issue — Colin, born 10th June 1766 ;
Elizabeth, born 27th Oct. 1767 ; Robert,
born 27th March 1771 ; Lewis, born 3rd
Nov. 1772 ; Margaret, born 26th Sept.
1774 ; a son (name not in the Register),
born 11th Jan. 1776.— [Bain's Nairnshire,
514.]
PRYSE CAMPBELL, born Nairnshire,
1754 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1775); licen. by
Presb. of Nairn 5th July 1779 ; pres. by
John Campbell of Cawdor Nov. 1780 ; ord.
1764
1781
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ARDERSIER— AULDEARN
435
23rd March 1781 ; was chaplain to the
garrison at Fort-George. On 7th May 1835
he was enjoined by the Presb. to desist
from his ministry on account of his age
and frailty ; died 1st Feb. 1840. He marr.
10th Dec. 1785, Grace, daugh. of John
Gordon, writer, Elgin, and had issue —
Alethea, born 15th Dec. 1786 (marr. 1806,
George Young, tacksman, Mains of Con-
nage ; Jane (marr. James Clark in Dalna-
heglish); Duncan, born 28th June 1788;
Elizabeth Winifred, born 1795 (marr.
William Ellis, bookseller, Inverness), died
27th July 1816 ; Major Sir Eobert Calder,
H.E.I.C.S., author of Lays from, the East
(London, 1831), a graceful writer of minor
prose and poetry, born 30th March 1797,
died in London, 13th May 1857. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Bain's Nairnshire, 514 ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. [for Eobert C. Campbell].]
1839
JOHN MATHESON, born 1808, son of
John M., min. of Laggan ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1828) ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 15th
April 1834 ; pres. by John Frederick, Earl
of Cawdor, and ord. (assistant and successor)
5th Dec. 1839. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Free Church (Campbeltown)
Ardersier, 1843-8; died at Free Church
Manse, Ardersier, 12th Nov. 1848. He
marr. 8th July 1840, Grace Alethea (died
14th July 1880), third daugh. of George
Young, tacksman, Mains of Connage, and
granddaugh. of preceding min., and had
issue — Grace Alethea Elizabeth, born 23rd
Sept. 1841 ; John, colonel R.E., born 6th
Jan. 1844 ; George Duncan, born 31st May
1845; Alexander Macpherson, born 14th
Aug. 1847 ; Joanna Mary, born 30th Dec.
1849.
SIMON FRASEE, pres. by John
1848 Frederick, Earl of Cawdor; ord.
21st Dec. 1843 ; adm. 4th Jan. 1844 ;
trans, to Kilmorack 14th May 1846.
WILLIAM FORSYTH, MA. ; pres. by
1846 J0*111 Frederick, Earl of Cawdor ;
ord. 15th Oct. 1846; trans, to
Dornoch 27th April 1853.
EVAN EOSS, born 1817 ; son of William
1853 E., farmer, and Margaret Hogg ;
ord. to Gaelic Chapel, Paisley, 1st
April 1853 ; pres. by John Frederick, Earl of
Cawdor ; trans, and adm. 15th Dec. 1853 ;
dem. 16th Oct. 1883; died at Melville
Manse, Montrose, 25th Aug. 1889. He
marr. 3rd Dec. 1855, Jane (died 29th Nov.
1882), daugh. of Joseph Ewing, M.D., staff-
surgeon, Fort-George, and had issue —
Jane, born 8th Sept. 1856, died 22nd Jan.
1859 ; Evan, born 8th March 1858 ; Joseph
William, born 27th Jan. 1860; Margaret
Frances, born 14th July 1862 (marr. John
A. St Clair, min. of Melville, Montrose),
died 24th Sept. 1914; James William
Frederick, born 18th Feb. 1866.
JOHN PATON, born about 1851, son
1884 °^ J°^n P- °f Eegistrar - General's
Department, Edinburgh, and Helen
Eeid, daugh. of James Thomson of Eiddoch ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1876) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th
May 1878 ; assistant at New Cumnock ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 26th March
1884 ; died unmarr. 25th Oct. 1919.
WILLIAM MACMASTEE GEAHAM,
1920 k°rn Glasgow, 7ka J^y 1887, son
of James Thomas G., min. of Dean
Park, Glasgow ; educated at Kelvinside
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1912); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th
May 1914; assistant at West Parish,
Greenock; served in 9th Scottish Bines
in European War ; ord. 2nd June 1920 ;
app. chaplain at Fort-George. Marr. 15th
May 1917, Agnes, daugh. of William
Stewart and Agnes Stewart, and has
issue — James Stewart, born 27th Nov.
1918; Agnes Mary, born 16th June 1925.
AULDEARN.
[The church of Auldearn was dedicated
to St Columba. There were chapels in
this parish at Ferness and Lethen. The
prebend of Auldearn, in the Cathedral of
Elgin, was held by the dean of Moray. A
fair of St Columba was held at Auldearn.]
436
AULDEARN
[PEESB. OF
WILLIAM RIACH, extorter here and
1570 at Nairn Nov. 1570.
1574
NICOL HOWIESON, min. of Dun-
nichen in 1567; min. here in 1574,
with Ardclach and Nairn in addition,
and Rafford in 1576 ; still in the charge in
1580.
JAMES RAIT, M.A.; min. in 1585,
having also Nairn and Ardclach in
1585 •
his charge ; trans, to Bervie about
1591.
1591
THOMAS DUNBAR of Grange, born
about 1565, son of Alexander D.,
dean of Moray ; min. of Nairn in
1590 ; adm. here about 1591, and still in
the charge in 1616. He marr. cont. 21st
July 1591, Grisell, daugh. of Robert
Crichton of Eliock, advocate (she marr.
(2) 6th Oct. 1621, James Sinclair of
Murkle), and had issue — Alexander of
Grange, served heir 20th Dec. 1631 ; James
of Kirkhill ; Katherine (marr. (1) David
Brodie of Brodie : (2) Alexander Dunbar
of Westfield); Margaret (marr. (1) John
Grant of Muckerach : (2) William Mack-
intosh, son of William M. of Borlum). —
[Brodie's Diary ; Family of Kilravoch ;
Moray Writs, 321.]
JOHN BRODIE, born about 1594, third
son of David B. of Brodie ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen, 1606-10 ;
min. in 1622 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1639 ; died 11th Jan. 1655. He marr.
(1) 1621, Helen Colville, widow of Captain
Robert Paplay : (2) Katherine Dunbar, and
had issue — William of Whitewreath in
Elgin, served heir 4th Nov. 1656; John
(posthumous), born 1st Aug. 1655 ; Beatrix
(marr., cont. 12th Aug. 1642, William Leslie
of Aikenway); Janet (marr. 1660, Sir
William Dunbar of Durn). — [Inq. Ret.
Nairn, 22 ; Brodie's Diary ; Burke's
Commoners, iii., 595 ; Family of Leslie, ii.,
147 ; G. R. Inhib., 25th Aug. 1621 ; Elgin
Sas., 1653.]
HARIE [or HENRY] FORBES, brother
of William F., min. of Innerwick ;
M.A. ; officiated sometime at Wick ;
was called loth April, and adm. 10th
1622
Oct. 1655; dem. after 28th June 1663
and went to England, where he still
appears in 1678. — [Brodie's Diary ; Reg.
of Deeds, Durie, ix., 178.]
1664
GEORGE HANNAY [sometimes
AHANNAY], M.A; min. of Tor-
phichen (q.v.) in 1627; trans, to
Alves 12th Nov. 1640 ; adm. to Inveraven
before 7th April 1657 ; pres. by Thomas
Dunbar of Grange in June, trans, and
adm. 24th July 1664 ; died after 7th July
1669. He marr. at Holy rood House 28th
Jan. 1630, Violet Dawling, in Edinburgh,
and had issue.
JOHN CUMMING, M.A. ; trans, from
1672 Edinkillie; pres. by Thomas Dunbar
of Grange 13th June 1671 ; coll.
10th Jan., and adm. 14th Feb. 1672 ; dem.
in 1682 ; adm. to Cullen 24th May 1683.
THOMAS HAY; pres. by John, Earl of
lg8_ Errol, before 7th March, entered on
trials 11th April, and recommended
for ordination 17th, ord. (at Aberdeen) after
22nd April, and adm. (at Elgin) before 1st
May 1683 ; outed at the Revolution. He
marr. Barbara, youngest daugh. of George
Cumming of Lochtervandich, provost of
Elgin, and had issue. — [Wodrow's Hist,
iv., 181.]
ALEXANDER DUNBAR, born about
16 _ 1645, probably son of John D., min.
of Edinkillie ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1661); school-
master of Auldearn, 1666 - 70 ; became
chaplain and tutor at Kilravock ; licen.
by the Presbyterian mins. at Edinburgh,
and ord. before 13th July 1678 ; was im-
prisoned in 1684, and after a report from
the Commissioners of Moray, banished by
the Privy Council 2nd March 1685. He
was imprisoned on the Bass that year, but
liberated in 1686 on account of his impaired
health, and on 6th July 1687 was acknow-
ledged by the Presbyterian ministers of
Lothian at their first meeting after the
Toleration ; adm. here in 1689 ; was a
member of Assembly, 1690, 1692 ; died
after an illness of three years, 29th Oct.
1707. He left 200 merks to provide silver
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AULDEARN
437
communion cups for the parish. He marr.
(1) Margaret Meldrum, who died 29th Sept.
1689 : (2) Beatrix Fowler, who survived
him.— [Wodrow's Hist., iv., 196; Moray
Tests. ; Brodie's Diary.~\
DAVID HENDEESON, licen. by Presb.
17og of Cupar; called 27th July, and
ord. 13th Sept. 1709; buried 16th
July 1725. He marr. Margaret M'Kenzie,
and had issue — James; David; Alex-
ander; Archibald.— [Moray Tests.]
JAMES WINCHESTEB, M.A. ; trans.
1726 fr°m Eafford; pres. by Alexander
Brodie of Brodie in Dec. 1725 ; adm.
12th May 1726 ; trans, to Elgin 5th May
1730.
ALEXANDEE IRVINE ; trans, from
1731 St Andrews (Elgin) ; pres. by Alex-
ander Brodie of Brodie 26th Oct.
1730 ; adm. 7th Jan. 1731 ; trans, to Elgin
12th Aug. 1735.
DANIEL MUNRO ; called 12th Aug.,
17S6 and ord. 23rd Sept. 1736; trans, to
Tain 13th June 1745.
THOMAS GOEDON, son of James
1747 G., min. of Kinloss ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Forres 22nd Aug. 1734;
ord. to Cabrach 25th June 1740 ; pres. by
Alexander Brodie of Brodie, Lord Lyon-
King-of-Arms, in 1745 ; trans, and adm.
12th Feb. 1747; died unmarr. 25th Nov.
1793.— [Tombst.]
JOHN PATEESON, born 14th July
1794 i1^2) son °f Eobert P., min. of
Spynie ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1788); licen. by Presb.
of Elgin 6th Aug. 1793; ord. by that
Presb. 6th May 1794 ; pres. by James
Brodie of Brodie in June, and adm. 28th
Aug. same year ; died unmarr. 13th Dec.
1813, and was buried at Spynie. He was
known as a scholar, and admired as a
minister. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace. xix., xxi.). —
[Young's Spynie, 355.]
WILLIAM BAECLAY, born Auchter-
1814 *ess' 3rc* "^ec" ^790, son of Charles
B., Knockleith, and Bathia Smith ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1st April 1809); licen. by Presb.
of Turriff 28th July 1813 ; pres. by James
Brodie of Brodie in May, and ord. 28th
Sept. 1814. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Free Church, Auldearn,
1843-57; died 4th June 1857. He marr.
(1) 7th Oct. 1834, Isabella (died 12th April
1841), daugh. of Alexander Brown, provost
of Aberdeen, and Catherine Chalmers, and
had issue — Charles James, born 31st July
1835 ; Catherine Brown, born 25th Sept.
1836 ; Alexander Brown, born 9th Sept.
1838 ; John, born 7th Nov. 1839 : (2) 15th
June 1845, Hamilton Campbell (died 18th
March 1882), widow of J. Soutar, Islay,
and had issue — Mary Catherine, born 9th
March 1846; Anne, born 28th Feb. 1848
(marr. James Simpson, min. of Free
Church, Monquhitter) ; Hamilton Camp-
bell, born 2nd Feb. 1850 (marr. Henry
Eobertson, Gosport); Williamina, born
23rd July 1851 (marr. the Eev. George
Morice, New Zealand( ; William, born 6th
May 1853, died 4th June 1857. Publication
— Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xiii.).
CHARLES FOWLEE, born about 1817,
son of Captain David F., Pitten-
weem ; educated at Pittenweem
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 29th Sept. 1841 ; ord.
to Abercrombie (assistant and successor)
20th April 1843 ; pres. by William Brodie of
Brodie in Aug., trans, and adm. 21st Sept.
same year ; died 2nd Nov. 1843. He marr.
May 1843, Helen Munro, St Andrews (died
16th June 1852).
JAMES EEID, born 1802, eldest son of
1844 James R-j farmer, Perthshire; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 22nd July 1834;
pres. by William Brodie of Brodie, and
ord. 18th April 1844 ; died 31st Aug. 1873.
He marr. 17th July 1845, Mary (died 16th
Oct. 1868), daugh. of Eobert Skene of
Skenepark, Nairnshire, and widow of
438
AULDEARN— CAWDOR
[PKESB. OF
Captain George Falconer, Nairn, and had
issue — Christina Munro, born 28th April
1846 (marr. Alexander John Mackichan,
min. of Kinlochluichart) ; James, born
17th March 1848 ; Amelia Stirling, born
10th Sept. 1849 ; Ann, born 5th and died
7th April 1851 ; Mary Louisa, born 13th
May 1852.
JAMES BONALLO, born Ardoch, 30th
18?. Jan. 1850, son of David B., min.
of Ardoch, afterwards of Blackford
educated at Blackford School and Univ
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1868), B.D. (1871)
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder Dec. 1871
assistant at East Church, Stirling, and
West Church, Aberdeen; ord. 5th Feb.
1874 ; died 24th Oct. 1925. He marr. 29th
April 1896, Nina Helen, daugh. of Sir
James Dunbar of Boath, third baronet,
and Louisa, daugh. of Colonel Parsons,
C.M.G. (s.p.). Publication — Lessons on the
Gospel of St Luke [Guild Text Books]
(London, 1907).
GEORGE M'WTLLIAM, M.A., B.D. ;
1926 *rans- from Clepington, Dundee,
1926 {q.v.).
CAWDOR, of old BRAAVEN,
oe BARAVEN.
[The parish church was dedicated to St
Ewan. It was a commune kirk of the
Cathedral of Elgin. There were chapels
within the bounds at Old Cawdor, Cawdor
Castle, and Dallas in the Streens.]
ALLAN M'INTOSH, exhorter and
reader at Baraven and Brachlie " in
the Irish [Gaelic] tongue " at 2nd
Feb. 1567; pres. to the parsonage by
James VI. 19th June 1569. From 1574
Croy and Dalcross were in the charge. He
gave a tack of the teinds to Sir John
Campbell of Cawdor 16th May 1586. He
probably left in that year, but is mentioned
as min. in 1595.
1567
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of Alexander
C. of Fleenas, and grandson of the
first Sir John C. ; was pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. on 24th Feb. 1586.
NORMAN DUNCAN, min. in 1592,
15 „ having Croy, Dalcross and Moy also
in his charge ; trans, to Mortlach
before 20th Feb. 1594.
ALLAN MTNTOSH, mentioned above;
was min. in 1595, and still in the
charge in 1599.
ALEXANDER RICHARDSON, min.
1600 in 1600.— [Mackintosh Muniments.]
JOHN M'INTOSH, min. in 1601, but
1601 may be a mistake for above Allan.
ANDREW BALFOUR, min. of Nairn
16OT in 1597 ; trans, and adm. prior to
1607 ; died between 25th Oct. 1625
and 24th April 1627 [when Thomas Ross
was presented to the charge, but rejected
by the Synod for simony.] He marr. a
lady whose name is unknown, and had
issue — George, min. of Ardclach. — [Family
of Kilravock.}
GILBERT ANDERSON, M.A. ; ord.
„ before 30th Oct. 1627; trans, to
Cromarty after 5th Oct. 1641, and
before 11th Jan. 1642.
DONALD MACPHERSON, born 1613 ;
1642 M.A. (St Andrews 1634); ord. to
Ardclach in 1638 ; trans, and adm.
after 11th June 1642. In 1643 a complaint
was made to the Privy Council against
him and the tutor of Calder, for " waking
a woman the space of twenty days naked,
with nothing on her but sackcloth, under
a charge of witchcraft," when she had
been ordered to be liberated; declined a
call to Ardersier in May 1659 ; died 22nd
Nov. 1686. He marr. Agnes Calder, and
entered a grandson at King's College,
Aberdeen, on 2nd July 1684. — [Chambers's
Annals, ii. ; Family of Dallas, 250.]
LACHLAN M' BEAN, M.A. (King's
lea7 College, Aberdeen, 1681) ; school-
master of Nairn 29th March 1682-7 ;
adm. a burgess of Nairn ; entered trials
before the Presb. 20th Oct. 1684, and
recommended to the bishop for licence
3rd March 1686 ; pres. by Sir Hugh
Campbell of Cawdor before 11th May,
NAIRN]
CAWDOR
439
passed trials before the Presb., recom-
mended to the bishop for ordination 25th
Aug., and inst. 28th Sept. 1687 ; was outed
at the Kevolution, and intruded at Ardersier
in 1695.— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 426.]
JAMES CHAPMAN, ord. in 1699;
1699 trans, to Cromdale 25th Nov. 1702.
JOHN CALDEE, chaplain to Sir James
17o5 Calder of Muirtown ; licen. by the
Presb. 10th June 1703 ; app. by the
General Assembly to preach in Sutherland
24th March 1704; called 15th Feb., and
ord. 14th March 1705 ; died March 1717.
He was ancestor of a race of well-known
mins. in the North, and a Gaelic preacher
of note. He marr. a daugh. of Alex-
ander Campbell of Torrich and Lilian
Dunbar, and had issue — James, min. of
Croy, and others. — [Bain's Nairnshire,
509.]
LACHLAN SHAW, trans, from Kin-
17lg gussie ; called 20th Sept., and adm.
19th Nov. 1719; trans, to Elgin 9th
May 1734.
PATKICK GRANT, pres. by John
17S5 Campbell of Cawdor 17th Oct. 1734 ;
ord. 7th May 1735 ; trans, to Urray
27th July 1749.
DANIEL BRODLE, born 1724; licen.
1752 ky Presb. of Caithness 4th Oct.
1748; ord. to Ardersier 11th May
1749 ; called 28th June 1751 ; trans, and
adm. 13th May 1752 ; died 21st May 1771.
He marr. 9th May 1759, Margaret Rose,
who died 3rd Oct. 1812.
KENNETH MACAULAY, born 1723,
177„ third son of Aulay M., min. of
Harris ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1st April 1742) ; licen. by
Presb. of Uist; app. missionary at Lochaber
15th Nov. 1749, but declined; ord. to
Harris 18th Aug. 1750; visited St Kilda
on a special mission in 1759 ; trans, to
Ardnamurchan 15th July 1761 ; pres. by
John Campbell of Calder in 1771 ; trans,
and adm. 17th Nov. 1772 ; died 2nd March
1779. He marr. 4th Aug. 1758, Penelope
(died 7th May 1799), daugh. of Alexander
M'Leod of Drynoch family, and had issue —
Neil, missionary at Harris ; Aulay, born
25th May 1762 ; Elizabeth, born 8th Aug.
1763; Penelope, born 2nd June 1767;
George, born 31st Jan. 1773. Publica-
tion— History of St Kilda, containing a
description of this remarkable island, the
manners and customs of its inhabitants,
etc. (London, 1764). This work was shown
to Johnson by Boswell in 1773, previous to
their Hebridean tour. Johnson pronounced
it " very well written except some foppery
about liberty and slavery." After con-
versing with M. in his manse, Johnson
came to the conclusion that M. could not
have written the book, but Johnson was
evidently prejudiced by the minister's
opinion of Episcopalian divines, and pro-
nounced him a " bigot to laxness." Boswell
maintained that the volume was written by
John Macpherson, D.D., of Sleat, from
materials supplied by M., a statement
confirmed by John Wilson Croker. The
likelihood, however, is that, in the main,
the work is M.'s.] — [Boswell's Johnson ;
Tour in the Hebrides ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDER GRANT, born 1743, son
„ of George G., min. of Kirkmichael
(Abernethy) ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (25th April 1759);
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 19th July
1764; ord. missionary at Fort -William
22nd May 1765 ; trans, to Daviot and
Dunlichity 2nd April 1771 ; pres. by John
Campbell of Cawdor in 1779 ; trans, and
adm. 30th March 1780; died 28th June
1828. He marr. 21st Sept. 1782, Grace
(born 4th Nov. 1752), daugh. of Colonel
Alexander Fraser of Culduthil, and had
issue— Alexander, M.A., born 25th Aug.
1783 ; Ann, born 26th March 1785 (marr.
12th Sept. 1805, Captain William Fraser
of Brackla, 92nd Foot); George, merchant,
Liverpool, born 23rd June 1787; James,
min. of Nairn, born 23rd June 1790; 'Grace,
born 6th March 1793 (marr. 15th Sept.
1815, Dr John Mackintosh of Firhall).
Publication— Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace., vr.).—[Tombst.~]
440
CAWDOR— CROY AND DALCROSS
[PEESB. OF
ALEXANDER, FRASEE, pres. by John
Frederick, Earl of Cawdor, 19th
Aug., and ord. 20th Nov. 1828;
trans, to Kirkhill 26th Jan. 1837.
1828
1837
SIMON FRASEE McLAUCHLAN,
born 4th Sept. 1808, son of James
M., min. of Moy, and brother of
Thomas M., LL.D., min. of Moy ; educated
at Univs. of Edinburgh and Aberdeen;
licen. by Presb. of Inverness ; assistant at
Tain; ord. to Snizort 26th Sept. 1833;
pres. by John Frederick, first Earl of
Cawdor, 18th Feb., trans, and adm. 28th
July 1837. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Free Church, Kenmore,
same year ; min. of Free Church, Cawdor,
1843-81 ; died at Nairn, 8th May 1881, and
buried there. Tall and dignified in appear-
ance, he was one of the most active ministers
in the North, an impressive preacher and a
fine scholar. He discoursed in Gaelic and
English with equal power. He marr. 23rd
Feb. 1836, Margaret Isabella (who pre-
deceased him), daugh. of Angus Macintosh,
min. of Tain. Publication — Account of the
Parish (JVew Stat. Ace, xiii.).— [MacNeill's
Hist, of Cawdor (portrait), 44-8 ; Falconer's
Biographical Notice.]
GEOEGE CAMPBELL, pres. by John
Frederick, Earl of Cawdor, and ord.
21st Dec. 1843; trans, to Tarbat
(Tain) 1st May 1845.
1843
LEWIS M'PHEESON, born 1803, son
1845 °^ J°nn M., farmer, and Isobel
Stewart ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberlour
26th March 1833 ; ord. to Insh 15th March
1845 ; pres. by John Frederick, Earl of
Cawdor, trans, and adm. 17th July 1845 ;
died 6th Aug. 1876. He marr. (1) 3rd
June 1846, Jane Rachel (died s.p. 4th
April 1867), daugh. of William Reid of
Colleonard : (2) 21st Jan. 1869, Elizabeth
Bury, who died s.p. 18th Aug. 1878.
THOMAS FRASER, born Boharm,
1836, son of John F., farmer,
Auchrask, Boharm ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1858);
schoolmaster of Boharm, 1858-73; licen.
by Presb. of Aberlour 20th July 1863; ord.
1876
to Seafield Chapel 15th May 1873; adm.
(assistant and successor) 5th July 1876 ;
was clerk of Presb. ; dem. 7th July 1909 ;
died unmarr. at Elgin, 15th Dec. 1910.
ALEXANDER HAY FOEBES,
1909 k°rn Mains, Dundee, 6th Aug. 1884,
son of Thomas F., schoolmaster and
Messenger-at-Arms, Dundee, and Margaret
Hay; educated at Mains School, High
School, Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1904), B.D. (1908); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 6th May 1908; assistant
at Alexandria, Dunbarton ; ord. 26th Nov.
1909 ; served as chaplain to Forces in
France in European War; M.C. 1917.
CROY AND DALCROSS, of old
DEALG AN ROIS.
[These two parishes were united on 14th
July 1618.
Crop. — Croy was a prebend of the
Cathedral of Elgin. Its church was
dedicated to St Duthac. There were
chapels in the parish at Gill Dhuaich (St
Duthac's), Chapelton, and Kilravock.
Dalcross. — The vicarage of Dealg an
Eois belonged to the Priory of Urquhart.]
EOEIE MACKENZIE, son of Eorie
M., chamberlain of Brahan; called
parson of Croy about 1560. — {High-
land Papers, ii., 13 (Scot. Hist. Soc.).]
1560
1567
JAMES WAUS [or VAITS], reader here
and at Dalcross and Moy, Feb. 1567
to 1586.
1574
ALLAN MTNTOSH, held this parish
in conjunction with Cawdor from
1574 to 1591.
1592
NOEMAN DUNCAN, held this parish
in conjunction with Cawdor from
1592 to 1593.
ANDEEW MACPHAIL, great-grandson
of Paul "Gow," ancestor of the
Macphails of Inverarnie in Strath-
nairn, who lived in the second half of the
NAIRN]
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441
fifteenth century; min. before 26th April
1594; witnessed an agreement between the
Provost and Magistrates of Inverness 11th
June 1595. He is probably identical with
"Andrew Brabner, alias Macphail," ex-
horter at Petty and Brachlie, and pres. to
the parsonage of Farnua 18th June 1569.
He had a son, also Andrew, min. of King-
ussie.—[Shaw's Hist., iii., 442; Reg. Mag.
Sig., vi., 178.]
JAMES WAUS [or VAUS], perhaps son
161„ of above mentioned ; trans, from
Daviot and Dunlichity, and adm.
in 1618 ; was a member of Assembly in
1639; died Sept. 1660. He marr. May
1613, Isobel Leslie, and had issue —
David, against whom a commission of
fire and sword was issued, 21st July
1632.— [Peterkin's Records; P. C. Reg.,
iv., 41.]
HUGH FEASEK, a native of Aberdeen-
166S shire; M.A. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 1658); ord. (at Elgin) 17th
June, adm. and inst. 28th June 1663 ; dep.
(for bigamy) by Commission of Assembly
in 1700. He marr. Jean Boss in Inverness,
and had issue — a daugh., buried 28th Jan.
1685.— [Family of Eilravock ; P. C. Reg.,
3rd ser., x., 400; G. R. Homings, 30th
July 1688.]
ALEXANDEE FRASEB, M.A. ; called
170S in 1702 ; ord. 18th Feb. 1703 ; trans,
to Urquhart and Logie-Wester 21st
April 1715.
FAEQUHAB BETON [or BETHUNE],
1719 k°m 1694> third son of Kenneth B.
of Skeabost, and Ann Maclean ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1715) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
25th June 1718 ; called 21st Dec. same
year; ord. 18th Feb. 1719; died 6th Feb.
1746. He was a zealous genealogist and
antiquarian. He marr. 14th Sept. 1721,
Margaret (died 9th Jan. 1762), eldest daugh.
of John Bose of Newton, and had issue —
Elizabeth ; Jean ; Hugh, died in Jamaica,
1756 ; Janet, born 10th Aug. 1732 ; Henry,
apprenticed to a W.S., 1743; John, min.
of Rosskeen. — [Family of Kilravock ;
Moray Tests.; Reg. of Deeds, Dal., clx.,
20th Aug. 1746.]
JAMES CALDER, born 1712, son of
1747 J°nn C., min. of Cawdor ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 8th Nov. 1738;
ord. to Ardersier 8th May 1740 ; declined
calls to Inverness and Kilmuir- Wester ;
pres. by Hugh Bose of Kilravock 4th Aug.
1746 ; trans, and adm. 29th April 1747 ;
died 24th Dec. 1775. Gentle in manners,
of great humility, extensive charity, and
fervent piety, he was a particularly
successful and devoted minister. He marr.
Sept. 1742, Anne (died 5th May 1752),
daugh. of Thomas Inglis, min. of Besolis,
and had issue — John, min. of Bosskeen,
born 25th Nov. 1743; Thomas, born 15th
Aug. 1745, died 3rd Dec. 1748 ; Hugh, min.
of this parish, born 4th Jan. 1746; Anna,
born 16th May 1747, died 8th April 1763 ;
Charles, min. of Urquhart and Logie-
Wester, born 1st Dec. 1748 ; Thomas, born
9th April 1750, died 4th April 1755. His
Diary was edited by the Bev. W. Taylor
(Stirling, 1875). — [Tombst. ; Findlater's
Memoir of Robert Findlater."]
HUGH CALDEB, born 4th Jan. 1746,
..„„_ son of preceding ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1767);
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 9th May
1776; pres. by Hugh Bose of Kilravock
June 1777 ; ord. (after a dispute about
the right of patronage) 24th Sept. 1778;
died 31st Aug. 1822. He marr. 3rd Dec.
1785, Helen Cumming, who died 8th April
1812, and had issue— Alexander (only child),
licentiate of the Church, born 1789, died
13th Dec. 1822. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.). —
[Tombst.]
ALEXANDEB CAMPBELL, born
Inverness-shire, 1779; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(2nd April 1804); licen. by Presb. of
Inverness 3rd Nov. 1812; teacher in
Inverness Academy 1818-20; ord. to
Dores 28th March 1820; pres. by John
Frederick, Earl of Cawdor, 10th Dec.
442
CROY AND DALCROSS— NAIRN
[PEESB. OF
1822; trans, and adm. (after appeal to
the Synod) 3rd July 1823 ; died 10th Jan.
1853. He marr. 23rd June 1813, Beatrice
(died 15th Oct. 1877), daugh. of John
M'Bae, min. of Glenshiel, and had issue —
Patrick, min. of Killeaman, born 27th July
1814 ; Colin, min. of Lyne and Megget ;
Madeline, born 9th March 1818 (marr.
10th Aug. 1850, James M'Inroy of Lude) ;
Cawdor John, born Oct. 1819 ; Jane
Christian, born 15th Feb. 1822 (marr.
James Mackenzie Allardyce, D.D., min.
of Bowden) ; Duncan, died at Calcutta ;
Charlotte Gertrude (marr. 4th June 1847,
Capt. G. Houston, H.E.I.C.S.). Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xiv.). — [Scots Mag., xcii.]
1853
THOMAS FEASEE, born Kirkhill,
1822, son of William F., farmer,
and Katherine Barron ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1849);
pres. by the trustees of Major Eose of
Kilravock 18th and 20th June, by the
Presb. 12th Aug., and ord. 15th Sept. 1853 ;
died 21st Dec. 1885. He marr. 4th April
1861, Ann Eobieson (died 4th Nov. 1905),
daugh. of James Farquharson, LL.D., min.
of Alford, and had issue — James William,
min. of Kirkmichael (Abernethy) born 18th
Feb. 1862 ; Thomas Finlay, born 9th May
1863 ; Catherine Anne, born 27th June
1864 ; John Thomas, born 26th June 1867 ;
Helen Mary, born 4th July 1869 ; William
Gordon, H.M. Inspector of Schools, born
20th Aug. 1873.
1886
JOHN" GEANT, born Croughly, Kirk-
michael, 1835, son of Peter G. ;
educated at Kirkmichael School and
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1857);
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 7th May
1861; app. to Advie Mission same year;
adm. to Eothiemurchus 11th Nov. 1869 ;
trans, to Cromdale 10th Dec. 1873 ; elected
28th April, trans, and adm. 23rd June 1886;
died unmarr. 6th April 1890.
CHAELES FEASEE, born Gaudrigg,
Kirkmichael, Banffshire, 28th Feb.
1890 1863j gon of james y. and Barbara
MacGregor ; educated at Tomintoul School
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1885), B.D.
(1S89); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1st
May 1888; assistant at Huntly 1888-90;
ord. 24th Sept. 1890. Marr. loth June
1892, Elizabeth (died 22nd Nov. 1911),
daugh. of John Annand, min. of Cairney,
and has issue — John Annand, min. of
Humbie and Keith, born 21st June 1894 ;
Barbara, born 2nd Aug. 1897 (marr. Arthur
John Howieson Gibson, min. of St Andrew's,
Glasgow) ; Elizabeth (twin), born 2nd Aug.
1897 (marr. 7th Oct. 1925, Charles Mac-
Intyre Ellis, Moy Farm, Forres) ; Margaret,
bom 27th June 1900, died 5th June 1911 ;
Francis Stewart Gordon, M.A., born 10th
June 1903.
NAIRN, of old INVERNAIRN.
[The church of Invernairn was dedicated
to St Ninian and near it was St Ninian's
Well. At Geddes, in the parish, there was
a chapel of St Mary.]
SLE JAMES TAEBAS, vicar.— [Records
of Elgin, i., 164.]
1567 JOHN YOUNG, exhorter in 1567.
WILLIAM EIOCH [or EIACH], ex-
horter at Auldearn and here Nov.
1570
1570.
NICOL HOWIESON, held this parish
in conjunction with Auldearn from
1574 1574 to 1580.
1574 JOHN BOSS, reader, 1574 to 1576.
WALTEE EOSS, M.A. ; reader in
1576 1576.
JAMES SMYTH, reader, 1578 to
1578 1580.
JAMES EAIT, M.A. ; held this parish
in conjunction with Auldearn from
1685 1585 to 1590.
THOMAS DUNBAR of Grange, M.A. ;
min. in 1590 ; trans, to Auldearn
1590
in 1591.
NAIRN]
NAIRN
443
ANDEEW BALFOUR, min. in 1597;
lsgl_ trans, to Cawdor prior to 1607. He
witnessed a deed on 28th Sept. 1594,
in which he is styled " minister of Kinloss,"
but was probably then a member of the
Abbey confraternity.
GEORGE MACKESON, min. in 1608 ;
1608 trans, to Wigtown before 1614.
JOHN SANDERS, born 1598, brother
1616 °^ William S., min. of Bellie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; MA.
(1611); min. in 1616, and still in the charge
at 1st Oct. 1637. The date of his death is
not recorded. He marr. (1) a lady who
died s.p. : (2) a widow named Henderson,
who died s.p. : (3) Anna Dunbar, who
survived him, and had issue — William, min.
of Birnie ; Beatrix (marr. Robert Douglas,
burgess of Elgin) ; James. — [Mackintosh
Muniments ; Reg. of Deeds, Downie,
dlxxxvii., 12th Aug. 1653.]
DAVID DUNBAR, born 1615, second
la<!8 son of James D. of Boath ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1631); ord. to Edinkillie 8th June 1637;
trans, and adm. after 3rd April 1638 ; was
elected to Alves 26th April 1649, but
declined ; died 21st Feb. 1660. He marr.
Margaret Hay, and had issue — William,
served heir, 19th Jan. 1667 ; George, min.
of Nairn. — [Tombst. ; Family of Kilravoch;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 86, 89.]
1660
HUGH ROSE, born about 1633, eldest
son of David R. of Earlsmill and
Christian Cuthbert ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1653);
licen. by Presb. of Forres 23rd Feb. 1659 ;
called 24th Aug. same year ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 4th Jan. 1660 ; did not take
the Test in 1681 owing to illness, and doubts
being entertained whether the charge had
become vacant or not, he was, for further
security, pres. by Colin, Bishop of Moray
jure devoluto in 1682, and inst. 1st May
1683; died unmarr. 7th Dec. 1686. His
brother James, sheriff-clerk of Nairn, was
served heir to the lands of Termet 22nd
April 1690. Publications — Meditations on
Interesting Subjects (Inverness, 1761) ; A
Genealogical Deduction of the Family of
Rose of Kilravoch [Spalding Club] (Edin-
burgh, 1848) — [Moray Tests. ; Brodie's
Diary; Inq. Ret. Inverness, 110; Family
of Kilravoch.']
GEORGE DUNBAR, born 1652, son
le_„ of David D., min. of Nairn ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (18th July 1673); app. schoolmaster
of Auldearn 10th Jan. 1672 ; passed trials
before the Presb. and certified for licence
21st Nov. 1676; ord. to Dallas 13th Oct.
1682 ; pres. by Thomas Kay, dean of Moray;
trans, and adm. 25th May 1687 ; died Dec.
1728. He did not preach in Gaelic. —
[Case of Greenshields.]
ALEXANDER ROSE; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 24th April 1728 ; called
17th March (after Lachlan Rose, min.
at Rockwoodhall, England, had declined
a presentation April 1729), and ord. 7th
July 1730; died 16th Dec. 1757. He
preached in Gaelic. He marr. 3rd July
1783, Elizabeth Ross, who died 24th June
1803.— [Moray Tests.]
PATRICK DUNBAR, born Auldearn
17sg about 1730 ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (3rd April
1750); licen. by Presb. of Paisley 11th
May 1757 ; pres. by Alexander Brodie of
Brodie in 1758; objection was made that
he had no Gaelic, but on 6th Feb. 1759,
the Presb. agreed that Gaelic was not a
necessary qualification for the incumbency ;
ord. 12th April same year. He marr. 23rd
April 1765, Elizabeth (died s.p. 1st May
1788), daugh. of William Davidson of the
Tulloch family.
JOHN MORRISON, born Mortlach,
jwg 1748; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1777); sometime
schoolmaster of Nigg (Tain); licen. by
Presb. of Tain 11th Sept. 1782; ord. by
that Presb. 11th May 1785; pres. by
James Brodie of Brodie in Feb., and adm.
20th March 1788; died 29th June 1814.
444
NAIRN
[PRESB. OF NAIRN
He marr. 28th Feb. 1788, Jean Grant in
Nigg, who died s.p. 26th Dec. 1830. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xii.).
1815
JAMES GEANT, born 23rd June 1790,
son of Alexander G., min. of Cawdor;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1809) ; licen. by Presb. of
Nairn 21st Sept. 1812 ; pres. by James
Brodie of Brodie 2nd Nov. 1814 ; ord. 13th
July 1815 ; died 14th Dec. 1853. He marr.
23rd April 1818, Christina (died 5th Feb.
1877), daugh. of John Mackintosh of
Phopachy, and had issue — Alexander,
captain 9th Madras Native Infantry, born
28th April 1820, died at Jaulnah 4th Sept.
1860; John Mackintosh, M.A., M.D., born
14th Nov. 1821, died 9th Aug. 1844;
George, merchant, Rangoon, born 16th
April 1825, died 22nd April 1853; Colonel
James Augustus, C.B., C.S.I., LL.D. (Aber-
deen 1890), F.R.S., explorer [with Captain
John Hanning Speke] of the Nile, author
of A Walk Across Africa (1864), born 11th
April 1827, died at Househill, Nairn, 11th
Feb. 1891 ; Margaret Mackintosh, born
28th June 1823 (marr. Peter Mackenzie,
D.D., min. of Urquhart (Dingwall) ). Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xiii.). — [Diet. Nat. Biog., Supp. ii., 339 ;
Brass in Crypt of St Paul's Cathedral,
London.]
JAMES BURNS, born Cambusnethan,
lg . 1826, youngest son of John B. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; ord. to
Levern 15th Jan. 1852 ; pres. by William
Brodie of Brodie 16th April, trans, and
adm. 11th Aug. 1854 ; died at Glasgow,
17th May 1897. He marr. 11th Feb. 1874,
Jane Isabella, daugh. of Peter M'Dougall,
banker, Nairn, and had issue — John,
electrical engineer, born 18th Nov.
1874.
WILLIAM ROBINSON PIRIE, born
1898 Old Machar, 6th Sept. 1851, son
of William Robinson P., D.D.,
Principal of Aberdeen Univ. ; educated
at Grammar School and Univ. of Aber-
deen; M.A. (1870), B.D. (1874); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1874 ; assistant
at the Barony, Glasgow ; ord. to Martyrs'
Parish, Glasgow, 17th Aug. 1876; trans, to
North Parish, Stirling, 17th Oct. 1878;
trans, to Keith 12th Jan. 1881 ; elected 13th
Jan., trans, and adm. 2nd March 1898 ;
D.D. (Aberdeen, 1911). Marr. 8th Jan.
1879, Mary Jean, daugh. of David Yoolow
Stewart, and has issue — William Robinson,
M.B., CM., born 8th Dec. 1879, died at
Wimbledon, 4th Sept. 1924; Susan
Stewart, born 6th Jan. 1882, died at
Aberdeen 21st Oct. 1925 ; David Yoolow
Stewart, born 1st Nov. 1884 ; George, born
20th June 1888.
PRESBYTEKY OF INVEENESS
[This Court was already at work in 1593. The Register of the Presbytery of Inverness
begins at 5th April 1670. There are gaps in its Record from 19th Sept. 1688 to 1st July
1702, from 5th Oct. 1757 to 20th Sept. 1758, from 1st Nov. 1758 to 26th Jan. 1762, from
7th Nov. 1769 to 3rd April 1771, and from 6th Sept. 1785 to 4th April 1786. We learn
from a Minute of 12th Oct. 1624, that the Synod of Moray rebuked the ministers of
this Court for "haunting the Presbyterie with uncomlie habits such as bonatts and
pleides."]
BOLESKINE AND ABERTARFF.
[The three parishes of Boleskine, Kil-
chuimin and Dores were united in 1614.
Dores was severed from the other two
in 1617. Kilchuimin, called also Abertarff,
was disjoined from Boleskine in 1676, and
was then united to Glen Moriston. In
1688 it was taken from Glen Moriston
and joined a second time to Boleskine.
In 1883 it was severed a second time from
Boleskine, and erected of new as the
separate parish of Fort Augustus. There
is now a mission chapel at Foyers within
the bounds of Boleskine. The parish was
transferred to the Presb. of Inverness by
the General Assembly 26th May 1920.]
1563
JAMES DUFF, parson in 1563; com-
missary of Inverness ; rector in 1582 ;
parson of Bona in 1583 — [Mackintosh
Muniments ; Inverness Burgh Records,
i., 293.]
1607
ANDREW MACPHAIL, min. of Farnua
in 1575 ; trans, to Kingussie in 1581 ;
min. of Dores in 1590 with Boleskine
in the charge ; removed here before 1607,
having also in his charge Moy, Daviot,
and Dunlichity; died 7th July 1608.—
[Reg. Assig.]
ANDREW DOW FRASER, min. of
1625 Abertarff in 1607; min. of Dalarossie
in 1614, with Moy and Boleskine in
the charge ; removed to Moy before 1616 ;
trans, to Boleskine and Abertarff and adm.
before 25th Oct. 1625 ; murdered between
2nd April 1644 and 6th Oct. 1646, "not with-
out the instigation " as was said, of some
of his own parishioners who harboured
a grudge against him "because he had
obtained an order for a legal glebe." — ■
[Shaw's Moray, iii., 445 ; Inverness Presb.
Reg., 1672.]
THOMAS HOUSTON [or HUISON],
1648 son °^ J°^n S., min. of Wardlaw
or Kirkhill ; ord. between 5th Oct.
1647 and 4th April 1648. On 8th June
1670 he complained to the Presb. that
he "had not security for his life or goods,
his house being laitly seized upon by
Lochaber Robbers, himself threatened with
naked swords and drawn durks at his
breast, his money and household stuff
plundered, and seeing that one of their
number suffered death laitly at Inverness,
the rest of them were lying in wait for
his life, and threatening his ruin and
damage, so that in the evening he is
affrayed to be burnt to ashes or morning.
Nor yet has he that maintinance of them
445
446 ' BOLESKINE AND ABERTARFF— FOYERS MISSION [peesb. of
that the laudable laws of the land allow
him to maintain himself and his family,
and to breed his children at schools,
seeing that some of them are ' resting '
(owing) him eight years, some seven, some
six years stipend." He craved the Presb.
to allow him " a transportation to any
place where the Lord in mercy may be
pleased to call him," and was requested
"to have patience until the next Synod,
casting himself upon the Lord for his
shelter .and refuge against all these dangers
and sad discouragements." He died 4th
Feb. 1705. He marr. Marie, daugh. of
Alexander Fraser of Erchless, and had
issue — Thomas ; James, merchant, Inver-
ness.—[Shaw's Moray, iii., 445.]
JOHN MORISON, trans, from Glenelg ;
1706 called 29th Aug., and adm. 3rd Dec.
1706; trans, to Gairloch in Feb. 1711.
THOMAS FRASER, licen. by Presb.
171„ of Lorn 27th July 1712; caHed^'we
devoluto 9th Sept., and ord. 25th
Nov. 1713 ; died 10th Feb. 1766. He marr.
Katharine M'Intosh, who died 1st Nov.
1772, and had issue — Theodore. — [Shaw's
Moray, iii., 445.]
PATRICK GRANT, M.A. ; pres. by
1770 George III. 27th Feb. 1766; trans.
from Daviot and Dunlichty, but not
adm. till 10th May 1770 ; trans, to First
Charge, Inverness, 2nd Sept. 1800.
WILLIAM FRASER, licen. by Presb.
1800 °^ IQveraray 4tn Dec. 1788; ord.
missionary at Fort- William 6th Sept.
1790 ; dem. 10th Dec. 1793 on being app.
as deputy - chaplain to the 79th Foot;
pres. by the Hon. Archibald Fraser of
Lovat in Aug., and adm. 25 th Nov. 1800.
He had half-pay as a lieutenant in the
army when his regiment was reduced ;
app. J.P. for the county in 1818 ; died 7th
June 1840. He marr. 14th Sept. 1807,
Robina M'Brayne, and had issue — Donald,
born 17th Oct. 1808 ; Alexander, born 25th
Nov. 1809; Janet Muir, born 15th Feb.
1813 ; William, born 22nd Nov. 1814, went
to Canada; Simon, merchant, Glasgow,
born 13th May 1819 ; Jane Isabel, born
23rd March 1827. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xiv.). —
ITombst.]
DONALD CHISHOLM, bom 1797, son
1840 of Alexander C, merchant, and Mary
Robertson ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1818); ord.
25th Nov. 1829 ; trans, and adm. 1st Oct.
1840 ; died unmarr. at Achterneed, Strath-
peffer, 2nd Aug. 1857.
MALCOLM MACINTYRE, born Bal-
1859 quhidder, 1832, eldest son of John
M., farmer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; assistant at Lismore in 1852 ;
ord. to Tobermory 27th Sept. 1855; trans.
and adm. 12th Feb. 1859 ; died 27th Aug.
1893. He marr. 14th Nov. 1867, Anne (born
31st March 1839), daugh. of James Clarke.
JOHN BROWN MARTHUR, born
1893 Sandaig, Tiree, 17th May 1865, son
of Neil M. and Mary Brown; edu-
cated at Hylipol and Cornaigmore Schools
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Mull 5th May 1893 ; assistant to pre-
ceding; ord. 20th Dec. 1893. Marr. 16th
April 1897, Isabella (died 8th Dec. 1921),
daugh. of Angus Maccoll, Torloisk, Mull,
and Margaret M'Lennan, and has issue —
Neil, B.Sc, Dundee, born 3rd Feb. 1898 ;
Angus Alexander, born 10th April 1899 ;
Ian Edward, M.B., Ch.B., born 27th July
1900; John Lome, Inland Revenue, born
31st Dec. 1901 ; Marie Amelia, born 31st
Aug. 1903, died 25th Oct. 1915 ; Alistair
Duncan, born 10th March, and died 16th
April 1905 ; Archibald Norman, born 26th
March 1907, died 27th Jan. 1908; Archi-
bald Donald, bom 30th Oct. 1908 ; Duncan,
born 6th Jan. 1911.
FOYERS MISSION.
[A mission was begun at Foyers by the
minister of Boleskine in 1895. A church
was opened in 1906. From 1916 Foyers
has been served jointly by the Church
of Scotland and the United Free Church.]
Inverness] FOYERS MISSION— DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
447
ANGUS JOHN M'VICAR, MA. ; mis-
1906 sionary, 1906-7 [afterwards min. of
Southend],
ROBERT GIBSON, ord. assistant at
lgo7 Stronsay 26th Nov. 1902 ; dem. in
1904 ; assistant at Mearns in 1906 ;
app. missionary in 1907 ; dem. in 1909.
1909
ALEXANDER WALKER, born
Huntly, 13th Dec. 1847, son of
Alexander W. and Grace Elder ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh (1885)
and Ormond College, Melbourne, Australia;
student missionary at Scots Church, Mel-
bourne ; licen. by Presb. of North Melbourne
3rd Dec. 1889 ; ord. to Nathalia and Picola,
Victoria, 23rd Dec. 1890 ; res. and returned
to Scotland, and adm. a min. of the Free
Church. Joined the Church of Scotland,
and adm. as an ordained min. by the
General Assembly May 1906 ; assistant at
Dalmarnock ; app. to Foyers Mission May
1909; died 13th April 1911. He marr.
17th June 1870, Isabella (died at Ceres
Manse, 15th July 1925, aged 79), daugh.
of William Jamieson and Janet Glass, and
had issue — Isabella Jane, born 23rd June,
and died 6th Aug. 1874; Alexandrina
Elder, born 3rd Nov. 1875, died 23rd May
1878 ; George William, min. of Ceres, born
11th Nov. 1879; trans, to Steven Memorial,
Glasgow, 8th Dec. 1925 ; edited Church and
Parish, being brief historical papers on the
Parishes within the Presb. of Cupar (1925).
1911
CHARLES R. DAVIDSON, mission-
ary, 1911-13 [afterwards min. of
Quarff and Burra].
NIEL M'KILLOP, missionary, 1913-16 ;
lgl„ ord. to Coll (q.v.) [where wife's
name should be given as Kitchen
not Ritchie] 17th Sept. 1917; dem. that
charge in 1925.
W. CAMERON CLARKE, missionary
lgl6 at Greyfriars U.F., Aberdeen ; U.F.
missionary, 1916-22.
A. MACLAREN WILSON, missionary
1922 1922-4; died in 1924.
DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY.
[These parishes were united in 1618.
Each of them has still its own church.
Daviot. — The church of Daviot belonged
to the Priory of Pluscarden. It was a
mensal kirk of the Bishop of Moray.
Dunlichity, of old Lundichity. — The
church of the vicarage of Lundichity was
dedicated to St Finan.]
JOHN DOW MACQUHONDOQUHY,
1S__ reader here and at Dunlichity Nov.
1569 ; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage by James VI. 6th Nov. 1575 ;
still in the charge in 1589. — [Trans. Gaelic
Soc. Inverness, xv., 224.]
1574 JOHN STEWART, reader in 1574.
1576 JOHN MOSSMAN, reader, 1576-8.
1579 JOHN ROSS, reader, 1579-85.
1579
HUGH GREGORY, parson of Lun-
dichity, had charge here in 1579. —
[Shaw's Moray, iii., 429.]
1623
JAMES VAUS, min. of Dunlichity in
1618 1613; removed to this parish about
1618 ; trans, to Croy same year.
ALEXANDER THOMSON, min. of
Dores before 30th May 1617; adm.
here after 30th Sept. 1623; repri-
manded on 24th July 1636 for not using
more diligence for the repair of the kirk,
and threatened with suspension should he
fail to do so. On 6th Sept. 1639 he was
ordered to "absent himself from the
Saturday's market in all time coming " ;
suspended in July, and dep. before 6th
Oct. 1646— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 430.]
1647
ALEXANDER ROSE, natural son of
William R. of Clava; pres. by
George Campbell, tutor of Caddell
in April, and ord. before 5th Oct. 1647 ;
he was pres. to Alves by James, Earl
of Moray, 18th Oct. that year, but was
continued at Daviot by the Assembly of
1648 on account of his knowledge of
448
DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
[PEESB. OF
Gaelic; died after 2nd Oct. 1660. Hugh
Rose of Clava had a gift of R.'s escheit,
and also that of his deceased son William,
25th July 1673. He marr. (cont. 20th Oct.
1653) Isobel, sister of "William Mackintosh
of Torcastle, and had issue — William. —
[Family of Kilravock ; Privy Seal Eng.
Reg., ii., 443].
ALEXANDER FRASER, born about
.__. 1630, descended from the Frasers of
Fruid in Tweedsmuir, and brother
of Robert F., advocate, Edinburgh ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1648) ; schoolmaster of Cruden ; min. of
Abbotshall in 1664 ; pres. by Murdoch,
Bishop of Moray; trans, and inst. 31st Aug.
same year ; became a strong upholder of
the Covenant, took an active part in field-
meetings, and held services in many private
houses ; was dep. 19th Oct. 1672 for his
refusal to acknowledge Episcopacy and
frequent absences from his charge. He
continued his peregrinations amongst the
Presbyterians of Ross and Cromarty, and
acted also as chaplain in the family of
Ludovick Grant of Freuchie, who for thus
allowing F. to conduct services in his
house, was' fined a sum of £295, 2s. 9W.
On 3rd Feb. 1685, F. was living at Croy,
and classed as a "disorderly" person,
though no attempt was made to apprehend
him. At the Revolution he returned to
his parish, but not being comprehended
in the Act of Parliament, 25th April 1690,
he was not restored, and returned to
Abbotshall in 1692 (c/. Vol. V., 99).
MICHAEL FRASER, brother of
1673 Preceding> was a student at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen, 1664 ; had a
theological bursary from the Synod, which
he demitted 4th Oct. 1670 ; app. school-
master at Thurso 24th May same year ;
passed trials before the Presb. and recom-
mended for licence 26th July 1671 ;
nominated by Murdoch, Bishop of Moray,
20th Oct. 1672, and certified for ordination
18th Dec. following. [Sir Hugh Campbell
of Cawdor produced his right of patronage
and desired to present Donald Macpherson,
min. of Cawdor, but the Presb. declared
that F. should be adm. on 4th March 1673,
which was done. Campbell persisted in
his prerogative, and the bishop ultimately
recognised his claim and agreed to remove
F., but having gained his point, Cawdor
pres. F. anew to the charge.] At a
visitation by the Presb. on 9th Sept. 1673,
the elders and people reported that they
were "very well satisfied with their minister
in doctrine, discipline, life, and conversa-
tion." On 27th Dec. 1674, he was rebuked
before his congregation for a too prolonged
visit to his brother in Edinburgh. He
frequently absented himself from his parish
and devoted much of his time to his
favourite pursuit of painting, and on 24th
Nov. 1675, he was enjoined by the Synod
" to abstain from all limning and painting
which hitherto has diverted him from his
ministerial employments." In 1678 he was
suspended by the bishop, but was restored.
In 1694 the parish was declared vacant,
but F. continued as min. He actively
espoused the cause of the Jacobites, was
accused of "joining the rebels at the House
of Culloden in Sept. 1715, aiding and
comforting them with his presence and
advice, and threatening pains and penalties
to the Lady Culloden if she did not
surrender her house to The Mackintosh,
etc." Being libelled as an " intruder " at
Daviot, he promised to resign on condition
that the Presb. should settle a competent
man in his place. Nothing further appears
until 5th Sept. 1721, when a visitation by
the Presb. at both churches of Daviot
and Dunlichity was met with the greatest
hostility on the part of the people, who
threw stones in at the door, windows, and
open roof of Daviot church, and broke the
pulpit of Dunlichity church. On 6th Feb.
1722, The Mackintosh and other gentle-
men of the parish " earnestly entreated the
Presbytery's forbearance with F., obliging
themselves to an active concurrence with
the Presb. in the event of their minister's
death, which now, in the course of nature
cannot be long." He died in April 1726.
When Lachlan Shaw, min. of Cawdor, went
to declare the vacancy, "he found great
numbers, some in the churchyard, others
in the open fields, with the kirk door
INVERNESS]
DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
449
locked, and the key carried off, while the
people behaved so rudely that he could
not worship in the churchyard without
being disturbed by them, and so returned
home." F. marr. (1) Helen, daugh. of
William Leslie of Burdsbank and widow
of William Stevenson, min. of Fordyce,
and had issue — William ; James ; Eobert,
on board H.M.S. Pearle ; Katherine : (2)
Elizabeth M'Bean, and had issue — Alex-
ander ; John ; Thomas ; Andrew ; Eliza-
beth ; Jean (marr. Donald M'Bean of
Drummond) ; Anne ; Isabel. Publication
— Christ's Kingdom, a sermon (n.d.). —
[Edinburgh and Inverness Tests. ; Shaw's
Hist., iii., 430; Case of Greenshields ; "A
Famous Minister of Daviot" [by William
Mackay, LL.D.] (Trans. Gael. Soc. Inver-
ness, xii., 244-56) ; Eccl. Docs. Gen. Reg.
House, 17th Nov. 1716 ; 67. R. Sas., 1st Oct.
1706 ; Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 74 ; Reg.
of Deeds, Dal., 27th March 1706; Banff Sas.,
iii. 178, iv. 243; Inverness Sas., viii., 18;
Mackay's Side Lights on Highland History,
241, 279.]
JAMES FKASEB, pres. by the Presb.
112a iure devoluto and ord. 13th March
1729 ; died 18th June 1736.
JOHN CAMPBELL, pres. by John
ins& Campbell of Cawdor, 30th Sept.
1736; ord. 4th Jan. 1738; died 4th
Nov. 1759. He marr. 4th Sept. 1738,
Mary Frazer, who survived him, and had
issue — Anna, only child, born 8th June
1739.— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 429.]
PATKICK GRANT, M.A.; ord. 8th
17el April 1761 ; trans, to Boleskine 10th
May 1770.
ALEXANDER GRANT, M.A.; mission-
1„„1 ary at Fort- William ; adm. here 2nd
April 1771 ; trans, to Cawdor 30th
March 1780.
ALEXANDER GORDON, born 1748;
1781 educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1772) ; pres. by George
IDT. 11th April 1780 ; ord. 19th April 1781 ;
died 3rd April 1801. He marr. (1) 24th
April 1781, Georgina Bain, who died s.p.
1782 : (2) 1783, Elizabeth Grant, who died
VOL. VI.
26th May 1836, and had issue— Christian,
born 1st March 1784; John, born 26th
June 1785; James, born 26th Aug. 1786;
Elizabeth, born 7th Oct. 1790; Isabella,
born 30th Dec. 1791 ; Alexander, captain
92nd Foot, born 21st Feb. 1793, drowned
12th Jan. 1834 ; Lewis, born 5th Aug. 1794.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace., xiv.).
JAMES MACPHA1X, born 27th Feb.
1802 1766' son °^ Hector M., min. of
Resolis ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March 1785); ord.
(by Presb. of Nairn) to Gaelic Chapel,
Aberdeen 30th Sept. 1800 ; pres. by John,
Lord Cawdor, trans, and adm. 13th May
1802 ; was one of those rebuked at the
bar of the General Assembly 26th May
1824, for adherence to the Protest read at
Kiltarlity church in 1823 ; died unmarr.
1st July 1839. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.).
JOHN CLARK (cf. Vol. IV., 25), M.A.
1S4„ King's College, Aberdeen (28th
March 1803); licen. by Presb. of
Nairn in 1807; ord. by Presb. of Abernethy
as missionary at Grantown 2nd Dec. 1835 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 6th Dec. 1841, but
in consequence of protracted proceedings
in the Church Courts, the settlement being
disputed, he was not adm. till 29th June
1843 ; trans, to Dunoon 3rd May 1844.
DUGALD MACKICHAN, born Ard-
1845 chattan, 1801, third son of Finlay
M., merchant ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lorn in
1824 ; ord. (by Presb. of Lorn) and
became min. at Barney's River, Pictou,
Nova Scotia; adm. here 27th March
1845; died 5th Dec. 1858. He marr.
Isabella (died 24th March 1867), daugh. of
Hugh M'Phie, yeoman, and Mary M'Phie,
and had issue — Finlay Hugh, born 6th
Sept. 1832, student at St Andrews, 1851-2 ;
Catherine Isabella, born 30th April 1834;
Alexander John, min. of Kinlochluichart,
born 31st Dec. 1835; Peter Neil, min. of
Inveraray, born 7th Nov. 1837; James
Archibald, born 23rd July 1839; Mary
2F
450
DUNLICHITY— DORES
[PRESB. OF
1859
Dugalda, bom 4th April 1841 ; Isabella
Christina, born 21st March 1843 (marr.
James Donald, D.D., min. of Keithhall).
JAMES MACDONALD, born Shennach,
Cromdale, 1823, son of Donald M.,
Cromdale, and Margaret Grant, and
brother of George M., min. of Rosskeen ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (March 1851) ; Keen, by Presb. of
Abernethy in 1854 ; pres. by Queen Victoria
19th Jan., and ord. 17th March 1859 ; died
5th Nov. 1893. He marr. 10th April 1862,
Johanna Hoyes (died 5th Oct. 1895), daugh.
of Thomas Duncan Gordon, captain in
Army, and Caroline Hoyes, and had issue
— Donald George Gordon, M.D. (Aberdeen),
Manchester, born 12th March 1863 ; Charles
Lewis Hoyes, born 15th April 1864, died
Oct. 1891 ; Margaret Grant, born 30th June
1866 ; Carolina Johanna Louisa, born 9th
May 1870.
ALEXANDER STUART, born Dervaig,
Mull, 3rd Jan. 1853, son of John S.
and Mary Maclnnes ; educated at
Dervaig School, Andersonian College, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1881 ; assistant at Strath-
fillan ; ord. to Stornoway 4th Aug. that
year ; trans, and adm. 18th May 1894 ;
died unmarr. 2nd July 1922.
1894
1922
ALISTAIR [or ALEXANDER] MAC-
LEAN, M.A., B.D.; trans, from
Shettleston and adm. 1st Dec. 1922
(c/. Vol. III., 491). Marr. 7th Nov. 1916,
Mary, daugh. of Archibald and Mary
Lamont, and has issue — Lachlan, born 9th
Sept. 1917; Ian, born 3rd Nov. 1919;
Alistair, born 28th April 1921.
DUNLICHITY.
[This parish was united with Daviot
in 1618.]
JOHN DOW MACQUHONDOQUHY
1569 [MACCONNOCHIE], reader here
and at Daviot Nov. 1569 ; removed
to Daviot in 1575.
1574 JOHN STEWART, reader in 1574.
ROBERT MOSSMAN, reader from 1576
1576 to 1578.
JOHN ROSS, reader from 1579 to
1579 1585.
HUGH GREGORY, called parson in
1579 1579.
1580
JAMES DUFF, min. of Abertarff in
1574; removed to Dunlichity in 1580,
with Abertarff, Boleskine, Daviot,
Dores, Moy and Dalarossie all in his
charge ; was still here in 1586. — [Beg.
Assig.]
JAMES VAUS, min. before 26th July
1613 1613 ; removed to Daviot in 1618.
DORES.
[The parsonage of Dores was held by
the Abbey of Pluscarden.]
Sm JAMES DUFF, held the chaplainry
t „ of the Altar of the Holy Cross at
the Reformation. He joined the
Reformers and became reader at Dores
and Boleskine, and exhorter at Dores,
Boleskine and Abertarff. He was com-
missary of Inverness and parson of
Bona in 1585. He had two natural sons,
Andrew and John, who received letters
of legitimation, 1575-6. — [Mackintosh's
Antiquarian Notes (First Series), 410 ;
Burgh Records, 3rd Feb. 1575-6.]
SEVERINUS [SOVERANE] MAC-
PHAIL, reader from 1574 to 1580 ;
min. of Alvie in 1585 and of Petty
in 1594.
1574
ANDREW MACPHAIL, trans, from
.._. Kingussie in 1590, having also Bole-
skine in the charge, to which he
removed before 1607.
ALEXANDER THOMSON, M.A. ; min.
1617 before 30th May 1617; not in the
charge in 1618 ; min. of Daviot in
1623.
Inverness]
DORES
451
1618
PATRICK DUNBAR, educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1615); rain, in 1618; in 1630 it
was reported that "his travels were un-
fruitful through want of the Gaelic " ; was
a member of the Glasgow Assembly of
1638 ; died in the spring of 1659, aged
about 63. — [Shaw's Hist., iii., 440.]
1663
WILLIAM CUMMING, M.A. ; ord. in
1663 ; became min. of Halkirk 11th
March 1677.
JAMES SMITH, educated at King's
1666 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (27th April
1659); ord. before 3rd April 1666;
deprived on declining to take the Test in
1681, but petitioned 16th March 1682 to be
allowed to do so, and again appears as a
member of the Synod 10th Oct. same
year; died at Edinburgh 23rd Nov. 1718,
aged about 80. — [Edinburgh Bur. Beg. ;
Wodrow's Hist., iii., 362.]
THOMAS FRASER, son of Hugh F.
le__ of Belladrum ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (11th July
1676); passed trials before the Presb. and
recommended for ordination 12th July
1682; ord. before 14th Feb. 1683; took
the Oaths of Allegiance at the Revolution ;
died 3rd March 1729. He marr. Katherine
M'Bean, who survived him. ■ — [Case of
Greenshields; Inverness Tests.; Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 440 ; Hist, of the Frasers, 629.]
""ARCHIBALD BANNATYNE, educated
i7si a* Univ. of Edinburgh ; recommended
by the Assembly, 26th May 1724, for
a Presb. bursary, and by the Royal Bounty
Committee as catechist at Kilmallie ; licen.
(their first licentiate) by Presb. of Abertarff
5th July 1725 ; ord. to Lochbroom 14th
Sept. 1726 ; trans, to Ardchattan 9th June
1730; called 25th March, pres. by the
Presb. jure devoluto 6th April, and adm.
14th Sept. 1731. On 30th Oct. 1745
(the King's birthday) B.'s peats and wood
were taken by the followers of Prince
Charles and burned as a bonfire, around
which they drank the "most shocking
healths in derision of the loyalty displayed
1753
by the great body of the lieges." He died
20th June 1752. He marr. 8th March 1728,
Janet Baillie, who died 25th Nov. 1749, and
had issue — Frances, born 1729; Magdalene,
born 13th May 1730 ; Colin, born 5th
Feb. 1732 ; Robert, born 5th April 1734 ;
William, born 4th June 1738; Donald, born
13th Nov. 1741.— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 440.]
JOHN GRANT, born 1725; licen. by
Presb. of Abertarff 18th April 1750 ;
ord. as missionary at Fort-Augustus
14th June 1751 ; called in March, and adm.
1st May 1753; died unmarr. 17th Nov.
1784.— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 440.]
JOHN M'KILLICAN, born Croy 1744 ;
17ss educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (2nd April 1764); licen.
by Presb. of Inverness 29th Nov. 1768;
missionary at Boleskine ; ord. missionary
at Fort-Augustus 26th March 1776; pres.
by John Campbell of Calder in April,
and adm. 23rd Sept. 1785; app. a J. P. in
1818; died 13th June 1819. He marr.
3rd June 1786, Marjory Fraser, who died
s.p. 16th May 1833. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, M.A. ;
1820 Pres" ky Job11! Lord Cawdor, Aug.
1819; ord. 28th March 1820; trans.
to Croy 3rd July 1823.
DAVID FRASER, M.A. ; trans, from
1823 R°tnesay Chapel-of-Ease ; pres. by
John, Lord Cawdor, 25th July, and
adm. 25th Sept. 1823; trans, to Nigg
(Ross), 29th March 1844.
PETER M'NAUGHTAN [or
1844 M'NAUGHTON], born Comrie,
1799, second son of John M.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1821); ord. (by Presb. of Auchter-
arder) March 1833, and went to Canada
under the auspices of the Glasgow Colonial
Society with the view of settling at Eldon
and Thorah ; shortly after his arrival he
selected another sphere of labour and was
adm. to Vaughan, Ontario, 21st Aug. 1833 ;
dem. July 1844 on a presentation to this
parish by John Frederick, Earl of Cawdor,
and adm. 27th Sept. following; dem. 9th
452
DORES— ERCHLESS
[PRESB. OF
June 1846, and returned to Canada ;
became min. of his former charge at
Vaughan, Sept. 1847; trans, to Pickering,
Ontario, in 1848 ; res. that charge and
all connection with the Church 21st Nov.
1855 ; died 10th May 1878. He marr. 1st
July 1835, Agnes Elizabeth Monteith, who
died 17th March 1889, and had issue —
Maria Ann Innes, born 18th July 1836
Sarah Frances, born 12th Nov. 1838
Grace Elizabeth, born 6th June 1841
John, born 22nd Aug. 1843, died '25th July
1844 ; Peter, born 17th Nov. 1845.
EWEN MACKENZIE, M.A.; pres. by
John Frederick, Earl of Cawdor,
and ord. 17th Sept. 1846; trans, to
Kirkhill 16th Aug. 1848.
JAMES M'NAUGHTON, born Glen-
1848 lvon' 1822> son °f John M., tenant
of Gleney, Perthshire, and Helen
Campbell; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; Koyal Bounty missionary at Glen-
garry (cf. Vol. IV., 133, where his name
is omitted) ; pres. by John Frederick, Earl
of Cawdor, and ord. 19th Oct. 1848 ; dem.
11th Dec. 1888 ; died unmarr. at Inverness,
24tb Nov. 1890.
THOMAS SINTON, born Aberarder,
Laggan, 18th Sept. 1855, son of
Thomas S. and Anne Stewart ;
educated at Kingussie School, Inverness
Royal Academy, Edinburgh High School,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Abernethy 13th May 1881 ; assistant
at Blair- Atholl (Struan) ; ord. to Glengarry
8th Feb. 1882 ; elected 22nd April, trans,
and adm. 10th July 1889 ; clerk of Presb.,
1901-23, and of Synod, 1908-23; D.D.
(St Andrews, 1912); died 4th Sept. 1923.
He marr. 30th Oct. 1903, Catherine, daugh.
of Duncan Macfarlane, Invervack, Blair-
Atholl, and Christian Robertson, and widow
of Alexander Macpherson, and had issue —
Thomas Christopher John, born 4th May
1906. Publications — ThePoetry of Badenoch
(Inverness, 1906) ; By Loch and River :
being Memories of Loch Laggan and Upper
Spey (Inverness, 1910) ; Family and Genea-
logical Sketches (Inverness, p.p., 1911);
" Snatches of Song collected in Badenoch "
(Celtic Magazine (1886) xii. 25), Highland
Monthly (1892) iv. 566-75, Jnver. Gael
Soc. Trans. (1895) xx. 168-20, (1898)
xxii. 233-56); "Gaelic Poetry from the
Cluny Charter Chest" (Tnver. Gael. Soc.
Trans. (1899), xxiii., 247-81); "Places,
People, and Poetry of Dores in Other
Days " (Inver. Gael. Soc. Trans. (1906) xxvi.
318-41, (1908) xxvii. 85-9); "Marbhrann"
[translated] (Anderson's An Inverness
Lawyer, p. 60).
JOHN MACCALLUM, trans, from St
1924 &iaran's> Glasgow (cf. Vol. III., 449),
and adm. 11th April 1924.
ERCHLESS (Q.S.).
[The parish of Erchless was disjoined
from Kiltarlity, Kilmorack, and Kintail,
and erected 17th March 1884.]
JAMES FRASER, born Abernethy, 18th
May 1834, son of Peter F. and
Elspeth Grant ; educated at Gran-
town School and King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (March 1856) ; schoolmaster
of Elchies, 1856-75; licen. by Presb. of
Aberlour 21st July 1862 ; assistant at
Cromdale ; ord. (by Presb. of Abertarff)
to Fort- Augustus 1876 ; trans, to Erchless
1881, and adm. first min. of the parish
14th May 1884; dem. 27th Oct. 1914;
died at Dornoch, 12th Feb. 1924. He
marr. (1) 11th June 1868, Elizabeth (died
6th Oct. 1874), daugh. of Captain Innes
and Helen Green, and had issue— Helen
Green (only child), born 20th April 1870
(marr. Charles Donald Bentinck, D.D.,
min. of Dornoch : (2) 7th June 1883,
Margaret Jane, daugh. of Joseph Caskey,
min. of Stronsay.
1881
1915
NEIL MACLEOD, born Strath, Skye,
23rd Sept. 1861, son of John M. and
Elizabeth Robertson ; educated at
Broadford School and Univs. of Glasgow
and Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Mull in
1889 ; ord. (assistant) at Tiree same year ;
adm. to Edderton 24th Oct. 1889; dem.
6th Dec. 1901 ; missionary at Lochboisdale
Inverness] GLENMORISTON— INVERNESS AND BONA
453
in 1902 ; app. to Lochranza 31st Jan. 1907 ;
trans, to Kilcalmonell and Kilberry 9th
Feb. 1910; trans, and adm. 24th March
1915 ; dem. 16th May 1923. Marr. 11th
Nov. 1890, Louisa, daugh. of Walter Duff,
coffee - planter, Ceylon, and has issue —
William Duff, born 5th Jan. 1903.
JOHN MATHESON MACLEOD,
192S trans, from Salen (cf. Vol. IV., 119)
and adm. 26th Dec. 1923.
GLENMORISTON (Q.S.).
[The ancient name of this parish is
Gleann Mbr Essdin = The Great Glen of
the Waterfall. Its church was dedicated to
St Irchard. At Invermoriston, within the
bounds, there were Wells of St Irchard and
St Columba = Fuaran Cholumchille. The
parishes of Glen Urquhart and Glen-
moriston were united about 1600. From
1676 to 1688 Abertarff was conjoined with
Glenmoriston. Glenmoriston was dis-
joined again quoad sacra on 9th March
1891. A fair of St Irchard was held at
Invermoriston. There is now a mission
chapel in this parish at Dalchriechart.]
EOBEBT MONBO, min. of Abertarff
tRl7R and Glenmoriston in 1676 (cf. Vol.
IV., 126).
ALEXANDEK MACBEAN, officiated
.-„ in 1725. — [Mackay's Urquhart and
Glenmoriston, 384.]
THOMAS MONTFOD, app. Eoyal
17„5 Bounty missionary 26th May 1725
[afterwards min. of Kilmalie] (cf.
Vol. IV., 134).
SIMON FBASER, app. in 1799 ; adm.
1799 to Stornoway 20th Sept. 1815.
JOHN MACKENZIE, ord. 13th May
1818 1818; trans, to Bogart 17th Sept.
1823.
ALEXANDER M'lVEB, app. in 1824;
1824 adm. to Sleat 26th April 1826.
FABQUHAB MACIVEB, missionary at
1828 Glengarry in 1827.
[Vacant 1840-1854.]
ALEXANDEE GAIB, educated
1854 at United Secession Hall.
MALCOLM MACCALLUM, app. 1876
1876 [afterwards of Muckairn].
• GEOBGE JOHNSTON BIBBELL,
1878 k°rn Ceres, 1850; educated at St
Andrews.
ALEXANDEB DUFF [afterwards of
1880 Oban].
JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
1881 min. of Portnahaven in 1882.
JAMES MUNRO [afterwards of Logie-
1883 Easter 19th April 1886].
visas WILLIAM BIBBELL, Aberdeen.
EOBEBT CUMMING, born Duthil,
1886 13th Aug. 1858, son of John C. ;
educated at Univs. of Aberdeen
M.A. (1882), Glasgow B.D. (1886); app.
in 1886 ; L.R.C.P. Edin., L.R.C.S. Edin. ;
B.Sc. (1903).
AECHIBALD M'NEILL, born Tongue,
18gl 25th Oct. 1859, son of Archibald M.,
schoolmaster, and Mary Fraser; edu-
cated at Tongue School, Madras College,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Tongue in 1887; assistant at Urquhart;
ord. first min. of the parish 23rd Sept. 1891.
INVERNESS AND BONA.
[These parishes were united by the Plat
in 1618.
Inverness. — It seems certain that in early
times the church of Inverness was dedi-
cated to St Columba. There was a later
dedication to St Mary. The old church
belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath ; it
was a building of some size and dignity.
When Oliver Cromwell built his fort at
Inverness, he took down the church to
furnish stones for the new erection. In
and near this town there were of old a
number of chapels and shrines. Among
these were dedications to the Holy Bood,
454
INVERNESS AND BONA
[PEESB. OF
St Mary, St Michael, St John the Baptist,
St Peter, St Thomas, St Giles, St Katherine,
and St Margaret. Moreover, the Black
Friars had a convent in the burgh ; it
was dedicated to St Bartholomew. In
Inverness, as elsewhere, the rapid growth
of the population during the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries led to efforts
after larger church accommodation. In
1624 a Second Charge was founded for
the united parishes. A new congregation
was thus gathered, and for it the West
Church was built in 1835. For Gaelic
services a Third Charge was set up in
1641. To meet the growing wants of this
Gaelic Charge, St Mary's Church was
provided in 1649. In 1792 St Mary's was
rebuilt. In 1798 another place of worship
was erected, called the East Chapel. In
1837 a fifth church was opened called the
North. In 1843 the East and the North
Churches were retained by the Free Church.
The parish of Inverness and Bona has now
three churches and three ministers. Fairs
were held of old at Inverness on Palm
Sunday, Marymas in Harvest, Eoodmas,
Petermas in February, Martinmas and the
anniversaries of St Andrew, St Thomas,
and St Mark. Each of these fairs seems
to have gone on for eight days.
Bona. — The ancient church of Bona was
dedicated to St Curadan. This parish,
the smallest in the county, extending only
to twelve ploughs or three davochs of
land, was added to that of Inverness on
8th July 1618. Its church probably stood
at Killionan of Abriachan, or at Cladh
Uradain of Lochend. The name of Elias,
vicar of Bona, is found as early as 1233.]
BONA.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, reader in 1567
1567 [afterwards of Duthil].
ANDKEW MACPHAIL, held Bona
1574 with Farnua in 1574.
JAMES DUFF, commissary of Inver-
1583 ness' f°rmerly °f Boleskine; styled
parson of Bona 12th May 1583. —
[Becords of Inverness, i., 293.]
1584
1560
THOMAS INNES, min. in 1584; on
18th April that year he gave a
tack of the teinds of Bona to Thomas
Fraser, first of Strichen, and his wife,
Isobel Forbes, burdened with payment
of £20 Scots to the min. annually. —
[Mackintosh's Antiquarian Notes (Second
Series) 25].
INVERNESS.
Fikst Charge.
GEORGE HEPBURNE, mentioned as
vicar of Inverness at the Reforma-
tion; was probably rector of Dairy,
and one of the illegitimate sons of Patrick
H., pre-Reformation Bishop of Moray.
He may have conformed, but of this there
is no evidence. He died in 1575, when
he is referred to in a Crown Charter of
Confirmation " as the late G. H., Treasurer
of Moray, and perpetual vicar of the parish
church of Inverness." — [Beg. Mag. Sig.,
1545-60, No. 2482.]
DAVID RAG, probably the mendicant
1S6_ friar of that name who appears as
the recipient of a pension from the
Thirds of Benefices in 1562 ; conformed
and became first Protestant min. of the
parish who is mentioned as such in 1560.
His name occurs only once in the Burgh
Records, but he is referred to on two other
occasions as "our minister." On 18th Jan.
1560-1, Jasper Waus (then Provost) and
George Cuthbert were ordered to pay " our
minister's fee." On 3rd June 1561, John
Morrison was charged with openly "rabutt-
ing and slandering R. in the King's gett,
calling him a common pulpit flyter [scold]
and harlot, and saying he bat [struck]
Friar Andrew M'Neyll's lug," and being
found guilty was sentenced to kneel at
the Market Cross and say, "False tongue
he lied," and thereafter, on Corpus Christi
day, in presence of the people, kneel and
ask forgiveness. On 13th Dec. 1561, a
jury of fifteen citizens found R. "free of
a bruit openly and quietly slandered by
Arthur Byrnaye." — [Moir Bryce's The
Scottish Grey Friars, ii., 346 ; Mackintosh's
Antiquarian Notes, 427 ; Burgh Becords.]
INVERNESS]
INVERNESS
455
1565
THOMAS HOWIESON [or
HOUSTON], a Bomish priest, who
conformed, and on 23rd June 1561
was app. one of the Burgh Clerks of Inver-
ness and shortly afterwards master of the
Burgh Grammar School. He became min.
of the parish before 9th June 1565, and
continued his work as schoolmaster to
1574, when he desired Andrew MacPhail,
Gaelic min. at Inverness, to be "doctor
[classical master] under him " ; in 1569 he
was app. by the magistrates to the titular
chaplainry of St Michael's, which was
richly endowed with lands and rentals in
and near Inverness ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 27th Sept. 1574 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1575 ; app. by
the Assembly of 1582 Visitor for the
Province of Boss, and in 1586 was one of
those for trial of the Commissioners of
Moray. On 6th March 1589 he was app.
by the Privy Council one of seven mins.
for preservation of the "true religion in the
Sheriffdoms of Inverness and Cromarty."
He died 9th Feb. 1605. During his forty
years' ministry he took an active share in
all affairs of the town ; his name occurs
repeatedly in the local records, and he was
apparently on admirable terms with the
magistrates and the whole community.
He marr., and had issue — Elspeth (marr.
William Bobertson, founder of the family
of Kindeace in Kilmuir-Easter. — [Mack-
intosh's Antiquarian Notes [First Series],
326, 427-9 ; Family of Kilravoch ; Ander-
son's House of Fraser ; Calderwood's Hist.,
iii. 349, 618, iv. 569; Melville's Autob.,
302.]
JOHN BLYNSCHELL [BLINSHALL],
who had been a Dominican friar of
Elgin, was pres. by the provost and
magistrates to the vicarage 9th Aug. 1574.
He was reader in 1576. — [Bryce's The Scot-
tish Grey Friars, ii., 341-65 ; Mackintosh's
Antiquarian Notes (First Series), 431.]
ALEXANDEB BICHAEDSON, reader
1598 at ^k June 1598, when he witnessed
a discharge by Simon, Lord Lovat.
— [Auchnagaim Papers.]
JAMES BISHOP, born about 1580;
1605 educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (29th July 1600); min. in
1605, as appears from his letter, 20th Jan.
1615, respecting the " smallness of his
provision and weight of his burden." In
1606 he was app. by the Assembly
constant Moderator of the Presb. whose
members were ordered by the Privy
Council, 17th Jan. 1607, to receive him as
such within twenty-four hours' notice under
pain of rebellion ; pres. by James VI.
21st July 1617 ; was a member of the
Perth Assembly of 1618, and one of a
privy conference there for assisting John
Spottiswood, the Moderator. He died
about 1620. He marr. (1) name unknown,
and had issue — Bobert, who died young :
(2) 22nd Dec. 1607, Christian D., and had
issue — Bobert ; James ; Margaret ; Janet ;
Mary. Publication — " Letter to King
James" [Original Letters, ii.].— [Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Calderwood's Hist, vii., 318 ; Boohe
of the Kirk ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii.]
1620
WILLIAM CLOGIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Inveraven and adm. in 1620 ; a
complaint was brought against him
in 1640, probably for the reason that he
refused to sign the National Covenant
presented to the Presb. on 25th April 1639
by John Boss, Provost of Inverness, when
it was almost universally signed by the
townsfolk. Considering himself ill-used,
C. dem., but "having deserved well of
the kirk, and his praise being in the gospel,
he was recommended to the several Presbs."
He became min. of Spynie 21st Jan. 1647.
— [Macdonald's Covenanters in Moray and
Boss, 16 ; Kilravock Papers (Spalding
Club), 321.]
MUEDOCH MACKENZIE, M.A.;
1640 trans- from Contin ; elected 1st
June, and adm. 3rd Sept. 1640 ;
trans, to Elgin 17th April 1645.
JOHN ANNAND, born about 1602,
1645 grandson and heir of John A. of
Murraystoun ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1618); ord. to Second
Charge, Inverness, after 13th April 1624 ;
456
INVERNESS
[PKESB. OF
trans, to Kinnoir [Huntly], between 25th
April and 30th Oct. 1627; declined a
call to North Leith 13th Aug. 1633 ; was
a member of the Glasgow Assembly of
1638, but withdrew along with the Com-
missioner [James, Marquess of Hamilton],
and others, 29th Nov. ; re-trans, to Second
Charge, Inverness, after April 1640 ; had
a manse built and a glebe designed for
that charge same year ; trans, to this
charge and adm. in 1645 ; declined presenta-
tion to a charge in Edinburgh by the Town
Council 13th July 1647 ; was a member
of Assembly Commissions, 1648 and 1649 ;
app. by Parliament one of the Visitors for
the College of Aberdeen 31st July 1649.
In May 1650 he "comforted" his old
acquaintance, the Marquess of Montrose,
then passing through Inverness on his way
to execution in Edinburgh ; died Nov. 1660.
He marr. Margaret, daugh. of John Forbes
of the Corsindae family, and had issue —
William, min. of Bellie. — [Lumsden's
House of Forbes ; Acts of Pari., vi., part 2,
509 ; John Buchan's Montrose, 250 ; Baillie's
Letters ; Shaw's Hist., iii., 435.
JAMES SUTHEKLAND, educated at
1663 at king's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1653) ; became chaplain to Alex-
ander, Lord Duffus ; licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 2nd Dec. 1658; called to Dores 2nd
Nov. 1659, but preferred a call from this
parish, and was ord. before 3rd April 1660 ;
ordered on 14th April 1662 to confer with
Burgh Council as to taking proceedings
against witches ; trans, and adm. about
1663 ; died Sept. 1673, aged about 41.
ALEXANDER CLEBK, born about
1674 1^28 ' educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1646) ; ord. to
Latheron about 1652 ; trans, and adm.
to Second Charge, Inverness, April 1663;
trans, and adm. in 1674. He gave 100
merks towards building a bridge founded
in 1681 ; died Sept. 1683. He marr. Jean
Fraser (who marr. (2) William Duff, Provost
of Inverness), and had issue — Alexander,
writer, Edinburgh, served heir 9th Feb.
1697. — [Inq. Ret. Gen., 7816 ; Mackay's
House of Machay ; Inverness Sas., vi., 46.]
ANGUS M'BEAN, born 1656, of the
168S family of Kinchyle ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(13th July 1675) ; was session-clerk at
Foveran 23rd Dec. 1677 to Feb. 1678;
licen. (on the recommendation of Professor
Menzies of Aberdeen) and officiated for
a time in Ayrshire ; pres. by Thomas
Fraser of Strichen in Oct., had a certificate
for ordination 28th Nov., and ord. and
inst. 29th Dec. 1683. Becoming doubtful
as to Episcopacy, he " inveighed against
the sins and errors of his time, particularly
against Popery, with great judgment, zeal,
and boldness," and on 23rd Oct. 1687,
preached a memorable sermon (Job xxxiv.,
31, 32) in which he recanted his former
opinions and dem. his charge, " some of his
hearers being angry, and some surprised,
but those who received most good of his
ministry were all in tears." He now
actively joined the Presbyterians, con-
ducted services in private houses and in
the open air, and, returning to Inverness,
gathered round him a large congregation.
Having gone to Edinburgh, he was appre-
hended, brought before the Privy Council,
and after a brief term of imprisonment
(from 1st Dec.) was permitted to return
home, Duncan Forbes of Culloden giving
bail to a large amount that he would answer
when called. In Feb. 1688 he received a
second summons to appear before the
Council on six days' notice. Though in
feeble health, and the cold intense, he
hastened to Edinburgh and reported him-
self a few hours before his bail expired.
He was handed over to an ecclesiastical
court, consisting of Arthur, Archbishop of
St Andrews, and eight clerical coadjutors.
Boldly avowing his change of creed and
refusing to return to Episcopacy, he was
dep. and committed to the Tolbooth, where
he lay for most of the year, Forbes of
Culloden and Sir Robert Gordon of Gordons-
toun, Bart., vainly offering 10,000 merks
(£555, lis. Id.) for his release. In Dec.
the prison was broken open by a party of
Presbyterian sympathisers and he was set
at liberty, but the rigours of imprisonment
had so told on his constitution that he
died within two months, Feb. 1689. He
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1688
was the last Presbyterian min. to be
dep. under Episcopacy. William Stuart
of Kiltearn describes him as "a man of
great judgment, excellent learning, and in
his own opinion less than the least of all
saints, but in the judgment of those who
had the best discerning, a man who grew
in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord
Jesus Christ, to a more than ordinary
degree." He marr. Janet, daugh. of William
Trent, merchant, Inverness (she marr. (2)
Eobert Baillie, min. of Second Charge,
Inverness), and had issue — Isobel (marr.
Alexander Eraser, min. of the Second
Charge, Inverness).- — [Wodrow's Hist., iv.,
524 ; Mackay's Urquhart, 368 ; Fountain-
hall's Decisions, i., 488 ; Brodie's Diary ;
Shaw's Hist., iii., 435 ; Foveran Session Re-
cords; Mackintoshes and Clan Ghattan, 489,
note; Covenanters of Moray and Ross, 164-9 ;
Tombst. ; More Culloden Papers, i., 201.]
HECTOK MACKENZIE, born Suther-
land about 1645, son of Alexander M.
in Strathnaver ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A.. (22nd July 1665) ;
passed trials before Presb. of Elgin, and
recommended for licence 22nd April 1669 ;
ord. (at Elgin) to Kingussie 30th Nov.
1670 ; pres. by Kenneth, Earl of Seaforth ;
trans, and adm. 2nd May 1688. A staunch
upholder of Episcopacy, he declined to
accept the new system at the Bevolu-
tion, but continued to perform his duties
as parish min. His name disappears
from the Session Minutes as Moderator
and member of the Kirk-Session after 8th
July 1694. He probably took the Oath of
Allegiance and was allowed to preach till
his death, 14th June 1719. He was a Gaelic
preacher of note and had a large following.
He marr., and had issue — James, M.D.;
Alexander, Episcopal min. at Edinburgh,
died 1764, leaving all his Greek and Latin
books to Inverness Library; William,
schoolmaster, Cromarty. — [Mitchell's Kirk-
Session Records, 10, 14, 23, 203 ; Inverness
Tests. ; Case of Greenshields.]
WILLIAM STUAET, trans, from Third
.,„„_. Charge, Inverness ; called 21st and
adm. 26th Jan. 1720; trans, to
Kiltearn 8th Nov. 1726.
ALEXANDEB M'BEAN, born about
,„„„ 1684, probably connected with the
Kinchyle family ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; MA. (11th May 1702);
schoolmaster of Fort-William, 1701-9 ;
became chaplain to Archibald Douglas of
Cavers ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 11th
July 1711; sent North by the Commission
of Assembly ; ord. to Avoch 8th June 1712,
where he was so badly received by the people,
who were mostly Episcopalians, that, on his
earnest request, he received an Act of Trans-
portability, 21st Oct. 1713, and was settled at
Douglas, Lanarkshire, 28th May 1714. [In
1717 he was recommended by the Commis-
sion of Assembly to the Lords of the Treasury
for payment of arrears of his salary, but this
could not be complied with, the debt
having been incurred previous to the
Union] ; trans, to Third Charge, Inverness,
6th Dec. 1720 ; pres. by Alexander Fraser
of Strichen in Jan., trans, and adm. 4th
April 1727; died 2nd Nov. 1762. He
was spoken of as the "John Knox of the
North," and greatly exerted himself to
suppress the spirit of the Jacobite Bising,
1745-6. He marr. 14th Sept. 1712, Marjory
(died 30th March 1766), daugh. of John
Macbean, Inverness, and had issue — Forbes,
captain of Artillery, distinguished himself
at the battle of Minden, 1st Aug. 1759,
and received from Prince Ferdinand of
Brunswick a gratuity of 500 crowns, along
with a letter of thanks : "I have reason to
be infinitely satisfied with your behaviour,
activity, and zeal," died 1800; William,
attorney, London; Elizabeth. Publication
— The Excellency, Offices, and Enforcements
of Christian Brotherly Love, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1743); "Memorial concerning
the Highlands" (Scot. Hist. Soc). He ia
also supposed to have been the author of
MS. 104 in the King's Library, British
Museum, published by Andrew Lang
(Edin. 1898). — [Scots Mag., xxi., 499;
Shaw's Hist., iii., 435 ; The Mackintoshes
and Clan Chattan, 488-90; Tombst.]
MUBDOCH MACKENZIE, born about
1700; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (30th May 1729);
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 2nd March
1763
458
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[PEESB. OF
1731; ord. to Contin 20th Sept. 1732;
trans, to Dingwall 30th July 1741 ; trans.
to Third Charge, Inverness, 13th July
1742 ; trans, to Second Charge, Inverness,
5th Feb. 1751 ; pres. by George III. 31st
Dec. 1762 ; trans, and adm. 2nd May 1763 ;
died 7th April 1774. He marr. 2nd Oct.
1742, Katherine, daugh. of John Hosack,
Provost of Inverness, and had issue —
Murdoch, born 4th Sept. 1743 ; John, born
18th Sept. 1744 ; Eoderick, born 26th Jan.
1747 ; Margaret, born 29th Oct. 1748, died
14th Feb. 1749; Barbara, born 16th June
1751 (marr. Norman MacLeod, Jamaica);
Thomas, born 20th July 1752; Margaret,
born 29th Jan. 1754, died 19th Sept. 1757 ;
Phineas, born 20th March 1756 ; Katherine,
born 26th March 1758 ; Elizabeth, born
9th March 1760.— [Tombst. ; Mackintosh's
Antiquarian Notes, i., 312.]
1774
ROBERT ROSE, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; ord. to Third
Charge, Inverness, 27th Sept. 1763;
pres. by George III. 6th July ; trans, and
adm. 4th Oct. 1774 ; died 2nd Aug. 1799.
He marr. 15th Jan. 1776, Mary Rose, and
had issue — Mary, born 10th March 1777 ;
Robert, born 7th Oct. 1778; Elizabeth,
born 14th May 1781, died 26th Feb. 1850 ;
Marjory, born 13th Sept. 1782 ; Sarah, born
26th Aug. 1783 ; Katherine, born 21st May
1786. Publication — Account of the Parish
[with George Watson and Alexander Fraser]
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.).
PATRICK GRANT, M.A. ; trans, from
Boleskine ; pres. by the Hon. Archi-
bald Campbell Fraser of Lovat in
Aug., and adm. 2nd Sept. 1800 ; trans, to
Kiltarlity 23rd Dec. that year.
1800
1801
ALEXANDER FRASER, born 1750,
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (29th March 1775);
licen. by Presb. of Inverness 2nd Dec. 1777 ;
ord. to Third Charge, Inverness, 22nd Sept.
1778 ; trans, to Second Charge, Inverness,
3rd July 1798; pres. by George III. 15th
Jan., trans, and adm. 5th March 1801 ; died
20th May 1821. He marr. (1) name not
recorded, and had issue — Katherine, above
16 in 1805 (marr. Hugh Denoon, Pictou,
Nova Scotia) ; Isabella, above 16 in 1805 ;
Christian Robertson, above 16 in 1805 ;
Anne Munro, born 9th July 1791 (marr.
Robert Macpherson, surgeon, 42nd Foot) ;
John Munro, born 19th Dec. 1793, died in
India in 1815 : (2) 17th Oct. 1803, Isabella
(died before 1805), eldest daugh. of John
Munro of Culcairn. Publication — Account
of the Parish [with Robert Rose and
George Watson] (Sinclair's Stat. Ace. ix.). —
[Tombst.]
1821
THOMAS FRASER, born Kirkhill,
1765 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (29th March 1788) ;
sometimes a teacher in Inverness Academy ;
licen. by Presb. of Inverness 11th Aug. 1795 ;
ord. (assistant) at Coll by Presb. of Mull
25th Feb. 1796; adm. to Third Charge,
Inverness, 15th Dec. 1801 ; pres. by George
TV. 5th June, trans, and adm. 6th Nov.
1821 ; died 3rd Feb. 1834. He was de-
scribed as a man possessed of " a just and
practical judgment, uncompromising integ-
rity, and a delicate sense of justice." He
marr. 12th May 1804, Margaret Bain (died
28th June 1849), and had issue — Jane, born
4th Feb. 1805; Donald, born 11th Feb.
1807 ; Alexander, born 10th June 1809 ;
Catherine, born 1st July 1811 ; John, born
25th May 1813 ; Elizabeth, born 15th Feb.
1815; William, born 9th March 1817;
Thomas, born 21st March, and died 3rd
April 1819 ; Hugh, born 22nd March 1820,
died 26th April 1821 ; James Robertson,
born 6th March, and died 20th Nov. 1822 ;
Matheson Stewart (daugh.), born 6th Oct.
1824, died 28th May 1827; Margaret, born
11th March 1829. Publication— Account
of Strath (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvi.). —
[Tombst.; Inverness Courier, 5th Feb. 1834.]
1834
ALEXANDER CLARK, born Inver-
ness, Dec. 1797 ; educated at Royal
Academy, Inverness, and King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (26th April 1813); was
schoolmaster of Alves ; licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 9th Oct. 1821 ; ord. to Third Charge,
Inverness, 21st March 1822 ; declined a call
to Second Charge, Canongate, Edinburgh,
1832 ; pres. by William IV. 27th May, trans.
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and adm. 17th June 1834 ; died at Glasgow,
6th May 1852. He was Moderator of the
Presb. at the settlement at Kiltarlity in
1823, and was one of the four members
rebuked at the bar of the General Assembly
in 1824. He was a remarkably able minister.
Through his efforts, and largely assisted
by the patrimony of his wife, he had the
West Church erected in 1840. He marr.
9th Sept. 1835, Henrietta (died 12th Jan.
1881), daugh. of Peter Duguid, merchant,
Aberdeen, and had issue — Alexander, born
16th Dec. 1836, died 17th Jan. 1837;
Elizabeth Simpson, born 10th Feb. 1838,
died 14th Feb. 1839; Henry, born 24th
March 1840 ; Alexander, M.A., in Union of
London and Smith's Bank, London, born
25th Sept. 1841, died 29th Dec. 1903 ; James
Duguid, born 13th Aug. 1844, died 7th
April 1845 ; Anna, born 25th Sept. 1845 ;
Henrietta Sophia, born 24th Sept. 1846.
Publications — Rights of Members of the
Church of Scotland (Inverness, 1831);
Hugh MacLeod the [Assynt] Murderer : a
Voice from the Borders of Eternity (Inver-
ness, 1831) ; John Adam the [Mulbuie]
Murderer : God righteously abandoning
Man (Inverness, 1836) ; A Funeral Sermon
preached at Erchless on 21s< September
1838, occasioned by the Death of The
Ghisholm (Inverness, 1838) ; The Present
Position of the Church and the Duty of
its Members (Inverness, 1840) ; Dialogues
on the Questions presently agitated hi the
Church of Scotland, I. to VII. (Inverness,
1843) [six of these were translated into
Gaelic by Eobert Macdonald, 1843]; Poor's
Assessment in the Parish of Inverness
[Memorial and Queries for the Eev.
A. C. and others] (Inverness, 1849). —
[Maclean's Typographia Scoto-Gadelica, 93;
My Schools and Schoolmasters ; see also
The Two Mr Claris, by Hugh Miller
(1843) ; Biographies of Highland Clergy-
men, 35-45.]
DONALD MACDONALD, born Inver-
1852' neSS' 29tl1 °Ct 1813' SOn °f Allan
' M., wheelwright, and Grace Shaw ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (April 1830); licen. by Presb. of
Inverness in 1837 ; Murray Lecturer,
1837-8 ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Second Charge, Inverness, 19th May 1842 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 25th June, trans,
and adm. 13th July 1852; D.D. (King's
College, 2nd April 1850) ; dem. 12th Nov.
1889; died 28th April 1892. He was a
brilliant pulpit orator, and had wide
popularity throughout the Highlands.
He marr. 26th Jan. 1843, Ann Marjory
(died 6th June 1883), daugh. of Alexander
Eose, D.D., min. of Second Charge, Inver-
ness, and had issue — Allan, M.A., LL.B.,
born 9th Feb. 1844, solicitor, Inverness,
died 23rd Dec. 1896 ; Alexander Eose, born
24th March 1845, went to Queensland ;
Janet Mackintosh, born 24th May 1846;
James, born 19th Sept. 1847 ; Grace Shaw,
born 5th March 1849 ; John Eose, born
14th Dec. 1850, died 17th Feb. 1851 ; Ann
Marjory Eose, born 3rd Jan. 1852 ; Eobina
Shaw Eose, born 9th July 1853.— [Mitchell's
Inverness Kirk-Session Records (portrait),
134.]
NOEMAN MACLEOD, born 7th June
18go 1838, eldest son of John M., D.D.,
min. of Morven ; educated at home
and at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Mull Dec. 1860 ; ord. to St Columba's,
Glasgow, 25th Nov. 1862 ; trans, to Blair-
Atholl 6th May 1868; trans, to St
Stephen's, Edinburgh, 28th Sept. 1875;
D.D. (Glasgow 1883, St Andrews 1911);
trans, and adm. 7th Aug. 1890; app.
depute-clerk of the General Assembly in
1894 and principal clerk in 1907 ; elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 24th
May 1900; dem. 11th Dec. 1906; died 11th
Dec. 1911. He marr. 8th Sept. 1863, Helen
Augusta (died s.p. 14th March 1914), second
daugh. of John Colquhoun, author of The
Moor and the Loch, and sister of Sir Alan
John C, thirteenth baronet of Luss. Pub-
lications— Church, Ministry, and Sacra-
ments [Guild Text-Book] (London, 1898);
Manual for Young Communicants ; Dedica-
tion Sermon (Hylipol Church) (Gaelic)
(Inverness, 1903).
DONALD MACLEOD, born 14th Jan.
1907 1874, son of Donald M., D.D., min.
of The Park Parish, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and
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[PEESB. OF
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1896), B.D.
(1899) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton in
1899 ; assistant at West Parish, Aber-
deen, and at St Stephen's, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Dairy, Galloway, 28th Aug. 1902 ;
trans, and adrn. 14th May 1907 ; Chaplain
4th Cameron Highlanders, served in France
with 1st Black Watch; Senior Chaplain
1st Infantry Division 11th May 1916 to
31st March 1919; M.C. 9th March 1918;
retired Jan. 1924 (T.D.). Marr. 1st July
1914, Eva Mary, daugh. of Eobert Lumsden
Mackintosh, Hill House, Inverness, and
Janet Ballantyne Carruthers, and has
issue — Norman Mackintosh, born 18th
Sept. 1915 ; Donald Victor Maxwell, born
19th May 1919 ; Lorna Helen Janet, born
31st May 1921; Torquil Colin John, born
30th July 1924.
Second Chakge.
JOHN ANNAND, M.A.; adm. after
1624 13t^ APr^ !624 ; trans, to Kinnoir
[Huntly] between 25th April and
30th Oct. 1627.
ALEXANDER CLERK, M.A. ; min.
1629 about 1629; died 13tl1 SeP*- 1635-
He marr. Hester (died 30th Sept.
1604), second daugh. of Robert Eliot of
Lariston, Liddesdale, and Lady Jean
Stuart, third daugh. of Erancis, Earl of
Bothwell. She was a great-grandniece of
Mary Queen of Scots. — [Tombst. ; Mack-
intosh's Antiquarian Notes, i., 237 ; The
Border Elliots, 230.]
GEORGE MONRO, ord. after 3rd
1638 April 1638 ; was clerk of Presb.
26th March 1640, but " through his
urgent affairs" was absent from the
meeting ; on 28th July that year the Presb.
granted him an Act of Transportation.
He was min. of Urquhart and Logie-
Wester in 1642.
JOHN ANNAND, M.A.; above
e40 mentioned ; pres. by Thomas Fraser
of Strichen in April 1640 ; re-trans,
from Kinnoir [Huntly], and adm. soon after-
wards ; trans, to First Charge, Inverness,
in 1645.
1648
WILLIAM FRASER of Phopacy, born
about 1605, eldest son of James F.
of Phopacy, major-domo to Lord
Lovat (descended from the Frasers of
Fruid, Tweedsmuir) and Elizabeth, daugh.
of William Fraser of Stray, tutor of Lovat ;
was M.A. and M.D. ; min. of Kilmorack
in 1630 ; trans, to Killearnan in 1640 ;
trans, and adm. 3rd April 1648 ; died 22nd
Nov. 1659. The Latin inscription on his
tombstone has been thus translated : —
" A Pastor choice, a Dove without a gall,
Lies in this grave, the people's Love withal."
He marr. Alison (who survived him),
elder daugh. of James Fraser, Tain, and
Janet, daugh. of John Denune of Pittogarty,
and had issue — James, min. of Kirkhill ;
William; Simon; Thomas; Hugh; Andrew;
Janet ; Isabel ; Magdalen ; Agnes ; and
fourteen others. — [Monteith's Theatre of
Mortality, 206 ; Inverness Tests. ; Mac-
kenzie's Eist. of the Frasers, 728 ; Mackay's
Wardlaw Manuscript (Introduction), vii.,
117, 417.]
DUNCAN M'CULLOCH, trans, from
,_._ Third Charge, Inverness, and adm.
in 1645 ; trans, to Urquhart and
Glenmoriston between 6th April and 5th
Oct. 1647.
JAMES SUTHERLAND, M.A. ; had
a call to Dores and to this parish ;
ord. here before 3rd April 1660 ;
trans, to First Charge, Inverness, about
1663.
ALEXANDER CLERK, M.A.; trans,
from Latheron, and adm. April 1663 ;
trans, to First Charge, Inverness,
1674.
GILBERT MARSHALL, born about
laM 1647, son of Gilbert M., min. of
Cromdale ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (19th July 1665) ;
ord. to Cromdale before 2nd Oct. 1666 ;
pres. by Kenneth, Lord Kintail, trans,
and adm. 9th Sept. 1674. On 24th Aug.
1690, he "was surprised after sermon by
General Buchan's Highland army, which
lay betwixt the Castle and Culloden." He
died 26th Feb. 1691, "having preached the
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Gospel to the satisfaction of all his
hearers," and was interred in Bailie Duffs
burial-place. He marr. Margaret, daugh.
of George Chalmers, min. of Kinnoir. —
[Mitchell's Inverness Kirk-Session Records ;
Mackay's Presbytery of Inverness, 45 et
seq.; Banff Inhib., 30th May 1692.]
[The parish was vacant for eleven years.]
[Lachlan Shaw says that following the
death of Gilbert Marshall the magistrates
"would not suffer the vacancy to be
declared," all avenues to the church being
"beset on 2 1st June with armed men, and
double sentinels placed at the doors that
no minister might enter, and when Duncan
Forbes of Culloden [father of the Lord
President] sought to open the doors, he
was thrust back and struck with violence.
This made him and others represent the
case to the Privy Council, and in Aug. 1691
Lord Leven's regiment was sent North to
protect the well-affected in obeying the
law." But this is a mistake, or, at all
events, an overdrawn picture. There is
no indication in the Session Eecords of
any such disturbance ; upon the contrary,
it is clearly stated that on 14th July
1691, at a meeting of Session, consisting
of "magistrates, councillors, heritors, and
elders," a leet was drawn up, and a vote
recorded in favour of Alexander Sutherland.
On 19th July objections to his appoint-
ment were craved in the usual form from
the pulpit, and the call finally disposed of
on 22nd July. The eleven years' vacancy
was due solely to the circumstances of
the period — the abolition of Episcopacy,
questions as to Patronage, and the Oaths
of Allegiance.] — [Shaw's Hist., iii., 437;
Mitchell's Kirk-Session Records, 21 et seq.~]
[JOHN M'KILLICAN of Alness, min.
of Fodderty; preached for a time after
the Eestoration of Presbyterianism, but
was not settled ; died 8th June 1689. See
Fodderty.]
[ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND,
master of the Grammar School of Inver-
ness ; chaplain to Livingston's Dragoons ;
elected from a leet of six (the others were —
William Mackay, min. of Dornoch ; Thomas
Fraser, min. of Suddie ; Andrew Ross,
min. of Urquhart (Ross) ; David Cumming,
min. at Brae-Moray ; and William Stuart,
" expectant ") 14th July 1691 ; called 22nd
July, but though he preached several times
after his appointment he was not settled,
and disappears from the Records after
23rd Aug.]
[WILLIAM STUART, probationer ;
preached for a time ; afterwards min. of
Kiltearn.]
[JAMES FRASER of Brea, min. of
Culross {q.v.); elected 22nd Oct. 1695.
The magistrates and council were for
John Paisley, min. of Lochwinnoch, but
Fraser was called Sept. 1696. He officiated
for a considerable period, and was on the
point of being settled when, on 8th Nov.
1698, he made a stipulation that one of
the churches should be "given to him to
preach in forenoon and afternoon." The
Session were unable to agree to this, and
he remained at Culross.]
DONALD GILMOUR, reader in Irish
1697 (Gaelic) in 1697. On 23rd May 1703,
he got " ane whyte plaid " in part
payment of his salary. — [Mitchell's Records,
43.]
1 ROBERT BAILLIE, born about 1672 ;
170„ said to be a cadet of Lamington ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 12th July 1693;
ord. to Lamington 27th Sept. same year ;
declined a call to Keith in 1699 ; called
15th Jan. 1700 ; trans, by appointment of
the General Assembly in 1701, and again
by Commission of Assembly 13th March,
and adm. before 1st June 1702. He was
called to Gladsmuir in 1710, to London in
1711, and to the Scots Church, Rotterdam,
1st Jan. 1714, and again in 1724. On the
occasion of his first call to Rotterdam,
the Assembly instructed their Moderator
(William Mitchell), to inform the Consistory
there that "such are the present circum-
stances of Inverness, and of the country
about, and such is B.'s influence and use-
fulness, they could not, without great
prejudice to the interests of religion in
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[PRESB. OF
that country, remove him from that
important post." In 1712 he accompanied
Principals Carstares and Blackwell to
London to watch over the interests of the
Church in the matter of Patronage, when
they petitioned the House of Lords against
its restoration. B. died of consumption 11th
Feb. 1726. He had few equals in the
ministry, and his death was greatly de-
plored ; and he had a knowledge of Gaelic.
He marr. (cont. 28th March 1699), Janet
(who survived him), daugh. of William
Trent, merchant, Inverness, and widow of
Angus Macbean, min. of First Charge,
Inverness, and had issue — William (only
son), min. of Third Charge, Inverness; Jean.
Publication — "The Humble Representa-
tion concerning the Bill for Restoring
Patronages " [with Carstares and Blackwell]
(Carstares1 State Papers, Randall's Tracts
on Patronage). — [Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Moray
Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal., iii., 275 ; Wodrow's
Corresp., L, 302, 307; Steven's Scots
Church in Rotterdam, 146, 152 ; Mitchell's
Kirk - Session Records, 20, 133 ; Upper
Ward of Lanarkshire, i., 249 ; Mackintosh's
Antiquarian Notes, i., 310 ; Culloden
Paj)ers ; Acts and Dec, Mack., da, 14th
Dec. 1757.]
ALEXANDER FRASER, educated at
1727 King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(4th July 1695) ; recommended by
the General Assembly in 1700 and 1701
to the Lords of the Treasury and the
magistrates of Edinburgh for a Gaelic
bursary; ord. to Croy 18th Feb. 1703; trans.
to Urquhart and Logie-Wester 4th May
1708, but did not become min. there till
21st April 1715 ; called 16th June, and by
the Presb. jure devoluto 6th Sept. 1726 ;
trans, and adm. 4th April 1727 ; died 6th
May 1750. He marr. 4th Sept. 1706,
Isobel (died 10th March 1770), daugh. of
Angus M'Bean, min. of First Charge,
Inverness, and had issue— Elizabeth (marr.
Duncan MTntosh, min. of Ardersier) ;
Hugh ; Jean (marr. Donald Fraser, min.
of Killeaman) ; Isobel ; Grisel ; Lachlan.
Publication— "A Letter" (Wodrow's Hist.,
iv., 525. — [Tombst. ; Inverness Sas., vi. 153,
x. 106.]
MURDOCH MACKENZIE, M.A. ;
-„_. trans, from Third Charge, Inverness,
and adm. 5th Feb. 1751 ; trans, to
First Charge, Inverness, 2nd May 1763.
ALEXANDER FRASER, born about
1711; educated at King's College,
1763 Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1729);
became tutor to John, Lord Macleod, at
Tarbert ; licen. by Presb. of Tain 11th
Sept. 1734 ; ord. to Avoch 24th Aug. 1736 ;
trans, to Third Charge, Inverness, 13th Nov.
1754 ; pres. by George III. 31st Dec. 1762 ;
trans, and adm. 21st June 1763 ; died 12th
Jan. 1778. He marr. Jane (died 31st Dec.
1789), sister of John Porteous, min. of
Kilmuir-Easter, and had issue — John, born
9th June 1740, died 24th Dec. 1758; Lewis,
licentiate of the Church, born 22nd Feb.
1742, died 29th Nov. 1769; Isabel, born 12th
July 1743; Janet, born 17th March 1746,
died 6th June 1762. Publication— Account
of James Fraser of Brea [prefixed to Treatise
on Sanctification\. — [Tombst. ; Scot. J\Totes
and Queries (1898), xii., 17.]
GEORGE WATSON, born about 1737,
son of James W., Inverness; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1755) ; ord. missionary at
Fort-Augustus ; adm. to Kiltearn 20th
Sept 1770 ; trans, to Third Charge, Inver-
ness, 20th Dec. 1775; pres. by the Hon.
Simon Fraser of Lovat, and adm. 7th July
1778; was chaplain to the Black Watch,
his brother-in-law being colonel ; died 5th
Feb. 1798. He marr. 9th July 1773, Anne
(died 24th Jan. 1823), daugh. of Hugh
Munro of Novar, and sister of Sir Hector
M. Publication — Account of the Parish
[with Robert Rose and Alexander Fraser]
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.).— [Tombst. ; Mac-
kenzie's Hist, of the Munros, 514.]
ALEXANDER FRASER, M.A. ; trans.
from Third Charge, Inverness ; pres.
by George III. 19th Jan., and adm.
3rd July 1798; trans, to First Charge,
Inverness, 5th March 1801.
ALEXANDER ROSE, born Broomhill,
1801 Cawdor> 20tn Aug. 1772; educated
at Nairn School and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th March 1791) ; licen.
INVERNESS]
INVERNESS
463
by Presb. of Abertarff; ord. (assistant) to
Second Charge, Inverness, 2nd Dec. 1795 ;
adm. to' Third Charge, Inverness, 18th
Sept. 1798; pres. by the Hon. Archibald
Campbell Fraser of Lovat, 19th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 7th April 1801 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 23rd Dec. 1825); declined
(for reasons of health) nomination as
Moderator of the General Assembly in
1826 and 1827 ; dem. 5th, and died 12th
March 1850. He marr. 3rd Jan. 1801,
Janet (died 23rd July 1815, aged 35),
daugh. of William Mackintosh, Provost of
Inverness, and had issue — Janet, born 28th
Feb. 1802 (marr. 24th Jan. 1821, Captain
John Eoss, H.E.I.C.S.); Kobina Shaw,
born 15th Oct. 1803 (marr. 30th Jan.
1828, George Grant, merchant, Liverpool);
John, born 6th Nov. 1806; Wilhelmina,
born 8th March 1809 (marr. Robert
Macpherson, min. of Third Charge, Inver-
ness); Ann Marjory, born 26th Oct. 1811
(marr. Donald Macdonald, D.D., min.
of First Charge, Inverness ; Catherine,
born 23rd July 1815 (marr. 14th July
1841, Charles Samuel Spalding Evans,
captain 76th Foot). Publications — Sub-
stance of a Speech on Church Patronage
(Inverness, 1841) ; Account of the Parish
[with George Anderson] {New Stat.
Ace, xiv.). — [Mitchell's Inverness Kirk-
Session Records (portrait), 133 et seq.;
Biographies of Highland Clergymen,
28-34.]
DONALD MACDONALD, pres. by
1842 Hercules Scott (for Lovat); ord.
(assistant and successor) 19th May
1842 ; trans, to First Charge, Inverness,
13th July 1852.
ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, born
1853 Glengairn, 26tn May 1806, only son
of Robert M., Royal Bounty mission-
ary there [afterwards min. of Kilmuir in
Troternish, Skye] ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (31st March
1827); licen. by Presb. of Skye; ord. to
Kilmuir in Troternish 23rd April 1844;
declined a call to Applecross in 1845 ; trans,
to Gaelic Church, Edinburgh, 28th Aug.
1850 ; pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto ;
trans, and adm. 13th May 1853 ; died
19th Oct. 1881. He was an eminent
Gaelic scholar, and made many contribu-
tions to Celtic literature under the
pen-name of " Sgiathanach " (Skye-man).
He marr. 18th Dec. 1846, Catherine
MacGregor (died 31st Dec. 1889), and
had issue — Robert Roy, I.S.O., chief
clerk of H.M. Exchequer, Edinburgh,
born 3rd Nov. 1847, died 5th Jan.
1922 ; Ann Macpherson, born 30th Aug.
1849, died 14th June 1861 ; Janet
Menzies, born 7th Oct. 1851 ; Duncan,
born 3rd Sept. 1853, died 12th Sept. 1854 ;
Margaret Isabella, born 29th June 1855 ;
Duncan Alexander, physician, Hudders-
field, born 3rd July 1857 ; Catherine, born
3rd Feb. 1860 ; Ann Macpherson, born 28th
April 1862. Publications— A Few Words
of Explanation to Sea - faring People
(Edinburgh, 1854) ; A Few Words of Advice
to the Mariners of England (Edinburgh,
1854) ; The Apocrypha in Gaelic (London,
1860) [done at the request of Prince Louis
Lucien Bonaparte] ; The Life of Flora
MacDonald and her Adventures with
Prince Charlie (Inverness, 1882) [reprinted
from the Celtic Magazine, vols, ii.-vi.];
Highland Superstitions (Inverness, 1891,
Stirling, 1901, 1922) [reprinted from the
Celtic Magazine, vol. ii.] ; " On the Causes
of the Destitution of Food in the
Highlands and Islands of Scotland in
the years 1836 and 1837" (Quarterly
Journ. of Agric. (1838), ix., 159-99) ; " On
the Advantages of a Government Grant
for Emigration from the Highlands and
Islands of Scotland" (Ibid. (1840), xi.,
277-97); "Craig Phadruig and Other
Vitrified Forts in the North of Scotland"
(Celtic Magazine (1876), L, 195 - 202);
" Notes on Some Old Customs in the Isle
of Skye" (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. (1880),
xiv., 143-7); "The Isle of Skye in the
Olden Time (Celtic Magazine (1882), vii.,
19-23); Account of Kilmuir (New Stat.
Ace, xiv.). — [Biography in Highland
Superstitions ; Biographies of Highland
Clergymen (portrait), 71 - 81 ; Barron's
Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth
Century, ii., 233.]
464
INVERNESS— ST MARY'S
[PRESB. OF
GAVIN LANG, born Glasford, 21st July
1835, son of Gavin L., min. of that
parish, and brother of John Marshall
L., C.V.O., D.D., LL.D., Principal of
Aberdeen Univ. ; educated at home and
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Kintyre 30th Nov. 1864 ; assistant at
Sandyford, Glasgow; ord. to Fyvie 20th
April 1865; trans, to Glasford 4th Feb.
1870 ; trans, to St Andrew's Church,
Montreal, Canada, 28th Nov. 1870 ; trans,
and adm. to this charge 27th June 1882 ;
died 14th June 1919. He marr. 13th June
1865, Frances Mary (died 12th Nov. 1920),
daugh. of Dr James Corbet, H.E.I.C.S., of
Bieldside, Aberdeen, and Mary Frances
Gibb, and had issue — Gordon Abercrombie,
M.D., Inverness, born 15th April 1866, died
7th Dec. 1924; Mary Frances, born 10th
Aug. 1867 (marr. Somerled Macdonald,
Skeabost, Skye) ; Anna Gavina, born 19th
Oct. 1869 ; Jean Stuart Corbet, born 5th
March 1871 ; Euphemia Cunliffe, born 27th
Aug. 1872; James Corbet, captain K.O.S.B.,
born 29th Aug. 1874, killed in Gallipoli,
12th July 1915 ; Alexander Matheson,
distinguished actor-manager, born 15th
May 1877. Publication — The Holy Gospel
in Continuous Narrative (Inverness,
1884).
NEIL MACLELLAN, born Balivanich,
„ Benbecula, 16th Dec. 1877, son of
Alexander M., farmer, and Mary
MacDougall ; educated at Balivanich,
Arisaig, and Kingussie Schools, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Mull July
1904 ; assistant at Newtonmore, Kingussie,
Sept. 1904 to April 1905 ; ord. to Kilmartin
25th April 1905 ; trans, to Kilarrow 12th
May 1910; trans, to Kirkhill 28th Sept.
1912 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 13th March 1917. Marr. (1) 19th
Sept. 1906, Marjory Kobertson (died s.p.
1st March 1916), daugh. of James Fraser,
Chief Constable of Argyllshire: (2) 5th
Sept. 1917, Isobel, daugh. of William
MacGillivray, Garbole, Tomatin, and Isobel
Paterson, and has issue — Alastair William,
born 26th May 1919 ; Sheila Isobel, born
15th July 1921.
ST MARY'S, ok Third Charge.
[On 21st Feb. 1641, the Presb. of Inver-
ness set about the erection of a new church
by enlarging and reconstructing the choir
of the High Church. By an Act of the
General Assembly a third minister was
appointed in the town. This was chiefly
owing to the fact that the minister of the
Second Charge was ignorant of Gaelic]
1566
ANDREW MACPHAIL, comes into
notice in Jan. 1556-7 as Sir Andrew
Brebner, curate of Inverness. At the
Eeformation he embraced the Protestant
doctrines,when he dropped the name Brebner
and his clerical title of " Sir," and reverted to
his family name of Macphail. He was grand-
son of Paul Gow, founder of the Clan Phail ;
is first mentioned in the Burgh Records
(under the name Macphail) on 8th March
1566-7. He then resided in Inverness, and is
described as "min. of Inverness and Petty in
the Erse [Gaelic] tongue." In 1570-1 Thomas
Howieson desired M.'s appointment as
" doctor " (classical master) of the Grammar
School, but he was not accepted. He
died before 5th June 1574, when Andrew
M., his son, reader at Petty, presented a
petition to the magistrates to be served
heir to his father. He had issue — Andrew ;
George ; and perhaps others. Publication
— He left in MS. a History of the Clan
Chattan [the third of the three Histories
of that Clan]. His name Brebner was
apparently adopted from the fact of his
having " woven " together this account of
the Mackintoshes [Brebner = Brebanter, a
weaver]. Macfarlane [Genealogical Collec-
tions, i., 148) styles him "Andreas Textor,
sacerdotis," i.e., "Andrew Weaver, Priest."
To Andrew MacPhail, parson of Croy, the
aforesaid manuscript has been attributed,
but this is manifestly a mistake, for the
A. M. who was at Croy in 1594 was a greai-
grandson of Paul Gow. The MS. found at
the manse of Croy was in the possession
of the minister whose father was its
author. — [Mackintosh's Antiquarian Notes
(First Series), 430; Minor Septs of Clan
Chattan, 57, 498; Inverness Burgh Records;
Cumming's Prot. Book, 1050.]
INVERNESS]
ST MARY'S
465
DONALD FRASER, ord. to read and
1640 cate(;hise m the Gaelic language in
the chapel conform to an anterior
Act, 30th June 1640. On 15th Dec. that
year supplication was made by James Ross,
Provost of Inverness, for himself and the
Town CouncD and Session, that the chapel
was ruinous and ready to fall, and not
able to contain " their common and Irish
[Gaelic] people."
DUNCAN M'CULLOCH, ord. 12th
1642 ^U^ 1642 > trans- to Second Charge,
Inverness, 1645.
WILLIAM STUAET, trans, from
1705 Kiltearn ; called 21st Dec. 1704 ;
adm. after 9th April 1705 ; trans,
to First Charge, Inverness, 26th Jan. 1720.
ALEXANDER M'BEAN, MA. ; trans.
1720 from Douglas ; called 16th Feb., and
adm. 6th Dec. 1720 ; trans, to First
Charge, Inverness, 4th April 1727.
DANIEL MACKENZIE, born about
17_„ 1682, son of Kenneth M., min. of
Logie-Easter ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (3rd July 1701) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th July
1704 ; app. to go to Moray by the Assembly
27th March preceding ; ord. to Knockaudo
12th Feb. 1706 ; trans, to Kingussie before
31st May 1709 ; trans, to Aberlour 13th
Dec. 1715 ; trans, to Inveraven 8th July
1718 ; trans, to Petty 8th Oct. 1719 ; called
10th May, pres. by the magistrates, trans.
and adm. 10th Oct. 1727 ; died 21st March
1730. He was known as a popular preacher.
He marr., and left issue. — [Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 437.]
- WILLIAM BAILLIE, born 1704, son of
Robert B., min. of Second Charge,
Inverness; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
15th Jan. 1730; called 28th April, and
ord. 22nd July 1731 ; died unmarr. 17th
May 1739.
MURDOCH MACKENZIE, M.A.;
trans, from Dingwall; called 23rd
Feb., and adm. 13th July 1741;
trans, to Second Charge, Inverness, 5th
Feb. 1751.
VOL. VI.
1731
JAMES GRANT, born 8th Dec. 1727,
1752 son °^ George G., min. of Kirk-
michael ; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
nethy 6th Feb. 1751 ; ord. 14th April 1752 ;
died unmarr. 14th Dec. same year.— [Scots
Mag., siv.]
ALEXANDER FRASER, M.A. ; trans.
1?54 from Avoch ; called 25th Sept., and
by the Presb. jure devoluto 9th Oct.
1753; adm. 13th Nov. 1754; trans, to
Second Charge, Inverness, 21st March
1763.
ROBERT ROSE, pres. by George III.
1763 31st Dec. 1762; ord. 27th Sept.
1763 ; trans, to First Charge, Inver-
ness, 4th Oct. 1774.
GEORGE WATSON, M.A. ; trans, from
,w_ Kiltearn; pres. by George III. 9th
Feb., and adm. 20th Dec. 1775;
trans, to Second Charge, Inverness, 7th
July 1778.
ALEXANDER FRASER, M.A; pres.
1778 by George III. 13th June, and ord.
22nd Sept. 1778 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Inverness, 3rd July 1798.
ALEXANDER ROSE, M.A. ; ord.
1798 (assistant) to George Watson, min.
of Second Charge, Inverness, 2nd
Dec. 1795 ; pres. by George III. 19th Feb.,
and adm. 18th Sept. 1798; trans, to Second
Charge, Inverness, 7th April 1801.
THOMAS FRASER, M.A.; pres. by
George III. 2nd Sept., and adm.
15th Dec. 1801 ; trans, to First
Charge, Inverness, 6th Nov. 1821.
ALEXANDER CLARK, M.A. ; pres. by
1822 GeorSe IV- 19th Nov- 1821; ord>
21st March 1822; trans, to First
Charge, Inverness, 17th June 1834.
ROBERT MACPHERSON, born 1810,
son of John M. of Dalchuly, Laggan;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (March 1831) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dingwall 27th March 1833; pres. by
William PV. 29th May, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1834; died at Ventnor, Isle of
Wight, 6th Oct. 1841. A minister of
considerable promise, whose early death
2 G
1834
466
ST MARY'S
[PRESB. OF
was much lamented. He marr. 28th
Nov. 1838, Wilhelmina (died 10th Nov.
1895), daugh. of Alexander Eose, D.D.,
min. of Second Charge, Inverness, and
had issue — John, born 14th Jan. 1841 ;
Kobert Alexander (posthumous), born 28th
Jan. 1842.— [Tombst]
SIMON MACKINTOSH, MA. ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 5th Dec. 1841 ;
ord. 2nd March 1842 ; trans, to
East Parish, Aberdeen, 27th Sept. 1843.
DONALD M'CONNACHIE, pres. by
Presb. jure devohito and adm. 19th
Sept. 1844; trans, to Urqubart and
Glenmoriston 29th March 1848.
HUGH ROSS MACKENZIE, born
Ross-shire, 20th May 1798, son of
John M., catechist in parish of Nigg,
Ross-shire, and Isabella Ross ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton ; assistant at Harthill ; ord. (by
that Presb.) Aug. 1831 for service in Nova
Scotia; app. by Glasgow Colonial Society
to Wallace, Co. Cumberland, Nova Scotia,
where he laboured from 1832 to 1840 ; min.
at Lochaber, Co. Antigonish, Nova Scotia,
1840-4; adm. to Tongue 11th Sept. 1844;
pres. by Queen Victoria 8th April, and
adm. 8th June 1848 ; died 31st Jan. 1860.
He marr. 8th April 1833, Hectorina Mac-
Lean (born 27th Sept. 1809, died 7th May
1883), daugh. of James Skinner, M.D.,
Pictou, Nova Scotia, 'and Elizabeth
M'Cormick, and had issue — James Skinner,
min. of Little Dunkeld, born in Nova
Scotia, 14th Jan. 1834 ; Isabella, born 19th
June 1835, died 12th July 1836; John,
coal merchant, Inverness, born 16th March
1837, died July 1873 ; Isabella, born 29th
Jan. 1839 (marr. Dr C. Deane), died Haw-
thorn, Australia, 12th Sept. 1923; Eliza-
beth, born 21st Feb. 1841 (marr. Dr Gill),
died at Canterbury, Australia, 16th July
1919 ; Margaret Ross, born 18th March
1843 (marr. Rev. Van der Straaton,
London), died Aug. 1878; Hugh Butler
Gallie, coffee planter, Ceylon, born 1st
May 1846 ; Sally Mitchell, born 21st May
1848 (marr. Marcus Van der Straaton,
Government Railways, Ceylon), died 28th
July 1917 ; Hector, born 28th Dec. 1851,
died in Australia, Jan. 1901. — [Gregg's
Hist, of Presbyterian Church in Canada,
330.]
DUNCAN STEWART, pres. by Queen
i860 Victoria 4th April, and adm. 21st
June 1860; trans, to Golspie 20th
March 1862.
JOHN STEWART, born Rannoch,
Perthshire, 1834 ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; assistant at Loch-
gilphead ; ord. to Lochgilphead' 31st July
1857 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 15th July,
trans, and adm. 25th Sept. 1862; died
unmarr. 27th June 1870.
PETER ROBERTSON, M.A. ; pres. by
1_w1 Queen Victoria 5th Oct., trans, from
Ullapool, and adm. 9th Feb. 1871 ;
trans, to Kilmorack 19th May 1874.
LACHLAN MACLACHLAN, M.A.;
1874 PreS- ky Queen Victoria 1st June,
and ord. 17th Sept. 1874 ; trans, to
Tain 20th July 1877.
DAVID CAMERON, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1R7_ 4th Jan. 1878; trans, to Balquhidder
20th May 1879.
CHARLES MACECHERN, born South
Uist,llth Nov. 1842, son of Charles
M. and Sarah Lamont; educated
at Little Hamilton Street School, Glasgow,
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and
Queen's College, Kingston, Canada; became
a lawyer's clerk, then printer and teacher
of music ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow Oct.
1879 ; assistant at St Columba's, Glasgow ;
ord. 10th Nov. 1879 ; dem. 2nd Oct. 1923 ;
died 25th Oct. 1924. He marr. 17th Nov.
1863, Christina, daugh. of John Cameron,
Blair Atholl, and Margaret Ferguson, and
had issue — Charles, merchant, U.S.A., born
29th Aug. 1864 ; John Cameron, born 23rd
May, and died 6th June 1866 ; Dugald, min.
of Bower, born 25th Oct. 1867 ; John, min.
of Tain, born 28th Aug. 1869 ; Christopher,
born and died 17th May 1871 ; Christina
Donella, born 27th July, and died 7th Sept.
1877 ; Janetta Robina (twin), born 27th
July, and died 11th Aug. 1877; Margaret
Marion, born 5th May 1879 (marr. John
Inverness] ST MARY'S— ST STEPHEN'S— NORTH CHURCH
467
Ashplant Nicholls, ruin, of Cambusnethan) ;
Fergus Norman Julian, merchant, born
14th Jan. 1883 ; Christian Victor iEneas,
min. of Scots Church, Ceylon, born 28th
May 1885 ; Archibald Alexander, born 25th
Aug., and died 2nd Sept. 1886; Hector
George, officer in Canadian Expeditionary
Force, born 28th Nov. 1887, killed in
action in France 18th Nov. 1916. Publica-
tion— A Treatise on Vocal and Instrumental
Music (Inverness). — [The Sword of the
North (portraits), Inverness, 1923.]
ALEXANDEE BOYD, M.A.; trans,
from Glencoe (q.v.), and adm. 6th
Feb. 1924.
1924
1900
ST STEPHEN'S (Q.S.).
[The parish of St Stephen was disjoined
from Inverness and erected 9th July 1915.]
WILLIAM BLACK KENNEDY, M.A.
1897 B.D. ; app. in 1897 [afterwards min.
of Eyemouth].
ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD
HOWELL, M.A.; ord. 29th May
1900 ; trans, to Kincardine - in -
Menteith 7th Dec. 1904.
WILLIAM FRASER, ord. 2nd May
5 1905; trans, to Shurrery 6th Sept.
1911.
ARTHUR JOHN HOWISON
1912 GIBSON, born Dysart, 20th Oct.
1883; son of John Waugh G.,
min. of Dysart ; educated at Edinburgh
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1906), B.D. (1909) ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1910; assistant at St Mary's,
Dundee ; ord. 12th Jan. 1912 ; first min. of
this parish in 1915 ; served in Lovat's
Scouts in Macedonia ; trans, to St Andrew's,
Glasgow, 18th May 1922. Marr. 5th July
1922, Barbara, eldest daugh. of Charles
Fraser, min. of Croy, and has issue —
John Charles Fraser, born 3rd May 1923 ;
Katherine Elizabeth, born 24th June 1924.
ARTHUR ALEXANDER HAMIL-
TON, born Aberdalgie, Perthshire,
6th March 1889, son of John H. and
Helen Walker Jackson ; educated at Perth
1922
Academy and Univs. of St Andrews, M.A.
(1910), and Edinburgh, B.D. (1913) ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth April 1913; Mission
Study secretary, Edinburgh, 1913-14 ; ord.
missionary at Kikuyu, Africa, 9th July
1914 ; served with Native Carrier Corps
in East Africa Campaign ; locum tenens
Clackmannan, 1920; assistant at Tayport
and Dunbarton ; adm. to this charge 27th
Sept. 1922.
NORTH CHURCH.
[Erected in 1837 as an Extension Charge.
Retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
ARCHIBALD COOK, born Achareach,
1837 Olenscoradale, Kilmory, Arran, bapt.
19th Oct. 1788, seventh son of Charles
O, farmer, and Margaret Macbride, and
brother of Finlay O, min. of Reay ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 31st July 1822 ; ord. missionary
at Berriedale and Bruan 15th July 1823 ;
elected 27th July and adm. 31st Aug. 1837.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
North Free Church, Inverness, 1843-4, and
of Free Church, Daviot, 1844-65 ; died 6th
May 1865. He marr. 1824, Catherine
(died Dec. 1851), daugh. of George Mackay,
Acharn, Wick, and Barbara, daugh. of
William Mackay, Achoal, and had issue —
Charles ; Archibald ; a daugh. (marr.
Mackintosh) ; a daugh. (marr. Dawe) ;
Margaret (marr. her cousin, Alexander
Cook, min. of Free Church, Stratherrick),
died 1906 ; and three others. Publications
— Correspondence between A. G. and the
Secretary of the Inverness Total Abstinence
Society (Inverness, 1842) ; Communion
Sermons preached at Dunnet, 1861-62 (n.d.);
An Tiodhlac Do-Labhairt, a Gaelic sermon
(Glasgow, 1868 and 1885); Everlasting
Love (Gaelic) (1899); Sermons, Gaelic and
English, with biographical sketch by J. R.
Mackay (portrait) (Glasgow, 1907).— {Biog-
raphies of Highland Clergymen, 54-7 ;
Auld's Ministers and Men in the Far
North; Letters of Finlay and Archibald
Cook; Free Presbyterian Magazine, 1902-
1905 ; Sage's Memorabilia Domestica, 298.]
468 EAST CHURCH— KILTARLITY AND GLEN CONVINTH [peesb. of
EAST CHURCH.
[The East Church was erected as a
Chapel-of-Ease in 1798. Retained by the
Free Church in 1843.]
RONALD BAYNE, M.A. ; trans, from
isoo ^e ^^e Kirk, Elgin ; adm. before
4th Aug. 1800; trans, to Kiltarlity
5th May 1808
DONALD MARTIN, M.A. ; trans, from
. . Kilmuir in Troternish, Skye ; elected
14th July 1S08, and adm. soon after-
wards ; trans, to Abernethy 15th Aug. 1S20.
1821
KOBERT FINDLATEE, born
Drummond, Kiltearn, 1785, son of
Eobert F., merchant ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Dingwall 7th Oct. 1807 ; ord. (by Presb.
of Dunkeld) missionary at Lochtayside ;
called by the Managers 30th Dec. 1820;
adm. 31st May 1821 ; died of cholera 7th
Sept. 1832. He was a singularly devoted
minister and preacher. — [Alemoir (Glasgow,
1840); Tombst.]
FINLAY COOK, trans, from Cross,
1838 -kewis> and adm. Nov. 1833 ; trans,
to Eeay 19th Aug. 1835.
DAVID CAMPBELL, trans, from
18„„ Innerwick-in-Glenlyon ; elected 23rd
Feb. 1836, but election nullified by
the Presb. [At a new election on 10th
March, 64 voted for D. C. and 58 for
Archibald Cook, afterwards of the North
Church] ; adm. 17th Nov. 1836 ; trans,
to Tarbat (Tain) 20th Sept. 1838.
DAVID SUTHERLAND, born Cadboll
Cottage, Fearn, 4th Sept. 1S14, son
of David S., farmer ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen, .and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; ord. in 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of the East Free
Church, Inverness, 1843-75 ; died 18th
Oct. 1875. He was a diligent Celtic
scholar, especially versed in the varieties
of the Celtic tongue. He marr. 1847,
Alicia, daugh. of John S. Macdonald of
Ness Castle, and had issue — Henry Craigie,
lieut. Eoyal Marine Artillery; a daugh.
(marr. Captain W. Miller, son of Hugh
Miller) ; and three other daughters. —
[Biographies of Highland Clergymen, 58-61 ;
In Memoriam the Rev. D. S. (Inverness,
1876).]
KILTARLITY AND GLEN
CONVINTH.
[These parishes were united about 1500.
Kiltarlity. — The church of Kiltarlity
was dedicated to St Talorgan. It belonged
to the Priory of Beauly. A fair of St
Muireach was held at Kiltarlity. There
is a mission chapel in this parish at
Guisachan in Strathglass.
Glen Convinth. — The church of Glen
Convinth was dedicated to St Laurence.]
GEOEGE HAT, parson of Rauchan and
1561 Kiltarlity in 1561.
ROBERT MAKRUDDER [or MAC-
15?4 GREGOR], reader and vicar from
1574 to his death in 1575.
JOHN WRIGHT, reader from 1576 to
1576 1591.
DONALD DOW FRASER, vicar of
1592 Kiltarlity in 1592, with Kirkhill
and Kilmorack in the charge. He
marr. and had issue — William, min. of this
parish.
WILLIAM FRASER, son of preceding ;
161„ trans, from Alvie, and adm. in 1618 ;
witnessed a contract dated 1st Feb.
1620, between Hugh Fraser of Belladrum
and Janet F. his mother. The first known
Protestant church was built for him in
1626, with his initials and arms (three
crowns and three cinque/oils) on a shield
above the door. He was a member of
the Assembly of 1639. He died after
12th Nov. 1665. He marr. and had issue —
Donald, min. of Urquhart and Logie-
Wester ; Katherine (marr., cont. 21st Jan.
1641, Farquhar, son of James Cumming of
Dalshangie, Glen Urquhart). — [Inverness
Tests. ; Peterkin's Recwds ; Shaw:s Hist.,
iii., 443; Beg. of Deeds, dxlvii., 261.]
INVERNESS]
KILTARLITY AND GLEN CONVINTH
469
HUGH FRASEK, bapt. 16th July 1643,
1667 son °^ Alexan,ier E., min. of Petty ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (17th July 1662) ; ord. in 1667.
In 1671-2 he was unable to fully discharge
his parochial duties owing to the want of
a manse, and was urged by the Presb. to
use legal diligence thereanent, and to reside
in his parish. On 22nd March 1682, a
request was made to the Presb. for a
minister to preach at Kiltarlity, there
having been no sermon since 1st Jan., the
minister having refused to take the Test.
He continued after the Revolution, but
does not appear to have conformed to
Presbyterianism. He died in 1712. He
marr. 1676, Anna (alive in 1717), daugh. of
Sir Mungo Murray of Blebo, Bart. —
[Shaw's Hist., iii., 443.]
1716
PATRICK NICOLSON, born 1692,
son of Donald N, min. of Kilmuir
in Troternish, Skye, and cousin of
Principal Robertson ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (20th Feb. 1710);
taught a charity school at Abertarff in
1713, in Nov. of which year he appealed
for a bridge to be built across the Tarff
and a schoolhouse erected ; licen. by the
Presb. 11th Oct. 1715, and app. to supply
vacancies at Kirkhill and Kiltarlity ;
called 26th March, and ord. to this parish
11th Aug. 1716; in March 1717 he was
forced to take legal steps to compel his
predecessor's widow to surrender the manse
and glebe ; in 1719 he suffered "rude and
barbarous and brutal treatment" at the
hands of Fraser of Culbokie who was
" Porteous-rolled " at the instance of the
Presb. He declined a call to Strath and
Sleat 18th Sept. 1722; died 7th March
1761. He marr. 30th April 1717, Grizel
(died 4th May 1777), daugh. of James
Fraser of Castle Leathers, and had issue —
Alexander, min. of Thurso ; Margaret ;
Anna ; Robert ; Jean ; Arthur, all above
16 in 1746; Grizel, bom 13th Feb. 1734
(marr. William Grant, min. of Kilmoni-
vaig ; James, min. of Halkirk, born 13th
April 1739 ; Malcolm, min. of this
parish. — [Acts of Ass., 1726 ; Clan
Maclean.']
MALCOLM NICOLSON, born 20th May
1761 1>736, son of preceding ; educated
at King's College, • Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1757) ; licen. by the Presb. in 1760 ; ord.
24th Sept. 1761 ; app. chaplain to the 2nd
Battalion 71st Foot, or Fraser's Highlanders,
24th May 1776; died 4th Jan. 1791. The
church, manse, and glebe were transferred
from their old situation by the river side
to their present site in 1766. He marr.
16th Sept. 1769, Barbara Fraser, who died
24th June 1822, aged 74, and had issue —
Simon, surgeon H.E.I.C.S. ; Patrick, lieut.-
colonel 27th Regiment; Grace, died at
Inverness, 20th Feb. 1846 ; Anne, died at
Inverness, 24th Nov. 1852 ; a daugh. (marr.
Hugh Maclean of Dochgarroch family. —
[Tablet erected by his soils ; Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 443 ; Stewart's Highlanders, ii.]
JOHN FRASER, born 1750 ; educated
117g„ at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1770) ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre
5th May 1779 ; ord. by Presb. of Inverness
7th Feb. 1781 ; app. to Ingram Street
Gaelic Chapel (now St Columba's), Glasgow,
11th June 1783; pres. by the Hon. Archibald
Fraser of Lovat 15th Jan. 1791 ; trans,
and adm. 10th May 1792 ; died 21st June
1800. He marr. Marjory (died s.p. 24th
Aug. 1802), daugh. of Donald Fraser, min.
of Urquhart and Logie- Wester. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xiii.).
1800
PATRICK GRANT, born 1733; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh and
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1756) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
26th March 1760; ord. to Daviot and
Dunlichity 8th April 1761 ; trans, to
Boleskine 10th May 1770 ; trans, to First
Charge, Inverness, 2nd Sept. 1800; pres.
by the Hon. Archibald Fraser of Lovat
29th Aug., trans, and adm. 23rd Dec. that
year; died 12th June 1807. He marr.
9th April 1784, Margaret Fraser, Fingask,
Kirkhill, who died 28th Jan. 1812, and
had issue— George, born 18th July 1785,
died 2nd Oct. 1788 ; Magdalen, born 12th
Aug. 1786; Helen, born 25th Feb. 1788
(marr. 3rd Feb. 1817); Patrick, born 28th
470
KILTARLITY AND GLEN CONVINTH
[ PRESB. OF
June 1790 ; Barbara, born 21st Sept. 1792,
died 1889 ; James, born 4th and died 11th
June 1794 ; Alexander, born 22nd July
1796.
1808
RONALD BATISTE, born Dingwall
about 1755, son of John B. ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; MA. (Feb. 1775); min. of the
Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen, 1785-90, when
he became chaplain to the 73rd Foot in
India ; officiated in the Little Bark, Elgin,
1798, but was interdicted by the Presb.
30th April 1799; app. min. of the Chapel-of-
Ease (East Church), Inverness, in July, and
adm. before 4th Aug. 1800 ; pres. by the
Hon. Archibald Fraser of Lovat 31st July
1807; trans, and adm. 5th May 1808 ; D.D.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 2nd July 1809) ;
died 31st Jan. 1821. He marr. 2nd Feb.
1785, Elizabeth Bentley, who died 24th
Feb. 1823, and had issue — James, surgeon,
born 2nd July 1787, died 4th Jan. 1850 ;
Elizabeth, born 29th July 1788 (marr. Alex-
ander Flyter, min. of Alness ; Catherine,
born 19th Aug. 1794 ; Mary, born 2nd Oct.
1795 ; Charles John, min. of Fodderty,
born 3rd Nov. 1797.
1823
COLIN FRASER, born Ross-shire,
1781 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (29th March 1805) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 4th Oct.
1809 ; ord. missionary at Brae-Badenoch
and Brae-Lochaber 5th Dec. 1810 ; mis-
sionary at Fort-Augustus in 1815 ; pres.
by the commissioner for Thomas Alex-
ander Fraser of Lovat 11th June 1821,
and adm. (after opposition and appeals to
the General Assembly and the Court of
Session) by a minority of the Presb. and
committee of Synod 8th May 1823. [The
settlement in this parish was disputed
by a body of parishioners on the ground
that the patron, being a Roman Catholic,
had not taken the oaths to Government
and the formula against Popery. On
attempting to conduct the customary
trial service previous to admission, F.
was prevented from obtaining access to
the church, the doors and windows
having been secured by holdfasts and
additional locks. He accordingly preached
in the churchyard amidst many interrup-
tions. An interdict against his admission
was obtained from the Lord Ordinary
but was recalled on 5th March 1822,
Lord Kineddar finding that "the corn-
plainers had no civil right or title to
interfere." A majority of the Presb. there-
upon claimed the right of jus devolutnm,
but the Assembly instructed the settle-
ment to be proceeded with. A Protest
was made by a notary on behalf of the
majority of the Presb., and at the admis-
sion only two of the six ministers of the
Presb. who were present gave F. the right
hand of fellowship. The remaining four —
Macphail, Fraser, MacLauchlan, and Clark —
on a complaint by F. were ordered to appear
at the bar of the Assembly, and on 26th
May 1824 it was unanimously found that
the Presb. had " acted in a manner most
unwarrantable and most unconstitutional :
that the Protest was highly irregular and
contained matter of the most objectionable
nature : that the reading of it in the face
of the congregation on the day of settle-
ment was an irreverent interruption of a
most solemn religious service, an illegal
and cruel measure, calculated to keep up
the seeds of dissension in the parish, and
to destroy the usefulness of a brother,
whose hands it was their duty, as Christian
pastors, to have strengthened. But in con-
sideration that these members of the Presb.
have acknowledged before the House that
they are now conscious that their conduct
has been wrong, and have expressed their
sorrow for it, the Assembly find it un-
necessary to proceed further against them,
than to allow the said four to be called to
the bar, and there to be rebuked by the
Moderator."] Much of the opposition to
F. died down in course of time. He had
a new church built in 1829, and was a
laborious and useful minister ; died 8th
Aug. 1853. He marr. 30th Nov. 1815, Sarah
(died 30th July 1859, aged 73), daugh. of
John Mackay, farmer, and Ann Mason,
and had issue — John, born 6th Jan. 1817 ;
Catherine, born 12th July 1818 ; Ann, born
22nd Sept. 1819 ; Thomas Alexander, born
1st Nov. 1821 ; Daniel, born 22nd April
Inverness] KILTARLITY AND GLEN CONVINTH— KIRKHILL 471
1823 ; Charlotte Georgina, bom 27th Aug.
1824; Colin, bom 22nd Feb. 1826; Mar-
garet, born 4th Aug. 1827, died 12th March
1849; a daugh. (marr. Alexander Murray,
Ceylon Civil Service). — [Acts of Assembly,
1822-4; Assembly Cases, 1823; Scots Mag.,
lxxxviii.]
DAVID EOSS, born Kincardine, Ross-
185S shire, 1805, son of Alexander R.,
crofter and carrier, and Betsy Boyd ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(March 1835) ; taught in Tain Academy ;
licen. by Presb. of Tain ; ord. to Tobermory
10th April 1844 ; pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 12th Oct. 1854 ; trans, and adm.
(cf. Vol. IV., 122, where the date should be)
22nd Feb. 1855 ; dem. 23rd Oct., and died
unmarr. 12th Nov. 1891.
1892
ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, bom
27th Oct. 1853, son of Roderick M.,
min. of South Uist, and grandson
of Roderick Maclean, min. of South Uist ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Uist in 1876; ord. to Hylipol
14th May 1877; trans, to Stornoway 27th
Sept. 1878 ; trans, to Logie-Easter 4th May
1881 ; trans, to Gaelic Parish, Greenock,
19th Nov. 1885 ; trans, and adm. 5th May
1892 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1924). Marr. 18th
July 1883, Margaret Hope, daugh. of John
William Tolmie, min. of Contin, and has
issue — Marion Margaret Hope, born 23rd
Feb. 1891 ; Christina Mary, born 9th
March 1897, died in infancy; Flora Amy
Macruari (twin), born 10th March 1897
(marr. 14th Jan. 1920, Benjamin Charles
Stuart, farmer, Damhall Mains, Eddleston).
Publications — " Some Hebridean Singers
and their Songs " (Trans. Gael. Soc. Inver.
(1889), xv. 255-79, (1890) xvi. 253-66);
" History of Kiltarlity and Convinth " {Ibid.
1900), xxiv. 231-49, (1902) xxv. 149-79,
(1905) xxvi. 202-29; "Celtic Mythology"
(Ibid., xvii.) ; " The Literature of the
Gael " (Northern Chronicle, 1923-4) ; The
Uist Collection : The Poems and Songs
of John MacCodrum, Archibald Mac-
Donald, and Some of the Minor Uist
Bards (Glasgow, 1894) ; The Clan Donald,
3 vols. (Inverness, 1896, 1900, 1904) [in
collaboration with the Rev, A. J. Mac-
donald of Killearnan] ; The Macdonald
Collection of Gaelic Poetry (Inverness,
1911); Translations in Gaelic of Neil
Munro's The Lost Pibroch (Inverness,
1912), of R. L. Stevenson's Kidnapped
(1914), of Haco's Expedition against Scot-
land in 1263 (Inverness, 1909). Edited
[jointly with Rev. A. J. Macdonald] The
Poems of Alexander Macdonald, the
Jacobite Poet, with a Biography and
Notes (Inverness, 1924). — [Anderson's
Inverness Bibliography .]
CONVINTH, or CONVETH.
[The name, as in old records, is properly
Convech or Convich, sometimes Conway,
Confhadhaich = noisy or stormy, the glen
in which the church is situated deriving
its name from this characteristic of its
stream. Conveth church belonged to the
Priory of Beaulieu. Convinth was the
original parish, Kiltarlity having been
formed out of it about 1223. United to
Kiltarlity before 1618. — [Beg. of Deeds,
cclxxxi, 453.]]
JOHN FRASER, son of John F. of
15174 Phoineas; was prior or commendator
of Beaulieu (Beauly), and presented
himself to the vicarage of Convinth with
consent of that monastery ; conformed to
Protestantism and was min. in 1574,
having also Comar in the charge, with
"the haill twa pairt of the Priory of
Bewlie" as stipend; still min. in 1580. —
[Auchnagairn Papers.]
ROBERT MOIR, reader in 1580, when,
1580 "on *^e 'Penult day 0I March" he
drew up an inventory and testament
of the goods of Margaret Fraser at Auchna-
cloich. He was still in office at the end
of July 1599, when he drew up a similar
deed. — [Auchnagairn Papers.]
KIRKHILL, of old WARDLAW,
AND FARNUA.
[At the union of Wardlaw and Farnua
on 14th July 1618, the name Kirkhill was
given to the parish.
472
KIRKHILL
[PRESB. OF
Wardlaw. — The original church of Ward-
law stood at Dunballoch. At the beginning
of the thirteenth century it was transferred
to a hillock then called Balabrach, which,
overlooking the rich plain of Lovat, was
its ward-law or watch-hill, in times when
watch and ward were necessary. The site
of this church (abandoned in 1790) is
marked by the Lovat mausoleum. A
sculptured tombstone of a vicar of Ward-
law who died in 1431, is still seen. The
church is said to have been dedicated to
St Muireach. It is probable that the
earlier church at Dunballoch was dedicated
to St Mary. Mary's Fair was held there,
and the eminence on which Wardlaw kirk
was built is known as Cnoc Mhuire = Mary's
Hill, and Air Muire 's a' Chnoc = By Mary
in the Hill, was a form of oath in the
parish. James Fraser styled himself
Pastor Montis Maria.
Farnua or Fernua {/earn = an alder)
church — long extinct — stood at Baile-
na-h-Eaglais, or Kirkton, where the old
burying-ground is. It was dedicated to
Curadan or Queritinus who, in the early
days of the Celtic Church, was Bishop and
abbot of Bosemarkie. In Fernua stood
also the cell of Bunchrew, whose hermits
kept a register of local events, known as
Scriptum Bunchriviae.~\
[Sm DAVID CTJTHBEKT, held the
chaplainry of Our Lady of the High Altar
at the Reformation, and the Vicarage of
Wardlaw before 1567. He was a prominent
citizen of Inverness, and was adm. a
burgess and guild brother in 1567. His
name occurs frequently in the Burgh
Records. He joined the Reformers and
became reader at Wardlaw in 1576, but
continued to draw the revenues of his
Inverness chaplaincy. He was alive in
1593, and was probably the last survivor
of the pre-Reformation clergy in Inver-
ness.]— [Mackintosh's Antiquarian Notes
(First Series), 410 ; Records of Inverness,
147.]
DONALD DOW FRASER [or
1574 DONALD DOW MACINTAG-
GART] {the priest's son), min. in 1574,
when Kilmorack and Kiltarlity were also in
his charge ; trans, to Kilchrist about 1580 ;
returned before 1590, when Kilchrist was
included with Abertarff in 1599. He lived
at Finask, there being no manse. He gave
a tack of the vicarage teinds of Kilmorack,
with consent of the Dean and Chanonry
of Ross, to The Chisholm of Strathglass
for three life rents and nineteen years (no
date). He marr. Agnes Maid "out of
Lovat's family," and had at least one son,
William, min. of Kiltarlity and Conveth. —
[Auchnagairn Papers ; Mackay's IVardlaw
Manuscript, 178, 183, 219.]
WILLIAM DOW FRASER, styled Sir,
and called "vicar of Wardlaw" in
1530 1580; died in 1588.— [Trans. Gael.
Soc. Inverness, xxv., 74.]
BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTSON, min.
of Essil in 1601 ; min. of Lhanbryd
same year ; adm. about 1606, and
still in the charge in 1610. Publication —
The Heavenly Advocate (London, 1617).
— [Shaw's Hist., iii., 442 ; Inverness Sas.
Sec. Reg., 5th May 1607.]
1606
1611
JOHN HOUSTON, ord. in 1611 ; pres.
to the vicarage of Wardlaw by
Bishop Douglas in 1614. In 1632
he refused to preach the funeral sermon
of Simon Fraser of Lovat, a duty which
his neighbour, the min. of Kilmorack,
undertook and discharged with such credit
that the laird of Grant to show his
appreciation embraced him at the close.
In 1634 he was suspended by the Bishop
of Moray for having married the laird of
Balnagown and Lovat's daughter "upon
two proclamations." In 1636 he was again
suspended for some unrecorded fault, and
when William Fraser, min. of Kiltarlity,
went to Wardlaw to intimate the suspen-
sion, " there compeired not ane bedell, nor
bell rung, neither book nor sand-glass to
be found " ; was a member of the Glasgow
Assembly of 1638; died Oct. 1659. He
marr. Anna, eldest daugh. of James Fraser
of Phopachy, and had issue — Thomas, min.
of Boleskine; Alexander; Isobel.— [Reg.
Assig. ; Mackay's Wardlaw Manuscript,
118 ; Scot. Antiquary, vi., 94 ; Inverness
Inhib., 2nd ser., i., 179, 180.]
INVERNESS]
KIRKHILL
473
JAMES FRASER of Phopachy, born
1st Jan. 1634, one of the twenty-
1661 four children of William F. of
Phopachy, M.D., and rnin. of Second
Charge, Inverness ; educated at Grammar
School Inverness, and King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1655); chaplain to the
Lovat family, 1660-1 ; inst. in 1661 ; in
1675 he was suspended for non-attendance
at the Presb. He did not conform at the
Revolution, but continued undisturbed ;
died Oct. 1709. He was a man of wide
and varied culture, and an extensive
traveller at home and abroad. After
finishing his college career he set out, on
7th June 1657, mounted on his Highland
pony, and accompanied by a Highland
servant, on a tour through Great Britain
and the Continent. At Hastings he sold
his horse, crossed to Dieppe and wandered
all over Europe. He frequently passed as
a Roman Catholic pilgrim, and joined the
Pope's Guards for the sake of prolonging
his stay in Rome. In Dec. 1659, upon
reaching Hythe from Calais, he tells how
he knelt down and " kissed the very earth
in gratitude to our good God who brought
us safe to our native soyl." The tradition
that he visited the Holy Land is only an
echo of his Continental travels, giving rise
to the legend that on the Sunday morning
after his return the bell of Wardlaw kirk
rang out a welcome of its own accord. He
was a considerable linguist, a versifier, a
naturalist and scientist, and a writer of
remarkable diligence. Manuscripts which
he left filled thousands of pages, and com-
prised upwards of fifty volumes on subjects
varying from history and theology to songs
and jests, place-names, and weather-lore.
The most interesting of those which remain
are his " Triennial Travels " in three parts
(unpublished) and his Genealogy of the
Frasers. He marr. Oct. 1669, Margaret
(died 12th June 1702), daugh. of Alexander
Symmer or Somer, min. of Duffus, and had
issue — Robert of Torbreck and Balrobert,
died v.p. ; Alexander of Phopachy ; Simon,
of whom nothing is known ; James. Pub-
lications — Polichronicon seu Policratica
Temporum, or The True Genealogy of the
Frasers, 916-1674 [edited as The Wardlaw
Manuscript, by William Mackay, LL.D.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc, Edinburgh, 1905); "Ac-
count of Loch Ness" (Boy. Soc. Phil.
Trans., 1699, 230-32); "A Short Chron-
ologie and Genealogie of the Bissets and
Frasers of Lovat " (Macfarlane's Geneal.
Coll., ii., 85-96). His Providentia, i. ii., is in
the Scottish National Library, and his " Bill
of Mortality, containing all that died natives
and strangers in 46 years " [in Kirkhill] is in
H.M. General Register House. — [Mackay's
Wardlaw Manuscript [contains a complete
Catalogue of F.'s Manuscripts] ; Bentinck's
"Wardlaw Church and Clergy" (Trans.
Gael. Soc. Inverness, xxv., 274-96).]
ROBERT THOMSON, born 1686 ; licen.
,,--,- by six Presbyterian mins. in London
in 1711; resident in Presb. of Dornoch
April 1712 ; ord. to Clyne 5th Sept. 1713 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 23rd
Jan., trans, and adm. 22nd April 1717.
He was proposed for the parish of Rafford
in 1726, but remained here. On Sunday,
3rd July 1743, his manse was attacked by
a crowd of three or four hundred people
who, "in a most tumultuous and furious
manner, broke down his gate, windows,
etc., and threatened to destroy himself
and his family." He complained to the
Presb. and the matter was referred to
the Commission of Assembly. He died
30th April 1770. He marr. 8th April
1717, Mary Calder, who died 6th Jan.
1749, and had issue — James, above 16
in 1746 ; Bettie (marr. Hugh Fraser,
lieut. Royal Marines) ; Jonathan, above
16 in 1746, died in Jamaica 2nd Dec. 1748.
— [Family of Kilravoch ; Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 442.]'
[GEORGE MARK, a licentiate; was
pres. by George III. 3rd July 1770.
Objection was taken to his ignorance of
Gaelic. The Commission of Assembly,
6th June 1771, remitted to the Presb. to
ascertain his qualifications in that respect.
They reported their inability to settle M.
" chiefly on account of his deficiency in
the Gaelic language." He thereupon
petitioned the Assembly, who, on 27th
May 1772, appointed a committee of four-
474
KIRKHILL
[press, of
teen members to examine him. They
reported next day that M. had made
remarkable progress in his acquisition of
Gaelic, and that, if he continued his
studies, he would be fully capable to
have the charge of a Gaelic congregation.
The Commission (2nd June) declared by
a majority of 38 to 30, that he was "not
qualified to be minister here." He was
afterwards min. at Peterculter. — [Acts of
Ass., 1772 ; Scots Mag., xxxiii., xxxiv.]
ALEXANDER FRASEE, born 14th
,_. July 1749, son of Donald F., min.
of Urquhart and Logie-Wester ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1766); pres. by George III. 3rd
Sept. 1772; ord. 5th May 1773; D.D.
(Marischal College, 22nd Aug. 1801);
died 13th Jan. 1802. He was a singularly
able and talented minister, a preacher of
rare merit, and much beloved by his
parishioners. He marr. 12th Jan. 1781,
Elizabeth (died 1st Oct. 1845), daugh. of
Colonel Alexander Fraser of Culduthel, and
had issue — Lilias, born 17th Jan. 1782 (marr.
James MacLauchlan, min. of Moy and Dala-
rossie) ; Donald, min. of this parish ; Jean,
born 3rd Aug. 1784 ; Alexander, born 6th
Jan. 1786; James, born 13th March 1787;
Katherine Baillie, born 3rd April 1789 >
Millicent, born 6th April 1793; Isabella,
born, 28th July 1795; Hector Munro,
born 24th May 1799. Publications— The
Prophecies of the Neiv Testament con-
cerning the Man of Sin considered and
applied, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1784) ;
A Key to the Prophecies (Edinburgh, 1795) ;
A Commentary on the Prophecy of Isaiah
(Edinburgh, 1800); Liberality of the Scheme
of Redemption, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1800).
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iv.). — [Shaw's Hist., iii., 442 ; Scots Mag.,
lxiv. ; Tombst."]
DONALD FRASER, born 13th Jan.
1802 1,?83> son of preceding ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1800) ; licen. by Presb. of Inverness 15th
June 1802; pres. by the Hon. Archibald
Fraser of Lovat, and ord. 28th Sept. same
year ; app. J.P. for Inverness-shire in 1818;
was one of the Presb. rebuked by the
General Assembly, 26th May 1824, in con-
nection with the settlement at Kiltarlity;
died (as the result of a carriage accident)
12th July 1836. He was a devoted and
beloved divine. He marr. 2nd Nov. 1802,
Jane (died 26th May 1861), daugh. of
Robert Gordon of Drakies, and had issue —
Alexander, min. of this parish ; Lilias, born
12th Sept. 1803 (marr. 12th Sept. 1822,
John Fraser, banker, Inverness) ; Robert,
born 10th Sept. 1806, died 18th April
1811 ; Peter, sheriff of Van Diemen's Land,
born 31st March 1808, died 1891; Jane,
born 1809, died unmarr. ; Mary, born 29th
April 1812 (marr. John Grant, min. of
Petty); James Affleck, born 2nd Nov. 1813,
died 24th Feb. 1814 ; Millicent, born 14th
Jan. 1815, died 26th Jan. 1819; Affleck,
born 31st July 1817; Millicent, born 19th
Nov. 1819; Donald, Free Church min.,
Cromdale, born 11th Sept. 1821, died
1888 ; Hector, Free Church min., Halkirk,
born 19th Aug. 1824 ; Isabella (marr. 23rd
Feb. 1832, John Black, manufacturer,
Glasgow). Publication — Sermons on the
Method of Salvation (Edinburgh, 1834). —
[Tombst]
ALEXANDER FRASER, born
_ 28th Aug. 1804, son of preceding;
educated at Royal Academy, Inver-
ness, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Inverness 3rd Oct. 1827 ; ord.
to Cawdor 20th Nov. 1828 ; pres. by
William IV. 16th Nov. 1836; trans, and
adm. 26th Jan. 1837. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Free Church,
Kirkhill, 1843-83; visited Canada and
America with the Free Church deputation
of 1846, to aid the Highland colonists in
organising congregations ; chaplain to the
Highland Brigade in the Crimean War in
1854, where he endured considerable hard-
ships with the troops, and his health
breaking down, he was obliged to return
home ; died unmarr. at Kirkhill 21st June
1883. On the occasion of his jubilee in
1878, he was presented with a silver salver
and a cheque for £375. He was highly
esteemed by all denominations in the
North. His grandfather, his father, and
Inverness] KIRKHILL— FARNUA— MOY AND DALAROSSIE
475
1848
he, had been mins. at Kirkhill for 110
years. — [Smith's Scottish Clergy, iii., 232;
MacNeill's Hist, of Cawdor, 40 ; Biog-
raphies of Highland Clergymen, 62-70.]
ALEXANDER M'NAUGHTON, born
1843 1806' son °^ Donald M., dyer, and
Jane Menzies ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. by Presb. of Paisley 19th
July 1833; became min. of the Presbyterian
Church at Lancaster, Canada, Dec. 1833 ;
adm. to Colonsay 19th Jan. 1842; pres.
by Professor Hercules Scott (for Lord
Lovat), and adm. 21st Sept. 1843; died
at Aberfeldy, 22nd March 1864. He marr.
3rd Sept. 1839, Juliana Edmonston Camp-
bell M'Taggart, who died s.p. 24th Dec.
1846.
EWEN M'KENZIE, born Kilmallie,
1818, son of Ewen M., Fort-William ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (March 1836); ord. to Dores
17th Sept. 1846; pres. by Professor Her-
cules Scott (for Lord Lovat), and adm.
(assistant and successor) 16th Aug. 1848 ;
died 30th Dec. 1888. He marr. 4th April
1850, Georgina (died 19th Nov. 1895),
youngest daugh. of Hugh Mactavish, Dun-
balloch, and had issue — Evan George, born
3rd Jan. 1851 ; Hugh Alexander, born 18th
Feb. 1852; Niel Kennedy, min. of Long-
forgan, born 3rd June 1855 ; Cecilia
Margaret, born Aug. 1857; Patrick Alison
Kennedy, min. of Ardgour, born 18th
March 1861 ; Jessie Evangeline, born 3rd
June 1864, died Sept. 1917.
CHAELES DONALD BENTINCK,
1889 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 11th July 1889;
trans, to Dornoch 7th June 1907.
PETER MACGEEGOR, M.A. ; trans.
lgo„ from Tobermory, and adm. 27th Sept.
1907; trans, to Duthil 20th May
1912.
NEIL MACLELLAN, trans, from
1912 Kilarrow, an<i adm. 28th Sept. 1912 ;
trans, to Inverness 13th March 1917.
KENNETH M'LEAN, born Greenock,
1917 17th Sept. 1872, son of John M.,
shipwright, and Mary MacGillivray ;
educated at Belville Place School, Greenock,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Greenock 30th April 1901 ; assistant
at Grahamston, Falkirk; ord. to Cumlodden
26th March 1902 ; trans, to Ardrishaig 28th
Aug. 1907 ; trans, and adm. 31st Aug. 1917.
Marr. 9th June 1898, Jane, daugh. of John
Steen and Dorcas Charlton. Publication —
" In Memoriam " : Sonnets on Ardrishaig
Soldiers and Sailors.
FARNUA, or FERNUA.
[Annexed to Wardlaw or Kirkhill in
1618.]
ANDREW BRABONER [or
1569 BREBNER, or MACPHAIL], ex-
horter at Petty in 1567; pres. to the
parsonage by James VI. 18th June 1569 ;
in 1574 Urquhart, Glenmoriston and Bona
were also in the charge. — [Beg. Min. et
Assig.]
MOY AND DALAROSSIE.
[These parishes were united about 1500.
Each of them still has its own church.
Moy. — The vicarage of Moy was, for a
long time, united to the parish of Croy.
Dalarossie. — The church of Dalarossie
was dedicated St Fergus.]
JAMES DUFF, min. of Dores, held
1574 this parish in conjunction 1574.
WILLIAM DUNBAR, min. before 1609.
1609 — (Mackintosh Muniments, 221.)
ANDREW DOW FRASER, removed
1624 fr°m Dalarossie, and adm. before
13th April 1624; trans, to Abertarff
before 25th Oct. 1625.
LACHLAN GRANT, M.A. ; ord. before
1627 30tk ^ct" 16217 ' trans- to Kingussie
after 3rd April 1649.
RODERICK MACKENZIE, born Elgin
1 about 1630 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1649);
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 31st Aug.
1652; ord. before 21st May 1654; died
after 4th Feb. 1680. He marr. Janet
Clunes. — [Inverness Sas., iv., 452.]
476
MOY AND DALAROSSIE
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER CUMMTNG, bom at
Duthil, 1658, son of David C. ; educ.
at King's College, Aberdeen; MA.
(2nd July 1676) ; licen. by Presb. of Crom-
dale or Abernethy ; pres. by Colin, Bishop
of Moray, in March, passed trials before
the Presb. and certified for ordination,
7th April, and ord. 23rd May 1680. He
sympathised with the Jacobites but re-
mained in his parish after the Eevolution ;
died 27th April 1709. He marr. Ann
Cumming, and had issue — David in
Drynachan ; John.
[The parish vacant seven years.]
1716
JAMES LESLIE; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1693-7 ; licen. by
Presb. of Elgin 25th March 1707 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 22nd
March and 10th May, and ord. 18th Aug.
1716. It is said that when he first went
to preach at Dalarossie, he found many of
his parishioners " putting the stone " and
amusing themselves around the church.
Finding it impossible to get a congregation
till he should join in their entertainment,
he agreed on condition that should he
surpass them they would assemble for
worship. Being a powerful man he out-
distanced them all, and thus gained his
object, winning their respect, and bringing
them into a state of decency and order.
He had a new church built at Moy in
1765, and died 2Sth Oct. 1766. He marr.
(1) 29th April 1716, Janet Eobertson (died
April 1740), widow of Alexander Rose of
Holm, and had issue — Lachlan, above the
age of 16 in 1746, died 29th Dec. 1750;
Jean, above the age of 16 in .1746: (2)
21st May 1752, Janet (died 6th Oct. 1798),
daugh. of Lachlan Mackintosh of Borlum.
— [Family of EilravocTc; Acts of Ass.,
1714, 1756.]
1767
JAMES MACKINTOSH, born 1727,
son of Donald M., Nairn ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1746-51 ; schoolmaster and session-clerk of
Cawdor ; was a missionary in Strathearn
1st Nov. 1764; pres. by Hugh Eose of
Kilravock in March, and ord. 14th July
1767 ; dep. (after a long process in which
various sentences were set aside) for im-
morality 28th May 1787; died 9th May
1799. He marr. 10th July 1769, Barbara
Forbes, who died 2nd Jan. 1777, and had
issue — Barbara, born 22nd April 1770 ;
Elizabeth, born 1st June 1771 ; Donald,
born ISth Oct. 1772 ; Duncan, born 4th
Jan. 1774, died 29th Oct. 1776; Janet,
born 14th April 1775. — [Acts of Ass.,
17S2-4, 1786-7; Scots Mag., xliv.-xlvi.,
xlviii.-ix.]
WILLIAM MACBEAN, MA. ; ord. (by
1788 Presb. of Elgin) 3rd April 1787;
pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto 6th
May, and adm. 5th Aug. 1788 ; trans, to
Alves 11th Oct. 1792.
HUGH MACKAY, born 1761, son of
17g_ Angus M. in Kinloch, merchant,
Glasgow ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (28th March
1782) ; became schoolmaster of Tongue ;
licen. by Presb. of Tongue 12th Jan. 1786 ;
ord. missionary at Halkirk ; adm. to this
charge 25th April 1793 ; died 7th March
1804. He marr. 14th Dec. 1798, Anne
(she survived him, and marr. again), daugh.
of Alexander Grant, and had issue — Alex-
ander Grant, born 24th Nov. 1799 ; ^Eneas,
born 2nd March 1801 ; James, born 22nd
Dec. 1802.— [House of Jfackay.']
JAMES MLAUCHLAN.bom Inverness-
shire; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March 1791;
licen. by Presb. of Inverness 9th June
1795; ord. chaplain to Fraser Eegiment
of Scots Fencibles 4th Oct. 1796 ; app.
missionary at Strathglass ; adm. to the
Gaelic Chapel, Edinburgh, 12th Sept. 1799
(cf. Vol. I., 30) ; pres. by William Mack-
intosh of Geddes in May ; trans, and
adm. 3rd Sept. 1806; was one of the
four members of the Presb. rebuked by
the General Assembly 26th May 1824 in
connection with the settlement at Kiltarlity
in 1823 ; app. a J.P. for Inverness-shire 13th
May 1831 ; died 10th Nov. 1843. He marr.
(1) 16th June 1802, Lilias (died 22nd Sept.
1803), daugh. of Alexander Fraser, min.
of Kirkhill, and had issue— Alexander,
M.D. (Edinburgh), a distinguished student,
INVERNESS]
MOY AND DALAROSSIE
477
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 23rd April 1803,
died at Nagpore, 29th June 1825 : (2) 27th
Aug. 1805, Catherine (died 18th Dec. 1844),
daugh. of Simon Fraser of Farraline, and
had issue — Isabella, born 24th Nov. 1806,
died 7th July 1807; Simon. Eraser, min.
of Cawdor, born 4th Sept. 1808 ; Lauchlan,
born 20th Aug. 1810; Margaret Mackintosh,
born 16th May 1813 (marr. John M'Leish,
hanker, Crieff; Thomas, LL.D., his successor
in this parish ; Isabella, born 1819. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat.
Ace, xiv.).
THOMAS M'LAUCHLAN, born 29th
lass ^ar1, 1816' son of preceding; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (March 1833), and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Inverness 27th
Jan. 1837 ; pres. by William Mackintosh
of Geddes in Feb., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 19th April 1838. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Moy, 1843-4 ; min. of Free Church,
Stratherrick, 1844-9 ; min. of St Columba's
Free Church, Edinburgh, 1849-86; LL.D.
(Aberdeen, Nov. 1864) ; elected Moderator
of the Free Church General Assembly
18th May 1876 ; Convener of the Highlands
and Islands Committee of the Free Church ;
died 21st March 1886. An eminent Celtic
scholar and a rarely gifted evangelical
preacher, who was a tower of strength to
his church, especially in its work through-
out the Highlands. He marr. (1) 22nd
March 1848, Eliza (died 16th Jan. 1855,
aged 30), daugh. of George Mackay, D.D.,
Free Church, Eafford, and had issue —
James John, actuary, secretary Equitable
Insurance Co., born 13th Dec. 1848, died
at Bath, 26th Dec. 1920 ; George Mackay,
planter, India, born 6th April 1851 ; Hugh
Simon, journalist, born 13th Dec. 1852,
died iDec. 1899; Eliza Helen, born 8th
Jan. 1855, died 21st Jan. 1885 : (2) 30th
July 1857, Margaret Hunter (died 25th
Jan. 1864), daugh. of John Geddes, C.E.,
and Davida Sutherland, and had issue —
John David, mining engineer, born 14th
Sept. 1859; Thomas George, physician,
born 16th July 1861, died Sept. 1898;
Margaret Hunter Geddes, born 25th Jan.
1864 : (3) 25th Feb. 1869, Fanny L. (died
13th April 1922), daugh. of Hugh Fraser,
Aberskey, Stratherrick, and had issue —
Francis, born 4th Jan. 1870, died 29th
March 1878 ; Simon Lachlan Fraser,
electrical engineer, born 14th July 1872 ;
Catherine Anna, born 20th Sept. 1874.
Publications — " United Parishes of Moy and
Dalarossie" {Presbyterial and Parochial
Reports on the State of Education in
Scotland (1843), 150-5) ; The Depopulation
System in the Highlands (1849) ; The Way
to God, or the Doctrine of Christ's Mediator-
ship briefly Expounded (Edinburgh, 1853) ;
Celtic Gleanings : or Notices of the History
and Literature of the Scottish Gael (Edin-
burgh, 1857) ; The Poems of Ossian [in
Gaelic] (1859) ; The Dean of Lismore's
Book [translated and edited with William
Forbes Skene, LL.D.] (Edinburgh, 1862);
The Early Scottish Church from the First
to the Twelfth Century (Edinburgh, 1865) ;
" Gaelic Literature, Language, and Music "
(in John Scott Keltie's A History of the
Scottish Highlands (Edinburgh, 1882) ;
" Notice of Monoliths on the Island of
Mull" (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., v., 48);
" On the Kymric Element in the Celtic
Topography of Scotland " (Ibid., vi., 315) ;
Recent Highland Ejections considered
(Edinburgh, 1850) ; Criosd an t-eadar
mheadhonair 'na Righ, Sermon in Gaelic
(Edinburgh, 1860); The Book of Common
Order, commonly called John Knox's
Liturgy, translated into Gaelic (1567)
by John Carswell, Bishop of the Isles
[the first book printed in Gaelic, of
which only three imperfect copies are
known] (Edinburgh, 1873); The Gaelic
Keference Bible [jointly with Dr Clerk,
Kilmallie] (Glasgow, 1860, 1863, and other
editions.) — [Tombst. ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Celtic Monthly, xvi., 105 ; Boase's Modem
English Biog., ii., 646 ; Dr Thomas Mac-
Lauchlan, by William Keith Leask, M.A.
(Edinburgh, 1905).]
HEOTOK MACKENZIE, born 1814,
son of Alexander M. of Kemsary;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
ord. to Clyne 7th Dec. 1843; pres. by
George and William Mackintosh of Geddes ;
478 MOY AND DALAROSSIE— PETTIE AND BRACHOLLIE [pkesb. of
trans, and adm. 25th July 1844; died
9th Nov. 1871. He marr. 6th June 1845,
Margaret Janet (died 23rd May 1897),
daugh. of William M'Leod of Orbost, Skye,
and had issue — William M'Leod, born 16th
Feb. 1846.
DONALD MUERAY SIMPSON, born
1872 Kirkton, Resolis, 21st April 1826,
eldest son of Robert S. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; app. to Gaelic Chapel,
Rothesay, 1859 ; trans, to Acharacle 14th
May 1861 j pres. by George Mackintosh of
Geddes ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1872 ;
died 21st Dec. 1912. He marr. 22nd April
1868, Alice Ponton (died 22nd Oct. 1896),
daugh. of James Hamilton, Ascog, Bute,
and had issue — Jean Ponton, born 27th
Feb. 1870.
ANGUS JOHN MORRISON,
lgos educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1897), B.D. (1901) ; licen. by Presb.
of Uist in 1901 ; elected 31st March, and
ord. (assistant and successor) 6th May
1903; dem. his status 27th Oct. 1914.
JOHN MACECHERN, trans, from
1915
Kinloss and adm. 26th March 1915 ;
trans, to Tain 18th Dec. 1924.
NORMAN MACKENZIE, M.A. ;
elected 13th June, trans, from First
Charge, Campbeltown (q.v.), and
adm. 28th Aug. 1925.
1925
DALAROSSIE.
JOHN DOW, reader from 1574 to
1574 1576.
ANDREW DOW [or FRASER], removed
from Boleskine in 1614, Moy and
Boleskine being also in the charge ;
removed to Moy about 1616. — [Beg. Assig.]
PETTY AND BRACHOLLIE.
[These parishes were united about 1500.
Petty. — The vicarage of Petty had its
church dedicated to St Columba.
Brachollie. — The church of Brachollie
was dedicated to St Ewan.]
ANDREW MACPHALL, min. here
1566 " in the Erse [Gaelic] tongue " [see
under Third Charge, Inverness.]
ANDREW MACPHALL, eldest son of
15„. preceding ; reader at Petty and
Brachollie in 1574 ; pres. to the
parsonage of Farnua by James VI. in
1575, and to the vicarage 22nd April 1581.
On 7th March 15S0-1 he was resident in
Inverness, and complained that on the
previous Sunday night John Stewart alias
Flesher, had come to his house with an
open knife in his hand and assaulted him,
and would have murdered him but for the
bystanders. Stewart was found guilty and
fined. M. was trans, to Kingussie in 1581,
and in 1594 he became min. at Croy.
JOHN GORDON, min. in 1574, having
also Brachollie in his charge, a parish
said, in 1574, to have been "united
of auld " to Petty ; still min. in 1579.
1574
1580
JAMES DUNBAR, son of George D.
of Auchleish, chamberlain of Moray ;
min. in 1580; still in the charge in
1591. — [Shaw's Hist., iii., 430; Moray Writs,
Box 15, No. 1461.]
SEVERIN MACPHAIL, formerly at
.__. Dores and Alvie; min. on 26th April
1594.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., vi., 178.]
DONALD M'QUEEN, min. in 1595;
1595 pres. by James VI. 10th May 1596;
died 22nd Aug. 1630. He marr. 21st
May 1611, Isobel M'Intosh, and had issue
— William of Cluny. — [Inverness Teste. ;
Shaw's Hist., iii., 430 ; Inverness Sas., ii.,
261 ; Mackintosh and Clan Chattan, 513.]
1633
ALEXANDER FRASER, born about
1606, son of Hector F., fiar of the
lands of Kiltarlity, and Marjory,
daugh. of Malcolm Fraser of Culduthell ;
pres. 13th Dec. 1632, when, at the request
of the Bishop of Moray, a report was made
to him as to F.'s " literature and qualifica-
tions"; ord. and inst. 3rd Jan. 1633; in
INVERNESS]
PETTY AND BRACHOLLIE
479
Sept. 1681 he was unable to discharge
his ministry through age and weakness ;
died 30th April 1683. He is described
as "a man of gentle and catholic spirit,
anxious to fulfil the ends of his ministry."
He marr. Margaret, daugh. of William
Clogie, min. of First Charge, Inverness,
and had issue — John, writer, Edinburgh ;
Hugh, min. of Kiltarlity ; James, M.A.
(King's College, 1664), LL.D. (15th March
1725), secretary of Chelsea Hospital for
forty years, benefactor of King's College,
Aberdeen, restored the old and erected
new Univ. buildings, and contributed
largely to the Library, gave also a Library
to Inverness, and founded the Fraser Bur-
sary in Divinity at King's College, born
28th Sept. 1645, died 26th May 1731;
William, Governor of Fort-George, Madras,
also a contributor to public purposes in
Inverness ; Lauchlan, min. of Bracadale ;
Alexander ; Margaret ; Major Thomas ;
Janet ; Mary ; Bethia (marr., cont. 25th
April 1661, Patrick Grant of Achrosk) ;
Lilias (marr., cont. 24th Dec. 1684, John
Forbes, servitor to Culloden). — [Kennedy's
Annals of Aberdeen, ii. ; Douglas's Hast
Coast ; Professor Ker's Funebris Oratio,
styled " Fraserides," 20th Sept. 1731;
Mitchell's Inverness Kirk-Session Records
(portrait of Dr James F.), 193 et seq., 279;
Donaides (Edinburgh 1725) ; Inverness Sas.,
iv., 177 ; G. R. Inhib., 3rd June 1669 ; Reg.
of Deeds, Mack., 28th Feb. 1687.
THOMAS MELVILLE, reader and
schoolmaster on 9th Aug. 1642,
his stipend being a firlot of victual
from every plough of both parishes.
1642
1684
ALEXANDER DENUNE [or
DENOONE], born 1658, a native
of the parish ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1678); passed
trials before the Presb. and certified for
licence 4th Oct. 1682 ; became assistant to
preceding min. 2nd Nov. 1682 ; pres. by
Colin, Bishop of Moray, in Feb., passed
trials for ordination, ord. 23rd March, and
inst. 20th April 1684 ; was still min. after
the Bevolution; dep. 19th June 1706 for
swearing, drunkenness, etc. He disregarded
the sentence and appealed to the General
Assembly, but did not carry that out. On
29th May 1709 he announced from the
pulpit his intention of proceeding to
London. The parish was declared vacant,
but on 12th July 1712, the Session Records
affirm that " Mr D., our minister, was
reponed to his charge by Her Majesty
Queen Anne" ; died 26th Jan. 1719, having
suffered from ill-health for some time. In
personal appearance he is described as " a
corpulent man." He marr. Jean M'Lean,
who survived him, and had issue — James ;
a daugh. (marr. John Clark, schoolmaster
of the parish) ; and others. — [Case of Green-
shields ; Acts of Ass., 1707 ; Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 430.]
DANIEL MACKENZIE, M.A., trans.
171_ from Inveraven, pres. by Charles,
Earl of Moray, and adm. 8th Oct.
1719 ; trans, to Third Charge, Inverness,
10th Oct. 1727. He preached his farewell
sermon here on 8th Oct.
JOHN DUNCANSON, licen. by Presb.
1728 of Dalkeith 20th March 1716; ord.
to Ardclach 13th Sept. same year ;
called 3rd April, trans, and adm. 18th
June 1728; died 6th May 1737 and was
buried on the following Sunday (8th May)
"at 6 o'clock in the evening," Alexander
Fraser, Inverness, preaching at Petty that
day. He marr. March 1717, Jean Urquhart,
parish of Forres, and had issue — Fanny
(marr., pro. 21st April 1751, James
Colquhoun, merchant, Dunbarton). —
[Shaw's Hist., iii., 431.]
LEWIS CHAPMAN, born 1706, son
11?38 of James C, min. of Cromdale ;
educated at Univs. of Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and at Leyden ; licen. at Leyden
2nd March 1728 ; ord. to Alvie 25th
Sept. same year ; pres. by James, Lord
Doune, in Feb., trans, and adm. 6th June
1738; died 19th April 1741. He marr.
Jean, daugh. of William Selkrig, merchant
or surgeon, Glasgow, and had issue —
Selkirk, student at Univ. of Glasgow in
1745 ; James ; John ; Jean (marr. 1st Dec.
1765, James Robertson, weaver, Glasgow).
480
PETTY AND BRACHOLLIE
[PRESB. OF
-<ENEAS SHAW, trans, from Comrie;
1742 pres" ky John, Earl of Moray, in
1741 ; adm. 8th June 1742 ; trans.
to Forres 14th Dec. 1758.
JOHN MOEEISON, born Dull, Perth,
.„„ shire, 1701, son of John M., min. of
Urray ; educated at St Leonard's
College, St Andrews ; M.A. (9th May
1722) ; licen. in 1726 ; ord. missionary at
Amulree 21st June 1746 ; adm. to this
charge 21st Aug. 1759; died 9th Nov.
1774. Known as the "Petty Seer," he
was believed to have had the gift of
prophecy, and many anecdotes in con-
firmation are related. He was a man of
great sagacity, much humour, and fervent
piety. He wrote several Gaelic songs in
praise of the lady who became his wife,
and whom he is said to have baptized, but
that is unlikely, as he was not ordained
till 1746. He marr. 8th July 1766, Mary
Hagart, who died 10th Nov. 1772, aged 33,
and had issue — Delvin Mackenzie, born
23rd April 1767 (marr. James Miller of
Milton); Margaret, born 17th Feb. 1770
(marr. John Blair, Perth) ; Janet, born
9th April 1771.— [Tombst. ; Shaw's Hist.,
iii., 431 ; Maclennan's The Petty Seer
(Inverness, 1894)].
1775
WILLIAM SMITH, born Eafford,
about 1750 ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1767) ; licen. by Presb. of Tain 26th May
1773; pres. by Francis, Earl of Moray,
in May, and ord. 5th Sept. 1775 ; died
15th Nov. 1833. He marr. 7th Jan. 1779,
Margaret M'Ewen, who died before 5th
Oct. 1798, and had issue — Francis Stuart,
born 20th Oct. 1779 ; James Doune, min.
of Urquhart, born 7th Aug. 1781 ; Eliza-
beth, born 14th Feb. 1783; Eachael, born
2nd Aug. 1786; Sarah Louisa, born 10th
April 1790, died 4th Nov. 1823 ; Margaret
Stratton, born 9th June, and died 16th
Oct. 1791; Arthur, born 11th Oct. 1792;
Ann Stuart, born 8th Feb. 1794;
Margaret, born 24th July 1796. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iii.).
JOHN GEANT, born Inverness, 1804;
lg34 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Inverness 1st Sept. 1829 ;
app. assistant to preceding in 1832 ; pres.
(assistant and successor) by Francis, Earl
of Moray, July 1833, but ord. to the full
charge 24th July 1834. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Petty Free Church
same year ; of Eosneath Free Church,
1843-55; died 2nd Sept. 1855. He marr.
26th March 1840, Mary (died 30th Sept.
1857), daugh. of Donald Fraser min. of
Kirkhill, and had issue — Jane Elizabeth,
born 3rd May 1841 ; Donald Fraser, born
5th Sept. 1842, died in America; Mary
Christina, born 20th June 1844 ; Duncan
Edmund, born 18th March 1846, went to
Montreal ; Alexander Peter, born 26th
June 1848, died 15th Feb. 1849; John
Lewis, born 31st July 1850, died in Boston,
U.S.A. ; Milicent Fraser, born 14th Nov.
1851 ; Francis Gordon, born 29th Aug.
1853, died 11th June 1855. Publications-
Account of the Parish {Nexv Stat. Ace.,
xiv.) ; Sermon LXXXIII. (Free Cfacrch
Pulpit, ii.)
COLIN MACKENZIE, M.A. ; pres. by
1843 Francis, Earl of Moray, and ord.
26th Oct. 1843; trans, to Contin
12th Aug. 1852.
JOHN FEASEE, born Ardersier, April
18_2 1827, son of Thomas F. and Isabella
Clark ; educated at Croy School and
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1848) ;
licen. by Presb. of Nairn 29th June 1852 ;
pres. by the Hon. J. Stuart as curator for
the Earl of Moray, and ord. 15th Dec. 1852 ;
died 25th Dec. 1904. He marr. 16th Aug.
1855, Margaret (died 8th Dec. 1887),
youngest daugh. of John Sinclair, Toxteth
Park, Liverpool, and had issue — Clara,
born 31st May 1856 ; Caroline, born 26th
Dec. 1857 (marr. Alexander Buchanan,
M.A., headmaster, Church of Scotland
Schools, Alexandria, Egypt); John Sinclair,
solicitor, Inverness, born 10th Nov. 1859,
died 2nd July 1920; Thomas, born 7th
Sept. 1861, died in London, 18th Jan. 1918 ;
Davidson, Chicago, U.S.A., born 27th June
INVERNESS]
URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
481
1863 ; Margaret, born 23rd Jan. 1865
(marr. Captain George Gilmour, Leith) ;
Christiana Beatton, born 9th Aug. 1866 ;
Arthur, born 21st Aug. 1868 [M.A. (Aber-
deen 1906), licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
27th Nov. 1907, assistant at Benholme and
Campsie, ord. to Edgerston 21st Sept. 1917,
marr. 19th Oct. 1917, Jane Reid, eldest
daugh. of James M'Hardy, min. of Lat-
heron] ; Henry, Suez, born 6th Sept. 1870 ;
Elizabeth Catherina, born 28th May 1872,
died 22nd Feb. 1875 ; Emmeline, born 28th
Aug. 1874 (marr. Frederick H. Sutton,
bank manager, London).
DONALD MACGILLIVRAY, born
lgo2 Kinloch, Kilfinichen, 29th Feb. 1864,
son of Archibald John M. and Flora
Christine M'Lean ; educated at Holm
School, Orkney, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1892), B.D. (1895); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1895 ; assistant at
Kingussie (Newtonmore and Dalwhinnie
Missions); ord. to Kinlochspelvie 25th July
1895 ; trans, to Kilbrandon 9th Nov. 1897 ;
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
5th June 1902. Marr. (1) 26th Dec. 1906,
Catherine Alice (died 28th Nov. 1918),
daugh. of James Strachan, min. of Barvas :
(2) 17th Dec. 1920, Christina Anne, eldest
daugh. of Donald Maclver, F.E.I.S., and
has issue — Donald Lome, born 16th Sept.
1922, died 27th April 1923 ; Lorna Margaret,
born 12th June 1925.
URQUHART AND GLEN-
MORISTON.
[Glen Urquhart, or Urchardan Mo
Dhrostain. — The church of Glen Urquhart
was dedicated to St Drostan. At Teampal
Niniain in this parish, the Knights Templars
had a Commandery. Within the bounds
there were five chapels — St Michael's at Cill
Mhichiel, near Drumnadrochit, St Curadan's
at Cill Churadain, at Corriemony, St
Ninian's at Abriachan, St Adamnan's at
Croit Eonain, and St Cyril's at Pitkerail.
This parish was transferred 28th May 1884
from the Presb. of Abertarff to that of
Inverness.
VOL. VI.
Glenmoriston. — Glenmoriston was erected
in 1891.]
JAMES FARQUHARSON, M.A.; a
Romish priest who conformed at the
Reformation, and became exhorter
probably in 1560; still mentioned as holding
that office in 1572. Several Latin deeds
written by him in the capacity of notary
public are extant. He appears to have
died before 1574.— [Reg. Min.; Mackay's
Urquhart and Glenmoriston, 109, 343, 347.]
ANDREW MACPHAIL, min. of Farnua,
had charge of this parish along with
1574
Bona in 1574.
1586
1624
JOHN MALLAN, min. in 1586, and
probably held the charge till 1620.
— [Mackay's Urquhart and Glen-
moriston, 348.]
ALEXANDER GRANT, educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (29th
July 1611) ; adm. probably before
1624. At a meeting of Synod in April
1624 he was "ordained to proceid in
building of his kirk." [In the ruined kirk
at Kilmore there is a stone inscribed with
the words Domus Dei, G.'s initials, and
date 1630.] In Oct. 1626 he was asked
to explain his absence from meetings of
the Synod, and answered that he lived
" in the farrest part of the diocie and could
have no certaintie " of the date of the first
meeting, and " as for the second, he could
not keep it as it was the appointed day
of his marriage." An Episcopalian at
heart, he signed the Covenant with much
hesitation, at Forres, 14th May 1639. He
died in 1645, having marr. a daugh. of John
Mackenzie, min. of Dingwall. — [Mackay's
Urquhart and Glenmoriston, 349.]
DUNCAN MACCULLOCH, ord. to
Third Charge, Inverness, 12th July
1642 ; trans, to Second Charge there
in 1645 ; trans, and adm. before 5th Oct.
1647; proposed in 1649 and 1650 to be
translated to Contin, but nothing was
done ; dep. for negligence and " scandalous
conversation " (conduct) between 6th April
and 5th Oct. 1658 ; reponed before 26th
April 1664 ; dem. (as a result of his
2 H
482
URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
[PEESB. OF
continued negligence) 1st Dec. 1671. Tra-
dition tells that -while two Urquhart girls
were tending cattle at Corri-Dho, they were
brutally waylaid by a number of Glen-
moriston men, who cut off their breasts.
Shortly afterwards M. met one of the
dastards and slew him on the spot. He
marr. a daugh. of Murdoch Mackenzie, of
Kildun. — [Mackenzie Genealogy ; Mackay's
Presb. of Inverness, 16, 144 et seq. ;
Mackay's Urquhart, 351-6.]
[The parish was vacant from 1658 to
1664, and from 1671 to 1673.]
JAMES GEANT, M.A.; pres. by
James Stuart, min. of Inveraven
1673
and chancellor of Moray, coll. and
inst. 9th April 1673; trans, to Abernethy
in Strathspey in 1685.
KOBEET CUMMING of the Dal-
16gQ shangie family, born about 1664 ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (24th Aug. 1680); passed
trials before the Presb. and recommended
for ordination 22nd Sept., and ord. 24th
Oct. 1686 ; was an Episcopalian and a
Jacobite, refusing to conform to Presby-
terianism or to surrender his charge. In
this he had the support of his parishioners
and was allowed to continue, and even
co-operated with the Presb. through not
attending their meetings. He was sick
at 23rd March (when he made his will)
and died before 8th April 1730, the last
of the Highland prelatists who continued
to hold their parishes after the Eevolution.
He marr. (1) Helen Kinnaird, and had
issue — Alexander; Isobel (marr. Hugh
Fraser in Bruiach) : (2) Isobel Chisholm,
who survived him. — [Inverness Tests. ;
Case of Greenshields ; Mackay's Urquhart,
372-5.]
1730
WILLIAM GOKDON [or MAC-
GEEGOE, pres. by Sir James Grant
of Grant, Bart., in Aug., and ord.
24th Dec. 1730 ; trans, to Alvie 20th Sept.
1739. In 1725 he induced the Presb. to
appoint Thomas Montfod as missionary at
Glennioriston (c/. Vol. IV., 134).
JOHN GEANT, born Strathspey, 1712 ;
1741 educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 22nd
Jan. 1735 ; pres. by the Hon. Ludovick
Grant of Grant, and ord. 14th Jan. 1741.
He strongly espoused the cause of Prince
Charles in 1745, and along with others,
was seized by Ludovick Grant and im-
prisoned for a time in Tilbury Fort ; died
at Inverness, 8th Dec. 1792, leaving a sum
of £700 for the support of students of
divinity and philosophy at Aberdeen Univ.
The bequest was disputed, but in 1795
his successor compromised by making a
payment of £200 to the Univ. for the
maintenance of a Bursar in philosophy or
divinity, either of the name of Grant, or
descended from Captain Thomas Fraser of
Newton. He marr. 1st May 1744, iEmilia
(died 11th Feb. 1759, aged 44), daugh. of
Thomas Fraser of Dunballoch, and had
issue — John, born 4th May 1745 ; Isobel,
born 17th Nov. 1751 (marr. Major Alpin
Grant), died 5th Nov. 1773. — [Mackay's
Urquhart, 377.]
JAMES GEANT, born Eoss-shire, 27th
17„7 April 1756, nephew of preceding ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (28th March 1771); licen. by
Presb. of Tain 7th Aug. 1776; "privately
ordained" by Presb. of Abernethy 16th
Jan., called 9th April, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 13th May 1777 ; was some-
time chaplain to the First or Strathtay
Fencibles; died at Elgin 15th Oct. 1798.
He marr. 4th Oct. 1794, Alexandrina (died
15th July 1823), third daugh. of Lewis
Grant, min. of Cromdale, and had issue —
William Forsyth, medical practitioner,
born 13th Aug. 1795, died in Jamaica 2nd
Aug. 1834 ; Eobina Clark, born 8th Dec.
1796, died 5th Jan. 1823.— [Moray Tests. ;
Tombst. ; Mackay's Urquhart, 377.]
JAMES FOWLEE, bapt. 20th Dec. 1759,
.„ g son of Colin F., farmer, Knock -
nared and Dunvorny, and Catherine
Gordon ; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1781); licen. by Presb. of
Dingwall 12th Sept. 1787 ; ord. missionary
at Fort-Augustus 30th Nov. 1791 ; pres.
INVERNESS]
URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
483
by Sir James Grant of Grant, Bart. ;
trans, and adm. 26th March 1799; died
25th May 1814. He marr. 9th May 1799,
Margaret (born 3rd July 1781, died 5th
Oct. 1858), daugh. of Major Alpin Grant.
Borlum, and had issue — Agnes Shaw, born
7th Feb. 1800, died 24th May 1819; James
Grant, born 11th May, and died 1st Nov.
1801 ; Alpin Grant, planter, Demerara and
Ceylon, born 26th Aug. 1802, died 23rd
Oct. 1861; Colin, born 26th March 1804 ;
John Gordon, born 20th Nov. 1805, died
1829; Katherine Gordon, born 20th Dec.
1807 (marr. Bobert Trotter, banker, Wor-
cester) ; Margaret, born 2nd Oct. 1809,
died 21st June 1831 ; Alexander, National
Provincial Bank, Newport, born 10th May
1811 ; Patrick Grant, born 3rd June 1813.—
[Major Alpin Grant and his Descendants,
26.]
JAMES DOUNE SMITH, born 7th
1815 Aug. 1781, son of William S., min.
of Petty ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (31st March
1798) ; licen. by Presb. of Inverness 5th
Feb. 1805 ; ord. as assistant chaplain at
Fort-George 10th April same year; after-
wards missionary at Grantown ; pres. by
the curator for Lewis Alexander, Earl of
Seafield, Oct. 1814; adm. 20th April
1815; J.P. (1818), D.L. (1820); died
unmarr. 27th June 1847. Publication —
Account of the Parish [with George Ander-
son] {New Stat. Ace, xiv.). — [Mackay's
Urquhart, 380.]
DONALD M'CONNACHIE, born
la4a Campbeltown, 1801, third son of
Malcolm M., turner, and Margaret
Nicolson; educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
ord. to Third Charge, Inverness, 19th Sept.
1844; trans, and adm. 29th March 1848;
died 7th May 1864. He marr. 1833, Anne
M'Lauchlan, who died 15th March 1873,
and had issue — Flora Margaret, born 10th
March 1834 ; Alexander Edward Murray,
min. of Croick, born 31st May 1835;
Malcolm Samuel, born 6th Aug. 1837;
Mary Jane, born 3rd Oct. 1838 ; Charlotte
Lacon, born 19th Aug. 1841 ; Bobert
Williamson, born 10th Jan. 1843 ; Ewan,
born 10th March 1844 ; Susan Nicolson,
born 31st Aug. 1848 ; Henrietta Grant,
born 15th Dec. 1849 ; Carolina Grant, born
5th March 1851 ; Joanna Charlotte Ogilvy
Grant, born 11th Oct. 1852; Donalda, born
8th March 1859.
JOHN CAMEBON, born 1832, son of
lae4 Alexander O, farmer, Abernethy,
and Barbara Cameron ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March
1853) ; ord. to Glengarry in 1859 ; trans.
and adm. 23rd Sept. 1864 ; died unmarr.
26th Oct. 1879.
JOHN PETEB CAMPBELL, born
1880 ■'■0naJ 1852> son of Archibald O,
farmer, and Bachel Mackinnon ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to
Tarbert (Inveraray) 19th Sept. 1878 ; trans,
and adm. 19th May 1880 ; adm. a member
of the Presb. 15th July 1884 ; died unmarr.
22nd March 1902.
DONALD LAMONT, M.A.; ord. 5th
1902 ^ept' 1902' trans- to Blair -Atholl
5th June 1908.
BODEBICK MACKENZIE, trans, from
lgo8 Kintail, and adm. 26th Nov. 1908;
trans, to Besolis 8th March 1921.
, ANGUS BOYD, born Hosta, North
1921 Uist' 3rd ^"pril 1883' son of An&us
B. and Catherine MacLean ; edu-
cated at Kingussie School, Gordon's College,
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1907); licen.
by Presb. of Uist in 1910; assistant at
Huntly, 1910-11; ord. to Kilchoman,
Islay, 6th April 1911; trans, to Weem
16th Dec. 1914; trans, and adm. 26th
Aug. 1921.
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Aberdeen Doctors at Home and Abroad. Ella Hill Burton Rodger. (Edin., 1893.)
The Bards of Bon-Accord, 1375-1860. William Walker. (Aberdeen, 1887.)
Gartularium Ecclesice Sancti Nicholai Aberdonensis, 1157-1560. James Cooper.
2 vols. [New Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1888-92.)
Descriptive Account of the Burning of the East Church (1874).
Monumental Brass in the Old or West Church, Aberdeen. Cecil T. Davis. (London,
1894.)
Notice of Memorial Brass and Tombstone in St Nicholas' Church. Andrew Gibb.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xi., 450-62. 1876.)
488 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
A Description of the East Kirk of St Nicholas, 1848. James Logan. [See Appendix
to the Cartidarium, ii.] (Aberdeen, 1888-92.)
Epitaphs and Inscriptions in St Nicholas' Church and Churchyard. A. M. Munro.
(Scot. Notes and Queries, i.-iv., vii.-ix. Aberdeen, 1888-96.)
The Monumental Inscriptions and Carved Woodwork in St Mary's Chapel, the Lower
Church of St Nicholas. A. M. Munro. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, i., 301-14.
1903-6.)
Ye Paroch Kirk of Sanct Nicolas of Aberdeen, 1060-1876. Alexander Walker.
(Aberdeen, 1876.)
The Tapestries of the Church of St Nicholas. Alexander Walker. (Aberdeen, 1877.)
A Brief Account of the West Kirk and of Some Things there. Alexander Walker.
(Aberdeen, 1880.)
Statement of the Funds and Affairs of the General Kirk-Session of St Nicholas,
Aberdeen. [Account of Charities administered by the Session, 1615-1847.]
John Watt. (Aberdeen, 1848.)
Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen: a Word in its Behalf. James Cooper, D.D., and
Alexander Walker, LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1889.)
Greyfriars Church: one Word more in Favour of its Retention and Restoration.
James Cooper, D.D. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc, xii., 89-99. Aberdeen,
1901.)
The Plea for the Retention of the Fabric of Greyfriars Church. Sir William Duguid
Geddes. (Aberdeen, 1898.)
Remains of Conventual Buildings, Greyfriars, Aberdeen. A. G. R. Mackenzie.
(Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc, xii., 3. 1897.)
John Knox Parish Church Bazaar Book. (Aberdeen, 1910.)
Lacunar Basilica? Sancti Macarii Aberdonensis : the Heraldic Ceiling of the Cathedral
Church of St Machar. Sir W. D. Geddes and Peter Duguid. [New Spalding
Club.] (Aberdeen, 1888.)
Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis Ecclesice Cathedralis Aberdonensis regesta que
extant in unum collecta, 1062-1560. Cosmo Innes. [Spalding Club.] 2 vols.
(Edin., 1845.)
St Machar's Cathedral. William Kelly. (Aberdeen, 1910.)
Description of the Cathedral. James Logan. (Records of Old Aberdeen, ii., 303-16.
Aberdeen, 1909.)
Guide to Cathedral of St Machar. A. M. Munro. (Aberdeen, 1889.)
Epitaphs and Inscriptions in St Machar Cathedral, Transepts and Churchyard.
A. M. Munro. (Aberdeen, 1889.)
Extracts from Session Recwds of Old Machar. A. M. Munro. (Aberdeen, 1889.)
St Machar's Cathedral. James Turreff. (Aberdeen, 1897.)
The Cathedral of St Machar. J. B. Nicol and H. H. Wigglesworth. (Trans. Aber-
deen Eccles. Soc, 29-35. Aberdeen, 1888.)
The Service-Books of the Cathedral of Old Aberdeen. Rev. Bruce M'Ewen. (Trans.
Scot. Eccles. Soc, vii., 55-67. 1924.) [See also Epistolare in usum Ecclesice
Cathedralis Aberdonensis.1 (Edin., 1924.)
The Book of Poivis [Church Bazaar Book]. James A. C. Coutts. (Aberdeen, 1906.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 489
A Short Account of the History of Rosemount Church and Parish. Rev. William
Borland. (Aberdeen, 1898.)
St Clement's Parish Church [Book of Bazaar]. (Aberdeen, 1883.)
Footdee in the Last Century. Ann. D. B. Allardyce. (Aberdeen, 1872.)
The Booh of St Fittich. Thomas White Ogilvie. (Aberdeen, 1900.)
Futtie, Past and Present. Daniel Mearns. (Aberdeen, 1896.)
The Booh of Saint George's-in-the- West. James Smith. (Aberdeen, 1892.)
Twenty-one Tears' History of St George 's-in-the-West Parish Church, Aberdeen, 1879-
1900. James Smith. (Aberdeen, 1900 ; re-issued to date in 1904.)
A Brief Description of the Parish of St George's-in-the- West. Alexander Walker.
(Aberdeen, 1884.)
St Ninian's, or the Chapel on the Castle Hill. A. M. Munro. (Aberdeen, 1889.)
Woodside and its Surroundings. David Ferrier. (Aberdeen, n.d.)
Annals of Woodside and Newhills. Patrick Morgan. (Aberdeen, 1886.)
Banchory-Devenoch in Aberdeen and Mearns, 1725. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i. 107.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
History of the Parish of Banchory- Devenich. John Alexander Henderson. (Aberdeen,
1890.)
The Book of St Devenich. Arthur Austin Foster. (Aberdeen, 1911.)
Case for the Rev. William Paul presented to Banchory-Devenich. (n.p., 1883.)
The Parish of Belhelvie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 285 ; iii., 215,
330.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Belhelvie Kirh-Session Records. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 3rd ser., i., 10. Aberdeen,
1923.)
The Rev. Alexander John Forsyth [min. of Belhelvie]. Sir Alexander J. F. Reid.
(Aberdeen, 1909.)
The Parish of Drumoah or Dalmaih. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 274;
iii., 289.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Annals of Lower Deeside. [Drumoak, 35-106.] John A. Henderson. (Aberdeen, 1892.)
The Parish of Durris. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 651.] [Spalding
Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.) [See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 261, 429.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Annals of Lower Deeside. [Durris, 1-34.] J. A. Henderson. (Aberdeen, 1892.)
The Parish of Dyce. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 244.]
Dyce Bazaar Booh. (Aberdeen, 1890.)
The Parish of Fintray. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 245.]
Jottings on the Parish of Fintray. Rev. John Catto. (Fintray, 1901.)
Disblair, 1634-1884. Alexander Walker. (Aberdeen, 1884.)
The Parish of Einellar. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 252 ; iii., 240-4 ;
iv., 361.]
The Parish of Maryculter. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, L, 300 ; iii., 355.]
[See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 429.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Temple Barony of Maryculter. John Edwards. (Trans. Glasgow Arch. Soc,
2nd ser., iv., 195. Glasgow, 1900.)
490 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Annals of Lower Deeside. [Maryculter, 152-247.] J. A. Henderson. (Aberdeen, 1892.)
A Trip to Maryculter. (Aberdeen, 1851.)
The Parish of Newhills. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 237 ; iii., 210.]
[See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., L, 99.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Brimmond and Its Shadow. James Cruickshank. (Aberdeen, 1910.)
Annals of . . . Newhills. Patrick Morgan. (Aberdeen, 1886.)
The Parish of New Machar. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 235 ; iii.,
198.] [See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 84.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Parish of Nigg. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 252 ; iii., 245.]
History of Old and New Torry. Alexander Ledingham. (Aberdeen, 1902.)
Torry Lands and Bridge. Alexander Walker. (Aberdeen, 1877.)
The Torry Ferry-boat Disaster. (Aberdeen, 1877.)
Description of Peterculter. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 291 ; iii., 337.]
[See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 259.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Annals of Lower Deeside. [Peterculter, 107-51.] J. A. Henderson. (Aberdeen, 1892.)
The Parish of Skene. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 279 ; iii., 313.]
Extracts from the Court Books of the Barony of Skene, 1613-87. [Misc. Spalding
Club, v.] (Aberdeen, 1852.)
Stoneywood Church. [Bazaar Book.] James Cruickshank. (Aberdeen, 1895.)
Stoneywood Churchyard Epitaphs. Robert Murdoch Lawrance. (Aberdeen, 1908.)
New Church at Stoneywood. (Aberdeen, 1878.)
Stoneywood Parish Church. [Year Book.] (1908.)
Bygone-Days in Aberdeenshire. James Allardyce. (Aberdeen, 1913.)
Historic Scenes in Aberdeenshire. John Bulloch. [A Series of 117 Articles in the
Weekly News (24th April 1883 to 11th July 1885) in which a Description is given
of every Parish in the County.]
Old Aberdeenshire Ministers and their People. John Davidson, D.D. (Aberdeen,
1895.)
The Castellated Architect-lire of Aberdeenshire. Sir Andrew Leith Hay. (Aberdeen,
1849 and 1887.)
Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions. John A. Henderson. (Aberdeen, 1907.)
Epitaphs and Inscriptions from Burial-Grounds of Old Buildings in the North-East of
Scotland. Andrew Jervise. 2 vols. (Edin., 1875-9.)
A Concise Bibliography of the History of the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine.
James Fowler Kellas Johnstone [LL.D.]. (Aberdeen, 1914.)
Some Ancient Country Churches near Aberdeen. William Kelly. (Trans. Aberdeen
Eccles. Soc, 26-33. 1887.)
Records of the Sheriff-Court of Aberdeenshire, 1503-1660. David Littlejohn. [New
Spalding Club.] 3 vols. (Aberdeen, 1904, 1906, 1907.)
Ecclesiastical Collections for Aberdeenshire. James Logan. [Archagl. Scot., iii.]
(Edin., 1828.)
The Place-Names of West Aberdeenshire. James Macdonald. [New Spalding Club.]
(Aberdeen, 1899.)
Aberdeenshire. Alexander Mackie. (Cambridge, 1911.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 491
Celtic Place-Names in Aberdeenshire. John Milne, LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1912.)
Past and Present of Aberdeenshire. William Paul, D.D. (Aberdeen, 1881.)
Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff. Joseph Kobertson.
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1843.)
Illustrations of the Topography and Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff.
Joseph Robertson. [Spalding Club.] 4 vols. (Aberdeen, 1847, 1858, 1862,
1869.)
Hand List of Bibliography of the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine. A. W.
Robertson. (Aberdeen, 1893.)
A Neiv History of Aberdeenshire. Alexander Smith. 2 vols. (Aberdeen, 1875.)
The Lights of the North : illustrating the Rise and Progress of Christianity in North-
East Scotland. James Stark, D.D. (Aberdeen, 1896.)
The Thanage of Fermartyn : its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, and
Antiquities. Rev. William Temple. (Aberdeen, 1894.)
Antiquarian Gleanings from Aberdeenshire Records. Gavin Turreff. (Aberdeen,
1871.)
A History of Aberdeen and Banff [with Bibliography of Local Literature]. William
Watt. (Edin., 1900.)
Aberdeenshire as a Factor in Scottish Life and Thought. Rev. William B. Robertson
Wilson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, vii.-xii.) (Aberdeen, 1894-99.)
The Presbytery of Aberdeen. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i„ 231-300, 651 ;
iii.,' 161-368, 594-7. [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847, 1857.)
Inventories of Ecclesiastical Records of North-Eastern Scotland, 1560-1890. [Kirk-
Sessions, Presbyteries, and Synods.] P. J. Anderson. [Misc. New Spalding
Club, i., 1890.] [See also Scot. Notes and Queries, iv., 130-2.] (Aberdeen, 1890.)
Selections from the Records of the Kirk-Session, Presbytery, and Synod of Aberdeen,
1562-1681. John Stuart, LL.D. [Spalding Club'.] (Aberdeen, 1846.)
The Covenanters in the North. Robert King. (Aberdeen, 1846.)
The Origins of Christianity in Aberdeenshire. W. Douglas Simpson. (Aberdeen, 1925.)
Sidelights on the Church in Revolution Times [Aberdeen Movement, 1688-95.]
W. W. Hawdon and George Sutherland [with Documents by John Alexander,
min. of Kildrummy.] (Edinburgh, 1907.)
The Aberdeen Non-Jurors. James Turreff. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc., iii.
Aberdeen, 1894-6.)
The Secession in the North. James Thomas Findlay. (Aberdeen, 1898.)
Transactions of Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society, vol. i., 1886-9 ; ii., 1890-3 ; iii.,
1894-6 ; iv., 1897-1905 [merged into the Scottish Eccles. Soc. in 1903].
PRESBYTERY OF KINCARDINE O'NEIL
Description of Aboyne and Glentannar, 1725. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 633; ii., 32.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.) [See also
Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 101.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Records of Aboyne, 1238-1681. Charles, Marquess of Huntly. [New Spalding
Club.] (Aberdeen, 1894.)
Saint Machar's Cross, Aboyne. Professor Ogston. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, iii.,
343-6. 1912.)
492 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Description of Parish of Upper Banchory, 1724. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 637 ; ii., 50.] [See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 259, 428.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Banchory and Bound About. R. M'Leod. (Aberdeen, 1903.)
Banchory-Ternan Sixty Years Ago. Charles Ogg. (Aberdeen, 1870.)
Description of the Parish of Birse, 1761. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 634; ii., 75 ; iii., 406 ; iv., 354.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
An Account of the Parish of Birse. Robert Dinnie. (Aberdeen, 1865.)
Anecdotes of the Rev. Joseph Smith [min. of Birse]. Robert Dinnie. (Aberdeen, 1882.)
Royal Braemar. John Macpherson. (Aberdeen, 1913.)
Recollections of Braemar. William Cadenhead. (Aberdeen, 1899.)
Braemar : its Topography and Natural Histcny. James Mann Crombie, LL.D.
(Aberdeen, 1861.) [See also his Braemar and Balmoral.] (Aberdeen, 1887.)
Braemar, or Two Months in the Highlands. Gladys Erskine. 2 vols. (London, 1881.)
Braemar : an Unconventional Guide Booh. [Has a chapter by the Rev. J. G. Michie.]
Hon. Stuart Erskine. (Edin., 1898.)
Legends of the Braes o' Mar. John Grant. (Aberdeen, 1910.)
A Visit to Braemar in 1855. W.Sutherland. (London, 1856.)
Lochnagar : its Topography, History, Traditions, etc. Alexander Inkson M'Connochie.
(Aberdeen, 1891.)
The Braemar Highlands, their Tales, Traditions, and History. Elizabeth Taylor.
(Edin., 1873.)
Last Century in Braemar. Rev. Malcolm Campbell Taylor, D.D. (Good Words, xiv.,
834. London.)
The Parishes of Cluny and Kinnemie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
636, 637 ; ii., 41, 48 j iii., 71, 482, 503.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Place-Names in the Parish of Cluny. James Cooper, D.D. (Aberdeen, 1912.)
Description of the Parish of Coidl, 1725. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 633 ; ii., 25.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Description of the Parishes of Crathie and Kindroghit [Kindrochit], 1736. [Topog.
and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 641 ; ii., 82 ; iv., 694.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Recollections of a Royal Parish. Patricia Lindsay. (London, 1902.)
Crathie Churches and Royal Bazaar at Balmoral. William W. Philip. (Aberdeen,
1896.)
Under Lochnagar. R. A. Profeit. (Aberdeen, 1894.)
Balmoral in Former Times. Rev. John Stirton. (Forfar, 1921.)
Crathie and Braemar : a History of the United Parish. Rev. John Stirton. (Aber-
deen, 1925.)
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, 1848-61. Queen Victoria
(London, 1867.)
More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, 1862-82. Queen Victoria.
(London, 1884.)
Queen Victoria's Highland Home and Vicinity. Alexander I. M'Connochie. (Aber-
deen, 1897.)
The Records of Invercauld, 1547-1828. Rev. John G. Michie. [New Spalding Club.]
(Aberdeen, 1901.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 493
Notes on the Records of Invercauld. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 3rd series, 1923-4.)
The Parish of Edit. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 636 ; ii., 46 ; iii., 486.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Dunecht Mystery. James Collier. (Glasgow, 1887.)
On Some Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Dunecht. George Forrest Browne, D.D.,
D.C.L. (Cambridge, 1921.)
Echt-Forbes Family Charters, 1345-1727 : Records of the Forest of Birse. George
Forrest Browne, D.D., D.C.L. (Edin., 1923.)
Description of the Parishes of Glenmuick, Tullich, and Glengairn, 1736. [Topog.
and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, L, 639 ; ii., 80.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen,
1847.)
Ye Thrie Parochines of Glenmuick, Tullich, and Glengairn, 1661-1888. Bev. James
E. Middleton. (Aberdeen, 1888.)
The History of Loch Kinnord. Bev. John G. Michie. (Edin., 1877 ; Aberdeen, 1910.)
Description of the Parish of Kincardine O'Neil, 1725. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen
and Banff, i., 631 ; ii., 3.] [See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 101.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The History of Kincardine O'Neil. Bobert Dinnie. (Aberdeen, 1885.)
Description of the Parishes of Coldstone and Logie, 1725. [Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, i., 632 ; ii., 8 ; iv., 148.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
History of Logie-Coldstone and Braes of Gromar. Bev. John G. Michie. (Aberdeen,
1896.)
Vacation Notes in Gromar . . . in 1873. Sir Arthur Mitchell, (p.p., Edin., 1873.)
The Earlier Antiquities of Gromar. John Stuart. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., i., 258-62.
Edin., 1855.)
The Parish of Lumphanan. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 635 ; ii., 36.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Parish of Midmar and Kinnernie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
635-6 ; ii., 41 ; iii., 71.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Parish of Strachan. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 651 ; ii., 68-75.]
(Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Cairn o' Mount and Clochmaben. Alexander Copland. (1892.)
Description of the Parish of Migvie, 1725. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 632 ; ii., 13 ; iii., 417 ; iv., 690-6.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil. [See Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 631-43 ; ii., 3-93.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847, 1857.)
PEESBYTEEY OF ALFOKD
The Vale of Alford [Bazaar Book]. (Aberdeen, 1896.)
The Natural History of Alford. Alexander Murray. (Edin. New Philos. Journal,
vi., 133. Edin., 1830.)
The Parishes of Auchindoir and Kearn. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, L,
608, 613 ; ii., 139 ; iv., 315, 371, 451, 460, 776.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen,
1847.)
The Castle of Craig and the Old Kirk of Auchindoir. Andrew Jervise. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot, viii., 323-30. Edin., 1871.)
494 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Notes on Craig Castle. James Macdonald. (Inverness, 1889).
Auchindoir and its Old Church. G. A. Selbie. (Inverness, 1889).
Folk-Lore, Antiquities, etc., connected with Auchindoir and Keam. William Smith.
(Aberdeen, 1892.)
The Old Kirk of Auchindoir. F. W. Troup. (Inverness, 1889.)
The Parish of Cabrach [Invercharach or Strathdeveron]. [Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, i., 615 ; iv., 461, 777.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Parish of Cabrach and its Antiquities. Rev. A. Gordon. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xviii., 325. Edin., 1884.)
The Cabrach. J. Taylor. (Banff, 1914.)
Notes on the Cabrach. Douglas Wimberley. (Inverness, 1904.)
The PaHsh of Clatt. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 620; iii., 382;
iv., 485.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Corgarff Castle. Alexander Emslie Smith. (Aberdeen, 1908.)
The Parish of Glenbuchat. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 613 ; iv., 449.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Parish of Keig. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 619 ; iv., 478.]
An Aberdeenshire Romance : John Forbes, Father Archangel. James Fowler Kellas
Johnstone. (Scot. Notes and Queries, viii., 100.)
Kennethmont and Rathmoreal. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 622;
iv., 501.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Eirkhill [Kennethmont] Bazaar Book. Joseph Bobertson. (1895.)
The Parish of Eildrummy. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 589 ; iv., 147.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Kildrummy Castle. Robert Milne. (Banff, 1884.)
History of Kildrummy Castle. David Shearer. (Huntly, n.d.)
Kildrummy Castle. W. Douglas Simpson. (Aberdeen, 1924.)
The Parishes of Leochel and Cushnie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
593, 597 ; iii., 553 ; iv., 318, 347, 752.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Annals of an Aberdeenshire Parish [Leochel-Cushnie], its Histwy and Traditions.
George Williams. (Aberdeen, 1892.)
The Place-Names of Leochel-Cushnie. George Williams. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
viii., 35-6, 49-51, 69-70, 81-3. Aberdeen, 1895.)
The Parish of Strathdon or Invernochty. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
L, 616 ; iv., 467, 778.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Parish of Tough. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 595; iii., 487;
iv., 338.] (Aberdeen, 1847.) [See also Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., i., 142 ; iv., 385 ;
xxxiv., 172 ; xxxvi., 491 ; xlvi., 304.]
The PaHsh of Towie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 611 ; iv., 426, 772.]
The Story of a Donside Estate [Culquoich]. James Allardyce. (Aberdeen, 1900.)
The Parishes of Tullynessle and Forbes. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
608, 628 ; iii., 395 ; iv., 371, 536, 760.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Terpersie. [See A. H. Millar's Scottish Forfeited Estates Papers, 1715, 1745.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1909.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 495
Extracts from, the Court-Book of the Barony of Whitehaugh [Tullynessle], 1686-1687.
[Misc. Spalding Club, v.] (Aberdeen, 1852.)
The Forbes-Leith Manuscripts. (Hist. MSS. Ann. Eeport, ii.)
Records of the Meeting of the Exercise of Alford, 1662-1688. Rev. Thomas Bell. [New
Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1897.)
The Presbytery of Alford. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 587-630 ; iv.,
136-544,' 686-783.] (Aberdeen, 1847, 1869.)
PRESBYTEEY OF GAEIOCH
The Parish of Bourtie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 563 ; iii., 416.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Barra Castle. William Leslie Davidson. (Aberdeen Journ. Notes and Queries, ii.,
279. (1909.)
Bourtie and its People in the last Century, illustrated by Kirk-Session Records.
William Leslie Davidson. (Trans. Banff Field Club, 1890-91.)
The Parish of Chapel-of-Garioch or Logie Durno. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 526 ; iii., 369, 440.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Battle of Harlaw. W.L.Davidson. (Aberdeen, 1911.)
The Maydyn Stane of Bennachie. John Longmuir, LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1869.)
The Pittrodie Papers, 1524-1628. [Misc. Spalding Club, ii.] (Aberdeen, 1842.)
The Parish of Culsalmond. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 566 ; iii,,
409, 410.]
Account of a Singular Wooden Coffin found at Culsalmond. (Edin. Annual Register,
538-40. (1810.)
The Newton Stone. J. M. Agnew. (Scot. Notes and Queries, v., 25, 66, 75, 89, 110. 1892.)
The Newton Stone. William Bannerman. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xlii., 56-63.
Edin., 1908.)
The Newton Stone : Notice of Various Attempts to interpret its Inscription. Alexander
Thomson. (Edin., 1865.)
Notes on the Ogham Inscription of the Newton Stone. William Forbes Skene. (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., v., 289-98. Edin., 1865.)
The Newton Stone. James, Earl of Southesk. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvii., 21-45.
Edin., 1883.)
A Description of the Parish of Daviot. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 81.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 580 ;
iii., 438-54.]
The Parish of Insch. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 552 ; iii. 401.]
Historical Notes on the Parish of Insch. Rev. Robert S. Kemp. (Banff, 1895.)
Foudland and Dtcnnideer. Robert Anderson. (Cairngorm Club Journ., iii., 218-24.
1900.)
Dunnydeer. Alexander I. M. Troup. (Banff, 1894.)
The Royal Burgh of Inverurie. James Annand. (Inverurie, 1878.)
The Burgh of Inverurie. Charles B. Davidson. (Aberdeen, 1888.)
496 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Notice of Further Stone Kists found at Broomend, Inverurie. C. B. Davidson.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., vii., 115-18. Edin., 1870.)
Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch. Rev. John Davidson, D.D. (Edin., 1878.)
The Bass and Churchyard of Inverurie. Rev. John Davidson, D.D. (Banff, 1884.)
The Bass of Inverurie. Rev. John Davidson, D.D. (Aberdeen, 1886.)
The Origin and Geological Associations of the Bass of Inverurie. Rev. John Davidson,
D.D. (Trans. Aberdeen Philos. Soc, ii., 42-56. Aberdeen, 1892.)
The Bass and Other Sketches. John Gray. (Huntly, 1883.)
The Parish of Eeithhall, anciently Monikeggie and Einkell. [Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, i., 569-71 ; iii., 419, 423.]
Remains of the Eirk of Einkell. John Davidson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, ii.,
82-3 ; 97-9. Aberdeen, 1889.)
The Parish of Eemnay. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 584 ; iii., 481.]
[See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 94.]
Correspondence between the Presbytery of Garioch .... respecting the Parish
School of Eemnay with a History of the School. (Edin., 1853.)
Some Notes on the History of Eemnay. Jeannie M. Laing. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
i., 104-6, 137-8, 176-7 ; ii., 12, 41-2, 70-1, 154-5. (Aberdeen, 1888-9.)
Eemnay Notes [Bazaar Book]. (Aberdeen, 1896.)
The Early History of Eintore. Alexander Watt. (Fintray, 1865.)
Account of the Recent Discovery of a Roman Camp at Eintore. E. H. Courtney.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., vii., 387-94. Edin., 1870.)
The Parish of Leslie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 545 ; iii., 394.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Book of Leslie Church. Rev. James G. Berry. (Aberdeen, 1913.)
" Whaur Gadie Rins." [Leslie Church Bazaar Souvenir.] (Aberdeen, 1904.)
Notes on the Parish of Leslie. Rev. John Russell. (Inverness, 1889.)
The Parish of Meldrum or Bethelnie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
558 ; ii., 265, 411.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Story of a Parish ; being a Short Account of Meldrum and its Ministers. Rev.
Marshall B. Lang. (Aberdeen, 1897.)
Old Meldrum : Past and Present. (Banff, 1893.)
An Ancient Eirk and Graveyard [Bethelnie]. ( Weekly Free Press, 1st Oct. 1887.)
History of Adam Donald, Prophet of Bethelnie. Peter Buchan. (Peterhead, 1817.)
[See also The Bee, vi., 241.]
Description of Monymusk. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 94.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin.,
1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 169, 584, 604;
ii., 365 ; iii., 483.]
Materials for a History of the Church and Priory of Monymusk. Rev. William M.
Macpherson. (Aberdeen, 1895.)
Notice of Grants of Lands to Church of St Andrews, and Sketch of the History of the
Priory of Monymusk. Rev. Alexander Low. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., vi.,
218-32. Edin., 1868.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 497
The Aumbry at Monyrnush. Charles Elphinstone Dalrymple. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, i., 187-9. Aberdeen, 1888.)
Papers from the Charter Chest at Monymusk, 1590-1720. John Stuart, LL.D. [Misc.
Spalding Club, ii., xxxviii.-xliii., 91-100.] (Aberdeen, 1842.)
From the Tone of Somersetshire to the Don of Aberdeenshire [chiefly about Monymusk].
Alfred J. Monday. (Aberdeen, 1886.)
The Parish of Oyne. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 579 ; iii., 387, 441 ;
iv., 5, 33.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Kirk-Session Records of Oyne. (Aberdeen Journ. Notes and Queries, ii., 324, 331,
349 ; iii., 109. Aberdeen, 1909-10.)
Correspondence on a Site for a [Free] Church in Oyne. (Aberdeen, 1846.)
At the Back o' Benachie : Life in the Garioch in the Nineteenth Century.
Helen Beaton. (Aberdeen, 1923.)
The Parish of Premnay. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 550 ; iii., 396.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Parish of Rayne. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 577 ; iii., 428.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Presbytery of Garioch. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 526-86 ; iii.,
369-505.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847, 1857.)
PEESBYTERY OF ELLON
Account of Barthol Chapel. [See The Vale of Ythan.] (Aberdeen, 1895.)
The Parish of Cruden. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 374 ; ii., 345 ;
iii., 119.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Ecclesiastical Remains at Cruden. Francis Carolus Eeles. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xlvii., 470. Edin., 1913.)
Cruden's Two Bishops. Bev. Adam Mackay. (Peterhead, 1911.)
Cruden and its Ministers. Rev. Adam Mackay. (Peterhead, 1912.)
The Church of Cruden : Interesting Discoveries. Bev. Adam Mackay. (Aberdeen Free
Press, 18th Feb. 1913.)
Description of the Paroch of Ellon. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 97, 426.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 301 ;
iii., 3-50.]
Ellon : History of a Buchan Burgh. (Banff, 1894.)
The Book, of Ellon. Alexander I. M'Connochie. (Ellon, 1901.)
The Churches of S. Mary, Ellon. Bev. N. K. Macleod. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles.
Soc, 13-23. 1890.)'
On Abbotshall of Ellon. Thomas Mair. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, ii., 109-38 ; iv.,
108, 110 J ix., 97-104. Peterhead, 1893, 1899, 1909.)
Ellon before and during the Reformation Period. Thomas Mair. (The Book of
Buchan, 191-5. Peterhead, 1910.)
Records of the Parish of Ellon. Thomas Mair. (Aberdeen, 1876.)
VOL. VI. 2 I
498 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Historical Notes on Ellon. James Moir. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, iv., 236-45.
Peterhead, 1896-8.)
The Burgh of Ellon. A. J. Kaeburn. (The Book of Buchan, 340. Peterhead, 1910.)
The Moot, or " Erie's" Hill of Ellon. Bev. N. K. McLeod. (Trans. Buchan Field
Club, iv., 111-18. Peterhead, 1896-8.)
Description of Parish of Foveran. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 98.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 364 ; iii., 93.]
Tivo Incised Slabs at Foveran. F. C. Eeles. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xliii., 308-16.
Edin., 1909.)
Description of Parish of Logie-Buchan. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 97, 426.] [See
also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 361.]
The Vale of Ythan. Bev. William Frank Scott. (Aberdeen, 1895.)
Description of Parish of Methlick. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 98.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 320 ; iii., 51.]
Methlick, Haddo House, Gight, and the Valley of the Ythan [Bazaar Book]. (1899.)
Parish of Slains and Forvie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 387 ; iii.,
129.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Old Slains Castle. Rev. Andrew Chalmers. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, vi., 183.
Peterhead, 1902.)
Antiquarian Notes on Leask, Slains. James Dalgarno. (Fin tray, 1878.)
Notes on the Parish of Slains and Forvie. James Dalgarno. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, ii., 81-186. Aberdeen, 1889.)
The Doom of Forvie. (Scottish Journal of Topography, ii., 136.)
The Parish of Forvie. (Scottish Journal of Topography, ii., 43.)
The Sands of Fvrvie. William Ferguson. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, i., 22.
Peterhead, 1891.)
The Errol Papers at Slains Castle, 1188-1727. John Stuart, LL.D. [Misc. Spalding
Club, ii.] (Aberdeen, 1842.)
Description of the Parish of Tarves. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 97.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 329 ;
iii., 57.]
The Church of a Hundred Years [Craigdam]. (1852.)
Craigdam and its Ministers. George Walker. (Aberdeen, 1856.)
Description of the Parish of Udny. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll. i., 98.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, L, 357; iii., 77.]
Peport of Udny Case decided in General Assembly. John Leslie. (1850.)
Note on the Antiquities of Udny. Charles S. Temple. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iv.,
64-7. Edin., 1863.)
Notes on the Lands of Dumbreck and Orchardtotun. Bev. William Temple. (Banff,
1890.)
Narratives and Extracts from the Records of the Presbytery of Ellon, 1597-1800.
Thomas Mair. (Aberdeen, 1898.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 499
PEESBYTEEY OF DEER
The Parish of Aberdour and Notice of St Drostan's Tomb and Well at Aberdour.
[Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 442 ; ii., 373, 383 ; iii., 158 ; iv., 113,
545, 651, 669.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.) [See also Macfarlane
Geog. Coll., i., 48.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Church of Aberdour. William Cramond. (Fraserburgh, 1896.)
Aberdour Manse Case. (Edin., 1823-4.)
Description of the Parish of Grimond. J. Keith. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 67.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 423 ; ii., 394 ; iii., 158, 159 ; iv., 77, 632.]
The Burgh of Rattray. James Cumine. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, i., 114. Peter-
head, 1891.)
Rattray. John Milne. (Trans. Buchan Field Club. Peterhead, 1901.)
Description of the Parish of New Deer, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 61.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
405 ; ii., 442 ; iv., 48, 573.]
A Buchan Parish and its Capital [New Deer.] (Banffshire Journal, 30th June 1895.)
Place-Names of New Deer. H. Cowie. (Free Press, 9th March 1901.)
Fedderat and its Possessors. Bev. J. Paterson. (Peterhead, 1895.)
Memories of Whitehill : its Church and its Minister. James Henry. (Peterhead, 1864.)
Description of the Parish of Old Deer, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 62.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 185, 397, 406 ; ii., 409, 441 ; iii., 117 ; iv., 3, 545.]
A Gossip about Old Deer and its Neighbourhood. William Boyd. (Aberdeen Free
Press. 1855-6.)
The Rabbling of Deer. John Malcolm Bulloch. [The Book of Buchan, 196.] (Peter-
head, 1910.)
An Old Book and an Old Record. William Ferguson. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
iv., 24.)
A Booh of the Parish of Deir. Alexander Lawson. (Aberdeen, 1896.)
The Abbey of Deer. Alexander Lawson. (The Book of Buchan, 141.)
The Book of Deer. Alexander Macbain. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xi., 137. 1885.)
Personal and Place-Names in the Book of Deer. John Gray. (Trans. Buchan Field
Club, iii., 79. Peterhead, 1896.)
The Stone Circles of Old Deer. James Spence. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, i., 27.
Peterhead, 1888.)
The Book of Deer. John Stuart, LL.D. [Spalding Club.] (Edin., 1869.)
The Book of Deer. James F. Tocher. (The Book of Buchan, 106.)
Fetterangus. Bev. Andrew Chalmers. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, iv. Peterhead,
1896.)
Sketch of the History of the Church of Clola. Thomas Kobertson. (1864.)
The Parish of Fraserburgh, anciently Philorth. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 431 ; ii. 385 ; iv., 83, 653.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
500 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Fraserburgh : its Foundation and History. Robert Anderson. (The Book of Buchan,
318. Peterhead, 1910.)
Fraserburgh Past and Present. John Cranna. (Aberdeen, 1914.)
Some Ecclesiological Notes from Fraserburgh. Henry Fyfe. (Trans. Aberdeen
Eccles. Soc, 56-67. 1893.)
Church Life in Fraserburgh. Alexander Gammie. (Aberdeen, 1908.)
Faithlie by the Sea : an Account of the Rising Town of Fraserburgh. James Leatham.
(Fraserburgh, 1904.)
The Universities at Fraserburgh and Peterhead. P. J. Anderson. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, i., 108 ; v., 77, 104.)
The University of Fraserburgh. P. J. Anderson. (The Book of Buchan, 336.)
The Aberdeen University at Fraserburgh. William Thomson. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, v., 57, 108. 1891.)
Inverallochy Castle. Rev. James Forrest. (Peterhead, 1895.)
The Manor of Kininmonth. Rev. Andrew Chalmers. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, v.,
125. Peterhead 1901.)
Description of the Parish of Longside, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 69.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
411 ; ii., 444 ; iv., 71.]
Longside and its People. A. H. Duncan. (Peterhead, 1909.)
Description of the Parish of Lonmay, 1722. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 67.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
429 ; iii., 159 ; iv., 81.]
Place-Names in Lonmay. Rev. James Forrest. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, viii., 93.
Peterhead, 1905.)
The Making of an Aberdeenshire Village [Maud.] (Banffshire Journal, 17th Sept.
1895.)
A Description of Peterhead. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., iii., 228.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1908.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 414 ; ii., 444 ;
iv., 66, 589.]
Peterhead, Parochial and Ecclesiastical. James Aiken. (Peterhead, 1891.)
An Historic Account of Peterhead. James Arbuthnot. (Aberdeen, 1815.)
A Sketch . . . of the Church of St Peter's, Peterhead. William Bruce. (Peterhead,
1845.)
Annals of Peterhead. Peter Buchan. (Peterhead, 1819.)
A History of Peterhead from Pre-Historic Times . . . to a.d. 1896. James Thomas
Findlay. {Buchan Observer, 3rd March 1896 to 16th March 1897.)
Flotsam and Jetsam [Peterhead Parish Church Bazaar Book.] (Peterhead, 1890.)
An Account of Peterhead. Rev. William Laing. (London, 1793.)
niSaf Tlerpeia, or the Discovery of St Peter's Well at Peterhead. Andrew Mure, M.D.
(Edin., 1636.)
Peterhead, 1593-1840. (Peterhead, 1840.)
Peterhead a Century Ago. Andrew Murray. (Peterhead, 1910.)
Petri Promontorium, or Peterhead and the Howes o' Buchan. James Leatham.
(Peterhead, 1900.)
The Church in Peterhead. James Stewart, D.D. (Peterhead, 1890.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 501
Brief Vindication of the Clergy in Peterhead. Peter Stuart, (n.p., 1808.)
The Springs and Wells of Peterhead. J. F. Tocher. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, i.,
125. Peterhead, 1891.)
Peterhead: Early History and Civic Development. J. F. Tocher. (The Book of
Buchan, 275. Peterhead, 1910.)
Description of the Parish of Pitsligo, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 50.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 435 ; ii., 382 ; iv., 104, 656.]
Historical Sketch of U.P. Congregation, Rosehearty [in Pitsligo]. W. Paton Ogilvie,
(1881.)
Picturesque New Pitsligo. Bev. A. B. Craib. (Peterhead, 1899.)
New Pitsligo. [See Aberdeen Free Press, 22nd Nov. 1895, 23rd Aug. and 13th Sept.
1898.]
Description of the Parish of Rathen, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 54.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
451 ; ii., 142.]
The Old Church of Rathen. Kev. John Kellas. (Aberdeen Journ. Notes and Queries,
i., 31, 52. 1908.)
The Rathen Manual. Bev. Duncan Macgregor. (Aberdeen, 1905.)
On the Barony of Auchiries. J. C. M. Ogilvie-Forbes. (Trans. Buchan Field Club,
vii., 53. 1902.)
Cairnlulg Castle [in Rathen.]. Bev. Andrew Chalmers. (Peterhead, 1901.)
Description of the Parish of St Fergus, Longley, or Inverugie. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll. i.', 66.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin. 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, i., 419 ; ii., 397 ; iii., 321; iv., 72, 598.]
Old Inverugie. William Boyd. (Peterhead, 1885.)
The Castles of Ravenscraig and Inverugie. James Forrest, D.D. (Trans. Buchan
Field Club, ix., 120. Peterhead, 1909.)
Ha-moss and the Castle-Hill of Inveriigie. James Spence. (Trans. Buchan Field
Club, ii., 92. Peterhead, 1893.)
The Story of a Buchan Church [Savoch of Deer]. (Banff, 1901.)
Description of the Parish of Strichen. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i. 59.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 409 ;
ii., 391 ; iv., 61, 582.]
The History of Strichen. Bobert Anderson. (Peterhead, 1892.)
Historical Notes on Strichen. John Gray. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, iii., 11.
Peterhead, 1896.)
History of Strichen Educational Trust. William Hay Cranna. (Aberdeen, 1909.)
Strichen Churchyard : a Statement for the Information of the Parishioners. Bev.
Richard Goodwillie. (Aberdeen, 1906.)
Notes of Strichen and its Neighbourhood. (Banffshire Journ., 8th and 15th Feb. 1859.)
Strichen. C. J. T. (n.p., 1888.)
Description of the Parish of Tyrie, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 53.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 449 j ii., 383 ; iv., 122, 680.]
An Account of Buchan and What is Considerable Therein. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll.,
iii., 223.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1908.)
502 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
The Hoives o' Buchan. William Anderson. (Peterhead, 1865.)
The Stone Age in Buchan. William Boyd. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, i., 12. 1887.)
Notes for . . . Buchan, 1722. W. Duncan. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 46.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
A Glimpse into Church Life in the Presbytery of Beer during the Commonwealth.
James Forrest, D.D. (Peterhead, 1890.)
An Account of the Northside of the Coast of Buchan, 1683. Alexander Garden. [Mac-
farlane Geog. Coll., L, 99-107.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1907.)
Description of the Country of Buchan, 1721. Alexander Hepburn. [Twenty-four
Parishes separately noticed]. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 38.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
Remains of the Stone Period in Buchan. Thomas F. Jamieson. (Edin., 1868.)
The Castles of Buchan. Rev. Nicholas K. Macleod. (Peterhead, 1895.)
The Churches of Buchan. Rev. Nicholas K. Macleod. (Aberdeen, 1899.)
Myths and Superstitions of the Buchan District. John Milne. (Dundee, 1903.)
Place-Names in Buchan. John Milne. (Trans. Buchan Field Club, iv., 201. 1899.)
Early Progress of Christianity in Buchan. George Ogilvie. (Aberdeen, 1873.)
Buchan. John Burnett Pratt, LL.D. [4th edition revised by Eobert Anderson, with
Bibliographical Notices.] (Aberdeen, 1901.)
Tlve Book of Buchan. Edited by James Fowler Tocher. (Peterhead, 1910.)
Transactions of the Buchan Field Club, i. (Peterhead, 1891.) [In progress.]
The Presbytery of Deer. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 397-459 ; ii.,
373-448; iv., 3-135, 544-685.]
PRESBYTERY OF TURRIFF
Description of the Parish of Alva[h], 1722. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
ii., 310 ; iii., 159, 576, 587 ; iv., 712.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Alva Paroch. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 244.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.) [See
also Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ii., 346, 347, 368-72 ; iii., 68 ; v., 213 ; vi., 11, 421 ;
iv., 504; xi., 153; xl., 165-7, 311]
Description of the Parish of Ochterless [Auchterless.] [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen
and Banff, i., 505 ; iii., 560. [See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 91.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Auchterless in 1800. Adam Longmore. (Banff, 1900.)
Towie- Barclay. John Milne. (Banff, 1897.)
Description of the Parish of Forglen. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 508.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Forglen. [See also Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ii., 343; xii., 613; xxxvii., 137-40; xl.,
279-90.]
Description of the Parish of Forgue, 1761. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 519 ; ii., 320 ; iii., 587. [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Kingdom of Forgue. By a Herd Loon [Charles Home.] (Aberdeen, 1903.)
An Interesting Church in Forgue [St Margaret's]. William Barclay. (Banff, 1908.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 503
A Short History of the " Kingdom " [Forgue]. William Leslie Davidson. (Dumfries,
1911.)
St Margaret's, Forgue. William Temple. (Aberdeen, 1881.)
Notice of Two Ancient Silver Chalices and a Silver Basin belonging to the Parish of
Forgue. John Stuart, LL.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., x., 91-109. Edin., 1875.)
The Burning of Frendraught. Charles Eampini. (The Scottish Review, x„ 143-63.
Paisley, 1887.) [See also John Hill Burton's Narratives from Criminal Trials
in Scotland, i., 202-35. (London, 1852).]
Frendraught. William Temple. (Banff, 1887.)
Notices of Fyvie Castle, 1296-1437, Fyvie Burgh, 1331-1551, and Church of St Peter of
Fyvie, 1199-1427. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 192, 493 ; ii., 326 ;
iii., 542.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Description of the Parish of Fyvie, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 91.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The History of Fyvie Castle. Bobert Anderson. (Peterhead, 1903.)
The Braes of Gight. Bev. James Brebner. (Aberdeen, 1904.)
The Royal Castle . . . of Fyvie. Alexander Bremner. (Banff, 1899.)
Changes in the Last Thirty-three Tears in Fyvie. John Manson. (Banff, 1863.)
Fyvie Castle and its Lairds. Mrs J. Boss. (Aberdeen, 1884.)
Fyvie Castle, Priory, Kirk, and Burgh. William Temple. (Banff, 1886.)
Fyvie and Gight. (Trans. Banff. Field Club. Banff, 1880.)
Notices of the Church of Gamrey, 1189-1250. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i. 488 ; ii., 363 ; iii., 539 ; iv., 580.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Gamrie Church and Churchyard. A. W. Farquhar. (Trans. Banff. Field Club. 1885.)
Some Entries in the Gamrie Registers, 1704-1804. A. W. Farquhar. (Banff, 1890.)
The Kirk-Session of Gamrie, 1704-1840. A. W. Farquhar. (Banff, 1893.)
The Thanage of Glendowachie. William Bannerman. (Banff, 1897.)
The Parish of Conveth or Inverkeithny. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 652 ; ii., 318 ; iii., 570. [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Kinedar [now King Edward], 1178-1306. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 480 ; ii., 360 ; iii., 521 ; iv., 26.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Old Kirk of King Edward. John Milne, LL.D. (Banff, 1883.)
King Edward Castle. John Milne, LL.D. (Banff, 1886.)
The Making of a Banffshire Burgh ; being an Account of the Early History of
Macduff. William Cramond, LL.D. (Banff, 1893.)
Monquhitter. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 473 ; iii., 159.] [Spalding
Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Memories of Monquhitter. Alexander Paterson. (Banff, 1901.)
The Mohr Cairn, Monquhitter. John Milne, LL.D. (Banffshire Journal, 16th and
23rd Nov. 1897.)
The History of New Byth Church. (Banffshire Journal, 12th July 1898.)
Sketch of a Quiet Buchan Parish [New Byth]. Bev. Thomas M'William. (Banff, 1899.)
Turriff Parish. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 460 j ii., 337; iii., 158,
506.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.) [See also Macfarlane Geog. Coll.,
i., 91.] (Edin., 1906.)
504 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Glances over Past and Present [in Turriff]. A. D. Ainslie. (Edin., 1913.)
The Early History of Turriff. John Milne. (Trans. Banff. Field Club. Banff, 1890.)
Reminiscences of a Forty Tears' Residence in Turriff. James Minty. (Banff, 1865.)
Memorials of Turriff Parish School in the Fifties. Joseph Ogilvie. (Aberdeen, 1911.)
The Vale of Ythan, containing description of the Parishes through which the Ythan
Flows. Eev. W. F. Scott. (Aberdeen, 1895.)
Ythan Wells : its Churches and its Schools. (Aberdeen, 1912.)
The Kirks of the Tun-iff Presbytery. Rev. Thomas M'William. (Banff, 1904.) [See
also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 460-525 ; ii., 310-72 ; iii., 506-93.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847, 1857.)
PEESBYTEEY OF FOEDYCE
Description of the Parish of Banff, 1724. W. Ogilvy. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen
and Banff, i., 205, 645 ; ii., 110.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Parish of Banff. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 242.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
A Short Account of the Town of Banff. (Edin., 1828.)
Banff and Macduff. (London, 1909.)
Wells in and about Banff. Rev. iEneas Chisholm. (Trans. Banff. Field Club. 1884.)
The Annals of Banff. William Cramond, LL.D. 2 vols. [New Spalding Club.]
(Aberdeen, 1891-3.)
Inventory of the Charters of the Burgh of Banff. William Cramond, LL.D. (Banff
[1887].)
A History of St Andreio's Church, Banff. J. Davidson. (Trans. Banff. Field Club.
1887.)
Town and Country Sketches. Andrew Halliday Duff. (London, 1866.)
Summer Excursions in the Neighbourhood of Banff. Alexander Harper. (Banff, 1843.)
Some Reminiscences of a Sexagenarian. Garden M. Hossack. (Banff, 1900.)
Further Reminiscences of the Burgh of Banff. Garden M. Hossack. (Banff, 1908.)
History of Banff. James Imlach. (Banff, 1868, 1908.)
Banff and its Neighbourhood. A. L. Nicol. (Banff, 1879.)
Banff and District [has a Bibliography of Banff]. Allan Edward Mahood. (Banff,
1919.)
Life of a Scotch Naturalist [Thomas Edward]. Samuel Smiles. (London, 1876.)
Reminiscences of an Octogenarian. James Smith. (Banff, 1903.)
Ruined Castles in the Vicinity of Banff. James Spence. (Edin., 1873.)
Bindy [Boyndie] Paroch. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 244.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin.
1906.)
The Parish of Boyndie or Inverboyndie, 1724. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 646 ; ii., 110.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Church and Churchyard of Boyndie. William Cramond. (Banff, 1886.)
Buckie and District. (Buckie, 1901.)
Gordonhaven [Buckie] : Scenes and Sketches of Fisher-Life in the North. Eev. G.
C. Green. (Edin., 1887.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 505
Days of Yore, or Buckie and District in the Past. George Hutcheson. (Buckie,
1887.)
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Buckie. (Buckie, 1903.)
Buckie and District and the Great European War. (Buckie, 1915-19).
Description of the Parish of Cullen of Boyne, 1724. W. Ogilvy. [Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, i., 210, 647 ; ii., 135.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
James Gatt : a Forgotten Cullen Poet. Peter John Anderson. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, ix., 180. Aberdeen, 1896.)
Annals of Cullen, 960-1879. William Cramond. (Banff, 1880.)
Annals of Cullen, 961-1887. William Cramond. (Buckie, 1888.)
Annals of Cullen, 961-1904. William Cramond. (Buckie, 1904.)
The Church and Churchyard of Cullen. William Cramond. (Aberdeen, 1883.)
Cullen in 1650. William Cramond. (Banff, 1904.)
Inventory of Cullen Charters. William Cramond. (Banff, n.d.)
Old Memories : a Walk in the Churchyard of Cullen. William Cramond. (Banff,
1889.)
The Plundering of Cullen House by the Rebels, 1745-1746. William Cramond.
(Buckie, 1887.)
Reminiscences of the Old Town of Cullen, 1812-1818. William Cramond. (Aberdeen,
1882.)
Cullen Churchyard Enquiry. (1865-8.)
The Book of the Burgh of Cullen. George Sievwright. (Cullen, 1899.)
Cullen House. Alexander Emslie Smith. (1907.)
Cullen House in 1709. William Cramond. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser., ii., 1-2.
Aberdeen, 1902.)
Notices regarding the Antiquities of Cullen . . . the Parish Church, etc. Andrew
Jervise. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ix., 274-83, 674. Edin., 1873.)
Description of the Parish of Deskford, 1724. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 644 ; ii., 104, 135.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Church and Churchyard of Deskford. William Cramond. (Banff, 1885.)
The Old Church of Deskford. Cramond and Smith. (Trans. Banff. Field Club.
1884.)
The Enzie and its Antiquities. George Thomson. (Forres, 1896.)
Archaeological Remains of the Enzie. Thomas D. Wallace. (Trans. Inverness Field
Club, ii., 274-89. 1888.)
Notes on Some Antiquities in Enzie, Banffshire. Thomas D. Wallace. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xxxiii., 54-6. Edin., 1899.)
The Parish of Fordyce, 1724. W. Ogilvy. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
i., 644 ; ii., 94.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Findlater Castle. James Buie. (Banff, 1896.)
The Church and Churchyard of Fordyce. William Cramond. (Banff, 1886.)
Court-Books of the Regalitie of Ogilvie. William Cramond. (Banff, 1886.)
506 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Description of the Parish of Ordequhill, 1724. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, i., 645 ; ii., 107.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Church and Churchyard of Ordiquhill. William Cramond. (Banff, 1886.)
A Desertion of Ordequhill. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 87.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
The Campbell Hospital, Portsoy. William Cramond. (Banff, 1902.)
The Burgh of Barony of Portsoy. B. Hunter. (London, 1836.)
The Church and Churchyard of Rathven. William Cramond. (Banff, 1885.)
The History of the Bede House of Rathven. William Cramond. (Buckie, 1890.)
The Rannes Aisle in the Churchyard of Rathven. (Banffshire Journal, 14th April 1891.)
The Early History of Findochty. William Cramond. (Banff, 1888.)
The Presbytery of Fordyce. William Cramond. (Banff, 1885.) [See also Topog. and
Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i., 644-51 ; ii., 94-116.] (Aberdeen, 1847, 1857.)
Banffshire. William Barclay. (Cambridge, 1922.)
The Schools and Schoolmasters of Banffshire. William Barclay. (Banff, 1925.)
The Stone Circles of the North-East Scotland. Frederick R. Coles. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xxxix.-xli. Edin., 1900-7.)
The Stone Circles of the North-East Scotland. Frederick R. Coles. (Trans. Buchan
Field Club, vii., 205-38. Peterhead, 1902-3.)
Records of the County of Banff, 1660-1760. James Grant. [New Spalding Club.]
(Aberdeen, 1922.)
The Dialect of Banffshire. Rev. Walter Gregor. (London, 1866.)
Celtic Place-Names in Banffshire. James Macdonald. (Trans. Banff. Field Club.
1882-3.)
Wanderings in the Highlands of Banff. J. G. Phillips. (Banff, 1881.)
The Antiquities of Banffshire. W. G. Scott-Moncrieff. (Trans. Inverness Field
Club, ii., 328-32. 1888.)
The Early Ecclesiastical Settlement of the Country of the Deveron. John Stuart.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ii., 368. Edin., 1857.)
A History of Aberdeen and Banff. [Bibliography of Banffshire.] William Watt.
(Edin., 1900.)
The Place of Banffshire in Scottish Life and Thought. Rev. W. B. R. Wilson. (Scot.
Notes and Queries, vi., 1892.)
[The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Transactions of
the Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society, and of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society ; the
Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club, of the Buchan Field Club, and of the Huntly
Field Club ; the volumes of Scottish Notes and Queries (Three Series), and of
" Aberdeen Journal " Notes and Queries (Five Volumes), contain many other papers and
references to the ecclesiastical and other antiquities of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire.
It has not been found practicable to record a complete list in this Bibliography.]
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 507
SYNOD OF MORAY
PBESBYTERY OF STRATHBOGIE
Description of the Parish of Bellie, 1726. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
ii., 267]. [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Description of the Parish of Belly in the Enzie. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 239.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Church and Parish of Bellie. William Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1896.)
Garmouth and Fochabers [Bellie]. E. M. Mackintosh. (Journ. Elgin and Moray
Lit. and Sci. Assoc. Elgin 1884.)
The Gordon Book [Fochabers Bazaar]. (1902.)
Gordon Castle. Robert Carruthers [Highland Note-Book.] (Edin., 1843 ; Inverness,
1887.)
Fochabers Revisited. Joseph Ogilvie. (1912.)
The Gordon Letters : being a Selection from the Papers at Gordon Castle, 1568-1742.
[Misc. Spalding Club, iii.] (Aberdeen, 1846.)
Papers from the Charter Chest at Gordon Castle. [Misc. Spalding Club, iv.]
(Aberdeen, 1849.)
Description of the Parish of Botriffnie or Fumac Kirk, 1726. [Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 253.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Book of the Chronicles of . . . Botriphnie. James Frederick Skinner Gordon.
(Glasgow, 1880.)
Book of the Chronicles of . . . Cairney. James Frederick Skinner Gordon. (Glasgow,
1880.)
History of the Parish of Cairnie. James Pirie. (Banff, 1906.)
Parish of Cairnie : Notes Historical and Antiquarian. David Shearer. (Huntly, n.d.)
A Stroll to Cairnie. Robert Sim. (Keith, 1865.)
Old Superstitions in Cairnie. [Trans. Banffshire Field Club.] (Banff, 1884.)
Description of the Parish of Drumblade. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 85.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin. 1906.)
A Gravestone in the Parish Church of Drumblade. (n.p., 1899.)
Description of the Parish of Gartly, 1726. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
ii., 173.] [Spalding Club.] '(Aberdeen, 1847.)
A Pilgrimage to St Wallach [Gartly]. William Barclay. (Banff, 1907.)
Gartly Parish. John, Emslie. [Four Historical Chapters in Huntly Express,
commencing 29th Nov. 1902.]
Memorials of John Geddes, being Record of Life in an Upland Glen [Gartly], 1797-1881.
Sir William Duguid Geddes. (p.p., 1899.)
The Parish of Glass, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 79, 87.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.) [See also Topog. and Antiq., ii., 180.]
The Church of Grange. William Cramond, LL.D. (Keith, 1898.)
Book of the Chronicles of . . . Grange. J. F. S. Gordon. (Glasgow, 1880.)
508 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Description of the Parishes of Dimbennan and Kynor [Huntly]. [Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 164.] [Spalding- Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Recollections of Huntly as it was Seventy Tears Ago. George Gray. (Banff, 1892.)
The Statue on the Square. Mary Gray. (Huntly, 1912.)
The Standing Stones of the District of Huntly. James Gurnell. (Huntly, 1884.)
Local Place- Names of Huntly. James Macdonald. (Huntly, 1887-90.)
Early History of the Parish of Htmtly. John Macdonald. (Huntly [1872].)
Huntly Castle. David Shearer. (Huntly, 1904.)
Huntly Castle. W. Douglas Simpson. (Huntly, 1922.)
Huntly Two Centuries Ago. Rev. Robert Troup. (Huntly, 1871.)
The Missionar Kirk of Huntly. Rev. Robert Troup. (Huntly, 1901.)
The Parish of Keith. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 240.] [Spalding
Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Description of the Parish of Keith, 1742. J. Ferguson. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
87.] (Scot. Hist Soc. Edin., 1906.)
History of the Episcopal Church at Keith. John Archibald. (Keith, 1890.)
The Meaning of the Name Isla. William Bannerman. (Banff, 1903.)
The Church of Keith. William Cramond, LL.D. (Keith, 1897.)
Book of the Chronicles of Keith. J. F. S. Gordon. (Glasgow, 1880.)
History of the Mortified Lands of Edindiach. James Lawrence. (Keith, 1884.)
An Histm-ical Account of the Schoolmasters and Schools in the Parish of Keith from
1631. James Lawrence. (Keith, 1907.)
'Twixt the Land and the Moss : the Story of a Northern [Secession] Church, 1773-1922.
Rev. William H. Macfarlane. (Edin., 1897, 1922.)
Old Keith. Robert Sim. (Keith, 1865.)
The Parish of Marnoch or Aberchirder. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff,
ii., 189.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
The Marnoch Case : Cruickshank v. Dewar : —
Note of Suspension. (Edin., 1839.)
Report of Proceedings. (1840.)
Suspension of the Majority. (1840.)
Plain Statement by the Majority. (1840.)
Mutual Cases. (1841.)
Statement for the Presbytery. (London and Edin., 1841.)
Report of the Strathbogie Case. (Edin., 1841.)
Letter to the People of Marnoch. (Aberdeen, 1841.)
Speech of the Dean of Faculty. (1843.)
Opinions in Conjoined Actions. (1843.)
Jubilee of Marnoch Free Church. (Huntly, 1891.)
Description of the Parish of Murthlac, c. 1726, 1730, 1742. [Topog. and Antiq.
Aberdeen and Banff, i., 649 ; ii., 253 ; iv., 460.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen,
1847.)
The Parish of Murthlack. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 87, 245.] (Scot. Hist. Soc-
Edin., 1906.)
The Castle and Lords of Balvenzie. W. Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1892.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 509
The History and Antiquities of Mortlach. James Grant. (Banff, 1894.)
Dufftown and the Adjacent Country. G. E. Maclennan. (Dufftown, 1896.)
Account of Mortlach, 1755. [See Shaw's Moray, 46, 257, 361.]
Parishes of Rhynie and Essie, c. 1726. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii.,
176.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
An Aberdeenshire Village Propaganda Forty Years Ago. Robert Harvey Smith.
(Edin., 1889.)
The Vitrified Fort upon the Tap o' Noth. George Pirie. (Trans. Aberdeen Phil.
Soc, ii., 57-9. Aberdeen, 1892.)
The Tap o' Noth. John Yeats. (Trans. Banffshire Field Club. 1881.)
Description of the Parish of Rothiemay, c. 1726. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and
Banff, ii., 225.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Rothiemay House. William Cramond, LL.D. (Banff, 1900.)
Memorial in Rothiemay to James Ferguson, the Astronomer. Joseph Ogilvie. (1907.)
Notes, Historical and Ecclesiastical, on the Parish of Rothiemay. David Shearer.
(Huntly, 1886.)
A Walk from Keith to Rothiemay. Robert Sim. (Elgin, 1862.)
Notable Men and Women of Strathbogie. John Anderson. [Sixty-two contributions
to the Huntly Express, 6th March 1908 to 24th Dec. 1909.]
Northern Social Life [in Strathbogie] in the Xlth Century. William Barclay. (Banff,
1909.)
Place-Names in Strathbogie. James Macdonald. (Aberdeen, 1891.)
Parish Ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie. Rev. Stephen Ree. (Keith,
1911.)
Legends of Strathisla and Strathbogie. Robert Sim. (Elgin, 1862.)
Extracts from the Presbytery Book of Strathbogie, 1631-1654. John Stuart, LL.D.
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1843.)
The Presbytery of Strathbogie. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 147-274.]
PRESBYTERY OF ABERLOUR
Account of the Parish of Aberlour, 1775. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii.,
147-8, 170, 280-9.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Drostan, Patron Saint of Aberlour. James Cooper, D.D. (Edin., 1900.)
The Orphanage, Aberlour : a Sketch of its History. Charles Jupp. (Edin., n.d.)
Recollections of a Speyside Parish [Aberlour] Fifty Years Ago. James Thomson.
(Elgin, 1887, 1902.)
Craigellachie. (Banff, 1893.)
Account of the Parish of Boharm, 1775. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, i.,
123 ; ii., 275.] [Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.)
Boharm Parish Magazine. [Extracts from Kirk-Session Register.] Rev. Stephen Ree.
(N.P., 1891-1914.)
Parochial Schoolmasters of Boharm. Rev. Stephen Ree. (Banff, 1900.)
Glenlivet Gleanings. R. H. Calder. [See page 342.]
510 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
On the Battle of Glenlivet. Alexander Jack. (1876.) [See also Spottiswoode
Miscellany, i., 257.] (Edin., 1844).
Account of Inveraven, 1775. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii.. 292.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.) [Shaw's Moray, 266.]
Invera'an [Inveraven], a Speyside Parish. Rev. Hamilton D. F. Dunnett. (Paisley,
1921.)
Knochando. [See Sir T. Dick Lauder's Moray Floods.] (Elgin, 1873.)
Parish Ministers of the Presbytery of Aberlour. Rev. Stephen Ree. (Keith, 1911.)
[See also Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 275-305.] [Spalding Club.]
(Aberdeen, 1847.)
PRESBYTERY OF ABERNETHY
Communion Tokens of Abemethy. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., v., 41. Aberdeen, 1903.)
The Cairngorm Mountains. John Hill Burton. (Edin., 1864.)
The York Buildings Company, a Chapter in Scotch History. David Murray.
(Glasgow, 1883.)
Notes on York Buildings Company in Abemethy, 1728. John Gordon Asher Forsyth.
(Trans. Inverness Field Club, v., 186-96. 1897.)
In the Shadow of Cairngorm : Chronicles of the United Parishes of Abernethy and
Kincardine. William Forsyth, D.D. (Inverness, 1900.)
Place-Names of Abernethy. William Forsyth, D.D. (Trans. Inverness Field Club,
iv., 372-9. 1894.)
Parishes of Kincardine and Abernethy. Charles Fraser - Mackintosh, LL.D.
(Antiquarian Notes, ii., 416-21. Inverness, 1897.)
The Parish of Abernethy. [See Shaw's Moray, i., 240-50 ; iii., 380.]
Communion Tokens of Alvie. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
v., 41, 185. Aberdeen, 1903-4).
Note on an Artificial Cave in the Parish of Alvey [Alvie]. Sir David Brewster.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iv., 119. Edin. 1863.)
Anecdotes and Reminiscences of the Rev. William Gordon, Minister of Alvie, 1739-1787.
William Gordon. {Inverness Courier, 17th, 24th June, and 1st July 1829.)
The Parish of Alvie. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 390-410, 450.
Inverness, 1897.)
Old Church and Social Life in a Highland Parish [Alvie]. Alexander MacPherson.
(Scots Magazine, New Series, ii., 22, 180, 348. Perth, 1888.)
The Court-Books of the Regality of Grant. William Cramond, LL.D. (Banff, 1897.)
Grantown and District. William Cramond, LL.D. (Dundee, 1897.)
Grantoion and the Adjacent Country. Rev. W. Reid. (Grantown, 1883, and other
editions.)
Communion Tokens of Duthil. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
v., 41, 185. Aberdeen, 1903-4.)
The Far-famed Stone of the Spey [at Duthil]. James Cameron. (Duthil, 1902.)
Stone Circles and other Ancient Remains in Strathspey [Duthil]. Angus Grant.
(Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 53-60. 1877.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 511
The Parish of Duthil. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 422-6.
Inverness, 1897.)
Duthil Past and Present. Rev. Donald MacLean. (Edin., 1910.)
The Miracle Stone of the Spey. Sir Arthur Mitchell. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., x.,
603-89. Edin., 1875.)
The Seafield Mausoleums and Duthil Churchyard Case. (Elgin, 1885.)
Walks round Carr Bridge. Andrew Doak. (Carr Bridge, 1911.)
Notice of Ancient Celtic Bell at Insh. Joseph Anderson. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xiv.,
107-8. Edin., 1908.)
Inverallan. [See Grantown.]
Communion Tokens of Kingussie. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., v., 41. Aberdeen, 1903.)
Kingussie and Upper Speyside. George A. Crerar. (Kingussie, 1910.)
Kingussie and Badenoch. H. N. Hutchinson (Kingussie, 1890.)
The Parish of Kingussie. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 369-89.
Inverness, 1897.)
The Old Church and Churchyard of Kingtcssie. Alexander Macpherson. (Celtic
Magazine (1887), xiii., 49-58; The Highland Monthly (1889-91), i., 167-73,
224-32, 597-610 ; ii., 594-601 ; iii., 419-32. [See also Glimpses of Church and
Social Life in the Highlands, 115-89.] (Edin., 1893.)
Old Church Life in the Highlands [Kingussie]. Alexander Macpherson. (The Scottish
Church, ii., 287-98. 1886.)
The Kingussie District. Marion T. Newbiggin. (Scot. Geog. Mag., xxii., 285-315.
Edin., 1906.)
Gleanings from the Old Ecclesiastical Records of Badenoch. Alexander Macpherson.
(Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xii., 415 ; xiii., 178-200. 1886-7.)
Sketches of the Old Ministers of Badenoch. Alexander Macpherson. (Trans. Inver-
ness Gael. Soc, xiv., 193-216 ; xv., 216-38. 1888-9.)
The Parish of Kirkmichael. [Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 306.]
[Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1847.) [See also Shaw's Moray, 55, 368.]
Kirkmichael Place -Names. John Milne. (Cairngorm Club Journal, v., 93-114.
Aberdeen, 1906.)
Communion Tokens of Laggan. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
v., 41. Aberdeen, 1903.)
Letters from the Mountains. Mrs Ann Grant. 3 vols. (London, 1807.)
Description of the Hill Fort of Dun-da-Laimh in Laggan. Bev. Mackintosh Mackay,
LL.D. (Archaeol. Scot., iv., 305-12. Edin., 1832.)
The Parish of Laggan. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 334-68,
Inverness, 1897.) [See also i., 40-2.] (Stirling, 1913.)
Gleanings from the Charter Chest at Cluny Castle. Alexander MacPherson. (Trans.
Inverness Gael. Soc, xix., 188-212; xx., 202-47; xxi., 391-452; xxiii., 219-47.
1894-9.)
Gaelic Poetry from the Cluny Charter Chest. Thomas Sinton, D.D. (Trans. Inver-
ness Gael. Soc, xxiii., 247-81. 1899.)
By Loch and River, being Memories of Loch Laggan and Upper Spey. Thomas
Sinton, D.D. (Inverness, 1910.)
512 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Dahuhinnie to Fort Augustus. A. B. Noble. (Scot. Mount. Club Journ., xiii.,
301-9. Edin., 1915.)
Parish of Rothiemurchus. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 411-15.
Inverness, 1897.)
Rotldemurchus. Hugh MacMillan, D.D., LL.D. (London, 1907.)
Memoirs of a Highland Lady, 1797-1880 [has account of Kothiemurchus], Elizabeth
Grant Smith. (London, 1899, 1911.)
Stone Circles at . . . Aviemore. Caleb G. Cash. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xl.,
245-54. Edin., 1906.) (Cairngorm Club Journ., v., 151. Aberdeen, 1906.)
Archaeological Rotes from Aviemore. Caleb G. Cash. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., sliv.,
189-203. Edin., 1910.)
Aviemore and Vicinity. Alexander Inkson MacConnochie. (Aviemore, 1902.)
Tomintoul, Banffshire [a Historical Guide], (n.p., n.d.)
Tomintoul. Charles Blatherwick. (Good Words, xxxii., 822-7. London, 1891.)
The Presbytery of Abernethy. [See Topog. and Antiq. Aberdeen and Banff, ii., 306-9.]
PEESBYTERY OF ELGIN
Alves Parish in the Shire of Elgin. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 236.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
Alves and Burghead. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 157. 1880.)
The Church of the Parish of Alves. William Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1900.)
The Parish Church of Birnie, Ancient and Restored. James Cooper, D.D. (Elgin,
1891.)
The Church of Birnie. William Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1903.)
Description of the Parish of Birnie. J. Martin. (Trans. Highland and Agric. Soc,
2nd ser., ii., 308. Edin., 1831.)
Burghead. [See Alves."]
Sketches from the Traditional History of Burghead. Alexander Jeffrey. (Elgin, 1863.)
Historical Notices of the " Broch," or Burghead, in Moray. James Macdonald, LL.D.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iv., 321-68. Edin., 1863.)
Burghead as the Site of an Early Christian Church. James Macdonald, LL.D.
(Trans. Glasg. Arch. Soc, ii., 63-115. 1891.)
Is Burghead on the Moray Firth the Winged Camp of Ptolemy ? James Macdonald,
LL.D. (Exeter, p.p., 1892.)
Vacation Notes in . . . Burghead. Sir Arthur Mitchell. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., x.,
603-89. Edin., 1875.)
Notes on Burghead, Ancient and Modern. Robert Young. (Elgin, 1868.)
The Ancient Bath at Burghead. Hugh W. Young. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxiv.,
147-56. Edin., 1890.)
Notes on Further Excavations at Burgliead. Hugh W. Young. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xxvii., 36-91. Edin., 1893.)
The Burning of the Clavie. Hugh W. Young. (Pieliquary and Illustrated
Archaeologist, vol. i., 22-5. London, 1895.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 513
Elgin and Lossiemouth. H. Stewart. (Elgin, 1908.)
Lossiemouth to Burghead. James Grant. (Journ. Elgin and Moray Lit. and Sci.
Assoc. Elgin, 1884.)
Saint Gerardine [Drainie] : a Chapter in the Ecclesiastical History of Moray
James Cooper, D.D. (Aberdeen, 1895.)
Description of Duffus Parish. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 233.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
Duffus Kirk in Moray. Hugh W. Young. (Eeliquary and Illustrated Archseologist,
iv., 52-3. London, 1898.)
Note on the Discovery of an Lncised Symbol-bearing Slab at Easterton of Roseisle
[Duffus.] Kev. James Morrison. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxix., 449-53-
Edin., 1895.)
Note on Easterton of Roseisle. Hugh W. Young. (Eeliquary and Illustrated Archse-
ologist, New Ser., iv., 49-51. London, 1898.)
An Hour Spent among the Ruins of Elgin Cathedral. (Elgin, 1842 ; and other
editions.)
Drawings in Recess of Choir of Elgin Cathedral. Peter MacGregor Chalmers, LL.D.
[Glasgow Archit. Assoc. Sketch Book.] (Glasgow, 1885-6.)
A Series of Views of the Ruins of Elgin Cathedral [with Historical Account by
Isaac Forsyth.] William Clark. (Elgin, 1826.)
Elgin Cathedral : 100th Anniversary. James Cooper, D.D., and David J. Mackenzie.
(Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, vii., 18-44. 1924.)
Views of Elgin Cathedral, with Descriptions. James Grant. (London, 1835.)
Valerius : a Day-Dream in Elgin Cathedral. E. Kandich. (Edin., 1887.)
Elgin Cathedral, Plan, Elevation and Detail. J. Ogilvie. (Trans. Archit. Inst. Scot.,
1864.)
Guide to the Ruins of Elgin Cathedral. James Pozzi. (Elgin, 1887.)
Plan, Elevation, and Details of South Transept of Elgin Cathedral. J. C. Watt.
[Edinburgh Archit. Assoc. Sketch Book, No. 1.] (Edin., 1886.)
The Prayer Bell, commonly called the Minister's Bell, in the Parish Church of Elgin.
Archibald Hamilton Dunbar. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxx., 338-40. Edin.,
1896.)
Some Old Elgin Houses. James Cooper, D.D. (Trans. Glasgow Archaeol. Soc,
New Series, v., Part II., 1-21. 1906.)
Old Elgin and the Eventful Career and Fate of a Modern Chapel. (Banff, 1859.)
Some Phases of Social Life . . . in Elgin in Bygone Days. J. Anderson. {Elgin
Courant, July 1885.)
The Church and Convent of the Grey Friars, Elgin. James Cooper, D.D. (Trans.
Aberdeen Eccles. Soc, 45-53. Aberdeen, 1890.)
Life in Elgin 350 Tears Ago. William Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1896.)
Municipal Life in Elgin in the lQth Century, 1570-1585. William Cramond, LL.D.
(Elgin, 1898.)
Records of the Kirk-Session of Elgin, 1584-1779 : ivith a Brief Record of the Readers,
Ministers, and Bishops, 1567-1897. William Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1897.)
The Records of Elgin, 1234-1800. William Cramond, LL.D., and Kev. Stephen Ree.
[New Spalding Club.] 2 vols. (Aberdeen, 1903-8.)
VOL VI. 2 K
514 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Elgin in the End of the \Qth Century. W. Geddes. (Elgin, 1861.)
Memories of Elgin Churches, [" Ian."] (Elgin, 1908.)
Elgin Past and Present. Cosmo Innes. (Elgin, I860.)
Memoirs and Manuscripts of Isobel Hood, with her Letters to the Rev. Donald Payne
of Kiltarlity, and Account of the Little Kirk, Elgin, and Dr Payne's Connection
with that Church. Rev. George Macdonald. (Aberdeen, 1843 and 1876.)
[Introduction by Hugh. Miller.]
Notes on the Heraldry of Elgin and its Neighbourhood. William Eae Macdonald.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxiv., 334-429. Edin., 1900.)
Elgin Past and Present. Lachlan Mackintosh. (Elgin, 1891 and 1914.)
Elgin and Lossiemouth. H. Stewart. (Elgin, 1908.)
Annals of the Parish and Eurgh of Elgin from the Y2,th Century to the Tear 1876.
Robert Young. (Elgin, 1879.)
Sketch of the History of the Congregational Church, Elgin. (Elgin, 1866.)
Notices of the Priory of Pluscarden [in Charters of the Priory of Beauly]. Edmund
Chisholm-Batten. [Grampian Club.] (Edin., 1877.)
An Illustrated Guide to the Priory of Pluscardyn, in St Andreiv's Vale, Morayshire.
Rev. Simeon Ross Macphail, D.D. (Edin., n.d.)
History of the Religious House of Pluscardyn. Rev. Simeon Ross Macphail, D.D.
(Edin., 1881.)
Liber Pluscardensis. Edited by Felix Skene. [The Historians of Scotland, vol. vii.]
(Edin., 1877.) [For Translation into English see vol. x. of Historians.]
The Churches of the Parish of St Andrews-Lhanbryd. William Cramond, LL.D.
(Elgin, 1900.)
The Church of Speymouth. William Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1890.)
Amhainn Spe. John Macgregor. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xvii., 7-17. 1892.)
Description of the Parish of Spynie, 1723. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 229.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
A Legend of Vanished Waters [Loch Spynie]. Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming.
(The Scottish Review, iv., 115-37. Paisley, 1884.)
Extracts from the Register of the Regality Court of Spynie, 1592-1601. John Stuart,
LL.D. [Spalding Club Misc., ii., xlvi.-lii, 117-46.] (Aberdeen, 1842.)
The Parish of Spynie : an Account of its Civil and Ecclesiastical State. Robert
Young. (Elgin, 1871.)
The Church and Priory of Urquhart. William Cramond, LL.D. (Elgin, 1899.)
Remains of Early Antiquities in and on the Eorders of Urquhart. Rev. James
Morrison. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ix., 250-63. Edin., 1873.)
Notes on an Urn found at Kennyshillock, Urquhart. Rev. James Morrison. (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., xiv., 109-10. Edin., 1880.)
Notice of " The Law " and other Antiquities in the Parish of Urquhart, near Elgin.
Rev. Hugh Walker. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ii., 530. Edin., 1857.)
Notice of the Discovery of an Armlet of Gold at " The Law," Urquhart. Albert Way.
(Arch. Journ., xv., 87 ; xvi., 209. London, 1859.)
Garmouth [Parish of Urquhart]. E. M. Mackintosh. (Journ. Elgin and Moray Lit.
and Sci. Assoc. Elgin, 1884.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 515
Of Elgin and the Shire of Murray. Lachlan Shaw. [Pennant's Tour in Scotland,
i., 287-312.] (London, 1776.)
Description of Murray. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., iii., 130.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin.,
1906.)
Antiquities of the Province of Moray. M. Anderson. (Edin., 1813.)
The Historic Episcopate in the Columban Church and in the Diocese of Moray. Rev.
John Archibald. (Edin., 1893.)
The Celtic Province of Moray. James Barron. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, viii.,
64-76. 1879.)
History of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Moray. Rev. James B. Craven.
(London, 1889.)
A Brief Analysis of the Ancient Records of the Bishopric of Moray. Sir John Graham
Dalyell. (Edin., 1826.)
Social Life in Former Days (1620-1770), chiefly in the Province of Moray. Captain
Edward Dunbar-Dunbar. (First Series, Edin., 1865 ; Second Series, Edin.,
1866.)
Documents relating to the Province of Moray. Captain Edward Dunbar-Dunbar.
(Elgin, 1895.)
Moravice Descriptio (c. 1654), with Translation into English. Sir Robert Gordon of
Straloch. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., ii., 306, 309.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1907.)
The Province of Moray in the 16th and 19th Centuries. Constance F. Gordon-
Cumming. (National Review, iv., 642. London, 1884.)
A Survey of the Province of Moray, Historical, Geographical, and Political. Rev. J.
Grant and Rev. William Leslie. (Elgin, 1798.)
Walks and Wanderings in Moray. James Grant. 2 vols. (London, 1839.)
Morayshire. M. E. Grant-Duff. (Westminster Review, xii., July and October, 1857.)
Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis. Cosmo Innes. [Bannatyne Club.] (Edin.
1837.)
An Account of the Great Floods of August 1829, in the Province of Moray and
Adjoining District. Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder, Bart. (Elgin, 1830 and 1873.)
A Manual of the Antiquities . . . and Natural Curiosities of Moray. Rev. William
Leslie. (Edin., 1813 ; Elgin, 1823.)
The Covenanters in Moray and Ross. Murdoch Macdonald, D.D. (Nairn, 1875 ;
Inverness, 1892.)
Moray and Nairn. Charles Matheson. (Cambridge, 1915.)
Celtic Place-Names of Moray. D. Matheson. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, iii.,
296-304. 1893.)
The Place-Names of Morayshire. D. Matheson. (Stirling, 1905.)
Archaeological Finds in the East of Moray. Rev. James Morrison. (Trans. Inverness
Field Club, ii., 36-47. 1888.)
Braemory Forty Years Ago. Rev. James Morrison. (Forres, 1873.)
A Walk round the Boundaries of Morayshire. [James Pirie.] (Banff, 1877.)
Morayshire Papers. Charles Rampini. [Bazaar Book.] (Elgin, n.d.)
A History of Moray and Nairn. [Bibliography of the Counties.] Charles Rampini.
(Edin., 1897.)'
516 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Parish Ministers of the Presbytery of Elgin. Rev. Stephen Kee. (Elgin, 1912.)
Sketches of the Past and Present State of Moray. William Rhind. (Edin., 1839.)
The History of the Province of Moray. Lachlan Shaw. (Edin., 1775 ; Elgin, 1827.)
[Enlarged and brought down to 1882 by J. F. S. Gordon, D.D.] 3 vols.
(Glasgow, 1882.)
Sunny Memories of Moray Land. F. Sutherland. (Elgin, 1883.)
Morayshire Described. J. and W. Watson. (Elgin, 1868.)
PRESBYTERY OF FORRES
Communion Tokens of Dallas. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
v., 104. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Communion Tokens of Dyke and Moy. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., v., 104. Aberdeen, 1904.)
The Oghams on the Brodie and Aquhollie Stones. James, Ninth Earl of Southesk.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xx., 14-40. Edin., 1886.)
The Diary of Alexander Brodie of Brodie, 1652-1680, and of his Son James Brodie of
Brodie, 1680-1685. Edited by David Laing, LL.D. [Spalding Club.] (Aber-
deen, 1863.)
Communion Tokens of Edinkillie. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., v., 104. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Belugas and Edinkillie. Sir Thomas Dick - Lauder. (Constable's Edinburgh
Magazine, Feb. 1822.) [See also Moray Floods, chaps, v.-vii.]
Lochindorb Castle [Edinkillie.] Robert Thomson. (Trans. Inverness Field Club,
v., 123. 1896.)
The Knock of Braemoray [Edinkillie.] G. C. Watt. (Cairngorm Club Journ., iii.,
346. Aberdeen, 1902.)
Forres and its Neighbourhood. M. J. Algie. (Forres, 1885.)
The Ancient Obelisk at Forres. John Longmuir, LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1878.)
Letters relating to St Sueno's Stone at Forres. John Sobieski Stuart and P. B. Ainslie.
(Archsol. Scot., iv., 413. Edin., 1857.)
Some Remarks on the Pillar or Obelisk at Forres called Sueno's Stone. J. H. Markland.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. London, v. 1835.)
Historia Abbatum de Kynlos. Giovanni Ferrerius : edited by William Dobie Wilson
and James Patrick Muirhead. [Bannatyne Club.] (Edin., 1839.)
Records of the Monastery of Einloss. John Stuart, LL.D. (Edin., 1872.)
Notices of some of the Abbots of Einloss. John Stuart, LL.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., iv., 400-11. Edin., 1862.)
The Abbey and Parish of Einloss. Guy Steel Peebles. (Trans. Inverness Field Club,
vij 369-72. 1910.)
The River Findhorn, from Source to Sea. George Bain. (Nairn, 1911.)
The Divie and the Findhorn. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 241. 1880.)
Description of a remarkable Bronze Relic found at Findhorn. Sir Thomas Dick-
Lauder. (Archseol. Scot., iii., 99-102. Edin., 1831.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 517
A Walk to the Culbin Sands : or the Story of a Buried Estate. George Bain. (Nairn,
1882.)
Report of Examination of the Culbin Sands. George Fraser Black. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xxv., 484-511. Edin., 1891.)
Notes on the Age of the Settlements on the Sands of Culbin. Allan Mathewson. (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., xii., 302. Edin., 1878.)
Communion Tokens of Rafford. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd
ser., v., 104. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Notice of a Curious Boundary of Parts of the Lands of Burgie [Parish of Bafford]
in a Charter of King Alexander III., 1221. James Brodie Brichan. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., ii., 147-52. Edin., 1859.)
Rafford in the Past. T. L. Mason. (Elgin, 1889 ; reprinted New York, 1924.)
Parish Ministers of the Presbytery of Forres. Bev. Stephen Bee. (Forres, 1912.)
PRESBYTERY OF NAIRN
The Natural History of a Highland Parish [Ardclach]. Eobert Thomson. (Nairn
1901.)
Autumnal Cleanings [contains articles on Ardclach]. Bobert Thomson. (p.p.,
Uddingston, 1910.)
Communion Tokens of Ardclach. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd
ser., v., 105. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Communion Tokens of Ardersier. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd
ser., v., 105. Aberdeen, 1904.)
The Parish of Ardersier. [See Shaw's Moray, ii., 314-17 ; iii., 423-5.]
Campbeltown [in Ardersier.] (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii., 201-6. 1882.)
Communion Tokens of Auldearn. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd
ser., v., 105. Aberdeen, 1904.)
The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor, 1236-1742. Cosmo Innes. [Spalding Club.]
(Aberdeen, 1859.)
History of Cawdor, with Biographical Notices of its Ministers from 1567 to 1893.
Bev. John George MacNeill. (Glasgow, 1893.)
Description of Calder Parish, 1726. [Maofarlane Geog. Coll., i., 224, 229.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Communion Tokens of Croy and Dalcross. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, 2nd ser., v., 105. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Diary of James Calder, Minister of Croy. Rev. William Taylor. (Stirling, 1875.)
Clava, the Stonehenge of Scotland. Archibald Stewart. (Trans. Edin. Field Nat. Soc,
vi., 55-63. 1912.)
The Clava Circles and Cairns. George Bain. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xiii.,
122-35. 1887.)
Parish Records of Croy, 1640-1690. John Wedderspoon. (Trans. Inverness Field
Club, iv., 356-71. 1898.)
Culloden Moor and Story of the Battle. Peter Anderson. New edition, revised by-
Peter John Anderson [contains Bibliography of Culloden and list of Plans of
Battlefield.] (Stirling, 1920.)
518 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
The Story of Culloden Moor. George Bain. (Nairn, n.d.)
Gulloden Papers, published from, the Originals in the possession of Duncan George
Forbes. (London, 1815.)
More Culloden Papers, 1704-25. Duncan Warrand. (Inverness, 1925.)
Communion Tokens of Nairn. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
v., 105. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Nairn and its Neighbourhood. George Bain. (Nairn, 1890.)
Ancient Customs, Social and Local, at Nairn. William Laing. (Nairn, 1889.)
Round about Nairn. H. M. Mackintosh. (London, 1900.)
History of Nairnshire. George Bain. (Nairn, 1893.)
Place-Names in Nairnshire. Brodie Cruickshank, M.D. (Trans. Inverness Field
Club, iv., 158-73. 1898.)
Moray and Nairn. Charles Matheson. (Cambridge, 1915.)
A History of Moray and Nairn [has Bibliography of the Shires]. Charles Rampini,
LL.D. (Edin., 1897.)
PRESBYTERY OF INVERNESS
Description of the United Parish of Boleshin and Abertarf or Killchumin. Lachlan
Shaw. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 217-22.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
[See also Shaw's Moray, ii., 340-58 ; iii., 444-5.]
Parish of Boleshine and Abertarf. By an Heritor, a friend to Statistical Enquiries.
(Stat. Account, xix., 19-39.)
Parish of Boleshine. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 76-109.
Inverness, 1897.)
Old Buins [WMtebridge], Stratherrick. Thomas Wallace. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xx., 353-5. Edin., 1886.)
Upper Stratherrick. Thomas Wallace. (Trans. Edin. Geol. Soc, v., 366-70. 1887.)
Legends of Foyers, 6-26. James Grassie. (Legends of the Highlands. Inverness, 1843.)
Communion Tokens of Daviot and Dunlichty. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, 2nd ser., v., 136. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Notice of the Ancient Circular Dwellings, Hill-Forts, and Burial Cairns of Strathnairn.
David Cameron. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvi., 288-94. Edin., 1884.)
The Craggie Valley. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 70-5. 1877.)
Excursion to Craggie and Loch Moy. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii., 99-119.
1881.)
Duntelchaig. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, iv., 98-100, 140-5. 1890-1.)
Strathnairn in the Olden Times. James Fraser. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, x.,
247-64. 1883.)
Leanach and Daviot. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, iv., 383-4. 1884.)
A Famous Minister of Daviot [Michael Fraser], 1672-1726. William Mackay, LL.D.
(Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xii., 244-56. 1886.)
Parish of Daviot and Dunlichty. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh, LL.D. (Antiquarian
Notes, ii., 431-4, 454. Inverness, 1897.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 519
Daviot and Dunlichty. Lachlan Shaw. [See his Moray, ii., 307-14 ; iii., 429-30.]
Excursions to Strathnaim. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 27-36 ; iii., 25-9.
1876, 1884.)
Communion Tokens of Bores. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
v., 136. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Loch-Ashie and Dunlichty. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 326-31 ; ii., 206-12 ;
vii., 259-66. 1880, 1882, 1911.)
Parish of Dores. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii.,- 60-75. Inverness,
1897.)
Parish of Dores. [See Shaw's Moray, ii., 334-9 ; iii., 440-1.]
Places, People, and Poetry of Dores in Other Days. Thomas Sinton, D.D. (Trans.
Inverness Gael. Soc, xxvi., 318-41 ; xxvii., 85-9. 1906, 1908.)
The Vitrified Fort on Dundearduil at Dores. Thomas Wallace. (Trans. Inverness
Field Club, vi., 188-91. 1902.)
Communion Tokens of Urquhart and Clenmoriston. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes
and Queries, 2nd ser., v., 137. Aberdeen, 1904.)
The Seven Men of Glenmoriston. Eobert Chambers, LL.D. (Chambers's Journal, ix.,
14-15. Edinburgh, 1840.) [See also article by Angus Mackintosh in Celtic
Monthly, xi., 111-14. Glasgow, 1903.]
Footprints of the Saints in Glenmoriston. Alexander MacDonald. (Scottish
Highlander, 5th January 1888.)
Scraps of Unpublished Poetry and Folklore from Glenmoriston and Lochness-side.
Alexander MacDonald. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xxi., 22-36; xxiii.,
179-208 ; xxv., 328-40. 1896, 1899, 1903.)
Story and Song from Lochness-side, with particular reference to Glenmoriston.
Alexander MacDonald. (Inverness, 1914.)
A Modem Paid on . . . Glenmoriston : the Burning of the Church of Cilliechriost.
Kenneth MacDonald. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xv., 11-34. 1888.)
The Devil in Urquhart and Glenmoriston. William Mackay, LL.D. (Celtic Monthly,
iv., 65-7. Glasgow, 1896.)
Urquhart and Glenmoriston : Olden Times in a Highland Parish. William Mackay,
LL.D. (Inverness, 1893 and 1914.)
United Parish of Urquhart and Glenmoriston. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian
Notes, ii., 110-12. Inverness, 1897.)
Some Notable Stones and Legends in Glenmoriston. James Ross. (Trans. Inverness
Field Club, ii., 257-9. 1882.)
Reminiscences, Historical and Traditional, of the Grants of Glenmoriston. Allan
Sinclair. (Edin., 1887.)
Some Ancient Stone Circles and Cairns in the Neighbourhood of Inverness. George
Anderson. (Archceol. Scotica, iii., 211-22. Edin., 1824.)
Inverness before Railways. Isabel H. Anderson. (Inverness, 1885.)
Reminiscences of Inverness. Isabel H. Anderson. (Inverness, 1904.)
Communion Tokens of Inverness. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., v., 136. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Inverness and its Neighbourhood. Peter Anderson. (Edin., 1868.)
The Grammar School and Royal Academy of Inverness. Peter John Anderson.
(Inverness, 1907.)
520 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Inverness in the Fifteenth Century. Evan M. Barron. (Inverness, 1906.)
Inverness in the Middle Ages. Evan M. Barron. (Trans. Inverness Field Club., xii.,
33-65. 1907.)
An Armed Figure in Greyfriars Churchyard, Inverness. James Barron. (Trans.
Inverness Field Club, iv., 173-7. 1892.)
Reminiscences of a Clachnacudin Nonagenarian. Charles Bond. (Inverness, 1842
and 1886.)
The Black Friars of Inverness. Herbert C. Boyd. (Trans. Inverness Field Club,
vii., 156-86. 1910.)
A History and Descrwtion of the Town of Inverness. George Cameron. (Inverness,
1847.)
Reminiscences and Reflections of an Octogenarian Highlander. Duncan Campbell.
(Inverness, 1910.)
Inverness in the Olden Time. Kobert Carruthers. {Inverness Courier, 23rd Dec. 1840,
et seq.)
The Provosts of Inverness, 1720-1883. Alexander Dallas. {Northern Chronicle, 15th
Oct. 1884.) [See also Inverness Courier, 18th Oct. 1884, for Provosts 1637-1720.]
Pictures of Old Inverness. P. Delavault. (Inverness, 1903.)
The Ancient Marches of Inverness. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, vii., 249-51.
1911.)
Essich and Bunachton. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, v., 177-9. 1897.)
Old Inverness : being Extracts from Minutes of Toivn Council. Ebenezer Forsyth.
{Inverness Courier, 18th Oct. 1884 to 3rd Jan. 1885.)
Curiosities from the Burgh Court Records of Inverness. Alexander Fraser. (Celtic
Magazine, i., 50-6. Glasgow, 1875.)
History of the Gaelic Church of Inverness. Alexander Fraser. (Trans. Inverness
Gael. Soc, iii., iv., 167-81. 1875.)
Northern Folklore on Wells, with an Account of Inverness Wells. Alexander Fraser.
(Inverness, 1878.) [See also Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 119-46 ; Celtic
Magazine, iii., 348-460 ; Scottish Highlander, 2-23, Aug. 1894.]
The Town of Inverness and the Macdonalds in the VI th Century. Alexander Fraser.
(Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 206-11. 1879.)
Answers to Queries anent Augmentation of Stipends. Bev. Alexander Fraser and Bev.
Alexander MacBean. (Scot. Notes and Queries, xii., 17. Aberdeen, 1898.)
Sketches of Burgh Life in Inverness in the I8tk Century. Hugh C. Fraser. (Aberdeen
Journal, 19th March to 25th April 1879.)
Cromwell's Fort at Inverness. James Fraser. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, vi.,
93-102. 1901.)
Descriptive Notes on the Stone Circles of Strathnairn and Neighbourhood of Inverness.
James' Fraser. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii., 360-79. 1883.) (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xviii., 328-62. Edin., 1884.)
Reminiscences of Inverness : its People and Places. John Fraser. (Inverness, 1905.)
Proceedings at Free Church Assembly held at Inverness, 21st to 27th Aug. 1845.
(Dundee, 1845.)
Memorial Volume of Inverness F.C. Assembly, 1888. (Inverness, 1888.)
On Cup-marked Stones in the Neighbourhood of Inverness. William Jolly. (Proc,
Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvi., 300-401. Edin., 1881.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 521
Public Libraries in the Worth [with Account of Dr James Fraser's Library bequeathed
in 1731]. (Inverness Courier, 4th April 1827.)
Personal Names and Surnames of the Town of Inverness. Alexander Bain. (Inver-
ness, 1895.)
Observations on Highland Ethnology, with special reference to Inverness and District.
Alexander MacDonald. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xvii., 68-84. 1891.)
The Church in Inverness. Kenneth MacDonald. (Stirling, 1913.)
Inverness at the End of the 11th Century. Kenneth MacDonald. (Trans. Inverness
Field Club, iv., 389-92. (1895.)
Inverness in the 18th Century. Kenneth MacDonald. (Trans. Inverness Field Club,
ii., 213-18. 1882.)
Notes on the Church in Inverness at the Reformation. Kenneth MacDonald. (Inver-
ness, 1909.)
An Old Church Process. Kenneth MacDonald. (Inverness, 1886.)
Queen Mary's Inverness. Kenneth MacDonald. (Inverness, 1899.)
The Celtic Element in Old Inverness. William Mackay, LL.D. (Inverness, 1913.)
The Letter-Book of Bailie John Steuart of Inverness, 1715-1752. William Mackay,
LL.D. (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1915.)
Life in Inverness in the Sixteenth Century. William Mackay, LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1911.)
Records of Inverness. William Mackay and Herbert C. Boyd [vol. i.]. (Burgh Court-
Books, 1556-86.) [New Spalding Club.] (Aberdeen, 1911.)
The Gaelic Origin of Local Names. Alexander Mackenzie. (Trans. Inverness Field
Club, iii., 9-18. 1884.) [See also Celtic Magazine, ix., 517-22.]
Local Topography. Alexander Mackenzie. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, i., 23-9.
1871.)
Inverness, Historical, Descriptive, and Pictorial. Alexander Mackenzie. (Inverness,
1893 and 1896.)
Old Inverness. Hector Mackenzie. (Inverness, 1889.)
Queen Mary's Visit to Inverness. Hector Mackenzie. (Celtic Magazine, x., 36-9.
Glasgow, 1884.)
The Chantry Altars and Chaplains of S. Mary's Church, Inverness, 1359-1593.
Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, iv., 254-68. 1893).
[Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc, viii., 49-60.] (Aberdeen, 1895.)
Invernessiana : Contributions Toward a History of the Town and Parish of Inverness
from 1160 to 1599. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Inverness, 1875.)
Bught and its Owners. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Highland Monthly, iii., 670-8 ;
iv., 14-24. Inverness, 1892.)
Einmylies : its Owners and Titles, 1232-1780. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Celtic
Magazine, vi., 154-57, 231-4. Glasgow, 1881.)
Letters of Two Centuries chiefly connected with Inverness and the Highlands, from 1616
to 1815. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Inverness, 1890.)
Notes on the Chapel Yard, Inverness, and some of its Old Monuments. Frederick
MacLeod. (Proc Soc. Antiq. Scot., xlv., 198-219. Edin., 1911.)
Les Monuments Geltiques et Scandinaves des Environs d'Inverness. Jules Marion.
(Paris, 1872.)
The Kirk-Session Records of Inverness. Alexander Mitchell. (Inverness, 1902.)
522 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Traditions and Archceology of the Ness Valley. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i.,
259-76. 1879.)
Miscellanea Invemessiana. John Noble. (Stirling, 1902.)
Ancient Churches and Chapels in Inverness. Alexander Eoss. (Trans. Inverness
Field Club, vi., 111-14. 1901.)
Old Inverness. Alexander Eoss. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii., 64-92. 1881.)
The Town and Parish of Inverness. [See Shaw's Moray, ii., 322-34 ; iii., 431-40.]
Memorabilia of Inverness. James Suter. (Inverness, 1887.)
Notes on Old Inverness, and on the Early Churches. Thomas Wallace. (Trans.
Inverness Field Club, vi., 84-93. 1901.)
Prints of the Past around Inverness. William J. Watson. (Inverness, 1909.)
History of Dunbar's Hospital. Douglas Wimberley. (Inverness, 1893.)
The Parish of Bona. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 25. Inverness,
1897.)
Communion Tokens of Eiltarlity. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., v., 137. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Eiltarlity and Abriachan. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, iv., 182-7. 1892.)
Notes on the Question in Dependence before the Presbytery of Inverness respecting the
Presentation to the Parish of Eiltarlity. (Inverness, 1822.)
Forfeited Estate of Lovat. [See A. H. Millar's Scottish Forfeited Estates Papers,
1-144.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1909.)
The Parish of Eiltarlity and Convinth. Archibald MacDonald. (Trans. Inverness
Gael. Soc, xxiv., 231-49; xxv., 149-79; xxvi., 202-29. 1900, 1902, 1905.)
Parish of Eiltarlity. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 13-16. Inver-
ness, 1897.)
Eiltarlitie. [See Shaw's Moray, ii., 377-86 ; iii., 442-3.]
Communion Tokens of Eirkhill. , James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd
ser., v., 137. Aberdeen, 1904.)
The Old Church of Wardlaw. Charles D. Bentinck. (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc,
xxv., 273-96. 1902.)
The Wardlaw Manuscript. William Mackay, LL.D. [Scot. Hist. Soc] (Edin., 1905.)
The Bunchrew District. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 79-83. 1877.)
Parish of Eirkhill. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 17-24. Inver-
ness, 1897.)
Parish of Eirkhill. [See Shaw's Moray, ii., 373-7 ; iii., 441-2.]
Notes on some Sculptured Slabs and Headstones in the Churchyards of Glen Convinth
and Eirkhill. Thomas Wallace. (Proc Soc. Antiq. Scot., xlv., 309-14. Edin.,
1911.)
Notes on the Parish of Eirkhill. Thomas Wallace. (Trans. Inverness Field Club,
iii., 114-25. 1885.)
Communion Tokens of Moy and Dalarossie. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and
Queries, 2nd ser., v., 137. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Eyllachy. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, iv., 56-60. 1889.)
Notes on the Ecclesiastical History of Strathdearn. E. MacDougall. (Trans. Inverness
Gael. Soc, xix., 49-62. 1893.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 523
Notes, Descriptive and Historical, principally relating to the Parish of Moy. Sir
iEneas Mackintosh. (London, p.p., 1892.)
Dunachton Past and Present. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Inverness, 1866.)
A Highland Chief s Death, Lying-in-State, and Funeral. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh.
(Antiquarian Notes, i., 23-7. Inverness, 1913.)
The Parish of Moy and Dalarossie. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian
Notes, ii., 427-30.)
The Mackintosh Muniments, 1442-1820. Henry Paton. (Edin., 1903.)
The United Parishes of Moy and Dalarossie. Thomas MacLachlan. [In Presbyterial
and Parochial Eeports on the State of Education in Scotland, 150-5.] (1843.)
The United Parish of Moy and Dalarasie. [See Shaw's Moray, ii., 198-207 ;
iii., 428-9.]
Communion Tokens of Petty. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, 2nd ser.,
v., 137. Aberdeen, 1904.)
The Lordship of Petty. George Bain. (Nairn, 1925.)
Cradlehall and Petty. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, vii., 186-8. 1910.)
Parish of Petty. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, ii., 444-5. Inverness,
1897.)
The Petty Seer [John Morrison, minister of Petty]. A. B. MacLennan. [Inverness,
1894, 1901, 1906.]
The Parish of Pettie. [See Shaw's Moray, ii., 318-22 j iii., 430-1.]
Decreet of Spulzie of the House of Petty, 1517. John Stuart, LL.D. [Misc. Spalding
Club, ii.] (Aberdeen, 1842.)
Archaeological Notes from Morayton, Dalcross. Thomas Wallace. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xxxiv., 215-17. Edin., 1900.)
Communion Tokens of Urquhart and Glenmoristcm. James Anderson. (Scot. Notes
and Queries, 2nd ser., v., 137. Aberdeen, 1904.)
Drumnadrochit. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, i., 177-80. 1878.)
Excursions to Glen-Urquhart. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii., 137-47 ; iii., 102-11.
1881, 1885.)
Old Enclosures in Glen-Urquhart. Angus Grant. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii.,
269-73. 1883.)
Opening of a Sepulchral Cairn at Balnalick, Glen-Urquhart. Angus Grant. (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxii., 42-51. Edin., 1888.)
An Ornamented Stone Cup Found at Balmacaan. Angus Grant. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xxxiii., 167-9. Edin., 1899.)
Notes on a Recumbent Grave Slab in Kilmore Churchyard and Lnscribed Stone at
Ruigh-ic-ille Mhuire. Angus Grant. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xliii., 335-6.
Edin., 1909.)
Notices of Sepulchral Slabs at Kilmore and Kilianan, Glen-Urquhart. Angus Grant.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxvi., 665-8. Edin., 1902.)
The Chambered Cairn at Corrimony. William Jolly. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvi.,
314-15. Edin., 1881.)
Early History of the Glen and Royal Castle of Urquhart. William Mackay, LL.D.
(Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, vi., 152-73. 1877 and 1878.)
524 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Notice of Two Sculptured Stones in Glen-Urquhart. William Mackay, LL.D. (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., xx., 358-60. Edin., 1886.)
Urquhart and Glenmoriston : Olden Times in a Highland Parish. William Mackay,
LL.D. (Inverness, 1893, 1914.)
The Castle of Urquhart. C. Fraser-Mackintosh. (Antiquarian Notes, i., 35-8.
Inverness, 1913.)
The United Parish of Urquhart and Glenmoriston. C. Fraser - Mackintosh.
(Antiquarian Notes, ii., 110-12.)
Antiquities of Glen-Urquhart. James Mackintosh. (Trans. Inverness Field Club,
ii., 165-9. 1882.)
Castle Urquhart. James Ross. (Trans. Inverness Field Club, ii., 30-4. 1880.)
Some Notable Stones and Legends in Glen-Urquhart. James Ross. (Trans. Inverness
Field Club, ii., 257-9. 1882.)
The Parish of Urquhart. (See Shaw's Moray, ii., 361-71 ; iii., 443-4.)
A Concise Bibliography of . . . the Burgh, Parish and Shire of Inverness. P. J.
Anderson. (Aberdeen, 1917.)
The Book of the County of Inverness. Evan M. Barron. (Inverness, 1908.)
The Northern Highlands in the 19th Century. James Barron. 3 vols. (Inverness,
1903, 1907, 1913.)
Communion Tokens of the Church of Scotland. Alexander J. S. Brook. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xli., 453-604. Edin., 1907.)
History and Description of the Town of Inverness . . . with Statistical Sketch of
County. George Cameron. (Inverness, 1847.)
Place-Names in some Northern Parishes of Inverness-shire. Shean Fhear Gallda.
(Inverness, 1908.)
A History of the County of Inverness. James Cameron Lees, D.D., LL.D. [Bibliog-
raphy by William Mackay, LL.D.] (Edin., 1897.)
The Place-Names of Inverness-shire. Alexander MacBain, LL.D. (Northern Chronicle,
March 1899.) (Trans. Inverness Gael. Soc, xxv., 55-84. 1902.)
The Heraldry in some of the Old Churchyards between Tain and Inverness. William
Rae Macdonald. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxvi., 688-732. Ediu., 1902.)
Antiquarian Notes, Historical, Genealogical, and Social. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh.
First Series. (Inverness, 1865; Stirling, 1913.) Second Series. (Inverness,
1897.)
Sidelights on Highland History [chiefly Ecclesiastical]. William Mackay, LL.D.
(Inverness, 1925.)
Records of the Presbyteries of Inverness and Dingwall, 1643-1688. William Mackay,
LL.D. (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1896.)
Extracts from the Records of the Synod of Moray, 1622-1731. William Cramond,
LL.D. (Elgin, 1906.)
[The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Transactions of
Inverness Field Club and of the Gaelic Society of Inverness ; the volumes of
Scottish Notes and Queries (Three Series), and of "Aberdeen Journal" Notes and
Queries (Five Volumes), contain many other papers and references to the ecclesi-
astical and other antiquities of Moray, Nairnshire, and Inverness-shire. It has
not been found practicable to record a complete list in this Bibliography.]
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Abebchirder, 322
Aberdeen, Bon-Accord, 41
College Chapel, 9
East, 1
Ferryhill, 5
Footdee, 27
Gaelic, 6
Gilcomston, 7
Greyfriars, 8
Holburn, 10
John Knox, 11
Mannofield, 12
Mariners', 12
Melville, 13
North, 13
Old Machar (1), 16
Old Machar (2), 22
Powis, 24
Rosemount, 24
Rubislaw, 25
Ruthrieston, 25
St Clement's, 27
St Fittiek's, 29
St George's, 29
St Machar (1), 16
St Machar (2), 22
St Nicolas', 34
St Ninian's, 30
South, 31
Trinity, 32
Union, 41
Union Terrace, 41
West, 34
Woodside, 42
Aberdour, 209
Aberlour, 334
Abernethy, 351
Abertarff, 445
Aboyne, 77
Advie, 354
Alford, 117
Altyre, 413, 427
Alvah, 247
Alves, 374
Alvie, 355
Ardallie, 211
Ardclach, 430
Ardersier, 432
Arndilly, 336
Auchindoir, 120
Auchreddy, 218
Auchterless, 248
Auldearn, 435
Aviemore, 371
Banchory-Devenick, 43
Ternan, 79
Banff, 275
Bankhead, 110
Barthol Chapel, 186
Belhelvie, 46
Bellie, 298
Bethelnie, 173
Birnie, 378
Birse, 82
Blackhill, 211
Blairdaff, 148
Boddam, 212
Boharm, 336
Boleskine, 445
Bona, 454
Botriphnie, 301
Bourtie, 148
Boyndie, 278
Braaven or Baraven, 438
Brachollie, 478
Braemar, 85
Buckie, 280
Burghead, 381
Cabrach, 122
Cairney, 302
Cawdor, 438
Chapel-of-Garioch, 151
Christ's Kirk, 132
Clatt, 123
Cluny, 86
Colstone, 103
525
526
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Conveth, 262
Convinth, 471
Corgarff, 126
Coull, 89
Craigern, 165
Craigiebuckler, 49
Crathie, 91
Crimond, 212
Cromdale, 357
Croy, 440
Cruden, 186
Culbin, 415
Cullen, 281
Culsalmond, 154
Cults, 49
Cushnie, 134, 136
Dalarossie, 475, 478
Dalcross, 440
Dallas, 413
Dalmayock, 49
Dalmeath, 311, 313
Daviot, 155
Daviot and Dunlichity, 447
Deer, 212
New, 218
Deskford, 284
Dinnet, 94
Dipple, 401
Dores, 450
Drainie, 382
Drumblade, 305
Drumdelgie, 302, 304
Drumoak, 49
Duffus, 384
Dulnain, 364
DunbenDan, 316
Dundurcas, 336, 339
Dunlichity, 447, 450
Durris, 52
Duthil, 359
Dyce, 54
Dyke, 415
Echt, 95
Edinkillie, 418
Elchies, 340
Elgin, Senior Charge, 387
Junior Charge, 392
Little Kirk, 396
Ellon, 189
Enzie, 286
Erchless, 452
Essie, 329, 331
EssiU, 401, 404
Farnua, 471, 475
Ferryhill, 5
Fetterangus, 218
Fetterneir, 151, 153
Fintray, 56
Finzean, 97
Forbes, 143, 145
Fordyce, 287
Forglen, 251
Forgue, 253
Forres, 420
Forvie, 200, 203
Foveran, 193
Foyers, 446
Fraserburgh, 220
West, 224
Fyvie, 256
Gamrie, 259
Gardensto%vn, 261
Gartly, 309
Gilcomston, 7
Glass, 311
Glenbuchat, 126
Glen Convinth, 468
Glengairn, 97
Glenlivet, 341
Glenmoriston, 453
Glenmuick, 98
Glenrinnes, 343
Glentanar, 77, 79
Grange, 314
Grantown. See Inverallan
Greyfriars, 8
HoLBURN, 10
Huntly, 316
Inchmarnoch, 98
Innernochtie, 137
Insch, 158
Insh or Innis Eoghain, 361
Inverallan, 363
Inverallochy, 224
Inveraven, 344
Inverboyndie, 278
Invercharach, 122, 123
Inverkeithny, 262
Invernairn, 442
Inverness, First or High, 453
Second or West, 460
East, 468
North, 466
St Mary's or Gaelic, 464
St Stephen's, 466
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
527
Inverugie, 240
Inyerurie, 610
John Knox, 11
Kearn, 120, 121
Keig, 128
Keith, 319
Keithhall, 162
Kemnay, 165
Kennethmont, 130
Keppelhills, 63
Kildrummy, 132
Kilmalemnock, 397
Kilmalruf, 319
Kilrynie, 329
Kiltarlity, 468
Kinairney, 107, 110
Kinbathoch, 141
Kincardine-on-Spey, 351, 354
Kincardine O'Neil, 100
Kindrochet, 85
Kinedar, 382
Kinedward, 264
Kinellar, 59
Kingussie, 364
Kininmonth, 225
Kinkell, 162, 164
Kinloss, 424
Kinnoir, 316
Kintore, 168
Kirkhill, 471
Kirkmichael, 367
Knockando, 346
Laggan, 369
Leochel-Cushnie, 134
Leslie, 170
Lhanbryd, 397, 400
Logie Buchan, 196
Logie-Colstone or Mar, 103, 105
Logie Durno, 151
Longley, 240
Longside, 226
Lonmay, 228
Lossiemouth. See Drainie
Lumphanan, 105
Macduff, 266
Machar, St, or Old, 16, 22
New, 65
Mannofield, 12
Marnoch, 322
Maryculter, 61
Maud, 230
Meldrum, 173
Methlick, 198
Midmar, 107
Migvie, 113
Millbrex, 267
Monkeggie, 162
Monquhitter, 268
Monykebuck, 65
Monymusk, 175
Mortlach, 325
Moy, 415, 418
Moy and Dalarossie, 475
Nairn, 442
New Byth, 270
New Deer, 218
Newhills, 63
New Machar, 65
Newmill, 328
New Pitsligo, 237
Nigg, 69
Ogston, 382, 384
Old Deer, 212
Old Machar, 16, 22
Ord, 290
Ordiquhill, 291
Oyne, 178
Peterculter, 71
Peterhead or Peterugie, 230
East, 233
Petty, 478
Philorth, 220
Pitsligo, 234
New, 237
Pluscarden, 396
Portlethen, 73
Portsoy, 292
Powis, 24
Premnay, 180
Rafford, 427
Rathen, 238
Rathmureal, 130, 132
Rathven, 294
Rayne, 182
Rhynie, 329
Rosemount, 24
528
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Rothes, 348
Tarland, 113
Rothiemay, 331
Tarves, 203
Rothiemurchus, 371
Tomintoul, 372
Rubislaw, 25
Torphins, 116
Ruthrieston, 25
Tough, 140
Ruthven or Rivan, 302, 305
Towie, 141
Trinity, 32
St Andrews-Lhakbrtd, 397, 398
St Fergus, 240
Savoch, 242
Tullich, 98, 100
Tullynessle and Forbes, 143
Turriff, 271
Tyrie, 244
Seafield, 297
Skeiralvie, 355
Skene, 74
Slains, 200
Udny, 206
Unthank, 384
Urquhart, 408
Speymouth, 401
Spynie, 405
Urquhart and Glenmoriston, 481
Stoneywood, 76
Strachan, 111
Strathdeveron, 122, 123
Strathdon, 137
Wardlaw, 471
Wester Ugie, 226
Woodside, 42
Strichen, 242
Ythan Wells, 273
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Abel, George, 306
Abel, John, 96, 255, 332
Abel, William, 101, 106
Abercrombie, Alexander, 257
Abercrombie, Andrew, 56, 114, 138
Abercrombie, David, 288
Abercrombie, George, 3, 28, 178, 254
Abercrombie, James, 182
Abercrombie, John, of Westhall, 178,
180
Abercrombie, Robert, 171
Abercrombie, Walter, 182
Abercrombie, William, 61, 75, 313, 339
Abernethy, James, 262
Adam, George, 169 , 2o!
Adam, James, 65, 269
Adam, Peter, 119
Adam, Robert, 199
Adam, Thomas, 137 Freouc
Adams, William, 220
Adamson, James, 291
Aiken, James, 291
Aird, James, 73
Aitken, James, 389
Aitken, Mark, 417
Alexander, John, 187
Alexander, John, of Browland, 133
Alexander, Thomas, 103
Alexander, Vincent Cassels, 25
Alexander, Walter, 95
Alexander, William, 95
Allan, Alexander, 68
Allan, George, 64
Allan, James, 65, 132, 315, 321, 325, 349,
363
Allan, James Robb, 76, 98, 354
Allan, John, 73
Allan, John, of Potterton, 41
AUardice, Robert, 248
Allardyce, Alexander, 255
Allardyce, William, 330, 333
Allen, Thomas Nelson, 242
Anderson, Alexander, 157, 279, 310, 324,
325, 330, 385, 400
VOL. VI.
529
Ale./
Anderson, Alexander, of Mugiemoss, 312
bis
Anderson, Alexander John, 121
Anderson, Alfred William, 172
Anderson, Archibald, 86, 93
Anderson, Basil, 217
Anderson, David, 194
Anderson, David Alexander, 333
Anderson, George, 135, 199, 204, 207-
Anderson, George Strang, 16
Anderson, Gilbert, 187, 438
Anderson, Hugh, 383
Anderson, James, 87, 116, 238 bis, 241, 279,
283, 303, 320, 357
Anderson, John, 281, 299, 305
Anderson, John Wilson, 32, 82
Anderson, Joseph, 380
Anderson, Robert Chalmers, 364
Anderson, Thomas, 210, 311, 313, 336
Anderson, Walter, 59
Anderson, William, 54, 81, 122, 156, 181,
241, 243
Angus, Alexander, 144, 302
Angus, John, 60, 154
Annand, John, 304, 317, 455, 460 bis
Annand, Thomas, 319, 321, 418
Annand, William, 299, 305
Arbuthnot, Alexander, 18, 196, 203
Argo, Gavin Elmslie, 103
Arrot, David, 141
Asher, William, 345, 347
Auchinleck, Alexander, 222
Auehinleck, Patrick, 374, 400
Austen, Thomas, 354, 357
Ayre, Joseph Logan, 267
Bad, Alexander, 374
Badenoch, William, 118
Baillie, Robert, 461
Baillie, William, 465
Bain, James, 342, 361
Balfour, Alexander Lundie, 373
Balfour, Andrew, 438, 443
Balfour, George (or John), 430
2 L
530
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Balfour, Patrick, 374, 400, 408
Blackburn, Peter, 1, 36
Ballantyne, Archibald Scott, 429
Blackwell, Thomas, 2, 8
Ballenden, Andrew, 50
Blaikie, William Garden, 307
Ballingall, Robert, 252
Blair, Robert, 247, 252
BallingaU, William, 158
Blair, William, 15, 252, 288, 341, 365
Banks, Alexander, 231
Blindschield, John, 400, 404, 408, 455
Bannatyne, Archibald, 451
Boe, William, 274
Bannerman, David, 252
Bog, Charles, 85
Bannerman, James, 252, 344
Bonallo, James, 438
Barclay, Adam, 56, 69, 118, 128, 135, 142,
Bonniman, John, 181
175
Borland, William, 25
Barclay, Alexander, 228, 231, 250 bis, 305
Borthwick, William, 115, 318
Barclay, John, 171, 187, 268
Bower, John, 62, 386
Barclay, Patrick, 69
Bower, William, 272
Barclay, Thomas, 73
Bowman, Archibald, 86, 253
Barclay, Walter, 262
Boyd, Alexander, 214, 467
Barclay, William, 149, 158, 437
Boyd, Angus, 483
Barr, Robert Littlejohn, 61
Boyd, Robert, 77, 100
Barron, Alexander, 256
Boyd, William, 214
Barron, Robert, 8, 319
Bradie (or Brodie), David, 220
Barron, William, 341, 431
Brander, Alexander, 386
Bartlet, George, 23, 27, 214
Brebner, Duncan, 331
Bates, Robert, 406
Brebner, James, 255, 273
Baxter, , 138
Brebner, William, 7
Baxter, David, 380
Bremner, John, 128, 342
Baxter, John, 132, 137
Bremner, Robert, 277
Bayne, Kenneth, 6 bis
Brewster, William, 192
Bayne, Ronald, 6, 396, 468, 470
Brichan, David, 417
Beaton, Daniel (or Donald), 434
Bright, Robert Montgomery, 362
Beaton, Donald Macgilvray, 172
Brodie, Daniel, 434, 439
Beaton, John, 85
Brodie, Duncan Hunter, 11
Begg, Andrew, 342
Brodie, John, 436
Bell, Herbert, 11
Brodie, Joseph, of Mayne, 319, 421
Bell, John, 239
Brown, Alexander, 91, 122, 407
Bell, Thomas, 130
Brown, Alexander Watson, 5
Bellenden, David, 101
Brown, Andrew, 40, 413, 418, 427
Bentinck, Charles Donald, 475
Brown, Archibald, 86
Berry, James Garrow, 172
Brown, David, 47, 232, 290
Beton, Farquhar, 441
Brown, George, 99
Bidie, William, 137
Brown, Gilbert, 79, 120, 134, 141, 270
Birnie, Charles, 211
Brown, James, 210, 341
Birnie, George, 403
Brown, John, 64, 218, 227, 330
Birnie, Thomas, 119
Brown, John Low, 415
Birrell, George Johnston, 453
Brown, Matthew, 102
Birrell, William, 453
Brown, Robert James, 307
Bishop, James, 455
Brown, Stuart, 281
Bisset, James, 150
Brown, William, 126, 138, 430
Bisset, John, 2, 66, 154
Brown, William Laurence, 8
Bisset, Peter Smith, 180
Bisset, Thomas, 74, 230
Bisset, William, 28, 306
Black, Alexander, 205, 212
Black, James, 162
Black, Nathaniel, 135
Black, Patrick, 72
Blackburn, Archibald, 36
Browne, Robert, 149, 252
Browne, William, 33, 293
Bruce, Alexander, 186, 200, 201
Bruce, Charles, 343
Bruce, Edward, 189
Bruce, George, 97, 373
Bruce, Robert, 216
Bruce, William, 73, 79, 89, 219
INDEX OF MINISTERS
531
Bruce, William Robertson, 68
Bruce, William Straton, 278
Bryce, James, 7, 112
Bryce, John, of Dalshangan, 31
Buchan, George, 196
Buchanan, Alexander Cockburn, 424
Buchanan, James, 297
Burdon, Charles Scott, 212
Burgess, Hugh, 100
Burgess, William, 211
Burleigh, John Henderson Seaforth, 259
Burnet, William, 107, 133, 158, 178, 282,
301
Burnett, Alexander, 28, 178, 293
Burnett, Andrew, 38
Burnett, George, 101, 111
Burnett, James, of Mosston, 190
Burnett, John, 27, 87, 176
Burnett, Robert, 57, 64, 80, 178, 180, 183
Burnett, Thomas, 132, 157 bis, 198
Burnett, Thomas, of Slowie, 111
Burnett, William, of Sauchen, 110
Burns, James, 444
Burry, John Harris, 378
Burt, Andrew, 123
Caie, William Smith, 287, 342
Calder, Hugh, 441
Calder, James, 434, 441
Calder, James Jolly, 304, 330
Calder, John, 22, 24, 136, 214, 439
Calder, Robert Hogg, 342
Cameron, Alexander, 366
Cameron, David, 466
Cameron, Donald, 370
Cameron, John, 483
Cameron, John Stuart, 29
Cameron, Kenneth John, 329
Cameron, Lewis Legertwood Legg, 31
Cameron, Peter, 122
Campbell, Alexander, 441, 451
Campbell, Archibald, 315, 341
Campbell, Archibald Alexander, 94, 229
Campbell, Colin, 38
Campbell, David, 468
Campbell, Donald, 88
Campbell, Duncan, 25, 129
Campbell, George, 3, 8, 80, 247, 302, 440
Campbell, Hugh, 434
Campbell, James, 224
Campbell, John, 270, 438, 449
Campbell, John Alexander, 453
Campbell, John Peter, 483
Campbell, Neil Lewis Arthur, 153
Campbell, Pryse, 434
Campbell, William, 91, 375
VOL. VI.
Cannan, Thomas, 407
Cant, Alexander, 80
Cant, Andrew, 2, 37, 118, 234
Cargill, Thomas Sherett, 24, 359
Carmichael, John Dalglish, 173, 226, 293
Carmichael, William, 61, 69
Carnegie, Robert, 140, 209
Carrick, Walter, 28
Cassie, James Francis, 290
Catto, Alexander Godsman, 211, 264
Catto, John, 58, 237
Chalmer, George, of Easter Tyrie, 212,
303, 309, 317
Chalmer, William, 256, 265, 278, 295, 309,
346
Chalmers, Alexander, 303, 312
Chalmers, Alexander, of Cluny, 323
Chalmers, George, 13, 20, 201, 305, 329
Chalmers, Henry Reid, 387
Chalmers, Hugh, 342
Chalmers, James, 2, 8, 66, 156, 282, 283,
416
Chalmers, John, 22, 54, 168, 231, 309, 319,
344, 386
Chalmers, Patrick, 183, 279, 331
Chalmers, Walter, 285, 293
Chalmers, William, of Hazelhead, 74
Chapman, Alexander, 267
Chapman, James, 358, 439
Chapman, Lewis, 356, 479
Cheyne, Alexander, 189, 200
Cheyne, James, 59, 196, 200
Cheyne, James, of Keithen, 238
Cheyne, John, 164, 168, 190
Cheyne, Robert, 121, 130, 146
Cheyne, William, 54, 245
Chisholm, Donald, 446
Chisholm, Gilbert, 193, 215, 230, 240
Christie, Andrew, 134
Christie, Charles Sinclair, 49
Christie, John, 134
Christie, William, 127
Christison, Richard, 91
Christison, Thomas, 122, 259
Clarihew, William, 154, 265
Clark, Alexander, 355 bis, 369 bis, 456, 458,
460 bis, 465
Clark, David Findlay, 12, 278
Clark, George, 209
Clark, John, 347, 363 bis, 449
Clark, Patrick, 187
Clark, Patrick Thomas, 260
Clark, Robert, 6
Clarke, W. Cameron, 447
Claxton, Arthur Eugene, 11
Clerk, Alexander, 22, 199
2 L 2
532
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Clerk, George, 151
Crichton, George, 158
Clerk, Gilbert, 218
Crichton, James, 281, 296
Clerk, John, 413 bis
Crichton, William, 103
Clerk, William, 811, 382, 385
Crockat, John, 414
Clogie, William, 344, 393, 406, 455
Crombie, James, 401
Cock, Alexander, 188
Crombie, James Morrison, 86
Cock, James, 163
Cruden, David, 70
Cock, John Forbes Mitchell, 239
Cruden, George, 197
Cock, William, 155, 239
Cruden, James, 246, 260
Cockburn, John, 206, 216
Cruickshank, Daniel, 293, 343
Cockburn, Samuel, 344, 367
Cruickshank, George, 350
Cockburn, Timothy, 400
Cruickshank, James, 258, 272
Collace, David, 383
Cruickshank, James Alexander, 328
Collie, George, 336
Cruickshank, John, 273, 312
Collie, William, 383
Cruickshank, William, 172
Colquhoun, William Young, 192
Cumine, William, 239, 245
Colt, Andrew, 355, 364
Cumming, Alexander, 414, 476
Conn, John Charles, 395
Cumming, David, 419
Cook, Archibald, 467
Cumming, George, 405, 414
Cook, Finlay, 468
Cumming, John, 222, 282, 379, 419, 436
Cook, George, 102, 109
Cumming, John Barr, 328
Cook, James, of Ardblair, 400
Cumming, Michael, 383
Cook, Robert, 125
Cumming, Patrick, 34S, 400, 408, 413
Cooper, James, 5
Cumming, Robert, 453, 482
Cooper, John, 312
Cumming, William, 451
Copland, Patrick, 137, 140
Cunningham, David, 1, 36
Copland, Robert, 53, 286
Currie, Andrew, 65, 292
Copland, Samuel, 57
Currie, James, 86, 164, 180
Copland, William, 126, 146
Currie, John, 56
Corbet, Adam, 51
Cushnie, John, 77
Cordiner, Charles, 225
Cushny, Alexander, 112, 179, 184
Cordiner, James, 255
Cushny, James, 79
Cormok, Thomas, 256
Cushny, John, 318, 403
Corrie, Richard Clayton, 155
Cushny, Robert, 159, 227, 300
Corse, David, 20, 22
Cuthbert, Sir David, 472
Coul, Alexander, 377
Cuthbert, James Nimmo, 49
Coull, Alexander, 419
Coulter, Henry, 10
Dalgarno, Andrew, 245
Coupar, Robert, 267
Dalgarno, George, 257
Coutts, James, 121, 198, 211
Dalgarno, William, 240
Coutts, Laurence, 100
Dalgleish, Nicol, 13
Cowan, Henry, 5, 25, 40
Dallas, John, of Budzet, 433, 434
Cowie, William, 123, 230, 304
Dalloquhy, Alexander, 120
Cowper, William, 126
Dalloquhy, Thomas, 132
Cox, James Taylor, 55
Dalrymple, David, 340
Craib, Alexander Reid, 237
Dalrymple, Robert, 414
Craig, John, 35
Darg, Patrick, 282, 287
Craig, Thomas, 399, 405
Darg, Walter, 284
Craig, William, 264
Darling, James, 163, 169
Craigie, Hew, 262
Darling, Peter, 279
Craigie, John, 217, 241
Daun, George, 159
Cranmer, John Graham, 316
Dauney, Francis, 81, 106, 163, 166
Crawford, David, 109
Davidson, Alexander Dyce, 31, 39
Crawford, James Andrew, 59
Davidson, Charles Alexander, 398
Crawford, John, 26
Davidson, Charles R., 447
Crevey, Thomas, 63
Davidson, Duncan, 228, 23S
INDEX OF MINISTERS
533
Davidson, Edwin Maxwell Murray, 346
Davidson, George, 105
Davidson, George Ramsay, 307
Davidson, James, 290
Davidson, John, 162, 242
Davidson, John Buie, 233
Davidson, Patrick, 159, 167, 184
Davidson, Thomas, 141
Davidson, William, 120, 161, 238
Davidson, William Leslie, 150
Dawson, Thomas Henry, 177
Deans, Alexander, 83
Denune, Alexander, 479
Dewar, Daniel, 9
Dewar, David, 300
Dewar, Donald, 192
Dewar, Thomas, 31
Dey, William Dunbar, 373
Diack, Albert Alexander, 234
Dick, David, 357
Dick, James, 355, 369
Dickie, John, 115
Dickson, George Arthur Macdonald, 289
Dingwall, George, 49, 250
Dingwall, William, 255
Dinwiddie, Melville, 24
Doig, Robert, 4, 32
Donald, Francis Cantlie, 107
Donald, George Henry, 40
Donald, Gordon Irving, 297
Donald, James, 163
Donald, William, 232
Donaldson, George, 131, 296
Donaldson, Laurence, 331
Donaldson, Walter, 245
Dougall, William, 379, 406
Douglas, Alexander, 218, 319, 388, 399,
404
Douglas, George, 282, 284, 342, 378, 384,
388, 400, 408, 413
Douglas, James, 69, 78, 127, 171, 181
Douglas, Patrick, of Ballormie, 382, 404
Douglas, Robert, 191
Douglas, William, of Blackmill, 77, 107
Douglas, William, 254, 334, 340, 382, 388
Dow, John, 478
Downie, Andrew, 167
Downie, Robert, 27
Drummond, Peter, 85
Duff, Alexander, 176, 416, 453
Duff, Alfred Drummond, 336
Duff, Sir James, 450
Duff, James, 89, 303, 317, 445, 450, 454,
475
Duff, John, 52, 315
Duff, Patrick, 20, 23, 127
Duff, Robert, 133, 265, 335
Duff, Thomas, 418
Duff, William, 72, 127 bis, 129, 194, 265,
315, 332
Duguid, William, 313
Duirs, James, 54
Dumbreck, Andrew, 149
Dunbar, Alexander, 344, 379, 404, 405,
425, 436
Dunbar, David, 172, 418, 430, 443
Dunbar, Gavin, of Windiehills, 375, 400
Dunbar, George, 367, 414, 443
Dunbar, James, 85, 279, 386, 478
Dunbar, John, 252, 346, 416, 418
Dunbar, Patrick, 43, 385, 443, 451
Dunbar, Robert, 23, 74, 121, 140, 397, 418,
430
Dunbar, Robert, of Ballinspink, 416
Dunbar, Robert, of Burgie, 427
Dunbar, Thomas, 384, 399, 427
Dunbar, Thomas, of Grange, 436, 443
Dunbar, William, 188, 342, 387, 416, 475
Duncan, Alexander Adams, 251
Duncan, George, 63
Duncan, James Keith, 32
Duncan, John, 149
Duncan, John Garrow, 267, 368
Duncan, John Robertson, 398
Duncan, Norman, 326, 334, 438, 440
Duncan, Patrick, 401
Duncan, Thomas Ogilvy, 170
Duncan, William, 132
Duncanson, Angus, 132
Duncanson, John, 430, 479
Dundas, James, 374, 400
Dunlop, David, 379
Dunlop, John, 74
Dunlop, Ludovic, 74, 114
Dunn, Charles, 84
Dunn, Gavin Gibb, 202
Dunn, Peter, 403
Dunn, Peter Alexander, 43
Dunnett, Hamilton David Forrester, 193,
346
Durham, Patrick, 433
Dyce, William, 47
Eadie, James, 267
Baston, James Cruickshank, 174
Edie, William, 266
Edie, William Henry, 426
Edwards, George Jehu, 364
Edwards, John, 323
Ellis, Ferdinand, 155
Elmslie, William, 305
Elphinston, James, 137
534
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Eustache, Alexander, 100
Ewen, John Spence, 261, 270
Fairbairn, George, 269
Fairbairn, Thomas, 309, 349
Fairholm, Charles, 220
Fairlie, John, 43, 264
Fairweather, Robert, 70
Falconar, Alexander, 434
Falconar, Colin, 389, 404, 422
Falconer, Alexander, 343
Falconer, Andrew James Aiken, 116, 224
Falconer, John, 257, 270
Falconer, William, 416
Falconer, William, of Kincorth, 416
Farms, Andrew W., 132
Farquhar, Alexander, 235, 237
Farquhar, James, 70, 90, 245
Farquhar, John, 70
Farquhar, Robert, 152, 232, 282
Farquhar, William, 38, 75, 253
Farquharson, James, 119, 481
Farquharson, John, 296
Farquharson, Robert, 130
Farquharson, Robert, of Allargue, 104,
126, 367
Farquharson, William, 351
Ferguson, Alexander, of Crathienaird, 85,
92
Ferguson, John, 98
Ferguson, John M'Gregor, 237
Fergusson, Adam, 92
Fergusson, David Scott, 113
Ferme, Charles, 220
Ferries, Alexander, of Crathienaird, 85, 92
Ferries, George, 88
Ferries, John, 98, 420
Ferries, Peter, 420
Fiddes, Alexander, 304
Fiddes, Robert, 60
Findlater, John, 267, 304, 306
Findlater, Robert, 468
Findlay, Peter Charles, 350
Findlay, Robert, 124
Findlay, William, 266, 354
Finlayson, James Macdonald, 230
Fisher, Robert Howie, 40
Fleming, Thomas, 56
Flint, Robert, 5
Fober (Forster), John, 311
Foote, James, 15
Forbes, Alexander, 56, 121, 254, 297, 363,
416
Forbes, Alexander Hay, 440
Forbes, Arthur, 54, 178, 221, 234, 271
Forbes, Arthur, of Echt, 50, 95
Forbes, Augustine Wentworth Scudamore,
41
Forbes, Duncan, 171, 234
Forbes, Francis, of Camphill, 315
Forbes, George, 126, 135
Forbes, George, of Blelack and Inverernan,
139
Forbes, Gordon, 55, 142
Forbes, Harry, 436
Forbes, James, 145
Forbes, James Beattie, 172
Forbes, James Grant, 145, 177
Forbes, John, 8, 101, 103, 117, 202, 207,
249
Forbes, John, of Bithnie, 101
Forbes, John, of Camphill, 175
Forbes, John, of Corse, 14
Forbes, John, of Pitnacadel, 216, 235
Forbes, Lewis William, 338
Forbes, Patrick, 23, 338
Forbes, Patrick, of Corse, 319
Forbes, Robert, 42, 59, 103, 146, 176
Forbes, Robert, of Finnersie, 95
Forbes, Robert Wilson, 200
Forbes, Thomas, 15, 128, 135, 140, 175,
202, 427
Forbes, William, 6, 12, 14, 49, 118, 126,
128, 132, 136, 140, 141, 161, 168, 171
bis, 175, 204, 221
Forbes, William, of Tillygreig, 326
Fordyce, Alexander, 427
Forrest, Daniel Alexander, 274
Forrest, James, 186, 229
Forrest, Robert Gibb, 237, 267
Forrester, David, 294
Forrester, John, 421
Forster, Charles Edwin, 32
Forsyth, Alexander, 66
Forsyth, Alexander John, 48
Forsyth, James, 40, 48
Forsyth, Morris, 328
Forsyth, William, 353, 435
Forsyth, William, of Greens, 78
Fowler, Charles, 437
Fowler, James, 482
Fraser, Alexander, 222, 259, 301, 344, 356,
440, 441, 448, 458, 462(3), 465 bis, 474
Ms, 478
Fraser, Andrew, 179
Fraser, Andrew Dow, 445, 475, 478
Fraser, Charles, 442
Fraser, Colin, 470
Fraser, David, 451
Fraser, Donald, 465, 468, 474
Fraser, Donald Dow, 468, 472
Fraser, George, 50, 52, 336
INDEX OF MINISTERS
535
Fraser, Hugh, 248, 267, 441, 469
Fraser, James, 28, 51, 190, 449, 452
Fraser, James, of Brea, 461
Fraser, James, of Phopachy, 473
Fraser, James William, 368
Fraser, John, 88, 101, 170, 469, 471, 480
Fraser, Michael, 448
Fraser, Robert, 316
Fraser, Simon, 435, 453
Fraser, Thomas, 297, 440, 442, 446, 451,
458, 465
Fraser, "William, 202, 245 its, 355, 360, 372,
400, 446, 467, 468
Fraser, William Dow, 472
Fraser, William, of Phopachy, 460
Frater, William Duncan, 230
Fullerton, Alexander, 28
Fullerton, John, 51
Fullerton, William, 427
Gair, Alexander, 453
Gairdyne, Alexander, 216, 309
Gairdyne, George, 124
Gairdyne, Thomas, 124
Galbraith, Robert, 281
Gall, Alexander, 9, 137
Gallie, Alexander, 285, 288, 370
Garden, Alexander, 83, 110, 254
Garden, David, 251, 262
Garden, Francis, 182
Garden, George, 2, 20, 254
Garden, James, 61, 66
Garden, Robert, 241
Garden, Thomas, 308
Gardiner, George, 210
Gardiner, James, 296
Gardyne, Gilbert, of Boath, 282 bis, 284,
287
Gardyne, Patrick, 47
Gardyne, Thomas, 56, 204
Garioch, Alexander, 66, 71, 108, 110, 137,
173, 319
Garioch, Andrew, 72
Garioch, George, 174
Garioch, James Gordon, 112
Garioch, John, 381, 407
Garioch, William, 131, 146, 154
Gartly, John, 193, 200, 348
Gauld, Alexander, 166
Gauld, Andrew, 110, 250
Gauld, Robert, 154
Geddes, William, 409
Gellan, Charles, 341
Gellie, John, 70, 164 bis, 171, 175, 180
Gentle, Alexander, 377
Gerard, Alexander, 8, 50
Gerard, Gilbert, 23, 152
Gibbon, Charles, 229
Gibson, Andrew Millar, 293
Gibson, Arthur John Howisou, 467
Gibson, John, 385
Gilchrist, James, 194, 405
Gilchrist, John, 320, 337, 376, 410
Giles, Charles, 253, 268
Gill, Sir Thomas, 322
Gillan, Charles, 235
Gillan, Ian Robert Wilson, 364
Gillan, James, of Allangarth, 119 bis, 141,
403, 425
Gillies, William, 341
Gillieson, William Phin, 12
Gilmour, Donald, 461
Glas, Patrick, 295
Glass, John, 351, 355, 364, 372
Glass, John Robertson, 362
Glass, Patrick, 419
Glass, William, 121, 133, 137
Glennie, George, 9, 39
Glennie, John, 51, 62, 96
Goodwillie, Richard, 244
Gordon, Abercromby, 277, 293
Gordon, Abercromby Lockhart, 9
Gordon, Alexander, 98, 103, 169, 194, 197,
253, 301, 311, 344, 367, 446
Gordon, Alexander, of Tulloch, 344, 346.
367
Gordon, Andrew, 197
Gordon, Arthur, 329
Gordon, Charles, 85
Gordon, Charles Robert Halkett Dawson,
297, 398
Gordon, George, 3, 305, 327, 337, 343, 347,
376, 380
Gordon, George, of Chapelton, 149, 306
Gordon, George William Algernon, 144,
321
Gordon, Harry, 434
Gordon, Hugh, 269
Gordon, James, 89, 118 bis, 121, 122, 123,
124, 140, 149, 164, 180, 194, 299, 305,
311, 317, 331, 346 bis, 409 bis, 425
Gordon, James, of Ardoe, 44
Gordon, James, of Chapelton, 329
Gordon, John, 29, 123, 124, 127, 139, 212,
216, 259, 319, 356, 367, 383, 386, 393,
403, 478
Gordon, Lewis, 383, 395
Gordon, Ludovick, 78, 317, 332
Gordon, Maxwell, 194
Gordon, Patrick, 57, 90, 106, 137, 286,
299, 330, 331
Gordon, Robert, 295, 303, 306
536
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Gordon, Theodore, 122, 131
Gordon, Thomas, 122, 228, 340, 403, 437
Gordon, Thomas, of Crathienaird, 78, 85
Gordon, Walter, 82, 153
Gordon, William, 86, 125, 128, 149, 168,
286, 342, 356, 391, 394, 410, 482
Gordon, William Lindsay, 32
Gormok, Thomas, 198
Graham, John, 50, 110
Graham, William Macmaster, 435
Grant, Alexander, 343, 349, 439, 449, 481
Grant, Alexander Rae, 164
Grant, Alexander Robertson, 74, 341
Grant, Charles, 366, 372
Grant, Duncan, 6, 377, 423
Grant, Farquhar, 346
Grant, Francis, 286, 347, 358, 360
Grant, Francis William, 277, 347, 363, 415
Grant, George, 23, 291, 295, 328, 337, 341,
367
Grant, Grigor, 358
Grant, Hugh, 346
Grant, James, 85, 289, 292, 345, 351, 358,
368, 370, 444, 465, 482 bis
Grant, John, 286, 337, 340, 352, 354, 359,
361, 367, 372, 394, 442, 451, 480, 482
Grant, Lachlan, 475
Grant, Lachlan, of Ruthrie, 365
Grant, Lewis, 358, 360, 363
Grant, Ludovick, 199, 360
Grant, Ludovick William, 280, 292
Grant, Neil, 354, 357
Grant, Patrick, 351, 354, 357, 358, 359, 360
bis, 363, 368, 430, 439, 446, 449, 458,
469
Grant, Peter, 226
Grant, Robert, 283, 286, 298, 349
Grant, Robert, of Kinchirdie, 360
Grant, Sweton, 360
Grant, Thomas, 346
Grant, William, 85, 293, 308, 345, 352, 361
bis, 368
Grassick, George Henderson, 136
Gray, Alexander, 10, 27, 244, 251, 286,
292
Gray, Andrew, 42, 89, 125
Gray, George, 350
Gray, James, 349
Gray, Robert, 122
Gray, William, 38, 249 bis
Green, Patrick John, 76
Green, William, 363
Greenlaw, John, 281
Gregor, Walter, 236, 267
Gregorie, John, 50
Gregory, Hugh, 447, 450
Gregory, James, 7, 81
Greig, George, 203
Greig, James, 153, 235
Greig, John, 189
Greig, William, 184, 227, 333
Greir, George, 13
Guild, William, of Balchers, 2, 265
Gunson, Ernest Sherwood, 273
Guthrie, Alexander, 118, 144, 373
Guthrie, Andrew, 231, 319
Guthrie, David, of Kair, 99
Guthrie, Gideon, 99
Guthrie, James, 265, 408
Guthrie, John, 79, 275, 278, 305
Guthrie, John, of Guthrie, 319, 385, 388
Guthrie, Patrick, of that ilk, 141, 196, 319
Guthrie, William, 399
Guthrie, William Galletly, 198, 313
Haix, James, 81
Hall, James Thomas, 177
Hamilton, Arthur Alexander, 467
Hamilton, William Forrest, 378
Hannay, George, 344, 375, 436
Hanye, James, 85
Harkness, John, 121
Harper, Adam, 337
Harper, John, 133, 172
Harper, Robert, 273
Harper, William, 337
Harvie, Patrick, of Mameulaw, 254
Hay, Adam, of Asleid, 268
Hay, Alexander, 122, 262, 282, 284, 329,
342, 402
Hay, George, 271, 294, 298, 339, 468
Hay, Hugh, 3, 296
Hay, James, 55, 161, 254, 394, 414, 425
Hay, John, 221, 295 bis, 427
Hay, Robert, 257
Hay, Thomas, 49, 213, 282, 298, 436
Hay, Walter, 342
Hay, William, 188, 213 bis, 214, 271, 332,
340, 354, 359, 363, 389
Hempseed, Walter, 249
Henderson, Alexander, 23, 96
Henderson, Andrew, 2S4, 354, 372
Henderson, Archibald, 364
Henderson, Arthur, 132
Henderson, David, 301, 305, 319, 437
Henderson, George, 277, 283
Henderson, James, 59, 285
Henderson, Joseph, 9
Henderson, Richard, 227
Henry, David, 324
Henry, George, 10
Hepburn, Alexander, 240
INDEX OF MINISTERS
537
Hepburn, John Wilson, 28
Innes, Walter, 170
Hepburn, Patrick, 316
Innes, William, of Mostoun, 75
Hepburne, George, 454
Ironside, Alexander, 340
Herald, William David, 107
Irvine, Alexander, 146, 214, 226, 232, 283,
Heriot, Adam, 35, 238
288, 394, 399, 437
Heriot, John, 189
Irvine, Alexander, of Lenturk, 197
Heron, John, 26
Irvine, Archibald, 82
Hervie, James, 66
Irvine, James, 52, 122, 228
Hesben, Francis, 396
Irvine, John, 111, 114, 122
Hogg, Andrew, S2
Irvine, John, of Savoch, 72, 158
Hogg, Archibald, 52
Irvine, Robert, 138, 142, 262
Hogg, James, 9, 75
Irvine, William, 206, 396
Honyman, James, 163
Irving, Alexander, 82
Home, James, of Westhall, 299, 393
Irving, James, 175
Home, John, 254
Irving, James, 140 bis
Houston, David, 245
Irving, Robert, 154, 180
Houston, John, 228, 472
Irving, Walter, 153
Houston, Thomas, 445
Howart, Alexander, 202
Jack, Alexander, 26, 143
Howe, Alexander, 204
Jaffray, Alexander, 265
Howe, James, 64
Jaffray, Andrew, 118
Howell, Alexander Rutherford, 467
Jaffray, John, 268
Howeson, David, 209, 220, 259, 264
Jaffray, William, 218, 257, 265 bis
Howeson, John, 245
Jameson, John, 245
Howie, Alexander, 56, 199
Jameson, Robert, 303
Howie, Robert, 13, 22, 287, 319
Jameson, William, 317
Howieson, Nicol, 427, 430, 436, 442
Jamieson, George, 7, 21, 24, 315
Howieson, Thomas, 455
Jamieson, William, 16
Hoyes, John, 376, 425
Jeffrey, James, 174
Hoyes, William, 423
Jenkins, James, 78
Hume, Edward, 236
Jenkins, William Falconer, 350
Humphrey, Alexander, 289
Johnston, Alexander, 7, 119, 269, 413
Hunter, James, 341
Johnston, George Andrew, 11, 217, 316
Hunter, William, 245, 267, 276
Johnston, Gilbert, 107
Hutcheson, James, 57, 64
Johnston, James, 140, 149, 154, 175, 214,
Hutchison, George, 81
341, 343, 378, 413
Johnston, Thomas, 127, 337
Idell, William, 90
Johnston, William, 120, 121, 164, 181, 250,
Imray, John, 227
268, 343
Ingram, Gordon, 267, 411
Johnstone, George, 75, 87, 265
Ingram, William, 96, 114, 343
Johnstone, Michael Patrick Maxwell, 223
Innes, Alexander, of Culvie, 326, 331, 344,
382
Kean, William, 26
Innes, Alexander, 299, 342, 378, 379, 404
Keay, Charles, 217
Innes, Beroald, 66
Keay, William Murray, 43, 195
Innes, Beroald, of Inchstellie, 375
Keith, Andrew, 264
Innes, George, 180, 283, 2S5, 297, 402, 425
Keith, Archibald, 186, 212, 230, 240
Innes, George, of Blairton, 47, 110
Keith, George, 148, 163, 216
Innes, Hugh, 327
Keith, George Skene, 163
Innes, James, 276, 323, 341
Keith, Gilbert, 149
Innes, Jerome, 256
Keith, Gilbert, of Fynnersie, 74
Innes, John, 56, 259, 289, 292, 408
Keith, James, 47, 363, 424
Innes, Patrick, 276, 285
Keith, John, 20, 83, 95, 163, 230
Innes, Robert, 124, 259, 317, 384, 399, 406
Keith, John, of Ludquharn, 374, 382, 384
Innes, Robert, of Cotts, 206
bis
Innes, Thomas, 454
Keith, Robert, 215, 305, 317, 400, 404, 408
538
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Keith, William, of Lentush, 59, 162, 16
206
Keith (Kethie), William, 336
Kellas, John, 239
Kello, Gilbert, 47
Kelly, James, 135, 293
Keltie, Robert, 167
Kemp, Arnold Low, 268
Kemp, John Syme, 55
Kemp, Robert Sangster, 160, 218
Kennedy, John, 72, 144, 341, 380
Kennedy, Niel, 6
Kennedy, William Black, 467
Ker, Alexander, 314
Ker, James, 384
Kerr, Andrew, 122, 126, 272, 295
Kerr, Robert C. 432
Kesting, August John, 29
Kidd, James, 7
Kidd, Thomas, 227
Kilburn, John Robert de Lingen, 362
King, Alexander, 393
King, John, 55
Kinnear, Thomas, 96
Kinninmonth, William, 319
Kirk, James, 24
Kirkland, Alexander, 32
Knolls, Alexander, 199, 205
Knowles, George Joseph, 84
Knox, Francis, 205
Knox, John, 298, 319, 339
Knox, Robert, 292
Kyd, James, 240
Kyd, John, 407
Laing, James Mitchell, 148
Laird, David, 193
Lamb, John, 258
Lamont, Donald, 483
Lamont, Murdoch. 372
Lang, Gavin, 258, 464
Lang, John Marshall, 5, 258
Lang, Marshall Buchanan, 174
Langlands, Robert, 389
Largue, George, 110, 239
Lauder, James, 433
Law, Alexander, 121
Law, Thomas, 337, 393
Law, William, 73, 127, 202, 213
Law, William, of Newton, 422
Lawrence, William Fyfe, 46
Lawson, Alexander, 218, 395
Lawson, George, 89, 253
Lawson, James, 18
Lawtie, James, 283, 288
Lawtie, William, 275, 278, 281, 284, 287
Leask, Alexander, 124
Leask, Alexander, of that ilk, 61, 66, 187,
272
Leask, James, 24, 85, 103, 137, 187, 229,
240
Leask, William, 69
Leathern, William Harvey, 10
Ledingham, James, 280, 297
Ledingham, James Gardiner, 280
Leitch, David, 165, 190
Leitch, Gilbert, 180
Leith, George, 154, 173
Leith, Harry, of Balcairn, 333
Leith, John Watson, 174
Leith, Patrick, 106
Leith, Robert, 85, 142
Leith, William, 31, 164
Leslie, Alexander, 53, 225, 302, 311, 319,
326, 340, 348, 381, 398
Leslie, Andrew, 153
Leslie, Francis, 144, 332, 337
Leslie, George, 282, 301, 313, 325, 334
Leslie, James, 91, 213, 241, 286, 309, 348,
476
Leslie, John, 58, 69, 82, 98, 137, 151, 154,
156, 168, 178, 201, 207 bis, 303
Leslie, John, of Middleton, 348
Leslie, Leonard, 348
Leslie, Patrick, 74
Leslie, Robert, 326, 339, 355, 378, 414
Leslie, Walter, 130, 132, 151, 171, 331
Leslie, William, 58, 140, 151, 166, 240, 272
Leslie, William, of Balnageith, 120, 397,
400
Leslie, Wilson Summers, 267
Lessel, Robert, 161
Levack, William Larnach Tennyson, 364
Liddell, John, 354
Likly, Henry, 173
Likly, James, 174
Likly, John, 173
Lillie, David, 26
Lindsay, Alexander, 405, 409
Lindsay, Archibald, 364
Lindsay, David, 47, 50 bis, 51
Lindsay, George, 335, 349
Lindsay, James, 110
Lindsay, Patrick, 130
Lindsay, Robert, 82, 89, 136, 143
Little, James Alfred Stokes, 224
Livingston, Andrew, 128
Livingstone, George, 100
Lockhart, John, 222, 262
Logan, Robert, 34, 428
Logie, Andrew, 171, 180, 183 bis
Logie, John, of Boddam, 158, 173, 295
INDEX OF MINISTERS
539
Longmuir, John, 12
Loutit, John Smeaton, 195, 237
Lovie, Frederick William, 177
Low, Alexander, 129
Low, William Marshall, 115
Lowe, James Anderson, 98
Lowe, William T. W., 26
Lumsden, Edward, 109
Lumsden, James, 316
Lumsden, James, of Corrachrie, 138, 142
Lumsden, John, 45, 61, 138, 163, 226
Lumsden, Robert, 67, 120, 126, 133
Lumsden, Thomas, 164
Lunan, Alexander, 156, 168, 175
Lunan, William, 156
Lundie, John, 228
Lyell, David, 14, 44
Lyle, James, 247, 294, 355, 369
Lyle, William, 339
Lyon, William, 41
Macadam, Alexander, 396
Macalister, Ronald, 359
M'Allan, John, 481
Macarthur, Charles, 261
MacArthur, John Brown, 446
M'Aulay, Kenneth, 439
Macbean, Alexander, 453, 457, 465
M'Bean, Angus, 456
Macbean, Hugh, 432
M'Bean, Laehlan, 434, 438
Macbean, William, 377, 396, 476
MacBirnie, John, 14
MacCallum, John, 452
M'Callum, Malcolm, 453
M'Cleish, William, 154
M'Clymont, James Alexander, 10
M'Combie, Charles, of Tillyfour, 106
M'Connachie, Donald, 466, 483
M'Connochie, John Dow, 369, 447, 450
M'Corkindale, Duncan, 261
M'Cowan, John, 359
M'CuUoch, Colin, 5
M'Culloch, Duncan, 460, 465, 481
M'CuUoch, John, 433 bis
M'Culloch, Thomas, 286, 299, 379
MacCurrach, James Lawson, 7
M'Derment, Robert, 269, 341
MacDonald, Archibald, 471
Macdonald, Charles Cadell, 28
Macdonald, Donald, 357, 459, 463
Macdonald, James, 450
Macdonald, James George, 341
MacDonald, John, 33, 356, 415
Macdonald, William Gowans, 143
Macdonald, William Thomson Ponton, 284
Macdonnell, John, 419, 423
M'Dougall, Donald, 372
MacEchern, Charles, 466
MacEchern, John, 426, 478
M'Ewen, Bruce, 22, 24
Macewen, John, 417 bis
Macfadyen, Donald, 371
Macfarlane, Alexander, 93
Macfarlane, Dugald, 366
Macfarlane, Thomas, 401, 419
M 'Gilchrist, John, 22
MacGill, John Whyte, 225
Macgillivray, Donald, 481
M'Glashan, Charles, 24, 63, 244
M'Gown, James, 110
Macgregor, Alexander, 463
Macgregor, Charles, 5
M'Gregor, Duncan, 116, 225, 261
Macgregor, John Charles, 289
M'Gregor, Peter, 361, 475
Macgregor, Robert, 468
M'Gregor, William, 356, 482
M 'Hardy, Charles, 92
M'Hardy, Charles Forbes, 126
M'Hardy, Francis, 109, 270
M'Hardy, George, 407
M'Hardy, James Cameron, 330
M'Hardy, John, 105
M'Hardy, William, 212
M'Innes, Duncan, 359
M'Innes, John, 92, 104
M'Intosh, Allan, 438 bis, 440
Macintosh, Angus, 364
M'Intosh, Donald, 360
M'Intosh, Duncan, 434
M'Intosh, Hugh, 428
M'Intosh, John, 438
M'Intyre, Archibald, 29
Macintyre, Duncan, 370
M'Intyre, James, 297
M'Intyre, Malcolm, 446
M'Intyre, Neil, 372
M'lver, Alexander, 453
Mack, John, 160
Mackail, James, 268
Mackay, Adam, 189, 318
M'Kay, Alexander, 302
Mackay, George, 428
Mackay, Hugh, 476
Mackay, John Alexander, 89
Mackay, Mackintosh, 370
M'Kay, William, 357
Mackean, John, 379
M'Keggie, George Alexander, 426
Mackenzie, Alexander, 46, 91
Mackenzie, Charles Gordon, 200
540
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Mackenzie, Colin, 346, 351, 378, 432, 480
M'Kenzie, Daniel, 335, 344, 346, 365, 465,
479
Mackenzie, Donald Stewart, 134
Mackenzie, Ewen, 452, 475
Mackenzie, George, 75
Mackenzie, Hector, 365, 457, 477
M'Kenzie, Hugh, 6
M'Kenzie, Hugh Ness, 466
Mackenzie, James, 79
Mackenzie, James Duncan, 79
Mackenzie, John, 6 bis, 365, 369, 453
Mackenzie, Kenneth Alexander, 366
Mackenzie, Murdo, 389, 455, 457, 462
Mackenzie, Murdoch, 465
Mackenzie, Niel Kennedy, 378
Mackenzie, Norman, 478
Mackenzie, Roderick (Rorie), 351, 440, 475,
483
Mackenzie, William, 85, 99
M'Kerron, Alexander, 343
M'Kerron, Robert, 125
Mackeson, George, 443
Mackichan, Dugald, 449
Mackie, Alexander, 137, 160
Mackie, Charles, 52
Mackie, James, 281, 354, 377
Mackie, Philip Jervis, 392, 395
M'Kilican, John, 451
M'Killican, John, of Alness, 461
M'Killop, Niel, 447
Mackintosh, Angus, 369
Mackintosh, James, 286, 476
Mackintosh, Simon, 4, 466
Mackintosh, William, 355
M'Lachlan, James, 296, 345
Maclachlan, Lachlan, 466
Maclagan, John, 170
Maclaren, Duncan, 273
M'Laren, James, 85
M'Laren, Kenneth Daniel, 26
M'Laren, Peter, 223
M'Lauchlan, James, 476
McLauchlan, Simon Fraser, 440
M'Lauchlan, Thomas, 477
M'Lea, Duncan, 367
M'Lean, Alexander, 113
Maclean, Alexander Miller, 273
Maclean, Alistair (Alexander), 450
Maclean, David Walker, 123, 261
M'Lean, Dugald, 357
Maclean, James, 321, 410
M'Lean, John, 342
M'Lean, Kenneth, 475
M'Lean, William George Green, 212, 284
M'Lees, David Porter, 43
Maclellan, Neil, 464, 475
M'Lennan, Duncan Shaw, 371
Maclennan, John Aulay, 373
M'Lennan, Murdoch, 85, 92
Macleod, Donald, 459
M'Leod, John, 371
Macleod, John Matheson, 453
Macleod, Neil, 452
Macleod, Norman, 459
Macleod, Roderick, 355, 369
M'Luckie, John Morison, 26
Macmillan, George Gilfillan, 123
M'Murtrie, John, 76
Macnair, Alexander Wood, 198, 205, 341
M'Naughton, Alexander, 475
M'Naughton, James, 452
M'Naughton, Peter, 451
MacNeil, Alexander, 85
M'Neill, Archibald, 453
M'Nicol, William, 153
M'Phail, Andrew, 364, 440, 445, 454, 464,
475, 478 bis, 481
M'Phail, Duncan, 357
Macphail, James, 6, 449
M'Phail, Severinus, 355, 450, 478
M'Pherson, Charles, 372
Macpherson, Donald, 430, 438
Macpherson, Duncan, 369
M'Pherson, Joseph M'Kenzie, 329
M'Pherson, Lachlan, 347, 397
Macpherson, Lewis, 362, 440
Macpherson, Michael James, 151
Macpherson, Robert, 392, 395, 423, 465
Macpherson, Thomas, 355, 369
Macpherson, William, 177
Macpherson, William Mearns, 132
Macqueen, David James, 270
Macqueen, Donald, 478
M'Queen, Hugh Duff, 363
MacQueen, John, 189
M'Quitty, John Montgomery, 7
Macrae, Farquhar, 86, 453
Macrae, James Duncan, 381
M'Swain, Donald, 138
Mactaggart, David, 9
M'Vicar, Angus John, 447
Macvicar, William, 292
Macwatt, Alexander, 350
M 'William, Alexander, 273
M 'William, George, 234, 438
M'William, George Porteous, 143
M'William, James, 133, 146
Macwilliam, John, 237
M'William, Thomas, 195, 270
Madill, James Millar Moorhead, 392, 395
Mair, George, 219
INDEX OF MINISTERS
541
Mair, John, 140, 146, 184, 408
Melvill, Thomas, 54, 126, 132, 138, 145,
Mair, William, 101, 178
479
Maitland, James, of Boghead of Haddo,
Melville, Charles Nairn Barker, 62
263
Melville, George, 63, 66, 118, 149, 206
Maitland, John, 45, 75, 158, 254, 263
Menzies, David, 43, 69
Maitland, Richard, 69, 262, 342
Menzies, Edward, 69
Maitland, Robert, 249
Menzies, John, 2, 8
Maitland, Walter, 264
Mercer, Benjamin, 133, 147
Maitland, William, 114, 162
Mercer, John, 59, 134, 198, 201, 245
Malcolm, William, 136
Mercer, Robert, 43 bis, 190
Manners, Stephen, 56
Mercer, William, 235, 406
Manson, John, 257
Michell, John, 105
Mark, George, 72, 473
Michie, John Grant, 94
Marr, Peter Carmichael, 113
Michie, Robert, 87
Marr, William, 176
Middleton, Alexander, 19, 63, 183
Marshall, Alexander, 402
Middleton, George, 109, 129, 135, 286
Marshall, Andrew, 144
Middleton, Henry, 79
Marshall, Gilbert, 346, 357 bis, 384, 460
Middleton, James Robert, 100
Marshall, John, 340
Middleton, John, 100, 171, 183
Marshal], Robert Campbell, 211
Mill, Andrew, 432
Martin, Alexander, 215, 226
Mill, James, 160
Martin, Alexander Stuart, 40
Mill, Thomas, 54, 173
Martin, David, 113
Millar, David Alexander, 33
Martin, Donald, 352, 468
Miller, David, 432
Martin, James, 231 bis
Miller, Robert, 78
Martin, Nathaniel, 209, 231
Miln, William, 133, 263, 305, 311
Martin, Robert James Victor, 248
Milne, Alexander, 141, 246, 279
Martin, Thomas, 215
Milne, Andrew, 61
Martin, William, 275
Milne, Andrew Jamieson, 258
Mason, Stephen, 151, 154, 158, 173, 182,
Milne, David, 7, 127, 414, 419
201, 256
Milne, James, 191, 252, 264, 267, 286, 330
Massie, Andrew, 249, 305
Milne, John, 10, 61, 263
Massie, William, 249
Milne, Robert, 78, 143, 146, 402, 405
Masson, Alexander, 338
Milne, William Murray, 267
Masson, David Norman, 203
Minty, George, 131
Masson, Samuel, 126
Minty, William, 131
Masson, William, 86, 155, 302, 387
Mitchell, Adam, 159
Matheson, Alexander, 317
Mitchell, Alexander, 20, 47, 106
Matheson, John, 370, 435
Mitchell, Arthur, 60, 75
Maxwell, John, 67, 120, 326
Mitchell, Arthur, of Gask, 271, 272
May, John, 331
Mitchell, David, 148
Mearns, Alexander, 9, 142, 159
Mitchell, Donald, 396, 431
Mearns, Duncan, 205
Mitchell, Gavin, 60
Mearns, Duncan George, of Disblair,
Mitchell, George, 88
179
Mitchell, Henry, 86, 269
Mearns, Robert, 87
Mitchell, James, 20, 23, 27, 232
Mearns, William, 343
Mitchell, James Robert Mitford, 40
Meiklejohn, Robert, 139
Mitchell, John, 10, 241
Meldrum, George, 2, 56
Mitchell, John Edmund, 71
Meldrum, George, of Crombie, 311, 312
Mitchell, Patrick, 167, 311
Meldrum, Neil, 30
Mitchell, Thomas, 114, 149, 204, 293
Meldrum, William, 71, 250
Mitchell, Thomas, of Mains of Gask, 196,
Melvill, Andrew, 44
206, 271
Melvill, Francis, 2
Mitchell, William, 27, 66, 121
Melvill (or Melvine), James, 247
Mitchell, William Lamb, 10
Melvill, Robert, 53
Moderattis, John, 339
542
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Moffat, William, 395
Moir, Alexander, 24
Moir, Andrew, 142, 190, 199
Moir, George, 68, H2, 169, 232
Moir, James, 204
Moir, Robert, 333, 471
Moir, William, 257
Monro, George, 460
Monro, George Ross, 318
Monro, Robert, 453
Monteith, Robert Taylor, 214
Montfod, Thomas, 453
Moodie, Roger, 309
Moore, Alexander, 222
Moore, James, 222, 238
Morgan, John, 350
Morison, George, 291
Morison, George, of Elsick and Disblair,
45, 179
Morison, Thomas, 230
Morison, Walter, 285, 286, 342, 434
Morrice, William, 101, 106
Morrison, Angus John, 478
Morrison, John, 217, 420, 443, 446, 480
Mortimer, Henry, 247
Mosman, John, 447
Mossman, Robert, 311, 319, 450
Mouat, Alexander, 171
Mowat, Andrew, 271
Mowat, M'Intosh, 26
Moyes, Laurence, 252
Muir, William Bruce, 33
Mulligan, James Alexander Waddell,26,113
Mulligine, John, 173, 199
Munro, Daniel, 362, 437
Munro, George Mackay, 362
Munro, James, 376, 397, 425, 453
Munro, John Malcolm, 362
Munro, Thomas Arnott, 97
Murdoch, Alexander, 338
Murdoch, William, 155
Mureson, William, 186
Murray, Alexander, 341, 379, 386
Murray, Sir Gideon, of Elibank, 248
Murray, Gordon John, 9
Murray, James, 175, 314
Murray, John, 4, 33, 259, 275, 285
Murray, John Paton, 85
Murray, Peter, 293
Murray, Robert, 206
Murray, William, 161, 240, 381
Muschet, David, 341, 367
Muschet, William, 201
Mylne, Alexander, 206
Mylne, George, 180
Myretoun, Patrick, 156
Napier, Archibald, 62, 149
Neil, Robert, 97
NeiJson, John Leishman, 182
Neilson, Matthew Welsh, 220
Neilson, William, 56
Nelson, Adam, 246
Nelson, Robert, 68
Nesbit, George, 212
Nesbitt, John Christopher, 175
Newlands, James, 2S
Nicolson, Colin, 351, 367
Nicolson, George, 305, 309, 329, 331
Nicolson, James, 45
Nicolson, Malcolm, 469
Nicolson, Patrick, 469
Nisbett, George Dundas, 11
Norie, Gilbert, 331
Ogg, Charles, 224
Ogilvie, Alexander, 204, 330
Ogilvie, Andrew, 128
Ogilvie, David, of Peattie, 83
Ogilvie, George, 181
Ogilvie, James, 27, 38, 291, 293, 349
OgUvie, John, 43, 106, 108, 186, 187, 203,
354, 381
OgUvie, Robert, 199, 292, 293
Ogilvie, Walter, 284
Ogilvie, William, 5, 58
Ogilvy, George, 45
Ogilvy, Skene, 20, 75
Ogston, Alexander, 245
Ogston, Patrick, 262
Oliphant, Adam, 127
Oliphant, Johnston, 109
Oliver, Stephen, 146
Oliver, William, 9
Ord, John, 87
Ord, Thomas, 291
Orem, Alexander, 137, 146, 268
Orr, Arthur, 154
Osborne, James, 8, 38
Osborne, John, 15
Osborne, William, 57
Ostler, Andrew, 372
Oswald, John, 2
Paston, John, 251
Pape (or Pope), William, 433
Park, George Mathieson, 286
Park, James, 33
Park, James, of Cranoch, 408
Parker, Gavin, 42
Paterson, Alexander, 151, 158, 270, 349
Paterson, George, 47, 59, 156, 160
Paterson, James, 90, 136, 380
INDEX OF MINISTERS
543
Paterson, John, 14, 190 bis, 193, 399, 402,
418, 421, 437
Paterson, Robert, 406
Paterson, William, 197, 202
Paton, John, 135, 435
Paton, Robert Nicol, 270
Patton, John, 158
Paul, John, 349
Paul, William, 45, 62
Paull, James, 9, 145
Paull, William, 145
Peebles, Guy Steel, 32, 426
Peter, George, 167
Peter, James, 172, 217
Peter, John, 399
Peterkin, William, 267, 386, 339, 391, 402
Petrie, George, 226
Philip, Alexander, 11, 110, 189, 279, 285
Philip, David, 393
Philip, George, 273
Philip, George Forbes Innes, 28, 76, 220
Philip, John, 117, 253, 264, 271, 316, 319,
331
Philip, William Marshall, 76
Philp, James, 405
Pirie, George, 202
Pirie, Thomas Morrison, 297, 347
Pirie, William Robinson, 9, 55, 321, 444
Pitcairn, David, 422
Pollock, Robert, 8
Poison, William, 88
Pont, Robert, 388
Ponton, Walter, 341, 343
Porteous, John, 344
Porteous, William, 428
Potter, William, 261, 292
Powtie, James, 137
Primmer, Jacob, 261
Primrose, Charles, 299, 389, 393, 422
Primrose, William, 13
Pringle, John, 205
Pryde, John Marshall, 26
Pryde, Robert, 225
Rae, James, 16
Rae, John, 180
Raeburn, Gordon, 129
Rag, David, 454
Ragg, Thomas, 48, 55
Rainy, Alexander, 308
Rainy, James, 174, 270
Rait, Archibald, 168
Rait, David, 18
Rait, James, 430, 436, 442
Ramage, Alexander, 88
Ramsay, Gilbert, 54, 209
Ramsay, John, 111, 209, 303
Ramsay, Thomas, 2
Ramsay, William, 209, 210
Ranken, Henry, 11
Rannaldson, Thomas, 282
Rannie, William, 300
Rattray, David, 187, 200, 220
Rattray, Patrick, 187
Rawson, Alexander, 405
Ray, David, 420
Ray, John, 337, 340, 367
Ray, Thomas, 66, 340
Reaper, Alexander, 185
Ree, Stephen, 338
Reid, Adam, 198
Reid, Alexander, 134, 167, 293, 363
Reid, Archibald, 230
Reid, Cuthbert, 49
Reid, James, 79, 82, 89, 103, 120, 437
Reid, John, 53, 55, 114, 196, 242, 386
Reid, Lewis, 111
Reid, Patrick, 124
Reid, Robert, 80 bis
Reid, Thomas, 66, 135
Reid, William, 53, 121
Reid, WiUiam Walker, 12
Reid, William, of Glasgowego, 254, 305,
309
Reidfurd, Andrew, 301
Reidfurd, John, 142, 251, 342
Reynold, Alexander, 209
Reynold, Robert, 19
Riach, William, 404, 436, 442
Richardson, Alexander, 413, 438, 455
Richardson, Walter, 56, 69, 124, 158, 178,
305, 309
Riddel, Patrick, 348
Rintoul, David, 391
Rioch, William, 404, 436, 442
Rires, Thomas, 228
Rires, William, 228
Ritchie, Andrew, 91, 200
Ritchie, Charles, 430
Ritchie, James, 27
Ritchie, John, 248
Ritchie, John Geddes, 384
Ritchie, Walter, 146
Robb, John, of Pittrichie, 227
Robb, Richard, 148
Robertson, , 86
Robertson, Alexander, 61, 71, 77, 87, 90
Robertson, Alexander Irvine, 40
Robertson, Alexander, of Duniehill, 226
Robertson, Bartholomew, 400, 404, 472
Robertson, Charles Moncreiff, 6
Robertson, David, 218, 240
544
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Robertson, David Young, 364
Ruddach, George, 291
Robertson, Donald, 157
Ruggan, John, 105
Robertson, Duncan, 353
Russel, John, 76, 172, 316
Robertson, Frank, 270
Rust, James, 203
Robertson, James, 99, 191, 400
Rutherford, Andrew, 372
Robertson, John, 138, 240, 241, 310, 361,
365, 400
Sage, Donald, 6
Robertson, John Leslie, 34, 52
Sanders, John, 443
Robertson, Peter, 466
Sanders, William, 298, 379
Robertson, Robert, 76, 105
Sanderson, Alexander, 346
Robertson, Thomas, 124, 226
Sanderson, David, 92
Robertson, William, 27, 69, 92, 107, 109,
Sanderson, John, 351
114, 175, 369, 370, 415, 425
Sanderson, Joseph, 376, 390, 394
Robertson, William George, 186
Sanderson, William, 98
Robertson, William, of Peterstoun, 44
Sangster, George, 247
Robeson, James, 287
Sangster, James, 248
Roche, John, 69
Saunders, Alexander Christian William, 86
Roche, William, 384
Sawers, William, 95
Roger, John, 102
Schank, Martin, 63, 80
Rogers, Thomas Godfrey, 224
Scot, John, of Loch, 402
Rose, Alexander, 51, 250 bis, 303, 389, 443,
Scott, George, 175, 278
447, 462, 465
Scott, James, 81, 310
Rose, Alexander, of Insch, 110, 176
Scott, John, 128
Rose, Hugh, 443
Scott, Robert, 127
Rose, James, 1
Scott, Thomas, 26, 257
Rose, John, 87, 197, 207, 299
Scott, William, 86, 243
Rose, John, of Easter Clune, 82, 83
Scott, William David, 32
Rose, John, of Insch, 193
Scott, William Frank, 198
Rose, Lachlan, 320
Scougal, Henry, 250
Rose, Patrick, 312
Scrogie, Alexander, 18, 19, 50, 74, 252,
Rose, Richard, 383, 415
305
Rose, Robert, 458, 465
Scrogie, John, 317
Ross, Alexander, 10, 14, 27, 137, 158, 238,
Scrogie, William, 295
243
Seaton, Alexander, 135
Ross, Archibald Watson, 353
Seaton, George, 66
Ross, Arthur, 110, 216
Seaton, John, 19, 22
Ross, David, 471
Seaton, John, of Schethin, 165, 193
Ross, Duncan Mearns, 313
Seaton, William, of Schethin, 196, 199
Ross, Evan, 435
Selbie, George Alexander, 125, 341
Ross, George, 32
Selkirk, William Alexander Rattray, 266
Ross, Gilbert, 388
Sellar, James, 336
Ross, Henry, 264, 329, 331
Semple, Adam, 318
Ross, James, 13, 15, 87, 97, 111, 114 bis,
Seton, Alexander, 82, 275 bis, 282, 326
122, 123
Seton, George, 82, 257
Ross, John, 79, 85, 105, 106, 355, 442, 447,
Seton, Patrick, 54, 250
450
Seton, William, 106, 305
Ross, Malcolm Munro, 43
Shand, Alexander, 127, 158, 264
Ross, Neil Macleod, 25, 371
Shand, James, 9, 106, 169
Ross, Richard, 50, 71
Shand, John, 152, 167, 169, 180
Ross, Robert, 189
Shand, William, 106
Ross, Thomas, 78
Shanks, Alexander, 51
Ross, Walter, 442
Shanks, Robert, 280
Ross, William, 170
Sharp, Alexander, 149
Rothnie, George, 305
Sharp, John, 237 bis
Row, John, 14
Sharpe, George, 256
Ruddach, Alexander, 340
Shaw, vEneas, 422, 480
INDEX OF MINISTERS
545
Shaw, Alexander, 419
Shaw, Duncan, 15, 428
Shaw, Lachlan, 365, 390, 439
Shaw, William, 431
Shearer, Hugh, 228
Shepherd, George, 78, 114, 365, 370
Shepherd, John, 85, 104, 107
Shepherd, Robert, 157
Shepherd, Thomas, 149
Shepherd, William, 43
Sheriffs, James, 39
Sibbald, Abraham, 69, 215
Sibbald, Alexander, 165
Sibbald, David, 219
Sibbald, James, of Kair, 36
Sibbald, Patrick, 8, 38
Sibbald, Samuel James Ramsay, 94
Sim, David, 41
Sim, George Innes, 51, 342
Sime, John, 228
Sime, Walter, 312, 327
Simm, Alexander, 111
Simmie, James, 333
Simpson, Alexander, 23, 68, 159, 222, 243,
407
Simpson, David, 33, 179, 381
Simpson, Donald Murray, 478
Simpson, George Alexander, 246
Simpson, Robert, 170
Simpson, William, 230, 354, 454
Simson, Alexander, 176
Simson, Andrew, 413, 416, 418, 421
Simson, George, 418
Simson, Henry, 152
Simson, Patrick, 161, 166
Simson, William, 359, 430
Sinclair, Alexander, 408
Sinclair, John, 374
Sinclair, Patrick Campbell, 412
Sinton, Thomas, 452
Skene, Andrew, 87, 271, 277, 320
Skene, Arthur, 105, 126
Skene, Charles, 11
Skene, George, 165
Skene, John, 297
Skinner, William, 91, 115
Slessor, Robert, 33
SIoss, John Smith, 336
Smart, Alexander, 157, 331
Smart, Gordon, 123, 148
Smith, Adam, 142
Smith, Alexander, 129, 147, 152
Smith, Alexander Hood, 68, 167
Smith, Andrew, 85
Smith, Andrew Spence, 97
Smith, David, 60, 264
Smith, George, 59, 84
Smith, George Mure, 261
Smith, Hugh M'Connach, 70
Smith, James, 9, 30, 65, 192, 226, 269, 417,
451
Smith, James Doune, 483
Smith, James M'Gavin, 268
Smith, John, 243, 432
Smith, John Craig, 170
Smith, Joseph, 84
Smith, Peter George, 167
Smith, Robert, 21, 428
Smith, Sydney, 321
Smith, Walter, 402
Smith, William, 22, 149, 232, 278, 360, 376,
480
Smith, William Adam, 109, 143
Smyth, James, 442
Smyth, John, 145
Smyth, Nicol, 198
Smyth, Robert, 305
Snadden, Andrew Mitchell, 11
Sneddon, Robert Laird, 43, 426
Sorley, Malcolm Tower, 49
Souter, Andrew, 96, 157
Souter, John, of Auchingoul, 264
Spark, Alexander, 212, 253
Spark, Henry, 103
Spark, Robert Reith, 54
Spark, William Arthur, 128
Speed, George, 334
Speed, William, 301
Speirs, Andrew, 151, 162, 164, 305 bis
Spence, Alexander, 28, 207
Spence, James, 158
Spence, William, 127, 345
Spens, Alexander, 374, 379
Spens, Andrew, 154, 253
Spens, George, 130
Spens, James, 355, 374 bis
Spens, James, of Kirkton of Alves, 410
Spens, Norman, 305
Spens, Thomas, 154
Spens, William, 317
Sprott, George Washington, 153
Squyre, John, 422
Stables, Clark Nairn, 212
Steel, Thomas, 293
Steele, John Aulay, 12
Stephen, John, 11
Stephen, Robert, 335 bis
Stephen, Thomas, 426
Stephen, William, 428
Stephenson, David, 235
Steuart, James, 247, 263, 291
Stevenson, Alexander Wright, 236
546
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Stevenson, Archibald, 323
Stevenson, James, 332, 341
Stevenson, John, 203, 267
Stevenson, William, 124, 259 bis, 288
Stewart, Alexander, 172, 314, 354, 375
Stewart, Archibald Francis, 9
Stewart, Charles, 244
Stewart, David, 103
Stewart, Donald, 97, 266
Stewart, Duncan, 395, 466
Stewart, George Wauchope, 25, 224, 258
Stewart, James, 31, 130, 232
Stewart, John, 181, 213, 306, 328, 344, 357,
389, 401, 409, 447, 450, 466
Stewart, Matthew, 321
Stewart, Walter, 198
Stewart, Walter, of Fortrie, 190
Stirling, John, 72
Stirton, John, 94
Stobie, Charles Walker, 256
Storie, Archibald, 155, 160
Storie, John, 223
Strachan, Alexander, 27, 83, 105, 129, 151
Strachan, Andrew, 69, 144, 151, 168
Strachan, Arthur, 327
Strachan, George, 19
Strachan, James, 74, 103, 123, 165, 178,414
Strachan, Sir James, of Thornton, 320
Strachan, John, 86, 100, 105, 107, 110, 111,
128, 136, 170, 178, 203, 204
Strachan, John, of Sevydlie, 117, 134, 140,
144
Strachan, Patrick, 128
Strachan, Thomas, 134
Strachan, William, 19, 53, 151, 156, 199
Strachan, William Greig. 145
Straith, William, 154 bis
Strange, David, 122
Straton, David, 103
Straton, John, 418, 421, 427, 430
Stronach, Andrew, 400, 402
Stronach, William, 68, 323
Stuart, Alexander, 450
Stuart, Gregor, 366
Stuart, James, 288, 344, 353
Stuart, John, 334
Stuart, Walter, 377, 400
Stuart, William, 250, 272, 342, 457, 461, 465
Sutherland, Adam, 22, 66, 385
Sutherland, Alexander, 461
Sutherland, David, 468
Sutherland, James, 456, 460
Sutherland, James Rose, 42
Sutherland, Roderick, 355
Sutherland, William, 253, 311, 371, 418
Sutherland, William Neil, 223
Sutter, Alexander Robertson, 186
Swan, Alexander, 171, 234, 240
Swan, David, 140, 144
Swan, Hugh Douglas, 233
Swan, John Arbuckle, 175
Swan, William, 234
Syme, Walter, 144
Symington, John Lawrie, 297
Symmer, Alexander, 385
Tait, Robert, 283
Tait, Thomas, 23, 120, 174, 191
Tarras, Sir James, 442
Tarras, Robert, 399
Tawse, Andrew, 9, 104
Taylor, Alexander, 136
Taylor, Donald, 365
Taylor, George, 309
Taylor, Hugh, 219
Taylor, Malcolm Campbell, 93
Taylor, William, 219
Telfer, George, 156
Temple, Alexander, 55, 64
Thain, William, 120, 171
Thoirs, Thomas, 326
Thoirs, Thomas, of Auquhorties, 156, 206
Thom, Alexander, 70
Thorn, Gilbert, 252
Thom, John, 284
Thomson, Alexander, 57, 72, 126, 447,
450
Thomson, Andrew, 130, 182, 329
Thomson, Francis, 71
Thomson, George, 211
Thomson, James, 110, 310, 321, 335, 340,
397
Thomson, James, of Newton of Collessie,
339, 393
Thomson, James Laing, 73
Thomson, John, 28, 363
Thomson, John Scott, 262
Thomson, John James Scott, 12
Thomson, Patrick, 141
Thomson, Robert, 25, 73, 193, 473
Thomson, Thomas, of Cocklaw, 20, 272,
422
Thomson, William, 48, 72, 116, 120 bis,
124, 130, 156, 168, 413
Thorburn, Joseph, 41, 252
Tborburn, Matthew Charteris, 107
Thornton, James, 354, 400
Tindal, James Johnston, 60, 342
Tod, Alexander, 349, 393, 400
Tod, Robert, 348, 409
Todd, Andrew, 248
Topp, Alexander, 391, 395
INDEX OF MINISTERS
547
Tosh, Alexander, 114
Wardlaw, James, 188
Touch, John, 327, 335, 396
Warnock, Thomas Alexander, 418
Tower, James, 291
Warrack, James, 122
Traill, Alexander, 193
Wartlair, John, 215
Traill, Robert, 276
Waters, Alexander, 85
Tullidaff, Thomas, 193
Waters, David, 381
Tullidelf, Samuel, 201
Watson, Alexander, 85
Tulloch, Alexander, 368
Watson, Andrew, 115, 132 bis, 137, 138
Tulloch, Nicolas, 305
Watson, George, 135, 462, 465
Tulloch, Patrick, 421
Watson, James, 115, 354, 355, 359
Tulloch, Samuel, 406
Watson, John, 291
Tulloch, William, 415
Watson, Robert, 314
Turing, Sir Alexander, 179
Watson, William, 171, 180, 346, 359, 372
Turing, James, 210
Watt, Alexander, 376, 402, 423
Turing, Sir John, 158, 306
Watt, Alexander William, 125
Turing, Walter, 151, 183
Watt, Andrew, 114, 242
Tytler, George, 181
Watt, Charles James, 54
Tweedie, Andrew, 63, 113
Watt, George Christie, 381, 420
Tweedie, William King, 31
Watt, Gordon Beattie, 424
Tyrie, James, 286
Watt, John; 7, 139, 143, 284
Watt, John Peter, 300
Udny, Eobert, 197
Watt, Lauchlan Maclean, 273
Udny, Thomas, 243
Watt, Thomas David, 24, 98
Ure, William Broomfield, 262
Watt, William, 139, 161
Urquhart, Alexander, 141, 413, 427, 433
Watt, William Strachan, 195
Urquhart, George, 270
Webster, John, 88, 244, 281
Urquhart, James, 410, 424, 425
Webster, John, of Balkaithey, 188, 219
Urquhart, John, 309, 399, 410
Wedderburn, William, 138, 173
Urquhart, Thomas, of Braelangwell, 402,
Wedderspoon, James, 328
404
Weir, James, 383
Urquhart, Thomas, of Burdsyards, 414
Weir, John Symington, 185
Urquhart, Thomas, of Kinmudie, 433
Wellwood, John, 384
Urquhart, William, 173
Welsh, James, 219
Urwell, James, 329
Wemyss, James, 69
Wemyss, John, 348
Vaus, James, 440, 441, 447, 450
Wemyss, Thomas, of Foynges and Foodie,
Venters, Robert, 301
165
White, George, 61
Waddell, Robert, 354
White, John, 54, 56, 59, 74, 210
Waddell, Walter, 86
White, William Kay, 343
Walker, Alexander, 23, 145, 391, 395, 410
Whyte, Alexander, 381
411, 447
Whyte, James, 200, 243 bis
Walker, Donald, 54
Whyte, John, 354
Walker, Francis, 342
Wightman, William M'Caig, 339
Walker, George, 5
Wilkin, James Kissock, 25
Walker, George Arthur Everett, 126
Wilkin, John, 196
Walker, Henry, 292, 411
Will, John, 339, 372
Walker, James, 125, 134, 136, 145, 232,
Williams, John Hutcheon, 224
318, 381
Williamson, James Walker Thomson, 236
Walker, John, 144, 164, 165, 398
Williamson, Robert, 66, 69
Walker, Russell, 116
Williamson, William, 225
Walker, Samuel, 162, 163
Willock, Robert, 96
Wallace, John, 219
Willox, James, 166
Wallace, William, 71 (3)
Wilson, A. Maclaren, 447
Wallis, James, 42
Wilson, Alexander, 148, 247, 254, 274, 335
Walsh, George, 341
Wilson, Archibald, 91, 98
548
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Wilson, James, 92, 211, 242, 259, 261, 287
Wilson, John, 16, 91, 181, 186, 342
Wilson, Neil William, 325
Wilson, Robert, 208
Wilson, Thomas, 260 bis
Wilson, Thomas Wilkie, 25
Wilson, William, 55
Wilson, William MacKnight, 16
Wilson, William Wallace, 242
Winchester, Alexander, 288, 398, 405
Winchester, Florence, 262, 331, 342
Winchester, James, 390, 394, 427, 437
Wink, John, 347
Wiseman, William, 382
Wishart, William Philip, 234, 424
Wood, James Boath, 281
Wood, James George, 24
Wood, Robert, 54, 56
Woodside, Robert, 3S1
Wotherspoon, Gavin, 399
Wright, Henry William, 6
Wright, John, 468
Wright, Maxwell, 96
Wright, Maxwell James, 30
Wyat, Robert, 25
Wylie, Francis, 392, 395
Wyllie, John, 168
Young, Alexander, 153
Young, Andrew, 319, 405
Young, David, 364
Young, John, 83, 128, 442
Young, John Gerard, 58
Young, Thomas, 192
Youngson, Alexander, 52, 77, 95, 105, 144,
146, 328, 329
Youngson, Andrew, 74, 210, 282
Youngson, Robert, 77, 124, 141, 145
Youngson, William, 53
Yuill, James, 233
Yule, John, 292
, William [Fyvie], 256
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