FASTI ECCLESI^ SCOTICANvE
COMMITTEE, 1936-49
Sir FRANCIS JAMES GRANT, K.C.V.O.,
LL.D., W.S., Convener and General
Editor
*Rev. WILLIAM BURNETT, B.D., Restalrig
Rev. ALFRED BROWN, D.D., Maxwell
Rev. THOMAS CALDWELL, D.D., Aberlady
*Very Rev. ANDREW JAMES CAMPBELL,
D.D., Evie
Sir THOMAS CLARK, Bart.
Rev. GEORGE FREDERICK Cox, B.D.,
Harray
*Rev. JAMES TAYLOR Cox, D.D., Dyce
Rev. ROBERT MARCUS DICKSON, D.D.,
Lanark
Rev. WILLIAM MCLAUCHLAN GOLDIE,
T.D., Kilmaronock
Rev. JOHN ARNOTT HAMILTON, B.D.,
Ph.D., Newbattle
Rev. Professor GEORGE DAVID HENDER
SON, D.D., D.Litt., Aberdeen
Rev. WALTER ROBERTSON HENDERSON,
B.D., Auchencairn
Rev. WILLIAM MCCALLUM, D.D., Ma-
kerstoun
*Rev. ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, D.D.,
Kiltarlity
Rev. DAVID JOHN MCLAREN, M.A.,
Dundurn
Rev. JOHN SCOTT MACNAUGHTON, D.D.,
Perth
*Rev. WILLIAM MCMILLAN, D.D., Dun-
fermline
Rev. ANGUS McViCAR, M.A., Southend
*Rev. JOHN MUIRHEAD, B.D., Avendale
*Rev. Louis CARRICK PHILLIPS, D.D., Fala
*Rev. ALEXANDER MASON SHAND, M.A.,
Bridge of Weir
Rev. JOHN SINCLAIR, B.D., Glasgow
*Rev. WILLIAM STEPHEN, D.D., Inver-
keithing
*Rev. ARTHUR POLLOK SYM, D.D., Lillies-
leaf
Rev. JAMES PETER WILSON, B.D., St.
Quivox
Deceased
H \ie Oe-a
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FASTI ECCLESLE
SCOTICAN.E
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
BY
HEW SCOTT, D.D.
Revised and continued to the Present Time under the Superintendence of a
Committee appointed by the General Assembly
VOLUME VIII
MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH FROM DATE OF
PUBLICATION OF VOLUMES I-VII, 1914-28, TO
UNION OF THE CHURCHES, 2nd OCTOBER 1929,
AND ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA 1560-1949
OLIVER AND BOYD
EDINBURGH: TWEEDDALE COURT
1950
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Printed in Great Britain at
THE KYNOCH PRESS
Birmingham
PREFATORY NOTE
DURING the years 1915 to 1928 were published the seven volumes of this
work containing the record of the Ministers of the Church of Scotland from
1560 to the date of the issue of the various volumes, viz. I Synods of Lothian
and Tweeddale, 1915; II Merse and Teviotdale, Dumfries and Galloway,
1917; III Glasgow and Ayr, 1920; IV Argyll and Perth and Stirling, 1923;
V Fife and Angus and Mearns, 1925; VI Aberdeen and Moray, 1926; VII
Ross, Sutherland and Caithness; Orkney and Shetland, with Churches Over
seas, also University Principals and Professors in the Faculties of Divinity,
1928.
Towards the end of 1936 the General Administration Committee decided
that a supplementary volume should be issued to complete the Record of
Ministers of the Church of Scotland as it existed before the date of the Union
of the Churches on 2nd October 1929 and also to add all the additional
information that had been collected since the above-mentioned volumes
were published. A sub-committee of the Committee on General Administra
tion was formed to which several others were co-opted to carry out the work
—Sir Francis J. Grant, K.C.V.O., LL.D., Convener and General Editor.
Since these seven volumes were printed the present Convener, who had
been Joint Editor of the same, has been collecting additional information
and keeping the work up to date, and therefore the foundation of the present
volume existed and was used as a basis on which to work.
Certain records of the immediate Post-Reformation Period which had
not been systematically gone over have now been done so, and many new
names and information as to the Clergy, Readers, and Exhorters previous
to 1600 have been recovered and many blanks filled in. In regard to these
the Committee are indebted to Dr Gordon Donaldson, formerly of the
Historical Department of H.M. Register House, and the late Rev. William
Stephen, D.D., Inverkeithing. For the continuation of the accounts of the
various parishes, presbyteries and synods the Committee have to thank their
various members who undertook this work and particularly to the late Rev.
William Burnett, B.D., for the Presbytery of Edinburgh; the late Rev.
Arthur P. Sym, D.D., for the Synods of Merse, Teviotdale and Dumfries;
the Rev. Walter R. Henderson for the Synod of Galloway; the Rev. James P.
Wilson, B.D., for the Synod of Ayr; the late Rev. Alexander Mason Shand,
M.A., for the Presbytery of Paisley; the late Rev. John Muirhead, B.D., for
the Presbytery of Hamilton; the Rev. R. Marcus Dickson, D.D., for the
Presbytery of Lanark; the Very Rev. Andrew James Campbell, D.D., for the
Presbytery of Glasgow; the Rev. William McLauchlan Goldie for the
Presbytery of Dunbarton; the Rev. Angus J. McVicar, M.A., for the Synod
of Argyll; the Rev. John Scott Macnaughton, D.D., for the Presbytery of
Perth; the Rev. David J. Maclaren, M.A., for the Presbytery of Auchterarder;
the late Rev. William Stephen, D.D., for the Synod of Fife; the late Rev.
James Taylor Cox, D.D., for the Synods of Aberdeen and Moray; the late
Rev. Archibald Macdonald, D.D., for the Synod of Ross and Sutherland;
the Rev. George Frederick Cox, B.D., for the Synod of Orkney, and the
Rev. Professor G. D. Henderson for the University of Aberdeen. The
Clerks to Presbyteries and the Officials of H.M. Register House and the
Ministers' Widows Fund and many others have also contributed much new
matter.
The most valuable part of this volume will be the very large additional
information regarding the earlier clergy which has been gathered from many
sources too numerous to mention and involving much research in records.
The volume has further been enriched by a number of Ecclesiological Notes
on parishes by the late Dr William Stephen.
The Editor regrets that ten of his valued helpers have passed away since
the volume was first undertaken and have not seen the results of their labours
and that latterly he has had to complete the same alone.
FRANCIS J. GRANT
Convener and General Editor
April 1950
VI
CONTENTS
PAGE
ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
SYNOD OF LOTHIAN AND TWEEDDALE —
Presbytery of Edinburgh . . .... 1
Presbytery of Linlithgow . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Presbytery of Biggar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Presbytery of Peebles 58
Presbytery of Dalkeith . . V, . . . . 67
Presbytery of Haddington .. .. 85
Presbytery of Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
SYNOD OF MERSE AND TEVIOTDALE—
Presbytery of Duns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Presbytery of Chirnside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Presbytery of Kelso .. 130
Presbytery of Jedburgh .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 135
Presbytery of Earlston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Presbytery of Selkirk 148
SYNOD OF DUMFRIES—
Presbytery of Lochmaben . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Presbytery of Langholm 162
Presbytery of Annan 165
Presbytery of Dumfries . . . v . . . . . . . . . . 170
Presbytery of Penpont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 82
SYNOD OF GALLOWAY —
Presbytery of Stranraer . . 187
Presbytery of Wigtown . . . . 193
Presbytery of Kirkcudbright .. .. .. 199
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR—
Presbytery of Ayr ..211
Presbytery of Irvine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Presbytery of Paisley . . . . ...
Presbytery of Greenock . . 246
Presbytery of Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Presbytery of Lanark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Presbytery of Dunbarton
Presbytery of Glasgow 285
PAGE
SYNOD OF ARGYLL —
Presbytery of Inveraray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Presbytery of Dunoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Presbytery of Kintyre . . 322
Presbytery of Islay and Jura . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Presbytery of Lorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Presbytery of Mull . . . . . . . . 337
Presbytery of Abertarff . . . . . . . . 343
SYNOD OF PERTH AND STIRLING—
Presbytery of Dunkeld . . . . . . 346
Presbytery of Weem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Presbytery of Perth 360
Presbytery of Auchterarder . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Presbytery of Stirling . . 386
Presbytery of Dunblane . . 395
SYNOD OF FIFE —
Presbytery of Dunfermline 404
Presbytery of Kinross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Presbytery of Kirkcaldy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Presbytery of Cupar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Presbytery of St Andrews 453
SYNOD OF ANGUS AND MEARNS—
Presbytery of Meigle . . . . . . . . 471
Presbytery of Forfar 479
Presbytery of Dundee 485
Presbytery of Brechin 497
Presbytery of Arbroath 508
Presbytery of Fordoun 516
SYNOD OF ABERDEEN—
Presbytery of Aberdeen 526
Presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil .... 544
Presbytery of Alford 555
Presbytery of Garioch 562
Presbytery of Ellon 572
Presbytery of Deer 578
Presbytery of Turriff 588
Presbytery of Fordyce 596
SYNOD OF MORAY —
Presbytery of Strathbogie . . 603
Presbytery of Aberlour . . 611
Presbytery of Abernethy 615
Presbytery of Elgin 622
viii
PAGE
SYNOD OF MORAY (continued)
Presbytery of Forres . . 642
Presbytery of Nairn 647
Presbytery of Inverness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
SYNOD OF Ross —
Presbytery of Chanonry . . . . .... . . 655
Presbytery of Dingwall . . . . . . . . 658
Presbytery of Tain 664
SYNOD OF SUTHERLAND AND CAITHNESS —
Presbytery of Dornoch . , ..671
Presbytery of Tongue . . . . 674
Presbytery of Caithness . . 676
SYNOD OF GLENELG —
Presbytery of Lochcarron 680
Presbytery of Skye . . 683
Presbytery of Uist ..688
Presbytery of Lewis . . 692
SYNOD OF ORKNEY —
Presbytery of Kirkwall 693
Presbytery of Cairston 696
Presbytery of the North Isles 699
SYNOD OF SHETLAND —
Presbytery of Lerwick . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Presbytery of Burravoe . . . . . . . . . . 704
Presbytery of Olnafirth 706
ARCHBISHOPS 708
BISHOPS 709
UNIVERSITIES OF SCOTLAND 711
MODERATORS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 720
ARMY AND NAVY CHAPLAINS 721
CHAPLAINS TO INFIRMARIES AND OTHERS 722
SYNOD OF THE SCOTTISH CHURCH IN ENGLAND—
I. Presbytery of North of England . 723
II. Presbytery of West of England . . 724
III. Presbytery of London .... 724
CHARGES IN ENGLAND NOW EXTINCT OR MERGED WITH OTHER CONGREGA
TIONS . . 725
IRELAND 725
ix
PAGE
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND OVERSEAS —
Continent of Europe
Belgium 727
France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Holland 727
Italy .729
Switzerland . . . . . . 729
Continent of Africa
Egypt .. ..730
Kenya . . . . . . 730
Mauritius 730
Continent of Asia
Burma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Ceylon 731
Indian Chaplains .. 731
Palestine 732
Australasia
Australia 734
New Zealand 734
Continent of America
Dominion of Canada
Cape Breton 735
Nova Scotia 735
Prince Edward Island . . . . 735
Ontario and Quebec 736
Newfoundland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
United States of America 737
British West Indies
Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
St Vincent 737
Central America
British Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
South America
British Guiana 737
Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738
Chile 738
FOREIGN MISSIONARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
JEWISH MISSIONARIES 742
PRINCIPAL CLERKS AND DEPUTE CLERKS OF ASSEMBLY . . . . 743
PAGE
PROCURATORS OF THE CHURCH . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
AGENTS FOR THE CHURCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
FATHERS OF THE CHURCH . . . . . . . . . . . . 747
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS, SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND . . . . 749
INDEX OF MINISTERS . . . . . . . . . . 757
XI
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
Xll
SYNOD OF
LOTHIAN AND TWEEDDALE
PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH
ADDIEWELL
WILLIAM PETER McLAREN, his
1893 wic*ow' Joan Robertson, died at
manse of Trinity Cask 7th Nov.
1924; his son William David, A.M.I.C.E.,
V.D., died 31st May 1941.
WILLIAM LOW JAMIE, dem. 3rd
1898
1947.
June 1930; line 6, for "28" read
"26"; died at Edinburgh 4th Jan.
COLINTON
SIR ANDREW BINNING, vicar of
1575 "the Kirk at ye brig of Hailes"
(Colinton), died Oct. 1575, executor,
Walter Binning.— [Edin. Test., iii, 420.]
SAMUEL NIMMO, M.A., in response
1686 to his petition stating that on 27th
April 1689 his house was invaded
by more than 40 armed men with ' ' wicked
and bloodie designe" against him, they
failed to find him but caused the reader and
beadle to tear his gown, sacrilegiously took
away the vessels of the sanctuary, and
warned him and his family to flit in six
days under and professing readiness to
pray for William and Mary, Parliament on
3rd May 1689 ordained the communion
cups and other things belonging to the
church to be recovered and asked the
heritors to protect him in the exercise of
his ministry and in the possession of his
house, resident with his first wife in Lady
Tester's Parish, 1st Nov. 1694. — [Lady
Tester's Poll Tax Roll, 23; Acts Scott.
ParL, ix, App. 7.]
THOMAS JOHNSTON, M.A., reader
and schoolmaster 1694, had son
James.— [Colinton Poll Tax Roll, 5.]
1694
WILLIAM LOCKHART. Addl. Publi-
cati°n — Heaven, its Changed Rela
tionship (Edin., 1875).
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, D.D.
(Edinburgh 30th June 1932), trans.
to Morham 15th Feb. 1932; dem.
31st July 1941; died at St Andrews 30th
Jan. 1947; his wife, Mary Ord Logan, died
26th July 1946; his son, James Alexander
Milne, in H.M. Consular Service, China;
his daugh., Anne Leslie, born 6th May
1915. Addl. publication — A Ministry
Ended: the Rev. James Alexander Milne,
M.A., Minister of the Parish of Cramond.
CORSTORPHINE
In 1128 the church, than a dependent
chapel of St Cuthberts, was granted along
with 2 bovates and 6 acres of land to Holy-
rood Abbey by David I; and, probably
soon after, Norman, Sheriff of Berwick,
made a similar grant to the abbey under
the designation "my Chapel of Corstor-
phine. " The chapel was a church before
1158. In the church there was an altar
dedicated to the Holy Trinity to which on
18th May 1465 a tenement of land under
Edinburgh Castle was granted by Sir John
Marschall, chaplain in the collegiate church
of Corstorphine, and an annual rent of £5
was granted by Hugh Barr from a tenement
in the Cowgate on 16th Dec. 1475. There
CORSTORPHINE
[PRESB. OF
was also in the church an altar dedicated
to St Ann, at which a chaplain was founded
in 20th Sept. 1473 by William de Camera,
vicar of Kirkurd. In the churchyard and
adjoining the church, a chapel dedicated to
John the Baptist was founded by Sir Adam
Forrester of Corstorphine, who died before
6th Nov. 1405. On 25th Feb. 1425-6
James I gave and confirmed £24 for the
endowment of three chaplainries in the
chapel, £20 being from the King personally
and £4 being an annual rent from Edin
burgh, bestowed by the late Sir Adam
Forrester; and on 20th May 1429 Dame
Margaret Forrester, relict of Sir Adam, and
their son, Sir John Forrester, gave an
annual rent of £21 13s. 4d. for the support
of two additional chaplains and two clerks
in the chapel. Probably soon afterwards,
and in any case prior to 6th Jan. 1436-7,
the said Sir John erected the chapel into a
collegiate church for a provost and four
prebendaries and two singing boys, and for
endowment consigned 120 gold ducats; and
on the foregoing date Pope Eugenius IV
issued a Bull which, after narrating that
Sir John had stated that if the rectory of
Ratho Church which was served by a
perpetual vicar could be added to the
collegiate church, four or five priests could
from its fruits be instituted in the said
collegiate church, gave mandate to the
Abbot of Holyrood, if he found the state
ment true, to confirm and approve the said
foundation and endowment, etc.; and to
make appropriation of the said rectory
when it became vacant, and after such
appropriation that five other priests be
instituted. A further Bull of Pope Euge
nius, 13th June 1440, suspended notu pro-
prio the taking effect of the said appropria
tion pending a certain contingency; but
still another Bull of the same Pope, 15th
June 1444, gave mandate to the Abbot of
Holyrood to carry out the annexation and
appropriation of the rectory and the insti
tution of prebends. Later, however, on a
further representation by Sir John Forres
ter that the priests and two boys could not
be maintained and live on the said fruits,
the Pope ordered the reduction of the
priests from five to four, the establishment
thus consisting of a provost, eight prebends,
and two boys. On 30th Oct. 1444 the
institution was confirmed by James Ken
nedy, Bishop of St Andrews. Subsequently,
on 23rd Jan. 1450-1, papal remit was made
to the Abbot of Holyrood to confirm and
approve an agreement between the said
bishop on the one hand and, on the other,
the provost and chaplains of the collegiate
church, whereby the latter, in return for
the rectory of Ratho being surrendered by
the Bishop, should celebrate for ever on
the Wednesday after the Feast of St
Thomas the Martyr a solemn mass with
music during the bishop's life and, after
his death, a requiem mass. The prebends
were Gogar, Hadingston, Haltoun, Dal-
mahoy, Bonyngtoun, Platt, Nortoun, and
Byres. The fruits of the Church of Clerk-
ington were included in Bishop Kennedy's
confirmation charter. After the Reforma
tion the Church of Corstorphine was again
attached to St Cuthbert's, and was served
by a reader. But on 7th March 1587-8 Sir
James Forrester and other parishioners
presented to the presbytery a claim that
Corstorphine was a parish church, and that
they should not be "compellit to hant any
other paroch kirk nor their awn qlk had
been fundit of auld to yt effect. ' ' After due
enquiry the presbytery on 19th March
interponed their authority on the claim,
and asked the ' ' Lords Modifiers ' ' to supply
a stipend for the minister out of the Thirds
of Holyrood. Up to 1633 the collegiate
church and the parish church seem to have
existed side by side. The collegiate church,
however, was dissolved by the provost and
first prebend in 1634, an action ratified by
Parliament seven years later; and the col
legiate building became the parish church
in 1 646, when, on 6th May of that year, the
Kirk Session had estimates for taking down
the old parish church and putting up a
new aisle, attached to the collegiate fabric,
and apparently on the site of the old
church.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 35, 121, 337,
1320, 3564; Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, viii,
265, 595, x, 476-7; Acts Scott. Par!., iv,
677, v, 158, 437; Excheq. Rolls, vii, 30,
viii, 203, x, 73, etc.; Charters of St Giles,
41-2; Charters of Holyrood, 3, 4, 6, 7,10.]
EDINBURGH]
CORSTORPHINE
1548
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, son of
Thomas M., burgess of Edinburgh,
pres. to the prebend of the Col
legiate Church of Corstorphine called
Halton and Dalmahoy 16th Nov. 1548 on
death of Robert Marjoribanks; he was also
Vicar of Craigie and Prebendary of Kirk-
michael in the cathedral church of Ross,
still prebendary in 1567.— [Comps. Sub
Coll of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.; P. S.
Reg., iii, 3023, 3026.]
JAMES SCOTT, provost of Corstor
phine 18th July 1549, was brother's
son and heir of late Sir Alexander
Scott, provost of Corstorphine and son and
heir of the late Janet Adamson, relict of
John Bruce, burgess of Edinburgh; was
still provost 15th Oct. 1560, when he had
a son William, who was described as grand
son and son of the heirs of the late William
Adamson, burgess of Edinburgh. He died
Sept. 1563 and was succeeded as provost
by his nephew William Scott, burgess of
Irvine. — [Acts and Decs., iii, 154-5, Ix,
20th May 1575; A. Guthrie's Prot. Book,
i, 174.]
MUNGO WOOD, reader at Gogar,
1549
1561
97.]
trans, to Corstorphine 1561. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds, 1561;
WALTER LANG reader 1568 and
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
T ' I- I 1
Linlithgow, etc.]
WALTER COUPER, reader 1569 and
1570.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.]
1569
ANDREW FORRESTER, as min. here
1590 Pres- to vicarage vacant by death of
last vicar, Adam, Bishop of Orkney.
— [P. S. Reg., Ixvi, 46.]
ROBERT LINDSAY, had issue— David,
161_ bapt. 14th June 1603; Helen, bapt.
14th Nov. 1617; David, bapt. 19th
August 1619.
DAVID BALSILLIE, had issue— John.
1626 — [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser. v, 354.]
ROBERT HUNTER, afterwards of
1655 Bo 'ness (q.v.).
ROBERT LAW, delete perhaps min. of
1689 Kilpatrick.
GEORGE HENRY, M.A., with his
1672 W^e and cmldren' James, Mary,
Edward, Margaret and Janet, resi
dent in Tron Parish 6th Nov. 1684.— [Tron
Poll Tax Roll, 20.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, marr. 24th
1692
March 1694 Sarah, daugh. of Wil
liam Wynne of Wynne Hall, Ruabon,
Denbighshire; she died 14th Aug. 1724.
From her daugh., Sarah, was descended
the Right Hon. Neville Chamberlain.
GEORGE FORDYCE, had issue-
George, Henry, Anna (died 19th
May 1791), Sarah, Jean, Martha
and Elizabeth.
JOHN CHIESLIE, his son John born
1?68 16th Jan. 1760, died 4th Oct. 1761;
his daugh. Agnes born 1st March
1765, died 6th Oct. 1766
ROBERT KEITH DICK HORNE, his
1863
widow, Helen Macfarlane, died at
Eastbourne llth Nov. 1929, aged
86; his daugh., Caroline, died at Edinburgh
22nd Oct. 1920.
JAMES DODDS, his widow, Elizabeth
Leishman, died 5th Nov. 1914; his
sons — John Macalister (died 13th
Nov. 1921); Sir James Miller (died at
London 25th Oct. 1935); his daugh., Mary
Janet, O.B.E. (died at Edinburgh 15th Oct.
1947).
JAMES FERGUSSON, clerk of Presby-
1895
tery 1925-6; died at London llth
Sept. 1926.
OSWALD BELL MILLIGAN, M.C.,
1927
trans, from Jedburgh 31st March
1927; D.D. (Edinburgh) 30th June
1939; died 2nd April 1940. Addl. issue-
Beatrice Moira, born 20th Dec. 1918 (marr.
7th Feb. 1948 Hubert Horace, only son of
CORSTORPHINE— CRAMOND
[PRESB. OF
Professor Ernest H. Lamb, Cambridge).
Publications — The Story of St Leonard's,
Ayr; Corstorphine and its Parish Church
(1929); The Practice of Prayer (1938).
ST. ANNE'S, CORSTORPHINE
Erected parish quoad sacra 5th Nov.
1915.
1889
JOHN ANDERSON ROBERTSON,
dem. 31st Dec. 1932; died 12th Dec.
1941; his sons— Atholl, 2nd Lieut.,
King's Royal Rifle Corps, born 29th
March 1897, killed in action, Civenchy in
France, 26th March 1916; Douglas William,
D.S.O., M.C., 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., in Ad
ministrative Service, Uganda; his daugh.
Aileen (marr. 1st Jan. 1926 Field- Marshal
William Joseph Slim, M.C., India). His
wife, Jean Mathewson, died 1st June 1938.
Publication — The Parish Church ofSt Anne,
History (1917).
CRAIGLOCKART
ALFRED WILLIAM ANDERSON,
1903 died 20th Oct. 1934.
GOGAR
The church of Gogar was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham of St Andrews on 23rd
May 1247. The chapel of Ochterogate
(Gogar ?) was united by the Ordinary to
the Trinity College, Edinburgh, and on the
petition of James III, patron of the said
chapel, and his mother, Mary of Gueldres,
the union was confirmed by Bull of Pope
Pius II, 10th July 1462. The hospital of
Ochterogate occurs in 1394. — [Cal. Papal
Regs., Letters, xi, 450, Petitions i, 615; Reg.
Great Seal, vi, 137; Lockhart's Ch. of
Scotland in \3th Century, 60.]
CRAMOND
On 1 1th Jan. 1478-9 Alexander Currour,
vicar of Dunsyre, founded a chaplainry at
the parish altar of St Columba in the
"Parish Church of St Columba of Nether
Cramond." Another chaplainry in the
church was founded by James Howieson
in Cramond Regis, with endowment in part
from land in the burgh kirk of Cramond.
Part of the reddendo was 2 sh. annually for
the maintenance of the lights of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the church, indicating the
existence of an altar dedicated to the
Virgin. There was also in the church an
altar dedicated to St Thomas. The church
was rebuilt in 1654, and enlarged in 1711
and again in 1811; and in recent years it
has been twice altered. The tower, which
belongs to the 15th century, was finished
with the present parapet in 1811. The New
Statistical Account records that the bell,
which has the inscription "Michael
Burgersdyk facit me 1619. Soli Deo
Gloria," was "restored from the body of
the Civil War by Monk in 1658." In 1569
Patrick Murray was chaplain of the altar
in the church founded by John Howieson
in Cramond Regis, and in 1571 occurs
Matthew Stewart, chaplain of Cramond
Regis. — [Reg. ofAbbrev. of Feu Charters of
Church Lands, ii, 69; Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.; Reg. Great Seal, ii,
1429; iv, 2840; vi, 1146; x, 323; Reg. Sec.
Seal, xliii, 114; and, 2, Report Commis.
Ancient Monuments, Midlothian, 27.]
THOMAS SCOTT, M.A., vicar 1568-72.
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlith-
n
gow, etc.]
WILLIAM CORNWALL, called ex-
1573
horter 1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
PATRICK SIMSON, as minister pres.
to vicarage 24th April 1588 on
death of Thomas Scott.— [P. S. Reg.,
Iv, 61.]
MICHAEL CRANSTOUN, pres. to
vicarage llth Feb. 1591-2 on dem.
of Patrick Simson.— [P. S. Reg.,
Ixiii, 178.]
WILLIAM DALGLEISH, his son
James, merchant, baillie of Queens-
ferry, died 25th Feb. 1719, ancestor
of Scotscraig family.
WILLIAM MARTIN, reader; the first
1590
1639
1651
earliest existing volume of the Kirk
Session Records, is— "The Session Book
EDINBURGH]
CRAMOND— CURRIE
being lost in the year immediately after
Dunbar by Mr William Martin, reader, in
whose custody it was, this Book is begun
at the minister and the people's return to
the parish again. This day was the first
Lord's Day after the people were returned
from the several places where they were
scattered, to the parish again." — [Memo.
Mr Gordon Stott.]
DAVID FALCONER, marr. Margaret
Brydie. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., xi,
1201.]
1666
1694
JOHN SOMERVILLE, line 4 delete
"To St Boswells 1662, trans.,"
line 11 delete from "(1) Esther
Scougall to (2)"; died in London 1691.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, tutor in
family of Earl of Dundonald,
Paisley, in summer. — [Cramond Poll
Tax Roll, 9th Nov. 1694.]
GILBERT HAMILTON, his daugh.,
1737 Mary, marr. pro. 5th Nov. 1751.
GEORGE MUIRHEAD, his daugh.,
1816 Elizabeth, died 1st May 1837.
WALTER LAIDLAW COLVIN, his
daughs. — Eliza, died 14th Sept.
1923; Jessie Louisa, died at London
10th Feb. 1938.
1843
1884
JOHN WEBSTER, had issue— James
Melville' born 26th Aus- 1858;
Robert, born 19th Dec. 1859; John
Alexander, born 29th Jan. 1864; Edward,
born 30th March 1870, died 18th June
1938.
JAMES ALEXANDER MILNE, his
1007 widow, Mary Lee Bowden, died
30th Aug. 1948.
GEORGE GORDON STOTT, D.D.
1910
(St Andrews, 1919); his sons, George
Gordon, advocate, 1936; Ian Fer-
gusson, Nyasaland Mission; Richard Cossar
Gordon, died 23rd Oct. 1947.
ST COLUMBA'S, BLACKHALL
Erected parish quoad sacra 7th July 1922.
WILLIAM BLACK STEVENSON,
D.D., convener of Foreign Mission
Committee, died at Aberdeen 5th
May 1928. His sons, Robert Dennistoun,
killed May 1916; Alexander James, advo
cate, Carrick Pursuivant 1939-46; Sheriff
Substitute, Airdrie, 1946.
CECIL TAYLOR THORNTON, dem.
1916; Lieut. Royal Scots; afterwards
min. of St Margaret's, Edinburgh
DAVID WILSON BAIRD, adm. from
101, Presbyterian Church of England by
General Assembly 1915; app. 1916;
adm. to Augustine, Greenock, 15th Dec.
1920.
ANDREW MITCHELL SNADDEN,
trans, from Gilmerton 18th May
1921; adm. first min. of parish 31st
July 1922; dem. 1931; died at Bishop-
briggs 2nd March 1936.
CURRIE
The church was dedicated to St Mungo.
-[P. S. Reg., Ixvi, 47.]
ALEXANDER BETOUN, archdeacon
1571
of Lothian, parson 1571 and parson
and vicar 1584. He is to resign the
parsonage and vicarage called of old the
Archdeaconry of Lothian and its emolu
ments, to the sustentation of the masters,
regents and other residents of the college
recently erected by them in the burgh in
favour of the provost, bailies, councillors
and community 28th March 1584. —
\Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow,
etc.; Cal. of Charters xii, 2709; Acts and
Dec., xxviii, 144.]
1591
MATTHEW LICHTON, pres. to
vicarage pensionary Feb. 1593-4 on
death of Sir Mark Jamieson. — [P. S.
Reg., Ixvi, 51.]
HENRY HAMILTON, son of Archibald
1691 H., min. of Wigtown.
A*
CURRIE— EDINBURGH ABBEY
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT TAYLOR, son of James T.,
1701 merchant burgess, Edinburgh.
JOHN SPARK, his daugh., Elizabeth,
marr. proc. 25th Dec. 1768, William
Steedman, Lieut. R.N.
JAMES LANGWILL, his sons— Archi-
1719
1859
bald, died 4th Jan. 1928; Robert
Balfour Graham, died Edinburgh
29th July 1932; Hamilton Graham, M.D.,
died 25th July 1946.
DUDDINGSTON
The church was granted to Kelso Abbey
probably in the 12th century and certainly
not later than the early part of the 15th,
but the exact date of the gift and the iden
tity of the donor do not appear to be on
record.
The church is as old as at least the early
part of the 12th century, and consisted of
a nave and chancel separated by an arch
which is the internal feature of the building.
By Act of Presbytery of Edinburgh of 1 8th
May 1631 an aisle was appointed to be
added to the church for the accommoda
tion of the proprietor of Prestonfield and
his tenants, the aisle to be built and sup
ported at his expense. This aisle, on the
north side at the east end of the nave, bears
the date 1631, and the tower at the west
end was added at the same time. The
church was described in 1 843 as ' ' enlarged,
repaired, and painted about 4 years ago."
— [Cart, of Kelso, i, 196; ii, 347, 348.]
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, vicar in
156Q 1560 and 1566, and 9th June 1574,
and chaplain of Our Lady Altar in
Dunblane. — [Laing Charters, 808; Acts and
Dec., Iv, 17.]
NINIAN HAMILTON, exhorter 1561,
1574 called minister 1568-72, prebendary
of Railsteun, brother of John H. in
Prestonpans, died before 19th April 1583.
Marr. Alison, daugh. of Alexander Heriot
in Murehouse. — [Edin. Com. Dec. 1587;
Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
CHARLES LUMSDEN, M.A. (1585).
1588
Line 7, for 1587 read 1585; as min.
here pres. to vicarage 7th Nov.
1588-9 in succession to William Black-
wood, last vicar excommunicated. — [P. S.
Reg., lix, 17.]
JAMES CRAIG, his son William rector
of West Kington.— [Deeds, Dal.,
1704, No. 741.]
1694
WILLIAM BENNET, his son Patrick,
1786 Ross Herald, 1816-25.
JAMES MACFARLANE, his son Wil
liam died Peterhead 26th Sept. 1916;
1841
his daugh. Eliza died 10th Sept.
1932. Addl. Publication— The Principles
and Duties of the Church of Scotland
(Assembly Address) (Edin., 1865).
JOHN ALLAN HUNTER PATON, his
son John Hunter Park died llth
1866
Jan. 1949.
WILLIAM SERLE, died 5th April 1947.
1903
He was a keen ornithologist and
was one of the official observers for
the bird sanctuary of Duddingston Loch.
ST JAMES, PORTOBELLO
JAMES OLIVER, died at Portobello 4th
1880 Jan. 1918.
JAMES RAY, trans, from Cellardyke
3rd Oct. 1916; dem. 16th May 1924;
died at Harrogate 10th June 1933.
1924
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND BUCHAN,
trans, from Liff and Benvie 8th Oct.
1924; trans, to Sanquhar 24th Oct.
1929; trans, to Dunbog 16th Dec. 1949.
Addl. Publication — Young Minds Adven
turing (Edin., 1933).
EDINBURGH, ABBEY
JAMES ROBERTSON SABISTON,
1889
1941.
died 4th March 1918; his widow,
Gretchen Becker, died 24th Jan.
ARCHIBALD MORRISON, M.A.,
trans, from Salen (q.v.) 23rd Oct,
1918; trans, to Lairg 20th Nov.
1940; trans, to Kilmodan 19th Sept. 1946.
Addl. issue — Mary Rose, born 31st Dec.
1924 (marr. 17th Oct. 1944 John Talvethan
EDINBURGH]
EDINBURGH ABBEY— CANONGATE
Wells, Lieut. North Staffordshire Regi
ment); Archibald, born 12th March 1925.
BUCCLEUCH
FINLAY MATHIESON, died 26th
1864 Nov. 1918.
JOHN CAMPBELL, his son, Ian Went-
1882
worth, died at Palmerston, New
Zealand, 24th Aug. 1928.
NEIL MACLEOD ROSS, trans, to
1913 Laggan 25th Sept. 1923.
JOHN SPENCE EWEN, trans, from
Monquhitter 25th Jan. 1924; trans,
to Liberton 5th Dec. 1928.
1924
WILLIAM GEMMELL MITCHELL,
1929
born 12th Aug. 1893; trans, from
Freuchie 16th May 1929. Addl.
issue — Robert Gemmell, born 9th Nov.
1925; Jean Gall, born 5th May 1931.
CANONGATE
(HOLYROODHOUSE)
In the Monastery of Holyrood was a
parochial aisle with parochial altar, dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary, founded by Sir
John Eastoun, curate. Part of the endow
ment was "the merck lands called the
Crosshouse of the tenements of the Chap-
lainrie." On 25th May 1487 sasine of 30s.
from the Community of the Canongate
was given to the image of the Virgin at the
said altar, and to Sir George White, chap
lain. In the yard of the Palace was a chapel
dedicated to St Anne. A short distance
north of the Girth Cross was the original
boundary of the sanctuary of Holyrood
Abbey, there was situated a chapel dedi
cated to St Thomas the Apostle, with alms-
house for seven old men, founded by
George Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld 1527-
43, who had previously been Abbot of
Holyrood.— [Acts of Par I., vii, 82-3;
James Young's Prot. Book Nos. 19, 558;
Lord High Treas. Ace., ii, 260; iv, 43,
Maitland's Hist, of Edinburgh, 154.]
JOHN BRAND, his pres. to the chap-
1544 laincy of St Ninian, 5th Jan. 1567-8,
was on death of Sir William Youn
ger. His son, James, was chaplain of St
Thomas situate at the well, that is beside
the Abbey. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 1; Acts
and Dec., lii, 215.]
ALEXANDER THOMSON, reader
1571 1571-2.— [Edin. Tests., iii, 54].
MATTHEW WEMYSS, his son David
1635 bapt. 14th Oct. 1632.
GEORGE LESLIE, M.A., his widow,
Elizabeth Charteris, and son, Henry,
resident in Tron Parish 3rd Nov.
1694.— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 30.]
THOMAS WILKIE, son of William W.,
1689
min. of Lilliesleaf, had issue, Chris
tian. — [Canongate Poll Tax Roll,
14th Nov. 1694.]
JAMES WALKER, his sons— William,
1713 apprenticed to Thomas Gardner,
merchant, 1st Aug. 1733; James,
bapt. 18th March \1\\ .—[Ferryport on
Craig Reg.]
JAMES WATSON, died 1763, not 1673;
line 8, for "James Pillans son of a
cousin" and line 9 "and Professor
of Humanity in the University" read
"Alexander Adam".
WILLIAM LOTHIAN, his daugh. Helen
1769 died 19th Jan. 1828.
ROBERT WALKER, born at Monkton
3rd May 1755; pres. 29th Dec. 1783;
his daugh. Jane (marr. 29th Sept.
1784
1809).
ANDREW REDMAN BONAR, pres.
1849 by Queen Victoria 25th Oct. 1849.
JAMES MACNAIR, pres. by Queen
1869 Victoria 10th Sept. 1869; his second
wife, Harriet Hill, born 24th June
1827.
THOMAS WHITE, died at Bridge of
1889
Weir 2nd Dec. 1936; his wife, Janet
Barbara Stuart, died 17th March
1936; his son, George Thomas Frood,
executive engineer, P.W.D., died at Singa
pore 15th Oct. 1934; his daugh., Margaret
Stewart (marr. 2nd Aug. 1918 Captain
James Leggat, R.F.A.).
CANONGATE— GREENSIDE
[PRESB. OF
CANONGATE
SECOND CHARGE
ALEXANDER BURNET, son of Alex-
ander B., alias Buchan, merchant,
Aberdeen, Dean of Guild, and grand
son of Andrew B., of Kirkhill, resident
with his wife and three children in Lady
Yester's parish 10th Nov. 1694. — [Aberdeen
Sher. Court Deeds, 5th Nov. 1692; Lady
Yester's Poll Tax Roll, 3.]
JOHN WALKER, his son, William
1709 min. of Monkton.
JOHN WARDEN, marr. (1) 16th July
1755
1733, Ann Macfarlane, who died
21st Jan. 1748 and had issue-
Elizabeth, born 28th March 1734; Helen,
born 15th Aug. 1735; Margaret, born 31st
March 1737; Lilias, born 24th Dec. 1738;
John, born 29th May 1740; William, born
6th Oct. 1745; James, born 25th Jan. 1747.
JOHN WARDEN (MACFARLANE),
1765
his daugh., Elizabeth Home, died
7th April 1794.
WALTER BUCHANAN, marr. Mar-
1789
garet, daugh. of John Stobie, writer,
Edinburgh.
DEAN
ROBERT WILLIAM WALKER, his
,_ widow, Jane Ogilvie, died 29th
March 1919.
JAMES WILLIAMSON, dem. 29th Dec.
1879
1915, died 18th Dec. 1919; his wife,
Isabella Agnes Jane Donaldson,
died 26th Aug. 1919; his daugh., Mary
Gordon, died 7th March 1941; his son,
James Gordon, died 22nd Oct. 1934.
JAMES REEKIE, ord. 10th May 1916,
1926 trans, to Ashkirk 12th Nov. 1926.
ARTHUR STANLEY MIDDLETON,
Q2_ trans, from Cambuslang West 15th
March 1927; dem. 28th Oct. 1945.
His wife, Gloriana Margaret Muir, died
14th Jan. 1939; his daugh., Ann Chrystal
(marr. 5th April 1941 William Stephen,
younger son of William Macdonald, The
Knoll, Montgarrie, Aberdeenshire). Addl.
issue — James Clyne Wingate, born 24th
April 1921, licenciate.
GAELIC CHAPEL OF EASE
JOSEPH MACGREGOR ROBERTSON,
1778
marr. Nov. 1771 Janet, daugh. of
Thomas Brown, merchant, Aber
deen. His son, Hamilton, died 12th Nov.
1813, aged 21.
GAELIC PARISH (ST ORAN'S)
The Gaelic Church was in Argyll Square,
1815-77.
JAMES NOBLE, marr. Abigail, daugh.
1840
of Thomas Ross, LL.D., min. of
Lochbroom.
DONALD TOLMIE MASSON, his
1854
daugh., Grace Isabella, died 13th
March 1915.
1911
JOHN CAMPBELL MACGREGOR,
died of wounds in action 4th Nov.
1916; his widow, Robina Ralston
Mclntyre, died at Connel 25th Oct. 1939;
his daughs. — Constance Evelyn Campbell
(marr. Dr G. H. Clement, Broadstairs,
Kent); Mary Kathleen (marr. llth Aug.
1934 Allan Lawson Kelly Rankin, M.D.,
Ph.D., son of Rev. H. M. Rankin, min. of
St Andrew's, Galashiels).
JAMES DUFF MACDONALD, trans.
1917
from Durness 8th June 1917; died
22nd Oct. 1945.
GREENSIDE
JOHN LAMOND, dem. 3rd Oct. 1923
1899
and became a spiritualist; died at
London 19th July 1932; his daugh.,
Kathleen Ogilvie, died 18th March 1922;
his son, John Logan, died at Glasgow 28th
Sept. 1940; his widow, Mary Logan, died
at Tetbury 9th Nov. 1945.
1924
PETER ALEXANDER DUNN, trans,
from Woodside, Aberdeen, 13th
May 1924; dem. 7th Oct. 1928 on
app. to Central Church, Boston, U.S.A.;
trans, to St Paul's, Hamilton, Ontario,
1932; marr. (2) 6th Aug. 1942 Dorothy
Burton Dewar.
EDINBURGH]
GREENSIDE— OLD GREYFRIARS
DUDLEY STUART HOPKIRK, B.D.,
1929
B.Litt., Ph.D., born Portobello 7th
Dec. 1896, son of John Hopkirk;
educated at Univ. Edinburgh and Oxford;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1925; assis
tant Barony, Glasgow, 1925; ord. to Skel-
morlie 5th Aug. 1926; trans, and adm. 26th
April 1929.
NEW GREYFRIARS
ROBERT HENRY, line 6, for "liii"
1768 read "Iviii".
WILLIAM MARTIN, marr. Margaret,
1787
daugh. of John Cockburn, teacher,
Edinburgh.
JOHN THOMSON, his daughs. Nancy
Ann, born 28th June 1771, died 7th
Feb. 1788; Janet, born 2nd July
1776, died 5th Nov. 1793.
DAVID WILKIE, his son, James of
1829
Rathobyres; his daughs. — Chris
tian Stuart (marr. 29th June 1858
Andrew Scott, Glasgow); Caroline (marr.
2nd Jan. 1851 James Malcolm of Olrig,
Nova Scotia); Emelia (marr. 15th March
1855D. J. Dickson).
JOHN JULIUS WOOD, line 3, for
' ' March" read ' ' May"; his daugh.,
Margaret Hedley, died at Penicuik
3rd March 1929.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, his son, John
Hay, died 1874. Publications— for
"Four" read "Six".
1839
1843
ROBERT STEWART, licen. 6th Dec.
on 1871; his widow, Margaret Brown,
died 6th Oct. 1934; his son, John
James Erskine Brown, B.A. (Oxon), LL.B.
(Edinburgh), 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots, died
of wounds 12th June 1917; his daugh.,
Wilhelmina Jane, died 29th Sept. 1931; his
son, William, in Sumatra, died 26th Oct.
1944.
JAMES NICOLL OGILVIE, D.D.
19Q5 (Aberdeen, 1911), dem. 4th June
1919; app. Junior Clerk of Assembly
1st June 1926; died suddenly 9th June
1926; his widow, Elizabeth Johnston
1919
Massie, died 6th Jan. 1939. Addl. publica
tion — Our Empire' 's Debt to Missions
(London, 1924).
WILLIAM WALLACE DUNLOP
GARDINER, D.Litt. (1928), D.D.
(Edinburgh, 1st July| 1938); trans.
from St Madoe's 24th Dec. 1919; trans, to
Caddonfoot 4th Sept. 1940; trans, to Onich
Ballachulish 28th Oct. 1948; his wife, Ellen
Pearl Lindsay Ranken, died at Nethy
Bridge 5th Aug. 1936; he marr. (2) 20th
Dec. 1938 Margaret Jackson, daugh. of
Thomas Miller, 55 Oxgangs Road, Edin
burgh.
(Church united with Old Grey friars \st
June 1929.)
ROBERTSON MISSION
WALTER SHAW, trans, to Lairg 23rd
1907 Aug. 1916.
JOHN HENDERSON MACKENZIE,
ind. 17th Jan. 1918; trans, to New
castle 22nd Aug. 1918.
THOMAS CONNOLLY, ord. 13th July
1918
1921
1921; afterwards min. of Kelso
North and Glasford (q.v.).
OLD GREYFRIARS
GILBERT RULE, born 1629, son of
1689 George Rule' m*n- °f Mordington
and Longformacus, was enrolled at
St Andrews Univ. in 1647 (his name does
not appear on the lists of Glasgow);
Regent at King's College, Aberdeen, 1651-2
and Sub Principal 1652-6; he "came into
the College by violence and not minding
forms"; he went to Alnwick in 1656 but
prior to that he held the degree of M.D.,
having graduated at Leyden 9th Feb. 1656.
On 18th Dec. 1679 he was on the petition
of William Hepburn of Beanstoun and
remanent heritors allowed to preach in a
meeting house at East Linton which had
been built for him, but on 17th June 1680
the Sheriff Depute of Haddington was
ordered by the Council to demolish it
before the end of the month on the ground
that it was within a mile of the parish
church. He marr., contract 27th Nov. 1655,
Elizabeth Birnie and had issue — Elizabeth,
10
OLD GREYFRIARS— ST GILES
[PRESB. OF
bapt. 30th Dec. 1655; Isabel, bapt. 20th
Jan. 1657; and (2) before 21st June 1657
Janet, daugh. of John Turnbull, Minto, and
had issue — Gilbert, born Berwick 1658-9,
M.D. (Leyden, 20th Sept. 1682), F.R.C.P.
(Edin. 1695), physician, Heriot's Hospital,
1695.— [Aberdeen Reg., Old Machar Reg.',
Univ. of King's College, 41, 57, 192-3;
Berwick Sas., 1666, 365; G. R. Sas., 33;
309 (1674), 37, 112 (1676), 55, 282 (1687),
58, 345 (1668), 60, 67 (1690); Edin. Tests,
82, 23, Feb. 1704; Index to English Speaking
Students at Leyden Univ., Privy Council
Reg., 3 Ser., vi, 360, 471.]
JAMES HART, marr. (2) Mary, daugh.
1702 of James Campbell of Kilpont.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, his daughs-
—Elizabeth, died 27th Feb. 1810
(marr. Archibald Hope, Royal Bank);
Jane (marr. William GifTbrd, farmer);
Helenora (marr. 27th Feb. 1757 James
Cunningham, baxter); Mary, died 15th
Aug. 1837.
JAMES STEVENSON, his daugh.,
1736
1747
Mary (marr. pro. 2nd June 1771
William Home, upholsterer).
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, his daugh.,
1761 Mary, died 15th Aug. 1837.
JOHN INGLIS, his daugh., Mary Jane,
1799 died 2nd April 1897.
JOHN SYM, his daughs.— Jane Melville,
died 21st Dec. 1914; Margaret Scott,
1834
1877
died 4th Jan. 1917; Henrietta
Wilson, died 25th Sept. 1943; his son, Sir
John Munro, died 3rd Oct. 1919.
JOHN GLASSE, died at Edinburgh 8th
Feb. 1918; his son, John Morley,
M.B., Ch.B., died Haltwhistle 26th
Dec. 1943; his widow, Louisa Plymer
Gibson, died 12th Aug. 1944.
ALEXANDER BROWN GRANT,
1910 trans, to Rosneath 3rd Nov. 1916.
SAMUEL DUNLOP, trans, from Kirk-
1917
Patrick Irongray 17th May 1917;
app. Presb. Clerk 27th Oct. 1926;
killed in motor accident 30th Sept. 1928;
his widow, Helen Brown Hislop, died 10th
June 1930.
OLD GREYFRIARS
SECOND CHARGE
MUNGO LAW, son of William L. in
1644 Ballintown, Stirlingshire, and Jean
Houston, had a child buried 22nd
Aug. 1658; had additional issue — Anna,
born 6th May 1647; James, born 28th Aug.
1648; Andrew, born 28th Sept. 1651 ; David,
born 29th Dec. 1652; Marion, born 26th
March 1654; Robert, born 19th June 1656;
William, born 9th May 1658; his son, John,
min. of Symington. — [G. R. Sas., Ixi, 32.]
JOHN HAMILTON, line 15, for
1693 "Hugh "read "Henry"; his daugh.
Jean, marr. Henry, not Hugh, Haw
thorn; his son, William, buried 12th Aug.
1685; a child buried 26th March 1698.
JOHN HEPBURN. Addl. issue—
17 - Thomas, merchant burgess of Edin
burgh, 6th March 1751; Jean (marr.
pro. 20th Jan. 1760 John Weir, merchant).
ROBERT HAMILTON, his son, James,
17_ft died 1845; his daughs. — Catherine,
died 1811; Grizel (marr. Aug. 1771).
GEORGE KAY, marr. (2) Ann, daugh.
1754 of John Forth, merchant.
The churches of Old and New Greyfriars
were united 1st June 1929 and the whole
building restored as one church. The
church of Lady Yester's was also united
3rd July 1938 and that of New North on
18th June 1941.
ST GILES or THE HIGH KIRK
JOHN KNOX, p. 50, line 15, delete
1560 ' ' and again in 1 568. ' '
JAMES LAWSON, line 21, for "First"
1572 read "Second."
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, line 10
1639
from bottom of p. 57, 2, delete "and
was again Moderator in 1639."
GEORGE GILLESPIE. Addl. Publica-
tion — The Testimony of Mr. George
Gillespie against association and
compliance with malignant enemies of the
truth, 1648 (Paisley, 1791).
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ST GILES
11
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, died
1689
1691, not 1692; p. 60, line 3, for
' ' West Linton ' ' read * ' Kinglassie. ' '
[G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxix, 443.]
GEORGE HAMILTON. Addl. issue—
1697 Agnes.
JOHN MATHIESON, son of Alexander
M., wright burgess of Edinburgh;
his daugh., Jean (marr. pro. 6th May
1753 William Currie, merchant, Dumfries);
Margaret, died 10th June 1754.
WILLIAM GREENFIELD, his son,
1787 James Hunter, died 1st Feb. 1866.
ROBERT GORDON, line 21— delete
1710
1836
Professor of Divinity, etc.; min. of
1843
Free High Church; line 25, for 1843
read 1847; his daughs., Georgiana White
died 1 1th Jan. 1919; Susan Campbell (marr.
Andrew Mackean) died 3rd April 1926.
DAVID ARNOT, his daugh., Anna
Fernie (marr. James Gourlay, North
British & Mercantile Insurance Co.),
died 19th Aug. 1919.
ANDREW WALLACE WILLIAM-
SON, licen. 13th May 1881; dem.
10th July 1925; created K.C.V.O.
1926; died 10th July 1926; his widow,
Elizabeth Mary Phoebe Croall, died 1st
March 1946.
CHARLES LAING WARR, educated
1926
Glasgow Academy, Univs. of Edin
burgh, M.A. (1914), and Glasgow;
trans, from St Paul's, Greenock, llth Feb.
1926; app. Dean of the Thistle and of the
Chapel Royal in Scotland, 19th Feb. 1926
and Extra Chaplain in Ordinary to H.M.
the King 12th March 1926; Chaplain in
Ordinary 1935; Chaplain to Convention of
the Royal Burghs of Scotland 1926;
Trustee National Library of Scotland
1926; Chaplain to Highland and Agri
cultural Society 1926; Chaplain to Royal
Scottish Academy, 1927; D.D. (Edinburgh,
2nd July 1931); Vice Convener, Home
Mission, 1935-6, 1939-41, and Convener
1947; Convener of Committee on Huts and
Canteens for Forces 1939-45; Chaplain to
King's Body Guard (Royal Company of
Archers) 22nd Feb. 1937; Hon. R.S.A.
(1927); F.R.S.E.; C.V.O. 10th July 1937;
LL.D. (St. Andrews 28th Sept. 1937); Chap
lain of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem,
1943, Sub-Prelate 1947, and Prelate of the
revived Scottish Priory 1950. Created
K.C.V.O. 1950. Marr. 30th April 1918
Christian Lawson Aitken, only daugh. of
Robert Rattray Tatlock and Christian,
daugh. of Rev. Charles Aitken of Cupar-
head, Lanarkshire, Vicar of Carmenellis,
Cornwall. Publications — The Unseen Host
(1916); Echoes of Flanders (1916); Alfred
Warr of Rosneath (1917); Principal Caird
(1926); The Call of the Island (1929);
Scottish Sermons and Addresses (1930);
The Presbyterian Tradition (1933); Bruce
(Walker Trust Lecture) (1936); many
contributions to journalism.
ST GILES
SECOND CHARGE
JAMES BALFOUR, line 32, delete
1598
1639.
"who survived him"; marr. (2)
Elizabeth King, buried 10th Sept.
ALEXANDER THOMSON, line 5, for
1628
1623 read 1619; marr. Margaret,
daugh. of Thomas Muirhead, min.
of Cambusnethan.
HENRY POLLOCK, trans, from
1641 Trinity.
DAVID DICKSON of BUSBY, Mode-
1650
rator in 1639, not 1640; his sons,
David and Archibald, matriculated
at Glasgow Univ., 1647.
1675
ANDREW CANT, line 10, for "1553"
read "1653"; marr. (1) 20th Nov.
1653 Anna Burnett; his son,
Andrew, Bishop of Glasgow. — [Aberdeen
Reg.}
WILLIAM MITCHELL, line 24, marr.
1721 (2) "26" not "7."
ROBERT KINLOCH, addl. issue—
1728
Robert, bapt. Dundee 9th Aug.
1716.
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ST GILES— LADY GLENORCHY'S
[PRESB. OF
JAMES BUCHANAN, son of James B.,
spirit dealer and grain merchant,
and Annabella Orr; his daugh., Jean
Morrison (marr. 12th Dec. 1862 William
Rose Campbell of Ballochyle).
OLD KIRK
ANDREW RAMSAY. (G. R. Sas.,
1641 xviii, 337; liii, 274).
THOMAS GARVINE, schoolmaster of
1649
Irvine; brother of Janet G., who
married 1609 James, son of John
Spence, portioner of Lathine, Fife; his
daugh. Anne (marr. cont, 3rd Jan. 1673
James Caithness, writer, Edinburgh). [G. R.
Sas., 2 Ser., xviii, 46; 3 Ser., i, 7; Edin.
Sheriff Court Reg. of Deeds, 14th June
1707.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, his son,
1681
Robert, apprenticed to Alexander
Callander 17th Aug. 1709; his
widow, Jean Orrok, marr. Robert Cheyne,
min. of Girthon.
JAMES NISBET, son of James N.,
1718
M.D.; line 4, for 1625 read 1695;
his son, David, merchant, Glasgow.
DANIEL MACQUEEN, marr. Eliza-
1758 betn> daugh, of Archibald Nisbet
of Carfin. Addl. issue — Elizabeth,
born 4th April 1745, died 27th March 1746;
Ann (marr. 27th July 1769 James Wilkie),
died 26th March 1789.
JAMES MACKNIGHT, had issue—
William, born 2nd Feb. 1755, died
20th Oct. 1761.
JOHN LEE. Addl. publication— Evi-
1835 dgnce before the Committee on
Religious Instruction (Edin., 1837).
OLD KIRK
SECOND CHARGE
JOHN HALL, trans, to Second Charge
1596 St Giles after 21st Feb. 1610.
JAMES HAMILTON, son of Gavin H.,
merchant, Glasgow and Coleraine,
and Helen Dunlop; his daughs. —
Jane (marr. Archibald Hamilton, min. of
Wigtown); a daugh. marr. William Mait-
land, min. of Beith; Mary (marr. Peter
Blair, min. of Jedburgh). — [Hamilton MS.,
161.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL of KINNOCH-
1690
TREE, his daughs. — Rosina (marr.
12th June 1690 Charles Garden,
min. of Ashkirk); Marion (marr. George
Anderson, min. of Dairsie); Janet, buried
10th June 1676; his son, Alexander, buried
30th Aug. 1699.
JOHN ORR, his daugh., Janet, died
1703
1732 (marr. Andrew Greg, surgeon,
Cupar, Fife).
PATRICK CUMING, MS. volume of
1732 sermons in Assembly Library.
ROBERT HENRY, marr. Ann, daugh.
of Thomas Balderston, surgeon,
Berwick. — [Scots Mag., Iviii, 293.]
1776
THOMAS MACKNIGHT, line 6, for
1810
"Canongate Second Charge" read
"South Leith."
(Second Charge abolished 1836.)
OLD KIRK PARISH (Q.S.)
JAMES RICHMOND AITKEN, app.
19Q7 Presbytery Clerk 14th Nov. 1928;
app. secretary, Church Extension
Committee, 1939; D.D. (Edinburgh, 30th
June 1932); died 3rd Jan. 1943. His wife,
Gertrude Allen, died 9th Dec. 1921. His
daugh., Marguerite, marr. Andrew Fraser.
(Church transported to new site at Crewe
Toll, 7th Jan. 1941.)
LADY GLENORCHY'S (Q.S.)
THOMAS SNELL JONES, marr. (2)
1779
pro. 1st Dec. 1783 Mary, daugh. of
John Belshes of Invermay, and (3)
pro. 30th June 1787 Agnes, daugh. of
George Gardiner of Custom House.
GEORGE RAMSAY DAVIDSON, his
sons — David William, died Oct.
1886; George Ramsay, died Feb.
1893.
1842
ALEXANDER FYFE BURNS, for
1877 "Andrew" read "Alexander."
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LADY GLENORCHY'S— MURRAYFIELD
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1882
THOMAS BURNS, D.D., C.B.E., T.D.,
died 15th Jan. 1938; his wife, Sarah
Frances Townsend Murray, died
18th Nov. 1926. He was chairman of the
Scottish National Home for Blinded
Soldiers (Newington House) and raised
large sums of money for this purpose. At
the same time the Thomas Burns Home
for Blinded Women was founded as a
tribute to his work on behalf of the blind.
His son, Norman Frederick MacGregor,
manager, Banda Kwala Estate, Sumatra;
his daugh., Agnes Mary Frances (marr.
30th July 1918 James Thomas Hall, min.
of Monymusk).
LADY YESTER'S
THOMAS WILKIE, his son by first
1691
marriage, Henry, apprenticed to
1732
John Hay, surgeon, 15th Dec. 1695.
—[Lady Yester's Poll Tax Roll, 35.]
ARCHIBALD GIBSON, probably of
Durie family. His mother was Jean
Pringle; his daugh., Janet (marr.
Jan. 1756 Robert Innes, physician, Edin
burgh).
THOMAS FLEMING, his daugh., Ann,
-ion/: born 2nd May 1788, died 25th
March 1791.
CHARLES MacGREGOR, died 27th
1880
Dec. 1923; his widow, Wilhelmina
Blair, died 21st Feb. 1927; his son,
Blair, died Oakland, California, 18th April
1937.
JOHN MORRISON McLUCKIE,
1910 trans, to Castleton 7th Feb. 1918.
GEORGE SIMPSON MARR, M.A.,
B.D., D.Litt., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.
20th Dec. 1923); trans, from Dalzell
2nd Oct. 1918; dem. 2nd July 1938; marr.
5th Feb. 1924 Rhoda Keith Bryden, B.Sc.,
only daugh. of William Shand, 37 Bucking
ham Terrace, Edinburgh, whom he divorced
for desertion 6th July 1928. Publications—
Periodical Essayists of the Eighteenth Cen
tury. Happy Youth: A Faith for To-day:
Christianity and the Cure of Disease.
(Charge united to Grey friars 3rd July 1 938.)
MAYFIELD (Q.S.)
ALEXANDER NEIL, dem. 27th Oct.
1879
1920; died at Joppa 13th Oct. 1925;
his widow, Cecilia Morrison, died
5th Aug. 1929.
WILLIAM JOHN SYM, trans, from
- Broughty Ferry 28th April 1921;
M.B.E., 1932; Chaplain to Terri
torial Forces and Senior Chaplain, Alder-
shot, 1940-3; Convener, Chaplain's Com
mittee, 1938; died 29th Sept. 1946.
MORNINGSIDE (Q.S.)
THOMAS ADDIS, his sons— Rev. Wil
liam, died 20th Feb. 1917; Thomas
Chalmers, died at Colinton 24th
Jan. 1918; David Foulis, died 26th Nov.
1924; Sir Charles, K.C.M.G., died 14th
Dec. 1945; his daughs.— Henrietta Thor-
burn (marr. Andrew D. Black) died at
Rothesay 14th June 1917; Robina Scott
Thorburn, died 16th Aug. 1940; Susan
Forbes, died 12th Feb. 1936.
EBENEZER BROWN SPEIRS, his
1897
widow, Wilhelmina Amalie Marie
Pancke, died 12th Nov. 1935, aged
83; his son, Andrew, died llth Nov. 1918;
his daughs. — Wanda died at Blenay,
Switzerland, 26th Jan. 1917; Catherine
Vera (marr. 8th May 1920 Frederick K.
Watson, B.Sc., New South Wales); Marie,
headmistress, Allermuir School, died 23rd
Dec. 1943.
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, trans, to
1900 St Cuthbert's 6th May 1914.
ANDREW BROWN, D.D. (St. An-
drews 27th June 193°)> died 21st
March 1943; his sons — David in
Ceylon; Douglas, C.A., died from result
of an accident, Idwah, Upper Burma, 19th
May 1934.
MURRAYFIELD (Q.S.)
ROBERT JOHNSTONE, trans, to
1901 Aberdour 18th Nov. 1914.
JAMES ROSSIE BROWN, born 10th
1914
1915
July 1886, son of William Rossie B.,
min. of Ardrossan; educated at
High School and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
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MURRAYFIELD— ST AIDAN'S
[PRESB. OF
(1907) Berlin and Heidelburg; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 2nd May 1911; app.
Chaplain to Duke of Hamilton and ord.
by Presb. of Hamilton 29th July 1912;
assist, at Glasgow Cathedral, St Cuthbert's
Edinburgh, and Peebles; adm. 13th April
1915; served in European War 1914-15
with Royal Scots; Squadron Leader, Auxi
liary Air Force; Chaplain, No. 603 City of
Edinburgh Squadron, 1929; D.D. St
Andrews 30th Nov. 1948.
NEWINGTON (Q.S.)
JOHN ALISON, his widow, Margaret
Macgeorge, died at Bournemouth
15th March 1921.
1898
HUGH CAMERON, dem. 15th May
1932, died 21st Aug. 1934; his
daughs. — Maud (marr. 26th July
1917 Norman Gottfried Resting, min. of
Kirkhope); Norah (marr. 24th Sept. 1942
Lewis Frederick Armitage).
PRESTONFIELD
DONALD MACMILLAN, dem. llth
Feb. 1926; died 31st July 1944; his
wife, Edith Marjorie Eveline Watt,
died 26th May 1920; marr. (2) 6th June
1928 Agnes Charteris (died 23rd April
1938), daugh. of James Stirling, 17
Orchardhead Road, Liberton; his daugh.,
Isabella Catherine, marr. 1st July 1922
John Elder, M.C., M.A., min. of Cults
East.
1926
ANDREW ROBERTSON, trans, from
Mochrum 6th Oct. 1926; trans, to
Oxnam 26th May 1937; his wife,
Helen Ferme Lawson, died 22nd Sept.
1939.
RESTALRIG (Q.S.)
JOHN DURIE, exhorter in 1568 and
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds,
156o T • i' i i i
Linlithgow, etc.]
GEORGE BOYD, his daugh., Elizabeth
1870 Mackenzie, died 17th Dec. 1929.
WILLIAM BURNETT, dem. 31st Dec.
1912 1934; died at Leeds 30th May 1946;
his daugh., Mary Johnstone, M.A.,
B.Ed. (marr. 27th July 1932 James Lums-
den D.Sc., Ph.D., principal, Technical
College, Dundee); his wife, Lena Dawson,
died 4th Dec. 1943.
ROBERTSON MEMORIAL (Q.S.)
WILLIAM LYON RIACH, his widow,
1872 A§nes Geraldine Potter, died 15th
Nov. 1915; his daugh., Agnes Mary
(marr. Francis William Gibb, Edinburgh),
died 2nd March 1940.
DAVID PAUL, dem. 26th Nov. 1919,
1896 died 12th July, 1929; his son,
George Morison, died at Malaga
23rd Jan. 1917; his daugh., Alice Mary,
died 19th July 1947.
GEORGE VICTOR DUNNETT, trans.
1920 ^rom Cockburnspath 4th June 1920;
O.B.E. (3rd June 1918); adm. to
Flisk 4th Feb. 1937; dem. 21st Dec. 1943.
Addl. issue — Alastair Inglis, born 31st
March 1920; Stephen Falconer, born 19th
Jan. 1923.
ST AIDAN'S
ANDREW BENVIE, dem. 28th Nov.
1894 1926; died 5th Aug. 1930.
NEIL ALEXANDER MACLEAN,
192? born Glasgow 27th June 1895, son
of Neil M., Leamington Terrace,
Edinburgh; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1923; assistant
at Paisley Abbey; served in European war
as private in H.L.I, and officer in K.R.R.C.;
taken prisoner at Cambrai 30th April 1917;
ord. to Montrose, Second Charge, 3rd Feb.
1925; trans, and adm. 7th June 1927; dem.
15th May 1936; adm. to St Columba's,
Lauriston, Falkirk, 19th Sept. 1939; dem.
15th May 1944. Marr. 17th Sept. 1943
Janet Inglis, daugh. of James Cruickshank,
s.s.c.
(New Church at Saughton dedicated 28/7*
Dec. 1934.)
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ST ANDREW'S
ANDREW GRANT, his son David,
1813
born 22nd Sept. 1794, died 13th
March 1800.
JOHN BRUCE, his daugh., Isabel
1837
Angus, died Edinburgh 21st May
1924.
THOMAS CLARK, his daugh., Janet
1843 Gordon, died 19th Sept. 1853.
JOHN STUART, line 7, for "1848"
read "1847"; his widow, Jessie
Duncan, died 19th March 1922.
1857
PETER HAY HUNTER, his widow,
Helen Dawson, died 13th June,
1896
1935.
GEORGE CHRISTIE, D.D. 1927; died
1908 23rd Nov. 1937.
(St Andrews and Queen Street Churches
united \2th Oct. 1947.)
ST BERNARD'S (Q.S.)
For ANDREW WATSON BROWN
1841 read Alexander Watson Brown.
JOHN McMURTRIE, his widow,
1866 Beatr^x Somerville Brodie, died at
Skene Manse 20th April 1920; his
daughs.— Beatrix, headmistress, St Co-
lumba's School for Girls, Kilmacolm;
Agnes Katherine, died 29th Aug. 1936.
ALEXANDER FIDDES, D.D. (Aber-
deen, 1929), dem. 12th Nov. 1925;
died 29th March 1943; his widow,
Mary Ross Allardyie, died 24th Jan. 1948.
ALBERT ALEXANDER DIACK,
trans, from Peterhead East 7th July
1926.
ST CUTHBERT'S
In 1 128 David I with consent of his son,
Henry, granted to Holyrood Abbey the
church with the parish and all things per
taining to the church, and with the kirkton,
and with the land on which the church is
situated, and with the other land which lies
beneath the Castle, and two chapels per
taining to the church — the chapel of
Corstorphine with two bovates and 6 acres
of land, and the chapel of Liberton, with
2 bovates of land, and with all the teinds
and rights, both living and dead, of
Legbernarde, which Macbeth of Liberton
gave to the said church and which the King
confirmed. Manifestly the church was
founded long prior to the foregoing date;
and it may be that it owed its origin to one
of the followers of St Cuthbert, or even to
that saint himself. There is, however, no
certain information with regard to the
foundation. The church was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham on 16th March, 1241-2.
On 3rd July 1486 William Tours of Inver-
leith and Alison Home, his wife, granted
to a chaplain at the altar of St Anne,
mother of the Virgin Mary, situated in St
Anne's aisle on the north side of the
church, 14 merks annually from a tenement
near the place of the Minorite Friars, Edin
burgh; and in 1558 George Tours of Inver-
leith stated that the altar had been founded
by his predecessors. On 10th Dec. 1488
Mr Alexander Currour, vicar of Living
stone, granted to a chaplain at an altar in
the church dedicated to the Holy Trinity
annual rents from tenements on the north
and south sides of High Street, in the
Canongate, and in le Forstan's Wynd on
the south side of High Street. There was
also in the church an altar dedicated to the
Virgin Mary. By Act of Parliament in 1633
St Cuthbert 's Church was dissolved from
Holyrood; and by Charter of 29th Septem
ber of that year Charles I annexed it to his
newly formed Bishopric of Edinburgh.
After the Revolution, when the bishopric
was dissolved, the church became inde
pendent.
It is presumed that when, in May 1544,
under the direction of the Earl of Hertford,
the English leader, * ' the towne (Edinburgh)
and also the Abbey of Holyrodehouse"
were wholly burned and desolate, St
Cuthbert 's Church was involved in the
conflagration. In any case in 1550 the
church is described as "the new parish
Church of St Cuthbert 's," indicating that
at that date a scheme of rebuilding had
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ST CUTHBERT'S
[PRESB. OF
very recently been carried out. In 1593 the
fabric of the church underwent consider
able repairs. The Steeple "yat is auld,"
was taken down in whole or in great part
and rebuilt, the walls of the church were
heightened, and the roof was covered with
slates in place of thatch which had done
service. The foregoing description of the
steeple clearly indicates that it was of much
earlier date than the rest of the church, and
therefore had survived the fire of 1 544. At
the same time a new church was erected at
the west end of the church, on the site of
the existing tower and the triangular piece
of ground adjacent thereto. In Gordon of
Rothiemay's map of Edinburgh, 1647,
there is a sketch of the church showing it
as a plain building consisting of nave and
choir, with a south transept at the junction
of the nave and choir, and on the south
side of the west end a massive square tower.
Later illustrations reveal considerable
alterations in the external appearance of
the building, including the heightening of
the nave and an addition in the outside
stair to the end of the south transept. These
alterations were due to the need of pro
viding lofts for additional accommodation.
Mention in 1649 is made of the West Loft
called Braid's Loft, at the north end of
which provision was made in that year for
accommodation for the Town Council,
who had become a heritor, entrance to the
Council's Loft being secured by a door
"broken through the wall." In September
1650, after the battle of Dunbar, in connec
tion with the siege of Edinburgh Castle by
Cromwell, the new church was demolished,
and of the old church practically nothing
but the bare walls remained. In the follow
ing year restoration work was begun; and
in 1652 sufficient repairs had been carried
out in "roof, walls, and windows" to
enable the church to be reopened for wor
ship in April of that year. But even in 1655
internal renewal work was still being car
ried on, for on 1 3th June of the latter year
the Town Council, on the ground that "St
Cuthbert's was straitened for fault of lofts
and seats therein, that the most part of the
congregation goe stragling and wandring
up and down to uther kirks and under
pretence thereof spend the holie Sabbath
ydlie and profanlie," and that their loft
if repaired, would provide needed accom
modation and thereby make the people
"inexcusable for disorderlie living,"
ordered their said loft to be rebuilt. Prob
ably it was in this connection that the
Town Council on 7th Nov. 1655 arranged
for a partition wall of ' ' good and sufficient
lyme and stane work" being built in the
church. In the same period, 1652-5, the
walls and roof of the new church were
restored, and repairs were carried out on
the churchyard dykes which had been built
in the early part of 1601. In March-June
1689 the blockade of the Castle, then held
by the Duke of Gordon on behalf of
James II, led to further severe damage
being done to both churches. In course
the old church was repaired, while the new
church was externally restored. The latter
does not appear again to have been used
for worship, and in 1753, when it was in a
ruinous condition, the roof was removed,
and in 1772 the walls were demolished. In
1772 the old church, including the tower,
was also demolished, and its place was
taken by a building which was opened for
worship on 31st July 1775. At the same
time the first stage of the tower, which has
a sundial with the date 1772 and the motto
Vivite Fugio, was built, and in 1789 the
tower was completed with funds privately
subscribed. The church of 1775 gave place
to the present church, which was opened
for worship on Wednesday, 1 1th July 1894.
The name, West Church, applied to St
Cuthbert's in the 17th century, seems to
have originated in the early Covenanting
days. But it never really supplanted the
old name. Indeed, it had a restricted use,
and in course it disappeared. The church
lands and glebe, with barn, cornyard, etc.,
were situated on the east side of the
churchyard.
In the parish there were several chapels
and religious houses. Near the West Port
on the south side of the Castle there was
Barras or Barres Chapel, so named from
the enclosure for tournaments in the
vicinity. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, it
was built by James IV in 1507-8, and
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ST CUTHBERT'S
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appears to have been completed in May of
the latter year. On 10th May foresaid
King James supplied taffeta red and white
"to the courtingis and ruf of the Chapel
of the barres" at a cost of £42 5s., and
later in the same month, on the 20th and
27th respectively, he made offerings in the
chapel then designated "the Chapell of
conscience beside the barres." On 25th
Feb. 1532-3 James V provided for the
chapel, vestments and altar furnishings,
and also a bell and an image of the Virgin
Mary. The lands of the chapel are de
scribed on 31st Oct. 1566 as lie Barres and
the tail adjoining the same on the west side,
and extending to St Margaret's well, lying
under the Castle on the south, between
Polcatsher's and Orchardfield on the south,
the public way leading to St Cuthbert's on
the north, the said well on the west, and
the lands called Kingis-Stabillis on the east.
The first chaplain, presented by James IV
on 6th June 1508, was Sir James Ellem or
Allane, and his successor on 15th Sept.
1545 was Henry Achesoun. At the Burgh
Moor, on the ground of St Giles' Grange,
there was a chapel founded in honour of
St John the Baptist and St John the
Evangelist, apparently on 15th Feb.
1512-13, by Sir John Crawford, prebendary
of St Giles. Provision was made for (1) a
chaplain to celebrate in the chapel, the
endowment being 1 8 acres of the Common
Moor, U acres of land given of charity by
the Town Council, and 3i acres of said
moor held by Sir John off the Town
Council in feu, and (2) for "a man of
advanced age" who "shall reside at the
said church, wearing always a white robe
and carrying on his breast a sign, viz. the
head of John the Baptist, proclaiming his
hermitical life, who shall have for his
sustenance an acre of land with house and
garden adjacent to the same on the south.
On 5th Jan. 1516-17 Sir John Crawford
conveyed the chapel with the churchyard,
houses, yards, lands, to the adjacent Con
vent of St Catherine of Sienna, and the
chapel became the chapel of the convent.
Near the foregoing chapel there was a
chapel dedicated to St Roc or Rok, founded
probably about 1501-2. At that period
James IV made various gifts to the chapel,
and included in the outlays was a gratuity
to the French Friar ' * that brocht ane bane
of Sanct Rouk to the King." Further
gifts followed in 1507 and 1512. On 24th
Nov. 1532, "for suffrage and prayeris to
be done in Sanct Rokis Kirk on the
Burowmuir for the souls that lie in the said
Kirk and Kirkyard," the Town Council
granted to Sir John Young, chaplain in the
chapel, and his successors in office 3 acres
of the Burgh Moor, with another acre on
the south side of the kirkyard of the chapel,
to build a yard and house upon — the
successive chaplains to "uphold the Kirk
in sclates watherticht, glaswyndows, and
all uther necessour thingis." Evidently
the Town Council was the patron of the
chapel, for on llth Aug. 1537 it granted
authority for £10 expenditure ' * upon heting
and mending Sanct Rokis Chapel for the
present year," which "is allegit to thame
to be reuynous and falling doun." At
Newhaven there was a chapel dedicated to
the Virgin Mary and St James. In the 16th
century up to 1560 it was variously desig
nated the ' ' Chapel of the Blessed Virgin, ' '
"Our Lady Kirk of the New Haven," the
' ' Chapel of St Mary at lie New Haven or
Port of Grace"; but later, and certainly in
1601, it was called the "Chapel of St
James, Newhaven." Included in the
revenue granted by Crown Charter of 2nd
March 1614 to the minister, elders, and
deacons of South Leith Church for the
Royal Foundation of the Hospital and
Poor of Leith, was the place where was the
Chapel of St James, Newhaven, formerly
called the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, with the garden of the chapel.
Within the lands of Bristo there was a
chapel dedicated to St Sebastian, founded
on 8th May 151 1, by Sir Matthew Doweile,
chaplain; and in a charter of 14th April
1439, quoted in a Crown Charter of 2nd
Sept. 1458, there appears "the Church of
St John the Baptist under the Wall of the
Castle." This latter was the chapel
attached to the Hospital of the Knight
Templars and later the Knights of St John
at the Bow Foot in the Grassmarket. In
St Ninian's Row in the Low Calton there
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[PRESB. OF
was a chapel dedicated to St Ninian.
Lepers at St Ninian 's Chapel are referred
to in a charter of 15th Feb. 1541-2, indi
cating that attached to the chapel there
was a house for lepers. The west pier of
Regent Bridge is situated on the site of the
chapel. The Dominican nunnery of St
Catherine of Sienna, the foundation of
which was confirmed by Bull of Pope
Leo X on 29th March 1517, was situated
at the place called the Sciennes. Land for
the nunnery was given by John Cant,
burgess of Edinburgh, and Sir John Craw
ford, prebendary of St Giles, and the
expense of erection was borne chiefly by
Jane Hepburn, wife of George, fourth Lord
Seton. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the
Carmelite convent of St Mary of Placentia
was situated a short distance from the
south-east corner of the city wall. Alike of
the name of the founder and of the date of
the foundation nothing is known. The
name survives in the pleasance. The
hospital, or almshouse, with chapel was
situated at the foot of St Leonard's Lane
in the old barony of Broughton. It was in
existence in the first half of the 12th cen
tury, and was granted to Holyrood Abbey
by David I, probably at or soon after his
foundation of the abbey in 1128. It seems
to have had a somewhat chequered career.
At any rate, towards the end of the 1 5th
century "time, war, and other incon-
venients" had made it "waste and un
inhabitable," and on 18th July 1493 it was
refounded by Robert Bellenden, Abbot of
Holyrood, for six old and frail poor men,
and their successors as beneficiaries, with
sustenance for them, consisting of two
crofts, the Terraris Croft and le Hermitis
Croft in the said Abbot's territory of St
Leonard, and 23s. annual rent from a tene
ment in the Canongate. Provision was also
made for a chaplain for the hospital, who
had a manse near the gate of the monastery
on the north side of the High Street of the
Canongate. Of the two crofts and the
annual rent of 20s. sasine was granted by
the abbot on 2nd Sept. 1494 to six poor
men in the hospital, John Rudry, Thomas
Blak, Robert Murray, John Burne, Thomas
Rannald, Thomas Huchonson, and their
successors.— [Reg. Great Seal, i, 805, 1812;
ii, 616, 1692, 2192, 3818; iii, 170; iv, 2813;
vi, 1181; vii, 1015; viii, 243; Reg. Sec. Seal,
i, 1689, ii, 2455, iii, 1322; Acts Scott.
ParL, v, 54; Lord High Treas. Aces., ii, 68,
146, 346, iii, 293, 1322, iv, 22-3, 38, 41,
181, 183, 191, v, 389, vi, 93, vii, 74, 195,
290; Exts. from Records of City of Edin
burgh, i, 164; 1528-57, 59, 67; 1557-71, 7;
1589-1603, 285; 1642-55, 275, 391; Char
ters of Holyrood, 3, 4, 6, 234-44; Foular's
Prot. Bk., Nos. 1 10, 253, 713; Young's Prot.
Bk., No. 730; Gilbert Grote's Prot. Bk.,
Nos. 152, 155; Church of Scotland in 13th
Century, 46; Scotsman, 12th July 1894.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, M.A.,
1557
vicar in 1557 and 7th July 1566.—
[Col. of Charters, ix, 1902, 2044;
Reg. Abb. Feu Charters of Church Lands,
i, 183; Acts and Dec., xxxii, 113.]
WILLIAM HARLAW, his pres. to
vicarage 6th Feb. 1 572 was on death
of William Hamilton.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 4.]
1560
ROBERT PONT, his daugh., Beatrix,
was by first marriage; his son, James,
commissary of Dunblane. It does
not appear that he actually became min.
at St Andrews (#.v.).
JAMES REID, line 1, for "John" read
1649 "William."
DAVID WILLIAMSON, his son,
George, by 2nd marr., bapt, 15th
Oct. 1668; his son, William, appren
ticed to Robert Manderston, merchant,
23rd March 1711. Publications— for
"TVo" read "Four Single Sermons 1690-
1703."— [South Leith Reg.}
THOMAS PITCAIRN, parentage given
is doubtful; his daughs., Jean (marr.
pro. 17th Aug. 1755 David Wardrop,
surgeon, Edinburgh); Margaret (marr. pro.
5th Sept. 1756 Alexander Sheriff, merchant,
Leith); his son, James, apprenticed to
James Hunter, wright, 8th Sept. 1742.
ALEXANDER STUART, marr. (1)
Margaret, daugh. of John Heriot,
1735
1762
candlemaker.
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SIR HENRY WELWOOD MON-
CREIFF. Addl. Publication—^
Brief Account of the Constitution of
the Established Church of Scotland (Edin.,
1833).
JOHN PAUL, his son, Sir James Bal-
four, died 15th Sept. 1931. Publica
tions — for "7V0" read "Four
Single Sermons" (1834-60).
JAMES MAcGREGOR, pres. by Queen
1775
1828
1873
Victoria 17th July 1873; his widow,
Helen Murray, died 29th May, 1930.
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, line 17,
1914
1934.
"June," not "May"; dem. 12th
Nov. 1925; died at Oxford 2nd Nov.
NORMAN MACLEAN, trans, to
1925
Collegiate Charge from Park, Glas
gow, 18th March 1915; became
senior minister 12th Nov. 1925; app.
Chaplain to the King 24th Aug. 1926;
chaplain, St Andrew's, Jerusalem, 1939^0;
Moderator of General Assembly, 1927;
convener of Life and Work Committee,
1928; preached opening sermon in the
Cathedral of Geneva of 10th Assembly of
the League of Nations, 1930; dem. 2nd
Feb. 1937; his wife, Jane Robertson
Macaulay, died 1927. He marr. (2) 3rd
April 1929 Hon. lona Marie Adelaide,
only daugh. of Ronald Archibald, Lord
Macdonald of Sleat. His daughs. — Mar
garet Hope (marr. 28th June 1929 Daniel,
son of Lachlan Macpherson, Upper Ollach,
Portree); Jean (marr. 4th July 1930 Allan
Biggar, Bombay); Dileas, M.B., Ch.B.
(marr. 1st June 1935 William Douglas
Short, B.Sc., Dumbarton). Addl. Publi
cations — The Message of Bethlehem', The
Future Life; Death Cannot Sever; How
shall we Escape?; In Former Days (1945);
numerous contributions to the Scotsman
and magazines.
ST CUTHBERT'S
COLLEGIATE CHARGE
WILLIAM KEITH OF AQUHORTIS,
1661 was f°rmerly mm- °f Udny (<?.v.).
Addl. issue — William, eldest; Robert,
called eldest 1694; Jean (marr. cont. 14th
March 1720 William Anderson, min. of
Daviot.) — [Aberdeen Inhib., 24th July,
1655; Sher. Court Deeds, 3rd July 1694.]
NEIL McVICAR, marr. (2) contract
1?07 9th Nov. 1737 Bridget Balfour and
had issue — Neil, only son, Jean and
Lilias.— [Reg. of Deeds, Dal. 161, 12th
March 1747.]
JAMES MACKIE, his Common Place
Book and Sermons in Assembly
T M
Library.
JOHN GIBSON, marr. Mary, daugh.
of Alexander Tait, merchant, Edin
burgh. Addl. issue — Janet, born
30th May 1756.
JAMES VEITCH, pres. by Queen
1843 Victoria 29th Aug. 1842.
JAMES BARCLAY, died at Keswick
1878
1942.
18th March 1928; his widow,
Marion Simpson, died 1st April
WILLIAM LYALL WILSON, died 1st
1Q11 Aug. 1914; his widow, Margarita
MacCulloch, died at Hove, 23rd
June 1945; his son, Thomas Leslie Lyall,
killed in flying accident Jan. 1945.
NORMAN MACLEAN, see Senior
1915 Charge.
SIR GEORGE FIELDEN MACLEOD,
1926 Bart., born Glasgow 17th June 1895;
second son of Sir John Mackintosh
Macleod, Bart., C.A., M.P. Glasgow, and
Edith Fielden; educ. at Winchester, Oriel
College, Oxford, B.A., Edinburgh Univ.,
Union Theological College, New York;
served as Captain, Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, in European war (Military
Cross and Croix de Guerre); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 29th June 1921;
missioner, British Columbia Lumber
Camps 1922; assist. St Giles, Edinburgh;
ord. for Social Service with Toe H 17th
Dec. 1924; adm. to this charge 24th March
1926; trans, to Govan 8th Oct. 1930; D.D.
(Glasgow Univ. 16th June 1937); dem. 31st
May 1938 to become leader of the lona
Community; succeeded his nephew as 4th
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[PRESS. OF
Baronet, April 1944; marr. 28th Aug. 1948
Lorna Helen Janet, daugh. of Donald
Macleod, min. of Inverness. Publications
— Govan Calling, a Book of Broadcast
Sermons and Addresses (1934); contributor
to "Way to God" series for the B.B.C.;
Speaking the Truth in Love: a Book on
Preaching (1936).
BONNINGTON
JOHN SUTHERLAND HUNTER,
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 8th June
1886; died 15th Jan. 1943; his wife,
Lizzie Mathewson, died at Edinburgh 30th
April 1924; had issue — May Spedding,
born 21st June 1899; Elizabeth Dorothy,
born 19th'May 1901.
JOHN ANTHONY MACRAE, ord.
1915
8th April 1915; res. 1917; afterwards
of St John's, Dundee.
JAMES MILLER, trans, from
1918 Dundee.
JOHN W. SPENCE, afterwards of
1920 Buckhaven.
(Charge dissolved 1924.)
CHARTERIS MEMORIAL
ST NINIAN'S
WILLIAM COWAN, died 9th June
1912 1917.
1917 JAMES GILLAN.
ROBERT GEORGE JAMIESON,
1918 Indian chaplain locum.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, app. 1920;
1920 trans, to Cranshaws 9th April 1925.
THOMAS RAMSAY KEARNEY,
1925
formerly of Ichang; adm. 19th
April 1925; trans, to Hallside 21st
Sept. 1927.
HENRY McKINLEY, born 18th May
1928
1874; son of William M., mining
contractor, and Isabella Aitchison;
educ. at Tranent Public School, Univ. of
Edin. and Congregational Theological
Hall; ord. in Congregational Union 10th
Aug. 1912; min. at Sullom in Shetland;
Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh Jan. 1916 to
April 1917; locum tenens North Esk 1st
May 1917, and assistant Liberton 1st Sept.
1917-25; ord. in Church of Scotland and
adm. to Channelkirk 30th April 1925;
trans, to Sinclairtown 2nd Nov. 1926; dem.
27th Dec. 1927 on app. to this charge 15th
Jan. 1928; trans, to Cambusbarron 13th
June 1934; died 24th May 1945. Marr. (1)
1st June 1897 Margaret, daugh. of William
Nicolson, Mossbank, Shetland; she died
14th Feb. 1932 and had issue— William,
born 28th Aug. 1898; (2) 30th Sept. 1933
Isabel Margaret, youngest daugh. of
Norman Macdonald, F.C. Min., Alvie,
and Elizabeth Stewart.
ST DAVID'S
WILLIAM RITCHIE BLACK, died 1st
1896 Dec. 1944. Line 2, for "6" read
"4." He had issue — Marion Gal
loway (marr. 2nd July 1923 Leonard
Langdon Williams, M.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.,
M.I.P.T., manager, Singapore Improve
ment Trust); John Murray, M.D., F.R.C.S.
(Edin.), Dunfermline; William Galloway,
M.A., B.Sc., M.I.C.E.; Robert James, died
15th Sept. 1916; David James Galloway,
B.Sc., lecturer in Agriculture, Reading
University; Helen Grace, M.A.; Charles
Ritchie, M.A., LL.B., W.S., 1937; his wife
Euphemia Grace Galloway, died 9th Aug.
1943.
ST GEORGE'S
ANDREW MITCHELL MORRISON,
1814
his daugh., Jean (marr. 1st June
1831 Alexander Campbell, writer).
ROBERT SMITH CANDLISH, his
daugh., Elizabeth Smith, died 18th
1834
July 1915.
1843
ROBERT HORNE STEVENSON, his
wife, Frances Cadell, died 27th
March 1918; his sons — John Home,
K.C., M.B.E., Marchmont Herald, died
23rd Jan. 1939; Robert Cadell died at
Epsom 23rd March 1944; Henry James,
W.S., died 8th Aug. 1945; his daugh., Anne
Frances, died 25th Dec. 1941.
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21
ARCHIBALD SCOTT, marr. 4th July,
1880
not June; his sons Archibald, born
10th April 1863, died 31st April
1864; John Robert, born 19th Nov. 1864,
died 3rd June 1865; his daugh. Margaret
died at Ballater 22nd Sept. 1922; his widow,
Marion Elizabeth Rankine, died at Bal
later 30th Sept. 1920.
GAVIN LANG PAGAN, enlisted in
1909
15 Royal Scots 1914 and became
captain; killed in action 28th April
1917. He marr. 12th Aug. 1915 Jessie
Mabel, daugh. of Gordon Douglas, mana
ger of Life Association of Scotland; she
marr. (2) 5th Jan. 1927 Cecil Thornton,
min. of St Margaret's, Edinburgh.
CHARLES WILLIAM GRAY
TAYLOR, trans, from Uddingston
18th Jan. 1918 fo.v.), D.D. Edin
burgh 30th June 1933; convener of Foreign
Mission Committee 1928-36; moderator,
General Assembly, 19th May 1942.
ST JAMES (Q.S.)
THOMAS PORTEOUS, dem. 29th Dec.
1899 1931, died 3rd March 1939.
ST JOHN'S
THOMAS GUTHRIE, D.D., his sons—
184ft James, died at Brechin 2nd March
1920; Patrick, died at Colinton 30th
Nov. 1925; Alexander, died 28th Dec. 1934.
ROBERT WILLIAM ERASER, his
1844 daugh. Mary Gertrude (marr. Wil
liam Cownie) died at Corstorphine
10th July 1922.
JOHN GAVIN DICKSON, born May,
1908 not Au§-' dem- 18th Mav 1927;
died 31st July 1928; his widow,
Agnes McAllum Paul, died 25th Sept. 1930;
his son, John Gavin, Lieut. H.L.I., killed
in action 8th March 1916; his daughs.—
Lilian Paul (marr. 1st Oct. 1925 Peter
Dewar, Arnprior), died 16th Jan. 1947;
Jean Shearer Paul (marr. 10th Sept. 1930
George Smith Goodall Strachan, W.S.).
B«
SAMUEL JAMES MOORE COMPTON,
1927
born Ballymena, Co. Antrim, 6th
March 1881, son of James C, tim
ber merchant, Larne, and Margaret Ann
Wilson; educ. at Royal Univ. of Ireland,
B.A. (1904), and Princeton Theological
Seminary, B.D. (1907), Berlin and Halle;
licen. by Presb. of Carrickfergus 24th Nov.
1908; assistant, Fitzroy Avenue, Belfast,
1908; ord. 1910, St James, Ballymony,
Antrim; trans, to St Andrew's, Kingston,
Canada, 1912; served with Canadian
Forces in Great War as chaplain; trans, to
St Andrew's U.F., Kilmarnock, 1919; St
George's Pres. Ch., Southend on Sea, 1925;
trans. 21st Dec. 1927; trans, to Skirling
14th April 1943. Marr. 15th July 1913
Ruby, daugh. of Rev. Robert Cameron,
Glasgow, and has issue — David Henry
Cameron, born 21st June 1914, died 7th
Oct. 1914.
ST LEONARD'S (Q.S.)
LEWIS FREDERICK ARMITAGE,
his widow, Jane Edmonstone Mor-
ham, died 16th Nov. 1918; his
daugh. Elizabeth marr. Louis Edmond
McVicker, min. of Monigaff.
WILLIAM LIDDLE, his wife, Florence
1879
1913
Louisa Nystrom, died 24th Oct.
1929; he died from effects of an
accident 12th Sept. 1948.
(The parish was united with Newington
1st June 1932.)
ST LUKE'S (Q.S,)
ADAM MOODY STUART, p. Ill,
line 16, for "a daugh'.' read
"Adam"; his sons — Alexander,
died 22nd Dec. 1915; George, O.B.E., died
30th May 1940; John, died 7th Feb. 1936;
his daugh., Eliza, died 30th Jan. 1946.
RANALD MACPHERSON, his daughs.
—Jean, died 23rd Feb. 1926; Janet
Harvey (Jessie), widow of David
Grieve Miller, died 15th June 1946.
1835
1861
DAVID MUNRO MILNE, died 31st
March 1927; his wife, Jeannie
Mackay, died 12th April 1922; his
son, Sir David, K.C.B. (1947), Permanent
1893
22
ST LUKE'S— ST MICHAEL'S
[PRESB. OF
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland,
1945; his daughs. — Mary Catherine (marr.
25th March 1924 James Davie, M.C.,
B.Sc., Kokstadt, South Africa); Agnes
(marr. 6th Aug. 1935 Koert Nicholas
Pretorius, Livingstone, Northern Rho
desia).
THOMAS DOWNIE MEREDITH,
1927
trans, from Inchture 30th Sept.
1927; died 30th Sept. 1944.
ST MARGARET'S (Q.S.)
WILLIAM MORRIS BROWN, line 12,
1881 Delete "advocate"; formerly a
teacher at Constantinople; ord. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 14th May 1868, mis
sionary to Jews; his widow, Elizabeth
Brodie Powrie, died 2nd Nov. 1927; his
son, Alexander Monro, LL.B., died at
Regina, Canada, 4th June 1935.
903 JOHN COCHRANE, licen. 1890.
1905
JAMES GILLAN, D.D., dem. 30th
Nov. 1910; died 9th May 1932; his
widow, Margaret Henderson Wil
son, died Aberdeen 25th May 1947, aged
95; his sons — James, Civil Secretary to
Sudan Government 1933; Ian Robert
Wilson, min. of Fairmilehead, Edinburgh.
WILLIAM VEITCH, dem. 26th Nov.
1920; died at Bridge of Allan 31st
Dec. 1937; his daughs.— Helen
Flowerdew (marr. 29th July 1921 Prince
Demetre Galiczini, Russia); Gladys Muriel
(marr. 28th Aug. 1920 Francis William
George Urquhart, W.S.).
DAVID BRUCE NICOL, M.C., trans.
1920
from Skelmorlie 3rd Aug. 1920;
trans, to St Mark's, Dundee, 18th
Dec. 1925.
CECIL TAYLOR THORNTON, for-
1926
merly of Blackball, adm. 4th March
1926; his wife, Hilda Buchanan
Batchelor, died 23rd Jan. 1922; issue-
Frances Elizabeth, born 15th Sept. 1915
(marr. 14th July 1940 John, son of Charles
Young, Hazledene, Gilmerton); George
Hugh Malcolm, born 30th March 1919;
marr. (2) 5th Jan. 1927 Mabel, daugh. of
Gordon Douglas, manager of Life Associa
tion of Scotland and widow of Gavin Lang
Pagan, min. of St George's, and had issue,
Gordon Douglas, born 6th Dec. 1927.
ST MARY'S
JAMES GRANT, died Father of the
1841
Church; his sons — Archibald Dun
can, died 7th May 1915; Andrew,
of Pitcorthie, died 23rd Oct. 1924, be
queathed £350,000 to Edinburgh College
of Art.
CORNELIUS GIFFEN, his daughs.—
1872
Annie, died 15th Dec. 1914; Agnes,
died 10th Aug. 1925.
ANDREW TAYLOR LAURENCE,
Q1_ trans, from High Church, Kilmar-
nock, 4th March 1915.
ST MATTHEW'S (Q.S.)
FRANK HALE MARTIN, convener
of Home Mission Committee, died
5th May 1941; marr. 14th Nov. 1923
Helen, youngest daugh. of David Smith
Rae, min. of Lethendy; she died 30th May
1939.
1912
1919
ST MICHAEL'S (Q.S.)
GEORGE WILSON, D.D., died at
1887 Edinburgh 5th May 1921.
JOHN EDMUND HAMILTON, son
of Rev. John Sinclair H.; B.A.,
M.C.; ord. to Helen's Bay, Co.
Down, 1909; trans. A. & S. 20th Dec. 1919;
dem. 27th Feb. 1929; re-adm. by General
Assembly, May 1930; adm. to St. John's
East, Leith, 18th May 1938. Marr. 22nd
Sept. 1926 Hon. Lilian, M.B., Ch.B., daugh.
of Joseph, 1st Lord Macleay, and has issue
—Helen Josephine, born 1927; Martha,
born 12th May 1929; Patrick John Sinclair,
born 28th July 1934; Colin William, born
12th June, 1937.
JOHN MACDOUGALL, trans, from
Wick 30th Sept. 1929; secretary,
1929
Church of Scotland Committee on
Canteen Work during war 1939-45; O.B.E.
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23
June 1945; trans, to Kincardine and
Croick 25th Feb. 1948.
ST OSWALD'S (Q.S.)
HENRY JOHNSTONE WOTHER-
1907
SPOON, licen. 30th June 1875;
dem. 27th June 1923; died un
married 28th Jan. 1930.
1924
CHARLES GOODALL, trans, from
Dailly 15th Jan. 1924; dem. 18th
Nov. 1928; app. chaplain to Queens-
berry House Dec. 1934; died 2nd June 1941.
Addl. issue — George Turnbull, born 20th
April 1921; his daugh., Patricia, marr. 6th
Nov. 1942 Captain J. F. Wilson, R.A.M.C.
CHARLES MONCRIEFF ROBERT
SON, trans, from Ferryhill, Aber
deen, 19th April 1929.
ST SERF'S (Q.S.)
DAVID GORDON HAMILTON, line
4' *°r "Forbes" rea(* " Jones";
marr. Agnes Todd Hunter; trans.
to Kelso 21st Sept. 1916.
1912
EDWARD CHARLES HOULISTON,
1917 trans, from St Leonard's, Dun-
fermline, 1st March 1917; served as
chaplain, Gallipoli, Egypt, France, 1915-
16, Italy Feb. 1918 to Jan 1919; chaplain
to Lord High Commissioner 1925 and 1926;
died suddenly 2nd Oct. 1926; his widow,
Jacobina Scott Mason, died 6th Nov. 1939.
GEORGE TOD WRIGHT, born 21st
1920
April 1892, son of Maxwell James
W., min. of St Ninian's, Aberdeen;
educ. at Annan, Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1913), B.D. (1915); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 4th May 1915; chaplain to
Forces 26th Dec. 1917-18; assistant St
Michael's, Dumfries; ord. to Dryfesdale
6th April 1920; trans, and adm. 5th April
1927; trans, to Carnock, Fife, 20th Feb.
1946. Marr. 20th Nov. 1923 Vera Stewart,
daugh. of Samuel Thomas Parish of Tod-
hillmuir, Dumfries-shire, and has issue —
Edith Ann, born 26th July 1925 (marr. 16th
Feb. 1946 Charles Russell Miller, Dorclyfe
House, Rawcliffe, Goole); Maxwell James,
born 14th July 1928. Publication— God and
Israel (Church of Scotland Bible Class
Handbook. Edin., 1935).
ST STEPHEN'S
WILLIAM MUIR, his sons— James,
en§meer t° New River Company,
London, died Jan. 1889; William,
born 5th Sept. 1814, died 4th Nov. 1815.
MAXWELL NICHOLSON, his son,
1867
Stuart Oliphant, died 15th Oct.
1923; his daughs. — Anna (Mrs
Marshall) died 29th Sept. 1939; Mary (Mrs
Ellis) died 12th Dec. 1918; Margaret
Marianne (Mrs Rankine) died 1st Jan.
1926; Anne Helen died 3rd April 1917;
Frances Maxwell died Buenos Aires 27th
April 1947, aged 92.
JOHN FORBES WATSON GRANT,
18Q1 his widow, Diana Shank Cook, died
29th Nov. 1932; his daugh., Mary
Elizabeth, died 18th Dec. 1947.
LAUCHLAN McLEAN WATT, trans.
1011 to St Mungo's, Glasgow, 26th June
1923.
THOMAS BENTLEY STEWART
THOMSON, trans, from Dalzell
(q.v.) 20th Dec. 1923; assistant
Chaplain General, Territorial Army, 1922;
Senior Chaplain, Lowland Division, 1928;
app. convener of the Committee on Socie
ties for Young Men and Women, 1929; of
the Jewish Mission Committee, 1931-4; of
the Committee on Desecration of the Sea
of Galilee, 1934; app. Senior Chaplain to
the Forces (T.A.), Scottish Command,
1934; trans, to Govan Old 27th April 1939;
trans, to Dunbarney 16th Feb. 1948. Marr.
4th June 1918 Margaret Rolland Menzies,
only daugh. of Robert Mackenzie, M.A.,
min. of West U.F. Church, Alloa, and has
issue — Elizabeth Stewart, born 12th July
1920 (marr. 30th May 1945 Charles Grant,
M.B., Ch.B., R.A.M.C); William Mac
kenzie Stewart, born 3rd Dec. 1925;
Margaret Stewart, born 6th June 1935.
Publications — Edited Alma Mater (Aber
deen University Magazine) 1912-13;
Crumbs for the Children, 1923; Preparing
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ST STEPHEN'S— TRINITY
[PRESB. OF
for the Lord's Table, 1925 (fifth impression,
1936); The Quest of Youth, 1926; Studies in
the Teaching of Jesus, 1928; edited A Book
of Prayers for Guild Meetings, 1928; con
tributor of sections to The Expositor's
Ministers' Annual, 1929-30-31; and to
Lovely Britain, 1935; edited The Man's
Own Paper, 1928-9; Historical Notes on
the Origin, Progress and Issue of the Great
War, with Suggested Form and Order of
Service for the use of Educational and other
Authorities on the Day of National Remem
brance, 1936; Bens and Glens — Wayfaring
in Scotland, 1935.
TOLBOOTH PARISH
GEORGE HUTCHESON. (G. R. Sas.
1649 2Ser. x, 134.)
WILLIAM MELDRUM, line 9, for
1675
"Colston" read "Colison"; last
line, for "1683" read "1681."
WILLIAM GARDYNE, D.D., resident
1686
with three children, John, James and
Margaret, in Old Kirk parish 9th
Nov. 1694.— [Old Kirk Poll Tax Roll, 16.]
JOHN TAYLOR, oid. to Tillicoultry
7th July 1714; trans, to Alloa 17th
Feb. 1726. Marr. Martha Lindsay
and had issue — John, born 1724; Marion
(marr. pro. 22nd April 1753).
ALEXANDER WEBSTER, his daugh.
Ann marr. pro. 22nd June 1777.
Publication — Observations on
Church Affairs (Edin., 1 734).
WILLIAM KING TWEEDIE, his
1737
1842
daugh. Margaret died at Elie 19th
July 1927.
GEORGE SMITH, his son Sir Henry
1844 died 2nd March 1921.
TOLBOOTH
SECOND CHARGE
JAMES WEBSTER, line 2, p. 124, after
1693 "Edin." add "1694." Marr. (1)
Margaret, daugh. of Laurence Keir
of Forret. — [Reg. of Deeds Mack, Ixxxv,
1032.]
WILLIAM GUSTHART, his daugh.
1721 Elizabeth died 19th Nov. 1792.
DAVID PLENDERLEITH, his daughs.
176_ — Alison (marr. pro. 1st March
1779 James Grant, merchant, Edin
burgh); Janet (marr. pro. 19th Nov. 1755
Robert Wilson, cabinet-maker, Edinburgh).
JOHN CAMPBELL, had issue— Daniel,
ft. born 15th Aug. 1792, died 6th June
1802; Mary, born 12th July, died
15th Sept. 1793; Robert (twin), born 12th
July, died 25th Sept. 1793; Elizabeth (marr.
25th June 1839 James Gibson, min. of
Kingston, Glasgow), died 9th Aug. 1881;
Margaret (marr. 2nd Nov. 1843 Charles
James Kerr, C.A.), died 18th Nov. 1891.
TOLBOOTH (Q.S.)
JAMES LUMSDEN, trans, to Ratho,
1900 2nd March 1917.
JOHN CAMPBELL, trans, from
1917
Greenock St Paul's 16th Sept. 1917;
Librarian, General Assembly Li
brary, 1932; D.D. (Glasgow 17th June
1936); dem. 7th Jan. 1941. His wife,
Margaret Swan, died 6th Feb. 1935; his
daugh., Effie Jean, marr. 9th March 1940
Daniel Richard Cameron, Bombay, son of
David Cameron, Greenock); his sons —
John, min. of Dunnottar; Alexander
Archibald, ord. locum Cromdale, Sept.
1941, ord. to Strathdon 18th Oct. 1943.
(The charge was united with St John's 2nd
Jan. 1940.)
TRINITY
WALTER BALCANQUHEL, his son
1598
1617.
Walter D.D. made burgess and
guild Brother, Edinburgh, 2nd June
HEW McKAIL. [G. R. Sas.t 2 Ser.,
1649 xvii, 190.]
ANDREW CANT, M.A., his wife and
daughs. resident in Tron Parish 12th
Nov. 1694. Marr. (1) Agnes Murray
and had issue — Andrew, bapt. 13th June
1672; Alexander, born 25th May 1674;
John, born 24th Oct. 1675; Jean, 21st July
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TRINITY— TRON
25
1678.— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 56; S. Leith
Reg.}
HUGH KENNEDY, transfer children
to first marriage and add Herbert,
regent in Edinburgh University
1684.— [G. R. Sas.y 2 Sen, xi, 362.]
WALTER TAIT, his daugh. Aline
Elizabeth (marr. John Balleny) died
1813
1892.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, his
daugh. Mary Anne died 17th Aug.
1834
1933.
1879
WILLIAM STEVEN, p. 130, line 4, for
1843 "1862" read "1826."
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, his sons-
Lieut. Colonel MacDougal, D.S.O.,
C.M.G., died 2nd Nov. 1924;
Alexander Burnett died 28th July 1913.
WILLIAM MAIN, trans, to Paisley
1906 Abbey llth Sept. 1925.
ALFRED JAMES MACKENZIE, for-
1926
merly Professor, Madras Christian
College; adm. 3rd March 1926, died
15th March 1930; his son Ian Andrew born
16th Jan. 1924.
TRINITY
SECOND CHARGE
HENRY ROLLOCK, afterwards min.
1628 of St Giles 1641.
JAMES ELLIOT, son of James E., min.
1635
of Forfar. — [Reg. of Deeds, dxli,
383.]
WILLIAM BENNET, had issue— Wil-
Ifi41 liam and Helen (twins), bapt. 13th
Aug. 1643; David, bapt. 2nd Jan.
1645; Catherine, bapt. 27th Dec. 1646.
ARCHIBALD RIDDELL, was min. of
17ftl Kippen for a short time in 1691;
marr. (1) "Isobel" not "Helen"
Aitkenhead.
GEORGE LOGAN, had issue by first
1732 marriage — Alexander, born 1714,
W.S. apprentice 1733; John, born
1715; Elizabeth, born 1712; Helen, born
1713; by second marriage — George, min.
of Ormiston, born 1723; Jean (marr. pro.
10th March 1754 Archibald Campbell,
writer, Edinburgh).
ROBERT DICK, marr. Grizel, daugh.
1758 of Robert Ford, Glasgow.
TRON
JOHN PATERSON, one of H.M. Chap-
1663
lains 6th May 1668 in succession
to Dr William Ogstoun.
ALEXANDER MALCOLM, his son
William buried 25th June 1688; his
daugh. Janet buried 31st Aug. 1697;
his son John, schoolmaster of Newbattle;
Alexander, writer on mathematics and
music, incumbent of St Anne's Parish,
Maryland, 26th Sept. 1749, died in Queen
Anne's County 15th June 1763. — [Scot.
Notes and Queries, Dec. 1928, 234.]
GEORGE MELDRUM, M.S. Sermon
on Hebrews x, 23, in Assembly
Library.
1692
WILLIAM WISHART, his daugh. Cor
delia (marr. 6th Jan. 1724 John
1707
Moncrieff of Rumgally).
ANDREW HUNTER, born 15th Feb.
1744. Addl. Publication — The Duties
1786
of Subjects, a Sermon (Edin., 1793).
JOHN BARCLAY, trans, from St
1874
George's, Glasgow, not Old Kil-
patrick.
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK EDDIE
1876
JAMIESON, his widow, Jessie
Archibald, died at Edinburgh 28th
June 1924, aged 85.
DAVID MORRISON, his widow, Annie
1885 ^ray Stirling, died at Dunblane 1 3th
Aug. 1931 ; his son David Lyall died
16th Dec. 1944.
JOHN WALLACE, trans to Paisley
1908 Abbey 2nd Charge, 4th May 1916.
JOHN ARCHIBALD GLOVER
THOMSON, trans, from Wallace-
town, Ayr, 28th Sept. 1916; trans,
to Hawick 19th Nov. 1925.
1916
26
TRON— ST BRIDE'S
[PRESB. OF
JOHN FORD MACLEOD, trans, from
Craigrownie 5th May 1926; trans.
to Longniddry 4th Sept. 1940. Marr.
21st Sept. 1920 Catherine Maud, younger
daugh. of George Cuthbert, Gartlands,
Broughty Ferry.
TRON
SECOND CHARGE
ROBERT MORTIMER, son of Thomas
1665 M., bailie of Aberdeen.
JOHN STRACHAN, marr. (1) Janet,
daugh. of William Forbes of Fin-
zean, advocate, and (2) Isabel,
daugh. of John Irvine of Kincausie; his
son Alexander, paymaster of the Forces;
his daugh. Isabella bapt. 15th Aug. 1689
(marr. 7th Nov. 1716 Andrew Drummond
of Stanmore, banker, Charing Cross) died
13th Feb. 1731. Col. 2, line 1, for "Fin-
gask" read "Finzean."
JOHN STEEDMAN, his son Robert
t apprenticed to Robert Grierson,
merchant, Edinburgh, 5th Feb. 1718.
WILLIAM WISHART, delete daugh.
1745 Cordelia.
JOHN JARDINE, born 3rd Jan. 1716,
son of Robert J., min. of Loch-
1754
maben.
JOHN DRYSDALE, born 20th April,
1718; his daugh. Anne marr. Pro-
1767
Biog.]
fessor Andrew Dalziel. — [Diet. Net.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, his son George,
Lieut. R.N., H.M.S. Fox, killed in
1789
Batavia.
1891
TYNECASTLE
JAMES BELL NICOLL, died 22nd Jan.
1924; his daughs. — Janet Maud
(marr. 2nd April 1919 Capt. John
Prayer Hosken); Elizabeth Bell (marr. 2nd
June 1925 Charles Moubray Russell, M.B.,
Ch.B., Bradford); Jean Mackenzie, died
19th Sept. 1926.
JOHN MENZIES BAILLIE DUNCAN,
ioid formerly Foreign Missionary (vii,
692), trans, from St Brides 30th
April 1924; trans, to Moonzie 19th July
1939; dem. 31st Dec. 1947; his sons— John
Henry, missionary, Kikuyu, 18th June
1933; George Baillie, min. of St James
Parish Church, Carlisle; his daugh. Clara
Cecilia died 6th Sept. 1934.
WEST COATES
ROBERT GIBB FORREST, ord. to
1872
New Pitsligo 10th Aug. 1865; his
son George, C.A., Inverness, died
25th Oct. 1931; his daugh. Elsie died 29th
April 1946.
WILLIAM ANDREW KNOWLES,
1909 trans, to Dalton 21st March 1918.
WILLIAM JAMES SOMERVILLE
IQIS MILLER, trans, from Helensburgh
West 26th Sept. 1918; dem. 5th
June 1932; his wife, Grace Beveridge Begg,
died at Carrick Castle 22nd March 1941.
ST BRIDE'S
Erected parish quoad sacra 16th March
1923.
WILLIAM GEORGE ANDREWS,
1904
died 19th Nov. 1917; marr. llth
April 1917 Elsie Anderson, daugh.
of David Williamson Runciman, min. of
Leslie, Fife and Auckland, New Zealand.
JOHN MENZIES BAILLIE DUNCAN,
formerly of Calcutta (vii, 692), adm.
1918
13th Feb. 1918; dem. 1918; app.
Joint Secretary for Scotland of Bengal
Religious Tract Society 1st June 1920;
adm. to Tynecastle 30th April 1924.
THOMAS GILLIESON, trans, from
1919 Cransnaws 9th Oct. 1919; trans, to
Greyfriars, Port of Spain, Trinidad,
30th Sept. 1931 ; dem.; returned to Scotland
and adm. to Bonkle and Preston 3rd Sept.
1935; died 8th June 1946. Issue— Margaret
Theodora, born 22nd June 1908; Archibald
Hamilton Charteris Phin. B.Sc., Ph.D.,
born 5th May 1910; John William Mc-
Intosh, born 25th April 1911; Marion
Catherine, born 1st July 1912; Thomas
Lindsay, born 30th Oct. 1915; Flora
Patience, born 2nd Dec. 1919; Anne Eddie,
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ST BRIDES— JUNIPER GREEN
27
born 2nd Aug. 1926; a son born 2nd Dec.
1931. His wife 's mother was Margaret Ann
Eddie, widow of David Shaw, agent, Bank
of Scotland, Bonar Bridge.
WEST ST GILES
ROBERT WALLACE, his daugh. Eliza-
1738 beth died 6th July 1795.
ROBERT NISBET, his daugh. Jessie
1843 Ann died 5th March 1935.
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, his
1875
widow, Sarah Ann Todd, died Edin
burgh 26th Dec. 1924.
JOHN MALCOLM MUNRO, trans, to
1913
St Columba's, Glasgow, 18th June
1925.
DAVID BROWN, born 30th Sept. 1890,
1925
only son of David B., Newton
Stewart; licen. by Presb. of Wig
town, 1922; assist. St. Matthew's, Glasgow;
ord. to St. Mary's, Dumfries, 30th June
1922; trans, and adm.24th Sept. 1925; died
14th Jan. 1944. Marr. 12th Sept. 1923
Margaret Cranston, eldest daugh. of
Robert Ormiston, Westlea, Alloa; s.p.
WEST ST GILES
COLLEGIAGE CHARGE
ROBERT SANDILANDS, son of
1708
Robert S., bailie of Edinburgh. —
[Edin. Burgesses, 13th Sept. 1706.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, marr. Mary,
daugh. of John Robertson, mer
chant, Glasgow; his son Alexander
died 1778; his daugh. Janet marr. 1731
James Smith.
THOMAS HARDY, born 22nd April
1786 1748; his daughs. — Agnes, born
July, not Nov.; Sophie (marr. (1)
28th Feb. 1811).
DAVID DICKSON, addl. issue— Mary,
korn 25th ^Ug- 1785; Alexander,
born 7th Jan. 1789.
GILMERTON
JAMES CHRISTIE, his widow, Jane
1881
Turner Jack, died 15th Aug. 1939;
his daugh. Mary Christina died at
Dumfries 15th Sept. 1937; his sons— James
Johnston died at St Jovite, Canada, 18th
Jan. 1917; Thomas in Calcutta.
JOSEPH MOFFETT, dem. 31st Oct.
1913
1917; adm. to Crown Court, Lon
don, 3rd Nov. 1917.
ANDREW MITCHELL SNADDEN,
1918
formerly of St George's, Johannes
burg (vii, 564); adm. 3rd May 1918;
trans, to Blackhall 18th May 1921.
PETER MILNE, formerly chaplain,
Duars, India (q.v.); adm. 18th Sept.
1921
1929.
1921; trans, to Guthrie 7th Aug.
GRANTON
THOMAS SMITH GOLDIE, dem 4th
Dec. 1927; died at Balerno 30th
Nov. 1929; his daughs.— Margaret
Somerville (marr. 2nd Aug. 1916 John Craw
ford, M.A.); Norah Isabella (marr. 14th
July 1923 Robert Johnston, Victoria); his
widow, Maria Gosling, died 7th Feb. 1936.
1889
1928
THOMAS MALLOCH MACFAR-
LANE, born Dundee 25th Nov.
1897, son of William M.; educated
Harris Academy and Univ. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1921) and Strasbourg; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 1924; assistant St Mary's,
Edinburgh, 1925; ord. 9th May 1928; marr.
24th Sept. 1928 Elizabeth Mary, daugh. of
Alexander Low, Dundee.
JUNIPER GREEN
CHARLES MAURICE SHORT, for-
1906
merly of Congregational Church,
Cork, died 3rd Nov. 1925; his
widow, Lucy Greig Robertson, died Sept.
1937.
1926
WILLIAM BUCHANAN CULLEN
BUCHANAN, born Southend, Ar
gyll, 1899, son of Robert B.,
Macharioch, Kintyre; educated at Hamil
ton Academy, Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.,
British School of Archaeology, Athens;
28
JUNIPER GREEN— NORTH LEITH
[PRESB. OF
served as Flying Officer in Great War in
France 1917-19; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh 1924; assistant St Giles; ord. 18th
March 1926; trans, to St Marnoch's, Kil-
marnock, llth Sept. 1930; dem. 8th July
1941 on becoming Chaplain, R.A.F.; adm.
to Pollokshields East 30th April 1946;
marr. 9th Sept. 1927 Alice Dorothy,
younger daugh. of William Sime, N.E.I.S.,
Dalserf.
KIRKNEWTON
NINIAN BORTHWICK, M.A., min.
1562
in 1562, and Prebendary of Cor-
storphine, called Half Gogar and
Aldertoun.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.; Gen. Coll. of Thirds, 1562,
101.]
JAMES BROWN, sometime parson,
rector 2nd April 1556, 16th Feb.
1565-6 and 28th May 1569, for
merly rector, was out of office llth April
1576.— [Acts and Dec., 1, 256; Thomas
Johnson's Prot. Book, 376, 482, 824, 935.]
SIR JOHN TOD, reader and vicar
1573
1577
1577
pensioner 28th March 1574; died
before 2nd March 1511.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (2), 66; Edin. Tests, iv, 191-2.]
SAMUEL SOMERVILLE, pres. to
vicarage pensionary 2nd March 1 577
on death of John Tod; designated
reader Oct. 1578 and 21st Feb. 1578-9;
still vicar 1581.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2),
66; Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church
Lands, ii, 223; Edin. Tests, iv, 191-2, vi,
324.]
JOHN THORBURN, his son James,
1699 merchant, Keith. — [Lyon Register.}
ALEXANDER BRYCE, marr. daugh.
1745
of Provost John Gillespie, surgeon,
Stirling; his daugh. Janet (2) marr.
George Johnston of Hillhouse.
HENRY WALLIS SMITH, p. 153,
line 3 — for "Auchinleck" read
1862
"Auchineck.'
GEORGE GARDINER, licen. 16th
1881
May 1878; died 21st Jan. 1922; had
issue — Euphemia Forgan, born 5th
Oct. 1881, died 7th June 1882; Annie Dow,
born 10th Oct. 1883; David Forgan Lind
say, born 21st Aug. 1885, died 22nd Sept.
1888; William Wallace Dunlop, min. of
Caddonfoot; his widow, Margaret Smith,
died llth March 1936.
CHARLES ORFORD ALLAN, trans.
1922 from L°8ie (CuPar) 20th July 1922.
Addl. issue — Kathleen Anderson,
born 26th May 1926.
NEWHAVEN
There was at Newhaven a chapel of St
James with manse and garden, which took
the place of a chapel dedicated to the
Virgin Mary. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., vii, 1015.]
THOMAS PEARSON, dem. 17th May
1887
1916, died 20th July 1920; his widow,
Eliza Downs, died 2nd June 1930.
MUNRO SOMERVILLE, trans, from
1916
Drumelzier (q.v.) 12th Oct. 1916;
trans, to Ballantrae 5th April 1923.
DAVID SILVER JOHNSTON, trans.
1923
from Bervie (q.v.) 19th Oct. 1923;
trans, to Botriphnie 25th March
1931; died 7th Oct. 1946; his daugh.,
Elizabeth Marguerite Angela, marr. 24th
March 1945 Lieut. Inge Hey, Norwegian
Services.
NORTH LEITH
The Act of Parliament, 9th July 1606,
which erected the parish, the church then
having 1,000 communicants, narrates that
the inhabitants of the north and south parts
of the Water of Leith being "unable to
repair to thair Parish Church of Holyrood,
upon thair awin expenss and charges has
biggit to themselffis ane kirk upon the
north side of the brig of Leith, and has had
ministers there 20 years bygone" serving
the cure and ministering to them the sacra
ments. The General Assembly had ratified
and approved the erection in 1602. The
"kirk" in the narrative has reference to
the Chapel of St Ninian which Robert
Bannatyne, Abbot of Holyrood, founded
in 1493 at the north end of the Bridge of
Leith, and to which, for two chaplains to
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NORTH LEITH— ST PAUL'S
29
serve at the chapel, he conveyed by charter
of 18th July 1493, land or building at the
south end of the bridge and various annual
rents. In or about 1586 the inhabitants of
North Leith acquired the chapel, the chap
lain's house, the tithes of certain lands and
houses, and also the tithes of fish brought
into the harbour. At that time the chapel
was rebuilt, or at least enlarged. In 1736
the church was in great measure rebuilt;
and of this church only the steeple now
remains. The present church is situated
farther to the west. — [Acts Scott. Parl.,
iv, 301-2; Reg. Great Seal, i, 2193; the
Stewarton Case, 114.]
HENRY CHARTERIS, marr. (1) cont.
1620
9th Aug. 1599 Agnes, daugh. of
Alexander Barclay, apothecary; (2)
3rd Sept. 1602 Agnes, daugh. of John
Mason, merchant; (3) 19th Dec. 1615
Janet, daugh. of John Bell, min. of Cadder
and widow of Henry Stirling. Addl. issue —
Laurence, min. of Dirleton; James, mer
chant; Gilbert, died young; Elspeth (marr.
George Leslie, min. of Canongate);
Thomas, min. of Humbie.
JOHN KNOX, his eldest son, John,
1653 garrison surgeon, Edinburgh Castle;
his daugh. Margaret bapt. 19th May
1666.— (Roxburgh Sas. 22nd Sept. 1683;
Burke 's Landed Gentry, 1937, 2285.]
THOMAS WILKIE, line 5, for "Jan"
1672 read "4th June."
JAMES LUNDIE, son of John L.,
re8ent> King's College, Aberdeen;
had a child buried 5th Feb. 1674;
his wife, Agnes Wilkie, buried 20th Jan.
1692; his son James, M.D., Haddington,
died 1777.
JOHN WILSON, had issue— Mr An-
1708
drew; Rebecca, died before 13th
June 1747.
GEORGE LINDSAY, his son Alexan-
1725 der, apprentice to Alexander Kin-
caid, bookseller, Edinburgh, 12th
Oct. 1743; his daugh. Grizel marr. William
Porteous, min. of Wynd, Glasgow.
WALTER FOGGO IRELAND, marr.
1799
Inverness; his daughs. — Thomasina
(marr. 13th July 1840 Samuel Miller, min.
of Monifeith); Eliza Ann (marr. 18th
March 1858 Rev. James Davidson, Salt-
coats).
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, his wife,
Margaret Barron, born 4th May
1825.
1843
JOHN HUTTON McCULLOCH, his
1884
widow, Anne Louisa Case, died 16th
Oct. 1919; his sons — Donald Harry,
solicitor, Aberdeen; Alexander Norman,
died 7th Oct. 1943.
JAMES ROBERTSON SWEET
WILSON, died llth Feb. 1942; his
widow, Helen Cameron Ruthven,
died 19th July 1947.
1913
ST JOHN'S (Q.S.)
Was held by the Free Church till 1868.
JAMES PARK, dem. 18th May 1921;
died at Blackness 25th Nov. 1931;
his wife, Robina Riddell, died 20th
Oct. 1918.
DONALD MACASKILL BEGBIE,
trans, from Freuchie 23rd Nov.
1921
1928.
1921; trans, to Glencorse 5th Dec.
DONALD MACKILLOP CAMERON,
1929
born 15th Nov. 1876; educ. Univ.
of Aberdeen and F.C. College; ord.
to Ardchattan and Connel F.C. 1907;
trans, to Lome Street U.F., Campbeltown;
trans. 14th May 1929; died 26th Oct. 1937.
Marr. 7th Oct. 1909 Grace Rae Mary
Helen Oridge Peterkin and had issue —
Constance Mary, born 27th July 1917;
Sheena Marjorie, born 23rd Sept. 1912
(marr. 23rd Nov. 1939 James Sharp Grant,
M.D., F.R.C.S.); Grace Rae, born 10th
Oct. 1913; Ranald James, born 17th July
1920.
ST PAUL'S (Q.S.)
HUGH MAcCULLOCH, adm. from
„ Buncrana, Donegal, April 1883;
trans, to Greenlaw 23rd Sept. 1881.
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ST PAUL'S— SOUTH LEITH
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS MILLAR, his widow, Helen
1893
Stuart Watt, marr. (2) 27th Dec.
1911 Dr J. M. Logic, Cuttlehill,
Aberdour, and died 15th March 1931; his
daughs. — Monica Anderson (marr. 9th
Dec. 1920 Alexander John McLaren,
Milrig, Kirkliston); Maud, died 4th June
1923.
DUNCAN CAMERON, dem. 30th
1914
June 1920 on app. as Director of
Religious Instruction in Edinburgh
Training College; died 2nd April 1946; his
wife, Margaret Shepherd Robertson, died
at Auchterarder 21st July 1942; his daugh.
Margaret died 28th May 1943. Publica
tion—^ First Hebrew Reader (Edin., 1919).
GEORGE LINDSAY STEWART,
1920
trans, from Annbank (q.v.) 9th Dec.
1920; trans, to Houndwood 26th
Sept. 1946; his daugh. Louisa Constance
(marr. 30th March 1932 Robert Fisher
Martin, Dunsley, Dunfermline).
ST THOMAS (Q.S.)
ROBERT GEORGE ERASER, his
widow, Margaret Sharp, died 7th
March 1933.
JAMES ALEXANDER FLEMING,
1904 trans, to Carnoustie 6th Feb. 1919.
ROBERT FORSYTH McGARRITY,
1919
1923.
trans, from Carfin (q.v.) 19th May
1919; adm. to Burray 24th Oct.
CHARLES KEITH McWILLIAM,
1923
trans, from Leadhills llth April
1923; trans, to Kelso North 17th
Feb. 1926.
ALEXANDER MAUCHLINE, trans.
1926
1928.
from St Mary's, Dalziel, 22nd Sept.
1926; trans, to Rathen 14th Sept.
JAMES ALEXANDER HAMILTON
1928 IRWIN' born 3rd July 1876> son of
Samuel Hyndman I., farmer, and
Mary Hamilton; educ. at Royal Univ. of
Ireland, B.A. (1900), M.A. (1902), B.D.
(1907), Ph.D. (1910); Magee College; Univ.
of Edinburgh, New College, and Univ. of
London; licen. by Presb. of Glendermott
May 1903; ord. to Killearn, Co. Antrim,
24th Nov. 1903; dem. 19th Oct. 1926;
assistant St Michael's, Edinburgh; adm.
by General Assembly on probation 26th
May 1927; adm. 19th Dec. 1928; trans, to
Lucan and Summerhill, Dublin, 30th May
1935. Marr. (1) 3rd Sept. 1907 Alexandrina
Thompson Cheyne (died llth June 1911),
daugh. of Rev. R. J. Morrell, Bangor, and
had issue — Samuel Ranald, born 22nd
Nov. 1908; Robert John Morrell, born 1 1th
June 1911; (2) 25th April 1916 Amy Marie,
daugh. of Francis Hunter and Jane Smith
and widow of George Miller, Rothesay.
SOUTH LEITH
DAVID LINDSAY, line 18 from top
of column — for ' ' Westruther ' ' read
1613
' ' Westerkirk. ' '
JOHN CRANSTOUN, his son James,
1627
writer, Edinburgh. — [Reg. of Deeds
Mack., xxv, 210.]
JAMES SHARPE, M.A. (Glasgow
1612); his son John, M.A. (Glasgow
1639
1653).
DAVID ADDINSTOUN, reader, 4th
1657 July 1651—[Laing Charters, 2504.]
JAMES WAUGH, marr. Christian
1682 Mylne.— [Edin. Sas., xxxiii, 84.]
ROBERT DICKSON, pres. 30th July
1790 1790.
JAMES GRANT, pres. 1824, not
1824 1799.
WILLIAM STEVENSON, pres. by
1844 Queen Victoria 14th Feb. 1844.
JAMES MITCHELL, pres. by Queen
1864
Victoria 16th June 1862; his widow,
Janet Stewart Sceales, died 28th
June 1921.
1911
WILLIAM SWAN, died at Greenbank
Manse 28th Aug. 1927; his daughs.
— Eiladh (marr. James Arthur
Coullie, min. of St Columba's, Oban);
EDINBURGH]
SOUTH LEITH— LIBERTON
31
Katherine Allison (marr. 22nd April 1924
Rt Hon. William Shepherd Morrison,
M.P., K.C., Postmaster-General); Dorothy
Mary (marr. 21st April 1931 Dr John
Morrison, Hong Kong).
DONALD DAVIDSON, born 26th
1928
Nov. 1892, son of Donald D., min.
of Invergowrie, educ. Univ. of Edin
burgh, M.A. (1914), B.D. (1921), D. Litt.
(1923), Ph.D. (Oxon) (1927); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1921; assistant St
Mary's, Dundee; ord. to Campbeltown,
Lowland Charge, 4th April 1923; trans, to
Queen's Park, Glasgow, 20th Jan. 1925;
trans, and adm. 28th Feb. 1928; trans, to
St Andrews, Bournemouth, 30th Sept.
1937; trans, to St Andrews, Edinburgh,
20th June 1948. Marr. 5th Aug. 1925
Charlotte Brookes, youngest daugh. of
Charles Kemp of Auchencrieve, Rothie-
may, and has issue — Charles Kemp, born
15th April 1929; Lilian Charlotte, born 6th
June 1932. Publications — Afterthoughts
(Glasgow, 1928); The Inner Circle (1928);
The Issues of Life (1929).
SECOND CHARGE
JOHN DURIE, trans, to St Giles before
1570 6th Aug. 1573.
DAVID ADDINSTOUNE, M.A.,
reader 13th Dec. 1659 and 12th
1659
May 1672.
CHARLES KAY, marr. Janet Turn-
bull. — [Reg. of Deeds Mack., Ixxxiii,
1681
9th Dec. 1698.]
HENRY HUNTER, his son Lieut-
1766 Samuel died at Madras 1792.
JAMES ROBERTSON. Addl. issue—
1804 James, born 4th July 1790.
DAVID THORBURN, his son John
1833 Hay died 22nd Feb. 1 93 1 .
HENRY DUFF, his daugh. Mary Anne
1844 died 12th Feb. 1927.
ST MUNGO'S (Q.S.)
Erected quoad sacra parish 20th July
1923; now Lockhart Memorial Church.
GEORGE JACK, dem. 1921; became
1901
lecturer for International Society of
Practical Psychology; his wife,
Jeanie Ross, died 9th Oct. 1920; marr. (2)
5th July 1921 Agnes Watson, daugh. of
John Hunter, Woodhall, Jumper Green —
she died at Buffalo 28th Jan. 1922.
KENNETH DUNBAR, born 18th
1922
March 1892; educ. at Univ. of Edin.;
became min. of non-subscribing
Presb. Church of Ireland; missionary at
Kingscavil Oct. 1919; adm. as licentiate by
General Assembly May 1920; ind. to this
charge 1st Feb. 1922; adm. first min. 21st
July 1923; trans, to Broughton 4th Oct.
1934; trans, to Colinton Mains 15th Sept.
1939; dem. 14th Oct. 1945. Marr. 21st
Sept. 1933 Barbara Maclean, daugh. of
John B. Wallace, Birkenhead, and has
issue — Fiona Margaret Wallace, born 27th
July 1936; Sheila Rosemary, born 5th April
1938; Henrietta Michael Ian, born 28th
Nov. 1939.
LIBERTON
In 1 128 the church, at that time a depen
dent chapel of St Cuthbert's, was granted
along with two bovates of land by David I
to Holyrood Abbey. Apparently about a
century later Liberton was erected into a
parish. There was in the church an altar
dedicated to St John the Baptist; and lands
in the parish called Reinyenielandis and
Ninianeslandis indicate that there may also
have been in the church an altar dedicated
to St Ninian. The church was rebuilt in
1815. On the east side of the Edinburgh-
Straiten road, about a quarter-mile north
of the Kaimes cross-road, at the place
called St Catherine's, there was a chapel
dedicated to that saint, termed St Cathe-
rine-of-the-Kaimes. Of the chapel it is
said on 30th March 1420 that it was
"founded of old," and is "devoutly
resorted to by Christ's faithful on the
Feast of St Catherine," and "for want of
means cannot be completely constructed or
fittingly ornamented, unless through Papal
succour"; and on that date Papal Indul
gence was granted to all Christ's faithful
giving free caritative subsidies to the
32
LIBERTON
[PRESB. OF
construction of the said chapel, or visiting
it on the said feast. The spring, called the
Balm-Well, which was attached to the
chapel, still exists. On the surface of the
water there always floats petroleum, issuing,
in all probability, from a bed of shale
below. To the well curative properties
were ascribed. It was visited in 1617 by
James VI, who ordered it to be fenced with
stones from bottom to top, and a door and
staircase to be made for it to facilitate
access to the water. In 1650 it was de
stroyed and filled up by Cromwell's
soldiers; but after the Restoration it was
again opened up and put in order. It is
covered by a small vaulted structure. By
charter of 5th June 1502 Archibald
Wauchope of Niddrie-Marschall, with con
sent of Elizabeth Scougal, his wife, granted
to Sir William Warrok, chaplain, and his
successors in office, for perpetual celebra
tions at the high altar of the Holy Rood
built by him in the town and territory of
Niddrie-Marschall, 12 merks annual rent
from the lands of Pylmure in the barony
of Niddrie-Marschall, in the parish of
Currie, land built, planted, and open in the
said town and territory of Niddrie-
Marschall, and the .East Croft, called the
Scotis-patis-croft, also in the said town, for
glebe and manse, with pasture for two
cows in the commonty of the said town.
The above description is incomplete; but
evidently it implies that the chapel was
dedicated to the Holy Rood. Attached to
the chapel there was a graveyard which in
1685 was transferred to the south-west side
of the garden. At that time or somewhat
later there was built the Tomb-house which
occupies the site of the chapel. To the
latter may have belonged ecclesiastical de
tails which are found in the Tomb-house.
After 1511 Sir Simon Preston of Craig-
millar, Kt., who died in or before 1520,
built and endowed a chapel at the south
end of the bridge of Craigmillar. The
chapel was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
The New Statistical Account tells of a
chapel at Bridgend, built by James V, near
a place that he used as a hunting lodge,
and at the time (1845) that the account
was written served as a stable. It may be,
however, that the latter chapel was identical
with the chapel of Sir Simon Preston, and
was erroneously ascribed to James V.
There was also at Craigmillar a chapel
built and used as a place of worship for
the Presbyterians during the Indulgence by
James VII. It, too, a century ago was used
as an out-house/ — [Reg. Great Seal, i, 2695,
3616; ix, 138, 1071; John Foular's Prot.
Book, 315, Scott. Rec. Soc.\ Excheq. Rolls,
xiv, 629; Cal. of Scott. Supplies., 186, S.H.S.;
Book of Dry burgh, 3, 4, 6; for traditional
story of St Catherine's Chapel see Boece's
Scotorum Historiae, etc., p. 6, ed. 1574, and
Bellenden's Cronikils of Scotland, i, xxxviii.]
ALEXANDER CHALMERS, M.A.,
1561 vicar of Liberton 9th Nov. 1570,
designated priest 21st Jan. 1561-2
and earlier was factor and sub-chamberlain
and then chamberlain of Holyrood. — [Reg.
of Deeds, iii, 19, 162, 420; iv, 337; xi, 247,
485.]
JAMES, LORD SOMERVILLE, held
1568
etc.]
parsonage 1568. — [Reg. Abbrev. Feu
Charters of Church Lands Dumfries,
JAMES HAMILTON, min. 2nd Nov.
1574 1575.— [Edin. Tests, iv, 169.]
NINIAN RAMSAY, vicar 1571.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh.}
1571
1586
MICHAEL CRANSTOUN, his pres. in
1586 was on death of Alexander
Chalmers.— P. S. Reg., Iv, 31.]
ALEXANDER CHALMERS, vicar
1586
1586-90.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
JOHN ADAMSON, line 2, for ' ' Henry ' '
1609 read "James."
ANDREW LEARMONTH, trans, from
1627 Saline 1627.
SAMUEL SEMPLE, MS. Sermon
1697
preached in 1708 in Assembly
Library.
JAMES GRANT, pres. by George III
1789 1st April 1789.
EDINBURGH]
LIBERTON— WEST CALDER
33
JAMES BEGG, his sons— Ferdinand
Faithfull, died at Hove 4th Dec.
1926; Walter Bently (actor), died in
Australia Sept. 1927; Charles, M.D., died
at Bath 21st April 1931; his daugh.
Euphemia died at London 15th Nov. 1926.
JOHN STEWART, pres. by Queen
1843 Victoria 14th July 1843.
ROBERT BURNETT, died 22nd May
1896 1928.
JOHN SPENCE EWEN, D.D. (Aber-
1928
deen, 1st April 1936), Junior Mathe
matical Master, Robert Gordon's
College, 1898; Headmaster, Lonmay
School, 1902; Cullen Secondary School,
1906; Chaplain to 9th Seaforth High
landers during Great War; was Chaplain to
Edinburgh Police, 1926; trans, from Buc-
cleuch 5th Dec. 1928; died 16th Sept. 1941;
was a noted Highland athlete in his younger
days. His sons — John Clifford Spence,
Education Officer, B.B.C., killed moun
taineering at Brevart, Switzerland, 21st
July 1935; Alastair Hamilton, Assistant
Professor, Animal Husbandry, Univ. of
Saskatchewan, Canada, 1930.
CRAIGMILLAR
JAMES MATHERS, O.B.E., app. 1926;
1926 trans, to Rosewell 3rd Feb. 1927.
EAST CALDER
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 30th May 1247. — [Lockhart's
Church of Scotland in \3th Century.]
JOHN BALFOUR, vicar 14th May
1566 1566, died before 13th July 1582.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Pres. Bene., ii, 76.]
xxxv, 3 1 ; Reg.
SAMUEL WARDLAW, M.A., his pres.
1582 in 1582 was on death of John
Balfour. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 74.]
WILLIAM GALBRAITH, pres. to
1588 v*carage on death of Samuel Ward-
law.— [P. S. Reg., Ivii, 139.]
JOHN BROWN, M.A., his pres. in
1 596 was on death of John Spottis-
1596
wood.— [P. S. Reg., Ixviii, 37.]
EDWARD KINNEAR, read "Andrew
1663 Kinnear. ' '
JOHN KINNAIRD, his widow, Rachel
1694 Sandilands (died 30th Dec. 1738),
sister of John Sandilands of Brad-
shaw.— [Deeds, Durie, 1704, No. 595.]
MID CALDER
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, marr. 12th
1583 Oct. 1589.
GEORGE DUNBAR, went to Ireland
1638
and preached at Carrickfergus 1 625,
Ballymena 1625 and Inverlarne
1625. His wife, Jean Crawford, died be
tween 13th April 1603 and 15th Oct. 1604.
— [Ayr Sas. Sec. Reg., ii, 495.]
JOHN COLVILLE, his son John.—
1663
[G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxxix, 214, 19th
June 1677.]
WILLIAM WEIR CLARK, his sons—
1907
William Arthur, C.B.E., Colonial
Service, Kenya; Peter George, North
Rhodesia, born 23rd Nov. 1915; his wife,
Katherine Robertson Dewar, died 19th Dec.
1943; his daugh., Isabel Katherine, born
24th Jan. 1913, marr. 30th Aug. 1945 John
Melville Clark, W.S.
WEST CALDER
PATRICK SHIELDS, third son of
James S., cooper, Glasgow; his sons
1645
— James, apprentice to Henry
Brown, surgeon apothecary, 9th Oct. 1667;
Walter, apprentice to William Thine,
litster, llth Nov. 1674.— [Burgess Roll,
28th Aug. 1658.]
GEORGE ROBERTSON, line 2, delete
1675
"Ord. to Queensferry 20th Dec.
1674"; line 4, "trans, to Kirkurd
16th Jan. 1679; dep. 3rd Nov. 1680."
JOHN LAUDER, born 20th Jan.
1689 1631.
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WEST CALDER— RATHO
[PRESS. OF
ANDREW GLOAG, eldest son of John
1720
G.; marr. pro. 18th Dec. 1721,
Christian Ronald, Linlithgow, she
was buried 20th July 1729; had issue —
John, merchant, Edinburgh; James, ap
prentice to Robert Straiton, wright, 23rd
June 1742; Thomas, apprentice to James
Mansfield, merchant, 14th June 1738.
WILLIAM LEARMONTH, his daugh.
1835 Elizabeth Lee died 17th March 1920.
1874
JAMES ALEXANDER ANDERSON,
died 27th June 1927; his wife,
Margaret Melville, died at Portrush
22nd Aug. 1921; his son, Gustav Alexander
Melville, surgeon, Lieut. -Commander,
R.N., died at Plymouth 26th July 1924;
his daughs. — Olivia (marr. 24th April 1915
Rowland H. Rawlingson, Lieut., 10 Bat.
H.L.I.); Winifred, died at Belfast 22nd
Feb. 1936; Eva Melville (marr. Alexander
Carstairs, Rio de Janeiro).
JOHN MACDOUGAL, trans, from
1927
Aberfoyle 17th June 1927; trans, to
Old Bonhill 8th Feb. 1932; trans, to
Daviot, Inverness, 25th Aug. 1937; trans,
to Forgan 2nd Sept. 1942.
PORTOBELLO
GEORGE THOMAS JAMIESON, dem.
fi 17th May 1917, died Father of the
Church 6th March 1926.
1917
ROBERT DAVIDSON, trans, from
Fisherton (q.v.) 15th Nov. 1917;
died 24th June 1943.
RATHO
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 5th May 1243. By mandate
of 15th June 1444 Pope Eugenius IV, at the
instance of Sir John Forrester of Corstor-
phine, Kt., annexed the rectory and
vicarage of the church to the Collegiate
Church of Corstorphine. About four years
later William de Lauder, lord of Haulton
(Halton), and all the parishioners of Ratho
represented to Pope Nicholas V that on
account of said annexation the church and
its great and populous parish had been
' ' much weakened and neglected, ' ' and that
"the cure of the parishioners" could "ill
be borne, ' ' and accordingly by Bull of 2nd
Jan. 1450-1 Pope Nicholas separated from
the said collegiate church all the tithes, etc.,
formerly belonging to the Vicar of Ratho,
not exceeding £8 stg. in value, and granted
and assigned them for the portion of a
vicar to be again instituted in the said
Parish Church of Ratho, and moreover
erected the said Parish church into another
vicarage, and made provision of it, not
exceeding £8, to Thomas de Lauder, priest
of the Diocese of St Andrews, of a race of
barons, by unmarried knight and an un
married woman. — [Lockhart's Ch. in Scot,
in the \3th Century, 52; Collegiate Churches
of Midlothian, 289-303; Cal. Papal Regs.,
x, 85, 476-7.]
JAMES BISHOP, Vicar pensionary
1577.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
1577
RICHARD THOMPSON, pres. to
1589
1606
vicarage principal and pensionary
24th Jan. 1588-9 on death of James
Bishop.— [P. S. Reg., Iviii, 162.]
THOMAS BANNATYNE, M.A., son
of Thomas B. of Newtyle, pres. to
vicarage 23rd Oct. 1606 on death
of Richard Thompson, but appears to have
declined. See Castleton and Douglas. —
[P. S. Reg., Ixxv, 188.]
JOHN DUNLOP, his son Ludovick,
1607 burgess of Aberdeen 1st Aug. 1636.
JOHN GUTHRIE, his son John appren-
1703
ticed to Andrew Mowat, merchant,
20th July 1743.
1808
ANDREW DUNCAN. Addl. issue-
James, born 25th Jan. 1789, died
19th Aug. 1799; his daughs.—
Hannah died 12th March 1839 (marr.
Major H. A. Montgomerie of Arndean,
53 Reg. Indian Army); Margaret (marr.
Major David Bruce, Bengal Army), died
at Delhi 18th July 1833; Susan (marr. Dr
John Wyllie, physician-general H.E.I.C.S.),
died at Nagpore, India, 13th Aug. 1828. —
[Tombst. Blairingone Churchyard.]
EDINBURGH]
RATHO— ROXBURGH PLACE
35
1866
ROBERT CHARLES HENRY
MACDUEF, his son William Alex
ander died at London 8th Oct. 1934.
ARCHIBALD BISSET, died 6th Oct.
1876 1916.
JAMES LUMSDEN, trans, from Tol-
booth (q.v.) 2nd March 1917; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 3rd April 1935); his
daugh. Margaret Grange (marr. (1) 23rd
June 1928 Geronwy Owen, Blue Star Line;
(2) 30th April 1945 Alfred Gamble, Liver
pool).
EDINBURGH CASTLE
WALTER SMYTH, William, probably
1692 h*s son' aPPrenticecl to Robert
Antonious, wright, Edinburgh, 18th
Aug. 1725.
JAMES GLASGOW, son of John G.,
1788
min. of Kilbirnie. — [Edin. Com.
Deeds, xxxvi, 5th Jan. 1758.]
NEW STREET CHAPEL
DAVID SAVILE, his daugh. Mary marr.
1799 17th Sept. 1833.
ROXBURGH PLACE
JOHN JOHNSTON, line 20, for "1"
1833 read "31."
JAMES HAMILTON, his son Robert
1841 William died at Newport, Salop,
14th Sept. 1918.
PRESBYTERY OF LINLITHGOW
ABERCORN
SIR JOHN LYTHGOW, vicar in 1572.
1572
— [Reg. Abbrev. Charters of Church
Lands, ii, 190.]
JAMES MOUBRAY, pres. to vicarage
28th Feb. 1574-5 on death of Sir
John Lythgow, last vicar.— [P. 5.
Reg., xlii, 118.]
WILLIAM POWRIE, min. in 1583.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow, etc.]
JOHN LAING, for "John" read
1624 "James."
ROBERT ROW, his widow marr. (2)
1583
1642
Luke Greenshiells, min. of Ar-
drossan.
JOHN ARTHUR, probably brother of
1662 Patrick A. of Ballone.
HUGH MEIKLEJOHN, his children—
1791 Elizabeth died 1847; James Hope
Johnstone died 1856; Hugh Cree
died 1847; Andrew died 1844; Alexander
died 21st Jan. 1809.
DAVID PLAYFAIR, line 17, for
1843
1930.
'Nov." read "Feb."; his daugh.
Alice Jane Macduff died 10th April
JOHNSTON OLIPHANT, dem. 10th
1908 Jan. 1948.
AIRTH
FREDERIC HENDRY, died 13th July
1900 1937.
ARMADALE
JOHN ALEXANDER CALDWELL
1909 DREW, dem. 16th Feb. 1922.
ROBERT MACPHERSON, M.A., ord.
1922
7th June 1922; trans, to Stobhill
23rd Sept. 1927.
ALEXANDER AITKEN MORTON,
1928
trans, from Logic, Cupar (#.v.), 14th
March 1928; trans, to Bourock,
Barrhead, 18th March 1931.
BATHGATE
JOHN HAMILTON, reader and vicar
1555
1 555, and on a Letter of Collation to
him by John, Archbishop of St
Andrews, was infeft in the vicarage in the
church on 30th March 1567 by sasine in
his favour, there being delivered to him
the book and church keys; pres. to
vicarage 2nd May 1574 on death of John
Gray. — [Thomas Johnsoun's Prot. Book,
506; Reg. Pres. Bene., i (2), 19; Reg.
Abbrev. of Charters Church Lands, ii, 1 565.]
JOHN GRAY, M.A., had been min.
1567
for six years in 1573 in succession to
JohnLayng. — [Actsand Dec., i, 148.]
1579
ROBERT HODGE, also min. at Living-
1574 stone and Torphichen.
JOHN LEVERANCE, son of Richard
L., messenger-at-arms, Linlithgow;
reader at Carmichael; pres. to
vicarage 8th June 1579 on death of John
Hamilton.— [P. C. Reg., iv, 510, 18th July
1590; Reg. Sec. Sig., xlvi, 8.]
GILBERT TAYLOR, his pres. to
parsonage and vicarage ratified as
minister. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iviii, 49.]
1588
JAMES SIMSON, trans. 1618; his
1618
daugh. Margaret marr. John Crooks,
min. of Ballantrae. — [G. R. Sas.,
2 Sen, vi, 75.]
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PRESB. OF LINLITHGOW] BATHGATE— BORROWSTOUNNESS
37
1655
WILLIAM CRICHTON, line 9, for
"after 16th Nov. 1660" read "May
1661."
GEORGE BLACKWALL, MS. volume
1735 of sermons in Assembly Library.
WALTER RIGG, line 2, for "1655"
1665 read "1665."
SAMUEL MARTIN, born 2nd Dec.
1802; his sons— John died 12th Jan.
1854; Samuel died 20th June 1856;
Robert died 17th Dec. 1862; David died
1st April 1875; his daugh. Jane died 12th
Jan. 1929; his son William Hamilton died
14th Feb. 1854.
JOSEPH MILNE, his widow, Mary L.
1867 Burns, died 26th May 1917.
WILLIAM BENNIE, his widow,
1872
Catherine E. Craig, died 23rd Oct.
1922.
WILLIAM LAURIE WEBSTER, died
1898
Edinburgh 5th Aug. 1941 ; his daugh.
Laura, M.D., Ch.B., marr. 12th
July 1928 William Robert Caldwell Camp
bell, M.B., Ch.B., Newcastle upon Tyne.
BLACKBRAES
IRVING BEATTIE, ord. 1871, died at
1871 Edinburgh 24th Nov. 1883.
WILLIAM SMITH, ord. llth April
1890
1937.
1884, died 12th Feb. 1926; his
widow, Helen Smith, died 29th Oct.
JOHN EASTON, born Bathgate 27th
Oct. 1887; licen. by Presb. of Lin-
lithgow 1917; M.A.; assistant at
Bathgate 1925; South Leith; ord. 9th
March 1927.
BORROWSTOUNNESS or KINNEIL
The Church of Kinneil was granted to
Holyrood Abbey by Herbert, Chamberlain
of Malcolm IV, with consent of his sons,
Stephen and William; and this was con
firmed by Charter of King Malcolm in
1158-9. Before 1163 there pertained also
to the Abbey the teinds of the mill and
c*
salt pans of Kinneil. In 1634 the inhabi
tants of Bo 'ness built a church in which
the parish minister conducted worship in
turn with the parish church at Kinneil. In
1649, Bo 'ness being then in a flourishing
condition through the increase of trade,
the inhabitants petitioned Parliament to
the effect that their kirk had been planted
with a minister, and that it was expedient
that it should be erected into a kirk by
itself, ' ' they pledging themselves to provide
a stipend of 800 merks for the minister";
and on 9th March of that year Parliament
passed an Act dissolving and dividing the
church from Kinneil and erecting it into a
separate church with an area attached, the
stipend as stated to be allocated among the
inhabitants. In 1669 William, Duke of
Hamilton, and Anna, Duchess of Hamilton,
laid a petition before Parliament stating
that Kinneil had only 300 communicants,
that through the decay of trade and the
poverty of the inhabitants of Bo 'ness the
stipend there could not be yearly collected
or recovered without a great deal of
trouble and expense, and that the erection
of Bo 'ness Church into a parish church
was for the time illegal as wanting the
lawful authority, and done in the absence
of the late James, Duke of Hamilton, then
a prisoner in England, who had right to
the superiority and property of all lands
in the barony of Kinneil, and to all the
teinds thereof; they craved therefore that
the said erection be declared null and void
save in relation to the stipend of 800 merks
payable by the inhabitants of Bo 'ness, and
that the Kirk of Bo 'ness, situated in the
most fit and convenient place within the
barony, should be declared the only kirk
of the barony and parish, they being willing
to provide at Bo 'ness for the minister a
manse and glebe in lieu of the same at
Kinneil. On 23rd Dec. of the same year
Parliament passed an Act in terms of the
petition, declaring the Kirk of Bo 'ness to
be the parish church, and annulling the
erection of the parish of Bo 'ness in 1649
except in regard to the stipend of 800 merks
which, with the teind stipend at Kinneil,
was to constitute the stipend of the
minister. The parish church at Bo 'ness was
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BORROWSTOUNNESS— CAMELON
[PRESB. OF
repaired in 1672, when the Duke of Hamil
ton added a large aisle for himself and his
tenants. In 1775 the aisle was removed,
and the church was very largely rebuilt to
a size of 69 x 48 ft., and in 1820 the south
wall and part of the east wall were rebuilt
and the galleries reconstructed and made
uniform. The present church was built in
1886-8, being opened for worship on 14th
Oct. of the latter year. It consists of a nave
with aisles, transepts, chancel, and a tower
at the north end, and contains a Dutch
pulpit said to have been a gift from Dutch
sailors, and a ship in the gallery of the west
transept, both transferred from the old
church. The latter church was for a time
the place of worship of the congregation
of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, and
is now a cinema house. It was burned on
Sat., April 7th 1945. Within the policies
of Kinneil are the remains of the Church
of Kinneil — the west gable with double
belfry, and foundations, which show a nave
and a chancel with a cross aisle on the
south side of the latter. In the vestibule of
Bo 'ness Church there is a bell which is
said to have belonged to Kinneil Church.
It is medieval, and has this incomplete
inscription on the shoulder in Lombard
lettering: EN : KATERINA : VOCOR :
UT : PER : ME : VIRGINIS : ALME
(Lo, Katherine I am called, that by me ...
of the Blessed Virgin . . .). — [Charters of
Holyrood, 12, 13-14, 15, 167-171; Acts
Scott. Parl, vi (2), 262, vii, 656; Memo.
Mr. Robert Taylor, Solicitor, Bo 'ness.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, exhorter, of Barne-
cluyth, held the vicarage and ap
parently was vicar in 1560 and
conformed; died after 30th July 1582 and
before 24th Jan. 1585-6.— [Reg. Great Seal,
v, 431, 1040; Reg. Sec. Seal, liii, 91.]
1571
PETER HAMILTON, reader; desig
nated Minister in 1574. — [Sir
Thomas Johnsoun's Prot. Bk., 906.]
WILLIAM POWRIE, minister 24th Jan.
1585-6, when he was presented to
the vicarage vacant by the death of
Sir John Johnston; seems identical with
William Powrie, minister at Abercorn,
holding both charges. — [Reg. Sec.
liii, 91; see Abercorn.]
ROBERT HUNTER, his son James
1672 died llth April 1672.
JOHN BRAND, his son John apprentice
to Francis Newton, merchant, Edin
burgh, 6th May 1726.
1694
HENRY McINTOSH ROBERTSON
1868
FULLARTON, his sons— Archi
bald Louis died 30th Oct. 1918;
Henry Argyll died 26th Oct. 1932; Edward
Charles died 8th Nov. 1928.
ROBERT GARDNER, died 25th Feb.
1896
1925; his son Roderick James, Lieut.
H.M. Submarine H47, which was
sunk in collision off West Coast 9th July
1929 but saved; his widow, Jessie Wylie,
M.B.E., died at Edinburgh 28th Nov. 1946.
1925
WILLIAM JAMES SMITH, trans, from
St Marnoch's, Kilmarnock (q.v.\
1st Sept. 1925; trans, to Claremont,
Glasgow, 28th Sept. 1933; D.D. (Glasgow,
1948).
BROXBURN
JOHN AITKEN ORR, died 15th Nov.
1908 1919.
1920
WILLIAM McWHIRTER, formerly of
British Guiana St Catherine's (q.v.\
adm. 20th March 1920; trans, to
Small Isles 4th July 1930; dem. 30th Aug.
1939; app. to Half Morton by Presb. for
three years 5th May 1942; trans, to Hoy
and Graemsay 2nd Nov. 1944. Marr. 20th
Dec. 1939 Adelaide Geraldine Fitzgerald.
CAMELON
JOHN SCOTT, his son John Michael
1867 died 8th Dec. 1942.
ROBERT AGNEW, trans. A. and S. to
1913 Clackmannan 19th Jan. 1921.
ROBERT HEADRICK, born 1 1th April
1893; son of Robert H., bootmaker,
Alva, and Helen Macnaughton;
educ. Alva Academy and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1914); B.D. (1918); served
LINLITHGOW]
CAMELON— CARRIDEN
39
in Great War as Lieut, in Scottish Rifles;
licen. by Presb. of Stirling 1918; assistant
St Mungo's, Glasgow; ord. 8th June 1921.
Marr. 7th Sept. 1921 Ethel Isabella Lindsay,
daugh. of Robert Kirtley.
CARRIDEN
In 1124-42 the church was granted to
Holyrood Abbey by Robert, Bishop of St
Andrews. It was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 7th May 1243. In 1766 the
church was removed from the churchyard
in the vicinity of Carriden House, a new
church being built on a site on the east side
of the road a short distance south of
Bridgeness. The latter consisted of a nave
with a north transept in the middle, and
the walls were of rubble. A tower at the
east end and a vestry at the west were
added considerably later. From the old
church to the new there was transferred
the pulpit which had the date 1655 and is
said to have come from Holland. In 1905
steps were taken to deal with the dilapi
dated condition of the church, and after
protracted negotiations with the heritors it
was agreed on 20th March 1907 that that
body contribute £1,800 to the building of
a new church at a minimum cost of £4,800,
the Kirk Session being responsible for the
balance of the cost. The church, built to
plans by Dr Macgregor Chalmers, Glas
gow, was completed prior to 8th Sept.
1909, and ten days later was designated
the parish church by the Presbytery. It
occupies a site on the North Glebefield, in
the vicinity of the old church. The bell and
a ship, which presumably had been in the
older building in the churchyard prior to
1766, were removed from the old church
to the new. The bell is Dutch and bears
the inscription PIETER OSTENS GOOT
MY TE ROTTERDAM As 1674. After
the old church was abandoned the heritors
agreed to dismantle it, leaving only the
tower and vestry intact. — [Charters of
Holyrood, 10; Heritors'1 Records.}
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A.,
1561 vicar' presented to the vicarage in
1546 in succession to Sir Archibald
Wetherspoon; may have conformed and
acted as reader; vicar on 16th April 1560,
when, along with William Cornewall,
reader, Linlithgow, he certified the publica
tion of the banns of marriage in their
respective churches. Evidence that the
Reformed Religion was in operation here
then. Still in office llth March 1577-8;
died before 17th Sept. 1579; had a natural
daughter, Elizabeth, who married (1) John
Gardner, (2) Henry Touch in Linlithgow. —
[Nicol ErounisProt. Bk. No. 10, 3; Charters
of Holyrood, 261-2; Sir Thomas Johnsoun 's
Prot.Bk., 543,994.]
JOHN LESLIE, exhorter in 1563 and
1569, min. in 1571 and exhorter in
\512.—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.]
1563
JOHN WESTWATER, pres. to vicar.
17th Sept. 1579 on death of Alex-
1579
ii, 21.]
ander Hamilton. — Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ROBERT STEEDMAN, eldest son of
1 ,__ James S., elder, of Little Sergie. —
[G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., xv, 160.]
JOHN TOD, marr. Agnes, daugh. of
1704 James Dundas, Southfield, and had
issue — James, born 18th Feb. 1705;
John, born 21st March 1706; Robert, born
23rd March 1708; Alexander, born 21st
July 1710; William, born 1st Feb. 1712;
Agnes, born llth Nov. 1714. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Linlithgow Sher. Court, 1st April
1709.]
GEORGE ELLIS, his daugh. Mary died
1740 at Edinburgh 4th Feb. 1796.
DAVID FLEMING, his daughs.— Janet
1816 Carlile (marr- 1st SePt- I857 Andrew
Vannan); Martha Duncanson (marr.
llth Oct. 1854).
WILLIAM DUNDAS, died 9th Nov.
1887 1931' ^s son wilham> Captain in
Black Watch; his daugh. Harriet
Elspeth, B.A., teacher of Greek, Wycombe
Abbey School (marr. 12th April 1935
Frederick Sleath, M.A., Scottish author).
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DALMENY— ECCLESMACHAN
[PRESB. OF
DALMENY
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to St Bridget; and there was also in
the church an altar dedicated to St Adam-
nan and St Columba. The Church of
Auldcathie belonged to the Priory of St
Andrews. — [Mackinlay's Anc. Church
Dedications, Non-Scriptural, 127; Cal.
Papal Regs., Letters, viii, 376; Cal. Laing
Charters, 619; Retours, xv, 140, xvi, 1.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, provost of Roslin,
1547
pres. to vicarage 2nd Jan. 1547-i
on death of Sir Thomas Hulduson,
but did not enter.
ALEXANDER FOIRHOUSE, pres. 3rd
Jan. 1547-8.— [P. S. Reg., xxii, 3,
63.]
1547
1562
SIR WILLIAM McDOWALL, vicar,
also at Dreghorn, Leswalt and
Holyroodhouse, and Preceptor of
St Paul's Work, at the foot of Leith Wynd,
to which he was appointed 1555-6; died in
or before 1579.— [Compts. Gen. Coll of
Thirds; Compts. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow, etc.; Book of Old Edin. Club, xvii,
49, 52.]
ROBERT HOGG, exhorter 1569-72.—
[Compts. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow, etc.]
GEORGE LUNDIE, rector of Auld-
1574
cathie4th April 1567; pres. on death
of Sir William McDowall. Marr.
Katherine Loch and had issue — George,
his heir.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 2251; Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 321; Pitfirrane Writs, 335.]
JAMES STEWART, pres. to vicarage
3rd March 1 579-80 on death of Sir
1579
William McDowall.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 31.]
JOHN DURIE, 2nd line from foot, for
1642 "1660" read "1680."
1656
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, son of
John H. of Bangour. — [Reg. of
Deeds, 14th Aug. 1663.]
ALEXANDER BANKS, had issue-
William, bapt. llth Feb. 1673;
Mary, bapt. 3rd March 1675;
Katherine, bapt. 7th Jan., died March
1677.— [Peterhead Reg.]
GEORGE TURNBULL. On supplica-
1688 ^on ky tne parishioners, which
stated that George Turnbull "has
preached at the meeting-house of the
parish some considerable time and exer
cised the other ministerial functions, and
that the kirk was now vacant by the death
of Mr Alexander Banks, ' ' the Commission
of Estates on 15th May 1689 granted
warrant allowing Mr Turnbull to preach
at the said kirk of Dalmeny and exercise
the other parts of the ministerial function
without prejudice to the rights of the
patron according to law; he was admitted
to Alloa 26th Sept. 1690.— [Acts Scott.
ParL, ix, App. 26b; see Alloa.]
JAMES NASMYTH, his son Patrick,
1711
apprenticed to Ralph Dundas, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 22nd June 1743.
THOMAS ROBERTSON, his son
1776 Charles Hope died 28th Jan. 1806.
ROBERT HUGH MUIR, his widow,
1884
Margaret Kerr Black, died 1st Feb.
1921.
PETER DUNN, D.D. (Aberdeen, 1922);
1890
dem. 9th Dec. 1925; died 23rd
March 1930.
1926
WILLIAM NEIL SUTHERLAND,
trans, from Fraserburgh (<7.v.) 18th
June 1926; died 19th June 1946; his
wife, Eugenie Florence Natalie Bach, died
15th Feb. 1940. Marr. (2) 31st Oct. 1940
Marion Cunningham, elder daughter of
John George Dudgeon, Easter Dalmeny.
ECCLESMACHAN
JOHN MOUBRAY, parson and min.,
1561 and 1569-72.— [Coll. Gen. of
Thirds, 156 1/. 96; Acts and Dec.,
xlviii, 67.]
CHARLES WILKIE, marr. Eupham,
daugh. of James Flint, merchant
1561
1734
and bailie of Edinburgh.
LINLITHGOW]
ECCLESMACHAN^FALKIRK
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1869
ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, his
widow, Jane Douglas Dawson, died
Newbury, Berks, 16th July 1926; his
daugh. Sophia Hay died at Blair Atholl
26th Aug. 1926.
ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY
1910
TULLOCH, dem. 6th May 1924
and joined Church of Rome; died
15th Dec. 1945; his son Arthur died 16th
April 1937.
ROBERT LANG PINKERTON, trans.
from St Leonard's, Lanark (q.v.),
17th Sept. 1924; has issue— Jean
Haddow Bell, born llth June 1919;
Robert Leonard Cecil Comrie, born 23rd
Dec. 1921; Frances Mary Joyce, born llth
April 1926.
FALKIRK
In 1166 Richard, Bishop of St Andrews,
for the souls of David I, Malcolm IV, his
predecessors, Robert and Arnold, Bishops
of St Andrews, Alwin, his uncle, etc.,
granted to Holyrood Abbey "the Church
of Eeiglesbrac" (Falkirk) called Varia
Capella, "speckled church." On 12th June
1242 the church was dedicated by Bishop
de Bernham of St Andrews. On 24th Feb.
1449 Papal confirmation was given to the
erection of the church into a collegiate
church by Sir Alexander Livingstone, but
the erection was subsequently quashed.
There were in the church an altar dedicated
to the Virgin Mary, and an altar dedicated
to St Michael the Archangel, founded on
the north side in 1531 by Sir Robert Batho,
chaplain of the said Altar of the Virgin. At
Manuel there was a chapel, dedicated to
the Virgin Mary, with regard to which
there was presented to the Pope by Rankine
de Crawford, nobleman, temporal lord of
Manuel, and all the inhabitants of Manuel
in the parish of Falkirk, a petition to the
effect that the church or chapel of the said
place of Manuel had from time imme
morial a cemetery, baptistry, chrism, vase,
burial-place, and a priest who celebrated
divine offices there and administered the
sacraments to all the inhabitants of the
temporal lordship, but that, although other
similar neighbouring churches or chapels
had their own district and special clerk-
minister to the priests and chaplains serving
such churches or chapels in divine offices,
elected and presented by the inhabitants of
such places, the said church or chapel was
without such a clerk-minister. The petition
craved a clerk-minister, so elected and
presented. In response a Papal Mandate
was given 4th Apr. 1454 to Robert Lauder,
Bishop of Dunblane, to grant power to the
place and lordship to elect, with the consent
of the chaplain, a clerk-minister to help and
minister, according to custom, to the chap
lain or priest of the said church or chapel,
the emoluments, similar to those in other
cases, to be provided by the inhabitants.
On 21st Oct. 1300 Edward I made an
offering of 7 sh. "at the High Altar of the
Priory of Manuel. ' ' In the west end of the
parish, near St Helen's Loch, which no
longer exists, there was a chapel dedicated
to St Helen. — [Cal. Papal Regs., Letters,
x, 691-2; Cal. Docs. Rel. to Scot., iv, 44a;
Church of Scot, in 13th Century, 48; Scott.
Ch. Hist. Soc., vi, 212; Reg. Great Seal,
ii, 2441; iii, 1333; iv, 815; v, 68.]
SIR ANDREW HOGGE or HEGY,
vicar 1560; still in office 1572.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JAMES ERSKINE, son of James E. of
j _6_ Little Sauchie, pres. to vicarage 14th
Nov. 1576 in succession to Sir
Andrew Hegy. — [Stephen's, Inverkeithing
and Rosy th, 528.]
ALEXANDER CUTHBERT, reader
1587 29th Oct. 1574, pres. to vicarage
31st May 1587 on dem. of James
Erskine.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 48.]
JAMES ERSKINE, pres. to vicarage
1588
29th Sept. 1588 on death of Sir
James Erskine. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Iviii, 44.]
THOMAS SPITTAL, marr. Elizabeth,
1626 daugh. of Adam Spittal of Blairlogy.
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FALKIRK— FAULDHOUSE
[PRESS. OF
ARCHIBALD MUSCHET, marr. (2)
1686
proc. 23rd June 1675 Margaret
Edward; his son Archibald appren
tice to John Hay, surgeon apothecary,
Edinburgh, 7th Aug. 1700.
WILLIAM BURNET, his son Alexan
der, apprentice to Peter Blair, skin-
1696
ner, Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1723; his
daughs. — Catherine (marr. Aug. 1756
Alexander McCulloch, merchant, Edin
burgh); Elizabeth (marr. (1) Feb. 1751
Alexander Ross, Edinburgh).
JAMES ANDERSON, his son James,
apprentice to Charles Blair, gold
smith, Edinburgh, 12th Sept. 1721.
JOHN ADAMS, line 5, for "1728"
1744 read "1727."
JOHN AITCHISON, line 4, for "1759"
1759 read "1758."
1787 JOHN MUIR pres. 1 5th June, 1 787.
WILLIAM BEGG, his daugh. Margaret
1840 died at Prestwick 6th Aug. 1929.
GEORGE CARRUTHERS, his widow,
1888 Mary Russell, died 17th Sept. 1928.
ALEXANDER LOUDON, died 20th
March 1940; his son James Alexan
der, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P.E., lec
turer in anatomy, Edinburgh University,
died 1st Aug. 1931 ; his daugh. Helen (marr.
20th Oct. 1931 John A. Balfour, ship-
broker, Grangemouth).
LAURIESTON, ST COLUMBA'S
ALEXANDER BARRIE ROBB orga
nised efforts on behalf of Servia
during the Great War for which he
received the Order of St Sava; died sud
denly between services 22nd Jan. 1939.
(Charges united 25th April 1945.)
ST MODAN'S
Disjoined from Falkirk 16th March 1923.
JOHN MARSHALL PRYDE, dem.
1916 on appoint, as Chaplain to
Forces, Salonica; afterwards of
Ruthrieston.
1908
JOHN SPENCE, F.R.A.S. (1897), born
1917
Lerwick, 1861; sometime a sailor at
Greenland fishing, had command of
two sailing vessels, then became a clerk in
Edinburgh; ord. to Baptist Church, Ar-
broath Oct. 1891; went to America 1893;
min. of Baptist Church, Chelsea, 1894-
1904; of Orange Street Congregational
Church, Leicester Square, Hope Park Con
gregational Church, Edinburgh, 1905 to
Feb. 1908; Eccleston Square Congrega
tional Church, Belgravia, 1909 to Nov.
1913; Lerwick Congregational Church
1913 to Jan. 1915; locum tenens, Ladhope;
adm. as licentiate by General Assembly,
assistant Balshagray; ord. 16th Nov. 1917;
died 13th Feb. 1921. Marr. Janet Johnston,
who died 3rd June 1920, and had issue —
James W., min. of Symington, born 19th
June 1 892, and two daughs. Publications- —
The Wonders of the Heavens', From Fore
castle to Pulpit; The Wreck of the World;
Christ in Astronomy.
THOMAS MEIKLE WATT, formerly
1921 °^ Congregational Church; ord. 1 5th
June 1921; admitted first min. of
parish 17th March 1923; dem. 23rd July
1926 on admission to Scots Church,
Geneva (q.v.).
WILLIAM ROBERTSON BROWN,
1926
trans, from Kerse (q.v.) 10th Nov.
1926; trans, to Deskford 6th May
1932; died 20th Jan. 1945.
1882
FAULDHOUSE
GAVIN CRAWFORD, his widow,
Jessie Brownlie Craig, died at Allo-
way Manse 18th March 1932; his
son William, min. of Coylton; his daugh.
Mary Hamilton (marr. 21st April 1925
John Macfarlane Hamilton, min. of Allo-
way).
THOMAS WATT McANDREW, trans.
1898
to Tollcross, Glasgow, 1st Sept.
1915.
JOHN SINCLAIR, ord. 16th Feb. 1916;
trans, to Lundie and Foulis 17th
1916
July 1919.
LINLITHGOW]
FAULDHOUSE— KIRKLISTON
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CHARLES WATSON, trans, from Car-
1Q10 lisle fo.v.) 29th Oct. 1919; dem. 5th
July 1932. His wife, Anne Hors-
burgh Young Williamson, died 5th Nov.
1936. He died at Greenlaw 2nd Oct. 1942.
GRAHAMSTON
ANDREW ROSS TAYLOR, died llth
1881 March 1926.
JAMES FERRIER POLLOCK, trans.
1926
from Portmoak (<?.v.) 1st Oct. 1926;
died at Edinburgh 20th Dec. 1948;
had issue — Margaret Muriel, born 1st Feb.
1916 (marr. 24th May 1945 Ronald Major,
B.Sc. (Agric.)); Freda, born 26th July 1919.
GRANGEMOUTH
GEORGE MILES THOMSON, his son
1884 Robert, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), died
25th Jan. 1930; his daugh. Jemima,
M.A., teacher in Fife.
ALEXANDER MACPHERSON, died
1914 at Aberdeen 28th July 1939.
KERSE
WILLIAM ROBERTSON BROWN,
trans, to St Modan's, Falkirk, 10th
1919
Nov. 1926.
JOHN BARCLAY DA VIE, trans, from
192 Benholm (q.v.) 18th May 1927;
trans, to St Nicholas, Leith, 26th
Feb. 1935; trans, to Coldingham 29th July
1942; had issue — Eleanor Margaret, born
14th Feb. 1926; John Alexander Barclay,
born 13th Aug. 1927.
KINNEIL
JOHN JOHNSTON, vicar and reader
1562 1562-7.— [Comps. Coll. Gen. Thirds
and Sub Coll. Thirds, Linlithgow, etc. ]
RICHARD DICKSON, fourth son of
1625 William D., burgess of Edinburgh;
his daugh. Margaret (marr. Robert
Innes, merchant, Edinburgh. — [Edin. Bur
gess Roll, 8th May 161 1 and 9th June 1641 .]
WILLIAM WISHART, his son, Sir
1649
George, died 1725.— [G. R. Sas.,
2 Ser., xi, 63.]
KIRKLISTON
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on llth Sept. 1244. In response
to a petition by James Kennedy, Bishop of
St Andrews, the Church of Kirkliston was
appropriated by Papal Bull of 26th June
1451 to the episcopal mensa of St Andrews.
The petition stated that "the said Parish
Church is situated within the barony of
Kirkliston (which belongs to the episcopal
mensa of St Andrews, and is not more than
six miles distant from the most populous
town of the realm, at which town the King
of Scotland at times resides) and has a con
venient manse for the Bishop's residence."
The actual appropriation was to take effect
on the resignation or death of the rector,
John Gray. By Act of Parliament in 1 598
the parsonage and vicarage of the church
were dissolved from the Bishopric of St
Andrews, and granted to James Law,
minister of the parish. In 1383 and later
the church was called Listen; and another
alternative name was Temple Liston. By
Papal Decree of 4th Oct. 1387 the church
was annexed to the mensa of the Bishop of
St Andrews. — [Cat. Papal Reg., Letters, x,
220; Acts Scott. Parl, iv, 33; Lockhart's
Ch. in Scot, in 13th Century, 59; Cal. Scott.
Supplies., 53; Transcripts from Vatican, i,
283; see Lasswade.]
JOHN MOUBRAY, reader 1568 and
1568
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds
Linlithgow, etc.]
GEORGE SPENS, pres. to vicar pen-
1577
6.]
sionary in succession to Gilbert
McMath.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i (2),
JAMES LAW, marr. Marion Dundas. —
1585 [Deeds, 35, 45, 1588-9.]
GILBERT HALL, had issue— Euphame;
Alexander; Janet; Thomas; John. —
[P. Reg. Sas. Edin., xxvii, 444.]
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KIRKLISTON— LINLITHGOW
[PRESB. OF
ADAM DUNCAN TAIT, marr. Mar-
iot* garet, daugh. of James Hill of
Gartloch.
ALEXANDER MASSON, died at Esk-
bank I8th Feb. 1936; his wife Helen
Ogilvie, died llth May 1 929; his
daugh. Lennie (marr. 1 9th Sept. 1 933 Dr
James Ogilvie, late of Moffat).
ROBERT ALLAN MACLEAN, born
30th Oct. 1 89 1, son of John Allan
1924
M., Glasgow, and Barbara White
Smith; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1922); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1922;
assistant at Bluevale; ord. (assist, and sue.)
8th May 1 924; died 22nd July 1 940. Marr.
30th April 1924 Edith Miller, M.A., daugh.
of Alexander Sinclair Johnston and Mar
garet Miller, and has issue — Margaret
Miller, born 1 7th July 1 925; Robert Allan,
born 4th April 1 927; Barbara Smith, born
26th Aug. 1928; Edith, born 10th Jan. 1932;
Fiona Roberta, born llth Sept. 1940.
LINLITHGOW
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham of St Andrews on 22nd May 1 242.
Nearly two years before, on 6th July 1 240,
Bishop de Bernham confirmed to the
Priory of St Andrews the Church and
Chapels of Linlithgow, and particularly
the Chapel of Binnie, afterwards Church
of Binny, and the Chapel of Retrevyn
(Torthraven), which had been granted to
the priory by his predecessor, William
Malvoisine, Bishop 1202-38. The Church
of Binny was dedicated to St Giles. In
1 120-57 William de Lindsay confirmed to
the church i caracute of land which had
been given by his ancestor, Durand. The
patronage of the vicarage of the church
belonged to the Priory of Elcho in Rhynd.
The Chapel of Torthraven was dedicated
to St Leonard the Abbot. To the chapel
Sir Richard de Melville, who lived dr.
1180-1215, gave | caracute of land; and
his grandson, George or Gregory, dr.
1262-70, 2i marks annually from the
fermes of Lochbersard. On 24th May
1401 Sir James de Douglas of Dalkeith
granted to Friar William Cochar, Prior of
the Provincial Order of the Carmelites, and
to the Chapel of the Virgin (Mary) of Lin
lithgow and the friars of the Order there, a
piece of land of 4 acres at the south side of
the chapel, and an acre called "the Her
mit's Acre," for building a refectory,
dormitory, cloister, etc. This appears to
denote the completion of the settlement
founded by the burgesses of Linlithgow in
1290. On 26th April 1571, on presentation
by James, Lord Ross of Halkhead and
Melville, patron, Sir Robert Alisoun was
instituted chaplain of the said "Kirk or
Chapel" by John Kirkpatrick handing
over to him "the Book, the Door Key,
and the Desk ' ' of the same. On 2nd Feb.
1502-3 James IV granted to the burgesses
of Linlithgow and certain chaplains of
Linlithgow Church, the church lands of
Magdaleneside, amounting to 6 arable
acres, and in exchange received from them
6 arable acres of land beside the hospitium
of Sir James Erskill, Chaplain. The latter
lands the King gave ' ' for building a Place
for the Augustine Friars," no doubt the
Hermit Friars of the Order of St Augustine,
Observantes. From the King there came
to those friars further gifts noted in the
Lord High Treasurer's Accounts of 1503:
14th Sept. To the Augustine Freris to thair
bigging in Linlithgow, X French Crowns,
VII lib.; 29th Oct. To the Augustine Freris
at Linlithgow, XIII Sh.; 13th Dec. To the
Augustine Freris of Linlithgow to thair
bigging, X French Crowns, VII lib. Of the
Place nothing further seems to be known.
At Linlithgow there was also a leper house
dedicated to St Michael. Probably it was
to the inmates of this house that James IV
made various contributions in 1496 and
1498, under these descriptions: "The pur
folk, seke folk, and gangors in Linlith
gow"; "The sek folk," "The pur folk",
and "The Seik folk at the toun end of
Linlithgow." In 1641 Parliament ratified
a charter of James VI, 8th May 1591,
granting to the town council the endow
ments of all altarages and chaplainries in
the burgh, for the maintenance of a reader
at the kirk, and of the poor of the hospital
of the burgh.— [The Church of Scotland in
the \3th Century, 48; Reg. Priory of St
LINLITHGOW]
LINLITHGOW
45
Andrews, 169, 180-1, 376-7; Eraser's The
Melvilles, i, 14-16, iii, 9-10; Sir Thomas
Johnsoun's/Vo/. Bk., 581; Reg. Great Seal,
ii, 2694; and MS. Reg. xiii, 562; Lord High
Treas. Aces., i, 286, 288, 307; ii, 254-6;
Acts Scott. Parl., v, 460-1; Birch's Eccles.
Seals, 100; Reg. Honoris de Morton, ii,
199, 200.]
PATRICK FRENCH, vicar, still in
office 17th June 1588.— [Cal. of
Charters, xiii, 2973.]
WALTER CORNWALL, reader on 16th
1560 ^Pr*l 1560, when he, along with
Alexander Hamilton, vicar of Carri-
den, certified the publication of banns of
marriage in their respective churches. —
[Nicol Thoun's Prot. Book, No. 10, 3.]
PATRICK KINLOQUHY or KIN-
LOCH, pres. to vicarage in 1574 on
death of Alexander Heriot and on
19th Aug. 1587, on death of Sir Patrick
French. He had issue — Pater or Patrick of
Kettleston, pedagogue to James, Lord
Hamilton, son and heir to John, Marquess
of Hamilton; Andrew, fought duel with
swords; David; Agnes (marr. Robert Haly,
min. of Muiravonside); Elspeth; Marion;
Helen (marr. George, son of Nicol Corn
wall of Bonhard).— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivi, 72;
Reg. Pres. Bene., i (2), 21; Linlithgowshire
Sas., 24th Feb. 1603; Linlithgow Sher.
Court Books, 24th June 1623; Part Reg.
Inhib., 10th Dec. 1612, 26th June 1623.]
WILLIAM SALMONT, M.A., Vicar of
1563 Binny 2nd May 1565-72.— [Sir
Thomas Johnsoun's Prot. Book',
Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries; Reg.
of Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands,
i, 283.]
GEORGE HEPBURN, M.A., parson
1568
and minister 1568. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
RICHARD FLEMING, pres. to vicar-
1588 age °^ Binny 16th Jan- 1588 °n
death of William Salmont, was min.
of St Laurence Kirk, Slamannan. — [Reg.
Rec. Sig., Iviii, 105.]
ROBERT CORNWALL, pres. to vicar-
1 _Q7 age on dem. of Patrick Kennaway.
—[P. S. Reg., cxv, 228; G. R. Sas.,
Iii, 248.]
EPHRAIM MELVILLE, marr. 24th
Feb. 1642 Bessie Yoole.— [St. An
drews Reg.]
1650
WILLIAM WEIR, was min. of West
1691 Balder in I672; his widow, Kathe-
rine Lunn, buried 24th Feb. 1714;
his son James buried 13th Jan. 1728. —
[Reg. of Deeds, Linlithgow Sher. Court,
22nd Dec. 1716.]
ALEXANDER DALGLEISH, his
1699 w^ow' Susan Campbell, buried 26th
July 1743; his daugh. Christian
(marr. 16th July 1725 William Dalgleish).
— G. R. Sas., xxii, 409; civ, 415.]
ROBERT DALGLEISH, his children—
1727 Alexander, buried 16th May 1730;
Isobel (Helen), buried 15th Nov.
1734; Mary, buried 12th Sept. 1757;
Christian (marr. Dec. 1772 John Short,
burgess, Bo 'ness).
JAMES DOBIE, marr. (1) Isabella,
daugh. °f James Stoddart, min. of
1792
Kirkintilloch.
JOHN FERGUSON, his widow, Mary
1878 Jane Richard, died 4th Feb. 1940.
ROBERT COUPAR, D.D. (St Andrews,
28th June 1929); his wife, Eliza
Nicol, died 5th Oct. 1936. He died
at Edinburgh llth Dec. 1945. His son,
Sydney Bell Nicol, died in France 1918.
SECOND CHARGE
PATRICK TRENT, his daugh. Christian
1687 died before 10th July 1732.
ANDREW BARCLAY, his daugh.
170Q Margaret (marr. Sept. 1754 Robert
Macfarlane, merchant, Edinburgh);
his son Alexander apprenticed to William
Mead, surgeon apothecary, Edinburgh,
22nd June 1720.
46
KINGSCAVIL— MUIRAVONSIDE
[PRESB. OF
KINGSCAVIL
THOMAS LUGTON, died 16th Feb.
1899 1917.
LIVINGSTON
The church, with a half-caracute of land
and a croft, was given to Holyrood Abbey
by Turstan, son of Leuing; and a charter
of confirmation, in which the church was
designated "the Church of the town of
Leuing," was granted by Richard, Bishop
of St Andrews, in 1163-5. At Stoneburn
in the parish there was a chapel.— [Charters
of Holyrood, 11, 12, 15-16; Reg. Great
Seal, v, 69.]
ROBERT BALFOUR, vicar 1569-72
and Provost of Kirk of Field. —
[Comp. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlith-
gow, etc.]
1569
1573
ROBERT HODGE, M.A., min. here
26th Aug. and 5th Dec. 1575 and
9th Feb. 1578; probably continued
in charge here when min. at Bathgate and
Torphichen (q.v.}.—[Edin. Tests, vi, 302;
Test. William Morels, 26th Aug. 1575,
Inventories MS., Gen. Reg. House.]
PETER HAMILTON, as min. pres. on
dem. of Robert Balfour.— [P. S.
1585
Reg., Ixxxii, 186.]
PATRICK MONIPENNY, min. at The
1610
Hayning; marr. (1) Janet Campbell;
(2) Beatrix or Elizabeth Muirhead,
who marr. (2) James Flint. — (Clan Camp
bell, vi, 88; Reg. of Deeds, cccl, 58.]
1616 JAMES ROSS, his son Walter.
ROBERT HUNTER, son of James H.,
1718 merchant, burgess, Ayr.
1872
THOMAS AITON, dem. 25th Nov.
1919, died at Edinburgh 24th April
1923; his son William, 2nd Lieut.,
Rifle Brigade, killed in action 21st March
1917; Agnes Hamilton, his daugh., died at
Edinburgh 27th Dec. 1931 ; his widow, Jane
Charteris Scott, died 23rd Jan. 1942; his
son, Adam Charteris, died at Glasgow 6th
Feb. 1947.
JOHN COPLAND, M.A., Ph.D., trans.
1920 fr°m St Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, adm.
7th April 1920; trans, to Edzell 23rd Feb.
1928.
JAMES AITKEN, trans, from St James,
Forfar (q.v.), 14th Sept. 1928, died
13th Feb. 1945.
(Charges united 1st Oct. 1945.)
MUIRAVONSIDE
The Cistercian nunnery at Manuel,
which was situated on the left bank of the
river Avon and was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, was founded by Malcolm IV before
1164, and very probably in 1156. By
Charter 1165-71 King William the Lion
confirmed to the nuns that land in Manuel
which King Malcolm, his brother, gave to
them, by its right marches as perambulated
. . . with common pasture and easements
of wood for building, fencing, and fuel, so
far as necessary for their own use. The
same Charter also confirmed a tenth of the
Mill of Ihetham (Yetholm) given to the
nuns by Walter Corbat, and a holding in
Rokesburg (Roxburgh), given by Rawenild
of letham (Yetholm). By Charter of 22nd
June 1224 Alexander II granted to them
H chalders of salt from the teinds of his
saltpans which Ralph Baret then held. The
lands of Manuel comprised the lands, town,
and manor of Manuel, lands of Walk-
milton with the Mill, Myrehead, William-
craigs, in the barony of Manuel. Other
possessions of the nunnery were the grain
mill called Mongall, with the mill and mill
lands, and the dry multures of Nether and
Over Mongall, lying in Mongall, in the
barony of West Kers, and at least one half,
one and a half fifth-parts and a fifth part
of the land of Whitebaukis in the barony
of Bellormie. To the nunnery there also
pertained an annual rent from the fermes
of the Burgh of Linlithgow. On 1 6th June
1506 Pope Julius II, in response to a peti
tion of James IV, gave commission to the
Abbots of Cambuskenneth and Balerimo,
and the Provost of Trinity College, Edin
burgh, to convert the nunnery into a house
LINLITHGOW]
MUIRAVONSIDE— QUEENSFERRY
47
of the Hermit Friars of the Order of St
Augustine, Observantes. The King stated
that no house of the Order existed in Scot
land, that he desired the establishment of
such a house, and that in the Nunnery of
Manuel five nuns were resident. He asked,
therefore, that the said nunnery be "sup
pressed and extinguished, ' ' the nuns trans
ferred to another place, and said Order of
Friars introduced, a house to be built for
their use with church, bell tower, small
bell, cloister, refectory, churchyard, etc.;
but it is apparent that the change was not
carried out. On 10th Jan. 1545-6 the lands
of Manuel, as already described, were set
in feu by Janet Livingstone, prioress of the
nunnery, to Alexander Livingstone, in life
rent, and his second son, William, in fee
for defence, promised by said Alexander,
against those who might do her harm — an
illustration of the danger of lawless steps
being taken in the interests of a rival to
usurp the office of prioress in such houses.
Then or soon afterwards the other local
possessions of the nunnery were also set in
feu by the said Janet. Associated with the
office of prioress for a time was a prior.
The seal of James Hopper, ' ' Prior of the
Monastery of Manuel and the Convent of
the Carmelites in Linlithgow, ' ' is attached
to a charter of llth Jan. 1559-60.—
[Scotichronicon, i, 453, Ed. 1759; Hailes'
Annals, i, 130, Ed. 1819; Misc. Scott. Hist.
Soc., iv, 305, 313; Transcripts from the
Vatican, i, 148-56, MS., Reg. Ho.; Abbrev.
Feu Charters of Church Lands, i, 167, ii,
103, 202, MS. Reg. Ho.; Reg. Great Seal,
iii, 3308, v, 16, 568, 649, vi, 248, 890;
Excheq. Rolls, i, 25, iv, 25; Laing's Cat.
Scott. Seals, ii, 204.]
JOHN BRUCE, his widow, Isobel Ker.
~^G- R- Sas-> 3 Ser" xxxiv» 271»
20th Nov. 1674.]
ANDREW URIE, resident in Old
1667 Kirk Parish, Edinburgh, with
three children — Mary, aged 6;
Anna (marr. 15th Feb. 1699); Elizabeth,
9th Nov. 1696.— [Old Kirk Poll Tax Roll,
23.]
ANDREW BENNET, his daugh. Anna,
1696
born 9th Sept. 1713.— [Bo 'ness
Court of Regality, 17th Aug. 1720.]
JAMES MACFARLANE. His issue-
Christian (marr. 4th April 1857);
Jane (marr. 1872), died 1901;
Marianne (marr. 1886), died 1894; Elea-
nora, died Perth 10th June 1932; Katharine
Louise, died 22nd Sept. 1935; Mary
Christie (marr. 1910 her brother-in-law
Robert Charles Menzies, papermaker, St
Michael's, Inveresk). died 9th Dec. 1924.
DAVID BAYNE, dem. 1st July 1940;
1897 died at Edinburgh 2nd Sept. 1941.
POLMONT
There was at Polmont, then in the parish
of Falkirk, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, to which on 28th May 1498 Robert
Bellenden, Abbot of Holyrood, granted
an annual rent of 6 merks from the tene
ment of the late Alexander Turing in the
burgh of Edinburgh, above "the lower
arch ' ' of the said burgh on the south side
of High Street.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 244.]
GEORGE KEITH, born 9th March
1871 1844.
OSWALD BELL, his widow, Kate
1885 Matilda Keddie, died 3rd June 1934.
JAMES BUCHANAN MACKENZIE,
1894
died 4th Feb. 1926; his widow, Mary
Bayne Mushet, died 17th July 1935;
his son, Archibald, min. of Balfron and
Ayr 2nd Charge; his daugh., Janet
Buchanan, died 22nd Jan. 1944.
1926
JAMES WALKER MORISON
WILLIAMSON, trans, from Pit-
sligo (q.v.) 12th Aug. 1926. His
wife, Susan Maxwell Elmslie, died 8th Dec.
1935.
QUEENSFERRY
By Crown Charter 9th July 1635, ratified
by Act of Parliament 9th July 1641, the
Chapel of St Michael in the Burgh was
48
QUEENSFERRY— SLAMANNAN
[PRESB. OF
erected into the parish church. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., 9th July 1635; Acts of Par!., i, 570.]
JOHN PRIMROSE, his widow was
resident in Tron Parish, Edinburgh,
8th Nov. 1694.— [Tron Poll Tax
Roll, 6.]
JOHN PHILIP OF ORMISTON.— Reg.
1678
of Deeds , Mack. Ixxxiii, 10th Nov.
1698.]
JOHN DALGLEISH, marr. Agnes,
daugh- of Gideon Wauchope of
Pendicle.— [Reg. of Deeds Dal.,
liii, 576.]
DONALD CAMPBELL, son of John
C., min. of Monzieward; his son,
John.— [Reg. of Deeds Mack., xc,
22nd Jan. 1702.]
JOHN GRIERSON, his daugh. Janet
1700
(marr. William Somerville, min. of
Hawick.]
JAMES KID, his son James, apprentice
171ft to James Lorimer, merchant, Edin
burgh, 20th May 1747.
THOMAS DIMMA, his daugh. Laura
1820
(marr. John Gardner, Queensferry,
and went to America.)
JOHN WHYTE, his daugh. Mary Ruth
(marr. John Stewart, min. of
1872
Bridgegate).
DAVID MILLER, his widow, Margaret
1884
Fender Hay, died 5th Dec. 1931;
his daugh. Elizabeth Constance Wini
fred (marr. John William Thomson, bank
agent, Mid Calder) died 2nd April 1932.
WILLIAM BOWER WILSON, dem.
8th March 1944, died 4th June 1944;
his daugh. Molly, M.B., Ch.B.
(Edin.), awarded, 18th July 1934, Dorothy
Gilfillan Memorial Prize and the Prize of
the Scottish Association for Medical Edu
cation of Women to most distinguished
woman graduate; his daugh. Marion, B.Sc.
(marr. 5th July 1939 Dr Charles, lecturer
on Applied Mathematics, Liverpool Uni
versity, son of E. Strachan, 213 Forest
Avenue, Aberdeen).
SLAMANNAN
RICHARD FLEMING, reader and vicar
pensionary 1565 and in 1569; pres.
to vicarage of Binning 16th Jan.
1588.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow and Dumfries, etc.]
ADAM MURRAY, pres. to parsonage
1566 an<^ vicara§e 17th May 1566 by
John, son and heir of the late John
Sandilands of Calder Cleir.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xxxiv, 81.]
JAMES DALRYMPLE, min. in 1568.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
,. , ..
lithgow, etc.]
GAVIN NASMYTH, Exhorter 1568.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
,. f .,
lithgow, etc.]
THOMAS AMBROSE, eldest son of
William A., merchant burgess of
Stirling, and Christian Anderson,
and brother of Alexander, min. of New-
battle.— [Edin. Tests, 3rd Dec. 1 606.]
GEORGE PHIN, marr. cont. 25th July
1 684, Susannah, daugh. of Alexan
der Simpson of Stonehouse. — [G. R.
Sas., 2 Ser., xiv, 436; Deeds Durie, 1706,
No. 719.]
JAMES STEVENSON, his son, John,
1691 min. of Cathcart.
JOHN STEVENSON, his widow, Isobel
Smith, died at Glasgow 16th Jan.
1607
1661
1709
1763.
JAMES MACNAIR, pres. 26th Sept.
1788 1787.
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, his son
1826 Alexander born 24th Oct- 1821'
died young; his daugh. Anne (marr.
10th June 1834 Henry James Taylor of
Southfield).
1856
ROBERT STEVENSON HORNE, pres.
31st March 1856; his widow, Mary
Lochhead, died at Edinburgh 26th
Nov. 1925; his sons— Right Hon. Sir
Robert Stevenson, P.C., G.B.E., LL.D.,
M.P. Hillhead, Minister of Labour 1919,
LINLITHGOW]
SLAMANNAN— UPHALL
49
President of the Board of Trade 1920-1,
Chancellor of the Exchequer 1921-2,
created Viscount 12th May 1937, died 3rd
Sept. 1940; Thomas Lochhead, died 2nd
Dec. 1916.
ALLAN REID, died 5th Sept. 1922;
his widow, Jessie Baird Macdonald,
1892
died 30th Sept. 1933.
ARCHIBALD MORTON PATERSON,
1923
M.A., ord. 28th Feb. 1923; trans,
to Tarbolton 15th Dec. 1927.
NINIAN ELLIOT, born Edinburgh 12th
June 1898, son of John E., Surveyor
of Taxes, H.M. Customs and Excise,
and Margaret Craig Melville, educated at
George Watson's College, Edinburgh;
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen,
M.A. (1920), B.D. (1923); served in Great
War as Signaller, R.G.A., in France
1917-18; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1923;
assistant Aberdeen West, 1923; ord. to St
Leonard's, Lanark, 19th Feb. 1925; trans,
and adm. llth April 1928; trans, to Sorbie
5th April 1945. Marr. 12th Dec. 1939
Margaret, youngest daugh. of Rev. William
Skinner, C.I.E., D.D., Principal, Madras
College and had issue: Helen, born 14th,
died 19th March 1941; Jane Melville, born
23rd March 1943.
(Charges of Slamannan and Balquhatson
united 25th Oct. 1945.)
TORPHICHEN
There was an altar dedicated to St Ninian
and another to the Virgin Mary. — [Nicol
Thounis Prot. Book, 44n.]
SIR THOMAS DICKSON, vicar,
cousin and intimate servitor of John,
Archbishop of St Andrews, vicar
1558-71.— [Cal. of Charters, x, 2112; Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands, ii,
226; Compts. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlith-
gow.]
ROBERT HODGE,
1572 i, 27.]
[G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
THOMAS VASSIE, son of William V.,
1639 burgess of Lanark.
WILLIAM BAIN, eldest son of John B.,
1682 wr^ht burgess of Musselburgh;
resident with his wife in Tron par.,
Edinburgh, 9th Nov. 1694; his daugh.
Alison (marr. George Boswell, writer,
Edinburgh).— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 6; Abb.
Adj., 2nd March 1726.]
JOHN McKERLIE JOHNSTONE,
1879 licen. 9th May 1871.
GEORGE BEALE, dem. 1931 and
R charges united 16th May 1931; died
1st Feb. 1945. Publications— Con
tributions to West Lothian Courier on
Nature Knowledge, Birds, Folklore, Anti
quities, Poetry and General Literature;
Brochures on Torphichen Preceptory, The
Knights of St John of Jerusalem, etc.
UPHALL
ROBERT PITCAIRN, Commendator
1572
of Dunfermline, held the parsonage
1572.— [Compts. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.]
SIR PATRICK OGSTONE, vicar 1572.
1572 —\.ComPts- Sub ColL °f Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.]
GEORGE BARCLAY, min. of meeting
1690 house at Gargunnock 1688.
ALEXANDER KEITH, marr. (2) Mar
garet Hamilton. — [G. R.Sas., 2 Ser.,
1699
ix, 240, July 1654.]
WILLIAM GIB, marr. Elizabeth, daugh.
1763 of Robert Rentoul of Middleton.
JOHN FERGUSON, according to Aber
deen Univ. Records, 346, his father
1798
was James F., London.
1868
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, his widow,
Elizabeth Arbuckle, died 20th Oct.
1916.
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UPHALL— WINCHBURGH
[PRESB. OF LINLITHGOW
CHARLES DUNN, born Leochel Cush-
nie, licen. March 1900, died sud-
1912
denly 13th March 1931.
WHITBURN
1732
ALEXANDER WARDROBE, his son
David apprentice to John Wallace,
surgeon, Edinburgh, 9th Nov. 1748.
ROBERT BRUCE MACKINNON, his
son, Robert Alexander, died 26th
Dec. 1922.
1912
1904
WINCHBURGH
HUGH ARMSTRONG, licen. llth
June 1890, died at Edinburgh 9th
Feb. 1930. He marr. (2) 22nd Aug.
1916, Amelia Barr, daugh. of J. Miller,
Dairy Road, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Margaret Sybil Ross (marr. 26th May 1927,
Laurence Harrower, Hamilton, Bermuda);
Aimes Isabel Josephine, born 4th Jan. 1918;
Hugh Ian Oliphant, born 22nd Jan. 1923;
Anne Jane, born 24th Nov. 1926.
PRESBYTERY OF BIGGAR
BIGGAR
The church in 1545 was erected on the
site of the old building dedicated to St
Nicholas. Associated with the church
there was a hospital, dedicated to St
Leonard, called the House of Biggar. On
10th Aug. 1531 John Tweedie of Drum-
melziar granted an annual rent of £10 from
his lands of Drummelziar to Sir Andrew
Brown, Chaplain, and his successors as
chaplains, for perpetual celebrations in
Biggar Church for the soul of John, Lord
Fleming, slain on 1st Nov. 1524 by said
John Tweedie 's son James and his kinsmen
and associates. The grant was in fulfilment
of a Decreet Arbitral with reference to the
foresaid murder between Malcolm, Lord
Fleming, son and successor of the said
John, Lord Fleming, and the said John
Tweedie. On 10th Jan. 1545-6 Malcolm,
Lord Fleming, erected the church into a
collegiate church in honour of the Trinity
and the Virgin Mary, for a provost, 8
canons and prebendaries, 4 boys having
children's voices, and 6 poor men. At his
own charge Lord Malcolm built ' ' a stately
Church in the village of Biggar, dedicated
to our Lady of Assumption." The founda
tion was confirmed by the Papal Legate on
14th March 1545-6. To the provostry was
assigned the Church of Thankerton, with
its rents, fruits and emoluments and manse
and glebe, the provost being held bound to
pay to a curate having the care of the souls
of the parishioners of Thankerton £10
Scots besides 2 acres of land of the pro
vostry beside the church for a manse and
garden. The First Prebendary was called
the Prebendary of the Hospital of St
Leonard. He was the preceptor of the
Song School; and to him were assigned the
lands of Spittal. The Second Prebendary
was the Preceptor of Grammar Study; and
to him were assigned the lands of Auchin-
reoch in the barony of Auchtermony in the
county of Stirling. The Third Prebendary
was the sacrist of the church; and to him
were assigned the chaplainry of St Mary
at Kirkintilloch, founded upon the lands
of Garnegaber and Auchyndavy, 6 merks
annual rent in Kirkintilloch and 2 acres for
a manse and garden pertaining to the said
Chaplainry. The Fourth Prebendary was
the preceptor of the praying poor and the
administrator and distributer of their
victual and other emoluments; and to him
were assigned £10 Scots annual rent from
the lands of Drummelzier, and £7 6s. 8d.
from the fruits, etc., of the parsonage and
vicarage of Biggar. To each of the other
prebendaries was assigned £7 6s. 8d. from
the parsonage and vicarage, and of the
church lands of the same. The Eighth
Prebendary was the vicar-pensioner of the
"Parish Church of Biggar erected into a
College"; and he had a seat with the other
prebendaries in the choir, and sang and
exercised the divine office there except
when he was occupied with the cure of the
said church and the administration of the
Sacraments to the parishioners. In 1555
the Church of Dunrod was collated to the
collegiate church. One of the altars in the
church was dedicated to the Holy Rood. —
[Reg. Great Seal, iii, 1093, 1531; Charter
Chest of Earl of Wigton, 409, 466, 478,
486-8, 529, 530, 602; Scott. Rec. Soc.;
Calendar of Yester Writs, 117, 157, 160;
Scott. Rec. Soc.; Charters of Holy rood,
294-8; Mis. of Spalding Club, v, 296-308;
see Thankerton, Dunrod, Kirkintilloch.]
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52
BIGGAR— GLENHOLM
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM MILLAR, reader, 1567 and
156? 1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow.]
THOMAS CAMPBELL.— [G. R. Sas.,
1599 2 Sen, xv, 46.]
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, his son
Alexander apprentice to George
1696
Lawson, merchant, Edinburgh, llth
Nov. 1705.
WILLIAM HAIG, son of James H. of
1751 Orchardfarm.
JOHN JOHNSTON, marr. (1) ; (2)
8th 1754 Aug. 1755.
WILLIAM WATSON, his daugh. Janet
1787 (marr. 3rd June 1823).
JOHN CHRIST1SON, his daugh. Ann
1822 Hay (marr. 19th Aug. 1851).
WILLIAM NEWBIGGING, his widow
1874 Sarah Wilson died 1st Nov. 1926.
WILLIAM GRANT DUNCAN, died
1884
suddenly 22nd Oct. 1933; his wife
Ann Williamson Matthew died 5th
March 1924; his daughs. — Catherine
Matthew (marr. (1) 10th March 1927 John
Thomson, Edenside, Strathmiglo; (2) 25th
Jan. 1938 Thomas Robinson, Indian
Police); Jean Ogilvy (marr. 22nd July 1919,
Gerard Hassell Williams, M.C., Birken-
head); Ann Williamson (marr. 10th April
1929 John Myles Caie, M.C., M.B., Ch.B.,
Biggar).
DAVID SINCLAIR RUTHERFORD,
1928
born 25th Nov. 1896, son of Robert
William R., min. of Gartsherrie,
educ. at Royal High School, Fettes College
and Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow,
M.A. (1920); served in France Aug. 1916
to Dec. 1916, Lieut. 3 Welsh Regiment;
Black Bursar; Licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
1921; assist. St Mary's, Edinburgh, 1922;
ord. to Ochiltree 3rd May 1923; trans to
Biggar (ass. and sue.) 20th June 1928.
Marr. 16th April 1924 Catherine Jardine,
youngest daughter of Laurence Crawford,
J.P., Coatbridge, and has issue — David
William, born 28th Nov. 1925; Laurence
Crawford, born 9th July 1933.
BROUGHTON
WALTER TWEEDIE, reader and vicar
pensioner 1562, designated min.
28th Nov. 1588.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Roxburgh.]
THOMAS GRAY, his daugh. Mary
(marr. 9th Jan. 1824 James Usher,
writer, Edinburgh).
1769
ALEXANDER THOMSON COSENS,
1854
his son Peter Hunter, W.S., died 26th
Nov. 1931; his daughs. — Alexandra
Jeanette died 1st Dec. 1929; Ann Thomson
(Mrs Napier) died 14th Feb. 1944; his son
Robert Romanes died 5th Sept. 1944.
ANDREW BAIRD, died 7th Jan.
1892 1935.
GLENHOLM
By Bull of 29th July 1272 Pope Gregory
X confirmed the grant of the church to the
Abbey of Scone by John Fraser of Glen-
holm.— [Book of Scone, 83.]
JOHN PORTEOUS, vicar in 1568 and
1568
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
GEORGE TOD, reader and vicar pen
sioner 1563 to 18th Dec. 1574.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh, and Edin. Tests., iii, 441.]
1569
WALTER TWEEDY, appears to have
been parson just prior to 1571. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh, etc.]
1571
JAMES STEWART, son of Sir John S.
of Minto and his second wife
Margaret, daugh. of James Stewart
of Cardonald, and brother of Walter, Prior
of Blantyre; pres. to parsonage and
vicarage, which is ane chaplaine within the
chapel of Stirling, 3rd Aug. 1571, on death
of William Hamilton, parson of Cambus-
lang, last parson and vicar. — [Scots
Peerage, ii, 80; P. S. Reg., xxxix, 14; Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (2), 18; Comps. Coll. Gen. of
Thirds.]
BIGGAR]
GLENHOLM— COULTER
53
JAMES TOD, reader, 20th Feb. 1572-3.
1572 — [Test, Inventories, MS. Reg. Ho.]
JOHN JAMIESON, vicar pensioner/
13th April 1574.— [Co/. Laing Char-
1574
ters, 890.]
JOHN HEPBURN, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 31st Dec.
1591 on death of James Stewart.—
[P. S. Reg., Ixiii, 92.]
ROBERT JOHNSTON, marr. Mar
garet Lawrie; died before 15th Nov.
1642.— [Reg. of Deeds Dal., xxxviii,
212; Acts and Dec., iii, 340.]
SIMON KELLIE, eldest son of John K.,
tailor burgess of Glasgow. His son
John, apprenticed to Robert Mc-
Kinlay, merchant, Edinburgh, 9th Dec.
1720; his daughs. — Marion (marr. Jan.
1768 James Sommers, writer, Edinburgh);
Helen (marr. James Dean, farmer in
Chapelgill of Glenholm).
KILBUCHO
There was a hermitage at Kilbucho.
Cosmo, hermit of Kylbovkhoe, was witness
to a writ regarding the division of Stobo
about 1200.— [Reg. of Glasgow, i, 89.]
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, reader and
1567
vicar pensioner 1559-72; confirmed
in office 28th April 151Q.—[Comps.
Coll. Gen. of Thirds; Edin. Tests., iii, 50-1.]
GEORGE AUCHINLECK of BAL-
15?1 MANNO, parson 1571-86.—
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds', Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
ANDREW JARDINE, reader, 28th
1574 Nov. 1580.— [Edin. Tests., viii, 292.]
WALTER TWEEDIE, min. at Brough-
1575 ton, in charge here.
JOHN TAIT, son of James T., merchant
1700
burgess of Edinburgh; his son James,
wright, burgess of Edinburgh 15th
May 1728; his daugh. Isobel (marr. John
Tait, staymaker, Alnwick).
WILLIAM TAIT, marr. Grissel, daugh.
of James Dick, min. of Wynd, Glas-
gow; his son Robert died at sea 17th
March 1793.
COULTER
ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTON, rector,
1560
1st Sept. 1563.— [Sir Thos. John-
stoun's Prot. Book, 682.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, exhorter,
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
JOHN LIVERANCE, exhorter, 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
1563
JOHN GOLD, exhorter, 1568.— [Comps.
1568 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
WILLIAM MILLAR, reader, 5th March
1576 1516.— [Edin. Tests., v, 64.]
1654
ANTHONY MURRAY, had sasine
with his wife Grissel Muir, of the
lands of Westerhills, Lanarkshire;
marr. (2) Jean Murray with issue Jean,
both residing in the Canongate 13th Nov.
1694; his widow marr. (2) Alexander
Bertram of Nisbet.— [Canongate Poll Tax
Roll; G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxxi, 12th Dec.
1672.]
JAMES FORRESTER, his son Robert,
apprenticed to George Andrew,
merchant, Edinburgh, 24th Aug.
1720.
JOHN BROWN, his daughs.— Marion
1750 (marr- pro- 6th A?"! 1791 John
Thomson of Comiston, merchant,
Edinburgh); Euphemia, died 5th Dec. 1793.
JOHN ANDERSON, died at Corstor-
1862 phine 27th March 1922, aged 101.
JOHN COWAN HAMILTON, dem.
1891
30th June 1932; died 1st Aug. 1943;
his wife, Jessie Burns Shearer, died
29th Jan. 1938; his son Arnold Angus,
M.D., died at Broughton, 9th Sept. 1937;
his daugh., Leslie Bail lie Shearer (marr.
30th Nov. 1935 Robert Murray Methven,
Calcutta).
D*
54
COVINGTON— DUNSYRE
[PRESB. OF
COVINGTON
HEW LINDSAY, son of John L. of
Covington. Marr. Katherine Arthur
and had issue — Hew; Patrick.
1608
GEORGE OGSTOUN, marr. Abigail,
1621
daugh. of James Baillie, Min. of
Lamington.
JOHN BUCHANAN, marr. Catherine
Spreull. — [Abbey Proclam. 26th June
1691
1692.]
1890
JAMES HOGGAN, his widow, Isabel
1865 Gibson, died 30th Sept. 1921.
WILLIAM COVINGTON MAC-
GREGOR, dem. 1st Dec. 1931;
died 9th April 1942.
THANKERTON
About 1180 Agnes de Brus granted to
Kelso Abbey the church of the town of
Thankerton, which is called the Wode-
kyrch (Woodchurch); and at the same
period Simon Lockard made a similar
grant, the designation being "the Church
which is called the Wudechirche. " The
confirmation charter of Jocelyn, Bishop of
Glasgow, also about the same date, has
the description, "the Church of Wude-
kirche with the whole parish as well of
Thankerton as of the town of Symon
Lockard." On 1st May 1542 the Arch
bishop of Glasgow ratified the transference
of the patronage of the church by Kelso
Abbey on 26th Nov. 1 540, with consent of
David Hamilton, Rector of Thankerton, to
the Collegiate Church of Biggar which
Malcolm, Lord Fleming, intended to build.
To a vicar-pensioner for Thankerton there
was reserved 20 merks Scots with 4 acres
of land at Kelso. The consent of the
Commendator (Gavin) of Kelso to the
transference bears that "all of them in
these evil times in the increase of Lu-
theranism" are "obliged to contribute to
so good a work," and that Lord Fleming
might not be diverted from so good a work
nor receive any prejudice by the abbey
having the patronage. — [Book of Kelso, i,
227, 318-20; Reg. Epis. of Glasgow, ii, 272;
Charter Chest of Earl of Wigton, 522; Scott
Rec.Soc.}
THOMAS BAIKIE of St Thomas
Chapel, parson and vicar, 1595-7. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
1595
DOLPHINTON
THOMAS LUNDY, exhorter, 1569.—
1569
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh, etc.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A., pres.
1592 t0 ParsonaSe 28th March 1592 on
death of John Cockburn.
JOHN KELLIE, pres. to vicarage 9th
April 1592 on death of John Cock-
burn of Newholm. — [P. S. Reg.,
Ixiii, 229, 248.]
ALEXANDER SOMERVILLE, marr.
1592
1618
(2) Margaret Cockburn and had
issue — James; John; Agnes; Jean. —
[G. R. Sas., xxi, 239, 19th July 1631.]
WILLIAM DUGUID, portioner of
Appletree-leaves.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.
x, 180.]
JAMES CRUICKSHANKS, marr.
Margaret Oswald. — [Edin. Sas., vii,
116.]
JOHN SANDILANDS, his son James
1665
1684
1693
apprenticed to Robert Mowbray,
wright, Edinburgh, 28th May 1707.
JOHN SANDILANDS, his son John,
1711 min. of Sanquhar.
JOHN AITON, his daugh. Ruth died at
1825 Musselburgh 24th Nov. 1939.
JAMES RUTH GILRUTH, dep.
1899 1928.
ROBERT BROWN WISEMAN, trans,
from St John's, Kirkcaldy, 1st June
1928
1928; dem. 28th May 1938.
(United to Dunsyre 2Sth Dec. 1941.)
DUNSYRE
ROBERT DENHOLME, pres. to
vicarage 31st May 1577 on death of
1577 Sir Robert Greig.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.
i, 55.]
BIGGAR]
DUNSYRE— SKIRLING
55
1647
ROBERT SOMERVILLE, son of
Patrick S. in Grene, was pres. in
1601 on death of Robert Denholme.
—[P. S. Reg., Ixxii, 167.]
THOMAS SOMERVILLE, min. here
pres. to parsonage 22nd Jan. 1603.
—[P. S. Reg., Ixxiii, 171.]
ROBERT LOCKHART, marr. (2)
Eleis, daugh. of William Dunlop,
elder of Crage.—[Reg. of Deeds, 1st
Dec. 1663.]
ROBERT SKENE, son of James S.,
1678 merchant, Aberdeen; Lyon Depute.
JAMES BRADFUTE, born 22nd July
1681, marr. 4th June 1717; had
issue— Elizabeth, born 13th March
1718; Janet, born 8th May 1720.
JOHN BRADFUTE, born 10th Nov.
1725; his son James min. at Penrith;
his son John, died 16th Jan. 1837. —
[Ex information Miss Margaret Tait.]
WILLIAM SMITH, dem. 25th Oct.
1920; died at Carnwath 29th Nov.
1921.
1713
1751
1877
ROBERT WILSON TURNBULL, ord.
1921
llth March 1921; trans, to Kirk-
michael 5th June 1925.
WILLIAM MUIRHEAD, born 16th
1925
March 1864, son of Robert M.,
farmer, and Isabella Wallace; educ.
at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1884); licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton May 1889; assist.
Langholm 1918-19; locum St Margaret's,
Arbroath; assist. St Michael's, Edinburgh;
Temperance Committee Deputy; ord. llth
Sept. 1925; dem. 24th Feb. 1948.
LIBBERTON
For the souls of himself, Christian, his
wife, etc., Sir John Maxwell of Carlaverock,
Lord of Maxwell, granted the church to
Kilwinning Abbey, the rights of Sir Robert
Glene, rector, being reserved. The grant
was confirmed by Charter of David II in
1364, and by Bull of Pope Gregory IX,
25th Nov. 1312.— [Reg. Great Seal, i, 182;
Theiner's Vet. Mon., 347-8.]
GEORGE ALEXANDER, reader, 1569.
1569
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lit hgow.]
ALEXANDER CHALMERS, vicar.—
1574 [Acts and Dec., Ivi, 55.]
JAMES HAMILTON.— [Acts and Dec.,
1574 cxxx, 258.]
ALEXANDER SPITTAL, was of the
family of Spittal, either of Blairlogie
or Leuchat. — [Stephen's Inverkeith-
ing and Rosyth, 482.]
1590
ROBERT LIVINGSTONE, his son
1649
Samuel apprentice to James Tait,
merchant, Edinburgh, 24th July
1672.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., xiv, 171.]
JAMES STUART, marr. a daugh. of
1697 John Ingles of Eastshiel.
JOHN LAWRIE, his widow Isobel
1857 Stark died 14th Nov. 1921.
JOHN PICKEN, died 31st July 1935;
1890
his daugh. Mary (marr. 9th July
1932, Alister John Frazer, B.Sc.,
A.M.I.C.E.).
QUOTHQUAN
JAMES HAMILTON, min. in 1569.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
». i -,
lithgow, etc.]
SIR THOMAS SOMERVILLE, parson
1 _„- and min. in 1 576; had a son Thomas.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiv, 28; Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
JOHN CHIESLIE, min. 3rd March
1606 1606.— [Fraser Charters.]
ROBERT BROWN.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
1652 iii, 76, 160, 238.]
SKIRLING
JOHN COCKBURN, of Newholme;
1525
parson 30th April 1558 and 21st
Aug. 1568; also parson of Roberton.
— [Reg. of Deeds, ii, 463; vi, 467; viii, 133;
xii, 144; Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixiii, 229, 248.]
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SKIRLING— WANDEL
[PRESB. OF
JOHN MURRAY, marr. Katherine
1701 Douglas (died 6th June 1756).
JOHN BROWN ARMSTRONG, his
widow, Rhoda Charlotte Mary
Truman, died 3rd April 1948.
1888
THOMAS MUIR, his wife, Joanna
Mavor, died 31st May 1933; his son,
1904
John, min. of Foulden.
SYMINGTON
At first called the chapel of the town of
Symon, the church, under the designation
of the Church of Symonstoun, was granted
to the Bishopric of Glasgow by Simon
Lockard about 1 1 80, with confirmation by
William the Lion in 1195-9.— [Reg. Epis.
of Glasgow, ii, 267, 269, 272.]
1607 ROBERT LINDSAY, M.A.
JOHN LAW, son of Mungo L., min.
1665 of Greyfriars, Edinburgh.
PATRICK MITCHELL.— [Act Book,
1700 10th March 1712.]
1813
JOHN SMITH, his daughs.— May
(marr. 9th Jan. 1828); Grace Hen
derson, died 28th Dec. 1869.
JOHN FORBES, his daughs.— Elizabeth
Isabella (Mrs John Murray Bell)
died 7th Sept. 1938; Margaret
Matilda died 3rd Nov. 1946.
JOHN ALEXANDER, licen. 15th May
1879; died 29th March 1926. Marr.
(2) 20th June 1916 Martha Crouch,
who died 27th Oct. 1932.
1851
GEORGE CALDWELL, died 22nd
May 1927. His son, James Robert
Macdonald, 2 Lieut. R.F.A., killed
in action 27th Oct. 1918.
1891
1928
JOHN W. SPENCE, formerly of Buck-
haven (4-v')> dem- 23rd Nov- 1926;
assist. Barony; adm. here 26th Jan.
1928; died 20th Oct. 1945.
(Charges united IQth Feb. 1946.)
WALSTON
DAVID DALGLEISH, as Sir David D.
1560 he^ the yicara§e at 1560' and' being
reader, had conformed; died before
20th May 1567.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvii, 5.]
WALTER TWEEDIE, was pres. to the
156_ vicarage 20th May 1567. — [Reg.
Sec. Seal, xxxvii, 5.]
THOMAS LINDSAY, his daugh. Mary
(marr. Robert Nairne, min. of Car-
1580
michael).
THOMAS LINDSAY, marr. Mary
Livingston. — [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., vi,
1621
355; Reg. of Deeds Dal., i, 456.]
PATRICK ANDERSON, marr. Mar-
1689
garet, second daugh. of James
Threipland, Chamberlain of Biggar.
— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., iii, 334; xxxvi, 240,
1st Nov. 1675.]
THOMAS LINNING, had a son
1705 Thomas.
PATRICK MOLLISON, his daugh.
1788 Ann died at London, 6th May 1857.
JAMES EADIE, trans, to Macduff, 16th
1904 June 1916.
THOMAS BLANEY, born 2nd Jan.
1916
1885, son of Thomas B., surface
man, and Agnes Brown Steele; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 6th May 1913; ord.
13th Oct. 1916; marr. 2nd Jan. 1917,
Elizabeth, daugh. of William Scott and
Jessie Tennant.
WANDEL
NICOL CRAWFORD, M.A., min.
parson and vicar of Hartside 1 560-
69.—[Comps. of Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
1664
JOHN HAMILTON, marr. Jean Sharp
and had issue — Jane (marr. cont.
22nd and 24th June 1653 Archibald
Bannatyne of Lubors); Mary (marr. (1)
William Power, merchant, Edinburgh; (2)
BIGGAR]
WANDEL— LAMINGTON
57
Ninian Spence of Wester Kames). — [House
of Hamilton 549; G. R. Inhib., 200, 1665;
Reg. of Deeds, dxxxix, 129, 1643; Argyll
Sas., i, 87.]
DAVID BLINSHALL, his son Baillie,
apprentice to Malcolm Brown,
saddler, Edinburgh, 14th June 1749;
his daugh. Ann died 8th April 1806.
CHARLES HOPE, his daugh. Janet
1821 Sarah died 27th Nov. 1914.
ROBERT RANKIN, marr. Theresa
Margaret, daugh. of John George
Claus, shipowner, Liverpool; she
died 12th June 1937; his sons — Kenneth
Phin, died at Plymouth 7th March 1919;
Robert Andrew Smith, died 7th Feb. 1943;
Right Hon. Sir George Claus, P.C., Chief
Justice, Bengal, 1926-34; Member of
Judicial Committee of Privy Council, 1935;
died 8th April 1946.
CHARLES JOHN RITCHIE, D.D.
(St Andrews, 28th June 1932); dem.
31st Jan. 1934; died at Edinburgh
21st March 1937.
LAMINGTON
On 30th March 1448 there occurs Archi
bald Jardin, rector, of the other or second
part, called the Rectory of Hartside, of the
parish church of Lamington; the parish
church of Hartside is mentioned on 26th
Jan. 1451-2; and on 7th July 1460 the
Rectory of Hartside is given as constituting
the other or second part of the Rectory of
Lamington. — [Cat. Papal Regs.; Letters,
x, 184, 550; xi, 575.]
PRESBYTERY OF PEEBLES
DRUMELZIER
On the south side of the stream of
Kingledoors there was a chapel dedicated
to St Cuthbert. By Sir Simon Fraser, who
died a short time prior to 15th Jan. 1291-2,
the chapel, along with the lands of South
Kingledoors and Hopcarthne, was granted
to Melrose Abbey, confirmation being
given by Sir Simon's son, Sir Simon Fraser,
Kt. Cristin, hermit of Kingledoors, is
recorded about 1200. The chapel may have
been a hermitage. — [Munimenta de Metros,
318-19; Rotuli Scotiae, i, 7; Reg. of Glas
gow, i, 89.]
THOMAS BISSAIT, exhorter, 1563;
1563
designated minister 5th Dec. 1575.
— [Test, of Peter Waych, llth Jan.
1575-6, Edin. Commis.', Test. Inventories,
MS. Reg. Ho.; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Roxburgh, etc.]
JAMES SIMPSON, eldest son of James
1683 S., cordiner, Glasgow.
WILLIAM WELSH, marr. Marion,
1787
daugh. of Gavin Waugh, baker,
Edinburgh.
JAMES SOMERVILLE, his daugh.
1810 Rachel died 2nd Dec. 1875.
JOHN TAYLOR, his daugh. Mary
1843 Alison died 12th Jan. 1918.
WILLIAM MILNE, his widow, Alexan-
1877
drina Hill Lindsay, died Edinburgh
25th Feb. 1932; his daugh. Janette
Murray Lindsay (marr. 21st Jan. 1926 John
Archibald Hunter, Malay States).
MUNRO SOMERVILLE, trans, to
1900 Newhaven 12th Oct. 1916.
NORMAN GOTTFRIED RESTING,
M.A., ord. 20th April 1917; trans,
to Knoxland 29th Sept. 1927.
GILMOUR NEILL, born 31st Dec.
1926 1880, son of Matthew N., min. of
Urney and Sion Mills parish,
Tyrone; educ. at Royal School, Raphoe;
Royal Univ. of Ireland; Magee College,
Londonderry; licen. by Presb. of Strabane,
12th May 1905; assist. First Presbyterian
Church, Lisburn; ord. to Hillhall Church
8th May 1907; trans, to St Andrew's
Church, Portsmouth, 1913; Chaplain to
H.M. Forces, 5th Army; wounded in France
1918; Acting Chaplain to Presbyterian
Troops, Portsmouth, Oct. 1920; adm. by
General Assembly 26th May 1921, locum
tenens Moffat, adm. to Moffat 25th Dec.
1921, trans, and adm. 21st May 1926; died
2nd May 1933. Marr. July 1907 Helen
Maude Neil (died 26th Nov. 1943) and
had issue — Helen Christine, born 8th June
1908.
EDDLESTON
In later medieval times the church was
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. About 1 140
Eddleston appears on record as Pentjacob
or Pentejacob. On 5th April 1170 the
designation is Gillemorestun, the "town"
of Gille More, St Mary's servant or
devotee. Somewhat later, 1176-89, the
lands were granted by Richarde de More-
ville, constable of Scotland, to Edulf, son
of Uchtred, from whom arose the designa
tion Eddleston, Edulfston. The church was
rebuilt in 1829. Possibly Harehope in this
parish was the site of the "House of St
Lazarus of Harop, ' ' the Master of which,
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PRESB. OF PEEBLES] EDDLESTON— INNERLEITHEN
59
Friar William Corbert, in 1296 had letters
from Edward I of England to the Sheriff
of Edinburgh for restitution of the lands of
his house in the shire of Edinburgh. Land
in the parish called St Mungo's Row
suggests either a chapel or an altar dedi
cated to that saint. — [Ancient Church Dedi
cations in Scotland; Reg. of Glasgow, i, 3-5,
23, 39, 140-3; Lord High Treas. Aces., vi,
347; Rolls of Scot., i, 250; Watson's Celtic
Place- Names, 135; Mackenzie's Scott.
Place- Names, 217; New Stat. Ace. iii,
Peebles, 15.]
GEORGE HAY, delete p. 271, line 1,
1560
from * ' and ' ' to line 5 ' ' Assembly. ' '
Son of William Hay of Talla. On
19th Jan. 1560-1 he granted to his brother
William the lands of Eddlestori for a sum
of money to repair the church. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig. iv, 1615.] See Kiltarlity, Ruthven,
Renfrew.
ADAM DICKSON, reader. See
1574 Peebles.
SIR THOMAS HARGREAVES, vicar
pensioner, died before 3rd June
1589.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 1640.]
JAMES SMITH, his sons— Alexander,
1665
born 1652, apprentice to Charles
Smyth, merchant, Edinburgh, 16th
Nov. 1681; died 1689; Charles, apprentice
to William Alison, merchant, Edinburgh,
14th Dec. 1670; William, apprentice to
Simon Johnston, merchant, Edinburgh,
18th Sept. 1667.— [Notes and Queries,
3 Ser., xii, 27.]
JAMES BUCHAN, his son James at
1686 Univ. of Aberdeen.
JAMES ROBERTSON, son of James
1697 R., tailor, Edinburgh.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, his
daugh. Christian (marr. 27th April
1776).
ALEXANDER JOHN MURRAY, his
18_6 son Patrick Maxwell died at Sydney,
New South Wales, 27th Nov. 1938.
HOPE KAILZIE
JOHN BULLO, reader in 1563 and
1563 \561.—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Roxburgh, etc.]
INNERLEITHEN
The church was dedicated to St Mungo.
—[Cal. Papal Regs. Letters, xii, 277.]
PATRICK SANDERSON, exhorter, in
1563 office \512.—[Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.; Reg. Privy
Council, ii, 306.]
HEW GRAY.— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., i,
1674 121.]
THOMAS LAWIS, eldest son of Wil-
1697 Ham L. of Plora; marr. cert. 31st
March 1658 Janet, daugh. of Francis
Scott of Sinton.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., xiv,
406, 407.]
GILBERT HUTCHISON, his son
1727 David, apprentice to Patrick Sib-
bald, locksmith, Edinburgh, 27th
Nov. 1754.
ROBERT SCOTT, his daugh., Agnes,
died 6th June 1802; his son, Charles
James, died at sea 4th June 1807.
1777
JOSEPH JOHNSTON, marr. Christian,
1797 daugh. of Hugh Grandison, bailie
of Inverkeithing.
PATRICK BOOTH, his children—
1833
Patrick, died 19th March 1924;
Robina, died Edinburgh 30th Sept.
1924; William, died 17th May 1917; Jane
Ann Duff, died London 22nd Nov. 1934.
JAMES BOYD, died 24th Sept. 1919;
1878 his daugh. Henrietta (marr. 1st Aug.
1916 Ralph B. Macdonald, Lieut.
Seaforth Highlanders).
JOHN YUILL WALKER, trans, (ass.
and sue.) from Pathhead (a.v.) 9th
March 1917; Provost of Innerleithen
1st July 1941; his daugh. Noreen Christian
May (marr. 22nd July 1939 Lieut. John
Kellwick Wright, R.N.).
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KIRKURD— MANOR
[PRESB. OF
KIRKURD
By Bull of Pope Alexander II in 1170
the Church of Ord (Kirkurd) was con
firmed to Ingleram, Bishop of Glasgow. In
1186 the church is called the Church of
Hurd, and in the early part of the 14th
century, Kyrkhurde. — [Reg. Epis. of Glas
gow, 23, 425, 355; Reg. Mag. Sig., i, 727.]
DAVID GIBSON, M.A., vicar, 4th
1561 Aug. 1561.— [Co/, of Deeds, iv, 296.]
THOMAS LUMSDEN, exhorter, 1563-
71.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Roxburgh, etc.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, had issue—
1574 Edward.— [Stirling Papers No. 413.]
RICHARD WEIR, still vicar.— [Stirling
1576 Papers Nos. 418, 427.]
JOHN MEKILL, vicar, 1580.— [Reg.
1580 Mag. Sig., v, 86.]
GEORGE ROBERTSON, line 7, delete
He became minister of West
1673
Calder 1675.
LAURENCE MERCER, his daughs.—
1681 Elizabeth (marr. 14th Sept. 1713);
Sarah (marr. John Campbell, second
son of Patrick C. of Beath).
ALEXANDER WALKER, his daugh.
, . Isobel (marr. (1) Thomas Baillie of
Polkemmet, W.S.; (2) probably John
Leirmant of Handaxwood).
DAVID ANDERSON, his daugh.
1787
Isabella (marr. 19th Aug. 1835
George I. Moxey, M.D.).
THOMAS GRAY, marr. daugh. of
Major-General Burrell, Governor of
Hong Kong.
THOMAS DUNCAN MILLAR, dem.
18go 19th Nov. 1919; died 25th July 1936;
his son, Archibald William Bucha
nan, K.O.S.B., killed in action Oct. 1917;
his widow, Margaret Julia Grant, died at
Perth 25th June 1942.
JOSEPH HARDIE CATTANACH,
1920
M.A., B.D., formerly of Scots
Church, Paris (q.v.}\ adm. 7th May
1920; trans, to Newton 19th Oct. 1934;
died 30th Oct. 1937.
LYNE and MEGGAT
PATRICK GRINTON, reader, 1563-72.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh, etc.]
1563
1575
JOHN WYHTMAN, vicar, 1572.—
1572 [ComPs- Sub Co11- °f Thirds, Rox
burgh, etc.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A., pro
bably identical with A.D. pres. to
Kirkurd 1574, dem. before 14th
July 1575.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xliii, 5.]
GILBERT HAY, parson 1584-98; pres.
to vicarage 16th July 1575.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xliii, 15; Aud. of Exch.
1584-98, 2.]
1627 HEW KER.— [G. R.Sas., xlvi, 459.]
ROBERT BROWN, tenant in Hallmyre;
1660
his daughs., Janet and Margaret. —
[P. C. Reg., 2 Ser., ix, 500; x, 308.]
WILLIAM WALKINGSHAW, his
daugh., Jane Inglis, died 9th Jan.
1852
1936.
MOSES TAGGART, dem 31st Dec.
1946; died 8th Jan. 1949; his son,
Henry Rawson, 2nd Lieut. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, killed in
action 24th July 1918; his daugh., Christine
(marr. 12th Jan. 1927 Hedley Briggs Con
stable, Kluang, Johore); his wife, Martha
Hall Allan, died 6th March 1940.
MANOR
JOHN ALLAN, minister 1560, died in
1560
or before 1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
THOMAS PURVES, reader in 1563
1563
and 1565.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
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MANOR— PEEBLES
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HECTOR CRANSTON, reader, 16th
May 1574 and 8th Jan. 1577-8.—
1574
[Edin. Tests., iv, 54; v, 341.]
DAVID THOMSON, his eldest son,
Samuel, tailor burgess of Peebles. —
[Reg. of Deeds Mack., i, 589; Reg.
Ho. Charters, 1707.]
1663
ROBERT SMITH, his daugh., Agnes,
1683 born 1664.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, his daugh.
Margaret (marr. proc. 12th Sept.
1781 John Stewart, student of
divinity); a daugh. (marr. -. Somerville)
died 14th May 1826.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, his first
1788 father-in-law a peruke-maker.
JOHN WILLIAM MURRAY, his wife,
1901
Ann Bell, died llth Oct. 1927. He
died 3rd June 1938.
NEWLANDS
In 1317 the patronage of the church was
granted to Dunfermline Abbey by John de
Grahame; and in 1477 the church became
a prebend of the Collegiate Church of
Dalkeith.— [Reg. of Dunfermline, 236,
403-4.]
THOMAS PATERSON, reader 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh, etc.]
1570
WILLIAM MURRAY.— [Acts and Dec.
1566 xxviii, 58.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A., min.
of Kirkurd, held parsonage 1570;
min. at West Linton 1576 (q.v.)\
senator of College of Justice. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
SIR JOHN THOMSON, reader, pro-
-__- bably vicar before 1560 and con
formed, died Oct. 1575. Marr.
Margaret Robeson, who survived him and
marr. (2) Patrick Thomson in Scotstoun. —
[Edin. Tests., viii, 212.]
JOHN COLDEN, coll. and adm. to
1592
parsonage by Presb. of Edinburgh
and Peebles 20th June 1593.—
[Deer, on Taxation 22nd Jan. 1593^.]
1596 JOHN SYDE.— [G. R. Sas., xv. 102.]
ARCHIBALD TORRIE, his son, David.
—[Scroll Reg. P. R. Sas. Fife, 1716,
War. 79.]
1694
STEPHEN PATON, his widow, Jane
1709
Sibbald, marr. (2) James Lorimer,
min. of Yarrow.
DAVID DICKSON, line 22, for " 1756"
1756 read "1755."
JAMES MOFFAT, marr. Janet, daugh.
of Thomas Stoddart of William-
1768
hope.
JAMES CHARTERIS, son of George
1834 Charteris of Amisfield.
WILLIAM KELLY, his widow, Cathe
rine Forrester, died at Edinburgh
5th May 1923.
1870
JOHN MILNE, died 26th May,
1884 1918.
HORACE JAMES DICK, trans, from
Blythswood for.v.) 25th Oct. 1918;
died at Largs 20th Nov. 1944. His
daugh. Ella (marr. 10th Dec. 1920 Walter
Brotherston, Rangoon); his widow, Eliza
beth J. M. Smith, died at Greenock 29th
Jan. 1949.
PEEBLES
The earliest patron of Peebles was St
Mungo; and St Mungo's Well still survives.
About 1116 the church with a caracute of
land belonged to the See of Glasgow; and
added to it there occurs in 1186 among the
possessions of the see the dependent
Chapel of Manor. On 29th Oct. 1195 the
church was dedicated by Bishop Joceline
of Glasgow, and it may be that it was at
that date that St Andrew took the place of
St Mungo as the patron. Before 1214
Peebles had become a prebend of Glasgow.
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PEEBLES
[PRESB. OF
In the church there were altars dedicated
to — St Mary the Virgin (St Mary of Child
birth); Holy Rood; St Andrew; St Mary
of the Geddes Aisle, founded with the aisle
or chapel by John Geddes early in the 1 5th
century; St Mary Major; St James, desig
nated also the Altar of St James and St
Katharine in a Charter of 17th April 1469,
by which William Smaill, priest, granted
two annual rents from properties on the
north side of High Street, Edinburgh, for
masses at the altar; St John the Baptist;
St Laurence, founded probably about 1470
by Sir Richard Purdie, Dean of Peebles and
Vicar of Pettinain; St. Martin; St Michael
the Archangel; St Christopher, founded
29th April 1517 by William Alane, burgess
of Peebles; St Peter and St Paul, founded
20th Jan. 1520-1, in virtue of an indenture
between the community of the burgh and
Sir Patrick Stenhouse, chaplain of the
Chapel of St Mary, who gave part of the
chapel lands as the endowment. By Crown
Charter of 8th June 1543 there was con
firmed the erection of the church into a
collegiate church by the Bailies, Council,
and Community, and John, Lord Hay of
Yester, for a provost and 12 prebendaries,
and "two young persons having a youthful
voice to chant Divine Service." The pre
bends, identical with the altars, were in the
following order: The Virgin Mary of Child
birth, Holy Cross, St Michael the Arch
angel, St Mary Major, St Peter and St Paul,
St John the Baptist, St Mary of Geddes
Aisle, St Andrew, St James, St Laurence,
St Martin, St Christopher. Each preben
dary was to have 24 merkes, a chamber
with garden "in the ancient town of
Peebles" adjoining the messuage of the
Archdeacon of Glasgow, and an acre of
the church lands. There was at the Castle
of Peebles a chapel founded by David I.
To Kelso Abbey King William the Lion
(1145-1214) confirmed the chapel, with a
caracute of land, and also an annual rent
of 10 shillings from the fermes of the burgh
of Peebles assigned to the chapel by his
grandfather, David I, for perpetual celebra
tions for the soul of Henry, father of said
King William. The abbey was also held
bound to make the chapel fitting and
beautiful, to equip it with suitable eccle
siastical ornaments, and to provide a chap
lain who "shall minister perpetually in it
for the soul of Earl Henry. ' ' By letters of
David II of 8th March 1362-3 the com
munity were enjoined to assign a stance in
the common muir to build a Chapel of the
Virgin Mary. In the chapel there was an
altar dedicated to St Osyth. The Church
of the Holy Cross is said by Fordun to
have been founded by Alexander III.
According to the narrative, the royal action
was prompted by the discovery of a stately
and venerable cross at Peebles on 9th May
1361. The cross, it was believed, had been
hidden by some of the faithful about 296,
when the Maximian persecution was raging
in Britain. Soon after there was found
close to the same spot an urn containing
ashes and bones of a man's body torn from
limb to limb, as it were. The clue to the
identity of the ashes and bones was thought
to lie in the inscription on the outside of
the stone in which the cross was lying,
"Tomb of the Bishop St Nicolas."
Miracles were wrought at the place to
which people from Scotland and the north
of England continued to resort in crowds,
bringing offerings to God. And so, with
the advice of the Bishop of Glasgow, the
King reared a handsome church on the spot
in honour of God and the Holy Cross. The
church was placed in the custody of Trini
tarian or Red Friars; and on 3rd Feb. 1473,
in response to a petition by James III and
Margaret, his queen, Brother Robert, Head
Minister of the Red Friars at the Monastery
of Mathuron, Paris, sanctioned the erection
of a Trinitarian Monastery at the church,
and the annexation thereto of the Trini
tarian House at Berwick on Tweed, which
had been destroyed by the English. Among
the possessions of the house at Berwick on
Tweed, so annexed, was the Church of
Kettins. James V increased the resources
of the monastery by the annexation of the
Trinitarian House at Dunbar on 1st July
1529, the monastery being described as the
place ' ' quhar ane part of the verray croce
that our Salvatour was crucifyit on is
honorit and kepit, ' ' and by the annexation
of the Trinitarian House at Houston in the
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parish of Prestonkirk, on 2nd Dec. 1531.
The high altar of the church was the Black
Rood; and there were also altars of the
Holy Blood and St Sebastion. After the
Reformation the Cross Church became the
parish church, and was so used till 1784,
when a new church was built on the Castle-
hill. The latter gave place to the present
church in 1887. At Eshiels near Hors-
burgh Castle there was a hospital with
chapel bearing at first the name of St
Laurence, and later the name of St Leonard
and, maybe, under the invocation of both.
Regular payments to the hospital were
made from the customs of the burgh, the
first occurring in 1327. The site is now
called Chapelyards. About 1462 there was
founded near the Chapel of the Virgin
Mary an almshouse, also dedicated to St
Leonard. By Charter of 19th Nov. 1621
James VI granted to the burgh for "the
commonne workes of the burgh" the
endowments of the following prebends of
the former collegiate church, St Mary,
Holy Rood, St Michael the Archangel,
St Marie major, St John the Baptist, St
Mary dallgeddes, St Andrew, St James,
St Laurence, St Christopher, "with the
chaplanrie callit St Marie"; the lands,
tenements, houses, biggins, kirt kirks, with
"the hie and Cross Kirk" and kirkyards,
chapels, yards, orchards, crofts, rents,
teinds, fruits, duties, emoluments, ' ' almous
silver, obite silver and anniversaries" per
taining to chaplainries, alterages, prebends
founded in any kiik, hospital, chapel,
college or hospital in the burgh, or due
from any land or tenement in the burgh to
any kirk, chaplainry or prebend founded
outside the burgh in any part of Scotland.
— [Acts Scott, Part., xii, Supplement \b;
Excheq. Rolls, i, 71, ii, 208, 323, etc.; Reg.
of Glasgow, 5, 55, 95; Book of Kelso, 15;
Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 4110, ii, 203, 1069, 2524,
4207, 4842; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 838, iii,
2921; Chron. of Me I rose, 102; Charters of
Burgh of Peebles, 8, 9, 10, 14, 43, 50, 54,
61 ft0., 64, 73, 76 ff., 81, 91; Retours, viii,
275; Fordun's Scot., i, 299, Scott. His
torians; for details see Dr. C. B. Gunn's
Book of St Andrew's Church; Book of the
Cross Church (2 vols.).]
JOHN WALLACE, was probably the
first, if unauthorised, preacher of
the Reformed Faith in Peebles, for
on 3rd March 1559-60 it is narrated that
"John Dikesone yr. of Winkieston, and
Rollan Scott, bailies, passit to the per-
sonale presens of Johne Wallace als
appostal, and dischargit him to vse ony
new novationes of commoun prayeris or
preching becaus the said Johne was nocht
electit be the saidis baillies and parochyn,
and that the said baillies wald nocht assist
to him nor nane of his sect nor opinioun;
becaus the saidis baillies wald stand vnder
the faith and obedience of thair Prince
berand authorite for the tyme, nocht being
dischargit be ane ordour and in na con-
timptioun of the Lordis of the Congrega-
tioun," — [Extracts from the Records of the
Burgh of Peebles, 258.]
JOHN DICKSON, min. in 1566.—
1560 [Acts and Dec., xxxvi, 374.]
JOHN HOPPRINGLE, chaplain.—
1573 [Acts and Dec., liii, 219.]
THOMAS HAY, brother to William,
1575
Lord Hay of Yester, provided to the
ministry 30th Oct. 1566; res. in
favour of his nephew James, 7th Lord Hay
of Yester, 15th Jan. 1583-4; died before
llth June 1584.— [Scots Peerage, viii, 437;
Acts and Dec., Ixi, 260, 262.]
ADAM DICKSON, reader at Eddleston,
1586
designated minister in Peebles 31st
July and 14th Sept. 1577.— [Edin.
Tests., v, 242; vii, 219.]
THEODORE HAY.— [G. R. Sas., 25th
1616 July 1631, xxxi, 304.]
JAMES THOMSON, his son, William,
1696
and his daugh., Susanna, died before
30th March 1737.— [P. R. Sas.
Lanark, xiv, ii, 354.]
ROBERT BUCHANAN, died Father
1813 of the Church.
THOMAS MARTIN, licen. llth June
1883; Moderator of General As
sembly, May 1920; dem. 12th Nov.
1925; died at Davidson's Mains 7th Jan.
1911
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PEEBLES— STOBO
[PRESB. OF
1942; his wife, Isabella Robertson, died
14th Aug. 1929; his son, Thomas, M.D.,
Peebles, died 27th June 1931; his daugh.,
Christeen Isobell (marr. 4th July 1918
George Thomas Thomson, min. of St
Boswells), died 7th Jan. 1937.
BERRY PRESTON, trans, from Riccar-
1926 ton (#.v.) 24th March 1926.
STOBO
At Westerhoprew there was a chapel
dedicated to St Michael, described in 1503
as founded by the predecessors of John,
Lord Hay of Yester, and endowed with
certain lands and a manse, the vicar of
Stobo being held bound to celebrate service
twice weekly in the chapel for the souls of
the founders.— [Yester Writs, 272, Scott.
Rec. Soc.]
JOHN COLQUHOUN, M.A., parson
1560
1554, reader 1560; son natural of
late James Colquhoun, parson of
Luss; held the parsonage of Stobo, of
which he was described on 28th April 1 566
as now " usufructuar. " — [/teg. of Deeds,
viii, 3016; Comps. Sub Col. of Thirds,
Roxburgh, etc.; Chiefs of Colquhoun, i, 100;
Acts and Dec., xxiii, 153; xxx, 301; xlvii,
298; xlviii, 216; 1,279; lii, 187; liv, 71, 304,
337; Ixi, 389; Monumenta Univ. Glasgow,
i, 82.]
SIR NINIAN DOUGLAS, vicar 4th
Nov. 1562; was in office 19th Dec.
1562
1557; Chaplain of the Altar of the
Holy Rood, Dalkeith Coll. Church, 19th
Dec. 1551; and on 28th Sept. 1557 was
Chaplain of the ' ' Altar in the threshold of
said Coll. Church. "—[Laing Charters, 591,
679, 744; Reports Hist. MSS. Commis., ii,
Duns Castle, 23.]
SIR THOMAS GODERRALL, vicar
1562
14th July 1562, on which date he
received from Sir David Hamilton,
vicar-pensioner of Stobo, a letter of tack
and assedation of the fruits, rents, teinds,
emoluments, and other duties of the
vicarage, with glebe, manse, houses, and
kirklands, for 5 years. — [Grote's Prot. Bk.,
221.]
THOMAS NEILSON, reader, alleged
1566 Parson' designated exhorter 1569-
72. — [Acts and Dec., xxxvii, 157;
Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
JAMES NOBLE, parson 1572.— [Comps.
1572 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN of Sal-
1573
lochty, parson 2nd Sept. 1566 in
succession to his kinsman, John
Colquhoun. — [Reg. of Deeds, viii, 301;
Acts and Dec., 1, 279; lii, 187; liv, 71; 302,
337; Ixi, 389; Ixiii, 377.]
WILLIAM TWEEDIE, reader, 13th Jan.
1578 1578-9.— [Edin. Tests., ix, 239.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, perpetual vicar
16th July 1565, Provost of Corstor-
phine 8th Dec. 1575, called vicar
1582. — [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, ii, 1580; Yester Writs, 731,
812.]
ADAM HEPBURN, pres. to benefice
1592
on death of Archibald Colquhoun
30th Sept. 1588 and to parsonage
on death of Andrew Murdo. — [P. S. Reg.,
Ix, 65; Ixiii, 248.]
ARCHIBALD ROW, pres. to vicarage
on depr. of Andrew Cunninghame.
1598
—[P. S. Reg., Ixx, 51.]
1688
WILLIAM BOLLO, line 2 for "1600"
1682 read "1660."
WILLIAM RUSSELL, had issue-
Marion, born 18th June 1672;
Margaret, born 7th Nov. 1673;
John, born 30th Dec. 1675; George, born
6th Feb. 1678; Alexander, born 23rd June
1679; Margaret, born 6th Dec. 1688;
William, born llth Feb. 1691; James, born
28th Sept. 1693; Adam, born 25th Jan.
1697; Daniel; Agnes. Marr. (2) Jean
Lindsay.— [Deeds, Mack., 1704, No. 11,
515.]
WILLIAM RUSSELL, his son, William,
born 23rd July 1703, apprentice to
William Carmichael, merchant,
Edinburgh, 28th Feb. 1718.
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STOBO— WALKERBURN
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ALEXANDER KER, his daugh. Isa-
1787 bella [marr. 17th Sept. 1818].
ALEXANDER EDGER, line 6, for
1837 "1847 "read "1837."
JOHN LIVINGSTON BOOTH, his
widow, Julia Ritchie, died 1st Aug.
1928.
JOHN RODGERS CRUICKSHANK,
D.D. (Aberdeen, 3rd April 1941),
1891 died 6th Oct. 1944.
DAWYCK
GEORGE SMITH, born 1650; marr.
1684
1690 and had issue — Ann. — [N. and
Q., 3 Sen, xii, 27.]
TRAQUAIR
ALEXANDER TAIT, vicar pensioner
and reader 1567-72; vicar and ex-
horter 10th April 1575; reader 16th
Jan. 1577; afterwards at Bedrule. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Roxburgh; Edin. Tests.,
iii, 189; v, 349; vii, 181.]
1567
1646
WILLIAM THOMSON, his widow,
Geilles Millar, and son, Mr Thomas,
resident in Tron Par., Edinburgh,
9th Nov. 1694; his daugh. Jean (marr. cont.
30th Nov. 1677 Ewen Campbell in Pelna-
neach, Moray).— [Tron Poll Tax Roll 10;
Reg. of Deeds Dal, 19th Nov. 1720.]
JOHN WALKER, line 3, for "7"
1789 read "2."
JARDINE WALLACE, his sons—
1859
James Campbell, died 4th Feb.
1935; Jardine, died East Grange,
New Jersey, 6th Dec. 1936.
JOHN MAIN, his wife, Elizabeth Kidd
ions Campbell, died at Musselburgh 1 6th
Aug. 1 926. Marr. (2) llth April
1 928 Isabella Clark (died 23rd Sept. 1 943).
TWEEDSMUIR
Formerly known as the Quarter Kirk. —
[Reg. of Deeds Mack., xliii, 201 , 1703.]
WILLIAM HIGGINS, M.P., 1689-1700;
his son William apprentice to James
Chisholm, apothecary, Edinburgh,
26th Jan. 1704.
JAMES GARDNER, his son, George,
1793 died 31st July 1842.
GEORGE BURNS, his son, John James,
1831 died at Glasgow, 18th Jan. 1917.
JOHN DICK, his daughs.— Mary
Gibson, died 23rd March 1915;
Eleanora Lidderdale, died 8th Jan.
1933; Jessie Crawford, died 28th Feb. 1933.
WILLIAM SHILLINGLAW
CROCKETT, D.D. (Edinburgh,
1929); his wife, Mary Ross, died
5th Jan. 1944. He died 25th June 1945.
Addl. Publications — The Centenary of
Waverley (1915); Dr Mair of Ear Is ton
(1920); Berwickshire and Roxburghshire
(Cambridge Series) (1925); Lays from
Leader side (1925); The Berwickshire Scene
(1936); Tweedsmuir Church and Churchyard
(1936). General Editor of Fasti Ecclesiae
Scoticanae 1915-28.
WALKERBURN
DONALD MACGREGOR GRANT,
dem. 16th May 1918, adm. to New-
1860
1894
1908
port 13th Feb. 1920.
1919
ROBERT STEWART, born 22nd Aug.
1864; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow
and Original Secession Church Hall;
ord. 1888 to Original Session Church,
Castletown, Caithness; adm. to Free
Church 1895; missionary at Windygates;
adm. min. 1899; adm. here 2nd July 1919;
dem. 16th May 1924 owing to dispute with
congregation; died 3rd Oct. 1927. Marr.
5th July 1888 Isobel Brown, and had issue
—William R. B., born 29th April 1889;
Anne Isabel B., born 12th Aug. 1890;
Grace, born 24th Nov. 1893; Jessie McD.,
born 15th May 1895; Helene S., born 5th
March 1897; Robert A., born 31st Aug.
1899.
FREDERICK ROBERT SIM, born
10th August 1888, youngest son of
Robert S., M.D., Affleck House,
Monikie, and Isabella Margaret Boosie;
1924
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WALKERBURN— WEST LINTON [PRESB. OF PEEBLES
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd Dec.
1922; assistant North Esk 1923; ord. 23rd
Sept. 1924; trans, to St Columba's, Black-
hall, 30th Sept. 1931; died 4th Aug. 1945.
Marr. 23rd Dec. 1924 Janet Grant, daugh.
of William Smith, Portobello, and has
issue— David Robert, born 14th Nov. 1925.
WEST LINTON
There was in the church an aisle of St
John the Baptist, no doubt with an altar
of that dedication.
In its early designation, Lyntunruderic
(Linton Roderick), West Linton is linked
up with Roderick (d. 603), Christian King
of Strathclyde, Rydderick Hael (Roderick
the Liberal), supporter of St Mungo, to
whom the church was dedicated. In 1 569-
72 George Foirhous had the chaplainry of
"ye Lady of Linton" to "sustain him at
the Schools, ' ' indicating the existence of a
chapel dedicated to the Virgin. — [Ancient
Ch. Dedications in Soct., Non-Scrip., 178-9;
Compts. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow,
etc.; Laing Charters, 499.
ADAM COLQUHON, exhorter 1563-
_.- 71 and described as reader 20th
Sept. 1574 and 8th June 1575.—
[Edin. Test., ii, 47; iii, 267.]
WALTER BALFOUR, afterwards
1566 reader at Kinross.
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, min. of
1576 Kirkurd, had charge here 1574.
ROBERT ALLAN, min. of Newlands,
1585
had charge here 1585. (See New-
lands.)
THOMAS FINDLATER, born 2nd
1731 July 1697.
ALEXANDER McCAUL FORRES-
1836 TER, died 9th April 1883.
SAMUEL McLINTOCK, died 12th
1877
April 1922; his widow, Margaret
Bryce Gunn, died 25th Dec. 1938.
JAMES THOMAS HALL, trans, from
Tillicoultry (q.v.) 6th Oct. 1922;
trans, to Holborn 2nd Sept. 1927.
1928
JAMES GRAHAM GOODALL
NICOLSON, born Pittenweem
1893, son of Thomas Peter Johnston
N., secretary and bailie, Pittenweem, and
Margaret Anderson; educ. at Waid Aca
demy and Univ. of St Andrews, M.A.
(1916); served in Great War as lieut. in
Highland Light Infantry; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews Jan. 1923; Assistant, Dun
blane; ord. 13th Dec. 1923 to Saltoun;
trans, and adm. 22nd March 1928. Marr.
24th June 1925 Nellie, younger daugh. of
James Hebenton, Glasgow, and has issue —
Thomas Peter Johnston, born 25th March
1927; Isobel Marion, born and died 12th
Jan. 1931; Margaret Helen Rae, born 4th
May 1932. Editor College Echoes (St
Andrews Univ.).
PRESBYTERY OF DALKEITH
BORTHWICK
The Church of Lockerworth was granted
to the Abbey of Scone by David I 1 124-53,
along with a piece of land which the abbey
subsequently gave to David de Lyn in
exchange for 1 acre of land and a piece of
land beside the river under the orchard of
the church. The exchange was confirmed
by Roger, Bishop of St Andrews, 1188-
1202. The teinds, fruits, etc., of the church
were granted by William, Lord Crichton,
for the institution of prebends of the
Collegiate Church of Crichton on its
foundation on 26th Dec. 1449. In response
to a petition by the Presbytery of Edin
burgh which stated that the church had
been destitute of the exercise of religion for
several years bypast on account of the
absence of stipend for a minister, all the
teind sheaves and all the teinds of the
rectory, great and small, and all the fruits
of the parish that pertained to the prebends
of Crichton Collegiate Church, and the
vicarage of Borthwick, alias the vicarage
Lochorquhart of Torcrek, with manse and
glebe, resigned by Nathaniel Harlaw,
Minister of Ormicton, were, by Crown
Charter of 4th April 1596, ratified by
Parliament in 1606, dissolved from Crich
ton, and annexed to Borthwick, to be
called the Rectory of Borthwick. — [Book of
Scone, 5-6, 14, 33; Reg. Great Seal, vi,
425; Acts Scott. Parl, iv, 327.]
DUNCAN WALKER, min. 27th March
1583 1583.— [Cal. Laing Charters, 1060.]
PATRICK TURNER, M.A., pres. in
1604
1604 in succession to John Murray.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 150.]
ARCHIBALD TURNER, marr. Re-
1648 becca, daugh. of Alexander Couper
of Failford, W.S.— [Reg. of Deeds,
Dal., xix, 587.]
JOHN WEIR, marr. Anne, daugh. of
John Hamilton of Gilkerscleuch,
1652
parson of Crawfordjohn.
THOMAS PATERSON, had issue
165? (addl.)— Agnes; Helen; Walter.—
[Reg. of Deeds, Mack., Ixxxvii, 31st
Dec. 1700.]
THOMAS PATERSON, M.A., with his
1683 Wife Ann Murray anc* three ch^~
dren, the eldest 8 years, and his
daughter-in-law Ann White going on 14,
was resident in Tron parish, Edinburgh,
16th Nov. 1694. Thomas, probably his
son, was apprenticed to David Wemyss,
merchant, Edinburgh, llth Jan. 1703.
WALTER WADDELL, marr. Susan,
1860
daugh. of William Morrison, Pro
curator Fiscal, Fifeshire; she died
13th Sept. 1924; James Cumming Dewar,
his son, died at Uddingston 14th Aug. 1932.
THOMAS ALEXANDER BICKER-
1904 TON' licen- May 1882; dem' 30th
Jan. 1922; died at Davidson's Mains
29th Jan. 1923; his wife, Alison Watson
Hope Mackenzie, died 4th July 1918.
WILLIAM JOHN MACFARLAND,
B.A., trans, from Kelso North 15th
Dec. 1922; trans, to Balmerino 6th
May 1926.
1922
ANDREW CLARK ORR, born llth
1926
May 1888, son of Robert Clark O.,
West Kilbride, and Annie Boyd;
educ. at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1915);
licen. by Free Church Presb. of Glasgow
June 1919; assistant Bluevale; ord. 15th
Oct. 1926. Marr. 14th Dec. 1926 Janey
Hepburn, M.A., daugh. of Peter Hepburn,
Auchterarder.
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CARRINGTON— CRANSTOUN
[PRESB. OF
CARRINGTON
The original parish church was dedicated
by Bishop David de Bernham, 2nd May
1243. The church was granted to the Abbey
of Scone by David I 1124-53. On 13th
Feb. 1356 William, Bishop of St Andrews,
on the renunciation of all rights in the
church by Scone Abbey, gave in exchange
to the said abbey the Church of Blair in
Gowrie; the present church was first used
7th Oct. 1911.— [Bk. of Scone, 5-6, 14,
130-3; see Blairgowrie.]
GEORGE ALEXANDER, parson of
Foulden, pres. to parsonage here on
forfeiture of James Hamilton. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 27.]
SIR JAMES HOPKIRK, reader, pro
bably previously vicar in 1 549, vicar
pensioner, died after 23rd Dec. 1574.
— [Wodrow's Miscel. Prot. Book of Thomas
Steven; Edin. Tests. June 1570, iii, 178;
Reg. Pres. Bene., i (2), 32.]
JOHN CHARLES, reader, pres. to
1575
vicar; pensionary 15th April 1575
on death of James Hopkirk. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i (2), 32; Reg. Mag. Sig., iv,
2816, 24th Nov. 1578.]
LUCAS SOUSIE, line 3, for "1586"
1585 read "1585-6."
JOHN COLLIER, his wife, Annabella
1663 Lindsay, buried 15th March 1693.
1682
ROBERT MONTEITH, bapt. 16th Nov.
1651; marr. Rebecca Higgins; his
second son, Patrick. — [Dumfries
Sas., iv, 455.]
JAMES KIRKPATRICK, min. at
Machars, Co. Down, marr. 1682 (1)
1688
and had issue — Anna, Susanna and
Christian.— [Deeds Dal., 1706, No. 1029.]
JOHN BISHOP, son of William B.,
1698 burgess of Edinburgh.
JAMES PATON, his daugh., Rosina
(marr. proc. 21st Feb. 1762 George
Paton, clerk in Custom House).
WILLIAM GRANVILLE CORE, dem.
19th May 1916; died at Portobello
5th Jan, 1917; his widow, Jessie
Braidwood, died 25th Aug. 1920; his daugh.
Jessie died at London 16th Dec. 1918.
WILLIAM EDWARD GRIMWOOD,
1916
ord. 19th Sept. 1916; trans, to Pol-
warth 22nd Oct. 1925.
DAVID EDWARD EASSON, born 2nd
1926 Aug' J^7' son °f Dayid Chapman
E. and Isabella Rae Duncan; educ.
at Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1918), B.D.
(1924), Ph.D. (1928); licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 7th May 1924, assistant
Inveresk; ord. 8th April 1926; trans, to
Mauchline Old Church 5th March 1931;
dem. on app. Lecturer on Church History,
Univ. of Leeds, 30th Sept. 1947.
COCKPEN
SIR GEORGE RAMSAY, perpetual
1569 v*car ^4t^ Dec' ^9; appears to
have held office in 1560; died before
1580.— [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 3018; Reg.
Pres. ofBenefs., ii, 44.]
ALEXANDER WOOD, marr. Jean
1681 Brown.— [Reg. of Deeds, 1700.]
DAVID LINDSAY, his sons— Charles,
1695
apprentice to Patrick Gibb, cor-
diner, Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1736;
David, apprentice to John Sempill, surgeon
apothecary, Edinburgh, 8th March 1721.
1903
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE HARDIE,
died 13th March 1942; his wife,
Mary Smith, died 2nd May 1928;
his daugh., Agnes Montgomerie, died 5th
Oct. 1937; his sons— Thomas, L.R.C.P. &
S.E., died at Hull 24th Nov. 1941; William
Towers Hardie, M.D., Ch.B., Glasgow,
died 3rd June 1948.
CRANSTOUN
The church was granted to Kelso Abbey
by Hugh Riddel, Lord of Cranston, and
in 1165-78 the grant was confirmed by
William the Lion. On 2nd March 1316-17
the church, with the lands of Preston or
Easter Cranston pertaining thereto, was
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conveyed by the abbey to William Lamber-
ton, Bishop of St Andrews, in exchange for
the Church of Nenthorn, with the Chapel
of Little Newton. The vicarage of the
church became a Prebend of St Salvator's
College and Collegiate Church, St An
drews. At least twice at the end of the 16th
century the parish was designated Cran-
ston-Riddell. The present church was built
in 1825 at the sole expense of Sir John
Dalrymple. The old manse, which was
situated at Prestonhall, is said to have been
a rest-house for pilgrims to Melrose
(Kelso ?) Abbey. Over one of the windows
was the inscription " Diversorium infra,
Habitaculum supra, ' ' literally, ' ' Inn below,
dwelling above, ' ' expressive of the idea of
Pilgrimage on earth, Home in heaven. At
the village of Cousland there was a chapel
dedicated to St Catharine, originally a
dependent chapel of Inveresk Church, and
as such appearing among the possessions
of Dunfermline Abbey confirmed by
Robert, Bishop of St Andrews, apparently
before 1153, and certainly not later than
1158-9. On 4th June 1509 William Ruth-
ven of Ruthven, Kt., fiar lord of Cousland,
and William, Lord of Ruthven, and his
wife, Isabel Livingstone, life-renters of Cous
land, granted to the chapel 12 merks
annually from the lands of Cousland, and
a house and garden on the west side of the
chapel. The date when Cousland was
attached to Cranston parish has not been
definitely ascertained; but it is said to have
been at or soon after 1560. All traces of
the chapel seem to have disappeared some
time prior to the close of the 18th century;
but local people of that period had recollec
tions of a bell which had been taken away,
and of a churchyard. — [Acts Scott. ParL,
iv, 28, v, 118; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 3358;
Reg. Sec. Seal, iii, 1716; Retours, xliii,
291; Reg. of Dunfermline, 55, 57, 59, 63,
etc.; Book of Kelso, i, 14, 16-18, 197-8,
251-2.]
JAMES MURRAY, vicar 1563, styled
J563 min. 20th Nov. 1580; pres. to haill
vicarage on dem. of Andrew Black-
hall.—/?^. Sec. Sig., Ixi, 57; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
E*
JAMES WATSON, pres. by David
1597 McGill, King's Advocate, before
3rd July 1598.— [Decree ts on the
Taxation, 3rd July 1598.]
JOHN NYMBILL, marr. 21st Feb. 1604
1610 Margaret Danielston. — [Reg. House
Charters.]
GEORGE KINTORE, had issue,
1663 George, bapt. 2nd Nov. 1662.—
[South Leith Reg.]
JAMES BLAIR, son of Peter B., min.
1679 ofJedburgh.
WILLIAM SMITH, his daugh. Mar-
1733 garet (marr. pro. 9th Dec. 1795
Richard Cochrane, late of America.)
SAMUEL STEPHEN WALKER, his
1912 wife Anna, daugh. of James Sharp,
Aberdeen, died 9th Sept. 1939;
marr. (2) 5th July 1944 Helen Alexander,
eldest daugh. of John Aikman, 3 White-
house Terrace, Edinburgh; his son, James
Cadenhead, died prisoner of war, Singapore,
1942.
CRICHTON
On 26th Dec. 1449 William, Lord
Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland, ' ' out of
thankfulness and gratitude to Almighty
God for all the manifold deliverances He
has vouchsafed unto him," and "to the
praise and Honour of God Omnipotent,
and our Lord Jesus Christ, the ever Blessed
and Glorious Virgin Mary, St Kentigern,
and All Saints and the Elect of God," with
consent of his son and heir, Sir James of
Frendraucht, founded the Collegiate
Church of Crichton in the parish church.
Three days later confirmation was given by
James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews.
The foundation was for a provost, eight
chaplains or prebendaries, one of whom
was to be master or instructor of the school
of music, and another master or teacher of
the grammar school, two boys, and a
sacrist whose duties were to attend to the
ringing of the bells, locking the doors,
vestments, chalices, and other vessels, and
also for the repair of the fabric, furnishing
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the altar and choir, and other necessaries.
The provost was to have the whole fruits
of the Rectory of Crichton, along with the
rector's manse as residence, subject to a
provision of £10 annually with £ acre of
land for manse and garden, to a perpetual
vicar who was to have the parochial cure
of Crichton, and was also to be the Pre
bendary of Crichton. To the provostry
also pertained the Temple Lands of Crich
ton. The fruits of the Church of Locker-
worth (Borthwick), annexed to the colle
giate church, were in the first instance for
the provision of a perpetual vicar of
Lockerworth, who was to have the church
lands or glebe of Lockerworth for his own
use, along with the manse and garden
formerly pertaining to the rector, and all
the teind sheaves and other teinds of
Haukerston, and all the teinds of Douglas-
land and Goldlan. The fruits of the Church
of Lockerworth further provided for three
prebends — the First Prebend of Middleton
and the Second Prebend of Middleton,
which had all the teind sheaves and other
teinds of the town of Middleton and of
Cauldsyde, along with all the teinds of the
town of Osperton, and the Prebend of
Lockerworth, later called the Prebend of
Vogrie, which had all the teind sheaves and
other teinds of the lands of Little Locker
worth, with all the teinds of the domicile
lands of Lockerworth. For the fabric of
the church and the repair of the fabric, and
for ornaments, vestments, etc., further
teinds of Lockerworth were devoted — the
teinds of Arnoldston, Hervistoun, Rathqu-
hillintoun and Catkin, with the teinds of
the mills of Catkin and Lockerworth and
Vogrie. This appears to be the Prebend of
Arnoldston mentioned in a Crown Charter
of 4th April 1 596. The other three prebends
were the prebend called
with endowments of lands and annual
rents in lie Buithraw in Edinburgh; the
Prebend of Hogston, with endowments of
an annual rent of 16i merks from a tene
ment in Edinburgh, along with the town
of Hogston near the Burgh Muir of Edin
burgh; and the Prebend of Furde in the
barony of Crichton, with endowments of
£5 Scots from the east half of the lands of
Uggingis between Sleden and Furde, £5
Scots annual rent from the lands of the
barony of Crichton, and i acre for manse
and garden. For the education and sus
tenance of the two boys there were set
apart the teind sheaves and other teinds of
Auchinlekhill and Curry, with all the teinds
of the lands called lie Stanis; and the pro
vision for the sacrist was all the teind
sheaves and other teinds of West Caldmure,
all portions of the fruits of Lockerworth
Church. The Act of Parliament of 1641
which declared the collegiate church to be
the parish church for all time, converted
and appropriated all the teinds, fruits,
rents, emoluments, and other duties what
soever, ' ' due to the vicares or prebendaries
thair," to the said parish kirk and the
minister serving or to serve the same. —
[Acts Scott. Parl., v. 572; Reg. Great Seal,
ii, 1784, iv, 2169, vi, 425, vii, 508; Reg. Sec.
Seal, iii, 2366; Charters of Coll. Churches
of Midlothian, Ixxvii-lxxix, 304-12.]
ADAM JOHNSTON, M.A., min. and
1569
provost 1569 and 1572. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
GIDEON PENMAN, his son, James,
1639
apprenticed to James Edmonds-
toune, merchant, Edinburgh, 13th
April 1681.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., ii, 417.]
1682
ANDREW DONN, resident with his
W^6 at Inveresk 1694' his son'
Alexander, apprenticed to James
Spotswood, barber, 7th March 1701.—
[Inveresk Poll Tax Roll, 24.]
MATTHEW SELKIRK, marr. Agnes,
1690
daugh. of George Cunningham,
merchant burgess, Edinburgh; his
son, James, apprentice to Robert Geddes,
surgeon apothecary, Edinburgh, 2nd Nov.
1709; his daughs. — Janet (marr. John
Cleghorn, min. of Wemyss); Agnes (marr.
Charles Wright, portioner of Newbigging);
Laurence. — [Edin. Burgess Roll, 14th June
1695.]
CHARLES PRIMROSE, marr. (1)
daugh. of Bailie Duncan Mclntosh;
(2) Ann, daugh. of Nicolas Moffat,
1729
stabler.
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1840
JOHN CRAWFORD, his daughs.—
Lillian Ann, died 28th Oct. 1918;
Georgiana, died 11 May 1923;
Agnes, died llth Jan. 1927.
HENRY DUNCAN, his widow Cecilia
Bertram Baillie, died 25th Jan. 1933;
his son, Alexander William, died
18th Nov. 1934; his daugh., Mary Hen
rietta, died at London 26th March 1924.
STEVENSON MACNAB, dem. 5th
1902 Dec. 1946, died 14th Oct. 1947.
DALKEITH
In Dec. 1372 Robert II granted licence
to Sir James de Douglas, Kt., of Dalkeith,
to found a chaplainry or chaplain in the
Chapel of St Nicolas, Dalkeith, with an
endowment of £6 1 3s. 4d. stg. annual rent
from the lands of Horsbruke in Peebles,
and also to Sir Henry de Douglas, Kt., to
infeft the foresaid chaplain in 5 merks
annual rent from whatever source he
pleased. The same king on 25th Oct. 1375
confirmed a charter of Sir James de
Douglas, Kt. of Dalkeith, founding in the
chapel another chaplainry in honour of the
Virgin Mary and St Nicolas, for the souls
of Sir John de Douglas, his father, and
Lady Agnes, his mother, the endowment
being the lands of Suylt and Fethenane in
Peebles. On 1st June 1406 Sir James
erected the chapel, which he had enlarged
and decorated, into a collegiate church for
six chaplains, one of whom was provost.
To the provost were assigned the lands of
Dythment and Holden in the barony of
West Calder. The provision for the first
chaplain was the tenpound lands of Suylt
and Fethenane to the extent of 20 marks
annually; for the second, £10 stg., to wit
2 merks of the lands of Louchurde and
40s. annual rent of the lands of Kirkurde
in Tweeddale; for the third 10 merks
annual rent of the lands of Horsbruke
"granted by us," and £3 annually from
the lands of Wynkiston, Corstunyngiis-
felde and Dillay-islande in the Sheriflfdom
of Peebles, granted by Sir Henry de
Douglas, brother of Sir James, the chaplain
to celebrate at the Altar of St Peter in the
said chapel (collegiate church); and for the
other two chaplains 22 merks and half the
lands of Spittalhaulch and Ingalston in
Tweeddale, formerly given by "our pre
decessors to the Culdees and pious uses,"
in equal portions. Manses were also pro
vided for the provost and chaplains. On
17th May 1477 James, Earl of Morton,
erected the collegiate church anew for a
provost and six canonries or prebends
which were reorganised and augmented,
the Churches of Newlands, Kilbocho, and
Mordington being appropriated to the
collegiate church. The prebends were —
Newlands; Romanhouse; Bordland; Kil
bocho; Horsbruke; Mordington. Besides
the Altar of St Peter, there were at least an
Altar of the Virgin Mary, an Altar of the
Holy Rood and an Altar of St John the
Baptist. On 31st May 1504 James II con
firmed a charter, apparently of 21st July
1503, by which Alexander GifTord, Re
corder of Newlands, founded two chap-
lainries in the church, one at the Altar of
the Holy Rood, with lands and tenement
in Edinburgh, and other buildings, and
14 acres of "my Temple Lands" in Gul-
lane, and the other at the Altar of St John
the Baptist in the south aisle, with 5 merks
apx. from "my Hospital in the town of
Dalkeith on the south side of the highway
of the same. ' '
Originally Dalkeith formed part of the
parish of Lasswade; but in 1467 the in
habitants of Dalkeith made representations
as to the very great inconvenience and
danger to which they were exposed during
tempestuous weather in having to cross the
streams that fell into the Esk, as they
resorted to their parish church of Lasswade
about 2 miles distant, and also that the
vicarage teinds were ample to support two
vicars, and craved Patrick Graham, Bishop
of St Andrews, to disjoin Dalkeith from
Lasswade. On 10th Oct. of the same year
the Bishop consented to the proposed dis
junction and erected Dalkeith into a
separate parish, the inhabitants of the
town and Castle of Dalkeith, of the park
commonly called Graham's Park, and of
Easter and Wester Coldane, etc., to be
under the spiritual jurisdiction of a separate
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vicar who was to perform Divine Service
at the Altar of the Virgin Mary in the
collegiate church, and was to have the
fruits of the said town, etc. The actual
disjunction was to take effect upon the
death or demission of Mr. James Lewing-
ton, vicar of Lasswade. The Altar or
Chapel of the Virgin was thus constituted
the Parish Church of Dalkeith. The Earl
of Morton granted two roods of land for
a manse. The rectory of Dalkeith was
attached to the deanery of Restalrig; and
on the dissolution of the deanery by Act of
Parliament in 1592, Dalkeith secured full
status as a parish. On 25th Nov. 1531 an
indentor was made between James, Earl of
Morton, and Sir John Crichtone, vicar of
Dalkeith, by which the said vicar, con
sidering the cost and expense incurred of
James, Earl of Morton, John, Earl of
Morton, and now James, Earl of Morton,
' ' to find and obtene coles of Colden and
Dalkeith, ' ' and the importance and emolu
ments the vicar and his successors might
have, "if coals were won," for "the
utilitie, augmentatioun, and ampler profit
of the Kirk and Vicarage of Dalkeith, ' ' set
and let to the Earl "all and hail the teynd
coles of Colden and Dalkeith, with the
teind sheaves of the lands of Braidwood, ' '
and the Earl, "to the laude glore and
Honour of God Omnipotent, the blessit
virgine Sanct Marie, His moder, patrones
of the paroche kirk of Dalkeith, the bishop
Sanct Nicolace, patron of the said nobill
and michty Lordis College and Chapel of
Dalkeith, and of all the Sancts, ' ' to pay to
the vicar and his successors 40s. Scots
annually.
On 5th Dec. 1384 Sir James de Douglas
founded in Dalkeith Castle a chapel dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary and St John the
Baptist, in memory of his wife, Agnes
Dunbar, the endowments being the lands
of Louchurde and Kirkurd, subsequently
annexed to the collegiate church. Provision
was made for the services being conducted
at Lasswade amid interruptions of war or
repairs to the Castle. On 27th June 1396
Sir James de Douglas also founded a
' ' House of God near our Chapel of Dal
keith," for six poor and miserable persons,
the endowment being the following annual
rents: £6 3s. 4d. stg. from the lands of
Esterhopkelyack, £4 stg. from lands of
Newby in Peebles, £3 4s. 8d. stg. from
lands of Morton in Dalkeith. Described as
"two mean old houses called the Beid
Houses," the hospital was sold for the
benefit of the poor about 1752, when the
charity workhouse was built. One house
was opposite the old manse, the other a
little to the east of the church. — [Reg. Hon.
de Morton, ii, 98-9, 124-6, 151-4, 197, 211,
226-35, 247, 259-60, 294, 324-8; Coll
Churches of Midlothian, Ixxxiii, Ixxxv,
Ixxxvi, cxvi-cxix, 323; Laing Charters, 28,
160, 230.]
ARCHIBALD BOYD, provost of the
collegiate church 10th Feb. 1558-9.
—[Reg. of Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, i, 9.]
ANDREW DAVIDSON, vicar, 25th
_.. June 1563.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., v,
1214.]
ARCHIBALD SIMPSON, pres. to
Altarage St John in Church 1st
Aug. 1588. For "1586" read
"1591."— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivii, 154.]
HEW CAMPBELL, son of George C,
apparent of Shankstoun; marr. (1)
Mary Ross, and had issue — Hugh;
John; Elizabeth (marr. 2nd March 1656);
Robert. — [Books of Council and Session 3rd
April 1602; Ayr Sas., iii, 2 Ser., 28th July
1624; Reg. of Deeds dcxvi, 19th Dec. 1655;
G. R. Sas., I'm, 432; Clan Campbell, vi, 327.]
WILLIAM CALDERWOOD, his
daugh. Elizabeth. — [Edin. Sas., xxxv,
451.]
ALEXANDER HERIOT, his son
1591
1635
1683
1694.
Robert, apprentice to John Wilkie,
merchant, Edinburgh, 24th Jan.
WILLIAM MUIR, marr. cont. re-
1691
corded. — [Reg. of Deeds, Dal.,
xviii, 827.]
JAMES ELPHINSTON, his son, John,
1700
apprentice to George Duncan, sur
geon apothecary, 13th Jan. 1721.
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ANDREW GRAY, line 23, delete
1876 ' fc Robert John died at school 1 877. ' '
DALKEITH WEST
HENRY FARQUHAR, died at London
3rd March 1946; his wife, Annie
Muir Peace, died at Dover 27th
Dec. 1916; his daugh., Jane Lament, died
at London 8th March 1935.
JOHN SCOTT, trans, to Saughtree 8th
1909 Sept. 1922.
CHARLES MICHAEL HEPBURN,
1923
M.A., B.D., ord. 4th Jan, 1923;
trans, to Moulin 25th Nov. 1926.
DOUGLAS DICKSON ROBERTSON,
1927
trans, from Patna (q.v.) 21st April
1927. Had issue— Margaret Selkirk,
born 7th Aug. 1928, died 17th Jan. 1937;
John James (twin), born 7th Aug. 1928,
died 16th Dec. 1943.
FALA
JOHN FERNIE THOMSON, his
1861
widow, Jessie Wood McGowan,
died 27th Nov. 1927.
JAMES HUNTER, died 26th Nov.
1882
1915; his widow, Caroline Helen
Parry, died 8th Sept. 1926; his
sons — David Ainslie, sergeant, Canadians,
killed in action 9th April 1917; Charles
Cook, died at Murtle 21st Nov. 1919.
JAMES ALEXANDER STEPHEN,
1Q16 trans, from Orphir (q.v.) 19th May
1916; min. of United Charge 1937.
Served in Great War as Lieut. R.G.A.
1916-19; died 10th Nov. 1946.
SOUTRA
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary, the endowment
of which was a croft in the burgh of
Hawick, and Blacatis-Aiker, East Mains,
in the barony of Hawick. — [Reg. Great
Seal, iv, 1702.]
GLENCORSE
In or about 1230 Sir Henry de Brade
granted to Holyrood Abbey the teinds of
Baveley (Bavelaw) for the support of the
chapel then called the Chapel of St Kathe-
rine in Pentland, and later St Katherines
(or St Catherines)-in-the Hopes. The grant
was confirmed by Charter of King Alexan
der II in 1236, and Bull of Pope Gregory
IX in 1237. In Jan. 1243 David de Bern-
ham, Bishop of St Andrews, confirmed the
chapel to the abbey; and a Bull of Pope
Innocent IV to the same effect followed in
1247. The foregoing facts hardly support
the picturesque story of the founding of
the chapel by Sir William St Clair of
Rosslyn, which narrates that while hunting
in the Pentlands King Robert the Bruce
was baulked by a white deer specially fleet
of foot, and in his difficulty asked his
attendant nobles whether one of their dogs
could secure the animal. Without hesita
tion Sir William St Clair pledged his head
against the forest of Pentland Moor that
his two dogs would kill the deer before it
crossed the march Burn. The king assented;
and then came the chase, which went on
till it was close on the Burn. In despair of
securing the animal, Sir William threw
himself from his horse and invoked the aid
of St Katherine. At once one of his dogs
stopped the deer in the middle of the
stream, and the other turned it back to the
winning bank and killed it. Sir William's
reward was the lands of Logan House,
Kirkton, and Earnscraig; and in gratitude
for St Katherine 's help he built a chapel
to her honour on the spot where he had
knelt in prayer. While the story can hardly
be true, it may be that in some way Sir
William was a benefactor of the chapel
which was in existence more than a century
earlier. Some time prior to 1560 Glen-
corse became a parish with the chapel as
the church; and in the 17th century there
occur the designations the Church of St
Catherine-in-the-Hopes; and under that
designation the church was attached to the
Bishopric of Edinburgh on its erection by
Charles I in 1633. At an earlier period,
apparently in or soon after 1602, the parish
had been united to Lasswade. But on 1 8th
June 1612, on the ground that "Glencorse
is not able to interteine ane minister for the
present as is allegit," and also on account
74
GLENCORSE
[PRESB. OF
of the distance of Lasswade from Glen-
corse, the Presbytery consented "to the
union of the twa kirks," Glencorse and
Penicuik, "ane reasonable augmentation"
to be "provyded fra Glencors for the
present minister of Penycuik and his suc
cessors. ' ' The union with Lasswade, how
ever, was not disannulled; and the minister
of Lasswade retained his right to the double
benefice. In any case the arrangement does
not appear to have yielded satisfactory
results for Glencorse; and on 26th Oct.
1615 the parishioners complained to the
Presbytery " of ye want of the Word and
Sacramentis, " and desired "most earnest-
lie ane pastor. ' ' The minister of Lasswade
agreed, "provyding that in respect of his
strict and grit necessities his stipend was
not imparit." The lack of stipend pre
vented Glencorse being made a separate
charge; but on 23rd Dec. 1615 the Presby
tery resolved that a colleague be appointed
to the minister of Lasswade, his particular
duty being to overtake the work at Glen
corse. In this arrangement the people of
Glencorse concurred; and the emoluments
of the colleague were provided by the
heritors of both parishes. By Act of
Parliament on 8th March 1647 Glencorse
was disjoined from Lasswade and made
into a separate parish. In the same year,
on account of the church being situated at
the west end of the parish — it was only 20
yards from the March Burn — a new church
was erected in a central position on the
Erncraig. The work does not appear, how
ever, to have been wholly satisfactory, for
on 6th June 1661 there was laid before the
Presbytery a reference of the Kirk Session
of 1 st May narrating the ' ' ruinous state of
that part of the kirk from the Eastern door
to the Western door, which is holden up
for the present by props of timber, not
withstanding whereof the whole side wall
in that bounds is most like to fall," and
craving speedy repairs. Four years later
the church was in large part rebuilt. A new
church was in process of building in 1694-5,
and in the latter year was burned without
being completed. Rebuilding took place in
1699. A scheme of renovation was carried
out in 1811, when the tower was added.
The last service took place in the church
on 5th Dec. 1885; and thereafter the
church, whose ruins still stand on Erncraig,
gave place to the present church situated
near Milton Bridge. Within the latter
church is a baptismal font which was dis
covered deep down in the middle of the
floor of the old church during the renova
tion work of 1811. Probably it had been
removed from the Church of St Catherine
in 1647. For the increase of Glencorse
stipend Parliament in 1648 mortified a
yearly sum of 140 merks which had pre
viously been paid out of the lands of
Castlelaw for the maintenance of the organs
and singers of the Chapel Royal of Stirling.
—[Charters of Holy rood, 45-6, 64, 65-6,
179-80; Acts Scott. ParL, vi, (1), 733, vi,
(2), 482; Grant's Call of the Pentlands,
89-99.]
LANCELOT GIBSON, reader 1573,
still in office 1585.— [Comps. Gen.
Coll of Thirds.}
1573
THOMAS DOUGLAS, M.A., min.
1576; also in charge at Dalkeith. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
1576
1616
JAMES PORTEOUS, M.A., min. at
Soutra; on 23rd Dec. 1615 the
Presbytery, with the concurrence of
the parishioners of Glencorse, chose him
as colleague to George Ramsay, min. at
Lasswade and Glencorse, ' ' to furder (said)
Mr George at Leswaid in word and disci
pline, as also to instruct thaim (parishion
ers of Glencorse) by preiching and
chatechising, yea, administer to thaim also
the sacramentis in due and proper season
in and at thair awin Kirk at Glencors";
trans, and adm. as colleague 8th Aug. 1616;
in 1636 he "related (to the Presbytery) that
for sa meikle as ye paroche of Glencors
had been annexed to his Kirk (Lasswade)
thir many yeirs bygane, and he had been
serving yaim according to his abilitie, bot
now aige on his pairt, and distance of place
and ye charge of his awin Kirk makes him
unable to repair thither, and yairfoir hes
demitted ye said kirk (Glencorse) to Mr
Alexander Robesoun, who hes resaved
DALKEITH]
GLENCORSE— INVERESK
75
1674
presentation yairto be ye Kings Majestic. ' '
—[Grant's Call of the Pentlands, 91-3.]
GEORGE PURVES, M.A., on his com
plaint that notwithstanding that he
had given obedience to the pro
clamation for prayers for the King and
Queen, certain persons had come "to his
house and discharged him from preaching
. . . and took away the keys of the kirk
door and the Kirk Byble, ' ' Parliament, on
7th May 1689, ordered the keys and the
Bible to be restored to him, and the laird
of Glencorse to afford him protection. —
[Acts Scott. ParL, ix, App. 100.]
JOHN WILSON, eldest son of Thomas
1699
W., merchant burgess of Glasgow,
admitted burgess of Glasgow 1748.
ALEXANDER TORRENCE left a be-
1818
quest of £1,000 in favour of the
church, which is said to have been
invested in ground annuals in respect of
the Municipal Buildings, Portobello.
1878
WILLIAM BAILL1E STRONG, dem.
24th July 1928' died at Edmburgh
17th Dec. 1930; his daughs.— Helen
Marjorie (marr. 22nd Nov. 1919 James C.
Spence of Debrugarth, Assam); Katherine
Baillie (marr. 24th June 1925 John Fleming,
C.A.); his son, William, M.A., C.A. assis
tant controller Transport, Sudan Govern
ment.
DONALD MAcASKELL BEGBIE, for-
192R merly of Freuchie (q.v.), trans, from
St John's, Leith, 5th Dec. 1928; his
son, Donald William David, killed in an
accident 20th Feb. 1941.
HERIOT
WILLIAM McGEORGE, son of James
McG., schoolmaster, Dumfries, and
Marion Gladstanes; marr. Kathe
rine, daugh. of John Coupland, elder and
barber of Dumfries, and had issue —
Robert, died 17th Dec. 1680. Line 6, delete
' ' son of min. of Caerlaverock. ' '
ADAM STEEL, his daugh. Helen (marr.
proc. 21st May 1749 James Robert
son, clerk to London Paving Co.).
1689
ALEXANDER HUNTER, marr. (3)
1791
Lily, daugh. of Thomas Malcolm,
shoemaker, Edinburgh.
DANIEL CAMERON, his daugh.,
1869 Amelia Nisbet, died 19th April 1931.
JOHN FRANCIS BROWN, dem. 15th
Dec. 1927, died at Gorebridge 25th
Nov. 1928.
1871
HARRY SMITH, trans, from Old
Kilpatrick (q.v.) 7th June 1928;
dem. 31st March 1936, D.D. (Aber
deen, 1st April 1925); died 8th Aug. 1942;
his daughs. — Margaret Miller Frazer (marr.
7th March 1933 Thomas Alexander, elder
son of William Mathieson, Shoesbourne,
Heriot); Lettice Ruthven, B.Sc. (marr. 18th
Dec. 1934 Peter Chalmers Somerville,
B.Com., A.I.C.S., Antwerp). Addl. Publi
cations — Editor Life and Work, 1925; Not
against Flesh and Blood, 1923, is included
in Modern Scottish Poets: A Book of
Twentieth Century Scottish Verse and Oor
Mither Tongue, Scots Anthology.
INVERESK
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to St Ninian, and in St Ninian's
Aisle there was also an altar dedicated to
the Virgin Mary. On 6th March 1475-6
Simon de Preston of Craigmillar, Kt.,
granted 10 merks of the lands of Cameron
for a perpetual chaplain to celebrate in the
church. Later this was designated the
"Chaplainry of St Ninian called Came
ron." In 1804 the old church was taken
down and the existing church built. There
were at least three chapels in the parish.
The chapel dedicated to St Mary Magda
lene, called Whitehill, was situated at
Hailes on the banks of the Niddry Burn.
The chapel dedicated to St James was in
existence before 8th Sept. 1491, and may
have been the chapel which stood at the
head of Market Street where, in the first
part of the 19th century, there were the
ruins of an almshouse. The beginning of
the Chapel of Loretto, dedicated to the
Virgin Mary, is narrated in the Diurnal of
76
INVERESK
[PRESB. OF
Occurrents under date 19th April 1533:
"In this mene tyme, thair come an here-
meit, callit Thomas Douchtie, in Scotland,
quha haid been lang capitane (captive ?)
befoir the Turk, as was allegit, and brocht
ane ymage of our Lady with him, and
foundit the cheppill of Laureit beside
Musselburgh. " There followed on 27th
Jan. 1533-4 a charter of the bailies, bur
gesses and community of Musselburgh,
granting in pure alms to Thomas Duchty,
hermit of the Order of St Paul, first hermit
of Mount Sinai, for his lifetime and for
his successors, hermits, for building the
Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary of
Loretto, with small house and garden, as
might be pleasing to them, a piece of
vacant land of their territory and liberty,
containing 5 roods, at the east boundary
of the burgh near le chaypule, bounded by
the common green on the east and west.
On 1st Aug. 1534 James V supplied fur
nishings and vestments for the altar of the
chapel, provision being made for em
broidering the royal arms on the vestments
and "frunlett." The "small house" was
a cell, the residence of the hermit, adjoining
the chapel; and it may be assumed that
Thomas Duchty was "Thomas, Hermeit
in Lareit," to whom Alexander, Earl of
Glengairn, addressed a satire exposing the
hypocrisy of the clergy — "Ane Epistell
direct fra the halie Hermeit of Alareit to
his Brethern, the Gray Friars. ' ' The chapel
was destroyed in Hertford's expedition in
1544, but was repaired; and on 10th Dec.
1568 Sir Gavin Walker, hermit of the
chapel, with consent of the patrons, the
bailies and community of Musselburgh, set
in feu to Andrew Sanderson, burgess of the
burgh, the chapel with its room and garden.
In 1590 the stones of the chapel were
utilised for the building of Musselburgh
Tolbooth.
The church was dedicated to St Michael
and All Angels. — [Cal. of Scott. Supplica
tions, 119, S.H.S.; Reg. Great Seal ii, 1228;
iii, 1403; iv, 1909; Lord High Treas. Aces.,
200-1; Diurnal of Occurrents, 17; Capring-
ton Letter Bk., 14; James Young's Prot.
Bk., 483, 485; Ancient Church Dedications
in Scotland, 347.]
JOHN BURNE, min. before Aug. 1567.
1567 —[Edin. Tests., i, 73.]
EDWARD LAYOS or LYNE, reader,
1570 pres. to vicarage 26th June 1579 in
succession to Thomas Makgill. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xl, 15.]
ANDREW BLACKHALL, his son,
Andrew, student of grammar, pres.
to Prebendary of Restalrig 7th July
1582.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlix, 14.]
RICHARD OGILL, son of Henry O.
_Qn of Hartramwade, pres. to vicarage
12th May 1590 on death of Michael
Baillie.— Reg. Sec. Sig., Ix, 128.]
ADAM COLT, pres. to vicarage on
1597
1480.]
dem. of Edward Lyne, last vicar. —
[Chart, of Dunfermline MS., ii,
PATRICK HENDERSON, M.A.,
reader, 3rd Jan. 1607 and 4th Aug.
1608.— [Yester Writs, 1045, 1062.]
1607
1680
ARTHUR MILLAR, M.A., resident in
Inveresk, with his wife, 1694; had
right to half-year's stipend at Whit
sunday of that year. — [Inveresk Poll Tax
Book, 23.]
RICHARD HOWIESON, had five
6 children; his second son, Richard;
Magdalen (marr. Henry Stewart,
surgeon, Inverkeithing. — [Fraser Writs Gen.
Reg. House, 16th Nov. 1707; Inveresk Poll
Tax Roll, 17.]
JOHN WILLIAMSON, 2 col., line 2,
1702 ^elete "A§nes niarr. Henry Robin,
min. of Burntisland. "
LESLIE MOODIE, born 29th Dec.
1806 1766.
JOHN GARDINER BEVERIDGE, his
1836
son, William Bryce, died 6th Feb.
1932; his daughs.— Janet Isabella
(marr. William Macnab of Keithock); Mary
Elizabeth Anne, died 14th Aug. 1933.
DALKEITH]
INVERESK— LASSWADE
77
JAMES SHARP, licen. 13th May 1885;
his daughs.— Muriel Margaret, died
22nd July 1918; Irene, died Edin
burgh 28th Sept. 1925; Catherine, died 1st
Aug. 1931.
1910
WILLIAM EDIE, D.D. (St Andrews,
5th July 1918), Chaplain to Royal
Company of Archers 8th June 1927;
M.V.O. 3rd Oct. 1929; died 22nd June
1936; his widow, Jean Irvine Fergusson,
died 9th Nov. 1941; his son, Robert Miller,
M.A., died 13th Dec. 1919.
LASSWADE
Of the old church, apparently of the 13th
century, and therefore in all likelihood the
church dedicated by Bishop de Bernham
on 6th May 1240, only a portion of the
south wall in the old graveyard survives.
There is also the ruin of a north transeptal
aisle, now a mausoleum of the family of
Clerk of Eldin, belonging to the 17th cen
tury. The medieval floriated finial cross
above the entrance of the Drummond
mausoleum in all likelihood belonged to
the old church, as also did two sculptured
fragments which are in the National
Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. The
present church was built in 1793. Ap
parently a short time prior to 1451 the
church became a mensal church of the
Bishopric of St Andrews. But on 26th June
of that year a Papal Decree, in answer to
a petition by Bishop Kennedy of St An
drews, revoked and dissolved the appro
priation of the church to that purpose, the
actual severance to be effected with Kirk
liston Church, which was to take the place
of Lasswade as a mensal church, became
vacant by the death or resignation of the
rector thereof. The connection with St
Andrews was renewed however, when,
during a voidance in the Church of St
Andrews and with the consent of the
Chapter, Prior David, vicar general, at the
instigation of George Abernethy, who had
become rector of Lasswade before 5th May
1465, united Lasswade Church in per
petuity to the capitular mensa of St Salva-
tor's Church, St Andrews, the said George
Abernethy being received as a Canon of
St Salvator's. The union did not at once
take effect; and on 20th Dec. 1468 the
Pope, Paul II, made remit to delegates to
enquire into the matter, and if they found
that union had been decreed as stated, ' ' to
unite in perpetuity the said Church of Lass
wade not exceeding 40 merks to the said
mensa, so that on the resignation or death
of said George Abernethy, the Dean and
Chapter take possession of the Church and
cause its cure of souls to be governed by
one of the Canons or Chaplains of St
Salvator 's. " Succeeding stages are marked
by Bulls of Pope Sixtus IV, one on 31st
May 1473, which united Lasswade (along
with other churches) to the episcopal mensa
of St Andrews, on the death or demission
of the rector, and the other on 17th March
1477, which joined to St Salvator's Church
a canonry and prebend in the Church of
Lasswade, Robert Blackadder, rector of
Lasswade, being made canon and pre
bendary, and 5 merks annually to be paid
from the canonry to the common table of
St Salvator's. The election of Robert
Blackadder to the See of Aberdeen in 1480
rendered the parsonage vacant; and by
Bull of Pope Sixtus on 8th Aug. 1482 it
was united once more to the mensa of St
Andrews. Five years later a Papal Bull
effected the dissolution of the union with
St Andrews, and united Lasswade to the
collegiate church, Restalrig, attaching it to
the deanery thereof. On 5th June 1592 an
Act of Parliament dissolved the Deanery
of Restalrig, constituted Lasswade a
separate parish, and, excluding Dalkeith
which also pertained to the deanery,
erected ' ' the haill permanent fruitis of the
said deanry of Restalrig and qlk pertenit
thairto of auld in ane severall and distinct
personage to be call it the personage of
Leswaid," and with the vicarage of the
church, ' ' quhen it sal happen to vaik, ' ' to
become the stipend of the minister and his
successors "in all tymes aiming." In 1601
the vicarage became part of the stipend;
and in 1648 Parliament ratified the morti
fication by Mr James Fairlie, parson of
Lasswade, to Mr John Weir, parson of
78
LASSWADE— LOANHEAD
[PRESB. OF
Restalrig, of the endowments of the par
sonage of Lasswade not lying within that
parish, Lasswade thus becoming dependent
entirely upon its own parochial endow
ments. By Bull of llth March 1478-9
Pope Sixtus IV gave faculty and licence to
a hospital, "lately erected" near the
church of Lasswade by Robert Blackadder,
rector, to God and the Blessed Virgin, and
under the invocation of the Blessed Mary
of Consolation, ' ' for the poor, for pilgrims,
for the infirm, the sick, and other miserable
persons wishing to betake themselves to it
for a time." By another Bull of the same
date the Pope gave executors and keepers
of the hospital, and by still another of 4th
April previously he had granted indul
gences for its erection and maintenance.
Beside the ' ' brig of Leswaid ' ' there was a
hospital with chapel, dedicated to St
Leonard. To it belonged the lands and
mill of Powtoun (Polton), which in July
1 500 Sir David Ramsay, parson of Foulden
and chaplain of the hospital, with consent
of his nephew, Sir Alexander Ramsay of
Dalhousie, patron of said hospital, granted
in feu to William Ramsay of Powtoun
(Polton). Evidently one of the Dalhousie
family had founded the hospital, the
patronage of which continued with that
family. — [Lockhart's Ch. in Scot, in llth
Century, 46; Report of Anc. Mon. Commis
sion, Midlothian, 97; Cal. Papal Reg.,
Letters, x, 220, xii, 635-6, 794; Acts Scott.
Parl, iii, 551, vi (2), 84; Theiner's Vetera
Monumenta, 481, 483, 484; Reg. Sec. Seal,
i, 551; Retours, i, 108, xxxi, 323; Chart.
Coll. Churches of Midlothian, 237; Wal-
cott's Anc. Ch. of Scotland, 389, 409.]
1565
WILLIAM BARBOUR, pres. 1569 on
death of Sir Michael Henderson. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 22.]
1581
GEORGE RAMSAY, his pres. to
vicarage in 1601 was in consequence
of the death of Mr John Manderston
and was in terms of the Act of Dissolution
of the Deanery of Restalrig, which decreed
that he should receive the vicarage when
it became vacant. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., iii,
51.]
JOHN MANDERSTON, vicar of Glen-
15Q2 corse and Lasswade prior to 1592;
died before 1 601 .— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
iii, 51.]
JAMES PORTEOUS, M.A., his pres.
1616 to the Parsonage and vicarage of
Lasswade in 1617 was upon the
resignation of George Ramsay, who thus
helped to make provision for James Por-
teous, his colleague in the charge of Lass
wade and Glencorse. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
iv, 146.]
JAMES ALEXANDER BURDON, his
widow, Marianne Imrie, died 12th
Oct. 1927; his son, Harry, died 12th
Dec. 1929.
ROBERT HAMILTON PRYDE, app.
19Q5 Presby. Clerk 4th July 1929, died
suddenly 6th Jan. 1930; his daugh.,
Frances (marr. 14th July 1939 Cyril Jones,
min. of St Andrews, Lochgelly); his widow,
Sarah Eleanor Braithwaite, died 10th
March 1943.
LOANHEAD
ALEXANDER STEWART, dem. Llth
1884
Oct. 1927, died at Corstorphine 18th
Feb. 1929; his widow, Isobel Glover
Johnston, died 1st May 1933; his daugh.,
Jessie Bremner (marr. 4th Jan. 1936
Matthew Campbell Thomson, curator,
Carnegie Aquarium, Edinburgh).
1928
THOMAS MAVER PATERSON, born
Aberdeenshire 26th May 1901, son
of John P., farmer, and Helen Mary
Maver; educ. at Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1922); Edin. B.D. (1925); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 12th May 1926, assistant,
South Leith; ord. 14th March 1928; trans,
to Sinclairtown 27th Nov. 1935. Marr.
16th July 1930 Agnes Campbell, M.A.,
only daugh. of Andrew Bowden, Ryehill
Gardens, Leith, and has issue — Agnes
Ruth, born 6th May 1931; John Maver,
born 6th March 1935; Alistair Andrew,
born 25th Dec. 1936, died 22nd June 1937;
Helen Campbell, born 14th Aug. 1943.
DALKEITH]
NEWBATTLE— NEWCRAIGHALL
79
NEWBATTLE
There was in Newbattle Abbey an altar
dedicated to St Katherine. — (Book of
Assumption, 79, 344.) The patronage of the
Church of Masterton (Newbattle) was
granted to Newbattle Abbey by Robert I
306-29. The Church of St Mary Newbattle
was dedicated by the Bishop of Moray
1 3th March 1233. At Bryan 's Chapel there
was a chapel dedicated to St Briox. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig., i, app. ii, 525, viii, 1146.]
ROBERT WILSON had parsonage and
1573
vicarage in succession to John Hay.
—[Acts and Dec., Iv, 12.]
ANDREW MILLAR, pres. to par-
1583
sonage and vicarage and to be
reader 9th Jan. 1583 and 6th June
1584, on death of Robert Wilson.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii (2), 104.]
JOHN HERRIES, pres. on dem. of
Andrew Millar, probably son of
Archibald H. of Maidenpap. Marr.
Barbara Harlaw and had issue — John,
M.A., held Prebend of Kirkbank in the
Collegiate Church of St Bothans, which on
22nd March 1608-9 he received for life
from James, Lord Hay of Yester, in succes
sion to Daniel Hay. Line 7, delete "pro
bably."— [Cal. of Yester Writs, 1058, 1059;
Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 32.]
THOMAS AMBROSE, son of William
1606
A., merchant burgess of Stirling. —
[Edin. Tests., 3rd Dec. 1606.]
ANDREW CANT, M.A.; on 19th Dec.
1638, on a supplication by Lord
Lothian from Newbattle, the Gene
ral Assembly deliberated whether Mr Cant
should be transported from Pitsligo to
Edinburgh or to Newbattle ("the Com
missioners of Edinburgh alledged that they
had made an election of him 24 yeares
since"), and by a majority decided in
favour of Newbattle. — [Peterkin's Recs. of
the Kirk of Scot., 187.]
JOHN MOSSMAN, his son, George,
1688
apprentice to Alexander Mitchell,
barber, 21st Jan. 1696.
GEORGE SHEPHERD, his son, John,
1784 min. of Muirkirk.
THOMAS GORDON, his daughs.—
Amy Mary, died at Crieff 21st Dec.
1938; Janet Elizabeth (Mrs Sym),
died 23rd April 1945.
1843
JOHN CHARLES CARRICK, his
1885
widow, Annie Jane Russell, died
25th June 1915.
WILLIAM LINDSAY, trans, to Lang-
1913 holm 3rd March 1922.
JOHN ARNOTT HAMILTON, trans.
1922
to Kirkfieldbank (q.v) 14th July
1922. Addl. Publications—^ Me
diaeval City in Greece (Aberdeen, 1921);
Churches in Palermo (London, 1929); New-
battle Parish Church, 1727-1827 (Edin
burgh, 1928); Byzantine Architecture and
Decoration (London, 1933); The Story of
Newbattle Church and Abbey (1945);
Byzantine Architecture (London, 1945).
NEWCRAIGHALL
ARCHIBALD PRENTICE, died 16th
1886
Nov. 1919; his sons — James Alexan
der Webster, corporal, 3rd Dragoon
Guards, killed in Flanders 6th June 1915;
Archibald Hepburn Gardner, died at Mom
basa 21st March 1926; his daugh. Maisie
(marr. 10th Nov. 1917 Lieut.-Col. William
Henry Forsyth, R.A.M.C.); his widow,
Jane Ann Russel, died at Tonbridge, Kent,
25th Nov. 1931.
CHARLES HEUGHAN, trans, to
1912
Hutchesontown, Glasgow, 29th
March 1917.
1917
ADAM HUNTER, born Sheardale,
Dollar, 29th Oct. 1870, son of John
H., colliery manager, Kirkintilloch,
and Mary Morris; educ. Dollar Academy,
Univ. and Trinity College, Glasgow; licen.
by Free Church Presb. of Glasgow, May
1900; Assistant Partick and Springburn,
Glasgow; ord. to Shettleston Free Church,
1905; trans, to Glenorchy, 1908; trans, to
Rothesay Free Church, 1913; trans, and
adm. 4th Sept. 1917. Marr. 16th Dec. 1902
Elizabeth Paul, daugh. of William Gray,
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NEWCRAIGHALL— NORTH ESK
[PRESB. OF
Portobello, and has issue — Elizabeth Paul,
born 12th Oct. 1903, M.A. (marr. 6th Sept.
1932 Robert Mitchell, Musselburgh); Mary
Morris, L.D.S., R.C.S.E., born 22nd April
1906 (marr. 17th April 1946 Peter Bryce
Gunn, min. of Roxburgh); John (Ian), born
9th Nov. 1907; William Gray, born 3rd
April 1909.
NEWTON
DAVID BELL, exhorter before 12th
1561
March 1561-2 and also 5th Nov.
1569.— [Edin. Tests., i, 332.]
LAURENCE WATSON, reader; for
1576
"1576" read "1567"; pres. to
vicarage 16th March 1573 on death
of Sir John Crawford. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
1, (2), 17.]
JOHN BARBOUR, reader, Pentland;
pres. to vicarage 14th July 1587 on
death of Sir Laurence Watson; still
reader 1603.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 99;
Comps. Surplus Thirds of Benefices.}
1681
ROBERT BANNERMAN, son of
Alexander B. of Elsick and his wife,
Marion, daughter of Alexander
Hamilton of Easter Binning; resident with
his wife and son, Alexander, in Tron
Parish, Edinburgh, 4th Nov. 1694.— [Tron
Poll Tax Roll, 2; Complete Baronetage,
iv, 317.]
THOMAS MOFFAT, his daugh., Mary
(marr. proc. 28th March 1762 John
Sprott, candlemaker, Edinburgh).
1700
THOMAS SCOTT, his daugh., Mar-
1801 garet Louisa, died 9th July 1836.
MALCOLM MACGREGOR, his
widow, Jane Snowdon, died 16th
Feb. 1922; his daugh., Margaret
Arnot, died 10th July 1945.
JOHN MACBETH, died 5th Oct.
1897 1923.
WILLIAM CARRIC CLARK, ord. 3rd
1924
April 1924; trans, to Montrose
Second Charge 7th Dec. 1927.
FREDERICK RITCHIE MITCHELL,
1928
born 15th May 1899; son of Alexan
der M., solicitor and provost,
Musselburgh, and Annie Rose Ritchie;
educ. at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1922),
B.D. (1925); licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith,
1927; assistant St Paul's, Leith; ord. 20th
April 1928; trans, to Orwell Park Presb.
Church, Liverpool, 1st Oct. 1930. Marr.
8th Aug. 1931 Margaret Wilson Shaw,
daugh. of William Mackay Lennox, Town
Clerk, Kilsyth, and has issue — Margaret
Lennox, born 18th Oct. 1935; Eva Ann,
born 18th May 1938.
NORTH ESK
On 7th June 1649 there was submitted
to Parliament a supplication of heritors,
members, ministers and kirk session, and
inhabitants of Inveresk, to the effect that
upon a decision of Synod in Nov. 1648 the
Presbytery had visited Inveresk on 5th
April 1649, had come to the finding that
over 2,000 communicants of the church
"was too much for one man." and there
fore deemed it necessary that a division of
the parish was necessary, and that "the
Burgh of Musselburgh and the Fisherrow
be erected into a new parish by itself."
Having perambulated the bounds, the
Presbytery did design the place where a
kirk should be built, and it now asked
Parliament to ratify the same and "grant
an Act for the erection of the said kirk in
a paroch by itself, that so with all diligence
convenient some course may be taken for
building of the same." The matter was
remitted to the Commission for the Planta
tion of Kirks, etc., and the division of 1650
was the outcome. — [Acts Scott. ParL, vi,
(2), 393.]
ROBERT BONALY, his son, Robert,
1719
apprentice to John More, merchant,
Edinburgh, 17th Oct. 1739.
HENRY MONCRIEFF MACGILL,
his widow, Janet Seed Whyte, died
at Levenhall, 3rd Jan. 1926; his son,
Wakefield, died at Manchester 23rd March
1938; his daugh., Jane Whyte, died 23rd
Jan. 1942.
DALKEITH]
NORTH ESK— PENICUIK
81
JOHN ASHPLANT NICHOLLS, trans.
1910 to Cambusnethan, 16th May 1917.
DAVID DUNCAN, trans, from Dun-
tocher (q.v.) 17th Oct. 1917; his
wife, Jessie McAinsh, died 13th
Jan. 1934. He died at Crieff, 20th July
1940; his son, Alastair Jamieson, solicitor,
died Sept. 1940.
ORMISTON
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary. — [Chart, of New-
battle, 142.]
ANDREW SIMSON, min. in 1571.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlith-
I ^ / I n
gow, etc.]
NATHANIEL HARLAW, pres. to
1591
Borthwick 13th Oct. 1594-5, on
1647
death of Nicol Hay. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixvii, 75.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, col. 2, lines 8 and
12, for ' 1662 and 1663" read "1682
and 1683"; his son Patrick,, rector
of Ailmertoun, Norfolk; his daugh., Jean
(marr. 17th June 1687 Andrew Hogg, W.S.),
died May 1691.
JOHN COCKBURN, marr. Anna
1688 Garden.
JAMES BANNERMAN, his daugh.,
Jemima Margaret, died 25th June
1929.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, his widow,
1880 Mary Mackay, died 4th March 1934.
DAVID CUNNINGHAM GRAHAM,
dem. 16th May 1924; died at Bourne,
Massachusetts, llth Oct. 1937.
WILLIAM YOUNG WHITEHEAD,
trans- fr°m Law (<7-v-) 26tn SePt-
1924. Ph.D. (1929). Addl issue,
William James Bethune, born 19th June
1921. Publication — History of Ormiston
(1938).
PENICUIK
The present church was built in 1771 and
enlarged in the first half of the 19th century.
Near it are the ruins of the earlier church,
post-reformation and probably 17th cen-
1911
1924
tury. In April 1251 the Church of Mount
Lothian was confirmed as a chaplainry to
Holyrood Abbey by David de Bernham,
Bishop of St Andrews; and it was attached
to the Bishopric of Edinburgh on its erec
tion by Charles I in 1633. The ruins of the
church are situated in the churchyard in a
wooded enclosure north-north-east of
Mount Lothian. Newhalls House is said
to have been the site of a Cistercian con
vent. About 60 yards south-west of the
house are fragmentary remains of a chapel,
of which in the middle of the 1 8th century
there existed considerable portions of the
walls, the east gable showing a pointed
window. The ground on the west side of
the chapel was termed Chapel Yard. At
the close of the 18th century there still
remained vestiges of a hospital, termed
Back Spittal or Old Spittal House, at the
side of the stream on the north of Spittal
Hill. There was also a hospital farther
south at Spittal Farm. In the same area
are Friarstown and Glebe Croft, the latter
possibly identical with St Robert's Croft
described as situated at the confluence of
the Spittal Burn and Monk's Burn. At
Polmathorn there was a chapel dedicated
to the Virgin Mary. — [Charters of Holy-
rood, 63; Reg. Great Seal, viii, 2225, x, 423,
425, 603; Grant's Callofthe Pentlands, 124;
Report Anc. Monuments Commiss., Mid
lothian, 150-1.]
WILLIAM PENYCUKE, son of Sir
John P. of Penycuke, parson 1563,
and still min. 16th Jan. 1594-5;
designated, also vicar of Urr and Provost
of the Collegiate Kirk-of-the-Fields; in
1564 he gave a charter of the Parsonage
Kirklands and Glebe to his nephew, Wil
liam P., son of John P. of P.; marr.
contract 27th Feb. 1570 Katherine, daugh.
of Alexander Wardlaw of Kilbaberton,
with issue, including James, eldest son.
—[Cat. of Charters, ix, 1920, x, 2287;
Acts and Decreets, xli, 174, xlvii, 404, li,
376, cxcii, 258; Reg. of Deeds, xi, 273, 25th
Oct. 1570; Reg. Privy Council, ix, 501; Reg.
Abbrev. Feu-Charters of Ch. Lands, ii, 115;
Reg. Great Seal, 10th Jan. 1507-8; Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 98.]
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PENICUIK— ROSLIN
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE TAIT, min. in 1562, reader
31st March 1566 and llth Jan.
1575-6.— [Test. Inventories MS.;
Test. James Tweedie 18th Dec. 1575-6,
Coll. Gen. Thirds, 1562, 102.]
JOHN HARBOUR, exhorter, Mount
1577
325.]
Lothian, 18th Dec. 1577 and 21st
Feb. 1578-9.— [Edin. Tests., vi, 243,
EBENEZER BROWN, his daugh.,
1746 Margaret (marr. April 1773 William
Braidwood, clerk, Edinburgh).
JOHN HOME, marr. 15th Jan. 1857
1856 Mary Cobden (died 6th May 1920),
daugh. of George White, New York.
WILLIAM SCOTT MONCRIEFF, his
son, William George, died 2nd Jan.
1927; his daugh., Elizabeth Joanna,
died 5th Oct. 1933.
ROBERT THOMSON, died 1st April
1888 1927; his son, John William, Lieut.
R.G.A., died 4th Feb. 1919.
WILLIAM MAXWELL LANDALE,
1928 Pres- by the Presb. jure develuto and
trans, from Straiton (q.v.) 15th Feb.
1928; dem. 30th June 1935; his wife, Anges
Frances Anderson, died 9th June 1928.
Marr. (2) 30th April 1931 Jessie, second
daugh. of Robert Muirhead of Northern
Lights Commission, Lasswade. He died
suddenly at a football match, Edinburgh,
19th Sept. 1936.
PENTLAND
To the Chapel of Pentland, which be
longed to Holyrood Abbey, Alexander II
granted 3 acres of land on 25th Aug. 1236.
It was a parish church before 1275, the
rectory being valued at 8s. in the taxation
of that year. — [Charters of Holyrood, 46;
Theiner's Vet. Monumenta, 139.]
GEORGE LUNDIE, son of David L.
1589 anc* E^za^etn' daugh. of Thomas
Carkethill, burgess of Edinburgh;
had issue — Susanna, born 5th Nov. 1578. —
[Stephen's Inverkeithing, 187; Dunfermline
Par. Reg.]
ROSEWELL
JOHN HUNTER, dem. 17th May 1915,
18?6 died at Edinburgh 4th April 1930;
his wife, Christina Bayne Bell, died
26th Oct. 1920.
JAMES MACKENZIE, M.A., ord.
1Q1_ 28th Sept. 1915; trans to St Paul's,
Perth, 29th Jan. 1919.
JOHN ANDREW INGLIS, ord. 13th
1Q1o May 1919; trans- to Peterhead East,
12th Nov. 1926.
JAMES MATHERS, born 5th June
1927 J^' son °^ Triomas M-> farmer,
and Esther Sheldon; educ. at Royal
Univ. of Ireland, B.A. (1897), and Univ.
of Edinburgh, B.D. (1899); licen. by Presb.
of Madras 1915; O.B.E. 1st Jan. 1919;
adm. by General Assembly from Congre
gational Church May 1916; ord. by Presb.
of Edinburgh as Secretary for Religious
Work and Y.M.C.A. 21st Nov. 1920; app.
to Craigmillar Mission 1926; trans, and
adm. 3rd Feb. 1927; dem. 30th Sept. 1946.
Marr. 29th Aug. 1901 Agnes Malseed, and
has issue — Aileen Elizabeth, M.B., Ch.B.,
born 25th July 1902 (marr. 23rd Aug. 1935
John Edwards, Public Assistance Office,
Newport, Monmouth); Agnes Doreen,
M.A., born 20th April 1904 (marr. (1) 20th
April 1929 Arthur Currie Gordon, min. of
Foveran; (2) 2nd July 1947 Malcolm
Manford Corner, min. of Drainie); Robert
Campbell Malseed, born 14th July 1910,
ord. 24th April 1936, min. of Mure
Memorial, Baillieston; Amy Lillingston,
born 16th Oct. 1912; Joyce, born 3rd Nov.
1914; Alison, born 27th March 1921.
Publication — The Master Builder, a Study
of the Life of the Apostle Paul.
ROSLIN
The Chapel of Roslin, in the old civil
parish of Lasswade, is the former Col
legiate Church of Roslin founded in 1446
by William St Clair, Earl of Orkney, and
Lord of Roslin, in honour of the Holy and
Undivided Trinity, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, and the Most Glorious Virgin Mary,
Mother of the Lord Jesus, and Matthew,
the Apostle and Evangelist. At his death,
DALKEITH]
ROSLIN— TEMPLE
83
between 4th Dec. 1476 and 29th March
1482, the building was unfinished; but the
work was carried on to some extent by his
younger son and successor as baron of
Roslin, Sir Oliver Sinclair. The church,
however, remained incomplete, the nave
never having been begun, and of the tran
septs the east walls only having been
erected. Besides the High Altar of St
Matthew, there were in the church altars
dedicated respectively to St Matthew, St
Pater, St Andrew, and St Mary the Virgin,
the last being situated in front of the central
pillar, with a figure of the Virgin above it.
There was also a lady-chapel which con
stituted the retrochoir, and contained, in
addition to elaborate carving, a representa
tion of the dance of death. The church,
with the Castle of Roslin, was pillaged by
an unruly mob during the night of llth
Dec. 1688. Dedicated also to St Matthew,
there was a church prior to the collegiate
church. Remnants of it exist in the ceme
tery, outside the west wall of which is St
Matthew's Well.— [Chart. Coll. Churches
of Midlothian, xciii-c., 327, 32.]
JOSEPH LOU DON, died 23rd Dec.
1926; his wife, Margaret Mary
Campbell Buist, died 23rd Feb.
1924; his daugh., Elizabeth Buist, died 5th
April 1948.
SYDNEY SMITH, formerly of Keith
1017 (#-v-)' assistant St Cuthbert's, adm.
30th March 1927; died suddenly
when returning from a baptism, 16th Oct.
1932.
STOBHILL
DAVID WILKIE WILSON, died 10th
March 1922; his daugh., Edith
Agnes (marr. 9th Oct. 1929 Alexan
der Bache Walker, M.D., Newtongrange).
JOHN ALEXANDER CALDER-
1Q22 WOOD, ord. 8th Sept. 1922, trans,
to Airdrie 20th May 1927.
ROBERT MACPHERSON, born 23rd
192? May 1892, son of John Forbes M.,
min. of South Parish, Greenock;
educ. at Greenock Academy, Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1919); licen. by Presb. of
1888
Greenock 1920; assistant Paisley Abbey;
ord. to Armadale 7th June 1922; trans, and
adm. 23rd Sept. 1927; trans, to Craig-
rownie 14th July 1932. Marr. 21st Aug.
1922 Jessie Hardie, daugh. of Peter Mac-
Coll and Anne Hardie Stewart, and has
issue — John Forbes, born 1st July 1923;
Stewart MacColl, born 5th Nov. 1925;
Anne Hannah, born 13th Nov. 1933.
TEMPLE
The roofless walls of the old church
stand in the churchyard on a slope a short
distance below the village of Temple and
near the bridge which spans the South Esk.
The main part appears to belong to the 13th
century, but the west end, which shows
signs of a heritor's loft, was rebuilt some
time after the Reformation. A belfry of
the 17th century crowns the east gable, and
a weathering at the east end of the north
wall may indicate that there a sacristy had
existed. The present church occupies a site
on the estate of Braidwood on the north
side of the road opposite the churchyard.
Designed by Thomas Brown, architect,
Uphall, it was built by Thomas Creak,
Temple, at a cost of £868 in 1831-2, and
was ready for occupation in April-May of
the latter year. Near the gate an offering
house was built. The bell pertained to the
old church. In part at least the manse has
been built upon the walls of the buildings
of the Templar Preceptory; and there have
been found on the west side of the manse
grounds traces of an old wall running
parallel to and near the ravine of the South
Esk. The patronage of the Church of
Clerkington was granted in 1338 to New-
battle Abbey by Christine Bisset, Lady of
Clerkington, widow of Sir John Bisset, Kt.,
with confirmation in 1359 by her son,
Walter Bisset. Later its fruits belonged to
the Collegiate Church of Corstorphine.
The site of the church, within the grounds
of Rosebery, is marked by several old
tombstones. The Chapel (or Church) of
Moorfoot, now in a very ruinous condition,
is situated a short distance from Moorfoot
farm. It was linked with the lands of Moor
foot, which in 1142 were granted to New-
battle Abbey by David I.
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TEMPLE
[PRESB. OF DALKEITH
Temple was formerly called Balantroda.
To the Knights Templars David I gave a
grant of the lands of Balantrodach, where
they established their first seat. In 1312
their place was taken by the Knights of St
John. Friar Thomas was Master of the
Hospital of St John of Jerusalem at Balan
troda in 1354. The church was dissolved
from the collegiate church of Corstorphine
in 1634; and that was ratified by Parliament
in 1646, "that the samine may remaine as
ane several kirke and benefice dismembered
thairfrom." How long the church con
tinued to be used for worship is uncertain.
On 17th Dec. 1669, when Parliament rati
fied the Crown Charter whereby Sir John
Nicolson of Lasswade acquired the barony
of Clerkington including the parsonage and
vicarage and the patronage of the church,
it was decreed that in time coming Nicolson
be "the propper names and designations
respective of the forsaids lands, paroch
kirk, and Parochine." In 1749 reversion
was made to the name Clerkington. — [Acts
Scott. ParL, v, 433, vii, 425; Reg. Great
Seal i, 326, App., ii, 1173, 1218; Retours,
iii, 212, xlvi, 166, 170; Hist. MSS. Commis.
Reports, iii, 414; Charters of Newbattle,
292-3, 295; see Corstorphine.]
JOHN BROWN, reader, \562.—[Comps.
1562 Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JOHN B ARBOUR, pres. to vicarage
2nd Jan. 1577 (see under Penicuik)
on death of Sir William Henderson.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 631.]
ROBERT MOWAT, his son, John,
1690
apprentice to John Baillie, surgeon,
1st March 1682.
ARCHIBALD WALKER, his daugh.,
Ann (marr. proc. 7th Nov. 1762
Archibald Walker, merchant, Perth).
1738
1789
JAMES GOLDIE, line 6, for "1897"
read "1789." Jointly with the
Earl of Roseberry and Robert
Dundas of Arniston in 1840 founded and
endowed at Toxside a school to provide
elementary education for children of the
labouring classes in the south-west portion
of the parish. — [Heritors Records, 25th Jan.
1883.]
THEOPHILUS SMITH, his widow,
1843
Roberta Florence Smith, died 19th
Nov. 1943.
JAMES WILLIAM BLAKE, dem. 13th
1881
June 1935; died at Balerno 4th Jan.
1943; his wife, Beatrix Hewat, died
16th Feb. 1919; his son, Alexander Kirk-
wood, died of wounds in France 16th June
1916.
PRESBYTERY OF HADDINGTON
ABERLADY
In the churchyard there was a chapel
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. At Kil-
spindie on the north-west side of the village
there is said to have been a Culdee settle
ment. Within the policies of Luffness, a
short distance south-west of Luffness
House, are the ruins of the church of the
Carmelite Friary of Luffness, with its
churchyard. In the first half of the 18th
century part of the cloisters and portions of
the walls of the place still survived. In the
north wall of the east end of the church
there is an arched tomb with a solid stone
coffin and the effigy of a knight with shield
on breast and sword in hand. In 1723 it is
described as "the tomb of Bickerton,"
evidently one of the family of that name,
who, in the latter part of the 1 3th century
and the first part of the 14th, in the persons
of Walter and John de Bickerton, held
Luffness off the successive crown vassals,
Robert de Pinkeny and his brother and
heir, Henry. It may be that the friary was
founded by a member of the Bickerton
family in the 13th century, the period to
which the ruined church appears to belong.
In 1361 it received a charter from David II;
but no details are available. In 1335-6 it
is narrated that from the lands of Luffness
there was payable to the friary the sum of
ten merks in alms annually as "constituted
of old. ' ' The friary also held other lands
and tenements, including five tenements in
the town of Aberlady. At Ballincrieff there
was a hospital dedicated to St Cuthbert and
said to have been founded in the 12th
century. On 23rd Nov. 1296 it is stated
that from the two mills of Ballincrieff the
hospital received twenty shillings yearly as
alms from the late Robert de Pinkeny, as
from the foundation of his ancestors, and
that by the gift of said ancestors and said
late Robert it possessed nine bovates and
nine acres of land. At Edinburgh Castle
on 29th July 1291 Walter, Master of the
Hospital, swore fealty to Edward I; and
similar fealty was sworn at Berwick on 28th
August 1296 by William Tornall, Guardian
of the Hospital. At Gosford there was
another hospital, said to have been asso
ciated with the Collegiate Church of
Dunglass. The site, Red Spittal, may indi
cate that the house belonged to the Red
Friars; and the place may be identical with
the establishment of Red Friars in this
parish, which is said to have been founded
by the Earl of Dunbar (Patrick, 7th Earl,
died 1289) in 1286. The vicarage of the
church was erected a prebend of Dunkeld
Cathedral by Bishop Lauder of Dunkeld
1452-76.— [Retours, i, 173; Cat. of Docs.
Rel to Scotland, ii, 125, 227, iii, 338, 386;
Reg. Great Seal, i, 24, App. II, 1381, vii,
258, 1666; Haddington Sas., v, 635, f. 248;
Ragman Rolls, 19, 147; Procs. Soc. of Anti
quaries, iii, 299; and Plate xxx; Macfarlane's
Geog. Collections, i, 374, S.H.S.; Walcott's
Anc. Ch. of Scotland, 385; Chalmer's
Caledonia, iv, 520.]
GEORGE ADAMSON, reader, in office
28th July 1574, when he was called
Addesoun.— [Edin. Test., iii, 197.]
WILLIAM KEMP, son of John K.,
1567
prebendary of Aberlady 10th Oct.
1567.— [Reg. of Deeds, vii, 158.]
1577
ROBERT SINCLAIR, pres. to vicarage
27th Feb. 1577 on death of Walter
Kemp.— [Reg. Pres.Bene., i, (2), 67,]
JOHN KER, as min. here pres. to
vicarage 30th Nov. 1593 on death
of Robert Sinclair.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvi, 7.]
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ABERLADY— ATHELSTANEFORD
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW BLACKHALL, pres. on
succession to John Ker. — [P. S. Reg.,
Ixxii, 190.]
JOHN GRAY, eldest son of Andrew G.,
merchant, Haddington. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Durie, xxi, 197.
1684
ADAM GLASS, bapt. 2nd Nov. 1673,
1687 y°un§est son °f Alexander G. of
Sauchie and Marion, daugh. of
James Rae of Cultonhove; marr. 30th May
1698 Helen Hamilton, and had issue —
Alexander, born 4th Dec. 1699; Marion,
born 5th Aug. 1702; Helen, born 29th Nov.
1704; Thomas, merchant, Stirling, born 3rd
March 1706; Adam, born 13th April 1707.
— [Foulis of Ravelstoun Ace. Book, xxiii;
Turnbull's Diary, 374.]
THOMAS CALDWELL, app. Depute
Clerk of Assembly, 23rd May 1946;
D.D. (St Andrews, 27th June 1947.]
ATHELSTANEFORD
The church belonged to the Priory of
Haddington. At the Byres there was a
chapel dedicated to St Lawrence, which in
1328 David Lindsay, Lord of Crawford,
granted to Newbattle Abbey, along with
2\ acres of land beside the chapel for a
house to be built, and grazing in the com
mon pasture of Byres, the abbey to supply
the chapel with a monk or secular priest,
and keep it in repair. The church was dedi
cated by Bishop de Bernham on 7th April
1244. It was built about the middle of the
12th century by Countess Ada, daughter
of the Earl Warrenne and Surrey, and wife
of Prince Henry of Scotland, and given by
her to the Priory of Haddington. The
present church was built in 1784. To
Bernard Eraser of Drem Gilbert, Prior of
St Andrews 1166-8, granted permission to
have a chapel at Drem in return for certain
lands and with oblations and obventions
for the Church of Haddington which was
then the mother church. On the same
conditions the permission was repeated by
Simon, Prior of St Andrews, who in 1225
resigned the office to become Prior of Loch-
leven. About 1412 William, Lord Lindsay,
founded the Lady Chapel of Drem for
himself, Christian, his wife, etc., and en
dowed it with certain lands and tenements
at Drem. In 1483 the chapel was annexed
to the ' ' Chaplainrie and Alterage foundit
within the paroche kirk of St Andrews at
the altar called the Trinity Altar, situat
within that part of the said paroche kirk
callit the Lord Lindsay's Yle." In the
garden west of Drem House are the ruins
of the Chapel of St John, probably of the
15th century, which belonged to the
Knights Templar. At Fortune there was a
hospital with lands attached, which about
1268-70 were given to the House of the
Red Friars at Houston, Prestonkirk, by
Christina de Moubray, widow of Sir
Bernard Fraser of Fortune and Linton. —
[Chart, of Newbattle, 117-20; Cal. of Papal
Letters, xii, 114-6; Reg. Great Seal, iii,
30, 2569, vii, 71; Reg. Priory ofSt Andrews,
40, 322; Re tours, xx, 94; Acts Scott. Par I.,
W, 449; Proc. Soc. of Antiq., 1887-8, 27-8;
Eraser's Haddington Bk., ii, 227; Lock-
hart's Ch. in Scotland in \3th Century.]
THOMAS HEPBURN, M.A., min. in
156g 1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.]
JOHN AUCHINLECK, alias John
1573
Affleck; was a Friar of the Grey-
friars' Friary at Haddington, and
became Warden in 1560; reader at "Elstan-
furd Jesus" in 1573, the expression mean
ing, perhaps, that he held as his stipend
as reader the revenues of an Altar dedicated
to our Lord, St Salvator, in Athelstaneford
Church; no trace of him after 27th Nov.
1577.— [Bryce's Scott. Grey friars, 188 and
193.]
JOHN SIMSON, still in office 1590.—
1578 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JAMES CARMICHEAL, min. of
1590
Haddington, pres. to vicarage on
dem. of John Simson. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 4.]
JOHN JENKINSON, marr. (2) Kathe-
rine, daugh. of Alexander Cunning
ham, farmer, Whitekirk; his daugh.
Beatrice, is said to have received a diamond
HADDINGTON]
ATHELSTANEFORD— BOLTON
87
ring from Prince Charles Edward ~[Soc.
ofAntiq., 19th Dec. 1931.]
ROBERT BLAIR, his son, William,
1731 merchant, Edinburgh.
1778
GEORGE GOLDIE, his daughs. Janet
died 13th Aug. 1833; Clarissa (marr.
25th Aug. 1824).
WILLIAM RITCHIE, his wife, born
1805
10th Dec. 1799; his son, Andrew,
died 9th Nov. 1883.
JOHN MORRISON WHITELAW, line
1 846 15, read ' ' Bishop Bree. ' '
THOMAS OGILVY DUNCAN, dem.
1912 5th Nov. 1935; died 20th May 1942;
his daugh., Mary Somerville Pater-
son (marr. 2nd Dec. 1925 Frank Ythol
Bethell, Lieut. R.N.); his widow, Jessie
Somerville Paterson, died at Moffat 19th
June 1943. Publication — Athelstaneford —
A Poet Haunted Parish in East Lothian
(1934).
BOLTON
In the time of William the Lion, ap
parently about 1200, William de Vipont,
eldest son and heir of William de V. and
Lady Emma of St Hilary, granted the
church to Holy rood Abbey. — [Holy rood
Charters, 28, 33, 35.]
ANDREW SIMSON, exhorter in 1561,
1561 still in office 1572; also at Saltoun.
— [Comps. Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, reader at Dumfries;
1578 was pres. to the vicarage 29th Sept.
1578 in succession to Andrew Sim-
son and was admitted to the office before
16th Feb. 1578-9 by Patrick Adamson,
Archbishop of St Andrews; on the latter
date David Forsyth, min. at Bolton, and
the parishioners raised an action against
the archbishop, who, not possessed of the
power of visitation in the region in which
Bolton was situated, intruded Sinclair (a
"new minister") in the parish; the
parishioners, who had for the most part
sustained the minister themselves till order
be taken thereanent, had procured a royal
order to the archbishop to receive and
admit David Forsyth; the archbishop
refused because he had given admission
to Sinclair, who was still vicar and reader
of Dumfries and without standing; and on
said admission Sinclair forcibly entered the
church, and took institution to the vicarage,
and left the burgh of Dumfries, and thus
deprived said David Forsyth of a portion
of the teind sheaves of Bolton which be
longed to the vicarage; the Privy Council
referred the matter to the Commissioners
of Parliament; before 20th June 1587
Sinclair was deprived for non-residence. —
[Reg. Privy Council, iii, 95; Reg. Pres. to
Bene., ii, 6; Reg. Sec. Seal, xlv, 71, Iv, 86.]
DAVID FORSYTH, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 1st Nov. 1578, on death
of Andrew Simson. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 8.]
JAMES LAMB, pres. to vicarage 27th
1587
July 1587 on deprivation of John
Sinclair.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., iv, 133.]
JAMES MAITLAND, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 20th June 1587, on deposi
tion of John Sinclair for non-
residence. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 86.]
JOHN MANDERSTON, parson 10th
1602
Aug. 1573, designated "parson and
prebendary ' ' 1 599-1 600.—[Yester
Writs, 771, 972.]
JOHN COURTNEY of Trolingshaw,
1640 his daugh., Margaret.
WALTER PATERSON, had a son,
1665 Francis.— [Deeds, 21st Oct. 1706.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, marr. Eupham,
1692
daugh. of Alexander Reid, writer,
Edinburgh.— [Burgess Roll, llth
Dec. 1700.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, line 3, after
1708 wife add Christian Schiell.
JOHN HAMILTON, his son, Robert,
1743 died 8th March 1809.
88
BOLTON— DIRLETON
[PRESS. OF
THOMAS DRUMMOND, his daughs.
— Mary Euphemia, died 4th Oct.
1928; Anne Rose, died 15th Jan.
1929; Isabella Sangster, died 15th May
1935.
JOHN BARR SERVICE, dem. 1st June
1883
1928; died 17th May 1936; Davina
Shanks, his wife, died 9th Oct. 1923.
ROBERT NINIAN PAISLEY, born
1928
2nd June 1891, son of Robert P.,
min. of Careston; educ. at Brechin
High School and Univ. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1911); licen. by Presb. of Brechin
1919; assistant St Matthews, Edinburgh;
served in Great War as Lieut. 4 Scottish
Rifles; ord. to Ladykirk llth Jan. 1921;
trans, to New Abbey 30th April 1926;
trans, and adm. 8th Nov. 1928; died 20th
March 1948. Marr. 24th July 1917 Kathe-
rine Davidson, youngest daugh. of William
Keith, farmer, Westknock, Old Deer, and
Elspeth Cummin, and had issue — John
Taylor Keith, R.N., born 20th April 1918;
Elizabeth Cumming, born 15th June 1923;
Robert Ninian, born 27th March 1926.
COCKENZIE
GEORGE HOGG, dem. 21st May 1923;
1885
died 20th June 1927. Marr. (2) 22nd
May 1918 Alice Crichton, daugh. of
Harry Edward Page, railway inspector,
Ashbrittle.
THOMAS OSBORNE, born Mother-
1923 well, 29th Nov. 1891, son of William
O. and Mary Twigg; educ. at
Hamilton Academy and Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton March 1921;
assistant St Bride's, Glasgow; Middle
Parish, Paisley; ord. 27th Sept. 1923; dem.
llth Oct. 1942 on appointment as Town
Clerk of Cockenzie, which office he re
signed 15th Sept. 1943; re-adm. to charge
23rd Sept. 1943. Marr. 4th April 1921
Mary Cherrie, daugh. of William Gough
and Margaret C. Watson, and has issue —
Margaret Patricia Frances, born 16th Dec.
1922; Norman Cameron, born 2nd June
1925.
DIRLETON
Beside Dirleton Castle there was a chapel
dedicated to St Katherine. Church re
stored in 1930.
GEORGE HALIBURTON, vicar be-
fore Dec. 1576.— [Edin. Test., v,
135.]
ANDREW McGHIE, had issue,
1597 Patrick.
JOHN McGHIE, his son, John; his
1639
daugh., Margaret (marr. (1) Robert
Hodge, min. of Inverkeithing, and
(2) cont. 24th Nov. 1696 Robert Stewart,
shipmaster, Inverkeithing. - - [Stephen's
Hist, of Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 279.]
JAMES GLEN, bapt. 24th Aug. 1692,
son of John G., min. of Stichell;
marr. 20th June 1718 Elizabeth
Elliot, and had issue — James, bapt. 18th
July 1720; Alexander, his successor;
William.
ALEXANDER GLEN, marr. Ann,
daugh. of John Blackadder of St
Leonards and Catherine Strother
Ker of Littledean, and had issue — Walter,
died 9th Nov. 1809; James, died llth Dec.
1828; Katherine, died 1817; Barbara;
Elizabeth (marr. 1 805 John Finlason of the
Admiralty), died 1831; John, died 185-;
Robert, died 13th Feb. 1824; Ann, died
23rd Nov. 1859.
LAURENCE CHARTERIS, resident in
1688
Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 3rd Nov.
1694.— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 30.]
JAMES SCOTT, line 2, for "1899"
1843
read "1799"; his daugh., Ann, died
13th March 1915.
WILLIAM LOGIE, his sons— Alexan-
1864
der Graham Spears, Capt. R.A.M.C.,
died 1st Nov. 1919; David Brown,
M.B., C.M., died Willington, South Africa,
4th Sept. 1930; his daughs.— Emily Jean
(marr. April 1915 Arnold McCaskill,
Canadian Forestry Corps); Elizabeth Sarah
died at Inverness 17th July 1929; Emily
Jean McCaskell, died 27th March 1943.
HADDINGTON]
DIRLETON— BARO
89
1878
JOHN KERR, died at Harrogate 8th
Dec. 1920; his widow, Marion
Groves, died at Keswick 8th April
1942; his daughs. — Winifred Violet (marr.
4th July 1918 Lionel John Willis, R.E.);
Constance Ursula (marr. 14th July 1928
Frank Ernest Cole, Dulwich); Edith
Kathleen (marr. 9th March 1935 William
Dennis Wivell, Keswick).
NORMAN COUTTS KEITH, trans,
from Earlston (q.v.) 17th May 1915;
died 25th Oct. 1927.
1915
1928
HENRY OWENS WALLACE, born
Mearns, Renfrewshire, 29th March
1895; son of James W., municipal
foreman, and Annie Owens; educ. at
Hamilton Academy and Univ. of Glasgow,
M.A. (1920); served in 2nd Cameron High
landers in Salonica and Transcaucasia
1916-19; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 1921;
assistant Barrowfield, Glasgow; ord. to
Ladhope 7th Sept. 1922; trans, and adm.
26th April 1928. Marr. 8th Sept. 1919
Sarah McNiven Cameron, second daugh.
of William Paterson, and has issue — James,
born 4th April 1920; Margaret Paterson,
born 20th Oct. 1926.
GARVALD
WILLIAM SANDERSON, min. at
1568
Whittingham, also in charge here.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lit hgow, etc.]
THOMAS BROWN, reader 1568-72.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
f . -i
jnes, etc.]
1570
ALEXANDER CHALMERS, vicar,
3rd Aug. 1570, afterwards vicar of
Liberton.
PATRICK GALBRAITH, exhorter;
1571-6
designated 1564-7 Patrick and Sir
Patrick Galbraith, min. at the Kirk
of Garvald. — [Edin. Tests., i, 64.]
JAMES REID, pres. to parsonage and
vicarage 20th June 1587 on death of
Patrick Galbraith.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ivi, 153.]
DAVID OGILL, M.A., son of Henry
1_RO O. of Hartiemurde, pres. to vicarage
8th Aug. 1589 on death of James
Reid.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ix, 43.]
ROBERT FOORD, line 6, for "1667"
1664 read "1664."
WALTER GRAY, son of Andrew G.,
1685
merchant, Haddington, and brother
1839
of John G., min. of Aberlady. Had
issue — Mr John; Patrick; Robert; Mary;
Jean.— [Test. Mary Blair, Edin., 15th Feb.
1737.]
SELBY ORD DODS, marr. only sur
viving daugh. of John Robertson,
merchant, Edinburgh.
JOHN CROSBIE, his daughs.— Jessie,
died 30th April 1934; Margaret
Renwick, died 7th Sept. 1935.
GEORGE DODS, licen. 6th Dec. 1871;
line 24, delete died 14th Nov. 1903.
His son, John Erskine, O.B.E.,
Divisional Food Officer for South-East of
Scotland, died at Cultercraigs, Biggar, 22nd
April 1940; his daugh., Jane Erskine,
D.C.S., died 14th Jan. 1949.
THOMAS LOW, trans, to Newark,
1910 Port Glasgow, 3rd Dec. 1925.
VICTOR WILLIAM WANDS, for-
1876
1926
merly of Nyasaland (q.v. and vii,
710); served in Great War for four
years, in Gallipoli and France; adm. 14th
April 1926; trans to Tweedmouth (q.v.)
19th June 1929.
BARO
ALEXANDER CHALMERS, M.A.,
1563
vicar 17th July 1572. — [Acts and
Dec., xxviii, 210; Reg. of Abbrev.
Feu Charters of Church Lands, i, 118; Cal.
of Charters, x, 2256.]
THOMAS DUDGEON, reader 1567-8.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lit hgow, etc.]
DAVID OGILL, pres. on dem. of Daniel
1594 Chalmers.— [P. S. Reg., Ixvi, 193.]
ALEXANDER TROTTER, line 10, for
1628 "1643" read "1644."
1567
90
GLADSMUIR— GULLANE
[PRHSB. OF
CLADSMDIR
The first church was built at Thrieplaw
in 1650 to serve the west part of Hadding-
ton parish. It continued in use till 1695,
when it was replaced by the church, built
by Sir William Baillie of Lamington, and
now a ruin in the churchyard north from
the present church, which was opened for
worship on 20th Oct. 1839. After 1695 the
old church passed to decay, and its walls
in part were incorporated in colliers'
houses. At a later period four cot-houses
there were designated the "Old Kirk";
and the place, about U miles south-east of
the present church, is now called "Glads-
muir Kirk." At Samuelston, which prior
to the erection of this parish was in the
parish of lladdington, there was a chapel
dedicated to St Nicolas. In the garden
adjoining l.ongniddry House there is a
fragment of a building known as "John
Knox House," from its reputed connec
tion with the Reformer. ---[Ri'tours, xviii,
202; Report, Royal Comm. on Anc. Monu
ments, E. Lothian, 37-8; Memo, Rev. W. R.
Wiseman.]
MUNGO WATSON, man. Helen,
daugh. of William Young in Groat-
hall, and had issue—Helen; Hen
rietta.- [Dm/A- Muck.. 1706, No. 199.]
1759
FRANCIS COWAN, his daughs.-
Janet (marr. Henry Gillies, writer,
Edinburgh; Margaret (marr. proc.
12th May 1796 Joseph Bethune, min. of
Renton Chapel).
GEORGE HAMILTON, his son, John
17*>0 James, died 20th Jan. 1831.
JOHN RAMSAY, his daugh.. Charlotte
1833 (man. 16th Dec. 1856).
WILLIAM MFNZ1ES, pros. 24th March
1871 1871.
WILLIAM BELL TURNBULL, his
, widow, Elizabeth Holgate, died I Oth
Sept. 1918.
WILLIAM REID WISEMAN, had
1914
issue — Ewen Reid, born 21st Sept.
1915; Denis Buchanan, born 12th
March 1917; Sheina Helen, born 6th July
1918 (marr. 28th Dec. 1940 2nd Lieut.
Kenneth Donald Burbridge, architect, son
of Leonard B., Surrey); Gladys Brown,
born 7th Dec. 1920 (marr. 24th July
1943 Vaughan Mackintosh Shaw, Lieut.
K.O.S.B., eldest son of Colonel J. J. M.
Shaw, R.A.M.C.).
GULLANE
About 1170 William de Vaux granted
the patronage of the church to God and
St Mary and the Church of St Nicolas and
the Canons of Dryburgh serving God in
the said Church of St Nicholas on the
island of Elbottle (Fidra), for the soul of
King William, etc. There were reserved
the rights of the Nunnery of South Ber
wick in the church, as contained in the
"writings" (scriptas) made between said
William de Vaux and the nunnery. The
grant was confirmed, apparently soon after
1214, by William de Vaux' son and suc
cessor, John, for the soul of King Alexan
der, etc., and by William, Bishop of St
Andrews 1202 38. The foregoing rights of
the nunnery led to a dispute which was
settled about 1221 when Sir Gregory,
Master, and Froelina, Prioress of South
Berwick, and the convent thereof, sur
rendered in favour of William de Vaux of
Dirleton, and William de Vaux, parson of
Gullane, apparently the uncle of William
de Vaux, all their rights in the church, with
the reservation of what they had when the
lawsuit was moved, and also the teind
sheaves of the lands of Kingston which
they "shall take and hold" after the death
of the said William de Vaux, parson. David
de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews, dedi
cated the church on 8th Oct. 1242, and in
the same year he reduced it from a par
sonage to a vicarage, to be served by the
Canons of Dryburgh, and a priest whose
annual payment was 12 merks. Two years
earlier Alexander de Vaux had confirmed
the patronage of the church to Dryburgh
Abbey. About 1220 William de Vaux
granted to the Canons of Dryburgh the
island of Elbotle itself, and 20 i acres of
the lands of Elbotle on the mainland, the
lands of Stodfauld, etc. Two canons were
IIADDINCilON |
obliged lo reside and celebrate on the
island in the ( lunch of Si Nicholas. But
about 1240 Alexander de Vanx "in con
sideration of the imminent dangers of the
lime-, picscni aiul lo come," relieved Dry-
burgh of the necessity of maintaining (hat
chantry on the island as hitherto, or of
building, or sending canons to live on it.
Instead a canon was to be provided at
Slodfauld on the mainland, and anothci in
Dryburgh, lo pray lor the souls of his
ancestors and successors. It would seem,
therefore, that the Church of St Nicholas,
whose ruins are on the east side of Fidia
about the landing stage, was never really
completed. About the same lime also
Alexander de Vaux confirmed to Dryburgh
the grant of the island of I Ibolle, etc.,
made by William his father in 1220.
Besides St Nicholas ( lunch, there were
other religious foundations in the parish.
The Chapel of Si Mat rick, whose ruins were
still visible in the second half of the 18th
century, was situated on the shore at the
point on the north of (iullane Bay. About
1221 William de Vaux founded at Dirleton
a chapel dedicated to All Saints, for the
privilege of which he paid a stone of wax
annually to (iullane Church, whose rights
in other re-peels were fully conserved. At
the same period on behalf of himself and
his heirs he conveyed to Gullane Church
what services they had to render on their
own charges to the Chapel of St Andrew
at Dirleton. The chaplain of the chapel
had to render fealty to Giillane Church and
also pay annually to the same one pound
of frankincense. At Congalton, on a site
still called chapel, there was founded by a
lord of ( ongalton a chapel, with regard to
which there was made in 1224 an agree
ment between Sir Walter and William de
(iullane, rector of Gullane, whereby the
said William had to supply a chaplain for
the chapel, and in turn was to receive the
oblaiions and olferings made at the same,
while Sir Walter and his wife, and the men
in the town of Congalton, were to attend
at (iullane Church on three festivals, St
Andrew's Day, Christmas, Raster, and at
penances and the Sacraments. In the 15th
century east range of Dirleton ( astle there
is an apartment which was used as a chapel,
with piscina, credence, and hcnalura.
Obviously there was at Stodfauld, some
where on the mainland not fai liom I ulia
Island, a cell or chapel for the celebrations
by a canon of Dryburgh, to which re
ference has been made. About 1225 a
dispute between William de (iullane, rector
of (iiillanr, anil the Nunnery of South
Berwick, regarding what is called the
Chapel of Dirleton, was settled by the
ai biter, William, Bishop of St. Andrews,
on i he basis that the nunnery possess the
chapel with the teinds of Flbotle, Dirleton,
and Karmuchoc, during the lifetime of the
said William, and that the oblations made
a I the chapel by William de Vaux and
other lords of Dirleton pertain to the rector
of Gullane. It is uncertain whether the
foregoing has reference to the nunnery at
Flbotle, a cell of South Berwick, said to
have been founded by David I. South
Berwick had another cell, described as
being near (iullane Church, and also said
to have been founded by David I. There
was at Dirleton a Mouse of the Red Friars.
On 2nd May 1507 Royal Letters of Dona
tion "of the C'hapel of St Andrews in
Dirleton of the Order of the Trinity,
founded by the predecessors of Patrick,
Lord Haliburton, the patron," were made
to "Friar Alexander Blith of the said
Order." The chapel had been vacant for
three years through the failure of the Order
to supply ministrations, and was at the
king's disposal by the death of the said
Patrick. Further information regarding the
house occurs in 1588 in a charter of "the
lands called the Friarlands of Dirleton
extending to 10 merks old measure with
tenement, land, garden lying in the town
of Dirleton, called the Chapelyard, which
pertained to the Minister, Prior, and
Monastery of Fail, and the Prior of Dirle
ton, as part of the temporalities of the
same, and came to the king by annexation,
and which the king incorporated in the
tenandry of Craigllat." At (iullane there
was a hospital of St John of Jerusalem. On
I'Jih April 1557 Patrick, Lord Ruthven,
granted to Janet Stewart, Lady Ruthven, a
charter of the provostry, chaplainries, and
92
GULLANE— HADDINGTON
[PRESB. OF
chapels of Dirleton; and on 19th Dec. 1561
the said Patrick gave to Sir Robert Hoislair,
presbyter, the provostry of the Chapel of
Dirleton, near the castle, with the lands of
Corrige, vacant by the death of Sir Robert
Hoppringill. An altar, dedicated to the
Holy Trinity, was founded by Sir Andrew
Congalton in Gullane Church. The foun
dation was confirmed by George Dundas,
lord of St John 's, preceptor of Torphichen,
on 18th May 1523, and the patronage was
declared to belong to Henry Congalton of
the same.— [Book of Dryburgh, 15, 16-18,
19-21, 23-6, 27-8, 32-7, 232-7; Excheq.
Rolls, xii, 693, xlvii, 155; Reg. Sec. Seal, i,
1470; Reg. Great Seal, iv, 1171, v, 1068;
Cart. Priory of North Berwick, 82; Keith's
Scott. Bishops, 461; Walcott's Anc. Ch. of
Scotland, 379, 385; Armstrong's Map, 1773;
Douglas Baronage, 522; Chalmer's Cale
donia, iv, 507, 519.]
SIR GEORGE HALIBURTON, vicar
1567 in 1567 and 1572.— [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, Dum
fries, etc.]
JAMES CAESAR, dem. 31st Aug. 1936;
1904 his wife, Wilhelmina, died 26th Dec.
1944. He died 15th Aug. 1945.
HADDINGTON
The church with its chapels was granted
to the Priory of St Andrews by David I in
1139. The later building, which is now
generally accepted as the church designated
"The Lamp of Lothian," seems to have
been erected towards the end of the 14th
century or early in the 15th. It suffered
serious damage in 1548 when the English,
who garrisoned Haddington and used the
tower of the church for defensive purposes,
were besieged by the Scots and French. In
a condition of dilapidation it remained till
1562, when work of restoration was
inaugurated, the plan being to "byg, beild,
and reedyfie sufficiently the fabric extending
from the steeple to the west gable, and to
roof in the south tufall" (aisle); the north
"tufal" to be rebuilt, and "lyhts and
glass" provided for the whole building;
afterwards the "croce kirk" (transepts) to
be proceeded with and ' ' perfittit and byggit
with wallis, ruffs, lychts, and utheris
necessaris. ' ' At that time the choir, which
stands roofless, was abandoned. Within
the church there were altars as follows:
Virgin Mary, St Catherine, Holy Trinity,
John the Baptist, Holy Blood, St James,
St Peter, St Nicholas, St Ninian, St John,
St Michael, Holy Rood, Three Kings of
Cologne, St Blaise, St Salvator, and the
two brothers Crispin and Crispinanus,
patrons of shoemakers, whose altar was
upheld by the cordiners of the burgh.
There were altars belonging to the Baxters
and the Fleshers, but these may be in
cluded in the foregoing list. There were
chapels with the following dedications: St
Laurence; St Anne, situated at what is now
St Anne's House; St Catherine, on the
south side of the croft of the Franciscans;
St Kentigern; and St Ninian in the west
area of the town, to the chaplain at which
on 9th March 1488 George Kerr of Samuel-
ston granted in pure alms a tenement on
the north side of the burgh. The Church
or Chapel of St Martin, built probably
about the beginning of the 12th century,
and situated with its graveyard at the east
side of the Nungate, was a dependency of
the nunnery, having been granted by
Alexander of St Martin's. The nave still
survives. At Stevenston there was a chapel,
for the erection of which (chantry and
oratory) William de Golin (Gullane) re
ceived permission from Henry, Prior of St
Andrews 1225-35. On 23rd March 1539-40
the church was designated "the Collegiate
Church of Haddington." which may indi
cate that its organisation had something of
the collegiate form. On the erection of the
Bishopric of Edinburgh in 1633, the church
became a prebend of St Giles Cathedral;
and by Act of Parliament of 1641 it was
separated from the Bishopric of St Andrews
and its disposition given to the Earl of
Haddington. In 1178 on a site about a
mile east of the town a Cistercian monas
tery or nunnery, dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, was founded by the Countess Ada,
mother of Malcolm IV and William the
Lion. In July 1292 Alicia, the prioress,
made homage to Edward I. Similar fealty
HADDINGTON]
HADDINGTON
93
was declared in Aug. 1296 by Prioress Eve,
to whom in consequence the rights of the
nunnery were restored. "Destroyed and
burned by the calamity of wars between
the kings of Scotland and England," in
volving the loss of its writs, the nunnery in
1359 received a Charter of Inspeximus from
William, Bishop of St Andrews. In Hert
ford's expedition in 1544 the nunnery was
burned; and it suffered again four years
later during the invasion under Somerset.
A small part of the graveyard still remains;
and the place is also recalled by Abbey
Village, Abbey Mill, and the Abbey Bridge.
A friary of the Grey Friars, dedicated to
St Duthac, and said to have been situated
where Elm House now is, was founded
prior to 1242. It was given to the flames by
Edward III in 1355. Probably some years
elapsed before the church at least was re
built, for there appears in the Exchequer
Rolls on 14th Aug. 1362 the sum of
£6 13s. 4d. "given to the Minorite Friars
of Haddington for building their Church. ' '
The friary further suffered from fire at the
hands of Hertford 's men in 1 544, and also
during the siege of 1548. Repair followed;
but the church was finally demolished in
1572-3. There were in the church an altar
dedicated to John the Baptist, at the north
wall of the nave, founded on 22nd July
1389 by Sir William Haliburton, laird of
Carlowry, with an endowment of 10 merks
annually from the lands of Drem; an altar
dedicated to St Clement, founded on 4th
Feb. 1494-5 by William Bertram, Provost
of Edinburgh, nephew of Sir William
Bertram, vicar of Swinton; and an altar
dedicated to St Francis. Probably there
was also an altar dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. There was also a friary of the Black
Friars, founded probably in the 13th cen
tury. It may be identical with the religious
establishment cleared away in 1 765 to make
room for the Episcopal church. In the
Church of the Friary there was an altar
called "the Altar of the Holy Rood of
Lucanus." About a mile west of the town
there was a leper hospital dedicated to St
Laurence, founded by Richard Guthrie,
Abbot of Arbroath cir. 1450-5, and be
longing to the Order of Dominicans. It
was refounded in 1480; and in 1532 it was
annexed with its lands to the Dominican
nunnery of Sciennes, Edinburgh. Its site
is at St Laurence House; and its lands are
incorporated in the farm of Spittal Rig.
Before 1 1th June 1478 Sir John Haliburton,
vicar of Greenlaw, erected in the Poldrait
an almshouse dedicated to St Helen. There
was also a hospital dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, the custody of which on 19th July
1319 was granted by Edward II to Thomas
de Gayregrave. A piece of land in the
Poldrait was called St Andrew's Land. By
charter of 24th March 1 566-7 Queen Mary
constituted the Royal Foundation of Mini
sters and Hospitals of Haddington, to
maintain ministers and readers and other
ecclesiastical burdens, and to provide a
hospital for the poor, the mutilated, and
miserable persons, and for orphans and
other children bereft of their parents. The
foundation was granted to the provost,
bailies, town council, and community, and
was to be administered with the advice and
approval of the ministers and Kirk Session.
The endowments were all property and
annual rents, etc., of chaplainries, altarages,
prebends in the burgh, property and annual
rents, etc., of monks in the burgh, annual
rents levied within the burgh for chaplain
ries, altarages, and churches elsewhere in
Scotland, and dues payable from the Com
mon Good of Haddington to churches
outside the burgh. At Garleton (Gamril-
toun-Noble) there was a chapel dedicated
to St Kentigern. The Hospital of St
Laurence near the town for poor men was
under the patronage of the Crown, and
was served by secular clerics and presbyters.
On its becoming vacant in the early part
of the reign of James V, that monarch by
Letters deprived it of its "hospital nature"
and united and incorporated it with the
"religious brothers of the Order of St
Augustine. ' ' None of the Order took up
residence there; and indeed no additional
accommodation suitable for the friars was
provided; and accordingly the king inti
mated to Pope Leo X (1513-21) that he
had appointed his chaplain, Walter Ram
say, to the void house and vacant rectory,
and craved the Pope that the house be
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[PRESB. OF
separated from the Order and restored to
its original position. In the Church of
Haddington there was an altar dedicated
to the Saviour, founded by Mr William
Wawane, official of Lothian. — [Reg. Great
Seal, ii, 610, 1216, 1333, 1836, 2005, 2941,
iii, 364, 1616, 1735, 1962, v, 1776, viii,
2225; Acts Scott. Parl, v, 380a; Retours,
iv, 196, x, 132, xv, 140; Laing Charters, 418;
Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 1710; Reg. Priory of St
Andrews, 324; Hist. MSS. Commis. Reports,
Earl of Home MS., 160; Prynn's Records
of the Tower, iii, 653; Rymer's Foldera, ii,
725, ii, Pt. 1, Ed. 1818, 401; Eraser's Mem.
of the Earls of Haddington, ii, 226; Chal
mers' Caledonia, ii, 683, iii, 422, iv, 507,
513-14; Bryce's Grey friars of Scotland, i,
169, 186, ii, 11-21, 170, 172; Millar 's Lamp
of Lothian, 26, 31, 173-4, 175, 176, 177,
179, 388; Cal of Yester Writs, No. 202,
394; Scott. Rec. Soc.; Exchequer Rolls, ii,
116; Epistolae Regium Scotorum, i, 193-4.]
SIR GEORGE REID, perpetual vicar
1565 8th Feb. 1565-6.
JAMES CARMICHAEL, pres. in suc-
1570
cession to William Walderstoun;
pres. to vicarage 27th April 1581 on
dem. of Robert Bonkle. — [Acts and Decs.,
I, 150; Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 57.]
WALTER BALCANQUAL, formerly
exhorter at Aberdour and Dalgety;
On 27th Feb. 1572-3 the Town
Council "inducit Mr Walter Balcanqual
to read the common prayers in the Kirk at
vii hors befor noon in summer, and viii
hors in winter, and that on Sunday,
Wednesday and Friday, and to be Clerk to
the Session and Doctor in the school
during the space of one year from the date
thereof" (interlined Martinmas next), and
resolved annually "to pay sd. reader 5
merks"; adm. to St Giles in 1574. — [Lamp
of Lothian, 190; Ross's Aberdour and Inch-
colm, 213.]
ROBERT BONKLE, pres. to vicarage
29th Nov. 1574, vacant by death of
Sir William Scott of Balwearie; dem.
before 14th Oct. 1580.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xl,
II, 90; Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 41.]
HENRY CHAPMAN, reader.— [Lamp
1578 of Lothian, 190.]
PATRICK BOYLE, pres. to vicarage
14th Oct. 1580 on dem. of Robert
Bonkle.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 41.]
JOHN KER, on 17th Aug. 1582 he was
1585
appointed Master of the Grammar
School for five years; and he also
acted as minister in Mr Carmichael's
absence; on 19th Nov. 1585 he received
from the burgh 100 merks "in full satis
faction for the parts of the sd. burgh
alanerlie of his service done in the function
of minister of the Word of God to the hail
parishioners there of these divers years
bygon." — [Lamp of Lothian, 194-5.]
JAMES FORMAN, son of James F.,
1678 portioner of Inveresk.
JOHN CURRIE, his son, John, appren-
1704
ticed to David Spence and George
Miller, merchants, Edinburgh, 8th
May 1734.
PATRICK WILKIE, born 2nd Feb.
1?21 1685; marr. (1) 12th Aug. 1719; his
daughs. — Janet (marr. proc. 23rd
Jan. 1763); Agnes (marr. Henry Hepburn,
collector of customs, Prestonpans); his
sons — James of Gilchriston, born 24th
Sept. 1733, died 9th March 1825; Patrick
of Island of St Vincent.
JOHN COOK, his daughs.— Helen, died
Haddington 17th May 1933; Martha
Mary, died 17th March 1934.
1843
WILLIAM ROSS, his widow, Emilie
1874 Alder Fisher, died llth Jan. 1923.
ROBERT NIMMO SMITH, his widow,
Mary Ann Tod, died London 22nd
March 1928.
1880
GEORGE WAUCHOPE STEWART,
1913
D.D. (Edinburgh, March 1923);
licen. 15th May 1887; line 13, for
"1912" read "1911"; died at Edinburgh
21st Sept. 1942; was Joint Convener of
Public Worship and Aids to Devotion
Committee; revision of Church Hymnary
and Anthem Book; was one of the greatest
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authorities on church music; his daugh.,
Catherine (marr. 17th Aug. 1926 Ralph
Laurence, elder son of Harry Heffer,
Cambridge.) Addl. Publication — Music in
the Church.
HADDINGTON
SECOND CHARGE
WILLIAM TRENT, his son, Archibald,
1636
apprentice to William Hamilton,
merchant, 23rd April 1673; his
daugh., Marion (marr. Robert Merchiston,
min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta). — [G. R. Sas.,
2 Ser., xi, 228.]
EDWARD STEDMAN, his daugh.,
1731 Martha (marr. proc. 1st June 1766).
ROBERT SCOTT, marr. Jane, daugh.
1772 of Andrew Elliot of Howford.
1868
WILLIAM SIBBALD, his wife's
mother was Mary Davis, a free
negro woman.
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT, born 28th
18Q1 June 1876; his son, Harry Crichton,
died at Sydney, N.S.W., 21st July
1933; his daugh., Edith Mary (marr. 26th
Aug. 1920 Robert Douglas Osier, M.B.,
C.M., South Africa).
WILLIAM JOHN FORBES, died 4th
1918 Nov. 1946.
HADDINGTON ST MARTIN'S
GEORGE GRIER, his daugh. Isobel.
1603 — [G. R.Sas., xii, 69, 4th Nov. 1622.]
HUMBIE
The church was granted to Dunfermline
Abbey by Alexander I 1107-24. In the
12th century the parish was described as
the Parish of Addockis Ket (Keith) and
Siwynis Ket, apparently with the name of
the person to whom each district belonged.
In a dispute between Dunfermline Abbey
and the Church of Crichton, it was decided
in 1199, in the time of Pope Innocent III,
that the Chapel of Keeth should belong for
ever to the Church of Crichton, one merk
silver to be paid annually by Crichton
Church to the abbey. In the Rental of
Kelso Abbey in 1567 Humbie appears
under "Lands" and under "Kirkis and
Teinds."— [Reg. of Dunfermline, 3, 48-69,
96-7; Reg. of Kelso, ii, 492-3.]
WILLIAM FRANK, vicar, 1566; still
in office 1576. — [Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.]
1566
ANDREW SIMSON, min. at Ormiston,
1574 had also charge here.
THOMAS CHARTERIS, marr. daugh.
1646 of John Byres of Coates.
JAMES HAMILTON, marr. Agnes
Swinton, to whom he disponed his
estate 14th Dec. 1699 prior to his
going north.
GEORGE WEIR, his daugh., Jane
1843 Broomfield, died 30th Sept. 1915.
ROBERT BALDOCK SCOTT, trans.
1905 to Row, 9th Nov. 1922.
JOHN ANNAND FRASER, born 21st
1923 June 1894, son of Charles F., min.
of Croy; educ. at Robert Gordon's
College, Aberdeen, and Univ. of Aberdeen
and Edinburgh, M.A. (1919); served in
Gordon Highlanders in Great War; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th June 1921;
Assistant at St Matthew's, Edinburgh; ord.
19th April 1923; trans, to Hamilton Second
Charge 14th May 1931; M.B.E. (1940).
Marr. 30th Sept. 1925 Leila, eldest daugh.
of Colonel Ewen Campbell, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Leila Campbell, born 9th
Aug. 1926; Charles Annand, born 16th
Oct. 1928.
KEITH MARISCHAL
ANDREW SIMSON, min. at Ormiston,
1574 had also charge here. See Ormiston.
MORHAM
The church was annexed to the Colle
giate Church of Bothans (see Yester).
JOHN WHITE, M.A., reader, parson
1565
and minister 1568-9. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
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MORHAM— NORTH BERWICK
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW MELVEN, died Feb. 1689.
1663
(P.C., xiv, 257). Marr. Elizabeth,
daugh. of Alexander Douglas, W.S.,
and had issue — Andrew, died young; Jean
(marr. Robert Meldrum, min. of Yester);
Eliza, killed by a fall of a house in Holland
with Lady Dundee; Isobel (marr. George
Robertson, Haddington); Margaret; Ann,
born 1671 (marr. Gideon Guthrie, min. of
Fetteresso); Mary (marr. James Robertson,
stationer, Edinburgh).
1894
JAMES MITCHELL PATTULLO,
dem. 20th June 1923; died 28th May
1 943 ; his wife, Agnes, daugh. of James
Cranstoun of Tinwald House, Dumfries.
NORTH BERWICK
The church was situated on the "Auld
Kirk Green" near the harbour. Before
1199 it was granted to the Nunnery of
North Berwick by Malcolm, son and suc
cessor of Duncan, Earl of Fife. In the
church were an altar dedicated to the
Virgin Mary, for the support of a chaplain
at which Agnes Faulaw, wife of Robert
Lauder of the Bass, and daugh. of George
F., burgess of Edinburgh, with consent of
the said Robert, on 20th Oct. 1491 granted
a charter of 10 merks annually and 5 merks
annually from tenements in Edinburgh and
Leith respectively, for celebrations of the
souls of King James IV, etc., and of her
late husband, William Carreboris, burgess
of Edinburgh; an altar dedicated to St
Ninian, in the north transeptal aisle; an
altar dedicated to ' ' Our Lady of Peace, ' '
erected in St Ninian 's aisle with consent of
the bailies and community of North Ber
wick in 1497 by William de Carrick, in-
dweller in Mains of Tantallon; an altar of
the Holy Rood; and an altar dedicated to
St Sebastion. In addition to St Ninian 's
aisle there was an aisle of the Lauders of
the Bass called "ye lords of bassis yill."
About the middle of the 17th century the
church was in a decayed condition, and it
passed out of use soon after 1656. In 1659
there was begun the erection of a new
church on a site on the east side of Law
Road, which after considerable delay was
completed in 1664 and was used for the
first time on 5th June of that year. All that
now remains of the earlier church is a
small vaulted building which had projected
from the south wall. Corrosion by the
waves has gradually carried away the
graveyard, which does not appear to have
been in use after 15th April 1673. During
the period between the abandonment of the
old church and the completion of its suc
cessor, worship was conducted in "the
great tenement or Lodgeing" within the
burgh, belonging to William Dick of Braid,
the site of which is now occupied by the
Dalrymple Hotel. In 1770 the church of
1659-64 was in great part rebuilt and at the
same time enlarged, and the tower erected;
and in 1828 it was re-seated. Forty-six
years later attention was turned to the pro
vision of a new church. The last service in
the old church was held on 3rd June 1883,
and its roofless walls stand in the church
yard. On the south-east corner is a sundial
purchased in 1680 and bearing the dates
1660 and 1770. On the east side of the
tower in a mutilated condition is another
sundial of date 1679. The new church,
erected on the site of the old manse in High
Street in accordance with a design pre
pared by Sir Rowand Anderson, was
opened for worship on 10th June 1883.
The design was completed by the addition
of the tower and porch in 1907. In the front
of the north gallery is a clock which was in
the Luchie Loft of the preceding church,
and is said to have been a gift in 1770; and
in the vestibule is the bell which was in use
in all the three churches, and passed out of
use in 1928 when a new bell was given by
Mr J. R. Menzies of West Links House, in
memory of Mr J. R. Burt, minister of the
parish 1904-28. It has this inscription:
" Jacobus Monteath me fecit Edinb. . . . gh
pro templo de North Berwick Anno
Domini 1642, Ipero Meliora." On the
Bass Rock are the ruins of St Baldred's
Chapel, "newly erected in 1492 by Robert
Lauder of the Bass, ' ' who himself was the
lay rector and patron. Designated the
"paris kyrk in the craig of the Bass," it
took the place of a cell founded by St
Baldred; and it was consecrated and dedi
cated on 5th June 1542 by Mr William
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Gibsone, suffragan of Cardinal David
Beton, Archbishop of St Andrews, in the
presence of Mr John Lauder, Archdeacon
of Tweeddale. The intrusion of this parish
church into the parish of St Andrews'
Church which belonged to the nunnery led
to a dispute between the nunnery prioress
and Robert Lauder, the outcome of which
is not known. There was also a chapel at
Tantallon Castle. Apparently in or about
1150 Duncan, Earl of Fife 1136-54,
founded a Cistercian nunnery on the lands
called Gillecameston given to the nunnery
by himself. To the nunnery Earl Duncan
also gave two hospitals, built and endowed
by him in connection with the Earl's
Ferry. One was situated at the port of
landing on the south side, the harbour of
North Berwick, and the other at the port
of landing on the north side, Ardross, in
Fife. The hospitals were for "poor folk
and pilgrims." On 10th Oct. 1242 the
church of the nunnery was dedicated to
the Virgin Mary by Bishop de Bernham.
It would appear that at first the nunnery
was governed by a prior or master, and a
prioress. While we find a sub-prioress
acting as the head in 1220, James, Prior,
occurs in 1238; and he is probably identical
with James, Master, who is mentioned
about the same time. Master and prioress
are found together representing the nun
nery in 1254-9; Master again occurs in
1293; and on 28th Aug. 1296, William,
"vicairie de eglise de Laneta," warden of
the nunnery, swore fealty to Edward I.
Thereafter Prioress alone occurs. An
alternative designation in 1383 is abbatess.
In addition to lands, etc., the nunnery held
the following churches: North Berwick,
granted, as we have seen, before 1199 by
Malcolm, son of Duncan, Earl of Fife, and
himself Earl of Fife 1203-29 in succession
to his father; the gift was supplemented by
the perpetual vicarage of the church, which
was given by Bull of Pope Clement VII
18th Feb. 1383^, the nunnery being held
bound to appoint a chaplain to minister at
the church and have the cure of the souls
of the parishioners, and also to provide for
him a fixed stipend; Logic (Airthrey), con
firmed by Simeon, Bishop of Dunblane,
about 1178; Kilconquhar, granted about
1200 by Duncan, Earl of Fife 1154-1203,
while Adam, lord of Kilconquhar and Earl
Carrick, resigned the patronage of the
church and ratified Earl Duncan's con
cession of the same to the nunnery on 16th
Feb. 1266-7; Kirkbride in Carrick (now
united with Maybole), confirmed by Joce-
line, Bishop of Glasgow, in 1199, on the
petition of Roger de Sealebroc; Largo,
granted by Duncan, Earl of Fife 1 154-1203,
and confirmed by Malcolm, Earl of Fife,
1203-29, and by William, Bishop of St
Andrews, 1203-34; Maybole, granted by
Duncan, 1 st Earl of Carrick, who died on
13th June 1250. Upon the condition of the
nunnery in the 14th century light is thrown
by a petition presented to Pope Gregory XI
by Beatrice the prioress, and "the greater
and more sane" portion of the nuns. They
narrated that to the nunnery, which was
known to occupy a notable and prominent
site, resorted nobles and other secular
persons, and that this intercourse had in
creased of late from the building of a
number of castles and forts in the neigh
bourhood. The result was that the nun
nery, aiming to render the highest service,
had lapsed from devotion, and its sacred
cult had suffered great diminution and
fallen into contempt; and the said prioress
and nuns genuinely feared that greater
hurt and more irreparable scandals would
follow in the future, unless the remedy
suggested by them was applied. It was that,
as exit from and entry to the nunnery had
been notoriously open from the time of its
foundation, the access of such persons as
had been mentioned should be prevented
by a perpetual enclosure, and that the
prioress and nuns should be ordained to
live in continual seclusion within the walls
of the monastery. The Pope, in reply, on
12th Aug. 1375 gave a mandate to William,
Bishop of St Andrews, ordaining an en
closing wall to be built at the expense of
the prioress and convent, and that the
prioress and nuns reside within the en
closure and continue so to do in all time
to come notwithstanding any statutes or
practices to the contrary. That, however,
was not the only trouble that befell the
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NORTH BERWICK
[PRESB. OF
nunnery. In the Papal Bull 18th Feb.
1383-4 annexing the perpetual vicarage of
the Church of North Berwick to the nun
nery, there were given as reasons for the
annexation the oppressions and hardships
caused by the frequent devastations of the
plundering of the nunnery possessions
through the ravages of war, and the
lamentable burning of the church by an
invading enemy. The church, however, was
rebuilt; and there are records that in it
were a chapel of John the Baptist 4th Jan.
1 524-5, and an altar of the Holy Rood, of
which on 3rd March 1539-40 Sir William
Fowlar was chaplain. At the Reformation
the prioress and nuns were dispersed, and
the buildings, with the exception of the
church and cloisters, which still survived
at 28th Jan. 1568-9 but had disappeared
before 12th Jan. 1587-8, became ruinous.
"The Mansion or lodgeing called the
Newark" was built on part of the site
before 28th Jan. 1568-9, and became the
chief residence of Sir Alexander Home, son
of Patrick H. of Polwarth, to whom a
Crown Charter of 20th March 1587-8 con
veyed the possessions of the nunnery, at
the same time creating them into a barony.
An Act of Parliament of 1592 ratified the
infeftments of Sir Alexander Home, and
another Act of 1597 dissolved the nunnery.
The existing ruins appear to belong to the
period immediately after the Reformation.
In addition to the Ferry Hospital at the
harbour there was a hospital for poor
brethren (monks) which was situated on a
site now occupied by the Dalrymple Hotel
in Quality Street. Described in 1544 as
"built by the late Robert Lauder of the
Bass," presumably Robert Lauder 1495-
1579, it had an endowment of 20 merks
annually from lands on the south side of
the street of the burgh of Lauder, and other
lands, including " Lawrenceland, " within
the liberty of the said burgh. To the per
petual chaplainry of the shrine or chapel
attached to the hospital, Sir Robert Lauder
of the Bass, the patron, appointed George
Lyall in Sept. 1560 in succession to the late
Sir James Cowhen (Cowan), and invested
him in possession by presentation of the
key of the said chapel and the lodging built
over it. — [Carte Mon. de North Berwic, xi,
xvii, 4-15, 19-20, 31, 37-8, 40, 47, 54-5, 71,
76-7, 84-5; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 2068, iv,
55, 382, 1598, 1599, 1919, v, 1492; Reg.
Sec. Seal, ii, 579; Acts Scott. ParL, iii, 601,
iv, 157, vii, 156b, 157a, x, 303; Excheq.
Rolls, x, 770, xiv, 619-20; Retours, xx, 94,
xli, 174; Reg. of Dunfermline, 131-3; Cal.
of Docs. Rel. to Scotland, ii, 208; Cal. Papal
Reg., Letters, iv, 212; Extractae V arils
Cronius Scocie, 255; Theiner's Vet. Monu-
menta, 355; Dalrymple 's Collections on
Scott. History, 268; Fraser's Douglas Book,
iii, 165-6; Miss. Scott. Hist. Soc., iv, 309,
334-5; Lockhart's Ch. in Scot, in \3th
Century, 52; D. B. Swan's Parish Church
ofSt Andrew, North Berwick.}
ALEXANDER WOOD, M.A., 1568,
also vicar of Largo (q.v.). — \Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
PATRICK CREECH, trans, to Jed-
1568 burgh 1574.
ROBERT LAUDER, reader 1569-71.
1569
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lit hgow, etc.]
WILLIAM GALBRAITH, reader.—
1611 [MS. Min. Book, 22nd Sept. 1611.]
HENRY AITKENHEAD, his daugh.
Isobel, not Helen (marr. Archibald
Riddell, min. of Trinity, Edinburgh).
1628
GEORGE MURRAY, had also issue,
1729 Jane.
MATTHEW MURRAY, his son, Hugh,
died 1846; his daugh., Mary Simp
son, died 1876; his son, John,
preacher, died 1799; his daugh., Janet, died
25th Oct. 1767.
1758
HENRY DAVID HILL, marr. (1) 1st
1792 Oct. 1802; (2) 1818.
GEORGE MURRAY, his daugh., Ann,
1795 died 9th Dec. 1867.
ROBERT BALFOUR GRAHAM, his
daugh., Christian Mary, died 17th
1822
May 1916; his son, Archibald, died
at Ballarat; John, died at Barrackpore.
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NORTH BERWICK— PRESTONPANS
99
1904
GEORGE WASHINGTON SPROTT,
marr. 29th Sept. 1857; his son,
Harold George Hill, LL.B., died
18th Jan. 1924; his daughs. — Lilias Har
rington, born 4th July 1862, died 27th Nov.
1867; Agnes Jean (Mrs Wylie), died at
London 31st Jan. 1939; Mabel (marr. (2)
16th Aug. 1939 Robert Charles Brown,
Strone, Bridge of Cally).
JAMES ROBERT BURT, licen. 21st
May 1888, dem. May 1927; died
llth Aug. 1935. Marr. 8th Oct.
1919 Anne Calder, second daugh. of
Thomas R. Marshall, Edinburgh; she died
20th June 1945.
RITCHIE DOUGHTY LYON, M.A.,
B.D., trans, from Dunfermline North
(q.v.) 15th Nov. 1928. Issue— James
Doughty, born 27th April 1925; Douglas
Ritchie Doughty, born 22nd Dec. 1929.
PENCAITLAND
The greater part of the church was re
built in 1631 ; but the aisle probably belongs
to the early part of the 1 3th century. The
church was dedicated by Bishop de Bern-
ham 1st May 1242. About 1343 John de
Maxwell, son of the deceased Sir John M.
of Pencaitland, Kt., granted to Dryburgh
Abbey the patronage of the church with
the Chapel of Payston. Subsequent to the
Reformation Payston was attached to
Ormiston. — [Book of Dryburgh, 271; Reg.
Mag. Sig., i, App. H, 944; Lockhart's Ch.
in Scotland in \3th century, 48.]
ANDREW SYMSOUN, designated
1575
min. 18th Oct. 1575; held also
Saltoun. — [Test. Inventories MS.,
Reg. Ho.]
DEAN JOHN CHATTO, vicar 1576.—
1576 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
ALEXANDER VERNOR, son of
1653
Robert V., portioner of Inveresk. —
[Deeds Mack., 1704, No. 361.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, line 38, after
1669 "released" add "Feb. 1653"; his
son, Archibald, buried at Logic 16th
July 1714.— G. R.Sas., xlii, 164; liii, 481.]
1685
JAMES COCKBURN, son of William
1674 C, min. of Kirkmichael, Ayr.
WILLIAM DENUNE, his daugh.
Christian (marr. James Hepburn
Congalton of that ilk).
MATTHEW SIMSON, his son, Adam,
apprentice to James Steel, saddler,
Edinburgh, 30th Dec. 1730.
DAVID PYPER, his daugh. Caroline
(marr. 24th Oct. 1825 James Ander
son Berry).
ANGUS McKELLAR, his wife, Helen
1814 Stirling, died 27th July 1859.
JAMES COULLIE, dem. 30th Sept.
1924, died 25th June 1927; his
daugh., Margaret Evelyn (marr. 18th
Sept. 1921 Rev. John William Arthur,
M.D., O.B.E., Dunbog); his son, William,
Surgeon Lieut. -Commander R.N., died at
Southsea 15th Sept. 1924.
GEORGE GRANDISON MORGAN,
born 15th March 1894, son of John
Morgan and Fanny Miller; educ. at
Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1920); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 2nd May 1923;
assistant, St Mary's, Edinburgh, May 1923;
ord. 26th Feb. 1925.
PRESTONPANS
JOHN BARTONE, M.A., Dean of
Dunkeld, vicar 1567-71. — [Comps.
1872
1925
1567
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
JOHN DAVIDSON; he founded in
Prestonpans "ane schole for teich-
ing Latine grek and hebrew towngis
and Language and for Instructing of youth
in virtue and learning," and he "dotit to
the samin his heretage and all his moveable
and frie gudis for ane perpetuall stipend to
the maisteris at the said schole." By Act
of llth July 1606 Parliament ratified the
erection and all his benefaction to the
school.— [Acts Scott. Parl., iv, 302.]
JOHN KERR, had issue— Margaret,
bapt. 15th May 1606; Andrew,
advocate, bapt. 1607 (delete "died
Feb. 1670"); Robert, min. of Haddington;
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PRESTONPANS— SALTOUN
[PRESB. OF
Margaret, bapt. 16th Jan. 1612; Mary
(twin), bapt. 16th Jan. 1612; Elizabeth,
bapt. 1st Sept. 1614; John, bapt. 16th Nov.
1615; Thomas, bapt. 2nd Aug. 1618.
JOHN OSWALD, line 1, for "1660"
1648 read "1600."
ROBERT RAMSAY, his son, Robert,
1682
apprenticed to George Manson,
barber, Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1712.
ROBERT HORSBURGH. MS. volume
1702 of sermons in Assembly Library.
MATTHEW REID, his daugh., Mar
garet (marr. Oct. 1781 James Car-
1768
michael, writer, Edinburgh).
GEORGE STUART SMITH, died 7th
1889 Jan. 1916.
JOSEPH LOGAN AYRE, trans, from
Kirkcowan (q.v.), 29th June 1916;
died at Lumphanan llth Oct. 1938;
his son, Peter Logan, min. of Kinross; his
daugh., Margaret Robertson (marr. 24th
Oct. 1946 Harold Edward Mackenzie, Uln
Tiram Estate, Johore, Malaya).
SALTOUN
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 21st April 1244. Near the
Castle of Herdmaston there was a chapel
dedicated to St John the Evangelist. About
the beginning of the 1 3th century John de
Sant Clair received from the abbot and
convent of Dryburgh permission to build
the chapel for the use of himself, family
household, and guests, the rights of the
mother church of Saltoun being reserved.
The site with the ruins is in the grounds of
Herdmaston House. — [Retours, xxxv, 162;
Bk. of Dryburgh, 135; Lockhart's Ch. of
Scot, in llth Century, 58.]
JOHN ABERNETHIE, M.A., vicar
1562
1562-71.— [Comps. Gen Coll. of
Thirds; Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlith-
gow, etc.]
JOHN BURNETT, M.A., vicar 1567-
1567 ll'—lComPs- Sub ColL °f Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.]
ARTHUR SIMSON, exhorter in 1568
at
1568 - — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
1578
JAMES GIBSON, pres. to vicarage 9th
Dec. 1581, on death of John Aber-
nethie, after his removal to Pencait-
land; was fugitive before 1st Feb. 1584-5. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 63; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
lii, 1.]
ROGER WILSON, pres. to vicarage
1584 1 st Feb. 1 584-5, vacant before death
of John Abernethie and now vacant
through James Gibson, min. of Pencaitland,
to whom the vicarage had been assigned
as part payment of his stipend, being a
fugitive from the country. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
lii, 1.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, son of
1646
John D. of Garvelt.— [G. R. Inhib.,
3rd July 1663.]
PATRICK SCOUGALL, line 3, for
1659 "1695 "read "1659."
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, line 11, for
' ' Ewes ' ' read ' ' Mackerstoun . ' ' —
[Reg. of Deeds, Durie, civ, 10th
Nov. 1704.]
1684
ARCHIBALD LUNDIE, had issue-
John, born 3rd Sept. 1704; Isobel,
bapt. 15th Aug. 1706; Andrew,
born 14th Dec. 1708, buried 27th March
1716; Archibald, born 3rd Dec. 1710;
Cornelius, born llth Aug. 1716; Katherine,
born 9th Jan. 1720, died 13th July 1788;
Adam, born 30th July 1722.
ANDREW JOHNSTON, line 8, for
1791 "1761" read "1791."
PATRICK FAIRBAIRN, line 15, for
"1855" read "1853"; his daugh.
Marion died at Tunbridge Wells
8th May 1934.
1840
1885
THOMAS ELLIOT SIMPSON
CLARKE, D.D. (Glasgow, 1919),
died 28th June 1923; his daugh.
Jessie Lothian (marr. 1st Sept. 1920 Capt.
James Watt, New York); his son, John
Elliot, died 13th Oct. 1943.
HADDINGTON]
SALTOUN— TRANENT
101
JAMES GRAHAM GOODALL
NICOLSON, ord. 13th Dec. 1923;
1923
1928.
trans, to West Linton, 22nd March
(Parish united with Bolton 1928.)
TRANENT
Bishop de Bernham dedicated the Church
of Tranent on llth April 1244, and the
Church of Seton on 23rd May 1247. In
the parish was a Well of St Clement. At
Seton stood the Hospital of St Germain of
the Order of Cross-bearers with the Star of
Bethlehem, under the rule of St Augustine,
alternatively designated in brief, the Order
of Bethlehem, the Order of St Mary of
Bethlehem, and the Order of St Mary of
the Star. The Order, about which some
uncertainty exists, was one of Canons
Regular of St Augustine, but originally
they may have been simple hospitallers.
They wore a black mantle on which was a
red star with a blue centre, and possibly
they also bore a cross. Of the actual
founding of the establishment there is no
record, but it took place prior to 1222,
when Milone Cornet, prior of St Germain,
appears as a witness of a Holyrood writ.
In 1296 Bartholomew, Master of the Hospi
tal of St Germain, swore fealty to Edward
I; and subsequently the head is designated
Master or Rector, and sometimes both.
The hospital was subject to the Bishop of
Bethlehem, who had the right of collation,
provision, and disposition. The See of
Bethlehem was erected by Baldwin, the
first Latin king of Jerusalem, with consent
of Pope Paschal II; and the bishop was a
suffragan of the Bishop of Jerusalem. After
the expulsion of the Latins by the Saracens
in 1266 the Bishops took up residence in
France, where a hospital was bequeathed
to them by William, Count of Nevers, a
crusader; and thereafter they were ap
pointed by the Pope on the nomination of
the Counts of Nevers, and held a merely
titular dignity. To the Hospital of St Ger
main belonged the churches of Abergairn
(Glengairn) and Glenmuick in Aberdeen-
shire, and Aberlethnott (Marykirk) in
Kincardineshire. In addition to the lands
G*
of St Germain on which it was situated, the
hospital possessed also the lands of Loch-
house in West Lothian; part of the lands
of Kinblethmount in Angus, designated
"the lands of the Hospital House of St
Germain, called the Temple-lands of Kin-
blackmount"; land in Leith on the south
side of the Water of Leith; the lands of
Braidleys in the constabulary of Crail in
Fife; and the land of St Germain at Inver-
keithing. It is likely that to the hospital
pertained also St Germain's acre at Inver-
teil, Kirkcaldy ; but in any case the foregoing
list canot be regarded as exhaustive. In
1372 Sir John Rollo was master of the
hospital. About the beginning of the 15th
century John Rollok, Chaplain of the
Apostolic See, occupied the same position;
and after his death the office was held by
various individuals in somewhat rapid
succession — Roger de Edinburgh, "a no
torious schismatic," deposed in or before
1410; Henry de Ramsay, "of noble birth";
Richard de Maryton, Canon of Scone, in
whose favour Robert, Duke of Albany,
petitioned Pope Benedict XIII in 1410;
John Fleming, secretary of Alexander, Earl
of Crawford, ' * son of a priest and an un
married woman," and chaplain of the
Chaplainries of Kilgeny and St George in
the Church of Dundee; and Richard de
Langlands, priest of the Diocese of St
Andrews, collated and assigned, and pro
vided by John, Bishop of Bethlehem. The
right of each of these was challenged; and
in reality they constituted claimants and
counter-claimants to the office. Later, in
Feb. 1434-5, Dominic, Bishop of Bethle
hem, claimed that the hospital belonged to
the Episcopa Mensa of Bethlehem, as
against the right of Patrick Rode, who had
been collated Master by authority of the
ordinary and its ordinance. Patrick Rode
resigned his claim, and the Pope ordered
the admission of Dominic as Master and
granted to him the hospital itself to hold
as long as he should be Bishop of Beth
lehem. Later Dominic appears to have
withdrawn his claim to the hospital, the
sentence given in his favour not having
been executed. In any case he died soon
afterwards; and thereafter the Bishops of
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TRANENT
[PRESB. OF
Bethlehem seem to have lost St Germain.
In the hands of Dominic's successor as
Master, Patrick Piot, the hospital passed
under a cloud; and in Dec. 1470 it was
charged against him that he "has dilapi
dated the precious movables of that
Church, which is wont to be held by
brethern of the Order of the Cross-bearers
with Star, and in which there have been
wont to be a poor-hospital, and a number
of brethern of the said Order, and has kept
up no hospitality therein nor kept any
brother of the said Order, but on the con
trary has profaned the Church, in which
there used to be Altars and other Chapels,
and the relics of saints, and other ecclesias
tical sacraments, and has allowed and still
allows laymen to dwell therein with their
wives and families, as if it were a private
house, with occasional bloodshed, etc., and
without the celebration of divine offices."
Patrick Piot was deprived of office in or
about 1476, and his successor was John de
Camera (Chalmers), priest of the Diocese
of Aberdeen. The latter ceased actively to
hold the office in 1475, and by Papal Bulls
of 22nd Dec. of that year he received as an
annual pension or in place of a pension 25s.
from the teind sheaves of the ' * vills of de
Bernes and de Ecclesmaldeis (Eglismaldie,
now Inglismaldie) in the parochial bounds
of Aberbthnot (Aberlethnott), belonging to
St Germain's Hospital." The next in
order seems to have been Thomas Piot,
priest of the Diocese of St Andrews, who
was certainly in office in 1486. But less
than a decade later the condition of the
hospital was again revealed as deplorable.
The funds had greatly diminished owing to
continuous litigation, and not within the
memory of man had the institution served
the purpose of its founder. The buildings,
except the chapel, had become ruinous;
and the resources of the hospital were being
applied to secular ends. So runs the narra
tive in the Bull of Pope Alexander VI, 9th
Feb. 1495-6, by which on the petition of
James IV the hospital was annexed to
King's College, Aberdeen. The revenues
of the hospital, amounting to £30, were
thus devoted to college uses, with the
reservation that one ' ' religious person ' ' of
the Order of St Augustine should act as
chaplain at the hospital, and should uphold
and direct the chapel, and that at the
hospital three "poor persons" should be
maintained. It was also provided that
three poor students should be supported at
King's College. On 9th Aug. 1497 Thomas
Piot resigned the hospital in the hands of
William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen
and Chancellor of the University, and
received in return on 1 8th Aug. the Prebend
of Cruden and the vicarage of Banff; and
on 10th Feb. 1504-5 John Chalmers re
signed his right to the hospital and his
pension from the teind sheaves of the
parish of Aberlethnott, and as part com
pensation was appointed to the parsonage
of Fetterneir and the chaplainry of St
Mary Magdalene in St Nicholas' Church,
Aberdeen. On 2nd April 1541 Sir Peter
Hutchesone was chaplain and preceptor
of the hospital; before 12th Aug. 1577 the
office was held by Alexander Moresone,
alias Moreis, son of late Alexander Moreis,
burgess of Edinburgh; and John Smysoun
was in possession before 8th Feb. 1585-6.
The Church of Seton was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham on 23rd May 1247.
On a petition of George, 3rd Lord Seton,
craving that the Church of Seton be erected
into a collegiate church for a provost, 6
canons and prebends, and 2 boys and a
clerk, Pope Paul II gave mandate on 13th
April 1470 to the Bishop of Whithorn and
the Abbot of Newbattle to make enquiries
and, if they saw fit, to carry out the erec
tion. Delay ensued; and the actual erection
was made on 20th June 1493 by George,
4th Lord Seton, following a Bull of Pope
Alexander II in 1492. The collegiate church
had the cure of souls of the parishioners.
In the church there was an altar dedicated
to the Virgin Mary, situated in the aisle of
that name. — [Charters of Holyrood, 49;
Deeds relating to the Homage of Scotland,
134; Cal. of Papal Registers, Petitions, i,
599, 639, Letters, viii, 488, 567, 638, xii,
337, 346, 356; Cal. of Supplications Rel. to
Scotland, 13, 64-5, 83, 85-6, S.H.S.; Fasti
Aberdonenses, 2, 9-11, 15-19, 50-1; Spald-
ing Club; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 850, v, 2744,
vi, 868, 915, vii, 967, 1084, 1568, viii, 197,
HADDINGTON]
TRANENT— YESTER
103
ix, 289; Excheq. Rolls, ii, 445; The Apostolic
Camera and Scott. Benefices, 165, 181, 256;
Retours, vii, 312; Hist, of the Carnegies,
ii, 346; Scott. Hist. Review, ix, 110; Lock-
hart's Church in Scotland in 13 th Century,
50, 56; Stephen's Hist, of Inverkeithing and
Rosyth, 332; James Young's Prot. Bk., 450;
for details of the church see The Family of
Seton and Maitland's Chronicle of the
House of Seton.}
SIR STEPHEN MOFFAT, vicar llth
Nov. 1565.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiv,
46.]
1565
JAMES SMALL, reader, Longniddry,
1568 Oct. 1568.— [Edin. Tests., i, 311.]
1568
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, line 15,
*°r "ab°ve" read " after"; his pres.
was on the death of John Rowand
through Stephen Moffat, present vicar,
giving no compearance. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xlii; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 28.]
ROBERT WALLACE, his widow marr.
1602
(2) Alexander Maxwell of Little
Cessnock. — [Reg. of Deeds, Hay,
ccccix, 22.]
HUGH CUNNINGHAM, his son,
1784 Robert Brown, surgeon, Tranent.
JOHN HENDERSON, his daugh.
Christina (marr. 26th Jan. 1841
Andrew Brown).
1806
ROBERT STEWART, pres. 3rd May
1850 1850.
WILLIAM CAESAR, pres. by Crown
1852 16th Oct. 1851; his daugh., Lily
Walter (marr. Robert Finnic, Rig-
gonhead), died 3rd Nov. 1918; his son,
John Alfred Church, died 6th Jan. 1937;
his daugh., Felicia Livoni Rose, died 31st
March 1945.
ANDREW MIDDLEMASS HEWAT,
1904
died 12th March 1942; his son, John
Ronald, died at Aberdeen 1st July
1937; his daugh. Margaret Constance Doris
(marr. 12th May 1942 George Dudley
Hugh, R.A.F., son of W. H. E. Green,
Felton, Somerset).
YESTER
The usual name was Bothans; but the
church when it was dedicated by Bishop
de Bernham in 1241 was designated the
Church of Yestrith (Yester). It was also
called St Bothans, apparently from a sup
posed connection with St Bathan or
Baithene; but the actual reason for the
designation is not clear. In any case the
church was dedicated to St Cuthbert. In
1708 the church was removed to Gifford.
The old church is near Yester House, and
became a mausoleum of the Hay family.
On 1st Aug. 1420 William Hay, Kt.,
Sheriff of Peebles, Thomas Boyd, Lord of
Kilmarnock, with consent of his son and
heir, Thomas, Eustace Maxwell, and
Dougal McDowel of Malcarriston (Makers-
toun), co-lords of the Lordship of Yester,
and patrons in turn of the Church of St
Bothans, petitioned Henry, Bishop of St
Andrews, for the erection of the church
into a collegiate church; and on 22nd April
1421 the Bishop granted a foundation
Charter. The collegiate church was for a
provost and four chaplains, for each of
whom provision was made, including a
manse and garden. The third chaplain had
reserved for him the whole land of Kirk-
bank, and three husband-lands and five
cotelands in Duncanlaw; and to the fourth
chaplain pertained the fruits of the Church
of Morham which was annexed to the
collegiate church, the annexation to operate
when Morham became vacant, and Mor
ham to be served by a chaplain. Among
other details, all furnishings, ornaments,
candles, etc., were also to be provided by
the founders. There was also a clerk
trained to read and sing at the high altar.
Subsequently the organisation of the
church expanded, and there were the
following prebends: prebend of Morham;
prebend of the Altar of St Mary the Virgin,
on the east side of the church; prebend of
Blans; prebend of the Altar of St Ninian;
prebend of Kirkbank; prebend of the Altar
of the Holy Rood; prebend of the Altar of
St Edmund, King and Martyr, in the south
transept or St Edmund's aisle. There was
also an Altar of our Lord — St Salvator.
Probably the first provost of the church
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YESTER
[PRESB. OF HADDINGTON
was Sir John Richardson, who had been
rector of the church and resigned to facili
tate the collegiate foundation. At any rate
he was provost on 13th Dec. 1432. Suc
ceeding provosts were: Mr Stephen Kerr,
in office on 20th Feb. 1442, and died before
28th May 1454; Sir David Ramsay, rector
of Keryntoun (Carrington), presented 28th
May 1454; Mr Fergus Makdowell, died
before 18th March 1470-1; Mr Andrew
Hay, Clerk to the Diocese of Glasgow,
presented 18th March 1470-1, said to be
identical with Mr Andrew Hay, second son
of Sir David Hay of Lockerworth, and
rector of Biggar, still in office 28th June
1494; Sir Thomas Young, in office 6th
Aug. 1496 and 16th Feb. 1504-5; Mr
Robert Walterston, in office 23rd May
1513, and still on 12th Dec. 1542, resigned
soon after; Mr Thomas Hay, mentioned
on 12th Dec. 1542 as future successor of
Mr Robert Walterston, provost and usu-
fructurer of the collegiate church, described
as Archpriest of Dunbar on 10th Feb. 1542
in a Bull of Paul III allowing him to retain
the said archpresbytery resigned by Robert
Walterston, along with the provostry of
St Bothans, in office as provost 21st March
1542-3, and died before 3rd May 1558;
Mr Andrew Hay, chaplain to the provostry,
presented 3rd May 1558; Sir William
Dobsone, chaplain and prebendary in the
church, presented on 29th July 1540 and
died before 21st Oct. 1566, when Gilbert
Brown, minister of the Church of the Holy
Cross, Peebles, received presentation to the
emoluments of the office. At Duncanlaw
there was a chapel dedicated to St Nicholas.
— [Cal. ofYester Writs, 16, 40, 53, 54, 55,
59, 79, 85, 86, 87, 92, 110, 116a, 152, 153,
162, 229, 235, 285, 354, 393, 478, 569, 601,
602, 605, 682, 684, 855a, 1001, 1057, 1058;
Reg. Great Seal, i, App. ii, 1859; Scots
Peerage, viii, 429; Lockhart's Ch. in Scot,
in 13th Century, 46-7.]
SIR ANDREW HAY (St. Edmont's)
and JAMES TEMPLE, M.A., occur
as Prebendaries 1567.— [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
WILLIAM MACHAMWELL, in office
15?2 1571.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow.]
JOHN HAY, dep. for fornication with
his servant, Margaret Lamb. Was
afterwards min. of Dunlop 168?.
1676
ROBERT MELDRUM, marr. Jean,
1682 daugh. °f Andrew Melvin, min. of
Morham.
JAMES WITHERSPOON, his daugh.
1720 Susan (marr. proc. 17th Aug. 1760).
JAMES INNES, died Father of the
1760
burgh.
Church; marr. Mary, daugh. of
William Hogg, merchant, Edin-
JOHN MUIR, died at Port Bannatyne
1896 13th May 1920.
1920
JOHN GUMMING, M.A., trans, from
St Andrew's, Alloa (q.v.} 27th Oct.
1920. Marr. 24th July 1923 Mary
Graham Herries, daugh. of Thomas
Rogerson, Lochmaben, and Anne Boyes
Herries, and has issue — Archibald Robert
Herries, born 16th Jan. 1926; Ewen
Thomas Elder, born 26th April 1927; John
Graham Rogerson, born 3rd May 1929;
David Patrick Low, born 14th Oct. 1932.
PRESBYTERY OF DUNBAR
BELHAVEN
WILLIAM SORLEY, his son, William
1840
Ritchie, died 28th July 1935; his
daugh., Mary Simpson, died at
London 21st March 1947.
NORMAN MACLEOD, trans, to St.
1914 Bride's, Govan, 8th June 1927.
ALEXANDER JOHN CAIRNS
RITCHIE, trans, from Orwell (q.v.)
7th Oct. 1927; trans, to Culsalmond,
30th Oct. 1947.
COCKBURNSPATH
There was a hospital at Cockburnspath.
South of the village is Chapelhill. Cock
burnspath and Aldcambus were united by
the Lords Commissioners of Teinds before
20th May 1610.
MICHAEL BONKLE, min. at Inner-
1__1 wick, also in charge here. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
THOMAS LICHTON, reader 1571.—
1571 \-ComPs- Sub Co11- °f Thirds, Lin-
lithgow, etc.]
DAVID HUME, for "1574" read
1574 "1576."
1587
JAMES LAMB, min. here 29th July
1587' when ^e was Pres- to t*16
vicarage of Bolton.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
iv, 133.]
JOHN LAUDER, min. 18th Jan.
1599 1598-9.— [Presb.Rec.Fraser Papers.]
DAVID CLUNIE, marr. Grissell,
1689 ^auSh> °f Thomas Thomson, bur
gess of Inverkeithing, and Janet
Mitchell. Issue — Helen (marr. cont. 17th
April 1711 James Ferguson, burgess of
Inverkeithing); Agnes; David, born 1693;
John, born 1695; Andrew, born 1696,
Christian; Thomas, M.A.; Alexander;
merchant, Perth; Mabel. — [Inverkeithing
Burgh Sasines.]
ANDREW SPENCER, pres. 2nd June
1789 1789.
JOSEPH HUNTER, his widow, Jessie
1869 Brand, died 4th Oct. 1935.
GEORGE VICTOR DUNNETT, trans.
1906
to Robertson Memorial, Edinburgh,
4th June 1920.
LESLIE DUNCAN, M.A., adm. 28th
1920
1926.
Sept' 192°'
t0 St
in-the-Fields, Glasgow, 17th May
WILLIAM ERIC KILMORACK
1926 RANKIN, born 12th Aug. 1899,
son of Ewen Archibald R., D.D.,
min. of Kilmorack: educ. at Royal Aca
demy, Inverness; Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1921), St Andrews, B.D. (26th June 1925);
served with Black Watch in Great War;
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 29th April
1925; assistant Paisley Abbey 1925; ord.
28th Sept. 1926; trans, to Second Charge,
St Andrews, 21st Feb. 1925; Chaplain to
Forces 1939; prisoner of war in Germany
June 1940. Marr. 21st June 1927 Irma
Mary Lyell, second daugh. of Cuthbert
Finch, Ramornie, Ellon, and has issue —
Sheila Lois, born 2nd Dec. 1928; John
Finch, born 18th Dec. 1934.
ALDCAMBUS
The church, whose ruins are situated on
the shore not far from Aldcambus, is said
to have been erected in the latter part of
the 12th century. At Aldcambus there was
a hospital for lepers, belonging to Colding-
ham Priory. In the time of William the
Lion (1165-1214), David de Quinwood,
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106
ALDCAMBUS— DUNBAR
[PRESB. OF
baron of Quinwood, son of Arnold de
Quinwood, endowed the hospital by giving
to it and the lepers abiding there, a half
ploughgate of land at Aldcambus, for
merly held by Ralph the Tanner. — [Carr's
Coldingham Priory, 96-7, 98, 265.]
JAMES LAMB, also min. at Cock-
1584 burnspath (q.v.).
THOMAS BONAR, pres. to vicarage
1599
of Simprim on death of Mungo
Home, and to Aldcambus on dem.
of Alexander Lumsden, 7th Feb. 1599.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 448.]
DUNBAR
The earliest Christian settlement is said
to have been associated both with St Abbs
and Old Cambus. Three Northumbrian
princesses, having found it advisable to
seek refuge in Scotland from a virulent
war which had broken out in their father's
dominions, set sail for the Firth of Forth
in a small vessel along with some friends
and domestics. Having been compelled by
a contrary wind to land near St Abbs Head,
they were entertained by the Prior of
Coldingham; and out of gratitude to their
respective saints through whose intercession
they deemed that they had been preserved,
they erected severally a chapel at their
own expense, viz. St Abb's (Ebba) on the
summit of the "Head"; St Helen's at Old
Cambus; and St Bees (Beya) on the shore
at Dunbar. Whatever historical value may
be attached to the story, certain it is that
St Beya was the patron saint of Dunbar.
There was a "St Bais Well" which, as
indicated in a Charter of 1603, was close
to the shore; and the exact locality is
denoted by the modern name Bayswell,
attached to the area overlooking the sea at
the north-east part of the town. But the
chapel or cell there must have disappeared
at an early date, for the medieval church
was situated where the modern church
stands. It has been suggested that that
church was of Saxon style, and that, when
the collegiate church was founded in 1342,
to the east end of the Saxon church or
parish church of Dunbar were added a
Gothic choir and transepts, entrance to the
old west portion being by a Saxon arch.
As completed, the church was cruciform,
with a length of 123 feet, a breadth of 20-25
feet, and the cross-aisle or transepts 83
feet. An altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary
was erected anew in 1342 in the nave or
old portion of the church, and is described
in 1 507 as being ' ' in the parish Church of
Dunbar. ' ' In the church was a chaplainry
called Saulpriestis. Extensive repairs were
carried out on the church in 1779; and
forty years later plans were made for a
new church on the same site. The last
service in the old church was held on 7th
March 1819; on 17th April of that year
the foundation stone of the new church
was laid; and the latter, not quite com
pleted, was opened for worship on 20th
April 1821. Patrick, 7th Earl of Dunbar,
who died at Whittinghame on 24th April
1289, was interred in the north aisle of the
church. At the shore there was a chapel
dedicated to St Anne. Hence the modern
"St Anne's Court." There was also a
chapel dedicated to St John, of which in
the Lord High Treasurer's Accounts of
1501 there is this entry: "Item, the xix day
of October to Schir Andro Wod to the
bigging of Sanct Johne's Chapell in Dun-
bar, x li." Apparently in 1218 Christian
Bruce, 2nd wife of Patrick, 5th Earl of
Dunbar, and widow of William Bruce of
Annandale, "biggit and foundit ane hous
of religioun in the toun of Dunbar, and
gave the sammin with all the rentis and
profittis thairof to God and the brethern
of the Ordour and religioun of the Trinity
(Red Friars), the hous to be subject to the
cure and reull of the minister of the place
and brethern of Trinity at Berwick, the
minister to be haldin to sustene and uphold
in the said place and hous of Dunbar ane
brother of the said Ordour to do divine
service therein." In 1473, on account of
Berwick having been held for many years
by the English, and the Trinity House there
"destroyit and put doun, " the rents, etc.,
of that house were transferred by James III
to the Red Friars of Peebles. This transfer
was held as equivalent to the House of Dun-
bar and its rents, etc., also being transferred
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107
to Peebles; and in Letters of 1st July
1529 to the Ministry and Brethren of
Peebles, James V disannulled all disposi
tions and nominations, etc., to the House
of Dunbar that might impede the House at
Peebles in the use of Dunbar House and
its rents, and ordained Peebles to take all
the profits of Dunbar for the sustentation
of their place ' * to the Honour and Glory
of God and of the Holy Croce there
honorit and kepit." Specially revoked was
the gift of the House of Dunbar made by
the King to Sir John Scharp, Chaplain, on
8th March 1528-9. On 1st June 1558 Friar
Gilbert Brown, Minister of the House of
Peebles, set in feu to James Home in
Dunbar 52 acres of land at Dunbar, rented
20 merks, that belonged to the House
there. The Charter describes the various
lands in detail, and includes also le Mason-
dew in the north part of the town. By
Charter of 31st March 1567 Queen Mary
gave the lands, annual rents, etc., of the
house to the burgh of Dunbar. The house
itself was situated at what is now called
Friar's Croft, south of Friar's Vennel,
where the tower of the church may still be
seen in use as a dovecot. In 1263 Patrick,
Earl of Dunbar, founded a House of White
Friars (Carmelites). All trace of the build
ing has disappeared, but its situation,
according to a Charter of 1576, was on
the north side of "3 acres of lands of
Newtonleys, " in the region of the burgh
common. At the head of High Street there
was a Maison Dieu which was removed in
1728 to make room for a bowling green.
It appears to have been the hospital con
nected with the collegiate church. Within
the burgh there were — Priest's Croft; the
lands of the Virgin Mary; the lands of St
John; the "Frier-land," called the Kirk-
hill; and "the lands Franciscan, the
Frier-landis, ' ' in the vicinity of the church
yard. Queen Mary 's Charter of 3 1 st March
1567 to the burgh included also the lands
and annual rents that once pertained to the
prebends, canons, chaplainries in the col
legiate church and choir of the same, with
all annual rents of lands in the liberty of
the burgh or paid from the burgh common
lands.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 1373, 3145, iv,
1576, 2543, 2978, 3033, 3037, vi, 1418, vii,
442; Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 4110, ii, 203; Lord
High Treas. Accounts, ii, 86; Millar's Hist,
of Dunbar, 186, 187, 191, 192, 195, with
Sketch of Old Church; for account of Col
legiate Church, see Mis. Scott. Hist. Society,
Vol. vi.]
ANDREW SIMSON, M.A., pres. on
1564
forfeiture of John Hamilton, M.A.,
parson (brother of James H. of
Samuelston), for crimes of treason. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 26; Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxix, 8;
xl, 18.]
ROBERT COLQUHOUN, M.A., par-
15_5 son, 28th April 1575; had a natural
daugh., Agnes. — [Cal. of Charters,
x, 2355.]
WILLIAM KID, vicar and reader, 29th
1578 Nov. 1578.— [Edin. Tests., vii, 240.]
ALEXANDER HOME of Houndwood,
his son Alexander served heir to his
father in Houndwood 19th Feb.
1624, and in Kimmerghame 4th Aug. 1625.
1582
ANDREW STEVENSON, grandson of
Andrew S., merchant, Edinburgh;
his first wife was widow of Cuthbert
Miller, W.S.
1619
RICHARD WADDELL, trans, to Sten-
1657 ton 6th Oct. 1658.
ANDREW WOOD, Bishop of Caith-
1665 ness 1680.
THOMAS WOOD, son of Thomas W.,
1681 bailie of Maybole.
ALEXANDER PYOTT, his son, James,
died in Naples; his daugh., Anna,
died unmarr.
WILLIAM BORLAND, D.D. (Edin
burgh 1926), died at Hawthorn,
Melbourne, 16th Aug. 1945.
1913
JAMES KIRK, served in Seaforth High
landers in Great War; awarded
Military Cross June 1917; died of
wounds 1st April 1918; his widow, Eliza
beth M., died 3rd Aug. 1943; his only
108
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[PRESB. OF
child, Betty Mackay (marr. 12th Oct. 1928
Robert Alastair Cunninghame Macnair,
M.B., C.M., Felpham, Sussex).
WILLIAM BROWN, trans, from
Campsie (<?.v.) 9th Oct. 1918; died
2nd Dec. 1940; his daugh., Jean
Buchanan (marr. 22nd Sept. 1939 Graeme
Matthew Warrack, L.R.C.P.&S., L.D.S.,
Captain, Royal Scots); his widow, Chris
tina Macnie King, died at Edinburgh 18th
Jan. 1947.
INNERWICK
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 17th Oct. 1242, the patron saint
being St Michael. The present church was
built in 1784. By Letters of 4th Oct. 1468
Pope Paul II united the perpetual vicarage
to the mensa of the Collegiate Church of
Dunglas. On the shore at Skateraw, at a
place still called Chapel Point, there was a
chapel dedicated to St Dionysius, the ruins
of which still existed in the second half of
the 18th century. There was also a chapel
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. — [Theiner's
Vet. Monumenta, 457; Lockhart's Ch. in
Scot, in \3th Century, 52-3; Armstrong's
Map, 1773; Mackinlay's Anc. Ch. Dedica
tions, Script., 96.]
ALEXANDER CREICHTON, vicar
1 562, and may have acted as reader,
14th Feb. 1567-8; died before 3rd
July l513.[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds; Sir
Thomas Johnsoun's Prot. Book, 532; Reg.
Pres. Bern., i, 27-8.]
MICHAEL BONCLE, pres. on death
of Alexander Creichton. — [Reg.
1567
Pres. Bene., i (2), 8.]
DAVID OGIL, M.A., min. at Bara,
1608
pres. to vicarage 28th April 1608 on
death of Richard Ogil, but he de
clined. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
PATRICK HAMILTON, delete
"natural son of Thomas, Earl of
1608
Haddington" and read "6th son of
Hans H., min. of Dunlop." His son Archi
bald, min. of Wigtown; his daugh., Elizabeth
(marr. cont. 26th Dec. 1647 William Cun
ningham yr., merchant, Edinburgh).
ALEXANDER FOULIS, eldest son of
t ,,, Harry F., commissary of Edinburgh.
—[Reg. of Deeds, Dal., xxiv, 531.]
WILLIAM OGILVIE, his eldest son,
William, surgeon; his daugh., Hen
rietta (marr. proc. 25th Dec. 1757
Andrew Hogg, brewer in Pleasance).
1715
ADAM FORMAN, his daugh., Cathe-
1824
rine Margaret Martha, died 7th July
1932.
1906
THOMAS WILLIAM GRANT
SUTHERLAND, died 13th Jan.
1939; his widow, Elizabeth Grant
Cormack, died at Rotherham 21st Feb.
1941; his son, Robert, doctor, Rotherham.
OLDHAMSTOCKS
Before 30th Nov. 1423 Sir Alexander
Home of Home and Dunglas founded at
Dunglas a chapel dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. On that date he granted to the
chapel 3 husband-lands with a half land
on the east side of Kello in Edrom parish,
and an acre of land with ' ' Mansion Place ' '
in the town and territory of Dunglas near
the fount called Bryan's Well. By Sir
Alexander Home's son and successor, Sir
Alexander Home, Kt., the Chapel of the
Virgin was erected into a collegiate church
for a provost, 3 chaplains, and 4 boys to
sing in the choir. The erection was con
firmed by Crown Charter of 22nd August
1450, which described the church as "lately
founded," and by a Papal Bull of 2nd Jan.
1450-1, which narrates that Sir Alexander's
motive for the erection was his desire "by
a happy commerce to change earthly
things into heavenly and temporal into
eternal." The Bull also states that he "of
the goods granted him by God caused a
church to be built to the honour of Mary
the mother of Jesus, and at his own cost to
be constructed in a godly manner, ' ' which
indicates that he had considerably enlarged
and embellished the chapel built by his
father. Provision for each chaplain was
12 merks annual rent derived as follows:
First chaplain, from lands and annual
rents of Kello; second chaplain, from lands
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OLDHAMSTICKS
109
and annual rents of Balevley and Gour-
dounshal in Crail in Fife; and third chap
lain, from lands and annual rents also of
Balevley and Gourdounshall. There was
likewise provision for manses for the pro
vost and chaplains. The support of the
4 boys was an annual rent from lands and
annual rents of Hutton, Herrsile, Cock-
burnspath, and Pinkerton in Berwick. The
Papal Bull of 2nd Jan. 1450-1, in addition
to confirming the erection of the collegiate
church, also appropriated, for the purpose
of securing full provision for the ' ' Provost
and other persons" at the church, the
greater and lesser teinds of the ' ' Rectory
of the Parish Church of Dunglas" (Old-
hamstocks), value £5 yearly, the reasons
assigned being that the whole rents pro
vided for the foundation and endowment
of the collegiate church were not wholly
sufficient, and that the rectory of the Parish
Church "so abounds in wealth that the
rector for the time can be sufficiently pro
vided for life without the greater and lesser
teinds." The scope of the foundation of
the church was extended; and there are on
record 8 prebends at least — Oldhamstocks
— 13 merks annually from the lands of the
same, given by Patrick Hepburn of Hailes
and Oldhamstocks 7th Aug. 1450; Trefon-
taine or Strafontaine — lands of, in Abbey
St Bathans, given on llth Jan. 1451-2 by
James II for the souls of his father and
mother, James I and Queen Joan, for his
own soul, and for the soul of Marie, his
queen; Kello — 13 merks annual rent;
Chirnside — 4 husband-lands, a merk land,
and 8 merks annual rent from the Mains-
lands, all at Chirnside, given by Sir
Alexander Home 5th Aug. 1450; Upsett-
lington — lands of, given by Alexander
Benystoun of the same, lord of Upsett-
lington, 8th June 1460; Dewingham; Barn-
side — 5 acres of land, in parish of Colding-
ham; Redspittal — lands of, in the parish
of Aberlady; and Vigorushauch — lands of,
in Roxburgh, and an annual rent of 40s.
from Mains of Mordington, given on 16th
Sept. 1503 by Patrick Hume or Home of
Polwarth and his second wife, Helen
Schaw, to a chaplain "celebrating and to
celebrate Mass, chanting and to chant,
within the Collegiate Church of Dunglas,
and principally at the Altar of St Cuthbert
on the south side of said Church." By
Charter of 26th April 1451 William, Earl
of Douglas and Avondale, granted to the
church one husband-land in the town and
territory of Hutton, and the church and
hospital of the same; by Papal Bull of 12th
Nov. 1458 the vicarage and tithes of
Edrom Church were appropriated to the
Provostry of Douglas, which was valued
at £5, John Hume, vicar, having resigned;
and by similar Bull of 4th Oct. 1468 the
perpetual vicarage of Innerwick, not ex
ceeding £12, was appropriated to the
capitular mensa, the fruits of which were
insufficient for the maintenance of the
"8 canons and other beneficiaries" of the
church. There was in the church an altar
of the Virgin Mary, called ' ' Our Lady of
Piete" (Pity), to which George Hume of
Ayton granted 20 merks annual rent from
his lands of Cadschele and his husband-
lands of the town of Duns, a Royal Precept
of Confirmation being granted on 14th
Nov. 1500 "to a perpetual Chaplain to
sing at the Altar. ' ' The ruins of the church,
which in 1711 was used as stables, still
stand. Sir Alexander Home also founded
near the church a hospital with chapel
"under the invocation of the Most
Glorious Virgin Mary and St John the
Baptist" for the reception and maintenance
* ' of the poor and other miserable persons. ' '
For the purpose of fulfilling Sir Alexander's
desire to extend the scope of the work of
the hospital Pope Sextus IV granted Indul
gences to it on 5th Aug. 1480. — [Reg. Great
Seal, ii, 387, vi, 1559; Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 592;
Laing Charters, 1866; Retours, vi, 89; Cal.
Papal Reg., Letters, xi, 397, xii, 223^, 363;
Reports Hist. MSS. Comm., MSS. Earl of
Home, 55, 56, 115, 120, 179, 318; Theiner's
Vet. Monumenta, 457, 487; The Apostolic
Camera and Scott. Benefices, 166; Walcott's
Anc. Ch. of Scot., 409.]
THOMAS HEPBURN, parson, mani
festly identical with Mr Thomas
Hepburne, rector 12th Aug. 1556,
when Alexander Hepburne of Whitsome
was described as his brother, and therefore
110
OLDHAMSTICKS— PRESTONKIRK
[PRESB. OF
identical with Thomas Hepburne who is
recorded as in the Charge from 1562 on
wards, and is described as natural son of
Sir Alexander Hepburne of Whitsome; was
appointed Master of Requests by Queen
Mary on 7th May 1567; summoned for
treason 20th Dec. 1567, and was inter-
communed by the Privy Council five days
later, having along with others held Dunbar
Castle and refused to give it up; is called
deceased on pres. to his son by James, Earl
of Bothwell, 30th June 1584; his daugh.
Anne (marr. cont. 24th April 1578 James
Murray of Philiphaugh); had also a daugh.
Margaret. — [Sir Thomas Dalrymple's Prot.
Bk., 12th Aug. 1556; Acts Scott. Parl, iii, 6;
Reg. Privy Council, i, 510, 552, 565, 576;
Laing Charters, 2483; Philiphaugh Charter
Chest.]
GEORGE HEPBURN, M.A., parson
1561 anc* mm' 15^l-2; probably identical
with Thomas H., parson 1556 and
1566.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds and
Cal. of Charters, viii, 1679, ix, 2012.]
SIR ALEXANDER ELISOUN, por-
tioner of Oldhamstocks, vicar 28th
1563
1217.]
Jan. 1563-4.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., v,
THOMAS HEPBURN, adm. 1584,
1584
buried at Oldhamstocks, 28th Jan.
1629; had also issue — Francis; Jean.
— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxxi, 225, xxxv, 266.]
JOHN PATERSON, marr. Margaret,
1629 daugh. °f William Murray, min. of
Dysart; his eldest son, Duncan. —
[Adj. 27th Sept. 1643.]
THOMAS HEPBURN, his daugh.
Margaret (marr. Patrick Hepburn,
apothecary burgess, Edinburgh,
afterwards Sir Patrick of Blackcastle). —
[G. R. Sas.,lvui, 9, 2 Ser., viii, 270; xi, 152;
xv, 406; 3 Ser., xxxv, 266; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., Ixxx, iv, 17th June 1699.]
1642
HARRY ROBERTSON, son of Thomas
1706
R., bailie, Edinburgh, was admitted
Advocate 2nd July 1690.
JOHN LUNDIE, born 3rd Sept. 1704;
his daugh., Isobel (marr. proc. 25th
June 1787 Henry Cant, dissenting
min. at Spittal, Durham), died 1791.
THOMAS MITCHELL, his daugh.,
Jemima Wilhelmia, died 26th Dec.
1946.
WILLIAM MENZIES HUTTON, died
3rd Feb. 1915; his son, William,
M.D.; his daugh., Janet Georgina,
died at Dundee 14th Dec. 1928.
JAMES BRYCE GORDON, died 19th
1913 May 1941.
PRESTONKIRK
There is a legend to the effect that at the
death of Baldred, the patron saint, which
is variously said to have occurred in 607-8
and 756-7, a claim to his body was made
by his three churches, Preston (kirk),
Aldhame and Tynninghame. In the course
of the dispute a pious sage advised a night
of prayer, to enable the Bishop in the
morning to reach a decision. When the
morning came, there were found three biers
with three bodies, covered with clothes and
alike in every detail. One was sent for
interment to each of the claimants. About
50 yards east of the church there is St
Baldred 's Well, and in the Tyne adjacent
is St Baldred 's Whirl. There was in the
church an aisle of St John the Baptist, for
a chaplain of which Patrick Hepburne of
Bolton gave on 23rd July 1545 a grant of
£10 annually from the lands of Plewlands.
The present church, with the exception of
the choir, which appears to belong to the
middle of the 13th century, was built in
1770. According to one account of St
Modevenna or Monenna, an Irish saint,
whose period is said to have been the latter
part of the 5th century and early part of
the 6th, and who left her native land in the
company of two handmaidens, Dunpelder
Hill (Traprain Law) was one of the sites
on which she founded a church or chapel.
At Wauchton in the north part of the
parish there was a chapel which was subject
to the mother church. Another chapel,
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PRESTONKIRK
111
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was situated
at Markle. In its later stages it had a
collegiate organisation with a provostry
and prebends, but the erection does not
appear to have been confirmed. What
remained of the Chapel in the first half of
the 19th century is described as the "old
ruins of a religious house on the farm of
Markle," and under the description
"Markle (Ruins of Monastery)" the site
is explicitly indicated on the O.S. Map of
1908 in a field on the south side of the
railway west of East Linton Station. In her
widowhood Christine de Moubray, daugh
ter and heir of Sir Bernard Eraser of
Fortune and Linton, and wife of Sir Roger
de Moubray of Barnbougle, who died
before Jan. 1268-9, founded in the territory
of her Manor of Houston in this parish a
house of the Order of the Holy Trinity and
Redemption of Captives (Red Friars),
which was called "The Grace of God."
The endowment was the whole land of her
Manor of Houston, the whole land called
Lyneryngham (Lingeam, Lerigamhill) in
the tenement of Houston, the whole land
which belonged to the Hospital of Fortune,
in the parish of Athalestaneford, the whole
land which belonged to the late Thomas of
Lessendun, in the territory of Fortune, and
the whole land of Crauchot (Crawho,
Cracho), with which there appear, at a
subsequent date, the Mills of Cracho and
fishings. To the foregoing were added
later annual rents from lands in the burgh
of Haddington. The foundation was con
firmed by Alexander II on 26th Jan. 1271-2.
In August 1296 John, Master of the Hospi
tal, swore fealty to Edward I, and a little
later there was issued to the Sheriff of
Haddington a writ to restore the property
of the place. By Letter of 2nd Dec. 1531
James V gave the hospital and its endow
ments to the Red Friars' Convent at
Peebles, and the union was made perpetual
by a Charter of the same monarch, 8th
Jan. 1541-2, which confirmed Christine
de Moubray 's foundation and its con
firmation by Patrick, 7th Earl of Dunbar,
and also the resignation made by David
Kinloch, Minister at Houston, in favour
of Friar James Paterson, Minister at
Peebles, of Houston Hospital and its
possessions. The exact site of the hospital
can hardly be determined. Descriptions of
the endowments in the 16th century and
later reveal that included in the town and
territory of Houston, in the neighbourhood
of East Linton, there were, in addition to
the lands of Lingeam mentioned in the
foundation, Mains of "Houston," the
Waulk-Mill of Houston, with 4 acres
attached, lands called Hoigsland and Tait-
lie, the lands of Friarlie, on the east side
of Quarrelbog or Quarrybog, in the town
and territory of Linton, and salmon fishings
in the Tyne, and other fishings, belonging
to the said place (of Houston). The Mill
of Houston, ho longer used as a mill,
stands on the right bank of the Tyne,
opposite East Linton; and it would appear
that somewhere in the region stretching
from the mill the Red Friars' hospital was
situated.
The patronage of the Chapel of Markles
belonged to the Earls of Bothwell. The
chaplainry of St John the Baptist in the
Church of Prestonkirk was also under the
patronage of the said Earls; it was desig
nated the Provostry, and therefore may
have been provisionally set aside, probably
by the 1st Earl of Bothwell, as the endow
ment of the provost in a plan to erect the
Chapel of Markles into a collegiate church.
The endowment included 2 crofts of arable
land with house and garden in the territory
of the town of Preston or Linton. In the
Castle of Hailes there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Michael the Archangel, the
endowment of which was the Waulk-mill
of Hailes, with multures, etc., and mill
lands, and the lands of Loslett or Lochsleyt.
At the Reformation Sir Walter Robesoun,
vicar of Aberdour, was chaplain both of
the Chaplainry of St John the Baptist and
of the Chapel of Hailes.— [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
ii, 3635; iii, 1220, 2569; v, 759; vi, 64; viii,
570; ix, 1702, 2189; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii, 1069;
Acts Scott. Parl., iii, 256, iv, 294; Retours,
i, 173, xv, 100, 140, xx, 94, xlvii, 29\;Laing
Charters, 499; Gen. Reg. Sas., Vol. 396,
f. 104, Vol. 675, f. 63; Haddington Sas.,
Vol. 402, f. 97, Vol. 465, f. 223, Vol. 692,
f. 126, Vol. 893, f. 285, Vol. 900, f. 262;
112
PRESTONKIRK— STENTON
[PRESB. OF
Prynne's Recs. of the Tower of London, iii,
656; Rymer's Foedera, ii, 726, i (2), 843,
Ed. 1818; Proc. Soc. Antiq., 1887-8, 27-8;
Lamp of Lothian, 171, 172; Skene's Celtic
Scotland, ii, 37.]
SIR GEORGE HEPBURN, parson and
1561
min. 1561-2.— [Coll. Gen. Thirds, 97;
Acts and Dec., xxxv, 441 ; xxxvi, 360;
xlii, 403; Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 2696.]
SIR THOMAS WHITE, designated
curate and vicar pensioner, 13th
1562
2696.]
Aug. 1562. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv,
GEORGE HAMILTON, M.A., parson,
1569
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc.]
ROBERT HEPBURN, M.A., parson,
22nd July 1586.— [Cal. of Charters,
1586
xiii, 3016.]
JOHN FOREST, died Dec. 1700;
1692 Thomas, his youngest son, 1705.
THOMAS FINDLAY, his daugh., Mary
(marr. (2) Oct. 1752 Hercules Lind
say, advocate).
THOMAS STIRLING MARJORI-
1876 BANKS, died 21st July 1918.
ROBERT CLAYTON CORRIE, trans.
1702
1916
from Culsalmond (q.v.} (assistant
and successor) 19th Jan. 1916.
SPOTT
Spott was at first a dependent Chapel of
Dunbar, and probably remained a paro
chial chapel until the Reformation. The
church may have been dedicated to St John,
for St John 's Well was situated to the west
of the church. Of the well, the Old Statis
tical Account says: "It is carried in pipes
two miles to Dunbar for the supply of
water to the inhabitants." — [Scott. Hist.
Soc. Mis., vi, 82, 102.]
1555
ALEXANDER HOME, second son of
Sir John H. of Coldinknowes, was
parson before 3rd May 1555, still
parson llth Aug. 1587; marr. Janet Hamil
ton; had a natural son, John, legitimated
27th Nov. 1 582.— [P. C. Reg., Reg. of Deeds,
xxviii, 44a; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Linlithgow, etc. ; Reg. Mag. Sig. , v, 478, 1 377. ]
JOHN MELVILLE, called in 1574,
sometime min. of Spott. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
1574
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, trans, from
1631 Whittinghame, 1631.
ARCHIBALD BUCHAN, had issue—
1683 Clam.— [Deeds, Dal. 1705, No. 233.]
WILLIAM CROMBIE, his daugh.,
_ Elizabeth (marr. proc. 5th June
1794 Robert Armstrong, plumber,
Edinburgh.)
ALEXANDER GRAHAM, his daughs.
1799 —Margaret Aitken (marr. 30th July
1839 William Darling, merchant,
Edinburgh); Catherine Hay (marr. 2nd July
1838 William Waddell, merchant, Edin
burgh).
ROBERT BURNS THOMSON, his
1836 daugh., Charlotte, died 6th Sept. 1923.
LOTHIAN GRAY, died 30th April
1889
1945; his daugh., Christian Isobel
(marr. 16th April 1942 George
Lloyd Alison Haig, Dylic Tea Estate,
Doors, India).
STENTON
There was in the parish a chaplainry of
Burnham. Pitcoks was a dependent chapel
of Dunbar Church prior to becoming a
prebend and was served by a parochial
chaplain. The proximity of the Rood Well
to the ruins of the old church suggests that
the church was dedicated to the Holy Rood.
The present church was opened for wor
ship by Dr Chalmers on 4th Oct. 1828.
The major part of its construction was
borne by Mr H. R. Ferguson. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., viii, 1905; Miscell. Scot. Hist. Socy.,
vi, 82, 93.]
WILLIAM SANDERSON, min. at
Whittinghame, also in charge here.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin
lithgow, etc.]
DUNBAR]
STENTON— ALDHAME
113
THOMAS DAILL, designated min. in
1568 and also in 1573.— [Edin.
1568
Tests., ii, 366.]
JAMES LAUDER, for "1593" read
1594 "1594."
PATRICK CARKETTILL, Presb. clerk
1599 Jan. to April 1599. — [Fraser Papers.]
RICHARD WADDELL, trans, to Kelso
1658 14th May 1660.
ROBERT STARK, born 5th Sept. 1654,
1691
son of David S., min. of Stichell.
His sons — Robert, min. of Kinross;
John, apprentice to George Reid, merchant,
Edinburgh, 23rd Aug. 1732.
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, his son,
Alexander, Royal Bank, died 21st
Nov. 1923.
1849
1868
GEORGE MARJORIBANKS, died
20th March 1921; his wife, Eliza
beth Leslie, died 19th July 1918; his
sons — George Erskine, Celtic scholar, died
1st Aug. 1940; James Leslie, M.D., died
25th March 1942.
HUGH SKINNER MACKENZIE,
trans, from Mouswald (q.v.) (assist.
and successor) 16th May 1916; dem.
1 1th Nov. 1948. Publication— The Churches
ofPitcox and Stenton (1929).
PITCOKS
PATRICK COCKBURNE, M.A., par
son in 1539 and designated parson
when he died in 1568; had brothers
— William, Adam, Symeon, Alexander. —
[Edin. Test., 1 1th July 1570; Laing Charters,
434.]
THOMAS DAILL, min. in 1568.—
1578 [Edin. Test., ii, 366.]
WHITEKIRK
On 13th Jan. 1386-7 Papal Relaxation
of Penance was given to all who visit and
give alms to the fabric of St Mary of White-
kirk, renowned for miracles wrought by
Jesus Christ through the intercession and
merits of St Mary.— [Cal. of Papal Reg.,
Letters, iv, 253; Report on Ancient Monu
ments Commission for full account of
church.]
JAMES KELLIE, pres. to vicarage 27th
Oct. 1594 on dem. of James Young,
1592
1636
min. at Tyningham. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixvii, 108.]
ROBERT LAUDER, his daugh., Mar
garet (marr. cont. 20th Jan. and 10th
Feb. 1664 Alexander Bisset, min.
of Melrose). — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
Ixxxiv, 10th Feb. 1699.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, marr. (1)
1694 24th April 1667.
JOHN CLUNIE, his daugh., Charlotte
1732 (marr. James Bigge).
JAMES WILLIAMSON, pres. 21st
1785 Jan. 1784.
JAMES LANG, pres. by Crown 9th
1853 Feb. 1853.
ADAM INCH RITCHIE, pres. by
Crown 23rd Nov. 1867; line 9, for
"30" read " 13"; line 10, for " 11 "
read "31"; his daugh., Marion Lilias,
born 21st July 1862.
PETER HATELY WADDELL, died
at North Berwick 22nd Nov. 1922;
his widow, Elizabeth Laidlay, died
17th Jan. 1924.— [Life and Letters of P.
Hately Waddell, by John C. Gibson, 1925.]
1879
1904
EDWARD BLACKMORE RANKEN,
drowned while bathing at Scougal
Rocks, 22nd Aug. 1916; his widow,
Jeannie Mackintosh, died at New Glasgow,
Nova Scotia, 31st Aug. 1941.
JAMES TINDAL SOUTTER, trans.
from Nairobi (q.v.) 8th March 1917;
Marr. (2) 1st June 1940 Freda, elder
daugh. of Joseph Frederick Pattinson, Fell-
side, Grange-over-Sands, and has issue,
Anna Freda, born 18th April 1941.
ALDHAME
The church, dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 23rd April 1243, was de
molished in 1770. There is a well of St
114
ALDHAME— WHITTINGEHAME [PRESB. OF DUNBAR
Baldred. At Scougal, about a mile south
east of Aldhame, there was a chapel
founded by one of the Scougal family. —
[Chalmer's Caledonia, iv, 547; Lockhart's
Church in Scotland in \3th Century, 53.]
TYNNINGHAME
At Tynninghame there was a Saxon
monastery associated with Lindisfarne, to
which belonged ' ' the whole land pertaining
to the Monastery of St Balthere (Baldred)
from Lammermoor as far as Exmouth"
(Inveresk). The church and town were
burned and destroyed by Anlafus the Dane
in 941, shortly before his death. By Bull
of Pope Sixtus IV, 24th Feb. 1473, the
church became a mensal Church of St
Andrews. — [Chron. of Melrose, 29; For-
doun, Scott. Hist., i, 134; The Apostolic
Camera and Scott. Benefices, 173; see
Prestonkirk.]
MATTHEW LIDDELL, reader; reader
1570
29th Aug. 1569, and min.Nov. 1572
and 1573.— [Edin. Test., i, 330, ii,
347; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow,
etc.]
WHITTINGEHAME
Whittingehame was an affiliated Chapel
of Dunbar, but it was served by a perpetual
vicar. There was also an affiliated Chapel
of Dunbar at Penshiel within the bounds.
It served the higher part of the parish in
the Lammermoors, whereas Whittingehame
served the lower. Near the site of Penshiel
Chapel are the Chapel Stone on the south,
and on the north the Chapel Cleugh with
St Mungo's Well, which may indicate the
dedication of the Chapel.— [Misc. S.H.S.,
vi, 82, 92; Chalmers' Caledonia, iv, 540.]
THOMAS LYLE, vicar 1560-8.— [Edin.
1560 Tests.]
WILLIAM SANDERSON, min. in
office 2nd Nov. 1571, when he was
presented to the parsonage vacant
by forfeiture of Claud Hamilton. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xl, 19.]
WILLIAM STEWART, brother of
1567
1570
Thomas S. of Galston, pres. to
vicarage 25th Jan. 1570-1 on for
feiture of Claud Hamilton. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xxxix, 58.]
ABRAHAM HOME, marr. Elizabeth,
daugh. of George Hay of Broad-
haugh; his daugh. Margaret (marr.
James Renton, wine merchant, Eyemouth);
his sons — Robert, merchant, Berwick, died
6th June 1812; Abraham, died on passage
to London.
JAMES ROBERTSON, died at Edin-
1865
burgh 27th May 1920; his widow,
Elizabeth Mary Scott Moncrieff,
died at Edinburgh 15th June 1935.
MARSHALL BUCHANAN LANG,
1918
trans, from St John's, Dundee
(assist, and sue.) 14th Nov. 1918.
D.D. Glasgow (30th June 1930); Moderator
of General Assembly May 1935; his daughs.
— Margaret Eleanor (marr. 4th July 1925
Robert Holmes Kerr Hope Yr. of Kin-
nettles, Lieut., Cameron Highlanders);
Anne Laurence (marr. 16th April 1932
Capt. Harry Alexander Macdonald, R.E.).
Addl. Publications — The Seven Ages of an
East Lothian Parish (1929); The Evolution of
the Kirk.— [Trans. Scot. Eccl Soc., 1932.]
INDEX
North Esk, for "238" read "338."
SYNOD OF
MERSE AND TEVIOTDALE
PRESBYTERY OF DUNS
ABBEY ST BATHANS
WILLIAM COLVILLE, reader, 1563-
72.—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Roxburgh, etc.]
MATTHEW LIDDELL, had charge
1591 here from 1570. See Cranshaws.
JAMES DUNBAR, his son, David,
apprenticed to Thomas Kinnaird,
surgeon, 16th Feb. 1676.
1699
GEORGE HOME, marr. (1) Rebecca,
daugh. of Robert Pow, notary, Eye-
mouth; his son, Ninian, apprentice
to George Moseman, stationer, Edinburgh,
19th Aug. 1696.
GEORGE HOME, eldest son of Alexan-
170? der H. of Abbey St Bathans and
Ann, daugh. of George Rule, min.
of Longformacus. Marr. (1) cont. 14th and
16th July 1692 Eupham, second daugh. of
Patrick Hepburn of Nunraw, and (2) cont.
7th Jan. 1700 Rebecca (bapt. 26th Dec.
1670), daugh. of Robert Pow, headmaster
of Leith Grammar School. — [South Leith
Reg.; Berwick Sas., i, 365, vi, 100, 103.]
JAMES HALL, bapt. Stamfordham,
1?19 15th Feb. 1684, son of Thomas H.
in Ryall; marr. (1) name unknown,
and had issue — Marion, marr. proc. 13th
Aug. 1732 (not 1752); (2) proc. 27th May
1722, and had issue — John, bapt. 16th June
1723; George, bapt. 1 1th April 1725; Janet,
bapt. 23rd Feb. 1727; Margaret, bapt. 19th
Oct. 1729; James, bapt. 18th May 1732;
Jean, bapt. 1st Aug. 1737.
THOMAS DAVIDSON, pres. by
Crown, 18th Aug. 1843; his daugh.,
Christina Simson, died 13th Sept.
1917.
PETER CHRISTIE, pres. 10th May
1873 1873.
WILLIAM WILSON BELL, trans, to
1910 Monzievaird 10th May 1918.
ALEXANDER SCOTT BERRIE, trans,
from Broughton U.F. Church 19th
Sept. 1918; trans, to Berriedale 8th
April 1927.
(Parish united to Cranshaws by General
Assembly May 1927.)
BUNKLE and PRESTON
JOHN BLACK, exhorter at Preston
1563
1563 and Bunkle 1567.— [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, pres. to
vicarage on death of Sir Harry Kin-
loch; pres. to vicarage of Preston
20th Nov. 1585 on death of John Brisbane.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., iii, 72; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Iviii, 53.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, min. at Preston,
pres. to vicarage 27th Dec. 1597 on
death of Alexander Forrester. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 181.]
LUDOVIC MAIR, died 20th Dec. 1922;
1880
his widow, Jane Barclay Millar, died
14th April 1941; his daugh., Minnie
Ronald, died 2nd March 1921.
115
116
BUNKLE and PRESTON— DUNS
[PRESS. OF
DONALD WILLIAM MACKAY, born
22nd March 1891, son of Evander
Mackay, F.E.I.S., J.P., school
master at Farr, Sutherland, and Isabella
McLeod Mackay. Educ. at Farr, George
Watson's College, Edinburgh, Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1914), Univ. of Poitiers,
France, and Edinburgh Univ. Divinity
Hall; Commissioned as 2nd Lieut. R.G.A.
(S.R.) Aug. 1914; served in B.E.F. France
and Flanders; promoted Major and Battery
Commander Oct. 1917; Army of the Rhine
1919; Chief Instructor of Gunnery in II
Corps; relinquished commission 1920.
Licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th June
1921; Assistant at Lady Glenorchy's,
Edinburgh, Oct. 1921 to May 1923. Ord.
10th May 1923; trans, to Scots Church,
Rotterdam, 31st March 1935; trans, to
Northesk 5th Feb. 1941. Marr. 24th Aug.
1928 Ethel Clair, daugh. of Dr William
Symington, V.D., M.B., Ch.B., J.P., of
Brampton, Cumberland, and has issue,
lona Clair, born 15th Sept. 1929.
CRANSHAWS
DAVID SWINTON, parson 1561-71.—
[Acts and Dec., xxvii, 254; xxxiii, 88;
xlvii, 245, 289, 292; Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
WILLIAM KNOWES, vicar pen-
1563
sioner 1576-7.— [Co mps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.]
1572
MATTHEW LIDDELL, adm. after
Nov. 1572, continued 1590. See
Ellem.
WILLIAM HAY, M.A., son of William
H. of Barra; pres. to parsonage and
vicarage 27th Jan. 1591-2 on death
of David Swinton. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii,
182.]
ALEXANDER SWINTON, pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 2nd June
1593, on death of William Hay.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 93.]
JOHN HEPBURN, pres. 21st Feb.
1596 1^5-6 on death of Alexander
Swinton.
1593
JOHN CAMPBELL, his son, James,
1706 apprentice to William Douglas,
baxter, Edinburgh, 5th Jan. 1726.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, line 4,
1792 for "15" read "14."
JAMES HOPE SIBBALD, his daugh.,
1813 Wilhelmina, died 17th Jan. 1928.
ROBERT BRIDGES SMITH, licen. by
1879
Presb. of Edinburgh llth May 1876;
his widow, Mary Ann Pringle, died
23rd May 1923; his son, Robert, died 25th
Aug. 1935; his daugh., Christian Kent
Bridges (marr. 15th Aug. 1929 Clifford
Briggs, Harehill, Leeds).
THOMAS GILLIESON, trans, to St
1914 Bride's, Edinburgh, 9th Oct. 1919.
JOHN KENNEDY MACKENZIE,
1920
M.A., ord. 19th Feb. 1920; trans,
to Stornoway, 26th Nov. 1924.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, trans, from
1925
Cartsburn (q.v.} 9th April 1925;
retired in favour of C. & S.; died
at Kirkwall 28th Dec. 1940.
DUNS
ARCHIBALD HOME, M.A., parson
13th Aug. 1562; died in or just
before 1572.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds; Reg. of Deeds, vii, 192.]
SIR JOHN RAMSAY, vicar pensioner
28th Sept. 1572.— [Hist. MSS. Com.,
Duns Castle Papers, 40.]
1572
DAVID HOME, parson, 10th Aug.
1573 1573.— [Tester Writs, 111.]
PATRICK GAITTES, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 26th Jan. 1582 on death of
1582
ii, 85.]
John Bennett. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
PETER DANIELSTON, M.A., pres.
t _ _ to parsonage and vicarage 1 3th Aug.
1585, which had been held by the
late Captain David Home of Fishwick. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xlvii, 16.]
DUNS]
DUNS— ECCLES
117
JOHN WEMYSS, line 2, delete "only";
line 19, delete "marr. (2) Janet
Murray" to "10th April 1664."
LAURENCE JOHNSTON, father a
1703 founder in Edinburgh.
WILLIAM DAVID HERALD, his
widow, Florence Elizabeth Renton,
died 10th Sept. 1939; his son, Arthur
Terrant Ashly, Lieut. 17th Lancers, died
from effects of motor accident, Asansol,
India, 21st Nov. 1923; his daugh., Agnes
Given (marr. 1 1th Jan 1918 Sir John Eraser,
Bart., M.C., M.D.).
1907
ANDREW EWING WALLACE, his
mother was Eliza Ewing. He died
18th June 1943.
DUNS BOSTON
WILLIAM COUSIN, his son, William
1840
1930.
Victor, died 17th July 1918; his
daugh., Ann Parker, died 2nd March
ECCLES
The Church of St Cuthbert of Eccles,
with its dependent chapels — Chapel of St
Mary the Virgin at Leitholm, Chapel of St
John at Mersington, and the Chapel of St
Mary Magdalene at Birgham — belonged to
the Priory of Eccles. In 1567 there is
reference to the parsonage and vicarage of
the four kirks and parishes, "Our Lady
Parochin, Sanct John's Parochin, and the
Magdalene and Sanct Cuthbert 's Paro-
chinns, ' ' and in 1 609 there are ' ' the Parish
Church of Eccles called the Lady Kirk, and
the Chapels of St John, St Cuthbert, and
St Magdalene." It would appear, there
fore, that for a time after the Reformation
the Lady Chapel at Leitholm was regarded
as the parish church. It was situated on a
knoll called the Chapel Knowe at the north
west end of the village. The burial ground
of the chapel has long since disappeared.
The chapel at Birgham was situated in the
north end of the existing parish burial
ground. In 1649 Parliament ratified a peti
tion of the Presbytery of Duns for dis
joining from Eccles the lands east and
north of Lamdenburn, and the erection of
a new church at East Mersington; but apart
from the disjunction of Lamden from
Eccles, nothing appears to have been done.
In 1774 the old Church of St Cuthbert at
Eccles was removed with the exception of
the north transept, which appears to have
become a burial place and still exists in a
ruinous condition; and on a site to the west
the present church was then built. The Old
Statistical Account states that the old
church was Gothic in design, cruciform in
shape, vaulted and covered with large flag
stones, dedicated to St Andrew in 1248, and
ornamented with a cross and a very excel
lent steeple. It will be observed, however,
that in the records of the 16th and 17th
centuries there is not only no reference to
St Cuthbert having been supplanted by St
Andrew, but the name of St Cuthbert is
continued. The church was ' ' won ' ' by the
English invaders on 27th Sept. 1544. There
is a death-bell of 1715 inscribed "For the
people of Ekkles. ' ' The Cistercian Priory
of Eccles, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is
variously stated to have been founded by
Gospatrick, Earl of March and Dunbar,
in 1 154, and a second time by him in 1 156,
and also to have been founded by the
Countess of March. The Church of Eccles
and its dependent chapels were granted to
the priory by Gospatrick; and the priory
held also the Church of Bothkennar. After
being burned by the English under Hert
ford in Sept. 1545, the priory was not re
built. By Charter of 28th Jan. 1568-9
Margaret Home, the prioress, conveyed to
Alexander Home of North Berwick the
mansion called the Newark, and the house,
buildings of her monastery, with dovecot,
gardens, and orchards, belonging to the
monastery (except the church and cloisters
of the same), which "through turbulent
times, chiefly for the cause of religion, when
the said Prioress and the Nuns had been
dispersed, had fallen into ruins, so that
they were in the least degree habitable";
and by Crown Charter of 20th March
1587-8 the King, understanding that "the
superstitious monasticism, " for which the
monastery had been founded, was abolished
by the laws of the king, granted to Alexander
118
ECCLES— FOGO
[PRESB. OF
Home of North Berwick the place in
which the church and cloisters had been
situated (foundations now gone), and the
Newark Mansion, etc. All that remained
of the priory in 1834 was "a wall forming
part of the East gable of Eccles House, ' '
i.e. the Newark Mansion House, "and two
vaulted cellars contiguous to the Church
yard." The said wall appears to be iden
tical with what is now the east wall of the
rose garden of the present Eccles House
built at the site of the former Newark
Mansion; and the two cells and the fish
pond of the priory are situated within the
private grounds of Eccles House. In 1939
the church was entirely reconstructed in
ternally and refurnished, a new hall and
vestry being added. — [Reg. Great Seal, iv,
1919, v, 1492; Acts Scott. Parl., vi, (2) 306;
Report Hist. MSS. Commission, MSS. Duke
of Athol and Earl of Home, 128-9, 131-2,
141, 146-7; Chron. of Melrose, 75-6; Reg.
Priory of St Andrews, 56-60; Chalmers'
Caledonia, iii, 343; Memo., Rev. J. G.
Douglas.]
ROBERT FRENCH, scholar, 1563,
1567 Designated min. 1567, Eccles being
in his charge after he went to Hume.
—[Edin. Tests., v. 80.]
1622
HENRY BLYTH, imprisoned at Black-
ness *^5' Inverness ^619. His son
by first marr., John, min. of Ochil-
tree.
JOHN JAMIESON; on 24th July 1654
the Commissioners, under the Com
monwealth for visiting Universities
and placing and disciplining Ministers,
desired the conjoint Sheriffs of Berwick to
prevent Mr John Jamieson from preaching
in the parish of Eccles; on 1st Feb. 1656 a
summons was served upon him by the Com
missioners in his "Chalmer in the Tofts"
to appear before the Protector's Council
on 7th Feb. 1656; and on 8th Feb. 1656
there was issued an Order of Council that
in regard Mr Jamieson has preached on the
borders of Eccles parish and "taken a
libertie to renew the memorie of Charles
Stewart (Charles I) to his auditors to stir
up their affection to him," the Council
require ' ' that he shall not preach any more
in the parish or on the border of it." —
[Hist. MSS. Comm. Report, MSS. Earl of
Home, 132-3.]
ANDREW RUTHERFORD; an Order
of the Commissioners under the
Commonwealth for visiting Uni
versities and placing and disciplining Mini
sters, of date at Edinburgh 10th July 1654,
narrates that as Mr Andrew Rutherford is
elected Minister at Eccles, and "hath a
lawfull call by certain Godly and wel
affected persons in the said parish to
exercise his ministeriall dutyes, the Com
missioners approve and authorise him to
uplift the stipend, forbidding any one to
disturb him in his parish, providing that he
shall not revile the Government, nor keep
the people disaffected by praying and
preaching agt. it."— [Hist. MSS. Comm.
Report, MSS. Earl of Home, 132-3.]
JAMES RUTHERFORD WATSON,
his daugh., Jessie Rutherford, died
at Edinburgh 15th Dec. 1931.
1846
JOHN JOHNSTON, died 26th Nov.
1R01 1923; his widow, George Greig, died
25th April 1943.
JOHN LEONARD DOUGLAS, born
1924 2nd June 1899, son of David D.,
Dundee, and Susanna Alice Fisher;
educ. at Harris Academy and Univ. of St
Andrews, M.A. (1920), B.D. (1922); served
in Cameron Highlanders in Great War;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 8th June 1922;
assistant at Riccarton; ord. 8th May 1924.
Marr. 22nd July 1932 Mabel Mary Watson,
daugh. of John Mackechnie, min. of
Edrom, and has issue — David Ogilvy, born
7th May 1933; Iain Mackechnie, born 25th
June 1935; Dorothy Elizabeth Susanna
Mabel, born 18th July 1938; Margaret,
born 9th April 1944; Donald Fisher, born
28th Jan. 1947.
FOGO
DONALD BALFOUR, reader 1571-4.
1571 —\-ComPs< Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow, etc.]
DUNS]
FOGO— GREENLAW
119
1591
WILLIAM METHVEN, min. of Lang-
ton, pres. to vicarage 8th May 1591
on death of Sir George Manderston.
—[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 357.]
JAMES METHVEN, marr. Isobel
Dickson. — [Reg. of Deeds Dal.,
1626
xxvi, 390; G. R. Sas., lx, 286.]
JOHN PRINGLE, line 1, delete
1660 "only."
WILLIAM METHVEN, son of James
M. in Greenlaw.— [P. R. Sas., Ber-
1682
wick, 2 Ser., iv, 84.]
JOHN TODD, line 5, for "26" read
1785 "21."
ANDREW REDMAN BONAR, pres.
1843 by Crown 21st July 1843.
ROBERT FORRESTER PROUD-
M_ FOOT, pres. by Crown 29th April
1845.
WILLIAM HENRY GRAY SMITH,
1891
licen. 18th May 1886; his widow,
Marion Ellison Somerville Stark,
died 17th Feb. 1926; his daugh., Hester
Ada (marr. 25th Aug. 1934 Hugh D. R.
Davidson, Edinburgh).
ALEXANDER WILSON FINLAY-
iQi 9 SON, trans, to Campsie 9th April
1919.
HUGH SHIRLAW, M.A., B.D., ord.
llth Sept. 1919; trans, to St
Ninian's, Lochee 1st Oct. 1925;
trans, to St David's, Crail, 16th May 1949.
JOHN CRABBE TEMPLETON
1926
HUNTER, born 21st March 1900,
only son of John H., Edinburgh, and
Annie Mackenzie; educ. at Univ. of Edin
burgh, M.A. (1919), B.D. (1922); Oxford,
B.Litt. (1924); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
2nd April 1924, assistant West St Giles;
ord. 24th March 1926; marr. 31st July 1935
Elizabeth Christina Kennedy, elder daugh.
of John McKechnie, min. of Edrom, and
has issue — John Rattray Mackechnie, born
20th March 1937; Thomas Mackenzie
Douglas, born 19th July 1938; Alisdair
David Skene, born 27th March 1940;
Elizabeth Marion Mabel, born 3rd July
1942.
GREENLAW
The church was almost entirely rebuilt
in the closing years of the 17th century.
WILLIAM SHAW, M.A., parson in
1568
1568 and 1571.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
SIR JOHN AFFLECK, charged to
answer for his demerits before the
Privy Council 17th Oct. 1569.—
[P.C. Reg., ii, 40.]
1569
ROBERT FRENCH, pres. to vicarage
on death of Andrew Turnbull. —
1573
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 5.]
ROBERT HOME.— [G. R. Sas., liv,
1645 253.]
JOHN HOME of Kello, marr. cont.
1674 17th Sept. 1678 Elizabeth, daugh.
of Robert Watson, barber in Eccles.
— [Berwick Sasines.]
JAMES GILLILAND, his son, James,
1711
apprentice to Archibald Ure, gold
smith, 25th Feb. 1730.
ABRAHAM HOME, had issue—
1821
George, born 12th Feb. 1823, died
March 1858; Patrick Anderson,
born 27th April 1824, died June 1874;
Susan Hamilton, born 22nd Jan. 1822, died
Jan. 1831; Margaret, born 18th Sept. 1825,
died llth Sept. 1907; Ann Mary, born 5th
Feb. 1827, died June 1866; Elizabeth Hay,
born 15th April 1830, died 20th March
1831.
JOHN HUNTER WALKER, his
1844
daugh., Elizabeth, died at Edinburgh
7th Sept. 1925.
HUGH McCULLOCH, died at Port-
1886
rush 13th Aug. 1937; his widow,
Annie Ross, died 2nd Sept. 1937.
THOMAS REID THOMSON, his wife,
1887
Henrietta Hamilton Hill, died llth
Nov. 1930. He died at Greenock
30th March 1945 s.p.
120
LANGTON— ELLEM
[PRESB. OF
LANGTON
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 6th April 1242.
PATRICK COCKBURN, vicar 1570-1.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow.]
1570
THOMAS OGILVY, M.A., parson
1584 1584.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JOHN BROWN, his daugh., Margaret
(marr. 25th July 1855 Colin Brown,
Glasgow).
1810
JOHN PEATTIE, licen. 13th May 1887;
his wife, Margaret Crombie Grant,
died at Alloa 31st Dec. 1917; he
died 4th July 1931.
LONGFORMACUS
By Royal Letters of 14th Feb. 1510-11
the church was annexed to the archdeanery
of the Chapel Royal of Stirling because the
prebend of Glenquhon (Glenholm) within
the Chapel Royal "is to be erected in ane
Archdeanery within the Chapel Royal,"
and "the rends and fruitis of the said
prebend as to litill and solur to sustene the
honour and expens of the said Arch-
deanery."— [/teg. Sec. Seal, i, 2207.]
ARCHIBALD HOME, vicar 1568.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow, etc.]
1568
ROBERT DOUGLAS, parson and
1581 v*car' ^ed t>ef°re 6th April 1581;
had issue — Robert, was charged to
compear before the Privy Council on 26th
July 1614, on a charge of having slain
Francis Bothwell, brother of John, Lord
Holyroodhouse, on 24th July 1614, "with
the stock of ane hagbute, ' ' failed to appear,
and was put to the horn on 8th Sept.
following; Patrick, who on 14th Sept. 1614
was grieve to Sir Archibald Douglas of
Whittinghame. — [Reg. Pres. to Benefs., ii,
55; Reg. Privy Council, x, 255, 269, 271.]
GEORGE RULE, was also min. in
1607 cnarge tiM I64**. Latterly designated
min. of the same; son, Gilbert,
identical with Gilbert Rule, M.D., Princi
pal, Edinburgh Univ., and min. of Grey-
friars, Edinburgh; Archibald, was mer
chant in Edinburgh; Isabella, appears to
have been unmarr.; Anna was 2nd wife of
Alex. Hume of Abbey St Bathans; addit.
issue — Robert, portioner, Peelwalls, min.,
Stirling; George, portioner of Peelwalls
(marr. Marie, daugh. of Robert Risley,
Peelwalls), died before 27th May 1684.—
[Gen. Sas., Ser. 1, 265 (1666), 33-309
(1674), 37-112, 116, 150-268 (1684), 53-284
(1686).]
DANIEL SINCLAIR, son of James S.,
1715 Thurso, marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
Sir William Hamilton of Airdrie,
min. of Bothwell, and had issue — James,
born 6th March 1730; Robert, born 21st
May 1731; William, born 3rd Jan. 1733.—
[House of Hamilton, 710.]
GEORGE COOK, his widow, Helen
1871 Lorrain, died 6th June 1919.
ROBERT CRANSTON KERR, trans.
1916 to Kelso North 14th Nov. 1928.
RICHARD CALLEN, LL.B., born
1929 Dunoon 23rd Sept. 1895, son of
Richard C, road surveyor, Dunoon,
and Isobel Murray; educ. at Univ. of Glas
gow, B.L. (1922), M.A. (1925), LL.B.
(1926); served in R.A.F.; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 27th April 1927; assistant
Peebles, 1927; ord. 18th April 1929; trans,
to Wick North, 30th April 1930; trans, to
Westruther, 8th April 1932. Marr. 15th
March 1933 Marion Tennant, daugh. of
William J. Aitken, and has issue, Richard
Murray Aitken, born 14th April 1944.
ELLEM
On 12th Feb. 1507-8 King James IV
granted a protection to Mr James Watson,
parson of Ellem, "makand mentioun that
he is of the King's benevolence and special
licence to pass to Sanct Andrie's grafe
besyde Napillis and thereafter to remaine
in Italy at his study for the space of vi
zeris to run, ' ' and therefore the King takes
his property under his protection. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., i, 1606.]
DUNS]
ELLEM— POLWARTH
121
MATTHEW LIDDELL, had charge
1574 here 1574-85. See Cranshaws.
GEORGE REDPATH, returned from
Bunkle previous in 1603. — [Comps.
Surplus of Thirds of Benefices.}
1596
1684
PATRICK HOME, line 3, for "1650"
1647 read "before 24th June 1649."
ZACHARY WILKIE, issue by 1st
marr. — Mary. — [Berwick Sas., 30th
Oct. 1677.]
JOHN BROWN, marr. Margaret,
daugh. of John Duns, portioner of
Grueldykes.— [Berwick Sas., 15th Dec.
1685.]
POLWARTH
The interior of the church was partially
restored in 1928.
ADAM HUME, his wife's name was
1560 Dewar, not Stewart; his son, Alexan
der, described as in North Berwick
on 14th Sept. 1614, when he was charged
before the Privy Council with having re
ceived Robert Douglas, son of late Robert
D., parson of Longformacus, after the said
Robert had slain Francis Bothwell. — [Reg.
Privy Council, x, 269.]
PATRICK GALT, min. at Duns, in
t-__ charge here. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
DAVID FORSYTH, min. 1581.—
1585 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
DAVID ROBERTSON, adm. 28th Jan.
1652.— [Hist. MS. Com., xiv, App.
• • • f^A -i
m, 94.]
ARCHIBALD BORTHWICK, marr.
(1) Mary Moore.— [Poll Tax Roll,
Greenlaw, 12th Dec. 1695.]
ALEXANDER HUME, his daugh.,
1755
Euphemia (marr. pro. 14th Nov.
1799 Charles Seyman, merchant,
Edinburgh).
CHARLES JAMES WATT, dem. 2nd
. June 1925, died at Edinburgh 5th
Dec. 1938; his wife, Margaret
Mathie, died at Edinburgh 26th July 1925;
his sons — Charles Cecil, killed in action
9th May 1917; Francis Clifford, advocate
1925, M.P. Central Edinburgh 1941-5.
WILLIAM EDWARD GRIMWOOD,
1925 b°m 26th Aug* 1875' S0n °f William
Alexander G., warrant officer,
R.H.A., and Elizabeth Jones; served as lay
missionary at Wallyford; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 3rd May 1916, missionary
at Wallyford 1907 and Blackridge Nov.
1910; ord. to Carrington 19th Sept. 1916;
trans, and adm. 22nd Oct. 1925; died 24th
March 1945. Marr. 2nd Nov. 1910 Janet
Heugh, daugh. of Colin McLean and
Euphemia Ellen Colyer, and had issue —
Euphemia Elizabeth, born 25th Sept. 1911;
William Edward, born llth Feb. 1915.
PRESBYTERY OF CHIRNSIDE
AYTON
The patron saint is St Dionysius. The
remains of the old church are in the burial
ground to the east of the present church.
There was in the church an altar dedicated
to the Virgin Mary, endowments being
various acres and rigs in the Lordship of
Ayton, including an acre in lie wichts-balke.
—[Reg. Great Seal, v, 1317.]
JOHN KENT, reader, called vicar-
__d pensioner 1 567-8, had conformed. —
[Edin. Test., i, 39.]
1601 WILLIAM HOG, born 1570.
WILLIAM HOME, M.A.; on 25th June
1661 he presented to Parliament a
petition to the effect that, lawfully
admitted to Ayton in 1653, he had been
deprived of his stipend for two years by
the prevailing usurping power for his
loyalty and his opposition to the remon
strating party; the Lords decerned their
opinion that he should again be put in
possession of the cure, and payment be
made to him of the whole stipend which
he had formerly enjoyed; Parliament ap
proved and ordained that he be restored to
the charge and payment of stipend made
to him. — [Acts Scott. Part., vii, 281-2.]
JOHN BETHUNE, son of Neil B. of
1667
Ballichladich, Ross-shire, and Chris
tian Monro. — [Foulis Writs, 276.]
THOMAS ANDERSON, son of Robert
1712 A., merchant, Edinburgh.
GEORGE HOME, his daughs.— Mar
garet Ann, born 20th Feb. 1776,
died 25th Feb. 1833; Catherine
(twin) born 13th Nov. 1779, died 5th Feb.
1782.
1773
GEORGE TOUGH, his daughs.—
Margaret Hay Home, born 16th
Dec. 1811; Mary Ann, died 6th
March 1895.
JAMES JOHN MARSHALL
1882 AIKEN, died 27th Nov. 1933.
CHIRNSIDE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 13th April 1242.
JOHN HOME, parson 1573, and pre
bendary of the Collegiate Kirk of
Dunbar.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Char
ters of Church Lands, ii, 68.]
ROBERT DENHOLM, pres. to
vicarage 31st May 1577 on death of
Sir James Gray. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, (4), 55.]
1577
JOHN DOUGLAS, parson and vicar,
died Sept. 1583; had a sister Mabel.
—[Edin. Tests., xiv, 234, 5th May
1585.]
ALEXANDER SMITH, born 1570.—
1607 [Pitcairn, ii, 283.]
HENRY ERSKINE, marr. (1) Jean
Brown> anc* had issue — Jean, born
in Galashiels 28th June 1 653 (marr.
1 7th Dec. 1 686 George Balderston, sur
geon, Edinburgh); Elizabeth, born in
Wooller 1st May 1655, died 19th June
1657; Philip, born in Wooller 27th Dec.
1657 (rector of Knaresdale, Northumber
land); Katherine, born in Cornhill 12th
Aug. 1659, died 13th Feb. 1660; Elizabeth,
born in Cornhill 4th Feb. 1660-1; John,
born in Dryburgh 22nd April 1663; Rachel,
122
PRESB. OF CHIRNSIDE] CHIRNSIDE— COLDINGHAM
123
born in Dryburgh llth Nov. 1665; William,
born in Dryburgh 8th Oct. 1669; sailed for
Caledonia in the Rising Sun (Darien expedi
tion) and died on the way 23rd Nov. 1699.
First wife died 9th March 1670. (2) 1st Sept.
1674 Margaret (died 14th Jan. 1725), daugh.
of Hugh Halcro, Isle of Weir, Rousay, Ork
ney, and Margaret Stewart of the family of
Barscube, and had issue — Henry, born 13th
Feb. 1676, died llth July 1696; James, born
26th May 1677; also sailed mthe Rising Sun
in 1 699, fate unknown; Hugh, born 24th Feb.
1679, died 17th June 1679; Ebenezer, born
in Dryburgh 22nd June 1680 (min. of
Stirling); Margaret, born in Parkrig 17th
Jan. 1683; Ralph, born in Monilaws 15th
March 1685 (min. of Dunfermline); daugh.
born in Rivelaw 31st Dec. 1687, died 2nd
Jan. 1688.
THOMAS LOGAN, his daugh. Agnes
(marr. 26th March 1832 Abraham
1801
Logan, Woodend).
ALEXANDER FORTEATH SMART,
1876 died 29th Nov. 1918.
COLDINGHAM
At West Reston there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Nicholas. It may be that the
chapel was identical with the chapel dedi
cated to "St N., Bishop and Confessor,"
which, it was proposed about 1 540, should
be erected into a parish church, with
cemetery, baptismal font, bell tower and
bells, and all the other rights and insignia
of a parish church. The inhabitants of the
area had built, founded and suitably em
bellished and repaired the chapel. The
chief reason for the proposal was that at
certain seasons the river E. (possibly the
Eye) which lay between the towns R. and
R. (possibly East and West Reston) on the
one hand, and the parish church and
churchyard on the other, was difficult of
crossing on account of storms, floods, and
frost, by the inhabitants who desired to
attend the parish church for such services
as were beyond the functions of the chapel,
and for funerals proceeding to the parish
churchyard. It was desired that the rector
of the parish church should provide for the
vicar of the new church 20 merks annually
over and above all the fruits of teind,
sheaves and other emoluments which the
rector enjoyed from the teinds of grain and
goods within the limits of the said towns of
R. and R. On the basis that the reference
was to this chapel the proposal was not
carried out.
St Ebba died in 637, and soon afterwards
the monastery was burned through care
lessness. It was rebuilt, but was destroyed
by the Danes in 870. On a peninsular
promontory at St Abbs are the foundations
of buildings called "St Abb's Kirk," with
a small burial ground — the remains of a
cell or chapel attached to Coldingham
Priory, and erected at a later date than St
Ebba's monastery. King Edgar gave the
Priory of Coldingham to St Cuthbert's
Canons Regular of Durham, who con
trolled it and drew the revenues. It was
colonised by monks sent by the Abbot of
Durham. By Charter of 25th July 1378
Robert II annexed the priory to Dunferm
line Abbey, but this did not take effect.
Fully a century later, in 1487, James III
suppressed the priory and annexed one
half of the Chapel Royal at Stirling, the
other half to be devoted to the erection of
a collegiate church at Coldingham. The
King's action induced or precipitated a
rebellion which, led by Alexander, Earl of
Home, culminated in the Battle of Sauchie-
burn and the murder of the King. In 1 504
the priory was annexed to the Scottish
Crown; and five years later, by Order of
Pope Julius II, the project of Robert II
was carried out and the priory was with
drawn from Durham and annexed to Dun
fermline Abbey — a condition that existed
till 1560. The priory was under the joint
invocation of St Mary, St Cuthbert and St
Ebba, but in actual practice the name of
the Virgin alone was used. To the priory
belonged the following churches: Edrom,
with the Chapel of Ercildone (Earlston) and
other chapels, granted by Cospatrick, Earl
of Dunbar, and confirmed by David I in
Sept. 1139; Fishwick and Swinton, con
firmed by Robert, Bishop of St Andrews,
in 1250; Ednam, with Chapels of Newton,
Nenthorn and Nesbit; Earlston, granted by
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COLDINGHAM— EDROM
[PRESB. OF
Walter de Lindsay to Kelso in 1150, and
in 1171 given in exchange for Gordon and
St Lawrence at Berwick; Stitchell (Chapel);
Smailholm, granted by Walter Olifard,
justiciary of Lothian, who died in 1242;
Holy Trinity at Berwick, granted or con
firmed by Bishop Bee 1282-1309; Ayton;
Lamberton; Aldcambus. In a Den west of
the village there was a Well of St Andrew,
whence came the supply of water for the
priory. In 1305 Edward I instituted a Fair
of St Luke.— [Acts Scott. Par I., ii, 171,
179-82; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 839; Carr's
Coldingham Priory, 131, 227, 235, 238-9,
243, 310, 317, 319, 320, 327; Thomson's
Coldingham Priory and Parish, 45-6, Ap
pendix VI.]
CHRISTOPHER KNOWES.— [G.R.
1622 Sas., xxxviii, 194.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, had seven
1677
young children 5th Dec. 1689. —
[P. C. Reg., xiv, 542.]
1694
1795
JOHN POW, bapt. 28th March 1669,
son of Mr Robert P., headmaster of
Leith Grammar School, and his
second wife, Jean Learmonth. — [South
Leith Register, Berwick Sas., vi, 100, 103.]
JAMES LANDELL, had issue— Wil
liam, died Glasgow; James, died at
Port Antonio; Thomas, died in
West Indies; George, died Montreal;
Alexander, Lieut. Marines, drowned at
Chatham, 31st July 1812.
JAMES HOME ROBERTSON, born
26th May 1801; his sons — John
Dickson, Clerk in Holy Orders,
died 1915; George Hogarth, Clerk in Holy
Orders, died Tasmania, 1900.
DAVID MUNRO, his daugh., Isabella,
1847 died 15th Oct. 1929.
HENRY MACLAURIN LAMONT,
his daugh. Sheila (marr. 14th June
1938 George Douglas Munro, min.
of Reston).
(Congregations united 6th Oct. 1940.)
COLDSTREAM
The church at Hirsel was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham 6th Oct. 1248.
ROBERT HOPPRINGLE, M.A., min.
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Roxburgh, etc.]
1563
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, died before
1659 Dec. 1673.— [Mack. Warrants.}
THOMAS BLAIR, his son, Henry,
apprentice to Alexander Niven,
barber, 15th July 1702.
1686
WILLIAM WILSON, son of John W.,
1735 stationer, Glasgow.
THOMAS SMITH GOLDIE, marr.
Jane Gilloch, daugh. of Donald
Morgan, Kirkcaldy.
1830
ARCHIBALD NISBET, his sons-
Alexander Allan, died 19th March
1860
1945.
1934; Francis Walter, died 18th Jan.
ROBERT JOHN THOMSON, trans.
1912 to Alloa 15th July 1919.
ALFRED ERNEST WARR, adm. 4th
Dec. 1919; trans, to Hillhead, Glas
gow, 1st March 1923.
1919
WILLIAM BROWN, trans, from Ting-
wall (<7.v.) 3rd Aug. 1923. Addl.
issue — Agnes Ewing, born 30th Jan.
1923 :
1933.
EDROM
The church was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. On 1st Dec. 1393 Papal Indulgence
was granted for visitors to the "Parish
Church of St Mary of Ederham, to which,
on account of the miracles which God by
the merits and intercession of the said Mary
wrought, a great multitude of people of
old were wont to flock." — [Transcripts
from the Vatican i, 344, MS. Reg. Ho.]
JOHN COSTRANE, reader, 1570-2.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Lin-
lithgow, etc.]
CHIRNSIDE
EDROM— EYEMOUTH
125
JOHN BARCLAY, eldest son of Adam
B., min. at Perth, etc., probably of
the 1st marriage, and grandson of
Adam B., min. at Alford; was resident at
Peterhead in 1696 with his 1st wife;
assisted Alexander Barclay, formerly min.
at Peterhead, in carrying on Episcopal
services in a meeting house at what is now
No. 3 Port Henry Lane (off the Longate);
probably carried on the work when
Alexander Barclay intruded at Auchterless
dr. 1704-8, and was designated "Episcopal
Minister" at Peterhead in the testament of
his 2nd wife; died after 1714; marr. (1)
Christian, daugh. of Andrew Hay, Bailie
of Peterhead, by his wife, Issobel Dalgarno,
cont. 21st April 1687, with issue, at least,
George, born 25th Aug. 1693, merchant,
Georgia, Jamaica, and later in London,
acquired Cairness, Lonmay, Dec. 1752, and
died 6th June 1756; (2) on 5th June 1703,
Ann, daugh. of William Gordon in Savoch
of Buthlaw, 2nd son of James G. of Buth-
law, with issue — James, also merchant,
Georgia, Jamaica, succeeded his half-
brother, George, in Buthlaw, and died 4th
Jan. 1765; Mary, served co-heiress of her
brother, James, in Cairness, 19th March
1766, and of her sister, Ann, in Cairness,
15th Aug. 1766; marr. her cousin, John
Gordon of Buthlaw (died July 1775), and
died 10th May 1799; Ann, also served co
heiress to her brother, James, in Cairness,
19th March 1766, marr. Captain James
Thomson, Peterhead, and of Faichfield,
and died June 1766; Jane, also served co
heiress to her brother, James, in Cairness,
19th March 1766, and of her sister, Ann,
in Cairness, 15th Aug. 1766, marr. Thomas
Gordon (died 28th April 1749), son of
Charles Gordon of Buthlaw, by his wife,
Margaret Gordon, afterwards termed Lady
Findrassie, with issue, including Charles,
who succeeded his uncle, John Gordon, in
the estate of Buthlaw in 1775, and also of
Cairness which in 1776 was transferred to
him by his aunt, Mary, and his mother,
who died after 2nd Feb. 1780; and possibly
also, William, "son of Mr John Barclay,
minister," who on 28th Aug. 1732 was
apprenticed to John Aitoun, wright, Edin
burgh; Ann Gordon, widow of John
Barclay, died before 28th Feb. 1766, and
apparently in Jan. of that year. — [Aberdeen
Test., 17th May 1756, 28th Feb. 1766;
Edin. Test., 21st Jan. 1780, cxxvi, 1 ; Retours,
Ixxvi, 358-62, 3rd April 1766, Mon. No. 5,
29th Sept. 1766, Mon. No. 10, 26th April
1776, Mon. No. 17; Reg. of Edin. Appren
tices, 28th Aug. 1732; Burke 's Landed
Gentry, 1939, 909, 921; Aberdeen Poll Tax
Roll, i, 572; Memo. E. F. Esson, M.A.,
B.Sc., St Peter's Rectory, Peterhead.]
JOHN HASTLE, his daugh., Elizabeth
1797 (marr. 5th April 1836).
JAMES WILSON, pres. by Crown,
1849 26th July 1849.
GEORGE GIBSON GUNN, pres. 6th
1872 June 1872.
MACDUFF SIMPSON, died 30th June
1883
1925; his widow, Elizabeth Jackson,
died 30th April 1941.
JOHN MACKECHNIE, died 26th May
1944' his daughs. — Mabel Mary
Watson (marr. 27th July 1932 John
Leonard Douglas, min. of Eccles); Nina
(marr. 31st July 1935 John Crabbe Temple-
ton Hunter, min. of Fogo).
EYEMOUTH
In the "town and territory" of Eye-
mouth there were lands designated the
"four husband lands of Ninewells," a
name that may indicate that here there was
a dedication to the Nine Maidens. In 1581
there are mentioned two tenements of land
in "the place of St Colin." now called the
Loches in the common of Eyemouth. On
account of the distance of Eyemouth from
Coldingham Church, and also because the
prosperity of its harbour had increased its
population, James VI by Charter of 27th
Jan. 1618 dissolved the town of Eyemouth
with its lands, etc., and also the Lands of
Beinryhous from Coldingham, and erected
the Church of Eyemouth into a distinct
parish church, with the foregoing lands as
its parochial area. The Charter, which was
confirmed by Act of Parliament on 28th
June 1633, narrates that the inhabitants
126
EYEMOUTH— HOUNDWOOD
[PRESB. OF
had erected not only a suitable church but
also a sufficient manse and glebe for the
pastor placed there by John, Archbishop
of St Andrews. The stipend was all the
vicar's teinds within the above boundaries,
along with a chalder of victual formerly
assigned to Coldingham. — [Reg. Great
Seal, vii, 1761; Acts Scott. Parl., v, 143;
Reports of Hist. MSS. Commis., Milne-
Home, 209; Duns Castle Papers, 215,
265-6.]
DAVID STIRLING, had a daugh.,
1687 Ann.— [G. R. Sas., Ixxv, 81.]
GEORGE TODD, line 3, for "30"
1785 read "22."
JOHN MURDOCH, pres. by Crown
1844 16th Nov. 1843.
STEPHEN BELL, pres. by Crown 29th
1845 April 1845.
JOHN DEMPSTER MUNRO, his
1882
widow, Agnes Jane Balfour Gregor,
died 2nd April 1926, aged 80.
WILLIAM BLACK KENNEDY, dem.
1903
25th April 1933; died at Inveresk
10th Oct. 1946; his wife, Helen
Macdonald, died 23rd May 1927; marr.
(3) 15th Oct. 1930 Ann, daugh. of Robert
Edgar, Eyemouth; his son, Norman
Dougall, min. of Friockheim.
FOULDEN
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, parson in
office 28th Aug. 1562.— [Reg. of
Deeds, vi, 97.]
WILLIAM PYLE, M.A., exhorter 1563;
1563 designated chaplain 7th June 1542;
apparently attached to Jedburgh. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., 7th July 1542; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
DAVID HOME, exhorter 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh, etc.]
THOMAS STORIE, M.A., did return
1576
in 1585.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
OLIVER COLT, adm. advocate 20th
1614 Dec. 1606.
THOMAS RAMSAY, had also issue-
Alexander and Patrick. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Dal, Ixi, 90; G. R. Sas., 9th
Sept. 1633, 365; xxxix, 185; xlv, 144; Hi,
407, Iv, 97.]
ALEXANDER CHRISTISON, his
daugh., Agnes Montgomery (marr.
1821
15th Sept. 1858).
JOHN REED, licen. 13th May 1884,
1886
dem. 21st Dec. 1926, died 24th Sept.
1932; his widow, Martha Craig
Gilchrist, died 9th May 1944; his son,
John Stewart, Lieut, R.N.R., drowned in
submarine in Baltic 4th June 1919; his son,
Alexander Chalmers, M.B., Ch.B., Edin
burgh. Addl. Publications — Contributions
to Chambers Journal, and Good Words.
JOHN ALEXANDER RUSSELL
BROWN MUIR, M.A., born
Methil 13th Sept. 1895, son of
Thomas M., Ph.D., min. of Skirling; educ.
at Biggar High School and Univ. of Edin
burgh, M.A. (1923); licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 5th April 1 926, assistant St. George 's,
Edinburgh; ord. 2nd Dec. 1927; trans, to
Craiglockhart 12th March 1935. Marr.
27th July 1928 Margaret Grant, fourth
daugh. of Major Alexander Cumming,
Mains of Curr, Strathspey, and has issue,
Maud Margaret Russell, born 5th May
1929.
(Foulden and Mordington were united 1929.)
HOUNDWOOD
JOSEPH BETHUNE, marr. proc. 12th
May 1796 Margaret, daugh. of
Francis Cowan, min. of Gladsmuir.
JOHN EDGAR DAVIDSON, died in
Western Infirmary, Glasgow, 29th
1915
Nov. 1925.
JOHN SCOTT MORRISON, trans.
1926
from St Andrew's, Berwick (q.v.)+
5th Aug. 1926, died at Edinburgh
5th March 1946.
CHIRNSIDE] HUTTON— LADYKIRK, UPSETTLINGTON, HORNDEAN 127
HUTTON
Hutton and Fishwick were united by the
Lords Commissioners before 20th May
1610. The church was renovated in 1937. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig.]
DAVID HOME, exhorter 1563, and at
Fishwick. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
1563
Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
THOMAS WILSON, pres. to vicarage
15th May 1576 on death of Robert
1576
Douglas, M.A.
WILLIAM COUTTS, reader here, pres.
to vicarage 6th Dec. 1576 on death
1576
of Robert Douglas.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, (4), 49.]
JAMES LUNDIE.— [G. R. Sas., Iv,
1636 105.]
PATRICK HOME, his son, William,
aPPrentice to George Smailholm,
merchant, Edinburgh, 10th Feb.
1669.
ADAM LANDELLS, line 2, for "1st
1789 Nov. ' ' read ' ' 29th Oct. ' '
JOHN EDGAR, his daughs.— Janet
1821
(marr. 5th March 1850 Alfred
Harris); Alice (marr. 7th June 1844
David Bayne, bookseller, London); Geor-
gina (marr. 28th Oct. 1851).
ROBERT KIRKE, pres. by Crown 1st
1858 July 1858.
DAVID SMITH LESLIE, licen. 17th
1906 May 1904.
LADYKIRK, UPSETTLINGTON
and HORNDEAN
On 5th April 1556 Sir Hugh Hudsoun
was admitted to the Prebend of Upsettling-
ton in Dunglass Collegiate Church by Sir
William Mustard, a prebendary there, who
admitted him by tendering to him the
Bible and taking his oath (i.e. by touching
the Holy Gospels) to observe the statutes
and customs of the church. — [Reports of
Hist. MSS. Commis., Milne-Holme, 239-40.]
In the village of Horndean there was in
1725 the remains of an old chapel dedi
cated to the Holyrood, called Rood Kirk. —
[Macfarlane's Geograp. Colls., i, 379.]
JAMES ROSS, for "1575" read
1574 "1574."
JAMES DOUGLAS, min. here, pres.
to vicarage 17th July 1577 on death
1577
of John Henrie. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, (4), 58.]
WILLIAM GULLAN, had issue,
Andrew. — [Deeds, Durie, 1706, No.
508.]
1697
ROBERT PEARSON, pres. 10th Feb.
1787 1787.
THOMAS MILL, pres. 27th Sept.
1788 1788.
GEORGE HOME ROBERTSON, his
daugh., Margaret (marr. (1) W.
Mitchell, (2) Alexander Macbean,
consul at Genoa).
WILLIAM ANDREW McCORKIN-
DALE, pres. by Crown 5th Feb.
1842.
1842
JOHN STEVENSON, pres. by Crown
25th April 1855; his daugh., Marjory
1855
Mary, died 23rd June 1917.
WILLIAM DOBIE, pres. by Crown
1859 4th Dec. 1858.
WILLIAM STEVEN MOODIE, died
1905 19th Dec. 1918.
WILLIAM MACKIE LAING, M.A.,
adm. 13th May 1919; dem 29th
Sept. 1920 on appointment to Union
Church, Valparaiso (q.v.); adm. to Colinton
4th Oct. 1934.
1919
ROBERT NINIAN PAISLEY, M.A.,
1921
ord. llth Jan. 1921, trans, to New
Abbey 30th April 1926
JOHN TUDOR SCRYMGEOUR,
1926
trans, from Caddonfoot (q.v.) 27th
Aug. 1926; dem. 31st Oct. 1944;
died at Edinburgh 26th Feb. 1945.
128
MORDINGTON and LAMBERTON— WHITSOME [PRESB. OF
MORDINGTON and
LAMBERTON
In note on Lamberton, line 6, for * ' Henry
VIII "read "Henry VII."
In a description of the liberties of Ber
wick 20th Jan. 1478-9 there occurs "the
place of the Cross of St Mary of Mording-
ton, ' ' which may indicate that Mordington
Church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
On the site of the old church there is a
burial vault which has on the inside of the
west wall a panel with a carved representa
tion of the Crucifixion, an incised inscrip
tion IHUS MARIA, and figures of the
Virgin Mary and John the Baptist.
The Church of Lamberton, now a burial
vault, is situated in the churchyard on the
west side of the Dunbar-Berwick road, 4-5
miles from Berwick. Lamberton was united
to Ayton by the Lords Commissioners
before 20th May 1610, because they were
adjacent to each other and formed an
' ' inconsiderable parish. ' ' At Charterhouse
there was an establishment of the Car
thusians, governed by a prior. The Church
of St Mary-in-the-Forest, apparently Sel
kirk, was united to Charterhouse on 22nd
July 1439. — [Monastic Annals ofTeviotdale,
321; The Apostolic Camera and Scott.
Benefices, \xxivn and 123-4; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
ii, 1412, vii, 2901.]
DAVID HOME, exhorter at Foulden
1563
and also here. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Roxburgh.}
ARCHIBALD HOME, M.A., vicar
1568
1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Roxburgh, etc.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, parson and
exhorter 30th Nov. 1574.— [Edin.
1573
Tests., iii, 227.]
ROBERT HISLOPE, pres. to vicarage
1582 14th July 1582 °n death °f Dean
William Learmonth. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xlix, 17.]
JOHN HOME, M.A., min. of Ayton,
pres. to vicarage 23rd May 1588 on
res. of Robert Hislope.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ivii, 120.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, min. of Long-
1599 formacus, in charge here from 1599.
GILBERT RULE, min. of Longforma-
1607 cus, in charge here.
THOMAS RAMSAY, marr. cont. 9th
Jan. 1646, Jean, daugh. of Robert
Balcanqual, Tranent.
1648
1885
GEORGE FULTON KNIGHT, his son,
1833 Adam Cairns, born 17th Sept. 1845.
HUGH FLEMINGTON, dem. 21st
Dec. 1926, died at Leven 25th Aug.
1928.
(Parish united to Foulden 1927.)
SWINTON
ANDREW ARBUTHNOTT, line 2,
1595 for "1642" read "1612"; died
before 1st June 1632, when his
testament confirmed.
ROBERT SANDILANDS, trans, to
1691 Newbattle 6th May 1695.
ROBERT HOME, pres. by Crown 30th
1868 May 1868.
1892
DUNCAN DAVID FARQUHARSON
MACDONALD, marr. (2) llth
Oct. 1917 Lizzie Ann, daugh. of
John and Elizabeth Morgan, Scone, Perth;
line 19, for "1890" read "1900"; Chap
lain to Forces at Shorncliffe 3rd Oct. 1919
to 19th April 1920; died at Tayport 12th
April 1940.
SIMPRIM
JAMES SANDERSON, son of Robert
1668
S., Coldstream. — [Berwick Sas., v,
91, 1689.]
GEORGE IRELAND, min. in 1683,
1683 trans, to Lethendry 1687.
JAMES ADAMSON, his son, Samuel,
writer in Edinburgh. — [Reg. of
1689
Deeds, Dal, 1705, No. 911.]
WHITSOME
THOMAS LYTHTON.— [Acts, and
1573 Dec., \, 154.]
CHIRNSIDE]
WHITSOME— HILTON
129
ALEXANDER KINNEAR.— [G. R.
1608 Sas., xxxviii, 107.]
ANDREW PATERSON, his daugh.,
Janet (marr. George Paterson of
Dunmuire).— [Berwick Sas., 28th
July 1683.]
JOHN VEITCH, line 1, for "William"
1715 read "John."
JOHN ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,
died at Port William, Wigtownshire,
7th July 1918.
1911
HUGH PARK REID, dem. 31st Jan.
1948; died Edinburgh 17th March
1948; his daugh., Kathleen Mary
(marr. 9th March 1 940 Eric Wallace Forrest,
lecturer, Queen Mary's College, London).
1562
HILTON
ARCHIBALD HOME, M.A., vicar
1567-71.— [Comps. Sub Coll of
Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.]
JAMES SETON or SEYTOUN, desig
nated parson in 1562, 1569 and 12th
Aug. 1589, probably held office
before 1560 and conformed. — [Reports
Hist. MSS. Com., Milne-Holme, 42; Reg.
Mag. Sig., iv, 1903; v, 1720; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
1563
HEW HUTCHISON, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Rox
burgh, etc.]
GEORGE HOME, trans, to Whittinge-
1733 hame 27th May 1736.
PRESBYTERY OF KELSO
EDNAM
JOHN CLAPPERTON, had issue-
James; William; John, min. of
Yarrow.— [G.R. Sas., 2 Ser.,xv,487;
Berwick Sas. ]
THOMAS POLLOK, his daugh., Alison
(marr. cont. 1735 Lieut. John
O'Brien, R.N., brother of Marquess
of Thomond).
1723
WILLIAM LAMB, pres. 27; his widow,
Christian Archibald MacDougall
Yair, died at London 10th July 1921 ;
a daugh. (marr. -. Campbell).
1844
1878
JOHN BURLEIGH, dem. 16th Oct.
1924, died at Edinburgh 2nd Sept.
1937; his son, John Henderson Sea-
forth, professor of Ecclesiastical History,
Edinburgh Univ.; his widow, Agnes Ann
Henderson, died at Edinburgh llth July
1938, aged 79.
1925
WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A., B.D., LL.B.»
served as Trooper in South Africa
Police 1909-10; discharged on
ground of ill health; taught in Schools,
Alberta, Canada; trans, from Bressay (q.v.)
17th April 1925.
KELSO
ADAM CLERK, exhorter, designated
1569
reader 5th Feb.
Tests, viii, 54.]
1575-6.— [Edin.
ALEXANDER THORNTON, M.A.,
min. 24th Feb. 1579-80.— [Edin.
Tests., viii, 43.]
1578
ROBERT KNOX, his widow, Elizabeth
Murray; his son, Robert. — [G. R.
Sas., 3 Ser., xxxvi, 344, 24th Jan.
1676.]
1633
JAMES RAMSAY, line 1, for "1672"
1707 read "1667."
JOHN GORDON SMITH NAPIER,
licen. 15th May 1879; his widow,
Sarah Roberts, died 26th Aug. 1935.
DAVID GORDON HAMILTON, dem.
1916 14th May 1945.
KELSO NORTH
HORATIUS BONAR, his son, Ninian,
1837
died 16th May 1930; his daughs.—
Emily Florence, died 1st Feb. 1937;
Eliza Maitland, died 16th Nov. 1941.
PETER McKERRON, his widow, Ann
Denholm, died 21st Sept. 1920; his
sons— Robert Gordon, died 15th
Oct. 1929; George Grant, professor of Law,
Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa,
died 2nd Dec. 1945.
JAMES FERGUSSON McCREATH,
1917
ord. 24th Jan. 1917; trans, to Mer-
toun 6th Nov. 1918.
WILLIAM JOHN MACFARLAND,
trans, from Craigvad, Co. Down,
30th April 1919; trans, to Borth-
wick 15th Dec. 1922.
THOMAS CONNELLY, ord. assistant
New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 13th
July 1921, adm. 9th May 1923;
trans, to Glassford 2nd Sept. 1925.
CHARLES KEITH MACWILLIAM,
trans, from St Thomas, Leith, 17th
1923
1926
Feb. 1926; trans, to Burnbank 10th
July 1928.
130
PRESB. OF KELSO]
KELSO NORTH— NENTHORN
131
ROBERT CRANSTON KERR, M.A.
1928
(7th July 1911), trans, from Long-
formacus (q.v.) 14th June 1928;
trans, to Smailholm 15th Sept. 1937. Marr.
8th Feb. 1921 Elizabeth Kerr, daugh. of
Edward John Smith, Dotham, Northum
berland, and has issue — Margaret Eliza
beth, born 8th Feb. 1925; Berta Gladstone,
born 2nd April 1929; Andrew Edward
Cranstoun, born llth Nov. 1931, died 8th
Feb. 1946.
LINTON
There was at Park a chapel dedicated to
the Virgin Mary which in 1175-99 Richard
de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and
Avicia of Lancaster his wife, with consent
of their son and heir, William, granted to
Melrose Abbey. — [Book of Me/rose, i, 83,
96-8; Re tours, xxxix, 248.]
STEVEN SCHILLINGIS, vicar
1563 1563.
MARK KER, parson, 1564.— [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.;
1564
Acts and Dec., xxxi, 6.]
JAMES KER, alleged vicar.— [Acts and
1569 Dec., xlv, 83.]
WALTER DOUGLAS, marr. Isobel
1689
1737.]
G oldie, who survived him. — [Reg.
of Deeds, Durie, cxcvi, 1st Aug.
GEORGE HALL, delete "grandson of
1728 Henry Hall, the Covenanter."
ANDREW OGILVIE, his son, Joseph,
1781 died 3rd March 1850.
THOMAS LEISHMAN, his sons—
1855
Matthew William Fleming, died at
Cubalbogy, West Australia, 20th
March 1928; Robert Fleming, died Victor
Harbour 2nd Nov. 1936; Thomas Arthur,
M.D., Brechin, died 3rd Jan. 1948.
JAMES FLEMING LEISHMAN, died
1895 at Edinburgh 9th April 1935; his
widow, Jane Leishman, died 24th
July 1938. Publication — Linton Leaves,
edited by his daugh.
MAKERSTOUN
JOHN DAWSON, his daughs.— Mar-
1869
garet Noble (marr. 1st June 1920
1880
William Cuthill, min. of Balma-
clellan); Elizabeth Walker, died 16th Jan.
1929.
PHILIP BAINBRIDGE, his daugh.,
Marion (marr. (1) Thomas Charles
Benson, M.B., Ch.B., Perth; (2)
15th June 1927 John Charles Cameron);
his widow, Elizabeth McLintock, died at
Manchester 9th Dec. 1938.
WILLIAM McCALLUM,Clerkof Presb.
1924; his daugh., Elizabeth, is M.A.,
LL.B., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.).
MOREBATTLE
THOMAS MOIR.— [G. R. Sas., xi, 295;
1610 xli, 166; Iviii, 133.]
CHARLES JAMES COWAN, died at
Edinburgh 6th Jan. 1919; his widow,
Jane Elizabeth Fleming Leishman,
died at Yetholm 4th Jan. 1939.
JAMES JOHNSTONE PRYDE, for-
merly of Penpont (q.v.), army chap
lain, adm. 24th April 1919; trans,
to Stichell 17th Dec. 1926.
JOHN HARKNESS, trans, from
1876
1927
Auchendoir 19th May 1927. Addl.
issue — Elizabeth McCulloch, born
29th Feb. 1924; Grace Kerr, born 1st Sept.
1927; Henrietta Margaret, born 21st Aug.
1932; his wife's mother's maiden name
was McCulloch.
NENTHORN
DUNCAN WALKER, min. here, pres.
1584
to vicarage 23rd May 1584; died
before 13th May 1599.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixvi, 135; cxiii, 251.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, trans, from
1664 Tundergarth 10th June 1664.
JAMES FLETCHER, marr. Margaret
Bower, widow of James Wichtoun,
notary, Dundee, and Andrew
Auchenleck, min. of Dundee. Had issue —
132
NENTHORN— SPROUSTON
[PRESB. OF
Isabel (marr. Thomas Auchenleck, apothe
cary in Duns).
MANNERS HAMILTON NISBET
1855
GRAHAM, pres. by Crown 3rd
Sept. 1854.
JOHN BARCLAY, pres. by Crown 4th
1866 Dec. 1865.
HENRY GREY GRAHAM, pres. by
1868 Crown 5th Dec. 1867.
1885
DAVID ANDERSON, died 19th May
1936; his widow, Emma Louise
Hutchison, died 22nd March 1937;
his daugh., Joanna, died 27th Sept. 1937.
Publication — Reminiscences of a Scots
Parish Minister (1937).
GEORGE HISLOP YOUNG, dem.
1900
1937.
15th May 1944. His wife, Isabella
Kennedy Wilson, died 17th April
ROXBURGH— ST JAMES'
On a petition by William, Abbot of
Kelso, to Pope Martin V, to the effect that
in "the Church of St James', Roxburgh,
divine office in virtue of a perpetual Chap-
lainry founded by the late Roger de Alton,
layman, had long been celebrated by a
chaplain at certain times yearly, ' ' but that
' ' on account of the ruin of the said Church
in the Border Wars, the saying of the said
office had long been neglected and was not
likely soon to be resumed," the Pope gave
mandate on 25th May 1426 to the Abbot
of Dryburgh to grant licence to the said
Abbot of Kelso that the office be cele
brated in a fit chapel of his monastery by
a secular or a regular priest, even a priest
of the monastery, appointed by the said
abbot, who asserts that to him belongs by
ordinance of the founder the appointment
of the Chaplain, until the said church
returns to its due state and the said chap-
lainry to its wonted revenues. — [Cal. Papal
Regs., Letters, vii, 455-6.]
SIR JOHN KER, vicar 7th Oct. 1569,
when he was summoned before the
Privy Council to answer for his
demerits. — [Reg. Privy Council, ii, 40.]
1569
SIR THOMAS KER, was vicar before
1582 1582 when he and Thomas Newbie,
reader, Hassendean, Archibald Sim-
son, reader, Lilliesleaf, John Scott, reader,
Southdean, James Scott, reader, Ashkirk,
John McClellan, reader, Kirkandrews,
were deprived for abusing the sacraments;
they continued in the offence and were
excommunicated 26th March 1 588, and on
18th June 1590 they were sentenced to act
themselves under the pain of death (which
they did next day) never to abuse the
sacraments nor function in the kirks, and
that "they sould be tane to the Mercat
Crose of Edinburghe and stand twa houris
with paiparis on thair heidis contening the
cryme quhairupone Dome wes pronun-
cait." — [Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, i, 190;
Booke of the Univ. Kirk, ii, 720; Reg. Privy
Council, iv, 522, xiv, 373.]
WILLIAM WEMYSS.— [G. R. Sas., 2
1608 Ser., x, 178.]
JOHN HALIBURTON, his sons—
1660
Andrew, apprentice to John Forrest,
surgeon, 21st Feb. 1683; John,
apprentice to James Law, skipper, Leith,
10th Sept. 1684.— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
xxxix, 16th Dec. 1671.]
HENRY ALEXANDER MATHERS,
ret. in favour of A. and S. Feb. 1934,
died 8th Dec. 1943.
1897
SPROUSTON
PATRICK BALLENDEN, claimed
1563
vicarage. — [Acts and Dec., xxviii,
141.]
SAMUEL ROW.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
1655 vii, 466.]
THOMAS INGLIS, his son, Thomas,
apprentice to Thomas Borthwick,
surgeon, Edinburgh, 1st Jan. 1679.
1661
GEORGE BARCLAY, M.A., resident
with three children, eldest seven
years, in Lady Yester's Parish 7th
Nov. \694.—[Lady Yester's Poll Tax Roll,
10.]
KELSO]
SPROUSTON— YETHOLM
133
JOHN GOUDIE, his second daugh.,
Margaret. — [Reg. of Deeds, Dal.,
clxv, 13th Feb. 1749.]
NINIAN HOME, line 16, for "14th
March" read "23rd May"; marr.
(2) 1723, not 1725. His mother
daugh. of John Trotter of Fogonook. —
[Deeds, Dal., 1705, No. 522.]
NINIAN TROTTER, mother Agnes
1809 Turner.
DAVID DENHOLM FRASER, died
19Q1 at Kelso 26th March 1948; addl.
issue — Helen Lydia, born 1 8th April
1919; Margaret Jane (marr. 16th June 1927
William Ross Stewart, M.B., F.R.C.S.E.);
Dora Denholm (marr. 16th Dec. 1937
Captain Cyril James Mackenzie Martin,
R.E.); Katherine Mary (marr. 20th April
1938 Francis Fenwick Pearson, Brant
House, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire).
STICHELL and HUME
The parishes of Stichell and Hume were
united by the Lords Commissioners before
20th May 1610. The church was dedicated
by Bishop de Bernham on 30th March
1242. The patron saint was St Nicholas. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., vii, 290.]
WILLIAM HOOD, called formerly
1577 reader, 1577. — [Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.'}
JOHN FAIRBAIRN, reader llth Nov.
1578 1578.— [Edin. Tests., vii, 195.]
DAVID COURTNEY.— [G. R. Sas., 3
1613 Sen, ii, 36, 38.]
DAVID STARK, his son, David, has
Sasine with his mother of Kirklands
of Home, 27th Jan. 1673.— [G. R.
Sas., 3 Ser., xxxi, 98.]
1648
JOHN GLEN, died at Dirleton. Marr.
1691 cont< 16th Sept> 1691 Helen» daugh.
of James Taylor, min. of Greenock
and Mearns, and had issue — James, bapt.
24th Aug. 1692, min. of Dirleton; Thomas,
bapt. 13th Feb. 1694; John, min. of Stichell,
bapt. 22nd Dec. 1695; Elizabeth, bapt. 4th
June 1697; Andrew, bapt. 20th Sept. 1699;
Samuel, bapt. 31st May 1704.
GEORGE REDPATH, his Diary 1755-
61 edited by Sir James Balfour Paul,
1743 published
Society 1927.
by Scottish History
PETER BUCHANAN, born 9th Feb.
1827 1798.
GEORGE GUNN, licen. llth May
1878 1876.
JOHN LANCELOT CONSTANTINE
TULLOCH, trans, to Hamilton
llth Jan. 1917; his son, John
Lancelot Hill, C.A., died 16th Dec. 1935.
1900
1917
DAVID JACKSON TWEEDIE, trans.
^rom Riccarton (#-v-)» di6^ 25tn
Aug. 1926; his daugh., Ena (marr.
6th April 1925 Flight Lieut. R. Stanley
Aitken, M.C., R.A.F.); his widow, Jessie
Fleming Allison, died Edinburgh 4th April
1947.
JAMES JOHNSTONE PRYDE, trans.
1926
from Morebattle 17th Dec. 1926,
died 27th Sept. 1934; his first wife,
Annie Elizabeth Drummond Drysdale,
died 9th Nov. 1920; marr. (2) 4th July 1922
Jane Baillie Dickson, and had issue —
Robert Johnston, born 20th May 1923;
James Christison, born 12th June 1926.
HUME
GEORGE HOME, vicar, 1586-8.—
1586 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
CHARLES HOME, vicar, 1588.—
1588 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
YETHOLM
There was in the parish near the English
Border a Chapel of St Ethelbride. The
church was entirely renovated in 1934, a
chancel being added. Two stained glass
windows and a chiming clock were the gift
of Andrew R. Blythe, sometime Session
Clerk.
134
YETHOLM
[PRESB. OF KELSO
JAMES WILLIAMSON, reader 1563
and 1567; excommunicated before
1590 for profaning the Sacraments.
-[Privy Council Reg., xiv, 375.]
SIR THOMAS CHRISTISON, vicar
1568 and \572.—[Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
1568
THOMAS AITKEN, pres. on death of
1579
Thomas Christison. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, (4), 64; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvi, 126.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, M.A., parson
July 1587.— [Reg. of Deeds, xxvii,
1587
221.]
ARCHIBALD OSWALD, M.A., min.
1594
at Fish wick, pres. to parsonage and
vicarage 3rd May 1594 on dep. of
Thomas Aitken on death of William
Douglas. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 123,
139.]
ADAM DOUGLAS, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 7th May
1594 through inability of Thomas
Aitken.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 126.]
JOHN BALFOUR, pres. on depriva
tion of Thomas Aitken and dem. of
Adam Douglas. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxiv, 160.]
1604
ROBERT COLVILLE, his son, Walter,
apprenticed to John Clarkson, bax-
ter, Edinburgh, 29th Nov. 1723;
line 1, for "1677" read "1671."
ADAM DAVIDSON, his son, James
Little, died at Broomieknowe 1st
May 1933; his daugh., Janet Carlyle,
died at Broomieknowe 10th Oct. 1935.
1862
WILLIAM CARRICK MILLER, his
1898
widow, Johanna Bonthron, died
30th Dec. 1933.
JAMES WEDDERSPOON, died 24th
1916 July 1920.
WILLIAM LINDSAY GORDON, for
merly of South Parish, Aberdeen
(q.v.\ adm. here 8th Jan. 1921; dem.
16th March 1925; afterwards Chaplain at
Colchester; died 29th Feb. 1940.
1921
1925
OLIVER KENNETH WALLACE
McFADDEN> born 19th Ju]y 1897>
youngest son of Rev. Jackson M.,
Badoney, Newtown Stewart, Ireland, and
Mary Wallace Loudon; educ. at Trinity
College, Dublin, B.A., M.A., and Univ. of
St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
1922; assistant Abbey, Edinburgh; ord. 20th
Aug. 1925. Marr. 4th Dec. 1929 Janet Kay,
youngest daugh. of Rev. George Home,
Cleland, Glasgow, and has issue — Maureen
Margaret May, born 3rd Feb. 1940.
PRESBYTERY OF JEDBURGH
ANCRUM
JAMES THORNTON, parson and
1560
1569
vicar in 1561. — [Comps. Gen. Coll
of Thirds.}
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, M.A., ex-
horter in 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
HECTOR DOUGLAS, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 18th Feb.
1577-8 on death of James Douglas.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 45.]
GEORGE JOHNSTON, died Father of
1572 the Church.— [G. R. Sas., vi, 21.]
JAMES SCOTT, died Father of the
1616 Church.
1622
WILLIAM BENNET, his son, William,
created a baronet 18th Nov. 1670.—
[G. R. Sas., Ivi, 67.]
JOHN LIVINGSTON, line 36, add
"1727" before "1754"; his son,
1648
186.]
William.— [P. R. Sas., Roxburgh, vi,
JOHN CRANSTOUN, brother of
1704
George C. in Upper Chatto; line 4,
for "20" read "1st"; his son,
Andrew, apprenticed to John Lennox,
skinner, Edinburgh, 15th Nov. 1717.
LANGNEWTON
JAMES COLT, trans, to Roberton
1647 about 1663.
BEDRULE
SIR WILLIAM TOD, parson and vicar,
1557
30th Nov. 1557, died before 30th
July 1564. — [Lothian Papers, port
folio xl, 21; xxv, 359.]
WILLIAM KER, son of John Ker of
Ferniehurst, sometime parson. —
1562
[Acts and Dec., xxv, 359.]
JOHN STEWART of Traquair, now
1562 undoubted parson 1562.
SIR JOHN DOUGLAS, min. 4th Feb.
1563-4. — [Lothian Papers, portfolio
1563
xi, 42.]
JOHN ALLAN.— [Acts and Dec., xlii,
1567 180; xxv, 359.]
HENRY ELLIOT, marr. Helen, daugh.
of John MacGhie of Balmaghie, and
had issue — John, Peebles. — [Lyon
Reg., i, 138.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, son of Mungo G.
in Holm of Dalgarno. — [Dumfries
Tests., 29th March 1729.]
1714
1748
GEORGE DICKSON, his daughs.—
Margaret (marr. Lieut. William
Miller, R.N., Maxwellhaugh); Ka-
therine (marr. Horatio Thomas McGeorge
of Langside, Kelso). — [Roxburgh Services,
451.]
JOHN STEVENSON, dem. 13th June
1923, died Bonchester Bridge 7th
Sept. 1929; his daugh., Mary Far
mer, died 24th Dec. 1918.
JAMES DRUMMOND GORDON,
trans, from Indian Chaplaincy (q.v.)
28th Sept. 1923; died 26th Nov.
1944.
1923
CAVERS
WILLIAM LAMB, parson 24th March
1546-7, sister's son and heir of
Patrick Panter, Abbot of Cambus-
kenneth. — Acta Dom. Con., xxiii, 27.]
135
136
CAVERS— ECKFORD
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM CLERK, pres. to vicarage
on dem. of Dean John Watson,
portioner of Melrose. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxxii, 76.]
HUGH KENNED Y.— [Harvey 's
1725 Works, vi, 408.]
JAMES STRACHAN, his daugh., Janet
1809 Dawson, died 21st Dec. 1837.
1840
WILLIAM GRANT, his daugh., Jane
Dickson, died Swanage llth April
1924.
1876
GEORGE BRUCE SCOULAR
WATSON, died 30th Dec. 1923; his
daughs. — Dorothea Margaret Flem
ing (marr. llth Sept. 1919 Robert Calvert
Sibbald); Mabel (marr. John James Scott
Morrison, min. of John Knox, Aberdeen).
WILLIAM KENNETH GRANT,
1924
grandson of William, min. 1840,
trans, from Second Charge St An
drews (q.v.) 3rd June 1924.
(The parish church was completely reno
vated in 1928.)
CRAILING
On 9th July 1606 the Lords Commis
sioners appointed a stipend for the minister
of Nisbet, Crailing and Spittal, which are
joined in one. — [Acts of Par I., iv, 500.]
THOMAS WILKIE, was son of Robert
W., min. of Kilmarnock and not as
stated. He marr. Euphan Bruce and
had issue — Elizabeth. — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., xxiii, 309.]
DAVID BROWN, his daugh., Elizabeth
1789 (marr. 30th Aug. 1824).
ADAM CUNNINGHAM, pres. by
1840 Crown 21st July 1840.
CHARLES JAMES MORE MIDDLE-
1888 TON, licen. 13th May 1887, died
26th April 1931.
ECKFORD
The church was burned by the English
under Sir Rauf Eure 7th Sept. 1544. —
[Hamilton Papers, ii, 456.]
ROBERT RICHARDSON, vicar, was
1560
in office 5th Dec. 1553; Treasurer
of Scotland 7th Oct. 1556; Arch
deacon of Teviotdale 12th May 1565, and
Commendator of the Priory of St Mary of
Trayl (St Mary's Isle); acquired various
lands, including parts of the Regality of
Dunfermline; died in 1571; had 3 natural
sons — James, afterwards Sir James of
Smetoun, who marr. Elizabeth Douglas,
with issue, including Robert, 2nd son,
created 1st Bart, of Pencaitland 13th Nov.
1630; Robert; Stephen, in Jedburgh, whose
daugh., Alison, marr. Thomas Johnstoun.
—[Reg. Great Seal, iv, 1041, 1156, 1475,
1817, 1938, 1979, 1982, 2279, 2659, 2843;
v, 1730; viii, 2016; Cal. Laing Charters,
Nos. 975, 976; Cal. of Charters, i, 467b,
ii, 3; Cal. of Deeds in Acts and Decreets,
viii, 348; Reg. of Deeds, ii, 357; Crawford's
Officers of State, i, 383; Complete Baro
netage, ii, 381.]
JOHN CLERK, pres. to vicarage 13th
1572 March 1572-3 on death of Sir John
Wilson. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4),
5.]
ANDREW CLAYHILLS, min. in 1592,
1593
pres. to vicarage 30th April 1 593 on
death of John Clerk.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixiv, 45; Ixv, 56.]
PATRICK URQUHART, pres. on dem.
of Andrew Clayhills.— [Reg. Sec.
1600
Sig., Ixxi, 137.]
JOHN BOYLE, M.A. (Edin. 1596),
1608
blind and discharged by General
Assembly from discharging any part
of the pastoral office except preaching 19th
March 1600; proposed for Second Charge,
Jedburgh, 1601 and described as min. there
when pres. to vicarage here by James VI
15th March 1605 on dem. of Patrick
Urquhart; pres. to Hownam 22nd July
1607; adm. here 5th May 1608; dep. for
immoral conduct llth Jan. 1610; pres. by
James, Viscount Clandeboy, to curacy of
Kellyleagh, Ireland, and was adm. to rec
tory there Aug. 1637; denounced the
"Black Oath" but afterwards took it, but
was arrested and taken to Dublin. He
JEDBURGH]
ECKFORD— HAWICK ST. MARGARET'S
137
marr. and had issue — Jean (marr. William
Murdoch). — [Genealogists Mag., Sept.
1936, 360; Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 265.]
THOMAS ABERNETHY.— [G. R. Sas.,
1610 xli, 475.]
WILLIAM TURNBULL, his son,
1666
1670.
James, apprentice to Walter Turn-
bull, surgeon, Edinburgh, 7th Sept.
JAMES NOBLE, line 8, delete
1694 "70."
JOSEPH YAIR, his daughs.— Agnes
1829
Archibald MacDougall, died 13th
Aug. 1917; Christian Archibald
MacDougall, died April 1923.
CHARLES LUCIUS MAcLAREN, his
mother was Anne Taylor Bell; died
25th July 1944; his widow, Isabella
Blyth Ball, died 9th Dec. 1945.
EDGERSTON
JOHN FERGUSSON, his widow, Mar
garet Richardson, died at Kilmartin,
Dumfries, 7th Dec. 1924, aged 88.
THOMAS GORDON, his widow,
Adelaide Dobie, died at Kirkcud
bright 10th Jan. 1926. He died 5th
April 1917.
1892
ARTHUR ERASER, born 21st Aug.
1868, son of John F., min. of Petty;
educ. at Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1906); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen;
missionary at Milton of Campsie 1914-17;
ord. 21st Sept. 1917; died at Denholm 13th
June 1947. Marr. 19th Oct. 1917 Janie
Reid, eldest daugh. of James McHardy,
min. of Latheron.
HAWICK
The Church of Hawick was erected and
created a canonry and free prebend on 30th
Jan. 1447-8.
JOHN SANDILANDS, for "1583"
1560 read "1563."
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, line 11, for
1663 "w"ter" read "W.S."; resident
with his wife, Margaret Rutherford,
and three children, eldest 14, in Tron
Parish, Edinburgh. — [Tron Par. Poll Book,
40.]
JOHN LANGLANDS, his son, John,
1667 M.D.
DAVID CATHELS, licen. 17th May
1892
1881; Moderator of General As
sembly 1924; died 16th June 1925;
his widow, Margaret Agnes Hewat, died
at Edinburgh 9th July 1940; his daughs. —
Katherine Stuart (marr. 5th Aug. 1917
Harold Mansfield, B.A., M.B., M.R.C.S.,
Capt. R.A.M.C.); Jane Gardner (marr.
16th April 1917 James Johnston, M.B.,
Ch.B.); his son, Louis Patrick, Rector of
St Peter's, Peterhouse, died 9th April
1939. Publication — The Permanent and the
Transitory (Moderatorial Address, Edin.,
1924).
JOHN ARCHIBALD GLOVER
1925 THOMSON, licen. 28th Nov. 1906,
formerly of Wallacetown, Ayr (q.v.\
trans, from Tron, Edinburgh, 19th Nov.
1925; his mother was Anne Dundas Glover;
licen. 28th Nov. (not May). Publication —
Roll of the Ministry of Hawick, 1183 to
1929, with Notes (Hawick, 1936).
HAWICK ST JOHN'S
ALEXANDER McINROY THOM-
1889 SON, licen, 21st May 1888.
ARTHUR HENRY DUNNETT, trans.
1913 to Teviothead 1st June 1920.
WALTER GORDON CARTER, B.A.,
ord. 5th Nov. 1920; trans, to Car-
1920
luke 21st Aug. 1929.
HAWICK ST MARGARET'S
WILLIAM CUPPLES McCUL-
LOUGH, dem. 1935, died at Lon
don 22nd May 1939; his son,
William Donald Hamilton, on B.B.C.
staff. His wife, Marion Jones, died 2nd
Oct. 1934.
138
HAWICK ST MARY'S— HOWNAM
[PRESB. OF
1880
HAWICK ST MARY'S
STEWART BURNS, dem. 7th Oct.
1925, died 19th Dec. 1935; his wife,
Elizabeth Carruthers Murray, died
17th March 1934.
ERIC MAITLAND KIRK RAFF,
1926 born 29th March 1892, son of Wil
liam Watson R., Melbourne, and
Victoria Black, and grandson of William
R., Woodlee, Forres; educ. at Scots Col
lege, Melbourne, Univ. of Melbourne,
B.A. (17th April 1915); Presbyterian Theo
logical Hall; ord. by Presb. of Ormond,
North Melbourne, 18th Oct. 1916, to
Efate Island, New Hebrides Mission; res.
1923; adm. on probation by General As
sembly 22nd May 1924; assistant St
Michael's, Dumfries; app. to Rosyth 14th
Sept. 1925; adm. here 30th March 1926;
died at Bournemouth 22nd March 1927.
Marr. 9th Dec. 1916 Ruth (born 30th Oct.
1891), daugh. of John Baird, s.p.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, licen. by Presb.
1927
of St Andrews, May 1891; trans.
from Maud fo.v.) 23rd Nov. 1927,
dem. llth Nov. 1933; died from effects of
an accident 29th June 1946; his wife, Sarah
Dare, died at Bonnyrigg 5th March 1940;
his son, William Nightingale, doctor in
Stow, born 29th July 1899.
HOBKIRK
JOHN DOUGLAS, pres. to vicarage
on death of Sir David Turnbull. —
1576
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 537.]
JOHN GORDON, dem. 19th March
1919; teacher, North Berwick; Ph.D.
(Edin.) 28th June 1928; reponed
June 1926; adm. to Channelkirk 25th
March 1927; trans, to Kirkinner 3rd Sept.
1931; dem. 20th Jan. 1943.
JOHN ASHFIELD CLARK, born
1919
1874; educ. at Queen's College,
Galway, B.A.; Royal Univ. of Ire
land, M.A. (June 1898); Assembly's Col
lege, Belfast, and Magee College, London
derry; licen. by Presb. of Omagh Nov.
1901; assistant at Creevan; ord. to same
July 1902; dem. Feb. 1916; assistant South
Leith; Craigmillar, April 1916; locum
Tranent, 31st July 1917; adm. 26th Sept.
1919; drowned by upsetting of boat at
Norfolk Broads 28th Aug. 1921.
DAVID LYNEDOCH CATTANACH,
1922 trans> fr°m Golspie (<7-v.) 8th March
1922; Chaplain, Scots Memorial
Church, Jerusalem. 1923-4; his daugh.,
Isobel Mary Lorimer, died 18th Nov. 1929.
ABBOTRULE
JOSEPH TENNANT, pres. to par-
sonage and vicarage in 1605 on
death of Alexander Crichton. —
[G. R. Sas., xxx, 1; x, 46; Iviii, 433; Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 390.]
JAMES KER, died Father of the
1624 Church.
ROBERT SPOTTISWOOD, his sons,
1687
Alexander, apprentice to Alexander
Shimster, merchant, Edinburgh, 19th
Dec. 1677; Robert, apprentice to Alexander
Nicolson, merchant, Edinburgh, 16th Feb.
1681.
THOMAS HARVIE, marr. daugh. of
1687 James Ker, min. of this parish. —
[P. C. Reg., xiv, 338.]
HOWNAM
JOHN BOYLE, M.A., min. of Christ's
1607
Evangel at Jedburgh; pres. to
vicarage 22nd July 1607 on death of
Andrew Douglas. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixx,
134.]
JAMES RUTHERFORD, his son,
David Alexander, died at Edinburgh
1775
20th Oct. 1823.
GEORGE WATSON, his widow, Anna
1865
Jane Ewen, died at Corpach 16th
Aug. 1921; his son, George John
Ewen, W.S., died 2nd Nov. 1943.
WILLIAM DRUMMOND MORRIS,
died 26th March 1946; marr. (2)
9th Sept. 1919 Jessie Agnes Watson
(died 7th Nov. 1941), daugh. of Hugh
1897
JEDBURGH]
HOWNAM— JEDBURGH
139
McCrostie, Dalcroy, Newhaven Road,
Leith. His son, John George Blount Fyfe,
doctor, killed in motor accident 19th
March 1932.
JEDBURGH
In the church there were an altar dedi
cated to St Kentigern, to which on 30th
Aug. 1479 Mr James Newtoune, rector of
Bothrule (Bedrule), granted 10 merks
annual rent from a tenement in Jedburgh;
an altar dedicated to the Holy Rood,
described as in the parish church, probably
the nave of the abbey church; an altar
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the parish
church; an altar dedicated to St Ninian,
also in the parish church; and an altar also
dedicated to the Holy Rood, situated in
the ' ' rud loft ' ' of the Monastery of Jed-
burgh, to the first chaplain (Sir John
Quhitlaw) of which, and his successors,
Alexander Donaldson, burgess of Edin
burgh, mortified certain annual rents from
tenements in Edinburgh on 7th Sept. 1493.
The last is an instance of an altar situated
in the Rood Loft. — [Reg. Great Seal, ii,
1432; iv, 1897; Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxviii, 107;
Young's Prot. Bk., v, va; Report Hist.
MSS. Commiss., vii, 729. See Aberdeen
Univ. Chapel (Old Machar), and Dunkeld
(Cathedral) for other instances of altar in
Rood Loft.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, min. in
1563 1563 and 1566.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
JOHN ABERNETHY, pres. to vicarage
t. of Oxnam 25th Feb. 1605.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 248.]
JOHN BOYLE, min. here (probably
1605 second min.). See Eckford.
JAMES BURNETT, line 6, for "Feb."
1636 read "Sept." He was pres. to
Burmarsh, Kent, 19th May and inst.
2nd June 1640, but apparently died shortly
afterwards, as his son, James, was inst. 15th
April 1641.
WILLIAM JAMESON, his son, Mr
Thomas. — [Burntisland Writs, Reg.
Ho. 1645.]
PETER BLAIR, marr. Mary, daugh.
1661 °^ James Hamilton, min. of Old
Church, Edinburgh, and had issue —
James, min. of Cranstoun; Margaret (marr.
Sir Patrick Davidson, surgeon, London).
WILLIAM GALBRAITH, has sasine
t ,_- to himself and wife of annual rent,
14th Oct. 1672.— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser.,
xxx, 259.]
JAMES ROWATT, marr. Agnes (died
in Ireland 1763), daugh. of William
Mure of Glanderston and widow of
William Porterfield of Quarrelton.
JAMES WINCHESTER, marr. Mary,
1732
1734
daugh. of Robert Dunbar of Dun-
phail and Grizel, daugh. of James
Brodie, diarist. — [Duffus Charters.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, his son, Walter,
1758 died 1783.
GEORGE RITCHIE, pres. by Crown
22nd July 1843; his daugh., Mar
garet Elizabeth, died Edinburgh 30th
Sept. 1925.
DONALD MACLEOD, line 2, for
18T7 "Maxwell Parish, Glasgow" read
"St Mark's, Dundee."
JAMES JOHNSTONE DRUMMOND,
1899
licen. 4th May 1894, died 28th Nov.
1918; his son, Andrew Alastair
Landale, min. of Alva; his daugh., Mar
garet Louise (marr. 3rd July 1936 Brian
Pullen, Northampton).
OSWALD BELL MILLIGAN, B.D.,
1919
M.C., trans, from St Leonard's,
Ayr, 16th May 1919; trans, to Cor-
storphine 31st March 1827.
GEORGE WILLIAM KINNAIRD
1927
MACPHERSON, born Kinnaird
13th April 1891, son of James Rose
M., D.D., min. of Dingwall; educ. at Univ.
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1912), B.D. (1915);
Fellow of Union Theological Seminary,
New York, 1919-20; served as Captain 1/4
Seaforths in Great War; was for four years
on a mission station in Canada; licen. by
Presb. of Dingwall 25th June 1915; assis
tant St Cuthbert's; ord. 23rd Nov. 1923 to
140
JEDBURGH— HASSENDEAN
[PRESB. OF
Carstairs; trans, and adm. 22nd Sept 1927.
Marr. 5th Feb. 1924 Irene Colburn, fifth
daugh. of Robert C. Buchanan, Mortonhall
Road, Edinburgh, and Eliza Russell Mac-
donald, and has issue — Margery Ann, born
8th Oct. 1926; Robert Buchanan, born 5th
July 1929.
KIRKTON
GEORGE DOUGLAS, pres. on death
of William Cranstoun. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xxxvii, 25.]
JAMES SCOTT, trans, to Tongland
1616 1619.
PATRICK CUNNINGHAM, his son,
1687
John, probably apprentice to John
Walker, skinner, Edinburgh, 9th
Aug. 1727.
THOMAS ELLIOT, line 1, for "III"
1758 read "II."
GEORGE HUNTER, pres. by Crown
1857 27th May 1857.
JOHN STUART, died 16th Aug.
1892 1930.
MINTO
WILLIAM McGOWAN, line 1, for
1575 "1575 "read "1574."
JAMES KIRKWOOD. Addl. reference
— History of the Public Library
Movement in Great Britain and Ire
land, by John Minto (Allen & Unwin,
1932), in which he is claimed the title of
' ' Father of the Free Libraries ' ' because of
his now celebrated ' ' Overture for Founding
and Maintaining Bibliotheeks in every
Paroch throughout the kingdom."
JOHN PETER McMORLAND, his
1865
widow, Elizabeth Macdonald Brad-
shaw Smith, died 16th June 1917.
ALEXANDER GALLOWAY, died
1878
20th Aug. 1926. Marr. Margaret
Rankin, daugh. of William Smith,
min. of Douglas; his sons — William G.,
died at New York 25th June 1936; Alexan
der, Lieut-.Colonel 1st Cameronians, In
structor Staff College, Camberley.
GEORGE OMOND MACKENZIE,
1927
trans, from Methil (q.v.) 2nd Feb.
1927; dem. 15th Sept. 1935; adm.
to Nicolson Street Church, Edinburgh,
19th Sept. 1939, died 26th Nov. 1943.
Addl. issue — Ella Jean Christine, born 14th
Jan. 1926.
HASSENDEAN
The church was granted to the Bishopric
of Glasgow by David I; and the grant was
confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1170.
About twenty years later there was a dis
pute regarding the patronage of the church
between King William the Lion and Joce-
line, Bishop of Glasgow; and as it appeared
impossible otherwise to settle the dispute,
they agreed to give the revenues to charity.
Accordingly in 1193-4 the Bishop with the
consent of the King gave the patronage —
lands, tithes, dues — to Melrose Abbey for
the purpose of building and maintaining a
house at Hassendean for the reception and
entertainment of wayfaring poor and pil
grims to Melrose. The hospital was known
as Monk's Tower, and its lands were
designated Monk's Croft. Some time after
1666 a new church was built at the west end
of Roberton parish; and in 1690 Hassen
dean Church was wholly suppressed.
Teviot floods made repeated inroads on
the church and churchyard, and in 1796 a
specially severe flood completed the de
struction. — [Reg. Epis. of Glasgow, i, 23-4;
Bk. of Melrose, i, 112-16; Chronicle of
Melrose, 100.]
THOMAS NEWBIE, reader 1576, pres.
1576
to vicarage 6th Oct. 1576 on dem.
of Thomas Westoun, advocate. See
under Sir Thomas Ker, Roxburgh. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., Ixxiii, 40.]
SYMON SCOTT, son of Walter S. of
Newton; pres. to vicarage pen
sionary 17th May 1595 on dem. of
Thomas Newbie. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii,
122.]
JOHN MADDER, pres. on death of
,-A Thomas Newbie. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
1620 Ixxiii, 40.]
1595
JEDBURGH]
OXNAM— TEVIOTHEAD
141
OXNAM
SIR JAMES AINSLIE, reader in 1568;
1574
chaplain of the Altar of St Ninian,
Jedburgh.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
WILLIAM AINSLIE, min., called par
son and vicar 1595-7. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
1599
JOHN ABERNETHY, min. of Jed-
1605
burgh, pres. to vicarage 25th Feb.
1606
1605 on depr. of William Ainslie. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 248.]
THOMAS ABERNETHY, M.A., min.
at Hawick, pres. to vicarage of
Plenderleith 24th May 1606.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixxv, 116.]
ANDREW KIRKTON.— [G. R. Sas.,
1624 xxxiii, 365.]
ARCHIBALD PORTEOUS.— [G. R.
1640 Sas., liv, 175.]
JOHN AINSLIE, marr. Anna Douglas,
1682
niece of Thomas Douglas, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Magda
lene (marr. Andrew Ker, apothecary,
Yetholm); Anne (marr. William Ainslie,
vintner, Jedburgh). — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack.
Ixv, 962.]
JAMES RICHARDSON, adm. 8th
1764 Nov. not Feb.
JAMES WIGHT, his son, John
Rutherford, died 8th Sept. 1919,
aged 90.
WILLIAM BARNIE, pres. by Crown
1859
14th June 1859; his widow, Mar
garet Anne Riddoch, died 18th Dec.
1932; his daughs. — Annie Forrest, died 3rd
June 1917; Jessie, died 4th June 1940; his
son, Samuel Riddoch, died 28th March
1946.
PETER BRYCE GUNN, died 30th
1R8_ May 1928; his widow, Jessie Turn-
bull, died 9th May 1939.
GEORGE HENRY GRANT, born
1928 17th April 1905, son of William
John G., Rose Villa, Archieston,
and Fanny Calder; educ. at Univ. of Aber
deen, M.A. (1925), B.D. (1928); licen. by
Presb. of Aberlour April 1928; assistant
Holburn, Aberdeen; ord. 13th Dec. 1928;
trans, to West Church, Inverness, 8th July
1936. Marr. 6th Feb. 1929 Kathleen Mary,
daugh. of William G. Gilchrist, Campinas,
TurrirT, and has issue — Sheila Mary, born
8th Dec. 1930; William Niven, born 25th
June 1933; Donald Marcus, born 21st Sept.
1945.
SOUTHDEAN
JOHN SCOTT, reader. See under Sir
1582 Thomas Ker, Roxburgh.
THOMAS THOMSON, died, having
1700 been struck by lightning while
exorcising a ghost.
JOHN RYRIE SPENCE, date of lie.
1907
10th May 1905; M.A. (1901) and
B.D. (1905).
TEVIOTHEAD
THOMAS DYCE, marr. Isobel, daugh.
1792
1848.
of Alexander Gordon, Fochabers,
who died at Aberdeen 5th Sept.
HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL, marr.
1832 23rd July 1833.
ARCHIBALD HUTTON DINWID-
DIE, licen. 13th May 1881; died
7th Oct. 1919.
ARTHUR HENRY DUNNETT, trans.
1920
from St John's, Hawick, 1st June
1920; dem. 1st Oct. 1824 on app.
as Depute Home Mission Secretary, and
on Union of Churches in 1929 became one
of the Secretaries of the Home Department;
died 28th Aug. 1940. Addl. issue— William
Gavin, born 4th Oct. 1919. Publications —
The Child's Prayer Book (1920); Book of
Prayers (1925); The Church in Changing
Scotland (1934).
DAVID SIME STEVEN, ord. llth
1925
1929.
Jan., adm. 6th Feb. 1925; trans, to
Gilcomiston, Aberdeen, 16th May
142
WILTON
[PRESB. OF JEDBURGH
WILTON
1567 THOMAS WESTOUN, parson.
WILLIAM CLARK, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 31st Dec. 1602 on
death of John Lan glands; his second
son, John, 18th Jan. 1634.— [G. R. Sas.,
xxxviii, 330; Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxv, 156.]
JOHN LANGLANDS, marr. Anna
Douglas; his sons — James, appren
tice to Robert Blackwood, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 6th Jan. 1669; Walter,
apprentice to Adam Bewcastle, merchant,
Edinburgh, 3rd Aug. 1692.— [Reg. of
Deeds, Dal., 20th Dec. 1693.]
JOHN RUDGE WILSON, died 27th Aug.
1930; his widow, Georgina Under
wood Fiddes, died at Wetheral,
Cumberland, 9th July 1947.
CHARLES GUTHRIE COOPER, B.D.,
trans, from Strathbungo 17th May
1926; trans, to Paisley Abbey 23rd
Sept. 1930; D.D. (St Andrews, 18th Feb.
1932); his son, George Douglas, born 4th
Nov. 1925, died 17th Oct. 1934.
PRESBYTERY OF EARLSTON
CHANNELKIRK
The chapel at Carfrae was built by John
de Sinclair on permission granted by Dry-
burgh Abbey. About 1200 he gave in
demnity that the chapel should not inter
fere with the rights of the mother church
of Channelkirk. The chapel at Glengelt
was built by Henry de Mundeville, who
about 1400 gave similar indemnity. — [Book
ofDryburgh, 131-2, 136.]
The bell in Channelkirk has this inscrip
tion: ' ' For Channenkirk 1 702. ' '
1574 JOHN CHARLES, reader.
GEORGE STRACHAN, vicar in 1576
,__, and 1577.— [Comps. Gen. Coll of
Thirds.}
WALTER KEITH, M.A., acted as min.
1666 at Guthrie.
HENRY HOME, his eldest daugh.,
Jean (marr. cont. 15th Nov. 1734
Archibald Campbell, merchant,
Edinburgh, late at Crinan).
1702
JAMES WALKER, died at New West-
1862 minster, B.C., 15th Oct. 1921.
ARCHIBALD ALLAN, dem. 1924, died
at Edinburgh, 29th Oct. 1924; his
widow, Jean Christie, died at Edin
burgh 16th Dec. 1929.
1891
HENRY McKINLEY, ord. 30th April
1Q2_ 1925; trans, to Sinclairtown 2nd
Nov. 1926.
JOHN GORDON, formerly of Hob-
192? kirk (q.v.), adm. 25th March 1927;
trans, to Kirkinner 3rd Sept. 1931.
Marr. 19th July 1923 Mary Jane, daugh.
of Robert Turnbull, solicitor, Edinburgh.
EARLSTON
NINIAN BORTHWICK, reader and
exhorter 1571.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Linlithgow. etc.]
JAMES FAIRBAIRN, reader 1568,
15_5 pres. to vicarage 1st Feb. 1577 on
death of Christopher Home. — {Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 123; Edin. Tests., in, 136.]
JAMES DAES, min. here, pres. to
1568
vicarage 20th Dec. 1586, on dem.
of James Fairbairn. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig.,lviii, 185]
JOHN HEPBURN, brother to Patrick
H. of Nunraw. — [Berwick Sas., v,
202, 203.]
GEORGE JOHNSTON, son of Patrick
1694 J., merchant, Edinburgh.
WILLIAM MAIR, died at Edinburgh
20th Jan. 1920; his widow, Isabella
Edward, died at Edinburgh 7th Dec.
1932. Addl. Publications — Action Sermons
(Edin., 1917); My Young Communicant
(Edin., 1915).
WALTER DAVIDSON, trans, to Blue-
1915 vale, Glasgow, 12th June 1929.
PETER WYLIE, born 3rd Sept. 1896;
1 QIQ ec*uc. at Congregational Theological
Hall, 1922-1; Univ. of Edinburgh;
licen. by Ordination 4th July 1924 to
Congregational Church, Lanark; dem. 31st
Oct. 1926; assistant St Paul's, Leith; adm.
on probation for one year by General
Assembly 24th May 1928; ord. 28th Aug.
1929, died 4th Dec. 1945. Marr. 2nd June
1926 Jean Watson Muirhead, s.p.
(Charges united 31 st March 1946.)
143
144
GORDON— LEGERWOOD
[PRESB. OF
GORDON
The chapel at Huntlywood was dedicated
to the Virgin Mary. The patronage be
longed to the Gordon family, a member of
whom appears to have been the founder. —
[Reg. Great Seal, ii, 3416; Reg. Sec. Seal,
ii, 1696; Retours, xiv, 300.]
JAMES STRAITON, line 4, after Oct.
1662
add 1662; marr. Jean Craw. — •
[Berwick Sas., 19th Jan. 1659.]
THOMAS MABON, his daugh., Jean.
1685 —[Homings, llth Dec. 1740.]
JAMES BELL, his son, John, appren
tice to Alexander Kincaid, book
seller, Edinburgh, 20th Nov. 1754.
1727
LAUDER
In 1268 the patronage of the Church of
Lauder, which was at first a dependent
chapel of the Church of Channelkirk, was
resigned by John Baliol in favour of Dry-
burgh Abbey, and like resignation was
made by John Baliol's wife, Devorgilla of
Galloway, daughter and heir of Alan de
Galloway, late Constable of Scotland.
Confirmation was given by John de
Haddington, Prior of St Andrews. The
church stood on the north side of the town,
facing Lauder Fort, which now forms part
of Thirlestane Castle. The present church,
on the south-west side of the town, was
built in 1673, and repaired in 1820. The
Chapel of Kedslie was dedicated to St
John, and though no remains of it now
exist, it is perpetuated in the name of the
estate and mansion of Chapel-on-Leader.
There was a chapel attached to the Hospital
of St Leonard. To God, St Mary, St
Leonard and the sick brothers of the
Hospital of Lauder (St Leonard 's), Richard
de Morville, Constable of Scotland, for the
souls of himself, his wife, his heirs, his
father and mother, and his ancestors and
successors, gave about 1 170 that land where
the house of the hospital is situated, ac
cording to the boundaries as perambulated
by John, Bishop of Glasgow, Avicia, wife
of Richard, and William, son of Richard,
etc. Evidently the hospital was for leprous
monks, and the foregoing date may be
approximately the date of its foundation. —
[Book of Dryburgh, 5-6, 7-9, 267-8, which
gives boundaries of the hospital lands;
Procs. of Berwickshire Naturalists'1 Club,
xiii, 139, which see for details of hospital.]
ANDREW HOME, M.A., son of
1560
George H. of Wedderburn and
brother of Sir David H. of Wedder
burn; parson 17th April 1548, died Sept.
1567.— [Edin. Tests., 7th Jan. 1568; Reg.
Mag. Sig., iv, 3rd Feb. 1568; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
iii, 2725.]
JOHN KNOX, M.A., min. 27th April
1576 1580.— [Edin. Tests., viii, 244.]
DAVID FORRESTER, trans, to Long-
1669 forgan, 7th Sept. 1684.
JAMES MIDDLETON, his son, James,
1862
1934.
factor to Lord Howard de Walden,
died at Kilmarnock 27th March
WILLIAM McCONNACHIE, D.D.
1906
(Aberdeen, 31st March 1921), died
3rd Oct. 1931. His widow, Ellen
Mitchell Douglas, died 6th Jan. 1939.
LEGERWOOD
A church existed here in 1127 when
"John, priest of Ledgaresude" signed a
charter in connection with Coldingham
Priory. In 1164 the church passed by
charter into the possession of the Church
of St James, St Mirin and St Milburg of
Passelet (Paisley) and the priors and monks
there till the Reformation.
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 30th Oct. 1242. The Hospital
of Morriston was at Aldenston. It belonged
to Melrose Abbey, and was for "sick
brothers," monks afflicted with leprosy.
Probably it was founded by Walter, son
of Alan, Steward of Scotland. At any rate,
towards the end of the 12th century he gave
to the hospital and the sick brothers there
residing a plough-gate and a half of land,
to wit, a plough-gate in the town of Aldens-
toun, and a half plough-gate which Dame
Emma de Ednaham (Ednam) held, with
EARLSTON]
LEGERWOOD— MERTOUN
145
right of pasture and easements in the forest
of Birkenside and Leggardeswude (Leger-
wood), and liberty to grind at his mills
without paying multures. Nichol de
Lychardeswode, Chaplain, warden of the
hospital, swore fealty to Edward I on 28th
Aug. 1296. At Birkenside there was a
chapel dedicated to St John. — [Re tours,
iii, 135, xiii, 118; Bk. ofMelrose, i, 70; Mon.
Annals ofTeviotdale, 265; Cal of Docs. Rel.
to Scotland, ii, 21 1 ; Lockhart's Ch. in Scot
land in 13 th Century, 52.]
WILLIAM CRANSTOUN, vicar, 5th
March 1566-7.— [Cal. of Charters,
1564
ix, 2079.]
ROBERT FRENCH, min. at Eccles,
1592
pres. to vicarage 18th May 1592 on
death of William Cranstoun, com
missioner of Lauderdale. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 267.]
ARCHIBALD BROWN, died 2nd Dec.
1859 1918.
1899
JOHN ALEXANDER CAMERON, in
Great War was Senior Presbyterian
Chaplain at Ripon and at Abbeville
with 51st Division; in 1929 Joint Clerk of
Synod of Merse and Teviotdale; Hon. Sec.
Association of General Assembly, Synod
and Presbytery Clerks 1927; dem. 15th
Nov. 1942; died 24th Jan. 1943. His wife,
Elizabeth Farquhar Philip, died by motor
accident 19th Dec. 1928; his son, William
Marshall Philip, B.Sc. (Edin.), D.I.C.
(London), is Entomologist, Khartoum, for
Northern Sudan; his daugh., Winifred
Mary Elizabeth, A.R.C.M. (London) (marr.
8th July 1930 Ronald Martin Perceval,
A.C.A., Monkseaton); his son, John
Austen Perceval, F.R.C.S.E., is surgeon in
charge of Government Hospital, Penang;
his daugh., Ruth Evelyn Philip, is M.S.R.
London.
MERTOUN
The present church is situated about a
mile north-west of the old churchyard, in
which are remains of the early church, the
east wall and parts of the north and south
walls, probably Norman. The church was
dedicated by Bishop de Bernham in 1241 . —
[Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, xiii, 144.]
SIR ANDREW HEGY, vicar; died
before 29th Jan. 1582-3.— [Reg.
1560
Pres. to Ben., ii, 84v.]
JAMES MENZIES, min., pres. to the
vicarage 29th Jan. \5S2-3.—[Reg.
Pres. toBene., ii, 84v.]
JOHN HEPBURN, pres. to vicarage
20th Jan. 1594-5 on dem. of James
Menzies.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 42.]
THOMAS COURTNEY, marr. Bar
bara Hamilton, widow of James
Hamilton of Stenhouse. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Dal, xxii, 633, 23rd March 1667.]
1663
1674
ANDREW MELDRUM, resident with
his wife and two children in Tron
Parish, Edinburgh, 8th Nov. 1694;
his daugh., May, born 9th April 1709 (marr.
Robert Morrison, writer burgess of Edin
burgh.— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 57.]
JOHN WALLACE, marr. Jane, daugh.
1692 of George Hutchison, min. of Irvine.
ROBERT LIVER, marr. Elizabeth,
daugh. of James Pillans, Regent,
Edinburgh Univ.— [Deeds, Dal.,
24th March 1704.]
JAMES INNES, his son, Robert, M.D.,
1718 died 1798.
ANDREW THOMSON DONALD, his
daugh., Edith Armstrong, died 2nd
May 1934; his son, George Honey,
D.D., min. of St Andrew's and St Paul's,
Montreal; his daugh., Dorothy Gray (marr.
James Patrick Chrystal), died at Meon-
stoke, Hants, 24th Feb. 1940.
DAVID GILMOUR MANUEL, died at
Edinburgh 1 st April 1 92 1 ; his widow,
Agnes Manuel Stenhouse, died at
Edinburgh 17th June 1934; his daughs.—
Dora Grizel Baillie (marr. 1st Dec. 1931
Andrew Jaffray Dobbie); Agnes Graham
(marr. 16th June 1934 Thomas Douglas
Vivian Morgan, Shawington Fall, Quebec);
Marion (marr. 6th June 1936 David Ritchie
Murdoch, Edinburgh).
1908
146
MERTOUN— STOW
[PRESB. OF
JAMES FERGUSSON McCREATH,
1918
born 20th Aug. 1883, son of Thomas
M., farmer, Challoch, Newton
Stewart, and Elizabeth Dunlop; educ. at
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1904); licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown, April 1907; assistant
St Bernard's, Edinburgh; ord. to Kelso
North 24th Jan. 1917; trans, (ass. and sue.)
6th Nov. 1918. Marr. 20th Feb. 1917
Marjorie Dennistoun, only daugh. of
Thomas Stark Murdoch Riach, Khonikor,
Assam, and Christiana Margaret Dennis
toun Shaw.
SMAILHOLM
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 29th April 1243. Along with
the Chapel of Stichell it was granted to
Coldingham Priory by Walter Oliford,
justiciary of Scotland, who died in 1242. —
[Carr's Coldingham, 320; Lockhart's Ch.
in Scotland in 13 th Century, 52-3.]
ADAM CLERK, exhorter 1563.—
1563
- °f
burgh.}
SIR THOMAS GETHERALL, vicar
1563
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds,
Roxburgh.}
JOHN HOME of BLACKADDER,
1567
held vicarage 1 567-7 1 . — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Linlithgow.]
GEORGE HOME, son of Alexander
1578
H., fiar of Blackadder and brother
german of John H. of Blackadder;
vicar in 1578, he had held parsonage in
1548.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., 29th Jan. 1542-3;
Noble British Families, ii, 28; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
iii, 2725.]
DAVID FORSYTH, pres. to vicarage
on death of Alexander Home. —
1593
[Reg Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 184.]
JAMES HUNTER, pres. to vicarage
1598
on death of David Forsyth. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixix, 260.]
JOHN BELL, marr. cont. 2nd Sept.
1687 1670 Jean, daugh. of George Murray
of Tippermuir, and had issue —
Robert and Helen.— [Deeds, Durie, 1705,
No. 940.]
WILLIAM LAMB SIME, died un-
1887 married 2nd Jan. 1937.
STOW
Stow was anciently called Wedale.
Tradition narrates that fragments of the
Cross of Christ were brought from the
Holy Land by King Arthur, and were
preserved with great veneration in the
Virgin Mary's Church of Wedale. The
early church was situated on the estate of
Torsonce, and in the first half of the 19th
century a part of one of the walls, three
feet thick, was to be seen built in with a
common drystone dyke. Near by was the
' ' Lady 's Well, ' ' and a huge stone, removed
in the course of the formation of a new
road and subsequently broken up, was
said to bear the impression of the Virgin
Mary's foot, made on the occasion of one
of her descents to visit this favoured sanc
tuary. The church was dedicated by Bishop
de Bernham on 3rd Nov. 1242. A later
church, apparently of the late 1 5th century,
but largely rebuilt in the 17th century, with
a south aisle added at the same period,
stands a ruin at the south end of the village.
Here also was a Lady Well. — [Report Hist.
Monuments Comm., Midlothian, 168; Lock-
hart's Ch. in Scotland in \3th Century, 53;
Chron. of Melrose, 79.]
GEORGE COOK, vicar 1568 and 1571.
1568
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN BENNET, M.A., pres. to
on
1578
ii, 8.]
George Cook. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
JAMES MITCHELL, his son, John,
min. of St. Andrew's Church,
1585
London.
JOHN CLELAND, his son, Archibald,
apprentice to Alexander Thomson,
saddler, Edinburgh, 1st Sept. 1675.
EARLSTON]
STOW— WESTRUTHER
147
ROBERT KAY, had issue— Barbara,
bapt. 4th July 1647; Robert, bapt.
4th Sept. 1648. Marr. (2) 14th Jan.
1658 Janet Brown, Dysart.
DAVID WADDELL, pres. 5th May
1841 1841.
WILLIAM WORKMAN, his widow,
Margaret Burrell, died llth Oct.
1882
1936.
THOMAS WILKIE WILSON, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 28th June 1934).
Addl. Publications— Sto w in Wedale;
The Permanence of Christianity; St Paul
and Paganism; The Reform of Health and
Life.
WESTRUTHER
SIR ANDREW CURRIE, charged to
1569
1595
answer for his demerits before Privy
Council 17th Oct. 1569.— [P. C.
Reg., ii, 40; Edin. Tests., ii, 96.]
SYMON SCOTT, son of Walter S. of
Newtoun, pres. to vicarage pen
sionary 17th May 1595 on dem. of
Thomas Newbie. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii,
122.]
THOMAS STORIE, M.A., min. here,
presented to vicarage 13th Dec. 1600
in succession to late Sir Andrew
Currie.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxi, 236.]
JOHN VEITCH, his son, David, ap
prentice to John Trotter, merchant,
Edinburgh, 14th April 1675.— [G. R.
Sas., 3 Ser., xvi, 307.]
WALTER SCOTT, his son, Robert,
apprentice to Joseph Gibson, sur-
1598
1648
1704
geon apothecary, Edinburgh, 2nd
Nov. 1737.
FRANCIS SCOTT of Langton, served
R heir to his uncle, Captain Robert
Scott of Langton, 18th April 1749.—
[Roxburgh Services, 228.]
WALTER WOOD, pres. 25th June
1838
1838; his widow, Margaret G.
Brodfoot, died 17th Dec. 1946.
HENRY TAYLOR, pres. by Crown
1844
1930.
4th Jan. 1844; his daugh., Elizabeth
Robertson, died at Melrose 3rd Oct.
DAVID SILVER, died 30th Nov. 1921;
1904
his widow, Georgina Stephen, died
12th Feb. 1941; his son, George,
Captain, 2nd Bengal Lancers, died at
Malton, Woodbridge, Sussex.
JOHN JAMES SCOTT THOMSON,
1927
1925.
M.A., ord. 20th April 1922; trans,
to John Knox, Aberdeen, 3rd Sept.
WILLIAM GILBERT LIMOND, adm.
14th Jan. 1926; trans, to St Leo-
1926
nard's, Lanark, 27th Sept. 1928.
ROBERT ARTHUR, born 31st March
1929 186°' S0n °f Wu<liarn A- an(* ASnes
Cartaw; educ. at Torphichen School,
Bathgate Academy, and Univ. of Edin
burgh, M.A. (1882); licen. by Free Church
Presb. of Linlithgow, 21st April 1886; ord.
26th Jan. 1888 to Free Church, Westruther;
adm. 1929; dem. 30th Nov. 1931; died at
Edinburgh 12th Feb. 1947. Marr. 8th Aug.
1901 Margaret Isabella (died 18th Aug.
1941), daugh. of James Burnet.
(A provisional union of the churches was
effected Sth March 1928, confirmed \3th
March 1930.)
PRESBYTERY OF SELKIRK
ASHKIRK
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A.,
r\ur
1570
pres. to
parsonage in 1570 on dem. of John
Murie.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 4.]
JOHN SCOTT, was min. here 3rd Nov.
1574 1573.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 12.]
JAMES SCOTT, reader in 1574, vicar
1586. See under Sir Thomas Ker,
Roxburgh.
1574
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, M.A., pres.
1^70 to vicarage on death of Sir John
Mmr.—[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 29.]
DANIEL CHALMERS, pres. to par-
1583 sona§e and vicarage 19th May 1585
on death of Thomas Cranstoun. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 126.]
ROBERT SCOTT, pres. to parsonage
1586
142.]
15th April 1586 on death of Daniel
Chalmers. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
THOMAS COURTNEY, min. 7th July
1663 1663.
RICHARD SCOTT, M.A., resident
with his wife and daugh. Jean in
Lady Tester's Parish 10th Nov.
1694.— [Lady Tester's Poll Tax Roll, 31.]
1685
1695
CHARLES GORDON, brother of John
G., provost of Aberdeen. — [Book of
Buchan, 197.]
ROBERT LITHGOW, his son, Robert,
t _t t apprentice to William Reoch, wright,
20th April 1737.
1780
WALTER STEWART, his sons-
Matthew of Barnhill, died 17th
March 1782; James died young.
JOHN EDMONDSTON, his daugh.,
1837 Elizabeth, died 20th Jan. 1918.
1861
WILLIAM GRIERSON SMITH, his
son, Alfred William, born 7th June
1846, died 13th July 1848.
1871
JOHN CHALMERS, his widow, Mar
garet Steele, died 27th March 1918;
his daugh., Louisa Jane, marr.
"1893" not "1898"; his sons— Edward
Ernest, drowned in Loch Shiel Oct. 1937;
Richard Mason, died New Jersey, U.S.A.,
1929.
JAMES DAUN, licen. 13th May 1887;
dem. 26th May 1926; died at Edin-
1892
burgh, 24th March 1927, unmarr.
JAMES REEKIE, born Auchtermuchty
1926 8th April 1886' son of Thomas R-»
Auchtermuchty, and Christina Mc
Kay; educ. at Harris Academy, Dundee,
and Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1910),
B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of Cupar. 18th
May 1914; assistant St Mary's, Dundee,
and St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; ord. to
Dean 10th May 1916; trans, and adm. 12th
Nov. 1926.
BOWDEN
THOMAS DUNCANSON, pres. to
1508
vicarage on death of Sir William
Younger. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 6.]
1574 ROBERT KER, reader.
HENRY KNOX, M.A., resident with
two children in Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, 16th Nov. 1694.— [Old
Kirk Poll Tax Roll, 18.]
ALFRED MACFARLANE, licen. by
1891 Presb- of Dalkeitn> 18"; became
min. of St Andrews, Niagara, on
Lake Ontario; died 4th May 1935.
148
PRESS. OF SELKIRK]
BOWDEN— GALASHIELS
149
JOHN BURR, died 27th May 1940;
1899
his mother was Mary Smith, daugh.
of James Keith, Arbroath; served as
Chaplain to the Forces in Great War. His
wife, Catherine Mary Knox, died 29th Oct.
1933. He marr. (2) 9th Feb. 1935 Fanny
Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Beattie,
Tunbridge Wells; his daugh., Susan Agnes
(marr. 7th Sept. 1933 John Lumley
Matthews, Lecturer in New College, Lon
don); his son, Robert, banker, born 1905,
not 1904; Addl. Publications — Studies on
the Apostles Creed (London, 1931); The
Lordship of Love (London, 1932); The
Crown of Character (London, 1932); The
Prodigal's Progress (London, 1933); Studies
on the Ten Commandments (London, 1935);
The Prayer of Prayers (London, 1937).
CADDONFOOT
JOHN MILNE, missionary here 1860
to 5th Jan- 1864; afterwards Chap-
. . _ , .
lain to Forces (q.v.).
JAMES MACKIE, afterwards min. of
1864 St Mary's, Partick.
JOHN TUDOR SCRIMGEOUR, adm.
as licentiate from Canadian Church
1905; trans, to Ladykirk 27th Aug.
1926.
1910
1926
JAMES MACKENZIE KIRK-
PATRICK, trans, from St Bride's,
Partick (q.v.\ 9th Dec. 1926; D.D.
(Glasgow, 22nd June 1927); dem. 28th Feb.
1940.
ETTRICK
SIR JOHN STEVENSON, vicar 21st
1569 Aug. 1569.— [Reg. of Deeds, x, 586.]
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, his
son, Walter, apprentice to Gideon
Schaw, stationer, Edinburgh, 27th
Nov. 1667.
THOMAS BOSTON, his daugh., Jane,
1707 died 19th March 1782, not 1765.
ROBERT POTTS, dem. 9th May 1780
on aPP- °f an assistant and suc
cessor.
K*
1907
ALEXANDER HORN, was missionary
at Stormontfield, Scone; dem. 3rd
Oct. 1928; died 19th Feb. 1935.
WILLIAM ADDISON, trans, from
Kirriemuir (q.v.) 22nd March 1929;
Ph.D. (Glasgow, 1936).
GALASHIELS
The old parish church having been
united with St Paul's, it was sold and St
Paul's declared the church of the parish.
JOHN FOTHERINGHAM, reader
1565 1565-7.— [Edin. Tests., i, 38.]
ROBERT KERR, M.A., vicar, died
1569 Before 18tl1 Aug- 1569; was m office
2nd May 1550, may have conformed
and acted as reader. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
27; Grote's Prot. Book, 45.]
1569
WILLIAM KER, designated "writ-
tour" and min. 9th Feb. 1575. —
[Test. Inventories MS. Reg. House.}
PATRICK URQUHART, min. in
1600 1600.
JAMES URQUHART, marr. Elizabeth,
daugh. of James Pringle of Buck-
, i
holm.
THOMAS WILKIE, line 3, for "Jan"
1665 read "June."
HUGH SCOTT, trans, to Stow
1672 1689.
ROBERT DOUGLAS. Addl. Publica-
1770 tion— Life of Logan (Edin., 1912).
KENNETH MACLEAY PHIN, line 3
1841 fr°m Bottom, for "1882" read
"1862." Addl. publications— Re
cent Movements of Scottish Episcopacy in
the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk
(1856); The Scriptural Principles of the
Solemn League and Covenant in their bearing
on the Present State of the Episcopal
Churches (1858).
PATON JAMES GLOAG, line 8, for
1871 "27th Sept." read "20th Jan."
150
GALASHIELS— LADHOPE
[PRESB. OF
DAVID HUNTER, p. 180, line 2, for
"1891" read "1879." His son,
1892
Hugh Blackburn, D.S.O.
DUGALD BUTLER, died Peebles 9th
1907
Jan. 1926; his widow, Catherine
Christian Barrie Marwick, died
Colinton 3rd Feb. 1949. Addl. publication
— Prayer in Experience (Edin. 1922).
1918
GEORGE HENRY DONALD, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 2nd July 1948); trans.
from West Parish, Aberdeen, 5th
Sept. 1918; trans, to St Andrew's Church,
Montreal, 1925. Addl. issue— Walter
Douglas, born and died 12th Nov. 1918.
FREDERICK DAVID LANGLANDS,
trans, from Eastwood (q.v.) 30th
June 1925 as assistant and successor;
Convenor of Christian Life and Work
Committee 1936; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th
Sept. 1937); his wife, Ruby Agnes Scott,
died 21st May 1942. He marr. (2) 16th
Aug. 1943 Elizabeth Thomson, daugh. of
John T. Forbes, Biggar Bank, Airdrie.
GALASHIELS WEST
WILLIAM DICKSON, his widow,
1909
Edith Jane Hanna, died 10th May
1935.
1915
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND BUCHAN,
trans, to Liff and Benvie 3rd Jan.
1919.
HENRY SHANNON BRISBY, born
1919
Belfast 19th Nov. 1890, son of Rev.
James M. B. and Margaret Shannon;
educ. at Hutchison's Grammar School,
Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1922); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 25th
Aug. 1915; served as Lieut, in Great War,
in Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers; assistant,
St Mark's, Glasgow; ord. locum tenens
Dumbarton 10th May 1917; adm. here 24th
April 1919. Marr. 2nd July 1919 Helen
Campbell, daugh. of William Maxwell,
min. of Cardross, and has issue — Desmond
Maxwell Shannon, born 9th Sept. 1920;
Bryan William James Shannon, born 2nd
Sept. 1922.
HEATHERLIE
ROBERT MONTGOMERY BRIGHT,
101 , trans, to Insh, Abernethy, 17th May
1921.
JAMES WILSON, born East Green,
1921 Anstruther, 18th Feb. 1889, son of
David W. and Margaret Grubb;
educ. at Waid Academy, Anstruther, and
Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1910), B.D.
(1919); served in R.A.M.C. 1915-19 at
Aldershot, Malta, Salonica and Northern
Italy; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 22nd
March 1919; assistant at Kilconquhar Mar-
kinch and St Stephen's, Edinburgh; ord.
28th Sept. 1921.
KIRKHOPE
JOHN SHARPE GIBSON, pres. 16th
1851 July 1851.
HUGH MACMILLAN, dem. 16th May
1876
1918, died at Edinburgh 22nd July
1930; his widow, Emily Jane Mit
chell, died 29th Dec. 1940.
GEORGE EDWARD MACKENZIE,
born Inverness 14th Dec. 1887, son
1918
of Major George M., Seaforth High
landers; educ. at Inverness Academy,
Lycee de Douai, Nord, France, Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1909), Aberdeen, B.D.
(1912); licen. by Presb. of Inverness 1912;
served in France as Captain R.F.C.,
wounded; assistant Dunkeld and Glasgow
Cathedral; ord. 19th Sept. 1918; died at
Bromley, Kent, 4th Sept. 1934. Marr.
30th Oct. 1930 Mary Rose Murray, elder
daugh. of Stanley Greenfield of Marlestan,
Bromley, Kent, and had issue — Sylvia
Mary, born 13th Aug. 1931; George
Murray (post.), born 20th Feb. 1935.
LADHOPE
WILLIAM CORSON CALLANDER,
his widow, Jane May Mason Patter-
1884
son, died 7th Aug. 1922.
JOHN GEDDES RITCHIE, dem. 13th
Oct. 1916 and served as Army
1914
Chaplain in Egypt and Gallipoli;
afterwards of Drainie 19th Aug. 1919.
SELKIRK]
LADHOPE— MELROSE
151
JOHN CAMERON, trans, from
1917
Poolewe 5th April 1917; trans to
Glassary 2nd March 1922.
HENRY OWENS WALLACE, ord.
1922
7th Sept. 1922, trans, to Dirleton
26th April 1928.
ANDREW REID, assistant Barrow-
1928
field; missionary to Nyasaland (#.v.);
ord. 8th Jan. 1927; adm. to Buck-
haven 21st April 1927; trans, and adm. 15th
Nov. 1928; ind. to Alexandria, Egypt, 29th
Sept. 1933; adm. to Forteviot 28th June
1938.
LILLIESLEAF
ARCHIBALD SIMSON, reader. See
1582 under Sir Thomas Ker, Roxburgh.
THOMAS WILKIE, appears from the
1 588 Kirk Session Records of 30th April
1671 to have been succeeded by two
sons, the elder of whom, Thomas, was in
1627 probably reader at Selkirk and the
younger, William, min. here.
WILLIAM WILKIE, died suddenly
1640
burgh.
30th April 1671; his son, Thomas,
first min. of the Canongate, Edin-
JOHN CHISHOLM, had issue— Wil-
1674 liam, born 15th Oct. 1682.
DAVID BAXTER, his daughs.— Hariet
(marr. 9th Sept. 1857); Helen
Frances (marr. 1st July 1845 Dr E.
Naysmith Houston).
1816
ADAM GOURLAY, his daughs.—
1 841 Adamina Herriot, died at Edinburgh
27th Feb. 1924; Margaret Redford,
died at Edinburgh 9th May 1925.
ARTHUR POLLOK SYM, D.D. (Edin.
188g 1924), dem. 3rd Oct. 1928; Con
vener of Committee on Admissions
of Ministers of other Churches, 1921-46;
Convener of Committee on Proposed
Scheme for Superannuation of Ministers,
1933-7; died at Edinburgh 30th April 1946;
his wife, Caroline Georgina Simson, died
7th March 1938. Editor of latest edition
of Mair's Digest of Church Laws (1923);
editor of Year Book of Church of Scotland,
1914-20. Publications— The Twenty-Third
Psalm: an Anthology of Metrical Versions
(Edin., 1923); Manual on Marriage in
Scotland, published by authority of the
General Assembly (1933; 2nd edition 1936).
JAMES McKENZIE, trans, from St
1929 Paul's, Perth, 21st June 1929.
MAXTON
There was a chapel at Murroslaw (Moor-
houselaw) belonging to John Haliburton
in 1551.— [Corbet's Prot. Bk., 75.]
SIR WILLIAM AINSLIE, he was
1561 Presented to the vicarage on 28th
Aug. 1561 by David Erskine, Com-
mendator of Dryburgh, in succession to the
late Sir William Tailfeir, who held the
vicarage on 28th Jan. 1551-2.— [Cat. Laing
Charters, 727; Corbet's Prot. Bk., 75.]
JAMES MENZIES, min. 10th Nov.
1584 1584.— [Aces. ofExch., 1584-98, 15.]
ANDREW DUNCANSON, marr. Mary
1640 Knox, who died 15th May 1697, and
had issue — Mark of Greatlaws.—
[Roxburgh Services, 172.]
GABRIEL WILSON, his daugh., Ann,
died 19th May 1801; his son,
Andrew, M.D., died 4th June 1792,
aged 73.
JOHN THOMSON, his daughs.—
1810
1865
Beatrice, died 20th Dec. 1918, aged
100; Jane, died 14th May 1842.
MANNERS HAMILTON NISBET
GRAHAM, his son, James Ritchie,
died Evanston, U.S.A., 3rd Dec.
1935; his daugh., Christian Lawrie, died
17th July 1934; his son, Robert Balfour,
M.B.E., Lieut .-Colonel R.A.M.C., died
28th Jan. 1946.
DAVID DENHOLM McKERRON,
1905 died 27th June 1948.
MELROSE
The oldest religious building in the parish
was burned by the Danes in the seventh
152
MELROSE— ST BOSWELLS
[PRESB. OF
century, and what was left of its ruins be
came a cell of ' ' Solitaries. ' ' It was one of
the first head places of pilgrimage in Scot
land in visiting which wonderful spiritual
privileges were obtained. The Cistercian
Monks built the later Abbey of Melrose,
and part of it was used as the parish church
till the beginning of the nineteenth century.
The chapel at Blainslie was Chield (=
knight) Lyell's.
Originally the church belonged to the
Priory of Coldingham, but in 1124-47 the
priory conveyed it to David I in exchange
for the Church of St Mary of Berwick.
Subsequently it belonged to Melrose Abbey.
In 1321 the Bishop (Simon) of Whithorn
granted an Indulgence of 40 days to all
who for the purpose of devotion visited the
Chapel of St Cuthbert of Old Melrose, and
gave of their means for rebuilding said
chapel lately burned by the English. Of the
chapel it was further said that it "has
led the monastic life and flourished
by miracles." "Sanct Robertis' Well,"
Blainslie, occurs on 5th April 1547. —
[Coldingham Charters, 5, No. 18; Raine's
North Durham\ Book of Melrose, ii, 390-1;
Corbet's Prot. Bk., 35.]
The first four ministers mentioned (Vol. ii,
187) were probably never settled at Mel
rose, John Knox being the first regular
minister.
THOMAS FORRESTER.— [G. R. Sas.,
1657 xlvi, 321.]
ADAM MILNE of BEWLIE, Chaplain
1711 at Kersfield 1706; marr. proc. 29.
1898
ROBERT JAMES THOMPSON, dem.
17th Nov. 1946; his daughs —
Dorothy Ann Scott (marr. 1 5th July
1930 Benjamin Frank McNaughton, sur
geon, Montreal); Edith Elizabeth Mary
(marr. Rev. W. W. Darke, Congregational
min. at Wallasey); his sons — Cyril, on
staff of County Council Hospital, Lon
don; Robert, secretary, Gresham Trust,
London.
(Churches of Old and St Aidants united
17th Nov. 1946.)
ROBERTON
JOHN COLT did penance for im-
1663
morality in the church of Lilliesleaf
26th March 1682.
JOHN FERGUSON, called 27th May
1696 and ord. 23rd Sept. 1696. Having
' ' supplied vacancies in the Shyre of
Angus and Mearns " for a quarter of the
year 1697, he received calls from Aber-
brothock and Montrose, but the Presb.
refused translation. Appeal was taken to
Synod. On 5th Oct. 1698 a letter was read
from the Commission of Assembly blaming
the Presb. for not declaring the Kirk of
Roberton vacant. F.'s name appears on
the Sederunt of that day. He was actually
trans, to Aberbrothock (Arbroath) on 20th
April 1699.
1786 JAMES HAY, pres. 6th June 1786.
ALEXANDER NIVISON, his daugh.,
1826
Euphemia Duncan, died at Edin
burgh 2nd Feb. 1925.
CHARLES KINNEAR GREENHILL,
1845 pres. by Crown 26th March 1845.
MERCER HALL, died llth March
1867 1927.
AENEAS EDE McINNES, died at
1894 Earlston 2nd May 1931.
ST BOSWELLS
JOHN McCLELLAN, reader. See Sir
1567 Thomas Kerr, vicar of Roxburgh.
JOHN TURNBULL, reader; was reader
1576
and vicar 10th April 1567, when he
granted to Andrew Ker of Hersell,
Kt., a charter of the 3 merk (church) lands
of Allisiden (Lessudden), called Sanct-
Boiswellis. — [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 2140.]
JOHN SOMERVILLE, line 4, for
1661 "1662" read "1661."
ROBERT FISHER, line 11, for "1901"
read "1891"; his sons— Frederick
Alexander, Engineer of Railways,
Patagonia, died at Buenos Ayres 8th Sept.
1919; William White, died 1st Dec. 1918.
SELKIRK]
ST BOSWELLS— SELKIRK
153
ALEXANDER CAMERON WATSON,
died 13th Dec. 1923; res. as mis
sionary 1885; his sons — Alexander
Fisher, Lieut. Black Watch, killed in action
23rd April 1917; Henry Steel, missionary
in Africa and min. of Lochcraig 1937.
1924
GEORGE THOMAS THOMSON,
trans, from Tain (q.v.) llth June
1924; dem. on app. as Professor of
Systematic Theology, Aberdeen, 17th May
1928; D.D. (Edin., 1935).
ALEXANDER WOOD McNAIR,
10-70 trans, from Tarves (q.v.) 23rd Jan.
1929.
(Congregations united 3rd March 1940.)
SELKIRK
The church, which was sometimes called
the Church of the Forest, has been claimed
to be St Mary's Kirk of the Forest in which
in 1297-8 the Scottish Parliament met and
gave to Sir William Wallace investiture as
Guardian of the Kingdom, though Yarrow
Church, St Mary's Kirk of the Lowes, is
generally assumed to have been the meeting
place. In 1511-12 the church was rebuilt.
Apparently there was delay with regard to
the steeple, but that it was erected, if not
then, certainly at a somewhat later date,
is shown by subsequent reference to it as
the "high steeple with four turrets." There
was in the church an Altar of the Holy
Rood. There were two aisles, Ker's Aisle
and Brydone's Aisle. The latter aisle,
which was repaired in 1617, may have been
the aisle for which Sir William Brydone, a
vicar of the church, left money to provide
a shrine. At dates between 1695 and 1714
extensive repairs were carried out on the
church, but in 1735 it had reached an un
satisfactory condition, and in August 1747
its walls were removed down to the ground.
Unfortunately the internal woodwork was
indiscriminately destroyed, involving two
painted panels, one of the Merchant Com
pany 's Loft, portraying Justice, blind
folded and holding scales in the hand, with
the motto ' ' A false balance is an abomina
tion to the Lord." and the other, on the
Tailor's Loft, depicting Adam and Eve in
scanty attire, representing their first effort
at tailoring. The new church was built in
1748, the congregation having worshipped
meanwhile in the Grammar School. In
1858 attention was directed to the internal
condition of the church, including its lack
of accommodation, and a year later it was
resolved to provide a new building. Op
position to that proposal and also a ' k battle
of sites" caused considerable delay, but
ultimately the building of a new church
was begun in 1861 on a site on the upper
portion of the Back Brae Park in the north
part of the town, and the church itself was
opened for worship on 1st Feb. 1863. It is
noteworthy as being constructed of dressed
whinstone. On the carved label-stop on
the right side of the doorway is a repre
sentation of the proverbial ' ' kirk mouse. ' '
The roofless walls of the old church, with
the aisle of Murray of Philiphaugh on the
south side, stand in the churchyard in the
Kirk Wynd. In the belfry hangs the bell
which, as being the parish bell, was re
moved from the Council House in 1748.
In 1113 Earl David, son of King Malcolm,
founded at Selkirk, apparently near his
forest castle, a monastery under the invoca
tion of St Mary the Virgin and St John the
Evangelist, and in it he placed 13 reformed
Benedictine Monks from the Abbey of
Tiron in Le Perche, one of their number,
Ralf by name, being made first abbot.
Thirteen years later Earl David, then
David I, with the advice of John, Bishop
of Glasgow, and on the ground that Selkirk
was "a place unsuitable for an Abbey,"
removed the monastery and erected it "at
the Church of the Blessed Virgin on the
banks of the Tweed beside Roxburgh in
the place called Calkou" (Kelso). William,
also of Tiron, was the 2nd Abbot of Sel
kirk, 1115-16, and the 3rd was Herbert, in
whose time the change took place. The
forest castle of Selkirk may have been on
the Peel Hill at Haining, near Selkirk. —
[Craig-Brown's Hist, of Selkirkshire, i,
74-5, ii, 229-32; Recs. of Selkirk Heritors,
i, 186, 190, 234, 236, 252, 274; ii, 32; Reg.
of Kelso, i, 4, 5 and vii.]
154
SELKIRK— YARROW
[PRESB. OF SELKIRK
JOHN GOULD, reader and teacher of
youth 1563. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Roxburgh, etc.]
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, vicar.—
1574 [Acts and Dec., Ii, 147.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, pres. to
vicarage 12th Feb. 1572-3 on death
of Sir John Stevenson.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, (4), 69.]
PATRICK SHAW, marr. Ann, daugh.
1596 °^ ^*r ^ames Murrav °f Philiphaugh,
and had issue — Hugh of Kelsoland;
Marion (marr. 3rd June 1624 Dugald
Stewart, merchant, Edinburgh).
THOMAS WILKIE, son of Thomas W.,
1627 min. of Lilliesleaf, reader here, after
wards of Lilliesleaf.
1634
JOHN SHAW of Newmains and Holm-
shaw, died before 19th March 1698;
marr. Anne, daugh. of Mungo
Murray of Ochtertyre, and had issue —
Patrick, M.D., buried 7th Nov. 1675;
James of Clackmannan; George of Red-
heugh; Christian (marr. John Rutherford,
min. of Yarrow), and others (Vol. ii, 194).
— [G. R. Sas., 2 Sen, xiii, 291 ; 3 Ser., i, 147.]
ALEXANDER COOPER, M.A., died
before 6th Nov. 1694, when his
widow, Magdalene Watson, was
resident with one child aged 16 in Tron
Parish, Edinburgh. — [Tron Par. Poll Tax
Roll, 26.]
DAVID BROWN, marr. (2) cont. 24th
Nov. 1735 Janet Scott, widow of
Walter H., surgeon; his eldest son,
David, apothecary, London. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Dal., 175, 2nd April 1754.]
JAMES FARQUHARSON, his widow,
1857
1946.
Martha Hector, died 10th Dec. 1923;
his daugh., Agnes, died 27th Feb.
GEORGE LAWSON, D.D. (Aberdeen,
1899 27th March 1929), retired in favour
of assistant and successor 7th Oct.
1930; died 25th Dec. 1937.
YARROW
The church may have been the meeting
place of the Scottish Parliament which
invested Sir William Wallace with the
guardianship of the kingdom. A fire in the
spring of 1922 destroyed all save the walls
of the church, but the building was restored
on a handsome scale. At Catslacknowe
there was a well bearing the name St
Philip. — [Craig-Brown's Hist, of Selkirk
shire, i, 74-5; Mackinlay's Anc. Ch. Dedi
cations (script.) 247.]
WILLIAM MERITOUN, parson.—
156- [Acts and Dec., xxxv, 277.]
JAMES CASTLELAW, parson.— [Acts
1565 and Dec., xxxv, 277.]
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, vicar.—
1574 [Acts and Dec., Ivii, 147.]
JAMES FISHER, line 2, for "26"
1635 read "6."
JOHN CLAPPERTON, was min. of
1666 Woo^nouse m England 1659; his
sons — John, apprentice to William
Hume, merchant, Edinburgh, 12th Feb.
1673; Richard, apprentice to James Home,
merchant, Edinburgh, 9th Aug. 1676;
James, writer, Edinburgh.
JOHN RUTHERFORD, marr. Chris-
1691
tian, daugh. of Gilbert Shaw of
Lauriston.
ROBERT RUSSELL, pres. 23rd March
1791 1791.
JAMES RUSSELL, his widow, Janet
1841
Margaret Shand, died 30th Dec.
1919; his son, Robert, died Port
land, Oregon, 28th March 1944.
ROBERT BORLAND, his widow,
Anne Haddon, died 14th March
1922.
1883
1912
ROGER SANDILANDS KIRK-
PATRICK, licen. 13th May 1881;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 1924); died 14th
April 1943. Addl. publication — Play fair in
St Andrews (St Andrews, 1930).
SYNOD OF DUMFRIES
PRESBYTERY OF LOCHMABEN
APPLEGARTH and SIBBALDIE
When Applegarth and Sibbaldie were
united on 24th June 1609, it was desired
that the church of the united parish should
be at Applegarth.— [Acts ofParl., iv, 441.]
JOHN YOUNG, his daugh., Marion
(marr. John Maitland of Clontree).
—[Dumfries Sas., 31st May 1636.]
THOMAS THOMSON, his widow,
Marion, marr. (2) John Kennedy,
merchant, Dumfries.
1682
WILLIAM DUNBAR, editor of Niths-
1807 dale Minstrel.
DAVID LANDALE, his son, David of
Dalswinton, died 6th Sept. 1935;
his daugh., Jane Jardine, died 28th
July 1946.
1862
1900
ANDREW SCOULAR GALBRAITH
GILCHRIST, M.C., died suddenly
12th Oct. 1929; his daughs.— Janet
Graham, born llth Dec. 1904 (marr. 23rd
Sept. 1933 Leslie James Hastie, accountant,
Royal Bank, Meigle).
DALTON
From James VI and the Lords of Council
special commission was received by John
Spottiswood, Archbishop of Glasgow, to
visit in the bounds of Annandale (' ' in the
parts sometyme called the borders") and
"take order for building and repairing of
the kirks within the samyn." The report
of the Archbishop bore that ' ' the povertie
of the inhabits in these parts is so great that
it is impossible that the said kirks can ather
be repaired or yet be sufficientlie planted
with ministers in regard of the meannes of
the parochines, unless certain of the said
kirkis ly and next adjacent to other be
united and annexit together." Following
upon the report, Parliament by Act of 24th
June 1609 effected various unions, one of
which was Meikle Dalton, Little Dalton,
and Mouswald, with the church at Little
Dalton to be the church of the united
parish. Later, by Act of July 1615 the
Privy Council decreed that the Church of
Mouswald be "the place of preaching,
etc., ' ' for the parishes of Dalton and Mous
wald. A further step was taken on 18th
June 1633 when Parliament disjoined the
Kirk of Meikle and Little Dalton from
Mouswald, and ordained that Meikle and
Little Dalton "be ane severall cure and
paroche kirk per se fra Mowswald." The
other unions carried out by the Act were,
Cummertress and Trailtrow; Gretna and
Redkirk; Kirkpatrich-Fleming and Kirk-
connel; Middlebie, Carruthers, and Pen-
nersaughs; St Mungo and Tundergarth;
Applegarth and Sibbaldie; Hoddam, Eccle-
fechan, and Luss (Luce); Hutton and
Corrie; also St Leonards and Lanark (q.v.}.
— [Acts Scott. Parl., iv, 441, v, 520; Reg.
Privy Council, x, 375; see Little Dalton.]
JOHN LIVINGSTON, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
ROBERT KIRKLAND, probably
chaplain to Alexander Murray of
Broughton, 1705; marr. Geills,
daugh. of James Paton, merchant burgess,
Glasgow; his daugh. and heiress, Mary
(marr. Robert Drew, portioner of Auchen-
leck).
1563
1715
155
156
D ALTON— HUTTON and CORRIE
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, his son,
1853
William Alexander, died 5th Aug.
1929; his posthumous daugh., Jane
Sophia, born 1868.
JAMES CLOW BRYCE, his widow,
1868 Agnes Smith, died at Edinburgh
29th Nov. 1925 aged 90; his daugh.,
Marianne Douglas, died 23rd Nov. 1873;
Jenny assumed name of Douglas on suc
cession to property, died Moffat 1 3th Sept.
1947.
CHARLES EDWARD PATERSON,
1870
his widow, Alison Barbara Cruick-
shank, died 4th March 1924.
ROBERT DONALDSON, his widow,
1875
Rose Emma Coventry, died 18th
Feb. 1919. He died 5th Nov. 1917.
WILLIAM ANDREW KNOWLES,
1918
trans, from West Coates (q.v.) 21st
March 1918, dem. 20th Nov. 1938;
died 19th Feb. 1942. He compiled and
edited Prayers for Divine Service (1923 and
1929).
LITTLE DALTON
JOHN CARRUTHERS, son of John
C. of Holmains; pres. by his father
to parsonage 26th Dec. 1565. —
[Anderson's Prot. Book.]
SIR JOHN BRYCE, vicar of Dumfries
16Q8 1566; died before llth Oct. 1608,
when he is called last vicar. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig.]
1611
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A., trans
ferred his residence to Mouswald in
1615, when by Act of Parliament
the Church of Mouswald became the
church of the united parish, of which he
still continued min.
DRYFESDALE
ROBERT HERRIES, his daugh.,
1616
Katherine (marr. John Carruthers,
yr. of Dormont), died Dec. 1656.-
[ Dumfries Sas., 8th April 1639.]
GEORGE BROWN, residing in Dal-
keith 1707; his son, John, appren
ticed to Thomas Carruthers, sta
tioner, Edinburgh, 16th April 1707.
JAMES SHORT, son of James S.,
1698 merchant burgess, Edinburgh.
GABRIEL GULLAN, his son, John,
1__1 apprenticed to David Home, litster,
Edinburgh, 6th Feb. 1744.
MATTHEW CLEGHORN, line 5 and
1?65 6, for "18th Aug." read "15th
Nov. ' '
ROBERT HILL WRIGHT, pres. by
1843 Crown 28th Aug. 1843.
JOHN ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON,
188_
died Marchmount, Dumfries, 24th
Aug. 1931; his wife, Agnes Ander
son, died 14th June 1920.
STUART CRAWFORD PARKER,
trans, to Belmont, Glasgow, 9th
Dec. 1919.
1914
GEORGE TOD WRIGHT, ord. 6th
April 1920; trans to St Serf's, Edin
burgh, 5th April 1927.
JOHN CHARLTON STEEN, born
Kilmarnock 1898; son of James S.,
teacher, Paisley; educ. at Paisley
Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. Served with Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders and later 2/1 Lanarkshire
Yeomanry in Great War 1917-19; assistant
lecturer in Italian and Comparative Litera
ture, Glasgow Univ., 1922-3; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow, 1926; assistant North
Berwick; ord. 3rd Aug. 1927. Marr. 7th
Sept. 1927 Jemima Izat, daugh. of Alexan
der Fletcher, freeman of London, and had
issue — Elizabeth Paton Fletcher, born 18th
June 1929; Mairi Maclean, born 6th May
1932, died 30th Jan. 1933; James Clement
Charlton, born 18th May 1930. Publica
tions — A Wayside Venture (an allegory),
The Journal of a Scottish Recluse.
HUTTON and CORRIE
When Hutton and Corrie were united on
24th June 1689, it was decreed that the
LOCHMABEN] HUTTON and CORRIE— KIRKPATRICK JUXTA
157
church of the united parish should be at
Hutton. — [Acts of Par I., iv, 441.]
ROBERT RAYNING, reader at Ruth-
1586 well 1571.
1702
GEORGE YOUNG, delete "son of
Patrick Y. of Auchensheoch " ; he
was grandson of George Y., min.
of St Mary's, Glasgow; educ. at Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (6th Sept. 1699). He had
issue — John, physician, Coldstream, born
26th April 1706; George, born 5th Dec.
1708; William, min. of this parish; Eliza
beth, born 10th Aug. 1712; Sophia, born
4th Feb. 1715; Christian, born 22nd March
1716 (marr. George Laidlaw in Craik-
haugh); Mary, born 4th April 1718; Henry,
born 29th April 1720, surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.,
died St Helena; Margaret, born 4th Jan.
1722 (marr. 1756 William Moffat, mer
chant, London); Alison, born llth June
1724 (marr. 1766 John Laidlaw, Galloway),
died 30th June 1777.
THOMAS BAIN, licen. 5th Dec. 1871;
1875
his widow, Margaret Morton, died
2nd Sept. 1927.
JOHN CHARLES MACK, dem. 2nd
1903 March 1934; died 8th Dec. 1939.
JOHNSTONE
ADAM WILKIE, reader in 1576 and
1578.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
1576
STEPHEN JOHN HOWITT, dem. 15th
at Moffat 8th Dec.
,ono
1898
1939.
KIRKMICHAEL
The old parish of Garrel or Garvald was
perhaps united with Kirkmichael in 1662,
not 1674.
JOHN KIRKPATRICK, second son
of Alexander K. of Kirkmichael,
pres. to vicarage and parsonage 22nd
Jan. 1604, long vacant since the death of
John Thomson. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv,
128.]
JOHN BREMNER, died at Edinburgh
1876 28th Aug. 1925.
ROBERT WILSON FORBES, M.A.,
trans, from Freuchie 1 1th Oct. 1918;
trans, to Methlick 29th Jan. 1925.
1918
ROBERT WILSON TURNBULL, born
1925 Hawick 7th May 1893, son of Adam
T., schoolmaster, Hawick, and Helen
Paterson; educ. at Hawick High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1913),
B.D. (1919); served as Lieut., Black Watch
and Royal Scots Fusiliers, in France;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1915; assis
tant Tron Church 1915; assistant Hawick
1919; ord. to Dunsyre llth March 1921;
trans, and adm. 5th June 1925. Marr. 12th
Aug. 1916 Catherine Russell, daugh. of
Joseph Strang, and has issue — Helen Blair
Paterson, born 21st April 1920; Katherine
Margaret Strang, born 28th June 1922;
Dorothy Annie Wilson, born 15th Jan.
1925; Evelyn Josephine Cathels, born 1st
June 1929; Adam Michael Gordon, born
29th Dec. 1935.
GARREL
United to Kirkmichael, 1662.
THOMAS BROWN, reader in 1567-72.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
/» . -i
fries, etc.]
KIRKPATRICK JUXTA
MUNGO NIVEN, reader in 1563 and
1 567. —[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
•%. j» • -i
Dumfries, etc.]
JOHN HAMILTON, reader.— [Acts and
1574 Dec., Iv, 14, 16.]
JOHN COLQUHOUN, cbrk of the
1612
diocese of Glasgow in 1560, when
Sir Humphrey Colquhoun, parson
of Kirkpatrick, resigned his parsonage in
his favour in the hands of James, Arch
bishop of Glasgow. In same year Sir
Humphrey made a similar resignation in
favour of Sir James Laing, chaplain of the
diocese of Glasgow, which does not seem
to have received effect. — [Colquhoun Cartu
lary, 415.]
158
KIRKPATRICK JUXTA— LOCHMABEN
[PRESB. OF
1664
ROBERT MERCHISTON, M.A., resi
dent with his daugh., Agnes, in
Lady Tester's parish, Edinburgh,
1st Nov. \694.—[Lady Tester's Poll Tax
Roll, 31.]
WILLIAM BRODIE, licen. 18th June
1875; dem. 20th May 1918; died
1877
at Moffat 15th Feb. 1935.
1918
WILLIAM LOGIE FINLAYSON, born
1st April 1887, son of Joseph Sage
F., min. of Burntisland; educ. at
Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1909), B.D.
(1912); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1912;
assistant Glasgow Cathedral; ord. 17th
Sept. 1918; killed on railway line near
Beattock 5th Feb. 1937; unmarr.
LOCHMABEN
Robert de Brus, son of Robert de Brus,
lord of Annandale, whom he predeceased
in 1191, granted the church with its lands,
teinds, and possessions to the Priory of
Giseburn (Guisborough) in Cleveland,
Yorks, which had been founded by his
grandfather, Robert de Brus, in 1129. By
the said Robert de Brus, lord of Annandale,
who died in 1194, William, his son and
successor, and William the Lion, charters
confirming the grant were given apparently
about the close of the 12th century. In 1223
the monks of the priory and the Bishop of
Glasgow, between whom had arisen dif
ferences as to the effect of the grant,
reached a settlement whereby the monks
retained the tithes of the corn of the church,
and received 3 merks yearly from the rector
for the maintenance of lights, and the
bishop had the right of collation and ordi
nation to the church and the dependent
chapel of Rokele. There was in the church
an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In
1592 the church was burned by the John-
stones of Annandale, in order to compel
the surrender of the Maxwells of Nithsdale,
who, defeated in a fight with the John-
stones, had fled to the church for refuge.
Its place was taken by a Gothic building
with large choir, which was demolished in
1818; and the new church was opened in
the following year. In the parish there was
a chapel dedicated to St Thomas, appa
rently the Apostle. — [Dugdale's Monas-
ticon, vi, Pt. 1, 266-9; Reg. Epis. of Glasgow,
i, 105, 106-7, ii, 619-20; Reg. Great Seal,
ii, 1650; McDowall's Dumfries, 318;
McKinlay's Ancient Ch. Dedications,
(script.) 258.]
1561
ROBERT JOHNSTON OF CARRIS-
TAN, 2nd son of John Johnston of
that ilk, and his wife Marion or
Mariota Maxwell; pres. to the parsonage
by his father before 1561, but the appoint
ment may have been a lay one; still parson
13th June 1587.— [Reports Hist. MSS.
Commis., xxiv, 33; Reg. Great Seal, iv,
2889; Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixiii, 363; Annandale
Family Bk., i, Pref. Ixi; Acts and Dec., Ivii,
42; Cal. of Charters, xiii, 2192.]
JAMES MAXWELL, min. 8th March
1567 1575-6.— [Edin. Tests., vi, 44.]
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, pres. to
vicarage in 1592 on death of Robert
Johnston of Cariston. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixiii, 263.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, successor to above.
1596 — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 27.]
GEORGE GRAHAM, son of Thomas
G., min. of Stronsay. Marr. (1)
Christian, daugh. of William Max
well, Bishop elect of Bath and Wells, (2)
Margaret, daugh. of John Teviotdale, and
was resident with his wife and children in
Tron Parish; had issue — George, merchant,
Barbadoes; Margaret (10); James (8);
Christian (6); John (2).— [Tron Poll Tax
Roll, 50.]
WILLIAM STEEL, line 10, for "Mar
garet" read "Barbara"; his daugh.
Juliana (marr. cont. 19th and 21st
Oct. 1721).
THOMAS LIDDELL, marr. 16th Nov.
1850 1835.
1675
DAVID NEILL RAE, died 16th Jan.
1923; his widow, Eleanor Alexan-
drina Mackezie, died at Stonehaven
17th Feb. 1940.
1881
LOCHMABEN]
LOCHMABEN— MOUSWALD
159
1925
JOHN McCOLL, trans, to Gartsherrie
1915 16th Sept. 1924.
RICHARD GIBB, trans, from Lochee
(q.v.) 17th Feb. 1925; has issue-
John Watson, born 21st Oct. 1921;
James Craig Scott, born 22nd March 1924;
Richard Forbes, born 30th July 1927;
Margaret Elizabeth Donald, born 3rd Oct.
1932.
MOFFAT
JOHN WARDLAW, M.A., son of
John W. of Torrie and Elizabeth
Beaton; vicar of Peebles 28th March
1557-8; rector here before March 1561-2;
also held the perpetual chaplainry of the
Chapel of St Andrew in the barony of
Brunton, West Lochore; resigned before
16th April 1582.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv,
2468; Reg. Sec. Seal, xlviii, 146; Wardlaws
in Scotland, 59-60; Acts and Dec., xlviii,
267.]
DAVID MAYNE, reader 1563.—
1561
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
STEPHEN WILSON, parson; pres. to
1583
the parsonage 16th April 1582;
designed "domestic servitour to
Our Sovereign Lord's deceist spous" 19th
Dec. 1590; pres. to H.M. Master Elemo-
zear.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlviii, 146; Ixi, 105.]
GEORGE BUCHANAN, M.A., was
dep. by the General Assembly at
Glasgow 21st Nov. to 20th Dec.
1638 for declining the Assembly, and con
tinuing in his contumacy and refusing to
compear before the Commission; and on
appeal the Assembly at Edinburgh 26th
Aug. 1 639 reaffirmed the sentence. On 2nd
July 1639 Charles I addressed a letter to
James, Lord Johnston, desiring him to see
that "Mr George Buchanan, minister at
MorTat" be maintained in his place and
no other man planted at the church; and
by another letter of 13th July the King
forbade the Presb. of Lochmaben and
Middlebie to proceed further against him
or to admit any other man to his church
"as they intend to do." Lord Johnston
and the Presbytery acted in spite of the
royal letters; and as the sentence of the
Assembly at Edinburgh 26th Aug. 1639
designates Mr Buchanan as min. at Kirk
cudbright, it would appear that he was
adm. to the latter charge between 2nd July
and 26th Aug. 1639.— [Peterkin's Recs. of
the Kirk, p. 261; Reports Hist. MSS.
Commis., xv, App. ix, 47.]
JOHN LEARMONTH, marr. Jean
Dalziel.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., iv, 425,
25th July 1653.]
GEORGE MILLIGAN, marr. Miss
1695 Johnstone of Corehead.
JOHN GIBSON MACVICAR, his son,
Symon Douglas, died at Inver-
moidart 27th Feb. 1932; his daughs.
—Agnes Gibson, died 24th Aug. 1920;
Margaret Macdonald, died 23rd Jan. 1922;
Katherine Bickwell of Invermoidart, died
10th March 1939.
DONALD CAMPBELL BRYCE, his
widow, Louisa Wilhelmina Buchan,
1884
died at Renwick Manse, Dunscore,
3rd March 1939.
ROBERT SOMERS, died 12th Oct.
1921; his widow, Jane Lamb, died
1891
9th Dec. 1938.
GILMOUR NEILL, adm. 28th Dec.
1921 ; trans, to Drumelzier 21st May
1926.
JOHN LAURIE FARQUHAR, born
13th Aug. 1894, son of Robert F.
and Annie Laurie; educ. at Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (June 1920); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton, 1921; ord. to Kingston,
Glasgow, 19th Sept. 1922; trans, and adm.
5th March 1926. Marr. 17th July 1934
Gunheld Margaretta, daugh. of Chr.
Rannestadt, Ekely, Fredrikstadt, Norway.
MOUSWALD
For union of Meikle Dalton, Little
Dalton and Mouswald and to the ultimate
disjunction, see Dalton.
160
MOUSWALD— ST MUNGO
[PRESB. OF
SIR MARK CARRUTHERS, rector
1567
and chaplain 1548; prebendary of
Lincluden 1559; vicar and reader
1567-73.— [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.; Anderson's Prot. Book.]
THOMAS WEIR, exhorter in 1569 and
1672.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
1569
WILLIAM HAMILTON, his daugh.,
1615 Janet.
ALEXANDER MAKGOWAN, his
son, Thomas, provost of Irvine, died
1711.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., ix, 282.]
1637
JOHN GILLESPIE, his widow, Jessie
Kirkwood Crichton Patrick, died at
Dumfries 5th April 1930; his daugh.,
Jean Crichton, died Bridge of Allan 12th
Nov. 1948.
ALEXANDER MOIR, trans, to Powis,
1916 Aberdeen, 24th June 1924.
THOMAS McGINN, born 23rd Dec.
1924
1890, son of John M. and Agnes
McLean; educ. at Annbank School
and Univ. of Edinburgh; D.C.M. for war
service; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 19th
Dec. 1923; assistant St John's, Edinburgh;
ord. 28th Oct. 1924; trans, to Roslin 8th
Dec. 1933; trans, to Bedrule 15th June
1945. Marr. 18th July 1919 Joan Ewenson,
daugh. of Sinclair Sutherland Spence.
ST MUNGO
St Mungo and Tundergarth were united
by Act of Parliament 24th June 1609, the
church to be at Tundergarth. The parishes
were disjoined, probably in 1650. — [Acts
ofParl.,iv,44l.]
WILLIAM HOUSTON, M.A., pres. to
1575
vicarage on death of Sir James Max
well.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 38.]
JOHN McCONZIE, parson 12th April
1585 1585.— [Sher. Court Books.]
DAVID MILLAR, M.A., min. of
Annan, pres. to parsonage and
vicarage 5th Jan. 1591-2 on death
of William Houston. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 112.]
WILLIAM BELL, son of B., Black-
1601
nattoun,
. to parsonage and
vicarage 3rd March 1601 on death
of Sir Robert Maxwell of Castlemilk.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxii, 17.]
JAMES MURRAY, marr. Agnes,
daugh. of William Carruthers of
Denbie (she marr. (2) James John
ston of Lockerbie) and had issue — John,
James and George.
DAVID DICKSON, pres. 6th Dec.
1784 1783.
ANDREW JAMESON, son of
1803 Thomas J.
JOHN MEIN AUSTIN, pres. by Crown
26th July 1861; line 11, after
"farmer" add " of Dykehead. "
JAMES PROPHET, pres. by Crown
27th June 1868; his son, James Max
well Grant, died at Calcutta 19th
Dec. 1924 aged 65, and left £219,000 for
tuberculosis and cancer research; Robert
Jamieson died 2nd June 1943.
LEE McKINSTERY FLEMING, B.A.,
adm. by Gen. Assembly May 1888,
died 5th Dec. 1925; his widow,
Emily Yeates, died 27th Jan. 1937.
1889
1926
JOHN DONALD MACFARLANE
BENNY BEATTIE, born 15th May
1896, son of John B., merchant,
Montreal, Canada, and Jeannie Elizabeth
Alma Macfarlane; educ. at Crichton
School, Lower Canada College, McGill
Univ., B.A. (1917), and Univ. of Edin
burgh. Licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th
March 1923; assistant St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh; served during Great War in
Canadian Royal Artillery, 1916-18; ord.
llth Jan. 1925; adm. 17th May 1926; trans,
to Wilton, Hawick, 23rd June 1931. Marr.
19th April 1934 Mary Elizabeth Wallace,
youngest daugh. of Robert Harbiston Gray,
Glasgow, and Mary Elizabeth Wallace, and
has issue — Jean Elizabeth Mary, born 4th
Jan. 1936.
LOCHMABEN]
TUNDERGARTH— WAMPHRAY
161
TUNDERGARTH
ANDREW JOHNSTON, parson.—
1586 [P. C. Reg., iv, 56.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, slain by David
Armstrong 1604. — [Pit cairn Crim.
Trials, ii, 441.]
1604
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, died before
llth Oct. 1605, when he is called
last vicar.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
JOHN PATERSON, min. in 1676.
Marr. 5th April 1667 Rosina, daugh.
of James Irvine of East Riggs, whom
he divorced. — [Consist. Process, 17.]
1676
ANDREW CLERK, nephew of Andrew
Bell, deacon of the Weavers, Jed-
1717 burgh.
HUGH THOMAS SUTHERLAND
MORRISON, trans, to Kirkcowan
12th Dec. 1916.
1902
JOHN ALEXANDER KERR, M.A.,
ord. 20th April 1917; trans, to Ewes
22nd Nov. 1918.
1917
ROBERT KELTIE, M.A., ord. 6th
1919
May 1919; trans, to Kemnay 16th
May 1924.
ALLAN MANSON NELSON, for-
1924 mei"ly Indian Chaplain (#.v.), adm.
1934.
19th Sept. 1924; dem. llth Nov.
WAMPHRAY
Was previously united to Johnstone.
JOHN HAITLIE, marr. Alison
1632 Stewart.
1697
JOHN TAYLOR, was dep. by the
Synod 15th April 1715 for several
enormities, and the church was de
clared vacant in following May, but he
continued in the manse and glebe, and
intruded in the church by keeping the keys
and preaching in it Sept. 1716 to Feb. 1717.
—[Justiciary Recs., 1712-17, March 1717.]
WILLIAM BARRON, line 4, for "5th
1763 Feb. ' ' read ' ' 25th April. ' '
GEORGE WIGHT, his widow, Jessie
Taylor, died 17th March 1930; his
daugh., Helena Mary, died at Moffat
21st March 1941.
1907
RICHARD BELL, dem. on app. as
Lecturer in Arabic in Univ. of Edin
burgh 5th Dec. 1921; D.D. (Edin.).
Publication — The Origin of Islam in its
Christian Environment (1926).
RICHARD MACKIE CLARK, M.A.,
1922
trans, from Logie, Dundee, 22nd
June 1922; his wife, Jeanie Scott,
died 13th April 1932. He marr. (2) 23rd
June 1937 Isabella, younger daugh. of
James Crawford, Holmwood, Fairlie, Ayr
shire; she died 17th Dec. 1938.
PRESBYTERY OF LANGHOLM
CANONBIE
JOHN DOUGLAS, son of William D.
1606
200.]
of Whittinghame and Elizabeth
Maitland.— [P. R. Sas., Edin., xxviii,
WILLIAM SNODGRASS, his son,
1877 John Allan, died 8th July 1929.
ROBERT HOGG KERR, res. as Presb.
Clerk Dec. 1927, died 12th Sept.
1930.
1896
CASTLETON
MARTIN ELLIOT, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage llth July 1574. — [Reg.
Pres.Bene., ii, (4), 23.]
1574
WILLIAM VASSIE, died at Kingussie
1883 7th Sept< 1917' his widow' Cecelia
Pitcairn Playfair, died at Edinburgh
29th Sept. 1917; his son, William Playfair,
died at Nottingham 2nd May 1895.
1918
JOHN MORRISON McLUCKIE,
trans, from Lady Yester's, Edin
burgh, 7th Feb. 1918, died 13th July
1926. His daugh., Joyce (marr. 15th March
1933 Robert Bernard Benson, Natural His
tory Museum, Kensington).
HAROLD ANDREW COCKBURN,
1927
born 12th March 1895, son of
George Hanna C., schoolmaster,
Paisley, and Isabella Brodie Marshall;
educ. Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1921), St
Andrews, B.D. (1924); S.T.M. (Union
Seminary of New York, 1925); served in
Great War as gunner, R.F.A., 1914-18;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley, 1925; assistant
St Michael's, Dumfries, 1925; ord. 20th
Jan. 1927; trans, to St Michael's, Dumfries,
27th Nov. 1930; liaison officer between
Protestant Churches in Britain and United
States, Oct. 1942. Awarded the Norwegian
Freedom Medal, 1947. Marr. 10th April
1934 Isabella, daugh. of Dr William Henry
Manners and Edith Mary Price, and has
issue — Eileen Mary, born 30th Aug. 1935;
George Hanna Michael, born 13th June
1937.
ESKDALEMUIR
The church was restored in 1907 and
further improved in 1936.
JOHN CRAWFORD DICK, his widow,
1876
Jane Brown Armstrong, died 27th
Nov. 1937.
JAMES RONALD MACDONALD,
delete line 5, "St Andrews Univ.'*;
ord. 1st Oct. 1902; retired in favour
of assistant and successor May 1933; died
21st Oct. 1937; his widow, Emily Sophia
Nichols, died 4th July 1948.
EWES
There were two churches, the Nether
Kirk situated at Kirktown, and the Over
Kirk, situated at Unthank. In 1296 there
swore fealty to Edward I, Robert, son of
Randolph, parson of St Cuthbert of Ewes-
dale, and Mr William Cramond, parson of
the Church of Wynchedurres of Dumfries.
In a writ of the time of Alexander III,
1249-85, Robert, parson of the Church of
St Mark of Ewesdale, appears as a witness;
and under Edward I of England warrant
was given to John, Bishop or Ely, chan
cellor, to issue presentation to John de
Pontebrugge to the vacant Church of St
Martin in Ewesdate in Scotland. Obviously
reference in each case is to the Over Kirk;
and the probability is that St Mark of the
earlier writ is an error for St Martin, whose
162
PRESB. OF LANGHOLM]
EWES— SAUGHTREE
163
name here, in view of St Ninian's influence
seems appropriate. The Over Kirk was
abandoned, apparently soon after the
Reformation. — [Rymer's Fed., i, Pt. 3, 35,
1745; Rotuli Scotiae, i, 25; Registrum
Honoris de Morton, ii, 8; Cal. of Docs. Rel.
to Scot., iii, 123, No. 653; Cal. of Papal
Regs., Letters, xii, 540.]
ROBERT MALCOLM, line 14, delete
1717 "llth Sept. 1722."
RICHARD SCOTT, marr. Mary,
daugh. of Hector Turnbull of
Cruicksfield; his son, James, died
24th Dec. 1826; his daugh., Janet (marr.
15th June 1791 William Irvine, merchant,
Glasgow).— [Berwick Sas., 17th Dec. 1759.]
ROBERT SHAW, his daugh., Marion
Moncrieff, died at Edinburgh 15th
1816
July 1925.
DAVID PRESTON, trans to Titwood
1901 27th June 1918.
JOHN ALEXANDER KERR, born
1918 30th Sept. 1884, son of John K.,
joiner, and Annie Hamilton Kerr;
educ. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1912);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow June 1915;
assistant Eastwood; ord. to Tundergarth
20th April 1917; trans, and adm. 22nd Nov.
1918; app. Presb. Clerk Dec. 1927; Chap
lain T.A., K.O.S.B. Marr. 1st Aug. 1917
Mary Duff, youngest daugh. of Robert
Dawson, Dovehill, Pollokshaws, and Annie
Hamilton Dawson, and has issue — Annie
Hamilton Duff, born 15th Oct. 1918 (marr.
26th June 1942 Andrew, son of G. S.
Easton, Todrig, Ashkirk); Mary Dawson
Hamilton, born 14th Nov. 1928; Janet
Campbell, born 8th April 1931.
HALF MORTON
WILLIAM BROWN CLERK, pres. by
1839 Crown 26th May 1839.
JOHN CONACHER WILLIAMSON,
19Q2 dem. 3rd Feb. 1941, died 13th Feb.
1946; his daughs. — Catherine Doug
las Conacher (marr. 2nd July 1932 William
Harland Coghill, min. of Dalziel North);
Mary Ann Conacher (marr. 26th Dec. 1936
Peter Margach, C.A., London); Ethel
Isabel Brown (marr. 27th Dec. 1938 Robert
Laing, Bredesholm, Baillieston); his wife,
Catherine Brown, died 15th Nov. 1940.
His father was schoolmaster of Greenlaw.
LANGHOLM
The church was renovated and a magnifi
cent stained window provided in 1925, and
in 1928 the hall was extended.
ALEXANDER MEIKLE, his son,
1717
George, apprenticed to Gideon
1879
Crawford, bookseller, Edinburgh,
27th July 1748.
JAMES BUCHANAN, died 23rd Oct.
1921; his widow, Maria Vassie, died
at London, 26th Jan. 1930; his
daughs. — Mary Murray Vassie (marr. 18th
Feb. 1921 James Thomson Young, India);
Marion Gowans (marr. 8th Aug. 1925
David Williams, B.A., curator of Holy
Trinity, Shaw, Lancashire).
WILLIAM LINDSAY, trans, from New-
1922
battle (q.v.} 3rd March 1922, died at
Carlisle 6th Dec. 1942. Marr. 7th
July 1914 Agnes Cowan, elder daugh. of
James Young, farmer, Dunning, Perth
shire. Publication — The Church and Parish
of Newbattle', Heroes of the Great War
(Newbattle, March 1919).
SAUGHTREE
WILLIAM NAPIER BELL, dem. 4th
1910
Nov. 1920 on app. as assistant to
Professor of Ecclesiastical History,
Univ. of Glasgow.
DAVID SMITH, ord. 31st March 1921;
trans, to Inverkeithing 12th May
1922.
1921
JOHN SCOTT, B.A., trans, from Dal-
1922
keith West 8th Sept. 1922; trans, to
Anwoth 26th Aug. 1925.
164
SAUGHTREE— WESTERKIRK [PRESS. OF LANGHOLM
JOHN WHYTE McGILL, trans, from
Inverallochy 23rd Dec. 1925; trans.
1925
to Colvend 27th Jan. 1927.
ROBERT DOUGLAS PETTIE, ord.
13th May 1927, trans, to Cleish 14th
May 1928.
1929
ROBERT FORSYTH McGARRITY,
trans, from Burray (q.v.) 15th Feb.
1929, died at Edinburgh 8th May
1933; his widow, Jeanie Gloag, died 13th
May 1935.
WAUCHOPE
SYMON WYLD, marr. Rosina, daugh.
of John Brown, min. of Westerkirk.
He was dead 23rd June 1699.—
[Deeds Dal., 1705, No. 1017.]
1685
1683
WESTERKIRK
WALTER DALGLEISH.— [Reg. of
1668 Deeds Dal, clviii, 1st July 1745.]
JOHN BROWN, line 6, for "Mownan"
reac* "Mow-" His daugh., Rosina,
marr. Symon Wyld, min. of Wau-
chope.
JOHN MEIN. Addl. issue— Isabel
(marr. Thomas Mein in Kelso);
Janet (marr. Andrew Mein in New-
stead); John, surgeon.
WILLIAM LITTLE, his daugh., Eliza-
1779 beth (marr. Archibald Kean, M.D.).
JOHN GILLIES, dem. 18th Nov. 1948;
1Qlft his daugh., Agnes Grace Thomson
(marr. 7th Sept. 1938 Alastair Dun
can Cameron, Gourock).
PRESBYTERY OF ANNAN
ANNAN
Robert de Brus, son of Robert de Brus,
lord of Annandale, whom he predeceased
in 1191, granted the church with its lands,
teinds, and possessions to the Priory of
Giseburn (Guisborough) in Cleveland,
Yorks, which had been founded by his
grandfather, Robert de Brus, in 1 129 Con
firmation charters were granted by the said
Robert de Brus, lord of Annandale, who
died in 1 194, and by his son and successor,
William, and King William the Lion,
apparently about the close of the 12th
century. In 1223 the monks of the priory
and the Bishop of Glasgow, between whom
differences had arisen as to the effect of the
grant, reached a settlement whereby the
monks retained the tithes of corn of the
church and received 3 merks yearly from
the rector for the maintenance of lights,
and the bishop had the right of collation
and ordination to the church. Early in the
17th century Annan was without a place
of worship, and the place being so ' ' misert
ably impoverished" that the people "no-
hable to build a kirk to themselves,"
James VI "granted and disponed to the
town and parish the house called the
Castle of Annan, the hall and tower
thereof to serve for ane kirk and place of
convening to heiring of the word and
ministrations of the Sacraments. ' ' On 24th
June 1609 Parliament ratified grant "with
power to repair, redifie, flitt, and remove
the stones and timber thereof to ony place
they think most convenient for building
their kirk when they should find them
selves thereto." The present church was
built in 1790. — [Dugdale's Monasticon, vi,
Pt. 1, 266-9; Reg. Epis. of Glasgow, 105-7,
ii, 419-20; Acts Scott. Par I., iv, 441.]
A new church hall was erected and
opened in Oct. 1929 and improvements in
the church and its furnishings were effected
in 1913.— [The Church of Annan, by A.
Steel, 1934.]
ADAM BARTON, parson July 1560
and llth March 1582.— [Dumfries
Sheriff Court Books.]
THOMAS CRANSTON, pres. to the
158Q vicarage 29th July 1580 on death of
Andrew
Bene., ii, 37.]
Rankane. — [Reg. Pres.
SIR ANDREW RENTON (? Rankane),
parson, vicar 1584. — [Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds.}
DAVID MILLAR, pres. to St Mungo
,.„„ 5th Jan. 1591-2.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
JOoo ... ., ., _ _
xxin, 112.]
JAMES MAXWELL, pres. to par-
1588
sonage llth Feb. 1588, on dem. of
Sir Andrew Rankane. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., lix, 20.]
JAMES FRENCH, pres. to parsonage
1605 anc^ v^cara§e m 1605 on death of
Andrew Renton. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxxiv, 355.]
SIMON JOHNSTON, son of Robert J.
1 607 °^ ^aec'eucri and Barbara Douglas.
Marr. (1) Marion Douglas and had
issue — Enoch; William; Margaret; Sara or
Anna; Elizabeth. He marr. afterwards
twice.
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, son of
1754 Andrew M. and Marion Dron.
1783
WILLIAM HARDIE MONCRIEFF,
his daugh., Elizabeth (marr. George
Rome).
165
L*
166
ANNAN— DORNOCK
[PRESB. OF
NEIL McCAIG, B.D. (Glasgow, not
Edinburgh). Addl. issue — Joyce,
born 19th May 1920; Sheila (marr.
12th July 1947 Alexander Irving, Annan).
Publication — The Model Community (Ser
mon) (Stockwell) 1912.
BRYDEKIRK
COLIN ARCHIBALD ARTHUR
188? MACVEAN, dem. 3rd Nov. 1930;
died from effects of an accident at
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 12th May 1933;
his widow, Jane Pollok Heron, died at
Glasgow 13th Feb. 1941.
CUMMERTREES
SIR JOHN TAYLOR was in 1561 vicar
and reader here and at Penpont,
exhorter 1561-72 and 1584, parson
13th Aug. 1565, died before 30th May 1599.
—[Coll. Gen. of Thirds, 1561-96; Reg. Mag.
Sig., iv, 1657; Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 271.]
JOHN CARLYLE, for "Keith" read
"Kelhead"; pres. to parsonage and
vicarage 30th May 1599 on death of
Sir John Taylor.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 271 .]
1605
JAMES FRENCH, M.A., pres. to
Parsona§e and vicarage 7th Aug.
1605 on death of Sir John Taylor. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 374.]
JOHN ALEXANDER, min. here in
1683 1683.— [Reg.ofDeeds,Mack.,lii,S3.]
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, pres. by
1870 Crown 27th July 1870.
1881
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR NICOL,
line 8, delete "died at Bournemouth
25th Nov. 1916" and read "died
20th March 1920"; his widow, Dinah Ann
McFaden, died at Harrogate 2nd March
1940.
GEORGE WILSON HAMILTON,
1920
M.A., B.D., ord. 4th Aug. 1920;
dem. 1st Oct. 1925 on app. to
Knightswood.
CHARLES FRANCIS McCAUGHEY,
1926 born Ballymena, Antrim, son of
Thomas Charles M., solicitor, Perth,
and Wilhelmina W. McClelland; educ. at
Royal Belfast Academical Institution,
Trinity College, Dublin, B.A., M.A.;
General Assembly College, Belfast; licen.
by Presb. of Belfast 30th May 1917; ord.
Helen's Bay, Co. Down, 16th March 1920;
trans, and adm. 13th Jan. 1926; trans, to
St Paul's, Perth, 5th Dec. 1929. Marr. 19th
Aug. 1931 Janet Grieve, eldest daugh. of
John Wallace, Seafield, Cummertrees.
TRAILTROW
Robert de Brus, son of Robert de Brus,
lord of Annandale, whom he predeceased
in 1191, granted the church, with its lands,
teinds, and possessions, to the Priory of
Giseburn (Guisborough) in Cleveland,
Yorks, which had been founded by his
grandfather, Robert de Brus, 1129. Con
firmation charters were granted by the said
Robert de Brus, lord of Annandale, who
died in 1194, and his surviving son and
successor, William, and by William the
Lion apparently about the close of the 1 2th
century. In 1223 the monks of the priory
and the Bishop of Glasgow, between whom
had arisen differences as to the effect of
the grant, reached a settlement whereby
the monks were to retain the tithes of corn
of the church, and the bishop was to
exercise the power of collation and ordina
tion to the church. When Cummertrees
and Trailtrow were united in 1609, it was
decreed that the church of the united parish
be at Trailtrow. — [Dugdale's Monasticon,
vi, Pt. 1, 266-9; Reg. Epis. of Glasgow, \,
105-7, ii, 619-20; Acts Scott. Pad., iv, 441.
See Dalton.)
ARCHIBALD MENZIES, M.A., par
son and exhorter 1561-9. — [Comps.
Gen. and Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
JOHN GRAHAM, vicar 1584.—
1584 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
DORNOCK
SIR JOHN MORTON, parson 17th
1583
Sept. 1583.— [Cal. of Charters, xii,
2678.]
ANNAN]
DORNOCK— GRETNA
167
GEORGE CLEGHORN, line 4, for
1612 "Clarence" read "Sarah."
JAMES MOFFAT, his daugh., Janet,
died 1734 (marr. Irving of Wood-
hall).
1694
JAMES HUNTER, assistant at
1715 Sanquhar.
JAMES ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,
died 26th Nov. 1925; his son,
1901
Robert Reid, min. of Carriden; his
widow, Elizabeth MacKnight Reid, died at
Edinburgh 5th March 1945.
CHARLES EDWARD STEWART,
born Downfield, Dundee, 19th Nov.
1896, son of James S., Invertay,
Downfield, Dundee, and Jessie Warner;
educ. at Harris Academy, Dundee, and
Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1922); licen.
by Presb. of Dundee April 1924; assistant,
St Mark's, Dundee, and St Mary's, Dun
dee; ord. 8th April 1926. Marr. 10th Aug.
1927 Helen Clark, M.A., elder daugh. of
James West water, 6 Tannadyce Street,
Dundee, and Agnes McLeod.
GREENKNOWE
GEORGE GARDNER, his daugh.,
1858
Marion Craig (Mrs Boyd), died 24th
Dec. 1937.
1928
JOHN COLQUHOUN THOMSON,
1879 died 27th May 1927; his widow,
Jean Maclean, died at Sidcup 31st
Dec. 1941, aged 74.
JOHN RODERICK MACPHERSON,
f°rmerly °f Ev*e (<7-v-); trans, from
St Cuthbert's, Glasgow, and pres.
by the Presb., jure devoluto 27th March
1928; dem. 17th March 1930; trans, to
Cummertrees 17th May 1930; adm. to
Kinlochleven 15th May 1931; trans, to St
Andrew's, Kirkintilloch, 15th Jan. 1936.
(Parish united with St Andrew's, Annan,
March 1930.)
GRETNA, KINPATRICK
or REDKIRK
Robert de Brus, son of Robert de Brus,
lord of Annandale, whom he predeceased
in 1191, granted the church with its lands,
teinds, and possessions to the Priory of
Giseburn (Guisborough) in Cleveland,
Yorks, which had been founded in 1 129 by
his grandfather, Robert de Brus. Charters
of confirmation were granted by the said
Robert de Brus, lord of Annandale, who
died in 1194, by his surviving son and
successor, William, and by William the Lion,
apparently about the close of the 12th
century. In 1223 the monks of the priory
and the Bishop of Glasgow, between whom
differences had arisen as to the effect of the
grant, reached a settlement whereby the
monks retained the tithes of corn of the
church, and received 3 merks yearly from
the rector for the maintenance of lights,
and the bishop had the right of collation
and ordination to the church. — [Dugdale's
Monasticon, vi, Pt. 1, 266-9; Reg. Epis. of
Glasgow, i, 105, 106-7, ii, 619-20.]
ARCHIBALD MENZIES, M.A., par
son and exhorter 1561-7. — [Comps.
Coll. Gen. and Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
BLAISE HAMILTON, pres. to par-
1___ sonage and vicarage of Rinpatrick
20th Oct. 1575, on dem. of Archi
bald Menzies. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4),
37.]
THOMAS MAXWELL, pres. on death
1__Q of Archibald Menzies. — Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 19.]
DAVID WOOD, son of James W.,
1608 baxter burgess, Edinburgh.
THOMAS HENDERSON, his son,
1667 Thomas, min. of Morton.
JAMES RODDICK, his son, James,
1828 min. of Lybster.
WILLIAM BELL, his widow, Charlotte
1865 Heathfield, died 17th Jan. 1934.
JOHN OWEN STAFFORD, killed in
1906
son'
Kenneth James, Lieut. R.F.A., died
of wounds at Rouen 14th Nov. 1918; his
widow, Mary Tweedie, died 23rd Jan. 1949.
168
HODDAM— KIRKCONNELL
[PRESS. OF
HODDAM
When Hoddam, Ecclefechan, and Luss
(Luce) were united on 24th June 1609, it
was decreed that the church of the united
parish be at Hoddam, "near the town
thereof." It is said that in the parish of
Hoddam, St Mungo built churches and
placed his see for a time before transferring
it to Glasgow. — [Acts Scott. Parl., iv, 441;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 169. See
Dalton.]
ANDREW LANG, M.A., parson, died
1571 before 20th April 1 571 .
SIR PATRICK LOCH, died before llth
1608
Oct. 1608, when he is called last
vicar. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
JOHN ALEXANDER, son of John A.,
1610
burgess of Easter Anstruther, and
Barbara Balfour.— [G. R. Sas., Ivii,
99; 2 Ser., xii, 172; Acts and Dec., cccciii,
210.]
ALEXANDER ORR, his son, William,
1729 midshipman in East Indies, 1763.
GEORGE ROSS, his daugh., Christina
Laing, died at Bathgate 13th June
1927.
1878
JAMES CHARLES GILLIES COLVIN,
1899 was assistant at St Michael's, Dum
fries; dem. 31st Oct. 1947.
KIRKPATRICK FLEMING
ROBERT JOHNSTON, pres. on death
1577
of Peter Stewart.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, (4), 64.]
JAMES CHALMERS, signs list of
parishioners 15th Sept. 1684; resi
dent with his wife and four children
in the Canongate 8th Nov. 1694.— [P. C.
Reg., 3 Ser., ix, 623; Canongate Poll Tax
Roll, 1694.]
JAMES GOWANLOCK, his daugh.,
1694 ^gnes (marr- Daniel McClaren,
surgeon, in Lorn). — [Reg. of Deeds,
Dal, clxi, 18th March 1747.]
1927
ALEXANDER MONILAWS, his
1784 daugh., Margaret (marr. 15th March
1830 Dr. John Aitken, Edinburgh).
JOHN MURDOCH, his daugh., Joanna
1845 Leonora, died at Calgary, Canada,
13th April 1935.
JOHN WALKER, trans, to Duntocher
1906 1st Oct. 1926.
WILLIAM WILSON FYFFE, born
Old Deer 30th Dec. 1900, son of
Robert Bullett F., estate factor, and
Agnes Wilson; educ. at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922), B.D.
(1925); licen. by Presb. of Perth 5th June
1925; assistant at Airth and St Mary's,
Dundee, 1926; ord. 3rd March 1927; died
unmarried 30th May 1938.
KIRKCONNELL
Robert de Brus, son of Robert de Brus,
lord of Annandale, whom he predeceased
in 1191, granted the church with its lands,
teinds, and possessions, and the Chapel of
Logan, to the Priory of Giseburn (Guis-
borough) in Cleveland, Yorks, which had
been founded by his grandfather, Robert
de Brus, in 1129. Confirmation charters
were granted by the said Robert de Brus,
lord of Annandale, who died in 1194, and
his surviving son and successor, William,
and by William the Lion, apparently about
the close of the 12th century. In 1223 the
monks of the priory and the Bishop of
Glasgow, between whom differences had
arisen as to the effect of the grant, reached
a settlement whereby the monks were to
retain the tithe of corn of the church and
the teinds of the Chapel of Logan, and the
bishop was to exercise the power of colla
tion and ordination to the church. When
Kirkpatrick-Fleming and Kirkconnel were
united in 1 609, it was decreed that the church
of the united parish be at Kirkconnel. —
[Dugdale's Monasticon, vi, Pt. 1, 266-9;
Reg. Epis. of Glasgow, i, 105-7, ii, 619-25;
Acts Scott. Pad., iv, 441.] (See Dalton.)
STEVEN CRICHTON, exhorter 1563.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
,- . i
fries, etc.]
ANNAN]
KIRTLE— RUTHWELL
169
KIRTLE
ROBERT WILLIAM MALSEED, his
wife, Ellen Beatrice Irving, died at
Edinburgh 5th June 1926; dem. 2nd
Oct. 1945.
1908
MIDDLEBIE
When Middlebie, Carruthers and Pen-
nersaughs were united in 1609, it was de
creed that the church of the united parish
be at Middlebie.— [Acts of ParL, iv, 441.]
JOHN LAURIE, marr. Ann, daugh. of
1744 William Bell of Scotsbrig.
ABRAHAM NIVISON, his daugh.,
1785 Margaret (marr. 13th April 1830).
ERNEST HAMILTON DUKE, educ.
1903
at Rugby School; dem. 22nd Oct.
1947; his daugh., Elizabeth Theo
dora (marr. 15th June 1929 Seton Steuart
Crichton Mitchell, Lieut. R.N.); his son,
Walter Derek, Major, Gordon High
landers, missing at Singapore, March
1942.
1563
RUTHWELL
JOHN IRELAND, reader, designed
rector 2nd March 1560 but con
formed; parson, vicar and reader
1563-72.— [Comps. Gen. Coll and Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.; Laing Char
ters, 111.]
ROGER LAWSON, had issue, Eliza-
1675
beth; Janet; Sara; Grizel. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Durie, 1706, No. 671.]
HENRY DUNCAN, nephew of Thom
son, author of The Seasons', Dum-
1799
fries erected a statue to him.
JOHN LINTON DINWIDDIE, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 28th June 1935); died
21st Jan. 1936. His wife, Agnes
Margaret Melville, died 14th Dec. 1923;
his sons — James Linton Norris, M.B.,
Ch.B., died 23rd Oct. 1932; Melville,
D.S.O., min. of St Machar, Aberdeen,
Regional Director, B.B.C. for Scotland;
Noel Alexander Williamson, M.A., B.Com.
(Edinburgh, 1925), bookseller, Dumfries.
Publications — Editor of Gallovidian.
PRESBYTERY OF DUMFRIES
CAERLAVEROCK
The church belonged to the Collegiate
Church of Lincluden. There was in the
church an altar dedicated to the Virgin
Mary.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., vi, 777.]
JOHN PATERSON, vicar 16th Dec.
1558
1558, continued as vicar and reader
to at least 1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.; Reg. of Abbrev. of
Feu Charters of Church Lands, i, 203;
Chronicles of Lincluden, 28.]
NINIAN DALZELL, died 21st April
1574 1587. See Colvend.
EDWARD MAXWELL, pres. to
1578
vicarage 26th Nov. 1578 on dem. of
Sir John Paterson. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 28.]
DAVID ROGERS, was min. of Dal-
garnock when pres. here in 1605. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 407.]
1605
HERBERT GLEDSTANES, line 2, for
1611 "1612" read "1611."
WILLIAM McGEORGE, line 6, for
"son" read "nephew"; his son,
William, was of Ingliston.
1613
ROBERT GILLIES, marr. Margaret
Anne, daugh. of William Irvine,
1833
Soultra.
JOSEPH CURRIE LORRAINE, his
daugh., Helen Scott, died 17th May
1923.
THOMAS DALE McILVEAN, dem.
1892 1st Oct. 1930; died 16th March 1932.
COLVEND
NINIAN DALZELL, vicar, reader,
1562 1 562, probably trans, to Dalgarnock.
WILLIAM LOGAN, vicar 1562.— [Reg.
1 _~ of Abbrev. of Feu Charters of Church
Lands, i, 214.]
JOHN LOGAN, reader, afterwards of
1567 New Abbey (q.v.).
ARCHIBALD MENZIES, M.A.,
1571 reader 1571-6, also at Morton (q.v.}.
JOHN TAYLOR, pres. to vicarage 1st
15?9 July 1579 on death of Archibald
Menzies. On 30th July George
Oliver, parson and vicar of Southwick, was
ordered to give him possession of the
vicarage and exercise of the office of reader.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 19; Cal. of Charters,
x, 2523.]
WILLIAM TAYLOR, pres. to vicarage
on death of Sir John Taylor, his
brother.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 266.]
DAVID MURRAY, son of Sir Charles
M. of Cockpool, pres. to vicarage
9th May 1598 on death of Sir John
Taylor.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 262.]
ROBERT STRACHAN, delete father's
1671
name, as he could not have been
son of min. of Kincardine o' Neil. —
[Forfar Sas., xv, 16.]
JOHN WATSON, his MS. Sermons in
1715 Museum at Thornhill.
JAMES ERASER, his widow, Jessie
1844
Ker Pagan, died at Dalbeattie 19th
May 1922; his son, Malcolm, died
31st Dec. 1928; his daugh., Annie Mc-
Diarmid, died at Edinburgh 2nd Feb. 1922.
JOHN CHALMERS, died at Edinburgh
4th March 1917; his widow, Janet
Mitchell, died 6th May 1919.
1902
170
PRESB. OF DUMFRIES] COL VEND— ST MICHAEL'S
171
JAMES GARROW BERRY, B.D.,
1917
trans, from Leslie, Aberdeen (q.v.),
2nd Aug. 1917; dem. 16th June 1926
and became min. of Presb. Church,
Fredericton, New Brunswick (q.v.).
JOHN WHYTE MACGILL, formerly
Q1_ of Inverallochy (q.v.); trans, from
Sauchtree 27th Jan. 1927; died 1st
Jan. 1937; his widow, Edith Sarah Luxton,
died Edinburgh 19th Jan. 1947.
DALBEATTIE
JOHN MACKIE, licen. 16th May, 1877;
187? line 8, add before "1885" "29th
Oct."; died at Ichbesham, Coonan,
India, 3rd July 1929; his widow, Elizabeth
Smith Brown, died 14th Oct. 1930.
LEWIS McGLASHAN, trans, to Men-
1907 muir 12th July 1929.
ST MICHAEL'S, DUMFRIES
The church, with the Chapel of St
Thomas, a toft belonging to the chapel,
and 5 acres of land given by William the
Lion to the church and chapel, was granted
to Kelso Abbey by William the Lion, 1 165-
1214. There were in the church an Altar
of Our Lady of Pity, an Altar of the Holy
Blood, founded by William Cunninghame,
burgess of Dumfries, in the aisle of the
Virgin Mary, apparently on 15th Nov.
1506, an Altar of St Gregory, founded
apparently on 5th Nov. 1508 by Sir Herbert
Gladstone, Rector of Dornock, an Altar
of St Andrew founded 24th July 1 547 by
Sir David Wallace, son and heir of late
Adam Wallace, burgess of Dumfries, and
a Chapel of St Nicholas. Doubtless there
were an Altar of the Virgin Mary in the
aisle bearing her name, and an Altar of St
Nicholas in the chapel bearing his name.
In St Nicholas' Chapel there was a chantry
in honour of God, the Virgin Mary, and
All Saints, the erection of which was con
firmed by David, Earl of Carrick, on 27th
Dec. 1394, the endowment being two stone
houses on the east side of the Market
Cross of the burgh. In or near the Gallow-
gait of the burgh there was a Chapel of St
Mary of Willies; and in the liberty of the
burgh there was the Chapel of St Mary of
Casteldykis, to which pertained i acre of
the lands of Kingisholme near the chapel.
In the territory of the burgh there was a
Chapel of the Virgin Mary, commonly
called lie Casteldikis. On 8th May 1537
Roger Macbrair, Provost of the burgh, and
Herbert Cunningham and Edward John-
stone, bailies, on behalf of the community,
granted to John Makilreve, custodier and
administrator of the chapel, and his heirs
male, 4 acres of land called the Chapelland,
held by the late Duncan Ferguson, Andrew
Ferguson, and Patrick Ferguson, custodiers
and administrators in the said chapel, with
houses, buildings, gardens, and orchards,
lying at the said chapel, bounded by the
High way, the rivulet flowing from the
well of the chapel, a piece of the common
land occupied by Thomas Welsche, and the
common lands, the custodier being held
bound to provide for the celebration of
certain masses. — [Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 3998,
1302, liv, 55; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 3010, 3335;
iii, 862, 2083; iv, 2246; Spalding Mis., v,
250-2.]
SIR PATRICK WALLACE, min. 21st
Jan. 1561-2; son of John W. and
1561
Marieta Forrester; chaplain 1543,
curate of Dumfries 1543-59; reader 15th
Dec. 1570. — [Trans. Dumfries and Galloway
Antiq. Socy., 1936, 111; Edin. Tests., vii,
156.]
ALEXANDER AUCHENLECK, M.A.,
1563
min. in 1563. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Dumfries, etc., 173.]
SIR JOHN BRYSON or BRYCE vicar
1572
17th May 1566, 23rd March 1572-3,
3rd March 1578.— [Acts and Dec.,
Ixii, 9; Edin. Tests., vii, 149.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, formerly chaplain
of St Ninian's Altar; reader, pres.
to vicarage of Bolton 16th Aug.
1575.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlv, 71.]
THOMAS MAXWELL, reader in 1585.
1580 — [Reg. of Assig., 44.]
172
ST MICHAEL'S— ST MARY'S
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS RAMSAY, marr. Elspeth
1605 J°hnston' relict °f Matthew Poole,
merchant and burgess of Edinburgh.
— [G. R. Sas., xxxi, 28, 7th June and 25th
July 1631.]
HUGH HENDERSON, his son,
Alexander. — [Kirkcudbright Sher.
Court Deeds, 2233.]
WILLIAM VEITCH, line 14, for
1694
' ' Hanamhall ' ' read ' ' Harnamhall ' ' ;
line 15, for "Seaton" read "Stan-
ton"; col. 2, line 2, for "sent" read
"sentenced, but not sent 28th July 1674";
line 12, after "Scotland" add "2nd Nov.
1687." Publications, line 2, for " Com
mons" read "Commissioner"; add a True
copy of the last sermon, etc. (Edin., 1720).
ROBERT PATON, trans, to Second
1715
Church 13th Nov. 1727; his daugh.,
Mary, died 23rd May 1788.
ROBERT WIGHT, his daughs.— Jean,
1732
born 6th Jan. 1728; Mary, died 1st
June 1815; Janet (marr. Walter
Murray); Belle, died 24th Jan. 1789.
JOHN DUNCAN, pres. by Crown 7th
1865 Feb. 1865.
JAMES ERASER, pres. by Crown 29th
1867 Oct. 1866.
ALEXANDER BRYSON, pres. by
1868 Crown 8th Oct. 1867.
JAMES BARCLAY, pres. by Crown
1871 18th Oct. 1870.
JOHN PATON, pres. by Crown 30th
1874
1908
July 1874; his daugh., Catherine
Isabella, died 8th Sept. 1932.
JAMES MONTGOMERY CAMP
BELL, licen. 3rd. Moderator of
General Assembly 19th May 1928;
dem. 16th May 1930; died at Edinburgh
13th Feb. 1937; his wife, Agnes Grey, died
28th Nov. 1935.
SECOND CHARGE
PATRICK LINN, marr. 2nd July 1724
Alison, daugh. of William Charteris
of Brigmuir and widow of John
McMurdo, min. of Torthorwald.
GREYFRIARS
ANDREW GRAY, pres. by Crown
1858 18th June 1858.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL TAYLOR,
1862 pres. by Crown 13th Sept. 1862.
DONALD MACLEOD, pres. by Crown
1866 26th Oct. 1865.
ROBERT WALTER WEIR, pres. by
1868 Crown 20th Jan. 1868, died at
Colinton 23rd Sept. 1925; his
widow, Jessie Macdonald Macvicar, died
at Colinton 8th Sept. 1933. Addl. publica
tion — Notes on the History of the Christian
Unity Association of Scotland (Edin., 1917).
JAMES BRYCE JAMIESON, trans.
1911 to Dalziel 26th July 1929.
ROBERT ALEXANDER KING, D.D.,
1929 K.I.H., born 30th April 1873, son
of Robert K., Edinburgh, and Janet
Blair; educ. at Winnipeg Collegiate School
and Manitoba College, B.A. (1895), M.A.
(1911) Univ. of Edinburgh, B.D. (1900),
D.D. (Toronto, 1910); licen. by Presb. of
Winnipeg 1898; Member of Canadian
Church College, Indore, India, 1902;
Fellow of Univ. of Allahabad; Member of
Council, Univ. of Agra; adviser on educa
tion to British Administration of Central
India and Inspector of High Schools for
Central India; adm. 14th Nov. 1929; died
at Edinburgh 30th Jan. 1947. Marr. 14th
Aug. 1902 Annie Kidston (died 1st Feb.
1947), daugh. of John Murray, Brandon,
Manitoba. Publications — Lecture Notes on
Economics and Logic; various articles on
Missions and Religious Types, in Canadian
and Scottish papers.
ST MARY'S, DUMFRIES
The endowment granted by Robert I to
the Chapel of the Holy Rood was 100s.
sterling annually from the revenue due to
him from the barony of Caerlaverock. It
was given for perpetual celebration for the
soul of Sir Christopher Seton, "our be
loved kinsman slain in our service," on
account of the good will and affection
DUMFRIES]
ST MARY'S— HOLYWOOD
173
1877
which the King had entertained for him. —
[Reg. Great Seal, i, App. i, 61, ii, 318.]
ANDREW FYFE, line 2, delete "born
1840 1796."
ALEXANDER CHAPMAN, died at
Chorley Wood, Herts, 12th June,
1919.
ROBERT GORDON MILLAR, killed
1915 in action llth May 1917.
WALTER McINTYRE, ord. 18th Oct.
1917 1917; trans, to Logic 24th Jan. 1922.
DAVID BROWN, ord. 30th June 1922;
trans, to West St Giles, Edinburgh,
24th Sept. 1925.
ROBERT PAUL FAIRLIE, trans, from
1925
New Ardrossan (<7.v.) 14th Jan.
1926. Addl. issue— Margery Chris
tine Carrick, born 5th Aug. 1919; Joyce
Florence Wilson, born llth Feb. 1924;
Archibald Robin Paul, born 7th March
1933.
DUNSCORE
Among the witnesses of a charter of
Edgar, son of Donald, in the time of King
William the Lion, is Murchereach, priest of
St Capre of Dunescor (Dunscore). There
were four saints named Cairbre (Cairpre,
Coirpre), but there is nothing to show
which was associated with Dunscore. On
18th March and 8th April 1645 the Synod
decerned that a new church be built by the
heritors and parishioners at Dalgonar, near
the centre of the parish; and that was rati
fied by Act of Parliament on 13th Feb.
1647. The church, manse and churchyard
dykes were completed before 16th March
1649. The church was rebuilt in 1823.—
[Acts Scott. ParL, vi, (1), 697, vi, (2), 345,
719a; Reg. Great Seal, viii, 127; Charters
of Holyrood, 213.]
SIR JOHN WELSH, superior of the
1562 Monastery °f Holyrood; pres. to the
perpetual vicarage 27th Nov. 1562
by Thomas, Commendator of Holyrood,
and acted as reader at least to 1572 both
parsonage and vicarage. — [Cal. of Charters,
ix, 1896; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN JAMESON, reader 1574-5, son
of a laird in the parish and formerly,
31st Dec. 1543, chaplain of Dum
fries and vicar here 1545. — [Anderson's
Prot. Book.]
GEORGE HERIOT, pres. to vicarage
on death of Alexander Gardiner. —
1574
1602
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiii, 105.]
WILLIAM
1664 "Burnet."
B E N N E T, read
ALEXANDER MELDRUM, became
1683 min. of Glendevon 1688.
JAMES GILCHRIST, excommunicated
1701 14th March 1718.
ROBERT BRYDON, his mother,
1822 Margaret Meickeson.
JOHN HOPE, presented by Crown 29th
1843 July 1843.
ROBERT SIMPSON, his widow, Agnes
1886
Campbell Stout, died at Glasgow
12th July 1933; his daugh., Mar
garet Hilda, M.A., died 3rd March 1920.
ALEXANDER MASTERTON, died
1904 30th March 1930.
HOLYWOOD
At Berwick-on-Tweed on 28th Aug. 1226
Dugald, Abbot of Holywood (St Bryce)
swore fealty to Edward I. The reference
to the saint is not clear. — [Cal. of Docs.
Scot., ii, 196.]
MUNGO MAcGHIE, was vicar pen
sioner in 1537 and reader in 1567. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 115; Reg. of
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands, i, 1 17.]
JAMES BETOUN, min. at Glencairn,
1574 reader here.
JOHN SINCLAIR, reader at Kirk-
1579 mahoe (q.v.\ also in charge here.
HERCULES STEWART, pres. to
1580 vicar~Pensi°nary 4tn Mav 158° on
death of Mungo MacGhie. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 357.]
174
HOLYWOOD— KIRKGUNZEON
[PRESB. OF
JOHN MAXWELL, reader, pres. to
vicar-pensionary 29th Jan. 1582-3.
1582
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 84.]
JAMES MAXWELL, son of John M.,
4 min. of Glencairn, pres. to vicar-
pensionary 1st Feb. 1584-5 on dem.
of Robert, son of Archibald Newall, bur
gess of Dumfries, with consent of his father
and vacant by dem. of John Maxwell,
sometime vicar or by death of Hercules
Stewart. Under Lochmaben he is de
scribed as son of James M., min., whereas
he himself was min. of Lochmaben (q.v.}. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., lii, 22.]
JAMES MAXWELL, son of George M.,
min. of Mearns, pres. llth Feb.
1633; afterwards of Kirkgunzean. —
[Pres., vi, 123.]
1633
1665
JOHN MALCOLM, buried at Dum
fries 20th March, 1716; marr. (1)
Agnes Charteris; (2) Janet, buried
20th Jan. 1732, and had issue — Agnes,
buried 4th Aug. 1690; John, buried 16th
Aug. 1690; Anna, buried 10th Aug. 1691;
Jean, buried 17th Oct. 1695; Alexander,
merchant, buried 3rd April 1708; Isobel,
buried 13th Dec. 1730; William; his daugh.,
Marion, marr. (2) John Kennedy, mer
chant, Dumfries.
JOHN McCOMBIE, died at Dumfries
1899 10th Oct. 1947.
JOHN WATT, born Tynron; educ. at
1928
Royal Univ. of Ireland, Magee
College, B.A.; trans, from Bucklyvie
(q.v.) 8th June 1928, died 26th Dec. 1933.
KIRKBEAN
The church was built in 1776 and rebuilt
in 1825.
CHARLES HUME, reader 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, vicar before
1566
1566 and in 1585.— [Acts and Dec.,
xxx, 333; Iviii, 328; Ixi, 165.]
ROBERT BROWN, min. at Weshing-
toun 28th May 1648.— [P. R. Sas.,
1637
Dumfries, v, 235.]
CHARLES ARCHIBALD, his widow,
Jean Porteous, marr. (2) George
Gledstanes, min. of Urr.
ANTHONY MURRAY, son of Thomas
1660 M., advocate, and Jean Murray.
HUGH CLANNY, M.A., performed
irregular marriages and baptisms at
New Abbey Sept. 1714, July 1715
and Oct. 1716.— [Justiciary Records, 1712-
17.]
WILLIAM STEWART, was latterly
Collector of Customs at Dumfries
3rd March 1753.— [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 468.]
1733
JAMES HOGG, line 2, for "1st" read
1745 "3rd"; line 3, for "19" read "8."
JOHN DOUGLAS COCHRANE, was
assistant at Inveresk; died 25th Nov.
1941. His wife, Isabel Cochrane
Martin Mackenzie, died 12th March 1930;
He marr. (2) 2nd Sept. 1937 Mary, daugh.
of Alexander Wright and Jane Hyslop.
KIRKGUNZEON
The patron saint is Findbarr of Moyville,
who was for some time in Whithorn, and
whose death is recorded in 579. The alter
native name of the church in the 12th and
13th centuries, Kirkwynnin, contains the
Welsh form of Finnan or Finnen, which is
a diminutive of the name of Findbarr. By
Bull of 3rd Feb. 1216 Pope Innocent III
confirmed to the Abbey of Holm-Cultram
in Cumberland the Chapel of Kyrke-
wynnin, which the abbey had held for
forty years in peace by concession or con
firmation of Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow
1175-99. In the time of Pope Honorius
III, Walter, Bishop of Glasgow, challenged
the right of the abbey to the chapel, com
plaining that the monks of Holm-Cultram
had usurped churches in his diocese and
expelled the clergy, and craving that the
chapel should be restored, but eventually
on 27th May 1222 he agreed that the abbey
DUMFRIES]
KIRKGUNZEON— KIRKMAHOE
175
should hold the chapel in accordance with
the confirmation of Pope Innocent and
Bishop Jocelin. In the latter part of the
14th century and early part of the 15th, the
wars between Scotland and England ren
dered somewhat precarious the abbey's
hold upon the chapel, now a church, with
the result that the church was "of little
profit" to the abbey, and its services
suffered from neglect, being carried out,
not by a monk of the abbey as formerly,
but "now by one priest, now by another";
and on 17th June, 1391, Pope Clement VII
(anti-Pope), on a petition of the Abbot of
Holm-Cultram, committed the church tem
porarily to Thomas de Glenluce, of that
monastery. Subsequently the church was
granted in commendam to various persons;
and later still, on a petition of Patrick
Leche, Clerk, of the Diocese of Glasgow,
M.A., which stated that on account of the
commends which had gone on for forty
years, it would be difficult for the union of
the abbey and the church to take effect, and
that the church had been so long void that
there was no certain knowledge of the mode
of voidance. Pope Martin V on 27th Sept.
1424 gave mandate to the Official of Glas
gow to summon the interested parties and
make enquiries, and, if he found the facts
as stated, to suppress both the commends
and the alleged union, and collate said
Patrick to the church. What emerged is
not clear; but before 20th April 1447 the
abbey had ceased to have any right to the
church, which was then in lay hands,
possibly the family of Herries of Terregles.
Towards the close of the 18th century the
medieval church was almost a ruin. Its
roof, of peculiar construction, is said ' ' to
have been formed at Holm-Cultram in
Cumberland, and brought hither when the
parish of Kirkguneon belonged to the
Abbey." In 1790 it was replaced by the
present church. — [Reg. and Recs. of Holm-
Cultram Abbey, 21, 48, 49, 51, 53-4; Cal.
of Papal Regs., Petitions, i, 385, 576,
Letters, vii, 67, 344, x, 280, xi, 261, 625,
xii, 45, 225; Reg. Great Seal, i, 282, App. ii,
1574, ii, 3446; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 165; Johnston's Place- Names of
Scot., 223, 228.]
NICOL EDGAR, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
.. . -.
fries, etc.]
JAMES MAXWELL, trans, from assis-
1643
there.
tant at Kingarth 1643; was trans, to
Holywood but perhaps not settled
JAMES EWER GILLESPIE, died 9th
1865
March 1918; his widow, Agnes
Isabel Murray, died at Dumfries
15th July 1923, aged 75; his sons— Garnet,
died 21st April 1917; Hope Murray, died
at Eastwood, Notts, 18th May 1927; Angus
died 5th Oct. 1932; his daugh., Mary Char
lotte, died 30th Jan. 1946.
JAMES TAYLOR LORNIE, trans.
1918
from Cawnpore (q.v.) 20th Aug.
1918, died 24th Jan. 1923; his
widow, Marjorie A. Jackson, died 7th
April 1945.
JOHN WILSON BAIRD, M.A., ord.
1923 8th June 1 923 ; trans, to St Andrew 's
Second Charge 3rd Sept. 1925.
ROBERT LOVE HUNTER, trans.
1926
from Townhead, Glasgow
15th Jan. 1926; dem. llth Nov.
1932, died 12th Dec. 1933; his widow,
Annie Mackay Macmillan, died 20th Feb.
1934.
KIRKMAHOE
The church was restored at its centenary
in 1926. The saint is Mo-Choe, evidently
Mocha of Clendrium on Loch Cuan
(Strangford Loch). — [Watson 's Celtic Place
Names, 162.]
WALTER STEWART, M.A., parson
1564
1564, rector 10th Jan, 1567-8.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvii, 31; Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands, i,
293.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, reader, declared an
15_9 apostate llth Aug. 1590. — [Reg.
Privy Council, xiv, 373.]
GEORGE HERIOT, marr. (2) cont.
9th March 1631.— [Prot. Book
Walter Logan, 7th June 1632.]
176
KIRKMAHOE—KIRKPATRICK IRONGRAY
[PRESB. OF
JOHN WALLACE, said to be 50 years
°f age anc* unmarried 8th Aug. 1 684.
—[P. C.Reg., 3 Ser., ix, 271.]
JAMES HUME, line 11, for "Auchen-
1682 son ' ' read ' ' Aucherson. ' '
FRANCIS IRVING, a prisoner in
Dumfries prison 20th April 1685. —
1687
[Fraser Papers. ]
JAMES HENDERSON, for "James"
1696 read "John."
DAVID GRAHAM, marr. Margaret,
j _ . , daugh. of William Graham of Moss-
knowe, and had issue — William;
Archibald; David; John; Mary; Isobel. —
[Reg. of Deeds, Dalrymple, cix, 19th Dec.
1718.]
EDWARD BUNCLE, probably son of
1725 James ®-» merchant, Linlithgow, and
Margaret Jervie; marr. (1) proc. 28th
Jan. 1728 Margaret (bapt. 28th Aug. 1695).
ARCHIBALD LAWSON, his wife,
1750 Mary Guthrie, died 4th March 1820.
MAXWELL HUTCHISON, line 2, for
1879 ' ' John ' ' read ' ' George. ' '
JOHN MACKENZIE FORBES, Ph.D.
(Edin., 1928), died 26th Jan. 1939;
his widow, Mary Watson Main
McTaggart, died 3rd April 1945.
19Q7
KIRKPATRICK-DURHAM
ANDREW EDGAR, reader 1563.—
1563 \-ComPs- Sub Co11- °f Thirds, Dum
fries.}
1575
WILLIAM TURNER, M.A., vicar in
1559 and 20th March 1560-1;
reader; pres. to vicarage 1st Dec.
1575 on death of Thores. — [Reg. of Pres.
Bene., ii, (4), 308; Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters
of Church Lands, i, 214; Laing Charters, 167,
217; Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds,
1146.]
ADAM BROWN, line 2, for "James B.
mm' °^ Kirkpatrick Irongray" read
"Adam B. of Gorgiemylne. " He
marr. (2) Janet McMillan. In 1670 he was
1641
min. at Haltwhistle in England. — [Edin.
Burgess Roll, 13th Aug. 1656.]
ALEXANDER SANGSTER, vicar 24th
, July 1673.— [P. R. Sas., Dumfries,
i, 234.]
JAMES HILL, had other issue— Agnes;
1699 Jean; Isobel; Helen; Sarah.
ROBERT MACMORINE, his daugh.,
Elizabeth, died at Dumfries 2nd
1744
March 1789.
GEORGE GREIG, pres. by Crown 28th
1843 Aug. 1843.
ANDREW LAIDLAW, pres. by Crown
1870 26th March 1870.
WILLIAM ADAM STARK, licen. 1st
1876
Dec. 1871; died 22nd Feb. 1927.
Marr. (2) 1st June 1917 Effie Jane,
youngest daugh. of Maxwell Palmer, Loch-
park, Dalbeattie; she died at Castle
Douglas 23rd May 1921.
WILLIAM ADAM, trans, to Stanley
1916 15th Oct. 1924.
WILLIAM MACKEAN CAMPBELL,
1925
trans, from Boquhanran (q.v.) 15th
May 1925; his wife, Margaret Mag
dalen Ramsay, died 10th Aug. 1929. He
died 28th March 1945.
KIRKPATRICK IRONGRAY
There was a chapel and a well called the
Angel's Well situated at the east side of
the lands of Barnesoul, called Drumdrynie.
There was also a chapel designated the
Chapel of the Chapel- Yard. — [Anderson's
Prot. Book, 21; Retours, xxvii, 325; Reg.
Great Seal, ii, 3446.]
SIR JAMES BRYCE, vicar 1565-6.—
1_,_ [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, i, 182,276.]
MICHAEL WIGHTMAN, reader 3rd
1571 Dec. 1577.— [Edin. Tests., viii, 35.]
JAMES BROWN, delete from issue—
1601 Adam, min. of Kirkpatrick-Durham.
DUMFRIES]
KIRKPATRICK IRONGRAY— NEW ABBEY
177
PATRICK BROWN, min. here in 1646.
1646 — [Dumfries Sas., v, 164.]
JOHN WELSH, his mother, Martha
1653 Pont.
JAMES GUTHRIE, his daugh., Janet,
marr. 21st Nov. 1763 James Crocket
1694
in par. of Holywood.
DAVID DOW, born 29th March 1798;
1821 h*s daugh., Ann, died Hth May
1917, aged 72.
JAMES WILSON, marr. 26th Oct. 1841
Isabel, daugh. of Robert Clark,
S.S.C. His son, Thomas Jackson,
S.S.C., died 20th Feb. 1932.
THOMAS UNDERWOOD, his widow,
Agnes Stewart McGill, died 16th
June 1922.
1843
1857
SAMUEL DUNLOP, licen. 4th; trans.
tao. to Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 17th
May 1917.
JOHN MIDDLETON, LL.D., trans,
from Kemback (q.v.) 2nd Nov. 1917,
died at London 21st Oct. 1927.
1917
WILLIAM ROCK, M.A., born Glas-
1928 8°W 21st NOV> 18"' S0n of William
R., steel worker, and May Taylor;
educ. Newlands School, Hutchison's
Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow,
M.A. (1922); served in Great War; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow March 1925; assis
tant Greenhead and Bluevale; ord. to St
James, Kirkcaldy, 13th May 1925; trans,
and adm. 18th May 1928. Marr. 2nd Sept.
1925 Helen Heughan, daugh. of Andrew-
Irving Kerr, Millerston, and has issue —
William Gordon, born 10th Oct. 1928;
Helen Cochrane Henderson, born 26th
Feb. 1930; Joycelyn Patricia Kerr, born
2nd Nov. 1937.
LOCHRUTTON
GEORGE ARNOT, vicar, 8th May
1558, parson of Essie and vicar here
1566. — [Anderson's Prof. Book.]
NINIAN DALZIEL, M.A., min. in
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries. ]
WILLIAM LAING, reader 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries.]
JOHN LITTLE, exhorter 1567 and 1572.
1567
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A., parson
9th April 1589, Provost of Lin-
1589
3003.]
cluden. — [Cal. of Charters, xii,
JOHN CURROUR, his pres. here when
1606 reac*er> 28t^ June 1606' was on
death of (George) Arnot. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixxv, 103.]
ALEXANDER TRAIN.— [G. R. Sas.,
1618 Ixi, 373.]
1728 GEORGE DUNCAN, left a journal.
THOMAS CROSBY, dem. 13th June
1884
1923; died 6th Aug. 1948; his daugh.
Isobel Helen Murray (marr. 31st
May 1918 John Rae, master mariner).
ANDREW LOW McGREGOR MAC-
1923 KENZIE, born 27th Feb. 1890, son
of Alexander M., schoolmaster, and
Agnes Dryburgh Mackenzie; educ. at
Woodside School and Glasgow Univ., M.A.
(1911), B.D. (1920); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 1920; assistant Rutherglen; ord.
llth Oct. 1923; trans, to Crailing 24th
Sept. 1931. He marr. 10th Dec. 1923 Sarah,
daugh. of James Carson, and has issue —
Margaret Logan McTaggart, born 21st
April 1925.
MAXWELLTOWN
WILLIAM VILANT GRAHAM, his
1863
widow, Watson Allan Smith, died
19th July 1923; his daugh., Robina
Williamson, died 19th Feb. 1924.
DUNCAN MORRISON SLESSOR,
1897 died 20th April 1937.
NEW ABBEY
PATRICK COULL, reader in 1563,
when designated ' ' Dene. ' ' — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
178
NEW ABBEY— TERREGLES
[PRESB. OF
JOHN LOGAN, formerly monk here,
_6 reader in 1569, charged with pro
faning the Sacraments llth Aug.
1590.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.; Reg. Privy Council, iv, 375.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON CHAR-
TERIS, line 2, for "nephew" read
"grand nephew"; pres. by Crown
21st March 1859.
JOHN STEWART WILSON, pres. by
1863 Crown ^Oth June 1863; his daugh.,
Jane Ewing, O.B.E. (marr. Robert
Kerr Hannay, Historiographer Royal for
Scotland and Professor of Ancient History,
Univ. of Edinburgh), died 14th April 1938.
JOHN MURRAY WOODBURN,
1911 trans, to Beith 25th Sept. 1919.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, M.A.,
D.D., M.C., ord. 9th April 1920;
trans, to Eastwood 8th Jan. 1926.
ROBERT NINIAN PAISLEY, trans.
1926 from Ladykirk 30th April 1926;
trans, to Bolton and Saltoun 8th
Nov. 1928.
GEORGE GORDON DUNDAS
1929 STEWART DUNCAN, formerly
of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, trans,
from St Paul's, Montreal, to Govan 13th
May 1921; trans, and adm. 1st March 1929;
died 19th Oct. 1932. Marr. 10th Oct. 1914
Catherine Louise, only daugh. of Robert
Hunt White, Castle Park, Prestonpans, and
had issue — Alastair, born 14th Oct. 1915,
died 29th March 1916.
SOUTHWICK
15.. SIR MICHAEL DYSART,
SIR JOHN CORSWELL.— [Acts and
1565 Dec., xxxv, 155.]
GEORGE OLIVER, reader 1567-79.—
1567
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.; Cal of Charters xi, 2537.]
ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, M.A., par
son 1572 and 4th May 1577.— [Cal.
1572
of Charters, xi, 2439.]
JOHN THOMAS PATTERSON, dem.
1900 9tn Jan< 19185 was afterwards chap
lain to Glasgow City Hospitals; died
at Bearsden 14th Nov. 1943; his widow,
Ann Black Morison, died 21st April 1946.
JAMES ANDERSON LOW, B.D.,
1918 trans, from Glengairn (q.v.) 28th
June 1918; dem. llth Nov. 1933.
TERREGLES
On the petition of Archibald, Earl of
Douglas, lord of Galloway, Papal Com
mission was given on 7th May 1389 to the
Bishop of Glasgow to convert the Nunnery
of Lincluden into a collegiate church. The
Earl narrated that the nunnery had been
founded by his predecessors for eight or
nine nuns and a prioress, that only four
nuns and a prioress remained, that these
were living disgracefully and insolently,
that by their carelessness and negligence
the buildings had become unsightly and
ruinous, that they had no wish to repair
them, and that to the repair of the vest
ments and ornaments they gave no atten
tion. He asked that the prioress and nuns
be transferred to another monastery or
place either of the Benedictine or the
Cluniac Order. The collegiate church was
to be for a provost, 8 prebends, extended
later to 12, and 24 bedesmen; and for the
support of the establishment there were set
apart the revenues of the nunnery and of
the Hospital of the Sacred Grove (Holy-
wood), situated near the nunnery and
annexed to the collegiate church. The
hospital, which was dedicated to St John
the Baptist, had its origin in a house and
chapel founded and built by Edward Bruce,
brother of Robert I, within the bounds and
limits of the Monastery of Holywood, and
founded anew by Archibald, Earl of
Douglas, whose charter was confirmed by
Robert II on 2nd June 1372, for the recep
tion of poor, weak, and sick people to the
number of 18, the endowment being the
lands of Crossmichael and Troqueer in the
lordship of Galloway. The churches be
longing to the collegiate church included
Caerlaverock; Kirkbean; Preston; Col vend;
DUMFRIES]
TERREGLES— TINWALD
179
Terregles; Lochrutten; Kirkanders, made a
prebend by Alexander, Bishop of Glasgow,
16th Jan. 1447-8; Lochmaben, made a
prebend by William, Bishop of Glasgow,
confirmed by Pope Nicholas V, 3rd March
1449-50; Kirkpatrick in Nithsdale, made
a prebend before 9th Aug. 1453; Kirkbride,
annexed before 23rd June 1487. On 22nd
Sept. 1429 Margaret, Duchess of Turaine,
widow of Archibald, Duke of Turaine,
Earl of Douglas, for the souls of Robert III
and Queen Annabella, her father and
mother, etc., founded a chaplainry in the
church, the endowment being the lands of
Estwood, Barschryve, Le Bank, Carvor-
land, Dummokhead, le Maynys, Suthake,
and de Barnes, in the Constabulary of
Kirkcudbright and lordship of Galloway.
By Bull of llth Dec. 1482 Sextus IV an
nexed the provostship to the Episcopal
Mensa of Moray, during the lifetime of
Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Moray; but in
1488 Parliament declared the annexation
to be null and void, the patronage to re
main with the King, and the pretended
annexation in favour of Andrew, Bishop
of Moray, to be of no effect. By James IV
the provostship was annexed to the Chapel
Royal of Stirling, confirmation being
granted by Pope Julius II on 2nd June
1508; and on llth July 1527 James V
declared "that his mynde and will is that
the foundation of his Chapell riale of
Striveling and the unions of Inchmahomo
(Inchmahome) and Lincluden be observit
and kepit in tyme to cum efter the form
of the erection and union maid tharupon
by his mest noble fader . . . and that
supplication be direct to our haly fader
tharupon." — [Acts Scott. Parl., ii, 209;
Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, vii, 143, 493, ^26,
630; Transcripts from Vatican, i, 288-97,
iii, 163-74, MS., Reg. Ho.; Reg. Privy
Council, xii, 445; Acts Lords of Council in
Public Affairs, 259, 325; The Apostolic
Camera and Scott. Benefs., 221, 308; The
Douglas Bks., i, 348-9; For lands of Lin
cluden Church, see Acts Scott. Parl., iii,
436ab, 587b, v, 570-1 , and Reg. Great Seal,
i, 483, ii, 130, iv, 1652, 1653, 1685, 2488,
2661, 2734, 2889, v, 17, 32, 42, 234, 820,
1232, 1506, 1507, 1891, 1981; for details of
Nunnery and Church, see The Chronicles
of Lincluden.]
NINIAN DALZIEL, M.A., min. in
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
j-^ y • T
Dumfries. ]
PATRICK LOCH, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries.}
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A., pres.
1567
to vicarage 26th Nov. 1580 on death
1619
of John Row. His son, John, pres.
to vicarage of Urr 1602.
THOMAS MELVILLE, his son,
Thomas, min. of Cadder; his daughs.
— Bessie (marr. (1) William Taylor,
wright, Dumfries, (2) Andrew Hunter,
merchant, Dumfries); Margaret (marr.
John Thomson, portioner of Kirkland of
Terregles); Jean (marr. Thomas Cunyng-
ham, glover, Edinburgh); Lilias. — [Dum
fries Sas., 2nd March 1659.]
ROBERT PATON, line 4, for "1691"
1690 read "1690."
JAMES STEWART, his son, James
1899 Main, min. of Balgay and John
Street, Glasgow; his wife, Margaret
Waddell Main, died 28th July 1942. He
died 24th Nov. 1944.
TINWALD
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary.
CHARLES GEDDES, died before
15.. 1604.
ALEXANDER THOMSON, pres. 27th
1604 Jan. 1604.— [Pres., iii, 386.]
JOHN WILLIAMSON, lines 1-3, for
1777
"probably son," etc., read "son
of David W., overseer to Messrs
Crawford at Wanlockhead."
JAMES VALLANCE, pres. by Crown
184? 24th Oct. 1846; his daugh., Mar
garet Rebecca, died at Gorebridge
1st Sept. 1923.
180
TINWALD— URR
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE SCOTT KERR, died 22nd
Jan. 1937; his wife, Lucy Edmond-
son, died 16th Dec. 1946; his son,
Hugh George, M.B., Ch.B., Eccleshall,
Stafford.
TRAILFLAT and DUNGRIE
SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, pres. to
1566
vicarage pensionary 8th April and
1591
20th May 1566 by William, Com-
mendator of Kelso, vacant by death of
David Welsh; died before 5th Aug. 1591.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxv, 46; Ixii, 123.]
JOHN GLOVER, son of Martin G. in
Woodsyde of Hempisfield, reader,
pres. to vicarage of Dungrie 5th
Aug. 1591 on death of Sir John Sinclair. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 123.]
GEORGE REDDICK or RODDICK,
marr. Barbara Spottiswoode. —
[G. R. Sas., xxi, 138; 21st May 1627.]
TORTHORWALD
JAMES RAMSEY, pres. to vicarage
April 1582 on death of James
Wallace.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 72.]
1586
GEORGE LAURIE FOGO, licen. 18th
Nov. 1870; his widow, Fanny Eliza-
1883
beth Blagden, died 18th Sept. 1930.
JAMES MARJORIBANKS CAMP-
1894
BELL, died 12th Jan. 1949; his wife,
Edith Leonora Gillott, died 21st
June 1932, and in her memory Mr Camp
bell erected a bell-ringers' shelter.
TROQUEER
The church was dedicated to St Con-
vellus, the Welsh Conguell, like Convill,
Cynwell, Irish Connall, a disciple of St
Mungo. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
168.]
NINIAN DALZIEL, min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN HALLIDAY, reader 1570-2.—
1570
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
1577
JOHN FULLARTON, vicar.— [Acts
1574 and Dec., liii, 557.]
ADAM MURRAY, pres. to vicarage
on death of Robert Martin; was
nephew of William Somerville, vicar
of Kirkbean.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 59.]
HERBERT GLEDSTANES, probably
1615 scrioolmaster' Kirkcudbright, 9th
Feb. 1592. Marr. Janet Cunning
ham and had issue — Thomas, writer, Edin
burgh.— [Dumfries Sas., 15th Feb. 1637.]
1668
JAMES MAIR, marr. Margaret, daugh.
°^ Jolin Crichton °f Crawfordston
and widow of William Lawrie of
Ingliston, merchant in Dumfries; she re-
marr. Walter Gledstanes, min. of New
Abbey.
JAMES GLENDINNING, amanuensis
1683
to James, Bishop of Galloway, 17th
Dec. 1680; died August 1713.
JAMES ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
1876 died at Edinburgh 19th June 1924.
JOHN WILSON, awarded the Nor
wegian Freedom Medal 1947; trans,
assistant and successor from St
Paul's, Perth; his daugh., Margaret Craig
(marr. 20th Oct, 1937 John Harry Whit-
taker Glover, Newhaven, Edinburgh).
URR
Situated in the Diocese of Glasgow, the
church, called the Church of St Constantine
of Hur, was confirmed to Holyrood Abbey
by William de Bondington, Bishop of Glas
gow, on 20th April 1250. There was in the
parish another church, dedicated to St
Bride, and called the Church of St Brigit of
Blacket and Loublaket. About 1160 it was
granted to Holyrood Abbey by Uchtred,
son of Fergus, lord of Galloway, with
confirmation by Ingelram, Bishop of Glas
gow, Alan, son of Rolland the Constable,
Eustache Baliol, and others. Little is
known of the church but it was independent
of Urr.— [Charters of Holyrood, 28, 41-2,
56-7, 61, 68, 69; Cal. Papal Regs., Letters,
x, 547, xi, 304.]
DUMFRIES]
URR
181
JOHN BROWN, reader, 1563-8, vicar
and reader. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
1563
WILLIAM PENNYCUICK, M.A.,
vicar 31st July 1573, when he was
also rector of Pennycuik (q.v.) and
Provost of the Collegiate Church of Kirk
of Fields.— [Cal. of Charters, x, 2287.]
JOHN THOMSON, M.A., son of
William T., vicar of Terregles, pres.
to vicarage 1602. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxii, 73.]
1602
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, marr. Jane
Porteous, widow of Charles Archi
bald, min. of Kirkbean. — [Dumfries
Tests., Daniel Wallace, 20th May 1690.]
1641
JOHN LYON, adm. 1st May 1665;
1666
marr. (1) -. Leslie and had issue —
John, min. of Old Greyfriars; (2)
Emilia Nisbet and had issue — Thomas,
chyrurgeon in Shaws, died 1st July 1736;
William, probably apprenticed to George
Langland, surgeon apothecary, Edinburgh,
29th July 1724.
JAMES MUIRHEAD, line 27, for
1770 ' ' Vacceram ' ' read ' ' Vacerram. ' '
JOHN MACRAE SANDILANDS,
1855 pres. by Crown 17th May 1855.
DAVID FREW, LL.D. (St Andrews,
1892 28th Sept. 1937); retired in favour
of assistant and successor, June
1937; died 4th May 1946; his wife, Jeanie
Lymont, daugh. of John Boyd, Coltness,
died 28th Oct. 1938. Addl. publication— A
Young Borderer (a Memoir of Captain A.
S. Young Herries), (Edin., 1928).
M*
PRESBYTERY OF PENPONT
At the union of the Churches in 1929 this Presbytery ceased to exist, the parishes being
transferred to the Presbytery of Dumfries, except Wanlockhead, which was transferred
to the Presbytery of Lanark.
CLOSEBURN
The name has other forms, Kylosbern,
Killcosburne, and is held to commemorate
Osbern, an English saint. There is another
saint, Osbran, anchorite and bishop of
Cluain Creamha in Roscommon, who died
in 752. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
167.]
ALEXANDER FLEMING, his son,
Malcolm.— [G. R. Sas., 23rd Nov.
1643, liii, 429.]
CHARLES ANDERSON, ord. to Cask
1815 22nd April, not Aug.
DAVID OGILVY RAMSAY, his son,
2 David, died from the effects of an
accident at Dumfries 20th Dec.
1925; his daugh., Anne Maxwell, died 22nd
Jan. 1937.
1910
CHARLES ROLLAND RAMSAY,
M.A. (Edinburgh, 1886), died at
Abbey Town, Cumberland, 28th
Aug. 1939. His sons — Norman and Ian,
both Captains; his daugh., Ellen Margaret
Sibbald (marr. 7th Feb. 1927 John Hubert
Graham, farmer, The Gale, Cumberland);
his widow, Agnes Maud Campbell, died
26th June 1940.
DALGARNO
The church was granted to Holyrood by
Edgar, son of Deferald, in the time of
William the Lion. — [Holyrood Charters,
43.]
JAMES WILLIAMSON, designated
min. 1567-8.— [Edin. Tests., i, 11,
Jan. 1567-8.]
DURRISDEER
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary.
1567
JAMES HAMILTON, seems to be
identical with John Hamilton, M.A.,
sub-chanter of Glasgow, who was
parson in 1567 arid died 1570. — [Comps.
Sub Coll of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
LYON BROWN, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 25th Jan. 1574-5 on
dem. of Peter Young. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, (4), 29.]
1567
PETER YOUNG, M.A., his pres. to
1570
parsonage and vicarage and sub-
chanter of Glasgow 5th Aug. 1570
on death of John Hamilton. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, (2), 1.]
JAMES LINDSAY, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 18th Dec. 1575 on
dem. of Peter Young.
JAMES BRYSON, pres. on dem. of
tc-70 Peter Young.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, 22.]
ALEXANDER STRANG, his son,
Patrick, apprenticed to Paul Mel-
drum, corset-maker, Edinburgh,
14th Sept. 1670.
JOHN ALEXANDER, resident in St
Cuthbert's parish, Edinburgh, 17th
Nov. 1694.— St Cuthbert's Poll Tax
Roll.]
JOHN McKELL, his diary in Museum,
1771 Thornhill.
182
PRESS. OF PENPONT] DURRISDEER— KIRKCONNEL
183
1894
DAVID LITTLE JARDINE, died
Bournemouth 14th Feb. 1929. Marr.
(2) 9th Oct. 1917 Violet (died 26th
March 1944), eldest daugh. of Henry
Candlish, M.A., Alnwick, Northumber
land; his daugh., Helen, M.B., Ch.B.,
London.
GAVIN KERRILL MACKAY, M.A.,
1920
ord. A. and S. 1st June 1920; trans,
to Dalziel 24th June 1924.
THOMAS HARPER, born Glasgow
30th May 1893, son of Alexander
R. H., J.P., and Agnes Murray;
educ. at High School and Glasgow Univ.,
M.A. (1916), B.D. (1920), Ph.D. (1928),
and at New York Theological Seminary,
S.T.M. (1923); licen. by Presb. of Perth
May 1920; assistant Partick; ord. 20th
Oct. 1924; trans, to Eastwood 6th Feb.
1930. He marr. 23rd June 1931 Margaret
Simpson, daugh. of John M. Ross, and has
issue — Alexander Murray, born 31st May
1933; John Ross, born 20th March 1935.
GLENCAIRN
JOHN JAMESON, exhorter; designated
vicar-pensioner 10th April 1574;
seems therefore to have been in
office prior to 1560 and to have conformed;
probably identical with John Jameson who
was presented to the vicarage of Dunscore
in 1573, was reader there 1574-85, and
became min. there in 1586. — [Laing Char
ters, 890; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries.}
1567
SIR ROBERT HOUSTON, vicar 22nd
15?4 June 1574.— [Reports Hist. MSS.
Commiss., App. 9, 26.]
JOHN JAMESON, min. at Dunscore,
had also charge here in 1586; may
be identical with foregoing John
Jameson.
JOHN BROWN, line 9, delete "John
1589 °^ In§nston"» ms daughs. — Mary
(marr. Robert Maitland of Eccles);
Sarah (marr. (2) James Grierson of
Capenoch).— [Dumfries Sas., 30th Nov.
1642.]
WILLIAM BROWN, servitor to
1|5T? Thomas, Earl of Haddington; line
10, for "James" read "John";
line 12, for "uncle" read "father." See
Douglas of Morton, 314.
1692 GEORGE BOYD. He marr.
PATRICK BORROWMAN, his daugh.,
1837 Sophia Patricia, died 23rd July 1936.
ROBERT HOME, line 3, for "Dec."
1864 read "Oct."
JOHN AGNEW FINLAY, dem. 4th
1014 Oct- 1921' was mul- at Cairo; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 2nd July 1931); died
25th Aug. 1941.
JAMES CAMPBELL, trans, from
1922 Kingston, Glasgow (q.v.\ 15th May
1922; trans, to Durrisdeer 5th June
1930. His son, William Craigie Drysdale,
born 2nd Nov. 1917, Missionary, Assam,
under Colonial Committee.
KEIR
WILLIAM MENZIES, licen. 29th Aug.
1827 1821.
DAVID BAYNE JARDINE, his son,
Brigadier Christian West, C.B.E.
(1944); his widow, Helen Octavia
Tapson, died 8th Jan 1948, aged 92.
KIRKCONNEL
The church was dedicated to St Con-
vallus, Old Welsh Conguall, later Cinvall,
Cynwall, Irish Conall, a disciple of St
Mungo. The ruins of the old church, with
the Well of St Conal near at hand, are
situated about 2 miles from Kirkconnel
village. On the farm of Rig there is a field
called Libry Park, which may denote that
it was the site of a hospital for lepers. —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 169; Wil
son's Annals of Sanquhar, 40, 42, 43.]
WILLIAM BLACKADDER, M.A.,
1560 V^car anci exnorter 1561-89. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ix, 74; Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
184
KIRKCONNEL— PENPONT
[PRESB. OF
JOHN FULLARTON, reader 1568,
1569
exhorter 1568-72, vicar and min.
1576; pres. on death of Sir David
Maxwell; mentioned as at Troqueer in
1574; died 27th April 1595; had issue-
William and Bessie. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.; Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
19; Acts and Dec., liii, 557; Edin. Tests.,
5th Jan. 1596.]
SIR WILLIAM BROWN, vicar pen-
1579
sioner, died at Edinburgh 24th Nov.
1579.— [Edin. Tests., vii, 208.]
ROBERT BIGGERT, his pres. in 1605
was upon the death of John Fullar-
ton.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 403.]
1605
PETER RAE, his son James, farmer,
1732
Nether Farding, was agent for
Queensberry and not Buccleuch.
CHARLES FORBES CHARLESON,
1899
licen. 1st May 1895; his son's name
Conal, not Connell. Publication —
"Notes on the Site of a Pre-Norman
Chapel of St Conal in Upper Nithsdale,"
Trans. Scot. Eccl.Socy.,ix, part iii, 1929-30.
MORTON
ARCHIBALD MENZIES, M.A., acted
1560
as exhorter and reader, holding
parsonage and vicarage 1563 and
1572; also at Colvend 1572.— [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
ROBERT CUSSANE, reader.— [Comps.
1572 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, pres. to
vicarage 1st July 1579 on death of
Archibald Menzies. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 19.]
SIR JOHN MORTON, died before llth
Oct. 1608, when he is called last
vicar. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
1579
1608
THOMAS HENDERSON of Broom-
1687
field, son of Thomas H., min. of
Gretna. — [Dumfries Sas., v, 447.]
PATRICK FLINT, his son, William
apprenticed to Andrew Torrance,
1691
wright, Edinburgh.
DAVID SMITH, son of William S.,
1809 farmer, Gatehills, Kirkpatrick-Flem-
ing. He was at presentation Governor
of George Watson's Hospital, Edinburgh.
Left in MS. a memoir of James Gait, min.
of Gretna 1730-87.
JAMES HONEYMAN OSWALD,
1885 licen. April 1883, died 15th April
1939: his widow, Mary Grace Ram
say, died 20th Nov. 1943; his son, John
Alexander Ramsay, died llth Feb. 1933,
Lieut. K.O.S.B.
PENPONT
SIR ROBERT WELSH, vicar 1541,
1541 afterwards reader 1567.
1561
JOHN TAYLOR, vicar, reader and
exhorter 1561-9.— [Comps. Coll.
Gen. of Thirds, 94.]
WILLIAM TAYLOR, vicar, designated
min. 27th July and 26th Dec. 1578.
—[Edin. Tests, vi, 219, 285.]
SAMUEL OUSTANE, his son, Samuel,
afterwards merchant in Virginia; his
daugh., Mary (marr. Francis Herries
of Lambholm). — [Acts and Dec., Dal.,
Ixxxvii, 25th Jan. 1683.]
JAMES MURRAY, marr. Isabel, daugh.
of John Laurie, schoolmaster, Kirk
cudbright.— [Deeds, 1st Nov. 1706.]
1636
1693
1845
JOHN COLLOW, his son, James, died
1736 in Tobago 1795.
JAMES GRAHAM, his daughs.—
Elizabeth, died 14th Oct. 1920;
Isabella, died Cummertrees 13th
Jan. 1924; Margaret, died at Cummertrees
21st March 1925.
ANDREW PATON, died at Alstonlea,
1870 Kinross, 21st July 1921.
JAMES JOHNSTONE PRYDE, be-
1909
came Chaplain to the Forces; adm.
to Morebattle 24th April 1919.
WILLIAM COCHRAN CONN, trans,
and adm. (assist, and sue.) from
Coylton (q.v.} 13th July 1917; died
13th Aug. 1945.
1917
PENPONT]
SANQUHAR
185
SANQUHAR
Line 6, after "Logan" read "vicar of
Colvend."
The present church was built in 1823^4
on the site of the medieval church whose
foundations have been outlined by flag
stones. In the church there were an altar
dedicated to the Virgin Mary; an altar
dedicated to the Holy Rood; and an altar
dedicated to the Holy Blood, founded in
1519 by John Logan, vicar of Colvend, a
native of Sanquhar. In the south-west
corner of the present church there is the
effigy of a churchman, which bore the name
of "The Saint of the Choir." St Bride's
Well was situated in the midst of a grove
called Welltrees behind the knowe at
Broomfield. It is now covered by the rail
way, but its waters have burst forth in
another direction. In the vicinity of
Newark there was a chapel dedicated to St
Nicholas, at the site of which about twenty
years ago there was discovered the sculp
tured effigy of a bishop, in robes and with
crozier, and at his feet a figure presenting
a scroll. The head and arms are missing.
Near the farmhouse of Dalpeddar there is
an old burial ground called Chapel Yards,
the site of a chapel which is said to have
been dedicated to St Peter. There was
another chapel in Eliock House which was
in existence till in the middle of the 18th
century extensive alterations to the house
led to its disappearance; and still another
was situated at the farmstead of Tower,
where there survives the Chapel Well. The
Chapel Hill at Carco on Crawick Water,
and the Chapel Rig and Our Lady's Well
at Knockenstob, indicate two other chapels.
Tradition tells of a chapel and religious
house for women at the farmhouse of
Orchard, and of a religious settlement at
Goosehill, formerly Olive Hill. In the
burgh, on the site behind the town hall,
there was a house designated the Mansion
House of St John the Baptist, but of its
exact nature nothing appears to be known.
Sanquhar Hospital, said to have been dedi
cated to St Mary Magdalene, was situated
near the farmhouse of Newark. It was in
existence before 28th Aug. 1296, when
Bartholomew de Eglisham, chapeleyn, war
den of "the new Place at Senerwar" (San
quhar), swore fealty to Edward I. — [WH-
son's Annals of 'Sanquhar, 9-10, 36-7, 39-40,
41-2; Cal. of Docs. Rel. to Scotland, ii, 206.]
SIR THOMAS FLEMING, was chap
lain of the Chaplainry of the Holy
Cross, 13th May 1559.— [Reg. of
Abbrev. of Feu Charters of Church Lands,
ii, 207.]
ROBERT CRICHTON, M.A., parson
17th Jan. 1554 and 20th Dec. 1565;
was chaplain of St Nicholas called
the Newark; died 15th June 1570.— [Reg.
of Deeds, i, 56; xii, 261 ; Edin. Tests, ii, 159.]
JOHN YOUNG, reader, called vicar
pensionary in 1574; died before 20th
April 1583.— [Reg. of Abbrev. of
Feu Charters of Church Lands, ii, 135.]
JAMES BLACKWOOD, app. before
1577
28th March 1576, but a year later
was accused of "brooking" both
Sanquhar and Saline, and serving "not
ane"; pleaded that he dared not go to
Sanquhar for fear of his life to work there,
and asked to be allowed to serve at Saline
till he got security of Sanquhar and not
compelled to resign either; ord. by Assem
bly to ' ' travell ' ' at Saline till next Assembly
and meantime John Fullarton to support
Kirk of Sanquhar upon his costs, and the
Commissioners of the County ordained to
admonish the tutor of Sanquhar (William
Crichton) to make no impediment or
trouble to Blackwood in using his office
and serving Sanquhar; still "brooked"
Saline 1 1th June 1578, when he was ordered
by Assembly to demit the same; entered at
Sanquhar probably soon after and was
deprived some time before 16th Dec. 1594
for diverse treasonable causes. — [The Book
of the Universal Kirk, i, 386, 397, 424, 465,
472; P. C. Reg., 30th June 1574, 23rd
March 1576-7; P. S. Reg., Ixvii, 23, 36;
Reg. Abbrev. of Feu Charters of Church
Lands, ii, 133.]
ROBERT HUNTER, pres. by the
church to parsonage and vicarage
16th and 28th Dec. 1594 on dep. of
James Blackwood, the patron, Lord
186
SANQUHAR— WANLOCKHEAD [PRESB. OF PENPONT
1666
Crichton of Sanquhar, having failed to
present a lawful person in due time. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 28, 36.]
JAMES KIRKWOOD, adm. before
1666, left at Revolution; adm. Rec
tor of Magheracross and Prebendary
of Kelskeery, Co. Fermanagh, 1692. Marr.
daugh. of George Ker, provost of Sanquhar
and Chamberlain of Queensberry. —
[Simpson's History of Sanquhar; Leslie's
Clogher Clergy; Gleanings among the
Mountains. ]
JOHN SANDILANDS, son of John S.,
min. of Dolphinton, and Margaret
T ,
Johnston.
WILLIAM RANKEN, marr. Margaret,
1785
daugh. of Robert Barker in Castle-
mains.
JOHN INGLIS, schoolmaster, Maybole;
1845
his daugh., Agnes Hutchison, died
24th Feb. 1930.
ARCHIBALD EDMISTON DEWAR,
1881 born 2nd Oct. 1856.
JAMES RICHMOND WOOD, licen.
1888 9th June 1880, died 1st May 1929.
KIRKBRIDE
THOMAS WEIR, reader 1560.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, rector 30th Oct.
1563
1563.— [Sir T. Johnson 's Prot. Book,
685.]
THOMAS SHIELS, Chaplain or student
, „ of divinity to William Douglas of
Morton.
TYNRON
ROBERT WELSH, reader designated
"Dene" and held the vicarage in
1560 and conformed, died in June
1568; had a brother, Sir William W.—
[Comps. Coll. Gen. of Thirds, 1561; Edin.
Tests, i, 344; Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvii, 72.]
WILLIAM TAYLOR, pres. to vicarage
28th June 1568 on death of Robert
Welsh; min. 27th July and 24th
Nov. 1578.— [Edin. Tests, vi, 219, 285.]
1561
ROBERT RAMSAY, his widow, Kathe-
1664
rine Alexander, buried in Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 13th Dec. 1697.
DAVID COUPAR,his widow, Christina
18?1 Jane Clark, died 26th Feb. 1925; his
daughs. — Evelyn Susanna, died at
Traquair 29th Oct. 1927; Edith Hylda
Hope, died at Traquair 8th June 1930.
SAMUEL GILFILLAN CAR-
1902 MICHAEL, died llth March 1938.
WANLOCKHEAD
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, min.
1732 in 1732.
JOHN LAWRIE, preacher 1734, re-
1734
ceived £5 for pastoral duties there. —
[Trans. Dumfries and Galloway
Antiq. Society, xviii, 94.]
JAMES RITCHIE, dep. 25th May 1802.
1800
— [Diary of Rev. John Wightman of
Kirkmahoe, unpublished.]
JAMES LAIDLAW, his daugh., Isa-
1848
bella Sutton, died at Kippen 26th
Jan. 1932.
CHARLES PATRICK BLAIR, died
1886 8th Nov. 1923.
NORMAN FARQUHAR ORR, trans,
from Stanley 16th May 1924; dem.
6th July 1926; afterwards min, at
Buncrana, Donegal.
ROWELLYAN RAMSAY, B. Comm.,
1924
ord. 21st Oct. 1926; trans, to
Ruthrieston, Aberdeen, 8th Nov.
1926
1928.
THOMAS EDMUND HILL JONES,
1929 f°rmerly mm- °f Deerness (q.v.),
trans, from Portsoy 29th March
1929; dem. 25th Oct. 1932 and went to
Belfast; died 23rd Feb. 1943. Marr. (2)
25th Nov. 1931 Charlotte Rowe. He had
issue — Arthur, born May 1902; Gladys
Eleanor Agnes, born 1st Sept. 1912;
Edmund, S. S., born 1st March 1934;
Norman Charles Patten, born 27th April
1935; Marjory Elizabeth Lucy, born 27th
June 1936, died 30th April 1937; Harold
Douglas Theodore, born 30th Dec. 1938.
SYNOD OF GALLOWAY
PRESBYTERY OF STRANRAER
ARDWALL
ANDREW MUIRHEAD BARR, died
1902
22nd Nov. 1933; his widow, Rachel
Morris, died 30th July 1944.
ARNSHEEN
THOMAS JARDINE, his son, William
Hugh, died Coatbridge 8th Oct.
1942.
1863
1895
WILLIAM GORDON, dem. 1937, died
24th Feb. 1944; his son, Arthur
Currie, min. of Kells; his daugh.,
Mary, M.B., Ch.B.; his widow, Alison
Jollie, died 9th Nov. 1945.
BALLANTRAE
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, pres. to
1571
vicarage 23rd April 1571 on death
of Andrew Oliphant; trans, to
Dailly 1573.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 16].
JOHN CROOKS, marr. Margaret,
1658 daugh. °f James Simson, min. of
Bathgate, and had issue — Patrick;
Catherine.— [G. R. Sas., vi, 75.]
JOHN WHITE, intruded at Aberdour,
1687 Deer, 1694; see also Coylton.
JOHN MILROY, his daugh., Euphemia
1830 Catherine (marr. 6th Nov. 1863).
ROLLO RUSSELL GRANT SUTHER-
1913
LAND, trans, to Skelmorlie llth
Feb. 1921.
JAMES HOUSTON BAXTER, M.A.,
1921 B.D., ord. 21st July 1921; app. to
Chair of Ecclesiastical History, St
Andrews, and adm. 10th Nov. 1922.
1923
MUNRO SOMERVILLE, trans, from
Newhaven 5th April 1923; trans, to
Garvock 13th Dec. 1928.
1929
JOHN CHISHOLM COCKBURN,
born at Mansewood, Glasgow, 6th
Dec. 1903, son of William Allan C.
and Jeanie Paul Chisholm; educ. Hutche-
son 's Boys ' Grammar School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1925), B.D. (1928); licen.
by Presb. of Paisley, 2nd May 1928; assis
tant Cambuslang; ord. 2nd May 1929;
min. of united charge, former parish of
(Innertig) and U.F. (Ardstinchar) from 21st
Dec. 1930; trans, to Jordanhill 26th April
1944.
COLMONELL
The church along with the Chapel of St
Constantine and a caracute of land was
granted to Holyrood Abbey by Uchtred,
son of Fergus, lord of Galloway, dr.
1161-74. On 28th Aug. 1467 Pope Paul II
granted indulgence to those visiting the
Chapel of St Ninian near Ardstinchar
Castle, and giving for the conservation of
its buildings and the better supply of its
books, chalices and other ecclesiastical
ornaments. There was also a chapel at
Mains of Carleton.— [Cal. Papal Regs., xii,
580; Charters of Holyrood, 19, 42; Retours,
v, 25.]
JAMES GREIG, min. here, pres. to
1568
parsonage and vicarage 1568; died
before 21st July 1585.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 13; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii, 178.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, principal of Glas
gow University, held the vicarage
6th May \51Q.—[Monumenta Univ.
Glasgow, i, 82.]
187
188
COLMONELL— SAULSEAT
[PRESB. OF
JAMES GRAHAM, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 21st July 1585. — [Reg.
1585
Sec. Sig., ii, 178.]
WILLIAM DILL, his daughs.— Eliza-
i«so keth* died at Seble, Hedingham,
Essex, 1st July 1918; Euphemia
Maclagan (Mrs Johnston), died at Glasgow
7th May 1940.
JAMES McFADZEN, died 9th May
1884
1925; his wife, Anne Templeton,
died same day; his daugh., Kathleen
Constance (marr. 4th July 1936 Alexander
John Gibson, D.S.O., M.B., Ch.B.).
JAMES BROWN, born Rosewell 20th
1925 Dec' 1896' son of James B., Largs,
and Janet Reid; educ. at Lasswade
H.G. School, Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1918), B.D. (1921), and Oxford; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith May 1921; assistant
Peebles; ord. 17th Sept. 1925. Served in
Great War with Highland Light Infantry
and Scottish Rifles.
GLENAPP
EWEN MACDONELL MAC-
J894 GREGOR, died 17th Dec. 1940;
his widow, Wilhelmina Fisher, died
16th March 1947.
INCH
CUTHBERT AD AIR, exhorter 1563,
designated min. 1568. — [Comps.Sub
Coll of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.; Edin.
Tests., i, 10th May 1568.]
SIR WILLIAM MAcDOWALL, vicar
1568
20th Aug. 1559 and 6th Feb. 1566,
may have conformed. See Dalmeny.
—[Crete's Prot. Book, 155; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
iv, 1763; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN WATSON, died 31st Dec. 1639;
John, his son; a daugh. (marr.
Alexander Blair).
1601
J. ROSS, parson of Saulsett, signs an
1680
1680.
Episcopal Charter as a member of
Chapter of Whithorn 17th Dec.
WILLIAM WILSON, his daugh., Agnes
1695 (marr- Gilbert Adair, merchant,
Stranraer).— [Reg. of Deeds Dal.,
clvii, 2nd May 1745.]
1762 ANDREW ROSS, his son, James.
PETER FERGUSSON, pres. 24th Dec.
1788 1787.
JOHN McCALMAN, pres. by Crown
1862
26th Jan. 1862; his widow, Mary
Melville, died 15th Jan. 1929; his
daugh., Ursula, died 5th March 1931.
JOHN SERVICE, pres. by Crown 29th
1872 Feb. 1872.
JAMES AIKMAN PATON, licen. 16th
1879
May 1878; his wife, Katherine Ann
Malcolm, died 26th Oct. 1919.
BRODIE SMITH GILFILLAN, trans.
1916 to Wallacetown, Ayr, 5th Nov. 1924.
ALEXANDER WRIGHT STEVEN
SON, trans, from Balshagray (q.v.)
12th March 1925; died 24th Dec.
1925; his son, John Alexander, min. of
Coulter, editor of Life and Work 1946.
1926
JOHN YOUNG CLARK, born Cam-
buslang 22nd Dec. 1882; son of
Robert C. and Ann Young; educ.
at Kirkhill Public School and Univ. of
Glasgow; served in Royal Marine Engineers
in Great War (one of six brothers with the
colours); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 31st
March 1919; ord. to Buenos Ayres 12th
April 1920; adm. to Laurieston, Glasgow,
3rd June 1924; trans, and adm. 23rd Sept.
1926; trans, to Braemar 14th May 1931;
trans, to Colonsay 3rd Nov. 1943. Marr.
2nd Oct. 1919 Edith Graham (died Nov.
1948), daugh. of William Abercrombie and
Margaret Edith Sims.
(Charges united 2nd Aug. 1931.)
SAULSEAT
JAMES THOMSON, reader, in office
1567
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
STRANRAER]
KIRKCOLM— LESWALT
189
KIRKCOLM
The church was granted to Sweetheart
Abbey in 1275 by Devorgilla, lady of
Galloway, and about 1401 by Archibald,
4th Earl of Douglas. The chapel at KilHe-
maccuddican was dedicated to St Mochu-
ter, the name being Cill-Mo-Chudagon,
Mochutu's Church, Mochester of Rathan
and Lismore, who died in 637. — [Maxwell
Monuments, 13; Book of Caerlaverock, ii,
417; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 166.]
JAMES NASMYTH, his son, James,
1684 aPPrenticed to Jonn Hepburn,
apothecary, Edinburgh, 21st June
1693.
THOMAS BARTY, his widow, Kathe-
,- rine Gray Allan, died at Edinburgh
10th Dec. 1928.
ALBERT TARBETT, his daugh.,
1898 Dorothy Allan (marr. (1) 28th Feb.
1934 John Carlyle Conn, insurance
broker, Ayr, (2) 22nd April 1947 Alastair
James Clark).
KIRKMAIDEN
The patron saint was St Medana, whose
day was on 5th July. The name may be
taken, therefore, as the Latinised form of
M'Etain, for Mo'-Etain, the virgin of
Tuam Noa, whose day is the same. Near
Maryport there was a chapel dedicated to
the Virgin Mary.
JOHN TROUGHTON, exhorter 1563.
1563 —[ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN WHITE, held vicarage 1568,
1562 called Dene 1562 when reader. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
SYMON JOHNSTON, pres. to vicarage
1579
3rd March 1579-80 on death of
Dean John White. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 31; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
ADAM THOMSON, pres. to vicarage
1593 24th Nov. 1593 on death of George
Niven.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 18.]
JAMES McGILL, his widow, Elizabeth
Inglis, resident with her son James
in Lady Yester's par. 7th Nov. 1694.
— [Lady Yester's Poll Tax Roll, 17.]
DAVID RITCHIE WILLIAMSON,
1881 died 23rd Jan. 1940.
JAMES MACMORLAND, trans, to
1915 Tarbat llth Nov. 1920.
JACKSON LOUDON McFADDEN,
1Q11 M.A., ord. 7th April 1921; trans, to
Fearn (Ross) 2nd June 1925.
ROBERT HILL RICHMOND, trans,
from Shapinsay (q.v.) 29th Oct.
1925; trans, to Coull 4th July 1928.
1925
1928
JOHN ADAMSON HONEY, born 26th
March 1900, son °f Jonn Adamson
H., min. of Inchture; educ. at Univ.
of St Andrews, M.A. (3rd Oct. 1924); licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 1927; assistant at
St Michael's, Dumfries, 1927; ord. 27th
Sept. 1928; trans, to Cargill 9th Nov. 1933.
Marr. 2nd Aug. 1933 Marion, daugh. of
John Boog Colledge, Cairngaan, Drum-
more, and has issue — John Sime Colledge,
born 9th March 1940; Margaret Elizabeth
Cochrane, born 9th April 1942.
(Charges united 9th Aug. 1931.)
LESWALT
SIR WILLIAM MAcDOWALL, vicar
1561-72; also at Dalmeny (q.v.).—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
1561
THOMAS MACALEXANDER, reader
1563 1563-9. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
WILLIAM BARBOUR, adm. exhorter
1567 26th May 1567; pres. 21st May 1568
to two prebends of Collegiate Kirk
of Restalrig, on death of Melville Spittal
and Sir Archibald Ellam.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xxxvii, 62; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 10.]
NICOL McCLELLAN, M.A., in office
1574
1591.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters
of Church Lands, ii, 91.]
190
LESWALT— OLD LUCE
[PRESB. OF
RICHARD VAUSS (Wauss), son
1579
natural of Patrick V. of Barnbarroch,
1590
pres. to vicarage 3rd March 1578-80
on death of Sir William MacDowall. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 31.]
JOHN MOFFAT, yr., reader 1584, as
min. of Kirkcowan pres. to vicarage
here 22nd April 1586 in succession
to late Sir Nicol McClellan; as min. pres.
to vicarage of Tostertoun and Kirkmaiden
Kirk and parish on death of Sir Michael
Hawthorn. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 31;
Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.;
Reg. Sec. Sig., liii, 68.]
WILLIAM SOMERVELL, had issue-
William, born 1688; Thomas, rector
of Myross, Co. Cork, born 1689;
Judith (marr. William Cameron of Loch-
bar, Dean in Church of England). —
[Burke 's Landed Gentry, Ireland.]
1668
THOMAS ELDER, marr. (1) Sara
Grierson (died 1707), sister of
Homer G., surgeon apothecary in
Dumfries. — [ Wigtoun Tests. ]
1731
THOMAS BLIZZARD BELL, his
1841
daugh., Isabella Ross, died at
Worthing 19th July 1937.
FREDERICK JOHN BOUTEVILLE
1874 JOHNSTON, assistant Burntisland;
pres. by Crown 3rd Dec. 1873.
JOHN BALFOUR ROBERTSON, dem.
2nd June 1923; died Edinburgh 3rd
Jan. 1944; his widow, Jessie Robert
son Longmuir, died 1st April 1946.
1878
MATTHEW ROBERT DRYSDALE,
1923
born 26th June 1889; son of Robert
Ringland D., min. of Creggan,
Antrim, and Elizabeth Johnston; educ. at
Sandymount Academical Institution, Dub
lin, Univ. of Dublin (Trinity) and Univ. of
Edinburgh, B.A. (1911); served in Great
War in Forth R.G.A. 1915-19; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1921; assistant St
Bernard's, Edinburgh; ord. 1st Nov. 1923;
trans, to St John's, Kirkcaldy, 12th Nov.
1 93 1 ; drowned in river Leven, near Leslie,
18th Sept. 1940. Marr. 23rd Oct. 1918
Lily, daugh. of Thomas Small, s.p.
LOCHRYAN
JOHN McGUFFIE, his son, John, died
1878 28th Jan. 1922.
ALEXANDER MURRAY MAC-
1886 GREGOR, died 1st Nov. 1935;
his widow, Margaret Campbell,
died 14th Sept. 1937.
NEW LUCE
ALEXANDER PEDEN, born 1626,
1659
licen. by Presb. of Biggar. Col. 2,
line 29, for "Colinswood" read
' * Columwood or Colyumwood, now Coils-
helm"; line 33, for "Ayr" read "Lugar";
36, for "Sorn" read "Tenshillingside";
37, for "28 "read "6."
JAMES CADDELL, line 4, for "Bal-
1770 lochmyle ' ' read ' ' Ballochyle. ' '
ANTHONY STEWART, line 2, for
1792 "2nd "read "27th."
WILLIAM KERR, pres. by Crown 31st
1854 Aug. 1854.
WILLIAM FORSYTH, pres. by Crown
llth Dec. 1862; his daugh., Eliza
beth Isabella, died 17th Aug. 1934.
JAMES FRANCIS GRAHAM, died
1909
1932.
20th July 1948; his son, Gerard
Francis, M.C., M.D., died 7th Oct.
OLD LUCE or GLENLUCE
The church was dedicated to St Michael.
JOHN SANDERSON, exhorter 1563,
styled Dean 1563, vicar pensioner
before 1560, reader in 1574.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
NINIAN McCLENOCHAN, pres. to
vicar pensionary 12th Jan. 1592 on
death of Dean John Sanderson. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 4.]
ROBERT WALLACE, vicar and min.,
1599
Jan. 1567, pres. to vicar pensionary
llth Feb. 1599-1608 vacant by
deaths of Ninian McClenochan and Dean
STRANRAER]
OLD LUCE— STONEYKIRK
191
John Sanderson; pres. to vicarage of Girvan
5th Jan. 1602 but did not take office.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxii, 229, Ixxi, 154.]
JOHN INNES, adm. 1684, resident
1684 with h*s W^e' Chr^st^an Walker, in
Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 9th Nov.
1694.— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 32.]
ROBERT CAMPBELL, adm. 19th Dec.
1694 1694.
ROBERT COLVILLE, marr. Katherine,
daugh. of Robert Westwood, bur
gess of Edinburgh.
BRYCE FROOD, his widow, Agnes
1858 Bell, died 2nd Feb. 1918.
JAMES FARQUHAR SMITH, his
widow, Isabel Aitken, died 1st Aug.
1932.
ALEXANDER TAYLOR HILL, dem.
1909
6th Dec. 1926; adm. to Leswalt 5th
Jan. 1933; dem. 1935; died 27th Jan.
1939. Marr. (2) 1st Jan. 1935 Euphemia,
daugh. of-. Young, retired butcher, Scone.
DAVID GALLOWAY, born 15th Dec.
192? 1898; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 1926;
assistant Irvine; ord. 1 1th May 1927.
Marr. 30th April 1934 Helen Margaret
McEwan and has issue — David Robert,
born 28th April 1935; John Finlay, born
6th March 1944.
PORT PATRICK
JOHN CALDWELL, son of John C.,
1666 corc^mar burgess of Glasgow; his
daugh., Janet (marr. John Glen,
tailor, Glasgow).
ANDREW URQUHART, his daughs.
1832 —Elizabeth Morris, died 4th June
1918; Martha Hawthorn, died 19th
July 1929; Sarah Comrie, died at Dumfries
3rd Feb. 1940.
JAMES RUSSELL KENNEDY, licen.
188 5th July 1882; dem. 2nd Dec. 1931;
died llth Nov. 1933; his sons-
Frederick, min. of Strathblane; Major-
General Sir John Noble, K.C.V.O., K.B.E.,
Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1946; his
widow, Sarah Maud Noble, died 20th Nov.
1941.
(Charges united 14th Dec. 1930.)
SHEUCHAN
WILLIAM PORTER, trans, to Ordi-
1916 quhell 31st May 1918.
THOMAS FERGUSSON, born Kin-
1918
buck, Dunblane, 23rd Feb. 1874,
son of John Bryden F. and Barbara
McAllister; educ. at Kinbuck School, Stir
ling High School, Univ. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1898), Edinburgh, B.D. (1900); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 19th May 1908;
assistant Liberton, Kilsyth, St Thomas,
Glasgow, Dalserf and Dalmarnock; ord.
6th Nov. 1918; died 21st June 1946.
STONEYKIRK or STEPHENKIRK
Kilasser in Stoneykirk is "Lassair's
Church," Laisre, Lasrach, Lassar. There
are various female saints of those names,
and there is nothing to show which is in
tended here. In 1420-7 Alexander, Bishop
of Galloway, appropriated the Church of
Clayshant to the Capitular Mensa; and on
9th Aug. 1427 Pope Martin V gave mandate
to the Provost of Lincluden to confirm the
appropriation if he deemed it fit. — [Wat
son's Celtic Place Names, 167; Cal. Papal
Regs., Letters, vii, 526.]
SIR ROBERT WATSON, was vicar of
Clayshant 26th Feb. 1556-7, and in
office June-July 1573 and died be
fore 1 8th Feb. 1 580-1 ; may have conformed
and acted as reader. — [Reg. Great Seal, iv,
1160; Edin. Test., i, 309; Reg. Sec. Seal,
xlvii, 83.]
SIR NEILL MCDOWELL, parson,
1561
vicar 1563.— [Comps. Coll. Gen.
Thirds.}
-. THOMSON, reader at Clayshant.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN GIBSON, called min. 1563;
exhorter 1 568-7 1 .—[Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
1563
192
STONEYKIRK— STRANRAER [PRESB. OF STRANRAER
DONALD McCULLOCH, reader 1565.
1565
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
JAMES LAW, reader at Clay-
1574 shant.
ARCHIBALD EGLINTON, pres. to
vicarage 18th Feb. 1580-1 .—[Reg.
Sec. Seal, xlvii, 83.]
PATRICK STIRLING, pres. to
1584
1585
vicarage 5th May 1584 in succession
to Sir Robert Watson. — [Reg. Sec.
Seal, xlvii, 83.]
ARCHIBALD ADAIR, son of Ninian
Adair of Kinhilt, pres. to the
vicarage of Torkingtoun 8th June
1585, vacant by dem. of Sir Michael Haw
thorne.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, iii, 180.]
JOHN MOFFAT, min. of Leswalt, pres.
to vicarage of Tosterton and Kirk-
maiden 7th Dec. 1594 on death of
Sir Michael Hawthorn. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvii, 36.]
HEW McDOWALL, parson 1595-7.—
1595
1684
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
GILBERT POWER.— [Gen. Reg. Sas.,
1605 xliv, 50.]
ROBERT BOWES (or Bowie), M.A.,
late min. at Stoneykirk, resident
with his wife and child in Tron
Parish, Edinburgh, 8th Nov. \694.—[Tron
Poll Tax Roll.]
ROBERT CAMPBELL, delete sons
Thomas and William; had issue —
Robert; Hugh, apprenticed to Wil
liam Blackwood, merchant, Edinburgh.—
[Edin. App. Reg.]
JOHN HUNTER, his daugh., Margaret
(marr. pro. 16th April 1795 Alexan
der Leslie, flax dresser, Edinburgh).
ROBERT McNEIL, pres. by Crown
1840 llth Oct. 1939.
JOHN JAMES CAMPBELL, pres. by
1844 Crown 18th Dec. 1843.
JAMES DOUGALL, his son, James
__Q Julius, died at Aberdeen 13th June
1858 1926.
WILLIAM JAMES LOWRIE, died
1895 27th April 1941.
TOSTERTOUN
JAMES McCULLOCH, reader 1563.—
1563
1695
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN GIBSON, min. of Stoneykirk,
1576 also in charge here 1576.
STRANRAER
JOHN LIVINGSTON, line 3, for "3rd
1638 Aug. ' ' read ' ' 25th April. ' '
JOHN PARK, second son of Robert P.,
merchant, Glasgow.— [Burgess Roll,
23rd June 1647.]
WALTER LAURIE, by Deed of 29th
July 1736 because the charge was
* ' destitute" of manse and glebe, and
the stipend small, he mortified certain lands
and houses by way of provision of a manse
and glebe, subject to the life rent of himself
and his wife, the trustees being the minister
and elders and their successors. — [Books of
Council and Session, 15th June 1742.]
WILLIAM MUNGALL SIMPSON,
pres. by Crown 3rd Dec. 1845; his
son, James Nicolson, died Glasgow
20th March 1929.
THOMAS LITTLE, pres. by Crown
1867 18th June 1867.
ROBERT SHARP WARREN, pres. by
1872 Crown 16th April 1872.
HARCOURT PETER CHARLTON,
his son, Henry Lyons, died at Dedza,
Nyasaland, 31st May 1925; his
daugh., Margaret O'Brien, died 9th Jan.
1935.
ANSON ROBERTSON CRAIK
WOOD, trans, to Cupar First
Charge 16th May 1924.
1846
1915
RUSSELL WALKER, trans, from Tor-
phins (q.v.) 25th Sept. 1924. Marr.
10th Aug. 1926 Nelly, youngest
daugh. of John Kirkland, Glasgow, and
Agnes Dempster.
1924
PRESBYTERY OF WIGTOWN
BARGRENNAN
GEORGE MUIR, trans, to Houston
1907 18th May 1917.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL, formerly of
Lugar (q.v.\ ord. 20th Sept. 1917,
died 12th Nov. 1924; his widow,
Marion McKinlay Park, died 28th Sept.
1944.
ANDREW HAMILTON, born 1870,
1925
son of James H. and Margaret
Edwards; educ. at George Watson's
College, Mansfield College, Oxford, Univ.
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1890); licen. by Presb.
of Ha wick 1925; assistant at Lyndhurst
Road Church, Hampstead; ord. to Con
gregational Church, Leek, Staffordshire
1896; trans, to Pollokshields Cong. Church
1897; dem. 1920; adm. by General Assem
bly on probation 1921; adm. 24th April
1925; dem. 25th Jan. 1933. Marr. (1)
Aug. 1897 Wilhelmina Wood (died 1918),
daugh. of William and Bella Anderson, and
had issue — James Russell, born 1899,
killed in war at Passchendaele 1917; Wil
liam Anderson, born 1900, Colombo;
Marie Anderson, born 1901 (marr. Drew
McClymont, Ourbank, Bargrennan); (2)
March 1921, Catherine Doig, daugh. of
William and James Crookston.
GLASSERTON
RODOLPH PEARSON, reader and
vicar of Kirkmaiden in Farines in
1561
1561.— [Coll. Gen. of Thirds, 96.]
HENRY SMITH, reader 1563.—
1563 [C°™PS- Sub Co11- °f Thirds for
Dumfries, etc.]
JOHN KAY, reader in 1569 and 1570.—
1569 [C°mPs- Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
GEORGE STEVENSON, vicar and
reader in Kirkmaiden in Farines
1569-81.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
1569
JOHN LIVINGSTON, pres. to vicarage
20th Jan. 1574 on death of Raulf
Pierson.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4),
29.]
SIR WILLIAM McLELLAN, vicar,
1584
probably died 1584. — [Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds.}
ROBERT STEWART, vicar, also vicar
1584
of Galston; marr. Geillis Murray,
died in or just before 1590. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JOHN WATSON, pres. to vicarage 12th
Feb. 1587-8 on death of George
Stevenson.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivii, 27.]
1587
JAMES DAVIDSON, M.A., pres. to
1591
vicarage 19th Jan. 1591-2 on death
of Robert Stewart.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 130, 161.]
1626
GEORGE GALLOWAY, son of
Patrick G., min. of St Giles, Edin
burgh, and brother of Lord Dun-
keld; died before 1664, when his wife marr.
(2) Robert Stewart of Tonderghie; his
daugh. Jean (marr. James Stewart in
Balliewhir). — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., xi,
243.]
JAMES LAING, line 5, for "III" read
1761 "II."
1848
ARCHIBALD STEWART, pres. by
Crown 17th March 1849; his son,
Henry Goodsir, agent, British Linen
Bank, Wooler, died at Glasgow 1st Jan.
1928; his daugh., Elizabeth Magdalene,
died 15th June 1929.
193
194
GLASSERTON— LONGCASTLE
[PRESB. OF
1914
JOHN GORDON, died at London 24th
1876 Sept. 1920.
JOHN GREENSHIELDS SCOULAR,
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 3rd May
1910; dem. 26th June 1945. Marr.
18th Sept. 1923 Mabel, only daugh. of
James Alexander, Isle of Whithorn, and
has issue — Mabel Alexander, born 22nd
June 1924; John Richard, born 27th June
1931.
(The charges of Glasserton and Isle of
Whithorn united 13th Jan. 1946.)
KIRKCOWAN
The saint appears to be Eoghan, pro
bably Eogan of Ard-Strathe, of the first
half of the 6th century, who is stated to
have been trained at Whithorn. The pre
sent church was built in 1834. — [Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 164.]
JOHN MOFFAT, was min. here when
, he was pres. to the vicarage of Les-
walt.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, liii, 168. See
Leswalt.]
BENJAMIN DENOON, his widow,
1883
Mary Jane Abel, died at Dumfries
14th June 1926.
ANDREW FALLAS MITCHELL, his
1886
widow, Grace Gow Anderson, died
5th Jan. 1939.
HUGH THOMAS SUTHERLAND
MORRISON, trans, to Dysart 2nd
Charge 16th Dec. 1925.
LEWIS HERBERT WATSON, ord. 1st
1926
June 1926, trans, to Cults 7th April
1929.
KIRKEVNER,formerlyCARNESMOLL
The early name was Carnesmoll or
Carnismole. Before 1 326 it was granted to
Whitern Priory by Edward Bruce, Lord of
Galloway, brother of Robert I. By Papal
Bull of 4th June 1504 the church, which
belonged to the Prior and Chapter of
Candida Casa, was annexed and appro
priated to the Mense of the Chapel Royal
of Stirling.— [Cal. Papal Reg., Letters xi,
39, 113; Rymers Foedera, ii, (1), 401; Reg.
Mag. Sig., i, App. I, 20; Transcripts from
the Vatican, iii, 77; MS. Reg. Ho.]
ALEXANDER HUNTER, exhorter.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
fries, etc.]
ROBERT CHAMPARE, pres. to
1569
i, 29.]
vicarage 13th Sept. 1569 on death of
James Makaloun. — [Reg. Pres. Bene. ,
JAMES KNOX, pres. to vicarage 2nd
Jan. 1569-70 on death of David
Gibson.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 34.]
1569
MICHAEL or NICOL DUNGALSON,
reader, exhorter in 1565, min. in
1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
ANDREW LAMB, M.A., min. of the
1602 Evan§el' Pres- to parsonage and
vicarage 4th Jan. 1602 on deaths of
William Duncanson, Min. of the Evangel,
and Dean John Angus. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxii, 207.]
GEORGE WAUGH, line 5, for "Leu-
1 647 chars ' ' read ' ' Edinburgh . ' '
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, second son of
Robert C., maltman burgess, Glas-
1702
1713.
gow.— [Burgess Roll, 20th March
ROBERT PATON, his widow, Susan
1865 Dawson Reid, died 26th Nov. 1930.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM WALKER,
1900 licen. 20; died 16th March 1931.
LONGCASTLE
GEORGE STEVENSON, reader 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
,• . . i
fries, etc.]
DENE JOHN MARTIN, vicar in office
1565— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
WILLIAM VANS, reader and school
master 1568, vicar before 22nd
April 1581.— Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.; Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
57.]
WIGTOWN]
LONGCASTLE— MONIGAFF
195
NICOL or MICHAEL DUNGALSON.
1574 — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, (4), 27.]
JOHN YOUNG, min. here, pres. to
vicarage in 1 577 on death of Nicol
Dungalson. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
(4), 67.]
1577
KIRKMABRECK and KIRKDALE
PATRICK GRANT, reader of Kirkdale
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
1563
JOHN MOFFAT, was min. here 8th
1585
April 1583, when he was presented
to the vicarage and pensionaire in
succession to deceased Thomas Regnall. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, xlix, 115.]
1603
JOHN CALLANDER, pres. to vicarage
by K*ng James VI m successi°n to
Edward, Commendator of Dun-
drennan, Lady Lamington, the patron,
having failed to present a qualified person
within six months. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiii,
170.]
DAVID McQUERNE, marr. Sara,
daugh. of David McQuorne, min.
/•. «
of Straiton.
ROBERT EDWARD, M.A., resident
with his wife and son in Tron
parish, Edinburgh, 9th Nov. 1694.
— [Tron Poll Tax Roil, 59.]
1684
JOHN COLVIN, pres. by Crown 20th
1859 Jan. 1859.
CHARLES STUART WALLACE,
1904 servec* as Chaplain to Forces in
France 1916-18, and Macedonia
1918-19 with Royal Scots; died suddenly
in hotel in Edinburgh 8th Nov. 1932. Marr.
5th Nov. 1918 Barbara Erica, younger
daugh. of Johnston Stephen, Woolmet,
Midlothian, and Helena Kitto, and had
issue — Diana Helena Barbara Stuart, born
16th Feb. 1920; Robert James Stuart, born
29th Jan. 1921, min. of Brydekirk 1947;
Charles Stuart, born 6th July 1930.
MOCHRUM
LEWIS FRASER, designated min. 1569
t _ ._ but subsequently as reader 7th Aug.
1 572.— Edin. Tests, ii, 154.]
ANTHONIE STEWART, vicar 1584.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
y~ . -I
fries, etc.]
HENRY WALLACE, M.A., resident
with his wife, Isabel Cook, 8th Nov.
1683
1694.— [Tron Poll Book, 30.]
JOHN STEVEN, pres. 26th April
1787 1787.
ROBERT JAMES CRAIG, pres. by
1863 Crown 8th May 1863.
WILLIAM ALLAN, pres. by Crown
1869
9th June 1869; his widow, Isabella
Milne Wright, died 22nd Dec. 1942.
1926
ANDREW ROBERTSON, trans, to
Prestonfield, Edinburgh, 6th Oct.
1926.
JAMES THOMSON, trans, from
1927
Martyrs, Paisley (q.v.), 21st July
1927; dem. 30th June 1947; his
daugh., Mary Farquhar (marr. 5th Jan.
1940 David Jones, Scotstoun); his son, Ivan
Samson Durham, born 18th Jan. 1917.
MONIGAFF
JOHN STEWART, exhorter 1563 and
1567
1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
ANDREW MENZIES, min., reader
1576
here before June 1576.— [Edin. Tests,
v. 263,]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, marr.
1620
Margaret, daugh. of Abraham Hen
derson, min. of Whitern; his daughs.
Margaret, mentioned in a divorce case 8th
Aug. 1622; Mary, born March 1619.—
[G. R. Sas., xi, 10, 1st July 1622; xx, 184.]
THOMAS CAMPBELL, eldest son of
Robert C, maltman burgess of
Glasgow. — [Burgess Roll, 20th
March 1713.]
1699
196
MONIGAFF— SORBIE
[PRESB. OF
JOHN GARLIES MAITLAND, pres.
1789 24th Oct. 1788.
MICHAEL SHAW STEWART JOHN-
STON, his daugh., Harriet Stewart
Hamilton, died 4th Jan, 1921; his
son, Dunlop Stewart, died 28th July 1922;
his daughs. — Lilias Alice, died 14th Oct.
1927; Edith Augusta Octavia, died 9th
April 1933; Elizabeth McLeod, died at
Stirling 24th Aug. 1943.
LOUIS EDMOND McVICKER, trans.
1915 to Macduff 4th July 1929.
PENNINGHAME
MARTIN GIB, reader, holding vicarage
from 1561, portioner of Penning-
hame.— [Coll. Gen. of Thirds, 96.]
ANTHONE STEWART, son of Alex-
1566
ander S. of Garlics, pres. to par
sonage 22nd April 1566 on dem. of
Sir Andrew Arnott. Marr. Barbara, daugh.
of Alexander Gordon, titular Bishop of
Athens, a son of John Master of Huntly,
and was ancestor of Castle Stewart family.
—[P. S. Reg., xxxvii, 70.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, mentioned as
1,_1 min. 23rd June 1651.— [Reg. of
Deeds, Dal., xxv, 624.]
JAMES COLQUHOUN, Archdeacon
1666 °f Whitern' 17th Dec- 16gO-—
of Deeds, Dal., Ixxxviii, 23rd July
1703.]
WALTER BOYD, delete "born
1760 1718."
JOHN MCDONALD INGLIS, assistant
1880 South Leith; died 30th Oct. 1929.
SORBIE, KIRKMADRYNE and
CRUGILTON
About 1200 Ivo de Vipont granted to
Dryburgh Abbey the Church of St Foylen
(Fillan of Greater Sorbie), and about 1220
Robert de Vipont granted similarly the
Church of St Michael of Lesser Sorbie. In
the latter case confirmation was made by
Alan, father of Robert. At the request of
Dryburgh Abbey, Gilbert, Bishop of Whit-
horn, about 1250, on the ground that the
two churches were sufficient only for the
support of one man, consolidated the two,
and decerned the Church of St Michael of
Lesser Sorbie to be the mother church of
each place. Before the middle of the 19th
century there remained no traces of the
churches, but their sites were pointed out,
one at Culnorg in the north-west, and the
other at Gilfillan near the centre of the
parish. The church in the village of Sorbie
was rebuilt about 1750, and thoroughly
repaired in 1824. A new church was built
at Millisle in 1874-6.— [Book of Dryburgh,
53, 56, 59-60.]
Kirkmadryne . The saint is Draigne,
Draighne, which, with gh silent in med. and
mod. Gaelic, becomes Drine in English.
Draigne is said to have been one of the ten
sons of Dina, daugh. of the King of the
Saxons, and Bracan, King of Brachineoc,
of the Britons. To the Priory of Tralles-
holm (St Mary's Isle of Trail) William the
Lion granted the Church of Egarnesse
(Kirkmadryne) given by Rolland, son of
Uchtred.— [Cal. ofCharters,i, 14; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 162-3.]
Crugilton. In 1420-7 Alexander, Bishop
of Galloway, appropriated the church to
the Capitular Mensa; and on 9th Aug. 1427
Pope Martin V gave mandate to the Pro
vost of Lincluden to confirm the appro
priation if he deemed it fit. — [Cal. Papal
Regs., Letters, vii, 526.]
WILLIAM TELFER, reader, held the
vicarage, was designated "Dene"
and therefore was apparently pre-
Reformation vicar and conformed. — [Reg.
Sec. Seal, xlix, 64.]
JOHN McPHAIL, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
/• . , i
fries, etc.]
SIR GILBERT OISLAR, was vicar,
1561
1566
28.]
apparently at and before 1560; died
June 1566. — Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvi,
ROBERT BLINSCHELL, min. at Wig
town, was collated vicar in succes
sion to Sir Gilbert Oislar 10th Dec.
1566; ratification by Crown 20th Feb.
1566
WIGTOWN]
SORBIE— WHITERN
197
1566-7; he appears to have held Sorbie
along with Wigtown at that time. — [Reg.
Sec. Seal, xxxvi, 28.]
PETER GOWAN, reader, pres. to
vicarage 21st Jan. 1576 on death of
Robert Blinshell.— [Reg. Pres. Bern.,
ii, (6), 51.]
1579
ARCHIBALD NORVELL, pres. in
conjunction on death of Peter
Gowan (MacGowan).— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 94.]
NICOL McBLANE, pres. to the
1^88 vicarage 17th Jan. 1582-3 in succes
sion to Dene William Telfer.— [Reg.
Sec. Seal, xlix, 64.]
JOHN KAY, min. and reader, pres. to
1_gft vicarage 2nd Aug. 1591 on death of
Sir Nicol McLellan.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 123.]
ALEXANDER RYNE, line 4, for
1633 "James VI" read "Charles I."
ROBERT KAY, pres. to vicarage of
1594
134.]
Crugelton 26th May 1594 on dem.
of John Kay. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi,
ANDREW AITKEN, his son, John,
1684 aPPrenticed to Robert Freebairne,
bookbinder, Edinburgh, 27th Nov.
1706.
ARCHIBALD HADDEN, son of Archi-
1700 bald H., weaver, Glasgow.
JAMES MAITLAND, marr. Agnes,
daugh. of John Dempster, min. of
St Madoc's.
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, line 25,
1835 for "Rutlan" read "Rutlain."
ALEXANDER MURDOCH, pres. by
J869 Crown 21st June 1869; his daug.,
Martha Bowman, died 22nd March
1944.
OLIVER SHAW RANKIN, educ. at
1912 GeorSe Watson's College and Univ.
of Berlin; adm. Professor of Old
Testament Language, Literature and Theo
logy, New College, 5th Oct. 1937; D.Litt.
N*
(Edinburgh, 1928); D.D. (Glasgow, 27th
June 1938). Addl. issue— Kenneth Walker,
born 5th April 1920. Publications — Origins
of the Festival of Hanukkah (Edinburgh,
1935); Israel's Wisdom Literature, its
Bearing on Theology and the History of
Religion (Edinburgh, 1936).
WHITERN
The Augustinian priory of St Mary's Isle
was a dependent cell of Holyrood Abbey.
In 1324 King Robert I confirmed to
Whithorn Priory the following churches —
Church of St Kenere of Carnesmoll (Kirk-
inner) and the Church of St Mathew of
Wigton, the gift of Edward Bruce, "our
brother," lord of Galloway; Church of St
Brigid in Lair in Man, the gift of Thomas
Randolph, Earl of Moray; Church of St
Columkill in Kintyre, the gift of Patrick
McSciling and Finlach, his wife; and the
Church of St Michael of Gemelston
(Gelston), the gift of John de Gemelston,
son and heir of late John de G., Kt. In a
letter of Edward I of England, 21st Sept.
1301, William de Dorem narrated that his
spy told him that these Scots (who had
retreated from Nithsdale towards Gallo
way) heard that my lord, your son, was on
pilgrimage of St Ninian (Rineyan), and
they removed the imagine (of the same ?)
to New Abbey, and on the morning they
hoped to find it, and it had gone back to
St Ninian. The reference is to the image of
the Saint at Whithorn.— [Reg. Great Seal,
i, App. I, 20; Cal. of Docs. Rel. to Scot.,
ii, 311; Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, vii, 368.]
ADAM FOULIS, M.A., min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
,. . i
fries, etc.]
DENE JOHN JOHNSTON, reader
1563
1563, vicar-pensioner apparently at
and before 1560; died before 4th
Nov. 1566.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvi, 8.]
DENE ADAM FLEMING, was canon
1566 °^ Wmtnorn; collated vicar-pen
sioner by the Commendator of
Whithorn 4th Nov. 1566; Crown ratifica
tion 14th Feb. 1566-7.— [Reg. Sec. Seal,
xxxvi, 8.]
198
WHITERN— WIGTOWN
[PRESB. OF WIGTOWN
DENE JOHN HAY, his collation as
1566
vicar-pensioner in succession to
Dene John Johnston in 1566 was
ratified by the Crown 20th Feb. 1566-7,
Dene Adam Fleming apparently not having
actually assumed duty. — [Reg. Sec. Seal,
xxxvi, 27.]
ADAM FLEMING, reader 1572.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
:• . -I
fries., etc.]
JAMES ADAMSON, master of Wigton
1582
Grammar School; pres. in 1582 on
death of Adam Fleming. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 66.]
ABRAHAM HENDERSON, his daugh.
1605 Margaret (marr. Alexander Hamil
ton, min. of MonigarT).
ANDREW LAUDER, died before 1669;
1638
his son, William, apprenticed to
Laurence Graham, furrier, Edin
burgh, 20th Jan. 1669.
ROBERT GRAY, had issue— William,
bapt. 14th May 1687.— [Aberdeen
loot) -, ,
Reg.}
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, marr.
1697
Katherine, sister to Gavin Dunbar
of Cathkin.
THOMAS ELDER, marr. Sara Grierson
1704
(died 1707), sister of Homer Grier
son, surgeon apothecary, Dumfries.
CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON, his
daugh., Margaret, marr. (2) 21st
1811
June 1854.
MATTHEW JARDINE, his widow,
1864
Mary Gourlay, died llth June 1830;
his daugh., Grace Broadfoot, died
Newton Stewart, 19th Jan. 1947.
DONALD MACINTYRE HENRY,
died 18th Aug. 1920; his daugh.,
Dorothea (marr. 6th July 1920 John
Taylor Wyllie, Dumfries).
WILLIAM ARNOLD REID, born Alva
20th Dec. 1890, second son of Wil
liam R., Eastbank Academy, Shettle-
ston and Jessie Hunter; educ. at Alva
Academy, High School and Univ. of Glas
gow, M.A. (1911); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 1914; served in Great War as
Captain and Adjutant, Northumberland
Fusiliers, 1914-19; assistant Hamilton
1914; Springburn 1919-20; ord. 16th Feb.
1921; app. Presb. Clerk 25th June 1929;
trans, to St Mary's, Selkirk, 4th June 1931;
trans, to Holywood, 13th May 1948. Marr.
15th June 1917 Marion Baillie Darling
Wilson, M.B., Ch.B., elder daugh. of Dr
George Wilson, Shettleston, and Jeanie
Darling, and had issue — Margaret Jean
Garth, B.Sc., born 3rd July 1919 (marr.
7th Jan. 1946 Frederick Tidd, Chaplain to
the Forces); Kathleen Arnold, born 15th
March 1923 (marr. 1st Nov. 1949 Charles
William Younger, son of William Drum-
mond, Newlands, St Boswells); Alastair
Arnold, born 22nd March 1926; Marion
Lesley, born 5th July 1930.
WIGTOWN
The church was granted to Whitern
Priory before 1326 by Edward Bruce, Lord
of Galloway, brother of Robert I. On 9th
Feb. 1541-2, "Sanct Laurence day, quhilk
the nynt day of August ' ' is described as the
principal fair day at Wigtown. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., i, App. i, 20; Acts of the Lords of
Council on Public Affairs, 513.]
PATRICK McCULLOCH, reader.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
1563
fries, etc.]
ROBERT BLINDSHIEL, M.A., min.
in 1563, also held Sorbie. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
JAMES FALCONER, reader 1572-3.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, son of
Patrick H., min. of Innerwick. —
1567
1572
1654
[Hamilton MSS., 166.]
ANDREW DONNAN, his daugh.,
1785 Janet, died 19th Nov. 1847.
JAMES CULLEN, his daugh., Rose
1863 Elizabeth, died 7th Dec. 1933.
GAVIN LAWSON, marr. 2nd April
1924 Janet Broadfoot; dem. 18th
Dec. 1947.
(Churches united \st Jan. 1948.)
PRESBYTERY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT
ANWOTH
The church, along with the Chapel of
Culenes, was granted to Holyrood Abbey
by David, son of Terr, confirmation being
given by John, Bishop of Whithorn, 1 1 89-
1209.— [Charters of Holyrood, 38, 40.]
1563
WILLIAM MOSCROP, M.A., min. in
1563, had also charge of Girthon,
St Mary's Isle, Kirkandrews, Sen-
nick and Borgue. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
JAMES WYLIE, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
ALEXANDER YOUNG, reader in 1569
1569 and 1570.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
DAVID MURRAY, reader, pres. on
1-__ death of Malcolm McCulloch; still
in office 1590.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, (4), 64.]
ELIAS McCULLOCH, pres. to vicarage
17th Jan. 1577-8 on death of Mal
colm McCulloch. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xlv, 5.]
1577
ISAAC PATERSON, pres. in 1602, on
1601 deprivation of David Murray for
not serving the cure and residing at
the kirk— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiii, 12.]
JOHN MEIN, line 6, delete "probably
1643 deprived in 1662." He marr.
Barbara Dickson. — [Reg. of Deeds,
1671, p. 295.]
JOHN RICHMOND, min. in 1665.
166_ Marr. Jean Lauder.— [Kirkcudbright
Sheriff Court Deeds, 190.]
JAMES SHAW, had six children.—
1668 [P. C. Reg., 29th July 1685.]
THOMAS TURNBULL, his daugh.,
Agnes (marr. 3rd Dec. 1833 John
1804
Craig, Edinburgh).
THOMAS JOHNSTONE, his daugh.,
Lilias, died at Dalbeattie 10th April
WILLIAM MACMILLAN BLACK,
his widow, Amy Greenshields, died
at Oldcolwyn 8th May 1920.
FRANK WILLIAM SAUNDERS, en
listed as a private in Great War,
Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, served in Palestine; killed in
action 1st Aug. 1918; his widow, Janet
Cochrane Meiklejohn, died 17th Oct. 1933;
his daugh., Katherine Helen (marr. 28th
April 1936 John Porter, Dalmarnock,
Bute.)
FRANKLIN ROSS TAYLOR LOR-
1919 NIE, ord. 13th Feb. 1919; trans, to
Buccleuch, Glasgow, 26th March
1925.
JOHN SCOTT, B.A., formerly of Dal-
keith West (#.v.); trans, from
Saughtree 26th Aug. 1925; dem.
2nd Dec. 1931.
1925
AUCHENCAIRN
Note. Line 5, for "Auchenatary" read
" Auchenabony. "
1856
DAVID WARK, his widow, Jessie
Morton Crosbie, died 19th April
1917.
1900
WALTER ROBERTSON HENDER
SON, marr. 18th June 1919 Mar
garet, second daugh. of David
Johnston of Linkens, Castle Douglas; she
died 20th May 1948.
(Charges united 9th Nov. 1932.)
199
200
BALMACLELLAN— BALMAGHIE
[PRESB. OF
BALMACLELLAN
SIR GEORGE GRAY, prebendary and
vicar 1562. — [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Char-
1562
ters, Church Lands, i, 187.]
1563
ELIAS McCULLOCH, reader in 1563
and 1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. Oj
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
1625
ROBERT MURRAY, was dep. by the
Commission of Kirkcudbright ap
pointed by the General Assembly
at Glasgow 1638 for oppression, drunken
ness, railing, selling the sacraments, sacri
lege, bribery, etc., which sentence was
approved by the General Assembly at
Edinburgh 27th Aug. 1639.-— [Peterkin's
Records of the Kirk of Scotland, 261.]
JOHN ROW, for an account of an
assault on him see Privy Council
Reg., 3 Ser., iii, 100.
PATRICK GEDDIE, his son, Andrew,
1685 min. at Farnell.
THOMAS WARNER, line 5, delete
'1691." Marr. (1) Mary Grier and
1689
had issue — Thomas; (2) Jean Gor
don and had issue — Agnes. — [Privy Council
Reg., 3 Ser., iii, 100.]
WILLIAM McKIE, line 5, for "1747"
1747 read "1746."
JAMES THOMSON, line 3, for "6th"
1791 read "1st."
GEORGE MURRAY, pres. by Crown
15th July 1851; his daugh., Mar
garet (marr. James J. R. Hope,
M.D.), died at New Galloway 25th Sept.
1930.
WILLIAM CUTHILL, died at Edin
burgh 12th Dec. 1927. Marr. 1st
June 1920 Margaret Noble, daugh.
1851
1881
of John Dawson, min. of Makerstoun.
GEORGE MURRAY, died at Lennox-
town 26th July 1925; his widow,
Elizabeth Lumsden, died 22nd April
1945; his son, John, 2nd Lieut. K.O.S.B.,
killed 16th Aug. 1917; his daugh., Evelyn
Hope (marr. Thomas Kennedy Johnston,
his successor).
THOMAS KENNEDY JOHNSTON,
1920 bom 20th March 1890' son of
David J., min. of St Columba's
Gaelic Church, Paisley; educ. Paisley
Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow,
M.A. (1914); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
June 1919; assistant Pollokshields; ord.
23rd Sept. 1920; trans, to East Kilbride
26th Oct. 1932. Marr. 26th Aug. 1924
Evelyn Hope, younger daugh. of George
Murray of Troquhain, min. of this parish,
and has issue — Elizabeth Kennedy, born
4th March 1926; David, born 4th July 1927,
died 4th Feb. 1934; George Murray, born
3rd March 1930; Evelyn Kennedy, born
21st Nov. 1933; William, born 6th May
1936.
BALMAGHIE
ROBERT CHAPMAN, reader in 1563
1563 and 1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
GEORGE CRICHTON, vicar and dean.
1565 — [Acts and Dec., xxxiv, 392.]
JAMES CARRUTHERS, for "trans,
from Crossmichael' ' read "min.
1574
also at Crossmichael.''
JOHN ADAMSON, M.A., pres. to
1588 vicara§e 22nd May 1588 on death
of Robert Chapman. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ivii, 120.]
JOHN HILTON, pres. to vicarage 15th
July 1588 on death of Sir Robert
Chapman. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivii,
1588
135.]
JAMES MAXWELL, son of Alexander
M. of Ingliston or Balgreden, pres.
to vicarage 7th Jan. 1594-5, on
depr. of John Charters. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvii, 42.]
JOHN FAIRFOUL, pres. on dep. and
dem. of James Maxwell. — [Reg. Sec.
1601
Sig., Ixxii, 20.]
WILLIAM DALZIEL, M.A., pres. on
25th June 1605 on death of John
1605
239.]
Fairfoul.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv,
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
BALMAGHIE— SENNICK
201
GAVIN MAXWELL, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 4th July 1605 on death of
1605
349.]
John Fairfoul.— [P. S. Reg., Ixxiv,
JAMES KIRK, born 25th Feb. 1634,
resident with a son aged 12 in Lady
Yester's parish, Edinburgh, 1st
Nov. 1694.— [Lady Yester's Poll Tax Roll,
18.]
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MOWAT,
marr. 14th June 1917 Frances Rosa,
daugh. of George Holmes, County
Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary, Dub
lin, and has issue — Magnus, born 28th April
1918; George Holmes, born 7th May 1920.
1904
BORGUE
About 1170 the church, under the name
of the Church of Worgis, was granted to
Dryburgh Abbey by Radulphis de Cam
pania. It was dedicated to St Nicholas. —
[Bk. of Dryburgh, 49.]
WILLIAM MOSCROP, M.A., min. of
1563 Anwoth, also in charge here.
1563 JAMES SCOTT, reader 1563.
JOHN STRUDGEON, exhorter 1568-
1568
72.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
1574 WILLIAM STRUDGEON, reader.
SIR MICHAEL HAWTHORN, vicar
1584 1584.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JOHN AIKMAN, min. here, pres. to
vicar"Pensi°nary 30th May 1590 on
death of Robert Blenshell.— [Reg.
Sec.Sig., Ix, 137.]
ABRAHAM HENRYSON, pres. on
dep. of John Aikman. — [Reg. Sec.
g-, . i . _^ .,
Sig., Ixix, 51.]
GAVIN MAXWELL, line 6, for
"Ha wick" read "Ancrum." —
1607
[G. R. Sas., xxviii, 293.]
ADAM KAE, died 1665. Marr. Grizel
1649
Cairns, who survived him and marr.
(2) William MacMillan of Caldew.
Publication — A Sermon concerning the
Believers sitting under Christ's Shadow. —
[Kirkcudbright Sher. Court Deeds, 250, 251,
1349.]
JAMES MURRAY, adm. before 18th
1669 May 1669.
ROBERT MONTEITH, min. before
1680 17th Dec. 1680.
PATRICK HASTIE, marr. Rebecca
1683 Higgins and had issue — Patrick.
WILLIAM REID, pres. by Crown 27th
1843
July 1843; his widow, Anna Tom-
linson, died 16th Feb. 1923.
GEORGE COOK, pres. by Crown 3rd
186? Jan. 1867; his daugh., Charlotte
Stewart, died at Corstorphine 5th
Sept. 1922.
WILLIAM JOSEPH PENNELL, dem.
2nd Dec. 1942. Publication— His
tory and Modern Religious Thought
(London, 1924).
(Charges united 14th Dec. 1933.)
1899
KIRKANDREWS
On 14th Jan. 1447-8 Pope Nicolas V
granted mandate to confirm the erection of
the Church of Kirkandrews into a Prebend
of Lincluden by William, Earl of Douglas.
—[Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, x, 342.]
WILLIAM MOSCROP, M.A., min. of
Anwoth, in charge here. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
DONALD MacALLAN, reader.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JOHN McCLELLAN, reader. See under
1582 Sir Thomas Ker, Roxburgh.
SENNICK
At Kessoktoun in the parish there was
a church dedicated to St Kessoc or Kessog.
—[Scott's The Pictish Nation, its People and
Church, 140.]
WILLIAM MOSCROP, M.A., min. of
1563
Anwoth, also in charge here. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
202
SENNICK— CARSPHAIRN
[PRESB. OF
JOHN McCLELLAN, reader.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll of Thirds, Dumfries.]
ANDREW DAVIDSON, M.A., vicar
7th Aug. 1566; parson of Kinnettles
1573.— [/teg. of Deeds, viii, 406;
Grote'sPw/. Bk.t 377.]
BUITTLE and KIRKENNAN
The Church of Buittle was granted to
Sweetheart Abbey by Thomas de Dalston,
Bishop of Whithorn, 1296-1311.— [Max
well Monuments, 6. ]
SIR JOHN PARKER, vicar-pensioner
and reader 1562, still in office 1565.
—[Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, i, 100.]
JAMES PARKER, vicar in 1567, died
before 10th July 1587.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Iv, 98.]
1562
1567
DAVID (JOHN) AIKMAN, pres. to
vicarage 10th July 1587 on death of
James Parker; murdered 2nd Sept.
1593 by John Muir, son and heir of John
M. of Hallmuire, and his brothers Adam
and George and their servant. — [P. C. Reg.,
Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 98.]
PATRICK ADAMSON, for "his in-
sufficiencie for the Ministrie, fre
quent drunkenness on the Sabbath,
and dancing in his drunkenness, and dis
obedience of the Presbyterie ' ' he was dep.
by the Commission of Kirkcudbright ap
pointed by the General Assembly at Glas
gow 1638; the sentence was approved by
the General Assembly at Edinburgh 27th
Aug. 1639.— [Peterkin's Recs. of the Kirk,
261.]
ROBERT FERGUSON, imprisoned at
1645 Edinburgh 1663.
JAMES WALKER, M.A., resident with
1676
three young children in Tron parish,
Edinburgh, 9th Nov. 1694.— [Tron
Poll Tax Roll, 59.]
WILLIAM TOD, marr. (1) 9th May
1697 Anna Hepburn, widow of
Hugh Rose, writer, Edinburgh. —
[Deeds Dal., 1705, Nos. 23, 24.]
JOHN DAVIS, enlisted in R.A.M.C.,
died of heat stroke at Amara,
Mesopotamia, 22nd July 1917.
1907
JAMES MURRAY HADDOW, born
1918
Glasgow 9th Nov. 1890, son of
Alexander H. and Isabella Murray;
educ. Hutcheson's Boys' Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton 1916; assistant St Giles, Edin
burgh; ord. 25th Jan. 1918; trans, to
Oatlands-St Bernards 30th March 1936;
died 3rd May 1940. Marr. 12th Dec. 1918
Margaret Elizabeth, daugh. of Thomas
Gillespie, 109 Gt. Western Road, Glasgow,
and had issue — Alexander, born 3rd July
1921; Thomas Gillespie, born 10th July
1923; James Murray, born 24th Sept. 1925.
CARSPHAIRN
On 25th Jan. 1633 there was laid before
the Commission for the Plantation of Kirks
a supplication from heritors and inhabi
tants of lands in the parishes of Kells and
Dairy situated 12-16 miles from each of the
two parish churches, to the effect that they
were defrauded of the comfort of the Word
and the benefit of the Sacraments, while
poor people were oftentimes buried in the
fields, having none to carry them the long
distance to the churchyard, and craving
that said lands be erected into a separate
parish. The Commission ordered the sup
plication "to be insert in their books qill
(till) the erection should be passed. ' ' There
after at a village called Tantallocholme
which on 31st July 1635 was erected by
Charles I into a Burgh of Barony under the
name of the Burgh of Kirkton a church
called the Church of Carsphairn (Scarefern-
home) was built by voluntary subscription
by the heritors and inhabitants and opened
for worship in or just before 1636, and a
minister was settled whose stipend was also
provided by the same means. On 1 5th Dec.
1638 a supplication from the church, which
then had 500 communicants, was presented
to the General Assembly, craving help from
Presbyteries towards the provision of
"competent means" for a minister, and
this was renewed on 27th Aug. 1639, when
the Assembly commended the appeal to
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
CARSPHAIRN— CROSSMICHAEL
203
' ' the bounds there designed for that contri
bution. " The position was regularised
when, after approval of the erection of the
parish by the General Assembly on 4th
Feb. 1645 and by the Committee of Parlia
ment on 7th Feb. 1645, the erection was
ratified by Parliament on 8th March of the
same year. The church was rebuilt in 1815
and thoroughly repaired in 1837. — [Acts
Scott. Parl., v, 596b, vi, (1), 398, vii, 159;
Reg. Great Seal, ix, 374; Peterkin's Recs.
of Kirk of Scot., 184, 262.]
THOMAS COLDEN, line 3, for " 1 657 "
read ' ' 2nd Dec. 1 664. ' '— [G. R. Sas.,
3 Ser., xxx, 9.]
PETER CHARLES FINDLAY, died at
1881 Edinburgh 10th March 1924; his
wife, Barbara Stuart Macleod, died
13th Dec. 1919.
1913
GEORGE FERRIER ANDERSON
MACNAUGHTON, ord. 6th Nov.
1890, dem. 16th May 1925; died at
Stansted, Essex, llth April 1933. Line 19
for ' ' Finlay ' ' read ' ' Findlay. ' '
WILFRED ROBERT SIEVEWRIGHT,
1925 born Glas§ow 18th March 1891> son
of Andrew S. and Agnes Clark;
educ. at Hutcheson's Grammar School and
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glas
gow 4th May 1921; assistant Govan Parish
Church and St Marnoch's, Kilmarnock;
ord. 17th July 1924 to West Wemyss; trans.
16th Sept. 1925. Marr. 23rd June 1926
Anna M., daugh. of John and Marjory
Stewart.
(Charges united 6th July 1930.)
CASTLE DOUGLAS
GEORGE WALKER, died at Aberdeen
1874 22nd May 1919.
LUKE McQUITTY, trans, to Monkton
1915 28th June 1923.
MATTHEW McPHAIL, ord. 7th Nov.
1923; trans, to St Luke's, Lochee,
1923
12th Oct. 1927.
DAVID EASTHAM AUTY, B.D.,
1928
trans, from St Clement's, Dundee
(<7.v.), 22nd March 1928; his daugh.,
Eunice Mary (marr. 14th June 1940 Colin
Rea Duncan Brown, 2nd Lieut. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, son of Peter B.,
Cliff Lodge, Greenock).
CORSOCK
The laird of Corsock, John Neilson by
name, was one of the martyrs of the
"killing time." The site of his castle is
still visible, and here the first conventicle
was held. The circumstances were these.
In the year 1662 a throng of men and
women fugitives from the neighbouring
parish of Kirkpatrick Durham came with
their minister, Gabriel Temple. The hospi
tality and protection of Neilson having
been given, services were held in the hall of
the manor. Large numbers flocked to them
and, the accommodation being limited, the
congregations assembled at length on the
green, and in this way the first of the
"Field Meetings" or "Conventicles" was
held. Later Neilson was taken prisoner at
Rullion Green and eventually put to death
after being tortured on "the boot."
JOHN PAUL, adm. by General Assem
bly 1899; dem. 27th Oct. 1930; adm.
to Ayton West 23rd April 1931, died
at Edinburgh 7th Aug. 1933. Marr. 5th
Jan. 1921 Jessie Hutcheson Millar (died at
Edinburgh 31st March 1931), eldest daugh.
of James McGregor, Dunella, Stonehaven.
(Charges united 1930.)
CROSSMICHAEL
JOHN WAUGH, marr. (1) and had
issue — Barbara, John; (2) 1675,
Helen, daugh. of William Gordon
of Air 'ds.— [Kirkcudbright Sher. Court, 221 .]
JOHN WHITSON, his daugh.,
1837
Euphemia Dick of Essendy (marr.
William Fraser, min. of Tradeston
U.F. Church), died at Edinburgh 19th Oct.
1923.
JOHN DOUGLAS STEWART, dem.
1871 10th Dec. 1918; died 16th Feb. 1919;
his widow, Ann Craig Allison, died
9th Feb. 1939; his son, John Douglas, died
16th Nov. 1928.
204
CROSSMICHAEL— KELLS
[PRESB. OF
JAMES ANNETT FISHER, marr. 30th
1912 Nov* ^^ to Marjory, daugh. of
Kingsford Pawling, Barnet, and has
issue — Michael Joseph Pawling, born 6th
June 1920; Pauline Margaret Clara, born
23rd April 1924.
DALRY
JAMES DODDS, min. in office 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
/* , ,1
fries, etc.]
1563 FRANCIS HOME, reader 1563.
CUTHBERT AD AIR, exhorter 1569-72.
1569
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
WILLIAM BOYD, marr. (1) 1 1th March
1690 **^ » Isabel Anderson, Glasgow,
and had issue — William, bapt. 2nd
Dec. 1694; Andrew, bora 1697; by second
marriage — Edward; Robert; David; Isabel
and Barbara. — [Dumfries Tests, Edward
Maxwell of Hills, 22nd Feb. 1723.]
ALEXANDER MACGOWAN, his
1753
pool).
daugh., Mary (marr. 24th June 1923
James Glover, writing master, Liver-
JOHN ANDERSON, trans, to St.
1907 Kenneth's, Govan, 18th May 1927.
HAROLD GEORGE MULLO WEIR,
Q2_ born Edinburgh 29th Sept . 1 899, son
of James Mullo Weir, S.S.C., Edin
burgh, and Minnie Augusta Wilkins; educ.
at Royal High School and Univ. of Edin
burgh, M.A. (1923); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1st Dec. 1924; student assistant
North Berwick 1924; Greenock West 1925;
ord. 28th Sept. 1927.
GIRTHON
WILLIAM MOSCROP, M.A., min. of
1563
fries.]
Anwoth, also in charge here. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
ROBERT MUIR, vicar, exhorter and
1563
reader from 1565 to 1574.— [Cal. of
Charters, x, 2326.)
LEWIS LAWSON of LEUCHOLD,
"late min. at Girthon, " mentioned
9th April 1 664. Marr. Lucy Moodie.
— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., xiv, 888.]
SIMON KNOX, his son, William, min.
1666 ofDairsie.
ROBERT CHEYNE, resident in Grey-
friars parish, Edinburgh, 9th Nov.
1694. Marr. (2) Jean Orrok, widow
of Alexander Ramsay, min. of Old Kirk,
Edinburgh.— [/W/ Tax Roll, 54.]
PATRICK JOHNSTON, son of James
1699 J., merchant, Edinburgh.
ROBERT THOMSON, son of Andrew
1737 T., min. at Ansell.
GEORGE MURRAY, pres. by Crown
1848 23rd July 1843.
HUGH MORTON JACK, pres. by
1852
1936.
Crown 27th Nov. 1851; his daugh.,
Marianne Louisa, died 23rd March
JOHN STEWART, died 24th June
1901 1937.
(Charges united 2\st March 1932.)
KELLS
CHARLES McCULLOCH, pres. to
vicar pensionary 13th July 1586 on
death of Sir Donald Mure.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., liv, 35.]
JOHN DICKSON, his sons, Robert of
1636
Buchtrig, advocate 1666, M.P. New
Galloway 1661-74, died 10th Jan.
1674; George of Buchtrig, advocate 1674.
JOHN CANT, p. 412, line 10, for
1659 "1694" read "1674."
JAMES BROWN, M.A., described as
"a poor man with five children"
when resident in Lady Yester's
parish, Edinburgh, 7th Nov. 1694.— [Lady
Yester's Poll Tax Roll, 4.]
PIRIE PHILIP, dem. 7th Nov. 1921,
1685
1879
(1942).
died 18th Aug. 1945. Publication—
A New Interpretation of the Cross
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
KELLS— GELSTON
205
JAMES MAITLAND, his daugh., Jane
1826 Agnes, died 21st Feb. 1940.
SAMUEL WOOD CAMERON, ord.
1922
1925.
30th March 1922; dem. on appoint
ment as Indian Chaplain 29th Oct.
JOHN ARTHUR CAMERON, born
1926
5th April 1894, son of Nicol F. C.,
solicitor, Glasgow; educ. at Glasgow
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1914); became a solicitor in Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th Dec.
1924; assistant St John's, Edinburgh; ord.
25th March 1926; died 31st Jan. 1928.
Marr. 16th June 1921 Agnes May, daugh.
of John Gavin Dickson, min. of St John's
Edinburgh, and had issue — Ian Nicol
Ferguson, born 6th Aug. 1922, Flight Navi
gator, R.A.F., killed on active service 1943;
Mary Henderson, born llth May 1925;
Agnes Eleanor, born 29th Dec. 1927.
ARTHUR CURRIE GORDON, born
1928 Edinburgh 1st Feb. 1904, son of Wil
liam G., min. of Arnsheen, and Alison
Jollie; educ. at George Watson's College
and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1924), B.D.
(1928); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh April
1927; assistant St Bernard's, Edinburgh
1927; ord. 7th June 1928; trans, to Foveran
20th April 1932; killed in action in France
June 1940. Marr. 30th April 1929 Agnes
Dorien, daugh. of James Mathers, O.B.E.,
min. of Rosewell, and Agnes Malseed, and
had issue — Maureen Agnes Elizabeth, born
24th Nov. 1934; Arthur William Norman,
born 6th Feb. 1937; his widow marr. (2)
Malcolm Manford Corner, min. of Drainie.
KELTON
In the 12th century the church was desig
nated Cheletun and Lochelletun. It be
longed originally to lona, and was granted
to Holyrood Abbey in 1 161-74 by Uchtred,
son of Fergus, lord of Galloway. — [Char
ters of Holyrood, 38, 40, 41.]
SIR HERBERT ANDERSON, vicar
-.,. 3rd Feb. 1567-8.— Cal. of Charters,
507 2108.]
SIR JAMES PAINE, reader, still in
, office 1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.; Edin. Tests,
iii, 120.]
DAVID BLYTH, M.A., min. at Kirk
cudbright, pres. to vicarage 30th
Sept. 1590 on death of Sir Herbert
Anderson.— P. S. Reg., Ixi, 52.]
ROBERT McCLELLAN, for "insuffi-
1627 cienc*e' intemperat drinking, and
disobedience to the Presbyterie ' ' he
was dep. by the Commission of Kirkcud
bright appointed by the General Assembly
at Glasgow 1638; the sentence was ap
proved by the General Assembly at Edin
burgh 27th Aug. 1639.— [Peterkin's Recs.
of the Kirk, 261.]
JAMES FERGUSON, his son, James,
apprenticed to Andrew Brown, sur
geon, Edinburgh, 2nd March 1670.
1642
WILLIAM FALCONER, his second
1695 son, Gilbert.— [Sas. 1727.]
DONALD MAcINTYRE HENRY,
1916 marr. (1) 3rd Feb. 1920 Agnes (died
22nd May 1922), second daugh. of
Stewart Nicolson, Bombie, and had issue —
Donald Maclntyre, born 23rd Feb. 1921;
Malcolm Nicholson, born 13th May 1922;
(2) 12th Aug. 1931 Barbara, youngest
daugh. of William Jamieson, min. of St
Ringan's, Castle Douglas, and has issue —
Alastair, born 27th June 1932.
GELSTON
The Church of Gelston, called also
Gemilston and Gevellestoune, was dedi
cated to St Michael. It was granted to the
Priory of Whithorn by John de Gelston,
son and heir of (late) John de Gelston, Kt.;
confirmation charter by Robert I, 1306-29;
annexed to Kells 1618.— [Reg. Great Seal,
i, App. I, 20; ii, 460.]
JOHN WRIGHT, reader.— [Comps. Sub
1563 Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
DEAN JOHN MARTIN, vicar and
1571 reader in 1571.
206
GELSTON— KIRKCUDBRIGHT
[PRESB. OF
MICHAEL HENDERSON, pres. to
vicarage and as min. 1st April 1581
on death of Dean John Martin. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xlvii, 103.]
JOHN TAYLOR, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 5th Jan, 1591-2 on death
of Robert Stewart.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 111.]
1581
1591
KIRKCORMACK
There were several saints of the name
Cormac. One was Bishop of Armagh, who
died in 496. Another was Cormac Ua
Liathain, a contemporary of Columba and
Abbot of Durrow, who voyaged to the
Orkneys. He may be the saint here com
memorated. The church belonged origi
nally to lona, and along with the Chapel
of Balnacross it was granted in 1161-74 to
Holyrood Abbey by Uchtred, son of
Fergus, lord of Galloway. — Charters of
Holyrood, 38, 40, 41; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 167.]
SIR MICHAEL DUNN, "ane auld
1563 blynd man' ' ' vicar in * 563 and 1 572'
natural son of Sir Herbert D., min.,
legitimated 23rd Aug. 1550. — [Kirkcud
bright Sher. Court Deeds, 82; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
ROBERT FORRESTER, vicar in 1580.
—[Kirkcudbright Sher. Court Deeds,
1573 108.]
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, GALTWAY,
DUNROD
The Church of Kirkcudbright, desig
nated in the 12th and 13th centuries the
Church of Desnesmor and Denesmor, and
in the 14th century the Church of Kirk
cudbright of Denesmor, was granted to
Holyrood Abbey by Uchtred, son of
Fergus, lord of Galloway, dr. 1161-74. On
a request by the General Assembly 29th
June 1 564, Queen Mary granted the Church
of the Grey Friars for use as the parish
church instead of St Cuthbert's. The latter
church stood in the churchyard about
quarter-mile east of the town. On 24th
Dec. 1580 Sir Nicol McClellane, Sir Her
bert Anderson, Mr. Edward Forrester and
Ninian Anderson, prebendaries and Stal-
laris of St Andrew's Church, Kirkcud
bright, with consent of the patron of the
church, Thomas McClellane of Bombie,
disponed the lands, etc., pertaining to the
church to Robert Forrester, burgess of
Kirkcudbright. The Church of Gait way
belonged to Holyrood Abbey before 29th
July 1163, and appears to have been
granted by Fergus, lord of Galloway, who
died in 1161. It was situated about two
miles from the town.
The Church of Dunrod, dedicated to St
Mary and St Brioc, was granted to Holy-
rood Abbey by Fergus, lord of Galloway,
with confirmation by Christianus, Bishop
of Galloway, 1154-86. It stood in the
churchyard in the south-east part of the
parish, about six miles from Kirkcudbright.
On 5th May 1555, at the instance of Mr
John Stevenson, precentor of Glasgow,
vicar of Dunrod, and first provost of Biggar
Collegiate Church, the perpetual vicarage
of the church, with fruits and rents, was
added, with consent of the patrons, the
Canons Regular of Holyrood, and of the
Ordinary of the Diocese of Galloway, to
the said Collegiate Church of Biggar, on
condition that there be provided for a
vicar-pensioner of the Cure of Dunrod 20
merks Scots, with house and garden and
an acre of arable land. The Charter of
Collation of the Bishop of Galloway bears
that the vicarage was granted in considera
tion ' ' of the singular zeal and pious affec
tion towards God and the Catholic Church,
which were shown in these unhappy days
of Lutheranism by a sometime mighty and
noble Lord, Malcolm Fleming, in found
the Church of Biggar at his own expense. ' '
The collation was on the supplication, 5th
March 1555, of James, Lord Fleming, who
had right to the patronage and right of the
vicarage of Dunrod, and was ratified by
Queen Mary on 14th May 1556. — [Charters
of Holyrood, 19, 20, 22-4, 38, 40, 61, 95-6,
294-8; Reports Hist. MSS. Commiss., iv,
539; Reg. Great Seal, v, 86; Charter Chest,
Earl of Wigton, 540, 546; Scott. Rec.
Soc.}
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
DUNROD
207
ALEXANDER ALLARDYCE, M.A.,
min. 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
1563
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
MICHAEL DUNN, exhorter 1563.-
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JAMES DODDS, marr. Eupham Kirko.
1569
— [See Grant's Burgh Schools; Kirk
cudbright Sher. Court Deeds, 98.]
THOMAS ANDERSON, vicar, reader
1575
1568-9, died before 30th July 1580.
— [Acts and Dec., Ixi, 335; Reg. Sec.
Sig., xlvii, 133; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
JOHN MEIKLE, pres. to vicarage 30th
July 1580 and llth May 1591.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xlvii, 133, Ixii, 50.]
1580
DAVID BLYTH, son of George B.,
- _„„ burgess of Edinburgh, and Margaret
Blackburn; pres. to Kelton 30th
Sept. 1590; appointed schoolmaster ad
interim of Kirkcudbright on 12th Oct. 159-;
murdered 2nd Sept. 1593 by John, Adam
and George, sons of John Muir of Halmuir,
and their servants. — [Grant 's Burgh Schools;
Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixi, 523; P. C. Reg., 1593;
Reports Hist. MSS. Commiss., iv, 539.]
ROBERT GLENDENYNG, line 5, for
1601 "1602" read "1601"; his pres. to
Dunrod vicarage 15th May 1605 on
death of Mungo Carmichael; his son James
banished for slaughter of Peter Duncan
21st June 1638.— [P. C. Reg., 2 Ser., vii, 23;
Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 263.]
JOHN McCLELLAN, adm. before 21st
1638 Nov' 1638; accomPamed Livingston
on his voyage to New England in
1636. — [Peterkin's Records of the Church,
109.]
GEORGE BUCHANAN, adm. between
1638 2nd July and 26th Aug. 1639 and in
defiance that John McClellan held
office. (See Moffat.)
GEORGE GARTSHORE, his daugh.,
Ann (marr. 23rd Oct. 1742 Thomas
Gordon of Kenharvie).
GEORGE HAMILTON, his son, John
James, died 1917; his daugh., Rose,
died 25th Feb. 1917.
1820
JOHN MCMILLAN, line 9, for "1877"
read "1876"; his daugh., Anne
Marshall, died at Janefield, Kirk
cudbright, 8th Aug. 1932.
JOHN UNDERWOOD, pres. by Crown
1843 14th July 1843.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN CAMP
BELL, licen. 28th Sept. 1870; his
widow, Mary Jane Muir, died 23rd
Sept. 1931.
1879
WILLIAM BARCLAY, dem. 30th Sept.
1914
1926 on appointment to Custron
Church, Hamilton, Ontario.
JOHN ELMORE MOTHERSILL, born
1927
29th Sept. 1890, son of Joseph M.
and Eleanor Dobson Mothersill;
educ. at Univ. of Toronto, B.A. (1910), and
Knox College, Toronto; licen. by Presb. of
Toronto 10th April 1913; ord. to Knox
Church, Gait, Ontario, Nov. 1913; trans,
to Taylor Church, Montreal, March 1915;
served in war in R.A.M.C.; assistant Govan
1924; Superintendent, Pearce Institute,
Govan; adm. by General Assembly 3rd
July 1926; adm. 3rd Feb. 1927. Marr. 21st
Sept. 1920 Eleanor Oughtred, and has issue
— Alan Keith, Lieut. R.A.F., born 27th
Aug. 1921, killed in action, Tunisia, March
1943; Donald Joseph, born 28th May 1923;
Eleanor Daintry, born 6th Nov. 1926.
DUNROD
WILLIAM McLELLAN, reader 1571-2.
1571
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.]
JAMES DONALDSON, min. 1595;
1595 trans, to Kirkmabreck 1597.
208
ST MARY'S ISLE— RERRICK
[PRESB. OF
ST. MARY'S ISLE
WILLIAM MOSCROP, M.A., min. of
1563
fries.]
Anwoth, also in charge here. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum-
THOMAS ANDERSON, exhorter
15?1 1571-2.— [Comps. Sub Coll of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
PARTON
CHARLES GEDDES, parson in office
13th April 1562, reader 14th May
1566.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters
of Church Lands, i, 223; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xxxv, 23, 456.]
JOHNDURY, exhorter 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dumfries.}
NINIAN McCLENNOCHAN, after-
1574 wards of Glenluce.
JAMES IRVING, marr. Margaret Gor
don.— [G. R. Sas., xxxiii, 228, 3rd
May 1632.]
SAMUEL SPALDING, marr. cont. 16th
1692
April 1693 Elizabeth, daugh. of
Gilbert Brown of Templet on; his
sons — Alexander, apprenticed to John
Speirs, merchant, Edinburgh, 13th Jan.
1720, purchased Holm 1750, died 24th
March 1776; William, died before 1731;
Samuel, died 1774.
HENRY ALEXANDER PATTULLO,
his widow, Maria Mitchell, died at
Musselburgh 4th Oct. 1925.
HARVEY NICHOLS, died at Newport,
1886 Monmouth, 5th April 1930; his
widow, Isabella Blair Sandilands,
died at Newport 9th March 1938; his
daughs.— Irene Blair (marr. 23rd Sept. 1924
John Alexander Douglas, M.B., Ch.B.,
Johannesburg); Ruby (marr. 21st Dec. 1922
Frank William Bannister).
RERRICK
One cannot now definitely locate the site
of the parish Church in years before the
Reformation. There seems to have been
at that time not only a parish church, but
some chapels in the parish. There was a
church, perhaps the parish church, at Kirk-
carswell (which is a corrupt form of Kilkos-
wald); there was also in close proximity to
a holy well, known as St Glassin's Well, a
chapel at Kirkland, and the names Chapel-
ton and Chapelhill appear to point to some
chapel as being located in their neighbour
hood. The Abbey Church of Dundrennan
was the church of the monks and of the
parishioners generally. Soon after the
founding of the monastery in the 12th
century, the parish church was "appro
priated to" the abbey; that is to say, its
endowments were transferred to the abbey
as part of its revenues and henceforth the
duty of ministering at its altar would de
volve upon the monks, who would perform
other parochial duty. When the Reforma
tion took place in 1560, the parish church
once again came into its own, but no cer
tainty exists as to its site at that time, and
not until the early part of the 1 8th century
have we definite knowledge that the old
chapel at Kirkland was now constituted the
parish church. It continued as such till
1865, and on a part of its wall still left
standing in the centre of the kirkyard there
was on its demolition affixed an inscribed
stone with this inscription: "This Church,
originally a chapel, was enlarged in 1743
and taken down in 1865." On the demoli
tion of this old church at Kirkland, a new
church was erected in the village of Dun
drennan and was opened for public worship
in 1866.
JAMES HUTTON, formerly Dean and
Prior of Dundrennan. — [Kirkcud
bright Sheriff Court Deeds, 27.]
1580
JOHN BROWN, min. of Glencairn,
pres. to vicar pensionary 13th July
1590 on death of William Cutlar.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 197.]
JOHN CALLENDAR, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 5th Aug. 1594
1594
on death of David Blyth. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 197.]
KIRKCUDBRIGHT] RERRICK— TWYNHOLM and KIRKCHRIST
209
JOHN DUNCAN, his son, Andrew,
1655
charged to enter heir 1676. — [Edin
burgh Burgh Writs. ]
WILLIAM JAMIESON, line 7, delete
1731 "Father of the Church. ' '
TONGLAND
In 1161-74 the church was granted to
Holyrood Abbey by Uchtred, son of
Fergus, lord of Galloway. The Cell of St
Salvator, near the monastery, and its gar
den called the Chapel Yard, pertained to
the vicarage. The Church of Balnacross
was originally a chapel dependent upon
Kirkcormack and belonging to lona. In
1 161-74 it was granted to Holyrood Abbey
by Uchtred, son of Fergus, lord of Galloway.
—[Charters of Holyrood, 22-4, 38, 40, 41.]
WILLIAM SHARP, vicar at the Re-
1563
formation; reader in 1563, exhorter
in 1567; pres. to vicarage of Lanark
24th June 1588; his son, Roger.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ivii, 125; Dumfries Sas., 1st Oct.,
1628; Cal. of Charters, 2126; Reg. Mag.
Sig., v, 782.]
JAMES SCOTT, for "sacriledge, intro-
mitting with penalties and contribu
tions, disobedience to the Presby-
terie, tableing, converseing with excom-
municat Papists, and declyning the General
Assembly" he was dep. by the Commis
sioners of Kirkcudbright appointed by the
General Assembly at Glasgow 1638; the
sentence was approved by the General
Assembly at Edinburgh 27th Aug. 1639. —
[Peterkin's Recs. of the Kirk of Scot., 261.]
GEORGE RUTHERFORD, marr.
i^/in Margaret Gordon and had issue —
1640 T. , ~ . ,
Barbara; David; Jean; Marion;
Martha.— [Dumfries Sas., 20th Nov. 1630,
3 1st Dec. 1654.]
ALEXANDER BROWN, line 3, for
1745 "22" read "26."
WILLIAM DOW, born 9th Feb.
1826 1800.
WILLIAM LECKIE McFARLANE,
1859 pres. by Crown 20th April 1859.
0
ANDREW EDGAR, pres. by Crown
1868 18th Nov. 1862.
GEORGE McINNES, pres. by Crown
18?5 18th Dec. 1874 (last presentation);
his widow, Margaret Hamilton, died
15th Aug. 1928.
WILLIAM IRELAND GORDON, died
1881 29th Jan. 1927.
BRYCE MACFARLANE, died 25th
1898 July 1931.
(Charges united 3rd Feb. 1932.)
TWYNHOLM and KIRKCHRIST
The parishes were united after 31st July
1643. The Church of Twynholm was
granted to Holyrood Abbey by Uchtred,
son of Fergus, lord of Galloway, whose
time was dr. 1161-74. It was rebuilt in
1 730 on a new site about quarter-mile from
the earlier building. Portions of the walls
of the Church of Kirkchrist stand in the
churchyard on the west bank of the Dee
opposite Kirkcudbright. At Kirkeoch in
the Parish of Kirkchrist there was a nun
nery, the existence of which is recalled by
place names of the neighbourhood, High
Nunton, Nun Mill, Low Nunton. Mani
festly this is the nunnery cited in a Papal
Bull of 22nd May 1423 giving assent to a
petition by John of Inverkeithing, Canon
of Holyrood, who craved that the Cister
cian Priory of St Evoca the virgin, situated
in the Diocese of Whithorn, value not
exceeding 10 libs., be given to him in
commendam for five years. The priory had
been governed by "holy nuns and ma
trons," but on account of the meagre
amount of the fruits had long since been
deserted by them, and was now empty and
derelict, and he was desirous that goods
set apart to God and religion should not be
devoted to lay and secular uses. About
forty years later, the nunnery, designated
"the Church or Chapel of Kirkeoch"
where "a nun or otherwise religious
woman used to dwell of old," was the
subject of a petition of Robert de Colston,
Rector of Kirkchrist, which narrated that
210
TWYNHOLM— KIRKCHRIST [PRESB. OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT
his predecessor held as united to the said
Parish Church of Kirkchrist, the church or
chapel called Kyrknok or Kyrkenok
(Kirkeoch) situated in the bounds of the
parish, took its tithes, etc., and exercised
the cure of souls of the parishioners who
dwelled thereby, and that he had continued
the said possession for about eight years,
that there was no further proof of the said
union, and therefore his use of the tithes
and his possession might be interfered with,
that no nun or religious woman had for
thirty years lived a regular life in the said
church or chapel, and that its buildings had
fallen, and it had been so long void that
there was no certain knowledge of its
voidance. Pope Pius II on 10th Jan. 1463^
gave mandate to the Bishop of Brechin,
etc., to make enquiries, and if they found
the facts as stated, to confirm the said
union. — [Vatican Transcripts, 1421-59, 90,
MS. Reg. Ho.; Cal Papal Register, Letters,
xi, 507; Reg. Great Seal, viii, 127, ix, 1416;
Charters of Holyrood, 31, 38, 40.]
RICHARD BALFOUR, parson.—
1562 [Coll. of Thirds, 1562, 101.]
ALEXANDER COLE, pres. to vicarage
18th Oct. 1580 on death of John
ROW.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.t xlvii, 31.]
JOHN AIKMAN, pres. to vicarage in
1582 on death of John Row and
again 19th Oct. 1592.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 72; Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 256.]
THOMAS IRELAND, marr. Agnes
Burd, widow of William Menzies,
min. of Kenmore; resident with his
wife at Inveresk in 1694. — [Inveresk Poll
Tax Roll, 8.]
LEO WRIGHT, signs an episcopal
1680 charter 17th Dec. 1680.
ROBERT ALLARDYCE, died 7th
1899 Sept. 1939.
KIRKCHRIST
JOHN MOFFAT, reader, 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries.]
ROBERT FORRESTER, reader
1568 1568.
THOMAS MAKCULTRIE, reader 1569
-72.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries. ]
1569
DAVID BLYTH. M.A., pres. to
vicarage 9th Oct. 1591 consequent
on James McCulloch, vicar, being
non-resident. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 192.]
SYNOD OF
GLASGOW AND AYR
PRESBYTERY OF AYR
ALLOWAY
Preliminary paragraph, line 5 from end,
for "right bank" read ' ' left bank. ' '
JOHN LOCHHEAD, born 18th Nov.
1833, died 12th Nov. 1913; marr.
(1) 1867 Mary Anne, daugh. of John
McLean, Glasgow, and Anne Niven (died
July 1900), and had issue — John McLean,
born 1867, medical practitioner, Indiana
polis, Indiana, U.S.A.; Anne Niven Mc
Lean, born 1869; Thomas McLean, born
1871; (2) 1901, Eliza, daugh. of John
Houston, Sandyhills, Shettleston; she died
at Cheltenham 24th Oct. 1937.
1881
SAMUEL MARCUS DILL, died at
Edinburgh 23rd Jan. 1924; his
widow, Agnes Graham Rowe, died
2nd April 1934 aged 85; his daughs.—
Hessy Foster (marr. 19th Sept. 1924 Wil
liam John Jackson, Croydon); Rosa (marr.
22nd Feb. 1922 Edward Wickham Jones,
M.C., Norwood, London), died 4th Dec.
1927.
JOHN MACFARLANE HAMILTON,
marr. 21st April 1925 Mary Hamil
ton, daugh. of Gavin Crawford, min.
of Fauldhouse, and has issue — Gavin
Crawford, born 26th Sept. 1926; Margaret
Macfarlane, born 30th Oct. 1929.
ANNBANK
ROBERT SMITH MACKINTOSH,
1913 delete "M. A."
GEORGE LINDSAY STEWART,
trans, to St. Paul's, Leith, 9th Dec.
1920.
1917
GEORGE ANDREW JOHNSTON,
1921
born Chapel of Garioch 1st Dec.
1889, son of Alexander J., farmer,
and Jane Durno; educ. at Chapel of
Garioch Public School, Gordon's College
and Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1911); licen.
by Presb. of Garioch 1914; served in Moun
tain Gun Battery R.G.A. in Great War;
ord. by Presb. of Paisley, Chaplain to
Forces 27th July 1917; assistant Arbroath
1920; adm. 20th April 1921 ; trans, to Kirk-
michael, Ayr, 26th Sept. 1930; marr. 1st
Dec. 1921 Frances Hardy, daugh. of Albert
Ping, Excise Officer, and Christina Miller,
Auchtertool, and has issue — Alexander
Durno, born Oct. 1926; Jack Miller, born
Oct. 1928.
AUCHENLECK
The interior of the church was destroyed
by fire on 3rd April 1938 and has since been
restored. The mission chapel at Dargonner
is closed.
JOHN GRANT, marr. cont. 2nd Dec.
1712 Henrietta, daugh. of Donald
Campbell of Boghall and Elizabeth
Innes.
1712
1893
JAMES HILL, died 27th Sept. 1940.
Issue — Alexander, B.Sc., Electrical
Engineer; Hugh Blair McLellan,
B.Sc., Lecturer Mechanical Engineering;
Alison Irene, diploma in Physical Instruc
tion; Eric Alan, diploma in Art.
211
212
AYR
[PRESB. OF
AYR
(Contributed by Rev. Archibald Mac-
Kenzie, Minister of Ayr (2nd Charge).)
It is uncertain as to when a Christian
church was first planted at Ayr, but that a
Christian church existed at Ayr at the
beginning of the 13th century can be
authenticated, and indeed it may even date
from the latter part of the 12th century.
The earliest reference to this church is 1233
in the Chartulary of the Abbey of Paisley.
It was a prebend of Glasgow, and of the
Chapel Royal at Stirling. The Ayr church
in pre-reformation days was never colle
giate; it was only a parish church of the
larger type with its twelve altars at least
and its numerous clergy staff.
In 1652 Cromwell had his citadel built at
Ayr with stones which, it is said, were taken
from the old castle at Ardrossan. The
church, which was included in the fortifica
tions, was utilised as a military store, the
chancel being kept as a place of worship
for the soldiers. In 1660 the citadel was
abandoned and gradually demolished, but
the church remained intact. At the Indul
gence it was purchased by John Moor of
Park, and the Rev. Wm. Eccles, who had
been "outed" for refusing to sign the
Test Act, was brought back and ministered
within its walls from 1687 and 1689, while
the curates occupied the present old parish
church. In 1690 it was once more derelict
until 1706, when the structure was bought
by four burgesses of Ayr. One of these
gave his fourth share of the stones to build
a steeple to the Tolbooth, and the remain
der of the stones were in time used to build
dykes in and about the town. The tower,
which was left, has been restored by the
Marquis of Bute and is open to visitors. It
contains four apartments.
ROBERT ACHESOUNE, min. 1559-61.
1559 — [Ayr Burgh Accounts.]
JAMES DALRYMPLE, pres. to
fi vicarage in 1571 on death of Sir
Robert Leggett.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (2), 19.]
1561 DAVID GIBSON, parson 1561.
ROBERT DENNISTOUN or DANIEL-
1561
STON, parson in 1541-2; dem.
before 16th Feb. 1573-4, when he
was parson of Dysart and Canon of Chapel
Royal of Stirling.— [Reg. of Deeds, v, 209;
vi 104; x, 102; xi, 26.]
JAMES COCKBURN, son of Patrick
C. of Clerkington, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 16th Feb. 1573,
on dem. of Robert Danielston. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 17.]
HEW KENNEDY, reader, pres. to
vicarage 23rd March 1573^ on
dem. of James Dalrymple promoted
to Alloway.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 18.]
ROBERT HERBERTSON, was parson
1574
in 1563 and still in office 21st May
1576; had issue — John. — [Cal. of
Charters, xi, 2395; Reg. Abbrev. Feu Char
ters of Church Lands, ii, 88.]
JOHN PORTERFIELD, pres. in 1581
upon death of James Dalrymple and
in 1582 on death of Robert Herbert -
son.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 57, 58.]
WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE, pres. to
.___ parsonage 20th June 1582 on death
19112
1580
of Robert Herbertson. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 75.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, M.A.,
1594
parson 9th Nov. 1594.— [Cal. of
Charters, xiv, 3296.]
1638
GEORGE DUNBAR, marr. Margaret
I/CAT Wallace. — [Reg. of Deeds, cxcviii,
407.]
ROBERT BLAIR, M.A.; on 19th Dec.
1638, on a supplication in name of
the town of St Andrews for his
transportation to the church there, "for
the good of their Universitie, ' ' the General
Assembly called upon Mr Blair, who
answered, ' ' I confesse I am in the hands of
this Assembly; but I protest heir, in God's
presence, that I had rather lay downe my
life nor be separat from my flock at Air. ' '
The matter was referred to a committee,
who reported on 20th Dec., and after a
prolonged discussion the Assembly by a
AYR]
AYR— WALLACETOWN
213
majority of 4 or 5 decerned that he be
transported to St Andrews. — [Peterkin's
Recs. of the Kirk, pp. 187, 189.]
JOHN FERGUSHILL, graduated M.A.,
1639 1611, not 1612.
ALEXANDER GREGORIE, marr.
1683
Anna, daugh. of Alexander Ross,
merchant burgess of Aberdeen. —
[Aberdeen City Sas., 2nd July 1680.]
JOHN HUNTER, line 15, delete
1701 " Father of the Church. ' '
THOMAS DYKES, pres. by Crown 24th
1863
Jan. 1863; his widow, Margaret
Shedden, died 18th Nov. 1922.
WILLIAM CAIRNS DUNCAN, died
1909 3rd May 1926.
WILLIAM PHIN GILLIESON, M.C.,
trans, from 2nd Charge 22nd July
1926; died 30th March 1942; his
daugh., Margaret Marion Phin (marr. 19th
Dec. 1939 James Macpherson Jolly, elder
son of James J., New York). Addl. Publi
cation — Letters from Sudan (1936).
SECOND CHARGE
WILLIAM WATERSTON, his son,
1682
1710.
Alexander, apprenticed to William
Thomson, periwig-maker, 23rd Aug
JOHN McDERMETT, probably matri-
1716 culated at Glasgow 1st March 1698.
WILLIAM SHAW, pres. by Crown 27th
1853 May 1853.
ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE, trans.
1926 from Balfron (q.v.) 23rd Nov. 1926;
served in Great War as Captain,
H.L.I., and Staff Captain R.A.F.; acted as
min. of St Andrews, Georgetown, Deme-
rara and Commissioner from the Home
Church in that Colony 1937-8. Publica
tions— William Adair and his Kirk; The Old
Kirk of Ayr, 163 9-84 (Ayr Advertiser, 1933);
An Ancient Church: the Pre- Reformation
Church at Ayr (Ayrshire Post, 1935); An
Old Church and Burns ' Memories (Ayrshire
Post, 1934).
o*
1928
NEWTON-UPON-AYR
WILLIAM RAINIE, dem. llth June
1881 1928, died 27th Nov. 1928.
DAVID ALBERT MURDOCH, line 3,
for "Benter" read "Baxter";
served in Great War with Seaforth
Highlanders on Salonica Front and on
Intelligence Staff of B.M.R. in Sophia;
trans, from Dingwall (q.v.} 14th Nov. 1928;
died 14th March 1945. Addl. issue-
Kenneth Lyle Stewart, born 1st Aug. 1928;
Dorothy Margaret, born 29th April 1933.
AYR, ST. JAMES
JOHN HENDERSON, M.A. (Glasgow,
1889 1879).
MUIR ANDREW, dem. 17th May
1919 1921.
THOMAS REID ALLISON, born
1921
Paisley 20th Feb. 1889, son of
Matthew A. and Margaret Reid;
educ. at John Neilson School, Paisley, and
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1910); licen. by
Presb. of Paisley Jan. 1920; ord. 7th Sept.
1921; trans, to Helensburgh Old 6th Aug.
1930. Marr. 30th Aug. 1921 Margaret
Gemmell, daugh. of James Graham and
Rachel Graham, and had issue — Thomas
Reid, born 20th Aug. 1924; Margaret
Graham, born 26th March 1927.
AYR, ST. LEONARD'S
"St Leonard's Chaplainrie without the
Port of Ayr" occurs in 1585. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll of Thirds.}
WILLIAM GRANGER, licen. 4th June
1886 1 884.— [Memoir by James Millar. ]
WILLIAM WALKER, afterwards min.
1898 of Foss 23rd Nov. 1926.
JOHN ELLIS, trans, to Rubislaw, Aber-
1919
deen, 5th Sept. 1930; died 21st Sept.
1939.
AYR, WALLACETOWN
GEORGE JOHN CHALMERS
SCOTT, his daughs.— Ethel Agnes
Watson, born 30th May 1 866 (marr.
7th Oct. 1893 Captain Thomas Josiah
1865
214
WALLACETOWN— CRAIGIE
[PRESS. OF
Clugston Boyd, of S.S. Lord Rosebery),
died 12th Jan. 1931; Lilian Anna (marr.
26th Oct. 1895 Charles Frederick Pfeiffer,
merchant, London), died 18th May 1906;
Jessie Helen (marr. 7th April 1897 Robert
Brewster Cowan, insurance inspector);
Amy Constance, died 13th July 1935;
Bertram Watson, died 1st Feb. 1913.
JOHN MARTIN, trans, to Dalmuir
1917 17th June 1924.
BRODIE SMITH GILFILLAN, trans.
1924
from Inch (q.v.) 5th Nov. 1924;
dem. 15th Nov. 1944; his son, John
Brodie Smith, born 7th April 1921; his
wife, Helen Johnston Smith, died 21st Nov.
1931.
BARR
HERCULES LINDSAY, designed
1665
preacher at Monkton 1st June 1678.
— [Regs, of Deeds, Ixxxv, 971, 26th
April 1698.]
JAMES MACMASTER, pres. 21st Aug.
1843 1843.
WILLIAM MUNGALL, pres. 21st
1859 Sept. 1858.
CHARLES GOODALL, pres. 1st Mar.
1873
1873; his widow, Jane Watson, died
1 8th Sept. 1941 ; his son, Dr Charles,
died 6th Oct. 1941.
GEORGE DODS, died 31st May 1922;
188o ms daughs. — Ida Mary Homan,
died at Karachi 13th March 1921;
Edith Jane (marr. 18th Aug. 1896 Rowland,
6th Baron Headley); his widow, Eliza Mary
Homan, died 18th June 1942.
ANDREW DOUGLAS McMURRAY,
1922 born Castle Douglas 1 8th July 1 890;
son of Andrew McM. and Margaret
Affleck; educ. at Whitehaven Ghyll Bank
College and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th June
1920; assistant Glasgow Cathedral; ord.
18th Oct. 1922; LL.B. (London); L.V.C.M.
(London).
CATRINE
WILLIAM JOHN, appointed Clerk of
1899
Presb. 3rd Sept. 1930; dem. 31st
May 1948; his son, Graham Taylor,
headmaster, Coldingham school, Berwick
shire; his daughs. — Marjorie Patricia (marr.
22nd Sept. 1941 William McCreath, 2nd
Lieut. R.A.S.C., Dalruaine, Troon); Kath
leen (marr. 27th June 1946 Leslie Richard
Leonard Parry, South Woodford, London).
COYLTON
MATTHEW WYLLIE, pres. to vicarage
in 1582 on death of Alexander Scott.
1581
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 57.]
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, has sasine
of glebe 8th March 1654.— [Ayr
1654
Sas., i, 144.]
WILLIAM BOYD, his mother was
1700 Margaret Naismith.
JAMES GLASGOW, his widow, Mar
garet Macfarlane Maitland, died
29th Jan. 1929.
1866
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, trans, to
1917
Uphall North 24th Feb. 1932; dem.
6th Nov. 1946; marr. 4th Sept. 1935
Elizabeth Fleming, third daugh. of Peter
Watson of Drumsine, and has issue —
Gavin Fleming, born 14th Sept. 1936;
Elizabeth Jane, born 12th April 1938.
CRAIGIE
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, M.A.,
pres. to vicarage 16th Nov. 1548
vacant by death of his brother
Robert, who had received a presentation
on 2nd May same year in succession to
John Hamilton, M.A.; still vicar 1572, a
prebendary of Corstorphine (q.v.} in succes
sion to his said late brother Robert. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds', P. S. Reg., ii,
2026, 2027, 2756.]
JOHN STIRLING, line one, for ' ' John ' '
1806 read "James."
ROBERT INGLIS, his daugh., Mar
garet Ann, died at Troon 23rd
1843 March 1930.
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CRAIGIE— DAILLY
215
DAVID STIRLING, his widow, Agnes
Maria Fairlie, died at Largs 9th
1859
Feb. 1925.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, died 6th June
1920; his widow, Janet Burns Lind
say, died at Edinburgh 10th Oct.
1926, aged 75; his son, Gavin Lindsay, died
Davidsons Mains 5th Jan. 1938.
1883
ROBERT JOHN PAUL, trans, from
Elder Park, Glasgow, 25th Nov.
19 ° 1920; died 7th June 1929.
CROSSHILL
ROBERT STEWART, licen. 1887; dem.
1888
5th Aug. 1925; died 18th Jan. 1926;
his widow, Jane Stewart, died 4th
Dec. 1943; his daughs. Elizabeth Margaret
(marr. 1st June 1927 Louis Herbert Watson,
min. of St Luke's, Edinburgh); Agnes
McFadzean, died Edinburgh 24th Nov.
1941.
JAMES STORRY BARROWMAN,
1926
trans, from Carntyne (q.v.) 14th Jan.
1926, died 30th Oct. 1930; his widow,
Mary Leitch Anderson, died 10th March
1937; his daugh., Dorothy Freda (marr.
2nd Aug. 1933 William R. Eadie).
(Charges united 25th Feb. 1931.)
CUMNOCK
JOHN DUNBAR, designed parson and
v^car» also Canon of Glasgow, 1 3th
Aug. 1561.— [Cal. of Deeds, iv, 300.]
JOHN RAMAGE, reader 1573.—
1573 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, pres. to
1579
vicarage on death of John Ryhnd. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 43.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A., parson
2nd April 1584.— [Cal. of Charters,
. . _ _• « ..
xn, 2720.]
JOHN SPENCE ROBERTSON, died at
1875 Axminster, Devon, 1st June 1934;
his wife, Catherine Forbes Sharp,
died 12th July 1928; his sons— Robert, a
barrister; Rev. Edmund Downing, died at
Sidmouth 14th Jan. 1942; his daugh.,
Lillian Mabel Forbes (marr. 25th March
1936 Robert Edward Campion, Oldham).
JOHN DOUGLAS McCLYMONT,
1927
born Glasgow 30th Nov. 1903; son
of John Douglas McC. (died Feb.
1924), Glencaple and Glasgow, and Mar
garet Murray (died Jan. 1937); educ. North
Kelvinside Secondary School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1924); B.D. (1927); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow April 1927; assistant
St Bernard's, Glasgow, New Kilpatrick,
and Glasgow Cathedral; ord. (ass. and sue.)
23rd Nov. 1927. Contributor to Chambers' s
Journal and other periodicals.
NEW CUMNOCK
HUGH CRAWFORD, his second
1653
daugh. — [Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 194,
23rd Dec. 1736.]
JAMES MILLAR, died 5th March
1886 1921.
WILLIAM BODIN, ord. (ass. and sue.)
12th May 1920; trans, to New
Ardrossan (q.v.) 31st May 1926.
ANDREW BURNETT, trans, from
1Q26 Martyrs, Glasgow (q.v.), 25th Nov.
1926; marr. 28th Aug. 1945 Meta
Louisa, daugh. of Alfred Hitchcock,
F.E.I.S., Edinburgh.
DAILLY
The alternative name of the parish,
Dalmakeran, Dalmakerane, or Dalmul-
kerane, is Dail Mhaoil-Chiaran, "Holme
of St Ciaran's servant." The church was
granted to Paisley Abbey by Duncan, son
of Gilbert, Earl of Carrick, and himself
Earl of Carrick, on condition that the
abbey erected in Carrick a monastery of
the Cluniac Order, and gave the church to
the said monastery. The grant was con
firmed by Florence, Bishop-Elect of Glas
gow, in 1202, and by Alexander II 5th Aug.
1 236. In terms of that condition the church
was given to Crossraguel Abbey on its
foundation soon after 18th July 1244. In
1696 the church was removed to a central
216
DAILLY— WATERSIDE
[PRESB. OF
position, and was rebuilt in 1766. — [Reg.
of Paisley, 427-8; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 417; see Kirkoswald.]
ALEXANDER BOYD, vicar, deprived
159Q before 17th March 1590-1 for ab
sence from his charge. — [Miscel.
Eccles. Documents, 23; Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixii,
35.]
DAVID BARCLAY, M.A., pres. to
1590 v*caraSe 16th APril 1591 on dep. of
Alexander Boyd, non-resident. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 35.]
ANDREW MILLAR, M.A. (Glasgow
1660 1650.)
THOMAS SKINNER, was 51 years of
-,,- age Oct. 1684.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., 3
Sen, ix, 538.]
PATRICK CRAUFORD, his sons—
1691
Hew (eldest); James. — [Deeds Mack.
1705, No. 818.]
WILLIAM PATON, marr. Janet, daugh.
1724 °^ Alexander Kennedy of Drum-
mellan.
WILLIAM CHALMERS, pres. by
Crown 12th March 1841; his son,
William Bryce, died 10th April 1922.
1841
DAVID STRONG, pres. by Crown 12th
1843
July 1843. Line 21, add "of Kil-
marnock ' ' after parish.
CORNELIUS GIFFEN, pres. by
1855 Crown 9th June 1855.
GEORGE TURNBULL, pres. 27th
^une 1869' ms widow, Elizabeth
Steel Colledge, died at Glasgow 27th
Feb. 1921; his daugh., Elizabeth, died 5th
June 1921; his son, John Colledge, died
13th June 1942.
CHARLES GOODALL, trans, to St
1908
Oswald's, Edinburgh, 15th Jan.
1924.
DAVID ALEXANDER DUNCAN,
1924
ord. 30th April 1924; trans, to Kil-
madock 17th May 1929.
DALMELLINGTON
RANKEN DAVIDSON, pres. in 1569
1562 on death of Sir John Dunlop. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 28.]
DAVID CATHCART, pres. in 1572 on
1572 death °f Sir J°nn Dunlop. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (3), 24; Cal. of Char
ters, xi, 2475.]
JOHN McQUORNE, pres. to vicarage
20th Dec. 1591 on death of David
Cathcart.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 87.]
GAVIN STEWART, son of Hector S.,
1621 mercnant burgess of Glasgow; marr.
Rachel, daugh. of Patrick Sharpe,
min. of Govan. Addl. issue — John, M.A.
(Glasgow 1651).
GEORGE SMITH HENDRIE, line 6,
1880 ac^ "Umv- °f Leipzig"; line 11,
for "Gairdner" read "Aitken";
dem. 25th Nov. 1924, died at Edinburgh
18th May 1945; his son, John Gairdner
White, min. of Dunnottar and Colombo.
JOHN SHEDDEN, M.A., trans, from
Q2_ Haggs 30th April 1925; trans, to St.
Clement's, Dundee, llth Sept. 1928.
WILLIAM RUTHERFORD MEL-
1929 ROSE' born 3rd SePt- 1900' son of
George M. and Agnes Loudon, St
Boswells, Roxburghshire; educ. at Gala-
shiels Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh,
M.A. (1923); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1st April 1926; assistant Goven; ord. 27th
March 1929; dem. 1st Feb. 1933; adm. to
St Donan's, Kildonan, Arran, 2nd Aug.
1935; trans, to Rutherglen West 26th April
1938; trans, to Eassie and Nevay 24th June
1943; trans, to Tewchar 8th Oct. 1947.
Marr. 6th July 1929 Mary Me Anally,
daugh. of John Brown and Agnes Ramsay,
and has issue — James Henderson Loudon,
born 24th March 1930.
WATERSIDE
JOHN MACKINTOSH, line 3, for
1907 "June "read "Jan."
JOHN CADENHEAD, died 4th March
1915 1929, unmarried.
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217
ROBERT NICOLSON TULLOCH
1929
ANDERSON, born 16th June 1878,
son of Robert Henry A., Standard
Life Assurance Co., Edinburgh, and Annie
Mathieson Humphray; educ. Royal High
School, Edinburgh, and Univ. of Glasgow;
became missionary and came here from
Invergordon 4th Aug. 1929; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 2nd July 1930; dem. Nov.
1930; ord. to Dunrossness 9th Dec. 1930;
dem. 1st July 1948. Marr. 3rd July 1916
Rose Emily, younger daugh. of George
Lloyd Fountain of Greenford, Middlesex.
DALRYMPLE
JOHN ADAMS, M.A., Moderator of
1727 General Assembly 1744.
ROBERT STEVEN, son of Hugh S. of
Barransmill, Girvan, and Agnes,
daugh. of John Brown of Littleton.
GEORGE ALLAN SEATH, died at Ayr
1902
6th March 1945; his widow, Agnes
Jane McCosh Hammond, died at
Ayr 3rd May 1948.
DUNDONALD
In or about 1221 the church, along with
the Chapels of Crosbie and Riccarton, was
granted to the Convent of St Mary of
Dalmullin by Walter (II), son of Alan,
Seneschal of Scotland. In 1238, when the
said convent became a cell of Paisley
Abbey, the church with its chapels also
became part of the abbey possessions —
confirmed by William, Bishop of Glasgow,
in 1239. The Chapel of St Ninian, situated
near the Royal Castle of Dundonald, where
Robert II died in 1390, was termed the
Chapel Royal of Dundonald. On 9th July
1511 Sir John Leith was indicted for break
ing into the chapel and the chest of orna
ments, and carrying off ' ' the book, chalice,
and ornaments of said chapel." — [Reg. of
Paisley, 18, 22, 225-6; Diocesan Reg. of
Glasgow, i, 493, 495, 511; ii, 23-4, 369,
383-4, 415, 500; Excheq. Rolls, iii, Ixxii,
xcv-vi, 242, 279, 280.]
HUGH MONTGOMERY, M.A., vicar
1562
6th Jan. 1562-3 and 1568.— [Cal. of
Charters, ix, 1901; Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, sometime school-
1625 master at Irvine.
GABRIEL MAXWELL, his son,
1642
Robert, apprenticed to Hugh Cun
ningham, merchant, Edinburgh, 2nd
July 1684.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., vi, 245.]
THOMAS WALKER, marr. (1) Mary
Montgomery, died 3rd April 1741,
and had issue — Jean; (2) Jean
Robertson; (3) Ann Shaw. Clerk of Synod.
JOHN MACLEOD, son of Alexander
1816
M., who emigrated to North Caro
lina.
ALEXANDER WILLISON, his son,
1841 Alexander Stewart, min. of Saline.
JAMES HOGG GILLESPIE, marr. (2)
1Q 2 21st Dec. 1944 Jean, eldest daugh.
of Rev. William Campbell, Kil-
marnock; his daughs. — Kathleen Barbara
(marr. 30th June 1933 William Barclay,
min. of Trinity Church, Renfrew); Alison
Drysdale (marr. 14th Aug. 1936 Lachlan
McLean Robertson, min. of Macmillan
Church, Glasgow); Elspeth Taylor, M.A.
(marr. 1st July 1937 Andrew Murray Rich
mond Martin, M.A., C.A., Glasgow);
Marjorie, M.D., Glasgow, 1931. Publica
tions — James Brown, a 'King o' Men*
(Church of Scotland Committee on Publi
cations, 1939); Dundonald, a Contribution
to Parochial History (John Wylie & Co.,
Glasgow, 1 939), two volumes.
FISHERTON
WILLIAM MURDOCH, his widow,
Sarah Davidson McCracken, died
1870
7th March 1940.
JOHN AITKEN SPENCE, trans to
1918 Norrieston 18th Nov. 1927.
DAVID GRANT MILNE, trans, from
1928 Stronsay (q.v.) 20th April 1928.
218
FULLARTON— GLENBUCK
[PRESB. OF
FULLARTON
DAVID WILSON, his son, William
Cunningham, solicitor and bank
agent, Irvine, died 29th Sept. 1931.
1837
JOSEPH THOMSON PATON, his
1876
widow, Maggie Charles Ward, died
14th Jan. 1936.
JOHN PATERSON, res. in ill health
1903 1937; died 18th Oct. 1938.
GALSTON
The parsonage as well as the vicarage
belonged to the Red Friars of Fail. — [Cal.
Papal Letters, xii, 377.]
SIR JAMES DOUGLAS, vicar 26th
1559 Aug. 1559.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 998.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A., vicar 26th
1566
March 1566-7.— [Cal. of Charters,
ix, 2024.]
RANKEN DAVIDSON, exhorter at
1568 Loudoun (q.v.}.
1578
JOHN WALLACE, son of Adam W.,
burgess of Glasgow; pres. to vicarage
1st Jan. 1578-9 on dem. of Sir John
Cunningham. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 10;
Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
JOHN MARTINE, pres. to vicarage 8th
March 1582 on death of Michael
1582
Henryson. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 86.]
1591
JOHN TAYLOR, M.A., pres. to vicar.
5th Jan. 1591-2 on death of Robert
Stewart.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 111.]
ALEXANDER WALLACE, M.A., pres.
parsonage 17th Jan. 1592 on death
of John Wallace.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxv, 7.]
ALEXANDER BLAIR, his son, Alex-
1648 ander, merchant, Edinburgh.
ADAM ALASOUN, his marriage cont.
1672
dated 27th Jan. 1659.— [Kirkcud
bright Sher. Court Deeds, 125.]
ROBERT SYMSON, residing with his
wife, Margaret Hamilton, in Tol-
booth Parish, Edinburgh, 8th Nov.
1687
1694. Addl. issue — James, bapt. 18th July
1695.— [Aberdeen Reg.]
JAMES ALLAN HOGG, his son,
1887 R°bert Blacklock, M.C., Lieut.
Border Regiment; his daughs. —
Helen Arthur (marr. Sydney H. R. Warnes,
min. of Buckie); Mary Allan, died April
1925. Publication — Jesus which is called
Christ, a pamphlet on the Fourth Gospel;
numerous pamphlets, including The Wonder
in Darkness (1938).
GIRVAN
ALEXANDER BOYD, pres. to vicarage
6th March 1578-9 on death of
1578
ii, 13.]
Robert McNeil. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ANDREW BOYD, son of Quinten B.
1601 of Allerthew, pres. to vicarage 2nd
April 1601.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxii,
35.]
ALEXANDER GADERER, set up a
meeting house at Keith 1706, died
1714.
WILLIAM CORSON, his son, Lockhart
1848 Dobbie, S.S.C., died 5th June 1926.
SAMUEL CAMPBELL FRY, died 31st
1888
1923
Dec. 1922; his daughs. — Janet Ran-
ken Campbell (marr. 8th March
1924 William Shairp, M.C., Oban); Jane
Ranken Campbell, died 24th Oct. 1942.
ROBERT SMITH MACKINTOSH,
trans, from St Margaret's, Arbroath
fa.v.) 27th June 1923; had addl.
issue — Athole Spalding, born 16th June
1926; Fiona Martin Ancell, born 10th
April 1924. Publications — Contributions to
periodicals.
GIRVAN SOUTH
THOMAS GOURLAY SINCLAIR,
1907 dem. 30th March 1947.
GLENBUCK
COLIN ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE,
1895 died 27th March 1935.
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KIRKMICHAEL— KIRKOSWALD
219
KIRKMICHAEL
In 1370-80 the church is described as the
Parish Church of St Michael of Munthyr-
duffy, with the variation Menterduff in
1386-1400; and in 1470 there is the Parish
of MunterdufT. The designation "Parish
of Kirkmichael" occurs on 3rd July 1443
and 30th July 1564. On 26th Oct. 1545
John Kennedy, son of Hugh K. of Girvan
Mains, was instituted in the office of Clerk
ship of the Church by Sir Hugh Crawe,
vicar, who in confirmation delivered to him
a bell and stoup of holy water, as is usual
in like cases. — [Laing Charters, 64, 72, 73;
Reg. Mag.Sig.,ii, 1810, iv, 1548; Cal. Papal
Letters, ix, 4; Colville 's Prot. Book, 5,(8a)].
ANDREW CHARTERIS, sometime
1564 parson. — [Acts and Dec., xxiv, 937.]
SIR THOMAS McGUDE, vicar.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
13OO i
etc.]
ROBERT PEEBLES, his mother was
635 Marion, daugh. of Robert Hunter of
Hunterston. Addl. issue — Patrick,
M.A. (Glasgow 1653); Robert, M.A.
(Glasgow 1653).
JOHN HUNTER, described as late of
1691 Kirkmichael and Ireland; went to
Coylton 1692.— [Deeds, Durie, 1705,
No. 471.]
JAMES GILCHRIST, marr. Margaret
Aird. — [Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 27th
April 1710.]
JAMES LAURIE, delete "M.A. Glas-
1711 gow!707."
JOHN RAMSAY, his father, a weaver;
1766 adm. burgess of Glasgow 12th Jan.
1792. Marr. Margaret, daugh. of
John McFadzean; hisdaughs. — Janet (marr.
Adam Thomson); Margaret (marr. Robert
McDermeit, Fergushall).
HENRY ALEXANDER FAIRLIE,
1866 pres. 26th June 1866.
WILLIAM HENRY RANKINE, died
1918 llth July 1921; his son, George,
died Diamantina Hospital, Brisbane,
25th Sept. 1935.
GEORGE CHARLES SMITH, born
1921 Shettleston, Lanarkshire, 24th Dec.
1889, son of Henry S. and Anne
Martha Thomson; educ. at Eastbank
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1915); served in War 1914-19, Military
Cross; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 28th
June 1920; assistant Cathcart; ord. 8th
Dec. 1921; trans, to Dunoon High Church
16th May 1930; trans, to Lochwinnoch
18th Feb. 1948. Marr. 19th April 1919
Catherine, daugh. of Alexander Burleigh
and Jessie Malcolm, and has issue —
Dorothy Kathryn Malcolm, born 17th June
1933; Harry Charles Thomson, born 28th
July 1936.
KIRKOSWALD
Under the designation the Church of St
Oswald of Turberry, the church was gran
ted to Paisley Abbey by Duncan, son of
Gilbert, Earl of Carrick, and himself Earl
of Carrick, on condition that the abbey
founded in Carrick a monastery of the
Cluniac Order, and gave the church to the
said monastery. The grant was confirmed
by Florence, Bishop-Elect of Glasgow, in
1202, and by Alexander II on 5th Aug.
1236. In terms of that condition the church
was given to Crossraguel Abbey on its
foundation soon after 18th July 1244. The
church was also called the Church of Turn-
berry. There was a Chapel of Turnberry
which likewise pertained to Paisley Abbey.
—[Reg. of Paisley, 113, 309, 427-8; Reg.
Epis. of Glasgow, i, 121, 124. See Charters
of Crossraguel for an account of the abbey.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAM.— [Acts and
1573 Dec., \, 453.]
HEW KENNEDY, in office 1603.—
1576 [Comps. Surplus of Thirds.}
JOHN OSBURNE, his sons— William,
mm> °f Tarbolton; Anthony. —
[Deeds Dal., 1706, No. 1399.]
JAMES MUIR, dem. 5th Oct. 1931,
died 17th Sept. 1933; marr. 20th
Jan. 1925 Elizabeth Coventry, daugh.
of Alexander Cunningham, Gullane. Pub
lication — Burns till his Seventeenth (Kirkos-
wald) Year (Kilmarnock, 1930).
220
LUGAR— NEW MAUCHLINE
[PRESB. OF
LUGAR
JOHN SKEOCH CLELLAND, licen.
1876 by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Dec. 1871.
JAMES MOROGH YOUNG, killed on
1912
railway near Grantown 23rd July
1925.
JAMES MAWER WALLACE, born
1925
Edinburgh 2nd Jan. 1891; son of
Alexander W. and Helen Maxwell
Mawer; educ. Fossoway Public School and
Dollar Academy, Manitoba Univ. and
Glasgow Univ.; served in Canadian 11
Field Ambulance 1916-18; student mis
sionary in Canada 1919-23; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton May 1925; assistant Dun-
barton Aug. 1924; ord. 17th Dec. 1925;
trans, to Thornton 24th Oct. 1929. Marr.
3rd Feb. 1926 Ann McKendrick, daugh. of
George McKendrick King and Jessie
Manson Russell, and has issue — Eileen
Margaret, born 19th Oct. 1927; James
Victor Bryden, born 19th Dec. 1929.
MAUCHLINE
(Note by Rev. D. E. Eassori)
There was no monastery at Mauchline,
and the frequently repeated statement that
there was a monastery here (it goes back
at least to Habakkuk Bisset) rests on
nothing better than conjecture. Melrose
had evidently something in the nature of
a grange there; and in the sixteenth century
a hospitium was erected. But the only
ecclesiastical building, properly so called,
was the Parish Church of St Michael,
which was appropriated to Melrose. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig., ii, 3514, iii, 1369.]
About 1204-14 Walter, son of Alan, and
3rd High Stewart of Scotland, and his wife
Beatrice, daugh. of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus,
granted to Melrose Abbey the territory of
Mauchline and the Church of St Michael
situated thereon. On 30th June 1315
Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, for
himself and his successors, granted to the
Abbey of Melrose, and specially permitted
the said abbey to hold, the chapel or church
in the territory of Mauchline, already built,
the said church to have the insignia of a
parish church, to hold all teinds great and
small, and be equipped with cemetery, etc.;
and this was confirmed by John Lindsay,
Bishop of Glasgow in 1 326. There was at
Mauchline a hospital belonging to Melrose
Abbey.— [Book of Melrose, i, 64, ii, 368-9,
371-4; Reg. Great Seal, iii, 2567.]
ANDREW MICHELL, chaplain,
1562 curate. — [Acts and Dec., xxiv, 250.]
WILLIAM AULD, second son of Wil-
1742 ^am A' m Underwood and Margaret
sister to Robert Campbell of Town-
head of Newmills.
ANDREW EDGAR, his widow, Mary
Sybilla Cowan, died at St Andrews
14th Jan 1928, aged 82; his daughs.
—Jean Violet (marr. 21st Dec. 1922 Rev.
John Manisty Hardwick, assistant master,
Rugby School); Mary Campbell, poetess
(marr. 12th Sept. 1895 George Smith, M.A.,
headmaster, Merchiston Castle, afterwards
Master of Dulwich College); his sons —
Campbell Cowan, D.Litt. (Dublin), De
partment of Antiquities, Cairo, died 10th
May 1938; Charles Samuel, professor of
Greek, Stellenbosch, South Africa; his
daugh., Magdalen Grace, died 18th May
1943.
JOSEPH MITCHELL, Moderator of
General Assembly, dem. 1st Oct.
1930, died at Bridge of Allan 18th
March 1931; his wife, Helen Honeyman
Litster, died 25th June 1921; marr. (2)
31st Oct. 1924 Jean Walker, J.P., eldest
daugh. of William Brown Robertson, 20
Albany Street, Dundee.
NEW MAUCHLINE
The division of the Parish of Mauchline
and the erection of a "new kirk" were
approved by the Presbytery on Aug. 15th
1649; and on Nov. 7th 1649 the Presbytery
decided upon a site for the new kirk (as
well as a kirkyard, manse and glebe) on
part of the land of Gilmilnscroft. The New
Kirk of Mauchline had a minister, John
Blair, whose career is given in the "Fasti."
But he seems to have been the first and last
minister of the ' ' new ' ' parish; and although
the Parish of New Mauchline is mentioned
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NEW MAUCHLINE— MAYBOLE
221
in 1 672 [Privy Council Register, 3 Sen, iii,
443, 445], its separate existence must have
terminated in the last quarter of the 17th
century, a period for which the Presbytery
records are unfortunately missing. There
is no trace on the lands of Gilmilnscroft of
any church, nor has the factor been able to
find any record of it. Most of the lands
which are mentioned as included in the
"New" parish are now in the Parish of
Sorn.
MAYBOLE
On 29th Nov. 1371 Sir John Kennedy of
Dunure, for the souls of himself, Marie, his
wife, and their children, founded beside the
churchyard of the parish church a chapel
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, for a clerk
and three chaplains. The endowment for
the support of the chapel, chaplains, and
clerk was 18 mercates of land beside the
chapel, 18 bolls of meal of day multure
yearly from said lands, 10 merks stg. yearly
from the lands of Balmaclewhane, 5 mer
cates of the lands of Barrycloych, 6 mer
cates of the lands of Treuchan. Later he
granted to the chapel the lands of Glenap
and others which his ancestors had given
to the Abbey and Canons of Bangor, Ire
land, but which the Scottish King had
regarded as forfeited. On 1st March
1383-4, with the approval of Pope Clement
VII, Sir John erected the chapel into a
collegiate church for three chaplains, one
of whom was to be provost, and a clerk.
The provision for the provost was the
whole lands of Barclach, Barcley, Over
Balmaclawnathan, to wit, Archylone and
Ardowray; he was to pay 20 sh. stg. to one
of the chaplains as hereafter stated; he was
also to have one mercate of the lands of
Kynach. For the second chaplain there
were provided 3 mercates of the lands of
Maybole, with the mill situated there, 1
mercate of the lands of Knokneby, 4 mer
cates of the lands of Treuchan, 2£ merks
annual rent of the lands of Nether Balma-
clathane, and 1 mercate of the lands of
Kynach. The third chaplain's provision
was 4 mercates of the lands of Pennyglen,
3 mercates of the lands of Knyleteycowyn,
3 mercates of the lands of Maybole, U
merks annual rent from the lands of Nether
Balmaclathane, and 20 sh. stg. from the
provost as foresaid, and also 1 mercate of
the lands of Kynach. For the maintenance
of the clerk there was set apart one mercate
of the lands of Kynach near the church.
Two additional chaplainries were forth
coming. One was founded by Gilbert
Kennedy of Dunure on 18th May 1451, for
celebrations at the Altar of the Virgin Mary
in the church, for the souls of himself,
Katherine Maxwell, his wife, and their
children, the endowment being the lands of
Larginlen and Broklach, in the Earldom of
Carrick. The other was founded by Ergidie
Blair, widow of James Kennedy of Row, on
24th April 1516, when for the souls of King
James V, Gilbert, Earl of Cassilis, and his
consort, Elizabeth Campbell, and for the
soul of her late husband, herself, and their
fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, she
granted to God, and the Virgin Mary, and
Sir James Douglas, Chaplain, and his suc
cessors as chaplains, 10 merks annual rent
from the lands and barony of Dunure,
which she had purchased from the said
Gilbert, Earl of Cassilis. On 17th July 1516
she also gave 1 acre with a rood of land
near the church; and to the chaplainry
there likewise pertained 2 acres of land in
the same area, resigned by Sir John Ken
nedy, chaplain of the third stall, on 17th
July 1516. There were thus at least five
chaplainries or prebends. Each chaplain
had a manse and garden. Apparently
further endowments were made, as evi
denced by a Crown Charter of 1586, which
contains the following possessions of the
provostry — 4 mercates of the lands of Bar-
lach, 1 mercate of the lands of Harkagstoun,
2 mercates of the lands of Auchinernie,
40 sh. of the lands of Barclay, 9 sh. of the
lands of Rowestoun, 8 sh. of the lands of
Knokinche (or Knokinlard), 8 sh. of the
lands of Holmheid, 16 sh. of the lands of
Balliecullie, 8 sh. of the lands of Clunloch,
26 sh. of the lands of - — ,
2 mercates of the lands of Gilberstoun,
2 mercates of the lands of Balsayrt, 1 mer
cate of the lands of Little Enoch, 2 mercates
of the lands of Artreis — set in feu to Elspit
222
MAYBOLE— MONKTON
[PRESB. OF
McGill, wife of Thomas Kennedy of Cul-
zean, and their son and heir, Thomas, the
combined reddendo being 40 lib. Scots. The
same charter contains the following endow
ments of the second prebend — 2 mercates
of the lands of Ballefatownes, 1 mercate of
the lands of Whitefauldis, 3 mercates of
the lands of Drummorane, Knokune, and
Broichhill, called the 40 sh. lands of Drum
morane, with the mill called Deanis-mylin,
with dry multures, etc., in the Bailery of
Carrick — reddendo 22 merks 40 pence. A
charter of 1598-99 contains 5 sh. of the
lands of Smythstoun as pertaining to the
third prebend. There was a Maisondeu in
the burgh, possibly attached to the colle
giate church.— [Reg. Great Seal, i, 378, 428,
ii, 466, iv, 2377, 2746, v, 992, vi, 860; Reg.
Epis. of Glasgow, i, 285, 286-8, ii, 526-7,
527-8; Charters of Crossraguel Abbey, i,
33-4; Scots. Peerage, ii, 446.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, parson.— [Acts and
1565 Dec., xxxiii, 196.]
ARCHIBALD HERBERTSON, pres. to
vicarage 7th Dec. 1569 on death of
Sir John Hamilton. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene.,i, 31.]
DAVID BARCLAY, trans, to Dumfries
after 15th July 1605.— [Reg. of
Deeds, clxviii, 129, 14th Jan. 1609.]
1569
1599
JAMES BONAR, pres. to kirk and
parsonage by Thomas Kennedy of
Bargennie before 14th Jan. 1609.—
[Reg. of Deeds, clxviii, 129; clxx, 407;
G. R.Sas., x, 101.]
JOHN HUTCHESON, his daugh.,
Agnes (marr. cont. 29th April 1690
John Wallace of Camsiscan).
JOHN JAFFRAY, his son, William.—
1667
[Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds,
987.]
ROBERT FISHER, his daugh., Jean,
1720 died 1817.
JAMES WRIGHT, born 6th July, 1739;
2 col., line 3, for "Balony" read
"Ballony"; his son, John of Dal-
quharn and Ballony.
ANDREW THOMSON, pres. 17th July
1840 1840.
WILLIAM MENZIES, pres. 12th Sept.
1843 1843.
GEORGE PORTER, pres. by Crown
1870 25th June 1870.
DAVID SWAN, died 12th Feb. 1944.
1902
MAYBOLE WEST
WILLIAM ALEXANDER REID, died
1905 18th Jan. 1946.
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON. Publi
cations — Guide to May bole; Cross
raguel Abbey. Papers on May bole
Collegiate Church and other subjects.
MONKTON
The Chapel of the Virgin of Grace,
situated in the common pasture of Adman-
ton, was founded just prior to 13th Aug.
1446 by John Blar of Admanton. — [Reg.
Great Seal, iii, 1845; Cal. Papal Regs.,
Letters, ix. 548.]
Note. Line 16, read "The well and
ruined chapel still remain."
JOHN MUIRHEAD, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 2nd June 1591 on death
of Andrew Lockhart.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 67.]
,
NINIAN YOUNG, min. here, pres. to
vicarage on depriv. of William
1594
Chisholm, bishop of Dunblane, 4th
Jan. 1591-2.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 108].
1600
JOHN LINDSAY, M.A., son of Robert
L., min. of Lanark; pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 4th June 1600
on dem. of John Swinton. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxi, 230.]
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, had
also David and John. — [Deeds, Dal.,
1676
1706,208, 211.]
DAVID ALLAN REID, died 3rd Jan.
1888 1923.
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MONKTON— PRESTWICK, ST NICOLAS
223
LUKE McQUITTY, trans, from Castle
Douglas (q.v.} 28th June 1923; died
5th Feb. 1947. Marr. 14th Oct. 1908
Floranna Thompson (died 26th July 1942),
daugh. of Isaac Harvey, headmaster,
Rosetta Academy, Belfast, and Flora
Louisa Thompson; his son, George, born
5th died 8th Jan. 1913.
PRESTWICK
ROBERT HOGGART, reader.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
MUIRKIRK
WILLIAM KINROSS, M.A., 1568 and
1568
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERY, his
1879
widow, Annie Vallance Bardner,
died 22nd Jan. 1931.
JOHN HENDERSON, died 26th Jan.
IQ 1946; his daugh., Ina Noble (marr.
25th July 1944 Dr George Howie,
B.Sc., Rutherglen).
OCHILTREE
The patronage of the church was granted
to Melrose Abbey, apparently in 1316 by
Lady Eustace de Colville, Lady of Ochiltree
and widow of Reginald le Chene. — [Book
of Melrose, ii, 360-1, 364, 366.]
About 1296 Symon de Spalding was
parson and his brother, John de Spalding,
was reader here.
ADAM LANDETHS, exhorter 1571;
1571
marr. Helen Wilson. — [Aces. Sub
Collector of Benefices, 1571.]
ROBERT MILLER, his daugh.,
Euphame. — [Reg. of Deeds Dal.,
139, 5th March 1736.]
SAMUEL LOCKHART, his son,
1705 Alexander, apprenticed to George
Cowan, wright, Edinburgh, 10th
Sept. 1729.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WAL-
KER, his daugh., Margaret Laird,
died 1st Feb. 1912; Jane, died 19th
April 1930; his sons— William Hugh, died
25th June 1913; Josiah Charles, died 28th
April 1882; his daugh., Frances Hunter,
writer of poems and prose sketches, died
17th June 1933; his son, Patrick Hunter,
died 14th Sept. 1939.
NIEL MACKAY, died 19th July 1930;
his widow, Teresa Kossuth Forbes,
1880
died 29th June 1935.
DAVID SINCLAIR RUTHERFORD,
1923
ord. A. and S. 3rd May 1923; trans,
to Biggar 20th June 1928.
ANGUS MacLEOD, born 6th July 1893,
1928
son of Angus M., slate quarryman,
and Annabella Gillies; educ. at
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1919); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow Dec. 1923; assistant
Martyrs, Glasgow; ord. to Salen 10th July
1924; trans, to Kilcalmonell 25th Nov.
1925; trans, and adm. A. and S. 30th Nov.
1928; died 3rd March 1945. Marr. 28th
Dec. 1923 Helen Cowan, daugh. of John
Ranken Macintyre and Margaret Cowan
Wilkinson, and has issue — Angus Iain,
born 8th Dec. 1924; Kenneth Gillies, born
llth Sept. 1928.
PATNA
DOUGLAS DICKSON ROBERTSON,
1919
trans, to Dalkeith West 21st April
1927.
WILLIAM PAUL MONTEATH, trans.
from St Andrews, Johnston (q.v.),
14th Sept. 1927; dem. 1st Oct. 1930;
died 28th Nov. 1937; had issue— William
Paul, M.A., min. of Viewpark, Uddingston.
PRESTWICK, ST. NICOLAS
JAMES MONTGOMERY CRAW
FORD, died at Glasgow 27th Dec.
1926.
1909
GEORGE MacLEOD DUNN, formerly
1Q2_ of West Wemyss (<?.v.); trans, to
Kelvinhaugh 13th March 1924;
trans, and adm. 8th June 1927; has addl.
issue — Grace Catherine MacLeod, born
29th Dec. 1924.
224
RICCARTON— STAIR
[PRESB. OF
RICCARTON
The church was at first a dependant
chapel of Dundonald (#.v.).
EMMANUEL MORGAN, died 8th
1876 Feb. 1929.
BERRY PRESTON, trans, to Peebles
24th March 1926. Addl. issue—
1917
1923.
Thomas Russell, born 2nd April
CHARLES JAMES DONALDSON,
1926
trans, from Battlefield (q.v.) 24th
Nov. 1926; died 27th Jan. 1946.
Addl. issue — Dorothy Dobie, born 7th Jan.
1923 (marr. 9th July 1948 Frederick
Richard Benson, South Kensington, Lon
don).
ST QUIVOX, formerly
SANCHUR IN KYLE
On 7th Jan. 1434-5 the church is termed
the Parish Church of St Quivox (Sancti
Kevoci). Kevoc is regarded as a form of
Mo Choemoc, later Mo Chaomhog of
Liath Mor or Liath Mo Choemoc in
Tipperary, whose day was 13th March; he
died in 656. It may be noted, however, that
apart from the Aberdeen Breviary, which
records St Kevoca the Virgin, there was a
St Evoca the Virgin. — [Cat. Papal Regs.,
Letters, viii, 492-3; Watson's Celtic Place
Names of Scot., 189-190; Transcripts from
Vatican, 1421-59, 90.]
JOHN LEVERANCE, min.— [Acts and
1572 Dec., xlix, 40.]
PATRICK HAMILTON, son of George
1618 H., of Bogwood, and Jean Lockhart.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY, line 2, for
"Adam M. of Macbiehill, Ayr
shire" read "Hew M. of Auchen-
hood." Line 5, for "1636 "read "1633."
1633
1820
STAIR PARK MACQUHAE, line 9,
for "St Croix" read "St Evox."
He was active in the Church Exten
sion movement in Ayrshire and in 1850 was
president of the Glasgow Society of the
Sons of Ministers of the Church of Scot
land. His first wife, Louisa Georgina, was
daugh. of Captain Lewis Mackenzie, Sea-
forth Highlanders; his son, William, educ.
at Haileybury, Madras Civil Service, died
26th Oct. 1930. His second wife, Louisa
Georgine, was daugh. of Assistant Com
missary General John Mackenzie, 5th
Regiment; his daughs. — Caroline, died 3rd
April 1937; Mary Laura, died 26th Dec.
1936; Louise, died 31st Oct. 1930; his son,
John Mackenzie, C.B., Captain R.N., died
1900. — [Information from Messrs. Mac
kenzie, St Evox, Newnham.]
JAMES WILSON, line 4, for ' ' Scoonie"
1859 read"Leven."
JAMES PETER WILSON, marr. 29th
19Q6 April 1925 Margaret Whiteford,
daugh. of John Hamilton and Isa
bella Steedman and sister of John Macfar-
lane Hamilton, min. of Alloway; educ. at
Ayr and Kelvinside Academies; ord. to
Dalbeattie 25th Feb. 1897, not 1899.
Publications — Articles in Expository Times.
SORN
JOHN RANKINE, his sons— Sir John,
1843
died 8th Aug. 1922; James, died 10th
April 1927.
DAVID FYFE McMATH, trans, to St
1919
David's, Kirkintilloch, 15th Oct.
1924.
WILLIAM LOWYS DAVIES, adm.
1925
12th March 1925; trans, to Auchen-
doir 16th May 1928.
JAMES GEGG, born Motherwell 1896,
i ois son °^ James Cegg and Jane MofTat;
educ. Dollar Academy and Glasgow
Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton May
1926; assistant South Dalziel 1926; ord. to
Menmuir 12th May 1927; trans, and adm.
19th Sept. 1928.
1785
STAIR
JOHN STEELE of Palmone.
WILLIAM HENRY SHANNON, died
18th Dec. 1942; his wife, Hilda
Meikle, died 31st Aug. 1929. Marr.
(2) 30th Aug. 1941 Betty S. Thomson, daugh.
1899
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STAIR— TARBOLTON
225
of Alexander Robb, bank manager, Edin
burgh; his daugh., Hilda Helen Elizabeth
(marr. 10th June 1936 Hugh Richmond
Thorn, min. of Corsock). Addl. issue —
William Henry, born 23rd Jan. 1918; his
daugh., Constance Eileen (marr. 5th July
1938 Thomas Hughes, teacher, Ardrossan).
STRAITON
The church was granted to Paisley Abbey
by Duncan, son of Gilbert, Earl of Carrick,
and himself Earl of Carrick, on condition
that the abbey erected in Carrick a monas
tery of the Cluniac Order, and gave the
church to the said monastery. The grant
was confirmed by Florence, Bishop-Elect
of Glasgow, in 1202, and by Alexander II
5th Aug. 1236. In terms of that condition
the church was given to Crossraguel Abbey
on its foundation soon after 18th July
1244.— [Reg. of Paisley, 427-8.]
JOHN McQUORNE, had issue, John,
his successor. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix,
271.]
1565
HEW ECCLES.— [Reg. of Sas., 3 Ser.,
1644 xxxvi, 30, 25th Aug. 1675.]
JOHN BLAIR, pres. 4th May
1844 1844.
WELLWOOD MAXWELL LAN-
1899
DALE, trans, to Penicuik 15th Feb.
1928.
JOHN FOSTER McCALLUM, trans.
1928
from Dunnichen (q.v.) 15th Aug.
1928.
SYMINGTON
JOHN LINDSAY, exhorter and reader
1563 1563-8.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
JOHN SYMINGTON, son of William
S. of Ryhills, pres. to vicarage 5th
Feb. 1592-3 on dem. of Robert
Symington, but may not have entered. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 13.]
JOHN LINDSAY, pres. to vicarage
1592 14th Feb. 1592-3 on death of
Robert Symington.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, M.A., pres.
_ to vicarage 27th May 1598 on death
of John Miller.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixix, 269.]
WILLIAM BLAIR, it may have been
his widow and two children, Jean
and Margaret, who were resident in
the Canongate, Edinburgh, 14th Nov. 1694.
—[Poll Tax Book.]
JOHN GEMMELL, his daughs.— Agnes
(marr- Thomas Stewart of Gabroc-
hill); Margaret.— [Deeds. Dal., 1706,
No. 1399.]
GEORGE ORR, his daughs.— marr.
184Q Professor T. B. Kirkpatrick, D.D.,
Toronto, and James Martin, C.A.,
Edinburgh.
JOHN GAGE BOYD, died Edinburgh
1906
31st May 1947; his widow, Mary
Reid, died 22nd Oct, 1947.
TARBOLTON
In 1335 John de Graham, lord of Tar-
bolton, granted the patronage of the Church
of Tarbolton, with the lands of Unthank,
to his kinsman, Robert de Graham of
Walston. Subsequently John de Graham
conveyed the patronage to Friar John,
Minister of Fail, in exchange for a white
horse, which the said Friar John later took
back. On 21st Feb. 1340, on the plea that
he had been led astray by the wiles of Friar
John, John de Graham revoked the gift of
the patronage to Fail, conceding that
Robert de Graham was the patron; and on
llth July 1342 Robert de Graham be
stowed the patronage upon Melrose Abbey.
A vacancy in the rectory of the church in
1404 brought forward three claimants to
the patronage, Melrose Abbey, the Minis
try of Fail, and John Seneschal, lord of
Tarbolton; and ultimately the claimants by
Notarial Instrument of 14th Dec. 1414
agreed to keep their dispute in abeyance by
constituting King James I their procurator
in making a presentation to the vacant
living. What steps were subsequently taken
to arrive at a settlement is not clear; but it
is on record on 22nd July 1422 that the
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TARBOLTON— BARNWELL
[PRESB. OF
patronage of the church was ' ' of Laymen, ' '
showing that Melrose and Fail had been
eliminated. In 1426-37 the church was
erected into a Prebend of Glasgow by John
Cameron, Bishop of Glasgow, with the
consent of Sir John Stewart, Kt., lord of
Darnley and Tarbolton, who was obviously
the patron of the church. Prior to that, on
22nd Feb. 1422, the said Sir John Stewart
presented a supplication to the Pope,
stating that he proposed to found and
partly endow a college for six priests with
church and offices in his domain of Darnley
and craving the Pope to incorporate, annex,
and perpetually unite the Parish Church of
Tarbolton to the said college. The project
was not carried out. The Red Friars'
Monastery at Failford, on the right bank
of the Fail, already noted, was founded by
Andrew Bruce in 1252. The monastery
held the churches of Barnewell, Symington,
Galston, Torthorwald, and Inverchaolain.
In answer to a petition by James II and his
queen, Mary of Gueldres, Pope Calixtus
III decerned on 3rd Nov. 1459, that the
monastery be suppressed, and the house
and church and their revenues be assigned
as a hospital for poor infirm from the same
erection. The superior or minister of the
house was Provincial of the Order of the
Red Friars in Scotland, and sat in Parlia
ment among the abbots. — [Book of Mel-
rose, ii, 414-15, 417, 420, 421, 422-4, 425,
510-12; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 3691; Cal.
Papal Regs., Letters, vii, 210; Reg. of Glas
gow, ii, 430; Scott. Supplies, to Rome, 203^t;
Acts Scott. Parliament, ii, 447a, 525b;
Walcot's Anc. Ch. of Scotland, 349; Keith's
Cat. of Scott. Bishops, 396-7.]
JAMES CHISHOLM, M.A., parson and
1571
perpetual vicar 19th March 1571-2,
Archdeacon of Dunblane. — [Cal. of
Charters, x, 2239.]
DAVID CURLE, reader, in office 26th
1571 Dec. 1573.— [Edin. Tests, iii, 21.]
HENRY OSBURNE, son of John O.,
1695 min. of Kirkoswald.
DAVID RITCHIE, line 10, for "1832"
1829
read "1882"; his daugh., Susan
Alexis, died 24th Sept. 1935.
JAMES CRAIG HIGGINS, died at Ayr
1883 28th Nov. 1930; his wife, Mary Ann
Macleod Campbell, died 1 6th March
1926.
ARCHIBALD MORTON PATERSON,
192? born 23rd March 1892, son of
Robert P. and Mary Morton; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 1919; assistant Elgin;
ord. to Slamannan 28th Feb. 1923; trans.
15th Dec. 1927. Marr. 23rd Oct. 1923
Marion Fotheringham Forrest, daugh. of
James Allan, and has issue — Lorraine
Mary, born 24th June 1925; Robert Archi
bald, born 6th Dec. 1929.
BARNWELL
The church was dedicated to the Holy
Rood. In or about Oct. 1459 James II and
his queen, Mary of Gueldres, presented a
petition to the Pope, Pius II, stating that
the ministers and friars of the Trinitarian
House of Fail (in this parish) were neglect
ing their duty and living in uncleanness,
etc., to great public scandal, and that on
account of their exemption from episcopal
control and dangers from sea and land, and
the negligence of their superiors, their
enormities and shameful life were not cor
rected, and further that they had become so
involved in evil that they could not be
brought back to decency and the obser
vance of their rule. The petition craved the
suppression of the house and its annexation
to " a certain great Hospital, with Church,
houses, " etc., which the Queen had erected
and endowed. On 3rd Nov. 1459 the Pope
gave mandate to the Bishops of Glasgow
and Whithorn and the Archdeacon of
Glasgow to make enquiries, and if they
found the statements were true, to remove
the said ministers and friars to other
houses of the same Order in the country,
suppress said Order in said house, and
unite and appropriate the said house and
annexes to said church and hospital in
perpetuity. The appropriation was not
carried out. Manifestly the reference is to
the Trinity Collegiate Church and Hospital,
Edinburgh. — [Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, xi,
403; Diocesan Reg. of Glasgow, i, 305, ii,
67.]
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227
1576
WILLIAM WALLACE, "His Majes-
^e 'S ^ov^ clerk, ' ' brother of John
W. of Craigie and son of John W.
of Craigie, pres. to the min. of Fulfurde
18th April 1576 on the death of Robert
Cunningham; still min. 18th June 1587. —
[Reg. of Pres. Bene., i, 42; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
31st Dec. 1575; Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 84.]
TROON
A new church was built at Troon and
opened for public worship 29th Dec. 1925.
It is situated beside the old one, which now
forms part of a suite of church halls.
JAMES FLEMING, his daugh., Rebecca
1fi<_, Maxwell, died at Troon 31st Aug.
1922.
ROBERT SMITH, D.D. (Glasgow 19th
1887 June 1935); died 20th Nov. 1937;
his wife, Janet Gilmore, died 16th
June 1924. Marr. (2) 22nd Nov. 1927
Margaret Brown Guthrie (died 20th Nov.
1937), widow of David Moore. His son,
Robert James, C.E., M.A. (Edin.), B.A.
(Cantab), Irrigation Department, Sudan.
PRESBYTERY OF IRVINE
ARDROSSAN
There were in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary to which per
tained 5 merks annual rent from the lands
of Bar, and an altar dedicated to St Peter.
There was also in this parish a chapel
dedicated to All Saints. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
iv, 1674.]
JOHN PORTERFIELD, pres. to
vicarage 29th April 1 568 on dem. of
Sir Allan Porterfield.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 8.]
GEORGE BOYD, pres. to vicarage 23rd
March 1573 on dem. of John
Porterfield.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
(4), 17.]
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, pres. to
1_01 vicarage on death of George Boyd.
~[P.S.Reg.,lxv,L]
JOHN CAMPBELL BRYCE, his
lfi,ft daugh., Elizabeth, died 19th March
1830
DAVID EVAN McNAB, his sons—
Richard Bein Hagart, died 10th Jan.
1937; William Brown, vicar of
Hadley, Shropshire, 1903-17, St Michael's,
Shrewsbury, 1917-31, died at Shrewsbury
28th Feb. 1936; Radstock Bein Hagart,
town clerk, Cape Town, died 12th Aug.
1938.
WILLIAM ROSSIE BROWN, his
widow, Mary Jane Fullarton, died
5th Jan. 1937.
1888
DAVID DANIEL REES, his first wife,
Grace Evelyn Emlyn Jones, died
31st May 1921; marr. (2) 27th Feb.
1924 Jessie Turner (died 13th Sept. 1935),
daugh. of Capt. Hugh Wylie. He died 26th
Jan. 1940. His daugh., Catherine Grace
(marr. 12th Aug. 1931 William McCallum
Clyde, M.A., Ph.D., lecturer in English,
St Andrew's University).
NEW ARDROSSAN
JOHN DRENNAN Me CALL, his
1854 w^ow' MarY Williamson Black-
wood, died 7th Feb. 1924; his son,
David, died at Regina, Canada, 30th April
1931; his daughs. — Margaret Mary Wil
liamson, died at Aberfeldy 19th Sept. 1930;
Elizabeth Buchanan, died at Aberfeldy 15th
Feb. 1937.
ROBERT PAUL FAIRLIE, trans, to
St Mary's, Dumfries, 14th Jan.
1926.
1917
WILLIAM BODIN, born Kilmartin,
1926
Argyll, 7th March 1891, son of
Hugh B. and Annie Hastie; educ. at
Bellahouston and Albert Road Academies,
Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1916); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow Dec.
1919; student assistant Govan, assistant
Maxwell, Glasgow; ord. (A. and S.) New
Cumnock 12th May 1920; trans, and adm.
31st May 1926; trans, to St Luke's, Lochee,
16th Oct. 1929; dem. 23rd March 1948.
Marr. 8th June 1920 Elizabeth Patterson,
daugh. of John Marr, Captain, Mercantile
Marine, and Martha Seaton, and has issue
— Hugh Alexander Andrew, born 1 1th May
1921, died 2nd Sept. 1944; Ian Marr, born
26th Jan. 1924; Cyril William, born 10th
Nov. 1926; David Seaton, born 10th April
1936.
NORTH CHURCH, SALTCOATS
JOHN GAULD SMITH, ord. to Natal
1 QT? by Presb. of Edinburgh 5th March
1873 1877.
228
PRESS. OF IRVINE] NORTH CHURCH, SALTCOATS— DALRY
229
JOHN CLARK, licen. 9th June
1877 1875.
JOHN ROBERT SPOTTISWOODE,
1899 dem. 30th Nov. 1939.
BEITH
The Church of Beith was situated near
Lochwinnoch, and from it "most of
Beith" was distant three to four miles.
Because of that and ' ' by reason of storms
of weather and of deep and evell wayes
adjacent thairto," Parliament passed an
Act on 28th June 1633 for a new church
and manse to be built in the middle of the
parish, the old buildings to be applied to
the use of the builders and for the pro
vision of a new manse and glebe. On the
site of the new church a chapel seems to
have stood prior to 1 560. There was in the
parish a chapel with burying-ground, dedi
cated to St Bride. Near at hand was a well
of the same name. There was also a chapel
called Chapel of Trearne (Treehorn), in
existence in the first quarter of the 13th
century, to which belonged 2 acres of land
on the south side of the chapel. — [Acts
Scott. ParL, v, 52, 161; Reg. Great Seal, v,
341; vi, 207.]
JOHN YOUNG, line 10, John Camp-
1589 bell, his brother-in-law.
PATRICK COLVILLE.— [G. R. Sas.,
1645 2 Ser., 20th May 1655.]
ANDREW BROWN, his daugh., Helen
Mary, died at Dolgelly 10th Sept.
1852
1944
CROSSHOUSE
WILLIAM WHITE, born Dalgarven,
1895 Kilwinning, 10th Jan. 1866, fourth
son of Matthew W., grain merchant,
miller and farmer, Partick and Kilwinning,
and Marion Kennedy; educ. at Kilwinning
Public School, Irvine Royal Academy,
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1889); studied at Tubingen and Berlin;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1890; assistant
at Dunblane Cathedral and Motherwell;
ord. 10th Jan. 1895; app. clerk of Presb. of
Irvine and Kilmarnock 8th Oct. 1929; app.
p*
clerk of Synod of Ayr llth Oct. 1938; died
Glasgow 29th Dec. 1943. Publications—
Addresses on the Future Life', Sermons on
the Shepherd and the Sheep; Thoughts on
Prayer for the Departed (1940).
DALRY
There were originally two churches in the
parish, one on the east of the village, and
the other on the west. The latter, situated
"near to ground called the Old Glebe,"
appears to have been the parish church
which was dedicated to St Margaret of
Antioch. St Margaret's Fair was held in
the parish on 31st July, St Margaret's Day,
Old Style, when it was customary to kindle
a bonfire, called a "tannel." Early in the
17th century, apparently 1600-8, a single
church was built to take the place of the
two old churches. In 1771 a new church
was built. It was repaired in 1821 and
rebuilt 1871-3. Up to about the middle of
the 1 8th century remains of the church to
the east of the village still existed. — [Cal.
Papal Regs., Letters, ix, 144-5.]
GEORGE HEPBURN, natural son of
1565 Patrick Hepburn, Bishop of Moray,
and grandson of Patrick Hepburn of
Beynstoun; legitimised 4th Oct. 1545;
rector here 20th Dec. 1567, when he was
summoned for treason.— [Acts Scott. ParL,
in, 6; Reg. Great Seal, in, 3169; Scots
Peerage, ii, 142-3.]
ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, min. of
1574 Stevenston in charge here 1574-9.
SYMON PRESTON, vicar.— [Acts and
1575 Dec., Ivii, 515.]
GEORGE BOYD, designated vicar 16th
1577 May 1577.— [Edin. Tests., ix, 265.]
ARCHIBALD BLACKBURN, M.A.,
pres. to vicarage 2nd Sept. 1593 on
death of Archibald Crawford.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 253.]
MATTHEW HAMILTON, M.A., pres.
1602 to Parsonage anc* vicarage 12th
March 1 602 on trans, of Archibald
Blackburne, but apparently not found
qualified.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxii, 273.]
230
DALRY— DUNLOP
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM DUNLOP, M.A., one of the
1602
regents of the College of Glasgow,
pres. to parsonage and vicarage
22nd May 1602, vacant by non-qualifica
tion of the person lawfully provided and
the lawful transport, of Archibald Black-
burne. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiii, 12.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAM.— [G. R. Sas.,
1604 xxxvi, 235; xiii, 267; 2 Ser. viii, 40.]
ANDREW BALD THOMSON, dem.
1916
16th March 1933; died 21st May
1934; his daugh., Jessie, born 4th
Oct. 1919.
WEST DALRY (Q.S.)
JAMES JOHNSTON, educ. Gracehill
Academy, Methodist College,
Queen's College and Assembly's
College, Belfast; assistant Lissura, Co.
Down, and St Enoch's, Belfast; died 22nd
July 1943. Addl. issue— Noel, born 25th
Dec. 1916, died 3rd Jan, 1917; James
Hastings Chambers, born 18th Jan. 1918,
died 26th May 1942.
(United with St Andrew's, Dairy, 30th
Dec. 1945.)
DARVEL
JOHN WATSON JACK, died 16th
1889 March 1937.
DREGHORN
GAVIN NAYSMITH, pres. to vicarage
28th Nov. 1572 on death of Andrew
Laing. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 2;
Cal. of Charters, xii, 2697.]
1567
WILLIAM FULLARTON, M.A., pres.
to vicarage 15th Sept. 1589, on
death of Gavin Naysmith.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ix, 57.]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, his father, mer
chant burgess of Glasgow; pres. by
Lord Kilmarnock 10th Aug. 1620;
banished to Hamarade Kirk, Ireland.
Marr. Elizabeth, not Margaret, and had
issue — James, matric. Glasgow Univ. 1643.
— [G. R. Sas., xlii, 346.]
1621
1695
JAMES STEWART, line 4, for "1688"
1687 read "before 30th Aug. 1687."
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAME, his
son, Alexander, apprenticed to
James Ogstoun, bookseller, Edin
burgh, 2nd Dec. 1713.
WILLIAM JAMES JAMIESON, marr.
1914 28th June 1927 Martha, daugh. of
David Walker and Margaret Latta.
PIERSTON
ROBERT BARCLAY, vicar 1577-90.—
1577 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
DUNLOP
The church was rebuilt about 1766, and
again in 1835, being opened in December
of that year. The Chapel of the Virgin
Mary was situated at Chapelton, about
i mile distant from the village. The writer
of the Old Statistical Account suggests that
the chapel was really the pre-Reformation
church of the parish, and that later its place
was taken by a church on the present site.
JOHN HOUSTON, vicar 1560.— [Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church
1560
Lands, i, 67.]
HANS HAMILTON, pres. to the
1563
vicarage 16th Dec. 1569 in succes
sion to Mr John Hamilton; he was
the great-grandfather of William Carstares,
Principal of Edinburgh Univ., and of
William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow
Univ., whose mother was Elizabeth Mure,
daugh. of William Mure of Glanderston,
by his wife, Jean, daugh. of Hans Hamilton.
In the south-east corner of the churchyard
there is a marble monument in memory of
Hans H. and his wife. Erected by their son
John, Viscount Clanderboyes, in the
peerage of Ireland, it consists of a vaulted
chamber under which they are buried, and
is called the "Picture-House." His son,
Patrick, min. of Innerwick. — [Reg. Pres.
to Benefs., i, 33.]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A., may be
identical with John Hamilton,
1569
reader and exhorter in 1567; in any
case he was vicar, and he died before 16th
IRVINE]
DUNLOP— HURLFORD
231
Dec. 1569, when he was succeeded in the
vicarage by Hans Hamilton. — [Reg. Pres.
to Benefs., i, 33.]
ARCHIBALD BETOUN, servitor of
1566
the Sovereign's Privy Chamber,
received on 9th Feb. 1566-7 a Royal
Letter of Presentation to the vicarage
vacant by the death of John Houston; it is
doubtful if the presentation took effect. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvi, 8.]
JAMES MONTGOMERY, his widow,
1607
Elizabeth Montgomerie, marr. (2)
Robert Brown, town clerk of Irvine.
HUGH EGLINTON, his son, George,
1615 by first marriage.
ROBERT BAIRD, his daugh., Helen
t _, . (marr. Thomas McGowan of Smith-
J. 7*54 \
ston).
MATTHEW DICKIE, his daugh., Janet
Barbour, died Edinburgh 3rd Dec.
1834
1925.
ROBERT GRAHAM, his widow,
1884
Georgina Agnes Gunn, died 30th
April 1925; his daugh., Margaretta
Maria Lothian, died 24th Nov. 1921.
JAMES SYMON, his widow, Mary
1886 Wilson, died 4th Oct. 1921.
JAMES McCARDEL, trans, to Shettle-
1915 ston 5th June 1923.
DAVID BROOK BAXTER, ord. 1st
Nov- 1923; trans, to Largs 2nd Oct.
1928.
JOHN BAYNE, born Greenloaning,
1929
Perthshire, 16th Feb. 1892, son of
Henry B., Denny, and Barbara
Campbell Ferguson; educ. at Webster's
Seminary, Kirriemuir, Forfar Academy and
Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1915), B.D.
(1920); war service— 1916, joined Black
Watch (R.H.), sergeant instructor; 1917,
commissioned R.G.A.; active service with
the Royal Siege Artillery in France, Bel
gium and the Rhine; licen. by Presb. of
Stirling 1920; assistant Tron and St An
drews', Edinburgh; ord. to St Ninian's,
Glasgow, 8th April 1924; trans, and adm.
14th Feb. 1929; trans, to Bo 'ness 29th July
1937. Marr. 9th April 1925 Euphemia
Adam Bell, daugh. of William Shirran, 17
Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh, and has
issue— Ian Fergus, born 13th Jan. 1926,
died 4th June 1930; Rosemary Agnes, born
12th May 1931; Yvonne Barbara, born 31st
June 1934. Publications — Dunlop Parish',
newspaper articles.
FENWICK
JOHN GEDDES CROSBIE, joined
1829 Catholic- Apostolic Church, Lon
don.
ANDREW BURNS, dem. 1931; died
188? 5th Feb. 1932; Mary Retson, his
widow, died 4th Jan. 1939; his son,
Andrew, doctor in London; his daugh.,
Agnes (marr. William Archibald, Lanark)
FERGUSHILL
WILLIAM MAC ALPINE, died 19th
1880
Dec. 1924; his daugh., Rose (marr.
5th Oct. 1926 Philip, son of Philip
William Lilley, min. of Trinity Church,
Irvine).
THOMAS BARR VALLANCE, trans.
1925 ^rom Creich, Fife (q.v.\ 16th May
1925; trans, to Townhead, Glasgow,
16th Jan. 1936. Issue — James Alexander,
born 26th June 1927.
HURLFORD
JAMES WILSON MUGGOCH, trans.
1911 to Logic, Dundee, 13th Dec. 1922.
JAMES WAUGH, B.D.; ord. 10th May
1923
1923; trans, to Glenmuick 26th Oct.
1928.
WILLIAM SERIGHT, born 20th Feb.
1891, educ. Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1914); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow;
assistant St George 's in the Fields, Glasgow,
1920; ord. to Milton, Glasgow, 27th June
1922; trans, and adm. 28th Feb. 1929.
Marr. 7th Nov. 1922 Margaret Thomson
Ramsay, M.D., and has issue — William,
born 23rd Sept. 1923; Gavin Ramsay, born
12th June 1928.
232
IRVINE— KILBIRME
[PRESB. OF
IRVINE
There were in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary in the north aisle,
an altar dedicated to St Catherine in the
south aisle, an altar dedicated to St
Nirhfrhrc. an altar ^Mmfffl to St Peter in
the north aisle, between the Altar of the
Virgin Mary on the north and the Altar of
St Ninian on the south, and an altar dedi
cated to St Michael, described 1 6th Nov.
1446 as situated "in the new aisle of St
Mary the ¥0911.'* The Altar of St Ninian
and St Katherine was founded by Mr
William Cunningham of DimdonaJd on 1st
March 1418-19. The Altar of St Salvator
and St Thomas the Martyr was situated in
the aisle described on 17th Nov. 1506 as
" built by Rankine Brown (then alive),
bui^ess of Irvine, in the na\« of the Church
on the north side." The Altar of StConval,
St Stephen the Martyr, and St Sebastian
the Martyr was situated in the south aisle.
At the Altar of St John the Baptist, St
rvfofrfliin* the Martyr, and St Ninian the
Pontiff, aituated in the nave of die church,
a jHPiBJw1 AfjMmSm was fc««AMi on 4th
Oct. 1540 by Alexander Scott, Provost of
Corstorphine fMh^paia. Church. — {Monu
ments of the Burgh of Irvine, i, Pref. xxxiv-v,
125, 136, 145, 149, 158, 161, 166, 198, 199,
WILLIAM MCKNIGHT, marr.
THOMAS ANDREW, reader 1569.—
IConats. Sub CoU. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
WILLIAM STRANG, marr. 17th May
1575 Agnes, daugh. of George
WILLIAM ANDREW, vicar 31st July
ISM 1584.— [Keg. Sec, Sg^ 1, 169.]
ALEXANDER SCBDiGBOUft,
to vicarage 6th March 1591 on death
of WiliBBi FrilBiiiBi; marr. Jean
Hunter, *idow of WffliamCimningham of
Wnndhrad, and had iiinii flinji, Jean;
ManiHl [Bin, Tn Tjj.. btii, 8; Ayr Sas~
3rd April 1602, 28th Dec. 1599, 21st Dec.
V5 ;
JOHN STIRLING, h
1676 Forbes, buried 24tn Aug. 1687.
1-09
Agnes Cunningham and had issue —
James, born 8th Aug. 1714; John.
born 9th Sept. 1717.
CHARLES BANNATYNE, his daugh.,
Jean, died at Kilmarnock 24th Dec.
1789.
HENRY RANKIN.
31st Aug. 1937
Martin, died at C
24th June 1929.
1891
c:ec
telen
1929
ALEXANDER MACARA, bora 15th
Oct. 1900, son of Alexander M.,
min. of Denny; educ. at Denny and
Stirling High School, Univ. Glasgow, M. A. ;
been, by Presb. of Stirling April 1927;
assistant Shf«fV«*^: ord. A. and S. 20th
Sept. 1928. Marr. 16th April 1929 Mama
Wiseman, younger daugh. of James Mao-'
kay, Huriti^ "^maiKfiiff^ and nas issue^
Alexander Wiseman, born 4th May 1932;
Ann Elizabeth, born 18th Oct. 1936.
KILBIRNTE
JAME
1565
phine, vicar by Royal Letters on or
before 4th April 1565.— [Keg. Sec.
ig~, xxxiii, 32.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, designated
rector of Kilbirnie 1567 and on 3rd
Jury 1572.— [Privy Council Reg., ii,
155; Col. of Charters, x, 2332.]
ROBERT CRAWFORD, pres, to
vicarage 9th Sept. 1571 on forfeiture
of Aidnanald HaHMMun IJBry Ires.
i, (3X L]
156"
15-1
JOHN HE RIOT, pres. to pirannigr 7th
Aug. 1581 on death of Alexander,
CommendatoT of Kirwimring. —
MALCOLM HAMILTON, marr. Mar
garet Wflkie.— Mir Soi., 28th June
1604 and 29th Jan. 1607.]
JOHN GLASGOW, tine 14, for "344**
read "354."
^ •-.--•
1723 (marr. 7th Jan. 1756).
IRVINE]
KILBIRNIE— KILMARNOCK, ST MARNOCH'S
233
HENRY RITCHIE BUCHAN, his
1886
widow, Jessie Blackwood Orr, died
22nd Jan. 1942.
HUGH CLARKE McCOLL, trans, to
1918
St Matthew's, Dundee, 9th Oct.
1924.
COLIN CECIL PITCAIRN HILL,
1925
formerly Indian Chaplain (q.v.);
adm. 12th March 1925. Marr. (2)
5th Oct. 1927, Rosamund Annie, daugh. of
Frederick Roome Lumsden, schoolmaster,
Newburn, Fife, and has issue — Frederick
Charles, born 17th Nov. 1930; Cecilia Rose,
born 18th Jan. 1932. His son, Acting
Flight Lieut. James Anderson, D.F.C.,
D.S.O., killed in action Sept. 1940.
KILMARNOCK LAIGH
FIRST CHARGE
ROBERT HAMILTON, vicar.— [Acts
1564 and Dec., xxxii, 147.]
ROBERT WILKIE, min. 1574, pres. to
1580
parsonage and vicarage 7th Aug.
1591 on death of Alexander, Com-
mendator of Kilwinning. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixii, 146.]
WILLIAM WHITEFORD, M.A., re-
1608 gent of the College of Glasgow
when pres. to parsonage and vicar
age 1608.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., liv, 150.]
MICHAEL WALLACE, M.A. (Glas-
&ow 1601), regent, Univ. of Glasgow
1601.
FRANCIS FINLAYSON, studied arts
1699 at Glasgow Univ., matric, 1692.
JAMES BUCHANAN HAMILTON,
1843 his daugh., Mary Anne Dunlop,
died at Helensburgh 19th Sept. 1930.
WILLIAM DUNNETT, retired 1923,
1881 died 18th Feb. 1928; his widow, Jane
Inglis, died 29th Jan. 1938; his sons
—Sir James McDonald, K.C.I.E., Indian
Civil Service, retired 1936; George Victor,
adm. to Flisk 1937; Hamilton David
Forrester, trans, to Ellon 1923; Arthur
Henry, secretary to the Home Board; his
daugh., Charlotte Inglis, head of School of
Domestic Science, Aberdeen, died 18th
Oct. 1933.
JOHN HENRY DUNCAN, trans. A.
Q1 and S. from St Madoes (q.v.} 19th
July 1923; trans, to St Mary's,
Dundee (C. and S.), 17th May 1937; D.D.
(St Andrews, 30th June 1944). Addl. issue
—Kenneth Playfair, born 1924. Publica
tion — Sermons on Messages from Scots
(Angus and Robertson, Sydney, N.S.W.).
SECOND CHARGE
GEORGE PEDEN, his son, George,
1711 born 1716, died at Paisley 13th
March 1789.
DAVID PORTER HOWIE, trans, to
1916 First Char§e 5th May 1938» has
issue — Jean Daveena Ogilvy, born
28th Jan. 1925.
KILMARNOCK HIGH
DAVID CRAWFORD WATSON,
1915 trans, to Lenzie 19th Jan. 1926.
1927
DAVID NORMAN MASSON, trans.
fr°m SIains (?-v-) 23rd June 1927>
Addl. issue — Norman Guthrie, born
5th Aug. 1928; William David, born 26th
Sept. 1931.
KILMARNOCK, ST ANDREWS
JAMES LINDSAY, died 25th March
1RR_ 1923; his widow, Margaret Dykes
Cook, died 14th June 1942.
KILMARNOCK, ST MARNOCH'S
JOHN THOMSON, his widow, Agnes
1863 S. Nisbet, died 12th July 1938.
WILLIAM JAMES SMITH, trans, to
1912 Bo 'ness 1st Sept. 1925.
ROLLO RUSSELL GRANT SUTHER-
1926
LAND, formerly of Ballantrae (<?.v.);
trans, from Skelmorlie 18th Feb.
1926; dem. 16th Dec. 1929 on admission
to Queen's Road, Brighton; dem. 1941;
234
KILMARNOCK, ST MARNOCH'S— LOUDOUN [PRESB. OF
chaplain to Forces; adm. to Guernsey 1946.
Addl. issue — Ian Douglas, born 2nd Jan.
1920. His marr. with Helen J. T. Laurie
dissolved by Court of Session 25th Nov.
1933; marr. (2) 18th Dec. 1933, Jessie
Morton.
KILMAURS
Prebends of the collegiate church in
cluded Cherickeheuch, Bellahill, and Fluris
and Bankhead. On 13th July 1670 Parlia
ment granted to Sir John Cunningham of
Lambrochtoun the vacant stipend for one
year for repair of the church and manse,
** ruinous through the carelessness of the
incumbent and the vacancy. ' ' — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., iv, 2221; Acts, of Part., viii, 23-4.]
JOHN HERVY, vicar 1568-9.— [Comps.
1568 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
JOHN COLWYN, parson 1569.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
1569
DAVID HENDERSON, pres. on depr.
of his father Alexander H.; his son,
Frederick, M.A. (Glasgow 1647).—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixx, 6.]
1598
WILLIAM CROOKES, marr. cont. 28th
April 1660 Anna, daugh. of Henry
Kelso, bailie in Largs. — [Baill. Cun
ningham, Deeds, llth Aug. 1680.]
1641
GEORGE BROWN, his wife was widow
of Archibald Menzies of Culdares. —
1685
[Deeds Mack., 1705, No. 398.]
JOHN ROXBURGH, born 14th Dec.
1806 1780; his mother, Margaret Wilson.
1858
ALEXANDER INGLIS, his sons-
James Macfarlane, died 15th July
1937; Daniel Macfarlane, a leading
churchman and Chairman of the General
Trustees of Church of Scotland, died 3rd
Oct. 1944.
1903
JOHN KNOX THOMSON, severely
wounded in action 1917. Addl.
issue — Marion Forrest, born 10th
Oct. 1919 (marr. 8th March 1946 Flying
Officer I. E. W. Stewart, Gifford).
KIL WINNING
Wynnen, the Welsh form of Finnan, a
diminutive of the name of Findbarr of
Mayville, whose death is recorded in 579.
At Eglinton there was a Chapel of Reviseyn.
— [Re tours, xxvii.]
WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, had also
1567
issue — Marion. — [Edin. Tests, ix,
265.]
WILLIAM LEE KER, his widow, Janet
1866
1903
Caldwell, died 28th Nov. 1923; his
sons— James Campbell C.I.E. (1924),
C.S.I. (1928), Indian Civil Service, ret.
1930, M.P. West Stirlingshire 1931-5;
Findlay Caldwell, died 27th Oct. 1942.
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, died 23rd Nov.
1945; his son, Archibald McBride,
B.D., Ph.D., min. of Old Comrie
1934-7, Yates Professor of New Testament,
Mansfield College, Oxford, min. of Kinnoul
4th Dec. 1942, Professor of Biblical Criti
cism, Aberdeen, 1945; his daughs. — Crissie
Swan (marr. 1933 James Nairn Young,
bank agent, Ballantrae); Janet Winning
(marr. 1934 Harry Whyte, accountant,
Commercial Bank, Ayr).
LOUDOUN
RANKIN DAVIDSON, exhorter, one
of the readers approved by the
General Assembly 20th Dec. 1560,
afterwards min. at Galston (q.v.).
ROBERT WILKIE, trans, from Cupar
1574 Fife about 1573.
JOHN CAMPBELL, issue by 1st mar-
1567
1685
riage — Jean; Elizabeth. Marr. (2)
Anne Bannatyne and had issue —
William; James; Isobel; Margaret; Anne;
Maryanna; Dorothy. — [Deeds Mack., 115,
3rd Nov. 1714].
ARCHIBALD LAWRIE, marr. Anne,
1793
daugh. of James McKittrick Adair
of the family of Maryport; his
daugh., Frances Wallace (marr. 7th Sept.
1826 Thomas Carlyle, advocate).
IRVINE]
LOUDOUN— WEST KILBRIDE
235
HAMILTON MOORE, died 16th Aug.
1927; his father min. of Elmwood
Church, Belfast; his widow, Anne
Kinnear Stephen, died 19th Jan. 1940.
1928
JOHN GARDNER MACLEOD
THOMSON, born Chapelton,
Lanarkshire, 2nd June 1902, son of
William T., min. of Chapelton, and Helen
Macleod; educ. Chapelton, Hamilton Aca
demy, Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922),
B.D. (1927), Ed.B. (1935); trained as
teacher, Jordanhill College 1923; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 1927; assistant Avon-
dale; ord. 15th Dec. 1927; dem. 30th Dec.
1939. App. Director of Religious Educa
tion at St Andrews, Dundee Training Col
lege, May 1939. Marr. 26th June 1929
Helen Craig, youngest daugh. of Alexander
Torrance, Crookedstone, Quarter, and has
issue — William Paterson Loudoun, born
9th May 1933; Elizabeth Helen Torrance,
born 5th June 1936.
STEVENSTON
JAMES WALKER, M.A., vicar and
1562
1569
min., 1 562, also in charge of Inm's-
cailleoch. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, M.A.,
pres. in 1569 on death of James
Walker, and to parsonage on death
of Alexander, Commendator of Kilwin-
ning; had Dairy also in charge 1579. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 27; Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 155.]
1641 JOHN BELL.— [G. R. Sas., xv, 217.]
ROBERT STIRLING, his son, John,
1689
min. of Ballyhelly 1699-1752 (see
Ireland).
ROBERT JOSEPH KYD, delete lines 1
1886 and 2; died 3rd May 1921.
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, trans,
from Glassary (q.v.) 28th Sept. 1921 ;
trans, to Alloa 22nd June 1927.
1921
JOHN GEDDES RITCHIE, trans, from
1927 Drainie (q.v.) 24th Nov. 1927.
1576
STEWARTON
THOMAS HAMILTON, M.A., brother
of John Hamilton of Stanehouse;
vicar 7th July 1 566, and still in office
16th Feb. 1578-9.— [Reg. of Deeds, vii,
298; Reg. Great Seal, iv, 2839; Cal. of
Charters, xi, 2446.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERY, his daugh.
Katherine. — [Ayr Sas., 23rd July
1601, 30th Nov. 1606.]
1589
JAMES MONTGOMERY, M.A., son
1600
of Neil M. of Langschaw, pres. 18th
June 1600 on dep. of Robert Mont
gomery.—^^. Sec. Sig., Ixxi, 228.]
WILLIAM CASTLELAW, had issue
1645
by second marriage with Marion
Geddes — John; Thomas; Eupham;
Elizabeth and Ann. — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., xviii, 29th July 1665.]
JAMES CORNWALL BRYCE, his
widow, Eliz. C. Brown, died 29th
Nov. 1925.
1879
WILLIAM FALCONER OGILVIE,
1908
died 6th June 1939; his daugh.,
Lorna Falconer (marr. 26th Dec.
1941 Alexander Stewart Borrowman, min.
of Torthorwald).
WEST KILBRIDE
By Charter of 5th June 1509 John, 1st
Lord Semple, for the souls of the King and
Queen, his own soul, and the soul of his
wife, Margaret Creichton, granted to a
chaplain to celebrate perpetually in the
Chapel of St Anand to be built by him
within the cemetry of said chapel within
the domicile lands of Suthennane, an
annual rent of 10 merks from the lands of
Mekle and Little Kyll-niskan, and two
"soums" of grass in the pasture of the
lands of Suthennane, with an acre of land
on the north side of the said cemetry for
building a chaplain's manse. The chapel
was erected before 13th May 1510.— [Reg.
Great Seal, ii, 3354; Reg. Sec. Seal, i,
2066.]
236
WEST KILBRIDE
[PRESB. OF IRVINE
1594
SIR JOHN MAXWELL, exhorter 1567
_._ and 1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
JOHN HARPER, pres. in 1601 to
vicarage on death of Archibald
Crawford, parson of Eaglesham and
last vicar here; line 9, for "Mary" read
"Margaret."— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxii, 180.]
GILBERT HAMILTON of Braehead of
Raploch, died Sept. 1672; marr.
Margaret Baillie and had issue —
William of Braehead; James in Glasfoird.
—[House of Hamilton, 180; Gen. Reg. Sas.,
2 Sen, xiv, 52, 9th Oct. 1657.]
THOMAS FINDLAY, his daugh., Isa-
1832
bella Donaldson of Warriston, died
19th Sept. 1935, aged 99.
ANDREW FORRET SCOTT PEAR-
SON, F.R. Hist. Socy. (1922);
D.Litt. (Glasgow 1927); dem. 30th
Sept. 1929 on appointment as Professor of
Church History, Presbyterian College,
Montreal; adm. to High Church, Johnston,
16th May 1934; app. Professor of Church
History, Presbyterian College, Belfast, June
1942. Addl. issue— Muriel Paxton Corbett,
born 6th Jan. 1922; Doris Nancy Forrest,
born 25th April 1926. Publications—
Thomas Cartwright and Elizabethan Puri
tanism (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1925);
conducted correspondence column in the
Scots Observer, 1928-9; Church and State:
Political Aspects of 1 6th Century Puritanism
(Cambridge Univ. Press, 1928); introduc
tory essay on Die Puritanische Bewegung in
volume of Ekklesia, published at Zurich,
on British Free Church (1937).
PRESBYTERY OF PAISLEY
BARRHEAD
JOHN CHARLES CONN, trans, to
1914
Elgin, Second Charge, 10th May
1922.
GEORGE MURRAY DAVIDSON
SHORT, adm. from Benholm
(q.v.) 20th Sept. 1922; dem. on app.
as Indian Chaplain 17th Nov. 1924.
1922
THOMAS CROMBIE, born 4th March
1925
1900, son of Robert C. and Mag
dalen Hodge Lyall; educ. at Hutche-
son's Grammar School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1920), B.D. (1925); licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 1923; assistant Air-
drie, Barony 1924; ord. 1st May 1925;
trans, to St Andrews, Glasgow, 22nd Sept.
1930. Marr. 15th Sept. 1926 Elizabeth
Guthrie, daugh. of Alexander Thomson
and Sarah McFarlane, and has issue —
Morag McFarlane, born 18th Sept. 1934.
Publications — Short History of the Parish
Church of Barrhead', Training the Citizens
of To-morrow.
BRIDGE of WEIR
ALEXANDER MASON SHAND, dem.
30th Nov. 1939; died at Aberdeen
24th Jan. 1949.
1899
CALDWELL
DAVID STEWART, dem. 14th Dec.
18 1925; died 25th Sept. 1931; his wife,
Jane Kidney, died 19th Dec. 1930.
1926
JOHN FAITHFUL IRVINE FORTES-
CUE, born 6th June 1883, second
son of William Archer Irvine F. of
Kincausie and Swanbister, M.B., C.M.,
and Edith Virginia, daugh. of John Robert
Duguid of Gibraltar; educ. at Grammar
School, Aberdeen, univs. of Edinburgh and
Aberdeen; in mercantile business; ord. to
Congregational Church, Oban, 18th July
1920; trans, to Thurso 16th Oct. 1921 ; dem.
18th Dec. 1923; assistant East Church,
Aberdeen; held commission in A.S.C.
during war; adm. on probation by General
Assembly 22nd May 1924; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 30th June 1925; ord. 12th
April 1926. Marr. 14th April 1917 Annie,
daugh. of Joseph Brockhurst Souter, and
had issue — Edith Caroline, born 28th May
1921; Francis John, born 10th Oct. 1926,
died 15th Jan. 1929; Hugh William, born
14th Sept. 1930.
CARDONALD
WILLIAM ALEXANDER LISTON,
V»ic \u\r\f\\tj "PatrirM a M^i
1889
his widow, Patricia Napier, died
29th Aug. 1947, aged 100.
1915
DUNCAN FINLAY McLEAN, trans,
to St Paul's, Fairlie; dem. 10th Jan.
1945.
EASTWOOD
St Convallus, the patron saint, a disciple
of St Mungo, is said to be buried at
Inchinnan. In the church there were altars
as follows: Virgin Mary, Gwallis, Holy
Rood, St Ninian. At the manse there is a
stone with this inscription in Old English
letters: ' ' Ecclesiae Dei construendum cura-
vit Thomas Jackaeus 1577." Evidently the
manse had been rebuilt then under the
ministry of Thomas Jack. — [The Maxwells
of Pollock, i, 119, 120n, 251; Celtic Place
Names, 193.]
JOHN CARNESS, exhorter, 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
1563
237
238
EASTWOOD— GIFFNOCK
[PRESB. OF
JAMES CARRUTHERS, exhorter,
1567-8.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
567 Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
SIR WILLIAM BANE, vicar, 20th July
1568
1568, died before Sept. 1570.— [Reg.
Mag. Sig., iv, 2411.]
THOMAS KNOX, reader and exhorter
in 1569 and 1573.— [Comps. Gen.
1569
Coll. of Thirds.]
THOMAS JACK, pres. on death of Sir
William Bane.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
1570
i, (2), 2.]
JOHN GIBSON, Henry, his nephew.—
1599 [Gen. Reg. ofSas., xii, 158.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, graduated
1606 1595, not 1599.
HUGH SMITH, marr. Elizabeth Col-
1652
quhoun, who survived him. — [Deeds
Dal., 1706, No. 561.]
1703
ROBERT WODROW, marr. 15th Nov.
1 708 and had issue — Mary, born 26th
Sept. 1709; James, born 18th Oct.
1710; Robert, born 21st Dec. 1711; Patrick,
born 8th March 1713; Ebenezer, born 12th
May 1714; Alexander, born 20th Nov.
1715; Margaret, born 24th Feb. 1717;
William, born 20th April 1718; Marion,
born 21st Sept. 1719; Janet, born 24th
March 1721; John, born 30th May 1723;
Lilias, born 28th Oct. 1724; Martha, born
22nd Sept. 1726; William, born llth Jan.
1729; James, born 21st March 1730;
Alexander, born 20th Sept. 1731. There
are seven volumes of his in MS. in Church
of Scotland Library.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, his daugh.,
Edith Graham (marr. Maxwell
James Wright, min. of St Ninian's,
Aberdeen); his sons — John Maxwell, died
at Manchester 29th Jan. 1942; George
Graham, died 22nd Jan. 1944; his daugh.,
Alice Mary, died 13th Nov. 1948.
FREDERICK DAVID LANGLANDS,
19Q9 trans, to Galashiels 30th June 1925;
his son, Frederick Peters, born 4th
April 1914, died 30th July 1915.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, M.A.,
1926 B.D., born 1891; served in war 1914,
M.C.; licen. by Presb. of Caithness
1914; assistant St Stephen's, Edinburgh;
ord. to New Abbey 9th April 1920; trans,
and adm. 8th Jan. 1926; died at Glasgow
21st July 1929.
ELDERSLIE
JOHN MEIKLE GRAY, ord. 4th May
1920
1920; dem. on appointment to St
Andrew's, British Guiana (q.v.\
16th May 1923.
WILLIAM WILSON MORRELL, ord.
1 7th Sept . 1 923 ; trans . to Battlefield,
Glasgow, 7th July 1927.
WILLIAM POLLOK MORRISON,
born Glasgow, 24th Feb. 1885; son
of John M., ironworker manager,
Maryhill, Glasgow, and Janet Pollok; educ.
at Royal Technical College, Glasgow;
Baptist Theological College; Univ. of Glas
gow and Edinburgh 1926-7; served in war
as Engineer Inspector, Tank Department
of Mechanical Warfare; ord. to Baptist
Church, Lochee, Oct. 1912; trans, to
Kelvinside, Glasgow, 1915; trans, to
Grantown-on-Spey 1920; adm. on proba
tion as licentiate by General Assembly 3rd
June 1926; assistant St Stephen's, Edin
burgh, 1926; ord. 27th Sept. 1927; trans,
to Stair 15th April 1942. Marr. 26th June
1916 Margaret, daugh. of Thomas Somer-
ville, builder, Prestwick, Ayrshire, and has
issue— Fairlie Pollok, born 26th July 1917.
GIFFNOCK
ALBERT McCLUGGAGE, died 7th
Aug. 1921; was for ten years min.
of York Street Congregational
Church, Dublin; chairman of Congrega
tional Union of Ireland.
PAISLEY]
GIFFNOCK— JOHNSTONE
239
ERNEST ORMROD RODGER, trans,
from Aberfoyle (<7.v.) 16th Feb.
1922; dem. 9th Oct. 1948.
GREENBANK
JAMES FRASER, died 16th Feb.
1883 1921.
JAMES ARTHUR COWLEY, trans.
2 from St Columba's, Oban (q.v.), 8th
Sept. 1921; had addl. issue— Ruth
Margaret, born llth Jan. 1924 (marr. 9th
Oct. 1947 Rev. William Bryce Johnston,
B.D., C.F.); Joyce Katherine, born 20th
May 1926.
HOUSTON
LAURENCE DUNCAN, reader, died
1560
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
ROBERT ALLAN, app. reader 1563.—
1563 [CornPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
ANDREW MARTIN, vicar 1571.—
1571 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
ROBERT CARRICK, marr. 13th Jan.
1724 Margaret, daugh. of John
1?20
Paisley, min. of Lochwinnoch.
GEORGE MUIR, died 27th June 1939;
his son, George Bruce, in Civil
Service, Malaya.
HOWWOOD
JOHN GILBERT, dem. 1 1th Nov. 1939,
1887
1946.
died 14th Feb. 1946; his widow,
Alice B. Guthrie, died 25th March
KILLELLAN
St Fillan seems to be identical with
Faelan of Clurain Moesena in Meith,
whose day was 9th Jan. — [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 193.]
ROBERT COOK, exhorter 1563, pres.
1563 on death of Robert Maxwell. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 11; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ROBERT MAXWELL, M.A., pres. on
death of Robert Cook.— [Reg. Sec.
' Sig., 24th Jan. 1575.]
JOHN MONTEATH, line 4, for ' ' 1754"
1748 read "1759."
INCHINNAN
It may be that Inchinnan contains the
name of (St) Finnan, Findbarr of Magh-
bhile. St Convallus is said to be buried
here. There was in the Place of Inchinann
a chapel with an image of the Babe Jesus,
of Our Lady and a great image with an
image of St Anne.— [Rep. Hist. MSS. Com.,
Hi, 394.]
WILLIAM JACKSON, reader 1567 and
1567
1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
SIR BERNARD PEEBLES, vicar in
1566
1566, died after 27th July 1587.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.; Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 153.]
GABRIEL MAXWELL, pres. on dem.
of Sir Bernard Peebles.— [Reg. Pres.
1580
Bene., i, 40, 93.]
THOMAS LAW, his eldest son, James,
1626 M.A., Glasgow (1646).
LAURENCE LOCKHART, his son,
James Somerville, died 5th Jan.
1922.
1822
FREDERICK ALEXANDER
1919
STEUART, died 2nd Nov. 1930;
his widow, Marie Louise Dickenson,
died 29th Aug. 1948.
JOHNSTONE
JOHN LENNOX HOWAT, trans, to
1919
Queen's Park, Glasgow, 9th Sept.
1928.
GAVIN KERR MACKAY, born 28th
1929 Ju^y 18^1; S0n °f Davic* M-» master
baker, and Elizabeth Dewar Brown,
educ. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1913);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May 1915;
assistant St Michael's, Dumfries; ord. to
Durisdeer 1st June 1920; trans, to Dalziel
240
JOHNSTONE— KILBARCHAN
[PRESB. OF
24th June 1924; trans, and adm. 16th Feb.
1929; trans, to Balshagray 16th Nov. 1933;
C.F. 156th Scottish Infantry Brigade, 5th
Cameronians. Marr. 6th July 1 920 Jeanette,
daugh. of George Dunsmore and Elizabeth
Kirkwood, Glasgow, and has issue —
Ronald Kirkwood, born 28th Aug. 1922,
died 18th April 1923; Gavin Kirkwood
Kerr, born 16th Nov. 1924.
JOHNSTONE, ST ANDREW'S
ARCHIBALD HALLIDAY, his widow,
1888
Grace Beaumont, died 6th Aug.
1933.
WILLIAM PAUL MONTEATH, trans.
1917 to Patna 14th Sept. 1927.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, formerly of
Rousay (<?.v.); trans, from Kirk-
fieldbank 30th Jan. 1928; trans, to
St James, Kirkcaldy, 30th Oct. 1928.
1928
COLIN MACPHERSON, born Skye
1929 13th Oct. 1883, son of Archibald M.,
landholder, and Flora Macrae; educ.
at Glasgow High School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1921); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow Jan. 1924; ord. to Glencoe 6th
June 1924; trans, and adm. 3rd June 1929.
Marr. 20th Nov. 1925 Jean Tennant
Ramsay, daugh. of John McKail and
Isabella Stevenson Forbes, and has issue —
Isobel Stevenson Forbes, born 17th Oct.
1928.
KILBARCHAN
The Chapel of St Catherine in the church
yard was founded in 1401 by Thomas
Crawford of Auchenames. At the same
time he founded in the church an altar
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. For the sup
port of a chaplain to serve both in the
chapel and at the altar he gave Lynnernocht
and other lands. At Ranfurly of Prieston
farm, a little to the east of the castle, there
was a Chapel of St Mary, founded by a
member of the Knox family. St Bride's
Chapel was situated at the village of Ken-
muir in the south-west corner of the parish.
On 12th Dec. 1564 David Coull, chaplain
of the Chapel of St Katherine, conveyed
the glebe and chapel lands of the chapel to
John Chalmers, brother of James C. of
Gadgirth. — [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, i, 10, 14; Origines Parochialis
Scotiae, i, 84.]
JOHN McQUEEN, vicar 1560 and 1569,
156Q died after 24th April 1 575.— [Comps.
Gen. and Sub Coll. of Thirds, Dum
fries, etc.; Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 2070, 2412.]
ADAM WATSON, exhorter and reader
1563
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling.]
JOHN METHVEN, vicar, died before
18th March 1512-3.— [Reg. Pres.
1572
Bene., i, 91.]
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM,
. reader, pres. to vicarage 15th March
1572-3; res. before 16th Nov. 1573.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 91, 143.]
ROBERT CRAWFORD, reader, pres.
1573
to vicarage 16th Nov. 1573.— [Cal.
of Charters, xii, 2780; Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 143.]
1585
GAVIN HAMILTON, vicar 1585-90.
Marr. Catherine Cumming, who
died 20th June 1604, and had issue—
a son and three daughters. — [Test., May
1606; Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
ROBERT STIRLING, had issue-
Robert.— [G. R. Sas., 3rd Sept.
1593
1618.]
ROBERT JOHNSTON, his daugh.,
Anna (marr. 13th Nov. 1741 and
died 7th Aug. 1786).
ROBERT GRAHAM, D.D., his widow,
Margaret Ann, daugh. of Archibald
Glen, merchant, Glasgow, died 16th
Jan. 1925.
1847
1895
ROBERT DUNBAR MACKENZIE,
D.D. (St Andrews 26th June 1925),
died 27th July 1939; had addl. issue
—William Scott, born 15th Nov. 1920;
Janet Elsie, born 26th Nov. 1932.
PAISLEY]
LEVERN— LOCHWINNOCH
241
LEVERN
THOMAS COOK, died 2nd Feb.
1894 1940.
( United with Nitshill 2\st April 1940.)
LINWOOD
JOHN ADAMSON ABERNETHY,
1880
1927
dem. 15th Nov. 1926, died 3rd Aug.
1936; his wife, Margaret Arniel
Gray, died 31st March 1929; his daugh.,
Margaret, died 25th March 1926.
ALEXANDER REAPER, trans, from
Rayne (q.v.) 17th March 1927; trans,
to Barony, Kirriemuir, llth July
1935. Marr. 12th July 1927 Elizabeth
Nicol Shepherd, M.A., daugh. of James
Shepherd, farmer, and Susan Lamb, and
has issue — Isabel Shepherd, born 4th May
1929.
LOCHWINNOCH
On 21st April 1504, John, 1st Lord
Sempill, founded in his park near Castle
Sempill, for his own soul, for the soul of
Margaret Colville, his wife, and for the
souls of his progenitors and successors, and
all the faithful departed, the Collegiate
Church of Lochwinnoch, to the Most High
God and the Glorious Virgin, the Mother
of Jesus Christ, for a provost, six chaplains,
two singing boys, and a sacrist, the chap
lains to include a clerk in Holy Orders, a
precentor, and a schoolmaster. The pro
vost was to wear on feast days a lawn
surplice, a scarlet hood, and an almuce on
the arm. The chaplains, the singing boys
and the sacrist were each to wear a linen
surplice at the daily service; and in addition
the chaplains were to wear red hoods lined
with black lamb's wool. The duties of the
sacrist were to take charge of the porch,
the copes, and the altar ornaments; array
the altar itself; regulate the clock; ring the
bell for the church services, with double
ringing on feast days; sweep the church,
and decorate it with leaves and flowers.
General endowment of the church was the
fruits and revenues of the Church of Glass-
ford; and particular endowments were as
follows: Provost, the teind sheaves of Glass-
ford, extending to 45 lib. Scots, with the
whole glebe except a piece of ground and
the manse attached to the vicarage; First
Chaplain, the teind sheaves of Nether
Schelis, Schavtounhill, Ridrane, and the
hill of Drumtall, and Gruderland, in the
parish of Glassford, extending to 10 and
8 merks Scots; Second Chaplain, the teind
sheaves of the village of Chapelton and
Nether Schavtoun, West Ridrane of Drum-
bow, and de flat, extending to 10 and 8
merks Scots; Third Chaplain, the fruits and
emoluments of the parish clerkship of
Lochwinnoch, extending to 10 and 8 merks
Scots, the chaplain to provide for the sup
port of the clerk; Fourth Chaplain, all the
lands of Upper Pennale occupied by Archi
bald Reid, and the place, dwelling, garden,
and orchard, and 40 sh. of pension from
East Bryntschellis and West Bryntschellis
in the parish of Kilbarchan, extending to
10 and 8 merks Scots; Fifth Chaplain, all
and whole the lands of Nether Pennale,
with the mill, extending to 20 and 4 merks,
and the emoluments of the parish clerkship
of Kilbarchan; he was to act as organist
and in the singing school teach the boys in
the Gregorian Chant plain or pointed; he
was also to make provision for the support
of the boys and of the parish clerk of Kil
barchan; Sixth Chaplain, all the fields of
Auchinlodmond, with the mill and mill
lands, extending to 22 merks Scots; he
must be learned in grammar and skilled in
the Gregorian Chant plain or pointed, and
instruct the boys in the first and second
parts of grammar; Sacrist, the fruits,
revenues, and emoluments of the parish
clerkship of Glassford, extending to 6 merks
Scots; he had to make provision for the
support of the parish clerk of Glassford.
There were granted also to the provost and
chaplains 10 roods in Lochwinnoch Park
for building manses and for gardens near
the church; and for entertainment and
fellowship, for bread, wine, and wax, 5
merk lands of Easter Welland in the parish
of Kilbarchan, and the lands formerly
annexed by the founder's progenitors to
St Brigit's Chapel in Kenmuir Village in
the Parish of Kilbarchan, the lands which
242
LOCHWINNOCH— PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
pertained to the founder's chapel in Kil-
barchan, and the lands annexed to the
Chapel of St Conal in Paisley Parish,
situated in the village of Ferans. — [Reg.
Epis. of Glasgow, ii, 505-16.]
JOHN PAISLEY, son of Robert P.,
1691
bailie of Paisley; his daugh., Mar
garet (marr. Robert Carrick, min.
of Houston).
ROBERT ZUILLE GILFILLAN, his
widow, Agnes Brodie Smith, died
1873
12th May 1933.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR STEVENSON,
1893
his wife, Isabella Black, died 20th
June 1943; he died at Edinburgh
6th Aug. 1946.
MEARNS
In addition to the Altar of St Bridget,
there was in the church an altar to the
Virgin Mary. — [Maxwells ofPollok, i, 251 .]
JOHN HAMILTON, claimed vicarage.
1563 — [Acts and Dec., xxviii, 35.]
WALTER STEWART, reader.— [Acts
1575 and Dec., Ivii, 491.]
JAMES TAYLOR, his daugh., Helen
1665 (marr. John Glen, min. of Stichell).
JAMES McDOUGALL, his daugh.,
1691
Katherine (marr. William Thomson,
bailie of Irvine).
MUNGO REID, died at Edinburgh 19th
Jan. 1924; his widow, Isabella
1868
1927.
Hamilton Pearson, died 28th Dec.
1915
DAVID SCOTT, served as Chaplain in
France and Flanders with 15th
Scottish Division; dem. 20th May
1929 on app. to Knox Crescent Presby
terian Church, Montreal; D.D. (St An
drews, 29th June 1945). He had issue-
Hew Ferguson, born 6th Oct. 1923; Charles
Findlay, born 30th May 1926; Elspeth
Patricia Mary, born 2nd July 1928.
1560
NEILSTON
SIR STEVEN WILSON, vicar, probably
in 1560 or soon thereafter; described
4th March 1579-80 as "mass priest
of Neilston mony years and rebel put to
the horn for continual disobedience in
abusing the sacraments, saying mass, and
dissolving marriage at pleasure, and still
in prison till his trial." — [Reg. Privy
Council, iii, 273.]
JAMES DAVIDSON, reader, in office
1578
4th March 1579-80.— [Reg. Privy
Council, iii, 273.]
JOHN LAW was son of Andrew L. by
1632
his second marriage. He had only
one son, called William, the two
sons of that name given were one and the
same. He had a daugh., Margaret.
1687
JOHN KINNEAR, M.A., was resident
with his wife and three children in
Tron Parish, Edinburgh, on 9th
Nov. 1694.— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 6.]
JOHN MILLER, line 6, delete "of
1703 Divinity. ' '
THOMAS MILLER, his sons— Thomas
of Auchenheath, died 18th April
1935; Hugh, M.B., Ch.B., Dundee,
died at Edinburgh 22nd July 1930.
1873
PAISLEY
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, Arch
bishop of Cashel, M.A. (Glasgow
1599); delete second marriage and
read "marr. (2) Anna, daugh. of Balfour
of Burleigh, and had issue — John, matricu
lated Univ. of Glasgow 1631; Malcolm,
matriculated 1633.
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, had also
issue— Elizabeth.— [Reg. of Deeds,
1653
Dal., 1705, No. 378.]
JAMES CHALMERS, marr. (1) pro.
1st March 1660 Elspeth Petrie.—
1667
[Aberdeen Reg.}
MATTHEW RAMSAY, had issue—
John.— [Reg. of Deeds Mack., xli,
1669 562.]
PAISLEY]
PAISLEY
243
JOHN BAIRD, eldest son of John B.
of Selvadge, burgess of Inverkeith-
ing; had issue — Margaret, born
1689, died Nov. 1695; Janet.— [Hist, of
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 476-8.]
JOHN FULLARTON, marr. (3) Isobel
Sinclair.— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxviii,
256; Sas. Argyll, lix, 36, 21st June
1688.]
THOMAS GENTLES, his widow,
Cecilia Wernicke, died at Edinburgh
1878
5th Jan. 1922 aged 82.
1910
1925
ALEXANDER MILLER MACLEAN,
died 6th March 1925; his widow,
Mary Brown, died 25th May 1931;
his daugh., Alice Mary Jane, marr. (2) 4th
July 1935 John McKellar Robertson of
Noddesdale, Largs, Captain R.N.V.R.,
C.B.E.
WILLIAM MAIN, D.D., trans, from
Trinity, Edinburgh, llth Sept. 1925;
died 15th Oct. 1929; his wife, Anne
Macnaughton, died 22nd Dec. 1919. He
had addl. issue — John St John, born llth
Aug. 1896, died 4th June 1897; Margaret
Mary (marr. 2nd Nov. 1944 James Dunbar
Michael, O.B.E., Indian State Railways).
SECOND CHARGE
JAMES STIRLING, brother of Robert
S., student, Glasgow. Marr. Eliza
beth, daugh. of John Lennox of
Woodhead.— [G. R. Sas., xv, 260, 15th
Oct. 1658.]
JAMES SMITH, youngest son of James
S., weaver, Glasgow, adm. burgess
of Glasgow 22nd Oct. 1806.
1654
1798
PATRICK BREWSTER, his daugh.,
i« Margaret Mary Crawford, died 30th
July 1935.
JAMES BOATH DALGETY, his
widow, Jane Balfour, died 21st Feb.
1878
1924.
JOHN WALLACE, his widow, Mabel
Blanche Powell, died at Reading
23rd Feb. 1945.
1918
ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD
HOWELL, Senior President of
Edinburgh University Dialectic
Society 1894-5. Licen. 1895, he was first a
reader and then an assistant in St Giles
Cathedral; during the war (1914-18) he
served for a time in France as General
Superintendent of the Scottish Churches
Huts. It was during his ministry in the
abbey that the restoration of that church
was completed, involving the entire re
building of the choir and many other altera
tions. Into this work Mr Howell threw
himself with characteristic energy, and the
exquisitely restored building owes much to
his artistic genius and comprehensive know
ledge of church architecture. The stately
and appropriate form of service observed
in the abbey is also largely his work. He
resigned his charge in Paisley 13th April
1937 owing to ill health and retired to St
Andrews; died at Edinburgh 2nd Dec. 1943.
In the wider work of the Church of Scot
land Mr Howell took a considerable share.
For a year he acted as Organising Secretary
for the Foreign Mission Committee. At
the invitation of the Colonial Committee
he ministered for a period in 1907 at
Homburg, and in 1927-8 at Cairo. He was
on the Council of the Church Service
Society and in 1935-6 was President of the
Scottish Ecclesiological Society. Publica
tions — Paisley Abbey: its History, Architec
ture and Art. To the devotional literature
of the Church he contributed a book of
Church Prayers for War-Time, which has
had a large circulation. On artistic ques
tions his judgment was fine and his advice
greatly valued. On the Executive Com
mittee of the Scoto-Russian Fellowship of
St Andrew, a member of the Executive
Committee for the Restoration of the
Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling, and
was convener for some years of the Cere
monials Committee of the Presbytery of
Paisley. An enthusiastic student of anti
quity, he was a trustee of the Dalrymple
Archaeological Fund. His sons — Edward
Alexander, in the R.A.F., O.B.E. and
D.F.C.; David Logan, Navigator in a
Bomber Squadron. The daughs. — Anne
served in the A.T.S. and Isabella in the
244
PAISLEY— POLLOKSHAWS
[PRESB. OF
W.A.A.F. (marr. 3rd Sept. 1945 Flight
Lieut. Leslie Shepherd, Sevenoaks).
(Charges united 14th April 1937.)
GREENLAW
GEORGE NISBET DODS, died 14th
1907 June 1921.
JOHN CHAMBERS, M.B.E. Addl.
issue — Evelyn Robertson, born 5th
Sept. 1916, died 3rd March 1917;
Mary Manson, born 4th April 1918.
HIGH KIRK PARISH
JOHN MUIR, died at Glasgow 19th
1910 Oct. 1947.
ST GEORGE'S
ALEXANDER FYFE BURNS, his
widow, Isabella Martin Ritchie, died
10th Nov. 1931; line 19, for "Went-
worth ' ' read ' ' Waitworth. ' '
1882
MARTYRS
JAMES THOMSON, trans, to Moch-
1897 rum 21st July 1927.
JAMES WILSON MUGGOCH, trans.
from Logic, Dundee, 1 8th Jan. 1 928 ;
trans, to Heriot 3rd Sept. 1936; his
daughs. — Helen Milne Lawson (marr. 21st
Dec. 1939 James C. P. Logan, M.B., Ch.B.);
Dr Edith Mary (marr. 5th July 1947 Dr
John White, Airdrie).
MOSSPARK
GEORGE SCOTT, M.A., trans, from
1923
Meldrum (q.v.) 30th Sept. 1923;
trans, to Holburn, Aberdeen, 24th
March 1933; trans, to Langside Hill, Glas
gow, 27th Sept. 1940. Marr. 19th April
1927 Mary Cunningham, daugh. of Wil
liam Clark Hamilton and Christina Mar
tin Paterson, and has issue — Christina
Mary, born 9th June 1930.
PAISLEY, MID.
GEORGE PARK, died 30th May
1882 1927.
1924
1926
WILLIAM GEORGE JOHNSTON,
trans, from Kirn (q.v.) 10th Dec.
1924; dem. 31st May 1947. Addl.
issue — Margaret Helen Wotherspoon, born
9th Feb. 1917; William James Simpson,
born 13th Feb. 1921.
PAISLEY, NORTH
JAMES YOUNG, D.D. (Glasgow, 24th
1883 June 1925), died 25th June 1925.
JOHN REEVIE JOHNSTON MERRY,
trans, from Calderhead (q.v.) 7th
Jan. 1926; wife's mother's name,
Jane Jamieson. He had issue — Jane Hislop,
born 22nd Sept. 1918; Janette Alexander,
born 7th April 1920; John Leech Johnston,
born llth Sept. 1926; William Adam John
ston (twin), born llth Sept. 1926.
PAISLEY, ST COLUMBAS
DONALD MACKAY, his widow,
n Catherine Morison, died at Stirling
10th April 1925; his daugh., Jane
Georgina, died 17th Jan. 1944.
DAVID JOHNSTONE, his widow,
1883 Janet Kennedy, died 26th Oct. 1929.
JOHN McNIVEN, dem. 16th May
1903 1928.
GILLESPIE MACGREGOR CAMP-
1928
1946.
BELL, trans, from Muckairn (#.v.)
13th Nov. 1928; died 21st March
1879
PAISLEY, SOUTH
WILLIAM MUSHAM METCALFE,
his widow, Cecilia Simpson, died
23rd Oct. 1928.
1917
FRANK HENDERSON, trans, to
Sandyford, Glasgow, 16th May
1930; dem. 11 Jan. 1938; died 27th
June 1940. Addl. issue— Henry David
Christopher, born 13th April 1921; Alistair
Lowson, born 26th Feb. 1929.
POLLOKSHAWS
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON WAT
SON, marr. and had issue — a son
1845
died in infancy 15th Oct. 1849.
PAISLEY]
POLLOKSHAWS— THORNLIEBANK
245
JOHN MACFARLANE, dem. 30th
Sept. 1927, on app. to Brussells; his
wife, daugh. of George Barker.
Addl. issue — Margaret, born 12th Sept.
1928.
ARCHIBALD EWING MACINTYRE,
1Q28 trans, from Innellan (#.v.) 7th March
1928; trans, to Buittle 22nd April
1948.
RENFREW
There were also in the church altars dedi
cated respectively to the Virgin Mary, St
Andrew, and St Bartholomew. To a per
petual chaplain at the Altar of St Thomas
in the church there was granted by Papal
Bull of 20th May 1475 the Chapel of St
Thomas the Martyr outwith and near the
city of Glasgow. — [Acts Scott. ParL, v,
546; The Apostolic Camera and Scott. Bene
fices, 181.]
ANDREW HAY, called parson 21st
May 1576.— [Cal. of Charters, xi,
2395.]
ROBERT HERBERTSON, chaplain to
1563 t^ie Chapel of St Ninian, Darnlie. —
[Reg. of Abbrev. of Feu Charters of
Church Lands, i, 14.]
WILLIAM JACKSON, reader Sept.
1568 and 20th July 1569.— [Edin.
Tests, v, 310.]
JOHN HAY, prts. to the parsonage
and vicarage 30th May 1589 on
dem. of his father; his son, George,
student in arts at Glasgow 1628.
JOHN HAY.— [G. R. Sas., xli, 497,
1628 3 Ser., x, 386.]
FRANCIS ROSS, had issue— Margaret ,
bapt. 17th March 1690; Mary, bapt.
15th Aug. 1692.— [Old Machar Reg.]
THOMAS BURNS, pres. 22nd April
1790 1790.
JAMES GRAY WOOD, pres. by Crown
1843 21st July 1843.
GEORGE ALEXANDER, pres. by
1850 Crown 6th Sept. 1850.
ROBERT STEPHEN, pres. by Crown
1858 2nd June 1858.
1916
DAVID YOUNG, died 30th March
1933; his widow, Minnie d'Esterre
Macleod, died 13th March 1935;
his daugh., Minnie Aileen d'Esterre (marr.
19th Oct. 1937 Rev. Hugh Legh Beauchamp
McCarthy, St Mary's, Banbury).
SHAWLANDS
JOHN SLOAN, line 3, for "Rankin"
1882 read "Bankier."
JAMES EDWARD HOUSTON, dem.
1933
13th Aug. 1935, died 26th Nov.
1935; his wife, Effie Terras Yule,
died 23rd Sept. 1927.
THORNLIEBANK
JOHN CHARLSON, licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 1889; died at Dunranion
Billericay, Essex, 30th June 1942.
1890
ROBERT HARVIE SMITH, died at
1902 Kyle of Lochalsh 14th Nov. 1926.
REGINALD FREDERICK WHITE-
1Q-_ LEY, trans, from Brechin East (q.v.)
7th June 1927. Had issue— Be verley
Frederick, born 4th April 1928.
PRESBYTERY OF GREENOCK
CUMBRAE
In 1325-35 the church, then a chapel
annexed to the Church of Largs, was con
firmed to Paisley Abbey by John, Bishop
of Glasgow. The Church of Cumbrae is
mentioned apart in 1561. On 20th Nov.
1510 Mr. Patrick Shaw, vicar of Monkton,
was "farmer of the fruits of the Churches
of Largs and St Kenote"; and that, in
view of the conjunction of Largs and
Cumbrae Churches, may indicate that the
Church of Cumbrae was dedicated to St
Kenneth. The church was rebuilt at the
Kirktown in 1612 and again in 1802. —
[Reg. of Paisley Abbey, 238-9, 240-2;
Original Parishes of Scot., i, 90; see Largs.]
THOMAS MOORE or MURE, M.A.,
1623
in office 15th Aug. 1617. — [Yester
Writs, 1180.]
ALEXANDER SANGSTER, trans, to
Kirkpatrick Durham before 24th
July 1673.— [P. R. Sas., Dumfries,
i, 234.]
JAMES SIMPSON MACNAB, his son,
James, died at Ruthen, North Wales,
7th Jan. 1921.
1668
1867
ARCHIBALD GRIERSON, died at
1889 Rothesay 7th March 1940, un
married.
ERSKINE
SIR HOMER ERASER, vicar 1561-2.
1561 —[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
GAVIN DUNBAR, parson 1561.—
1561 [Acts and Dec., xxii, 333.]
DAVID STEWART, parson 1562,
1562 Canon of Glasgow 1565. — [Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church
Lands, i, 15, 141.]
ROBERT SEMPILL, vicar and reader
1561 1561-79; conformed; died Dec. 1606
and had a son, George. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.; Glasgow Tests, 2nd Oct. 1612.]
JAMES HILL, parson 1571-9; rector
30th May 1580. Had issue-
Thomas.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds; Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 581.]
1571
DAVID STEWART, parson, died before
1586 16th Jan. 1586-7; his daugh., Jean
(marr. Abraham Abercrombie). —
[Reg. of Deeds, xxvii, 155a.]
WILLIAM BRISBANE, his pres. in
1592 1592 was on the death of William
Cranstoun; his sons, William and
John.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xiv, 9.]
MATTHEW BRISBANE, his son,
1642
Matthew, M.D., Utrecht, Holland,
M.A. (Edinburgh 1656); Rector of
Glasgow Univ. 1677 and 1679-81; Town
Physician of Glasgow; surgeon to H.M.
Life Guards; died \699.—[Gen. Reg. Sas.,
xiv, 333.]
WALTER MENZIES, marr. Isabel,
daugh. of Alexander Clark, mer
chant, Edinburgh.
1705
1851
THOMAS McKIE, his sons— Henry
Bannerman, died 14th June 1927;
John McMillan, died at Poulton le
Fylde, Lancashire, 17th June 1925; Walter
Dunlop, died at Buxton 19th Oct. 1920.
JOHN McILRAITH, line 24, for
1871 "1889" read "1881."
DAVID MELVILLE STEWART, died
1913 18th Jan. 1936.
246
PRESB. OF GREENOCK] ERSKINE— GREENOCK GAELIC
247
1921
DONALD FERGUS FERGUSON,
born 16th Oct. 1896, son of Donald
Fergus F. and Mary Dunn; educ. at
High School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 1920; assistant
New Kilpatrick; ord. Colleague and Suc
cessor 14th July 1921; dem. 1928 on app.
to St Andrew's Church, Selangor; adm. to
Abernethy North 17th Feb. 1933; app.
Chaplain to Forces in Middle East March
1941. Marr. 31st July 1928 Edith, daugh.
of Alexander Rae and Jean Moir and has
issue — Joyce Fergus, born 7th Feb. 1930;
Norman Douglas, born 7th Aug. 1933;
Fergus, B.Sc., died off Liberia, 1st Feb.
1949.
DAVID YOUNG ROBERTSON, M.A.,
1Q2Q S.T.M., trans, from Dingwall (q.v.)
6th March 1929; Chaplain at Simla
1935; trans, to Dulnain Bridge 7th May
1941; dem. 21st Sept. 1947.
FAIRLIE
ARTHUR ALLAN, dem. 15th Nov.
1884 1934.
GOUROCK
ALEXANDER MILNE, his wife, Helen
1884 Elizabeth Kirke, died 9th Aug. 1 920;
his daugh., Margaret Elizabeth
(marr. 25th July 1923 Harry Steel Watson,
min. of Lochcraig).
GEORGE BENNET THOMSON
MICHIE. He enlisted in Gordon
Highlanders 1915, Private O.T.C.
Inns of Court 1916, commissioned 31st Jan.
1917, trans, to M.G.C. Tank Corps, served
in France 1917-18, retired as Captain;
drowned 22nd March 1938. Marr. 5th June
1920 Agnes May Kirkland, daugh. of
William Stewart, M.B., C.M., D.P.H.,
Benview, Gourock.
1907
GREENOCK, AUGUSTINE
CHARLES CHRISTIE, licen. by Presb.
1887 of Edinburgh 13th May 1887; died
2nd Aug. 1920; his widow, Elizabeth
Arthur Shaw, died 15th Dec. 1938.
DAVID WILSON BAIRD, trans, from
1920 St James Presrj. Church, Sunder-
land; adm. 15th Dec. 1920; trans,
to Whiteness 7th Feb. 1923.
WILLIAM WILSON, ord. 19th July
1923; trans, to Glenisla 21st March
1923
1928.
(United with Cartsburn 1929.)
CARTSBURN
KENNETH ALEXANDER MAC-
1913
LEAY, line 16, for "1903" read
"1902"; line 18, for "23" read
"21"; he was adm. to Delting 27th Sept.
1920.
JAMES FRANCIS, died 30th April
1919 1943.
GREENOCK EAST
JAMES HUTCHESON, his widow,
1844
Annie Scott Brown, died 8th Feb.
1924.
GEORGE DAVID HENDERSON,
trans, to St Mary's, Partick, 30th
1916
Nov. 1922.
STEPHEN GREEN, ord. 14th May
1923 1923, dem. 4th June 1928 on ap
pointment to Nyasaland (q.v.) 10th
March 1928.
IAN McCULLOCH, trans, from Teal-
Q2 ing (q.v.) 27th Nov. 1928; trans, to
Grahamston 2nd April 1937.
GREENOCK GAELIC
JOHN STEWART McCALLUM, his
1913
widow, Isabella Leitch Thomson,
died 27th Nov. 1919.
DUNCAN MACARTHUR, his wife's
1919
mother, Catherine Fraser; trans, to
Lochbroom 28th Sept. 1927.
GEORGE MACKENZIE, trans, from
1028 Kilmore 17th May 1928; trans, to
Dores and Bona llth Sept. 1946;
dem. 15th Oct. 1947.
248
LADYBURN— INVERKIP
[PRESB. OF
LADYBURN
GEORGE HOPE JAMIE, res. 24th
Nov. 1920 on commission as Navy
Chaplain to Atlantic Fleet; adm. to
Craigrownie 31st Aug. 1926.
1919
ROBERTSON McCALLUM MILLAR,
trans, from Glengarry 4th May
1921; trans, to Twechar 7th April
1927.
1921
1927
JOHN FLEMING, born 9th Oct. 1902,
son of Gavin F. and Isabella
Patience McClymont; educ. at Univ.
of Glasgow, M.A. (1924), B.D. (1927);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1927; assistant
Ferniegair and Prestwick; ord. 28th July
1927; trans, to Kells 4th Oct 1932; trans,
to Skirling 25th Sept. 1936; trans, to Kin
cardine in Menteith 16th Oct. 1942. Marr.
29th June 1927 Williamina Mary Watt,
daugh. of William Twaddle of Ferniegair
House and Marion Logan.
GREENOCK MIDDLE
JOHN ADAM, marr. Elizabeth, daugh.
1769 of William Parker of Barleith.
DAVID SMITH PETERS, died 28th
1877 Feb. 1924.
JAMES LAWSON MAcCURRACH,
trans, from Gilcomston (q.v.) 18th
1924
Sept. 1924, died 4th Sept. 1944.
GREENOCK NORTH
ADAM CURRIE, dem. 16th May 1934.
Marr. (2) 4th Feb. 1938 Catherine
Poole; his son, Adam, born 22nd
May 1894.
GREENOCK ST PAUL'S
THOMAS FRANCIS JOHNSTONE,
his widow, Florence Mary Cowley,
died at London 27th Feb. 1939.
CHARLES LAING WARR, line 12,
for "Tulloch" read "Tatlock";
trans, to St Giles, Edinburgh, llth
Feb. 1926.
MALCOLM MUNRO MACPHER-
1926 SON' born 30th Jan' 1892' voungest
son of Robert M., D.D., min. of
Elgin; educ. at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1919); served as Captain in European War,
O.B.E. (1st June 1919); licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 1920; assistant St Giles, Edinburgh;
ord. A. and S. to Helensburgh 25th Oct.
1922; trans, and adm. 8th July 1926; dem.
6th Nov. 1945. Marr. llth Aug. 1931
Jessie Mary, daugh. of Alexander Fleming,
jun., Greenock.
GREENOCK SOUTH
JOHN FORBES MACPHERSON, his
1881 W^e' Jess*e Ewart> only daugh. of
John Hannah of Girvan and Auchen-
vale, Ayrshire, died 4th July 1928; he died
13th April 1929.
JOHN YOUNGSON THOMSON, son
1920 of Jonn T<» Beverley Hall, Chicago;
trans, from Leadhills (<?.v.) 18th Dec.
1920; trans, to Annbank 1st May 1931,
unmarried.
WELLPARK
WILLIAM WILSON, died at Kirn, 12th
1879 Feb. 1925.
CHARLES PETER GRANT, trans, to
Dalbeattie 19th Dec. 1929. Marr.
llth Dec. 1929 Grace Gill Orr.
1916
GREENOCK WEST
PATRICK SHAW, pres. 28th Nov. 1598
_0ft on death of Andrew Murdo. — [Reg.
Sec. £&., Ixvi, 6.]
WILLIAM JACK NICHOL SERVICE,
1 004 n*s wife' Amy Margaret Angus, died
16th June 1943. He died Glasgow
16th Feb. 1945.
INVERKIP
There was in the parish a chapel dedi
cated to the Holy Trinity. Manifestly this
is identical with the chapel designated the
"Holy Trinity of Cristelwell" or "Castel-
well." Other designations were Cristiswell
GREENOCK]
INVERKIP— LANGBANK
249
and Chrystswell. It was under the patron
age of the Crown, and therefore was in all
likelihood the chapel to which the following
reference is made in a record of Charters
of Robert III, 1390-1406, "Charter for ane
foundation of a Chapel att Chrystswell. ' '
If the first part of the name refers to Christ,
the Holy Trinity may have been a later
dedication. The endowment of the chapel
included the £5 lands of Auchymillin and
mill in the bailery of Cowell and the Forty-
Penny lands of the "prebend of chaplainry
of Crystiswell called the Chapelands of the
said Chapel of Crystiswell." — [Transcripts
from the Vatican, i, 341, MS. Reg. Ho.; Reg.
Great Seal, i, App. ii, 1848; iii, 938, 1227,
1533; v, 2051; Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 400, ii,
1896, 1898 and n; Retours, xliii, 83.]
JAMES SCOTT, exhorter 1563.—
1 563 [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling. ]
DAVID CHRISTISOUN, vicar 1567.—
1567 [Acts and Dec., xxiv, 454.]
JOHN STEWART, M.A., in Stirling;
1565
pres. to vicarage 12th April 1565 on
death of Sir David Christison. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiii, 3; Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ANDREW MURDO, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 9th Jan. 1591-2 on death
of John Stewart.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 119.]
THOMAS YOUNGER, M.A., had also
1591
1592
1623.]
a son, Tobias. — [Test Dougal Ban-
natyne, Glasgow Tests, 28th Nov.
ALEXANDER McQUISTEN, his
daugh., Henrietta Mary, O.B.E.
(marr. 22nd April 1896 Sir Robert
Campbell Mackenzie of Edinbarnet), died
26th Feb. 1930; his son, Alexander, died
29th Feb. 1940.
KILMACOLM
UMPHRA CUNNINGHAM, vicar in
1562 1562.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, M.A.,
min. 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
1563
Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ROBERT MAXWELL, reader in 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stir
ling, etc.]
NINIAN CAMPBELL, second son to
.,_ Colin C. of Ormidale.— [Gen. Reg.
J.O«5U /* f~i ••- ,-. —. -i
ofSas., xxxm, 37.]
JAMES MURRAY, died Father of the
1875
Church 25th Nov. 1939; his wife,
Margaret Anne Darling, died 21st
March 1935.
WILLIAM BLACK was ord. to army
1918 and not to this parish.
FOSTER FRANKLIN, born Ayr 14th
Sept. 1889, son of Foster F., H.M.
Customs, and Annie C. F. Scott;
educ. at Hull Grammar School and
Hutcheson's Grammar School, Glasgow,
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons.); Captain,
3rd Highland Light Infantry; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1919; assistant Douglas
1919, Kilmacolm 1920; ord. (assistant and
successor) 9th Feb. 1921; trans, to Corstor-
phine 30th Sept. 1940. Marr. 1st Sept. 1921
Mary Maclean, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., daugh.
of John Weir, Catford, and Mary Maclean,
and has issue — Anne Mary, born 29th July
1922 (marr. 18th Sept. 1947 Alan Hugh
Dermid, M.B., Ch.B.); John Weir, born
26th July 1925, died 7th April 1926; James
Murray, born 5th Aug. 1927. Publication
—This Thing Today (1932).
LANGBANK
ROBERT CRAWFORD, his widow,
1867
Margaret Kirk Stewart, died at
Edinburgh 14th Nov. 1925; his
daughs. — Janet Campbell (marr. 12th Feb.
1921 Robert Macfarlane, M.A., B.Sc.,
Dunbarton); Margaret Stewart, died 30th
May 1927; Jane Blackwood (marr. 24th
Nov. 1937 Alexander G. Macmillan, Port
Albirnie, British Columbia); Marjory
Stewart, parish sister, Tolbooth, Edin
burgh, died 10th June 1941.
250
LANGBANK— SKELMORLIE [PRESB. OF GREENOCK
JOHN KNOX BROWN, his widow,
1893
Katharine Macgregor, died 20th
May 1936.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, dem. 7th
1896 June 1932, died 15th Oct. 1936.
LARGS
In 1316 Walter, Seneschal of Scotland,
granted the church to Paisley Abbey for the
souls of himself and Marjory, his late wife,
etc. ; and the grant with the addition of the
Chapel of Cumbrae was included in con
firmation Charters by John, Bishop of
Glasgow 1325-35; and others. In 1832
"cross aisles" were added to the "eastern
extremity" of the church by means of funds
belonging to the poor, seat-rents being
levied for the benefit of the funds. — [Reg.
of Paisley, 237-44.]
1563
DAVID NEILL, exhorter 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
PATRICK WALLACE, M.A. (Glas-
1748 gow, 1736).
ROBERT OSWALD, died 8th Feb.
1928; his daugh., Helen Dorothy
(marr. 25th June 1932 Dr L. N. A.
Harrison, London.)
1910
1928
DAVID BROOK BAXTER, born 12th
June 1898; son of Fred Walker B.,
F.R.C.O., organist and choirmaster,
and Laura Brook. Educ. at Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1920), B.D. (1923); licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 9th Jan. 1923; assistant
at Stevenston and Lady Glenorchy's, Edin
burgh, 1923; ord. to Dunlop 1st Nov. 1923;
trans, and adm. 2nd Oct. 1928. Marr. 27th
April 1926 Margaret Maitland, third daugh.
of John Barclay, Dairy, Ayrshire, and
Jessie Cowan Macdougall, and has issue —
Winifred Margaret, born 22nd Aug. 1928;
John Barclay Walker, born 20th Jan. 1931;
Fred Walker, born 2nd Feb. 1935.
NEWARK
THOMAS HARKNESS GRAHAM,
1882
dem. 18th May 1925; died 19th June
1927; his widow, Isabella Rankin
Brooks, died 9th Feb. 1941.
THOMAS LOW, son of Andrew L.,
The Rectory, Peebles; trans, from
Garvald 3rd Dec. 1925; trans, to
Charteris Memorial, Edinburgh, 4th Oct.
1934. Marr. 6th Sept. 1933 Mary Evelyn
(died 1944), daugh. of Richard Edwards,
54 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh.
PORT GLASGOW
JOHN REID, his widow Margaret
1877
Birkmyre Laird, died 15th March
1934.
DAVID JOHN MOIR PORTEOUS,
1907
died 31st Jan. 1942; his widow,
Edith Lucy Bertram, died at Edin
burgh 15th Sept. 1942.
SKELMORLIE
DAVID BRUCE NICOL, trans, to St
1911
Margaret's, Edinburgh, 3rd Aug.
1920.
ROLLO RUSSELL GRANT SUTHER-
1921
LAND, trans, from Ballantrae (q.v.)
llth Feb. 1921; trans, to St Mar-
nock's, Kilmarnock, 18th Feb. 1926.
DUDLEY STUART HOPKIRK, B.D.,
1926
1929.
B.Litt., ord. 5th Aug. 1926; trans,
to Greenside, Edinburgh, 26th April
PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON
AIRDRIE, EAST
ALEXANDER BOWER, a licentiate of
the Irish Presb. Church; was Relief
min. at Shiprow, Aberdeen, 1799-
1806; died 1837.
1792
AIRDRIE, WEST
DAVID HOWAT PATERSON, granted
an A. and S. 21st Dec. 1920; died at
Cathcart llth June 1925.
JOHN FORSYTH MARSHALL, M.A.,
1921
M.C., ord. 28th April 1921; trans,
to Helensburgh West 17th Jan. 1927.
1927
JOHN ALEXANDER CALDER-
WOOD, born Barrhead, Renfrew
shire, 25th April 1893, son of John
Alexander C. and Agnes Muir; educ. at
Morrison's Academy, Crieff, and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1915); licen. by Presb. of
Paisley June 1920; assistant Monkton (June
1921 to Sept. 1922); ord. to Stobhill 8th
Sept. 1922; trans, and adm. 20th May 1927;
dem. 14th Nov. 1933 on adm. to Madeira.
Marr. (1) 6th March 1923 Mary Brough,
daugh. of Rev. Alexander Gibson, Prest-
wick (whom he divorced 22nd Dec. 1933),
and has issue — John Alexander, born 13th
April 1924; Gordon Gibson, born 10th
May 1928; (2) 24th Jan. 1935 Margaret,
daugh. of James and Margaret Gilbert.
AVENDALE
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, M.A., min.
1563
in 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
SIR JOHN ANDERSON, apparently
1567 v'car Before 1560 and conformed,
vicar and reader 1561 and 30th Aug.
1575.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds; Glas
gow Tests., ii, 93, 175.]
JOHN HAY, vicar.— [Acts and Dec.,
1574 Iviii, 174.]
HUGH ARCHIBALD.— [G. R. Sas.,
1648 2 Ser., ii, 257, vii, 265.]
JAMES HAMILTON, delete M.A.
1672 (Glasgow, 1638).
ROBERT REID RAE, marr. 27th Sept.
„_„ 1852 Jessie Croil, and had issue —
Jessica, born 27th May 1853; Jane
Donaldson, born 20th July 1854.
JOHN MUIRHEAD, app. clerk of
1904
Presb. of Earlston 1899; app. clerk
of Presb. (assistant and successor)
25th June 1929; received assistant in clerk
ship 1st Feb. 1938; died 2nd May 1938.
EAST STRATHAVEN CHAPEL
THOMAS HILL, licen. by Presb. of
1887 Glasgow 4th June 1884.
BAILLIESTON
ALEXANDER ANDREW, D.D. (Glas-
1892
gow Univ. 1929); Convener Educa
tion Committee 1929; dem. 8th Nov.
1940; died 8th March 1942; his wife, Isa
bella Lumsden Allan, died 4th April 1941.
BARGEDDIE
ALEXANDER LYON BENNETT,
1917 trans, to Bridgeton llth Oct. 1923.
JAMES RAMSAY THOMSON, born
Dunbarton 14th Oct. 1898, son of
Peter T., J.P., and Isabella Drysdale;
educ. at Dunbarton Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1920), B.D. (1928); served
in Highland Cyclist Batt. in Great War;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 1922; assis
tant at Cambuslang 1922 and Glasgow
Cathedral 1923; ord. 28th Feb. 1924; trans.
1924
251
252
BARGEDDIE— BOTHWELL
[PRESB. OF
to Applegarth 4th April 1930; trans, to St
Andrews, Carluke, 3rd July 1942; trans, to
St Margaret's, Barnhill, 1st May 1947.
Marr. 12th July 1933 Joanna, daugh. of
Rev. John Hunter, M.A., and Jenny Allan,
and has issue — James Drysdale, born 6th
July 1935.
BELLSHILL
JAMES MILLAR KILLEN, assistant
1878 at Partick, died 22nd July 1928; his
widow, Annie Gilbert, died 26th
June 1934.
HUGH WILSON, his widow, Margaret
Josephine Taylor, died 16th May
1942.
GAVIN WARNOCK, trans, to Kirk-
1901
cowan 24th July 1930; dem. 12th
June 1932; died 21st Aug. 1932; his
daugh., Annabella Janet May Louise (marr.
29th June 1940 -. Simpson); his son, Gavin
David Ross, Captain, R.A.M.C.
BLANTYRE
RICHARD HENDERSON, his son,
1722 Robert, born 18th Jan. 1730.
STEWART WRIGHT, born Inveraray
18?1 15th Oct. 1829, son of James W.,
provost of Inveraray, and Maria
Brooks; educ. at Inveraray, Irvine Academy
and Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow; assistant at
St Matthews, Glasgow, 1855; ord. to St
George 's-in-the-Fields 23rd May 1855;
Chaplain at Madras 1858-65; Bangalore
1865-71; adm. 3rd Aug. 1871, died 29th
Nov. 1887. Marr. 3rd Jan. 1856 Alice,
eldest daugh. of Colin Smith, D.D., min.
of Inveraray, and had issue — James Stewart
born 29th Nov. 1856, died llth Sept. 1857;
Annie Campbell, born 28th Dec. 1857, died
at Glasgow 26th Aug. 1932; Mary Harriet,
born 25th Dec. 1859, died at Glasgow 17th
Aug. 1928; Alice Narcissa, born 26th
March 1861, died at Carluke 20th May
1930; Elizabeth Stewart, born 12th Oct.
1862, died at Bangalore, 1866; Jeanie Shaw
Stewart, born 9th Jan. 1864; John Brooks
Stewart, born 2nd Jan, 1865, died at
Madras 1868; Colin Stewart, born 26th
Jan. 1867, died in infancy; William Norman
Stewart, analytical chemist, born 10th
April 1868, died 20th April 1944; Elizabeth
Stewart, born 19th April 1869, died at
Blantyre 1886; Flora Montgomery Stewart,
born 19th April 1870 (marr. 22nd June 1894
John Craig Millar of Waygateshaw, Car
luke); Dora Stewart, born 25th May 1872,
died at Glasgow 8th June 1931.
CHARLES SCRIMGEOUR TURN-
BULL, dem. 7th Nov. 1933, died
16th July 1924, unmarried.
BOTHWELL
On the petition of Archibald, Earl of
Douglas, Papal Mandate was given on 21st
Feb. 1397-8 to Matthew, Bishop of Glas
gow, to erect the church into a collegiate
church for a provost and six chaplains or
prebendaries. For the collegiate church the
Earl assigned two parish churches of which
he was patron, and a chapel having Masses
for his progenitors in the territory of
Orbenistoun — the Chapel of St Catharine,
Orbiston. To this chapel Walter Olifard,
Justiciar of Lothian, granted in 1242 an
endowment of 10 lib. annual rent from the
lands of Oberniston, which failing from the
Mill of Bothwell. On 18th May 1410 there
was given Papal Validation of the erection
of the collegiate church in spite of an in
correct statement in the Papal Commission
thereanent. The prebends of the church,
increased to eight, were — Kittymuir, Stone-
house, Hessildene, Netherfield of Strat-
haven, Overtoun of le Newtoun, Cruik-
burnie, the Church of Hawick, and the
Church of Bertram-Shotts. The Churches
of Stonehouse and Strathaven were in
cluded. The Church of Hawick was erected
into a prebend on 4th Oct. 1447 by the
Dean and Chapter of Glasgow, with the
consent of Gavin, Provost of Glasgow
Collegiate Church, and William, Earl of
Douglas, lord of Hawick. On 15th Nov.
1457 and on 21st May 1471 the provost of
the church is described as ' ' Provost of St
Mary's, Bothwell, " and on 30th April 1476
the church is designated the "Parish
Church of St Mary of Bothwell. ' ' It would
HAMILTON]
BOTHWELL
253
appear, therefore, that in all likelihood,
when the church was made collegiate, the
name of the Virgin was added to that of
St Bridgit. In 1719 the porch of the choir
which constituted the church was taken
down "to admit of a modern addition to
accommodate the congregation." About
1779 the church was repaired; and in 1795
it is described as "an old structure in the
Gothic style, of excellent workmanship
. . . near the outer base of the spire the
name of the Master- Mason is writ in Saxon
Characters, Magister Thomas Tron." In
1833 there was added a new church or nave
"in Gothic style corresponding to the old
fabric," with a tower 120 ft. high between
the old work and the new. But the old and
the new were separate and at different
levels, the new being used as the place of
worship. But a scheme of renovation car
ried out in 1933 at a cost of £10,000 united
the buildings into an harmonious whole,
comprising nave, choir, and transepts. The
interior of the church of 1833 was com
pletely cleared out, including the plaster on
the walls and gallery and ceiling; and the
floor was lowered to a common level with
that of the ancient choir. For the support
of the tower there was introduced a massive
steel structure encased in freestone, and
beneath the tower a large central arch was
constructed to lead into the crossing. The
vestibule formerly separating the nave and
choir was opened up by four arches to
form transepts, and the wall that filled the
choir-arch was taken down to open up the
interior from end to end. The roof of the
nave was lined with timber; and an old
vestry at the west end was transformed into
a vestibule with pillared arcade. New floor
ing, seating accommodation, and furnish
ings completed the scheme. Niches in the
walls of the nave were made to contain
architectural fragments of a 12th century
Norman church discovered during the
course of the reconstruction. In 1939 the
north transept was converted into a suitably
appointed baptistry. On 15th Aug. 1529
the Chapel of St Lessert — Lasrach or
Lassert — was in the King's hands on
account of the death of James, Earl of
Arran. On 22nd Sept. 1300-1 Edward I
made an offering of 7 sh. "in his Chapel of
Bothwell" in honour of St Mauricius. —
[Transcripts from the Vatican, ii, 30, 199,
MS. Reg. Ho.; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 2453;
Reg. Epis. of Glasgow, ii, 366; Reports Hist.
MSS. Commis., xi, 48; Cal. Papal Regs.,
xi, 334, xii, 379; Cal. of Docs. Rel. to Scot.,
iv, 449; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 307;
Memo. Rev. R. J. Thomson, B.D., Both-
well.]
JOHN HAMILTON, pres. to vicar
, pensionary 30th March 1568 on
death of Sir James Rae. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 8; Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvii, 55.]
MUNGO BAXTER, reader 1574 and
1574 1590.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
ROBERT BOYD.— [G. R. Sas., xxxiii,
1608 254.]
MATTHEW McKELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1649
1631), his son, Matthew, M.A.
(Glasgow, 1661), apprenticed to
Robert Douglas, merchant, Edinburgh,
24th June 1668.
SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, his
1709
daughs. — Grizel, died 1783; Eliza
beth (marr. Daniel Sinclair, min. of
Longformacus).
JOHN PAGAN, his widow, Margaret
Wiseman Lang, died at Largs 15th
A ., „_ ~
Aug. 1933.
SAMUEL JOHN HAMILTON, died
1916
from effects of bicycle accident near
Kirkcaldy 3rd Sept. 1926; his daugh.,
Dorothy Poll (marr. 19th Nov. 1938 Orto
Ferdinand Stiltner, Maklatz, Pomerania).
1927
ROBERT JOHN THOMSON, M.A.
(190?)' B'D- (Glasg°w> 191°)> for'
merly of Coldstream (q.v.), trans, to
Alloa 15th July 1919; trans, and adm. 16th
Feb. 1927. Marr. llth Sept. 1917 Isabel
Margaret Ann, only daugh. of Alexander
Paterson, Burnside, Tain, and Euphemia
Margaret Finlayson, and had issue — David
Alexander, born 6th June 1918; Euphemia
Isabel, born 27th Aug. 1919; Robert
Paterson, born 6th June 1922; John Ken
neth, born llth April 1925.
254
BURNBANK— CAMBUSLANG
[PRESB. OF
BURNBANK
ANDREW SMITH DINGWALL
1894 SCOTT, died 25th July 1920.
JOHN SMITH SIEVWRIGHT, M.A.,
ord. 2nd Feb. 1921; trans, to Bal-
1921
lingry llth Jan. 1928.
1928
CHARLES KEITH McWILLIAM,
bom Aberdeen 29th Jan. 1896, son
of Charles McW. and Jane Mc-
William Keith; educ. Robert Gordon's
College and Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1919), B.D. (1920); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen April 1920; assistant Holburn,
Aberdeen; ord. to Leadhills, 17th Sept.
1920; trans, to St Thomas, Leith, llth
April 1923; trans, to Kelso North, 17th
May 1926; trans, and adm. 10th July 1928.
Marr. 5th Nov. 1933 Margaret, daugh. of
John and Margaret McDonald, Aberdeen.
CADZOW
THOMAS FOREST HARKNESS
GRAHAM. Addl. publications—
Scenes on the Avon, Lanarkshire',
Tributaries on the Avon, Lanarkshire',
Muttonhole Road and other Poems', Culzean
Castle (short history).
CALDERBANK
WILLIAM BUCHANAN STRACHAN
his widow, Helen Shaw Munro
1919
1884
Fleming, died 8th Sept. 1921.
WILLIAM HENDERSON ADAM,
died 28th Feb. 1923; his widow,
1919
1946.
Margaret Wallace, died 19th July
JAMES MAcGILLIVRAY, M.A., for-
merly of Lochcarron (q.v.), adm. 4th
July 1923; died 2nd Dec. 1924.
JAMES WALLACE SIMPSON, M.C.,
ord. 22nd April 1925; trans, to
Crimond 5th April 1928.
(Charges united 1930.)
CALDERCRUIX
WILLIAM BLACK JACK, died 29th
1896 March 1938.
CALDERHEAD
JOHN REEVIE JOHNSTON MERRY,
1918 trans, to Paisley North 7th Jan. 1926.
DUNCAN CONACHER, trans, from
1926 K^morie> Arran (q.v.), 2nd June
1926; his wife, Elsie Robertson
Gordon, died 26th March 1935; his son,
Duncan Gordon, Captain, R.A.M.C.
CAMBUSLANG
DAVID CHRISTISON, sometime par-
1562 son. — [Acts and Dec., xxiv, 454.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, parson, 1564,
1564 1568 and 1572.— [Acts and Dec.,
xxxii, 436; xxxiv, 371; xlix, 30;
Comps. Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
JAMES LINDSAY, called min. 1563,
156? still in office 13th Feb. 1581-2.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling. ]
ADAM FOULIS, pres. on death of
William Hamilton, 1572.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (8), 20.]
JOHN HOWIESON, M.A., pres. to
vicar pensionary 2nd Dec. 1591 on
death of Thomas Lindsay. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 30.]
JOHN DRUMMOND, pres. to par-
sona§e and vicarage 23rd Aug. 1 580.
—[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 387.]
ROBERT FLEMING, line 5, delete
1653
"who was James Fleming's first
wife."
WILLIAM McCULLOCH, marr. Janet,
daugh. of Robert Dinwoodie, mer-
1731
chant, Glasgow.
1774
JAMES MEIK, son of John M. of
Fortisset, born 12th March 1740.
Publication — Reply to Mr Ewing's
Animadversion of Lay Preaching Indefen
sible, Glasgow, 1800.
JOHN ROBERTSON, his daugh., Sarah
1797 (marr. John Whitehead, S.S.C.).
JAMES STEWART JOHNSON, his
daugh., Helen Isabella (marr. Archi-
843 bald Russell, son of Archibald
HAMILTON]
CAMBUSLANG— COATS
255
Russell of Auchenrath, Boithwell), died at
Moffat 28th Feb. 1938.
ROBERT SIBBALD CALDERWOOD,
D.D. (Glasgow, 1928), granted A.
and S. llth June 1935; his son,
Walter Macfarlane, min. of St Mary's,
Hawick; his daugh., Mary Sibbald, died
28th Aug. 1940.
CAMBUSLANG WEST
ARTHUR STANLEY MIDDLETON,
trans- to Dean, Edinburgh, 15th
March 1927.
ROBERT JAMES STEELE DICKEY,
1Q__ trans, from Beath (#.v.) 29th Sept.
1927; M.A. (St Andrews, June 1938);
trans, to Firth llth Jan. 1946; his wife,
Helen Russell, daugh. of Thomas Ritchie
and Catherine Anderson, St Andrews
(marr. 20th Nov. 1915), died 18th May
1941. He marr. (2) 7th Oct. 1942 Flora,
daugh. of Charles MacGregor, Kirkwall,
and widow of Alexander Andrew Moir,
M.A., rector of Dornoch Academy.
CAMBUSNETHAN
Cambusnethan is "Neighton's bight' or
"bend." At this bend stood the old
Church of Cambusnethan; and the name
doubtless commemorates a Welsh saint of
that name; may be identical with Nathalan,
Nechtan, whose day was 8th Jan. and who
died in 679 and was buried, it is said, at
Tullich, Upper Deeside. — [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 329-30.]
ALEXANDER ROWATT, min., pres.
1588 to Parsonage and vicarage 4th Jan.
1591-2.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 107.]
THOMAS MUIRHEAD, had a son,
John. — [Glasgow Tests., 12th Nov.
1635.]
ROBERT SHAW HUTTON, his
1851 daughs. — Ella (marr. 24th Jan. 1925
John F. Williams, Overdale, Wis-
haw); Ada Nichol, died Edinburgh 26th
May 1946.
GILBERT ALEXANDER KENNEDY,
1900 kis widow> Mary Bryars, died Kenya
26th Dec. 1935; his daugh., Adelaide
Margaret (marr. 26th July 1923 Gordon
Alfred Lyns, London).
JOHN ASHPLANT NICHOLLS, con
victed of assault and found insane;
died at Montrose 20th July 1934;
his sons — John, in Malay Police; William,
in London; his daugh., Christian (marr.
4th March 1939 Geoffrey Charles, son of
Captain F. G. White, R.F.A.).
CHAPELTON
WILLIAM THOMSON, dem. 15th
1891
June 1930; died 27th Oct. 1933; his
widow, Helen Macleod, died 29th
Dec. 1939; his son, John Gardner, B.D.,
B.Ed., ordained to Loudoun Parish 15th
Dec. 1927; his daugh., Jane Duncan, died
5th July 1923.
CLARKSTON
JAMES BRANDER, his widow, Jessie
1872 Lorimer, died 24th Dec. 1926.
WILLIAM OGILVY DUNCAN, born
23rd Jan 1858, not 1850 as in print;
1889
1936.
dem. 31st Dec. 1933, died 2nd Feb.
CLELAND
DUNCAN CAMERON, born 18th May
1R01 1853; his wife, Agnes Jack Lang,
died 10th Sept. 1935. Retired for
sake of Union, 3rd Dec. 1929; died 10th
Feb. 1938.
COATDYKE
JAMES CROMARTY SMITH, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 28th June 1929, and
Montreal, April 1929); dem. 31st
May 1939, died at Airdrie 22nd Dec. 1944.
His wife, Emma Mary Philip, died same
day.
COATS
WILLIAM HUTCHISON, his widow,
Elizabeth Dinwoodie, died 5th Nov.
1935; his daugh., Mary Macdonald
(marr. 3rd March 1927 Walter Douglas
Dykes Jones).
256
COATS— DALZIEL
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE MACKENZIE, D.D. (Aber-
1907
deen, 29th March 1933); his daugh.,
Joan Noble, author of The Home
ward Tide (marr. 5th Dec. 1934 James
Beattie Burnett, son of James Beattie
Burnett, min. of Fetteresso). A. and S.
granted 6th April 1937. Publications-
Edited Alma Mater (Aberdeen Univ. Maga
zine) 1885-6; Church of Scotland Jewish
Mission Quarterly, 1924-33; The Few
Things through the Ages; At the Old Sea
Gate of Jerusalem; Sermons in Christian
World Pulpit; Articles in Expository Times,
Life and Work, etc.
COLTNESS MEMORIAL CHURCH
JAMES ROBERT CHRYSTAL, died
1879
at Melrose 27th Jan. 1930; his
daugh., Alice Margaret Wilkie, died
at Elie 6th Aug. 1948.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, dem. llth
Nov. 1920; died at Edinburgh 29th
May 1936.
1892
DONALD MACDONALD, ord. 22nd
1921
April 1921; dem. on app. as Indian
Chaplain (q.v.) 10th Dec. 1924.
HAMILTON RUSSELL FERGUSON,
1925
born Ollaberry, Shetland, 25th June
1900, son of Gilbert Young F.,
schoolmaster, and Mary J., daugh. of
Henry Mouat of North Hammersland,
Shetland; educ. at Anderson Institute, Ler-
wick, and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922);
served in Gordon Highlanders in Great
War 1918; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
1924; assistant, Calton and St Georges-in-
the-Fields, Glasgow; ord. 24th April 1925;
dem. 1945; Director, Scottish Religious
Film Society. Marr. 25th Aug. 1926
Brenda Morag, daugh. of James Banna-
tyne, solicitor, Glasgow, and has issue —
Ian Russell, born 3rd Feb. 1929; Sheila
Morag, born 4th Sept. 1930; Rosemary
Jean, born 9th Oct. 1936.
CRAIGNEUK
ROBERT GEDDES BRODIE, died at
1906 Glasgow 16th June 1924.
PETER JOHN McIVER, trans, from
1924
Cross and Burness 10th Dec. 1924;
trans, to Inchture 17th Feb. 1928.
WILLIAM WILSON BELL, formerly
1928 of Abbey St Bathans (<?.v.); trans,
from Monzievaird and Strowan 10th
Oct. 1928; died 13th July 1948.
DALSERF
JOHN RAM AGE, reader 1563-9.—
1563 \-ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Stirling,
FRANCIS AIRD.— [G. R. Sas., lix,
1646 14.]
THOMAS KIRKCALDY, his son,
1672
1680.
William, apprentice to George
Smailholm, merchant, 13th Oct.
JOSEPH CLELAND, wife, was widow
of David Liddell, Prof, of Divinity,
Glasgow.— [Deeds, Dal., 1705, No.
1681
352.]
JAMES CRAIG, son of James C,
Chaplain to Duke of Hamilton;
dem. and went to Shrewsbury 1816.
Marr. (1) Sara Dixon (born 1781, died
1830) and had issue — James, born Dec.
1812, died June 1873; John, born Dec. 1814;
Elizabeth, born 1816 (marr.); Charles, born
1818, died 1890; Alexander, born 1819,
died 1884; Robert Wallace, born April
1821, died 1884; Anne (twin), born April
1821, died Oct. 1821; Mary, born 1823,
died 1875. He marr. (2) June 1832 Eliza
beth Brayne (died 1 1th July 1884), Shrews
bury, and had issue — Agnes Wallace, born
1836 (marr. Thomas Burd); Catherine, born
1838 (marr. Wakefield Dixon); Donald,
born 1842, died 1934.
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, Ph.D.
(Edinburgh, 1926), died 24th April
1937. Publication— The Protestant
Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, 1926.
1907
DALZIEL
In the Barony of Dalziel there was land
called Saint Laurence Land.— [Laing Char
ters, 695.]
HAMILTON]
DALZIEL— DUNDYVAN
257
JOHN ROBESON, pres. to vicar-
pensionary 18th Feb. 1569 on death
of Sir Alexander Walker.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 38.]
DAVID MAYNE, his son, Thomas,
1607
merchant, Glasgow; his daugh.,
Jean (marr. John Weir, maltman,
Glasgow). — [Glasgow Burgess Roll, 4th
Aug. 1636.]
DAVID SCOTT, died at Edinburgh,
21st Sept. 1924; his wife, Elizabeth
Christian Ritchie, died 4th July
1922; his daugh., Mary Elizabeth Bradfute
(marr. 6th April 1938 Sir James Maclver
Macleod, K.B.E., C.M.G., Consul-General,
Tunis).
THOMAS BENTLEY STEWART
1874
1919
THOMSON, trans, to St Stephen's,
Edinburgh, 20th Dec. 1923.
GAVIN KERR MACKAY, M.A.,
trans, from Durisdeer 24th June
1924; trans, to Johnstone High 21st
Feb. 1929.
1924
1929
JAMES BRYCE JAMIESON, trans.
from Greyfriars> Dumfries (#.v.),
26th July 1929; D.D. (Edinburgh,
2nd July 1948); his son, George Thomson,
min. of Viewfield, Erskine, Stirling, B.A.
(Cant.); his daugh., Jean McGill, M.A.
(Hons.), Teacher, Blyth, Northumberland;
his son, Henry Moncrieff, M.A. (Hons.).
DALZIEL, ST ANDREW'S
JAMES GELLATLY, died 28th June
1904 1932.
DALZIEL, ST MARY'S
WILLIAM SMITH, died 13th March
1923; his widow, Maria Hatelie,
died 19th May 1935.
ALEXANDER MAUCHLINE, for-
1923
merly
St Matthew's, Dundee
(q.v.), and missionary at Blantyre,
Nyasaland; adm. 12th Sept. 1923; trans, to
St Thomas, Leith, 22nd Sept. 1926.
1927
WILLIAM BUCHANAN, trans, from
Menmuir (tf-v-) 23rd Feb- 1927'
trans, to Belhavie South 3rd April
1946; had issue — Elaine Helen Margaret,
born 20th Dec. 1926; Gwynneth Ann
Stuart, born 16th Dec. 1930.
DALZIEL SOUTH
DUFF MACDONALD, D.D. (Aber-
1883
deen) 1923, died 20th Jan. 1929.
Marr. (2) 27th July 1920 Christina
Gourlie Reid.
JOHN MAUCHLINE, born Glasgow
1929 5th July 1902, son of John M. and
Christina Morton; educ. at Hutche-
son 's Grammar School and Univ. of Glas
gow, M.A. (1923), B.D. (1926); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 28th April 1926; assis
tant at St Bride's, Glasgow, and Carluke;
ord. 26th June 1929; dem. 30th June 1934;
app. to Chair of Old Testament Language
and Literature, Glasgow, 8th Oct. 1934;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 2nd July 1948). Marr.
17th Sept. 1930 Helen Brisbane, M.A.,
daugh. of John B. Paterson and Mary
Dawson, and has issue — John, born 1st
July 1933; William Morton Paterson, born
19th Nov. 1935; Robert Lawman, born
22nd Oct. 1938. Publications— Articles in
various learned magazines.
DUNDYVAN
ANDREW ROBERTSON, his widow,
1905
Marea Christina Sieberg, died 22nd
Jan. 1939.
CHARLES MACKINNON, trans. 10
1917 St Paul's, Glasgow, 8th March 1922.
JAMES MUDGE, ord. 26th July 1922;
resignation accepted 18th Jan. 1926;
app. to Scots Kirk, Rangoon (q.v.\
Feb. 1926.
DUNCAN SMITH HENDERSON,
1926 trans- fr°m Sinclairtown (q.v.), 24th
June 1926; trans, to St Stephen's,
Glasgow, 19th March 1931; died 17th April
1945. Addl. issue — Duncan Smith, born
24th June 1926; Shiena Frances McAdam,
born 26th Nov. 1927; Aileen Ishbel Mc-
Combie, born 3rd Sept. 1929.
258
FLOWERHILL— GLASFORD
[PRESS. OF
FLOWERHILL
ROBERT HENDERSON, dem. 16th
1889
June 1926, died 28th Jan. 1941; his
wife, Isabella Wright, daugh. of
Alexander Gibson, town clerk, Kirkcaldy,
died 28th Dec. 1935.
JAMES STRATHEARN McNAB,
served as Lieut, in 7th Cameronians
in France and Belgium in Great
War; trans, from Bannockburn (q.v.} 20th
Oct. 1920; trans, to St Leonard 's, Ayr, llth
March 1931. Marr. 17th Oct. 1922 Dorothy
Mary, eldest daugh. of John Moir, The
Mount, Montrose, and Isabella Pirie, and
had issue — Isabel Moir, born 30th July
1925; Dorothy Marion Joyce, born 3rd
Dec. 1928. Publications Translated— The
Christian Life and Credo, by Karl Barth;
Cross and Swastika; The Ordeal of the
German Evangelical Church, by Dr Arthur
Frey.
GARTSHERRIE
JOHN ALEXANDER IRELAND,
1891
1917
licen. 2nd Nov. 1870; his daugh.,
Charlotte, died 7th Aug. 1928; his
widow, Charlotte Chalmers Reid Falconer,
killed in motor accident, Newark, 22nd
Aug. 1939.
ROBERT WILLIAM RUTHERFORD,
died at Bournemouth 12th March
1924; his son, David Sinclair, min.
of Biggar.
JOHN McCOLL, trans, from Loch-
1924 maben 10th Sept- 1924' Marr- 28tn
April 1917 Mary Gwendoline, daugh.
of Henry Edgar Molyneux ffennell, Wood
lands, Brighton, and has issue — Alexander
Browning, C.A., born 27th Jan. 1918;
Moira Huntly, born 10th Jan. 1921.
GARTURK
HUGH DUNCAN, died 21st Nov. 1934;
R0ft his wife, Mary Alice Swallow, died
4th March 1927; his daugh., Mary
Elizabeth, died 16th April 1933.
GLASFORD
JOHN HAMILTON, reader 1576 and
1576 1511.— [Comps. Gen. Co I I. of Thirds.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A.,
1585 ca^ec* mm> 158l-5; Pres- to vicarage
by Robert, Lord Sempill, on death
of Sir John Hamilton; evidently identical
with above. Marr. Janet Hamilton, and
had issue — James (eldest); John. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds; Cal. of Charters, xii,
2820; House of Hamilton, 369.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A., min. in
RQ 1589 when parsonage held by Mr
Robert Sempill.— [Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.}
PETER CAMERON, M.A. (Glasgow,
1594 1593).
WILLIAM HAMILTON, marr. 1646
1644
Margaret, daugh. of James Hamil
ton of Barnecleuch and widow of
Alexander Durham of Muirhouse, mer
chant in Edinburgh.
GAVIN LANG, his son, Alexander,
1832 C.M.G., died 29th June 1930.
ROBERT PATERSON, died 3rd Aug.
1871
den.)
1920; his daugh., Edith Maud (marr.
1st Nov. 1922 John Annan, Bears-
1925
ROBERT DALY, trans, to St James',
1918 Glasgow, 18th March 1925.
THOMAS CONNOLLY, born Ruther-
glen 25th Dec. 1873, son of Edward
C. and Janet Strathearn Jackson;
educ. Rutherglen Public School, Baptist
Colleges at Dunoon and Glasgow, Univs.
of Glasgow and Edinburgh, M.A. (1922),
and Manchester; ord. to Hopeman Baptist
Church Jan. 1904; trans, to Inskip 1907;
to Oldham 1909; Ancoats, Manchester,
1912; Old Cumnock 1916 and to Dumfries,
March to July 1918; app. to Robertson
Memorial Mission, Grassmarket, June
1918; adm. by General Assembly on proba
tion 1920 and as licentiate 26th May 1921,
and by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th June 1921 ;
assistant, South Leith; ord. 13th July 1921;
adm. 9th May 1923 to Kelso North; trans,
and adm. 2nd Sept. 1925; dem. 3rd Sept.
1947. Marr. 31st Aug. 1905 Mary Mc-
Farlane Brown (died 26th Aug. 1941),
HAMILTON]
GLASFORD— HAMILTON
259
daugh. of James Daly and Marion Morrison
Brown. Marr. (2) 8th Sept. 1943 Helen
Glennie Livingstone.
GREENGAIRS
JAMES RUSSELL, died 24th Feb.
1931; his widow, Mary Keddie, died
3rd Feb. 1946.
1916
HALLSIDE (now FLEMINGTON)
WILLIAM CONWAY, trans, to Raith
1918 llth May 1927.
1927
THOMAS RAMSAY KEARNEY (see
vii, 697), trans, from Charteris
Memorial Church, Edinburgh, 21st
Sept. 1927; granted A. and S. 7th July 1936.
Publication — The Jubilee of our China
Mission.
HAMILTON
To Pope Nicholas V a petition was pre
sented by James, 1st Lord Hamilton, to the
effect that he, considering that the Church
of Hamilton, otherwise called of old
4 * Cadzow, ' ' whose Rector is Dean of Glas
gow, was wont to be governed by only one
vicar, and had, as it now has, a wide parish,
with many inhabitants of both sexes, beside
a multitude of souls, men making daily
journey by land or water, and coming to
the church for masses and to hear other
divine offices, and that the cure of souls
could not be conveniently exercised nor the
church duly served by the vicar alone,
granted and gave to the said church 20 lib.
worth of lands and annual rents within his
lordship for divine service and the cure of
souls, and support of the said parish church,
that he desired the erection of the church
into a collegiate church for a provost and
6 chaplainries for as many chaplains, in
addition to the rector, who was non-resi
dent, and that he had also given 4 chaplain
ries founded by his ancestors and of his
patronage, the Chapel of Machan, the
Chapel of Hamilton within his lordship,
the Chapel of St Thomas near Glasgow,
and the Chapel of Lanark, to be erected
and incorporated for the chaplains, the
present vicar to be installed as provost, and
for the erection he proposed to enlarge and
adorn the said church. The Pope gave
mandate to William Turnbull, Bishop of
Glasgow, on 4th Jan. 1450-1 to make due
enquiries and carry out the erection. On
9th Aug. and 18th Sept. 1451 the Bishop,
"being occupied daily about the King in
arduous and necessary business of the
realm," gave commission to Thomas
Spens, Bishop of Galloway, and Archibald,
Abbot of Holyrood, to carry out Lord
Hamilton's wishes; and on 15th March
1452-3 the Abbot of Paisley was given
Papal Mandate to confirm the erection
carried out by the said bishop and abbot.
But a dispute arose as to the patronage of
the provostry, George de Graham, vicar of
the church, being presented by Lord Hamil
ton, and Martin Waus by Thomas Waus,
Dean of Glasgow. Appeal was made to
Rome, and by Bull of 10th April 1462 Pope
Pius II gave decision for Lord Hamilton,
confirmed the collegiate erection, and
directed the Archdeacon of Glasgow and
the Provost of St John the Baptist's
Church, Corstorphine, to induct and install
George de Graham as provost of "the
new College." The fruits of the perpetual
vicarage of the church were appropriated
to the provostry. On 5th Jan. 1450-1
Relaxation of Penance was given by the
Pope to all visiting and giving alms on the
Assumption and Annunciation of the
Virgin for the building, enlargement and
conservation of the ' ' Collegiate Church of
St Mary, erected by Lord Hamilton"; and
it is on record that Lord Hamilton ' ' built
new the parish kirk of Hamilton, the
queere, and two cross isles, and steeple, all
of polished stone." The church, as noted,
was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. By deed
of gift in 1552 the Abbot and Convent of
Paisley united the Church of Carmunnock
to the collegiate church, and made suppli
cation to the Archbishop of Glasgow to
confirm the union. But it appears that the
confirmation did not take place. On 12th
Oct. 1538 Sir David Hamilton is recorded
as Rector of Kilbride and Prebendary of
Hamilton, which may indicate that the
Rectory of Kilbride was a prebend of
Hamilton Collegiate Church. — [CaL Papal
260
HAMILTON— HARTHILL
[PRESB. OF
Regs., Letters, x, 75-6, 85, 97, xi, 438-9;
Theiner's Vet. Mon., 438; Hist. MSS.
Commis. Report, xi, 20, 49.]
FIRST CHARGE
JOHN DAVIDSON, M.A., min. in
1563
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
JOHN RAYES, exhorter and teacher
1563
of the young, 1563. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ARCHIBALD BARRIE, M.A., vicar
pensioner 1571-7, probably did not
conform. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
JAMES HAMILTON, on 27th Aug.
1 609 1 639 t^ie General Assembly at Edin
burgh "upon his humble supplica
tion and confession ' ' declared him capable
of the Ministry. Marr. Katherine, daugh.
of James Hamilton of Torrens. — [House
of Hamilton, 855; Peterkin's Record of the
Kirk, 261.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, line 5, for "that
1675 year" read "1682."
ROBERT SCOTT, had issue— Marie,
bapt. 31st July 1678; Anna, bapt.
2nd May 1680 (marr. William Lyell,
Dysart), died 21st April 1753. He marr.
(2) cont. 1st Nov. 1701 Barbara, daugh. of
George Martin, min. of Dundee South, and
widow of Dr Charles Carnegie, min. of
Farnell, Dean of Brechin, and had issue —
William, died March 1703, aged 1 1 months.
1687
JOHN INGLIS, line 21, for "John"
read "Alexander"; resident with
his wife and three children, including
Christian, in Lady Yester's parish, Edin
burgh, 10th Nov. 1691.— [Lady Yester's
Poll Tax Roll]
ALEXANDER FINDLATER, born
1715
1666, son of Alexander F. of the
parish of Dyke, and Christian
Brodie. Issue — Alexander, born 23rd Dec.
1695; Thomas, min. of West Linton, born
2nd July 1697; Elizabeth, born 10th June
1699; Robert, born 1st May 1702; Ann,
born 25th Sept. 1705; Basil, born 8th
March 1707; Joan, bora 16th May 1709;
Charles, born 14th Aug. 1711; Christian,
born 18th Dec. 1713 (marr. Alexander
Strang of Burnhouse); James, born 7th
March 1716, died 6th April 1769.
EDWARD LITTON THOMSON, died
t 17th Sept. 1923; his widow, Ella
Gunn Russell, marr. (2) 29th Jan.
1934 Robert Gordon Watt Brown, Dundee.
NORMAN MACLEOD CAIE, granted
191? A. and S. llth June 1930, died 2nd
May 1937; his son, Norman, died
4th Aug. 1931; his daugh., Annabel Hynd-
man (marr. 31st Aug. 1934 Ronald John,
son of William Rankine, Portkel, Kil-
creggan); his widow, Mary Rennie Mathers
Wood, died at Stewarton 24th Dec. 1947.
SECOND CHARGE
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, his daughs.
1858
— Elizabeth Margaret, died llth
Jan. 1924; Agnes Fraser, died 22nd
Jan. 1931.
JOHN LANCELOT CONSTANTINE
1917
TULLOCH, died 2nd Feb. 1926;
his widow, Janet Richmond Mac-
donald, died at Edinburgh 13th June 1932;
his son, John Lancelot Hill, C.A., died 10th
Dec. 1935; his daugh., Jean Margaret
Richmond (marr. 17th Oct. 1936 Alexander
Edward Turnbull, M.B., Ch.B., Yetholm).
MATTHEW STEWART, trans, from
Keith (<?.v.) 3rd Sept. 1926; trans, to
First Charge, A. and S., 10th Nov.
1930; D.D. (Glasgow, 1944); Moderator of
General Assembly May 1947; dem. 15th
Nov. 1948. Issue of 2nd marriage —
Frances Mary, born 17th Feb. 1927; Norah
Evelyn, born 17th Feb. 1930.
HARTHILL
ALEXANDER WATT, died at Polmont
21st March 1928; his wife, Sarah
Alice Mahon, died 19th Jan 1922;
his daugh., Agnes Mary Stewart (marr. Mr
McDonald, Turduff).
HAMILTON]
HARTHILL— EAST KILBRIDE and TORRANCE
261
KENNEDY ADAMS, dem. 31st Dec.
1919 1937, died Ayr 14th Aug. 1942, s.p.
(This parish transferred to Presb. of
Bathgate after Union 1929.)
HOLYTOWN
JOHN DALZIEL DYKES, died 28th
1906 March 1936.
CARFIN
WILLIAM NOTMAN NEILL, died 7th
1919 Oct. 1925.
JOHN HENDERSON MACKENZIE,
1929
formerly of Nesting (q.v.), trans.
from St Andrews, Berwick, 30th
July 1929; appointed by Home Mission
19th Nov. 1929, dem. 31st Dec. 1945.
KENMUIR
GEORGE ALEXANDER STALKER,
1910
dem. 18th Jan. 1926; his wife,
Gavina Elizabeth Young, died 3rd
Dec. 1934. Marr. (2) llth July 1942 Edna
Rachael Ratcliffe.
ROBERT LAURIE KILGOUR, born
1926 4t^ Oct> 18^ at DarJeennS' India,
son of Robert K., D.D., and Agnes
Elizabeth Horn; educ. Morrison's Aca
demy, Crieff; St Paul's School, London;
and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1921); served
in Great War in France and Mesopotamia,
1914-19 (wounded, despatches); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1924; assistant, Hillhead,
Glasgow, and Dunblane Cathedral 1924;
ord. 3rd June 1926; trans, to Elie Old, 22nd
July 1931. Marr. 18th Jan. 1939 Elsie
Johnston, daugh. of W. J. Christian,
Ealing; dem. 15th July 1943 and became
Missionary at Lovedale. Publication — The
Scottish Universities'1 Mission.
EAST KILBRIDE and TORRANCE
The right to have a chapel in the Castle
of Kilbride was granted to Roger de Valons
by Joceline, Bishop of Glasgow, 1175-99—
ratified by Parliament 1182-9. By charter
of llth June 1618 James VI mortified to
Glasgow University the Church of Kilbride,
and also, on the resignation of the Arch
bishop of Glasgow, the Church of Torrens,
"a small parish and least of all able to
sustain a ministrie" and "inseparably
united to Kilbride." The Charter further
narrated that Torrens had "always been
a pendicle of Kilbride, and that the entire
parishioners through diverse years have
frequented Kilbride." — [Reg. of Glasgow,
i, 48; Acts Scott. Parl., i, 386; Reg. Great
Seal, vii, 1840.]
JOHN STEVENSON, M.A., parson
and vicar, was dead 1563. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A., in
Auldhouse, reader before 14th July
1568, died 1589; had issue— Archi
bald; James.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.; Edin. Tests., vii, 142.]
JOHN COLWYER, M.A., min. in 1569.
1563
1569
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stir
ling, etc.]
JAMES FLEMING, son of John F.,
merchant, Glasgow. — [House of
1580
Hamilton, 621.]
ROBERT DARROCH, min., pres. to
parsonage of Torrens. — [Reg. Sec.
1584
Sig., Ixix, 221.]
DAVID SHARPE, M.A. (Glasgow,
1608 1596).
JAMES CRICHTON, (2) marr. cont.
1663 24th Jan. 1674 Jean, daugh. of Sir
Robert Elphinstone of Quarrell. —
[Deeds, Mack., 1705, No. 325.]
SIR HENRY WELLWOOD MON-
1837 CRIEFF, line 19, for "Glasgow"
read "Edinburgh"; col. 2, line 12,
for "characters" read "Churches."
WILLIAM CARRICK, pres. by Crown
1843 21st July 1843.
WILLIAM JACK, granted A. and S.
3rd May 1932' retired to Colinton,
died 30th March 1935; his widow,
Margaret Gilmour Giffen, died 5th Dec.
1937.
(Parish transferred at Union 1929 to
Presb. of Glasgow.}
262
LARKHALL— SHOTTS
[PRESB. OF
LARKHALL
JOHN CRICHTON, his widow, Mary
Ann Slater Giffen, died 6th Nov.
1926.
1856
JOHN DONALDSON McCALLUM,
1885
Moderator of General Assembly
1926; dem. 30th Nov. 1929; died at
MorTat 7th Oct. 1930.
MEADOWFIELD
NEIL LIVINGSTONE THOMSON,
1893
licen. 14th May 1890; dem. 15th
May 1932; died at Hamilton 13th
Feb. 1937.
(Parish transferred to Presb. of Bathgate
1929.)
NEW MONKLAND
LUDOVIC SOMERVILL, marr.
Marion, daugh. of Alexander
Hamilton of Haggs.
THOMAS FREEBAIRN, his daugh.,
Margaret Molyson (marr. 1815
Robert Monteith).
ROBERT ARCHIBALD, his daugh.,
1846
Marion Birkmyre, died 24th Aug.
1924.
1876
JOHN McGAVIN BOYD, his widow,
Janet Fulton Brown, died 7th Jan.
1930; his daugh., Eleanor Brown
(marr. 18th June 1930 Henry Tod Robert
son, Meadowbank, Airdrie).
OLD MONKLAND
DAVID HAMILTON, exhorter 1568,
reader 14th Sept. 1579. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.;
Edin. Tests., vii, 280.]
1568
JAMES HAMILTON, Bishop of Argyll,
held parsonage of Monkland and
Cadder 21st May 1574.— [Coll. of
Charters, xi, 2379.]
JOHN BELL, pres. to vicarage of Cad
der and Monkland 25th Nov. 1594
on dem. of Michael Chisholm. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xlvii, 97.]
1594
JOHN LOTHIAN, his daugh., Eliza-
1*1* beth (marr. Matthew Ramsay, min.
1636 r r» • i \
of Paisley.)
HUGH WEIR, marr. after 5th Dec.
1653 J 653 Janet, daugh. of Thomas Bogle,
maltman and burgess, Glasgow. —
[G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., vi, 389.]
PETER CAMERON BLACK, his
widow, Jane Brown, died 21st June
1932.
1864
1894
MATTHEW SCOTT DICKSON, D.D.
(Glasgow, 6th June 1932), vice-
chairman of General Trustees of the
Church of Scotland, died 19th April 1938
OVERTOWN
DAVID LIVINGSTON THOMSON,
1888 died 8th Aug. 1922.
THOMAS MILLER McKENDRICK,
1922
1927.
ord. 13th Dec. 1922; trans, to
Laurieston, Glasgow, 24th Feb.
1927
HECTOR MCLENNAN MACLEOD,
born Glasgow 31st Dec. 1901; son
of Hector MacL. and Elizabeth
Taylor; educ. at Hyndland School and
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1923), B.D.
(1926); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow April
1926; assistant Barony May 1925 to May
1927; ord. 8th June 1927; trans to Killearn
24th June 1931.
QUARTER
GEORGE BLAIR, died at Blantyre
1881 23rd Jan. 1929.
1920
THOMAS MURRAY INGLIS, trans,
from Twechar (q.v.) 14th Sept. 1920;
trans, to Birnie 26th June 1929.
SHOTTS
Before 1476 James Hamilton, lord of
Bertram-Shotts and Hamilton, founded
and built at Bertram-Shotts a chapel dedi
cated to St Catharine, which the Bishop
erected into a parish church. At the church
he also built a hospital to receive the poor
HAMILTON]
siiorrs STOM HOI si
of Christ. The reason that he assigned for
the church was that "the desert -place of
Bertram-Shotts is distant about S mik-s
from the Parish Church of St Mai\ of
Bothwell, and is remote and like a desert
though inhabited; and it is an infertile and
cold mountain region, on account of \\liu h
cold and the distance of the place many of
the inhabitants there die without receiving
the sacraments, and incur many other
dangers," to avoid which he had founded
the chapel. He further stated that as the
rector of the church for the time being, and
the poor of the hospital were alike without
means of sustenance, he proposed to endow
the church and hospital, and to provide to
the said parish certain new possessions
reclaimed by him at great cost from the sea
by permission of the King. In a petition
to Pope Sixtus J V he narrated the foregoing,
and asked the Pope to confirm the founda
tion and to declare the possessions re
claimed or to be reclaimed from the sea,
which are new and have never paid teinds
or first fruits to any church, to belong to
the said church and the hospital, although
the lands are situated in the bounds of the
Parish of Kinneil (on the Forth), and to
provide the teinds and first fruits to the
church and the rector for the time. On 30th
April 1476 a Bull in terms of the prayer of
the petition was issued by Pope Sixtus.
Before 13th Oct. 1488 the patronage of the
church belonged to the Collegiate Church
of Bothwell. It would appear that St
Catherine gave place to the Virgin Mary,
for in 1552 there is reference to the
'* Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in
Bertram-Shottis. " — [Reports Hbt. MSS.
Commit^ xi, 48; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 1784;
Descriptions of Sheriff dom of Lanark and
Redrew, 43n.]
JOHN ROBESOUN or ROBERTSON,
reader: vicar and reader in 1569. —
[fifci. Test^ ii, JOSJ
THOMAS HAMILTON, JHntoii a*
ttfc Am 1 576, JM ScpC,
1551-Z— {Jfey. Great
JAMI S ( UKUII . his son, \N .11, ......
appinituvd 10 Williiim tiiiiMSon,
iiu-u II.IMI. I .lniiMM'-ii ISlh Juno
1673,
I(>SH
(il-OKi.l < I II AND. his son
Kolvil. .ippu-nf IUH! It) UoluMl Sri
iii'- m. i. I.. mi I'llinlMiryh, ' 'n«i
Ail)-,. 1 70s. \\illi.ini. iippirnluvd In Wil
Hum Johnston, skimm. I <iini>iiii-ii "'ih
May 1706.
WII.I.IAM MARTIN WATT, llJN
danr.li . I Irlrn I h/.iln ih .h. .1 ' 'n-l
Illlll
IH92
JOHN M( Nl( 01,1, KAMSAY, lino 2,
I«M lt IH03" read "1857"; died 27lli
Sr.pi. 1914. Man. 41 h July 192.1
Jancl Williamson, cldesl dim^li. of John
Dunn, schoolmaster, Nellierhy, 1 1. u Hull
SIONKIIIJ I)
IMOMAS I'HVDI , dir.d ;ii ( aidonald
JHHO 2()th Oct. 1925.
JAMI-.S LA MONT, born UMcr /Mi
July 1870, *on of John I,,, farmer,
and Ui/abeth Jane Wylic; e<Juc, «l
Univ, of Cilasg^iw and Oucen'd ('oil' /"
ord. to Belalie and (fare, Australia, I'^'i
adm. to We*t Scotland Street,
1904; tran». to Park Terrace,
1908; tran*. U> Augustine U,K Church,
Glasgow, 1911; tran*. and adm, Hth M /
1920; dcm. \\'\% %tatu» 16th May 1923; a/I m
to Martyr* U,F, Church, Dundee, M/24;
Iran*, to Hope (Jhurch, Warrrphray, 21rd
Nov. 1934, Marr, 2*th Ant/l WX, ( hut-
Jotte (died 7th May 19^9), 4NJgb, tit Kohert
Ralu/m, and ha* **»<* /e^
Adelaide, M,A., rx/rn 2nd Aug.
29th Dec, 193$ Jacob Morr^/n, M.A.,
kacfcrr, Giajyow),
WILLIAM Hl.t'.tuWN MAC-
OIARM10, BJX, tram, fww> K»P
lingry ^n; JOlli Oct, 1^23; I/am,
19 UNWM Memoiial, Forfa/, Mil
JOHN f turn ANT, U*»
264
STONEHOUSE— WISHAW [PRESB. OF HAMILTON
JAMES WYPER WILSON, dem. 29th
1887 Sept. 1925, died 10th May 1936.
THOMAS McCAUGHAN, M.A.,
trans, from Douglas Water (q.v.)
llth Feb. 1926. Granted an A. and
S. 5th Feb. 1935; his daugh., Elizabeth
Maude, died 20th Jan. 1943.
UDDINGSTON
JOHN MACKINTOSH, died at Edin
burgh 15th June 1921; his widow,
Annie Alexandra Lindsay, marr. (2)
20th Jan. 1927 Thomas Winn Boyce of Hill
House, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
1918
GUY STEEL PEEBLES, trans, to
Birnie 29th March 1933; his daughs.
—Margaret Eleanor (marr. llth
April 1928 Claude Hilary Taylor); Mary
Agnes (marr. 25th April 1939 Arthur Paul
Barry, Old Court House, Lempsfield,
Surrey).
WISHAW
ALEXANDER HARPER, his widow,
Mary Thomson, died 26th Feb.
1922; his son, Alexander Bain, min.
of Monzievaird.
1870
WILLIAM CLARK, died 20th Dec.
1911
1924; his son, Frank Davidson, died
at Fettes College llth April 1938.
DONALD CHISHOLM WHITELAW,
1925
born Auchterarder 29th Jan. 1886;
son of Robert W. and Isabella
Mailer; educ. at Camelon Public School,
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (20th June 1923);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow, Jan. 1925;
assistant So. Dalziel 1924-5; ord. 29th
April 1925. Marr. 2nd July 1912 Agnes
Mirk, daugh. of George Fotheringham and
Margaret Henderson, and has issue —
Robert George, M.A. (Hons.), born 29th
April 1913, medical student, Glasgow;
Margaret Henderson, born 30th Nov. 1914,
domestic science student; Ian Chisholm,
born 26th May 1919, Bank of Scotland,
Motherwell.
PRESBYTERY OF LANARK
CARLUKE
DAVID FORREST, reader 16th Nov.
1574 1578.— [£tfw. Tests., vii, 42.]
1874
DANIEL McLAREN, his daugh.,
Alexandrina Grace Janet (Mrs
Goldsmid), died East London, South
Africa, 9th March 1942; his son, Herbert
Wroughton, C.A., died Guildford 10th
March 1947.
FRANCIS MARMADUKE HAUX-
WELL, died 20th Feb. 1929; his
1888
1927.
wife, Helen Stalker, died 4th March
WALTER GORDON CARTER, born
1929
Hastings, Ontario, Canada, 30th
Oct. 1889, son of John C. and Janet
Fife; educ. at Norwood High School and
Queen's College, Kingston, B.A. (1914);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1920; ord.
to St John's, Hawick, 5th Nov. 1920;
trans, and adm. 21st Aug. 1929; died 5th
Dec. 1936. Marr. 29th Dec. 1917 Agnes
Mildred, daugh. of Duncan James and
Esther Mitchell, and had issue — Esther
Muriel Fife Carter, born 14th May 1922.
His widow re-marr. 25th Sept. 1945.
CARMICHAEL
GEORGE DOUGLAS, parson 1568.—
1568
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
NINIAN SWANE, reader 1568.—
1569
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, vicar.— [Acts
1573 and Dec., liv, 22.]
JOHN S YMONTON, line 4, for ' ' Jean ' '
1597 read "Isobel."
LACHLAN ROSS was vicar of
1687 Ardagh.
JAMES DUNCAN WALKER GIB
SON, died 16th May 1924; his
widow, Jessie Blackburn Craig, died
14th July 1933.
1884
THOMAS WATT McANDREW, his
wife, Christina Mackie Wilson, died
8th April 1939; his daugh., Mar
garet Craig Wilson (marr. 28th Feb. 1924
Alexander Murdoch).
CARNWATH
THOMAS KING, exhorter in 1568 and
1569; in 1578 he held the chapel of
Muirhall.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, vicar and
1573 parson. — [Acts and Dec., liv, 22.]
HEW SOMERVILLE, held "the haill
1 __q chaplainrie of the yle of Carnwath. ' '
—[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
THOMAS MAXWELL, pres. to
1588 yicaraSe pensionary 1 1 th Jan. 1 590-1
on death of Sir John Cunninghame
and again 24th May 1594. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixi, 114; Ixvi, 137.]
THOMAS LIVINGSTONE, M.A., par-
lsg4 son and vicar in 1568. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Dumfries, etc.]
PATRICK SCOTT, his son, James,
apprenticed to Archibald Punton,
1718
baxter, 29th Nov. 1738.
ROBERT JACK, line 11, for "Sept."
1740 read "Oct." Addl. issue — Mary,
born 28th April 1740.
265
266
CARNWATH— CRAWFORD
[PRESB. OF
LEWIS BEATON, his daugh., Patricia,
1878 died 27th Dec. 1929.
1905
DAVID HAY SAWERS, dem. 7th Aug.
1938; his wife, Agnes McKean, died
16th Feb. 1947.
AUCHENGRAY CHAPEL
WILLIAM RICHMOND SCOTT,
1908
trans, to North Ronaldshay 1st Dec.
1920.
CARSTAIRS
JOHN SCOTT, vicar 1563.— [Acts and
Dec., xxxvii, 364; Comps. Sub Coll.
1563
of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
THOMAS RUSSELL, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
1563 n
etc.]
JAMES STIRLING, was excommuni
cated by the Bishop of Glasgow
24th April 1576.— [Book of the
Universal Kirk, 357.]
JOHN KINNAIRD, son of Patrick K.
of that ilk, pres. to vicarage 26th
April 1572 on death of John Scott;
was before General Assembly as a delin
quent in 1575 and was excommunicated by
the Bishop of Glasgow. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (3), 16; Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
WALTER HALDANE, min. here, pres.
_. to parsonage 21st Feb. 1574 on dem.
of James Stirling. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 30.]
GEORGE MOSMAN, pres. to vicarage
3rd Sept. 1580.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, 39.]
WILLIAM GRAHAME, son of James
1580
1580
G., burgess of Edinburgh, as reader
here pres. to vicarage 8th March
1580-1 and 9th Dec. 1581 vacant by deposi
tion of John Kinnaird for slaughter of John
Ramsay, for which he was declared a rebel.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 51, 63.]
JOHN LINDSAY, min. here, pres. in
1581
i, 61.]
1581 to parsonage on dem. of
Richard Weir. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTONE, line 2,
1672 for "1639" read "1640."
ALAN JOHNSTONE, resident with his
family in Lady Yester's parish 10th
Nov. 1694; his son, Andrew, appren
ticed to John Law, goldsmith, 17th Feb.
1692.— [Poll Tax Roll.]
JOHN OLIPHANT, his son, James,
1693
apprenticed to James Borthwick of
Stow, surgeon, 31st March 1675.
ROBERT MEREDITH SHARPE, died
5th June 1923; his widow, Helen
1888
Russell Orr, died 8th Nov. 1944.
GEORGE WILLIAM KINNAIRD
1923
MACPHERSON, B.D., ord. 23rd
1928
Nov. 1923; trans, to Jedburgh 22nd
Sept. 1927.
JOHN SMART, trans, from Carmun-
nock (<7.v.) 15th March 1928; had
issue — John Daniel Arthur Mardon,
born 1st Aug. 1918, surgeon lieutenant,
R.N.; Helen Isabel, born 26th Oct. 1924.
CRAWFORD
In 1327 David Lindsay, Lord of Craw
ford, granted to Newbattle Abbey for the
souls of himself and Marie, his wife, the
Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr beside
Crawford Castle, with the old manse for a
dwelling and garden, etc., the abbey being
bound to supply the chapel with a monk or
secular priest, and keep it in repair. —
[Chart, of Newbattle, 117-20.]
JAMES DOBBIE, reader.— [Comps. Sub
1563 Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, reader in
1568
1568 and 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ROBERT LANDELLS, as min. pres.
1588
to vicarage 17th Feb. 1588-9 on
death of William Livingstone. —
[P. S. Reg., lix, 28.]
JOHN ROSS, his mother, Elizabeth
Pursell; he marr. Mary, daugh. of
John Clerk, W.S.; his daughs.—
Agnes Colquhoun (marr. John Bower,
LANARK]
CRAWFORD— DOUGLAS
267
surgeon, R.N.); Helen Campbell, died un-
marr. 1917; Eliza Fletcher (marr. 1849
John Craw Richardson of Pont-y-Gwyder
and Glanbrydan Park); his son, Archibald
Campbell, died of cholera at Madeira 6th
Sept. 1856.
JAMES ALEXANDER BURDON,
1870 pres. by Crown 30th May 1870.
CHRISTOPHER McKUNE, died 20th
1876
Sept. 1921; his widow, Elizabeth A.
Chute, died 21st Jan. 1945.
THOMAS LOGAN DOUGLAS, trans.
1922
1579
from Gorbals far.v.) 21st Feb. 1922.
Addl. issue — Dr Laetitia Janet Wil
liams, born 2nd Dec. 1918 (marr. 10th July
1942 Flying Officer Atholl Gordon Forbes,
M.B., Ch.B., son of J. Grant Forbes, min.
of Forteviot).
CRAWFORDJOHN
JOHN HAMILTON of Gilkerscleuch,
son of Sir James H. of Crawford-
john, and Helen Cunyngham of
Caprington; parson in 1577, died 13th July
1628; marr. (1) cont. 1583-4 Agnes, daugh.
of William Baillie of Lamington, from
whom he was divorced for adultery, and
had issue — Mary; (2) Margaret, daugh. of
James Hamilton of Neilsland, and had
issue — John of Gilkerscleuch; William, died
13th Nov. 1621; James, burgess and guild
burgess of Edinburgh 4th Aug. 1630;
Thomas; Mary (marr. Hugh Weir of Clow-
burn); Ann (marr. John Weir, min. of
Morton). — [House of Hamilton, 282;
Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds; Laing Charters,
1347; Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 119, v, 1698.]
WILLIAM GOLDIE, his daughs.—
18 Margaret, died 3rd May 1930; Isa
bella, died 14th Sept. 1937.
JAMES COWAN, his daugh., Mary
1866 Murray Grace, killed in motor
accident, Queensferry Road, 20th
Oct. 1934.
GEORGE McWILLIAM, died at
Troon 9th Feb. 1933; his wife, Mary
Inglis, died 7th July 1932. Publica
tion — A Poem, The Evolution of a Dominie
(Alma Mater, Aberdeen University Maga
zine).
DOUGLAS
By Papal Bull of 27th March 1423 assent
was given to a petition by Archibald, Earl
of Douglas, for the erection of the church
into a collegiate church, and the annexation
of the Churches of Crawford and Car-
michael to the same. The fruits of the
church were to be devoted to the provision
of a perpetual vicar and also of canons and
prebendaries. On 7th Aug. 1448, in re
sponse to a petition by William, Earl of
Douglas, Pope Nicholas V granted man
date to William Turnbull, Bishop of Glas
gow, to erect the church into a collegiate
church for a provost and 13 prebendaries.
The Earl had assigned for the purpose
various rents and goods, and the fruits of
the Churches of Foresta (Carluke), Culter,
and Glenquhon (Glenholm), said churches
to be united and appropriated to the capi
tular mensa. The Bishop was authorised to
create and institute the provost from the
fruits of Douglas Church, and from the
said other fruits to create the 13 preben
daries. The Churches of Carluke, Culter
and Glenholm were to be served each by
its corresponding prebendary. On 1st Feb.
1450-1 relaxation of penance was granted
to all who "visit and give alms for the
completion, conservation, and maintenance
of the Parish Church of Douglas erected
by Papal authority into the College Church
of St Bride, which William, Earl of Douglas,
has by wonderful and expensive work
caused to be built anew"; somewhat
earlier, on 15th Jan. 1450-1, there occurs,
unnamed, "the Provost of the College
Church of St Bride of Douglas"; and on
31st Jan. 1488-9 George Douglas, son and
heir apparent of Archibald, Earl of Angus,
received a charter which included the
"patronage of the Provostship of Doug
las." The erection, however, was not
completed. On 7th March 1483-4 Archi
bald, Earl of Angus, granted to a chaplain
at the Altar of the Virgin Mary in the
church, 2 oxgates of land in le Scrogtoun,
and this was repeated on 16th June 1506;
268
DOUGLAS— FORTH
[PRESB. OF
and on 1 1th March 1535-6 Sir John Purvis,
chaplain, was presented to the Altar of St
Thomas in succession to the late Sir John
Inglis. Barbour (the Bruce) narrates that
the bones of "The Good Sir James
Douglas" were brought back from Spain,
whence he had gone for the purpose that
is set forth in a Bull of Pope John XXII,
6th Aug. 1331, granting absolution on the
petition of Thomas, Earl of Moray, "to
those who at the King's bidding took out
his heart to be carried into Battle against
the Saracens, ' ' and ' ' richt honorabilly /
Intill the kirk of Douglas war / Erdit with
dule and mekil car,/" and that by his son,
Archibald, there was erected there an
alabaster tomb, which is considered to be
identical with a tomb in a still existing
portion of the old church. The present
church was erected in 1781. By charter of
22nd June 1531 James V granted to Sir
George Eirmare and his successors as chap
lains in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin
Mary of Parrockholm the 4 merk lands of
Parrockholm, with enclosures of the same,
in the Lordship of Douglas. This may
refer to the foundation of the chapel. At
Crookbat of Douglas Hugh, Earl of Doug
las, who died after 1347, founded a chapel,
dedicating it to St John the Baptist, the
endowment including fees from the ferry
boat, with provision for keeping the boat
in repair.— [Reg. Great Seal, \\, 1586, 1827<
2974, iii, 1036, iv, 2180; Reg. Sec. Seal, ii,
1978; Theiner's Vet. Man., 251; Papal
Warrants 1421-59, 78-81, 86, MS. Reg.
Ho.; Cal. Papal Letters, x, 84, 429; The
Douglas Bk., iii, 242-4.]
WALTER KENNEDY, parson, de-
1561
ceased. — [Acts and Dec., xxiii, 186,
xxiv, 288.]
WILLIAM COLHERD, reader, 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
JOHN LIVERANCE, designated min.
and parson 4th Sept. 1589.— [Cal.
1567
of Charters, xiii, 3023.]
THOMAS BANNATYNE, his son,
William, born 1618, educ. at Edin-
1621
burgh Univ., became a Roman
Catholic while travelling in France, entered
Scots College at Rome 1641; ord. priest
1646; app. Prefect Apostolic of Scotland
1653, died 1661.
ANDREW SIMSON, resident with wife
1686 anc* tWO cm*dren, tne elder not H
in Lady Yester's parish, 9th Nov.
1694.— [Poll Tax Roll, 31.]
WILLIAM SMITH, died 22nd Sept.
1858 1921.
ALEXANDER SALMOND SMITH,
Ig22 B.D., trans, from Pathhead (q.v.)
20th April 1922. Addl. issue-
Alexander Salmond, born 3rd Feb. 1920;
Moira May Robertson, born 1 1 th June 1 929 .
DOUGLAS WATER
ANDREW HUTTON GILRUTH, died
1892 at Edinburgh 30th Sept. 1925.
THOMAS McCAUGHAN, trans, to
1919 Stonehouse llth Feb. 1926.
RHODERICK JAMES WILSON, born
2fi 15th March 1897, son of Sir Court-
hope W., K.C., Vice-Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster; educ. at Royal
High School, Edinburgh, Birkenhead
School, and Edinburgh Univ., M.A. (1922);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 19th Dec.
1923; assistant at St Andrew's, Edinburgh,
and Glasgow Cathedral ; ord. 24th June 1 926.
FORTH
WILLIAM PATERSON BROCK, died
1884 at Rothesay 16th Dec. 1920.
JOHN TORRENS DOUGHARTY,
1921 B.A., adm. 29th June 1921; trans,
to Kingston, Glasgow, 17th Nov.
1926.
CHARLES HEUGHAN, trans, from
1927
Carntyne (q.v., and Vol. I, 336) 3rd
June 1927; died 8th April 1934,
aged 49. Addl. issue — Ruth Mary, born
15th Jan. 1914 (marr. 24th Feb. 1942
William Farrer, R.A.F.V.R.); Hazel Eliza
beth, born 16th Sept. 1918; Miriam Mar
garet, born 13th Jan. 1920.
LANARK]
HAYWOOD— LANARK
HAYWOOD
GILBERT CLARK, dem. 5th June
1923, died 24th May 1930.
1884
PETER CARMICHAEL MARR, for-
1923
merly min. of Strachan (q.v.\ assis
tant Linlithgow; adm. 27th Nov.
1923. Being charged with murder of J. M.
Dalgleish, house painter, Leith, Aug. 1930,
was found insane and confined in criminal
lunatic asylum 17th Nov. 1930; died 15th
July 1937.
(This Charge was united with Wilsontown
on Sth May 1938.)
KIRKFIELDBANK
JOHN ARNOTT HAMILTON, trans.
1917 to Newbattle 14th July 1922.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, trans, from
1923
Rousay (q.v) 5th Dec. 1922; trans.
to St Andrew's, Johnstone, 30th
Jan. 1928.
JAMES LYON AINSLIE, born Leeds
24th July 1873, son of William A.;
educ. at Woodhouse Hall and at
Leeds Grammar School, Westminster Col.,
Cambridge, and Glasgow Univ., B.D.
(1913;, Ph.D. (1935), and Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Yorkshire; ord. 1904 to Har-
bottle Presb. Church, Northumberland;
trans, and adm. 12th July 1928; dem. 31st
Aug. 1944.
LANARK
To Dryburgh Abbey David I gave the
church and, along with it, the Chapel of
Pedynana (Pettinain) and the Chapel of
Imbristoun. The gift was confirmed by
Herbert. Bishop of Glasgow 1147-64.
Walter, Bishop of Glasgow 120&-32, con
firmed to Dryburgh the Chapel of Clegern
(Cleghorne), granted by Bishop Herbert.
In the church there were altars dedicated
respectively to the Virgin Mary and the
Holy Rood; and probably the "Altarage
of Sorrowflat, ' ' described as in the burgh,
referred to an altar also situated in the
church. To the Altar of the Virgin, James
IV on 18th Oct. 1500 granted a tenement
in the Burgh of Lanark which had fallen
to the Crown through the bastardy <>1 I he-
late owner. To the building of "the
Church of St Nicholas of I ;m;u k M Andrew
Allan, Lanark, bequeathed 5 murks in 1550,
which may indicate that the Chupul of
St Nicholas, as it is usually designated,
underwent extensive repairs or rebuilding
at that time. In the chapel there were
altars dedicated respectively to the Virgin
Mary, St Catherinu, the Holy Blond, and
St Michael. On 7th March 1491 2 James
IV, for the use of the lieges and for his
favour towards Sir Stephen Lock hart of
Cleghorne, Kt., patron of the Altar of St
Catherine, granted to the chaplain of the
said altar to have and hold a passage-boat
across the Clyde at Clydsholm for the
transportation of the lieges and goods,
with free passage, entry and exit, and right
to the profits arising therefrom. The boat
had been placed there by the said chaplain,
to meet the needs of the lieges who con
verged upon that place in great numbers,
and in the absence of a bridge or other
means of transportation were liable to be
exposed to danger and to perish in the
waters. On 1st Aug. 1526 James V by
letter ratified and approved the gift made
by Thomas Newton, Sub-Prior of Dry
burgh and the convent of the same, to Sir
Thomas Mudy, chaplain, of a chaplainry
founded in St Nicholas Chapel by the
predecessors of the said sub-prior and con
vent. Apparently the revenue of the Altar
of the Virgin Mary in the chapel was
derived from the barony of Jerviswood*
The church or chapel at Nemphlar was
united by King William the Lion to Lanark
Church, of which it became a dependent
chapel. It was situated on temple lands
called Oldmanis-Apletree or Almansaple-
tree, which were part of East Nemphlar.
The Hospital and Chapel of St Leonard,
founded before 1319, were situated beside
the east well of the burgh. After the
Reformation the church or chapel seerra
to have had an attached area; and on 24th
June 1609, under the designation of "Kirk
of St Leonard's," it was united to the Kirk
of Lanark, "wbeir the samin hes bene
continwalie servh in tymes bypast," The
friary of the Greyfriars was founded by
270
LANARK— ST LEONARD'S, LANARK
[PRESB. OF
Robert I either towards the close of 1328
or in the early part of 1 329, the site granted
by the King within the burgh being a manor
and orchard enclosed by a wall, which by
excambion he had acquired from Elene
Quarantlay. In response to a petition by
David II and his queen, Johanna, con
firmation was granted on 29th Nov. 1346
by Pope Clement VI. In 1550 Andrew
Allan, Lanark, who desired that his body
be buried in the "Aisle of St Mary" in the
Church of the Friary, made bequests to the
Church of the Friars of Lanark 40 sh., to
the Church of the distinguished Friars
(fratrum egregiorum) 40 sh., to the Church
of the Friars 2 merks. Probably the various
sums were bequeathed to the Greyfriars for
different purposes, the scribe who copied
the testament considering that he did
enough if he stated merely the sum and the
legatee; and the term "egregiorum" would
be used not in regard of another Order of
Mendicants, but as appreciative of the
Greyfriars. — [Reg. Great Seal, i, 76; ii,
2093, 2549, 3809; iii, 1036; Reg. Sec. Seal,
i, 3461, ii, 111; Excheq. Rolls, i, 163-4;
Transcripts from the Vatican, i, 14, MS.
Reg. Ho.\ Retours, ii, 116, xxxi, 212, xxxii,
8, 40, 250; Acts Scott. Parl., iv, 441; Bk. of
Dryburgh, Pref., Ixix, 34-5, 39-40, 250;
Test, of Andrew Allan, 8th June 1550, Glas
gow Commis.; Extracts from Recs. Burgh of
Lanark, 15, 326, 354; Rymer's Foedera, ii,
401.]
1562
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, marr. Mar
garet Dalzell, who survived him. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Bene., 1571.]
ROBERT LINDSAY, M.A., as min.
1576
pres. to vicarage 9th Feb. 1 587-8 on
death of John Weir. His son, John,
vicar of Monkton. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivii,
12, Ixxi, 230.]
JOHN WEIR, vicar.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu
1582 Charters of Church Lands, ii, 195.]
WILLIAM SHARP, M.A., min. of
1588
Tongland, pres. to vicarage 21st
June 1588 on death of Andrew
Davidson.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 152].
WILLIAM BIRNIE, pres. in succession
to Robert Lindsay .—[Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixix, 188.]
ROBERT BIRNIE.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
vi, 145, 3 Ser., xxxiii, 117, 25th Dec.
1673.]
JOHN BANNATYNE, p. 308, line 3,
for "1685" read "1684"; line 22,
for "1695-9" read "1695-1700."
1688
1708
JOHN ORR, son of John O., factor to
Sir Robert Denholm of Westhall.
Marr. cont. 1st Sept. 1714 Susan
Hall, daugh. of Eupham Christie; col. ii,
line 5, delete s.p. — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
clviii, 17th Nov. 1735.]
THOMAS LITTLE, pres. by Crown
18?2 21st Nov. 1871; his son, Thomas
Gavin Steel, died Bombay Feb.
1927.
ROBERT MARCUS DICKSON, dem.
1905 30th Sept. 1948.
NEW LANARK
JAMES FRENCH, died 30th June
1876 1927.
ST LEONARD'S, LANARK
ROBERT LANG PINKERTON, trans.
1915 to Ecclesmachen 17th Sept. 1924.
NINIAN ELLIOT, M.A., ord. 19th
1925
Feb. 1925; trans, to Slamannan llth
April 1928.
WILLIAM GILBERT LIMOND, born
1928
15th April 1889, son of John L.,
May bole, and Mary Hayle; educ.
Ayr Grammar School and Edinburgh
Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th
March 1924; ord. assistant South Leith 1st
March 1925; adm. to Westruther 14th Jan.
1926; trans, and adm. 27th Sept. 1928.
Marr. 22nd Dec. 1925 Agnes Fairlie, elder
daugh. of Charles Thorn, Lagura, Ayr, and
has issue — John Charles, born 16th Feb.
1928.
LANARK]
LAW— PETTINAIN
271
LAW
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, trans, to
1914 Ormiston 26th Sept. 1924.
WILLIAM ANGUS WALLACE, adm.
llth Feb. 1925; trans, to Fairmuir,
Dundee, 15th Dec. 1926.
1925
WEILD ANDERSON, born Pollok-
1927
shields 30th Nov. 1885, son of
James C. A., Glasgow, and Mary
Hutchison; educ. Blair Lodge and St An
drews Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy;
ord. 20th April 1927; dem. 7th July 1940;
died 18th Nov. 1940.
(Charges united 1th July 1940.)
LEADHILLS
GEORGE RUSSELL, ord. 1843; trans.
1843 to Cromarty 27th Aug. 1846.
JAMES SYMINGTON, died at Kirn
1878
23rd Sept. 1921; his widow, Eliza
beth Kenny, died 8th Dec. 1939.
JOHN YOUNGSON THOMSON, born
1917 29th July 1877 (not 1878), son of
John T., Beverley Hall, Chicago;
adm. 18th Dec. 1917; trans, to Greenock
South 22nd June 1920.
CHARLES KEITH McWILLIAM, ord.
igift 17th Sept. 1920; trans, to St Thomas,
Leith, llth April 1923.
ROBERT CONDIE HUNTER, born
1923 Bathgate 1861, son of Henry H.;
educ. Wemvss and Univ. of Edin
burgh; formerly of Annbank, Asquith,
Canada, 1910; Westport 1913; St Paul's,
Invercargill, 1914; Queenstown, New Zea
land, 1917 (0.v.); adm. 17th July 1923; dem.
1936; died 18th Sept. 1939. Marr. 1913
Mary Ann Ellen, daugh. of Joseph Tyler,
who died 14th March 1941. S.p.
LESMAHAGOW
FIRST CHARGE
Between 1315 and 1321 Robert I granted
to God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and St
Machutus, and the monks of Lesmachu,
10 merks stg. annual rent from his mills of
Carneluk (Carluke) to provide eight tapers
of a pound of wax each to be burned round
the tomb of St Machutus on Sundays and
festivals, as the custom is in cathedral and
collegiate churches. — [Reg. Great Seal, i,
75.]
ANDREW BORLAND PARKER, his
1839
son, William, marine insurance
broker, died 29th Dec. 1921; his
daugh., Mary, died 31st Dec. 1923.
THOMAS HARDIE TURNBULL,
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th
Dec. 1871.
1873
JAMES GILLIES, died 15th March
1894
1934; his daughs. — Isobel (marr.
27th April 1932 Robert McGeachy,
Toorak, Melbourne); Helen, marr. 9th
Nov. 1924 Captain Thomas Eastoun,
Bombay.
SECOND CHARGE
ROBERT SEMPLE, M.A. (Glasgow,
1648 1649).
ROBERT BLACK, marr. cont. 22nd
April 1703 Mary, daugh. of John
Bryson, merchant, Glasgow. — [Reg.
of Deeds, Durie, 194, 21st Dec. 1736.]
THOMAS LINNING, eldest son of
James L., cordiner, Glasgow; adm.
burgess of Glasgow 9th April 1752.
1708
1740
JOHN WILSON, his daugh., Agnes
1796 Clarke (marr. 31st Jan. 1828).
THOMAS BURNS, his daugh., Agnes,
1842 died at Edinburgh 21st Dec. 1930.
THOMAS WILSON, his son, Captain
1869
Douglas Hamilton, died at Rangoon
July 1938.
ROBERT ROBERTSON LINDSAY,
1913
Ph.D., died 21st Feb. 1941; his
daugh., Margaret Wilson Robertson
(marr. 20th April 1938 Archibald Mac-
Lellan Beaton, min. of Lochgilphead).
PETTINAIN
ROBERT FISHER, pres. to vicarage
8th Dec. 1569 on death of John
1569
Tweedie. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 32.]
272
PETTINAIN— ROBERTON
[PRESB. OF LANARK]
JOHN WEIR, vicar, 19th May 1585 —
1583 [Cat. of Charters, xii, 2791.]
WILLIAM LAWRIE, pres. in 1600 on
dem. of John Weir. — [Acts and Dec.,
clxvii, 251.]
1600
WILLIAM FYFE, M.A., resident with
, Q his wife and two children, 12 and 10,
in Canongate 10th Nov. 1694.—
[Poll Tax Book.]
1684
ALEXANDER CARMICHAEL, had
issue — Frederick; William, died 24th
Feb. 1703; Lilias; Anna; Cecil (marr.
Robert Honyman, min. of St Andrews. —
[Scot. N. and Q., 3 Sen, vi, 37; Turnbull's
Diary (Scot. Hist. Socy.\ 427-8.]
JOHN BRADFUTE, son of James B.,
Culter and Helen Mitchell. Marr.
Janet, daugh. of James Mure, mer
chant, Edinburgh.
CHARLES HUNTER, son of James H.,
1710 baxter burgess of Edinburgh.
JAMES MACMEIKAN, his widow,
1881 Agnes Peebles, died 19th Oct. 1924.
JAMES BAIRD, died 4th Feb.
1908 1925.
1925
THOMAS BO YD MILLAR, born Lark-
hall 5th April 1900, son of James M.
and Margaret Lohoar Boyd; educ.
at Larkhall Academy, Glasgow High
School and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922),
B.D. (1925); served in Royal Garrison
Artillery in Great War 1918-19; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 1925; ord. 23rd June
1925; died llth April 1948.
WISTON
WILLIAM SIMSON, reader in 1563,
died before 1568.— [Comps. Sub
1563
Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
ROBERT ALLAN, reader in 1568.—
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Stirling,
1568 ,
etc.]
THOMAS LINDSAY, son of John L.
of Covington, pres. as a student to
vicarage 26th Nov. 1579, in succes
sion to John Weir, and to parsonage 4th
Jan. 1580-1.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 47, ii,
24.]
MATTHEW WILSON, as min. pres. in
1592, on deprivation of Thomas
1592
Lindsay.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiv, 188.]
THOMAS HARPER, M.A., resident
with his wife, Katherin Rae, and
children, James and Rachel, the
eldest not 8, in Tron Parish, Edinburgh,
8th Nov. 1696.— [Poll Tax Roll, 25.]
PATRICK EASON, his son, Alexander,
apprenticed to Jerome Robertson,
wigmaker, Edinburgh, 1st June 1707.
JOSEPH HENDERSON, pres. 28th
1786 June 1785.
DAVID BURNESS, pres. 1st Oct.
1839 1838.
HENRY LITTLEDALE DICK, died at
Southport 16th Dec. 1932; his
widow, Louisa Jane Schrader, died
29th Oct. 1944.
1880
ROBERT BOYD, dem. 27th June 1946;
died 5th Sept. 1946; his wife, Bertha
Matilda Hunter, died 9th July 1931;
his son, Gavin Charles Hunter, min. of
Larbert West, succeeded his father as min.
here 1946.
(Charges united 3rd April 1938.)
ROBERTON
CUTHBERT BAILLIE, exhorter 1563.
1563
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stir
ling, etc.]
THOMAS LAURIE, adm. before 1st
1654 July 1654.
JAMES LEIPER, M.A., resident in
Lady Yester's parish, Edinburgh,
with four children, the eldest not
14, 12th Nov. 1694.— [Poll Tax Book.]
PRESBYTERY OF DUNBARTON
ALEXANDRIA
WILLIAM KIDD, his daugh., Cathe-
1844
rine, died 22nd Jan. 1932 (marr. Dr
J. F. Cullen Brown).
WILLIAM GORDON MACLEAN,
dem. 9th Feb. 1932 on app. to First
Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg.
Marr. 28th Sept. 1920 Christina Macqueen,
B.Sc., daugh. of Ex-Provost John Pearson,
Alloa, and had issue — Kathleen Deas, born
20th July 1921; William Gordon, born 9th
April 1924; John Pearson, born 3rd Aug.
1926; Donald Neil, born 24th Nov. 1930.
ARROCHAR
ALEXANDER McLACHLAN, died
1658 Father of the Church.
JOHN GILLESPIE, marr. Bethia,
daugh. of John Erskine, hammer
man, Glasgow. — [Burgess Roll, 26th
Dec. 1838.]
JAMES DEWAR, his daughs.— Jessie
Edmiston, died 6th Feb. 1935; Alice,
died at Crieff 15th Feb. 1943.
1782
1889
1913
HUGH SINCLAIR WINCHESTER,
dem. 28th Nov. 1935. Publication—
God in the World (1937).
(Charges united Wth June 1947.)
BALDERNOCK
JOHN LANDALLS, parson and vicar
1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
JOHN POLLOCK, his son, James Innes
Wright, F.C. Min., Mauchline,
1878, Arbroath High, 1887-96.
WILLIAM HUNTER, pres. by Crown
1843 28th Aug. 1843.
MORRISON BRYCE, dem. 12th July
1885
1926, died at Rosneath llth March
1929. Marr. 16th Aug. 1926 Mary
Alice Alderson, who survived him.
JAMES SMITH, his widow, Jemima
Aikman Thomson, died 3rd Sept.
1944.
ANDREW SNADDEN KIDSTON,
1878
1927
born Falkirk 16th April 1894,
younger son of Richard K., Falkirk,
and Mary Forbes Sneddon; educ. at Fal
kirk High School and Univ. of Glasgow,
M.A.; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 30th
March 1920; assistant Carndow; Arbroath
1921; Inveresk 1924; served in European
War; ord. 14th Jan. 1927. Marr. 6th June
1927 Allison, youngest daugh. of William
Doig, papermaker, Eskside, Musselburgh,
and Ann Millar, and has issue — Richard
Allister Millar, born 6th Jan. 1929; Alan
William Kidston, born 22nd March 1933.
BALFRON
Apparently in 1303 the patronage of the
Church of Bruthbren (Balfron) was granted
to Inchaffray Abbey by Sir Thomas
Cromennane, and on 3rd Oct. of the same
year Robert, Bishop of Glasgow, granted
power to the abbey and convent, on the
death of the rector of the church, to convert
the church to their own use, the church to
be served by a vicar, or a secular chaplain,
or one of the canons of the abbey. The
power was granted ' ' in compassion for the
plunderings, burnings, and innumerable
afflictions which the Abbot and Convent
of Inchaffray had suffered through wars,
and desirous of relieving, so far as he could,
their poverty and low estate." — [Charters
of Inchaffray Abbey, 113.]
JAMES LINDSAY, died Father of the
1846 Church.
273
274
BALFRON— BUCHANAN
[PRESB. OF
ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE, trans, to
1919 Ayr Second Charge 23rd Nov. 1926.
1927
THOMAS HUTCHISON BURNS-
BEGG, born 7th Oct. 1897, son of
Robert Burns-B., Sheriff Clerk of
Kinross, and Jane Isabella Hutchison, and
grand-nephew of Robert Burns, poet; educ.
at Dollar Academy and Univ. of Edin
burgh, M.A.; licen. by Presb. of Kinross,
April 1924; assistant Scoonie 1924; ord.
1st April 1927.
BONHILL
PATRICK REID, reader 1560-3.—
[Comps. Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of
1560
Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
1568
MALCOLM STEVENSON, reader and
vicar 1568, adm. before 29th Jan.
1577_8._[7V0/. Book, David Wat
son, 225, penes Duke of Argyll; Comps.
Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A.,
schoolmaster, Dunbarton, pres. to
vicarage 13th Aug. 1587 on death
of Malcolm Stevenson. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ivi, 4.]
1639 JOHN STEWART, had issue, John.
WILLIAM McKECHNIE, M.A., resi
dent with his wife, Janet Edmon-
stone, in Tron Parish, Edinburgh,
9th Nov. 1694.— [Tron Poll Tax Roll, 9;
Deeds, Dal., 5th July 1704, 103, 127.]
WILLIAM SIMPSON, his widow, Mar-
1878 garet Wilson, died 27th April 1921.
1913
JOHN ROLLAND McNAB, died at
Lossiemouth 18th July 1931; his
widow, Marion Johnston, died 4th
Dec. 1943; his daughs. — Marion Rolland
Johnston (marr. 24th Oct. 1923 Capt.
Ralph Juanrenaud Smith, Indian Forestry
Service); Winifred Elizabeth (marr. 29th
Jan. 1926 James Crawford Shaw, farmer);
Doris Maud Jane (marr. 20th April 1927
Tom Osborne Howie, medical practitioner);
his son, James Strathearn, min. of Ban-
nockburn, Flowerhill, and St Leonard's,
Ayr.
BOQUHANRAN
WILLIAM MACKEAN CAMPBELL,
trans, to Kirkpatrick-Durham 15th
1907
May 1925.
WILLIAM ROY, born Glasgow 5th
March 1900, son of John R., motor-
man, and Annie Browning Potter;
educ. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1920),
B.Sc. (1923); served in H.L.I, in Great War;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1925; assistant
Irvine; ord. 23rd Sept. 1925; trans, to St
Stephen's West, Glasgow, 10th Sept. 1931.
Marr. 3rd Nov. 1926 Isabella Downe,
daugh. of James Wyllie McCrossan, and
Margaret Gardiner Wyllie, and has issue —
Margaret Wyllie, born 10th Aug. 1928.
BUCHANAN
The sacred bell of St Kessog was here
preserved, indicating that in the parish
there had been a chapel dedicated to that
saint. On 20th Jan. 1566-7 George
Buchanan of that ilk received a confirma
tion charter of the lands of Buchanan with
the bell and alms of St Kessog. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig., iv, 1757.]
JAMES WALKER, still in office in
1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
1567 JOHN MACEACHRAN, vicar.
1567
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, son of Wil
liam C. of Cunynghamhead, had
letters of collation from Andrew
Hay, commissioner of Superintendent of
Glasgow, of parsonage and vicarage 6th
Oct. 1 571 ; line 2, delete ' ' afterwards Bishop
of Aberdeen."— [Prot. Book, David Wat
son, penes Duke of Argyll, 39; Cal. of
Charters, xi, 2395.]
ARCHIBALD CAMERON, his son,
1613 Archibald, M.A. (Glasgow, 1647).
1892
WILLIAM HOULDSWORTH MAC
LEOD, dem. 16th May 1922, died
at Fuinary, Shandon, 24th March
1935. Publication— The Beginnings of the
Houldsworths of Coltness (Glasgow, 1938).
DUNBARTON]
BUCHANAN— DRYMEN
275
WILLIAM ROLAND LACEY, M.A.
1922
(1935); trans, from Billhead llth
Sept. 1922; dem. 20th April 1944;
his wife 's mother was Henrietta Alexander
Kirkpatrick; had issue — Ellen Mary Hen
rietta, born llth April 1920; Walter Kirk
patrick, born 25th May 1921; Ruth Shar-
law, born 18th Jan. 1923, died 18th Aug.
1932; Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, born 26th
May 1927. His wife, Ellen Bryce Paterson,
died at Melrose 13th April 1948.
CARDROSS
On 3rd May 1357 David II granted to
William Napier $ caracute of the lands of
Kilmahew in which the Chapel of Kylen-
chak is situated. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., i,
App. i, 129.]
JOHN COOK, reader, 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
JAMES CUNNINGHAME, pres. on
1596 death of Thomas Archibald.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xix, 18.]
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A., son
1603
of Donald C. of Aikenbar, pres. to
1688
parsonage and vicarage in Feb. 1603
on death of James Cunninghame, but may
not have entered. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiii,
208.]
JOHN BLACKBURN, M.A., pres. to
1603 Parsona&e and vicarage 10th May
1603 on death of James Cunning
ham. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 11.]
HUGH GORDON, his wife called Eliza
beth Cove.— [Deeds, Dal, 1706,
No. 191.]
JOHN EDMONSTON of Warroxhill,
1727 eldest son of John E., merchant,
Glasgow; adm. burgess of Glasgow,
21st Sept. 1752.
WILLIAM MAXWELL, died 18th Feb.
1881 1931; ^S daugh., Margaret Dunn
(marr. at Calcutta, Jan. 1916, An
drew Walter Matthew, jute manufacturer,
whom she divorced 1925); his widow, Helen
Buchanan Lawson, died 13th May 1940.
(Charge united with Burns Church llth
May 1945.)
CLYDEBANK, ST JAMES
WILLIAM STEVENSON BROWN-
1901 LIE, died 12th Dec. 1930.
CRAIGROWNIE
KENNETH ALEXANDER MAC-
LEA Y, adm. min. of Delting 27th
Sept. 1920.
JOHN FORD McLEOD, trans, to Tron
1920 Church, Edinburgh, 5th May 1926.
GEORGE HOPE JAMIE, formerly of
Ladyburn (q.v.), assistant Barony,
adm. 31st Aug. 1926; dem. 14th Dec.
1931; adm. to Garngad 19th Oct. 1933;
dem. 1935.
DALMUIR
JAMES PITT WATSON, M.A., B.D.,
ord. 14th Oct. 1920; trans, to Sandy-
ford 18th Dec. 1923.
JOHN MARTIN, trans, from Wallace-
1924 town (q.v.), Ayr, 17th June 1924.
DALREOCH
JAMES McBAIN, his widow, Margaret
1873 Cowan, died 17th March 1931.
ROBERT ALEXANDER ORR, dem.
1910
31st Dec. 1945; his son, Lieut. R. A.,
missing 1942.
DRYMEN
There was also a chapel at Easter Mayis.
—[Reg. Mag. Sig., vii, 1168.]
THOMAS ARCHIBALD, M.A. desig-
nated parson and vicar pensioner
6th Nov. 1567 and 30th March 1581.
— [Reg. of Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church
Lands, i, 311; Cal. of Charters, xi, 2586.]
ROBERT GRAHAM, vicar pensioner.
1562 — [Acts and Dec., xxiv, 52.]
ALLAN FERGUSON.— [Gen. Reg. of
1648 Sas., 2 Ser., iv, 401.]
JOHN ROY, his daughs.— Margaret
1878
Anderson, died 28th Aug. 1921;
Cecilia Buchanan (marr. llth June
1925 John Moffat); his widow, Margaret
Norrie, died 4th Dec. 1947.
276
DRYMEN— DUNBARTON
[PRESS. OF
1918
JAMES TAYLOR MONTEITH, has
issue — Jeannie Gordon, born 12th
Oct. 1920; Bethia Mary, bora 12th
Oct. 1920; James Taylor, born 9th Jan.
1928. Publication — The Training of a
Nation (1929-30).
(Charges united 21th Feb. 1935.)
DUNBARTON
In the church there were also the follow
ing altars: St Mary the Virgin on the south
side; St Peter; St Sebastian; and the Holy
Rood. In 1519-20 Andrew Danielston,
natural son of Robert Danielston of Cul-
grane, acquired from Robert Feriar of
Fareland the office of custodier of the light
of the Holy Rood in the church. On llth
May 1453 the Town Council conveyed to
Mabel, Countess of Lennox and Duchess
of Albany, the Chapel of St Mary the
Virgin, of which the Council was patron,
with its lands, rents and patronage, to
enable the Countess to erect the chapel into
a collegiate church. To the Pope, on 3rd
Jan. 1453-4, the Countess addressed a
petition to the effect that ' ' some years ago
her late husband, Murdoch, Duke of
Albany and Earl of Fife and Menteith, and
her father (Duncan) Earl of Lennox, and
their children, namely the sons and brothers
of the said Countess, were, by order of the
late James, King of Scots, who was evilly
counselled or informed, disinherited and
put to death (on the Heading Hill at Stir
ling Castle in 1425), leaving no successor
in the right line excepting the said Countess,
a solitary widow and very poor, who suc
ceeded by paternal right to her father,"
and that ' ' for the welfare of their souls and
in lasting memory of them" she desired to
erect into a collegiate church for a provost
and chaplains the said Chapel of the Virgin
Mary, which ' ' she is to enlarge, build and
repair for the purpose. ' ' The Pope on 4th
Feb. 1453-4 remitted to the Bishop of St
Andrews and the Prior of Inchmahome
with power to make enquiries, and to erect
the collegiate church for a provost and such
perpetual chaplains "as they deemed
reasonable." At the same time, likewise
on the crave of the Countess, the Hospital
of Polmadie, with its annexed Church of
Strathblane, and also the Church of Fintry,
were assigned to the collegiate church. The
Bishop and Prior were also granted faculty
to "collate and assign for this turn the
Provostship ' ' to George Abernethy, Clerk
of the Diocese of Glasgow, rector of the
said Hospital of Polmadie, ' ' a son of the
sister (Maria ?) of the said Countess, ' * by
her husband, Sir William Abernethy of
Saltoun. George Abernethy was still pro
vost on 6th March 1468-9. Further endow
ments granted by the Countess to the
church were the following lands — Strath
blane; Stuckroger and Ferkinch or Fork-
inch in Lues; Balernicbeg in Cardross;
Knockdouriebarber in Rosneath; and
Ladytown in Bonhill. The Church of Bon-
hill, which also pertained to the collegiate
church, appears likewise to have been her
gift. The collegiate church was dedicated to
the Virgin Mary. The Bedesmen Hospital
was probably attached to the church. By
Crown Charter of 12th March 1551-2 there
was conveyed to Paisley Abbey the patron
age of the collegiate church and of the
chaplainries of the hospital and the begging
poor, lie bedemen; and a further Crown
Charter of 1st Feb. 1552-3 to the same
effect described the gift as "the Patronage
of the Provostry, prebends, prebendaries,
and chaplainries of the Collegiate Church
of the Virgin of Dunbarton, with the
Hospital and the Wayfarer's Inn (or
Hospitium) and the poor, lie bedemen, of
the same. ' ' The Fair of St John the Baptist
was instituted by Crown Charter of llth
March 1225-6.— [Cal Papal Regs., Letters,
x, 623-4, xii, 670; Reg. Great Seal, i, 760,
iii, 188, iv, 683, 747, 811, v, 188, vii, 190;
Reg. Sec. Seal, ii, 809; Book of Assumptions
of Benefices.]
PATRICK WODDEROW, M.A., pen
sioner, 1568.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu
Charters of Church Lands, ii, 103.]
ROBERT GLATTISBERRIE, reader.
1574 —[Acts and Dec., Ivii, 229.]
PATRICK WEMYSS, M.A., min. pres.
1593
to vicarage 22nd March 1595 on
dem. of George Moncrieff. — [Reg.
Sec.Sig., Ixix, 81.]
DUNBARTON]
DUNBARTON— GARELOCHEAD
277
1601 WILLIAM SYMSON, died 1620.
WILLIAM BLAIR, born Irvine; marr.
Barbara, daugh. of -. Robertson of
1620
Orbieston.
JAMES DONALDSON of Murroch,
1681
son of James D., probably min. of
Rerrick, died 25th April 1722. Marr.
3rd April 1681 Anna, only daugh. of John
Stirling of Bankell and Elizabeth Dick, and
had issue — Henry, born 22nd Jan. 1683,
died young; Elizabeth, born 22nd Dec. 1684
(marr. 1707 John Colquhoun of Ennistros-
san); James, born 10th June 1686, died
young; William of Murroch, Sheriff De
pute, Dunbarton, died 22nd Aug. 1764;
George, born 17th Aug. 1689; Nicolas,
born June 1691; Grizel, born 8th Nov.
1692; Margaret, born 25th Dec. 1693; John,
born 17th July, died 3rd Aug. 1695; James,
born 3rd Aug. 1696; Archibald, born 13th
June 1698; Henry, bora 3rd June 1700;
Alexander, born 18th June 1702; Anna,
born 4th June 1704; Thomas, born Oct.
1705. Two of these daughs. marr. Colin
Maclachlan, Luss, and Archibald his
brother.
ANDREW GRAY, his daugh. died at
1843 Cove 2nd Dec. 1925.
GEORGE ALPINE, his daugh., Mary
1882
Turner (marr. James A. Latta), died
25th March 1946.
WILLIAM WALKER REID, died 25th
Feb. 1946; his wife, Mary Scott,
died 28th Nov. 1937; his daugh.,
Mary Helen Isabel, born 10th Aug. 1919.
SECOND CHARGE
ROBERT ANDERSON, returned to
1689 Rhu 1704.
DUNTOCHER
NEIL MAcGILL, trans, to Tomintoul
1918 21st April 1926.
JOHN WALKER, trans, from Kirk-
1920 Patrick-Fleming (<7-v-) 1st Oct. 1926;
trans, to Johnstone 21st Dec. 1934;
his daugh., Edith Isobel (marr. 17th Jan.
1942 Capt. James Strathearn Dundas,
K.O.S.B.).
FINTRY
By Papal authority on 4th Feb. 1453-4
the church was annexed to the Collegiate
Church of Dunbarton.
GEORGE WATSON, exhorter, "en-
1560
tered to Service" Candlemas 1560,
being elected and adm. with a
' ' sober and small stipend ' ' and manse and
glebe belonging to the vicarage which the
vicar brooked; on 18th March 1567-8 the
Privy Council ordained James Galbrayth
of Kilcrewth who had withheld the glebe,
manse and yard since 1560, to desist and
grant possession to the said George. —
[Reg. Privy Council, i, 615.]
ANDREW KEMP, adm. before 1571.
Marr. Isobell Anderson who sur
vived him. — [Aces. Sub Coll. of
Bene., 1571.]
1571
THOMAS FLEMING.— [Acts and Dec.,
1573 1, 95.]
MATTHEW BARCLAY, died 30th July
1907 1938.
GARELOCHHEAD
JOHN PAISLEY, born 20th Nov. 1814;
1848
line 3, for "Mary Catherine Rus
sell" read "Elizabeth Lang"; his
second daugh., Eupham, died 29th Oct.
1928; George, his son.
JOHN PATTERSON, died 28th Sept.
1934; his widow, Jane Templeton
Couper, died 5th Jan. 1946.
1906
1919
CHRISTIAN ARTHUR ROBERT
SON, dem. 3rd June 1924 on app.
to St Andrew's Church, Alexandria,
Egypt; adm. to Greenock, Wellpark West,
14th May 1930; trans, to Avondale 22nd
Feb. 1939.
ALEXANDER HASTIE BODIN, born
1924
24th May 1887, son of Hugh B. and
Annie Hastie; educ. at Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (16th Nov. 1912); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 30th June 1920; assistant
Barony and St Matthew's, Glasgow and
Dalziel; ord. 18th Sept. 1924; died 1st Feb.
278
GARELOCHEAD— KILLEARN
[PRESB. OF
1948. Marr. 10th Jan. 1929 Eliza Mar
garet, daugh. of Thomas Alexander Boyd
and Jane Finlayson Govan, and has issue —
Hugh Arthur Boyd, born 6th June 1930;
Michael Alexander, born 20th April 1932.
(Charges united 15th March 1938.)
HELENSBURGH
JOHN GEORGE CROCKET CHRIS
TIE, died at Clarkston 8th Dec.
1925; his widow, Emily Agnes Jones,
died 8th June 1948.
MALCOLM MUNRO MACPHER-
SON, O.B.E., ord. A. and S. 25th
Oct. 1922; trans, to St. Paul's,
Greenock, 8th July 1926.
THOMAS JAMES CAMPBELL
CRAWFORD, born 3rd April 1 890,
son of John C, builder, and Sarah
Louise Waters; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow,
M.A. (1921); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
1920; assistant, Barony; ord. assistant 19th
Feb. 1922; adm. 15th May 1922 to Twe-
char; trans, and adm. 10th Nov. 1926;
trans, to West Kilbride 19th Feb. 1930.
Marr. 6th July 1922 Isobel Sharpe Hastings,
and has issue — Eileen, born 8th Jan. 1924;
Elma Louise, born 18th March 1926;
Isabel Campbell, born 31st Aug. 1928.
HELENSBURGH WEST
JOHN BAIRD, died 14th Sept. 1932;
1889
his daugh., Jean (marr. 6th June
1922 Neil Conley, M.A., min. of
U.F. Church, Mortlach); his son, John
Logic, inventor of television, managing
director of Baird Television, Television
Station, Alexandra Palace, July 1936; died
14th June 1946.
WILLIAM HARVEY LEATHAM,
dem. on app. to St Andrew's
Church, Ottawa, 4th Oct. 1926; died
at Montreal 26th Feb. 1937; his son,
George Rendle, min. of St Bride's, Edin
burgh.
JOHN FORSYTH MARSHALL, born
8th Dec. 1893, son of Archibald
1919
1927
Millar M., min. of U.F. Church,
Cowie, and Christina Frere Forsyth; educ.
at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1915), and
Oxford, M.A. (1920); served in War with
Highland Light Infantry, M.C.; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh June 1920; assistant
St Cuthbert's; ord. 28th April 1921 to
Airdrie; trans, and adm. 17th Jan. 1927;
trans, to Renfrew Old 30th Nov. 1933.
Marr. 26th July 1921 Anne Pringle, daugh.
of Alexander Pringle Davidson, min. of
Skirling U.F. Church, and Mary Gemmell
Duke, and has issue — Archibald Humphrey
Miller, born 25th May 1922; Doris Mary
Christine, born 30th June 1924; Jean Mar
garet Miller, born 22nd April 1926.
JAMESTOWN
DANIEL JACK MILLER, died 23rd
Jan. 1925; his son, John Russell,
min. of Kilsyth; his daughs. — Eliza
beth Roxburgh (marr. 1st Aug. 1935
George Garland, Falkirk); Marion, M.A.
(marr. 13th Feb. 1934 James Gibson,
Glasgow).
1876
1925
MALCOLM BLAIR MACGREGOR,
born Glasgow 22nd Feb. 1900, son
of John Malcolm M. and Margaret
Gardner Morrison; educ. at Whitehall
School and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922),
Ph.D. (1929); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
19th Dec. 1923; assistant St Andrew's,
Glasgow, 1924, Cambuslang; ord. 29th
May 1925. Marr. 22nd Sept. 1925 Lily,
youngest daugh. of John Downie and
Catherine Stewart, and has issue — Cathe
rine Stewart, born 9th April 1928; Margaret
Morrison, born 21st May 1937. Publica
tions — The Sources and Literature of Scot
tish Church History (Glasgow, 1934);
Jamestown Parish Church (Historical Sketch)
(Dunbarton, 1934).
KILLEARN
WILLIAM GRAHAM, parson in 1566.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stir-
15oo .. n
ling, etc.]
PATRICK PATERSON, pres. to vicar-
1572
pensionary 15th Sept. 1572 on death
of Sir John Snell.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.y
i, (3), 21.]
DUNBARTON]
KILLEARN— OLD KILPATRICK
279
JOHN GRAHAM, Lord of Council,
parson 1586. — [Lamont Papers, 328,
105.]
JAMES CRAIG, had issue— James of
1658 Costerton, W.S., died 5th Aug. 1743.
JAMES DICK, died at Kirknewton 1st
1883 May 1930.
1898
ALEXANDER GORDON MIT
CHELL, dem. 2nd Feb. 1931, died
2nd Nov. 1943; his wife, Edith
Rebecca Gillies, died 5th Nov. 1925; his
son, John William Forrester Gordon, died
21st June 1938; his daughs. — Jessie Murray
Graham, died 7th Feb. 1926; Elizabeth
Edith (marr. 6th Oct. 1942 Lieut. Roy
Greer Donnan, Pioneer Corps). Addl.
Publications — Original Latin Dramas of
George Buchanan in English Verse', Odes of
Horace in English Verse.
(Charges united 2nd July 1931.)
KILBOWIE
Services were begun in a hall purchased
in 1896 by the Kirk Session of Old Kil-
patrick. The church was built in 1904 and
tower built and bell instituted in 1933. A
hall was built in 1928.
JOHN HAMILTON, died 29th Jan.
1898
1947; line 8, for "Jane" read
"Janet."
KILMARONOCK
The patronage of the church was granted
to Cambuskenneih Abbey 1306-29.— [Reg.
Mag. Sig., i, App. ii, 105.]
1574
GEORGE McGLEISS, reader, pres. to
vicarage pensionary 25th May 1574
on death of Sir James Hunter. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 21.]
ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, M.A.,
1581 vicar pensioner 20th Sept. 1581, also
parson of Eaglesham (#.v.). — [Reg.
Privy Council, ii, 421-2.]
LUKE STIRLING, M.A., min. pres.
1601 to ParsonaSe anc* vicarage on dep.
of Robert Alexander. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxiv, 175.]
WILLIAM BERRY SHAW PATER-
1836
SON, his daughs. — Janet Shaw, died
at Edinburgh 1st June 1923; Mar
garet, died at Edinburgh 4th Dec. 1927.
WILLIAM BOYD, his daugh., Isobel
1879 McCulloch, died 18th Aug. 1938.
WILLIAM McLAUCHLAN GOLDIE,
1920
dem. 7th April 1948; his daugh.,
Winifred Maud (marr. 15th Oct.
1926 Walter Bilsland, farmer, Gartenban-
trick, Kilmaronock); his wife, Matilda
Maud Barr, died 2nd Aug. 1943.
KNIGHTSWOOD
GEORGE WILSON HAMILTON, born
1925
17th May 1891, second son of
Thomas H., Drumcross, Bathgate;
educ. at Peebles High School, Univ. of St
Andrews, M.A. (1913), B.D. (1916); student
missionary at Elvanfoot 1914-15; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles 1916; assistant Inveresk;
served in R.A.S.C. in France, Egypt and
Palestine; ord. to Cummertrees 4th Aug.
1920; trans, and adm. 1st Oct. 1925; trans,
to Comrie 1st Dec. 1937. Marr. 4th Aug.
1921 Elizabeth Tyler, youngest daugh. of
John Bruce, St Margaret's, Loanhead.
OLD KILPATRICK
Attached to the lands of Kilbowie, there
was a chapel with chapel lands. — [Retours,
xxxiii, 36.]
ROBERT HOUSTON, exhorter.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
i
etc.]
1573
WILLIAM HAMILTON, pres. on dem.
of Archibald Berne "not able to
travel or supply." — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 127; Edin. Tests, 12th May
1575.]
WALTER STEWART.— [G. R. Sas.,
1587 xxiv, 97.]
THOMAS ALLAN, his sons— Andrew,
1667
buried 9th Aug. 1687; John, buried
27th Dec. 1689.
HARRY SMITH, trans, to Heriot 7th
1916 June 1928.
280
OLD KILPATRICK— LUSS
[PRESS. OF
1928
JOHN KENNEDY, born 21st Jan. 1897,
son of Andrew K. and Barbara
Helen Kennedy; educ. at Hutchi
son's Grammar School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1922), B.D. (1925); served
with R.A.F. in Great War, 1918; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1924; assistant St
Mungo, Glasgow; ord. to Lowson Memo
rial, Forfar, 15th Sept. 1925; trans, and
adm. 19th Dec. 1928; trans, to Cambuslang
llth March 1936. Marr. 21st Oct. 1925
Ellison Bryson, daugh. of John Gilchrist,
and has issue — John Gilchrist, born 9th
Nov. 1926; Margaret Alison, born 27th
Jan. 1929; Alan Gordon, born 31st March
1936. Publications — Thrums and the Barrie
Country; A Quiver of Arrows', Worry, its
Cause and Cure.
NEW KILPATRICK
At Balvie-Logan there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Kessog.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., ii,
2648.]
JOHN LOGAN, his son, Walter, comp
troller of customs, Perth Amboy,
New Jersey.
JAMES WATERS KING, his daugh.,
Amy Mary Waters, died Versailles
1870 15th Jan. 1943.
JOHN HENRY DICKEY, died in
Glasgow Royal Infirmary 30th Jan.
1926.
1907
1926
WILLIAM WHITE ANDERSON,
M.C., D.D. (Glasgow, 23rd June
1943), trans, from Bellahouston
(q.v.} 9th Sept. 1926; trans, to St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh, 23rd April 1931; Vice-Con
vener Business Committee 1946; Convener
Home Board.
DRUMCHAPEL
JOHN EASTON BLACK, adm. first
min. of parish 3rd Nov. 1923; died
17th Feb. 1942; his daugh., Jean
Bethia Naismith (marr. 28th June 1933
Robert Montague Lloyd Puckeridge, Mid-
stead, Hants). His father was J.P., Stone-
house, Lanarkshire.
1910
KNOXLAND
JOHN SMITH, licen. by Presb. of
1886 Glasgow 1884.
JAMES LITTLE, died 31st March
1910 1946.
ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERY,
1916 trans, to Condorrat 22nd March
1927.
1927
NORMAN GOTTFRIED KESTING,
born 22nd June 1885, son of Ernest
K., organist and teacher of music,
and Isabella Thornwaite Rigg; educ. at
Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1906); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh April 1909; assis
tant, St Margaret's, Edinburgh, 1909,
Selkirk 1911, Newington 1913; ord. to
Drumelzier 20th April 1917; trans, and
adm. 29th Sept. 1927; trans, to Kirkhope
17th May 1935. Marr. 26th July 1917
Maud, second daugh. of Hugh Cameron,
min. of Newington, and has issue — Hugh
Morrison, born 25th May 1918, died 14th
Nov. 1940; John Rigg, born 10th Oct. 1919;
Norman Douglas, born 20th Sept. 1921;
Elizabeth Maud, born 12th April 1923;
Isabel Margaret, born 19th Jan. 1925.
Publication — Chapter on Drumelzier in
History of Peeblesshire.
LUSS
On 8th March 1315-16 Robert I granted
to God and St Kessog the privilege of gyrth
round the church for three miles on every
side, both land and water. — [Hist. MS.
Commiss., iii, 387.]
Sir Thomas Henderson was on 12th
April 1556 presented and invested at the
Altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Luss
in the south part of the church, and to the
office of clerk of the parish by delivering to
him a missal book, cup, and other vest
ments of the altar. — [Chiefs of Colquhouns,
i, 117.]
1555
JOHN LAYING (LAING), M.A., par
son in Feb. 1555-6, having suc
ceeded Mr James Colquhoune, son
of Walter C., 3rd son of Sir John C. of
Luss by his first wife, Elizabeth Stewart;
DUNBARTON]
LUSS
281
designated prebendary of Luss in 1561, and
parson and vicar in 1563, when it is nar
rated that he has been possessed of "the
parsonage and vicarage years bygone and
his furneist and sustenit ministeris for
reading and edifeing of the parochinaris
thairof yeirlie sen the alteratioun of the
religioun conforme to ordour taken thaira-
nent lyke as he yiet dois"; parson of
Kirkpatrick-Juxta 1539-53, perpetual vicar
of Dreghorn 1553, Canon of Glasgow 1564,
Dean of the Faculty of Glasgow Univ.
1552-5, and Judge-Commissary of the
Archbishop of St Andrews 1564; died in
Sept. 1571.— [Chiefs of Colquhoun, i, 89,
97, 118, 123, 124, ii, 82, 247, 262, 345; Acts
and Dec., xxiv, 73, xxvii, 32, xxviii, 143,
xxix, 79, xl, 153; Notes on the Black Book
of Paisley, 93, 95; Edin. Tests., ii, 232.]
JAMES COLQUHOUN, M.A., min. in
or soon after 1560; parson 28th
April 1566; died before 1st Nov.
1572; had issue — John, James. He was
nephew of Mr Archibald Colquhoun, par
son of Stobo. — [Reg. of Deeds, viii, 201, x,
222; Chiefs of Colquhoun, i, 222; Edin.
Tests., viii, 311.]
JAMES LAYING, reader; Clerk of the
1567
Diocese of Glasgow in 1534, and
Chaplain of the Diocese 1550; con
formed and became reader here in 1560;
dem. apparently in 1572; later was parson.
— [Chiefs of Colquhoun, ii, 336, 96; Notes
on the Black Book of Paisley, 96; Compts.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, min., and
1572
also parson in succession to Mr
John Laying; on Jan. 10th 1572-3
he set in feu to Sir Humphrey Colquhoune,
son of Sir John C. of Luss, the parsonage
manse, place, and yard, situated at the
south side of the Rotten Row of Glasgow;
trans, apparently before 27th April 1576. —
[Notes on the Black Book of Paisley, 96;
Colquhoune Cart., i, 397^00; Chiefs of
Colquhoun, ii, 435.]
JAMES LAYING, above mentioned,
15?6 parson 27th April 1576.— [Chiefs of
Colquhoun, ii, 435. See Kirkpatrick-
Juxta.]
MALCOLM STEVENSON, Chaplain
1585 of the Diocese of Glasgow; vicar-
pensioner here at the Reformation;
his claim for his pension of 20 merks for
1561-2 was refused in 1563 by Mr John
Laying, parson, because he "his maid na
service thairintill this lang time bypast as
he aucht to have done," and "he is bot
ane feall and pensioner"; subsequently, in
1563, he is designated exhorter, and he
appears to have continued to discharge
that duty.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.; Chiefs of Colquhoun, i, 83;
Acts and Dec., xxvii, 32; Edin. Test., ii, 232.]
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, had issue at
1594
least — Archibald and David; died
before 1st March 1600.— [Chiefs of
Colquhoun, i, 148, 180, ii, 435.]
DUNCAN ERROLL, on 1st March
1599 1600 he was presented by Alexander
Colquhoune of Luss to the par
sonage and vicarage, vacant by the death
of Mr William Chirnsyde; by act of Assem
bly 1605 he was deprived of the living, and
on 26th Feb. 1606 the Synod ordained the
presb. to put into execution against him
the Act of Assembly, and that they should
make provision, before his deposition from
the ministry, for the maintenance of him
self, his wife, and bairns, seeing he had
served so long in the ministry. He was,
however, supported by Alexander Col
quhoune of Luss and the parishioners, and
in spite of his deprivation he continued in
full possession till his death, administering
the Word and Sacraments and receiving
the stipend. He marr. -. Buchanan. —
[Chiefs of Colquhoun, i, 180, 218.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, the patron, Alex-
ander Colquhoune of Luss, made a
presentation in favour of Mr Mal
colm Colquhoune, but the presb. presented
Mr Campbell, jure devoluto, on the ground
that Mr Erroll had been lawfully deprived,
and that a successor had not been timeously
presented by the patron; objections to the
presbytery's procedure were set aside and
Mr Campbell was settled.— [Chiefs of
Colquhoun, i, 218-20.]
282
LUSS— ROSNEATH
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM ANDERSON, his sons-
Robert, min. of Row, Alexander;
Charles.— [Deeds, Dal., 1705, No.
1698
1685
503.]
DANIEL McGILCHRIST, second son
of Donald M., writer, Rothesay, and
Janet, daugh. of William Yair, town
clerk, Glasgow. Marr. proc. 5th April 1707
Margaret McDougal, Dunblane. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Dal., 21st Aug. 1721.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, line 5, delete
1723 ' ' Father of the Church. ' '
1908
ALEXANDER SLATER DUNLOP,
trans, to St Andrews Second Charge
7th Oct. 1924; line 5, for "Edin
burgh ' ' read ' ' Glasgow. ' '
ALISTAIR CAMPBELL, trans, from
Kilninver (q.v.) 26th Feb. 1925;
Chaplain to Lord High Commis
sioner 1932. Marr. 9th Feb. 1922 Eliza
beth M., daugh. of Matthew H. Craig and
Margaret Craig, and has issue — Margaret
Elizabeth, born 10th Nov. 1922; William
Alexander, born 29th April 1927; Donald
George Craig, born 27th Aug. 1931.
MILNGAVIE ST PAUL'S
1898 JOHN EDGAR, died 3rd July 1925.
DUNCAN McCORKINDALE, trans,
from Bonnybridge 22nd Dec. 1925
(q.v.); line 1, for "29" read "28";
dem. 1st Oct. 1940.
1925
RENTON
JOHN MACLEAN, trans, to Liff and
Benvie 25th March 1925; his son,
1913
John, born 13th Nov. 1919.
GEORGE NEILSON DUFF, born 12th
April 1 896, son of William Butler D.
and Janet Neilson; educ. at Hutche-
son's Grammar School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1918); served in Great
War; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th May
1921 ; assistant, St Ninian's, Glasgow, 1922,
St Paul's 1924; ord. 26th Aug. 1925; trans,
to Abbotsford-Chalmers, Glasgow, 5th
April 1934; trans, to Albert Drive, Pollok-
shields, 23rd Oct. 1946. Marr. 9th Feb.
1926 Fanny, daugh. of Edward McRoberts
and Fanny Phelps, and has issue — William
Butler, born 8th Jan. 1928; Frances
McRoberts, born 30th June 1932.
ROSNEATH
The church was granted to Paisley Abbey
by Anlay or Amelec, brother of Maldouin,
Earl of Lennox, with confirmation by said
Maldouin, and by Alexander II, 12th
March 1225-6. It was dedicated to St
Nicholas. Traditionally, however, the dedi
cation is said to have been to the Virgin
Mary, but the probability is that that was
the dedication of the Chapel of Kilcreggan
— hence the popular interpretation of Ros-
neath "isle" as the Virgin Promontory.
On 1st June 1621 the parishioners un
successfully petitioned Parliament for the
removal of the church from the "island"
to the mainland at Ardinconnel, where
Rhu Church was subsequently built. Be
sides the chapel at Kilcreggan, there were
in the parish the Chapel of St Modan in the
churchyard where the relics of the saint
were kept, the Chapel of St Bean at Fass-
lane, and a chapel at Port Kill, "harbour
of the Chapel. ' ' The chancel of the church
was extended in 1922 by H.R.H. Princess
Louise, Duchess of Argyll, in memory of
her husband, John, 9th Duke, and of
George, 8th Duke. The reredos was
erected by her in 1931. — [Reg. of Paisley
Abbey, 209; Acts Scott. Part., iv, 407b;
Eraser's Lennox, 230; Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 289, 312.]
MALCOLM STEVENSON, exhorter
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
1567
Stirling, etc.] (See Luss.)
GEORGE LINDSAY of Blackscolme.
1614
— [G. R. Sas., ix, 140, 10th Dec.
1621.]
NINIAN CAMPBELL, second son of
Colin C. of Ormidale (first family);
had issue— William; Colin, matric.
Glasgow 1647.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., xiii,
41.]
ALEXANDER CAMERON, dem. 2nd
1665 June 1680.
DUNBARTON]
ROSNEATH— STRATHFILLEN
283
JAMES GORDON, third son.— [G. R.
1682 Sas., 3 Ser., xxix, 341.]
JAMES GORDON, had issue— Robert.
1682 —[Deeds, Dal., 1706, No. 260.]
ROBERT CAMPBELL, min. at
1689
Stephenkirk in Ireland 1710; his son,
Hugh, apprenticed to William Black-
wood, merchant, 13th Dec. 1710.
ALFRED WARR, his widow, Christian
1887
Grey Laing, died 27th Feb. 1945;
1916
his daugh., Agnes Christian Con
stance (marr. 28th Oct. 1931 Stuart
FCindersley Turnbull).
ALEXANDER BROWN GRANT,
dem. 10th April 1939; his wife,
Agnes Bryden Mackendrick, died
13th Dec. 1925. Marr (2) 3rd Jan. 1928
Mabel Symon, second daugh. of David
Low, Bearsden, Glasgow; his daugh.,
Juanita Turner (marr. 1st July 1936
Robert McHarg, merchant, Glasgow).
ROW or RHU
ROBERT ANDERSON, son of William
1684
A., min. of Buchanan. — [Deeds,
Dal., 1705, Nos. 503, 504.]
JOHN MACLEOD CAMPBELL, his
daugh., Margaret Duncan, died at
Stewkley Ham, Bucks, 25th Jan.
1933.
JOHN LAURIE-FOGO, his daughs.—
1832
1930.
Jane, D.C.S., died 25th Nov. 1929;
Bertha Margaret, died 12th March
JOHN McKESSER WEBSTER, his
daugh., Winifred Mary (marr. 1908
Lt.-Col. Sir James Forest Halket
Carmichael, C.M.G.); his widow, Mary
Jane Dennistoun, died 22nd March 1941.
VINCENT CASSELS ALEXANDER,
1914 trans, to Rubislaw 14th June 1922.
ROBERT BALDOCK SCOTT, trans.
1922 fr°m Humbie (?-v-) 9th Nov- 1922>
died 7th May 1924; his widow,
Alexa Evelyn Macleod, died 18th March
1937.
DONALD MCGREGOR GRANT,
1924
trans, from Newport (q.v.) 16th Oct.
1924; drowned at Granton llth
Dec. 1929. Addl. issue— Espeth Catherine,
born 13th June 1926. His daugh., Helen
McGregor (marr. 7th Aug. 1946 Robert,
younger son of Robert Aitken Dunbar).
STRATHBLANE
The church belonged to the Hospital of
Polmadie, and with the hospital became a
prebend of Glasgow in 1425-6 and in
1453^ was annexed to the Collegiate
Church of Dunbarton.
JOHN COCHRANE, his daugh., Anne
165Q (marr. cont. 31st May 1679 Archi
bald Macgregor of that Ilk); died
24th June 1125.— [Stir ling Sas., 10th March
1680.]
JAMES GRAY, marr. Agnes, daugh.
1748
of William Fogo, merchant, Glas
gow.
HAMILTON BUCHANAN, bora 13th
1835 June 1805.
DANIEL JOHN FERGUSON, his
widow, Henrietta Hamilton Mont-
1874
gomery, died 21st Dec. 1941.
WILLIAM BEGBIE MOVES, dem. 5th
Sept. 1933; died 8th March 1946.
Marr. (2) 12th Oct. 1932 Catherine
Renwick Watson.
(United with Blane field 9th Feb. 1934.)
STRATHFILLAN
Part of the endowment granted by
Robert I to the Chapel of St Fillan, which
he founded in 1314, was the 5 lib. Lands of
Wichtertiry (Uchterteris) in Glendochart.
On 26th Feb. 1317-18 he granted the
patronage of the Church of Killin to the
Abbey and Convent of Inchaffray on condi
tion that the abbey provided a canon to
serve at the chapel; and the grant was
repeated on 1 8th April 1318 without condi
tion. Apparently the original design of the
King was a chapel with a canon, but soon
after the foundation the chapel was con
verted into a priory, as is shown by a
charter of William Sinclair, Bishop of
284
STRATHFILLAN— YOKER [PRESS. OF DUMBARTON]
Dunkeld, dated 28th Oct. 1318, granting
to the Prior of Inchaffray and to the canons
the Church of Killin (whose patronage, as
just stated, had been granted by Robert I),
and all the teinds, fruits, revenues of the
same, to be converted to the use of the
prior and canons living at the said chapel
for the worship of God, provided that
according to the capabilities of the place a
sufficient number of canons should be
settled there by the Abbot of Inchaffray.
The Prior of St Fillan's Chapel, on the
occurrence of a vacancy, was to be pre
sented by the abbot and convent, and
instituted by the Bishop. It may be that
to the enlargement of the place, in order to
render it fitting for a priory, there has
reference an entry in the Exchequer Rolls
in 1329 to the following effect— Payment
through Sir Robert de Bruce, natural son
of King Robert, of a sum of 20 lib. for the
building of the Church of St Fillan. In
1543-4 the church was repaired at a cost
of 300 merks.— [Charters of Inchaffray
Abbey, 116-20; Reg. Great Seal, i. App. 2,
658, ii, 347, 2458, iii, 2705; Excheq. Rolls,
i, 214.]
ALEXANDER MACKINNON, his
son, Duncan Archibald, M.A., min.
1846
of U.F. Church, Marykirk, died at
Cromdale 22nd March 1922; his daugh.,
Jessie Elizabeth, died 22nd March 1932.
GEORGE CALDER, D.D. (Glasgow
1936), died 1st April 1941; his
daughs.— Helen Edith (marr. 26th
April 1922 Andrew Davidson, M.B.,
Ch.B.); Margaret Evelyn Campbell (marr.
12th Nov. 1930 George Stanley Gillies,
Travancore, India). Addl. Publications —
The Scholar" s Primar (1917); Togailna Tebe.
The Bard of Statues (1922); Gaelic Grammar
(1923); Gaelic Songs by William Ross (1937).
NEIL DUNCAN MACKINNON, dem.
1913 31st May 1920.
JAMES GOURLAY, M.A., B.D., licen.
1920 ky Presb. of Dunfermline 1916,
assistant South Leith; ord. 21st Dec.
1920; dem. 30th Sept. 1930; assistant at
Larbert; died 24th Dec. 1939.
TEMPLE
JAMES STUART CARSWELL, died
1890 22nd Oct. 1940.
YOKER
JAMES SMITH, dem. 1st June 1920 on
1917
app. of Director of Religious In
struction, St Andrews and Dundee
Training College; his wife, Ruth Lindsay
Morrison, died 3rd Oct. 1945. Marr. (2)
2nd Sept. 1947 Margaret Helen Kemp,
elder daugh. of George Birnie, min. of
Speymouth. Publications — The Book of the
Prophet Ezekiel', The Teacher's Handbook
to the Syllabus of Religious Instruction.
JOHN SIMPSON AGNEW, M.A., born
1920
30th June 1888; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 1912; enlisted as private in
Scots Guards, officer in H.L.I., three times
wounded; assistant, East Wemyss, Kirk-
caldy; ord. llth Nov. 1920; died at Paisley
28th Dec. 1920. Marr. 12th Feb. 1910
Eliza Jane Campbell, and had issue —
William Craigie, born 14th April 1911.
WILLIAM WALLS, born 13th Oct.
1921
1889, son of David W., farmer, East
Hillhouse, Riccarton, Ayrshire, and
Agnes Stark; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
20th Dec. 1920; assistant Calton; ord. 20th
April 1921; dem. 30th June 1935. Marr.
27th March 1918 Mary Louisa, daugh. of
William Jackson, and has issue — Phyllis
Mary, born 24th March 1919; Ian Gas-
coyne, born 28th April 1922. Publications
— Life, Love and Light (Edinburgh, 1926);
Inescapable Questions (Govan, 1927).
PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW
BANTON
JOHN ARCHIBALD DRON, trans, to
Colintraive 8th July 1932, died 26th
July 1939; his wife, Ethel Margaret
Walworth Hutchison, died 14th June 1935.
CADDER
JAMES HAMILTON, Bishop of Argyll,
held parsonage 1 576.— [Cal. of Char-
1576
ters, xi, 2395.] (See Monkland.)
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, M.A., yr.,
parson 8th Oct. 1583; John S. of
Cadder is mentioned at the same
time.— [Cal. of Charters, xii, 2685.]
JOHN BELL, M.A., pres. to vicarage
of Cadder and Monkland 25th Nov.
1594 on dem. of Michael Chisholme.
-[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 9.]
THOMAS MELVILLE, son of Thomas
1583
1594
1650
M., min. of Terregles. Marr. Chris
tian Rae, daugh. of Katherine Inglis.
JOHN BUCHAN ADAM WATT, his
1882
widow, Margaret Annie Edith
Sprague, died 21st May 1945.
JAMES WOODSIDE ROBINSON, died
1911 21st Aug. 1948.
ALASDAIR ROBERT ELLIS MAO
1929 INNES, born Tayvallich 4th Oct.
1897, son of Alexander McL, min.
of New Listen U.F. Church, and Margaret
Ellis; educ. Dingwall Academy and Univ.
of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Bathgate
(U.F.) 1926, assistant Buenos Ayres 1927;
adm. by General Assembly as licentiate
24th May 1928; assistant Mauchline; ord.
A. and S. 5th June 1929, dem. 30th Sept.
1941; adm. to Rodney Street, Liverpool,
12th Dec. 1946; dem. 1949. Marr. 8th
April 1930 Jane Seton Normansell Kyd,
only daugh. of William Ingram, K.C.,
advocate (divorced for desertion 23rd Oct.
1936).
CAMPSIE
On 6th June 1508 John Stirling of Craig-
bernard, Kt., founded a perpetual chap-
lainry at the Altar of the Virgin Mary in a
cell or chapel in the church, and in a cell
or chapel, also dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, within the Place and Manor of
Craigbernard, the endowment being 6
merks 10 sh. from the lands of Craig
bernard, and 6 merks from the lands of
Glorat.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 3240; Dioc.
Reg. of Glasgow, ii, 413-14.]
SIR WILLIAM ERSKINE, Knight,
1563 Parson m 156^' second son of James
E. of Little Sauchie, Commendator
of Kinloss, Archbishop of Glasgow, a lay
man, had issue — Robert; Adam; Janet
(marr. William, Earl of Stirling); Catherine
(marr. 19th Dec. 1594 John, son of John
Blair of Westkirk, Culross).— [Stephen's
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 528; Reg. of
Deeds, ix, 103, xix, 194; Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Stirling, etc. ]
JOHN ARTHUR, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
JOHN STOOD ART, min.; held the
1574
prebend of Castlehill; pres. to
vicarage pensionary 20th June 1589
on death of Archibald Douglas. He morti
fied to the poor of Campsie 40 sh. annual
rent from two houses and £ acre of land at
the Kirk of Campsie, the property to be
sold and the feu of 40 sh. administered by
the min. and elders. — [Hist. MSS. Commis.
Reports, iii, Duntreith, 113; Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds', Reg. Sec. Sig., Ix, 20.]
285
286
CAMPSIE— CATHCART
[PRESB. OF
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, servitor to
1576
James, Earl of Morton; his pres. on
death of William Kincaid. — [Reg.
Pres.Bene., i, (4), 45.]
WILLIAM ERSKINE, marr. Janet
1578 Erskine.
ARCHIBALD DENNISTOUN, M.A.;
1649
his second wife, Katherine Stirling,
with her son, George, a writer's
servant, was resident in Tron Parish,
Edinburgh, 12th Nov. 1694— [Tron Poll
Tax Roll, 11.]
JAMES LAPSIE, pres. 6; line 26, add
1783 "pension of £50."
THOMAS MONRO, pres. by Crown
1844
6th Jan. 1844; his son, James
Berkeley Stevenson, died at Ade
laide, South Australia, 1st Aug. 1923; his
daugh., Eliza Alice Stevenson, died 14th
May 1934.
ALEXANDER WILSON FINLAY-
SON, licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
May 1909, died 26th June 1940.
Marr. 23rd June 1914 Evelyn Violet Emily,
daugh. of James Oliver and Adeline
Moubray, and had issue — Evelyn Adeline
Margaret, born 3rd June 1917 (marr. 3rd
June 1941 Robert Wark Jenkins, R.N. Pay
Corps); Marjory Edith Winifred, born 20th
Feb. 1926; Geoffrey Beauchamp Alistair
Moubray, born 17th July 1934.
CARMUNNOCK
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, vicar in
1559
1559.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters
of Church Lands, i, 81.]
ROBERT KERR, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
etc.]
PETER PATERSON, his pres. in 1568
was consequent upon the dem. of
James Hamilton. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
1563
1568
ANDREW HAMILTON, pres. to
1585
vicarage 14th Aug. 1575 on death
of William Hamilton. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 38.]
ARCHIBALD GLEN.— [G. R. Sas.,
1608 xxvii, 37.]
ROBERT GLEN, his wife, Jean Sharp,
may have been a daugh. of Patrick
Sharp, min. of Govan, for Patrick's
son, Mr David Sharp, min. of Kilbride,
appears as a witness of Robert Glen's will.
— [Glasgow Test., 13th March 1622.]
JAMES HUTCHESON, his son, James,
1633 M.A. (Glasgow, 1645).
ANDREW MORTON, line 27, for
1650
"1685" read "1683"; son of
Andrew M., min. of Lundie.
ANDREW TAIT, his son, William,
went to Virginia. — [Reg. of Deeds,
1692
Dal., 6th Sept. 1745.]
JOHN KERR, his daugh., Isobel, died
1744 30th Oct. 1788.
GEORGE GREEN GILLAN, his
1888 widow, Agnes Wedderburn, died
10th Jan. 1930; his son, Sir Robert
Woodburn, died 2nd July 1943.
JOHN SMART, trans, to Carstairs 15th
1913 March 1928.
JOHN ANDERSON, born at Millerhill
28th May 1901, son of Thomas A.,
Wester Millerhill, Dalkeith, and
Helen Mathieson; educ. at Newton (Dal
keith), and Broughton, Edinburgh, and
Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1923), B.D.
(1926); Union Theological Seminary, New
York, S.T.M. 1927; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 12th May 1926; assistant St
Matthews, Edinburgh, 1927-8; ord. 21st
Sept. 1928; trans, to Old Monkland 12th
Oct. 1938. Marr. 29th July 1929 Dorothy
Mary Elizabeth, B.A., daugh. of David
Gall Cromb, 14 Eyre Crescent, Edinburgh,
and Eleanor Rankin, and has issue — David
Mathieson, born 22nd July 1930; twin sons
stillborn 12th Sept. 1933; Elspeth Eleanor
Margaret, born 4th May 1935; Marjorie
Isabel Helen, born 28th June 1939.
CATHCART
A new church, the last in Scotland to be
built by the heritors, was opened in June
1929.
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287
JOHN COLVILLE, reader 1563.—
. [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling,
1563
etc.]
JAMES HILL, line 5, for "1572" read
1568 "1571."
JOHN RATTRAY, vicar pensioner.—
1574 [Acts and Dec., liv, 229.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, son of James
H. of Garyn, pres. in 1577 when
reader here, on death of John
Rattray. Marr. Isobel, daugh. of James
Hamilton of Torrance. — [House of Hamil
ton, 364.]
WILLIAM MUIRCROFT, adm. to
1652
Ardstraw, Ireland, 1655; dep. for
nonconformity 1661, but continued
to minister to 1 672.
DAVID DOW, his daugh., Janet, died
1788 21st June 1840.
ARTHUR EUGENE CLAXTON,
1896 licen. 1st May 1889.
JOHN ALEXANDER COULL MAC-
1910
KELLAR, D.D. (Glasgow, 22nd
June 1938); Convener, Jewish Com
mittee, 1922; Joint Convener 1929-33; his
wife, Jessie Kirkwood Semple, died 18th
May 1927. Marr. (2) 22nd July 1931
Margaret Stevenson, daugh. of John
Anderson and Mary Dunlop. His son, Ian
Coull Semple, chartered masseur.
CHRYSTON
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, dem. 4th June
1929; died at Bridge of Weir 9th
April 1933; his daugh., Jane Beattie,
died 15th Aug. 1929.
(Charges united 5th March 1950.)
CONDORRAT
In Oct. 1929 transferred to the Presby
tery of Linlithgow and Falkirk.
DONALD MACPHERSON, delete
1920 entry, as he did not accept.
CHARLES HEUGHAN, trans, from
Hutchesontown (q.v.) 7th Dec. 1921 ;
trans, to Carntyne 16th Sept. 1926.
1921
ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERY,
1927
trans, from Knoxland (q.v.) 24th
March 1927; trans, to Buccleuch,
Glasgow, 2nd July 1929.
GEORGE MARTIN, born Glasgow
1929 29th March 1899, son of David M.
and Jean Lafferty; educ. at Skerry's
College, Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th June 1929,
assistant Barony; ord. and adm. 18th Sept.
1929; trans, to Chapelton 14th Oct. 1936.
Marr. 8th Oct. 1929 Christina, daugh. of
J. P. Crosbie, and has issue — David Clinton,
born 2nd Aug. 1930; James Gordon, born
4th Feb. 1932; Morag Christine, born 25th
Dec. 1934.
CUMBERNAULD
The church was repaired in 1810. Within
the parish are the ruins of the old Parish
Church of Lenzie (Kirkintilloch). There
was a chapel at Chapelton on the farm of
Achinkill. Transferred to Presb. of Lin
lithgow and Falkirk Oct. 1929.
GILBERT MUSHET, on account of
1666
the opposition of the parishioners
he was compelled to "leave home
and Church" before 21st Jan. 1692, with
"no hope of returning"; and on that date
John Paterson, "Bishop of Glasgow,"
imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle, sent to
"All Archbishops, Bishops, Presbyters,
and other Clerics of Churches of England
and Ireland" a letter commending Mushet
in the hope that "he may be admitted to
the ministry." — [Cal. Laing Charters,
2894.]
HUGH PARK, his son, Sir Maitland,
1848
died at Cape Town 15th March
1921.
288
CUMBERNAULD— ANDERSTON
[PRESB. OF
JOHN OGILVIE, died 7th Dec.
1900 1948.
CUMBERNAULD, EAST
JOHN COCHRANE, had issue—
Georgina Isabella Waddell, born
24th June 1846 (marr. 1st Aug. 1873
William Thomson Henderson, Bo 'ness).
1839
EAGLESHAM
HENRY SINCLAIR, Bishop of Ross,
described as parson, vicar and min.
in 1561. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. o,
Thirds.]
1561
1563
ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, M.A.,
second son of John C. of Crawford-
land; secretary and almoner to Mary
of Lorraine; app. Lord of Session 26th
April 1566, but depr. 2nd June 1568; was
parson 12th June 1558, in 1563, and still
in office 1580. — [Acts and Dec., xxxiii, 404;
xli, 323, 337, 360; Reg. Abbrev.Feu Charters
of Church Lands, i, 5, ii, 160; Reg. of Deeds,
iii, 3014, vi, 272, xii, 149.] (See West
Kilbride and Kilmaronock.)
ROBERT BROWN, reader 19th Aug.
1580 1580.— [Edin. Tests., viii, 277.]
ANDREW BOYD, M.A. (Glasgow,
1589
1 584), natural son of Thomas, first
Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock. — [Reg.
of Deeds, clxxxiii, 176, 15th June 1603.]
JAMES HAMILTON, his sons—
Robert, apprenticed to Archibald
Hamilton, merchant, Edinburgh,
13th Jan. 1675; William, apprenticed to
John Day, surgeon apothecary, 22nd April
1692.
JOHN HOUSTON, intruded at Lonmay
1685 before 1696, died 1707.
ALEXANDER DOBIE, line 8, for
1786
"Carfin" read "Greenholm"; his
son, David, surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.
JAMES BUCHANAN, died 4th Aug.
1881 1924.
DAVID LANGLANDS SEATH, born
1917 Dundee; marr. 12th Aug. 1925
Janet, daugh. of James Gemmell
and Agnes Wallace, and has issue — Joyce
Gemmell, born 27th Feb. 1926.
GLASGOW
ABBOTSFORD
JAMES McN AUGHT, his wife, Janet
Kinnear Beatson, died 18th June
1876; his daughs. — Jane Helen
(marr. P. Nisbet, C.A.), died at Perth 5th
June 1921; Elizabeth Barclay Campbell,
died at Droitwich 4th Feb. 1932.
1904
ROBERT NELSON, dem. 15th June
1933 on union of Abbotsford with
Chalmers (formerly U.F.) Church.
Became senior assistant, South Leith, 1st
Oct. 1936; his son, Robert Arthur, tweed
manufacturer, Earlston.
(United with Abbotsford-Chalmers \5th
June 1933.)
ANDERSTON
(now Anderston Old)
JOHN LOVE, father a weaver, mother
1800
Margaret Lang. Marr. Janet Mc-
Killop, s.p.; line 25, add "2 vols.
(1929)."
ALEXANDER NEIL SOMERVILLE,
his son, James Ewing, died at CrierT
20th Dec. 1923; his daugh., Eliza
(marr. Major-General J. Keir), died 6th
Feb. 1921.
JAMES ROBERTSON, his widow,
1837
1904
Anne Gordon, died at Croy 31st
Aug. 1944.
ALEXANDER MOFFATT, son of
1920 Alexander M . and Jane McClymont,
trans, from St Stephen's, Perth
(q.v.\ 15th June 1920; trans, to Second
Charge, Campbeltown, 9th July 1930; dem.
8th May 1945; adm. to Lethnot and Navar
14th Oct. 1945. Marr. Margaret Moffat,
daugh. of William Morris, and has issue —
Ninian, schoolmaster, born 14th April
1913, died 23rd June 1942; Claire, born
22nd Aug. 1916.
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BALSHAGRAY— BARONY
289
BALSHAGRAY
ANDREW WATT, his wife, Mary
1909
Campbell Burns, died 12th March
1937.
ALEXANDER WRIGHT STEVEN-
SON» trans- to Inch 12th March
1925.
1925
PETER CARMICHAEL MILLAR,
O.B.E., trans, from Balmerino (<?.v.)
1st Oct. 1925; trans, to St Nicholas's
West, Aberdeen, 27th March 1933; D.D.
(Glasgow, 26th June 1945); trans, to
Fintray, 2nd Oct. 1947. Marr. 28th April
1 926 Ailsa Rose Brown, daugh. of Colonel
Ewan Campbell, Edinburgh, and has issue
—Peter Carmichael, born 19th Feb. 1927;
Jessie, born 9th Dec. 1929.
BARONY
ZACHARY BOYD.— [G. R. Sas., xxv,
1623 85.]
JAMES STIRLING, line 3, for "3000"
1699 read "300."
LAWRENCE HILL, p. 394, line 12,
1750 for "John" read "James."
NORMAN MACLEOD, his son,
1851
William Mackintosh, died at Lon
don 30th June 1931; his daughs. —
Ann Campbell (Lady Wilson) died at
Crieff 13th April 1921; Jane, died at Edin
burgh 8th Feb. 1939; Mary Rhoda, died
28th Feb. 1947.
JOHN MARSHALL LANG, pres. by
1873 Crown 23rd Sept. 1873.
JOHN WHITE, D.D., born Glasgow
191 j 1 6th Dec. 1 867, son of Matthew W.,
grain merchant, Kilwinning and
Partick; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1891); licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton in
1892; missionary at Drumchapel; ord. to
Shettleston 14th March 1893; built churches
in Carntyne and Tollcross and a new parish
church at Shettleston; trans, to South Leith
27th Sept. 1904; trans, and adm. 7th June
1911; Secretary and afterwards Convener
of General Assembly's Committee for
Conference on Union with United Free
Church; Convener of Business Committee
of the General Assembly of the Church,
1926-40; Chairman of the Church and
Nation Committee; first President of the
Scottish Churches Council; Convener of
Special Committee on Teinds and Church
Property, leading to legislation in 1925;
Convener of Home Mission Committee
and afterwards Convener of the Home
Board; Convener of the special "Church
Extension Committee" 1933; Chaplain to
the Forces in France 1914-17; Convener of
Church and Nation Committee; Joint Con
vener of Committee to confer with Repre
sentatives of Anglican Church; Commis
sioner to the Church in Australia and
representative to the Church in Tasmania
on occasion of its centenary; Chaplain to
His Majesty King George V 4th Aug. 1924,
to King Edward VII, to King George VI;
Chairman of the Church of Scotland Trust;
Moderator of the General Assembly 1925;
first Moderator of the General Assembly of
the United Church Oct. 1929; received
Freedom of the City of Edinburgh 1929;
D.D. (Glasgow, 1920); LL.D. (Glasgow,
1929); LL.D. (Edinburgh, 1929); D.D. (St
Andrews, 28th Sept. 1937); honoured by
King George with the Companionship of
Honour, C.H., 1936. Marr. (1) 5th Sept.
1893 Margaret (died 20th Sept. 1942),
elder daugh. of John Gardner, Muirpark,
Partick, and has issue — Matthew Kennedy,
born 29th May 1895, Captain Vth Came-
ronians (Scottish Rifles); John Gardner,
born 17th May 1897, Lieut. Vth Came-
ronians (Scottish Rifles), attached Royal
Flying Corps; fell at La Bruyere Ferme,
France, 26th Aug. 1917; Lilias Paton, born
8th Feb. 1899 (marr. Captain John K.
Tullis Glen, Caldercruix); James Bishop,
born 30th July 1901; Margaret Gardner,
born 27th July 1903, died 26th Dec. 1914;
(2) 24th April 1945 Anne May Calder-
wood, only daugh. of David Woodside,
D.D., min. of Newlands U.F. Church,
Glasgow. Publications — With the Came-
ronians (Glasgow, 1917); Memorandum on
Church Properties with a View to Legisla
tion', The Church and Reunion in Scotland',
Efficiency (Assembly closing address, 1925);
Reunion and its Tasks (The Union Assembly
290
BARONY— BLACKFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
address, 1929); Surge Memorial Lecture;
Reunion and International Friendship (1930);
The New World Situation.
BARROWFIELD
(now St Francis in the East)
ROBERT TURNBULL, his widow,
1883
Kate Anderson Smith, died 27th
March 1924.
WALTER SHAW, dem. 28th Nov. 1928;
1919 died 4th Jan. 1929.
BATTLEFIELD
(now Battlefield West)
CHARLES JAMES DONALDSON,
1919 trans, to Riccarton 24th Nov. 1926.
WILLIAM WILSON MORRELL,
1927
M.B.E., born Glasgow llth July
1898, son of David Alexander M.,
assistant inspector, Glasgow Parish Coun
cil, and Eliza Wilson; educ. John Street
H.G. School, Glasgow, and Univ. of Glas
gow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 20th Dec.
1922; assistant Greenhead 1923; Neilston;
ord. to Elderslie 17th Sept. 1923; trans,
and adm. 7th June 1927; trans. (C. and S.)
to Trinity College and Moray-Knox, Edin
burgh, 28th Oct. 1936. Marr. 21st Nov.
1923 Grace, daugh. of James Reid and
Wilhelmina Liddell, and has issue — Grace
Wilhelmina Reid, born 18th Feb. 1928;
David William James, born 26th July 1933.
BELLAHOUSTON
JOHN BROWN, his daughs.— Mar-
1887
garet Romanes, died 4th March
1922; Jean, died at Edinburgh 24th
Feb. 1929; his widow, Margaret Romanes
Rankine, died at Edinburgh 25th Oct. 1943,
aged 95.
WILLIAM WHITE ANDERSON,
1919
trans, to New Kilpatrick 9th Sept.
1926; line 10, for "Doo" read
"Dud."
HENRY COULTER, trans, from Hol-
192? burn 9th Feb. 1927; his daughs.—
Sylvia Lucinda (marr. Robert Dun
can Fairbairn, Midland Bank, England);
Dorothy Ruth, born 10th Sept. 1924;
Marjorie lona Bride, born 27th Jan. 1929;
his son, John Aitken, agricultural student;
his daugh., Dorothy Ruth (marr. 15th
April 1947 James Gordon, son of Thomas
Macpherson, M.P., Great Wagley, Essex.)
STEVEN MEMORIAL,
BELLAHOUSTON
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
1915
dem. 6th July 1923; adm. to Dulnain
1925
Bridge 1925; trans, to Culsalmond
15th July 1927; died 25th Nov. 1931.
GEORGE WILLIAM WALKER, trans,
from Ceres (q.v.) 8th Dec. 1925;
trans, to Dailly 28th Nov. 1929; died
Ayr 4th May 1946.
BELMONT
JOHN FRASER GRAHAM, died 14th
1886
Sept. 1937; his wife, Helen Taylor
Thomson Hume, died 29th Sept.
1934; his daughs. — Katherine (marr. (2)
16th July 1930 James John Ainslie); Helen
Thomson (marr. Colin Macfarlane, Glas
gow), died 17th March 1939.
STUART CRAWFORD PARKER,
dem. 28th March 1923; went to St
Andrews, Toronto, died 15th Jan.
1919
1950.
WILLIAM LARNOCH TENNYSON
LEVACK, trans, from Leuchars
(?.v.) 9th Oct. 1923; D.D. (Glasgow,
19th June 1929); died 8th Dec. 1935. His
son, William Larnoch, min. of Mauritius.
BLACKFRIARS
JOHN BELL, line 2, for "John B., min.
1636
of Tron Parish, Glasgow" read
"third son of James B., merchant,
Glasgow." — [Burgess Roll, 23rd March
1633.]
PETER NAPIER, his daugh., Isabel,
1845 died Bridge of Allan 13th June 1943.
JAMES MACKAY, his son, Herbert
1865 James Hay, died 22nd Jan. 1937.
THOMAS SOMERVILLE, his widow,
Agnes Dawson, died at Edinburgh
28th Jan. 1926; his daugh., Agnes
Naysmith, died 6th Feb. 1940.
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291
DAVID FRANCIS LIDDLE, died 17th
Oct. 1936; had issue — Louise Pinck-
ney, born 29th Nov. 1919; Catherine
Fraser, born 4th May 1921.
1916
BLUEVALE
ANDREW MILLER, his widow, Janet
Agnes Kirke, died 3rd Nov. 1935; his
daugh., Jane Johnstone (marr. 22nd
June 1929 Andrew, son of Andrew Yardley,
Stafford).
JAMES AITKEN BOAG, served as
1919
officer in Royal Scots Fusiliers;
1929
Chaplain to Duke Street Prison;
died 3rd Nov. 1928.
WALTER DAVIDSON, trans, from
Earlston (q.v.) 12th June 1929; trans,
to Galston (C. and S.) 30th Sept.
1931; trans, to Elie Old 23rd March 1944;
has issue — Lorenzo Douglas, M.A., B.Sc.,
schoolteacher, died 1st July 1933; Frances
Mary; William Leslie Beaumont, British
Linen Bank; Phyllis Margaret, born 25th
July 1918.
BLYTHSWOOD
(United to St Matthew's \\th June 1920.)
BRIDGEGATE
JOHN STEWART, dem. 28th May
1882
1931, died 17th Dec. 1932; assistant
St John's, Glasgow, before 1875;
his son, Joseph, died 1st June 1891; his
daughs. — Margaret, died 4th May 1890;
Elfledamacuaria, died llth Nov. 1909.
(United to Hutchinsontown 28th May 1931 .)
BRIDGETON
GEORGE SIMPSON, his widow,
1852
Rachel Grace Weir Thomson, died
at Lesmahagow 26th March 1939.
THOMAS HISLOP, died llth Jan.
1877 1929.
ALEXANDER LYON BENNET, trans.
1923 A. and S. from Bargeddie (q.v.) 1 1th
Oct. 1923; trans, to Chryston East
9th Jan. 1930; trans, to Lasswade Old 4th
Sept. 1935; died 19th Feb. 1940. Marr.
30th April 1929 Margaret Elizabeth, daugh.
of John Findlay.
BUCCLEUCH
JOHN MACKINTOSH, died 12th Oct.
1912
1924; his widow, Eugenie Fair-
weather, died 21st Oct. 1938.
FRANKLIN ROSS TAYLOR LOR-
NIE, M.A., trans, from Anwoth
26th March 1925; trans, to Fyvie
20th Feb. 1929.
ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERY, educ.
1929
at Dalintober and Grammar School,
Campbeltown; Royal Bounty Mis
sionary at Cairndow, Argyll, 1908; Dar-
conner Mission, Auchinleck, 1914; ord. to
Knoxland 30th March 1916; trans, to
Condorrat (q.v.) 24th March 1927; trans.
2nd July 1929; dem. 14th Oct. 1945; died
29th June 1947. Marr. 3rd May 1927
Margaret Oliver (died s.p. Oct. 1938),
daugh. of William Oliver Chisholm.
(Charge united with St Stephen's \4th
Oct. 1945.)
CALTON
The church was transported to a new site
within the parish at Newbank, opened 6th
Dec. 1935, as part of the scheme for church
extension.
JOHN JACK, pres. by Crown 30th Nov.
1861 1861.
JOHN MURRAY, son of Henry M.,
1864
farmer, and Janet Petrie; pres. by
Crown 17th June 1864.
WILLIAM CHALMERS SMITH, died
1898
7th Aug. 1937; his widow, Elizabeth
Dorothea Lyness, died 21st May
1944; his children — Dorothea Stewart, died
15th June 1916; George Cruickshank
Lyness, engineer; William Courtland
Bannatyne, min. of Clousta; Helen Stewart,
doctor; Anne Lindsay Stewart, medical
student.
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[PRESB. OF
CARNTYNE, ST MICHAEL'S
A chapel was built here in 1900 by the
Rev. John White, min. of Shettleston, and
the parish of Carntyne was disjoined from
Shettleston on 14th Jan. 1914.
JAMES STORRY BARROWMAN,
trans, to Crosshill, Ayr, 19th Jan.
1926.
1910
CHARLES HEUGHAN, trans, from
Condorrat 16th Sept. 1926; trans.
1926
to Forth 3rd June 1927.
1927
DONALD JOHNSON, born at Knock-
bain 13th Aug. 1884, son of Donald
Johnson, F.E.I. S., schoolmaster,
and Catherine McDonald; educ. Duns-
kellor P.S., North Uist, and Glasgow High
School; Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 27th April 1927, assistant
Chalmers, Glasgow; ord. 15th Nov. 1927.
CHALMERS
JAMES COLLIER, his widow, Agnes
Learmonth Davidson, died 2nd
1876
Aug. 1929.
1897
ROBERT JACK, died 16th April 1941.
Marr. 28th Oct. 1919 Euphemia
Amelia Nightingale, younger daugh.
of E. J. Mozart Allan, music publisher,
Glasgow, and had issue— Robert, born 21st
Sept. 1920; David Allan, born 13th Sept.
1923; Christina McKenzie, born 20th Jan.
1926.
COLSTON WELLPARK
ALEXANDER MACLELLAN, died
14th Oct. 1934; his widow, Isabella
1904
Spence, died llth Dec. 1944.
COWLAIRS
JOHN GIBB DUNCAN, died 28th
March 1934; his widow, Catherine
1899
Reed Arthur, died 17th Feb. 1946.
DALMARNOCK
JAMES KELLY, had issue— James,
born 31st Aug. 1880, Principal of
Aitchison (Chief's) College, Lahore,
1877
India; Isabella F., born 28th Nov. 1881,
teacher of Domestic Science; Margaret S.,
born 8th March 1883, shorthand typist;
Ellie A., born 15th March 1885, Church of
Scotland Mission, Madras (marr. S. H.
Pugh, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.),
London Missionary Society, Neyyoor,
Travancore, India); Katherine, born 15th
March 1885, Church of Scotland Mission,
Madras, now at Arkonam; William A.,
born 19th March 1888, incapacitated
through accident while student at Brasenose
College, Oxford; Thomas, born 10th April
1889, engineer, Babcock & Wilcox, Lon
don; John Tannahill, born 4th March 1895,
student, Glasgow University, killed in ac
tion, Ypres 31st July 1917 (25th Machine
Gun Corps).
CHARLES WILLIAM KENNEDY,
1900 died 8th March 1927.
PETER HILL NICOLL, B.D., for-
2_ merly of Abbey, Arbroath, and All
Saints, Demerara (#.v.); adm. 27th
Sept. 1927; trans, to Garvock llth July
1944. Marr. 14th Jan. 1915 Margie Vivien,
daugh. of Michael Kennedy, and has issue
— Freda Cecilia Jean, medical student, born
23rd Oct. 1915; James, C.A., born 6th July
1917; Ivan Kennedy, C.A., born 14th Jan.
1921. Publication — "Argentine Memories
— the Royal Road," Blackwood's Maga
zine, Sept. 1917, Jan. 1918.
DEAN PARK
JAMES THOMAS GRAHAM, his
widow, Annalexa Macmaster, died
3rd Aug. 1940; his son, William,
min. of Ardersier.
1878
CHARLES SCOTT BURDON, born
1919 3rd Nov. 1862, died 4th March 1930.
1928
JOHN MOREL McWILLIAM, trans.
A. and S. from Craigmore (q.v.) 17th
May 1928; adm. to united charge of
St Kiarans and Dean Park 19th Nov. 1931;
trans, to Tynron 8th Sept. 1938; had issue-
Hester Lowry Douglas, born 14th April
1918 (marr. 9th Aug. 1939 George Patrick
Henderson, M.A.). Publications— The
Birds of Bute (London, 1927); The Birds of
GLASGOW]
DEAN PARK— GOVAN
293
1890
the Firth of Clyde (London, 1935), and
many papers on ornithology and natural
history in Zoologist, Scottish Naturalist,
British Birds, etc.
(United to St Kiarans 1st June 1932.)
ELDER PARK
Parish erected llth July 1892.
DAVID ORR, his daughs.— Elizabeth
Anna (marr. 27th Jan. 1922 Sir John
Auld MacTaggart, Bart.); Elinor
Liddell (marr. 22nd Jan. 1924 Stuart
Phillip McCreadie).
ARCHIBALD GRAHAM STUART,
trans, from Ardler (q.v.) 19th May
1921, died 24th Jan. 1936; his daugh.
Ann Bruce Mackenzie (marr. 21st March
1929 Arthur John de Burgh Persse Hether-
ington, min. of Melville Church, Mont-
rose).
GARTCOSH
DONALD STEWART MACKENZIE,
|Q1, formerly of Kildrummy, adm. 3rd
April 1926; trans, to Aberlour 25th
June 1930. His daugh., Muriel, M.B.,
Ch.B. (marr. 24th June 1948 Benjamin
Henry Dawson, M.B., Ch.B.).
GORBALS
WILLIAM ANDERSON, born 30th
1?71 June 1728, eldest son of John A.,
tenant in Bickramside of Nether
Kinneddar in parish of Saline, Fife; educ.
at Univ. of Edinburgh; app. Schoolmaster,
Precentor and Session Clerk in the parish
of Carnock, Fife, in 1748; licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline llth Dec. 1760; app. as
preacher at Gorbals, Glasgow, in 1770;
pres. by Univ. of Glasgow in March, and
ord. first min. of the parish 9th May 1771;
died 1 1th Dec. 1792, and buried in Gorbals
Burial Ground. He marr. Elizabeth (born
17th April 1723, died 19th April 1795),
youngest daugh. of John Stobie, portioner
of Wester Luscar in the parish of Carnock,
and of Grisel Stobie, and had issue —
Grisel, born 24th Dec. 1753 (marr. 15th
Feb. 1790 Bailie John Smith), died s.p.
T*
5th Feb. 1791; Janet, born llth April 1755,
died llth April 1851; Margaret, born 22nd
Dec. 1757, died 28th Oct. 1784; Elizabeth,
born 15th June 1759, died 28th May 1836;
John, born 19th March 1761, merchant,
Glasgow; William, born 17th Feb. 1765,
died 1765; William, bora 2nd July 1766,
died 1819; surgeon, Glasgow. (Glasgow
Past and Present, etc.). — [Ex. inform. H. L.
Anderson, 18 Rosary Gardens, London,
S.W.7.]
1793 JAMES McLEAN, father a flesher.
THOMAS LOGAN DOUGLAS, trans.
1915 to Crawford 21st Feb. 1922.
WILLIAM FULTON, ord. 5th Dec.
1922
1922; trans, to Canisbay 18th July
1928.
EDWARD ARTHUR NEIL SIN-
1928
CLAIR, born 23rd June 1894, son
of Archibald S., Tiree, and Cathe
rine Mackinnon; educ. Bellahouston Aca
demy, Glasgow; Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1919); licen. by Presb. of Lorn, 1920;
assistant Wallyford (Inveresk) and Largs,
1921; ord. 29th Nov. 1928; trans, to
Cortachy 26th Nov. 1942. Marr. 3rd June
1929 Jane, daugh. of James Campbell, Ayr,
and Helen Neil, and has issue — Maureen
Campbell, born 20th Jan. 1931; Lorna
Jean, born 4th March 1939. Publications —
Legend of Kil 'churn', Songs oj Ivar (1921).
( United with John Knox 's 30th March 1 943 .)
GOVAN
There was in the church a chapel dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary, of which the
parishioners were patrons.
At Polmadie there was a hospital, in
existence in the time of Alexander III,
1249-85, dedicated to St John, and, accord
ing to a statement in 1453 by Isabel, Coun
tess of Lennox, widow of Murdoch, Duke
of Albany and patron of the hospital,
"founded and endowed by her predeces
sors. ' ' By Bull of Pope Martin of 1 2th Jan.
1426-7 the hospital with its attached
Church of Strathblane was erected into a
prebend of Glasgow. The prebendary had
to give 16 merks for the support of four
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[PRESB. OF
boys to sing in the choir of Glasgow Cathe
dral, and also had to make provision for
a vicar to serve the Church of Strathblane.
In 1453 the foresaid Countess of Lennox
declared that the hospital was so remote
from Lennox that her ' ' predecessors could
not conveniently visit and reform it, so that
it is neglected and forgotten, and is turned
from its original purpose"; and on her
petition at that date the Pope decreed that
the hospital with its annexes, including the
Church of Strathblane, be attached to the
Chapel of St Mary of Dunbarton, the
future collegiate church of that town, and
that in it "shall be observed the same
hospitality as has been wont to be observed
in the said hospital from the time of its
foundation. ' '
In the parish at ' ' the Bridge of Glasgow ' '
there was also a leper hospital, with chapel,
founded by Marjory Stewart, daughter of
Robert, Duke of Albany, and wife of Sir
Duncan Campbell of Lochow, afterwards
Lord Campbell, and dedicated to St Ninian
the Confessor and Pontiff. For the re
building and endowment of the chapel
William Stewart, Prebendary of Killearn
and Rector of Glasford, by Charter of 31st
May 1494 granted a tenement in Glasgow
and also various annual rents. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., v, 599; Cal of Papal Registers, Letters,
x, 623-4; Reg. Epis. of Glasgow, i, Pref.,
cl, 223, 225; ii, 326-7, 341, 488-90; Excheq.
Rolls, iv, Pref. clxxxvi; Rymer's Foedera,
ii, Pt. i, 401, edition 1818; see Dunbarton
and Strathblane.]
STEPHEN BEATON, M.A., designated
parson and vicar 1563. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
1560
THOMAS ARCHIBALD, M.A., parson
1566.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
1566
Stirling, etc.]
JAMES GIBSON, exhorter 1567 and
1567
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Stirling, etc.]
PATRICK SHARP, his daughs.— Mary
(marr. Thomas Muir, merchant);
Rachel (by second marriage) (marr.
Gavin Stewart, min. of Dalmellington).
HUGH BINNING, his widow marr.
1650 (2) 30th Aug. 1660.
JOHN PETTIGREW, his daugh., Mar
garet (marr. Robert McBrayer,
merchant, Glasgow).
JOHN MACLEOD, the acknowledged
1875
leader of the important movement
in doctrine, ritual, and church order
of which the Scottish Church Society was
a principal exponent; his sons — John Nor
man, C.M.G., C.I.E., died at Nice 16th
Jan. 1932; William Arthur, Canon and
Rural Dean of Wakefield, died 8th Nov.
1932.
JOHN McGILCHRIST, licen. 24th
April 1894; trans, to Old Machar
23rd Nov. 1923.
1913
GEORGE GORDON DUNDAS
STEWART DUNCAN, formerly of
St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh (q.v.);
trans, from St Paul's, Montreal, 13th May
1924; trans, to New Abbey 1st March 1929;
died 19th Oct. 1932.
1929
DAVID BRUCE NICOL, M.C., for
merly of Skelmorlie (q.v.), trans,
from St Mark's, Dundee, 5th Sept.
1929; died 23rd March 1930. His son,
Thomas James Trail, Chaplain to Forces.
Addl. issue — David Wotherspoon, born
19th July 1926; Kenneth Mair, born llth
Dec. 1928.
GOVANHILL
(now Govanhill South)
JOHN MUIR, died 16th Jan. 1931; his
widow, Margaret Picken Pollock,
daugh. of Robert Sim, Stewarton,
died 2nd Feb. 1933.
THOMAS STOBO GLEN, trans, to
1916 Dollar 14th Feb. 1929.
1929
WILLIAM DARLING GUTHRIE,
born at Leven 23rd Sept. 1900, son
of William G. and Janet Baynes;
educ. Leven H.G. School, Univ. of St
Andrews, M.A. (1922), and Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 1924;
GLASGOW]
GOVANHILL— KELVINHAUGH
295
assistant Kingsbarns 1924; St Matthew's,
Edinburgh, 1925; ord. to Thornton 17th
Dec. 1925; trans, and adm. 18th June 1929.
GREENHEAD
EDWARD GILLESPIE, born 13th Aug.
1920
1859; ord. to Ardeer Free Church
1909, adm. with his congregation
from Free Church by General Assembly
1915; pres. by Presb. of Glasgow jure
develuto; adm. 28th Sept. 1920; dem. on
union with Greenhead East 19th Nov.
1937; died 18th June 1939. Marr. 2nd June
1882 Jane and had issue — Margaret
C, born 30th Nov. 1883; John M., born
8th Dec. 1887; Agnes A., born 22nd Dec.
1891.
HILLHEAD
DAVID STRONG, died 25th June 1923;
1872
his widow, Barbara Jane Hamilton
Thomson, died 9th Dec. 1931.
WALTER ROLAND LACEY, M.A.
(1895), trans, to Buchanan llth
Sept. 1922.
ALFRED ERNEST WARR, born 29th
July 1889, elder son of Alfred W.,
1914
1923
min. of Rosneath; educ. at Glasgow
Academy, Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (191 1 ),
B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
1914, assistant at Hamilton; served in 16th
Royal Scots and as Major taken prisoner at
Armentieres in April 1918; locum tenens
High Church, Inverness; ord. to Cold-
stream 4th Dec. 1919; trans, and adm. 1st
March 1923; chaplaincy at Simla and
Lahore in India under General Assembly's
Overseas Committee 1932-3; trans, to St
Mary, Dundee, 8th Nov. 1933; died at
London 13th Sept. 1936. Marr. 24th June
1915 Hilda Smallpage, youngest daugh. of
John Bayley Lees, Oaklands, Handsworth,
and Emilia Smallpage, and had issue —
Hilda Nevyth Sheila, born 7th Aug. 1916
(marr. 15th June 1945 Wing Commander
George E. B. Christie, O.B.E., R.A.F.V.R.);
Jean Audrey Lascelles, born 4th Nov. 1920
(marr. 15th Nov. 1946 Robert Stanley
Norim, Fleetwood, Knutsford, Cheshire);
Charles Alfred Wellesley, born 21st July
1933, Major, Black Watch.
HUTCHESONTOWN
CHARLES HEUGHAN, trans, to Con-
1917 dorrat 7th Dec. 1921.
DUNCAN MAcGILLIVRAY, trans.
1921; dem. 28th May 1931; died 2nd
Dec. 1938. Addl. issue— Esther Evelyn,
born 14th March 1920; Elizabeth, born
25th April 1923; Agnes, born 7th March
1926; Mary, born 8th Feb. 1929; George
Alexander, born 1 1th Aug. 1936; his sons —
Archibald, died 10th Aug. 1895; Alexander,
died 10th July 1900; his daugh., Mary
Webster, died 8th Feb. 1929.
(United to Bridgegate 28th May 1931.)
HYNDLAND
JOHN SERVICE, his widow, Jessie
1878
Bayne, died 5th May 1921; his son,
John, died 27th March 1943.
HENRY GREY GRAHAM, his widow,
Alice Carlyle, died at London 4th
April 1928, aged 82.
MATTHEW GARDNER, died at Edin-
1906
burgh 20th Dec. 1939; his wife,
Marion Plumer Semple, died 1st
Nov. 1939, aged 77; his daugh., Florence
Marguerite (marr. 7th April 1920 William
Hugh Hamilton of Cairns Castle, W.S.).
1923
JOHN LAMB, trans, from Fyvie (q.v.)
A. and S. 3rd Oct. 1923; trans, to
Crathie 6th May 1937; M.V.O. (Jan.
1947); Domestic Chaplain to H.M. the
King; has issue — Catharine Beatrice How-
den, born 23rd Feb. 1915 (marr. 3rd June
1938 George Speirs); John, architect, born
16th June 1917.
KELVINHAUGH
Now incorporated with St Enoch's,
Kelvingrove (formerly U.F.), to form St
Enoch's, Kelvinhaugh, 8th March 1935.
DONALD MACMILLAN, dem. 3rd
Oct. 1923, died at Knapdale, Forest
Row, Sussex, 27th March 1927.
Addl. publications — Life of Professor
Has tie (Paisley, 1926); Representative Men
of the Scottish Church (Edinburgh 1928).
296
KELVINHAUGH— LANGSIDE
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE MACLEOD DUNN, trans.
1924
from West Wemyss 13th March
1924; trans, to St Nicholas, Prest-
wick, 8th June 1927.
ARCHIBALD BELL, born Aberlour
192? 3rd June 1892, son of Neil Bell and
Mary Sinclair; educ. Islay and Kin-
gussie Schools, Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1920), and Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1920; app. assistant Northern
Suburbs, Beunos Aires, 1921; adm. 1st
Nov. 1927; trans, to Broomknoll, Airdrie,
24th Jan. 1933; trans, to Resolis 28th June
1945. Marr. 5th June 1928 Elizabeth,
daugh. of James Nicol, and has issue —
Elizabeth A., born 2nd April 1929; Mary
Sinclair, born 12th March 1931; Aluinn
Neil, born 5th June 1934.
KELVINSIDE
(now Kelvinside Old)
JOHN ANDERSON, dem. 10th April
1877
1930, died 21st June 1933. Marr.
1925
(1) April 1878 Margait Hamilton
(died 23rd June 1879); his wife, Margaret
Stevenson Paton, died 22nd Feb. 1927.
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS FRASER,
born Glasgow 27th July 1898, son
of James Fraser and Helen Steed-
man Douglas; educ. Albert Road Academy,
Glasgow, Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow Dec. 1923;
student assistant Govan 1922-3; assistant
St Nicholas, Prestwick, 1924, St Andrew's,
Glasgow; ord. A. and S. 23rd June 1925;
trans, to Skelmorlie 29th Oct. 1929, and to
The Park, Glasgow, 3rd March 1938.
KINGSTON
(19th Dec. 1938 united with Union (for
merly U.F.) Church.)
JAMES GIBSON, his sons— Robert,
1839
born Aug. 1844, died 17th Feb.
1846; John Campbell, born 10th
Jan. 1849, died 25th Nov. 1919; his daughs.
— Jane Kinnear, born Feb. 1840 (marr.
James McNaught, D.D., min. of Abbots-
ford); Isabella, born 17th April 1842 (marr.
Oct. 1889 James Main, M.A.), died 24th
Feb. 1913; Elizabeth, born 7th Dec. 1845
(marr. 21st Jan 1881 Rev. George Smith),
died 15th Feb. 1891.
JOHN GUNSON, died at Gareloch-
1882 head 15th June 1926.
JAMES CAMPBELL, trans, to Glen-
1916 cairn 15th May 1922.
JOHN LAURIE FARQUHAR, ord.
1922
A. and S. 19th Sept. 1922, trans, to
Moffat 5th March 1926.
JOHN TORRENS DOUGHERTY,
1926 M.A., born 29th Jan. 1887; ord.
1908; adm. by General Assembly
from Presb. Church of Ireland 1915; assis
tant Dalziel 1920; adm. to Forth 29th June
1921; trans, and adm. 17th Nov. 1926;
dem. 19th Dec. 1938; died 12th April 1940.
KINNING PARK
WILLIAM EDGAR, B.A. (1905); B.D.
09°8); Ph.D. (Glasgow), 1934; died
28th Jan. 1940; his wife, Rosa Eliza
beth Cullen, died 7th Dec. 1933. Publica
tion — Thesis on Ideas of Life; Religion in
Scotland, with special reference to Mediter
ranean Sources.
LANGSIDE
(now Langside Old)
JOSEPH McNEILL FRAZER, dem.
1897
2nd June 1926; died at Edinburgh
7th Jan. 1929.
JAMES ANDERSON, born at Spring-
1926 burn, Glasgow, 5th Aug. 1896, son
of John Johnston A. and Isabella
Cowan; educ. at Hanley High School and
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922), B.D.
(1926); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1924;
student assistant at Queen's Park, Glas
gow, 191 9-24; assistant at Langside 1924-6;
ord. 5th Oct. 1926; trans, to South Leith
17th May 1938; trans, to Brechin Cathedral
30th Sept. 1942. Marr. 5th Feb. 1936
Catherine Wilson, daugh. of David Alex
ander and Agnes Arbuthnot Porteous.
GLASGOW]
LAURIESTON— MAXWELL
297
1905
LAURIESTON
AUGUSTINE WENTWORTH SCU-
DAMORE FORBES, line 4, for
"Dec." read "Sept."
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
1920
MILLER, trans, to St Margaret's,
Arbroath, 1923.
JOHN YOUNG CLARK, adm. 3rd
1924
June 1924; trans, to Inch 23rd Sept.
1926.
THOMAS MILLER McKENDRICK,
1927 b°m 27th March 1871' educ- at
South Kennington College, Univ. of
Glasgow, Evangelical Hall; licen. Oct.
1896; ord. to E.U. Innerleithen Nov. 1896;
trans, to Masson Memorial, Clydebank,
Nov. 1900; served in France in war; adm.
on probation May 1921; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton 1922; ord. to Overton 13th
Dec. 1922; trans, and adm. 24th Feb. 1927;
dem. 12th Nov. 1934; died 31st Dec. 1935.
Marr. 30th March 1897 Agnes Macdonald
(died 1st March 1921), and had issue —
William, born 6th March 1894; Elizabeth,
born 16th March 1899; Jemima, born 28th
Jan. 1901; James, born 10th April 1904;
Thomas George, born 8th March 1906;
Agnes Jennie, born 26th May 1908;
Ethelwyn, born 22nd Sept. 1912.
MACLEOD
EDWARD WALTERS, line 9, for
''\/fuv'' rfiiH ' * Qf-Vi Tnn#»''' V
1881
"May" read "9th June"; his wife,
Mary Rue, died 8th Feb. 1937.
1919
FRANCIS GILBERT GEDDES, dem.
31st Oct. 1929 on appointment as
Chaplain to the Glasgow Infirmaries;
his daugh., Emily Alison Dorothy (marr.
12th July 1935 Neville Gordon Sutton);
his son, Francis Lennox, Civil Engineer.
(United to Brunton A^rch 1930, and to
Barony 1th Jan. 1944.)
MARTYRS
THOMAS GRAHAM, his daugh., Mary
1859 Mathers Nairn (marr. Dr William
Skinner, Ballindalloch), died 2nd
April 1932.
JAMES FORFAR, died 21st Oct.
1879 1931.
ANDREW BURNETT, trans, to New
1917 Cumnock 25th Nov. 1926.
JAMES MILLER, trans, from Invera-
rity 17th May 1927 (q.v.); trans, to
Orwell llth April 1935; his daugh.,
Naomi (marr. 27th March 1943 Captain T.
Swinbank, R.A.); his son, Colin Finnic,
min. of Auchtergaven.
( United with Robertson Memorial 3rd June
1945.)
MARYHILL
JOHN COLVIN, pres. by Crown 26th
1854 Nov. 1853.
WILLIAM SPEIRS SHANKS, pres. by
1859 Crown 25th May 1859.
JOHN OLIVER, dem. 16th May 1922,
1888 died at Edinburgh 3rd Jan. 1925;
his widow, Isabella Kellie Dunlop,
died at Boscombe 17th Oct. 1942.
PETER COWAN, born Larbert 17th
1922
Sept. 1896, son of Alexander C. and
Euphemia Muir; educ. Falkirk High
School and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1920);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1922; assistant
New Kilpatrick; ord. 12th Dec. 1922; dem.
30th Sept. 1940; adm. to Raploch, St
Mark's, Stirling, 31st Jan 1943. Marr. 17th
Jan. 1923 Marion Annie Grice, daugh. of
Egbert Piers Sumner, Stony Park, Aber-
foyle, and Agnes Yuill Watt, and has issue
— Alexander, born 2nd Feb. 1924; Agnes
Yuill Watt, born 30th March 1926; Effie
Muir and Marion Sumner (twins), born 8th
Feb. 1928; Peta Ruth, born 20th Nov. 1934.
MAXWELL
WILLIAM WEIR TULLOCH, his
1877 widow, Esther Procter Hamilton
Adamson, died at Greystones, Wick-
low, 28th Aug. 1929.
ALFRED BROWN, dem. 31st Aug.
1942. Lecturer in Practical Theology
1943; McNeill - Fraser, Lecturer
1943-4; Lecturer in Pastoral Theology
298
MAXWELL— PARTICK
[PRESB. OF
(Glasgow, St Andrews and Aberdeen); his
wife, Petrina Marion Campbell, died 30th
April 1928; Hon. T.C.L. (1940); D.D.
(Glasgow, 1944); his daugh., Marion (marr.
29th June 1937 William Ian Gordon, M.B.,
Ch.B., F.R.C.S., Edinburgh); his son, Wil
liam died 16th Nov. 1938; Alfred Finlay,
M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.E.
MERRYLEA
JOHN MACLAGAN, D.D. (Edinburgh,
1919
8th July 1949); his wife, Mary
Chilton Lind Smith, died 12th July
1927; his son, Ian Addison, Lt. 1st Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders. Marr. (2) 23rd April
1941 Roberta Helen, widow of Thomas
Miller of Auchenheath House, Lanark
shire.
MILTON
JOHN DUNCAN, his daughs.— Annie
1836 (marr- ~ ~ Lochee
of St Thomas); Maria (marr. Adolph
Spaeth of Philadelphia).
THOMAS ROBERTSON, born Bal-
1920
thayock, Perth, 9th Sept. 1868, son
of David R. and Annie Brough;
educ. at Kinnoull Public School, Perth
Academy, and Univ. of Edinburgh; U.P.
College, Edinburgh; licen. by U.P. Presb.
of Perth, June 1900; assistant Paterson
U.F., Kirkwall, 1902; Cowcaddens U.F.,
Glasgow, 1903-4; ord. 29th June 1904 to
Ashington, Northumberland; trans, to
Burnbank U.F., Hamilton, 5th Sept. 1917;
adm. 17th Feb. 1920; dem. 25th Jan. 1922;
Kirkcowan U.F., 13th Nov. 1922; adm. to
Bower U.F. 1927; dem. 30th Sept. 1940.
Marr. 9th Aug. 1906 Anne, daugh. of
Ebenezer Shepherd and Jean Chalmers, and
has issue — Jean Chalmers, born 18th Jan.
1911; Alice Brough, born 7th July 1914.
WILLIAM SERIGHT, ord. 27th June
1922
1922; trans, to Hurlford 28th Feb.
1929.
NEWHALL
JOHN NELSON MACDONALD, dem.
1903 2nd April 1940, died 31st Jan. 1942.
NEWLANDS
GEORGE ALLAN, died 15th Sept.
i«oft 19^0; his widow, Jeanie Walker,
died 29th July 1937.
NORTH ALBION STREET
CHAPEL
JOHN MACLEOD, younger son of
1782 Malcolm M., merchant; his son,
John, merchant burgess of Glasgow
22nd Nov. 1811.
OATLANDS
Incorporated with St Bernard's to form
Oatlands St Bernard's 28th May, 1932.
ARTHUR WELLESEY WOTHER-
1883
SPOON, dem. 31st Oct. 1923; died
at Edinburgh 15th March 1936.
JOHN THOMSON WOTHERSPOON,
1924 born Glasgow 28th April 1897, son
of Alex. Baird W. and Ann Thom
son; educ. at Whitehill H.G. School, Glas
gow, and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow, 1923; assistant, St
Paul's; ord. 12th Feb. 1924; adm. to united
charge of Oatlands and St Bernard's 28th
May 1932; trans, to Kinglassie 9th Oct.
1935; dem. 20th Nov. 1948. Marr. 24th
July 1935 Evelyn Margaret (died 30th Jan.
1937), daugh. of John Anderson, min. of
St Kenneth's, Glasgow, and had issue —
Margaret Ann Evelyn, born 6th May 1936;
died 30th Jan. 1937. Marr. (2) 18th April
1945 Flora Macdonald Barbour.
PARKHEAD
DUNCAN HUNTER BRODIE, died
23rd Dec. 1930; his widow, Mar
garet Gibb Gray, died 8th Nov.
1940.
PARTICK
JOHN SMITH, Moderator of General
1886
Assembly 1922, died suddenly at a
meeting at Glasgow 9th June 1927;
his son, John Sydney, died at West Kilbride
27th Sept. 1928; his daugh., Jane Briggs
Burns, died 21st April 1919. A distin
guished educationist, for many years Chair
man of Govan School Board.
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299
JOHN ANTHONY MACRAE, trans.
1928
from St John's, Dundee (q.v.), 10th
Jan. 1928; trans, to Redgorton 30th
April 1946. Publication — For Kirk and
King (Edinburgh, 1911).
ST MARY'S, PARTICK
WILLIAM ROSS, dem. 26th April 1922;
died at Dulnain Bridge 8th July
1893
1929.
1922
GEORGE DAVID HENDERSON,
trans, from East Parish, Greenock,
30th Nov. 1922; dem. 29th Oct. 1924
on app. to Chair of Church History, Univ.
of Aberdeen, 1st Oct. 1924.
SYDNEY HERBERT RUTT
1925
WARNES, M.A., born London
18th Sept. 1892, son of Henry
George Charles Alexander Rutt W. and
Sarah Clara Mary Page; educ. at Giggles-
wick School and Univ of Glasgow; M.A.
(1922); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1924;
assistant Riccarton 1924; ord. 12th May
1925; trans, to St Francis in the East 22nd
Jan. 1930, and to South Church, Buckie,
29th Aug. 1934; dem. 22nd July 1941;
Chaplain to Forces 1941; adm. to Creich,
Cupar, 16th Aug. 1945. Marr. 15th April
1914 Helen Arthur, daugh. of James A.
Hogg, min. of Galston, and has issue —
Helen Arthur, born 22nd Feb. 1915; Clara
Page, born 4th Nov. 1916; David MacMath
Rutt, born 3rd Oct. 1925. Publication—
"Scottish Herring Fishing Industry,"
Scots Independent, Nov. 1937.
PLANTATION
JAMES WALLACE, his widow, Chris-
1872 tina Macfarlane, died 1st April 1929.
JOHN MAIR HUTCHEON, trans, to
1916 Stromness 7th Jan. 1925.
JOHN COOPER, born Cambuslang,
1925 1st April 1886, son of John C. and
Isabella McNeil; educ. at Allan
Glen's School, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1916); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1918; assistant at St
Andrew's, Glasgow; ord. 23rd June 1923,
as Associate Minister of Central Presb.
Church, Brooklyn; adm. 12th May 1925.
Marr. 8th Jan. 1934 Jenny, daugh. of
George Russell Dick Gilchrist and Janet
McNaughton Wiseman.
POLLOKSHIELDS
The Mission Chapel in Tradeston was
closed before 1911.
THOMAS BROWN WILLIAM
1876
NIVEN, his son, Thomas Brown
William, died 21st Jan. 1930.
SAMUEL JAMES RAMSAY SIB-
191 BALD, D.D. (Aberdeen 1926),
extra Chaplain to King Edward VII
1907, Chaplain in Ordinary 1908-10; to
King George V 1910-36; to King Edward
VIII 1936; and to King George VI 1936;
Examiner in Divinity, Univ. of Edinburgh,
1905-8, Aberdeen, 1915-18, and Glasgow
1930-4; Lecturer in Divinity, Univ. of
Aberdeen, 1915, and New Testament
Language and Literature, Univ. of Glas
gow, 1932-3. Marr. 14th July 1898 Eliza
beth (died 29th June 1946), daugh. of
Henry Farquharson Begg of Tillyfour, and
has issue — Samuel James Ramsay; Edward
Ramsay.
( United with Titwood \5th June, 1941 .)
POSSILPARK
WILLIAM McCULLOCH STEVEN,
dem. 10th Jan. 1933, died 26th June
1935, unmarr.
1902
1868
QUEEN'S PARK
DONALD MAcCORQUODALE, his
widow, Elizabeth Colville, died 24th
May 1921; his daugh., Eleanora
Emma (marr. 22nd June 1921 George
Herbert, Bearsden).
ADAM MACKAY, trans, to Huntly
1915 24th July 1924, died 25th Jan. 1931.
DONALD DAVIDSON, trans, from
Campbeltown 20th Jan. 1925; trans,
to South Leith, Feb. 1928.
300
QUEEN'S PARK— ST COLUMBA'S
[PRESB. OF
JOHN LENNOX HOW AT, trans, from
Johnstone (q.v.) 7th Sept. 1928; died
26th Aug. 1946. Marr. 5th Aug.
1915 Christina Lennox, daugh. of Alex
ander Bennie, J.P., and has issue — William
Prentice (B.D., Glasgow), ord. C.F. 4th
June 1940, min. of Chalmers, Bridge of
Allan, 1947, born 21st May 1916; Marie
Roberton, born 21st Nov. 1921; Alastair
John, born 5th April 1926.
RENFIELD
MICHAEL WILLIS, father a Burgher
1839 min.
ROBERTSON MEMORIAL
JOHN POTTER, his widow, Mary
io<v> Young Thomson, died 13th March
1928.
JAMES ANDERSON, trans, to Ruth-
1919 ven 20th July 1927.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, trans.
fr°m Mains and Strathmartin (#.v.)
12th Jan. 1928; dem. 15th May 1929.
(United with Martyrs 3rd June 1945.)
1018
ST ANDREW'S
JOHN GEDDES, line 8, for "June"
1832 read "Jan."
FREDERICK LOCKHART ROBERT
SON, his daugh., Flora Isabella
Douglas, died 30th April 1948,
aged 85.
JAMES THOMSON, died 19th July
1894
1Q22
dem.
1926; his widow, Anne Dundas
Glover, died 14th Nov. 1942.
ARTHUR JOHN HOWISON GIBSON,
trans- (A. an<3 S.) from St Stephen's,
Inverness (q.v.\ 18th May 1922;
12th Dec. 1929 on appointment as
Secretary of Church and Ministry Depart
ment. Addl. issue — Marjorie Waugh, born
6th July 1926.
ST BERNARD'S
ROBERT NICHOLSON THOMSON,
dem. 28th May 1931; died 7th
March 1940; his widow, Margaret
Chisholm, died 22nd Oct. 1944.
(United with Oatlands 2Sth May 1931.)
ST BRIDE'S, PARTICK
JAMES MACKENZIE KIRK-
PATRICK, trans, to Caddonfoot
1897
9th Dec. 1926.
NORMAN MACLEOD, trans, from
Belhaven (^.v.), 8th June 1927; died
26th Jan. 1942. Addl. issue-
Norman, born 6th Sept. 1920; his daugh.,
Mary Lyon Campbell (marr. 21st June
1934 Frederick Neville Davidson Kelly,
LL.B., S.S.C.).
ST CLEMENT'S
DAVID WATSON, born 7th Nov. 1859;
1886 dem. 31st Dec. 1938; died 5th Nov.
1943; his wife, Janet Martin, died
12th Nov. 1932; his son, David Crawford,
min. of Lenzie; his daughs. — Florence Jean
Crawford (marr. 17th Sept. 1929 Professor
William Lillie, M.A., B.D., Murray College,
Sialkot); Janetta Martin (marr. Dr Thomas
Anderson, Norwich). He was a recognised
authority on all matters affecting social
welfare, particularly among the depressed
and criminal classes. Gunning Lecturer,
Univ. of Edinburgh, 1910; Lecturer,
Queen's College, Belfast, 1917; Chaplain,
Barlinnie Prison, 1910-14; Convener of
General Assembly's Committee on Social
Work, 1929-35; Founder and President,
Scottish Christian Social Union, 1901-38;
Chairman, Scottish Council for Women's
Trades, 1914-15; Vice-President, Scottish
Churches' Council, 1938. Addl. Publica
tions — "Hooliganism" (Hastings Diction
ary of Ethics); Chords of Memory (Edin
burgh, 1935); Memorial of A. D. Ross of
Laurieston (1938).
THOMAS SMITH, trans. A. and S.
from Anstruther Easter (#.v.) 4th
Oct. 1928; dem. 31st May 1942.
ST COLUMBA'S
1928
ALEXANDER McKINNON, trans, to
1918 Kilmonivaig 20th Feb. 1925.
JOHN MALCOLM MUNRO, trans,
from West St Giles, Edinburgh, 1 8th
June 1925; trans, to Kilmartin 4th
Jan. 1928.
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301
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, for
merly of Glassary (q.v.)\ trans, from
Alloa 6th June 1929; D.D., Glasgow
(1944); Moderator of General Assembly
May 1948. His sons — William Uist, min.
of St Nicolas, Carntyne; Donald Macaulay,
M.A., assistant Dunblane Cathedral, min.
St Paul's, Milngavie, 1941.
ST CUTHBERTS
FINLAY McCULLOCH, dem. 28th
May 1924; his wife, Anna Taylor,
died 10th March 1935; s.p., died
29th Sept. 1949.
JOHN RODERICK MACPHERSON,
1924
1928.
trans, from Evie 9th Dec. 1924;
trans, to Greenknowe 27th March
1928
SAMUEL IVAN BELL, born Ballyna-
gilly' OmaSh' Co' Tyrone> 12th
Aug. 1 878, son of John Armstrong
B. and Catherine Mayne; teacher in Mayne
National School, Omagh, Ireland, 1897-9;
local preacher; studied Arts and Theology
under Wesleyan Conference; student of
Free Church 1905; Congregational Hall,
1906-8; Univs. of Aberdeen and Glasgow;
min. of Stead Memorial Congregational
Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1908; Kilsyth
Congregational Church, June 1909 to 1917;
Bon Accord Church, Aberdeen, 1917;
White Street Congregational Church, Glas
gow, July 1924; adm. on probation as
licentiate 26th May 1927; assistant at Old
Monkland and Kirkintilloch; ord. llth
Sept. 1928; died 23rd Nov. 1936. Marr.
1908 Agnes Janet, daugh. of John Banks,
and had issue — Kathleen Lillian Bell, born
5th Dec. 1908 (marr. L. R. Beesly); Ray
mond McKean, doctor, born 2nd Oct.
1910; Leonard John Armstrong, min. of
Laurieknowe (Maxwelton), born 31st Oct.
1912.
ST DAVID'S, RAMSHORN
JOHN MAcLAURIN, of the marriage
1723
of his daughter with Andrew Craig,
surgeon, Glasgow, was born Agnes
Craig, who married James Maclehose,
writer, Glasgow, and was "Clarinda" of
Burns' songs and correspondence. — [Glas
gow Test., Ixix, No. 28; Poetical Works of
Robert Burns, 382-3, W. M. Rossetti's Ed.]
JOHN GORDON LORIMER, his son,
Alexander Gordon, born 12th July
1843, died 30th May 1845; his
daughs. — Joanna Gordon, born 6th May
1845 (marr. 21st July 1875 William Wright),
died 9th April 1910; Agatha, born 5th Sept.
1847, died 18th Sept. 1931.
ROBERT DICKSON, his widow, Agnes
1880
Smith, died 22nd Aug. 1927; his
daugh., Agnes Margaret, died 26th
June 1948.
JOHN ARBUCKLE SWAN, wife's
mother Helen Buchanan; his son,
John Herbert St David, born 7th
March 1922; Helen Isobel Sinclair, born
19th Feb. 1927; Donald, Officer, Mercantile
Marine (R.N.R.).
ST ENOCH'S
JAMES HENDERSON, his son, Archi-
1832 bald, died 16th April 1927.
ARCHIBALD MACLAREN, died 15th
1899 July 1923.
WILLIAM McCAIG WIGHTMAN,
1924 D.D. (St Andrews 30th June 1937);
trans, from Boharm (q.v.) 17th June
1924; dem. 26th Oct. 1927 on app. as
Director of Religious Instruction.
(The decrees erecting parish of \lth July
1782 and 1th June 1820 were annulled and a
new parish at Hogganfield erected \2th Jan.
1885 as St Enoch' s- Hogganfield; St Enoch's
Church was demolished.)
ARCHIBALD COWAN KENNEDY,
trans, from Arbirlot (q.v.) 8th May
1928; trans, to Chair of Hebrew,
Aberdeen, 16th May 1932; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 23rd June 1944).
ST GEORGE'S
JAMES CRAIK, his daughs.— Mar-
1843 garet' died 2nd Feb' 1929' Jane
Paterson, died Kensington 1st Aug.
1932; his son, Sir Henry, died 16th March
1927.
302
ST GEORGE'S— ST JOHN'S
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE GIBSON GUNN, his widow,
Elizabeth Robertson Kinnoch or
1882
Wilson, died 8th July 1928.
DUNCAN ALEXANDER CAMERON
REID, Convener of General Assem
bly 's Committee on Chaplains to
H.M. Forces, died 16th Sept. 1941.
1907
ST GEORGE'S IN THE FIELDS
THOMAS SLATER, his widow died at
1859 Edinburgh 17th Jan. 1921.
PETER SINCLAIR MENZIES. Publi-
1865 cation— Sermons (1875).
ANDREW LAIDLAW, died 25th Aug.
1921; his widow, Lilias Jane Ander-
1875
son Dickson, died 15th March 1929.
COLIN MACKAY KERR, trans, from
Kettins (q.v.) 16th May 1922; dem.
24th Dec. 1925; app. to St Andrew's
Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1926.
LESLIE DUNCAN, born at Fyvie 26th
April 1886, son of William Duncan,
millwright, and Agnes Mackinlay;
educ. at Robert Gordon's College, Aber
deen, and Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A.(1909),
and Edinburgh; served with Balkan Ex.
Force 1916-17; Service Officer, North
West Persia; Captain, Cameron High
landers, 1917-19; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh April 1919; ord. locum tenens Liber-
ton 24th Aug. 1919; adm. to Cockburns-
path 28th Sept. 1920; trans, and adm. 17th
May 1926; app. Organising Secretary,
Foreign Mission Committee, 10th July 1928
and dem. 31st Oct. 1928. Marr. 12th April
1913 Jean, daugh. of Alexander Anderson,
schoolmaster, Aberdeen, and Charlotte
Cockerill, and has issue — Alastair Robert
Campbell, Lecturer in Philosophy, Univ.
College, London, born 12th July 1915;
Elizabeth Charlotte Mackinlay, student,
Univ. of Edinburgh, born 28th July 1920.
JAMES CHALMERS GRANT, born
1929
Glasgow 14th March 1903, son of
James Grant, M.P.S., and Isabella
Smith; educ. at Glasgow High School,
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1925), B.D.
(1928); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1928; assistant St Mungo's, Glasgow, 1928;
ord. 9th April 1929; trans, to Uddingston
19th Oct. 1933; to Queen's Park, St
George's, Glasgow, 18th May 1939; trans,
to Dunblane Cathedral 26th Sept. 1945.
Marr. 31st July 1931 Alexandra Brown,
daugh. of David Baird and Martha Brown
and has issue — James Gordon, born 5th
July 1932; David Norman, born 31st Dec.
1934.
ST GILBERT'S, POLLOKSHIELDS
THOMAS JOHN BUNTING, trans, to
St Andrew's, Dundee, llth Feb.
1942; had issue— Thomas, born 25th
died 26th June 1920; Marie, born 13th
Dec. 1922; John Smith Gilbert, born 19th
Aug. 1927.
(United with Sherbrooke 20th Nov. 1942.)
ST JAMES
JOHN PARKER, previously min. of
1890 South Shields Presbyterian Church.
JOHN DALL GLASS, died 25th Sept.
1910 1924; his eldest son, John Knox.
ROBERT DALY, trans, from Glasford
1925
(?.v.) 18th March 1925; died 29th
Sept. 1948; his son, Allan Sinclair,
Lieut. Anti-tank Regiment, Glasgow Yeo
manry.
ST JOHN'S
THOMAS CHALMERS, p. 447, line 1,
1819 for "23" read "18."
ANDREW JAMES CAMPBELL, D.D.
1909
(Glasgow, 31st June 1933), Hastie
Lecturer, Univ. of Glasgow, 1924;
Depute Clerk of Presb. of Glasgow 27th
Feb. 1929; Joint Clerk Oct. 1929; dem. 30th
Nov. 1936; trans, to Evie 3rd Dec. 1936;
dem. 15th May 1948; Moderator of
General Assembly 20th May 1945; his
wife, Caroline Cumming, M.A., daugh. of
Robert Spence, died 8th Jan. 1924. Marr.
(2) 7th March 1927 Anna Mary, M.A.,
daugh. of William Robertson, Lerwick.
Publications — The Things which cannot be
Shaken, a Sermon (Lerwick, 1914); Two
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303
Centuries of the Church of Scotland (Paisley,
1930); Fifteen Centuries of the Church in
Orkney (Kirkwall, 1938); Christianity in
History (Bible Class Textbook) (Edinburgh,
1931); The Story of the Church (joint author
with J. Aulay Steele) (Edinburgh, 1934).
ST KENNETH
GEORGE BELL, died 6th March
1901 1923.
NORMAN MACLEOD WRIGHT,
1923
adm. 15th May 1923; trans, to
Kilmory, Arran, 23rd Sept. 1926.
JOHN ANDERSON, trans, from Dairy,
1927
Galloway (q.v.) 18th May 1925; app.
Joint Presbytery Clerk 3rd Nov.
1936; D.D. (Aberdeen, 1944); his daugh.,
Evelyn Margaret (marr. 24th July 1935
John Thomson Wotherspoon, min. of
Oatlands), died 30th Jan. 1937.
ST KIARAN'S
DUNCAN MACNAIR CONNELL,
1879
his daughs. — Jessie, died 4th Dec.
1937; Laura, died 7th Oct. 1943.
DUNCAN MACLEAN, his three sons,
1904
Duncan, Hector and Norman,
served with Canadians in Great War.
JOHN MAcCALLUM, trans, to Dores
1919 llth April 1924.
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, ord.
5th Aug. 1924; trans, to Ardchattan
20th July 1926.
1924
1928
JOHN McKECHNIE, born 2nd March
1897, son of Donald M. and Kathe-
rine McNeill; educ. at Copland Road
Academy, Glasgow, Univ. of Glasgow, M. A.
(1921), B.D. (1927); M.A. National Univ.
of Ireland, M.A. (1937); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1927; assistant at Govan,
St George 's-in-the-Fields, Linwood, and
Paisley Abbey; ord. 17th Jan. 1928; trans,
to Newlands East 3rd March 1931. Marr.
25th Nov. 1921 Ailie Muriel Mackenzie,
daugh. of William Lucas and Ella Mac-
donald, and has issue — Donald Kenneth
Macdonald, born 1 1th May 1923; Elizabeth
Eilidh, born 10th March 1928; Ailie Muriel
Katherine Susanna, born 1941. Publica
tions — Instructio Pie Vivendi (Irish Texts
Society) (London, 1933); The Owl Remem
bers (Stirling, 1933); Gaelic without Groans
(Stirling, 1934).
( United to Dean Park by General Assem
bly 1st June 1932.)
ST LUKE'S
DAVID DICKIE, D.D. (Glasgow,
1871 1919), died 12th May 1924.
1922
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, born
Old Deer 27th Nov. 1891; son of
Alexander M., Baker, and Laura
Elizabeth Mackie; educ. at Old Deer
School, Robert Gordon's College, Aber
deen, and Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1914),
B.D. (1919); licen. by Presb. of Deer 1919;
assistant South Dalziel; ord. A. and S. 24th
April 1922; served in R.A.M.C. with the
British Expeditionary Force at Salonika
1916-19.
ST MARGARET'S, POLMADIE
FRANCIS DAVID BROUN, dem. 21st
Dec. 1927; died at Ayr 17th Aug.
1902
1946.
JOHN BELL, trans, from Rathen (q.v.)
1928
23rd April 1928; trans, to Amster
dam 10th May 1936; dem. and
joined Scottish Episcopal Church, deacon
1938, curate of St John's Church, Dum
fries.
ST MARK'S
MURDOCH LAMONT, trans, to
1916 Rothiemurchus 10th Feb. 1925.
JOHN LIVINGSTON, born 30th Nov.
1925
1883, son of John L., engineer, and
Mary Duggan; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1923; assistant Barrowfield
1922; ord. 10th June 1925. Marr. 23rd
Dec. 1919 Elizabeth, daugh. of James
McKenna and Sarah Gillespie; s.p.
304
ST MATTHEW'S— ST MUNGO'S EAST
[PRESB. OF
1914
ST MATTHEW'S
United to Blythswood by Court of
Teinds llth June 1920.
ALEXANDER SPARK, ind. to united
charge 29th June 1920. Addl. issue
—Margaret Enid Hendry, born 12th
March 1924; Alexander Graham Oatt, born
12th Oct. 1926.
ST MARGARET'S, TOLLCROSS
Mission work was begun here in 1 898 by
the Min. of Shettleston— Rev. John White.
A chapel was built shortly thereafter and
the parish was disjoined from Shettleston
and erected on 25th June 1920.
DAVID ALEXANDER MILLER.
Addl. issue — Christian Mary, born
17th May 1921; David Alexander
Ramage, born 18th Feb. 1925.
1919
ST MUNGO or HIGH CHURCH
On 31st March 1464 Pope Pius II granted
plenary indulgence to people dying within
the poor Hospital of St Nicholas the Con
fessor, in Glasgow, founded near the
Episcopal Houses by Andrew Muirhead
(de Durrisdeer), Bishop of Glasgow, who
"proposes" to endow the hospital and
chapel. On 20th June 1506 the Chapel of
St Roche, situated "without the north
gate" of Glasgow, was described as
"founded and about to be built." The
founder was Mr Thomas Muirhead, Canon
of Glasgow and Prebendary of Stobo, and
also Prebendary of Govan, who died before
24th Nov. 1512. On or about llth June
1511 he founded a chaplainry in the chapel,
or church as it was sometimes called. On
1 8th March 1 506-7 there is reference to the
lands of the Chapel of St Mungo founded
in the Church of the Gallowgate — generally
called "St Mungo 's Kirk without walls"
or ' ' Little St Mungo ' ' in contradistinction
to the cathedral. — [Cat. Papel Reg., Letters,
xi, 662; Diocesan Reg. of Glasgow, i, 349,
365, 505, 509, 537, 539.]
HENRY SINCLAIR, Bishop of Ross,
held parsonage 1561 and vicarage
1563.— [Comps. Gen. Coll., and Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A., app.
reader 1561, still in office 1566-7.—
1561
Privy Council Reg., i, 188.]
JOHN HOUSTON, vicar 1563 and 1566.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stir-
.. , i
ling, etc.]
DAVID WEMYSS, M.A., designated
1565 parson 8th June 1581; his pres. in
1601 was on dem. of Archibald
Douglas; his son, William, advocate and
commissary of St Andrews, father of David,
min. of Scone.— [Cal. of Charters, xi, 2588;
Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxii, 187; Gen. Reg. ofSas.,
1 Ser., xix, 336, xxviii, 317.]
ALEXANDER LAUDER, M.A., par-
1566 son 5th Oct. 1566, on which date he
was charged by the Privy Council
to furnish bread and wine for Communion
"conforme to use and wont"; Henry
(Sinclair), Bishop of Ross, last parson, had
furnished the same "sen the Reformation
of religion within this realme"; Lauder
died before 20th Aug. 1571.— [Reg. Privy
Council, i, 492; Reg. Pres. to Benefs., i, (2),
19.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, his pres. in
1571 was on death of Alexander
Lauder.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2),
19; Cal. of Charters, xi, 2395.]
ROBERT BOYD, son of James B. of
1571
Hutterhill; pres. to vicarage pen
sionary 2nd Sept. 1571 on dem. of
David Wemyss. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2),
20.]
JOHN ALLANSON, M.A., reader 1603.
1603 — [Comps. Surplus of Thirds.}
ROBERT SCOTT, his eldest son, John.
1616 —[Reg. of Deeds, 492-142, 1629.]
ST MUNGO'S NORTH
ADAM GORDON, line 1, for "Adam"
1680 read "James."
ST MUNGO'S EAST
JOHN GLENDIE.— [Books of Council
1664
and Session, 6th Sept. 1676, 4th Oct.
1678, 8th Jan. 1672; Inventory of
Fordel Writs.]
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305
ST MUNGO'S WEST
ROBERT CRAIGHEAD, for "1690"
1689 read "1689."
ST MUNGO'S SOUTH
ALEXANDER LAUDER, parson 1567.
— [Acts and Dec., xl, 299; xlii, 401;
xliv, 141, 222, 424; xlvii, 93, 170.]
1657
ROBERT SCOTT, his eldest son, John.
1616 —[Reg. of Deeds, dxcii.]
JAMES DURHAM, son of Sir James
D.; his daugh., Grizell, bapt. 31st
Dec. 1644; line 17, for "1st May"
read ' ' 30th April. ' '
WILLIAM TAYLOR, marr. Anne,
1651
1780
daugh. of Matthew Stewart and Jean
Gait Arnot of Lochrig, Stewarton.
JOHN ROBERTSON, pres. by Crown
1858 25th Jan. 1858.
GEORGE STEWART BURNS, pres.
1865 by Crown 13th March 1865.
PEARSON McADAM MUIR, died at
1896
Manse of Cambuslang West 13th
July 1924; his son, John Joseph
Johnston, died at Aberdeen 28th Oct. 1945.
JAMES McGIBBON, died 16th Nov.
1919 1922.
LAUCHLAN MACLEAN WATT, born
1923
Grantown 24th Oct. 1867, son of
Andrew and Margaret Gillanders
M. W. (Skye); educ. various parish schools
and Edinburgh Univ., M.A. (1893), B.D.
(1897), D.D., Edin. (1920), LL.D., Glas.
(21st June 1933), F.R.S.E., F.S.A. (Scot.);
J.P. of the County of the City of Glasgow;
missionary, Lochcarron, 1894; Mission
Church, Lochinver, 1895; Church work,
Dalkeith, 1896; licen. by Presb. of Dal-
keith 1896; assistant, Lady Glenorchy's
Parish Church, 1896; ord. to Turriff
Parish 7th April 1897; Alloa and Tullibody
12th May 1901; St Stephen's, Edinburgh,
16th Feb. 1911; Glasgow Cathedral 26th
June 1923; Moderator of General Assembly
1933; retired 15th May 1934 to Kinloch,
Lochcarron, Ross-shire. In Iceland repre
senting The Times, Scotsman, Manchester
U
Guardian and Daily Graphic during visit of
the King of Denmark, 1907; Chaplain,
Great War, 1914-17, retired Hon. Lt.-Col.;
Commissioner from H.M. Gov. to U.S.A.
and Canada 1918; President, Pan-Celtic
Congress, London, 1930; Grand Chaplain,
Grand Lodge of Scotland, 1933; Murtle
Lecturer, Aberdeen Univ.; Warrack Lec
turer and McNeil Frazer Lecturer on
Pastoral Theology, Univs. of Glasgow,
Edinburgh and St Andrews, 1930; in
Australia as Turnbull Preacher, Melbourne,
and visited churches and colleges in Vic
toria, New South Wales and New Zealand,
1932; created Bard at Welsh Eisteddfod,
Amonsford — title "Gwylan yr Ynys"
(' ' Seagull of the Islands ' '). Marr. 8th June
1897 Jennie Hall (died 8th March 1927),
daugh. of John A. Reid of New Kelso,
Strathcarron, and had issue — Hector, B.A.
(Oxon), Order of the Nile, Sudan Political
Service (marr. Gwynydd, granddaugh. of
Chief Justice Sir Wm. Grantham, died at
Khartoum 9th June 1943). Publications—
God's Altar Stairs', The Communion Table;
By Still Waters; Prayers for Public Worship;
The Saviour of Men; The Minister's Manual;
Gates of Prayer; The Soldier's Friend; Life
and Religion; (Verse) The Tryst, a Book of
the Soul; In Poet's Comer; In Love's Gar
den; The Grey Mother and Songs of Empire;
The Land of Memory; Britannia's Answer;
(Fiction) Edragil 1745; Moran of Kildally;
The House of Sands; The Advocate's Wig;
By the Christmas Fire; Oscar; (History)
Scottish Life and Poetry; Burns; Carlyle;
Great Britain, for Schools— 1714-1914;
Alloa and Tullibody; In the Land of War;
In France and Flanders with the Fighting
Men; The Heart of a Soldier; Scottish
Covenanters; (General) Attic and Eliza
bethan Tragedy; Douglas's Aeneid; The
Scottish Ballads and Ballad-Writing; The
Book of the Beloved; While the Candle
Burns; The Minister's Life and Work
(Pastoral Theology Lectures}; Literature and
Life. Edited the Dunedin Magazine.
Smith's Summer in Skye, Mrs. Stowe's
Dred, etc. Contributor to Spectator, West
minster Gazette, St James's Gazette,
Scribner's Magazine, Chambers' s Journal,
Temple Dictionary of the Bible and leading
306
ST MUNGO'S SOUTH— ST THOMAS
[PRESB. OF
newspapers and magazines in prose and
verse, on folklore, antiquities and history,
especially Celtic and Gaelic.
ST NINIAN'S
JAMES BRYCE, his daugh., Margaret
1877
Williamson (marr. 25th July 1895
1887
Alec Leiper Mackay); his son, John,
died 16th Aug. 1935; his daugh., Leggat
Watson (marr. Alan Cant, min. of Creich).
WILLIAM SEATH PROVAND, Hastie
Lecturer, Univ. of Glasgow, 1914;
Depute Clerk of Presb. 30th April
1919 to 1st Oct. 1929; Clerk of Synod of
Glasgow and Ayr 14th April 1924, res. 8th
Oct. 1929; dem. his charge 31st Dec. 1923;
D.D. (Glasgow, 24th June 1925); died 12th
June 1943; his son, Ninian, electrical
engineer, born 2nd Dec. 1 897. Publication
— Puritanism in the Scottish Church (Paisley
1923); Editor St Andrew, 1903-6.
JOHN BAYNE, ord. 8th April 1924;
1924 trans, to Dunlop 14th Feb. 1929.
1929
1691
ALEXANDER McCLYMONT
ADAMS, trans, from Sauchie
(q.v.) llth June 1929; dem. 12th;
adm. to Arngask 26th June 1934; trans, to
Aberdour, Deer, 26th Nov. 1936.
(Incorporated 23rd Nov. \934with Wynd
(formerly U.F.) to form St Ninian' 's Wynd.)
ST PAUL'S
(now St Paul's Outer High)
ALEXANDER HASTIE, in the com
pany of the Earl of Argyle he landed
from Holland at Campbeltown on
20th May 1685 and preached in the church
there four days later; he returned to Hol
land before 2nd Jan. 1686, and after visiting
various places, including Rotterdam, Delft,
Leyden, Utrecht and Haarlem, he came
back to Scotland soon after 8th Jan. 1687;
had issue — Alison. — [Erskine of Carnock's
Journal, 110, 119, 172, 185, 189, 196, 219;
Deeds, Durie, 1705, No. 1205.]
1713 JOHN SCOTT, marr. Grizel Kid.
ROBERT JAMIESON, his son, William
1844 Andrew, died 12th Jan. 1935.
GORDON QUIG, trans, to Monifieth
1913 28th Sept. 1921.
CHARLES MACKINNON, M.A.,
1011 trans, from Dundyvan (q.v.) 8th
March 1922; died 15th June 1940.
Collegiate Ministers
ROBERT McCUARD, born Glenluce.
1656
His letter to my Lord Warriston in
Prison in Edinburgh in Assembly
Library, 1662.
ST PETER'S
MALCOLM MACLELLAN, died 15th
1886
June 1921; his widow, Jane Emily
1921
Robinson, died at London llth
April 1929.
JOHN FAIRLIE, trans, from Inver-
keithney 16th Dec. 1921; trans, to
Wallacetown, Dundee, 18th May
1931. Addl. issue — Andrew Addison, born
6th March 1925.
ST STEPHEN'S
JAMES BELL GRANT, dem. 30th
1892
Sept. 1922, died Edinburgh 22nd
March 1943.
THOMAS WYLIE SHARP, born Glas-
1923
gow 30th April 1893, son of Robert
S. and Mary Auld Wylie; educ. at
Woodside School, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1914); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 1920; assistant St Ninian 's, Glas
gow, 1920, Springburn 1921; ord. 20th
Feb. 1923; trans, to St Machan's, Larkhall,
10th Sept. 1930, to High Ch., Paisley
(C. and S.), 16th Sept. 1937. Marr. 9th
June 1925 Janet Fulton, daugh. of Thomas
Rodger and Jessie Leckie, and has issue —
Jessie Leckie, born 1st Nov. 1926; Robert
Wylie, born 24th Oct. 1930. Publication—
The Centenary Book, Larkhall, 1935.
(United with Buccleuch 14th Oct. 1943.)
ST THOMAS
(CHAPEL OF EASE)
Retained by Free Church in 1843, after
wards sold to Wesleyan Methodist Church
and now used by them.
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ST THOMAS— THE PARK
307
ST THOMAS
ANDREW BRYSON, dem. 3rd March
1938; died at Prestwick 10th Nov.
1920 1940.
(United 3rd March 1938 with Gallowgate
(U.F.) Church.}
ST VINCENT
Incorporated 1934 with Kent Road (for
merly U.F.) Church, to form Kent Road-
St Vincent's.
JAMES BELL HENDERSON, licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th May
1899
1886.
1916
THOMAS SMITH MACPHERSON,
trans, to Highland Charge, Camp-
beltown, 23rd Dec. 1925.
JOHN AULAY STEELE, trans, from
1926
Mannofield (q.v.} 17th June 1926;
trans, to Lerwick llth April 1934;
dem. 12th Jan. 1944; adm. to Cleish 4th
July 1945.
SANDYFORD
Incorporated with Henderson Memorial
(formerly U.F.) Church to form Sandyford-
Henderson Memorial 8th June 1938.
JOHN ROSS MACDUFF, his first wife,
1855 ^nme Joan Seton' died 1st Sept.
1847 and had issue — Alexander
Ross, born 27th Jan. 1845.
JAMES ELDER CUMMING, his
1871
daughs.— Janet Parker, died 27th
April 1925; Ella Stead, died at St
Andrews 5th Dec. 1930.
WILLIAM STEVENSON STUART,
ioni trans, to East Church, Stirling, 6th
June 1923.
JAMES PITT WATSON, trans, from
Dalmuir 18th Dec. 1923; trans, to
Alloa 12th Sept. 1929.
SPRINGBURN
DAVID ANDREW ROLLO, his widow,
.,ftA_ Lizzie McConachie, died 25th Dec.
1907 1943.
DUGALD CLARK, assist. West Church,
Aberdeen, 1900-1; died 24th Nov.
1925.
1918
JOHN STUART CAMERON, trans.
1926
from St Clement's, Aberdeen (q.v.)
17th May 1926; dem. 1936 to be
come min. of Malone Presbyterian Church,
Belfast, 6th Oct. 1936.
DENNISTOUN
ROBERT WALKER MUIR, first min.
of parish on erection, 19th March
1920; trans, to Stewart Church,
Whiting Bay, 8th Feb. 1933; died 24th June
1941; Lily Craig, first wife, died 17th Nov.
1917, leaving issue — James Laurence, in
Manchester; Campbell Craig, clerk; Ruby
Walker (marr. 1st July 1937 Hugh Mc-
Kenzie, M.A., teacher); Norman Dennis-
toun, ship's sick berth attendant; marr. (2)
10th Sept. 1919 Martha Cameron, daugh.
of James McMunn and Agnes Scouler; she
re-marr. 18th Dec. 1945.
STRATHBUNGO
ROBERT McMILLAN, died 1st July
1876 1920.
CHARLES GUTHRIE COOPER,
1917
trans, to Hawick Wilton 17th May
1926.
JOHN MACLAINE MUNRO, trans.
1926 ^rom FerrvP°rt on Craig (#.v.) 16th
Nov. 1926; issue — Catherine Living
ston, born 7th Sept. 1925; served with
R.A.M.C. and Argyll and Sutherland High
landers at Salonica in Great War. Publica
tion — Strathbungo and its Church, 1833-
1933.
THE PARK
DONALD MACLEOD, his widow,
AO Isabella Anderson, died at Caputh
1869 7th Oct. 1923.
1915
JAMES ALAN CAMERON MUR
RAY, Chaplain to the Forces, 15th
and 51st Divisions, 1917-18; marr.
Ellen, only daugh. of Sir John Mackintosh
Macleod, Bart., M.P., C.A., Glasgow, and
308
THE PARK— KILSYTH
[PRESB. OF
Edith Fielden; dem. 2nd Feb. 1932; adm.
to Kerse 31st May 1935; trans, to Tolbooth,
Edinburgh, 15th Oct. 1943. Issue— Ellen
Catriona Cameron, born 3rd Feb. 1922
(marr. 22nd Sept. 1942 Rev. Lumir Soukup,
Ph.D., Prague); Alan Norman Macleod,
born 30th Nov. 1925. Publication — Intro
duction to Christian Psycho Therapy (Edin
burgh, 1938).
ST OSWALD'S WOODSIDE
Erected as Woodside Parish by Court of
Teinds 1921.
DAVID WATSON, died 12th Feb.
1877 1934.
JOHN MITCHELL KERR, adm. first
min. of parish 28th Jan. 1922; trans.
19 to Whiting Bay 27th May 1942.
Marr. 29th Nov. 1922 Isabella Black,
daugh. of John Morrison; his daugh.,
Jessie, died 3 1st July 1933.
TITWOOD
DAVID PRESTON, Convener of
Colonial and Continental Com
mittee, 1935.
( United with St Kentigern *s 1 5th June 1 94 1 .)
1918
TOWNHEAD
ROBERT PRYDE, died at Morebattle
1879
llth Jan. 1925; his wife, Margaret
Drysdale, died 9th Jan. 1924; his
daugh., Crichton Jane Isobel (marr. W.
Weir Breen, Newport).
ROBERT LOVE HUNTER, trans, to
1915 Kirkgunzeon 15th Jan. 1926.
1926
CHARLES WHITEHEAD HUTCHE-
SON, trans, from Aberfeldy (q.v.}
17th May 1926; dem. 16th May
1935; died 17th Sept. 1935; his widow,
Isabella Martin, died 31st May 1946.
TRON
JOHN BELL, line 17, delete "John,
1594 Min. of Blackfriars, Glasgow."
1628 JOHN BELL, delete parentage.
HEW BLAIR, line 9, for "1657" read
1644 "1651."
JOHN ANDERSON, marr. (2) Marion,
daugh. of Walter Menzies, min. of
Erskine.
1730
ROBERT BUCHANAN, his daugh.,
1833
Charlotte Elizabeth, died 29th
March 1932.
WILLIAM RATTRAY, died 29th Nov.
1903
1942; his daugh., Catherine (marr.
1925 John Boyd, Trinidad); his
widow, Catherine Stevenson, died 1st Aug.
1947.
WHITEINCH
Disjoined 1875, not 1865.
QUINTIN JOHNSTON, assistant at
1872 Duffus 1857.
DONALD NESS, trans, to Savoch 16th
1894 Aug. 1928.
WILSON SIMMS LESLIE, trans, from
MacdurT(<7.v.) 13th Dec. 1928; trans,
to Falkirk Old 22nd Nov. 1940.
1928
1912
WILTON
JOHN LIVINGSTON, trans, to Teviot-
head 12th Nov. 1929. Addl. issue-
Stewart Kennedy, born 18th Jan.
1919; Robert H. D. (third son), now a
C.A.; his wife, Janet Brackenridge Mary
McCallum, died 26th April 1948.
HOGGANFIELD
JOHN FERGUSON ANDISON, died
1887 18th Jan. 1938.
KILSYTH
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON, parson
1560
before 1560 and 18th May 1584.-
[Cal. of Charters, xii, 2728; Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands, i,
105.]
SIR GILBERT LAW, parson and vicar
1568-72.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
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KILSYTH— KIRKINTILLOCH
309
ARCHIBALD GRAHAME.— [G. R.
1615 Sas., 2 Ser., vii, 259.]
GABRIEL CUNYNGHAME, son of
William C. of Craigends and Eliza
beth Napier.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
vii, 332, vi, 156.]
JAMES HAY, his daugh., Marian
(marr. James Anderson of Dowhill,
provost of Glasgow.)
1637
1682
ROBERT RENNIE, pres. 13th June
1789 1789.
HENRY DOUGLAS, pres. by Crown
1843 14th July 1843.
ALEXANDER HILL, pres. by Crown
1849 29th Aug. 1849.
ALEXANDER SPIERS, pres. by
1861 Crown 29th Nov. 1860.
ROBERT HOPE BROWN, pres. by
Crown 25th March 1 871 ; his widow,
Agnes (died llth Aug. 1923), only
child of Adam Duncanson, bank agent,
Enniskillen.
PETER ANTON, his widow, Mary
1881 Alice Heggie, died 3rd July 1927;
his daugh., Florence Heggie (marr.
19th Jan. 1920 Sir Thomas Guthrie Russell,
K.C.B., K.C.).
DUNCAN CAMERON, app. Assistant
Clerk of Assembly May 1928; died
30th July 1929; his son, Donald
Ewen, M.B., Ch.B.; his daugh., Aileen
Isabel (marr. 7th Oct. 1930 Dr William
McC. Harrowes, Glasgow).
KIRKINTILLOCH
Before 1195 William, son of Thorald,
Sheriff of Stirling, gave the Church of
"Kirkintulach" to Cambuskenneth Ab
bey. The grant was confirmed by Alexan
der II 27th March 1226-7. On 23rd July
1451 Robert Fleming of Biggar founded a
chaplainry at the High Altar of St Ninian's
Church of Kirkintilloch, alias Lenzie, the
endowment being the 10 merk lands of
Auchinrivoch in the lordship of Auchtyr-
moyne in Stirling, 6 merks annual rent
U*
from the lands of Panmure in Forfar,
2 merks from the lands of Kirkintilloch,
and a tenement in Kirkintilloch. It will be
noted that at that date Lenzie appears as
an alternative name to Kirkintilloch; and
in 1 530 the church is designated St Ninian's
Church of Lenzie. There was also in the
church an altar dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. In 1621 the Earl of Wigton and the
parishioners petitioned Parliament for
licence to transport the church from the
west end of the parish to the middle of it;
but at that time nothing was done. The
church, however, was included in Cumber-
nauld when that parish was erected in 1649;
and thus it lost its parochial status. The
church has disappeared. Its precincts,
situated in the churchyard, are designated
"The Old Aisle." By Charter, confirmed
by Robert III on 17th Aug. 1399, David
Fleming, Lord of Biggar, mortified to the
Chapel of the Virgin Mary at Kirkintilloch
his whole lands of Drumtieblae in Lenzie.
On the site of the chapel there was built in
1644 a church which became the church of
the parish of Kirkintilloch five years later.
Alterations were made to the church in the
early part of the 19th century, when
galleries were introduced; but it is still a
good example of a 1 7th century attempt to
revive the Gothic tradition in architecture.
It stands in the old churchyard, on the line
of the Roman fortifications. — [Reg. Epis. of
Glasgow, ii, 309; Diocesan Reg. of Glasgow,
ii, 406-7, 421; Acts Scott. Parl., iv, 6076;
Reg. Pres. to Benefs., i, 68; Chart of
Cambuskenneth, 175-6, 195; Charter Chest
of the Earl of Wigton, Nos. 12, 13, Scott.
Rec. Society.}
ALEXANDER DRYSDALE, M.A.,
1568 VJCar 1568~72-— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Dumfries, etc.]
1574
NINIAN DREW, M.A., min. in 1589;
pres. to vicarage 29th Sept. 1594 on
death of Richard Herbertson. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 217; Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.}
JOHN FORSYTH.— [G. R. Sas., xx,
1620 f. 1, 2 Ser., ii, 25.]
310
KIRKINTILLOCH— RUTHERGLEN
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT FLEMING OF BALLOCH,
his sons — Charles, apprenticed to
Alexander Murray, merchant, Edin
burgh, 18th Feb. 1708; Robert, apprenticed
to Andrew Simpson, sometime min. at
Kirkinner, 8th Feb. 1710, afterwards book
seller and printer, Edinburgh. — [Edin. App.
Roll]
SAMUEL TELFER, his son, John,
1709
1728.
apprenticed to William Carmichael,
merchant, Edinburgh, 4th Sept.
THOMAS ANGUS MORRISON, died
21st June 1941; his daughs. — Janet
Galloway Angus (marr. (1) 7th Sept.
1921 Arthur Poole, M.B., Ch.B., Man
chester; (2) 21st April 1934 Rev. John
Whitehead Cheshire, B.A., C.F., Rector of
Utrecht, Natal); Mary Bethia Galloway
(marr. 9th April 1937 Robert Mclnnes,
advocate).
KIRKINTILLOCH ST DAVID'S
FRANK ROBERTSON, trans, to Mon-
1919 quhitter 6th June 1924.
DAVID FYFE McMATH, M.C., trans.
1924
from Sorn (q.v.) 15th Oct. 1924.
Addl. issue — Margaret Cargill, born
4th April 1922.
TEWCHAR
Disjoined from Kirkintilloch and erected
Jan. 1922.
WILLIAM DEANS, died at Alexandria,
1911
Egypt, llth Nov. 1934; his wife,
Minnie Scott, died 8th Jan. 1930.
He marr. (2) 5th Sept. 1933 Nurse Agnes
Daffa, Jaffa, Palestine; she died at Ham
burg 8th June 1935; his daugh., Minnie
Hunter, died 30th Oct. 1922.
THOMAS MURRAY INGLIS, trans.
1917 to Quarter 14th Sept. 1920.
THOMAS JAMES CAMPBELL
1922
1926.
CRAWFORD, ord. 15th May 1922;
trans, to Helensburgh 10th Nov.
ROBERTSON McCALLUM MILLAR,
1Q2 trans, from Ladyburn, Greenock,
7th April 1927; dem. 30th Oct. 1928;
adm. to Stronsay 6th Feb. 1929.
GORDON MILNE EWAN, born Glas-
1929 8°W ^k May ^9^' S0n °^ James
Gordon E. and Kate Nelson Twad
dle; educ. Albert Road Academy, Glasgow,
and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 26th March 1924; assistant
Campsie 1924; ord. to Forgandenny 17th
May 1926; trans, and adm. here 12th June
1929; trans, to St Peter's, Glasgow, 2nd
May 1939. Marr. 17th Sept. 1929 Annie
Mitchell, daugh. of Daniel Duncan and
Anne Mitchell, and has issue — Audrey
Mitchell Duncan, born 10th Aug. 1930.
LENZIE (now Lenzie Old)
WILLIAM BROWNLIE, dem. 30th
1891
June 1926; died 1st Jan. 1933;
originally a teacher at Castle Doug
las and Dundonald; his widow, Isabella
Anderson Simpson, died 23rd Aug. 1946.
DAVID CRAWFORD WATSON,
1Q1_ trans, from High Kirk, Kilmarnock
(<7.v.), 19th Jan, 1927; dem. 31st
Dec. 1948. Addl. issue — David George
Martin, born 29th July 1923; his daugh.,
Lorna Martin Turnbull (marr. 10th Aug.
1943 Fred Young, son of Rev. Alexander
Frazer). Wife's name — for "Mary" read
' ' May, daugh. of George Turnbull, ship
owner, and Janet Go van."
RUTHERGLEN
There were in the church Altars of the
Holy Rood and St Nicholas.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., 1, 67.]
THOMAS INCH, exhorter, 1563 and
1563
1568, called min. 1569.— [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stirling, etc.]
JOHN MUIRHEAD, his pres. in 1586
was on death of Robert Herbertson.
1586
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 75.]
ROBERT YOUNG, son of a burgess of
Glasgow.— Burgess Roll, 27th May
1643.]
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RUTHERGLEN— WARDLAWHILL
311
JOHN DICKSON.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Sen,
1635 188.]
HEW BLAIR, M.A. It may have been
his widow, Ann Blair, and her
children, Jean and Marjorie, resident
in the Canongate, Edinburgh, 14th Nov.
1694.— [Canongate Poll Tax Book.}
JAMES FURLONG, father a mer-
1780 chant.
WILLIAM FERRIE STEVENSON, his
1862
widow, Anne Paterson, died 20th
Nov. 1921.
GEORGE SIMPSON YUILLE, died
1909 20th May 1932.
WALLACE NEWMAN JAMES, born
Welshpool, Montgomery, 7th Nov.
1877, son of Thomas J. and Julia
Elvina Keeling; educ. at Stonehouse School
and Collegiate Academy, Welshpool, Dids-
bury Theological College (affiliated to
Univ. of Manchester); entered as candidate
for Wesleyan Ministry 1900; ord. in
Wesleyan Church 1907; held the following
charges — Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent;
Thrapston, Northants; Kettering, do.;
Burnley, Lancashire; St John's Wesleyan,
Glasgow (12 years); adm. by General
Assembly, 24th May 1928; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1927; assistant Barony;
ord. A. and S. 12th Dec. 1928; trans, to St
George's in the Fields, Glasgow, 16th May
1934; died 8th Aug. 1946. Marr. 1st Aug.
1916 Lilian, daugh. of Thomas Andrew
Hayward and Jennie Hamar. Publications
— Contributions to Scottish Pulpit.
RUTHERGLEN WEST
WILLIAM VALLANCE, died 17th Jan.
1896 1923.
ANDREW VEITCH, trans, to East
191? Church, Tarbert, 15th Sept. 1937;
dem. 15th May 1945; has issue —
Thomas, born 10th July 1912, M.A. Glas
gow, student of Divinity, assistant (student)
at Kirkintilloch.
SHETTLESTON
Was disjoined from the Barony; a new
church was built and opened during the
ministry of Rev. John White, 1903.
MATTHEW RODGER, pres. by Crown
1861 18th Sept. 1861.
GILBERT JOHNSTON, pres. by
1864
Crown 14th Sept. 1864; his son,
George Burns, died 28th April 1921.
ALEXANDER (also ALISTAIR)
MACLEAN, trans, to Daviot and
1913
Dunlichity 1st Dec. 1922.
JAMES McCARDEL, trans, from Dun-
- lop (q.v.) 5th June 1923; trans, to
New Kilpatrick 19th Nov. 1931.
Marr. 4th April 1916 Agnes, daugh. of
Philip Mackie, marine engineer, Burma,
and Janet Watt, and has issue — James
Dunlop, born 3rd Nov. 1919; Philip
Mackie, born 3rd June 1922.
STEPPS
GEORGE CONDIE, line 4, for "July"
1904 read "Dec."
MALCOLM SHENNAN, born Glas-
1913 gow; dem. 24th Jan. 1948.
WARDLAWHILL
DAVID JACK, dem. 30th Sept. 1922,
^ec^ at Hornchurch, Essex, 1 st Aug.
1925; his wife, Isabella McLean
Finlayson, died 28th Oct. 1920.
CHARLES McARTHUR, trans, from
1923
Gardenstown 21st March 1923; dem.
16th Dec. 1925; became Chaplain
to Fleet; adm. to St Fittock's, Aberdeen,
28th Dec. 1928.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, born Paisley, 5th
1926
Sept. 1890, son of Walter W. and
Mary Scott; educ. at Paisley Gram
mar School and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1914), B.D. (1921); licen. by Presb. of
Paisley, 1920; ord. to Mills and Steamers
Chaplaincy, Calcutta, 28th March 1920;
assistant Barony, Glasgow, 1925; adm. to
Wardlawhill 25th March 1926. Marr. 9th
July 1930 Elizabeth Jamieson, daugh. of
James Branagan and Alison Scott Jamie-
son, and has issue — Alison Scott, born 6th
July 1931; Walter Andrew, born 18th July
1933; James William, born 1st Aug. 1938.
SYNOD OF ARGYLL
PRESBYTERY OF INVERARAY
ARDRISHAIG (Q.S.)
JOHN McRORIE KAY, trans, to
1918 Lochlee 19th May 1922.
JOHN PAUL GLEN, trans, to Strone
1920 6th Nov. 1925.
WILLIAM McPHAIL, trans, from
1926
Kilbrandon far.v.) 3rd March 1926;
dem. 15th April 1945; died Oban
3rd Dec. 1948.
(Charge united with North Church 1 5th
April 1945).
CRAIGNISH
NEIL CAMPBELL, son of Archibald,
son of John C. of the Melfort
family, parson of Luing, 20th Dec.
1558; rector and vicar 24th July 1580;
chaplain at the Altar of the Virgin Mary in
Kilmartin Church; died between 1591 and
1602. His daugh., Bessie (marr. 6th Jan.
1587-8 James, son of Alexander Kincaid,
maltman, Stirling). — [Reg. Mag. Sig., v,
131; Cal. of Charters, x, 2303; xii, 2796.]
1571
COLIN CAMPBELL, after his deposi
tion the church was vacant till at
least 10th Oct. 1649.— [G. R. Sas.,
xlv, 294.]
1617
JOHN MACLACHLAN, son of John
1669 M., min. of Kilninver.
FRANCIS STEWART, his daugh.,
Grace, died at Carlisle 24th Aug.
1891, aged 82.
NEIL MACMICHAEL, his daugh.,
Elizabeth Davina Colville, died at
Edinburgh 9th Sept. 1923.
1860
JAMES KEITH WILKIE, dem. 15th
May 1945; died 14th Feb. 1947.
Marr. 30th April 1925 Janet Riddell,
daugh. of John Pendreich, Park Road,
Trinity, and Elizabeth Riddell.
CUMLODDEN
In 1840 the presbytery resolved to build
a church at Cumlodden for the people in
that area of Inveraray and in the adjacent
part of Glassary parish. The church was
built in the following year at a cost of £548,
towards which contributions were made by
General Assembly's Committee on Church
Extension, £225; Duke of Argyle, £200;
Sir Archibald Campbell of Garscube, £100.
' ' MR JACKSON, ' ' a probationer, was
appointed in 1841, to "preach and
visit"; his salary was forthcoming
from the General Assembly's scheme for
the employment of probationers £20, from
Sir Archibald Campbell £10, and contribu
tions from other individuals in the district
and presbytery; apparently he was identical
with Donald Jackson who was ordained to
Lochgilphead in 1843.
WILLIAM EADIE, died 25th Nov.
1926; his widow, Mary Danks, died
29th Nov. 1945.
1841
1917
1927
DONALD MACKINNON, trans, from
Assynt 19th Aug. 1927; died 10th
Nov. 1939.
GLASSARY
1575 JOHN WHYTE, rector.
ARCHIBALD McCALLUM, his sons,
Duncan and Donald. — [Argyll Sas.,
xxxii, 68, 15th Feb. 1672.]
1639
312
PRESB. OF INVERARAY]
GLASSARY— INVERARAY
313
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, his son,
1687 Nigel— [Argyll Sas., iv, 294.]
DONALD CAMPBELL, his son,
Colonel Donald Graham, died at
Balerno 14th Dec. 1928; his daugh.,
Jessie Campbell Graham, died at Guild-
ford 7th Nov. 1940.
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, his
1914
son, William Uist, min. of St
Nicholas, Cardonald.
JOHN CAMERON, his sons— James,
killed on Campsie Hills 7th June
1936; Gilleasbuig, died 3rd Aug.
1942; his daugh., Jessie Russell, marr. 18th
Dec. 1948 Terence Laurie, only son of
Rev. William Monaghan-Combs, Egham,
Surrey.
GLENARAY
On 27th Dec. 1651 the Commissioner for
the Plantation of Kirks modified stipends
for the respective Irish (Gaelic) and English
Churches of Inveraray. — [Recs. of Synod of
Argyll, 251, S.H.S.]
DONALD MACILVORICH or Mo
1595 ILVORIE; on 1st May 1650 his
widow, Janet Campbell, represented
to the Synod of Argyle that she was "in
great necessity, and that through the burn
ing of Mr Donald's parish, houses and
dwellings (by the Irish under Alexander
McDonald in 1644) she is disappointed of
that composition which ministers' wifes
get either from Ann or for contentation of
glebe and manse, and so left very poor and
indigent"; the Synod granted to her the
share of her husband from the money
granted by the Estates for distressed mins.
of Argyle. His daughs. — Anna (marr. cont.
22nd March 1624 Alexander Maclver or
Campbell of Pennymore); Katherine (marr.
Niall Malcolm, min. of Kilchrenan). —
[G. R. Sas., xxii, 36; xxix, 328; Records,
Synod of Argyll, 181.]
NEIL MACPHERSON, his sons—
Malcolm, died 4th May 1939; God
frey, died 18th Dec. 1932.
PETER NEIL MACKICHAN, his
18o7 daugh., Muriel Gladys (marr. 15th
Oct. 1922 Frank Macdonald Hoi-
man of Pen Harbour, Hurstpierpoint,
Sussex); his widow, Harriet Kathleen
Whitfield, died at Edinburgh 7th March
1940, aged 85.
JOHN MACLACHLAN, trans, from
t 2 Lochcarron 4th Jan. 1923, died at
Glasgow 17th Oct. 1927; his daugh.,
Margaret Morris (marr. 19th July 1933
Hugh McLure, son of James McArdle,
Airdrie).
(Charge united to Inveraray, March 1930.)
INVERARAY
The saint of the old Church of Glenaray
at Kilmalew, Kilmaliew, is said to have
been Liubha or, in its earlier form, Liba,
Kilmalieu being Cill Mo Liubha, "my
Liubha 's Church." There are various
saints of that name. Another view is that
Kilmalew is "Church of St Maluog" or
' ' Moluoc, ' ' probably a friend of Columba,
and equivalent to ' ' my dear little Leu ' ' or
St Lupus. The site was at the old town on
the north shore of the bay where the river
Aray joins the sea. About 1778 the old
town was removed and the present town of
Inveraray built. The church was de
molished at the same time as the town; and
for fifteen years there were only temporary
places of worship. Eventually in 1794 the
existing two churches, with a steeple 107 ft.
high, were built at Inveraray from a design
by Mr Milne, London. They were repaired
in 1838, having suffered serious damage
from lightning in the previous year. The
steeple, having become dangerous, had to
be taken down in 1941. The name Kil
malew remained with the churchyard.
Mundu or Munnu is an affectionate form
of the name of St Fintan. Hence Kilmun,
the name of the place on the west side of
Glen Aray, where stood the chapel dedi
cated to that saint. — [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 304-5, 307; Johnston 's Place
Names of Scotland, 220.]
314
INVERARAY— NORTH KNAPDALE
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER GORDON, one of the
1650
leading characters of Neil Munro 's
"John Splendid." It is stated that
he was min. of a church at Tynemouth,
Northumberland, now Howard Street
Church, North Shields. He had sasine in
the lands of Knock in Ayrshire on adjudi
cation 16th April 1670.— [Brit. Weekly,
llth Jan. 1931; G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxiv,
310.]
ALEXANDER McTAVISH, marr.
Margaret, daugh. of John Campbell
of Lerags; his son, John, went to
Jamaica.
JOHN FINLAY DAWSON, dem. 21st
19Q4 Nov. 1930; died 24th June 1941; his
wife, Flora, daugh. of John Thom
son, burgh chamberlain, Inveraray, died
21st July 1939; he dem. to facilitate union
21st Feb. 1930.
(Both charges united March 1930.)
KILMARTIN
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary, the endowment
of which included the lands of Pennykill
and Darrok in the barony of Craignish,
3 merks of the lands of Auchafyne, and the
40 sh. lands of Aithaned in the barony of
Ardskeodenis. — [Reg. Great Seal, v, 131,
2249.]
NEILL CAMPBELL, son of Neill C.,
t __4 Bishop of Argyll, became Bishop of
Argyll in 1580, rector 8th July 1585,
on which date his natural son, Nigel, re
ceived letter of legitimation, apparently
identical with Mr. Nigell, rector of Craig
nish.— [/&#. Mag. Sig., v, 839.]
DONALD CAMPBELL, had issue—
Nei11' Robert-— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
viii, 33', 6th June 1654.]
WILLIAM MACLACHLAN, his sons
1669
1696.]
— Archibald; William of Fearnoch.
— [Auchendarroch Writs, 16th July
DONALD CAMPBELL, marr. Isobel
1699 Campbell, who survived him.
HECTOR CAMERON, trans, to Oban
1912 12th Oct. 1922.
1923
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, trans.
fr°m Duirinisn (#-v-) llth APril
1923; trans, to North Bute 25th
Nov. 1927.
JOHN MALCOLM MUNRO, son of
1929 John M., Chief Officer, Clyde Train
ing Ship, and Jane Mitchell; trans.
from St Columba's, Glasgow, 4th Jan.
1929; dem. 19th May; died 16th June 1942.
Marr. (2) 16th Jan. 1929 Adelaide Mary
Louisa Fletcher, daugh. of James Bapty
and Anne Renton; his daugh., Margaret
(marr. 3rd Aug. 1926 William Christopher
Miller, M.R.C.V.S., Edinburgh).
NORTH KNAPDALE
In the second quarter of the 1 5th century
there occur references to the Perpetual
Vicarage of St Ferchanus's in Knapdale,
probably Kilberry, Ferchan being an
erroneous form of Bearchan, Saint of Kil
berry. The writer of the new Statistical
Account states that the mother church of
the two Knapdales, built by Cormaig Mac
O'Charmaig, was called Kilvic O'Char-
maig. The saint may be either Baetan
Maccu Cormaic, abbot of Cluain mac Nois,
who died 1st March 664, or Abban Maccu
Cormaic of Magh Arnaide, whose day was
27th Oct. The Church of Kilmichael Inver-
lussay was built in 1 820, and the Church at
Tayvallich in 1827.— [Cal. Papal Regs.,
Letters, viii, 596, 625; Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 282.]
DUNCAN MACPHAIL, vicar.— [Acts
and Dec., 25th July, 1567-8, 113,
1567
149.]
PATRICK MACQUEEN, parson,
grants a tack of teinds to Campbell
1595
of Auchenbreck, 1595.
DUGALD CAMPBELL, his daughs.—
t,lft Elizabeth (marr. cont. 15th July
1655); Mary (marr. cont. 10th Dec.
1659), alive 18th Dec. 1670.— [G. R. Sas.,
xxxviii, 217; 3 Ser., vii, 247; xxxiii, 102.]
INVERARAY]
NORTH KNAPDALE— TARBERT
315
JOHN McGILCHRIST, son of John ML,
1715 writer, Kilmichael-Glassary.
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. (King's
1811 College, Aberdeen, 1782.)
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, pres. by Queen
1846
Victoria 26th April 1846; his sons —
John Archibald, born 9th April
1844, died Jersey 25th Oct. 1906; Francis
Stewart, born 1846; his daughs. — Cathe
rine, born 1841, died 3rd Oct. 1910;
Eugenia (marr. Roderick Maclaren, M.D.);
Jane Macdiarmid, died at Bath 30th Aug.
1926, aged 75.
DONALD MACLACHLAN, pres. 15th
1871 June 1871.
LACHLAN MACLEAN, his widow,
187g Annie Miller, died 4th Aug. 1928;
his sons — Lachlan, died Makalapye,
Bechuanaland, 18th June 1934; Thomas
Finlay, died 27th Nov. 1934.
1914
DONALD MCDONALD LAMONT,
his wife, Sarah Lamont. died 5th
Feb. 1940.
DONALD GRANT, dem. 31st May
1921 1944.
SOUTH KNAPDALE
The Churches at Achahoish and Inver-
neil were both built about 1775. For the
saint of Eilan-mor-vic-O 'Charmaig, see
North Knapdale. — [Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 282.]
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, pres. by
1843 Crown 30th Dec. 1842.
DONALD ALLAN CAMERON, trans.
1896 to Westray 10th May 1922.
ANGUS MACDONALD, born North
1922 ^St' ^cen- bv Presb. of Glasgow,
1921; assistant St Michael's, Dum
fries; served in Navy during war for three
years; ord. 27th Sept. 1922; dem. 16th May
1925.
HECTOR CAMERON, trans, from
Small Isles (q.v.) 12th Nov. 1925;
trans, to Kilfinan, 23rd Dec. 1930.
LOCHGILPHEAD
DONALD JACKSON, pres. by Crown
1843 10th May 1842.
JOHN MACKAY, pres. 30th Sept.
1844 1844.
JOHN MACFARLANE, pres. 8th June
1847 1847.
PETER NEIL MACKICHAN, pres. by
1863 Crown 1st Jan. 1863.
ALEXANDER CAMERON ROBERT
SON, D.D. (Aberdeen 1923), died
18th Jan. 1933 unmarr.
TARBERT
A mission with a missionary was estab
lished here about 1775.
DONALD MACINTOSH LOGAN,
1914 trans, to Arisaig 27th April 1927.
JOHN MACDONALD GILLIES, born
1927
Laggan, Kingussie, 10th Dec. 1894,
son of James G., grocer, and Jane
Mackintosh; educ. at Kingussie School and
Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1918); licen. by
Presb. of Abernethy, 12th May 1921;
assistant Wemyss 1921; ord. to Murthly
12th May 1925; trans. 31st Aug. 1927;
trans, and adm. 31st Aug. 1927; trans, to
South Knapdale 4th Nov. 1931. Marr.
28th April 1932 Chrissie, only daugh. of
Lauchlan Scott, Burrelton, Coupar Angus.
PRESBYTERY OF DUNOON
ARDENTINNY
JAMES PATTERSON, born Kilsyth
26th Jan 1 830; ord. to Hemmingford
8th Sept. 1865; D.D. (Montreal
Presb. College, 1915); was chaplain of
prisons for Montreal for 35 years; Clerk of
Presbytery 1858-1917; died April 1932,
aged 102. Marr. 8th April 1863 Rosina,
daugh. of F. W. Sherriff of Huntingdon,
and had seven children.
ROBERT CRAIG, his daugh., Jean
186Q Sarah, M.A. (marr. 26th Oct. 1932
Malcolm Smith, rector of St Paul 's
Episcopal Church, Rothesay).
1903
ALEXANDER WILLIAM MIT
CHELL, dem. 2nd June 1932, died
20th July 1935; his wife, Janet
McGibbon Stalker, born 4th Aug. 1887,
died 22nd April 1924.
(Charge united to Strone \st June 1932.)
CRAIGMORE
THOMAS NELSON ALLEN, adm. to
1903 Savoch of Deer 22nd Feb. 1924.
JOHN MORELL McWILLIAM, trans,
to Dean Park, Go van, 17th May
1928.
1916
JOHN DUNLOP BROWN, trans, from
Whiting Bay (q.v.) 25th Oct. 1928;
died 16th July 1948.
DUNOON
On 12th March 1439-40 Lord Duncan
Campbell of Lochow gave \ merk from the
lands of Ardenslate for the maintenance of
lights and wax candles before the image of
the Virgin Mary in the church. The church
was dedicated to St Mary; and by Bull of
Pope Pius II 4th March 1461-2 it was
united to the mensa of Lismore. In the
church there was an Altar of the Holy Rood,
founded on 21st Aug. 1420 by John Camp
bell, inhabitant of Dunoon. The church
was enlarged in 1911 by addition of tran
septs and the flat ceiling opened up and
supported with transverse beams of pitch
pine at a cost of £5,200. — [Cal. of Scottish
Supplications, 226 S.H.S.\ Theiner's Vet.
Monumenta, 434-5.]
1560 JOHN CAMERON. Delete entry.
JOHN CAMERON, probably Treasurer
1610 of diocese.
1626
EWEN CAMERON of Dunloskin, had
also issue — Margaret (marr. cont.
24th June 1686 Edward Gillespie,
merchant, Edinburgh). — [Deeds, Mack.,
1705, No. 1241.]
HECTOR McLAINE, line 2, for "5th
Aug. 1666" read "20th March
1665."
1666
ALEXANDER MACKAY, marr. cont.
1?40 18th and 19th Aug. 1725 Elizabeth,
daugh. of John Campbell, Captain
of Dunoon.
1844
JOHN CLARK, line 7, for "1818"
read "1828"; line 8, for "ord."
read "adm."
JOHN CAMERON, his daugh.,
Williamina Buchanan, died at Van
couver 9th Sept. 1932.
1901
WILLIAM HOWIE, died 1st Nov. 1929;
his wife, Mary Catherine McNeill,
was born at Entre Rios, Argentina,
22nd May 1881. Addl. issue— William
Bruce, M.B., Ch.B., born 20th Jan. 1924.
316
PRESB. OF DUNOON]
INNELLAN— KILFINAN
317
1919
INNELLAN
ARCHIBALD EWING MACINTYRE,
trans, to Pollokshaws 7th March
1928.
DOUGLAS GORDON McLEAN, born
1928
19th Dec. 1893, son of William
George Green M., min. of Cullen;
educ. at Boddam School, Fordyce Academy
and Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1920);
served with Gordon Highlanders in Great
War, wounded at Hooge 1915, Company
Commander and Brigade Bombing Officer
1917-18; tutor in Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 16th March 1928; assistant
Lady Glenorchy's; ord. 7th June 1928.
Marr. 22nd June 1918 Jessie Cormack
Shaw, M.A., daugh. of James Shaw,
auditor, Indian Railways, and has issue —
William James, born 28th May 1920, died
26th Nov. 1943; Wendy Moira, born 1st
Jan. 1926. Publications — The History of
Fordyce Academy (1936); Life at a Banff-
shire School, 1592-1935.
TOWARD CHAPEL
RONALD MACDOUGALL, died 4th
1885 Feb. 1942.
WILLIAM GRAHAM BROWN, went
1918 to Canada, died 13th Dec. 1928.
JOHN ALEXANDER, app. 15th Jan.
1922
1922, died 29th March 1926, aged
73.
(St Bride 's Church was rebuilt and restored
Aug. 1935.)
INVERCHAOLAIN
The Churches of Inverchaolain and Kil-
morie in Strathlachlan were united, appa
rently some time after the Reformation;
on 27th Dec. 1651 the Commission for the
Plantation of Kirks dissolved the union,
made Inverchaolain "a distinct kirk" and
modified to the same a stipend with manse
and glebe. The church was rebuilt in 1745.
At Toward Point there was a chapel dedi
cated either to St Fillan, but which of that
name is uncertain, or, as the designation
Kyllenane also occurs, to St Finan. — [Recs.
of Synod of Argyle, 250, S.H.S.; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 285, 518.]
DUGALD CAMPBELL, his pres. in
1574 was on the death of John
1 5/4
Lamond.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
24.]
JOHN SCOULAR THOMSON, dem.
1918
llth Nov. 1938; died at Edinburgh
30th March 1939; his son, Ian
Alastair Cameron, min. of Latheron llth
May 1946. Addl. issue — Roland Malise
Fraser, born 16th March 1923; Madeline
Ruth Veronica, born llth March 1930.
Publications — Editor British Students Song
Book, and Editor Glasgow University
Magazine.
KILFINAN
The church was granted to Paisley Abbey
by 1230-40 by Duncan, son of Ferchar or
Ferhard, and Laumann, son of Malcolm
and nephew of Duncan — confirmation by
Angus, son of Duncan, 9th July 1270; in
1253 the church was designated "the
Church of St Finan which is in Kethrome-
congall" (in the quarter of Cowal), and at
that time it was known as "Kerry or
Caathramh," i.e. "the fourth part." Of
a Charter of 6th July 1452 Sir Robert
Dewar, "vicar of St Serf's of Kilfinnan,"
is a witness; but of this dedication nothing
further is known. There was in the church
an altar dedicated to St Fynnan, to which
pertained the 4 lib. lands of Awchingyle.
Whether this was a second altar to St Finan
is not clear. At Ardmarnock, St Marnock 's
Field, there was a chapel dedicated to that
saint. A small portion of the chapel still
exists. A short distance above the chapel
there was a cell, to which St Marnock was
wont to resort for fasting, penance and
devotion. — [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 791, v,
2095; Reg. of Paisley, 132-3, 137-9.]
JOHN McNEIL, min. in 1614.— [G. R.
1614 Sas., x, 204.]
DONALD McVICAR, died before 12th
1637
Jan. 1637.— [G. R. Sas., xlv, 258;
xlvi, 13.]
318
KILFINAN— KILMUN
[PRESB. OF
AENEAS McLAINE, trans, to Kil-
1666 ninian in Mull, 1673.
ANGUS MACPHEE, dem. 30th Sept.
J876 1924, died 1st March 1926; his
widow, Margaret Ferguson Russell,
died at Paisley llth June 1927.
ARCHIBALD ANDERSON, trans,
from Kilcalmonell (<7.v.) 6th May
1925; trans, to Kilmore llth Feb.
1930; dem. 28th May 1945.
1925
KILMODAN
WALTER LAMONT, died before 12th
1575 Aug. 1595.
1595
ROBERT LAMONT, son of Walter L.,
natural son of Sir John L. of
Inneryn, Kt., pres. to parsonage 12th
Aug. 1 595 on death of Walter Lamont, his
father.— [P. S. Reg., Ixvii, 184.]
DONALD MACVICAR, died before
1598
12th Jan. 1637; his son, Gilbert.-
[G. R. Sas., xlv, 253.]
DONALD McCLOY, marr. Elizabeth
1611
Crawford; his daugh., Beatrice
(marr. cont. 16th March 1637
Donald Campbell of Kilmichael); had also
issue, a son John. — [Prot. Book of Donald
McGilchrist; Reg. of Deeds, 10th July
1652.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, his daugh.,
1699
1737.
Marianna (marr. 18th July 1737);
line 12, for "1738" read "18th July
DUNCAN MACLEAN, line 16, for
"Georgina" read "George; died
1838
1901 ." See Vol. VII, 44, for family.
JOHN CAMERON, dem. 31st Dec.
1933; died at Corstorphine 31st Oct.
1908
1935.
KILMUN
The Church of St Columba, Kyllemine
(Kilmun), is mentioned on 24th Aug. 1391.
To the Glory of God and in honour of St
Mundus and all saints, Sir Duncan Camp
bell of Lochow erected the church into a
collegiate church for five chaplains, one of
whom was to be provost, and another was
to serve the cure of the parishioners; and
by Charter of 4th Aug. 1442, confirmed by
James II, 12th May 1450, for the souls of
James I and Joan, his consort, James II
himself, Marjorie (Stewart), his late wife,
Margaret (Stewart), his wife, and the late
Celestine, his eldest son, he gave an endow
ment to the church — the 3 merk land of
Auchinlochir in the barony of Kilmun, the
6 merk land of Blairmore and Garronletter
in said barony, the 2 merk land of Cragha-
was in the barony of Cowal, the 2 merk
land of Cafflade and Clogyne in the barony
of Kilmun, the 1 merk land of Kilmolew in
the barony of Lochow; 2 merks Scots
annual rent from the lands of Dalmelon-
charde, 1 merk Scots annual rent from the
land of Auchingar, 2 merks Scots annual
rent from the lands of Greghane and
Gawane. He also gave the Church of St
Conan of Dysart (Glenorchy) and the
Church of the Three Holy Brethren (Loch-
goilhead). By mandate to the Archdeacon
of Argyle Pope Eugenius IV confirmed the
erection. In answer to a petition by the
provost and chapter of the collegiate
church, which stated that after the erection
by the Archdeacon, George (Lauder),
Bishop of Argyle, united the parsonage of
Kylmalew (Inveraray), with the consent of
the patron, to the Capitular Mensa of the
collegiate church. Pope Paul II, by Bull
of 26th March 1466, gave mandate to the
Official of Argyle to make enquiry and
confirm the erection and the appropriation
and union of the parsonage of Kylmalew.
Among the witnesses of a Charter of 6th
July 1452 are the provost and seven chap
lains, which serves to show that to the
original foundation three chaplains were
added.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 346, iv, 791;
Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, xii, 242-4.]
ALEXANDER ROBINSON, his son,
i «od Nigel Alexander Watt, died Monzie,
Crieff, June 1930.
ALEXANDER WALLACE McKIN-
LAY, dem. 13th June 1922; died
19th March 1929.
DUNOON]
KILMUN— LOCHGOILHEAD
319
ALEXANDER BAIN HARPER, ord.
1922
26th Sept. 1922; trans, to Monzie-
vaird 3rd Feb. 1929.
1929
ALEXANDER GILLAN, born Lark-
hall 15th Jan. 1896, son of Alexan
der G. and Elizabeth Millar; educ.
at Larkhall Academy and Univs. of Glas
gow and Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 14th May 1928; assistant In-
veresk; ord. to Inverallochy 26th June 1928;
trans. 16th Aug. 1929. Marr. 26th Oct.
1926 Margaret, daugh. of Henry Chalmers
and Jean Brackenridge.
KINGARTH
On 21st April 1529 mention is made of
the late Sir Patrick McConnoquhay, ' ' Lady-
prest of the Kirk of Kyngarth, ' ' indicating
that there was in the church an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
ii, 52.]
SIR JAMES McVERITIE, alleged vicar
1564
pensioner. — [Acts and Dec., xxix,
337.]
ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, died before
1572 25th Feb. 1595.
JAMES McQUIRRTIE, vicar, called
" excommunicat apostet" 24th
April 1593.— [Book of the Universal
Kirk, 803.]
PATRICK STEWART, pres. to
vicarage 25th Feb. 1 595 on death of
Archibald Sinclair.— [P. S. Reg.,
Ixviii, 139.]
DONALD OMEY, trans, from Ardna-
1625 murcnan 1625; trans, to Campbel-
town before 4th June 1631.
JOHN BUCHANAN, born 19th Oct.
1827 1794.
JOHN SAUNDERS, dem. 15th Dec.
1879 1925; died 8th Oct. 1926; his widow,
Katherine Evans Begg, died 2nd
May 1943.
DANIEL STEWART, born Muthill,
1926 Perthsmre» 19th Dec- 1899> son of
John S. and Euphemia Mcllvride;
educ. at George Heriot's School and Univ.
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1922); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 19th Dec. 1923; assistant,
Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, Jan. 1924;
St Paul's, Leith; ord. 12th May 1926; dem.
20th March 1931; re-adm. by General
Assembly 25th May 1940; adm. to Craig-
side, Innerleithen, 10th Dec. 1940; trans, to
Invergarry, 17th Nov. 1943; trans, to
Benholme 20th Nov. 1947. Marr. 9th April
1930 Dorothy, daugh. of John Phillip and
Helen Kirkhope.
(United with Kilchathan Bay 5th May 1931.)
KIRN
WILLIAM GEORGE JOHNSTON,
1918
trans, to Paisley Mid, 10th Dec.
1924.
THOMAS COOK, born 18th April 1900,
son of Thomas C., min. of Levern;
educ. at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1921), B.D.; served with
6th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland High
landers, 1919; licen. by Presb. of Paisley,
1924; assistant, Barony; ord. 24th April
1925; trans, to Rutherglen Old, 10th Jan.
1935; dem. 1st April 1947. Marr. 7th Sept.
1925 Lily, daugh. of John Griffin, Newton,
Kirkpatrick-Fleming.
LOCHGOILHEAD
The parish was variously termed Ken-
lochgilpe and Lochgilpe. The church was
dedicated to the "Three Holy Brethern,"
whose identity is uncertain. It was granted
by Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow to the
Collegiate Church of Kilmun on its founda
tion in 1442. At Kilmore there was a
chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which
dr. 1230^0 was granted along with the
land of Kilmore to Paisley Abbey by
Duncan, son of Ferchar or Ferkard, and
Laumann, son of Malcolm and nephew of
Duncan. The grant was confirmed by
Duncan's son, Angus, on 9th July 1270. —
[Reg. of Paisley, 132-3, 137-9, 309; Cal.
Papal Reg., Letters, xii, 242-4.]
Kilmorich. About 1246 the church was
granted to Inchaffray Abbey by Gilchrist,
son of Malcolm MacLauchlan, for the
320
LOCHGOILHEAD— NEW ROTHESAY
[PRESB. OF
souls of himself and Betrice his wife. —
[Inchaffray Charters, Bk. 65.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, arch-
1575 deacon of Argyll.
JAMES KIRK, his son, George —
1604 [G. R. Sas., 26th June 1631, fo. 314.]
ARCHIBALD McLAUCHLAN, line 2,
1614 for "1618" read "1614."
ARCHIBALD McLAUCHLAN, his
son, Donald. — [G. R. Sas., xxxix,
273, llth March 1634.]
COLIN McLAUCHLAN.— [G. R. Sas.,
1641 xlii, 233.]
ARCHIBALD McLAUCHLAN, was
1674 Synod Bursar llth Feb. 1648.
DONALD MATHESON MACLEAN,
1915
his son, Hayward Gillian Carruthers,
LL.B., 2nd Lieut. Seaforths, killed
in action in France 4th June 1940.
NORTH BUTE
PETER DEWAR, dem. 16th May 1927;
died 20th Nov. 1927; his widow,
Marion Lizzie Maund, died 27th
Feb. 1929.
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, trans,
from Kilmartin 25th Nov. 1927;
trans, to Collieston 6th Aug. 1930.
1881
1927
ROTHESAY
CUTHBERT HENDERSON.— [Acts
1580 and Dec., Ixxxii, 97.]
PATRICK MAC QUEEN, pres. to
vicarage 20th June 1 589 on dem. of
David Cumming, prebendary of
Restalrig, and Patrick Dunbar, last vicar.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ix, 22.]
ROBERT STEWART, pres. in 1595 on
lt.Q, depriv. of Patrick MacQueen. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 112.]
1589
PATRICK STEWART, adm. before
1618 15th Aug. 1617.
ROBERT STEWART of Skerrels, marr.
1642 Jean Colquh01111 anc* had issue —
Janet (marr. Duncan Campbell of
Ashfield).
JOHN STEUART, his widow, Anne
Gordon, marr. (2) Robert Moor. —
[G. R. Sas., Ix, 19.]
1691 JOHN MONRO, marr. Jean Baillie.
HUGH CAMPBELL, his daugh., Eliza-
1754 beth (marr. John Blain, Commissary
of the Isles).
JAMES KING HEWISON, dem. 1924,
died at Thornhill, Dumfriesshire,
23rd Jan. 1941. He gifted his valu
able collection of Covenanting books and
relics to the Church of Scotland Library.
Addl. publications — The Romance of Dum
fries and Galloway in Early Caledonia
(Dumfries, 1939).
JOHN DALL, his widow, Agnes F. G.
1907 Cowper, re-marr. 4th Aug. 1945.
1925
WILLIAM THOMAS SMELLIE,
O.B.E. (1918), trans, from Lowson
Memorial, Forfar (q.v.\ 6th April
1925; trans, to St Andrew's, Dundee, 5th
March 1936; trans, to Pollokshields-
Titwood 1st Aug. 1941. Publications —
The Tombstones ofRothesay Churchyard and
The Kirk Session Records ofRothesay (1658-
1750); The Kirk Session Records ofKingarth
(1641-1703) (Trans, of Buteshire Natural
History Society, x, xi, xii).
NEW ROTHESAY
JOHN McAUSLAND DICKIE, died
18th Jan. 1942; his daugh., Janet
Reid Inglis (marr. 17th April 1936
Denis Anthony Frank Butter, textile manu
facturer, London).
(Church united with Brigend, 6th Sept. 1942.)
DUNOON]
ROTHESAY GAELIC CHAPEL— TIGHNABRUAICH
321
ROTHESAY GAELIC CHAPEL
NEIL McDOUGALL, his widow, Agnes
Macrae Sandilands Brown, died 2nd
May 1929.
SANDBANK
ANGUS MACDONALD, trans, to
1915
Ardrossan Barony 20th March 1930;
dem. 9th Sept. 1948; died at
Greenock 13th Dec. 1948.
(Charges united 6th Sept. 1936.)
STRACHUR or KILMOGHLAS and
STRATHLACHLAN
Kilmoghlas or Kilmaglas may mean
"Church of the Sons of Glas," but no
details are known. The Church of Strath-
lachlan was also called the Church of Kil-
morie in Strathlachlan. At first it was
united with Inverchaolain; but on 27th
Dec. 1651 the Commission for the Planta
tion of Kirks dissolved the union and
united Kilmorie in Strathlachlan with the
Church of Kilmoglas in Strachur. —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 305; Records
of Synod of Argyle, 411.]
DONALD MORRISON, depr. by Act
16fil of Parliament llth June and Act
of Privy Council 1662.
1911
WILLIAM GILLIES, dem. 15th May
1937; died 16th Jan. 1942; his wife,
Catherine Colville Blyth, was born
1st April 1868.
(Charges united 2\st July 1937).
STRONE
ALEXANDER MACARTHUR, dem.
1883 16th May 1925; died 10th May 1931.
1925
JOHN PAUL GLEN, trans, from
Ardrishaig (q.v.) 6th Nov. 1925;
dem. 30th Nov. 1936; died 13th
June 1938; his widow, Agnes Wardrop,
died 29th Oct. 1943.
(Strone and Ardentinny united 1st June
1932 andKilmun united llth April 1937.)
TIGHNABRUAICH
1919
PATRICK HAMILTON BORROW-
MAN, dem. 4th Feb. 1930 and adm.
to Nyasaland; died 20th Jan. 1948;
his wife, Maude Helen Dickson, was born
23rd April 1885. Addl. issue— Philip
Ronald, Lieut. R.E., born 30th Dec. 1923.
His daugh., Margaret Helen Grierson
(marr. 25th Jan. 1947 Hilary William King,
Fowey).
(Charges united 8th June 1930.)
PRESBYTERY OF KINTYRE
BRODICK
The church was opened for worship
second Sunday of December 1 839 and was
served by a missionary.
MALCOLM MACLEAN, died at
1875 Milngavie 25th April 1931.
1919
MALCOLM MACKINNON, dem. 13th
Oct. 1932; died at Glasgow 16th
Sept. 1939.
CORRIE
JAMES BROWN, adm. first min. of
1900
1941.
parish 21st July 1923; dem. 18th
Dec. 1934; died at Alyth 15th Feb.
CAMPBELTOWN
Kilchiaran. The Church of St Queran
(Kiaran) was granted to Paisley Abbey by
Angus, son of Donald. The grant was con
firmed by Alan, Bishop of Argyll, 1250-61
and by Laurence, Bishop of Argyll, 23rd
Oct. 1269.— [Reg. of Paisley, 7, 27-9, 132,
136.]
Kilchuslan. St Constantine is "Con-
stantin the Briton" of lasting grace, whose
conversion is recorded in 588. He is said
to have been King of Cornwall and to have
left his kingdom to become Abbot in suc
cession to Mochertu. It is further stated
that he passed over to Scotland and
suffered martyrdom in Kintyre. The
church was a canonry and prebend of
Lismore before 23rd June 1433.— [Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 188-9; CaL Papal Reg.,
Letters, viii, 468.]
MALCOLM McOSONAGE, min. of
Kilcheran before 24th Nov. 1620.—
° [Campbell's Argyll Sas., i, 120.]
DONALD OMEY, probably descended
1631
from Duncan O., principal surgeon
to James V in 1 526 and Customar of
Perth; adm. to Ardnamurchan before 12th
Feb. 1624; trans, to Kingarth 1626; trans,
and adm. before 9th June 1631. On 30th
Dec. 1632 he received from James, Earl of
Kintyre, a charter of a piece of land in
Lochhead (Campbeltown), with "full and
free power to market," to buy and sell a
tun (252 gallons) of wine annually, and
liberty to buy and sell all kinds of mer
chandise within the said town of Lochhead
and all the bounds of Kintyre — which in
volved trading usually forbidden to a min.
by the Church; he had also a son, Duncan,
to whom on llth Oct. 1648 the Synod of
Argyle made an education grant. — [P. C.
Reg., xiii, 427-8; G. R. Sas., xxxv, 237, 1 1th
Jan. 1633; Argyle Sas., 2 Ser., ix, 452;
Recs. of Synod of Argyle, 123, S.H.S.]
NEIL CAMPBELL, line 5, delete "but
was probably never settled." On
sederunt Synod of Argyle May 1643.
JOHN CAMERON.— [Reg. of Deeds,
1669 Dal, Ixxx, 18th Jan. 1697.]
LAUGHLAN CAMPBELL, friend and
1703 correspondent of Wodrow.
1767
WILLIAM MACLEOD, his daugh.,
Anne (marr. Angus McNeill, min.
of Barra).
JAMES CURDIE RUSSELL, died at
Edinburgh 18th March 1925; his
daugh., Margaret Huison, died 6th
March 1937. He bequeathed £1,000 to
Kirk Session for augmentation of stipend
from 1925, of Second Charge.
NORMAN MACKENZIE, trans, to
1918 Moy 28th Aug. 1925.
322
PRESS. OF KINTYRE] CAMPBELTOWN— KILBRIDE IN ARRAN
323
THOMAS SMITH MACPHERSON,
1925
trans, from St Vincent's, Glasgow,
23rd Dec. 1925; dem. 3rd Dec. 1946;
died at Langholm 26th March 1947. Addl.
issue— John Cook, born 5th May 1922;
Robert, died 19th Sept. 1944.
(Charges uncollegiated 8th May 1945.)
CAMPBELTOWN
LOWLAND CHARGE
EDWARD KEITH, marr. Jean, daugh.
1655
of Major William Campbell of
Bally gregan; his daugh., Margaret
(marr. cont. 7th May 1687 Henry, son of
Robert Gardyne, merchant, Montrose).
JOHN McALPINE, son of David M.,
schoolmaster, Dumbarton; his son,
Walter, min. of Culross.
1750
GEORGE ROBERTSON, son of Wil-
1763
liam R. of Teaninich, Alness, and
Catherine Ross.
HECTOR McNEILL, his sons— Dun-
1R41 can, died at Bridlington 9th Jan.
1925; Hector, died at Edinburgh
26th April 1933; Godfrey Alexander, died
at Lasswade 4th April 1943; his daugh.,
Jessie Elizabeth, Lady Paulin, died 29th
Aug. 1933.
GEORGE WALTER STRANG, his
1874 widow» Janet Fleming Calderwood,
died 10th Aug. 1931.
CHRISTIAN VICTOR AENEAS
MAcECHERN, dem. 23rd Oct.
1922 on app. to Scots Church,
Kandy, Ceylon; trans, to Aberdeen North
and Trinity 3rd June 1929.
DONALD DAVIDSON, M.A., B.D.,
ord. 4th April 1923; trans, to
Queen's Park, Glasgow, 20th Jan.
1925.
JOHN RUSSELL MILLER, born 26th
1925
April 1900, son of Daniel Jack M.,
min. of Jamestown; educ. at Vale of
Leven Academy and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1920), B.D. (1923); served with 4th
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1918-
19; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 1923;
assistant Dunbarton and St Mungo, Glas
gow, 1924; ord. 13th May 1925; trans, to
Kilsyth 12th Feb. 1930. Marr. 3rd Aug.
1933 Phyllis, daugh. of Arthur John
Whiston, Ton-y-Pandy, Cardiff, and has
issue — Madeline Ruth, born 23rd Sept.
1938.
KILCHIEVAN
See under Campbeltown, First Charge.
GIGHA
JOHN DARROCH, min. in 1632; marr.
cont. 29th and 31st Oct. 1632
Margaret, daugh. of George Camp
bell of Ballochlavan. — [Craignish MS.,
283.]
DONALD MACFARLANE, died 10th
1907 Feb. 1923.
KENNETH MACLEOD, trans, from
1632
1923
Colonsay 24th July 1923; D.D. (St
Andrews, 28th June 1932); dem.
9th Sept. 1947.
KILBRIDE IN ARRAN
The church was rebuilt in 1773. The
New Statistical Account states that on
Holy Island at the entrance of Lamlash
Bay there was a religious house or monas
tery. The saint of the island was St Malise,
Malios, Molios, Mo-Laisse, Mo-Laise, a
reduced form of Laisren, with Mo (my)
prefixed. On the island was his cave, on
the roof of which was a runic inscription
with the name of the saint. Lamlash is
Eilean M' Laise (Mo-Laise 's isle), and the
name was primarily that of Holy Island. —
[New Stat. Ace., v, Bute, 24, 33; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 24, 33. See Kilmorie
and Brodick.]
JOHN KNOX, was min. in 1623.—
1623 [G. R. Sas., xiv, 192.]
ANDREW WILLIAM KENNEDY
1914 died 9th Sept. 1948.
324
KILBERRY— KILLEAN
[PRESB. OF
KILBERRY
St Berach, whose day was 15th Feb.,
was the son of Remnann, and Abbot of
Cluain Coirpthi, and was contemporary
with Columba. Here his bell is said to
have been preserved. — [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 301.]
KILCALMONELL
HECTOR MCALLISTER, pres. in 1580
on dem. of Alexander McAllister. —
[Reg, Pres. Bene., ii, 38. See
Kilmorie.]
1580
MAURICE DARROCH, min. in 1614.
Marr. Finuall Carmichael, who
survived him. — [G. R. Sas., 24th
Feb. 1634, xxxix, 266.]
1614
1680
SWEYN McSWEYNE, his daugh.
(marr. Hector Maclean of Kinloch);
line 4, for "Glenlirk" read
"Glenelg, which at this time was in the
Presb. of Lorn." — [Memo, Rev. J. McK.
Campbell, Lochgilphead.]
JAMES ROBERTSON CAMPBELL,
his daughs. — Christian Eliza, died
at Cargill 10th Aug. 1929; Harriet,
died 6th Dec. 1935.
1844
JOHN DOWNIE, marr. (2) 21st Aug.
_ 1925 Maude Trowbridge; she marr.
(2) 23rd June 1938.
ARCHIBALD ANDERSON, trans, to
1917 Kilfman 6th May 1925.
ANGUS MACLEOD, trans, from Salen
1925
25th Nov. 1925; trans, to Ochiltree
30th Nov. 1928.
WILLIAM URQUHART MACNAB,
1929 M-^-' Le§i°n °f Honour, Croix de
Guerre; trans, from Ullapool (<?.v.)
17th May 1929. Has issue — Mairi Camp
bell, born 26th May 1929, died at Glasgow
8th Jan. 1947; Evan John, born 28th Aug.
1934. His mother-in-law was Mary Camp
bell.
KILLEAN
The Church of Kilmarubh belonged to
the Priory of Ardehattan. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., vi, 881.]
MURDOCH McWHIRRIE, M.A.
1629 (Glasgow, 1621).
MALCOLM OSENOG, brother of
1639
Murroch; min. of Kilchievan or
Campbeltown before 24th Nov.
1620; trans, before 24th April 1639.—
[G. R. Sas., xi, 63.]
DONALD MACFARLANE, his
daugh., Jessie Margaret, died 30th
May 1938.
1852
DONALD JOHN MACDONALD,
dem. 1st March 1926, died 27th
Dec. 1930; his widow, Margaret
Colvill, died 18th Feb. 1936.
1880
DONALD MACDONALD, trans, from
1926
Benbecula (q.v.) 29th Dec. 1926,
died 13th Feb. 1928.
ANGUS MACMILLAN, born Lewis
1928
4th March 1886, son of Kenneth M.,
Captain, steam yacht, and Margaret
Maclver Macmillan; served with Seaforth
Highlanders 1904-11 and 1914 in Great
War, as Major Cameronians, 1920-7, in
France and Belgium; wounded, twice men
tioned in despatches; awarded Military
Cross, D.S.O. and Legion of Honour avec
palme, Croix de Guerre; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 28th March 1928; ord. 5th
June 1928; trans, to St Columba 's Church,
Edinburgh, 18th June 1931; Chaplain to
Forces 12th Jan. 1939; trans, to Gigha
9th March 1948. Marr. 1st June 1909
Catherine, daugh. of Robert Drummond
and Annie Bowie Drummond, and has
issue — Kenneth, born 5th March, died 2nd
May 1910; Robert (twin), born 5th March,
died 5th May 1910; Annie Isabella Bowie,
born 28th March 1911; Kenneth, born 16th
March 1913; Margaret Maclver, born 8th
April 1918; Catherine Drummond, born
6th Dec. 1919; Ruth Duncan, born 2nd
Feb. 1923; Drummond Hope, born 20th
Dec. 1927.
(Charges united 1th March 1944.)
KINTYRE]
KILMORIE IN ARAN— SADDELL
325
KILMORIE IN ARRAN
The church was rebuilt on the original
site in 1785, an aisle with a gallery was
added in 1810, and in 1881 complete reno
vation was carried out by the Duke of
Hamilton. The Chapel or Church at
Shisken, which was the place of worship of
the district, was rebuilt in 1805, and the
min. of Kilmorie conducted a service there
every third Sunday. It was the Pre-
Reformation Chapel of St Malise or St
Molios, — Mo-Laisse, Mo-Laise, a reduced
form of Laisren, with mo (my) prefixed.
He died in 639, and his grave is said to have
been in the middle of the ground at
Shisken. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
305. See Lochranza and Kilbride.]
HECTOR MCALLISTER, pres. 13th
Aug. 1580 on death of Alexander
1580
38.]
McAllister. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
JAMES McKIRDIE, adm. before 15th
1617
Aug. 1617; appears to have been
removed in 1643 from the charge,
which was reported on llth Oct. 1649 to
have been vacant five years. — [Synod of
Argyll, 150; G. R. Sas., dii, 222.]
AENEAS MORRISON, pres. to Contin
5th Sept. 1687.— [Deeds Dal., 1706,
No. 1762.]
1687
DUNCAN BLACK, his widow, Susanna
1876 McDougall, died 26th Dec. 1925.
DUNCAN CONACHER, trans, to
1914 Calderhead 2nd June 1926.
NORMAN MACLEOD WRIGHT,
1926
born Glasgow 1872, son of Alex
ander Macmillan W.; educ. at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow, and U.P.
College, Glasgow; licen. by U.P. Presb. of
Glasgow Jan. 1895; ord. by Berwick Presb.
in English Presb. Church May 1897, to
Ancroft Moor, Northumberland; trans, to
Goodmayes, London, 1907; app. Chaplain
to Forces Sept. 1914; went to France March
1915; mentioned in despatches; Chaplain
to Bellahouston Hospital 1921; adm. to
St Kenneth's, Govan, 15th May 1923;
x*
trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1926; died 14th
Oct. 1941. Marr. 1900 Mima, daugh. of
William Wood, Duddo, Northumberland,
and has issue — Janet Richmond, born 18th
Sept. 1901; Margaret Elma, born 24th June
1904; Ronald Campbell, born 21st Oct.
1906; Elizabeth Proctor, born 18th Oct.
1907; Jessie Macleod, born 14th June 1912.
LOCHRANZA
On 26th Dec. 1651 the Commission for
the Plantation of Kirks, in view of the
largeness of the parish of Kilmorie, 24
miles long, ordained that a new kirk be
erected beside Lochranza for all the lands
between the Water of Irsay and the north
end of Arran, and dismembered the lands
of the laird of Skelmorlie, within the
parish of Kilbride, from that parish, and
annexed them to the said new kirk which
was to be served per vices with Kilmorie.
A stipend was modified for the min. of the
two kirks, with manse and glebe at Kil
morie. To what extent the decreet was put
into effect is not clear. The present church
was built in 1795 and seated in 1830 for
300 people. The work was then carried on
by a licentiate who acted as assistant to
the mins. of Kilmorie and Kilbride and
whose remuneration was in part the annual
revenue of a mortification made for the
purpose by Anne, Duchess of Hamilton,
about 1700. A condition of the mortifica
tion was that the min. at work should not
possess ordained status. The "Convent"
of St Bridget at Lochranza is associated
with the "Nunnery" of Sir Walter Scott,
where for a time lived the ' ' Maid of Lorn. ' '
It does not appear that there actually was
a convent here. The building in question
seems to have been a chapel. — [Recs. of
Synod of Argyle, 247, S.H.S. See Kilmorie.]
JOHN COLVILLE, died at Glasgow
1893 9th July 1930.
SADDELL
MURDOCH McWHIRRIE or
MURRIE, died before llth Oct.
1639
1648; his son, Donald, to whom
Synod made an education grant on that
326
SADDELL— SOUTHEND— KILCHOLUMKILL
[PRESB. OF
date. — [G. R. Sas., xlviii, 317; Accounts of
the Regality of Argyll; MSS. Gen. Reg.
House. ]
JOHN GRANT LEVACK, his widow,
Margaret Jane Isabella Larnach,
died at Partick 8th May 1924.
1907
JAMES ARCHIBALD ARGYLL
BAKER, marr. (1) 15th Jan. 1924
Catherine Macpherson, second
daugh. of Keith Campbell, Post Office,
Carradale, and Janet Currie, (2) 12th Nov.
1946 May Fisher Maclachlan.
SKIPNESS
JOHN MACLACHLAN, dem. 12th
1892 Dec. 1921, died 1930.
JOHN MACNAB, born 23rd April
1874; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1919; ord. 1919 (assistant); adm.
18th April 1922; died 5th Sept. 1939,
unmarr.
SOUTHEND— KILCHOLUMKILL
The Church of Kilcholumkill was
granted to the Priory of Whithorn by
Patrick Macseillinges and Finlach, his wife.
There does not appear to be any authority
for the statement that the Church of Kil-
blaan belonged to the said priory. It is not
included among the churches pertaining to
the priory in James II 's Confirmation
Charter of 1st July 1451; and on 25th Sept.
1538 the rectory is recorded as belonging
to the Crown. — [Reg. Great Seal, i, App. i,
208, ii, 460-1; Reg. Sec. Seal, ii, 2724.]
DUNCAN OMEY, on 1st Oct. 1640 he
declared himself "through age and
infirmitie unable to execute the
function of the ministeriall calling," and
* ' out of tenderness of conscience least the
people should want services" he "volun
tarily and freely resigned his office and
benefice in the Assemblie's hands, reserving
to himself yearly all that the stipend will
exceed fyve hundred marks"; he appears
to have dem. before 7th Oct. 1641.— [Recs.
ofSynodofArgyle, 19, 23, S.H.S.]
JOHN DARROCH, M.A., trans, from
Jura between 6th May and 7th Oct.
1641; on 8th Sept. 1644 he, having
confessed himself guilty of "very grosse
complyance and that he hath been for a
long time a preacher to the rebells"
(Montrose's men), was "simpliciter de
posed tarn a beneficio quam ab officio " ; he
appears to have applied for reinstatement
to his status as a min., and on 1 1th March
1648 he was app. by the Synod "afternoon
at next Session to give in his declaration in
writ seconded with his unfeigned sorrow
for his miscarriage in being with the
rebels"; and on llth Oct. of the same
year it is recorded that "he has been
licensed to preach, and given proof of
repentance in life and doctrine," and
accordingly the Synod appointed him "to
repair to Aran to Kilmorie Kirk now
vacant and preach there and to receive a
chalder of victual, and also to preach at
Gya (Gigha) and receive the teinds there
of"; his death took place about that time,
for under the same date (llth Oct. 1648)
Henry, ' * son of the late Mr John Darroch, ' *
appears among a list of boys to whom the
Synod awarded grants from their special
fund for education; on 9th May 1649 his
widow, Margaret Campbell, for "herself
and her fatherless children," was ordained
by the Synod to get a chalder of victual of
the vacant stipend of Arran, apparently
Kilmorie, for crop 1648, and on 15th Oct.
1651 the Synod awarded her 12 bolls of
the meal of Gigha.— [Recs. of Synod of
Argyle, 21, 26, 29, 39, 101, 106-7, 122-3,
133, 224.]
DAVID SIMSON, marr. 20th Nov. 1656
1672 Jean Thomson.— [57 Andrews Reg.]
DAVID CAMPBELL, his daugh., Eliza-
1742 beth, died 17th July 1797.
ANGUS JOHN MACVICAR, his
mother was Isabell Maclean and his
wife's mother Mary Cameron. Addl.
issue — John, born 6th Nov. 1927.
KINTYRE]
WHITING BAY
327
WHITING BAY
JOHN DUNLOP BROWN, trans, to
1910 Craigmore 25th Oct. 1928.
CALLUM MACKENZIE, born
1929
Lochinver, Sutherland, 16th March
1902, son of Hector M. and Jean
Maclean; educ. at Golspie School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1921); licen. by
Presb. of Paisley April 1928; assistant
Paisley Abbey; ord. llth June 1929; trans,
to Leswalt 5th March 1937. Marr. 2nd
July 1936 Janet Mackenzie, only daugh. of
John Taylor, J.P., Burlington House,
Whiting Bay, and has issue — Margaret
Joan Janetta, born 17th March 1937;
Christine Mackenzie, born 15th April
1939.
PRESBYTERY OF ISLAY
COLONSAY
KENNETH MACLEOD, trans, to
1917 Gigha 24th July 1923.
1925
ANGUS MACFADZEAN, born 4th
Oct. 1878, son of Angus M., black
smith, and Margaret Livingston Mac-
phail; licen. May 1925; ord. 5th Aug. 1925;
trans, to Duror 8th July 1930. Marr. 1st
Oct. 1914 Catherine Ferguson, daugh. of
Allan Cameron, J.P., Bowmore, Islay, and
has issue — Alina Cameron, born 14th Oct.
1916 (marr. 29th Sept. 1939 Elis Victor
Karlssen, Vardo, Aland, Finland); Cathe
rine Margaret, born 15th Dec. 1919; Angus
Donald, born 4th Dec. 1925.
JURA
Church renovated and reopened 28th
Dec. 1922.
1632
JOHN DARROCH, min. in 1632. Marr.
cont. 29th and 30th Oct. 1632
Margaret, daugh. of George Camp
bell of Ballochlavan. — [Craignish Writs,
283.]
JOHN DARROCH, M.A., trans, to
1635
Southend between 6th May and 7th
Oct. 1641.
ANGUS McCUAIG, his widow, Jane
1876 Macdonald, died 7th Jan. 1933.
DONALD JOHN ROBERTSON,
lon. licen. 4th May 1898; died 16th July
UJ 1947.
KILARROW
The church belonged to the Priory of
Ardchattan. Kilbrannon in the parish
suggests a dedication to St Brendan. At
Cill Sleibhein are the ruins of a chapel
dedicated to St Slebhine; and near the
Laggan river there once stood Tighlagh
Chill ma-Cheallich, the law-house of the
Chapel of St Calloch. In Loch Finlagan
near the centre of the parish there is St
Finlagan 's Isle, on which there was a
chapel dedicated to that saint. The chapel
was associated with the Chapel of St
Columba in the services of a single chap
lain. On 5th April 1661 there was pre
sented to Parliament in name of the
parishioners a supplication to the effect
that "the scarcity of honest and able
ministers haveing the Yrish tongue, and the
Remotenes of the place hath keept their
congregation desolate and without a satled
minister for some tyme bypast, and being
necessitat to make use of ane expectant
Mr Robert Campbell who can only preach
to these who understand the English and
for want of the Yrish tongue cannot be
admitted to be their minister, Thairfor
humbly desyreing that a compitent man-
tenance furth of the stipend of Yla might
be appointed for the said Mr Robert his
paines." Parliament answered the suppli
cation by modifying "300 merks to be
paiyed to said Mr Robert Campbell for his
bygone service at the Kirk of Yla and
ordainis the same to be payed to him out
of the said stipend of Yla for this crop and
year 1 66 1 . " The alternative name, * ' Kirk
of Yla," will be noted.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, i,
911, 3882, ii, 4546; Reg. Great Seal, ii,
2887; Acts Scott. Par I., vii, 128; Orig.
Parochiales Scotiae, ii, 261; Skene's Celtic
Scot., ii, 408; Mackinlay's Anc. Ch. Dedica
tions, (non-script.), 67, 143-4.]
ALEXANDER STEWART, pres. by
1843 Crown 10th Aug. 1842.
328
PRESS. OF ISLAY]
KILARROW— PORTNAHAVEN
329
JOHN McGILCHRIST, pres. by Crown
1859 23rd July 1859.
NEIL ROSS, licen. May 1899; his wife's
to mother, Finguel Mackenzie; adm.
united charge 3rd May 1931; dem.
15th July 1947; died atDunvegan 24th Oct.
1947.
KILCHOMAN
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, parson of
Melfurde, pres. to parsonage 3rd
May 1593 on death of Duncan
Mackilwray. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 54.]
ARCHIBALD McALISTER, M.A., on
1630 9th May 1649 the Synod relaxed him
from his suspension and permitted
him again to preach, and ord. him to
attend the charges of Kilcalmonell, Skip-
ness, Tarbert and Gigha by convenient
courses for a year and to have their tithes
for his maintenance. — [Synod Reg., 132.]
DAVID SIMSON, his daugh., Margaret
1692 (marr> Archibald Campbell of
Askomel).
JOHN CAMPBELL, had issue—
1702 Ninian; Isobel.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER CAMERON, his daugh.,
Elizabeth, died at London 17th May
1935.
ALEXANDER MACNAB, pres. by
1844 Crown 29th July 1843.
JAMES DEWAR, pres. by Crown llth
1846 Mav 1846' h^s daugh., Helen Jane,
died at Edinburgh 23rd March 1932.
JOHN MACLEAN, pres. by Crown
1867 15th Nov. 1866.
GEORGE MACKENZIE, trans, to Kil-
1921 more 28th Sept. 1923.
ALEXANDER MACBEAN, trans.
1Q1_ from Hylipol 9th April 1925; died
3rd June 1928.
KILDALTON
At Cill Cathain west of Port Ellen there
was a chapel dedicated to St Chattan. —
[Mackinlay's Ancient Church Dedications,
(non-script.), 110.]
MARTIN McLACHLAN, had to flee
1630 ^or h*s *^e during Royalist rebellion
and afterwards returned to his
charge; still min. in 1661. — [G. R. Sas.,
xxxi, 55.]
ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON, line 6,
1789 for "30" read "18."
JAMES MACFADYEN, pres. by
1860 Crown 1st Sept. 1859; his widow,
Margaret Smith, died 14th Jan.
1928.
JAMES MACKINNON, dem. 16th
1894 May 1938, died 19th June 1939; his
daugh., Sheila Margaret Sillars
(marr. 18th April 1923 John Winter
Tulloch, B.A.).
KILMENY
The old parish church was dedicated to
St Columba.— [Cal. of Papal Reg., Peti
tions, i, 574.]
DONALD MCDONALD, pres. by
1 844 Crown 3 1 st Jan. 1 844.
HUGH LAMONT, pres. by Crown
1870 25th June 1870.
ALEXANDER JAMES WISHART
TANT, pres. by Crown 27th Feb.
1872.
KENNETH SMITH, trans, to Duror
1918 6th April 1926.
OA
ANGUS MACUAIG, pres. by Crown
1871 12th June 1871.
DONALD F-
1887 died 5th Dec. 1930.
MACLEAN,
HUGH LIVINGSTON, trans, to
1919 Torosay 4th May 1927.
(Charge suppressed 1930.)
PORTNAHAVEN
DAVID McFIE, pres. by Crown 17th
1R4_ June 1845; his daugh., Jessie Ann,
died 8th March 1938.
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PORTNAHAVEN
[PRESS. OF ISLAY
1882
JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
his daughs. — Mary Ealnor (marr.
30th March 1939 Robert John
Henry Carter, Lodge, Montrath); Margaret
Drysdale Robertson (marr. 6th April 1937
Colin Sherwin, 2nd Lieut. R.G.A., elder
son of Donald Alexander Macleod, Mos-
man, Sydney); his widow, Agnes Jane
Cockburn, died 29th July 1948.
NEIL GILLIES MACDONALD, trans.
1920 to Tiree 9th May 1923.
1923
DONALD HENRY MACDONALD,
born Dec. 1873; educ. at Dunoon
Theological College; R. B. Mis
sionary, Obbe, July 1902, Kilfmichen, Dec.
1904, Glencreren, July to Sept. 1917,
Glenetive, Oct. 1917 to Sept. 1920, Melness,
St. Columba's, Glasgow, April 1921;
studied at Univ. of Glasgow; adm.
licentiate for Gaelic Charges 24th May
1923; ord. 20th Dec. 1923; trans, to
Hylipol 24th Oct. 1934; died 16th Nov.
1936. Marr. Dec. 1905 Jessie Ann Mac-
tavish (died 3rd Feb. 1940).
PRESBYTERY OF LORN
APPIN
A ' ' new Church ' ' was built at Appin by
Sir Donald Campbell of Ardnamurchan
before 7th Oct. 1641, on which date he
petitioned the Synod to ordain Mr Duncan
McCalman, min. at Lismore, to conduct
services per vices at the said new church.
The Synod left the matter to the discretion
of the min. On 10th Oct. 1642 the Synod,
regarding Lismore and Appin as an un
suitable charge for one min., and con
sidering that there was a sufficient main
tenance for two charges, deemed it ex
pedient that Lismore be constituted a
charge by itself, that Appin and Duror
be erected into a parish, with a min. at
Appin Church, and that Elen-Mun, in
cluding Glencoe and Mamore, be annexed
to Appin, and that the preaching every
third Sunday be at Elen-Mun. On 7th Oct.
1643 it was intimated to the Synod that
Sir Donald Campbell of Ardnamurchan,
who was tackman of one half of the teinds
of Lismore, aided by others, fearing that
the erection of Appin into a separate parish
with provision from the teinds of Lismore
would be to his prejudice, sought to bar
the project by locking the door of Appin
Church, thus refusing the min. entrance,
and even seeking to hinder the people from
attending worship in the churchyard by
the min. as enjoined every third Sunday.
The Synod ordained the Presb. of Lome
to cite parties, and, if they pleaded guilty,
to ordain them to make repentance at
Appin Church, and, if not, to proceed
further against them. On 5th Dec. 1657
the Commission on the Plantation of Kirks
dismembered and disjoined Appin and
Duror from Kilmaluag in Lismore, and
Glencoe from Illanmoun, Appin, Duror
and Glencoe to be erected into a new
parish with a church to be built at Kil-
collumkill in Duror. A stipend was also
modified for a min. at said new church,
with a sufficient manse and glebe. The
decreet of the Commission was not ratified
by Parliament, and therefore would take
effect only if all parties interested were
agreed. Though the min. of Lismore
acquiesced, it does not appear that the
opposition disclosed at the Synod was
waived; and apparently the decreet was
without result. The Recissory Act of 1661
had no bearing upon this case. Appin
Church was rebuilt in the district of Strath
and was repaired prior to 1791. — [Records,
Synod of Argyll 26, 57, 83, 237.]
CHARLES MACDONALD, trans, to
1903 Enzie 6th Oct. 1926.
JOHN MACLEAN, formerly of Kil-
muir (q.v.)\ trans, from Strontian
12th April 1927; dem. 15th May
1933; adm. to Inverkeithny 18th Feb. 1938;
trans, to Kilmeny, Islay, 28th July 1948.
Has issue — Fiona M., born 15th May 1927.
ARDCHATTAN
The patron saint was not Modan, but
Baodan, Baetan, the earlier name of the
place occurring in several forms, Balivedan,
Balliebodane, Ballebadin, Ballibodan,
Ballebhodan, which is Baile Bhaodain, the
town or dwelling of Baodan. There were
at least five saints bearing the name Baetan,
late Baodan, but it is not clear which saint
of that name was the patron here. In Glen
Salach in the parish there was a large block
of stone, called Suidhe Bhoadain (Baodan 's
Seat). It was broken up long ago. Of the
church, which has been long a ruin, it was
said in the early part of the 18th century
that it "is above the bigg church a litle on
the syd of ane hill in a pleasant place where
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332
ARDCHATTAN— DUROR
[PRESB. OF
the sunn useth daylie to rise upone when
it ryseth upone one pairt of the country,
and this is called Kilbedan." The present
church was built in 1836. The Priory of
Ardchattan was dedicated to John the
Baptist. The seal of the priory has a figure
of the Baptist holding on a plaque the
Agnus Dei, and bears the inscription
SIGILL. CONVENTUS DE ARDKAT-
TAN IN ARCADIA. In addition to the
Church of Balivedan (Ardchattan), which
had an early dependence on the Bishop of
Dunkeld, the priory held also the Churches
of Kilniniver, Kilbrandon, Kirkapol
(Tiree), Kilmonivaig and Kilmarow (Kilar-
row). In a clan feud the Church of the
Priory was burned by the Macdonalds in
1644, and all that now remains is some
ruins. The prior's dwelling constitutes the
mansion house of the local estate. —
[Skene's Celtic Scotland, ii, 408; Origines
Parochiales Scotiae, ii, (1), 148, 149;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 122-3, 262,
300-1; Mackinlay's Anc. Ch. Dedications,
Script., 324, 326.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, min. in 1625 and
1618
1628; had issue— Archibald.— [G. R.
Sas., xix, 7, 9th June 1619.]
JOHN McILVORIE, had a son, John,
to wnom tne Synod made an educa
tion grant llth Oct. 1648.
COLIN CAMPBELL, adm. Presb.
Clerk 1667. Line 14, delete "Father
of the Church. ' '
1667
HUGH ERASER, his daugh., Mary
1817
Jane Cadogan, died 1st Aug. 1922,
aged 90.
HUGH MACLACHLAN, his widow,
1874
Anne Maclntyre or Elphinstone,
died 6th Aug. 1928.
JOHN ARCHIBALD MAcCORMICK,
1903 died 9th Jan. 1926.
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, born
Hosta, North Uist, 25th April 1897,
son of Malcolm M., crofter, and
Mary Ann Macaulay; educ. at Kingussie
School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. 14th
Dec. 1924; assistant, St Columba, Glasgow,
1924; ord. 5th Aug. 1924 to St Kiarans,
Govan; trans, and adm. 20th July 1926;
served in Great War with R.A.F. in
France. Marr. 3rd Oct. 1945 Alexandrina,
S.N.F.W., younger daugh. of M. C.
Cowper, Gogar Mains, Edinburgh, and
has issue — a son born 17th July 1946; a
daugh. born 8th Feb. 1948.
CONNELL
CHARLES DOUGLAS MACINTOSH,
1894 died 19th Nov. 1923.
JOHN McINNES, born Glendale, Skye,
30th Nov. 1893, son of John Mel.
and Catherine MacLean; educ. at
Portree School and Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (1920); Ph.D. (Edin., 1941); served
in Great War in Cameron Highlanders in
the ranks and as an officer; twice wounded;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1922; assis
tant Galashiels; ord. 4th April 1924; was
Planters Chaplain in Western Duars, 1930;
trans, to Halkirk 27th April 1934.
DUROR
In 1826 there was built at Duror a
parliamentary church 9 miles from Appin;
and to it were attached the districts of
Duror and Glencoe, quoad sacra. A Royal
Bounty Missionary served Glencoe and
Glencreran in Appin as well as Glenetive
in Ardchattan. Prior to the appointment
of the missionary the min. of Lismore
preached four times annually at Glencoe.
(See Lismore, Appin, Glencoe.)
NEIL MACKENZIE, pres. by Crown
1844 5th July 1844.
JAMES MACDOUGALL, pres. by
Crown 30th June 1871; his widow,
Agnes, daugh. of Cuthbert Cowan,
banker, Ayr, died 1st May 1940, aged 91.
DUGALD COWAN MACRAE, dem.
1921 3rd Dec. 1924.
KENNETH SMITH, trans, from Kil-
meny (q.v.) 6th April 1926; died at
Dundee 5th April 1929; his daugh.,
Isabella (marr. John Alexander Mackay,
min. of Chapelton); his widow, Sophia
Christina Macdonald, died 18th June 1930.
LORN]
GLENCOE— KILCHRENAN
333
GLENCOE
The parish of Eil Munde embraced
Glencoe and the adjacent parts of the
braes of Appin on the south side of Loch-
leven, and the districts of Mamore and
Onich on the north side towards Fort
William. The church was reported to the
Synod on llth Oct. 1649 as having been
vacant for five years. — [Recs., Synod of
Argyle, 150, S.H.S.]
ALEXANDER BOYD, trans, to St
1916 Mary's, Inverness, 6th Feb. 1924.
COLIN MACPHERSON, ord. 6th June
1924
1924; trans, to St Andrew's, John-
stone, 4th June 1929.
GLENORCHY and INISHAIL
The parish was sometimes called Dysart.
The church was granted by Sir Duncan
Campbell of Lochow to the Collegiate
Church of Kilmun on its erection in 1442.
It was rebuilt in 1811. The Church of St
Findoc of Inchealt (Inishail) was granted
to Inchaffray Abbey on 29th June 1257 by
Ath, son of Malcom Macnauchton. The
saint is Findoc, Findoca, the virgin whose
day is 13th Oct. The Church of Inishail
was removed to the mainland in 1736. —
[Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, xii, 242-4;
Charters of Inchaffray Abbey, 75-6; Wat
son's Celtic Place Names, 286-7.]
JOHN McCALLUM, min. in 1562,
1592, and rector of Lochawe 1622;
probably father of Neil McCallum
or Malcolm, min. of Kenmore.
JOHN MALCOLM, min. of Kenmore,
1632 parson of Lochawe.
FARQUHAR MACRAE, dem. 31st
1894 Dec. 1930; died 20th Aug. 1943.
(Charges united 20th Feb. 1931.)
INISHAIL
DONALD CARSWELL, brother to
1572 Bishop of Isles; died s.p.
NEIL MALCOLM, parson of
Lochow.
JOHN BANE McKELLAR, residing
at Fernoch, Lochow.
1607
JOHN MALCOLM, parson of Lochow,
served fortnightly until 1607, and
before 1614 desisted from the cure.
JOHN CAMPBELL, min. of Ard-
1614 chattan, served cure fortnightly.
KILBRANDON
The church belonged to the Priory of
Ardchattan. — [Skene's Celtic Scot., ii,
408.]
PATRICK DENISON, vicar of Seill.—
1579 [Acts and Dec., Ixxix, 57.]
NEIL MACLACHLAN, vicar in 1597,
had wadset of teinds; his son,
Patrick, renounced same 1621. —
[G. R. Sas., 16th March 1621.]
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, his daugh.,
Catherine, died at Winnipeg 14th
1852
July 1931.
WILLIAM MACPHAIL, trans, to
1902 Ardrishaig 3rd March 1926.
ADAM ERNEST ANDERSON, bora
1927
22nd June 1902, son of Arthur
MacGregor A., schoolmaster, Boat
of Garten, and Davina Porter; educ. at
Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (Hons. Celtic)
(1924); licen. by Presb. of Abernethy May
1927; ord. 27th Sept. 1927; trans, to
Glenorchy 23rd July 1931; Chaplain to
Forces 12th April 1940; dem. llth Nov.
1943. Marr. 29th Nov. 1928 Elsie Grant,
daugh. of John Mclnnes and Mary Grant,
and has issue — John Brendan, born 25th
Dec. 1930; Adam Connan, born 1 1th April
1933.
(Charges united llth Dec. 1930.)
KILCHRENAN
There were chapels dedicated to St
Mundu or Munnu at Kilmun on the shore
of Loch Avich, and at Kilmun north of the
river Avich between Loch Avich and Loch
Awe. The latter was the old Church of
Dalavich. The two existing churches at
Kilchrenan and at Dalavich, in the latter
334
KILCHRENAN— KILNINVER
[PRESB. OF
case situated on the shore of Loch Awe
opposite Inischonnel, were built about
1771-5. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
307.]
NEIL MALCOLM, probably son of
1570 John M., min. of Glenorchy.
JOHN MALCOLM or McCALLUM,
1610
son °f preceding. Marr.
1631
Eupham Campbell and had addl.
issue— Dugald.— [G. R. Sas., 13 Jan. 1618,
371; xxxviii, 219.]
NEIL McCALLUM, trans, from Ken-
more before 24th June 1 63 1 . Marr.
Katherine, daugh. of Donald Mc-
Ilvorie, min. of Glenaray. — [G. R. Sas.,
8th May 1618, i, 324, 325; xxxi, 309.]
NEIL MACKENZIE, his son, Nigel
1852 Banks, died 4th Nov. 1924; his
daugh., Eleanora Alexandrina, died
17th Feb. 1940.
NEIL DONALD CAMPBELL MAC-
1905 KINNON, died 15th April 1939.
( United with Kilchrenan West and Port-
sonachan.}
KILMORE and KILBRIDE
The Church of Kilmore was dedicated
to St Bean.
On 10th Oct. 1649 Mr Archibald Camp
bell of Dunstaffnage made a claim to the
Synod for "better accommodation" for
the parishioners, and suggested a central
church for both parishes. The Synod
referred the matter to the Commission on
Plantation of Kirks, and on 15th April
1651 that body decreed that instead of
Kilmore and Kilbride there be built at
Oban a new church, to be called the Church
of Oban, with manse and glebe there. The
min., Mr Nicol McCalman, was to have
the choice of continuing to live in the manse
at Kilmore or transferring to the new manse
at Oban. The decreet did not take effect.
Kilbride Church is of the 15th century, and
Kilmore Church was rebuilt in 1740. —
[Recs. o f Synod of Ar gyle, 243, S.H.S.; Cal
Papal Regs., Letters, vii, 407.]
JOHN COCKBURN, parson 3rd July
1561 \56\.—[Acts and Dec., xxi, 282.]
1598 NEIL MACLACHLAN, vicar.
1608
NICOL McCALMAN, removed from
Kilbride to Kilmore before 18th
Oct. 1637; his sons — Archibald;
Alexander, to whom the Synod made an
education grant llth Oct. 1648. — [G. R.
Sas., 1st March 1639, xlviii, 250; Synod
Reg., 123.]
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL OF
AUCHNACLOICH, only son of
Archibald C. of Auchnacloich and
Katherine Stewart; died 1698. Marr. (1)
1669 Margaret, daugh. of John Campbell
of Dunstaffnage, and had issue — James, of
Stonefield, sheriff depute of Argyll, died
22nd Aug. 1729; (2) Elizabeth, daugh. of
Sir John Campbell of Glenorchy and sister
of John, first Earl of Breadalbane and
widow of John Campbell of Lochnell
family, and had issue — Archibald, of Stone-
field, born 1696, advocate, sheriff of
Argyll, died 19th Aug. 1777.
DANIEL CAMPBELL, marr. Isobel
Campbell, and had issue — Janet,
Betty and Archibald.— [Argyll Sas.,
v, 149; Argyll Tests., 9 and 11.]
JOHN MACNAB MACGREGOR,
1891
dem. 15th May 1923; died at
Auchtertool Manse 22nd Sept. 1925.
GEORGE MACKENZIE, trans, from
1923
Kilchoman 28th Sept. 1923; trans.
to Greenock Gaelic 17th May 1928;
trans, to Dores and Bona llth Sept. 1946;
dem. 19th Oct. 1947.
KILNINVER
The church belonged to the Priory of
Ardchattan. — [Skene's Celtic Scotland, ii,
408.]
SIR JOHN McPAUL, portioner of
1560
Ardchattan, was parson some years
prior to and after 1561. — [Orig.
Paroch. Scot., ii, (1), 149.]
LORN]
KILNINVER— MUCKAIRN
335
1580
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, rector 8th
May 1580; he and his brother John
and his sister Margaret received
Letters of Legitimation on 12th Sept. 1580;
was Commendator of Ardchattan, and
Commendator and Abbot of lona 6th
June 1581.— [Reg. Great Seal, v, 13, 93,
208,441.]
SIR NIGEL REID, vicar 8th May
1580 1580.— [Reg. Great Seal, v, 13.]
1599 JOHN REID, min.
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, may have
been identical with Archibald C.,
pres. to parsonage of Kilchrenan
5th May 1593.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 54.]
1618
PATRICK MACLACHLAN, had a
1639
son, Nigel, to whom the Synod
1650
made an education grant llth Oct.
1648.— [Synod Reg., 123.]
JOHN McLACHLAN, marr. (2) Eliza
beth Campbell, widow of John and
wife of Donald, son of Dougald
Campbell of Kenmore; his daugh., Isobel
(marr. cont. 27th Jan. 1671 John Mc-
Dougall, fiar of Ardencaple); his sons —
John, min. of Craignish; Martin; Neil,
drover.— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxvi, 449.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, his daugh., Anne
1702 (marr- Archibald Campbell, Glen-
feochan).
DONALD CAMPBELL, son of John
1798
C., tacksman of Corlaroch, and
Margaret Macleod.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL, trans, to
1917 Luss 26th Feb. 1925.
DUGALD BELL, trans, from South
1Q2_ Uist (q.v.) 30th July 1925; trans, to
Lismore 1st Aug. 1928.
LISMORE
On 5th Dec. 1651 the Commission on
the Plantation of Kirks dismembered and
disjoined Appin and Duror from Kilmaluig
in Lismore and decerned Lismore with the
lands of Kingarloch to be a distinct parish,
and the kirk to be removed from Kilmaluig
to the most central part of the parish, the
Presbytery of Kilmoir to visit the parish
and determine whether the church should
be removed or not. The decreet apparently
did not take effect. In 1791 there were in
the parish four places of worship, Lismore,
Appin, Glencoe, and Kingarloch, and the
min. had the assistance of a missionary. —
[Recs. of Synod of Ar gyle, 237. See Appin,
Duror, Glencoe.]
DUNCAN McCALMAN, min. in
1619 1619.
DUNCAN McCALMAN, formerly of
1645 Ardnamurchan (q.v.).
ARCHIBALD REID, M.A.; adm. after
10th Oct. 1649, when the church
was noted by the Synod of Argyle
as vacant, and had been so for five years. —
[Recs. of Synod of Argyle, 150, S.H.S.]
ALEXANDER McCALMAN, ap-
1660
parently son of Nicol M., min. of
Kilmore; has sasine of £ merk land
of Darrenaneach 22nd Nov. 1672.— [G. R.
Sas., 3 Ser., vi, 246; xxx, 389.]
WILLIAM TORRIE, his widow, Mary
Wright Clark, died at Edinburgh
4th June 1930.
1886
LACHLAN MACKINNON, died 10th
1911 Sept. 1927.
DUGALD BELL, trans, from Kilninver
1st Aug. 1928; died 30th Sept. 1936;
his wife, Emily Blanche Sykes, died
3rd Jan. 1905. Marr. (2) 10th April 1929
Flora Beaton Campbell.
MUCKAIRN
Another form of the old name Cladh
Choireil, and Kilespikural, indicating that
the cell or chapel in the graveyard was
dedicated to St Cyrillus, St Cyril. At first
the chief place was Kilmaronag in the east
part of the parish, where there was a
church dedicated to St Cronoc, a name
borne by thirty saints. Shortly before the
Reformation the church was removed from
Kilmaronag to Muckairn and took the
place of the chapel in the graveyard there,
336
MUCKAIRN— OBAN, ST COLUMBA'S [PRESB. OF LORN
the walls of which still existed at the close
of the 18th century. It is said that the
bishopric was at Muckairn prior to its
removal to Lismore; and for a time
Muckairn Church was a possession of the
Bishops of Dunkeld and was a mensal
church. The present church was built in
1829. On a small island in a lake called
Kilvarie or Kilmorie Loch, in the west
part of the parish, there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Maelrubha. Near it is Bal-
lindeor, the town of the Dewar or heredi
tary keeper of a relic of the saint, called in
a manrent of 1518 Arwachyll, maybe a
bachull or pastoral staff. — [Skene's Celtic
Scotland, ii, 408, 412; Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 303,]
JOHN McKELLAR, had pres. to
1583
vicarage of Cilleasbuig Earaild in
1583 on death of Angus McPhail.
He had no issue and was succeeded by his
nephew, John. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 92;
G. R. Sas., xxx, 306.]
ARCHIBALD McCALMAN, died
before 22nd Nov. 1672. Had issue,
John.— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxx, 389.]
1619
LACHLAN MACKENZIE, pres. by
1843 Crown 26th Dec. 1837.
DONALD MACFARLANE, pres. by
1851 Crown 4th Oct. 1850.
JOHN SINCLAIR, pres. by Crown 19th
1852 April 1852.
DONALD McCAIG, pres. by Crown
1859 13th July 1859.
MALCOLM MAcCALLUM, dem. 14th
1886
Dec. 1921, died at Oban 30th Oct.
1928; his son, Nathaniel Cameron,
killed by fall from cliff near Oban 10th
Nov. 1928; his widow, Christina Cameron,
died 9th Nov. 1939.
GILLESPIE MACGREGOR CAMP-
1011 BELL, trans, from Glenaray 17th
May 1922; trans, to St Columba's,
Paisley, 13th Nov. 1928.
JOHN MACPHERSON, born
1010 Qu'aPPeh*e, Saskatchewan, Canada,
24th June 1902, son of Angus M.,
Balnain Street, Inverness, and Ann Stewart;
educ. at Inverness High School, Kingussie
Secondary School and Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (Oct. 1925) and Hons. Celtic
Languages (Oct. 1927); licen. by Presb. of
Inverness 7th May 1929; ord. 15th Aug.
1929; trans, to Daviot and Dunlichity 24th
Feb. 1943. Marr. 20th April 1943 Jane
Watson Wallace, and had issue — Sheena,
born 22nd April 1944.
(Charges united 17 th Dec. 1930.)
OBAN
ALEXANDER DUFF, dem. 16th May
1922; died at Edinburgh 26th Nov.
1930; his widow, Helen Baillie
Drummond, died 17th July 1937.
HECTOR CAMERON, trans, from
Kilmartin (q.v.) 12th Oct. 1922;
trans, to Moy 20th May 1932; died
8th May 1940. Issue — Hector Alexander,
in merchant service, born 30th Jan. 1917;
Alastair Ross, born 27th July 1918; Anna
Edith Agnes, born 28th Jan. 1920; Martin
Argyll, born 24th May 1921; Ewen Mac
kenzie, born 19th Jan. 1923. Publications
—Handbook of Tiree (1938); edited The
Tiree Bards (1932).
OBAN, ST COLUMBA'S
MALCOLM MACKERACHER, died
1922 Edinburgh 31st July 1942.
PRESBYTERY OF MULL
All the charges in the Island of Mull
were noted by the Synod on 10th Oct. 1649
as having been vacant since the Reforma
tion. — [Recs. of Synod of Argyle, 150,
S.H.S.]
ACHARACLE
SAMUEL CAMERON, pres. by Crown
1840 14th March 1840.
HUGH MACDIARMID, pres. by
1843 Crown 24th Sept. 1843.
ROBERT STEWART, pres. by Crown
1844 2nd Jan. 1844.
DONALD McFADYEN, pres. by
1856 Crown 12th June 1856.
DONALD MURRAY SIMPSON, pres.
1861 by Crown 7th March 1861.
DUNCAN MACNAUGHTON, pres.
1873 27th Jan. 1873.
NEIL MACKINNON, died 14th Nov.
188_ 1928; his widow, Margaret Camp
bell, died 30th July 1943; his daugh.,
Agnes (marr. (1) Captain William Douglas;
(2) 6th April 1946 Alexander Wallace,
Perth).
ARDNAMURCHAN
The patron saint is Comgan, said to have
been the brother of Kentigern, a daughter
of Callach Cualann of Leinster, who died
in 734.— [Cal. of Papal Regs. Letters, viii,
10; Cal. of Scottish Supplies, 457; Watson's
Celtic Place Names.]
EILEAN FINAIN. The island, named
Eilean Fhionain, on Loch Shiel, was the
burial place of the Clan Ranalds until the
close of the 16th century. On the island
are the ruins of St Finan's Chapel, which
is said to have been built by Alan Mac-
Ruairidh, one of the Clan Ranald Chiefs.
There survives the altar of rough stone;
and upon it is St Finan 's bell, said to have
been brought from Ireland by St Finan
himself. Noteworthy is the face of Christ
on the stone crucifix. — [Seton Gordon's
Highways and Byways of the West High
lands, 168-70.]
JOHN RONALDSON, parson of
Eilean Finain, had letters of tack
from John McRonald of Moydart,
Captain of Clanranald, to him, Allan
McRonald, his brother's son, and the heir
male of Allan, for nineteen years of twenty
shilling land of Deniles, etc., in barony of
Moydart, April 1625. — [Clan Donald, iii,
649.]
DONALD OMEY, afterwards of
Kingarth, 1626.— [P. C. Reg., xiii,
427-8.]
DUNCAN McCALMAN, son of
Duncan M., min. of Lismore, app.
schoolmaster of Lismore 17th April
1659. On 1st May 1650 and on 16th Oct.
1 650 it was laid to his charge by the Synod
that though justly dep. and excommuni
cated, "he does dayly in the barbarouse
and remote highlands baptise children and
mary pairties coming to him to that effect";
the Synod remitted him to the Marquis of
Argyle, "Justice in the bounds," for
apprehension and punishment; the Marquis
seems to have delayed action. — [Recs. of
Synod of Argyle, 171, 184, S.H.S.]
1635
DONALD DOUGALSON, vicar 2nd
Oct. 1635, and may have acted as
reader. — [Clanranald Papers. ]
337
338
ARDNAMURCHAN— IONA
[PRESB. OF
1678
LACHLAN FRASER, min. at Kil-
mallie and Eilan Finain 23rd April
1678.
1700
1827
JOHN McCALLUM, had issue— Neill;
Archibald. — [Argyll Sas., Ixxviii,
107.]
ANGUS MAcLAINE, born at Ard-
tornish 24th Feb. 1800, son of
Allan M. and Marjory, eldest daugh.
of Angus Gregorson of Ardtornish. —
[Tombst., Warriston.]
JOHN SMITH, dem. llth Nov. 1924;
died at Ardrishaig 29th Sept. 1927;
his daugh., Amelia Helena (marr.
23rd Dec. 1924 James Christian Hall, M.B.,
Ch.B., son of James H., min. of Banchory
Ternan); his widow, Amelia Isabel Fraser
Mclntyre, died 15th Oct. 1937.
NEIL GILLIES MACDONALD, trans.
1890
1925
from Tiree 6th May 1925. Marr.
26th June 1929 Mary, daugh. of
Duncan Cameron and Sarah MacEachran,
and has issue — Ian Uist, born 21st March
1932; Cameron MacEachran (twin), born
21st March 1932.
COLL
The church belonged to the Augustinian
Priory of St Mary in lona. On 27th Feb.
1450-1 it was designated St Finnoga's,
Cill Fhionnaig. The saint is Findsech,
Findoca, Latin, Findoca, whose day was
13th Oct. A Parliamentary church, served
by a resident missionary, was built in 1802.
—[Cat. Papal Regs., Letters, x, 501-2;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 286-7.]
NEIL McKILLOP, dem. 3rd Feb. 19251
line 3, p. 110, for "Ritchie" read
"Kiteher"; died 14th Feb. 1935,
aged 68.
1927
GEORGE ALEXANDER SELBIE,
formerly of Clatt (q.v.) and Gilling-
ham, 1909-14; Army Chaplain,
1914-19; missionary at Craigellachie
1920-3; adm. 14th Dec. 1927; dem. 19th
Oct. 1930; died at Lethendy 22nd May
1935, aged 76.
HEYLIPOL
ALEXANDER GRANT, his widow,
Christina Grant Miller, died 23rd
Feb. 1943.
1913
ALEXANDER MACBEAN, trans, to
1914 Kilchoman 9th April 1925.
HUGH MACKENZIE, ord. 16th Sept.
1925; trans, to Cabrach 9th Sept.
1925
1927.
MALCOLM MACDONALD, born
1929
23rd March 1862; ord. to Kin-
lochewe U.F. Church 6th Feb. 1901 ;
trans, to Duirinish 10th Nov. 1908;
Shieldaig 19th Sept. 1912; trans, to U.F.
Church, Benbecula, 22nd Oct. 1915; trans.
24th April 1929; dem. 30th June 1933; died
9th April 1935. Marr. 30th Dec. 1902
Margaret Fraser, and had issue — Greta
Mackinnon, born 15th March 1905.
SOROBIE
JOHN FRASER, M.A.; on 8th Nov.
1677 a Letter of ordination and
admission by Alexander Young,
Bishop of Edinburgh, was granted to him
as min. of Sorobie. — [Cal. Laing Charters,
2774.]
IONA
FINGON MACMILLAN, still min. in
1573 1623.— [G. R. Sas., xiv, 192.]
HEW MACLEAN, his son, Ewen.—
1630 [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., xii, 289.]
DONALD McVEAN, his sons— Colin
Alexander, died 18th Jan. 1912;
Archibald Arthur, died at Edinburgh
21st Jan. 1933; his daugh., Mary Helen,
born 2nd June 1843.
ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, pres.
1843 18th Oct. 1843.
1890
ARCHIBALD MACMILLAN, dem.
30th Sept. 1930; died at Dollar 23rd
Feb. 1938; his wife, Georgina
Ritchie, died 21st Jan. 1936.
MULL]
KILFINICHEN and KILVICHEOAN— KINLOCHSPELVIE 339
KILFINICHEN and KILVICHEOAN
According to Dr Watson, the saint of
Kilfinnichan, Cill Fhionnachain, is Find-
chan, a contemporary of Columba, who
founded the Monastery of Artchain in
Tiree. The same authority gives Kil-
vicheoun, Kilviceuen, as Cill Mhic Eoghain,
Church of the son (Mhic) or of the sons
(Mhac) of Eoghain, probably the latter,
for Gorman gives "the three sons of
Eoghain," whose day is 19th May. A
further suggestion is ' ' Church of the son
of Ewen, " i.e. Ernan Mac Eoghain, son
of Cumad, sister of Columba. In Papal
records the saint is erroneously given as
St Ouen (St Eugenius). On the petition
of Donald, Lord of the Isles, nephew of
the late Robert III, on behalf of his chap
lain, Adam Dominicus, Perpetual Vicar of
the Parish Church of St Eugenius (Kil-
vicheoan), which stated that ' ' by reason of
wars in the Western Highlands of the King
of Scotland, ecclesiastical benefices are for
the most part so poor and slender that a
single priest can hardly be sustained
respectably on the fruits of any one bene
fice, especially because custom is in these
parts for every beneficiary continually to
hold free hospitality for God's sake,"
Papal dispensation was granted for two
years to the said Adam on 24th Nov. 1421
to hold another benefice along with Kil-
vicheoan; and a little later this was ex
tended for life. Papal dispensation was
also given to the said Adam on 9th Jan.
1428-9 to hold along with Kilvicheoan the
Perpetual Vicarage of St Kenithus. This
may mean Inchkenneth, Isle of St Kenneth,
where, according to Fordun, there was a
parish church. There was, however, a
Church of St Kenneth at Lochbuie. — [Cal.
of Scottish Supplications, 268-9, 275; Cal.
Papal Regs., Letters, viii, 25; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 304, 305; Highland
Papers, iv, 165, 166 and n, 167.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, adm. min. before
llth Oct. 1623.— [G. R. Sas., xiv,
142.]
JAMES FRASER, min. before 6th July
1667 1667, when he was adm. burgess of
Rothesay.
DUNCAN BETHUNE, son of John B.
1677
1677.
of Skeabost and a daugh. of Mac-
leod of Gesto; min. here llth Aug.
NEIL MACLEOD, brother of Donald
M. of Swordale, had issue — Nor
man, born 17th Oct. 1757, died 25th
May 1759; Donald, born 15th Feb., died
17th May 1761; Florence, died 12th Dec.
1869 (marr. (1) James Roy, adjutant,
Military Depot, Aberdeen; (2) Major
Robert Watson, Ceylon Rifles); John;
Charles; Mary, died 9th March 1853;
Susanna; Archibald Norman; Alexander;
Roderick, born 29th Aug., died Sept. 1776;
Donald; Anne, born 19th Jan. 1778.
NEIL MACPHAIL, died 3rd Nov.
1917 1929.
KILNINIAN
MARTIN McILVRA, had issue-
Donald; Finguella (marr. 1657
Donald McLean).— [G.R. Sas., 20th
July 1642, li, 359, 371; xliii, 109, 111;
2 Ser., xiii, 194.]
AENEAS McLAINE, trans, from Kil-
finan (q.v.) 1673; died July 1675.
Marr. cont. 19th June 1668 Isabella
Hamilton, who survived him. — [Argyll
Homings, i, 127; 31st July 1675.]
ARCHIBALD McARTHUR, had issue
1766 —Helen, bapt. 28th July 1768.
MARTIN MACRAE, trans, to Tros-
1914 sachs 3rd Feb. 1926.
(Charges united 24th April 1931.)
KINLOCHSPELVIE
IAN CARMICHAEL, D.S.O., M.C.,
afterwards adm. to Martin Memo
rial, Stornoway, 22nd Jan. 1936;
trans, to Lismore 26th Oct. 1945. Marr.
8th Aug. 1917 Dorothy Mary Chard, and
had issue— Neil, born Nov. 1916, died 10th
Jan. 1935; Betty, born 6th Oct. 1923; Sine,
born 23rd Sept. 1925 (marr. 17th Sept.
1947 Ian McGregor Millar, farmer,
1914
340
KINLOCHSPELVIE— TIREE
[PRESB. OF
1926
Bailuachdaraich, Lismore); Seumas, born
10th April 1928. Publication — Lismore in
Alba (1948).
PETER HECTOR MACLEAN, died
1919 17th April 1924.
JOHN MAcINTYRE, born 12th Sept.
1872, son of William M., quarrier,
and Ishbel Rankin; licen. by Presb.
of Mull; ord. 18th Nov. 1926; dem. 31st
Jan. 1949. Marr. 19th March 1923
Catherine Robertson, and has issue —
William, born 15th Jan. 1924; Margaret
MacLure, born 19th March 1925; Ronald
Robertson, born 23rd March 1928; Ishbel
Rankin, born 6th Sept. 1932.
MORVERN
Killundine in the parish is Cill Fhionntain,
Church of Fintan, evidently St Fintan or
Finten, a follower of St Columba. On 27th
Dec. 1651 the Commission for the Planta
tion of Kirks ordained that a new church
be built on the lands of Finarie instead of
the two churches at Kilcolumkill and
Kilintach, the parish to be called the Parish
of Finarie, and modified a stipend with a
manse and glebe beside the church; it does
not appear that the order took effect. —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 93, 304;
Recs. of Synod of Argyle, 251, S.H.S.]
ANGUS MACLAINE, died before 13th
Nov. 1635, when his son, John, was
served heir to him in the lands of
Knock. — [Re tours, xvi, 17.]
JOHN MACLEOD, line 20, for
1 824 " Donald ' ' read ' ' John. ' '
JOHN KENNETH MACLEAN, trans.
1908 to Olrig 17th Jan. 1929.
(Charges united 30th Nov. 1930.)
SALEN
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, ord. 17th
June 1816; trans, to Jura llth Sept.
1823.
1611
1814
ALEXANDER FERGUSON, trans,
from Ulva June 1924; trans, to
1824
Tobermory 28th Aug. 1828.
MUNGO CAMPBELL, pres. 17th Jan.
1847 1847.
JOHN DEY, pres. by Crown 30th July
1873 1873.
JOHN MATHESON MACLEOD,
1919 trans, to Erchless 26th Dec. 1923.
ANGUS MACLEOD, ord. 10th July
1924
1924; trans, to Kilcalmonell 25th
Nov. 1925.
TIREE
The Church of Sorobie was dedicated to
St Columba. At the ancient burial ground
at Kirkapol there are two sculptured slabs
of the West Highland type, and also a por
tion of a shaft and one arm of a cross.
There are two monasteries founded in the
time of St Columba. One was at Artchain,
"The Fair Cape (or Height)," founded by
St Findchan. The other was on Campus
Lunge, or Campus Navis, "Ship's Plain"
(Magh Luinge), founded by St Columba,
and ruled for a time by St Baithene, St
Columba 's cousin and his successor as
abbot of lona. Brigit Maigi Luinge is one
of the fifteen saints named Brigit in Rawl.
At Kilchainie are the walls of a chapel that
was dedicated to St Cainnech, probably St
Cainnech, who was the honoured guest of
St Columba at lona and accompanied him
on his visit to King Brude. Among the
rocks beside Ben Kenavara, near the south
west shore, are the foundations and east
gable of a chapel, dedicated to St Patrick
and called Temple-Patrick. In the rocks on
the shore below are several round holes,
one of which is called St Patrick's Vat.
Close to the ruins are some stones with
incised Latin crosses. At Kilmoluag about
half a mile north-west of Loch Bharapol
there was a chapel dedicated to St Mo-
Luoc, who died in 592 and whose day was
25th June. All trace has disappeared, and
the burial ground has been ploughed up.
In the latter part of the 6th century St
Congal founded a monastery, of which
there is no information. — [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 92, 188, 292; Mackinlay's
Anc. Ch. Dedications, (non-script.), 62, 63,
MULL]
TIREE— TOROSAY
341
70, 72, 83, 145, 159; Cal. of Supplications
ReL to Scot., 27 L]
Kirkapol. The church belonged to the
Priory of Ardchattan. — [Skene's Celtic
Scot., ii, 408.]
MARTIN McILVRA, min. here before
1623
llth Oct. 1623.— [G. R. Sas., xiv,
FARQUHAR FRASER, on llth Oct.
1633 1648 he was cnarSec* by tne Synod
with having gone to Lochaber with
Sir Lachlan McLean and his men in April
1 645 when they went to join Montrose, and
with having permitted in his church at
Tiree the said Sir Lachlan when under
sentence of excommunication. The Synod
suspended him ab officio et beneficio till
next Synod, and warned him of absolute
deposition if anything further occurred. On
15th Oct. 1651 the Synod continued him
under the sentence of suspension till next
Synod. In 1662 the Privy Council awarded
him £100 stg. from vacant stipends of Coll
and Tiree for his loyalty and as a preacher
in Sir Lachlan McLean's Regiment, and
for the loss of all his goods and plenishing
at the hands of Sir Donald Campbell of
Ardnamurchan. — [Recs. of Synod of Ar-
gyle, 121, 217; Recs. Privy Council, 3rd
Ser., i, 222-3.]
1678
JOHN FRASER, on 8th Nov. 1677 a
Letter of Ordination and Admission
was granted to him as min. of Sorbie
by Alexander Young, Bishop of Edinburgh.
— [Cal. Laing Charters, 2774.]
WILLIAM MORRISON, his widow
1717 marr. (2) Farquhar Mcllmun in
Tiree.
ARCHIBALD McCOLL, his daugh.,
1780 Flora (marr. 1828 Captain Duncan
Innes, 42nd Highlanders).
DONALD MACPHERSON, born 1876.
1900
Marr. (1) 29th Dec. 1898 Annie
Campbell, who died 1st Aug. 1900;
and (2) Flora Ann McEwan Wilson; had
issue— two children— born 29th Dec. 1899;
born 2nd Jan., died 3rd July 1901.
Y*
JOHN STEWART, trans, to Halin-in-
1917 Waternish 20th Oct. 1922.
NEIL GILLIES MACDONALD, trans.
1923 fr°m Portnahaven (q.v.) 9th May
1923; trans, to Ardnamurchan 6th
May 1925.
ALLAN MACKENZIE, trans, from
Rogart 16th Sept. 1925; died at Uig
Manse 15th June 1926.
KENNETH MACKAY, born Lewis
1927
llth April 1880, son of John M.,
fisherman, and Marion Morrison;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1927; ord. 22nd
June 1927; trans, to Robertson Memorial,
Glasgow, 24th April 1930; trans, to Knoy-
dart 6th Dec. 1944; dem. 21st May 1948.
Marr. 10th Oct. 1914 Jean Mackay, daugh.
of Donald McNeill and Christina Macinnes
and has issue — Catriona, born 18th July
1915; Neil, born 13th Nov. 1917.
TOBERMORY
DONALD STEWART, pres. 25th Sept.
1839 1839.
DAVID ROSS, pres. by Crown 29th
1844 Jan. 1844.
MALCOLM MAcINTYRE, pres. by
1855 Crown 27th July 1855.
NEIL McNEIL, pres. by Crown 12th
1859 March 1859.
PETER THOMSON, pres. by Crown
1870 9th Nov. 1869.
JOHN MENZIES MENZIES, dem. 31st
1919
Dec. 1944; died Wishaw 8th Dec.
1948; his daugh., Margaret Dean
(marr. 5th June 1940 Allan Davidson,
youngest son of R. J. Brown, Stonsaule,
Tobermory).
TOROSAY
On 30th May 1393 Papal Indulgence was
granted to visitors to the Parish Church of
St John the Evangelist in Ard of Mull
(Torosay) who contributed to the repair of
the said church, "to which for the cause
of devotion a multitude of people are wont
342
TOROSAY— ULVA
[PRESB. OF MULL
frequently to resort with fitting honours."
When the parish lost its status as such is
not clear. But in 1720 Murdoch McLean,
yr. of Lochbuie, in name of himself and
other heritors, applied to the Synod of
Argyle, praying them to erect Torosay into
a parish out of the parishes of Kilvicuen
and Kilninian, and to allow part of the
Synod funds for a stipend to the min. The
Synod approved of the plan, and granted
£300 Scots £25 stg.) of their teind duties
for promoting it. Apparently the said
teind duties were the grant made by Queen
Anne in 1705 to the Synod of Argyle, of
the haill rents, revenues, casualties, and
emoluments of the Bishopric of Argyle and
the Isles for crop 1 705, and of all former
years resting owing, and in time coming,
during Her Majesty's pleasure, and for
the uses therein expressed. — [Transcripts
from the Vatican, i, 328; Ninian Elliot's
Teinds in Story's Church of Scotland, vi,
569.]
WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, dem. 15th
May 1926> died at Edinburgh llth
July 1927.
HUGH LIVINGSTON, adm. from Oa
1927 4th May 1927; adm. to united
charge 14th Jan. 1930; his son, John,
died 6th Sept. 1912.
ULVA
ARCHIBALD MACTAVISH, ord. 13th
Sept. 1810; trans, to Jura 6th May
1812.
1814
DONALD CAMPBELL, ord. 30th
March 1814; trans, to Kilfinichen
25th Jan. 1816.
ALEXANDER FERGUSON, ord. 23rd
June 1817; trans, to Salen June
1824.
1817
1918
DONALD WILLIAM MACKENZIE,
trans, to Kilninver 3rd Dec. 1929;
dem. 31st May 1938; died at Stirling
26th Oct. 1943; line 18, for " Uirsgeulam"
read ' ' Uirsgeulan. ' '
(The Church united to Salen 1938.)
PRESBYTERY OF ABERTARFF
ABERTARFF
JAMES DUFF, M.A., his pres. in 1580
1574
was on the dem. of Patrick Dunbar.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 33.]
PATRICK DUNBAR, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 12th Dec. 1579 on death
of -. Brown.— [Reg. Pres. Bene, ii,
27.]
ARDGOUR
Kilbedane or Kilbodane in Ardgour is
Cill Bhaodain, the church of St Baodan or
Baetan. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
300.]
ALEXANDER DUNCAN MAC
LEAN. Addl. issue— Sine Henretta,
born 15th April 1926.
ARISAIG
The Church of Kilvoury (Arisaig) was
noted by the Synod on 10th Oct. 1649 as
having been vacant since the Reformation.
—[Reg. Synod of Argyll, 150.]
JAMES ALEXANDER DONALD,
JOHN MACDONALD, dem. 18th
May 1925; adm. to Lowick 9th Sept.
1932; dem. 17th April 1945; died 13th Feb.
1947; his wife, Harriet Emma Corderay,
died 24th Jan. 1932.
EDMUND STUART RUSSELL, trans.
1926 from Poolewe 29th March 1926;
trans, to Inverkeithny 12th Aug.
1926.
DONALD MACINTOSH LOGAN,
1927 trans, from Tarbert 27th April 1927.
Addl. issue — Gertrude Margaret
Charmian, W.R.N.S., born 4th June 1923;
his daugh., May Louise (marr. 12th April
1944 Rev. Alick Hugh Macaulay, chaplain
to the Forces).
MALLAIG
WALTER JOHN MATHAMS, died at
1909
Swana§e' Dorset>
. 1931;
his son, Robert Millan, M.A., died
at London 13th April 1924.
DUNCAN MACNAB SINCLAIR,
J926 born Glasgow 29th Jan. 1884, son
of John S., cabinetmaker, Oban, and
Anne Macnab; licen. by Presb. of Lochaber
20th Aug. 1926; assistant Scotstoun, Glas
gow 1915; Blair Athol 1919; ord. llth Oct.
1926; ind. to united charge 30th Jan. 1931;
trans, to Longriggend 27th April 1933;
trans, to Tenandry 6th June 1935. Marr.
1st Jan. 1908 Catherine Scott, daugh. of
James Lambert, Tillicoultry, and Jane
Wood and has issue — John James Lambert,
born 21st Aug. 1910.
(Charges united 30//Z Jan. 1931.)
BALLACHULISH
ALEXANDER MACKELLAR, pres.
1843 by Crown 18th Oct. 1843.
JOHN McLEOD, pres. by Crown 6th
1847 Feb. 1847.
ALEXANDER STEWART, his mother
1851
was Isabella Hogarth; pres. by
Crown 10th Feb. 1851.
JOHN NORMAN MACLENNAN,
1901
dem. 7th Nov. 1938; his wife,
Margaret Grant Mackenzie, died
28th Jan. 1928.
DUNCANSBURGH
JOHN COOPER, ord. llth Aug.
1752 1752.
JOHN MACDOUGALL, trans, to
1919 Aberfoyle 27th June 1922.
343
344
DUNCANSBURGH— KILMONIVAIG
[PRESB. OF
DAVID COLVILLE MACMICHAEL,
1922
formerly of St Andrew's Church,
Colombo (<?.v.); adm. 15th Dec.
1922; dem. 16th May 1932; died 15th Aug.
1937; his widow, Jane Grace Marion
Govan, died 15th April 1939.
FORT AUGUSTUS
GEORGE ROSS MONRO, app. 26th
1800
March 1800; ord. assistant at Beltie
28th Aug. 1800.
WILLIAM CRAIG FLINT, ord. 1878;
died 1st Nov. 1933; his widow,
Katherine Maud Byam Menzies,
died Prestwick 5th Jan. 1942.
NEIL LOUIS ARTHUR CAMPBELL,
trans, to Chapel of Garioch 19th
June 1925.
1885
1922
AUGUST JOHN KESTING, trans.
from Mossgreen (#.v.) 12th Nov.
1925; dem. 15th May 1939; died at
Edinburgh 25th Sept. 1947; his wife, Maude
Cumming Grant, died 4th Aug. 1939.
GLENGARRY
JAMES HILL, trans, to Teviothead
1921 23rd Feb. 1940.
KILMALLIE
On 10th Oct. 1649 the church was re
ported to the Synod as having been vacant
since the Reformation. The church was
rebuilt in 1783.
ROBERT STEWART, ed. ii, line 1, for
1714 " Dugald ' ' read ' ' Donald. ' '
DUNCAN MAcINTYRE, born 22nd
1816
June 1757; had issue — John, min.
of Kilmonivaig, born 10th Jan.
1794; Ann, born 5th Feb. 1795, died 15th
Dec. 1864; Margaret, born 16th Oct. 1796,
died 17th April 1861; Marion, born 1798;
James, born 5th Nov. 1799, missionary at
Laggan, Loch Lochy, died 20th March
1873; Jane, born 21st Dec. 1800 (marr. 5th
Oct. 1827 Capt. John MacPhee, 79th High
landers), died at Melbourne 31st Jan. 1896;
Donald, born 1802; Mary, born 10th June
1804 (marr. John Maclachlan, farmer,
Blairich, Lochiel), went to Australia;
Angus, born 16th Aug. 1805, died 1883;
Frances, born 29th Jan. 1807, went to
Tasmania; Duncan, born 1808, went to
Australia; Catherine, born 9th July 1810
(marr. Archibald Maclntyre), went to
Tasmania; Duncan Alexander, born 10th
Feb. 1815, went to Australia; Ewen, born
llth July 1817, went to Australia; Martin,
licentiate, born 8th March 1821, died 1847.
ARCHIBALD CLARK, his daughs.—
i«44 Margaret Carmichael, died at Rhu
27th Aug. 1929; Mary Ann Robina,
died at Rhu 15th Jan. 1926.
ROBERT BROWN CRAWFORD, died
2nd Aug. 1931; his wife, Emma
1887
Isabella Brown, died 29th Aug.
1930; his son, Robert Macalpine, died 4th
Sept. 1916.
KILMONIVAIG
The church was called variously the
Church of St Munengs, St Monewog, St
Monevog, St Monawk, St Moneiveg and
Moneweg Church. On 13th Nov. 1393
Benedict John of the Diocese of Argyle
prayed Anti-Pope Clement VII for a
dispensation to hold, in addition to another
living, "the Church of St George of
Monewog." Of this dedication nothing
further is known. The church belonged to
the Priory of Ardchattan. On 10th Oct.
1649 it was reported to the Synod that the
church had been vacant since the Reforma
tion. On 27th Dec. 1651 the Commission
for the Plantation of Kirks decreed that
there be two kirks in Lochaber, Kilmallie
and Kilmonivaig, and that both continue
as before. It was further ordained that a
kirk ' ' be bigged ' ' on the lands of Kilfmen
and Auchadrome, to be served per vices
with Kilmonivaig, that the lands of Glen-
garie and Auchadrome be transferred from
Kilmallie to the said new Kirk of Kilfinan,
and the lands of Mamore from Ulan Moune
to Kilmallie, and the lands of Garviche,
Gleneves, and the two Achitors from Kil
monivaig to Kilmallie. A stipend was also
modified for each kirk with manse and
glebe. The church was rebuilt in 1812.
ABERTARFF]
KILMONIVAIG— STRONTIAN
345
The name is Cill. Mo. Naomhaig, the
church of Naemoc, now Naomhag, "Little
saint."— [Cat. Scott. Supplies., 143, 147,
171, 172, 173, S.H.S.; Cal. Papal Regs.
Petitions, i, 573, 678; Recs. Synod of Ar gyle,
150, 249, S.H.S.; Reg. Great Seal, vi, 891;
Skene's Celtic Scotland, ii, 408; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 307.]
1750
WILLIAM GRANT, his daugh., Grizel
(marr. Miles Mclnnes of Camus-
cross, Sleat, and had issue — General
John Mclnnes).— [Scot. N. and Q., Feb.
1929, 32.]
JOHN MACINTYRE, his daugh., Isa-
1828 bella (marr. 29th March 1859).
1871
DONALD CAMERON, his widow,
Sarah Hume Gentle, died at London
13th Nov. 1923.
JOHN WALKER MACINTYRE, died
1901
25th Oct. 1924; his wife, Eliza Scott-
Thomson, died 8th July 1923.
ALEXANDER McKINNON, trans,
from St Columba's, Glasgow, 20th
Feb. 1925. Chaplain to Glasgow
Highlanders 1921-5. Publication — The
Atonement in the Light of Christ's Teaching
and Ministry.
STRONTIAN
ROBERT STEWART, pres. by Crown
1850 llth Oct. 1849.
JOHN WILLIAM TOLMIE, pres. by
1854 Crown 16th May 1854.
JAMES McFADYEN, pres. by Crown
1856 19th April 1856.
JOHN ROBERTSON, pres. by Crown
1860 29th March 1860.
DUNCAN CAMERON MACVEAN,
1865 pres. by Crown 30th June 1865.
DONALD MACDONALD, died 31st
1895
March 1924; his widow, Jeannie W.
Campbell, died 30th July 1931.
JOHN MACLEAN, formerly of Kil-
muir, Skye; adm. 2nd Sept. 1924;
1924
trans, to Appin 27th April 1927.
SYNOD OF
PERTH AND STIRLING
PRESBYTERY OF DUNKELD
AUCHTERGAVEN
The present church was erected in
1812-13.
THOMAS ROBERTSON, alias Mc-
Gibbon, still in office 1572, also
of Logiebride and Moneydie. —
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
DAVID MURRAY, reader 1567 and
1571.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
1567
1567
1784
ANDREW WILLIAMSON, line 5, for
1782 "14" read "12."
WILLIAM CHALMERS, marr. Mar
garet, daugh. of George Ross,
provost of Montrose. — [Montrose
Deeds, Protests 374, 12th Oct. 1786.]
DAVID LANDALE, pres. by Crown
1856 5th May 1856.
WILLIAM FERGUSON WIGHT, pres.
1862 by Crown 2nd Aug. 1862.
DAVID WINTER, pres. by Crown 5th
1871
Sept. 1871; his daugh., Mary
Latham (marr. 28th March 1924
David Aitchison Coates, solicitor, Perth).
ALEXANDER MATTHEW WYLIE,
1904 died 3rd Oct. 1936.
(Charges united 2Sth July 1931.)
LOGIEBRIDE
In 1510 Bishop Brown of Dunkeld added
the church to the Hospital Prebend of
Fordieschaws of Dunkeld Cathedral.
THOMAS ROBERTSON, alias Mc-
Gibbon, min. 1567-71. (See Auch-
tergaven.)
ALEXANDER CRICHTON, reader, in
office 1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
JAMES LAUDER, M.A., his pres. to
the Prebend of Fordeschaw and
parsonage of Logiebride was on the
death of Michael Balfour; and it was pro
vided that he should make his residence at
the said kirk, exhort and instruct with the
Word of God by himself, and minister at
the Sacraments and continue honest in life
and conversation, also answer to the bedes
man founded at St George's Chapel for
their yearly living out of said prebend and
parsonage; he was inst. 20th May 1569. —
[Cal. of Charters, x, 153.]
WILLIAM MARTIN, pres. to vicarage
3rd May 1580 on death of George
Martin.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 34.]
BLAIR ATHOLL
The chapel at Little Lude was dedicated
to St Columba. The chaplainry of the
Chapel of Tillypowrie was held by John,
Earl of Atholl, in 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
Lude. The parsonage was held by John,
Earl of Atholl, in 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
Kilmoveonaig. According to Forbes, the
church was dedicated to John Scot, Bishop
of Dunkeld, who died 13th July 1203.
There was here a fair called Feill Espog
346
[PRESB. OF DUNKELD] BLAIR ATHOLL— CARGILL
347
Eon, the Fair of Bishop John. The patron
saint may be Beoghand, second Abbot of
Bangor, who died in 606, the name being
Cill Mo Bheoghana. The parsonage and
vicarage were held by John, Earl of Atholl,
in 1569. — [Cal. Scott. Saints, 360; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 310; Comps. Sub Coll
of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
SIR ARCHIBALD LOWNIE, vicar
1565 and 1567-9.— [Edin. Tests, i,
57.]
1565
DUNCAN MACAULAY, trans, to
1593 Kenmore before 1st Aug. 1607.
ROBERT CAMPBELL, line 10, for
1673 "1716" read "1715."
DUNCAN STEWART, his son, James,
1709
apprenticed to Robert Stewart,
litster, Edinburgh, 15th May 1706.
ROBERT BISSET, had also issue—
1726 James; Robert.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON IRVINE,
his daugh., Elizabeth (marr. 7th
May 1861).
1843
JAMES ERASER, his daugh., Kather-
1876 ine Maclean, died 5th Feb. 1936.
DONALD LAMONT, D.D. (Edinburgh
28th June 1929); adm. to united
charge 18th Jan 1934; dem. 28th
Nov. 1946.
CAPUTH and LOGIE MACHED
Malcolm, Earl of Athole, c. 1153-89 or
1198, granted to Scone Abbey the Church
of Logie-Machedd, with its dependent
Chapels of Kilcherni or Kilkenry, Dun-
falontyn, Kilkassin, Kilmichall or Kil-
michilde, and Tulemath or Tulechmat. —
[Book of Scone, 21, 35-6.]
THOMAS CRUICKSHANK, min. in
1572 1572, in charge also of Lethendrie,
Lundeiffand Blairgowrie. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
JAMES BANNERMAN, pres. on death
1604 °f George Crichton. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxiv, 136.]
ROBERT GORDON, M.A. (Marischal
1681 College 1654).
WILLIAM INVERARITY, line 4, for
1783 " 1 st April ' ' read ' * 20th March. ' '
THEODORE MARSHALL, pres. by
1869
Crown 3rd Dec. 1868; his widow,
Anna Nicholson, died at Edinburgh
29th Sept. 1939.
KENNETH OLUNS MACLEOD, dem.
1911 17th Dec. 1948.
CARGILL
At one time Cargil was designated the
"West Parish." In 1754 the church was
thoroughly repaired and in 1794 was
described as "very old"; in 1831 it was
rebuilt.
SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND,
reader, was vicar and reader in 1 561 ,
still in office 1572.— [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
THOMAS CRUICKSHANK, min. in
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.] (See Caputh.)
WILLIAM EDMONSTON, held Chan-
15?1 cellary of Dunkeld.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxiv, 404.]
GEORGE PATULLO, M.A., pres. to
1605
Chancellery of Dunkeld 20th Nov.
1 605, and to vicarage here 2nd Dec.
1605 on death of William Edmonston. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 404, 407.]
JAMES PATRICK BANNERMAN,
his family — David, born Nov. 1794,
died 1795; Janet or Jessie (marr.
Colonel Harry Burney, H.E.I.C.S.), died
1844; Jean, died 1830; Anne, died 1846;
Robert, died July 1851 ; William, died 1851.
WILLIAM CHARLES ROSE, pres. by
1843 Crown 4th Aug. 1843.
ROBERT NIMMO SMITH, pres. by
1870 Crown 3rd May 1870.
WILLIAM ALBERT CAMPBELL,
1875 died 7th Dec. 1930.
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CLUNIE— DUNKELD
[PRESB. OF
CLUNIE
The church was built in 1 840, taking the
place of the church erected in 1732 and
repaired in 1788. Besides the Chapel of St
Catherine on the island of the loch there
were in the parish four other chapels, of
all of which at the close of the 1 8th century
remains with cemeteries existed, and, in the
case of three, vestiges are recorded in 1845.
They were situated, respectively: within the
manor of Little Gourdie; at Chapelton; at
another site called Chapelton; at Chapelhill
in a park called Laighwood, a little north
of the church. Dedicated to the Holy
Ghost, the chapel at Little Gourdie was
built by David Scrymgeour of Fardill, who
died between 2nd July 1527 and 27th Oct.
1528; and by charter of the latter date Mr
James Scrymgeour, precentor of Brechin,
brother-germane of David Scrymgeour,
and his heir of tailzie and testamentary
executor, granted to a chaplain to make
perpetual celebrations in the chapel daily,
and in winter in the Church of Cluny,
where the said David was buried, 5 merks
annually of the lands of Ards, 4 merks of
the lands of Easter Fardill, 4 merks of the
lands of Wester Fardill, 3 merks of the
lands of Drummadirte, in the barony of
Fardill, and a piece of land at the Manor
of Little Gourdie near the fount called le
Gryis-well. Further endowments were a
tenement on the south side of Argyle-gait,
Dundee, and an annual rent of 4 merks
from lands also on the south side of Argyll-
gait at Sereis-Wynd. The Scrymgeours of
Fardill retained the patronage of the
chapel. In 1575 it was called Cluny Kil-
marenock. There was in the church an
Altar of the Virgin Mary. — [Reg. Great
Seal, iii, 759, 2441, vi, 142, 1421, 1855;
Book of the Universal Kirk, 336.]
WILLIAM SALMON, vicar in 1561.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth;
Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxv, 24.]
PATRICK LAYNG, vicar 1569.—
1569
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
JOHN BARTANE, M.A., in 1568 be
came Dean of Dunkeld in succession
to James Hepburn. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
1574
ARCHIBALD HENRY, pres. to
15?6 vicarage 7th Nov. 1576 on death of
William Salmon. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 49.]
ROBERT GORDON, M.A. (Marischal
1691 College, 1654).
GEORGE MILLAR, his daugh., Jessie
1839 Jane (marr. 9th Sept. 1890 William
Christopher, son of Sir John Leng,
Dundee).
ALEXANDER AYTOUN YOUNG,
1890 died 19th Aug. 1927.
LAUCHLAN MACPHERSON, born
1928
12th March 1891, son of Archibald
M., Waverley Hotel, Fort William,
and Mary Campbell; educ. at Univ. of
Toronto and Glasgow, M.A. (1922); was
sometime a banker; served in Great War
in France, Italy, Salonika and Asia Minor;
licen. by Presb. of Lochaber March 1924;
assistant Alloa; ord. to Ardoch 19th March
1925; trans, and adm. 18th Jan. 1928; died
6th Aug. 1940. Marr. 4th Aug. 1926 Jean
(died 19th July 1945), daugh. of Thomas
Maspherson, Saughton, Edinburgh, and
Jane Macpherson, and had issue — Archi
bald Cameron, born 23rd Oct. 1927; Jean
Wight, born 14th Aug. 1930.
DUNKELD
By Malcolm IV, 1153-65, the Church of
the Holy Trinity, Dunkeld, was granted to
Dunfermline Abbey, the grant to take
effect on the death of Andrew, Bishop of
Caithness, who had been a monk of Dun
fermline and held the fruits of the church.
Of the grant there were various confirma
tions, Episcopal, Papal, Royal, but of the
church nothing more appears to be known.
The choir of the cathedral was built by
Bishop Sinclair 1312-38. On 27th April
1406 the nave was founded by Bishop
Cardny, who built it to the second arches
or blyndstoriis. It was completed by Bishop
DUNKELD]
DUNKELD— DOWALLIE
349
Lauder, who dedicated the church in 1464.
He also laid the foundation of the west
tower on 5th March 1469-70 and com
pleted it in 1476; and by him also was
carried out the building of the chapter
house, whose erection began in 1457. The
Altar of the Virgin Mary was endowed out
of property in Cluny by Bishop Macknach-
tane; the Altar of St Katharine, Virgin and
Martyr, was built by Bishop Livingstone
1476-83; and about 1506 Bishop Brown
founded a second Altar of the Virgin Mary,
called S. Marie Libera nos a Penis Inferni,
to which pertained 4 bolls of "white and
good meal called twyce schelit meil from
the lands of Easter-Eschindy, " for the
purpose of annual distribution to "the
poor of Christ" at the hands of the chap
lain of the altar. Bishop Brown further
chose seven vicars for altars not yet founded
— St Martin, St Nicholas, St Andrew, Holy
Innocents, All Saints, St Stephen the Proto-
Martyr, and St John Baptist. Of these the
Altar of All Saints was set up and painted
by Master John Donaldson, Chancellor of
Dunkeld. There were also in the cathedral
an altar dedicated to St Adamnan, of
which the patron was Scott of Balweary:
an altar dedicated to St Peter, founded
before 2nd April 1490 by James Laicok,
Sub-Dean of Dunkeld; and an altar dedi
cated to St Thomas. The Altar of the
Holyrood was in the Rood Loft. On the
top of an eminence called Hillhead, east of
Dunkeld, there was a chapel dedicated to
St Jerome. On a site now occupied by
buildings in Athol Street there was founded
about 1420 by Bishop Cardny a chapel
dedicated to St Ninian, which became the
place of interment of the bishop, who died
16th Jan. 1436-7. The foundation of the
Hospital and Chapel of St George by
Bishop Brown in 1510 was actually the
restoration of a hospital prebend of the
cathedral, the revenues of which, from the
lands of Ferdischawe, had been applied by
his predecessors to their own table. As the
fruits were insufficient for the purpose, he
added the Church of Logybride to the
prebend and instituted a hospital with
master, for seven old men who had a free
house, 5 bolls of meal, and 5 merks Scots.
The hospital was burned in 1689 and was
replaced by small cottages, and later by
substantial buildings. In connection with
the Chapel of St George, Bishop Brown
founded in honour of the Blessed Virgin of
Consolation a scholastic perpetual chaplain
who was to celebrate in the chapel and rule
a grammar school. In 1490 Bishop Brown
also restored a house at Guay which, about
1340, had been erected by a Bishop of
Dunkeld, but which subsequent bishops
had closed, with consequent misapplication
of rents.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 429, 1056,
1942, 3482; iii, 97, iv, 200, 1208; v, 205,
1189, 1611; vi, 1227, 1542; vii, 416; Acts
Scott. Parl., i, 4070; Reg. Sec. Seal, iii, 861,
1312; Reg. of Dunfermline, 22; Myln's
Lives of the Bishops of Dunkeld, 13-16, 18,
23-4, 26, 43-4.]
JOHN MONCRIEFF, exhorter 1561.—
1561 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
THOMAS CLARK WILSON, his
daughs. — Jane Macfarlane, died 6th
May 1927; Mary (Mrs Angus), died
16th Feb. 1939.
THOMAS RANKEN RUTHERFORD,
1877
died llth June 1926; his daughs.—
Margaret, died at Dunkeld 28th
March 1939; Isabella Christina, died at
Edinburgh 21st April 1940; Edith, died
14th Jan. 1944.
ROBERT GEORGE JAMIESON, for-
1926
merly Indian Chaplain (<7.v.); adm.
15th Oct. 1926; trans, to Newton
27th Feb. 1931; died at Perth 22nd Jan.
1934; his widow, Jean Ainslie Gordon
Watson, died 27th Feb. 1935; his son,
George Bryce, C.A., died 22nd July 1933;
his daugh., Marjorie Hamilton (marr. 22nd
June 1 940 Thomas Bissett Crombie, Dooars,
India, second son of Thomas Crombie,
Dunkeld); his son, Robert Ainslie,
F.R.C.S.E.
DOWALLIE
St Muireach or Mhuirich, Muireadhach.
Of that name there were Muireadhach,
Bishop of Cell Alad, whose day was 12th
Aug., and Muireadhach, Abbot of Hi, who
350
DOWALLIE— GLENSHEE
[PRESB. OF
died in 1011. Near the public road some
distance east of Ballinluig is a praying-
stone associated with St Moroc 's (Muireach)
Chapel on the terrace above. On the top
of the bank above Dalshian, not far from
Pitlochry, is the site of a chapel dedicated
to St Catherine, apparently of Alexandria.
It is situated in the centre of an old Pictish
fort, known as the "Fourich" — the place
of watching. — [Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 293; Mitchell's Pitlochry District,
84-5.]
DUNCAN McLELLAN, M.A., pres.
to vicarage llth Aug. 1573 on death
of Dean David Guthrie.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 10.]
WALTER STEWART, pres. to vicarage
8th May 1572.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xl,
92.]
1573
1574
DAVID RUSSELL KYD, died at
1885 Edinburgh 26th June 1926.
LITTLE DUNKELD
The old church, 130 ft. long, 20 ft. wide,
described in 1793 as "ruinous and un
comfortable, ' ' was replaced by the present
church in 1798. At Kinnaird there was a
chapel with well dedicated to St Laurance.
In the burgh and town of Little Dunkeld
there were lands called the crofts of St
Thomas the Apostle, pertaining to the
Chaplainry of St Mary the Virgin of Inver
in Dunkeld Cathedral, and also the lands
of St Mary the Virgin and the lands of St
Katharine the Virgin. The Church of
Laggan-Allochie was added to the Arch-
deanery of Dunkeld, for the purpose of
increasing the revenues of the latter, by
Bishop Sinclair 1312-38. The church was
rebuilt just prior to 1793. — [Reg. Great
Seal, v, 1138, 1189; Myln's Lives of the
Bishops of Dunkeld, 16-18.]
DUNCAN McNAIR, pres. to the
1573
Treasury of Dunkeld, which is the
vicarage of Little Dunkeld, Dowally
and Caputh, vacant by Act of Parliament,
in default of Robert Abercrombie, last
vicar, being "ane Jesuit beyond the say";
competent not before the Bishop of Dun
keld 19th Dec. 1573.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
14.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, educ. at Mari-
1769 schal College.
DANIEL McBRIDE, pres. by Crown
1851 22nd Oct. 1850.
JAMES SKINNER MACKENZIE,
1866 Pres- ^ Crown 6th April 1866; his
widow, Evelyn Rachel Woodman,
died 14th April 1930; his son, William
Hector, M.D., died 26th Oct. 1939.
CHARLES MONCRIEFF ROBERT-
1914
SON, trans, to Ferryhill, Aberdeen,
15th May 1924.
THOMAS ROGER GILLIES, born
1024 Bridge of Glassary, Argyll, 21st
March 1893, son of Robert G.,
tailor and clothier, and Agnes Loney
Rodger; served in 2nd Fife and Forfar
Yeomanry 1915-19; educ. at High School
and Univ. of Cambridge and Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1923; assistant
at Go van 1922-3, Springburn 1923-4; ord.
23rd Oct. 1924. Marr. 26th Dec. 1923
Nanie Thomson, fourth daugh. of Robert
Leishman, Laurieston, Falkirk.
LAGGAN (LOGIE) ALLACHIE
The church was annexed by Bishop
Sinclair 1312-28 to the Archdeanery of
Dunkeld for the purpose of increasing the
emoluments. — [Myln's Lives of Bishops of
Dunkeld, 16-18.]
MICHAEL GREIG, pres. to vicarage
12th Aug. 1568 on the death of
William Cowny (Cownie). — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xxxvii, 82.]
ALEXANDER IRELAND, pres. to
parsonage and vicarage with manse
and yard on death of David Spens.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiv, 35.]
1576
1590
GLENSHEE
Prior to the concluding part of the 18th
century there was a chapel here in which
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351
the minister of Kirkmichael conducted ser
vices every four or five weeks. The present
church was built in 1831.
THOMAS CRAWFORD, his widow,
Elizabeth Carmichael, died at
1881
Davidson's Mains 4th Nov. 1928.
JOHN THOMSON, dem. 15th May
1908 1941, died 10th Jan. 1943.
KINCLAVEN
The Church of Kinclaven was granted
to Cambuskenneth by King William the
Lion before 13th May 1 195. In the follow
ing century a letter of Richard, Bishop of
Dunkeld, dated 2nd Nov. 1260, stated that
the Church of Kinclaven had been divided
into two parts, one of which belonged to
the Dean and Chapter of Dunkeld, and the
other to the Abbot and Convent of Cam
buskenneth, a position that caused great
danger to the souls of the people of Kin
claven from the church not being well
served. Therefore, with consent of the
respective parties, the granters ordained
that the Church of Kinclaven, with its cure
and possessions, should henceforth belong
to the precentory of the Kirk of Dunkeld,
the precentor to pay 6 merks annually to
the abbot and convent, and to serve the
Church of Kinclaven by a qualified chap
lain. — [Chartulary of Cambuskenneth, 43-4,
267.]
PATRICK DAWSON, vicar 6th Oct.
! 568-~ [Re8- ofAbbrev. Feu Charters
1568
of Church Lands, ii, 242.]
THOMAS ROBERTSON, alias Mc-
15?1 GIBBON, min. in 1571 and 1572.
See also Auchtergaven. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
SIR JOHN SALMON, vicar 1590, but
1590 may be idemical with Patrick
Salmon, 1567-91.— [Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds.]
ALEXANDER IRELAND, pres. to
1594 vicar Pensionary 15th July 1595 on
death of Patrick Salmon, and to
parsonage and vicarage llth Dec. 1595 on
death of James Currle.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xlvii, 147; Ixviii, 39.]
THOMAS MURRAY, Patrick probably
1687 ki§ son' aPPrenticed to Patrick
Murray, goldsmith, Edinburgh, 10th
Sept. 1718.
HENRY KILGOUR REEKIE, dem.
t - 30th Sept. 1929, died at Uddingston
17th Dec. 1929; his widow, Agnes
Mary Wemyss, died 17th May 1934; his
son, Andrew, D.P.H., M.O.H., Lanark.
(Charges united 23rd March 1937.)
KIRKMICHAEL
Kirkmichael is said to have been an
Abthane (see Dull). The Church of
Strathardil was granted to Dunfermline
Abbey by King William the Lion in
1165-89.— [Reg. of Dunfermline, 39.]
WILLIAM EVEATT, designed reader
-_,. in Strathardail and Glenshee 1564,
1569 and 1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Fife, etc.; Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
ALLAN STEWART, marr. Jean, daugh.
1790 of Captain Lachlan Macpherson,
barrack master, Ruthven.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM MACKAY,
1884
dem. 6th Oct. 1924; died at Edin
burgh 3rd Jan. 1940; his wife,
Isabella Smith Small, died 12th May 1924.
JAMES WILLIAM RENWICK
1925 ROUTLEDGE, ord. 28th Jan. 1925;
adm. Indian Chaplain 15th and
dem. 26th Dec. 1927.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY BRIGHT,
1928 trans- from Incn' Abernethy (q.v.),
19th July 1928; trans, to Kinclaven
12th May 1930; dem. 26th March 1938;
died at Kincraig 12th Jan. 1947.
LETHENDY and KINLOCH
In the parish there was a tenement of
land called St Katharine's land, indicating
a dedication to that saint. There is men
tioned also "a tenement with yard and
croft foundit and left to our Lady Altar
in the Church." This was an altar dedi
cated to the Virgin, and situated apparently
352
LETHENDY and KINLOCH— MOULIN
[PRESB. OF
in an aisle or transept. — [Book of Scone,
230; Reg. Great Seal, viii, 65, 553; Retours,
xv, 10.]
JOHN CURROUR, reader 1569 and
1571-2.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
THOMAS CRUICKSHANK, min. in
1571 .—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.] (See Caputh.)
JOHN STRATHANNAN, in 1585;
still reader 17th Oct. 1604.— [P. S.
Reg., Ixxv, 188.]
WILLIAM BALNEAVES. (See Kin-
1607 loch.)
JOHN STRACHAN, educ. at Marischal
1639 College.
DAVID SMITH RAE, pres. by Crown
1847 9th Oct. 1846; his daughs.— Helen
(marr. Frank Martin, min. of St
Matthew's, Edinburgh), died 30th May
1939; Eliza Margaret Ponton, died 19th
Sept. 1935.
THOMAS MILNE, died 9th March
1890
1941; his wife, Alexandria Watson,
died 3rd Feb. 1926; his son, James
Ian Hood, M.A., B.Sc., mathematical
master, Ardrossan Academy, died 1st
March 1936.
LUNDEIFF
An alternative name of the parish was
Strogyhill.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., vi, 1615.]
ALEXANDER CRICHTON, held par-
t _,, sonage, died before 3rd July 1573. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i,94.}
THOMAS CRUICKSHANK, min. in
1567, pres. to parsonage and vicar
age in 1 573 on death of Alexander
Crichton.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (3), 8;
Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
(See Caputh.)
WILLIAM BALNAVES, pres. to par-
1591 sonage and vicarage on death of
Thomas Cruickshank 14th May
1591 ; held charge of Lethendy and Lundeiff
till 1629. Had issue— Walter, burgess of
Perth.— [G. R. Sas., xiii, 1; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixii, 53; Reg. Mag. Sig., vi, 1513.]
MOULIN
The fair, feill mo-Cholmoig (' ' My Col-
moc's Fair"), was held at the end of
February, and this indicates that the saint
was Colman (one of many saints of this
name), whose day was 18th Feb. At
Chapelton of Cluny there are the ruins of
a chapel with praying-stone, probably of
7th century, and at Faskally land called
Dysart, which indicates a Culdee retreat or
place of contemplation. On a neolithic
burial mound at Old Faskally, beyond the
Pass of Killiecrankie, there are the remains
of a chapel with the socket of a praying-
stone a short distance to the north. At
Pitlochry there was a spring called St
Fergan's Well, Tobar Fheargain, probably
Fergna ("the Briton"), who was fourth
Abbot of lona, and died in 623. His day
was 2nd March. — [Retours, vii, 335; Reg.
Great Seal, ii, 2814; Mitchell's Pitlochry
District, 85; Watson's Celtic Place Names,
322, 278.]
GEORGE DOUGALSON, reader and
1574 vicar 1574, died before Nov. 1578.
ALEXANDER HARVIE, vicar, died
before 26th March 1575-6.— [Reg.
1575
Pres. Bene., i, 127.]
DUNCAN MACLAGGAN, pres. on
death of George Dougalson 30th
July 1580.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 38.]
WILLIAM CRARER, pres. to vicarage
16th Nov. 1578 on death of George
Dougalson, but may not have
accepted.— [Reg. Pres. Bene, i, 10, ii, 8.]
JAMES STEWART, line 10, for "John"
read ' ' Colin, ' ' and before ' ' daugh. ' '
"second."
1702
WILLIAM BALNAVIS, had also issue
— James.— [Deeds Dal, 1706, No.
596.]
DUNCAN MACALISTER DONALD,
dem. 29th June 1926; died 24th Jan.
1936; his wife, Frances Elizabeth
Strathy, died 15th May 1932. He marr. (2)
1668
1887
DUNKELD]
MOULIN— TENANDRY
353
1926
15th Aug. 1934 Sarah Isabella Brewis,
widow of R. F. Galloway of Viewfield,
Pitlochry; his daugh., Dorothy (marr. 5th
Dec. 1926 Patrick William Baity, Sudan);
his son, Ian, died 7th Aug. 1916.
CHARLES MICHAEL HEPBURN,
born 5th May 1894, only son of
James H., Gaberston Park, Alloa,
and Georgina Erskine; educ. at Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1915), B.D. (1920);
served in Argyll and Sutherland High
landers in Great War; licen. by Presb. of
Stirling 1920; assistant Pollokshields; ord.
to Dalkeith West 4th Jan. 1923; trans, and
adm. 25th Nov. 1926; trans, to St Michael's,
Crieff, 26th April 1939. Marr. 3rd June
1924 May Calder, only daugh. of Robert
Chapman, Johnston House, Gartcosh, and
Elizabeth Main, and has issue — James
Hepburn, born llth Aug. 1926.
MURTHLY
GEORGE EDDIE THOMSON, res.
1914 13th Jan. 1925; app. min. of New-
castle-on-Tyne 1925; trans, to Mon-
quhitter 23rd Oct. 1929.
JOHN MACDONALD GILLIES, ord.
1925
12th May 1925; trans, to Tarbert
31 Aug. 1927.
LOUIS CLARENCE DUNCAN
1928
DOUGLAS, formerly of Walls,
Orkney (q.v.), adm. 17th Feb. 1928;
died 12th March 1937.
RATTRAY
ANDREW ABERCROMBY, parson.—
1565 [Acts and Dec., xxxvi, 12.]
DONALD CARGILL of Kirklands of
1574 Rattray, reader in 1574; adm.
notary public 28th April 1583;
styled vicar 1606-21; died between 21st
May 1622 and 5th June 1624. Marr.
Margaret Blair and had issue — Janet (marr.
John Blai r of Pittendreich) ; John of Haltoun
of Rattray, N.P.; Grizeld (marr. George
Drummond, portioner of Kirktoun of
Rattray and brother of John D. of Blair);
Laurence of Bonytoun of Rattray, N.P. —
[Rattray Parish Register; Banff Charters',
Perth Sas., 4th July 1607, 4th Nov. 1606,
llth July 1603, 10th March 1606; iii, 240;
v, 113; 29th June 1624.]
JOHN CURROUR, reader 1569-72.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
-,
etc.]
SILVESTER RATTRAY, marr. cont.
1591
4th June 1609 Mary, daugh. of
George Stewart, fifth of Cardney
and Arntullie.
JOHN RATTRAY, brother of David R.
of Craighall and grand-nephew of
preceding.— [Perth Sas., iii, 232,
406; iv, 10th March 1606.]
THOMAS LUNDIE.— [G. R. Sas.,
1637 2 Ser., xiv, 160.]
FRANCIS COWAN GILLIES, his son,
1837
Rev. James Robertson, died 26th
March 1938.
WALTER SIMPSON, trans, to Nigg,
1922 Aberdeen, 12th Dec. 1928.
MILLAR OGILVIE, trans, from Dun-
rossness (q.v.) 16th May 1929; trans,
to Covington 16th Nov. 1932. Has
issue — Jean, born 23rd Nov. 1937.
1929
TENANDRY
WILLIAM GOLDIE BOAG, his widow,
Elizabeth Gilmour Johnson, died at
Moffat llth Feb. 1941.
1903
JOHN LAMB, dem. 12th Nov. 1922;
app. to Grassmarket Mission, Edin
burgh, 1924; died at Duddingston
14th March 1936.
DONALD MACBEAN, born Tarberi,
Loch Fyne, son of Donald M. and
Agnes Pollock; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1920; assistant West St Giles;
ord. 1st March 1923; trans, to Logic Easter
20th Dec. 1934; trans, to Rosehall 21st
Nov. 1945.
1913
1923
PRESBYTERY OF WEEM
ABERFELDY
WILLIAM BALLANTINE CAMP-
1887 BELL, died at Perth 23rd May 1924.
CHARLES WHITEHEAD HUTCHE-
1912 SON, line 2, read "second son";
trans, to Townhead, Glasgow, 17th
May 1926.
DAVID RUSSELL MITCHELL, for-
1926 merly Chaplain at Alexandria (vii,
557, q.v.); adm. 27th Aug. 1926;
trans, to Penninghame 18th Feb. 1930;
dem. 14th June 1947.
AMULREE
JOHN LAMONT, afterwards of Hallin
1838 in Waternish.
DUNCAN McINTOSH, afterwards of
1843 Kilfinan.
ALEXANDER DEWAR, dem. 26th
1889 Nov. 1925; died 5th Oct. 1932.
JAMES HIGGINS, trans, from Orphir
10th June 1926 (q.v.}\ dem. 15th
Nov. 1946.
(United with Strathbraan 30th Jan. 1947.)
BRAES OF RANNOCH
ALEXANDER McGREGOR, his
1885
widow, Elizabeth McDonald, died
9th Sept. 1935.
ARCHIBALD AENEAS ROBERT-
1907 SON, Chaplain Astley Ainslie Insti
tution, Edinburgh; his wife, Cathe
rine Clason Macfarlane, died 17th Dec.
1935. Marr. (2) 7th Dec. 1936 Winifred
Dorothy, only daugh. of Henry Hutcheson,
Glasgow.
WILLIAM MARTIN, trans, to Kinnell
1918 15th Oct. 1925.
WILLIAM DUNLOP, formerly of
Buckhaven (q.v.); adm. 23rd Feb.
1926; dem. 27th Nov. 1930; died at
Edinburgh 22nd Dec. 1937; his widow,
Mary Grant Watson, died 13th Jan.
1943.
DULL
Dull was one of three Abthanes, Dull,
Kirkmichael, Madderty, which King Edgar
granted to his youngest brother, Ethelred,
Abbot of Dunkeld. About 1159-89 Mal
colm, Earl of Athol, granted the church
with its chapels and lands to St Andrews.
This was confirmed by King William the
Lion, and the Chapter of Dunkeld, the
latter including the Chapel of Fossach
(Foss), and reserving the Church of Bran-
both in Glen Lyon and an annual rent of
20s. payable to the chapter and their
clerics from the Abthane of Dull. In a
burial ground on a rocky mound, called
Chapelton, near the head of Glenfincastle
are the ruins of a church or chapel in use
till about 1770; and another chapel is
indicated by Chapelton, the name of a
house near a burial ground, a short distance
beyond Borenich on the way to Loch
Tummel. Another chapel was situated at
Duntanlich on the east side of a field oppo
site the Queen's View. — [Reg. Priory of St
Andrews, 230, 245, 296; Mitchell's Pitlochry
District, 83-4, 87-8; Reg. Mag. Sig., ii,
12th Aug. 1471.]
DUNCAN MACAULAY, in office
-_,. 1570.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
564 Fife, etc.]
DAVID GUTHRIE, M.A., perpetual
vicar 14th Feb. 1561, vicar 25th Jan.
1565-6 --[/teg-. Sec. Sig., xxxiv, 91;
Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 1730.]
1565
354
PRESB. OF WEEM]
DULL— GLENLYON
355
DUNCAN McLAGLAN, trans, and
1583 adm. before 6th May 1583.
JOHN CUNISON, died Father of the
1624 Church.
JOHN McKERCHAR, marr. Jean
1699
Campbell and had issue — Alexan
der, bapt. 3rd July 1706; Daniel,
apprenticed to John Blair, periwig-maker,
Edinburgh, 19th March 1712.
DUNCAN DEWAR, line 8, for " 1 863 ' '
1839 read "1868."
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACFAR-
1903 LANE, died 8th Nov. 1943.
FORTINGALL
At Coshieville (Cois a Bhile) there was
held on 9th Aug. old style "My Coeddie's
Fair." — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
314.]
WILLIAM RAMSAY, M.A., pres. to
1564
parsonage and vicarage, which per
tained in common to the Channerery
of the Cathedral Kirk of Dunkeld, before
1564; was min. at Kenmore before 1st Oct.
1566; died before 18th Feb. 1568-9; his
wife survived him. — [P. S. Reg., xxxvii, 81;
Reg. of Pres. Bene., i, 18.]
DUNCAN MACAULAY, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 15th Feb.
1568-9 on death of William Ramsay.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 18.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, his
daugh., Janet (marr. Duncan Camp
bell of Milton of Glen of Glenlyon).
DUNCAN MACNAB, son of Patrick
1754
M., tenant in Conachan, and Janet
Henry.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1891; B.D.
(1891); dem. 4th Dec. 1935 to
facilitate union; died at West Linton 8th
June 1940, unmarr.
(Charges united 5th Jan. 1940.)
FOSS
The Church of Foss was at first a de
pendent Chapel of Dull. It is said to have
been founded by St Chad in or about 650.
Here was a fair of St Patrick; and the Atlas
of Scotland, 1832, gives the Well of St
Peter, the name being probably a mistake
for St Patrick.— [Mitchell's Pitlochry Dis
trict, 84.]
JAMES ARMSTRONG, pres. by
1842 Crown 19th July 1842.
REGINALD IAN DAVIDSON, trans.
1920 to Kingoldrum 17th May 1926.
WILLIAM WALKER, formerly of St
1926
Leonard's, Ayr, adm. 23rd Nov.
1926; dem. 7th June 1932; died at
Edinburgh 14th Nov. 1941; his wife,
Marion Jane Mackenzie, died at Colinton
7th March 1933.
GLENLYON
On 5th Feb. 1500-1 there was made an
agreement between the Dean and Chapter
of Dunkeld, with consent of the Bishop
(George Brown), and Sir Donald Maik-
nachtane, vicar of Fortingall (anent a con
troversy between them in and upon the
pension of the said vicar given and assigned
by the Chapter, and a portion assigned by
the vicar), whereby Sir Donald renounced
for all time his right and claim to said
portionary of Fortingall, so that for the
future he and his successors shall have the
old erection of the vicarage, 13 merks Scots,
with manse, etc., and the chapter shall pay
yearly to the vicar for his time 12 merks
Scots for sustenance of a chaplain of
Bambrow, otherwise Glenlyon, to have
care of the souls of Glenlyon and answer
to the ordinary for such souls; and after
his death the chapter shall have a perpetual
chaplain at Glenlyon who shall have a
yearly pension of 12 merks Scots, with all
the rights which the chapter had to the
glebe of the said chapel, commonly called
Fybart of Brabo, etc. On llth Sept. 1639
Parliament referred to the Commission for
Augmentation of Stipends, etc., the desire
of the General Assembly to have the lands
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GLENLYON— KENMORE
[PRESB. OF
of Glenlyon dismembered from Fortingall
and erected into a separate parish. Objec
tions were raised and nothing was done
then. — [Reports, Hist. MSS. Commis., vii,
710b; Acts Scott. Pad., v, 597a.]
CHARLES STEWART, pres. by Crown
1842 26th March 1842.
DAVID DRUMMOND, pres. by
1844 Crown 20th April 1844.
GEORGE DRUMMOND, adm. to
united charge 1930; dem. 15th May
1904
1940; died at Luss 23rd Sept. 1942.
GRANTULLY
The Chapel of St Mary was the Parish
Church of Grantully. On 3rd June 1533
Alexander Stewart of Grantully, with con
sent of his son and heir, Thomas, gave to
God, the Blessed Mother Mary, St Andrew,
St Adamnan, and Bean the Confessor,
Croft Dawe, for a suitable chaplain-curate
personally residing at and making divine
celebrations in the Church of St Mary of
Grantully, sasine being given to Alexander
Young, Sub-Prior of St Andrews, as repre
senting the curate. The church was for a
time the burial place of the barons of
Grantully. The decorative paintings exe
cuted in 1636 comprise scriptural subjects,
armorial bearings, and monograms. Among
the first are figures of the four evangelists
and a representation of the Day of Judg
ment—the graves giving up their dead, the
redeemed ascending, and the condemned
falling into eternal night.— [Reg. Book of
Grantully, i, Pref. xxii-xxiii, 73; Mackin-
lay's Anc. Ch. Dedications, Script., 117.]
WILLIAM RAMSAY, min. at Weem,
had also charge here, holding the
vicarage 1564. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM CRAIGIE, reader.— [Comps.
1564 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, Perth, etc.]
DUNCAN MACRAE, he died Edin
burgh 28th May 1943; his wife,
Elizabeth Paterson, died 23rd March
1906; his son, Ian, B.Sc.
1564
ALEXANDER ANDREW, his daugh.,
1Q1Q Elizabeth Grant (marr. 4th Aug.
1939 Henry Campbell, eldest son of
W. F. MacAusland, Windy Knowe, Scots-
tounhill).
KENMORE
It is uncertain whether the earlier name
of the parish, Inchadney, or Inchadin,
indicates St Aidan as the patron saint. In
Gaelic Inchadney is Innis Chailtnidh
("Keltney Haugh"). The principal fair at
Inchadney was called ' ' the Nine Maidens ";
and it might be conjectured that that was
the dedication of the church. The present
church was built in 1760, and a new wing
was added in 1832.— [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 517-18.]
WILLIAM RAMSAY, graduated M.A.,
1561 St Andrews Univ., 1537; became
chaplain at Finlarig 1555; settled at
Inchadny 20th May 1561; had gift of
vicarage vacant by death of William
Lumsden 1st Oct. 1566; trans, to Kilmany,
Fife, 27th June 1564.
DUNCAN McLAGGAN, reader in
1564
1564 and 1571.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
1574 WILLIAM SPIERS, reader.
GEORGE GRAHAM, Dean of Dun-
keld, parson and vicar of Inisadain
and Cluny.
1595
DUNCAN MACAULAY, trans, before
1607 1st Aug. 1607.
NEIL MALCOLM, trans, to Kilchrenan
1627 1629. See also Glenorchy.
WILLIAM MENZIES, his widow,
Agnes Burden, marr. (2) Thomas
Ireland, min. of Twynholm.
PATRICK CAMPBELL, his son, Colin,
bapt. 17th Oct. 1669, died Jan. 1699;
his daugh., Anna (marr. Duncan
Campbell, son of Colin Campbell of
Edramuckie).
WEEM]
KENMORE— KILLIN
357
ALEXANDER COMRIE, his son, John,
1676
bapt. 18th Dec. 1677; his wife, Jean
Campbell, died 7th Feb. 1701.—
[Information for Breadalbane, 270.]
COLIN McVICAR, son of Wadsetter
1794 of Tiray.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER GILLIES,
1912
D.D. (Glasgow, 23rd June 1943);
adm. to united charge 15th May
1931; his daughs. — Barbara Sinclair (marr.
18th Oct. 1933 Thomas Calvert, min. of
Braes of Rannoch); Margaret Mackenzie
St Clair (marr. 27th March 1940 Norman
David, son of David Richardson, Esk-
bank); his son, Kenneth Alastair, Captain,
Black Watch, killed in Middle East Jan.
1943. Publication — In Famed Breadalbane
(Perth, 1938).
KILLIN
On a small promontory on the south side
of Loch Tay, called now Ard-Eodhnaig,
formerly Ard Eodhnain ("Adamnan's
Cape"), there is an ancient site called Cill
Mo-Charmaig ("My Cormac's Church"),
the inference being that the church was
founded from lona in Adamnan's time and
that the land was gifted to Adamnan and
to Cormac, the cleric in charge.
On 26th Feb. 1317-18 Robert I granted
the patronage of the church to the Abbey
of Inchaffray, the vicarage of the church to
be served by a canon, or if more agreeable
to the Abbey, by a secular chaplain. There
is a tradition that the site of the earliest
church was near the village, beside what is
called Fingal's Grave, which is marked by
a stone. It is more likely, however, that it
was situated in the churchyard wherein
stood the medieval church. The ruins of
the latter existed in 1842. The present
church was built in 1744, which date along
with the name of the builder, Thomas
Clerk, appears on a stone built into the
wall. It was repaired in 1 832. Killin is said
to be Gaelic cillfhiom ("White Church").
But there is at Garve in Ross-shire a Killin
which is regarded as Cill Fhinn, and, as
Loch Garve is still called Loch Maol-Fhinn
(' * Fionn 's servant 's loch ' '), it may be that
z*
there is involved in Killin a Saint Fionn.
No saint of that name, however, is on
record. New churches were also built in
1744 at Strathfillan and Ardeonaig; and it
was customary for the min. to preach alter
nately in them and the parish church.
Later, a missionary was appointed to each
of the two chapels. The salary of the
missionary at Strathfillan accrued from a
sum mortified for a chaplain in that dis
trict by Lady Glenorchy, under the manage
ment of the S.P.C.K., and there were also
manse, glebe, hill pasture. The salary of
the Ardeonaig missionary was paid in equal
portions by Lord Breadalbane and the
S.P.C.K., and there were also manse and
glebe. — [Charters of Inchaffray Abbey,
116-19; Reg. Great Seal, i, App. ii, 658;
In Famed Breadalbane, 54, 282, 286;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 149, 283,
523.] (See Strathfillan.)
JOHN McCORCADILL, pres. 18th
1567
April 1569 to the Priory of Strath
fillan, which is the parsonage and
vicarage of the annexed Kirks of Strath
fillan and Killin, on the death of Sir John
Paterson; pres. to Logy 1585. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 19.]
SIR MAKTOR WHITEHILL, vicar in
1585
1585, was prior of Strathfillan.-
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 129.]
GREGOR McGILLIECHALLUM,
1606
min. in 1603. — [Gavin Hamilton's
Prot. Book, 303.]
DUNCAN McAULAY, adm. before
1617 1617.
1618 WILLIAM MENZIES, adm. 1618.
COLIN McLAUCHLAN, adm. before
1637 1637.
ALEXANDER RIDDOCH, M.A.,
Schoolmaster, Inverkeithing, which
office he resigned Oct. 1675, having
got a kirk next Candlemas, min. here 4th
Feb. 1677. — [Stephen's Inverkeithing and
Rosyth, 390; Testificate 26th Feb. 1677,
Breadalbane Papers. ]
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KILLIN— LOGIERAIT
[PRESB. OF
COLIN ARCHIBALD McVEAN, his
1869
son, Patrick, doctor R.N., Bradford;
his daugh., Elizabeth Jane, died at
Edinburgh llth Jan. 1931.
GEORGE WILLIAM MACKAY, D.D.
(St Andrews), died at Cairnhill,
Dunblane, 18th March 1931.
(Charges united 18th Oct. 1931.)
KINLOCH RANNOCH
THOMAS GLASS, reader, 1567-9, also
1567
at Money die. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
JOHN MENZIES, reader at Weem,
1591
held vicarage in 1569, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage of Rannoch on
death of Charles Michelson. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 193; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
DUNCAN MACFARLANE, pres. by
1849 Crown 15th Nov. 1848.
JOHN WALKER McINTYRE, pres.
1869 by Crown 3rd Dec. 1868.
JOHN SINCLAIR, his widow, Mar-
1878
garet Ballingall, died at Muirhead
of Liff 6th Feb. 1925, aged 73.
JOHN CAMPBELL MAcLELLAN,
1917 died at Glasgow 22nd Sept. 1923.
ALLAN MUIRHEAD, born 7th March
1924 1888, son of Allan M., portioner,
and Martha Robertson Muirhead;
educ. at Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1914),
B.D. (1918), B.Phil. (1916), and Union
Theological Seminary, New York, M.Th.
(1921); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews;
Scripture Reader in City Churches, Dun
dee, assistant at Blair Atholl; ord. 13th
Feb. 1924. Marr. 21st April 1931 Ethel
Jane, daugh. of Henry Gore Wright, I.C.S.,
Dunbar, and Emma Turnbull.
LOGIERAIT
Under the name of Logy Makedd or
Mekedd, the church, with the Chapels of
Kilchemy (Killiechangie), Dunfoluntyn
(Dunfallandy), Kilcassy or Kilkasam, and
Kilmichel or Kilmichell of Tulichmet or
Tulimat, was granted to the Abbey of
Scone by Malcolm, Earl of Athol, circa
1154-89. Lands belonging to the church
were "Rath which is the head of the
Caddom, all the Thanage of Dulmonych,
and all the Thanage of Fandufuith." —
[Book of Scone, 21, 35.]
WILLIAM CRAIGY, pres. to vicar-
pensionary 9th May 1569 on death
of Sir Robert Robertson; vicar in
1571-2.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 23.]
SIR WALTER ROBSONE (Robertson),
was vicar at Aberdour (q.v.), adm.
reader here before 6th March 1573-4
by James, Bishop of Dunkeld; within
twenty days of his admission he passed
' ' with a dead corps to the Kirk, having the
supercloath upon him in Popish manner";
the Bishop was ordained by the Assembly
on the foregoing date to try ' ' the said Sir
Walter's alledgance touching the smelling
of Papistry"; pres. to the vicarage 19th
Oct. 1580 in succession to Henry Aber-
crombie. — [Book of the Universal Kirk, 287;
Reg. Sec. Seal, xlvii, 27.]
JOHN MARSHALL, pres. to vicarage
1590
24th Aug. 1590 on death of Sir
Walter Robertson.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixi, 33.]
HENRY ABERCROMBY, vicar, died
1580
before 19th Oct. 1580.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xlvii, 27.]
JAMES BANNERMAN, M.A.— [Reg.
1600 Sec. Sig., Ixi, 260.]
ADAM FERGUSON, line 19, p. 189,
1714 for "1887" read "1867."
SAMUEL CAMERON, his daughs.—
1841 Alexandra Helen (marr. William
Edward Townsend), died 8th Sept.
1929; Flora, died 10th Feb. 1938.
COLL ARCHIBALD MACDONALD,
1913
D.D. (Glasgow, 21st June 1933);
dem. 30th Sept. 1946; his sons-
Colin Lome, Sudan Defence Force and
Political Service, died 1st April 1941;
Angus, O.B.E. 1942.
WEEM]
WEEM
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WEEM
It is said that in the course of his mis
sionary journeys, 651-61, St Cuthbert came
to a town called Dul, and for a time gave
himself to a solitary life in the woods of a
height in the district called by the inhabi
tants Doilweme (Rock of Weem). There
he brought a fountain of water out of the
hard rock, erected a large stone cross, built
an oratory of wood, and out of a single
stone near the cross, fashioned a bath, in
which it was his habit to immerse himself
and spend the night in prayer. Accused by
the daughter of the king of a base action,
he had resort to prayer, whereupon at a
place called Corruen the earth opened and
swallowed her up. On this account he
never permitted a female to enter a church
— a practice adopted by the Picts. Later
he left the district. To the hollow stone
called St Cuthbert 's Bath people were wont
to go in search of health. In the Newhalls
district were Cill Daidh, St David 's burying
ground, and Feill Daidh (St David's Fair),
which, held in March, was removed to
Kenmore. St David was also associated
with a spring about the middle of the Rock
of Weem. If, it was said, anyone made a
suitable offering in the spring, at the same
time "wishing a wish," St David, the
patron, would grant the fulfilment of the
desire. According to tradition, also, he
had a chapel on a shelf of rock called Craig
an-t'Sheepail. At Killiechassie there was
a chapel with a graveyard in which are
buried descendants of the Wolf of Bade-
noch. The saint's name is from Cass,
which along with its derivatives Cassan,
Cassin, Caissin, constitutes the names of
various saints. West of Killiechassie House
is Tom a Chanoin, "the Canon's Knoll,"
and in the Tay opposite Aberfeldy is Poll
a Chanoin ("the Canon's Pool"). —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 312-13;
Skene's Celtic Scotland, ii, 206.]
SIR JOHN DUNCANSON, still vicar
1560 1569.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters
of Church Lands, ii, 125.]
1567
WILLIAM RAMSAY, M.A., before 1st
Oct. 1566 he was min. of Kenmore
THOMAS ROBERTSON, alias Mo
1567
GIBBON, min. at Moneydie, held
the parsonage and vicarage 1567-9.
—[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
JOHN MENZIES, had parsonage
in 1590.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
1570
ALEXANDER MENZIES, also had
1590
parsonage in 1590. — [Comps. Gen.
Coll of Thirds.}
JOHN MENZIES, rector.— [Gavin
1603 Hamilton's Prot. Bk., 296.]
THOMAS IRELAND, marr. Agnes
Burden, relict of William Menzies,
min. of Kenmore.
1635
JAMES STRACHAN, described as min.
at St Fillans.— [Deeds Dal., 26th
1663
July, 1705.]
ROBART GRANT DUNBAR, his
widow, Isabel Stewart, died at Aber-
1871
feldy 19th Oct. 1923.
FINLAY MACKINNON, trans, to
1921 Edderton 10th Feb. 1924.
IAN MAcLELLAN, born 17th Sept.
1924 1894' son of John McL> and Mary
Anderson; served as combatant
1914-18 with 8th Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (lost left arm); educ. at Univ.
of Glasgow, M.A. (1921); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 20th Dec. 1922; assistant at
Irvine 1923; ord. 14th May 1924. Marr.
3rd Sept. 1924 Netta, only daugh. of Peter
McLellan, Torrenich, Dalnottar Hill, Old
Kilpatrick, and has issue — Annie, born
10th May 1926; Mary Anderson, born 30th
May 1928; Margaret Mactaggart, born
llth Aug. 1930; Janette Eila, born 28th
Dec. 1932.
PRESBYTERY OF PERTH
ABERDALGIE
WILLIAM GIBSON, reader 1564 and
\512.—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife and Perth, etc.]
1564
ROBERT SIMPSON, was parson of
1574
264.]
Dupplin 15th Sept. 1604; marr.
Dorothy Burdon. — [Perth Sas., iii,
PATRICK PLAYFAIR.— [G. R. Sas.,
1611 xxxviii, 196.]
MAITLAND THOMSON, pres. by
1843 Crown 17th July 1843.
JOHN SHARP, his son, John, died at
1848 Trinity 12th July 1926.
ROBERT SCARTH VALENTINE
1919 LOGIE, his wife, Ethel Margaret
Theresa Masson, died 26th Feb.
1920; he died at Perth 9th Nov. 1948.
ABERNETHY
The church is said to have been founded
in 460 by Nectan, King of the Picts, who
gave Abernethy, whose boundaries are
described, to God and St Bridget till the
Judgment Day. Another story is to the
effect that the "Collegiate Church of
Abernethy" was founded and built by
Garnald, son of Dompnach or Makdomp-
nach, who reigned 584-96, and that after
St Patrick brought St Bridget and her Nine
Maidens to Scotland, Garnald conveyed to
God and the Blessed Mary and St Bridget
and her Maidens all the lands and teinds of
Abernethy which the priory and canons
possessed of old. Still another story
ascribes the foundation to another King
Nectan who was subsequent to Garnald.
Apparently there is a confusion of facts;
but it may be that Abernethy was originally
a nunnery which later became a collegiate
establishment of monks. In any case, in or
about 1173 Laurence, son of Orm of Aber
nethy, apparently Lay Abbot of Abernethy,
granted to the Abbey of Arbroath the
Church of Abernethy with its pertinents,
the Chapels of Dron, Dunbog, and Errol.
Subsequently there arose a question as to
Abernethy Church between Clement,
Bishop of Dunblane, and the Abbot of
Arbroath; and in 1239 this was settled by
an ordinance of Papal delegates, in accord
ance with which the abbey ceded to the
Bishop the whole altarage of Abernethy
and certain lands, the Bishop to provide,
from the fruits of the altarage, for the
service of Abernethy and for a vicar of the
choir to serve at Dunblane, while the abbey
was to retain certain lands and the teinds
of the church, with the rights and emolu
ments of the chapels, and the abbot was to
be installed a Canon of Dunblane Cathe
dral and granted a toft at the Cathedral for
a manse. Up to the first half of the 15th
century the church was designated the
"secular and Collegiate Church of Aber
nethy, ' ' and it was governed by a prior and
canons. On 8th Feb. 1364 the secular prior
and chapter, with consent of Margaret, the
elder Countess of Angus, patron of the
church, petitioned to the effect that the
church was founded in honour of St Mary
the Virgin and St Bridget by lay patrons,
the lords of Abernethy, ancestors of the
said Countess, for a prior and five canons,
that upon the express desire of some
patrons to augment the rents of the church
the number of canons was, upon such hope,
raised to ten, that the augmentation of
rents did not take place and that in conse
quence of wars, fire, and ruin, the prior
and chapter were brought to straits, and
accordingly Walter, Bishop of Dunblane,
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PRESB. OF PERTH]
ABERNETHY— DRON
361
with the advice of the said patrons and
David II, reduced the canons to the original
number, five. To the Bishop of St An
drews, Pope Gregory XI gave mandate to
make enquiries, and on the Bishop 's report
that the net revenue did not exceed 200
gold florins per annum, 50 merks Stg. — a
sum insufficient if the prior and canons did
not add to it by their industry, the Pope
confirmed the reduction by Bull of 30th
Oct. 1375. Apparently after 1450, and
before 1456, George Earl of Angus founded
anew the collegiate church; and after 1456
the head of the church is designated pro
vost, which indicates a regular collegiate
constitution. The number of prebends
appears to have been six. At least that
number is on record — Forevenschip (Flisk),
Balmanno Pettinbrog, Petmeddin, Colsy
and Balmanno, Colsy. Abernethy Church
was itself a Prebend of Dunblane, the
Abbot of Arbroath being the prebendary.
Of the collegiate church it was narrated in
1722 that "yet the ruins of it remain.
Likway there is in it a great Church with
pillars which yet remain in its noble fabric;
it was destroyed from its primitive magnifi
cence by Kenneth, King of Scots." —
[Chronicles of the Picts, Skene, 6, 7, 28,
201, 389; Fordun's Scotichronicon (Scott.
Historians), ii, 407; Reg. of Arbroath, Vetus
1-8, 5-6, 25-6; Cal. Papal Regs., Letters,
iv, 214-15, viii, 100-1, x, 1, 306, 579, xii,
607, Petitions, i, 89, 579; Exchequer Rolls,
x, 167; Charters of Coll. Churches of Mid
lothian, Pref. iv; Reg. Great Seal, iii, 148,
315, v, 2125, 2737; Macfarlane's Geog.
Colls., i, 117.]
PATRICK GALT, min. in 1567 and
t _,. 1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
ARCHIBALD MONCRIEFF, pres. to
1586 v'caraSe 5th Sept. 15^5 on death of
John Wemyss. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xlvii, 203.]
JOHN WEMYSS, M.A., son of Patrick
1587
W*' min'
, reader 1569
and 1577, pres. to vicarage 9th Oct.
1 587 on dem. of John Wemyss of Petlurgy
(probably J. W. of 1572).— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ivi, 49; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.; Edin Tests, vi, 125.]
ROBERT JUNKENE, had issue—
1672 Robert.
ALEXANDER DUNNING, his son,
Alexander, apprenticed to James
Davidson, bookseller, Edinburgh,
8th Aug. 1722.
WILLIAM GORDON, his widow,
Octavia Rosa Watson, died at
Levenhall 18th Dec. 1935, aged 99;
his sons — James Montagu Dickson, died
30th June 1940; Robert Murray, died 14th
Aug. 1941.
GEORGE MACDOUGALL, died 26th
1691
1871
1903
Feb. 1932; his widow, Christina
Powrie, died at Scone 9th Jan. 1948;
his son, George, B.Sc., died 26th Feb. 1949.
COLLAGE
JAMES THAFT, reader 1564-72.—
„ [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife
and Perth, etc.]
JAMES ANDERSON, in charge 1569.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
HENRY GUTHRIE, pres. in 1582 on
dem. of James Anderson. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xlix, 50.]
THOMAS LEISHMAN, pres. by
1852 Crown 17th Jan. 1852.
THOMAS BROWN, pres. by Crown
9th Aug. 1855; his daughs. — Janet,
died 10th April 1936; Helen Eliza
beth Ponder, died 3rd Dec. 1937.
GEORGE VEITCH, dem. 9th May
1933; died Coupar Angus 29th Sept.
1944.
DRON
The Church of Pottie belonged to St
Giles, Edinburgh. In the Act of Parliament
of 1592 ratifying the patronage of the
Church of Dunbarney to Edinburgh for
the endowment of the college, it is de
scribed as a pendicle of Dunbarney. A lead
362
DRON— DUNBARNEY
[PRESB. OF
seal of a Papal Bull (Nicolas IV, 1288-92),
discovered in what was the burial ground
of Pottie Church about the middle of last
century, was given to the Museum of the
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. —
[Lees' St Giles, 85; Acts Scott. Parl., iii,
582; Laing's Lindores Abbey, 432.]
JOHN LENNOX, reader 1569 and 1572.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
ALEXANDER JUSTICE, pres. in 1593
on depos. of George Moncrieff. — •
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 75.]
PATRICK RYND, delete from line 3
"succeeded" to line 13 "Beith,"
and line 15 from "He" to line 19,
"books."
ALEXANDER PITCAIRN, marr. (3)
before 1678 Mary Anderson; his
sons — Alexander, bapt. 13th Jan.
1650; George, bapt. 12th Feb. 1652.— [St
Andrews Reg,.]
CHARLES GOOD ALL, pres. by Crown
7th May 1844; line 9, for "Jan."
1844
read "June."
WILLIAM ALEXANDER SHEP-
1897 HERD, died 2nd Aug. 1929.
ECCLESMOGHRIDAIN
The church belonged to Lindores Abbey,
and was served by a chaplain. After the
Reformation it had no parochial status;
and in view of that, and the further fact
that of old divine worship had been per
formed by a chaplain, King James on 31st
March 1600 granted power to Patrick
Leslie, son of Patrick L., Commendator of
Lindores, to appoint a reader for the church
or chapel at an annual payment of 40
merks.— [Acts Scott. Parl., iii, 582.]
DUNBARNEY
The church belonged to St Giles, Edin
burgh; and when St Giles was made a
collegiate charge in 1466 it was decreed
that in addition to his "pension" the
provost should receive certain fruits, rents,
and profits from the Church of Dunbarney,
with the adjacent manse or parsonage and
glebe of the church, and that he should
appoint a curate to whom he was to allow
25 merks annually, with a house beside the
church. Moncrieff Church also belonged
to St Giles, and is described as a pendicle
of Dunbarney in the Act of Parliament of
1592 ratifying the patronage of Dunbarney
Church to Edinburgh for the endowment
of the college. — [Lees' St Giles; Acts Scott.
Parl., iii, 582.]
JOHN MONCRIEFF, M.A., vicar and
exhorter 1561 and 1572. Marr.
Jean Stewart and had issue — George.
— [Acts and Dec., Ixxxi, 125; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
ALEXANDER DYSART, reader 1569-
12.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
GEORGE MONCRIEFF, pres. to
1561
1579
ii, 27.]
vicarage 17th Dec. 1579 on death of
John Moncrieff. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
JOHN WEMYSS, line 8, for "1648"
1665
read "1668."— [Perth Reg., 18th
Feb. 1668.]
JOHN TULLIDELPH, marr. (2) Kathe-
1691
rine, daugh. of Walter Ranken of
Orchardhead; his sons — Walter,
apprenticed to John Knox, surgeon, Edin
burgh, 6th Aug. 1718; David, apprenticed
to James McQueen, bookseller, Edinburgh,
4th May 1720.
ALEXANDER CUMMING, his son,
James, died 28th Sept. 1925; line 9,
for "Dron" read "Dunbarney."
THOMAS DUNCANSON KIRK-
WOOD, his son, Thomas Adam,
died at Blundellsands, Liverpool,
16th June 1925.
JOHN SINCLAIR CLARK, died at
Dundee 6th Nov. 1929; his widow,
Mary Cameron Blyth, died at Perth
26th Dec. 1933; his daugh., Jean (marr.
30th June 1934 John, elder son of ,
Proven, Wallacetown, Bridge of Earn).
(Parish united with Bridge of Earn 1930.)
1834
1843
1893
PERTH]
ERROL— FORGANDENNY
363
ERROL
At Polcak there was a chapel dedicated
to St Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor.
Gilbert de Hay, Lord of Errol, Constable
of Scotland (died 1333), gave to the Abbey
of Cupar the right of patronage of the
Parish Church of Errol, founded by his
ancestors and situated within his Barony
of Erroll. The church was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham on 9th Aug. 1243. In
1430, on the resignation of Richard de
Crech, the church was united to Charter
house, Perth. On 6th Dec. 1495 Sir David
Ogilvie of Inchmartin gave to Sir John
Simon, Chaplain of the Chapel of the
Virgin Mary of Carsgrange, 2 acres of
Langland of Carsgrange beside the lands
of Carsgrange, in augmentation of the
service. — [Reg. Great Seal, i, App. 2, 1296;
iv, 1163, 2290; The Apostolic Camera and
Scott. Benefices, 101; Lockhart's Ch. in
Scot, in 13 th century, 57.]
ALEXANDER ALLARDYCE, min. in
1564
1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
SIR ALEXANDER BAWNE, some
time curate, died 20th Jan. 1576-7.
May not have conformed. — [Edin.
Tests, vii, 186.]
1576
WILLIAM POWRIE, M.A., reader 20th
Feb. 1577-8, pres. to vicarage in
default of Edmond Hay. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 15; Edin. Tests, vi, 35.]
JAMES SMYTH, had addl. issue—
1581 Helen.
JOHN MOUBRAY, M.A., parson of
Inchmartin 15th May 1583. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., x\ix, 121.]
ALEXANDER OMEY, his son, James,
1626 died 24th July 1633.
LAUCHLAN McINTOSH, son of
1725 Robert M. and grandson of John M.
of Dalmunzie; his son, John, ap
prenticed to James Mansfield, merchant,
Edinburgh.
ROBERT GRAHAM, his son, John
1858 Thomas, died 20th May 1925.
KENNETH DANIEL MACLAREN,
1Q14 his wife, Martha Stephen Berry,
died 14th March 1935.
FORGANDENNY
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to St Katherine, founded probably
about 1494, by Sir John Myrtoun, Canon
of Dunkeld and Prebendary of Forgan-
denny.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., ii, 2569.]
SIR ROBERT OSTLAIR was chaplain
°^ *^e chapel of St Katherine. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
GEORGE CREICHTON, reader 1569-
1569
71.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
JOHN ROW, M.A., min., had also
, Muckersie in charge. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
WILLIAM ROW, pres. to vicarage 22nd
1589
Dec. 1591 on depos. of George
Hering. Addl. issue — Marjorie. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 77; G. R. Sas., vii,
328.]
WILLIAM ROW, his son, Thomas,
apprenticed to Hugh Blair, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 6th Feb. 1677;
his daugh., Isobel (marr. Gilbert Miller,
apothecary, Haddington). — [Reg. of Deeds
Mack., xxxi, 212; G. R. Sas., xlix, 126.]
JOHN WILSON, pres. by Crown 12th
1843 July 1843.
JOHN PAGAN, pres. by Crown 27th
1861 July 1861.
JAMES JOHNSTON, pres. by Crown
1866 29th Dec. 1865.
DAVID WILLIAMSON, pres. by
1867 Crown 22nd May 1867.
JAMES PATERSON BROWNLIE,
dem. 29th Dec. 1925; died 17th Feb.
1909
1943.
GORDON MILNE EWAN, ord. 17th
1926
May 1926; trans, to Twechar 12th
June 1929.
364
FORTEVIOT
[PRESB. OF
FORTEVIOT
Forteviot was a residence of the Pictish
kings and later monarchs. To Forteviot,
according to the legend of St Andrew,
Regulus and his followers proceeded with
the relics of the apostle after they had
landed at Kilrimont (St Andrews) in 736
according to one view, and according to
another, in 761. There they met in resi
dence the three sons of Hungus, King of
the Picts, who himself had gone on an
expedition into Argyle. To God and St
Andrew the three princes gave a tenth of
the "town" of Forteviot, whereupon
Regulus gave them his blessing, and in
commemoration of the gift he and his
followers erected a cross. Regulus and his
retinue then proceeded to Kindrochet in
Braemar, where they met Hungus on his
return from Argyle. Before the relics of
the apostle exhibited to them, the King and
his nobles prostrated themselves; and there
after the monarch gave the place to God
and St Andrew, and there built a church.
Proceeding southward over the Mounth,
he and the holy men came to Monichie
(Monikie) where he also built a church in
honour of God and the apostle; and then
they passed to Forteviot, where Hungus
built a church ("basilica") to God and
St Andrew. The site of the church is con
sidered to be the Halyhill (Holy Hill), upon
which also in all probability stood the
royal residence. About 1830 there was
discovered under the Holy Hill in the bed
of the river May a semicircular arched
stone cut in the form of an arch of 4 ft.
span and 21 ft. in height, and carved in
relief on the front with a cross standing on
a pedestal over the centre of the arch, and
having on one side the Agnus Dei, and on
the other a robed figure in a sitting posture,
bareheaded, and his feet resting on an
animal; and on the opposite side of the
cross below the Agnus Dei three figures
habited in the same manner, but with
helmets on their heads and swords in their
right hands. It would appear that the stone
is the superportal of a church belonging to
an early period; and while it can hardly be
regarded as of the time of Hungus, it may
still be a very early representation of that
monarch, the founder of the church, and
his three sons who made a gift of one-tenth
of that town to God and St Andrew. About
1165 King William the Lion gave the
Church of Forteviot to his chaplain,
Richard de Stirling; and eleven years later
he decreed that the church with its chapels,
etc., should pass to Cambuskenneth Abbey
after the death of the said Richard, in
excambion for the king's teinds, pleas, and
profits of Stirling, and Stirlingshire and
Callander. The church was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham in 1241. In the reign
of James III (1460-88), and probably
before 1465, it was annexed to St Salvator's
College, St Andrews, "for sustaining a
prebendary to serve and sing in the Choir. ' '
By Bull of Pope Sixtus IV, 26th Feb. 1473-4
the church was made a mensal church of
St Andrews; and by Act of Parliament of
1592, conform to a letter of James VI
under the Privy Seal, it was annexed anew
to St Salvator's for "the sustentation of
the provest, maisteris, regentis, bursaris and
foundit persons therein." — [Acts of Scott.
Parl., iii, 551; Chart, of Cambuskenneth,
132; The Apostolic Camera and Scott.
Benefices, 173; Procs. of Soc. of Antiqus.,
xxvi, 1891-2, 435-7; Skene's Celtic Scot.,
i, 297.]
JOHN LAYNG, vicar in 1585 and 1588;
vicar of Panbride and chancellor of
Brechin. — \Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
1585
JAMES MARTIN, parson in 1586.—
1586 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
NEIL MELDRUM, trans, to St
George's in the West, Aberdeen,
3rd June 1925.
1917
JAMES FORREST KELLAS, ord. 18th
1925
Sept. 1925; trans, to Mannofield,
Aberdeen, 15th Dec. 1926.
JAMES GRANT FORBES, trans, from
Monymusk (q.v.) 17th May 1927;
died 22nd Jan. 1938; his daughs.—
Mary Margaret (marr. 10th Nov. 1931
Robert C. Anderson, B.Sc., The Meadow,
Lenzie); Caroline Marion Storry (marr. 4th
PERTH]
FORTEVIOT— KILSPINDIE
365
May 1935 William Hume Maxwell, eldest
son of Dr Dawson, Buckhaven); Mabel,
died 19th April 1911.
MUCKERSIE
The church is included in a list of
churches conferred and confirmed by
David I and Malcolm IV to the Priory of
St Andrews. The church was made a
Prebend of Dunkeld Cathedral by Bishop
Lauder of Dunkeld (1452-76).— [Reg.
Priory ofSt Andrews, 59, 64; Mylne's Lives
of Bishops of Dunkeld, 23-4.]
The church became the burial place of
the Invermay family.
LAWSON, min. in 1564.— [St Andrews
1564 Kirk Session Register, 228.]
ANDREW ABERNETHY, formerly a
1569
etc.]
friar, parson and vicar 1569-72. —
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Perth,
JOHN THOMSON, reader in 1570 and
1570
1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.; Edin. Tests, vi, 22.]
JOHN ROW, min. in charge 1572.—
1572
* Sub Co11' °f Thirds> Perth,
etc.] (See Forgandenny.)
GEORGE MORRISON, reader before
1576
15th Aug. 1576. — [Edin. Tests., vi,
22.]
JOHN LINDSAY of Dowhill and Kin-
1585
loch, second son of James L. of
Dowhill and Janet, daugh. of James
Ross of Craigton; min. in 1585; appears to
have dem. after 27th April 1592 and before
1599; died Nov. 1629. Marr. (1) cont. 19th
May 1601 Christian, daugh. of John Schaw
of Lethangie, and had issue — James of
Dowhill, died Oct. 1638; Elizabeth (marr.
John, eldest son of Harry Guthrie of
Halkertoun); (2) cont. 16th and 22nd July
1609 Jean, daugh. of George Ramsay of
Bamff and widow of James Nicolson,
Bishop of Dunkeld, and had issue —
William of Kinloch; Mr Laurence; David;
John. — [Clan Lindsay Magazine, ii, 259;
Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 2330, vi, 1494, vii, 1336;
Retours, xi, 43; St Andrews Tests, 4th April
1668; Cask Papers, xxviii, 606; Stephen's
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 200; Hall's Kirk
ofCleish, 149-52.]
MAILOR
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to St Ann of which Sir Constance
Millar was chaplain at the Reformation. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 139.]
KILSPINDIE
The church was confirmed to Scone
Abbey by Walter, Bishop of St Andrews,
on 10th June 1395. The saint may be
Pesandus, a disciple of Boniface. — [Book
oj Scone, 153-4; Johnston's Place Names,
222.]
Raitt. As a dependent of Scone Church,
the Chapel of Raitt was confirmed to Scone
Abbey by Richard, Bishop of St Andrews
1163-77. It was a church before 7th May
1411.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 2031.] (See
Scone.)
ALEXANDER DUNMURE, Min. in
1564 and 1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Perth, etc., and Fife.]
SIR MARK JAMIESON, vicar pen
sioner 14th June 1561 and 1569-71.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.; Reg, Mag., Sig., iv, 1744.]
PATRICK LAYNG, vicar-pensioner
1569
1569
1569-71.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
ANDREW STEWART, reader 1571.—
1571
1667
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
DAVID WILLIAMSON, imprisoned
1623 for assault and fraud 1619.
JOHN BLAIR, his son, John, graduated
at Ley den Univ. 22nd Oct. 1696;
was Physician at Dundee; joined the
Jacobites 1715, and was at Sheriffmuir,
where he aided Lord Panmure to escape;
was at Avignon in 1716, when he was
appointed Physician-in-Ordinary to James
III; returned to Dundee, and acquired the
estate of Balmyle, Perth. — [English-Speak
ing Students of Medicine at Univ. of Ley den,
24.]
366
KILSPINDIE— KINNOUL
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM LANG WOTHERSPOON,
pres. by Crown 5th June 1850; his
daugh., Anne, died 30th March 1930.
1888
JAMES McTURK STRACHAN, died
at Dundee 2nd Aug. 1936; his wife,
Elizabeth Walker Bell Irvine, died
25th Oct. 1935, aged 73; his son, Thomas
Eric, died 8th Sept. 1939.
KINFAUNS
As a dependent of Scone Church, the
Chapel of Kinfauns was confirmed to
Scone Abbey by William, Bishop of St
Andrews, 1202-38. The chapel was a
church prior to 1560. At Seggieden, near
the Castle, there was a St Augustine Hospi
tal, the Master of which, Friar William,
swore fealty to Edward I at Berwick on
28th Aug. 1296. There was also in the
parish a chapel dedicated to St Ninian. On
27th Oct. 1419 Papal assent was given to a
crave that, "since on Friday of every week
a multitude of the faithful, on account of
the devotion to St Ninian, flock to the
Chapel of St V (Ninian), St Andrews
Diocese, in the Parish of Kinfaunis — in
order that the devotion of the people may
be augmented, and the fabric and orna
ments of the chapel be fittingly preserved,
may the Pope grant relaxation of 7 years
and as many quarantines to all Christ's
faithful visiting that Church and stretching
out a helping hand to its fabric and orna
ments on the feasts of the said St V and
the above Fridays." On 31st Jan. 1420-1
Papal Assent was given to a further crave
that * ' since a multitude of the devout flock
to the Chapel of St Ninian within the
Parish of Kinfawyns in St Andrews Dio
cese, which is endowed with no possessions
whereby it can be fittingly repaired in its
edifices and ornaments, may therefore the
Pope grant an indulgence of 4 years and as
many quarantines to all Christ's faithful
stretching out helping hands to the fabric
and ornaments, or visiting the Chapel in
honour of St Ninian on the more important
double feasts of the year and in their
octaves." — [Cal. of Docs. Rel. to Scot., ii,
208; Cal. of Scott. Supplications, 114, 159,
S.H.S.; Book of Scone, 216.]
WILLIAM EDMONSTON, min. 1564.
1564 ~^ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
ROBERT DUFFUS, reader 1569.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
JAMES MACLAGAN, his sons— John
1821 Maclagan Wedderburn, died at
Braidwardine, Manitoba, 9th March
1929; Joseph Robert, died 17th May 1936.
LACHLAN McLEAN, pres. by Crown
1843 27th July 1843.
GEORGE SMYTTAN DAVIDSON,
pres' ky Crown 25th Sept. 1852; his
widow, Mary Gammell Stewart,
died 30th Sept. 1923.
1853
KINNOUL
JOHN BLAIR, reader 1564.— [Comps.
1564 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM RYND, min. in 1564; delete
1564
line 6 "became" to line 9 "1599";
line 21 from "having" to "geir,"
line 23; line 27 "William" to "dollars,"
line 34; pres. to third of parsonage 24th
Sept. 1587 and to parsonage and vicarage
12th Jan. 1597-8 on death of Robert
Carnegy. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivi, 38; Ixxvii,
213.]
ROBERT CARNEGY, M.A., parson
1592 in 1592.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 38.]
NINIAN DRUMMOND, his daugh.,
1611 Jean (marr. (1) cont. 19 and 25).
1852
JOHN ANDERSON, his daughs.—
Margaret (marr. 12th Oct. 1886
Robert Hope Moncrieff, W.S.), died
30th May 1931; Lucy (marr. 13th April
1898 James Henry Peter of Kirklands,
Leven); Jane Hope, died 4th Dec. 1908.
(There is a long reference to him in the
Life of Sir John E. Millais, whom he
married, and also John Ruskin.)
JOHN WILLIAM HENDERSON, died
1897 14th June 1942.
PERTH]
LOGIEALMOND— METHVEN
367
LOGIEALMOND
PATRICK MACGREGOR, his widow,
1859 Barbara Miller, died 17th Aug. 1926.
GAVIN MILLAR, his son, Malcolm,
1904 M.D., D.Peych.
JAMES GRIEVE, died 25th Aug. 1928;
his son, Malcolm, M.A., vicar of
Satterthwaite.
1916
ANDREW SCOULLAR, born 24th
1929
Aug. 1870, son of Andrew S. and
Marion Cook; educ. at Univ. of
Glasgow; Congregational Church Hall
1893-7; U.F. College, Glasgow; licen. May
1897; ord. to Dalmellington 21st April
1898; trans, to Avonbridge 26th May 1901;
trans, to Cleland 27th Jan. 1907; Chaplain,
Omoa Poorhouse, 1917-23; adm. to Wan-
lockhead U.F. Church 27th June 1923;
adm. by General Assembly on probation
26th May 1927; assistant at Larbert; adm.
14th Feb. 1929; trans, to West Wemyss
10th April 1930; dem. 31st Dec. 1940.
Marr. (1) 18th April 1893 Mary, daugh. of
John Sommerville and Helen Downs (died
10th Oct. 1907), and had issue— Helen
Downs Sommerville, bora 8th Oct. 1894;
Minnie Cook, born 14th March 1898;
Andrew John, born 27th Aug. 1900; (2)
26th Nov. 1912 Catherine (died 24th July
1932), daugh. of Gavin Adamson and
Margaret McCallum.
METHVEN
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 25th Aug. 1247. It would
appear that the saint was St Mernoc the
Confessor, whose name appears in the
dedication of the collegiate church. By
letter sealed on 1st May 1433 Walter
Stewart, Earl of Athole, Caithness, and
Stratherne, and lord of Methven, founded
at the parish church of which he was patron,
the collegiate church in honour of God and
Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St
Mernoc the Confessor, and All Saints. On
4th May of the same year confirmation of
the erection of the church was given by
Henry, Bishop of St Andrews. The col
legiate church was for a provost, five
perpetual chaplains, and four boys. Each
chaplain was to have 14 merks annually of
current money with a dwelling near the
church, and each boy 5 merks annually
from the tithes and fruits of the said
church. For the provost there were the
remainder of the tithes, together with the
following lands, namely 8 merks worth of
land to be chosen by him from the Earl's
lands adjoining the Church of Salchope,
Petterley, Pettrevy, Drumcarne, with com
mon pasture and firing, and other appur
tenances etc., and with 12 merks worth of
lands of Campsie, situated within the Earl's
laid demesne of Methven, the provost to
bear all the burdens of the provostry, and
to pay 12 merks annually to the vicar-
pensioner of the church. The Chapel of
Auldbar, subsequently united to Aber-
lemno, also belonged to the provost, a
chaplain being appointed to serve at the
chapel. On 15th Oct. 1510 appears an
annual rent of 14 merks from the lands of
Easter Busbye and Wester Busbye to a
chaplain singer in the church, but that may
be included in the foregoing allowances to
the five perpetual chaplains. A significant
stipulation of the erection of the church
was ' ' that no Chaplain shall publicly keep
a concubine, under pain of deposition by
the Bishop after being thrice warned by
the Provost. ' ' Culdeesland is traditionally
said to have been the site of an early
religious foundation. — [Cal. Pap. Reg.,
Letters, viii, 460-1; Reg. Great Seal, ii,
3510; The Provostry of Methven, i; Lock-
hart's Ch. in Scot, in 13th century.]
ALEXANDER YOUNG, min. in 1571,
had "twa bareliis salmond given
1567
and assignit at quomand of the Kirk
in consideratioune of his grait familie and
houshould."— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
EDWARD MONCRIEFF, reader 1569-
12.-— [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
JOHN MURRAY, his widow, Isobel
Scrymgeour (marr. (2) 29th March
1670 Robert Alexander of Cor-
schyra).
1648
368
METHVEN— PERTH
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM MONCRIEFFE, had issue
1694 — J°hn, min. of Rhynd; Robert,
bapt. 8th Jan. 1708; Bethia, bapt.
23rd Nov. 1701; Nicolas, bapt. 17th Feb.
1704; Mary, bapt. 12th May 1706.
JAMES OSWALD. Publication—
_ Hypocrisy Detestable and Dangerous
(1791).
THOMAS BUCHANAN, born 8th July
1841 1802.
JAMES ROBERTSON, died 19th Nov.
1904
1929. Marr. (2) 6th Aug. 1914 Mary
C. Glendinning, born 3rd Feb. 1877,
died 1928.
MONEYDIE
PATRICK LAYNG, reader 1564-9.—
._,. [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
THOMAS ROBERTSON, alias Mac-
gibbon, min. of Foulis, Madderty
and Kinkell; pres. in 1567 on death
of Michael Walker.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
1,1.]
THOMAS GLASS, reader in 1568 and
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
1567
1568
ALEXANDER CREICHTON, reader
1571
in 1571-2.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
GEORGE GRAHAM, M.A., brother
1596 °^ Pat"c^ G- °f Inchbrakie, pres.
to parsonage 19th Aug. 1596 on
death of Thomas Robertson. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixvii, 212.]
DAVID DRUMMOND, M.A., died
1655
before 8th Nov. 1694, when his
widow, Katherine Smith, was resi
dent in Tron Parish, Edinburgh. — [Tron
Poll Tax Book.]
JOHN GARDINER, his son, James,
1717
1738.
apprenticed to Patrick Lindsay,
merchant, Edinburgh, 20th Dec.
DAVID GOWANS YOUNG, Clerk of
Synod Oct. 1929 to 22nd Feb. 1937;
dem. llth Nov. 1933; died at
Newtyle 9th Sept. 1938; his wife, Elizabeth
Grainger Hart, died 22nd Feb. 1937; his
daugh., Elizabeth (marr. 26th July 1928
Kenneth John, son of David Cuthbertson,
sub-librarian, Edinburgh Univ.); his son,
Archibald, died Blairgowrie 20th Dec. 1943.
PERTH
The Church of the Priory of the Charter
house was dedicated to the Virgin Mary
and St John the Baptist. The lands of
Magdalene were among the possessions of
the priory. The Church of the Blackfriars '
Monastery was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. It was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 13th May 1240. There was in
the church an Altar of St Andrew. The
Church or Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto
was founded by Sir Edward Gray, Rector of
Lundie. To him and his successors, the
Chaplains, James V on 28th Dec. 1528
granted a tenement of land with houses on
the south side of Argyle-gait, and also a
tenement of land on the north side. There
were also in the church altars dedicated
respectively to St Nicholas and St Cathe
rine. The Chapel of the Holy Rood was
situated at the Bridge of Tay. Additional
altars in the Church of St John were St
Mark, St Mary of Consolation; and the
Visitation of our Lady, which belonged to
the fleshers. The Altar of St Blaise was
situated in the choir, and the Altar of St
Fillan the Abbot on the "east side behind
the High Altar." To the Monastery of the
Blackfriars Robert III on 3rd Dec. 1405
granted the Chapel of St Laurance in the
town of Perth for the souls of his father,
and especially of Elizabeth Muir, his
mother, who "rests in the Church of the
Friars." On 2nd Feb. 1433-4 Archibald,
Duke of Touraine, for the honour and
praise of God, the Virgin Mary, and St
John the Evangelist, and for the souls of
himself, Euphame his wife, etc., granted to
the Priory of Charterhouse certain lands
in the Barony of Sprouston. The "Booth
of St Sebastian the Martyr" in Perth
PERTH]
PERTH— PERTH ST ANDREW'S
369
occurs in 1534. The Chapel of the Holy
Rood was "beyond" the bridge at Perth.
— [Reg. Great Seal, iii, 722, iv, 1729, v, 740,
1816; Milne's Blackfriars of Perth, Pref.,
xvi and 4, 175; Lockhart's Ch. of Scotland
in 13th century, 46-7; Mackinlay's Anc. Ch.
Dedications, Script., 75; Reports Hist. MSS.
Commiss., vi, 714, xiv, 24; xiv Report,
App., iii, 243; Sir Robert Pollock's Prot.
Bk., 7, 13, 14, 81, 143.]
EAST CHURCH
GEORGE OUKE, vicar in 1570 and
1574; was in office 1554.— [Edin.
Tests, ii, 119; Colleg. Churches of
Midlothian, 221; Book of Assumptions.]
JAMES SMITH, reader 22nd Sept.
1580 1580.— [Edin. Tests, viii, 250.]
ALEXANDER BALNAVES, reader
1570
1608
24th May 1608. Marr. Elspeth
Robertson.— [Perth Sas., vi, 411.]
WILLIAM COUPAR, M.A., pres. to
1605 vicar pensionary and to be min. on
death of Patrick Galloway. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 327.] (See Samual Clark's
Lives of the Fathers.)
HENRY ADAMSON, reader. Marr.
Jean Lethame. — [Perth Sas., 2 Ser.,
iv, Pt. 2, 28th Oct. 1630.]
ADAM BARCLAY, died after 15th
168g Dec. 1698 and before 8th Feb. 1703;
his marriage contract with Marjorie
Forbes Sept. 1663; he marr. (2) before 1698,
-. Irvine. His sons — John, by first mar
riage, min. of Edrom; Adam, probably
notar in Aberdeen, and Mr Charles, died
before 10th June 1735; Alexander, born
1689, died at Grammar School, Aberdeen,
buried 7th March 1701.— [Aberdeen Tests,
10th June 1735; Aberdeen Sas., 24th Sept.
1694; Old Machar Reg.]
THOMAS BLACK, marr. Jean, daugh.
1705 of James Drummond of Comrie.
HENRY LINDSAY, student of divinity
and schoolmaster of Carnock, prob
ably son of John L., elder, Carnock.
2A
There was no John L., min. of Carnock. —
[Hist, of Carnock, 1871, 662-5.]
WILLIAM GEORGE HAYWARD
CARMICHAEL, his widow, Isa-
1871
1932.
bella Gray Sidey, died 26th April
WALTER EDWARD LEE, D.D. (Glas
gow, 23rd June 1927), his daughs. —
Janet Margaret (marr. 5th Aug. 1925
Robert Service Kinloch, Greenbury, Penn
sylvania, U.S.A.); Rosa Masson Bethia
(marr. 24th Oct. 1933 James Paton Watson);
Bethia Edghill Dalgety, his wife, died at
Edinburgh 17th Sept. 1938.
ST MARK'S
ROBERT STEPHEN BARCLAY, son
1905
of James B., ship's carpenter,
Fraserburgh, born 20th Nov. 1868.
PETER ROBERT LANDRETH, died
1923 31st July 1945.
(United with West Church, q.v. 1919.)
WEST CHURCH
ALEXANDER SKENE, marr. Christian
1679
Forbes and had issue — Mary and
Helen, twins, born 20th April 1672.
— [St Andrew's Reg.]
ANDREW GRAY, marr. Barbara,
1836
second daugh. of Alexander Cooper,
manufacturer, Grandholm. Publi
cations — Lecture on Means of Promoting a
Return to the Parochial Economy of the
Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1835);
Lecture xii, Establishment (in Assembly
Library).
ROBERT MILNE, his daugh., Jane
1857
Ramsay Stormont, died 12th March
1924.
MIDDLE CHURCH
JAMES MAcGLASHAN SCOTT, died
1903 24th Jan. 1933.
PERTH ST ANDREW'S
JOHN FREELAND, trans, to Keith
1919 4th March 1927.
370
PERTH ST ANDREW'S— RHYND
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT WILSON, trans, from Udny
92_ (q.v.) 30th Sept. 1927; trans, to
Eskdalemuir 14th Nov. 1933; has
issue — Margaret Montgomery, born 25th
Dec. 1923 (marr. 17th Dec. 1948 James
Murdoch, elder son of Oswald J. Bell,
Largs Bay, South Australia); Elsie Rose,
born 26th April 1926; Robert Douglas,
born 22nd Dec. 1929; Gladys McLean
Watt, 4th April 1934. His wife obtained
decree of divorce against him for cruelty
Oct. 1944.
PERTH ST LEONARD'S
JAMES WILSON, his daugh., Marie
1862 Atkinson, died 21st May 1935.
JOHN SCOTT MACNAUGHTON,
1888 D.D. (Edinburgh, 28th June 1946);
his daughs. — Margaret Cromarty
(marr. 2nd June 1913 Arthur Owen
Warren, London); Anna Hepburn (marr.
24th Jan. 1934 Henry Davies Kingsley
Davies, London); his wife, Mary Munro
Keir, died 23rd July 1947.
PERTH ST PAUL'S
ARCHIBALD FLEMING, his son,
Maxwell, died at Hyeres, France,
28th Feb. 1935.
JAMES MACKENZIE, trans, to
1919 Lilliesleaf 21st June 1929.
REDGORTON
ALEXANDER COLT, exhorter in 1564;
1564
pres. in 1577 on death of Dean
Walter Abercrombie. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 62; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
ALEXANDER NEILSON, pres. by
1865 Crown 2nd Feb. 1865.
DAVID GRAHAM, born 10th Jan.
1868, educ. Univ. of Glasgow; line
2, for "1904" read "1894"; died
Perth 12th July 1940. Marr. 2nd Jan. 1891
Jessie Greig Whiteford (she died 1 1th Sept.
1939) and had issue— David, born 5th
April 1891, died 16th May 1930.
LUNCARTY
In this parish there was a stream desig
nated in 1597 Sanct Phillanus burn. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig., vi, 586.]
ALEXANDER MONCUR, reader in
1564 1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM YOUNG, pres. in 1582 on
dem. of William Balfour. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 85.]
(United with Redgorton 26th Jan. 1941.)
RHYND
Apparently in the early part of the 17th
century the church was rebuilt on the old
site in the south-east corner of the parish.
The present church was erected in a more
central situation in 1842. In 1214-38 the
Cistercian Nunnery of Elcho at Orchard-
neuk was founded by David Lindsay of
Glenesk and his mother, Aleonora de
Limesay or Limassi, daugh. of Gerarde
de L. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
To the nunnery a charter of certain liberties
was granted by David II; and a Papal Bull
of 26th May 1418 confirmed the places of
Elcho, Kynhard, Benyn, Standartlands, the
places called the villages, with their rights,
whole teinds, meadows, lands, knowes,
pastures, fishings, woods, mills, possessions,
and other places and goods wherever
existing. Subsequently there occur fuller
details of the possessions of the nunnery —
the lands of Easter Binning, Wester Bin
ning, Braidlaw, alias Middle Braidlaw,
called the Nunlands, the lands of the
vicarage and the patronage of the vicarage
of the Parish Church of Binny, the lands
of Braidlaw and Hunganside, alias Middle
Binning, with the manor, with the church
lands of Binny extending to 40 acres or
thereby, in the County of Linlithgow; the
lands of Wester Elcho, with the teind
sheaves and great and small teinds, called
lie Mains, the lands of Westerton of Elcho
with the teinds, the lands of Cotis with lye
outsettis called Cauldcottis, in the County
of Perth; the lands called Standartlands or
Standarts in Lothian (East); the lands of
PERTH]
RHYND
371
Kinniard with manor and dovecot, in Fife,
granted by Madoch (Malise ?), Earl of
Strathearn; the Church of Dun in Angus;
and an annual rent of 8s. from land in the
Castlegait, in Perth. In the 16th century
misfortunes overtook the nunnery. Ap
parently about 1 524-5 a Papal Bull granted
the office of prioress to Dame Euphame
Leslie on the resignation of Dame Elizabeth
Swinton, who was stated to have been
deprived because of excesses, but who her
self affirmed that she had been compelled
through fear to resign by Athol (John,
third Earl) and the Bishop (Andrew
Stewart) of Caithness, who at the head of
80 armed men had forced entrance into the
Monastery and confined her in a chamber.
For three or more years Dame Swinton, by
various pleas against the monastery, up
lifted the fruits and possessions "by force
and arms, ' ' with the result that, to sustain
and protect the monastery, cups and other
precious things had to be sold and deposits
contracted. By Robert Leslie of Inner-
peffry, apparently the brother of Dame
Euphan, help was rendered in various ways,
including the redemption of the cups and
the sustenance of the monastery, for two
years; and in return for the money which
he had thereby expended Dame Eupham
granted him a charter of the lands of
Kinnaird and the * ' feu-farm ' ' of the same
and also the fermes of the lands of Binning
amounting respectively to 50 and 21 merks.
Some years later financial stringency was
again experienced; and on 22nd April 1540
the lands of Cotis were set in feu to
Alexander Bruce of Fingask and his wife,
Elizabeth Bruce, for the repair of the
monastery and the regular houses, and for
the relief of creditors. Further misfortune
followed. In 1548 a party of the English
garrison of Broughty Ferry Castle plun
dered and burned the monastery, thereby
reducing the inmates to poverty and debt.
From John Wemyss of Wemyss, who was
appointed bailie of the monastery, help
then and later was forthcoming towards
relieving debts and charges, rebuilding the
monastery, supplying food for prioress and
nuns, and providing seed for tilling the
mains and grange of Elcho. The debts
brought the place near to being laid under
"process of cursing," which would have
arrested religious worship within its pre
cincts. Unable to pay the debt of 400 merks
thereby incurred to John Wemyss, the
prioress and chapter granted to him in feu
on 20th Aug. 1558 24 acres of the cottar
lands in Elcho, and on 26th Sept. and 25th
Oct. of the same year the mains and grange
of Elcho. Subsequent to the Reformation
the possessions of the monastery were con
stituted a lordship; and on 21st Sept. 1570
Mr Andrew Moncrieff, son of William
Moncrieff of Moncrieff, was appointed
commendator. On 6th Nov. of the same
year he conveyed the fee to his son and
heir, William, who seems to have pre
deceased his father; and on 20th Jan. 1601,
following the death of Mr Andrew, the
commendatorship was granted to Mr
Alexander Moncrieff, min. of Abernethy.
On 20th Feb. 1610 James VI suppressed
the monastery and conveyed to David,
Lord Scone, the Monastery and the Place
of Elcho, and all the possessions save the
nunlands, etc., in the County of Linlithgow,
which had been granted in 1606 to Sir
Thomas Hamilton of Monkland. — [Acts
Scott. ParL, iv, 339; Reg. Great Seal, i,
App. ii, 1250; ii, 1648; iii, 2746; iv, 1396,
1939; v, 882; vi, 724, 1135; vii, 248; Acts
Lords of Council in Public Affairs, 273;
Retours, ii, 105; Transcripts from Vatican,
ii, 334; MS. Reg. Ho.; Reg. Pres. to Benefs.,
i, 40; Lives of the Lindsays, i, 26; Scots
Peerage, iii, 6; Chalmer's Caledonia, vii,
181; Weymss Bk., i, 134-5, 135-6; ii, 188,
192-7, 279-80, 281-2, 289, 290-1, 294-5,
295-6.]
JOHN LOGIE, reader in 1561, died in
or just before 1 590. — [Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds.}
SIR JOHN LAMB, vicar in 1 569 and
1 572. —[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
ANDREW YOUNG, exhorter in 1 569.
1569 —\-ComPs- Sub C°U' of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
ALEXANDER PETRIE.— [Scot. Notes
1632 and Queries, Oct. 1933.]
372
RHYND— ST MARTIN'S
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM PAPLAY, marr. (2) Mar
garet, relict of George Drummond,
1678
min. of St Madoes.
JOHN MONCREIFFE of Tippermal-
loch, had issue — , bapt.
24th Jan. 1746, died 13th Feb. 1816;
Hugh, bapt. 2nd Feb. 1747; Archibald,
bapt. 17th Oct. 1749; John, bapt. 4th June
1751; Robert, bapt. 16th Oct. 1758;
Katherine, bapt. 22nd March 1748; Bethia,
bapt. 2nd July 1752; Nicolas, bapt. 5th
Feb. 1754, died 22nd April 1806; Helen,
bapt. 19th Sept. 1755.
JAMES BALLINGALL, dem. 29th
1878 Nov. 1921, died 3rd Oct. 1926.
ST MADOES
The name in the vernacular is Semmidoes
or Semmidores, and it appears as St Medoc,
St Modoc, St Madois. The patron saint
was Docus, a shortened form of Cadog of
Llancarvan, an eminent Welsh saint of the
6th century. There was in the parish a
chapel dedicated to St Lawrence. — [Wat
son 's Celtic Place Names, 327 and n. Gaw 's
Prot. Book., 46]
WILLIAM EDMONSTON, min. at
1571
Kinfauns, also in charge here
1571-2; may be identical with Wil
liam E, chancellor of Dunkeld. — [Comps.
Sub Coll of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
DAVID BALVAIRD, min. in 1569.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
1574
ALEXANDER LINDSAY of Evelick,
1591
gask.
marr. (1) cont. 15th July 1575
Barbara, daugh. of Bruce of Fin-
JAMES CAMPBELL, pres. 1st Oct.
*640; app. to Lord Couper's Regi
ment in England 7th Feb. 1 645; died
26th Nov. 1 667. — [Scot. Hist. Review, xxv,
257.]
JOHN OMEY, pres. by James, Bishop
1668 of Dunblane, 6th May 1668.
GEORGE DRUMMOND, his widow
1676 marr. (2) William Paplay, min. of
Rhynd.
JOHN DEMPSTER. Addl. issue—
Agnes (marr. proc. 13th May 1789
James Maitland, min. at Sorbie);
Elizabeth.— [Edin. Services, 1745.]
THOMAS KENNEDY, his son, Robert,
1796 W.S., died 17th March 1840.
WALTER TAIT, his widow, Jane Eliza
Campbell, died 15th May 1924; his
son, Adam Duncan, W.S., died at
Oxford 4th Nov. 1946.
JOHN HENRY DUNCAN, trans, to
1920 Kilmarnock 19th July 1923.
RONALD HERBERT RAMSAY LID-
1923 DELL, born 19th Nov. 1898, son of
John L., min. of Advie; educ. at
Fordyce Academy, Univ. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1920); served in war in Royal Field
Artillery, M.C.; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
nethy 27th March 1923; ord. 8th Nov.
1923; trans, to Rangoon 10th Dec. 1929;
trans, to St Andrews, Calcutta, 1944; app.
to St George's Presb. Church, Johannes
burg, March 1946.
ST MARTIN'S
To Holyrood Abbey William the Lion,
1165-1214, granted the church with all its
just pertinents and with the land which in
Scots (Gaelic) is called Abthane, and with
the land which is called Petfrethin which
lies on the west side of the church, as set
forth in the charter of John, Bishop of
Dunkeld, either John Scott, Bishop 1178-
1203, or John of Leicester, Bishop 1200-
1213. The Church of Cambusmichael was
confirmed to Scone Abbey by William,
Bishop of St Andrews 1202-38, being one
of a group of churches described as granted
to the abbey by Alexander I, Malcolm IV,
William the Lion. Apparently from the
Reformation the Churches of St Martin's
(Megginch) and Cambusmichael were con
joined and served by one minister who
preached in the Churches "per vices"
every Sabbath. But there does not seem to
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373
have been any actual union, and each con
gregation kept apart from the other and
attended worship only when it took place
in their own church. Realising the unsatis
factory position, the Presbytery of Perth in
1644 resolved to take steps to have the
churches disjoined, each to have a separate
minister, and a competent stipend provided
for Cambusmichael from Scone. It was
further proposed to disjoin Friarton, Gar-
drum and Boghall from Scone and be
attached to St Martin's, Balbeggie from
Kinfauns and be attached to Scone, and
Nether Colm from Scone and be attached
to Cambusmichael. Efforts continued till
at least 1650, but the proposed disjunction
failed. The actual union of the parishes
took place dr. 1690-3. The Church of St
Martin was rebuilt in 1776, and again in
1842. The Church of Cambusmichael was
situated in the churchyard beside the Tay,
and, along with a chapel also in the church
yard, was described in 1794 as ruinous. The
Abthane included in the Charter of William
the Lion denotes that there had existed in
the parish an early religious settlement
governed by an abbot. Bauchland for
Bacnall-land, that is " crozier-land " in the
vicinity of the church, probably was so
called because it belonged to this ancient
monastery. The name was revived in "St
Martin's Abbey," the designation of the
Mansion House for a period in modern
times. — [Holy rood Charters, 38; Chart, of
Scone, 31; Hunter's Diocese of Dunkeld, i,
332-4; Watson's Celtic Place Names,
266-7.]
ALEXANDER GRAY, reader in 1564
1564 to 1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc., and Perth, etc.]
THOMAS MORRISON, M.A., min. at
1569 Scone, a^so m charge here, called
vicar and min. 1571-4. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
PATRICK STRACHAN, regent in
Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1677
1663-5.
JOHN PARK, pres. by Crown 1st Dec.
1844 1843.
2A*
WILLIAM MURRAY SMYTH
HAMILTON, his daugh., Susan
Isabella, died 20th Aug. 1935 (marr.
Dr J. Holmes Morrison).
ALEXANDER INGLIS SCOTT, died
1896 16th Aug. 1947.
CAMBUSMICHAEL
In Cambusmichael there was a piece of
land called Chapelfield.— [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
v, 2273.]
THOMAS MORRISON, M.A., min. at
Scone, also in charge here 1567 and
in 1574; held vicarage of Melginche
(Cargill).— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
SCONE
It is thought by Skene that Nectan, King
of the Picts, who died in 732, founded at
Scone a church dedicated to the Holy
Trinity. Certainly there was at Scone a
Culdee settlement which bore the fore
going dedication. It was a Muinnter, later
known as a Celtic Abbacie — a church
governed by an Ab who directed the affairs
of the daughter churches. This church
Alexander I re-formed in 1114-15, placing
in it a colony of Canons Regular of the
Augustinian Order, and adding to the
original dedication of the Holy Trinity, the
Virgin Mary, St Michael, St John, St
Laurence, and St Augustine. To the abbey
thus established Robert I, on 7th April
1313, gave the Thanage of Abthane of
Scone — the lands which had pertained to
the Celtic Abbacie. The Church of Scone,
along with its Chapels of Kinfauns, Crag,
and Rait, was confirmed to Scone Abbey
by Richard, Bishop of St Andrews 1 163-77.
In a confirmation charter of William,
Bishop of St Andrews 1202-38, it is the
first-named of a group of churches de
scribed as granted to the Abbey by Alex
ander I, Malcolm IV, William I. There
were in the church altars dedicated to the
Holy Trinity and to the Virgin Mary, the
latter being situated on the north side of
the church and called the ' k Quhy te-Ladye-
Ile. " It is said that the church was situated
374
SCONE— TIBBERMORE
[PRESS. OF
on the Chapel-hill near the Palace. How
ever, there is uncertainty about the matter.
In any case the Abbey Church seems to
have been the Parish Church from the
Reformation till 1624, when the abbey or
what remained of it fell, and David, 1st
Viscount Stormont, built a handsome
church on the Mote Hill or Hill of Faith
(Collis Credulitatis), 60 or 70 yards north
of the old Abbey Church. In the latter part
of the 1 8th century that church was in need
of repairs, and, being otherwise inefficient,
it was replaced by a new church built in
1784 in the village of Scone between the
Palace and the Lodge Gate. All that was
left of the old church was an aisle devoted
to the purpose of a mausoleum of the
Scone family. In 1804-5 the village was
transplanted to New Scone, and with it was
removed the church, taken down stone by
stone and carefully rebuilt. In 1834 the
village feuars increased the accommodation
of the church by an abutment which lines
north and south and gives the building the
form of a T. Connected with the lands of
Balquhorm or Balformach, situated on the
west side of Scone, there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Marnoc, with chapel yard, croft
called ' ' Sanctmernok Croft, ' ' and dovecot.
There were also at Scone the Croft of St
James, Trinity Croft or Trinity-Land, a
croft and garden called " Our-Lady-Petie-
Land," St Katharine's Land, probably
pertaining to the Altar of St Katharine in
the Abbey Church, and land called Sanct
Augustine's Land. — [Book of Scone, 1-2,
13-16, 31, 34-5, 41, 65-6, 97, 226, 229, 230,
231 ; Reg. Great Seal, v, 928, 947, 948, 1011;
Skene's Celtic Scot., ii, 233, 368, 375, iii,
59; Fordoun's Scotichron., i, 227, Scott.
Historians', Dalrymple's Colls., 238-9, Ed.
1705; Scott's Pictish Nation, 128; Chron. of
Melrose, 65 and n; Procs. Soc. of Antiq.,
viii, 89, 90, and n; Procs. Aberdeen Eccles.
Society, 1897, 78-9.]
JAMES PITCAIRN, reader 1564-72.—
1564
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc. and Perth, etc.]
HENRY ABERCROMBY, dean.—
1575 [Acts, and Dec., Ixi, 24.]
DAVID WEMYSS, grandson of David
W>' mercnant> Glasgow. — [G. R.
Sas., xix, 83; Ivi, 204.]
JOHN WRIGHT, College Chaplain,
1793 Glasgow, 1773.
JOHN CROMBIE, pres. by Crown 6th
1844 Jan. 1844.
ANDREW BENVIE, pres. by Crown
1873 21st Feb. 1873.
DAVID LOGAN BLAIR, D.D. (Glas-
1908
gow, 21st June 1939); dem. 30th
Sept. 1948.
STANLEY
ANDREW JAMES BURT BAXTER,
1858
died at Comrie 5th Aug. 1924; his
widow, Eliza Pullar, died at North
Berwick 15th Dec. 1931.
GEORGE MURRAY, his widow, Mar-
*o^ garet Anne Graham, died 7th Nov.
1927.
NORMA FARQUHAR ORR, trans, to
1918 Wanlockhead 16th May 1924.
WILLIAM ADAM, trans, from Kirk-
in./1 patrick Durham (q.v.) 15th Oct.
1924
1927.
1924; trans, to Portmoak 18th Feb.
JOHN DBAS LOGIE, formerly of Farr
(#.v.); trans, from Glenisla 8th Sept.
1927; died 10th Aug. 1932.
TIBBERMORE
In the church there were two altars
founded on or about 4th Feb. 1532-3 by
Sir James Cuthbertson — the Altar of St
Cuthbert, of which he was chaplain, and
the Altar of St James the Greater and St
Ninian. There was in the churchyard a
chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and at
Ruthven Castle an altar dedicated to St
Peter, to each of which on 14th June 1509
Sir William Ruthven of Ruthven, Kt., fiar
of the same, and Sir William Ruthven, Kt.,
life rent granted an annual rent of £10
from lands in the barony. At Hunting-
tower there was a chapel which, it may be
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375
presumed because of the proximity of a
spring called St Conwall's Well, was dedi
cated to that saint. In the part of the
parish north of the Almond there was a
Chapel of St Serf, deserted, it is said, be
cause a child of Lord Ruthven of Hunting-
tower, who had been baptised in it, was
drowned in the Almond when the members
of the family were returning home. Bishop
George Brown of Dunkeld, 1485-1514,
rebuilt and restored the chapel, appointed
a vicar for it, and gave him a vicarage and
glebe lands. — [Mackinlay's Ancient Ch.
Dedications of Scotland, Non-Scrip., 189,
488; Reg. Mag. Sig., ii, 3357, iii, 1341.]
EDMOND MONCRIEFF, reader 1564-
12.—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc., and Fife, etc.] (See
Methven.)
ANDREW ABERCROMBIE, M.A.,
1565
pres. to vicarage 24th Feb. 1565-6
on death of William Cranstoun. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiv, 57.]
ROBERT SINCLAIR, reader 26th Nov.
1593 1593.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 28.]
ALEXANDER BALNEVIS of Cairn-
1612
baldie.— [Deeds, Mack., 1706, Nos.
289, 290, 292.]
EDWARD ROBERTSON, pres. by
1845 Crown 25th March 1845.
CHARLES SMITH ADIE, pres. by
1869 Crown 9th Nov. 1869.
JAMES CAMERON CAMPBELL, his
1916
wife, Sarah Large Cameron, died
llth May 1947.
PRESBYTERY OF AUCHTERARDER
ARDOCH
SAMUEL GRANT, marr. 1st March
1 847 Williamina, daugh. of William
Clark, ironmonger, 12 Union Ter
race, Aberdeen, and had issue — Margaret
Ann Alice, born 23rd July 1849 (marr. (1)
Gage, (2) Binnie), died
at Glasgow 30th Oct. 1934; Williamina
Jessie, born 25th July 1851, died at Dum
fries 5th Jan. 1940.
JOHN ROBERT CAMPBELL, pres. by
1858 Crown 20th June 1858.
WILLIAM MAIR, pres. by Crown 16th
1865 Dec. 1864.
CHARLES MACGREGOR, pres. by
1869 Crown 3rd March 1869.
GEORGE DONALD MACNAUGH-
1874
TON, pres. by Crown 18th March
1874.
ALEXANDER COSKERY, dem. 13th
1904
Nov. 1924; died at Bude 20th Dec.
1931.
1925
LAUCHLAN MACPHERSON, ord.
19th March 1925; trans, to Clunie
18th Jan. 1928.
1928
JAMES HAMILL MACONACHIE,
born Moss-side, Antrim, 1872.
Educ. at Queen's College, Belfast,
B.A.; Presb. College, Belfast, B.D.; ord. to
Ahogill, Antrim, 1900; trans, to Trinity
Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1908; adm.
28th June 1928; died llth May 1929. Marr.
19th June 1903 Jeannie Shannon Rea, and
had issue — John Christie, born 4th April
1904; Bessie Hamill, born 8th Aug. 1905;
Aileen Wallace, born 14th March 1909;
James Drew, born 5th March 1911;
Margaret G., born 10th April 1918.
AUCHTERARDER
In 1200 the Church of "Mackessog of
Auchterarane ' ' (Auchterarder) was granted
to IncharTray Abbey by Gilbert, Earl of
Strathearn. The church was situated about
half a mile east of what was said to have
been a hunting-seat of Malcolm Canmore.
Its remains were designated "St Mungo's
Chapel" in each Statistical Account. The
present church was built in 1784, and in
1811 it was enlarged by "setting back" the
front wall. — [Charters of Inchaffray Abbev,
6-8.]
DAVID MURRAY, reader in 1564-72.
1564 —\.ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
JOHN HAMMYL, M.A., pres. to
1568 v*cara£e m 1568 on death of Robert
Arkersyne; had Dunning and
Aberuthven also in his charge. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xxxvii, 77; Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 86;
Comps. Sub. Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
1571
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD and JAMES
BLACKWOOD, his brother, re
ceived Royal Confirmation of gift
to them 6th Jan. 1571-2 of vicarage, by
Dean and Chapter of Dunblane Cathedral.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 21.]
JAMES MITCHELL, his son, John,
1700
apprenticed to John Osburne, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 15th May 1717.
DAVID SHAW, his son, Thomas,
apprenticed to John McGill, surgeon
apothecary, Edinburgh, 12th Dec.
1711.
1843
ROBERT YOUNG, his son, Robert,
died 5th March 1938; his daugh.,
Jane Wylie, born 1862.
376
PRESB. OF AUCHTERARDER] AUCHTERARDER— TULLICHETLE
377
ARCHIBALD JAMIESON, died at
Edinburgh 23rd May 1929; his
widow, Marcia Maziere Jameson,
died at Edinburgh 25th Dec. 1935; his
daugh., Janet May Maziere (marr. 14th
April 1936 Gordon Edward Small, Edin
burgh).
HUGH MITCHELL JAMIESON, his
widow, Ethel Levinson, marr. (2)
1899
22nd Nov. 1924.
1917
1562
ROBERT GARDNER, Ph.D. (St. An
drews, 1934); his daugh., Nancy
(marr. 12th Jan. 1939 Alexander
James Haggart, Crieff).
ABERUTHVEN
About 1200 the church was granted to
Inchaffray Abbey by Gilbert, Earl of
Strathearn. — [Charters of Inchaffray Abbey,
2-3.]
ROBERT HARBESOUN or HER-
BERTSON, M.A., vicar, died
1563-4.— [Cal. of Charters, ix, 1901;
Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands,
205, 219.]
THOMAS DUNNING, reader 1564.—
..,. [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
JOHN MAXWELL, min. 1st March
1582 1582-3.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlix, 81.]
JAMES ELPHINGSTON, parson 1596.
1590 — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
BLACKFORD and STRAGEITH
On 23rd May 1572 Sir Henry Oswald
was chaplain of the Chaplainry of the
Kyldees in the Kirk of Tullibardine. —
[Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands
ii, 154.]
Strageith. In 1200 the church was
granted to Inchaffray Abbey by Gilbert,
Earl of Strathearn. The church was rebuilt
in 1738, and the present church was built
in 1850. The Church or Chapel of Tulli
bardine was built in 1446 by Sir David
Murray of Tullibardine, for the purpose of
a collegiate church. To what further extent
Sir David proceeded with his scheme is not
clear. In any case, in furtherance of the
declared purpose of William Murray of
Tullibardine, son and successor of Sir
David, to endow and infeft certain chap-
lainries in the ' ' Chapel ' ' of Tullibardine,
James II, by charter of 31st Oct. 1455,
transferred to the chapel and to the
patronage of the said William, a chaplainry
which had been founded in the Church of
Muthill, with the lands of Kildeis as
endowment, by the king's predecessors,
Earls of Strathearn, which apparently had
fallen into desuetude. There are subsequent
references to chaplainries in the church or
chapel, two in number, Kildais (Culdees)
and Tullibardine. It may be that the full
collegiate erection was not completed. The
dedication is variously given as the Holy
Trinity and the Blessed Saviour. — [Charters
of Inchaffray Abbey, 6-8; Reports Hist.
MSS. Commis., vii, 708; Reg. Great Seal,
v, 278, vii, 886; Eccles. Architecture of Scot.,
iii, 337.]
WILLIAM DRUMMOND, min. in
1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
1572
ALEXANDER CRISTISON, reader in
1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth.]
JAMES GOVAN, had issue— William;
Katherine; Janet, bapt. Montrose
7th July 1622.— [Perth Sas., vi, 379.]
1618
DAVID MORAY, line 6, for "1687"
1683 read "1689."
ARCHIBALD MONCRIEFF, line 2,
1697 for "Monzie" read "Moonzie."
PETER MILNE, had issue— Peter, born
31st Jan. 1924; Robert Hally, born
6th Sept. 1927.
COMRIE and TULLICHETLE
The present church was built in 1805.
Under the name of the Church of St Serf
of Tulliedene, the Church of Tullichetle
was granted to Inchaffray Abbey by Gil
bert, Earl of Strathearn, in 1219, confirma
tion being given in 1220 by Gilbert's son,
378
COMRIE and TULLICHETLE— CRIEFF
[PRESB. OF
Robert. Apparently in this parish were
the lands of Barnseles, Barnachills, or
Barnahillis (Church-hill), with the chapel
and sacred bell of St Kessog, belonging to
the lordship of Drummond. — [Inchaffray
Charters, 32, 34, 41; Reg. Mag. Sig., iii,
1895, 2504.]
DUNCAN COMRIE, reader in 1561.—
1561
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc., and Perth, etc.]
WILLIAM DRUMMOND, min. at
1574
Crieff, also in charge here. (See
CriefT.)
ALEXANDER CHISHOLM or CHIS-
1585
HOLME, M.A., was rector 12th
May 1566, and so recorded in
various years up to 10th July 1587; was
also in charge here along with Muthill in
1576; it is not clear that he was min. at
Lecropt; died before 6th June 1598; marr.
Janet Buchanan; he had a natural son,
Malcolm, who received Letters of Legiti
mation on 12th May 1566.— [Reg. Great
Seal, iv, 2912, v, 425, 1288; Reg. Sec. Seal,
xxxv, 23, Ixx, 5.]
DAVID GRAHAM, vicar 1586-9.—
1586 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
ANDREW GRAHAM, pres. to
1591
vicarage 2nd Nov. 1591 on death of
John Sinclair. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 3.]
JOHN MONTEITH, pres. to parsonage
6th June 1598 on death of Mr
Alexander Chisholm.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxx, 5.]
JAMES GARMENT, pres. by Queen
Victoria 13th May 1841; his sons —
William Maxwell, died at Victoria,
B.C., 23rd Jan. 1929; James, died at Perth
18th May 1931; John, died at Comrie 1st
Feb. 1933; David, died at Sydney, N.S.W.,
29th April 1934; his daugh., Isabella Ann,
died at Blairgowrie 9th July 1927.
JOHN MACDONALD, pres. by Crown
1843 15th July 1843.
1841
JOHN MACPHERSON, his daughs.—
Isabella Macdougall, died at Bran
don, Manitoba, 4th April 1929;
Mary Grieve, died at Cairo 29th Aug. 1934;
Christina Ann, died 4th June 1938.
ANDREW BLAIR WANN, D.D., died
28th June 1923. His daughs.— Ruth
(marr. 7th Nov. 1923 Alexander
Munro, Puerta Ainas, Chile), died 31st
May 1935; Mary (marr. 21st Dec. 1926
Joseph Russell), died 22nd March 1941;
his son, Thomas, missionary, Kalimpong;
his widow, Mary Wann, died 7th Nov. 1946.
1911
1924
CHARLES WILLIAM PARISH, M.C.,
trans- fr°m Bothkennar (q.v.} 19th
Dec. 1924; trans, to Muirton-Mary-
kirk (Aberbuthnott) 27th Oct. 1933; dem.
llth Nov. 1946. Marr. 2nd Oct. 1923
Agnes, daugh. of James Fraser, Leslie
Place, Edinburgh, and has issue — Mar
garet Merry, born 27th July 1927.
TULLICHETLE
JOHN WHITE, reader in 1564 and
1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc., and Perth, etc.]
CRIEFF
Apparently in addition to the high altar
there was in the church another altar dedi
cated to St Michael, called Pittenteane, the
designation probably denoting the endow
ment of the altar. In May 1776 a petition
was presented to the Presbytery of Auch-
terarder by several heads of families in the
parish, setting forth the inadequacy of the
church and the rent condition of its walls,
and craving that the heritors be compelled
to provide a new church. Protracted litiga
tion ensued as to the liability for the cost
of the new church and the division of the
area among the heritors. At last, in 1787,
the church was built; but the allocation
was not finally settled till 1828. In the
previous year the church had required
repairs. In 1882 the present church in
Strathearn Terrace was erected, and the
church of 1787 became a hall.— [Macara's
Guide to Crieff, 30-4; Reg. Pres. to Benefs.,
i, 122.]
AUCHTERARDER]
CRIEFF— DUNNING
379
ALEXANDER CRISTISON (Christie),
pres. to 24 merks of the vicarage
10th July 1568 on death of Sir
Andrew Dawson. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvii,
81.]
THOMAS DRUMMOND, his relict,
Nicolas Murray, mentioned 1569. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth.]
1560
1563
WILLIAM DRUMMOND, exhorter
1564
1564, as min. here, pres. to prebend
of CriefT on death of George Cook.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.;
Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 19.]
SIR WILLIAM ANGUS, clerk to the
1565 Chapel Royal, pres. to vicarage 27th
Feb. 1565, on death of James Gor
don, chancellor of Moray. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xxxvii, 57.]
GEORGE COOK, prebendary of CriefT
1571 and Chaplain of the Lady Altar of
Dunkeld.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
SIR HUGH CURRIE, parson 1572.—
1572 [Reg. Mag. Sig., llth Aug. 1572.]
JOHN KINLOCH, vicar in 1585, died
1585 before 1590.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
DAVID DRUMMOND, pres. 26th
1592 Sept. 1592 to vicarage, with houses,
biggings, yards, manse, glebe, merk-
lands, on death of William Drummond,
and on 10th March 1596-7 to parsonage
on death of Dean John Angus. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixiv, 45; Ixix, 65.]
JOHN DRUMMOND, marr. 18th Dec.
1699 1697 Grize1' daugh. of Patrick
Moag, portioner of Scone; his son,
John, apprenticed to John Cleavland,
merchant, Edinburgh, 27th Jan. 1731.
ANDREW CAMPBELL, died 8th Aug.
1895 1938; his daughs.— Flora Colqu-
houn (marr. 12th July 1934 James
Ranald Alexander, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.);
Letitia May Macrae, born 16th Feb. 1924
(marr. 2nd Aug. 1944 Squadron Leader
Allan Anderson, son of David A., Hally,
Crieff); Jessica Maxwell (marr. 16th Jan.
1937 William Robert Ashcroft, D.A.,
A.R.I.B.A.); Jean Hope (marr. llth Sept.
1937 J. Clark Taylor, M.B., Ch.B.);
Dorothea Jeanna (marr. 26th March 1939
William Clark Taylor, B.Sc., C.E., Kai,
Sudan); Frances Helen (marr. 20th Sept.
1939 Charles Kennedy Airth, Inverness);
his son, William Andrew, W.S. Publica
tion — Crieff in the Great War (1925).
CRIEFF WEST
ARCHIBALD HART, his daughs.—
1862
Rebecca Young, died at Edinburgh
8th Jan. 1932; Barbara Jane, died
1st Aug. 1940.
JOHN HEGGIE, trans, to Kildrummy
1918 9th Sept. 1926.
CHARLES GORDON MACKENZIE,
1928 formerly of Methlick (<?.v.) and
Ceylon; assistant at Mauchline;
adm. 24th Feb. 1928; trans, to Cowden-
beath 15th April 1931; trans, to Logic
Colstone 24th Jan. 1934; died 19th July
1943. Publications — Back to God (volume
of sermons); Pamphlets — The Titanic Disas
ter; God's Building; Facts for Oor Folks;
The Unforgivable Sin.
DUNDURN
THOMAS ARMSTRONG, his son,
1895 Arthur, died at Paris 23rd July 1947.
ADAM WYLIE HEMPSEED SCOTT,
19Q8 died 29th July 1929. As he had no
heirs, half his estate fell to the
Crown.
DUNNING
There was a chapel of St Serf in the
village of Dunning, with chapel lands
called the lands of Granto, Sir John Leir-
month being chaplain apparently at the
Reformation. The church was granted to
Inchaffray Abbey by Gilbert, Earl of
Strathearn, 1200-3.— [Laing Charters, 803;
Reg. Sec. Sig., ii, 2463; Charters of In
chaffray Abbey, 19-21.]
JOHN HAMMILL, M.A., min. in 1564.
1564 —\.C°™PS- Sub Cotl- of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
380
DUNNING— CASK or FINDO-GASK
[PRESB. OF
1566
WILLIAM BANNERMAN, pres. to
vicarage (prebend of Kippen) April
1566 on death of Sir John Hammill.
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiv, 72.]
JOHN GRAY, reader in 1567 and 1572.
1567
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth.}
ANDREW SMYTH, was Royal Bounty
1728 Missionary in 1725 at Braemar.
1861
JOHN WILSON, his son, Sir James,
died at Crieff 22nd Dec. 1926. Line
25, for "Helen Maclean" read
"Hector Maclean, M.D., B.Sc., Inspector
of Rivers, West Riding of Yorkshire. ' '
PETER THOMSON, died at Glasgow
18?3 17th Oct. 1935; his wife, Margaret
Thomson Mackay, died 20th April
1923; his son, Sir John Mackay, K.B.E.,
secretary, Scottish Education Department;
his daugh., Agnes Irene (marr. Alastair G.
Bell, stockbroker, Glasgow.)
EDWIN MAXWELL MURRAY
DAVIDSON, trans, to Inveravon
9th May 1924.
1917
JOHN CAMPBELL McKINNON,
1924
born 15th May 1894; educ. Univ.
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1917); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 12th May 1920;
assistant Holborn, Aberdeen; ord. 10th
Sept. 1924. Marr. 22nd March 1939 Jenny
Maxwell, daugh. of Hugh J. Ferguson,
Burnside, Rutherglen.
FOULIS WESTER
About 1210 the church was granted to
Inchaffray Abbey by Gilbert, Earl of
Strathearn. St Mavarie's Well was situated
near the Almond in the neighbourhood of
Buchanty and appears to be identical with
"Holy Mill" on Font's map and the
present mill at Buchanty near Findoch
Burn. The pre-Reformation church was
restored in 1927. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., iii,
2832; Inchaffray Charters, 25.]
DAVID MURRAY, reader 1564 and 14th
1564
April 1578.— [Comps. Sub Coll of
Thirds, Fife, etc.; Edin. Tests., vi, 12.]
ROBERT RIND, M.A., min. in 1585.—
1585 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JOHN DRUMMOND, died after 8th
Oct . 1 72 1 .— [ Note Book of an Epis
copal Parson.]
ALEXANDER TURCAN, his son,
Alexander, apprenticed to Antonius
1718
Wright 16th April 1736.
JOHN MURRAY, educ. at Marischal
1768 College.
THOMAS HARDY, his daugh., Robina
Forrester, killed in accident at
Luton 7th Oct. 1934.
1852
JAMES CHRYSTAL MUIR, dem. 24th
Oct. 1923; adm. to Tullynessle and
Forbes 18th May 1928.
THOMAS CHALMERS SHERRIFF,
1924 b°m 30th Nov> 1889' S0n of James
Cousin S., Dunfermline, and Cathe
rine Wilson McKenzie; educ. at Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1919); served in Royal
Artillery in Great War; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th Jan. 1920; assistant at St
Columba's, London, Jan. 1921; Larbert;
ord. 16th April 1924; died 10th April 1941.
Marr. 12th Nov. 1928 Charlotte Mary,
daugh. of John Baird, Craigie House,
Crieff, and has issue — Charlotte Baird,
born 5th Sept. 1929; James Cousin, born
23rd Dec. 1931; Catherine McKenzie, born
29th Sept. 1933; John Baird, bom 1st
March 1936.
GASK or FINDO-GASK
Alternative names of the church were
Nesgasc and Gasknes. The saint was
Findoca, described in the Martyrology of
Aberdeen at 13th Oct. as "a virgin who
has a Church in the diocese of Dunblane. ' '
The 13th Oct. is the day of "Findsech, a
virgin from Sliabh Guaire in Gailenga,"
now part of Meath — Findseck, Findoc,
Latin Findoca. In 1210-18 Seher or Seyr
de Quincey, Earl of Winton, granted the
church to the Hospital of St James and St
John of Brackley in Northampton, for the
souls of his father, Robert, his mother,
Orable, his eldest son, Robert, his son,
AUCHTERARDER]
CASK or FINDO-GASK— MADDERTY
381
William, and his wife, Margaret. At Whit-
Sunday 1266 the master and brethren set
the church ad firmam for five years to
Robert, Bishop of Dunkeld, for an annual
payment of 24 merks sterling, with pro
vision that if the Bishop desired the church
ad firmam for a further five years, the
agreement would be renewed, and so on
for successive periods of five years. The
agreement appears to have been periodi
cally renewed, for in 1358 the church was
the patrimony of the Archdeanery of Dun
blane, being termed "His (Archdean)
Church of Nesgask. ' ' The church was re
built in 1800.— [Charters of Inchaffray
Abbey, 53, 55-6, 124-5, 155-7; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 286-7.]
THOMAS SCOTT, reader in 1564 and
1564
1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
ROBERT MATHESON, vicar pen
sioner, died before 12th Aug. 1572.
1572
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 80.]
WILLIAM MELROSE, exhorter in
1572 15^7 anc* 15^9; Pres- to vicar-
pensionary 12th Aug. 1572. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 80.] (See Dupplin.)
ALEXANDER GAW had charge here
1593
50.]
1576 and 12th April 1577 when min.
of Trinity Gask. — [Edin. Tests, vi,
JAMES MARTIN, pres. by the Crown
1853 8th Feb. 1853.
JOHN DODS, died 22nd Oct.
1906 1947.
GLEN DEVON
SIR THOMAS HUTSOUN, reader,
1568 designated vicar pensioner 1571-2.
Marr. Katherine Henderson, who
was his widow in 1572. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
STEVEN WILSON, marr. Grizel,
15_6 daugh. of James Moutray of Mar-
kinch.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 1344,
2354.]
ADAM MARSHALL, pres. 29th Aug.
1588 on death of Symon Patoun. —
1585
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Iviii, 14.]
ADAM KIRK, reader at St Ninian's;
pres. to vicarage 28th Jan. 1591-2
on deposition of Adam Marshall.
Addl. issue — Agnes (marr. Thomas Keith,
younger of Shirdrum). — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 148.]
ANDREW KIRK, his widow, Elizabeth
Holiday, marr. (2) James Kid in
Fossa way. — [Dunblane Com. Dec.,
ii, 134.]
MADDERTY
The church was granted by Gilbert, Earl
of Strathearn, to the Monastery of Inchaf
fray, which he founded in 1200. The parish
was formed out of Earl Gilbert's new
manor of Madderty, forfeited by Gillecome
Marescall, who was slain 30th Sept. 1185.
Madderty was the seat of an early Celtic
monastery, the lands of which, called the
Abthane of Madderty, were also bestowed
by Earl Gilbert upon Inchaffray Monastery.
At Williamston there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Anne, with lands called "Sanct-
Annis-lands, " and moor called "Sanct-
Annis-Mos." The churches belonging to
the Abbey of Inchaffray were — Aberuth-
ven, Auchterarder, Madderty, Strageith,
Kinkell, Wester Foulis, Dunning, Monzie-
vaird, Kilbride (Dunblane), Trinity-Gask,
Inishail, Strowan, Killin, Kilmorich, Bal-
fron, Tullichetil and Cortachy, granted in
1257, but the grant may not have taken
effect. To the abbey also belonged the
Chapel of the Holy Trinity Teampul-na-
Trianade, with the lands of Karynche
(Carinish), in North Uist. Cells of the
abbey were Abernethy Priory, and Strath-
fillan Priory, "Scarinche Priory, Isle of
Lewis" has also been recorded as a cell of
Inchaffray, but this may be due to con
fusion with Carinish in North Uist. In the
first part of the 13th century the Abbot of
Inchaffray was assigned a canonry, the
precentorship, in Dunblane Cathedral. —
[Reports Hist. MSS. Commis., iv, 515;
382
MADDERTY— MONZIE
[PRESB. OF
Charters of Inchaffray Abbey, xxxvii, xli,
2, 3, 4, etc.; Book of the Isle of Masses,
viii, Pref.; Reg. Great Seal, viii, 1342;
Re tours, xxxiv, 6.]
JOHN HUME, exhorter 1564-72.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc., and Perth, etc.]
1564
THOMAS ROBERTSON or MAC-
156? GIBBON, min. here 2nd Jan. 1567,
when pres. to Money die (q.v.).
ANDREW RAMSAY, M.A. (Marischal
1741 College, 1724).
JAMES RAMSAY, M.A. (Marischal
1734 College, 1747).
WILLIAM STODDART, M.A. (Mari-
1830 schal College, Oct. 1812).
JAMES BROWN, died 17th May 1935;
his daugh., Winifred Helen Douglas
(marr. 3rd June 1930 George Wil
liam Newton Nicholls, Southport).
MONZIE
The church, in which there was a pulpit
with the date 1617, was rebuilt in 1685,
repaired shortly before 1795, and rebuilt
in 1830-1. The Church of Innerpeffray,
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was situated
in a detached portion of the parish of
Monzie, which by Decreet of the Court of
Session in 1702 was transferred to the
parish of Muthill. By charter of 3rd Feb.
1 506-7, John, Lord of Drummond, for the
souls of the King and Queen, of Elizabeth
Lindsay, his wife, and of Margaret, his
daughter, granted to four chaplains to
celebrate at four altars in the church an
annual rent of 40 merks from the lands of
Innerpeffray and Dunfallis, with houses,
manses, gardens, etc. Manifestly these
chaplains were intended to constitute the
prebendaries of the collegiate erection,
which, it is stated, was carried out by the
said John in 1 508. The church is designated
a collegiate church in a charter of 25th Oct.
1542; and on 3rd Jan. 1581-2 there occurs
"William Lindsay, Provost and Chief or
Perpetual Chaplain of the Church of the
Virgin of Innerpeffray, ' ' who at that date
set in feu to James Drummond of Inner
peffray 6 acres of lands, 6 acres lying
together in the lands of Logan beside the
Gellie-burne, four gardens between Pethis-
Manis and the Royal Way, and the lands
of Kirkhill between Pethis-Manis and the
Water of Erne. These are in the main " the
Church lands, acres, houses and gardens
of the Provostry of the Collegiate Church
of Innerpeffray, with teinds of the same,
viz., the lands of Burnesyde, lie Priestes
aikers, 6 acres of land, other 6 acres,
4 gardens, lands of Kirksyde (vel. Kirkhill)
with teinds of the same," in Monzie
parish, occurring in a Retour of 1624.
Several references also occur to the
patronage of the Collegiate Church of
Innerpeffray and Chaplainries of the same.
In 1602-3 and at other dates reference is
made to the "Church lands or glebe called
lie Ibert of the Parish Church of Monzie. ' '
Ibert is the Gaelic lobairt, an offering or
gift land to the Church. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
ii, 3048; iii, 2825; v, 442; vi, 1304; ix, 1058;
Retours, viii, 307, xxvi, 299.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, reader 1569 and
vicar 1574; charged with abusing
the Sacraments; dep. 1582 and ex
communicated 26th March 1588; on 18th
June 1590 acted himself under pain of
death never to abuse the Sacraments or
function of the Kirk. — [Pitcairn's Criminal
Trials, i, 190; Reg. Privy Council, iv, 521;
xiv, 578.]
HECTOR CRANSTON, reader 16th
May 1574. — [Test. Inventories MS.
1574
Register House.}
WILLIAM DRUMMOND, min. at
1574 Crieff, also in charge here.
JOHN CLERK, pres. to parsonage on
removal of William Chisholm,
Bishop of Dunblane. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixiii, 84.]
WILLIAM CHALMERS, educ. at
1691 Marischal College.
1592
AUCHTERARDAR] MONZIE— MONZIEVAIRD and STROWAN
383
ARCHIBALD BOWIE, his sons—
1710
Archibald, merchant, Edinburgh;
Patrick, merchant, Edinburgh.
THOMAS BARTY, line 2, for "27"
1780 read "22."
JOHN REID OMOND, his daugh.,
1836 Helen Mary, died 2nd April 1926.
GEORGE BLAIR, pres. by Crown 22nd
1843 July 1843.
GEORGE HUTCHISON, pres. by
1845 Crown 13th Jan. 1845.
JAMES TAYLOR, pres. by Crown 26th
1847 March 1847.
HOTCHKIN HAYNES MURRAY,
1899
dem. 1st July 1938; died 17th June
1940; his daugh., Elspeth Maclean
(marr. llth June 1931 Ian Menteath Cairns
Macnaughton, Auchterarder); his wife,
Agnes Wright Knox, died 17th July 1938.
MONZIEVAIRD and STROWAN
In 1219 the Church of Monzievaird was
granted to Inchaffray Abbey by Gilbert,
Earl of Strathearn. Alternate services were
held in the Churches of Monzievaird and
Strowan till 1804, when the present church
was built in a central position for the united
parish. The old Church of Monzievaird
was situated in the old churchyard within
the grounds of Ochtertyre, and its site is
now occupied by a mausoleum. In 1490,
as a result of a feud between the Murrays
and Drummonds, there was fought a battle
in which the latter suffered a reverse. The
former, with their wives and children, pro
ceeded to Monzievaird Church to give
thanks for their victory, and thither they
were followed by the Drummonds, who
had been reinforced by McRobbies and
Campbells. Surrounding the church, the
Drummonds and their allies set fire to the
building, which had a roof of thatch; and
the Murrays, with one exception, were
either burned to death or slain when
attempting to escape. Evidence of the deed
was found in the discovery of the bones of
the victims when the site was cleared for
the foundations of the mausoleum. In
1 556, and at other dates, reference is made
to "the Glebe and Church Lands of the
vicarage of Monywaired (between the
Water of Turret, the Burn lie Kelak, and
the lands of the Lord of Monywaird, called
Ballintra), called lie Yburd. ' ' Yburd, Ibert,
is the Gaelic lobairt, and denotes an
offering or gifts made to the Church. In
1282-3 Malise, son of Malise, Earl of
Strathearn, granted to Inchaffray Abbey
the Church of Struy (Strowan), with the
ground on which the church was founded,
and the portion of land with which the
Church was dowered by him at its dedica
tion. The ruins of the church are situated
in the churchyard nearly opposite Strowan
House. The saint here is evidently St
Ronan, Abbot of Cann Garadh, Kingarth
in Bute, who died in 737. — [Charters of
Inchaffray Abbey, 32, 33, 104, 170-2;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 254, 309;
Macara's Crieff, 88, 89, 116; Reg. Mag.
Sig., iv, 2061 ;ix, 1199.]
ALEXANDER CRISTISON, reader
1564
1564 and 1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
THOMAS GLASS, reader 1569 and
1569
1574.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
WILLIAM DRUMMOND, min. of
t _71 Crieff, in charge here. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
JOHN MALLOCH, reader 1576-7.—
1576 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
GEORGE CALLUM, min. at Comrie,
1608 in charge here.
JOHN CAMPBELL, master of Gram-
1692
1701.
mar School of Glasgow in 1683. —
Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 10th Jan.
WILLIAM DUNCAN, educ. at Mari-
1721 schal College.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, his daugh.,
Charlotte Sarah (marr. Nicoll Mc-
Nicoll, naval architect, Glasgow),
died at Largs 29th Jan. 1923.
1843
384
MONZIEVAIRD and STROWAN— MUTHIL
[PRESB. OF
JOHN ROBERT CAMPBELL, his
daugh., Jane McConachie, died at
Oxford 12th June 1941; his son, Dr
Ian, died at Harrogate 7th Jan. 1942.
HON. ARTHUR GORDON, line 25,
1895 *°r "plam" reac* "Plaint"; his
daugh., Helena Constance Stra-
thearn (marr. 1 1th Sept. 1943 Colonel John
Hugh Mackenzie, C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal
Scots).
DAVID HEGGIE, his widow, Rosina,
daugh. of Thomas William Cle
ments, died at Edinburgh 27th Sept.
1922; his daugh., Rosanna (marr. 21st
Aug. 1934 Douglas Percy Dowe, L.M.S.).
WILLIAM WILSON BELL, trans, to
1918 Craigneuk 10th Oct. 1928.
1929
ALEXANDER BAIN HARPER, born
24th Oct. 1 886, son of Alexander H.,
min. of Wishaw; educ. at Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1907), B.D. (1910); served
in Royal Field Artillery and Royal Flying
Corps, Balloon Observer and Balloon
Commander, in Great War; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 1910; assistant at Tarves,
Shettleston, 1920; ord. to Kilmun 26th
Sept. 1922; trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1929.
Marr. 4th April 1923 Eileen Margaret,
daugh. of James Hope, Lenzie, and grand
daughter of Senator the Hon. John Fer
guson, Queensland, and has issue — Alex
ander James Hope, born llth Aug. 1924;
Aileen Hope, born 16th April 1928;
William George Hope, born 3rd July 1933.
STROWAN
JAMES MURRAY, reader in 1564 and
1564
1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
ALEXANDER GALL, min. at Muthill,
in charge here. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
ALEXANDER CHISHOLM, min. at
1576 Muthill, in charge here.
NORMAN LESLIE, parson, 1586-90.
1586 —[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
MUTHIL
The remains of the old church include
the early Norman tower and portions of
the rebuilding scheme carried out in or
soon after 1425 by Dean Michael Ochiltree
of Dunblane, afterwards Bishop of Dun
blane. A sketch from the north-east by
John Claude Nattes about 1799 shows that
the nave and aisle had a roof of one span
with no clerestory over the nave arcade.
On the north side of the chancel is a tomb
with two recumbent figures much defaced,
which, according to a tablet placed there
by their descendants, the Drummonds of
Megginche, late of Lennoch in Strathearn,
in 1880, are those of Ada, daughter of
Henry, Seneschal of Strathearn, and of Sir
Muriel Drummond, first knight of Con-
craig, who died in 1362. There was also a
Chapel of St Patrick at Strageath which
lies in a north-easterly direction from
Muthil. Near it is the farm of Dalpatrick.
According to the Breviary of Aberdeen, St
Fergus, with a few companions, settled for
a time in Strathearn near Strogeth, now
Strageath in Muthil, where he founded
three churches and dedicated them to St
Patrick. The Chapel of St Patrick at
Struthill is described by Macfarlane in the
first part of the 1 8th century as ' ' ane old
ruinous popish cheaple where superstitious
people used to bind distracted persons upon
a large stone in the middle of it, and it has
been reported that they have been loos'd
and restored to their right wits in the
morning. ' ' The well near by was regarded
as having curative properties; and people
visiting it left * ' a penny, a clout, a pairte of
the beastis hair, or any such trifle as ane
offering to the Sanct." So seriously did
the Presbytery of Auchterarder regard the
superstitious practices that in 1650 it
ordered the walls of the chapel to be
thrown down. But portions at least re
mained till 1846, when they were removed
and the burying-ground levelled, and the
well drained into a trough. The foundation
stone of the present church was laid on 14th
March 1826, and the building was com
pleted in August 1828.— [Macfarlane 's
Geog. Collections, i, 132, S.H.S.; Ross's
Eccles. Architecture, i, 196-7, 203.]
AUCHTERARDER]
MUTHIL— KINKELL
385
ALEXANDER GALL, called reader
1564 and l567.—[Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
1564
JOHN DAVIDSON, pres. to vicarage
10th Aug. 1590 on death of James
Drummond and to parsonage on 4th
Jan. 1591-2 on removal of William Chis-
holm, Bishop of Dunblane. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixi, 40; Ixiii, 105.]
JAMES SCOTT, educ. at Marischall
1735 College.
JAMES RANKEN, pres. by Crown 20th
March 1868; his daugh., Arabella
Louisa, died 28th April 1943.
1868
ANDREW MUTCH, his wife, Petrus
1902 Dow Young, died 12th Aug. 1940.
1912
GEORGE CONDIE, his widow, Mary
Calvert Walker, died 15th Nov.
1928.
1919
ALEXANDER CROSS, his daugh.,
^ean (marr- ^Oth Aug. 1^34 Hamish
Sharp, min. of Kilbowie).
TRINITY-GASK
The church was also designated Cask
Christ or Gascrit, which might indicate an
alternative dedication to the Saviour. In
1 220-3 Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn, granted
the church to the Abbey of Inchaffray. The
church was rebuilt in 1770. At the farm of
Cow or Coul Cask there was a chapel, the
site of which, designated the Chapelhill,
was trenched over in the early part of the
19th century. — [Charters of Inchaffray
Abbey, 39.]
WILLIAM MELROSE, exhorter 1564-
72, was curate prior to 1560. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc., and Perth, etc.]
1564
SIR THOMAS SCOTT, reader 1564-71,
also at Findogask. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth.]
1574 THOMAS LUMSDEN.
1596
WILLIAM OSWALD, pres. in 1584 on
death of Sir William Ruthven.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., lii, 2.]
1794
JOHN MURRAY, his son, Mungo,
1639 macer of Justiciary, 1 662.
JAMES BRUGH, son of John B. of
Forwell Mill and Catherine, daugh.
of John Campbell, supervisor of
excise, Inverness.
DAVID JOHN MACLAREN, trans, to
1916 Dundurn 16th May 1930.
KINKELL
In 1200 the church was grated to Inchaf
fray Abbey by Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn.
The bell, sold apparently in 1708 to Cock-
pen Church, to which it belongs, has the
inscription: "This Bel Bellongs to the
Church of Kinkail. Jasper van Erpecour
me fecit 1680."— [Charters of Inchaffray
Abbey, 6-8, 13-14.]
ALEXANDER MURRAY, reader in
1564
1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM MELROSE, exhorter here
1567. (See Findo Cask, Foulis
1567
Wester and Dupplin.)
WILLIAM DRUMMOND, min. at
_ Crieff, also in charge here. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
ADAM SIBBALD, pres. to vicarage
158? 2nd March 1587-8 on death of
Dean George Spiers, monk of
Inchaffray.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivii, 71.]
2B
PRESBYTERY OF STIRLING
AIRTH
The church was granted to Holyrood
Abbey by David I, apparently soon after
1128. The ruins of the medieval church
stand in the churchyard near Airth Castle.
On the south side of the nave is the Airth
Aisle, called " Our-Ladeis-eyle of Airth,"
probably of the 15th century; and west of
it is the Elphingston Aisle erected about
1600. There is also the Bruce Aisle of date
1414. The date of the tower is 1647. The
present church was opened for worship on
20th Feb. 1 820. The Lady Well is described
in the 18th century as near the Abbey town
bridge. There was a chapel at Carnock in
the barony of Plean. — [Charters of Holy-
rood, 7; Reg. Great Seal, iii, 762, viii, 1022;
Procs. Soc. of Antiq., iii, 165-8.]
PAUL GELLIE, his son, John, appren
ticed to Joseph Young, merchant,
Edinburgh, 9th Sept. 1702.
1679
ROBERT URE, primus, his son, John,
1763 died Nov. 1793.
FREDERIC HENDRY, died at
1900 Craigellachie 13th July 1937.
THOMAS DONALDSON, trans, (ass.
and sue.) from St Mary's, South
Ronaldsay (q.v.\ 14th Nov. 1928.
Marr. 5th Aug. 1927 Katherine Mary,
daugh. of Donald Maclennan, Dingwall,
and has issue — Katherine Mary, born 27th
Feb. 1929; Elizabeth Alexandra, born 31st
Aug. 1931.
ALLOA
On 21st Oct. 1497 Alexander, Lord
Erskine, granted an annual rent of 24 sh.
from his land and croft in Alloa called
Croft-Angrie, to a qualified chaplain to
celebrate at the Altar of St Kentigern
"which is called 'the great and authentic
Altar' in the Church of Alloa." The
remains of the old church, which was re
paired and enlarged in 1680, are situated
in the churchyard. The present church was
erected in 1819. The interior redecoration
of the church, at a cost of £8,000, was com
pleted in Sept. 1937.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., ii,
2377.]
JAMES DUNCANSON, in 1579 he
received a grant, renewed in 1580,
of "the haill chaplainry of the
Chapel Royal in Stirling, qlk p. tent of
before to Sir George Maxwell." — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JAMES FORDYCE, marr. 2nd May
1771 Henrietta Cummyn, sister to
1758
James C., Lyon Clerk Depute.
WILLIAM SHAW, pres. by Crown 27th
Aug. 1862; his daugh., Christian
Margaret, died 7th Feb. 1936.
ALEXANDER BRYSON, pres. by
1870 Crown 21st May 1870.
AUGUSTINE SCUDAMORE WENT-
WORTH FORBES, for "Went-
worth" read "Waitworth."
ROBERT JOHN THOMSON, trans, to
1919 Bothwell 16th Feb. 1927.
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, trans,
from Stevenston 22nd June 1927;
1927
trans, to St Columba's, Glasgow,
6th June 1929.
JAMES PITT WATSON, born 9th Nov.
1893, son of John W., Church of
Scotland Social Work Committee,
and Margaret Robertson; educ. at George
Heriot's School and Univ. of Edinburgh,
M.A. Hons. (1917), B.D. (1920); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1919; assistant Tron
386
PRESB. OF STIRLING]
ALLOA— BONNYBRIDGE
387
Church, Edinburgh; ord. to Dalmuir 14th
Oct. 1920; trans, to Sandyford 18th Dec.
1923; trans, and adm. 12th Sept. 1929;
dem. 14th July 1945; adm. to Chair of
Practical Theology in Trinity College,
Glasgow, 14th July 1946; D.D. (Edinburgh,
4th July 1947). Marr. 28th Jan. 1918
Margaret Munro, daugh. of Robert Munro
Ritchie, H.M. Register House, Edinburgh,
and Margaret, daugh. of Lieut. Thomas
Ross Smith, and has issue — Marjorie
Ritchie, born llth Dec. 1918 (marr. 20th
April 1945 Edmund, son of A. Barton,
Rosside, Ulverston); Eileen Louise, born
10th April 1920 (marr. 17th Aug. 1946
Gerald F. S. Brian, Lieut.-Com. R.N.);
Ian Pitt, bora 15th Oct. 1923. Publication
— Skirving Lecture: The Christian Law of
Liberty.
TULLIBODY
The old church consists of bare walls,
the roof and windows having been removed
in 1916. More than three and a half cen
turies earlier it had suffered a somewhat
similar fate at the hands of a French army,
which, in 1560, had marched into Fife
from Edinburgh by way of Stirling. Com
pelled to retreat on the same track, they
found their passage blocked by the action
of Kirkcaldy of Grange in breaking down
the bridge across the Devon at Tullibody,
and they had resort to removing the roof
of the church and utilising the timbers to
provide a substitute bridge. — [Beveridge's
Between the Ochils and the Forth, 309.]
ALEXANDER FARGY, min. at Logic,
1571
held the vicarage. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
ST ANDREW'S ALLOA
GEORGE MITCHELL, his daugh.,
1882 Janet, died 4th April 1946, aged 83.
JAMES SMITH CLARK, served in
1Q21 Great War, 1914. Marr. 2nd Sept.
1930 Ann Vaughan (died 12th Nov.
1943), daugh. of John Gilchrist, and had
issue — Robert Vaughan, born 16th Jan.
1933; John Gilchrist, born 20th Nov. 1934.
ALVA
ROBERT MONTEITH, min. in 1566.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
ROBERT FORBES, educ. at Marischal
1675 College.
1884
JAMES ALEXANDER WILLIAM
SON, D.D. (St Andrews); dem.
1929; died 12th June 1930; his
daugh., Mary Ann Winter Conacher (marr.
10th Nov. 1931 William Christie, son of
J. Belfrage, J.P., Durham House, Porto-
bello).
BANNOCKBURN
WILLIAM BLACKLEY RITCHIE, his
1884
widow, Annie Louisa Hodson, died
Edinburgh 6th June 1945.
JAMES STRATHEARN MACNAB,
1921 trans, to Flowerhill 20th Oct. 1926.
NEILL McNEILL, born llth Nov.
192? 1894, son of Hugh M., J.P., Dublin,
and Emma Lucy Gregg; educ. at
MacCrea-Magee College, Londonderry,
Trinity College, B.A. (June 1917), M.A.
(June 1921); Assembly's College, Belfast;
licen. by Presb. of Dublin June 1920;
assistant, Agnes Street, Belfast; ord. to
Chalmers Church, Ardwick, Manchester,
21st Sept. 1921; assistant Cambuslang 1st
July 1925; adm. by General Assembly 3rd
June 1926; adm. 23rd March 1927; trans,
to Steven Memorial Church, Glasgow, 30th
May 1930. Marr. 14th Sept. 1927Euphemia
Williams (died 28th Feb. 1937), daugh. of
David Alexander Morrell and Eliza Jane
Wilson, and had issue — Hugh Morrell,
bom 5th July 1929; David Wilson Gregg,
bom 19th April 1933.
BONNYBRIDGE
JAMES STEEL, his wife, Annie B. Ure,
1878
died at Stirling 14th June 1932; he
died 13th April 1946, aged 94.
DUNCAN McCORKINDALE, trans.
1919 to Milngavie 22nd Dec. 1925.
388
BONNYBRIDGE— CLACKMANNAN
[PRESB. OF
BARTY DANIEL SINCLAIR, born
24th Nov. 1890; educ. at Univ. of
1926 Glasgow, M.A. (1923); assistant
Shettleston 1924; ord. 5th May 1926.
BOTHKENNAR
The patron saint was Gainer, daughter of
Caelman, otherwise Cainder and Cainner.
The church belonged to the Priory of Eccles.
—[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 276.]
JOHN GALBRAITH, his son,
Humphry, probably min. of Dollar.
—[G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., ix, 163.]
JOHN SKINNER, his son, George,
1676
apprenticed to Joseph Young, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 13th Dec. 1697.
WILLIAM MUNRO, his son, William,
1766 died at Whitacre, 5th July 1794.
GEORGE DICKSON HUTTON, died
at Edinburgh 3rd Dec. 1929; his son,
William Menzies, Royal Corps of
Signals, died prisoner of war Aug. 1944.
1893
CHARLES WILLIAM PARISH, trans.
1919 to Comrie 19th Dec. 1924.
PETER CRAIG MAcQUOID, ord.
(ass. and sue.) 22nd April 1924;
trans, to Turriff 20th April 1927.
1924
WILLIAM THOMSON, trans, from
1927
Kelty (q.v.) 30th Sept. 1927 (ass.
and sue.); died 18th Jan. 1943.
CLACKMANNAN
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 24th Aug. 1249. It belonged to
Cambuskenneth Abbey, having been gran
ted to the same by David I prior to 1153,
along with 40 acres of land and the priest's
toft in the town of Clackmannan. About
1160 the grant was confirmed by King
David's son, Malcolm IV. The church was
served by a parish chaplain from the Abbey.
Alloa Church was a dependent chapel of
Clackmannan — a position that was not
without friction. In a dispute between Sir
Thomas Erskine, Kt., of that ilk, and the
Abbot of Cambuskenneth, regarding the
services of Alloway (Alloa) Chapel, which,
Sir Thomas affirmed, should be performed
by the Abbot as perpetual vicar of Clack
mannan, a Decreet Arbitral was pro
nounced on 4th April 1401 to the effect
that the Abbot and Convent should consent
that the canon or priest serving at Clack
mannan should serve in the chapel on the
Lord's Day and festival days, in the man
ner hitherto, if the licence of the Bishop of
St Andrews was procured by Sir Thomas
and the inhabitants and others frequenting
the chapel. Eight years later the matter in
dispute was the repair of Clackmannan
Church, to which the parishioners at Clack
mannan declined to contribute on the
ground that the inhabitants of the Lordship
of Alloway were refusing so to do; and in
a letter of 20th May 1409 Henry Wardlaw,
Bishop of St Andrews, found that Alloway
was bound to make contribution, in
structed the parish chaplain of the Church
of Clackmannan to warn the parishioners,
and especially those in the Lordship of
Alloway, to begin repairs in thirty days and
carry them to completion, on pain of ex
communication, and directed that, in the
event of the recreants lying under excom
munication for nine days, with hardened
hearts, the Church of Clackmannan, and
the chapels and oratories within the parish,
should be placed under ecclesiastical inter
dict, and that no divine service should be
performed or sacraments administered in
the same excepting the absolution of the
dying and the baptism of infants. There
were in the church an altar dedicated to St
Ninian and in the barony of Sauchie a
chapel dedicated to St Blane.— [Chart, of
Cambuskenneth, 29-30, 31-3; Lockhart's
Ch. in Scot, in 13 th Century, 63; Gaw's
Prot. Book, 34; Exch. Rolls, xvii, 583.]
ALEXANDER FARGY, min. at Logic,
in charge also here. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, his daugh., Isa-
1862 bella Jane, died 7th Nov. 1941.
ALEXANDER IRVINE ROBERT
SON, died at Stirling 2 1 st Feb. 1 925 ;
his daugh., Charlotte Stewart (marr.
at Shanghai 18th Aug. 1933 Mervyn Arm
strong, son of Rev. E. A., Ebbw Vale).
STIRLING]
CLACKMANNAN— DOLLAR
389
ROBERT ANDREW AGNEW, trans,
to Cardross 19th May 1932; Ph.D.
(Edinburgh 1935); died 22nd May
1936. Marr. 25th Oct. 1929 Gladys Camp
bell, second daugh. of Matthew Greenlees,
Aberdona House, Clackmannan.
DENNY
By Act of Parliament in 1641 the church,
which "some fourtie years" earlier "had
been dismembered from the parsonage of
Falkirk with the consent of the patron and
the parson" of that parish, was erected
into a parish and was granted the privileges,
liberties, emoluments, and endowments
competent to a parish. Enclosed within the
waters of Carron and Boyne, and situated
four miles from Falkirk, the inhabitants of
Denny could not possibly have the benefit
of Divine Service at Falkirk, and for the
space foresaid, forty years, they had been
served "be thair owne pastores upon
meanes within themselffis. " — [Acts Scott.
Part., v, 473; Stewarton Case, 115.]
ALEXANDER CALANDER.— [G. R.
1627 Sas., 2 Sen, xii, 12.]
JOHN WINGATE of Chartershall, his
son, John, apprenticed to Patrick
Murray, goldsmith, Edinburgh, 17th
Sept. 1703.— [Deeds, Mack., 1705, No.
386.]
JAMES TURNBULL, son of Robert T.,
17_ft bailie of Linlithgow. — [Services of
Heirs, 7th April 1752.]
COLIN McCULLOCH, pres. by Crown
1843 5th Aug. 1843.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, pres. by
1854 Crown 2nd Feb. 1854.
ALEXANDER FALCONER, pres. by
1856 Crown 5th March 1856.
ALEXANDER MACARA, died at
Woburn, Bucks, 5th April 1944; his
1904
son, Alexander, min. of Irvine.
DOLLAR
The church was dedicated to St Columba,
and belonged to Inchcolm Abbey, being
apparently a mensal church of the abbot.
A scheme of restoration or rebuilding of
the church by the abbot is said to have
been in process in 1336, when valuable
woodwork about to be used in the scheme
was carried off by English raiders from
ships in the Firth of Forth. According to
the tale, the vessel containing the timber
and the raiders sank in a storm in deep
water off Inchcolm, the tempest being due
to the intervention of St Columba. The
church was rebuilt in 1775, and again in
lS4l.—Book of Pluscarden, 281, Scott.
Historians; Scotichronicon, Goodall's Ed.,
xiii, cxxxvii; Extracta Variis Chron. Scotia,
170; Chart, of Inchcolm, 56,Scott.Hist.Soc.]
1561
SIR HENRY BALFOUR, vicar in
1561-72, removed for non-com-
pearance before 19th Dec. 1573. —
[Laing Charters, 849; Reg. of Pres. Bene.,
19th Dec. 1573; Acts and Dec., xxx, 111,
170; xxiv, 152; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
SIR ROBERT BURR, curate in 1561,
1561 reader i*1 15(>7; Pres- to vicarage 19th
Dec. 1573 on non-compearance of
Sir Henry Balfour; still in office 1590.—
[Acts and Dec., xxiv, 152; xxx, 170; Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 14; Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
GAVIN DONALDSON, pres. to
_8Q vicarage 1 2th Feb. 1 588-9 on depriv.
of John Burne.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
lix, 28.]
PATRICK SMYTH, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage llth May
1596 on dem. of Henry Guthrie. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 127.]
HUMPHREY GALBRAITH, probably
1664 son of John G., min. of Bothkennar.
ROBERT FINDLAY, educ. at Mari-
1757 schal College.
JOHN WATSON, educ. at Marischal
1792 College.
ROBERT SCOTT McCLELLAND,
10,n trans, to Burnside, Rutherglen, 8th
1920 Oct. 1928.
2B*
390
DOLLAR— LARBERT and DUNIPACE
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS STOBO GLEN, trans, from
Govanhill (q.v.) 14th Feb. 1929;
1929
trans, to Kildonan 2nd July 1948.
GARGUNNOCK
JOHN EDMONSTONE, his son,
Patrick, apprenticed to Archibald
Fisher, barber, Edinburgh, 21st
Feb. 1694.
JOHN STARK, his son, Matthew, died
at Westertown, Doune, 26th July
1912.
ROBERT STEVENSON, dem. 6th Jan.
1927; his wife, Agnes Jeannie Dodds,
died 25th July 1938; he died Melrose
14th Jan. 1947.
1888
JOHN HENRY HORTON McNEILL,
1927
trans, from Indian Chaplaincy
12th May 1927; trans, to Rosebank,
Dundee, llth Oct. 1933; dem. 9th Sept.
1939.
HAGGS
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, his
1877
widow, Jeanie Hunter Henderson,
died 2nd Oct. 1938.
JOHN SHEDDEN, trans, to Dalmel-
1922
lington 29th April 1925. Line 1, for
"James" read "John."
JOHN JACKSON, son of John J.,
quarryman, and Martha Bryson
Jackson; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton; min. at
Collie, Western Australia, 1910; served in
Army; missionary at St Machan's, Lark-
hall, 1919; ord. 9th Sept. 1925. Marr. 8th
Dec. 1909 Christina, daugh. of Thomas
Strachan Purden and Isabella Macfarlane,
and has issue — Christina Purden, born
22nd Oct. 1910; Margaret Isabel Macfar
lane, born 13th March 1912, died 6th Dec.
1918.
LARBERT and DUNIPACE
Larbert and Dunipace were described as
chapels or chapel kirks on llth July 1606,
when the Chapel of Larbert was erected by
Parliament into a separate parsonage. They
were also described on 1st June 1621 as
"formerlie united," but there does not
appear to be any record of the actual date
of union. On 4th Aug. 1621 there were
before Parliament two warrants under the
King's hand "concerning the appointing
and determinating wche of the two Kirks
of Larbert and Dunipace formerlie united
should be the ordinarie place of publick
divine service of the said two parishes."
In the Parish of Dunipace there were a
chapel dedicated to St Helen, the mother
of Constantine the Great, situated near St
Helen's Loch now extinct, and a chapel
dedicated to St Alexander. To the latter,
vestiges of which existed in 1723, there
pertained lands called the Kirklands. A
short distance from the chapel was St
Alexander's Well, "famous in old times
for several cures." In the neighbourhood
there were also St Alexander's Hill, St
Alexander's Cuthill, evidently a grove, a
retreat in a wood, and the Cuthill Burn.
As a dependent chapel of St Ninian's,
Larbert was granted, probably about 1 1 30,
to Cambuskenneth Abbey by Robert,
Bishop of St Andrews 1124-58.— [Acts
Scott. Par!., iv, 346b, 407b; Reg. Great
Seal, iii, 2879, iv, 815, xi, 323; Retours,
vii, 220, xxvii, 247, xxviii, 136, A, 201;
Macfarlane 's Geog. Coll, i, 332; Chart, of
Cambuskenneth, 108; Jamieson's Diction
ary, \, 554, Ed. 1879; Chart, of Cambus
kenneth, 43-4.]
ALEXANDER NORIE, son of Alex
ander N., min. of Fern. Addl. issue
— Jean, died 1683; his son, James,
Notary and Town Clerk, Stirling, died
1674.
1619
THOMAS HOG, had issue— William,
1650 advocate, 1680.
FRANCIS MACGILL, pres. by Crown
1843 12th July 1843.
JOHN McLAREN, pres. by Crown 21st
1847 June 1847.
JOHN FAIRLEY, died 1st April 1931;
his son, Norman Alexander, died
27th Feb. 1916; his daugh., Agnes
Stevenson, died 27th March 1924; his
STIRLING]
LARBERT and DUNIPACE— ST NINIAN'S
391
widow, Janet Muir, died 8th March 1941;
his son, John Macdonald, R.A., died Sept.
1943.
DUNIPACE
As a dependent Chapel of St Ninian's,
Dunipace was granted, probably about
1 130, to Cambuskenneth Abbey by Robert,
Bishop of St Andrews 1124-58. In 1163
Pope Alexander III confirmed to Dunferm-
line Abbey the Chapel of the Castle of
Dunipace; and there was a similar con
firmation in 1184 by Pope Crucius III.
Subsequently there arose a dispute regard
ing the chapel between the Abbot and
Convent of Dunfermline and the Abbot
and Canons of Cambuskenneth, and on
24th Oct. 1215 there was confirmed an
agreement between the parties, whereby the
Abbot and Canons of Cambuskenneth gave
up all right to the church in favour of the
Abbot and Convent of Dunfermline. Sub
sequently, and before 21st Jan. 1426-7,
Dunipace became a parish. The old church,
situated near the "Hills of Dunipace,"
was replaced by the present church, opened
on 29th June 1 834. There was in the parish
a Chapel of St Alchenter (Alexander), who
is said to have been the son of a Scottish
king. The well of the chapel also bore the
saint's name, and was famous for reputed
cures. At the close of the first quarter of
the 1 8th century vestiges of the chapel still
remained. In the latter part of the 13th
century an uncle of Sir William Wallace
served the cure of Dunipace. His house Sir
William frequently made his home; and he
was the author of the following lines, which
the famous patriot oft repeated:
"Dieo tibi verum, liber t as est optima re rum,
Nunquam servili sub nexu vivito fill. ' '
("I will tell you the truth, of all things
liberty's the best,
O never be, my son, with slavery opprest. ' ')
In Torwood was Wallace's oak-tree, said
to have been twelve feet in diameter, in the
hollow trunk of which Sir William secreted
himself after his defeat in the north. —
[Chart, of Cambuskenneth, 43-4, 112,
114-16, 148, 149-57; Chart, of Dunfermline,
152, 157; Macfarlane's Geograph. Collec
tions, i, 332.]
1900
PLEAN
WILLIAM THOMSON PONTON
MACDONALD, dem. 25th Nov.
1923; died at Stirling 7th Dec. 1932.
1925
ROBERT CRAWFORD, ord. 26th
April 1925; trans, to Alford 17th
June 1927.
DAVID WILLIAMSON, trans, from
Edzell (q.v.) 12th Oct. 1927; trans.
to Garvock 29th Nov. 1935; dem.
31st Dec. 1943; died at Coupar Angus 24th
Sept. 1948; his daugh., Olive (marr. 24th
Dec. 1938 Hugh Wotherspoon, Tilli-
coultry).
ST NINIAN'S
The church was also sometimes called
the Parish Church of Kirketoun and the
Parish Church of St Ninian of Kirketoun.
Probably in or about 1 130, the church with
its Chapels of Dunipace and Larbert and
its other chapels and oratories was granted
to Cambuskenneth Abbey by Robert,
Bishop of St Andrews 1124-58. Kirk O'
Muir, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was
situated at Dundaff. In 1458, and again in
1468, it is designated "the Chapel of St
Mary of Garvald in Dundafmoor. " On
8th Feb. 1458-9 King James II granted to
the chaplain and his successors in the
chapel 2 merks of the lands of Ernbeg "in
which is situated the Cross of Kippen" in
the Lordship of Menteith. At one time it
was a charge apart from St Ninian's, and
was termed ' ' the Church of Dundaffmure. ' '
The Lord's Supper was served in it after
the Reformation. Before the middle of last
century all trace of the church had gone;
but a small burial-ground remained. The
patronage of the church was in the hands
of the Grahames of Montrose. Among the
possessions of the Chapel of the Virgin
Mary of Skeoch (Bannockburn) was lie
Cuthill, a grove, a special place of residence,
a retreat among trees, possibly the abode
of ' ' the hermit of the Chapel of Bannock-
burn," to whom on 16th May 1496 James
IV gave an offering of 4 sh. The same
monarch gave alms to the priests of the
chapel on 26th Aug. 1 505, and to the chapel
392
ST NINIAN'S— STIRLING
[PRESB. OF
a Mass Book on 20th Jan. 1506-7. On 14th
Aug. 1533 James V made a payment of
£3 6s. 8d. to Sir James Inglis, chaplain,
"that sings for the King's soul at Bannock-
burn." — [Chart, of Cambuskenneth, 43-4;
Reg. Great Seal, ii, 672, iv, 1630, v, 188;
Retours, ix, 185; Excheq. Rolls, vii, 575,
625; Lord High Treasurer's Ace., i, 324,
iii, 63, 206, vi, 102.]
1556
ROBERT AUCHMOWTIE, vicar of
Stirling, was chaplain of Blessed
Virgin Mary at Skeoch or Bannock-
burn. — [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, i, 42.]
ANDREW KIRK, reader; pres. to
1591
vicarage of Glendevon 28th Jan.
1591-2.
1684
JAMES FULLARTON, had issue-
probably William, a divinity student
who died at Old Aberdeen, buried
7th March 1701.
JAMES FORSYTH, his sons— David,
1687
1675.
born 13th May 1678; James, min.
of Craig; his daugh., Margaret, born
1913
ROBERT PAISLEY, father's name
1843 "James, "not "John."
EDWARD ROWLAND JONES, born
21st Aug. 1876, son of Captain
Jones, R.N., and nephew of James
Alexander Crichton, D.D., min. of Annan;
educ. at Annan Academy, Dumfries
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1907), St Andrews, B.D.; travelled on
Continent and studied at Univs. of Vienna,
Breslau, Paris and Berlin and received high
commendation for his research work in
church history; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 30th Nov. 1910; assistant at
Clackmannan and in this parish 1911. On
outbreak of war he joined the Army as a
combatant and was known as "the Fighting
Parson," was wounded by shrapnel in the
spine, from which he never recovered; ord.
4th June 1913. He was a brilliant linguist
and had command of twelve languages and
assisted his uncle, Dr Crichton, in the
preparation of his works on Syriac and
Ethiopiac grammar; died 29th April 1939,
unmarr. Publication — The Book of Poets,
a hitherto unknown work of the Arabic
scholar Mohamed Ibu Habil.
SAUCHIE
ALEXANDER McCLYMONT
1Q1_ ADAMS, trans, to St. Ninian's,
Glasgow, llth June 1929.
JAMES MUDGE, formerly of Rangoon
1929 {q'v^ adm> 5th Sept' 1929< He had
issue — Eva Lyon, born 1st Jan.
1926; Nancy Esther, born 20th May, 1929;
Eleanor Isobel, born 7th Aug. 1934.
STENHOUSE
DAVID SCRIBNER MERROW, B.D.,
1900
dem. 31st Oct. 1941, died at St
Andrews 5th Nov. 1947.
STIRLING
On 21st Jan. 1361-2 Sir Robert de
Erskine, Kt., Chamberlain of Scotland,
granted to Cambuskenneth Abbey the
patronage of the Church of Kinnoull for
the repair of the abbey, which had suffered
"by reason of divers incursions of the
English and others who have taken away
gold and silver chalices, linen and woollen
cloths, and Church ornaments, charters
and instruments," and through the bell
tower being struck by lightning and burned,
and the choir thereby also "greatly de
stroyed." By charter of 10th March
1402-3 Robert III conveyed to the abbey
the Hospital of St James at ' ' the Caleyard
of the Brig of Stirling." Before 24th Jan.
1488 James IV founded a chaplainry at the
Altar of the Virgin Mary in the abbey for
the singing of masses for the souls of his
father, James III, and his mother, Queen
Margaret. Other altars in the abbey were
St Andrew, St John the Evangelist, St John
the Baptist, St Laurence, St Nicholas, St
Ninian, St Catharine, and All Saints. The
Altar of St Ninian is described as "in the
Parish Church of Cambuskenneth," and
therefore in all likelihood it was the
parochial altar with the chaplain serving
STIRLING]
STIRLING— STIRLING WEST
393
1564
the parochial cure. — [Chart, of Cambus-
kenneth, 224-5, 297, 307; Reg. Great Seal,
i, App. i, 151, App. ii, 1797; Reg. Sec. Seal,
i, 2040; Lord High Treas. Aces., i, 102, ix,
449; Cal Papal Regs., Petitions, i, 475, 539,
Letters, iv, 234.]
JOHN DUNCANSON, died Father of
1560 the Church.
ROBERT AUCHMOUTY, vicar in
1564; he was in office 24th April
1556, and was also chaplain of the
Chapel of the Virgin Mary of Skeoch, alias
Bannockburn; died 1st July 1587.— [Lord
High Treas. Aces., xi, 317; Reg. Great Seal,
iv, 1630; Edin. Test., 1st Aug. 1587.]
JAMES GUTHRIE, on the petition of
his widow, Jean Ramsay, and his
daugh., Sophia, that they might be
transferred to the Continent ' ' for the more
convenient managing their household vir
tue, the only means of their lyviehood, ' '
the Privy Council in Feb. 1661 remitted to
the Lord Commissioner his Grace "to
alter and change their place of confinement
as his Grace shall think expedient." —
[Reg. Privy Council, 3 Ser., i, 333.]
STIRLING, THE ROOD CHURCH
EAST
THOMAS DUNCANSON, reader in
1563.— [Book of the Universal Kirk,
44.]
JAMES GUTHRIE, son of William G.
of Memes and brother of Alexander
G. of Memes.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
30th April 1659.]
1649
MATHIAS SYMSON, marr. (3) proc.
1661 24th May 1657.
WILLIAM PIERSON, had issue—
-,_, Agnes, born 7th Sept. 1667; Thom
son, born 28th Jan. 1669; David,
born 3rd May 1670; James, born 17th Jan.
1672; John, born 17th Dec. 1673.— [Dun-
fermline Register.}
ROBERT RULE, marr. (1) Barbara
1694 Bonar (died after 23rd April 1674)
and had issue — Barbara; (2) before
19th May 1682, Elizabeth Campsie; his
son, Robert, M.D., of Peelwells.— [Glas
gow Sas., xxxiii, 209; xxxvii, 1,112; 268.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, eldest son
„, of James H. of Balder ston. — [Deeds
Dal, 21st Feb. 1704.]
THOMAS RANDALL, marr. 28th
1770
Sept. 1742; had issue— David;
Thomas, born llth June 1747;
William, born 27th Nov. 1748, died llth
Nov. 1759; Janet, born 14th July 1750;
Mary, born 14th Feb. 1752, died 17th July
1766.
JAMES SOMERVILLE, p. 322, line 2,
1793 for "1793" read "1803."
ALEXANDER BEITH, had six sons
1839
and eight daughters; his daugh.,
Julia (marr. Rev. James Alexander
George, Montrose), died 18th Feb. 1926;
his son, John Alexander, J.P., Manchester
and Altanacraig, Oban, died Oct. 1896,
father of Major-General John (Ian Hay),
C.B.E., M.C.
GEORGE ALEXANDER, his daugh.,
1858
Jane Edith, died at Hythe 5th April
1948.
JAMES PAISLEY LANG, dem. 1922,
1873 died at Dunkeld 28th Dec. 1939;
his widow, Frances Ann Holbrow,
died at Dunkeld 2nd Jan. 1934; his daugh.,
Frances Marion Marshall, died at North
Palmerston, New Zealand, 16th May 1941.
WILLIAM STEVENSON STUART,
1923
trans, from Sandyford, Glasgow
(q.v.), 6th June 1923; his wife,
Steuart Stewart Gordon, died 19th March
1928. Marr. (2) 15th Sept. 1930 Janet,
daugh. of W. A. Young of Abbey Park
Craig; dem. 1934.
STIRLING WEST
DAVID BENNET.— [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser.,
1650 i, 232.]
JAMES HUNTER, son of Thomas H.,
W.S., indweller in Monkton, Mus-
selburgh.
394
STIRLING WEST— CAMBUS KENNETH [PRESB. OF STIRLING
JOHN FORRESTER, line 1, for
1696
"James" read "Alexander"; his
widow, Marion Hay, and James,
only son (minor). — [Deeds Mack., 1704,
No. 525.]
ROBERT MACAULAY, marr. daugh.
of Andrew Burnett of Warriston,
advocate.
1706
CHARLES MOORE, son of Captain
James M., an officer in King Wil
liam's Army, descended from
Rowallan; his daughs. — Charles, died 9th
April 1787; Mary (marr. George Mclntosh);
Barbara (marr. William Todd, Stirling).
WILLIAM FINDLAY, his daugh.,
1855
Elizabeth Smith, died 14th April
1934; his sons — John Smith, died
16th July 1938; William Frederick, assessor
and collector for Midlothian, died 24th
Feb. 1932.
GEORGE MURE SMITH, his widow,
Margaret Wright Spence, died 13th
1876
Oct. 1942.
ARCHIBALD JAMES MILLER, died
1907 7th May 1928.
JOHN DOUGLAS GLENNIE, born
1929
Balmedie, Aberdeen, 16th Oct. 1896,
son of Charles Emslie G., M.A.,
F.E.I.S., schoolmaster, and Elizabeth John-
stone Milne; educ. at Gordon's College and
Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1921), B.D.
(1925); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 27th
March 1923; served in Great War with
Gordon Highlanders and Machine Gun
Corps and in European War as Chaplain
to Ayrshire Yeomanry and a base hospital
in France 1939; assistant at Nigg, mis
sionary at Hunton, Orkney; assistant
Pollokshields; ord. to Ladybank 17th Sept.
1925; trans. 26th Sept. 1929; dem. 15th
April 1935, preparatory to restoration of
the ancient church of the Holy Rude;
locum tenens St Peter's, Thurso, 1935; adm.
to Kirkpatrick Durham 7th April 1938;
died at Gleneagles Hospital 30th Sept.
1940. Marr. 1st July 1927 Margaret
Murison, daugh. of William MacWhirter,
warehouseman, Glasgow, and had issue —
a son stillborn 4th April 1931; Rosemary
Margaret Diana, born 31st March 1933.
Publication — The Rev. Ebenezer Erskine,
M.A., paper read to Stirling Archaeological
Society, March 1936.
STIRLING NORTH
EBENEZER ERSKINE, his son,
1731
Ebenezer, apprenticed to Thomas
and Walter Ruddiman, printers,
Edinburgh, 4th June 1740.
ARCHIBALD BRUCE, his daugh.,
181? Eliza Banks (marr. 23rd April 1846
David Thomson).
DAVID PATRICK McLEES, dem.
1895 12th Nov. 1934; died 7th June 1939;
his son, Alexander Gray, English
Master, Kirkcaldy High School; his widow,
Jessie Gray, died 18th Nov. 1949.
CHAPEL ROYAL OF STIRLING
The parsonage and vicarage of Glenholm
was a chaplaincy of the Chapel Royal. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxix, 114.]
JOHN DUNCANSON, pres. in 1567 on
1567
death of Sir William Younger. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 77.]
RICHARD WRIGHT, reader, pres. to
1574
vicarage 25th Jan. 1574-5 on dem.
of John Duncanson. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 29.]
JOHN CRAIG, his daugh., Barbara
(marr. William Watson, min. of
1579
Markinch).
MARYKIRK
THOMAS SKEOCH, dem. 8th July
1901 1948.
CAMBUS KENNETH
There appears to have been a parish of
Cambus Kenneth, with the cure served by
a parochial chaplain at the Altar of St
Ninian in the Abbey. — [Cart, of Cambus
Kenneth, 297.]
JAMES DALMAHOY, exhorter in 1567
and 1571, designated min. 24th Aug.
1567
1580.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.; Edin. Tests, viii, 304.]
PRESBYTERY OF DUNBLANE
1567
ABERFOYLE
There was an Autumn fair of St Barqu-
han. The saint is St Bechan, whose day
was 4th Aug. — [Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 194.]
HENRY SEYTOUN, son of Alexander
S. of Northrig, vicar on 21st Dec.
1 567, dep. for non-compearance and
non-compliance before 6th July 1573. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 143; Acts and Dec.,
Ivii, 469; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (3), 9.]
ALEXANDER SEYTOUN of Northrig,
vicar 1569-72, possibly a lay hold
ing.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
ROBERT (or JOHN) MAcEACHERN,
exhorter and reader 1571. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
MALICE or MALISE GRAHAM,
1569
1573
reader here 1573; was pres. by the
King to the vicarage in succession
to Henry Seytoun 6th July 1573, with
Letters of Collation of 10th July to John
Winram, Superintendent of Fife. — [Reg.
Pres. to Benefs., i, (3), 9; Reports Hist.
MSS. Commiss., iii, 398-9; Acts and Dec.,
Ixxxiii, 240.]
JAMES KENNEDY, parson.— [Acts
1573 and Dec., 1, 305.]
WILLIAM STIRLING, pres. on death
1574
of James Kennedy; died before 9th
Feb. 1622; his son, William, had
sasine of annual rent from lands of Easter
Feddels in Perthshire; there is apparent
obscurity as to his actual residence here.
On 17th Sept. 1622 there is a "narrative
of the desolate congregation of Aberfule
for want of a pastor, where never in no
man's memory living there was any resi
dent minister to preach the Word of God
and minister His Holy Sacraments, where
through the most part of the parishioners
thereof remains in great blindness and
ignorance," and that William, Earl of
Menteith, Lord Kilpunt and Kilbryde, had
made contract on the foregoing date
"obliging himself and his heirs for the
weal of the souls of his tenants and vassals
in the parish of Aberfoil to provide a com
petent stipend to the minister who shall
serve the cure in the said parish in all time
coming, and to make the Glebe and Manse
'void and rid' of the present possessors."
On the above narrative Adam Bellenden,
Bishop of Dunblane, granted on the same
date a Bond of Dissolution of the patronage
of the Church of Aberfoyle from the
Bishopric of Dunblane, and gave a Pro-
curatory for resigning the same into the
King's hands in favour .of the said Earl
William. — [Reports, Hist. MSS. Commiss.,
iii, 399; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 19; G. R.
Sas., v, 166, 4th Feb. 1620, vii, 208; ix, 190.]
JAMES KIRK, marr. 4th June 1633;
his son, Alexander, apprenticed to
John Liston, yr., cordinar, Glasgow,
2nd Nov. 1666.
ROBERT KIRK, inscription on his
tombstone "Hie sepultis ille Evan-
gelli Promulgator accuratus et
Linguae Hiberniae lumen M. Robertus
Kirk, Aberfoile pastor, Obiit 14 Maii 1692,
aetat 48," and beneath are cut figures of
dagger and crook, insignia of the true
soldier and shepherd of Christ, being the
arms of Kirk family.
ARCHIBALD FRANCIS STEWART,
his son, Col. Thomas Brown, died
1685
1845
at Dover 30th Dec. 1924.
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF TAYLOR,
his widow, Jessie Macdonald, died
llth March 1933.
1880
395
396
ABERFOYLE— CALLANDER
[PRESB. OF
JOHN MACDOUGALL, trans, from
1922
1927.
Duncansburgh 27th June 1922;
trans, to West Calder 17th June
WILLIAM GREIG STRACHAN,
trans, from Tullynessle 23rd Nov.
1927 (<?.v.). Addl. issue— Dorothy
Burton, born 5th Aug. 1928.
1927
BALQUHIDDER
The site of a chapel near the church was
called Cirrinn Aonghus (Angus offering),
that is, the offering made to Angus. The
fair bearing the saint's name was held on
the first Wednesday after the second Tues
day of August. — [Watson's Celtic Place
Names.}
JAMES ROLLAND, M.A., parson in
1546; died Sept. 1570; had brothers,
Robert and Thomas; he ordained
that he be "layd wtin ye paroche Kirk of
Forgund callit St Fyllan 's kirk wtn. Fyfe. ' '
—[Reg. Great Seal v, 1274; Edin. Test, ii,
108.]
JOHN BURDOUN, reader 1567 and
1572.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
1546
1567
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, his daugh.,
1687
Elizabeth (marr. Colin Campbell of
Bragleen).
ALEXANDER MacGREGOR, son of
1806 ^°^n M* *n ^tt;le Fanderis in Strath-
braan, of the family of Dunan, and
a daugh. of Gregor More MacGregor or
Drummond.
DAVID CAMERON, dem. 4th Dec.
1879
1930, died at Edinburgh 4th July
1944.
BRIDGE OF ALLAN
JOHN REID, his daugh., Christian
Brown, died at Edinburgh 22nd
March 1929.
1865
JAMES ALEXANDER SUTHER-
1913
LAND WILSON, trans, to Tealing
13th June 1929.
BUCHLYVIE
JOHN WATT, trans, to Holywood 8th
1919 June 1928.
CONSTANTINE SINCLAIR, born
1929 27th Jan. 1898, son of John Henry
S., solicitor and procurator fiscal,
Dunbar, and Mary Jane Constantine;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 19th Dec.
1923; assistant at Wilton and St Matthew's,
Edinburgh; ord. to Burghead 4th Nov.
1926; trans, and adm. 1st Feb. 1929; dem.
30th May 1931, joined Scottish Episcopal
Church; adm. deacon St Peter's, Edin
burgh, 1931-3; ord. priest 22nd May 1932,
trans, to Wanstead 1933, Witham 1934,
Foots Cray 1937; Precentor and Assistant
Vicar, St George's, Perry Hill, London,
14th June 1937. Marr. 2nd June 1931
Bethia Hay Hamilton, third daugh. of
William Cassels, Coalmaster, Airdrie.
CALLANDER
The church belonged to the Bishopric of
Dunblane, from which it was dissolved by
James VI on 8th July 1594, the patronage
being then united to the barony of Cal-
lander. About 1773 the church was rebuilt
in the centre of the town. It had a "pavi
lion roof," a spire over the pediment at
the front, a bell which, provided by public
subscription, was cast in Glasgow, and is
said to have been heard at a distance of up
to 12-14 miles. The present church was
built in 1881-2. The circular mount, Tom-
na-Chessaig, adjoined the churchyard, and
the fair, Feill-na-Chessaig, was held on 21st
March, 1 Oth in the old style. The Church of
Kilmachog is doubtless the ' ' Church of St
Maghot" in the Diocese of Dunblane,
which occurs in 1275. The "Church of St
Mathocus ' ' (Mathoc), which appears in the
same year and in the same diocese, seems
to be another form of the name. The saint
may be St Hog or St Chug, Kilmachog
being Cill Mo-Shug, whose festival was on
26th Nov. The parish of Kilmachog
appears to have been united to Callander
after 1 6th June 1 620. The church, in whole
or in part, was in existence in 1723. On
15th Sept. 1572 Donald Dewar received a
DUNBLANE]
CALLANDER— DUNBLANE
397
Crown Charter of the 40 penny lands of
Garrindewar or Carnedewar in Strath-
gartney in the Seneschalship of Menteith,
"which formerly were mortified for the
ringing of a bell before corpses on thir way
to interment in the parish of Kilmahog in
papal times." At Little Leny, a short
distance west of Callander, there was a
chapel called Norie 's Chapel, with a grave
yard which was the burial-place of the
Buchanans. Here also was a conical mount
similar to the eminence at Callander
Churchyard. At Anie on the east side of
the road opposite the lower end of Loch
Lubnaig there was a chapel with graveyard,
dedicated to St Bridgit. Before 10th April
1615 the Commissioners united part of the
parish of Leny to the parish of Port of
Menteith, another part of the parish of
Kincardine, and the remainder with the
manse and glebe to the parish of Callander.
— [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 2092; vi, 118, 414,
1277, vii, 222; Retours, xvi, 70; Theiner's
Vet. Mon., 112, 115; Macfarlane's Geog.
Colls., i, 133-4, S.H.S.; Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 315; Johnstone's Scott.
Place Names, 220.]
SIR JOHN WRIGHT, vicar 1569-72;
1569 was cnaP^am °f St Michael 's chapel,
Dunblane. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
JAMES MENZIES, his son, Robert
1668
apprenticed to William Dunbar,
periwig-maker, Edinburgh, 27th
Aug. 1707.
JOHN McCALLUM, his sons—
1709 Andrew, apprenticed to William
Tod, merchant, Edinburgh, 28th
Jan. 1730; Archibald, apprenticed to James
Heriot, wright, Edinburgh, 18th Feb. 1736.
HUGH McDIARMID, pres. by Crown
1843 19th July 1843.
ALEXANDER RUSSELL, elected M.P.
1911 for Tynemouth 1923.
THOMAS BURNETT PETER, died at
1916 Edinburgh 30th March 1946; his
daugh., Mary Helen (marr. 23rd
April 1933 W. Nimmo Allan, M.C., B.Sc.,
Sudan, son of Rev. G. Allan, Callander).
KILMACHOG
By Act of 17th Dec. 1669, Parliament
transferred to Doune "a Fair anciently
kept at the Kirk of Kilmahony (Kilmachog)
on St Mahans' or Mahon's Day, 15th
November." The actual transference had
been effected between 1633 and 1639. St
Mahan or Mahon may be regarded as
indicating the patron saint of the church. —
[Acts Scott. ParL, vii, 663]. (See Kilmadock)
GILBERT YALILEE, reader in 1567-
._,_ 12.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
LENY
ALEXANDER DRYSDALE, vicar
1580 and 20th Dec. 1581; was
servitor to David Erskine, Com-
mendator of Dryburgh. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
v, 752.]
DUNBLANE
MICHAEL POTTER, his son, Walter,
1580
1692
apprenticed to Hugh Somervell,
surgeon, 9th Dec. 1691.
JAMES BOE, pres. by Crown 8th Nov.
i«44 1843' ms daughs. — Margaret, died
at Edinburgh 8th Nov. 1940; Agnes
Caroline, died 10th Sept. 1942.
JAMES INGRAM, pres. by Crown 4th
Dec. 1860; his daugh., Maria
Petronella de Boij, died at Brooklyn
29th Feb. 1932.
1861
JAMES BARCLAY, pres. by Crown
1870 13th Oct. 1869.
DAVID MORRISON, pres. by Crown
1872 30th Oct. 1871.
ALEXANDER RITCHIE, died at Edin-
1886
burgh 3rd July 1931; his wife, Jane
Baillie Cairns, died at Edinburgh
30th March 1927.
JAMES HUTCHISON COCKBURN,
D.D. (Glasgow, 20th June 1934);
Clerk of Union Committee 1927-9;
Convener of Committee on Church and
Nation 1929-35; Moderator of General
398
DUNBLANE— KILMADOCK
[PRESB. OF
1899
Assembly May 1941; Chaplain to the King
Nov. 1944; app. as Senior Secretary, De
partment of Reconstruction of Christian
Institutes in Europe, 1945. His daugh.,
Emily Robinson (marr. 28th March 1940
Robert Dermit McMahon Williams, M.A.,
Administrative Service, Northern Nigeria).
KILBRIDE
In 1219-23 the church was granted to
Inchaffray Abbey by Gilbert, Earl of
Strathearn. — [Charters of Inchaffray Abbey,
19-20, 32-3.]
JAMES LEARMONTH, reader 1564.—
1564 [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife.}
GARTMORE
JAMES CHRISTIE JOHNSTON, dem.
15th May 1936; died 5th March
1938; his wife, Emma Gilkes, died
18th Oct. 1933; his son, Alister Christie,
ord. to Kikuyu 24th April 1930; adm. min.
of St Peter's, Glasgow, 18th Aug. 1933;
trans, to North Yell 18th May 1938; dem.
30th April 1943; adm. to Forres High
Church 23rd July 1943; trans, to Walls
and Sandness 7th May 1947; his daugh.,
Elizabeth (marr. Dr James Moir Crombie,
Queen's Park, Glasgow).
KILMADOCK
The patron saint was Docus (Madoc), a
shortened form of Cadog of Llancarvan,
an eminent Welsh saint of the 6th century,
one of the sons of Cannton, king of the
Britons. The church was situated at the
junction of the Annat Burn with the Teith.
According to the Old Statistical Account
it was transferred to Doune in 1756. That,
however, is contested in the New Statistical
Account, which further affirms that the
church was taken down in 1744 and a new
church built in Doune two years later. By
Act of Parliament 17th Dec. 1669 there
were transferred to Doune "the Fair
anciently kept at the Kirk of Kilmadock on
St Mettan's Day, 31st January," and "the
Fair anciently kept at the Kirk of Kil-
mahoug (Kilmahog) on St Mahan's or St
Mahon's Day, 15th November." The Act
was in reality the ratification of what had
taken place in each case between 1633 and
1639. There was a Chapel of St Fillan
inside Doune Castle; and near the Castle
there was another chapel with the same
dedication. The latter may have been
identical with the chapel which existed at
Newton a short distance from Doune.
Other chapels were situated respectively at
Annat, on the Annat Burn, Lanrick, Torry,
Walton, and probably also at the Bridge
of Teith. One of those chapels may have
been identical with the Chapel of Cristis
Well in the parish, of which on 5th Dec.
1519 Sir Dionysius Row was appointed
chaplain in succession to late Sir John
Done. The former was succeeded on 10th
March 1536-7 by Robert Arnot. It may
be noted that a short distance to the east
of the Annat Burn is Loch Mahaick, Loch
Mo-Thathaig, from Mo-Thatha, the form
assumed in Scottish Gaelic by the Irish
name Tua, "the silent one," whose day
was 22nd December. But there is no
definite proof of a connection between Tua
and the Annat Chapel. — [Reg. Great Seal,
viii, 1239; [Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 3056, ii, 2226;
Acts Scott. Parl, vii, 663; Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 251, 298, 327n.]
ALEXANDER FARGIE, pres. in 1571
1571
on death of James Kennedy. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (2), 21; Acts and Dec.,
xlix, 105.]
MALCOLM HENDERSON, min.,
pres. to vicarage 17th March 1591-2
on death of Alexander Fargie, min.
at Logic.— [Reg. Sec. Stg., Ixiii, 218.]
GORDON MITCHELL, his daughs.—
Marion Hay Murray, died at Kip-
pen 8th Jan. 1940; Marjorie Helen
Harvie (Mrs Ballingall), died 4th Jan. 1946.
JOHN CHALMERS PEAT, died 19th
Nov. 1928; his widow, Amelia
Mitchell, marr. (2) 28th Dec. 1932
David Ramsay Henderson, min. of Lecropt.
1894
DAVID ALEXANDER DUNCAN,
born Forfar 18th May 1890, son of
Alexander D., Forfar, and brother
of Principal George, D.D., St Andrews;
DUNBLANE]
KILMADOCK— KIPPEN
399
educ. at Forfar Academy, Harris Academy,
Dundee, Univs. of St Andrews, Edinburgh,
M.A. (1911), B.D. (1921), and Union
Theological Seminary, New York, S.T.M.
(1920); served in Great War with Y.M.C.A.
in France 1914-19; licen. by Presb. of
Forres 28th Aug. 1920; assistant Peebles
1922-4; ord. to Dailly 30th April 1924;
trans, and adm. 17th May 1929. Joint
author of The Way of Revelation (Bible
Class Teacher's Notes) (1929).
KINCARDINE IN MENTEITH
In or about 1 199 King William the Lion
granted to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth
the Church of Kincardine with its chapels
. . . and a toft with garden pertaining to
the bell of St Lolan, and a toft with garden
pertaining to the staff of St Lolan. In
1612 and again in 1675 the Holy Bell of St
Lolan appears as a pertinent of the Barony
of Kincardine. It is said that at Kincardine
St Lolan was buried. Among the church
lands were the Croft of St Lolan and the
Croft of St Lawrence, but it may be that
the latter is identical with the former,
Lawrence being an error for Lolan. —
[Chart of Cambuskenneth, 166-7; Retours,
128, xxxii, 184; Reg. Great Seal, vii, 301,
2125, ix, 1072.]
JOHN CAMERON, resident with his
1682 W^e' son anc* tnree daughters, all
under 10 years, in Tron Parish,
Edinburgh, 3rd Nov. 1694; his wife, Janet
Barclay, buried 15th Sept. 1700. Marr. (2)
12th Jan. 1701.— [Tron Poll. Tax Roll,
12.]
BIOT EDMONDSTON, his widow,
Adelaide Annette Gray, died 1st
1858
Nov. 1939.
GEORGE NEAVE LESLIE, dem. 27th
1919 Nov. 1928 and trans, to St Andrew's,
Demerara, 1928; died 8th Aug. 1937.
DAVID SMITH, formerly of Inver-
1929 keithny (q.v.); trans, from Ceres
10th May 1929; dem. April 1940;
adm. to Oldhamstocks 9th Jan. 1942; dem.
31st Jan. 1946.
KIPPEN
About 1286 Walter (Stewart), Earl of
Menteith, and Alexander, his son and heir,
for the safety of their own souls and of the
soul of Matilda, wife of Alexander, and for
a selected burial place for them in the
Abbey of Cambuskenneth, granted to the
said abbey the Church of Kippen with the
patronage of the same. By charter of 6th
April 1496 James IV, patron of the church,
in view of the fact that the church and its
patronage had been out of the possession of
the abbey for a long time, confirmed the
Earl's donation, granting the church and
its patronage and also its parsonage and
vicarage after the demission or decease of
Mr John Mayson, the rector. Meantime —
and at what date does not appear — the
church was also a Canonry and Prebend of
Dunblane Cathedral, and was administered
by the cathedral as such. Each party laid
claim to the church; and ultimately there
was made, on 13th March 1510, an agree
ment between James Chisholm, Bishop of
Dunblane, and Andrew, Abbot of Cambus
kenneth, whereby the vicarage of the
church, with its fruits, rents, revenues, and
£20 from the fruits, rents, and profits of
the rectory, along with the manse of the
prebend, constituted a canonry and pre
bend of Dunblane Cathedral, and the
fruits of the rectory, subject to the payment
of the said £20, were granted to the Abbey
in pure alms. In terms of this agreement,
on 21st July 1510 Andrew, Abbot of
Cambuskenneth, was instituted in the said
rectory with all its sundry rights, etc.,
by the delivery to him of the book, chalice,
and other ornaments before the High
Altar in the choir of the church. The
successive canons and prebends were held
bound either by themselves or by fit and
sufficient chaplains to minister all services
to the Church of Kippen. The early church
was situated on the knoll, called Kirkhill,
in a field near Kirkhill Cottage. On 12th
Oct. 1489, James IV, returning to Stirling
from the field of Gartalunane in the neigh
bourhood of Aberfoyle, where the rebel
force led by the Earl of Lennox had been
defeated, made an offering of an angel
(23s.) in the church for the said victory.
400
KIPPEN— LOGTE
[PRESB. OF
By Act of 8th Feb. 1 665 the Commissioners
for the Plantation of Kirkis decerned the
removal of the church to a site more com
modious for the parish, the building being
then described as ruinous. Difficulties
developed, and the matter was deferred,
probably till 1691, when a church was built.
The Latter was repaired in 1777, and now
stands a ruin in the churchyard close to the
village. The present church was built in
1827. It is embellished internally by the
art of Sir D. Y. Cameron, R.A., R.S.A.,
etc.— [Co/. Papal Reg., Letters, vii, 252-3,
viii, 438; Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 2233; Reg. Great
Seal, ii, 2306; Lord High Treas. Aces., i,
122; Reg. of Cambuskenneth, 167-70, 173;
Reg. of Diocesan Synod of Dunblane, 22,
24-5.]
DONALD STEVENSON, curate.—
1561 [Acts and Dec., xxxii, 196.]
SIR JOHN HAMMILL, prebendary of
1563
Kippen 1563; died 2nd April 1566.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Stir
ling, etc.; Edin. Tests, i, 51.]
ANDREW FORRESTER, pres. in 1595
t _Q _ on death of Alexander Chisholme. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 83.]
HENRY LIVINGSTONE, his son,
1619 Henry, M.A. (Glasgow, 1651).
EDWARD BLAW, for "Blair" read
1666 "Blaw."
PETER GEORGE SMITH, assistant
1908
at Ollaberry, Killean and Whiting
Bay. Marr. Jessie, daugh. of Walter
Borland, Stonehouse, and Margaret Bar
clay, and had issue — Walter Peter; Ian
Russell Grant; Peter George, 2nd Lieut.
H.L.I., killed in action June 1940.
JOHN MILNE YOUNIE. Addl. issue
1Q20 "David Young Cameron, born
17th March 1924, died 1st March
1942; Edward Milne, born 9th Feb. 1926.
LECROPT
The saint is said to have been Moroc,
Abbot of Dunkeld, and to have been
buried here. An alternative form claimed
as having been in use here is Maworrock,
which, however, indicates Mo-Bharroc, the
affectionate diminutive of Barrfind, son of
Aed, who was a brother of Findbarr (St
Barr). In terms of a letter of Richard (of
Inverkeithing), Bishop of Dunkeld, of date
2nd Nov. 1260, the said Bishop and Chap
ter of Dunkeld ordained that the Church
of Lecropt in which the Abbot and Convent
of Cambuskenneth previously had no right,
should on the granter's collation pertain to
said abbot and convent, who were held
bound to supply the church with a qualified
chaplain. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
329; Chart, of Cambuskenneth, 267.]
ANDREW ROW, exhorter 1567 and
1567
1572; also vicar of Foulis. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
SIR JOHN KEMP, reader and vicar
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
1569
Perth, etc.]
JOHN CUNYNGHAME.— [G. R. Sas.,
1627 xxxiv, 33, xlviii, 369.]
WILLIAM WEMYSS, line 10, for
1667 " 1655" read" 1665."— [Perth Sas.]
HUGH WALKER, his son, John,
apprenticed to Robert Drummond,
barber wigmaker, Edinburgh, 2nd
Dec. 1724.
1697
1893
DAVID RAMSAY HENDERSON, his
wife, Evelyn Leslie Smith, died 26th
March 1924; died 13th Feb. 1946.
Marr. (2) 25th Dec. 1932 Amelia, daugh.
of James Mitchell, Greenock, and widow
of John Chalmers Peat, min. of Kilmadock;
his daugh., Lois Marjorie Ramsay, died
29th March 1936.
LOGIE
The parish was a prebend of Dunblane.
Its church was dedicated to St Serf and was
originally Logic- Atheron (Airthrey). It
belonged to the priory of North Berwick.
ROBERT MENTEITH, min. at Alva,
held vicarage. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
DUNBLANE]
LOGIE— NORRIESTON
401
ALEXANDER BALVAIRD, in office
1571 1571.
JOHN LOGIE, vicar in 1585 and 1588.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.] (See Rhynd.)
1585
ROBERT SEYTOUN, reader; per-
1604
petual vicar of Logic and Prebendary
of Dunkeld 17th March 1567 and
24th Aug. 1569; son of Walter Seytoun of
Tullibody and his wife, Elizabeth Erskine.
— [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 1472, 1903, 2378.]
HENRY SHAW.— [Gen. Reg. Sas., xli,
1617 38.]
GEORGE SHAW. Addl. issue— Alex-
1649
ander; Margaret (marr. Robert
Bruce, yr. of Kinglassie); his widow
marr. William Elphinston, min. — [Reg. of
Deeds, Decree, Ixxxiii, 252.]
ROBERT JOHN JOHNSTON, his son,
1844 Henry Buist, died 24th Oct. 1907.
ROBERT MENZIES FERGUSSON,
1885
his daugh., Mary (marr. 4th June
1926 Frederick Hay Ellis, late of
St John's, Newfoundland, and of New
York); his widow, Isabella Fergusson, died
9th May 1944.
WALTER McINTYRE, died 16th Feb
1922 1949' kad additional issue — James
Campbell, born 23rd Dec. 1922;
William Henry Rankine, born 24th June
1926.
MENSTRIE
JOHN BOYD, D.D. (St Andrews, 30th
1900 June 1933), died 28th Jan. 1940.
NORRIESTON
On 7th June 1649 the parishioners and
ministers of Kilmadock and Kincardine,
and the Moderator of the Presbytery of
Dunblane, presented to Parliament a peti
tion to the effect that ' ' qr they have taken
in thair considerasun of that part of the
cuntrie whair they reseid the dangerous
conditioune thairof by reasone of Ignorance
2C
and the want of the power of godlines
among the most pairt of the Inhabitants,
They conceave this great evill not only to
aryse from poucitie of kirk among them
and consequent penurie of the menis, but
also from the inconvenient and dissordorlie
situasun of these that are espeallie of the
parishes of Kincardine and Kilmadock the
boundis of thair residence that lye so
promiscouslie in a dismembered and dis
jointed way as will be found strange to
thais who shall perambulat the bounds and
diligentlie consider of the same Whairfoir
it corns to pase that many of the comouns
are strangers not onlye to the preaching of
the Word but discipline and uyr means
tending to the promoving of personall and
domesticall reformasun, being far distant
from their awne parish kirk and not subject
to the censor and ordor of that kirk to the
which the place of yr residence is nearest
Whence libertie Ignorance and profanitie
is much cherished and puritie wt the
promoving of reformasun much hindered
and obstructed in these pairts. For remead
of which evils they have resolved upon
building a Church and the erectioun of a
new parish, and are content and willing to
build the same upon their own chairgis and
to provyd a Manse and gleab yrto pro-
vyding they may have a competent main-
tinance out of the teinds of the sd parish
for him who shall be appointed to serve at
the said kirk Thairfoir humblie suppli
cating the Comissrs of the General Assem
bly That they wold be pleased to give thair
concurrance for promoving of the said
work and give thair best advyce to the
Parliament for thair erectioun of the said
kirk and provyding of the same wt ane
competent stipend and that they wold show
Him what may be the most compendious
course for them to chuse Whereby this
work may tak some speedie effect without
any longer delay which they trust will be
a service very acceptable to God and con
ducing much for the reformsun of these
bounds As at mair lenth is conteinet in the
said supplicsun Quhilk being recommendit
by the saids Comissionars of the General
Assemblie to the estaits of Parliament and
thairefter being red and considerit be them
402
NORRIESTON— TROSSACHS
[PRESB. OF
They have recomendit and seriouslie reco-
mends the forsaid supplicsun and the
desyre of the supplicants therein contenit
to the Comissrs appointit for plantation of
kirkis that some short and speidie course
may be takine thairanent without delay. ' '
In the following year the church was built,
Mr Gabriel Norrie of Norrieston giving
both the site of the church and the church
yard. But for the stipend no such provision
was made as suggested by the petition.
Later, however, we learn that the stipend
was paid from a fund raised in part from
contributions by the people of the district;
and in part by collections made in five
Synods under the authority of the General
Assembly of 1730. The money thus pro
vided, called the Norrieston Fund, was
utilised for the purchase of land which was
managed by the Presbytery of Dunblane,
the net income being paid to the minister.
There were also a glebe of six acres and a
manse with garden built in 1774. At the
closing period of the 18th century the
stipend is stated— "£30 stg. and 40 bolls
of meal or bear. ' ' A new church was built
in 1812; and it gave place in 1879 to the
present church outside the churchyard. At
first the minister was assistant to the
minister of Kincardine, who had the power
of nomination for the office. But in 1771,
on a petition from the congregation, the
General Assembly allowed the post, then
vacant, to be filled by a majority of the
examinable persons attached to the church.
As early as 1853 steps were taken to secure
the erection of the parish quoad sacra, but
difficulties about the title to the properties
caused delay. — [Acts Scott. Parl., vi, (2),
400.]
JAMES GORDON MITCHELL, dem.
llth June 1926; died at Kippen 3rd
Jan. 1933.
JOHN AITKEN SPENCE, trans, from
Fisherton (q.v.) 18th Nov. 1927;
dem 16th May 1934; died at Edin
burgh 5th Nov. 1945; his widow, Margaret
J. Mitchelhill, died at Edinburgh, 10th Aug
1948.
PORT OF MENTEITH
THOMAS HENDERSON, his daughs.
1638
— Maria (marr. Archibald Graham
in Seviack); Janet (marr. Thomas
Henderson, merchant, Stirling). — [Deeds,
Durie, 1705, No. 32.]
ALEXANDER TURNER, his daughs.
1843
~Anita' died 14tn
1928;
Isabelle, died at Palmyra, New
Jersey, 14th March 1922.
DAVID JAMES MACQUEEN, his
1916 wife' Annie Mmto Cheyne, died at
Glasgow 2nd Dec. 1928. Marr (2)
5th Feb. 1930 Helen, daugh. of John
Milligan, Langholm.
TILLICOULTRY
ROBERT MENTEITH, min. at Alva,
t _66 also in charge here 1 566 and 1 569. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
JOSEPH CONN, his widow, Christina
1881 Caldwell, daugh. of Findlay Cald-
well, Glasgow, died 26th July 1941.
GEORGE LYALL, born 13th March
1923 J^7' vounSest son of James L., 31
Lixmount Avenue, Edinburgh, and
Euphemia Brown; educ. at Univ. of Edin
burgh, M.A. (1916), licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1920; assistant St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh; ord. 20th Feb. 1923. Marr.
29th March 1923 Agnes, daugh. of William
McLelland, Rocklands, Elie, and Elizabeth
Baxter, and has issue — James Farquhar,
born 14th April 1924; William McLelland,
born 25th Nov. 1927. Publication—
History of Tillicoultry Parish Church (Tilli-
coultry, 1929).
TROSSACHS
WILLIAM WILSON, died at Edin-
1884
burgh llth Oct. 1925; his widow,
May Isabella Macpherson, died 15th
Nov. 1948.
MARTIN MACRAE, trans, from Kil-
1926 ninian (q.v.) 3rd Feb. 1926.
DUNBLANE]
TULLIALLAN
403
TULLIALLAN
The earliest church stood within the
grounds of Tulliallan; the second, roofless
but well preserved, stands in its churchyard
on the slope on the north side of Kin
cardine and built in 1675, is an excellent
example of the secondary Episcopacy
period architecture. Sir John Mudge was
parson on 14th Jan. 1448-9.— [Stephen's
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 515.]
PATRICK BLACKADDER, second
son of Patrick B. of Tulliallan and
his wife, Margaret Halkerston, re
ceived parsonage from his father in 1559;
died May 1599.— [P. C. Reg., iv, 350;
Laing Charters, 788, 1065; Edin. Tests, 28th
July 1599.]
WALTER MILLAR, exhorter 1571-2.
1559
1571
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
JOHN WOOD, his daugh., Sarah (marr.
(2) James Hay of St Martin's in
1631
the Fields, Middlesex.)
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, educ.
, at Marischal College; had issue —
Elizabeth, bapt. 2nd Oct. 1684;
Margaret, bapt. 27th Aug. 1686; Eleanora,
bapt. 31st July 1688; Anna, bapt. 21st Aug.
1689.
1714
GEORGE MAIR, his son, Thomas,
min. of Orwell, born 27th April
1697; Catherine, born 17th May
1698; Patrick, born 27th July 1699;
Veronica, born 4th Sept. 1701; Margaret,
born 20th May, 1703; Mary, born 4th
Sept. 1704; John, born 29th Nov. 1705;
Ann, born 4th Oct. 1709.— [Culross Reg.]
THOMAS THOMSON, son of James T.
in Pardovan, and Helen Dawson. —
[Linlithgow Sheriff Court Decreets,
23rd March 1722.]
1719
ROBERT BROWN, marr. Magdalen,
daugh. of John Stein of Kennetpans,
and Margaret Caldom (born llth
April 1737), and had issue — Malcolm, died
20th Dec. 1832; Margaret (marr. James
Reid); Isabella, died 17th April 1850 (marr.
David Murray, Whitehouse, Musselburgh.)
JOHN SMEATON, ord. 5th Jan. 1844,
1848
to Abernyte; his son, John, died 1 1th
Aug. 1928; his daugh., Jane David
son, died 26th Sept. 1932.
JOHN MACLAREN, dem. 2nd June
1888 1931, died 15th May 1945.
SYNOD OF FIFE
The Register of the Synod of Fife begins in 1610. The first volume is Diocesan, and
the first entry is of date 7th Sept. 1610 on page 5, pages 1-4 being missing. This
volume extends to 27th April 1636. The next volume begins 2nd April 1639, and extends
to 9th April 1657. The third volume, like the first, is also Diocesan and extends from
14th Oct. 1662 to 6th Oct. 1687.
PRESBYTERY OF DUNFERMLINE
ABERDOUR
Comparison of dates shows that the
church was granted to Inchcolm Abbey
1123-4 — donor unknown. The south aisle
was added in the early part of the 16th
century; and there is on the north side a
small transeptal 17th-century aisle. In
1796-8 a new church was built in Wester
Aberdour; and the old church was left
roofless. An effective scheme of restora
tion, rendered possible by the munificence
of the Misses Lawrie of Starleyburn, was
carried out in 1925-6; and services in the
church were resumed in July of the latter
year. On 13th April 1927 the Presbytery
reaffirmed the status of the church as the
church of the parish. The church in Wester
Aberdour has been converted into a church
hall. Sir Henry Ramsay was vicar of the
parish 5th June 1551, when Letters of
Legitimation were granted to his natural
sons — John, Alexander, James. Dalgety
and Beath were united with Aberdour
1611-43 (see Beath) and history in part
repeated itself on 21st June 1940, when
Aberdour and Dalgety were united along
with St Colme's, Aberdour, the former
U.F. Charge, under the name of Aberdour
and Dalgety. Near Bowprie, a short dis
tance south of Aberdour, there was a
chapel dedicated to St Martin, belonging
to Inchcolm Abbey. On 22nd July 1474
the hospital in Easter Aberdour was
founded by Sir John Scott, Canon of Inch
colm and Vicar of Aberdour, in honour of
the Omnipotent God, His Most Blessed
Mother, Mary, our Lady, ever-virgin, and
the Blessed Martha, the hostess of our
Lord Jesus Christ, for the support, main
tenance and entertainment of poor pilgrims
and wayfarers who visited St Fillan's Well
in the village. The foundation was based
upon a gift of 1 acre of land and a free
manse for the vicar by James, Earl of
Morton. On 22nd June 1474 Michael,
Abbot of Inchcolm, had granted to the
said Sir John Scott the cure of the hospital.
An additional 3 acres of land were given
by the Earl of Morton on 1st Sept. 1479.
But, finding in 1486 that the scheme had
not been completed, the Earl, with the
place given over to him by Sir John Scott,
added a further 4 acres, and by Charter of
16th Oct. 1486 placed the hospital under
the charge of the Third Order of St Frances.
This was confirmed by Bull of Pope Inno
cent VIII, 23rd June 1487, granting the
hospital with its chapel, gardens, fields,
rights, goods, and all pertinents, to Isobel
and Jean Wight, Frances Henryson and
Jean Dross, sisters of the Third Order of
St Frances called de paenitentia, and to
John Scott, Canon of Inchcolm and Vicar
of Aberdour, Master and founder of ' ' the
Hospital of St Mary the Virgin. ' ' Autho
rity was also given to the Bishop of Dun-
keld to "altogether and utterly suppress
and extinguish in the said Hospital the
name and title of Hospital and all the rights
of a Hospital"; the buildings were to be
404
PRESB. OF DUNFERMLINE]
ABERDOUR
405
altered and enlarged with dormitory, re
fectory and cloister, after the pattern of
other hospitals of the Order in France, etc.;
and the sisters were to receive maidens and
other women fleeing from the world, and
to retain and instruct therein young maidens
of honourable parentage, willing to be
instructed in literature and good arts. The
effort to make the dedication entirely to
the Virgin was not successful; and the
place continued to be called St Martha's
Hospital of Aberdour. There was in the
church an altar dedicated to St James, of
which at the Reformation Henry Davidson
was chaplain. — [Chart, of Inchcolm, 5, 8,
32, 251, S.H.S.; Reg. Great Seal, 5th June
1551; Theiner's Vet. Monumenta, 500; Reg.
Hon. de Morton, 235-8, 238-40; The
Apostolic Camera and Scott. Benefices, 22;
Memo, Rev. Dr Johnston; Book of Assump
tions, Reg. House.}
SIR WALTER ROBESOUN (Robert-
1556
son) or Downie; had a brother, John
Robertson, in Aberdour, and may
have been of the family of Robertson of
Downie in the parish of Meigle, and
possibly also belonged to the family with
which was connected Walter Robertson,
who, as heir of his brother, John Robertson
alias McDonchie in Cousland, was infeft
in Oct. 1623 in i lands of Hilhead of
Fongarth; was designated Vicar of Aber
dour on 24th July 1556, when he ministered
and executed the office anent the hand-
fasting between Robert Lawder, Yr. of the
Bass, and Jean, daugh. of Patrick, Earl of
Bothwell, and held office at and subsequent
to the Reformation; at the Reformation he
was also Chaplain of the Chapel of St
Michael the Archangel in Hailes Castle,
and also of the Chaplainry called the
Provost ry in the Church of Preston (East
Linton); he was a confident of James, Earl
of Bothwell, and was one of those present
with the Earl at Norham on 23rd March
1563, prior to the latter setting out for
France after he had escaped from Edin
burgh Castle and was shipwrecked on the
coast of England; at Edinburgh on 30th
Oct. 1563 Jeane Hepburn, Lady Wedder-
burn, acting on the Earl's instructions, gave
20
to Sir Walter the custody of ' ' Reversions
and other evident s" belonging to the Earl;
on 10th June 1561 he appears as one of the
chaplains and choristers of the choir of
Dunkeld Cathedral, where he had a house
belonging to the Sub-dean, and on 6th Jan.
1562-3 as a notar at Dunkeld; he ceased
to be vicar at Aberdour in 1570-1, and,
according to one source, he died at that
time; but probably he was identical with
Sir Walter Robesoune, adm. reader at
Logierait dr. 1572-3 by James, Bishop of
Dunkeld, and with Walter Robesoun pres.
to the vicarage of Logierait 19th Oct. 1580.
Sir Walter Paterson, designated vicar 24th
Oct. 1560, appears to be the same indi
vidual with an error in name. — [Reg. Great
Seal, iv, 1529, v, 759, 1138, 1189, vi, 1227;
Reg. Sec. Seal, xxv, 212; Reg. of Deeds,
xxix, 412; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.; Bannatyne Mis., iii, 306-8; Reg. Kirk
Session of St Andrews, 55, S.H.S.; Cart, of
Nunnery of North Berwick, 72.] (See
Logierait and Prestonkirk.)
1566
PETER BLACKWOOD, his pres. to
vicarage in 1571 was consequent
upon the death of Sir Walter
Robesoun; Minutes of Synod of Fife err in
stating that he removed to Aberdeen; adm.
notary 16th May 1583. — [Reg. Pres. to
Benefices, 19, Sept. 1571; Reg. Sec. Seal,
xl, 6.]
JOHN PATERSON, in executing a
summons on 22nd Dec. 1560 he is
described as min. — [Reg. Kirk Ses
sion ofSt Andrews, 54, S.H.S.]
1567
JOHN PATERSON, his pres. to
vicarage in 1573 was consequent
upon the death of Peter Blackwood.
— [Reg. Pres. to Benefices; Reg. Sec. Seal.}
ANDREW KIRK, his pres. to vicarage,
20th May 1587, was consequent
upon the death of Peter Blackwood.
— [Reg. Pres. to Benefices.]
PATRICK CARMICHAEL, pres. to
1602 vicara§e 17th Dec. 1606, vacant by
the death of Sir Walter Downie or
"Roberston." — [Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixxv, 212.]
406
ABERDOUR— KELTY
[PRESB. OF
1611 WILLIAM PATON. (See Dalgety.)
JOHN WHITE, formerly of Coylton,
1695
Ballantrae, described as sometime
min. at Aberdour 1695; died before
1705. Marr. Helen Cruickshank, who sur
vived him.— [Deeds, Durie, 1706, No. 137.]
ALEXANDER MARSHALL, licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline; app. by Earl
of Morton to serve here from Marts
1701 to Whitsunday 1702.— [Deeds, Mack.,
1705, No. 885.]
ROBERT JOHNSTONE, D.D. (St
1701
1914
Andrews, 23rd June 1935), colleague
and successor, adm. 23rd Nov. 1940,
died at Edinburgh 5th April 1944; his
second daugh., Isobel Thorburn (not
Mabel T.) (marr. 10th June 1939 John, son
of late David Cunningham, Aberdour, and
Mrs C, Cheadle, Cheshire); his second son,
Robert Lawrence, licen. by Presb. of Dun
fermline and Kinross 12th April 1938,
assistant St George's Parish, Edinburgh,
1938-40; Chaplain to the Forces 1940;
adm. min. of Clyne and Brora 1948; his
elder son, Alistair Thorburn, Nigerian
Forest Service, died at Edinburgh, 1st Feb.
1940.
BEATH
The Chapel of Beath, subsequently
annexed to Dalgety, was granted to Inch-
colm Abbey before 1178, and probably in
the period 1170-8. There was a well of St
Margaret near Lassodie House. On 24th
March 1546-7 Mr John Bannatyne was
pres. to the chaplainry of the chapel in
succession to the late Sir Alexander
Guthrie. After the Reformation Beath
continued to be attached to Dalgety till
17th Jan. 1611, when by an order of the
Commissioners for Modification of Sti
pends, etc., approved by Crown Charter of
7th March 1618, the Church of Dalgety
and Beath were united to Aberdour. Un
satisfactory results followed; and, conse
quent upon a resolution of the Synod of
Fife of 9th April 1641 to refer the matter
to Parliament, the Committee of Parlia
ment in January 1643 disjoined the three
parishes. (For Beath, see Dalgety and
Aberdour up to 1643.) — [Cart, oflnchcolm,
2, S.H.S.; Cal. of Supplications Rel. to
Scotland, 195, S.H.S.; Cal. of Papal Regs.,
vii, 144; Reg. Sec. Seal, iii, 2215; Reg. Great
Seal, 7th March 1611; Minutes Synod of
Fife; Ross' Aberdour and Inchcolm, 227-8.]
HARRY SMITH, as Robert Bruce,
min. at Aberdour, maintained his
right to the emoluments, including
manses and glebes, of the three parishes,
which were ratified to him by Parliament
in 1646; neighbouring congregations con
tributed to Mr Smith's support; and in
1650 the sum of £1,200, contributed by the
four Presbyteries of Fife — St Andrews
£400, Cupar £250, Kirkcaldy £300, Dun
fermline £250 — was mortified to provide a
stipend; had issue, John, born 4th June
1643.— [Acts Scott. Pad., vi, (1), 607;
Minutes of Synod of Fife, April 1648, 2nd
April 1650.]
ALEXANDER STEEDMAN, his son,
Alexander, apprenticed to Robert
Steedman, merchant, Edinburgh,
19th June 1717.— [Reg. of Edin. Appren
tices.]
ROBERT JAMES STEELE DICKEY,
1915
1928
1929
trans, to Cambuslang West 29th
Sept. 1927.
JAMES MARSHALL, from Buenos
Ayres, and earlier, Rosyth (q.v.)\
adm. 25th Jan. 1928; dem. 4th Feb.
1929, and went to Canada.
GEORGE PORTEOUS McWILLIAM,
trans, from Towie (q.v.) 16th Oct.
1929; issue— Isobel Helen, born 24th
Jan. 1923; Charles Campbell, born llth
June 1924; George Thomas, born 30th
Dec. 1925; Margaret Eugenie, born 5th
Feb. 1933.
KELTY
WILLIAM THOMSON, line 4, for "St
Andrews" read "Glasgow"; trans,
to Bothkennar 30th April 1927.
DAVID KINNEAR BOGIE, born 19th
April 1873, son of John Francis B.,
17 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh;
educ. Edinburgh Univ., M.A. (1899), and
DUNFERMLINE]
KELTY— CULROSS
407
New College; licen. by U.F. Presb. of
Edinburgh 17th June 1902; ord. to Pol-
mont U.F. Church 30th July 1907; trans,
and adm. to Fossoway U.F. Church 18th
Oct. 1923; app. by the PrQsby.juredevoluto
4th April 1928; and adm. 4th May same
year; died suddenly in his study 30th Aug.
1929.
CARNOCK
RICHARD BROWN, was reader 1563.
i**>, —[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
1567 etc.]
1592
JOHN ROW, his daugh., Margaret,
marr. (1) Stephen Tullidef; and (2)
David Robertson.— [Webster 's Hist,
of Carnock, 127-8.]
THOMAS MARSHALL, had issue,
Christian; Margaret, bapt. 12th
Dec. 1685.— [Carnock Reg.; Memo.,
Rev. J. M. Webster.]
JAMES HOG, marr. Janet Pyper;
, various MSS. of his in Assembly
Library.— [Aberdeen City Sas., 6th
Feb. 1756.]
DAVID HUNTER, his son, James,
1730
1747.
apprenticed to Archibald Davie,
merchant, Edinburgh, 18th Nov.
WILLIAM GILSTON, his wife was
1827 Graham, daugh. of David Arrot
and Janet Cargill; she died 8th May
1842 (Tombst; Memo., Rev. J. M. Webster);
his daughs.— Jessie, died 1st Sept. 1880;
Isabella, died 30th Jan. 1916.
WILLIAM AULD, died at Liberton
i 20th June 1936; his wife, Emily
Wallace, died there 19th Nov. 1936.
JAMES MOIR WEBSTER, dem. as
loin Presb- clerk 7tn SePt- 1948- Marr.
(2) 14th May 1924 Helen, third
daugh. of Adam Main, Woodside Cottage,
Fetternear, Kemnay, with issue — Christine
Margaret, born llth Feb. 1925; his daugh.,
Mary Paterson, died 29th Oct. 1919.
Publication— History of Carnock (Black-
wood, 1938).
COWDENBEATH
ROBERT MUIR, his widow, Charlotte
1914 Cook, died 12th Feb. 1944.
JOHN WATSON ELMSLIE, dem. 20th
1922 ^Ct* 1926 anC* WCnt t0 P*ctou' Nova
Scotia; returned and was assistant
at Dysart, and was inducted to Duntocher
19th Dec. 1935; in Sept. 1939 volunteered
as a combatant, and was awaiting appoint
ment as a commissioned officer when he
died 6th Oct. following. Marr. 19th May
1926 Margaret Wills, daugh. of John Laing
and Margaret Wills, and widow of William
McLean, Old Inn, Cowdenbeath, with
issue — Isabella Jean Galloway, born 16th
Aug. 1927.
JAMES MAcMORLAND, trans, from
1927
Tarbat (q.v.) 24th March 1927;
trans, to St John's, Glasgow, 4th
Sept. 1930.
CULROSS
A narrative of 1420 bears that the monas
tery "unhappily in the not distant past has
been burned by the English enemies of the
said realm" (Scotland); and the Pope at
Florence on 10th June 1420 gave effect to
a crave "to grant to all Christ's faithful
visiting the Monastery upon the first of
July, the feast of the said confessor (St
Serf), or giving pious alms for its restora
tion, an indulgence of six years and as
many quarantines, as often as they do so. ' '
Probably the depredation of the English
occurred in their invasions 1384-5. By
Act of Parliament 28th June 1633 there
were ratified Crown Grants of the vicarage
and small teinds of the benefice as the
endowment of the Grammar School which
existed within the Abbey "in all tyme
bygane, ' ' and ' ' in whilk the youth of the
burgh and land of Culross weis instructit
in grammar and traint in virtue and letters
in ye commoun weill of ye haill com-
munitie." There was a chapel called the
Bar Chapel, situated at what is called the
Chapel Barn, close to the west Abbey
lodge. The ground plan of St Mungo's
Chapel was laid bare by excavations in
1926. By Charter of 20th June 1589 James
408
CULROSS— DALGETY
[PRESB. OF
VI erected the Rectory and Vicarage of
Culross, the emoluments of the Rector who
was to reside continually at Culross being
200 merks from the readiest of the fruits of
the church, with manse and glebe. — [Cal.
of Supplications Re I. to Scotland, 208,
S.H.S.; Acts Scott. Pad., v, 909; Reg. Sec.
Seal lix, 116-17, Ixxiii, 195; Reg. Great
Seal, 10th Nov. 1546, v, 1675.]
FIRST CHARGE
ROBERT WRIGHT, his son, Robert,
apprenticed to David Fyfe, surgeon-
apothecary, Edinburgh, 29th Dec.
1703. — [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.]
ALLAN LOGAN, son of George L. of
1717 that ilk; his son, Hugh, died 1759.
1816
WALTER McALPINE, marr. Janet
(died 21st April 1747), daugh. of
John Stein of Kennetpans, and
Margaret Caldom, with issue — James, died
27th Nov. 1847; Mary, died at Edinburgh
9th Jan. 1860; Margaret, died at Edinburgh
6th April 1881; Helen, died at Edinburgh
16th June 1881, all three unmarr.
ANDREW BETHUNE DUNCAN, his
son, John William, manufacturer,
1824
of Duncan & Don, Lochee, Dundee,
died 9th March 1931.
1904
DAVID McHARDY HAMPTON, dem.
28th May 1924 and died at Pitten-
weem 14th July 1926; his widow,
Margaret H. B. Hogg, died there also, 16th
June 1927.
SECOND CHARGE
ROBERT EDMONSTONE, his son,
James, apprenticed to William
Maisson, merchant, Edinburgh, 21st
June 1676.
JOHN GEDDES, his sons— Robert,
apprenticed to John Rutherford,
merchant, Edinburgh, 28th May
1729; William, adm. N.P. 16th Feb. 1732.
ALEXANDER SMITH ALLAN, his
daugh., Maggie Bertha, died 28th
1881
Dec. 1940.
JOHN MILLER GOW, became sole
min. on the union of the Charges
by the Court of Teinds, 16th Dec.
1925.
DALGETY
The church was granted to Inchcolm by
William the Lion, 1 170-8. At the west end
of the old church are the burial vault and
heritors' loft built by Alexander Seton,
first Earl of Dunfermline. There is also a
burial vault under the floor of the chancel,
with a stone on the north wall, carrying a
shield with the arms quarterly of Abernethy
and Moultrie of Seafield, and narrating
that here lies William Abernethy of Dal-
gety, who died 1540. The chapel at Fordell,
near which on the south side is the chapel
well, was dedicated to St Thereot, Terott,
Cereot. (See Beath for the union of the
Churches of Dalgety and Beath with Aber-
dour in 1611.) — [Cal. of Supplications Re I.
to Scotland, 195, S.H.S.; Cart, of Inchcolm,
103, S.H.S.; Stephen's Inverkeithing and
Rosyth, 139.]
1559
SIR JOHN MURRAY, vicar; on 6th
Aug. 1559 he granted a feu charter
of the church lands to Henry, third
son of Sir James Stewart, first of Beath;
he died in 1574.— [Reg. Great Seal, 13th
Jan. 1575-6; Sept. 1561; 6th March
1563-4.]
JOHN PATERSON, reader; reader also
at Aberdour 1568. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
1567
1572
JOHN BROWNHILL (Dene), in office
1570 before \ 570. —[Edin. Tests, ii, 227.]
JOHN BURNE, min. at Inverkeithing,
had also charge here, at least in
1572-3, when he received £30 out
of the Thirds of Inchcolm. — [Rep. Hist.
MSS. Commission, vi, 636.]
ALEXANDER STEVEN, pres. to
vicarage of Dalgety and Beath 14th
June 1574, 1st May and 14th June
1575, vacant by death of Sir John Murray.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig.; Reg. Pres. Bene.]
DUNFERMLINE]
DALGETY— DUNFERMLINE
409
1598
WILLIAM PATON, M.A.; on 21st
March 1 600 the Presbytery of Dun-
fermline appealed to the General
Assembly anent a decision of the Synod of
Fife at Cupar 6th March 1 598 which found
that the Presbytery had done wrong in
planting the Kirk of Dalgety with hurt and
prejudice to the Kirk of Aberdour, the
latter being the most great and populous
congregation and the haill stipend but a
mean stipend, and therefore ordained the
haill stipend to remain with the Kirk of
Aberdour; the Assembly ordained Mr
Paton, min. at Dalgety, to be min. at both
and to have the haill stipend of both before
division thereof for crop and year 1 599 and
so on. — [Booke of the Univ. Kirk, 961-2;
G. R.Sas., 2Ser., ix, 125.]
ANDREW DONALDSON, adm. con-
1 644 secluent upon the disjunction of the
parishes of Aberdour, Dalgety,
Beath, and the re-erection of Dalgety into
a separate charge, in 1 643.
JOHN CORSAIR, his son, Mr John,
described as eldest son, was writer
in Edinburgh, and died 22nd Feb.
1730; he marr. Anne (died 26th June 1746),
daugh. of Sir William Drummond of Haw-
thornden; Marie, bapt. 5th Aug. 1655;
David, bapt. 5th Nov. 1657.— [Edin. Test,
8th and 12th Nov. 1746; Douglas's Bar.,
573',S.LeithReg.]
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, his son,
16 6 Charles, apprenticed to Thomas
Stantain, merchant, Edinburgh, 14th
March 1716. — [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.]
WILLIAM HENDERSON, his son,
171? Charles, died 1st Feb. 1734; his son,
John, apprenticed to Alexander
Brown and Thomas Hepburn, merchants,
Edinburgh, 5th July 1752.— [Reg. of Edin.
Apprentices.]
ALEXANDER WATT, his wife was
1828
daugh. °f Alexander Campbell, in
the Army, and -. Maitland.
DONALD STEWART ROSE, dem.
1899 21st June 1940; died 14th May 1947;
his daugh., Ella Stewart (marr. 16th
April 1938 Will West Machin, C.E.,
Ruthin, North Wales, younger son of
William M., Hoylake); his wife, Christian
Blair, died 26th Jan. 1947.
(United to Aberdour 21 st June 1940.)
DUNFERMLINE
In the Abbey there were the following
altars: Parish Kirk, the Outer Kirk, ' ' Sanct
Margaretis Kirk Wytr"; the High Altar,
probably dedicated in the name of the
Holy Rood; the Rood and Our Lady,
sometimes described as ' ' situat at the Hee
Altar"; Our Lady, St Michael, and St
Katherine; St Margaret; St Mary of Pity;
St Nicholas; St Ninian; St Salvator; Holy
Blood; Conventual Kirk, the Inner Kirk,
the High Altar, dedicated to the Holy
Trinity, and after 1250 to St Margaret also;
Our Lady, in St Mary's Aisle or St Mary's
Chapel; St Andrew; St Benedict; St Cuth-
bert; St John; St Katharine; St Katharine
and St Margaret; St Laurence; St Mary
Magdalene; St Mary of Pity; St Michael;
St Peter; St Stephen; St Ursula; and Corpus
Christi and the Relic Altar (Relic Almery),
both probably also in the Conventual Kirk.
The site of the residence of the Abbot is
indicated in an action by David Fergusson,
min., against the Commendator, for the
provision of a manse, in which the Lords
of Session on 29th Oct. 1574 pronounced a
decreet giving the min. "the house that
pertained to the Abbot as manse, ' ' bounded
"by the kirk at the east, the kirkyard at the
north, the Abbey place and close yrof at
the south, the commont entres to said
Abbey at the west." — [Beveridge's Dun-
fermline Burgh Records, xxiv, ff.; Acts and
Dec., Ivi, 419.]
JOHN BURNE, reader 1563; min. at
1563 Inverkeithing 1570.
WILLIAM LUMSDEN, M.A., monk
1564 °^ Dunfermline, neld the vicarage;
also parson of Cleich (#.v.). —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
JOHN CRISTISON, M.A., reader, and
in 1574; became min. at Logic,
Dundee.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
410
DUNFERMLINE— ST LEONARD'S
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM SMYTH, reader, 8th Oct.
1590 1590.— [Reg. Sec. Seal.]
JAMES THOMSON, died Father of
1743 the Church.
ROBERT STEVENSON, died 14th
1880 Aug. 1931.
SECOND CHARGE
JOHN STENHOUSE, probably suc
cessor to Samuel Row. — [Hender-
1640
son's Annals of Dunfermline, 302.]
JAMES WILLIAM BAIRD, adm. to
First Charge 17th March 1932; be
came sole min. when Scheme of
Unification was adopted by the Presbytery,
6th June 1933; his daugh., Isabel (marr.
24th Dec. 1938 James Muir, M.A., B.Sc.
(St Andrews), Teacher of Science, High
School, Dunfermline); his daugh., Mary
(marr. 30th Dec. 1937 Andrew Gibb,
cashier, Sugar Beet Factory, Cupar, Fife).
TOWNHILL
JACOB PRIMMER, his son, John Boyd
(marr. 10th March 1903 Jane Reid,
daugh. of Archibald S. Robertson,
Dunfermline).
1876
1908
JOSEPH JAMES LORRAINE, licen.
8th June 1886; died 22nd March
1931; after his resignation in 1917
the charge was served by a layman till
May 1930, when the General Assembly
annulled the Chapel of Ease Constitution,
and the Charge was merged in the former
United Free Charge.
ST ANDREW'S
ANDREW SUTHERLAND, his
daugh., Joanna Julia, died at Glas
gow 21st May 1943.
WILLIAM ANDREW HUTCHISON,
Chairman, Fife Education Autho
rity, 1925; Vice-Chairman, Carnegie
Dunfermline and Hero Fund Trusts, 1936;
Life Member, Carnegie United Kingdom
Trust, 1914; dem. llth Nov. 1947.
NORTH
RICHARD DOUGHTY LYON, trans.
1920 to North Berwick 15th Feb. 1928.
JOHN FRASER, trans, from Kintore
^-v-) 4th July 1928; trans- to St
Ninian's, Grange, 18th March 1937.
Issue— Shiela, born llth July 1923; John
Milner Ross, born 20th Aug. 1924; Isabel
Mary, born 4th Oct. 1927; Jean McHardy,
born 9th Feb. 1930 and died 8th May 1936.
ST LEONARD'S
CHARLES EDWARD HOULSTON,
1904 born llth April 1876.
WILLIAM McMILLAN, Ph.D. (Edin
burgh, 1925); D.D. (Glasgow, 15th
June 1932); Associate of the College
of Preceptors (A.C.P.), London, 1909;
joined 3rd (V.B.) K.O.S.B. Sept. 1899;
Territorial Efficiency Medal (T.E.M.) 1912,
being the only Church of Scotland min. to
hold this medal; served with the Forces in
France 1915-16, in Egypt and Palestine
1916-17; Chaplain (4th Class), Divisional
Troops 52nd (Lowland) Division; ap
pointed Chaplain to the Forces (Reserve
of Officers) April 1928. Addl. Publications
— The Worship of the Scottish Reformed
Church, 1550-1638 (London, 1931); One
Hundred Scottish Prayers (Edinburgh, 1933);
John Hepburn and the Hebronites (London,
1934); Book of Common Order for use in
Sunday Schools (Dunfermline, 1928), second
edition (Edinburgh, 1932); Worship in
Covenanting Times (Dumfries, 1932);
Sanquhar in Covenanting Times (Dumfries,
1936); The Story of the Scottish Flag (Glas
gow, 1925), joint author with John A.
Stewart; The Annals of Sanquhar (Dumfries,
1931), joint author with Tom Wilson.
Smaller Works— Guide to Dunfermline
Abbey (Dunfermline, n.d.); St Leonard's
Hospital and Chapel (Dunfermline, 1928);
Ministerial Titles in Scotland (Dunfermline,
1926); Armorial Gallery in St Leonard's
Church (Dunfermline, 1924); The Scottish
Coronation Stone (Dunfermline, 1924);
Presbyterianism and the Revised Prayer
Book (Dunfermline, 1928), second edition
(Dundee, 1928); Commemoration Service at
DUNFERMLINE] ST LEONARD'S— INVERKEITHING and ROSYTH 411
Whithorn (15th Centenary of St Ninian),
Order of Service with Notes (n.p. 1932);
St Cuthberfs Day, Order of Service with
Notes (Edinburgh, 1934); Commemoration
Service at Inchcolm, Order of Service with
Notes (Aberdour, 1929); Form and Order
of Divine Service for Commemoration of St
Aldan and Venerable Bede, compiled from
Scottish Sources (Edinburgh, 1935); Hymn
for St Ninian' s Day (Dunfermline, 1934);
Records of the Scottish Church History
Society: Vol. iii, "Festivals and Saints'
Days in Scotland after the Reformation";
Vol. iv, ' ' The Anglican Book of Common
Prayer in the Church of Scotland"; Vol. v,
"The Hebronites"; Vol. vi, "The Lord
High Commissioner to the General As
sembly"; Transactions of the Dumfries and
Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian
Society, Third Series: Vol. xii, "The Pre-
Reformation Clergy of Sanquhar"; Vol.
xiv, "The Celtic Church in Upper Niths-
dale"; Vol. xvi, "The Church of San
quhar"; Vol. xviii, "The Post-Reformation
Ministers of Sanquhar, The Church of
Sanquhar after the Revolution"; Vol. xix,
"Sanquhar Kirk Session Records"; Scot
tish Ecclesiological Society Transactions'.
Vol. ix, "Argyll Prayer Book, Lecterns";
Church Service Society Annual: No. 1,
"Concerning Lectionaries"; No. 4, "Me
diaeval Survivals in Scottish Worship";
No. 5, "Knox's Berwick Communion Ser
vice 1549-51"; No. 6, "The Lifter Con
troversy"; No. 7, "George Wishart's
Communion Service"; No. 9, "Eucho-
logion"; Burns Chronicle: No. 29, "Burns
and Uppermost Clydesdale. The Heraldry
of Burns " ; No. 3 1 , " Burns as Employer ' ' ;
No. 32, "Burns and Shelley"; No. 33,
"Gilbert Richardson and his Family";
No. 34, "Robert Burns the Third";
Second Series: No. 2, "Burns the Royal
Archer"; Editor, The Scottish Service Book
for the Use of His Majesty's Forces (Edin
burgh, 1935).
INVERKEITHING and ROSYTH
St Erat's Well, under the pavement on
the east side of Heriot Street, near the
church, indicates an earlier dedication than
St Peter. Other holy wells were the Lady
Well in the hollow across which passes the
railway embankment south of the Ferry
Toll; St John's Well on the west side of
Church Street, adjacent to the Temple
Lands, a portion of which was designated
St Germain's; St Mary's Well on the west
side of Dhuloch; and the Priest's Well at
North Dhuloch, still in use for farm supply.
A fire in the burgh in 1420 had the effect
of diminishing the rents of the Altars of the
Holy Cross and the Virgin Mary, that they
were incapable of sustaining the chaplains;
and in response to a crave by the * ' baillies
and community" of the burgh, who had
founded and partly endowed the altars, the
Pope on 26th Aug. 1420 granted "to all
who, truly penitent and confessed, shall
visit the aforesaid Altars in any year in the
feasts of the Holy Cross and the Assump
tion and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, and
who stretch out helping hands to the aug
mentation and endowment of the chaplain
cies, as often as they do so, three years and
as many quarantines of indulgence to last
in perpetuity or at least until the rents of
the said Altars are raised to 20 merks
sterling annually; granting faculty to the
priests ministering at the Altars, to give a
simple blessing, and imposing excommuni
cation upon all who alienate the lands or
steal the possessions of the Altars. ' ' In the
burgh there are the Hospitium restored by
the Town Council in 1935, and portions of
foundations of other buildings of the Grey
Friars' Friary, founded in the third quarter
of the 14th century. The Chapel of Inver-
keithing, of which there is now no trace,
was granted to Dunfermline Abbey by
Malcolm IV in 1159. At North Queens-
ferry, disjoined from Dunfermline and
attached to Inverkeithing quoad sacra about
1642, there are the ruins of the Chapel of
St James the Apostle, which belonged to
Roger de Moubray, Baron of Inverkeithing,
and on his forfeiture in 1320 was granted
to Dunfermline Abbey by Robert I. The
Church of Rosyth was granted to Inchcolm
about 1 162-9 — donor unknown. It is men
tioned 1251-72, in conjunction with its
annexed Chapel of Logic and the lands
attached thereto. — [Stephen's Inverkeithing
412
INVERKEITHING and ROSYTH— ROSYTH
[PRESB. OF
and Rosyth, 263, etc.; Chart, of Inchcolm,
1, 2, S.H.S.; Calendar of Supplications Rel.
to Scotland, 228, S.H.S.]
WILLIAM BOSWELL, vicar at 1560.—
1560 [Book of Assumptions.}
JOHN ANGUS (Dene), was still vicar
1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
JOHN RATTRAY, exhorter, and in
1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
JOHN BURNE, reader at Dunfermline,
also reader at Rosyth. — [Comps.
1567
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
1570
1570
SIR ADAM ANGILL, reader 1568, and
, apparently from 1560; succeeded in
1593 by John Bonar; Adam Angill
had been a chaplain at one of the altars in
the church at 1560. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.; Stephen's Inverkeithing
and Rosyth, 273.]
GEORGE DURY, reader at Rosyth,
and in 1574; he had been chaplain
of the Altar of St Catharine in Inver
keithing Church at 1560.— [Reg. of Minis
ters, etc., Maitland Club; Stephen's Inver
keithing and Rosyth, 235.]
JOHN BURNE, probably a son of John
B. of Bowprie, Aberdour; pres. to
vicarage of Rosyth 12th Jan. 1587-8,
vacant by death of Sir James Chalmers,
who on 9th Feb. 1544-5 had been presented
to the vicarage-pensionair in succession to
Sir Andrew Masson, with emoluments £10
Scots and a manse; his wife was daugh. of
David Towris, burgess of Edinburgh; he
died after July 1611, but some time prior
to that date he had been ' ' tyed to the bed
through age and infirmitie, and nawayes
abill to discharge the functioun and cuir of
the said kirk. ' ' Addl. issue — Mr John, min.
at Langton. — [Stephen's Story of Inver
keithing and Rosyth, 151; Reg. of Deeds,
Scott., 16th July 1611.
ROBERT ROCHE, in virtue of a con
tract between him and the Town
Council of the burgh as representing
the community, the Council pledged them
selves to pay to him "320 merkes yeirley
and ilk yeir during the lyfetime of Jon
Burne and during the space of ane yeir and
ane half yeir immediately following his
deceis." — [Reg. of Deeds, Scott., 16th July
1611.]
ROBERT SCOTT, his daugh., Anna
(marr. (2) Mr Charles Erskine of
Edinshead).— [Edin. Tests, 7th March
1792
1897
1673
1764.]
ANDREW ROBERTSON, born 1758,
son of Andrew R., Kinghorn Mill,
and Jean Gilchrist. — [Stephen's
Story of Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 151.]
WILLIAM STEPHEN, D.D. (Aberdeen,
1st April 1931); died at Blackhall,
Edinburgh, 27th Jan. 1946 (C. and
S. Rev. John Johnstone, B.D., St Mary's,
Old Aberdeen, ind. 26th Jan. 1938); Mem
ber, Scottish Records Advisory Council,
1938; Vice-Chairman, General Trustees of
Church of Scotland, 1944; his sons —
William D. M., Engineer (Signals),
L.N.E.R.; Graham M., manager, Elgin
Motors, Elgin; Ranald D., with Luke,
Thomas & Co., shipping agents, Aden.
Addl. publications — The Story of Inver
keithing and Rosyth (Moray Press, 1938);
Editor, The Register of Consultations of
Ministers of Edinburgh, etc., 1652-7, ii,
S.H.S., 1930.
ROSYTH
The church, built from plans by Hugh
Motram, A.R.I.B.A., F.I. Arch. Scot., was
opened and consecrated on Saturday, llth
July 1931, by Right Rev. J. A. Graham,
D.D., C.I.E., Moderator of the General
Assembly; the Mission became an Exten
sion Charge in Oct. 1928; and the parish
quoad sacra was erected by the General
Assembly, 25th May 1935.
DAVID HENRYSON, vicar 1560.—
1560 [Book of Assumptions.}
ERIC MAITLAND KIRK RAFF,
app. 16th Sept. 1925; ind. to St
Mary's, Hawick, 30th March 1926.
REGINALD INNES MORRIS, born
5th Jan. 1889, son of Octavius Fitz
1926
Morris and Jane Kerr Munro, of
Hay, New South Wales, Australia; educ. at
DUNFERMLINE]
ROSYTH— SALINE
413
1928
Barmedan Public School and Newington
College, Sydney, and Melbourne Univ.,
B.A., with Honours, and M.A.; Theo
logical training at Ormond College, Mel
bourne, and Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by
Presb. of Melbourne 1923, and ord. Jan.
1924, Merbein, Victoria; app. to Rosyth
1st April 1926 and res. 28th Feb. 1928;
returned to Australia and ind. to Cavendish
June 1928; returned to Scotland and adm.
min. of Church of Scotland by General
Assembly May 1931; ind. to St Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Chatham, Presb. of
London South, April 1932; ind. to Millport
West 18th May 1938. Marr. 14th Feb. 1928
Elsie Ellen, daugh. of Rev. Robert Thom
son Louden, B.D., min. of Cockpen U.F.
Church, and Alice Wood Mutter, with
issue_twin girls, stillborn, 28th Feb. 1930.
ARNOLD BO YD, born at Bombay 17th
Sept. 1870, son of Dugald Cameron
B., min. of Free Church of Scotland,
Bombay, and afterwards of F.C., Portsoy;
educ. at Bombay, Portsoy, Fordyce Aca
demy, and Banff, and Univ. of Aberdeen,
M.A. (1890); teacher, Fordyce Academy,
1890-2; Theological Course, Free Church
College, Glasgow, 1892-6; licen. by F.C.
Presb. of Fordyce 1896; assistant, Kelvin-
side F.C., Glasgow, 1896-7; ord. to St
Andrew's F.C., Dairy, Ayrshire, 17th
March 1897; min. of U.F.C., Mussoorie,
N.W.P., India, 1902; and Lahore, 1902-6;
U.F. Church, now East Church, Kinross,
1908-13; Narrandera, New South Wales,
1914; St Peter's, Adelaide, 1923-6; adm.
to Church of Scotland 1926; assistant,
Alloa Parish Church and St George's
Parish Church, Edinburgh; app. to Rosyth
Extension Charge Oct. 1928; dem. 31st
March 1942. Marr. 12th April 1899 Mary
Lucas (died 20th June 1947), daugh. of
Francis Baird, Postmaster Surveyor, Glas
gow, and Emma Gladman.
MOSSGREEN
JAMES YOUNG, his son, William
Moir, died at San Francisco 3rd
1854
Jan. 1933.
ROBERT ROBERTSON, marr. Isabella
1870 Simpson.
JOHN CLARKE, died 29th Sept. 1937;
187R his wife, Margaret Mitchell, died
3rd Aug. 1936; his daugh., Margaret,
wife of Andrew Wilson, quarry master and
contractor, Rosyth, died 21st Nov. 1938.
AUGUST JOHN KESTING, trans, to
1918 Fort Augustus 12th Nov. 1925.
WILLIAM MURRAY, trans, from
Burghead (q.v.) 17th May 1926;
trans, to Saline 21st March 1928.
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS BROWN,
1010 korn 13th March 1900, younger son
of Archibald B., B.A., schoolmaster,
Dunlop; educ. at Hutchison's Grammar
School, Glasgow, and Glasgow Univ.,
M.A., B.D.; licen. by Presb. of Irvine, 4th
May 1928; assistant at Larkhall Parish
Church, now St Machan's; ord. 23rd Jan.
1929; trans, to St Andrew's, Greenknowe,
Annan, 8th March 1934. Marr. 3rd Aug.
1932 Mary, eldest daugh. of Samuel Yates,
Sandyknowe, Crossgates, with issue —
Archibald Haworth, born 10th May 1938.
SALINE
Bishop Geoffrey of Dunkeld, 1236-49,
app. the church for the allowance of resi
dent canons. The existing church was built
in or before 1809; and the materials of the
old church, situated in the churchyard,
were sold by public auction on 22nd Feb.
1811. Adam, Commendator of Dundren-
nan, and son of Adam Blackadder of
Inzievar, and grandson of Sir Patrick B.,
first of Tulliallan, received from the
Crown, on 10th Oct. 1547, the gift of the
parish clerkship, vacant by the death of his
brother, John Blackadder, slain at the
Battle of Pinkie.— [Rental of Dunkeld, 335,
S.H.S.; Mercer's Notes on the Early History
of Saline Kirk, Dunfermline Press, 20th
July 1889; Reg. Sec. Seal, xxi, 43; Stod-
dart's MS., 1089, Lyon Office.]
PETER BLACKWOOD, following his
presentation to parsonage in 1568,
he was on 18th July 1568 instituted
by David Ferguson, min. at Dunfermline,
in actual and real possession by exhibiting
of the Bible and placing him in the pulpit.
—[Dunfermline Burgh Sas., i, 116.]
414
SALINE— TORRYBURN and CROMBIE
[PRESB. OF
JAMES BLACKWOOD, adm. to
1567
vicarage 26th Dec. 1567 by Royal
Letters in succession to Sir John
Fargy; pres. to parsonage of Sanquhar in
or before early part of 1 575, but continued
to "brook" both charges till 1578; it is
doubtful if he did return to Saline. Issue,
James, vicar here later. — [Reg. Sec. Seal,
xxvii, 21, li, 15; Book of the Universal Kirk,
i, 386, 424.]
THOMAS BROWN, app. reader 1571.
1571
— [Mercer's Notes on Early History
of Saline Kirk.}
1575
JOHN PATTOUN, reader; pres. to
vicarage 31st May 1575, vac. by
translation of James Blackwood to
parsonage of Sanquhar; his claim to the
emoluments was successfully opposed by
James Blackwood. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., 31st
May 1575; Acts and Decreets, Ix, 199.]
JOHN SEMPLE of Beltrees, described
1579
in 1579 as "the late parson."—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 22.]
JAMES STEWART, his pres. to
vicarage 18th Nov. 1584 was conse
quent upon the deposition of James
Blackwood, sometime reader, "fra the
office and function of the ministrie or
through ony oyer crime or offence"; and
his pres. to the parsonage 17th May 1587
followed the death of Peter Blackwood. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, li, 117, Iv, 62.]
JAMES BLACKWOOD, younger, pres.
1584
to vicarage llth Dec. 1584, vac. by
the demission of James Blackwood,
last vicar; it may have been he who appears
in the list of offenders in Aug, 1590. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., llth Dec. 1584; Reg. Privy
Council, llth Aug. 1590.]
WILLIAM PATOUN, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 18th Nov. 1592, vac. by
demission of Mr James Stewart. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixiii, 15.]
ANDREW LEARMONTH, was min.
1626 aPParently bef°re 10th Oct. 1624.—
[Dunf. Reg. Baptisms.]
1592
1634
THOMAS COUPER, was min. prior
to 19th Oct. 1632; trans, to Men-
muir before 29th Aug. 1634.—
[Dunf. Reg. Baptisms; Reg. of Brechin, ii,
321-2.]
WILLIAM MARSHALL, trans, before
29th Aug. 1639.— [Reg. of Brechin,
321.]
JAMES LINDSAY, his son, John,
apprenticed to John Falconer, litster,
Edinburgh, 25th Jan. 1681.
WILLIAM STEWART, was min. at
16?8 29th Nov. 1678, and probably for
some time prior thereto. — [Mercer's
Notes on Early History of Saline Kirk. ]
ALEXANDER STEWART WILLI-
SON, his widow, Isabella Stewart,
died 15th May 1926.
JOHN MACARA, dem. 15th July 1927
on appointment to Kandy, Ceylon;
1664
1906
ind. to Kiltarlity 20th Sept. 1932;
dem. 26th June 1943.
WILLIAM MURRAY, formerly of
Burghead (q.v.)\ trans, from Moss-
green 21st March 1928; dem. in
favour of Union, when Union with the
former U.F. Charge was accomplished,
25th Sept. 1935; adm. to Gartmore 1st Dec.
1936. Issue, Muriel, born 9th Oct. 1929.
Publications — Notes (Teaching of our Lord)
for Teachers, 1925-6; Church of Scotland
Bible Class First Course; Various Articles
in The Sunday at Home.
TORRYBURN and CROMBIE
The Church of Torryburn was rebuilt in
1616. On 6th June 1647 it is recorded "that
the Kirk was too little to contain the people
of the parish," and that "hundreds were
constrained to ly in the kirkyard in time of
sermon about the doors and windows";
and the heritors, on a petition being pre
sented to them, enlarged the building by
the addition of an aisle. That building was
replaced by the present church in 1800; and
a chancel was added in 1928, when the
interior of the church was also remodelled.
DUNFERMLINE]
TORRYBURN and CROMBIE
415
The land of Crombie was designated
Abercromby; and under that name the
Chapel of Crombie was granted to Dun-
fermline Abbey by Malcolm IV, 1153-63.
Between 1203 and 1214 Malcolm, seventh
Earl of Fife, granted to Dunfermline Abbey
the Church of Abercromby, with the teinds
of Quichts, i.e. land near Outh in the north
part of Dunfermline parish, and others, for
his own soul and the souls of his father and
mother, and of all his predecessors and
heirs. The church is described as the new
Church of Abercromby in a Deed between
William (II), Abbot of Dunfermline, and
William, apparently William de Ramsay,
Abbot of Culross, dated Paschal 1227,
dealing with a dispute between the two
abbeys, which was settled on the basis of
Culross Abbey continuing to enjoy the
teinds of fruits, trees, etc., in their own
territory of Abercromby which had been
included in Earl Malcolm's foundation
charter of the ' ' new Abbey ' ' at Culross in
1217, and Dunfermline Abbey receiving
from Culross an annual payment of 15
marks silver — a settlement confirmed by
Pope Gregory IX in 1230. It may be
assumed that the designation new Church
is due to the church having taken the place
of the chapel; and the church may have
been built by Earl Malcolm himself. The
remains of triple lancet-windows in the
east gable of the ruined church, which
stands on an eminence overlooking the
shore of the Forth about a mile east of
Torryburn, and constitutes the burial-place
of the Colvilles of Ochiltree, are suggestive
of 13th-century construction. By Charter
of 20th June 1589 James VI erected the
Rectory and Vicarage of Crombie, the
emoluments of the rector, who was to
reside continually at Crombie, being 100
merks from the readiest of the fruits of the
church, with manse and glebe. — [Reg. of
Dunfermline, 23-4, 83, 126-7, 168; Royal
Commission on Ancient Monuments, etc.,
Fife, etc., 272; Douglas's Culross Abbey and
Its Charters, reprinted from Proceedings of
Soc. of Antiquaries, xii, 5 Ser., 1925-6,
67-94; Reg. Great Seal, v, 1675.]
JOHN HUTCHISON, had still charge
of Crombie also in 1572. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth, etc.]
EDWARD BRUCE, dem. before 19th
1574 Feb. 1606.— [Reg. Great Seal.]
WILLIAM HOME, he held the vicarage
of Culross as Master of Culross
Grammar School. — [Reg. Sec. Seal,
lix, 168.]
1585
JAMES AIRD, the record of his admis-
1668
sion is: ' ' Mr Willm. Persone preacht
and after sermone and prayer Mr
James Aird was entred to ye exercise of his
ministrie at ye sd. (Torrieburne) Kirk, and
the byble was delyvered to him as the rule
of his life and doctrine, and the kyes of the
kirk doores as ane testimonie of his power
under the King's majestic and my Lord
Arch, to open the sd. doores for divine
service and ye moderator and brethren gave
him the right hand of fellowship." The
date of his deposition was 4th Sept. 1689. —
[Presbytery Records; Reg. Privy Council,
3 Ser., xiv, 472.]
ALAN LOGAN, he was chosen Pro-
1695
fessor of Divinity in King's College,
Aberdeen, on 28th April 1703; but
the Presbytery refused transportation, and
the Assembly adhered. — [King's College
Officers and Graduates, 70-1.]
THOMAS DOIG, his sons— John,
1832
M.D., Bathgate; Thomas, engineer,
Glasgow; Robert Fleming, captain
in Army, killed by tiger.
WILLIAM PITCAIRN CRAIG, dem.
1918 3 1st Oct. 1944.
(Charge united with Newmills, \9th Sept.
1945.)
PRESBYTERY OF KINROSS
ARNGASK
It is said that the church was originally
a chapel for the family of Balvaird. That
may just mean that one of the line of that
family was the founder of the church. In
1281 William, Bishop of St Andrews, con
firmed to Cambuskenneth Abbey the gift
of the patronage of the church made by
Gilbert de Frisly, lord of Forgy, and also
granted the fruits of the church, the grant
being made effective in 1282 on the resigna
tion of the rector, Radufus, Lord Symmers-
burn, who had been presented by the late
Duncan, lord of Forgy. In 1282 John,
Prior of St Andrews, also confirmed Gilbert
de Frisly 's gift of the patronage. By Char
ter of 1st Oct. 1527, Margaret Barclay, lady
of Arngask, Sir Andrew Murray, her
husband, and their son, David, founded a
chaplainry in the church "for the praise,
glory and honour of the indivisible Trinity,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and the most
glorious virgin, and St Columba, abbot,
patron of our Parish Church of the Parish
of Arryngrosk." The charter also con
veyed 2 acres of land on the south side of
the graveyard, for a manse, garden, and
buildings for the chaplain, then Sir William
Melville. The present church was built in
1806, enlarged in 1821, and restored in
1 879, and of the old church the writer of
the Old Statistical Account says, "Part of
the Church is Pre-Reformation, as there is
a place in the wall for a font, and the statue
of the foundress (Mrs Barclay ?) has the
beads used by Caiholics hanging round the
hands." The statue was removed to Bal
vaird Castle when the church was rebuilt
in 1806. — [Chart, of Cambuskenneth, 3, 4,
5, 20, 34-5; Millar's Hist, of Fife, i, 268.]
GEORGE MONCRIEFF, line 13, for
1635 " Elizabeth ' ' read ' ' Helen. ' '
ROBERT GEDDIE, line 13, for "Eliza-
1 665 beth ' ' read ' ' Helen. ' '
ROBERT KIRKWOOD MON-
1877 CREIFFE, died 4th April 1930.
JAMES CAMPBELL, trans, to Cairney
30th March 1933. Marr. Annie,
daugh. of John Stuart, farmer,
Succoth, Glenrinnes.
1920
BALLINGRY
In the 13th century the church was a
dependent chapel of Auchterderran. The
church was partly rebuilt and enlarged in
1831. On the north side there is the
Malcolm burial aisle, containing a two-
light window of Renaissance design, with
mullions and transoms, and the date 1661.
The keystone has a cherub 's head, and the
soffit a skull; and beneath the cherub's
head is the inscription, "O Death, where
is thy sting?" The belfry is of 17th-
century type; and the bell has inscribed on
the upper part, MALCOLME OF LOCH-
ORE, with the initials I.H.C. in monogram
below; while round the skirt there is in
Latin: "Blessed are they who know the
joyful sound of these Church bells of
Ballingry." There was a chapel at Inch-
gall, Chapel Farm. The chapel at Lochore
was dedicated to St Andrew. On the south
side of Lochleven at the west end are the
lands of Navitie and Navitie Hill with
Dunmore ' * great fort. ' ' Navitie or Navity,
Nevody in 1477, and Navaty in 1 550-1 1 is
akin to the Gaulish word nemeton, sacred
place, an institution, originally pagan, taken
over by the Christian Church. It is the same
as Neamhaidigh, Navity, at Cromarty.
— [Stew/right's Kirk of Ballingry; Reg. Great
Seal, 8th Dec. 1477, 5th Feb. 1550-1, iv,
3; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 246-9;
Mackenzie's Scott. Place Names, 225.]
416
[PRESB. OF KINROSS]
BALLINGRY— CLEISH
417
SIR JAMES STANIS, inst. vicar-
1549
pensioner 31st Oct. 1549, and con-
1580
tinued till 1573. — [Prot. Book of Sir
Alexander Gaw, 30; Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM BRAIDFUTE, pres. to the
parsonage and vicarage, with the
glebe, manse, house, park, and yards
by Andrew Wardlaw of Torrie, and adm.
13th Nov. 1580 by David Ferguson, min.
at Dunfermline, "visitor in the bounds of
Fife be west Leven," after trial "in
doctrine, teaching, in oppen pulpit qualifi
cations, conversation, manners, life."-
[Kingorne's Prot. Book, 1580-97, 5, Dun
fermline.]
DAVID ANDERSON, M.A., in the
1595
autumn of 1609 one Forrester, son
of James Forrester, falconer, "cuttit
his airme from him"; the assailant took
refuge with Sir Robert Forrester of
Stratherne, who on 3rd Nov. 1609 was
ordered by the Privy Council to give him
up. — [Reg. Privy Council, xiv, 612.]
JAMES PENNELL, his daughs.— Julia
Oriana (marr. Captain John Black
Peters), died 9th April 1934; Blanche
died at Otley 5th Jan. 1941; his son, James
Henry Leslie, died 31st Oct. 1943.
DAVID JAMIE, his daugh., Anne
1882 Macgreg°r> died at Glasgow 7th
May 1931; his son, William Dallas,
C.A.; his widow, Sarah Jane, died 16th
March 1947.
GEORGE SCANLAN, trans, to Strath-
1924 miglo, 12th May 1927.
JOHN SMITH SIEVWRIGHT, born
1928 6th June *882' son °f James s- and
Mary Smith; educ. at Glasgow
Univ., M.A. (1907); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 30th April 1919; assistant at St
George's, Glasgow, 1919-20, and at St
Paul's, Glasgow, 1920; ord. to Burnbank
2nd Feb. 1921; trans, and adm. llth Jan.
1928. Marr. 25th Aug. 1925, at Burnbank,
Margaret, daugh. of Samuel Porter and
Catherine Agnew. Publication — The Kirk
ofBallingry (David Brown & Son, Kinross,
1931).
2D
BLAIRINGONE
The constitution of the church was
approved by the subscribers on 28th Oct.
1839, and after an appeal it was fixed by
the Presbytery in Dec. 1 840 on remit from
the General Assembly. — [New Stat. Ac
count, Perth, 1022.]
JOHN FAWNS CAMERON, dem. 15th
1885
Jan. 1930, and died 2nd May 1931;
his widow, Margaret Janet Mow-
bray, died 19th March 1933.
CLEISH
The church was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. It was rebuilt in 1775, and again
after a fire in 1832.— [Hall's Kirk ofCleish,
1, 74.]
WILLIAM LUMSDEN, was parson in
1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
1567
Fife, etc.]
JOHN ANDERSON, v., described as
reader 1570 to 1573.— [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc. ]
1575
JOHN HENDERSON, one of the Con
ventual Brethren of Dunfermline
Abbey; pres. to vicarage 30th April
1575, vacant by death of John Anderson.—
[Reg. Sec. Seal.}
CHARLES ROSS, his son, Rev. Charles
1843
Beveridge R., died at Silton, Sask.,
Canada, 1st June 1926.
WILLIAM COWPER ROBERTSON,
1907
dem. 12th Oct. 1927 on appointment
to Paris.
ROBERT DOUGLAS POTTER, born
192g 28th Nov. 1888 at Larkhall, son of
William P. and Elizabeth Naismith
Douglas; educ. at Larkhall Academy and
Edinburgh Univ.; lay missionary at St
Ninian's, Edinburgh, 1912-14, Mallaig
(St Columba's) 1919-22, and St Fothad's,
Auchterderran, 1922-7; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 21st April 1927; ord. to Saugh-
tree 13th May 1927; trans, and adm. 14th
May 1928; trans, to Cairn's Church,
Cowdenbeath, 10th June 1931; trans, to
418
CLEISH— KINROSS
[PRESB. OF
Uyeasound 16th Feb. 1948; war service —
Lieutenant, Northumberland Fusiliers,
1914-18. Marr. 29th Jan. 1916 Alice (died
28th Feb. 1941), daugh. of Robert Sharp,
Edinburgh and Comrie, and had issue —
William Douglas, born 4th Oct. 1916;
Amelia Roberta, born 26th Jan. 1919;
Rhoda Alice, born 12th Feb. 1922;
Jacobus Louw, born 21st Nov. 1925.
FOSSOWAY
The old church, represented now merely
by foundations, stood in the kirkyard on
the north side of the road leading from
Yetts of Muckhart to Milnathort, about
half a mile east of the Old Fossoway
Bridge over the Devon. Two acres of land
with the patronage of the church were
granted to Cupar (Angus) Abbey by Gilbert
de Hay, Kt., lord of Errol, Constable of
Scotland, confirmation charters being given
by Malice, Earl of Strathearn, and by
Robert I on 5th Oct. 1309. The modern
church at Crook of Devon in the old parish
of Tullibole was built in 1806.— [Reg. of
Cupar Abbey, 11, 286-7.]
ALEXANDER IRELAND, he was
1659
summoned before the Estates, and
the Estates having received satis
faction from him that he had not seen the
Proclamation emitted by the Estates, nor
known the nature of it till he came to Edin
burgh, and upon consideration of it he was
satisfied anent his scruples and would read
it next Sunday, ordained him to continue
in the peaceable exercise of the ministry
and enjoyment of the kirk and benefice,
and ordained the parishioners and Sir
William Bruce, Sheriff, to make open the
kirk doors to him and maintain him in
possession thereof, 7th May 1689. — [Acts
Scott. Part., ix, 11-12.]
WILLIAM FERGUSON, his son,
1854
James Haig, M.D., LL.D., died at
Edinburgh 2nd May 1934.
PATRICK BAEDA THOM, died at
London 2nd Jan. 1939; his wife,
Madeline Mclnroy, died at Aber
deen 16th April 1925; his daugh., Patricia
1889
Madeline (marr. 2nd June 1925 Kenneth,
son of Charles Davis, Kew Gardens).
WILLIAM WILSON BOYLE, died 15th
1918 Dec. 1939; his daugh., Eileen Skin
ner Wilson, Mus.B. (marr. Ralph
Langdon, Mus.B.).
TULLIBOLE
The foundations of the church may be
traced in the kirkyard situated outside the
north-east corner of the policies of Tullibole
Castle, about a mile east of Crook of
Devon. The church belonged to Culross
Abbey, appearing in the rentals of that
abbey subsequent to the Reformation.
"Church of Tulybothwyn" occurs in Earl
Malcolm's foundation Charter of Culross
Abbey in 1217; and that has been regarded
erroneously as signifying Tullibody, which,
however, pertained to Cambuskenneth
Abbey. It refers to Tullibole. — [Douglas'
Culross Abbey and Its Charters, 14, 6, re
printed from the Proceedings of Society of
Antiquaries of Scot., xii, 5 Ser., 1925-6,
67, 94.]
PATRICK HOLBURNE, reader, 24th
1589
March 1589, of the family who held
lands at Tullibole and were the
progenitors of Holburne of Menstrie. —
[Stephen's Hist, of Inverkei thing and
Rosyth, 171.]
KINROSS
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 27th June 1246; and on 14th Nov.
1315, along with the Chapel of Orwell, it
was granted to Dunfermline Abbey by
Robert I. In a ruined condition, it stands
in the old churchyard on the east shore of
Lochleven. Both church and churchyard
passed through a strange experience when
in Lent 1335 an English force under Sir
John Stirling laid siege to Lochleven Castle.
"They took up a position at Kinross in the
sacred cemetery whereof they fortified a
position and strengthened it by walling it
in with sods of earth and surrounding it
with a stockade; and thus, not having God
before their eyes, sacrilegiously despising
and making light of the judgment of God,
KINROSS]
KINROSS— MUCKHART
419
they lay there as in a robber's cave, and
laid waste the whole country round." In
1742 the church at the loch side was
abandoned, and a new church was opened
on a site which was then at the west side of
the town, a steeple being added in 1751.
But the town rapidly extended, and thereby
"put the Church in the centre and opposite
a big public house"; and accordingly the
church was replaced by the existing church,
which, built farther to the west, was opened
on llth March 1832. The steeple survived,
and is now the tower of the Townhouse.
There was a Chapel of St Ninian at and
associated with the lands of Brunthill,
Cavelstone, and Colden, on the west of
Lochleven, and alongside the Great North
Road about two miles south of Kinross.
Included in those lands is the small farm of
Goudierannet; and it may be regarded as
certain that on it was the site of the chapel.
The second part of the name is annaid, old
Irish andoit, Annat, a patron saint's church,
or a church containing the relics of the
founder. Here, then, there is an instance
of what prevails throughout the country,
that wherever there is an annat, there are
records or traces of an ancient chapel or
cemetery, or both; there is also an instance
of what is rare, the known association of a
particular saint with the Annat. It may be,
therefore, that St Ninian himself, about
the details of whose work there is singu
larly little available knowledge, actually
visited this district and founded the chapel.
—[Cart, of Dunfermline, 229; Bk. of Plus-
car den, 272-3; Reg. Great Seal, 12th Feb.
1639; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 170,
250-1; Mackenzie's Scott. Place Names,
226.]
ALEXANDER WARDLAW, reader
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM BALFOUR, M.A., exhorter
1572 at Orwell, also exhorter here 1572.
etc.]
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
HENRY CHRISTIE, his son, George,
1679 apprenticed to William Brydon,
baxter, Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1719;
his son, William, is Mr William, 29th July
1715. — [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices; Fife
Sas., 29th July 1715.]
ROBERT STARK, of his sons, Robert
1782 was a wr^ter' William, surgeon, 44th
Foot; Adam, writer, Kinross; David,
major, 44th Foot.
WILLIAM PETERS, his daugh., Jessie
1845 Ann, died 4th May 1923.
FREDERICK HUNTER WILLIAM-
1895 SON, died 14th June 1944; his son,
John, M.A., First Class Hons. in
Mathematics, and D.Sc. (Edin.); Ph.D.
(Chicago Univ.); Fellow of Royal Society
of Edinburgh; Commonwealth Scholarship,
U.S.A., in Mathematics; Lecturer in Mathe
matics, St Andrew's Univ.; and in 1928
app. Assistant Professor in Mathematics at
the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
U.S.A.
MUCKHART
JOHN ANDREW, was rector 2nd Sept.
1470 1 479.— [Charters Rel. to Burgh of
Stirling.}
JOHN SEMPILL, Clerk to the Diocese
1555
of St Andrews; was pres. to the
parsonage by John, Archbishop of
St Andrews, 23rd March 1555-6, vac. by
death of Sir Alexander Ramsay, Presb.
Archdean of St Andrews; held office till
1577, when he suffered "forfaulture . . .
for certain crimes." — [Cal. of Charters,
viii, 1676.]
HARRY COLVILLE, min. here, pres.
1577 to parsonage and vicarage 24th Oct.
1577 in succession to John Sempill.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., 24th Oct. 1577.]
THOMAS SWINTON, was min. llth
1583 March 1579; he marr. Elizabeth
Salmond, relict of John Matthew,
burgess of Perth. — [Acts and Dec., Ixxx,
165.]
HEW INGLIS, M.A., pres. to the par-
1585
sonage 21st July 1585, vac. by dem.
of Harry Colville.— [Reg. Sec. Seal,
Hi, 163.]
420
MUCKHART— PORTMOAK
[PRESB. OF
PATRICK DAVIDSON, pres. to the
parsonage and vicarage 22nd April
1594, vac. by deprivation of Mr
James Cokburne.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixvi,
109.]
JAMES THOMSON, his son, Alex-
1832 ander, died 3rd Aug. 1932.
GEORGE PAULIN, his daugh., Jane
1870 Wright, died 14th Nov. 1936.
JOHN EDGAR CAIRNS, died at
London 7th Nov. 1933; his son,
John Douglas, B.Sc., C.A.; his
daugh., Alice Norah (marr. Henry Charles
Wright Westwood, B.A.Hons. (Cantab),
eldest son of D. Westwood, Gorakhpur,
India); his sons — John, died 23rd Oct.
1898; Charles Albert, died 3rd April 1931.
ORWELL
The Chapel or Orwell was associated
with the Church of Kinross when Robert I
granted a Charter of both the church and
the chapel to Dunfermline Abbey, 14th
Nov. 1315. Orwell may have had the status
of a parish before 7th April 1 506, when Mr
James Simson was ' ' vicar of Kinross and
Orwell," and certainly at 25th Aug. 1551,
when George, Commendator of Dunferm
line, pres. Sir John Mowss to the vicarage-
pensionary of the two parishes. The old
church stood at Bell's Brae on the north
shore of Lochleven in the kirkyard, where
a mound seems to indicate foundations.
A modern mausoleum occupies part of the
eastern extremity of the site of the church.
The existing church, situated on rising
ground north-west of Milnathort, took the
place of the old church in 1729.— [Reg. of
Dunfermline, 229, 398; Reg. Great Seal,
7th April 1506; Cal. of Papal Reg., Letters,
xii, 670; Edin. Tests, vi, 372.]
JOHN McCRATHANE, reader 1568.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
WILLIAM (or WALTER) BALFOUR,
M.A.; called exhorter 1568.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
1568
JOHN SPENCE, MS. volume of ser-
1774 mons in Assembly Library.
ALEXANDER JOHN CAIRNS
RITCHIE, trans, to Belhaven, Dun-
1911
bar, 7th Oct. 1927.
THOMAS NELSON ALLEN, trans.
1928
and adm. from Savoch (q.v.) 22nd
March 1928; died at Dunfermline
18th July 1931; his widow, Thomasina
Buchanan Macfarlane, died at Craigmore
28th March 1941.
PORTMOAK
The church was situated in the old bury
ing ground at Portmoak farm near the
south-east shore of Lochleven, and was
associated with St Moan, called also Moach
or Moak. Hence the name of the church
and parish. It has also been called the
Monastery of Lochleven and Portmoak,
and as such is said to have been founded
by Eogachman, King of the Picts, may be
Eoghane, son of Fergus, and also by
Rogasch, King of the Picts. Manifestly
there is some confusion in those statements;
but at least they may indicate that there
was a Christian settlement of some kind at
the place prior to the time when it became
the church. About 1103 the church was
bestowed the Culdee Priory of St Serf's
Island; but it does not appear that the
grant included the church. The latter,
however, may have been closely associated
with St Serf's Priory. In any case it was
bestowed upon the Priory of St Andrews
by Bishop Arnold or Ernald of St Andrews
1 158-9; and it was dedicated or rededicated
to St Stephen and St Moan by Bishop de
Bernham of St Andrews on 23rd July 1243.
The church was removed to the present site
near Scotland well in 1659-61, and it was
rebuilt a few years prior to 1839. A corner
of the old church was still in existence at
the close of the 1 8th century, but no por
tions now remain above ground. A few
years ago the ancient baptismal font, con
siderably mutilated, was discovered by
representatives of the Presb. of Dunferm
line and Kinross in use as a feeding-trough
at Portmoak farm; and at present it is in
KINROSS]
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421
the custody of the Presb. at Cleish Church.
The well adjacent to the old churchyard
and now used by Portmoak farm may be
the former Holy Well of the church. The
name of St Moan was further perpetuated,
up at least to the 18th century, by "a
concavity like to a seat" on the hillside
above Scotlandwell, ' ' where the abbot for
his recreation sometimes used to solace
himself, the top of the adjoining rocks
giving umbrage to the place." It was
popularly called St Moucum's Seat, that
is, St Moak's Seat. In the narrowest part
of Glenvale between the Bishop Hill and
the West Lomond there is situated "John
Knox's Pulpit" — a large cavity in a sand
stone rock which serves as a sounding-
board. There the Reformer is said to have
addressed the people. The glen is also
sometimes called the Covenanter's Glen;
and the "pulpit" may have been the
rallying-place of conventicles.
The Hospital of the Red Friars was
situated in the old churchyard at the south
east side of Scotlandwell. The church of
the hospital was dedicated to St Mary the
Virgin on 2nd Oct. 1244 by Bishop de
Bernham, who about the same time gave
the adjacent wood of Kelgad (Kilmagad)
for the endowment of the church. There
may have been an earlier settlement at or
near the same site, for a confirmation
charter of Hugo, Bishop of St Andrews
dr. 1178, to the Priory of St Andrews, in
cludes ' ' the Hospital of St Thomas at the
bridge of Portmoak, ' ' for the reception of
the poor, the gift of Bishop Richard, 1 163-
77. Such an earlier settlement might in
turn indicate something of fact in Sir
James Balfour's statement about a hospital
and chapel at Scotlandwell, founded by
Madocus, Earl of Ernewell. At the close
of the 1 8th century remains of a church and
house were still to be seen; but all traces
have now disappeared. Archibald Arnot,
son of Walter A. of Arnot, was "minister"
of the hospital 24th Jan. 1 545-66, having
been presented in succession to his brother,
Robert, 8th Jan. 1542-3; and Andrew
Arnot was ' ' Minister ' ' 24th March 1 574-5.
The Celtic Priory on St Serf's island was
given, according to the Register of the
Priory of St Andrews, by King Brude (died
843), son of Dergard, with the isle to God
and St Serf and the hermit Culdees dwelling
and serving God there. But Andrew de
Wynton, who was Prior there from 1395
and there may have written his The
Orygynal Cronykil of Scotland, identifies
the donor with Brude (died 706), son of
Dirle. Apparently about 1146-8 Robert,
Bishop of St Andrews, conveyed the priory
to the Canons Regular of St Andrews; and
about 1150 a Charter of David I repeated
the gift with the stipulation that the
Culdees were to be allowed to remain only
on condition that they submittted to the
rule of the canons. Remains of the priory
include portions of a 12th-century church.
— [Lockhart's Ch. of Scotland in the \3th
Century, 56, 59; Cal of Charters, i, 26, B\
Reg. Priory of St Andrews, 115, 215, 348;
Reg. Sec. Seal, xvii, 9; Sibbald's Hist, of
Fife (Ed. 1803), 282.]
JOHN HIMMELL, M.A., min. here
1564, and also at Kinglassie. —
1564
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc. ]
JOHN RENTOUN, reader, 1565.—
1565 [Cal. of Charters, ix, 2015.]
HENRY FORSYTH, his pres. to the
vicarage in 1573 was consequent
upon the death of Mr Robert
Winrahane. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 16.]
JOHN STEELE, his daugh., Martha,
1844 died at Comrie 12th April 1942.
JAMES FERRIER POLLOCK, trans.
1908 to Grahamston 1st Oct. 1926.
1927
WILLIAM ADAM, formerly of Kirk-
patrick-Durham (q.v.}; trans, to
Stanley 15th Oct. 1924; trans. 18th
Feb. 1927; his daugh., Florence Elizabeth
Taylor (marr. 23rd Sept. 1938 George
Temple, Milnathort).
2D*
PRESBYTERY OF KIRKCALDY
AUCHTERDERRAN
The church was granted, about 1059, to
Serf's Priory, Lochleven, by Fothad II,
Bishop of Alban, who is called Modach,
son of Malmykel. He is said to have been
the patron saint of the church, which was
dedicated by Bishop de Bernham 27th Sept.
1243. Of the church, which gave place to
another in 1676, all that remains is part of
the chancel, incorporated in a mausoleum
in the churchyard. The existing church,
adjacent to the churchyard, was built in
1700 and enlarged in 1891. Keir Chapel
may denote the site of the chapel associated
with the church at an early period. St
Fothad 's Mission Church was opened on
3rd April 1910. In the 13th century
Ballingry Church was a dependent chapel
of Auchterderran. — [Reg. Priory of St
Andrews, 33, 1 17; Houston's Auchterderran,
35, 37, 40, 41, 67, 203; Reg. of Dunfermline,
202.]
GEORGE BOSWELL, described as
parson 1561, reader 1563, parson
and min. 1564. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Fife, etc.; Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
JOHN CHALMERS, his first wife,
Isabel, was a daugh. of John
Scrymgeour of Wester Bowhill, min.
at Kinghorn; his daugh., Elizabeth (marr.
John Paton). — Gen. Reg. Sas., 2 Ser., xv,
358; Houston's Auchterderran, 149.]
1668
THOMAS KINNINMONTH, his
daugh., Margaret, born 12th July
1669.
ARCHIBALD McNElL HOUSTON,
D.D. (St Andrews, 1926), died 6th
June 1933.
1889
AUCHTERTOOL
The church is included among the
possessions of Inchcolm Abbey in the Bull
of Pope Alexander III in 1178. There are
indications that the church has been altered
or rebuilt several times, and carved stones
exist that belong to the Norman period.
An aisle that existed on the north side
appears to have had a groined roof. On
the lines of this aisle, a new aisle with
Norman arcade was added in 1906. At
Lochhead on the north border of the
parish and formerly in Ballingry, there was
a Chapel of St Fillan — hence Lumphinnans,
not far distant. — [Cart, of Inchcolm, xx,
S.H.S.; Stevenson's Parish of Auchtertool,
xviii-xix, 99.]
THOMAS THALLAND, reader 1563-8.
_ [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
563 etc.]
1574
WILLIAM THALLAND, dep. 20th
June 1587 for performing a marriage
on 14th Feb. 1586-7, secretly and
without proclamation three several days,
and after lawful impediment offered in the
Kirk of Glamis, within a private house in
another min.'s bounds; the complaint was
made by Elizabeth Learmonth (daugh. of
Sir Patrick L. of Dairsie), who had also
offered the impediment at Glamis Kirk,
and the contracting parties were William
Kirkcaldy, alias Kerr, laird of Grange, and
Elizabeth Lyon, daugh. of John, 8th Lord
Lyon of Glamis, and formerly wife of
Patrick, 6th Lord Gray; he was afterwards
in the service of William Kirkcaldy. —
[Book of the Universal Kirk, 695; Scots
Peerage, vii, 291; Reg. Great Seal, 8th June
1591.]
422
PRESB. OF KIRKCALDY] AUCHTERTOOL— BURNTISLAND
423
JAMES TULLIS, pres. to the vicarage
13th May 1594, consequent upon
the demission of David Creighton. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixvi, 126.]
HENRY MOIR, his daugh., Jean, died
1746 17th Sept. 1792.
WILLIAM STEVENSON, his widow,
Isabella Walker Gibb, died 30th
1891
Sept. 1929.
1908
JAMES STEWART WATT IRVINE,
died 27th Aug. 1936; studied at
Marbourg and Oxford Univs.;
served as Chaplain to Royal Scots, Nov.
1916 to June 1918; app. Presb. Clerk 1929;
Ph.D. (Edinburgh, 1930).
BUCKHAVEN
WILLIAM DUNLOP, was missionary
here prior to being at Coltness as
assistant; adm. to Braes of Rannoch
23rd Feb. 1926.
JOHN W. SPENCE, dem. 23rd Nov.
1926; adm. to Symington, Biggar,
26th Jan. 1928.
1911
1923
ANDREW REID, ord. 21st April 1927;
1927 trans, to Ladhope 15th Nov. 1928.
WILLIAM COULTHARD, born at
Perth 4th Dec. 1902, son of George
C. and Margaret A. Lyall; educ. at
Dundee High School and Univ. of St
Andrews, M.A. (1925), B.D. (1928); lie. by
Presb. of Dundee 12th May 1928; assistant
at Eastwood 1928-9; ord. 25th April 1929;
trans, to St Leonard's, St Andrews, 27th
July 1933. Marr. 5th Sept. 1929 Janet
Freebairn, younger daugh. of Thomas
Tully, M.A., min. of Muirhead of Liff,
Dundee, with issue — Margaret Ruby, born
12th June 1938.
BURNTISLAND
The church appears in a confirmation
Charter of Richard, Bishop of St Andrews
1163-77, to Dunfermline Abbey, and in
other similar deeds; in the Charter of
Bishop David in 1240 it is narrated that the
revenue of the church is so small that if a
vicar were instituted there, virtually nothing
would accrue to the monks, and therefore
the bishop decreed that the church be
served by fit and proper chaplains. The
"New Kirk at Burntisland" was declared
and ordained to be the parish church on
14th May 1594. The church was dedicated
by Bishop de Bernham 19th May 1243.—
[Reg. of Dunf., 58, 71, etc.; Book of the
Universal Kirk, 835.]
1563
1597
JOHN BROWN, exhorter, 1563-72.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
WILLIAM SYMSON, when he was
given liberty by the Assembly on
21st March 1600 to transport him
self from Burntisland, he was described as
having served there "many yeirs bygane
but any stipend," "the Queen and her
chamberlain refusing payment who used to
pay to ministers. ' ' The stipend, no doubt,
was paid from the Lordship of Dunferm
line, which was held by Anne, Queen of
James VI.— [Book of the Univ. Kirk, 961-2.]
WILLIAM WATSON, the sum of 500
1601
merks assigned to him as stipend
and as "constant stipend to the
ministers serving the cure" was payable
"from the readest of His Majestic 's
Thirds" and was prompted by the King's
recollection of "the grit extraordinar and
exorbitant expenss sustanit and debursit be
thame (the burgesses) in the erecting,
edifieing and beilding of ane new paroche
kirk within thair said burgh, albeit it be
destitute altogidder of ony certaine stipend
for thair minister serving the cure."
JOHN MICHAELSON, his son, John,
1616
father of John, rector of St Lau
rence, Chelmsford.
JAMES ADAMSON, reader, 15th
1630
March 1630.— [Reg. Great Seal,
viii, 1572.]
JAMES INGLIS, had issue, James.—
1693 [Berwick Sas., 20th July 1703.]
HENRY ROBIN, his second wife,
Annabell Livingston, died 16th
April 1706.— [Turnbull's Diary,
481, S.H.S.]
424
BURNTISLAND— DYSART
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT SPEARS, his son, Robert,
1743 buried at Linlithgow 3 1 st Mar. 1 737.
JOHN ROBIN, his daugh., Mary, died
1849 at Windsor 1 1th July 1932.
ROBERT JAMES CAMERON, marr.
Sara (died 15th July 1928, aged 85),
1877
Scotia.
daugh. of Hon. James Fraser, Nova
JOHN MACALISTER THOMSON,
1880
his widow, Frances Ann Robertson
Paterson, died 8th May 1928. Addl.
issue — Charles Macalister, born at Cal
cutta 29th Oct. 1860, died May 1911;
Walter Alexander John, born at Calcutta
1864, died at Camberley, Surrey, 27th Aug.
1925; George James Aiken, born 25th July
1867, died at Longniddry 3rd Dec. 1939;
Frances Ann Macalister, born 8th Sept.
1876 (marr. 1907 Vincent Theodore Car-
ruther, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., who died 4th
June 1928); Jean Macalister, born 9th Aug.
1880; his son, Donald Sinclair, was born
at Calcutta and died there 27th Oct. 1897.
JOSEPH SAGE FINLAYSON, his
widow, Jamesina Macdonald, died
3rd April 1937; his son, William
Logic, min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, died 5th
Feb. 1937.
1880
JOHN ROGAN, trans, to Lundie and
Fowlis 14th June 1929, and died
22nd Dec. 1929; his son, William
Henry, B.D. (marr. 6th April 1940 Norah
Violet Henderson, daugh. of late Harry
Thomas H. and of Mrs H., Hapland,
Helensburgh); ord. to Priory Church,
Whithorn, 3rd Sept. 1932, and trans, to St
Bride's, Helensburgh, 3rd Sept. 1936; his
daugh., Elizabeth Agnes (marr. William
Stevenson, min. at Kinghorn); his son,
John McGhie, M.B., Ch.B., 1935, M.D.
(19th July 1938), Edinburgh.
JOHN HENRY MICHELL DABB,
1929
born 1889, son of John D.; educ. at
Scotch College and Univ. of Mel
bourne, B.A. (17th April 1915), and Or-
mond College, Melbourne, B.D. (13th May
1919); lie. by Presb. of Launceston, Tas
mania, 1917; ord. to Devonport 1918;
Moderator, State Assembly Presbyterian
Church, Tasmania, 1919; Repatriation
Secretary, Tasmania, 1918; locum tenens,
Chalmers Church, Adelaide, 1920; min.,
St Andrew's Church, Perth, W.A., Nov.
1920, and of Cairn's Memorial Church,
Melbourne, 18th April 1922; dem. latter
30th Sept. 1927; Lecturer to Junior
Divinity Students, Ormond College, Mel
bourne; post-graduate course, Edinburgh
Univ., and assistant, South Leith Parish
Church; adm. by General Assembly on
probation for one year 24th May 1928; ord.
30th Oct. 1929. Marr. (1) 3rd May 1916
Flora Gladys (died 13th Nov. 1920), daugh.
of William Scott Graham, with issue —
Rosina Given, born 23rd May 1918,
awarded the Jane Paterson Medical Scholar
ship (1936) at Edinburgh Ladies' College;
and (2) 22nd April 1924, Anne, daugh. of
Robert Ormiston Stow, with issue — Ruth
Ormiston, born 16th April 1928.
DYSART
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 26th March 1245, but what re
mains of the pre-Reformation structure
indicates a scheme of rebuilding probably
in the early part of the 16th century. There
were in the church altars dedicated to St
James, St John, and the Holy Trinity, and
a cell dedicated to St Catharine. The
Chapel of St Denis (Dionysius), situated in
the south part of the town, and converted
into a smithy long prior to 1836, when part
of a wall was still in existence, was the
Chapel of the Blackfriars' Friary. Mr
Alexander Colville was parson 4th Sept.
1515. — [Gleanings from the Records of
Dysart, 14-15; Fife Sheriff Court Bk.,
16-18, S.H.S.]
ROBERT DANIELSTON, also desig-
1560
nated Sir Robert Dennistoun, par
son 1551 and 28th July 1553, still
rector 27th Sept. 1569; was also parson of
Ayr and Canon of the Chapel Royal, Stir
ling; died before 25th May 1574; had a
natural son, George. — [Sir Thomas John-
soun's Prot. Bk., 376, 491, 492, 804;
Gleanings from Records of Dysart; Reg.
Sec. Seal, 25th May 1574; Reg. of Deeds,
v, 209, vi, 104, x, 102, xi, 26.]
KIRKCALDY]
DYSART— KENNOWAY
425
GEORGE STRACHAN, vicar-pen-
1564
sioner 1564 and prior to 28th July
1553; designated vicar July 1571. —
[Acts and Dec., xxx, 158, xlii, 167, 188;
Edin. Tests., vi, 69.]
ANDREW FORRESTER, still in office
1565 1571-2.— [Edin. Tests., ii, 216.]
1570
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, reader
1570-3.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
GEORGE SCOTT, pres. to the prebend
1574
of the Kirk Heugh, St Andrews,
which is the parsonage and vicarage
of Dysart, 25th May 1574, vac. by the
death of Mr Robert Danielston; he was
dead in 1582, when collective reference is
made to his widow and children. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., 25th May 1574; Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds.}
JOHN YOUNG, min., and in 1583.—
1582 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
WILLIAM MURRAY, a cadet of the
1584 Murrays of Ochtertyre.
PATRICK SCOTT, son of Thomas
1586
Scott of Abbotshall, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 25th Oct. 1586,
vac. by the demission of his uncle, George
Scott.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., 25th Oct. 1586.]
ANDREW PEEBLES, M.A., vicar 7th
t*ni Feb- 1601.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., vi,
151.]
ALAN LAMONT. son of Alan L., min.
at Scoonie (q.v.); reader in 1610 and
still in office 1629, but res. before
1632. — [Invent, of Lamont Papers, 140, etc.]
WILLIAM NAIRN, brother germane
1617 °^ ^r ^°bert Nairn of Bannock-
burn. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxiv, 211.]
JOHN ANDERSON, marr. (2) Isabel
1664 Riddoch; his son> Andrew, Clerk of
Exchequer in 1698. — [Fife Sas., xvi,
173, 15th March 1694.]
DAVID PITCAIRN, his son, David,
1708
apprenticed to Patrick Crichton,
saddler, Edinburgh, 10th March
1734. — [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.}
WILLIAM MUIR, marr. (1) Christian,
1850
daugh. of James Bain, factor on
Dysart Estates, and Margaret Thom
son (born 6th Dec. 1807, died 10th Jan.
1846.]
JOHN WAUGH GIBSON, his widow,
Catherine Elizabeth Poison, died at
Bearsden 17th Sept. 1931.
HUGH MENZIES, became sole min.
1874
1907
when the second charge was united
with Sinclairtown 20th May 1928;
died 1st July 1941; his daugh., Margaret
Skeoch (marr. 22nd April 1925 Wilfrid H.
Babington, R.N.).
SECOND CHARGE
DAVID ALEXANDER MORRISON,
1904 died 12th Sept. 1923.
HUGH THOMAS SUTHERLAND,
1925
formerly of Tundergarth (q.v.)\
trans, from Kirkcowan 16th Dec.
1925; became min. of the United Charge
at Sinclairtown on union with Sinclairtown
20th May 1928, and adm. 20th June 1928;
died 6th May 1935. Addl. issue— Walter,
born 3rd Sept. 1912; his daugh., Jean
Scouller (marr. 17th Sept. 1938 William
Wardrop, son of late Robert Black, 75 John
Street, Penicuik).
KENNOWAY
In connection with the festival of St
Kenneth, llth Oct., there are six lessons
in the Breviary of Aberdeen where he is
described as "St Kenneth the Abbot who
in Kennoway in the Diocese of St Andrews
is held as patron." On 14th Jan. 1552-3,
James Hamilton, clerk of the Diocese of
Glasgow, who had been presented to the
perpetual vicarage by John, Archbishop of
St Andrews, vac. by the death of David
Ballingawe, was inducted, on the command
of the Archbishop, by John Sinclair, Pro
vost of the Collegiate Church of Roslin;
and the curate of Kennoway, Sir Robert
Bute, placed and conducted Alexander
Gourlay, as procurator of James Hamilton,
in possession of the vicarage, and by deli
very of the missel book, cups, and orna
ments of the high altar invested and
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KENNOWAY— KINGHORN EASTER
[PRESB. OF
instituted him. There was a chapel at
Chapel Brae, near Kilmux House. —
[Mackinlay's Church Dedications (non-
script.), 63; Colville's Prot. Bk., 45, 52a.]
1560
JOHN ROW, held the vicarage in 1564,
and was still vicar in 1572. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.; Reg. Abbrev. Charters of Church
Lands, 11, 314.]
1573
ALEXANDER SAUCHIE, reader here
and at Scoonie and Methil 1565;
pres. to the vicarage 28th Jan.
1573-4, vac. by dem. of Mr John Row. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene.}
JOHN SYMSON, his presentation, 18th
Dec. 1575, was consequent upon
the death of Alexander Sauchie. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene.]
ALLAN LAMONT, M.A., min. 1585-9.
1585 —[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
CHARLES WALWODE, M.A., reader
1588
at Scoonie;. was pres. to vicarage
7th Dec. 1588, vac. by dem. of Mr
Robert Wood.— [Reg. Sec. Seal.]
JOHN ELPHINGSTON, M.A., son of
John E., pres. to vicarage 13th Nov.
1592, vac. by death of Mr Robert
Hamilton.— [Reg. Sec. Seal.}
1592
THOMAS RUSSELL, his son, Alex
ander, apprenticed to William Ran-
kin, wright, Edinburgh, 15th Nov.
1721. — [Reg. of Edinburgh Apprentices.}
1690
ROBERT PONTON, MS. vol. of ser-
1716 mons in Assembly Library.
DAVID STEWART, his son, Philip,
1865 died 28th March 1934.
1888
JAMES SMITH SIMPSON, died 1st
Dec. 1924; his daugh., Annette
(marr. 17th July 1937 Harry Brooks
Rose, Thornhill, Ilkley); his widow, Emily
Frances Stewart, died 31st Dec. 1945.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMART,
trans, from Tannadice 19th May
1925; issue — Norman Sanderson,
born 27th Aug. 1924; Elizabeth, born 30th
Jan. 1930 and died same day; Alice Eliza
beth Margaret, born 23rd April 1932;
Thomas Kenneth, born 18th June 1935.
KINGHORN EASTER
The church was dedicated to All Saints
before 1290. It was granted to Holyrood
Abbey by King William the Lion between
1 165 and 1 177, Charters being given also by
Richard, Bishop of St Andrews 1163-77,
and others. Some time afterwards, ap
parently in the first part of the 13th century,
at the instance of the parishioners, and as
the church lay outside the town, the Abbot
of Holyrood caused a new church to be
built in the town, and to be consecrated by
the Ordinary, and the parochial insignia to
be taken there. This was apparently the
church dedicated by Bishop de Bernham
17th May 1243, and of which there still
survives a rectangular east portion, aisled
on the south, at the east end of the present
church on the Kirk Craig. Allusions to the
fabric in the Kirk Session Records indicate
that the building was cruciform in chape
and possessed two aisles. The present
church was built in 1774 and renovated in
1894. The site of the original church out
side the town is not definitely known. But
there are indications that it was at Tyrie or
Grange some distance north of the burgh.
There, not far from the manor of the
barony, there was a church popularly
called Eglismaree, but in its oldest and
most frequent and probably correct form,
Eglismalie, Malin, Maling, Malinus. It is
mentioned in the Bull of Pope Alexander
III to Inchcolm Abbey, 6th March 1178-9,
which confirms to the Abbey "the half-
ploughgate of land, lying beside the Church
of St Malin, with the Chapel of the same";
and the statement is amplified in a Retour
of 1642 and a Crown Charter of 1611-12,
each of which deals with the former posses
sions of Inchcolm, and contains ' ' the half-
ploughgate of land, beside the Church of
St Maleing, now called Inchkerie, with the
Chapel of Buthadlach (or Buchadlach),
now called Eglismalye." It may be that
the Chapel of Buthadlach, which, with the
KIRKCALDY]
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427
land of Inchkerie, belonged to Inchcolm
Abbey, had the same dedication as the
church. But in any case the church was
distinct from the chapel; and it is most
probable, if not absolutely certain, that
here we have the original Church of King-
horn. Additional support is given to the
probability not only from the proximity of
the church to the Manor of Grange, but
also from the fact that in this neighbour
hood were the vicar's lands, still called
Vicarsgrange, from which was delimited
the original post-Reformation glebe of the
parish, later excambed for land near the
burgh. Malie or Malee, the name of the
saint who on the foregoing probability was
displaced by the dedication "All Saints,"
almost certainly when the parish church
was transferred to the burgh, may be
identical with St Moling, otherwise St
Malin, founder of Tighmoling, now St
Mullens, in County Carlow, and Bishop of
Ferns from 691 till his death in 697.
Another view is that the saint is Maillie,
Maillidh, a saint not mentioned in the
Calendars. The churchyard of St Malin 's
Church, which has long since ceased to
exist, is the reputed burial place both of
Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange, and of his
son and successor, Sir William Kirkcaldy,
whose body, eight years after his execution
on 3rd Aug. 1573, was brought from its
original place of interment in Edinburgh.
Part of a gable of the church was still in
existence in 1843. The Church of Kinghorn
was served by a rector till 1418-19, up to
which time the Abbey of Holyrood held
only one-half of the teinds. At that date
the whole of the teinds became the posses
sion of the Abbey, who thereafter supplied
the church with a vicar. At or near the
burgh was a piece of land called the
' ' Reud-Aiker, ' ' which may indicate that in
the church there was an Altar of the Holy
Rood. Within the burgh was situated St
Leonard's Chapel, which after the Re
formation was converted into the burgh
Townhouse and jail, and in 1 822 gave place
to the present Townhouse. The chapel
apparently was of great antiquity, and that,
with its situation within the burgh, may be
regarded as explaining the presence of the
figure of St Leonard on the burgh seal.
Situated also in the burgh was a hospital
with chapel dedicated to St James, founded
on 20th July 1478 by Robert Pierson,
burgess of Kinghorn, the endowment being
twelve particles of land at Kinghorn, and
an annual rent of 10 merks, 5 of which
were to be devoted to supplementing the
necessities of the poor and sustaining
readers, and 5 for a chaplain to celebrate
three Masses. The name and site of the
hospital are perpetuated in St James' Place.
On the east side of Kinghorn Bay, above
the Kirk Craig, are the lands of Abden.
The name is a corruption of Abthanrie or
Abbacie, which denotes lands that belonged
to an abbey or monastery of the Columban
Church, and had fallen to the Crown either
through the monastery having become
extinct or having fallen into the hands of
lay abbots. Of the particular story of the
lands and their monastery nothing is
known. A place in the parish, designated
St Ninian's Chapel, indicates that there
had existed a chapel dedicated to that
saint — probably identical with the chapel
which was situated at Chapelflat, North
Glassmount. — [Cal. of Papal Regs., Letters,
i, 512, x, 711; Petitions, i, 137; Chart, of
Holyrood, 37, 129, 193, 195; Cal ofSupplic.
Rel. to Scot., 7, 92, S.H.S.; Chart, of Inch
colm, 2, S.H.S.; Reg. Great Seal, ii, 1407,
vi, 1394, vii, 440; Retours, xxix, 9; Steven
son's Parish of Auchtertool, 26, 31;
Mackinlay's Anc. Ch. Dedications (non-
script.), 130; Watson's Celtic Place Names,
290; Skene's Celtic Scot., iii, 261; Reid's
Kinghorn, 31; Test. Efram. Gibbon, 7th
April 1614, St Andrews Tests.}
DENE JOHN WILSON, vicar 8th Feb.
1 549, also Canon of Holyroodhouse;
on a Sunday in Feb. 1559, within the
parish Church of St Andrews, he renounced
"the Pope, his authoritie, power, and juris
diction, all maner of idolatrie, superstitions,
and hypocrisie, and espetial the mass,
veneration of Saints and purgatory" and
accepted Christ as the only head, ruler and
guide of the Church. He died before 18th
July 1570.— [Reg. of Kirk Session of St
Andrews, 11.]
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KINGHORN EASTER— KINGLASSIE
[PRESB. OF
JOHN BROWN, apparently the reader
whom, as narrated by the bailies of
Kinghorn in their complaint to the
Privy Council in 1564, John Moultrie,
laird of Seafield, had in the most cruel
manner ejected furth of his house which he
had ' ' peccabillie broukit be a large space. ' '
The laird was ordered by the Council on
8th May 1564 to restore the reader to his
house under pain of escheat and being put
to the horn.— [Reg. Privy Council, i, 277.]
ANDREW KIRKCALDIE, exhorter
1563-5.— [Comps. Sub Coll of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
THOMAS BIGGAR, he may have been
_,, in office in 1564, for his tombstone
bears that he died in 1605, in the
41st year of his ministry at Kinghorn; his
presentation on 18th July 1570 was conse
quent upon the death of Dene John Wilson.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene.}
STEVEN WILSON, vicar in 1572.—
1572 [Acts and Dec., xlix, 162, Ixi, 353.]
DAVID COUPAR, reader here, pres.
1576
to vicarage 2nd July 1576. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene.]
JOHN YOUNG, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 24th Oct. 1595, vac. by
death of David Coupar. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene.]
JOHN SCRYMGEOUR, pres. to
vicarage 20th April 1606; hisdaugh.,
Isabella, was the first wife of John
Chalmers, min. at Auchterderran. — [Reg.
Sec. Seal, Ixxv, 12.]
GILBERT LYON, his son, Alexander,
apprenticed to Thomas Henderson,
1595
1604
1663
surgeon-apothecary, Edinburgh, 1 5th
Dec. 1695.— [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.}
PATRICK LYON, his son, Robert,
.0, bapt. 24th Nov. 1690.— [St Andrews
Reg.]
FERGUS JARDINE, his children-
Agnes, died 7th March 1887; Jessie
(marr. William Cooper); Harriet
Bruce, died 29th July 1894; Ann Irvine
(marr. Rev. W. Will); John Martin, died
12th Nov. 1912; Isabella, died 3rd May
1921.
WILLIAM JARDINE DOBIE, line 3,
1867
for "min. of" read "licentiate";
1927
line 14, insert comma after "Rus
sell"; died 31st Oct. 1932; his widow,
Margaret Hamilton Veitch, died 25th May
1933.
ALEXANDER HANNAY McIL-
1ono WRAITH, died at Endiburgh 1 4th
Dec. 1 926.
WILLIAM STEVENSON, born at
Bannockburn 3rd Dec. 1 90 1, son of
John S. and Helen Chalmers; educ.
at Stirling High School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1922), B.D. (1925); lie. by
Presb. of Stirling April 1 925; studied at
Union Theological Seminary, New York,
1 925-6; assistant, Eastwood, 1 926; ord.
1 2th May 1 927; trans, to Grange Parish,
Edinburgh, 1 4th Dec. 1933. Marr. 27th
Dec. 1929 Elizabeth Agnes, daugh. of John
Rogan, min. of Burntisland and later of
Lundie and Fowlis, with issue — Marjorie
Henrietta, born 9th Nov. 1 930; Laura
Christian, born 23rd April 1 93 3; Anthony
John Maxwell, born 6th July 1 939.
KINGLASSIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 27th May 1243. Sir Thomas
Boswale was vicar in 1 55 1. — [Gleanings
from Records of Dysart, 18.]
SIR MATTHEW VALLANGE, vicar
5th Dec. 1563.— [Cal. of Charters,
1563
ix, 1932.]
JOHN HIMMEL, M.A., min. 1563 and
also 1564, with charge likewise at
1563 Portmoak.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
DAVID STARK, reader; on 17th Feb.
1 562 he was charged before the Kirk
Session of St Andrews with having
administered baptism in Kinglassie Church
without lawful admission, and having no
office in the Kirk interponed himself to read
the common prayers there and interrupted
KIRKCALDY]
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429
the lawfully admitted reader; he admitted
the charge and was ord. by the Superin
tendent to abstain, and to acknowledge his
offence next Sunday in Kinglassie Church,
and ask the congregation's forgiveness. —
[Reg. of Kirk Session of St Andrews, ii,
179-80.]
DENE ALEXANDER AITKEN, had
been one of the monks of Dunferm-
line Abbey; vicar in 1568 and in
1573.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
PETER WATSON, min. at Markinch;
had also charge here 1568-9. —
1568
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
1568
etc.]
JOHN RYND, M.A.; called exhorter
1569-70; pres. to the Chapel of St
Blais the Martyr, Perth, 3rd Feb.
1570-1; min. of Old Cumnock (q.v.).—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.; Reg.
Pres. Bern., 3rd Feb. 1570-1.]
ANDREW ANGUS, reader 1569.—
1569 [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
GEORGE RAMSAY, pres. to vicarage
15?1 31st March 1571, vac. by death of
Sir Matthew Vallange, and to the
office of reader. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.]
THOMAS METHVEN, M.A., parson,
27th June 1 571 .—[Cal. of Charters,
ix, 2225.]
JAMES WILSON, M.A., min. here,
1590 pres. to vicarage llth May 1590,
vac. by death of Alexander Aitken,
— [Reg. Sec. Seal, Ixix, 126.]
JOHN FRASER, colleague and succes-
189? sor, ind. 9th Oct. 1935; died at Kirk-
caldy 2nd May 1944; his wife,
Helen Weir, died 2nd Nov. 1939; his
daugh., Helen Macdonald (marr. 19th Oct.
1934 Robert Millar Nisbit, Limekilns).
Publications— Dramas, Conriel and Olina
(Paisley, 1901); A Royal Tragedy, James I
of Scotland (Paisley, 1920); A Royal Pair,
James IV and Margaret Drummond (Kirk-
caldy, 1924); A Royal Feud, or The Cowrie
Conspiracy (Kirkcaldy, 1930).
KIRKCALDY
ABBOTSHALL
At Wester Bogie there was a chapel
dedicated to St Ninian. — [Mackinlay's
Ancient Church Dedications (non-script.),
30.]
PATRICK WEYMSS, had issue, Harry,
born 25th Feb. 1656; Eupham, born
29th Oct. 1657; George, born 19th
Aug. 1660.
THOMAS NAIRNE, marr. 14th Aug.
1712 Janet Ramsay, with issue —
1650
Samuel, bapt. 8th July 1713; Mar
garet, bapt. 16th Oct. 1715; Jean, bapt.
5th April 1724; Mary, bapt. 23rd July
1727; John, born 21st April 1735.
ALEXANDER OSWALD LAIRD, his
1839
daugh., Emily Christine, died at
Mentone, France, 20th Jan. 1937.
BRUCE BEVERIDGE BEGG, his
1865
widow, Magdaline Currie, died 8th
Feb. 1928.
JOHN MERCER HUNTER, O.B.E.,
1911
D.D. (St Andrews, 25th June 1948).
Line 9, delete "Captain, Black
Watch"; served as Chaplain in France,
attached to the Black Watch, and was men
tioned in Dispatches; trans, to Legerwood
23rd Feb. 1949. Addl. issue— Eunice Chris
tian, born 27th June 1927.
INVERTIEL
The Chapel of St Katharine is men
tioned along with "St Katharine's toun
called the Brigland, and the pendicle called
St German's acre." — [Retours, xx, 16.]
JAMES SMEATON, his daugh., Mar-
, garet Wallace, died at Edinburgh
20th July 1931.
JOHN BARBOUR, his mother, Mary
McKay; his wife, Charlotte Smith,
daugh. of James Dawson and Eliza
beth McHardy, died 6th July 1933. Marr.
(2) 30th June 1937 Alice Laird, daugh. of
Allan Law and Margaret McPolland Laird,
Kirkcaldy.
430
ST BRYCE— RAITH
[PRESB. OF
ST BRYCE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 21st March 1244-5. It was en
larged and repaired in 1 643 and was rebuilt
in 1807, only the tower, probably of the
early part of the 16th century, being left.
In 1554 it is designated the "College Kirk
of Kirkcaldy, ' ' indicating that the cure was
then served by two or more clergy. Other
altars in the church, besides that of St
Katharine, were the Holy Blood (St
Sanguin), the Holy Cross, and St Ninian,
the patrons of the last being the bailies and
community of the burgh. About 1127-30
the Shore of Kirkcaldy, including the
church, which had been held by Constan-
tine the King, was granted to Dunfermline
Abbey. The "lands of St Brice" are men
tioned in 1579.— [Cal. of Charters, ii, 6;
Reg. of Dunfermline, 16, 383; Acts and
Dec., viii, 569; Laing Charters, 977; Reg.
Mag. Sig., iv, 2499; Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 133.]
JAMES MOULTRAY, vicar 1560; dem.
3rd Feb. 1565, and died before 28th
May 1576.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Linlithgow, etc.; Acts and Dec.,
xxvi, 264, 357, 423; Reg. Sec. Seal, xl, 40;
Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 42.]
STIVEN WILSON, alleged vicar; had
1567
left at Jan. 1571-2, but on 28th May
1 576 was confirmed in the vicarage,
vac. by dem. of James Moultray on 3rd
Feb. 1565.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, xl, 40; Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 42.]
JAMES MORRISON, reader, 3rd Oct.
1578 \51S.—[Edin. Test., vii, 80.]
THOMAS WARDLAW, M.A., brother
of Henry Wardlaw of Balmule (1st
of Pitreavie), pres. to vicarage by
Queen Anne prior to 1601, vac. by death
of Stiven Wilson — probably a lay appoint
ment. — [Acts and Dec., cxcv'm, 11, llthJan.
1601.]
JAMES MILLAR, reader 13th Oct.
1619 1619.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., viii, 136.]
JAMES DRYSDALE, marr. Ann,
1726 daugh. °f William Ferguson, pro
vost of Kirkcaldy, and Elizabeth
Henderson, sister of one of the slayers of
Archbishop Sharp, with issue — William,
merchant, Kirkcaldy, purser, H.M.S. Sloop
Syren and Porcupine; Robert, Town Clerk,
Kirkcaldy; John, min. of the Tron Church;
George, provost and collector of Customs,
Kirkcaldy; Andrew, apprenticed to James
Carmichael, cordiner, Edinburgh, 21st Jan.
1738; his portrait is at Kilrie.
JOHN MARTIN, his daugh., Anne,
1807 died 7th Nov. 1885.
JOHN ALEXANDER, his daugh.,
Joanna Haddo Lang, died 10th
. . * r\r\s\.
April 1880.
JOHN CAMPBELL, his father was
1881 scno°lmaster at Fortingall; dem.
21st Oct. 1926, and died at Newton-
more 21st Oct. 1935; his wife, Elizabeth
Renwick, died 27th Jan. 1927; his daugh.,
Phyllis Carruthers (marr. 28th March 1925
Donald Charles MacArthur, Nareen, Win
ston, Queensland); his daugh., Mabel, died
at Allendale, Northumberland, 3rd Nov.
1939.
EVELYN GALL, trans, from St Luke's,
Lochee (q.v.}, 27th April 1927; died
12th Oct. 1946; his daugh., Evelyn
Graham, was app. to the Calabar Mission
May 1940.
PATHHEAD
JOHN YUILL WALKER, his daugh.,
1909
Noreen Christian May (marr. 22nd
1922
July 1939 John Kellwick Wright,
Lieut. R.N.).
THOMAS GILLESPIE SNODDY,
issue — Margaret Lawson, born 2nd
May 1925; Elizabeth Whitehead
Roper, born 19th Nov. 1926; James Beres-
ford, born llth Sept. 1929.
RAITH
DAVID LAWRENCE FRANCIS,
dem. 4th Jan. 1927; died 18th Jan.
1888 1928.
KIRKCALDY]
RAITH— LESLIE
431
1927
WILLIAM CONWAY, trans, from
Hallside (q.v.) llth May 1927; his
wife, Mary Anderson, died 7th Oct.
1920, and he marr. (2) 14th March 1922
Grace Beattie Calderwood, with issue —
Grace Beattie, born 4th Sept. 1924.
ST JAMES
DAVID BRUCE MILLARD, died 12th
1902 May 1940.
DAVID GRANT MILNE, trans, to
1918 Stronsay 12th Feb. 1925.
WILLIAM ROCK, ord. 13th May 1925;
1925
trans, to Kirkpatrick-Irongray 18th
May 1928.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, trans, from St
1928
Andrew's, Johnstone (q.v.), 31st
Oct. 1928.
ST JOHN'S
ROBERT BROWN WISEMAN, trans.
1909 to Dolphinton 1st June 1928.
JAMES YOUNGSON, adm. from Nel-
1Q2Q son, British Columbia (q.v.), 19th
Sept. 1928; became min. of First
Presbyterian Church, Nelson, B.C., Aug.
1931; ind. to St Andrew's South, Dun-
fermline, 20th May 1935; trans, to Tully-
nossle and Forbes 30th May 1941; dem.
12th June 1947; died 16th July 1947.
SINCLAIRTOWN
AENEAS NELSON CRAIG, date of
1918 marriage 12th Oct. 1900, with issue
—Agnes Mary, born 12th March
1902, died 13th June 1918; James Howard,
born 25th Dec. 1904, died 3rd Sept. 1907;
his widow, Edith Grace Kennard (bom 9th
Dec. 1878), became an evangelist and went
to the United States, where she was min. at
Hossick, New York, from 1926 to 1938;
she marr. 4th Jan. 1928 Marcus T. Rey
nolds, and is now Mrs Craig Reynolds,
The Parsonage, Hossick, N.Y.— [Memo,
Mr Jas. T. Davidson, Westerlea, Kirk-
caldy.]
DUNCAN SMITH HENDERSON,
1922 trans, to Dundyvan 24th June 1926.
HENRY McKINLEY, trans, from
1926
Channelkirk 2nd Nov. 1926; dem.
27th Dec. 1927; adm. to St Ninian's,
Edinburgh, same year; adm. colleague and
successor, Cambusbarron, 13th June 1934;
died 24th May 1945.
HUGH THOMAS SUTHERLAND
MORRISON, Second Charge,
Dysart (q.v.)\ adm. 20th June 1928,
consequent upon the union of Sinclairtown
and Second Charge, Dysart, 20th May
1928; died 6th May 1935.
LESLIE
The church is called Christ's Kirk-on-
the-Green, which indicates dedication to
our Lord. Leslie Green has been claimed
to be the scene of the poem, ' ' Christ's Kirk
on the Green," ascribed to James VI. A
controversy in 1239 regarding the patron
age of the church, between the Bishop and
Chapter of Dunkeld and Merleswain of
Ardross, son of Waldene, was settled on
the basis of the church becoming a prebend
of Dunkeld, Merleswain being patron of
the prebend — an arrangement that was not
carried out. In 1263 Geolastica, daughter
of the late Merleswain, and Richard her
husband, gave the patronage to Inchcolm
Abbey, in favour of which about the same
time Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan,
on his own behalf and that of Thomas
Meldrum, gave up his claim to the patron
age. That was followed by a confirmation
charter of Richard, Bishop of Dunkeld,
which gave the church to the Canons of
Inchcolm for their proper use. There was
within the churchyard a chapel dedicated
to the Virgin Mary, probably a chantry
chapel. The church was rebuilt in 1820. —
[Cart, of Inchcolm, 15-16, 24-6, 31, 127,
145, 151, xxvii, S.H.S.]
PATRICK COUSTANE, M.A., min.
1566.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
,-,. x» -i
Fife, etc.]
ANDREW ANGUS, reader in 1561 and
also at Kinglassie 1568. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
432
LESLIE— MARKINCH
[PRESS. OF
PETER WATSON, min. at Markinch,
1568
had also charge here. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
JAMES WILSON, M.A., min. at King-
1585
Seal}
lassie, had also charge here; dem.
before 6th Oct. 1592.— [Reg. Sec.
JOHN ELPHINGSTONE, M.A., min.
1592
here, pres. to parsonage and vicarage
6th Oct. 1592, vac. by death of
James, Abbot of Inchcolm, and the dem.
of Mr James Wilson.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, 6th
Oct. 1592.]
GEORGE WILLIS, his son, George,
1759 died 18th Oct. 1846.
JAMES NICOL, his daugh., Eliza
1825
Hunter (marr. 1867 Alexander
Marjoribanks of that ilk).
1864
DAVID WILLIAM RUNCIMAN, his
son, Leslie, died at La Cumbrie,
Argentine, 22nd Dec. 1924; his
daugh., Jane Elizabeth Boog, died at La
Cumbrie, Argentine, 20th March 1948.
ANDREW RUSSELL, his widow,
Emily Cecilia Davies, died llth
Nov. 1928.
1878
JOHN ROBERTSON MACGREGOR,
1907
his wife, Mina Grandison, died 4th
May 1926; and he marr. (2) 27th
June 1934 Amina Mary, daugh. of Rev.
A. G. Danielson, D.D., Chindwara, India;
he died llth Oct. 1938, a colleague and
successor, William Henry Drummond
Page, having been ordained 25th March
1931.
LOCHGELLY
THOMAS DEWAR, died at Lumley,
1863 Durham, 9th Dec. 1933.
ROBERT NICOL PATON, trans, to
1918
Chapelshade, Dundee, 20th June
1934; his daugh., Esther Margaret
(marr. 28th June 1941 Herbert Harry Wills,
2nd Lieut. R.A.O.C.).
MARKINCH
Maeldum, Bishop of Alban, at St An
drews 1028-55, son of Bishop Gillandris,
gave the church with all its land to God
and St Serf and the Culdees of Lochleven;
and Duncan, sixth Earl of Fife 1154-1203,
gave the church to the Priory of St An
drews. The patron saint was St Drostan,
and later, apparently when the church was
dedicated by Bishop de Bernham on 19th
July 1243, St John the Baptist was joined
with St Drostan. The 12th-century tower
is attached to the modern church. The
ruins of Kirkforthar Church stand on a
tree-enclosed mound not far from Kirk
forthar farm. — [Reg. Priory of St Andrews,
116, 348; Reg. Pres. Bene.]
DAVID MYRTON, M.A., vicar 4th
6 Jan. 1561-2, and prebendary of St
Catharine's Chaplainry in Crail
Parish Church.— [Reg. Great Seal, 16th
Feb. 1578-9; Reg. Kirk Session of St
Andrews, 106n, S.H.S.]
JOHN RYND, M.A., exhorter 1572-3.
1572
1580
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
ANDREW ANGUS, reader at Leslie
_ „ and also here 1572. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
ARCHIBALD FRASER, pres. to
vicarage 6th Nov. 1580, vac. by
death of Mr David Myrton. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 43.]
JOHN RENTOUN, reader 1585-9.—
1585 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
ANDREW LAMONT, his pres. to
parsonage and vicarage of Kirk-
forther, 1 6th May 1 626, was conse
quent upon the death of Mr Thomas
Lumsden, Provost of Kinkell. — [Reg. Sec.
Seal, xc, 45.]
FREDERICK CARMICHAEL.—
1640 [Scot. N. and Q., 3 Ser., vi, 36.]
JOHN MIDDLETON, had issue—
1619
1684
Robert, bapt. 16th Feb. 1666;
Isobel, bapt. 28th Oct. 1670; Mar
garet, bapt. 28th Nov. 1678; Alexander,
KIRKCALDY]
MARKINCH— PRINLAWS
433
bapt. 12th May 1680; John, bapt. 1st June
1681; George, bapt. 25th Sept. 1682;
Alexander, bapt. 7th Feb. 1684 and ap
prenticed to Andrew Law, goldsmith,
Edinburgh, 10th Feb. 1697.— [Reg. of
Edin. Apprentices; Fife Sas., 10th March
1684.]
1889
JAMES HENDERSON BRYDEN,
died at Birklea, Dumfries, 18th Sept.
1939. Publications — Memories of
Holy wood and Markinch (Dumfries, 1935);
Some Old Parish Customs and other Papers
(Dumfries, 1936); Article in the Gallo-
vidian, Humour in the Kirk and outside it.
KIRKFORTHAR
HENRY LUMSDEN, M.A., son of
1560
Andrew L. in Wester Ellon; parson
of Kinkell; was parson and vicar
1560.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds; Reg.
Sec. Seal, xxxv, 108; Acts and Dec.., cxxxvi,
309.]
SIR DONALD DONALD, parson and
1560 V*Car S00n a^ter 1560' — [Bo°k °f
Assumptions.}
THOMAS LUMSDEN, M.A., son of
1575
Andrew L. in Wester Ellon; parson
of Kinkell; parson and vicar 1575;
died before 16th May 1626. — [Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds; Acts and Dec., cxxxvi, 309;
Reg. Sec. Seal, xc, 45.]
METHIL, METHKYLL, METHKAL
It was a pre-Reformation parish; and the
church with the lands is mentioned in 1207.
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham, 28th March 1245. The benefice
belonged to the Priory of St Andrews.
Situated at Methilmill, north of the town
and near the river Leven, with the Kirk-
lands in the vicinity, the pre-Reformation
church existed till about 1738; but the
parish was incorporated with Wemyss
some time after 1561 . [Papal Letters, i, 30;
Papal Petitions, i, 618; Reg. Great Seal, i,
1444; Reg. Kirk Sess. of St Andrews, 282;
Memo., Rev. A. H. Forbes; Pontificale
Ecclesiae S. Andreae.]
2E
1561
WILLIAM BLACKADDER, M.A.,
parson 1561. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
ALEXANDER SAUCHIE, reader, Ken-
,, noway; also reader here. — [Edin.
Tests., iii, 60.]
ROBERT SWYNE, reader in 1574; a
15_4 priest of St Andrews, he had been
installed rector, 22nd and 28th June
1545, on the resignation of Mr William
Blackadder, who was vicar 1533-4 and
rector 1539.— [Reg. Kirk Sess. of St An
drews, 282n; Reg. Great Seal, iii, 259, 1339.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, his
1907
widow,
April 1924.
Shepherd, died 30th
GEORGE ORMOND MACKENZIE,
1923 trans, to Minto 2nd Feb. 1927.
ALEXANDER HAY FORBES, trans.
1927 from Cawdor (q.v.\ 8th Sept. 1927.
MILTON OF BALGONIE
WILLIAM BAIN, had by first marriage
six other children, who died in
infancy; he marr. (2) Jessie Ur-
quhart, with issue — Jessie Strachan (marr.
Alexander Strachan Wood); William Ur-
quhart, M.D., died 1892; Jessie, died 17th
Nov. 1926.
JAMES FAULDS, trans, to Clyne 15th
1921 Dec. 1926.
1927
JAMES RAE, trans, from North Yell
(q.v.) 7th July 1927; dem. 16th May
1932, and died at Edinburgh 8th
Aug. 1932; his wife, Annie Sykes, died 12th
March 1929.
PRINLAWS
JAMES NIVEN HILL, his widow,
1884
Marion Josephine Hatch, died 29th
June 1935; his son, Colin Cecil, min.
of Kilbirnie (#.v.).
ARNOLD GRAY SMITH, dem. 16th
1920 May 1935; died at Perth 19th °Ct
1940; his daugh., Margaret Eu-
phemia Mortimer, born 28th Nov. 1909.
434
SCOONIE— WEMYSS
[PRESB. OF
SCOONIE
Tuthald, Bishop of Alban at St Andrews
1055-9, gave the church to St Serf and the
Culdees of Lochleven; and Duncan, Earl
of Fife 1 154-1203, gave it to the Priory of
St Andrews. The church was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham 30th May 1243. The
patron saint, St Memma the Virgin, has
been identified with St Modwena at Long-
forgan, and also, but unlikely, with St
Memmie, whose memory is perpetuated at
the village of Memmie in France. The
church was situated in the old churchyard;
and a portion of it is said to survive as the
burial vault of the Durie family. A new
church was built at Leven in 1775, which
is the date on the weather-vane of the
steeple. The present church, which is in
corporated with the 18th-century steeple,
was built in 1902^.— [Reg. Priory of St
Andrews, 116, 244, 348; Mackinley's
Ancient Ch. Dedications (non-script.), 132-3,
501; Memo., Rev. G. I. Edwards.]
GEORGE BALFOUR, vicar 1564.—
1564
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
ALEXANDER SAUCHIE, reader at
_66 Kennoway, was also reader here
and at Methil. — [Edin. Tests., iii,
60.] (See Kennoway.)
JOHN SYMSON, was min. 1565.—
1566 [Cal. of Charters, ix, 201 5. ]
CHARLES WALWODE, M.A.; reader
1588
before 1588, when he was pres. to
vicarage of Kennoway (q.v.).
JAMES BALFOUR, Dean of Glasgow,
vicar before 27th Feb. 1591-2; died
before 9th Feb. 1602, when Alan
Lament, min. here, was pres. to the
vicarage. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds',
Invent, of Lamont Papers, iii; Reg. Sec.
Seal, Ixii, 249.]
ALEXANDER MONCRIEFF, his
daugh., Anna (marr. 15th Dec. 1681
Sir Hugh Cunningham).
1643
WILLIAM LOGIE, min. of Firth and
1860 Stennes, Orkney; pres. by the
Crown, but objections to his pulpit
ministrations were upheld by the General
Assembly, May 1860.
JAMES BLACKWOOD, assistant at
Ceres' Pres- t>v Queen Victoria 22nd
Aug. 1860 and ord. 20th June
1861.
1881
CHARLES DURWARD, died 29th
Dec' 1924; ^s son» Eric Stanley,
died at Houston, Texas, 16th July
1943; Charles Walker, M.B., Ch.B., died
19th Feb. 1946.
GEORGE JEHU EDWARDS, trans.
1 925 from Inverallan (q. v.) 4th June 1 925 .
THORNTON
DUNCAN MACFARLANE WILSON,
1877 died 10th Aug. 1925.
WILLIAM DARLING GUTHRIE,
ord. 17th Dec. 1925; trans, to
Govanhill 18th June 1929.
1925
WEMYSS
The church was dedicated to St Mary.
If there was a dedication to St Cuthbert —
and no evidence has been given in support
of that view — it was an early dedication and
was superseded some time prior to 1239-40,
when John de Methill or de Wemyss, son
of Michael de Wemyss, granted the
"Church of St Mary of Wemyss" to the
Hospital of the Holy Trinity of Soutra.
This grant was confirmed in 1261 by Bishop
Gamelin of St Andrews, the confirmation
stipulating the provision for honourable
sustenance for the vicar of Wemyss serving
on behalf of the Soutra, and also for the
payment of a pension due annually by the
Church of Wemyss to Dysart Church. The
church passed to Trinity College and
Hospital, Edinburgh, in 1460-2, when
Soutra was annexed to the latter by Mary
of Gueldres, Queen of James II, confirma
tion being made by Bull of Pope Pius II,
and Episcopal Charters; and after the
KIRKCALDY]
WEMYSS— WEST WEMYSS
435
Reformation it became the property of the
provost, magistrates and community of
Edinburgh, when by various Crown grants
of 1563 and later years, ratified by Acts of
Parliament of 1587 and 1592, there were
conveyed to them Trinity College and its
possessions. In 1 528 it is recorded that Sir
Patrick Jackson, Chaplain of the Chapel of
St Mary at West Wemyss, ' ' was ' biggand '
the Church, and purposed to 'big' and
continue." It may be assumed that the
church at and subsequent to 1560 was the
church as rebuilt in whole or in large part
at that time. It appears to have consisted
of a nave and choir. In 1659 transepts with
lofts were added on the north and south
sides; and these with the central portion of
the old church became the nave, while the
choir became the east transept, and the
west portion of the old nave became the
west transept, each of them being fitted
with a loft. Before 1640 the east part of the
choir with its pre-Reformation Gothic
window had become the burial vault of the
Wemyss family; and the vault is separated
from the rest of the east transept by a wall
erected probably when the vault was con
structed. The old Gothic window in the
west end of the old nave, now the west
transept, was curtailed in height by the
insertion of the corresponding loft. The
existing galleries may have been constructed
in 1792, when the church was "repaired
and much improved." The belfry on the
existing west gable bears the date 1693. In
1705 George, Earl of Cromarty, in memory
of his wife, Margaret, Countess of Wemyss
and Countess of Cromarty, mortified the
annual sum of 100 merks Scots to the
Church of East Wemyss for the provision
of a catechist, the Wemyss family to be
patron, and the Kirk Session the right of
trial and appointment of the catechist.
Through accumulations the annual revenue
is now £137, which at present constitutes
part salary of a probationer-assistant. —
[Memo., Rev. John Kennedy, B.D.;
Wemyss Bk., i, 112-13, 219, 232, ii, 276;
Charters of the Collegiate Churches of
Midlothian, 34-5, 57-60, 62-3; Reg. Great
Seal, 29th July 1587; Acts Scot. Parl., iii,
499, 582.]
ROBERT ADAMSON, reader 1568.—
1568
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
JAMES TULLOS, M.A.— [Cal. of
1585 Charters, xiii, 2921.]
ADAM BLACKWOOD, reader 5th to
27th Dec. 1623.— [Reg. Great Seal,
1620-33, 623.]
1623
ALEXANDER MUNRO, D.D., pres.
1678
to parsonage and vicarage of Methil
by David, Earl of Wemyss, 1678.—
[Wemyss Bk., ii, 253.]
ALEXANDER KER, deprived 29th
1686 Aug. 1689.
JOHN CLEGHORN, marr. Janet,
1711
daugh. of Matthew Selkirk, min. of
Crichton.
1894
JOHN KENNEDY, his wife, Elizabeth
Rollo, died 15th Jan. 1939; his elder
son, David, of Wemysshop, Lady
Nairn Avenue, Kirkcaldy, a major in the
8th Black Watch; in 1914-18 he was a pilot
in the Air Force, with the rank of Lieut.;
his younger son, George, M.B., Ch.B.
(Edin.), is in practice at Claverley, Shrop
shire.
WEST WEMYSS
In the gardens at Wemyss Castle, called
the Chapel Gardens, there was a chapel, of
which no trace now remains, dedicated to
St Mary the Virgin. To it pertained a
manse and salt-pan, with coals and dove
cot. It is on record in Feb. 1536 that upon
the chapel and manse Sir Patrick Jackson,
chaplain from 1515, had expended £1,000.
— [Memo., Rev. John Kennedy; Wemyss
Bk., i, 112-13, 117.]
SAVILLE MIDDLEMAS, his widow,
1906
Jessie Baxter Stark, marr. (2) 21st
Aug. 1923 Robert Duncan Ross,
Nigeria, and died 30th April 1946.
GEORGE MACLEOD DUNN, trans.
1921 to Kelvinhaugh 13th March 1924.
436
WEST WEMYSS
[PRESB. OF KIRKCALDY
WILFRID ROBERT SIEVEWRIGHT,
ord. 17th July 1924; trans, to
Carsphairn 16th Sept. 1925.
1924
GEORGE DRUMMOND SUMMERS,
born Markinch 31st March 1899,
son of Robert S. and Margaret
1926
Philp; educ. at Bell Baxter Academy,
Cupar, and Univ. of St Andrews, M.A.
(1922); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 6th
May 1925; assistant, Arbroath; ord. 4th
Feb. 1926; trans, to Parton, 14th Nov.
1929.
PRESBYTERY OF CUPAR
ABDIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 5th Sept. 1242. The patron saint
was St Adrian; but it would appear that
there was a later dedication to the virgin,
for the sasine of an annual rent of 27th
June 1555 contains an obligation that a
reversion be delivered upon "the High
Altar of our Lady of Abdie." In 1661 an
aisle was added on the north side of the
church by Sir Robert Balfour of Denmylne.
There were in the church Altars of St
Ninian and St Lawrence. The church
ceased to be used for worship on 1 1th Nov.
1827, the year in which the present church
was built; and its roofless walls stand in the
churchyard on the west shore of Loch
Lindores. The Chapel of Dundemore
occurs in 1 198 in Pope Innocent Ill's con
firmation of the foundation Charter of
Lindores Abbey, 1 178. There was another
chapel at Lindores Castle, built by William
de Brechin of Lindores, which had to
render canonical obedience to the parish
church. There were an Abbot's Well and
a Monk's Well, and a Well of St Andrew
at the foot of Lindores Bank. — [Chart, of
Lindores, 68, S.H.S.; Laing's Lindores
Abbey, 46, 69, 196, 433; Sir Alex. Gow's
Prot. Bk., 146; Exchequer Rolls, viii, 187.]
JOHN SYMMER, pres. to vicarage-
pensionary 5th May 1561; still in
office 22nd Nov. 1569.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A., vicar 1564.
1564 —\£°mPs- Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
JOHN WEMYSS, reader 1568-73.—
. SUD Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
1568
etc.]
2E*
PATRICK GALT, min. 1572-3.—
1572
- Sub ColL °f
> Fife,
etc.]
ALEXANDER GARDEN, min. at
1574 Monimail, had charge here.
THOMAS ASHON, pres. 28th Aug.
1574 1574.— [Acts and Dec., Ix, 109.]
JOHN DUNCAN, his wife, Agnes
1839
Boswell Walker, died 24th July 1933;
his daughs. — Euphemia Catherine,
died 10th June 1928; Agnes Boswell, died
24th Oct. 1933.
1897
ALEXANDER ALLISON, dem. 1st
March 1945; his son, Donald, M.B.,
Ch.B.
AUCHTERMUCHTY
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 31st March 1245. Lockhart's
Church of Scotland in the \3th Century
gives the dedication as Holy Trinity. That,
however, seems to be an error. St Serf is
generally regarded as the patron saint, and
that finds support in the annual July
observance of St Cyre's or St Sair's Day in
the burgh. There was also in the parish a
piece of land designated "Paitmyre de
Sanct Serf." On 17th March 1350, Dun
can, Earl of Fife, granted the Church to
Lindores Abbey in fulfilment of a vow
which he made when taken captive by the
English at the Battle of Durham (Neville's
Cross), 17th Oct. 1346. The existing church
was built in 1780. There was near the
burgh a spring called St Brydeswell — St
Bridget. — [Lockhart's Church of Scotland
in the \3th Century, 59; Laing's Lindores
Abbey, 453; Turnbull's The Story of the
Lomond Vale, 19; Reg. Great Seal, 28th
Oct. 1591.]
437
438
AUCHTERMUCHTY— BALMERINO
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER GARDEN, min. at
1574
Monimail, had Auchtermuchty also
in charge. (See Monimail.)
SIR WILLIAM SCOTT OF BAL-
1575
WEARY, Kt., held the vicarage
prior to 2nd June 1575; probably
identical with Mr William Scott, pres. to
the vicarage on 28th Oct. 1547, in succes
sion to his kinsman, Sir William Lacheris
or Latheris, slain at the Battle of Pinkie. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, iii, 2516, 2669.]
GEORGE LESLIE, reader; pres. to
1___ vicarage 2nd June 1575, vac. by the
death of Sir William Scott.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene.]
JAMES LESLIE, reader; pres. to
vicarage 1st Aug. 1579, vac. by dem.
of Mr George Leslie. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene.]
THOMAS THOMSON, his son, Francis,
1701 aPPrenticed to John Dunsmuir,
merchant, Edinburgh, 29th April
1747.— [Reg. of Edinburgh Apprentices.]
JOHN GILMOUR, died 9th Feb. 1945,
1905 unmarr.
BALMERINO
By indenture of 8th Feb. 1435-6 between
Bishop Wardlaw of St Andrews and John
de Haylis, Abbot of Balmerino Abbey, the
latter was granted the privilege of having a
baptismal font and administering the
sacraments in the Chapel of St Ayle
(Agilus ?), possibly for the benefit of the
people at large. For some time subsequent
to the Reformation, the chapel, designated
"Sanct Talis Kirk," was used as the
church of the parish; and in the second half
of the 17th century the parish was called
' ' Sanct Teal 's parrochin. ' ' Possibly, there
fore, the site of the chapel may have been
in the present churchyard. The existing
church was built in 1811. — [Reg. of the
Kirk Sess. of St Andrews, 180 and n, 242,
300; Campbell's Balmerino and its Abbey,
156, 212, 215, 618, 2 Ed.]
ANDREW KEMP, reader 1568-9.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
HENRY LEITCHE, reader 1573; and
t _7~ also at Logic. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
THOMAS DOUGLAS, pres. to
15?8 vicarage 8th Oct. 1591, vac. by
death of Dene James Herrat. — [Reg.
Sec. Seal.]
JOHN THOMSON, his daugh., Mary
1824 Janette, died 20th July 1936.
JAMES CAMPBELL, line 10, for
1857 "1908 "read "1876."
JOHN THOMAS ARNOTT, his daugh.,
1907
Christine Isobel Syme (marr. 14th
Sept. 1939 John Belford Wilson
Christie, advocate).
PETER CARMICHAEL MILLAR, line
1920
1925.
2, for "1867" read "1886"; trans,
to Balshagray, Glasgow, 1st Oct.
WILLIAM JOHN McFARLAND, born
1926
at Castlederg, County Tyrone, 30th
Dec. 1880, son of Thomas McF. and
Margaret Kerr; educ. at Bangor Grammar
School, Queen's College, Galway, and
Royal Univ. of Ireland, B.A.; lie. by Presb.
of Donegal 10th Nov. 1908; Chaplain to
Clandeboy Camp 1915; ord. to Bally gilbert,
County Down, 21st Sept. 1909; adm. to
Kelso North 30th April 1919; trans to
Borthwick 15th Dec. 1922; trans, and adm.
6th May 1926; died 25th June 1937. Marr.
10th June 1913 Sara (born 7th April 1885),
daugh. of Robert Gilmer and Agnes Adair,
Glenside, Crawfordsburn, County Down,
with issue — Donald Keith, born 21st Nov.
1914, apprentice C.A., Sergeant Pilot
R.A.F., killed June 1941; Kenneth Adair,
born 13th May 1916, with Thomas Hedley
& Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; Norman
Kerr, born 24th Oct. 1918, dental student;
Roderick Gilmer, born 28th Sept. 1921,
died 28th Nov. 1922; Ian Robinson, born
25th Jan. 1926.— [Memo., Mrs. McFarland.]
CUPAR]
CERES— COLLESSIE
439
CERES
On the south side of the old church,
which is said to have been dedicated to St
Cyr or Quiricus, there was an aisle that
belonged to the Craighall family, contain
ing an altar or chapel dedicated to St
Ninian. "Ye prebendarie" called St
Ninian's Altar is mentioned in 1620. In
later days the revenues of the altar formed
at least part of the emoluments of the
parochial schoolmaster. There was also an
Altar of St Mary the Virgin. The present
church was built in 1 806 on the site of the
old church. In the vestibule there is the
recumbent effigy of a knight, apparently of
the 15th century. — [Gen. Reg. Sas., 5th
April 1620; Walker's Pre- Reformation
Churches, iii; James Anderson's Prot. Bk.,
22nd July 1537.]
PATRICK COUSTON, was one of
those within the bounds of St.
Andrews adjudged fit by the General
Assembly on 20th Dec. 1560 for "minis
tering and teaching." — [Booke of the
Universal Kirk, 4.]
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, M.A., pre
bendary of Ceres 1564. — [Comps.
1560
1564
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
1578
THOMAS BUCHANAN, was one of
those within the bounds of St
Andrews adjudged fit by the General
Assembly on 20th Dec. 1560 for "minis
tering and teaching." — [Booke of the
Universal Kirk, 4.]
ROBERT BUCHANAN, on 21st March
1599
1600 an appeal was brought before
the General Assembly by James,
Lord Lindsay of Byres, and others,
parishioners of Ceres, against the Presby
teries of Cupar and St Andrews regarding
the admission of Mr Robert Buchanan to
the ministry of the Kirk of Ceres and his
transportation from Forgan; on report the
Assembly ordained Mr Buchanan to re
main at the Kirk of Ceres, and gave power
to James Melville and others to choose a
discreet man, with consent of the parishion
ers of Ceres, "to be adjonit to Robert as
minister and fellow helper, ' ' and to arrange
a proportion of the stipend for said helper;
the Assembly further recommended Mr
William Simsone, Minister, Burntisland, as
helper.— [Booke of the Universal Kirk, 960.]
JOHN DUNCAN, his wife, Margaret
Henrietta Somerville or Johnston,
died 3rd Oct. 1851.
1837
1910
GEORGE WILLIAM WALKER, trans,
to Steven Memorial Church, Glas
gow, 3rd Dec. 1925. Publications —
A Sevenfold Claim', Editor, Church and
Parish (Historical Papers of the Parishes
of Cupar Presbytery).
DAVID SMITH, trans, from Inver-
1926
1929.
keithing (q.v.) 14th May 1926; trans,
to Kincardine-in-Menteith 10th May
IAN GRINDLAY SIMPSON, born at
Bathgate 2nd April 1899, son of
Alexander Petrie S., W.S., Linlith-
gow, and Helen Brown; educ. at Stramon-
gate Quaker School, Kendal, and Edin
burgh Univ., M.A. (25th July 1924), and
New College; lie. by U.F. Presb. of Aber
deen 29th June 1925; assistant, Kelvinside
U.F. Church, Glasgow, 1925; ord. to
Ceres and Strathkinnes U.F. Church, 7th
July 1926, and became min. of United
Charge of Ceres llth Aug. 1929; served as
pilot R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. during the
Great War; dem. 30th June 1943. Marr.
12th Oct. 1926 Elenora Howie, M.B.,
Ch.B. (Edin.), daugh. of Hugh H. and
Elenora Law, Ripponden, Yorks, with
issue — Faith Elenora Helen, born 6th Sept.
1929; Hugh Walter, born 4th April 1931;
Anne Ceres, born 3rd Jan. 1933. Contri
butor to The Expositor, Scotsman, and
Yorkshire Post.
COLLESSIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 30th July 1243. The patron saint
was St Andrew. There was in the church
an altar dedicated to St Laurence. On a
tree-covered eminence north-west of the
village there is the site of a chapel, maybe
the Chapel of St Thomas, which existed in
the parish; and in the vicinity is a passage
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across the stream, called Chapel-Ford. —
[Chart, of Lindores, 98; Exchequer Rolls,
viii, 177; Reg. Great Seal, llth Feb. 1591-2,
18th June 1593.]
1561
JOHN WEBSTER, reader, in office 10th
Dec. 1560 and onwards to 1569.—
[Reg. Kirk Sess. of St Andrews, 132
and n; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
JOHN PATERSON, exhorter 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
ALEXANDER GARDEN, min. at
1574 Monimail, had also charge here.
JOHN OGILVIE, was residing in Kirk-
1688 caldy 1695.
JOHN HENDERSON, died at Perth
1888 20th June 1925.
JOHN TAYLOR, trans, from Golspie
(q.v.) 10th Dec. 1925. Issue-
Eileen Margaret Strathern, born 7th
Dec. 1927.
CREICH
By Bull of Benedict VI, 23rd April 1414,
the church was annexed to Lindores Abbey,
on account of the abbey buildings being
ruined and the rents diminished by near
ness of the wild (Silvestrium) Scots. The
ruins of the old church stand in the church
yard, in an isolated part of the parish. A
chapel or shrine was founded on the south
side of the church by Mr Gilbert Strachen,
Canon of Aberdeen and Moray, before
20th Dec. 1538, on which date his nephew,
Mr James Strachan, Canon of Aberdeen
and Moray, his testamentary executor,
granted a charter of certain annual rents to
the chaplains at the Altar of the Holy
Trinity, the Blessed Virgin, and St Andrew,
situated in the chapel. A few feet of the
walls of the chapel may still be seen.
Associated with the church in the 12th
century is a chapel, which may be the
chapel that existed at Parbroath farm, and
the foundations of which are said to have
been dug up somewhat more than a century
ago. The last service was held in the church
on 8th Dec. 1832, at which date the present
church in Luthrie village was ready for use.
— [Reg. Great Seal, 24th Dec. 1538; Reg. of
Dunf., 208; Laing's Lindores Abbey, 456;
Leighton's Hist, of Fife, ii, 137; Cal. Papal
Reg., Petitions, i, 601.]
JOHN SEYTOUN, M.A., designated
1560 V*car anc* reac*er 26th Aug. 1547,
and vicar and min.; died in 1569. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.; St Andrews Tests.,
i, 170.]
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, reader 1567;
and also at Flisk, 1570. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, etc.]
ROBERT PATERSON, M.A., min.
15_0 here before 6th Nov. 1566; pres. to
vicarage 21st Oct. 1570, vac. by
death of Mr John Seytoun. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene.; Reg. Kirk Sess. ofSt Andrews, 283.]
ANDREW BENNET, min. here before
1583; his pres. to vicarage was con
sequent upon the death of James
Carie. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.}
THOMAS BAXTER, his pres. in 1592
consequent upon the death of John
Kinloch.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.}
1583
1585
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, ap
parently related to James S., min.
of Logie-Coldstone, died after 14th
March 1607 when he was at Campvere. —
[Kincardine Sas., ii, 233.]
JAMES SETON, ord. to Desertoghill
1685
and Errigal (Garvagh) 1658; dep.
for non-conformity 1666, and im
prisoned in Scotland for holding con
venticles.
ALEXANDER LAWSON, died Father
1815 of the Church.
JOHN RITCHIE, his son, Frederick
1875
Johnston, died in Canada 6th Nov.
1936; his son, John, tea-planter,
Assam, died 25th Oct. 1925; his younger
daugh., Elizabeth Clark (marr. 14th Sept.
1916 Thomas Lionel Hardy, M.A., M.D.).
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THOMAS BARR VALLANCE, trans.
1922 to Fergushill 16th May 1925.
ALAN CANT, formerly Chaplain,
1925
Indian Army Establishment
adm. 12th Aug. 1925; D.D., St
Andrews (26th June 1936); his wife, Mary
Leggat Watson, daugh. of James Bryce,
min. of St Ninian's, Glasgow; his son,
Ronald Gordon, app. Lecturer on Mediaeval
History and Sub-Librarian, St Andrews
Univ., in 1936; his daugh., Marjorie Stuart
(marr. 24th May 1940 James Lockhart
Mitchell, N.A.J.A.).
CULTS
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham, 8th Aug. 1243. The present
church was built in 1793 and enlarged in
1835. On the foundation of the College
and Collegiate Church of St Salvator, St
Andrews, by Bishop Kennedy in 1451, the
Church of Cults was granted to the same
by the founder, and was assigned to the
Provost. — [Theiner's Vet. Mon., 383-5,
428-9.] (See St Andrews.)
JOHN BALFOUR, probably identical
1563
with John Balfour, reader at Kettle,
1573. (See Kettle.)
1563
JOHN RUTHERFORD, M.A., second
son of Andrew or Archibald Ruther
ford, canon of Jedburgh, and grand
son of George Rutherford of Hunthill; his
mother is said to have been a daugh. of
Douglas Bonjedward; he was "professor
of philosophy, divinity, and medicine in
Conimbrica in Sorben and other places
abroad, ' ' and ' ' professor and rector of the
Universities" of St Andrews, "graduat in
all the saidis sciences"; was Principal of
St Salvator 's College before 25th June
1563, when he complained to the General
Assembly that Mr John Balfour usurped
the ministry at Cults, being unqualified to
discharge the same, and seeing the kirk
pertained to him as Principal, he offered
himself to minister according to his talents;
the Assembly ordained him to accept the
same, which he did; he had also a son,
William, "Skipper of his own ship at
Leith, ' ' whose son, William Rutherford of
Quarrelwood, was the father of Andrew,
Lord Rutherford and Earl of Teviot. —
[Scots Peerage, vii, 371; Reports Hist.
MSS. Commis., vii, 736; Booke of the
Universal Kirk, i, 31-2.]
PATRICK PEAT, M.A., at the meeting
1595 of Synod at Dysart on 30th Sept.
1595 it was deemed expedient and
ordained that Mr James Martine, Provost
of St Salvator 's College and min. of Cults,
have a helper to reside at Cults for the
better serving of the cure, because Mr
Martine 's ordinary function did not permit
him to reside at Cults, and also because of
the distance of St Andrews (where he
resided) from Cults. An agreement was
made between Mr Martine and the other
masters of St Salvator 's on the one side,
and Mr Peat on the other, whereby Mr
Peat should become assistant, on a pro
posal by Mr Martine to that effect. Mr
Peat was adm. assistant by Cupar Presby
tery with emoluments, the "minute" and
small teinds of the parish, with occupancy
of croft and yard, the use of the dovecot
and house, and also an amount of victual
teind.— [Laing Charters, 1303.]
JOHN KEIR, marr. Catherine, daugh.
1686
of Patrick Lentron, St Andrews, and
Margaret Keir. — [Commis. St An
drews Act Book, xiv, 74. ]
JAMES FORBES, his daugh., Agnes
1879 Hope, died 7th Feb. 1941.
WILLIAM HENRY PORTER, dem.
1900 10th Dec. 1935.
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FIRST CHARGE
The church was dedicated to St Christo
pher, and later, probably on 15th May
1233, when the Chronicle of Melrose re
cords the dedication of the Church of St
Mary of Cupar, the Virgin Mary took the
place of St Christopher. Originally the
church stood some distance north-west
from the burgh, in the grounds of Spring
field, now called Kinloss. But in the 15th
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century a transference took place. In 1415
it is recorded that in Cupar of Fife there
was founded the new parish church which
before was distant from the burgh on the
north side. But considerable delay resulted;
and not till 1431 is there any record of the
work being carried on. In that year John
Haldenstone, Prior of St Andrews, and the
canons made protest that they should suffer
no detriment in all time coming from the
new parish church ' ' which the burgesses in
Cupar have rashly and contumaciously
began to erect in that burgh without the
consent of the said Prior and Canons,
patrons of the Church. ' ' Clearly that pro
test determines the actual date of the erec
tion of the church, towards which the prior
apparently content with his protest, gave
aid, "not because it was incumbent upon
him, but as a favour." That church,
situated in the Kirkgate, was for the most
part rebuilt in 1785, the tower and certain
other parts alone surviving. Altars in the
church included St Andrew, founded on
12th June 1510 by John Fouty, burgess of
Cupar, the endowments being annual rents
from Cupar and elsewhere, St James the
Apostle, and St Colme; and in addition to
the High Altar, the Virgin Mary had an
altar in an aisle or chapel. Subsequent to
1431 the Church of St Christopher, along
with its site which was within the royalty,
continued to be called "the old Church
and Churchyard of the burgh of Cupar. ' '
It was served by a chaplain; and successive
holders of the office on record, along with
their dates of presentation, were — Sir John
Lamb, 12th April 1498; Sir Walter Kersane,
2nd Dec. 1509; Sir Alexander Cowper, 3rd
Dec. 1541; Sir John Lowklaw, 12th April
1542. On 17th Feb. 1532 Sir Walter Ker
sane granted to Sir John Spens of Maris-
toune (Mairstoun) a charter of ' ' those my
4 acres of arable land called lie Mary-
fauld, ' ' lying in the ' ' town ' ' of Pettblathow
(Pitblabo) which pertained to the ' ' Church
or Chapel of the Blessed Cristopher. ' ' In
post-Reformation times the site of the
church was included in the glebe, till by
contract of excambion in the first part of
the 19th century it passed to the proprietor
of Springfield. The foundations of the
church were dug up in 1759, and an eleva
tion alone now indicates the site. At Kil-
marrn in the north part of the parish was
a chapel dedicated to St Ronan.— [Ex-
tracta en variis Cronicis Scocie, 1842, 217;
Reg. Great Seal, 9th March 1505-6, 12th
June and llth Aug. 1510; Chronicle of
Melrose, 143; Cal. Laing Charters, 429, 596;
Copiale Prior atus Sancte Andree, 120;
Lyon's Hist, of St Andrews, ii, 313; Reg.
Sec. Seal, i, 188, 1967, ii, 4315, 4576, 1510;
Retours, vi, 11, xxvii, 52; MacKinley's
Ancient Ch. Dedications (non-script.), 151.]
The church of Tarvit was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham, 3rd April 1245. It
was situated with its burial-ground on a
conical eminence on the east side of the
river Eden, known as St Michael 's Mount,
and now traversed by the railway near the
north end of Cupar Station. Originally the
river constituted the boundary between
Cupar and Tarvit; but the diversion of the
river in this locality into a straight course
early in the 19th century placed a small part
of Tarvit on the west bank. On 10th Nov.
1 546 Sir Robert Robertoun, Chaplain, was
pres. to the parsonage of Tarvit, vacant by
the forfeiture of Mr John Gray for his
participation in the slaughter of Car
dinal Beaton.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, iii, 1985;
Lord High Treasurer's Accounts, ix, 30,
45.]
At the foot of the south side of Castle-
hill, later Schoolhill, was situated the Black
Friars' Friary, founded by Malcolm, 7th
Earl of Fife, early in the 13th century, and
dedicated to St Catharine. By charter 4th
Oct. 1519 of Friar John Anderson, Pro
fessor of Theology, Provincial Friar of the
Black Friars, the settlement, described as
bounded by the Eden, the east gate of the
burgh, the Castlehill, and the tenement of
the late Thomas Steill, was incorporated
with the Black Friars of St Andrews. In
cluded in the charter were 4 acres of arable
land belonging to the settlement, called
"Sanct {Catherine's Hauch," lying oppo
site the settlement on the east side of the
Eden, between the Eden on the north and
west, the lands of Little Tarvit, called
Hipplehill, on the east, and the way which
leads from the bridge over the Eden to
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Ballas and the Church of St Michael on the
south. The Convent of the Blackfriars was
founded by Duncan, Earl of Fife, who on
21st Nov. 1348 received from Pope
Clement VI "faculty to found a Convent
of Friars Preachers in his Castle of Cupar,
and to build an oratory, offices, and other
necessaries." On the same date Papal
Licence "was granted to the Vicar-General
of Scotland of the Prior-Provincial of the
Friars Preachers of the Provence of Eng
land, to found a Home in Scotland for 12
Friars," and also "to receive the land
called ' le Bayllyard ' in the Castle of Cupar,
given them by Duncan, Earl of Fife, and
erect thereon an oratory with tower and
bells and necessary offices. ' '
By charter of 14th June 1572, James VI
constituted ' ' The Royal Foundation of the
Ministry and Almshouse at Cupar," by
which there were conveyed to the magi
strates, councillors and community of the
burgh, the friary and all property pertaining
thereto in the burgh, for founding an alms-
house for the poor, lame, deformed, and
incapacitated, and orphans and other
children without parental care, to be
administered by the ministers and elders,
and for the support of ministers and
readers, and defraying other ecclesiastical
charges. The almshouse, locally called
almshouses, was situated near the church,
and was administered by the Kirk Session
till taken over by the Parish Council. It
was demolished in the latter part of last
century. In 1836 steps were taken by the
Kirk Session to let ur feu the yard of the
almshouse for a burial ground; and it is
now included in what is called St James'
Churchyard. In 1796 considerable portions
of the chapel of the friary, ' ' built of cut
free-stone," still survived. — [Cal. Papal
Regs., Petitions, i, 144, Letters, iv, 304;
Mackinley's Ancient Ch. Dedications (non-
script.), 149; Reg. Great Seal, 23rd Jan.
1520, 14th June 1572; Laing Charters, 395,
495; Reg. Great Seal, 7th March 1600.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERY, min., was
among those thought fit by the
General Assembly on 20th Dec.
1560 to be ministers and commissioners.
JOHN ACHESON, parson at Tarvit
-._ 1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife.]
ALEXANDER SPENS, was min. 1564,
1567
and in 1568 had charge also of
Moonzie. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
ROBERT FLESCHER, M.A., vicar 8th
June 1576, and died in 1588.—
[Cal. of Charters, xi, 2402; Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
1576
THOMAS ANDERSON, reader, 21st
1585 June 1585.— [Reg. Sec. Seal]
ROBERT FRIZELLE, died at Crieff
1915 6th Sept. 1935.
ANSON ROBERTSON CRAIK
1924
WOOD, died suddenly 14th Feb.
1936.
1916
SECOND CHARGE
WILLIAM WILSON, his son, Robert,
apprenticed to David Boswell,
glazier, Edinburgh, 21st June 1693.
— [Reg. ofEdin. Apprentices.]
JAMES GREIG, for "James" read
1712 "John."
JAMES WORDIE, line 17, delete
1844 "marr. . . . Glasgow."
ROBERT ALEXANDER, became sole
min. on -the union of the two
charges, Old and St Michael's, 10th
July 1938; his son, Andrew Roy, lie. by
Presb. of Cupar 8th Dec. 1936; Assistant,
Dunfermline Abbey, and app. Colonial
Chaplain at Rawalpindi and Murree 10th
April 1938; adm. to Law llth Dec. 1940
and to Kildrummy 10th March 1944.
(Charges united \0th July 1938.)
DAIRSIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 2nd Aug. 1243.
ROBERT WINRAM, M.A., vicar 6th
1565 May 1565.— [Laing Charters, 1094.]
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[PRESB. OF
JOHN WILLIAMSON, reader, pres. to
vicarage 24th Nov. 1577, vac. by
-[Reg.
1577 death of Mr John Winhrane.-
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 62.]
DAVID BARCLAY, of Easter Touch
1630
in the Parish of Kirkcaldy; his first
wife, Alison Melville, died before
24th Nov. 1606, at which date he granted
the life rent of Easter Touch to his second
wife, Issobel Morris; at that date he was
still at Maybole. — [Reg. Great Seal, vii,
1340.]
WILLIAM KNOX, his son, Henry,
1704 aPPrenticed to William Robertson,
merchant, Edinburgh, 19th Aug.
1724. — [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.}
GEORGE SCOTT, his sons— Sir James
1850
George, died 7th April 1935; Sir
Robert, died 1933.
ROBERT WRIGHT, his widow, Mar-
garet Anderson, died at Corstor-
phine 25th Nov. 1927, aged 86.
DUNBOG
The existing church was built in 1803.
There is included in the charter of King
William the Lion to Arbroath Abbey the
Chapel of Dunbog, maybe the precursor of
the 17th-century ruined chapel in a wooded
enclosure near Ayton farmhouse. The
Preceptory or Priory of Eadvan was
situated at Dunbog House. In 1603 there
is mentioned the lands of Eadvan, with
manse, meadow, and chapel. — [Report
Royal Commis. on Ancient Monuments,
Fife, 100; Reg. of Arbroath, 25; Reg. Great
Seal, 20th Dec. 1603.]
SIR ROBERT MELVILLE, apparently
of the Kirkhill family; vicar in 1550,
and died in or just before 1570;
probably did not conform. — [Gleanings
from Record of Dysart, 12; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
ROBERT PATERSON, M.A.; pres. to
1567
vicarage 2nd Sept. 1570, vac. by
death of Sir Robert Melville.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene.]
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, reader
1568-9.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
JAMES CARIE, reader 1572-3.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
1572
WILLIAM THOMSON, reader; pres.
to vicarage 18th April 1574, vac. by
death of Robert Paterson. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene.]
THOMAS BAXTER, died Father of
1585 the Church.
JOHN MURRAY, his son, C—
1838
' PaPermaker» killed in
motor accident at Asansol, India,
8th Feb. 1932.
WILLIAM MIDDLETON TOCHER,
1896
dem. 6th Feb. 1938, died at Carnbo,
Kinross, 13th March 1942.
FALKLAND
The church of the parish of Kilgour,
afterwards Falkland, was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham 26th July 1243. Early
forms of the name are Kilgoueri, Kylogour,
Kilgouririn, and Kylgoverin; and Prof.
W. J. Watson suggests that the patron
saint may be St Gabrien or Gobran, a
bishop of the Britons, and a contemporary
of St Columba, Kil(Cill)gour being the
Church of Gabrien or Gobran. The church
was situated 1-2 miles west of Falkland.
About 1425-31 it was accidentally burned,
and was rebuilt after 1431 by John Halden-
stone, Prior of St Andrews, 1417-43. In
the latter part of the 1 6th century a church,
termed "the new Church of Falkland,"
was built in the town. The old church
survived in part at least till about 1825,
when the foundations were dug up, the,
stones being used for drains, and a stone
coffin utilised as a drinking-trough. The
churchyard was ploughed up at the same
time, and only the site now remains. Near
by is the rock upon which the bell was
swung. At a Diocesan Synod visitation of
Falkland on 9th Aug. 1611 the "new
Church," a rectangular building, was
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' * ordaint to be repaired, My Lord of Scone
(David Murray of Gospetrie, afterwards
Viscount of Stormont, 16th Aug. 1621)
promesit to big ane isle at ye south side of
ye kirk, and to help to contribute with ye
toun for bigging ane isle to be biggit at ye
north syd of ye kirk directly opposite to ye
isle to be biggit by my Lord of Scon, be
qlk maines ye kirk slabe ane cross kirk; the
gentlemen of ye landward ordinit to big
ye uyr half or third part of ye said north
isle; qlk iles salbe biggit wtin ane yeir . . .
ye north isle to have lofts. ' ' On the carved
oak front of the north aisle lofts were the
Arms of Viscount Stormont. The date 1620
that was on the church may indicate addi
tional work. In 1850 the church, which had
been thoroughly repaired in 1772, was
superseded by the present building, the gift
of O. Tyndall-Bruce of Falkland, and his
wife, Margaret, heir of her brother, John
Bruce of Falkland. At the Chapel of the
Virgin, situated "near the Palace and
town" and called the "Lady Chapel of
Birkensyde, ' ' frequent offerings were made
by James IV. In the Palace there was a
Chapel of St Thomas which about 1530
gave place to the present Palace Chapel.
The existence of an acre in the burghal
area, called ' ' Croft angrie or Crystiscroft, ' '
indicates that there had been a dedication
to our Lord. — [Copiali Prior -at us Sancti
Andree, 120; Reg. Great Seal, 2nd Jan.
1528, 24th May 1595, 30th May 1606;
Laing Charters, 2123; Reg. Sec. Seal, i,
4018, ii, 636, 773; Min. of Synod of Fife, 45;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 323, 519;
Retours, xxviii, 1 ; Lord High Treas. Aces.,
1502-6, 74, etc.; Story of the Lomond Vale,
44-5; Retours, 20th June 1826, Mon. No.
30; Gen. Reg. Sas., 1506-83.]
ALEXANDER MURE, called min.
also, 16th Jan, 1571, and exhorter
in 1573.— [Bk. of the Universal Kirk,
i, 222; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
ALEXANDER FAIRNEY, reader; on
1571 27th Sept. 1571 he was pres. to the
chaplainry of the Chapel of the
Virgin Mary, Birkenside. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 62.]
JAMES PITCAIRN, his pres. to
1589 v^cara§e 28tn Oct- 1595 was conse
quent upon the death of David
Cowper. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.]
WILLIAM BARCLAY, formerly factor
1635 t0 w*mam' Lorc* Balvaird. Had
issue — Katherine (marr. 1665 Alex
ander Orme, surgeon, Perth); Alexander;
Marjorie (marr. Egerton Snow, merchant,
Edinburgh).— [Gen. Reg. Sas., Hi, 123,
Ixxiii, 379, 4th Oct. 1697.]
1673
JOHN HAY, died before 4th Aug. 1718.
Had issue — Elizabeth (marr. 25th
Nov. 1712 William Wardlaw of
Abden, with issue), died 23rd March 1749,
aged 73.— [Scroll Sas., Fife, 1716-19, Nos.
88, 296; Scots Magazine; Wardlaws in
Scotland, 177.]
ALEXANDER STODDART, his son,
1726
James, apprenticed to James Stuart
and Archibald Walker, merchants,
Edinburgh, 13th June 1753.— [Reg. of
Edinburgh Apprentices. ]
THOMAS SPANKIE, probably son of
James S., min. of Coupar Angus;
his second son, Robert, became
Serjeant Spankie, and was a distinguished
member of the English Bar; was in India
for a time, and on 23rd May 1825 spoke
before the Privy Council in defence of the
Regulations of the Bengal Press; in 1833
was designated of Serjeants' Inn, Chancery
Lane, Home Circuit; died before 1845; had
at least two sons, Robert and John, both of
Oxford Univ., and the former apparently
identical with Hon. Robert Spankie, one
of the judges of the High Court of Agra,
East Indies. — [Clark's English New Law
List, 1833, 46; Asiatic Journal, xx, 636;
Foster's Men at the Bar, 439; Alumni
Oxonienses, 1331.]
ANDREW BROWN, D.D.; his wife,
1784
Anne, youngest daugh. of Thomas
Gordon, Professor of Philosophy,
King's College, Aberdeen, was a noted
collector of ballads, and is classified with
Lord Hailes and other Scottish copyists
who, from the fact that they "possessed
some poetic taste and were to a certain
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[PRESB. OF
extent experts in traditional beliefs and in
ballad phraseology, ' ' contributed much to
account for ' ' the superior poetic excellence
of many Scottish versions of traditional
ballads to the English versions." In the
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Sir
Walter Scott makes acknowledgment of
the very material assistance that he received
from "2 MS. Books of Ballads" described
by him as a "curious and valuable collec
tion, ' ' and cited under the name of ' ' Mrs
Brown of Falkland, the ingenious lady to
whose taste and memory the world is in
debted for the preservation of the tales
which they contain." As a girl, Mrs
Brown heard "the songs and tales of
chivalry" from an aunt who "spent the
best part of her life amid flocks and herds"
in upper Deeside, and there learned ' ' from
nurses and countrywomen" the songs
which her tenacious memory retained.
Enthralled by her aunt's recitals and
equally tenacious in memory, Mrs Brown
learned the songs by heart; and they
ultimately were recorded in the MS. books
to which reference has been made and
which contained also "many beautiful
legendary poems apparently the exclusive
property of bards of Angus and Aberdeen. ' '
These books were in the keeping of Mrs
Brown's father, who through a friend
placed them at the disposal of Sir Walter.
— [The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, i,
Pref. xiv, xx, xxi; Intro. 170-1.]
JOHN BARRACK, his widow, Mar-
1867
garet Jane Dunn, died at Yealmpton,
Devon, 2nd Jan. 1942.
JAMES KEDDIE RUSSELL, became
sole min. on union with Falkland
East Church 13th Dec. 1938. Had
issue — Dolina Elizabeth Mairsali, born 2nd
March 1923.
1912
FLISK
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 7th Sept. 1242. It is mentioned
along with its chapel in 1 176. On Fliskmill
Hill there still existed in 1838 a few stones,
placed as arms of a chair and called
' ' Muggin's Seat, ' ' Muggin being a corrup
tion for Magridin (Adrian), the reputed
place of the meditations of the patron saint
of the church and parish. The existing
church was built in 1790. On the upper
floor of the south portion of Balmbreich
Castle there was a chapel, probably of the
14th century, of which, in the living room
into which it was converted about the end
of the 15th century, various traces may still
be seen — a large Gothic window in the east
gable, upper parts of three sedilia in the
south wall, the back of a piscina, and por
tions of two long Gothic windows. To the
east of the castle is Chapel Hill, with
foundations of a chapel still visible. There
was still another chapel at Flisk Wood.
Traces of the foundations of its walls and
its enclosing wall may still be seen. It is
probably identical with Glenduckie Chapel.
— [Reg. Priory of St Andrews, 34; Reports
of Ancient Monuments Commission, Fife,
148; Retours, xxxvi, 165.]
DAVID SPENS, parson, 14th July 1504,
and rector of St Andrews Univ.; son
of Murdo Spens of Wormiston; died
between 26th July 1519 and 12th April
1520.— [Reg. Great Seal, 14th July 1504,
12th June 1513; Fife Sheriff Court Book,
49, 153, 169, S.H.S.; East Neuk of Fife,
452.]
JAMES BALFOUR, M.A., parson 1561,
and at least up to 1573; Sir James
Balfour of Pittendreich, Lord Presi
dent of College of Justice 6th Dec. 1567;
joined the assassins of Cardinal Beaton and
was a slave in the same galley as John
Knox; suffered forfeiture for being impli
cated in the murder of Darnley. — [Acts and
Dec., xxiii, 179, 334, xxxi, 393, 401; Reg.
Sec. Seal, 7th March 1563-4; Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds', Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.; Reg. Great Seal, 9th July 1582.]
(See Scots Peerage, i, 533, and Brunton and
Haig's Senators of College of Justice, 110,
for fuller details.)
ROBERT PATERSON, min., and in
1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
/ --/• i n
Fife, etc.]
1504
CUPAR]
FLISK— KETTLE
447
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, reader
1568-73.— [Comps. Sub Coll of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM GLEN, exhorter 1572.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
\$ 1 2, i
etc.]
JOHN HENRYSONE, reader here,
1574 pres' to v^cara§e 30th APril 1574>
vac. by death of Mr Robert Pater-
son. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, had also a son,
1697
John, burgess of Lanark. — [Reg. of
Drem, 1732-9, 77, 20th June 1737.]
ROBERT FINDLAY FISHER, his
daugh., Jane, died at Inveresk 7th
March 1927.
GEORGE JOHNSTONS, his widow,
, Agnes Madeline Lawson Sharp,
died 14th Sept. 1935.
CHARLES ROBB McMURRAY, licen.
1908
1894; died 17th July 1936; his son,
James, ord. to Tannadice 1st Sept.
1930; his widow, Catherine M. Hardie, died
2nd April 1946.
FREUCHIE
CHARLES FRASER, his widow, Janet
1877
Balfour Matthew, died at Aberdeen
14th March 1944.
WILLIAM GEMMELL MITCHELL,
1922 line 13, for "1923" read "1922";
trans, to Buccleuch, Edinburgh, 16th
May 1929.
FREDERICK ANGUS SIMPSON,
1929
born at Crieff 15th Oct. 1903, son
of Frederick John Leslie S., book
seller, and Mary Angus; educ. at Morrison's
Academy, Crieff, and Univ. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1924); licen. by Presb. of Auchter-
arder 15th April 1927; assistant at Stirling
April 1927 to Sept. 1928, and Paisley Abbey
Sept. 1928 to Sept. 1929; ord. 30th Sept.
1929; trans, to Tron, Edinburgh, 30th June
1941. Marr. 7th July 1934 Elizabeth
Brown, daugh. of Walter McNicoll and
Cecilia Stewart Ross, with issue — Leslie
Ninian, born 18th April 1935; Walter
Adrian, born 5th Nov. 1937.
KETTLE
The Church of Lathrisk was dedicated to
St Ethernasc (Athernasc) and re-dedicated
by Bishop de Bernham 28th July 1243 to
St John the Evangelist and St Ethernasc. Its
site is near Lathrisk House. It was granted
to the Priory of St Andrews before 1181,
along with its lands and chapels, by Nesius,
son of William, and Orabile his daugh.;
and this was ratified by Roger de Quency,
Earl of Wintone, who designates Nesius
' ' our predecessor. ' ' Roger de Quency also
granted the patronage of the church to the
Priory. The chapels given to the Priory
along with the church were Katel or Catel
(Kettle) and Fordin. The latter may have
been the chapel which is reputed to have
existed at a barrow in Forthar ground,
where, it is also said, there was too a
regular place of burial. The Chapel of
Catel was dedicated to St Catallus, identi
fied with St Cathcan, bishop of Rath-
derthaige, who is commemorated in the
Martyrology of Donegal on 20th March.
There was also a chapel at Clatto. In
1238-51 John, Prior of St Andrews, with
consent of David, Bishop of St Andrews,
granted Duncan de Ramsay permission to
have a chapel in his lands of Claytin
(Clatto). The church was removed to
Kettle in 1636 and rebuilt in 1834-5. —
[Reg. Priory of St Andrews, 59, 81, 85,
244, 254, 256, 336, 337, 348; Mackinlay's
Anc. Ch. Dedications (non-script.), 138-9;
Walker 's Pre- Reformation Churches, v.]
ALEXANDER MURE, exhorter 1568.
1568
•[Comps. Sub. Coll of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
WILLIAM BRAIDFUTE, min. at
1569
Strathmiglo, had also charge here
1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
DAVID METHVEN, vicar; dep. before
30th Oct. 1573.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, 96.] (See Forgan.)
JOHN BALFOUR, pres. to vicarage
Oct. 1573, vac. by deprivation of
Mr David Methven, for refusal to
assent to the Articles of Religion. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 96.]
1573
1573
448
KETTLE— LAD YBANK
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM REID, his daugh., Ann
1842
Morrison, died at Edinburgh 25th
Dec. 1926.
1878
AENEAS GUNN GORDON, dem. 23rd
N°V- 193° and died 23M NOV' 1931 '
his wife, Christine Moncur Stewart,
died 29th Sept. 1927.
KILMANY
It has been suggested that the church
was dedicated to St Monan (Moinenn). St
Eithne is regarded as probable by Dr
Watson, Kilmany being CHI M'Eithne,
"my Eithne 's Church." In 1768 the
church was rebuilt. On 10th Oct. 1547
Michael Balfour received Letter of Presen
tation to the parish clerkship, vacant by
the death of his cousin, Patrick Balfour,
and his brother, Mr David Balfour, slain
at the Battle of Pinkie. On the foundation
of the College and Collegiate Church of St
Salvator, St Andrews, by James Kennedy,
Bishop of St Andrews, in 1451, the Church
of Kilmany was granted to the same by the
founder.
WILLIAM RAMSAY, on 27th June
1564
1565 complaint was made by the
Superintendent of Fife to the
General Assembly ' ' for want of a preacher ' '
at Kilmany, "ane common kirk of St
Salvator." The Assembly made remit to
the Superintendent of Angus and Fife, etc.,
to consider the complaint and make a
decision. Probably Ramsay's duties at St
Salvator 's College interfered with his
pastoral work at Kilmany. — [Booke of the
Universal Kirk, 62.]
JAMES FORSYTH, M.A., clerk, pres.
to vicarage 26th Sept. 1570, vacant
through forfaulture of Robert Bal
four, son of Andrew of Montquhany. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene. ]
1570
1574
ROBERT HYNDSCHAW, his pres. to
v^cara§e lst Dec- 1578 was conse'
quent upon forfaulture of Robert
Balfour, brother of Sir James B. of Pitten-
dreich. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.}
1640
GEORGE THOMSON, marr. Bessie,
daugh. °f J°hn Duncan> mm- of
Culross, and had issue — John, bapt.
8th April 1652.
ROBERT THOMAS MARSHALL,
1898 died at Kirkcaldy llth June 1936;
his widow, Jeannie Thomson, died
at Kirkcaldy 23rd Jan. 1943; his daughs.—
Jeannie Thomson Kirk (marr. 17th March
1942 Charles William Alexander, only son
of C. Young, Ballater); Mary Lily (marr.
19th July 1947 Angus Macdonald, only son
of John Sutherland, Barnhill, Dundee);
Margaret Peattie, district nurse, Crail, died
5th April 1948.
LADYBANK
On 8th March 1247-8 Roger de Quincey
granted to Lindores Abbey 200 cartloads
of heather from Kyndeloch, and leave to
dig as many peats in his peat moss, which
is called Monegro, as they needed for their
wants. He gave also a free road through
the middle of the wood of Kyndeloch as
far as the moor of Eden for heather, and
through the middle of the moor itself as far
as the peat moor called Monegrey for peats.
Hence the original name of the place,
Monksmoss, or Monkston, which is still
applied to some houses on the west side of
Lady bank. The monks themselves used
the designation ' ' Our Lady Bog, ' ' in view
of the name of the Virgin appearing in the
dedication of Lindores Abbey; and that
subsequently gave place to Lady Bog,
which in turn, shortly before the railway
station was opened, became Ladybank. —
[Laing's Lindores Abbey, 78, 175, 178, 499;
Turnbull's Story of the Lomond Vale,
62.]
ROBERT HAG ART KERR, dem. 18th
May 1925; died at Southampton
2nd Dec. 1927; his son, Thomas
Edward, died at Southampton 14th Oct.
1928.
JOHN DOUGLAS GLENNIE, ord. j
17th Sept. 1925; trans, to Stirling j
iy S West 26th Sept. 1929.
CUPAR]
LOGIE-MURDOCH— MONIMAIL
449
LOGIE-MURDOCH
The modern church was built in 1826.
THOMAS FORRET, M.A., vicar
1564-75.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.; Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds; Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 54.]
JOHN FORRET, M.A., vicar 1577;
1577
but may be identical with foregoing
Thomas. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
HENRY LEITCHE, reader, 1573, and
at Balmerino. — [Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.}
THOMAS DOUGLAS, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 21st March 1580; also min.
Balmerino. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
54.]
WILLIAM METHVEN, min. here, pres.
1590 to Parsona§e and vicarage 4th Feb.
1590-1, vac. by resignation of Henry
Cramond. — [Reg. Sec. Seal.]
JOHN STARK, his son, Henry, ap-
1700 Prent'ced to William Crookes, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 26th June 1723.
— [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.}
ANDREW MELVILLE, his second
1803 wi^e' ^nne' was the elcier daugh. of
William Gordon of Dundee, Wood-
haven (Fife), and Blelack (Aberdeenshire),
by his wife, Barbara Stark, daugh. and
heiress of William Syme of Dundee and
Woodhaven. — [Michie 's Logie-Coldstone
and Braes of Cromar, 1 64-6. ]
DAVID PITCAITHLY FENWICK, his
1874
daugh., Janet Maxton, died at Edin
burgh 27th Oct. 1925; his son,
William, F.F.A., died 9th Jan. 1945.
ALEXANDER AITKEN MORTON,
trans, to Armadale 14th March
1922
1928.
1928
FRANCIS McHARDY, trans, from
Garvock (?-v-) 26th July I928; dem.
30th Nov. 1 942, died at Yarrow 23rd
June 1944; his son, Francis, min. of Black-
hill 1936.
2F
MONIMAIL
Nothing remains of the old church except
a small part of the east end, practically re
built as a burial enclosure. The existing
church was built in 1796. All that survives
of the Palace of the Bishops and Arch
bishops of St Andrews, ascribed to Car
dinal Beaton, 1539-46, is Monimail Tower.
Adjacent to it is Cardan's Well. It is said
that by means of the healing virtues of the
well John Hamilton, Archbishop of St
Andrews 1549-71, when residing at the
Palace, was cured of a dangerous malady —
phthisis, it has been conjectured by Jerome
Cardan, the famous Italian physician. The
name of the well has been suggested as
indicating that the church was dedicated to
St Cardan, an unknown saint. There was
in the parish a chapel dedicated to St
Leonard. — [Fraser's The Melvilles, i, xlviii
and n, iii, 79; McKinlay's Ancient Ch.
Dedications (non-script.), 506.]
GEORGE COOK, M.A., vicar; on 12th
1563
Feb. 1563-4 he gave a charter of
the Kirklands of the vicarage, called
Montagrat and Brewlands, to John Clapan,
Burntisland, and Alison Orrok, his wife. —
[Reg. Abbrev. Charters of Ch. Lands, i, 16.]
JOHN WEBSTER, exhorter 1753; evi
dently identical with John Webster,
exhorter, Collessie. — [Edin. Test., ii,
341.]
ROBERT RYND, M.A., min. 1577.—
1577 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
ANDREW BENNET, min.; in office
1584, and min. at Creich; died
Father of the Church. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
1585
DAVID ORME, had issue— David, min.
of Forgandenny; George, apothe
cary, Cupar; Alexander, surgeon-
apothercary and Town Clerk of Perth, born
25th Aug. 1683.
WILLIAM ORME, died before 1694;
1679 19th Dec. 1694.]
450
MONIMAIL— NEWBURGH
[PRESB. OF
JAMES ROSS, died 4th April 1733;
1686 ^ac* issue — Arthur, apprenticed to
George Stewart, bookbinder, Edin
burgh; Charles, Bishop of Dunblane;
Clementina (marr. John Carmichael of
Baiglie); Margaret; Stewart; Arthur. —
[Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.]
SAMUEL MARTIN, born "7," not
"17"; his widow died, aged 75;
his son, David, died 3rd Feb. 1863.
1776
ALEXANDER JAMES MARSHALL,
1905
born at Aberchirder; died 3rd Dec.
1927.
JOHN MONTGOMERY McQUITTY,
trans, from Gilcomston, Aberdeen
(q.v.\ 29th Nov. 1928; killed in
motor accident 15th Feb. 1943; his daugh.,
Frances Jean (marr. 12th Feb. 1944 Captain
Alistair Campbell, Royal Dental Corps);
his son, Eoin Leonard, Captain, R.A.M.C.
(United with Bow of Fife 2nd Jan. 1944.)
MOONZIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 5th April 1245.
THOMAS LAWSON, min. 1563-4.—
1563 [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds.]
PATRICK CONSTANE, M.A., min.
1564 1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds.]
ALEXANDER SPENS, min. at Cupar,
1568
had also charge here. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds.]
ROBERT RALDSON, vicar pensioner
26th Feb. 1577-8.— [Book of As-
1577
sumptions.}
ROBERT ARNOT, vicar 1588-90.—
1588 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
THOMAS HONEYMAN, M.A.,
1678 designated mm- °f Moonzie, may
have held office in the period 1678-
85; he marr. Helen, daugh. of John
Alexander, Procurator Fiscal of Com-
missariot of St Andrews; she marr. (2)
William Gray, St Andrews. — [Macfarlane's
Gen. Colls., ii, 201, S.H.S.]
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, marr. pro.
3rd Aug. 1680 Eupham Alexander.
—[St Andrews Reg.}
ALEXANDER FORBES, his posthu-
184_ mous daugh., Susan Grace Devon,
died 19th Jan. 1925.
GEORGE MIDDLETON, his daugh.,
1871 Jane (marr. Fritz Behrend, Ph.D.,
Berlin), died in Berlin 9th Feb. 1935;
his daugh., Anne Forbes, died 10th Nov.
1936.
SAMUEL SOMERVILLE SANDER-
1909
SON, trans, to Garvald 19th Nov.
1929, died 3rd July 1939.
The Charge was served by a lay mis-
1Q1Q sionary under the supervision of
Creich till 1939, when a modified
ministry was granted.
NEWBURGH
The Chapel of St Katherine was rebuilt
1508-13, and dedicated to St Duthac,
Katherine, and Mary Magdalene. On 19th
Aug. 1513 St John Malcumsone, chaplain
at the Altar of St Dionysius in Lindores
Abbey, made resignation of an annual rent
of 5 sh. from the tenement in the burgh of
Newburgh, belonging to Archibald Carno,
burgess of Newburgh, for a chaplain to
serve in the "new kirk" of the burgh; and
Bailie Kawe, by laying a penny in the hand
of the image of St Katherine * ' then present ' '
at the tenement, ' ' gave heritable possession
to the said image in name of St Katherine,
and seised and infeft the said image."
Newburgh was erected into a parish on 1st
Oct. 1622, and ratification was made by
Act of Parliament 28th June 1633. The
chapel, which served as the parish church,
was taken down in 1832 to make room for
the present church, then being erected.
There was a well of the Nine Maidens,
situated in the burgh common. — [Laing's
Lindores Abbey, 202, 299, 511-12, 514, 187;
Acts Scott. Par!., v, 152-3; Report of
Commiss. on Ancient Monuments, Fife, 222.]
ROBERT SIM, reader of the burgh 8th
1578 Nov. 1578.— [Edin. Test., vii, 101.]
CUPAR]
NEWBURGH— STRATHMIGLO
451
THOMAS STUART, his father, Alex-
1785
ander S., who was of Loinmare-
stock, near Blair Athol, and was a
cadet of the Stuarts of Urrard, lineal
descendants of the ' ' Wolf of Badenoch, ' '
for a time was a companion of Prince
Charlie in his wanderings after Culloden,
and often lulled the Prince to sleep by play
ing on a Jewish harp, besides on occasions
making "crowdie" for him in the heel of
an old shoe; at their parting the Prince gave
Stuart a coat of brown satin with buttons
of beautifully chased steel, which was re
tained by his descendants till it came to the
maternal grandmother of Rev. Dr Stirton,
Crathie, after whose death the nurse of her
children thoughtlessly cut it up to make
corsets for herself, only the buttons sur
viving; Stuart subsequently wandered in
the wilds of Aberdeenshire, where in Glen-
gairn he met other fugitives, Lawrence
Oliphant of Gask and his son; with them
he travelled to Birkhall, and then to
Braedownie in Glen Clova, whence, with a
letter or recommendation to Lady Gask
from her husband, he passed to Gask,
where he settled as a farmer; a cherished
possession of Dr Stuart, now in possession
of his descendant, Rev. Dr Stirton, was the
gold watch and seal of his fiancee, Helen
Euphame Clephane, the seal bearing the
skeleton of a leaf and the motto in French:
"I change not, though dying." — [Memo.,
Rev. Dr Stirton.]
ROBERT EDGAR, his widow, Helen
1864 Russell, died at Blair Atholl 24th
June 1931; his daughs. — Eleanor
Russell (marr. David Mitchell, 63 Wardie
Avenue, Edinburgh), died 18th Oct. 1932;
Janie Russell, of Dallantsagart, died 23rd
Feb. 1939.
HUGH YOUNG ARNOTT, his wife,
Christian Dandie Clark, died 17th
1895
June 1942; he died 21st Nov. 1943.
SPRINGFIELD
DAVID LAIRD, has issue— Thomas
1919 Cowan, born 20th March 1925;
Elizabeth Fleming, born 5th July
1927; Jane Allan, born 31st July 1932.
STRATHMIGLO
An alternative name was Eglismartine.
The church was a mensal church of Dun-
keld. On 5th Nov. 1506 there is noted
53s. 2d. spent on the repair of the choir;
and in 1513-14 a chalice, 63i oz. in weight,
was provided for the church at a cost of
£7 8s. 2d., being 2s. 4d. per ounce. On
4th March 1508 the Bishop of Dunkeld
assigned the fruits of the church to Sir
William Scott of Balweary. Possibly that
was in view of Sir William's project to
convert Strathmiglo into a collegiate
church, for the furtherance of which an
agreement was made on 31st March 1527
between Sir William for himself and in
name of most of the parishioners on the
one hand, and, on the other, Henry Sibbald,
parish clerk, whereby in return for a victual
pension, said Henry resigned the clerkship
to Sir William and the parishioners, the
profits of the office to be assigned to "the
childer to sing divyne service in the kirk
with the prebendar of the said College, ' '
Sibbald 's son being one of the "childer."
Already, by arrangement between Sir
William and Henry, the former "hes
devoted in past years the profits of the
clerkship to certain young childer singers
in said college." That seems to indicate
that to some extent the plan was in opera
tion; and tradition affirms that certain
houses adjacent to the church, possibly
those mentioned in 1605 and 1606 as
situated on the north and west sides of the
churchyard, constituted the residences of
the clergy. The pedagogy, described on
31st May 1601 as "the old ruinous house
lie auld scoolhous, ' ' stood on the north side
of the churchyard. In charters of 5th
March 1528-9 and 30th April 1548, and
in a Retour of 20th Jan. 1579, the patronage
of the Provostship and the Prebendaries of
the College of Strathmiglo is included
among the Balweary possessions. It would
seem, however, that the project, probably
owing to lack of endowments, was not
carried to completion. The church, con
sisting of a nave and choir, stood in the
churchyard; and the present church, built
in 1787, is situated on the glebe at the east
end of the town. St Mary's Chapel, which,
452
STRATHMIGLO
[PRESB. OF CUPAR
with St Mary's Well and attached lands,
was at the west end of Gateside, was in all
likelihood built by the Abbot of Balmerino
for the abbey's tenants and servants. There
was a Friarmill in the parish. — [Rental of
Dunkeld, 9, 198, 208, 239, S.H.S.; Acts of
Lords of Council and Session in Public
Affairs, 257; Reg. Great Seal, 27th Feb.
1509-10, 5th March 1528-9, 30th April
1548, 20th March 1606, 14th July 1632;
Retours, A.87, H.I 86, ix, 106; Balmerino
and its Abbey, 156; Millar's Hist, of Fife,
i, 162; Leighton's Hist, of Fife, ii, 184.]
1562
GEORGE LESLIE, on 29th June 1562
he was a member of the Convention
of the Kirk; on 28th June 1563 com
plaint was made against him by the
superintendent that he did not execute his
summons against some person in Auchter-
muchty where he was also min., and that he
did not administer the sacraments since
December last. — [Book of the Universal
Kirk, i, 13, 36.]
JOHN MASON, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
JOHN BALFOUR, reader 1568-70.—
._„ [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
ROBERT SCOTT, reader, pres. to the
1572
vicarage 26th Nov. and 6th Jan.
1572, vac. by the death of Mr
Gilbert Seytoun; on 6th March 1572 he
made complaint against Mr John Winrame,
Superintendent of Fife, for refusing to give
him his letters testimonial of the vicarage,
and for not admitting him reader conform
to the Regent's presentation; the matter
was remitted to the Kirk Session of St
Andrews, but no further steps are recorded.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., 26th Nov., 6th Jan.
1572; Book of the Universal Kirk, i, 264;
Acts and Dec., liii, 291, Ivii, 206.]
WILLIAM BRAIDFUTT, M.A.; his
1572 Pres- to vicarage, 26th Jan. 1572-3,
was consequent upon the death of
Mr Gilbert Seytoun. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.]
ROBERT SCOTT, "lang time providit
1580 t0 t^ie Par"ish Church of Strath-
miglo," is presented to what is
called "the pettie vicarage," 1st March
1580-1, probably in succession to Mr
William Scott who had been presented to
"lie petty vicarage" 1st Oct. 1545, vac. by
the resignation or demission of Sir Simon
Younge; Robert Scott "has been reader in
tymes bygane, and the kirk is now provydit
with a ministrie"; obviously he is identical
with Robert Scott, 1572.— [Reg. Sec. Seal,
1st March 1580-1, iii, 1348.]
JAMES BALCANQUALL, pres. to
„ vicarage 3rd Jan. 1591-2, vac. by
the deprivation of Robert Scott for
treasonable conspiracy against the person
of the King.— [Reg. Sec. Seal.]
JOHN RIGG, his son, David, appren
ticed to Andrew Bruce, merchant,
Edinburgh, 1st Aug. 1677.— [Reg.
of Edin. Apprentices. ]
1655
DAVID BARCLAY, adm. before 29th
1686 Nov. 1685.
JAMES RANKIN, his widow, Elizabeth
Ford, died 9th Jan. 1937; his sons-
William Humphry Ford, died 14th
Dec. 1926; James, licentiate, assistant, St
Bernard's, Edinburgh, died 26th Feb. 1930.
1923
ROBERT FORRESTER VICTOR
SCOTT, trans, to St Andrews,
Dundee, 26th Jan. 1927.
1927
GEORGE SCANLAN, trans, from
Ballingry (q.v.) 12th May 1927; died
26th Jan. 1936; his son, William
Cunningham, killed in motor-cycle accident
5th April 1928; his daugh., Jean Margaret
(marr. 24th Nov. 1933 David Dryborough,
M.A., F.F.A.).
PRESBYTERY OF ST ANDREWS
ABERCROMBIE or ST MONANS
The Church of Abercrombie was dedi
cated by Bishop de Bernham 24th Oct. 1247
to St Mary and St Margaret. Its ruins
stand in the grounds of Balcaskie.
The Church of St Monans was originally
a chapel in the Parish of Kilconquhar, and
is said to have been founded by Sir Alan
Durward, probably about the middle part
of the 13th century, though possibly an
early place or earlier places of worship on
the spot had enshrined the relics of St
Monan; in or before 1362 it was founded
anew by David II, and endowed by him in
1369; about 1473 it was given to the
Dominican Friars, and in 1579 it was in
corporated with the same Friars of St
Andrews; it was burned by the English in
1544; by Act of the Presbytery of St
Andrews July 1647, ratified by Act of
Parliament June 6th 1649, St Monans was
disjoined from Kilconquhar and attached
to Abercrombie, St Monans to be the Kirk
and Abercrombie to be the name of the
parish. Near the church is St Monan 's
Cave, and about a mile eastward along the
shore is a Spring called St Monan 's Well.
From 1477 to 1519 there was a small priory
in existence, and it continued afterwards to
be the residence of two friars but was sup
pressed in 1550. In 1319 William Lamber-
ton, Bishop of St Andrews, granted the
church to increase the lighting of the High
Altar of the Cathedral. — [Transactions of
Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society, 1897, 181,
185, 191, 192, 193, which see for full details;
Fifeana, 224-5; Acts Scott. ParL, vi, (2),
434b; Reg. Priory of St Andrews, xxxv.]
JOHN STEVENSON, reader, deprived
1563 of office 15th March 1563-4 for
fornication, and to give satisfaction
to Anstruther Kirk.— [Reg. Kirk Session of
St Andrews, 189.]
THOMAS YOUNG, reader, with the
vicarage, 1567 or 1568, and in 1574.
— [Reg. of Kirk Sess. ofSt Andrews,
1576
189.]
JAMES MELVILLE, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 8th May and 4th Dec. 1 587,
vac. by death of Alexander Borth-
wick.— [Reg. Sec. Seal.]
1587
ALEXANDER FORSYTH, his pres. in
1593 was consequent upon the dem.
of Mr James Melville. — [Reg. Sec.
Seal.}
JOHN CRAIGIE, his son, James, ap-
17Q4 prenticed to Thomas Fenton, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 2nd Dec. 1724.—
[Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.]
JOHN TURNBULL, D.D. (St Andrews,
1882 1926); died 30th Sept. 1933.
ANSTRUTHER, EASTER
In 1592 steps were taken towards the
planting of a church at East Anstruther.
Nothing further resulted till 1639, when the
General Assembly, with consent of the
bailies and council, disjoined it from Kil-
renny. That received effect by Act of
Parliament in the same year; and by a
further Act of Parliament in 1641 the erec
tion of the separate parish was decreed.
The steeple of the church, a Dutch model,
was added in 1644. After the erection of
the separate charge, a house in Pend Wynd
became the manse; by transaction of 1713
it passed to Sir John Anstruther in exchange
for Melville's house in 1590, which in 1637
had been acquired from James Melville's
grandson, Ephraim, only son of Ephraim
Melville, min. of Pittenweem. On the
highest window, chiselled in stone, are the
words "Watch Tower." There was a
453
2F*
454
ANSTRUTHER, EASTER— CAMERON
[PRESB. OF
Chapel of St Ayle (Aylus, Agilus), desig
nated in 1632 "the tenement called Sanct-
cyldus Chapel in East Anstruther." — [Acts
Scott. Parl, v, 472, 596b; East Neuk of Fife,
361, 362-3, 377; Retours, xii, 61.]
EDWARD THOMSON, his son, James,
t,__ bapt. 23rd Oct. 1673.— [St Andrews
Reg.]
JAMES NAIRN, had issue— John, born
1717
1707, died 1709; James, born 1709,
died 1712; Janet, born 1714, died
same year.
THOMAS MURRAY, his widow, Mary
1876
Jane Christie, died at Edinburgh
llth Aug. 1927.
1929
THOMAS SMITH, trans, to St. Cle-
1917 ment's, Glasgow, 4th Oct. 1928.
GEORGE OGG, formerly Principal of
Training Institution of Scottish
Universities ' Mission, Kalimpong
(see Vol. vii, 704); locum tenens Tighna-
bruaich, 1928; adm. 27th Feb. 1929.
ANSTRUTHER, WESTER
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 28th June 1243, St Nicholas being
patron saint. In the Lord High Treasurer's
Accounts is: ' ' In Anstruther when the king
came on land to the priests of Anstruther
to say ane trentale of Masses of St Nicholas
XXS," 3rd June 1503. The tower of the
church, which has undergone considerable
alterations, appears to belong to the 16th
century. — [East Neuk of Fife, 343; Lord
High Treasurer's Aces., ii, 261.]
JOHN FORM AN, M.A., vicar 1563-73;
1563
also at Kilrenny. — [Comps. Sub
Coll of Thirds, Fife, etc.]
ROBERT DURIE, his pres. to vicarage
in 1592 was consequent upon the
dem. of William, Commendator of
Pittenweem; was at Campvere 14th March
1607. — [Reg. Sec. Seal; Kincardine Sas., ii,
233.]
DAVID TAYLOR, his eldest daugh.,
1 66* Isabella (marr. John Fogo, writer, St
Andrews).— [Fife Sas. t Warrant, 107.]
1908
THOMAS AUCHENLECK, min. in
1689 Dundee 1704.
JAMES MACDONALD.— [Scott.
1799 Notes and Queries, Sept. 1933, 27.]
JAMES ALEXANDER PATERSON.
Addl. issue — Christian Gordon Car-
gill, born 16th May 1932.
BOARHILLS
Inchmurthac, on the banks of the Kenly,
near the village, was a residence of the
Bishops of St Andrews as early as the time
of Bishop de Bernham, 1239-53. At the
beginning of the 18th century there still
remained ruins and the walls of a chapel.
The dovecot there, now also in ruins, is
said to have been built of stones from the
Bishop's "palace." During a year's
vacancy in the see after the death of Bishop
Lamberton, the revenues were assigned to
the Earl of Carrick, afterwards David II,
and his countess, Johanna, daugh. of
Edward II; and they are said to have
resided for a time at Inchmurthac, where
King David's second marriage — to Mar
garet, daugh. of Sir John Logic — took
place.— [Sibbald's Hist, of Fife, 348;
Fleming's Guide to St Andrews, 132.]
ROBERT HENRY MACKAY, died
1903 9th April 1935.
CAMERON
The Act of Parliament erecting the
parish was passed 24th Feb. 1645, when
the church was almost completed. That
church was removed in a very ruinous
condition and the present church built in
1808.— [Acts Scott. Parl, vi, (1), 332.]
ANDREW FLOCKER, died before 8th
May 1719; had issue — Ninian, bapt.
2nd March 1684; Ninian, bapt. 19th
Feb. 1685; Cecil, bapt. 20th July 1688
(marr. Robert Lyon, surgeon-apothecary).
—[Fife Sas., Warrant, 412; St Andrews
Reg.]
WILLIAM LANG BAXTER, died at
CriefT 26th Jan. 1937, Father of the
Church. Addl. publication— Moses
or Moffat.
ST ANDREWS]
CAMERON— CRAIL
455
ANDREW WARREN, formerly Pro
fessor of Scottish Church's College,
Calcutta (see Vol. vii, 710); adm.
C. and S. 4th July 1924; his father was Rev.
Thomas W., and his wife's father Rev.
Joseph Arthur Lambert; assistant min.
Portobello Parish Church, 1921-2; locum
tenens, Errol Parish Church and St Mark's,
Dundee, 1922-4.
CARNBEE
Under the designation Kellyn, the Church
of Kellie in this parish was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham 19th June 1243. It was
granted to Dunfermline Abbey by Mal
colm, 1 153-65. Either it was suppressed at
a later period, or it was the earlier name of
what became Carnbee Church. The exist
ing church was built in 1793. — [Reg. of
Dunfermline, 24; Sibbald's Hist, of Fife,
207.]
1564
WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A., min. 1564,
was one of the List of the General
Assembly 20th Dec. 1 560 for ' ' minis
tering and teaching." — [Book of the Univ.
Kirk, 4; Reg. Kirk Sess. ofSt Andrews, 229.]
ANDREW OLIPHANT, son of Walter
1565 ^'' yicar 1565. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Fife', Reg. Great Seal, 2nd
Jan. 1565-6.]
DAVID SPENS, his pres. to vicarage
1567
Bene.}
was consequent upon the death of
Mr Andrew Oliphant. — [Reg. Pres.
THOMAS WOOD, M.A., as min. here
his pres. to vicarage in 1576 was
consequent upon the death of Mr
David Spens; he is not identical with
Thomas Wood, St Andrews (q.v.). — [Reg.
Pres. Bene.; Reg. Kirk Sess. of St Andrews,
727n.]
THOMAS PETER JOHNSTON, D.D.
1864 (St Andrews, 28th June 1929); died,
Father of the Church, at Crail 20th
Feb. 1932; his daugh., Mary Matthew (Mrs
Mackinnon), died at Crail 20th Oct. 1940;
his son, Thomas Evans, died 13th Sept.
1945.
GEORGE SPEED THOMSON, died
19Q5 8th May 1929; his daugh., Isabel
May (marr. 3rd Aug. 1938 Edward
Mills, M.B., Ch.B.)
CELLARDYKE
JAMES RAY, died at Harrogate 12th
June 1933; his son, James Forrest,
died 15th May 1930.
1883
CRAIL
The church is virtually the ancient col
legiate edifice. It was dedicated by Bishop
de Bernham 21st June 1243, probably soon
after the earlier nave was almost completely
taken down and rebuilt with aisles and the
present western tower. After various dis
putes it was confirmed to the burgh by Act
of Parliament in 1633. There was a Chapel
of St Maelruba, sometimes designated St
Rufus, within the Castle of Crail; and there
was also a priory dedicated to the same
saint. A ruined gable with a Gothic win
dow stood till 1801, when it was over
thrown by the sea, leaving only foundations
to mark the priory's site. Near by were
the Prior's Croft and the Briery (Priory)
Well.— [East Neuk of Fife, 414; Reg. Great
Seal, 31st Aug. 1458, 21st June 1512; Acts
Scott. Parl, v, 99.]
1562
THOMAS SKIRLING, reader; was
summoned on 20th Jan. 1562-3 for
administering baptisms and mar-
raiges without being adm. — [Reg. Kirk
Sess. ofSt Andrews, 176.]
1575
THOMAS KINNEAR, M.A., min.,
pres. to the Provostrie 17th Dec.
1575, vac. by the non-compearance
of Mr Patrick Mortoun. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 39.]
PATRICK MORTOUN, M.A., min.,
pres. to the Provostrie 6th April
1576.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 42.]
1576
DAVID MAXWELL, reader 30th Aug.
1593.— [Reg. Kirk Sess. of St An-
1593
drews, 757.]
WILLIAM MURRAY.— [Fife Sas., iv,
1600 16, 10th Jan. 1603.]
456
CRAIL— FERRYPORT-ON-CRAIG
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER EDWARD. Addl. issue
1663 — Alexander.
JOHN REID, his son, John, Calcutta,
1865 died 27th May 1925.
1915
WILLIAM MURRAY MILNE. Addl.
issue — Kathlene Barbara, born 9th
Jan. 1925.
DUNINO
On the foundation of the College and
Collegiate Church of St Salvator, St
Andrews, by Bishop Kennedy in 1451, the
Church of Dunino was granted to the same
by the founder. The present church was
built in 1826.
ROBERT SMYTT, vicar 1560; reader
1568-9, when he appears as witness
of the Testament of Alexander
Nome, burgess of St Andrews; Sempill,
not Smyt, appears in the early part of the
Testament narrative, but it is probably an
error for Smyt.—[Edin. Test., i, 257, 24th
April 1569.]
JOHN RUTHERFORD, was parson
1568
1578
4th Nov. 1577.— [Cal. of Charters,
xi, 2456.]
JAMES WOOD, was one of the Com
mission who brought Charles II
from the Continent in 1660; had
issue — John, bapt. 16th Feb. 1654; Anna,
bapt. 1st Nov. 1652.
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, D.D.
St Andrews, 28th Sept, 1937); died
28th Feb. 1949. Marr. 2nd Sept.
1936 Maud Alexander, eldest daugh. of
Joseph Hutchinson Wilson, LL.D., solici
tor, Carlisle, and has issue — Alexander
William Barlas, born 9th Oct. 1942.
1911
ELIE
The steeple was built by Sir John
Anstruther of Anstruther in 1726. On
Earlsferry point there was a hospital or
hostel to which probably a chapel was
attached, founded by Duncan, Earl of Fife,
who died in 1 1 54.— [East Neuk of Fife, 1 92. ]
ROBERT WEMYSS, only son of James
1649 Wemvss> merchant, St Andrews, and
his wife, Euphemia Findlaw (Find-
lay), and grandson of John Wemyss, mer
chant, St Andrews, and his wife, Judith
Nairne, daugh. of Alexander Nairne; was
also of Cuttlehill, Aberdour; died May
1675; his son, William, of Cuttlehill.— [St
And. Tests., James Wemyss, 16th July 1627,
John Wemyss, 1st April 1615, etc.; Gen.
Reg. Sas., xi, 398 (2 Ser.), cvii, 435, 438
(2 Ser.), xii, 18 (1 Ser.); Retours, i, 82.]
JOHN ARTHUR, probably identical
1692 W^ Jonn' b°rn 1675, son of Patrick
Arthur of Ballone, surgeon, Wemyss
and Elie.— [East Neuk of Fife, 202.]
JAMES CHALMERS, his son, John,
apprenticed to James Beveridge,
litster, Edinburgh, 8th Feb. 1727.—
[Reg. of Edin. Apprentices.}
1887
ROBERT HAMILTON DUNLOP,
line 2, for "Baillieston" read
"Edinburgh"; died at Edinburgh
16th Sept. 1931; his son, James Weir, died
at Toronto 31st Aug. 1941; daugh. (marr.
John Irwin Scott, M.A., headmaster,
Kettering Grammar School).
DAVID MATHIESON BELL, trans, to
Woodside, Aberdeen, 2nd Oct. 1930,
and to Forfar Old Church 4th June
1935. Addl. issue — John Ramsay, born 5th
Feb. 1925; Josephine Margaret Elizabeth
Anne, born 3rd July 1929; Ruth Allison,
born 27th Feb. 1936.
FERRYPORT-ON-CRAIG
The name was formerly Portincraig,
Southferrie of Portincraig, and East Ferry
of Portincraig. In the Act of Parliament of
July 1606, erecting the parish, the church
is described as "laitlie biggit." There was
an aisle with burial vault underneath,
added, it is said, by Sir John Buchanan of
Scotscraig. The church was rebuilt in 1825.
On the western face of the tower there is
built in a lintel on which are two coats of
arms, one that of Margaret Hartsyde, and
the other that of her husband, Sir John
ST ANDREWS]
FERRYPORT-ON-CRAIG— FORGAN
457
Buchanan. Manifestly the lintel had be
longed to the doorway or a doorway of the
former church; and it indicates that the
aisle had been built by Sir John, who died
before 8th Sept. 1641, and his wife, Mar
garet Hartsyde, who died June 1 642. Also
on the tower, below the lintel, are two
panels, one with the arms of Sir John
Buchanan and Margaret Hartsyde, impaled,
and flanked by the date 1 644, and the other
with the arms of Sir Arthur Erskine of
Scotscraig, fourth son of John, Earl of Mar,
by his second wife, Marie Stewart, and his
wife, Margaret Buchanan, one of the two
daughs. and heiresses of Sir John B. and
Margaret Hartsyde, impaled, and flanked
by the date 164-. On the north gable of
the church is a stone with date 1607, also
taken from the former church, and prob
ably indicating the year when that church
was completed for worship. There was a
chapel at Chapeltoun in the barony of
Scotscraig, dedicated to St John. — [Reg.
Sec. Seal, 6th Dec. 1606; Reg. Pres. Bene.,
4th Nov. 1609; Reg. Great Seal, 25th July
1622, 8th Sept. 1641; Retours, xvii, 83-4;
Acts Scott. Parl., iv, 302; Scots Peerage, v,
621-2; Reg. Great Seal, 8th Feb. 1594-7.]
SIMEON DURIE, pres. to vicarage 6th
Dec. 1606, vacant by death of
Andrew Allan.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxv, 212.]
ROBERT WHITE, issue bapt.— Helen,
3rd Sept. 1669; James, 10th Aug.
1670; Robert, 14th Sept. 1671;
Charles, 30th March 1680; Elizabeth, 29th
Nov. 1684. Addl. issue— William, bapt.
3rd April 1676. — [Ferryport-on-Craig Reg.}
PATRICK TULLIDELPH, his daughs.
1666
1697
bapt.— Elizabeth, 21st May 1699;
Helen, 4th May 1703. Addl. issue
bapt.— William, 26th May 1700; John, 3rd
Feb. 1706; Patrick, 8th Feb. 1708.—
[Ferryport-on-Craig Reg.]
WILLIAM VILANT. Issue bapt.—
Christina, 13th May 1718; Jessabil,
13th Sept. 1724; Ann, 7th Aug.
1726; Walter, 23rd March 1729; Eupham,
29th Dec. 1732; Bethia, 13th April 1734.—
[Ferryport-on-Craig Reg.]
WILLIAM DALGLEISH, his daugh.
1739 buried at Linlithgow 17th Oct. 1773.
WILLIAM DALGLEISH SWAN, marr.
1820 Susannah, younger daugh. of Wil
liam Gordon of Woodhaven, Dun
dee, and Blelack, Aberdeenshire, and his
wife, Barbara Stark, daugh. and co-heiress
of William Syme of Dundee and Wood-
haven, Fife, but had no issue. — [Michie's
Logie Coldstone and Braes of Cromar, 164.]
DAVID ROSE, his widow, Elena
I0__ Cameron, died at Haddington 29th
Oct. 1925.
CHRISTOPHER HALLIDAY, his
1870 widow, Freda Paxton Martin, died
8th Aug. 1945; his daugh., Sybil
Mary Freda (marr. 24th April 1940 James
Henry Brownlee, M.B., Ch.B.]
JOHN MACLAINE MUNRO, adm.
1923
29th June 1923; trans, to Strath-
bungo 16th Nov. 1926.
CHARLES WALKER STOBIE, trans.
1927 from Forgue 27th April 1927.
FORGAN
The parish was also called St Fillan, and,
once, Adhenachthen. About 1150 David I
granted the church, with a full mensal toft,
to the Priory of St Andrews. That was con
firmed by charter of Malcolm IV, who
added half a caracute of land, called
Chingothe. In the concluding part of the
12th century Alan de Lascelles, patron of
the church, son of Alan de Lascelles and
Julian Somerville, in accordance with his
own desire and that of Amable, his wife,
granted to the priory, the mother church
of his land of Adhenachthen, namely the
Church of Forgun, along with the Chapel
of Adhenachthen, and a caracute of land,
both adjoining the church. Adhenachthen,
is now Naughton. The patron saint was
St Fillan, but St Andrew was substituted
before 1 1 54-9. The ruins of the old church
are situated in the churchyard at Kirkton.
Besides the Chapel of Adhenachthen, there
was a Chapel of St Thomas at ' * Sea-Mylns
of Innerdovat." Nine Wells in the east
458
FORGAN— KINCONQUHAR
[PRESS. OF
part of the parish may indicate that there
was a chapel dedicated to the Nine Maidens.
— [Reg. Priory of St Andrews, 51, 107-8,
187, 198-9, 205, 274; Reg. Great Seal,
26th March 1618, 31st July 1637; Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 10.]
JOHN SMYT, reader Feb. 1571 and
24th July 1573.— [Edin. Tests., ii,
322.]
DAVID METHVEN, vicar; dem. or
dep. before 12th Sept. 1573.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 96.]
ANDREW BENNET, reader; pres. to
vicarage 12th Sept. 1573, vac. by
removal of Mr David Masson.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 96, (4), 10.]
WILLIAM BALFOUR, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 21st May 1589, vac. by the
demission of Mr James Tullis. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, 21st May 1589.]
ROBERT BUCHANAN, M.A., pres.
to vicarage 25th Sept. 1590, vac. by
1590
the demission of Mr James Tullis.-
[Reg. Sec. Seal, xli, 38.]
WILLIAM MARCHE, his presentation
28th June 1 598 was consequent upon
the deprivation of Mr Robert
Buchanan.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, 28th June,
1598.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, marr. Susanna
1674 Gratwick, who survived him.
JAMES RUSSELL. Addl. issue—
1718 Patrick, bapt. 10th Dec. 1727.
CHARLES NAIRN, his son, Boswell
Laird, ship and insurance broker,
Dundee, died 28th April 1942.
1836
THOMAS MUNN, died suddenly on
Craigmillar Golf Course 31st Oct.
1934. Line 12, for "Ayr" read
"Glasgow"; his mother-in-law was Jessie
Lewars Kissock; his widow, Jessie Lewars
Findlay, died 13th Jan. 1948.
1921
HUGH FULTON FRAME, trans, to
Lesmahagow 17th Jan. 1942. Issue
— Marjorie, born 8th April 1921;
Hugh Forgan, born 28th May 1925;
Robert Laird, born 24th April 1930.
Publications — Wonderful Counsellor', The
Ivory Idol', Salvage; Roll on, Wagon Wheels.
KEMBACK
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 6th Sept. 1244. Its ruins are
situated in the churchyard a short distance
south-west of the present church, which
was opened for worship in May 1814. The
lintelled entrance doorway near the west
end of the south wall of the old church has
the date 1582. On the foundation of the
College and Collegiate Church of St
Salvator, St Andrews, by Bishop Kennedy
in 1451, the Church of Kemback was
granted to the same by the founder.
ROBERT MELDRUM, bapt. 4th Aug.
1688, son of Robert M., tenant of
Balmullo, and Janet Shepherd.
Marr. Anne, sister of John McCormack,
min. of St Andrews, with issue — Anne. —
[Fife Sheriff Court Books, 24th Feb. 1723.]
JOHN HENRY, his son, Robert Alex
ander, M.B., Ch.B., died at Nelson,
Lancashire, 15th May 1932; his
widow, Patricia Barty Barran Gloak, died
30th March 1938.
JOHN MIDDLETON, son of James M.,
1911 engineer, Greenock.
1730
1918
RODERICK JOHN FRASER MAC-
DONALD, died 5th Aug. 1932.
Marr. 3rd July 1929 Isabella
Richardson C., M.A.(Hons.), St Andrews,
daugh. of Benjamin C. Calcott, Montrose,
and Catherine C. Phimister.
KILCONQUHAR
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 12th July 1243. St Monan has
been suggested as having been the patron
saint, also St Concad, an obscure Irish
saint, and likewise the Irish St Chonchobar,
Conquhar or Connacher, pronounced
Conneuchar. In 1499 Patrick Dunbar, lord
of Kilconquhar, founded in the church an
altar of ' ' Our Ladie of Pitie" (Pity) for the
souls of himself, Christian Home, his
ST ANDREWS]
KILCONQUHAR— KILKENNY
459
mother, Janet Dunbar, evidently his grand
mother, and Isabella Dishington, his wife.
By Act of Parliament, 1597, Kilconquhar
was dissolved from North Berwick and
made a separate rectory. Of the old church
only a part of a nave arcade is now visible.
The existing church was built in 1820-1.
In a field at Rires stood the Chapel of ' ' Our
Lady of Rires, " or " the Chapel of Marie,
Rires." On 1st Sept. 1404 John Wemyss,
Kt., Lord of Rires, endowed the chapel
with various lands and annual rents from
his barony of Leuchars and his lands of
Rires, and extensive pasture privileges, for
the souls of Robert III, Queen Annabella,
etc. Rires is now part of Elie parish. There
is a roofless Renaissance Chapel within the
grounds of Balcarres House. — [Mackin-
lay's Ancient Church Dedications (non-
script.), 493; East Neuk of Fife, 118, 155,
162; Johnstone's Place Names, 217; Acts
Scott. Parl, iv, 137; Wemyss Bk., ii, 266;
Report Ancient Monuments Commission,
Fife, 163.]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A., vicar 1564.
1564 — [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
GEORGE LESLIE, his pres. to the
1567 vicarage in 1568 was consequent
upon the deprivation of Mr John
Hamilton, convicted of treason by Parlia
ment; trans, to Mortlach 30th Sept. 1573.
—[Reg. Pres. Bene.]
WILLIAM BELLENDEN, youngest son
1574 of Sir John B. of Kilconquhar;
reader 1571; pres. to vicarage 30th
Sept. 1573; still in office 1587, and in 1606
designated vicar of William Scott of Elie.
Marr. Anabel Pearson, with issue, at least
Thomas, who in 1625 marr. Euphemia,
daugh. of Stephen Duddingston of Sand-
ford. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.; East Neuk of Fife,
155-6, 165; Fifeiana, 295.]
DAVID FORRET, marr. 30th Jan. 1645
1646
Elizabeth, daugh. of Ebenezer
Borthwick, St Andrews.
THOMAS AYTON, had issue— Janet,
1735 bapt. 6th Aug. 1726.
WALTER IRVING, his widow, May
1866 Julia Kay, died 31st May 1926.
KILKENNY
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 26th June 1243. It has been
suggested that the patron saint is St Ether-
nanus, Ethernan, Ernan, uncle of St
Columba, and St Ringan. St Ninian also
finds favour. A third suggestion is St
Irenaeus of Lyons. Land near the church
bore the name Rinniehill, Irniehill; there
is said to have been a St Irnie's Well, and
the church tower was called St Irny by the
fishermen, who used it as a landmark.
Further, a tradition exists or existed ' ' that
the devotees at Anstruther, who could not
see the Church of Kilrenny till they tra
velled up the rising ground to what they
called ' the hill, ' when they pulled off their
bonnets, fell on their knees, crossed them
selves and prayed to St Irnie. ' ' Prof. W. J.
Watson, however, considers that St Irnie
is fictitious, and that what we have to do
with is irnaide, urnaidhe, middle Gaelic
form of mod. G. urnuigh, meaning (1)
Prayer; (2) Oratory; the name, therefore,
would arise from the ancient oratory, and
Irniehill would likely be designated of old
Cnoc Irnaidhe, "the hill of prayer" or
"the hill of the oratory," mod. G. Cnoc
na k- Urnuighe. All that remains of the old
church is the tower, probably early 15th
century, at the north-west angle of the
present church, which was built 1806-8.
The old church had a nave and two aisles.
—[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 519-20;
East Neuk of Fife, 222.]
WILLIAM CLERK, min. at Anstruther,
Abercrombie, Pittenweem, had also
charge here. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Fife, etc.]
ANDREW KEMP, reader 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
JOHN FORMAN, M.A., vicar 1563-72,
1563
and also at Anstruther; may have
held the vicarage as exhorter or as
reader.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
etc.]
460
KILKENNY— LARGO
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER SPENS, M.A., min.
1564
1564.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Fife, etc.]
WILLIAM CLERK, min. of West
1567 Anstruther, in charge here.
JOHN ANSTRUTHER, son of John A.
1574 °f tf1^ ilk 1516-47; his presentation
on 17th Feb. 1579 was consequent
upon the demission of Mr John Forman;
still held office 20th Oct. 1591, probably as
exhorter or as reader. Marr. dr. 1570 Jean
Lindsay, widow of John Melville of Carn-
bee and Granton, and daugh. of Lord
Lindsay of the Byres, probably John, fifth
Lord Lindsay. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., 17th
Feb. 1579; East Neuk of Fife, 331, 354-5;
Writs of Pittenweem Priory.]
GEORGE DICKSON, his daugh., Janet,
1835 died 21st June 1926.
GEORGE STRANG ANDERSON,
1875 died 16th Nov. 1925.
JOHN MARSHALL PRYDE, formerly
1925 °^ ^t Modan's, Falkirk (#.v.); trans,
from Ruthrieston, Aberdeen, 29th
May 1925; Chaplain to the Forces at
Salonika in the Great War; dem. 8th Oct.
1947; his son, George, Squadron Leader,
R.A.F., killed in action 18th June 1940;
his daughs. — Helen (marr. 4th Sept. 1935
James Robert Grant); Jean (marr. 4th
April 1938 William Crew, Rossie Mills,
Montrose). Addl. issue — John Marshall,
born 22nd March 1915; William Syming
ton, born 21st Jan. 1917, Flying Officer,
R.A.F., killed by aircraft accident 24th
Sept. 1939; David Douglas, born 17th
April 1918, D.F.C., Flying Officer, killed
June 1942. Publications — Livingstone and
the Slave Trade (gained the Livingstone
Gold Medal) (Oppenheim and Longman,
Glasgow, 1920); "Joseph Mazzini," Lec
ture, in Britannia magazine (Brett, 1905);
various articles in magazines.
KINGSBARNS
The church was built in 1631, and en
larged, apparently to the extent of being in
1663
most part rebuilt, in 1811. The lower por
tion of the bell tower is of the 17th century.
There was a chapel at Chesterhill. —
[Report, Royal Commission on Ancient
Monuments, Fife, 176, 178.]
GEORGE PATULLO, his son, George,
was of Balhouffie. — [Macfarlane 's
Gen. Collections, ii, 168; East Neuk
of Fife, 338-9.]
GILBERT SIMSON, his son, William,
1678 apprenticed to Charles Duncan,
goldsmith, Edinburgh, 25th March
1713; he had also a daugh., Jean, bapt. 15th
Dec. 1690. — [Reg. of Edin. Apprentices;
Parish Reg.]
1869
ALEXANDER TODD, died 24th Dec.
1932; his son, Rear- Admiral George
James T. of Burncrook, Moffat,
D.S.O., died at Edinburgh 7th March 1927,
having distinguished himself in Naval
operations in the Near East, and in 1916
received authority from King Victor
Emmanual to wear the insignia of a Com
mander of the Crown of Italy.
DOUGLAS GEORGE BISSET, born
1926
18th April 1900 at Oyne, son of
Peter Smith B., min. of Oyne and
then of Craig; educ. at Montrose Academy
and Edinburgh Univ., M.A. (1921); lie. by
Presb. of Brechin 6th May 1924; assistant,
East Church, Stirling, 1924-6; ord. C. and
S. to Dr Todd, 4th June 1926. Marr. 27th
Aug. 1930 Helen, daugh. of Robert Geddes,
Bithnie, Alford, with issue — Elizabeth
Margaret, born 16th Jan. 1932; Peter
Douglas Geddes, born 6th June 1934;
Sheila May, born 22nd May 1939.
LARGO
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 17th July 1243. It appears to have
been rebuilt in the early part of the 17th
century, for the chancel and the tower now
existing belong to that period, and bear
respectively the dates 1623 and 1628. A
further rebuilding scheme was carried out
in 1817, "and in 1826, there was taken into
the new building an aisle belonging to the
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461
old, by which the spire is supported, bear
ing date 1623." That evidently refers to
the chancel. The " Chaplainries of Strath-
airlie in the barony of Lundie" are men
tioned, without any details, in 1600, and
"Sanct Androc's landis" in Lundie in
1593. In the church was an altar, dedicated
to St John the Baptist and St John the
Evangelist, founded in Nov. 1510 by Sir
John Lundin of Lundin in the new aisle
built by him on to the church, the endow
ment including the Temple Lands of Bal-
cormo, the Temple Lands on the south side
of Lundin Orchard, and a Rig of Temple
Lands in the Persflat of Lundin. — [Retours,
ii, 34; Reg. Great Seal, in, 78, 6th April
1593.]
ALEXANDER WOOD, M.A., second
son of Sir Andrew Wood of Largo,
of Naval fame, and his wife, Eliza
beth Lundin; was vicar in 1550; dem. in
1576, and died in 1592; was also vicar-
pensionary of North Berwick. Marr. Eliza
beth Creichton, widow of William Dishing-
ton, friar of Ardross, who was killed at the
Battle of Pinkie; his natural daugh., Alison,
marr. Alexander Carrick, burgess of North
Berwick, brother of Thomas C., burgess of
the same— contract 10th May 1559; in 1550
he and Margaret Home, prioress of North
Berwick, were replegiated by the official of
St Andrews "to underly the law for way
laying and murderously assaulting Alex
ander Oliphant of Kellie," that is, taken
out of the hands of the criminal authorities
under pledge that they would be tried by
the ecclesiastical courts, on the ground that
they were ecclesiastics. The quarrel evi
dently concerned the lands of Grange,
which Alexander Wood acquired from the
nuns of North Berwick in 1560. — [East
Neuk of Fife, 72, 183, 184, 215, 238, 259;
Reg. Great Seal, 24th April and 31st May
1565; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 41; Carte
Monialuni de Northbervie, 75.]
JAMES WOOD, was of Coulston; was
1576 reader in 1 568, and as such was pres.
to vicarage 1st April 1576, in succes
sion to Mr Alexander Wood. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife, etc.; Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 41.]
ANDREW MONCRIEFF, min. at
1588
Kilconquhar; had also charge here,
1588.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
JOHN AUCHENLECK, had issue—
., Mr Thomas, Mr James; Grizel (2);
Barbara (3), Janet.— [Deeds, Mack,
1704, Nos. 580, 1446.]
DUNCAN MACMICHAEL, died 29th
Nov. 1943; his wife, Mary Elizabeth
Wishart, died 14th April 1934; his
son, Neil, M.B., Ch.B.
LARGOWARD
The church was opened for worship in
Sept. 1835.
GEORGE WHITE, dem. 31st Oct.
1916 1948.
LEUCHARS
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 4th Sept. 1244. In modern times
the site of the Chapel of St Bonoc was
occupied by the parish school. There was
a well of the same name. Our Lady Well
was on the north-east side of the village.
According to tradition there was a chapel
on the east side of the road opposite Ardit
House; and there were at East Dron a
chapel and burying ground. Sir Thomas
Wemyss was chaplain of the chaplainry of
St Bonit (Bonoc) 3rd May 1586.— [Reg.
Sec. Seal]
SIR ROBERT OGILVY, vicar 30th
April 1566; was in office 29th April
1548; died before 25th Feb. 1576-7.
— [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 220; Reg. Pres.
Bene., 25th Feb. 1576-7.]
1576
ROBERT ARTHUR, reader here, pres.
t0 vicaraSe 25th Feb- 1576-7> vac-
by death of Mr Robert Ogilvy. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene.}
ANDREW ALLANE, M.A., pres. to
1568 vicarage 20th Dec. 1586 in sucession
to Robert Arthur; still in office 8th
July 1600.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, liv, 161; Reg.
Kirk Sess. of St Andrews, 940.]
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LEUCHARS— NEWPORT, ST THOMAS
[PRESB. OF
DAVID INGLIS, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 26th May 1587, vac. by
deprivation of Robert Arthur by the
Provincial Assembly for certain offences
and crimes. — [Reg. Sec. Seal.]
ROBERT LUNDIE, deprived 21st Aug.
1689; his son, Charles, apprenticed
to James Peacock, periwig-maker,
Edinburgh, 24th Oct. 1705.— [Reg. ofEdin.
Apprentices.}
JAMES ROBERTSON, his daugh.,
Jean, died at Edinburgh 9th June
1794.
1706
WILLIAM LARNACH TENNYSON
LEVACK, his son, John Grant,
M.A., B.D., ord. to Dornoch 12th
March 1936, and marr. Oct. 29th 1936 Jessie
Fairley, daugh. of Walter M. Paterson,
min. of West Church, Garelochhead.
1924
WILLIAM BORTHWICK, trans, from
Huntly (q.v.} and adm. 9th April
1924; his daughs. — Margaret Janet
(marr. 27th Dec. 1939 Alistair Gilbert
Steven Rae, M.A., min. of Craigmillar
Castle Church, Edinburgh, son of late
Alexander Steven Rae, Southampton, and
Charlotte Crowe); Elizabeth died 26th July
1922.
NEWBURN
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 15th July 1243. It was rebuilt by
James Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews
1522-39, and its ruins stand at the south
side of the road near Little Dumbarnie.
The existing church was built in 1815. At
Balchristie there was a Chapel of the
Culdees belonging to Serf's Priory, Loch-
leven. The town of Balchristie was given
to Serf's Priory by King Malcolm and
Queen Margaret 1070-93. Old foundations
dug up in the last decade of the 1 8th cen
tury by the proprietor of Balchristie near
the west wall of his garden may have been
those of the chapel. In the New Statistical
Account Rev. Dr Laurie states that the
ancient name of the parish was Drumaldry,
and that Newburn was subsequently
adopted; and in a bequest by John Wood
of Orkie in 1659 for a free grammar school
within the parish, and the maintenance of
several poor scholars, the designation is
"the parish of Drumalry alias Newburn."
The name Newburn, however, is found
applied to both the parish and the church
in the 12th century and the 13th; and at
subsequent dates up to the Reformation,
and thereafter to the present time, whereas
Drumaldry is applied to lands in "the
parish of Newburn. " In or shortly before
the closing year of his reign (1153) David I
granted the town of Nithbren with its
appendages to Dunfermline Abbey. This
was confirmed by Bull of Pope Alexander
III on 5th June 1163, and Bull of Pope
Lucius on 28th April 1182, each of which
included not merely the town but also the
Church of Nithbren. It would appear,
therefore, that the church was built be
tween the date of David I's charter and
1163, or it may have been in existence at
an earlier period and have been granted to
the Abbey by an unrecorded charter prior
to 1163. It was rebuilt by James Beaton,
Archbishop of St Andrews 1524-39.—
[Reg. Great Seal, iv, 1469, 1477, 1608; Reg.
ofDunf., 8, 33, 52, 55-7, 59, 63, 154, 156,
387, 428; Reg. of Arbroath, Vetus, 234;
Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., i, 6; Reg. Priory
of St Andrews, 115.]
DAVID BAXTER, reader, 5th Aug.
1574 1574. — [Book of Assumptions.}
JAMES MITCHELL, son of James M.
1787 in Burrance.
1880
GEORGE GEEKIE, his widow, Anna
Mary McEwan, died 18th April
1947; his daughs. — Margaret Mann,
died at Leven 23rd Jan. 1926; Janet Craw
ford Anderson, died at Wakefield 26th
Aug. 1941.
WILLIAM NEIL, dem. 15th May
1914 1943.
NEWPORT, ST THOMAS
DONALD MACGREGOR GRANT,
1920 trans, to Rhu 16th Oct. 1924.
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1925
JOHN SIMPSON MUTCH, trans, from
Arbuthnott (#.v.) 18th May 1925.
Issue — Margaret Helen, born 6th
March 1923; a daugh., born and died 15th
Oct. 1926; Alexander James, born 28th
March 1929.
PITTENWEEM
Up to 1588 no church existed; but some
kind of place of worship had been secured,
for in 1588 William Scott of Abbotshall, in
giving the community a grant of the west
portion of the priory buildings, to provide
a "decent, honest, and comely kirk," set
forth that "the house which they have coft,
ordered, and plenished at their great ex
pense, and which presently serves them for
a kirk, cannot conveniently be enlarged,
having rather the form of a private house
than of a kirk. ' ' The church, however, was
ultimately built on the north side of the
priory settlement, near the site of the
Priory Church. The tower of 1588 still
remains, but the rest of the church is
virtually modern, having been completely
restored. The Well of Mary Magdalene
was near the churchyard, and that might
indicate that to her the priory was dedi
cated. At the north-west corner of the
priory buildings stood the Lady Chapel.
Hence the names of Mary Gate and Lady
Wynd.
By deed of gift of 30th June 1589, which
bears that the church had lately been
erected into a parish church, King James
VI granted to Mr Nicol Dalgleish, min. of
the church, and his successors in office
certain quantities of victual and salt; and
by signature under his hand (16th Aug.
1611) the same monarch "ratified and
approved the erection of the said Kirk into
ane paroche kirk and sua ratified in the
preceding Parliament." But by the negli
gence of those entrusted with the manage
ment of the town's affairs the said Act of
Erection was amissing, and "be the lyk
slaknes of thes quha wer imployit thairine"
the said signature "was never prosecute
nor exped. ' ' Accordingly by Act of 28th
June 1633 Parliament anew erected and
reconstituted the said church into a parish
church, and dissolved from West An-
struther parish the Burgh of Pittenweem
between Anstruther West on the east, the
lands of St Monans and Abercromby on
the west, and the lands of Balcaskie and
Grangemuir on the north, except 80 acres
of the feuars of Anstruther and Myltoune
be east of the march stones in the parish
of West Anstruther. At the same time
Parliament ratified a bond of security by
Alexander, Lord Fenton, to the Bailies and
Council of Pittenweem for 400 and 500
merks Scots respective out of the parsonage
and vicarage of the Lordship of Pittenweem
of date 6th June 1632, and also a contract
of 12th July 1632 between the Bailies and
Council of Pittenweem and the min., Rev.
John Melville, by which they provided him
and his successors in office a yearly duty of
120 merks Scots from the maills, customs,
and common good of the Burgh. — [Acts
Scott. Parl, v, 142; East Neuk of Fife, 301,
302, 303, 304; Rep. Royal Commission on
Ancient Monuments, Fife, 224; Reg. Mag.
Sig., 21st and 24th May 1593, 3rd Aug.
1592.]
WILLIAM CLERK, min. at Aber-
1583
1583
1586
crombie, Anstruther, Kilrenny, also
in charge here at his death in 1583
and almost certainly a good many years
prior thereto.— [East Neuk of Fife, 300.]
ROBERT WOOD, min. Anstruther,
had also charge here 1583-6. — [East
Neuk of Fife, 301.]
JAMES MELVILLE, min. Anstruther;
min. here also 1586-9.— [East Neuk
of Fife, 301.]
NICOL DALGLEISH, on his admission
I589 in 1589, by letters of provision
issued by James VI, there was settled
on him and his successors in office a yearly
stipend out of the funds of the priory and
the old assumption of the third thereof, in
part money, in part victual, ultimately con
verted into a money payment of £300
Scots.— [East Neuk of Fife, 301; Reg. of
Inhibitions, i, 18.]
EPHRAIM MELVILLE, his daugh.,
Christian (marr. William Lamb,
Skipper in Kirkcaldy).
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PITTENWEEM— ST ANDREWS
[PRESB. OF
JAMES NAIRNE, his son, John, R.N.,
1776
fought under Nelson at the Battle
of Copenhagen, and was the father
of Rev. Spencer Nairne, rector of Lutton
in Herefordshire, who, by his wife, a daugh.
of Lord Curriehill, Scottish Lord of Ses
sion, had — Rev. Alexander Nairne, D.D.
(St Andrews), Regius Prof, of Divinity at
Cambridge Univ., and Canon of St
George's Chapel, Windsor.
JAMES GRAHAM GOODALL, died
1893 at Edinburgh 24th Oct. 1931.
ST ANDREWS
The following seven churches are said to
have existed in St Andrews at an early date
— St Regulus, St Aneglas the Deacon, St
Michael the Archangel, St Mary the Virgin,
St Damianus, St Brigid the Virgin, St
Muren the Virgin.
The College of St Salvator and the Col
legiate Church of St Salvator, one and the
same foundation, was founded by James
Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews, confirma
tion being granted by Pope Nicholas V on
5th Feb. 1451-2. The foundation was for
thirteen persons "after the number of
Apostles, ' ' the first of whom was to be the
Provost and S.T.M., the second to be a
Licentiate of Theology by examination, the
third to be a completed Bachelor of Theo
logy, four of the rest to be M.A. and priests,
and the remaining six to be poor clerks. To
the foundation were granted the Churches
of Kilmany, Cults, Kemback and Dunino,
all prebends. Cults was assigned to the
Provost and Kemback to the Licentiate.
By Bull of 4th April 1458 Pope Pius II con
firmed the reformation of the statutes and
foundation anew of the college and church
by Bishop Kennedy; and on 4th Dec. 1460
the same Pope granted indulgence to all
visiting and contributing for the completion
of the buildings and ornaments of the
church and its fortification, "that it may
be safe from the attack of its enemies."
The foundation was then described as for
thirteen masters, scholars studying theo
logy, and certain chaplains. Other pre
bends included Balbithie and Pitmilly for
one chaplain; "the parsonage called of old
Chalmoure's Chaplainry, " being the rec
tory of Kinnell Church; the vicarage of the
Church of Cranston, and the lands of
Balgonar, Saline, for two Chaplains,
granted by the King as tutor of his brother,
the Earl of Mar, on 28th April 1464, and
confirmed by Crown Charter on the follow
ing day. Altars in the church were — St
Mary, probably the Virgin; Holy Spirit;
St Olave the Martyr; St Olave and St John
the Baptist; St Catherine in St Catherine's
Aisle; St John; and St Michael, at which
on 10th April 1528 Gavin Dunbar, Bishop
of Aberdeen, in accordance with the last
will and testament of Edward Stewart,
Bishop of Orkney, founded in honour of
the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary, St
Michael, and All Saints, three perpetual
chaplains for the souls of the said Bishop
Edward and of John, Bishop of Orkney.
On 28th Jan. 1475-6 James III confirmed
a charter of John Thorn, Rector of In-
verarity, founding two chaplainries in the
church in honour of the Holy Trinity and
St John the Evangelist. In a Templar writ
of 10th July 1547 mention is made of a
chaplainry of St John and St Coill in St
Salvator 's. Coill appears to be a mutilated
form of the name of a saint. St Salvator 's
was burned in 1546 by Norman Leslie and
his accomplices.
There was a chapel dedicated to St Anne,
with houses, enclosure, well and garden,
situated in the North Street. The Chapel of
"Sanct Gormos, " whose chaplain, Sir
John Stephen, was summoned by the
superintendents on 25th Oct. 1564 for
ministering the Sacraments, and solemnis
ing marriages in "Papisticall fashion,"
may be the Chapel of St Cormac.
ST ANDREWS
FIRST CHARGE
The Kirk-heugh may have been the site
of the monastery founded by St Cainnech,
a friend of St Columba, in the latter part
of the 4th century; and of that monastery,
it is said, Tuathalan, who died in 747, was
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Abbot. Skene's statement is that St Cain-
nech appears to have founded a Redes or
monastery at a place in East Fife called
Rig-Monadh or Royal Mount, which after
wards became celebrated as the site where
the Church of St Andrews was built, and
as giving to that church its Gaelic name of
Kilrimont. Professor Watson regards
Redes as a " cell " or * * oratory, ' ' and holds
the view that the interpretation is that in
Cell Rigmonaid, i.e. in the Church of St
Andrews, there was an oratory or chapel
named in honour of St Cainnach. The
Blackfriars' monastery in South Street was
founded by Bishop Wishart 1272-9. Per
mission to build the aisle, which still exists,
was given by Archbishop James Beaton in
1529. The body of Cardinal Beaton,
brought from the Bottle Dungeon in the
Castle, was interred in the monastery. To
the monastery there was annexed, appa
rently in the first half of the 16th century,
a hospital for "brethren" or "brothers"
(monks, friars, priests) afflicted with
leprosy. Situated near St Andrews, on the
shore of the East Sands, the hospital was
in existence in the second half of the 1 2th
century, and was dedicated to St Nicholas.
Following the annexation, James V, on
22nd April 1 540, granted to the monastery
a confirmation charter of the endowments
of the hospital — the right to have a wagon
for fuel from the king's moss at Crail for
the use of the house, granted by King
William the Lion; two bovates of land in
Polagwin, with pasture of 20 animals
(cattle, sheep) and 6 horses, granted by
Hugh GifTord about 1178; land of Putekin,
granted before 1188 by Roger, Bishop-
Elect of St Andrews; relief of rights and
services due to the king in respect of a
ploughgate of land which the hospital held,
granted by Alexander II, 1214-49; a toft
and croft in Lundin, which John Melville
had held, an acre of land on the west side
of Gamell hill, and common pasture for
40 sheep, 6 oxen, and 3 horses and a sow
with six porklings, granted, probably about
1220, by Thomas de Lundin, grandson of
Philip de Lundin, and probably son of
Walter de Lundin who succeeded his father,
Philip. The Convents of St Monance and
2G
Cupar were also annexed to the monastery.
In 1 546 the church of the monastery was
burned by Norman Leslie, Friar of Rothes,
and his "accomplices," of whom the
following are given as escheated in 1547 —
Mr Andrew Whitelaw, parson of Aberdour
(Aberdeenshire), who died in the latter
year; John Leslie; Mr Henry Balnavis of
Halhill and his wife, Christina Scheves;
James Kirkcaldy of Grange; John Kirk-
caldy of Firthfield; Peter Carmichael of
Balmedie; and John Carmichael, his
brother. They had joined Leslie both in
his deeds at the Castle, and also ' ' in burn
ing Sanct Salvatoris College, and the Blak
and Gray Freris Kirkis, " variations with
regard to the kirkis being "burning and
destruction of the Kirkis of the Gray and
Blak Friaris," and the "destruction and
douncasting of the Blak and Gray Friaris."
According to Father Hay, the Greyfriars'
monastery was founded by Bishop Kennedy
of St Andrews in 1458; and on 21st Dec.
1479 James III confirmed to the friars the
site of the place pertaining to them, and
the ground and lands lying there, given by
Bishop Kennedy and his successor, Bishop
Graham. As already stated, the church of
the monastery was burned in 1546. The
well of the settlement is at No. 4 Greyfriars
Gardens. It may be noted that on 29th
March 1466 Pope Paul II gave a mandate
to the official of St Andrews to the follow
ing effect: "The recent petition of the vicar
and friars of the Order of Friars Minor of
Scotland contained that the late Henry,
Bishop of St Andrews, granted to them the
place of Bertheon in the diocese of St
Andrews, after which the said friars had a
house with a Church and other necessary
offices built in the said place, and have
therein more than 40 years served the Most
High. At their petition to the Pope to con
firm the said grant, and to grant that they
may receive the said house anew, and to
absolve from excommunication those of
them who received it without papal licence,
and have inhabited it, etc., the Pope hereby
orders the above official to absolve all those
friars who received the said house, and also
those who have inhabited it, as above,
enjoining a salutary penance, etc.; dispense
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ST ANDREWS
[PRESB. OF
them on account of irregularity contracted,
if any, and rehabilitate them, and, more
over, if they find that the said grant was
lawful, to approve and confirm it and its
consequences by papal authority. In the
event of such approbation and confirma
tion the Pope grants to the said vicar and
friars indult to receive the said house anew
for their use (and) habitation." Obviously
the mandate imparts fresh information
about one of the Greyfriars ' settlements in
the Diocese of St Andrews; but the descrip
tion of the locality of that settlement does
not suffice for identification.
The Hospital of St Andrews for poor
pilgrims was a Culdee institution, and,
passing to the Bishopric, it was granted to
the Priory of St Andrews by Bishop Robert
in his foundation charter of the priory in
1144. The endowments of the hospital
included a ploughgate of land in Chatalach
or Cathelai, granted by Simon, son of
Michael, and confirmed by Simon's son,
Alan, and Kings Malcolm IV and William
the Lion; lands of Kenlakin, one portion
of what belonged to the Altars of St An
drews, and a half of the Bishop's cane
(customs or rents paid in kind) of the
Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, and a
whole tenth of the Bishop's cane from
Bladebolg, granted by David I; the right
for the cattle of the hospital to have com-
monty in the pasture of the prior and con
vent, granted by Malcolm IV; the lands of
Petmulin which Malisius held, and land at
Crail which was occupied by Radulf of
Aluerbas, granted by Countess Ada,
mother of Malcolm IV and William the
Lion; and the lands of Upper and Lower
Kinlochquay or Kinnochy. In 1158-9 the
' ' New Hospital ' ' is mentioned in a charter
of Bishop Arnold; and in a confirmation
charter of King William the Lion in
1165-70 both the hospital and the "New
Hospital" occur. In the time of Bishop de
Bernham, 1239-53, there appears the Hos
pital of St Leonard which with its depen
dent "grange of Kellakin" is also included
among the possessions of the priory in a
Bull granted to the priory in 1243-54 by
Pope Innocent IV. There are indications
that the ' ' New Hospital ' ' and St Leonard 's
Hospital were identical. In any case the
Hospital of St Andrews came to be asso
ciated with St Leonard. As time passed,
pilgrims ceased to frequent the hospital,
which in consequence was converted into a
residence for aged women. These, however,
proved disappointing in that they displayed
little or nothing of good fruits in life and
conduct, and on 15th Feb. 1512-13 Prior
John Hepburn and Archbishop Alexander
Stewart joined the hospital and its lands,
teinds, and annual rents to the Church of
St Leonard, and converted the hospital and
church, "newly built in a proper manner
at the expense of the Church of St An
drews," into a college to be named "The
College of the Poor Clerks of the Church
of St Andrews" — St Leonard's College.
In a charter of Simon, son of Simon of
Kyner, in or before 1250, there is men
tioned land at St Andrews called the "acre
of the brothers of St Lazarus. ' ' That may
indicate a house of that name at St An
drews; but there is no information on the
matter.
In Theiner's Vetera Monumenta, the
Register of the Priory of St Andrews, and
Balfour's Collection of Charters, there are
various writs which throw light upon the
struggle between the provost and canons
of St Mary's Church of the Kirkheugh and
the Prior and Convent of St Andrews,
which ended about the beginning of the
14th century in the subjugation of St
Mary's to the contention of the prior and
convent that in the direction and manage
ment of St Mary 's they had the precedency
and superiority. As Chapel Royal, St
Mary's gave place to Restalrig before
1486-7, when in the Exchequer Rolls there
occurs a payment for slates ' ' for the King's
Chapel near the Parish Church of Restal
rig"; but the designation continued to be
applied to St Mary's. On 2nd May 1501,
when the Chapel Royal at Stirling was
erected by James IV into a collegiate
church, it was decerned that the Provostry
of St Mary 's be the deanery of the church,
and that the provost as dean preside over
the people in the church, and have the cure
of the souls of the king and his household.
But by a rescript of 3rd July 1504, Pope
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467
Julius II restricted the provost to his former
function, and confirmed the office of Dean
to the Bishop of Whithorn (Galloway).
The prebends of St Mary 's were — Church
of Strabrok (Uphall); Church of Fetteresso;
Church of Arbuthnot; Church of Dysart;
Church of Ceres, attached to the Altar of
St Ninian; Church of Benholme; Kinkell;
Kingask; Dura; Idwie; Kinglassie (St
Andrews); 10 merks of the lands of
Kinaldie and Kernes; Lammalethin and
Kyninnes (formerly Carnegour), described
in dr. 1290 as Lethin and Kyninnis when
William Comyn, provost, confirmed a
charter of Adam de Malkirwistun, who
was provost in 1250, granting the land to
John, son of William of Lambere, the
name Lambere evidently explaining the
later designation Lammalethin; Kernes and
Cameron. Lands acknowledged about the
close of the 12th century by Gilbert, Prior
of St Andrews, as belonging to St Mary's
"without question" were — Kingask, Kin
kell with Petsforgin, Petkennin, Lethem
with Kininnis, Kermes with Camberum.
Manifestly those lands, and probably most,
if not all, of the other lands comprising the
prebends, belonged to the church as the
Culdee Monastery. By Act of Parliament
of 1621 the provostry of the Kirkheugh,
exclusive of the six churches, was annexed
to the Archbishopric of St Andrews. It may
be noted that the Provost of St Mary's had
a seat in Parliament on 3rd Feb. 1489-90.
The Chapel of St Peter was situated near
the shore and the road leading to the
Castle; and on the shore at Kinkell, east of
St Andrews, there was a Chapel of St Ann,
built, it is said, by Kellack, Bishop of St
Andrews about 875.
At St Andrews there was an altar dedi
cated to St Eloy (Eligius, Eloi, Loye),
apparently in the parish church. "Trinity
bred ' ' in the same church, at which James
IV made an offering of 14 sh. in 1497, may
denote that there was there a subsidiary
altar dedicated to the Holy Trinity. At the
west port there was a chapel dedicated to
St Ninian, demolished before 3rd Oct. 1562.
About 1178 the priory was designated the
* * Church of St Andrew the Apostle, ' ' and
in 1202 it was called the "Church of the
Blessed St Andrew."— [Lord High Trea
surer's Aces., i, 332, 333; Nicol Thounis'
Prot. Bk., No. 100; Cal. of Charters, i, 7,
16; Chronicle ofPicts and Scots, 187; Misc.
Spalding Club, 25-7, 75; St Andrews Kirk
Session, 227; Reg. Mag. Sig., ii, 793, 794,
1039, 1157, 1221, 1434, 1444, 2132, 2601,
2850, 2971, 3812, iii, 2132, iv, 2498, v, 883,
1825, 1909, vi, 533, 1450, vii, 1434; Reg.
Sec. Seal, ii, 1694, 4550, iii, 198, 660, 661,
700, 1343, 1716, 1884, 2248, 2345, 2354,
2363, 2381, 2472, 2485, 2515, 2575, 2683,
2817; Laing Charters, 15, 348, 943; Acts
Scott. Parl., ii, 216a, iv, 634; Reg. Priory of
St And., pref. xxxvii, 53, 56, 103, 122-3,
127, 133, 144-7, 150, 189-91, 193-5, 208,
209, 210-11, 212, 213-16, 233, 281, 292,
318-19, 407; Cal. Papal Reg., Letters, i,
293, 578, ii, 60-1, 72, 301, iii, 150, ix, 83,
x, 88, 400, xi, 371, 417, xii, 538-9; Petitions,
i, 52, 634; Excheq. Rolls, ix, 540; Skene's
Celtic Scot., ii, 137; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 276-7; Theiner, 59-60, 383-5,
428-9, Note; Cal. Supplic. Rel. to Scot., 96,
S.H.S.; Bryce's Grey friars of Scot., ii, 175;
Hist, of Chapel Royal of Stirling, pref.
xxxiii, Register, 15, 18; Retours E., 149;
Sibbald's Hist, of Fife, 348, Ed. 1803;
Fleming's Guide to St Andrews, 13-14, 1 10.]
ADAM HERIOT, the Christian Re-
formed Church and congregation of
the City of St Andrews was in
existence before 16th March 1559, with
him as min. and twelve elders and eight
deacons. On 2nd June 1565 he conveyed
to Patrick Lermont of Dairsie, Kt., Provost
of St Andrews, the tenement belonging to
the vicarage with the teinds of fish and
herring taken by hook and net by fishers
within the parish for 10 merks Scots
annually, on the ground "that by the
change of religion the fruits and profits of
all vicarages and of his own vicarage had
been reduced within narrow, over-meagre
bounds"; of him it is recorded that he was
"greatly beloved of the citizens for his
humane and courteous conversation, and
of the poorer sort much lamented, to whom
he was in his life very beneficent." — [Cal.
of Charters, ix, 1993; Reg. Kirk Sess. of St
Andrews, 2, 3 and n, 45, 47.]
468
ST ANDREWS
[PRESB. OF
1566
CHRISTOPHER GOODMAN, min.
ie,n app. July 1560.— [Kirk Session Re
cord, 3n.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, seventh son of
Gavin H. of Orbieston and Marion
Wallace; educ. at St Andrews Univ.
1552. Marr. Elizabeth (Elspeth) Traill.-—
[Acts and Dec., 1, 255.]
THOMAS WOOD, reader, pres. to
vicarage on death of Adam Heriot
24th March 1574-5, but John Win-
ram, superintendent, refused to admit him
and on 21st May 1575 was charged by the
Privy Council to do so; was one of the
Convent of Lindores, and joined the
Reformers in 1562; the Scottish Psalter,
still in MS., suggested by the Prior of St
Andrews, afterwards Regent Moray, was
carried through by Wood, the harmonising
being the work of David Peebles, one of
the canons of St Andrews; died probably
in 1592.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.; Reg. of Deeds,
Pt. 2, 415-17; Reg. Kirk Sess. of St An
drews, 121 n, 40/7, S.H.S.]
GEORGE BLACK was one of the
deacons of St Andrews Reformed
Church and congregation consti
tuted before 16th March 1559-60 and
continued to serve as such at least till 1584;
he was reader before 31st May 1564,
designated exhorter 27th Sept. 1580 and
reader 14th March 1581, llth April 1582,
and 27th Feb. 1582-3; during the vacancy
in the ministry 1 58 \-^ he " ministered ' ' the
Sacraments and performed marriages. —
[Reg. of St Andrews Kirk Session, 1-3,
Ixvii, 35, 45, 47, 75, 78, 197, 450, 473, 478,
488«, 500, 512.]
ROBERT PONT, it is doubtful if he
was actually min. at St Andrews;
the church was vacant on 7th June
1581; on 30th Oct. 1581 representatives
were appointed to see the Earl of March,
Commendator of Pittenweem, regarding
provision of a stipend for Mr Robert Pont,
"whom the Session thinks meet to be
minister of this parish"; on 20th Dec. 1581
it was intimated that the Town Council was
to meet next day to appoint a representa
tive to take the Council's letter to Edin-
1579
burgh to Mr Robert Pont to be pastor, that
they may know his attitude; a min. was
mentioned, but not by name, on 14th
March 1581-2. On 9th May 1582 repre
sentatives were again appointed to confer
with the Earl of March ' ' for gude ordour
to be taken for Mr Robert Pont, minister,
for his stipend, that he may be hastit to
cum name." On 12th April 1582 he was a
member of Edinburgh Presbytery. On 31st
Oct. 1582 the charge was without a min.,
and in April 1583 he intimated to the
Assembly that "he had proponit to sitt
down in St Andrews, and had served on
his own chairges a whole year, but had left
through lack of provision of stipend, ' ' and
he prayed the kirk * ' not to lay the Charge
upon him against his will"; apparently,
therefore, he served at the most only part
of a year at St Andrews, and was never
actually settled as min. During the vacancy
George Black, reader and exhorter, and
Thomas Wood, reader, carried out such
duties as were open to them, and teaching
was overtaken by James and Andrew Mel
ville, and Patrick Adamson, Archbishop of
St Andrews. It was suggested that the Earl
of March deliberately prolonged the
vacancy that he might have the stipend for
his own personal use. — [Reg. ofSt Andrews
Kirk Session, Ixvii, 453, 460, 461, 463, 473,
481, 488«; Booke of the Universal Kirk, 574,
620.]
JOHN RUTHERFORD, his father was
1584 also min. of Cults (q.v.).
1639
ROBERT BLAIR. Issue bapt. as
follows— Samuel, 20th June 1640;
John, 19th June 1642; Andrew, 29th
July 1644; Hugh, 6th Feb. 1652; Katherine,
27th April 1654.— [St Andrews Reg.; G. R.
Sas., 2 Ser., v, 352, viii, 44.]
WILLIAM MOORE, was Archdeacon
of St Andrews 29th Feb. 1667.—
1664
[St Andrews Reg.]
ANDREW BRUCE, was Archdeacon
1673 of St Andrews 7th March 1674.
JOHN ANDERSON, called by the
whole session which resolved to that
1699 effect on 6th June 1698.
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WILLIAM HARDIE, his daugh.,
Catherine, bapt. 4th Dec. 1703; his
son, William, apprenticed to Dun
can Campbell, merchant, Edinburgh, 15th
June 1711.
ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON
1865
BOYD, his daugh., Agnes Mary,
died at Hatfield, Perveral, Essex, 1st
March 1935.
1899
PATRICK MACDONALD PLAY-
FAIR, his widow, Eliza Anna
Walker, died 25th March 1946.
ALEXANDER SLATER DUNLOP,
2 trans, from Second Charge 16th
April 1925; awarded Norwegian
Freedom Medal 1947; dem. 30th Sept.
1947.
SECOND CHARGE
JAMES WOOD, formerly min. of
Dunino; at a meeting of the Kirk
Session on 16th April 1646, Mr
Blair "motioned" that Mr James Wood,
4 'now ane of the Masters of the New
College, ' ' be appointed ' ' ane helper to our
ministerie pair in yes toune" having
* ' willingie consented " to be the same, and
the Session approved "with on voyce"; he
was adm. 7th May 1646; became Provost
of St Salvator's in 1657.— [Reg. of St
Andrews, Sec. Vol., vii, 411.]
ROBERT HONEYMAN, his daughs.—
1681 N^cnolas' bapt. 29th May 1653;
Margaret (marr. Robert White,
merchant, Dundee); Mary. — [St Andrews
JOHN INNES, reader, 1687. Marr.
Grissel Kerr, and had a child bapt.
25th Dec. 1687— [St Andrews Reg.]
1687
JOHN WOOD, M.A., his son, Patrick,
1686 bapt 13th April 1688-— [^ Andrews
Reg.}
ALEXANDER SHIELDS, in the Kirk
1697 Session Records of 4th Aug. 1701
there is a copy of a letter by him to
the Session, dated from the Rising Sun,
2G*
Caledonia Bay, 2nd Feb. 1700. After per
sonal references he recounts the "wicked
society of monsters" he was thrust in
among during the voyage, and how near he
was brought to the gates of death by a long
and severe fever which raged among them
all the voyage, which few escaped, and
whereby about 1 50 persons were cut off by
death besides what had died since; their
arrival on 30th Nov. 1699, and their sad
disappointment in finding the colony
deserted instead of the comfortable settle
ment that they had expected, nothing being
left but a howling wilderness with all the
circumstances of impassable woods and
vast desolations never frequented by man
kind, and dangers and difficulties: a land
pleasant, fruitful, rich, if only they had the
means to subdue it, and the skill to improve
it; no shelter except the ships, or under
trees, or little huts made by tree branches;
no provisions except what had been brought
from Scotland, and these now musty,
rotten, old, salt, and near to exhaustion,
which, if it occurred, would mean the
break-up of the colony. However, in spite
of the discouragements, difficulties, and
apparent hopelessness of the situation,
mindful of the promises that he had made
at home, and in dependence upon God, he
would stay on till it was seen what would
become of the colony, and "some weak
endeavours be made to lay the foundations
of a Church"; he would return home with
all expedition as soon as his "year was
out," or sooner if the colony broke up
because of the lack of provisions. — [St
Andrews Reg.]
WILLIAM KENNETH GRANT,
1916 trans to Cavers 3rd June 1924.
ALEXANDER SLATER DUNLOP,
trans, from Luss (q.v.) 9th Oct. 1924;
adm. to First Charge 16th April
1925.
JOHN WILSON BAIRD, born 29th
March 1891 at Mauchline, son of
William B., min. U.P. Church,
Mauchline, and Caroline Henderson Rollo;
educ. at Mauchline School, Kilmarnock
Academy, and Glasgow Univ., M.A.
470
ST ANDREWS— WORMIT [PRESB. OF ST ANDREWS
(1913); lie. by Presb. of Glasgow 31st
March 1920; assistant, Inveresk Parish
Church 1920-3; ord. to Kirkgunzeon 8th
June 1923; trans, and adm. 3rd Sept. 1925;
trans, to St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen,
24th March 1934; D.D. (Glasgow 1946).
Marr. 18th Oct. 1923 Elizabeth Watson,
daugh. of William Smith, Governor of
Mossbank Industrial School, with issue —
Elizabeth Caroline, born 6th May 1925;
John Wilson, born 31st May 1929.
THIRD CHARGE
ROBERT YULE, M.A., pres. to
1592
vicarage 25th Oct. 1592, vac. by
death of Thomas Wood. On 2nd
Nov. following he produced to the Presby
tery two Presentations, and desired to be
adm. as (1) reader, (2) min., and on 16th
Nov. he was adm. reader and to use the
gift of exhortation; and on 23rd Nov. he
was ord. "as Reader to solemnize the
banns of manage"; on 5th Oct. 1603 he
was chosen moderator because he was a
Presbyter, but declined to accept office; it
seems that his status was that of exhorter.
— [Reg. Sec. Seal, 25th Oct. 1592; Reg.
Kirk Sess.]
ST LEONARDS
ROBERT WILFRID WALLACE, died
8 5th Nov. 1932; his widow, Mary
Josephine, died 2nd June 1946.
STRATHKINNES
WALTER MACLEOD, died 26th April
1897
1935; his wife, Isabel Forgan Arthur,
died 17th Oct. 1932.
WORMIT
HARRY LEGGATT, dem. 30th July
1917
1923; adm. to Corgarff 16th Feb.
1928.
ROBERT MORRIS, trans, to St
Enoch's, Hogganfield, Glasgow,
31st Jan. 1933. Issue— Barbara
Monica, born 19th Oct. 1924; Margaret
Simpson, born 18th Feb. 1928; Colin
McKenzie, born 21st Aug. 1933.
SYNOD OF
ANGUS AND MEARNS
PRESBYTERY OF MEIGLE
AIRLIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 27th Aug. 1242. At Baikie
there was a chapel dedicated to St John the
Baptist. On 26th Feb. 1361-2 David II
confirmed a charter by William Fenton of
Baikie, granting the lands of Kinrosse
(Lunross) to the chaplain celebrating in the
chapel.
WILLIAM WILSON, D.D. (Glasgow,
_ June 1926); adm. to united Charge
2nd Feb. 1931; dem. 14th Oct. 1931;
died at Coatbridge 4th Nov. 1936.
ALYTH
The church was erected a Prebend of
Dunkeld by Bishop Thomas Lauder 1452-
76. In 1727 the church was described as
49£ feet broad, 50 in length, "abstracting
from the quire, ' ' and ' ' stands on two rows
of pillars," and at the close of the 18th
century as "an old Gothic building." On
the north side of the churchyard there was
a chapel dedicated to St Ninian, to which
were attached the lands of Balwhyn. There
was also a chapel at Inverqueich. — [Reg.
Great Seal, i, 126; iii, 494; Macfarlane's
Geograph. Colls., i, 266; Myln's Lives of the
Bishops of Dunkeld, 23-4; Re tours, xiv, 319;
Lockhart's Ch. in Scotland in \3th Century,
50-1.]
ROBERT GRAHAM, vicar 1561.—
1561 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JAMES SANDEMAN, reader 1567,
7th Jan. 1579-80.— [Edin. Tests., vi,
118; vii, 308.]
1567
LAURENCE DUNCAN, reader 1567
1567
and 1569.— [Comp s. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Perth, etc.]
JAMES GRAHAM, vicar in 1569.—
1569
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
DAVID GRAHAM, for "Graham"
1572 read "Ramsay"; see also Meigle.
THOMAS LUNDIE, his sons— Thomas,
1602
min. of Rattray; Robert, died before
1634; Robert, bapt. June 1634.
JOHN STEWART, son of James S.,
Commissary of Dunkeld, pres. to
the prebend of Alyth 9th Feb. 1 610
on death of James Graham.- — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., iv, 36.]
JOHN RATTRAY. Addl. issue— Alex-
1637 ander (second son).
JOHN LAWSON, died 1693; his only
daugh., Jean (marr. Mr Blair, ses
sion clerk).
1686
JOHN THOMSON, line 2, for "24th
1702 July 1690" read "23rd July 1697";
for
line 8, for "43" read "41"; line 15,
"transite nocte" read "tramsite
noctee." Addl. issue — Marjorie (marr.
Dec. 1737 George Scott in Borrington,
Kylse, Northumberland); Jean, died 1771;
George, bapt. Feb. 1719, died in infancy.
JOHN REID MACLAREN, his wife,
1886
Mary Jane Wylie, died 28th Oct.
1924; his son, William Richard,
D.S.C., chief engineer, Henderson Line,
died in Islay 10th July 1939.
471
472
ALYTH— BLAIRGOWRIE
[PRESB. OF
JAMES MEIKLE, dem. 12th Oct. 1932;
1897
died at Edinburgh 9th Feb. 1947;
his son, Robert, died Jan. not June.
Publications — The History of Alyth Parish
Church (1933); Places and Place Names
round Alyth (1925); The Seventeenth Century
Presb. of Meigle (Scottish Church Hist.
Society, 1934.)
ARDLER
DAVID ANTON MORRISON, Chap
lain to Forces, B.E.F., 1914; Senior
Chaplain, 9th Division, 1915, 55th
Division 1916-18; D.P.C., VI Corps,
1918-19; died at Dundee 12th Nov. 1948.
His wife, Agnes Richmond, died 2nd Dec.
1932; his son, Alexander Abercromby, ord.
Min. of Innerwick 20th July 1939; his
daugh., Jean Gemmell (marr. 19th Oct.
1940 Hugh Hamilton Maxwell); his son,
James, died 22nd Sept. 1925.
BENDOCHY
Originally the parish was made up of
two portions, the Lowland and the High
land, or the East and West. The Lowland
division was intersected by the river Ericht
in the north and the river Isla in the south,
and the Highland division, separated from
the Lowland by the parishes of Rattray and
Blairgowrie, consisted of two portions,
Persie and Cally, situated between the
Ardle and the Blackwater, and Drimmie,
separated from Persie and Cally by a
part of Blairgowrie. Probably that part of
Blairgowrie may have been "the town of
Persie (Parsyos) ' ' of old, belonged to the
Church of Blairgowrie, but by amicable
arrangement between the Abbots of Scone
and Cupar was transferred to Bendochy.
Before 1st July 1429 the arrangement was
amicably annulled, and "the town of
Persie ' ' reverted to Blairgowrie. The High
land division ultimately became part of the
parish of Persie, and the portion of the
Lowland division south of the Isla was
erected into the parish of Coupar Angus.
About 1214 the Church of Bendochy was
confirmed to Dunfermline Abbey by Hugh
de Sigillo, Bishop of Dunkeld. In a dispute
regarding Bendochy between Abbeys of
Dunfermline and Cupar, Pope Honorius
III decerned on 29th Oct. 1219 that the
Church of Bendochy be held off Dunferm
line Abbey by the Abbey of Cupar —
reddendo 2$ silver merks per annum. The
church was repaired in 1803 and again in
1842, when "the old grey slates" were
removed and were replaced by "blue
slates. ' ' Inside there is a Sacrament House,
defaced but still beautiful, having at the
foot the arms and initials of William Turn-
bull, Abbot of Cupar dr. 1506-26. Other
features are a pulpit of 17th-century
panelling and a series of sepulchral monu
ments about the early part of that century.
In the north part of the parish, beyond the
Ericht, there was a chapel dedicated to St
Fincana or Findoce, belonging to Cupar
Abbey. The saint is St Findeach the Virgin,
whose day is 13th Oct., Findoce being the
Latin form of Findeoch. The name sur
vives locally in St Fink or St Phink, the
designations of lands and a hill in that
region. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the
Chapel of Cally was situated at Monk's
Cally or Monkstown on the east side of
Glen Ardle, some distance above Bridge
of Cally, and also belonged to Cupar
Abbey. The churchyard attached to it was
still in use in the first half of the 19th cen
tury.— [Reg. of Cupar Abbey, ii, 207; Reg.
of Dunfermline, 76, 133-5; Reg. Great Seal,
vii, 1956; Cal. of Charters, ii, 279; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 286-7; Trans. Scott.
Eccles. Soc., ii, 1909, 301.] (See Coupar
Angus and Persie.)
1563
ROBERT DRYSDALE, reader 1563-72.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
etc.]
DAVID WHITE, M.A., min. in 1582.—
1582 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
JAMES STRACHAN BARTY, his
1829
daugh., Agnes Margaret, died at
Winnipeg 24th Aug. 1934.
BLAIRGOWRIE
The church, called the Church of Blair
in Gowrie, was confirmed to Cambus-
kenneth Abbey by Bull of Pope Innocent
III, 6th May 1207; and in or about 1215
MEIGLE]
BLAIRGOWRIE— COUPAR ANGUS
473
William, Bishop of St Andrews, granted to
the Abbey 100 sh. from the church, payable
by the parson. On the renunciation of the
Church of Kerinton (Carrington) by the
Abbey of Scone, William, Bishop of St
Andrews, on 12th Feb. 1356, granted to
Scone Abbey the Church of Blair in
Gowrie, the gift to take effect on the death
or demission of Sir John Lyill, parson of
Blair, 100 merks stg. being assigned by the
abbey for a perpetual vicar to minister at
Blair. The church was dedicated by Bishop
de Bernham 13th Sept. 1243.— [Book of
Scone, 130-3; Chart, of Cambuskenneth,
47-8, 65, 66.] (See Carrington.)
THOMAS CRUICKSHANK, min. at
1569
etc.]
Caputh, also in charge here 1 569. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Perth,
ANDREW MONCUR, pres. to vicarage
pensionaire 30th April 1576 on
death of John Hepburn. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (2), 42.]
1576
WILLIAM RATTRAY, son of Walter
1586
1916
R. in Little Blair, reader here, pres.
to the vicarage 24th Sept. 1586.
Marr. Sibell Halyburton.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 157; Perth Sas., i, 196; iv, 344.]
JOSEPH EDWARD RICHERS, dem.
llth Nov. 1948; his daughs.—
Margaret Colling (marr. 7th Nov.
1928 James Stevenson Fenton, District
Commissioner, Sierra Leone, son of James
F., min. of Wallacetown U.F. Church,
Dundee); Elena (marr. 12th June 1934
George, son of George Kidd, Parker
Cottage, New Rattray).
BLAIRGOWRIE, ST MARY'S
ROBERT STEWART, licen. 16th May
1878
1877; dem. 16th May 1929; died
18th Feb. 1931; his widow, Jessie
Jane Lunan, died llth Nov. 1944.
COUPAR ANGUS
Coupar Angus is called Cupermaccultin
in 1150-3, and Tybermackotus (Couper-
maccouty) on 24th July 1382, when a Papal
Bull confirmed the collation of John
Wernock by the Bishop of St Andrews to
the perpetual chaplainry of St Ninian there.
As the parish of Bendochy was divided in
the middle by the river Isla which consti
tuted a danger in winter time so that the
inhabitants of the parish on the south side
of the Isla could not cross to the church
without loss and danger of life, James, Lord
Coupar, at the special desire of James VI
and the Commission for the Plantation of
Kirks, consented to build a new church
within the precincts of the Abbey of
Coupar, to be called the Church of Coupar,
for service of the parishioners in the town
of Coupar and on the south side of the Isla,
and to dispone for a min. of the church a
sufficient manse and glebe with stipend of
500 merks; and accordingly the King by
charter of 24th Dec. 1618 erected the said
new church into a separate parish, and
dissolved the town of Cupar and the lands
on the south side of the Isla from the old
Church and Parish of Bendochy, and
annexed the same to the said new church,
with Lord Coupar as patron. The church
was in great measure rebuilt in 1780, added
to in 1831, and rebuilt in 1859.— [Reg.
Great Seal, vii, 1956; Reg. of Dunfermline,
74; Cal. Papal Reg., Petitions, i, 56, 57.]
ROBERT FISHER, pres. to vicarage
6th April 1571.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (2), 15.]
GEORGE HALIBURTON, delete from
1647 ' ' D.D. " to " Bishop of Aberdeen. ' »
GEORGE HALIBURTON, adm. to
16_g Parish and Archdeaconry of Dun-
keld about 14th June 1659, after
wards Bishop of Brechin (q.v.).
THOMAS OGILVIE, line 2, for "Tur-
1703
fandry" read "Turfauchie"; educ.
at St Andrews (divinity); line 8, for
"3" read "13."
THOMAS SPANKIE, for "Thomas"
1742 reac* "James-" Marr. Margaret,
daugh. of William Inglis, surgeon,
Lanark; his son, Thomas, probably min.
of Falkland.
474
COUPAR ANGUS— GLENISLA
[PRESB. OF
FINLAY ROBERT MACDONALD,
1881
min. at Newcastle, New Brunswick,
1689-74.
CHARLES STEWART, dem. 26th Oct.
1902
1947; his wife, Edith Susan Kerr,
died 19th Aug. 1946; his daugh.,
Mary Elizabeth Murray (marr. 12th June
1928 William Todd Bruce, Meigle), died
10th May 1930; his son, Charles, M.B.,
Ch.B. (Edinburgh); Edith (marr. 24th Feb.
1937 George Lightbody).
EASSIE and NEVAY
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 13th May 1246. There was in
the parish at Balgowny a hospital with
chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. To
the hospital pertained the lands of Bal
gowny, with mill and mill lands, of which
on 17th July 1565 Patrick Lyon, preceptor
of the hospital, granted a charter to John
Lyon, son and heir apparent of John L. of
Haltoun. — [Reg. of Panmure, ii, 236;
Lockhart's Ch. in Scot, in llth Century,
61-2; Reg. Great Seal, iv, 1786; Scott.
Supplications to Rome, 16, S.H.S.]
JOHN NEVAY, min. at Newtyle 1564,
1563
also in charge here; min. of Glamis
also, in charge 1571. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
MATTHEW MONCUR, reader in Aug.
1564 and 1574, also reader at Nevay.
—[Edin. Tests., iv, 181; v, 279,
286-8, 306.]
1564
GEORGE ARNOT, parson 18th July
1564, 1568 and 15th June 1577.—
[Acts and Dec., Ixviii, 219; Reg. of
Deeds, vii, 11; Cal. of Charters, x, 2137.]
1568
HEW CURRIE, parson 1 1th Aug. 1572.
— [Acts and Dec., xlvi, 75; Reg. Sec.
1569
Sig., llth Aug. 1573.]
WILLIAM MURRAY, M.A., parson
1606
and reader 1606. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
vi, 1726.]
DAVID LINDSAY, his sons— James
1844
Ainsworth, architect, Edinburgh,
died 19th Oct. 1928; Robert Archi
bald, S.S.C., Edinburgh, died 29th June
1938; David, died 18th July 1938.
1901
ALEXANDER WADDELL, dem. 30th
NOV* 1942' died 3rd °Ct> 1944; his
widow, Effie Morrison Anton, died
19th Feb. 1946.
NEVAY
JOHN NEVAY, in charge here. (See
1563 Newtyle.)
ALEXANDER TYRIE, reader.—
1563 \C°mPs- SUD Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
MATTHEW MONCUR, pres. to
1568 v^caraSe 14th June 1572; reader here
Nov. 1562 and also at Eassie. —
[Edin. Tests., v, 120, 288; Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, O), 18.]
GEORGE SWINTON, M.A., rector
1570, died after 20th March 1606.—
[Edin. Tests., ii, 88; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
iv, 2825; vi, 1726.]
1570
THOMAS MONCUR, M.A., reader
1577
18th Feb. 1577-8.— [Edin. Tests., vi,
25.]
ALEXANDER TYRIE, min. 8th May
1582
1582; had issue — Alexander; John.
— [Reg. of Deeds, xxi, 42.]
GLENISLA
The church was granted to Cambus-
kenneth Abbey by William the Lion 1 1 65-
1214. On llth Sept. 1311 Fergus, Abbot
of Cambuskenneth, gave the church to
Cupar Abbey, subject to an annual pay
ment of £10 by the latter to Cambus
kenneth. In or soon after 1469 the church
was repaired or rebuilt. — [Chart, of Cam
buskenneth, 137-9, Pref. liii; Reg. of Cupar,
i, 150-1.]
JOHN SMYTH, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
GEORGE GIBB, his daughs.— Chris
tina, died 20th Jan. 1937; Mary,
1849
died 21st March 1945.
MEIGLE]
GLENISLA— KETTINS
475
WILFRED JOSEPH LEWIS, dem. 21st
April 1926 on app. to Rosedale
Presb. Church, Toronto; died 5th
Jan. 1929.
JOHN DEAS LOGIE, trans, from Farr
15th Sept. 1926; trans, to Stanley
8th Sept. 1927.
1913
1926
WILLIAM WILSON, born 20th Dec.
1928
1867, son of Hugh W., grocer, and
Elizabeth Robb; became a cashier
and bookkeeper; educ. at Manchester
College, Oxford, and Univ. of Glasgow;
was a missionary in London 1900; adm.
min. of Unity Church, Gateshead, 1908;
Waterloo Place Congregational Church,
Dumfries, 1913-17; locum tenens Apple-
garth Feb. 1918 to Jan. 1919; assistant St.
Luke's Church, Glasgow, Aug. 1920; adm.
probationer May 1921; asistant South
Dalziel; ord. to Augustine, Greenock, 19th
July 1923; trans, and adm. 21st March
1928; dem. 21st Sept. 1941. Marr. (1) 30th
June 1892 Sarah Philip (died 6th March
1933), daugh. of James Graham, timber
merchant, and Sarah Philip, and had issue
— Dorothy, born 14th Aug. 1895 (marr.
14th Aug. 1919 William Boyd, M.A.,
B.Sc., Ph.D., Lecturer on Education, Univ.
of Glasgow); Arthur William, born 6th
Jan. 1899; Helen Mary Graham, born 27th
June 1903 (marr. 28th May 1931 Dr
Maurice Rosenfield, Qualified Psycho
therapist, London); (2) 26th June 1947
Isabel Beck Burton.
(Charges united 2\st Sept. 1941.)
KETTINS
Kettins was the seat of a Celtic monastery
to which may have been attached the
following six chapels situated respectively
at — the village of Pettie, the site being
marked on the O.S. one-inch map; South
Costoun or Corstoun; Piteur; Mairyfaulds;
Denhead; and the south side of Kettins
village. In the majority of cases there were
burial grounds. By charter of 1292-3 Hugh
of Over, lord of Kettins, granted to Cupar
Angus Abbey his well in his lands and
Abthanage of Kettins, called Bradwell (St
Bride's Well) with its aqueduct and servi
tude of water gauges; and in a Retour of
1658 there occur "the lands called the
Abden of Kettins comprising lands in the
west of the village of Kettins, Over Cors-
toune, Greenbarns, Mill of Kettins, and
the Chapel of Kettins. ' ' The Atlas of Scot
land 1832 gives a site on the north of
Kettins village as "Greenburn Abbey in
Ruins"; but its actual significance has not
been ascertained. The Church of Kettins,
dedicated by Bishop de Bernham on 18th
April 1249, was granted "of old" — so it
is narrated in 1391-2 — along with its fruits,
to the Red Friars Monastery of Berwick,
and was to remain annexed thereto so long
as the Burgh and Castle of Berwick con
tinued faithful to and at peace with the
Scottish Crown, thus permitting the said
monastery to be "fortified" with monks
carrying out divine celebrations in peace
according to use and wont. But in 1391-2
Robert III, on account of the English
occupation of Berwick rendering the fore
going conditions impossible of fulfilment,
granted the church with its fruits and offer
ings to the Red Friars' Hospital and
House of Dundee, to amplify its alms, for
his own soul, the soul of his Queen, Ana-
bella, and the souls of his ancestors and
successors. How long that grant continued
operative is not clear. But, at any rate, on
3rd Feb. 1473 the church was annexed to
the Red Friars of Peebles. In 1768 the
church was rebuilt, or, as is narrated, was
"heightened by stones from Cupar Angus
Abbey." There was in the church an altar
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, founded by
Alexander Rattray at Pet cur, of which in
1533 Sir David Jak was chaplain. The bell
bears the date 1519, and the inscription,
mainly in Roman capitals, ' * Maria Troon
es minen naem Meester Hans Popen
Reider gaf mi." Maria Troon may refer
to the Virgin Mary, the expression denoting
one of her attributes as Queen of Heaven,
"Mary of the Throne." — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., i, 838; iii, 1279; iv, 2232; Retours,
xxiii, 223; Jervise's Epitaphs and Inscrip
tions, ii, 99; Lockhart's Church in Scot, in
Uth Century, 61-1.] (See Peebles, Dunbar,
Dundee.)
476
KETTINS— LINTRATHEN
[PRESB. OF
JAMES JAMIESON, reader in 1563
1563
and 1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ARCHIBALD KEITH, min. at Lundie,
in charge here 1568. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
DAVID PATON, had addl. issue—
1650 George.
1922
CHARLES NEILSON RUTHER
FORD, trans, to Huntly 3rd Sept.
1931; trans, to St Michaels, Linlith-
gow, 15th Nov. 1939; has issue — Elizabeth
Melville, born 24th Aug. 1925; John
Quintin, born 6th March 1929.
KINGOLDRUM
JOHN YOUNG, min. at Kirriemuir,
1563
also in charge here. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JAMES STEILL, reader 1563 and 1567.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
DAVID HALIBURTON, M.A., ex-
horter, held vicarage; excommuni
cated before 30th July 1580.— [Reg.
Sec. Seal, xlvii, 27.]
DAVID BLACK, min. Kirriemuir; pres.
to vicarage 30th July 1580.— [Reg.
Sec. Seal, xlvii, 21.]
1580
1589
ROBERT HEPBURN, M.A., vicar
1589-90.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
WILLIAM FORBES, pres. to vicarage
28th Dec. 1 588 on death of William
Malcolm.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix,
267.]
JOHN OGILVY, for "trans, from
Bervie" read "trans, from Inchture
Kinnaird and Bervie." — [Reg. Sec.
Sig.,lxxv, 211.]
1606
WILLIAM RAIT, marr. Margaret
Symmer and had issue — Margaret
(marr. John Ogilvie of Braesyde).—
[Forfar Sas., i, 360, 19th Feb. 1664.]
JAMES CRAIG JACK, died 17th Nov.
1887 1925.
REGINALD IAN DAVIDSON, trans.
from Foss (q.v.) 17th May 1926;
trans, to Maryton 16th March 1933;
had issue — Robert Cunningham Foss, born
22nd June 1921 ; Isobel Evelyn Parker, born
3rd July 1925; Ian Murray Pollock, born
14th March 1928; Susan Porteous Murray
Cunningham, born 1st Oct. 1933.
LINTRATHEN
The Vicarage of Lintrathen belonged to
the Priory of St Colmoc of Inchmahome.
A house near the church pertained to St
Madan's Bell.— [Cal. Papal Regs., Letters,
viii, 203; Misc. Spalding Club, iv, 118-19.]
SIR JAMES ARCHIBALD, vicar 27th
1560
May 1560, at which date a letter of
Darnley and Queen Mary, charging
"the parishioners to pay arrears of his
stipend for diverse years, ' ' stated that ' ' he
had been vicar divers years" and "hes
causit the common prayeris and homilies
be red owlkilie (weekly) to the parrochi-
naris of the said parrochin, and otherwise
is content to abyde sik reformatioun as the
lordis of our Secreit Counsale pleais mak
thairintill." On 14th Nov. 1580 the said
Sir James, designated Burgess of Stirling
and Vicar of Lintrathen, in contract with
James, Lord Airlie, agreed, in considera
tion of payment of 400 merks to him, to
demit the vicarage and to obtain a presenta
tion of the same directed to the Superin
tendent of Angus in favour of David, son
of said James, conform to the new order
now observed in such cases. — [Misc.
Spalding Club, iv, 120-2.]
JOHN NEVAY of that ilk, min. at
1571 Glamis, etc., also in charge here.
ADAM FOULIS, parson 27th June
1571 1571.— [Cal. of Charters, x, 2225.]
ROBERT STEWART, reader, pres. to
vicarage 29th July 1587 on death of
David Ogilvie.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv,
122.]
MEIGLE]
LINTRATHEN— PERSIE
477
DAVID OGILVIE, son of James, Lord
Airlie, died before 29th July 1 587 —
[Misc. Spalding Club, iv, 120; Reg.
Sec. Sig., Iv, 123.]
WILLIAM FORBES, M.A., min. of
Kingoldrum and Lintrathen, pres.
to vicarage 18th Aug. 1603 on death
of Robert Stewart.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv,
72.]
1664 THOMAS OGILVY, dem. 1716.
LAURENCE BROWN, probably
1603
1717
younger son of Sir John B., second
Baronet, of London and Danzig.
Marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of George Lyon
of Wester Ogil and Jean Nisbet; delete
"son, John."
CHARLES CHREE, his sons— Charles,
1855
died 12th Aug. 1928; Sir William,
LL.D., Dean of the Faculty of
Advocates, knighted June 1934, died 10th
Jan. 1936.
JOHN ROBERT STRACHAN, died
5th April 1925; his son, George, in
Union Bank of Scotland.
1893
RODERICK FRASER, trans, from
1925
Rousay 30th Sept. 1925; trans, to
Dingwall 26th Sept. 1929.
(United with Lintrathen 2nd Oct. 1938.)
MEIGLE
The church with its chapel was granted
to the Priory of St Andrews by Simon de
Meigle, confirmation being granted by
William the Lion, dr. 1178-87. On 25th
April 1474, David, Earl of Crawford,
endowed a chaplainry in the church with
various annual rents and lands; and on
22nd June 1 504 Walter Tyry of Lunan, on
behalf and in name of late Mr Gilbert
Tyry, vicar of Cargill, his uncle, granted to
the Altar of St Paul in the church an annual
rent of 10 libs, from the lands of Lunan. —
[Reg. Great Seal, ii, 2797; Lyon's History
ofSt Andrews, ii, 205.]
SIR ALEXANDER MONCRIEFF,
vicar 1562.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
SIR ALEXANDER IRVINE, vicar
t.,0 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Perth, etc.]
DAVID RAMSAY, min. of Alyth,
Meigle and Glenisla, min. 1 1th Nov.
1515.— [Clan Campbell, viii, 677.]
1575
ROBERT HALDANE, vicar 1586-90.
1586 — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
ANDREW BRUCE, Bishop of Dun-
1679 keld, also min. here 1679.
JAMES MITCHELL of Auchinrath,
eldest son of Matthew M. in Mid
Dargavel, Dumfriesshire, and Mary
Johnston.
1808
JOHN NICOLL, his daugh., Jessie, died
3rd Aug. 1938; his son, John, died
1853
at Ottawa 19th Jan. 1941.
HUGH CLIMIE, dem. 31st May
1897 1948.
NEWTYLE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 29th Aug. 1242.
JOHN NEVAY of that ilk, min. (See
1563 Meathie-)— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, For far, etc.]
SIR ANDREW LINDSAY, vicar 20th
1566 Aug. 1562 and 28th July 1581; was
tutor of David Lindsay of Lenoll
1562.— [Reg. Privy Council, v, 218; Reg.
Mag. Sig., v, 237.]
ROBERT BO YD, pres. in 1571 on
1__1 death of Sir Andrew Lindsay. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 17.]
ROBERT WOOD, his daugh., Catherine
Grant (marr. 15th Aug. 1934 Dr
David W. F. Hardie, Ivy Bank,
Ladebraes, St Andrews).
(Charges united 4th Sept. 1938.)
PERSIE
JOHN BAXTER, missionary 1831-8,
1831 afterwards min. of Hiltown, Dundee.
478
PERSIE— RUTHVEN
[PRESS. OF MEIGLE
THOMAS SMITH, dem. 30th Sept.
1939, died at Blairgowrie 16th
March 1941. Line 2, for "Don-
head" read "Hillhead Denman."
(United with Netherton 1st Oct. 1939.)
RUTHVEN
A Fair of St Munn or Mundu at Ruthven
is mentioned in 1542. Mundie or Munnu
is for Mo-findu, an affectionate form of
Finten, Finton, Finntain, Fionntain, who
died in 635.— [Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 307; Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 1442, 2166,
2798.]
GEORGE HAY, parson.— [Acts and
1561 Dec., xxiii, 112, Ix, 290.]
JAMES FLEMING, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
1563
WALTER LINDSAY, pres. to
vicarage 22nd July 1569 on death
of Patrick Blair.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, 27.]
DAVID CUMYNG, pres. to vicarage
17th March 1574-5 on death of
Patrick Blair. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
(4), 31.]
1574
ROBERT CARRINGTON, reader here,
pres. to vicarage 30th Oct. 1576 on
death of David Cumyng. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 48.]
1576
DAVID RAMSAY, still in office 1590.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
_ „ _
Forfar.]
1595
ROBERT HAMILTON, sixth son of
John H. of Orbiston and Janet
Hamilton.
JOHN GORDON McPHERSON, his
daugh., Christina Gordon, died I7th
Sept. 1 933.
ALEXANDER KIDD WATT, died at
1910 Dundee 10th Dec. 1926.
1927
JAMES ANDERSON, trans, from
Robertson Memorial, Glasgow (q. v.),
20th July 1927; died 3rd Jan. 194L
Marr. 28th March 1922 Alice Lilian, daugh.
of Harry Smith and Mary Ann Toone (born
12th June 1877, died 20th Oct. 1937).
PRESBYTERY OF FORFAR
ABERLEMNO
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 21st Aug. 1242.
WILLIAM GARDYNE, vicar on 2nd
Dec. 1558, brother of Alexander G.
of Brakinto.— [Reg. of Deeds, in,
109, 206.]
HENRY STIRLING, pres. to Treasure-
1597 ship of Brechin in 1597 on death of
John Hepburn. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxi, 5.]
DAVID NELSON, his daugh., Mar-
1910 garet Catherine (marr- 4th June 1937
Andrew Carmichael Bennet, Edin
burgh).
ALDBAR
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 27th Aug. 1243.
DAVID FOWLER, reader in 1563.—
1563
etc.]
- Suo C°M' of Thirds, Forfar,
CLOVA
A chapel is said to have stood at Lethnot,
a short distance south of the church, per
haps the Chapel of Clova which was
annexed to Glamis Church on 5th Sept.
1486. — [Reg. of Arbroath, Nigrum, 246;
Land of the Lindsays, 282.]
THOMAS LOVE, reader in 1563.—
1563 \-C°mPs- Suo Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
JAMES OGILVY, min. in 1568.—
1568 [C°mPs' Suo Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
ROBERT MATTHEW WATSON,
1900 trans, to Careston 17th March 1926.
ARCHIBALD JOHN DARLING
SCOTT, trans, from Northmaven
1926
1945.
(q.v.) 14th July 1926; died 15th Nov.
(United with Glenprosen 31st March 1946.)
CORTACHY
On 12th Dec. 1257 Maliseus, Earl of
Strathern, granted the Church to the Abbey
of Inchaffray. On 20th Oct. 1429 the
patronage of the church was bestowed upon
Brechin Cathedral by Walter, Earl Palatine
of Strathearn, Athol, and Caithness. By
John, Bishop of Brechin, the patronage
was appropriated to the Capitular Mensa,
and this was confirmed by Bull of Pope
Martin V 8th May 1430, £10 annually
being reserved for a perpetual vicar to
serve Cortachy. By another Bull, of 5th
May 1430, the same Pope had confirmed a
gift of £40 annually from the lands of
Cortachy by the said Walter for two chap
lains and six boys for perpetual celebrations
of divine offices in the cathedral, a fourth
chaplain to be provided by the Bishop. —
[Charters of Inchaffray, 76; Cal. Papal
Regs., Letters, vii, 162, 164.]
JAMES RAIT, reader in 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ALEXANDER RAY, vicar pensioner
-_- 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
J.^o»5 _, — i
Forfar, etc.]
JAMES OGILVY, min. in April 1568.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.] (See Clova.)
JAMES NICOLSON, pres. to parsonage
1580 and vicarage 7th May 1580, vacant
by dem. of James Ogilvy. — [Reg. of
Brechin, ii, 340.]
479
480
CORTACHY— RESTENNET
[PRESS. OF
DAVID RAMSAY, his daugh., Janet,
1628 alive June 1696.
JAMES ADAM, adm. to Olrig 19th
June 1656; his daugh., Matilda
(marr. David Guthrie, apothecary,
Dundee).
1659
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, line 2,
1687 delete "about 1700."
JOHN STRACHAN, died 20th March
1927; his widow, Catherine Ander
son, died 22nd Jan. 1941.
DAVID CRAWFORD, trans, from
1927
Midmar (^.v.) 24th Aug. 1927; died
23rd March 1930; his daugh., Vida
Olive Monica, nurse, died at Glasgow 24th
Feb. 1940.
DUNNICHEN
The Church of Dunnichen, in 1220
Dunnachtyn, seems to be identical with the
Church of Strathechtyn which with its
chapel was granted to Arbroath Abbey in
1201-7 by Gillechrist, Earl of Anegus
(Lenegos). — [Reg. of Arbroath, Vetus, 31.]
JAMES COCHRANE, vicar 1563-8.—
\Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
JOHN RIGG. Marr. (1) Jean Gairden;
1589
his daugh., Elizabeth (marr. Alex
ander Barbour, servitor to Alex
ander Gibson of Durie, Principal Clerk of
Session).
HENRY LINDSAY, his son, George,
merchant, Dundee, tenant in In-
vereighty.
1682
JOHN FOSTER McCALLUM, trans.
1923 to Strontian 15th Aug. 1928.
JOSEPH McKENZIE McPHERSON,
trans, from Rickarton (#.v.) 27th
Feb. 1929; trans, to Forglen 17th
April 1931; D.D. (Aberdeen 26th March
1930); dem. 30th Nov. 1939; died 26th
June 1944. Marr. (2) 4th Nov. 1930 Jean
Cattanach, daugh. of James Stirling,
Letham. His daugh., Margaret (marr. 7th
July 1934 Thomas Hugh Russell, Royston,
Edgeware, Middlesex). Publications —
Primitive Beliefs in the North East of Scot
land (1929); Extracts from the Records of
Forglen; The Famines of the North East.
(Dunnichen, Letham and Kirkden united
6th Sept. 1931.)
FORFAR
The Chapel of St Margaret belonged to
Cupar Abbey. Situated apparently in or
near the town of Forfar was the Chapel of
St Biternan (Ethernan) in the Diocese of
Brechin, in which David, Earl of Crawford,
who died probably in Feb. 1403-4 and
certainly before 7th July 1404, founded a
chaplain in memory of his grandfather, Sir
John Stirling, etc., with an endowment of
10 merks annually from the fermes of
Forfar. The church was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham 23rd Aug. 1242.—
[Excheq. Rolls, iii, 606, iv, 30; Reg. of
Cupar, i, 272, ii, 68-71; Jervise's Memo, of
Angus and Mearns, 24, 466.]
DAVID LINDSAY, min. in 1563, had
1563
charge also of Restennet and Aber-
lemno. — \Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
ROBERT WOOD, reader in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
ROBERT STEVENSON, his daugh.,
1843 Marion Scott, died 14th June 1930.
GEORGE JOHNSTONE CAIE, his
widow, Margaret Matthew Myles,
died* 18th March 1932; his daughs.
—Anne Whitson, died 22nd Dec. 1935;
Mary Richardson, died at Edinburgh 17th
Feb. 1940.
WILLIAM GALLOWAY DONALD
SON, died suddenly in pulpit 25th
Nov. 1934.
1901
RESTENNET
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 30th Aug. 1243. Within the
priory was buried a Prince of Scotland,
John, infant son of King Robert Bruce;
and in his memory King David II granted
FORFAR]
RESTENNET— GLAMIS
481
the monks an annual rent of 20 merks from
the customs of Dundee. — [Hist. MSS.
Commission Fourteenth Report, 49-50;
Excheq. Rolls, i, cxxvi.]
DAVID LINDSAY, min. in 1563. (See
1563 Forfar.)
FORFAR, ST JAMES
JOHN WEIR, died at Paisley 13th
1866 March 1925.
JAMES AITKEN, trans, to Livingston
1917 14th Sept. 1928.
JOHN STRACHAN, born 31st Oct.
1929
1897, son of John S., coachsmith,
Dundee, and Ann Marr Kidd; educ.
at Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1925);
licen. by Presb. of Dundee Oct. 1928;
assistant at Clepington and Arbroath; ord.
28th Feb. 1929; trans, to Collace 5th Oct.
1933; trans, to Dores 1st Sept. 1943; died
19th Feb. 1946. Marr. 24th July 1929
Agnes Laird, daugh. of William and Agnes
Annan, Belfast.
LOWSON MEMORIAL
WILLIAM THOMAS SMELLIE, trans.
1921 to Rothesay 7th April 1925.
JOHN KENNEDY, B.D., ord. 15th
Sept. 1925; trans, to Old Kilpatrick
19th Dec. 1928.
WILLIAM HUTCHISON MAC-
1929 DIARMID, formerly of Ballingry
(tf.v.); trans, from Stonefield 26th
June 1929; died 3rd Nov. 1939; his widow,
Marion Barclay, died 4th July 1944.
GLAMIS
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 25th Aug. 1242. The old Celtic
cross at Glamis Manse does not belong to
the earliest period of Christian art in Scot
land as stated in Vol. v, 289. Its ornamenta
tion and general character prove it to be of
the third period of Celtic Christian art,
namely the ninth century. There are two
other Celtic crosses in the parish of the
2H
same period — the Thornton stone on the
Hunter's Hill and the Cossius stone on the
north side of the parish. A portion of
another Celtic cross was also found when
the churchyard was being dug, and several
other portions have been found beside the
foundations of the present church — all of
the third period of Celtic work and con
temporary with the life of St Fergus, the
founder of the Celtic community in Glamis.
A good many years ago the cave associated
with him disappeared because of the rock,
which enclosed it, having fallen in. The
well is still there and is near the church in
the romantic Den of Glamis.
The Celtic cross slab at the manse is
usually designated "King Malcolm's
Gravestone" from the fact that King
Malcolm II died at Glamis in A.D. 1034,
but on the face of it the stone is of older
date, and probably is the gravestone of St
Fergus himself.
No remains of the medieval church are
extant except the south transept, beneath
which is the vault of the Strathmore family.
It is a beautiful specimen of 15th-century
Gothic and is in excellent preservation and
contains the altar-shaped tomb of Patrick
Lyon, first Lord Glamis, who died in 1459.
The endowment of the Altar of St
Thomas in the aisle of St Thomas on the
south side of the church by John, Third
Lord Glamis, on 20th Oct. 1487 was an
annual rent of 12 merks from Nelstoun,
which failing, from the whole thanage of
Glamis, and 1 acre on the west side of the
orchard of Glamis, with toft, etc. On 26th
Oct. 1492 Walter Ramsay of Denoune
founded on the north side of the church an
altar dedicated to the Holy Trinity, with
an endowment of 10 merks annual rent
from the lands of Denoune, in warrandice
of 6 merks annual rent from the lands of
Petpoynt in Forfar, and also of 4 merks
annual rent from the lands of Bahaglis in
Perth. To the same altar John, Lord
Glamis, on 20th Oct. 1492 gave 2 acres of
the barony of Glamis, with toft, fodder in
the marshes on the north side of Doune
Water, herbage for a horse, and pasture for
two cows. — [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 2158, 2223;
Reg. Sec. Seal, ii, 4351.]
482
GLAMIS— KINNETTLES
[PRESS. OF
1570
JAMES ROLLAND, vicar.— [Acts and
1564 Dec., xxxiii, 136.]
PATRICK LYON, M.A., son of James
L., burgess of Dundee, pres. to
vicarage llth Oct. 1570 on death of
James Rolland. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.]
JOHN NEVAY of that ilk. (See
1571 Meathie.)
ROBERT RAMSAY, reader, pres. to
vicarage 30th Oct. 1575 on dem. of
1575
Patrick Lyon. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 37; Reg. Sec. Sig., xlii, 123, xliii, 36;
Edin. Tests., v, 238.]
DAVID BROWN, pres. in 1601 on dem.
of Robert Ramsay. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
1601
Ixxii, 218.]
WILLIAM CHALMERS, had issue—
Patrick ; Grizel ; Helen .— [Forfar Sas.
23rd Aug. 1698; St Andrews Com.
Act Book, xii, 160, 165.]
JOHN STEVENSON, LL.D., his
widow, Elizabeth Valentine, died at
Brechin llth Dec. 1926.
1873
MATTHEW BABINGTON, died at
Dundee 7th June 1942. Marr. 5th
1919
Whyte.
May 1927 Anna Arnot Bell or
GLENPROSEN
JAMES DALGETY, dem. 30th Sept.
1907 1943; died 2nd June 1945.
INVERARITY
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 4th Sept. 1243.
SIR HEW LINDSAY, vicar 1561-3,
Chaplain of Denside 1 566. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, Reg.
Mag. Sig., v, 1704.]
JAMES BLINDSCHALL, reader 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, For-
f ..
jar, etc.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, min. in
office 1563-8, with charge also of
Meathie and Kinnettles. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ROBERT YOUNG, his son, William,
probably apprenticed to Samuel
Graham, bookbinder, Edinburgh,
13th June 1733.
JOHN GRUB, M.A., intruded here
Sept. 1715 to Feb. 1716.— [Justi
ciary Records.]
1715
JAMES MILLER, trans, to Martyrs,
1921 Glasgow, 17th May 1927.
WILLIAM KILGOUR BLACK, trans,
from Kirriemuir South (q.v.) llth
Aug. 1927; dem. 30th June 1945.
1927
MEATHIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 3rd Sept. 1243. It was granted to
Coupar Abbey by Sir Alexander Aber-
crombie circa 1290-1315. — [Frasers of
Philorth, ii, 21.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, min. (See
1567 Inverarity.)
JOHN NEVAY of that ilk, min. 27th
1577 April 1577.— [Edin. Tests., vi, 248.]
KINNETTLES
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham llth Nov. 1241.
1563
JOHN (? JAMES) SCOTT, parson 1563,
died before 22nd May 1566.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.; Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxv, 46.]
ANDREW DAVIDSON, preacher, pres.
to parsonage 22nd May 1566; also
held vicarage; died before 4th Dec.
1587.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxv, 46; Reg. of
Deeds, viii, 406; Crete's Prot. Book, 377.]
(See Sennick.)
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A.,
regent, St Andrews, pres. to par
sonage 4th Dec. 1587 on death of
Andrew Davidson.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivi,
107.]
JAMES DAVIDSON, M.A., min. here,
pres. to vicarage 15th Dec. 1587 on
death of Andrew Davidson.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ivi, 115.]
1587
FORFAR]
KINNETTLES— OATHLAW OR OLD FINHAVEN
483
JAMES RAIT, min. here, pres. to
1588
parsonage and vicarage 10th Sept.
1588 on death of Andrew Davidson.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iviii, 24.]
MAUNSEL GRANT MACKINTOSH
1899 DONALD, died 7th May 1941.
KIRRIEMUIR
In 1201-7 the church was granted to
Arbroath Abbey by Gillechrist, Earl of
Anegus (Lenagos). There was at Kirrie-
muir a Chapel of the Holyrood; and in the
churchyard there was a chapel dedicated to
St Colmoc, to which pertained crofts and
buildings in the town. Colmoc is apparently
Mo-Cholmoc of Druim Mor in Ulster,
whose day is 7th June. — [Reg. Great Seal,
v, 1170; Retours, xlviii, 881; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 279.]
GEORGE FLETCHER, vicar 1561-6.
1561
—[Comps. Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JOHN YOUNG, min. in 1563, had
1563
charge also at Kingoldrum. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
1564 GEORGE CLEPEN, vicar.
DAVID BLACK, pres. 20th July 1580
1571 to Kingoldrum (q.v.).
ABRAHAM CRICHTON, reader.—
1574 [Acts and Dec., Iv, 1,2.]
ALEXANDER KYNNINMONTH,
pres. to vicarage 15th Dec. 1587. —
lReg.Scc.Sig.9lvi, 116.]
SILVESTER LYON, his son, David,
1669 merchant, Dundee.
JAMES RAIT, M.A., formerly at
1715
Inverkeilour, intruded here from 1 5th
Sept. 1715 to Jan. 17 16.— [Justiciary
Records. ]
JOHN BOYD, his widow, Charlotte
18?3 Josephine Ramsay, died 14th Feb.
1939; his son, Angus, died at Hong
Kong 24th Jan. 1931.
GEORGE JOHNSTON CHREE, died
1913 at Cults 29th Sept. 1935; his widow,
Helen Robertson Hay Arthur, died
9th Dec. 1947. Publication— Handbook of
the Church in India.
WILLIAM ADDISON, trans, to Ettrick
1921 22nd March 1929.
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON MIT-
1929 CHELL, trans, from Chapelshade,
Dundee (q.v.\ 22nd Aug. 1929;
trans, to Mortlach 9th Jan. 1935; died 10th
Dec. 1941.
KIRRIEMUIR SOUTH
The church was refloored and restored
in 1928 and further improvements made in
1936.
WILLIAM KILGOUR BLACK, trans.
1915 to Inverarity llth Aug. 1927; his
son, Douglas Andrew Kilgour,
B.Sc., St Andrews 1933, M.B., Ch.B. (June
1936).
JOHN CALLANDER GRIERSON,
1927
born 1883, son of John G. and
Janette Callander; educ. at West of
Scotland College of Pharmacy, M.P.S.
(1910); became missionary in Canada;
educ. Presbyterian College, Saskatoon;
B.A. Milton Univ., Baltimore (1926); licen.
by Presb. of Saskatoon 6th April 1923; ord.
to Pontax, Westerleigh and McKnight in
Saskatchewan; adm. on probation by
General Assembly 3rd June 1926; ord. 8th
Dec. 1927; dem. 30th June 1946; died 16th
Aug. 1947. Marr. 14th Oct. 1910 Isobel
Tripney, daugh. of Robert Cowan, Bath-
gate, and Mary Clark, and has issue —
Mabel Cowan, born 2nd April 1912.
OATHLAW OR OLD FINHAVEN
The Church of Finhaven was frequently
called the "Kirk of Aikenholt." In 1380,
before going abroad, Sir Alexander Lindsay
of Glenesk rebuilt the church and erected
it into a Prebend of Brechin Cathedral.
The prebendary had a stall in the choir, and
was to say mass for Sir Alexander's safe
484 OATHLAW OR OLD FINHAVEN— TANNADICE [PRESB. OF FORFAR
return. The return, however, did not
materialise, for he died in Canada in 1382.
Probably in the early part of the 17th cen
tury and before 1618, which is the date on
the bell, the church was removed to Oath-
law. The foundations of the old church,
called the ' ' Kirk of Aikenauld, ' ' occupy a
site at the junction of the Esk and the
Lemno, a little below the ruins of Finhaven
Castle. A spring called ' ' Nine Well, ' ' on
the hill above the old church, may mean
that the church was dedicated to the Nine
Maidens. St Mary's Well at Oathlaw
suggests that a pre- Reformat ion chapel
with that dedication may have been there
situated. There was in the parish a Chap-
lainry of St Leonard, apparently attached
to Brechin Cathedral. — [Reg. of Brechin, i,
196-7, ii, 361; Land of the Lindsays, 132,
135, 161-2, 165-7; Lives of the Lindsays, i,
73.]
JOHN GRUB, M.A.; he preached in a
meeting house at Gairden in the
parish of Kirkden in June-July 1712
and intruded in the Church of Kirkden
June 1714, and in Inverarity Church from
Sept. 1715 to Feb. 1716; conducted services
in a meeting house at Arbroath Nov. 1713,
and performed marriages and baptisms at
various places, including Guthrie, 1712-15.
—[Justiciary Records, 1712-17, 15th March
1715.]
ALEXANDER RITCHIE, dem. 28th
1880 Dec. 1926; died 30th Jan. 1929.
THOMAS HENRY WRIGHT, trans,
from Paris (q.v.) 12th May 1927;
y ' died at Brechin 24th June 1942.
RESCOBIE
THOMASCORMACKor GORMACK,
min. in 1563. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
1563
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
THOMAS LYON, present parson 12th
Nov. 1641.— [Deeds, Dal., 1705,
No. 571.]
PATRICK LYON, his daugh., Grissell
(marr. Robert Straton of War-
1677
burton); died llth Oct. 1765.
DAVID ESDAILE, his daugh., Agnes
(Mrs Thorn), died at Minho, Por-
1843
tugal, 1937.
ALEXANDER WALKER, his widow,
ft Mary Mowbray Esdaile, died 4th
March 1925.
ROBERT HALL, dem. 16th May 1937;
1899 died 25th May 1938.
TANNADICE
The church, dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on llth Aug. 1242, was made a
Mensal Church of St Andrews by Bull of
Pope Sextus IV, 26th Feb. 1473. A cairn-
crowned hill is called St Arnold's Seat, but
formerly was known as St Eunandi's Seit
or St Eunan's Seat — forms of St Adamnan.
In 1744 the min. designated it St Ernan's
Seat, and stated that the church was St
Ernan's. — [Macfarlane's Geograph. Colls.,
i, 286-7; S.H.S.; The Apostolic Camera and
Scott. Benefices, 173; Lockhart's Ch. in
Scot, in 13th Century, 50-1.]
JAMES KINLOCH, reader in 1560.—
1560 \-ComPs' Sub Co11- °f Thirds, Forfar,
JAMES MELVILLE, M.A., min. in
charge 1 563, and at Fearn and Men-
muir.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
EDWARD CHISHOLM.— [Acts and
1575 Dec., Ix, 395.]
JOHN OGILVIE of Queich, marr. (1)
1724
pro. 14th Oct. 1714 Margaret
Lidderdale, Montrose.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMART,
1921 trans, to Kennoway 18th May 1925.
DONALD MAcGILLIVRAY BEATON,
trans, from Leslie (Garrioch) (q.v.)
24th Sept. 1925; trans, to Glenrinnes
31st May 1929.
PRESBYTERY OF DUNDEE
ABERNYTE
ROBERT MACKAY LEITCH, his
widow, Edith Mary Smith, died 12th
Nov. 1926.
WILLIAM LISTON MILROY, died
1890
1939.
26th Dec. 1925; his widow, Jessie
Stobo Raining, died llth March
HENRY REID CHALMERS, trans.
1Q2fi from Duffus (q.v.} 15th June 1926;
dem. 15th Jan. 1933.
AUCHTERHOUSE
On 21st June 1460 Papal Indulgence was
granted for those who contributed to the
building and repair of the Church of the
Most Glorious Virgin of Auchterhouse. —
[Transcripts from Vatican, iii, 28; MS. Gen.
Register House.]
SIR DUNCAN GRAY, vicar and
1563 reader 1 563, 1 565 and 5th June 1 579.
—[Edin. Tests., i, 32; Reg. Mag.Sig.,
v, 1170.]
ALEXANDER TYRIE, min. in 1563
and 1568; pres. to parsonage and
vicarage 3rd July 1564.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixvi, 166; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
JAMES MELVILLE, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 29th July
1568.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 15.]
HUGH ARBUTHNOTT LYELL, his
1844 son, David John Stewart, died at
Coupar Angus 2nd Nov. 1931.
JOHN KIRKLAND CAMERON,
1912 servec* as Chaplain to Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd K.O.
S.B. and XI Corps Troop in Great War;
dem. April 1942; died 12th March 1947.
His daugh., Jessie (marr. 3rd Dec. 1930
John Stirling, East Mains, Auchterhouse).
Publication — Joint Author of Auchterhouse,
an Historical and Social Record.
BROUGHTY FERRY
DAVID DAVIDSON, marr. 15th Jan.
1828. Line 13, for "1827" read
"1828."
1827
WILLIAM DAY FYFE, died at Aber-
1921 deen 21st Sept. 1924.
ALEXANDER SMART, trans, from
Daviot (Garioch) (?.v.) 24th March
1926; Ph.D. (Aberdeen, 1938); trans.
to St Cuthbert's, Saltcoats, llth Dec. 1940
and has issue — Aileen Elizabeth, born 28th
April 1925; Lois Marjory, born llth Feb.
1928.
BEACH
JAMES BURGESS, died llth Nov.
1924; his widow, Harriet Louise
Bartlett, died 13th Nov. 1939.
1906
CHARLES SYDNEY FINCH, born
1925 25th July 1891, son of Zeph. F.,
butcher, and Eliza Killington; educ.
at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1923); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th March 1923;
assistant St Matthew's, Edinburgh, 1923;
ord. 3rd April 1925; trans, to Wilton,
Glasgow, 4th June 1930; trans, to St
George's, Hawick, 23rd Sept. 1936. Marr.
25th Dec. 1915 Annie Bethune (died 27th
March 1937), daugh. of James Whitehead
and Annie Robertson, and has issue —
Muriel Annie Sydney, born 15th April
1928.
485
2H*
486
BROUGHTY FERRY— DUNDEE ST CLEMENT'S [PRESB. OF
DROUGHTY FERRY ST JAMES
DOUGLAS WILLIAM BRUCE, dem.
1919
16th Feb. 1925 on app. to Buenos
Aires.
JAMES CHARLES CONN, Ph.D. (St
1926
Andrews), trans, from Elgin 4th
Aug. 1926; dem. 30th Sept. 1946;
had issue — Janet Sorley, born 13th May
1917; Agnes Kirkland, born 27th June
1919. Publication— Thesis: The Contribu
tion of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen to
Scottish Theology.
DUNDEE ST MARY'S
There was a Chapel of St Mary Mag
dalene between Dundee and Broughty of
which Sir Walter Brugh, who died 1582-3,
Chaplain of St Ninian's in Dundes, was
also chaplain. There was also a chapel
dedicated to St Clement in which there was
an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary and
under the patronage of the provost and
bailies.
Apparently in 1391 Sir James Lindsay
of Crawford founded the Hospital and
House of the Red Friars. He gave certain
buildings at the foot of South Tay Street,
and some annual rents, for the maintenance
of the said Friars, weak old people, and
diseased folk. Robert III granted con
firmation by charter of 1391-2, and at the
same time gave Kettins Church to the
House. Within the "Great Lodging" of
the Lindsays of Crawford, on the south
side of the Parish Church, there was a
chapel or oratory dedicated to St Michael.
— [Reg. Great Seal, i, 838; Reg. ofBrechin,
App., 372; Lives of the Lindsays, i, 97, 1 10;
Cal. of Papal Reg., Letters, xii, 722; St
Andrews Tests., 7th Jan. 1583-4.]
WILLIAM CHRISTISON, pres. to
vicarage 1 569 on forfaulture of John
Hamilton.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 30.]
1560
JOHN HAMILTON, reader 1561.—
1561 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
JAMES HAMILTON, vicar 1563.—
ic-^i [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
1563 etc.]
WILLIAM KYDE (KIDD), reader
1563
1563; pres. to vicarage 5th Aug. 1570
on forfeiture of John Hamilton. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 1 ; Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ROBERT STIBBLES, reader 29th April
1623 1623.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., viii, 644.]
ANDREW AUCHINLECK, his chil-
1642
dren — Thomas, Charles, Isabel,
Margaret, Eupham and Li lias, were
by Margaret Bower, his fourth wife. —
[Decreets, Durie, cxiii, 132.]
ARCHIBALD WATSON, his daugh.,
Robina, died at Edinburgh 2 1 st Oct .
1931; Archibald, his son, died in
Natal 23rd Aug. 1938.
COLIN CAMPBELL, died at Callander
1882
1944.
20th June 1931; his widow, Jessie
Taylor, died at Edinburgh 29th July
1911
ADAM WIGHTMAN FERGUSON,
died at Yarrow 21st July 1943; his
daugh., Beatrice Mair (marr. 10th
Sept. 1931 Alexander William Sawyer, min.
of Inchinnan).
SOUTH CHURCH
SECOND CHARGE
GEORGE MARTIN, his daugh., Helen,
1658
bapt. 3rd Jan. 1656; Dean of
Faculty 3rd Jan. 1656.— [St An
drews Reg.]
DUNDEE ST CLEMENT'S
JAMES MUIRHEAD BENSON, died
1894 unmarr. 5th Nov. 1925.
DAVID EASTHAM AUTY, trans, to
1922 Castle Douglas 22nd March 1928.
JOHN SHEDDEN, formerly of Haggs
(q.v.}, trans, from Dalmellington
llth Sept. 1928; trans, to Trinity,
Edinburgh, 18th May 1932; trans, to
Cardonald 18th Sept. 1935; died 4th Aug.
1947.
DUNDEE]
BALGAY— ST JOHN'S
487
BALGAY
WILLIAM HALL, dem. 16th May 1924,
1898 died at Dundee 28th March 1925.
CYRUS MAXWELL MORTIMER,
1924
born Edinburgh 14th March 1897,
son of Alfred M. and Anne Watt
Chalmers Pryde; educ. at Royal High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1922); served in Great War as Lieut.
R.F.A., R.F.C. and R.A.F., Air Force
Cross; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 20th
Dec. 1922; assistant St Leonard's, Edin
burgh, and Dunblane; ord. 3rd Sept. 1924;
trans, to Roberton 6th May 1930. Marr.
26th Dec. 1918 Dorothy Aileen, daugh. of
Edward Elliot, and has issue — Aileen
Marion, born 14th Feb. 1921; Dorothy
Anne Elliot, born 23rd Dec. 1928.
CHAPELSHADE
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON MIT-
1924
CHELL, born 1st Oct. 1897, son of
George M., farm overseer, and
Agnes Henderson; educ. at Univ. of Aber
deen, M.A. (1919), B.D. (1922); licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen, 1922; assistant Kirk-
caldy; ord. 17th Dec. 1924; trans, to
Kirriemuir 22nd Aug. 1929; trans, to Mort-
lach 9th Jan. 1935; died 10th Dec. 1941.
Marr. 28th July 1926 Jean Fraser, daugh.
of J. Farquhar McRae, factor, Kirkton of
Rayne, Meikle Wartle, Aberdeenshire, and
has issue — Ian McRae, born 13th April
1927; Evelyn McRae, born 13th April 1927;
Isabel Henderson, born 19th Dec. 1933.
CLEPINGTON
DAVID RAE ROBERTSON, his
widow, Jane Morris Galloway, died
27th Sept. 1928; his daugh., Eliza
beth Mary, died at Broughty Ferry 19th
May 1925.
GEORGE MAcWILLIAM, trans, to
1918 Audlearn 14th April 1926.
DAVID DICK, born 8th Aug. 1896,
1926
son of John D. and Thomasina
Smith; served in Argyll and Suther
land Highlanders in France and Mace
donia; retired Lieut. 1919; educ. at Univ.
of St Andrews, M.A. (1921), B.D. (1924);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 1924; assis
tant at Dunblane; ord. 1st Sept. 1926;
Chaplain to Forces Territorial Army 1930;
trans, to Torthorwald 16th May 1935;
trans, to St Ninian's, Stirling, 12th June
1940. Marr. 25th Feb. 1931 Ella Margaret
Torrance, daugh. of William Steele Nicoll,
J.P., and Isabella Orrick Birrell, and has
issue — David Douglas, born llth May
1933; Dennis John, died 1st Oct. 1934;
Doreen Ella Margaret Nicoll, born 24th
April 1937. Publications — Edited College
Echoes, 1922-3; edited Scottish University
Verses 1918-23 (1923) and various booklets
and pamphlets.
DOWNFIELD
HENRY DODD, his wife, Elizabeth
Scott, died at Edinburgh 26th Feb.
1932; dem. 2nd Feb. 1941; died 4th
June 1942.
ST DAVID'S
GEORGE LEWIS, his daugh., Florence
1839 Mary (marr. Harold B. Milne of
Ridgwood, London), died 1 3th July
1929.
GEORGE MURDOCH MACLEAN,
19Q9 died at Monifieth 14th May 1948;
his daugh., Mairi (marr. 27th Sept.
1934 Lewis Drummond Carmichael, Mill
of Bendochy).
(United with St Paul's 28th May 1947.)
ST JOHN'S
PETER GRANT, his son, John Guillan,
1851 died at Tayport 28th July 1930.
JOHN ANTHONY MACRAE, trans.
1919 to Partick 10th Jan. 1928.
McINTOSH MOWAT, trans, from
1928 Ruthrieston (q.v,) llth July 1928;
trans, to Campsie, High Church,
23rd April 1941; died 22nd May 1948; his
daugh., Marjory (marr. 16th Sept. 1939
James Wilson Anderson, min. of Bonhill
North). Publication — Straight from the
Shoulder.
488
ST PAUL'S— LOCHEE, ST LUKE'S
[PRESB. OF
1662
ST PAUL'S
WILLIAM RAIT, Regent of King's
College, Aberdeen, 1641. Marr.
cont. 21st July 1642 Elizabeth Gor
don, sister to Alexander Gordon, the Gude-
man of Birsemore, and had issue — James,
bapt. 2nd Sept. 1654; Robert, bapt. 21st
Nov. 1655; William, bapt. 14th Feb. 1657;
Catherine, bapt. 4th Oct. 1658; David,
bapt. 8th Feb. 1660; Laurence, bapt. 6th
July 1661 ; Alexander, bapt. 1 1th Aug. 1663;
Agnes, bapt. 30th March 1665.
ROBERT RAIT, had issue— William,
born 24th Aug. 1685; Janet, born
24th Aug. 1686; Alexander, born
26th March 1688.
1682
WILLIAM MITCHELL. Addl. issue-
Alexander, bapt. 24th March 1669;
a child buried Aberdeen 4th Oct.
1669.— [Aberdeen Reg.]
WILLIAM SMITH, his widow, Jessie
1883 Bayne, died 10th Nov. 1941.
JAMES BOATH WOOD, his wife,
Elizabeth Hair, Doctor of Osteo-
1897
pathy, died 6th July 1925.
1903
FAIRMUIR
DONALD DEWAR MACDONALD,
son of Donald M., Parish School
master, Kilmacolm; died at Dundee
14th June 1926.
1926
WILLIAM ANGUS WALLACE, born
27th March 1883; educ. at St John's
College, Manitoba Univ.; ord. dea
con by Archbishop of Rupert's Land; locum
tenens St Mark's, Minnedosa; ord. priest
18th June 1916; rector of St Thomas, Win
nipeg, 1916-19; dem. on appointment as
Western Canadian Provincial Organising
Secretary for the World Brotherhood
Movement; rector of Elgin, Manitoba,
1921 ; dem. June 1922; returned to Scotland;
assistant Ferry Port on Craig; adm. on
probation by General Assembly 24th May
1923; adm. by Presb. of Hamilton 1924;
adm. to Law 1 1th Feb. 1925; trans, and adm.
15th Dec. 1926; trans to Guthrie 21st Nov.
1935. Marr. 25th Sept. 1916 Elizabeth
Haslam Bethune and has issue — William
Bethune, born 9th May 1922; Elizabeth
Naomi, born 20th May 1925; Eleanor May,
born 25th Sept. 1932.
HILLTOWN
JOHN BAXTER, died 12th Aug. 1893;
his wife, Janet Soutar, died llth
Jan. 1879, aged 69; had issue — John
born 10th Aug. 1841, died 3rd April 1908;
George Chalmers, born 16th July 1843,
min. U.F. Church, Cargill, died 2nd April
1918; Jane, died 10th June 1849; Richard,
died 9th July 1849.
LOCHEE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham llth Sept. 1243.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, his widow, Mar
garet Asher Bell, died 22nd Dec.
1935.
1871
1925
RICHARD GIBB, trans, to Lochmaben
1920 17th Feb. 1925.
HUGH SHIRLAW, born Loanhead
15th April 1881, son of William S.
and Agnes Merry Thomson; educ.
at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1907), B.D.
(1911); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1910;
served in Argyll and Sutherland High
landers and in Royal Scots, Lieut., in Great
War; assistant at Robertson Memorial,
Edinburgh; ord. to Fogo llth Sept. 1919;
trans, and adm. 1st Oct. 1925. Marr. 4th
Feb. 1918 Florence, daugh. of William
Dunnett, min. of Kilmarnock.
1879
LOCHEE, ST LUKE'S
WILLIAM MAY, died 7th Jan. 1925;
his widow, Anna McDougall, died
7th Nov. 1946.
EVELYN GALL, trans, to Kirkcaldy
1917 27th April 1927.
MATTHEW McPHAIL, trans, from
Castle Douglas 12th Oct. 1927;
1V 7 trans, to Arbirlot 16th May 1929.
DUNDEE]
LOGIE— ST ENOCH'S
489
LOGIE
The church was granted to Scone Abbey
by William, Bishop of St Andrews 1202-12,
being confirmed by William the Lion. The
church was dedicated by Bishop de Bern-
ham 25th Aug. 1243.— [Book of Scone, 28.]
JOHN CHRISTISON, M.A., had issue
also, Mr John. — [Dunfermline Sas.,
•• ^s\ * -•
11, 201.]
JAMES WILSON MUGGOCH, trans.
1922 to Martyr's, Paisley, 18th Jan. 1928.
HENRY MATTHEW BARTLETT,
1928
born Insch 31st Oct. 1902; son of
Henry B., master baker, merchant
and farmer, and Isabella Dunbar Matthew;
educ. at Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1923),
B.D. (1926); licen. by Presb. of Garioch
1926; assistant Galashiels; ord. 6th July
1928. Marr. 27th June 1940 Elizabeth Auld
Nicholson, elder daugh. of William J.
Wallace, 1 1 Strawberry Bank, Dundee, and
had issue — Anne Susan, born 17th June
1941, died 20th Nov. 1942; Peter Henry,
born 19th June 1944.
MARYFIELD
JAMES DOWIE, died at Cupar 17th
1887 May 1932.
JOHN McILWRAITH, trans, to St
1922 Ninian's, Aberdeen, 20th Feb. 1929.
WILLIAM CECIL BIGWOOD, born
1929
Burnside, Forfar, 9th Dec. 1903, son
of William John B. and Annabella
Valentine; educ. at Forfar Academy and
Univ. of St Andrews, M.A. (1924), and
Edinburgh B.D. (1929); licen. by Presb. of
- 1929; ord. 19th June 1929;
trans, to Keith, St Rufus, 2nd Oct. 1935;
trans, to Fetteresso 5th April 1944. Marr.
12th Nov. 1930 Isabella Hunter, daugh. of
Joseph Farquhar, Dundee, and Christian
Hunter, and has issue — Anne Margaret,
born 9th Feb. 1932, died 15th Feb. 1932;
William Francis Nathan, born 1st Feb.
1933; Winifred Katherine, born 14th Dec.
1935; Joan Mary, born 28th Jan. 1937.
ROSEBANK
ALEXANDER FORBES BLACK,
1920 trans, to Advie 4th May 1928.
1928
JOHN HOW AT, born 23rd Jan. 1903,
son of Adam H., M.A., school
master, Pittenweem, and Henrietta
Taylor; educ. at Madras College and Univ.
of St Andrews, M.A. (1924), B.D. (1927);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 5th May
1927; assistant at West Church, Aberdeen;
ord. 27th Sept. 1928; trans, to Ballater
South 29th June 1933; trans, to St Rule's
Monifeith, 24th Feb. 1943; app. Assembly
Secretary for Department and Director of
Religious Education, 1948. Marr. 29th Dec.
1938 May, eldest daugh. of James Owen
Angus, Aberdeen, and has issue — Angus
John, born 5th Aug. 1944.
ST ANDREW'S
JAMES EWING, his son, Sir James
1837 Alfred, died 7th Jan. 1935.
HARCOURT MORTON DAVIDSON,
1886 died 5th June 1926.
ROBERT FORRESTER VICTOR
SCOTT, trans, from Strathmiglo
(q.v.) 26th Jan. 1926; trans, to
Barony, Glasgow, 3rd Oct. 1935; trans, to
St Columba's, Pont Street, London, 7th
Oct. 1938; D.D. (Edinburgh, 23rd June
1944); has issue — Frances, born 23rd Jan.
1925; Agnes Henrietta, born 16th Nov.
1926; Thomas Harry, born llth May 1932.
Father-in-law's name, for "F. J." read
"Frank Scott."
ST ENOCH'S
HUGH GEORGE WATT, his widow,
1877
Amy Stanley Allan, died at Miln-
gavie 1st Sept. 1928.
WILLIAM YOUNG COLQUHOUN,
1923 died 1 1th March 1928.
JOHN HENDERSON SEAFORTH
BURLEIGH, trans, from Fyvie
(q.v.) 3rd Oct. 1928; dem. 30th Sept.
1931 on app. to Chair of Ecclesiastical
History, Univ. of Edinburgh; D.D. (Aber
deen, 30th March 1938). Marr. 25th Aug.
490
ST ENOCH'S— INCHTURE
[PRESB. OF
1926 Mary, daugh. of Charles Giles, min.
of Forglen, and has issue — Elizabeth Anne,
born 1st Nov. 1927; John Karl, born 14th
Jan. 1931. Publication — Christianity in the
New Testament Epistles.
ST MARK'S
CHARLES MARTIN GRANT, line 32,
1877 for "1915" read "1918."
JOSEPH ROBERT PRENTER, dem.
1913
2nd June 1925; adm. to St Ninian's,
Linlithgow, 9th April 1930; dem.
June 1937; died 8th July 1946; his daughs.
— Kathleen Louisa (marr. 3rd April 1937
Kenneth Anderson, leader of Reid Orche
stra); Lucie Blanche Woods (marr. 17th
April 1937 Dr Philip Murphy, Colonial
Medical Service).
DAVID BRUCE NICOL, formerly of
Skelmorlie (#.v.); trans, from St
Margaret's, Edinburgh, 18th Dec.
1925; trans, to Govan 5th Sept. 1929.
1925
1924
1928
ST MATTHEW'S
MATTHEW WELSH NEILSON, trans.
1920 to New Deer 16th May 1924.
HUGH CLARKE McCOLL, trans.
from Kilbirnie (q.v.) 9th Oct. 1924;
dem. 31st May 1928; assistant St
Mungo's, Alloa; adm. to Milton, Glasgow,
28th March 1933; died 7th Jan. 1944.
COLIN ROSS MUNRO, born Kilmuir,
Ross-shire, 25th Jan. 1886, son of
John M., forester; educ. at Univ. of
Aberdeen, M.A. (1910); ord. to Mure
Church, Irvine, 1916; trans, to West U.F.
Church, Hamilton, 1922; trans, and adm.
14th Nov. 1928; dem. 12th March 1931;
trans, to Old Church, Alexandria, 14th
Sept. 1932. Marr. 4th April 1917 Isabella
Margaret, daugh. of David Hamilton,
teacher, Bellevue, Meikleriggs, Paisley, and
has issue — Iain Ross, born 10th April 1918;
David Hamilton, born 31st Oct. 1921.
WALLACETOWN
STANLEY BUCHANAN CAREY,
dem. 23rd Feb. 1926 and went to
1919
St Andrews, Guelph, Canada, 1927;
1926
adm. to St Andrews Presb. Church, Pictou,
Nova Scotia.
JOHN ALEXANDER MACKAY,
trans, from Cluny, Kincardine
O'Neill (q.v.) 8th Sept. 1926; dem.
7th Oct. 1930; adm. to Chapelton 23rd
Dec. 1930; trans, to St James, Clydebank,
30th Jan. 1936.
INCHTURE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 1 1th Aug. 1243. In 1 165-72 King
William the Lion granted the church, with
its lands and the Chapel of Kinnaird, to the
Priory of St Andrews, the grant being con
firmed by Richard, Bishop of St Andrews,
1170-2. In 1372 Pope Gregory XI con
firmed a charter of William Landel, Bishop
of St Andrews, granting the Mensal Church
of Inchture with the Chapel of Kinnaird
for the fabric of the Cathedral, on the
ground that the action of the sea had
destroyed a large part of the rock on which
the Cathedral was situated and threatened
the greatest danger to the foundation and
fabric of the same, and that the fruits,
annual rents, and revenues devoted to the
work of the fabric, through wars and the
mischievousness of men, had become so
small and so alienated that they did not
suffice for the repair of the rock and the
upkeep of the Cathedral. In the church
there was an altar dedicated to St Katha
rine. — [Reg. Priory of St Andrews, xxxvi,
xlv, 59, 138-9, 218-19.]
NICOL SPITTAL, M.A., min. at
Foulis, also in charge here 1 563-72.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Fife,
1563
etc.]
JOHN SMYTH, exhorter 1565-6.—
1565 [Cal. of Charters, ix, 2105.]
JAMES WICHTAND, pres. to vicarage
15th Aug. 1573 on death of Arthur
Taillyour.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
1574
10.]
ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR, pres.
to vicarage 17th Dec. 1606 on dem.
or transportation of John Ogilvy,
min. at Kingoldrum.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxv,
211.]
DUNDEE]
INCHTURE— KINNAIRD IN COWRIE
491
THOMAS CARSTAIRS, episcopal
min., intruded here Oct. 1715 to Jan.
1716 and lured men for the Pre
tender. — [Justiciary Records.]
JOHN ADAMSON HONEY, his
1884
widow, Jessie Syme, died 9th Dec.
1935.
THOMAS DOWNIE MEREDITH,
1920
trans, to St Luke's, Edinburgh, 30th
Sept. 1927.
PETER JOHN McIVER, trans, from
1928 Craigneuk 17th Feb. 1928.
(United to Kinnaird Uth Jan. 1941.)
ROSSIE
The Church of Rossinclerach (Rossie)
was dedicated to St Laurence and St
Coman by Bishop de Bernham of St
Andrews 13th Aug. 1243. The church
along with its pertinents was granted to the
Priory of St Andrews by Matthew, Arch
deacon of St Andrews — confirmation by
Malcolm IV, 1153-65. The "Abbey" of
Rossie indicates that there was an early
Christian settlement here, with dependent
churches or chapels. — [Reg. Priory of St
Andrews, 64, 126, 200-1, etc.; Church of
Scot, in \3th Century, 56.]
1565
DAVID ROBERTSON, pres. in 1570
on death of David Henderson. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 5.]
GEORGE HAITLIE, pres. to vicarage
1 1th Aug. 1607 on death of Robert
Gray, last vicar, who was brother of
Patrick, Lord Gray. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxvi,
147.]
JAMES BLAIR.— [G. R. Sas., Ix,
1628 437.]
INVERGOWRIE
The church was founded by St Boniface
(Curitan) about 7 15. At Invergowrie there
was a church site called Kil-curdy (Church
of Curitan), called in 17th century Kin-
curdy, Kincuddy. The church, along with
the lands called Dargoch on the west side
of the church, was granted to Scone Abbey
by Malcolm IV, 1153-65.— [Scott's Pictish
Nation, 375; Simpson's Celtic Church in
Scot., Ill; Book of 'Scone, 12.]
WILLIAM CAVELL, vicar 1561.—
1561 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
JOHN BUCHAN, min. in 1563, also at
US.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
1563
DAVID DENMUIR, reader.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
NINIAN HALL, min. 1568-9.— [Comps.
1568 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JOHN CHRISTISON, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 14th Jan. 1579-80 on death
of William Hepburn, Chalmoner of
Scone.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 28.]
1579
1901
DONALD DAVIDSON, died 16th Feb.
1929; his widow, Lily Munro, died
Bournemouth 26th June 1946.
(Charges united 2nd Sept. 1945.)
KINNAIRD IN GOWRIE
Kinnaird was a dependent chapel of
Inchture and as such was given by William
the Lion, 1165-1214, and Richard, Bishop
of St Andrews 1163-77, to the Priory of
St Andrews.
JAMES WICHTAND, reader 16th Feb.
1579 1567-8.— [Edin. Tests., ix, 248.]
THOMAS KINNARES.— [G. R. Sas.,
1649 2 Ser., x, 149.]
JOHN SHAW, his first wife, Anna
1678
Bennet, died 15th March 1671.
Addl. issue — Elizabeth, born 6th
Feb. 1668; his son, John, was by first
marriage; marr. (2) Isobel Strachan and
had issue — Janet, born 8th Feb. 1673;
Isabel, born 14th July 1674, died 31st July
1675; Catherine, died 18th Dec. 1676.—
[Car nock Register, Memo., Rev. J. M.
Webster.]
JOHN MILNE ANDERSON, dem.
1899 12th Jan. 1941.
492
LIFF and BENVIE— LUNDIE and FOULIS EASTER [PRESB. OF
LIFF and BENVIE
The church was confirmed to Scone
Abbey by William, Bishop of St Andrews
1202-12, being one of a group of churches
described as granted to the Abbey by
Alexander I, Malcolm IV, William the
Lion . — [Book of Scone, 31.]
JOHN BUCHAN, min. in 1563. (See
1563 Invergowrie.)
NICHOLAS SPITTALL, min. of Foulis
Easter and Longforgan, in charge
here.
JOHN CHRISTISON, called min. of
1<;ni Liff 2nd Oct. l6Q5.—[Dunfermlme
Sas., ii, 201.]
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND BUCHAN,
1919
trans, to St James, Portobello, 8th
Oct. 1924.
JOHN MACLEAN, trans, from Renton
1925
(q.v.) 25th March 1925. Addl. issue
—Kenneth F., born 25th Feb. 1921,
died 25th Jan. 1922; Alisdair Edmund, born
14th Sept. 1922, killed falling from a tree
22nd Feb. 1930; Iain Gordon Cameron,
born 10th Jan. 1924; his wife, Ann O'Brien,
died 3rd Aug. 1934; hisdaugh., Moira (marr.
16th July 1946 James, elder son of J. D.
McGibbon, Gray Cottage, Liff.)
BENVIE
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 9th Sept. 1243. About 1350-60
there are mentioned at Benvie, the land of
St Martin and the Vennel of St Mary, the
latter no doubt being the parish church. —
[Misc. Scot. Hist. Soc., v, 17.]
JOHN OGILVIE, min. 14th March
1599 l^Ol, when Alexander Scrymgeour
claimed possession as successor to
Thomas Ramsay. — [Acts and Dec., clxvi,
55.]
ALEXANDER SCRIMGEOUR, his
w^e hac* a son' Patrick Chalmers. —
[Deeds Dal., 1705, No. 142.]
THOMAS LAWRIE, line 11, for
1731 "Begs" read "Bogs."
LONGFORGAN
JOHN SMYTH, exhorter 18th Jan.
-.,. 1565-6.— [Cal. of Charters, ix,
2102.]
NICOLAS SPITTAL, exhorter 18th
1566 Jan. 1565-6, may be identical with
N.S., son of Henry S. of Blairlogie;
had a sister Christina. — [Cal. of Charters,
ix, 2105; Stephen's Inverkeithing and
Rosyth, 480-1; Edin. Tests., v, 142.]
JAMES MIDDLETON, had issue—
166 David, bapt. 15th Feb. 1656; Jean,
bapt. 9th Dec. 1658; Grizel, bapt.
30th March 1660; Catherine, bapt. 14th
April 1661. — [Montrose Reg. ]
THOMAS MITCHELL, had issue—
Marjorie, bapt. llth May 1698.—
[St Martin's Reg.]
JAMES HODGE, his daugh., Jean
1709 (marr. cont. 12th Aug. 1732).
WILLIAM ELPHINSTONE, intruded
here 1715 to Jan. 1716 and waited
upon the Pretender at Glamis. —
[Justiciary Records, 12th Feb. 1717.]
1715
WILLIAM RITCHIE, his sons—
1843
Edward Thomas, died 3rd March
1928; William Marshall, died at
Broughty Ferry 25th Sept. 1932.
NEIL KENNEDY MACKENZIE, died
18 _ 5th Aug. 1924; his daugh., Cecilia
Emily Grant (marr. 6th Aug. 1924
Capt. David Heron Watson, Cameron
Highlanders); his widow, Edith Henrietta
Frances Grant, died 2nd Dec. 1941.
WILLIAM MACNICOL, trans, from
1925
Chapel of Garioch (q.v.) 16th Jan.
1925.
LUNDIE and FOULIS EASTER
ALEXANDER CRICHTON, parson.—
1566 [Acts and Dec., xxxi, 173, xlix, 107.]
JOHN KNOX, M.A., min. 1st Dec.
1577 1517.— [Edin. Tests., vi, 168.]
ANDREW MORTON, his son, Andrew,
1595 min. of Carmunnock.
DUNDEE] FOULIS EASTER— MAINS and STRATHMARTINE
493
1701
WALTER AINSLIE, marr. (3) Beatrix
Chalmers, whose father was a mer
chant and not a writer; his son,
Walter, adm. merchant burgess of Edin
burgh 14th Sept. 1737.
GEORGE FLEMING, marr. Agnes,
1711
daugh. of Alexander Hamilton of
Kinkell and widow of Robert
Hamilton; his son, William, apprenticed to
Robert Boyd, merchant, Edinburgh, 17th
May 1732.
JOHN SINCLAIR, trans, to Mains
1919 and Strathmartine 14th April 1926.
ROBERT LAMOND MACNIE, trans.
1926
from Loth 1st Dec. 1926; died at
Dundee 14th Feb. 1929.
JOHN ROGAN, trans, from Burntis-
land (q.v.) 14th June 1929, died 22nd
Dec. 1929; his daugh., Elizabeth
Agnes (marr. 27th Dec. 1929 William
Stevenson, min. of Kinghorn).
FOULIS EASTER
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 31st Aug. 1242.
PATRICK MORTIMER, reader, pres.
1574 to vicarage 7th March 1574-5 on
dem. of John Row and death of
Andrew Row.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2) 31.]
MAINS and STRATHMARTINE
Strathdighty. In 1201-7 the church was
granted to Arbroath Abbey by Gillechrist,
Earl of Anegus. In the church there was an
altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary. A
dispute between Robert Graham of Fintry,
heir of late Robert G. of Fintry, and
Matilda Scrymgeour, widow of the said
late Robert G., as to the altar was settled
on 20th May 1490, when the arbiters in the
dispute received the goods and ornaments
of the altar in a chest before the altar from
Sir Andrew Bachlane, chaplain, and the
arbiters and said Matilda gave them to
Robert Graham, who in turn gave them to
the altar in honour of God, the Blessed
Virgin, and St Joseph, vowing at the same
time to found a perpetual chantry in their
honour. The foundation took place on 7th
June 1490.— [Reports Hist. MSS. Commis.,
ii, Graham of Fintry, 199; Reg. Great Seal,
ii, 2130.]
NINIAN HALL, exhorter 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
WILLIAM AUCHMOUTIE, M.A.,
1568
min. in 1568. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ALEXANDER GRAHAM, vicar.—
1575 [Acts and Dec., liv, 33.]
1585
35.]
WILLIAM BRUCE, pres. to vicarage
21st Feb. 1588-9 on death of
Alexander Graham. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ,
WILLIAM RAIT.— [G. R. Sas., lix,
1590 151.]
PATRICK STRACHAN, had issue-
John, bapt. 13th April 1676; George,
bapt. 26th May 1677.
1673
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, his
1795 daugh., Jean (marr. 3rd April 1795).
1820
DAVID CANNON, marr. Margaret,
sister of James Lewes, Trinidad, and
had issue — James, died young;
Joseph, died young; Helen (marr. James
Forgan, writer, Dundee); John, surveyor,
factor and agent, South Australia and
Van Dieman 's Land, died at Edinburgh 27th
Aug. 1852; Alexander, Captain, H.E.I.C.S.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, dem.
1918
25th Nov. 1925; adm. to Robertson
Memorial, Glasgow, 12th Jan. 1928.
JOHN SINCLAIR, trans, from Lundie
1926
(<7.v.) 14th April 1926; app. clerk of
Presbytery 1925; dem. 1st Oct. 1945;
app. assistant clerk of Presb. of Glasgow
1945. Marr. (1) 16th June 1927 Hannah
Winks (died 21st Sept. 1935), daugh. of
Robert Black Hunter and Anne Steele
Morris; (2) 5th June 1940 Margaret Mac-
Gillivray McMurtrie and has issue — Marie
Williamson, born 4th Feb. 1944.
494
STRATHMARTINE— MONIFIETH
[PRESB. OF
STRATHMARTINE
The church was dedicated by Bishop of
Bernham 18th May 1249.
THOMAS GUMMING, vicar 1562-6.
— [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds,
1562
For far, etc.]
JAMES WEIGHT, exhorter 1563, min.
1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
1563
Forfar, etc.]
THOMAS MORRISON, pres. to
vicarage 14th May 1568 on death of
James Tyrie.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvii,
1568
64.]
WILLIAM AUCHMOUTIE, min. pres.
to prebend of quarter of parsonage
20th March 1572 on death of Sir
James Weicht.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xli, 58.]
1718
WILLIAM THOMSON, marr. Helen,
daugh. of William Ged, merchant,
Edinburgh.
HUGH MAXWELL, his sons— Robert
of Halkerton; George of Balmyles,
provost of Dundee.
DAVID MAXWELL, his daughs.—
Janet, died 1833; Ann (marr. Capt.
Bell), died 1826; Helen (marr.
George Blair of Adamstone), died 1831.
1751
MONIFIETH
The church was granted to Arbroath
Abbey by Gillechrist, Earl of Angus
(Leneges), dr. 1201-7. About 1230
Malcolm, Earl of Angus, granted to
Nicolas, son of Bryce, priest of Kirriemuir,
the whole land of the Abthan of Monifieth.
Abthan denotes that there was here a
Celtic community of clerics governed by an
Ab or Head. At Eglismonichty there was
a chapel dedicated to St Andrew. If the
name contains that of St Nechtan (Mo-
Nechtan), St Andrew may be a later dedi
cation.— [Skene's Celtic Scotland, ii, 395;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 311; Cal. of
Charters, i, 31; Reg. of Arbroath, vetus.]
JAMES LOVELL, reader.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
GILBERT GARDEN, on his complaint
1565 that Henry Wood of Ballumby and
others had deprived him of the fruits
of the glebe since 1565 by ejecting his
tenants of the same, the Privy Council on
21st July 1569 ordained the said Henry to
desist from the occupation of the glebe and
put Gilbert in possession. — [Reg. Privy
Council, i, 686-7.]
PATRICK DURHAM, had issue—
Andrew, bapt. 17th April 1615, died
13th Oct. 1659; Charles, bapt. 9th
July 1616; Jean, bapt. 7th Aug. 1617;
Agnes, bapt. 13th June 1619; Alexander,
bapt. 21st May 1624.
JOHN RUTHERFORD, called "King
James the Fifth and Sixth man. ' ' —
1626
736.]
[Reports Hist. MSS. Commis. vi,
JOHN BARCLAY, marr. 14th Nov.
1649 1648 Helen' dau§n- of John Fother-
ingham, and had issue — George,
bapt. 5th Jan. 1650; John, bapt. 1st July
1651; John, bapt. 27th Nov. 1652; David,
bapt. 25th Feb. 1654; Jean, bapt. 20th May
1655, died 31st July 1687; Alexander, bapt.
22nd Sept. 1656; William, bapt. 15th April
1658; Marion, bapt. 17th June 1659;
Margaret, bapt. 30th July 1660; Elizabeth,
bapt. 16th Feb. 1662; Jean, bapt. 27th June
1663; George, bapt. Nov. 1666; Thomas,
bapt. 18th June 1668; Henry, bapt. 4th
April 1670.
JOHN DEMPSTER, had issue— Mary,
1676
bapt. 8th Dec. 1676; George, bapt.
24th Jan. 1678; John, bapt. 29th
April 1679; Charles, bapt. 15th Nov. 1680;
James, bapt. 24th April 1682, died 18th
June 1684; Henry, bapt. 20th Aug. 1683;
Jean, bapt. and died 1st Nov. 1685.
DAVID DUTHIE McLAREN, died at
Culter, Aberdeenshire, 8th April
1939.
1900
1921
GORDON QUIG, died at Edinburgh
18th March 1946; his only daugh.,
Pauline Margaret Janet (marr. 12th
May 1947 Flying Officer David Falconer
Robertson).
DUNDEE]
MONIKIE— TEALING
495
MONIKIE
MATTHEW GRIEVE, vicar pensioner,
reader and exhorter 1561-8; pres.
1567-8 on death of Thomas Scrym-
geour. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 3; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.; Reg. Privy
Council, 1, 684.]
GILBERT GARDEN, min. 1563-8.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.] (See Monifieth.)
HENRY GRIEVE, pres. to vicarage
15?4 10th July 1571 on death of Matthew
Grieve. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
23.]
1585
JOHN DURHAM, his daugh., Barbara
(marr. cont. 1st, 2nd and 10th March
1638 Andrew, son of Patrick Dur
ham, min. of Monifieth). — [Forfar Deeds,
28th Jan. 1642.]
WILLIAM RAIT, marr. cont. 12th
1680 AP1"^ 1673, and had issue — George,
M.D., bapt. 8th July 1674; Marat,
bapt. 20th May 1676; Isabel, bapt. 9th Jan.
1678 (marr. 15th June 1704 John Robertson
of Balharrie); Elizabeth, bapt. 19th Feb.
1679 (marr. James Smyton, merchant,
Dundee); Marie, bapt. 6th Dec. 1683;
Rachel, bapt. 3rd June 1686; Janet, bapt.
8th Jan. 1688; James, bapt. 29th Jan. 1689;
Catherine, bapt. 25th Dec. 1689; Agnes,
bapt. 18th May 1691.
JAMES MILLER, born 20th June 1777;
1827 his son, David, died 22nd Aug. 1 839;
his daughs.— Elizabeth, died 10th
Dec. 1873; Mary Ann, died 31st July 1862
(marr. 26th Dec. 1849 Malcolm Mclntyre,
min. of Free Church, Monikie); Janet, died
3rd Aug. 1840; Jane Martin (marr. 26th
Dec. 1 848 Alexander Comrie, min. of Free
Church, Carnoustie); his son, John, died
27th Jan. 1879.
ANDREW ARMIT, died 5th Aug. 1938;
1896 his widow, Elizabeth Wilson, died
28th Aug. 1942; his daugh., Eliza
beth, died 24th June 1925.
MURROES
In 1201-7 the church was granted to
Arbroath Abbey by Gillechrist, Earl of
Angus (Leneges). — [Reg. of Arbroath, vet us
31.]
WILLIAM OLIVER, reader, pres. to
1563 vicarage 20th Nov. 1579 on death
of Ninian Cook. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, 251.]
ANDREW AUCHINLECK, min. in
1563 and 1574.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Forfar, etc.] (See Barry.)
1648
ROBERT EDWARD, line 15, delete
' ' Elizabeth Adamson, who survived
him and had issue. ' '
JAMES DUNDAS, episcopal min. in
truded here, Nov. 1715 to Jan. 1716.
— [Justiciary Records.]
JAMES NICOLL, died 3rd Sept. 1935;
his widow, Cecilia Clark Baird, died
26th Jan. 1938.
1873
1919
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS FORBES,
died 16th Aug. 1942. Marr. 2nd
Sept. 1926 Margaret Janet Ann,
daugh. of John Tulloch and Janet Muir,
and has issue — William Surrene, born 1st
June 1929; John Augustus, born 16th Aug.
1931; Alexander Tulloch, born 24th Aug.
1934.
BALLUMBIE
JOHN WIGTOUN, alleged vicar pen-
1564 sioner. — [Acts and Dec., xxx, 48.]
ST MARGARET'S, BARNHILL
THOMAS NEWBIGGING ADAM-
SON, his widow, Christina Fraser,
died 15th Feb. 1929.
1884
GEORGE BREMNER, dem. 10th Nov.
1946; died 27th Nov. 1946; his wife,
Jeannie Mackay, died 18th Nov.
1943.
1921
TEALING
The church was granted to the Priory of
St Andrews by Hugh Gifford and his son,
496
TEALING
[PRESB. OF DUNDEE
Willliam, 1178-80, and 1189-98 confirmed
by William the Lion. — [Reg. Priory of St
Andrews, xxxiii, 72, 325.]
ADAM FOWLIE, vicar 1561, also
parson 1563 and min. 1568. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ANDREW GIBB, pres. to vicarage 2nd
June 1573 on death of Adam
Fowlie.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 6.]
JOHN RAMSAY, pres. to parsonage
1590
30th April 1591; the charge "has
much pepull and requiring an able
person to travel in the function of thir
ministrie."— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 42.]
ALEXANDER BRUCE, his daugh.,
Catherine (marr. 6th Dec. 1649
John, son of James Scrimgeour of
Fordell).
PATRICK MAKGILL, marr. Marjory
Durham, who marr. (2) Thomas
1665
Herring of Callie.— [Deeds Dal.,
1706, No. 1839.]
DAVID BARCLAY MELLIS, his
daugh., Mary Campbell, died from
motor accident, Edinburgh, 17th
April 1933.
1889
SAMUEL MACAULAY, his father
min. at Annaclone, Bannbridge;
died 5th June 1925; his widow,
Helen Scott Shiell, died 16th April 1941;
his daughs. — Helen Scott (marr. 20th Sept.
1941 Charles Kendal Hamlyn Rae); Mary
Margaret (marr. 10th Oct. 1946 Rev.
Cassells Cordner, M.A., Cooke Centenary
Church, Belfast).
IAN FORBES McCULLOCH, born
29th May 1 898, son of John Hutton
McC, min. of North Leith; educ. at
Edinburgh Institution, Univ. of Edinburgh,
M.A. (1924); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
19th Dec. 1923; assistant St Stephen's,
Edinburgh, 1924; ord. 19th Nov. 1925;
trans, to Greenock East 27th Nov. 1928;
trans, to Grahamston East 2nd April 1937.
Marr. 17th March 1926 Jane McWaters,
daugh. of Robert Semple, Kilmarnock, and
has issue — Alexander Forbes, born 16th
July 1927; George Morison, born 18th
March 1930; Elizabeth Ann Scott, born
24th June 1934.
1929
JAMES ALEXANDER SUTHER
LAND WILSON, trans, from
Bridge of Allan (q.v.) 15th June
1929; dem. 31st May 1941; died 12th Nov.
1944; his son, Leslie Rose, died 15th April
1917.
PRESBYTERY OF BRECHIN
BRECHIN, KILMORE and
BUTTERGILL
Kilmoir and Buttergill were included
in the charge of Brechin not later than
1574.
The Church of Kilmoir was situated on
the north side of the South Esk, a short
distance from the Cathedral and in the
garden of Brechin Castle. Andrew Lauche
(Leitch ?) was rector of Kilmoir dr. 1566-7.
The Church of Buttergill or Buthergill
was a prebend of Brechin Cathedral. The
church stood upon a knoll on the south
side of the South Esk about 200 yards west
of Brechin Bridge. The ruins of the church
and the gravestones were removed about
the close of the 1 8th century. At the site
there was a spring which bore the name of
"Inscen Well." Sir Robert Abercromby
was parson of Buttergill, apparently at and
certainly soon after the Reformation, and
dr. 1566-7 John Leslie, son of John L. in
Brechin, was granted "the benefice called
the parsonage and vicarage of Buttergill, ' '
vacant or when vacant by the decease or
demission of the said Sir Robert.
In the Cathedral there were also altars
as follows: St Andrew, in the parish church;
the Virgin Mary, at which on 18th Nov.
1360 Robert Erskine of Dun founded two
chaplains; St John the Baptist; St James,
at which there was a chaplainry of St Ann;
All Saints, at which on 6th June 1541 Sir
David Brown, vicar pensioner of Edzell,
founded a chaplainry of the Name of Jesus.
The bishopric was founded prior to 1153,
and most probably in 1150. The abbot of
the Celtic monastery appears to have be
come the Bishop; and the Culdees, at first
conjoined with the Chapter, were ulti
mately, in 1248, superseded by it. The
Vicarage of Brechin was a prebend of the
Cathedral, the vicar, no doubt, having the
parochial cure and serving at the parochial
altar. On 31st Oct. 1429, Walter Palatine
of Stratherne, Earl of Athole and Caith
ness, lord of Brechin, son of Robert II,
founded a college of four priests and six
boys to celebrate in the Cathedral, ap
parently as choristers, providing them with
land and with houses which he built there
on. Ten upper chambers were built after
his death, and completed by the Bishop;
and three lower chambers were built by
two chaplains. The round tower attached
to the south-west angle of the Cathedral
was built probably in the reign of Kenneth
IV Macmael-Cholium 971-95. Apparently
in 1267, William de Brechin, son of Sir
Henry de Brechin, son (natural) of David,
Earl of Huntingdon, founded the Maison
Dieu with chapel dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, the endowment being, in addition to
the site, the Mill of Brechin, with three-
tenths of the multures of Brechin, and the
multures of other lands. Between the
Bishop 's Palace and the Castle of Brechin
there was a House of the Trinity Friars
founded in 1260, and at Woodside, near
Brechin, there was a chapel dedicated to
the Virgin Mary. On 7th Nov. 1454, the
"Provost of St Anscharies's of Brechin"
is a mandatory of Pope Nicholas V; but
there is no known religious foundation
corresponding to that designation.
The chapel at Errot or Arrat was dedi
cated to St Mary Magdalene. By Bull of
Pope Eugene in 1435 it was united to the
Holy Rood Altar in Brechin Cathedral. —
[Reg. Great Seal, ii, 494, 1358, iii, 757, 1345;
Excheq. Rolls, xv, 146; Reg. Sec. Seal, i,
1761, ii, 1487; Reg. of Brechin, i, 11, 13, 20,
52, 68-9, 181-4, 230-4, ii, 42, 44, 175-80,
304, 332, 361; Cat. Papal Regs., Letters,
vii, 242, viii, 343, ix, 83, x, 689, xi, 273;
Book of Assumptions, i, 356; Skene's Celtic
497
21
498 BRECHIN, KILMORE, BUTTERGILL— BRECHIN EAST [PRESB. OF
Scot., 396-402; Simpson's Celtic Ch. in
Scot., 115; Jervise's Memorials of Angus
and Mearns, 469-71.]
SIR ROBERT ABERCROMBY, vicar
1561 of Buttergill 9th Oct. 1561.— [Cal.
of Deeds, Decree ts, xxviii.]
JOHN HEPBURN, on 15th Jan. 1587-8,
1562
as min. of Brechin, Kilmoir, Cuik-
stone and Buttergill, he received a
gift of the Chaplaincy of St Leonard in
Finavon to be paid to him yearly for his
services at said kirks. — [Reg. of Brechin, ii,
361.]
JOHN HAY, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JOHN SHARP, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
DAVID WATT, vicar 1566.— [Comps.
1566 Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
RICHARD FINLAYSON, reader 3rd
1576 June 1576.— [Edin. Tests., vi, 159.]
JOHN ERSKINE, pres. to vicarage 27th
Feb. 1578-9 on death of David
1578
Watt. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 13.]
ROBERT KINNEIR, vicar 31st July
15?6 1576; on 26th Nov. 1579, in succes
sion to the late John Erskine, he was
pres. by James VI to the vicarage with
manse and glebe, having been "found
qualified by the Superintendent of Angus
to exercise the office of reader within the
Kirk of God"; died after 15th May 1608;
had a son, John. — [Reg. of Brechin, ii, 230,
286, 296, 340.]
ALEXANDER BISSET, M.A.; to him
1608 anc* n^s w^e? J£an Ogilvy, belonged
the Office of the Mayor (Mair) of
Fee of the Sheriffdom of Aberdeen, with
the lands of Pitmukstoun (Pitmuxton) be
longing to the said office, lying near the
Dee in the parish of St Machar; the office
and lands passed to the Crown as ultimate
heir.— [Reg. Great Seal, xi, 70.]
JAMES WATT, reader 29th April 1623.
1623 — [Reg. Great Seal, viii, 644.]
ROBERT NORRIE, M.A., son of
1639 Alexander N., min. of Dunipace; in
succession to his father, he was pres.
by Hon. Patrick Maule of Panmure on 29th
Aug. 1636 to the office of Preceptor of the
Maison Dieu of Brechin, "to fulfil the
duties of the office, serving the cure of an
ordinary minister in the Chapel of the said
Preceptory and exercising the charge of a
Master of the Grammar School in the City
of Brechin." — [Reg. of Panmure, ii, 321-2.]
(See Dunipace.)
ROBERT GRAY, his son, Robert,
apprenticed to James Seton, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 21st Nov. 1739.
1717
JAMES MACKAY, his daugh., Eliza
beth Herd, died Ray Basses, Py-
1875
renees, 19th Oct. 1945.
JOHN ALEXANDER CLARK, his
1892
daugh., Elspeth Eadie, died 3rd
June 1927; his widow, Margaret
Eliza Ann Mclntyre, died llth July 1937;
his daughs. — Dorothy Campbell, died at
Loughborough 8th May 1941; Barbara
MacMillan, died 10th June 1942.
WALTER WILLIAM COATS, his wife,
Margaret Janet Hamilton, died 3rd
Jan. 1926; he died 21st June 1941.
SECOND CHARGE
1893
ADAM DUNCAN TAIT HUTCHI
SON, dem. 10th Feb. 1942; died 8th
Jan 1949; his wife, Margaret Men-
zies, died 7th Nov. 1936.
(First and Second Charges united Wth
Feb. 1942.)
BRECHIN EAST
REGINALD FREDERICK WHITE-
LEY, trans, to Thornliebank 7th
1921
June 1927.
JOHN MEIKLE GRAY, formerly of
Georgetown, British Guiana (q.v.),
and Elderslie; adm. 5th Oct. 1927;
dem. 10th Jan. 1937; adm. to Fetlar 4th
May 1938; trans, to Bressay 4th Sept. 1942;
BRECHIN]
BRECHIN EAST— CRAIG INCHBRIOCH
499
dem. 21st Oct. 1946; adm. to Lauder West
llth Dec. 1947; his son, Neil Alexander,
died 12th April 1944; Gwendoline Mary
Lloyd, born 6th May 1934.
GARDNER MEMORIAL
ALEXANDER MIDDLETON, dem.
1899 1937, died 9th Nov. 1942.
CARESTON
The church was built by Sir Alexander
Carnegie of Balnamoon (Bonnymoon) in
1636, and on 17th Nov. 1641 his lands of
Careston and Pitforkie were disjoined by
Parliament from Brechin and erected into
the parish of Careston, Sir Alexander being
patron. The church was considerably
altered in 1 808, and its story is further un
folded by a tablet over the entrance bearing
this inscription: "In loving memory of
Mrs Campbell of Stracathro this Church
was restored in 1905 A.D." — [Acts Scott.
Parl., v, 478; Trans. Scott. Eccles. Soc.,
1906-7, 131, 133, 141.]
GILBERT SKENE. Addl. issue—
1666
Agnes, bapt. 3rd Jan. 1664; Jean,
bapt. 14th April 1665; Elizabeth,
bapt. 3rd Feb. 1666. — [Montrose Reg.}
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A., in
truded here again Sept. 1715 to
Feb. 1716 and gave support to the
rebels. — [Justiciary Records. ]
ROBERT PAISLEY, dem. 17th Nov.
1925, died at Brechin 5th June 1926;
his widow, Amy Taylor, died 22nd
Dec. 1948.
1905
ROBERT MATTHEW WATSON,
trans, from Clova (q.v.} 17th March
1926; died 8th Jan. 1939 unmarr.
(United to Fern 4th July 1937.)
CRAIG INCHBRIOCH or
INCHBRAYOCK and DUNNINALD
Craig. The church was dedicated by
Bishop de Bernham 23rd Aug. 1243. By
Bull of Pope Sixtus IV, 26th Feb. 1473,
Inchbrioch was made a Mensal Church of
St Andrews.
Dunninald. Dedicated to St Skioch or
St Struy, thought by Reeves to be a corrupt
form of St Echad, one of St Columba's
disciples from Ireland. The church or
chapel, no longer in existence, stood on a
burying-ground which, called St Kae's, is
romantically situated on the margin of the
sea-cliffs, the rock being known locally also
as Elephant Rock. On 17th Nov. 1470
Pope Paul II decreed that the Chapel of
St Seaffron (St Skiach) be served by the
Priory of Restennet and the sacraments
dispensed to the inhabitants, the chapel
with the lands of Donmacht (Dunninald)
belonging to the Priory. The parish of
Skeochy is mentioned 26th Jan. 1539-40,
and called also parish of St Skeoch and
Senetskay. The parish of Craig was formed
by the union of St Skeoch parish and the
parish of Inchbrayoch, i.e. the island of
Brioc, in the South Esk near Montrose,
where the old church was situated. The
lands of Dunninald, which seem chiefly to
have made up the parish of Skeoch, be
longed with their harbour and fisheries to
the Priory of Restennet. — [Reg. Great Seal,
iii, 26th Jan. 1539^0; Retours, iv, 153,
F. 50; Archaeologica Scotica, v, 312; Cal.
Papal Regs., Letters, xii, 361; 77?^ Apos
tolic Camera of Scottish Benefices, 173.]
RICHARD MELVILLE, vicar in
1562
1562-3.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
1562
JOHN MELVILLE, brother of pre-
cec*m§' mm- nere 1562- In 1576 i*
is recorded that "Sanct Skae or
Dunnynand neides na reidare, " and this
may point to the discontinuance of the
chapel. — [Article in Dundee Advertiser,
26th June 1928; Acts and Dec., liii, 471.]
JAMES MELVILLE, reader 10th Dec.
1587
1587, also reader at Maryton. —
[Reg. of Brechin, ii, 361.]
PETER SMITH BISSET, dem. 17th
May 1943; his wife, Maria Grea-
sham Elrick Milne, died 24th Sept.
1938.
500
DUN and ECCLESJOHN— EDZELL
[PRESB. OF
1567
DUN and ECCLESJOHN
Dun and Ecclesjohn were united 2nd
May 1583, when it is narrated "yair is
within the said parochine of Dun and
boundis thereof a small benefice callit the
benefice of Ecclesjohn being of auld ane
chapel erectit for pilgrimage and having
only the teind of a pleuch of land or
thairby, wanting ane kirk these many
yeiris bygane." There was in the church
an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary.—
[Retours, iii, 45.]
WILLIAM GRAY, M.A., min. in 1563
and at Logic Montrose.— [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JOHN BATY, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT, M.A., vicar.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
563 Forfar, etc.]
JAMES ERSKINE, M.A., may be
identical with James, son of Sir
John E. of Dun and his second wife,
Barbara (? Agnes) de Bearle. He studied
under Melanchthon; pres. in 1570 on death
of Euphame, prioress and last possessor. —
[Reports Hist. MSS. Com., v, 632; Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (2), 3.]
THOMAS ERSKINE, min. here, pres.
to parsonage and vicarage 24th
March 1574 on death of James
Erskine.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 31; Reg.
Sec. Sig., xlii, 124.]
SIR JOHN ERSKINE of DUN, he
appears on 20th Dec. 1560 among
those "whilk are thoght apt and
able the ministers and commissionars for-
saids to minister"; and it is recorded of
him in the Presentation to Dun llth Aug.
1575 that he has had "lang travellis in yr
ministrie within ye kirk of God"; to
Andrew Mylne and other mins. commission
was given by John Winram, Superintendent
of Fife, to enter him in office ' * be placing
of hym in ye pulpit and delyvering of ye
buke of God in his handis," which was
done 20th Aug. 1575.— [Reg. Epis. of Bre-
chin, ii, 307-8; Booke of the Univ. Kirk, 4.]
ANDREW STRACHAN, grandson of
1583 ^onn S. of Thornton, pres. on
resignation of John Erskine of Dun
1583; had issue — John. — [Brechin Com.
Decreets, 25th July 1598; Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, 88; Memorials of the Family ofStrachan,
30; Reg. Mag. Sig., ii, 274.]
JAMES LEIGHTON, brother to Robert
L. of Ulysseshaven; had addl. issue
James, bapt. 19th Nov. 1621; Elspet,
bapt. 18th Sept. 1622.— [Reg. of Deeds,
Scott., llth Jan. 1619', Montrose Baptisms.]
WILLIAM LEIGHTON, died before
1646
23rd June 1703; had issue— Eliza
beth, bapt. 17th Aug. 1656; James,
bapt. 15th June 1658.
JOHN DOUGALD, marr. cont. 29th
1685 May 1697 Isabel Erskine.
JAMES KER, M.A. William Simpson,
episcopal min., intruded here Sept.
1715 to Feb. 1716.— [Justiciary
Records, 12th Feb. 1717.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, his wife,
Amelia Emily Rodger, died llth
Oct. 1929.
1701
1873
WILLIAM PATERSON BLACK, died
1914 5th Dec. 1935.
ECCLESJOHN
SIR JOHN FORAIT (Forrat), parson
in 1566 and 1577, when he is de
scribed as a "poor blynd man." —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
1566
EDZELL
THOMAS RAMSAY, reader 1563 and
1563
1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
1573
JOHN FULLARTON, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage on dem. of
John Duncanson 9th July 1573.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 10.]
DAVID FULLARTON, marr. 29th
July 1647 Anna Lichton, buried 3rd
March 1674.
BRECHIN]
EDZELL— FARNELL
501
1841
ROBERT INGLIS, his sons— Henry,
died 15th April 1931; George
Brown, died Sept. 1936.
DAVID WILLIAMSON, trans, to Plean
1905 12th Oct. 1927.
JOHN COPELAND, M.A., Ph.D., born
1928
Co. Down 1st Aug. 1865; ord. 1894;
adm. to St Andrews Presb. Church,
Hebburn, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1915; trans,
to Livingstone 7th April 1920; trans. 23rd
Feb. 1928; died at Brechin 14th Dec. 1931;
unmarr.
NEWDOSK
PATRICK BONKILL, min. in 1563;
1563
etc.]
also at Fordoun and Fettercairn. —
\Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
WILLIAM CHALMERS, M.A., par
son 3rd April 1565. — [Collegiate
Churches of Midlothian.]
FARNELL
There was in the church an altar dedi
cated to St Michael. Apparently not long
before his death on 19th April 1598 Mr
David Carnegie of Kinnaird obtained the
consent of the Presbytery of Brechin and
the General Assembly to a scheme whereby
the lands of Kinnaird, Balnamone, Pento-
skell, Over Dalgetie, Middle Drumms and
Greendene, lying in the parish of Brechin,
and the parish of Cuikston were united to
constitute a distinct parish to be designated
Kinnaird, with a church built by the said
Mr David near Kinnaird Castle. Mr
Carnegie's son and successor, Sir David,
acting on his father's testament, carried the
project to completion, and in 1604-6
secured the resignation of the following
parties of their rights in favour of the
Church of Kinnaird — Alexander, Bishop of
Brechin, to the teind sheaves of Kinnaird,
Balnamone, Pentoskell and Over Dalgetie;
Robert Kinneir, vicar of Brechin, to the
small teinds of the foregoing lands and the
teinds of Middle Drummis and Greendene;
and Mr John Wemyss, min. at the Church
of Kinnaird, to the revenues of the prebend
21*
of the Sub-Dean of Brechin, and the rec
tory and vicarage of Cuikston; and by
Charter of 16th April 1606 James VI morti
fied the foregoing to the Church of Kin
naird, along with the manse and glebe, the
patronage passing to Sir David C. Rati
fication was made by Act of Parliament on
llth July of the same year; and the parish
of Cuikston thus became part of the new
parish of Kinnaird. The reasons for the
project were that the people of the lands
concerned in Brechin Parish were far
distant from Brechin Church, that the
Church of Cuikston was completely de
molished, and in any case was not sufficient
to accommodate the people, and that the
revenues of the rectory and vicarage of
Cuikston were an insufficient provision for
a minister. In 1787 the parish of Kinnaird
was suppressed, the larger part being
attached to Farnell Parish, and the re
mainder, the north-west portion, being
annexed to Brechin. The Church of Cuik
ston was situated about a mile north of the
present Church of Farnell, near a mound
called Rume's Cross, probably the site of
a vanished cross, and by its name indi
cating, it has been conjectured, the patron
saint of the parish. Of Kinnaird Church
only the foundations remain. Near by is
Pader or Pater Well.— [Acts Scott. ParL, vi,
358; Reg. Great Seal, vi, 1730.]
THOMAS SHEW AN, reader here, still
1573
in office 1588, pres. to vicarage in
1573 on death of John Meldrum. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 10; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JAMES THORNTON, M.A., parson
1_7_ and vicar, died before 24th Nov.
\511.—[Reg. of Brechin, ii, 334.]
JAMES NICOLSON, pres. to the parson
and vicarage 24th Nov. 1577. —
[Reg. of Brechin, ii, 334.]
DUGALD CAMPBELL, M.A., pres.
to the Deanei~y °f Brechin, and the
parsonage and vicarage of Farnell
30th Nov. 1581, "being found qualified to
be a minister of the Church of God" by
the Superintendent of Angus. — \.Reg> of
Brechin, ii, 340.]
1581
502
FARNELL— LOCHLEE
[PRESB. OF
1601
JOHN LAMMIE. Addl. issue— James.
1673 —[G. R. Sas., Hi, 296.]
ANDREW GEDDIE, son of Patrick G.,
1703 min. of Balmaclellan.
IVO MACNAUGHTON CLARK,
2 Ph.D. (Aberdeen, 1926); assistant
clerk of Presb. 9th March 1937.
Marr. 19th July 1930 Margaret Donaldson,
only daugh. of James Hanton, Brechin.
KINNAIRD
JOHN OGILYIE, M.A., min. of Cuik-
ston and Kinnaird 6th Jan. 1601-2
in succession to Archibald Sibbald
dep. 3rd March 1601.— [Acts and Dec.,
clixvi, 375.]
DAVID RAIT, had issue— Jean, bapt.
19th June 1646; Helen, bapt. 4th
July 1648; Henry, bapt. 6th June
1651; William, bapt. 4th Aug. 1653; John,
bapt. 1st June 1655.
FERN
WALTER FAIRWODDER (Fair-
weather), reader in 1563. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, For far, etc.]
JAMES MELVILLE, min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
PATRICK MURE, parson 30th May
1584 1584.
ALEXANDER NORIE, had issue-
Alexander; Robert, min. of Stra-
cathro. — [Reg. Bishop, of Brechin,
1586
347.]
JAMES WATSON, episcopal min. in-
71_ truded in the church Sept. 1715 to
Feb. 1716.— [Justiciary Records.]
ROBERT CONSTABLE MITCHELL,
was assistant at St Paul's, Perth, and
afterwards at Wormit; dem. 16th
Feb. 1937; died 26th June 1945.
HILLSIDE
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM WIL-
1907 SON, dem. 27th July 1926.
1907
ROBERT WILSON MERRY, trans.
1927 from Canisbay (q.v.} 24th Feb. 1927;
his wife, Dr Jean M. Crawford, died
16th Nov. 1937.
LETHNOT and NAVAR
JOHN LINDSAY, trans, to Lochlee
1591 after 1595.
ROBERT NORIE, had issue— Robert,
Bishop of Brechin, min. of South
1639
Church, Dundee.
ROBERT THOMSON, intruded at
1685 Montrose SePt- 1715 to Feb- 1716.—
[Justiciary Records.]
JOHN TAYLOR, his daugh., Margaret,
1775 died at Bridge of Allan29thMay 1858.
JAMES GOODLET ROBERTSON,
dem. 31st July 1938; died 17th Feb.
1943.
1905
NAVAR
GEORGE SWINTON, vicar 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
JAMES FULLARTON, reader 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
LOCHLEE
JOHN LINDSAY, M.A., formerly of
Lethnot; described as "sometime
minister of Lochlee" on 25th June
1 607, when he was denounced as a rebel by
the Privy Council for his part in the assault
on Lord Spynie at the ' ' Stair fit " of the
latter 's lodging in High Street, Edinburgh;
on 3rd July following he was put to the
horn at the Market Cross. — [Reg. Privy
Council, xiv, 477-8, 480.]
JOHN STEWART, his daugh., Janet
1885
May (marr. 12th July 1939 Peter
Dow, C.A., Rangoon).
JOHN McRORIE KAY, dem. 15th
May 1932; his wife, Christina Mc-
Martin, died at Killin 1st Dec. 1927.
Marr. (2) 18th Dec. 1934 Janet Ferguson
Macfarlane, who died 20th Dec. 1944.
BRECHIN]
LOGIE PERT or LOGIE MONTROSE— MENMUIR
503
LOGIE PERT or LOGIE MONTROSE
The union of the parishes of Logic Mont-
rose and Logic-Pert was ratified by Parlia
ment 12th March 1647, the heritors agree
ing to build a new church near the middle
of the parish. The renewal of the Act of
Union was ratified by Parliament in 1661.
— [Acts Scott. Parl, vi, (1), 740; vii, 291.]
ALEXANDER FORREST, parson and
vicar; was in office as parson 12th
June 1554 and 2nd April 1565; died
before 6th Feb. 1573.— [Reg. Great Seal,
iv, 2825; Laing Charters, 623; Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 16; Wemyss Book, ii, 289.]
WILLIAM GRAY, M.A., min. in 1563.
1563 (See Dun.)
JOHN WILSON, reader 1563, vicar
1563
1574.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
For far, etc.]
ALEXANDER RAE, vicar.— [Acts and
1563 Dec., Ivi, 115.]
ALEXANDER FERGUS (Forrest),
1566 Parson °f Lo§y Montrose, charged
to produce Registers of the Bishop
ric of St Andrews 8th July 1566.— [Acts
and Dec., xxxviii, 21; Cat. of Charters, x,
2109.]
1573
WILLIAM GRAY, M.A., pres. in 1563
on death of Alexander Ferous. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 16.]
JOSHUA DURIE, pres. in 1603 on
death of William Gray.— [P. S. Reg.,
, ... *^n -,
Ixxm, 227.]
JAMES BELL, his son, John, appren-
171_ ticed to Hugh Hamilton, merchant,
Edinburgh, 13th July 1748.
ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN, his
1864 daughs. — Elizabeth Sutherland,
D.C.S., died 26th March 1936;
Grace Marshall, died 18th Dec. 1932;
Margaret Mill, died 8th Jan. 1936.
JAMES LANDRETH, died 22nd Feb.
1934; his widow, Janet Patton
Gerrie, died 14th Dec. 1946.
1884
MARYTON
In 1211-14 King William the Lion
granted to Arbroath Abbey the Church of
Old Montrose (Maryton) along with the
lands of the same church, which in Gaelic
is called Abthen; that designation indicates
that there was here an old Celtic settlement
abbey or monastery. — [Reg. of Arbroath,
vetus, 4.]
DAVID MELDRUM, vicar and reader
1561-3, died before llth April 1580.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
JOHN MELVILLE, reader, was in office
1567
28th May 1575 and pres. to the
vicarage by James VI, llth April
1580 in succession to David Meldrum. —
[Reg. ofBrechin, ii, 340; Edin. Test., v. 140.]
JAMES MELVILLE, reader 10th Dec.
1587
1587; also reader at Inchbrioch.-
[Reg. ofBrechin, ii, 361.]
JOHN GRAHAM, M.A., servitor to
1594
John, Earl of Morton, pres. to
vicarage 9th July 1594 on death of
John Melville.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 168.]
JAMES BAILLIE, his widow, Margaret
1 _.„ Farquharson, died at Lawton, Perth
shire, 16th April 1780; his daugh.,
Maria (marr. 1769 George Wright of
Lawton.)
JOHN DAWSON MACLEAN, trans.
1905 to Barthol Chapel 12th Jan. 1928.
WALTER GEORGE MACKEAN, for
merly of Sikhim (vii, 700); adm. 5th
April 1929; died at Aberdeen 2nd
Nov. 1932.
MENMUIR
Menmuir Church was a prebend of
Dunkeld, and as such was held in 1419 by
Alan Stewart, natural son of Walter, Earl
of Atholl and Caithness, natural son of
Robert II. The present church was built in
1842, taking the place of a building erected
in 1767. In the Forest of Kilgerrie there
were a hermitage and chapel dedicated to
the Virgin Mary. The site was in a field
504
MENMUIR
[PRESB. OF
near the farmhouse of Chapelton of Dun-
lappie; and the ruins existed till about the
middle of the 19th century. In the vicinity
was the Lady's Well; and there was also a
graveyard. Hugh Cumynth (Cumming),
the hermit in 1445, held the hermitage and
chapel on a hereditary title; and on 18th
May of that year James II, on the resigna
tion of the said Hugh, granted a charter of
the hermitage and chapel, with croft and
the green and 3 acres of arable land per
taining to the same, to John Smyth, citizen
of Brechin, the reddendo being the benefit
of the prayers of the hermit and other
rights and services rendered to the Crown
according to use and wont before the said
resignation. Hugh Cumming seems to have
retained some interest, for on 29th Nov.
1454 he granted a Procuratory of Resigna
tion in favour of David Creichton, who in
accordance therewith made resignation in
the hands of King James on 16th Feb.
1454-5, and the King granted to Alexander
de Fowlertone, his special esquire, the
whole right and claim of the said Hugh in
the hermitage and chapel, croft and green.
About six years later, on 8th Aug. 1461,
John Smyth, who had received the Crown
Charter of 1445, granted to William
Sumyre of Balrowdy a feu-charter of ' ' my ' '
hermitage of St Mary of Kingerrie and all
and whole the croft of arable land annexed
and pertaining to it of old, in exchange for
1 merk annual rent from the tenement of
Walter de Crage of Swanstoun in the town
of Brechin, to be held off the said John and
his heirs. — [Cal. of Supplications Rel. to
Scot., 118, S.H.S.; Reg. of Brechin, ii, 382-3;
Hist, of the Carnegies, i, Pref. xvii, ii, 72,
518-20, 541-2; Jervise's Land of the
Lindsays, 248 and n.]
JAMES HAMILTON, parson.— [Acts
and Dec., xxiii, 84, xxv, 15, xxvii,
218.]
JAMES MELVILLE, M.A., min. at
1563 Fern, in charge here also 1563-8.
ROBERT AUCHENLECK, vicar in
1566; chaplain of Drumlithie. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
1566
JOHN AUCHENLECK, pres. to
1567 vicarage 21st Jan. 1567-8 on death
of Robert Auchenleck. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 4.]
ANDREW ELDER, pres. to vicarage
1568 30th Aug. 1568 on death of Robert
Auchenleck. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
15.]
JOHN LINDSAY, M.A., held also the
1584
parsonages of Lethnot and Lochlee
as well as the parsonage of Men-
muir conferred on him 1st July 1566 on
resignation of James Hamilton, but prob
ably lay appointments; son of David, ninth
Earl of Crawford; app. Lord of Session as
Lord Menmuir 5th July 1581 ; became Lord
Privy Seal March 1595-6; ambassador to
France 1596-7 but did not go; died 3rd
Sept. 1598.— [Scots Peerage, i, 516; Crete's
Prot. Book, 276.]
THOMAS COUPAR, trans, from
Saline; adm. before 29th Aug. 1636.
— [Reg. of Brechin, 321-2.]
DAVID CAMPBELL, his son, Mr
1644
George. — [Forfar Sas., 6th May
1696.]
JAMES WATSON, episcopal min., in
truded here Sept. 1715 to Feb. 1716.
—[Justiciary Records.]
DAVID AVENEL VIPONT, his widow,
Flora Macdonald, died at Brechin
12th Aug. 1931; his sons— Francis,
min. of Saughtree, 1925; Roland, min. of
Scots Church, Belize, 1934.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN, trans, to St
1923 Mary's, Dalziel, 23rd Feb. 1927.
JAMES GEGG, ord. 12th May 1927;
1927 trans, to Sorn 19th Sept. 1928.
LEWIS McGLASHAN, pres. by Presb.
1929
jure devoluto and trans, from Dal-
beattie (q.v.) 12th July 1929; dem.
19th Oct. 1943; died 3rd Dec. 1944.
(Charges united 26th June 1942.)
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MONTROSE
505
MONTROSE
The church was rebuilt in 1791, the old
steeple being left till dr. 1842, when it was
replaced by the present steeple designed by
Gillespie Graham. There was in the church
an altar dedicated to the Holy Trinity,
founded by Elecso and Thomas Falconer,
burgesses of Montrose on 12th July 1434.
There was also an Altar of the Holy Rood
founded by Thomas Bull, Canon of Aber
deen and Brechin and perpetual vicar of
Montrose, on 18th Aug. 1432, and on 10th
March 1432-3 its endowments were aug
mented by the annexation of the Chapel of
St John. At the Altar of St Sebastian in the
church Mr Walter Stratoun, parson of
Dunnottar, founded a chaplainry on 19th
Oct. 1502. There was also in the church an
altar dedicated to the Saviour and His
Precious Body and Blood, founded by
David Stirling of Easter Brekky, and Sir
John Gilbert, vicar of the Hospital of
Montrose, son and heir of John Gilbert,
burgess of Montrose. On 20th Jan. 1531-2
the said David Stirling granted for the sup
port of a perpetual chantry-chaplain at the
altar, who should be skilled in art, music,
and grammar, and act as song-master of
the burgh, an annual rent of 10 merks of
the 10 pound lands of Easter Brekky. The
said 10 merks had formerly been mortified
by the said David Stirling's late father, Mr
George Stirling of Easter Brekky, and his
uncle, Patrick Stirling, to a perpetual chap
lain at the Altar of the Virgin Mary in the
Church of Kinnell. The Hospital of Mont
rose, dedicated to ihe Virgin Mary, was a
house for lepers, and was situated ap
parently on a part of the Common Links,
which bears or bore the name of St Mary,
a short distance east of the Victoria Bridge.
A Crown Charter of 1516 states that it was
founded by the progenitors of James IV,
and was endowed with the lands of Spittal-
chelis, Denside, etc. Long prior to the
early part of the 16th century the house had
passed out of use, the buildings had become
ruinous, and the lands had been alienated
and set to members of the nobility at a
small feu, all because of the negligence of
the masters. Before 18th Aug. 1512 Patrick
Paniter, Abbot of Cambuskenneth and
Master of the Hospital, had embarked
upon the project of applying the house to
another purpose. He redeemed the hospital
from the hands of secular persons, re
covered the alienated lands, and at his own
charges built a new settlement, church,
manse, and other buildings, with lands for
the place and gardens on each side of the
Market Place of Montrose. Thereafter by
Crown Charter of 14th Nov. 1516 and Act
of Parliament he received power to change
the constitution of the hospital and erect it
de novo into a House of Blackfriars and
also confirmation of his grant of the place
to Friar John Adamson, the Blackfriars'
Provincial. Among the conditions which
Paniter attached to the grant were masses
at the Altar of St Lawrence in the church
of the place, a burial-place for himself, etc.,
on the north side of the choir of the church
near the high altar, and the life rent of the
front house built by him adjacent to the
church. The original Settlement of the
Blackfriars at Montrose was founded by
Sir Alan Durward in 1230, and was situated
adjacent to the hospital on the Common
Links. A letter of James V dr. 1516
narrates that it "was destroyed by fire by
the enemies of the Kingdom 200 years
ago, ' ' and describes it as " to-day untended
and neglected." Apparently therefore the
transference of the Blackfriars to the new
settlement was for them advantageous. But
after a time it emerged that the friars
found the variety of noises of the Market
Place, and the crowds that there assembled,
uncongenial to their divine celebrations and
their private devotions; and on their peti
tion they were transferred to the old abode
by Crown Charter of 1524 and Act of
Parliament of 1525. In accordance with a
letter of Queen Mary and Darnley of 22nd
Feb. 1559, which described the Blackfriars
as "sturdy beggaris" who "under colour
of almess and moyoin of courte for the
tyme spulzet the poor" by intruding them
selves and "takand the haill place and
rentis thairof, ' ' the Lords of Secret Council
appointed the Blackfriars' place with all
lands, etc., to be distributed to the poor of
Montrose, and ordered a hospital to be
erected thereon for the entertainment of
506
MONTROSE— MONTROSE, MELVILLE
[PRESB. OF
the poor as time and money permitted. By
charter of 1st June 1570 James VI granted
to the burgh the chapel, houses, revenues,
etc., of the place for behoof of the poor,
and included the same under the Royal
Foundation of the hospital of the burgh
of Montrose.— [Reg. Great Seal, ii, 3765,
iii, 113, 138, 1725, iv, 1146, 1953; Acts
Scott. Parl., ii, App., 389, 396; Epistles of
Kings of Scotland, i, 290; Reports Hist.
MSS. Commis., ii, 39-40; Keith's Cat. of
Scott. Bishops, 443; Reg. of Brechin, i, 34,
37-8.]
FIRST CHARGE
THOMAS ANDERSON, min. in 1560.
1565 —[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
JOHN BEATTIE, reader March 1571-2
and 26th Oct. 1519.— [Edin. Tests.,
1571
iv, 281; vii, 251.]
JOHN OGILVY, reader 31st May 1615.
1615 — [Montrose Reg.]
JOHN CROLL, reader 8th March 1629,
and Master of the Music School;
held office apparently till about
close of 1669. Marr., with issue — Marie,
bapt. 8th March 1629; James, bapt. 22nd
March 1644; David (1), bapt. 20th June
1645; David (2), bapt. 12th Aug. 1646.—
[Montrose Reg.}
ARCHIBALD SYMMER, his daugh.,
Grizel, bapt. 28th Oct. 1631, and
his son, Archibald, 23rd June 1633.
—[Montrose Reg.}
JAMES DUNCAN, his son, James,
bapt. 9th Jan. 1638, and his daughs.
—Jean, 23rd Oct. 1639, Mary 9th
July 1641. — [Montrose Reg.]
THOMAS COUPER, his son, James,
bapt. 13th Feb. 1644, his daugh.,
Eliza (Elizabeth), 3rd Feb. 1651.—
[Montrose Reg.]
DAVID LYELL, had children buried
1st Jan. 1661 and 19th May 1671.—
[Aberdeen Reg.]
WILLIAM EWAN BULL GUNN, his
1642
1870
widow, Sophia McChater, died 4th
Feb. 1926.
JOHN STEWART ROBERTSON,
adm. to united charge 23rd May
1936; dem. 28th April 1948.
SECOND CHARGE
JOHN BATY or BEATTIE, reader
1563, pres. to vicarage of Hospital
of Montrose 20th July 1571 on
death of Sir John Gilbert.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (2), 18.]
HUGH CALLAN, died 13th Aug.
1899 1924.
NEIL ALEXANDER MACLEAN, ord.
1925
3rd Feb. 1925; trans, to St Andrews,
Edinburgh, 7th June 1927.
WILLIAM CARRIE CLARK, born
1927
15th Feb. 1886, fourth son of
Andrew Shearer C., Kingscroft,
Stanley Road, Trinity, and Rose Harper
Carrie; served as Captain in R.G.A. in
Mesopotamia during Great War; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1920; assistant Kirk-
newton and Morningside; ord. to Newton
3rd April 1924; trans, and adm. 7th Dec.
1927; trans, to St Mary's, Partick, 12th
Oct. 1930; trans, to Stobhill 5th Nov. 1941.
Marr. 9th July 1924 Effie, only daugh. of
William Wallace Dunlop, headmaster,
Daniel Stewart's College, Edinburgh.
(First and Second Charges united 23rd
May 1931.)
MONTROSE, MELVILLE
WILLIAM JOHN STEVEN, his widow,
Jessie Spence, died 27th Nov. 1937;
his son, William, died Kingston Hill,
Surrey, 8th Dec. 1934.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, his daugh., Kath
leen (marr. 1929 William Francis
Smith, Nigerian Government Ser
vice).
1917
JULIUS McCALLUM, died 15th May
1935; his son, Julius, ord. to Kil-
lernan 28th Dec. 1933. Marr. 15th
Aug. 1934 Margaret Ferguson, youngest
daugh. of John W. Fairweather, Mon
trose.
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STRACATHRO— DUNLAPPIE
507
STRACATHRO
The church pertained to the Precentor of
Brechin. By letters of 20th March 1583-4
James VI united the vicarage, hitherto a
"distinct benefice," to the parsonage,
making them one benefice for the future.
The church was rebuilt in 1799, and
thoroughly repaired in 1844-5. In the
churchyard on 7th July 1296, three days
prior to his surrender of his kingdom and
his Royal Seal ' ' enclosed in a little purse, ' '
etc., to the Bishop of Durham on behalf of
Edward I, at Brechin Castle, John Baliol,
King of Scotland, at the hour of vespers,
"renounced his league with France and
confessed his sins against his liege lord the
king (Edward I), desiring to be reconciled
with him." — [Reg. of Brechin, i, xvin, ii,
345-6; Cal. of Docs. Rel. to Scotland, ii,
188-9, 194.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, M.A., vicar 1561-3.
—[Comps. Coll. Gen. and Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Forfar.}
ANDREW MYLNE, min. in office 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
1563
PAUL ERASER, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 27th Sept. 1583 and again
20th March 1583-4 on death of John
Sym.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 91, 100.]
JOHN SYM, reader in 1563, pres. to
1_71 vicarage 18th Oct. 1571 on death
of David Guthrie.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (2), 7; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
ROBERT NORIE, second son of
1610 Alexander N., min. of Fern.
WILLIAM NEWLANDS, died llth
1909
May 1941; his son, Arthur, died
29th May 1933.
DUNLAPPIE
JAMES LYCHTOUN, parson, son of
1561 He^en Stirling, Lady Ullishaven;
pursued her murderers, who pro
tested he should lose his benefice. — [Pit"
cairn's Crim. Trials, i, 411.]
PRESBYTERY OF ARBROATH
ARBIRLOT
About 1208 the Abbot of Arbroath
granted permission to Sir Philip de
Moubray to have an oratory in his place
of Kelly, on condition that the mother
church was not deprived of her dues and
other festivities, and that Sir Philip and his
heirs and families attend the mother church
on all principal solemnities, if not pre
vented by reasonable indisposition. — [Reg.
of Arbroath, vetus, 86.]
WALTER LINDSAY, reader 1563.—
1563 [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Forfar,
JAMES AUCHTERLONIE, pres. to
1591 v^cara§e 18th Dec. 1591 on death of
Charles
Sig., Ixiii, 62.]
Michaelson. — [Reg. Sec.
PATRICK LINDSAY, M.A., pres. to
159J vicarage 2nd Feb. 1591-2 on death
of Charles Michaelson. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 163.]
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, pres. to
vicarage 1 7th May 1 592 on death of
Charles Michaelson. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixiii, 264.]
1592
DAVID LINDSAY, min. St Andrews;
pres. to vicarage 14th Jan. 1603 on
death of David Black.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxiii, 166.]
JAMES IRVING, died Aug. 1625.—
1617 [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 45.]
GEORGE MAKGILL, his son, Alex-
1687 ander, apprenticed to Alexander
Nisbett, mason in Edinburgh, 16th
June 1697.
JOHN CHRISTIE, his daughs.— Mar-
1832 garet Fmlayson' died 10th Jan- 1938;
Mary Cathcart, died 27th Sept. 1934.
ARCHIBALD COWAN KENNEDY,
trans, to St Enoch's, Glasgow, 8th
May 1928 and to Chair of Hebrew,
Aberdeen, 16th May 1932; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 1944).
MATTHEW McPHAIL, born 1st Oct.
1929 18^3' ass^stant New Monkland and
Govan; ord. to Castle Douglas 7th
Nov. 1923; trans, to St Luke's, Lochee,
12th Oct. 1927; trans, and adm. 16th May
1929. Marr. 28th Oct. 1921 Elizabeth H.
(Charges united 1929.)
ARBROATH
The altars in the abbey, St Catherine, St
Peter, St Laurence, St Nicolas, were dedi
cated on 26th Aug. 1485 by Bishop George
Bran of Dromerie. The Altar of the Virgin
Mary in the abbey was situated near the
door of the vestry. In the abbey there was
also an altar dedicated to St Mary Mag
dalene. In the Chapel of the Virgin Mary,
which was at the west end of the Bridge of
Arbroath, there was also an Altar of St
Nicholas. The Chapel of St Michael was
in the street of the Almory of Arbroath,
and at Seton of Arbroath there was a chapel
dedicated to St Ninian. — [Reg. of Arbroath,
Niger, 56, 226, 227, 356, 357, 432, 438-42;
Reg. Great Seal, iii, 2702; v, 559, 2150.]
NINIAN CLEMENT, min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
THOMAS LINDSAY, reader and ex-
horter. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
1563
508
PRESS. OF ARBROATH]
ARBROATH— CARMYLIE
509
JOHN GRANGER, pres. to vicarage
1st March 1577 on dem. of Robert
Auchmowtie; still in office 1597.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 66; Comps. Sub
Coll of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
GEORGE GLEIG, his daugh., Ann
1788 Forbes (marr. 23rd Nov. 1822).
WALTER FORBES IRVINE, his
daugh., Leonora Jane, died 6th May
1946; his son, Louis Godfrey, M.D.,
died Johannesburg 15th March 1946.
1844
JAMES SPENCE CUTHILL, dem. 31st
1905 July 1946; died 24th Aug. 1946.
ARBROATH ABBEY
ANDREW DOUGLAS, his widow,
1909 Alice Sinclair, died 20th June 1933.
1919
PETER HILL NICOLL, dem. 30th Jan.
1923 on app. to British Guiana;
adm. to Dalmarnock 27th Sept. 1927.
ALEXANDER CLARK, trans, to Cor-
tachy 25th June 1931; died 1 7th Jan.
1942; his wife, Mary Maclaren
Hamilton, died 14th July 1936. Marr. (2)
5th Aug. 1941 Helen Stewart, third daugh.
of George Gordon, Glenallan, Dalkeith.
INVERBROTHOCK
GEORGE LOGAN, his widow died
1876
19th Nov. 1929; his daugh., Chris
tina Kirkhope Craig, died at Glas
gow 5th April 1930.
THOMAS DOW STEWART, his
widow, Agnes Duncan, died 23rd
June 1937.
1904
GEORGE HITCHCOCK, dem. 30th
19 9 Dec. 1945; his daugh., Annie
Morrison Gray (marr. 18th July
1934 Robert Knox Lorimer, son of John
Burr, min. of Bowden); his wife, Margaret
Anne Spence, died at Corstorphine 4th
March 1948.
LADYLOAN
JOHN McWILLIAM, licen. 1st May
1901 1895; dem. 20th July 1941.
(Charges united 20th July 1941.)
ST MARGARET'S
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
MILLAR, had addl. issue— Carol
Mary Gladstone, born 13th April
1930; Hazel Lynne Gladstone, born 16th
Dec. 1931.
1923
AUCHMITHIE
JAMES CHRISTIE, his widow, Eliza
1886 Matilda Hill, died 9th July 1925.
BARRY
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 18th Aug. 1243.
JOHN GARDYNE, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 4th March 1590 on
dem. of Harry Kinnear. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 8.]
PATRICK LYON, his widow marr. (2)
John Gray in Forfar; his daugh.,
Agnes. — [Forfar Com., 16th June
1664; Forfar Sas., i, 286, 28th July 1663.]
WILLIAM DALL, his wife, Rachel
Russell, was sister to David R.,
1591
1636
1724
surgeon in Kennaway. — [Session
Papers, 133, 21st Jan. 1745.]
JOHN HEGGIE, died 29th April
1895 1945.
(Charges united 26th Aug. 1945.)
CARMYLIE
On 5th March 1500-1 David Strath-
auchine of Carmylie founded a chapel dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary, the endowment
being 5 merks annual rent from the Manor
and Mill of Carmylie, 40 sh. annual rent
from the husband-lands of Carmylie, etc.
Mass was to be celebrated for King James,
etc., and the donor himself, and Janet
Drummond, his wife; and there was also
provision that the chaplain shall be bound
continually to keep a school at the chapel
for the instruction of youth. Sir Malcolm
Struble was chaplain 1511-12. On the site
of this chapel there was erected the church
built as the parish church in 1609. — [Reg.
Great Seal, ii, 3684; Reg. of Brechin, i,
223-4; Acts Scott. ParL, iv, 442.]
510
CARMYLIE— GUTHRIE
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM WILSON, his daugh., Eliza
Jane, died at Broughty Ferry 10th
1837
March 1937.
PATRICK BELL, his son, John, solici-
1843 tor, died in Aberdeen.
JAMES GORDON LYON, died 23rd
1900 Feb. 1926.
ROBERT BARR McVICAR, trans.
1926
from Carnoch (<?.v.) 22nd Sept. 1926
died 13th March 1943; his son,
Robert Barr, min. of Cairneyhill, ord. 3rd
Nov. 1943.
(Charges united 25th July 1943.)
CARNOUSTIE, Q.S.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON GIB
SON, died 23rd Aug. 1928; his
1880
widow, Catherine Jane Bowie, died
16th Jan. 1939.
1924
JAMES BAILLIE, born Larkhall 19th
July 1893, son of Archibald B. and
Ann Henderson Stewart; educ. at
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1914); com
manded 304 Howitzer Battery, 76 (H)
Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Dundee,
retired as Major 1936; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 1921; assistant Elgin 1921, St
Michael's, Edinburgh; ord. 5th June 1924;
dem. 25th Oct. 1941; app. to Nassau,
Bahamas, 1941; dem. 1942; C.F. Halifax
Naval Station; adm. to Knox Church,
Belmont, Ontario 1946. Marr. 23rd March
1932 Isabel Rose, daugh. of Robert Camp
bell, Adelaide, South Australia, and
Helena Honora Rose, and has issue —
Isabel Rose, born 22nd Dec. 1932. Publi
cation — The Old Parish Church of Car-
nous tie: The First Hundred Years Centenary
1937 (Carnoustie, 1937).
COLLISION
ALEXANDER MILLS, died at Ar-
1883
broath 17th Dec. 1929; his wife,
Georgina Anderson, died 5th April
1929; his son, David William, died at
Victoria, British Columbia, 16th April
1940.
FRIOCKHEIM
ALEXANDER SETON, his widow,
1877 Lilla Eglese, died 5th Sept. 1931.
PATRICK ARTHUR ANDREW, dem.
16th Dec. 1924; died 13th April
1927.
1888
NORMAN DOUGALL KENNEDY,
born 21st Nov. 1895, son of William
Black K., B.D., min. of Eyemouth;
educ. at George Watson's College and
Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1919); served
in Great War as Lieut. K.O.S.B., M.C.;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th April
1922; assistant St Stephen's, Edinburgh;
St Mungo's, Glasgow, 1924; Markinch,
1924; ord. 23rd April 1925; dem. 19th June
1928 and became min. of First Presby
terian Church, New Glasgow, Nova
Scotia; trans, to First Presbyterian Church,
Regina, Sept. 1942. Marr. 7th June 1930
Marion Kennedy.
1929
STEWART BAILLIE, born Larkhall
24th April 1 9°3' S0n °f Arcmbald B-
and Annie Henderson Stewart; educ.
at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1926); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow May 1929; assistant
Maxwell, Glasgow; ord. to united charge
1st Aug. 1929. Marr. 18th June 1929
Margaret Hinshelwood Thomson.
GUTHRIE
In 1189-99 the church was granted to
Arbroath Abbey by William the Lion. It
was erected into a collegiate church for a
provost and three prebendaries by Sir
David Guthrie of Guthrie, who had ac
quired the church from Arbroath Abbey —
a Bull of Confirmation being granted by
Pope Sixtus IV on 14th June 1479. By
charter of 18th Sept. 1505 Sir Alexander
Guthrie of Guthrie, Kt., with consent of
his son and heir David, granted to the
provost, Sir David Guthrie, and the pre
bendaries, Mr David Fotheringham, Sir
David Lundy and Sir David Kyd, four
manses erected at the charges of the col
legiate church on pieces of land which the
said late Sir David Guthrie had assigned to
them and had intended to convey to them
ARBROATH]
GUTHRIE— INVERKEILLOUR
511
if it had pleased God to spare him; and by
another charter of 30th Sept. 1505 the said
Sir Alexander Guthrie, for the souls of the
said David Guthrie and Janet, his wife,
granted an annual rent of 10 lib. from the
lands of Lowr in the barony of Kincardine,
Forfar, to a canon to celebrate in the said
collegiate church. Prebends of the church
were Guthrie, Hilton and Langlands, and
Lowr. The present church was erected in
1826. The Church of Crebyauch (Car-
buddo, Kirkbuddo) is included in the
Taxation of 1275. By charter of 2nd Sept.
1472 James III confirmed a charter of
David, Earl of Crawford and Lord Lindsay,
granting to his kinsman, Mr David Guthrie
of Guthrie, 6 acres of land beside the
Church of Kirkbuddo, the pasture of six
cows, and the patronage of the said church,
which later was attached as a rectory to the
Collegiate Church of Guthrie. At and
subsequent to the Reformation continued
attached and united to Guthrie, and consti
tuted the southern and detached part of
the parish. Till about 1682 the people of
Carbuddo had a chapel of their own in
which the min. of Guthrie officiated each
third or fourth Sunday. The churchyard is
situated on a knoll, on the south side of
which is the chapel well.
On 3rd April 1576 Alexander Guthrie
disponed the provostry of the church to his
son, Gabrielle, student, St Leonard's Col
lege, and the prebendary called Hilton and
Longland to his son, Andrew. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 52; Reg. of Arbroath, vetus, 5,
67, 241 ; Reg. Mag. Sig., ii, 1078, 2910; Reg.
Privy Council, ii, 565.]
JAMES BALFOUR, M.A., min. in
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
._, - _
For jar, etc.]
GEORGE HAWICK, reader at Kirk-
1574 buddo. — [Jervise's£/?/ta/7/?.s. ii, 151.]
WALTER KEITH, M.A.; he repre-
sented to the Privy Council that
"the Kirk being vacant, he was
called by the elders and deacons by Act of
7th Oct. 1660, to serve as minister; he
accepted the call and served the Cure by
preaching, yet on account of the trouble-
ness of the times and the unsettledness of
Church Government he had not got a
formal presentation and collation, but
seeing he hath discharged the ministry by
preaching all the time, he craves for the
stipend for 1661, 1662," which the Council
granted; afterwards min. at Channelkirk. —
[Reg. Privy Council, 3 Ser., iii, 333.]
GEORGE STRACHAN, his daugh.,
1663
Elizabeth (marr. cont. 15th Jan.
1697 David Ochterlony, merchant,
Montrose).
JAMES GUTHRIE, son of David G.
lfiQ2 of Pitforthie and Margaret Living
ston.— [For/or Sas., ix, 473, 20th
Sept. 1697.]
PETER MILLIGAN, his daughs—
Agnes Leighton, died at Elie 24th
Dec. 1927; Janet, D.C.S., died 16th
Sept. 1928; Helen Wood, died 30th July
1945; his son, Patrick Fraser, bank agent,
Elie, died at Perth 30th June 1930.
WILLIAM GUTHRIE LAW, died 3rd
1907 April 1929.
PETER MILNE, trans, from Gilmerton
7th Aug. 1929 (vii, 701); dem. 15th
May 1935; died at Edinburgh 18th
Sept. 1939.
INVERKEILLOUR
The patron saint is said to be Mo
Chonoc or Mo Chonog of Cell Mucroisse,
whose day is 19th Dec. In 1 178 the church
was granted to Arbroath Abbey by Walter
de Berkeley, chamberlain of the King. The
church was dedicated by Bishop de Bern-
ham 17th Aug. 1242. At Kinblethmont
there was a chapel dedicated to St
Laurence, which in the early part of the
reign of Alexander II was given by Richard
de Melville to Arbroath Abbey. The
chapel at Whitefield was dedicated to the
Virgin Mary. The Temple lands of
Kinblethmont belonged to St Germain's
Hospital, Tranent. — [Reg. of Arbroath,
vetus, 37, 99-100, niger, 165; Lockhart's
Church of Scotland in the 13 th Century,
50-1; Retours, vii, 312; Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 282.]
512
INVERKEILLOUR— KINNELL
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, vicar
1561-3.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
CHARLES MICHAELSON, min. in
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
' Forfar, etc.]
CHARLES ROSSIE, reader in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
JOHN PITCAIRN, reader, pres. to
1573
vicarage 9th July 1574 on death of
Alexander Forrester. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 23; Edin. Tests., iii, 461.]
1576
JOHN FULLERTON, min.; may be
identical with John F. of Kinnaber,
thought apt by the Assembly on
20th Dec. 1560 to be a min. and commis
sioner. — [Book of Univ. Kirk, 4.]
1598
1613
ARTHUR FITHIE, pres. in 1604 on
dem. of John Pitcairn of Kirkton
Mill, Inverkeiler. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxiv, 139.]
JOSHUA DURIE, his marr. cont. 5th
Dec. 1 593 calls him John Durie and
his wife Euphame, daugh. of James
Mackein.— [Yester Writs, 920].
JOHN RAIT, his second wife, Euphame
6 Mudie, daugh. of Janet Ramsay;
had issue, James, bapt. 3rd March
1649, died young. — [Montrose Reg.}
JAMES RAIT, his daugh., Margaret
1672
(marr. cont. 30th July 1700). He
intruded at Kirriemuir Sept. 1715 to
Jan. 1716 and was in attendance on the
Pretender at the house of Kinnaird. —
[Justiciary Records, 23rd Jan. 1717.]
ANDREW BRUCE, had issue— David
1705
Elizabeth, Magdalen, George, Ann,
Christian. — [Forfar Burgh Reg. of
Deeds, Bundle 1730.]
ANDREW HALDEN, died at Mont-
1887 rose 25th May 1928.
ANGUS MACASKILL, born 14th Nov.
1901, son of Alexander Jack M.,
postman, Stornoway, and Johan
Macleod; educ. at Nicolson Institute and
Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1923); licen. by
Presb. of Arbroath 1926; assistant Arbroath
1926; ord. assistant and successor 18th
April 1928; trans, to London Road, Edin
burgh, 12th Nov. 1947. Marr. 23rd Nov.
1932 Maureen Reith, daugh. of Norman
Baxter Anderson and Ruth Lilian Matthew-
son, and has issue — Alistair Angus, born
17th Dec. 1933; Norman Roy, born 1st
May 1936.
(Charges united 1th March 1948.)
ETHIE
DAVID MYLNE, reader, vicar in 1586.
1586 —[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
KINNELL
By Bull of Pope Sextus IV, 26th Feb.
1473, Kinnell was made a mensal church
of St Andrews. — [The Apostolic Camera and
Scottish Benefices, 173.]
1561
JOHN JOHNSTONE, vicar and reader
reader 1561.— [Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.}
PATRICK LIDDELL, parson and vicar
(Prebend of St Salvator's) 1563,
which he dem. before 19th March
1566-7, died before 1st April 1588.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.;
Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvi, 26; Ivii, 81.]
DAVID FYFE, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JAMES GRAY, app. to the Prebend
1563
(parsonage of Kinnell) of St Salva
tor's, St Andrews, by John, Arch
bishop of St Andrews; confirmation by
Crown Charter 19th March 1566-7; died
before 28th Jan. 1587-8.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xxxvi, 26; Ivii, 86.]
JOHN JOHNSTONE of Barnecleuch,
vicar 1578-82.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu
1578
315.]
Charters of Church Lands, ii, 173,
ARTHUR FITHIE, M.A., pres. 28th
June 1587 to parsonage "callit of
1587
old Chalmaines Chaplaincy of St
Salvator's College, St Andrews" on death
ARBROATH]
KINNELL— PANBRIDE
513
of James Gray; and as min. here to par
sonage 1st April 1588 on death of Patrick
Liddell.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivii, 81.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, pres. in 1599 on
dem. of Arthur Fithie. — [Reg. Sec.
1599
Sig., Ixxi, 47.]
WILLIAM KINNEAR, pres. to par-
1603
sonage and vicarage 1603 on dem.
of John Guthrie.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxiv, 24.]
DUNCAN MACARTHUR, died 26th
May 1925; his widow, Isabella
Fleming, died 2nd Jan. 1926.
WILLIAM MARTIN, trans, from
Braes of Rannoch (q.v.} 15th Oct.
1925; trans, to Dallas llth May
1932; dem. 12th April 1947; died at Gar-
mouth 14th April 1948.
KIRKDEN
In 1388 the church was situated beside
a ford upon the Vauny Water, near "the
foot of the rock called Craignacre. ' ' In the
vicinity was a well called "Sinruie," a
corruption of St Malrubh. The present
church was built in 1825. — [Reg. Priory of
St Andrews, 409-10.]
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 1st Sept. 1243.
JAMES HEPBURN, M.A., pres. to
1594 parsonage and vicarage 18th July
1594 on dem. of Harry Duncan. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 179.]
JOHN LINDSAY, M.A., pres. to par-
1594 sonage and vicarage 10th Sept. 1594
on death of Robert Ramsay.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 203.]
GILBERT GRAHAM, M.A., pres. to
1594 parsonage and vicarage 9th Dec.
1594 on dem. of Harry Duncan. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 92.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, had issue— John,
1617 Robert, Thomas, Patrick, Helen,
Barbara.— [St Andrews Tests., 30th
April 1635.]
2K
JOHN RUTHERFORD, was Dean of
1646
St Andrews Univ. — [Rep. Hist.
MSS. Com., vi, 736.]
WILLIAM BALVAIRD, min. at Airlie
1685
1678. Marr. Elizabeth Spalding and
had issue — Elizabeth, Catherine,
Grizel.— [Forfar Sas., vi, 450, 25th Sept.
1678.]
JOHN BOYLE, dem. 31st Jan. 1931;
1893 died llth Dec. 1934; his daugh.,
Margaret Edward (marr. 2nd April
1931 David Gardyne Dorward, B.Sc.).
(United to Dunnichen 6th Sept. 1931.)
ID VIE
WILLIAM HAY, parson 27th June
1571 1571.— [Cal. of Charters, x, 2225.]
LUNAN
In the Accounts of the General Collector
of Thirds for 1573 there appears this entry:
"To the relict of the late Walter Mylne
according to the allowance of the old
compts £684." If the reference is to
Walter Myln or Mill, priest of Lunan, who
suffered martyrdom at St Andrews on 28th
Aug. 1558, it would throw further light
upon the extent to which he had parted
company with the Roman Catholic Church.
JOHN BATY, vicar 24th Oct. 1570.—
1567 [Acts and Dec., xlvi, 267.]
ALEXANDER FRIDGE, his widow,
1867
Elizabeth Catherine Macdonald,
daugh. of a shipmaster, Arbroath,
died 22nd Feb. 1936, aged 80.
WALTER PERCY COX, dem. llth
Feb. 1939; his wife, Wilhelmina
Agnes Brown, died 3rd Oct. 1940.
Marr. (2) 6th Oct. 1941 Jane Leek.
PANBRIDE
There was at Panmure a chapel dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary. By Bull of 27th
Jan. 1484-5 Pope Julian granted permission
to Sir Thomas Maule of Panmure to cele
brate mass and other divine offices within
the chapel, though as yet unconsecrated,
514
PANBRIDE— ST VIGEANS
[PRESB. OF
and to have a portable altar, and that
either by his own chaplains or other suit
able priests secular or regular. There was
also a chapel at Boath, to which Christian
de Valoniis, Lady of Panmure, who suc
ceeded her father, William de V., and died
after 1254, granted the lands of Botmer-
noch or Bothmernoch, and also 2 merks
annual rent from the lands of Brechys. By
Christian de Valoniis' great-grandson,
Walter de Maule of Panmure, who died in
1348, the chapel with its lands, annual
rents, and all rights, was given to Brechin
Cathedral. Included also in the gift were
the lands of Cairncorty, and on 24th Aug.
1348 Adam, Bishop of Brechin, gave the
chaplainry and its foresaid endowments for
the sustenance of two perpetual chaplains
founded by him anew in the cathedral. In
augmentation of the chaplainry the Bishop
also united thereto an annual rent of 20 sh.
which the Abbot and Convent of Arbroath
were held to pay to Brechin Cathedral at
Pentecost in virtue of a composition lately
made between the Bishop and Chapter and
the said Abbot and Convent. The chap
lains were to celebrate mass, one at the
Altar of the Virgin Mary, and the other at
the Altar of the Holy Rood in the cathe
dral, for the souls of the said Adam, his
predecessors and successors as bishops, the
canons, and Hugh, the Chancellor. It was
further stipulated that the vicar of Panbride
should say a Mass of the Virgin Mary each
Saturday, and the vicar of Monikie a Mass
of St Marnoc for all time. The latter part of
the stipulation and the name of the lands,
Bothmernoch, granted originally to the
chapel, suggest that the chapel may have
been dedicated to St Marnoch. There was
another chapel at Boath, dedicated to St
Laurence. It belonged to Arbroath Abbey.
To William de Monteath, son of son of Sir
Michael de M., William, Abbot of Ar
broath 1276-88, became bound to support
a chaplain at the said William's Chapel of
St Laurence at Boath, the said William to
bestow upon the abbey the lands of Konan-
Mor-Capil. In the 17th century both the
chaplainry and the chapel appear among
the possessions of the Earls of Panmure. —
[Reg. of Panmure, ii, 141-2, 171-2, 173,
1588
1680
253-4; Reg. of Brechin, i, 10-12, 13, 14,
ii, 363; Reg. of Arbroath, vetus, Pref., xiv,
189; Retours, xxvi, 168, xxx, 186, xxxviii,
340.]
WILLIAM LAING, vicar 2nd Dec.
1562 1562.— [Reg. of Deeds, v, 376.]
JOHN LAING, M.A., vicar 1588; also
at Forteviot; chancellor of Brechin
1590.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
PATRICK MAULE, marr. Maria,
daugh. °f John Maule; his son,
James, bapt. 7th Dec. 1694, fought
at Sheriffmuir and escaped to France;
wrote a journal of his travels 1716-20 (in
possession of George Burn-Murdoch of
Gartincaber); factor to Earl of Moray,
Donibristle; buried 25th Nov. 1753.
ROBERT TRAIL, his son, John, ap
prenticed to Hugh Penman, gold
smith, Edinburgh, 12th May 1736.
JAMES CAESAR, his daugh., Agnes
1851 Cowan, died 10th July 1935.
JOHN CAESAR, D.D. (St Andrews,
1895
26th June 1931), died 13th Feb.
1938.
ST VIGEANS
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham 19th Aug. 1242 and by the Bishop
of Dromore on 25th Aug. 1485. The Altar
of St Sebastian was founded by John
Brown in Letham in 1506. On 17th Feb.
1543-4 Alexander Ouchterlony, brother of
Alexander O. of Kelle, was escheited
' ' through being fugitive fra the law at the
home for non-finding of souirte to underlie
the law for breiking and spulyeing Sanct
Vegeanis kirk of Arbrotht and oure Lady
Chapell of the same, and for other crimes."
In the Den of Seaton there was a chapel
dedicated to St Ninian, founded by the
Abbot and Convent of Arbroath, and
consecrated on 24th Aug. 1485 by George
de Brane, Bishop of Dromore. St Ninian 's
Croft marks its site; and near are St
Ninian 's Well and a cliff called St Ninian 's
Heuch. To the chaplainry of the chapel
Sir John Tod, son and heir of Simon T.,
ARBROATH]
ST VIGEANS
515
burgess of Arbroath, was presented by
David, Abbot of Arbroath, on 22nd July
1492, the presentation to become effective
on the death of the chaplain, Sir William
Gybsoune. — [Reg. of Arbroath, niger, 174,
271; Reg. Sec. Seal, iii, 636; David Miller's
Arbroath and its Abbey, 129-30, 146;
Lockhart's Ch. in Scot, in \3th Century,
51.]
NINIAN CLEMENT, min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.] (See Arbroath.)
ROBERT BRUCE, M.A., min. 4th Nov.
1602 1602.
JOHN YOUNG, reader.— [Acts and
1602 Dec., clxv, 457.]
1665
PATRICK STRACHAN, his daughs.—
Anna, bapt. 20th June 1672; Mar
garet (marr. cont. 3rd Jan 1695
David Ramsay, younger of Cairnton.) —
[Forfar Sas., ix, 30th April 1695.]
GEORGE STRACHAN, died before
1696 20th Sept. 1700; his son, John, going
abroad 1729. — [Arbroath
Court, 20th Sept. 1700.]
Burgh
JOHN HENDERSON, his son, Robert,
apprenticed to Edward Lothian,
goldsmith, Edinburgh, 16th May
1733.
1734
JOHN AIKEN, died Father of the
1754 Church.
PRESBYTERY OF FORDOUN
ARBUTHNOTT
By charter of 30th May 1505 Sir Robert
Arbuthnott of that ilk for the soul of Maud
Scrymgeour, his wife, etc., granted to a
chaplain at the Altar of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, situated at the south side of the choir
of the church, certain annual rents with a
manse, garden, and croft near the Chapel
of St Ternan, as a residence for the chap
lain. This refers to the Lady Chapel pre
viously founded by Sir Robert. At Peattie
there was a chapel dedicated to St Mary. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., 5th Aug. 1505; Trans.
Aberdeen Eccl. Soc., 1897.]
ANDREW PATRICK, reader in 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
1563
PATRICK RAMSAY, min. at Conveth,
1567 also in charge here.
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOTT, his
pres. in 1569 to parsonage and
vicarage on res. of Robert Hallet. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 27.]
1569
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOTT, in
1665 ac*dition to J°hn Bu^ ms son» Dr
John, wrote The Art of Political
Lying and The Memoirs of Martinus
Scriblerus.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, son of
171_ Alexander R., min. at Longside,
intruded here Oct. 1715.— [Justi
ciary Records.}
ROBERT MOIR SPENCE, his daughs.
1850 — Margaret Anne, died 15th April
1934.
1933; Anne Gerard, died 30th May
JOHN SIMPSON MUTCH, trans, to
1921 Newport 18th May 1925.
ALFRED SAUNDERS BARRON,
1925 born New Blyth 10th April 1890,
son of George B., schoolmaster, and
Robina Eliza Gray Collier; educ. at Univ.
of Aberdeen, M.A. (1912), B.D. (1915);
served in Great War with Gordon High
landers; licen. by Presb. of 1915;
locum tenens at Kintore; teacher, Nicolson
Institute, Stornoway; schoolmaster, Strath-
don, 1922; ord. 16th Sept. 1925; trans, to
Longside 19th Oct. 1933. Marr. 6th Sept.
1922 Alice Ann Mary, daugh. of Alexander
Mitchell, store manager, Kintore.
BENHOLME
WILLIAM ELDER, reader 1563; desig
nated vicar 16th April 1568 and
reader 1573.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.; Edin. Tests., iv, 333;
v, 83.]
JOHN GUDEFALLO, min. in 1563,
1-,« also at Ecclesgreig. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JAMES THORNTON, parson 1566.—
1 566 [C°mPs- SUD Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS of Glenbervie,
pres. to parsonage and vicarage 27th
Dec. 1577 on death of John Thorn
ton. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 68.]
1577
WILLIAM MORRISON, M.A.; his
pres. in Feb. 1577-8 on death of
John Thornton.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 65.]
JOHN ERSKINE, M.A., in Bingfurde,
pres. to vicarage 20th Nov. 1587 on
death of William Morrison.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Iv, 103.]
516
PRESB. OF FORDOUN]
BENHOLME— DUNNOTTAR
517
1715
JAMES MELVILL, marr. (2) Isabel,
daugh. of Alexander Straton of that
ilk.— [P. R. Sas., Kincardine, v, 146.]
ANDREW SKENE, intruded here and
conducted episcopal services in a
meeting-house at Brotherston and
gave support to the rebels. — [Justiciary
Records. ]
ALEXANDER SMART MYERS, his
- daughs. — Helen Forrest, died at
Edinburgh 5th Feb. 1929; Diana
Cooper, died 30th May 1938; Eliza, died
14th Feb. 1940; Jane, died Edinburgh 17th
Oct. 1945.
JOHN BARCLAY DA VIE, father a mer-
1923 chant; trans, to Kerse 1 8th May 1927.
GEORGE ARTHUR EVERETT
IQ27 WALKER, trans, from Corgarff
(q.v.) 7th Sept. 1927; dem. 6th July
1947; his wife, Edith Donaldson, died 27th
May 1936. Marr. (2) 14th Oct. 1942 Annie
Webster Japp Henderson or Wylie.
(United with Johnshaven 6th July 1947.)
BERVIE
At Inverbervie there was a friary of the
Carmelites, situated at the place designated
"Friars' Dubb." The friary held the
Churches of Kingussie and Dunnottar. By
Crown Charters of 15th Oct. 1570 and 1st
Aug. 1587 Mr David Lindsay acquired the
endowments of the friary — lands, salmon
fishings and white fishings in the water of
Bervie, fresh and salt, tofts, crofts, annual
rents, mills, multures, money and victual
fermes, customs, canis, and other profits,
and the patronage of churches, benefices,
chaplainries in the county of Kincardine or
in any other part of the Kingdom. In the
latter year, 1587, the grant was ratified by
Parliament, which at the same time con
veyed to the Burgh of Montrose for the
hospital there the sum of 45 merks 5 sh. 4d.,
being the sum for which the endowments
had previously been given to Mr David
Lindsay. — [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 1932, v,
1332; Acts Scott. Pad., iii, 489, 5046;
Walcott's Anc. Ch. of Scot., 337, 408;
Retours, xxiv, 94.]
2K*
JAMES SYMSON, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
JAMES RAIT, had Kinneff also in
1591 charge till his death.
PETER RAIT, his daugh., Mary (marr.
cont. 22nd July 1712 James Car-
1674
chin.
negie, surgeon apothercary, Bre-
GRAHAM NICOLL WARNER, trans.
_ to Elgin Second Charge 16th Dec.
1926.
NEIL McGILL, formerly of Duntocher
v-)» trans fr°m Tomintoul 27th
1Q27
April 1927; died 3rd Oct. 1944;
Provost of Inverbervie.
COOKNEY
In 1840 the Sabbath service was con
ducted by a preacher who was also second
parochial schoolmaster at Fetteresso. The
sacraments were dispensed by the parish
min. (See Fetteresso and Portlethen.)
ANDREW ELVIN HART, trans, to
1919
Coylton 1st Sept. 1932; his wife,
Ethel Burns, died 13th June 1939.
Marr. (2) 4th Feb. 1942 Wilhelmina Thorn,
and has issue — Archibald James, born 12th
March 1943.
DUNNOTTAR
On the Crag of Dunnottar, it is said, a
chapel was founded early in the 5th century
by St Ninian. To this view some support
comes from the fact that on the top of an
isolated neighbouring rock, called Dinna-
cair, there were found in 1832 several stones
incised with early Christian symbols, be
lieved to have been in use prior to the 8th
century, one of the stones having the fish,
the symbol of Christ, and the triangle
which signifies the Trinity. Dinnacair may
have been a "retreat" connected with the
chapel on the crag. The church was dedi
cated by Bishop de Bernham 15th May
1276. In any case certain it is that at a
later period there was upon the rock St
Ninian 's Parish Church of Dunnottar,
518
DUNNOTTAR
[PRESB. OF
dedicated by William Wishart, Bishop of
St Andrews, on 15th May 1276. Twenty
years later, on 28th Aug. 1296, Wautier de
Kerringtoune, parson of Dunnottar, swore
fealty to Edward I. In the following year
the rock, which was held by the English,
was assaulted by Wallace. The attack was
successful; and, the garrison having sought
sanctuary in the sacred building, Wallace,
according to Blind Harry, "Brynt up the
kyrk, and all that was theirin." It is said
that the church was rebuilt, and in turn
was burned by Edward III. That, however,
does not seem certain. On 30th March
1346 William, Earl of Sutherland, and his
wife, Margaret Bruce, received from David
II a charter of the Crag, with power to
build a fortalice thereon. Probably the
power was not exercised; but Sir William
Keith, Great Marishal of Scotland, who
acquired Dunnottar on 8th March 1392-3,
by excambion with his son-in-law, Sir
William Lindsay of Byres, built a "castle
and fortalice" upon the rock. For that
deed, regarded as an encroachment on
sacred ground, Sir William was excom
municated by the Bishop of St Andrews.
On appeal to the Holy See, Sir William, in
virtue of a Bull of Pope Benedict XIII, on
14th June 1395, secured the withdrawal of
the sentence, at the hands of the Bishop, on
condition that he paid suitable compensa
tion to the Church of Dunnottar for the
use of the rock. In his appeal Sir William,
besides justifying the tower as necessary for
his own protection and for the security of
his dependents and their goods, and as
inferring no injury to the "new Church"
or its rector, stated that when in time past
during the wars that raged in the Kingdom
of Scotland the Parish Church of Dun
nottar with the churchyaird, situated on a
rock overlooking the sea, required to be
rebuilt and put in order, the late John, lord
of the barony of Dunnottar, with the con
sent and authority of the Bishop of St
Andrews for the time, built and established
another church with churchyard on the
mainland of the parish church; and the
rock was left empty and deserted. It would
appear that the foresaid lord of the barony
was John, Ninth Earl of Athol, who had
right to Dunnottar through his mother,
Ada, Countess of Athol, who married John
of Strathbogie, Eighth Earl of Athol in
right of his wife. The said Countess Ada
in turn had right to Dunnottar through her
mother, Ferneleith, Countess of Athol, who
married David de Hastings, connected
with the Mearns and holding the title
Seventh Earl of Athol in right of his wife.
The said Earl John was executed at London
in 1306. Clearly, therefore, if he trans
ferred the parish church from the rock, the
church burned by Wallace was left a ruin.
In any case, some time prior to the advent
of Sir William Keith at Dunnottar, the
church, on account of the disabilities of
wars that frequently involved Dunnottar
Crag because of its fortress value, was re
moved to the mainland, apparently to the
site which the parish church still occupies;
and the church on the rock became the
chapel of the castle. The existing ruins of
the chapel, on the south side of which is the
churchyard, show portions of the 13th-
century church burned by Wallace; but the
work is in the main of the 16th century.
For her own soul and the soul of her
deceased husband, David de Hastings,
Ferneleith, Countess of Athol, granted
Dunnottar to Cupar-Angus Abbey. The
grant was confirmed by her daughter,
Countess Ada, but it does not appear that
it actually took effect. In 1 504 the annexa
tion of the church to the Trinity Collegiate
Church, Edinburgh, was confirmed by
Pope Julius. One half of the parsonage and
vicarage of the church was given to the
Dean of the Collegiate Church, and the
other half to the Sub-Dean. The church
was rebuilt in 1 782 on the site of the old
church, of which only one part survives —
the Marischal Aisle, the tomb of George,
Earl Marischal, built in 1582. On 16th June
1903 the church was reopened for worship
after a scheme of restoration had been
carried out. — [Reg. Great Seal, i, App. i,
122; Transcripts from the Vatican, i, 356,
MS. Reg. Ho.; Hist. MSS. Commis. Reports
iii, 405, 408; Statua Ecclesiae Scoticanae, i,
ccciii; Cal. of Docs. Rel. to Scot., ii, 214;
Scots Peerage, i, 425-6; Simpson's Dun
nottar Castle, 6 and n, 52; Lives of the
FORDOUN]
DUNNOTTAR— FETTERCAIRN
519
Lindsays, 317; Barren's Castle of Dunnottar
21; Collegiate Churches of Midlothian, 143;
Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 81; Memo., Rev. J. C.
Campbell, B.D.]
JOHN CHRISTISON, min. at Fet-
teresso, in charge also here. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
1560
etc.]
JAMES PAWTON, reader, in charge
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
' Forfar, etc.]
JOHN ELDER, one of the rectors 3rd
1563
April 1563, having the fruits of the
half of the parsonage and vicarage
of the church, which belonged to the
deanery of Trinity Collegiate Church; died
before 8th April 1578.— [Colleg. Churches
of Midlothian, 126-7, 131, 139, 226.]
WILLIAM SALMOND, one of the
1563
rectors 3rd April 1563, having the
fruits of the half of the parsonage
and vicarage of the church, which belonged
to the sub-deanery of Trinity Collegiate
Church; died before 4th Sept. 1576.—
[Colleg. Churches of Midlothian, 126-7,
131, 137, 226.]
ANDREW MYLNE, M.A., pres. in
1574 and 1578 on death of John
Elder. On presentation by James VI
he was admitted by the Superintendent of
Angus 4th Sept. 1576 to the half of the
parsonage and vicarage that had pertained
to William Salmond, and on 3rd Nov. 1578
he was presented to the half that had per
tained to John Elder. — [Colleg. Churches
of Midlothian, 137, 139; Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
81, ii, 87.]
ALEXANDER KEITH, pres. in 1579
on dem. of Andrew Mylne. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 23.]
JAMES RAIT, reverse marriages —
1654
marr. (1) pro. 8th April 1660 Jean
Edmonston (? Erskine), Montrose.
GILBERT KEITH, son of Gilbert K.
of Caldhame and Mary Rait; had
addl. issue — Alexander, buried 6th
May 1711; Mary, buried 3rd May 1711.
1686
WILLIAM SETON, episcopal preacher,
who, ordained by an " enaucterated
bishop," had been deposed by the
Presbytery of Fordoun for various mis
demeanours, intruded in Dunnottar Oct.
1715 to Feb. 1716, and, encouraged by the
Earl and Countess Marischal, ejected Mr
Mitchell with his wife and family from the
manse and occupied the same; from the
foregoing it would appear that Mr M. had
an earlier marriage than that of 1732. —
[Justiciary Records. ]
DOUGLAS GORDON BARRON, died
1885 at Aberfoyle 18th Feb. 1947; his
wife, Louise Eliza Brydon, died 4th
Feb. 1938. Addl. Publications— The Castle
of Dunnottar and its History (1925); Jean
Char Her de Gerson, the Author of De
Imitatione Christi.
JOHN GAIRDNER WHITE HEN-
DRIE, line 8, for "R.F.C." read
"R.F.A."; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
May 1920; trans, to Colombo, Ceylon, 8th
July 1933.
FETTERCAIRN, alias TRINITY
The church was made a mensal Church
of St Andrews by Bull of Pope Sixtus IV,
26th Feb. 1473. The Chapel of St Martin
is mentioned in 1445 and 1493, in connec
tion with a croft "lyand at the bridgend
beside St Martin's Chapel betwixt the lands
of Dullach and Disclune." — [Reg. Great
Seal, ii, 767; Mems. of Angus and Mearns,
438; The Apostilic Camera and Scott. Bene
fices, 173.]
WILLIAM STRATHAUCHIN, reader
1563 in 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
PATRICK BONKLE, min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
i
etc.]
JOHN THOM, reader, succeeded Wil-
1563
Ham Strathauchin 1563. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JAMES STRATHAUCHAN, parson,
1576
brother of John S. of Claypotts.-
[Acts and Dec., Ivii, 407.]
520
FETTERCAIRN— FETTERESSO
[PRESB. OF
JAMES LINDSAY, pres. in 1576 on
1__, death of James Strathauchan. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 43.]
JOHN COLLAGE, pres. to parsonage
1580
and vicarage 15th Aug. 1580 in
succession to James Lindsay . — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xlvii, 1.]
WILLIAM ANDERSON, his son,
James Edward, C.B.E., died 18th
Jan. 1945.
1867
CHARLES LAMB HUNTER, adm. to
1910
united charge 1929; dem. 30th Nov.
1948.
FETTERESSO
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 25th May 1246. In the church
yard on the south boundary of the parish,
about a mile from Stonehaven, stands the
roofless church which was in use till 1813,
when it gave place to the present church
built at Stonehaven. Part of the ruin is an
aisle built opposite the pulpit in 1720. In
1621 a petition by Thomas Burnet of Leyis,
craving the erection of a new church in the
parish ' ' most ewest for the Instructioun of
the Parochoneris of Fetteresso quha duell
most remote from the present Kirk," was
remitted by Parliament to the Commission
for the Plantation of Kirks, etc. Nothing
appears to have resulted. In 1649 the
Presbytery of Aberdeen petitioned Parlia
ment for the erection of a parish kirk with
"glaib and manse and other accommoda-
tioun" for the remoter parts of Fetteresso
and Netherbanchi. "It is almost impos
sible to thame Especiallie in the winter
tyme to repair to their owne paroche kirk
for the worship of God and the educatioune
of their souls. The way being deip and
almost impossible. ' ' The number of com
municants within the said bounds was given
as "about 8 or 9 hundreth souls." The
area in question was the north part of
Fetteresso and the south part of Banchory-
Devenick. In this case also there was no
result. But about 1760 a small place of
worship was built at Newhall in the north
part of the parish. It was called the "Sod
Kirk," doubtless because the roof was
covered with turf which at a later period
gave way to tiles. Efforts towards securing
a better building, which were strongly
supported by Mr Silver of Netherley, cul
minated in the erection of a house at
Cookney, capable of accommodation for
400 people. The latter in turn gave place to
the present Cookney Church. The Chapel
of Cowie was dedicated by Bishop de Bern-
ham on 22nd May 1276, "so that no
prejudice may arise to the mother-church
of Fetteresso. ' ' The chapel was under the
joint invocation of St Mary the Virgin and
St Nathalom. The Lady Well is in the
neighbourhood. — [Acts Scott. Par I., iv,
6070, vi, (2), 343; Lockhart's Ch. in Scot,
in 13 th Century, 62, 63; Trans. Aberdeen
Eccl. Society, 1897, 241.]
The present church was built in 1810-13
and enlarged 1876-8. The Chapel of
Cowie, described in 1722 as situated near
the ruins of the Castle of Cowie, was conse
crated by Bishop Wishart of St Andrews on
22nd May 1276. The dedication was St
Mary the Virgin and St Nathalan. In
1496-1504 James IV made various offerings
in "Our Ladie Chapell of Cowie." On
28th Dec. 1502 the same monarch con
firmed grants as follows: certain crofts,
including "le Abbottiscroft " in the town
of Cowie by late William Hay of Urie, an
annual rent from lands near Cowie by the
late Gilbert Hay of Urie, and a croft called
the Temple Croft near the town of Cowie
by late Alexander Strachan of Dillevard,
for the support of a perpetual chaplain in
the chapel. Mr Robert Hay was Chaplain
of ' ' the chaplainry of St Nathalan in the
Chapel of Cowie" on 26th Nov. 1568. It
is said that the chapel was demolished soon
after the Reformation * ' by reason of super
stitious resorting thereto." St Mary's
Well, near the chapel, was also a place of
superstitious resort, and in 1722 was "yet
held in veneration by the country people."
There was at Cowie a Fair of St Nathalan.
—[Reg. Great Seal, ii, 2681; iii, 2299, iv,
2191; Statua Ecclesiae Scoticanae, i, 303;
Macfarlane's Geog. Colls., i, 249, 255, iii,
236-7.]
FORDOUN]
FETTERESSO— GARVOCK
521
1563
ROBERT RAIT, reader in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
ANDREW MYLNE, M.A., pres. in
1576 on death of Patrick Brown. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 23.]
PETER ROSS, an episcopal min., in
truded in Fetteresso, ejected Mr
Burn and his family from the manse,
and took the poor-box and money and the
session books and papers; he was dep. by
the Presb. of Fordoun in 1 7 1 6 for " scanda
lous practices"; at the same period William
Cruickshank, an episcopal min., conducted
services at Muchalls and was dep. by the
presb. — [Justiciary Records.]
JOHN WATT, his daugh., Elizabeth
1845 (Mrs J. P. Sym), died 20th April 1944.
JAMES BEATTIE BURNETT, D.D.
(Aberdeen, 1st April 1931), died at
Aberdeen 1st Oct. 1945; his wife,
Helen Mary Christison, died 20th Jan.
1943; his son, James, died 30th Jan. 1942.
Publications — The Kirks of Come and
Fetteresso\ Seaside Sermons.
FORDOUN
At the instance of William, Earl Mari-
schal, the burgh of Kincardine was created
anew by Crown Charter of 27th Jan.
1531-2, with a Fair of St Catherine the
Virgin, and a Fair of St Catherine of Siena,
and by Crown Charter of 3rd March 1 540-1
the towns of Kincardine, Cowie, and Durris
were erected into free burghs with the
following fairs — at Kincardine, a Fair of
St Catherine the Virgin in winter, and a
Fair of St Catherine of Siena in summer;
at Cowie, a fair on the Feast of St Nach-
talan; and at Durris, a fair on the day of
St Monan. St Catherine's was the church
of the now vanished burgh of Kincardine,
whose fair and cross were removed to
Fettercairn in 1670. The church, too, has
disappeared, but its burial-ground still
exists on the farm of Castleton. — [Reg.
Great Seal, iii, 1113, 2299, vii, 737; Ord
nance Gazetteer, 391 ; Jervise's Epitaphs and
Inscrips., i, 65.]
JOHN SMYTH, reader in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
i
etc.]
PATRICK BONCLE, min. here in 1563;
1563 pres' to v^caTSL^Q 28tn Jan- 1576-7
on death of Walter Callam, when
he also held Laurencekirk. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.; Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 52; Edin. Tests., ii, 301, v, 22, 82.]
(See Fetteresso and Newdosk.)
GILBERT ANDERSON, his daugh.,
1714
Elizabeth, died at Edinburgh 13th
June 1782.
WILLIAM FORBES, marr. Susanna,
daugh. of William Walker, dyster,
Aberdeen; his children — Mary Ann
(marr. Rev. Austin Johnson), died 1812;
Elizabeth (marr. Professor William Dun
can, King's College, Aberdeen), died 1931;
Middleton, died 1834; Phoebe (marr. -.
Scott, purser, R.N.).
CHARLES FORBES BUCHAN, his
1846 ^ather' Peter B-» was poet and anti
quary.
JOHN MENZIES, his widow, Susan
Gordon Garland, died 20th Jan.
1875
1930.
ROBERT GALBRAITH, dem. 31st
19Q2 Aug. 1934, died 23rd Oct. 1937; his
daugh., Jane (marr. 10th June 1931
Neil Garland, Hong Kong); his widow,
Eliza Alison, died 14th May 1947.
GARVOCK
JAMES SYMMER, reader in 1563.—
1563
etc.]
- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Forfar,
ALEXANDER KEITH, reader; pres.
1Sfi~ to vicarage on death of John Ward-
law, 9th Feb. 1586-7; also at Kin-
neff.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 17; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JOHN WARDLAW, vicar 1564-5.—
1564 [Acts and Dec., xxxiii, 25.]
522
GARVOCK— KINNEFF
[PRESB. OF
WALTER MORRISON, M.A., pres.
to vicarage 13th May 1588 on dem.
of Alexander Keith.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ivii, 81.]
ROBERT ARBUTHNOTT, M.A., pres.
in 1604 on death of Walter Morri
son.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxiv, 138.]
1604
JOHN KEITH, had issue— James.—
1653
[Aberdeen Sher. Court Deeds, 1st
Sept. 1694.]
ROBERT OCHTERLONY, marr.
1685 ^nne' daugh. °f Captain William
Keith of Reidcloak. — [Montrose
Deeds, llth Oct. 1689.]
WILLIAM STEPHEN, died at Barnton
1877
25th March 1934; his widow, Jane
Latto Morrison, died 30th March
1936; his son, Charles, F.R.S.E., Keeper of
Natural History Department, Royal Scot
tish Museum.
FRANCIS McHARDY, trans, to Logic,
1923 Cupar, 26th July 1928.
MUNRO SOMERVELL, formerly of
1Q28 Drumelzier (<?.v.), trans, from Bal-
lantrae 13th Dec. 1928; dem. 16th
May 1935; died at Peebles 6th May 1936.
GLENBERVIE
By Papal Bull of 4th May 1422 the
church, which was dedicated to St Michael,
was erected a prebend of Brechin Cathedral
in response to a petition by the Earl of
Mar. There was at Drumlithie a chapel of
which on 2nd June 1536 Sir James Auch-
leck was chaplain. The Well of St Carran
at Drumlithie in all probability indicates
the saint to whom the chapel was dedicated.
Carran is Ciaran, apparently Ciaran of
Cluain mac Nois, whose day was 9th Sept.
and who died in 549. The endowment of
the chapel was the lands of Drumlithie,
which on 18th Dec. 1549 Sir James Reid,
Presbyter-Perpetual Chaplain, with con
sent of Mr Robert Erskine, Dean of Aber
deen, patron of the chaplainry, set in feu
to William Douglas, son and heir of the
late Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie.
William Douglas had granted a piece of
land of his Templar Lands of Templehill
beside the parish church of Glenbervie, for
building a dwelling and a garden for the
chaplain. At Dillavaird there was a chapel
dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. There is
said to have been a Chapel of St Conon at
Drumlithie. — [Transcripts from the Vatican,
1421-59, 47, MS., Reg. Ho.; Reg. Great
Seal, v, 876; Sir John Cristison's Prot. Bk.,
201; Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Society, 1897,
241; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 278.]
JOHN CHRISTISON, min., described
156Q as parson and min. 1568.— [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JOHN AUCHENLECK, reader 1563.
1563 —\-ComPs- Su° Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
JOHN IRVINE, probably natural son
-,-, of Sir Robert I. of Monboddo.—
[G.R.Sas., 3Ser.,ii,44.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, son of
1715 Alexander R., min. at Longside,
conducted services in a meeting
house at Drumlithie, and there also Wil
liam Seton, episcopal min., performed like
functions for several years.— [Justiciary
Records. ]
PATRICK LINDSAY GORDON, died
1894 27th Aug. 1948.
KINNEFF
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 5th Aug. 1242. St Arnty's
Well gives the name of the saint, Adamnan,
in another form. Between the church and
the castle there is the remnant of a building
called St Arnty's Kell, or St Arnold's Cell,
denoting a religious building. St John's
Chapel was near the Temple-lands, and in
the vicinity is St John's Hill with a farm at
the foot called Chapel of Barras. The
chapel may have been connected with the
Knights Templar and Knights of St John.
Of the Church of Kingorny there is now no
trace; but at the end of the 18th century
there were the remains of a small chapel
said to occupy the spot where in 1342
David II with his queen landed from
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523
France, and had High Mass performed for
his safe return. Near the place is a spring
called the Chapel Well.— [Retours, xi, 245;
Acts Scott. Parl., v, 625; Mem. of Angus and
Mearns, 438, 442; Lockhart's Ch. in Scot,
in 13 th Century, 48-9.]
1561
SIR WILLIAM OWSTEAN (AUSTIN),
vicar pensioner, 1 561 . — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ALEXANDER KEITH, min. in 1563.
1563 (See Garvock.)
JOHN PATRICK, min. in 1563. (See
1563 Arbuthnott.)
JAMES SIMSON, reader, designated
1574 exhorter 1575.— [Edin. Test., iv, 10.]
JAMES RAIT, called vicar 10th July
1613
1602 and had Bervie also in charge.
Marr. Margaret Douglas. — [Kin
cardine Sas., i, 83.]
JAMES GRANGER, had issue— Mar-
1640 garet, bapt. 19th July 1664.
JAMES HONYMAN, had also issue,
1663 Margaret.
ANDREW HONYMAN, his widow,
1701 Helen Rait, buried 12th March 1 743.
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK, D.D.
1908 (Aberdeen' 1926)' died 4th July
1932; his daugh., Mary Barbara
(marr. 19th Aug. 1937 Donald Campbell,
M.A., min. of Church of Scotland,
Lausanne); died 29th March 1947.
CATERLINE
ARCHIBALD WATSON, reader 1563.
1563 —\-ComPs> Sub Coll. of Thirds,
For far, etc.]
DUGALD JAMESON, marr. Elizabeth,
1682 dau§n- °f James Allan, bailie of
Brechin, and had issue — James;
Dougall; Janet; Helen, all under 18 in
1691.— [Deeds Dal., 1706, No. 759.]
LAURENCEKIRK
The present church was built in 1804,
superseding a building erected in 1626. At
Chapelknap of Scotston there was a chapel
dedicated to St Anthony; and Taunton
Fair preserved the name of the saint in
altered form. — [Fraser's Hist, of Laurence-
kirk, 212-13; Trans. Aberdeen Eccl. Soc.,
1897,244.]
PATRICK RAMSAY, min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.] (See Arbuthnott.)
ALEXANDER WYLIE, reader 1563.—
1563 [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar,
etc.]
ROBERT MOIR, reader 1594.—
1594
[Comps. Surplus of Thirds of
Benefices.}
WILLIAM DUNBAR, min. at Mont-
rose 1704, had a son, William. —
1677
[Deeds, Durie, 1705, No. 49.]
CHARLES MORRISON, his widow,
1872
Margaret Dickson, died 30th Sept.
1924; his daugh., Anne Latto, died
21st May 1933.
THOMAS SCOTT, dem. 1st June 1931;
1891 died at Brechin 4th June 1942; his
daugh., Robina (marr. 15th Dec.
1930 Frank A. Brown, Ichang, China).
MARYKIRK
There was an altar dedicated to the
Virgin Mary in the aisle of the Virgin built
by John Strachan of Thornton and his son
and heir, David, on the south side of the
church. On 7th Oct. 1490 they granted 11
merks annual rent from the barony and
mill of Thornton to Sir Thomas Smyth and
his successors, chaplains at the altar. The
church was dedicated by Bishop de Bern-
ham on 9th Aug. 1242. The saint was the
Virgin Mary. The church belonged to St
Germain's hospital, Tranent, and, later,
to King's College, Aberdeen University.
There was a chapel at Inglismaldi. The
name occurs in earlier form as Eglismaldi,
Ecclismaldi, Church of Maillie, Maillidh —
a saint not mentioned in the calendar. —
[Watson's Place Names, 295; Lockhart's
Ch. in Scot, in \3th Century, 50-1; Reg.
Mag. Sig., ii, 1987, 2777.]
524
MARYKIRK— ST CYRUS
[PRESB. OF
JOHN PATRICK, min. 1563; also at
Kinneff.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, For far, etc.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, For far,
etc.]
THOMAS LINDSAY, reader March
1567 1574.— [Edin. Tests., v, 161.]
JOHN STEWART, reader 1594.—
[Comps. Surplus of Thirds of Bene-
1594
fices. ]
JAMES RAIT, marr. pro. 14th July
161? 1618 Isabella, daugh. of Peter
Blackburn, Bishop of Aberdeen. —
{Aberdeen Reg,, Kincardine Sas., ii, 252.]
WILLIAM RAIT, adm. before 21st
1643 July 1642.
ROBERT RAIT, his children— Kathe-
1666
rine (marr. cont. 21st April 1688
David Rait of Bryanston); Robert;
Margaret (marr. cont. 12th Oct. 1702
Patrick Cruickshank, merchant, Aberdeen);
Jean, born 19th June 1666. — [Forfar Sas.,
viii, 284, 15th May 1688.]
JAMES CAMPBELL McCLURE, his
1857
son, George John, died at Edin
burgh 26th Jan. 1925; his daughs. —
Jane Thomson, died 16th Oct. 1939; Eliza
beth Anne, died 10th Jan. 1939.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACFAR-
1908
LANE FORBES, died 14th Feb.
1933.
(United with Muirton 2\st May 1933.)
RICKARTON
JOHN REITH, his widow, Isabella
Carmichael Blackwood, died 1st
May 1924.
1872
JOSEPH McKENZIE McPHERSON,
1924 trans, to Dunnichen 27th Feb. 1929.
1929
ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN WIL
LIAM SAUNDERS, trans, from
Braemar (q.v.} 3rd Sept. 1929; dem.
28th Feb. 1933; died at Dumfries 8th Sept.
1933.
ST CYRUS
The church was dedicated by Bishop de
Bernham on 7th Aug. 1 242. To the Priory
of St Andrews, 1178-81, it was granted by
William the Lion, along with the Chapel of
St Regulus and half a ploughgate of land
situated at the chapel, and also the land of
the Abbey of Ecclesgrig according to its
right and ancient measurements. The
earlier name appears in various forms,
Ecclegrig, Ecclesgrig, Egglisgirg, Egglis-
girgh. St Curig is Cyrie, Cyricus, martyr
in Antioch, commemorated as Girie by
Oengus at 16th July. Ciricius or Girg is
mentioned in the Pictish Chronicle, A.D.
776-885. The early church stood in the old
churchyard below the Heughs of St Cyrus
on the shore not far from the mouth of the
North Esk. In 1632 a new church was
built on an eminence above the Haughs,
about three-quarters of a mile north of the
early church; and it in turn gave place to a
building erected 1785-7, and repaired and
enlarged in 1835. Near St Cyrus Well was
a piece of land called St Cyrus Ward. In
Dec. 1243 Bishop de Bernham granted
licence to Alexander de Strivelyn to have a
chantry chapel at Laurenciston on condi
tion that all obventions and oblations of
the chapel should belong to the mother
church of Ecclesgreig, and that the said
Alexander and his heirs should pay
annually, in token of subjection, a pound
of wax, the value of which was to be fixed
with reference to the value at the markets
of Montrose. The dedication of the chapel
was St Laurence the Archbishop. The
Chapel of St Regulus with its attached land,
called Eglisreul, was situated at Morphie.
Of the "Abbey of Ecclesgrig," already
noted along with its land, nothing is known,
except that it was "ancient" in 1178-81.
Manifestly it was identical with "the
Priory of Ecclesgrig, ' ' which is mentioned
in a mutilated writ of 1 135. St Siras Hope,
later St Cyrus Bay, preserved the name of
the patron saint in a different form, as do
also white and salmon fishings "at the
arena called Sanct Schirras, Sanct Siras,
and Sanct-Seirece Sands," between the
Prestis-rod-fute on the east, and the Machrie
Burn on the west. Other fishings bore the
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525
name "Net of St Thomas" and also
simply "St Thomas." The church with
the lands of the abbey was granted to the
Priory of St Andrews 1163-72 by Richard
Bishop of St Andrews. Abbey indicates
that here was a Celtic abbey or monastery.
— [Reg. Priory ofSt Andrews, 27, 56-9, 85,
149-52, 166, 218, 229, 254, 256, 336, 337;
Reg. Great Seal, ii, 1039, v, 1633; Retours,
vii, 151, 166, xliv, 327, xlvi, 92; Macfar-
lane's Geograph. Colls., iii, 236; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 324; Lockhart's Ch.
in Scot, in 13 th Century, 50, 51.]
JAMES WILKIE, vicar.— [Comps. Sub
1563 Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ROBERT NEILSON, reader.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
JOHN GOODFELLOW, min. in 1563.
1563
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Forfar, etc.]
1587
ROBERT BURNETT, reader 6th Sept.
1569 1576.— [Edin. Tests., iv, 370.]
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, M.A., min.
here, pres. to vicarage 23rd Sept.
1590 on death of Walter Wilkie.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixi, 38.]
JOHN ERSKINE, M.A., pres. 17th May
1592 1592 on death of George Gledstanes.
DAVID MELDRUM, line 7, for
1614
"John" read "Joshua," min. of
Trinity, Edinburgh.
THOMAS MACKINTOSH, his daugh.,
1848 Jane Christina, died 20th June 1947.
ROBERT DAVIDSON, died 3rd May
1884 193^; ki§ son' Frederick Churchill,
Colonel R.A.M.C., died at Murrie,
India, 13th July 1935.
(Charges united April 1933.)
SYNOD OF ABERDEEN
PRESBYTERY OF ABERDEEN
ABERDEEN EAST
WILLIAM (WALTER) LESLIE, M.A.,
appears with Peter Blackburne as
exhorter and min. 17th Oct. 1588
and as min. in succeeding years up to 19th
Oct. 1589 and may have served in East
Second Charge. Marr. pro. 8th Jan. 1586-7
Marion Lawson.
JAMES ROSE. Addl. issue— Katherine,
bapt. 7th Feb. 1605; Elspeth, bapt.
15th Aug. 1606; Marjorie, bapt. 3rd
Aug. 1610; Isobel, bapt. 6th June 1616.
1683
GEORGE GORDON, marr. Anna
Crichton (buried in Bishop Scougal 's
aisle, Old Machar, 23rd Oct. 1695);
had issue — Henry, bapt. 22nd Sept. 1679;
Isabel, bapt. llth Oct. 1680; Anna, bapt.
10th Jan. 1683; George, bapt. 15th Feb.
1684; James, bapt. 29th Sept. 1686.— [Old
Machar Reg.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, his son, Matthew,
1693 bapt. 22nd Aug. 1697.
JOHN BISSET, had issue— Agnes, bapt.
6th April 1724, died young; Mar
garet, bapt. 27th Jan. 1726; John,
bapt. 17th April 1727; George, bapt. 2nd
Aug. 1728; Agnes, bapt. 25th Aug. 1729;
Elizabeth, bapt. 18th Dec. 1730; James,
bapt. 23rd March 1732.
ROBERT DOIG, born 3rd Sept. 1768,
son of Robert D., manufacturer,
Dundee, and Margaret Cook.
GEORGE WALKER, T.D. (1921), dem.
16th May 1934, died 8th Oct. 1937;
his sons— Charles William, M.C.,
M.A., M.D.; Ralph Spence, M.A. (Can
tab.), Univ. Lecturer; Ronald Powlett,
M.A., M.B., Ch.B. Publication— The
Idealism of Christian Ethics (Baird Lecture,
1928).
FERRYHILL
CHARLES MONCREIFF ROBERT-
1Q24 SON' trans' to St Oswalds» Edin
burgh, 19th April 1929.
1929
JOHN HARRIS BURRY, trans, from
Alves (q.v.) 19th Dec. 1929; has
addl. issue — John Neilson, born
15th Dec. 1926; David Roddick, born 20th
Jan. 1929; Mary Lorena, born 18th Aug.
1930; Muriel Sheffield, bora 9th Feb. 1932;
Sheila Isabel, born 31st Jan. 1934, died 31st
July 1941; Alastair Thomas, born 10th July
1936.
GILCOLMSTON
JOHN MONTGOMERY McQUITTY,
1925 trans, to Monimail 29th Nov. 1928.
DAVID SIME STEVEN, born Dundee
1929 16th Feb. 1896; son of David
Russell S., consulting engineer, Dun
dee, and Jane Sime; educ. at Harris
Academy, Dundee, Univ. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1919), B.D. (1922); served in Egypt
and France in Royal Scots in Great War,
M.C.; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 4th May
1922; assistant St Cuthbert's; ord. llth
Jan. 1925; adm. to Teviothead 6th Feb.
1925; trans, and adm. 16th May 1929;
trans, to Inveresk 18th March 1937. Marr.
18th Dec. 1923 Margaret Peddie, daugh. of
James Cattanach Mclntosh, fruit farmer,
Blairgowrie, and has issue — Jean, born 1st
Nov. 1924 (marr. 27th Sept. 1947 William
Norman Roy Scotter, Stanwix, Carlisle);
David Russell, born 10th Jan. 1926; James
526
PRESS. OF ABERDEEN]
GILCOLMSTON— NORTH
527
Frostlee, born 27th Feb. 1928; Iain Kay,
born 5th Dec. 1931; Margaret Elizabeth,
born 10th Dec. 1932; Robert and Katharine
(twins) born 4th June 1935.
GREYFRIARS
WILLIAM OLIVER, his widow, Anne
1881 Ross Duncan, died 13th May 1929.
GORDON JOHN MURRAY, dem.
1886 31st Dec. 1936; died 21st Dec. 1941.
HOLBURN
JAMES ALEXANDER McCLY-
1874
1939.
MONT, died 19th Sept. 1927; his
widow, Agnes Smith, died 4th Sept.
HENRY COULTER, trans, to Bella-
1919 houston 8th Feb. 1927.
JAMES THOMAS HALL, O.B.E., for
merly of Tillicoultry (^.v.), trans,
from West Linton 2nd Sept. 1927;
trans, to Townend Street, Belfast, 29th
Sept. 1932; trans, to Dalziel South 28th
Nov. 1934; trans, to Newlands 22nd March
1945. Addl. issue — Lawrence Graham
Murray, Sub-Lieutenant, born 10th Oct.
1922, killed in war Oct. 1944.
JOHN KNOX'S
HERBERT BELL, his daugh., Jane
1877 Harriet, died 10th Nov. 1943.
GEORGE DUNDAS NISBET, born
Dalbeattie 14ih March 1887; LL.B.
(Edinburgh, 1920); dem. status 24th
Nov. 1920; barrister, Middle Temple (adm.
1927); readm. to status of min. 26th May
1934; locum tenens at Kirkmabreck.
DAVID FINDLAY CLARK, his father
1918 of Kerlaw, G irvan .
JOHN JAMES SCOTT THOMSON,
trans, to Larbert 7th Jan. 1932; died
15th Dec. 1943.
MANNOFIELD
JOHN AULAY STEELE, trans, to St
1915 Vincent, Glasgow, 17th June 1926.
JAMES FOREST KELLAS, born 2nd
1926
Aug. 1898, son of John K., min. of
Rathen; educ. at Strichen Secondary
School and Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1920), B.D. (1923); Union Theological
Seminary, New York, 1923; licen. by Presb.
of Deer 1st May 1923; assistant, Rathen,
and St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 1925; ord.
to Forteviot 18th Sept. 1925; trans, and
adm. 15th Dec. 1926. Marr. 27th June 1934
Mary Isabel, daugh. of Captain James
Roger and Mary Grant, Aberdeen, and has
issue — James Grant, born 16th May 1936.
NORTH
GEORGE CHALMERS, identical with
_QQ ' ' Mr George Chalmers, ' ' described
27th Oct. 1619 as "Minister at
Dumbennan (Huntly), burgess of this
burght (Aberdeen), and sumtyme one of
the ministers thairof and regent in the said
College" (Marischal); the date of his
ministry here is uncertain. — {Marischal
College and Univ., 32, New Spalding Club.]
JOHN BLACKBURNE, adm. before
16 2 1st Sept. 1602, when he appears
third in the list of three mins. of
Aberdeen. — [Aberdeen Reg.]
ALEXANDER ROSS, his daughs.—
1636
Bessie (marr. George Meldrum, min.
of Fintray); Jean (marr. Capt. James
Ogilvie); Isobel (marr. cont. 29th July 1665
Adam Innes of Towiebeg). — [Banff Sas., i,
430.]
WILLIAM BLAIR, marr. 12th Nov.
1668 Marie Morrison (died before
1696) and had issue — Agnes, bapt.
5th Sept. 1669; Margaret, bapt. 24th Jan.
1671; Alexander, bapt. 13th Feb. 1673;
Elizabeth, bapt. 1st Feb. 1674; Robert,
bapt. 15th April 1685.— [Aberdeen and
Forglen Regs. ]
WILLIAM MACKNIGHT WILSON,
1680
1879
dem. Campbeltown, Canada, 1863;
adm. to Chatham 1868.
JAMES RAE, trans, to Midmar 27th
1904 March 1928.
528
NORTH— OLD MACHAR
[PRESB. OF
CHRISTIAN VICTOR AENEAS
MAcECHERN, M. A., formerly min.
at Colombo, Ceylon (Vol. vii, 567);
adm. 3rd June 1929; trans, to Kirkmabreck
llth March 1938.
(Charge united with Trinity by General
Assembly 2\st Nov. 1928.)
OLD MACHAR
The cathedral was dedicated to St Mary
the Virgin and St Machar. The twofold
designation was in use up to about the
close of the 13th century, and thereafter the
name of the Virgin was usually alone em
ployed. In addition to the altars already
noted there were the following: Altar of St
Columba; Altar of St Anne; Altar of the
Wounds of Christ and of St Devenic,
founded in 1507 by Alexander Cabell,
Prebendary of Banchory-Devenick; Altar
of Our Lord; Altar of St Congan, the Abbot,
and St Katharine, St Margaret (Antioch),
St Martha, and St Barbara (Nicomedia),
virgins, founded, apparently on 18th May
1491, by Alexander Vaux, Prebendary of
Turriff; Altar of St Sebastian, St Stephen,
and St Laurence, founded dr. 1500 by
Andrew Liell, Treasurer of Aberdeen, as
executor of the late Mr Alexander Lindsay,
Rector of Belhelvie, son of Alexander L.;
Altar of St Sebastian the Martyr, St
Katharine of Egypt, and St Barbara,
Virgin and Martyr, founded in the south
aisle next the choir by Gavin Dunbar,
Bishop of Aberdeen, who on 23rd Sept.
1531 granted an annual rent of £20 from
certain lands for its endowment; Altar of
St Ninian. On 20th July 1473 William de
Camera of Balnacrag, as executor of late
Mr Walter Ydyle, Canon of Aberdeen and
Brechin and Prebendary of Deer, granted
an annual rent of 20 sh. from lands at
Kintore to the chaplains of the choir to
celebrate a stated mass in the Chapel of St
Ninian the Confessor; Altar of St Mauricius
(Machar), evidently the altar already noted
under the name Muireach, which, however,
denotes not St Mauricius but St Muiread-
hach. Like St Machar, the Virgin Mary
had also an altar, apart from the High
Altar and situated in the choir. On 1st
March 1501-2 Mr Duncan Scherar, Pre
bendary of Clat and Canon of Aberdeen,
son of William S., burgess of Aberdeen,
granted his newly built tenement lying in
the university, to amplify, endow, and aug
ment a chaplainry at the Altar of St
Andrew, in honour of the Trinity, the Vir
gin Mary, St Andrew, St Moloc, and St
Fotinus. Among the possessions confirmed
to the bishopric by the Bull of Pope Adrian
IV, 10th Aug. 1157, was the Church of St
Machar, which became the seat of the
bishopric. It may have been identical with
the church which appears later as the
Church of the Kirkton, a prebend of the
cathedral and pertaining to the dean. When
the new cathedral took the place of the
church, the parochial work was carried on
in the nave by a chaplain at an altar there.
This work was divided when by the Sta
tutes of 19th April 1256 it was decreed that
the dean who was the rector of the church
of the Kirkton have two parochial chap
lains, one with a cleric in the Church of the
Kirkton, performing parochial sacred mini
strations outside or beyond the choir of the
cathedral, and the other, also with a cleric,
in the Chapel of Monycabok (St Columba's,
New Machar), performing parochial sacred
ministrations there. In 1182-99 a hospital
dedicated to St Peter was founded by
bishop; and on 23rd Feb. 1531-2 Bishop
Gavin Dunbar founded a hospital for
twelve poor men west of the cathedral out
side the churchyard. In the Church of St
Mary of the Nativity in King's College
there were, besides the High Altar, the
following: Altar of the Virgin Mary,
situated in the nave; Altar of St Germanus;
Altar of the Holy Cross in the rood loft;
Altar of St Catherine the Virgin, built
by the executors of Hector Boece, Principal
of the University 1500-36; Altar of the
Blessed Sacrament, founded by Alexander
Galloway, Rector of Kinkell 1520-50, and
several times Rector of the University.
Saints in whose honour endowments were
given for masses at altars in the church, by
William Cumming of Inverallochy in 1 506,
and Mr Barnard Carngyll, Perpetual Vicar
of Banff and Inverbryndie, in 1542, were
the Virgin Mary, St John Baptist, St
ABERDEEN]
OLD MACHAR
529
Andrew, St Ninian, St Ternan, St Ethernan,
St Columba, St Mary Magdalene, St
Brandon the confessor, St Anne, and St
Thomas the Martyr. An inventory of the
ornaments, vessels, furnishings, etc., of the
church is given in Fasti Aberdonenses, 560fT.
— [Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 5-7, 11, 39,
48, 199, 220, 304, 337, 347, 348, 352, 353,
387, ii, 39, 48, 147, 197-8, 198; Reg. Great
Seal, ii, 2560, iii, 837, 1 145, 2073, 3196; Reg.
Sec. Seal, ii, 1017; Fasti Aberdonenses, 40,
64, 68, 115-16, 116-18, 121, 560, 561, 562,
564, 565, 566, 567, 570, 571.]
JOHN ERSKINE, M.A., exhorter 1567.
1567 — [Reg. ofMin., 66.]
ALEXANDER SCROGIE, M.A., marr.
1621 17th Nov. 1607 Jean Ross.
WILLIAM STRACHAN, had issue—
164ft Alexander, bapt. 7th Nov. 1641;
William, bapt. 23rd Jan. 1643;
Arthur, bapt. 3rd March 1644, buried 26th
Feb. 1645.
JOHN SEATON, marr. Jean Forbes,
1656
died after 25th Jan. 1672, had issue
—John, died 27th Jan. 1672; Wil
liam, buried 7th Feb. 1649; Rachel, bapt.
9th Dec. 1656; George, bapt. 10th Jan.
1669.
ALEXANDER SCROGIE, buried in
south aisle of cathedral 4th April
1661, had issue — Alexander, bapt.
26th Oct. 1659; George, bapt. 9th Aug.
1661.
ROBERT REYNOLD, buried 20th
1665 ^ov- 1670; his widow, Janet Doug
las, marr. (2) 5th Aug. 1674; his
daugh., Mary, bapt. 19th June 1667; his
sons— Robert, buried 27th Sept. 1671;
Patrick, born 26th Feb. 1670.
GEORGE STRACHAN, buried in right
1672 aisle of cathedral 6th Nov. 1678.
JOHN KEITH, buried in Scougal's
1684 aisle 12th March 1694; his son,
James, graduate of Univ. of Aber
deen.— [Mystics of the North East, 25.]
2L
FRANCIS ROSS, min. at Renfrew, of
1694 wh*ch Charge he had been deprived
in 1690; received a call to the Charge
in 1694; appeared before the Commission
of Assembly in Aberdeen in July of that
year, and on being asked whether he was
willing to apply to them and conform to
the Church Government now established,
he gave a negative answer, whereupon the
Commission, finding that he was not quali
fied, declared the call null and void and
ordered the church to be declared vacant. —
[Records of Old Aberdeen, ii, 94, Spalding
Club.}
THOMAS THOMSON, buried in porch
1699 of church 28th Oct. 1704.
DAVID CORSE, his sons, Alexander
and David, bapt. 16th March 1706
and 29th March 1707. Addl. issue-
John, bapt. 9th June 1708; George, bapt.
9th June 1709; Elizabeth, bapt. 26th June
1710; Margaret, 25th Sept. 1711; Katherine,
bapt. 3rd Feb. 1713.— [Old Machar Reg.]
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, M.A., was
1714
of Colpna; of issue, Thomas was
bapt. 29th May 1700; Margaret,
born 1701 and marr. John Osborne,
Principal of Marischal College; John, bapt.
25th Oct. 1705, and apparently died young;
Jean, bapt. 20th April 1708; John, bapt.
7th July 1712; Anna, bapt. 7th Nov. 1714,
and was interred two days later. Addl.
issue — Marjorie, bapt. 15th Oct. 1704. —
[Belhelvie Reg.', Old Machar Reg.]
JOHN SHARP, D.D., was illegally in
truded on a Sunday in April 1714
"in a most tumultous manner,"
"the mobb having broken open the Church
door on Saturday night in order to his
entry"; he "set up an English service in
the Church," but appears to have kept
possession only for two Sundays; on his
departure he took with him the "Church
Bible, pulpit, and latron green cloathes
with there silk fringes, bason and bason
cloath, and sand-glass," which were re
turned in the following October by "Wil
liam Baverly a soldier." — [Records of Old
Aberdeen, ii, 125, 126, 127.]
530
OLD MACHAR— OUR LADY OF THE SNOW [PRESB. OF
GEORGE JAMIESON, his daugh.,
1878 Georgina Jane (Mrs Wallace) died
1st Jan. 1937; his son, William, died
Feb. 1926.
JOHN MACGILCHRIST, died 18th
192_ Aug. 1928; his wife, Hon. Agnes
Caroline Burns, died 20th May 1928;
his son, Ian Charles, killed in flying acci
dent 1st Oct. 1933; his daugh., Beatrice
Betty (marr. 2nd June 1932 Douglas Poole
Henshaw, Colinton).
(First and Second Charges united 2\st
Nov. 1928.)
SECOND CHARGE
DAVID HEDERWICK, M.A., unlaw-
fully intruded into the church,
apparently on the First Sunday of
April 1704; a request for the use of the
Communion vessels for a Communion
celebration by him was refused by the Kirk
Session; is said to have been summoned by
the Privy Council to answer for the intru
sion, but there is no further record. —
[Records of Old Aberdeen, ii, 115.]
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, M.A.,
171_ "sometyme incumbent at Peter-
head"; intruded and took posses
sion of the church on 30th Oct. 1715, by
order of Patrick Sandilands, Sheriff-
Depute of Aberdeen, who refused access to
the min., Alexander Mitchell, "unless he
would go in on such terms as he proposed ' ' ;
the min. refused and protested, and ad
journed to the manse with the congrega
tion, and there conducted the service. —
[Records of Old Aberdeen, ii, 127.]
WILLIAM SMITH, M.A., was a pro-
171_ bationer in parish of Strichen 4th
Feb. 1715; died 29th March 1731.
Issue — Alexander, bapt. 30th Oct. 1717;
William, bapt. 19th March 1719, and died
same year (bur. 23rd Sept.); Margaret,
bapt. 22nd Feb. 1721, and died same year
(bur. 29th Oct.); Jean, bur. 25th Jan. 1726.
—[Old Machar Reg.; Strichen Reg.}
MELVILLE DINWIDDIE, C.B.E.
1925 (1943.); dem' 31st Au§' 1933 on
appointment as Scottish Regional
Director of British Broadcasting Company;
has addl. issue — Arna Mary, born 13th Jan.
1927; James Melville, born 10th Nov. 1929.
(Second Charge abolished by General
Assembly 21 st Nov. 1928.)
OUR LADY OF THE SNOW
The church was founded in virtue of a
Bull of Pope Alexander VI to Bishop
Elphingstone, 1st March 1497, and appears
to have been completed in 1499, when the
bishop united the church and university to
the new university; the vicars of the church
to be graduates, or at least, Bachelors of
Law. The purpose of the foundation was
that the church was to be the parish church
of Old Aberdeen, so that the cathedral
might be free for its own proper functions.
It was dedicated to St Mary of the Snows,
suggested, it is thought, by the dedication
of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in
Rome, alternatively known in Latin as
Santa Maria ad Nives. Not long after the
Reformation the cathedral became the
parish church; and on 15th May 1583 King
James VI united and annexed to the parish
and parish kirk of St Machar, the * ' kirks
of Snaw and Spittal (the latter attached to
the Hospital of St Peter founded by Bishop
Matthew Kinninmond, 1172-99), par
sonage and vicarage of the same." The
reasons for the union were that the Snow
and Spittal churches ' ' are situat within the
midder of the parochin of St Machar, and
all three are unit and annexit to the College
and University, and the fruits of the said
kirks of Snaw and Spittal are not able to
sustaine ane minister, nether zit ar yair
congregations of great boundis or oyrwyse
populous but maist convenuallie may resort
to ye ad Cathedral, the parochin kirk of
Old Aberdeen." Orme states that one of
the first acts of Dr Guild after he became
Principal of the University in 1640 was to
decree the destruction of the Snow Church,
masons to "cast down the walls thereof,
and to transport the stones to build the
College Yard dykes and to employ the
hewn work to the decayed chamber win
dows within the College." In 1661, how
ever, the roofless walls continued intact,
ABERDEEN] OUR LADY OF THE SNOW— ST CLEMENT'S
531
and ten years later portions of them still
survived. All traces are now gone; and the
site alone remains as a much-reduced
burial ground behind the tenements of the
main street of Old Aberdeen, and near the
Powis Burn. — [Eraser's Hist, of Aberdeen,
80-100; Reg. Sec. Seal, xlix, 117; Orme's
Description of the Chanonry, etc., 176.]
JOHN LESLIE, M.A., prebendary and
parson 1561; reader 1563; was in
office 15th July 1557.— [Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds; Reg. Great Seal, iv, 18th
Dec. 1557.] (See Oyne.)
ALEXANDER CHEYNE, M.A., son of
1580
Laurence C, commissary of Aber
deen, and Margaret, daugh. of
William Troup of that ilk, was prebendary
and parson 15th March 1580-1. On 13th
Oct. 1581 he conveyed to Mr George
Barclay, burgess of Aberdeen, and Marjory
Cheyne his wife, the ' ' tenement, place and
lugeing of the Snaw now ruinous"; Canon
of King's College and Commissary of
Aberdeen; died 1587. He marr. Katherine,
daugh. of Patrick Bruce of Pitcullo, and
had issue — John. — [Coll. Shires of Aber
deen and Banff, 304; Aberdeen Sas., ii, 206,
21st May 1620; Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 19th
Aug. 1585; Cal. of Charters, xi, 2585; Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands, ii,
319; Officers and Graduates, King's College,
30.]
POWIS
ALEXANDER MOIR, died 27th March
1014 1940' kis W1^e' Marv Strachan, died
24th Dec. 1938; his son, Robert
Scott, died 6th June 1923.
ROSEMOUNT
JAMES KISSOCK WILKEN, dem.
1914
18th Feb. 1938; died 18th Feb. 1946;
his wife, Ann, daugh. of John
Bremar, builder, Macduff, died 10th Oct.
1934.
RUBISLAW
ROBERT THOMSON, died Father of
1883
the Church 31st Jan. 1935; his
daugh., Violet (marr. Charles E.
Ritchie, St Helier, Jersey), died 27th July
1933.
VINCENT CASSELS ALEXANDER,
trans, to St Mark's, Dundee, 30th
Jan. 1930; trans, to Kilbarchan
West 5th Oct. 1940.
1923
RUTHRIESTON
McINTOSH MOWAT, trans, to St
1920 John's, Dundee, llth July 1928.
ROWELLYAN RAMSAY, born New
192g Elgin 2nd April 1898, son of Wil
liam R., insurance superintendent,
and Agnes Veronica Campbell Inglis; educ.
at Robert Gordon's College and Univ. of
Aberdeen, B.Comm. (1923); served in 6/8
Batt. Gordon Highlanders 1916-19, in
France April 1917 to April 1918; prisoner
of war llth April to llth Nov. 1918, Rhine
Army Sept., 1919; licen. by Presb. of Aber
deen 5th May 1926; assistant John Knox's,
Aberdeen, and West Church, Aberdeen;
ord. to Wanlockhead 21st Oct. 1926; trans,
and adm. 8th Nov. 1928; dem. 30th Sept.
1933 and went to Brisbane, adm. to Ithaca,
Queensland, 31st Jan. 1934. Marr. 7th
Sept. 1926 Johan Alexandra, daugh. of
Archibald Ross, insurance agent, and Helen
Duguid, and has issue — Rowena Olivia,
born 16th July 1927; Stanley John Archi
bald, born 29th June 1929; Mervyn Ross,
born 22nd Nov. 1934; Rowellyan Ross,
born 8th Dec. 1937.
ST CLEMENT'S
ROBERT DOWNIE, his mother was
1652
Isabel, eldest daugh. of James Reid,
min. of Banchory-Ternan; on 3rd
Aug. 1652 he was nominated by the Town
Council to the office of Catechist of Fettie,
the salary for that duty as well as for the
duty of Librarian being 700 merks Scots
per annum. — [Recs. of Marischal Coll. and
Univ., i, 202/7, 235«; ii, 207/z.]
ALEXANDER GRAY, marr. Margaret
Peacock and had issue — Thomas,
bapt. 1st May 1687; Alexander,
bapt. 21st Feb. 1690; George, bapt. 8th
May 1692; John, bapt. 29th Oct, 1693;
Robert, bapt. 18th Nov. 1694; William,
532
ST CLEMENT'S— ST NINIAN'S
[PRESB. OF
bapt. 28th May 1696; Margaret, bapt. 2nd
Aug. 1702.— [Aberdeen Poll Tax Roll, ii,
624.]
ALEXANDER SPENCE, his daugh.,
_ Catherine Easton, marr. James
McKissock Shiach, at Castlehill,
Aberdeen, 6th July 1871, and died at F.C.
Manse, Dunfermline, 19th Aug. 1885; and
his daugh., Mary Jane (Mrs Urquhart),
died at the English Presbyterian Manse,
Walkton, 9th Oct. 1877; by his second wife,
Janet Auchie, whom he marr. at Edinburgh
19th Oct. 1852, he had issue— a boy still
born 15th Sept. 1853; Margaret Lucy, born
7th April 1855 and died at Ardgilzean,
Elgin, 14th Dec. 1939; Janet, born 30th
Dec. 1856, and died at Ardgilzean, Elgin,
27th April 1942; William Alexander, born
30th Oct. 1858, and died at Aberdeen 7th
Dec. 1887; Alexander Easton, born 1st
Aug. 1860, min. at the West Church,
Dollar, marr. 21st May 1890 Barbara Mill,
younger daugh. of Robert Cowan, min. of
the Free High Church, Elgin, and died 8th
April 1919 on service with the Scottish
Church's Hut at Cologne, interred there;
James Auchie, born 8th April 1862, and
died at Liverpool, New South Wales, 18th
Aug. 1929; Robert Stuart, born 6th Aug.
1864, Caroline Anne, born 10th Dec. 1865
(marr. 15th Aug. 1891 Gordon Reid Shiach
(L.D.S., Edinburgh), Elgin) and is now of
Ardgilzean, Elgin; George Henry, born 9th
Dec. 1867, C.A., died at Sydney, Australia,
9th Sept. 1923, and interred in Gorehill
cemetery there; his second wife, Janet
Auchie, was aged 74 at her death 24th Dec.
1899.— [Family Bible penes Mrs Shiach,
Ardgilzean, Elgin.]
CHARLES CADELL MACDONALD,
1879
his son, Ronald William Cadell,
died at Inverness 26th Jan. 1942; his
daughs. — Ethel Olivia Maga (Mrs Straith)
died 15th Dec. 1926; Minnie Elizabeth
Mary, died 4th Dec. 1943.
JOHN STUART CAMERON, trans, to
1920 Springburn 17th May 1926.
GERALD KERR JENKINS, born 25th,
1926
Nov. 1893, son of William J.,
M.A., headmaster, James Gillespie's
School, Edinburgh, and Margaret Bell Kerr;
educ. at Daniel Stewart's College and Univ.
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1921); served in France
Belgium and Italy, Major R.F.A. 1914-19,
M.C.; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th
June 1923; assistant North Leith 1923-6;
ord. 16th Sept. 1926; trans, to Shettleston,
Glasgow, 13th May 1932; trans, to Cro-
marty 22nd Dec. 1948. Marr. 29th July
1931 Margaret Winifred, daugh. of Alex
ander Maitland Ross, Aberdeen, and
Margaret Falconer Eddie, and has issue —
Margaret Wilson, born 18th Nov. 1933.
ST FITTICK'S
JOHN GORDON, dem. 4th June 1928;
1911 died at Edinburgh 14th April 1930.
CHARLES MACARTHUR, formerly
1928 °^ Gardenstown (q.v.)\ became
Naval Chaplain; adm. 28th Sept.
1928; trans, to St Leonard's, Kinghorn,
12th July 1934. Marr. 6th Aug. 1925 Kath
leen Lovelace, daugh. of Thomas Holman
and Elizabeth Lovelace.
ST GEORGE'S IN THE WEST
NEIL MELDRUM, dem. 14th Sept.
1943. Addl. issue— Mary Elizabeth
Helen, born 28th Nov. 1927. Publi
cation — Forteviot — The History of a
Strathearn Parish (1926).
ST NINIAN'S
MAXWELL JAMES WRIGHT, died
19Q1 1st Nov. 1927; his widow, Edith
Graham Campbell, died 5th Dec.
1947. His sons — James Campbell Graham,
M.B., Ch.B.; Ninian Blundell, B.D., min.
of Dalmellington; Maxwell Campbell,
M.C., M.B., Ch.B., died 29th April 1937;
his daugh., Effie, M.A., Aberdeen (for
Con way read Cowan).
LEWIS LEGERTWOOD LAGG
CAMERON, trans, to Mortlach
26th Sept. 1928.
JOHN McILWRAITH, B.A., trans.
from Maryfield, Dundee, 20th Feb.
1929; had addl. issue— Margaret
Graham, born 18th Sept. 1925; Joyce, born
28th March 1928.
1925
ABERDEEN]
SOUTH— ST NICHOLAS or WEST
533
SOUTH
WILLIAM DAVID SCOTT, line 10,
1878
delete ' ' s.p. ' ' and add: ' ' had issiu
David Barclay Houston, C.A., born
5th May 1905; Thomas Wharrie Falconer,
merchant, born 1st Jan. 1908; Margaret
Stuart, born 5th Nov. 1906 (marr. 3rd Dec.
1933 Rupert Saumarez Carey, merchant
younger son of Sir Bertram Carey, K.C.I.E.,
C.S.I.)."
WILLIAM LINDSAY GORDON, died
1912 29th Feb. 1940.
ST NICHOLAS or WEST
In addition to altars in the church already
noted, there were: Altar of St Stephen,
founded by Stephen Balrone, burgess, 10th
March 1444-5; Altar of St Lawrence and
St Ninian, founded in the choir in 1356 by
William Leith of Bernys, who to provide
the necessary space "augmented" the
choir 16 feet to the south; Altar of St Mary
the Virgin and St Joseph, founded before
1444; Altar of St Barbara; Altar of the
Name of Jesus, described on 14th Aug.
1525 as "newly founded by John Artour,
burgess"; Altar of Our Lady of Pity, in the
crypt; Altar of St Mary the Virgin, St
Barbara, and All Saints, founded by
Alexander Gray, burgess, 2nd May 1509;
Altar of St Mungo and St Tovine (?The
new, mother of St Mungo, or Teunon, St
Adamnan), permission for the foundation
of which "in the triangle of thar east end
of their Choir" was granted by the Town
Council to William Leslie, Parson of Meri-
muir, on 9th Sept. 1502; erection may not
actually have taken place. On 31st July
1464 William Scherar, burgess, and his
wife, Isabella (Rutherford), in honour of
the Trinity, the Virgin Mary, St Duthac,
and St Bridget the Virgin, granted various
lands and annual rents to amplify, endow,
and augment a chaplainry at the Altar of
St Duthac, "anciently founded in part by
the Alderman, Bailies, and Community of
Aberdeen." At the Altar of St Laurence
there was a chaplainry of St Fergus. In
1425-38 Lady Elizabeth Gordon granted
half of the lands of Cocklarachy in Drum-
2L*
blade for the endowment of the Chaplainry
of St Mary of Cocklarachy in the "Yle of
Cocklarachie " which she built in the
church, and where she and her husband,
Sir Alexander Seton, were buried. Altars
with dual dedications were: St Helen and
St Margaret, St Thomas the Apostle and
St George the Martyr, St Crispin and St
Crispianus, St Duthac and St Bridget. The
Altar of St Mary Magdalene was a prebend
of the University Chapel. On 23rd June
1499 the vicarage of St Nicholas was united
to the university by Bishop Elphinstone,
and on 28th March it was granted by Bishop
William Gordon for the provostry of St
Nicholas.
On 2nd May 1504 Robert Blinseik,
burgess of Aberdeen, endowed with part of
his property on the west side of the Ship-
row, the Chapel of St Ninian, then newly
built on the Castle Hill, for the souls of
James III and Margaret his queen and of
James IV and Margaret his queen, for his
own soul and the souls of Robert B. his
father, Elizabeth Rutherford his mother,
and Isabella Wood his wife. Mr Thomas
Chamer was then master and chaplain of
the chapel. But there was a chapel on the
Castle Hill in 1264.— [Chart ofSt Nicholas,
i, xxxiii, liv-lv, 17-21, 33, 106, 108, 115,
128, 131, 144, 241, ii, 19, 267, 341, 381; Reg.
Great Seal, iii, 419, iv, 548; Fasti Aber-
donenses, 29; Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, vii,
235; Macdonald 's Place Names West Aber-
deenshire, 13; Scots Peerage, iv, 519, 521;
Book of Assumptions, i, 390; Trans. Aber
deen Eccles. Soc., 1888, 26; Excheq. Rolls,
i, 12.]
ANDREW CULLEN, vicar, son of
Andrew C., Provost of Aberdeen;
died 7th July 1560; was also parson
of Fetterneir. — [The Chronicle of Aberdeen,
34, Mis. ii, Old Spalding Club.]
SIR JOHN COLLISON, chaplain of
the Altar of the Virgin Mary in the
church in 1559, and was also sub-
chanter of Aberdeen; he became vicar of
the church, probably in succession to
Andrew Cullen, in 1560; on 26th June 1577
"be ane ryng" he dem. the vicarage, sub
ject to his life- interest, in the hands of
1560
534
ST NICHOLAS or WEST
[PRESB. OF
William Gordon, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Aberdeen, who up to his death dis
charged the temporal and in some cases the
spiritual duties of his office; died 25th July
1584.— [The Chronicle of Aberdeen, 45, 56,
Mis., ii, Old Spalding Club', Extracts from
the Council Reg. of Aberdeen, 1398-1570,
321.]
JOHN LESLIE, reader here and at
Nigg in 1567. — [Reg. of Ministers,
66, Maitland Club.]
1567
WALTER CULLEN, born 2nd Nov.
1570
1526, son of Walter Cullen, bailie of
Aberdeen, and his wife, Bessie Pratt,
daugh. of Thomas Pratt, bailie, and grand
son of Andrew Cullen, Provost of Aber
deen; was burgess of the burgh; was reader
in Nov. 1570, and probably was app. in
that year; on 26th June 1577, on the de
mission of his uncle, Sir John Collision, in
his favour, he was coll. to the vicarage by
the placing of "ane ryng on his finger" by
William Gordon, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Aberdeen, and on 3rd March 1577-8 he
received royal presentation to the office.
On 19th Jan. 1578-9 the Council ord. him
as reader and vicar "to be answered and
obeyed of the haill teyndis of the vicarage
sic as lamb, geyss, lynte, eggs, woll, hempt
and other dewties of the vicarage, and for
every mylk cow to hafftwelft penneis"; as
reader he received £20 of stipend with an
addition of £10 granted by the Council on
8th Oct. 1574 "for reading the prayers
efter mine"; he is on record on 25th Oct.
1576 as performing the sacrament of
baptism, and on 5th June 1578 the Kirk
Session ord. part of his duties to be "to
read ane portioun of the Catechisme and
the bairnes answer him." He died after
23rd March 1595-6, and apparently before
13th Oct. 1605, when two readers were in
office, as below. On 4th Feb. 1610 the Kirk
Session awarded to his daugh., Margaret,
£10 for his "Bookes of Baptisme, Manage,
and Buriall," delivered by her to the
Bishop for the use of the town. He marr.
(1) Janet Tulidefe (died 23rd April 1561),
with issue — Duncan, who on 15th Aug.
1574 "departed out of Aberdeen to
Dayneskin (Danzig) in ane ship of Mon-
ross" (Montrose); (2) Elspet Tulidefe,
with issue — John, bapt. 7th July 1571;
Margaret, bapt. 20th Oct. 1572; Janet,
bapt. 28th March 1577. Author of The
Chronicle of Aberdeen, printed in Miscel
lany ii, Old Spalding Club.— [The Chronicle
of Aberdeen, xxiii-xxvi, 32, 34-5, 37, 39-41,
45, 51, 52, 55-7, 64, 66-7; Extracts from
Council Records of Aberdeen, 1570-1625,
20, 31, 45; Genealogy of an Aberdeen
Family, 3; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 151.]
JOHN CRAIG, min.; on 14th Sept. 1579
' ' Mr *Jo^in ^ra*g' somet*me minister
Aberdeen, departhit with his wife
and barnis and haill hoissell owit of the
said burght, and left his flock onprowyditt
of ane minister to be preschour to the
kingis grace as he allegit. " " Master John
Craig, Minister, coyme to Abden, who was
apoynttit be the Gennaral Kyrk (the united
Kirk Sessions of the burgh) minister of the
said burgth," 6th Aug. 1573; died Father
of the Church; his son, William, was bapt.
9th Oct. 1575.— [Aberdeen Reg.', the
Chronicle of Aberdeen, 51, Mis. ii, Old
Spalding Club.]
WILLIAM LESK, M.A., exhorter, 17th
Oct. 1585.— [The Chronicle of Aber-
1585
deen, 57, Mis. ii, Old Spalding Club.]
1601
ARCHIBALD BLACKBURNE, if he
was a son of the Bishop of Aberdeen,
he was the child of an earlier mar
riage; he marr. proc. 30th Sept. 1617 Anne
Blak, with issue — Issobell, bapt. 19th Sept.
1618; Archibald, bapt. 30th Nov. 1620.—
[Aberdeen Reg.]
WALTER ANDERSON, M.A., reader
13th Oct. 1605; afterwards min. of
Kinellar (<?.v.). — [Extracts from
Council Recs. of Aberdeen, 1570-1625, 48.]
1605
GILBERT LESLY, reader 13th Oct.
1650. — [Extracts from Council Recs.
1605
of Aberdeen, 1570-1625, 48.]
1623
RICHARD ROSS, M.A., reader, died
9th June 1623. — [Extracts from
Council Recs. of Aberdeen, 1570-
1625, 386.]
ABERDEEN] ST NICHOLAS or WEST— BANCHORY DEVENICK
535
ALEXANDER GRAY, son of -. Gray,
burgess of Aberdeen; app. reader by
the Council 25th July 1623; had
issue— William, buried 25th Dec. 1616 —
[Extracts from Council Recs. of Aberdeen,
1570-1625, 386.]
JAMES SIBBALD of Kair; his wife,
Elizabeth Nicolson, died in (buried
12th Nov.) 1671; issue— Thomas
(1), bapt. 1st Dec. 1628, and died young;
James, bapt. 29th Dec. 1630; Marjorie,
bapt. 31st Dec. 1631 (marr. Robert Forbes,
M.A., Regent of Marischal College, and
Regent and Canonist of King's College);
Thomas (2), bapt. 27th May 1635.—
[Aberdeen Reg.; Marischal Coll. and Univ.,
35-6; King's Coll. and Univ., 30, 57.]
ANDREW BURNETT. Addl. issue-
Thomas, bapt. Oct. 1693; William,
bapt. 9th Oct. 1694; Andrew, bapt.
15 Sept. 1703.— [Aberdeen Reg.]
JOHN FORBES, reader llth May 1688,
his son has an illuminated title page
in Baptismal Register on that date;
was in office till 12th Dec. 1704.
COLIN CAMPBELL, M.A., marr. proc.
1?02 cont. 16th Aug. 1703, marr. 17th
June 1704 Margaret Walker, daugh.
of Alexander W., late Provost of Aberdeen;
his sons — Colin, bapt. 28th Jan. 1711;
George, 27th Sept. 1719. Addl. issue-
Ann, bapt. 5th Oct. 1704; Jean, bapt. 20th
Jan. 1706; Marjorie, bapt. llth March
1707; John, bapt. 22nd June 1708; Alex
ander, bapt. 10th Oct. 1709; Helen, bapt.
24th April 1712; Anna, bapt. 19th Jan.
1718.— [Aberdeen Reg.]
JAMES OGILVIE, marr. Elizabeth,
1729 daugh. of Thomas Strachan, bailie,
Aberdeen, and had issue — Helen,
bapt. 20th Nov. 1729; Isobel, bapt. 15th
July 1731.
AUGUSTINE WENTWORTH
1919
SCUDAMORE FORBES, D.D.
(Glasgow, 18th June 1930); trans,
to Park, Glasgow, 7th Oct. 1932, died 6th
Feb. 1945; his widow, Mary Elizabeth
Burns, died at Bearsden 14th Aug. 1948.
TRINITY
ROBERT SLESSOR, his son, Dr
1 880 Francis Stewart, died 30th July 1 940.
WILLIAM BRUCE MUIR, died at
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Is-
1907
land, Sept. 1930.
ROBERT LOGAN, dem. 4th June 1928,
192 died 3rd Oct. 1930. His son, John
Black, B.D., min. of St Stephen's,
Edinburgh; his daugh., Anne, M.A.,
lecturer in English, on staff of Scottish
Churches College, Calcutta (marr. 30th
Sept. 1937 Rev. Martin Andrew Simpson,
Professor of History, Calcutta); his son,
James Cameron Purse, medical student;
his son, Robert Frederick Russell, M.A.,
min. of Ferguslie.
WOODSIDE
ROBERT FORBES. Addl. issue—
1836
James, Mount Grace, Potters Bar,
Middlesex, whose son, Admiral Sir
Charles Moston Forbes, Commander-in-
Chief of Home Fleet.
ROBERT LAIRD SNEDDON, trans,
to St James, Portobello, 4th April
1930; died 7th May 1947. Addl.
issue — Daphne Vyvian, born 28th Feb.
1932.
BANCHORY DEVENICK
There was a chapel of St Ternan with a
churchyard on a rock at Findon, now in
the parish of Portlethen. Near it was St
Ternan 's Well, to which medicinal qualities
were ascribed. — [Coll. of Shires of Aberdeen
and Banff, 264-6.]
THOMAS BELTY, reader 1563.—
1563 [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, For far,
etc.]
ROBERT MERCER, M.A., was in
1567 office in 1566. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
ROBERT MERCER, M.A., Canon of
1578
Aberdeen, on 14th June 1580 he
conveyed to Henry Mercer, son of
Laurence Mercer of Meikleour, ' ' the manse
536
BANCHORY DEVENICK— CULTS
[PRESB. OF
Place and Bigging of Banchory Devenick
in the Aldtoun of Aberdeen." — [Reg. of
Abbrev. of Feu Charters of Church Lands,
ii, 103.]
ANDREW MELVILL, delete from line
1622 7 "and" to line 10 "1644."
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, had issue—
1652
Katherine, bapt. 4th Dec. 1638;
Isabel, bapt. 20th June 1640; Wil
liam, bapt. 23rd Dec. 1642; Margaret, bapt.
27th Jan. 1648; his wife, Isabell Gordon,
buried 6th March 1673.
JAMES GORDON, his sons— James,
1673
rector of Hawnby, Yorks; Peter,
episcopal min., London and New
York, died 1703; John.
WILLIAM PAUL, his daugh., Cathe
rine, Lloyd, died at Newark, New
Jersey, 18th Dec. 1928 (marr. Fitz
Hagemann, who died before Great War,
when his widow assumed her mother's
maiden name of Stewart); his son, Sir
George Morrison, died 4th May 1926.
WILLIAM FYFE LAWRENCE, his
1882
widow, Elizabeth Milne Duncan,
died 29th Dec. 1939.
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, died
1919 14th July 1931.
BELHELVIE
In 1304-5 the Bishop of Aberdeen
showed that one of his prebend churches,
Belhelvie, possessed in King Alexander's
time a piece of land called "St Ternan's
Land," between St Ternan's Chapel and
the sea on the north, which was leased to
the Thane of Belhelvie by the parson of
Lony, and after his death wrongfully
attached to the thanage by the King's ser
vants, and taken by force from the church
in time of war. The Lieutenant and
Chamberlain of Exchequer were ordered to
make enquiries and certify the King by
next Parliament. — [Cal. of Docs. Re I. to
Scotland, ii, 1727, 468.]
GILBERT KELLO, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JAMES STRACHAN, M.A., parson
156? 1567, died before 29th May 1576,
and had issue — William, evidently
of Chapel of Garioch (Logic Durno) (q.v.).
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 43; Reg. Epis.
Mora, 405, 407.]
JAMES LINDSAY, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 5th June
1576 on death of James Strachan. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 28; i, (4), 43.]
GEORGE INNES, marr. 30th May
1661 Elizabeth, daugh. of Thomas
1668
Gordon in Keithoksmiln.
WILLIAM DYCE, marr. 13th Feb.
1716 1719 Katherine Anderson.
ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH, cer-
tain relics of his inventive industry
are now in the Tower of London, to
which they were pres. by Emeritus Pro
fessor Reid of Aberdeen; a grand-nephew
of Forsyth was the late Major-General Sir
Alexander John Forsyth Reid, K.C.B.,
M.A., LL.D., Colonel of the 29th Pun-
jabees, who wrote the brochure on his
grand-uncle as stated. At Cromwell
Tower, King's College, Aberdeen, a memo
rial was placed about ten years ago, a
replica of that at the Tower of London to
his memory.
MALCOLM TOWER SORLEY, died
1888 3rd May 1933.
CRAIGIEBUCKLER
JAMES NIMMO CUTHBERT, retired
1893
8th June 1938; his wife, Maud Mary
Couper, died 28th Oct. 1931.
CULTS
CHARLES SINCLAIR CHRISTIE,
1888
"27."
dem. 10th Dec. 1928, died 5th May
1936. Line 9, delete "2" and read
LOUIS HERBERT WATSON, born
1929
Portobello 28th Aug. 1899, son of
John W. of Church of Scotland
Social Scheme, and Margaret Robertson;
educ. at George Heriot's School and Univ.
ABERDEEN
CULTS— DYCE
537
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1923); served as 2nd
Lieut, in Tank Corps in Great War 1918;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th Dec.
1924; assistant St Michael's, Edinburgh;
ord. to Kirkcowan 1st June 1927; trans,
and adm. 1 1th April 1929; trans, to Dalserf
27th Oct. 1937; trans, to St Luke's, Edin
burgh, 19th April 1945. Marr. 1st June
1927 Elizabeth Mitchell, younger daugh. of
Robert Stewart, min. of Crosshill, and has
issue— Jean Stewart, born 23rd July 1928;
Linda Margaret, bora 17th Oct. 1936.
DRUMOAK
Mayota or Mazota is said to have been
the chief of the nine maidens who came to
Scotland with St Brigit and who was the
daugh. of a St Dovenald who lived in the
Den of Ogilvie in Angus. The saint, how
ever, seems to be M ' Aedoc or M ' Aodhog,
probably identical with M' Aedoc of Lis-
more. The present church was opened for
worship 13th Nov. 1806.— [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 328.]
CUTHBERT REID, pres. to parsonage
1566 and vicarage 25th May 1 566 in place
of Andrew Leslie and Alexander
Wright.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiv, 84.]
JOHN GREGORIE, his son, James,
1621 "mvented an engine of destruction
so terrible that Sir Isaac Newton
implored him to destroy the plans of it";
John, bapt. 7th March 1656.— [Aberdeen
Weekly Journal, 24th Dec. 1942.]
CHARLES MACKIE, died 12th Aug.
1926; his son, William Soutar, M.A.
(Hons.) (Aberdeen, 1906), B.A.
(Oxon) 1st Cl. Hons. Eng. Lang, and Lit.,
2nd Class Hons. Mod. Hist., 1909; Lec
turer in English Languages and Literature,
Univ. College, Southampton, before going
to Cape Town; his daugh., Helen, M.A.
(Aberdeen, 1913); his daugh., Elsie (marr.
(1) 15th Nov. 1923 Harry Vincent Sherlock
Home, Army Pensioner, and (2) 1941, John
West, Fishcurer, Lossiemouth).
JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSON, trans.
1922 to Charlotte Street, Aberdeen, 3rd
Sept. 1930; trans, to Kinellar and
Blackburn 26th Nov. 1936; died 17th Dec.
1946. Addl. issue — Margaret Leslie, born
30th March 1924; Isabel, M.A. (marr. 3rd
Feb. 1944 Captain John Gray, R.A.M.C.).
(Congregations united \6th Sept. 1934.)
DURRIS
ALEXANDER GERRIT, reader in
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen.}
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, M.A.,
1595 pres. to parsonage and vicarage 1st
Dec. 1595 on death of Archibald
Hogg. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 21.]
ROBERT MELVILLE, marr. 23rd July
1 _ _ 1717 Isabella Fordyce, who died 5th
Sept. 1719.
ROBERT REITH SPARK, dem. 6th
Dec. 1932; died at Aberdeen 30th
June 1947; his daugh., Gladys, M.B.,
Ch.B. (marr. 19th Sept. 1929 Gordon Lang
Collie, Banrawela, Ceylon), died at Dur
ban, South Africa, 13th Dec. 1942.
(Congregations united \2th March 1933.)
DYCE
The church pertained to the parsonage
of Kinkell.
THOMAS MILL, reader in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber-
, -,
deen, etc.]
ARTHUR FORBES, was in office in
1594 1 594.— [Comps. Surplus of Thirds. ]
JOHN REID, his daugh., Isobel, bapt.
1717 8th March 1719.
JAMES TAYLOR COX, dem. Charge
1888 12th Jan. 1936; app. Depute Clerk
of General Assembly 24th May
1927; D.D. (Aberdeen) 28th March 1928;
app. Principal Clerk of General Assembly
22nd May 1928; app. Joint Senior Clerk of
General Assembly of the reunited Church
of Scotland 2nd Oct. 1929; nominated
unanimously, 16th Sept. 1936, for the office
of Moderator of the General Assembly of
1937, but declined; app. sole Principal
538
DYCE— FINTRAY
[PRESB. OF
Clerk of General Assembly 25th May 1939,
and dem. 23rd May 1946 (on dem. was
pres. with portrait in oils, now in Gallery
of Assembly Hall). Clerk of Presb. of
Aberdeen 1903-47; Synod Clerk 1913-48,
thus holding office, it is believed, for a
longer period than any clerk, since the
Reformation, of any of the five largest
Presbs. in the Church of Scotland; died at
Aberdeen 5th Nov. 1948. Publication-
Editor of Practice and Procedure in the
Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, May 1934;
1939; 1945; 1948). His daugh., Lilian
Oswald, assistant nurse, Stobhill Hospital,
Glasgow.
FINTRAY
STEPHEN MANNERS, M.A., designed
1563
vicar in 1563 and formerly Master
and Provost of the Hospital of Old
Aberdeen.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen.]
ANDREW KEMP, M.A., pres. to
1571 vicara§e 29th AuS- ! 571 on death of
Stephen Manners; his widow, Isobel
Adamson, received a pension 1571. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (2), 19; Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Linlithgow.]
THOMAS FLEMING, M.A., pres. to
1572 vicaraSe 9th March 1572-3 on death
of Andrew Kemp. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 57.]
ROBERT WOOD, pres. to vicarage 12th
1574
27.]
Aug. 1574 on death of Thomas
Fleming. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
GEORGE WATSON, reader 1573.—
1573 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
WILLIAM NEILSON, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 1 3th Feb. 1 594—5 on depriv.
of Robert Wood.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvii, 60.]
1594
GEORGE MELDRUM, marr. Bessie
(buried 9th March 1684), eldest
daugh. of Alexander Rose, min. of
Aberdeen North, and had issue — Elspeth,
executor of her brother.
1662
ROBERT BURNETT, had addl. issue
1699 — Thomas, bapt. 6th June 1683;
George, bapt. Jan. 1687.
JAMES HUTCHISON, his wife, Mar-
1702 garet Keir, buried m Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 15th Oct. 1699; a child
buried 3rd Dec. 1688; Hugh.— [Deeds Dal.,
1705, No. 724.]
WILLIAM OGILVIE, his son, Charles
1856 Green, Union Bank of Australia,
died at Taurango, New Zealand,
27th April 1933; his daugh., Helen (marr.
Thomas Rennie, M.B., C.M., M.D., For
mosa and Foochow, China (died at Aber
deen 1 1th April 1912), with issue, including
Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie,
Commander of 51st Division, killed at
Rhine crossing March 1945). — [Aberdeen
RollofGrad., 1860-1900, 446; Memo., Mrs
Rennie, Fairview, Kintore.]
JOHN CATTO, his widow, Eliza Watt,
died 19th March 1936; his sons-
John, M.B., Ch.B., 1900 (Aberdeen),
died at Assam 7th May 1908; Gavin James,
manager, Union Bank, Aberdeen; William
Robert, M.B., Ch.B., 1904 (Aberdeen),
Medical Officer, Rand Mines, Transvaal,
1906-11, District Surgeon, Rhodes, Cape
Province, 1912-14, Cape Town, Resident
Medical Officer, East Griqualand, 1925,
died at King William's Town 13th Jan.
1940; Alexander Godsman, now min. at
Duffus; Patrick Thomas, M.B., Ch.B., 1915
(Aberdeen), Lieut. R.A.M.C. June 1915,
served at home 1915-16, and in Egypt,
Palestine, April 1916, final rank, Captain,
now at Coventry; Forbes Shepherd, M.B.,
Ch.B., 1923 (Aberdeen), Private, 4th Gor
don Highlanders, 27th March 1914, served
with 5th Gordons at home 1914-17, and
with B.E.F. June-Aug. 1917, final rank,
Corporal, now of Hulme, Manchester; his
daugh., Lizzie Jane (marr. 18th Sept. 1912
James Robertson, M.B., Ch.B., M.D.,
Ch.M. (Aberdeen), who was killed in
action near Bapaume 21st March 1918,
when as Lieut.-Col. he was in command of
the 2/Gt. Highland Field Ambularce,
R.A.M.C.).— [Mew0., Rev. A. G. Catto,
Duffus.]
ABERDEEN]
FINTRAY— NEW MACHAR
539
JAMES ANDREW CRAWFORD, line
3, delete " 15th Jan. 1864" and read
"22nd Feb. 1863"; died 9th June
1909
1947.
KINELLAR
The church pertained to the parsonage
of Kinkell. Cairntradlin in the parish is
Triduana's Cairn. St Triduana is "the
lady of the three days fast. ' ' It may not be
the real name of the saint, but may have
been given to her because of the rigour
of her fasting. — [Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 334-5.]
JOHN WYLIE, M.A., exhorter 1563,
and at Skene. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JAMES HENDERSON, reader in 1563.
1563 —lComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
WALTER ANDERSON, marr. Mar
garet Skene, who was buried 19th
Oct. 1671.
1563
1606
JOHN MERCER, marr. 1652 Lilias
1607
Row and had issue — Agnes, bapt.
20th Feb. 1656.
JOHN ANGUS, marr. (1) cont. 6th
1697
May 1700; (2) 21st May 1707, Anna,
daugh. of James Cheyne in Auchen-
creve and had issue — John, bapt. 1st Sept.
niQ.—[Methlick Reg.]
JAMES JOHNSTON TINDAL, died
1881 4th April 1927.
ROBERT LITTLEJOHN BARR, died
1899 Aberdeen 14th April 1932; his
widow, Isabella Garland Gray, died
23rd Feb. 1942.
(Charges united 31 st July 1932.)
MARYCULTER
Included in a charter of King William
the Lion to Kelso Abbey, confirming
grants to the Abbey by his father, King
David, and his brother, King Malcolm, is
the Church of Culter. Later, between 1221
and 1236, there was established at Culter,
on the south side of the Dee, a preceptory
of the Knights Templar with a chapel dedi
cated to the Virgin Mary. Subsequently a
dispute arose between the Abbot of Kelso
and the Knights Templar as to the right of
the latter to have a chapel within the parish
of Culter. The matter was brought before
Pope Urban IV, who remitted it to dele
gates, the Abbot of Jedburgh and the Abbot
of Holyrood. The finding was in favour of
the Knights Templar; and as an ultimate
outcome of the subsequent settlement be
tween them and the Abbot, the parish of
Culter was divided into two parishes. The
portion on the north side of the Dee, where
the church was dedicated to St Peter, was
designated Peterculter; and the portion on
the south side, in which was situated the
Templars ' Chapel of the Virgin, was called
Maryculter.— [Reg. of Kelso, i, 15, 23,
181-5; Reg. Epis. Aberdeen, ii, 288-93.]
JOHN BROWN, his mother was Ann
1812 Touch.
ANDREW TWEEDIE, dem. 3rd Nov.
1917 1936, died 4th Oct. 1938.
NEWHILLS
THOMAS CREVEY, min. of a chapel
1679
in Elgin, charged by Isobel, daugh.
of John Leslie, min. of Rothes, of
being the father of her child. — [Records of
Elgin, ii, 378.]
ROBERT BURNETT, his son, Thomas,
1702 bapt. 16th July 1715.
CHARLES NAIRN BARKER MEL-
1867
VILLE, his son, Charles James, died
in London 13th May 1935.
ANDREW CURRIE, dem. 16th Jan.
1918 1943.
NEW MACHAR
There was a chapel or cell and oratory
on a small island on Loch Gowl, Bishop's
Loch, where the bishops of Aberdeen had
a residence, and where Bishop de Bernham
died in 1282.— [Macfarlane's Geogph.
Coll., i, 85.]
540
NEW MACHAR— NIGG
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER GARIOCH, reader, son
of Alexander G.; died 7th July 1578.
1570
—[Chron. of Aberdeen, 50.]
BEROALD INNES, line 4, delete
1576 "became min. of Alves."
JAMES HERVIE of Mains of Elrick,
1626 wkicn ne acquired in 1642 from
Gilbert Hervie, burgess of Aber
deen; dem. before 13th Aug. 1650, but was
alive at that date; issue — an only son,
Robert, fiar of Mains of Elrick. — [Aberdeen
Sas., xii, 293, (1642), xiv, 246, 420 (1650).]
JAMES CHALMERS, Regent in Mari-
1650
Club.]
schal College in 1648. — [Marischal
Coll. and Univ., 35, New Spalding
JAMES GARDEN, recommended for
1669 ordination 19th May 1669.
GEORGE SEATON, he was catechist
1687 anc* Preac^er °f tne Gospel in St
Machar's Church, Old Aberdeen,
apparently when acting as Librarian at
King's College; had issue — Anna, bapt.
21st May 1688; Alexander, bapt. 15th Jan.
1691; George, bapt. 4th May 1692; James,
bapt. 8th Dec. 1696; Archibald, buried 18th
Nov. 1729.
WILLIAM MITCHELL, on 29th Oct.
1706 170^ t^ie Synod °f Morav recom
mended that contributions be made
on his behalf, he having "a numerous
family and reduced to straits."
JAMES KEITH, a dep. episcopal min.
1723 intruded here 1723-4.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON BRUCE, his
1866
widow, Elizabeth Gilzean Cruick-
shank, died 5th Jan. 1928; his daugh.
Jane (marr. James Snavie Cooper, M.B.,
CM., D.P.H., M.D., Leeds).
ALEXANDER HOOD SMITH, died
1904 Aberdeen 16th June 1927.
1927
ANDREW MILNE MITCHELL
GILES, born 7th March 1902, son
of Charles G., min. of Forglen;
educ. at Robert Gordon's College, Aber
deen, and Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1927);
licen. by Presb. of Turriff 14th May 1926;
assistant Holburn, Aberdeen, 1926; ord.
24th Nov. 1927; trans, to St Aidans,
Broughty Ferry, 27th Aug. 1941. Marr.
30th April 1929 Isabel Ogston, daugh. of
James Gauld and Jane Ogston, Aberdeen,
and has issue — Isabel Audrey, born 18th
Feb. 1930; Andrew Charles Hamish, born
22nd Dec. 1932; Peter, born 19th Aug.
1 936; Sheena Elizabeth, born 2 1 st July 1 941 .
(Charges united 1th Aug. 1932.)
NIGG
The church was granted to Arbroath
Abbey by King William the Lion dr.
1 189-99, and in 1202-4 the church with its
chapels was confirmed to the abbey by
William Malvoisin, Bishop of St Andrews.
It was dedicated by Bishop de Bernham of
St Andrews 30th July 1242. Before 1829
the church was in a ruinous condition, and
in that year the present church was built on
the hill at Kincorth. The ruins of the
church stand on the east side of the Bay of
Nigg. The belfry is remarkable as being on
the east end of the church, and on the die
are the date 1704 and the initials of the min.
of that time, Richard Maitland. There is a
pennon vane of date 1763, and there is also
a fleur-de-lis north point. St Fiachra's
Well, named after the patron saint, which
was near the church, disappeared through
the action of sea erosion. In the vicinity
were the kirklands and the manse. Nigg
Bay also bore variations of the Saint's
name — St Picker's, Sandy Fittick's, San
Fittich's, Sanct Moffatis-bay, Sanct Mus-
sets-bay, Sanct Moffot 's-bay. On 3rd July
1233 the whole land of Nigg was granted
to Arbroath Abbey by Alexander III; and
on llth Dec. 1495 James IV, "for the
singular devotion which he had for St
Thomas and for St Fotinus, patron of the
'town' of Torry, " erected the "town"
into a free burgh of barony under the
Abbot of Arbroath, with power to elect
bailies, etc., have a market cross, a weekly
market on Friday, and an annual fair on
St Fotinus' Day (23rd Dec.) and four
subsequent days. One purpose of the erec
tion was the provision of entertainment and
ABERDEEN]
NIGG— PETERCULTER
541
sustenance for foreigners and lieges re
quiring hospitality in the said "town,"
who, coming from beyond the mounth to
the burgh of Aberdeen and other northern
regions of the Kingdom, were unable to
cross on account of the tempestuous river
of Dee. The Abbot of Arbroath had at
Torry a residence called Abbotshall, de
picted on the map of Old Angus and
Mearns from drawings by Pont and
Gordon, dr. 1640, as situated near the
south bank of the Dee opposite the inches,
that is, west of the site of the Victoria
Bridge. The gardens of the manor lie
Abbotshall occur in a charter of 13th Nov.
1564; the house itself is apparently the
"ruined building" described in 1581 as
near the river Dee, and on the south side
of the same, with garden between lie Raik
and lie Midchingill, extending along the
bank of the said river, and doubtless it was
* ' the ruins of an edifice belonging to the
Abbot which were dug up on the upper
part of the Harbour" just prior to 1793,
and at that time were still designated
"Abbot's Walls." Near by was a burial
ground, almost certainly the burial ground
attached to ihe chapel designated on 28th
Aug. 1475 as "the Chapel of the said Lord
Abbot" (George, Abbot of Arbroath), the
abbot's private chapel. The chapel was
dedicated to St Fotinus. There was also at
Torry a piece of land, described on 30th
Sept. 1535 as "the Lordis Croftis," be
longing to the grain barn of Torry, and
situated a short distance above the Dee;
and farther west, near the Dee below Kin-
corth, is situated Abbotswell, called earlier
Abbots Walls. The proximity of the Spittal
Burn suggests that here there was an hospi-
tium for travellers, belonging to the abbot.
On the shore of the parish was lie Coif,
commonly called Hailymanis Coif, a name
due to a cave in this vicinity reputed as the
abode of a hermit. Hence the modern
designation of the district, Cove. To the
abbey also belonged two ferry boats on the
Dee, lie Nether ferry-bolt at Nether Torry
opposite Fittie, and lie Uverferry-boit at
Over Torry west of the bridge. — [Reg. of
Arbroath, Nigrum, 173, 182, 292-5, 524-5,
vetus, 3-8, 17, 74-5, 111; Reg. Great Seal,
ii, 2292, v, 252, 1214, 2119; Retours, xxv,
23, xi, 215; Church of Scot, in 13 th Century,
48.] (See Gordon of Rothiemay's Map of
Aberdeen, 1661, and Map of Old Angus and
Mearns in Reg. of Arbroath, Nigrum.)
1588
JOHN ROCHE, grandson of Alexander
**"' ^yer' Aberdeen; hi§ Pres- m
1 597 was on death of John David
son. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 129; Aberdeen
City Sas., 7th June 1621.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, M.A., had issue—
165? Ann, buried 25th Aug. 1681.— [Old
Machar Reg. ]
RICHARD MAITLAND, his son,
Charles, apprenticed to Walter
Paterson, peutherer, 30th May 1718.
JAMES FARQUHAR, marr. Ann Mait-
171_ land. Addl. issue — John, bapt. 1st
Sept. 1700; Elizabeth, bapt. 2nd
Oct. 1702.
HUGH MACONNACH SMITH, his
1888
widow, Jane Beattie, died 2nd June
1945.
JOHN EDMUND MITCHELL, died
1923 2nd June 1928; had issue — Joseph
John Edmund Downie, born 9th
Feb. 1927.
WALTER SIMPSON, trans, from Rat-
tray (q.v.) 12th Dec. 1928. Publica-
1928
tion — The International Labour Or
ganisation (Booklet).
PETERCULTER
There was a Well of St Mark, and a piece
of land was called St Cuthbert's Croft. For
the parish of Culter and its ultimate divi
sion, see Maryculter. — [Place Names of
West Aberdeenshire, 306.]
WILLIAM MELDRUM was vicar in
1 554.— [Collegiate Churches of Mid
lothian, 221.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, reader,
j- — was in office in 1563. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
542
PETERCULTER— SKENE
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM WALLACE, as reader here
pres. to vicarage 30th Jan. 1577-8
on death of Sir William Meldrum. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 64.]
FRANCIS THOMSON. Addl. issue-
Margaret, bapt. 19th June 1646. —
[Peterculter Reg.}
JOHN KENNEDY, his son, John, bapt.
23rd May 1710; Anne, bapt. 22nd
Oct. 1719; Mary, bapt. 20th July
1722. Addl. issue— Alexander, bapt. 17th
March 1713; James, bapt. 17th March
1715; Elizabeth, bapt. 10th Dec. 1716.
JOHN STIRLING, born 21st Dec. 1785,
son of Patrick S., writer, Dunblane,
and Ann White; his son, John, born
1828, not 1829.— [Scot. Notes and Queries,
March 1934, 47.]
JAMES AIRD, his widow, Margaret
1888 Clark, died 31st May 1938.
1905
JAMES LAING THOMSON, dem. 30th
April 1948; his sons — James Laing
Stephen, M.B., Ch.B. (Aberdeen,
1932), London; William Eddie Spalding,
M.A., Assistant to Radon Centre, Univ. of
Aberdeen; his wife, Mary Spalding, died
18th May 1939.
PORTLETHEN
About 1635 Mr Robert Buchan, pro
prietor of the local estate, built here a
Roman Catholic church or chapel. After
a time it fell into disuse; and gradually it
came to be used for Presbyterian worship.
In 1725 it is narrated that "the present
Minister (at Banchory-Devenick) preaches
once in 1 5 days in the afternoon in summer,
and once in 20 days in winter." About
1744 a licentiate named Wilkie was ap
pointed to preach on alternate Sundays
here and in the "Sod Kirk" at Newhall in
Fetteresso parish. After his death both
churches were closed; and at Portlethen
* ' any strolling preacher officiated. ' ' But in
1785 the parish min. secured the appoint
ment of a licentiate to conduct the services.
At the end of the 18th century a Mr Scorgie
officiated. He was followed by Mr Pirie,
who died in 1827; and the latter 's successor
was Mr William Law. — [New Stat. Ace.,
xi, Kincardine, 185-6 and n\ Macfarlane's
Geog. Colls., i, 108, S.H.S.; Henderson's
Hist, of Banchory-Devenick, 153-5.] (See
Fetteresso.)
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON GRANT
1883 dem. 31st Dec. 1938, died 24th April
1942; his sons — Alister, Medical
Superintendent, County Mental Hospital,
Whittingham, Preston, M.B., Ch.B. (1913),
M.D. (Aberdeen) 1924, Lieut. R.A.M.C.
4th Jan. 1914, served in France and Bel
gium Feb. 1915 to April 1919, Captain;
Ronald Kirkham, M.B., C.M., George
town, British Guiana; his widow, Annie
Elizabeth Robertson, died 4th May
1943.
SKENE
The church pertained to the parsonage
of Kinkell. "Jesus Fair," mentioned in
1720 as held at the Park of Slioch, may be
a dedication to Our Lord. — [Mackinley's
Ancient Church Dedications, 54.]
JOHN WYLIE, M.A., exhorter 1563.
1563 (See Kinellar.)
JOHN PHILP, M.A., min. 1563; in
charge also at Alford and Forbes. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
THEOPHILUS STEWART, M.A.,
1573
Master of Aberdeen Grammar
School, held the vicarage 1573. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll of Thirds.}
1578
DAVID STEWART, parson, died be
fore 1578-9. Marr. Grissel Bruce
of the Auchinballive family; she
marr. (2) Robert Skene of Woolary. —
[Acts, and Dec., Ixxiii, 403.]
GILBERT KEITH, marr. Marie Hay.
— [Reg. of Deeds, cccxxxvi, Durie,
29th May 1623.]
ABERDEEN]
SKENE
543
LUDOVIC DUNLOP, his son, Alex-
an^er' rector of Nunnington, Yorks,
died 23rd Jan. 1 722; his son, An
drew, watchmaker, London. Delete * * min. of
Whitern."— [Deeds. Durie, 1706, No. 492.]
WILLIAM MARSHALL PHILIP, his
_ widow, Mary Hardy, died 28th Dec.
1930, aged 97.
1911
JOHN McMURTRIE. Addl. issue-
Beatrice Somerville Brodie, born
13th March 1926; Isobel Jean,
born 25th Sept. 1929; Elspeth Anne,
born 5th March 1932; John, born 21st
May 1937.
(Skene and Lochside united 20th April
1941.)
PRESBYTERY OF KINCARDINE O'NEIL
ABOYNE
The present church seems to have been
erected in 1 842. It has a stone with the date
1761, which probably was the year of the
erection of a central church on this site to
take the place of the Church of Aboyne,
which was situated at the Kirktown east of
the village, and the Church of Glentanar,
the ruins of which may still be seen farther
west, and which, thatched with heather,
was called "The Black Chapel on the
Muir." "Muchrieha's Well" is about U
miles north-west of Aboyne Church. Near
it is a stone with a cross cut on it; and near
to the cross there was a stone cut in hollow
shape and called ' ' Muchrieha 's Chair. ' ' It
was broken up about the beginning of the
19th century. The saint seems to be not
Malrubh but Mo-cridhe, Mo-chridoc, but it
is impossible to identify which of the saints
who bore that name is here concerned. —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 331.]
JOHN CUSHNIE, reader in 1563 and
1563 1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
ROBERT BO YD, pres. to vicarage 5th
April 1574 on death of Arthur
Taylor.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 4.]
1574
LUDOVIC GORDON, marr. cont. 18th
Oct. 1676, Catherine Burnett. —
[Aberdeen Sher. Court Books, 14th
Nov. 1684.]
1679
THOMAS GORDON, his mother,
1784 Isabel Shepherd, was daugh. of John
Shepherd, min. of Logie-Coldstone.
JAMES DUNCAN MACKENZIE,
dem. 27th Nov. 1935, died at Kirk-
caldy 6th Jan. 1939.
(Charges united 9th Feb. 1936.)
1902
GLENTANAR
JOHN ROSS, reader in 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
BANCHORY TERNAN
Torannan (Ternan), one of the seven
sons of Aengus, son of Aed of the 6th
century, was a disciple of Palladius, and
was called Abb Bencair, Abbot of Bennchar,
being, it is said, the head of a Columban
monastery here; and here he is reputed to
have been buried. His bell, called the
Ronnecht, was preserved here till the
Reformation; and here too, tradition states
his head was preserved. The "dewar" —
hereditary keeper — of the bell, held in
virtue of his office a piece of land called the
' ' Deray Croft of Banquhori-terne. ' ' It has
been suggested that a small square iron bell,
discovered when the Deeside railway was
under construction at this point, and subse
quently lost sight of, may have been the
Ronnecht. Kilduthie, situated in the parish,
may suggest a dedication to St Duthac. —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 280, 298,
300; Skene's Celtic Scot., ii, 30; Mac-
Kinlay 's Anc. Ch. Dedications (non-script.),
107.]
THOMAS CURROR was app. per-
1529 p.etua^ v*car lst Feb- 1529 m succes
sion to Alexander Spittal, who
became prebend of Auchindoir. — [Reg. of
Arbroath, niger, 497.]
THOMAS MYRTON, M.A., vicar 1562.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, For-
far, etc.]
JAMES RYND, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Forfar, etc.]
544
PRESB. OF KINCARDINE O'NEIL] BANCHORY TERNAN— BRAEMAR
545
1567
JAMES REID, pres. in 1582 on deaths
of Sir Thomas Curror and Burnett;
his son, John, min. of Logic Buchan,
servitor to Mr George Buchanan; Isabel,
his eldest daugh. (marr. William Downie in
Banchory, with issue, including Robert,
min. of St Clement's, Aberdeen); his son,
Thomas, by his will of 19th May 1624,
bequeathed to the town of Aberdeen his
' ' whole Library of Books " for a library at
Marischal College, and the sum of six
thousand merks for the support of a
librarian; his son, Alexander, on 4th Oct.
1633, mortified to the Provost and Bailies
of Aberdeen the sum of £110 Stg. for
bursaries for two or three poor scholars at
Marischal College, and by his will of 1st
Feb. 1639-40 bequeathed to the said Pro
vost and Bailies £100 Stg. to augment the
salaries of the regents of the college. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 86; Recs. of Marischal Col
lege and Univ., i, 194, 195, 197, 226-8,
234-5«; ii, 201 n.]
ALEXANDER CANT, marr. (cont. 8th
1646
Sept. 1648) Isobel (not Margaret);
had issue — Andrew, bapt. 1649;
William, bapt. 16th Feb. 1665.
MARTIN SCHANK, had issue— Alex
ander, bapt. 14th Aug. 1703; Mar
garet, bapt. 9th Dec. 1705.
JAMES HALL, his widow, Christian
1894 Jamieson, died 30th Oct. 1942.
BIRSE
ANDREW HOG, reader.— [Comps. Sub
1563 Coll. of Thirds. Aberdeen, etc.]
ALEXANDER IRVING, pres. to Chan-
1593 cellary in 1593 in succession to
Alexander Seton. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Jxxii, 171.]
JOHN ROSE, marr. (2) Elizabeth,
1618
daugh. of James Wood of Over
Tippertie; his daugh., Margaret
(marr. William Ross of Drumachie). —
[Aberdeen Sas., xii, 557, 570, 7th and 14th
Dec. 1643.]
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, buried at
Old Machar; his sons — John, bapt.
19th June 1664; Alexander.
CHARLES DUNN, his wife, widow of
W. L. Thomson, wine merchant,
Aberdeen, died 6th May 1930.
1864
JOHN PATON MURRAY, dem. 17th
1923 May 1926 anc^ Became Army Chap
lain 1st June 1926; adm. to Dun 2nd
April 1936; dem. 30th Sept. 1943.
ARNOLD LOW KEMP, trans, from
Millbrex (q.v.) 8th Oct. 1926; dem.
13th June 1948; his son, Robert, on
staff of Manchester Guardian; died Edin
burgh 22nd March 1949.
BRAEMAR or KINDROCHET
In the Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti
Andre there is a copy of a charter, dr.
1237-40, by which Duncan, Earl of Mar,
gifts the Church of Kindrochet to the
Priory of Monymusk, which was confirmed
by Bull of Pope Innocent in 1200. The
church is named Ecclesiam Sancti Andrae
de Kindrouch. The river Cluny is called by
its ancient name "Alvan." The date is
1214-34. Later in 1228-39 there is con
firmation of the gift "de ecclesia de
Kindraich by Gilbert, Bishop of Aber
deen," and on 28th May 1245 the same
church of St Andrew of Kindrochet was
confirmed to the prior and convent of
Monymusk by Pope Innocent IV.
According to the legend the church of
Kindrochet was founded in the eighth cen
tury by King Angus and dedicated to St
Andrew before that of St Andrew in Fife.
JAMES HANYE (Hannie), reader in
1563
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN ROSS, marr. Elizabeth
1608 Wood.
ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN WIL
LIAM SAUNDERS, trans, to
1907
Rikarton 3rd Sept. 1929.
2M
546
CLUNY— CRATHIE
[PRESB. OF
CLUNY
JOHN WEBSTER, his widow, Alexan-
1866 drina Hay, died 28th March 1932.
GEORGE FERRIES, his wife, Mary
8 Lumsden, died 14th Nov. 1934; he
died 27th Aug. 1938.
JOHN ALEXANDER MACKAY,
trans, to Wallacetown, Dundee, 8th
Sept. 1926.
1927
WILLIAM MURDOCH, adm. from
Culsalmond 22nd Feb. 1927; died
8th Sept. 1941; had issue— Elizabeth
Helen, born 14th Aug. 1924; Ian Martin
Calder, born 9th Oct. 1926.
(Charges united ISth June 1933.)
COULL
GEORGE LAWSON, reader in 1563.—
1563 [ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
WILLIAM BRUCE, pres. to vicarage
. 4 2nd Sept. 1571 on death of Andrew
Leslie.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 32.]
ROBERT LINDSAY, pres. to vicarage
1585 30th April 1591 on dep. of Thomas
Mallison. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 41.]
ANDREW GRAY, marr. Marjory
-,-. Robertson. — [Aberdeen Sas., viii,
212.]
JAMES PATERSON, line 12, for
1 734 " Gollan ' ' read ' ' Gellan. ' '
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, dem.
1M<> 13th Dec. 1927, died at Aboyne 4th
July 1929.
ROBERT HILL RICHMOND, for-
1Q28 merly °f Shapinsay (tf.v.); trans,
from Kirkmaiden 4th July 1928.
CRATHIE
In the 6th century St Colin, a British
saint, settled in Crathie. He is com
memorated by a pool in the Dee called
Polhallock (Pol-Colin-oc) and by a fair
which was formerly held at Clachantuin.
At each of the places named he founded
churches, but his name was afterwards con
fused with that of St Columba, the great
apostle of the Scots. Some time later a
follower of St Kentigern came to Crathie,
called St Monire. There was a fair in
Crathie on the day of his commemoration,
18th Dec., and a pool in the river Dee
opposite the grounds of Balmoral Castle is
still called Polmanaire, as he is said to have
baptised his converts to Christianity in its
waters.
In the time of Thomas, the last Earl of
Mar of the Celtic line, the Abbey of Cam-
buskenneth possessed the church and teinds
of Crathie. In the Cartulary of Cambus-
kenneth there is a confirmation dated llth
Jan. 1347 at Fetternear, granting in con
sideration of the poverty of the abbey,
permission to the abbot to appropriate the
fruits of the Church of Crathie to his own
use and that of the convent and to serve
the parish by a qualified chaplain, remov
able at their pleasure, reserving to the
bishop and his successors the episcopal
rights in the said church, which they had
in the neighbouring churches.
SIR LAURENCE COUTTS, reader
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
ALEXANDER FERRIES, his daugh.,
Katherine (marr. -. Farquharson);
wife alive 1675.
ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER CAMP-
4 BELL, his daugh., Alice, born 21st
died 23rd Feb. 1877.
JOHN STIRTON, app. Chaplain to the
1919
King 26th Sept. 1936; C.V.O. 26th
Sept. 1936; app. Chaplain in Ordi
nary to King George VI 1939; present at
coronation of King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth and led the Procession of Clergy
in Westminster Abbey 12th May 1937;
dem. 3rd Sept. 1941; died at Edinburgh
9th Oct. 1944. Column 2, lines 20 and 21,
insert brackets before "Proceedings" and
after "1910." Addl. publications— The
Red House and other papers (1926). Notes
on the Chapel Royal of Scotland and the
Order of the Thistle (1927); My Manuscript
KINCARDINE O'NEIL]
CRATHIE— GLENGAIRN
547
Portfolio (1929); Links with Lady Nairne
and the Oliphants of Cask (1930); Three
Periods of English Poetry, 1670-1824,
(1930); St Fergus the Saint of Glamis (1930);
Erasmus, a Character Study (1930); Incident
in the Life ofH.M. Queen Elizabeth (1931);
The Very Rev. James Cameron Lees,
K.C.V.O., an Appreciation (1931); A Royal
Letter (1931); Crathie Parish Church, an
Historical Survey (seventh edition) (1938);
The Spanish Match (1933); Funeral Expenses
of King William HI (1934); Notes on some
Manuscripts and Early Printed Works
(1934); The Chantry Chapel at Glamis
(1936); The Innes ofBalnacraig and Ballogie
—a Family History (1938); Glamis Castle,
its Origin and History (1938).
(Charges united 1st Jan. 1930.)
DINNET
WILLIAM SAWERS, his wife, Isabella
1903
Alexander Giffen, died 16th April
1929.
ECHT
In the reign of Alexander II, 1214-49,
the church was granted to the Abbey of
Scone by Thomas, son of Malcolm of
Lunden, confirmed by Bull of Pope
Honorius III 15th Dec. 1225.— [Book of
Scone, 58, 67.]
JAMES GRAY, M.A., vicar 1563.—
1563
1658
[Acts and Dec., xli, 5; Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
ROBERT FORBES, pres. in 1602 on
1_oq dem. of James Gray. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxii, 218.]
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, M.A.,
buried 27th Dec. 1686.— [Aberdeen
Reg.}
THOMAS KINNEAR, marr. Ann,
1695 daugh. °f Andrew Straton, apothe
cary, Montrose; his son, Arthur,
apprenticed to William McVey, wright,
25th Aug. 1729.
ANDREW SOUTTER, his daugh.,
1873 Emilie Leith, died 17th July 1930;
his widow, Florence Augusta Baker,
died at Joppa 21st May 1948.
1915
THOMAS ARNOTT MUNRO, marr.
19th Sept. 1934 Margaret Anderson,
eldest daugh. of Donald Butter,
Glenlyon, Inverness.
FINZEAN
JAMES ROSS, trans, to Slains 22nd
1921 Sept. 1927.
CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BAR-
1928
NETT, born 27th March 1903, son
of Christopher Charles B., insurance
agent, Aberdeen, and Mary Ann Davidson;
educ. at Grammar School and Univ. of
Aberdeen, M.A. (1925), B.D. (1927); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 4th May 1927;
assistant John Knox's Church, Aberdeen;
ord. 26th Oct. 1927; adm. 6th March 1928;
trans, to Bellie 24th Sept. 1934; trans, to
Hilltown, Dundee, 15th May 1947. Marr.
19th Sept. 1928 Sarah Jane Ogg, daugh. of
Henry Russell Davie, evangelist, and
Margaret White, and has issue — Charles
Henry, born 29th July 1929; Jean Margaret
Mary, born 3rd May 1932.
GLENGAIRN
It appears that St Mungo was a later
dedication. Professor Watson states that
Cill Mo-Thatha was the old name of the
church, and that there was held a fair called
Feill Mo-Thatha. ' ' Mo-Thatha is the form
assumed in Scottish Gaelic of the Irish
name Tua, 'the silent one,' for an earlier
Toe. ' ' The old church was used for worship
for the last time on 7th Dec. 1800. But
already, and prior to 1794, there was
"another place of worship at the upper
bridge of Gairn, ' ' that is the old military
bridge across the Gairn at Gairnshiel,
about five miles up the Glen, constructed
1750-3; and in it and the church up to 1800,
by appointment of the Royal Bounty Com
mittee, through the aid of whose grant the
work was carried on, a service was con
ducted each alternate Sunday. After 1800
the services appear to have taken place in
the other "place of worship" which prob
ably occupied the site of the present church
opened early in 1804. Up to 1800 or
thereby the missionary assisted the min. in
548
GLENGAIRN— GLENMUICK
[PRESB. OF
the work of Glenmuick and Tullich, but
thereafter his duty seems to have applied
only to Glengairn.
The church originally belonged to the
Augustinian Hospital of St Germain of the
Order of Cross-Bearers with the Star of
Bethlehem; and by charter of James IV,
22nd May 1497, it was granted to King's
College, Aberdeen. There was a chapel
with burying-ground at Dalfad, and a
burying-ground at Rineatan (Renatton). —
[Glenmuick Kirk Session Records — Memo.,
Rev. I. Howat, B.D.; Eraser's Old Deeside
Road, 192 and n; Petition for Erection of
Parish, 1862-3; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 297-8; Fasti Aberdonenses, 11-14;
Spalding Club; Jervice's Epitaphs and In
scriptions, ii, 147.] (See Tranent.)
CHARLES BOG, missionary at Brae-
1728
mar, and also at Glenmuick, Glen
gairn and Tullich, and from 1739
only at Glengairn and Tullich; on 19th
June 1748 it is stated that he "is now
removed to aneyr corner." — [Glenmuick
Kirk Sas. Recs.\ Memo., Rev. I. Howat,
B.D.] (See Braemar.)
WILLIAM FORSYTHE, entered upon
duty as missionary on 19th June
1748; pres. to Aboyne and ord. 19th
June 1754.
THOMAS JACKSON, app. apparently
in 1754; preached on the last occa
sion on 12th Aug. 1759; went to
New York.
1748
1754
LUDOVIC GRANT, M.A., ord. as
missionary in or about 1781;
preached on last occasion 28th Feb.
1799; adm. to Methlick 3rd April 1799.
1781
ANDREW WATSON, app. missionary
29th Nov. 1798; ord. to Tarland
1798
(<7.v.) 29th Aug. 1799.
ROBERT MAcGREGOR, ord. as mis
sionary 2nd July 1799; adm. to
1799
Kilmuir-in-Trotternish
Sept. 1822.
(q.v) 27th
JAMES SMITH, described in 1823 as
1823
"preacher of the Gospel in this
parish," appears to have succeeded
Mr MacGregor; he marr. Charlotte Far-
quharson, Old Meldrum; proc. of banns
2nd Nov. 1823.
DONALD CAMERON, ord. as mis-
1824
sionary 21st March 1824; adm. to
Laggan (q.v.) 1st Aug. 1832.
DONALD STEWART, born in Contin
1833
Parish in 1797, son of John S.,
catechist of Contin parish, and
Catherine, daugh. of Thomas Stewart,
catechist of Contin parish; acted as teacher
in various schools both before and after his
university course; educ. Aberdeen Univ.,
M.A. (March 1824); app. parish school
master at Crathie 1824; licen. in 1830,
probably by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil;
ord. as missionary 1833; "came out" in
1843, and the congregation took the name
of Cromar; retired in 1877 on account of
ill health, and died in Aberdeen, July 1879,
and interred at Old Machar. Marr. in 1839
Marie Louisa, only daugh. of Andrew
Wilson, sea-captain, Aberdeen; she died in
Spring of 1883, without issue. — [Memo.,
Miss A. A. Stewart, 28 South Street, Hali
fax, Nova Scotia; King's College — Officers
and Graduates, 281, Spalding Club.}
ROBERT NEIL, his widow, Mary Reid,
died llth Feb. 1899; his daughs.—
Barbara, died 24th Feb. 1873; Mary
Erskine, died at Ballater 18th Nov. 1939.—
[Tombst. at Glengairn.]
JAMES ROBB ALLAN, died 28th Oct.
1918 1943.
THOMAS DAVID WATT, died sud-
1924
denly at Ballater 10th Feb. 1927; his
widow, Catherine Erskine Ferguson,
died 8th April 1939.
(Parish united to Glenmuick May 1927.)
GLENMUICK
The church originally belonged to the
Augustinian Hospital of St Germain of the
Order of Cross-Bearers with the Star of
Bethlehem; and by charter of James IV,
22nd May 1497, it was granted to King's
College, Aberdeen. Near Monaltrie House
KINCARDINE o 'NEIL] GLENMUICK— KINCARDINE O'NEIL
549
there was a chapel dedicated to St Nathalan,
the garden of the house occupying the
ancient burying-ground of the chapel. The
foundation stone of the first church at
Ballater was laid in 1798; and the building,
a plain structure with wooden spire, was
opened for worship on 10th Dec. 1800.
The last services in the three old churches
all took place towards the close of that
year, as follows: Glenmuick on 23rd Nov.,
Tullich on 30th Nov., and Glengairn on
7th Dec. Soon after, Glenmuick Church
was destroyed by a fire which originated in
the thatch of the roof. The foundation
stone of the present church at Ballater was
laid by Lord Huntly in 1873; and the first
service in the church was held on Thursday,
25th June, 1874 — the Fast Day preparatory
to Communion. — [Fasti Aberdonenses, 1 1-
14, Spalding Club; Deeside Guide Books;
Eraser's The Old Deeside Road, 183, 190.]
(See Tranent.)
JOHN FERRIES or FERGUSON,
marr. Agnes, daugh. of John Auch-
terlony, provost of Brechin.
1651
JAMES ROBERT MIDDLETON, dem.
18g4 6th June 1928, died 29th Oct. 1934;
his widow, Elizabeth Davidson
Grant Wilson, died at Montrose 1st Oct.
1948.
1928
JAMES WAUGH, born at Eskdalemuir
19th Feb. 1894, son of Walter W.
and Annie Carmichael; educ. at
Langholm and Dumfries Academies and
Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1919), B.D.
(1921); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th
May 1921; assistant St Mungo's, Glasgow,
1921-3; ord. to Hurlford 10th May 1923;
trans, and adm. 26th Oct. 1928; trans, to
John Knox's, Aberdeen, 2nd Sept. 1932;
trans, to Stow 2nd Feb. 1939. Marr. 26th
June 1923 Mary, daugh. of David and
Annie Crocket.
TULLOCH
The church was a canonry and prebend
of Aberdeen, Hugh Kennedy being canon
and prebendary in 1438. — [The Apostolic
Camera and Scottish Benefices, 246.]
2M*
KINCARDINE O'NEIL
Kincardine O'Neil formed part of the
patrimony of the Columban monastery at
Banchory Ternan. On 31st Oct. 1330,
Duncan, Earl of Fife, ratified the erection
of the church into a Prebend of Aberdeen
by Alexander, Bishop of Aberdeen. In
1733 the roof of the old church, which was
of heath, was burned by a young man who
was engaged shooting pigeons. It was
renewed with slates, and re-slated in 1799.
There was a chapel at Boganchapel, Bog
an t'seipeil, Chapel at the Bog. At ' ' Drum-
cassie," evidently Drumlasie in the north
part of the old parish, there was a famous
village well to which, as narrated in the
first half of the 18th century, crowds from
Kincardine O 'Neil resorted on the morning
of the first Sunday of May. Lasie may
denote Laisren, a saint who died in 639
and whose name, with the prefix Mo, else
where appears as Mo-Lasse and Mo-Laise;
and it may be that the spring was attached
to a chapel of that name. On 3rd March
1233^, Alan Durward, justiciary of Scot
land, gave to God and the Virgin Mary,
and the Hospital of Kincardynonel * ' at the
bridge which my father caused to be built
across the Dee," apparently to the south
of the old church towards the ferryboat
station on the Dee, a davach of land called
Suthcluthy and the Church of Kincardin in
Mar. Alan Durward granted a second
charter in 1250, which contained two
davachs of land, one called Sudluyth, and
the other called Kincardynonel, with two
lands lying within the davach of Kin
cardynonel, to wit at Pathhellok and Gars-
logie, also the Church of Kyncardynonel
with pertinents, and two acres in which is
situated the Church of Lumphannan, with
the right of patronage of the same church,
with its Chapel of Forthery pertaining to
the same church. Confirmation by Bull of
Pope Innocent followed in 1359. At Kin
cardine O'Neil there was a Barthol-Fair
(St Bartholomew), which is recorded in
1725 as beginning on the last Tuesday of
August and extending for three days. —
[Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 83, ii, 268, 273;
Place Names of West Aberdeenshire, 61, 67,
550 KINCARDINE O'NEIL— LOGIE-MAR and COLSTONE [PRESB. OF
Spalding Club; Watson 's Celtic Place Names,
305-6, 518-19; Macfarlane's Geog. Colls.,
i, 102, 103.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, M.A., called
1559 parson 18th Sept. 1559.
ROBERT WITHERSPOON, M.A.,
1559
stated to be his successor; was par
son 17th Sept. 1575, when he held
the parsonage and vicarage, i.e. Lumpha-
nan, Midmar, Cluny and Glentanar. —
[Cal. of Charters, viii, 1796; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xliii, 39.]
ALEXANDER EUSTACE, reader in
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTONE, min.
1563
in 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN STRACHAN, son of John S. of
1582
Thornton and Margaret Livingston,
and brother of William S. of Kirkton
of Kincardine O'Neil and Tilliefroskie;
pres. in 1582 on death of Robert Wither-
spoon; canon and prebendary of Aberdeen;
rector of King's College, Aberdeen, 1600,
1602, 1605, 1608-10, 1612-14; died after
6th Aug. 1621. Marr. before 19th Nov.
1604 Isabel Symmer and had issue —
Robert; Thomas; Isabel (marr. James
Forbes of Cloak). Marr. (3) Agnes Troup
and had issue — Jean; his son, John, M.A.,
served in Muirton as heir of his father Oct.
1628.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., iii, 2893; v, 1142,
1786, vi, 726, 1256, 2186, viii, 222; Retours,
iv, 130; Aberdeen Sas., ii, 265, 267, iii, 421,
xvi, 207; Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 136; Aberdeen
Inhib., llth Oct. 1636; Books of Ad journal,
viii, Old Series, 798, 5th April 1650; Kin
cardine Sas., iii, 107.]
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, should be
1625 JOHN STRACHAN, formerly of
Lumphanan; adm. before 12th Sept.
1625, held the parsonage of which Glen
tanar, Lumphanan, Cluny, Midmar were
pendicles, and appears to have continued
Lumphanan in the charge; died after 6th
Nov. 1635 and before 26th Feb. 1636. Marr.
before 23rd May 1615 Agnes Troup, prob
ably daugh. of William T. of Balnacraig,
with issue — John, eldest son (marr. soon
after 28th July 1634 Nicholas Burnett,
daugh. of Thomas B. of Camphill by his
wife, Margaret Keith); Jean; his wife, Agnes
Troup, died after 5th April 1650.— [Book
of Adjournals, Old Ser., viii, 5th April 1650;
Aberdeen Sas., v, 154, 314 (1625), ix, 378,
485, 502 (1635), xi, 109 (1638), etc.; Kin
cardine Sas., iii, 370 (1634); Reg. Pres.
Bene., vii, 63.]
GEORGE BURNETT, marr. (2) Jean
1658 Reid.— [Kincardine Sas., vi, 48.]
WILLIAM MAIN, had issue— William.
1710
Marr. (2) 15th June 1714.— [Scot.
Notes and Queries, Feb. 1930, 40.]
WILLIAM MORICE. Addl. issue given
parish register — Rachel, born 22nd
April 1776; Ann, born 5th Oct. 1779.
1771
1928
GAVIN ELMSLIE ARGO, dem. 15th
May 1931' died 21St Aug' 1931' his
daugh., Ruth Elmslie (marr. 8th
Dec. 1931 Alexander M. Hay, Shotley,
Umkomaas, Africa); his son, Gavin
Alexander Elmslie, M.C., O.B.E. (Military)
1923, Major, R.A.M.C., served in France
and Afghanistan 1914-18; died at Durban,
Natal, 15th March 1945.
LOGIE-MAR and COLSTONE
The parish of Logie-Mar was termed, in
the 12th and 13th centuries, Logyruthuen,
Logy Ruthuen, Logyruthman, Logy-
rothuen, and the name survives now in
Rothuen or Riven. Before 1 200 the church,
under the designation Ruchaven, was be
stowed upon the Priory of Monymusk by
Gilchrist, Earl of Mar (1182-1211).
Whether the gift actually took effect is not
clear. At all events, in 1239-41, Duncan,
Earl of Mar, granted the church for the
support of a chaplain to celebrate for the
souls of his wife, etc., in the Cathedral of
Aberdeen, where he desired to be buried.
The Church of Colstone is variously
designated in the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th
centuries, Colessen, Kilchodiscam, Kil-
chodistan, Codlessen, Codlessery, Coddyl-
stane, Codlystanys, Codilstane, Colquhold-
stane. By charter at Kildrummy on 8th
KINCARDINE O'NEIL] LOGIE-MAR and COLSTONE— LUMPHANAN 551
Nov. 1402, Isabella de Douglas, Lady of
Mar and Garioch, in her widowhood,
granted the patronage and advowson of the
church to Lindores Abbey, to be converted
to the proper use of the abbey on the death
or resignation of Simon, then rector, "if
confirmation of the grant could be ob
tained. ' ' Evidently the Bishop of Aberdeen
did not confirm the grant, and in 1424 the
church was made a canonry and prebend of
Aberdeen Cathedral, under lay patronage,
by Henry de Lichton, Bishop of Aberdeen.
When the parishes were united in 1618,
a new church was built in a central position.
The church was rebuilt in 1780, and almost
entirely rebuilt in 1876. — [Reg. Priory of
St Andrews, 372; Reg. of Aberdeen, i, 16,
ii, 52, 55, 85-6, 253, 255; Chart of Lindores,
294 and n; Cal Papal Regs., Letters, iii,
75, 81, 200, 202; iv, 200, viii, 159, 549;
Petitions, i, 104; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 94;
Jervise's Epitaphs, i, 281; Ord. Gazeteer, v,
548.]
ARTHUR SKENE, reader 1563, prob
ably identical with A.S., vicar of
Glenbuchat— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
HENRY SPARK, reader at Colstone
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
1563
1563
WILLIAM CRICHTON, M.A., parson
1563
14th June 1563, died before 9th May
1565.— [Acts and Dec., xxvii, 356,
xxviii, 256, 388, 423, xxx, 4, 43; Reg. of
Deeds, vi, 468; Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiii, 34.]
ALEXANDER CRICHTON, pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 9th May
1565.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiii, 34.]
1565
DAVID STEWART, reader at Colstone,
1570 holdmS ^e parsonage with the glebe
and manse and £16 yearly; in 1574
he was successful in an action against
James Reid, adm. parson in 1573, who had
refused Stewart the fruits of 1 573 as being
annat and threatened to eject him from the
manse and glebe. Reid was ordered to
make payment, or to be put to the horn. —
[Privy Council, Reg. ii, 393, 25th Aug.
1574.]
GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, pres. to
1572
parsonage 18th Feb. 1572.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 4.] (See Glen
buchat.)
JAMES REID, pres. in 1573 on death
of Alexander (? William) Crichton.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 8.]
1573
ROBERT SKENE, vicar, died before
22nd Sept. 1580.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
WILLIAM MORRISON, pres. to
vicarage 22nd Sept. 1580.— [Reg.
1580
Pres. Bene., i, 41.]
JAMES DUFF, parson and vicar, dem.
before 26th April 1585; also parson
of Kinnoir (q.v.)—[Reg. Sec. Seal,
Hi, 181.]
DAVID STRATON, his presentation to
the parsonage and vicarage on 26th
April 1585 was in succession to
James Duff.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, 411, 181.]
GEORGE GORDON, reader 10th and
17th April 1597.— Michie's Hist, of
Logie Coldstone, 39, 40.]
JAMES STRACHAN, marr. Marjorie
1608
Symmer and had issue — John. —
[Aberdeen Inhib., 18th Nov. 1633.]
JOHN McINNES, marr. (1) 30th April
1717 Mary Strachan.— [Old Machar
1748
Reg.]
GEORGE DAVIDSON, his son died
185? in South Africa 15th Nov. 1934; his
daugh., Elizabeth Georgina, died at
Aboyne 23rd Jan. 1942.
ROBERT ROBERTSON, died 25th
1910 April 1933.
(Charges united 21th Aug. 1933.)
LUMPHANAN
The pre-Reformation font which had
been absent from the church for more than
a century, first at Pitmurchie and then at
Stranduff, Kincardine O'Neil, and used as
a watering trough, was restored to the
church in Oct. 1933. The font, of roughly
552
LUMPHANAN— KINAIRNEY
[PRESB. OF
dressed stone, is more or less circular in
form and measures approximately 36 inches
across the outside, 24 inches inside, and is
18 inches deep. Underneath there is a
cylindrical socket cut into the centre of the
bottom with a raised ridge round, about
three inches back from the outside edge of
this socket. This was evidently for the
purpose of securing the font on a pedestal,
of which, however, no trace can be found.
In 1250 the patronage of the church, with
the Chapel of Forthary, was given by
Alan Durward to the Hospital of St Mary
founded by him at Kincardine O'Neil
(q.v.). For a time after the Reformation,
Lumphanan was a dependent of Kin
cardine O'Neil. — [Aberdeen Weekly Jour
nal, 13th Oct. 1933.]
JOHN MICHAEL, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JOHN STRACHAN, min.; apparently
1583
identical with John Strachan, min.
at Kincardine O'Neil (q.v.}.
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, Alexan-
1615
der is a mistake for John; he was
John S., eldest son of William S. of
Kirkton of Kincardine O'Neil, and of
Tulliefroskie, by his wife, Christian, daugh.
of Archibald Irvine of Whitestane, and
nephew of Mr John Strachan, rector of
Kincardine O'Neil; trans, to Kincardine
O'Neil before 16th Sept. 1625 but appears
to have continued in charge here. — [Reg.
Great Seal, vi, 726, 1533, vii, 686, 1236,
1717.]
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, M.A.;
1668 res^ent w^h *"s w^e anc* daugh.,
Margaret, in Aberdeen in 1696; his
wife, Marjory, was daugh. of Gilbert
Menzies, burgess of Aberdeen. — [Aberdeen
Poll Tax Roll, ii, 623.] (See John Menzies,
vii, 362.)
PATRICK LEITH, son of George L.,
min. of Meldrum, and Anne Forbes.
Marr. Margaret, daugh. of Patrick
Forbes of Gardenstown. — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., Ill, 178, 1683.]
MATTHEW CHARTERIS THOR-
1882 fiURN, his daugh., Jean Charteris
(marr. 23rd Dec. 1933 Bernard, son
of Cornan J. Casson, Croft, Leicester).
FRANCIS CANTLIE DONALD, app.
Clerk of Presb. Jan. 1927; his wife,
Mary Reid, died 27th June 1945;
had issue — Craig Reid Cantlie, born 7th
Sept. 1914, scholar at Emmanuel College,
Cambridge; Betty Mary, born llth Sept.
1915, died 29th Nov. 1934; Gwendolen
Beatrice Annette, born 27th Jan. 1917;
Heather Margaret, born 23rd June 1922.
MIDMAR
In a writ of 29th May 1536, the name of
the Saint is given as Monidusnidus with
the preface Mo (my). For a time after the
Reformation Midmar was a dependent
church of Kincardine o'Neil. — (Sir John
Cristisone's Prot. Book, 198-9.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, reader 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber-
* -,
deen, etc.]
1651
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, was alive 7th
April 1684, when he had a child
interred at Aberdeen.
EDWARD LUMSDEN, his daugh.,
ceo Mary (Mrs Ferries), died 14th Nov.
1934.
DAVID CRAWFORD, trans, to Cor-
1917 tachy 24th Aug. 1927.
JAMES RAE, trans, from Aberdeen,
North (q.v.), 27th March 1928, died
15th Aug. 1935. Marr. 1st March
1927 Ada Isobel Fernando, widow of
William Ludovic Grant, solicitor, Edin
burgh.
(Charges united 5th Jan. 1935.)
KINAIRNEY
There was a chapel at Corsindave men
tioned on 2nd June 1535.— [Prot. Bk. of
Sir John Cristisone, 155, Scott. Rec. Soc.]
JAMES LESLIE, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
KINCARDINE o 'NEIL] KINAIRNEY— TARLAND and MIGVIE
553
1565
ROBERT MAITLAND, M.A., vicar
12th April 1565.— [Yester Writs,
727, Scott. Rec. Soc.]
WILLIAM SKENE, pres. to vicarage
2nd Feb. 1579-80, vacant by the
death of Mr Robert Maitland.—
[Reg. Sec. Seal, xlvi, 105.]
1607
WILLIAM BURNETT, his daugh.,
Helen (marr. cont. 7th March 1657
Thomas, son of Patrick Forbes,
burgess of Aberdeen). — [Aberdeen Sas.,
xix, 143, 14th March 1657.]
STRACHAN
The church was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. The present church was built in
1866. The old bell probably belongs to the
beginning of the 16th or end of the 15th
century, or even somewhat earlier. In 1866
it was removed from the belfry in the old
church and hung in a beech-tree in the
churchyard, whence it was taken down in
1895, and in the following year placed in
the Session House for preservation. —
[Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc., 1897, 220,
248.]
1599
THOMAS BURNETT of Slowie; was
Archdeacon of St Andrews. Marr.
(1) -. Lauder, daugh. of John
Lauder, one of His Majesty's Domestics. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., vii, 1803; Reg. of Deeds,
cclxxii, 160.]
JOHN STRACHAN, his daugh., Jean,
1659
bapt. 23rd Oct. 1657. Addl. issue-
Elizabeth, bapt. 3rd July 1659.—
[Montrose Reg.]
ALEXANDER McLEAN, line 12, for
"26th Feb. 1913" read "22nd July
1931"; his son, William James, died
Quebec 30th Sept. 1943.
1920
JAMES ALEXANDER WADDELL
MULLIGAN, his sons — John
Henry, M.B., Ch.B., Carnegie
Teaching Fellow in Anatomy, Aberdeen,
1923-6; demonstrator in anatomy St
Thomas Hospital, Medical School, Lon
don, 1926; Lecturer in regional anatomy,
Univ. of St Andrews; James Anderson,
M.B., Ch.B., Inverbervie; Hugh Waddell,
M.B., Ch.B., M.D. (Rons)., D.Sc., Captain,
Indian Medical Service.
TARLAND and MIGVIE
The Church of Tarland was granted by
Morgrund, Earl of Mar, dr. 1165-71, to
the Priory of St Andrews, with the stipula
tion that he and Agnes, his countess,
wherever they may die in Scotland, be
buried in St Andrews. The patron saint is
Mo-Luoc of Lismore, who died in 592,
and whose day is 25th June. The name is
an affectionate form of Lugiad.
Before 1178 the Church of Migvie was
granted to the Priory of St Andrews, by
Morgrund, Earl of Mar, and Agnes, his
countess, and dr. 1153-78 the said Coun
tess Agnes made the same grant on her own
account. The patron saint is St Finan "the
Infirm," whose day is 16th March. — [Reg.
Priory ofSt Andrews, xxxix, 246-7, 248-50;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 283, 290.]
ALEXANDER SCOTT, M.A., vicar
J563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
ROBERT SKENE, M.A., exhorter in
1563 and 1576, probably vicar of
Logic Mar; also at Tough. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.; Reg. of
Ministers, 66.]
JOHN IRVINE, reader in 1563 and
1563 1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, min. 8th July 1582.
1582 — [Cat. of Charters, xiv, 3178.]
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, M.A.,
t ,Q1 pres. to vicarage of Migvie 25th Dec.
1591 on death of John Chalmers.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 82.]
JAMES ROSS, his daugh., Janet (marr.
1668 cont. 17th Jan. 1704).
554 TARLAND and MIGVIE— TORPHINS [PRESB. OF KINCARDINE O'NEIL
JOHN DICKIE, D.D. (Aberdeen, 1918),
Principal, Theological College,
Presbyterian Church of New Zea
land, 1929; Moderator of General Assem
bly, New Zealand, 1934-5; died at Dunedin
24th June 1942; his widow, Barbara
Trotter, died at Dunedin July 1946. Addl.
Publications — Fifty Years of British Theo
logy, a Personal Retrospect (Gunning Lec
ture), Edinburgh 1937; The Organism of
Christian Truth (1930).
WILLIAM MARSHALL LOW, died
1915 14th Dec. 1942.
(United with Migvie \8th Feb. 1940.)
TORPHINS
DUNCAN McGREGOR, his widow
1884 Mary Ann Reid, died 12th Dec.
1934; his son, Duncan Gerald, W.S.,
Captain, R.A.F.
(Charges united 4th Jan. 1942.)
PRESBYTERY OF ALFORD
ALFORD
The church was granted to the Priory of
Monymusk by Gilchrist, Earl of Mar,
before 1207. — [Reg. Priory of St Andrews,
372.]
JOHN PHILP, min. in 1563. (See Skene
1563 and Forbes.)
JOHN COULSON, vicar.— [Acts and
1573 Dec., 1, 459.]
JOHN STRACHAN, min. here, pres.
to vicarage 31st March 1591 on
depr. of James Smyth.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 35.]
JAMES SMITH, pres. to vicarage 17th
Jan. 1584-5 on death of Sir John
Colleson; confirmed 24th May 1585.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., 1, 179; lii, 134.]
WILLIAM BADENOCH, marr. Ann,
1737
daugh. of John Cuming Farquhar-
son of Kellas and Haughton.
JAMES FARQUHARSON, his mother
1812 was Annie Littlejohn.
PETER ADAM, dem. 22nd Dec. 1926,
1896 died 5th Oct. 1927.
ROBERT CRAWFORD, born Glas-
1927
gow 1st April 1878, son of John C.
and Louisa Waters; educ. at Den-
niston School, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton,
Dec. 1924; ord. to Plean 23rd April 1925;
trans, and adm. 17th June 1927. Marr. 5th
Oct. 1906 Agnes, daugh. of Alexander
Aitchison, and has issue — Jean Mearns,
born 22nd Aug. 1907 (marr. 10th March
1935 James Watt Smith); John Branwill,
Glasgow Police Force, born 9th Sept. 1909;
Robert Alexander Nelson, Banton, born
21st Oct. 1914.
AUCHINDOIR
A question between Andrew, Bishop of
Moray, and Gilbert, Bishop of Aberdeen,
regarding the diocesan rights over the
church was temporarily settled in 1236 by
each party agreeing to waive the matter in
their lifetime. On the gift and at the request
of Thomas, Earl of Mar, Bishop Alexander
de Kynninmonth II, on 28th May 1361,
united the Church of Dauchyndore ( Auchin-
doir) to the prebendial Church of Inver-
nochtie. On 25th March 1513 Bishop
Elphinston, at the instance of Thomas
Myrton, Archdeacon of Aberdeen and
Rector of Auchindoir, and with consent of
James V, erected the church into a prebend
of Aberdeen Cathedral, the rector to pro
vide a vicar for the cure of Auchindoir; and
on 14th June 1531 Bishop Dunbar, with the
consent of the said Thomas Myrton, in
corporated the Prebend of Auchindoir with
the Univ. of Aberdeen, making it a prebend
and canonry of the college church, with
Thomas Myrton as prebendary and canon.
There was a Nine Maidens' Well. — [Reg.
of Moray, 101; Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, \,
89-90, 382; Fasti Aberdonensis, 74, 94;
Place Names of West Aberdeenshire, 266.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, min. here,
pres. to parsonage and vicarage 26th
Dec. 1591 on dem. of George
Lauder of Bass.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii,
86.]
WILLIAM REID, his daugh., Isabella
Elizabeth, M.B.E., died 15th Oct.
1938.
1834
ALEXANDER JOHN ANDERSON,
1882 died 13th March 1929.
JOHN HARKNESS, trans, to More-
1922 battle 19th May 1927.
555
556
AUCHINDOIR— CLATT
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM LAWYS DAVIES, born
1928
Llansadwrn, Carmarthenshire, 22nd
Dec. 1871, son of David D. and
Anne Davies; educ. at Carmarthen and
Trevecca Colleges; associated with Univ.
of Wales, M.A., B.D. (1922); licen. by
London Welsh Presb. 31st July 1899; ord.
to Prestatyn 13th Dec. 1900; min. of Young
Bland Presb. Church, New South Wales,
1906; adm. to United Free Church 27th
May 1914; adm. to Saline and Steeland
U.F. Church 6th Dec. 1917; dem. 6th Jan.
1920; adm. to St John's, Cawnpore, India,
22nd Dec. 1920; returned to Scotland,
assistant St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, and
South Leith; adm. to Sorn 12th March
1925; trans, and adm. 16th May 1928; died
30th Nov. 1941. Marr. 24th Oct. 1899 Ada,
daugh. of John and Anne Richards
Lougharne, who died 30th May 1935, and
has issue — John Alan, Chaplain to Forces,
bora 9th Dec. 1902.
(Charges united \5th Jan. 1930.)
KEARN
JAMES COUTTS, reader in 1563.—
1563 [ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ALEXANDER LAW, he was deprived
1713 ky tne Synod of Aberdeen 4th April
1716 for adherence to the Rebellion,
but he continued to possess the manse, and,
under pretence of orders from Bishop
Falconer at Glamis, preached and exercised
the office of the ministry at the Manse of
Kearn and elsewhere within the bounds of
the Presb. of Alford and the Sheriffdom of
Aberdeen, Oct. 1718 to Feb. 1721.—
[Justiciary Records.}
CABRACH
A chapel with churchyard was situated
near Lesmurdie. — [Coll. of Shires of Aber
deen and Banff, 615.]
THOMAS CHRISTISON, reader in
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN IRVING, apparently identical
1648
with John I., resident in Aberdeen
with his wife, Margaret Thomson,
and had issue — George, bapt. 16th Oct.
1681; Patrick, bapt. 29th July 1683;
Christian, bapt. 21st Dec. 1686; and three
children buried at Aberdeen 8th Jan. 1681,
15th Aug. 1683 and 10th March 1687.
ANDREW BURT, trans, to Insch 17th
1920 Feb. 1927.
HUGH MACKENZIE, born Glenorchy
1927
27th Jan. 1893, son of Duncan M.
and Isabel Mackenzie; educ. at
Kingussie School and Univ. of Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Lorn 12th Aug. 1919;
missionary at Brae Lochaber; ord. to
Hylipol 16th Sept. 1925; trans, and adm.
9th Sept. 1927; trans, to Glass 17th Dec.
1942; died 9th May 1946.
(Charges united 5th June 1932.)
CLATT
JOHN HENDERSON, reader in 1563.
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1563
JOHN GORDON, M.A., son of Alex-
ander G. of Lesmoir, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 19th Oct. 1594
on excommunication of James Gordon;
trans, to Crimond before 1st June 1597. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 231, Ixxii, 66-7.]
ROBERT YOUNGSON, pres. to par-
sonage and vicarage 1st June 1601
on trans, of John Gordon. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixxii, 67.]
THOMAS GAIRDYNE, inst. 12th Jan.
1669 1670.
JAMES WALKER, his daughs.— Helen
1844
Grant, died at Edinburgh 4th Dec.
1929; Emma Katherine Gordon,
died 15th Oct. 1926.
GEORGE ALEXANDER SELBIE,
dem. 5th Oct. 1908; adm. to Coll.
14th Dec. 1927.
ALFORD]
CLATT— KEIG
557
1867
ROBERT McKERRON was school
master at Drainie while studying
Divinity; his daugh., Isabella, died
21st May 1933; his son, Robert, died at
Edinburgh 21st March 1937, was to have
received LL.D., Aberdeen, 31st March
1937.
ANDREW GRAY, his widow, Annie
Amelia, daugh. of Peter Sanderson,
The Birks, Galashiels, died at Edin
burgh 8th April 1930.
ALEXANDER WILLIAM WATT,
dem. 31st Dec. 1942; his son, Adrian
Gray, min. of Baillieston Old 30th
April 1941.
1909
1922
CORGARFF
At Corriehoul there was near the Chapel
of St Machar a well still known as Tobar
Machar, or St Machar 's Well. It was a
place of pilgrimage. On 13th June 1613 the
Kirk Session of Elgin decreed "that all
merchants and others leave of to gang to
the Well at Strathdon callit Michell
(Machar?) under pain of 10 merks each
time." — [Records of Elgin, ii, 134.]
GEORGE ARTHUR EVERETT
1923
WALKER, trans, to Benholme 7th
Sept. 1927.
HARRY LEGGATT, formerly of Wor-
mit (q.v.}\ assistant Galston; adm.
16th Feb. 1928; dem. 12th Nov.
1930; died 13th May 1946. Marr. 23rd
Feb. 1928 Isabel, daugh. of James Webster
Morris and Sybilla Corrigall.
GLENBUCKET
Glenbucket was a chapel in Logie-Mar,
but on 22nd April 1473 it was erected into
a parish by Bishop Thomas Spens of Aber
deen, with consent of the Dean and Chapter
of the Cathedral and of Sir Edward Mak-
dowel, vicar of Logie-Mar. The deed of
erection narrates the perils of storms and
floods of waters that beset the inhabitants
in travelling to and fro between Glenbucket
and Logic through an uninhabitable tract of
country and desert mountains, amid which
in one day five or six people had perished
when going to keep Easter at Logic Church.
The Church of Glenbucket was to be served
by a resident parochial chaplain, who was
to have the church land of Chapeltone
along with the great tithe both of Chapel-
tone and of the town of Balnaboth in Glen
bucket and others, which belonged to Logic.
He was also to have the altarages and other
small emoluments, which also of old be
longed to the vicar of Logic; with 20 sh.
Scots yearly from the vicar of Logic in
respect of his release from the cure of
Glenbucket. — [Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i,
308-9.]
WILLIAM COWPER, reader; in office
1567
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, pres. to the
1572 Parsona§e and vicarage of Logie-
mar, ' ' with the pendicle called Glen
bucket, one of the common kirks of the
Chanonry of Aberdeen," ISthFeb. 1572-3.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 4.]
ARTHUR SKENE, designated vicar 8th
1582
Dec. 1582, probably identical with
A.S., reader at Logie-Mar 1567. —
[Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 859.]
JOHN BREMNER, his daugh., Helen,
1843 died at Archieston 15th May 1945.
WILLIAM ARTHUR SPARK, dem.
ISthDec. 1931; died 17th May 1932;
his son, John, at Woodhead, Keith-
hall; a daugh. (marr. George Clerihew,
Tilliefourie, Alford); his widow, Isabella
Ogg, died 4th May 1948.
(Charges united 4th July 1932.)
KEIG
The Church of St Dianconianus (Dia-
conanus) of Keig was confirmed to the
Priory of Monymusk by Bull of Pope
Innocent III in 1200. It was also confirmed
to the priory by William, Bishop of St
Andrews, 1202-38.— [Reg. Priory of St
Andrews, 366, 372.]
JOHN STRACHAN, died before 13th
1576 Nov. 1603.— [Aberdeen Sas., iii, 91.]
558
KEIG— KILDRUMMY
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW LIVINGSTONE, M.A., had
1683
1729.
issue by 2 marr. — Isabel, bapt. 4th
Aug. 1722; a child, buried 4th Nov.
THOMAS BELL, his widow, Eliza
Foster Johnston, died 8th March
1926.
1876
JAMES STEWART, born 23rd Oct.
1864, dem. 16th May 1939; died 9th
July 1942; his daugh., Isobel Rankin,
M.A., LL.B.(Edin.), marr. 23rd Nov. 1932
Edgar Ralph Wide, M.B., Ch.B., D.T.M.
& H., Medical Missionary at Baringa,
Congo, and Govt. (Belgian) M.O.H. for
District; his widow, Janet Turnbull, died
20th Feb. 1946.
(Charges united 16th May, 1937.)
KENNETHMONT
WILLIAM BARCLAY, M.A., pres. to
vicarage of "Kynathmont Christis
Kirk" 27th May 1587 on death of
James Spittal. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 176.]
GEORGE SPENS, vicar, son of James
S., vicar of Insch. — [Macfarlane's
Gen. Coll., ii, 43.]
1587
1607
WILLIAM GARIOCH, marr. 5th Feb.
1712 Helen, daugh. of George Leith
1687
of Treefield.— [Rayne Reg.]
THOMAS BURNETT, died at Aber-
1870 deen 27th May 1926.
ANDREW WELSH FARMS, trans, to
1924 Glenlivet 9th Nov. 1926.
DAVID DUTHIE MACLAREN, trans.
1927
1939.
from Bressay 10th March 1927;
dem. 30th Dec. 1931; died 8th April
(Charges united 2\st Feb. 1932.)
RATHMUREAL or CHRIST'S KIRK
WILLIAM THOMSON, reader in 1563;
also at Leslie. — [Comps. Sub Coll.
1563
of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
WILLIAM BARCLAY, M.A., pres. to
158? vicarage 27th May 1587 on death
of James Spittal. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 176.]
KILDRUMMY
Owing to the fact that at one time the
church was surrounded by a marsh, it was
called "the Chapel of the Loch." Of the
old church there remain only parts of the
north and east walls and the Elphinstone
burial-place which was the south aisle.
After the Elphinstones left Kildrummy the
tomb fell into a state of disrepair, but, as
its inscription tells, it was "Restored by
William, 15th Lord Elphinstone, 1862."
There was also a chapel dedicated to St
Moluag, now called Sammiluah's Chapel,
near Battlehillock.
At Clova there was a Columban monas
tery. The church and monastery stood on
rising ground on the left bank of the Burn
of Littlemill, a tributary of the Mossat
Burn. Foundations indicate a church 31
feet long and 1 5 feet wide. The monastery
was annexed to the Monastery of Mortlach,
and later to the See of Aberdeen. In 1266
Robert, Bishop of Aberdeen, gave the
church, along with the Church of Dal-
meath, for the maintenance of the lights
and ornaments of the High Altar in the
cathedral. On 18th Jan. 1362-3 Alexander
Kinninmonth, Bishop of Aberdeen, united
the Churches of Clova and Kildrummy, on
account of the weakness of the fruits of the
two benefices, and presented a fit vicar. —
[Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 102, 103, ii, 29;
McConnachie's Donside, 84; Place Names
of West Aberdeenshire, 295.]
SIR JOHN GREIG, vicar 29th April
1560
1560, and designated vicar-pensioner
18th Nov. 1577; died before 24th
Jan. 1587-8.— [Reg. Great Seal, iv, 1638,
1647; Acts and Dec., Ixviii, 369; Reg. Sec.
Seal,lvi, 151.]
1587
ALEXANDER CHEYNE, M.A., pres.
to vicarage 21st Jan. 1587-8 on
death of Sir John Greig.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig.,\vi, 161.]
ALFORD] KILDRUMMY— STRATHDON or INNERNOCHTIE
559
DONALD STEWART MACKENZIE,
dem. 24th Feb. 1926; app. min. of
Gartcosh, Glasgow, 3rd April 1926.
1910
JOHN REGGIE, trans, from Crieff
West (q.v.) 9th Sept. 1926; dem. 1st
Dec. 1931; died 13th Feb. 1932; his
widow, Jessie Baird Hislop, died 5th April
1946.
1926
LEOCHEL
The church was granted to the Priory of
Monymusk by Gilchrist, Earl of Mar dr.
1182-1211; he also granted \ davach of
land comprising the site of the church,
which was confirmed by Colin, Hostiarius
of the King, for the souls of himself and
Ada, his wife, and by Philip de Monte, and
Anna, his wife, daugh. and heiress of Colin.
Apparently about 1220 a dispute about the
church between Duncan, son of Morgrund,
Earl of Mar, and David (Donald ?), son of
the Earl (i.e. of Morgrund), was settled, at
the request of Alexander, by each sur
rendering his rights in the church in the
King's hands in favour of the priory.
There was a chapel at Lenturk. Chapel
Croft, a short distance south-east of
Craigievar, and Chapel Yard on the farm
of Corbanchory, suggest ancient places of
worship; and on the farm of Newton Corse
is the site of Terry Croft.— [Coll. of the
Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, 597; Reg.
Priory of St Andrews, 63^, 373.]
GEORGE FORBES, brother of John
Forbes of Newe; his mother, Chris
tian, daugh. of John Shepherd, min.
of Leochil.
1768
WILLIAM MALCOLM, son of Wil-
1821
Ham M. Line 3, delete "M.A.
(1812)" — [Scot. Notes and Queries,
May 1935, 79.]
ALEXANDER TAYLOR, his daugh.,
1839 Isabella, died 3rd Dec. 1930.
GEORGE HENDERSON GRASSICK,
dem. 8th June 1927, died 18th Feb.
1934; his widow, Anne Reid, died
30th Aug. 1940.
1879
1927
JAMES MONTGOMERIE BINNIE,
trans, from Unst(<?.v.) 9th Nov. 1927;
dem. 1st Oct. 1937; his wife, Jenny
Pollok, died at Glasgow 21st March 1939.
CUSHNIE
WILLIAM FORBES, was chaplain here
31st Aug. 1574; had a natural son,
James, burgess of Aberdeen, who
received letters of legitimation 1st Sept.
1574.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 181, 2299.]
1574
PATRICK COPLAND, his daugh.,
Agnes (marr. 22nd Oct. 1702 Wil
liam Forbes, Buchaam, Strathdon).
1672
STRATHDON or INNERNOCHTIE
There was a chapel at Corriehoul, on the
east bank of Allt Coire Tholl, at Corgarff,
dedicated to St Machar. There was also a
graveyard used for interments as late at
least as the 18th century. A well near by
still bears the saint's name. Another
chapel in the Corgarff district was situated
at Ord. Tomanchapil in the parish is
"Chapel Knoll," Tom an t-seipeil. A
church that dated from 1757 was de
molished in 1851, and the present edifice
erected on the site. — [McConnochie 's
Don side, 115, 120; Coll. of the Shires of
Aberdeen and Banff, 616; Place Names of
West Aberdeenshire, 328.]
Innernochtie. The church was granted to
the Priory of Monymusk by Gilchrist, Earl
of Mar, before 1200. On the gift of Thomas,
Earl of Mar, Bishop Alexander de Kinnin-
mond II, on 12th July 1356, erected the
church into a prebend of Aberdeen Cathe
dral. From 1361 to 1513 the prebend was
augmented by the Church of Auchindoir.
— [Reg. Priory of St Andrews, 370-2, 374;
Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 82.] (See
Auchindoir.)
ALEXANDER ROSS, reader, in office
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
JAMES ELPHINGSTONE; this is a
mistake; should be John Elphing-
stone, M.A., second son of Alex
ander, Lord Elphingstone, born 4th June
1567
560
STRATHDON— TULLYNESSLE and FORBES [PRESB. OF
1536; pres. to the parsonage when an
infant; on 29th Oct. 1537 purports as par
son to have witnessed an instrument, and
again on 19th Aug. 1538; appears in 1542
as Canon of Aberdeen and Prebendary of
Invernochtie; on 26th Sept. and 8th Oct.
1581 he conveyed to Mr George Barclay,
burgess of Aberdeen, and Marjorie Cheyne,
his wife, ' ' the land of lugeing pertaining to
the parsonage, within the Chanonry of Old
Aberdeen, on the west side, between the
tenement and lodging of the rectory of
Turriff on the north, the common way to
the Cathedral on the east, the common
vennel to the loch of Aberdeen on the south
and the said loch on the west"; died in
Aug. 1616. Marr. Agnes, daugh. of Sir
David Bruce of Clackmannan, with issue —
Michael; George; Mary. — [The Lords of
Elphingstone, i, 86-8; Sir John Cristisone's
Prot. Bk., 248, 269; Officers and Graduates
of King's College, 1, Spalding Club; Reg,
Abbrev. Feu-Charters of Ch. Lands, ii, 320;
Stirling Test., 19th Oct. 1616.]
WILLIAM WEDDERBURN, marr.
before 27th May 1635 Marjorie
Seaton, daugh. of Marjorie Law-
soune. — [Aberdeen Sas., ix, 316.]
WILLIAM WATT, his widow, Catherine
1881 Taylor, died 30th Jan. 1940.
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS
1651
1926
COWIE, born at Maud 4th Oct.
1900, son of William C., min. of
Maud; educ. at Peterhead Academy and
Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1922); licen. by
Presb. of Fordoun June 1924; assistant
Morningside, Edinburgh; ord. 28th July
1926; dem. 16th May 1932; adm. to
Cummertrees 25th July 1935. Marr. 27th
Nov. 1926 Janet, daugh. of James Ross
Campbell, M.A., schoolmaster, Daviot,
Aberdeenshire, and Annie Garden, and has
issue — William Campbell, born 3rd July
1928; Ian Douglas, born 8th Aug. 1931;
Constance Margaret, born 5th Aug. 1933.
TOUGH
GILBERT BROWN, reader 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ROBERT SKENE, exhorter 1563, also
1563 at Tarland.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN STRACHAN, min. in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JOHN MAIR, his eldest son, George.—
1663 [Deeds, Durie, 1706, 20, 574.]
PATRICK COPLAND, son of Patrick
C., min. of Cushnie; had issue —
1706
Agnes; William, min. of Forbes.
THOMAS DAVIDSON, dem. 30th
Sept. 1939; died 13th Jan. 1947.
Marr. 24th June 1925 Elsie Marie,
daugh. of James Christie.
TOWIE or KINBATTOCH
Kinbattoch appears also as Kynbethot,
Kynbethoc, Kilbethok, Bethoc, now
Beathay, is a woman's name; and here it
may be the name of an otherwise unknown
saint.— [Watson's Celtic Place Names, 312.]
SIR THOMAS STEVENSON, chaplain
1561
of Towie. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
DAVID GUTHRIE, parson 1562.—
Orme's Description of the Chanonry,
1562
etc., 159.]
DAVID ARROT, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ALEXANDER JACK, his widow, Jane
Ann Loch, died at Helensburgh 23rd
1888 Nov. 1926.
1921
GEORGE PORTEOUS McWILLIAM,
trans, to Beath 16th Oct. 1929.
Addl. issue — a daugh., born 5th
Feb. 1933.
(Charges united 3rd Feb. 1930.)
TULLYNESSLE and FORBES
The church was confirmed to Aberdeen
Cathedral by Bull of Pope Adrian IV in
1157; and on 22nd April 1376 it was
erected into a prebend of the cathedral by
ALFORD]
TULLYNESSLE and FORBES
561
Bishop Alexander de Kinninmond II. At
Whitehaugh there are fields called respec
tively Temple Close and St John's Close. —
[Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 5-7, 119; Place
Names of West Aberdeenshire, 344.]
SIR WILLIAM CABELL, parson
1562-3.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
1562
JOHN KENNEDY, M.A., clerk to the
Diocese of Aberdeen, received from
William Gordon, Bishop of Aber
deen, on 8th Jan. 1564-5, the parsonage
then possessed by William Cabell, canon of
Aberdeen, or any other rectory or benefice
to be vacant; confirmed by Crown Charter
23rd Jan. 1565-6; he entered on the par
sonage soon after; was also vicar of
Inverurie and Gamrie. — [Cal. of Charters,
ix, 1975; Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiv, 38.]
1573
JAMES FORBES, M.A., pres. to
vicarage of Tullynessle 21st Nov.
1573, vacant by non-compearance
of Alexander Anderson. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 13.]
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, M.A., pres.
1589 t0 Parsona§e anci vicarage 7th Aug.
1 590 on death of John Kennedy. —
Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixi, 23.]
1858
WILLIAM PAULL, his widow, Mary
Charlotte Stephen, died at Banchory
22nd Oct. 1930; his daugh., Eliza
Erskine, died at Banchory 2nd April 1939;
his son, James George, O.B.E., Advocate,
Aberdeen, died llth Feb. 1947.
WILLIAM GREIG STRACHAN,
1924 trans, to Aberfoyle 23rd Nov. 1927.
JAMES CHRYSTAL MUIR, formerly
of Fowlis Wester (tf.v.); adm. 18th
May 1928; dem. 1st Nov. 1940.
(The parishes were united in 1808.)
FORBES
JOHN PHILIP, min. in 1563.— [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
(See Alford and Skene.)
1563
PATRICK MORTIMER, as reader here
pres. to vicarage 7th March 1574 on
dem. of John Row and Andrew
Row.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 31.]
1574
JAMES WALKER, reader Nov. 1570.
1574 —[Reg. of Ministers, 66.]
WILLIAM COPLAND, son of Patrick
1763 C, min. of Tough.
2N
PRESBYTERY OF GARIOCH
BLAIRDAFF
GEORGE KEITH, brother of Sir
1887
Arthur K., dem. 1926, died at
Cheltenham, New South Wales, 7th
May 1930.
RICHARD ROBB, dem. 31st Aug.
1934; died 23rd Sept. 1938; his wife,
Jane Tinning, died 17th Oct. 1927.
(Charges united 2nd Sept. 1934.)
BOURTIE
ALEXANDER HARVIE, M.A., "ane
chaplain of the chaplainry Cullane,
founded at the High Altar thereof";
pres. to vicarage 12th April 1566 on dem.
of Sir David Harvie. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xxxiv, 37.]
ANDREW DUMBRECK, reader 1563;
1566
1567
pres. to vicarage 4th Oct. 1575 on
death of Sir David Harvie. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 222; i, (4), 36, ii, 1 17; Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
GILBERT KEITH, marr. Katherine
Burnett and had issue — Gilbert;
John; George, bapt. 25th Dec. 1650.
— [Aberdeen Sas., xii, 416, 29th May 1643.]
1611
ROBERT BROWNE, had issue— Isabel,
1644
bapt. 13th July 1654; William, bapt.
1st April 1657; Mary, bapt. 9th
June 1659; Anne, bapt. 10th Nov. 1661;
Robert, bapt. 25th March 1664.
WILLIAM LESLIE DAVIDSON, died
1878 at Elgin 4th Sept. 1929.
MICHAEL JAMES MACPHERSON,
1896
died 5th June 1932; his wife, Anne
Grant, died 9th Aug. 1929; his
daugh., Margaret (marr. 7th Nov. 1930
Alastair G. M. Macpherson, son of John
G. M., schoolmaster, Cruden).
(Charge united with Meldrum 3rd Nov.
1940.)
CHAPEL OF GARIOCH and LOGIE
DURNO
In the concluding part of the 12th cen
tury the Church of Durnach (Logiedurno)
was granted to Lindores Abbey by David,
Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William
the Lion, who had founded the abbey on
his return from the Holy Land in 1178. In
1599 a new church was built at the site of
the Chapel of Garioch, from which the
united parish subsequently took its name.
In the charter of the Lordship of Lindores
to Patrick Leslie, Lord Lindores, on 31st
March 1600, the said Patrick is held bound
to pay 100 merks stipend to "the minister
of Logiedurno, now translated to Chapel
of Garioch." Apparently some time
elapsed before the new name was in general
use, but on 3rd July 1637 there occurs "the
parish of Logiedurno called Chapel of
Garioch." The church of 1599 was re
paired about 1744; and in 1813 it was
replaced by the present church. The
Church of Fetternear is said to have
granted to the See of Aberdeen by Malcolm
IV on 21st Aug. 1 164; and it was confirmed
on 26th Nov. 1359 by Pope Adrian. The
Chapel of Garioch, dedicated to the Virgin,
was in existence in the first half of the 14th
century. In the Exchequer Rolls of 1364
there appears the sum of £5 Scots expended
for boards to repair the chapel. James IV
visited the chapel on 23rd Oct. 1497, and in
Sept. 1562 Queen Mary, on a visit to the
district, was present in it at a celebration of
Mass. In a charter of 1519 it was desig
nated the Royal Chapel, which may indi
cate that it was founded by a Scottish
562
PRESB. OF GARIOCH] CHAPEL OF GARIOCH and LOGIE DURNO 563
sovereign. In the chapel there were six
chaplainries, to each of which there were
attached a manse and croft for the chap
lain. They were Colliehill, Conglas
(Knokinglass), Pitcaple, Pitgavny, Wardis
(Wardhouse) and Wartle. Of the founda
tions of the chaplainries there are the
following records: Between 1328 and 1342
Christian Bruce, lady of the Garioch, sister
of Robert I and widow of Sir Andrew de
Moray, founded a chaplainry in the chapel
for the souls of Robert I, herself, her late
husband, Sir Andrew de Moray, the endow
ment being a toft and a croft of 1 acre in
the tenement of Drumdarnach, and an
annual rent of 100 sh. sterling from the
lands of Meikle Wartle. In 1384 Christian
Bruce 's granddaugh., Margaret Countess
of Douglas, lady of Mar, daugh. of Donald,
third Lord of the Isles, granted for the souls
of herself, William, Earl of Douglas, her
late husband, the late Thomas, Earl of Mar,
and James, Earl of Douglas, her son, ten
pounds from two parts of Pitgavny, and
the whole town of Collishill with pertinents
(except Westfield in Bourtie). Alexander
Stewart, Earl of Mar, is said to have
founded a chaplainry, possibly Conglas,
for the souls of those slain at the
Battle of Harlaw in 1411. In 1420 Isabel
Mortimer, daugh. of Bernard M. of
Craigievar, and widow of Sir Andrew
Leslie of Balquhain, founded a chaplainry
for the souls of her six sons slain at Harlaw,
and of her husband killed at Braco by the
Sheriff of Angus. On 28th Nov. 1474
James III confirmed a mortification of 12
merks annual rent from Balcomy, Fife, in
the first instance, and Wardis and Quyltpat,
Aberdeenshire, made by Alexander Leslie
of Wardis, for the souls of himself and his
wife Isabella. The Chaplainry of Pitcaple
was founded before 24th Aug. 1511. On
14th April 1426 James I confirmed a grant
by Sir Patrick de Ogilvie Kt. of Grandown,
with consent of his father, Alexander de
Ogilvie, Sheriff of Forfar, to a perpetual
chaplain to celebrate for the soul of late
Andrew de Leslie, Kt., of an annual rent of
10 merks from his lands of Strathalva,
Banffshire, which failing, from the lands of
Auchterhouse and Essy, Forfarshire. Sir
Alexander Galloway, Chaplain of the
Chaplainry of Colliehill, granted to the
chaplainry 2 acres in the barony of Balqu
hain sold to him by William Leslie of B.,
for a manse for the chaplain of said chap
lainry, who was to pay 5 sh. to the other
five chaplains in the chapel, 12 pence each.
This was confirmed by James IV on 24th
Jan. 1505-6. The General Assembly on
29th Aug. 1639 and Parliament on 17th
Nov. 1641 ratified the erection of the
Hospital of Balhaggardy by Thomas
Erskine of Pittoddrie, who gave as endow
ment the Chaplainries of Wartle, Colliehill,
Pitgavny and Knokinglass, of which he was
patron. "He had built a house of tua
houses heighte at the Chapel of Garioch,
with the intention to put some old poore
and decrepit men therein for ther bettir
accomodatione of ther service to God."-
[Reg. Mag. Sig., i, App. i, 61, 70, App. ii,
30, 133; ii, 41, 1188, 2914, 3124, vi, 1032,
vii, 1778, 1873, viii, 1466, ix, 734, 1501;
Reg. Sec. Seal, i, 1268, 3037, ii, 4803, iii,
842; Acts Scott. Pad., v, 513, 6050; Excheq.
Rolls, ii, 166, xiii, 478, 548; Lord High
Treasurer's Aces., i, 364; Reg. Epis. of Aber
deen, i, 57, 66-7, 84-6, 167-9, 222; Chart,
of Lindores, 8, 9; Davidson's Inverurie and
Earldom of Garioch, 80, 146-7.]
SIR JOHN PHILP, vicar 1561 and 1563.
1561
— [Comps. Gen. Coll. and Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
STEPHEN MASON, M.A., min. 1563-
1563
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ANDREW SPEARS, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1563
JOHN LESLIE, reader in office 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
WILLIAM STRACHAN, M.A., evi-
1588 dently son of James S., parson of
Belhelvie; pres. to vicarage 1 1th Feb.
1588-9 on death of John Philp and on 14th
Aug. 1589 and 19th July 1591 in succession
to John Leslie. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., lix, 22, 44,
Ixiv, 140.]
564 CHAPEL OF GARIOCH and LOGIE DURNO— DAVIOT [PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER PATERSON, pres. 21st
Oct. 1592 on death of William
Strachan.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiv,
160.]
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, the name
1635
of his wife, Katherine Strachan,
indicates his identity with Alexander
Strachan, son of Andrew S., min. of Duns,
who marr. Katherine, daugh. of John
Strachan, min. of Kincardine O 'Neil, cont.
7th Oct. 1625; by mandate of the Bishop of
Aberdeen, 8th June 1631, the Presb. cog-
nosed designed, and by sasine of 5th July
1638 gave him possession of a glebe from
church lands nearest the church, including
four rigs called the Priest's Croft, with
foggage, pasture, feall and divot, and a
manse with toft and orchard. His daugh.,
Elizabeth (marr. William Strachan of
Luesk, min. of Daviot); his sons — George;
John, regent of King's College, Aberdeen,
in 1651, 1655, and described as "the best
scholar that ever was in the College, ' ' dem.
the office of regent ' ' because he could not
live with the Covenanters," went abroad
and "studied physick," and became a
Doctor of Medicine, and after a visit to
his native land, again went abroad, and
"turned popish," became Rector of the
Scots College at Rome, and died in that
office. — [Oram's Description of the Cha-
nonry, etc., Old Aberdeen, 160, 176-8;
Officers and Graduates of Univ. and King's
College, 191, 193; Aberdeen Sas., xi, 104,
13th Feb. 1652, 214; Gardenston Papers;
Reg. of Deeds, ccccviii, 356.]
ALEXANDER YOUNG, his daugh.,
Helen Maitland (marr. Joseph Law
rence Hogan, Johannesburg), died
at Aberdeen 21st March 1930; his sons —
Andrew, died 7th Feb. 1928; Charles Mait
land Cook, died at Aberdeen 16th May
1945.
WILLIAM McNICOL, B.D., his daugh.,
Winifred Isobel, M.B., Ch.B., Medi
cal Officer R.A.F. (marr. 22nd June
1942 Surgeon Lieut. Harold Preston Wat
son, son of Flight Lieut. Preston, R.N.A.S.,
Dundee).
(Charges united list Aug. 1941.)
FETTERNEIR
ANDREW CULLEN, M.A., parson,
1560 died 7th July 1560, also vicar of St
Nicholas, Aberdeen. — [The Chro
nicle of Aberdeen, 34.]
ANDREW LESLIE, in office before
t . ,0 1 9th April 1 568.— [Cal. of Charters,
x, 2118.]
JAMES CURRIE, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 20th May 1571 in
succession to Andrew Leslie. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xxxix, 120.]
CULSALMOND
STEPHEN MASON, M.A., min. in
1563 1563. (See Logic Durno.)
WILLIAM STRAITH, reader in 1563.
1563 —lComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ANDREW SPENS, had charge here as
1__. well as at Drumblade and Forgue
1574-6.
THOMAS SPENS, son of Thomas S.,
1607 tailor burgess of Aberdeen.
WILLIAM MURDOCH, trans, to
1916
Cluny 22nd Feb. 1927; delete lines
5 and 6 "in 1913" and read "5th
May 1914."
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
trans, from Dulnain Bridge (q.v.)
15th July 1927; died 25th Feb. 1931;
his widow, Jeanie Marshall Smith, died
14th April 1939.
DAVIOT
The Well of Our Lady was connected
with the chapel and graveyard at Fingask,
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. At the site
about the beginning of last century, work
men digging to secure a foundation for a
mausoleum discovered a silver crucifix.
ANDREW THOMSON, exhorter 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber-
5W deen, etc.]
GARIOCH]
DAVIOT— INSCH
565
JOHN LESLIE, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1573
GEORGE PATERSON, pres. 13th July
1573 to Treasurership of Aberdeen,
which is the parsonage and vicarage
of Daviot, vacant through Patrick Myrtoun
failing to give consent to Articles of Reli
gion, to take oath acknowledging Our
Sovereign Lord and to give ordered prayers
in Daviot Church. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlii,
94.]
WILLIAM STRACHAN, along with
his first wife, Grizel Smith, he ac
quired Leweck, Bayne, from John
Leith of Harthill, 8th June 1631. Marr. (2)
before 12th Feb. 1652 Elizabeth, daugh. of
Alexander Strachan, min. of Chapel-of-
Garioch; died after 26th July 1654; his son,
William, M.A., marr. (1) 26th Nov. to 22nd
Dec. 1637 Mabel, daugh. of George Garioch
of Little Endownie, and (2) before 4th July
1654 Elizabeth Abercrombie. — [Aberdeen
Sas., vii, 359, (1631), xi, 559, (1637), xv, 214,
(1652), xvii, 252, (1654).]
ALEXANDER LUNAN, line 10, for
"daughter" read "sister." Marr.
Janet, daugh. of William Elphin-
stone of Ross.
1717
WILLIAM ANDERSON, marr. (1) 4th
March 1720 Jean, daugh. of William
Keith, min. of Keithhall.
ROBERT SHEPHERD, his son,
1788 Thomas, became laird of Kirkvilde,
192.]
Skene. — [Michie's Logic Colstone,
ALEXANDER SMART, Ph.D., trans.
1923 to Broughty Ferry 24th March 1926;
trans, to St Cuthbert's, Saltcoats,
llth Dec. 1940.
JAMES FYFE RENNIE, born Tarves
1926 13th Jan. 1897, son of William R.,
farmer, and Janet Fyfe; educ. at
Kemnay School and Univ. of Aberdeen,
M.A. (1922), B.D. (1925); licen. by Presb.
of Garioch 27th March 1925; assistant at
Riccarton, Kilmarnock; ord. 17th June
1926. Marr. 19th April 1939 Kathleen
2N*
Mary Lauder and has issue — Helen Kath
leen, born 21st March 1941; Winifred
Helen Orton, born 23rd May 1943.
INSCH
Inchmabany, the former name of the
parish, denotes my Bean's Haugh — St
Bean. About the beginning of the second
quarter of the 13th century, Sir Bartholo
mew Fleming was granted permission by
the Abbot and Convent of Lindores to
erect a chapel at Weredos (Wardhouse), he
giving to the Church of St Drostan of
Inchmabanin (Insch) and its rectors, that
is Lindores Abbey, a toft and 2 acres of
arable land adjoining the toft in his town
of Ravengille between the great road and
the moor towards Gillandreston, with the
.common easement of the same town, with
common pasture for six "animals," one
horse, and forty sheep, and also pledging
himself that the said Church of Inchma
banin would suffer no injury nor lose any
of its rights by the existence of the said
chapel. — [Chart of Lindores, 65.]
WILLIAM BALLINGALL, reader in
1563 office 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JAMES SPENS, pres. to vicarage 17th
1578
Sept. 1578 on dem. of William
Ballingall; had issue — George, vicar
of Kinnethmont; William; Alexander; a
daugh. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 4; Mac-
farlane's Gen. Coll., ii, 43.]
WALTER LESLIE, pres. to vicarage
8th Nov. 1578 on death of William
1578
Ballingall.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 8.]
WILLIAM BARCLAY, pres. to
1596 vicarage 4th March 1598 on dep. of
James Spens. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxxi,
49.]
ALEXANDER ROSS, probably adm.
1631 1631. Marr. Bessie Logic and had
issue — Patrick. — [Aberdeen Sas., xiv,
314, 9th June 1693; Reg. of Deeds, ccccxli,
10th June 1631.]
566
INSCH— KEITHHALL
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM BURNETT, his daugh.,
Margaret (marr. Alexander Barclay,
min. of Peterhead), who with her
son-in-law and daugh. was living in Peter-
head 1696.— [Aberdeen Poll Tax Roll, i,
572.]
ALEXANDER MEARNS, line 5, delete
1729 " Father of the Church. ' '
JOHN MACK, died 12th
1899 1932.
Dec.
ANDREW BURT, trans, from Cabrach
(<7.v.); adm. 17th Feb. 1927; trans.
to Monikie 12th July 1939. Addl.
issue — Robina, born 2nd Jan. 1925;
Amelia Kirkwood, born 6th April 1927.
Publication— Our Village (1933).
INVERURIE
The Church of Inverurie with the Chapel
of Monkegie appears in the charter granted
to Lindores Abbey by the abbey 's founder,
David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of
William the Lion. In Pope Celestine Ill's
Bull of Lindores, 8th March 1 195, the grant
takes the form — the Church of Rothkel
with its chapels of Inverurie and Munkegie,
and the same occurs three years later in the
Bull of Pope Innocent III. Rothkel and
Munkeggie appear in combination in the
Register of the Episcopate of Aberdeen in
a charter of King William the Lion, of date
1175-99. But Rothkel as applied to a
parish passed out of use at an early stage.
Apparently about the beginning of the
second quarter of the 13th century Sir
Simon of Garentuly (Gartly) received per
mission from the Abbot and Convent of
Lindores to erect a private chapel at his
manor of Crimond, within the enclosure of
his court, where he and his family may hear
Divine Service. The conditions were that
he and his tenants holding of him should
come, on the principal festivals, in the
accustomed manner, to the mother Church
of Inverurie; that Sir Simon and his heirs
do fealty to said church, as likewise should
the chaplains serving in the chapel; and
that Sir Simon and his heirs should give
annually to the said church 2 Ib. of wax at
the Feast of the Assumption of St Mary —
15th Aug.— [Chart of Lindores, 2-3, 64,
102, 107; Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 9.]
SIR WILLIAM CABELL, vicar 1562-3.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JAMES RYND, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN KENNEDY, M.A., his gift of
1565
and collation to the vicarage of
Inverurie and Montkeggie by Wil
liam Gordon, Bishop of Aberdeen, con
firmed by Crown Charter 22nd Jan. 1 565-6.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiv, 35.] (See Tully-
nessle.)
ALEXANDER MACKIE, as min. pres.
to vicarage 13th Sept. 1589 on death
of John Kennedy.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
lix, 57.]
JOHN MILL or MILNE, his first wife,
1600
Margaret Leslie, was daugh. of
William L. of New Leslie, by his
second wife, Elizabeth Forbes; issue — his
son, Andrew, died 8th Feb. 1636, and
daugh., Jean, 14th Feb. 1637. — [Inverurie
Reg.]
WILLIAM FORBES, had issue— Mar-
1643
garet, bapt. 26th Nov. 1646; Eliza
beth, bapt. 4th Nov. 1648.
WILLIAM MURRAY, his son, Wil-
1679
liam, M.A., died 23rd Jan. 1754,
aged 46, apparently identical with
William Murray, preacher of the Gospel,
Old Aberdeen, who marr. Elizabeth Irvine
(died 16th Feb. 1725), with issue— Eliza
beth (buried 17th Dec. 1724); John (buried
8th Nov. 1725).— [Old Machar Reg.}
JOHN DAVIDSON, his daugh., Isa-
1844 bella, died at Dollar 15th June 1941 .
JAMES BLACK, his father was school-
1890
master of Cruden; died 10th July
1936.
KEITHHALL
Monkeggie. Monkeggie does not appear
as a separate parish in the 12th century.
GARIOCH]
KEITHHALL— KEMNAY
567
The "paroch Kyrk of Monkege" occurs
in 1481. There was in the church an altar
of St Serf. — [Chart, of Lindores, xii; Coll.
of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, 569.]
(See Inverurie.)
WILLIAM KEITH, marr. cont. 25th
July 1695 Elspeth (died before 18th
June 1702), daugh. of John Logic
of Boddome.— [Deeds, Dal., 1705, No.
1018.]
JOHN KEITH, his daugh., Frances
Alexandrina, died at Edinburgh 24th
182 July 1940.
1923
ALEXANDER RAE GRANT, trans,
to Cults West 17th March 1938.
Marr. 21st Sept. 1926 Elizabeth,
M.A., elder daugh. of William Frain,
Aberdeen, and Jean Maclean, and has issue
— Alexander Frain, born 5th April 1929;
Mayra Esme Rae, born 20th July 1933.
KINKELL
The Kirk of Kinkell was ' ' of auld erected
in ane benefice and parsonage quhairof"
these "kirkis were proper parts and pen-
dicles" — Dyce, Drumblade, Skene, Kin-
tore, Kemnay, Kinellar. By Act of Parlia
ment in 1 649 those churches were separated
from Kinkell, along with the right of
patronage and the title to the teinds in each
case, and each became an independent
parish, each min. becoming titular and
having right to the teinds, fruits, rents, and
other emoluments. In 1663, after the
establishment of Episcopacy, those churches,
described along with Kinkell as the par
sonage of the same, were annexed to the
Deanery of St Andrews, and that was
ratified by Act of Parliament in that year.
After the Revolution Settlement each
parish resumed its independent status.
Among its notable rectors in pre-
Reformation times were Henry de Lichten,
who in 1426 became Bishop of Aberdeen
and erected the Cathedral of St Machar;
Alexander Anderson, who became the last
Roman Catholic Principal of King's Col
lege; and Alexander Galloway, one of the
chapter of the cathedral, who erected the
Church of Kinkell, of which the ruin is all
that remains. — [Acts of Par I. , vi, (2), 183,
vii, 453.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, M.A., parson and,
in 1563, Principal of Glasgow Uni
versity. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. and
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.A.,
vicar; also at Methlick and Tyrie. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JAMES CURRIE, reader here, pres. to
1574 vicarage 5th July 1573 vacant by
Alexander Anderson, sometime
Principal of the College of Aberdeen, not
compearing before the Commissioners of
Kirks.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 9.]
THOMAS LUMSDEN, M.A., pres.
15th Dec. 1566 to the parsonage of
Kinkell "callit a prebendarie of the
Cathedral Kirk of Aberdeen, on res. of
Harry Lumsden, his father's brother"; his
son, William of Ardmurdo, advocate in
Aberdeen 1624; his daugh., Katherine
(marr. Patrick Gordon 2nd of Nethermuir).
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxv, 102; Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds,] (See Kirkforthar.)
WILLIAM LEITH, min. 15th April
1644 1644.
1650
JOHN GELLIE, M.A., marr. 30th Jan.
1649 Maria Jeffrey. — [Aberdeen
Reg.}
THOMAS WEMYSS of Fingask. Marr.
Janet, daugh. of Patrick Wemyss of
Gradney. — [Signature, 19th Dec.
1697.]
KEMNAY
The church pertained to the parsonage
of Kinkell (q.v.}. The pre-Reformation
building, the High Altar of which was
apparent, though built over, was removed
to make way for the present church in
1844. — [McConnochie's Donside, 61.]
SIR JOHN CRISTISON, vicar 1561-3;
1561 chaplain of Kirkinglass. — [Comps.
Gen. and Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
568
KEMNAY— LESLIE
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS GRAY, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1563
JAMES MURRAY, min. 1563; also at
1563 Monymusk- — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN SEATON, min. here before 5th
1641 ^y 1641; Regent and Professor of
Natural Philosophy at Marischal
College dr. 1626-41; nominated Professor
of Divinity at Marischal College 1 1th March
1646, but the nomination does not appear
to have taken effect. — [Recs. of Marischal
College and Univ., i, 130«, 170 and n, 251,
ii, 34, 35.]
DAVID LEITCH, had issue— Marie,
bapt. 4th Nov. 1643; Andrew, bapt.
9th Dec. 1644; George, bapt. 6th Feb.
1648.— [Old Machar Reg.]
ROBERT KELTIE, trans, to Humbie
24th Sept. 1931; died in his garden
14th Sept. 1937. Addl. issue— Janie
Thomson, born 5th Dec. 1925.
(Charges united 3rd Dec. 1929.)
KINTORE
The church pertained to the parsonage of
Kinkell (q.v.}. The present church was
built in 1879. There was a chapel at Hal-
forrest. Lands of the Holy Cross and of
the Holy Rood and the "Lammies Rood"
at Kintore may indicate altars in the church
dedicated to the Holy Cross and to St
Peter in Chains.— [Coll. of the Shires of
Aberdeen and Banff, 249; McConnochie 's
Donside, 37; Sir John Cristison's Prot.
Book, 266, 284, 422; Reg. Mag. Sig., v.
1836.]
JOHN CHALMERS, reader in 1563.—
1563 [ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ANDREW STRACHAN, marr. Jean
Irving (who marr. (2) James Wilson,
Kintore) and had issue — Patrick
(eldest), min. of Dramoir, Ireland; Janet. —
[Aberdeen Sas., xi, 242, 22nd June 1682.]
GEORGE MOIR, his daugh., Agnes
1727 (marr. 27th July 1748).
1649
1833
1920
ROBERT SIMPSON, his sons— William
Lawrence, died at Dunedin 10th
June 1927; Archibald Foote, died
Aberdeen 27th April 1930; David, died
Sydney 3rd April 1936.
WILLIAM ROSS, his daugh., Jane
1843 Anne, died 29th June 1938.
JOHN FRASER, trans, from Monqu-
hitter (q.v.) 10th July 1929; adm. to
United Charge 29th Dec. 1929; trans,
to Dunfermline North 4th July 1929.
FRANK ROBERTSON, trans, from
1929 Monquhitter (q.v.).
(Charges united 3rd Dec. 1929.)
LESLIE
The Church of Leslie was granted to
Lindores Abbey by Norman, Constable of
Inverurie Castle, son of Malcolm, con
firmation by John, Earl of Huntingdon, in
1219-32. At the Reformation the church
was united to the Church of Premnay. The
union was dissolved apparently soon after
29th April 1625. The church was rebuilt
in 1815. There was a chapel at the place
called Chapelton. — [Chart of Lindores, Ivi,
18, 82, 90, 340; Reg. Great Seal, vi, 1032,
vii, 1717, viii, 548, 780.]
SIR THOMAS RAITH, vicar in 1561.
— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, i, 152.]
ANDREW OGILVY, M.A., min. also
1563 at Premnav- — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, reader in 1563,
also at Christ's Church. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc,}
WALTER INNES, pres. to vicarage
23rd Feb. and 25th March 1582-3
on death of Thomas Raith; still in
office 1584.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 86; Reg.
Sec. Sig., Hi, 15.]
WILLIAM FORBES, M.A., min. here,
1580
1600
pres. to Kingoldrum 28th Dec. 1588.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 263.]
ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, his son,
1720 John, died 1820.
GARIOCH]
LESLIE— MONYMUSK
569
JOHN RUSSELL, his daugh., Isabella
1876 Margaret, died 9th March 1936.
JOHN DALGLEISH CARMICHAEL,
dem. 31st Dec. 1934, died 2nd Sept.
1940. Marr. Isa Watson Cameron
Stuart Bayne, died 6th Dec. 1938.
{Charges united \st Jan. 1934.)
MELDRUM or BETHELNIE
The Lady's Well was connected with the
chapel at Chapelharsey dedicated to the
Virgin Mary. — [Mackinlay's Ancient
Church Dedications, 109.]
THOMAS MILL, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1563
WILLIAM FORBES, M.A., min. be
fore 28th Dec. 1588, when he was
pres. to vicarage of Kingoldrum. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix, 261.]
1588
GEORGE LEITH, marr. (2) Anna
Forbes and had issue — Patrick, min.
of Lumphanan.
1643
JAMES CRUICKSHANK EASTON,
1852
his son, Harry Montgomery, W.S.,
died 28th March 1932; his daugh.,
Mary (marr. -. Roger at Balerno Hall,
Balerno).
JOHN CHRISTOPHER NISBET, marr.
15th Sept. 1934 Ella, daugh. of
Robert Anderson; line 6, for " 1914"
read "1915," and line 8, for "1920" read
44 1921"; dem. 27th Nov. 1943.
MONYMUSK
It is said that about 1080 a Culdee priory
was founded here by Malcolm Canmore.
Proceeding upon a military expedition
against the people of Moray, he halted at
Monymusk, and there he made a vow that,
should the expedition prove successful, he
would devote the village to St Andrew and
at it found and endow a priory. He re
turned successful, having secured a blood
less victory through the intervention of
priests; and the priory was duly established.
Before 1200 Gilchrist, Earl of Mar dr.
1 182-121 1, took steps to convert the settle
ment into an Augustinian priory. He built
a cell in the Church of St Mary of Mony
musk where the Culdees were, and con
veyed to the same the Churches of Leochel,
Ruchaven (Logy-Ruthven, Logie-Mar) and
Invernochtie (Strathdon). He also granted
the Church of Alford before 1207. Other
churches belonging to the priory were
Inverdrochit (Braemar), the gift of Duncan,
Earl of Mar 1228-43, and Keig, confirmed
by William, Bishop of St Andrews 1202-38.
In 1211 the Abbots of Melrose and Dry-
burgh, and the Archdeacon of Glasgow,
acting as Papal Delegates, confirmed an
agreement between William, Bishop of St
Andrews, and the Culdees of Monymusk,
which provided that the Culdees have a
prefectory, a dormitory, and an oratory
without a cemetery, and the right of burial
in the cemetery of the parish church, the
rights of the Mother Church being reserved,
and further that there be twelve Culdee
canons, and the thirteenth, Bricius, be the
master or prior, in conformity with the
constitution of the Augustinian Priory of
St Andrews. It may be that the oratory
was situated outside the parish church. In
the first part of the 16th century there
occurs mention of the ' ' Parish Church of
St Mary of Monymusk," of the "Nave of
the Church of the Monastery of Mony
musk," of the "Cemetery of the Parish
Church of Monymusk," and of the
"Cemetery of the Monastery of Mony
musk." In any case the parish church, in
which there was an altar dedicated to St
Michael, was made a Prebend of Aberdeen
in 1445. Of the 12th-century church there
survive in the present church the tower
with Norman doorway, vaulted basement
and Norman arch entering into the church,
and the choir with Norman arch. In 1822
the church was enlarged by the addition of
a north aisle. At the same time the roof
was repaired, the church was equipped
with seats, and the spire of the tower
renewed. In 1890 the spire, then in a
dangerous condition, was removed, and
the existing Norman battlements were
erected by Sir Arthur H. Grant. In the
570
MONYMUSK— OYNE
[PRESB. OF
parish there were three chapels, one at
Balvach near Ton Burn, another west of
the site of the toll-house at Tillyfourie, and
another, dedicated to St Finan, at Aber-
snithock, near Braehead. — [Reg. Priory of
St Andrews, 362-3, 370-1, 372-4; Reg.
Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 16; Sir John Cristison's
Prot. Bk., 28, 61, 81, 136, 138, 144.]
JAMES MURRAY, min. in 1563; pres.
1563
1574
in 1573 on death of John Hay,
Commendator of Balmerino. —
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.;
Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 15.]
JAMES JOHNSTON, pres. in 1574 on
death of John Hay; had issue —
James, M.A. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
(4), 23; Aberdeen Sas., i, 1 Ser. 178.]
ALEXANDER SCROGIE, M.A., pres.
to vicarage and parsonage 20th May
1605 on depriv. of James Johnston.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxvi, 310; Gordonston
Papers. ]
JOHN GELLIE, his widow marr. (2)
1629 Walter Ogilvie, min. of Deskford.
JOHN BURNET, had issue— Isabel,
bapt. 15th March 1680; Jean, bapt.
15th May 1686.
THOMAS HENRY DAWSON, his
1605
1853
widow, Mary Milne, died 8th Dec.
1926.
WILLIAM MEARNS MACPHERSON,
his daugh., Bessie Beadnell, died at
1869
Wells 25th Aug. 1942.
FREDERICK WILLIAM LOVIE, his
widow, Alice Gordon Wyness, marr.
1920
(2) 27th May 1932.
JAMES GRANT FORBES, trans, to
1924 Forteviot 17th May 1927.
ROBERT CAMPBELL MARSHALL,
„ trans, from Ardallie (q.v.) 14th Nov.
1927; died 31st May 1937; had issue
—Duncan, born 1st, died 2nd April 1912;
Hilda Margaret, born 7th April 1916 (marr.
7th Dec. 1940 David Sinclair, 2nd Lieut.
R.A., son of G. B. Tonybee, Rosegarth,
Dalkeith); Eric, born 7th April 1918, died
10th April 1918.
OYNE
There was a Chapel of St Ninian at
Pitmedden.
JOHN LESLIE, D.D.; ind. to parsonage
and vicarage 2nd July 1559; born
1526 or 29th Sept. 1527; said to be
the son of Gavin L., fourth son of Alex
ander L. of Balquhane, but Buchanan calls
him "priest's geitt" (spurious son of a
priest), and Knox calls him "bastard," on
the ground that his father, Gavin Leslie,
parson of Kingussie and Commissary of
Ross, was in priest's orders, and was not
married to his reputed wife, Miss Butter,
daugh. of the laird of Gormack. On 19th
July 1538 a dispensation or legitimation
under papal authority was granted by
Alexander Sutherland, official of Moray,
in favour of John Leslie, scholar in Moray,
enabling him, notwithstanding defect of
birth, to receive holy orders; Canon of
Aberdeen and Ellon; prebendary of Aber
deen, vicar of Dyce; Professor of Canon
Law at Univ. and King's College, Aber
deen; Abbot of Lindores 1564; Bishop of
Ross in Jan. 1565 in succession to Henry
Sinclair; Lord Ordinary of the College of
Justice Jan. 1565; sent to France by the
Catholic Party to offer Queen Mary their
services, and to invite her back; accom
panied her on her return, and afterwards
rendered her service; died at Brussels 3rd
May 1596; said to have had three daughs. —
Janet (marr. Andrew Leslie of New Leslie);
, marr. Richard Irvine; , marr.
-. Cruickshank of Tillymorgan. In 1578
he published his De Origine Moribus et
Rebus Gestis Scotorum. — [Records of the
Leslies, iii, 401-2; Brunton and Haig's
Senators of the College of Justice, 116; both
of which see for full account.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A., parson
before 20th July 1570, died before
21st July 1571.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixi,
12; Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 2222; Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (2), 17.]
JOHN ABERCROMBY, son of Alex-
1571
ander A. of Petmeddan, pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 4th July
1571 on death of Andrew Leslie and
GARIOCH]
OYNE— RAYNE
571
forfeiture of John Leslie, Bishop of Ross.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 17.]
ROBERT BURNETT, Margaret Leslie
1596 was his widow, not his first wife.
JAMES STRACHAN had licence to
marry Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Leith of Newlands.— [Old Machar
Reg., 17th Nov. 1683.]
DUNCAN GEORGE MEARNS, his
1 874 widow, Mary Margaret Agnes Mag
dalen Grant, died at St Andrews
30th Aug. 1931; his sons — William, died at
Ardrossan, Alberta, 20th Oct. 1936; Dun
can George Morrison, died 3 1 st March 1 945.
WILLIAM WATSON, D.D. (Aberdeen,
19Q9 27th March 1929). Addl. Publica
tion — Morals of Scottish Clergy.
(Charges united \2th Aug. 1940.)
PREMNAY
Before 1198 David, Earl of Huntingdon,
founder of Lindores Abbey, gave to that
abbey the Church of Premnay. At the
Reformation the church was united to the
Church of Leslie; and the union continued
till apparently soon after 29th April 1625.
The church was rebuilt in 1792 and re
paired in 1828. There was a Chapel of St
James at Auchleven and a Well of St
Lawrence. — [Chart of Lindores, 3-5; Place
Names of West Aberdeenshire, 304.] (See
Leslie.)
ANDREW OGILVIE, M.A., min. in
1563 1563. (See Leslie.)
JOHN STEWART, his son, Hugh, was
1876
also awarded Croix de Guerre (with
Palms); author of the Official His
tory of the New Zealand Expeditionary
Force; app. Professor of Latin, Leeds
Univ., 1926 and Principal of University
College, Nottingham, 1930; died at sea on
voyage home from New Zealand 22nd
Sept. 1934.
FRANCIS GARDEN, his son, Donald
1912 J°nn' M.A., B.Com., lecturer on
Industrial Administration, Man
chester, died at Manchester 26th June 1943.
JOHN LEISHMAN NELSON, dem.
1918 10th May 1946; died 15th Jan. 1948.
RAYNE
There was at Rotmais a chapel dedicated
to the Virgin Mary. — [Coll. of Shires of
Aberdeen and Banff , 577.]
ANDREW THOMSON, exhorter 1563.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1563
ANDREW SPENS, pres. to vicarage
156 17th Jan. 1567 on death of Sir
Andrew Thomson. — [Reg. Pres.
Bern., i, 2.]
JOHN STRACHAN, pres. to vicarage
1568
2nd July 1568 on death of Sir
Andrew Thomson. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 12.]
ROBERT HEPBURN, vicar.— [Acts
1569 and Dec., xlvi, 487.]
WALTER ABERNETHIE, M.A., had
also a son, Walter, to whom for his
' ' intertainment at scholis ' ' for seven
years, pres. was made 1 8th July 1 590 of the
Chaplainry of Meikle Wartle vacant by
death of Alexander Leslie, parson of Oyne.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixi, 12.]
WILLIAM GREIG, his daugh., Mary
Isabella Harvey, died at Aberdeen
1875
9th June 1945.
1909
JOHN SYMINGTON WEIR, marr.
15th Nov. 1914 Irene Alice Bussell,
and had issue — Elizabeth Irene,
born 7th March 1916; Evangeline Mary,
born 28th Jan. 1918; Stephanie Margaret,
born 15th Jan. 1919; Frances Jean, born
17th Aug. 1924.
ALEXANDER REAPER, trans, to
1914 Linwood 16th March 1927.
DONALD ALLAN CAMERON, trans,
from Evie 2nd Sept. 1927; his
daughs. — Ena Macnee, died 7th
Sept. 1932; Catherine Anne, died 4th Sept.
1943.
1927
PRESBYTERY OF ELLON
BARTHOL CHAPEL
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON SUT-
1914 TER, died at Banff 14th July 1939.
WILLIAM GEORGE ROBERTSON,
1925 trans, to Cullen 28th Sept. 1927.
JOHN DAWSON MACLEAN, trans.
fr°m Maryton (tf-v-) 12th Jan. 1928;
trans, to Finzean 21st Feb. 1935.
CRUDEN
ALEXANDER TRAIL, reader 1563.—
1563 \Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
WILLIAM DUNBAR, M.A.; after his
deposition he lived in Peterhead,
where, June 1719 to June 1720 and
later, he conducted services in his own
house at the time of public worship in the
church, and performed other ministerial
functions, particularly on 30th Sept. 1720,
delivering a seditious discourse at the inter
ment of Sir William Keith of Ludquharn
in the choir of the church; later, after he
became Bishop of Moray, he took part in
the duties of the episcopal church at Peter-
head, but not as pastor. — {Justiciary Recs.\
I. T. Findlay's Hist, of Peterhead, 166-7.]
JAMES WARDLAW, he encountered
bitter opposition, led by Mr Wil
liam Ogilvie, chamberlain to the
Countess of Errol, being "inhumanly
treated, few or none in the parish durst
avowedly and openly converss with him,
the usual and necessary service due to the
minister, yea. the necessary supports of
human life were denied to him in the
parish, so that he was obliged to provide
himself from neighbouring parishes, and
at last necessitated to leave the place." —
[Justiciary Records.}
JOHN WEBSTER, also met keen
1720 °PPosition» and m 1721 a crave for
the "speedy redress of his insup
portable grievances" was presented to the
justices. — [Justiciary Records. ]
ALEXANDER PHILIP, his son, Alex-
ander, L.LB., solicitor, Brechin,
died 21st Jan. 1932.
JOHN MACQUEEN, his son, John
1915 Gordon McGirr, died 6th July 1938.
ELLON
To God, the Virgin Mary, St Machar,
and Matthew, Bishop of Aberdeen, the
church with pertinents was granted by
Malcolm IV on 21st Aug. 1 164. Apparently
in the early part of his reign Robert I gave
the patronage of the church to Kinloss
Abbey, the abbot and convent having to
pay to a perpetual chaplain in St Mary's
Cathedral, Aberdeen, 100 sh. yearly, find
him an honest habit for his use in the choir,
and have a house built for him. In 1320
Henry, Bishop of Aberdeen, made an
appropriation of the church, the fruits of
which, it is narrated, were by a former
bishop divided into two portions, the rector
taking the tithes of corn, and the vicar the
tithes of lambs, wool, cheeses, and all
oblations, funeral and other parochial dues.
Bishop Henry appropriated to the abbot
and convent the rectory which had been
and continued to be their patronage, to
gether with the said tithes of corn, the
appropriation to take effect upon the
resignation or death of the rector. Upon
the resignation of William Comyn of
Buchan, the abbot and convent entered
upon possession of the rectory and tithes,
and, as stated in the Papal Confirmation of
the appropriation, 29th July 1376, "have
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ELLON
573
held them for 56 years." In 1328, conse
quent upon the resignation of Sir Robert
de Peebles, vicar of the church, a concordat
was made between Bishop Henry and the
abbot and convent, in virtue of which the
bishop apportioned the fruits of the
vicarage thus — 24 merks annually, through
the hands of the abbot and convent, for a
prebendary and canon created anew by the
bishop in the Cathedral Church of Aber
deen, with a stall in the choir and inclusion
in the chapter; 4 merks annually, out of the
foregoing 24 merks, for a deacon to serve
in the stall; 100 sh. salary for a chaplain in
said cathedral church; and the cure of
Ellon to be served by a vicar who shall
continually reside there, and have a manse
with garden. In or about 1532 the church
was remodelled and embellished by Thomas
Crystall, Abbot of Kinloss. He placed in
the church an altar piece ' ' which combined
statuary with painting as in the Chapel of
B.V.M. at Kinloss." and added several
vestments. At the same time he built an
abbot's palace, probably at the place called
Abbotshall, near to which are the Abbot 's
Haugh and the Abbot's Well in the vicinity
of Mains of Waterton. In the first quarter
of the 18th century the church was de
scribed as being in the form of a cross,
having a choir, nave, and transepts, one
transept for the Cheynes of Esslemont, and
the other for the Bannermans of Elsick,
and then for the Forbeses of Waterton.
The church passed out of use in 1 777, and
all that now remains is part of the chancel
wall, divided into three compartments. The
left compartment commemorates Alex
ander Annand of Auchterellon, who died
9th July 1601, and his wife, Margaret
Fraser (daugh. of Alexander Fraser, 7th of
Philorth, and widow of Alexander Cumyn
of Inverallochy), who died Aug. 1602, and
bears their arms; the centre compartment
is now blank, save that it has the Annand
arms with motto "Sperabo," the shield
being flanked respectively by "DDA" and
"obiit 1326"; and the right compartment
is to the memory of Alexander Annand of
Auchterellon, son of the foresaid Alexander
A., and his wife, Margaret Cheyne, daugh.
of the laird of Esslemont, the dates of
deaths being blank, and likewise bears
their arms. Built into the south wall there
is a sculptured stone, indicating the site of
the Waterton transept, and bearing the
inscription, "Built by T. F. of W., son to
W. F. of Tolqn., and J. R., daut. to Bal-
main, in 1637. Rebuilt by T. F. of W., and
M. M. (Margaret Montgomery) in 1755."
There was in the church an altar of the
Holy Rood; and there were also two fairs,
Rood Fair and Mary Mass Fair. Attached
to the church were four scolocs or scologs,
for whose support there was an endowment
of land divided into four parts. It would
appear that scolocs or scholars — con
vertible terms — were a lower ecclesiastical
order with certain duties in the church
assigned to them, and perhaps directly
connected with training for the priesthood.
Of their lands it is narrated that in 1265
Gamelin, Bishop of St Andrews, let in
lease to Alexander, Earl of Buchan, and
his two sons, his lands of Ellon, which the
Scolocs of Ellon hold, for 2 merks yearly
and certain dues with which the lands were
burdened, with reversion to the bishop on
the deaths of the said Earl and his two sons.
Later, at an inquest held by Walter, Bishop
of St Andrews, in 1387, it was declared by
good men and true that the church lands
in Ellon called the Scoloc lands were of the
yearly value of £15 13s. 4d. stg., and were
worth of old £20 stg., that from these lands
there were to be found for the Parish
Church of Ellon four clerks with copes and
surplices, able to read and sing sufficiently;
that a quarter or quarter part of Easter
Ellon was bound to find a house for the
scholars; that the quarter or i part of
Candellon (Candle-Ellon) was bound twice
in every year to find 24 wax candles for the
perch before the High Altar; and that a
quarter or i part of Ferley was bound to
find a smithy for Ellon. The inquest
further shows that the scolocs were heridi-
tary owners admitted to their heritage by
ordinary legal seisin; but they held off the
bishop, and the practice was that the heir
of a deceased scoloc should be entered in
his heritage by the bailef of the lands with
out a letter of inquest from the overlord.
It would appear, therefore, that in 1387 the
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[PRESB. OF
lands had been diverted from their original
purpose, being held by laymen, while the
scoloc's office in the church was performed
by substitutes for whom the scoloc lands
had to make provision. There was a chapel
at Chapelton at Esslemont; and the Chapel
of Udny was also attached to the church.
On 4th Oct. 1547 Francis Cheyne was
appointed by the Bishop of Aberdeen to
the office of Clerk of the Parish Church in
succession to his late brother, Patrick
Cheyne. The present church was built in
1777, repaired in 1828, and renovated and
decorated in 1876 and again in 1907.—
[Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 7-8, 134, 177;
Collections of the Shires of Aberdeen and
Banff, 308-9, 311-12; Spalding Club; Misc.
ofSpalding Club, v, 36-62; Trans, of Aber
deen Eccles. Soc., 1889, 23-5, 15-16;
Pratt 's Buchan, 437, 442-7; Book ofBuchan,
341; Macfarlane's Geog. Collections, iii,
226; Thanage of Fermartyn, 482-9; Records
of Kinloss, Pref., xlvi, 121; Cal. of Papal
Registers, Letters, iv, 225-6.]
ALEXANDER OGILVY, min. 1563,
and at Fyvie, Tarves and Methlick.
— [Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JOHN RAY, reader, 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN GREIG, reader 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JAMES CHEYNE, servitor to Lord
Regent; pres. to Prebendary of
Ellon 25th Oct. 1575 on death of
John Chalmers.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
38.]
JOHN HERIOT, pres. to vicarage 1st
March 1588-9 on death of Walter,
1588
Abbot of Kinloss, last vicar. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., lix, 46.]
1678
WALTER STEWART, he marr. Eliza
beth Forbes (died 1st April 1750) on
16th Oct. 1681; his daugh., Mar
garet, died in 1771 and before 12th Sept.;
her husband, Charles Gordon, was grand
son of Thomas Gordon of Cloves and
Monaughty, and great-grandson of Sir
William G., 6th of Lesmoir; and was served
heir to his father, Alexander G., of Cloves
20th May 1718; he, along with his wife and
his son William, acquired Fetterangus
from Charles Morrison 20th July 1733. —
[Ellon Reg.; House of Gordon, ii, 74-6.]
1872
THOMAS YOUNG, his daughs.—
Dorothy Mary (marr. 16th Dec.
1933 Paymaster Commander Fred
erick R. Mack, R.N., O.B.E.); Eileen, died
at London 2nd Feb. 1935.
1923
HAMILTON DAVID FORRESTER
DUNNETT, dem. 28th Dec. 1947;
his son, William Fleming, B.A.,
C.A., Madrid. Publication — Ivnera'an, a
Strathspey Parish.
(Charges united 28th Dec. 1947.)
FOVERAN
In 1261 Alexander, Earl ofBuchan, gave
to six poor prebends at Newburgh £ acre of
land at the manse and precincts which lies
between the manse of the chaplain on the
east and the port of the said town, to cele
brate Mass in the chapel of the said town,
for his own soul, and the soul of Isabella,
his countess, and the souls of all the faith
ful.— [Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 276.]
DAVID LORD, reader, 1563.— [Comps.
1563 Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN SEATON had charter of
Schethin from George Seaton of
Schethin.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., x, 1655;
Aberdeen Sas., xvii, 421.]
1648
JOHN ROSS, had issue— John, bapt.
25th Aug. 1671; Margaret (marr.
1667
James Lorimer).
1692
JAMES GORDON, became episcopal
min. at Montrose 1696-9; rector of
Hawnby, Yorks, 1703; had issue —
George, bapt. 6th Oct. 1696.— [Old Mac har
Reg.}
JAMES GILCHRIST, marr. Ann,
1727 daugh. °f William Fraser of In-
verallochy, and had issue — John,
bapt. 27th Feb. 1730.
ELLON]
FOVERAN— METHLICK
575
WILLIAM STRACHAN WATT, his
son, James Peter, died at Aberdeen
1840
22nd March 1933.
JOHN SMEATON LOUTIT, his widow,
1880
Susan Abernethy Harvey, died 7th
March 1930.
THOMAS McWILLIAM, dem. 18th
1912
May 1931, died Aberdeen 14th Dec.
1936; his widow, Helen Porteous
Murray, died 24th Nov. 1948.
(Charges united 6th Dec. 1931.)
LOGIE BUCHAN
The present church was erected in 1787.
Logyn-Talargy, the old name of the parish,
contains the name of St Talorgan. In 1275
the church was designated Logyntalargy.
The latter part of the name denotes St
Talarican or Talorgan, who may have been
the saint prior to St Andrew. In the second
part of the 14th century the designation is
Logie-in-Buchan, in the middle of the 16th
century it is Logic, and in the early part of
the 17th century it is Logye-upon-Ethen-
syde. — [Theiner's Vet. Mon., Ill; Reg.
Great Seal, iv, 1422, vi, 1858, vii, 1032,
1927; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 298.]
JOHN STRACHAN, exhorter.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber-
. i
deen, etc.]
JOHN CHEYNE, M.A., pres. to par-
1583
sonage and vicarage 30th Dec. 1583
on death of Alexander Arbuthnott.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 95.]
THOMAS BISSET, M.A., without a
1593 cnar&e> Pres- to parsonage and
vicarage 9th May 1593, vacant by
inability of John Cheyne. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixv, 63.]
JOHN REID, son of James R., min. of
Banchory Ternan; min. here 5th
July 1594; his wife, Isabel Meldrum,
buried Auld Kirk, Aberdeen, 20th June
1621.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi, 166.]
PATRICK GUTHRIE, son of Alex
ander G. of Kincaldrum; Regent,
1626
King's College, 1602, Sub- Principal
1610. Marr. pro. 14th June 1613 Jane
Blackburn.
ALEXANDER GORDON, took epi
scopal ordination and was assistant
here 1st Oct. 1695, when he was
appointed Humanist at King's College; he
continued in that office till his death in Dec.
1738. Marr. Barbara, daugh. of John
Colsone of Ardo.— [Old Machar Reg., 16th
Dec. 1704.]
1889
WILLIAM FRANK SCOTT, his
widow, Henrietta Porteous Hardy,
died at London 21st July 1947.
JAMES COUTTS, died 29th Jan. 1933;
his daughs. — Emily Isabel, North of
Scotland Agricultural College; Pa
tricia Jane, M.A., Medical Missionary,
Zamba (marr. 8th Aug. 1933 Thomas
Price, M.A., Clydebank).
METHLICK
The Chapel of St Ninian and its church
yard disappeared about the beginning of
the nineteenth century.
THOMAS BURNETT, parson 1563.—
1560
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, parson
1563
and vicar; also at Tyrie. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
ALEXANDER OGILVY, M.A., min.
1563 (See Ellon, Tarves, Fyvie.)
NICOL SMYT, reader, 1563 and 1567.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1563
1583
WALTER STEWART, M.A., pres. in
1582 and 1583 on death of Thomas
Burnett.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 87.]
ROBERT OGILVIE, M.A.; his wife,
Isobel Adie, died (buried 18th April
1667).— [Aberdeen Reg.}
ALEXANDER CLARK, M.A.; his
1683
widow, Ann Garden (buried 19th
Jan. 1729); had issue — Anna, bapt.
15th Oct. 1685; Jean, bapt. 6th Nov. 1686;
576
METHLICK— TARVES
[PRESB. OF
Alexander, bapt. 25th Nov. 1687; Isobell,
bapt. 30th Dec. 1688; William, bapt. 7th
May l691.—[Methlick Reg.]
JOHN MULLIGAN, issue by first
marriage — William, bapt. 17th Aug.
U04.—[Methlick Reg., Old Machar
Reg.}
1704
1839
JAMES WHYTE, his son, George
Gordon, died at Aberdeen 21st Dec.
1934; his daughs. — Anne Murray,
died at Aberdeen 9th March 1927; Cathe
rine (Mrs Parr), died at Aberdeen 8th July
1934; Mary, died at Aberdeen 18th Aug.
1935; Eleanor (Mrs Smith), died 17th Jan.
1945.
CHARLES GORDON MACKENZIE,
1906
dem. 24th June 1924; adm. to West
Church, Crieff, 24th Feb. 1928.
ROBERT WILSON FORBES, died 23rd
1925
Feb. 1928; his widow, Alice Vic
toria Dickie, died 29th Jan. 1932.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, trans.
1928
from Gartly (q.v.) 6th Sept. 1928;
died 21st July 1945.
(Charges united \6th July 1933.)
SLAINS
By charter of 19th Aug. 1498 James IV
granted the church to the Univ. of Aber
deen for the advancement of the Sciences,
and building and repairing the university;
and for the support of two chaplains in the
college church. This was confirmed by
Bishop Elphinstone on 7th Dec. 1498, and
by Alexander, Earl of Buchan, on 12th
Nov. 1499; and on 7th Dec. of the latter
year the bishop united the church to the
university. The Church was rebuilt in 1599;
and the present church was built in 1806
and renovated in 1882. In the churchyard
stands a portion of the old church — an
aisle which formed the burial-place of the
Earls of Errol from 1631 to \758.—[Reg.
Mag. Sig., ii, 2442; Fasti Aberdonenses, 26,
27, 28.]
JAMES RUST, hisdaugh., Elizabeth,
1840 died at Edinburgh 4th Sept. 1939.
JOHN OGILVIE, his widow, Mary Ann
IRQ? Munro Menzies, died 2nd Feb.
1929; his son, Ian, born 23rd May
1886.
DAVID NORMAN MASSON, trans,
to Kilmarnock, High Church, 23rd
June 1927.
1919
JAMES ROSS, trans, from Finzean
(q.v.) 22nd Sept. 1927; trans, to
Glenbuchat 24th Oct. 1946.
FORVIE
JOHN STEVENSON, still in office 1564.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
TARVES
The Church of Tarves with the Chapel
of Futhcul appears in the confirmation
charter of John, Bishop of Aberdeen
1200-7, to Arbroath Abbey. The Chapel
of Futhcul appears to be identical with the
chapel that existed in what is now part of
the parish of Barthol-Chapel (q.v.). The
old church was described in 1730 as a choir
with two aisles, one aisle of the Gordons of
Haddo, and the other of the Forbeses of
Tolquhon. The remains of the latter aisle
is in the centre of the churchyard. On the
tomb are the Forbes and Gordon arms,
with the initials W. F. (William Forbes of
Tolquhon) and E. G. (his wife, Elizabeth
or Elspet Gordon, daugh. of George G. of
Lesmoir), and the date 1589. Upon the
scroll of the Forbes arms is the Tolquhon
motto, "Salus per Christum"; and above
the Gordon arms are the words "dochter
to Lesmoir." — [Reg. of Arbroath, vetus,
136; Thanage of Fermartyn, 370-3, 382.]
1563
DONALD REOCH, reader, 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ALEXANDER OGILVY, min. 1563.—
1563 \-ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Aber-
Fyvie.)
deen, etc.] (See Methlick, Ellon and
ELLON]
TARVES— UDNY
577
1593
JAMES ORD, M.A., pres. to vicarage
20th Feb. 1593^ on death of
Alexander Ogilvie. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvi, 70.]
WILLIAM FORBES, line 2, for
1 706 " Thomas ' ' read ' ' John. ' '
ALEXANDER WOOD McNAIR,
1917 trans, to St Boswells 23rd Jan. 1929.
1929
JAMES MURRAY, born Bucksburn,
Newhills, 20th March 1905, son of
Robert Ririe M. and Jeannie Ed
wards; educ. at Robert Gordon's College,
Aberdeen, and Univs. of Aberdeen and
Edinburgh, M.A. (1926); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 2nd May 1929; assistant
Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh; ord. 18th
July 1929; trans, to St Mark's, Greenock,
19th May 1947. Marr. (1) 15th Dec. 1931
Lily Knowles, M.A. (died 17th June 1934),
daugh. of Alexander Anderson Pirie, M.A.,
Tarves, and Mary Knowles, and had issue
— Elspeth Ann, born 2nd Dec. 1932; Jean
Bridget, born 9th May 1934; marr. (2) 20th
July 1942 Margaret Barclay Rogers.
UDNY
On llth Nov. 1406 Ronald de Uldeny
(Udny) granted to a chaplain serving in
the Chapel of the Holy Trinity of Uldeny,
for the soul of Patrick de Uldeny, his
father, all his lands with pertinents, on
which the old Chapel of Uldeny was
situated, his lands between the waters of
the Brony and the Couly, the lands which
the hermit possessed by leave of his father,
the brew-house of Uldeny with the pas
ture on the common of Uldeny for a
mare, a pig, twelve cattle, and forty
sheep, and an annual rent of 33s. 4d.
from the lands of Auchinloun (Auchlown).
— [Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 209.]
ALEXANDER MYLNE, M.A., his
daugh., Agnes, buried 17th Feb.
1724.— [Old Machar Reg.}
1682
ROBERT INNES, marr. Elizabeth,
1722 daugh. of Gordon of Shielagreen.
JOHN LESLIE, his son, Alexander
ocn Milne Leslie of Pittruchie, died 9th
Sept. 1937.
ALEXANDER SPENCE, his daugh.,
Johanna, M.A., Cults; his widow,
Agnes Morton Barclay, died at
Cults 19th March 1940, aged 94.
ROBERT WILSON, trans, to St An-
1923 drew's, Perth, 30th Sept. 1927.
1928
WILLIAM McNUTT, trans, from
Olrig (q.v.) 22nd Feb. 1928; adm. to
united charge 10th May 1931. Addl.
issue — Donald Campbell, born 6th May
1928; Alistair Bain, born 13th June 1932.
(Charges united \Qth May 1931.)
2O
PRESBYTERY OF DEER
ABERDOUR
In "ye yle" of the church there was an
altar dedicated to Our Lady of Pity. An
inscription on the outside of the south wall
of the present church, near the village,
bears that it was erected in 1818 by John
Dingwall Esq., of Brucklay, patron and
principal heritor of the parish, and Charles
Forbes Esq., of Auchmedden. What re
mained of the chapel at Chapel Den was
removed in 1855, and the site ploughed up.
— [Pratt 's Buchan, 314; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xxxv, 80.]
WILLIAM MASON, M.A., min. in
1563 1563.—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, school-
master and reader 1563, probably
identical with Alexander Ramsay
who on 24th Sept. 1566 held the chaplainry
of Our Lady of Pity in the church. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xxxv, 80; Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen.}
DAVID HOWISON, pres. in 1577 on
death of Robert Carnegy. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixix, 128.]
GEORGE CLARK, marr. (1) Magdalen
Forbes, probably of Pitnycalder
(died 1629), and had issue— William,
doctor; (2) Jean Ogston of the family of
Auchmaleddie near Strichen.
WILLIAM RAMSAY, marr. Janet
1651
Mowat. — [Deeds Mack, 1705, No.
429.]
CHARLES BINNIE, his son, Harry,
one of the Brethren of Trinity
1884
House, London.
ALEXANDER GODSMAN CATTO,
1920 trans, to Duffus 1st Dec. 1926.
WILLIAM POTTER, ord. to Gardens-
1927 tOWn 25th Sept< 1912; trans' to
Sheuchan fo.v.) 17th May 1916;
trans, to Ordiquhill 31st May 1918; trans,
and adm. 18th March 1927; found drowned
near manse 1st July 1936.
(Charges united 24th June 1930.)
ARDALLIE
ROBERT CAMPBELL MARSHALL,
1909 trans, to Monymusk 14th Nov. 1927.
CHARLES MACDONALD, formerly
1Q2R of Appin (q.v.\ trans, from Enzie
4th April 1928; died at St Madoes
12th Feb. 1947; his wife, Helen Milne, died
23rd Oct. 1927; his son, Hector Kennedy,
min. of St Madoes; his daugh., Mora
(marr. 30th Aug. 1936 Robin Ingram
Mitchell, min. of Haddington West); Helen
Milne (marr. 17th July 1925 William
Wilson Dunlop of Beardmores Ltd., Dal-
muir); Margaret Jessie (marr. 2nd Dec.
1941 John Young Simpson, min. of
Chalmer's Church, Wishaw).
BLACKHILL
ALEXANDER BLACK, his father
schoolmaster of Cruden; dem. 17th
Nov. 1931; died 28th Nov. 1932; his
widow, Jeannie Russell, died 29th Dec.
1940.
BODDAM
WILLIAM McHARDY, dem. 30th
1901 June 1938, died 18th May 1941.
CRIMOND
The present church was built in 1812. In
the churchyard, the writer of the New
Statistical Account tells us, part of a wall
of the old church, in which was a "font
578
PRESB. OF DEER]
CRIMOND— DEER, OLD
579
stone," was still standing in 1845. Prob
ably the "font stone" was the piscina. On
the wall was the date 1576, possibly de
noting that repairs were carried out then.
In this parish was situated the Chapel of
the Virgin in the now defunct Burgh of
Rattray.
ANTHONY TAILZEFAIR, parson,
1563
died before 1573. — [Acts and Dec.,
xxvii, 217, liv, 131.
ARCHIBALD KEITH, pres. in 1573 on
death of Arthur Taylor; brother of
William K. of Ludquharn and son
of Gilbert K. of Ludquharn.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 10.]
SAMUEL KEITH, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 25th Feb.
1595-6 on death of Archibald Keith.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 118.]
JOHN GORDON, trans, from Clatt
before 1st June 1597. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxii, 667.]
WILLIAM HAY, marr. (2) 20th May
1628 1649 Elspet Burnet.
WILLIAM LAW, in 1717-21 he in-
1701 truded in Ellon, preaching in a
meeting-house and performing other
functions of the ministry; had issue — Anna,
buried 24th April 1727. — [Justiciary Recs.,
1717-21, 20th March 1721.]
JOHN GORDON, his daugh., Janet,
1711 bapt. 27th Oct. 1718.
WILLIAM BOYD, his sons— Robert,
17Q7 died Soorabaya 1873; George, died
in Ceylon 21st Nov. 1838.
JOHN CALDER, his sons— John,
1880 Colonial Service, Nigeria; Hew
Maclaren Nevill, M.B., Ch.B.,
Lowestoft; his daughs. — Enid, M.B., Ch.B.;
Margaret Winifred, M.B., Ch.B. (marr. 1st
Nov. 1922 George William Watson,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Distington, Cumber
land).
ROBERT TAYLOR MONTEITH,
1909 trans, to Forgue 9th Sept. 1927.
JAMES WALLACE SIMPSON, born
at Scarfskerry, Dunnett, 20th Sept.
1891, son of Walter Muir S. and
Margaret Wallace; educ. at Bonar Bridge,
Tain Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh,
M.A. (1922); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
19th Dec. 1923; assistant St Bernard's,
Edinburgh; ord. to Calderbank 22nd April
1925; trans, and adm. 1928; trans, to St
Serf's, Alva, 9th July 1930. Marr. 31st Oct.
1930 Catherine Simpson, daugh. of An
drew Faichney.
DEER, OLD
The Celtic Monastery of Deer may have
been situated either where the old parish
church now is, or perhaps at St Colm's
Hillock, about a mile to the south and
almost certainly not on the position of the
later abbey, as the Cistercians usually
sought out new sites for their foundations.
The surviving memorial of the monastery
is the Book of Deer, whose vernacular
entries furnish proof that the monastery
maintained its identity until as late as the
12th century. Whether it was suppressed
to make way for the Cistercian Abbey of
Deer, founded in 1218 by William Cumyn,
first Earl of Buchan, or had already de
cayed, is not clear. About seven years ago
the abbey ruins situated on the left bank of
the South Ugie, some distance west of the
village of Old Deer, were acquired, with
the adjacent grounds, by the Roman
Catholic Church. The ruins have been put
into a condition of preservation; and
excavations have revealed many additional
features of great interest. Until recently a
fair, St Drostan's, was held in the parish in
December. Sir William Grantully was
vicar of Deer on 14th Dec. 1541, when his
natural son, Mr James, received letters of
legitimation.
There was a chapel at Knevin. The
"Lady's Well" is situated in a hollow
between Bruxie and Clachriach; and on the
west side of the hill of Dens was "Anna's
Well," possibly indicating St Anne, the
reputed mother of the Virgin Mary.
The present Church was built in 1788,
and in 1880-1 it was reseated and the tower
580
DEER, OLD— FETTERANGUS
[PRESS. OF
was erected. In 1898 the church was in
ternally remodelled. In or about 1403
Robert III granted to the Abbot and Con
vent of Deer all the Great Custom of the
whole wool of their own sheep and of the
teind of the Church of Deer, not exceeding
20 sacks, for perpetual celebrations an
nually and daily at the Altar of St Michael
in the church of the abbey, for his own
soul, the souls of Elizabeth Mure and
Anabella (Drummond), late queen, and of
the Duke of Rothesay, etc. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xv, 55; Pratt 's Buchan, 125, 11 In;
Coll. for the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff,
397, Spalding Club; Lawson's Book of the
Parish of Deir, 11-12; Reg. Great Seal, i,
App. ii, 1836; Excheq. Rolls, iii, 631.]
JOHN WARDLAW, M.A., son of John
W., burgess of Edinburgh, was pres.
to the Prebendary of Deer 1st Feb.
1576-7 on death of Walter Chalmers; was
still in office 29th Dec. 1612.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 55; Reg. of Deeds, Hay, 19th
Dec. 1612.]
ABRAHAM SIBBALD, pres. by
George, Earl Marischal. — [Acts and
Dec., cxiii, 227.]
1581
ALEXANDER MARTIN, his son,
1635 James, bapt. 29th Oct. 1633; his
daugh., Jean (marr. Patrick Strachan
tailor in Aberdeen).
ROBERT KEITH, marr. 19th June 1645
Euphemia Kinnear. — [St Andrews
f^ 1
Reg.}
ALEXANDER GAIRDYNE, marr.
1665 July 1666.— [Clatt Session Record.}
GEORGE KEITH, M.A.; his son,
Alexander, M.A. (Marischall Col
lege, 1726), was dep. by the Presb.
of Ellon from the office of schoolmaster at
Cruden, but "continues to keep a school
in the parish (Cruden), outhounds his
scholars to injure and molest the legally
established minister and his family, ' ' beat
ing his horse at pasture, destroying "the
fruits of his yard, ' ' throwing stones at the
door of the manse, and making up ' ' ryms ' ' ;
though informed of the guilty persons, he
refused to chastise them; and under pre
tence of Orders from " exauctorated
Bishops," he and Mr Cook, Chaplain to
the Countess of Errol, took up a meeting
house in Cruden, where they preached, and
also performed baptisms and marriages, in
1718-19 and Jan.-Feb. 1720. He marr.
(cont. 19th Oct. 1726) Elizabeth, daugh. of
John Irvine of Kingcausie. — [Justiciary
Records, 1717-21.]
WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE, late epi-
1?19 scopal min., dep. by the Presb. of
Deer, intruded here, preached and
dispensed communion in a meeting-house
near the church and discharged other func
tions of the ministry Dec. 1719 to Feb.
1 72 1 . — [Justiciary Records. }
ALEXANDER LAWSON, his widow,
Elizabeth Laing Stewart, died 10th
July 1936.
(Charges united 24th June 1930.)
FETTERANGUS
The confirmation charter of Adam de
Crail, Bishop of Aberdeen 1207-28, to
Arbroath Abbey includes the Church of
Muirhugin (St Fergus) with the Chapel of
Fetheranus (Fetterangus); probably, there
fore, the chapel was included by implica
tion in the grant of the Church of Inverugin
to Arbroath by Radulf le Naym or Neym
as confirmed by charter of King William the
Lion 1165-1214. Fetterangus became a
parish later; and after the Reformation it
was under the charge of the min. of St
Fergus, who gave supply every third Sab
bath until 1618, when Fetterangus was
united to Deer. On 6th Oct. 1589 George,
Earl Marischal, and his son, William, re
ceived a Crown charter of the patronage of
the parsonage and vicarage; and the church
lands belonged to William Keith of Ludqu-
harn to whom in 1607 his grandson, Wil
liam, was served heir. The patron saint
may have been St Angus, a disciple of St
Columba, associated with Balquhidder, the
name, on this basis, being Angus ' fetter, a
slope or terraced declivity, as here. The
ruins of the church, 33 by 12 feet, stand
near the north side of the churchyard,
DEER]
FETTERANGUS— FRASERBURGH or PHILORTH
581
which is situated on a slight eminence in a
field about a quarter of a mile south of the
village. There was a local belief that before
the death of an old inhabitant of the place
an unseen bell was heard ringing in the
churchyard. By decreet of the Commission
of Plat, which was dissolved in July 1618,
the parish of Fetterangus was united to
Deer; and the decreet was put into execu
tion by the Presb. of Deer on 12th Nov.
1618.— [Reg. of Arbroath, vet us, 6, 137;
Reg. Great Seal, v, 26th Sept. 1592; Retours,
iv, 123; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 510,
272; Cal. of Papal Reg., Letters, i, 30; Reg.
Epis. of Aberdeen, ii, 247; Macfarlane 's
Geog. Coll., i, 65; Lawson's Book of the
Parish of Deir, 11-12.]
Served by a reader, but vacant 1580. —
1580 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
1599
DAVID ROBERTSON, was a member
°^ Assembly at Aberdeen 1605. —
[Spottiswood's History, 486.]
NEW DEER
The church was erected in 1839, a short
distance north of the site of the old church
built in 1622 by the Earl Marischal and
other proprietors, close to the site of a pre
existing chapel which belonged to the
Abbey of Deer. The old church, to which
an aisle was added in 1773, had a pointed,
richly moulded west doorway. — [Pratt 's
Buchan, 1755-6.]
GILBERT CLERK, had issue— Mar-
1554 garet.
DAVID SIBBALD, his daughs.— Eliza-
6g2 beth, bapt. 15th March 1685;
Catherine, bapt. 12th July 1691,
buried 20th Feb. 1692. Addl. issue— a
daugh. bapt. 7th April 1688; Patrick, bapt.
28th April 1690, buried 20th Feb. 1692;
Sophia, bapt. 7th Dec. 1692; Anna, bapt.
26th Jan. 1696; James, bapt. 9th July 1698;
Camilla, buried 29th July \69S.—[New
Deer Reg.]
GEORGE MAIR, line 3, delete "and
1722
brother of Thomas M., min. of
Orwell. ' '
GEORGE FORBES INNES PHILIP,
1879
his son, James Porter, O.B.E., died
at Aboyne 29th Sept. 1939.
MATTHEW WELSH NEILSON, M.A.,
1924 B.D.; also Ph.D. (Aberdeen, 1928);
as Mr Adams died on the day of
the voting for the colleagueship, procedure
began de novo, the same candidates were
put forward for the Full Charge, and Mr
Neilson, having been selected, was adm. on
16th May 1924.
FRASERBURGH or PHILORTH
At Fingask, south-west of Fraser burgh,
there is a place designated ' ' the College, ' '
in Gaelic Achyseipal, "Field of the
Chapel," denoting that here in early
Christian times there was a community of
clerics whose ab or head directed the supply
of daughter churches. Its site, now com
pletely obliterated, is said to have been
traceable in the early part of last century.
At Chapelton in the same quarter there was
a chapel or cell, with a well, belonging to
the Abbey of Deer. Portions of the walls
of the chapel were still in existence about
a century ago, and somewhat later the well
was drained and filled up.
The Church of Philorth was situated in
the old churchyard at Kirkton, on the links
to the south of Fraserburgh. The church,
built in Fraserburgh in 1571 by Sir Alex
ander Fraser of Philorth, the founder of the
burgh, was cruciform. It was enlarged in
1628, and further repaired sixty years later.
The present church was built in 1802, reno
vated in 1873-4, and considerably re
constructed in 1 898-9. There were of old
chapels at Fingask and Chapelton. —
[Scott 's Pictish Nation, 135; Pratt 's Buchan,
284, Ed. 1901; Pratt 's Buchan, 278; Coll. of
the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, 443.]
ROBERT SMYT, reader in 1563, also
1563 at Rathen.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen.}
DAVID BRODIE, reader in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber-
. -
deen.\
2O*
582
FRASERBURGH or PHILORTH— LONGSIDE
[PRESB. OF
1861
PETER MACLAREN, his daugh.,
Agnes Finlayson (Mrs Davidson),
died at Beildside 2nd Oct. 1934.
WILLIAM NEIL SUTHERLAND,
1919 trans, to Dalmeny 18th June 1926.
1926
DONALD CAMPBELL BRYCE GOR
DON, trans, from Dunrossness
(q.v.) 24th Nov. 1926, died 16th Nov.
1928; his only son, John Macilrick Bryce,
sergeant, R.A.F., killed 10th Sept. 1945.
JOHN KENNEDY MACKENZIE,
192Q
trans- fr°m Stornoway (q.v.) 12th
June 1929, died 10th June 1945.
Addl. issue — Ian Murdo, born 3rd Aug.
1931.
INVERALLOCHY
DUNCAN MACGREGOR, his widow,
1881 ^nn Andrew, died at Dunfermline
1st Feb. 1928; his daugh., Elizabeth
(marr. 29th July 1933 James Christian, son
of Robert Reith Spark, min. of Durris); his
son, Andrew, master, Kirkcudbright Aca
demy.
JAMES COLHOUN, adm. 18th Aug.
1926; trans, to Maud 15th March
1928.
1926
1928
ALEXANDER GILLON, ord. 26th
June 1928; trans, to Kilmun 16th
Aug. 1929.
(Charges united 24th June 1930.)
KININMONTH
There was a chapel, probably dedicated
to St John, situated on the south border of
the old parish of Lonmay, about a mile
from Kininmonth proper. In the first part
of the 18th century there existed remains
of the chapel and the burial-ground, and
the site is still pointed out. The church was
built in 1837.— [Pratt 's Hist, of Buchan,
244, Ed. 1901.]
JAMES SMITH, his sons— John Leslie
1886
Sidney, min. of Langton 25th Sept.
1932; James, M.A., Malayan Civil
Service 1930, Retrenchment Officer 1932;
his daugh., Katherine Elizabeth Mary,
died in Inverness 3rd Jan. 1949.
GEORGE PETRIE, died 25th Sept.
1918 1928.
JOHN RUTHERFORD GREENLAW,
1929 b°m 17th Nov< 1904' eldest son of
John G., min. of Buckie; educ. at
Buckie Secondary School and Univ. of
Aberdeen; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 30th
April 1929; ord. 22nd Aug. 1929; dem. 17th
March 1940. Marr. 19th Dec. 1929 May
Helen Ross (died 7th April 1940) and has
issue — Catherine, born 27th June 1932.
(Kininmonth and New Leeds united 17 th
March 1940.)
LONGSIDE
The church was built about 1620 by
William, Earl Marischal, and rebuilt 1799.
— [Acts Scot. Par!., v, 608/7; Pratt 's Buchan,
207.]
ALEXANDER IRVING, marr. Mar-
1634 garet Guthrie, buried 4th May 1670;
his son, Andrew, apprenticed to
Alexander Anderson, merchant, Edinburgh,
2nd Jan. 1678.
THOMAS ROBERTSON, M.A. Addl.
issue— Grizel, bapt. 19th Jan. 1669;
Elizabeth, bapt. llth Dec. 1669;
William, bapt. 16th May 1675.
1662
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, M.A.;
1687
by sentence of the Justices of 2nd
Jan. 1718 he was ordered to remove
from the church and manse and glebe in
favour of the lawful min., and to give up
the utensils of the church, and was also
forbidden to exercise the functions of the
ministry in the parish; yet he retained the
registers of the church, the mortcloth, and
the bonds and other documents of the poor-
money, troubled and molested the mjn.,
and conducted services in his own house at
Nether Kinmundy, and also bapt., 1718 to
20th Jan. 1721. His son, Alexander, be
came an episcopal min., having been
licensed by "an exauctorate Bishop, ' ' and
conducted services at a meeting-house at
Drumlithie for more than a year prior to
DEER]
LONGSIDE— PETERHEAD
583
Feb. 1717, and intruded in the Church of
Arbuthnott in Oct. 1715. Addl. issue —
Alexander, bapt. 8th Oct. 1690; Lilias,
bapt. 29th Oct. 1691; Arthur, bapt. 13th
May 1694; Christian, bapt. 17th June 1695;
George, bapt. 16th Nov. 1696; James, bapt.
14th March 1698.— [Longside Reg.; Justi
ciary Records, 1712 to 20th March 1721.]
JOHN LUMSDEN, M.A., marr. 3rd
1717
Aug. 1725 Frances, daugh. of
Robert Fullarton, Craighall, Ellon,
with issue — Eupham and Barbara (twins),
bapt. 13th Aug. 1726; Robert, bapt. 18th
Sept. 1727; Mary, bapt. 25th Sept. 1728;
John, bapt. 2nd Oct. 1729; Agnes, bapt.
2nd Nov. 1731.— [Longside Reg.; Ellon
Reg.]
ROBERT CUSHNEY, his widow, Mary
Williamson, died at Sunbury-on-
1877
Thames 24th March 1937.
RICHARD HENDERSON, died 6th
1904
Dec. 1932; his daugh., Elizabeth
Mary (marr. 29th July 1929 Thomas
Westmoreland Forrest of the Anglo-
Ecuadorian Oil Company, South America);
Aileen, M.A. (marr. at Rangoon 4th Feb.
1932 Alexander Grosert Rae, Chank);
Dorothy, M.A. (marr. 22nd April 1930
Alistair Chisholm Mackenzie, M.A., son of
Duncan M., Inverness); daugh. (marr.
James Slater, Braeside, Banffshire); his sons
—Richard Bruce, M.B., Ch.B., Sierra
Leone, born 20th May 1901; George
Andrew Falconer, born 19th March 1895;
his widow, Margaret Falconer, died 26th
Dec. 1946.
LONMAY
The present church was built in 1787.
JAMES GORDON, M.A., parson 14th
1552
July 1552, died before 16th June
1574.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 226;
Spalding Club Mis., iv, 54.]
GILBERT CHISHOLM, min. here,
pres. to parsonage and vicarage 6th
June 1 574 on death of James Gor
don.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 21.]
JAMES FORREST, his widow, Kather-
1878 ine Gray, died 24th July 1939.
JAMES MACDONALD FINLAYSON,
1914 died 17th Aug. 1945.
MAUD
The church was built and opened in 1876.
WILLIAM COWIE, app. 15th June
1883
1883; his widow, Christian Ewen
Simpson, died 6th Oct. 1 944; his son,
Alexander Ross Murison, rector of Marr
College, Troon; his daugh., Mabel Mar
garet, M.A. ("Lesley Storm"), the novelist
(marr. 21st July 1921 James Thomson
Doran Clark, M.B., Ch.B., London); his
son, William, min. of Strathdon.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, trans, to St
1919 Mary's, Hawick, 23rd Nov. 1927.
JAMES COLHOUN, born Londonderry
1928
7th July 1867, son of Robert C. and
Annie Walker; educ. at London
derry Academical Institution and Univ. of
Magee College; licen. by Presb. of Derry
April 1893; ord. to Benvarden 20th Dec.
1893; trans, to Glassville, New Brunswick,
Canada, 26th Nov. 1912; trans, to Castle
Bellingham, Co. Louth, Ireland, 14th
March 1917; adm. to Inverallochy 18th
Aug. 1926; trans, and adm. 15th March
1928; trans, to Green bank, Co. Derry, 25th
Sept. 1932; died 2nd Nov. 1941. Marr. 3rd
June 1903 Ellen, daugh. of David Camac,
min. of Boyle Presbyterian Church, Con-
naught, and has issue — Robert Eric Camac,
born 16th July 1908.
(Charges united 26th Oct. 1932.)
PETERHEAD
The ruins of the old church are situated
in the churchyard on the links. They con
sist of the side walls of the chancel, the
entire chancel arch, and a square tower in
the centre of the west wall of the nave. The
chancel is Norman; the remainder of later
style. The old church was replaced by a
building erected in the town in 1770; and
the latter in turn was succeeded by the
present church, which has this inscription:
584
PETERHEAD— PETERHEAD EAST
[PRESB. OF
"Founded, 25th May 1804: Opened, 14th
August 1 806. ' ' At what is now known as
Windmill Brae there was a settlement
called Monksholm which may have been
a chapel or cell connected with the Abbey
of Deer. Excavations have revealed frag
ments of a wall or pavement and sculptured
stones and many slates. Near this is the
Abbot's Well.— [Pratt 's Hist, of Buchan,
4 Ed., 82/z.]
SIR PATRICK OGSTON, vicar 1562-3.
1562
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ARCHIBALD REID, reader in 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
THOMAS BISSET, pres. 8th Oct. 1594
1585
on death of Patrick Ogilvie. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 23.]
JOHN CHALMERS, his son, George,
1664 bapt. 7th June 1669.
1682
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, M.A.; he
is said to have been a cadet of the
Barclays of Gartly. In 1695 he was
discharged by Parliament on his renuncia
tion of his protest against the Commission
of the General Assembly in Aberdeen in
1694; described as "tenant in Prora" in
1 695, and he was designated as * ' formerly ' '
min. at Peterhead in 1696, when he was
resident in the town with his wife, family,
and mother-in-law; in Oct. 1704 he intruded
in Auchterless. With the help of Rev. John
Barclay, formerly min. at Edrom, and Rev.
Alexander Hepburn, formerly min. at St
Fergus, he opened an episcopal meeting
house in Peterhead 21st Sept. 1706, at what
is now No. 3 Port Henry Lane (off the
Longate); for said intrusion he was ordered
by the Synod on 12th May 1708 to compear
before the Presb., and as he appeared only
by procuration and not personally at the
Presb. on 2nd Jan. 1709 he was declared
contumacious by the Presb. and also dis
charged from exercising any part of the
ministerial office either in Peterhead or in
the bounds of the Presb. — said sentence to
be intimated to him. Along with Rev.
Alexander Hepburne he served the Church
of Peterhead after the Pretender landed
there on 2nd Dec. 1714, and kept possession
several months, conducted episcopal ser
vices, prayed for King James, and read the
Proclamation levying men for his service —
for which he was dep. in 1716. He died
apparently before Aug. 1721, when Mr
Alexander Cumming was episcopal incum
bent at Peterhead. Marr. Margaret, daugh.
of William Burnet, min. at Insch, and
had issue — Marie, bapt. 8th Feb. 1683;
George, bapt. 14th Nov. 1685; William,
bapt. 17th Oct. 1687; Alexander, bapt. 23rd
July 1689; Alexander, bapt. 22nd March
1693; Marie, bapt. 30th Sept. 1695; his
daugh., Jean, had no second marriage. —
[Recs. of Presb. of Deer, 1708-9; Memo.,
Rev. Dr M. Welsh Neilson, Presb. Cl.;
Acts Scott. Parl., ix, 4230; Aberdeen Poll
Tax Roll, i, 572; Reg. of Deeds Mack., 6th
Oct. 1720; Memo., Rev. E. F. Esson, M.A.,
B.Sc., Rector, Episcopal Church, Peter-
head; Burke 's Landed Gentry, 1939, 909;
Justiciary Records, 1717-21, 20th March
1721; Findlay's Hist, of Peterhead, 166-7.]
HUGH DOUGLAS SWAN, his daughs.
— Dorothy Fortune (marr. llth
May 1948 George D. Miln, War-
rington, Lancashire); Norah Kathleen
(marr. William G. Miln).
PETERHEAD EAST
ALBERT ALEXANDER DIACK,
1915
1921
trans, to St Bernard's, Edinburgh,
7th July 1926.
JOHN ANDREW INGLIS, born 2nd
June 1890, son of John Inglis, tweed
designer, and Isabella Turnbull;
educ. at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (June
1912); served in France as Captain in Black
Watch; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 1917;
ord. to Rosewell 13th May 1919; trans, and
adm. 12th Nov. 1926; trans, to Carnbee
22nd Nov. 1929. Marr. (1) 25th Nov. 1917
Isabella Wear, daugh. of Thomas Douglas
and Mary Wear; she died 20th Jan. 1938
and had issue — Muriel Douglas, born 5th
Jan. 1919; John Gladstone, born 2nd Jan.
1926; (2) 23rd Dec. 1940 Nancy Miller,
daugh. of James Wilson and widow of John
Monro Garlick.
DEER]
PITSLIGO— RATHEN
585
PITSLIGO
The church was built about 1603 by Sir
Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo, afterwards
Lord Pitsligo. In the sands a little south of
Pitsligo Castle there was a chapel believed
to have been dedicated to the Nine Maidens.
Near it was a spring of the same name.
The priest's house is said to have stood
near by at a spot called the Priest's Knowe.
Tradition also tells of a burying-ground
there. The walls of the old church, which
had mingled features of Gothic and Renais
sance work, are still standing. The lower
part of the south or "Pitsligo" aisje was
the burial-vault of the Pitsligo family, and
it has now been enclosed, its oak door
having a brass plate with an inscription
recording the members of the family, in
cluding the founder of the church who died
in 1636, interred in the vault. The present
church was built in 1 890, in Early English
style of the 13th century, with a nave,
three-sided apse, north transept, and a
south aisle or transept, which is an exact
reproduction of the Pitsligo aisle of the old
church. In this aisle has been fitted the
beautifully carved woodwork of the old
aisle, regarded as one of the best extant
examples of Jacobean Scottish woodwork,
and probably executed under the guidance
of Dutch woodcarvers. The aisle has also
an alcoved roof with panels containing
coats of arms carved in oak, and with
elaborately carved pendants. These also
belonged to the old church, as did also
samples of old pew-panelling which, re
covered from various quarters, have been
fitted into the pulpit and otherwise distri
buted in the new church. — [Mackinley's
Ancient Church Dedications in Scotland, i,
17; Pratt 's Hist. ofBuchan, 4 Ed., 288.]
DUNCAN FORBES, had issue— John,
1 647 died unmarr. ; Duncan in Ackenway ;
George, merchant, Aberdeen; Alexander,
min. of Dyke; Margaret in Moy, died un
marr. 1703; Mary (marr. George Stewart,
provost of Banff).
WILLIAM SWAN, M.A.; in 1718 to
Jan. 1721 he conducted a meeting
house in the parish. — [Justiciary
Records. ]
WILLIAM MERCER, was chaplain to
172Q Sir Harry Innes of Innes 30th Oct.
1717, when Synod of Moray recom
mended a Royal Bursary for his study of
theology.
WALTER GREGOR, col. 2, line 5, for
1863 "William" read "Wallace."
JAMES WALKER MORRISON
WILLIAMSON, trans, to Polmont
12th Aug. 1926.
GEORGE ARTHUR SEFTON, born
1927
Aberdeen 3rd March 1900, son of
Alfred S., Assistant Superintendent,
Post Office, Aberdeen, and Elizabeth
Monro; educ. at Robert Gordon's College,
Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1921), B.D.
(1924), and Strasbourg; licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 8th May 1924; assistant St
Andrew's, Glasgow; ord. 28th Jan. 1927;
trans, to Fern 1st Oct. 1937. Marr. 20th
June 1928 Mary Chenoweth, daugh. of
Thomas O. and Mary Keay, Dundee, and
has issue — Henry Keay, born 15th Jan.
1931; Catherine Mary, born 21st Feb. 1933;
Arthur Monro, born 21st June 1937.
NEW PITSLIGO
ALEXANDER REID CRAIB, his
1886
widow, Annie Hutcheon, died 4th
Feb. 1939.
JOHN McWILLIAM, dem. 30th Sept.
1913 1934. Marr. (2) 26th Aug. 1930
Margaret, daugh. of George Mair
and Margaret Ferguson, and has issue —
Ruth Agnes, born 21st Feb. 1934; Ann
Margaret, born 15th Dec. 1935. Publica
tion — Criticism of Philosophy of Bergson
(Edinburgh, 1929).
(Charges united 30th Sept. 1934.)
RATHEN
The patronage of the church was be
stowed upon the Bishopric of Aberdeen by
Robert I on 21st March 1328-9. It was the
Church of Ruthven (Angus), not Rathen,
that belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath.
On the east side of Mormond Hill there
is a den called "Saint Eddran's Glack,"
586
RATHEN— SAVOCH OF DEER
[PRESB. OF
said to have been the Hermitage of St
Ethernan. Near the church there are two
hillocks, one of which is called St Oyne's.
There is also a spring of the same name. In
1 723 the hillock and well were both known
as St Owen's. That may indicate a dedica
tion to St Owen. There was a Rood Well
on the boundary of the parish with Lon-
may. — [Pratt 's Buchan, 246«; Macfarlane's
Geog. Colls., i, 56; Reg. of Priory of St
Andrews, 373^-; Reg. Epis. Aberdeen,
1,47.]
1563
ROBERT SMYT, reader 1563, also at
Philorth.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
GILBERT CHISHOLM, min. here,
pres. to parsonage and vicarage 28th
Oct. 1574 on death of Adam Heriot.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 24.]
1574
DUNCAN DAVIDSON, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 20th Feb.
1574-5 on death of Adam Heriot.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 30.]
JAMES ANDERSON, probably iden
tical with James, son of Dr George
A., Professor of Divinity, King's
College.
1703
JOHN FORBES MITCHELL COOK,
his son, Alexander, died llth Oct.
1928.
1842
JOHN KELLAS, his son, James, min.
of Mannofield; John, Principal Scot
tish Churches College, Calcutta; his
daugh., Kate Gray, died at Little Ardo,
Methlick, 29th Sept. 1932.
1894
JOHN BELL, trans, to St Margaret,
1925 Glasgow, 23rd April 1928.
ALEXANDER MAUCHLINE, for
merly of St Matthew's, Dundee
(<?.v.); assistant at St Bride's, Glas
gow; adm. to St Mary's, Dalziel, 12th Sept.
1923; trans, to St Thomas, Leith, 22nd
Sept. 1926; trans, and adm. 14th Sept. 1928;
trans, to Kemback 22nd Dec. 1932; dem.
llth Nov. 1948.
ST FERGUS or LONGLEY
Prior to 1616 the church stood in the old
churchyard near the seashore about two
miles east of the present building. At the
removal in 1616 the parish took the name
of St Fergus, its titular saint.
1562
GILBERT KEITH, son of William,
Earl °^ Mai"iscna^' v^car 4tn May
1566; was in office 30th March
1543-4, died after 28th Feb. 1580.— [Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church Lands, i,
224; Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxv, 23; Reg. Mag.
Sig., iii, 2940, iv, 175.]
JAMES KYD, reader in 1570.— [Reg.
1590 of Ministers, 69.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, marr. 25th Nov.
1641 Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander
Middleton of Berryhillock.— [Old
Machar Reg.]
ALEXANDER HEPBURN, after his
deposition, he assisted Rev. Alex
ander Barclay at Peterhead in carry
ing on episcopal ministrations; intruded
there 1714-15 and continued after Mr
Barclay's death. — [J. T. Findlay's Hist, of
Peterhead, 166-7.]
ANDREW WATT, his wife, Mary
Douglas Mitchell, died 3rd March
895 1942; he died 14th July 1946.
SAVOCH OF DEER
The church was opened in Dec. 1834.
1887
WILLIAM WALLACE WILSON, his
daughs. — Louise, M.A., headmis
tress of Shannas Public School;
Agnes, M.A. (marr. Queenstown, South
Africa, 16th Feb. 1927, Leslie George
Panton); his sons — Robert, min. of St
Andrew's, Perth, 1927; William, M.B.,
Ch.B., Pembroke Dock, South Wales, 1925,
and Hay, Hereford, 1927.
THOMAS NELSON ALLEN, adm.
22nd Feb. 1924; trans, to Orwell
22nd March 1928.
1924
DEER]
SAVOCH OF DEER— TYRIE
587
1928
DAVID NESS, trans, from Whiteinch
(q.v.) 16th Aug. 1928; trans, to
Cardross 8th Dec. 1932; died 1st
Dec. 1935; his widow, Mary Adam, died
25th Dec. 1945.
(Charges united 2\st March 1933.)
STRICHEN
The Wardlaw MS. states that Strichen
was erected into a parish by Thomas
Fraser of Knocky in 1599, and Mr. John
Reid planted as min. By Act of 1633
Parliament ratified and approved Acts of
the Diocesan Synod of 1st May 1622 and
19th April 1629 for the disjunction of lands
from Rathen and Fraserburgh, and the
erection of the same into the parish of
Strichen, and for the "erection of ane new
paroche kirk of Strichen." The present
church was built in 1798-9. The existence
of a Lady Well may mean that the chapel
on the Chapelmuir, evidently the level
ground near the railway station and the
former site of fairs, was dedicated to the
Virgin.— [Wardlaw MS., 191; Acts Scott.
Parl., v, 153, x, 109; Pratt 's Buchan, 197,
Ed. 1901.]
JAMES WHYTE, had a Fraserburgh
1694 connecti°n> and probably identical
with Mr James Whyte, "governor
to the laird of Strichen" 20th Sept. 1686;
buried in Cheyne's Aisle, Old Machar
Cathedral; had issue — Elizabeth, born 6th
Nov. 1694; William, born 8th Jan. 1696.—
[Strichen Reg.]
THOMAS UDNY, had a "helper,"
17Q1 Colin Campbell, M.A., 14th Aug.
1743; his daugh., Elizabeth, bapt.
7th Feb. 1706, and his son, Thomas, bapt.
18th Feb. 1714. Addl. issue— Robert, bapt.
23rd Sept. 1708; Nathaniel, bapt. 20th Aug.
1711; James, bapt. 4th Feb. 1715; Isabel,
bapt. 9th July 1719.— [Strichen Reg.]
1862
CHARLES STEWART, his daugh.,
Margaret Thomson, died at Aber
deen 15th June 1945.
1888
RICHARD GOOD WILLIE was an
officer of excise at Dundee; educ.
E.U. Theological Hall; died 6th Jan.
1934; his daughs. — Margaret Philip (marr.
William Hepburn, Strichen); Elizabeth
(marr. William Ingram, Strichen); his
widow, Rachel Philip, died 13th Dec. 1936.
CHARLES McGLASHAN, died 29th
1925 June 1932.
(Charges united 1st Jan. 1933.)
TYRIE
The present church was built in 1800.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.A.,
1563
parson and vicar. (See Methlick
and Kinkell.)
DAVID HOWIESON, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 10th Nov. 1573
on removal of Alexander Anderson
(? Ogston) for non-confession of faith.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 15.]
WILLIAM CHEYNE, M.A.; on 27th
April 1630 the Synod of Moray
lodged a complaint against him
with the Bishop of Aberdeen for having
unlawfully married "these children" in
Elgin; and on 27th Oct. 1640 the Synod
excommunicated him "for making some
unlawful marriage," the said sentence to
be intimated in all the parishes of the
Province of Moray.
ALEXANDER MILNE, his daughs.—
1856
Mary Louise, died 13th Jan. 1929;
Alexina, died 1st Jan 1900; Caroline,
died 6th March 1937.
ADAM NELSON, died at Crathie 17th
1901 July 1929.
PRESBYTERY OF TURRIFF
ALVAH
The church, with the church lands, was
granted to Cupar Abbey by Marjory,
Countess of Athol, widow of John, Earl of
Athol, with consent of her son and heir,
David of Strathbogie, in 1314. Confirma
tion was given in the same year by Henry
le Chen, Bishop of Aberdeen, Cupar Abbey
being bound to pay 6 merks stg. annually
for a chaplain to celebrate in the Cathedral
of Aberdeen. — [Reg. of Cupar Abbey, i, 3;
Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, i, 41.]
SIR GEORGE SCOTT, pres. by Donald,
1556
Abbot of Cupar, to vicarage 3rd
Jan. 1556 in succession to Sir Gilbert
Bard.— [Reg. of Cupar Abbey, ii, 126.]
HENRY MORTIMER, reader in 1563.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber-
/ . i
deen, etc.]
ROBERT BLAIR, had also a daugh.,
Isabel. — [Aberdeen Poll Tax Roll,
1636
ii, 624.]
1917
ROBERT JAMES VICTOR MARTIN,
line 14, for "Thornlea" read
"Thornilea," and line 15, for
"Rendell" read "Randall." Has issue-
Victor David Randall, born 19th March
1919; Helen Catherine Halley, born 8th
June 1921.
AUCHTERLESS
The former church was built in 1780, and
an aisle was added in 1832. The present
church was erected in 1879; and subse
quently the spire was added by the Black-
ford family in memory of J. P. Watson of
Blackford and his wife and younger daugh.
At Seggat were situated the Chapel and
Well of the Virgin. Long after 1560 these
continued to be objects of superstitious
resort and practices; and in April 1649 the
Synod of Aberdeen, finding that "the
Chapel and the Chapel Well of Segget
were not demolished, nor the well filled up
according to ane former ordinance,'*
ordained the Presb. of TurrifT to visit the
Kirk of Auchterless and "demolish the
said Chapel, Altar, and well." But the
well at least survived ecclesiastical attacks;
and it is related in 1840 that within the
memory of some of the oldest inhabitants,
"money and other articles were deposited
on Pash Sunday by those whose super
stitious feelings led them to frequent the
well in expectation of some benefit to be
derived from drinking the water dedicated
to the Holy Virgin." — [Pratt 's Buchan,
389; The Thanage ofFormartyn, 133.]
ARCHIBALD BELL, M.A., parson
1561 1561-3; chanter of Aberdeen. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. and Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
ROBERT ALLARDYCE, reader in
1563: vicar pensioner 1567. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ROBERT MAITLAND, chanter of
1595 Aberdeen 1614.
ANDREW MASSIE, adm. to Drum-
1563
1647
blade before 2nd July 1 63 1 ; his son,
Andrew, Regent, King's College,
Aberdeen, 1656, and Principal there 1673-8,
afterwards Regent, Edinburgh University.
—[King's Coll., 41, 57.]
PATRICK SETON, his sons— James,
apprenticed to James Gooden, cur
rier, 6th Nov. 1695; William, bapt.
21st May 1687.
588
PRESB. OF TURRIFF]
AUCHTERLESS— FORGUE
589
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, he intruded
in the church in 1704 with a
"Presentation" from Patrick Duff
of Hatton, who seems to have ignored the
abolition of patronage in 1690 and kept
possession of the keys: the "Presentation"
was unacceptable to the congregation, and
was not recognised by the Presb. — a
decision which was upheld by the Synod;
he refused to surrender the keys to the
Presbytery's representative, but was ulti
mately outed, and returned to Peterhead
before 1708.— [Recs. of Presbytery of
Turriff; Memo., Rev. Dr A. A. Duncan,
Presby. Clerk.]
ALEXANDER ROSE, marr. (1) 17th
April 1707 Christian Harvie in
Boddam and had issue — James,
bapt. 2nd Sept. 1712; Katherine, bapt. 7th
Oct. 1715; Alexander, bapt. 29th Aug.
1717; William, bapt. 24th Aug. 1718.
ALEXANDER ADAM DUNCAN,
1706
1898
D.D. (Aberdeen, 29th March 1933);
his wife, Janet Black Galloway, died
22nd Feb. 1942; his daughs.— Elizabeth
Craven, M.A. (marr. 26th July 1935 George
Robert Bruce, M.A., English Master, High
School, Dundee); Christina, L.L.B. (Aber
deen, 1935), (marr. 19th July 1941 W. J.
Bruce Munro, M.A.). He marr. (2) 3rd
July 1943 Bessie Macpherson Fraser.
FORGLEN
The present church was built in 1806.
On a stone in the south wall of its imme
diate predecessor was this inscription —
"This Church was re-edified by George
Ogilvie, Master of Banff, 1692." To the
Abbey of Arbroath William the Lion,
1165-1214, granted the custody of the
Brachbennach (the consecrated banner of
St Columba) and the lands of Forglen
given to the Lord and St Columba for its
maintenance, which land of Forglen had
of old been granted for that purpose. The
pre-Reformation church was situated where
the rivulet falls into the Deveron, about
half a mile west of the present church. For
a time Forglen was conjoined with Alvah,
but it became a separate parish early in the
17th century. Later the major part of the
lands of Carnousie were detached from
Marnoch and joined to Forglen. — [Reg. of
Arbroath, vetus, 5, 10.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE, described as
reader at Drum 1580; held par
sonage and vicarage. — [Comps. Gen.
Coll. of Thirds.]
JOHN DUNBAR, M.A.; his daugh.,
1676
Jean, bapt. 18th Nov. 1678. Addl.
issue — Mary, bapt. 16th Dec. 1679;
Helen, bapt. 14th April 1682; Ann, bapt.
18th Nov. 1684; Alexander, bapt. 6th Feb.
1687; George, bapt. 31st Aug. 1689. Marr.
(2) 9th March 1707 Susanna Fairfoul.—
[Forglen Reg.; Peterhead Reg.]
ARCHIBALD BOWMAN, his widow,
1873 Helen Maclean, died 30th June 1929.
CHARLES GILES, dem. 18th Oct. 1927
1915 on app' as cnaPla^n to Aberdeen
Royal Infirmary; died 27th Nov.
1937; his son, Andrew Milne Mitchell, min.
of New Machar; his daughs. — Mary (marr.
John H. E. Burleigh, min. of Fyvie);
Isabella (marr. William Noble Chisholm,
F.R.C.S., son of John C. Gibson, Huntly);
his son, Robert, M.B., Ch.B.; his wife,
Elizabeth Seton, died 20th Oct. 1932.
JOHN WOOD, formerly of Whalsay
1928
(q.v.); trans, from Lowick 24th Feb.
1928; dem. llth Nov. 1930; died
10th Oct. 1947; his wife, Elizabeth Addison
Rutherford, died 25th Aug. 1945.
FORGUE
The church, under the designation of the
Church of Fornixdraut or Ferendracht
(Frendraught), was granted to Arbroath
Abbey by Sir William de Frendraught, Kt.,
without the consent of the bishop, the
abbey to supply a perpetual chaplain for
the cure of the parish. On 3rd Jan. 1257-8
the grant was confirmed by Bull of Pope
Alexander IV, who by another Bull of the
same date decreed that the church be
applied by the abbot and convent for the
purpose of hospitality, subject to a com
petent reservation for the perpetual chap
lain. By still another Bull by the said Pope,
590
FORGUE— FYVIE
[PRESS. OF
on 8th Jan. 1257-8, the chaplaincy was
erected into a perpetual vicarage with
emoluments of 100 sh. annually, the whole
altarage, manse, and teind sheaves of lands
then under cultivation, the residue over and
above the 100 sh. to pertain to the abbey.
By Charter of John, Abbot of Arbroath,
on 15th Aug. 1268, after the death of
Duncan, last rector, it was set forth that
the abbey was to appoint a chaplain to
serve the parish, the altarage, church lands
and manse to pertain to the chaplain, and
the abbey to have the great tithes of the
whole lands, and 8 merks annually of the
lesser tithes of wool or lambs. After 1257-8
the parish was designated Forgue. By
charter of 8th May 1535 James Creichton,
Kt., of Frendraught granted to Sir William
Cristison, perpetual chaplain, and his suc
cessors, at the Altar of the Virgin Mary in
the cell or chapel built by the said James in
the church, an annual rent of 24 merks
from the lands of Bogny in the barony of
Frendraught. This was afterwards called
the chaplaincy of the "Isle of Forgue."
The present church was built in 1819. In
the church, apparently in a transeptal aisle,
there was an altar dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, founded on 8th May 1535 by Sir
James Creichton, Kt., of Fyndraucht
(Frendraught), the endowment being 24
merks from the lands of Bogny in the
barony of ' * Frendraucht. ' ' The first chap
lain was Sir William Cristisoun. — [Thei-
ner's Vet. Man., 73, 74; Reg. of Arbroath,
vetus, 188, 197-8, Niger, 212-13; Reg. Epis.
of Aberdeen, i, 18-23; Reg. Great Seal, iii,
1474, 3297.]
SIR ALEXANDER HOME, vicar
1561-3.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. and
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen.]
1561
JAMES HAY, trans, to Culter about
1608 1623.— [Banff Sas.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, adm. 1627, not
1627 1628.
ALEXANDER GARDEN, adm. 17th
1644
March 1644. Marr. 28th Jan. 1644;
his wife, Isobel Middleton, died
after 1696; his son, James, born 3rd May
1871
1645; his daugh., Margaret. — [Scot. Notes
and Queries, Nov. 1933, 164; Mysteries in
the North East, 33; Aberdeen Poll Tax Book,
ii, 202.]
GEORGE GARDEN, for "1677" read
1677 "1674."
PATRICK HARVIE, his wife, Mar-
1680 garet ScouSall» buried 13th Aug.
1722. Line 7, for "daughter" read
"Helen." Addl. issue— Christian. — [Ab-
brev. ofAdjud., 30th Aug. 1734.]
JAMES BREBNER, died 23rd Jan.
1927; his daugh., Helen, died at
Aberdeen 2nd April 1937; his son,
Robert, factor at Dalmeny.
CHARLES WALKER STOBIE, trans.
101, to Ferryport-on-Craig 27th April
1927.
ROBERT TAYLOR MONTEITH,
trans, from Crimond (q.v.) 9th Sept.
1929; has issue — Robert Dougall,
born 23rd Jan. 1916; Margaret Duncan,
born 28th March 1918; Eleanor Mary, born
22nd Feb., died 12th June 1922; Lorna
Graham, born 12th Jan. 1928.
FYVIE
The Tyronensian priory at Fyvie was
founded by Sir Reginald Cheyne in or
before 1285 in honour of the Lord Jesus
Christ and the Blessed Virgin. In that year
he granted a charter of the lands of Ardlogy
and Lethendy to Arbroath Abbey and the
monks of the abbey inhabiting the priory
or cell (at Fyvie); and in the same year Sir
Reginald's second son, Henry, Bishop of
Aberdeen, united the vicarage of Fyvie to
the priory, the cure to be served by a per
petual chaplain, who shall attend to the
parish day and night as often as necessary
and administer the sacraments to the
parishioners.
The priory founded by Reginald de
Chene seems to have been a reconstitution
of a Celtic ecclesiastical establishment. To
the priory, it is said, belonged the group of
Pictish sculptured stones built into the east
TURRIFF]
FYVIE
591
gable of the parish church, a fleur de lis
in the manse wall, and several stones built
into All Saints Church, Woodhead. On
21st Aug. 1459 Malcolm, Abbot of Ar-
broath, and the convent of the same, pre
sented to the Pope a petition craving that
the priory be united to and appropriated by
the abbey. The priory, states the narrative,
is not conventual, nor a dignity, nor a
personatus, but it depends on Arbroath, and
has been wont to be assigned to one of the
monks, and its value does not exceed £18
stg., and the assignation to the monk is
revokable at the abbot's pleasure. But a
monk, Alexander Mason, of the said
monastery, holds and detains possession by
the help of King James (II). The Pope
ordered the Abbot of Deer, the Prior of
Restonnet, and Walter Yohl, canon of
Aberdeen, to summon said Alexander and
others concerned, and if the foregoing be
found true, to unite and appropriate the
priory to the monastery in perpetuity, so
that when the said Alexander has for a just
and reasonable cause been removed by the
said Malcolm or the abbot for the time,
and recalled to the convent, and got a
monk's portion assigned to him, Malcolm
and the convent may take possession. In
1865 a cross was erected on the site of the
priory by Colonel and Mrs Gordon of
Fyvie. It is said that there was at Follarule
a Chapel of St Rule founded in 1376 by
Adam Pyngle, burgess of Aberdeen. The
first part of the statement may accord with
fact; but what Adam Pyngle did found on
20th August 1376 was a chaplain for per
petual celebration at the new altar erected
by Alexander Kinninmonth, Bishop of
Aberdeen 1356-80, in the south corner of
the Cathedral Church of Aberdeen, for the
souls of himself, his wife, Marjorie Black-
water, the said Bishop of Kinninmonth,
etc., the endowment being the lands of
Folethrowle; and with consent of his said
wife he gave the mill of Folethrowle with
adjacent land and the water rights, and a
piece of arable land in the lands of Foleth-
blackwater, as an additional endowment
lest at any time in the future the revenues
and farmes of the lands of Folethrowle
should prove inadequate for the sustenance
of the chaplain. This was designated the
chaplainry of Follarule; and according to
the confirmation charter of Robert II on
llth Aug. 1381, the chaplainry was "to
God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and All
Saints." The manse, yard, and glebe of
the chaplain were situated at Meikle-Folla;
and it may be that it was vestiges of the
manse, not of a chapel as stated, that were
recorded as existing in 1724-5, and in part
at the close of the 18th century in the
"town-land" of Meikle-Folla, and that
entirely disappeared in 1 847 when the whole
foundations were dug up in a field about
300-400 yards west of the Church and
churchyard of Follarule. By charter of
James VI, 10th Sept. 1574, the chaplainry
was conveyed to King's College, Aberdeen.
Somewhat earlier, on 10th July 1573, Mr
Alexander Cheyne, parson of the Snow
Church, Old Aberdeen, was presented to
the chaplainry which was within the yearly
rent of £30, and was vacant through the
last chaplain, Mr. John Strathauchin, not
having subscribed to the Articles of Reli
gion, as an additional sustenance in "his
office of teching the lawis" in King's Col
lege. It may be that Mr John Strathauchin
was the successor of Sir William Silver, who
was chaplain at least from 1528 to 1541,
and as such was one of the vicars of the
choir of the cathedral. On 19th July 1449
John Henrison, clerk, had been coll. and
provided to the chaplainry, vacant by the
death of William \As\.—\Procs. Soc. of
Antiqr., Ixxiii, 1938-9, 32-3; Thanage of
Fermartyn, 54, 60, 61, 66; Cal. of Papal
Registers, Petitions, x, 711, xi, 405; Pratt 's
Buchan, 412; Reg. Epis. Aberdeen, i, 109-1 1 ;
Orem's Description of the Chanonry, etc.,
Old Aberdeen, 87; Fasti Aberdonenses, 129;
Reg. Pres. Bene., Regent Morton, i, 8-9;
Sir John Cristisone's Prot. Bk., Nos. 73,
326, 360; Reg. of Arbroath No. 234, 255,
pp. 166-8.]
ALEXANDER OGILVY, min. in 1563.
1563 (See Tarves, Methlick and Ellon.)
WILLIAM CHALMERS, reader in
1563
1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
592
FYVIE— GARDENSTOWN
[PRESB. OF
HIEROMYMUS INNES, his daugh.,
Jane (marr. William Bannerman of
1594
Asleid).
JOHN MANSON, his daugh., Agnes
1829 Eliza, died 18th Aug. 1932.
JOHN HENDERSON SEAFORTH
BURLEIGH, trans, to St Enoch's,
Dundee, 3rd Oct. 1928.
1924
FRANKLIN ROSS TAYLOR
1929
LORNIE, born at Allanton, Lanark
shire, 23rd Oct. 1893, son of Peter
L., Allanton, Shotts, and Christina Cathe
rine Taylor; educ. at George Watson's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1914); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 5th
Sept. 1917; assistant West St Giles; Lieut,
in Royal Scots and Capt. 5th K.O.S.B.
1922 and 1940 in Great War; ord. to
Anwoth 13th Feb. 1919; trans, to Buc-
cleuch, Glasgow, 26th March 1925; trans,
and adm. 20th Feb. 1929; trans, to New-
haven on Forth 22nd Oct. 1937; recalled
as combatant officer 1940, dem. 2nd May
1944. Marr. 17th April 1919 Catherine,
eldest daugh. of Thomas Douglas Dobson,
timber merchant, Leith, and Agnes Mit
chell, and has issue — Franklin Neil, born
21st March 1920; Agnes Dobson, born 24th
July 1923; Thomas Douglas Dobson, born
21st March 1926.
GAMRIE
The Church of Gamrie, with the Chapel
of Trub (Trup, Troup) appears in the con
firmation charter granted by John, Bishop
of Aberdeen 1200-7, to Arbroath Abbey.
The church had been granted to the abbey
by King William the Lion between 1189
and 1 198. The Chapel of Troup had been
situated on the lands of that name. In the
north wall of the ruined old church are
three holes which contained a correspond
ing number of skulls, traditionally said to
have been those of three Danish chiefs who
were slain in a battle in 1004 at the place
afterwards called the "Bleedy Pots." The
invaders, who were defeated, are said to
have polluted the church. Hence the exhi
bition of the skulls, which were removed
bit by bit by visitors to the place about the
close of the first quarter of the 19th century.
The present church, situated about a mile
inland, was built in 1830. — [Reg. of Ar
broath, vetus, 136; Pratt 's Buchan, 328-9,
335.]
WILLIAM MASON, M.A., min. in
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
THOMAS CRISTISON, reader 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
GILBERT CHEYNE, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 10th Oct. 1576 on death of
John Cockburn. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 48.]
ALEXANDER FRASER, M.A., pres.
to vicarage 24th April 1584 on dem.
of John Kennedy, parson of Tully-
nessle.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., \, 124.]
JOHN KENNEDY, M.A., vicar 1588.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber-
, -,
deen, etc.]
JOHN MURRAY, pres. to vicarage
12th May 1592, vacant by non-
residence of Alexander Fraser. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 262.]
JOHN GORDON, marr. 17th June
1717
1712 Janet, daugh. of George
Gordon, merchant, Aberdeen.
JAMES WILSON, died Father of the
1732 Church.
JAMES CRUDEN, his daugh., Sophia,
1855 died llth Feb. 1933.
PATRICK THOMAS CLARK, his
1875
daugh., Margaret Murdoch, died
30th March 1934.
DAVID WALKER MACLEAN, died
1925 18th April 1932.
GARDENSTOWN
JOHN SCOTT THOMSON, dem. 17th
1925 May 1932; died 18th April 1946.
(Charge united to Gamrie \7th May 1932.)
TURRIFF]
INVERKEITHNY— MACDUFF
593
INVERKEITHNY
On 26th Feb. 1640 the min. produced to
the Synod "two gryt silver pieces worth
sax scoir libs," gifted to the use of the
church by the laird of Frendraught. There
was in the parish a Chapel of St Peter. —
[Coll. of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff,
65.]
SIR PATRICK OGSTON, vicar 1562-3.
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
1562
WALTER BARCLAY, M.A., min. here,
1590
pres. to parsonage and vicarage 7th
July 1 590 on death of Hew Craigie.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixi, 3.]
1661
JOHN MAITLAND, his son, David,
M.A. (Aberdeen, 1705), received
Orders from an " exauctorate "
bishop, in 1717-21, intruded in Inver-
keithny, conducting a meeting-house at the
manse, and performing other functions of
the ministry. Had addl. issue — Alexander,
Charles, William.— [Records of Marischal
College, ii, 281; Justiciary Records, May
1721.]
1701
JAMES MAITLAND, M.A.; on 2nd
Jan. 1718 the Justices ordered him
to find caution not to disturb his
successor in the possession of the manse
and glebe and the utensils of the church,
and further prohibited him from exercising
the functions of the ministry; but in 1718
to Jan. 1 721 he preached in a meeting-house
in Forgue and performed baptism. — Justi
ciary Records, 1717-21, 20th March 1721.]
WILLIAM MILNE, line 12, for "Duff"
1721 read "Gordon."
JAMES MILNE, his widow, Isabella
18Q9 Milne, bequeathed £500 for supple
menting the stipend of the parish.
DAVID SMITH, father schoolmaster,
Glamis; trans, to Ceres 14th May
1926.
EDMOND STEUART RUSSELL, for-
merly of Poolewe (q.v.)\ trans, from
Arisaig 12th Aug. 1926; app. by
2P
Presb. of Garioch to Bourtie for three
years 6th Sept. 1939; dem. 2nd Nov. 1940.
KINEDWARD
The ruins of the old church are situated
on the north bank of the King-Edward
burn. A stone with the name and arms of
Forbes in the west gable may indicate that
the church was built soon after Lord
Forbes entered into possession of the
Castle in 1509. An addition was made to
the east end, probably in 157-, the partly
obliterated date which occupies a place at
the top of one corner along with the
initials R.K. — Robert Keith, Commen-
dator of the Abbey of Deer, to which the
Church belonged. The Craigstone aisle on
the south side, which contains memorials
of the Urquhart family, was built by John
Urquhart of Craigfintray; and an archway
erected by him for his private use carries
the initials of himself and his third wife,
Elizabeth Seton and the date 1621. Above
the west doorway are the initials of Dr
William Guild, min. 1608-13, indicating
possibly that repairs were carried out
during his incumbency. — [Pratt 's Buchan,
346-7.]
DAVID HOWESON pres. to the
vicarage-pensionary 28th July 1572
on death of Andrew Shand.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xi, 115.]
1905
WILLIAM ALEXANDER RATTRAY
SELKIRK, died Clarkston Glas
gow, 21st Nov. 1946; his sons —
Alastair Logic, died through enemy action
4th Jan. 1941; William, Wing Commander,
R.A.F., killed 4th Feb. 1942.
MACDUFF
WILSON SUMMERS LESLIE trans.
1920 to Whiteinch 13th Dec. 1928.
1929
LOUIS EDMOND McVICKER, trans,
from Monigaff 4th July 1929; dem.
30th June 1945; died at Port Stewart
24th Oct. 1945; had issue — a daugh. still
born 3rd Nov. 1917; John Louis Armitage,
M.B., Ch.B., born 8th Nov. 1919; Joan
Hogg Elizabeth, born 23rd May 1923.
594
MILLBREX— TURRIFF
[PRESB. OF
MILLBREX
ARNOLD LOW KEMP, trans, to Birse
1915 8th Oct. 1926.
SYDNEY MELROSE McEWAN,
trans, from Deerness (#.v.) 9th Feb.
1927.
1927
MONQUHITTER
The church was erected in 1764, taking
the place of a building that was the gift of
William Cumine of Auchy and Pittullie,
who died 1707, and to whose memory there
is a monument in the present church. —
[Pratt 'sBuchan, 375-6.]
ADAM HAY, his son, Adam, appren
ticed to Colin Mackenzie, chirur-
1678
geon, 16th March 1720.
JOHN SPENCE EWEN, his son,
Alister, M.A. (Aberdeen, 1923),
B.Sc. Agriculture (Edinburgh, 1930),
assistant professor of Animal Husbandry,
Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada, 1931.
FRANK ROBERTSON, trans, to Kin-
1924 tore, 10th July 1929.
GEORGE EDDIE THOMSON, for-
1929
merly of Murthly (#.v.); trans, from
Newcastle 22nd Oct. 1929; adm. to
united charge 8th April 1931. Marr. (2)
13th Dec. 1941 Mary Anne Barclay.
(Charges united Sth April 1931.)
NEW BYTH
The old church gave place to the present
building in 1852.
ALEXANDER PATERSON, dem. 30th
1918 Nov. 1936; died 19th Jan. 1941.
TURRIFF
The present church was built in 1794,
enlarged in 1830, and altered and improved
in 1897. The ruins of the old church stand
at the west end of Castle Street. The belfry
bears the date 1635, the Hay Arms, the
initials of William, Earl of Erroll, and the
initials of the min. of that time, Thomas
Mitchell. In 1861, when a portion of the
south wall of the choir was being de
molished to furnish material for the repair
of the churchyard wall, a fresco painting of
a mitred abbot was discovered on a splay
of a window that had been built up. On
each side of the head were stars painted
red, and the words S. NINIAN in black.
Unfortunately it was destroyed soon after
the discovery; and a similar fresco on the
opposite splay suffered destruction in the
actual demolition. It is probable that there
was a series of frescoes round the choir, the
work, maybe, of Andrew Baerkum, who in
1 538 was employed by the Abbot of Kinloss
to adorn certain portions of that monastery.
At the Haugh of the Laithers there was a
chapel, said to have been dedicated to St
Carnac, apparently identical with the Welsh
St Caranog. There was a Celtic monastery,
generally regarded as having been dedi
cated to St Congon, a follower of St
Columba, and possibly founded by him.
In 1272 Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan,
founded a hospital for a master, six chap
lains, and thirteen poor husbandmen,
giving to it in 1273 his lands of Knockhill.
In 1329 Robert I added a mass chaplainry
for his brother, Sir Nigel Bruce, captured
by the English at Kildrummy Castle, and
' ' hanged and drawn ' ' by order of Edward
I, the endowment being the lands of Petty
at Fyvie. By charter of 10th March 1511-
12, James IV, for his special favour to
wards his domestic clerk, Mr Thomas
Diksoun, prebendary of TurrifT, within the
Cathedral Church of Aberdeen, and for the
edification and policy carried on at the
Parish Church of TurrirT for entertainment
of the lieges, with the consent and desire of
William, Earl of Erroll, patron of the
church and prebend, erected the church
lands, town and glebe of the said Church
of Turriff into a free burgh of barony, with
power to the inhabitants to sell and buy,
and have the position of burgesses, and the
power to elect bailies, etc., with the advice
of the said Mr Thomas and his successors,
and to have a market cross, a weekly
market each Saturday, and two annual
fairs, at the Feast of St Peter-in-Chains, and
of St Congon, and power to the said Mr
Thomas to lay out the said lands as burgh
roods for the good of the inhabitants.
TURRIFF]
TURRIFF— YTHAN WELLS
595
WILLIAM HAY, parson 10th Feb.
1583
1574-5, 1578.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv,
2360; Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
GEORGE HAY, born 1563, son of
1590 John H. of Leys.
ANDREW SKENE, had issue—
1664 Joanna.
WILLIAM LESLIE, his son, William,
1844
shipbuilder, Aberdeen, died 29th
Jan. 1927.
DUNCAN MACLAREN, died 21st
1907
Nov. 1926; his widow, Joan Hamil
ton Gillieson, died at Edinburgh
14th May 1927; his daugh., Mairi Ann
(marr. 13th Sept. 1939 John, elder son of
W. H. Elliott, Edington Mains, Chirnside).
PETER CRAIK MAcQUOID, born
Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, 19th
July 1895, eldest son of James
MacQuoid, customs officer, and Bessie
Craik; educ. at Fordoun School, Mackie
Academy, Stonehaven, and Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh, M.A. (1919);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th June
1921; assistant, Hawick; ord. to Both-
kennar 22nd April 1924; trans, and adm.
20th April 1927. Marr. 4th Aug. 1924
Margaret Florence Smith, second daugh.
of John Weir, Thurso, and Elizabeth
Anderson Thorn, and has issue — Vera
Florence Elizabeth, born 30th Aug. 1926;
Peter Craik, born 22nd Jan. 1936.
YTHAN WELLS
ALEXANDER WILSON, his daugh.,
Charlotte, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., assis
tant practitioner at Lincoln 1925-8
(marr. 31st July 1928 Percy John, son of
Rev. S. B. Brydges, rector of Potter Han-
worth, Lincolnshire).
DANIEL ALEXANDER FORREST,
1917 dem. 25th Feb. 1948.
PRESBYTERY OF FORDYCE
BANFF
There was a chapel near the Castle dedi
cated to the Holy Rood, and a chapel dedi
cated to St Thomas. There was also, near
the town, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. In 1 324 it gave place to a house of
the Carmelites, King Robert I, in that year,
granting it and its ground to God, the
Blessed Virgin Mary, and the brothers of
Mount Carmel, for building there a church
and other buildings of their order, and
giving besides to the said brothers and
their successors that davoch of land with
its pertinents wont hitherto to belong to
the said chapel, for supplying bread, wine,
and wax for the more devout performance
of the worship of God. St Catherine's
Green and St Catherine's Street in the
town seem to point to a dedication to that
saint. — [Mackinlay's Anc. Ch. Dedications,
script.), 166, 258, 366; (non-script.), 420.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, pres. in 1597 on
death of William Carnegie. — [Reg.
Sec.Sig.,lxix, 115.]
1590
JAMES INNES, line 14, for "Avon
1716 read"Aven."
1873
WILLIAM STRATON BRUCE, died
at Edinburgh 30th March 1933; his
son, Robert Duncan, Canadian
Pacific Railway, died from an accident at
Calgary 5th June 1926; his daughs. —
Ethel (marr. 6th Sept. 1930 Robert G.
Sheriffs, Sheriff clerk, Banff); Alice Straton
(Mrs. Mclver), died 22nd Jan 1934; his son,
Arthur Nicol, Italian Consul at Edinburgh,
died 28th June 1943.
DAVID FINDLAY CLARK, awarded
1925
the Norwegian Freedom Cross 1947.
Marr. 2nd Sept. 1927 Anna Whyte,
third daugh. of James Mackenzie, Loch-
gelly, and Anna Whyte, and has issue —
David Findlay, born 30th May 1930;
Thomas James Macdonald, born 8th April
1932.
BOYNDIE
The patron saint is Brenaind Moca Alte,
son of Findlay, of Clonfort. Designated
the "Voyager," he died in 577. His feast
was on 16th May, and here his fair was
held in Brannan Howe on 26th May, new
style. "The Brannan Stanes" are in this
parish. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
274.]
WILLIAM SMYTH, reader in 1563.—
[Comps. Sub Coll of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JAMES LEDINGHAM, his son, Sir
John Charles Grant, professor of
Bacteriology, Univ. of London,
F.R.S., F.R.C.P.E., LL.D. (Aberdeen,
1895), Knight Bachelor 1937.
JAMES GARDINER LEDINGHAM,
dem. 30th Sept. 1940 in favour of
A. and S.
1896
BUCKIE
The Church was built in 1835.
JOHN GREENLAW, his sons— John
Rutherford, min. of Kininmonth;
Karl Stewart Guthrie, min. of Kin-
loss and St David's, Dundee; his wife,
Katherine Paterson Stewart, died 7th
March 1943.
CULLEN
In a settlement between the Bishop of
Moray and the Bishop of Aberdeen in 1236
there appears the Chapel of Inverculan
which is petitioning for the status of a
596
PRESS. OF FORDYCE]
CULLEN
597
church. As a church it occurs in the Taxa
tion of 1275, being valued along with
Fordyce and Tulywhill (Ordiquhill) at 60
merks; and in 1498 the designation is the
Parish Church of Cullen. In 1327 Robert I
founded a chaplainry in the church for the
soul of Queen Elizabeth, his second wife,
who had died at Cullen in Nov. of that
year, the endowment being £5 Scots from
the Burgh Roods annually and 33 sh.
4 pence in augmentation, payable at the
hands of the bailies and community of that
burgh. The payment is mentioned in the
Exchequer Rolls in 1327 and subsequent
years; and the foundation was ratified by
James III under the Great Seal on 6th
March 1455, and by Queen Mary under
the Privy Seal on 10th July 1543. On 10th
Dec. 1536, John Duff of Muldovet founded
the Chaplainry or Altar of St Anne. In the
first quarter of the 1 5th century John Hay,
lord of the Forest of Boyne and Tullibole,
founded an altar, probably the Altar of St
Mary Magdalene, for the soul of Alexander
Sinclair, lord of Deskford, with an endow
ment of £5 Scots annual rent from his lands
of Ordinhove. And in 1539 the aisle of St
Ann on the south side of the church was
built by the said John Hay's granddaugh.,
Elene or Helen, daugh. of David Hay and
wife of Archibald Dick of Craighead. For
the upkeep of the aisle and its ornaments
she mortified a croft and tofts in the burgh.
The particular dedication of the collegiate
church was St Mary the Virgin; but the
erection was for the honour and glory of
the Trinity, the Virgin Mary, St Anne, St
John the Baptist, St Andrew, St Mary
Magdalene, and all the Saints of the
Heavenly Host. It was founded by
Alexander Ogilvy of that ilk, Mr Alexander
Dick, Archdeacon of Glasgow, John Duff
of Maldovat, the bailies and community of
the burgh, and the parishioners of the
Church of St Mary of Cullen, confirmation
being given by William Stewart, Bishop of
Aberdeen, on 23rd April 1 543, and ratifica
tion by John Hamilton, Archbishop of St
Andrews, as Papal Legate, in Feb. 1552.
To the provostry were assigned the fruits
of the vicarage of Rathven, with manse and
garden and 2 acres of arable land on the
2P*
south side of the church. Mr William
Elphinstone, vicar of Rathven, was the
first provost. To each prebend was allotted
20 merks in lands and money, with apart
ment and garden, the lands being crofts in
the town. The prebends were — St Anne, to
which pertained tofts and crofts and 35
bolls barley, being the endowment by Helen
Hay and her son, Alexander Dick, Arch
deacon of Glasgow, both already men
tioned; Holy Cross; St Mary the Virgin,
whose prebendary had the cure of souls of
the parish of Cullen; St John the Baptist;
St Andrew, the endowment of which in
cluded the revenue of the foundation made
by Robert I for the soul of his queen, and
given by Queen Mary in 1 543 ' ' in help and
supplement of our College Kirk in the
burgh of Cullen"; and St Mary Madgalene,
to which belonged the endowment from the
lands of Ordinhove granted by John Hay
as already mentioned. There were also two
singing boys. At the Reformation the pre
bendary of St Andrew's prebend was Sir
George Hay, who in 1566-7 acted as
Master of the Grammar School. On 2nd
March 1582-3 and 2nd April 1583 the
possessions of the prebends of St Mary
Magdalene, Holy Cross, St Andrew, and
St John the Baptist, were conveyed to
Alexander Hay of Easter Kennet, Clerk
Register, by the respective prebendaries,
with consents. The Crown charter of
Confirmation gives in detail the possessions
of each prebend. After the Reformation
Cullen was attached to Fordyce, of which
on 26th March 1622 it is given as "a
pendicle." Apparently soon after it was
disjoined from Fordyce. The church,
described in 1724 as situated "about the
middle of the town" (Old Cullen), stands
at Old Cullen about a mile from the new
town, in a recess of the walls of the grounds
of Cullen House, St Anne's Aisle or
Chapel being the south transept of the
church. In the north wall, near the site of
the High Altar, is the aumbry. The recess
at the base is surmounted by the figures of
two angels holding a monstrance — the
utensil used for presenting the consecrated
Host for the adoration of the people. —
[Reg. Great Seal, v, 301, viii, 302; Reg. Sec.
598
CULLEN— DESKFORD
[PRESB. OF
Seal, i, 2436, iii, 356, 1420; Exchequer Rolls,
i, 61, 458, 477, 549, vi, 172-3, x, 621, xi,
Pref., xxxiii, and 65, 126, xii, 106, 384, 608,
xiii, 110, 584, xiv, 113, 447, xviii, 107, 344,
351, 391; Reg. of Moray, 101; Reg. of
Aberdeen, ii, 53; Reports Hist. MSS.
Commis., iii, 404; Macfarlane's Geog.
Colls., i, 72; Cramond's Ch. of Cullen,
11-12, 25-6, 46, 56.]
ANDREW HAY, reader in 1563.—
\Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
JAMES ANDERSON, pres. to par-
15 sonage on dem. of John, Archbishop
of St Andrews. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 10.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, marr. (1) Cathe
1601
1652
rine Stewart.— [Banff Sas., 22nd
June 1601, 22nd May 1607, 13th
Feb. 1608 and 4th Nov. 1633.]
JAMES HAY, formerly of Forgue.—
1623 [Banff Sas., 31st May 1623.]
JAMES CHALMERS, it is recorded in
minutes of Elgin Kirk Session 6th
June 1659 that he had been unani
mously elected min. at Elgin by the elders
and heritors, but the Presb. of Fordyce had
refused translation. — [Recs. of Elgin, ii,
290.]
WILLIAM BURNETT, had issue-
Christian, bapt. 9th March 1677;
William, bapt. 13th Nov. 1681.
JAMES LAWTIE, marr. (2) cont. 15th
1717
Jan. 1757 Margaret, daugh. of
James Innes, min. of Banff (she
died 1st July 1763).
WILLIAM GEORGE GREEN Mo
LEAN, dem. 16th May 1927, died
at Longniddry 16th March 1939; his
daugh., Ella Mary (marr. 30th June 1931
Dr Angus Cameron, M.C.); his son,
Douglas Gordon, min. of Innellan.
WILLIAM GEORGE ROBERTSON,
1927
trans, from Barthol Chapel 28th
Sept. 1927; D.D. (Aberdeen, 3rd
April 1935); dem. 30th Sept. 1936; his wife,
Elizabeth Ann Iverach, died 22nd April
1932; marr. (2) 21st Nov. 1934 Daphne
Drucilla, daugh. of Henry Fripp, M.D.,
London, and widow of Arthur Wilson
Taylor, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Publication —
The Church Annals of Cullen (1938).
DESKFORD
There was at Skeith a chapel dedicated
to Our Lady of Pity, in which her wooden
image was preserved. — [Mackinlay's An
cient Church Dedications in Scotland
(script), 111.]
JOHN PILMAIR, reader 28th April
1578 1578.— [Edin. Tests, vi, 102.]
WALTER OGILVIE, marr. Helen
Leith, widow of John Gellie, min.
of Monymusk. — [Farquhar Papers.}
ANDREW HENDERSON, his daugh.,
Mary (marr. cont. 17th Feb. 1693
Walter Ogilvie of Ardoch). Line 13,
for "213" read "215, 433."— [Banff
Sheriff Court Rec., llth Jan. 1705.]
JAMES MACKINTOSH, senior
1843
graduate of King's College, Aber
deen, 1900; his son, John Fraser,
died 3rd July 1918; James, died 2nd Aug.
1900; William, died 25th Dec. 1928;
Alexander Watson Mackenzie, died 25th
Nov. 1917; Francis William Innes, M.B.,
C.M., died at Evie, Orkney, 1 1th May 1931 ;
his daugh., Ellen Jane (marr, 30th Aug.
1888 Alexander Emslie, stockbroker, Lon
don); his son, Sir Ashley Watson,
F.R.C.P.E. (1916), LL.D. (1930), K.C.V.O.
(1931), Physician to Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary 1909-30; Regius Professor of
Medicine, Univ. of Aberdeen, 1912-30;
Hon. Physician in Scotland to King George
V and King Edward VIII; Consulting
Physician to Scottish Command; died 14th
Oct. 1937; Edith Frances Wheen, died 24th
Sept. 1943.
GEORGE MATHIESON PARK, dem.
18th May 1931; his wife, Anne
Keith, died 29th June 1938.
(Charges united 30th Aug. 1931.)
FORDYCE]
ENZIE
599
ENZIE
For the inauguration of mission work at
Enzie, the Presb. of Strathbogie on 25th
Aug. 1725, under the plea that "all kirks
and chappels and places for uses" were
"by law in the hands of the present
Establishment, ' ' made choice of St Ninian 's
Chapel at Chapelford in the parish of
Bellie, a house in good repair and "at a
good distance from both Kirks of Bellie
and Rathven." Almost at once trouble
occurred, and on 27th Oct. 1725 the Synod
of Moray concurred ' ' with the Presbytery
of Strathbogy for prosecuting the poppish
rabblers, violence having been done to Mr
Walter Morrison, preacher of the Gospel,
and his hearers at St Ninian 's Chapel in
the Enzie. Information to be laid before
the Commission of the General Assembly.
The Moderator also to write to such officers
of State as he shall think proper anent the
said rabble." A year later, on 25th Oct.
1726, the Presb. was appointed by the
Synod "to make further enquiry and get
what evidence possibly they can for sup
porting their claim to that Chappel, and
transmit the same to the advocate of the
Church for his advice, and that application
be made to the Duke of Gordon desiring
that Chappel for publick worship as to the
suppression of popery. ' ' Whatever was the
immediate result of such action, it was
later resolved to build a "meeting-house
in the Enzie," and in 1729 the General
Assembly appointed a voluntary collection
through the nation for the building the
same and for providing the preacher in a
subsistence and necessary accommodation.
The heritors concerned showed reluctance
to grant a building site, apparently due to
their impression that a "house for public
worship would lead to the erection of a
third parish with the consequent claim upon
the heritors for a Manse, Glebe, and
Stipend. ' ' Accordingly, on 22nd Oct. 1729,
the Synod appointed a committee to wait
on the Duke of Gordon and the Duchess,
his mother, and assure them that the church
had "no design for a new erection in the
Enzie to the burthening of the heritors,"
and to crave ground for a "Meeting
house" and a manse. These buildings
appear to have been erected in the following
year, or soon after, on a site in the west
part of the parish of Rathven. Of the
church built in 1785 we are told that the
cost was also met from a fund accruing
from a collection made throughout the
church. It was under the management of
the Royal Bounty Committee; and the
salary of the missionary was defrayed in
part by the Royal Bounty, and in part by
an endowment arising from lands left by a
Mr Anderson, which were purchased by
Alexander, Duke of Gordon, "the price
being invested more advantageously in
other property." There was a glebe of 8
acres and a "comfortable house" for the
missionary. On the Braes of Enzie there
was a chapel dedicated to St Ninian. The
burying-ground is called St Ninian 's and
sometimes Chapelford. — [Presby. Recs.,
25th Aug. 1725; Memo., Rev. John Will,
B.D.; Recs. of Synod of Moray, 27th Oct.
1725, 25th Oct. 1726, 22nd Oct. 1729;
Mackinlay's Ancient Church Dedications
(non-script.), 33.]
WALTER MORRISON, on 25th Aug.
1725
1725 he was app. by the Presb. of
Strathbogie to repair to the Chapel
of St Ninian at Enzie and to begin preach
ing, catechising, etc., till he was orderly
withdrawn therefrom; he was described as
"a preacher commissioned to this Presby
tery and other places thereto adjacent upon
the Royal Fund granted by H.M. King
George and the last General Assembly. ' ' —
[Presby. Records, 25th Aug. 1725; Memo.,
Rev. John Will, B.D.]
WILLIAM SMITH CAIE, his sons—
1883
William James, M.B., Ch.B., Mayor
of Bury St Edmunds, died at Edin
burgh 3rd Feb. 1927; John Morrison, C.B.
(1943), Assistant Secretary, Board of Agri
culture for Scotland.
ROBERT HOWIE, dem. 17th May 1926,
1898 died at London 25th Sept. 1926; his
widow, Jeanie Porter, died at Kil-
marnock 19th March 1937; his son, Robert,
M.A., Principal, Norbury College, London.
600
ENZIE— ORDIQUHILL
[PRESB. OF
CHARLES MACDONALD, trans.
1926
from Appin 6th Oct. 1926; trans, to
Ardallie4th April 1928.
(Charges united 2nd March 1930.)
FORDYCE
To Sir Alexander Symson and his suc
cessors, perpetual chaplains at the Altar of
the Virgin Mary in the church, William
Ogilvie of Stratherne, Kt., Royal Treasurer,
gave two annual rents on 15th July 1516,
for the souls of Alison Roull, his wife, etc.
In 1275 the Churches of Cullen and Tuly-
wheel (Ordiquhill) were depends of For-
dyce; and after the Reformation, and
apparently till 1622, these two churches,
along with Deskford, continued in the
same position. There were fairs of Tal-
lerean and of New Summariffs, the latter
suggesting that there was a dedication to
St Macbrubha. — [Reg. Great Seal, iii, 95,
3157, viii, 302; Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, ii,
53; Mackinlay 's Anc. Ch. Dedications (non-
script.), 176; Watson's Celtic Place Names,
318.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, vicar.— [Acts and
1563 Dec., 21, 37; 36, 197.]
GILBERT GARDEN, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 15th July
1568.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 14.]
1574
THOMAS ROBERTSON, reader, pres.
to vicar-pensionary 31st Aug. 1574
on dem. of Sir John Robertson,
usufructer, and non-compearance of James
Robertson, vicar pensionary. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 27.]
ALEXANDER GILLIES, died llth
1684 May 1715.
JAMES GRANT, his daughs.— Caroline
1865
Stuart, died at Edinburgh 3rd Aug.
1930; Jane Watson, died at Ban-
chory 2nd Dec. 1938; {Catherine (Mrs.
Stewart), died at Edinburgh 16th Nov.
1939; his son, Lachlan Gordon Duff, died
at Manchester 6th April 1941.
JOHN CHARLES MACGREGOR, his
1902 daugh., Mona Rosaleen (marr. llth
Aug. 1934 George, son of John
Macdonald, Marden Moor, Galashiels).
GEORGE ARTHUR MACDONALD
DICKSON. Addl. issue— Dugald
Macdonald, born 3rd July 1924.
(Charges united 28th Oct. 1934.)
ORD
JAMES DAVIDSON, son of James
1864 D'' sniPmaster> Macduff, and Ann
Watt. Line 15, for "Jemima" read
"Jamima"; had issue — Isabella, M.A.,
Glasgow; Alexander Gardner, born 15th
June 1872; James Milne, architect, Office
of Works, Major, 3 Bat. Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders, born 10th Oct.
1876.
JAMES AIKEN, died Glasgow 18th
1890 May 1933.
GEORGE GRANT, dem. 4th Dec.
1928; died 2nd Feb. 1935; his sons-
Alexander Ronald, died 3rd June
1926; William, born and died 7th Aug.
1891 ; his wife, Williamina Calder, died 19th
Oct. 1929.
ORDIQUHILL
Ordiquhill was a pendicle of Fordyce till
22nd March 1622.— [Reg. Great Seal, viii,
302.]
GILBERT GARDYNE, min. at Cullen,
had also charge here till 1589. (See
Cullen and Fordyce.)
1898
1574
PATRICK DARG, min. at Cullen, had
1599 also charge here. (See Cullen.)
WILLIAM POTTER, trans, to Aber-
1918 deen 18th March 1927.
JAMES GEORGE MACDONALD,
1927
trans, from Elchies (q.v.) 20th Oct.
1927; died 28th Jan. 1941.
(Ordiquhill, Cornhill and Ord united 2Sth
Dec. 1941.)
FORDYCE]
PORTSOY— RATHVEN
601
PORTSOY
THOMAS EDMUND HILL JONES,
1926
formerly of Durness (<?.v.); assistant
Kirkcaldy; trans, to Wanlockhead
29th March 1929; died 23rd Feb. 1943.
1Q2Q
JOHN MATHESON MACLEOD,
trans- fr°m Erchless (q.v.} 30th Sept.
1929. His daugh., Allina Catherine,
in the nursing profession.
RATHVEN
On 12th May 1333 Thomas de Hay of
Urchny, for his own soul, and for the soul
of his wife, Janet, and the soul of the late
Christian Cruickshank, founded a chap-
lainry at the Altar of our Lord in the
church, the endowment being five merks
Scots annually from his lands of Urchny in
Nairn. At the farm of Farskane there was
a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. On
19th June 1226 John Bysett, for the souls
of William and Alexander, Kings of Scot
land, and for the souls of his ancestors and
successors, gave to God and the Church of
St Peter of Rothven (Rathven) for the
sustenance of seven lepers, the patronage of
the Church of Kyltalargy (Kiltarlity). The
hospital so founded had a prior who was
admitted a canon of the Cathedral of
Moray, a chaplain, and a menial.
The church was rebuilt in 1794. The old
church was then described as in part "as
old as Edinburgh Castle, ' ' having ' ' couples
of oak that grew in the estate of Rannes, ' '
"a roof of different altitudes," and "of
venerable appearance." A question be
tween the Bishop of Moray and the Bishop
of Aberdeen as to the diocesan rights over
the Church of Farskine in this parish was
temporarily settled in 1236 by each party
agreeing to waive the matter in their life
time. In 1275 the Churches of Rathven
were valued at 22 merks. Situated on the
seashore about a mile west of Cullen, the
Church or Chapel of Farskane seems
always to have been attached to Rathven.
It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. —
[Reg. of Moray, 27-8, 101; Reg. of Aber
deen, i, 39, ii, 53; Jervise's Epitaphs, i, 12,
273.]
1565
SIR GEORGE DUFF, Provost of
Cullen, vicar in 1565; on 8th Dec.
1545, when designated chaplain, he
was presented to the provostry of the col
lege of the B.V., Cullen, lately founded
with the fruits of the vicarage of Rathven,
resigned by Mr William Elphinston, chap
lain, with reservation of his life rent. —
[Reg. of Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church
Lands, i, 138; Reg. Sec. Sig., iii, 1420.]
THOMAS HAY, min., his pres. to
1582
vicarage 17th Sept. 1582 on death
of Sir George Duff. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., ii, 78.]
NICHOLAS TULLOCH, Sir Nicholas
1585
T., vicar 26th Dec. 1574, and burgess
of Forres; died 20th Nov. 1582;
survived by his wife, Isobel Ross, and had
issue — James, Michel, Katherine, Elspeth.
—[Edin. Test., vii, 364, xii, 305.]
THOMAS GARDEN M.A. pres. to
parsonage 3rd Feb. 1588-9 on death
of George Hay. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
lix, 8.]
1588
JAMES LYLE min. of Bellie, pres. to
parsonage 2nd Oct. 1589. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., lix, 66.]
1589
JOHN HAY, brother-germane of
George Hay, intruder 1713. — [Justi
ciary Records, 1712-17, 15th March
1715.]
1710
GEORGE HAY, in 1713 he intruded in
the Church and Manse of Rathven,
and continued so for two years, "so
that the Presbytery have had no access
either to supply or plant the Church by any
qualified conform to law"; on 28th Dec.
1714 a petition presented by the congrega
tion to the Presb. for his continuation as
min. was refused, and when Mr Alexander
Irvine, min. of Cullen, went to supply
Rathven by order of the Presb., he was
attacked by the people and stoned to the
effusion of blood. — [Justiciary Records,
1712-17, 15th March 1715.]
ANDREW KER.— Aberdeen Genealo-
1723 gies, 38.]
602
RATHVEN— SEAFIELD
[PRESB. OF FORDYCE
1879
GORDON IRVING DONALD, his
sons — Abercrombie of Kepong Rub
ber Estates Ltd., Malaya; James of
Jeluke, Malay; his daugh., Barbara Mary
Lizars (marr. 7th Sept. 1939 T. Brian Lisle,
Leamington).
JOHN LAWRIE SYMINGTON, dem.
30th Nov. 1938; died at Edinburgh
27th July 1947; his daugh., Nettie
Agnes Lawrie (marr. 30th Sept. 1934
William Stuart Taylor, C.A.), died 19th
Feb. 1936; his widow, Nettie Scott, died at
Edinburgh 18th Dec. 1947.
SEAFIELD
JAMES McINTYRE, dem. 5th Oct.
1926; died at Portknockie 25th Oct.
1928.
1877
JOHN FAULDS, formerly of Milton
of Balgonie (q.v.)\ trans, from Clyne
18th May 1927; died 9th Oct.
1942.
1927
(United with Portknockie North 31 st Dec.
1942 and with Cullen 22nd Dec. 1946.)
SYNOD OF MORAY
PRESBYTERY OF STRATHBOGIE
BELLIE
Situated in the churchyard about two
miles from Fochabers, near the junction of
the Spey with the Moray Firth, the church
belonged to the Priory of Urquhart. It was
dedicated to St Peter. In 1720, on a petition
by the min., the Presb. took steps for the
erection of a new church. Delay ensued;
and on 1728, when the church was de
scribed as ' * largely ruinous, ' ' and too long
and too narrow, the Presb. set aside the
idea of a new church, and decreed the
repair of the old building, which was to be
reduced to 70 feet in length and increased
3 feet in breadth by setting back the rear
wall, making the breadth 20 feet within the
walls. Two years later the work was in
complete, and even in Nov. 1732 the build
ing was without doors and was otherwise
insufficient. Eventually, in 1733, the work
was completed. Subsequently the Duke of
Gordon agreed to erect a new church in
Fochabers. Plans were prepared in 1787;
but the church was not finished till 1797.
In 1720 it was reported to the Presb. that
the manse consisted of two rooms and was
built "of a mudwall," was "thecked with
divots, ' ' and ' k like to fall. ' ' A new manse
was secured at a cost of £900 Scots. On the
burn of Tynet, about two miles south-east
of the old church, there stood the Chapel
of St Ninian. For a time after the Reforma
tion it was used for worship alternately
with the parish church. Later it became
ruinous, and some years prior to the
Revolution it was repaired by "priests and
papists" and "enlarged to the bulk of
many country churches in the Kingdom, ' '
and was used as a Roman Catholic place
of worship both before and some time after
1688. In 1722-3 it was described as "well
sclated and hath a large arch on every side
by which they ('priests and papists')
designed it in form of a Cross." It has
attached to it a churchyard with "ruined
dykes," which at that time was used as a
"common burial-place." At Bellie there
were also Fairs of St Catherine, St Mungo,
and Holyrood. — [Macfarlane 's Geog. Colls,
i, 240-1; Jervise's Epitaphs, i, 12, 15;
Cramond's Church of Bellie, 10, 12-14, 17-
19.] (SeeEnzie.)
The chapel at the Bog of Gight, ap
parently in the vicinity of Gordon Castle,
was founded by John Hay, Lord of Tully-
bethoyle, in or about 1374 and was dedi
cated to All Saints. — [Reg. Epis. Moray,
321.]
1574
ROBERT GRANT, reader, charged
before the Privy Council llth Aug.
1 590 with having baptised a child of
the Earl of Huntly at Bog of Gight.—
[Privy Council Reg., xiv, 375.]
JAMES LYLE, pres. to parsonage of
_„ Rathven 2nd Oct. 1589.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., lix, 66.]
WILLIAM SANDERS, he was ordained
1607 ky tne Synod in 1632 "to pay ten
merks ad pios usus for being alto-
gidder out of anie kirk on Whytsunday last
as he was in his jurney betwixt this and
Aberdone and to be depryved if he fall
again in the lyk will example." Marr. (1)
1627, Margaret (died Oct. 1629), daugh. of
Adam Duff of Drummuir and widow of
David Henderson, min. of Botriphnie; (2)
Christian Gregor, and had issue — John;
Robert; Walter; Marjorie (marr. Alexander
Shand); (3) Violet Henderson, widow of
603
604
BELLIE— CAIRNEY
[PRESB. OF
Alexander Tnnes of Petinich. — (Com. of
Moray Decreets, 24th Jan. and 24th and
27th March 1632.]
JAMES GORDON, his daugh., Jean,
1770 died 18th Dec. 1794.
ROBERT VENTERS, dem. 16th May
1899
1934; died Kirton, Dumfries, 28th
Sept. 1945; his daugh., Margaret,
M.B., Ch.B. (marr. 2nd Dec. 1940 John
Rawson Elder, M.B., Ch.B., son of Pro
fessor J. R. Elder, Univ. of Otago).
(United with Fochabers 30th Nov. 1947.)
BOTRIPHNIE
Called Pettrifnie 6th April 1647.— [Recs.
Synod of Moray, 6th April 1647.]
JAMES FARQUHARSON, pres. to
1574
the vicarage of Pettary (Botarie) and
Pettruthny (Botriphnie) 26th Aug.
1574, vacant by the death of Sir Walter
Bunsche or the deprivation of John Hep-
burne. — [Reg. Sec. Seal, xlii, 67v.] (See
Botarie-Cairney.)
DAVID HENDERSON, died Dec. 1622.
1599
Marr. Margaret Duff, who marr. (2)
William Sanders, min. of Bellie, and
had issue — Margaret; Joan; Bessie (marr.
John Wilson, Haugh of Grange). — [Com.
of Moray Decreets, 27th March 1632.]
ALEXANDER MACKAY, died sud-
1879 denly 14th April 1930.
(Charges united \6th Nov. 1930.)
CAIRNEY
(formerly Botarie and Rivin)
Botarie occurs as Potarie in 1529 and
Pottarie in 1611. On a visitation on 22nd
May 1650 the Synod of Moray, finding
that the people of the united parishes were
' ' disaffected, ' ' so that ' ' none of either the
parishioners will come to the other parish
kirk, but will be served per vices at their
own respective kirks," much to the hin
drance of the work, ordained the Presb. of
Strathbogie to approach the Lords of
Plantation of Kirks with a view to pro
vision being made for each church being
erected a separate charge. Eight years
later, on 7th April 1568, the Synod dis
joined the parishes, the min., Robert
Jamieson, denuding himself of the Kirk of
Riven; and on 3rd April 1660 it was inti
mated to the Synod that the Presb. had
disjoined the two churches and declared the
Church of Rivin vacant. Apparently noth
ing further was done, for on 7th Oct. 1686
the min., Alexander Rose, represented to
the Synod that he served the two annexed
Churches of Botarie and Ruthven, that the
fabric of Ruthven Church was so ruinous
that there was no conveniency to exercise
doctrine or discipline, and that there was
little expectation of the church being
speedily repaired, and accordingly he
craved the Synod to allow discipline at
either church; his crave was granted. —
[Recs. of Synod of Moray, 22nd May, 1650,
7th April 1658, 3rd April 1660, 7th Oct.
1686.]
SIR NICHOL TULLOCH, vicar of
Riven, 6th Aug. 1567, and 26th
Nov. 1573, when he was put to the
horn by the Privy Council for failure to
appear to answer for certain crimes;
probably still in office 31st Jan. 1576-7;
evidently identical with Nicholas Tulloch,
vicar of Drumdelgie in 1585. — [Reg. Great
Seal, iv, 2639; Reg. Privy Council, ii, 305-6.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, pres. in 1569
1567
1567
as the vicarage of Botarie being in
the hands of the King through the
unlawful provision made to William
Strathauchin, son of Mr James S., parson
of Belhelvie.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 28.]
JOHN HEPBURN, vicar in 1573 and
t__, 1575.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
JAMES FARQUHARSON, pres. to
1574
vicarage of parish Kirk of Pettary
and Petenthny 26th Aug. 1574 on
death of Sir Walter Bunscht, last vicar, and
John Hepburn, pretended vicar, not being
lawfully provided thereto. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xlii, 67.]
STRATHBOGIE]
CAIRNEY— GARTLY
605
1574
SIR JOHN LESLIE, reader, pres. to
vicarage of Pettary and Petenthny
10th Sept. 1574, on death of Sir
Walter Bunscht. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
28.]
1591
JAMES ANDERSON, min. here pres.
to hail vicarage of Pettary and
Petenthny 22nd Jan. 1591-2 on
death of John Hepburne. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixi, 126.]
ALEXANDER ROSE, described as
"Episcopal preacher at Ruthven
and Botary," he was summoned
before the Presb. of Strathbogie ' ' for his
having a scandalous access to the late un
natural rebellion, ' ' and was suspended and
referred to the Synod, who, on 30th Oct.
1716, dep. him from the ministry for having,
on his own confession, "read the pre
tender's proclamation calling up the sub
jects to his camp at Perth, and also a
proclamation for a thanksgiving for the
pretender's safe arrival in Scotland."
JOHN ANNAND, his son, William,
1858 died at Huntly 27th July 1922.
JAMES JOLLY CALDER, dem. llth
Oct. 1932; died at Stonehaven 21st
Jan. 1946.
(Charges united 5th Oct. 1930.)
1900
DRUMDELGIE
The old church was burned about the
close of the 16th century; hence the name
"Burnt Kirk" applied to it.
1585 NICHOLAS TULLOCH, vicar 1 585.
RUTHVEN
ANDREW HAY, reader 1563.—
\r"nmnv S
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
DAVID GUMMING, pres. to vicarage
158Q 30th July 1580 on death of Robert
88.]
Carmichael. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
DAVID RAMSAY, pres. to parsonage
1582 anci v*caraSe 19th April 1582 on
dem. of David Gumming. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 37.]
DAVID HENDERSON, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 17th July
1591 on dem. of Alexander Hay. —
[Reg.Sec.Sig.,\xix,2SL]
1593
DRUMBLADE
The church pertained to the parsonage
of Kinkell (q. v). 4 ' Jesus Fair, ' ' mentioned
in 1720 as held at the park of Slioch, may
indicate a dedication to Our Lord. At
Chapelton in the parish was a chapel called
in 1624 the "Nynemaidin chapell" near
the old house which had been occupied by
the late Sir George Rothrie, chaplain of
Sidel chapel. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., 24th June
1624.]
GEORGE ROTHNIE, was reader in
1563 1563 and 1567.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Aberdeen.]
ANDREW SPENS, had charge of
Drumblade, Forgue and Culsalmond
in 1514-6.— [Book of Univ. Kirk,
336, 351.]
1574
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, his pres. in
1598 was on the death of David
Henderson. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixix,
281.]
1598
WILLIAM GARDEN BLAIKIE, his
sons — Walter Biggar, died 3rd May
1928; James Andrew, died 21st Dec.
1929; Robert Henry, died 5th Oct. 1933.
1842
1891
WILLIAM GRANT, dem. 14th Oct.
1930; died Edinburgh 14th Feb.
1943; his daugh., Mary Crawford
(marr. 2nd April 1938 Lieut. William
Reginald Michell, R.N.); his son, Laurence,
Inspector of Taxes, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
(Charges united 9th Nov. 1930.)
GARTLY
St Finnan 's Well was next the Chapel of
Tillathrowie, which probably therefore had
the same dedication. — [Henderson's Place
Names in West Aberdeenshire.]
606
GARTLY— GRANGE
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS GARDEN, M.A., Clerk of
the Diocese of St Andrews; on 19th
June 1566 he was provided to the
perpetual vicarage of Grantuly (Gartly) and
Dundelgie (Drumdelgie) by Patrick Hep-
burne, Bishop of Moray, who placed his
ring on the finger of the said Thomas,
committing to him the care and admini
stration of the charge, and commanded the
Dean of Christianity of Strathbogie, and
rectors and vicars, etc., to induct him; un
certain whether he conformed. — [G rote's
Prot. Bk., 275.]
JOHN CHALMERS, on 2nd Oct. 1649
1649
he was suspended by the Synod
"three lord's days for his unorderlie
baptising and marrying and reccing delin
quents. ' '
JAMES THOMSON, his daughs.—
Sarah Elizabeth (marr. William
Henry Stewart, M.D., Dep. In
spector-General, R.N.), died 15th Sept.
1935; Catherine Hay, died at Linden
Gardens, London, 18th Feb. 1934.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, his
1878 daugh., Jane, died 31st March 1935.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, trans, to
1908 Methlick 6th Sept. 1928.
WILLIAM KAY WHITE, trans, from
Glenrinnes (q.v.) 17th Jan. 1929;
delete "M.A. (1909)" and insert
"M.A. (1908)."
(Charges united 1st Jan. 1933.)
GLASS
SIR JAMES GLASS, vicar 1561, also
of Kirkmichael. — [Comps. Gen. Coll.
1561 frrJ.J 1
of Thirds.]
1564
JAMES GRANTULLIE, parson
1562-3, also at Kirkmichael. —
[Acts and Dec., xxix, 433; Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen.]
GEORGE MELDRUM, dem. his
charge prior to his deposition 5th
Oct. 1664.
PATRICK ROSS, had issue— George.—
[Aberdeen Sas., x, 341, 18th Dec.
1688
1679.]
WILLIAM GALLETLY GUTHRIE,
1913 died 21st May 1942.
(Charges united Sth Oct. 1933.)
DALMEATH
The church belonged to the Monastery
of Mortlach, and later to the See of Aber
deen. In 1266 Robert, Bishop of Aberdeen,
granted the church, along with the Church
of Clova, for the maintenance of the lights
and ornaments of the High Altar of the
cathedral. — [Reg. Epis. of Aberdeen, ii, 29.]
(See Mortlach and Clova.)
WILLIAM ABERCROMBIE, min.
here, pres. to parsonage and
vicarage llth June 1575.— [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 35.]
WILLIAM LESLIE, M.A., parson
1586-90.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
1586
Thirds.}
GRANGE
In the barony of Strathisla granted to
Kinloss Abbey by William the Lion, the
abbey built a chapel dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. Abbot Thomas Crystall, who died
20th Dec. 1535, placed in the chapel a
beautiful statue of the Virgin, on a pedestal.
On the erection of the parish in 1618 the
chapel became the parish church. The
present church was built in 1795. The
parish takes its name from the Grange of
Kinloss Abbey, which was situated in
Strathisla Barony. Ladyhill and Ladywell
in the parish recall the Virgin dedication. —
[Recs. of Kinloss, 36.]
JOHN RUSSELL, his daughs.— Joanna
Maria (marr. -. Brown); Isabella
Helen (marr. George Edward Ren-
wick); his son, Alexander, First Puisne
Judge of Colony of Trinidad and Tobago,
died at Port of Spain 13th Oct. 1934.
JOHN GRAHAM CRANMER, died
9th April 1936; his wife, Catherine
Mary Gordon, died 12th Aug. 1928.
1867
STRATHBOGIE]
HUNTLY
607
HUNTLY, formerly DUNBENNAN
and KINNOIR
A chapel dedicated to St Menimus, the
Confessor, was founded on the banks of
the Deveron by Symon, Thane of Aber-
chirder 1253-99. On 27th June 1469 the
two parishes were designated the ' ' United
Parishes of Kynnore and Dunbenane."
On 22nd May 1650 the Synod resolved that
"Dunebennan will need an able man it
alone, it having within it the house of
Huntly," and further, on 7th April 1658,
it passed an Act disjoining the two parishes,
the min., Mr William Jamieson, agreeing
to denude himself of Dunbennan — the
parishes remained united. — [Reg. of Moray,
No. 218; Cal Papal Regs., Letters, xii, 336;
Recs. Synod of Moray, 22nd May 1650, 7th
April 1658.]
PATRICK HEPBURNE, rector, Kin-
1561
noir; one of the natural sons of
Patrick Hepburne, Bishop of Moray,
and grandson of Patrick Hepburne of
Beynstoun; legitimised 4th Oct. 1545;
summoned for treason along with his
father and brothers 20th Dec. 1567, when
he was still rector. — [Acts Scott. ParL, v, 6;
Reg. Great Seal, iii, 3169; Scots Peerage, ii,
142-3.]
JAMES GORDON, M.A., vicar at
1561
Kinnoir and Dunbennan 1561-3;
died before 24th June 1574. —
[Comps. Gen. and Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen; Reg. Sec. Sig., xiii, 45.]
ROBERT KEITH, reader 1563.—
1563
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
ROBERT ERASER, min. at Kinnoir
1563 an(* Dunbennan 1563. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aberdeen, etc.]
JOHN CHRISTISON of Renno.—
1565 [Acts and Dec., xxxvi, 147.]
JOHN PHILIP (PHILP), he was one of
1567 ^e mon^s °f Kinloss Abbey and at
the Reformation he left the abbey
and "entered in the Lordis wyneyard
planting the Gospel of truth according to
the small talent given unto him, sen quhilk
tyme it semyng gude to God to cast his
pouer Kirk under the croce of povertie be
withdrawing the stipendis appointit for the
ministeris fra them in the yeir of God 1565
yeirs, the said Johnne enterit in societie
with said abbot (Walter of Kinloss) and
techit the Evangell to his people of Strath-
lay (Strathisla) and Kinloss at his chargeis
till sum provisioun was maid for the
sustentatoune of the ministrie and thane
he was appointit agane be the Kirk to
certain kirkis, quhair he now travellis
according to his charge"; during all that
time he had been without the benefit of his
monk's portion of the abbey, and on his
complaint the Privy Council on 9th July
1 569 decerned that Abbot Walter pay him
his annual pension from the abbey for ten
years bypast according to the practice of
the realm; on 20th July following, the
Council suspended the decree till the said
John "satisfy the Kirk and report the
Superintendent's testimonial thereupon."
— [Reg. Privy Council, i, 680-1, 684.] (See
Alford, Turriff, Kinedward, Forglen,
Auchterless, Keith, Forgue, Rothiemay.)
WILLIAM SPENS, reader; pres. to the
1574
vicarage of Kinnoir and Dunbennan
24th June 1574.— [Reg. Sec. Seal,
xlii, 45v.]
JAMES DUFF, min. here, pres. to
vicara§e anci parsonage 31st Dec.
1580 on death of Robert Keith; he
held the parsonage of Kinnoir, and on 26th
April 1585, when the parsonage and
vicarage of Kinnoir were united, he re
ceived presentation to the vicarage, which
was dem. by Mr Alexander Gordon of
Hilside.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 45; Reg. Sec.
Seal, Hi, 181.]
GEORGE CHALMERS, was for a
time one of the mins. at Aberdeen
1604
(North).
LUDOVIC GORDON, died Aug. 1734.
— [Scot. Notes and Queries, June
1692
1934.]
ADAM MACKAY, died at Aberdeen
1924 24th Jan. 1931.
608
KEITH— MARNOCH, of old ABERCHIRDER
[PRESB. OF
KEITH
ANDREW GUTHRIE, called exhorter
1567
1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Moray, etc.]
Sir JAMES STRACHAN, had a child
1665
bapt. 28th Jan. 1669. His son, Hugh
' ' commonly known under the name
of Ramsay," carried on work as R.C.
missionary in Crathie, Kindrochit, Glen-
muick and Glencarden (Glengairn) in 1713,
and was declared fugitive by the Lords
Justiciary at Aberdeen. — [Elgin Reg.', Justi
ciary Records, 1712-17, 10th March 1715,
1717-21, May 1721.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, died 4th June 1713.
1700
Marr. Sarah, daugh. of James
Guthrie, merchant, Edinburgh, and
had issue — James, bapt. 21st May 1701;
Katherine, bapt. 14th Dec. 1702; John,
bapt. 29th Dec. 1704; Mary, bapt. 18th
June 1706; died 21st Nov. 1714; Margaret,
born 1707 (marr. Alexander Tarras, mer
chant, Banff.)
SYDNEY SMITH, adm. to Roslin 30th
1898 March 1927.
MATTHEW STEWART, trans, to
1914
Hamilton Second Charge 3rd Sept.
1926.
1927
JOHN FREELAND, trans, from St
Andrew's, Perth, 4th March 1927;
dem. 26th Feb. 1935; adm. to Wood-
side, Glasgow, llth Dec. 1945; his daugh.,
Margaret, died 6th Nov. 1940.
MARNOCH, of old ABERCHIRDER
The old church is said to have been built
in the middle of a Druid circle of standing
stones. The Chapel of St Neminius the
Confessor, situated near the Deveron, was
founded about 1286-7 by Alexander,
Thane of Aberchirder, for the soul of
Alexander, King of Scotland, the soul of
his father, and his own soul, the endowment
given to the chaplain, Sir Cristinus, being
four silver merks annually from the mill of
Carnoussexth (Carnousie), and the whole
haugh called Dolbrech, with all the build
ings built or to be builded in the churchyard
1574
at the said chapel. St John's Chapel was
situated at Chapelton, were are St John's
Well and St John's Ford. On 26th Feb.
1640 the min. reported to the Synod "that
the Laird of Frendraucht had given to his
Churche two gryt cupps of silver worth
nyne scoir libs, and that Sir Alexr. Lesly
gave a silver bason, a Church bell, and a
hand bell."— [Reg. of Moray, 279-80;
MacKinlay's^/zc. Ch. Dedications (script.),
280.]
JOHN WILSON, reader at Aberchirder
1563 1563.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Aberdeen, etc.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, reader, pres. to
vicarage 23rd Aug. 1574 on death of
John Thorn. He was one of those
who, as related on 18th Oct. 1577, assailed
Alexander Dunbar, Dean of Moray, and
killed the Dean's daughter, Elizabeth, aged
13 years.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 27;
Young's Annals of Elgin, 114.]
JAMES DUNBAR, pres. to vicarage
1579 llth March 1579-80, on death of
George Douglas. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, 32.]
ALEXANDER HAY, min. here, pres.
to vicarage 1 8th June 1 597, on death
5 of Florence Winchester.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig.,lxlx, 115.]
RICHARD MAITLAND, M.A.; in
1631 1 632 he was ord. by the Synod " to
keep his kirk and to be resident at
his Mans and to keep the presbiterie as he
sould in tyme coming and to quyt his
deposed reedare": was suspended by the
General Assembly at Aberdeen 28th July
1640, for some apparent miscarriages in his
life and some in his doctrine, and on 27th
Oct. following he was reponed by the
Synod, having cleared himself of popery,
armenianism, etc.
JOHN REIDFURD, adm. to Forglen
1648 before 1624; trans, to Towie 1634.
ALEXANDER CHALMER, his widow,
Barbara Burnett, died Tuesday, 26th
March 1776.
1707
STRATHBOGIE] MARNOCH, of old ABERCHIRDER— RHYME
609
DAVID HENRY, his daugh., Mary
1842
Frances, died at Aberdeen 12th
Nov. 1930.
NEIL WILLIAM WILSON, died 5th
1917 Dec. 1943.
MORTLACH
To the Monastery of Mortlach belonged
the Church and Monastery of Clova with
land and the Church of Dalmeath with
land. By Bull of Pope Andrew in 1 157 the
Monastery of Clova and the Monastery of
Mortlach, with the five churches pertaining
to same, were annexed to the See of Aber
deen. — [Reg. Epis. Aberdeen, i, 5-6, 84.]
JOHN LESLIE, parson 27th May 1559
1559 and 1570. (See Oyne.)
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, parson
1562 in 1562. — [Acts, and Dec., xxix, 67.]
GEORGE LESLIE, pres. to parsonage
1573
and vicarage 18th Aug. 1573, vacant
on non-compearance of Alexander
Anderson, sometime principal of College
of Aberdeen, before Commissioners of
Kirks; had also a daugh., Helen. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 10; Rec. of Elgin, ii, 10.]
NORMAN DUNCAN, M.A., his pres.
1594 on depriv. of George Leslie. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig.j Ixvi, 67.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, pres. in 1601
1601
on depriv. of Norman Duncan. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxii, 139.]
1661
ALEXANDER INNES, reponed by
Synod "on his Petiti°n has his
mouth opened to preach the Gos
pel," 4th April 1660, before adm. here.
Marr. pro. 18th Aug. 1661, Marjory
Scrogie. — [Old Machar Reg.]
ARTHUR STRACHAN, on 26th Oct.
1669 1708 the Synod deemed that the
Presb. of Strathbogie ' ' be appointed
to apply the civil magistrate for stopping
the irregular and scandalous practices of
Mr Arthur Strachan, schismaticall preacher
at Mortleigh (in Cairney) and that they
proceed to censure him as they see cause."
HUGH INNES, line 2, for "Feichnet"
1698
read "Leichnet"; his son, Alex
ander, apprenticed to Adam Lind
say, surgeon, 10th Dec. 1729.
JAMES ALEXANDER CRUICK-
1Q,_ SHANK, his daugh., Jean, died 6th
Dec. 1933.
JOHN BARR CUMMING, dem. 5th
1886
June 1928; his daughs. — Janet
Stalker (marr. 28th June 1933
Arthur Douglas Phillip, son of Sydney
Phillip Aitkens, Cranleigh House, Addle-
ston); Margaret Cowie, died 18th Jan. 1948.
1928
LEWIS LEGERTWOOD LEGG
CAMERON, served in 4th Gordon
Highlanders, wounded 1916; trans,
from St Ninian's, Aberdeen (q.v.}, 26th
Sept. 1928; trans, to Bo 'ness 19th April
1934; dem. on app. as Secretary of Social
and Welfare Committee 1937. Marr. 3rd
Sept. 1925 Margaret Ann, daugh. of James
Middleton, Aberdeen, and has issue —
Margaret Middleton, born 22nd Dec. 1926;
Eileen Middleton Petrie, born 7th April
1929; Neil, born and died 14th Nov. 1931.
(Charges united 22nd July 1934.)
NEWMILL
1924
KENNETH JOHN CAMERON, trans.
to Gamrie 2nd Nov. 1932. Addl.
issue — Kenneth Sutherland, born
23rd Oct. 1928; John Mowat, born 27th
Jan. 1935.
RHYNIE
There are the remains of a chapel near
Finglenny called Chapel Cairn. Bell Hil
lock is beside the cairn. — [Place Names of
West Aberdeenshire, 100.]
THOMAS DALLACHIE, reader 1563.
1563
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Aber
deen, etc.]
HENRY ROSS, on 1st July 1640 he was
1609
libelled before the Synod of Moray
for * ' sindrie grosse faults and over
sights," and on 21st Jan. 1641 the Synod
found thirteen counts of the libel proved
610
RHYNIE— ROTHIEMAY [PRESB. OF STRATHBOGIE
and suspended him, but reponed him at the
same meeting. On 8th June 1641 he was
ord. by the Synod to * ' denude himself of
his lairge labouring of fermeland, as it hath
bene a gryt distraction to him" — he did so
5th April 1642.— [Recs. of Synod of Moray,
8th June 1641, 5th April 1642.]
GEORGE CHALMERS, had a son
1643 buried 16th June 1662.
1680
JAMES GORDON, on 29th Oct. 1718
tne Syn°d recaUed tne sentence of
deposition, but continued his sus
pension till next Synod.
1900
JAMES CAMERON McHARDY, dem.
2nd June 1931. Marr. (2) 30th June
1945 Annie Christina Murray
Bremner Esson.
(Charges united 1th June 1931.)
ESSIE
HEW CURRIE, parson.— [Acts and
1569 Dec., xlvi, 75.]
GEORGE ARNOT, parson.— [Acts and
1573 Dec., liv, 206, 255.]
ROTHIEMAY
The first church was built by St Drostan
in the haugh below Rothiemay Castle in
the sixth century. In 1752 the Earl of Fife,
who had acquired Rothiemay, pulled down
the church because it interfered with his
view from the castle, and utilised the stones
in building, at the Midtown, a new church
which was the predecessor of the existing
church. What was left of the old church
was grown over and the exact site became
unknown. But recently the site was brought
to light through the labours of Colonel Ian
Forbes of Rothiemay Castle and one of his
men, and the excavations had laid bare the
foundations, altar stone and font. — [Dr
Douglas Simpson, Trans. Banffshire Field
Club.}
LAURENCE DONALDSON, pres. to
vicarage 10th Dec. 1573 vacant by
James Clerk not compearing for
admission. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 14.]
JAMES GORDON of Zeochry, at "a
1641 v*sitati°n °f tne Kirk holden by
James, Lord Bishop," on 24th Oct.
1678, it was reported that "Mr James
Gordon has continued in sickness, and Mr
William Logic, schoolmaster, has preached
and thus his school has been spoiled"; Mr
Gordon promised to give 300 merks for a
helper with the use of his books; issue by
first marriage — Margaret. Marr. (2) 17th
Sept. 1663 Katherine, daugh. of Thomas
Gordon, sheriff depute of Aberdeen; she
died May 1703, and had issue — James;
Alexander of Kinminity, died 1722;
Ludovic, who with father and mother had
a sasine 18th Dec. 1671; Catherine. —
[G. R. Sas., 3 Ser., xxviii, 361; Banff Sas.,
22nd July 1667, 20th Aug. 1670; Scot.
Notes and Queries, 3 Ser., xii, 70, May
1934.]
1880
WILLIAM ALLARDYCE, his son,
Robert Moir, M.A., LL.B., O.B.E.,
C.B.E., Director of Education, Glas
gow, 1929, and chief official of Education
Department, Glasgow Town Council;
Alexander, M.A., B.L.; his daugh., Marion
Jane, M.A., LL.B. (London, 1932), called
to English Bar 1933, in Pensions Branch,
Customs and Excise Department, London,
1923.
1913
DAVID ALEXANDER ANDERSON,
dem. 26th Oct. 1946. Addl. issue-
Beatrice Margaret, born 12th April
1925.
(Charges united 2\st July 1935.)
PRESBYTERY OF ABERLOUR
ABERLOUR
On 8th Nov. 1451 Aberlour is designated
Lochlin or Inncrim, now called Aberlour.
— [Reg. Epis. Moray, 223.]
LEONARD LESLIE, M.A., parson in
1566
1566 and 1568.— [Comp s. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Moray, etc.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, vicar; natural
16 son of Mr Alexander Douglas,
burgess, Commissioner, and Provost
of Elgin, and received letters of legitimation
5th Feb. 1554-5, when he was designated
Sir William Douglas, Chaplain; was vicar
here 27th Sept. 1565, and probably was in
office at the Reformation. — [Reg. Great
Seal, iv, 981, 1681, 1877.]
ROBERT STEPHEN, his daugh.,
Margaret (marr. cont. 22nd July
1707 William Cuming of Tomore).
— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., cxii, 2nd Jan.
1713.]
ROBERT STEPHEN, on 27th Oct. 1713
the Synod refused consent to his
translation to Craig, but gave con
sent on 14th April 1714, as there was no
hope of his grievances being removed.
GEORGE HAY, intruded in Aberlour
before 1709, preaching and exer
cising other functions of the ministry,
sentenced by the Lords Justiciary at Aber
deen in that year; intruded later at Rathven.
—[Justiciary Records, 1712-17, 13th March
1715.] (See Rathven.)
ALFRED DRUMMOND DUFF, trans.
to Mearns 22nd Oct. 1929; his wife,
Edith Hart, died llth Feb. 1937.
Marr. (2) 21st Aug. 1938 Nellie Shaw,
youngest daugh. of James Murray,
Strachanshaw, Busby. Prisoner of War in
Germany 1940.
1707
BOHARM
The Hospital of St Nicholas, for the
sustenance of poor persons resorting
thither, was founded in 1222-35 by Muriel
de Pollok, daugh. of late Peter de P., the
endowment being the lands of Innerorkall,
and the mill of the same, with the water
rights. She also gave the Church of Rothes.
The lands of Aginvay were the gift of
Walter de Moravia between 1222 and 1242;
and on 7th Oct. 1232 Alexander II granted
a charter of 4 merks annually from the
farm of Mill of Invernairn for the sus
tenance of a chaplain and a clerk in the
chapel of the hospital. Prior to 1530 the
cadets of the house of Rothes took posses
sion of the revenues of the hospital, which
soon thereafter became ruinous; and
shortly after 1829 its remains were cleared
away to facilitate the construction of the
approach to the suspension bridge then
under erection. — [Reg. Epis. of Moray,
120-5.]
WILLIAM PETERKIN pres. to par-
1568 sonage sometime pertaining in com
mon to Chanonry of Moray Cathe
dral 26th Jan. 1567-8; pres. to vicarage in
1582 on death of John Robertson. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, 5, ii, 80; Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Moray.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, M.A., vicar, was
dead 1582. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
„-,, . , -,
Thirds. ]
DUNDURCAS
WILLIAM PETERKIN, exhorter,
designated min. 1569. — [Edin. Test.,
ii, 108.]
WILLIAM LEITH, reader 1565, also
at Dipple. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Moray, etc.]
611
612
DUNDURCAS— GLENLIVET
[PRESS. OF
PATRICK BALFOUR, M.A., Elgin,
pres. to vicarage 15th Sept. 1572 on
death of Sir William Wiseman.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (3), 21.]
JOHN MODERATUS (Mudrach Mur-
1574
doch), pres. to vicarage 3rd Dec.
1574 on dem. of Patrick Balfour. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 29.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, pres. to vicarage
8th Aug. 1576 on death of John
Mudrach. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
1576
47.]
JOHN KNOX, M.A., pres. to vicarage
°Ct' 1576 °n death °f
1576
48.]
Mudrach. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
JOHN RAY, M.A.; Regent and Pro-
1652
fessor of Moral Philosophy at
Marischal College dr. 1633-48;
Editor of Cicero's Epistdarum libri iv,
Aberdeen, 1630, 1635. "He made an
excellent funeral Oration on King Charles
the Martyr." — [Recs. of Marischal College
and Univ., i, 65/i, 213, ii, 34, 35.]
ADAM HARPER, assistant at Duffus
1686 1683-6.
ELCHIES
The old church was situated at Easter
Elchies, where the churchyard still exists,
and appears to have been ruinous at or soon
after the union with Knockando in 1625.
Subsequently steps seem to have been taken
to secure the rebuilding of Elchies Church,
for on 10th Oct. 1671 the Synod recom
mended the Presb. of Aberlour to meet in
Elchies parish and there, along with the
heritors, "design a plot of ground most
convenient for erecting a new Church
which work was intended and concluded
upon many years ago." The matter was
again before the Synod on 9th April 1672,
when that body, on the ground that the
people of Elchies were a great distance
from Knockando Church "and that few
or anie of those people did frequent the
ordnances at the said place," and that
therefore there was need for a new church
at Elchies, ratified and approved of the
church being erected on a platt of ground
called Cargill. Owing to difficulties in
securing that site the Synod on 14th Oct.
1673 ord. the min. at Knockando "to use
all legal diligence against the heritors to
build a new church in the plat of ground at
Easter Elchies where it was of old. ' ' That
church became ruinous about 1750.
JAMES STRACHAUCHAN, parson.—
[Acts and Dec., xxviii,417, xxix, 433,
xxxii, 108, 223.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, pres. to
vicarage of Botarie 13th June 1569.
—[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 28.]
WILLIAM STRACHAUCHIN, parson
1 __. and prebender. — [Acts and Dec., liii,
413.]
JOHN LESLIE, reader at Botarie.—
1574 [Acts and Dec., Iv, 557.]
JAMES GEORGE MACDONALD,
1914 trans, to Ordiquhill 20th Oct. 1927.
JAMES ALEXANDER SUTHER-
1567
1928
LAND MACKAY, born Dornoch
3rd Sept. 1901, son of John M. and
Christina Sutherland; educ. at Dornoch
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1923); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh April
1927; assistant at St Mary's, Dundee; ord.
5th April 1928; trans, to Cardenden 24th
June, 1931; died 8th Jan. 1943. Marr. 13th
June 1928 Emma Forrest, daugh. of James
Myles and Catherine McLellan Myles.
(Charges united 7th Jan. 1934.)
GLENLIVET
Chapel Chriosd was situated at Nevie. It
was called Neuechin Christ, Neuin Crist,
"Christ's Sanctuary"; and the lands
attached to the chapel were called the lands
of Neuchin Christ or Neuchincrist, and
belonged to the Bishopric of Moray. Nevi
is from Nemeton, Nemed, "Holy," and
signifies an institution, originally pagan,
taken over by the Christian Church. On
28th Oct. 1714, following a representation
by the Presb. of Aberlour 'that the country
ABERLOUR]
GLENLIVET— ROTHES
613
of Glenlivet was about eight miles distant
from its parish church of Inveravon, that it
abounded with papists, defections being
made by ' ' traffiquing priests, ' ' and that the
Synod should use its endeavours to have
another ord. min. in Inveravon parish, the
Synod recommended the Presb. to apply to
the Commission for the Plantation of Kirks
for the erection of Glenlivet into a separate
parish; the matter was not pressed. — [Reg.
of Moray, 12, 68; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 246, 249.]
JAMES STEVENSON, on 13th April
1713 the Synod prohibited the
Presb. of Aberlour to ordain him as
assistant in the parish of Inveravon, ' ' con
sidering it is ane highland paroch abound
ing with papists and popish priests
traffiquing amongst them whose depen
dence is mainly upon these having the
Irish language which language Mr Steven
son hath not."
ALEXANDER INNES, born Rothes
1712
1768
1738, son of Jonathan I. in Peter-
1865
aigie, and Margaret Grant; died
14th May 1819. Marr. his cousin, Eliza
beth, daugh. of John Innes in Balvenie and
Magdalen Grant, and had issue — John
Alexander Robert, Lieut. 48th Regiment.
JAMES BAIN, was assistant school
master at Duffus in 1853.— [Recs.
of Elgin Presb., 7th Dec. 1853.]
ROBERT HOGG CALDER, dem. 2nd
1883 June 1926; died 6th May 1930.
ANDREW WELSH FARMS, trans.
from Kennethmont (tf-v-) 9th Nov.
1926; trans, to Canonbie 21st Nov.
1930. Marr. 15th Sept. 1931 Isabella Jane,
daugh. of Charles Watson, Estate Office,
Leith Hall, Kennethmont, and has issue —
Christian Edith Welsh, born llth July
1941; Hazel Taylor Ross, born 14th Jan.
1944.
(Charges united 2\st Jan. 1932.)
GLENRINNES
ALEXANDER FALCONER, born 17th
18Q9 March 1777, son of John F., min. of
Sandwick, Orkney.
1926
CHARLES BRUCE, his son, Hon.
1864 R°bert Randolph, Lieut.-Governor
of British Columbia, died 21st Feb.
1942.
WILLIAM KAY WHITE, trans, to
1912 Gartly 17th Jan. 1929.
1929
DONALD MACGILLIVRAY BEA
TON, formerly of Leslie, Garioch
G/.v.); trans, from Tannadice 31st
May 1929; died 10th Sept. 1942; his wife,
Janette Simpson, died 2nd April 1928.
Marr. (2) 16th July 1935 Helene, daugh. of
Robert Clyde and Elizabeth Power.
INVERAVON
JOHN STEWART, his widow, Christian
Fordyce, marr. (2) cont. 21st May
1702, Robert Grant, writer, Edin
burgh.
WILLIAM ASHER, his daugh., Robina
1883
(marr. Captain Robert Skinner,
Bengal Army), died 7th Aug. 1876.
1924
EDWIN MAXWELL MURRAY
DAVIDSON, trans, to St Drostan's,
Markinch, 1st Oct. 1930. Marr.
22nd June 1922 Christina, daugh. of David
G. Donaldson, M.B., C.M., Dunning, and
had addl. issue — Moyra Donaldson, born
17th Sept. 1926; David Gilbert Donaldson,
born 23rd Aug. 1931; Jack Cunningham,
born 2nd Dec. 1938.
KNOCKANDO
JOHN CLARK his son, William
Esdaile Cattley, died at Bridge of
Allan 21st Jan. 1939; his daugh.,
Caroline, died 17th March 1938.
PATRICK RIDDELL, died 3rd March
1940; his widow, Isabella Logan
Williamson, died 16th June 1944.
1855
1901
ROTHES
The church was granted to the Hospital
of St Nicholas at the Boat of Brig by
Muriel de Pollok, daugh. of Peter de P.,
and the grant was confirmed by her daugh.,
Eva, Lady Morthach, lady of Rothes.
614
ROTHES
[PRESB. OF ABERLOUR
There was a chapel in Rothes Castle. —
[Reg.Epis. of Moray, 124; Reg. Great Seal,
iii, 148.]
JOHN LESLIE, his son, John, succeeded
to Findrassie; his daugh., Isobel,
had a child by Thomas Crevey, min.
of Newhills.
1663
JAMES ALLAN, on 19th June 1705 he
was charged by the Synod for ab
senting himself from meetings of
Presb. and Synod, and for not having
subscribed his renouncing the errors of
Antonia Bourignon, and for not adhering
to the Confession of Faith, and was
suspended till next meeting of Synod. On
30th Oct. 1705 the Synod, on learning that
the congregation at Rothes had boycotted
the service at which his suspension was to
be intimated, again suspended him till the
next meeting. On 5th March 1706 the
Synod cited him to the next ensuing
General Assembly, and on the General
Assembly referring the process back to the
Synod on 9th April 1706 the Synod on 29th
May following dep. him "for his absence
from the Presb. for his unjust reflec
tions upon the Synod of Moray in reference
to the errors of Bourgignonism, in refusing
to own the Confession of Faith as the
Confession of his Faith," etc. His inti
mated appeal to the General Assembly pro
duced no result in his favour, and on 25th
Oct. 1709, when he craved to be restored to
the exercise of the ministry, the Synod
referred the case to the Committee for
Overtures. On 27th Oct. following, the
Synod records that ' ' Mr James Allan gives
no satisfaction to the Synod, and desists
from prosecuting his address."
WILLIAM FALCONER JENKINS,
dem. 26th March 1939; died at
Burghead 27th Sept. 1939.
PRESBYTERY OF ABERNETHY
ABERNETHY
PATRICK GRANT, M.A.; apparently
identical with Patrick Grant, son of
John Grant of Freuchie, whom the
said John provided with the "Living of
Rothiemurchus" before 1584. In 1624 he
offered to demit the Kirk of Kincardine as
part provision for a min. at Rothiemurchus.
But Kincardine seems to have remained
under his charge, for he was held respon
sible by the Synod for building the church
there 1625-7. He had issue, Janet. — [Recs.
Synod of Moray, 25th Oct. 1625, 25th Oct.
1626 (see Rothiemurchus); Banff Sas., 8th
July 1630.]
WILLIAM FORSYTH, his son, Wil-
1863
Ham, died while shooting 10th Dec.
1935.
DUNCAN ROBERTSON, formerly
1Qft_ min. here (q.v.), adm. to Boat of
Garten 5th May 1932, dem. 24th
Nov. 1933, died 15th July 1941.
ARCHIBALD WATSON ROSS, dem.
2nd Feb. 1932, adm. to Glenlivet
1922
and Craggan 4th Sept. 1941. His
first wife divorced 7th March 1941. Marr.
(2) 16th July 194i, Catherine Stuart.
(Charges united 3rd March 1932.)
KINCARDINE ON SPEY
ALEXANDER STEWART, pres. to
1569
parsonage on 9th July 1 569 when a
student at St Andrews Univ., on
death of John Gray. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
25.]
AD VIE
The church was probably dedicated to St
Bridget. About one and a half miles north
east of Advie station are the ruins of the
old church. Over the doorway are the
initials W.G., A.G., and the date 1706. The
initials are said to be those of the builder
and his wife, inserted by the builder him
self; and it is further affirmed that the
Laird, irritated by the action of the builder,
banned further procedure with the work.
At Dalvey there are or were the remains of
the ecclesiastical establishment of Devek,
called the Chapel, and probably identical
with the Church of Deveth which about
1213-21 Bricuis, Bishop of Moray, at the
instance and on the petition of his uncle,
Friskyn de Kerdal, patron of the church,
granted and confirmed to the Church of the
Holy Trinity of Spynie, for the fabric of the
same. The grant was confirmed by Andrew,
Bishop of Moray, to the Church of the
Holy Trinity of Elgin, after it became the
cathedral church in place of Spynie Church
in 1224. — [Mackinlay's Anc. Ch. Dedica
tions (non-script.), 130; Rev. Dr Reid's
Grantown, 88-9, 1906 Ed.; McConnochie's
Strathspey, 122; Reg. Epis. of Moray, 61-2,
65.]
THOMAS AUSTIN, M.A., pres. 1574
on death of James Thornton. —
1574
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 24.]
JOHN LIDDELL, dem. 6th Dec. 1927;
188g died 23rd Jan. 1939; his widow,
Euphemia Eliza Norah McAlistir,
died 14th May 1947.
1928
ALEXANDER FORBES BLACK,
trans, from Rosebank, Dundee
(q.v.), 4th May 1928; Clerk of Presb.
dem. 1948.
ALVIE
A chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary was
founded at Kincraig by John Hay of Tullie-
bethell 3rd May 1374, with £40 annually
615
616
ALVIE— DUTHIL
[PRESB. OF
from the lands of Lochlwy, 2 acres of land
and a house at Rate. — [Reg. of Moray,
No. 320.]
JOHN GLASS, in 1570 had haill com
mon Kirk of Alvy as min., pres. to
vicarage 14th March 1572-3.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 5; Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Moray, etc.]
ANDREW OSTLER, reader, pres. to
vicarage 6th Nov. 1575 on death of
Mr John Brown. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 38.]
1575
WILLIAM MACINTOSH, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 24th Sept. 1580
on death of Sir John Glass. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 40.]
1580
RODERICK MACLEOD, on 3rd Nov.
1632
1642 the Synod suspended him and
appointed him to appear before the
Presb. of Abernethy for final sentence of
deposition, on charges of immorality,
absence from his charge without notice,
neglect of discipline, failure for four years
to administer the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper, and non-catechising, and also of
being under suspicion of "medling with
the commone guid and penalties."
JAMES ANDERSON, ord. to Wallace,
Nova Scotia, June 1865; trans, to
Newcastle, New Brunswick, 1873.
1880
DUGALD McLEAN, dem. 27th July
1914 1932, died 29th Nov. 1936.
(Charges united 21th July 1932.)
CROMDALE
The present church was built in 1809. At
Congash there was a chapel with a burial-
ground, probably prehistoric. In it are two
remarkable sculptured stones, one of which
bears an object of helmet shape. At
Achnahannet, ' ' field of the Annat, ' ' in the
north part of the parish, there is the site of
a little chapel in a field, enclosed by a
"cashel." Down below near the town is
Tobar an Domhnaich, "Sunday's Well." —
[New Stat. Ace., xiv, 441; Cramond's
Grantown, 24; Bruce-Lockhart's My Scot
tish Youth, 149; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 252.]
WILLIAM SYMSON, reader in 1568.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Moray.}
1568
PATRICK GRANT, as min. of Advie,
1590
1640
Cromdale and Inverallan, pres. to
vicarage of same 20th March 1590-1
on death of Thomas Rattray. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 207.]
GILBERT MARSHALL, on 3rd June
1640 he was censured by the Synod
"for marrying the Laird of Grant
(James Grant) to my Laird of Murray's
sister (Mary Stewart, daugh. of James,
second Earl of Moray), and for not taking
security that she shall adhere to the true
religion, she having been bred and brought
up in papistrie"; he pleaded that he did it
"at the earnest desire and sollicitation of
the Laird of Grant, and for saving them
from the sin of fornication"; on 8th Oct.
1651 he was suspended by the Synod for
two Sabbaths for irregular baptising and
marrying; and on 2nd Feb. 1659 he was
again suspended by the Synod for two
Sabbaths for "his gross omission and
neglect of so important a dutie as prayer in
and with the Laird of Grant's family when
he hapnd to be in the said family" — the
said Laird had been accused of neglect of
family worship and of having priests in his
home, and his wife of practising certain
forms of Popish worship, idolatry and
superstition. — [Recs. Synod of Moray, 3rd
June 1640, 8th Oct. 1651, 7th April, 1652,
3rd April 1655, 2nd Feb. 1659.]
THOMAS SHERETT CARGILL, died
4th Nov. 1936; his wife, Nellie
Alexander, died at Edinburgh 3rd
Nov. 1928. Marr. (2) 9th Oct. 1930 Mary
Jean Laurie, who died 4th Nov. 1936.
(Charges united \5th May 1930.)
DUTHIL
In 1660 the church, which was fallen to
the ground, was rebuilt by the Laird of
Grant. The present church was built in
1909
ABERNETHY]
DUTHIL— INSH
617
1826. At a meeting of the parishioners in
the church on 13th Jan. 1537-8, Mr
Andrew Grant was elected Clerk of the
Parish in succession to the deceased Wil
liam Grant. The Grants of Grant, after
wards Earls of Seafield, had a burial aisle
here from 1586. The mausoleum adjoining
the church was built in 1821 by Francis
William, sixth Earl of Seafield, and a new
mausoleum, a counterpart of the former,
was erected to the east of the churchyard
about 46 years later by the Dowager
Countess of Seafield. In the churchyard is
the grave of Ian Manndoch or Lorn, the
celebrated Jacobite poet. — [The Chiefs of
Grant, iii, 268; McConnachie's Strathspey,
108; Shaw's Hist, of Province of Moray, i,
255; Reg. of Synod, 3rd April and 2nd Oct.
1660.]
ALEXANDER OGILVY M.A., parson
1566 in 1566 and 1568.— [Comps. Coll. of
Thirds, Moray, etc.]
WILLIAM WATSON, before the Synod
in July 1646 "he confessed that
James Grahame (Marquis of Mont-
rose) was a night at his house"; and for
compliance with the Marquis he was sus
pended by the Synod from 6th April to 5th
Oct. 1647. On 2nd Oct. 1649 he was
referred by the Synod for trial to the
Presb. of Aberlour on a charge of con
temptuous reception of the General Assem
bly's order to mins. to "speak boldlie
against the Scots in England"; and three
years later he was suspended for three
months ' * for giving the communione to the
people kneeling. ' ' — [Recs. Synod of Moray,
July 1646, 6th April, 5th Oct. 1647, 2nd
Oct. 1649, 7th April, 15th June 1652.]
JAMES WATSON, for various mis-
1652 demeanours, including service with
Montrose at Lesmoir, he had his
licence suspended by the Synod in July
1646 till 5th Oct. 1647; and he was rebuked
by the Synod on 2nd Oct. 1649 for going
"through the country in Highland ap-
parell"; he died before 3rd April 1660.
WILLIAM SMITH, suspended by the
1667 Synod f°r two months on 1 3th April
1675 for "ministerial failings, neg
lects, and escapes, and his conversation
not becoming the gravity of a minister. ' '
DONALD McINTOSH, ord. to Farr,
15th July 1674. Marr. Janet Mac-
kay.— [Deeds Mack, 1704, No.
733.]
1695
WILLIAM GRANT, on 24th April 1844
1820 the Synocl recorded its appreciation
of his liberality in having built a
school in the parish and set aside a con
siderable sum for its endowment. Lines 21
and 22, for ' ' Stewart ' ' read ' ' Stuart. ' '
PETER MACGREGOR, died 30th Dec.
1912 1935; his daugh., Margaret Una
Cameron (marr. 10th July 1931
Reginald John Fry, Radipole, Weymouth).
(Charges united 15th May 1930.)
INSH
It would appear that Insh had a later
dedication of St Mary. On 28th July 1294
William le Franseys was sued by Thomas
the Clerk of Elgin, for being found in
possession of 476 lamb skins which the
plaintiff deposited in the Church of St Mary
of Insh for security against robbers and
which had been carried off. Franseys
stated that he had bought them from some
men unknown in Elgin "last Thursday."
By leave of court parties compromised.
Near the Great North Road, in a field
below Dunachton House, there is an
ancient burial-ground with ivy-covered re
mains of a chapel said to have been dedi
cated to St Drostan.— [Cal. of Docs,
relating to Scotland, ii, 192; McConachie's
Strathspey, 35.]
SIR GILBERT DUFF, chaplain of St
1564 Katherine's Chapel in Innes. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Moray.}
GEORGE MACKAY MUNRO, his
i«Q7 widow, Lucy Hyde Turnbull, died
27th Jan. 1940.
JOHN ROBERT DE LINGEN KIL-
BURN, line 20, for "Ide" read
"lole"; M.B., Ch.B.
618
INSH— KINGUSSIE
[PRESB. OF
1921
ROBERT MONTGOMERY BRIGHT,
trans, to Kirkmichael, Dunkeld,
19th July 1928.
(United to Alvie 21th July 1932.)
INVERALLAN
Portions of the walls of the old church
in the churchyard near the Spey existed till
about forty years ago, when they were re
moved in connection with churchyard
alterations. Futach's (Fiacre's) Stone has
an incised cross on each side, the east face
of the stone being dressed. Built into the
west wall of the churchyard is a symbol
stone; the symbols are believed to be of
Pictish origin influenced by association
with the early Christian crosses, and of the
6th or 7th century. The old baptismal font,
circular, rough-dressed, and with circular
orifice, is near the entrance to the church
yard. St Futach's Well, in part rilled with
mud and growth of grass, is situated on the
west side of the road along the Spey, a
short distance from the churchyard. The
first church, built in Grantown, bore the
date 1801, the year of its erection. It gave
place to the present church, the Seafield
Memorial Church, erected on the same site
and opened on 1st May 1886. It was the
gift of Caroline Stuart, Countess of Sea-
field, in memory of her husband, John
Charles, seventh Earl of Seafield, and of
their son, Ian Charles, eighth Earl of Sea-
field. The pulpit was made from a piece of
elaborate old carving brought from Castle
Grant. In front of the Seafield gallery is a
piece of carved woodwork found in 1 874
when an old house was in process of
demolition at the farm of Shillochan,
Duthil. It consists of three rows of panels.
The topmost row of eight panels has the
arms of the following families: Cumming
of Altyre; Gordon of Huntly; Rose of
Kilravock; Calder of that ilk; Grant of
Auchernach; Forbes of Auchintie; Leslie
of Balquhain; Lumsden of Cushnie. Below
is inscribed:
Mark the upright man, and behold the
just,
For the end of that man is peace.
The middle row, also of eight panels,
displays floral and figure designs, and
below is:
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth
them,
And delivereth them out of all their
troubles.
The lowest row, of seven panels, carries
less ornate designs. — [Crammond's Gran-
town, 7-8; Inscrips. in Church', Memo, Mr.
Wm. McGregor, Grantown.]
JOHN THOMSON, his son, Alexander
1878
Stuart Duff, died at Glasgow 9th
Sept. 1927.
WILLIAM GREEN, his widow, Flora
MacDonald Manson, died 18th May
1937.
IAN ROBERT WILSON GILLAN,
dem. 23rd Aug. 1929; adm. to St
1925
Columba's, London (Second
Charge); dem. on appointment to Fair-
milehead Church Extension Charge, 12th
April 1938.
DULNAIN BRIDGE
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
1923
trans, to Culsalmond 15th July
1927.
KINGUSSIE
The church along with the Chapel of
Benchory (near Newtonmore) was granted
to the Bishopric of Moray by Gilbert de
Kathera' (Strathern ?), with confirmation
by William the Lion 1203-11. The church
was rebuilt in 1624 and 1792. The priory
was founded by George, Earl of Huntly,
dr. 1490. It belonged to the Order of the
Carmelites. Croft-maluag, now Chapel-
park, at Raitts, indicates that there was a
chapel there dedicated to St Mo-Luoc of
Lismore, who died 592, Mo-Luoc being an
affectionate form of Lugiad, Lughaidh. —
[Reg. of Moray, 14; Recs. of Synod of
Moray, 13, 14th April 1624; Reg. Sec. Seal,
ii, 797; Watson's Celtic Place Names,
292-3.]
1558
ROBERT CARNEGIE, parson 1558.—
[Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, ii, 317.]
ABERNETHY]
KINGUSSEE— LAGGAN
619
ARCHIBALD LINDSAY, M.A., par
son, 18th April 1566, Jan. 1571-2.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xl, 47; Reg. Mag.
Sig., iv, 2518.]
1571
LACHLAN GRANT, his son, James,
min. of Ruthrie. — [Synod Reg., 4th
1649
Oct. 1670.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, ord. at Achrenie,
1810 Halkirk; trans, to Eriboll 1794.
GREGOR STUART, line 8, for "29"
1857 read "24."
1867
KENNETH ALEXANDER MAC
KENZIE, his widow, Mary Isabella
MacDonald, died 7th April 1929;
his daugh., Elizabeth Hannah Fairbairn
(marr. 17th Jan. 1931, Edward Robertson,
M.A., schoolmaster, Kingussie).
1906
DUGALD MACFARLANE, D.D.,
Moderator of General Assembly
18th May 1937. His wife, Roma
Constance Campbell, died 1st Oct. 1947.
KIRKMICHAEL
In 1625 and again in 1671 and 1673 the
parish was named Strathavin. — [Rec. of
Synod.]
SIR JAMES GLASS, vicar 1561. (See
1561 Glass.)
SIR JAMES GARNTULLIE, vicar
1562 1562-3. (See Glass.)
JOHN RAY, M.A.; on 4th Feb. 1640
1624
he "professit his willingness to
subscryvie the Covenant, but
affirmed that he durst not hazard to
subscryvie for feare of the Clangregour and
other brocken men day lie conversing about
him, enemies to the Covenant." — [Recs.
of Synod of Moray, 4th Feb. 1640.]
COLIN NICOLSON, eldest son and
1686
heir of George N., master mason,
and Janet Campbell.— [G. R. Sas.,
3 Ser., xxxv, 207, 24th May 1675.]
JAMES WILLIAM FRASER, his
widow, Catherine Roy Paterson,
died 19th Oct. 1942.
JOHN GARROW DUNCAN, D.D.
1907
(Aberdeen, 29th March 1933), dem.
31st Dec. 1942; his wife, Katherine
Reid, died 12th Dec. 1933. Marr. (2) 3rd
July 1940 Robina (died Dundee, 12th Feb.
1944), daugh. of John MacHattie, Wood-
side, Portknockie; (3) 31st Oct. 1945 Eliza
Lily Mathews; his daughs. — Phyllis (marr.
12th Nov. 1934, at Capetown, Murdo
Alexander MacRae, Beauly); Mary, M.A.,
missionary, Calcutta (marr. 12th Oct. 1932
Ralph Wood Smith, Upper Assam, son of
Rev. J. J. Smith, Filey, Yorkshire). Addl.
Publications — Ophel Irion Excavation (with
Prof. A. S. Macalister, LL.D.); The
Accuracy of the Old Testament (S.P.C.K.);
Digging up Bible History (2 vols., S.P.C.K.);
Corpus of Palestinian Pottery (1928); New
Light on Hebrew Origins (1936, S.P.C.K.).
LAGGAN
SIR JOHN NICOLSON, vicar 1560 and
20th June 1566.— [Old Ross-shire
and Scotland, i, 16.]
JOHN DOW MAcCONDOQUHIE, his
pres. in 1575 on death of Alexander
Clerk.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 38.]
ALEXANDER CLARK, "seiking to
1637
be planted at the Kirk of Laggan, ' '
he was ord. by the Synod in Oct.
1637 "to go unto the Marquess of Huntlie
to seik his favourable consent to his planta
tion"; and on 3rd April 1638 the Bishop
reported to the Synod that he had admitted
Mr Alexander Clark to the Kirk of Laggan
with the consent and assent ' ' both of the
Marquess of Huntlye and the parochiners
of Laggan"; on 15th April 1640 he was
suspended by the Synod on charges of
being non-resident, of keeping not his
charge as he ought, and of absence from
the Synod that day without excuse; on 3rd
June following he was questioned by the
Synod about his habit of going to public
places "in hieland clothes," particularly
being in that garb in Inverness, and also
about his residence and keeping his charge,
his excuse being the non-payment of his
stipend and the want of a manse and glebe;
he was rebuked for his former miscarriage
620
LAGGAN— ROTHIEMURCHUS
[PRESB. OF
and reponed to his Charge, with warning
of deposition in the event of further trans
gression; on 6th July 1646 was sharply
rebuked by the Synod and referred to the
Presb. of Aberlour for having "drunk
much aquavity at the Presbytery Meeting";
and on 15th June 1652 he was ord. by the
Synod to give his repentance in sackcloth
a day in ilk ane of the Kirkis of Badenoch,
viz. Kingussie, Laggan and Alves, for
marrying and baptising, after his deposition
in 1647 (but before his deposition was
publicly intimated).
LACHLAN GRANT is stated to have
had a daugh., Christian (marr.
Muriach Macpherson).
1649
JOHN MACLEOD, his daugh.,
Jamesina Balmain, died 6th Sept.
1931.
1851
DUNCAN SHAW MacLENNAN, died
1881
at Newtonmore 6th Dec. 1930; had
issue — Norman Macpherson, born
24th Sept. 1895, M.B., Ch.B. 1921, D.P.H.
1923, M.D. 1924 (Aberdeen), A.U.O.T.C.,
N.Z. Forces 1912-14, 2nd Lt. 3rd Cameron
Highlanders, Dec. 1915, attached to 6th
Cameron Highlanders; served — Home, 9
months, France, 10 months, Hospital, 1
year; Final Rank, Lieutenant; Assistant
M.O.H., Woolwich, 1926-7; Sanitation
Officer, Colonial Medical Service, Kenya,
1928; Senior Health Officer, Palestine,
1930; Northern Rhodesia, 1931.
NEIL MACLEOD ROSS, D.Litt. (Edin-
burgh, 1928), D.D. (Glasgow, 17th
June 1936), C.B.E. (1933), died at
Edinburgh 17th Dec. 1943; his son, Nor
man Macleod, died 29th Sept. 1930.
Publication — Editor, An Gaidheal.
(Charges united 23rd Oct. 1931.)
ROTHIEMURCHUS
The church was granted to the Cathedral
Church of Moray by Andrew, Bishop of
Moray, 1221-42, to provide lights for the
cathedral. It was dedicated to St Duchal-
dus, who is said to have come from lona
after one of the Norse raids in the west,
and for a time settled in the district. A
marsh near the church was termed St
Duchald's Pool; and St Duchald's Fair
was held in the district up to the close of
the 18th century. At Achnahatnich, about
a mile from Coylum Bridge, there was a
chapel with burying-ground, dedicated to
St Eata, who may be Eate, one of the
twelve English pupils of St Aidan and after
wards Abbot of Melrose and Lindesfarne,
or the Irish Saint Ide. — [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 318; Mackinlay's Ancient
Church Dedications (non-script.), 505; Reg.
Epis. Moray, 70.]
PATRICK GRANT, in the will of John
1584
Grant of Freuchie, 23rd Nov. 1584,
it is stated, "I have provided
Patrick Grant, my son, to the Living of
Rothiemurchus. " Apparently he was
identical with Patrick Grant, min. at
Abernethy and Kincardine, and probably
retained his interest in the Living of Rothie
murchus. That at least might serve to
explain his consent in 1624 to help in
furnishing provision for a min. at Rothie
murchus, and his further consent to the
admission of Mr Henderson there. — [The
Chiefs of Grant, iii, 292.] (See Andrew
Henderson, following.)
ANDREW HENDERSON, in April
1624 Mr Patrick Grant, min. at
Abernethy and Kincardine, stated
that he was ' ' content to demitt the soume
of ane hundreth merks money of the bene
fice of Kincarden with the gleib thiroff
yeirly for the mantinance of Mr Andrew
Hendersone at the Kirk of Rothiemurchus
and consents to the present nominatione
and plantatioun of the said Mr Andrew. ' '
To the Synod on 13th Oct. of the same year
it was intimated that Mr William Watson,
min. at Duthil, "is content of his own
accord to demitt the Kirk of Rothiemurkis
with the whole benefit thairofT, that ane
minister may be planted thairoff, ' ' and that
Mr Patrick Grant "willinglie condiscendit
to dimitt the kirk off Kincardin togidter
with ane hundreth merks out of the provi
sion thairoff" for the same purpose; and
the Synod ord. the Presb. upon those
ABERNETHY]
ROTHIEMURCHUS— TOMINTOUL
621
grounds to consider how the Kirks of
Rothiemurchus and Kincardine may be
served, ' ' and see out for persons quha may
undertake the charge." In Oct. 1625 Mr
Grant was ord. by the Synod to put Mr
Henderson in possession of the glebe of
Kincardine and pay the 100 merks out of
the stipend of Kincardine for 1625 and so
forth; and on 27th April 1630 the Synod,
while agreeing to the transportation of Mr
Henderson to Balquhidder, resolved that
Mr Grant be "summoned for withdrawing
the means of provision" from him. There
appears to be no further reference to the
matter.
1925
MURDOCH LAMONT, died 13th Aug.
1927; his sons— Ewen, M.A., D.Sc.;
Malcolm, C.A.; his widow, Euphe-
mia Ann Hume, died at Glasgow 30th June
1933.
ROBERT WILSON, born Annbank,
Ayrshire, 17th Jan. 1870, son of
James W., colliery manager, and
Janet Wyper; educ. at Irvine Academy and
Univs. of Glasgow, M.A., and Edinburgh,
B.D.; assistant East Church, Stirling,
Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Claremont
Church, Glasgow; ord. to Thornliebank
U.P. Church 5th Sept. 1899; adm. from
United Free Church by General Assembly
1926; adm. 1st Feb. 1928; dem. 30th Sept.
1930; died at Collesdene, Strathaven, 24th
July 1934.
(Charges united 1st March 1931.)
TOMINTOUL
There was a Chapel of St Bridget at the
farm of that name between Tomintoul and
the river Avon. — [Mackinlay's Ancient Ch.
Dedications (non-script.), 130.]
JOHN AULAY MACLENNAN, died
1854
at Brechin; his son, John Norman
Emslie, died at Darlinghurst 5th
Dec. 1914; his daugh. (marr. -. Gerard,
chemist, Leicester.)
WILLIAM DUNBAR DEY, died at
Forres 15th Jan. 1932; his widow,
Isabella Parker, died at Forres, 20th
Oct. 1940.
NEIL McGILL, trans, from Duntocher
(Q'v^ 21st APril 1926; trans, to
Bervie 27th April 1927.
1928
WILFRED SCOTT GOODERE, trans.
fr°m Flotta (?'v-) 24th Jan- 1928»
dem. 31st Jan. 1942. Has issue,
Albert Scott, born 29th July 1926.
PRESBYTERY OF ELGIN
ALVES
The church was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. — [Macfarlane's Geographical Coll.,
i, 236.]
JOHN THORNTOUN, chanter of
Moray, parson. — [Acts and Dec.,
xxxii, 114.]
1564
PATRICK BALFOUR, 1567 and 1586,
1567
— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Moray, etc.]
ROBERT ROSS, his daugh., Christian
(marr. John Calder of Little
Urchyne).— [Elgin Sas., ii, 10, 19th
Jan. 1625.]
1625
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, trans, to Ol-
1649 rig, 2nd Jan. 1661.
BEROALD INNES, line 2, for "said
1676 to be" read "natural."
WILLIAM SMITH, his father not min.
1781 of, but licentiate at.
JAMES MACKIE, his son, Alexander
Grant, went to Ceylon, thence to
Malaya, first as road contractor and
later in tin industry; became one of the
pioneers of that country; died at Port Said,
28th Oct. 1933; his daughs.— Eliza Jane,
died London 27th Dec. 1931; Alice, died
Edinburgh 10th Aug. 1935.— [Bruce Lock-
hart's Return to Malaya, 33-4.]
WILLIAM FORREST HAMILTON,
1886
dem. 9th June 1925; died at Bourne
mouth 30th May 1938.
JOHN HARRIS BURRY, line 10, for
1925
"Algarra" read "Algoma"; lines
18 and 20, for "Lome" read
"Lorena"; trans, to Ferryhill North,
Aberdeen, 19th Dec. 1929.
(Charges united Ylth April 1931.)
BIRNIE
The church was the first seat of the
Bishopric of Moray. In 1171-84 King
William the Lion granted a charter in
favour of the Church of the Holy Trinity of
the Bishopric of Moray and Simon, Bishop
of Moray. If Birnie Church was at that
time the seat of the bishopric, then its dedi
cation was the Holy Trinity. But the seat
of the bishopric may then have been the
Church of Spynie. At Pittendreich there
was a hermitage or desertum, of which all
trace has disappeared. The fragment of a
sculptured stone belonging to it is in Elgin
Museum. In 1731 the church was reported
to the Presb. as ruinous ' * in gables, doors,
windows, ' ' and ' * the roof like to fall, ' ' and
steps were taken to have the building
thoroughly repaired — the west gable to be
rebuilt from the foundation, with a window
2 ft. x 6 ft., and a bell-house erected upon
the same; the two side walls of the nave and
choir with the two windows repaired from
the foundation; the mid-gable and the
caster gable also to be repaired, including
pointing of ' ' the old work. ' ' The date on
the belfry, 1734, marks the completion of
the work. In 1 890 the church was repaired
in a manner in keeping with its style. —
[Reg. of Moray, 4; Recs. Presb. of Elgin,
28th Dec. 1731; Pilgrimages in Moray, 41.]
JOHN STANIS, described as "vicar
and minister" and "reader and
exhorter, ' ' probably 1 560-5. — [Book
of Assumptions, 413.]
ROBERT PONT, M.A., pres. to
1560
1567
vicarage 18th Jan. 1567-8.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xxxvii, 26.]
622
PRESB. OF ELGIN]
BIRNIE— BURGHEAD
623
JAMES JOHNSTON, pres. to
vicarage 26th Feb. 1567-8 on dem.
of James Douglas, and to parsonage
on dem. of Robert Pont. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
xxxvii, 39; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 24.]
ALEXANDER INNES, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 25th July
1593 on death of James Johnston. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 200.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, pres. in 1598
on depriv. of Alexander Innes. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixx, 22.]
1589
1598
ALEXANDER SPENS, his son, Jerome,
1627
commanded a troop in Colonel
Villiers' Regiment of Horse in Ire
land 1689.— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., cxv,
197.]
WILLIAM SANDERS, his eldest
1663 daugh., Margaret (marr. cont. 7th
June 1 684 Thomas Wood, merchant,
Elgin).— [Reg. Ho. Charters.]
GEORGE GORDON, his daugh., Anna,
1832 died Elgin 8th Jan. 1932.
JOHN KENNEDY, died 20th Oct. 1928,
his widow, Eliza Bruce Scott, died
30th Aug. 1945.
THOMAS MURRAY INGLIS, for-
i Q7Q merly of Tewchar (q.v.); trans, from
Quarter 26th June 1929; dem. llth
Oct. 1932; died at St Andrews 4th Oct.
1933. His daugh., Agnes Hutchison
Murray (marr. 3rd Sept. 1943 Thomas
Charles, son of Rev. Robert Edwards,
Trofarth, Abergele); Margaret Elizabeth
Keir (marr. 10th Dec. 1943 David M.
Fairbairn, R.N.).
BURGHEAD
The Chapel of St .Ethan or Ethan was
situated at Chapelyard. The name may be
a corruption of Aidan, first Bishop of
Lindisfarne, who died in 651, or of Eata,
one of Aidan 's "twelve boys of the English
Nation," who was first abbot of the
Monastery at Old Melrose, and successor
of Aidan in the See of Lindisfarne, and died
683. On a representation to the effect that
"Seceders" were trying to draw off from
the church the inhabitants of Burghead, and
had secured a granary in which their clergy
were to officiate, the Presb. on 7th May
1821 appointed a committee to interview
Mr W. Young of Burghead about securing
a Church of Scotland man to officiate, and
to use endeavours for a place of worship;
and on 28th Nov. 1822 it was reported that
Mr Young had expressed agreement with
the proposal and that by individual sub
scriptions and collectors in various parishes
a place of worship was now erected, a site
having been granted by Mr Young. The
sphere of the church was Burghead,
Cumineston, and Hopeman. The church
was enlarged in 1838 and repaired in
1858-9. On 29th Nov. 1899 a proposal for
a new church was submitted to the Presb.
Strong support was forthcoming; the
foundation stone was laid on 31st March
1902, and the church was opened for wor
ship on 30th Nov. of the same year. Since
the Union of 1929 the former U.F. church
became the place of worship, and the old
parish church has served as the church hall.
— [Procs. of Soc. of Antiqs. Scot., iv, 321,
368, 1863; Recs. of Elgin Presby., 7th May
1821, 28th Nov. 1822, 20th Aug. 1838, 22nd
Feb. 1859, 26th Feb. 1862, 29th Nov. 1899,
6th Feb. 1901, 7th Nov. 1900; Memo, Rev.
Theo. M. G. Lamb, M.A.]
1885
ROBERT WOODSIDE, his widow,
Fanny Helen Clarke, died 9th April
1925.
WILLIAM MURRAY, trans, to Moss-
1920 green, 17th May 1926.
CONSTANTINE SINCLAIR, ord. 4th
Nov. 1926; trans, to Buchlyvie 1st
Feb. 1929.
1926
WILLIAM GEORGE DUNCAN MAO
1929
LENNAN, born Inverness 27th
Aug. 1899, third son of Donald M.,
goods inspector, Rockville, Inverness, and
Mary J. Cran; educ. at Royal Academy,
Inverness, and Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1922), Cambridge, B.A. (1926), and Mar
burg; tutor at Westminster College, Cam
bridge, 1927; licen. by Presb. of Inverness
624
BURGHEAD— DRAINIE
[PRESS. OF
1927; ord. 14th July 1929; trans, to Bears-
den North 4th Oct. 1933. Marr. 5th Sept.
1929 Elspeth, daugh. of W. E. Shaw,
min., Lossiemouth, and has issue — Alistair
Seomas, born 16th Dec. 1930; Elizabeth
Mary, born 1st July 1932; Duncan Hugh,
born 26th June 1934.
(Charges united Sth Dec. 1929.)
DRAINIE
The Church of Kinedar was dedicated
to St Gerardine, the name, it is said, being
a form of St Gervadius, Bishop of Brechin,
and was granted to the Priory of St An
drews by Simon, Bishop of Moray, 1171-
84. For a time the church, which consisted
of nave, choir, and transepts, served as the
Cathedral Church of Moray, particularly
in the early part of the 13th century. In
1207 it was described as "situated on a
peninsula of the sea, to which none of the
parishioners could approach without diffi
culty." The cave of the patron saint,
which has now disappeared, was situated
on the shore at Stotfield, west of Lossie
mouth.
The Church of Ogston, dedicated to St
Peter, was situated in the churchyard near
the South Lodge of Gordonstown.
On 5th April 1642 the Synod of Moray
recommended to the Commissioners for
the Plantation of Kirks that Ogston be
disjoined from St Andrews and united to
Kinedar; and in the same year it was
recorded that Kinedar and Ogston "were
united in law by the Presbytery." To the
Synod's recommendation effect was given
by the Commissioners on 28th July 1647,
and ratification was made by Parliament
on 10th June 1648, it being decreed that the
parishioners of Ogston were to receive the
Sacraments and burial at Kinedar. Before
15th Nov. 1649 the Church of Kinedar was
a ruin, decayed * ' by the iniquitie of tyme, ' '
and required to be rebuilt; and Sir Robert
and Sir Ludovic Gordon petitioned the
Presb. for a central church. Objection was
made by the parishioners of Ogston, who
refused to attend Kinedar Church but were
willing to attend their own church, which
was "commodious for them," and also by
the min., who wished Ogston to be dis
joined from Kinedar. Further considera
tion was given to the proposal for a central
church, and though on 29th May 1650 the
Presb. disjoined Kinedar and Ogston, later
it reversed its policy, passing an Act on 18th
Dec. 1650, constituting the union of the
two. On 31st Dec. of the same year the
heritors of the two parishes agreed to
modify a stipend for the united kirks,
". . . whilk offer the Presbytery accept,
the Kirks to continue united for the tyme
coming." Meantime, on 2nd Sept. 1650,
the Synod expressed approval of the policy
of a central church, and on 2nd Jan. 1651
it designed a site for the same — "a piece
of ground called the Broomfield lying upon
the north of the House of Drenny upon
the west of the Lummielochs. ' ' It was also
arranged that there be a churchyard on the
south-east part of the said ground. On 3rd
April 1653 it was reported to the Synod
that no beginning had been made with the
new church, and that the Church of Ogston
was incapable of accommodating more
than a third of the people. On 4th Oct.
1653 it was further reported that Sir Robert
Gordon had undertaken the building of the
new church; and eventually the work was
begun on 2nd May 1654, and before 3rd
Oct. of that year the walls were "advanced
above the height of the doors." In his will
of llth July 1654 Sir Robert Gordon said,
" I do recommend the building of a share
of the Church of Drenie to my wyfe; for
seeing we have taken down the old Church
of Kinnedar, it is reason that we help to
build another"; but for many years little
or nothing was done. A supplication to
the Synod by the parishioners of Kinedar
on 21st Oct. 1662 that "the old decayed
edifice of the Kirk of Kinedar may be
repaired" led to nothing; and on 1st April
1672 the min. laid a complaint before the
Synod regarding the lack of a church, the
building of the new church being "still
delayed by the negligence and unwillingness
of the heritors to be at expense in that so
necessarie a work." That may indicate
that Ogston Church had become unfit for
worship. In any case a few years later it
had passed out of use, for a Kirk Session
ELGIN]
DRAINIE
625
minute of 14th Jan. 1677 records that wor
ship in Ogston Church was impossible ' ' by
reason it was open and unthacked, and
worship was carried on sometimes in the
dining-room at Gordonston, sometimes in
the barn of Drainie, and sometimes in the
Girnal House at Kinedar. Eventually the
Church was used for worship for the first
time on 2nd April 1677. Even then it was
but half-sclaited. " Soon afterwards it was
completed. The date on the belfry is 1675.
Meantime, on 3rd Oct. 1665, the Synod
had ratified the Union of Kinedar and
Ogston; and on 2nd April 1667 a contract
between the Bishop of Moray and others
anent the Union was recorded in the Synod
minutes. The foundations of Kinedar
Church were still to be seen in the church
yard in 1760, but nothing now remains
above ground. In the churchyard there is
an old cross; and fragments of stones taken
from the manse walls and now in Elgin
Museum appear to be relics of the old
church. A sculptured stone, found in the
churchyard, is at the manse. East of the
churchyard stood the Castle of Kinedar,
which for many years was the residence of
the Bishops of Moray. Attached to it was
a chapel.
The foundations of the Castle as well as
of the enclosure were visible in 1760. On
the site of Ogston Church and with stones
from the same, Dame Elizabeth Dunbar,
widow of Sir Robert Gordon, third of
Gordonston, built the Gordonston mauso
leum in 1705 in memory of her husband.
The churchyard contains an old cross.
On 1st Oct. 1794 the min., Mr Lewis
Gordon, presented a petition to the Presb.,
representing that the church built 1654-77
was both incommodious and insufficient —
the floor below the level of the ground out
side causing difficulty of access and also
water from the roof in bad weather to find
its way into the area of the Church; the
roof ruinous and decayed; the walls rent in
various places; the church neither paved,
ceiled, nor plastered, and so cold in winter
as to affect the health of the people.
Besides, the absence of a wall round the
churchyard left the graves exposed to the
attacks of dogs, swine and other animals.
2R
Whatever was done produced no lasting
effect; and on 4th July 1820 the Presb.
adopted a resolution that a new church be
built about a mile farther to the east. The
site finally chosen on 28th Nov. 1822 was
"on rising ground in a new plantation
where 4 roads meet upon the north side of
the road from Lossiemouth to Westfield";
and the plans ultimately agreed upon were
by James Gillespie, after the style of Raf-
ford Church, as abridged by George
Alexander. On 26th Jan. 1825 it was re
ported that the new church was near com
pletion; and on 17th Feb. following it was
taken over from the contractors. The roof
less walls of the old church still survive. In
1915 steps were taken by the Presb. and the
Drainie Kirk Session towards getting the
parish church transported to St Gerardine's
Mission Church, Lossiemouth. Consider
able negotiations followed; and eventually
on 14th Dec. 1917 the Court of Session
granted decree of transportation. By dis
position of 26th and 29th March 1918 the
trustees of St Gerardine's Church conveyed
it to the heritors as the parish church. By
agreement between parties the old church
became the property of the valued rent
heritors of Drainie; and in 1923 it was
demolished. — [Recs. of Synod of Moray,
31st Dec. 1650, 3rd Oct. 1665, 1st April
1672; Recs. of Elgin Presby., 15th Nov.
1649, 13th April, 1st May, 29th May, 18th
Dec., 31st Dec. 1650, 3rd Oct. 1654, 12th
Nov. 1662, 4th June 1672, 17th Feb. 1825;
Reg. of Moray, 59, 63; Acts Scot. Par I., vi,
(2), 111; Pocoke's Tour in Scot., 190; Recs.
of Drainie Heritors; Pilgrimages in Moray,
73, 74; Recs. of Elgin, ii, 97.]
SIR JAMES DOUGLAS, vicar 1570.—
1570 [Book of Assumptions.}
DAVID COLLAGE, buried with his
1633
wife in Drainie Kirk; had issue —
John; Robert, bapt. 19th Dec. 1645.
MICHAEL CUMMING, had issue—
1666 £*avid, bapt. 3rd Jan. 1668; Isaac,
bapt. 5th Aug. 1669; Alexander,
bapt. 9th May 1672; Anna, bapt. 30th June
1674; Elizabeth, bapt. 9th Feb. 1675;
Isabel, bapt. 4th Aug. 1678; Jean (marr.
626
DRAINIE— LOSSIEMOUTH (DRAINIE)
[PRESB. OF
John Hay, Younger of Echreis). — [Banff
Sas., 4th Oct. 1698.]
JAMES WEIR, his daugh., Janetta,
1846 died 7th Feb. 1947.
JOHN WELLWOOD, his widow, Isa
bella Herkless, died Brechin 4th
May 1946.
1883
JOHN GEDDES RITCHIE, trans, to
1919 Stevenston, 24th Nov. 1927.
MALCOLM MANFORD CORNER,
born Inverness 28th July 1901; son
1928
of William C. and Hedwig Dorothea
Just; educ. at Inverness and Univ. of Aber
deen, M.A. (1925), B.D. (1928); licen. by
Presb. of Inverness 5th May 1925; assistant
St Giles, Edinburgh, 1926-8; ord. 2nd May
1928. Marr. 2nd July 1947 Agnes Doreen,
daugh. of James Mathers, min. of Rose-
well, and widow of Arthur C. Gordon,
B.D., C.F., min. of Foveran.
LOSSIEMOUTH (DRAINIE)
A chapel was built here in 1847-8, being
described on 7th June of the latter year as
"lately erected." Toward "finishing it"
the Home Mission Committee gave a grant
of £112 on 1 1th Oct. of the same year. The
site, on the west side of the town, was con
veyed to the Kirk Session of Drainie free
of all charge on 22nd June 1849 by Dr
Richard Rose, min. of Drainie, and his
sister, Elizabeth; and there was provision
on the site both for the church and a school
and other buildings. In 1 877 a request was
made that the Home Mission build a new
church, but nothing further was done. On
4th Feb. 1 885 the min. of Drainie submitted
to the Presb. plans for a new church which,
he proposed, should become the church of
the parish. The matter was delayed, but
eventually, on 17th Oct. 1894, the Presb.
agreed to a church being built nearer the
burgh, the existing church being deemed
inadequate. A site was granted by Captain
Dunbar of Pitgavenay; and on 16th Aug.
1899 the foundation stone of the building
was laid by Sir Charles Dalrymple, Bart.,
M.P. On 22nd Jan. it was resolved to ask
for the church, which was called St
Gerardine's, a Chapel-of-Ease Constitu
tion, and this was granted by the General
Assembly in May of that year. In 1917 St
Gerardine's became the parish church.
From the time the chapel was opened in
1848 the min. conducted a service there
each Sabbath in addition to the service in
Drainie Church. On 18th Feb. 1857 a
proposal was made to secure a probationer
for the work, but without success. Later
suggestions to the same effect led to the
Presb. agreeing on 30th March 1 870 that a
probationer be appointed to undertake all
competent work. In Sept. 1877 and March
1882 fruitless proposals were made to
secure endowment with a view to Lossie-
mouth being erected into a parish.
CHARLES HENRY, M.A.; on 29th
1871
March 1871 he was received by the
Presb. as a preacher in the bounds
for work at Lossiemouth; he belonged to
the Presb. of Hamilton, but for several
years prior to 1871 had been at work in the
Presb. of Dundee; on 29th Aug. 1883 he
received a certificate from the Presb.,
having left the bounds; may have been
identical with Charles Henry, min. at
Banton 1858.— [Recs. of Presby. of Elgin,
29th March 1871, 29th Aug. 1883.] (See
Banton.)
1886
JAMES EWING CAMERON, recorded
on 3rd March 1886 as missionary at
Lossiemouth, from the Presb. of
Glasgow; received a certificate on 24th
April 1889 on return to that Presb.; after
wards assistant at Huntly in 1906; Shiskine,
ord. 1910; and at Chapel of Garioch 1911.
— [Recs. of Presby. of Elgin, 3rd March
1886, 24th April 1889.]
WILLIAM McHARDY, received by
the Presb. on 2nd Oct. 1889 from
the Presb. of Aberdeen, on appoint
ment to Lossiemouth; became min. at
Boddam 1901.
1889
1903
NORMAN McLEOD, assistant Canon-
bie; ord. llth March 1903; app. to
the chapel-of-ease 6th Sept. 1903,
and ind. llth Oct. following; trans, to
Belhaven, 7th Jan. 1914.
ELGIN]
DUFFUS
627
DUFFUS
It is said that to St Peter's Church of
Duffus there fled for sanctuary the occu
pants of St Aethan's fane at Torridun
(Burghead) when about the end of the 9th
century the Norsemen, under Sigrud the
Powerful, captured Torridun and dese
crated the fane. Evidence of a later church
is found in a charter of Richard, Bishop of
Moray 1187-1203, conveying to William,
son of Freskyn, certain lands, and the full
teinds of said lands to God and to the
Church of St Peter at Duffus, and to
Andrew the parson and our clerk, "his"
son (i.e. son of William), as is shown by the
charter of "our" predecessor, Symon.
That indicates the existence of a church in
1171-84, when Symon de Tonei, monk of
Melrose, was Bishop of Moray. In it there
was an altar, dedicated to St Catharine,
which was in existence in 1214, and beside
which were buried Hugh de Freskyn de
Moravia, who died before 1226, and his
son, Walter de Moravia, who died 1262-3.
There was also in it a Chapel of St Laurence
founded before 1248 by Walter de Mora
via's second son, Freskyn de Moravia, who
died in 1296 and was buried in the chapel.
For the endowment of the chapel he gave
of his lands of Duffus and of Dalvey in
Strathspey. In addition to the High Altar
of St Peter there may have been another
altar in the church dedicated to that
Apostle, for on 18th Sept. 1240 Walter de
Moravia, son of Hugh de M., granted a
croft and toft to the Chaplain of St Peter
in the Church of St Peter at Duffus to
celebrate for the souls of his father and
mother, etc. The church seems to have
undergone repairs in 1303, when John de
Spalding, Canon of Moray, "hoste" of
Edward I in Elgin, successfully petitioned
that monarch "that he would give him 20
oaks in his forest of Laund Morgun (Long-
morn), to build his Church of Duffus,
whereof he is Canon. ' ' The fact that, as
we shall see, the arms of Alexander Suther
land of Duffus, who died on 12th Oct. 1479,
appear on the boss of the extant medieval
porch and above the lancet window in the
west wall of the burial vault which mani
festly belongs to the same period as the
porch, and on tablets in the main walls of
the building, indicates that at least he
carried out extensive work on the church
and may have actually rebuilt it. For the
next notice of the church we have to pass
to 17th May 1672, when it was described as
"ill accomodate for the public worship and
stands in need of reparatioun and plenish
ing." At that time the "back" of the
church and the roof were repaired; and the
Presb. further ord. that "for the better
hearing of the word" the kirk be divided
between the two heritors according to their
rents, Alexander, Lord Duffus, and Sir
Ludovic Gordon, "who shall replenish
their respective parts with convenient
seites, desks, and lofts" for themselves and
their tenants. A line was drawn down the
middle of the church, and the space avail
able for accommodation was, on the north
side 21 ells from gable to gable, and, on the
south side, 1 5 ells, made up of 6 ells from
the east gable to the pulpit, and 9 ells from
the pulpit to the "great door," plus "a
little bounded at the syd of the steeple
staire. ' ' That these measurements refer to
the nave is evident from the fact that at the
same time Lord Duffus received permission
from the Presb. "to close up the passage
betwixt the Kirk and the quire for the
better accomodation of the Church and the
forsaid reparation. ' ' In the autumn of 1717
the north wall of the church was ' ' mended ' '
with the addition of a buttress. A few years
later, in or about 1720-1, there occurs a
brief description of the building as then
existing, — "a very pretty Church, well
lighted; it has at the west end of it a stately
steeple of four storie high, built be the Lord
Duffus predecessors which is their burial
place. It hes on the east end of the quire
a very handsome monument built be Mr
Archibald Dunbar of Tundertoune. "
Further information about the tower may
be gleaned from a Kirk Session Minute of
7th March 1641, recording a payment "to
Alexander Anderson, mason, for ye upp-
lifting of four stones that fell off ye plat
form of ye stipel and for ye biging of twa
windows in ye stipel." It can hardly be
doubted that the church of 1720-1 was
substantially the church of medieval times,
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consisting of a nave, choir, and west tower,
with a south porch and a stair to the tower
inside the church at the south-west corner.
That the church was subsequently rebuilt
is, as we shall see, certain; and probably the
work was carried out in 1730-2. The ques
tion of repairs to the church was raised
before the Presb. on 17th Jan. 1724; and
on 5th July 1726 that body adopted a
report which required the renewal of the
roof and the provision of three buttresses
for the "back wall" which was "insuffi
cient and coming out over, ' ' and in danger
of collapse. Delay ensued; and though the
Synod as well as the Presb. took action, on
22nd Oct. 1730 it was reported that, while
Thunderton (Archibald Dunbar), the heri
tor concerned, had promised in April 1729
that ' ' he was to order the reparation of the
Church," nothing had been done. To the
matter no further reference is made; but on
13th June 1732 when the Presb. carried out
a visitation of Duffus, it placed on record
that the church was "in good repair" — a
clear indication that some effective work
had been done. On 24th Oct. 1780 it was
reported to the Presb. that the church was
"in a ruinous condition." Of what was
done there is no record; but the writer of
the New Statistical Account (1845) states
that the church was * * thoroughly repaired ' '
in 1782. He also refers to it as being "like
most old Churches in Scotland constructed
without the least regard to appearance,
comfort, or commodious arrangement."
He would hardly thus have written of a
church rebuilt in 1782, only 63 years pre
vious to the publication of the Account. In
any case what was actually done subsequent
to 1720-1, and probably dr. 1729-30, may
be learned from an examination of the
church as it now exists in the old church
yard at Kirkton about 300 yards east of
Duffus village. With the exception of the
south porch and the adjacent part of the
inner wall, and the lower part of the west
gable, the nave was taken down and rebuilt,
with the north and south walls upon the
old foundations, and the east gable ap
parently upon the line of the old choir arch.
Except the basement, which constituted the
Sutherland burial-vault with entrance from
the church, the tower was also taken down,
and the west gable was carried up to ter
minate in a belfry, access to the bell rope
being got by means of a ladder to the roof
of the burial-vault. There were lofts on the
north side and east end of the church, each
with an outside stair, and a loft on the west
end with access by the old stair of the
tower, a small portion of which may still be
seen. The east lofi was also furnished with
a fireplace. The medieval porch was left
' ' covered with turf flat on the roof. ' ' It
has a vaulted roof, and two doorways, an
outer and an inner. On the right side of
the latter, inside the church, there is a
piscina. On the floor of the church there
are many tombstones and also fragments
of heraldic stones, and also in the interior
there is a recess in the east gable in which
is the bust of a stone effigy. On the floor
level near the east end of the north wall
there are built into the wall what appear to
be fragments of a medieval tomb. The
existence of the arms of Alexander Suther
land of Duffus on the boss of the south
porch, on the west wall of the burial-vault
and on shields on the north and the south
walls of the church, has already been noted.
Near the east end of the north wall there
are a stone with an incised sceptre and
sword, and another stone bearing a figure
seated on a sphere and blowing a trumpet,
evidently a representation of Gabriel and
the last trump. It may be presumed that
the choir was taken down when the church
was rebuilt. The foundations of the side
walls, showing that the choir was of the
same width as the nave, may be clearly
traced, and the lower part of the east wall
survives as the west wall of the Dunbar
burial enclosure, built soon after 1711.
Inside the choir space on the west side of
the Dunbar enclosure there is another
burial enclosure constructed presumably
when the choir was removed. It contains
various tombstones, including the marble
slab of Alexander Sutherland of Duffus,
who died in 1479, and Morilla Chisholm,
his wife, both of whom presumably had
been interred near the High Altar. Towards
the close of 1 867 complaints as to the condi
tion and suitability of the 18th-century
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building led to negotiations between the
Presb. and the heritors, which ended in the
present church at the west end of the village
being built in 1868-9, being completed in
June of the latter year. The pulpit windows
were filled in stained glass at the expense of
parties respectively in Hopeman and in the
Landward Part of the parish; and the cost
of the rose window, also in stained glass,
was defrayed by Lady DunbarBrander. At
a cost of £405 the spire was built by the
min., Rev. Dr Brander, to be associated, at
his express desire, with the names of Sir
Archibald Dunbar, Bt. of Westfield, and
Mary Lady Dunbar Brander of Northfield
and Pitgaveny. In the early part of 1870
the materials of the old church were sold,
and the building was left roofless. But
under the care of the Office of Works its
walls have been made secure against any
deterioration. Probably also in 1870 a
stable that was built on the north side of
the west gable adjacent to "Lord Duffus
Tomb," and is mentioned in 1867, was
removed. In the churchyard a short dis
tance south of the porch there is a cross,
probably of the 14th century. Among the
vessels of the church there is a solid silver
plate, shaped almost like a basin, which is
17| in. in diameter and weighs 4 Ib. avoir
dupois. On the under rim is the inscription,
"Deo et ecclesiae M. Joannes Guthrie
Rector Duffus consec.," and on the upper
rim, "The Bread that I will give is my
flesh which I will give for ye life of the word
IOH* 6* 51." Probably it may have been
the gift of Mr Guthrie, min. 1631-41. It
is said to have disappeared about the time
of the termination of Mr Guthrie 's minis
try. On the other hand, it has to be noted
that a "silver bason," sometimes desig
nated a "large dish" of silver, occurs at
regular intervals in inventories of Duffus
church vessels in the Presb. minutes from
14th Nov. 1649 to at least llth Sept. 1756.
In any case the plate did disappear, and
ultimately came into the possession of a
London silversmith about 1860. From him
it was acquired by a gentleman who pre
sented it to St Patrick 's Church, Hove, for
use as an alms-dish. There it came under the
notice of Sir Edward Dunbar and Mr
2R*
Chalmers, min., who identified it as the
property of DufTus Church. The result of
a conference between Sir Edward and Mr
Chalmers on the one hand, and the vicar
and chief vestryman of St Patrick 's on the
other, was that the plate was acquired for
£250, and restored to Duffus Church in
1925. An inscription on the under rim tells
of its removal in 1641, its reappearance in
London in or about 1860, its transference
to St Patrick's, and its ultimate recovery
in 1925. In 1871, at the expense of Rev.
Dr Brander, two old silver salvers were
converted into two filigreed patens some
what resembling cake-baskets. At the east
end of the village near the road is the Well
of St Peter, which is kept in excellent condi
tion. It provided water for the village prior
to the introduction of the gravitation supply.
In the field in front of Duffus House there
is a well bearing the name of St Lawrence.
In addition to the Chapel at Burghead
(#.v.) there were in the parish at least two
chapels. One was at the "College" of
Roseisle, the designation "College" no
doubt denoting an early community of
clerics whose Ab or Head directed the
supply of daughter churches. The other,
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was founded
by permission of Bricius, Bishop of Moray
1203-21, on the north side of Duffus
Castle, by Hugh de Moravia, Lord of
Duffus and Strathbrock, whose son, An
drew, was then parson of DufTus. To it
were assigned the teinds of Aldetoun; and
there was a manse, also on the north side
of the Castle. On 13th Sept. 1542 Patrick
Hepburne, Bishop of Moray, with consent
of William Sutherland of Duffus, patron of
the chapel, created it a Prebend and
Canonry of Elgin Cathedral, called the
Prebend of Unthank, with the manse at the
Castle, a garden and croft, and a manse at
the cathedral. By this erection Unthank
became a parsonage. Hence, in all proba
bility, arose the mistaken view that Un
thank was originally a parish. About
1720-1 the Chapel of Unthank was de
scribed as "a very bonnie Chappell, the
remnant of it is yet extant." — [Reg. of
Moray, Pref., xxxv-vi, 273, 401, 429, 481;
Cal. of Docs. Rel. to Scot., ii, 434; Reg.
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Great Seal, vi, 1714; Recs. of Presby. of
Elgin, 14th Nov. 1649, 16th Oct. 1660, 23rd
March 1664, 17th May and 12th July 1672,
15th Oct. 1717, 28th Oct. 1728, 17th Jan.
and 16th April 1729, 14th April 1730, 13th
June 1732, 14th Oct. 1736, llth Sept. 1756,
24th Oct. 1780; Kirk Sess. Recs., 7th March
1641; Macfarlane's Geog. Colls., i, 233^4;
Duffus Heritors' Recs.; Memo, Rev. A. G.
Catto, B.D.]
WILLIAM HEPBURNE, parson 17th
and 21st Nov. 1561.— [Papal Bulls
andEccles. Docs., 74, MS. Reg. Ho.]
PATRICK HEPBURNE, parson, de-
1567
ceased in 1 567. — [Acts and Decreets,
xxv, 304, xxvi, 398.]
JOHN KEITH, owned one-third of
Duffus and therefore was probably
identical with John, third son of
William, Earl Marischal, who had lands in
Duffus; his son, Mr Alexander, was of
Unthank, and his tombstone with date 1616
is built into the outside of the east gable of
the old Church of Duffus; his daugh.,
Margaret — the arms of her husband,
Alexander Gordon of Sidra, and herself
are on the tombstone of their son, Alex
ander, who died 1st Sept. 1597, within the
enclosure of the choir space of old Church
of Duffus.— [Reg. Great Seal, vi, 1442,
1653, 1655; Recs. of Elgin, i, 225; Scots
Peerage, vi, 50.]
WILLIAM CLARK, reader; described
1567
on 24th May 1574 as Sir William
Clark, vicar of Duffus; in 1546-7 he
was chaplain of St Duthac's Altar in Elgin
Cathedral, and was also chaplain of "the
Chaplaincy of St James of Flens, ' ' also in
the cathedral.— [Recs. of Elgin, i, 89, 145;
Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 135-6.]
JOHN KER, M.A., parson 1570.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Moray,
etc.]
1570
SIR JOHN GIBSON, parson of Un
thank, so designated 8th May 1580,
held the Prebend of Unthank in
Elgin Cathedral, but does not seem to have
discharged any duties in Duffus; had a son,
William, cousin of Gavin Dunbar, Dean
of Moray.— [Recs. of Elgin, 145, 155, 245.]
(See Llhanbryd and Alves.)
JAMES DOUGLAS, reader, pres. to
vicarage 16th Sept. 1576, vacant by
the death of Sir William Clerk.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 84.]
ROBERT SUTHERLAND, reader 13th
1603 May 1603.— [Recs. of Elgin, i, 225.]
1576
1608
PATRICK DUNBAR, M.A., son of
Patrick D. of Blervie; his tombstone
with his arms within the enclosure
in the choir space of the old Church of
Duffus bears that he died 28th Aug. 1629,
aged 53 years; his daugh., Agnes, bapt. 14th
July 1612.
JOHN GUTHRIE, by warrant of the
1631
General Assembly at Aberdeen July
1640, the Sub-Synod of Moray de
posed him and declared Duffus Church
vacant on 21st Jan. 1641 ; to the Sub-Synod
it was reported on 8th June 1641 that he
had showed signs of repentance and that it
was remitted to the Sub-Synod that he
might subscribe the Covenant and preach
with a view to being restored to the ministry
where the Lord shall call him; he sincerely
subscribed the Covenant, and the Sub-
Synod appointed him to preach a peni
tential sermon at Elgin, Spynie and Duffus;
he petitioned the Sub-Synod to be restored
to Duffus; the Sub-Synod resolved to refer
the matter to the General Assembly, and
the Assembly refused it a hearing; on 10th
Nov. 1642 it was represented to the Presb.
that for a long time the parish had ' * been
destitute of preaching upon everie Lord's
Day. ' ' Addl. issue — Lucretia (marr. David
Collace, min. of Drainie); a daugh. (marr.
Thomas Guthrie of Logic). — [Recs. Synod
of Moray, 21st Jan. and 8th June 1641, 6th
June 1642; Recs. Presby. of Elgin, 10th
Nov. 1642.]
ALEXANDER SYMMER, he had, as
assistant, Adam Harper, afterwards
of Boharm, at least from 1683 to
1686; his son, George, educ. at King's
College, Aberdeen Univ., M.A. (19th July
1666), died llth March 1683; his daugh.,
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1687
Jean, died at Kirkhill 20th Jan. 1695.—
[Univ. and King's Coll., 200, New Spalding
Club; Duffus Reg.}
ADAM SUTHERLAND, adm. 17th
Feb. 1687 by order of the Arch
bishop; his son, James, was bapt.
9th July 1682. Addl. issue — Janet, bapt.
14th Oct. 1683; Patrick, bapt. 20th Nov.
1684 (buried in Light Aisle, Old Machar
Cathedral, 6th April 1699); Hugh, buried
in Light Aisle, Old Machar, 26th Dec.
1728; Anna, bapt. 15th Jan. 1686; Adam,
bapt. 6th May 1688; Robert, bapt. 2nd
Feb. 1691.— [New Machar Reg.; Old
Machar Reg.; Duffus Reg.]
JAMES DUNBAR, brother of John D.,
1724 merchant, Inverness.
JOHN REID, was assistant at Drainie
prior to admission here. — [Recs.
Presby. of Elgin, 25th Aug. 1778.]
HENRY REID CHALMERS, trans, to
1907 Abernyte 16th June 1926.
ALEXANDER GODSMAN CATTO,
1926
trans, from Aberdour, Deer (<7.v.),
1st Dec. 1926. Marr. 12th Aug.
1920 Elizabeth Kate, daugh. of John Mac-
leod and Johanna Campbell. Addl. issue —
Gordon Duffus, born 26th Oct. 1929;
William Leslie, born 30th Sept. 1931.
ELGIN
The church, a prebend of Elgin Cathe
dral, was sometimes called the Prebend of
100 shillings, because included in the pre
bend there was 100 shillings of the altarage
of the church. In or soon after 1 1 87 King
William the Lion, for the augmentation of
the Bishopric of Moray, gave the church,
along with the Chapel of St Andrew and
the Chapel of Monbeen, to Bishop Richard
and his successors, the gift to take effect
after the decease of Richard de Prebend,
his cleric, and of Walter, Cleric of Richard.
The church was burned by the Wolf of
Badenoch in 1390. In it there were the
following altars — the Virgin Mary, at
which chaplainries were founded, on 20th
Oct. 1363 by William de Soreys, burgess of
Elgin, on 12th Nov. 1343 by William Pope,
son of William Pope, burgess of Elgin, and
in 1365 by Richard, son of John, burgess of
Elgin; the Holy Rood, at which in 1286 a
chaplainry was founded by Hugh Herok,
burgess of Elgin; and St Duthac the Bishop,
at which a chaplainry was founded on 9th
May 1 528 by Alexander Gaderer (Gatherer),
Elgin, his son, Mr Thomas, being then the
chaplain. In 1596 a new loft was built in
the west end of the church; and in 1598 the
choir, the upkeep of which had previously
devolved upon the Bishops of Moray, was
thoroughly repaired in ' ' theck, ruff, wallis,
windois glais, and pleneeshing, " the cost,
800 merks, being met by a stent imposed on
the fruits of the Bishopric of Moray. About
1621 the choir, under the name of the
Little Kirk, was constituted a separate
place of worship by the closing of the
chancel arch. Probably it was then that the
Rood Loft, access to which was by a stair
in the choir, was removed. Subsequently
there occur in the Kirk Session minutes
notices of services conducted by the mins.
in the two churches, sometimes termed the
old and the new. On 10th Nov. 1653, when
the Presb. assembled for their meeting at
the church, "the meeting was interrupted
by ye Inglis Troupers also had a number of
yr horsis in the Church which was the
place of meeting." The Presb. accordingly
adjourned. On 2nd April 1661 there was
submitted to the Synod of Moray a
reference from the Presb. of Elgin ' ' anent
the building an edifice of a new Kirk at
Elgin." In respect of the absence of some
heritors, the matter was delayed; and
nothing more appears to have been done.
On Sunday, 22nd June 1679, the roof of
the church collapsed, but the pillars and
central arched tower remained. In the
following year rebuilding was inaugurated;
and the work was completed in 1682. The
church was demolished in 1826, and was
replaced by the present church, which was
opened for worship in Oct. 1828. About
1 605 the churchyard was removed, recourse
being had to the churchyard at the cathe
dral.
The auxiliary Church of St Columba,
built on a site between Moss Street and
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Duff Avenue, was opened for worship on
17th June 1906. It is a mixture of Norman
and Gothic architecture, and consists of a
nave with south aisle of four bays, a choir
with transeptal chapel on the south side and
an organ chamber on the north, and a
chancel. The pulpit, of carved oak in the
Renaissance style, was the pulpit placed in
the parish church when it was rebuilt in
1684. When the present parish church was
built, the pulpit was removed to Pluscarden
Priory. When the priory was acquired
from the Duke of Fife by the Marquis of
Bute, the pulpit was reserved by the Duke,
who subsequently returned it to the Church
of Scotland. It differs in style from St
Columba's Church, but was used by the
architect, Dr MacGregor Chalmers, as the
model for all the church's oak furnishings.
To the Chapel of St Andrew and the
Chapel of Monbeen reference has already
been made. It is not clear whether the
former was the Chapel of St Andrew
situated above Pluscarden Glen, or the
chapel which afterwards became St An
drew's Parish Church. The chapel on the
Castlehill, dedicated to the Virgin Mary,
was repaired and rebuilt in 1459-69. In it
there was an altar dedicated to St John the
Baptist, at which on 10th July 1351, Isabel
Countess of Moray, founded a chaplainry
for celebrations at stated times for the soul
of Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray; and
in the second quarter of the 15th century
James Dunbar, Earl of Moray, granted
certain annual rents and also provision for
bread, wine, and wax to * ' the Chaplain of
the King in the Chapel." Near the ordeal
pot, a testing-place for women delinquents,
the site of which, situated at the east end
of Chanonry Road, is marked by a stone
at the foot of the railway enbankment,
there was another chapel dedicated to the
Virgin Mary, called the Chapel of Grene or
Lady of Grene. There were also a Chapel
of the Holy Trinity and a Chapel of St John.
In or about 1226 Andrew de Moravia,
Bishop of Moray, founded on land "be
tween the King's Way and the river Task"
a maison-dieu with chapel, dedicated to St
Mary and St John the Evangelist, for the
reception of the poor, both "brothers and
sisters, ' ' and the sustenance of the same.
To the endowments given by the Bishop
there were added by Alexander II on 27th
Feb. 1234-5 the lands of Monbeen and
Kellas. In 1390 the house was "destroyed
and burned" by the Wolf of Badenoch. By
Charters of 22nd March 1594-5, 10th Dec.
1599, and 29th Feb. 1620, James VI granted
to the burgh of Elgin, for the support of
the poor and of a music school with a
music master, the hospital, the preceptory
and the right of patronage of the same, the
lands of Over and Nether Monbeen and
the Haughs of Monbeen, the lands of
Nether Cardellis, and Over and Nether
Pettinseiris, which pertained to the hospital
of old. The maison-dieu was replaced by
the Bede Houses in 1626; and the latter
were rebuilt in 1864. In 1770 the walls of
the maison-dieu were blown down, but a
remnant seems to have been in existence in
1860. The site was on the west side of
Maison Dieu Road, and is in fact occupied
by Anderson's Institution.
The friary of the Blackfriars was dedi
cated to St Andrew and was situated near
the Lossie, north-west of the Castlehill. On
29th March 1285 Alexander III gave man
date to the Sheriff and Bailies of Elgin to
pay from the fermes of the burgh certain
quantities of victual to the friars; and on
21st Oct. 1313 Robert I granted to them
10 merks annually from the Thanage of
Aberchirder. Of the Settlement, the name
of which is perpetuated in Blackfriars'
Haugh and Blackfriars' Road, some slight
foundations were in existence in 1740.
Apparently in the third quarter of the
13th century William, Earl of Ross, who
died in May 1274, gave to God, the Holy
Trinity, and the Bishops of Moray, the
lands of Cadboll in Ross, and a quarter of
the lands of Pethkenny, for the life and
sustenance of the Minorite (Grey) Friars,
who for the time were dwelling in the house
belonging to them near the Cathedral of
Elgin, or shall dwell in it for the future,
and, failing that, for the sustenance of
chaplains in the cathedral church. Clearly,
therefore, about the middle of the 13th
century an unknown donor provided a house
in Elgin for the Greyfriars; and it would
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also appear that in it they took up their
abode. But the fact that Cadboll and
Pithendie (Pethkenny) subsequently con
stituted a chaplainry in the cathedral shows
that the Greyfriars did not fulfil the condi
tion of permanent residence; and, therefore,
nothing more was done towards the estab
lishment of the house. Dunfermline House
at the east end of the town is said to occupy
the site of the Greyfriars' original abode.
The second and complete foundation was
made by John Innes, Sheriff of Moray,
apparently some years prior to 1479. That
year is the date of the Bull of Pope Sixtus
IV confirming the foundation; and the Bull
describes the monastery as ' ' now founded
and built." Associated with the founding
of the house is the following story. De
scribed as "a man seldom given to pious
deeds, ' ' Sheriff Innes was also known by
repute as a ' " raider of church possessions,
an oppressor of the lieges, and a disturber
of the peace. ' ' A band of Caterans raided
Moray, and carried off much booty of
cattle and corn. With a force of Moray
men the Sheriff followed the reavers to the
Pass of Abernethy, where a fight took
place. The men of Moray were defeated;
and they fled, leaving their leader, as they
thought, dead on the field. Badly wounded,
he turned to Heaven for help and vowed to
amend his ways, restore his ill-gotten gains,
and found a monastery for Franciscans if
he were rescued from his plight. At that
time his uterine brother, Francis, one of the
friars of the Franciscan Monastery at Aber
deen, and noted for his piety and learning,
was at Abernethy in the course of one of
the periodical missions in the north which
he and other Franciscan friars from Aber
deen carried out for the conversion of "the
rude and barbarous people of the neigh
bourhood." Forewarned of the fight in
his sleep, he set out for the pass, and found
and rescued his wounded brother. Re
stored to health, the latter implemented his
vow, including the founding of the monas
tery at Elgin. Subsequently, when he was
free from business claims, he sometimes
spent weeks at the monastery, observing
its rules, rising even for the nocturnal
vigils, and sharing the meagre diet of the
cloisters. The first friars at Elgins, who came
from Aberdeen, were twelve in number,
with Francis Innes, the founder's brother,
and Doctor of Both Laws of France, as the
first guardian of the monastery. Among
the twelve there were at least three of
special note — Bernard Chisholm, whose
work in converting cattle thieves earned for
him the nickname of "associate of ca-
terans"; Anthony Fraser, and Robert
Stuart. In 1480 Alexander Sutherland of
Quarrelwood granted the Friars the right
to cut down in his woods what trees they
required for repairs, etc., of their buildings.
After the Reformation, the place was put
to various uses; and ultimately, in 1891, it
was acquired by the Sisters of the Convent
of Sainte Marie of Mercy; and, thereafter,
the church which had become ruinous, and
the conventual buildings, of which the west
wing survived, were restored through the
generosity of the Marquis of Bute.
Annual rents pertaining "of old" to the
"white Friars of Elgin" occur in a charter
of 1581, but of such friars nothing further
seems to be known, and the description
may be a copyist 's error. To the east of the
maison-dieu there was a leper house, with
about six acres of land attached, in the
angle of the Tyock Burn and the Fochabers
road. Near the cathedral there was a place
or land belonging to the "Brethren of St
Lazarus beside the Wall of Jerusalem. ' ' In
1360 Bishop John Pilmou granted and con
firmed the land (or part thereof) extending
to 3i roods, described as lying on the west
side of the stone wall of the canonry be
tween the two common ways, to four
perpetual chaplains of the cathedral, to be
divided proportionally for the building of
manses for themselves and their successors.
St Lazarus' Wynd indicates the site.
The Bishopric of Moray was in existence
in the time of Alexander I (1107-24),
Bishop Gregory (1115) being the first
bishop mentioned. That for nearly a cen
tury the see had no fixed cathedral seat
appears both from the narrative of Bishop
Bricius (1203-21), contained in his petition
to Pope Innocent III craving that the
Church of Spynie be declared the cathedral,
and also from the narrative in his writ of
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foundation of the canonry. He states that
his predecessors, having no fixed place as
cathedral, had from the point of view of
convenience adapted the seat in one or the
other of three churches — Birnie, Spynie and
Kineddar, that most of them had held
Spynie Church as the cathedral, and that
in it they had been installed. It would
appear, therefore, that Birnie Church had
at first been regarded as the cathedral, and
that it had given place to Spynie, which
seemed to be much in favour. When the
petition was addressed to the Pope, Kined
dar Church was the seat. But, as the Bishop
further narrates, Kineddar was held by
consensus of opinion, clerical and lay, to be
most unsuitable, situated as it was "on a
peninsula of the sea to which none of the
parishioners could approach without diffi
culty." And there were other considera
tions which induced the "Chapter and
other prudent men ' ' to favour Spynie, ' ' the
difficulty of places," "the roughness of
ways," and "the change of times," and
chiefly greater security against the works of
evildoers, and better facilities for the bishop
in the ministrations of his office alike in
spiritual and temporal things. It was
craved, therefore, that the Pope decern the
Holy Trinity Church of Spynie to be the
seat of the Bishop of Moray for the future.
On 26th March 1207 the Pope acceded to
the petition, and remitted to the Bishops of
St Andrews and Brechin, and the Abbot of
Lindores, to make inquiry and give effect
to the crave, which was done. About six
teen years later steps were taken to secure
the transference of the seat from Spynie.
On 13th April 1224 Pope Honorius III
narrates that "coming into our presence,
our venerable brother, the Bishop of
Moray, has often expounded to us and
repeatedly poured into our ears" that the
cathedral was in a position by no means
safe from guerilla raids and was so solitary
that provisions were difficult to obtain and
the clerics had to go a long way to buy
what was necessary, and consequently were
hindered in no small degree in the perfor
mance of their devotions. For those
reasons the Bishop ' ' with much insistence
of entreaties has craved that the seat be
transferred to a place more suitable," the
Holy Trinity Church beside Elgin. The
personal character of the approach to the
Pope has led to the inference that it was
made by Bishop Bricius when he attended
the Lateran Council at Rome in 121 5. But,
apart from the fact that Honorius did not
become Pope till 1216, it will be observed
that the Papal narrative speaks, not of the
late bishop, but of the bishop alive at the
time, and that in recording the consent of
the King and the chapter to the change, it
adds "as the said Bishop (i.e. the Bishop
craving the change) asserts." Evidently,
therefore, the bishop was Andrew de
Moravia, who was app. in 1222 and conse
crated in the following year, and must have
visited Rome at the outset of his episcopate.
On 13th April 1224 Pope Honorius made
remit to the Bishop of Caithness, the Abbot
of Kinloss, and the Dean of Ross, em
powering them to make the change, if on
the grounds of necessity and utility they
saw fit; on 5th July of the same year
Alexander II addressed a letter to these
Papal mandatories, expressing his great
desire that "there be effected the transla
tion of the Episcopal Seat to that Place
beside Elgin which we have given to the
Bishop and Clergy of Moray for the build
ing of that Church, ' ' and his further wish
that it be done ' ' in our time, ' ' and giving
them mandate for, and asking them to take
into consideration, the carrying out of the
Papal remit; and on the 19th of the same
month the Bishop of Caithness and the
Dean of Ross met at Elgin, and on the
grounds already stated, app. the said
Church of the Holy Trinity beside Elgin to
be the Cathedral of Moray and at the same
time granted confirmation of the transfer in
the church, with the Bishop of Moray pre
siding. Of the origin of the Holy Trinity
Church then existing, nothing is really
known. It may be inferred that Alexander
II gave the site for the church with a view
to the ultimate transference of the episcopal
seat; and possibly the "church" at the
time of the transference may have been the
first portion of the cathedral. In any case
the foundation stone of the cathedral was
laid also on 19th July 1224, and the building
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was carried on by Bishop Andrew, and
probably completed before his death in
1242. The cathedral was burned and
mainly destroyed by the Wolf of Badenoch
in 1390, and was rebuilt. On 14th Feb.
1567-8 the Priory Council ord. that the
lead of the roof which "is for ane greit part
be diverse personis thiftuously stowin and
being taken away," "be taken down and
desponed upon for interteneing and sus-
tentatioun men of weir and uther needful
charges. " Of an opposite nature was the
policy of the Privy Council on 8th July
1569, when beneficed men in the Diocese
of Moray were charged to contribute for
the repairing of the cathedral, ' ' for mend
ing the theking and reparating ' ' the Church,
' * to the effect that the same may be a con
venient place to conven the people for
hering of the Word of God . " The proposal
was not carried into effect. In the cathedral
there were altars dedicated as follows — the
Virgin Mary in the south aisle of the
chancel; St Laurence; St Peter in the south
aisle; St Paul in the south aisle; Holy Rood;
St Katharine; St John; St James, called St
James Chaplainry of Flens; St Columba;
St Thomas the Martyr in the north aisle;
St Martin; St Giles; St Anne; St Nicholas;
St Andrew; St Ninian, called St Ninian's
Chaplainry of Flens; St Mary Magdalene;
St Michael; St Duthac. On 16th May 1328
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, granted
an annual rent of £23 6s. 8d. from the
fermes of the Sheriffdom of Elgin to five
Chaplains to celebrate for the souls of
Robert I, his uncle, etc., in the "magnifi
cent chapel" dedicated to St Thomas the
Bishop and Martyr, which he had built in
the churchyard on the south side of the
cathedral. Described in 1456 as "in the
cathedral," and in 1502 as "within the
same, the chapel" may have been incor
porated in the main building some time
after its foundation. — [Reg. Great Seal, i,
245, ii, 245, 1334, 2625, iii, 781, 835, iv, 638,
v, 93, 393, 1101, 1590, 1697, 1742, 1893,
2030, vi, 249, 267, 652, 953, 1709, vii, 853,
2136, 2141, 2169, viii, 1612, 1634, 1651,
2169; Reg. Sec. Seal, ii, 81, iii, 1811; Acts
Scott. Part., v, 595; Excheq. Rolls, iii, 77,
vi, 219, 220, 270, 464, 466, 483-4, 517, vii,
17, 20, 238, 355, xii, 52; Cal. Papal Regs.,
Letters, i, 94, 96, ix, 103, 105, 447, 480,
x, 315-16, xii, 363; Petitions, i, 580; Cal. of
Docs. Rel. to Scot., ii, 434; Retours, iii, 155,
iv, 273; Theiner's Vet. Mon., 22; Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 133-4, ii, 23; Extracts from Recs.
of Kirk Sess. of Elgin, 344; Recs. of Elgin, i,
70, 89, 149, 324, 444, ii, 69, 483, 489, 501;
Brockie MSS., St Mary's College, Blairs;
Memo., Rev. John McKee, B.A. (Cantab);
Recs. of Synod of Moray, 6th April 1658,
2nd April 1661; Recs. Presby. of Moray,
10th Nov. 1653; Family of Innes, 111, 116;
Scots Mag., xxxv, 106; Pocoke's Tours
Thro' Scotland, 190. For details, see
Rhind's Sketches of Moray, Shaw's Pro
vince of Moray, Young's Annals of Elgin,
Macintosh's Elgin Past and Present; and
for Canonries, etc., of the Cathedral, see
Preface of Reg. of Moray.]
ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, had
, charge also of Pluscarden 1568. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Moray,
etc.]
1569
WILLIAM DOUGLAS was chaplain
of the Altar of St Laurence in the
cathedral, and one of the preben
daries. On 10th Sept. 1566 he was Clerk of
Consistory, and on 12th Jan. 1578-9 he
was app. clerk of the burgh for one year;
in 1576 he was reader at Elgin and St
Andrews, part of his duties being "to
warne the parishioners to their examina-
tiones agane the Communion"; was still
reader in 1607; he had a natural son, James,
of whom a Kirk Session minute of 17th
July 1594 records that he "has actit himself
to be baneist gif evir he beis found at
pastyme the tym of preaching or nit found
ane common player." — [Ex ts. from Recs.
Kirk Sess. of Elgin, 8, 23, 344-7; Recs. of
Elgin, i, 121-2, ii, 21, 47, 64,.]
1591
ROBERT LESLIE, reader in 1591, when
it is narrated that "the minister and
eldaris inhibits Robert Leslie, reader,
that he nether marie nor bapteis without he
haif the express commandment of the
minister and eldaris"; on 15th July 1598
his attitude to baptism was again under
review, when the Kirk Session commanded
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[PRESB. OF
him to baptise the infant of John Innes,
elder, notwithstanding the fact that said
John was under sentence of excommunica
tion for being "artt and part" in an act of
murder; it would seem, therefore, that he
was qualified to perform marriages and
baptisms; still in office llth March 1604,
when there was brought against him the
vague charge of having "raissit himself
under the pulpit." — [Exts. from Recs. of
Kirk Sess. of Elgin, 12; Recs. of Elgin, ii,
66, 122.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, reader 24th
1616
Sept. 1616; evidently identical with
George D., son of Archibald D.,
mason, Old Aberdeen, who was app.
Master of the Song School and the Gram
mar School 9th Nov. 1600; had issue —
Robert, bapt. 28th Feb. 1611; James, bapt.
22nd March 1612; Margaret, bapt. 15th
Aug. 1613.— [Recs. of Elgin, ii, 398, 401.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, after his deposition,
1623
the Senior Charge remained vacant;
later a supplication was pres. to
Parliament by ' ' the Minister and towne of
Elgin, craving ane mantenance for two
ministers and ane reider, they being now
altogidder destitute"; and on 9th Sept.
1 639 Parliament resolved that the supplica
tion be recommended to His Majesty as
proceeding from the General Assembly,
but that there be no Act of Parliament
regarding it. — [Acts Scott. Par I., v, 595.]
DAVID MURRAY, reader 22nd May
1 628 * ^^' w^en ne ratified his promise of
marriage to Janet Grant in the
parish of Spynie, daugh. of the late Gregor
G. in Gartinmore; also Master of the Music
School.— [Recs. of Elgin, ii, 205.]
GILBERT ROSS, probably son of
1640
Oliver R., notar in Maybole, and
Janet Graham. Marr. (2) Elizabeth,
daugh. of Francis Napier, burgess of Edin
burgh. — [Gen. Reg. Sas., I'm, 64; Reg. of
Inhibitions, i, 457, 9th March 1630; Edin
burgh Burgess Roll, 4th July 1636.]
WILLIAM MURRAY, reader 12th
1641 Sept. 1641, held the vicarage and the
vicar's lands; was also Master of the
Music School; dem. office 2nd Aug. 1668.
—[Recs. of Elgin, ii, 240, 405, 408.]
THOMAS INNES, reader 1667. Marr.
1667 N^co^as' probably daugh. of Thomas
Craig, min. of Spynie, and had issue
—Robert, bapt. 26th Nov. 1667.
ROBERT LANGLANDS, his son,
George, apprenticed to Robert
1696
1709.
Elliot, surgeon, Edinburgh 13th July
ALEXANDER TOPP, his daugh., Mar-
1841 §aret (marr. Thomas Blackie Park,
Haddington); died 14th May 1934.
WILLIAM MOFFAT, died 17th Jan.
1894
1943; his widow, Frances Low, died
15th Oct. 1947.
JAMES MILLAR MOORHEAD
1Q1, MADILL, his wife, Margaret Helen
Scott, died 14th Sept. 1928. Marr.
(2) 4th Feb. 1931 Isabella Gordon, daugh.
of Robert Stuart Christie, Manitoba.
SECOND CHARGE
ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, min.,
1566
pres. to vicarage 26th Feb. 1567-8
on dem. of George Hepburn. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 6.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, pres. to
vicarage 24th March 1567-8 on
assignation of George Hepburn,
treasurer of Moray, and to vicarage 27th
Nov. and 8th Dec. 1 569, on resignation of
Alexander Winchester. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, 7, 32.]
1569
1609
DAVID PHILP, on 14th Oct. 1622 the
Kirk Session ord. that Mr David
Philp "quhen he teitches that he
turn the glass quhen he goes to the pulpit,
that the prayers, psalme, and preitching be
all endit within the hour, under pain of
6/8."— [Recs. of Elgin, ii, 167.]
JOHN GORDON, he was dep. for (1)
, _ neglect of weekly sermon; (2) lack
of discipline in Kirk Session; (3)
often deserting his charge, particularly
when "maid doctor at Aberdene," and,
"as a man unsatled in his judgments,"
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637
taking to the hills "in a gray playd and
trewes," remaining there on one occasion
for about eighteen days; (4) being scan
dalous, profane, and irreligious; (5) careless
wandering in the country on the Sabbath
days; (6) fighting in the High Street and
open churchyard in Elgin with an Irish
phisitiane, both of them wrestling "in
dubbs and myres" until separated; (7)
scandalous and unsound in doctrine; (8)
cursing all that entered into the Covenant.
On 4th April 1648 it was reported to the
Synod that he encouraged malignants; and
at the same meeting he confessed that he
had exercised part of the ministerial func
tion since his deposition. He was referred
to the Commission, and on 3rd May of the
same year the Synod recorded that the
General Assembly had appointed the
Presb. of Elgin to excommunicate him. It
was further reported to the Synod on 2nd
Sept. 1650 that he was frequenting the
bounds of the Presb. of Aberlour and the
"prime families theirin, abusing ministers
with his tongue when he say them," and
at "gentlemen's tables" blessing and
giving thanks. — [Recs. of Synod of Moray,
30th April 1639.]
JOHN GORDON, fourth son of John
G. of Craig; went to Forty one in
Wales. Marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
Hon. Alexander Gordon of Strathaven; his
second son, Alexander, died before 15th
Dec. 1657; his daugh., Elizabeth (marr.
George Gordon of Tewchines).
THOMAS LAW, had issue— Robert;
Thomas.— [Banff Sas., 6th May
1659; 7th Dec. 1666.]
JAMES HORNE, his daugh., Agnes,
1659 bapt. 16th Dec. 1668.
JAMES HAY, born 1736, son of Hugh
1633
1779
H. of Park family; his daugh., Ann,
died at Aberdeen 21st March 1793.
LEWIS GORDON, his mother, Isabel
1815 Rae.
JAMES CHARLES CONN, trans, to
1or, St Stephen's, Broughty Ferry, 4th
iy Aug. 1926.
GRAHAM NICOLL WARNER, trans.
1926
from Bervie (q.v.) 16th Dec. 1926;
trans, to St James, Clydebank, 25th
June 1931; trans, to St John's, Lochwin-
noch, 2nd May 1935; app. Assistant Secre
tary and Deputy, Church and Ministry
Department, 24th May 1946. Marr. 23rd
July 1924 Sheila L. G. Macaulay, and has
issue — Sheila Elizabeth Macaulay, born
llth Feb. 1926; Patricia Helen Gordon,
born 4th Dec. 1930, died 24th Aug. 1946;
Robert Graham, born 29th Dec. 1932, died
31st Jan. 1933; Ian Graham, born 4th April
1934; Kenneth Boath, born 10th Dec. 1938.
PLUSCARDINE
The Old Store which was situated a short
distance east of the Lodge became on the
erection of a Mission in the Glen, the place
of worship known as the "Old Ha'." In
1821 Lord Fife fitted up the old parlour of
the priory as a church and in 1 843 he gave
the use of it to the Free Church. Services
continued to be held till about 1 898, when
the Marquess of Bute entered into posses
sion.
In the Glen of Pluscarden there was a
chapel dedicated to St Andrew and prior
to 1230, the glen was called the Vale of St
Andrew.
ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, min.
1568 in 1568. (See Elgin.)
ST ANDREWS and LHANBRYDE
JOHN WALKER, M.A.; his son, Henry
1839
William, was in Tuticorin, India;
his son, Robert Duff, was in Sydney,
Australia; and his son, John, was in Spring
field, Tasmania; his daugh., Elisa Catherine
(marr. Hugh Alexander Duff of Kenern,
New Zealand), died 25th Sept. 1925.—
[Inscrip., St Andrew's Churchyard.]
CHARLES ALEXANDER DAVID-
Rfi SON, his widow, Phoebe Cruick-
shank, died at Hawick 1st Feb. 1930,
aged 93.
JOHN ROBERTSON DUNCAN, trans.
_ to Inveraven 25th Sept. 1931; died
1st Sept. 1933 as result of motor
accident at Elgin; his widow, Margaret
638
ST ANDREWS and LHANBRYDE— SPEYMOUTH [PRESB. OF
Smart, died 2nd Sept. 1935; his daugh.,
Elspet Margaret (marr. William Strathdee,
distiller, Glenfarlass, Banffshire).
ST ANDREWS
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 4th June 1569 on death of
Sir John Chalmers; dep. before 13th
Oct. 1573.— [Reg. Pres. Bene. i, 28, 97.]
PATRICK BALFOUR, pres. to vicarage
1576
87.]
15th Oct. 1576 on death of Sir John
Chalmers.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2),
GEORGE DOUGLAS, reader here,
1576
pres. to vicarage 3rd Oct. 1573, John
Chalmers having failed to compear
to make confession of faith on succession
to Alexander Leslie. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
97; i, (4), 11.]
JAMES LAUDER, min. 29th April
1586
1586, had issue — Andrew. — [Acts
and Dec., Iv, 303.]
ROBERT TERRAS, had issue— Robert,
1640 min. of Olrig.
THOMAS CRAIG, line 8, for "11"
read "6"; was son of Thomas C.,
1663
1710
min. of Spynie; had issue — Isobel. —
[Elgin Sas., iv, 168.]
LHANBRYDE
WALTER STEWART, marr. pro. 23rd
Feb. 1710 Barbara, probably daugh.
of Andrew Munro, Sheriff of Moray.
Addl. issue— Robert, bapt. 13th Sept. 1723;
Hugh, called only son; John, his successor,
probably a near relative, but not a son. —
[Inverkeithney Sas., 2nd Feb. 1738.]
JOHN STEWART, line 1, delete "son
1727 of preceding."
PATRICK DUNCAN, his daugh., Jean
1735
(marr. William Tulloch, merchant,
Forres).
SPEYMOUTH, formerly DIPPLE
The church, commonly called the ' ' Red
Kirk," was founded on 10th July 1732,
near St Leonard's Well at Stynie which
mysteriously dried up many years ago. On
18th March 1746 Lord John Drummond
of the Jacobite army came to the manse,
which for a time became the rebels' head
quarters. The rebels retired on the ap
proach of the Duke of Cumberland's army
and the Duke slept at the manse on the
night of 1 2th April 1 746.— [Session Record. ]
A small house, called "The House of the
Holy Ghost," stood at the churchyard
gate. Round it in the direction of the sun's
course the people carried the corpse at
burial — a superstitious practice that was
not abolished till the walls were razed to
the ground.
By decreet of 14th July 1731 the Com
missioners for Plantation of Kirks decreed
that the parishes of Dipple and Essil and
the barony of Garmouth be united into one
parish under the name of Speymouth. This
was in accordance with a suggestion of the
Synod of Moray on 22nd April 1730, the
min. of Urquhart and the min. of Essil each
having refused any relation to the people
of Garmouth. — [Recs. Presby. of Elgin, 1st
Feb. 1732; Recs. Synod of Moray, 22nd
April 1730; Shaw's Province of Moray, iii,
385.]
ADAM HEPBURNE of Bonhard, Dean
1565
of Caithness, was parson of Dipple
25th May 1565.— [Reg. of Deeds, iv,
193, viii, 200.]
WILLIAM PETERKIN, vicar and ex-
1567
dilly.)
horter, 1567-90.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Moray, etc.] (See Arn-
WILLIAM KEITH, reader 1568. (See
1568 Dundurcas.)
WILLIAM MCQUEEN, vicar 1588.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Moray,
1588
etc.]
ROBERT MILN, bapt. 20th Aug. 1697;
his wife, daugh. of Alexander Mc-
1731
Intosh, not William.
JAMES GILLAN, line 12, for "Allan-
1785 garth ' ' read ' ' Allanpark. ' '
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SPEYMOUTH— SPYNIE
639
GEORGE BIRNIE, D.D. (Aberdeen,
1890
4th April 1940), dem. llth March
1940; died 22nd Jan. 1941; his wife,
Margaret Lobban, died 24th Oct. 1937;
his daughs. — Jeanie Morrison, M.B., Ch.B.
(marr. 2nd June 1934 Lieut. Harold Vitler
Clarke, R.N.R.S., son of George Clarke,
Cheam, Surrey); Margaret Helen Kemp
(marr. 2nd Sept. 1947 Rev. James Smith,
Moray House, Edinburgh). Publications —
Various Treatises on Botany.
( United with Garmouth 2\st July 1940.)
ESSIL
SIR ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, died
1574
before 18th Aug. 1587.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ivi, 18.]
ALEXANDER HAY, M.A., pres. to
vicarage from Rhynie 18th Aug.
1587 on death of Sir Alexander
Douglas.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv, 19.]
SPYNIE
The Church of the Holy Trinity of
Spynie was decerned the Cathedral of the
Bishopric in 1207, and continued so till
1224. Whether that was the church that
existed at and after the Reformation has
not been determined. Upon the latter
church repairs were carried out in 1708,
especially in the case of the south wall and
the west half of the roof; and attention was
again given to the faulty state of the build
ing in 1724, when it was estimated that the
cost of necessary repairs would be £488 12s.
Little appears to have been done; and on
4th Nov. 1731 it was reported to the Presb.
that the church was ruinous, the east gable
being rent and falling from the side walls,
and the larger part of the roof insufficient.
From this emerged the question as to
whether the building should be repaired;
and after full consideration the Presb. on
llth July 1732 agreed to the transportation
of both church and manse ''which are at
present very inconveniently situate, the
said Church lying in a distant corner of the
parish very far from the body of the people
and the best inhabitated places of the
parish ' ' ; transportat ion ' ' would tend much
to the good of souls in the parish. ' ' Even
tually agreement was made between the
heritors and the min. for the building of a
new church upon ' ' a piece of barren moor
at the Mains of Quarrywood, ' ' which was
also to be the site of the new manse. The
min. was also "to get a piece of ground
from Braco sufficient to be a yard. ' ' It was
further agreed that the new church was to
be of the same dimensions as the old
church, with the addition of an aisle 20 ft.
square. Later it was found that to that
stipulation there was close approximation.
Whereas the old church, on measurement
taken prior to its removal, was 66 ft. long,
2U ft. broad, with walls 12 ft. high, the
new church was 67 ft. long, 22 ft. broad,
with walls 12 ft. high, besides the aisle on
the north side 20 ft. square. The new
church was founded on 10th March 1735,
and on 13th April 1736 it was reported to
the Presb. that it was "nearly finished."
The division of the church among the
heritors was made on 4th May 1736, when
it was further decreed that ' * for the accom
modation of servants and strangers a
Common Loft be built in the west end of
the Church." The east end was occupied
by the Westfield Loft. On 28th Aug. 1739
the church was declared sufficient by the
Presb. The belfry, built in 1723, and two
windows, one of them arched, were re
moved from the old church and incor
porated with the new; and on the south
wall there is a dial with the date 1740 and
the inscription, Ion Dugal fecit, the said
John being a son of the contemporary min.
It was in 1740 that the church was actually
completed, though apparently it was used
for worship prior to that date. Extensive
repairs were begun in 1803 and completed
on 3rd Dec. 1805 — two windows, one on
each side of the pulpit, were enlarged; a
door in the aisle was built up, and a door
in the east gable was opened up, with a
window above the same; outside the latter
door there was built a semicircular portico
with north and south doors; the church
was completely paved and reseated; there
was provided a new pulpit, a precentor's
desk, and a baptistry "as in St Andrew's
Church"; the Westfield loft was repaired,
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SPYNIE
[PRESB. OF
and the common loft was renewed, a stair
being furnished in the south-west corner.
To a petition of the Presb. 10th Oct. 1734
that the church and manse be called New
Spynie, effect was given by the Commis
sioners before llth March 1735. The
Palace or Castle of Spynie, the residence of
the Bishops, was built by John Innes,
Bishop 1407-14. Situated a few hundred
yards south of Inchbroom House there was
a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary,
called the Chapel of the Island of Spynie,
Our Lady Chapel of the Inch. Apparently
it is this chapel to which reference occurs
on 28th July 1296, when William le
Franseys was sued by Thomas the Clerk
of Elgin for being found in possession of
476 lamb-skins which the plaintiff had
deposited in the "Church of St Mary of
Inch for security against robbers."
At Kintrae farms there was situated the
Church of Kintrae, called in a Charter of
Bricuis de Douglas, Bishop of Moray
1203-22, "the old Church of Kyntra."
For the purpose of augmenting the prebend
of Spynie, founded by Bishop Bricuis, his
predecessor, Andrew de Moravia, Bishop
of Moray 1222-42, joined the Church of
Kintrae to the Church of Spynie. All
vestiges of the church and churchyard have
disappeared, but the site may still be traced.
In at least part of the period 1187-1203,
Lambert, Chaplain of King William the
Lion, was parson of Kintrae. There was a
chapel at Inchbrock between Wester Kin
trae and Westfield House. — [Reg. Epis.
Moraviende, 39, 94, 273, 359; Mackintosh's
Pilgrimages in Moray, Recs. of Presb. of
Elgin, 29th July 1708, 10th Sept. 1724, 4th
Nov. 1731, llth July 1732, 1st Oct. 1734,
llth March 1735, 13th April 1736, 4th May
1736, 28th Aug. 1739, 21st April 1803, 8th
Jan., 3rd Dec. 1805; Cal. of Docs. Rel to
Scotland, ii, 192; Family of Innes, 111.]
(See Elgin.)
SIR ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND,
vicar 15th Feb., 15th March 1567.
1567
— [Reg. Great Seal, v, 1215.]
ROBERT INNES, M.A., pres. to par
sonage 24th June 1574 on Thomas,
Commendator of Glenluce, being
declared a rebel.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlii, 1 19.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, pres. to
vicarage 27th Oct. 1574 on death of
Sir John Dowall. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 24.]
1574
ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, min.
1576
here, pres. to parsonage 19th Feb.
1574-5 on Thomas, Commandator
of Glenluce, being declared a rebel. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 29.]
ALEXANDER RAWSON, pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 15th Feb.
1 580-1 on death of Thomas Hay. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 44.]
THOMAS CRAIG, apparently Nicolas
Craig, wife of Thomas Innes, reader,
Elgin, was a daugh. — [Elgin Bapt.
Reg., 26th Nov. 1667.]
1581
1624
WILLIAM CLOGIE, his daugh., Mar
garet, bapt. 23rd June 1612, and
Alexander 25th June 1614.— [Elgin
1647
Reg.}
ROBERT BATES, cont. of proc. of
second marriage with Margaret
Dunbar, 3rd Oct. 1714.— [Forglen
Reg.]
ALEXANDER SIMPSON, in or about
1839 he became incapacitated for
duty by "an afflictive visitation of
Divine Providence " ; in Jan. 1 846 a * ' new ' '
assistant was app., Mr P. J. Gilruth, from
St Andrews Presb., and afterwards min. of
South Ronaldsay and Burray; Mr Gilruth
left before 2nd Dec. 1846, on which date
Mr Simpson craved the Presb. that the
patron be asked to appoint an assistant and
successor; the patron refused, and on 3rd
Feb. 1847 the Presb. agreed to the appoint
ment of an ordained assistant, and Mr
James Bain was ord. on 10th March follow
ing; he was licen. by the Presb. of Strath-
bogie in 1837, became assistant school
master at Urquhart 29th June, and school
master 4th Dec. 1839 in succession to the
late Mr James Cooper.
JOHN MAIR, dem. 19th Feb.
1907 1946.
ELGIN]
URQUHART
641
URQUHART
The old church stood in the churchyard
at the east end of the village. A hollow to
the north-east of the churchyard is held to
have been the site of the priory. Near at
hand is the Abbey Well. In the parish
there was a chapel dedicated to the Holy
Rood.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., iii, 2153; Pil
grimages in Moray, 86-7.]
JOHN BLINDSHIELD, reader, also at
Lhanbryd. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Moray, etc.]
1567
PATRICK BALFOUR, probably iden-
**ca^ W^ ^r P^ri^ Balfour, son of
Patrick B. of Oldmill, adm. by Elgin
Town Council as Master of the Grammar
School 10th Sept. 1566; his daugh., Agnes,
was betrothed to John Robb, merchant,
Elgin, but it is not certain that the marriage
took place.— [Recs. of Elgin, ii, 25, 396.]
JAMES GORDON, had a son,
Frederick. — [Deeds, Durie, 1704,
No. 573, 599.]
JAMES URQUHART, his son, Joseph,
, , apprenticed to William Henderson,
merchant, 14th Nov. 1677; his
daugh., Jean (marr. cont. 5th March 1713
Bailie Robert Logan, litster in Forres).
JOHN URQUHART, marr. Anne Innes,
and had issue, Jean (marr. Lawrence
Sutherland of Greenhall).
1695
JOHN McGILCHRIST, marr. cont.
1734
dated 28th July 1730, Elizabeth,
daugh. of William Fraser of Broad-
lands, and had issue, Anne (bapt. July
1738).
HARRY WALKER, line 10, for "J"
1847 read "Alexander."
GORDON INGRAM, his son, James
1R_Q Kyd Duncan, M.D., died at Puerto
Orotava, 21st April 1933; William,
K.C., died 13th July 1943.
PATRICK CAMPBELL SINCLAIR.
1894 dem. 31st Aug. 1937.
(Churches united \2th Nov. 1937.)
2S
PRESBYTERY OF FORRES
1567
ALTYRE
ANDREW SIMSON, M.A., pres. to
the "Common Kirk of Altair" 16th
Jan. 1567-8.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 3.]
ALEXANDER URQUHART, min. at
Rafford, in charge here. — \Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Moray, etc.]
JOHN CLERK, reader; also at Dallas.
—[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Moray, etc.]
1568
DALLAS
SIR JAMES SPENS, pres. to vicarage
1st July 1560, probably identical
with Sir J. S., vicar of Alves.— [Reg.
Mag.Sig., iv, 1963, 2639.]
JOHN CLERK,
1568 Altyre.)
reader 1568. (See
ANDREW BROWN, pres. to vicarage
25th Oct. 1574 on death of Sir
James Spens. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlii,
83.]
1574
1576
PATRICK GUMMING, M.A., pres.
llth July 1576 to Sub-Deanery of
Moray, which is the parish of Dallas
and the vicarage of Auldearn. ' ' Before the
change of religion" it had been held by
Mr William Pattison, on whose resignation
Sir Michael Willet had received presenta
tion 6th July 1576. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
(4), 43.]
1588
GEORGE DOUGLAS, pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 6th Aug. 1588,
the Sub-Deanery being vacant by
depriv. of Patrick Gumming. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Iviii, 3.]
ALEXANDER RICHARDSON, marr.
Agnes Chapman (she marr. (2)
George Cumming, his successor)
1624
and had issue, William of "Riniver," not
"Rininel."
GEORGE CUMMING, marr. Agnes
Chapman, widow of Alexander
Richardson, min. of this parish.
Suspended by Synod 6th Oct. 1646 for
"complyance he had with the enemie"
(Montrose) and referred to the Commission
of Assembly at Edinburgh, but he was
reponed by the Synod 6th April 1647,
having given full satisfaction.
JOHN CROCKAT, had a son,
1708 Thomas.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, served in
1925
France 1917-20 (wounded), Chap
lain to the Forces 1920; trans, to
Kirkton 8th May 1931; dem. 16th May
1940. His wife's father was of Keills, Islay.
His daugh., Flora Douglas (marr. 16th
Sept. 1939 Donald Alexander MacCalman,
Leamington, son of Alexander M., Bears-
den).
DYKE and MOY
There was in the parish a Chapel of St
Ninian, with manse and garden. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig., viii, 434.]
ANDREW SIMSON, min. in 1568.
1568 (See Forres.)
WILLIAM DUNBAR, vicar before 16th
Nov. 1583, pres. in 1585 on death
of Andrew Simson.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
liii, 29.]
1625
WILLIAM FALCONER, marr. 19th
April 1625 Margaret, daugh. of
Thomas Tulloch of Tannachie and
Isabel Dunbar. Line 27, delete "Jean
(marr. George Chalmers of Linkwood)."
His second wife was daugh. of John Suther
land of Kinstearie and Lilias Hay.
642
PRESB. OF FORRES]
DYKE and MOY— EDINKILLIE
643
WILLIAM FALCONER, his daugh.,
Jean, bapt. 17th Aug. 1677 (marr.
(1) George Chalmers of Linkwood,
and (2) before 1707, William Cumyng of
Craigmill); evidently identical with Bishop
Falconer, resident at Slains dr. 1716-20,
and exercised at least some of the functions
of a bishop, assuming "a prelatical
authority derived from the exauctorated
prelates."— [G. R. Horn, 8th Feb. 1707;
Justiciary Records, 1717-21, May 1721.]
(See Kearn, Alexander Law.)
ALEXANDER FORBES, was twice
1692
marr. and had issue by first mar
riage, Alexander and James, and by
second, Robert, Jean, Lillias and Agnes.
In Oct. 1706 he intimated his demission to
the Synod, "he being habituallie valetu-
dinarie, being much brokn with gravel,
gout, and several other distempers"; but
on a letter from the parishioners objecting
to the acceptance of the demission because
of "the serious effects that would follow to
the parish, ' ' the Synod resolved to give him
all help and encouragement, and, delaying
consideration of the case till next Synod,
app. supplies for Dyke for half a year.
Later, steps seem to have been taken to
secure full assistance for Mr Forbes, for on
2nd May 1707 Mr John Cumming, "now
under a call to Dyke, ' ' was rebuked by the
Synod, who at the same time directed a
lettei to be sent to the Presb. of Fordoun,
for having given "great offence by travel
ling upon the Lord's Day from Breichen to
Fettercairn before sermon and having come
in about the end of the lectur and heard
both sermons, by crossing the Kairn im
mediately after sermon," and because
"both ministers and people in the Presby
tery of Fordoun were offended by this his
practice when he did come north."
ROBERT DUNBAR, line 3, for
1727 ' ' Kincorth ' ' read ' ' Kirkhill. ' '
JOHN MACEWAN, his son, Hugh
1876 Henry Lyall, Staff Sergeant R.A.,
killed in Burma March 1944.
THOMAS ALEXANDER WARNOCK,
died 1st Nov. 1940. Addl. issue—
Grizel, born 20th Aug. 1917; Doris,
born 13th Nov. 1927.
1914
(United with Moy West 2nd March 1941.)
MOY
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, parson
1564 1 567~8-— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Moray, etc.]
PATRICK LIDDELL, M.A., parson in
1566, also at Croy. — [Comps. Sub
1566
Coll. of Thirds, Moray, etc.]
JAMES VAUS, exhorter 1570, also at
1 ___ Croy.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
JO /U i *- . T
Moray, etc.]
THOMAS ANNAND, pres. to par-
sonage 10th March 1590-1 on death
of William Sutherland.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixii, 11.]
EDINKILLIE
In March 1287 Archibald, Bishop of
Moray, gave to John, Archdeacon of
Moray, the whole land of the Church of St
John the Baptist of Logyfythenach, the said
John to provide a chaplain for the church
and to give for the sustenance of the chap
lain a merk from the vicarage of Dyke. —
[Reg. of Moray, 284.]
JOHN FORRESTER, M.A., pres. to
1582 v^cara§e 10th Dec- 15^2 on death of
Sir Alexander Sinclair. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xlix, 52.]
THOMAS DUFF, reader 8th Nov.
1586 1582.— [Edin. Tests., xii, 305.]
JOHN STRATON, pres. to vicarage
20th Feb. 1607 on death of Sir
Alexander Sinclair. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixxvi, 7.]
1599
ROBERT DUNBAR, probably son of
Thomas Dunbar of West Grange
1614 ,-, • O A
near Forres, mm. of Auldearn.
644
EDINKILLIE— KINLOSS
[PRESB. OF
PATRICK GLASS, marr. Marie, daugh.
°^ Patl"ick Dunbar of Blervie (she
marr. (2) Patrick Tulloch of the
Tannochy family). He had issue — Patrick,
merchant in Forres.
DAVID GUMMING, his mother was
Margaret Dunbar of the Boath
family. Delete "as son James of
Pressley who was his grandson and son of
Patrick or Peter, doctor in Inverness. ' ' He
had a daugh., Jean. Line 22, for "Slug"
read ' * Sluie. ' '
JOHN MORRISON, adm. to united
19Q9 charge 26th June 1930; dem. June
1940; his wife, Gertrude Johnstone,
died 26th Sept. 1936; he died at Aberdeen
17th Nov. 1944.
(Charges united 26th June 1930.)
FORRES
The foundation stone of the present
church was laid by Lady Strathcona on
17th Aug. 1904, and the church was opened
for worship on 4th March 1906.
In 1305 Adam le Chapelayn of Moraf
(Moray) asked 6 merks for serving "a
Chapel built in honour of St Laurence in
the county of Forros (Forres), of the alms
of King Alexander, for the soul of Mar
garet, late Queen of Scotland. ' ' He was to
receive his "stipend" on exhibition of his
charter. — [Cat. of Docs. Re I. to Scotland,
iv, 375.]
Forres was the seat of the Archdeacon
of Moray Cathedral. The church, along
with the Archdeacon's manse, many other
houses, and the burgh records and charters,
were burned by the Wolf of Badenoch in
May 1390. The present church, built in
1905, took the place of a church erected in
1777. The Chapel of St Leonard was
situated at Chapelton, between Rafford and
Forres; and the chapel at Logic was dedi
cated to St John. There was in the parish
a chapel dedicated to St Duthac. —
[Mackintosh's Pilgrimages in Moray, 52-3;
Acts of Lords of Council in Public Affairs,
490, 19th July 1540; Reg. Mag. Sig., vii,
519.]
ANDREW SIMSON. min. (See
1567 Dyke.)
JOHN PATERSON, reader, and in
1568; died after 8th Nov. 1582.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Moray,
1567
etc.]
JOHN FORRESTER, was schoolmaster
1582 and min. in 1582.
JOHN STRATON, son of Arthur S. of
1509 Snawdoun, and Margaret Keith.
Marr. cont. 12th and 21st May 1602
Janet, daugh. of David Murray of Little
Ardath and his wife Margaret Kirkcaldie.
—[Kincardine Sas., i, 84.]
JOHN MACDONNELL, his daugh.,
t 2 Robina, born 1803 (marr. 25th Aug.
1828 Captain John Douglas, R.N.),
died 1874.
GORDON BEATTIE WATT, died at
1912 Edinburgh 23rd Nov. 1928; his
widow, Agnes Milne Dobie, died at
Edinburgh 6th Feb. 1939.
WILLIAM PHILIP WISHART, had
1918
issue — William Alexander, born
25th Dec. 1923; John Laurence,
born 28th April 1932.
KINLOSS
It appears that for some time prior to the
middle of the 17th century worship of the
Church of Scotland was conducted in the
chapter house of the abbey. At that period
various parts of the abbey fabric were re
moved to Inverness to provide material for
the construction of a fort there by Crom
well; and it was then proposed that the
stones of the chapter house should be
utilised for the same purpose. Protest was
made by the Presb. of Elgin with a view to
saving the chapter house, especially in view
of the fact that "it is agreed that there
shall be a Church and a special Parish for
Kinloss and the people thereabouts who
are now almost without the means of the
Gospel." In reply Alexander Brodie of
Lethens, who had acquired Kinloss, stated
that the abbey stones had been removed
against his will, and also offered to build a
church and manse with the money that he
FORRES]
KINLOSS— RAFFORD
645
had received for the stones, and also to
provide a sufficient glebe from the lands of
Kinloss. Negotiations followed in 1650-3,
and eventually on 20th July 1653 agreement
was reached on the basis of the offer of
Alexander Brodie, with this reservation by
him, that the church should not be built
in the precincts of the abbey. The place
chosen for the church was "William Kere's
house, the kill yard, and remanent ground
yrabout from the high gate to ye burne, and
that the walls of the old Kill (Skene's Kiln)
be repaired and enlarged and made wider,
and the middle wall removed to ye effect
the kirk may be built yrupon. ' ' A church
yard was provided on "the commontie
north of the Abbey precincts"; and the
glebe was designed in part from the lands
called George Yard. The church was ready
for worship before 1657; and on 6th May
of that year the parish was erected by the
Presb. of Elgin, confirmation by Parliament
being forthcoming on 15th March 1661.
The present church was built in 1765. At
Laurenston, Burgie, there was a Fair of St
Lawrence which was ultimately removed
to Forres.
The Abbey was founded on 20th June
1151 (the Chronicle ofMelrose, p. 74, gives
the date 21st May 1150). To it belonged
the Churches of Avoch and Ellon, and the
Hospital of St John the Baptist, of Hebuis-
den, in the parish of Loth. Abbot Thomas
Crystall, who died 30th Dec. 1535, repaired
the Chapel of St Jerome, and erected in it
Altars of St Jerome, St Anne, and of the
dead. — [Recs. ofPresby. of Elgin, 27th Dec.
1649, 17th, 31st Jan. 1650, 3rd, 10th, 17th
Feb., 2nd March, 8th, 20th July 1653; Acts
Scott. ParL, vii, 74-5; Recs. of Kinloss, xxv,
xxxix-xl, 30, 120, 134.]
JAMES RAWSON, reader in 1568; also
1568 at Rafford-— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Moray, etc.]
JAMES URQUHART, marr. Agnes or
1659 Anna Brodie.
JAMES GORDON, son of Thomas G.
1699 of Cloves and Monaghty and his
wife Helen Seton, and grandson of
Sir William G. of Lesmoir.
2S*
WILLIAM HENRY EDIE, his son,
Henry Scott Ker, killed in motor
1877
1934.
accident, Southampton, 23rd Dec.
GEORGE ALEXANDER McKEGGIE,
1925 trans- to Craigie llth Nov. 1929;
has issue, Marjorie E.
(Charges united \9th May 1930.)
RAFFORD
Among the eight canonries erected by
Bishop Bricius when he founded Elgin
Cathedral (1208-15) was that of Cantor
with a davoch of land and the Church of
Alves and the Church of Rafford. On 12th
May 1226 twelve new canonries were
added, including a prebend from the
Church of A for a succentor, the
first being Lembertas. In addition to
Rafford, the succentor had the Church of
Ardclach.
In note on vi, 427, delete lines 5, 6 and 7.
When the parish of Kinloss was erected
in 1657 from portions of Rafford, Alves
and Forres, Rafford received the small
parish of Altyre in compensation.
At the Reformation Alexander Dunbar
the succentor had just been appointed Dean
as well, both of which offices he retained
for some thirty years when he pres. his
second son Robert to the former, but his
elder son Thomas to the latter. Then
followed some crooked transactions in the
teinds to the financial benefit of the family.
JAMES RAWSON, reader in
1586 (See Urquhart.)
1568.
ROBERT DUNBAR, son of Alexander
1590 ^"' dean °f Moray, pres. to the
parsonage and vicarage which is the
' ' sub-chantre of Moray ' ' 3rd July 1 59 1 , on
res. of his father. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii,
103.]
THOMAS DUNBAR, son of Alexander
D. of Inchbrok and Janet (marr.
cont. 30th Dec. 1583), daugh. of
Thomas Cumyng of Altyre. — [Duffus
Papers.]
646
RAFFORD
[PRESB. OF FORRES
ALEXANDER FORDYCE, his
1668 Thomas, died 5th May 1755.
son,
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, marr. Helen,
daugh. of Alexander Mclntosh of
Blervie and Isobel, daugh. of Wil
liam Duff of Dipple, and had issue,
James.
1727
1738
ROBERT LOGAN, his mother was
Ann, daugh. of James Urquhart,
barber in Forres. He had issue —
Margaret, born 23rd Feb. 1744; Robert,
born 28th Aug. 1745; Elizabeth, bora 3rd
July 1747. Four of his children died be
tween June and Aug. 1752.
WILLIAM STEPHEN, hadissue— John,
1784 farmer, Covesea, near Hopeman.
1816
GEORGE MACKAY, his wife was
^augh • °f J ohn J°nnstone ana< Eliza
beth Norris; his sons — David, bom
15th Sept. 1817, died 26th Jan. 1875; Lewis,
born 25th Oct. 1822; his daugh., Helen,
died 19th Jan. 1886.— [Tombs t., Rafford.]
1904
ARCHIBALD SCOTT BALLANTYNE,
dem. 22nd June 1942; his daugh.,
Jean Sinclair Paton, L.D.S., R.C.S.
(Edinburgh) (marr. 17th Oct. 1934 Robert
George Smith, Mayfield, Forres); his wife,
Elizabeth Jane Brownlee, died 27th Oct.
1938. He marr. (2) 29th Nov. 1939 Char
lotte Christina Murchison.
PRESBYTERY OF NAIRN
ARDCLACH
The church was rebuilt in 1626. — [Reg.
Synod of Moray, 24th Oct. 1626.]
WILLIAM SIMSON, pres. to vicarage
23rd Dec. 1579 on death of Sir
Robert Brown. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
ii, 287.]
1580
DAVID MILLER, his son, James
Webster, Medical Superintendent,
Mental Hospital, Salisbury.
1883
ROBERT KERR, trans, to St Mat
thew's, Dundee, 16th May 1933;
trans, to Kinnell, 17th May 1946.
(Charges united 21th Sept. 1933.)
ARDERSIER
THOMAS FERGUSSON, exhorter in
1569 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
1599
THOMAS URQUHART, third son of
Thomas U. of Davidston and
Christian Murray, and not as stated;
had issue by first marriage — Christina, only
daugh. (marr. cont. 19th March 1619
William Campbell of Galcantray). — [Inver
ness Sas.; Elgin Sas., 31st May 1619; Reg.
of Deeds, Hay, ccclxxxvi, 277.]
LACHLAN McBEAN, marr. Mary,
t ,Q_ sister to John Stewart, younger, of
Killemickly. On 16th Feb. 1698
there was submitted to the Presb. of Tain
a letter from Sir Hugh Campbell of Caw-
dor, requesting that Mr Lachlan McBean
be allowed to continue at Ardersier, and
that he might do so with the sanction of the
Presb. The Presb. replied that while not
satisfied with his conduct in entering
Ardersier Church without their permission,
yet upon hearing that he enveighs bitterly
against himself for his former ways, and
testifies publicly against the evils of the late
defection in the land, they were willing to
tolerate him till they be better informed
about him, or know him better. — [Mac-
naughton's Ch. Life in Ross and Sutherland,
15-16; Sas., Ixxvi, 10, 28th June 1699.]
AULDEARN
Eren, Erin or Eyrn seems to have been
the old name of Auldearn. To Richard,
Bishop of Moray 1187-1203, King William
the Lion granted a confirmation charter of
the Church of Eren with the Chapel of
Rath and the Chapel of Moythus, and also
of the Church of Eren with the Chapel of
Innernarn (Nairn), the Chapel of Rathe
and the Chapel of Morchus. The charter
of Bricius, Bishop of Moray 1203-21,
founding the canonry of Spynie, included
the Church of Eryn with the Chapel of
Innernarren. At Auldearn there was land
called St Columba's acre. — [Reg. Epis.
Moray, 37, 40-1, 67; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 229; Reg. Mag. Sig., ix, 774.]
PATRICK CUMMING, M.A., min. of
1571
1591
Dallas, pres. to parsonage and
vicarage llth July 1576, Sub-
Deanery of Moray.
THOMAS DUNBAR of Grange, had
two sons — Robert, probably min. of
Edinkillie in 1614; Thomas, tutor of
Westgrange, died 1674.
JOHN BRODIE.— [G. R. Sas., 3 Sen,
1622 xxxvii, 331.]
JAMES BONALLO, his widow, Nina
1874 Helen Dunbar, died 6th Sept. 1945.
647
648
AULDEARN— CROY and DALCROSS
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE McWILLIAM, trans, from
Clepington 15th April 1926; adm.
to united charge 8th Jan. 1930; has
addl. issue — Eileen Vanora, born 18th May
1923 (marr. 18th Sept. 1945 James Howie
Haldane, Captain R.A.M.C., son of James
Howie H., min. of U.F. Church, Sauchie);
Sheila Maureen Lorimer, M.B., Ch.B.
(marr. 30th Oct. 1940 Surgeon Lieut.
Richard Howell Roberts, R.N.V.R.).
CAWDOR
The old church was situated at Barevan,
for Barr Eibhinn, now contracted into
B'reibhinn in Gaelic, as in "the Church of
Breven," which occurs in 1665. In 1275
the name is " the Church of Ewen. ' ' The
patron saint is Aibind, daugh. of Mane, of
Cluain Draignech, and one of the holy
maidens subject to Brigit. Her name means
"delightful," and would now be Eibhinn
or Aoibhinn. About 1619 the church gave
place to a church erected in a more central
position by Sir John Campbell of Cawdor.
Attached to the residence of the Thanes of
Cawdor was a chapel dedicated to the
Virgin Mary; and when the castle was built,
there was included a chapel to which Sir
Walter de Tarbett was inducted chaplain in
1467. An old bell, a relic of the chapel, is
at Cawdor Castle. By Bull of 15th Dec.
1225 Pope Honorius III confirmed to Scone
Abbey the Church of Evein (Cawdor), with
its chapels. There is no further reference
to the grant. — [Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 271; Shaw's Moray, ii, 274, 277;
Book of Scone, 67.]
GEORGE STRANG, M.A.; on 8th
1564
Feb. 1564 was vicar of Ewan,
apparently Braeven (Cawdor). —
[Reg. of Deeds, vii, 123.]
ALLAN McINTOSH, pres. to par-
sonage 19th June 1569.— [Reg. Pres.
n » — — i
Bene., \, 25.]
HUTCHEON ROSS, pres. to the
vicarage 3rd April 1577. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xliv, 55.]
1577
JOHN CAMPBELL, parson of Dun-
lochie, pres. to vicarage 13th Oct.
1589 on death of William Hepburn.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ix, 683.]
DONALD MACPHERSON, his daugh.,
Jean (marr. Andrew Macpherson of
Nuide Beg).
ALEXANDER HAY FORBES, trans.
1909 to Methil 8th Sept. 1927.
WILLIAM METCALFE, formerly
Army Chaplain (q.v.), adm. 8th Feb.
1928.
(Charges united 9th Dec. 1945.)
CROY and DALCROSS
PATRICK LIDDELL, M.A.; rector
1566
1570
llth June 1561, res. 1566-7; parson
1566, min. \518.—[Wardlaw MS.,
157; Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 562; Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 130.] (See Moy.)
JAMES WAUS, exhorter 1576; pres. to
vicarage of Dalcross 5th Dec. 1 576,
vacant by death of Robert Melville.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlii, 96.] (See Moy.)
DONALD RUTHVEN, son of William
R. of Corriburgh; pres. to parsonage
and vicarage vacant by death of
Patrick Liddell 26th May 1589.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., lix, 14.]
THOMAS FRASER, born 1822; his
1853
son, William Garden, senior wrang
ler, H.M. Inspector of Schools, died
at Aberdeen 25th Feb. 1935; his daugh.,
Helen Mary, died at Aberdeen 1st Nov.
1933.
CHARLES FRASER, line 1 , for " Gaud-
rigg" read "Gaulrigg"; dem. 1st
Oct. 1933; died 29th Aug. 1944; his
sons — Francis Stewart Gordon, min. of
Nairn; John Annand, min. of Second
Charge, Hamilton.
(Charges united 4th Feb. 1934.)
1890
NAIRN]
NAIRN
649
NAIRN
The Chapel of the Virgin Mary at Easter
Geddes was founded in 1473 by Hugh Rose
of Kilravock, for his own soul and the souls
of his ancestors and successors, the endow
ment being five pounds Scots of stipend and
a croft for a glebe and site of a manse. At
Feynesfield there was a chapel dedicated to
St Finan, Seiepil Fhinan. — [Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 286.]
SIR JAMES TARRAS, vicar 1585.—
1585 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
1884
GEORGE DUNBAR, marr. Elizabeth
1687 Leslie.— [Elgin Sas., 2 Ser., vii, 237.]
JAMES BURNS, his widow, Jane Isa
bella McDougall, died 13th Nov.
1939.
WILLIAM ROBINSON PIRIE, dem.
28th July 1931; died at Newhaven
20th Dec. 1934; his son, George,
M.B., Ch.B.; his widow, Mary Jane
Stewart, died 25th Feb. 1943; his son,
David Yoolow Stewart, died at Barnard
Castle 25th Nov. 1946.
PRESBYTERY OF INVERNESS
BOLESKINE and ABERTARFF
1563 JAMES DUFF. (See Dores.)
PATRICK DUNBAR, pres. to vicarage
12th Dec. 1579 on death of -.
Brown.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 27.]
ANDREW DOW FRASER, on 4th
1625
Oct. 1636 the Synod granted to him
liberty to intromit with the * ' buriall
silver of Abertarff" to erect "ane stone
house, as some evill disposed persones had
alreadie burned his present dwelling hows";
had issue, Donald, recommended to charity
by the Commission of the Kirk in 1647
because of the death of his father, ' ' killed
by the cruell Irishes." — [Recs. of Synod of
Moray, 4th Oct. 1636, 24th Nov. 1647.]
THOMAS HOUSTON, born 1618.
1648 Marr. Mary (died 13th March 1681),
daugh. of Alexander Fraser of
Erchit.
MALCOLM MAcINTYRE, his widow,
1859
Annie, daugh. of James Clark, Port
Askaig, I slay, died at Corpach 28th
Feb. 1927.
JOHN BROWN MACARTHUR, dem.
1893 3rd °Ct> 1934' died at Glas8°w 17th
March 1948; his sons — Angus Alex
ander; Ian Edward; Archibald Norman and
Duncan (died 1948), all M.B., Ch.B.
DAVIOT
ALEXANDER THOMSON, on 13th
1623
April 1624 he was ord. by the Synod
to reside at his kirk under pain of
deprivation; a similar order was given on
25th Oct. 1625, and at the same time he
was ord. "to urge the building of his
kirks"; was in residence soon after, but
considerable delay took place in regard to
church building, and nothing was done at
30th Oct. 1627; on 26th April 1634 the
Synod ord. the ' * Kirk of David this year
to be perfyted and compleetlie builded";
and in Oct. 1637 he reported that "his
kirks were both compleatly theked"; in
April 1637 the Synod intimated to him
that heirafter he be not sene in Innerness
at all on Saturday nor at no tyme so
frequentlie as he hes been befor."
ALEXANDER FRASER, son of
Thomas F. and Katherine, daugh.
of Sir Robert Gordon of Anbolls
(Embo).— [Wardlaw MS., 117.]
JAMES MACDONALD, his son,
Donald George Gordon, M.D., died
in London 21st April 1928.
ALISTAIR MACLEAN, died 12th Dec.
1922 1936' AddL issue— Gilleasbuig,
born 22nd June 1926; line 7, for
"Ian" read "Ian Macfarlane Lamont";
delete line 8 and read "Alistair Stuart,
born 21st April 1922," Publications—
Volume of Sermons', High Country; Gaelic
Phono Grammar.
(Charges united 3rd Oct. 1934.)
DORES
In 1233 Andrew, Bishop of Moray, at
the instance and petition of Alexander II,
patron of the Church, granted the church
to the Priory of Pluscarden.— [The Reli
gious House of Pluscarden, 201-2.]
THOMAS SINTON, his widow, Cathe
rine Macfarlane, died at Bridge of
Tilt 21st Dec. 1941 ; his son, Thomas
Christopher John, min. of Tower Church,
Stanley, 1st March 1933; Chaplain to the
Forces, died on active service Oct. 1943.
JOHN MAcCALLUM, dem. 7th March
1924 1943.
650
PRESB. OF INVERNESS]
BONA— INVERNESS
651
BONA
ALEXANDER STEWART, brother of
James of Fincastle, pres. to vicarage
7th Dec. 1565 on death of Sir
Robert MacNair. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxiv,
15.]
THOMAS INNES, parson 4th Aug.
1584 1591.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixii, 132.]
ERCHLESS
JAMES ERASER, his widow, Margaret
1884 Jane Caskey, died 22nd Feb. 1935.
NEIL MACLEOD, died at Connel 17th
1915 July 1934.
JOHN MATHESON MACLEOD,
1929 trans, to Portsoy 30th Sept. 1929.
(Charges united 9th Jan. 1930.)
GLENMORISTON
ARCHIBALD MAcNEILL, dem. 8th
Oct. 1929; died at Lewiston 6th
Dec. 1929.
1891
INVERNESS
The church, along with \ caracute of
land and chapels, was granted to Arbroath
Abbey dr. 1189-99 by King William the
Lion in honour of the Virgin Mary. There
were in the church altars dedicated respec
tively to the Virgin Mary, apparently in
addition to the Hign Altar, and to the Holy
Rood, St John the Baptist, St Michael and
St Catherine. In the Chapel of the Virgin
Mary in Inverness David II on 26th Oct.
1359 founded a chaplain, the endowment
being a piece of land de la Cras — 1 1 acres
beside the lands of the Virgin Mary Parish
Church; and the same monarch confirmed
to the chapel a donation by John Scott,
burgess of Inverness. On 16th April 1435-6
Pope Eugenius IV granted relaxation of
penance to penitents who on the Feast of
St Ann visited and gave alms for the repair,
etc., of the Church of Blackfriars, Inver
ness, "in which the body of Alexander,
Earl of Mar and Garioch, was buried on
said Feast, and which has been greatly
deformed, especially on account of wars,
and is going to ruin." — [Reg. of Arbroath,
3-8, 24; Reg. Great Seal, i, App. ii, 1327,
iv, 2518, 2760, v, 999; Reg. of Moray,
309-10; Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, viii, 681.]
THOMAS HOWIESON, his daugh.
marr. Rannald Bain Sirduncanson,
burgess of Dingwall, and had issue,
Alexander.— [Foulis Writs, 145, 10th Jan.
1607.]
GEORGE ROSS, chaplain.— [Acts and
1574 Dec., I'm, 230.]
ALEXANDER CLERK, marr. (1) 1653
1674
Esther, probably daugh. of Robert
Elliot of Reidheugh and Lady Jean
Stewart; and (2) Jean, sister of Robert
Fraser, advocate. — [G. R. Sas., 2 Ser., v,
7.]
HECTOR MACKENZIE, marr. Mar-
1688
1727
garet, daugh. of Sir James Strachan
of Thornton; his daugh., Barbara
(marr. (1) John Mackinnon of Torrin,
Strath, and (2) Alexander Maclennan).
ALEXANDER MACBEAN, marr. (1)
25th Sept. 1712 Marjorie Macbain,
Inverness, and had issue — William,
died in infancy 2nd Dec. 1713; Archibald;
Alexander, died 22nd Nov. 1739; William,
attorney, London; Aeneas, bapt. 15th May
1721, died 22nd Aug. 1722; Forbes,
General, bapt. 28th June 1725, died 1800;
Elizabeth; line 29, delete "sheriff clerk."
ALEXANDER FRASER, marr. (1)
1801
17th Oct. 1785 Isobel, daugh. of
George Munro of Culcairn.
DONALD MACDONALD, his daughs.
1852
1934.
— Ann Marjory, died 14th Aug.
1925; Grace Shaw, died 23rd June
DONALD MACLEOD. Addl. issue-
Ursula Mary Eva, born 5th Jan.
1930; his daugh., Lorna Helen Janet
(marr. 28th Aug. 1948 Rev. Sir George
Frederick Macleod, Bart., D.D., min. of
Govan).
652
INVERNESS— KILTARLITY
[PRESB. OF
SECOND CHARGE or WEST
WILLIAM FRASER, his widow, Alison
1648 Eraser, died 9th Nov. 1687.
ALEXANDER FRASER, son of Alex-
1727 ander F. Yr. of Balnain.
GAVIN LANG, his daughs.— Anna
1882
Graham, died 14th July 1931; Jean
Stewart Corbet, died at Inver-
gordon, 16th Aug. 1933; his son, Alexander
Matheson, died at Barbados, llth April
1948.
NEIL MACLELLAN, died 8th Nov.
1917 1935.
ST MARY'S or THIRD CHARGE
ANDREW MACPHAIL, still called
1566
Andrew Brebner in 1568, when he
was exhorter at Petty and the
Yrirche Kirk at Inverness. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Moray, etc.]
THOMAS INNES, reader, son of
James I. of Drainy; pres. to vicarage
25th July 1574 on death of Sir
George Hepburn, Treasurer of Moray. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 26.]
1574
1834
ROBERT MACPHERSON, his sons-
John, barrister; Robert Alexander,
died 1877.
CHARLES MACECHERN, his widow,
Christina Cameron, died 25th Aug.
1936; his son, Charles, died Nevada,
U.S.A., 2nd Aug. 1945.
1879
ST STEPHEN'S
ARTHUR ALEXANDER HAMIL
TON, marr. 26th April 1928 Anne
Christian, eldest daugh. of William
Sutherland, Slaggan, and has issue —
Catherine Thomson, M.A., teacher, Bridge
of Earn, Perthshire; Euphemia Jean,
teacher of Domestic Science; Alexandrina,
in nursing profession.
NORTH CHURCH
ARCHIBALD COOK, his daughs.—
_ Barbara (marr. -. Mackintosh,
rector of Inverness Academy); Chris
tine (marr. John Ross, min. of Free Church,
Stoer).
KILTARLITY
In 1224-6 John Bisset gave to the Church
of St Peter of Rathven for the support of
the lepers there serving God, the patronage
of the Church of Kiltarlity and whatever
right he had in the gift, provision also being
made for a chaplain to minister at the leper
house. — [Reg. of Moray, 77.]
GEORGE HAY, parson 18th March
1561
1561 and 2nd May 1573; son of
William Hay of Talla, and brother
of William Hay of Talla and Wyndene;
also parson of Eddleston, Renfrew, and
Rathven (q.v.).— [Reg. of Deeds, vi, 398,
xii, 148.]
ROBERT MAKRUDDER, reader, pres.
to vicarage 5th Dec. 1574. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 29.]
JOHN WRIGHT, called "John Wrycht
1574
1576
1592
or Bann" in his presentation, min.
here, pres. to vicarage 3rd April
1577.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 54; Reg.
Sec.Sig., xliv, 71.]
DONALD DOW FRASER, priest of
Kidhill, descended from Clan
Chrigger; son of Sir Andrew F.,
priest of Urray; had letters of legitimation
12th Jan. 1567; had issue — John, min. of
Rosskeen; William, min. of Kiltarlity. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvii, 30; Ardentoul MS.]
WILLIAM FRASER, died Oct. 1665;
his daugh., Janet (marr. Thomas,
son of James Fraser of Phopacy). —
[Wardlaw Reg.; Wardlaw MS., 115.]
PATRICK NICOLSON, marr. a daugh.
1716 of Hugh Fraser of Craigscorrie.
MALCOLM NICOLSON, marr. Bar
bara, daugh. of Lieut. William
Fraser and Barbara Robertson.
1618
1761
1892
ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, D.D.,
dem. 1 1th Nov. 1929; died Father of
the Church 29th Jan. 1948; his wife,
Margaret Hope Tolmie, died at Glenor-
miston 7th April 1931; his daughs. —
Christina, born 9th March 1895, died 22nd
INVERNESS]
KILTARLITY— MOY and DALAROSSIE
653
Dec. 1897; Flora Amy Macruari, delete
(twin). Addl. Publications — Memorials of
the '45 (1930); The OldLords ofLovat (1934).
KIRKHILL
The old name of the parish was Dulbach-
lach, Dulbatelach, Dulbachlack, dr. 1203.
In 1210-12 an agreement was made be
tween John Bisset of Lovat and Bricuis,
Bishop of Moray, whereby the church at
Dunbachlach was to be transported to
Fingasch, to the place which is called
Wardlaw, in the Gaelic, Balabrach, and
after transportation to become a mensal
church of Moray. The church at Dun
bachlach is also said to have been dedicated
to St Mauritius, in whose honour a fair was
held annually at Dunbachlach on llth
November. This would point to St Mauri
tius being St Machar, whose day was 12th
Nov. By Hugh, Lord Lovat, the fair was
removed in Nov. 1641 to Beauly, where
under the name of Fail Mhauri it was also
held annually on llth Nov. The church at
Wardlaw was abandoned in 1790, when
the present church was built on a site
"removed 2 gunshots from Mary Hill."
On the site of the former church in the
churchyard is the mausoleum of the Lord
Lovats, which is itself supposed to be the
chancel of the medieval church. When the
Priory of Beauly was demolished, Lord
Simon Fraser of Lovat transferred the
large bell, Clag M'Mannachi, to Kirkhill,
where it was erected on a wooden frame on
a hill south-east of the church, called Tome
Chluig, Bell Hill. As it was too big for an
ordinary steeple, it was sent by Lord Hugh
Fraser of Lovat to Holland, where it was
recast by Michael Burgerhouse in 1634, and
made in a dimension for the kirk steeple,
in which it was hung in the following year.
At the same time a large hand-bell was also
made from the material. — [Reg. of Moray,
15-16; Wardlaw MS., Pref., xv, xvi, 61, 159,
265-6/z, 275; Pollock's Beauly and District,
25; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 267.]
SIR DAVID CUTHBERT, vicar, 19th
June 1566-7, 1588-9.— [Cal. of
Charters, xviii, 2990; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
iv, 276.]
1588
JOHN HOUSTON, line 21, for "Anna"
1611 reac* * ' EkPetn " ; ms daugh., Kathe-
rine (marr. cont. llth May 1677
Robert Dunbar of Drakies); his son, James,
min. of Resolis. — [Tain Sher. Court Deeds,
31st Dec. 1692.]
JAMES FRASER, his sons— William,
Physician to the Emperor of Russia;
Hugh; his daugh., Helen, school
mistress of Tain 1715 (marr. William
Leidge).
EWEN MACKENZIE, his daugh.,
1848
Cecilia Margaret, died at London
12th April 1929.
KENNETH MACLEAN, dem. 30th
1Q1_ Sept. 1942; his wife, Jane Steen,
died Greenock 8th Jan. 1947.
(Charges united ISth Jan. 1934.)
FARNUA
ANDREW BRABONER, pres. to par
sonage 18th June 1569, died before
1569
1575; had issue, Andrew, who suc
ceeded him in the charge. — [Wardlaw MS.,
183; Acts and Dec., Iv, 132; Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 25.]
ANDREW McPHAIL, min. here, pres.
to parsonage 6th Nov. 1575 on
death of Andrew Braboner; trans.
to Kingussie 1581. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
(4), 38; Wardlaw MS., 183.]
MOY and DALAROSSIE
The Church of Dalarossie was granted
to the Cathedral Church of Moray by
Andrew, Bishop of Moray, 1221-42, to
provide lights for the cathedral. — [Reg.
Epis. Moray, 7.]
ANDREW DOW FRASER, after being
1 624 Provided to Abertarff and Boleskine,
continued to hold Moy and Dala
rossie, and apparently in 1626 the Synod
granted him a "month to resolve qlk he
sail demit. ' ' — [Rec. Synod of Moray, 1 626. ]
654
MOY— URQUHART and GLENMORISTON [PRESB. OF INVERNESS
THOMAS McLAUGHLAN, his sons—
1838
John David, died llth April 1943;
Simon Lachlan Fraser, died Rio de
Janeiro 7th Feb. 1943.
NORMAN MACKENZIE, died 8th
May 1931. Marr. 20th June 1929
Gladys Winifred, M.A. (Cantab),
youngest daugh. of Daniel McDougall,
Struan, Bearsden.
PETTY
JAMES DUNBAR, M.A., pres. to
1580
parsonage 26th Nov. 1595.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 37.]
DONALD MAcQUEEN, pres. in 1596
0_ on death of James Chisholm. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 169.]
JOHN DUNCANSON, had issue—
1728
Thomas; Alexander, apprenticed to
James Gordon, saddler, Edinburgh,
25th June 1740; Robert; John; Finsella;
James.— [Abbrev. ofAdjud., 3rd Jan. 1751.]
JOHN FRASER, his daughs.— Chris-
1852
tiana Beatton, died Dundee 26th
Dec. 1942; Margaret, died 9th
March 1943.
DONALD MACGILLIVRAY, died
J902 Edinburgh 3rd Aug. 1941; his
daugh., Lorna Margaret (marr. 20th
June 1947 John, only son of Allan Steven,
Under Bolton, Haddington).
(Charges united 29th April 1934.)
URQUHART and GLENMORISTON
On 21st Aug. 1536 Queen Mary con
firmed the presentation made by her father
of Sir John Donaldson to the Chapel of St
Ninian with the 40 sh. lands called Pit-
kerrell and a croft pertaining to said
chapel, and with the croft reliquary and the
iron crucifix of St Drostan, in succession to
Sir Duncan McOlrig. — [Chiefs of Grant,
iii, 121^; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii, 2070.]
ALEXANDER GRANT, in Oct. 1625
he was heavily rebuked for failure
to attend the two previous meetings
of the Synod, also rebuked for celebrating
a marriage after being discharged by his
brethren from so doing, and ord. to make
public repentance in the Kirk of Glen-
moriston and pay the sum of forty pounds
"ad pios usus." — [Reg. Synod of Moray,
24, 25th Oct. 1625.]
ANGUS BOYD, Chaplain to Forces in
1921 Great War for two years; died at
Aberdeen 3rd Jan. 1946, unmarr.
(Charges united 1st May 1946.)
SYNOD OF ROSS
PRESBYTERY OF CHANONRY
1560
1714
AVOCH
The church was beautified and repaired
by Abbot Thomas Crystall of Kinloss, who
died 30th Dec. 1535.— [Recs. of Kinloss,
32.]
ALEXANDER PEDDER, son of James
P., Chamberlain to Bishop of Ross
and Vicar of Urray. — \Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
ANDREW MYLNE, pres. to vicarage
7th Nov- 1569.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, 29.]
JAMES LAUDER, son of John L., one
of H.M. domestics. — [Reg. of Deeds,
cclxx, 161.]
ALEXANDER McLENNAN, intruded
in the church 4th June 1714, also set
up a meeting-house in the parish,
performed irregular marriages 1714-16,
and in Dec. 1715 to Jan. 1716 accompanied
the rebels under Donald Murchison, Cham
berlain to William, Earl of Seaforth, to
attack Col. Robert Munro of Foulis. —
[Justiciary Records.]
THOMAS SIMPSON, his grandson was
Sir George S., Governor of Hudson
EDWIN JAMES BRECHIN, son of
14 James Brodie B., bookbinder, Dun
dee; dem. 14th Oct. 1941; died at
Monifieth 2nd June 1942.
CROMARTY
The Chapel of St Duthac was situated at
Navitie, which was Church land high on
the ridge of the South Souter. This is of
interest when it is remembered that Nativity
denotes an institution, originally pagan,
taken over by the Christian Church. There
was an old local belief that the final judg
ment is destined to take place on the Moor
of Navitie. St Michael's Chapel was at the
same place. The Chapel of St Regulus was
founded and endowed by the inhabitants of
the burgh. All three chapels were within
the liberties of the burgh; and they were
granted to the burgh by Crown Charter of
4th July 1593, ratified by Act of Parliament
in 1641 . There were two fairs, St Norman's
Fair on 8th March, and St Regulus' Fair
on 14th March. — [Acts Scott. Parl., v,
5386; Reg. Great Seal, v, 2350; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 249.]
1876
WALTER SCOTT, his widow, Mary
Ann Brydon, died llth May 1932.
She was in Lucknow with her
parents during the siege during the Indian
Mutiny.
GORDON MOORE, trans, to Old
Church, Wick, 28th Sept. 1932;
trans, to Cask 12th May 1948. Addl.
issue — Mary Elsie, born 4th May 1926.
1917
FORTROSE
On 15th June 1572 James VI made to
William, Lord Ruthven, a gift of the lead
of the roof of the cathedral which, by the
forfeiture of the bishop, was in the King's
hands "throw being the said Cathedral
kirk na paroch kirk bot ane monasterie to
sustaine ydill bellies." — [Reg. Sec. Seal,
xl, 106.]
WILLIAM HAY, reader 1575; was son
of Robert Hay; was one of the vicars
of the cathedral 2nd April 1559, and
designated also chaplain of the cathedral;
655
656
FORTROSE— KNOCKBAIN
[PRESB. OF
still in office as reader 2nd Oct. 1594.—
[Reg. Great Seal, vi, 168, 563, 716, 738,
1992.] (See Killearnan.)
KILLEARNAN
In 1275 the parish is designated Edorador
or Ederdover. The patron saint, Jurnan,
seems to be Itarnan or Itharnan, who died
among the Picts in 669, and is said to have
been buried at Cairn Jurnein, the stone
circles on the summit of Mull-Buie, in the
parish, which are regarded as bearing his
name. The church, which was "in the
form of a cross," seems to have been
partly rebuilt about 1690-5. It was
thatched with heather, but about 1750 it
was "raised in the walls, slated, and
seated; but in opposition to the then minis
ter's wishes, the Heritors continued its
former Popish form." — [Theiner's Vet.
Mon., 69; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 32.]
SIR JOHN SAIDSARF, perpetual vicar,
2nd April 1559; died probably after
6th May 1583.— [Reg. Great Seal,
vi, 563.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, described in 1717
1700
as "late Meeting-House keeper at
Killearnan"; helped the rebels at
Urray Muir, Dec. 1715. — [Justiciary Recs.]
JOHN KENNEDY, his daugh., Mar-
1814 garet ^ess (marn Hugh Mackay, min.
of Milton, Glasgow).
ANGUS JOHN NORMAN MAC-
DONALD, D.D. (Glasgow, 18th
June 1930); died 28th Nov. 1932;
his widow, Elizabeth Hector, died 8th Dec.
1937; his sons — James William, died New
York 17th Aug. 1932; Ranald Aeneas
Hector, died Los Angeles 29th Dec. 1935;
his daugh., Marion (marr. 1934 Flying
Officer William E. Galting, Maldon, Essex).
(United to Redcastle \\th June 1933.)
KNOCKBAIN
Near Allangrange House there exist the
east gable and a small portion of the south
wall of a chapel which was dedicated to St
John and belonged to the Knights Templar.
—[Book of Ross, 14.]
1586
WILLIAM SOMERVELL, vicar.—
1567 [Acts and Dec., xxxvii, 448; li, 422.]
SIR DAVID BRACHANE, vicar in
1568 1568, also vicar of Suddie (#.v.).
JOHN REID, pres. to vicarage 10th
1568 March 1 568-9 on death of Sir David
Brachane.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 18.]
ANDREW CROMBIE, pres. to vicarage
28th May 1592 on death of John
Reid.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 270.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, M.A.; it was
1695 rePortec* to the Presb. on 25th Sept.
1695 that he had intruded on the
parish, and had been summoned to the diet
on that day; he failed to appear, and
accordingly the Presb. discharged him from
preaching here, and appointed Mr William
Stewart to preach in the church and inti
mate the sentence. On 8th April 1696 Mr
Stewart reported that he went to Kilmuir
Wester, finding no access to the kirk,
preached in a barn, where but few came to
hear him, as the intruder had obstructed
the people; he intimated the Presbytery's
prohibition, but the intruder still continued
to preach; the Presb. resolved to apply to
the Laird of Balnagowan as Sheriff-
Principal of the Province to put the law
against intruders into execution against the
said John Mackenzie. — [Macnaughton's
Church Life in Ross and Sutherland, p. 10.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, eldest son of
1721 Alexander C. of Torrich.— [Elgin
Sas., viii, 441, 4th March 1776.]
RODERICK MACKENZIE, his
daughs. — Catherine, died unmarr.
1878; Anne, died in childhood;
Margaret (marr. Rev. William Fraser,
Balnain); Jean, died 1868; his son, Alex
ander, judge in India.
JOHN DOW, D.D. (St Andrews, 29th
June 1934); died 4th July 1938; his
daughs. — Beatrice Anna Mackenzie
(marr. 4th May 1936 Norman Leslie
Auchterlonie, M.B., Ch.B.); Leila Annie
(marr. 2nd June 1936 Murdoch Duncan
Gray); Margaret Isobel (marr. 26th March
1940 Donald, son of D. Macfarlane, Kirk-
lena, Ardrishaig).
1791
1892
CHANONRY]
SUDDIE— ROSEMARKIE
657
SUDDIE
SIR DAVID BRACHANE, vicar 26th
Oct. 1568 to 10th March 1568-9
also vicar of Kilmuir Wester. —
[Edin. Tests., i, 341 ; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 18/
1568
SIR DUNCAN LOGAN, vicar in 1568
1568 —[Edin. Tests., i, 341.]
ANDREW MYLNE, min. of Avoch,
also in charge here. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
1569
1569
DAVID THOMSON, pres. to vicarage
7th Nov. 1569 on death of Sir David
Brachane.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 29.]
JAMES BUSCHART, reader on death
of David Thomson. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
THOMAS ERASER, his daugh., Isabel
1669 (marr- Alexander Eraser 14th Sept.
1715).— [Justiciary Records, 1717-
21, 12th Feb. 1717.]
RESOLIS, or KIRKMICHAEL
The Church of Kirkmichael was situated
at the east end of the parish near the sea
shore. St Martin's farmhouse, on the road
from Conon Bridge to Cromarty, marks
the site of the old Church and Churchyard
of Cullicudden, dedicated to St Martin of
Tours. Locally the parish was called Sgire
Mhartiunn, "the parish of Martin." The
Church of Culycudin of "Cultudyn"
occurs in a reckoning of teinds 24th May
1275. Before 10th March 1641 the church
gave place to the church near the seashore,
now a ruin, for on that date Parliament
transferred to Inverness "the Fair callit
Martimes fair qlke was holdine of old at
St Mairtaines kirk in Ardnannoch now
Lyand waist."— [Acts Scott. Parl., v, 5406,
vii, 1220; Theiner's Vet. Mon., 112.]
SIR JAMES GRAY, vicar in 1567 and
156? 1571.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
THOMAS DENOUNE, parson, was
1569 dead 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
ALEXANDER CLUNES, reader
15?1 1571-2.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
ALEXANDER REID, pres. to vicarage
14th March 1586-7 on death of Sir
1586
36.]
James Gray. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Iv,
JAMES HOUSTON, son of John H.,
1662 min. of Wardlaw.
RODERICK MACKENZIE, his wife,
1Q21 Annie Jane Macdonald, died 4th
Nov. 1945.
CULLIECUDDEN
ROBERT MUNRO, exhorter 1569.—
1569 (See Logic Easter.)
ROSEMARKIE
Rosemarkie Church was dedicated to St
Moluag and by Cuiritan the dedication was
changed to St Peter. The site of Rosemarkie
Church is still called Kilcurdy "Curitan's
Church." On 15th June 1572 James VI
made to William, Lord Ruthven, a gift of
the lead of the roof of the Cathedral of
Ross, in the King's hands, "throw being
the said cathedral kirk na paroch kirk
bot ane monasterie to sustene ydill bellies, ' '
and through forfeiture of the bishop. —
[Reg. Sec. Seal, xl, 106; Scott's Pictish
Nation, 376, 377.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, vicar in 1560 and
156Q 1570.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
PATRICK DURHAM, Dean of Ross,
1633 marr. Janet Sinclair.
ROBERT SHAW MASTERTON, dem.
1908 3rd July 1945; died 27th Sept. 1947.
2T
PRESBYTERY OF DINGWALL
ALNESS
The church was built in 1780. Near the
head of Loch Moire, Mary's Loch, on its
north-west side, there was a chapel with
burying-ground, dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. At the place there is a spring, Tobar
Mhoire, ' ' Mary 's Well, ' ' with which heal
ing virtues were formerly associated. At
Culcraggie there was a chapel, mentioned
in 1435-6. North of the farmhouse of
Assynt, Novar, there is a small rectangular
burying-ground called Cladh Churadain,
"the graveyard of Cuiritan" (Boniface),
indicating that at that place there may have
been a chapel dedicated to that saint. —
[Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, viii, 532-3; Book
of Ross, 50-1; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 315; Macfarlane's Geog. Colls., i,
212-13.]
THOMAS ROSS, M.A., parson 1560-1;
had a brother, John. — [Reg. Abbrev.
Feu Charters of Church Lands, i, 236.]
1560
ALEXANDER MORRISON, exhorter,
parson and vicar 1562. — [Comps.
Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
SIR THOMAS BUCHAN, rector 20th
1570 May \51Q.—[Laing Charters, 154.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, reader,
1574 pres' t0 yicara§e 4th Sept. 1574 on
death of Sir James Spens. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 27.]
ROBERT ROSS, M.A., pres. to Chap-
1 588 laincy of Alness pertaining to John
Robertson, one of the Ministers of
the New College of St Andrews. — [Reg.
Sec.Sig.,lxiii, 182.]
THOMAS ROSS, marr. (cont. 19th
Dec. 1639) Margaret, daugh. of
Murdoch Mackenzie of Tollie.—
[Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 22nd July 1642.]
ANGUS BETHUNE, his daugh., Janet
17 „ (marr. 18th July 1791 Dr Alexander
Strath, Tain).
JOHN MARTIN, died 29th June
1918 1946.
CARNOCH and STRATHCONON
The churches united 1928.
JOHN MURRAY, min. of Free Church,
1018 Lybster> 1922' trans- and adm- 8tn
Nov. 1928; trans, to Old Church,
Oban, 16th Dec. 1932; died 20th Dec.
1936.
CONTIN
Apparently about 1477 a force of the
Macdonalds, led by Gillespick, brother-
natural of John of Ilia, invaded Ross, laid
waste Kintail and Strathconon, burned
Contin Church and the women and chil
dren and priest who had fled to the church
for sanctuary. At the west end of Loch
Garve is the farm of Killin, Cill Fhinn,
"the Church of St Fion," the site, no
doubt, of the old Church of Strathgarve,
dedicated to St Fion. Loch Garve is still
called Loch Maol-Fhinn, ' ' Fionn 's servant 's
loch." There is a Gaelic saying that this
church was one of the oldest in Scotland —
"Cill-Phinn's, Cill-Duinn's, Cill Donain,
na tri cilltean is sine an Albainn," Killin,
Kildun, Kildonan, the three oldest cells
(chapels) in Scotland. — [Fraser's Earls of
Cromarty, ii, 478; Watson's Celtic Place
Names, 320; The Book of Ross, 68.]
ROBERT BURNETT, M.A., parson;
his natural sons — Alexander and
Robert, legitimated 30th June 1575.
—[Reg. Mag. Sig., iv, 2433.]
1575
658
PRESB. OF DING WALL]
CONTIN— FODDERTY
659
1689
THOMAS BURNETT, M.A., pres. to
vicarage and parsonage 17th March
1 592-3 on death of Robert Burnett .— -
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 36.]
AENEAS MORRISON, pres. from
Kilmorie, Arran, 5th Sept. 1687;
intruded in the Church 18th July
1716, undertook commission from Earl of
Seaforth to raise Lewis men for the rebel
army Sept.-Oct. 1715, and preached in the
camp at Urray Muir Dec. 1715. — [Justi
ciary Records; Deeds Dal. 1706, No. 1702.]
CHARLES DOWNIE, his son Kenneth,
1826
Lieut.-Colonel, I.M.S., died at
Cannes 17th Feb. 1912.
JAMES DUNCAN MACRAE, his
1884
widow, Christian Robertson, died
7th Nov. 1933.
ANDREW COLQUHOUN MAC-
1906
LEAN, died 18th Sept. 1937; his
daugh., Cairine Ross (marr. 7th
Sept. 1940 James Beattie Petrie, Lieut.,
R.A.M.C., Aberdeen).
DINGWALL
The church was united to the Priory of
Urquhart before 1455. In the churchyard
to the north of the church there is an
enclosure called St Clement's Aisle, which
in part is the remains of the old Church of
St Clement. The former parish church was
burned in 1733; and the present church was
erected in 1801. In Dingwall there were
chapel lands designated respectively St
Catherine and St Mary; and there were also
a Chaplainry of the Trinity and Chaplainry
of St Michael "founded in the burgh."
The Chapel of St Laurence was in the
Castle. On 2nd Nov. 1547 Sir Andrew
Dow was presented to the chaplainry in
succession to the late Sir Alexander
Roresoun. — [Cal. Papal Regs., Letters, xi,
288; Reg. Great Seal, v, 1959; Book of Ross,
30; Acts Parl., xi, App., 143; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Hi, 2521.]
ROBERT PHILIP, pres. to parsonage
1579
and vicarage 26th Nov. 1579 on
dem. of Donald Adamson. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., iii, 24.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, pres. 27th Jan.
1591-2 to parsonage and vicarage of
Dingwall and Lemlair with the
Trinity and St Michael's Chaplainries in
the Kirk of Dingwall and to the parsonage
and vicarage 21st March 1594-5 on death
of Thomas Ker.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvii, 81,
Ixiii, 144.]
JOHN MACRAE. Addl. issue— Wil-
^. liam; Murdoch. — [Inverness Sas.,
1673.]
JOHN MACRAE, line 24, for "Agnes"
read "Anne"; line 25, for "John"
read "George." — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., cxxxiv, 12.]
1674
DONALD BAYNE, son of Alexander
1708
B., bailie of Dingwall and not as
stated; was schoolmaster of Kil-
tearn from 1701.
JOHN BAYNE, his son, Lieut. Duncan,
app. delegate for election of M.P.
9th June 1754.— [Scottish Notes and
Queries, Jan. 1929, p. 18.]
ADAM ROSE, had issue— Margaret,
bapt. 3rd May 1749; Donald, born
1743
1756.
1751; Alexander, bapt. 4th May
JAMES ROSE MACPHERSON, his
1899
daughs. — Audrey Primrose (marr.
28th March 1930 William Scott
Taylor, min. of Inverallan); Ann (marr.
John Marshall, min. of Tingwall).
DAVID YOUNG ROBERTSON, trans.
1921 to Erskine 6th March 1929.
RODERICK ERASER, served in Great
1929
War 1914; formerly of Rousay (q.v.)\
trans, from Lintrathen 26th Sept.
1929; has issue — Chrystabel Jean, born
10th Feb. 1926 (marr. 1st March 1946
Hakon, younger son of Anton Lie, Lervik,
Onsay, Norway); James Alasdair Angus,
born 24th Dec. 1928.
FODDERTY
The churchyard of Fodderty, containing
the site of the old church, lies on the south
side of the road to Dingwall. In 1807 the
660
FODDERTY— KILMORACK
[PRESB. OF
church was rebuilt on a site west of the
churchyard, and it was enlarged in 1842.
About 1901 steps were taken to secure the
transportation of the parish church to the
church which had been built at the west end
of Strathpeffer, and on 7th March 1902 the
Court granted authority to the trustees of
Strathpeffer Church, if decree of trans
portation were granted, to convey the
church to the heritors as the parish church;
and on 4th July of the same year decree of
transportation was obtained. By the heri
tors the old church was conveyed to the
foresaid trustees in 1904 for use as a church.
Later, that idea was abandoned, and the
church was sold and was converted into a
dwelling-house — a purpose which it still
fulfils. The Chapel of Innis Ruaraidh
(Inchrory), dedicated to the Virgin Mary,
was situated on the north side of the road
opposite Fodderty churchyard. On 13th
Feb. 1348-9 Adam de Urquhart granted
to a chaplain in the chapel certain lands
and annual rents with manse, etc. Ad
jacent to the site of the chapel is Croitan
Teampuill, "Temple Croft," probably a
pagan dedication, where in 1830 stone
coffins, urns, and relics of the Bronze Age
were discovered. At the foot of the east
shoulder of Knockfarrel lies the Well of
St John the Baptist, indicating possibly
that there had existed at that spot a chapel
dedicated to that saint. The well was a
place of pilgrimage for the sick and insane
in search of cure. In the Strath of PefTery
is Dabhach Mo-Luag, Dochmaluag, "My
Luag's davoch," indicating St Moluag.
The Church of Kinettas was situated in the
churchyard of that name west of Strath
peffer. — [Recs. of Fodderty Heritors; Book
of Ross, 37-8, 43; Scott's Pictish Nation,
237; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 293;
The Earls of Cromarty, ii, 319-20].
WILLIAM HAY, pres. to vicarage 15th
Jan. 1571; called "sometime vicar"
1576.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (2), 5;
Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
1572
WILLIAM CHALMERS, vicar 27th May
1573.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters
1573
of Church Lands, ii, 30.]
1574
RORIE BAYNE, reader here, pres. to
1574 v^cara§e 19th Mav 1574 on death of
Sir John Smith.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 20.]
ALEXANDER ANTON, pres. to
vicarage 25th Nov. 1574 on death
of Rorie Bayne; died before 1582.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 48.]
IVER McIVER, pres. to parsonage 17th
Nov. 1591.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii,
18.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, died Oct. 1666.
1662 Marr. Christian Weym and had
issue — Roderick; John. — [Tain Sher.
Court Deeds; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 30th
Oct. 1699.]
JOHN GUNN NICOLSON, dem. 1st
1900 ^Ct' 1947; his daugh., Margaret
(marr. 3rd Oct. 1935 Ian Menzies,
son of John Menzies, Maryburgh).
(Charge united with Strathpeffer 2nd Oct.
1947.)
KINETTAS
GEORGE MUNRO, M.A., min. 1572;
1572 Chancellor °f Ross- — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.] (See
Suddie.)
KILMORACK
SIR JOHN NICOLSON, vicar 1560 and
1560
1570.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
DONALD FRASER (DOW), called
1576
"unplaced minister" in 1576. —
[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
WILLIAM FRASER, had issue— Wil
liam, M.D., bapt. 18th Jan. 1683;
Alexander, bapt. 29th April 1684;
Mary, bapt. 5th July 1685; John, bapt. 19th
Jan. 1688; Margaret, bapt. 14th March
1689; Hugh, bapt. 27th Aug. 1691; Jean,
bapt. 16th May 1693; Anne, bapt. 15th
Aug. 1697.
SIMON FRASER, his daugh., Cathe-
1846 rine, died 6th March 1929.
DINGWALL]
KILMORACK— URQUHART
661
EWEN ARCHIBALD RANKEN, line
10, for "Sept." read "April"; dem.
4th Oct. 1932; his wife, Elizabeth
Jackson, died at Trinity 3rd March 1936;
he died at Trinity 21st July 1948.
KILTEARN and LEMLAIR
The Church of Kiltearn may have been
dedicated to St Tighernach, who died in
506. The Church of Lemlair was situated
in the old churchyard by the seaside near
Waterloo, east of Dingwall. The church
yard is designated Cladh Mo-Bhrigh, the
graveyard of Brigit, and that renders it
doubtful whether St Mary superseded St
Brigit as patron saint. In Lemlair Church,
it is said, the Presbyterian doctrines during
the Reformation were first taught in the
north. The present parish church, on the
right bank of the Skiach close to the shore,
was built in 1790-1. A short distance from
the old Churchyard of Lemlair in the
direction of Dingwall, the railway passes
through a deep cutting called Mountrich,
which was the site of the Chapel of Kil-
choan, Cill Chomhghain, the saint being
Comgan, said to have been the brother of
Kentigerna, of the 8th century, daugh. of
Cellach Cualann of Leinster. The Chapel
at Balconie was dedicated to St Monan,
probably Moinenn, who was Bishop of
Brendan's Monastery at Clonfert and died
in 572.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 143; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 312, 328-9; The Book
of Ross, 46.]
FARQUHAR MUNRO, reader 1572.
1572 —\-ComPs' Sub Co11- of Thirds,
Inverness.}
JOHN SANDILANDS, parson on llth
1 . _ , Aug. 1576. — [Munro ofFoulis Writs,
90.]
ARCHIBALD MONCRIEFF, M.A.,
pres. to parsonage and vicarage 30th
Nov. 1585 on death of John Sandi-
lands.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., 30th Nov. 1585.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, M.A.,
1587 pres< t0 vicara8e 24th Jan- 1587-8
on death of John Sandilands. —
[Rfg.Sec.Sig.,lvt 161.]
2T*
ROBERT MUNRO, pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 6th May 1605 on death
of John Sandilands.— [Reg. Sec.
Sig., Ixxiv, 302.]
JOHN MUNRO, M.A., son of Hugh
M. of Assynt; pres. to parsonage
and vicarage 13th Feb. 1594-5 on
death of John Sandilands. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvii, 52.]
DAVID MONRO, was min. 5th July
1620 1620.— [Reg. of Deeds, cccli, 132.]
WILLIAM STUART. Publication—/!
fi _ Letter concerning the Oath of Abjura
tion (Inverness, 1712).
ALEXANDER MACLEAN, his daugh.,
Susan, died at Edinburgh 25th July
1931 (marr. William Martindale
Galbraith).
WILLIAM WATSON, his widow, Isa
bella Allan, died 29th Sept. 1934;
his daugh., Margaret Janet, died at
Bowden, Cheshire, 1st Feb. 1937.
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, his daugh.,
1849
1875
1920
Ch.B.).
Helen Mairi Iseabel (marr. 5th June
1942 William Hugh Galloway, M.B.,
LEMLAIR
The earlier saint is St Brig, Brigh. There
were several saints of this name. Brig,
daugh. of Amalgad, of Achad Aeda, and
Brig, daugh. of Fergus, of Cell Brigi, were
among the holy maidens who were subject
to Brigit. The name of the old churchyard
of the church, by the seaside near Waterloo,
is called Cladh Mo-Brigh. — [Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 312.]
KINLOCHLUICHART
GEORGE BRUCE, died 19th March
1929; his daugh., Theodora Janet
Middleton (marr. 24th May 1939
John Mackenzie, Strathpeffer); his widow,
Margaret Learmonth, died 4th July 1942.
URQUHART
The old name of the parish of Urquhart,
or Ferintosh, was Logiebride, a designation
662
URQUHART— URRAY
[PRESB. OF
arising from a chapel at Conon, which was
dedicated to St Bride. The church was
rebuilt in 1795. At what is now called
Logic-side on the banks of the Conon,
about 300 yards north-west of Conon
House, there is an old graveyard called St
Bride or St Brigit, in which there was a
chapel dedicated to that saint. Hence arises
' ' Logiebride, ' ' associated of old with the
designation of the parish. The teinds of
"Urquhart and Logiebride" are men
tioned in a letter of Pope Alexander IV to
the Bishop of Ross on 9th Feb. 1256-7, and
"the Church of Logiebride" occurs in a
reckoning of teinds of 24th May 1575.
Allt Brighde. "St Bride's Burn," is near
Conon House. — [Theiner's Vet. Mon., 69,
112; Watson's Celtic Place Names, 275;
The Book of Ross, 4.]
ROBERT KEITH, min. 1571.—
1571
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Inver
ness, etc.]
ROBERT MONRO, his son, Hector.—
1574
[Foulis Charters, 176, 2nd Dec.
1624.]
JOHN MACKENZIE. (See Ding-
1609 wall.)
1665
DONALD ERASER, had issue-
Thomas; Alexander of Powis, regent
and Sub-Principal, King's College,
Aberdeen, died 15th Jan. 1742.— [Powis
Papers; Primitive Beliefs in North East of
Scotland, 202.]
1685
ANDREW ROSS, marr. Anna, daugh.
of George Cuming, min. of Urray,
and had issue — Andrew; James;
William; Katherine (marr. cont. 29th Nov.
1714 Thomas Lindsay, writer, Inverness);
Janet; Margaret. — [Elgin Sas., iii, 380, 8th
April 1692; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., cxxix,
31st Jan. 1721, cxxvii, 22nd April 1720.]
ALEXANDER FALCONER, his
1729
daugh., Elizabeth (marr. Thomas
Fyers, overseer of works, Edin
burgh).
JOHN SELLAR, his son, Andrew,
1918 B.Sc., killed in Wales Sept. 1945.
URRAY
There was a chapel with graveyard at
Conon House. The name of the church
and parish was Inneraferyn, occurring also
as Inverferan, Inveraferan, Inverasfran,
Euraferayne, Euraferane, between 1256 and
1440. On 9th Feb. 1256 and 1 1th June 1257
the designation is the Succentory Church of
Bron; and in 1257 it appears as Inverasfran
and Lochbren Church. The designation
Urray was in use not later than 3rd
Feb. 1545-6. The Church was dedicated
to St Madidus. The present church was
built about 1780-1.— [Cal. Papal Regs.,
Letters, ix, 426, 445; Reg. Sec. Seal, ii, 1526,
2656; Theiner's Vet. Mon., 69, 112;
Eraser's Earls of Cromarty, ii, 316, iii,
315-17; Macfarlane's Geogr. Colls., ii,
357.]
ALEXANDER PEDDER, vicar, died
between 26th Oct. 1 568 and 7th Nov.
1569; had a son, James. — [Pres. of
Elgin, i, 147; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 39, 341.]
1560
1567
SIR ANDREW DOW FRASER, vicar
2nd Feb. 1547-8, died before 12th
Jan. 1567-8, when his natural son,
Donald Dow Fraser, received letters of
legitimation. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., xxxvii, 30.]
(See Kirkhill.)
ALEXANDER GRIERSON, pres. to
vicarage 7th Nov. 1569 on death of
Sir Alexander Pedder.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 39.]
DONALD ADAMSON, exhorter here
and at Dingwell and Chaplain of
St Laurence in Arisdaill, pres. to
vicarage 8th Dec. 1569 on death of Sir
Alexander Pedder. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,33;
Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Inverness,
etc.]
DAVID HALIBURTON, pres. to par-
1573
sonage before 18th Sept. 1573 on
failure of Donald Adamson to
accept Articles of Religion. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 11.]
DONALD WILLIAMSON.— [Acts and
1574 Dec., 1, 307.]
DING WALL]
URRAY
663
WILLIAM RITCHIE, pres. on 26th
Nov. 1579 on dem. of Donald
Adams.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 23.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, M.A., when a
1593
student at St Andrews was pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 28th Jan.
1591-2 on death of Donald Adamson. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixiii, 148.]
JOHN MALCOLM, marr. Isabel Mac
kenzie, and had issue — Andrew;
still min. April 1638.— [Munro of
Foulis Writs, 199, April 1638.]
GEORGE CUMMING, his daugh.,
Annie (marr. Andrew Ross, min. of
Urquhart).
1715
DUNCAN MURCHISON, chaplain to
Sir John Mackenzie of Coull; in
truded in Urray 1715-16, kept a
meeting-house, performed other functions
of the ministry, and preached at the rebel
camp of William, Earl of Seaforth, at
Urray Muir and Brahan. — [Justiciary Re
cords. ]
1861
JOHN ADAM MACFARLANE, his
daugh., Helen Muriel, died Yarrow
Manse 29th March 1932.
SAMUEL KNOX JOHNSTON, died
1916 25th Sept. 1935.
(Congregations united Sth June 1937.)
PRESBYTERY OF TAIN
CROICK
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, in sustaining
1828
his presentation on 19th June 1828,
the Presb. declared "that the Pres
bytery cannot, by so doing, be considered
as in the least approving of the Act on
which the presentation is founded"; and
on 25th Sept. 1828 he was ord. and adm.
to be min. of the Government Church of
Croick, in the parish of Kincardine, as
assistant to the parish min. — [Macnaugh-
ton's Church Life in Ross and Sutherland,
343.]
JOHN COUTTS, died 7th Aug.
1919 1933.
(Charge united with Kincardine 8th June
1947.)
EDDERTON
On 17th March 1841 the Presb. declared
the church totally unsuitable for worship
and incapable of repair, and ord. a new
church to be built, the site selected being on
the moor of Corrieblair, south-west of the
manse. The church was completed in Oct.
1842.
SIR FARQUHAR REID, exhorter and
min.; also at Kincardine. — [Comps.
1567
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
WILLIAM ROSS, his son, David,
1665
1694.
apprenticed to William Bishop,
apothecary, Edinburgh, 19th Dec.
ALEXANDER MUNRO, son of John
„_ M., tenant in Barrowen, and Mary
Mackenzie, bapt. llth Jan. 1757;
was schoolmaster of Edderton.
DONALD MACRAE, his son, Kenneth,
1902 died 10th May 1929.
FINLAY McNICOL McKINNON, his
1924 daugh., Elizabeth Helen (marr. 23rd
April 1938 Dermot Michael Fitz
gerald Lombard, R.N.R.).
FEARN
At Hilton of Cadboll there was a chapel
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Beside it was
a sculptured cross-slab that some time ago
was removed to Invergordon Castle. After
the collapse of the roof of the church on
10th Oct. 1742, the Presb. after giving full
consideration to the condition of the build
ings resolved on 23rd March 1743 not to
repair the roofless church but to build in
the cloister-yard a new church 75 ft. long
and 20 ft. broad (inside measurements),
with a slated roof. Delay ensued; but
ultimately building proceeded in 1746, and
on 12th Nov. of that year the Presb. met at
Fearn, took over the new church, and de
clared it to be the church of the parish.
The church had a short period of existence,
for at a meeting on 12th Oct. 1771 the
heritors, on the ground that the church was
in a " ruinous condition, ' ' deliberated as to
rebuilding it or repairing the old abbey, and
ultimately approved of a plan by Captain
Ross of Balnagown, one of the heritors, by
which he undertook, if the heritors paid
him £200 stg., to repair the abbey church,
and have it sufficiently finished by 1st Nov.
1773. Again there was delay, but on 12th
Oct. 1775 the church was ready for occupa
tion. The total cost was £386 14s. 9|d.;
and in addition Captain Ross met the cost
of repairing the part of the fabric called the
"Ross Aisle" at an outlay of £38 15s.
The abbey church again became the parish
church, and the "new church" was com
pletely demolished. — [Macnaughton's
Church Life in Ross and Sutherland, 165-73,
262-3, 276.]
664
PRESB. OF TAIN]
FEARN— KILMUIR EASTER
665
PATRICK MUIR, M.A., min. 30th
Nov. 1584.— [CaL of Charters, xii,
2764.]
WILLIAM ROSS, marr. (3) cont. 30th
June 1660 Isabel, daugh. of Andrew
McCulloch, provost of Tain.
1584
1644
JAMES McCULLOCH, M.A., given in
1663 Warc^aw MS- as mm- °f Fearn, may
have been in office in the period
1663-70.— [Wardlaw MS., 117, S.H.S.]
(See Kilmuir Easter.)
ALEXANDER ROSS, died Oct.
1670 1676.
DONALD MACLENNAN, marr. Janet
1677
Ross. — [Inverness Sas., cclxxxix,
1684.]
1689
KENNETH MACKENZIE, on 9th
June 1697 he craved the Presb. that
in regard his persuasion was now
Presbyterian, the Presb. would be pleased
to revise his processes, or refer him to the
Superior Judicatories, or allow him them
selves the exercise of his ministry. The
Presb., while satisfied that he was reformed
in principles and practices, recorded their
inability to act as craved, because the
Presb. which deposed him was an associate
Presb. of brethren from Moray, Ross and
Sutherland, of which there were none
among them except Mr Denune, and be
sides, Mr Mackenzie in his process had
appealed to the first lawful General
Assembly. A further petition to be reponed
was rejected by the Presb. 25th May 1698.
— [Macnaughton's Church Life in Ross and
Sutherland, 11-12, 18.]
HUGH ERASER, his daughs.— Ursula
Gilman, died at Harrow 14th April
1933; Janet, died at Edinburgh 2nd
May 1929; his son, Hugh, M.D., died at
Harpendean, Herts, 17th Jan. 1941.
1895
CHARLES ROBERTSON, his widow,
Agnes Shaw Cameron Munro, died
16th March 1948.
JACKSON LOUDON McFADDEN,
1925 M.A. (1917). Line 2, for "Nov."
read "Oct."; his mother was Mary
Wallace Loudon. Marr. 8th Jan. 1936
Mary Elizabeth, younger daugh. of John
Robertson Forbes, min. of Logic Easter,
and has issue — John James Forbes, born
6th April 1937.
KILMUIR EASTER
At the east end of the church is the
burial-vault of the Cromarty family, ap
parently a part of the earlier church.
Attached to the vault is a round-tower
with the inscription "Biggit 1616," but the
lower part of the tower may be as early as
the first part of the llth century. The
chapel at Balnagowan was dedicated to the
Virgin Mary. — [Book of Ross, 55; Reg.
Great Seal, \i\, 372,2661.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, parson in 1537,
1560
reader in 1571. — [Reg. Abbrev. Feu
Charters of Church Lands, ii, 278.]
WILLIAM ROSS THOMASSOUN,
fl _ M exhorter 1 568 ; pres. to vicarage 20th
June 1569-70 on death of Alexander
Arbuthnott; also at Logic Easter. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
ROBERT MUNRO, exhorter 1569-71.
1569 (See Culicudden.)
NEIL MUNRO, pres. to vicarage 7th
Nov. 1574-5 on dem. of William
Ross, parson of Rosskeen (q.v.). —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 24.]
1575
ALEXANDER HOSSACK, his son,
1618 William, portioner of Nigg.
JAMES McCULLOCH, marr. Elspet,
1655 ^augh- °f James Fraser and Janet,
daugh. of John Denune of Pitto-
garty and granddaugh. of James Fraser,
provost of Nairn, and had issue — John in
Glastullich of Knockbreck.— [Tain Town
Sas., 5th May 1682. (See Fearn.)
1687
DONALD FORBES, M.A.; on 2nd
^Cpt* 17°° li WaS reP°rted to tne
Presb. that upon the 29th Aug. last,
being a day app. for a National Fast, he
did most unwarrantably intrude himself
upon and contumaciously preach in the
Kirk of Kilmuir-Easter, and that upon the
666
KILMUIR EASTER— LOGIE-EASTER
[PRESB. OF
following Sunday he came to the church
yard and behaved in a tumultuous manner
towards Mr Fraser of Alness, who had been
app. by the Presb. to supply the vacancy
that day; he was summoned to a meeting
of Presb. on 29th Oct., but did not appear;
in deference to a letter from Viscount
Seafield, the Presb. delayed further pro
cedure, and of the matter nothing more is
heard. — [Macnaughton 's Church Life in
Ross and Sutherland, 27-30.]
1851
WILLIAM MACPHERSON, his sons
—Charles Edward Walker, died 6th
Dec. 1931; Sir Duncan James died
18th Jan. 1936; his daugh., Katherine
Penuel, died 13th Sept. 1947.
DONALD STUART, his son, William
1886 Laing, died London 29th June 1939.
JOHN CAMPBELL MACNAUGHT,
dem. 12th Nov. 1939, died 15th
1914
June 1940.
KINCARDINE
That there existed in the parish a chapel
dedicated to St Colman, probably Colman
whose day is 18th Feb., is denoted by
Kilmachalmaig, "Church of Colman." —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 279; The
Book of Ross, 65.]
FARQUHAR REID, exhorter 1569.
1567 (See Edderton).
THOMAS DENUNE, parson, was dead
1569 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, designated
parson 29th June 1582.— [Hist.
MSS. Commiss., vi, 717.]
1573
ANDREW MARTYN, M.A., parson,
1574
was dead before 30th April 1574.—
[Cals. of Charters, x, 2313.]
JOHN (? JAMES) ROSS, marr. Helen
Rose and had issue — Samuel in
Culess (eldest son). — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 2nd May, 1663.]
1620
THOMAS ROSS, his son, Andrew, min.
1655 ofTarbat.
GEORGE ROSS, marr. cont. 8th Feb.
1671 ^^3 Katherine, daugh. of Malcolm
Ross of Kindeas; she marr. (2) cont.
22nd Jan. 1684 Alexander Sutherland of
Inchfurie. — [Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 4th Jan.
1710; Ross Sas., 26th June 1684.]
ROBERT MUNRO, line 3, delete "and
1T11 brother of Hugh Munro, min. of
Tain."
HUGH FRASER MAcNEILL, dem.
1919 8th June 1947; died 22nd Jan. 1948.
(Charges united with Croick Sth June
1947.)
LOGIE-EASTER
In 1763 the min. reported to the Presb.
that the church ' ' has for many years been
in a most ruinous condition; that the timber
of the roof was rotten, and the heather
thatch did not hold out a drop of rain; the
walls were out of plumb, and there was not
a pane of glass in any of the windows. ' '
The Presb. resolved to take immediate
steps to deal with the matter; and on 4th
June 1764 John Ross of Balnagowan, one
of the heritors, sent a letter to the Presb.
containing an offer to provide a site for a
new church on an eminence to the east of
the manse on his lands of Logic, as the
situation of the existing church was difficult
of access. The matter was delayed in the
hands of the heritors, some of whom, two
years later, proposed that Logie-Easter be
annexed to Fearn and Kilmuir-Easter. The
proposal was rejected by the Presb. on 2nd
April 1766; and early in the following year,
on representation by the heritors, the
Presb. approved of a site for the new
church on an eminence east of the manse.
In 1778, in connection with an excambion
by which Captain John Ross of Balna
gowan acquired the manse and glebe in
return for an equivalent glebe at the place
of Pitmaditty and a new manse built by
him at the Chapel-Hill there, ' ' an acre of
ground in the Chapel-Hill was proposed to
be set apart for a Church and Churchyard
in case the Church shall be brought
thither." On 13th April 1815 the Presb.
acceded to a crave of the min. that a new
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667
church should be built at Chapel-Hill, and
on llth Feb. 1818 it agreed to a plan for a
new church there at an estimated cost of
£1076 stg., which the heritors, "after much
deliberation and mature consideration,"
had resolved to build. The ruins of the
first of the three churches just enumerated
are situated in the old graveyard called
Lagaidh, hence Logic, near Marybank
farmhouse on the Balnagowan river; and
the ruins of the second are also marked
farther east on the O.S. Map. — [Mac-
naughton 's Church Life in Ross and Suther
land, 247, 248, 254, 278-80, 330, 332; Book
of Ross, 56.]
SIR THOMAS HAY, parson 1560.—
1574
[Reg. Abbrev. Feu Charters of
Church Lands, ii, 228.]
ROBERT MUNRO, exhorter 1569.
1574 (See Culicudden.)
JOHN ROSS, M.A., pres. as min. on
death of Sir Thomas Hay. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 57.]
DAVID ROSS, his sons— Hugh of
Auchnacloich ; George. — [TainSher.
Court Records, 1721.]
KENNETH MACKENZIE, marr. cont.
1665
10th April 1671 Mary, daugh. of
James Fraser of Pitkinty. — [Tain
Sher. Court Deeds, 19th June 1677.]
JOHN McARTHUR, was schoolmaster
1730 of Kilmuir Easter.
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, was
1843 Par^sn schoolmaster of Kiltarlity
previous to appointment as min.
here; his daugh., Mary, died 2nd Oct. 1944.
DUGALD MACDONALD, his daugh.,
19 , Isabel Eunson (marr. 23rd May 1942
Charles John Radcliffe, son of
Lieut.-Colonel J. C. R. Husband).
JOHN ROBERTSON FORBES, dem.
1924 16th May 1934, died 19th Sept. 1936;
his daugh., May Elizabeth (marr.
Jackson Loudon McFadden, min. of
Fearn); his only son, John Seivwright,
Squadron Leader, R.A.F., killed March
1942.
NIGG
At the church there is an early Christian
Pictish sculptured stone and a somewhat
similar stone at Shandwick. — [Book of
Ross, 57-8.]
ALEXANDER CLUNES, M.A., pres.
to vicarage 19th Feb. 1577-8 on
1577
dem. of Finlay Mason. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig., xlv, 53.]
FINLAY MASON, M.A., pres. to
vicarage 27th March 1594 on depriv.
of John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, and
vicar here ' ' an obstinat papist, ' ' and again
on 30th May 1594.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixvi,
120, 128.]
ALEXANDER CLUNES, reader 1603.
1603 — [Comps. Surplus of Thirds.}
JAMES MACKENZIE, his daugh.,
Margaret (marr. cont. 15th Oct.
1697 Hugh Rose, min. of Creich).
He died before 9th April 1701 when the
heritors and parishioners, on the plea that
their kirk was now vacant by the death of
Mr Mackenzie, ' ' who also of a long time
had not preached to them by reason of
weakness, and in regard of the desolate
condition of the parish," craved supply
from the Presb. — [Macnaughton's Church
Life in Ross and Sutherland, 32.]
GEORGE MUNRO, marr. (2) cont.
1706 2 1st Nov. 1717.
JOHN BALFOUR, his son, Andrew,
1729
apprenticed to William Tod, mer
chant, 10th June 1741.
PATRICK GRANT, his son, Lewis,
1756 died in Jamaica 4th April 1822.
JOHN FRASER, his daugh., Simona,
1865 died 6th March 1944.
NORMAN DONALD M ACKAY, born
1901
1872, not 1871; licen. 29th June
1899; died 26th Oct. 1948; his
daughs. — Mary Flora, Hospital Nurse,
Cambridge; Catherine Yvonne, M.A.
(Aberdeen) (marr. 9th Feb. 1946 Walter
Edward, son of W. Darby, Leyton, Lon
don).
668
ROSSKEEN and NONEKILL— TAIN
[PRESB. OF
ROSSKEEN and NONEKILL
Originally there were two parishes; and
in a reckoning of teinds of 24th May 1275
the Church of Nevoth (Newnakle, Nona-
kiln) and the Church of Rosskevene appear
separately. At or soon after the Reforma
tion the parish is called Rosskeen and
Newnakle. At Newnakle, Nonakiln,
Nao'na Cille for Neimhead na Cille, "the
nemed of the Church," nemed being an
old sacred place taken over by the church,
there is a burying-ground with the ruins of
the parish Church of Newnakle, which fell
in 1714. Attached to the church there
appears to have been a large area of land
which constituted at one time a sacred
pagan sanctuary, including Dalnavie, Dail
Neimhidh, ' ' the Dale of the Church land, ' '
Inchnavie, Innis Neimhidh, ' ' the Haugh of
the Church land," Cnoc Navie, Cnoc
Neimhidh, "the Hill of the Church Land,"
and the estate of Newmore, Neo'Mhor
"the big or large Nemed. " Near Dal
Neich, west of Cnoc Navie, there was a
small chapel. At a Presb. visitation on 1 5th
July 1719 the min. reported that he had
two churches, Rosskeen and Nonekill, the
latter ruinous, the former in fairly good
condition, only the thatch stood in need of
repair. In 1832 the present church at Ross-
keen was built "on a piece of ground
contiguous to and closely connected with
the Churchyard," and occupied early in
1833. On 30th Sept. 1824 it was arranged
that the glebe and churchyard grass at
Nonekill be given in excambion for land
contiguous to the glebe at Rosskeen. The
Presb. agreed to the excambion on 1st Feb.
1859, and the matter was finally settled in
March 1869. The church at Nonekill was
dedicated to St Ninian, and near the
churchyard are St Ninian 's Well and St
Ninian 's Field. — [Theiner's Vet. Mon.,
112; Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 88, 91; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 249, 287; Book of Ross,
51-2; Macnaughton 's Church Life in Ross
and Sutherland, 315-16, 350, 341-2,416-17,
423; Simpson's Celtic Church in Scot., 56.]
GAVIN DUNBAR, parson 19th April
1568; died 1570.— [Co/, of Charters,
x,2118.]
SIR HOMER FRASER, vicar 1569.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Inver
ness, etc.]
JAMES HERING, pres. to parsonage
ls_2 and vicarage of Rosskeen and
Newynkill 5th Jan. 1572-3 on death
of Gavin Dunbar. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i,
(4), 2.]
WILLIAM ROSS, pres. 1572 on death
1__. of Gavin Dunbar. — [Reg. Pres.
l r^ / ^ _ . s *\ f i
Bene., i, (4), 5.]
DAVID MUNRO, student of divinity
1607 wnen pres. to parsonage and
vicarage 7th Feb. 1607 on death of
John Dow Fraser. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxv,
267.]
THOMAS URQUHART, had issue—
. 84 Thomas (second of name); Colin;
youngest and second of name. —
[Test, of mother.]
GEORGE MACDONALD his widow,
Catherine Rae died 1 1th April 1938;
his son, William Rae, died Edin
burgh 30th March 1946.
1870
DUGALD McCALLUM, born 15th
1918
March 1875; M.A. 1903, not 1904;
died 7th June 1942; daugh. Aenea,
born 1919, not 1918; his widow, Mary
Baxter, died 19th June 1943.
TAIN
In addition to the Church of St Duthac,
built in 1471, and made collegiate ten years
later, there were the Chapel of St Duthac
in the churchyard, and the Chapel of St
Duthac. The latter chapel, reputed as
marking the birthplace of St Duthac, stood
on the sandy beach north of the town,
where, it is said, the town itself was at first
situated. This chapel appears to have been
the original Church of St Duthac. It was
a famous place of sanctuary. Thither in
1307 the Queen of Robert the Bruce and
their daugh. fled for safety from Kil-
drummy Castle, only to be seized by the
Earl of Ross, who cared nought for reli
gious scruples, and delivered by him to the
English. Thither also, about 120 years
TAIN]
TAIN
669
later, came for security Mowat of Freswick
and his followers, who had suffered defeat
at the hands of his foe, McNiel of Creich,
and his band. The latter were in close pur
suit, and at the sanctuary slew Mowat and
his men, and gave the chapel to the flames.
It is uncertain when the chapel was restored;
but, at any rate, James IV made various
offerings to the church and each of the two
chapels, including in Nov. 1501, 5s. "to
the hermit of the Chapel of St Duthos. ' '
By command of the same monarch a silver
relique of St Duthac was made in 1 503^
and sent from Edinburgh to Dunfermline
and thence to Tain; on the same order on
3rd Aug. 1506 there was given "xxxii unce
and iii quarters to be ane relique of Sanct
Dutho"; and again on the king's command
in 1511 there was delivered to "John
Aitkin, goldsmith, to be ane relique to
Sanct Dutho, ane of the auld silvir platis
brokin, contenand xxxiii unce and quartair
unce." In 1535 it is recorded that there
was delivered to James V "ane relict of
Sanct Dutho set in Silver weyand xxxvi
unce iii grote wecht." Cosmo Innes de
scribed the Church of St Duthac as con
sisting of a chancel and nave, a ruinous
chapel at the east send of the chancel, a
south porch, a detached tower in the
middle of the town, and a detached chapel
a little south of the former chapel. The
detached chapel was probably the chapel
of St Duthac in the churchyard. The
church ceased to be used for worship in
1815, when a new parish church was built.
About 1790 the remains of a small chapel
were still to be seen near Lochslin three
miles from Tain. In modern times at least
St Mary's Well was covered at high water.
On a petition from the min., the Presb.
on 28th Nov. 1813 gave consideration to
the question of a new church as distinct
from enlarging the old church, which was
"highly uncomfortable and by far too
small to accommodate the parishioners."
The old church had been repaired in 1788.
There followed considerable negotiations
with the heritors and magistrates, and
eventually agreement was reached on the
basis of a new church on a site at the east
end of the town at a cost of £2849 9s. 6d.
inclusive of ground and enclosing the same.
On 3rd Aug. 1814 the completed church
was accepted by the Presb. At a meeting of
Presb. on 31st Oct. 1838 the min. "spoke
of getting the old Church repaired, with a
view to having it erected into a preaching
station in the first instance, and then in the
hope of having it erected into a parish"; he
further stated that "the heritors have all
agreed to make said old Church over to the
Kirk Session for said purpose, and that a
draft of the Deed of Conveyance was being
made out." The Presb. gave approval and
made remit to the min. to carry out further
procedure. The church was acquired by
the Guildry Trust formed by a number of
local gentlemen, and was restored in 1871
to constitute St Duthus (Duthac) Memorial
Church. In the collegiate church there was
a Chapel of the Dead.— [Lord High
Treasurer's Aces., ii, 125, 265-8, iii, 81, 280,
iv, 40, 533, vi, 248; Origines Parochiales
Scotiae, 426 (q.v.), 416, for full account of
the provostry; Macnaughton 's Church Life
in Ross and Sutherland, 317-23, 326-7,
371-2; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii, 259.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, pres. to
1586 vicara&e 1st Dec. 1591 on dem. of
Thomas Ross. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixiii, 29.]
ROBERT ROSS of Ballon, his sentence
1665 °^ deposition was confirmed by the
General Assembly in 1701; on llth
June of the same year he appeared per
sonally before the Presb. and protested
against anyone accepting a call to Tain till
his appeal to the Lords of Privy Council
had been disposed of. For various reasons
the Presb. declined to entertain the protest.
— [Macnaughton 's Church Life in Ross and
Sutherland, 32-3.]
HUGH MUNRO of Kiltearn. Marr.
1?01 cont. 26th Aug. 1707 Katherine
Barnett; issue — Alexander of Kil-
tearn, Jean (marr. 14th April 1702 William
Munro of Teanaird); Andrew, merchant,
Cambridge; Mary, bapt. 15th April 1720;
John, bapt. 1 1 th April 1 72 1 ; John, bapt. 28th
Sept. 1722. — [Reg. of Deeds, Dal., cxxxiii,
19th Feb. 1733; Foulis Writs, 365, 368.]
670
TAIN— TARBAT
[PRESB. OF TAIN
HUGH ROSE, probably son of Hugh
R., Barrivan, Cawdor, and Jean
Macarthur; preacher and school
master at New Bridge of Balnagowan.
LEWIS ROSE, grandson of David R.
of Leanach, descended of Holme
1844
Rose.
COLIN MACNAUGHTON, his son,
1883
Colin, assistant art master, George
Watson's College, drowned at St
Abb's 4th Aug. 1936.
GEORGE THOMAS THOMSON,
app. Professor of Systematic Theo
logy, Aberdeen, 1928.
JOHN MACECHRAN, dem. 1942; his
wife, Margaret Black, died at Crieff
13th April 1942.
TARBAT
The Chapel of St Finn Barr, Chapel
Barr, was built, 1486-1516, by Thomas
McCulloch, Abbot of Fearn. Until 1707 or
later there was a vault, 30 feet long, said
to have been built as a church by St
Columba (Colman ?). On the coast near
the old Castle of Tarbat or Ballone there
was a chapel known as Teampul Eraich, and
near it was Tobair Mhuir Well (Mary's
Well). The old church seems to have been
rebuilt about 1628. A new church was
erected in 1756. — [Origines Parochiales
Scotiae, ii, (2), 439.]
JOHN MUNRO, marr. (2) Christian
1593
Urquhart, who survived him. —
[Tombs.}
ANDREW ROSS,, son of Thomas R.,
min. of Kincardine. Marr. cont.
18th Nov. 1656.
1652
1885
DONALD MACLEOD, died 27th April
1930; his daugh., Isabella (marr.
22nd Oct. 1929 Harold Graham
Grieve, Johore, son of James G., min. of
Logiealmond); his widow, Kate Isles Wise
Rodger, died 3rd April 1935.
MURDO MACLEOD, trans, from Uig
(q.v.) 20th July 1927. Addl. issue—
Isobel Joan Macphail, born 5th Oct.
1927; Anna Matheson, born 4th Dec. 1929;
Roderick Montgomery, born 16th Oct.
1931; Murdo, R.A.F., killed 30th June
1944.
SYNOD OF
SUTHERLAND AND CAITHNESS
PRESBYTERY OF DORNOCH
ASSYNT
ALEXANDER STEWART, son of
James S. in Fincastle and brother of
John S. of Tulipowrie, vicar 3rd
Dec. 1 565, also Prebendary of Inchemaran-
noche. — [Reg. of Deeds, viii, 186.]
WILLIAM MACQUEEN, parson.—
1575 [Acts and Dec., Ix, 77.]
WILLIAM McANDREW, parson
1576-7.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.]
WILLIAM SCOBIE, his son, John,
1728
apprenticed to Archibald Gibson,
cordiner, llth July 1750.
DONALD MACKINNON, trans, to
1919 Cumlodden 19th Aug. 1927.
ALLAN MACLEOD ARMSTRONG,
1928
born Inverness 19th May 1903, son
of Adam A., Telegraph Superinten
dent, G.P.O., and Isabella Ann Macleod;
educ. at Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1925);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 10th May
1928; assistant West Aberdeen; ord. 26th
July 1928; trans, to Blackhill, Deer, 18th
May 1932; trans, to Duthil 4th June 1936;
dem. 27th June 1944; went to Aberdeen
and engaged in teaching. Marr. 22nd Dec.
1928 Catherine Frances, eldest daugh. of
Duncan Graham, Marybank, Stornoway,
and Emily Craggs, and has issue — Frede
rick Adam, born 8th Dec. 1929; Frances
Isabella, born 9th Dec. 1931; Alexander
Graham, born 30th April 1933; Duncan,
born 14th Aug. 1936.
(Charges united 30//J Aug. 1932.)
1697
CLYNE
1621 JOHN GRAY, marr. (2) 1631.
EYE MACKAY, his son, Hugh, died
in Flanders 1745; his daugh., Bar
bara (marr. John Sutherland, tacks-
man, Balvaird).
JOHN SPARK, his widow, Christina
1889 Fyfe, died 7th April 1937.
JOHN FAULDS, trans, from Milton of
1926 Balgonie 15th Dec. 1926.
HECTOR WILLIAM MACKAY, trans,
from Snizort (q.v.) 23rd Nov. 1927;
dem 12th June 1938.
(Charge united with Brora \2th June 1938.)
1927
1569
CREICH
WILLIAM GRAY, younger son of
William G., min. of Lairg, exhorter
here and at Dornoch 1569. —
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
GEORGE McCULLOCH, min.— [Reg.
1660 of Deeds, Mack., ii, 311.]
HUGH ROSE, son of Alexander R. of
Mereton, Nairnshire. Marr. (2) 15th
Oct. 1697 Marie, daugh. of James
Mackenzie, min. of Nigg. On 12th Aug.
1696 it was reported to the Presb. that Mr
Hugh Rose, dep. some years previously for
gross scandals, had intruded upon the
church here, exercising ministerial acts, and
that in a mercenary way to the scandal of
religion. The Presb. app. one of their
number to apply in their name to the
Sheriff of Sutherland, requesting him to put
671
672
CREICH— KILDONAN
[PRESB. OF
the Act of Parliament anent intruders into
execution against Mr Rose. — [Macnaugh-
ton 's Church Life in Ross and Sutherland,
10; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., Ixxxiv, 22nd June
1699.]
NEIL MACKINNON, born 10th Aug.
1815; his son, Farquhar, died in
Australia; his daugh., Jane, died at
Edinburgh 22nd Aug. 1939.
ROBERT LAMONT RITCHIE, mis-
sionary at Guisachan before admis
sion; died 8th June 1933.
(Charges united 9th Aug. 1931.)
DORNOCH
WILLIAM GRAY, younger, exhorter
1569 1569. (SeeCreich.)
WILLIAM HAY, reader 5th Dec. 1575.
1575 — [Cal. of Charters, xi, 2528.]
JOHN ROSS, trans, from Latheron be
fore 1578. Marr. Hester, daugh. of
James Sutherland of Forse.— [Forse
Writs, 66.]
DONALD GRANT, his widow, Hen-
i»78 r*etta Philipina Hall, died at Dor-
noch 13th March 1945.
CHARLES DONALD BENT1NCK,
1907
dem. llth Nov. 1934; died at Edin
burgh 27th Jan. 1940; his wife,
Helen Green Eraser, died 22nd Feb. 1932.
Marr. (2) 26th Nov. 1936 Ann Henderson
(died 21st April 1941), daugh. of Donald
Mackenzie and widow of George Robert
Maclennan, min. of Thurso; his daughs. —
Evelyn Helen (marr. 6th Oct. 1931 Dr
George Marcus Greig, son of Sir Robert
Greig); Elizabeth Hoyes (marr. 21st March
1936 Eric Leslie Mclntosh, son of L. Mc-
Intosh, Ealing, London).
GOLSPIE
The church was vacant 1649-50. — [Acts
ofParl, vii, 390.]
SIR RICHARD MADDER, chaplain
J569 of Golspie 1 569.— [Comps. Sub Coll
of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
HUGH ROSE, schoolmaster of Petty
1 682 1 670-4, Dornoch 1 674-82.
WALTER DENUNE, marr. Anne,
daugh. of Mr William Alexander.—
[Reg. of Deeds, Dal., cxxvi, 1st Aug.
1729.]
1690
1817
ALEXANDER MACPHERSON, his
wife, Harriet Matheson, died 29th
May 1816.
1926
DAVID HEDLEY GILLAN, line 5, for
"1893" read "1892"; line 11, for
"1906" read "1904"; served in
Tirah Expeditionary Force with 1st Gor
dons 1897-8; in Great War with Calcutta
Scottish and Madras Guards 1915-17;
Presidency Senior Chaplain, Madras, 1918;
dem. 5th Feb. 1936; his son, Wing Com
mander John Woodburn, D.F.C., A.F.C.,
a distinguished flying officer, killed 29th
Aug. 1941; his daugh., Squadron Leader
Agnes Christian, M.B., Ch.B., awarded
C.B.E. Jan. 1946 (marr. 26th Sept. 1947
William Proctor Wilson, C.B.E., Group
Captain, R.A.F.). Publications— Contri
butions to various Indian newspapers.
KILDONAN
By Bull of Pope Honorius III, 15th Dec.
1225, the Church of Kildonan with its
chapels and lands was confirmed to the
Abbey of Scone. In 1332 the church was
set in feu by the abbey to David Lytil and
his brother, Robert, of Sutherland, who
were held bound to build the church with
stones and lime through 4 merks allocated,
and to meet the ordinary burdens falling
upon the church. When the church was
made a prebend of Dornoch Cathedral, the
Abbot of Scone was instituted a canon and
ministered through a vicar-priest in the
cathedral. At Naviedale there was a chapel
with churchyard, dedicated to St Ninian.
Naviedale is Neimhe dail, nemed, an old
sacred place taken over by the church.
There was here a sanctuary — a place that
had the right of sanctuary or "girth."
The formation is Norse, the second part
being Norse, dalr, a dale. The Norsemen
found the place important, and named
the dale after it. Near the churchyard
DORNOCH]
KILDONAN— STOER
673
are St Ninian's Well and St Ninian's
Field. The Church of Helmsdale was
restored and extended in 1896. St Don-
nan's Church, Kildonan, was restored
1918.— [Book of Scone, 67, 162; The Book
of Sutherland, i, 35, iii, 3-5; Watson's
Celtic Place Names, 250; Simpson's Celtic
Church in Scotland, 56.]
ANDREW ANDERSON, exhorter 1574
and at Loth. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
1574
Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
1894
HUGH SUTHERLAND, brother to
1740 Andrew S. of Braegrudie.
ARCHIBALD BLACK SCOTT, D.D.
(Glasgow, 20th June 1928); died
28th Dec. 1947. Addl. Publications
— Rise and Relation of the Church of Scot
land (Edinburgh, 1932); The Historical
Sequence of Peoples and Culture in Scotland
400 B.C. to 950 A.D. (Peterhead, 1936).
(Charges united with Loth 4th Jan. 1948.)
LAIRG
WILLIAM GRAY, elder, exhorter 1569-
1569
74; Treasurer of Caithness; had
addl. issue — William, exhorter at
Creich and Rogart. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Inverness, etc.; Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixxv,
114.]
JAMES GRAY, treasurer of Caithness
in succession to his father. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., Ixxv, 114.]
JOHN MACNAUGHTON, died at
1888 Montreal 5th Feb. 1943.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM MOORE,
1919
dem. 6th July 1931 ; adm. to Yarrow
28th Nov. 1935; dem. 6th July 1937;
died at Vancouver 5th July 1945; his widow,
Marguerite Maxwell Lowry Patterson, died
1st June 1946.
LOTH
The Hospital of St John the Baptist of
Hebruisden of Helmsdale was granted to
Kinloss Abbey on 21st May 1362 by Wil
liam, Earl of Sutherland.— [Reg. of Kinloss,
xxxix-xi.]
2U
1567
ANDREW ANDERSON, exhorter
1569, pres. to vicarage 25th Dec.
1595 on dem. of James Maxwell. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixviii, 46.] (See Kildonan.)
JAMES MAXWELL, M.A., vicar 1569-
1569
1739
1908
12.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
JOHN ROSE, adm. 28th Aug. 1655.—
1656 [Orkney Sas., viii, 78.]
WILLIAM ROSE, marr. Jean, daugh.
of David Anderson, Professor of
Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen.
GEORGE GORDON, his daugh., Isa-
1803 bella, died 4th June 1828.
JAMES SINCLAIR McIVOR MOW AT,
his sons — Alistair Mclvor, min. of
Fochabers, trans, to Martyrs, Glas
gow, 28th Jan. 1936; James Philip, died
18th Sept. 1939.
(Charge united with Kildonan 4th Jan. 1948.)
ROGART
WILLIAM GRAY, elder, exhorter in
1569 1571. (SeeLairg.)
HUGH SUTHERLAND, brother of
1753 Andrew S. of Braegrudie.
WILLIAM CAIRD TAYLOR, his
1Q1, father, solicitor, Cupar; died at
Carnoustie 2nd Oct. 1935. Addl.
issue — daugh., stillborn 15th April 1928;
John Caird, born 23rd Feb. 1930; Kathleen
Bruce Georgeson, born 27th Jan. 1932;
Lucy Leighton Logan, born 1 1th Nov. 1933.
(Charges united 4th Jan. 1948.)
STOER
ALEXANDER GRANT, died at Hart-
1877
hill Manse 13th April 1932; his wife,
Barbara Grant, died at Greenock
23rd Feb. 1929; his son, Alexander George
Macpherson, M.D., Medical Superinten
dent, Manchester Sanatorium, Abergele,
Wales, 20th Oct. 1930.
WILLIAM JOHN MACKENZIE,
1919 trans, to Knoydart 24th April 1929;
his wife, Margaret Smith, died 2nd
June 1933.
PRESBYTERY OF TONGUE
DURNESS
In the churchyard of Balnacille there is
said to have been a monastery founded by
some of Columba's missionaries; and there
was a church assigned by Gilbert, Bishop
of Caithness 1222-45, for providing light
and incense for Dornoch Cathedral. — [The
Book of Ross, 124.]
GEORGE MERNIS, pres. in 1576 on
dem. of James Makson. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 48.]
1576
WILLIAM MERNIS, pres. in 1580 on
dem. of George Mernis. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 51.]
1580
HEW MUNRO, marr. Ann, daugh. of
Donald, first Lord Reay and widow
of Alexander Macdonald, son of Sir
Donald M., first Bart, of Sleat.
1726
MURDOCH MACDONALD, his son,
Joseph, author of Compleat Theory
of the Bagpipe, died in India.
1856
WILLIAM CHARLES MIDDELTON
GRANT, son of John G. in Toras-
lan and Penuel, daugh. of Samuel
Middleton, Mains of Inveraurie, Kirk-
michael; his son, Alexander Donald Mac
kenzie, M.A., died at Grootvlei, Transvaal,
6th May 1936; his daugh., Catherine Jane,
died 25th Jan. 1936.
JAMES WALLACE MACDONALD,
died 10th April 1931; his widow,
Helen Poison, died 30th Nov. 1941.
EDDRACHILLES
JOHN MUNRO, line 14, for "Obe"
1744 read "Ore."
GEORGE HENDERSON, his widow,
Agnes D. Niebuhr, died 19th Sept.
1937.
1901
WILLIAM JOHN LUNDIE, trans, to
1913 Tongue 14th Aug. 1928.
FARR
ARCHIBALD DAVIDSON, parson and
vicar 1572. — \Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
1572
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, pres. 10th
May 1584 on res. of Archibald
Davidson.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., iv, 129.]
1584
1697
JOHN MACPHERSON, described as
"a curate from Caithness" he ap
peared before the Presb. of Tain on
25th Sept. 1695, and gave in a petition in
writing, acknowledging the evil of Prelacy
and the Divine right of Presb. and there
fore desiring to be received into the Presby
terian Communion, with liberty to exercise
his licence to preach the Gospel which he
had received some time previously under
Prelacy. The Presb. after full consideration
refused the prayer of the petition. — [Mac-
naughton 's Church Life in Ross and Suther
land, 8-9.]
JOHN DBAS LOGIE, died at Perth
1920 10th Aug. 1932.
1927
NORMAN MORRISON, trans, to Uig,
Balnacille, 15th April 1931; his wife,
Annabella Macdonald, died 26th
Sept. 1934. Addl. issue— Mary Bella, born
8th Jan. 1926; Donald John, born 1st died
8th Aug. 1928; Ewan Morrison, born 20th
April 1930.
KINLOCHBERVIE
ALEXANDER CRERAR, died
1899 Feb. 1929.
(Charges united 1929.)
12th
674
PRESB. OF TONGUE]
STRATHY— TONGUE
675
STRATHY
ALEXANDER YOUNGSON, died 16th
1899 July 1933.
(Charges united 2\st Nov. 1931.)
TONGUE
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, died Father
1767 of the Church.
DAVID LUNDIE, dem. 2nd June 1928,
died 26th March 1934; his wife,
Elspet Fleming Butter, died 9th July
1929.
1889
WILLIAM JOHN LUNDIE, licen. 9th
1Q18 Oct' 1912; trans> from Eddrachilles
14th Aug. 1928; dem. 31st March
1937; died at Bettyhill 16th Jan. 1946.
PRESBYTERY OF CAITHNESS
BOWER
THOMAS BRYDIE, min. at Watten,
1569 a^SO m cnarSe here' helc* t^le cnaP~
laincy of Helmsdale. — [Comps. Sub
Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
DUGALD MACECHERN, died 31st
1908 Oct. 1946.
CANISBAY
The Church of Canisbay, cruciform in
shape, was repaired about 1790, and again
thoroughly repaired in 1832-3. There was
a chapel called the Kirk of Strubster, de
scribed in the early part of the 1 8th century
as ' ' rather an hermitage, being a small spot
of green in the midst of a remote wide
desert"; and reputed as the "place where
Protestants assembled to worship before
the Reformation, when they could not do
it safely in places more public and acces
sible." St Irchard's Chapel was identical
with "St Ardach's Chappell," a place of
pilgrimage in post-Reformation times. The
saint is Erchard, Yrchard, the saint of Kin
cardine O'Neil. On the island of Stroma
there were two chapels, the Kirk of Stava
or Stara, and the Kirk of Old Skoil.—
[Macfarlane's Geog. Colls., i, 156; Mackin-
lay's Church Dedications (non-script.), 506;
Watson's Celtic Place Names, 320.]
ALEXANDER PATRICK GRA-
H A MESON, exhorter 1569.—
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Inver
ness, etc.]
1567
HERCULES BARCLAY, vicar, died
1569
before 1569. — [Acts and Dec., xxxii,
97; Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
DAVID CARMICHAEL, M.A., pres.
1572 to Parsona8e and vicarage 8th April
1572 on death of Hercules Barclay.
— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (3), 16.]
JOHN WATSON, pres. on death of
Hercules Barclay. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (2), 19.]
1572
HERCULES BARCLAY, parson, 31st
July 1581.— [Cal. of Charters, xi,
2595.]
ROBERT WILSON MERRY, his wife,
Dr Jean McMurray Crawford, died
6th Nov. 1937.
WILLIAM FULTON, born 26th Nov.
1928 1882; son of John F. and Sarah
Paterson; licen. by Presb. of Glas
gow 16th Dec. 1921; ord. to Gorbals 5th
Dec. 1922; trans, and adm. 18th July 1928.
Marr. 1st Jan. 1909 Mary, daugh. of David
Cumming and Margaret Stewart, and has
issue— John, born 4th Oct. 1909; Sarah
Paterson, born 13th Oct. 1910.
DUNNETT
THOMAS DUNNET, reader in 1594.
1574 — [Comps. Surplus of Thirds. ]
1697
GEORGE OSWALD, described as "a
curate from Caithness, ' ' he appeared
before the Presb. of Tain on 25th
Sept. 1695, and gave in a petition in writing
acknowledging the evil of Prelacy and the
Divine right of Presb., and therefore
desiring to be received into the Presby
terian Communion, with liberty to exercise
his licence to preach the Gospel which he
had received some time previously under
Prelacy. The Presb. after full consideration
refused the prayer of the petition. He
676
PRESS. OF CAITHNESS]
DUNNETT— LYBSTER
677
appears to have been a preaching deacon
under Episcopacy; and the Presb. of Edin
burgh in licensing him in 1697 no doubt
acted under reference from the General
Assembly. — [Macnaughton's Church Life
in Ross and Sutherland, 8-9. ]
ARCHIBALD JOLLY, his widow
Agnes Dunlop Paxton, died at
Musselburgh 13th April 1939.
WILLIAM JAMES STUART FAL
CONER, his widow, Matilda Rose
1876
1889
Elmslie, died 16th Sept. 1935.
JOHN GORDON STEVENSON, his
1901
wife, Elizabeth Stroyan, died 6th
Jan. 1927.
DAVID SCOTT, died 4th Dec.
1916 1928.
ALEXANDER FRASER, trans, from
Glenshiel (q.v.) 30th Sept. 1929;
dem. 15th May 1932; died at Inver-
gordon 5th April 1941.
HALKIRK and SPITTAL
WILLIAM GORDON, parson, died
..„ before 20th May 1566.— [Reg. Sec.
Seal, xxxv, 25.]
JOHN GORDON, pres. to the par-
sonage 20th May 1566. — [Reg. Sec.
Seal, xxxv, 25.]
JAMES SCOTT, reader in 1567 and
1567 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds,
Inverness, etc.]
JOHN MOSMAN, reader, pres. to
1579 v^cara§e 17th Sept. 1579 on death
of Sir Thomas Anderson. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 21.]
JOHN MUNRO, his son, Robert,
1 7ft* apprenticed to John Smith, cordiner,
27th July 1739.
JOHN RITCHIE, his widow, Jean
1Qftl Singer Bisset, died at Insch 1st Nov.
1940, aged 82.
JOHN LAMB, son of John Cameron L.,
1924 Portree' died 18th °ct- 1932; his
son John Kevan MacGregor, died
8th May 1934.
2U*
1920
KEISS
GEORGE WALSH, dem. 28th July
1946' died 31st March 1947' his
only daugh., Elizabeth (marr. 5th
Aug. 1946 Bernhard Citron, Ph.D., min. of
Pleasance, Edinburgh).
(Charges united 28th July 1942.)
LATHERON
SIR WILLIAM SINCLAIR, vicar, died
1570
in 1570.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, pres. to
1572
vicarage 12th Jan. 1572-3 on death
of Sir William Sinclair.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 2.]
JOHN ROSS, trans to Dornoch, before
1578 1578.— [Forss Writs, 66.]
GILBERT ANDERSON, marr. Janet
1599 Davidson.— [Forss Writs, 24.]
DAVID MUNRO, raised an action
1634
1919
with regard to the teinds against the
heritors 7th Dec. 1649.— [Forss
Writs, 36.]
JAMES McHARDY, his widow, Eliza
beth Jane Sim, died at London 15th
March 1933; his daugh., Elizabeth,
M.B., Ch.B. (Aberdeen), 1909.
ALEXANDER GILFILLAN, died 26th
March 1938; his widow, Margaret
Smeaton MacNeilage, died 8th Oct.
1939; his daughs.— Kathleen (marr. 12th
Jan. 1939 Joseph Smith Easton, min. of
Milnathort); Eileen Margaret Mitchell
(marr. llth Oct. 1939 James Millar Man-
son, Royal Artillery).
LYBSTER
JAMES RODDICK, his son, Robert
Murray McCheyne, died 9th Aug.
1945.
1857
CHARLES DUNN, his widow, Tina
1897 Ann Duncan, died 26th Sept. 1946.
ROBERT WILSON, died 18th March
1919 1938.
678
OLRIG— THURSO
[PRESB. OF
OLRIG
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, parson, canon
of Caithness, was dead before 23rd
July 1563.— [Reg. Abbrev. Feu Char
ters of Church Lands, ii, 100.]
1563
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, M.A., parson
and vicar 1st May 1564. — [Reg.
Abbrev. Feu Charters of Church
Lands, i, 158; Cal. of Charters, ix, 1948;
Acts and Dec,, xxxv, 212; xl, 364; xli, 454;
1, 214, 268.]
1564 [Antiq. Notes.]
MACKINTOSH.—
ALEXANDER URQUHART, pres. in
1 572 on death of William Sinclair.—
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 2.]
ANDREW MYLNE, min. pres. to par
sonage and vicarage 26th July 1576
on dem. of Alexander Urquhart.
JOHN HUTCHISON, M.A., pres. to
vicarage on death of Thomas Keir. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig., Ivi, 4; Acts and Dec.,
Iv, 315; Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 247.]
JOHN MANSON, pres. to vicarage on
depriv. of John Hutchison. — [Reg.
1591
Sec. Sig., liii, 62.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON GILLIE-
SON, his widow, Jane Murray, died
at Moffat 20th Nov. 1933.
1874
WILLIAM McNUTT, trans, to Udny
1925
22nd Feb. 1928. Line 15, delete "a
son born 6th May 1927."
JOHN KENNETH MACLEAN, trans.
1929
from Morven (q.v.) 17th Jan. 1929;
died at Spean Bridge 27th Oct. 1941 ;
his daugh., Jean Robertson (marr. 14th
Aug. 1929 Dr George Douglas Roche,
Scalloway); his wife, Alison Mary
Macaulay, died at Spean Bridge 16th Nov.
1940; his sons — Kenneth, 2nd Lieut.,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died
of wounds 25th Dec. 1941; John Kenneth,
M.B.E., Major, Tank Corps, prisoner of
war 1942.
PULTENEYTOWN
WILLIAM HARLEY ANDERSON,
his widow, Mary Benvie, died 12th
Feb. 1922.
1878
ALEXANDER ROSS, died 5th May
1894 1936.
REAY
SIR MALCOLM REID, vicar, was
1569
dead in 1569, survived by his wife,
Agnes Keith.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Inverness, etc.] (See Thurso.)
DONALD MACAULAY, line 2, for
"Zachary" read "Donald"; his
1878
1942.
daugh., Alice Hall, died 20th Oct.
DUGALD CARMICHAEL, died 4th
1909
Sept. 1944; his son, Hugh, educ. at
Thurso Academy and Univs. of
Edinburgh and Cambridge, Ph.D. (May
1936); Research Fellowship, St. John's
College, at Cavendish laboratory, Cam
bridge, in 1936, conducted research in the
cosmic rays under supervision of Lord
Rutherford with new and very sensitive
apparatus of his own design.
SHURRERY
EDMUND EDWARD WILLIAMSON,
1920 died 14th July 1932.
THURSO
The Churches of Thurso, Reay, Wick
and Latheron are described on 31st July
1581 as ruinous and roofless.
WALTER INNES, vicar, reader and
1561
min. 1561-2.— [Comps. Gen. Coll.
of Thirds.}
PATRICK NICOLSON, his daughs.—
1785
Janet Dunbar (marr. Dr Feather-
stone); Mary (marr. Major Jackson);
Isabella (marr. Dr Simon Nicolson); Mar
garet (marr. Lieut.-Colonel Western).
WALTER ROSS TAYLOR, his widow,
Isabella Macdonald, died 5th April
1928; his daugh., Christina Barbara
Ross, died 26th June 1928.
CAITHNESS]
THURSO— WICK
679
GEORGE ROBERT MACLENNAN,
1910
died 12th Sept. 1935; his widow,
Annie Henderson Mackenzie, marr.
(2) 26th Nov. 1936 Charles Donald
Bentinck, min. of Dornoch.
WATTEN
THOMAS BRYDIE, M.A., min. and
exhorter 1569. (See Bower and
r— ,t x
Thurso.)
WILLIAM SMITH, burgess of Edin-
1649
burgh 1st Aug. 1649; marr. Sara,
daugh. of John Davidson, surgeon,
Edinburgh.
WILLIAM LAING REID, his widow,
Annie Sutherland, died 14th April
1936; his daugh., Anne Henderson
(marr. 15th July 1944 Simon, son of Robert
Linton, Leadclune, Inverness).
DAVID LILLIE, died at Lybster 21st
1875
1892
Feb. 1940; his wife, Frances Mar
garet Brown, died 10th Dec. 1931.
WICK
The pre-Reformation church was situated
at Mount-Hallie or Halie near the east end
of the town. Its successor was built in the
present churchyard before 1576, and was
repaired in 1728 and 1752. A new church
was erected in 1830. The Chapel of St
Tears seems to have been dedicated to St
Drostan; and later it was under the invoca
tion of the Holy Innocents. In 1834 it is
narrated that within the memory of persons
living it was customary for people to visit
the "Chapel of St Tears on Innocent's
Day, and leave in it bread and cheese as an
offering to the souls of the children slain
by Herod." In the first half of the 18th
century, and maybe later, people frequent
ing the chapel had their recreation and
pastimes on the third day of Christmas. —
[Macfarlane's Geog. Colls., i, 151.]
1567
28.]
ANDREW PHILP, pres. to vicarage
25th Nov. 1574 on dem. of Andrew
Graham. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4),
SIR ALEXANDER MENZIES, vicar
pensioner 1569-72. — [Comps. Sub
1569
Coll. of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
ALEXANDER CLARK, his daugh.,
Eliza Gertrude, died at Edinburgh
23rd April 1943.
JOHN MACDOUGALL, trans, to St
101, Michael's, Edinburgh, 30th Sept.
1929.
SYNOD OF GLENELG
PRESBYTERY OF LOCHCARRON
APPLECROSS
SIR MURDOCH JOHNSTONE, de
scribed in 1568 as one of the chap
lains of Applecross of St Morenss
(Movrie, Maolrubha). — [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
SIR WILLIAM STEWART, chaplain
of Applecross of St Morenss, was
dead in 1569.— [Comps. Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Inverness, etc.]
1569
THOMAS GORDON, M.A., pres. to
parsonage and vicarage 3rd Feb.
1588-9 on death of George Hay.—
[Reg. Sec. Sig., lix, 8.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, had issue—
1777 Farquhar, H.E.I.C.S.
GAIRLOCH
West of the hollow known as Leabdiah
na babaine, * ' the bed of the white cow, ' '
scooped out by Finn to enable his white
cow to calve, and used by large congrega
tions at Communion seasons, is the site of
a chapel with burying-ground, dedicated
to St Maolrubha. On the seashore near
Laide, in the old parish, is the ruined
chapel of Sand of Udrigle, reputed locally
to be one of the earliest Christian churches
on the West Coast.— [The Book of Ross,
79, 85.]
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, pres. to
parsonage and vicarage on death of
Sir -. Stewart llth Jan. 1582-3.—
[Reg. Pres. Bern., ii, 82.]
RODERICK MACKENZIE, died
1649 Father of the Church.
i914
DONALD MACLEOD, dem. 31st May
1939' died 24th May 1945; his
widow, Amelia Gunn, died 20th
Dec. 1946.
GLENELG
SWEYN McSWEYN, M.A., min. of
Kilcalmonell and Kilberry; intruded
here and was dep. by the Synod 15th
Oct. 1694 for contumacy. (See Kilcal
monell and Kilberry.)
ALEXANDER MAcTAGGART, dem.
1890
llth Nov. 1931, died 15th Nov.
1946.
(Charges united 2nd July 1931.)
GLENSHIEL
The church was erected in 1758. The
Chapel of St Kentigerna was situated near
the church and manse, in the old burying-
ground called Cill Chaointeoirn or Cill
Chaointeord, ' ' Church of Kentigerna. ' ' A
disused burying-ground opposite Shiel
School, called Cill Fhear chair, "Church of
Ferchar," may commemorate a saint of
that name who does not appear in the
Calendar. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
301-2, 304; The Book of Ross, 73.]
JOHN BEATON, his daugh., Flora
(marr. Roderick Macleod of Bor-
line, Bracadale).
1730
ALEXANDER FRASER, trans, to
1917 Dunnett 30th Sept. 1929.
KINTAIL
The Chapel of St Fillan, said to be the
burial place of that saint, was situated near
the head of Loch Long, at Killalan, Cill
680
PRESB. OF LOCHCARRON] KINTAIL— LOCHCARRON
681
Fhaolain, "Fillan's Church." Eilean Don-
nain, "Donan's Isle," at the head of
Lochalsh, may commemorate St Donnan
of Eigg, whose day was 17th April. Loch
Duich, Loch Dubhthaich, is named after St
Duthac. — [Watson's Celtic Place Names,
155, 284-5; The Book of Ross, 72.]
JOHN MURCHISON, pres. in 1574.—
1574 [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 28.]
DONALD MURCHISON, pres. in 1582
on dem. of John Murchison. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., ii, 86.]
1582
FARQUHAR MACRAE, his eldest son,
Thomas. — [Reg. of Deeds, Gibson,
508, 1st June 1634.]
DUNCAN MACRAE MACLENNAN,
died at Kingussie 1st Oct. 1941; his
sons— Roderick, app. May 1933
Professor of Philosophy, McGill Univ.,
Montreal; Norman Macpherson, Director
of Medical Services, British Guiana.
KNOYDART
The patron saint of the old parish was
Chomhghain, Comgan, hence Kilchoan. —
[Watson's Celtic Place Names, 281.]
JOHN FORBES MENZIES, his widow,
Charlotte Kerr Macphail, died 19th
N?v. 1931.
1890
JOHN MACKAY, died at Corstorphine
1916 6th Nov. 1935.
WILLIAM JOHN MACKENZIE,
1010 trans- fr°m Stoer (#«v.) 24th April
1929; dem. 31st Oct. 1943. Marr.
(2) 9th Oct. 1934 Susan Amelia, youngest
daugh. of Duncan McGilp, Craignish.
LOCHALSH
The patron saint is Chomhghain, Com
gan, said to have come from Ireland with
Kentigerna and Fillan. — [Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 281.]
ALISTAIR MOIR, min. in 1577.—
1577 [Acts and Dec., Iv, 149.]
FINLAY MACRAE, dep. after 12th
1695 Feb. 1717 .—[Justiciary Records.}
JOHN MACLEAN, dem. 17th April
1910 1946; died 26th Oct. 1946.
LOCHBROOM
On Isle Martin there are the ruins of a
chapel dedicated to St Martin, and near the
ruins a curious gravestone with double
arms, said to have been a memorial of the
saint.
SIR JOHN MUNRO ALEXANDER-
1569 SON.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 29.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, adm. 7th June
1683 1683.
THOMAS ROSS, born 10th Dec. 1768,
1808 ec*uc- at Mai"iscna11 College, Aber
deen, M.A. (1796), and divinity at
Edinburgh; tutor to Sir James Matheson
of the Lewis. His children — Abigail (marr.
James Noble, min. of St Oran's Gaelic
Chapel, Edinburgh); Alexander, private
secretary to President Polk of United
States, American Consul at Rio de Janeiro,
died at sea 1851; Donald, studied for
Church but became merchant in New York;
Georgina (marr. John Thomson, D.D.,
min. of Fourth Presbyterian Church, New
York); Lillian, unmarr.; Kenneth, master
of Martin Luther, died in London 24th Oct.
1855; Thomas; George, manager of Bank
of Hindustan at Yokohama; Jane (marr.
Angus Poison, merchant, Gait, Canada),
died 19th July 1866; Catherine, unmarr.;
Anna, unmarr.; Elizabeth (marr. 12th Oct.
1853 William Sinclair, min., Free Church,
Plockton), died 31st March 1858; Patrick
Campbell, partner in a Commission House,
New York.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, his widow,
1895
Catherine Margaret Clark, died at
Edinburgh 30th April 1935.
LOCHCARRON
MURDOCH MURCHISON, pres.
1582.— [Acts and Dec., Iv, 253.]
(See Lochalsh.)
MURDOCH MACKENZIE, M.A.,
R min., pres. to parsonage 18th July
1582 on death of Alexander the
Grudie.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., xlix, 24.]
1582
682
LOCHCARRON— ULLAPOOL
[PRESB. OF LOCHCARRON
DONALD MACPHAIL, trans, to
1923
Kennethmont 23rd June 1932; trans.
to Kilmany 27th June 1935; died
19th April 1942.
PLOCKTON
SAMUEL NICOLSON, died 18th April
1918 1944.
POOLEWE
WILLIAM CAMERON, his widow,
ao_ Elizabeth Florence Ogilvy, died
1889 June 1927.
1861
SHIELDAIG
ALEXANDER AENEAS RANALD-
SON MACDONELL MACIN-
TYRE, marr. 31st March 1878.
JOHN CURRIE, trans, to Acharacle
6th Nov. 1930; died 29th March
1940.
ULLAPOOL
WILLIAM URQUHART MACNAB,
trans, to Kilcalmonell 17th May
1929.
1919
1920
PRESBYTERY OF SKYE
BRACADALE
LAUCHLAN FRASER, ord. by
Synod 10th Oct. 1642 to serve at
Snizortper vices during the vacancy.
Line 4, for "1641" read "1643"; dep.
1645. The parish had been vacant for four
years in Oct. 1649.— [Synod of Argyll.]
JOHN BETHUNE, was min. before 6th
July 1667. — [Rothesay Parish Re-
loo/ j i
cords.]
DANIEL MACAULAY, his daugh.,
Alice (marr. John Macqueen, min.
1708
of Snizort).
HUGH BLACK, dem. 12th May
1920 1938.
(Charges united llth May 1938.)
DUIRINISH
FINLAY CORMOCSOUN, held the
1560
parsonage and vicarage apparently
at and before 1560; died before 1st
May 1564.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvi, 8.]
MALCOLM MACPHERSON, pres. to
1 566 Parsona§e and vicarage of Duirinish
and St Breda, Harris, in succession
to Finlay Cormocsoun by the Earl of
Argyle 1st May 1564; coll. 18th Dec. 1566;
ratification by the Crown 13th Feb. 1566-7.
—[Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvi, 8.]
ALAN O'COLGAN, adm. about 1600;
trans, to Kilchoan in this parish
1600
about 1614.
1614
EWEN MACQUEEN, adm. in 1614;
designated Mr Hew MacQueen,
min. at Kilvorich (Duirinish); he
was charged by the elders at a meeting of
the Commission of Synod at Kilvorich on
8th July 1642 with neglect of his elders —
"they were in the matter as cyphers," with
negligence in preaching, with failure to have
any celebration of the Lord's Supper, with
the non-appointment of a beadle, and with
absence of censure of adulterers and
fornicators. — [Recs. of Synod of Argyle, 45,
S.H.S.; Earls of Cromartie, 37.]
MARTIN MACPHERSON, adm. here
1644 about 1644, not 1661.
DUGALD MACPHERSON, adm. be-
1667 fore 1667, not 1684.
NORMAN MACLEOD, son of
1717 M. of Oze.
JOHN MACLEOD, brother of pre
ceding; his son, Roderick, a sea-
captain, tacksman of Ballamore,
Bracadalein 1760.
DONALD MACLEOD, marr. Anne,
1754
daugh. of John Maclean, min. of
North Uist. Line 29, for "Alex
ander ' ' read ' ' Andrew " ; for " Balranald ' '
read "Griminish"; line 31, for "Alexan-
drina" read "Margaret"; line 22, add
Alexandrina (marr. (1) Walter Bethune,
(2) — - Watson); Catherine (marr. Angus
Macdonald of Griminish, N. Uist). — [Hist.
oftheMacleods,26S.]
WILLIAM BETHUNE (or Beaton),
1767
marr. Janet, daugh. of John Mac-
kinnon of Glas-na-Kill, Strath
(nephew of Lachlan M., the Skye Bard).
JOHN MACGREGOR SOUTER, lines
1814 20-22 read:
"Cuid dhith na Laiduin
Na-h-cabhra 's na Greugais
'S cheud nach tuig each."
DUNCAN McCALLUM, his daugh.,
Margaret Isabella Anne, died at
Edinburgh 8th Jan. 1936.
683
684
DUIRINISH— KILMUIR in TROTTERNISH
[PRESB. OF
DONALD MACLEAN, his daugh.,
1889 Harriet (marr. 1st Oct. 1932
Roderick Matheson Maclean, min.
of Grange, Grangemouth); Jane (marr.
20th Jan. 1934 Archibald Macdonald,
B.L.); his widow, Harriet Hopkins, died
Strathaven 28th Sept. 1948.
LACHLAN MACLEOD, born Bernera,
1927 Harris, 10th Nov. 1892; son of
Malcolm M., missionary, and Mary
Munro; educ. at Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(July 1921); served in Great War as Lieut.
7th Cameron Highlanders and was a
prisoner of war in West Prussia March to
Dec. 1918; Headmaster, Stockinish School,
Harris, 1921; ord. to U.F. Church May
1927; adm. to united charge 1928; trans, to
Knock 21st Feb. 1930; trans, to St
Columba's, Stornoway, 25th Sept. 1935;
trans, to Kilmichael, Glenurquhart, 22nd
Feb. 1945; adm. to united charge 1st May
1946. Marr. 29th Dec. 1921 Jessie Mary,
daugh. of Murdoch Morrison, min. of
U.F. Church, Bernera, Harris, and has
issue — John Morrison, born 19th Nov.
1922; Mairi Margaret, born 7th Aug. 1924;
Muriel Rhoda, born 10th Nov. 1926;
Calum Alexander, born 25th July 1935.
HALLIN in WATERNISH
JOHN LAMONT, his daugh., Joanna
1845
Elizabeth, died at Inverness 26th
Nov. 1933.
RODERICK McINNES, trans, to Uig
1924 26th March 1928.
KILMUIR in TROTTERNISH
ARCHIBALD MACQUEEN, said to
have been trans, from Snizort (q.v.),
but the Synod, May 1643, ordains
Presb. to admit him here. — [Synod Reg.]
DONALD NICOLSON, marr. (3) Mar-
1663
garet, daugh. of Donald Morrison,
min. of Barvas. He had issue —
Margaret (marr. her cousin, William
Nicolson, in England); Malcolm, M.A.,
licentiate, but never officiated, was tacks-
man of Scorrabreck, Portree; Donald,
tacksman of Stenscholl, Portree; John,
tacksman of Scuddiburgh, Kilmuir; Alex
ander, min., intruded at Kilmuir 1715;
Patrick, min. of Kiltarlity; George, ancestor
of James, Dean of Brechin; James; Jane
(marr. Lauchlan Mackinnon of Corry);
Rachel (marr. 1716 John Macdonald of
Culnancnoc); Mary (marr. Alexander Mac-
queen of Brunistet, son of Archibald M.,
min. of Snizort); Neil; Margaret (marr.
Norman Macdonald of Tetscor); Donald
of Stenscholl; Margaret (marr. Donald
Macdonald of Scuddiburgh); Janet (marr.
Alexander Macdonald of Balranald); John,
died young; Jane; William; John; and five
others. — [Clan Donald, iii, 474; McLaglan
MSS., Glasgow Univ.', Scot. Notes and
Queries, 3 Ser., vi, 212; The Clan Nicolson,
71.]
DUGALD MACPHERSON, min. in
1667. — [Rothesay Burgh Register, i,
303.]
ALEXANDER NICOLSON, son of
Donald N., min. of this parish, and
Margaret Morrison. Marr. (1)
Marion, daugh. of John Macdonald of
Castleton, and had issue — Donald, tacks
man of Aird, Sleat; John, surgeon in Sleat.
DONALD MACQUEEN, his daugh.,
1740
Isabel (marr. (1) James Macdonald
of Cuidreach, who died of fever in
North Carolina in 1780; (2) James Mac
donald of Skeabost, merchant, Portree).
Line 37, for "Jane" read "Janet"; his
son, Donald, tacksman of Ullinish, Braca-
dale, died 17th April 1786.
ROBERT MACGREGOR, bapt. 10th
1822 °Ct* 1767; S0n °f Alexander M- in
Garth, Fortingall and Margaret
Menzies. Marr. 16th Dec. 1804 Janet
Menzies, and had issue — Alexander, born
26th May 1806; Margaret, born 31st July
1808; Isabella, born 16th Aug. 1811; Ann
Brown, born 1818. He was a Gaelic poet.
— [Trans, of Gaelic Society of Inverness,
xxxiii, 3.]
JOHN MAClVER, his daugh., Alexa,
1851 died 28th Sept. 1944.
SKYE]
KILMUIR in TROTTERNISH— SMALL ISLES
685
1926
DONALD ALEXANDER MAC-
DONALD, born lona 21st Sept.
1845, son of John M. and Margaret
MacCormack; educ. at Univ. and Free
Church College, Glasgow; ord. to Free
Church, Fort Augustus, 19th Sept. 1878;
trans, to Free Church, Kilmuir, Feb. 1888;
became min. of united charge 1926; dem.
15th May 1932; died at Edinburgh 26th
Feb. 1934. Marr. 20th Dec. 1898 Frances
Charlotte Jean, daugh. of John Ingram,
min. of Unst, and had issue — Margaret
Augusta, born 9th Dec. 1899, died 15th
Feb. 1912; Frances Mabel, born 31st May
1902; Ian Rainy Ingram, M.D., born 9th
Oct. 1905; Anne Matilda Macphail Croan,
born 15th June 1907, died llth June 1909.
PORTREE
HUGH MACDONALD, suspended
1727
from the exercise of any part of the
ministerial function for four full
weeks from 27th July 1755 for drunkenness.
JOHN NICOLSON, son of John N. of
1756
garry.
Scuddiburgh and Una, daugh. of
Alexander Macdonald of Flodi-
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, line 2, for
1799 "Carelaroch" read "Corlaroch."
HUGH MACARTHUR, his widow,
Mary Macgregor, died 29th Oct.
1919.
1854
ALEXANDER BLACK, died 30th Aug.
Mac-
1H94
Dougall, died 6th March 1933.
SLEAT
The first church is said to have been built
by a priest called Crotach MacGhillie
Gorm — the Hunch-backed son of the Blue
Servitor — and a Canon of Beauly. In a
battle in a neighbouring field in the 17th
century between the Macleods and the
Maclntyres the latter were defeated, and
they sought refuge in the church. The
victors locked the door and, setting fire to
the church, burned both it and the Mac
lntyres. A second church was built by
Macdonald of Sleat in 1691, and it now
stands a ruin beside the church which
replaced it in 1876. — [Barnett's Autumns
in Skye, 64-5.]
1633
NEIL MACKINNON, translated the
Shorter Catechism into Gaelic in
conjunction with Angus Macqueen,
min. of North Uist, for which he received
thanks of Synod of Argyle in 1652. Marr.
Janet, daugh. of Donald Macleod of Dry-
noch. A curious case between him and
Kenneth Mackenzie, parson of Sleat,
recorded Reg. of Deeds, Hay, cccxcvii, 450.
ALEXANDER FRASER, called min.
26th June 1640.— [Argyll Synod
Rec.}
ANGUS MACQUEEN, dep. by the
1669 v*sitors fr°m t*16 syn°d °f Argyll in
1 695 for ' ' neglecting the catechising
for 18 years, being a habitual drunkard and
swearer, quitting the singing of Psalms in
public worship." His daughs. — Margaret
(marr. Roderick Macleod of Gesto); Mary
(marr. (1) 15th July 1705 William Macleod
of Ferinlea, (2) 7th July 1715, Donald Shaw
of Bernisdale, (3) Alexander Macleod of
Greshornish); his son, James, writer in
Sleat 1723; his daugh., Marion (marr. John
Maclean of Muck).— [Clan Gillean, 409.]
EDMUND MACQUEEN, delete
1726 issue.
1915
KENNETH ROSS, his wife, Margaret
Macfarlane, died 18th June 1931.
He died 2 1st June 1939.
SMALL ISLES
MALCOLM MACASKILL, son of
1757
John M. of Rhu-an-dunan. — [Mor
rison MSS., Stornoway Library.}
PETER GRANT, his daugh., Isabella
(Mrs- Robertson) died at Ringwood,
Hants, 26th Dec. 1939, aged 93.
JOHN SINCLAIR, his daugh., Sarah,
1864 died Inverness 1st April 1934.
686
SMALL ISLES— STRATH
[PRESB. OF
ANGUS MACDONALD, his daugh.,
Selma, nursing sister, died Glasgow
13th May 1944.
JOHN STEWART, dem. 16th May 1929,
died 29th May 1933; his daugh.,
Agnes, died 7th Feb. 1927.
1926
SNIZORT
ARCHIBALD MACQUEEN, line 4,
for "12" read "26"; adm. after
1642 10th Oct. 1642, when the charge was
vacant and Synod ord. Lachlan Eraser,
min. of Bracadale, to serve per vices during
the vacancy. Adm. to Kilmuir 1644, but
continued to serve here till 1649, receiving
half of the stipend. — [Records of Synod of
Argyll, 47; Synod Reg., May 1650.]
GEORGE MUNRO, settled about
1650 1650.
DONALD MACQUEEN, adm. before
1667
stated.
6th July 1667; he marr. (1) a lady,
name unknown, and had issue as
ARCHIBALD MACQUEEN, his sons
1706
— Murdoch, tacksman of Skirinish,
Snizort; Archibald, tacksman of
Glentallin; Kenneth, died at Dublin 6th
Feb. 1750.
WILLIAM MACQUEEN, delete "born
1718"; died 21st (not 17th) Sept.
1787. Marr. Alice, daugh. of Daniel
Macaulay, min. of Bracadale.
1753
MALCOLM MACLEOD, his daugh.,
, Christian (marr. Donald Murchison,
Bernisdale, and emigrated to Prince
Edward Island).
RODERICK MACLEOD, had issue-
Mary, born 1824, died 1851 ; Donald,
born 1826, died 1828; Margaret,
born 1829, died 1849; Ann Robertson,
bora 1831, died 1852; Malcolm, bom 1832;
Susan MacAllister, born 1833, died 1855;
Christina, born 1837, died 1858; Jessie, died
at Oban; Isabella, died at Oban; J. W.
Lillingston; John, died at Pau 1842; Dr
1838
Roderick, died April 1922; Colonel James,
C.I.E., V.D., died at Oban April 1919.
ANGUS MARTIN, his son, Nicol of
Glendale, died 15th March 1935;
his daugh., Mary Isabel, died 17th
June 1935.
1886
JOHN MACRURY, line 4, for "as"
read "at"; his daughs. — Mairi
(marr. 5th Dec. 1929 John Herbert
Maclaren, officer of China Navigation Co.,
Hong Kong); Johanna (marr. 12th April
1935 Magnus Ross Mackay, M.C., M.B.,
Ch.B.); his widow, Flora Elizabeth Brown,
died at Edinburgh 10th Dec. 1945.
DUNCAN MACKENZIE, born Jura
1928
10th Aug. 1873, son of George M.
and Catherine MacPhail; educ.
Luing school and Rothesay; licen. by Presb.
of Lochaber 1927; ord. 6th June 1928; died
5th March 1940. Marr. 6th June 1891
Margaret (died 23rd Nov. 1941), daugh. of
Neil Campbell and has issue — John George
Campbell, born 27th Aug. 1903; Catherine,
born 2nd, died 23rd April 1905; Ian Samuel,
born 7th May 1907; Nigel A., min. of Holy-
wood 28th Sept. 1939, born 21st Nov. 1909;
Susan Ann, born 9th Dec. 1911.
STENSCHOLL
JOHN NICOLSON, son of Alexander
1829
N., innkeeper, Kylerhea, and Abi
gail Nicolson. He was uncle of
Sheriff Alexander Nicolson.
CAMERON MACKAY, died Inverness
1913
13th April 1937; his widow, Caroline
D. Macfarlane, died 4th Feb. 1946.
NORMAN LAING, died 27th Sept.
1924 1939.
STRATH
NEIL MACKINNON, see case between
1627
450.]
him and Kenneth Mackenzie, parson
of Sleat.— [Reg. of Deeds, Hay, 379,
DONALD NICOLSON, son of Neil N.
and Kate Macdonald, and grandson
of Donald N., min. of Kilmuir.
SKYE]
STRATH
687
DONALD MACKINNON, born Tar-
_ scavaig, Skye. Marr. Catherine,
daugh. of Neil Maclean of Kil-
phedair and granddaugh. of John Maclean
of Borerey; his daughs. — Marion (marr.
Donald Calder, schoolmaster, Kilmuir);
Mary, died 1860.
DONALD MACKINNON, his sons—
1856
Lauchlan Kenneth, died at Kilbride,
South Yarra, Australia, 24th Aug.
1935; Charles John, resident magistrate,
Basutouland, died 27th March 1935;
Archibald Donald, died at Hove 5th Sept.
1937.
1914
HECTOR MACLEAN, D.D. (Glasgow,
22nd June 1938); killed in motor
accident near Dalwhinnie 30th Nov.
1943; his daughs. — Elizabeth Ramsay
(marr. 26th Oct. 1937 Duncan Harold
Macneil, M.A., LL.B., solicitor, Inverness);
his sons— William, M.B., Ch.B.; Alastair
Donald, M.B., Ch.B., Kingussie; his
daugh., Mairi Ishbel (marr. 16th July 1942
Robert S. Allison, B.Sc.).
PRESBYTERY OF UIST
BARRA
ALEXANDER NICOLSON, had addl.
issue — Jessie (marr. Donald Eraser,
son of min. of Kiltarlity); Malcolm,
died young; Caroline; Malcolm; Grace
Hay.— [Clan Nicolson, 78.]
HENRY BEATSON, a daugh. marr.
William Donald, purser, Dunira
1847
Castle, Glasgow.
ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, line 2,
for "1843" read "1832"; dem.
15th May 1929; died 1st April 1931.
BENBECULA
1781 DUNCAN FERGUSON, 1781-92.
1792 DUNCAN ROBERTSON, 1792.
WILLIAM BETHUNE, born 20th Dec.
1832
1804, son of Alexander B., min. of
Harris.
1869 JOHN MACPHERSON.
1874-5 D. J. MACLEAN.
1878 DUNCAN MAcINTYRE.
1881-2 NEIL MACKINNON.
ANGUS J. MACDONALD, adm. to
1882
Ullapool 18th June 1884, afterwards
of Killearnan.
MURDO MACPHAIL, his daughs.—
1896 Ann (marr. 3rd July 1931 John
Inwood Forrest, Uphall); Norma
(marr. 16th Aug. 1934 Gilbert Sidney
Ferliky, London).
BERNERA
NORMAN MORRISON, trans, to Farr
1917 15th Sept. 1927.
MURDO SMITH, born 24th May 1877;
1928 °rc*' U'F' m^ssi°nary at Strath 1921 ;
trans, and adm. 1928; adm. to
united charge of Bernera and Benbecula
5th May 1932; dem. 19th June 1935; died
19th March 1936. Marr. 17th July 1919
Margaret Matheson, and had issue — Peggy
Main, born 23rd Nov. 1921; Dora Isabel,
born 25th June 1923; Kenneth Donald,
born 19th Feb. 1925; Morag Sybil (twin)
born 19th Feb. 1925.
HARRIS
FINLAY CORMOCSOUN, held the
1560
parsonage and vicarage, apparently
at and before 1560; died before 1st
May 1564.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvi, 8.]
MALCOLM MACPHERSON, pres. to
Duirinish and St Bride's, Harris, in
1566
succession to Finlay Cormocsoun
by the Earl of Argyle 1st May 1564; coll.
18th Dec. 1566; ratification by the Crown
13th Feb. 1564-7.— [Reg. Sec. Seal, xxxvi,
8.]
JOHN MACPHERSON, held Barra in
1625 conjunction.
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of Malcolm C.
1667
of Strone, factor to Macleod; adm.
before 10th July 1667; had issue —
Donald, student of Theology under the
Synod of Glenelg 1674.
AULAY MACAULAY, had a son,
1713 Alexander, student in 1757.
ALEXANDER BETHUNE, his son,
1806 William, min. of Benbecula.
1910 JOHN KERR, died 10th July 1930.
688
PRESB. OF UIST]
NORTH UIST— ST KILDA
689
NORTH UIST
In the parish there is Cladh Chomhghani,
"Comgan's Cemetery," indicating that
there was a chapel dedicated to that saint.
In 1455 the church was designated St
Mary's, Alwasca. The chapel, dedicated to
the Holy Trinity, Teampul-ne-Trianaid,
with the lands of Karynch (Carinish) and
others, was granted to the Abbey of
Inchaffray by Christina, daugh. and heiress
of Alan and lady of Uist, with confirmation
by Reginald, called M'Roary (son of
Roderick), lord of Uist, Godfrith of the
Isles, lord of Uist, on 7th July 1389, and
Donald, lord of the Isles, brother of
Reginald, on 6th Dec. 1410. — [Charters of
Inchaffray Abbey, xlvii, 136, 137; Cal. Papal
Reg., Letters, xi, 286; Watson's Celtic
Place Names, 281.]
JOHN MACLEAN, marr. Ann, daugh.
1708
of Donald Macleod, min. of Duiri-
nish.
DONALD MACQUEEN, his son, John,
1755
student 1776; his daugh., Margaret
(marr. John Maclean, third of
Hosta, North Uist).
ALLAN MACQUEEN, line 10, for
1770 " Codrum ' ' read ' ' MacOdrum. ' '
JAMES MACQUEEN, line 14, for
1 802 " officer ' ' read ' ' Captain. ' '
FINLAY MACRAE, line 18, delete
1818 "andBalranald."
DONALD MACDONALD, dem. 30th
188? June 1837; died 24th March 1940,
unmarr.
ST KILDA
ALEXANDER BUCHAN, he began
1710 his work at St Kilda in Aug. 1704,
that, according to his own state
ment, being the date "when I first went to
the island"; previous to his advent, the
people there did not have "any to instruct
them in the principles of the Christian
Reformed Protestant Religion, nor any to
teach them to read. ' ' He returned to this
country in Aug. 1709, the reason being
"for want of subsistence, there being no
2X
settled maintenance for one in his station
in that place"; indeed, "he was not in a
capacity to go back and continue there
except some assurance be given that he will
be taken care of." Here it was strongly
felt that it would be a serious loss to St
Kilda if his services were no longer avail
able for the island; and accordingly efforts
were made to induce him to return and
resume the work. At the appointment of
the Commission of the General Assembly
he was ord. by the Presb. of Edinburgh on
15th March 1710. On the following day he
pres. to the S.P.C.K. a petition which
reveals something of the spirit that ani
mated him. He points out that "the island
is much upon my heart, and I have denyed
myself the ease and other worldly accom
modations I might have had elsewhere, to
serve the interests of the Gospel in that
place"; now that he had been ord. a min.
of the Gospel for the use of that island,
"in obedience to the call of Providence, the
orders of the Reverend Judicatories of the
Church, and the Desire of the Honourable
Societie, I resolve to return to Hirta and
give myself up to His Service in the Gospel
of His Sone, being persuaded the Societie
will find themselves in dutie and honour
obliged to take care that I and my family
have a competent subsistence." He then
gives expression to his concern about suc
cessors to himself in the work, for "my
tyme cannot be long in the world, the
fatigue and bareness of my diet has brought
me low"; realising the difficulty of pre
vailing upon strangers to go to St Kilda,
and anxious to have "some persons bred
to succeed me in that place," he "had
been at some pains to instruct Finlay
McDonald and Murdo Campbell, two
natives of that island whom I have been
entertaining and learning since August
1704." He had brought them to this
country and was keeping them at school for
reading, writing and music at his own
charges, and as he was about to return to
St Kilda, he was anxious to secure the sum
of 100 merks to maintain them for a year
at the grammar school in Skye. ' * I thought
it my duty for my exoneration to use all
proper means to have the Gospel continued
690
ST KILDA— SOUTH UIST
[PRESB. OF
in that place after I am dead and gone, and
it will ease my mind that I have left this
before you." One further matter was set
forth in a postscript — "I have procured
some books, and charitable persons are
giving me more, and I am resolved to leave
a catalogue of them with your Secretar and
preserve them in the island for the use of
my successors." (The catalogue is re
corded in the minutes of the Society.) On
30th March 1710 the S.P.C.K. app. him
schoolmaster on the island, authorising
and empowering him to "erect and keep
up a school in the said island, and to teach
the inhabitants thereof to read, especially
the Holy Scriptures and other good and
pious books, as also to teach writing,
arithmetick, and such lyke Degrees of
Knowledge, and to use such means for
instructing the people in the Christian
Reformed Protestant Religion as may be
proper"; he was further instructed "to be
careful of Finlay McDonald and Murdo
Campbell and of their education in order to
their being useful in the said island. ' ' Several
promises of financial help were forthcoming,
especially from members of the S.P.C.K.,
who engaged themselves to assist till the
Society was in possession of funds for a
regular grant. If not then, certainly later,
an annual grant was made by the Com
mittee for the Reformation of the High
lands. On 13th April 1710 he settled in the
island for the second time. Success at
tended his labours; but his closing days
were darkened by the ravages of smallpox
some time between 15th Aug. 1727 and 13th
May 1728. According to the report of Mr
Daniel Macaulay, min. of Bracadale, who
visited St Kilda in 1728, of the 21 families
on the island 17 succumbed to the disease,
leaving 26 orphans to be supported by the
surviving four families. Of those whom
Alexander Buchan had taught to read, only
two were left. Among the survivors were
three men and eight boys, who during the
prevalence of the malady were marooned
on a rock whence they had gone in Aug.
1727 to catch a loading of young solan
geese, the chief food of the island. With
his work outwardly ruined, it is small
wonder that Alexander Buchan 's ap
parently fragile health gave way. He died
in Feb. 1729. His wife, Katherine Camp
bell, "a poor widow with diverse chil
dren," was resident in Edinburgh on 2nd
April 1730 when the S.P.C.K. agreed to
petition the Barons of Exchequer to have
her put on His Majesty's Charity Roll.
Two of his sons, George and Dougal, were
boarded on 6th Aug. 1728 with Mr Dewar,
Schoolmaster, Edinburgh, who recom
mended to the S.P.C.K. that Dougal be
apprenticed to a wright in town. The
Society were of the opinion that Dougal be
bred to succeed his father in St Kilda. —
[Recs. of S.P.C.K., ii, 38, 76, 408; iii, 52,
57-8, 59, 71, 186, 625.]
RODERICK MCLENNAN, M.A., was
a student of Divinity when app.;
ord. apparently in June 1730, and
immediately thereafter went to St Kilda. —
[Recs. of S.P.C.K., iii, 384, 396, 410.]
ALEXANDER MACLEOD, delete
1755 entry,' ' same as preceding. ' '
ANGUS MACLEOD, line 16, for
1780 " Royal Navy ' ' read ' ' Army. ' '
1730
1788
LAUCHLAN MACLEOD, line 10,
delete "Admiral R.N."; line 12,
after 1877 add "father of Angus,
Admiral, R.N."
SOUTH UIST
MARTIN MACPHERSON, trans, to
1642 Duirinish about 1644.
JOHN MACAULAY, nephew of Aulay
1772 M., min. of Harris.
RODERICK MACLEAN, his mother
was a daugh. of James Macdonald,
son of the Kingsburgh who be
friended Prince Charles; he was at Corrie
in Skye when Dr Johnson and Boswell
knocked at Mackinnon's hospitable door
there. — [See Boswell's Journal of the Tour
to the Hebrides.}
MALCOLM LAING, trans, to Alness
20th Feb. 1947. Marr. 17th Aug.
1928 Mary Catherine MacRury,
Grogary, South Uist, and has issue — Anne
Margaret, born 23rd Aug. 1929; Eoghann
UIST]
SOUTH UIST— TRUMISGARRY
691
MacRuaraidh, born 2nd Feb. 1931; Mairi
Catriona, born 15th Nov. 1932; Ranald,
born 23rd Dec. 1934; Calum, born 8th Nov.
1936; Christina Kathleen Morag, born 1 1th
Oct. 1938; Mary Normana Agnes, born 9th
Nov. 1942.
(Charge united with Howmore 17 th June
1947.)
TRUMISGARRY
WILLIAM MACQUEEN, marr. Chris-
1824 ^an Ann> daugh. °f William Mac-
leod, tacksman of Fintray, Skye,
who survived him.
WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, son of
1873 Robert M., teacher, Dunvegan.
PRESBYTERY OF LEWIS
1643
BARVAS
DONALD MORRISON, his daugh.,
Margaret (marr. Donald Nicolson,
min. of Kilmuir.)
1858
JAMES STRACHAN, his daugh., Helen
Ross (marr. Dugald Campbell Mc-
Quarrie, New Zealand); his son,
Peter Donald, M.A., M.D., O.B.E., died
at Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa, 7th May
1941.
CROSS
JOHN FINLAYSON, line 1, for
1840 " Mugare ' ' read ' ' Mugary. ' '
JOHN MACPHAIL, died 9th Nov.
1905 1934.
KNOCK
DONALD MACKAY, his daughs.—
Catherine Hughina, died 23rd Jan.
1937; Jessie (marr. John Newall).
1878
LOCHS
DONALD MACALLUM, died 23rd
1889 April 1929.
DUNCAN MATHESON, dem. 31st
Aug. 1943; died 25th Dec. 1944.
Marr. (2) 12th Dec. 1933 Margaret,
daugh. of Donald Macdonald and Annie
Macleod.
STORNOWAY
In the Eye peninsula is Eye burying-
ground with a Norman chapel dedicated to
St Columba.— [Book of Ross, 88.]
DANIEL MORRISON, line 2, for
1689 " Donald" read ' * Roderick. ' '
COLIN MACKENZIE, line 18, for
1789 "11" read "16."
JOHN KENNEDY MACKENZIE,
served in Great War as 2nd Lieut,
in 3rd Cameron Highlanders; trans,
to Fraserburgh 12th June 1929.
1924
UIG
The church was dedicated to St Coman.
—[Cal. Papal Reg., Letters, xi, 284.]
HUGH MUNRO, marr. Janet, daugh.
1777 of John Macaskill.
1928
RODERICK McINNES, trans, from
Hallin-in-Waternish 28th March
1928; suspended by Presb. of Lewis
Dec. 1930, having joined Free Presbyterian
Church; min. in Lewis 1931-6; re-adm. by
General Assembly 24th May 1941. Marr.
30th April 1925 Marion Macaskill, who
died Durness 28th May 1944, and had
issue — Christina, born 6th March 1926;
John, born 3rd April 1930.
692
SYNOD OF ORKNEY
PRESBYTERY OF KIRKWALL
1928
ST ANDREW'S
GAVIN WATT, reader in 1562 and
--,- 1568.— [Comps. Gen. and Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
ARCHIBALD REID, reader in 1568.
1568 (See Holm.)
CUTHBERT HENDERSON, M.A.,
ft- min. on 5th Dec. 1582. — [Acts and
Dec., Iv, 289.]
DAVID WILSON BAIRD, trans, from
Cross and Burness 19th Dec. 1928;
dem. 31st Oct. 1947; his wife,
Minnie Anna McKnight Knox, died 21st
July 1939. Marr. (2) 1st April 1941 Isabel
Macleod Muir; his daughs. — Anne Frances
(marr. 1940 William Fern); Agnes Alex
andra (marr. Frank Hardy).
BURRAY
ROBERT FORSYTH McGARRITY,
trans, to Saughtree 15th Feb. 1929;
died at Edinburgh 8th May 1933;
his wife, Jeannie Gloag, died 1 3th May 1 935.
(Charges united \2th Aug. 1930.)
DEERNESS
HARALD LAMB MOONEY, born 1st
1929 Sept> 1906' Son °^ J°^n M>' Com"
pany secretary, and Isabella Jane
Barren; educ. at Grammar School, Kirk-
wall, and Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1926);
licen. by Presb. of Kirkwall 1st July 1929;
ord. 23rd July 1929; adm. to united charge
8th Sept. 1931.
EVIE and REND ALL
The Church of Evie was dedicated to St
Nicholas. Described as "a poor affair,
annually thatched with straw," it was
deserted in 1788. Chapels in the parish
were St Peter's Kirk at Costa, and the
Kirk of Norrisdale in Woodwick, the
latter apparently being identical with the
Virgin Chapel of Woodwick. The Church
of Rendall was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary; but St Laurence has also been
suggested. It was last occupied in 1794,
and its ruins are situated in the old church
yard near the shore. North-east of the
Hall of Rendall there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Thomas; and there was also a
chapel at Langskail. — [Procs. Orkney An-
tiq. Soc., iv, 35, vi, 71, vii, 43-4; Neile's
Ecclesiological Notes, 27.]
DAVID ANDERSON, vicar-pensionary
-.,- 1564. — [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
JOHN STEWART, reader 1566.—
1566 [ComPs- Sub Co11- of Thirds, Orkney,
etc.]
ROBERT BLACK, pres. on dem. of
1580
Sir John Anderson. — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, 407.]
HARRY SMYTH, min. in 1620, after-
1620 wards of Hoy in 1628.
JAMES MORISON with his wife,
, Elizabeth Ogilvy, had sasine 22nd
May 1676.— [G. R. Sas., 3 Ser.,
xxxiii, 403.]
DONALD ALLAN CAMERON, his
- daugh., Ena Macnee, died at Fort
Augustus 7th Sept. 1932; his wife,
Isabella Jane Macnee, died 25th March
1945.
(Charges united Wth Feb. 1931.)
693
2X'
694 HAM or HOLM— SOUTH RONALDSHAY and BURRAY [PRESB. OF
HAM or HOLM
NICOL CRAIGIE, vicar and exhorter
1562
1562.— [Comps. Gen. Coll of
Thirds.]
ARCHIBALD REID, reader 1568; also
at Deerness. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
1568
Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
JOHN STEWART, pres. to vicarage on
death of Nicol Craigie. — [Reg. Sec.
' Sig., xlvii, 31.]
ROBERT STEWART, marr. Anna
Paplay and had issue — James; Isabel
(marr. 1631 Edward Pottinger, in-
dweller, in Kirkwall).
JAMES GRAHAM, his daugh., Marjory
1688
(marr. Andrew Sinclair, shipmaster,
Shetland).
1895
1915
WILLIAM MOIR, marr. (1) proc. 7th
1724 May 1748.
ANDREW LANG, his widow, Eliza
beth Key Balsillie, died at Edin
burgh 22nd Feb. 1946.
ALBERT JAMES LAING, died 6th
June 1934. Marr. Elizabeth Lawson
Low.
(Charges united \5th March 1945.)
KIRKWALL
There were in the cathedral other altars
with dedications as follows: Our Lady of
Pity; the Holy Trinity; St Olaf; St Mary
the Virgin in the aisle of St Magnus; St
John the Evangelist; St Lawrence; St
Catherine; St Duthac; the Holy Cross; St
Ninian; St James; St Andrew; St Peter; St
Salvator; and St Salvator and St Peter is
also given as the dedication of one altar.
In the parish church of St Ola there was an
altar of Our Lady of Pity, founded in the
early part of the 16th centuiy by John
Leith, burgess of Kirkwall. At Pickequoy
near Kirkwall there was a chapel dedicated
to St Duthac, which appears to have been
erected by William, third Earl of Orkney. —
[Reg. Great Seal, iii, 3102, iv, 1758, 2815,
v, 1047, 1287, 2265, vi, 44, 1038; Procs.
Orkney Antiq. Soc., iv, 30, 32; Procs. Soc.
Antiq. of Scot., xvi, 195; Cal. Scott. Suppli
cations, 81, S.H.S.]
ROBERT FOWLIE, vicar also at
Birsay and Harray 1567. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
JOHN STEWART, reader, Kirkwall,
1567
pres. to vicarage of St Ola 4th Oct.
1580 on death of Sir John Saidler.
SIR JOHN SAIDLER, pres. to vicarage
on death of Sir Magnus Muir. —
1568
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, 21.]
1919
WILLIAM BRUCE, vicar of St Ola and
1620 reader.— [Orkney Sas., 124.]
WILLIAM BARCLAY, trans, to Shaw-
lands, Glasgow, 3rd June 1936; his
son, Ian Robert Garden, born 1st
Nov. 1927; his daugh., Fiona Margaret,
born 24th, died 26th April 1932.
SECOND CHARGE
WILLIAM SCOTT, marr. 30th April
1723 1724.
JAMES WALKER, his daugh., Wil-
1859 helmina, died 26th Feb. 1949.
RENDALL
JOHN LIVINGSTON MACPHEE,
died 12th Sept. 1935; his widow,
Katherine Macdonald, died 26th
July 1945.
(Charge united with former U.F. station
Sth Dec. 1936.)
SOUTH RONALDSHAY
and BURRAY
THOMAS RATTRAY, vicar and reader
1561-2; also at Shapinshay.—
1920
[Comps. Sub Coll. of Thirds, Orkney,
1561
etc.]
JAMES JOHNSTON, min. of Burray
28th April 1574.— [Acts and Dec.,
Iv, 22.]
WILLIAM HALCRO, line 14, for
1590 ' ' Henry ' ' read * ' Ralph. ' '
KIRKWALL]
ST MARY'S, SOUTH RONALDSHAY
695
PATRICK GORTHY GILRUTH,
1851 assistant at Spynie 1846.
1927
JAMES CAMERON STEEN, marr. (2)
17th June 1926 Catherine Mclntosh
Sanderson, daugh. of Charles O. R.
Omand, and has issue — James Cameron,
born 28th June 1927; Letitia Blanche
Cameron, born 27th Oct. 1934.
ST MARY'S,
SOUTH RONALDSHAY
According to tradition the church was
built by one Gallus, who, being expelled
from the country, went on board a ship to
find asylum elsewhere. In a storm the ship
was wrecked, and Gallus jumped upon the
back of a sea-monster. In that perilous
position he prayed to God and vowed to
God that if he reached safety he would
build a church in honour of the Virgin
Mary. Carried to land by the monster, he
fulfilled his vow; and the monster being
changed into a stone of its own colour, he
placed the stone in the church. Early in the
16th century there was in the church a stone
of grey whin 6x4 feet, which bore the
impress of two naked feet. — [Macfarlane 's
Geog. Colls., iii, 310.]
ROBERT WALLACE, his widow, Mar-
1875 garet Marr, died 1st Dec. 1933.
JAMES FORBES, his widow, Mary
1880 Tough, died 1st Oct. 1932.
1925
THOMAS DONALDSON, trans, to
Airth 14th Nov. 1928. Marr. 5th
Aug. 1927 Katherine Mary, daugh.
of Donald MacLennan, and has issue —
Katherine Mary, born 27th Feb. 1929;
Elizabeth Alexandrine, born 31st Aug.
1931.
(Charges united 1th June 1932.)
PRESBYTERY OF CAIRSTON
BIRSAY
The Church of Birsay, dedicated to
Christ, was erected by Earl Thorfinn, dr.
1050. It was the church of the bishopric
prior to the erection of Kirkwall Cathedral.
Earl (St) Magnus, murdered in 1115, was
interred in the church, as was also Earl
Thorfinn. Subsequently the relics of St
Magnus were transferred to St Olaf's
Church, Kirkwall, where they were kept
till they found a resting-place in the cathe
dral. On the Brough of Birsay there was a
church dedicated to St Peter erected in the
llth century. An earlier church there was
dedicated to St Colme.— [The Orkney niga
Saga, Pref., xcv-vi, xcviii, 44, 67; Proc.
Orkney Antiq. Soc., iii, 24-5.]
ROBERT MAITLAND SOUTER, dem.
1908 13th Jan. 1942, died 21st April 1943.
FIRTH and STENNIS
The Church of Firth was dedicated to
the Virgin Mary, as was also the chapel on
the island of Damsay. The Church of
Stennis was dedicated to the Holy Cross. —
[Macfarlane's Geog. Coll, iii, 307; Proc.
Orkney Antiq. Soc., iv, 22, 31, v, 51.]
WILLIAM MUREHEAD, pres. to
1560 vicara8e lst Dec- 1579 on deatn of
Sir James Layng. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, 25.]
HENRY COLVILLE, brother to
1580 Robert C. of Cleish, pres. to
vicarage of Orphir and Stennis 6th
June 1580 on death of Magnus Halcro, and
to parsonage and vicarage 30th July 1580.
—[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 35, 38.]
ANDREW GRAHAM, marr. Christian,
1782
daugh. of John Scott in Kirkwall,
and had issue — Janet, born 24th
Feb. 1727; Elspeth, born 8th Feb. 1728;
James, born 9th July 1729; John, born 17th
April 1731.
PETER BARR REID, dem. 9th Nov.
1918 1927; died at Ayr 23rd May 1941;
his widow, Letitia Caskey, died 15th
April 1947.
ALEXANDER BURNETT, born 18th
1929 Feb. 1873; son of Andrew B.,
Kiltarlity, and Mary Macdonald;
educ. at Raining School, Inverness; on
Blantyre Mission Staff, Nyasaland, 1900-
25; on home service with Foreign Mission
Committee 1925-9; licen. by Presb. of
Cairston 12th June 1929; ord. 22nd June
1929. Marr. 25th Aug. 1905 Jessie Barclay
(died 27th May 1938), daugh. of James
Dewar, and had issue — Andrew Ian, born
24th Oct. 1906, min. of Newhaven 1931;
trans, to Springburnhill 31st March 1937;
James Alexander, born 12th Feb. 1909;
Robert Dewar, born 31st July 1913. Marr.
(2) llth April 1940 Sarah Kate Clappen,
Cropstown, Leicester.
(Charges united 1st Aug. 1945.)
HARRAY and BIRSAY
ROBERT FOWLIE, min. in 1562;
archdeacon of Orkney. — [Comps.
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
(See Kirkwall.)
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, had been
-,,, blind fourteen years 1687.— [P. C.
1666 „ ,, 0 -„ .... , ... ,
Reg., 3 Ser., 13, xx, xhn, xlvm.]
JOHN GARSON, his son, John George,
M.D., Ewell, Surrey, died 31st May
1932.
WILLIAM JOHN STEELE DICKEY,
1895 his widow, Elizabeth Rachel Fergu
son, died Kella, Co. Londonderry,
9th July 1936; his daugh., Mabel Elizabeth
696
PRESB. OF CAIRSTON] HARRAY— SANDWICK and STROMNESS
697
Anne (Mrs Allison), died Belfast 9th Sept.
1946.
GEORGE FREDERICK COX, app.
__- Clerk to Presb. of Orkney March
1930.
(Charges united 1st Feb. 1946.)
HOY
In the parish there was a chapel dedi
cated to St Columba.— [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
iv, 2472.]
JOHN MOLYSON, vicar pensioner and
reader 1562-8. — [Comps. Gen. and
Sub Coll. of Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
1562
JAMES STRACHAN, marr. Beatrix
1688
Gordon. — [Orkney Sas., vi, 31,
1697.]
ALEXANDER MAIR, marr. 23rd May
1698 1695.
JAMES DUNCAN ANDERSON, died
1895 9th Dec. 1937.
ORPHIR
MAGNUS HALCRO of Brugh, natural
1560
son of Andrew H.; he died before
1580; his natural daugh., Jonet, on
31st March 1587 received Royal Letters of
Legitimation which willed that her sons
Henry and Robert Elphingstone be the heirs
of said Jonet and her father, Magnus. —
[Reg. Great Seal, v, 1045, 1177, vii, 159.]
HENRY COLVILLE, pres. 1580 on
1580
death of Magnus Halcro. — [Reg.
Pres. Bene., i, (4), 35.]
PATRICK WATERSTON, his mother,
1610 Margaret Fairlie.
EDWARD IRVINE, son of Patrick I.
of Lee in Quholm, Orkney. — [Orkney
Sas., 16th July 1712, 13th Dec.
1715.]
JAMES SABISTON, born Flotta 26th
1927
Jan. 1882; son of Gavin S. and Janet
Sutherland; educ. at Flotta Public
School and Church of Scotland Normal
College, Aberdeen; schoolmaster, Tain;
missionary, Blantyre Staff, Nyasaland;
served in R.N.V.R. in German East Africa
in Great War; schoolmaster, Tankerness;
licen. by Presb. of Cairston 27th July 1927;
ord. 30th Aug. 1927; trans, to Bourtie 3rd
Feb. 1933; died 9th Nov. 1938. Marr. llth
Nov. 1909 Jean Ann, daugh. of Joseph
Simpson, farmer, and had issue — Kenneth,
born 15th Nov. 1910; Mary, bora 17th
Sept. 1912; James, born llth Sept. 1915;
Louis, born 8th Jan. 1921 ; Ernest Bowman,
born 17th April 1925.
SANDWICK
JAMES RAE MURDOCH, dem. llth
1904 Nov. 1935; died 22nd Feb. 1938;
his son, James Rae, assistant St
Mark's, Dundee, drowned 4th March 1937.
(Charges united Uth Jan. 1936.)
STENNIS
The Church of Stennes was dedicated to
the Holy Rood. The Church of Firth was
dedicated to the Virgin, and the same dedi
cation pertained to the chapel on the isle of
Damsay. The present church was erected
in 1813. In the village of Finstown there
was a chapel called the "Black Chapel. ' '-
[Procs. of the Orkney Antiq. Soc., iv, 22, 31,
v, 51, 53, 54; Macfarlane's Geograph. Colls.,
\\\, 307.]
GEORGE RAYMOND MURISON,
1889
died 12th Feb. 1931; his daugh.,
Isabel Heriot Gordon (marr. 14th
Aug. 1930 Victor Stewart Clouston, bank
accountant); his widow, Jeanie Moir
Irvine, died at Aberdeen 21st Jan. 1946.
(Charge united with former U.F. Mission
Station Uth Feb. 1935.)
SANDWICK and STROMNESS
The chapel in the township of Yesnaby
was situated about 100 yards from the
shore at the Noust of Bigging, where there
are traces of a churchyard. It appears to
have been identical with the Chapel of St
Bride near Forsewell. — [Procs. Orkney
Antiq. Soc., in, 27.]
1561 ANDREW WHYTE, reader.
698 SANDWICK, STROMNESS— WALLS, FLOTTA [PRESS. OF CAIRSTON
JOHN DUNCANSON, M. A.— [Comps.
1561 Sub Coll of Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
JOHN GARDYNE, min. before 6th
1619 March 1619.
THOMAS DANIEL WINGATE, his
daugh., Helen Murray, died at Lyn-
stone, Exmouth, 29th Dec. 1940; his
son, John Bruce of Sumburgh, died 8th
Sept. 1939.
JOHN MAIR HUTCHEON, had issue
— William Douglas, bom 23rd Nov.
1916; Isabella Nora, born 27th June
1918 (marr. 4th July 1942 Alexander
Thomson Smith, M.A., B.Com.); Laura
Ella, born 4th Nov. 1922; Raymond, born
27th Sept. 1925; Robert Mackinnon, born
27th Sept. 1925.
1925
WALLS and FLOTTA
JOHN MOLYSON, vicar pensioner and
reader. — [Comps. Gen. and Sub Coll.
of Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
ADAM MOODIE, min. here when
t_ _ pres. in 1577.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 58.]
JOHN KEITH, had issue— Ann, bapt.
8th June 1708; Archibald, bapt. 12th
June 1709; Jean, bapt. 8th March
1711; Edward, bapt. 12th Feb. 1712;
Charles, bapt. 21st Oct. 1713; Isabella,
bapt. 7th March 1715.
LOUIS CLARENCE DUNCAN
1707
1918
DOUGLAS, dem. 15th Nov. 1926;
adm. to Murthly 16th Feb. 1928.
PRESBYTERY OF THE NORTH ISLES
CROSS and BURNESS
There was in the parish a chapel dedi
cated to St Augustine. — [Proc. Orkney
Antiq. Soc., iv, 34.]
WILLIAM PIERSON, designated
reader April 1 577. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
v, 1047.]
1560
WILLIAM COCHRANE, assistant,
1657
Aberdour, Fife, 1656-7.— [Ross 's
Aberdour and Inchcolm, 231-4.]
MURDOCH MACKENZIE, marr.
1704
Janet Thomson. — [Orkney Sas., vii,
217.]
MATTHEW FISHER, his son, Harold,
1866 died Aug. 1937.
DAVID WILSON BAIRD, trans, to
1925 St Andrew's 19th Dec. 1928.
EDAY and FARAY
DAVID SUTHERLAND, died 28th
1920 Oct. 1935.
(Charges united 9th June 1931.)
LADY
JOHN GRAHAM, parson 18th Sept.
1568; rector 9th April 1586 and 12th
May 1587.— [Cal. of Charters, x,
2129; Reg. Mag. Sig., v, 1220.]
ALEXANDER CLUNE, pres. 23rd
April 1585.— [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii,
133.]
JAMES COCK, marr. Jean Sinclair.—
t_Q_ [Reg. House Charters, x, 8th May
1585 1596.]
THOMAS COCK, marr. Janet Scollay.
1635 —\-Cnarter and Sas-> 1628> Orkney
and Shetland Documents.]
1647
PATRICK WEMYSS, described as
having "for many years been put
from his charge for his loyalty and
affection to His King's Majestic," "with
his wife and children forced to live on
charity of good people, ' ' he received from
Parliament on 6th June 1662 a grant of the
vacant stipend of Lasswade for crop and
year 1659.— [Acts Scott. Parl., vii, 375.]
THOMAS LYALL, had issue— Mr
1675
Thomas; Robert.— [Deeds Dal.,
1706, No. 849.]
JOHN H ARDIE PEARSON, his widow,
Mary McCririck, died 26th Nov.
1931.
1900
HENRY SMITH, died llth May 1932;
Q10 his daughs. — Jane Mary Cruick-
shank, died 23rd Nov. 1929; Cecilia,
died 2nd July 1919.
(Charges united \4th March 1933.)
NORTH RONALDSHAY
CUTHBERT HENDERSON, M.A.,
was min. here in 1585, when James
Cock, M.A., was alleged to be min.
of the same.— [Acts and Dec., 135, 281,
15th and 16th June 1592.]
WILLIAM RICHMOND SCOTT, dem.
26th June 1929; died at Tarbrax,
West Calder, 30th Nov. 1944.
(Charges united \2th May 1931.)
1908
PAPA WESTRAY
MATTHEW RICHMOND, died 19th
1911 Jan. 1944.
699
700
ROUSAY and EGILSAY— WESTRAY
[PRESB. OF
ROUSAY and EGILSAY
The Church of Rousay was probably
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The Chapel
of St Peter, called ' ' Cobbie Rows Chapel, ' '
on the Island of Weira, probably of 12th
and 13th century, may have been built by
Bishop Bear in 1188-1223, son of Kolbein
Hruga.
The Church of Egilsay was probably
built after the conversion of the Norsemen
in 998. The upper chamber of the chancel
was doubtless the priest 's room, but tradi
tionally it is said to have been used as a
prison. That is said to account for its title,
' ' the Grief House. ' ' But that designation
may have been bestowed upon it because
the body of Earl Magnus had been laid
there after his assassination by the fol
lowers of his cousin Hakon at a conference
called by the Bishop on the Isle of Egilsay
for the purpose of composing the difference
between the cousins. A proposal has been
made to restore the church. — [Procs.
Orkney Antiq. Soc., ii, 19; Orkneyinga Saga,
xcvi, xcvii.]
THOMAS BENSTOUN, vicar and min.
1561 —[Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
LAURENCE YOUNG, parson and
reader 1561.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
JOHN BALFOUR, vicar 1568. (See
1568 Westray.)
DAVID WATSON, marr. cont. 21st
anc*
June
1626 " Janet, daugh.
of James Stewart of Graemsay and
Helen Monteith of Egilshay. — [Perth Sas.,
2 Ser., iv, Aug. 1636.]
ALEXANDER SPARK, his widow,
1885
Jane Hannah Reid, died 14th Jan.
1940.
RODERICK ERASER, trans, to Lin-
1923 trathen 30th Sept. 1925.
(Charges united \5th Nov. 1932.)
SHAPINSAY
THOMAS RATTRAY, vicar and reader
1561 1561-2. (See South Ronaldsay.)
DUNCAN COLQUHOUN KERR, his
1898 widow, Penelope Charlotte Camp
bell Grandison, died 7th Oct. 1932.
ROBERT HILL RICHMOND, trans.
1920 to Coull 4th July 1928.
(Charges united 9th May 1933.)
STRONSAY
There was a chapel dedicated to St
Salvator, the patronage of which was held
by the family of Halcro of that ilk. The
endowment included ' ' the nine-penny land
of Grobustar, with three towmales of
Grobustar."— [Cal. Laing Charters, 1836,
2502.]
1569
JAMES MAXWELL, M.A., pres. llth
March 1540-1 to the Altar of St
Catharine in Kirkwall Cathedral in
succession to Sir John Maxwell. — [Reg.
Sec. Seal, ii, 3893; Reg. Great Seal, v,
1287.]
ALEXANDER SOMERVILLE, eldest
1635
son of William S., merchant, Edin
burgh; adm. burgess of Edinburgh
28th June 1643.
1901
WILLIAM ELMSLIE WILKIE
BROWN DEMPSTER, died at
Slamannan 1st March 1933.
ROBERTSON MILLER, formerly of
Tewchar (q.v.), adm. 6th Feb. 1929;
dem. 14th July 1931 ; adm. to charge
in Presb. Church of Canada.
(Charges united \0th Nov. 1931.)
WESTRAY
In 1585 it is narrated there is no such
kirk as the Cross Kirk of Westray, but the
Cross parsonage is assigned to the min.
there.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.]
WILLIAM ANNAND, M.A., pres. to
1566
parsonage of Cross Kirk of Westray
5th Dec. 1566, ratified 26th April
1569 on death of Alexander Scott.— [Reg.
Pres.Bene., i, 21.]
NORTH ISLES]
WESTRAY
701
JOHN BALFOUR, vicar in 1568, also
at Rousay. — [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
1568
1626
DAVID WATSON, marr. cont. 21st
and 22nd June 1630 Janet, daugh.
of James Stewart of Graemsay
and Helen Monteith.— [Perth Sas., v, 59,
90.]
WILLIAM BLAW, had issue— James;
1699 •Janet (marr- James Spence, N.P.);
Sarah (marr. Thomas Loutit of
Lyking); Elizabeth (marr. Thomas Mac
kenzie of Noup); Jean (marr. Andrew
Cowan, min. of this parish); Marion (marr.
William Manson, Notary); Barbara, un-
marr.; Ann, unmarr.; Thomas; William;
Marjory (marr. Thomas Traill of Tirlot).
SYNOD OF SHETLAND
PRESBYTERY OF LERWICK
BRESSAY, BURRA and QUARFF
ALEXANDER KINCAID, was vicar
some time of Burra subsequent to
1560. (See Walls.)
JOHN MAcQUHAILL, reader in 1567
and 1568.— [Comps. Sub Coll. of
Thirds, Orkney, etc.]
1567
JOHN DUNCAN, his son, John, ap
prenticed to James Hunter, wright,
Edinburgh, 26th June 1734.
(Charge united with St Olafs, Lerwick,
2\st Oct. 1945.)
DUNROSSNESS
In Pitcairn's Report of the Revenues of
the Parochial Benefices of Shetland early in
the 17th century there are enumerated
under Dunrossness four churches, St
Matthew, St Magnus, St Colme, and St
Paul, corresponding to Dunrossness, Sand-
wick, Cunningsburgh, and Fair Isle. Each
of the churches of Dunrossness and Fair
Isle was designated the Cross Kirk. That
might indicate that they were dedicated to
the Holy Rood. It may be, however, that
the designation arose from the cruciform
shape of the buildings, and that, as indi
cated, the respective dedications were St
Matthew and St Paul. Dunrossness
Church was situated near the sea at Quen-
dale till 1790, when a new church was built
some distance away. Within the church
there was a chaplainry called the Prebend
or Chaplainry of the Cross Stouk, of which
in 1578 David Sinclair was perpetual pre
bendary. ' ' St Peter 's Stowke ' ' on the Fair
Isle may indicate some ecclesiastical
revenue or, more probably, a small building
attached to the church with an altar dedi
cated to St Peter. From 1593 Sandwick
was attached to Dunrossness. — [Procs. Soc.
of Antiq. of Scot., xvi, 197, xviii, 295, 297,
298, 302; Mill's Diary of Shetland, 195;
Reg. Great Seal, v, 1723.]
GEORGE BELLENDEN, vicar 1561.—
1561 [Comps. Gen. Coll. of Thirds.}
WALTER ECHLINE, M.A., pres. to
156g vicarage 14th Jan. 1569 on death of
George Bellenden.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
14th Jan. 1569.]
ALEXANDER THOMSON, M.A.,
t _7ft pres. to vicarage 24th Nov. 1 570 on
death of Henry Echline.— [Reg.
Pres.Bene.,i, (2), 11.]
JOHN DRYNNANE (Drennan), M.A.,
1574 pres. to vicarage 4th April 1574 on
death of Alexander Thomson. —
[Reg. Pres. Bene., i, (4), 18.]
MALCOLM SINCLAIR, pres. on death
1575 of John Kingson. — [Reg. Pres. Bene.]
WILLIAM BRAND, his daugh., Mary,
10 -.ft died at Corstorphine 12th March
1930.
MILLAR OGILVIE, trans, to Rattray
1927 16th May 1929.
FAIR ISLE
JAMES WILLIAMSON, line 4, for
1731 "1744" read "llth Sept. 1739."
LERWICK
THOMAS MILLER, his son, William,
1740 died in Jamaica 24th Oct. 1791.
702
PRESB. OF LERWICK]
LERWICK— WHITENESS
703
1910
WILLIAM MARSHALL TAIT, died
1st March 1931. Marr. (2) 13th
June 1928 Constance Margaret
Woods; his daugh., Isabel Mary, secretary,
St Marylebone Hospital; his son, Herbert,
in Indian Civil Service.
ARCHIBALD MACINTYRE, dem.
16th May 1933; his daugh., Ruby
(marr. 17th Dec. 1937 David Darby
Palmer, Colonial Service, Malaya).
QUARFF
DAVID JOHNSTONE, his daugh., Ger-
1882
trude, died 24th Sept. 1936; his son,
David, bank accountant, Union
Bank, died at Whitehills Manse, Grange,
23rd Jan. 1942.
JOHN LOVE, died at Edinburgh 28th
1910 Jan. 1932.
CHARLES DAVIDSON, died 12th
1917
Aug. 1930; his widow, Sarah Lind
say Neill, died 4th Nov. 1930.
SAND WICK
CHARLES NAIRNE BALDIE, his
widow, Elizabeth Powrie, died at
Glasgow 3rd Dec. 1930.
1885
TINGWALL, ETC.
The Church of Whiteness was dedicated
to St Ola, and was known as St Ola's Chair.
The Church of Weisdale was dedicated to
the Virgin Mary. Of old it was much fre
quented by people who held the belief that
by making an offering at the shrine of Our
Lady they would be delivered from any
trouble under which they were labouring.
Tradition tells that the inception of the
church was due to two wealthy ladies, who,
overtaken by a storm at sea, made a vow
to Our Lady that if deliverance was vouch
safed to them they would in honour of her
erect a church at the spot when they landed.
Weisdale was the place of their deliverance;
and at once they proceeded to fulfil their
vow. Each morning, it is further stated, the
masons engaged on the construction of the
building found at the site as many stones
as they required during the day. In Ting-
wall parish there was a chapel dedicated to
St Giles with an endowment of lands in the
town of Ousta extending to 24 merks of the
land, with le skattis, Hoiswick, Cunnisburg,
Quarfe, and Uterbuster, and also the island
of lie Holm of Ousta.— [Reg. Great Seal,
v, 1045.]
JEROME CHEYNE, vicar, archdeacon
of Zetland.— [Comps. Gen. Coll. of
Thirds.}
1561
JOHN MITCHELL, died before 6th
1629 Aug. 1659.— [Shetland Sas., iii, 363.]
DAVID ALBERT MURDOCH, trans.
1924 to Newton on Ayr 14th Nov. 1928.
JOHN MARSHALL, born 1st Dec.
1929
1897, son of Henry M. and Mary
Elizabeth Grace Margaret Rogers;
educ. at Whitehaven School and Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1928); teacher in Egypt
1920^ and Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Lerwick 10th May 1929; assistant Inveresk
1927; ord. 10th May 1929; trans, to Crieff
West 14th Oct. 1931; dem. 26th March
1936; adm. to Hanley Presbyterian Church,
Staffordshire, 1937. Marr. llth July 1921
Jane Ann, daugh. of James Rose Mac-
pherson, min. of Dingwall.
WHITENESS
WILLIAM GORDON, his son, William
Andrew, schoolmaster, Crathes,
died 28th Oct. 1933, aged 31.
1882
CHARLES LEYS, dem. 12th Nov. 1935;
1926
adm. to Rothes High 29th Jan. 1936;
died 7th Dec. 1943.
PRESBYTERY OF BURRAVOE
FETLAR
JOHN REID, vicar
1560 1562.
1560, died
WILLIAM LAUDER, M.A., notary
1562
public at Kirkwall 1560, pres. by
Bishop Adam Bothwell to pre
bendary of Woodwick, in Orkney and
Fetlar, 1563; had also charge of Unst
1567-74 and Yell in 1567; was chamberlain
of the Bishop and was imprisoned at Edin
burgh in 1569 for non-production of his
accounts; res. vicarage of Yell in 1592 and
probably died shortly thereafter. Marr.
Elspeth Kennedy, who survived him and
was alive in 1604, and had issue — James,
min. of Yell; Thomas; and possibly
Abraham.
MATTHEW LITSTER, pres. 14th Oct.
1 574 to vicarage, reader here and in
1574
Yell.
JAMES LAUDER, vicar in 1593 here
1593 and in Yell.
JOHN BONAR, his son, William,
apprenticed to Andrew Bruce, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 28th Nov. 1744.
1729
JAMES ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
1881
his widow, Eliza Wallace Hunter,
died at Lerwick 1st Dec. 1938; his
son, James, M.B., Ch.B., Aberdeen, Lieut.
R.A.M.C., served in Macedonia 1918-19.
WILLIAM GRAHAM CARSON, born
Auldearn 1891, son of James C.,
schoolmaster, and Jessie Grant; be
came schoolmaster at Olnafirth School,
Voe, 1911; assistant Lerwick Central
School 1913-15; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow,
M.A.; missionary and assistant in St Paul's,
Glasgow; ord. 25th Sept. 1922; died on
board Earl of Zetland steamer llth Sept.
1937. Marr. 30th June 1923 Janet Houston,
daugh. of Alexander Hill, writer, Glasgow,
and Annie Park, and had issue — Annie
Park, born 1924; Janet Grant, born 6th
May 1928; James Grant, born 19th Dec.
1935.
UNST
The Lady Kirk of Aluastel occurs on
13th Nov. 1455. — [Transcripts from Vatican,
iii, MS., Gen. Reg. House.}
SIR ANDREW HILL, vicar in 1528,
held office at Reformation but
doubtful if he conformed; was vicar
15th June 1560; died after 27th July 1567.—
[Cal. of Charters, ix, 1844.]
WILLIAM LAUDER, min. of Fetlar
1567 (#.v.), had also charge here.
FRANCIS BOTHWELL, designated
1560
1568
1574
perpetual vicar 12th Nov. 1572;
nephew of bishop. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., v, 2389.]
JAMES HAY, pres. 1574 on death of
Francis Bothwell; dep. for non-
residence 1592.— [Reg. Pres. Bene.,
i, (4), 28.]
PETER MAXWELL, min. in 1585,
1585 afterwards min. of Fetlar.
ALEXANDER CRAIG, intruded at
Fraserburgh, where, on llth June
1706, he was deprived by Privy
Council.— [P. C. Acta, llth June 1706.]
JOHN HAY, his sons— William, appren
ticed to William Mein, merchant,
Edinburgh, 25th April 1744;Thomas,
apprenticed to Patrick Henderson, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 22nd Aug. 1744.
JOHN INGRAM, his daugh., Caroline
1838 Augusta, died 20th Jan. 1944.
1720
704
PRESB. OF BURRAVOE]
UNST— SOUTH YELL
705
1869
WILLIAM SMITH, his son, Laurence
Dundas, LL.B., died at Winnipeg
17th Nov. 1925.
(Charges united 1st Jan. 1931.)
MID YELL
FALLOWSDAILL,
1562
JAMES ±<ALLUWSL>AJLLL, son OF
brother of David F., prebendary of
Kirkwall, was vicar of Yell in 1542
and joined the reformed church in 1560,
but was only app. reader; died before 14th
Oct. 1574; had issue — David of Lumbister
and probably Janet in Windhouse in 1600.
MATTHEW LITSTER, reader here and
1574 inFetlar, 1574-9.
PETER MAXWELL, min. here and in
1593 Fetlar.
JAMES LAUDER, M.A., son of Wil-
Ham L., min. of Fetlar, pres. to
vicarage 1st Feb. 1592-3 on resigna
tion of his father. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Ixv, 12.]
JAMES BARCLAY, his daugh., Mary
1844 Isabella Buist, died 29th May 1937.
GEORGE ALBYN DOUGLAS
LAURIE, died unmarr. llth July
1928.
1918
SOUTH YELL
JOHN WATSON, his widow, Grace
1876 Reid, died 3rd May 1936.
ANDREW NOBLE SCOTT, his widow,
Jessie A. N. Macmanus, died 21st
Nov. 1942.
1920
2Y
PRESBYTERY OF OLNAFIRTH
BELTING
JOHN DENOON, pres. in 1573 on
death of Donald . — [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 17.]
1573
1589
ROBERT WOOD, M.A., pres. to
vicara§e 20th June 1589 on death
of John Denoon. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.,
JOHN DUNCAN McINTYRE, his
1846
daughs. — Elizabeth Harrison, died
6th Aug. 1932; Andrienne Alexan
dra, died Levenhall 25th Jan. 1940.
KENNETH ALEXANDER MAC-
192Q LEAY, died 26th Dec. 1931; his
second wife divorced. Marr. (3)
22nd Nov. 1928 Christian Maclntyre.
JOHN MCLAREN WILSON, dem. nth
1926 June 1929.
NESTING
ALEXANDER SPITTAL, his pres.
printed in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries
(N.S.), iv, 198, 20th April 1882, and
in Antiquities of Shetland, 147.
1567
1847
ALEXANDER WATSON SHAND, his
son, James, died at Broughty Ferry
8th Nov. 1929.
JOHN HENDERSON MACKENZIE,
1924 adm. to Carfin 30th July 1929.
LUNNA
WILLIAM STABLES SMITH, died at
1900 Edinburgh 30th March 1939.
NORTHMAVINE
There was in the parish "ane small
Stowk called 'St Michael's Stowk.' '
[Proc. Soc. of Antiq., xviii, 297.]
1577
ALEXANDER LAWSON, reader, pres.
to vicarage llth July 1577 and 1st
March and 22nd Sept. 1578 on
death of Sir John Gifford.— [Reg. Pres.
Bene., i, (4), 587.]
JAMES PITCA1RN, pres. in 1579 on
death of Sir John Gifford and also
19th Nov. 1578 on dem. of Alex
ander Lawson. — [Reg. Pres. Bene., ii, 9.]
1579
JOHN MACDONALD, his widow,
Mary Armstrong Peck, died 9th
Jan. 1933.
1889
SANDSTING and ARTHSTING
It is said that men saved from the wreck
of the Spanish Armada in 1 588, in gratitude
for their preservation and for the kindness
shown them here, built a church at Sand
about a mile and a half from the holm, and
dedicated it to the Virgin Mary. When the
Reformation reached Sandsting about
1600, the church was used by the Protes
tants, and in 1760-70 it was allowed to
become a ruin. In addition to the church
at Sand in Sandsting there was a church at
Twatt in Aithsting, and their place was
taken by a central church in 1780.
WILLIAM ROSE, his sons— Alfred
Ernest, died at Park Vale, Carterton,
New Zealand, 10th Nov. 1928;
James, W.S., Depute Town Clerk, Rothe-
say, died 7th March 1941; William John,
died Edinburgh 21st Oct. 1942; Thomas
Montford Adie, died Edinburgh 31st Jan.
1943; his daugh., Wilhelmina Adie, died
2nd Nov. 1943.
JOHN MACLEAN, dem. 30th June
1931, died at Edinburgh 2nd Jan.
1936; his son, Hugo Baillie, D.D.,
min. of Queen Street, Broughty Ferry, 1 1th
1864
706
PRESS. OF OLNAFIRTH] SANDSTING and ARTHSTING— WHALSAY
707
1567
April 1938; his widow, Jessie Lindsay Arm
strong, died 24th Nov. 1939; his son,
Herbert Stewart, min. of Coldstream West
and Galston.
WALLS and SANDNESS
MAGNUS MURRAY, vicar; this may
1564 refer to Walls in Orkney.
ALEXANDER KINCAID, sometime
servitor to the Bishop 1580 and to
the Earl of Orkney, vicar here before
23rd March 1567-8 and also of Bressay and
Burra, died after 2nd April 1587.— [Reg.
Mag. Sig., v, 80, 1181; Proc. Soc. of Antiq.
of Scotland, xviii, 296.]
ROBERT ANDREW, died at Edin
burgh 3rd May 1944; his daugh.,
Vaila (marr. 31st July 1935 Alex
ander Sutherland Mowat, M.A., Professor,
Dalhousie College, Halifax, Nova Scotia).
Addl. issue — Theodore Philip Simpson
Stewart, born 6th Nov. 1930; Allan Urqu-
hart, born 14th June 1933.
1885
THEODORE ANDREW, trans, to
1926
Chapelshade, Dundee, 20th March
1930; trans, to Kineff 21st Sept.
1933; trans, to Torthorwald 10th Oct.
1946.
WHALSAY
CHARLES STOBIE, died at Ferryport-
1876 on-Craig Manse 9th Dec. 1935.
MATTHEW DON, died 15th June 1930.
191? His estate of £4,000 fell to the
Crown ultima haeres.
ANGUS MACKAY, line 4, for "Lux-
1Q2_ more" read "Luxmoore"; M.A.,
St Andrews (1923); dem. 26th Nov.
1935; died at Cambridge 13th May 1943.
Marr. (1) 5th July 1928 Emily Brown,
M.A., daugh. of Alexander, architect,
Aberdeen, and Marjory Brown; she died
7th Aug. 1929; (2) 9th Oct. 1930 Edith
Gerard, daugh. of George Stony and
Edith Gerard.
ARCHBISHOPS
JAMES
1578 Janet.
GLASGOW
BO YD, had
a daugh.,
WALTER STEWART, delete from
"Having done so," etc., to "Vol.
iii, 352. ' ' Afterwards Lord Trea
surer, created Lord Blantyre 1606; died
8th March 1617.
1587
PATRICK LINDSAY, his wife, Helen
Whitelaw, buried at Deane, Lanca
shire, 14th March 1642.— [Scot.
Notes and Queries, 3 Ser., viii, 118.]
JOHN PATERSON, was a prisoner in
1687 Edinburgh Castle 21st Jan. 1692;
his son, Alexander, writer, adm.
burgess of Edinburgh 10th Sept. 1708; his
daugh., Alice, marr. Oct. 1688. — [Laing
Charters, 2894.]
ST ANDREWS
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, had issue,
1604 George.
708
BISHOPS
ABERDEEN
PETER BLACKBURN, held the lands
and barony of Dyce, and also part
of the lands of Endowie, Alford;
proclamation of marriage with Isabel John
ston 13th Oct. 1586; his son, Peter, served
heir to his father 17th July 1616, in lands
and barony of Dyce and in Meikle Endowie
and died in (buried in the "auld kirk,"
Aberdeen, 9th Oct.) 1619; his son, William,
M.A., burgess of Aberdeen, was served heir
to his brother Peter, in part of Endowie,
30th Nov. 1619; his daugh., Isabel, ap
parently identical with Isabel Blackburn,
wife of James Rait, min. of Aberlethnot;
if Archibald Blackburn, min. of St Nicolas',
Aberdeen, was a son, he was born of an
earlier marriage. — [Aberdeen Reg.; Retours,
vi, 115, 140, vii, 183; Aberdeen Sas., i, 164
(1601), ii, 168 (1620), v, 231 (1626), ix, 180
(1635); Kincardine Sas., i, 133 (1603).]
PATRICK FORBES OF CORSE, line 9,
delete "and Oxford"; 2 col., line 7,
delete "of Corse"; line 14, add
"A later translation was made by his son,
John, 1646"; delete lines 16 and 17 and
"(Middleburg 1614)"; line 24, for "Cal-
derwood's Hist., iv" read "(Middleburg,
1614)." He had also a son, William, M.A.
—[Aberdeen Sas., v, 231, 232.]
PATRICK SCOUGALL, his son, John,
buried Old Machar 30th March
1681.
1618
1664
ARGYLL
WILLIAM SCROGGIE, had also issue
—Patrick, born 26 Sept. 1666.—
[Old Machar Register; G. R. Sas.,
3 Sen, xxxiii, 426, 27th May 1674.]
1666
BRECHIN
WILLIAM WHITEFORD, his son,
Adam, adm. burgess of Edinburgh
31st March 1637.
GEORGE HALIBURTON, born 1635,
16g2 M.A., St Andrews (17th June 1652);
Archdeacon of Dunkeld and min.
of Cupar Angus about 14th June 1659.
CAITHNESS
ANDREW WOOD, his daugh., Eliza-
keth (marr. James Wood, burgess of
Edinburgh).
DUNKELD
JAMES NICOLSON, line 13, for
1607 ' ' George ' ' read ' ' Gilbert. ' '
JOHN HAMILTON, marr. (1) Magda-
lene Halyburton, and had issue —
Margaret, bapt. 13th Jan. 1667; (2)
Elizabeth Urry, and had issue, John, born
27th March 1677.— [S. Leith Reg.]
EDINBURGH
DAVID LINDSAY, his daugh., Agnes
1624 (marr- Laurence, son of John Lind
say of Dowhill).— [Gen. of Lindsays
of Dowhill; Cask Papers, xxviii, 60.]
ALEXANDER ROSE, educ. at Mari-
1688 schal College, not King's.
GALLOWAY
GAVIN HAMILTON, marr. cont. 16th
Oct. 1590 Alison, daugh. of James
Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and
Alison Sinclair, and had issue, Anne. —
[Hamilton Com. Dec., 6th Jan. 1574-5.]
1610
1680
JAMES AITKEN, described as a
"suffering minister for Royalty"
received from Parliament on 15th
May 1661 a grant of £100 stg. from vacant
stipends of Orkney. — [Acts of Parl., vii,
202.]
709
2Y*
710
BISHOPS
THE ISLES
NEIL CAMPBELL, line 19, delete "but
1634 probably not admitted. "
MORAY
JOHN GUTHRIE, line 3, for "Hart"
read "Rait"; 2 col., line 30, for
"Gaigie" read "Craigie."
1623
COLIN FALCONER, line 17, for
1680 "Andrew" read "Bartholomew."
WILLIAM HAY, his daugh., Jean,
1688 bapt. 26th April 1683.
ORKNEY
THOMAS SYDSERFF, line 2, for
1662 " James ' ' read ' ' Thomas. ' '
ANDREW HONYMAN, his daugh.,
Eupham (1), bapt. 8th Feb. 1652,
died young; Eupham (2), bapt. 30th
May 1654; Margaret, bapt. 26th Feb. 1656;
Ann, bapt. 13th April 1658 (probably marr.
Sheriff Murray of Orkney). — [Craven's
Church Life in South Ronaldshay, 50.]
ANDREW BRUCE, his son, James,
1688 bapt. 7th March 1676.
ROSS
JOHN MAXWELL, marr. Elizabeth,
1633
sister of Alexander Innes, min. of
Mortlach.
JOHN PATERSON.— [Aberdeen Sas.,
1662 xiv, 61.]
1665 JOHN LESLIE. (See under Oyne.)
ALEXANDER YOUNG, marr. (2) 3rd
1679 Oct. 1676.
JAMES RAMSAY, his son, George,
1684 born 1666.
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
MARISCHAL COLLEGE
PRINCIPALS
GILBERT GRAY. Addl. issue— Jean,
bapt. 13th April 1609; Isobell, bapt.
-ICQO
3rd Aug. 1610; Gilbert, bapt. 20th
June 1613; Alexander, bapt. 28th July 1614.
— [Aberdeen Reg.}
ANDREW ADIE, issue— Christian,
1616
Reg.}
bapt. 26th Feb. 1618; a daugh.,
buried 28th Nov. 1619.— [Aberdeen
WILLIAM FORBES, his son, Patrick,
1634
bapt. 6th Dec. 1618. Addl. issue—
Issobell, bapt. 7th July 1617; Paul,
bapt. 6th June 1629.
WILLIAM MOIR of Scotstoun, add.
1649 Moment. — [Catalogue of Scottish
Writers; G. R. Henderson's Reli
gious Life in 17th Century Scotland, 108.]
PATRICK GORDON, buried in Gor-
don's Aisle, Old Machar Cathedral,
15th Aug. 1703; had a child, died
June 1668; his son, Thomas, was Regent
(Philosophy) at Glasgow Univ. 1682-9, was
tried before the Court of Justiciary for
opposition to the Revolution, and confined
by them a prisoner to his father's house.
The sentence was afterwards enlarged to
the country and later altogether removed.
— [Old Machar Reg.; Univ. and King's
College, 47-8.]
ROBERT PATERSON, his daugh.,
Agnes, bapt. 9th Jan. 1683; Isobell,
bapt. llth June 1685; Robert, bapt.
20th Sept. 1686. Addl. issue— Helen, bapt.
18th Sept. 1682; William, bapt. 16th March
1689.— [Aberdeen Reg.]
THOMAS BLACKWELL, his son,
Thomas, bapt. 12th Aug. 1701;
Alexander, bapt. 10th Oct. 1709,
executed 9th Aug. 1746; Christian (2),
bapt. 5th Jan. 1721. Addl. issue— Helen,
bapt. 21st Feb. 1703; John, bapt. 10th Feb.
1704; Elizabeth, bapt. 19th May 1706;
David, bapt. 24th May 1707; Christian (1),
bapt. 23rd Oct. 1711; Katherine, bapt. 27th
Sept. 1713; Charles, bapt. 1st April 1716.—
[Aberdeen Reg.]
JOHN OSBORNE, marr. 28th Aug.
1?28 1718 Margaret Mitchell, daugh. of
Alexander M., min. Old Machar;
his daugh., Jean, bapt. 28th Aug. 1721; his
son, Alexander, bapt. 15th Nov. 1724.
Addl. issue — James, bapt. 21st Feb. 1720;
John, bapt. 13th June 1727; Margaret,
bapt. 16th Oct. 1728; Helen, bapt. 29th
Oct. 1732.— [Aberdeen Reg.; Old Machar
Reg.]
KING'S COLLEGE, PRINCIPALS
DAVID RAIT, son of John R. of
Sillieflat and Elizabeth Straton.
Addl. issue — William; Robert; John.
—[Kincardine Sas., i, 141-2, iii, 43-8, 320,
iv, 16; Aberdeen Sas., 1 Ser., v, 231.]
1592
1640
WILLIAM LESLIE, line 19, for "Gard-
1632 ner" reac* "Garden"; lines 20-21
read "Johannis Forbesii."
WILLIAM GUILD, line 44, for
' ' Church ' ' read ' ' Churchyard ' ' ;
2nd last line, for "Shirefs" read
"Shirrefs."
JOHN ROW, line 17, for "1646" read
1652 "1645-" Marr. Elspet Gillespie and
had issue — John, bapt. 13th Jan.
1642; Grisel (marr. Hugh Anderson, min.
of Cromarty). Addl. issue — Patrick, bapt.
2nd Nov. 1643; Anna (marr. proc. 16th
June 1657 Alexander Gordon, M.A., son
of Sir William G., sixth of Lesmoir, who
went to the Continent "merely as a spy on
places of Catholic Education" and had a
varied career. — [Aberdeen Reg.; Old
111
712
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
1662
Machar Reg.; House of Gordon, ii, 74;
Scottish Notes and Queries, 1893-4; Hen
derson's Religious Life in \lth Century
Scotland, 108.]
ALEXANDER MIDDLETON, had
issue — George, his successor; John,
vicar of Burnhouse and rector of
Crickside, bapt. 9th Aug. 1646, died
1704-5; William, bapt. 16th Nov. 1647;
Alexander, bapt. 1st April 1649, died
young; Thomas, writer of Spottiswoode's
Appendix, bapt. 31st Aug. 1651; Alexander,
bapt. 3rd April 1653, rector of St Alphagi,
Canterbury; Catherine, bapt. 18th Aug.
1654; Elizabeth, bapt. 2nd June 1661; Jean,
bapt. 12th Oct. 1662; Charles, bapt. 31st
Jan. 1664; Mary, bapt. 3rd June 1666.
Line 15, for "1686" read "1666."
THOMAS BLACKWELL, marr. Bar-
1748 bara» daugh. of James Stark, dean
of Guild, Aberdeen, and Agnes
Fordyce.
ROBERT POLLOCK.— [Ramsay of
1757
Ochtertyre's Scotland and Scotsmen,
i, 469.]
DIVINITY
ROBERT BARRON, marr. Jean Gibson
and had issue — John, bapt. 1st Aug.
1629; William, bapt. 19th April
1631; James, bapt. 31st Oct. 1632; Marie,
bapt. 16th Nov. 1633.
JOHN MENZIES, line 4, for "1649"
1649
read "1647"; line 18, for "18"
read "10"; line 19, for "1681"
read "1680"; line 28, delete from "Posi-
tiones" to "(1674)." Marr. (1) 30th Oct.
1649 Elizabeth Forbes, and (2) Margaret
Forbes, and had issue — Bethia, bapt. 21st
Nov. 1658, died young; Margaret, bapt.
20th Nov. 1659 (marr. 7th June 1679 John
Buchan, son of James B. of Auchmacoy,
regent in King's College, Advocate); Jean,
bapt. 1st June 1662; Ann, bapt. 26th Aug.
1666 (marr. 21st April 1683 George Fraser,
Sub-Principal of King's College), died
before 19th April 1707; Bethia, bapt. 10th
Dec. 1668; Elizabeth, bapt. 2nd Feb. 1671;
Barbara, bapt. 4th July 1672; and two
children, buried 1st March and 19th May
1671.
PATRICK SIBBALD, marr. 14th June
1684 1669 Joanna or Jean Scougal, who
was buried 2nd March 1680.
GEORGE MIDDLETON, ejected as a
1684
Jacobite 1716; had addl. issue —
Patrick, bapt. 22nd Nov. 1670;
James, bapt. 31st Jan. 1674; Margaret,
bapt. 3rd June 1675; Thomas, bapt. 21st
June 1677; Helen; George, buried 6th May
1661, and George, buried 28th July 1685';
Elizabeth, bapt. 20th Sept. 1685; Janet,
bapt. 31st Jan. 1690 (marr. William Walker,
litster, Aberdeen); Thomas, bapt. 26th Nov.
1695; Charles, apprenticed to Colin Mac
kenzie, goldsmith, 10th July 1695; Alex
ander, captain, 1725; John. — [Orem's
Description of Old Aberdeen.}
JAMES OSBURNE, his son, Alexander,
1697
apprenticed to George Mossman,
bookseller, 25th Sept. 1702; had
children, buried 16th Nov. 1647, 8th July
1649, 8th Oct. 1650, 14th Nov. 1654, 12th
July 1661, a son 19th Oct. and a daugh.
27th Oct. \664.—[Old Machar Reg.]
HEBREW (KING'S COLLEGE)
PATRICK GORDON, his son, Patrick,
1673 buried 29th Oct. 1711.
GEORGE GORDON, died 30th Aug.
1693
1730. Marr. 12th Sept. 1705 Mar
garet (bapt. 17th Feb. 1685), eldest
daugh. of George Fraser, Sub-Principal,
King's College, and had issue — George,
born 23rd Dec. 1711; Thomas, bapt. 18th
Aug. 1714. Addl. issue— Ann, bapt. llth
July 1707 (marr. Theodore Gordon, min.
of Kennethmont); Isobel, bapt. 24th June
1708; Patrick, bapt. 14th March 1710,
buried 29th Oct. 1711; Margaret, bapt. 26th
Feb. 1713; Frances, bapt. 6th May 1716,
buried 12th March 1717; Alexander, bapt.
8th Dec. 1717; James, bapt. 6th July 1719,
buried 17th March 1720; Barbara, bapt.
15th Jan. 1720, buried 10th Oct. 1729.—
[Old Machar Reg.]
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
713
JAMES BENTLEY, born 24th Nov.
1771; his mother, Ruth Powell; his
1 7Q8
daughs. — Janet, born 26th Jan.
1811; Ruth, marr. 29th Oct. 1839.
JAMES GILROY, died 29th Oct. 1931.
Line 9, for "Aberdeen" read "St
1895
Andrews. ' '
1634
DIVINITY
ANDREW STRACHAN, eldest son of
Andrew S., min. of Dun; Regent,
King's College, Aberdeen, 1626 and
1628-32. Marr. proc. 8th Oct. 1632 Mar
garet, daugh. of James Mowat of Ardo,
with issue — Margaret, to whom his brother,
Alexander, min. of Chapel of Garioch, was
tutor; another daugh., Christian, wife of
Thomas Burnett, min. of Strachan, had
been born of an earlier marriage; his wife,
Margaret Mowat, survived him, and marr.
(2) cont. 12th Feb. 1637 Alexander, son of
John Hay of Crimondmogate. Publica
tions — D.D. Inaugural Thesis, De Natura
et Objects Religiosi, Aberdeen, 1634. —
[Aberdeen Reg.', Univ. and King's Coll., 40,
55, 68, 98; Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxxvii, 499;
Inquis. Ret. de Tutela, xvii, 29; Aberdeen
Sas., vii, 447, 1636, x, 331, 1637; Aberdeen
Univ. Review, Nov. 1934.]
JOHN FORBES of Corse, his son,
1635
George, succeeded him in Corse.
Line 10, for "Heidelburg" read
"Middleburgh"; line 15, delete from "in
1639" to "conjunction"; p. 370, line 12,
for "by" read "cf"; line 19, "after re
turned to" read "Scotland and in Septem
ber to"; line 33, "after charity" shut
quotation; line 41, for "before" read
"23rd July"; 2nd column, line 1, for
"'Theologia'1'' read "Theologiae"', line 13,
delete "Aberdeen 1646"; line 15, delete
"from His Diary to Aberdeenshire,"
Latin translation of his Diary appears in
Opera Omnia. Transcripts of diary at
King's College, Aberdeen, and Scottish
Episcopal College, Edinburgh. Line 20,
delete ' ' Professor Gurtler of Deventa and ' '.
Addl. publications — Latin translation of
An Exquisite Commentarie, by his father
(1613); Commentaries on Apocalypsii
(Amsterdam, 1616); Scottish Notes and
Queries, Sept. and Dec. 1928; G. D.
Henderson's Religious Life in \lth Century
Scotland.
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, son of Alex-
1644
ander D., M.D., provost of Banff;
adm. to Forgue 1627; line 7, delete
from "He was" to "His Majesty";
selected Oct. 1643; adm. Jan. 1644; buried
in Cathedral 31st Jan. 1666. Marr. proc.
3rd Jan. 1628 Elizabeth Ross, and had
issue — James, min. of Nigg; Maria, bapt.
3rd March 1635; Helen, bapt. 23rd Sept.
1641. — [Scottish Notes and Queries, April
1929, Jan. and Aug. 1633, May 1634;
Gordon 'sScots Affairs', Spalding's7>0#6/e.y.
HENRY SCOUGAL, line 6, delete from
1674
"and" to "1669-72"; line 11, for
"11" read "12"; line 13, delete
"Univ."; line 33, delete from "He is" to
"disappeared," and read "Students tran
scripts of his lectures in Logic and in
Ethics are preserved at King's College
Aberdeen." An edition of his works
appeared London 1726. Line 43, for
"Hist, of" read "Description of Old."
JOHN MENZIES, line 2, for "10th
1678
Oct. 1678" read "2nd Jan. 1679";
line 3, for "1681" read "1680."
1680
JAMES GARDEN, born 3rd May 1645,
recommended for ord. to New
Machar 19th May 1669; pres. to
Balmerino 22nd March 1676; pres. to
Carnbee by Archbishop Sharp 6th Sept.
1678; adm. to chair 2nd Feb. 1681. Marr.
Margaret Irvine (buried 3rd July 1704) and
had issue — Patrick, bapt. 5th April 1682,
died 1759; Elizabeth, bapt. 27th April 1684;
Elizabeth, bapt. 20th Sept. 1685; Patrick,
bapt. 8th Sept. 1686, buried 2nd Nov. 1699;
George, bapt. 25th June 1688; Isabel, bapt.
19th Aug. 1689; Margaret, bapt. 31st
March 1692 (marr. David Gordon, episco
pal min. Pittenweem); Robert in London,
bapt. 16th Feb. 1693; Charles, bapt. 2nd
June 1694; James, rector of Slingsby,
Yorks., died 1772; Thomas, M.D. (Aber
deen, 1728). Publications — Theologia Com-
parativa (1699), English translations (Lon
don, 1700), (Glasgow, 1752), (Bristol,
714
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
1756); other Latin editions (Amsterdam,
1702 and 1708).— [G. D. Henderson's
Mystics of the North East.}
GEORGE ANDERSON, line 11, delete
"D.D. that day"; died 4th April
1709. He marr. probably a sister of
aforesaid James Garden, and had issue —
Alexander, buried 27th June 1671; Anne,
bapt. 31st May 1672, buried 26th Feb. 1673;
Anne, bapt. 24th Nov. 1673; Alexander,
bapt. llth Feb. 1675, buried 28th Dec.
1675; James, probably min. of Rathen,
bapt. 19th Sept. 1676; Isabel, bapt. 15th
Nov. 1677; Patrick, bapt. 14th Jan. 1679;
William, bapt. 29th June 1680; Susan, bapt.
8th Jan. 1682, buried 6th May 1683;
Robert; Gilbert; Margaret and Elspeth. —
[Scot. Notes and Queries, May 1933, 65.]
1711
DAVID ANDERSON, line 3, for
"Cushney" read "Campbell"; line
6, delete "D.D. that day"; his wife,
Katherine Mitchell, died 14th May 1728;
his daugh., Jean (marr. 6th June 1727
William Rose, min. of Loth). He had issue
—Katherine. bapt. 30th Jan. 1701 (marr.
William Dyce, min. of Belhelvie); Jean,
bapt. 12th May 1702; Janet, bapt. 1st Oct.
1704; Elizabeth, bapt. 18th Oct. 1705;
James, born 25th May 1708, graduated at
King's College 1725; Rachel, bapt. 8th
July 1709; Margaret, bapt. 18th May 1712.
1735
JOHN LUMSDEN, line 4, delete "and
Kinkell"; adm. to chair "14," not
"10"; his daugh., Jean (marr. John
Maxwell, min. of New Machar), died 31st
July 1758; his sons — Alexander, M.D.,
King's College, died 1778; Charles, died
1738, aged 3.— [Ramsay of Ochtertyre,
Scotland and Scotsmen, i, 300; Morren,
Annals of the General Assembly, ii, 267;
University Commission Reports, 1826-30
(Aberdeen), 52; Miscellany of Spalding
Club, i, 433.]
1771
ALEXANDER GERARD, licen.
"1749" not "1748"; adm. to chair
18th June. Addl. issue— William,
born 3rd Feb. 1762, died 18th Jan. 1763.
Col. ii, line 11, for "Corruption" read
"Corruptions." — [John Wesley's Journal',
Autobiography of Alexander Carlyle; Bos-
well, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.}
GILBERT GERARD, licen. at Aber-
deen 1st Aug. 1781; ord. 28th April
1782.
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
(KING'S COLLEGE)
WILLIAM FULTON, line 15, for
"1927" read "1st Jan. 1928"; his
son, David, died 23rd May 1936.
1915
GEORGE THOMAS THOMSON,
1928
D.D. (Edinburgh, 28th June 1935),
min. of Tain (<?.v.); trans, to chair
of Christian Dogmatics, Edinburgh, 1st
Oct. 1936; his wife, Charlotte Isabel Mar
tin, died 7th Jan. 1937. Marr. (2) 19th
March 1938 Alice, youngest daugh. of
Alexander Davidson, Perth. Publication —
Translation of Karl Earth's The Doctrine
of the Word of God (Prolegomena to
Church Dogmatics, being Vol. I, Part 1).
CHURCH HISTORY
JOHN CHRISTIE, his daughs.— Mar-
1877
garet, D.C.S., died 30th Jan. 1935;
Isabel (marr. Thomas Everard,
Durban), died in South Africa, 10th July
1934; Florence, died 23rd May 1945; Jean,
died 13th Dec. 1945.
1889
HENRY COWAN, died 2nd July 1932;
his son, Francis Ogston, died 31st
May 1899.
1924
GEORGE DAVID HENDERSON,
D.Litt. (Glasgow, 1931), D.D.
(Glasgow, 15th June 1935); Master
of Christ's College, May 1947. Line 5,
delete "1st Oct." and read "19th Sept.";
has issue — Robert Thomas Smith, born
17th Dec. 1927; George David Smith, born
7th May 1931. Publications— Mystics of
the North East (Third Spalding Club, 1934);
The Scottish Ruling Elder (James Clark and
Co., 1935); Religious Life in the llth Century
Scotland (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1937);
Memorandum Book of John Grant (Mis
cellany, Third Spalding Club, 1935); The
Kirk through the Centuries (1938); The Scots
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
715
Confession 1560 (1938); Scottish National
Covenant (1938); numerous articles and
reviews in theological and historical jour
nals and newspapers.
BIBLICAL CRITICISM
WILLIAM MILLIGAN, his son, Sir
1860
1944.
William, died 19th Dec. 1929; his
daugh., Elizabeth, died 2nd Jan.
1899
THOMAS NICOL, his widow, Ann
Underwood, died 12th April 1934;
his son, John Underwood, died 1 8th
March 1946; his daughs. — Christian
Dorothy, Senior Superintendent of Nurses,
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, died 22nd Jan.
1937; Margaret Melville, M.A. (Aberdeen,
1904).
ANDREW GUMMING BAIRD, dem.
1919
1st June 1938; LL.D. (Aberdeen,
1939); died 12th Jan. 1940.
PRINCIPALS,
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
PETER COLIN CAMPBELL, his
daugh., Grace Alexina, died at
Aberdeen 10th March 1937.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON PIRIE, his
1R _ daugh., Penelope Elizabeth, died
23rd July 1932.
JOHN MARSHALL LANG, his son,
1900
John Douglas Hamilton, died in
South Africa 31st Aug. 1945; his
son, Cosmo Gordon, Archbishop of
Canterbury and Baron Lang of Lambeth,
died 5th Dec. 1945.
SIR GEORGE ADAM SMITH, app.
tono
CnaPlain to the
3rd
D.D. (Cambridge, 7th June 1934);
dem. 31st Oct. 1935, died 3rd March
1942.
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
PRINCIPALS
ALEXANDER MONRO, marr. Marion
fi Collace, and had issue — Elizabeth,
born 24th May 1677; Christian,
bapt. 28th Feb. 1684.
SIR JAMES ALFRED EWING, dem.
1916 30th Sept. 1929, died 7th Jan. 1935.
1929
SIR THOMAS HENRY HOLLAND,
K.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., app. 1st Oct.
1929, dem. 1944; died 17th May
1947.
DIVINITY
THOMAS JACKSON CRAWFORD,
his daughs. — Mary Ranken, died
27th May, 1932; Helen Sarah
Pemberton, died Hindhead 7th Aug. 1934.
1860
1903
WILLIAM PATERSON PATERSON,
dem. 30th Sept. 1934; LL.D. (Edin
burgh, 2nd July 1937); D.D. (St
Andrews, 28th Sept. 1937); died 10th Jan.
1939; his daugh., Violet Reid (marr. 16th
April 1932 George Laurence Ormerod,
M.B., Westbury on Trym, Bristol). Publi
cation — Conversion (1940).
HEBREW
WILLIAM DAWSON, adm. burgess of
Edinburgh 30th April 1735. Marr.
29th Sept. 1723 Jean, daugh. of
William Blackwood, merchant, Edinburgh.
DAVID LAIRD ADAMS, his son,
Charles William, died at Closeburn
28th March 1932; his daugh.,Louise
Emma (Lady Browne), died 14th Oct. 1931 ;
his son, Herbert Frederick Wilfred, died
2nd Jan. 1940.
1894
ARCHIBALD ROBERT STIRLING
KENNEDY, LL.D. (Aberdeen,
29th March 1933); dem. 30th Sept.
1937; died 24th Oct. 1938; his daugh., May,
M.A. (marr. Noel Alexander Williamson,
son of John Linton Dinwiddie, min. of
Ruthwell).
BIBLICAL CRITICISM
JOHN PATRICK, died at Edinburgh
1898 17th Jan. 1933.
1915
WILLIAM ALEXANDER CURTIS,
LL.D. (Edinburgh, June 1946); app.
Dean of Faculty and Principal of
New College 1935; dem. 30th Sept. 1946;
his wife, Florence Malseed, died 17th Jan.
1933.
CHURCH HISTORY
MALCOLM CAMPBELL TAYLOR,
his daugh., Margaret Gordon
Maclan, died 17th March 1943.
1878
1908
JAMES MACKINNON, his wife,
Pauline Klein, died 20th Oct. 1930;
dem. 31st Dec. 1930, died at Forfar
12th July 1945. Publications— The Historic
Jesus (193 1); The Gospel in the Early Church
(1933); From Christ to Constantine (1936);
Calvin and the Reformation (1936); Origins
of the Reformation (London, 1939).
716
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
PRINCIPALS
ROBERT RAMSAY, marr. (2) before
1651 17th Jan. 1629.
ROBERT BAILLIE, his son, Robert,
1660 M.A. (Glasgow, 1653).
ROBERT HERBERT STORY, his
daughs. — Elizabeth Maria Margaret
Arnott, died 29th May 1941; Helen,
died Glasgow 21st Aug. 1942.
SIR DONALD MACALISTER, Bart.,
1907
dem. 16th Oct. 1929, died 15th Jan.
1934.
DIVINITY
DAVID LIDDELL, marr. Mary Muir-
head (who marr. (2) Joseph Cleland,
min. of Dalserf), and had issue —
Mr John; Elizabeth.
1674
MICHAEL POTTER, marr. 25th April
1706 Elizabetn' daugh- of James
Hamilton of Parkhead and Jean
Morton.
1740
WILLIAM WIGHT, line 4, for "Glas
1778
gow" read "Edinburgh." — [Scots
Mag., April 1786, 105.]
WILLIAM FULTON, app. Principal,
1Q27 Trinity College, Glasgow, 1st June
1938; LL.D. (Edinburgh, June 1946);
LL.D. (Glasgow, 1948); his daugh., Eliza
beth Hope Sutherland (marr. 19th Feb.
1944 Harold Noel Waller, Wellington,
Surrey).
BIBLICAL CRITICISM
GEORGE MILLIGAN, D.D. (Aber-
deen, 1904), dem. 30th Sept. 1932,
died 25th Nov. 1934; his widow,
Margaret Catherine Gloag, died at St
Andrews 24th Jan. 1940.
JAMES
1687 James.
HEBREW
WEMYSS, had issue-
JAMES BUCHANAN, son of William
B., gardener, Calton, M.A. (1744),
app. Oct. 1757.
DUNCAN HARKNESS WEIR, his
son, Charles Spence, C.B.E., died
at Dulnain Bridge 22nd Dec. 1932;
his daugh., Janet Currie, died 27th Feb.
1948.
JAMES ROBERTSON, his daughs.—
R _ Lilias (Mrs Alexander Glen), died
7th May 1939; Margaret (marr. (2)
Captain Thomas W. Stewart), died 8th
Sept. 1940.
WILLIAM BARRON STEVENSON,
dem. 30th Sept. 1937; LL.D. (Glas
gow, 22nd June 1928).
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
WILLIAM LEE, his son, William John,
1874 died at Jedburgh 13th Nov. 1932.
JAMES ROBERTSON, his wife, Cathe
rine Martin, born 30th Sept. 1844,
died 8th Sept. 1918.
JAMES COOPER, his widow, Margaret
Williamson, died at Elgin 17th May
1947.
1898
1922
ARCHIBALD MAIN, LL.D. (Glasgow,
23rd June 1943); Chaplain to the
King 1925; Moderator of General
Assembly 1939; dem. 1942; adm. to Kirk-
bean 30th April 1942; dem. 13th Feb. 1946;
died at Glasgow 14th March 1947; his
daugh., Maisie (marr. llth Dec. 1940
Robert Henderson Budge, min. of Selkirk
West).
717
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
ST LEONARD'S, PRINCIPALS
JOSEPH DREW, son of John D., elder,
1708 merchant burgess of Glasgow.
ST LEONARD'S and
ST SALVATOR'S COLLEGE
PRINCIPALS
ALEXANDER SKENE, marr. Chris
tian Forbes, and had issue — Mar
garet and Helen (twins), bapt. 20th
April 1672.— [St Andrews Reg.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, marr. (1) Chris
tian Russell and had issue — Moses,
bapt. 26th June 1702; Lillias, bapt.
26th Oct. 1705; (2) Jean Young, and had
issue, Alexander, bapt. 25th Oct. 1711.—
[St Andrews Reg.]
1778
ROBERT WATSON, marr. Margaret,
daugh. of Andrew Shaw, Professor
of Divinity, St Andrews; his daughs.
—Margaret, died 1 1th Feb. 1786; Katherine,
died at Greenhill 3rd Sept. 1796.
SIR JOHN HERKLESS, his widow,
Harriet Sedley Caie, died 2nd Feb.
1934; his son, William, born and
died 19th March 1884.
ST MARY'S COLLEGE
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD, by his
64_ second marriage with Jean McMath
had issue — Catherine, bapt. 25th
Feb. 1641; John, bapt. 27th June 1642;
Agnes, bapt. 20th May 1649; Samuel, bapt.
2nd March 1651.
JAMES LORIMER, marr. Margaret,
daugh. of Alexander Rose, min. of
Monymusk.
1687
WILLIAM VILANT, marr. (1) pro. 19th
1691 Jan. 1660 Jean Oglivie, Rescobie.
THOMAS FORRESTER, spent some
time in Holland, whence he returned
in the company of the Earl of
Argyll, landing ai Campbeltown on 20th
May 1685. At a meeting-house there four
days later he preached, Exodus xxxiii,
14-15. — [Erskine of Carnock's Journal,
119.]
JAMES HADOW, line 11, delete "15th
Feb. 1758." Marr. (2) Margaret
Forrester (died 18th Feb. 1758).
Addl. issue— John, bapt. 18th Sept. 1703;
James, bapt. 7th Nov. 1704; William, bapt.
12th April 1706; James, born 1st June 1708,
buried in St Mary's Church, Warwick,
1793; David, bapt. 16th Aug. 1709; Archi
bald, 22nd Feb. 1711; George, bapt. llth
July 1712; Professor of Hebrew; Thomas.
JAMES GILLESPIE, his daugh., Anna
1__0 (marr. Harry Davidson, W.S.),
died 3rd April 1814.
JOHN TULLOCH, his son, Francis
4 Grant, died at Guildford 27th Dec.
1930; his daughs.— Edith Rose, died
15th Jan. 1930; Isobel, died at Malvern 4th
Aug. 1932.
ALEXANDER STEWART, his son,
1804 MaJ°r Alexander Marshall, died in
Ontario, Canada, 17th Aug. 1945.
GEORGE GALLOWAY, died at Ex-
1915 mouth 1st March 1933.
HEBREW
GEORGE HADOW, born 1712, marr.
1712 Susan Scott of Rossie.
JOHN BIRRELL, his widow, Elizabeth
1871 Wallace, died 13th April 1943.
DAVID MILLER KAY, died at St
Andrews 5th April 1930; his widow,
Hilda Helen Halliday Gillies, re-
marr. 6th Sept. 1940.
718
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
719
DIVINITY and BIBLICAL
CRITICISM
DAVID FALCONAR, had issue, John,
born 26th June 1670, advocate 27th
June 1699, died June 1710.
1675
ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR,
1713
D.D., marr. Janet Falconer and had
issue — John, bapt. 16th March 1699;
Margaret, bapt. 21st May 1700; Janet,
bapt. 12th Oct. 1702; Joan, bapt. 3rd Nov.
1703; Magdalene, bapt. 4th July 1705;
David, bapt. 29th April 1708.— [St An
drews Reg.]
ANDREW SHAW, his daugh., Mar
garet (marr. 29th June 1757 Robert
Watson, principal of St Leonard's
and St Salvator's Colleges, St Andrews).
GEORGE SIMPSON DUNCAN,
D.Theo. (Paris, 1938), D.D. (Edin-
1799
burgh, 1930), LL.D. (Edinburgh,
June 1948); app. Principal of St Mary's
College 12th March 1940; awarded the
Norwegian Freedom Cross 1947. Marr.
(2) 27th June 1929 Muriel, elder daugh. of
Dr James Smith, 4 Merchiston Gardens,
Edinburgh, and has issue, Douglas James
McKerrow, born 14th June 1931. Publica
tions — St Paul's Ephesian Ministry (1929);
The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians (MofTat 's
New Testament Commentary, 1934); Jesus
Son of Man (1948).
CHURCH HISTORY
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, his sons—
1730
George, merchant, Kingston, Ja
maica, died 15th Oct. 1781; Major
John, died Island, near Cape Gracias a
Dies, 21st Aug. 1787.
CHARLES WILSON, his daugh.,
1793 Catnerme (marr- 1st Nov. 1801
Francis Jeffrey, Lord of Session),
died 8th Aug. 1805.
ALEXANDER FERRIER MITCHELL
1868
his daugh., Christian, died at
Brechin 26th Jan. 1940.
JAMES HOUSTON BAXTER, D.Litt.
1922
(St Andrews, 1930), D.D. (Glasgow,
J5th June 1932). Secretary of
British Academy Committee on New Dic
tionary of Medieval Latin; Trustee of
Scottish National Library; engaged in
excavating Byzantine Imperial Palace,
Istambul, since 1935. Addl. Publications —
Contributor to Diet, et Hist, et da. Geogr.
ecclesiastiques (Louvain); co-editor of the
Annuaire de bibliogr. historique and of
Corpus Philosorum Medii Aevi; editor of a
Dictionary of Later Latin, A.D. 125-750;
co-editor of the Bulletin du Conge', History
of the Church, 312-800 (in History of
Christianity) (1928); Copiale Prioratus S.
Andree (1930); co-editor of Books printed
abroad by Scotsmen to 1700 (1932); Index
to Scottish Historical Review, vols. 13-25
(1 932); Select Letters ofSt Augustine (1 930);
A St Andrews Music Manuscript (1932)
(edited R. F. Murray); The Scarlet Gown
(1932); co-editor of Index of British and
Irish Latin Writers (1933) and of A Word
List of Medieval Latin (1934).
MODERATORS OF
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JAMES MONTGOMERY CAMP-
1928 BELL, D.D., min. of Dumfries.
JOSEPH MITCHELL, D.D., min. of
1929 Mauchline.
MODERATORS SINCE UNION
JOHN WHITE, C.H., D.D., LL.D.,
1929 min. of Barony.
1930 ANDREW NISBET BOGLE, D.D.
JOHN ANDERSON GRAHAM, C.I.E.,
1931 D.D., Kalimpong.
HUGH ROSS MACKINTOSH, D.D.,
1932 Professor of Dogmatics, Edinburgh.
LAUCHLAN MAcLEANWATT, D.D.,
1933 LL.D., Glasgow.
PETER DONALD THOMSON, D.D.,
1934 Glasgow.
MARSHALL BUCHANAN LANG,
1935 D.D., Whittinghame.
DANIEL LAMONT, D.D., Professor
1936 of Practical Theology, Edinburgh.
DUGALD MACFARLANE, D.D.,
1937 Kingussie.
1938 JAMES BLACK, D.D., Edinburgh.
ARCHIBALD MAIN, D.D., D.Litt.,
1939 Glasgow.
1940 JAMES RAE FORGAN,D.D., Ayr.
JAMES HUTCHISON COCKBURN,
1941 D.D., Dunblane.
CHARLES WALLACE GRAY TAY-
1942 LOR, D.D., Edinburgh.
JOHN BAILLIE, D.D., D.Litt., Pro-
1943 fessor of Divinity, Edinburgh.
EDWARD JAMES HAGAN, D.D.,
1944 Edinburgh.
ANDREW JAMES CAMPBELL, D.D.,
1945 Evie.
JOHN MACKENZIE, D.D., Bom-
1946 bay.
MATTHEW STEWART, D.D.,
1947 Hamilton.
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, D.D.,
1948 Glasgow.
720
ARMY AND NAVY CHAPLAINS
FRANCIS PIRIE WILSON ALEX
ANDER, O.B.E. (1940); born 15th May
1898; son of W. W. A., commercial travel
ler; educ. at Univ. of Aberdeen; assistant
Aberdeen and Glasgow; served in France
and Belgium, Dec. 1917 to llth Nov. 1918;
app. 1st Jan. 1928 Hong Kong; chaplain to
Forces (3rd class) 15th Oct. 1934; Palestine
1936-9 (M. & C.); mentioned in despatches
21st July 1940; assistant D.C.G., Air Force;
a son, born 29th June 1930.
JOHN TURNBULL BIRD, died at
Belford 21st July 1930; his daugh., May,
died at Edinburgh 3rd June 1936.
JOHN CAMPBELL, died at Dollar 3rd
March 1939.
THOMAS HENDERSON CHAPMAN,
marr. Jessie Macgregor Martin, who died
at London 15th Aug. 1931, and had issue —
Jessie; Katherine.
ALAN MUNRO DAVIDSON, A.C.G.
Scottish Command 1944; D.D. (Edinburgh,
22nd June 1945); C.B.E. 1st Jan. 1949.
HUGH DRENNAN, born 23rd Dec.
1828, son of William D., Tarbolton, and
Agnes Wallace, ord. 25th Oct. 1854. Marr.
5th Sept. 1882 Mary (died 5th July 1930),
daugh. of William Walker, King's Lynn,
and had issue — Hugh Sutherland, born 4th
July 1883; Keith Wallace, born 13th Sept.
1887.
WILLIAM STEVENSON JAFFRAY,
C.M.G., C.B.E., D.D., K.H.C.; app.
Second Chaplain Commandant Feb. 1932;
dem. March 1937; died at Torphins, Aber-
deenshire, 7th Nov. 1941.
GEORGE KIRKWOOD, his widow,
Elizabeth Brown, died at Bournemouth
19th Nov. 1932; his daugh., Beatrice Eliza
beth, died 9th Jan. 1948.
ARCHIBALD McHARDY, app. Hon.
Chaplain to the King Nov. 1942; D.D.
(Edinburgh) 23rd June 1944.
JOHN PATON MURRAY, served with
Cameron Highlanders 1917, Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 13th and 14th
Yorkshire Reg., 2nd Lieut.; adm. to Dun
2nd April 1936; dem. 30th Sept. 1943.
GEORGE DOUGLAS SEMPILL, adm.
to Drumelzier 23rd Nov. 1933.
FRANK WHITE STEWART, died 30th
March 1933.
ALEXANDER ROSS YEOMAN,
Deputy Chaplain General 1933^; app.
Chaplain to the King Jan. 1933; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 28th June 1934.)
JAMES ALEXANDER WILLIAM
SON, M.A., born 21st March 1904; licen.
1929; app. Temporary Chaplain (4th class)
llth Sept. 1929; Chaplain (4th class) 13th
Sept. 1932; served in Palestine 1936-9
(M. & C.); Chaplain (3rd class) 9th July
1940. Marr. Heather Margaret, and has
issue — a son, born 24th Aug. 1943.
721
2Z
CHAPLAINS TO INFIRMARIES
AND OTHERS
WILLIAM CRAWFORD FRASER,
died Crawford 29th May 1942.
JOHN KNOX, his wife, Eleanor John
son, died 18th Feb. 1938; Secretary for
Scotland for United Society for Christian
Literature, Edinburgh; died at Edinburgh
24th Oct. 1947.
ROBERT LIPPE, his daugh., Margaret
Elizabeth, died 8th July 1928.
GEORGE WAUGH,died28thApr.l929.
722
SYNOD OF
SCOTTISH CHURCH IN ENGLAND
PRESBYTERY OF NORTH OF ENGLAND
BERWICK, ST ANDREWS
JAMES KEAN, his widow, Jessie
Alston, died at Edinburgh 3rd Dec.
1943.
1874
JOHN HENDERSON MACKENZIE,
1927 trans, to Carfin 30th July 1930.
TWEEDMOUTH
WILLIAM METHVEN, min. 13th Nov.
170°» nad issue, James. — [Deeds,
Dune, 1705, No. 437.]
WILLIAM FOTHERINGHAM
J879 CAMERON, his son, John Young
Scott, died Manchester 3rd Oct.
1930.
JAMES DUNN BOWMAN, son of
1920 Tnomas B-' Hamilton, and Mar
garet Garden Dunn; dem. 1929;
died 21st June 1933.
VICTOR WILLIAM WANDS, for
merly of Nyasaland (#.v.); trans,
from Garvald 19th June 1929; trans,
to Mid Yell 20th Nov. 1930; Chaplain to
1929
the Forces; dem. 31st July 1944; adm. to
Fortingall 16th Oct. 1945. Addl. issue,
Graham Carson, born llth Nov. 1933.
LOWICK
GEORGE TAIT, marr. 1931, Lucia
Jamesina, daugh. of Thomas Wilson
Candlish.
1911
JOHN WOOD, trans, to Forglen 24th
1925 Dec. 1928.
WILLIAM MURDOCH GILLESPIE,
1Q2Q formerly of Argentina (#.v.); adm.
1929; trans, to Tweedmouth 1931;
dem. 1st July 1941; died llth Dec. 1941.
NEWCASTLE upon TYNE
GEORGE EDDIE THOMSON, trans,
to Monquhitter 30th Oct. 1929.
1925
SILVER STREET
GEORGE OGILVIE, marr. Anne (died
19th March 1800), daugh. of Gabriel
Wilson, min. of Maxton.
1744
723
PRESBYTERY OF WEST OF ENGLAND
CARLISLE
ROBERT TROUP SIVEWRIGHT,
1920 dem. 31st Dec. 1948.
LIVERPOOL
JAMES HAMILTON, died 24th Feb.
1935; his widow, Barbara Robert
son, died llth Oct. 1936.
1889
PRESBYTERY OF LONDON
CALEDONIAN ROAD, HOLLOW AY
WILLIAM THOMSON, died 6th Nov.
1918 1935.
CROWN COURT
JOHN GUMMING, marr. 6th Aug.
1832 1833.
JOSEPH MOFFETT, D.D. (St An-
1917
drews, 25th June 1948); his daugh.,
Jean Elizabeth (marr. 22nd Feb.
1941 Lieut. Ian Benson Stewart, Cameron
Highlanders); his son, Patrick Johnston,
min. of Gilmerton, 29th Sept. 1948.
ST COLUMBA'S, PONT STREET
DONALD MACLEOD, his son, Ken-
1884 neth, born 1890, not 1900.
1902
ARCHIBALD FLEMING, died at
Windsor 2nd July 1941; his daughs.
—Christian Isobel, died Jan. 1931;
Roberta Cecilia Helen (marr. 1st July 1936
Thomas Buston Robson, London).
1929
IAN ROBERT GILLAN (colleague);
trans, from Inverallan (q.v.) 23rd
Aug. 1929; app. and adm. to Fair-
milehead 12th April 1938.
(The church was destroyed by air raid in
1941.)
724
CHARGES IN ENGLAND NOW EXTINCT
LONDON FOUNDERS HALL
HUGH BAILLIE MACLEAN, marr.
20th March 1833 Ruth' daugn- of
Alexander Handerson of Warriston,
banker, Edinburgh.
1827
CALEDONIAN CROSS STREET and
NATIONAL SCOTS CHURCH,
REGENT SQUARE
EDWARD IRVING, his daugh., Mar-
1822 garet» died 22nd Nov. 1853; his sons
—Samuel, born 26th June 1828;
Martin Harvey, died 23rd Jan. 1912;
Ebenezer, born 12th Sept. 1832; his daugh.,
Isabella, born 23rd March 1834 (marr. 7th
Jan. 1856), died 17th Nov. 1878.
WARK
ADAM THOMSON LANDRETH,
1880 died at Aberdeen 8th March 1946.
WOOLER
ALEXANDER WILSON, son of An-
1734 drew Wilson of Hightoun, Rox
burghshire; ord. 20th Nov. 1734,
died 1st June 1777. Marr. Alice , and
had issue — Richard, bapt. 9th Dec. 1751;
Robert, bapt. 15th July 1754; William, his
successor; Sir Alexander, bapt. 15th May
1759, knighted 10th May 1813; physician
to the Duke of Kent; Ord, bapt. 21st Nov.
1765, lost at sea.
WILLIAM WILSON, son of preceding;
_. educ. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1775); ord. 5th Jan. 1776; dem.
Dec. 1783; went to Clermont, New York,
and practised medicine; app. First Judge
of the County of Columbia, died 20th Dec.
1828. Marr. Mary Hervey (born 1 1th June
1753, died 15th Sept. 1801), and had issue
—William Henry, physician and surgeon,
born 3rd Feb. 1791, died 9th March 1884;
Stephen Bayard, Captain, U.S. Navy, born
18th Aug. 1795, died 16th March 183-.
CHARGES IN IRELAND
JAMES KILPATRICK. (See Vol. i, 305.)
JOHN SINCLAIR, min. of Strabane,
marr. Elspeth Innes. — \Wadset G. R. Sas.,
3 Ser., xxxiii, 20, 17th Nov. 1673.]
DAVID YOUNG, formerly of Monzie-
vaird, now in Strabane, Ireland, 4th Sept.
1705. Marr. sister of Duncan Tosheock of
Monzievaird. — [Deeds. Durie, 1705, No.
911.]
725
2Z*
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND OVERSEAS
CONTINENT OF EUROPE
In times described in 1441 as "long gone
by," traders of Scotland founded in the
Church of the Carmelite Friars at Bruges
an altar or chapel, to the honour of God,
the Virgin Mary, and St Ninian, whose
chaplain was to minister to traders and
other Scottish people living in that town
the Divine Offices and Church Sacraments.
It may be that the foundation took place
when Scottish trade with the Low Coun
tries was very prosperous, in the period
prior to the Wars of the Scottish Succession
that followed the death of Alexander III.
On a petition ' ' of certain faithful of the
realm of Scotland" the work was con
firmed by Papal Bull of 26th March 1446-7,
which decerned that the chaplain not only
minister to Scots at Bruges but also * ' pass
to other places distant not more than two
or three days from the said town, there to
minister to Scots." In March 1441 the
General Council of Scotland at Perth ord.
that for the support of the chaplain and the
decoration of the chapel there be paid the
passage freight of a bundle or package of
whatsoever ship or goods loaded for parts
of Flanders, Holland, and Zealand; and
on 29th Aug. 1450, as the result of a com
plaint by the chaplain, Sir John Hyndeloch,
that payment was either deficient or was
withheld, the decree was confirmed by
charter of James II. In 1470 the magi
strates of Bruges, in granting privileges to
Scottish merchants, agreed to give a sum
of money for the repair of the chapel; and
in 1489, when Andrew Russell was chap
lain, the magistrates of Edinburgh ex
pressed concern at the poverty of the
chapel and the theft of its cups and other
ornaments. But Edinburgh's concern also
showed itself in a more practical way. On
22nd Jan. 1437-8 the Town Council ord.
that "quhat persouns frauchtis a schip out
ward sail give a sek Q) fraucht to Sanct
Rynenes He in Bruges"; and on 18th July
1494 the Council further ord. that ' * frauchts
of ships within the burgh take clerk or
depute to make their charter party, and
cause to be insert therein specially the sek
fraucht of the schip above fyve lastis of
guids, and under that birth, of a half sek
fraucht to thair Chaplaine of St Ninian 's
Altar in Bruges," the same to be paid to
the present chaplain, Mr James Wawne.
A somewhat similar levy was decreed by
the Town Council on 18th July 1494, the
chaplain being James Wawne. On 24th
Sept. 1538 Sir William Thomson in Ant
werp was pres. to the chaplainry by James
V in succession to the late Mr Alexander
Fotheringhame. Apparently the work was
discontinued at the Reformation. At Ros-
coffin Brittany there was a chapel, various
ly called the Chapel of Marie Stewart and
the Chapel of St Ninian, which is said to
have been erected by Mary Queen of Scots
to commemorate her safe landing there on
15th Aug. 1548 after her voyage from
Scotland. The chapel was destroyed at the
Reformation. In the parish church at
Roscoff there are, or were, a silver statue
of the Virgin and an amber rosary reputed
to have been gifts from the Scottish Queen
to the chapel. At Elsinore there was a
chapel dedicated to St Ninian, which may
have been used by the Scots at that place.
It is said that to the chapel belonged an
altar-piece, now in the museum at Copen
hagen.— [/teg. Great Seal i, 392, 3787; Reg.
Sec. Seal, ii, 2722; Acts Scott. Par I., ii, 57;
CaL Papal Regs., Letters, ix, 578; The Scott
Staple at Vere, 270«; Extracts from Recs.
of Burgh of Edinburgh, i, 5, 66-7; Procs.
Soc. of Antiq. of Scot., xlii, 15, 17.]
726
CONTINENT OF EUROPE]
BELGIUM— HOLLAND
727
BELGIUM— BRUSSELS
ROCHE, GEORGE RALPH MAL-
VERN, sometime Army Chaplain in India,
died at Penzance 15th July 1948.
MACFARLANE, JOHN, trans, from
Pollokshaws and app. 30th Sept. 1927;
dem. 30th June 1936; adm. to Martyrs
West, Glasgow, 24th Aug. 1937; his daugh.,
Margaret, born 12th Sept. 1928.
FRANCE— PARIS
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM COWPER,
trans, to Barthol Chapel 27th June 1935;
his daugh., Katherine Macgregor (marr.
20th Sept. 1947 Andrew Maxwell, elder son
of John A. Struthers, Muirend, Renfrew
shire).
GERMANY— DRESDEN
BOWDEN, JOHN DAVIS, his son,
William Douglas, C.B.E., died 24th April
1944.
HOLLAND— AMSTERDAM
WILLIAM MACFARLANE, line 2, for
"1839" read "1838."
WILLIAM THOMSON, Officer of the
Order of Orange Nassau 1935; O.B.E.
June 1936; dem. July 1935.
CAMPVERE
In the contract of 1541 between Scottish
merchants and the town of Campvere, by
which that town became the Scottish
Staple Port, the privileges granted by
Maximilian of Burgundy, Lord Beven of
Campvere, etc., included the proviso that
the said merchants shall have the choice
and option of a suitable place in the Col
legiate Church of Campvere, with a chap
lain so as it shall please the Scottish nation,
who shall be provided with a prebendary
of canons upon the first vacancy in the said
church. Right of burial in the said place or
chapel was also granted to Scots dying at
Campvere, without the usual payment
exacted for burial in the church. The
privilege was utilised up to the Reforma
tion, when the chaplain was John Dawson,
who had been in office in 1552 and received
from the town of Campvere an annual
payment of £3 Flemish. Probably at the
Reformation the work lapsed. Subse
quently steps for renewal were taken. By
contract of 1578 the magistrates of Camp
vere, in order that Scottish people resident
at Campvere "be not frustrated of the
Word of God and exercitation of the
religion as it is for the present used in
Scotland, ' ' granted them ' * the quire of the
Great Kirk" and a dwelling-house for the
minister, with free excise of bear and wine
for his household and family. At that
time nothing further was done. On 3rd
May 1586 the Convention of Burghs, on
account of the great abuses by merchants
and other Scotsmen in Campvere, "un
comely behaviour in civil life and outward
manners" and "no regard for conscience
and religion," condescended upon the
erection of a church at Campvere without
delay; and on 4th July and 3rd Nov. 1587
an agreement was made whereby Camp
vere undertook to erect a church, make
provision for the min. as when the Staple
was first established there, including a
house. The choir of the Great Church was
again granted for worship. Repeated
efforts were made by the Convention to
carry the project to completion; and even
tually a min. was app in 1612. At that
time the contract was renewed; and a
further renewal took place in 1676. On
25th May 1686 the church was burned, and
the Scottish congregation worshipped in
the Scottish Poor-house in Winegaert
Street till rebuilding was completed in 1699.
In 1795 the staple was broken up and the
church privilege was withdrawn. The
Communion cups seem to have been com
mitted to an elder of the church for the
purpose of being given to Middelburgh
Church. He died before giving effect to
the plan; and his widow is said to have
sold them. It may be noted that on 9th
Aug. 1641 the General Assembly approved
of a motion that "for the weal of this
kirk," the Scots Kirk at Campvere should
be joined to the Kirk of Scotland as a
728
HOLLAND
[CONTINENT OF
member thereof, and ord. that a letter be
sent to Mr William Spang, min. at Camp-
vere, and the Kirk Session thereof, willing
them to send their min. and a ruling elder,
instructed with a commission to the next
General Assembly at St Andrews in July
1642, when they will be enrolled as com
missioners from Campvere Church. —
[Recs. of Convention of Burghs, i, 211-12,
etc., ii, 79-80, etc.; Yair's Ace. of Scotch
Trade in Netherlands, 111-17, 162; Scott.
Staple at Vere, 418, 423, 430; Scott. Church
at Vere, 304-5; Proc. Soc. of Antiqs. of
Scotland, xxv, 169-70; Peterkin's Recs. of
Kirk of Scot., 297.]
ALEXANDER MACDUFF, M.A.; on
remit from the Convention of Burghs to
certain burghs 15th July 1613, he was app.
min. 20th Jan. 1614 with the consent of the
King and the Archbishop of St Andrews,
and entered on his ministry 1st March 1614;
on 4th July 1616, in response to his petition
to the effect that the collection of his
stipend was unsatisfactory, the Convention
of Burghs agreed that in lieu of the collec
tion he be paid 800 gulden annually; his
name appears on the four Communion
cups presented to the church by the factor
in 1620. — [Recs. of Convention of Burghs,
ii, 426, 439, iii, 8-9, 22-3.]
THOMAS EWING, son of Alexander
Ewing, factor in Campvere. On 8th July
1614 the Convention of Burghs resolved to
appoint a reader at Campvere, and on 13th
July following issued injunctions to him as
reader and officer; on 4th July 1616 he was
still in office, and on 10th July he was adm.
as factor for the nation at Campvere; on
8th July 1619 he continued as Collector of
Stipend, one of his duties when he was app.
reader. — [Recs. of Convention of Burghs,
ii, 464, 467, iii, 22, 30, 67, 83.]
GEORGE SYDSERFF, app. by the
Convention of Burghs on 3rd Nov. 1625,
John, Archbishop of St Andrews, agreeing
to admit and receive him to the Kirk, and
his appointment being ratified on 7th July
1626; he resigned 4th July 1628 on the
ground that Campvere was prejudicial to
his health. — [Recs. of Convention of Burghs,
iii, 209, 228, 252.]
JOHN FORRET, M.A.; app. 10th July
1628 by the Convention of Burghs with the
consent of the Archbishop of St Andrews,
to take up duty before 1st Nov. following;
on 10th July 1629 he laid before the Con
vention of Burghs a complaint as to the
estate of the church, and that Mr Patrick
Drummond, conservator of the privileges
of the nation in the Low Countries, en
croached upon the government of the
church contrary to the order of the Church
of Scotland, and no conclusion by the
Minister and Session did the said Mr
Patrick put or surfer to be put into execu
tion; the Convention agreed that the
ministers and elders govern the Kirk and
the discipline thereof conform to the daily
order in the Kirk of Scotland, and debarred
interference by the conservator, whose
position, however, as ruling elder and civil
magistrate was to be recognised in the
Session. Forret died in office in Sept. 1629;
the statement as to his demission in Oct.
1628 refers to his pastorate at Newburg. —
[Recs. of Convention of Burghs, iii, 272^,
287-8, 295, 305-6.]
WILLIAM SPANG, M.A.; on 27th
Jan. 1630 there was laid before the Con
vention of Burghs a letter from the Scottish
people of Campvere, regretting the want
of a pastor, and deploring their hard estate
through the lack of the comfort of God's
Word whereof they had been deprived
ever since the death of Mr Forret, and the
Convention app. William Spang, student
of Divinity, who was taken bound to
assume office not later than 1st July of
the same year, and it was remitted to cer
tain burghs to deal with the Archbishop of
St Andrews to receive and admit him; on
1st Dec. 1652 it is recorded that the church
was vacant by the desertion of Mr William
Spang. — [Recs. of Convention of Burghs,
iii, 305, 307, 367.]
ROBERT BROWNE, or BROUN, was
min. of Kirkbean; on 7th July 1654, when
he was exercising the place of min. at
Campvere, he was "entreated" by the
EUROPE]
HOLLAND— SWITZERLAND
729
Convention of Burghs ' ' to remain until the
Burghs' further order." — [Recs. of Con
vention of Burghs, iii, 378.] (See Kirkbean.)
ROBERT FLEMING, in July 1691 he
was invited by the Conservator and the
church here to be min., but did not assume
office; afterwards min. at Rotterdam and
Founder's Hall (q.v.). — [Recs. of Conven
tion of Burghs, iv, 142.]
ALEXANDER WILSON, his widow,
Sarah French, died 15th March 1793; his
daugh., Sara Christina (marr. John Bower,
min. of Maryculter).
MIDDELBURG
WILLIAM SPANG (Secundus), born
Nov. 1659, died 6th May 1683.
ROTTERDAM
Portfolio of papers in General Register
House.
JOHN DAVID PALM, born 1816, son
of -. P., min. at Wolfundahl, Dutch
Reformed Church, Colombo, Ceylon,
whom he succeeded. Marr. -. Wells, and
had issue, -. Lloyd, in Chinese Customs;
Theobald, M.D., medical missionary in
Japan; a son, died young; William Stuart,
doctor, Largo, died 1908; Hilary; Alice;
Emma (marr. -. Burnet).
JOHN IRWIN BROWN, O.B.E., Officer
of the Order of Orange Nassau; died 2nd
Feb. 1937.
ITALY— VENICE
ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER, died
20th March 1933.
SWITZERLAND— GENEVA
WATT, THOMAS MEIKLE, D.D.
(Aberdeen, 6th July 1932); trans, to
Ballater North, 13th June 1935; died 22nd
April 1938.
CONTINENT OF AFRICA
EGYPT— ALEXANDRIA
MITCHELL, DAVID RUSSELL,
Chaplain to Ulster Division in France and
Egypt 1914-19; adm. to Aberfeldy, 27th
Aug. 1926.
MACKIE, GEORGE MUNRO, his
widow, Louisa Ross, died at Beyrout 10th
March 1934.
ROBERTSON, CHRISTIAN AR
THUR, dem. 1929; adm. to Wellpark
West, Greenock, 14th May 1930, and
Avondale, 22nd Feb. 1939.
KENYA— NAIROBI
ORR, JAMES FLEMING GORDON,
died Nairobi, 4th May 1935; his widow,
Grace Ellen Mann, died 29th Oct. 1947.
YOUNGSON, JAMES, adm. to St
John's, Kirkcaldy, 19th Sept. 1928; trans,
to Nelson, British Columbia, Aug. 1931;
adm. to St Andrew's South, Dunfermline,
20th May 1935; trans, to Tullynessle,
Forbes, 30th May 1941.
MAURITIUS
JOHN ROBERT DE LINGEN KIL-
BURN, app. first chaplain to the Queen
Elizabeth, Mediterranean Fleet, 10th Oct.
1920; Senior English Master, Royal College
of Mauritius, 1921; Principal of Training
College, 1926-31; Senior English Master,
Royal College, 1931; Deputy Commis
sioner A.R.P. for Colony, 1942; dem. 1944
and returned to Scotland.
730
CONTINENT OF ASIA
BURMA— RANGOON
MUDGE, JAMES, trans, to Sauchie
5th Sept. 1929.
CEYLON
MACARA, JOHN, adm. to Kiltarlity
East, 20th Sept. 1932; dem. 26th June 1943.
MACECHERN, CHRISTIAN VICTOR
AENEAS, trans, to North and Trinity,
Aberdeen, 3rd June 1929.
MACMICHAEL, DAVID COLVILLE,
his widow, Jean Grace Marian Govan, died
15th April 1939.
FORD, JAMES ALBERT MUNRO,
born 1883; educ. at Scottish College, Ade
laide, 1909, Ormond College, Melbourne,
B.A. (Adelaide, 27th Dec. 1919); B.D.
(Melbourne, 14th May 1922); licen. by
Presb. of Melbourne Nov. 1913; ord. to
Murray Bridge, South Australia, by Presb.
of Onhaparinga 13th Aug. 1915; trans, to
Mount Pleasant 1st April 1917; dem. 1st
Feb. 1923 on app. as Chaplain and Classi
cal Master, Scots College, Sydney, 1923;
adm. to Hinton, Morpeth, New South
Wales, 10th March 1925; dem. 15th July
1927; came to Scotland, assistant at North
Leith 1927; adm. by General Assembly
24th May 1928; app. to Colombo 1929;
dem. 1933, and returned to Australia.
INDIA
ALLAN, JOHN BLACK, licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen; ord. to Indian Chap
laincy 10th Sept. 1929; adm. to Evie 25th
July 1933; trans, to Greenhill, Rutherglen,
12th July 1936; trans, to St Brandon's,
Boyndlie, 26th March 1941; dem. 26th
March 1942. Marr. 12th July 1933.
BLACK, JAMES, O.B.E., formerly of
Balfron (<?.v.), dem. 1928 on app. as Chap
lain, Royal Air Force; died at Windsor
5th Jan. 1941.
CAMERON, JOHN, his daugh., Cathe
rine Agnes (marr. 10th Feb. 1934 Alex
ander, son of Sir John Hope); his son,
Alastair R.
CAMERON, SAMUEL WOOD, served
as Gunner, R.G.A., March 1917, 2nd Lieut.
4th Feb. 1918; served at Home 1917-18,
France April 1918 to May 1919; Lieut.,
attached Black Watch 1926; died 23rd
Dec. 1933; his wife, daugh. of Rev. John
Findlater, Indian Chaplain (Wesleyan) died
at Chakrata, United Provinces, 20th April
1929, and had issue — a son, born 25th
March 1929.
CRAIK, DAVID, born St Cyrus 27th
Dec. 1884, son of George C.; educ. at
Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1907), St An
drews, B.D. (1912); joined Air Force 1915,
D.F.C.
DODD, GEORGE EDWARD, adm. to
Monigaff, 12th June 1935; his daugh.,
Elizabeth Sheila Mary (marr. 3rd July 1942
Captain Gareth Kirkham Du Pre, R.A.).
FERRIER, ALEXANDER, Chaplain to
72nd Highlanders at Kabul and took part
in Lord Roberts' famous march to Kan
dahar; three times mentioned in despatches;
died 29th Aug. 1934; his wife, Beatrice
Hallowes, died 18th July 1931; his daugh.,
Lilian Kathleen (marr. 20th April 1938
James Clairmont Fleming, Auchencairn).
HAMILTON, ROBERT KERR, adm.
to Bayswater 1859.
HERON, JOHN, died 23rd Feb. 1950.
731
732
INDIA— PALESTINE
[CONTINENT OF
INGRAM, JAMES WILLIAM, adm.
to Tundergarth 18th Dec. 1942.
LEE, ROBERT EWING, M.C., app.
to Nice 1937; dem. 1938.
McCAUL, MATTHEW WILSON, adm.
to Ruthwell 2nd July 1936.
MACKAY, JAMES MUTTON, died at
Fochabers 7th Aug. 1933; his sons — John,
in Burma; Joseph, in Nigeria; daugh.,
Caroline, domestic science teacher, Malay
States.
MACKENZIE, DONALD FRANCIS,
M.A., dem. 1939; adm. to Clunie 15th Jan.
1941. Marr. 3rd June 1937 Anny Damute.
MACKINTOSH, KENNETH, born
Glen Urquhart 10th Jan. 1903, son of
Kenneth M., Lewiston, and Lillias Fraser;
educ. at Glen Urquhart School and Univ.
of ; licen. by Presb. of Inverness
4th May 1927; app. Indian Chaplain and
ord. 2nd March 1928. Marr. 5th April 1929
Annie Stewart, M.A., daugh. of Rev.
Peter Brown, B.Sc., Cullen.
MCLEAN, LAUCHLAN, dem. 1937,
died Nov. 1942.
McLELLAN, DUNCAN TAIT
HUTCHISON, adm. to Hounam 29th
Aug. 1944; trans, to Boarhills 31st July
1946.
MACPHERSON, GEORGE COOK,
dem. 3rd Aug. 1933; adm. to Tarbet West
15th Dec. 1933; died llth Feb. 1939.
MITCHELL, JAMES DONALD, adm.
to Aberfeldy 14th May 1930; his wife,
Constance Maria Edward, died 16th Feb.
1938.
PHILIP, JAMES GIBSON, adm. Fellow
of the Royal Society of Arts, London, 1934.
REID, JAMES POTTER, M.A., adm.
to Trinity, Saltcoats, 2nd April 1941 ; trans,
to Lowick 4th Oct. 1945.
RENNIE, JOHN YULE, app. Superin
tendent, St Andrew's Colonial Homes,
Kalimpong, April 1942, in succession to
Dr J. A. Graham; dem. 1943; adm. to
Fowlis Wester 2nd Feb. 1945.
RUTLEDGE, JAMES WILLIAM
RENWICK, adm. to Longbridge and
Breich 21st April 1948; his wife, Elizabeth
Brown Ho veil, died 5th April 1930. Marr.
(2) 3rd Sept. 1935 Christian Mary, youngest
daugh. of James Campbell, Tullich, Killin.
SCOTT, THOMAS, died 12th March
1936.
SHORT, GEORGE MURRAY
DAVIDSON, adm. to Newburn 22nd
Sept. 1943; his son, George M., M.B.,
Ch.B., missionary, Calabar. Addl. issue —
John Thomson, born 5th June 1927.
PALESTINE
HILL, NINIAN, born at Greenock 27th
Nov. 1861, only son of James Fleming H.
and Mary Jane Ramsay, daugh. of James
Johnston Grieve, M.P. for Greenock; educ.
at Hawtreys School, Slough, preparatory
for Eton, but his education was interrupted
by an accident and serious illness, which
necessitated it being continued by private
tutors. When his health was restored, he
attended the Univ. of St Andrews and
studied at Oxford, and in later life Divinity
at Edinburgh. He became a shipowner in
Greenock and took a prominent part in
public affairs, being Dean of Guild and
Treasurer of the Burgh and Director and
Chairman of the Greenock Provident Bank.
In 1901 he removed to Edinburgh and was
General Secretary for the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, during
which time he reorganised its whole ad
ministration. He also took an active
interest in Church affairs and became an
elder in Murrayfield Church. At a meeting
of the Presb. of Edinburgh on 12th Dec.
1917, the day that Allenby entered Jerusa
lem, he proposed that to celebrate the
delivery of that city from seven centuries of
Moslem rule, a church and hospice should
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be erected there to commemorate this,
and he was app. by the General Assembly
Hon. Secretary of the committee by whom
this was carried out. He was licen. by the
Presb. of Edinburgh 28th June 1922 and was
ord. by them first chaplain of the Church of
Jerusalem, and was also Honorary Min. of
St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, for twenty-three
years. He also became in 1919 Secretary
to the Committee on Chaplains to H.M.
Forces. D.D. (Edinburgh, 1st July 1935);
died at Edinburgh 10th April 1946. His
ashes were interred in St Andrew's Church,
Jerusalem, on 30th Nov. 1947, where a
plaque to his memory was dedicated 4th
Jan. 1948. He marr. 4th April 1935 Mar
guerite, youngest daugh. of Henry Richer
and Marie Therese de Portemer. Addl.
Publications — Edited first two Annuals of
the Church Service Society.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
HUNTER, CHARLES HAY, was
fourth son, died llth July 1928.
SMYTHE, KIRKPATRICK DICK-
SON, died at Don Bank, Aberdeen, 9th
March 1864.
NEW ZEALAND
Contributed by Dr Alexander Cumming,
193 Dominion Road, Auckland.
Instead of "Commonwealth of Aus
tralia" write "Australasia." (New Zea
land and Fiji are not part of the Common
wealth.)
COMRIE, WILLIAM, eldest son of
William Comrie, Foulis Wester, Perthshire.
Univ. of St Andrews. Arrived in New
Zealand in 1841. Marr. 23rd Jan. 1849
Jessie Miller (who died in Auckland 10th
Nov. 1875); held no Charge in N.Z.; died
27th Sept. 1884 at Pukekohe, near Auck
land, aged 84.
DICKIE, JOHN, D.D., died in Dunedin,
N.Z., 24th June 1942.
GELLIE, JOHN CAITHNESS, born
1834.
JACKSON, ROBERT WINCHESTER,
died 29th Aug. 1933.
KILLEN, JAMES MILLAR, born 1847,
died 1928.
MACKELLAR, JAMES, born Dec.
1859, died 30th March 1895. For "Wai-
kara ' ' read ' ' Waikari. ' '
MILNE, JAMES, M.A. (Abd.); born
14th Dec. 1865 at Bucksburn, Aberdeen,
died 5th June 1943 in Auckland, N.Z.
MORICE, GEORGE. For "Morris"
read "Morice"; for "Taurango" read
"Tauranga."
PATTULLO, JAMES LEBURN, ord.
to Waihi (not Waiki) 1904; to Whangarei
1907; res. 1911; to Kaurihohore 1914; res.
1917.
RANKIN, WILLIAM PILLANS, add
— adm. min. New Lynn, Auckland, 1926;
Huntly, 1939; died 4th April 1943.
RITCHIE, WILLIAM, trans, to Kaiapoi
1901; died 1945 in Palmerston North.
SOUTAR, ALEXANDER CHAL
MERS, on page 501 "Pictou" should be
"Picton."
THOMPSON, WILLIAM, M.A., B.D.;
adm. Waipu (delete "North") June 1898;
Coromandel 1905; Waipu (again); died
19th March 1912, aged 56.
WALLIS, JAMES, born 1825. Marr.
1862 Elizabeth, daugh. of Richard Poole,
M.D., F.R.C.P.E.; she died in 1904.
Arrived in Auckland 1865 as surgeon on
the Rangitoto. First min. of St David's,
Auckland, Oct. 1865; dem. 1st July 1868;
Member, House of Representatives for
Auckland City West 1877-81; from 1881 to
1896 farmed at Riverhead, Auckland; in
1896 settled in Richmond, Auckland, and
died there 25th May 1912.
WALLS, THOMAS, ind. into Wood-
ville 1893; res. 1894; Ngaruawahia 1896;
Te Aroha 1898; res. 1905.
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CANADA
CAPE BRETON
MURDOCH STEWART, born at Con-
tin 18th May 1810, son of John Stewart and
Catherine Stewart, daugh. of Thomas
Stewart, Catechist of Contin Parish; educ.
at Contin School and at Crathie, and Aber
deen Univ. (King's and Marischal) 1830-4,
M.A.; teacher at Calcot's School for Boys,
near Elgin, 1837; licen. by Presb. of Elgin
5th Dec. 1838; joined Free Church 1843;
ord. to West Bay in latter part of 1843;
retired in 1882 and died 30th July 1884 at
Pictou; on visit to Scotland marr. 29th
June 1847 Catherine (died at Halifax 19th
Sept. 1906), daugh. of James MacGregor
and Mary Davidson, Achcallater, Braemar,
with issue, all born at Black River, West
Bay — John, born 3rd July 1848, farmed for
a time in Scotland, arts student, Edinburgh
Univ. 1871-2, medical student at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, 1872-4, and Edinburgh Univ.
1874-7, where he graduated, one of four
chosen by Lister to accompany him to
London on his appointment to King's
College Hospital; returned to Canada 1878,
and after engaging in general practice in
Pictou, took up surgical work at Halifax
and became distinguished as Lecturer in
Surgery at Halifax Medical School, after
wards re-attached to Dalhouse Univ.;
from the close of 1915 he was head of the
Dalhouse Hospital, No. 7 Stationary, at
Thorncliff, and in France, and later was
Consultant to the Canadian Hospital in
England; received C.B.E., and after return
ing to Canada in 1919 he acted as Con
sultant in Halifax to the Camp Hill Hospi
tal for returned soldiers till his death 22nd
Dec. 1933; was awarded LL.D. by Edin
burgh Univ. in 1913, and also by McGill
and Dalhouse Univs., Canada; he visited
this country in 1927 when he spoke at the
Lister Centenary Meeting of the British
Medical Association, and received the
Honorary Fellowship of the Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons; Margaret
Mary, born 20th Jan. 1850 (marr. J.
Farquharson) and died at Calgary 2nd
Nov. 1937; Donald Alexander, born 2nd
Nov. 1851, Civil Engineer, Railways, died
at Halifax 20th Oct. 1897; James Mac
Gregor, born 29th June 1853, lawyer, died
at Pictou 18th June 1897; Thomas, born
16th Dec. 1855, clergyman, died at Halifax
8th Jan. 1923; Katherine Isabel, born 9th
July 1857 and died at Halifax 12th April
1938; Anne Amelia, born 19th March 1859;
Elizabeth Helen, born 5th Sept. 1860;
Maria Louisa Jessie, born 2nd Sept. 1862;
Alexander Forrester, born 8th Jan. 1864,
Civil Engineer, Railways, and died at
Halifax 30th Oct. 1937.— [Memo., Miss
Anne Amelia Stewart, 28 South Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia.]
MATTHEW WILSON, marr. Christian
Scouller, who died 28th March 1852.
NOVA SCOTIA
JOHN STEWART, his wife, Alicia
Murray Drysdale, was a sister of Anne
Scott Drysdale, wife of Dr Alexander Duff
of India; had issue — at least — John, a sea-
captain; William, painter, died at New
Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1929; and two
daughs., one of whom died young, and the
other marr. a min. in the Province of
Quebec. — [Memo., Miss Anne Amelia
Stewart, 28 South Street, Halifax, Nova
Scotia; Memo., Rev. Dr Hugh Munroe,
Westminster Church, New Glasgow.]
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
LAMONT, DONALD McDONALD,
min. in 1921; adm. to Kilninian and Kil-
more 9th Jan. 1935; dem. llth Nov. 1941;
died 3 1st May 1942.
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CANADA
ONTARIO and QUEBEC
LEATHEM, WILLIAM HARVEY,
D.D. (Ottawa, 1930); died 23rd Feb. 1937.
SNODGRASS, JOHN ALLAN, died
at Maxwelltown, 8th July 1929.
NEWFOUNDLAND
St Andrew's Church, St John's, cele
brated its centenary in 1942, when a
history of the congregation was published.
In the course of looking over some old
papers a record was found that in 1622 an
expedition fitted out by Sir William Alex
ander for Nova Scotia came to Newfound
land through distress. The settlers had
with them a min., who died there during
the winter of 1622-3. The name of the
min. is unfortunately not given. — [Informa
tion from R. A. Templeton, Session Clerk.}
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DUNLOP, WILLIAM, left South Caro
lina when the Colony was destroyed by
Spaniards.— [Scot. Hist. Review, 1928.]
STOBO, ARCHIBALD, marr. 9th July
1699 Elizabeth, daugh. of James Park,
writer, Edinburgh.— [Deeds Dal, 1706,
No. 1819.]
BRITISH WEST INDIES
GRENADA
GIVEN, HUGH O., marr. Margaret
(died at Clevedon, Somerset, llth June
1923, aged 70).
MACFARLANE, DUNCAN, became
missionary at Kinlochewe 1933; at Kirkipol
and Cornaig, Tiree, Oct. 1933; adm. by
General Assembly as ord. min. May 1934;
adm. to Tiree llth July 1934; trans, to
Kilchrenen 15th Dec. 1940; has issue —
Flora Marion, born 28th Sept. 1927; Annie
Laurie, born 17th Nov. 1929.
JAMAICA
MAXWELL, JOHN, son of John M. of
Kirkhill, Dalton, died 25th Feb. 1930.
ST VINCENT
McPHAIL, DOUGALD NEIL, dem.
1936.
BRITISH HONDURAS
ADAMSON, ALFRED ERNEST,
trans, to St Anne's, Trinidad, 1932.
ANDERSON, JAMES STORIE, his
widow, Helen Duff Farquhar Clarke, died
9th Feb. 1943.
BRITISH GUIANA
All Saints
CAMERON, CHARLES McK., dem.
1928 1934.
St Andrew's
LESLIE, GEORGE NEAVE, trans.
fr°m Kmcardine in Monteith (q.v.)\
died 8th Aug. 1937.
St Clement's
CASSOU, MORTIMER ALOYSIUS,
afterwards of St Luke's.
St Luke's
MENZIES, ROBERT, died 18th Aug.
1840 1844.
WALLACE, JAMES BELL; his widow,
Eliza, daugh. of Andrew Chrystal
Hamilton, died from effects of acci
dent at Demerara 13th Jan. 1939.
St Saviour's
HUSKIE, JAMES, his sons— Dr David,
died at MofTat 7th June 1944;
James, M.B., Ch.B., died 15th
March 1945.
DYETT, ALFRED E., died 1946.
737
3A
SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINE— BUENOS AIRES
BRUCE, DOUGLAS WILLIAM,
C.B.E., D.D. (Edinburgh, 30th June 1939);
his wife, Cecily Mary Kirby, died 5th April
1942.
FLEMING, JAMES WILLIAM, his
widow, Elizabeth Ann McDiarmid, died
7th Aug. 1929.
GILLESPIE, WILLIAM MURDOCH,
app. to Lowick 1929.
KELLY, GRAEME ISMAY DAVID
SON, son of John Davidson K., M.A.,
Headmaster, Stanley House, Bridge of
Allan, and Anne Baines; educ. at Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1926); ord. 1929; adm. to
Dunscore 28th Oct. 1930; dem. on app. to
Santiago, Chile, July 1939; locum Hope-
mount, Arbroath, 1942-4; app. to St
Ninian's, Paisley, 14th Sept. 1944. Marr.
15th Dec. 1930 Beryl Marjorie, only child
of Walter and Jemima Wooley, Junin,
Argentina, and has issue — Walter John
Davidson, born 6th May 1932; Norman
Ismay Davidson, born 13th Sept. 1937.
MACDONALD, HECTOR KEN
NEDY, adm. to St Madoes 23rd April 1930.
Marr. 15th March 1932 Kristeen, daugh. of
William Baird Laing, M.I.C.E., and has
issue — William Hilton Charles, born 19th
Oct. 1935; Kristeen Ann, born 26th Oct.
1936.
MACINNES, ALASDAIR ROBERT
ELLIS, dem. 1928; assistant, Mauchline;
ord. to Cadder (q.v.} 5th June 1929.
McRURY, DONALD ARCHIBALD,
adm. to Duncansburgh 20th July 1932;
adm. Indian Chaplain 10th Sept. 1935;
served in war 1939-45.
TAYLOR, JAMES SHEPHERD, born
3rd Dec. 1900; son of Peter Chalmers T.,
printer, and Helen Chalmers Shepherd;
educ. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1922);
licen. by Presb. of Perth 10th June 1925;
assistant, New Kilpatrick; ord. assistant
Buenos Aires 9th Feb. 1926; app. min. in
charge Northern Suburbs Nov. 1927; adm.
to Stevenson Memorial, Glasgow, 17th
May 1933; Chaplain to Forces, H.L.I.,
1940; killed in action 30th June 1944.
Marr. 10th June 1931 Evelyn Ramsay,
daugh. of Gilbert Ramsay Darbyshire, rail
way official, Buenos Aires, and Margaret
Macdonald Grant, and has issue — Flora
Ramsay, born 16th June 1932; Kenneth
Iain, born 29th Dec. 1934; Gilbert Ramsay
Darbyshire, born 31st May 1938.
CHILE— VALPARAISO
LAING, WILLIAM MACKIE, dem.
Oct. 1933; adm. to Colinton 4th Oct. 1934.
Addl. issue— Charles Walbaun, born 31st
July 1935.
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FOREIGN MISSIONARIES
Introduction, page 686, line 19, for
"Choriza" read "Chogorie."
ALEXANDER, JAMES FREDERICK,
trans, to Blantyre 1933; Member of Legis
lative Council, Nyasaland; served until
1938. Line 3, for "Archibald John" read
"John Archibald," died 6th June 1941.
ALEXANDER, JOHN ARCHIBALD,
adm. to St John's, Symington, 14th April
1938; dem. 10th Feb. 1946.
ANDERSON, ANDREW MELVILLE,
served until re-transfer of Iringa Mission to
the Berlin Missionary Society 1929; died at
Sadani, Tanganyika, 16th Sept. 1939.
ANDERSON, JOHN, his widow, Mary
Johnston Veitch, died 4th April 1944.
ARTHUR, JOHN WILLIAM, D.D.
(St Andrews, 28th June 1946); adm. to
Dunbog 26th July 1938; dem. 22nd July
1948. Addl. issue — Caroline, born 6th
Feb. 1926; David, born 23rd Feb. 1930.
BAILEY, THOMAS GRAHAME,
served until 1920; died 5th April 1942; his
son, Wellesley Grahame, ord. missionary
to the Punjab 10th Dec. 1939.
BAIN, JAMES, died at Stirling 10th
Nov. 1928.
BORROWMAN, PATRICK HAMIL
TON, B.D., formerly of Tighnabruach
(tf.v.); app. to Blantyre Mission 30th Sept.
1929; died at Zomba, Nyasaland, 30th Jan.
1948; had issue — a son and a daughter.
BOWMAN, ERNEST DREWITT, re
tired 1928; app. 1928 Principal of the
Jeanes School, Zomba, under Nyasaland
Government.
CALDERWOOD, ROBERT GEORGE
MATHESON, app. to St Andrew's, Jeru
salem, 1936; Secretary, Missionary Council,
Kenya, April 1937. Addl. issue— Anne,
born 1st Nov. 1925; son, born 2nd Nov.
1928; his wife, Isobel Shaw Cowan, died
6th May 1943.
CAMERON, ALLAN, Principal of
Scottish Churches College, Calcutta, 30th
June 1937; adm. to Forgandenny 17th May
1945; his daugh., Jean (marr. 17th Aug.
1940 Ian Fraser Mackenzie, M.B., D.P.H.,
assistant medical officer, Blyth); Mildred
(marr. 9th Aug. 1941 Lieut. Robert Burden
Stoker, Normans Hall, Prestbury, Che
shire); his son, Donald Lyon Scott, killed
in war 1944.
COCKBURN, GEORGE, his widow,
Johnann Garden Thomson, died at Aber
deen 14th March 1936; his. daugh., Alice,
died at Longniddry 7th June 1935.
DALGETTY, WILLIAM, dem. 1930;
died 4th Aug. 1935; his widow, Elizabeth
Reid Simpson, died Winnipeg 31st May
1944; his son, William, M.B., Ch.B.
DEANS, WILLIAM, formerly of Tew-
char (q.v.) and Vol. vii, 690; died at
Alexandria, Egypt, llth Nov. 1934. Marr.
(2) Agnes Daffe, who died at Herne Bay
6th June 1935.
DUNCAN, HENRY CECIL, his son,
James Edwards, min. of Provanmill, Glas
gow, 1940.
DUNCAN, JOHN MENZIES BAIL-
LIE, adm. to Moonzie 19th July 1939; dem.
31st Dec. 1946; his daugh., Clara, died 6th
Sept. 1934.
EDWARDS, JAMES, his son, James
Sutherland, M.D., died at Perth 8th Feb.
1930.
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740
FOREIGN MISSIONARIES
FERRIE, WILLIAM WINKS, licen.
6th June 1923; adm. for work in India by
General Assembly May 1934, and by
Presb. of Edinburgh 5th June 1934.
GARRETT, JOHN, Punjab, dem. 1947;
assistant Springburnhill, Glasgow, 1947;
elected to Duntocher West, 1947, but died
on way to church 10th Jan. 1948.
GRAHAM, JOHN ANDERSON,
Moderator of the General Assembly May
1931; dem. 1932; D.D. (Aberdeen); died at
Kalimpong 15th May 1942. His daughs.—
Betty Hughes (marr. 3rd Nov. 1942 Major
George Sherriff); Isobel Anderson (marr.
Thomas M. Coffey, C.I.E.), died 24th
March 1947.
HETHERWICK, ALEXANDER,
O.B.E., D.D., dem. 1929, died at Aberdeen
3rd April 1939; his widow, Elizabeth Bar
clay Pithie, died at Aberdeen 13th Feb.
1945. Addl. Publications — The Romance of
Blantyre, and enlarged edition of Dic
tionary of Nyanja Language.
KELLAS, JOHN, app. Professor of
Economics, Scottish Churches College,
Calcutta, 1923; ord. 9th June 1935. Marr.
22nd Aug. 1922 Evelyn Margaret, daugh.
of David Ritchie, Peterhead, and has issue
—Marshall, born 23rd Aug. 1925, died
June 1926; Jean Campbell, born 29th April
1929; Evelyn Lindsay, born 25th Jan. 1931;
a child, born 16th Aug. 1939.
KILGOUR, ROBERT, Chaplain to
Scots Guards and other Presbyterian
troops in London District; died at London
28th Jan. 1942.
KNOX, ROBERT BRODIE, M.A.,
B.Sc.; born Colac, Victoria, Australia, 25th
March 1897; son of Edward K.; app. to
Young Men's Guild Mission, Kalimpong,
16th Nov. 1926. Marr. 14th Jan. 1928
Gladys Ivy, daugh. of Richard Lewis Reed,
and has issue — Dorothy Margaret, born
23rd Oct. 1928; Gladys Catherine, born
27th Nov. 1929; Elizabeth Mary, born 15th
Jan. 1932; Kenneth William, born 12th
July 1933; Jean, born 13th Aug. 1937.
LILLIE, WILLIAM, ord. 29th March
1931; adm. to Dulnain Bridge 1948; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 1948). Marr. 17th Sept. 1929
Florence Jean Crawford, daugh. of David
Watson, D.D., min. of St Clement's
Church, Glasgow, and had issue — Adziel,
born 3rd July 1931, died 31st Oct. 1935.
LORNIE, JAMES TAYLOR, his
widow, Marjory Agnes Jackson, died 7th
May 1945.
MACINTOSH, JAMES ARCHIBALD,
born Minden, Ontario, Canada, 24th Aug.
1870; son of Alexander M., hardware
merchant; educ. Univ. of Aberdeen, B.D.
(1904).
MACKEAN, WALTER GEORGE,
adm. to Maryton, Montrose, 5th April
1929; died at Aberdeen 2nd Nov. 1932.
MACKENZIE, EVAN, adm. to Glen-
morriston 30th July 1930; died 8th Jan.
1934. His daugh., Christina Elizabeth, died
at Georgetown, Demerara, 28th Nov. 1940.
MCLEAN, LAUCHLAN, died NOV.
1942.
MCLEAN, RODERICK MATHIESON,
born Conon Bridge, Ross-shire, 13th Feb.
1887, son of Donald M., Glengynach,
Kingussie; educ. at Kingussie School and
Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow; went
to Canada 1906; served in Great War in
90th Winnipeg Rifles and Gordon High
landers 1914; 1st Lieutenant, 25th Sept.
1915; Captain, March 1916; Major, 1918
(despatches); assistant, St George's in the
Fields, Glasgow, as student, and St Cuth-
bert's, Edinburgh; ord. missionary to
Nyasaland 29th Sept. 1929; adm. to
Grange, Grangemouth, 5th Oct. 1932;
trans, to Erchless llth Oct. 1934; trans, to
Lawson Memorial, Forfar, 18th April 1940;
trans, to Grenada 14th July 1942. Marr.
1st Oct. 1931 Harriet, second daugh. of
Donald Maclean, min. of Duirinish, and
has issue — Rona Matheson, born 24th
July 1933; Roderick John, born 13th Feb.
1935.
MILL, GEORGE SCOTT, India, dem.
1947; adm. to Garvald 16th Feb. 1948;
FOREIGN MISSIONARIES
741
his daughs. — Elizabeth Wilson, born Gor
don 30th Aug. 1920, M.A. (1940) (marr. 4th
July 1942 James Aitken Whyte, min. of
Dunollie Road, Oban); Catherine Carlyle,
born Calcutta 22nd Sept. 1922 (marr. 6th
June 1946 Edward Beaumont Packham).
MORRISON, JOHN, died at Edinburgh
14th Feb. 1932.
NICOLSON, ANGUS, dem. 1941, and
returned to Scotland; assistant at West St.
George's Church, Edinburgh; adm. to
Lawers 18th July 1947; had issue — son,
born 20th Feb. 1925; daugh., born 28th
Aug. 1928.
OGG, GEORGE, dem. and became
locum tenens Tighnabruaich 1928; adm. to
Anstruther Easter 27th Feb. 1929.
OGILVIE, JAMES, his daughs.— Mary,
died at Portobello 16th March 1935;
Maria Frances, died 15th March 1949.
PATERSON, KEITH NORMAN, born
Gujerat 23rd Feb. 1902, son of Robert
McCheyne P., foreign missionary, Punjab;
educ. at George Watson's College and
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 2nd May 1929; ord. to Punjab
Mission, Sialkot, 26th May 1929; dem.
1938. Marr. 9th April 1934 J. C. D., M.A.,
daugh. of William G. Jeffrey, min. of Mill-
burn, Renton, and has issue — Robert
Crozier, born 25th July 1935.
PATERSON, ROBERT McCHEYNE,
O.B.E. Line 17, for "J.S." read "Thomas
Stanley"; licen. 1941; died Kashmir 5th
June 1942.
PHILIP, HORACE ROBERT AN
DREW, adm. to Newcastle upon Tyne
1930; his son, Robert Andrew, missionary,
Kenya.
REID, JAMES, born 27th March 1869;
son of Andrew Reid, engineer; app. general
agent to Nyasaland Mission 1891; ord. by
Presb. of Blantyre, Nyasaland, 1907; adm.
by General Assembly 1934; served several
periods as unofficial member of Nyasaland
Legislative; Central Africa Medal 1894-8;
3 A*
served till 1933. Marr. llth Sept. 1901
Maria Jean, M.B.E. (died 12th April 1943),
daugh. of John Sanderson, Leith, and has
issue — Irene Margaret Isobel, born 30th
Nov. 1902; May Dorothy, born 6th May
1906.
RICE, HENRY, his widow, Louisa
Hill Cumine, died at Liberton 16th Nov.
1941, aged 91.
SCOTT, HENRY EDWARD, his
widow, Isabella Govan, died at Edinburgh
19th June 1939.
SCOTT, WILLIAM, died at Edinburgh
24th Aug. 1936; his son, David Leslie,
missionary, Punjab; his daugh., Elizabeth
May, teacher, Punjab Mission.
SCOTT, WILLIAM MACKENZIE,
had issue — Helen, born 16th May 1927;
Shena, born 13th June 1929; Margaret,
born 29th June 1933.
STIRLING, JAMES CLARK PAUL,
born Edinburgh 30th April 1903; son of
Rev. James S. and Isabella Davidson Paul;
educ. at Westfield House School, Man
chester Grammar School, Victoria Univ.,
Manchester, Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A.,
B.D. (1928); distinguished athlete; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1928; assistant, St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; ord. to Mills and
Steamers Chaplaincy, Calcutta, 23rd Oct.
1928; chaplain at Rawalpindi, Burree,
Secunderabad and Madras 1938; was chap
lain attached to Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders, Argyll and Sutherland High
landers and Cameronians (Scottish Rifles);
Presidency Senior Chaplain, Madras; was
chaplain in various campaigns on Indian
Frontier; served as combatant officer 1940-4
as Company Commander 1st Batt. Baluch
Regiment Frontier Campaign 1940; Intelli
gence Officer, 27th Indian Infantry Brigade,
Iraq and Persia; Military Secretary's
Branch 10th Army at General Head
quarters, India; dem. 1943; adm. to Trinity,
Coatbridge, 16th Feb. 1946; dem. 3rd Feb.
1948. Marr. Ruth Evelyn, daugh. of
William Alexander Chisholm, K.C., and
has issue — Robin Alasdair Chisholm, born
23rd April 1933.
742
FOREIGN MISSIONARIES
STOTT, IAN FERGUSSON GORDON,
app. Government Supervisor of Education,
Nyasaland.
TOCHER, FORBES SCOTT, D.D.,
Aberdeen (1934); adm. to Botriphnie 21st
April 1948; his daugh., Agnes Forbes, 3rd
Officer W.R.N.S. (marr. 22nd March 1945
Captain Gilbert George Michael, Intelli
gence Corps).
TURNBULL, ARCHIBALD, his
daugh., Christina Brooks Macdiarmid, died
18th July 1933.
WATSON, HARRY STEEL, adm. to
Lochcraig 22nd Sept. 1937; trans, to Neil-
ston South 24th April 1946; has issue-
Alexander Cameron, born 23rd Feb. 1927;
Harry Milne, born 5th Dec. 1929; Helen
Elizabeth, born 29th June 1936.
WATT, JOHN ALEXANDER ROB-
SON, son of Archie Crawford W., min. of
Comrie U.F. Church; ord. 23rd June 1929
to Gold Coast; trans, to Kenya; adm. to
Ordiquhill and Cornhill 5th Feb. 1947.
Marr. llth Aug. 1931 Jessie Mary, daugh.
of Colonel Imrie, I.M.S., Edinburgh, and
has issue — a son, born 31st Oct. 1933; a
son, born and died 13th Feb. 1938; a
daugh., born 6th Feb. 1939; Dorcas, born
July 1942, died 7th April 1945.
WAUGH, GEORGE, died 28th April
1929; his widow, Jane Braid, died 25th Jan.
1938.
YOUNGSON, JOHN FORBES
WHITE, his daugh., Margaret (marr. 15th
Sept. 1908 Dr John Clark Wilson), died 7th
Feb. 1925; his son, Alexander, died 19th
Feb. 1943.
GREEN, STEPHEN, missionary,
Nyasaland, 1928-37; returned home; assis
tant St Nicholas West, Aberdeen; adm. to
Pulteneytown 29th Aug. 1940; dem. on
re-app. to Nyasaland April 1946. Marr.
16th March 1932 Marion Cowan, youngest
daugh. of John Henderson, Uddmgston.
JEWISH MISSIONARIES
The first Jewish Missions of the Church
were those opened at Jassy, Rumania, in
June 1841, and at Budapest, Hungary, in
Aug. 1841.
SPENCE, DAVID BROWN, his son,
John W. L., M.D., died 15th March 1930;
his daugh., Elizabeth J. W., died 17th
March 1944.
APPENDIX
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
List of Principal Clerks; Sub -or Depute Clerks; Procurators; Agents
PRINCIPAL CLERKS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
dr. 1572 JOHN GRAY, succeeded by
Cir. 1589 JAMES RITCHIE, succeeded by
THOMAS NICOLSON, succeeded by
-. SANDILANDS.
1638 ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON of Warriston. (Also Advocate for the Church.)
1690-1694 JOHN SPALDING.
1694-1695 ROBERT PARK, advocate.
1695-1701 JOHN BANNATYNE, min. at Lanark.
1701-1703 DAVID DUNDAS, advocate.
1703-1731 JOHN DUNDAS of Philipstoun, advocate. (Also Procurator from 1706.)
1731-1746 WM. GRANT, advocate— afterwards Lord Prestongrange. (Also Pro
curator.)
1746-1778 DR GEORGE WISHART, min. at Tron, Edinburgh.
1778-1785 DR GEORGE WISHART and DR JOHN DRYSDALE (assistant and
successor), min. at Tron, Edinburgh.
1785-1788 DR JOHN DRYSDALE.
1789-1807 ANDREW DALZELL, Professor of Greek, Univ. of Edinburgh.
1807-1827 DR ANDREW DUNCAN, min. at Ratho.
1828-1859 DR JOHN LEE, Principal of Univ. of Edinburgh.
1859-1861 DR ALEX. LOCKHART SIMPSON, min. at Kirknewton.
1862-1874 DR JOHN COOK, min. of Haddington (First Charge).
1875-1886 DR JOHN TULLOCH, Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews.
1886-1893 DR WM. MILLIGAN, Professor of Biblical Criticism, Univ. of Aberdeen.
1894-1907 DR ROBERT HERBERT STORY, Principal of Univ. of Glasgow.
1907-191 1 DR NORMAN MACLEOD, min. at Inverness (First Charge).
1912-1926 DR DAVID PAUL, min. at Grange, Edinburgh.
1926-1927 DR JAMES ALEXANDER McCLYMONT.
1928-1929 DR JAMES TAYLOR COX, min. at Dyce.
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744
APPENDIX
After Union of the Churches
SENIOR CLERKS
1929-1939 DR JAMES TAYLOR COX and DR. JAMES HARVEY, Joint Clerks.
PRINCIPAL CLERKS
1939-1946 DR JAMES TAYLOR COX.
1946-1948 LOUIS CARRICK PHILIPS, min. at Logic, Fife; died 5th Nov. 1948.
1949 DR THOMAS CALDWELL.
SUB- OR DEPUTE CLERKS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
After 1589 ROBERT WINRAME.
1638 ALEX. BLAIR.
1701-1738 NICOL SPENCE.
1738-1743 NICOL SPENCE and ROBERT McINTOSH.
1743-1753 ROBERT McINTOSH and JOHN BAILLIE.
1753-1754 JOHN BAILLIE and J AS. EDMONSTON.
1754-1781 JAS. EDMONSTON.
1781-1802 DR WM. GLOAG, min. at West St Giles, Edinburgh.
1802-1808 DR DAVID RITCHIE, min. at St Andrew's (Second Charge), Edinburgh;
afterwards Professor of Logic in the Univ. of Edinburgh.
1808-1826 DR THOS. McKNIGHT, min. at Old Kirk, Edinburgh.
1826-1828 DR THOS. McKNIGHT and DR JOHN LEE, Principal of Univ. of Edin
burgh.
1828-1836 DR THOS. McKNIGHT and DR ALEX. LOCKHART SIMPSON, min.
at Kirknewton.
1836-1859 DR ALEX. LOCKHART SIMPSON.
1859-1862 DR JOHN COOK, min. at Haddington.
1862-1875 DR JOHN TULLOCH, Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews.
1875-1886 DR WILLIAM MILLIGAN, Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism,
Univ. of Aberdeen.
1886-1894 DR ROBERT HERBERT STORY, Principal of Univ. of Glasgow.
1894-1907 DR NORMAN MACLEOD, min. at Inverness (First Charge).
1907-1912 DR JOHN GILLESPIE, min. at Mouswald.
1912-1913 DR WM. SIMPSON, min. at Bonhill.
1914-1926 DR JAMES ALEXANDER McCLYMONT.
1926 DR JAMES NICOLL OGILVIE.
1927-1928 DR JAMES TAYLOR COX, min. at Dyce.
1928-1929 DUNCAN CAMERON, min. at Kilsyth.
APPENDIX
745
After Union of the Churches
JUNIOR CLERK
1929-1938 DR JAMES GORDON SUTHERLAND.
DEPUTE CLERKS
1939-1946 DR LOUIS CARRICK PHILIPS.
1946 DR THOMAS CALDWELL, min. at Aberlady. (Principal Clerk May 1949.)
ADVOCATES AND PROCURATORS OF THE CHURCH
1638 ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON of Warriston. (Also Clerk.) Executed 22nd
July 1663.
1706-1731 JOHN DUNDAS. (Also Clerk.)
1731-1745 WILLIAM GRANT (afterwards Lord Prestongrange). (Also Clerk.) Died
23rd May 1764.
1746-1778 DAVID DALRYMPLE, died 26th April 1784.
1778-1806 WILLIAM ROBERTSON (afterwards Lord Robertson), died 20th Nov.
1835.
1806-1831 SIR JOHN CONNELL, died April 1831.
1831-1856 ROBERT BELL, died 27th April 1861.
1856-1869 ALEXANDER SHANK COOK, died 16th Jan. 1869.
1869-1880 ROBERT LEE (afterwards Lord Lee), died llth Oct. 1890.
1880-1886 WILLIAM MACKINTOSH (afterwards Lord Kyllachy), died 19th Dec.
1918.
1886-1891 SIR CHARLES PEARSON (afterwards Lord Pearson), died 15th Aug.
1910.
1891-1906 SIR JOHN CHEYNE, died 15th Jan. 1907.
1907-1918 SIR CHRISTOPHER NICOLSON JOHNSTON (afterwards Lord Sands),
died 26th Feb. 1934.
1918-1922 HON. WILLIAM WATSON (afterwards Lord Thankerton), died llth June
1948.
1923-1929 SIR WILLIAM CHREE.
PROCURATORS
1929-1936 SIR WILLIAM CHREE, died 9th Jan. 1936.
1936-1937 SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL BLACK.
1938-1948 JAMES FREDERICK STRACHAN.
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APPENDIX
AGENTS FOR THE CHURCH
1690-1706 JOHN BLAIR.
1706-1722 JOHN BLAIR and NICOL SPENCE (died Feb. 1743), Joint Agents.
1722-1738 NICOL SPENCE.
1738-1743 NICOL SPENCE and ROBERT McINTOSH, Joint Agents.
1743-1753 ROBERT McINTOSH (died 4th Jan. 1753) and JOHN BAILLIE, W.S.,
Joint Agents.
1753-1754 JOHN BAILLIE (died 9th Jan. 1754) and JAMES EDMONSTON, Joint
Agents.
1754-1781 JAMES EDMONSTON.
1781-1795 GEORGE CAIRNCROSS.
1795-1809 WILLIAM MURRAY.
1809-1831 WILLIAM MURRAY and JOHN MURRAY, W.S. (died 13th April 1836).
1831-1855 WILLIAM YOUNG, W.S., died 22nd April 1855.
1855-1868 JOHN BEATSON BELL, W.S., died 18th May 1869.
1868-1905 SIR WILLIAM J. MENZIES, W.S., died 14th Oct. 1905.
1906-1925 ALAN LOCKHART MENZIES, W.S., died 12th Nov. 1926.
1926-1929 JOHN ALEXANDER STEVENSON MILLAR, W.S.
After Union of the Churches
AGENTS
1929-1938 JOHN ALEXANDER STEVENSON MILLAR, W.S. (died 5th Nov. 1938);
ARTHUR HENRY McLEAN, W.S.; and EDWARD JOHN Mo
CANDLISH, W.S., Joint Agents.
Note. It may be noted: (1) that Mr Archibald Johnston of Warriston, Mr John Dundas,
and Mr William Grant held the offices both of Clerk of Assembly and Procurator for
the Church; (2) that the office of Principal Clerk was held by a layman up to 1746, and
again from 1789 to 1807, and similarly that of Sub-Clerk up to 1781; and (3) that all the
ministerial Principal Clerks had rilled the office of Moderator of the General Assembly
with the exception of Dr Cox, who declined nomination.
FATHERS OF THE
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Name
Parish
1.
David Ferguson
Dunfermline
2.
John Craig
Aberdeen
3.
John Duncanson
Stirling
4.
David Lindsay
South Leith
5.
David Wemyss
St Mungo's, Glasgow
6.
Thomas Duncan(son)
Bowden
7.
George Johnston
Ancrum
8.
John Durham
Monikie
9.
Andrew Bennet
Monimail
10.
Thomas Baxter
Dunbog
11.
James Stirling
Strathblane
12.
Luke Stirling
Kilmarnock
13.
John Wemyss
Kinnaird
14.
David Mayne
Dalziel
15.
James Scott
Ancrum
16.
John Cunison
Dull
17.
James Ker
Abbotrule
18.
John Gemmell
Symington (Ayr)
19.
Roderick Mackenzie
Gairloch
20.
Alexander Gordon
Inveraray
21.
Patrick Simson
Renfrew
22.
Alexander Warner or Verner
Balmaclellan
23.
Alexander McLachlan
Arrochar
24.
William Garioch
Kennethmont
25.
John Anderson
Drymen
26.
David Meldrum
Tibbermore
27.
John Mackenzie
Laggan
28.
John Cranstoun
Ancrum
29.
James Ramsay
Kelso
30.
Robert Bell
Crailing
31.
James Guthrie
Kirkpatrick Irongray
32.
David Pitcairn
Dysart
33.
Archibald Lundie
Saltoun
34.
Alexander Robeson
Tinwald
35.
Andrew Cumin
Largs
36.
James Nairne
Anstruther Easter
37.
James Nasmyth
Dalmeny
38.
John Mclnnes
Logie-Coldstone
39.
Alexander Simson
Monymusk
40.
David Turner
Greenock West
41.
George Reid
Ochiltree
42.
Robert Farquhar
Chapel of Garioch
Year of
Birth
1533?
1572?
1601
1628
1649?
1672
1670
1672
1674
1676
1680
1680
1683?
1690
1698
1695
1696
1699
Ordina
tion
1560
1560
1560
1560
1565
1568
1572
1576
1583
1585
1586
1591
1597
1607
1616
1624
1624
1642
1649
1650
1653
1657
1658
1677
1682
1684
1686
1696
1693
1694
1694
1695
1696
1697
1701
1703
1711
1715
1720
1721
1725
1726
Death
1598
1601
1601
1613
1615
1621
1631
1639
1639
1644
1650
1655
1659
1676
1679
1681
1694
1705
1710
1713
1715
1716
1731
1738
1740
1741
1745
1747
1749
1755
1756
1757
1759
1761
1762
1771
1774
1777
1781
1785
1786
1787
747
748
FATHERS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Year of
Ordina
Name
Parish
Birth
tion
Death
43.
Alexander Johnson
Lyne and Megget
1686
1728
1788
44.
James Thomson
Dunfermline
1699
1728
1790
45.
Sir Robert Preston, Bart.
Cupar
1706
1731
1791
46.
David Hunter
Saline
1698
1732
1792
47.
James Wilson
Gamrie
1694
1732
1792
48.
Malcolm Brown
Kilbirnie
1695
1734
1794
49.
John Baird
Stobo
1710?
1734
1795
50.
John Steele
Stair
1735
1804
51.
David Bannerman
St Martin's
1713
1742
1810
52.
John Aitken
St Vigeans
1726
1754
1816
53.
James Innes
Yester
1733
1760
1821
54.
Patrick Macdonald
Kilmore and Kilbride
1729
1756
1824
55.
Paul Eraser
Inveraray
1731
1761
1827
56.
Thomas Somerville
Jedburgh
1746
1767
1830
57.
William Mackenzie
Tongue
1731
1767
1834
58.
Robert Home
Polwarth
1744
1769
1838
59.
John Burns
Barony, Glasgow
1744
1774
1839
60.
William Leslie
St Andrew's, Lhanbryd
1747
1775
1839
61.
John Kellock or Cuninghame
Crichton
1744
1776
1839
62.
Peter Barclay
Kettle
1749
1778
1841
63.
John Monteath
Houston
1752
1781
1843
64.
James McDonald
Kemback
1752
1781
1843
65.
Andrew Murray
Auchterderran
1749
1783
1844
66.
George Morison
Banchory-Devenick
1758
1783
1845
67.
Joseph Crichton
Ceres
1754
1786
1849
68.
Duncan Macfarlan
St Mungo's, Glasgow
1771
1792
1857
69.
Peter Young
Wigtown
1772
1799
1864
70.
Matthew Gardner
Bothwell
1776
1802
1865
71.
David Harris
Fern
1772
1803
1867
72.
David Duff
Kenmore
1780
1806
1872
73.
Robert Buchanan
Peebles
1786
1813
1873
74.
Alexander Lawson
Creich, Fife
1788
1815
1875
75.
Robert Stirling
Galston
1790
1816
1878
76.
John Stewart
Liberton
1793
1823
1879
77.
Walter Home
Polwarth
1798
1823
1886
78.
James Grant
St Mary's, Edinburgh
1800
1824
1890
79.
James Smith
Cathcart
1803
1825
1897
80.
James Chrystal
Auchinleck
1807
1833
1901
81.
John Duncan
Abdie
1814
1839
1902
82.
John David Palm
1816
1839
1909
83.
John Anderson
Culter, Biggar
1821
1846
1922
84.
James Curdie Russell
Campbeltown
1830
1854
1925
85.
George Thomas Jamieson
Portobello
1838
1863
1926
86.
Thomas Peter Johnston
Carnbee
1836
1864
1932
87.
Robert Thomson
Rubislaw, Aberdeen
1843
1866
1935
88.
William Lang Baxter
Cameron
1841
1867
1937
89.
James Lindsay
Balfron
1846
1871
1938
90.
William Innes
Skene, Lochside U.F.
1843
1873
1940
91.
James Murray
Kilmacolm
1849
1875
1939
92.
Archibald Macdonald
Kiltarlity
1853
1877
1948
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
SCOTLAND
ABBEY, Edinburgh, 6
Abbey St Bathans, 115
Abbotrule, 138
Abbotsford, Glasgow, 188
Abbotshall, 429
Abdie, 437
Aberchirder, 608
Abercorn, 36
Abercrombie, St Monans, 453
Aberdalgie, 360
Aberdeen
East St Nicholas, 526
Ferryhill, 526
Gilcolmston, 526
Greyfriars, 527
Holburn, 527
John Knox, 527
Mannofield, 527
North, 527
Old Machar First, 528
Second, 530
Our Lady of the Snow, 530
Powis, 531
Rosemount, 531
Rubislaw, 531
Ruthrieston, 531
St Clements, 531
St Fittick's, 532
St George's in the West, 532
St Ninian's, 532
South, 533
Trinity, 535
West St Nicholas, 533
Woodside, 535
Aberdour, Fife, 404
Aberdour, Deer, 578
Aberfeldy, 354
Aberfoyle, 395
Aberlady, 85
Aberlemno, 479
Aberlour, 611
Abernethy, Perth, 360
Abernethy, Strathspey, 615
Abernyte, 485
Aberuthven, 372
Abertarff, 343
Aboyne, 544
Acharacle, 337
Addiewell, 1
Ad vie, 615
Airdrie, East, 250
West, 250
Airlie, 471
Airth, 36, 386
Aithsting, 706
Aldbar, 479
Aldcambus, 105
Aldhame, 113
Alexandria, 273
Alford, 555
Alloa and Tullibody, 386
St Andrew's, 387
Alloway, 211
Alness, 658
Altyre, 642
Alva, 387
Alvah, 588
Alves, 622
Alvie, 615
Alyth, 471
Amulree, 354
Ancrum, 135
Anderston, 288
Annan, 165
Annbank, 21 1
Anstruther Easter, 453
Wester, 454
Anwoth, 199
Appin, 331
Applecross, 680
Applegarth and Sibbaldie, 155
Arbirlot, 508
Arbroath, Abbey, 509
Inverbrothock, 509
Ladyloan, 509
St Margaret, 509
Arbuthnott, 516
Ardallie, 578
749
750
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Ardchattan, 331
Ardclach, 647
Ardentinny, 316
Ardersier, 647
Ardgour, 343
Ardler, 472
Ardnamurchan, 337
Ardoch, 376
Ardrishaig, 312
Ardrossan, 228
New, 228
Ardwell, 187
Arisaig, 343
Armadale, 36
Arngask, 416
Arnsheen, 187
Arrochar, 273
Ashkirk, 148
Assynt, 671
Athelstaneford, 86
Auchencairn, 199
Auchengray, 266
Auchindoir, 555
Auchinleck, 21 1
Auchmithie, 509
Auchterarder, 376
Auchterderran, 422
Auchtergaven, 346
Auchterhouse, 485
Auchterless, 588
Auchtermuchty, 437
Auchtertool, 422
Augustine, Greenock, 247
Auldearn, 647
Avondale, 251
Avoch, 655
Ayr, 212
St James, Newton, 213
St Leonard, 213
Wallacetown, 213
Ay ton, 122
BAILLESTON, 257
Baldernock, 273
Balfron, 273
Balgay, Dundee, 487
Ballachulish, 343
Ballantrae, 187
Ballingry, 416
Ballumbie, 405
Balmaclellan, 200
Balmaghie, 200
Balmerino, 438
Balquhidder, 396
Balshagray, 289
Banchory Devenick, 535
Banchory Ternan, 544
Banff, 596
Bannockburn, 387
Banton, 285
Bargeddie, 251
Bargrennan, 193
Barnhill, St Margaret, 495
Barnwell, 226
Barony, Glasgow, 289
Barr, 214
Barra, 688
Barrhead, 237
Barrowfield, Glasgow, 290
Barry, 509
Barthol Chapel, 572
Barvas, 692
Bathgate, 36
Battlefield, Glasgow, 290
Beach, Broughty Ferry, 485
Beath, 406
Bedrule, 135
Beith, 229
Belhaven, 105
Belhelvie, 536
Bellahouston, 290
Bellie, 603
Bellshill, 252
Belmont, Glasgow, 290
Benbecula, 688
Bendochy, 472
Benholme, 516
Benvie, 492
Bernera, Uist, 688
Bervie, 517
Bethelnie, 569
Biggar, 51
Birnie, 622
Birsay, 696
Birse, 545
Blackbraes, 37
Blackford and Strageith, 377
Blackfriars, Glasgow, 290
Blackball, St Columba, 5
Blackhill, 578
Blair Atholl, 346
Blairdaff, 562
Blairgowrie, 472
St Mary, 473
Blairingone, 417
Blantyre, 252
Bluevale, Glasgow, 291
Boarhills, 454
Boddam, 578
Boharm, 611
Boleskine and Abertarff, 650
Bolton, 87
Bona, 651
Boness, 37
Bonhill, 274
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
751
Bonnington, Edinburgh, 20
Bonnybridge, 387
Boquhanran, 274
Borgue, 201
Borthwick, 67
Bothkennar, 388
Bothwell, 252
Botriphnie, 604
Bourtree, 562
Bowden, 148
Bower, 676
Boyndie, 596
Bracadale, 683
Braemar, 545
Braes of Rannoch, 354
Brechin, Cathedral, 497, 498
East, 498
Gardner Memorial, 499
Bressay, 702
Bridge of Allan, 396
Bridge of Weir, 237
Bridgegate, Glasgow, 291
Bridgeton, Glasgow, 291
Brodick, 322
Broughton, 52
Broughty Ferry, 485
Beach, 485
St James, 96
Broxburn, 38
Brydekirk, 166
Buccleuch, Edinburgh, 7
Glasgow, 291
Buchanan, 274
Buchlyvie, 396
Buckhaven, 423
Buckie, 596
Buittle and Kirkennan, 202
Bunkle and Preston, 115
Burghead, 623
Burnbank, 254
Burntisland, 423
Burra, Shetland, 702
Burray, Orkney, 693
CABRACH, 556
Cadder, 285
Caddonfoot, 149
Cadzow, 254
Caerlaverock, 170
Cairney Botarie and Rivin, 604
Calderbank, 254
Caldercruix, 254
Calderhead, 254
Caldwell, 237
Callander, 396
Calton, Glasgow, 291
Cambus Kenneth, 394
Cambuslang, 254
Cambuslang, West, 255
Cambusmichael, 373
Cambusnethan, 255
Camelon, 38
Cameron, 454
Campbeltown, 322
Lochend, 323
Campsie, 285
Canisbay, 676
Canonbie, 162
Canongate, 7, 8
Caputh and Logic Mached, 347
Cardonald, 237
Cardross, 275
Careston, 499
Carfin, 261
Cargill, 347
Carluke, 265
Carmichael, 265
Carmunnock, 286
Carmylie, 509
Carnbee, 455
Carnoch, 658
Carnock, 407
Carnoustie, 510
Carntyne, St Michaels, 292
Carnwath, 265
Carriden, 39
Carrington, 68
Carsphairn, 202
Carstairs, 266
Cartsburn, 247
Castle Douglas, 203
Castle, Edinburgh, 37
Castleton, 168
Cathcart, 286
Catrine, 214
Catterline, 523
Cavers, 135
Cawdor, 648
Cellardyke, 455
Ceres, 439
Chalmers, Glasgow, 292
Channelkirk, 143
Chapel of Garioch, 562
Chapelshade, Dundee, 487
Chapelton, 255
Charteris Memorial, Edinburgh, 20
Chirnside, 122
Chryston, 287
Clackmannan, 388
Clarkston, 255
Clatt, 556
Cleish, 417
Cleland, 255
Clepington, Dundee, 487
Closeburn, 182
Clova, 479
752
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Clunie, 348
Cluny, 545
Clydebank, 275
Clyne, 671
Coatdyke, 255
Coats, 255
Cockburnspath, 105
Cockenzie, 88
Cockpen, 68
Coldingham, 122
Coldstream, 124
Colinton, 1
Coll, 338
Collace, 361
Collessie, 439
Collision, 510
Colmonell, 187
Colonsay, 328
Colston-Wellpark, Glasgow, 292
Coltness, 256
Colvend, 170
Comrie and Tullichetle, 377
Condorrat, 287
Connell, 332
Contin, 658
Cockney, 517
Corgarff, 557
Corrie, 322
Corsock, 203
Corstorphine, 1
St Anne, 4
Cortachy, 479
Coull, 545
Coulter, 53
Coupar Angus, 471
Covington, 54
Cowdenbeath, 407
Cowlairs, 292
Coylton, 214
Craig and Dunninald, 499
Craigie, 214
Craigiebuckler, 536
Criaglockhart, 4
Craigmillar, 33
Craigmore, 316
Craigneuk, 256
Craignish, 312
Craigrownie, 275
Crail, 455
Crailing, 136
Cramond, 4
Cranshaws, 116
Cranstoun, 68
Crathie, 545
Crawford, 266
Crawfordjohn, 267
Creich, Fife, 440
Creich, Ross, 671
Crichton, 69
Crieff, 378
West, 379
Crimond, 578
Croick, 664
Cromarty, 655
Cromdale, 616
Cross, Lewis, 692
Cross and Burness, 699
Crossbill, 215
Crosshouse, 229
Crossmichael, 203
Croy and Dalcross, 648
Cruden, 572
Crugilton, 196
Cullen, 596
Culliecudden, 657
Culross, 407, 408
Culsalmond, 564
Cults, Aberdeen, 536
Cults, Fife, 441
Cumbernauld, 287
East, 288
Cumbrae, 246
Cumlodden, 312
Cummertrees, 166
Cumnock, Old, 215
New, 216
Cupar, Fife, 441, 443
Currie, 5
Cushnie, 559
Dailly, 215
Dairsie, 443
Dalbeattie, 171
Dalgarno, 182
Dalgety, 404
Dalkeith, 71
West, 73
Dallas, 642
Dalmarnock, 292
Dalmeath, 606
Dalmellington, 216
Dalmeny, 40
Dalmuir, 275
Dalreoch, 275
Dairy, Ayr, 229
Kirkcudbright, 209
West, 230
Dalrymple, 217
Dalserf, 256
Dalton, 155
Little, 156
Dalziel, 256
St Andrew, 257
St Mary, 257
South, 257
Darvel, 230
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
753
Daviot, Garioch, 514
Dundee (continued)
Daviot, Inverness, 650
Rosebank, 489
Dawyck, 65
St Andrew, 489
Dean, Edinburgh, 8
St Clement, 486
Dean Park, Glasgow, 292
St David, 487
Deer, New, 581
St Enoch, 489
Old, 579
St John, 487
Deerness, 693
St Luke, 488
Delting, 706
St Mark, 490
Dennistoun, 307
St Mary, 486
Denny, 389
St Matthew, 490
Deskford, 598
St Paul, 488
Dingwall, 659
Second or South, 486
Dinnet, 347
Wallacetown, 490
Dipple, 638
Dundonald, 217
Dirleton, 88
Dundurn, 379
Dollar, 389
Dundurcas, 611
Dolphinton, 54
Dundyvan, 252
Dores, 650
Dunfermline, 409, 410
Dornoch, 672
North, 410
Dornock, 166
St Andrew, 410
Douglas, 267
St Leonard, 410
Douglas Water, 268
Townhill, 410
Dowally, 349
Dunino, 456
Downfield, Dundee, 487
Dunipace, 391
Drainie, 624
Dunkeld, 348
Dreghorn, 230
Dunkeld, Little, 350
Dron, 261
Dunlappie, 507
Drumblade, 605
Dunlop, 230
Drumchapel, 280
Dunnet, 676
Drumdelgie, 605
Dunnichen, 480
Drumelzier, 58
Dunning, 379
Drumoak, 537
Dunnottar, 517
Dryfesdale, 156
Dunoon, 316
Drymen, 275
Dunrod, 207
Duddingston, 6
Dunrossness, 702
Duffus, 627
Duns, 116
Duirinish, 683
Boston, 117
Dull, 354
Dunscore, 173
Dulnain Bridge, 618
Dunsyre, 54
Dumfries, Greyfriars, 172
Duntocher, 277
St Mary, 172
Durness, 674
St Michael, 171
Duror, 333
Dun and Ecclesjohn, 500
Durris, 537
Dun bar, 106
Durrisdeer, 182
Dunbarney, 362
Duthil, 616
Dunbarton, 276, 277
Dyce, 537
Dunblane, 397
Dyke and Moy, 642
Dunbog, 444
Dysart, 424, 425
Duncansburgh, 343
Dundee, Balgay, 487
EAGLESHAM, 288
Chapelshade, 487
Earlston, 143
Clepington, 487
Eassie and Nevay, 474
Fairmuir, 488
East Calder, 33
Hilltown, 488
Eastwood, 237
Lochee, 488
Eccles, 117
Logic, 489
Ecclesjohn, 500
Maryfield, 489
Ecclesmachan, 40
3B
754
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Ecclesmoghridain, 562
Edit, 547
Eckford, 136
Eday and Faray, 699
Edderton, 664
Eddleston, 58
Eddrachilles, 674
Edgerston, 137
Edinburgh, Abbey, 6
Bonnington, 20
Buccleuch, 7
Canongate, 1, 8
Castle, 35
Charteris Memorial, 20
Dean, 8
Gaelic, 8
Greenside, 8
Greyfriars, New, 9
Old, 9
High (St Giles), 10, 11
Lady Glenorchy, 12
Lady Yester, 13
Locichart Memorial (St Mungo), 31
Mayfield, 13
Morningside, 13
Murrayfield, 13
Newington, 14
New Street, 35
Old Kirk, 12
Prestonfield, 14
Restalrig, 14
Robertson Memorial (Grange), 14
Robertson Memorial (Grassmarket), 9
Roxburgh Place, 35
St Aidan, 14
St Andrew, 15
St Anne, 4
St Bernard, 15
St Bride, 26
St Cuthbert, 15, 19
St David, 20
St George, 20
St Giles, 10, 1 1
St James, 21
St John, 21
St Leonard, 21
St Luke, 21
St Margaret, 22
St Mary, 22
St Matthew, 22
St Michael, 22
St Mungo, 31
St Oran, 8
St Oswald, 23
St Serf, 23
St Stephen, 23
Tolbooth, 24
Trinity, 24, 25
Edinburgh (continued)
Tron, 25, 26
Tynecastle, 26
West Coates, 26
West St Giles, 26
Edinkillie, 643
Ednam, 130
Edrom, 124
Edzell, 500
Elchies, 612
Elder Park, Glasgow, 293
Elderslie, 238
Elgin, 631
Elie, 456
Ellom, 128
Ellon, 572
Enzie, 599
Erchless, 651
Errol, 363
Erskine, 246
Eskdalemuir, 162
Essie, 610
Essil, 639
Ethie, 512
Ettrick, 149
Evie and Rendall, 693
Ewes, 162
Eyemouth, 125
FAIR ISLE, 702
Fairlie, 247
Fairmuir, Dundee, 488
Fala and Soutra, 73
Falkirk, 41
Falkland, 444
Farnell, 501
Farnua, 653
Fauldhouse, 42
Fearn, Ross, 664
Fen wick, 231
Fergushill, 231
Fern, Brechin, 502
Ferryhill, 526
Ferryport-on-Craig, 456
Fetlar, 704
Fetterangus, 580
Fettercairn or Trinity, 519
Fetteresso, 520
Fetterneir, 564
Fintray, 538
Fintry, 277
Finzean, 547
Firth and Stennis, 696
Fisherton, 217
Flisk, 446
Flotta, 698
Flowerhill, 258
Fodderty, 659
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
755
Fogo, 118
Forbes, 560
Fordoun, 521
Fordyce, 600
Forfar, 480
Lowson, 481
St James, 481
Forgan, 457
Forgandenny, 363
Forglen, 589
Forgue, 589
Forres, 644
Fort Augustus, 344
Forteviot, 364
Forth, 268
Fortingall, 355
Fortrose, 655
Forvie, 576
Foss, 355
Fossoway, 418
Foulden, 126
Foulis Easter, 492
Foulis Wester, 380
Foveran, 574
Fraserburgh or Philorth, 581
Freuchie, 447
Friockheim, 510
Fullarton, 218
Fyvie, 590
GAIRLOCH, 680
Galashiels, 149
West, 150
Galston, 218
Galtway, 206
Gamrie, 592
Gardenstown, 592
Garelochhead, 277
Gargunnock, 390
Gartcosh, 293
Gartly, 605
Gartmore, 398
Gartsherrie, 258
Garturk, 258
Garvald, 89
Garvock, 521
Cask or Findo-Gask, 380
Gelston, 205
Giffnock, 238
Gigha, 323
Gilcolmston, 526
Gilmerton, 27
Girthon, 204
Girvan, 218
South, 218
Gladsmuir, 90
Glamis, 480
Glasford, 258
Glasgow, Abbotsford, 288
Anderston, 288
Balshagray, 289
Barony, 289
Barrowfield, 290
Battlefield, 290
Bellahouston, 290
Belmont, 290
Blackfriars, 290
Bluevale, 291
Blythswood, 291
Bridgegate, 291
Bridgeton, 291
Buccleuch, 291
Calton, 291
Carntyne, St Michaels. 293
Chalmers, 292
Colston-Wellpark, 292
Cowlairs, 292
Dalmarnock. 292
Dean Park, 292
Dennistoun, 307
Elder Park, 293
Gorbals, 293
Govan, 293
Govanhill, 294
Greenhead, 295
Hillhead, 295
Hogganfield, 308
Hutchesontown, 295
Hyndland, 295
Kelvinhaugh, 295
Kelvinside, 296
Kingston, 296
Kinning Park, 296
Langside, 296
Laurieston, 297
Macleod, 297
Martyrs, 297
Maryhill, 297
Maxwell, 297
Merrylea, 298
Milton, 298
Newhall, 298
Newlands, 298
North Albion Street, 298
Oatlands, 298
Parkhead, 298
Partick, 298
Plantation, 299
Pollokshields, 299
Possil Park, 299
Queen's Park, 299
Renfield, 300
Robertson Memorial, 300
St Andrew, 300
St Bernard, 300
St Bride, 300
756
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Glasgow (continued)
St Clement, 300
St Columba, 300
St Cuthbert, 301
St David, 301
St Enoch-Hogganfield, 301
St George, 301
St George's in the Fields, 302
St Gilbert, 302
St James, 302
SI John, 302
St Kenneth, 303
St Kiaran, 303
St Luke, 303
St Margaret, 303
Tollcross, 304
St Mark, 305
St Mary, Partick, 299
St Matthew, Blythswood, 304
St Mungo Cathedral, 304
St Ninian, 306
St Paul, 306
St Peter, 306
St Stephen, 306
St Thomas, 306, 307
St Vincent, 307
Sandyford, 307
Shettleston, 311
Springburn, 307
Steven Memorial, 290
Strathbungo, 307
The Park, 307
Titwood, 308
Tollcross, St Margaret, 304
Townhead, 308
Tron or St Mary, 308
Whiteinch, 308
Wilton, 308
Woodside St Oswald, 308
Glass, 606
Glassary, 312
Glasserton, 193
Glenapp, 188
Glenaray, 313
Glenbervie, 522
Glenbuck, 218
Glenbuckat, 557
Glencairn, 183
Glencoe, 333
Glencorse, 73
Glendevon, 381
Glenelg, 680
Glengairn, 547
Glengarry, 344
Glenholm, 52
Glenisla, 474
Glenlivet, 612
Glenluce, 190
Glenlyon, 355
Glenmoriston, 651
Glenmuick, 548
Glenorchy, 333
Glenprosen, 482
Glenrinnes, 613
Glenshee, 350
Glenshiel, 680
Glentanar, 544
Gogar, 4
Golspie, 672
Gorbals, 293
Gordon, 144
Gourock, 247
Govan, 293
Govanhill, 294
Grahamston, 43
Grange, Edinburgh, 14
Grange, Strathbogie, 606
Grangemouth, 43
Granton, 27
Grantully, 356
Greenbank, 239
Greengairs, 259
Greenhead, Glasgow, 295
Greenknowe, 167
Greenlaw, Duns, 119
Greenlaw, Paisley, 244
Greenock, Augustine, 247
Cartsburn, 247
East, 247
Gaelic, 247
Ladyburn, 248
Middle, 248
North, 248
South, 248
St Paul, 248
Wellpark, 248
West, 248
Greenside, 8
Gretna, Kinpatrick or Redkirk, 167
Greyfriars, New, 9
Old, 9
Aberdeen, 527
Gullane, 90
Guthrie, 510
HADDINGTON, 92, 95
St Martin, 95
Haggs, 390
Half Morton, 163
Halkirk and Spittal, 677
Hallin in Waternish, 684
Hallside, 259
Ham, 694
Hamilton, 259, 260
Harray and Birsay, 696
Harris, 688
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
757
Harthill, 260
Hassendean, 140
Hawick, 137
St John, 137
St Margaret, 137
St Mary, 137
Haywood, 269
Heatherlie, 150
Helensburgh, 278
West, 278
Heriot, 75
High or St Giles, Edinburgh, 10
Billhead, Glasgow, 295
Hillside, Montrose, 502
Hilton, 129
Hobkirk, 138
Hoddam, 168
Hogganfield, Glasgow, 308
Holburne, 527
Holm or Ham, 694
Holy town, 261
Holy wood, 173
Hope Kailzie, 59
Horndean, 127
Houndwood, 126
Houston, 239
Hownam, 138
Howwood, 239
Hoy, 697
Humbie, 95
Hume, 133
Huntly, Dunbennan and Kinnoir, 607
Hurlford, 231
Hutchesontown, 295
Hutton and Corrie, 156
Hutton and Fishwick, 727
Hylipol, 338
Hyndland, Glasgow, 295
IDVIE, 513
Inch, 188
Inchbrayock, 499
Inchinnan, 239
Inchture, 490
Inishail, 333
Innellan, 317
Innerleithen, 59
Innernochtie, 559
Innerwick, 108
Insch, 565
Insh, Abernethy, 617
Inverallan, 618
Inverallochy, 582
Inveraray, 313
Inverarity, 482
Inveravon, 613
Inverbrothock, 509
Inverchaolain, 317
Inveresk, 75
Invergowrie, 491
Inverkeillor, 511
Inverkeithny, 593
Inverkip, 248
Inverness, 651
Gaelic, St Mary, 652
North, 652
St Stephen, 652
West, 652
Invertiel, 429
Inverurie, 566
lona, 338
Irvine, 232
JAMESTOWN, 278
Jedburgh, 138
John Knox, Aberdeen, 527
Johnstone, Dumfries, 157
Johnstone, Paisley, 239
St Andrew, 240
Juniper Green, 27
Jura, 328
KEARN, 556
Keig, 557
Keir, 183
Keiss, 677
Keith, 608
Keithhall, 566
Keith Marischal, 95
Kells, 204
Kelso, 130
North, 130
Kelton, 205
Kelty, 406
Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, 295
Kelvinside, Glasgow, 296
Kemback, 458
Kemnay, 567
Kenmore, 556
Kenmuir, 261
Kennethmont, 558
Kennoway, 425
Kerse, 43
Kettins, 475
Kettle, 447
Kilarrow, 328
Kilbarchan, 240
Kilberry, 324
Kilbirnie, 231
Kilbowie, 279
Kilbrandon, 333
Kilbride, Oban, 334
Kilbride, Arran, 323
Kilbride, Dunblane, 398
Kilbride, East, 261
Kilbride, West, 235
3B*
758
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Kilbucho, 52
Kilcalmonell, 324
Kilchievan, 323
Kilcholumkill, 326
Kilchoman, 329
Kilchrenan, 333
Kilconquhar, 458
Kildalton, 329
Kildonan, 672
Kildrummy, 558
Kilfinan, 317
Kilfinichen, 339
Killean and Kilchenzie, 324
Killearn, 278
Killearnan, 656
Killillan, 239
Killin, 357
Kilmacolm, 249
Kilmadock, 398
Kilmahog, 397
Kilmallie, 344
Kilmany, 448
Kilmarnock, Laigh, 233
High, 233
St Andrew, 233
St Marnoch, 233
Kilmaronock, 279
Kilmartin, 314
Kilmaurs, 234
Kilmeny, 329
Kilmodan, 318
Kilmonivaig, 344
Kilmorack, 660
Kilmore, 334
Kilmorie, 325
Kilmuir, Skye, 684
Kilmuir Easter, 665
Kilmun, 318
Kilninian and Kilmore, 339
Kilninver, 334
Kilpatrick, New, 280
Old, 279
Kilrenny, 459
Kilspindie and Rait, 365
Kilsyth, 308
Kiltarlity, 652
Kiltearn and Lemlair, 661
Kilwinning, 234
Kinairney, 552
Kincardine, Abernethy, 615
Kincardine in Menteith, 399
Kincardine O 'Neil, 549
Kincardine, Tain, 666
Kinclaven, 350
Kindrochet, 545
Kinellar, 539
Kinettas, 660
Kinfauns, 366
Kingarth, 319
Kinedward, 593
Kinghorn, 426
Kinglassie, 428
Kingoldrum, 476
Kingsbarns, 460
Kingscavil, 46
Kingston, Glasgow, 296
Kingussie, 618
Kininmonth, 582
Kinkell, 385
Kinkell, Garioch, 567
Kinloch and Lethendy, 351
Kinlochbervie, 674
Kinlochluichart, 661
Kinloch Rannoch, 358
Kinlochspelvie, 339
Kinloss, 644
Kinnaird in Gowrie, 491
Kinnaird, Brechin, 502
Kinneff, 522
Kinnell or Boness, 37, 43
Kinnell, Arbroath, 512
Kinnettles, 482
Kinning Park, Glasgow, 296
Kinnoull, 366
Kinross, 418
Kintail, 680
Kintore, 568
Kippen, 399
Kirkandrews, 201
Kirkbean, 174
Kirkbride, 186
Kirkcaldy, Abbotshall, 429
Invertiel, 429
Pathhead, 430
Raith, 430
St Bryce, 430
St James, 431
St John, 431
Kirkchrist, 210
Kirkcolm, 189
Kirkconnell, Annan, 168
Penpont, 183
Kirkcormack, 206
Kirkcowan, 194
Kirkcudbright, Galtway and Dunrod, 206
Kirkden, 513
Kirkennan, 202
Kirkfieldbank, 269
Kirkforthar, 433
Kirkgunzeon, 174
Kirkhill, 653
Kirkhope, 150
Kirkinner, 194
Kirkintilloch, 309
St David, 310
Kirkliston, 43
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
759
Kirkmabreck and Kirkdale, 195
Kirkmadryne, 196
Kirkmahoe, 175
Kirkmaiden, 189
Kirkmichael, Abernethy, 619
Kirkmichael, Ayr, 219
Kirkmichael, Chanonry, 657
Kirkmichael, Dunkeld, 351
Kirkmichael, Lochrnaben, 157
Kirknewton, 28
Kirkoswald, 219
Kirkpatrick Durham, 176
Kirkpatrick Fleming, 168
Kirkpatrick Irongray, 176
Kirkpatrick Juxta, 157
Kirkton, 140
Kirkurd, 60
Kirkwall and St Ola, 694
Kirn, 319
Kirriemuir, 481
South, 481
Kirtle, 169
Knapdale, North, 314
Knapdale, South, 315
Knightswood, 279
Knock, 692
Knockando, 613
Knockbain, 656
Knoxland, 280
Knoydart, 681
LADHOPE, 150
Lady, 699
Ladybank, 448
Ladyburn, 248
Lady Glenorchy, Edinburgh, 12
Ladykirk, 127
Ladyloan, Arbroath, 509
Lady Yester, Edinburgh, 13
Lagganallachie, 350
Laggan, 619
Laing, 673
Lamington, 57
Lamberton, 128
Lanark, 269
St Leonard, 270
New, 270
Langbank, 249
Langholm, 163
Langside, Glasgow, 296
Langton, 120
Larbert and Dunipace, 390
Largo, 460
Largoward, 464
Largs, 250
Larkhall, 262
Lasswade, 77
Latheron, 677
Lauder, 144
Laurencekirk, 523
Laurieston, Glasgow, 297
Falkirk, 42
Law, 271
Leadhills, 271
Lecroft, 400
Legerwood, 144
Leith, North, 28
St John, 29
St Paul, 29
St Thomas, 30
South, 30
Lemlair, 661
Leny, 397
Lenzie, 310
Leochel-Cushnie, 559
Lerwick, 702
Leslie, Kirkcaldy, 431
Leslie, Garioch, 568
Lesmahagow, 271
Leswalt, 189
Lethendy and Kinloch, 351
Lethnot and Navar, 502
Leuchars, 461
Levern, 241
Llanbryde, 638
Libberton and Quothquan, 55
Liberton, 31
Liff and Benvie, 492
Lilliesleaf, 151
Linlithgow, 44
Linton, Kelso, 131
Lintrathen, 476
Lin wood, 241
Lismore, 335
Little Dalton, 156
Little Dunkeld, 350
Livingston, 46
Loanhead, 78
Lochalsh, 681
Lochbroom, 681
Lochcarron, 681
Lochee, 488
St Luke, 488
Lochgelly, 432
Lochgilphead, 315
Lochgoilhead, 319
Lochlee, 502
Lochmaben, 158
Lochranza, 325
Lochrutton, 177
Lochryan, 190
Lochs, 692
Lochwinnoch, 241
Lockhart Memorial, Edinburgh, 31
Logic Murdoch, Cupar, 449
Logic, Dunblane, 400
760
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Logic, Dundee, 489
Logiealmond, 367
Logiebride, 346
Logic Buchan, 575
Logie Colstone, 550
Logic Durno, 562
Logie Easter, 666
Logie Pert, 503
Logierait, 358
Logie Wester (see Knockbain)
Longcastle, 194
Longforgan, 492
Longformacus, 120
Longnewton, 135
Longside, 582
Lonmay, 583
Lossiemouth, 626
Loth, 673
Loudoun, 234
Lowson Memorial, Forfar, 481
Luce, New, 190
Luce, Old, 190
Lugar, 220
Lumphanan, 551
Lunan, 513
Luncarty, 370
Lundeiff, 352
Lundie and Foulis, 492
Lunna, 706
Luss, 280
Lybster, 677
Lyne and Meggat, 60
Macduff, 593
Macleod, Glasgow, 297
Madderty, 381
Mains and Strathmartin, 493
Mailer, 365
Makerstoun, 131
Mallaig, 343
Mannofield, Aberdeen, 527
Manor, 60
Markinch, 432
Marnoch or Aberchirder, 608
Martyrs, Glasgow, 297
Maryculter, 539
Maryfield, Dundee, 489
Maryhill, Glasgow, 297
Marykirk, Stirling, 394
Marykirk, Fordoun, 523
Maryton, 503
Mauchline, 220
New, 220
Maud, 583
Maxton, 151
Maxwell, Glasgow, 297
Maxwelltown, 177
May bole, 221
Maybole West, 222
Mayfield, Edinburgh, 13
Meadowfield, 262
Mearns, 242
Meathie, 482
Meigle, 477
Meldrum or Bethelnie, 569
Melrose, 151
Melville, Montrose, 506
Menmuir, 503
Menstrie, 401
Merrylea, Glasgow, 298
Mertoun, 145
Methil, 433
Methlick, 575
Methven, 567
Mid Calder, 33
Middlebie, 169
Midmar, 552
Migvie, 553
Millbrex, 594
Milngavie, 282
Milton, Glasgow, 298
Milton of Balgonie, 433
Minto, 140
Mochrum, 195
Moffat, 159
Money die, 368
Monifieth, 494
Monigaff, 195
Monikie, 495
Monimail, 449
Monkland, New, 262
Monkland, Old, 262
Monkton and Prestwick, 222
Monquhitter, 594
Montrose, 505, 506
Montrose, Melville, 506
Monymusk, 569
Monzie, 382
Monzievaird and Strowan, 383
Moonzie, 450
Mordington and Lamberton, 128
Morebattle, 131
Morham, 95
Morningside, Edinburgh, 13
Mortlach, 609
Morton, 184
Morvern, 340
Mossgreen, 415
Mosspark, Paisley, 244
Moulin, 352
Mouswald, 159
Moy, 645
Moy and Dalarossie, 653
Muckairn, 335
Muckersie, 365
Muckhart, 419
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
761
Muiravonside, 46
Muirkirk, 223
Murrayfield, 13
Murroes, 495
Murthly, 353
Muthil, 384
NAIRN, 649
Navar, 502
Neilston, 242
Nenthorn, 131
Nesting, 706
Nevay, 474
New Abbey, 177
Newark, 250
Newbattle, 79
Newburgh, 450
Newburn, 462
New Byth, 594
Newcraighall, 79
New Deer, 581
Newdosk, 501
Newhall, Glasgow, 298
Newhaven, 28
Newhills, 539
Newington, 14
Newlands, Glasgow, 298
Peebles, 61
New Machar, 539
Newmill, 609
New Pitsligo, 585
Newport, 462
New Street, Edinburgh, 35
Newton, Dalkeith, 80
Newton on Ayr, 213
Newtyle, 477
Nigg, Aberdeen, 540
Tain, 667
Norrieston, 401
North Albion Street, Glasgow, 298
North Berwick, 96
North Bute, 320
Northesk, 80
Northmavine, 706
OA, 329
Oathlaw or Finhaven, 483
Oatlands, Glasgow, 298
Oban, 336
St Columba, 336
Ochiltree, 223
Oldhamstocks, 108
Old Kirk, Edinburgh, 12
Old Machar, 528
Olrig, 678
Ord, 600
Ordiquhill, 600
Ormiston, 81
Orphir, 697
Orwell, 420
Overtown, 262
Oxnam, 141
Oyne, 570
PAISLEY ABBEY, 242, 243
Greenlaw, 244
High, 244
Low or St George's, 244
Martyrs, 244
Middle, 244
North, 244
St Columba, 244
South, 244
Panbride, 513
Papa Westray, 699
Park, Glasgow, 307
Parkhead, Glasgow, 298
Partick, 298
Parton, 208
Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, 430
Patna, 223
Peebles, 61
Pencaitland, 99
Penicuik, 81
Penningham, 196
Penpont, 184
Pentland, 82
Persie, 477
Perth, East, 369
Middle, 369
St Andrew, 369
St John, 368
St Leonard, 370
St Mark, 369
St Paul, 370
West, 369
Peterculter, 541
Peterhead, 583
East, 584
Pettinain, 271
Petty, 654
Pierston, 230
Pitsligo, 585
New, 585
Pittenweem, 463
Plantation, Glasgow, 299
Plean, 391
Plockton, 682
Pluscardine, 637
Pollokshaws, 244
Pollokshields, 299
Polmont, 47
Polwarth, 121
Poolewe, 682
Port of Monteith, 402
Port Glasgow, 250
762
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Portlethen, 542
Portmoak, 420
Portnahaven, 329
Portobello, 34
St James, 6
Port Patrick, 191
Portree, 685
Portsoy, 601
Possil Park, Glasgow, 299
Powis, Aberdeen, 531
Premnay, 571
Prestonfield, Edinburgh, 14
Prestonkirk, 110
Prestonpans, 99
Prestwick, 223
Prinlaws, 433
Pulteneytown, 678
QUARFF, 703
Quarter, 262
Queensferry, 47
Quothquan, 55
Queens Park, Glasgow, 299
RAFFORD, 645
Rait, 365
Raith, 430
Rathen, 585
Rathmoral, 558
Ratho, 34
Rathven, 601
Rattray, 353
Rayne, 571
Reay, 678
Redgorton, 370
Rendall, 693, 694
Renfield, Glasgow, 300
Renfrew, 245
Renton, 282
Rerrick, 208
Rescobie, 484
Resolis, 657
Restalrig, 14
Restennet, 480
Rhu or Row, 283
Rhynd, 370
Rhynie, 609
Riccarton, Kilmarnock, 224
Rickarton, 524
Roberton, Lanark, 272
Roberton, Selkirk, 152
Robertson Memorial, Edinburgh, 9, 14
Glasgow, 300
Rogart, 673
Ronaldshay, North, 699
South, 694
Rosebank, Dundee, 489
Rosemarkie, 657
Rosemount, Aberdeen, 531
Rosewell, 82
Rossie, 491
Rosskeen and Nonekill, 668
Rosyth, 412
Rothes, 613
Rothesay, 320
New, 320
Gaelic, 320
Rothiemay, 610
Rothiemurchus, 620
Rousay and Egilsay, 700
Roxburgh, 132
Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh, 35
Rubislaw, 531
Rutherglen, 310
West, 310
Ruthrieston, 531
Ruthven, Meigle, 478
Strathbogie, 605
Ruthwell, 169
SADDELL, 325
St Aidan, Edinburgh, 14
St Andrews, Fife, 464, 469, 470
Edinburgh, 15
Glasgow, 300
Dundee, 489
Orkney, 693
Llanbryde, 637
St Anne, Edinburgh, 4
St Bernards, Edinburgh, 15
Glasgow, 300
St Bride, Edinburgh, 26
Glasgow, 300
St Clements, Aberdeen, 531
Dundee, 486
Glasgow, 300
St Columba, Glasgow, 300
St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, 15, 19
Glasgow, 301
St Cyrus or Ecclesgreig, 524
St David, Edinburgh, 20
Glasgow, 301
Dundee, 487
St Duthus, 668
St Enoch, Dundee, 489
Glasgow, 301
St Fergus, 586
St Fittick, Aberdeen, 532
St George, Edinburgh, 20
Glasgow, 301
St George's in the Fields, Glasgow, 302
St George's in the West, Aberdeen, 532
St Gilbert, Glasgow, 302
St Giles, Edinburgh, 10
St James, Edinburgh, 21
Glasgow, 302
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
763
St John, Edinburgh, 21
Glasgow, 302
Dundee, 487
St Kenneth, Glasgow, 303
St Kiaran, Glasgow, 303
St Kilda, 689
St Leonard, Edinburgh, 21
St Andrews, 470
St Luke, Edinburgh, 21
Glasgow, 303
Lochee, 488
St Madoes, 372
St Margaret, Edinburgh, 22
Glasgow, 303
St Mark, Glasgow, 305
Dundee, 490
St Marnoch, 233
St Martin, 372
St Mary, Edinburgh, 22
Partick, 299
Dundee, 486
Orkney, 695
St Mary's Isle, 208
St Matthew, Edinburgh, 22
Blythswood, 304
Dundee, 490
St Michael, Edinburgh, 22
St Modans, Falkirk, 42
St Monans, 453
St Mungo, Edinburgh, 31
Glasgow, 304
Annandale, 160
St Nicholas, Aberdeen, 526, 527
St Ninian, Glasgow, 305
Aberdeen, 532,
Stirling, 371
St Ola, Kirkwall, 694
St Oran, Edinburgh, 8
St Oswald, Edinburgh, 23
St Paul, Edinburgh, 29
Glasgow, 306
Dundee, 488
St Peters, Glasgow, 306
St Quivox, 224
St Serf, Edinburgh, 23
St Stephen, Edinburgh, 23
Glasgow, 306
St Thomas, Leith, 30
Glasgow, 506, 507
St Vigeans, 514
St Vincent, Glasgow, 307
Salen, 340
Saline, 413
Saltcoats, North, 228
Saltoun, 100
Sandbank, 321
Sandness, 707
Sandsting, 706
Sandwick, Cairston, 697
Sandwick, Lerwick, 703
Sandyford, Glasgow, 307
Sanquhar, 185
Sauchie, 392
Saughtree, 163
Saulseat, 188
Savoch of Deer, 586
Scone, 373
Scoonie, 434
Seafield, 602
Selkirk, 153
Sennick, 201
Shapinsay, 700
Shawlands, 245
Shettleston, 311
Sheuchan, 191
Shieldaig, 682
Shotts, 262
Shurrery, 678
Simprim, 128
Sinclairtown, 431
Skelmorlie, 250
Skene, 542
Skipness, 326
Skirling, 55
Slains, 576
Slamannan, 48
Sleat, 685
Smailholm, 146
Small Isles, 685
Snizort, 686
Sorbie, Kirkmadryne and Crugilton, 196
Sorbie, 338
Sorn, 224
Soutra, 73
Southdean, 141
Southend, 326
Southwick, 178
Spey mouth or Dipple, 638
Spott, 112
Springburn, Glasgow, 307
Springfield, 451
Sprouston, 132
Spynie, 639
Stair, 224
Stanley, 374
Stenhouse, 392
Stennis, 697
Stenscholl, 686
Stenton, 112
Stepps, 311
Steven Memorial, Glasgow, 296
Stevenston, 235
Stewarton, 235
Stichell and Hume, 133
Stirling, East, 393
North, 394
764
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Stirling (continued)
West, 393
Marykirk, 394
Chapel Royal, 394
Stobhill, 83
Stobo, 64
Stoer, 673
Stonefield, 263
Stonehouse, 263
Stoneykirk or Stephenkirk, 191
Stornaway, 692
Stow, 146
Stracathro, 507
Strachan, 553
Strachur and Strathlachlan, 321
Strageith, 377
Straiten, 225
Stranraer, 192
Strath, 686
Strathaven East, 251
Strathblane, 283
Strathbungo, 307
Strathdon or Innernochtie, 559
Strathfillan, 283
Strathkinness, 470
Strathmartine, 494
Strathmiglo, 451
Strathy, 675
Strichen, 587
Stromness, 697
Strone, 321
Stronsay, 700
Strontian, 345
Strowan (Auchterarder), 384
Suddie, 657
Swinton, 128
Symington, Ayr, 225
Symington, Biggar, 56
TAIN, 668
Tannadice, 484
Tarbat, Ross, 670
Tarbert, Argyll, 315
Tarbolton, 225
Tarland and Migvie, 553
Tarves, 576
Tealing, 495
Temple, Dalkeith, 83
Temple, Dunbarton, 284
Tenandry, 353
Terregles, 178
Teviothead, 141
Thankerton, 54
Thornliebank, 245
Thornton, 434
Thurso, 678
Tibbermore, 374
Tighnabruaich, 321
Tillicoultry, 402
Tingwall, 703
Tinwald, 179
Tiree, 340
Titwood, Glasgow, 308
Tobermory, 341
Tolbooth, Edinburgh, 24
Tomintoul, 621
Tongland, 209
Tongue, 675
Torosay, 341
Torphichen, 49
Torphins, 554
Torryburn and Crombie, 414
Torthorwald, 180
Tostertoun, 192
Tough, 560
Toward, 317
Towie, 560
Townhead, Glasgow, 308
Townhill, Dunfermline, 410
Trailflat and Dungrie, 180
Trailtrow, 166
Tranent, 101
Traquair, 65
Trinity, Aberdeen, 535
Trinity, Edinburgh, 24, 25
Trinity-Gask, 385
Tron, Edinburgh, 25
Tron or St Mary, Glasgow, 308
Troon, 227
Troqueer, 180
Trossachs, 402
Trumisgarry, 691
Tulliallan, 403
Tullibole, 418
Tullichetle, 378
Tulloch, 549
Tullynessle and Forbes, 560
Tundergarth, 161
Turriff, 594
Tewchar, 310
Tweedsmuir, 65
Twynholm, 209
Tynecastle, Edinburgh, 26
Tynninghame, 114
Tynron, 186
Tyrie, 587
UDDINGSTON, 264
Udny, 577
Uig, Lewis, 692
Uist, North, 689
Uist, South, 690
Ullapool, 682
Ulva, 342
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
765
Unst, 704
Upsettlington, 127
Uphall, 49
Urquhart, Elgin, 641
Urquhart and Logic Wester, 661
Urquhart and Glenmoriston, 654
Urr, 180
Urray and Kirkchrist, 662
WALKERBURN, 65
Wallacetown, Ayr, 213
Wallacetown, Dundee, 490
Walls, Orkney, 698
Walls and Sandness, 707
Walston, 56
Wamphray, 161
Wandel, 56
Wanlockhead, 186
Wardlawhill, 311
Waterside, 216
Watten, 679
Wauchope, 164
Weem, 359
Wellpark, Glasgow, 292
Wemyss, 434
West, 435
West Calder, 33
West Coates, Edinburgh, 26
West Kilbride, 235
West Linton, 66
West St Giles, Edinburgh, 26
Westerkirk, 164
Westray and Papa Westray, 700
Weststruther, 147
Whalsay and Skerries, 707
Whitburn, 50
Whiteinch, 308
Whitekirk and Tynninghame, 113
Whiteness and Weisdale, 763
Whithorn or Whitern, 197
Whiting Bay, 327
Whitsome, 128
Whittingehame, 114
Wick, 679
Wigtown, 198
Wilton, Hawick, 142
Wilton, Glasgow, 308
Winchburgh, 50
Wishaw, 264
Wiston and Roberton, 272
Woodside, Glasgow, 308
Woodside, Aberdeen, 535
Wormit, 470
YARROW, 154
Yell, Mid, 705
Yell, South, 705
Yester, 103
Yetholm, 133
Yoker, 284
Ythan Wells, 595
ENGLAND
Berwick, 723
Caledonian, Cross Street, Regent Square,
Carlisle, 724 [724
Liverpool, 724
London Crown Court, 724
Holloway, 724
St Columba, Pont Street, London, 724
Lowick, 723
Newcastle upon Tyne, 723
Tweedmouth, 723
Wark, 725
Wooler, 725
INDEX OF MINISTERS
ABERCROMBIE, Robert, 568
Abercrombie, William, 606
Abercromby, Andrew, 353, 375
Abercromby, Henry, 358, 374
Abercromby, John, 570
Abercromby, Sir Robert, 498
Abernethie, Thomas, 137
Abernethie, Walter, 571
Abernethy, Andrew, 365
Abernethy, John, 100, 139, 141
Abernethy, John Adamson, 241
Acheson, John, 441
Achesoune, Robert, 212
Adair, Archibald, 192
Adair, Cuthbert, 188, 204
Adam, David Laird, Professor, 716
Adam, James, 480
Adam, John, 248
Adam, Peter, 555
Adam, William, 176, 374, 421
Adam, William Henderson, 254
Adams, Alexander McClymont, 306, 392
Adams, John, 27, 42
Adams, Kennedy, 261
Adamson, Alfred Ernest, 737
Adamson, Donald, 662
Adamson, George, 85
Adamson, Henry, 369
Adamson, James, 128, 198, 200, 423
Adamson, John, 32
Adamson, Patrick, 202
Adamson, Robert, 435
Adamson, Thomas Newbigging, 495
Addinstoun, David, 30, 31
Addis, Thomas, 13
Addison, William, 149, 483
Adie, Andrew, Principal, 711
Adie, Charles Smith, 375
Affleck, Sir John, 119
Agnew, John Simpson, 284
Agnew, Robert, 38
Agnew, Robert Andrew, 389
Aiken, James, 600
Aiken, James John Marshall, 122
Aiken, John, 515
Aikman, David (John), 202
Aikman, John, 201, 210
Ainslie, Sir James, 141
Ainslie, James Lyon, 269
Ainslie, John, 141
Ainslie, Walter, 493
Ainslie, William, 141
Ainslie, Sir William, 151
Aird, Francis, 256
Aitchison, John, 42
Aitken, Alexander, 429
Aitken, Andrew, 197
Aitken, James, Bishop, 709
Aitken, James, 481
Aitken, James Richmond, 12
Aitken, Thomas, 139
Aitkenhead, Henry, 98
Aiton, John, 54
Aiton, Thomas, 46
Alason, Adam, 218
Alexander, Francis Pirie Wilson, 721
Alexander, George, 55, 68, 245, 393
Alexander, James Frederick, 739
Alexander, John, 56, 166, 168, 182, 317, 430
Alexander, John Auchinleck, 739
Alexander, Robert, 443
Alexander, Vincent Cassels, 283, 531
Alexander, William, 250, 547 ,
Alexanderson, Sir John Munro, 681
Alison, John, 14
Allan, Alexander Smith, 408
Allan, Andrew, 461
Allan, Archibald, 143
Allan, Arthur, 247
Allan, Charles Orford, 28
Allan, George, 298
Allan, James, 614
Allan, James Robb, 548
Allan, John, 60, 135
Allan, John Black, 731
Allan, Robert, 66, 239, 272
Allan, Thomas, 279
Allan, William, 195
Allanson, John, 304
Allardyce, Alexander, 207, 363
Allardyce, Robert, 210, 588
Allardyce, William, 610
Allen, Thomas Nelson, 316, 420, 586
Allison, Alexander, 437
Allison, Thomas Reid, 213
Alpine, George, 277
767
768
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Ambrose, Thomas, 48, 79
Anderson, Adam Ernest, 333
Anderson, Alexander, 300, 493, 500, 567, 575,
587, 606, 609
Anderson, Alexander James, 555
Anderson, Alfred William, 4
Anderson, Andrew, 673 bis
Anderson, Andrew Melville, 739
Anderson, Archibald, 318, 324
Anderson, Charles, 182
Anderson, David, Professor, 714
Anderson, David, 60, 132, 417, 693
Anderson, David Alexander, 610
Anderson, George, Professor, 714
Anderson George Strang, 460
Anderson^ Gilbert, 521, 677
Anderson, Sir Herbert, 205
Anderson, James, 42, 296, 300, 361, 478, 586,
598, 605, 616
Anderson, James Alexander, 34
Anderson, James Duncan, 697
Anderson, James Storie, 737
Anderson, Sir John, 251
Anderson, John, 53, 204, 286, 296, 303, 308,
366, 417, 425, 468, 739
Anderson, John Milne, 491
Anderson, Patrick, 56
Anderson, Robert, 277, 283
Anderson, Robert Chalmers, 290, 504, 618
Anderson, Robert Nicolson Tulloch, 27
Anderson, Thomas, 122, 207, 208, 441, 506
Anderson, Walter, 534, 539
Anderson, Weild, 271
Anderson, William, 61, 282, 293, 389, 520, 565
Anderson, William Henry, 678
Anderson, William White, 280, 290
Andison, John Ferguson, 308
Andrew, Alexander, 251, 356
Andrew, John, 419
Andrew, Muir, 213
Andrew, Patrick Arthur, 510
Andrew, Robert, 707
Andrew, Theodore, 707
Andrew, Thomas, 232
Andrew, William, 232
Andrew, William George, 26
Angill, Sir Adam, 412
Angus, Andrew, 429, 431, 432
Angus, John, 412, 539
Angus, Sir William, 379
Annand, John, 605
Annand, Thomas, 643
Anstruther, John, 460
Anton, Alexander, 660
Anton, Peter, 309
Arbuthnott, Alexander, 516 bis
Arbuthnott, Andrew, 128
Arbuthnott, Robert, 500, 522
Archibald, Charles, 174
Archibald, Hugh, 251
Archibald, Sir James, 476
Archibald, Robert, 262, 275
Archibald, Thomas, 294
Argo, Gavin Elmslie, 550
Armit, Andrew, 495
Armitage, Lewis Frederick, 21
Armstrong, Allan Macleod, 671
Armstrong, James, 355
Armstrong, John Brown, 56
Armstrong, Thomas, 379
Arnot, David, 1 1
Arnot, George, 177, 610, 474
Arnot, Hugh, 50
Arnot, Hugh Young, 451
Arnot, John Thomas, 438
Arnot, Robert, 450
Arrot, David, 560
Arthur, John, 36, 285, 456
Arthur, John William, 739
Arthur, Robert, 147, 461
Asher, William, 613
Ashon, Thomas, 437
Auchenleck, Alexander, 171
Auchenleck, Andrew, 486, 495
Auchenleck, George of Balmanno, 53
Auchenleck (Affleck) John, 86, 461, 504, 522
Auchenleck, Robert, 504
Auchenleck, Thomas, 454
Auchmouty, Robert, 392, 393
Auchmouty, William, 493, 494
Auchterlonie, James, 508
Auld, William, 220, 407
Austin, John Mein, 160
Austin, Thomas, 615
Auty, David Eastham, 203, 486
Ay re, Joseph Logan, 100
Ayton, Thomas,
BABINGTON, Matthew, 482
Badenoch, William, 555
Baikie, Thomas, 54
Bailey, Thomas Grahame, 739
Baillie, Cuthbert, 272
Baillie, James, 503, 510
Baillie, Robert, Principal, 717
Baillie, Stewart, 510
Bain, James, 613, 739
Bain, Thomas, 157
Bain, William, 49, 433
Bainbridge, Philip, 131
Baird, Andrew, 52
Baird, Andrew Gumming, Professor, 715
Baird, David Wilson, 247, 676, 699
Baird, James, 272
Baird, James William, 410, 469
Baird, John, 243, 278
INDEX OF MINISTERS
769
Baird, John Wilson, 175
Baird, Robert, 231
Baker, James Archibald Argyll, 326
Balcanquhal, James, 452
Balcanquhal, Walter, 24, 94
Baldie, Charles Nairne, 703
Balfour, Donald, 118
Balfour, George, 434
Balfour, Sir Henry, 389
Balfour, James, 11, 434, 446, 511
Balfour, John, 134, 441, 447, 452, 667, 701
Balfour, Patrick, 612, 622, 638, 641
Balfour, Richard, 210
Balfour, Robert, 46
Balfour, Walter, 66, 420
Balfour, William, 419, 420, 458
Ballantyne, Archibald Scott, 646
Ballenden, Patrick, 132
Ballingall, James, 372
Ballingall, William, 565
Balnaves, Alexander, 369, 375
Balneaves, William, 352(3)
Balsillie, David, 3
Balvaird, Alexander, 401
Balvaird, David, 372
Balvaird, William 513
Bane, Sir William, 238
Banks, Alexander, 40
Bannatyne, Charles, 232
Bannatyne, John, 270
Bannatyne, Thomas, 34, 268
Bannerman, James, 81, 347, 358
Bannerman, James Patrick, 347
Bannerman, Robert, 80
Bannerman, William, 380
Barbour, John, 80, 82, 84, 429
Barbour, William, 78, 189
Barclay, Adam, 369
Barclay, Alexander, 584
Barclay, Andrew, 45, 256, 530, 589, 605
Barclay, David of Easter Touch, 444
Barclay, David, 216, 222, 452
Barclay, George, 49, 132
Barclay, Hercules, 676
Barclay, James, 19, 172, 397, 705
Barclay, John, 25, 125, 132, 494
Barclay, Matthew, 277
Barclay, Robert Stephen, 369
Barclay, Walter, 593
Barclay, William, 207, 230, 445, 558, 565, 694
Barnett, Christopher Charles, 547
Barnie, William, 141
Barr, Andrew Muirhead, 187
Barr, Robert Littlejohn, 539
Barrack, John, 446
Barrie, Alexander, 260
Barron, Alfred Saunders, 516
Barren, Douglas Gordon, 519
3C
Barron, Robert, Professor, 712
Barron, William 161
Barrowman, James Storry, 215, 292
Bartane, Thomas, 348
Bartlett, Henry Matthew, 489
Barton, Adam, 165
Bartone, John, 99
Barty, James Strachan, 472
Barty, Thomas, 1 89, 383
Bates, Robert, 640
Baty, John, 506, 513
Bawne, Sir Alexander, 363
Baxter, Andrew James Burt, 374
Baxter, David, 151, 462
Baxter, David Brook, 231, 250
Baxter, James Houston, Professor, 187, 719
Baxter, John, 477, 488
Baxter, Mungo, 253
Baxter, Thomas, 440, 444
Baxter, William Lang, 454
Bayne, David, 47
Bayne, Donald, 659
Bayne, John, 231, 306, 659
Bayne, Rorie, 660
Beale, George, 49
Beaton, Donald Macgillivray, 484, 613
Beaton, John, 680
Beaton, Lewis, 266
Beaton, Stephen, 294
Beattie, Irving, 37
Beattie, John, 506
Beattie, John Donald Macfarlane Benny, 160
Bell, Thomas Blizzard, 190
Bell, William, 160, 167
Bell, William Napier, 163
Bell, William Wilson, 115, 256, 384
Bellenden, George, 702
Bellenden, William William, 459
Bennet, Alexander Lyon, 251, 291
Bennet, Andrew, 47, 440, 449, 458
Bennet, John, 146
Bennet, William, 6, 25, 135, 173
Bennie, William, 37
Benson, James Muirhead, 486
Bentinck, Charles Donald, 672
Bentley, James, Professor, 713
Ben vie, Andrew, 14, 374
Berrie, Alexander Scott, 1 1 5
Berry, James Garrow, 171
Bethune, Alexander, 688
Bethune, Angus, 658
Bethune, Duncan, 339
Bethune, John, 122, 683
Bethune, Joseph, 126
Bethune, William, 683, 688
Betoun Alexander, 5
Betoun, Archibald, 231
Betoun, James, 173
770
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Beveridge, John Gardiner, 76
Bickerton, Thomas Alexander, 67
Biggar, Thomas, 428
Biggert, Robert, 184
Bigwood, William Cecil, 489
Binnie, Charles, 578
Binnie, James Montgomerie, 559
Binning, Sir Andrew, 1
Binning, Hugh, 294
Bird, John Turnbull, 721
Birnie, Robert, 270
Birnie, William, 270
Birrell, John, Professor, 718
Bishop, James, 34
Bishop, John, 68
Bisset, Alexander, 498
Bisset, Archibald, 35
Bisset, Douglas George, 460
Bisset, John, 526
Bisset, Peter Smith, 499
Bisset, Robert, 347
Bisset, Thomas, 58, 575, 584
Black, Alexander, 578, 685
Black, Alexander Forbes, 489, 616
Black, David, 476, 483
Black, Duncan, 325
Black, George, 468
Black, Hugh, 683
Black, James, 566, 731
Black, John, 115
Black, John Easton, 280
Black, Peter Cameron, 262
Black, Robert, 271, 693
Black, Thomas, 369
Black, William, 249
Black, William Kilgour, 482, 483
Black, William Macmillan, 199
Black, William Paterson, 500
Black, William Ritchie, 20
Blackadder, Patrick, 403
Blackadder, William, 183, 433
Blackburn, Archibald, 229, 534
Blackburn, John, 275, 527
Blackburn, Peter, Bishop, 709
Blackball, Andrew, 76, 86
Blackwell, George, 37
Blackwell, Thomas, Principal, 711, 7 12
Blackwood, Adam, 435
Blackwood, James, 185, 376, 414 bis, 434
Blackwood, Peter, 405, 413
Blackwood, William, 6, 376
Blaikie, William Garden, 605
Blair, Alexander, 218
Blair, Charles Patrick, 1 86
Blair, David Logan, 374
Blair, George, 262, 383
Blair, Hew, 308, 311
Blair, James, 69, 491
Blair, John, 225, 365, 366
Blair, Peter, 139
Blair, Robert, 87, 212, 468, 588
Blair, Thomas, 124
Blair, William, 225, 279, 527
Blake, James William, 84
Blaney, Thomas, 56
Blaw, Edward, 400
Blaw, William, 701
Blindschall, James, 482, 641
Blindshiell, P.obert, 198
Blinschell, Robert, 196
Blinshiell, David, 57
Blyth, David, 205, 207, 210
Blyth, Henry, 118
Boag, James Aitken, 291
Boag, William Goldie, 355
Bodin, Alexander Hastie, 277
Bodin, William, 215, 228
Boe, James, 397
Bog, Charles, 548
Bogie, David Kinnear, 406
Bollo, William, 64
Bonallo, James, 647
Bonaly, Robert, 80
Bonar, Andrew Redman, 7, 119
Bonar, Horatius, 130
Bonar, James, 222
Bonar, John, 704
Bonar, Thomas, 106
Bonkill, Patrick, 501
Bonkle, Michael, 105, 108
Bonkle, Robert, 94
Booth, John Livingston, 65
Booth, Patrick, 59
Borland, Robert, 154
Borland, William, 107
Borrowman, Patrick Hamilton, 321, 739
Borthwick, Archibald, 121
Borthwick, Ninian, 28, 143
Borthwick, William, 462
Boston, Thomas, 149
Boswell, George, 422
Boswell, William, 412
Bothwell, Francis, 704
Bowden, John Davies, 727
Bower, Alexander, 251
Bowie, Archibald, 383
Bowie (Bowes) Robert, 192
Bowman, Archibald, 589
Bowman, Ernest Drewett, 739
Bowman, James Dunn, 723
Boyd, Alexander, 216, 218, 333
Boyd, Andrew, 288, 318
Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 469
Boyd, Angus, 654
Boyd, Archibald, 72
Boyd, Arnold, 413
INDEX OF MINISTERS
771
Boyd, George, 14, 183, 228, 229
Boyd, James, Archbishop, 708
Boyd, James, 59
Boyd, John, 483
Boyd, John Gage, 225
Boyd, John McGavin, 262
Boyd, Robert, 253, 272, 304, 447, 544
Boyd, Walter, 196
Boyd, William, 204, 214, 279, 579
Boyd, Zachary, 289
Boyle, John, 136, 139, 401, 513
Boyle, Patrick, 94
Boyle, William Wilson, 418
Braboner, Andrew, 653
Brachane, Sir David, 656, 657
Bradfute, James, 55
Bradfute, John, 55, 272
Bradfute, William, 417, 447, 452
Brand, John, 7, 38
Brand, William, 702
Brander, James, 255
Brebner, James, 590
Brechin, Edwin James, 655
Bremner, George, 495
Bremner, John, 157, 557
Brewster, Patrick, 243
Bright, Robert Montgomery, 150, 351, 618
Brisbane, Matthew, 246
Brisbane, William, 246
Brisby, Henry Shannon, 150
Brock, William Peterson, 268
Brodie, David, 581
Brodie, Duncan Hunter, 298
Brodie, John, 647
Brodie, Robert Geddes, 256
Brodie, William, 158
Broun, Francis David, 303
Brown, Adam, 176
Brown, Alexander, 209
Brown, Alexander Douglas, 413
Brown, Alfred, 297
Brown, Andrew, 13, 229, 445, 642
Brown, Andrew Watson, 15
Brown, Archibald, 145
Brown, David, 27, 136, 154, 173, 482
Brown, Ebenezer, 82
Brown, George, 156, 234
Brown, Gilbert, 560
Brown, James, 28, 176, 183, 204, 322, 383
Brown, James Rossie, 13
Brown, John, 33, 53, 84, 120, 121, 164, 181,
183, 208, 290, 428, 433, 539
Brown, John Dunlop, 316, 327
Brown, John Francis, 75
Brown, John Irwin, 729
Brown, John Knox, 250
Brown, John Me Williamson, 316
Brown, Laurence, 477
Brown, Lyon, 182
Brown, Patrick, 177
Brown, Richard, 407
Brown, Robert, 55, 60, 174, 238, 403, 562, 728
Brown, Robert Hope, 309
Brown, Thomas, 89, 157, 361, 414
Brown, Sir William, 184
Brown, William, 108, 124, 183
Brown, William Graham, 317
Brown, William Morris, 22
Brown, William Robertson, 42, 43
Brown, William Rossie, 228
Brown, William Stevenson, 275
Brownhill, John, 408
Brownlie, James Paterson, 363
Brownlie, William, 310
Bruce, Alexander, 496
Bruce, Andrew, Bishop, 477, 710
Bruce, Andrew, 468, 515
Bruce, Archibald, 394
Bruce, Charles, 613
Bruce, Douglas William, 486, 738
Bruce, Edward, 415
Bruce, George, 661
Bruce, John, 15, 47
Bruce, Robert, 155
Bruce, William, 493, 546, 694
Bruce, William Robertson, 540
Bruce, William Straton, 596
Brugh, James, 385
Bryce, Alexander, 28
Bryce, Donald Campbell, 159
Bryce, Sir James, 176
Bryce, James, 306
Bryce, James Clow, 156
Bryce, James Cornwall, 235
Bryce, Sir John, 156, 171
Bryce, John Campbell, 228
Bryce, Morrison, 273
Bryden, James Henderson, 453
Brydie, Thomas, 676, 679
Brydon, Robert, 173
Bryson, Alexander, 172, 386
Bryson, Andrew, 307
Bryson, James, 182
Bryson (Bryce) Sir John, 171
Buchan, Alexander, 689
Buchan, Archibald, 112
Buchan, Charles Forbes, 521
Buchan, Henry Ritchie, 233
Buchan, James, 59
Buchan, John, 491,492
Buchan, Sir Thomas, 658
Buchan, William Sutherland, 150, 492
Buchanan, Archibald, 503
Buchanan, George, 159, 207
Buchanan, Hamilton, 283
Buchanan, James, Professor, 717
772
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Buchanan, James, 12, 163, 288
Buchanan, John, 54, 319
Buchanan, Peter, 133
Buchanan, Robert, 63, 308, 439, 458
Buchanan, Thomas, 348, 439,
Buchanan, Walter, 8
Buchanan, William, 257, 504
Buchanan, William Buchanan Cullen, 27
Bullo, John, 59
Buncle, Edward, 176
Bunting, Thomas James, 302
Burdon, Charles Scott, 292
Burdon, James Alexander, 98, 267
Burdoun, John, 396
Burgess, James, 485
Burleigh, John, 130
Burleigh, John Henderson Seaforth, 489, 592
Burne, John, 76, 408, 409, 412 bis
Burness, David, 272
Burnett, Alexander, 8, 696
Burnett, Andrew, 215, 297, 535
Burnett, David, 393
Burnett, George, 550
Burnett, James, 139
Burnett, John, 100, 570
Burnett, John Beattie, 521
Burnett, Robert, 33, 525, 538, 539, 571, 658
Burnett, Thomas of Slowie, 553
Burnett, Thomas, 558, 575, 659
Burnett, William, 14, 42, 553, 566, 598
Burns, Alexander Fyfe, 12, 244
Burns, Andrew, 231
Burns, George, 65
Burns, George Stewart, 305
Burns, James, 449
Burns, Stewart, 138
Burns, Thomas, 13, 245, 271
Burr, John, 149
Burry, John Barrie, 526, 622
Burt, Andrew, 556
Burt, James Robert, 99
Burt, Sir Robert, 389
Buschart, James, 657
Butler, Dugald, 150
CABELL, Sir William, 561, 566
Cadell, James, 190
Cadenhead, John, 216
Caesar, James, 92, 514
Caesar, John, 514
Caesar, William, 103
Caie, George Johnstone, 480
Caie, Norman Macleod, 260
Caie, William Smith, 599
Cairns, John Edgar, 420
Calder, George, 284
Calder, James Jolly, 605
Calder, Robert Hogg, 613
Calderwood, John Alexander, 83, 251
Calderwood, Robert George Matheson 739
Calderwood, Robert Sibbald, 255
Calderwood, William, 72
Caldwell, George, 56
Caldwell, John, 191
Caldwell, Thomas, 86
Callan, Hugh, 389
Callan, Richard, 120
Callander, Alexander, 389
Callander, John, 195, 208
Callander, William Corson, 150
Callum, George, 383
Cameron, Alexander, 282, 329
Cameron, Allan, 739
Cameron, Archibald, 274
Cameron, Charles McK, 737
Cameron, Daniel, 75
Cameron, David, 396, 493
Cameron, Donald, 345, 548
Cameron, Donald Allan, 315, 571, 693
Cameron, Donald Mackillop, 29
Cameron, Duncan, 30, 235, 309
Cameron, Ewen of Dunloskin, 316
Cameron, Hector, 314, 315, 336
Cameron, Hugh, 14
Cameron, James Ewing, 626
Cameron, John, 151, 313, 316 (3), 318, 322,
399, 731
Cameron, John Alexander, 145
Cameron, John Arthur, 205
Cameron, John Fawns, 417
Cameron, John Kirkland, 485
Cameron, John Stuart, 307, 532
Cameron, Kenneth John, 609
Cameron, Lewis Legertwood Lagg, 532, 609
Cameron, Peter, 258
Cameron, Samuel, 358, 387
Cameron, Samuel Wood, 205, 731
Cameron, William, 682
Cameron, William Fotheringham, 723
Campbell, Alastair, 335
Campbell, Alexander of Auchnacloich, 334
Campbell, Alexander, 223, 282, 335, 685
Campbell, Alexander Duncan, 207
Campbell, Andrew, 379
Campbell, Andrew James, 302
Campbell, Archibald, Professor, 719
Campbell, Archibald, 313, 329, 333, 335, 409,
661
Campbell, Archibald Alexander, 546
Campbell, Colin, 312, 332, 486, 535
Campbell, Daniel, 334
Campbell, David, 326, 504
Campbell, Donald, 48, 313, 314 bis, 336, 342
Campbell, Dugald, 314, 317, 501
Campbell, Duncan, 315
Campbell, George of Kinnochtree, 12
INDEX OF MINISTERS
773
Campbell, George, 20, 116, 215, 238
Campbell, Gillespie Macgregor, 244, 336
Campbell, Hew, 73
Campbell, Hugh, 320, 656
Campbell, James, 183, 296, 335, 372, 416, 438
Campbell, James Alexander, 180
Campbell, James Archibald, 704
Campbell, James Cameron, 375
Campbell, James Montgomery, 172, 180
Campbell, James Robertson, 324
Campbell, James Stuart, 284
Campbell, John, 7, 24, 116, 234, 281, 315, 318,
329, 332, 333, 339, 383, 480 648, 688, 721
Campbell, John Alexander, 330
Campbell, John James, 192
Campbell, John Macleod, 283
Campbell, John Robert, 376, 384
Campbell, Joseph, 193
Campbell, Laughlan, 322
Campbell, Mungo, 340
Campbell, Neil, Bishop, 710
Campbell, Neil, 312, 314, 322
Campbell, Neil Lewis Arthur, 344
Campbell, Ninian, 282
Campbell, Patrick, 356
Campbell, Peter Colin, Professor, 715
Campbell, Robert, 191, 192, 283, 347
Campbell, Thomas, 52, 195, 249
Campbell, William, 194, 215, 355, 396, 622
Campbell, William Albert, 347
Campbell, William Ballantine, 354
Campbell, William Mackean, 176, 276
Candlish, Robert Smith, 20
Cant, Alan, 441
Cant, Alexander, 545
Cant, Andrew, 11,24,79
Cant, John, 204
Carey, Stanley Buchanan, 490
Cargill, Donald of Kirklands of Rattray, 383
Cargill, Thomas Sheratt, 616
Carie, James, 444
Carkettill, Patrick, 113
Carlyle, John, 166
Garment, James, 378
Carmichael, Alexander, 272
Carmichael, David, 676
Carmichael, Dugald, 678
Carmichael, Frederick, 432
Carmichael, Ian, 339
Carmichael, James, 86, 94
Carmichael, John Dalgleish, 569
Carmichael, Patrick, 405
Carmichael, Samuel Gilfillan, 186
Carmichael, William George Hayward, 369
Carnegie, Robert, 618
Caraegy, Robert, 366
Carness, John, 237
Carrick, John Charles, 79
Carrick, Robert, 239
Carrick, William, 261
Carrington, Robert, 478
Carruthers, George, 42
Carruthers, James, 200, 238
Carruthers, John, 156
Carruthers, Sir Mark, 160
Carson, William Graham, 704
Carstairs, Thomas, 491
Carswell, Donald, 333
Carter, Walter Gordon, 137, 265
Cassou, Mortimer Aloysius, 737
Castlelaw, James, 154
Castlelaw, William, 235
Cathels, David, 137
Cattanach, David Lynedoch, 138
Cattanach, Joseph Hardie, 60
Catto, Alexander Godsman, 578, 63 1
Catto, John, 538
Cavell, William, 491
Chalmer, Alexander, 608
Chalmers, Alexander, 32, 55, 89
Chalmers, Daniel, 148
Chalmers, George, 527, 607, 610
Chalmers, Henry Reid, 485, 631
Chalmers, James, 168, 242, 456, 540, 598
Chalmers, John, 148, 170, 244, 422, 568, 584,
606
Chalmers, Thomas, 302
Chalmers, William, 216, 346, 382, 482, 501,
591, 660
Champare, Robert, 194
Chapman, Alexander, 173
Chapman, Henry, 94
Chapman, Robert, 200
Chapman, Thomas Henderson, 721
Charles, John, 68, 143
Charleson, Charles Forbes, 184
Charleson, John, 245
Charlton, Harcourt Peter, 192
Charteris, Andrew, 219
Charteris, Archibald Hamilton, 1 78
Charteris, Henry, 29
Charteris, James, 61
Charteris, Laurence, 88
Charteris, Thomas, 95
Chalto, John, Dean, 99
Cheyne, Alexander, 530, 558
Cheyne, Gilbert, 592
Cheyne, James, 574
Cheyne, Jerome, 703
Cheyne, John, 575
Cheyne, Robert, 204
Cheyne, William, 587
Chieslie, John, 3, 55
Chirnsyde, William, 281 bis
Chisholm, Alexander, 378, 384
Chisholm, Edward, 484
30
774
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Chisholm, Gilbert, 583, 586
Chisholm, James, 226
Chisholm, John, 151
Chree, Charles, 477
Chree, George Johnston, 483
Christie, Charles, 247
Christie, Charles Sinclair, 536
Christie, George, 15
Christie, Henry, 419
Christie, James, 27, 509
Christie, John, Professor, 714
Christie, John, 508
Christie, John George Crocket, 278
Christie, Peter, 1 1 5
Christison, Alexander, 126
Christison, David, 249, 254
Christison, Sir John, 567
Christison, John, 52, 409, 489, 491, 492, 519,
522
Christison, John of Benno, 607
Christison, Sir Thomas, 1 34
Christison, Thomas, 556, 592
Christison, William, 486
Chrystal, James Robert, 256
Clanny, Hugh, 174
Clapperton, John, 130, 154
Clark, Alexander, 509, 575, 619, 679
Clark, Archibald, 344
Clark, David Findlay, 527, 596
Clark, Dugald, 307
Clark, George, 578
Clark, Gilbert, 269
Clark, Ivo Macnaughton, 502
Clark, James Smith, 387
Clark, John, 229, 316, 413, 613
Clark, John Alexander, 498
Clark, John Ashfield, 138
Clark, John Sinclair, 262
Clark, John Young, 188, 297
Clark, Patrick Thomas, 592
Clark, Richard Mackie, 161
Clark, Thomas, 15
Clark, William, 142, 264, 459, 460, 463, 630
Clark, William Carrie, 80, 506
Clark, William Weir, 33
Clarke, Thomas Elliot Simpson, 100
Claxton, Arthur Eugene, 287
Clayhills, Andrew, 136
Cleghorn, George, 167
Cleghorn, John, 435
Cleghorn, Matthew, 156
Cleland, George, 263
Cleland, James, 146
Cleland, Joseph, 256
Clelland, John Skeoch, 220
Clement, Ninian, 508, 518
Clepan, George, 483
Clerk, Adam, 130, 146, 161
Clerk, Alexander, 651
Clerk, Gilbert, 581
Clerk, John, 136, 382, 642 bis
Clerk, William, 136
Clerk, William Bruce, 163
Climie, Hugh, 477
Clogie, William, 640
Clune, Alexander, 699
Clunes, Alexander, 657, 667 bis
Clunie, David, 105
Clunie, John, 113
Coats, Walter William, 498
Cochrane, James, 480
Cochrane, John, 22, 283, 288
Cochrane, John Douglas, 174
Cock, James, 699
Cock, Thomas, 699
Cockburn, George, 739
Cockburn, Harold Andrew, 162
Cockburn, James, 99, 212
Cockburn, James Hutchison, 397
Cockburn, John of Newholme, 55
Cockburn, John, 81, 334
Cockburn, Patrick, 113, 120
Golden, John, 61
Colden, Thomas, 203
Cole, Alexander, 210
Colherd, William, 268
Colhoun, James, 582, 583
Collace, David, 625
Collace, John, 520
Collier, James, 292
Collier, John, 68
Collison, Sir John, 533
Collow, John, 184
Colquhoun, Adam, 66
Colquhoun, Archibald, 64
Colquhoun, James, 196, 281
Colquhoun, John, 64, 157
Colquhoun, Robert, 107
Colquhoun, William Young, 489
Colt, Adam, 76, 126
Colt, Alexander, 370
Colt, James, 135
Colt, John, 152
Colville, Henry, 419, 696, 697
Colville, John, 33, 287, 325
Colville, Patrick, 229
Colville, Robert, 134, 191
Colville, William, 115
Colvin, James Charles Gillies, 168
Colvin, John, 195, 297
Colvin, Walter Laidlaw, 5
Colwyer, John, 261
Colwyn, John, 234
Compton, Samuel James Moore, 21
Comrie, Alexander, 357
Comrie, Duncan, 378
INDEX OF MINISTERS
775
Comrie, William, 734
Conacher, Duncan, 254, 325
Condie, George, 311, 385
Condie, John Charles, 237, 486, 637
Condie, Joseph, 402
Condie, William Cochran, 184
Connell, Duncan Macnair, 303
Connelly, Thomas, 9, 130, 258
Constane, Patrick, 450
Conway, William, 259, 431
Cook, Archibald, 652
Cook, George, 120, 146, 201, 379, 449
Cook, John, 94, 275
Cook, John Forbes Mitchell, 586
Cook, Robert, 239
Cook, Thomas, 241, 319
Cooper, Alexander, 154
Cooper, Charles Guthrie, 142, 307
Cooper, James, Professor, 717
Cooper, John, 299, 343
Copeland, John, 501
Copland, John, 46
Copland, Patrick, 559, 560
Copland, William, 561
Cormocsoun, Finlay, 683, 688
Corner, Malcolm Manford, 626
Cornwall, Walter, 45
Cornwall, William, 4
Core, William Granville, 68
Cormack (Gormack), Thomas, 484
Corrie, Robert Clayton, 112
Corsair, John, 409
Corse, David, 529
Corson, William, 218
Corswall, Sir John, 178
Cosens, Alexander Thomson, 52
Coskery, Alexander, 376
Costrane, John, 124
Coull, Patrick, 177
Coullie, James, 99
Coulson, John, 555
Coulter, Henry, 290, 527
Coulthard, William, 423
Coupar, David, 186, 428
Coupar, Robert, 45
Couper, Thomas, 414, 504, 506
Couper, Walter, 3
Couper, William, 369
Courtney, David, 133
Courtney, John of Trolingshaw, 87
Courtney, Thomas, 145, 148
Cousin, William, 117
Coustane, Patrick, 431, 439
Coutts, James, 556, 575
Coutts, John, 664
Coutts, Sir Laurence, 546
Coutts, William, 127
Cowan, Charles James, 131
Cowan, Francis, 90
Cowan, Henry, Professor, 714
Cowan, James, 267
Cowan, Peter, 297
Cowan, William, 20
Cowie, William, 583
Cowie, William Archibald Douglas, 560
Cowley, James Arthur, 239
Cowper, William, 557
Cox, George Frederick, 697
Cox, James Taylor, 537
Cox, William Percy, 513
Craib, Alexander Reid, 585
Craig, Aeneas Nelson, 431
Craig, Alexander, 704
Craig, James, 6, 256, 379
Craig, John, 394, 534
Craig, Robert, 316
Craig, Robert James, 195
Craig, Thomas, 638, 640
Craig, William Pitcairn, 415
Craighead, Robert, 305
Craigie, John, 453
Craigie, Nicol, 694
Craigie, William, 356, 358
Craik, David, 731
Craik, James, 301
Cranmer, John Graham, 606
Cranston, Hector, 61, 382
Cranstoun, James, 30
Cranstoun, John, 135
Cranstoun, Michael, 4, 32
Cranston, Thomas, 148, 165
Cranston, William, 145
Crarer, William, 352
Crawford, Archibald, 229, 235, 249, 279, 338
Crawford, David, 480, 552
Crawford, Gavin, 42
Crawford, Hugh, 215
Crawford, James Andrew, 539
Crawford, James Montgomery, 223
Crawford, John, 71
Crawford, Nicol 56
Crawford, Patrick, 216
Crawford, Robert, 232, 240, 249, 391, 555
Crawford, Robert Brown, 344
Crawford, Thomas, 351
Crawford, Thomas Jackson, Professor, 716
Crawford, Thomas James Campbell, 278, 310
Crawford, William, 214
Creech, Patrick, 98
Creichton, Alexander, 108
Crerar, Alexander, 674
Crevey, Thomas, 539
Crichton, Abraham, 483
Crichton, Alexander, 346, 352, 491, 551
Crichton, George, 200
Crichton, James, 261
776
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Crichton, John, 262
Crichton, Patrick, 368
Crichton, Robert, 185, 363
Crichton, Steven, 168
Crichton, William, 37, 551
Cristison, Alexander, 377, 379, 380
Crockat, John, 642
Crockett, William Shillinglaw, 65
Croll, John, 506
Crombie, Andrew, 656
Crombie, John, 374
Crombie, Thomas, 237
Crombie, William, 112
Crooks, John, 187
Crookes, William, 234
Crosbie, John, 89
Crosbie, John Geddes, 231
Crosby, Thomas, 177
Cross, Alexander, 335
Cruden, James, 592
Cruickshanks, James, 54
Cruickshanks, James Alexander, 609
Cruickshanks, John Rodger, 65
Cruickshanks, Thomas, 347 bis, 352 bis, 473
Cruickshanks, William, 523
Cullen, Andrew, 533, 564
Cullen, James, 198
Cullen, Walter, 534
Cumming, Alexander, 362
Gumming, David, 605
Cumming, George, 642, 663
Cumming, James Elder, 307
Cumming, John, 104, 724
Cumming, John Barr, 609
Cumming, Michael, 625
Cumming, Patrick, 12, 642, 647
Cumming, Thomas, 494
Cumyng, David, 478, 664
Cunningham, Adam, 136
Cunningham, Alexander, 149, 222, 230, 240
Cunningham, David, 251, 270, 274, 439
Cunningham, Gabriel, 309
Cunningham, Hugh, 103
Cunningham, James, 274, 275 bis
Cunningham, John, 187, 219, 225, 230, 265,
400
Cunningham, Patrick, 140
Cunningham, Umphra, 249
Cunningham, William, 25
Cunnison, John, 355
Curie, David, 226
Currie, Adam, 248
Currie, Sir Andrew, 147
Currie, Andrew, 539
Currie, Hew, 474, 610
Currie, Sir Hugh, 379
Currie, James, 263, 564, 567
Currie, John, 94, 652
Curror, Thomas, 544
Currour, John, 177, 352, 353
Curtis, William Alexander, Professor, 716
Cushnie, John, 544
Cushney, Robert, 583
Cussane, Robert, 184
Cuthbert, Alexander, 41
Cuthbert, Sir David, 653
Cuthbert, James Nimmo, 536
Cuthill, William, 200
Cuthill, James Spence, 509
DABB, John Henry Michell, 424
Daes, James, 143
Daill, Thomas, 113 bis
Dalgety, James, 482
Dalgety, James Boath, 243
Dalgetty, William, 739
Dalgleish, Alexander, 45
Dalgleish, David, 56
Dalgleish, John, 48
Dalgleish, Nicol, 463
Dalgleish, Robert, 45
Dalgleish, Walter, 164
Dalgleish, William, 4, 457
Dall, John, 320
Dall, William, 509
Dallachie, Thomas, 609
Dalmahoy, James, 394
Dalrymple, James, 48, 212
Daly, Robert, 258, 302
Dalziel, Ninian, 170 bis, 177, 179, 180
Dalziel, William, 200
Danielston, Peter, 116
Danielston, Robert, 212, 424
Darg, Patrick, 600
Darroch, John, 323, 326, 328
Darroch, Maurice, 324
Darroch, Robert, 261
Daun, Robert, 148
Davidson, Adam, 134
Davidson, Alan Munro, 721
Davidson, Alexander, 29, 48
Davidson, Andrew, 72, 202, 482
Davidson, Archibald, 674
Davidson, Charles, 703
Davidson, Charles Alexander, 637
Davidson, David, 485
Davidson, Donald, 31, 299, 323, 491, 586
Davidson, Edwin Maxwell Murray, 380, 613
Davidson, George, 551
Davidson, George Ramsay, 12
Davidson, George Smyttan, 366
Davidson, Harcourt Morton, 489
Davidson, James, 193, 242, 482, 566, 567, 600
Davidson, John, 99, 115, 187, 260, 385
Davidson, John Edgar, 126
Davidson, Patrick, 420
INDEX OF MINISTERS
777
Davidson, Ranken, 216, 218, 234
Davidson, Reginald Ian, 355, 476
Davidson, Robert, 34, 525
Davidson, Thomas, 115, 560
Davidson, Walter, 144, 291
Davidson, William, 287, 674, 690
Davidson, William Leslie, 562
Davie, John Barclay, 43, 511
Davies, William Lowys, 224, 556
Davis, John, 202
Dawson, John, 131
Dawson, John Finlay, 314
Dawson, Patrick, 351
Dawson, Thomas Henry, 570
Dawson, William, Professor, 716
Dawson, William, 310, 739
Dempster, John, 372, 494
Denholme, Robert, 54, 122
Denison, Patrick, 333
Denmuir, David, 491
Dennistoun, Archibald, 286
Dennistoun, Robert, 212
Denoon, Benjamin, 194
Denoon, John, 706
Denoon, Thomas, 657, 666
Denune, Walter, 672
Denune, William, 99
Dewar, Alexander, 354
Dewar, Archibald Edmiston, 186
Dewar, Duncan, 355
Dewar, James, 273, 392
Dewar, Peter, 320
Dewar, Thomas, 432
Dey, John, 340
Dey, William Dunbar, 621
Diack, Albert Alexander, 15, 584
Dick, David, 487
Dick, Henry Littledale, 272
Dick, Horace James, 61
Dick, James, 279
Dick, John, 65
Dick, John Crawford, 162
Dick, Robert, 25
Dickey, John Henry, 280
Dickey, Robert James Steele, 255, 406
Dickey, William John Steele, 696
Dickie, David, 303
Dickie, John, 734
Dickie, John McAusland, 320
Dickie, Matthew, 231
Dickson, Adam, 59, 63
Dickson, David of Busby, 1 1
Dickson, David, 27, 61, 160
Dickson, George, 135, 460
Dickson, George Arthur Macdonald, 600
Dickson, John, 63, 204, 311, 554
Dickson, John Gavin, 21
Dickson, Matthew Scott, 262
Dickson, Richard, 43
Dickson, Robert, 30, 301
Dickson, Robert Marcus, 270
Dickson, Sir Thomas, 49
Dickson, William, 150
Dill, Samuel Marcus, 211
Dill, William, 188
Dimma, Thomas, 48
Dinwiddie, Archibald Hutton, 141
Dinwiddie, John Lin ton, 169
Dinwiddie, Melville, 530
Dobbie, James, 45, 266
Dobie, Alexander, 288
Dobie, William, 127
Dobie, William Jardine, 428
Dodd, George Edward, 731
Dodd, Henry, 487
Dodds, James, 3, 204, 207
Dods, George, 89, 214
Dods, George Nisbet, 244
Dods, John, 381
Dods, Selby Ord, 89
Doig, Robert, 526
Doig, Thomas, 415
Don, Matthew, 707
Donald, Andrew Thomson, 145
Donald, Sir Donald, 433
Donald, Duncan Macalister, 352
Donald, Francis Cantlie, 552
Donald, George Henry, 150
Donald, Gordon Irving, 602
Donald, Maunsel Grant Mackintosh, 483
Donaldson, Andrew, 409
Donaldson, Charles James, 224, 290
Donaldson, Gavin, 389
Donaldson, James of Murroch, 277
Donaldson, James, 207
Donaldson, Laurence, 610
Donaldson, Robert, 156
Donaldson, Thomas, 386, 695
Donaldson, William Galloway, 480
Donn, Andrew, 70
Donnan, Andrew, 198
Dougald, John, 500
Dougall, James, 192
Dougalson, Donald, 337
Dougalson, George, 352
Dougharty, John Torrens, 268, 296
Douglas, Adam, 134
Douglas, Sir Alexander, 639
Douglas, Alexander, 124, 154, 640, 658
Douglas, Andrew, 509
Douglas, Archibald, 54, 60 bis, 61, 66, 100 bis,
109, 184,286,304
Douglas, George, 140, 265, 598, 608, 623, 636,
638, 642
Douglas, Hector, 135
Douglas, Henry, 309
778
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Douglas, Sir James, 218, 625
Douglas, James, 127, 541, 612, 630
Douglas, Sir John, 135
Douglas, John, 122, 128, 138, 139, 162, 186,
218, 222
Douglas, John Leonard, 118
Douglas, Louis Clarence Duncan, 353, 698
Douglas, Sir Ninian, 64
Douglas, Robert, 64, 99, 120, 128, 149, 177,
260
Douglas, Thomas, 74, 438, 449
Douglas, Thomas Logan, 267, 293
Douglas, Walter, 131
Douglas, William of Glenbervie, 516
Douglas, William, 112, 134, 582, 590, 611, 635,
636, 713
Dow, David, 177, 287
Dow, John, 656
Dow, William, 209
Dowie, James, 489
Downie, Charles, 659
Downie, John, 324
Downie, Robert, 531
Drennan, Hugh, 721
Drew, John Alexander Caldwell, 36
Drew, Joseph, Principal, 718
Drew, Ninian, 309
Dron, John Archibald, 285
Drummond, David, 356, 368, 379
Drummond, George, 356, 372
Drummond, James Johnstone, 139
Drummond, John, 254, 379, 380
Drummond, Ninian, 366
Drummond, Thomas, 88, 379
Drummond, Sir William, 347
Drummond, William, 377, 378, 379, 382, 383,
385
Drynnane, John, 702
Drysdale, Alexander, 309
Drysdale, James, 430
Drysdale, John, 26
Drysdale, Matthew Robert, 190
Drysdale, Robert, 472
Dudgeon, Thomas, 89
Duff, Alexander, 336
Duff, Alfred Drummond, 61 1
Duff, Sir George, 601
Duff, George Neilson, 282
Duff, Sir Gilbert, 617
Duff, Henry, 31
Duff, James, 343, 552, 607, 650
Duff, Thomas, 643
Duffus, Robert, 366
Duguid, William, 54
Duke, Ernest Hamilton, 169
Dumbreck, Andrew, 562
Dunbar, Gavin, 246, 668
Dunbar, George, 33, 212, 649, 657, 665
Dunbar, James, 608, 636, 654
Dunbar, John, 215, 589
Dunbar, Kenneth, 31
Dunbar, Patrick, 343, 630, 650
Dunbar, Robert, 643 bis, 645
Dunbar, Robert Grant, 359
Dunbar, Thomas of Grange, 647
Dunbar, Thomas, 645
Dunbar, William, 155, 523, 572, 642
Duncan, Alexander Adam, 589
Duncan, Andrew, 34
Duncan, Andrew Bethune, 408
Duncan, David, 81
Duncan, David Alexander, 216, 398
Duncan, George, 177
Duncan, George Gordon Dundas Stewart, 178,
294
Duncan, George Simpson, Principal, 719
Duncan, Henry, 71, 169
Duncan, Henry Cecil, 739
Duncan, Hugh, 258
Duncan, James, 506
Duncan, James Robertson, 637
Duncan, John, 172, 209, 298, 393, 394, 437,
439, 702
Duncan, John Garrow, 619
Duncan, John Gibb, 292
Duncan, John Henry, 235, 372
Duncan, John Menzies, 26 bis
Duncan, John Murray Baillie, 739
Duncan, Laurence, 239, 474
Duncan, Leslie, 105, 302
Duncan, Norman, 609
Duncan, Patrick, 638
Duncan, Thomas Ogilvy, 87
Duncan, William, 383
Duncan, William Cairns, 213
Duncan, William Grant, 52
Duncan, William Ogilvy, 255
Duncanson, Andrew, 151
Duncanson, James, 386
Duncanson, Sir John, 359
Duncanson, John, 654, 698
Duncanson, Thomas, 148, 390
Dundas, James, 495
Dundas, William, 39
Dungalson, Michael or Nicol, 194, 195
Dunlop, Alexander, 198, 242
Dunlop, Alexander Slater, 282, 469 bis
Dunlop, John, 34
Dunlop, Ludovic, 543
Dunlop, Robert Hamilton, 456
Dunlop, Samuel, 10, 117
Dunlop, William, 230, 354, 423, 737
Dunn, Charles, 50, 545, 677
Dunn, George Macbod, 223, 296, 435
Dunn, Michael, 205, 207
Dunn, Peter, 40
INDEX OF MINISTERS
779
Dunn, Peter Alexander, 8
Dunnett, Arthur Henry, 137, 141
Dunnett, George Victor, 14, 105
Dunnett, Hamilton David Forrester, 574
Dunnett, Thomas, 676
Dunnett, William, 233
Dunning, Alexander, 361
Dunning, Thomas, 377
Dunmure, Alexander, 365
Durham, James, 305
Durham, John, 495
Durham, Patrick, 494, 657
Durie, John, 14, 31, 40
Durie, Joshua, 503, 512
Durie, Robert, 454
Durie, Simeon, 457
Durward, Charles, 434
Dury, George, 412
Dury, John, 208
Dyce, Thomas, 141
Dyce, William, 536
Dyett, Alfred E., 737
Dykes, John Dalziel, 261
Dykes, Thomas, 213
Dysart, Alexander, 362
Dysart, Sir Michael, 1 78
EADIE, James, 56
Eadie, William, 312
Eason, Patrick, 272
Easson, David Edward, 68
Easton, James Cruickshank, 569
Easton, John, 37
Eccles, Hew, 225
Echline, Walter, 702
Edgar, Alexander, 65
Edgar, Andrew, 209, 176, 220
Edgar, John, 127, 282
Edgar, Nicol, 175
Edgar, Robert, 451
Edie, William, 77, 296
Edie, William Henry, 645
Edmondston, Biot, 399
Edmondston, John, 148, 391
Edmonston, John of Warroxhill, 275
Edmonstone, Robert, 408
Edmonstone, William, 347, 366, 372
Edward, Alexander, 456
Edward, Robert, 195, 495
Edwards, James, 739
Edwards, George John, 434
Eglinton, Archibald, 192
Eglinton, Hugh, 231
Elder, Andrew, 504
Elder, John, 519
Elder, Thomas, 190, 198
Elder, William, 516
Elisoune, Sir Alexander, 110
Elliot, Henry, 135
Elliot, James, 25
Elliot, Martin, 162
Elliot, Ninian, 49, 270
Elliot, Thomas, 140
Ellis, George, 39
Ellis, William, 213
Elmslie, John Watson, 407
Elphinston, James, 72, 377, 559
Elphinston, John, 426, 437
Elphinston, William, 492
Erroll, Duncan, 281
Erskine, Ebenezer, 394
Erskine, Henry, 122
Erskine, James, 41 bis
Erskine, Sir John of Dun, 500
Erskine, John, 498, 500, 516, 525, 529
Erskine, Sir William, 285
Erskine, William, 286
Esdaile, David, 484
Eustace, Alexander, 550
Eveatt, William, 351
Ewan, Gordon Milne, 363
Ewen, John Spence, 7, 33, 594
Ewing, James, 489
Ewing, Thomas, 728
FAIRBAIRN, James, 143
Fairbairn, John, 133
Fairbairn, Patrick, 100
Fairfoul, John, 200
Fairley, John, 390
Fairlie, Henry Alexander, 219
Fairlie, John, 306
Fairlie, Robert Paul, 173, 228
Fairney, Alexander, 445
Fairwodder, Walter, 502
Falconer, Alexander, 389, 613, 662
Falconer, Colin, Bishop, 710
Falconer, David, Professor, 719
Falconer, David, 5
Falconer, James, 198
Falconer, William, 205, 642, 643
Falconer, William James Stuart, 677
Fallowsdaill, James, 705
Fargie, Alexander, 398
Fargy, Alexander, 387, 388
Parish, Charles William, 378, 388
Farms, Andrew Welsh, 558, 613
Farquhar, Henry, 73
Farquhar, James, 541
Farquhar, John Laurie, 159, 296
Farquharson, James, 154, 555, 604 bis
Faulds, James, 433
Faulds, John, 602, 671
Fenwick, David Pitkaithly, 449
Fergus, Alexander, 503
Fergushill, John, 213
780
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Ferguson, Adam, 358
Ferguson, Adam Wightman, 486
Ferguson, Alexander, 340, 342
Ferguson, Allan, 275
Ferguson, Daniel John, 283
Ferguson, Donald Fergus, 247
Ferguson, Duncan, 688
Ferguson, Hamilton Russell, 256
Ferguson, James, 205
Ferguson, John, 45, 49, 152, 549
Ferguson, Robert, 202
Ferguson, William, 418
Fergusson, James, 3
Fergusson, John, 137
Fergusson, Peter, 188
Fergusson, Robert Menzies, 401
Fergusson, Thomas, 191, 647
Ferric, William Winks, 740
Ferrier, Alexander, 731
Ferries, Alexander, 546
Ferries, George, 546
Ferries, John, 549
Fethie, Arthur, 512 bis
Fiddes, Alexander, 15
Finch, Charles Sydney, 485
Findlater, Alexander, 268
Findlater, Thomas, 66
Findlay, Peter Charles, 203
Findlay, Robert, 389
Findlay, Thomas, 112, 236
Findlay, William, 394
Finlay, John Agnew, 183
Finlayson, Alexander Wilson, 119, 286
Finlayson, Francis, 233
Finlayson, James Macdonald, 583
Finlayson, John, 692
Finlayson, Joseph Sage, 424
Finlayson, Richard, 498
Finlayson, William Logie, 158
Fisher, James, 154
Fisher, James Annett, 204
Fisher, Matthew, 699
Fisher, Robert, 152, 222, 271, 473
Fisher, Robert Findlay, 447
Fisher, Robert Howie, 13, 19
Fleming, Adam, Dean, 197, 198
Fleming, Alexander, 182
Fleming, Archibald, 370, 724
Fleming, Donald, 39
Fleming, Gideon, 493
Fleming, James, 227, 261, 478
Fleming, James Alexander, 30
Fleming, James William, 738
Fleming, John, 248
Fleming, Lee McKinstery, 160
Fleming, Richard, 48
Fleming, Robert of Balloch, 310
Fleming, Robert, 254, 729
Fleming, Thomas, 13, 277, 538
Fleming, Sir Thomas, 185
Flemington, Hugh, 128
Flescher, Robert, 441
Fletcher, George, 483
Fletcher, James, 131
Flint, Patrick, 184
Flint, William Craig, 344
Flocker, Andrew, 454
Fogo, George Laurie, 180
Fogo, John Laurie, 283
Foirhouse, Alexander, 40
Foord, Robert, 89
Forbes, Alexander, 450, 643
Forbes, Alexander Hay, 433, 648
Forbes, Arthur, 537
Forbes, Augustine Wentworth Scudamore, 297,
Forbes, Donald, 665 [386, 535
Forbes, Duncan, 585
Forbes, George, 559
Forbes, James, 441, 564, 695
Forbes, James Grant, 364, 570
Forbes, John of Corse, Professor, 713
Forbes, John, 51, 535
Forbes, John Mackenzie, 176
Forbes, John Robertson, 667
Forbes, Patrick of Corse, Bishop, 709
Forbes, Robert, 387, 535, 547
Forbes, Robert Wilson, 157, 576
Forbes, William, 476, 477, 521, 559, 566, 568,
569, 577
Forbes, William, Principal, 711
Forbes, William Alexander Macfarlane, 524
Forbes, William Augustus, 495
Forbes, William John, 95
Ford, James Albert Munro, 73 1
Fordyce, Alexander, 646
Fordyce, George, 3
Fordyce, James, 386
Forest, John, 112
Forfar, James, 297
Forman, Adam, 108
Forman, James, 94
Forman, John, 454, 459
Forrat, Sir John, 500
Forrest, Alexander, 503
Forrest, Daniel Alexander, 595
Forrest, James, 583
Forrest, Robert Gibb, 26
Forrester, Alexander, 103, 139, 197, 512
Forrester, Alexander McCaul, 66
Forrester, Andrew, 3, 400, 425
Forrester, David, 144, 265
Forrester, James, 53
Forrester, John, 394, 643, 644
Forrester, Robert, 205, 210
Forrester, Thomas, Principal, 718
Forrester, Thomas, 1 52
INDEX OF MINISTERS
781
Forret, David, 459
Forret, John, 449, 728
Forret, Thomas, 449
Forsyth, Alexander, 453
Forsyth, Alexander John, 536
Forsyth, David, 87, 121, 146
Forsyth, Henry, 421
Forsyth, James, 392, 448
Forsyth, John, 309
Forsyth, William, 190, 568, 675
Fortescue, John Faithful Irvine, 237
Fotheringham, James, 53, 266, 482 bis
Fotheringham, John, 149
Foulis, Adam, 197, 254, 476
Foulis, Alexander, 108
Fowler, David, 479
Fowlie, Adam, 496
Fowlie, Robert, 494, 696
Frame, Hugh Fulton, 458
Francis, David Lawrence, 430
Francis, James, 247
Frank, William, 95
Franklin, Foster, 249
Fraser, Alexander, 592, 650, 651, 652, 677, 680,
685
Fraser, Alexander Douglas, 296
Fraser, Sir Andrew Dow, 650, 653, 662
Fraser, Archibald, 432
Fraser, Arthur, 137
Fraser, Charles, 447, 648
Fraser, David Denholm, 103
Fraser, Donald, 662
Fraser, Donald Dow, 652, 660
Fraser, Farquhar, 341
Fraser, Sir Homer, 246, 668
Fraser, Hugh, 332, 665
Fraser, James, 170, 172, 239, 339, 347, 651, 653
Fraser, James Annand, 95
Fraser, James William, 619
Fraser, John, 338, 341, 410, 429, 568, 654, 657
Fraser, Lachlan, 338
Fraser, Lauchlan, 683
Fraser, Lewis, 195
Fraser, Paul, 507
Fraser, Robert, 607
Fraser, Robert George, 30
Fraser, Robert William, 21
Fraser, Roderick, 477, 659
Fraser, Simon, 660
Fraser, Thomas, 648, 657
Fraser, William, 652, 660
Fraser, William Crawford, 722
Frazer, Joseph McNeill, 296
Freebairn, Thomas, 262
Freeland, John, 369, 608
French, James, 165, 166, 270
French, Patrick, 45
French, Robert, 118, 119, 145
Frew, David, 181
Fridge, Alexander, 513
Frizelle, Robert, 443
Frood, Bryce, 191
Fry, Samuel Campbell, 218
Fullar, William, 230
Fullarton, David, 500
Fullarton, Henry Mclntosh Robertson, 38
Fullarton, James, 392, 502
Fullarton, John, 180, 184, 243, 500, 512
Fulton, William, 293, 676
Fulton, William, Professor, 714, 717
Furlong, James, 3 1 1
Fyfe, Andrew, 173
Fyfe, David, 512
Fyfe, William, 272
Fyfe, William Day, 485
Fyfe, William Wilson, 168
GADERER, Alexander, 218
Gairdyne, Alexander, 580
Gaitles, Patrick, 116
Galbraith, Humphrey, 389
Galbraith, John, 388
Galbraith, Patrick, 89
Galbraith, Robert, 521
Galbraith, William, 33, 98, 139
Gall, Alexander, 384, 385
Gall, Evelyn, 430, 488
Galloway, Alexander, 140
Galloway, David, 191
Galloway, George, Principal, 718
Galloway, George, 193
Gait, Patrick, 121,361,437
Garden, Alexander, 437, 438, 440, 590
Garden, Francis, 571
Garden, George, 590
Garden, Gilbert, 494, 495, 600
Garden, James, Professor, 713
Garden, Thomas, 601, 606
Gardiner, George, 28
Gardiner, John, 368
Gardiner, William Wallace Dunlop, 9
Gardner, George, 167
Gardner, James, 65
Gardner, Matthew, 295
Gardner, Robert, 38, 377
Gardyne, Gilbert, 600
Gardyne, John, 509, 698
Gardyne, Thomas, 556
Gardyne, William, 24, 479
Garioch, Alexander, 540
Garntullie, Sir James, 619
Garrett, John, 740
Garrioch, William, 558
Garson, John, 696
Gartshore, George, 207
Garvine, Thomas, 12
782
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Gaw, Alexander, 381
Geddes, Charles, 179, 208
Geddes, Francis Gilbert, 297
Geddes, John, 300, 408
Geddie, Andrew, 502
Geddie, Patrick, 200
Geddie, Robert, 416
Geekie, George, 462
Gegg, James, 224, 504
Gellatly, James, 257
Gellie, John, 567, 570
Gellie, John Caithness, 734
Gellie, Paul, 386
Gemmell, John, 225
Gentles, Thomas, 243
Gerard, Alexander, Professor, 714
Gerard, Gilbert, Professor, 714
Gerrit, Alexander, 537
Getherall, Sir Thomas, 146
Gib, Martin, 196
Gibb, Andrew, 496
Gibb, George, 474
Gibb, Richard, 159, 488
Gibb, William, 49
Gibson, Alexander Robertson, 510
Gibson, Archibald, 13
Gibson, Arthur John Howieson, 300
Gibson, David, 60, 212
Gibson, James, 100, 294, 296
Gibson, James Duncan Walker, 265
Gibson, Sir John, 630
Gibson, John, 19, 191, 192, 238
Gibson, John Sharpe, 150
Gilchrist, John, 135, 388, 608
Giles, Charles, 589
Gilfillan, Alexander, 677
Gilfillan, Brodie Smith, 188, 214, 242
Gillan, Alexander, 319
Gillan, David Medley, 672
Gillan, George Green, 286
Gillan, Ian Robert Wilson, 618, 724
Gillan, James, 20, 22, 638
Gillespie, Edward, 298
Gillespie, George, 10
Gillespie, James, Principal, 718
Gillespie, James Ewer, 175
Gillespie, James Hogg, 217
Gillespie, John, 160, 273
Gillespie, William Murdoch, 723, 738
Gillies, Alexander, 600
Gillies, Francis Cowan, 353
Gillies, James, 271
Gillies, John, 164
Gillies, John Macdonald, 315, 353
Gillies, Robert, 170
Gillies, Thomas Roger, 350
Gillies, William, 321
Gillies, William Alexander, 357
Gillieson, Archibald Hamilton, 678
Gillieson, Thomas, 26, 116
Gillieson, William Phin, 213
Gilliland, James, 119
Gillon, Alexander, 582
Gilmour, John, 438
Gilroy, James, Professor, 713
Gilruth, Andrew Hutton, 268
Gilruth, James Ruth, 54
Gilruth, Patrick Gorthy, 695
Gilston, William, 407
Given, Hugh O., 737
Glasgow, James, 35, 214
Glasgow, John, 232
Glass, Adam, 86
Glass, Sir James, 606, 619
Glass, John, 616
Glass, John Watt, 307
Glass, Patrick, 644
Glass, Thomas, 358, 368, 383
Glasse, John, 16
Glattisberrie, Robert, 276
Gledstanes, George, Archbishop, 708
Gledstanes, George, 181, 508, 625
Gledstanes, Herbert, 170, 178
Gleig, George, 509
Glen, Alexander, 88
Glen, Archibald, 286
Glen, James, 88
Glen, John, 133, 304
Glen, John Paul, 312, 321
Glen, Robert, 286
Glen, Thomas Stobo, 294, 390
Glen, William, 447
Glendinning, James, 180
Glendinning, Robert, 207
Glennie, John Douglas, 394, 448
Gloag, Andrew, 34
Gloag, Patrick James, 149
Glover, John, 180
Goderrall, Sir Thomas, 64
Gold, John, 53
Goldie, George, 87
Goldie, James, 84
Goldie, Thomas Smith, 27, 124
Goldie, William, 267
Goldie, William McLauchlan, 279
Goodall, Charles, 23, 214, 216, 362
Goodall, James Graham, 464
Goodere, William Scott, 621
Goodfellow, John, 516, 525
Goodman, Christopher, 468
Goodwillie, Richard, 587
Gordon, Adam, 304
Gordon, Aeneas Gunn, 448
Gordon, Alexander, 314, 578
Gordon, Hon. Arthur, 384
Gordon, Arthur Currie, 205
INDEX OF MINISTERS
783
Gordon, Charles, 148
Gordon, Donald Campbell Bryce, 582
Gordon, George, Professor, 712
Gordon, George, 526, 551, 623, 673
Gordon, Hugh, 275
Gordon, James of Zeochry, 610
Gordon, James, 283 bis, 536, 540, 754, 583, 606,
607, 610, 645, 646
Gordon, James Bryce, 110
Gordon, James Drummond, 135
Gordon, John, 138, 143, 199, 532, 556, 579 bis,
592, 637, 677
Gordon, Lewis, 637
Gordon, Ludovic, 544, 607
Gordon, Patrick, Principal, 711
Gordon, Patrick, Professor, 712
Gordon, Patrick Lindsay, 522
Gordon, Robert, 11, 347, 348
Gordon, Thomas, 79, 137, 546, 680
Gordon, William, 187, 361, 677, 703
Gordon, William Ireland, 209
Gordon, William Lindsay, 134, 533
Goudie, John, 133
Gould, John, 1 54
Gourlay, Adam, 151
Gourlay, James, 284
Gow, John Miller, 408
Govan, James, 377
Gowan, Peter, 197
Gowanlock, James, 168
Graham, Alexander, 112, 493
Graham, Andrew, 378, 696
Graham, Archibald, 309
Graham, David, 176, 370, 378, 471
Graham, David Cunningham, 81
Graham, George, 185, 356, 368
Graham, Gilbert, 513
Graham, Henry Greig, 1 32, 295
Graham, James, 184, 188, 471, 694
Graham, James Francis, 190
Graham, James Thomas, 292
Graham, John, 166, 279, 503, 699
Graham, John Anderson, 740
Graham, John Fraser, 290
Graham, Malise, 395
Graham, Manners Hamilton Nisbet, 132, 151
Graham, Robert, 231, 240, 275, 363, 471
Graham, Robert Balfour, 98
Graham, Thomas, 297
Graham, Thomas Forest Harkness, 254
Graham, Thomas Harkness, 250
Graham, William, 266, 278
Graham, William Vilant, 177
Grahamson, Alexander Patrick, 676
Granger, James, 523
Granger, John, 509
Granger, William, 213
Grant, Alexander^ 338, 654, 673
Grant, Alexander Brown, 10, 283
Grant, Alexander Rae, 567
Grant, Alexander Robertson, 542
Grant, Andrew, 15
Grant, Charles Martin, 490
Grant, Charles Peter, 248
Grant, Donald, 315, 671
Grant, Donald Macgregor, 65, 283, 462
Grant, George, 600
Grant, George Henry, 141
Grant, James, 22, 30, 32, 600
Grant, James Bell, 306
Grant, James Chalmers, 302
Grant, John, 211
Grant, John Forbes Watson, 23
Grant, Lachlan, 619, 620
Grant, Ludovic, 548
Grant, Patrick, 195, 615, 616, 620, 667
Grant, Peter, 487, 685
Grant, Robert, 603
Grant, Samuel, 376
Grant, William, 136, 345, 605, 617
Grant, William Charles Middleton, 674
Grant, William Kenneth, 136, 469
Grantullie, James, 606
Grassick, George Henderson, 559
Gray, Alexander, 369, 373, 531, 535
Gray, Andrew, 73, 172, 277, 546, 557
Gray, Sir Duncan, 485
Gray, Sir George, 200
Gray, Gilbert, Principal, 711
Gray, Hew, 59
Gray, Sir James, 657
Gray, James, 283, 512, 647, 673
Gray, John, 36, 86, 380, 671
Gray, John Meikle, 238, 498
Gray, Lothian, 112
Gray, Robert, 198, 498
Gray, Thomas, 52, 60, 568
Gray, William, 89, 500, 503 bis, 671, 672, 673
bis
Green, Stephen, 247, 742
Green, William, 618
Greenfield, William, 1 1
Greenhill, Charles Kinnear, 152
Greenlaw, John, 596
Greenlaw, John Rutherford, 582
Gregor, Walter, 585
Gregorie, Alexander, 213
Gregorie, John, 537
Greig, George, 176
Greig, James, 188, 443
Greig, Sir John, 558
Greig, John, 574
Greig, Michael, 350
Greig, William, 571
Grier, George, 95
Grierson, Alexander, 662
784
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Grierson, Archibald, 246
Grierson, John, 48
Grierson, John Callander, 483
Grieve, Henry, 495
Grieve, James, 367
Grieve, Matthew, 495
Grimwood, William Edward, 68, 121
Grinton, Patrick, 60
Grub, John, 482, 484
Gudefallo, John, 516
Guild, William, Principal, 711
Gullan, Gabriel, 156
Gullan, William, 127
Gunn, George, 133
Gunn, George Gibson, 125, 302
Gunn, Peter Bryce, 141
Gunn, William Ewan Bull, 506
Gunson, John, 296
Gusthart, William, 24
Guthrie, Alexander, 561
Guthrie, Andrew, 608
Guthrie, David, 354, 560
Guthrie, Henry, 361
Guthrie, James, 177, 393 bis
Guthrie, John, Bishop, 710
Guthrie, John, 34, 507, 513, 596, 630, 636
Guthrie, Patrick, 575
Guthrie, Thomas, 21
Guthrie, William Darling, 294, 434
Guthrie, William Galletly, 606
HADDEN, Archibald, 197
Haddow, James Murray, 202
Hadow, George, Professor, 718
Hadow, James, Principal, 718
Haig, William, 52
Haitlie, George, 491
Haitlie, John, 161
Halcro, Magnus of Brugh, 697
Halcro, William, 494
Haldane, Andrew, 512
Haldane, Robert, 477
Haldane, Walter, 266
Haliburton, David, 476, 662
Haliburton, Sir George, 88, 92
Haliburton, George, Bishop, 709
Haliburton, George, 471 bis
Haliburton, John, 132
Hall, George, 131
Hall, Gilbert, 43
Hall, James, 115,545
Hall, James Thomas, 527
Hall, John, 12
Hall, John Thomas, 66
Hall, Mercer, 152
Hall, Ninian, 491, 493
Hall, Robert, 484
Hall, William, 487
Halliday, Archibald, 240
Halliday, Christopher, 457
Halliday, John, 180
Hamilton, Alexander, 11, 39, 40, 195, 285, 393
Hamilton, Andrew, 193, 286
Hamilton,. Archibald, 3, 18, 198, 232, 242, 286
Hamilton, Arthur Alexander, 652
Hamilton, Blaise, 167
Hamilton, David, 262
Hamilton, David Gordon, 23, 130
Hamilton, Gavin, Bishop, 109
Hamilton, Gavin, 240
Hamilton, George, 11, 90, 112, 207
Hamilton, George Wilson, 166, 279
Hamilton, Gilbert, 5
Hamilton, Gilbert of Braehead of Raploch, 236
Hamilton, Hans, 230
Hamilton, Henry, 5
Hamilton, James, 12, 32, 35, 55 bis, 95, 182,
251, 258, 260, 288, 304, 486, 504, 724
Hamilton, James, Bishop, 285, 262
Hamilton, James Buchanan, 233
Hamilton, John of Gilkerscleuch, 267
Hamilton, John, Bishop, 709
Hamilton, John, 10, 36, 57, 87, 148, 157, 230,
242, 253, 258, 279, 459, 486
Hamilton, John Arnott, 79, 269
Hamilton, John Cowan, 53
Hamilton, John Edmund, 22
Hamilton, John Macfarlane, 21 1
Hamilton, Malcolm, 232
Hamilton, Matthew, 229
Hamilton, Ninian, 6
Hamilton, Patrick, 108, 224
Hamilton, Peter, 38, 46
Hamilton, Robert, 10, 250, 287, 468, 479, 550
Hamilton, Robert Kerr, 731
Hamilton, Samuel John, 253
Hamilton, Thomas, 235, 263
Hamilton, Sir William, 253
Hamilton, William, 5, 27, 87, 113, 156, 160,
215, 254, 258, 259, 279
Hamilton, William Forrest, 622
Hamilton, William Murray Smyth, 373
Hammill, Sir John, 400
Hammyl, John, 376, 379
Hampton, David McHardy, 408
Hanye (Hannie), James, 545
Hardie, Robert Montgomerie, 68
Hardie, William, 469
Hardy, Thomas, 27
Hargreaves, Sir Thomas, 59
Harkness, John, 131, 555
Harlaw, Nathaniel, 81
Harlaw, William, 18
Harper, Adam, 612
Harper, Alexander, 264
Harper, Alexander Bain, 319, 384
INDEX OF MINISTERS
785
Harper, John, 236
Harper, Thomas, 183, 272
Hart, Andrew Elvin, 517
Hart, Archibald, 379
Hart, James, 10
Harvie, Alexander, 352, 562
Harvie, Patrick, 390
Harvie, Thomas, 138
Hastie, Alexander, 306
Hastie, John, 125
Hastie, Patrick, 201
Hauxwell, Francis Marmaduke, 265
Hawthorn, Sir Michael, 201
Hay, Adam, 594
Hay, Alexander, 608, 639
Hay, Sir Andrew, 104
Hay, Andrew, 245, 598, 605
Hay, George, 59, 478, 595, 601, 611, 652
Hay, Gilbert, 60
Hay, James, 152, 309, 590, 598, 637, 704
Hay, John, 104, 198, 245 bis, 252, 445, 498, 601,
704
Hay, Theodore, 63
Hay, Sir Thomas, 667
Hay, Thomas, 63, 601
Hay, William, Bishop, 710
Hay, William, 116, 513, 519, 595, 655, 660, 672
Headrick, Robert, 38
Hederwick, David, 530
Heggie, David, 384
Heggie, John, 379, 509, 559
Hegy, Sir Andrew, 41, 145
Henderson, Abraham, 198
Henderson, Alexander, 10, 186
Henderson, Andrew, 598, 620
Henderson, Cuthbert, 320, 693, 699
Henderson, David, 234, 604, 605
Henderson, David Ramsay, 400
Henderson, Duncan Smith, 257, 431
Henderson, Frank, 244
Henderson, George, 674
Henderson, George David, Professor, 247, 714
Henderson, Hugh, 172
Henderson, James, 176, 301
Henderson, James Bell, 307
Henderson, John, 103, 213, 223, 417, 440, 539,
556, 575
Henderson, John William, 366
Henderson, Joseph, 272
Henderson, Malcolm, 398
Henderson, Patrick, 76
Henderson, Richard, 205, 252, 583
Henderson, Robert, 258
Henderson, Thomas of Broomfield, 1 84
Henderson, Thomas, 167, 402
Henderson, Walter Robertson, 199
Henderson, William, 409
Hendrie, George Smith, 216
Hendrie, John Gairdner White, 519
Hendry, Frederic, 36, 386
Henry, Archibald, 348
Henry, Charles, 626
Henry, David, 609
Henry, Donald Maclntyre, 198, 205
Henry, George, 3
Henry, John, 458
Henry, Patrick, 12
Henry, Robert, 9
Henryson, Abraham, 201
Henryson, David, 412
Henryson, John, 447
Hepburn, Adam of Bonhard, 638
Hepburn, Adam, 64
Hepburn, Alexander, 586
Hepburn, Charles Michael, 73, 353
Hepburn, Sir George, 112
Hepburn, George, 229
Hepburn, James, 513
Hepburn, John, 10, 53, 116, 143, 145, 498, 604
Hepburn, Patrick, 607, 630
Hepburn, Robert, 112, 476, 571
Hepburn, Thomas, 86, 109, 110 bis
Hepburn, William, 630
Herald, William David, 117
Herbertson, Archibald, 222
Herbertson, Robert, 212, 245, 377
Hering, James, 668
Heriot, Adam, 467
Heriot, Alexander, 72
Heriot, George, 173, 175
Heriot, John, 232, 574
Herkless, Sir John, 718
Heron, John, 731
Herries, John, 79
Herries, Robert, 156
Hervie, James of Mains of Elrick, 540
Hervy, John, 234
Hetherwick, Alexander, 740
Heughan, Charles, 79, 268, 287, 292, 295
Hewat, Andrew Middlemas, 103
Hewison, James King, 320
Higgins, James, 354
Higgins, James Craig, 226
Higgins, William, 65
Hill, Alexander, 309
Hill, Sir Andrew, 704
Hill, Colin Cecil Pitcairn, 233
Hill, Henry David, 98
Hill, James, 176, 211, 246, 287, 344
Hill, James Niven, 433
Hill, Lawrence, 289
Hill, Ninian, 732
Hill, Thomas, 251
Hilton, John, 200
Himmell, John, 421, 428
Hislop, Thomas, 291
3D
786
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Hitchcock, George, 509
Hodge, James, 492
Hodge, Robert, 36, 46, 49
Hog, Sir Andrew, 41
Hog, Andrew, 545
Hog, James, 407
Hog, Thomas, 390
Hogg, George, 88
Hogg, James, 174
Hogg, James Allan, 218
Hogg, Robert, 40
Hogg, William, 122
Hoggan, James, 54
Hoggart, Robert, 223
Holburne, Patrick, 418
Home, Abraham, 114, 119
Home, Sir Alexander, 590
Home, Alexander of Hound wood, 107
Home, Alexander, 112
Home, Andrew, 144
Home, Archibald, 116, 120, 128, 129
Home, Charles, 133
Home, David, 105, 116, 126, 127, 128
Home, Francis, 204
Home, George, 115 bis, 122, 129, 133, 146
Home, Henry, 143
Home, John, 82, 122, 128
Home, John of Blackadder, 146
Home, John of Kello, 119
Home, Ninian, 133
Home, Patrick, 121, 127
Home, Robert, 119, 128, 183
Home, William, 122, 415
Honey, John Adamson, 189, 491
Honyman, Andrew, Bishop, 710
Honyman, Andrew, 523
Honyman, James, 523
Honyman, Robert, 469
Honyman, Thomas, 450
Hood, William, 133
Hope, Charles, 57
Hope, James, 173
Hopkirk, Dudley Stuart, 9, 250
Hopkirk, Sir James, 68
Hoppringle, John, 13
Hoppringle, Robert, 124
Horn, Alexander, 149
Home, James, 637
Home, Robert Keith Dick, 3
Home, Robert Stevenson, 48
Horsburgh, Robert, 100
Hossack, Alexander, 665
Houlston, Charles Edward, 23, 410
Houston, Archibald McNeil, 422
Houston, James, 657
Houston, James Edward, 245
Houston, John, 230, 288, 309, 653
Houston, Robert, 279
Houston, Sir Robert, 183
Houston, Thomas, 650
Houston, William, 160
Howat, John, 489
Howat, John Lennox, 239, 300
Howell, Alexander Rutherford, 243
Howie, David Porter, 233
Howie, Robert, 599
Howie, William, 316
Howieson, David, 578, 587, 593
Howieson, John, 254
Howieson, Richard, 76
Howieson, Thomas, 651
Howitt, Stephen John, 157
Hume, Adam, 121
Hume, Alexander, 121
Hume, Charles, 174
Hume, James, 176
Hume, John, 382
Hunter, Adam, 79
Hunter, Alexander, 75, 194
Hunter, Andrew, 25
Hunter, Archibald, 234
Hunter, Charles, 272
Hunter, Charles Hay, 734
Hunter, Charles Lamb, 520
Hunter, David, 150, 407
Hunter, George, 140
Hunter, Henry, 31
Hunter, James, 73, 146, 167, 398
Hunter, John, 82, 192, 213, 219
Hunter, John Crabbe Templeton, 119
Hunter, John Mercer, 429
Hunter, John Sutherland, 20
Hunter, Joseph, 105
Hunter, Peter Hay, 15
Hunter, Robert, 3, 38, 46, 185
Hunter, Robert Condie, 271
Hunter, Robert Love, 175, 308
Hunter, William, 273
Huskie, James, 737
Hutcheon, John Mair, 299, 698
Hutchison, Adam Duncan Tait, 498
Hutchison, Charles Whitehead, 308, 354
Hutchison, George, 24, 383
Hutchison, Gilbert, 59
Hutchison, Hew, 129
Hutchison, James, 247, 286, 538
Hutchison, John, 222, 415, 678
Hutchison, Maxwell, 176
Hutchison, William, 255
Hutchison, William Andrew, 410
Hutsoun, Sir Thomas, 381
Hutton, George Dickson, 388
Hutton, James, 208
Hutton, Robert Shaw, 255
Hutton, William, 110
Hyndschaw, Robert, 448
INDEX OF MINISTERS
787
INCH, Thomas, 310
Inglis, Alexander, 234
Inglis, David, 462
Inglis, Hew, 419
Inglis, James, 423
Inglis, John, 10, 186, 260
Inglis, John Andrew, 82, 584
Inglis, John Macdonald, 196
Inglis, Robert, 214, 501
Inglis, Thomas, 132
Inglis, Thomas Murray, 262, 310, 623
Ingram, Gordon, 641
Ingram, James, 397
Ingram, James William, 732
Ingram, John, 704
Innes, Alexander, 609, 613, 623
Innes, Beroald, 540, 622
Innes, George, 536
Innes, Hieromymus, 592
Innes, Hugh, 609
Innes, James, 104, 145, 596
Innes, John, 191
Innes, Robert, 577, 640
Innes, Thomas, 636, 651, 652
Innes, Walter, 568, 678
Inverarity, William, 347
Ireland, Alexander, 350, 351, 418
Ireland, George, 128
Ireland, John, 169
Ireland, John Alexander, 258
Ireland, Thomas, 210, 359
Ireland, Walter Foggo, 29
Irvine, Sir Alexander, 477
Irvine, Alexander, 589
Irvine, Alexander Robertson, 347
Irvine, Edward, 697
Irvine, James, 508
Irvine, James Stewart Watt, 423
Irvine, John, 522, 553
Irvine, Walter Forbes, 509
Irving, Alexander, 545, 582
Irving, Edward, 725
Irving, Francis, 176
Irving, James, 208
Irving, John, 556
Irving, Walter, 459
Irwin, James Alexander Hamilton, 30
JACK, Alexander, 560
Jack, David, 311
Jack, George, 31
Jack, Hugh Morton, 204
Jack, James Craig, 476
Jack, John, 291
Jack, John Watson, 230
Jack, Robert, 265, 292
Jack, Thomas, 238,
Jack, William, 261
Jackson, Donald, 312, 315
Jackson, John, 390
Jackson, Robert Winchester, 734
Jackson, Thomas, 548
Jackson, William, 239, 245
Jaffray, John, 222
Jaffray, William Stevenson, 721
James, Wallace Newton, 311
Jameson, Andrew, 160
Jameson, Dugald, 523
Jameson, John, 173, 183 bis
Jameson, William, 139
Jamie, David, 417
Jamie, George Hope, 248, 275
Jamie, William Low, 1
Jamieson, Archibald, 377
Jamieson, George, 530
Jamieson, George Thomas, 34
Jamieson, Hugh Mitchell, 377
Jamieson, James, 476
Jamieson, James Bryce, 172, 257
Jamieson, John, 53, 118
Jamieson, Sir Mark, 365
Jamieson, Robert, 306
Jamieson, Robert George, 20, 349
Jamieson, William, 209
Jamieson, William Cruickshank Eddie, 25
Jamieson, William James, 230
Jardine, Andrew, 53
Jardine, David Bayne, 185
Jardine, David Little, 183
Jardine, Fergus, 428
Jardine, John, 26
Jardine, Matthew, 198
Jardine, Thomas, 187
Jenkins, Gerald Kerr, 532
Jenkins, William Falconer, 614
Jenkinson, John, 86
John, William, 214
Johnson, Donald, 292
Johnson, James Stewart, 254
Johnston, Adam, 70
Johnston, Alan, 266
Johnston, Alexander, 116
Johnston, Andrew, 100, 161
Johnston, David, 244
Johnston, David Silver, 28
Johnston, Frederick John Douteville, 190
Johnston, George, 135, 143
Johnston, George Andrew, 21 1
Johnston, Gilbert, 311
Johnston, James, 230, 363, 570, 623, 694
Johnston, James Christie, 378
Johnston, John, 35, 38, 43, 52, 118, 161, 197,
512 bis
Johnston, John Archibald, 156
Johnston, Joseph, 59
Johnston, Laurence, 117
788
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Johnston, Michael Shaw Stewart, 196
Johnston, Patrick, 204
Johnston, Quintin, 308
Johnston, Robert of Carristan, 158
Johnston, Robert, 53, 168, 240
Johnston, Robert John, 401
Johnston, Samuel Knox, 663
Johnston, Simon, 165
Johnston, Symon, 189
Johnston, Thomas, 1
Johnston, Thomas Kennedy, 200
Johnston, Thomas Peter, 455
Johnston, William, 49, 81, 124, 135, 158, 161
Johnston, William George, 244, 319
Johnstone, David, 703
Johnstone, George, 447
Johnstone, John McKerlie, 49
Johnstone, Sir Murdoch, 680
Johnstone, Robert, 13, 406
Johnstone, Thomas, 199
Johnstone, Thomas Francis, 248
Johnstone, William, 166
Jolly, Archibald, 677
Jones, Edward Rowland, 392
Jones, Thomas Edmund Hill, 186, 392
Jones, Thomas Snell, 12
Junkene, Robert, 361
Justice, Alexander, 362
KAE, Adam, 201
Kay, Charles, 31
Kay, David Miller, Professor, 718
Kay, George, 10
Kay, John, 193, 197
Kay, John McRorie, 312, 502
Kay, Robert, 147, 197
Kean, James, 723
Kearney, Thomas Ramsay, 20, 259
Keir, John, 441
Keir, Robert, 286
Keith, Alexander, 49, 519, 521, 523
Keith, Archibald, 476, 579
Keith, Edward, 323
Keith, George, 47, 562, 580
Keith, Gilbert, 519, 542, 562, 586
Keith, James, 540
Keith, John, 522, 529, 567, 630, 698
Keith, Norman Coutts, 89
Keith, Robert, 510, 607, 662
Keith, Samuel, 579
Keith, Walter, 143,511,567
Keith, William of Aquhortis, 19
Keith, William, 638
Kellas, James Forrest, 364, 527
Kellas, John 586, 740
Kellie, James, 113
Kellie, John, 54
Kellie, Robert, 166, 368
Kellie, Simon, 51
Kello, Gilbert, 536
Kelly, Graeme Ismay Davidson, 738
Kelly, James, 292
Kelly, William, 61
Kemp, Andrew, 277, 438, 459, 538
Kemp, Arnold Low, 545, 594
Kemp, Sir John, 400
Kemp, William, 85
Kennedy, Alexander, 25, 340
Kennedy, Archibald Robert Stirling, Professor ,
716
Kennedy, Charles William, 292
Kennedy, Gilbert Alexander, 255
Kennedy, Hew, 212, 219
Kennedy, Hugh, 25, 136
Kennedy, James, 395
Kennedy, James Russell, 191
Kennedy, John, 280, 435, 481, 542, 561, 566,
592, 628, 656
Kennedy, Norman Douglas, 510
Kennedy, Thomas, 372
Kennedy, Walter, 268
Kennedy, William Black, 126
Kent, John, 122
Ker, Alexander, 65, 435
Ker, Andrew, 601
Ker, Hew, 60
Ker, James, 131, 138, 500
Ker, Sir John, 132
Ker, John, 85, 94, 99, 630
Ker, Mark, 131
Ker, Robert, 148
Ker, Sir Thomas, 132
Ker, William, 135, 149
Ker, William Lee, 234
Kerr, Colin Mackay, 302
Kerr, George Scott, 180
Kerr, John, 89, 286, 688
Kerr, John Alexander, 161, 163
Kerr, John Mitchell, 308
Kerr, Robert, 149, 448, 647
Kerr, Robert Cranston, 120, 131
Kerr, Robert Hogg, 162
Kerr, William, 190
Kesting, August John, 344, 413
Kesting, Norman Gottfried, 58, 280
Kid, James, 48
Kid, William, 107
Kidd, William, 273
Kidston, Andrew Snadden, 273
Kilburn, John Robert de Lingen, 617, 730
Kilgour, Robert, 740
Kilgour, Robert Laurie, 261
Killen, James Millar, 252, 734
Kilpatrick, James, 725
Kincaid, Alexander, 702, 707
INDEX OF MINISTERS
789
King, James Waters, 280
King, Robert Alexander, 1 72
King, Thomas, 265
Kinloch, James, 484
Kinloch, John, 379
Kinloch, Robert, 1 1
Kinnaird, John, 33, 266
Kinnares, Thomas, 491
Kinnear, Alexander, 129, 137
Kinnear, Edward, 33
Kinnear, John, 242
Kinnear, Robert, 498
Kinnear, Thomas, 455, 547
Kinnear, William, 513
Kinninmonth, Thomas, 422
Kinross, William, 223
Kintore, George, 69
Kirk, Adam, 381
Kirk, Andrew, 381,392, 405
Kirk, James, 107, 201, 320, 395
Kirk, Robert, 395
Kirkcaldie, Andrew, 428
Kirkcaldy, Thomas, 256
Kirke, Robert, 127
Kirkland, Robert, 155
Kirkpatrick, James, 68
Kirkpatrick, James Mackenzie, 149, 300
Kirkpatrick, John, 157
Kirkpatrick, Roger Sandilands, 154
Kirkpatrick, William, 234
Kirkton, Andrew, 141
Kirkwood, George, 721
Kirkwood, James, 140, 186
Kirkwood, Thomas Duncanson, 362
Knight, Thomas Fulton, 128
Knowes, Christopher, 124
Knowes, William, 116
Knowles, Willliam Andrew, 26, 156
Knox, James, 194
Knox, John, 10, 29, 144, 323, 492, 612, 722
Knox, Robert, 130
Knox, Robert Brodie, 740
Knox, Simon, 204
Knox, Thomas, 238
Knox, William, 444
Kyd, David Russell, 356
Kyd, James, 586
Kyd, Robert Joseph, 235
Kyde, William, 486
Kynninmonth, Alexander, 483
LACEY, William Roland, 275, 295
Laidlaw, Andrew, 176, 302
Laidlaw, James, 186
Laing, Albert James, 694
Laing, James, 193
Laing, John, 36, 280, 514
Laing, Malcolm, 690
3D"
Laing, Norman, 686
Laing, William, 177, 514
Laing, William Mackie, 127, 738
Laird, Alexander Oswald, 429
Laird, David, 451
Lamb, Andrew, 194
Lamb, James, 87, 105, 106
Lamb, Sir John, 371
Lamb, John, 295, 353, 677
Lamb, William, 103, 135
Lammie, John, 502
Lamond, Hugh, 329
Lamond, John, 8
Lamont, Alan, 425, 426
Lamont, Andrew, 432
Lamont, Donald, 347
Lamont, Donald McDonald, 315, 735
Lamont, Henry Maclaurin, 124
Lamont, James, 263
Lamont, John, 354, 684
Lamont, Murdoch, 303, 621
Lamont, Robert, 348
Lamont, Walter, 318
Landale, David, 155, 346
Landale, William Maxwell, 82, 255
Landell, James, 124
Landells, Adam, 127
Landells, John, 273
Landells, Robert, 266
Landeth, James, 503
Landeths, Adam, 223
Landreth, Adam Thomson, 725
Landreth, Peter Robert, 369
Lang, Andrew, 168, 694
Lang, Gavin, 258, 652
Lang, James, 1 1 3
Lang, James Paisley, 393
Lang, John Marshall, Professor, 289, 715
Lang, Marshall Buchanan, 1 1 1
Lang, Walter, 3
Langlands, Frederick David, 150, 238
Langlands, John, 137, 142
Langlands, Robert, 636
Langwell, James, 6
Lapsie, James, 286
Lauder, Alexander, 304, 305
Lauder, Andrew, 198
Lauder, James, 113, 346, 638, 655, 704, 705
Lauder, John, 33, 105
Lauder, Robert, 98, 113
Lauder, William, 704 bis
Laurence, Andrew Taylor, 22
Laurie, George Albyn Douglas, 705
Laurie, James, 219
Laurie, John, 169
Laurie, Thomas, 272
Laurie, Walter, 192
Law, Alexander, 556
790
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Law, Sir Gilbert, 308
Law, James, 43, 192
Law, John, 56, 242
Law, Mungo, 10
Law, Robert, 3
Law, Thomas, 239, 637
Law, William, 579
Law, William Guthrie, 5 1 1
Lawis, Thomas, 59
Lawrence, William Fyfe, 536
Lawrie, Archibald, 234
Lawrie, John, 55, 186
Lawrie, Thomas, 492
Lawrie, William, 272
Lawrie, William James, 192
Lawson, — , 365
Lawson, Alexander, 440, 580, 706
Lawson, Archibald, 176
Lawson, Gavin, 198
Lawson, George, 154, 546
Lawson, James, 10
Lawson, John, 471
Lawson, Lewis of Leuchold, 204
Lawson, Roger, 169
Lawson, Thomas, 450
Lawtie, James, 598
Layng, James, 281 bis
Layng, John, 364
Layng, Patrick, 348, 365, 368
Layos, Edward, 76
Leggatt, Harry, 470, 557
Leighton, James, 500
Leighton, William, 500
Leiper, James, 272
Leishman, James Fleming, 131
Leishman, Thomas, 131, 361
Leitch, David, 568
Leitch, Henry, 438, 449
Leitch, Robert Mackay, 485
Leith, George, 569
Leith, Patrick, 562
Leith, William, 567,611
Lennox, John, 362
Lesk, William, 534
Leslie, Alexander, 570, 604, 609, 612, 638
Leslie, Andrew, 564
Leslie, David Smith, 127
Leslie, George, 7, 438, 452, 459, 609
Leslie, George Neave, 399, 737
Leslie, Gilbert, 534
Leslie, James, 552
Leslie, Sir John, 605
Leslie, John, Bishop, 710
Leslie, John, 39, 531, 534, 563, 565, 570, 577,
609,611,612,614
Leslie, Norman, 384
Leslie, Robert, 635
Leslie, Walter, 526, 568
Leslie, William, Principal, 711
Leslie, William, 526, 595, 606
Leslie, Wilson Summers, 308, 593
Levack, John Grant, 326
Levack, William Larnoch Tennyson, 290, 462
Leverance, John, 36, 224
Lewis, George, 487
Lewis, Wilfred Joseph, 475
Leys, Charles, 703
Lichton, Matthew, 5
Lichton, Thomas, 105
Liddell, David, Professor, 717
Liddell, John, 615
Liddell, Matthew, 114, 115, 116, 121
Liddell, Patrick, 512, 643, 648
Liddell, Robert Herbert Ramsay, 372
Liddell, Thomas, 158
Liddle, David Francis, 291
Liddle, William, 21
Lillie, David, 679
Lillie, William, 740
Limond, William Gilbert, 147, 270
Lindsay, Sir Alexander, 477
Lindsay, Alexander of Evelick, 372
Lindsay, Alexander, 266, 308, 480, 482, 499
Lindsay, Archibald, 619
Lindsay, David, Bishop, 709
Lindsay, David, 30, 68, 474, 480, 481, 508
Lindsay, George of Blackscolme, 282
Lindsay, George, 29
Lindsay, Henry, 369, 480
Lindsay, Hercules, 214
Lindsay, Sir Hew, 482
Lindsay, Hew, 54
Lindsay, James, 182, 233, 254, 273, 419, 520 536
Lindsay, John of Dowhill, 365
Lindsay, John, 222, 225 bis, 266, 502, 504, 518
Lindsay, Patrick, Archbishop, 708
Lindsay, Patrick, 508
Lindsay, Robert, 3, 56, 270, 546
Lindsay, Robert Robertson, 271
Lindsay, Thomas, 56 bis, 272, 508, 524
Lindsay, Walter, 478, 508
Lindsay, William, 79, 163, 230
Linn, Patrick, 172
Linning, Thomas, 56, 271
Lippe, Robert, 722
Liston, William Alexander, 237
Lithgow, Robert, 148
Litster, Matthew, 704, 705
Little, James, 280
Little, John, 177
Little, Thomas, 192, 270
Little, William, 164
Liver, Robert, 145
Liverance, John, 53, 268
Livingstone, Alexander, 550
Livingstone, Andrew, 558
INDEX OF MINISTERS
791
Livingstone, Archibald, 53
Livingstone, George, 551, 557
Livingstone, Henry, 400
Livingstone, Hugh, 329, 342
Livingstone, John, 135, 155, 192, 193, 303, 308
Livingstone, Robert, 52, 55
Livingstone, Thomas, 265
Livingstone, William, 580
Loch, Sir Patrick, 168
Loch, Patrick, 179
Lochhead, John, 21 1
Lockhart, Laurence, 239
Lockhart, Robert, 55
Lockhart, Samuel, 223
Lockhart, William, 1
Logan, Allan, 408, 415
Logan, Duncan, 657
Logan, Donald Macintosh, 315, 343
Logan, George, 25, 509
Logan, John, 170, 178, 280
Logan, Robert, 535, 646
Logan, Thomas, 123
Logan, William, 170
Logic, John, 371, 481
Logic, John Deas, 374, 475, 674
Logic, Robert Scarth Valentine, 360
Logic, William, 88, 434
Lord, David, 574
Lorimer, James, Principal, 718
Lorimer, John Gordon, 301
Lornie, Franklin Ross Taylor, 199, 299, 594
Lornie, James Taylor, 175, 740
Lorraine, James Joseph, 410
Lorraine, Joseph Currie, 170
Lothian, John, 262
Lothian, William, 7
Loudon, Alexander, 42
Loudon, Joseph, 83
Loutit, John Smeaton, 575
Love, John, 288, 703
Love, Thomas, 479
Lovell, James, 494
Lovie, Frederick William, 570
Low, James Anderson, 178
Low, Thomas, 89, 250
Low, William Marshall, 554
Lownie, Sir Archibald, 347
Lugton, Thomas, 46
Lumsden, Charles, 6
Lumsden, Edward, 552
Lumsden, Henry, 433
Lumsden, James, 35
Lumsden, John, Professor, 714
Lumsden, John, 583
Lumsden, Thomas, 60, 385, 433, 567
Lumsden, William, 409, 417
Lunan, Alexander, 565
Lundie, Archibald, 100
Lundie, David, 675
Lundie, George, 40, 82
Lundie, James, 29, 127
Lundie, John, 110
Lundie, Robert, 462
Lundie, Thomas, 353, 471
Lundie, William John, 674, 675
Lundy, Thomas, 54
Lyall, George, 402
Lyall, Thomas, 699
Lychtoun, James, 507
Lyell, David, 506
Lyell, Hugh Arbuthnott, 485
Lyle, James, 601, 603
Lyle, Thomas, 114
Lyne, Edward, 76
Lyon, Gilbert, 428
Lyon, James Gordon, 510
Lyon, John, 181
Lyon, Patrick, 428, 482, 484, 509
Lyon, Ritchie Doughty, 99, 410
Lyon, Silvester, 483
Lyon, Thomas, 484
Lythgow, Sir John, 36
Lythton, Thomas, 128
MABON, Thomas, 144
MacAlexander, Thomas, 189
MacAlister, Archibald, 329
MacAlister, Hector, 324, 325
Mac Allan, Donald, 201
MacAlpine, John, 323
MacAlpine, Walter, 408
MacAlpine, William, 231
Macallum, Donald, 692
MacAndrew, Thomas Watt, 42, 265
MacAndrew, William, 671
Macara, Alexander, 232, 389
Macara, John, 414, 731
Macarthur, Alexander, 321
Macarthur, Archibald, 339
Macarthur, Charles, 311, 532
Macarthur, Duncan, 247, 513
Macarthur, Hugh, 685
Macarthur, John, 667
Macarthur, John Brown, 650
Macaskill, Angus, 512
Macaskill, Malcolm, 685
Macaulay, Aulay, 688
Macaulay, Daniel, 683
Macaulay, Donald, 678
Macaulay, Duncan, 347, 354, 355, 356, 357
Macaulay, John, 490
Macaulay, Robert, 394
Macaulay, Samuel, 496
MacBain, James, 275
Macbean, Alexander, 329, 338
Macbean, Donald, 353
792
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Macbean, Lachlan, 647
Macbeth, John, 80
MacBlane, Nicol, 197
MacBride, Daniel, 350
MacCaig, Donald, 336
MacCaig, Neil 166
MacCall, John Drennan, 228
MacCallum, Archibald, 312
MacCallum, Dugald, 668
MacCallum, Duncan, 683
MacCallum, John, 303, 333, 334, 338, 397, 650
MacCallum, John Donaldson, 262
MacCallum, John Foster, 225, 480
MacCallum, John Stewart, 247
MacCallum, Julius, 506
MacCallum, Malcolm, 336
MacCallum, Neil, 340
MacCallum, William, 131
MacCalman, Alexander, 335
MacCalman, Archibald, 336
MacCalman, Duncan, 335 bis, 337
MacCalman, John, 188
MacCalman, Nicol, 334
MacCardel, James, 231,311
MacCaughan, Thomas, 264, 268
MacCaughey, Charles Francis, 166
MacCaul, Matthew Wilson, 732
MacClellan, John, 152, 201, 202, 207
MacClellan, Nicol, 189
MacClellan, Robert, 189, 205
MacClellan, Robert Scott, 389
MacClennochan, Ninian, 208
MacClenochan, Ninian, 190
MacCloy, Donald, 318
MacCluggage, Albert, 238
MacClure, James Campbell, 524
MacClymont, James Alexander, 526
MacClymont, John Douglas, 215
MacColl, Archibald, 341
MacColl, Hugh Clarke, 233, 490
MacColl, John, 159, 258
MacCombie, John, 174
MacCondoquhie, John Dow, 619
MacConnachie, William, 144
MacConzie, John, 160
MacCorcadill, John, 257
MacCorkindale, Duncan, 282, 387
MacCorkindale, William Andrew, 127
MacCormick, John Archibald, 332
MacCorquodale, Donald, 299
MacCrathane, John, 420
MacCreath, John Fergusson, 130, 146
MacCuaig, Angus, 328, 329
MacCuard, Robert, 306
MacCulloch, Charles, 204
MacCulloch, Colin, 389
MacCulloch, Donald, 192
MacCulloch, Elias, 199, 200
MacCulloch, Finlay, 301
MacCulloch, George, 671
MacCulloch, Hugh, 29, 119
MacCulloch, Ian, 247
MacCulloch, Ian Forbes 496
MacCulloch, James, 192, 665
MacCulloch, James Hutton, 29
MacCulloch, Patrick, 198
MacCulloch, William, 254
MacCullough, William Cupples, 137
Maccultrie, Thomas, 210
MacCurrach, James Lawson, 248
Macdermett, John, 213
Macdiarmid, Hugh, 337, 397
Macdiarmid, William Hutchison, 263, 481
Macdonald, Alexander, 285, 301, 303, 313, 332,
386, 456
Macdonald, Angus, 315, 321, 486
Macdonald, Angus John Norman, 656, 688
Macdonald, Archibald, 652, 688
Macdonald, Charles, 331, 578, 600
Macdonald, Charles Cadell, 532
Macdonald, Coll Archibald, 358
Macdonald, Donald, 256, 324, 329, 345, 651,
689
Macdonald, Donald Alexander, 685
Macdonald, Donald Dewar, 488
Macdonald, Donald Henry, 330
Macdonald, Donald John, 324
Macdonald, Duff, 257
Macdonald, Dugald, 667
Macdonald, Duncan David Farquharson, 128
Macdonald, Finlay Robert, 474
Macdonald, George, 608
Macdonald, Hector Kennedy, 738
Macdonald, Hugh, 685
Macdonald, James, 454, 650
Macdonald, James Alexander Donald John,
343
Macdonald, James Duff, 8
Macdonald, James George, 600, 612
Macdonald, James Ronald, 161
Macdonald, James Wallace, 674
Macdonald, John, 378, 706
Macdonald, John Nelson, 298
Macdonald, Malcolm, 338
Macdonald, Murdoch, 674
Macdonald, Neil Gillies, 330, 338, 341
Macdonald, Roderick John Fraser, 458
Macdonald, William Thomson Ponton, 391
Macdonnell, John, 644
Macdougall, George, 361
Macdougall, James, 242, 332
Macdougall, John, 22, 34, 343, 396, 679
Macdougall, Neil, 320
Macdougall, Robert, 317
MacDowall, Hew, 192
MacDowall, Sir Neill, 191
INDEX OF MINISTERS
793
MacDowall, Sir William, 40, 188, 189
Macduff, Alexander, 728
Macduff, John Ross, 307
Macduff, Robert Charles Henry, 35
MacEachran, John, 274
MacEachran, Robert, 395
Macechern, Charles, 652
Macechern, Christian Victor Aeneas, 323, 528,
731
Macechern, Dugald, 676
Macechern, John, 670
Macewan, John, 643
Macewan, Sydney Melrose, 594
MacFadden, Jackson Loudon, 189, 665
MacFadden, Oliver Kenneth Wallace, 134
MacFadyen, Donald, 337
MacFadyen, James, 188, 329, 345
Macfadzean, Angus, 328
Macfarlane, Alfred, 148
Macfarlane, Bryce, 209
Macfarlane, Donald, 323, 324, 336
Macfarlane, Dugald, 619
Macfarlane, Duncan, 358, 737
Macfarlane, James, 6, 47
Macfarlane, John, 245, 315, 715
Macfarlane, John Adam, 663
Macfarlane, John Warden, 8
Macfarlane, Thomas Malloch, 27
Macfarlane, William, 727
Macfarlane, William Alexander, 355
Macfarlane (Macfarland), William John, 67,
130, 438
Macfarlane, William Leekie, 209
MacFie, David, 329
MacGarrity, Robert Forsyth, 30, 164, 693
MacGeorge, William, 75, 170
MacGhie, Andrew, 88
MacGhie, John, 88
MacGhie, Mungo, 173
MacGibbon, James, 305
MacGibbon, Thomas, 346, 351, 359, 382
MacGilchrist, Daniel, 282
MacGilchrist, John, 294, 315, 329, 530, 641
MacGill, Francis, 390
MacGill (Makgill), George, 508
MacGill, Henry Moncreiff, 80
MacGill, James, 189
MacGill, John Whyte, 164, 171
MacGill, Neil, 277, 517, 621
MacGill, Patrick, 496
MacGilliechallum, Gregor, 357
MacGillivray, Donald, 654
MacGillivray, Duncan, 295
MacGillivray, James, 254
MacGinn, Thomas, 160
MacGlashan, Charles, 587
MacGlashan, Lewis, 171, 504
MacGlass, George, 279
MacGowan, Alexander, 140, 160, 204
MacGregor, Alexander, 338, 354, 396
MacGregor, Alexander Murray, 190
MacGregor, Charles, 13, 316
MacGregor, Duncan, 554, 582
MacGregor, Ewen Macdonald, 188
MacGregor, James, 19
MacGregor, John Campbell, 8
MacGregor, John Charles, 600
MacGregor, John Macnab, 334
MacGregor, John Robertson, 432
MacGregor, Malcolm, 80
MacGregor, Malcolm Blair, 278
MacGregor, Patrick, 367
MacGregor, Peter, 617
MacGregor, Robert, 548, 684
MacGregor, William Covington, 54
MacGude, Sir Thomas, 219
MacGuffie, John, 190
Machamwell, William, 104
MacHardy, Archibald, 721
MacHardy, Francis, 449, 522
MacHardy, James, 677
MacHardy, James Cameron, 610
MacHardy, William, 578, 626
Macllwraith, John, 246
Macllvean, Thomas Dale, 170
Macllvorich, Donald, 313
Macllvorie, John, 332
Maclivra, Martin, 339, 341
Macllwraith, Alexander Hannay, 428
Macllwraith, John, 489, 532
Maclnnes, Aeneas Ede, 152
Maclnnes, Alastair Robert Ellis, 285, 738
Maclnnes, George, 209
Maclnnes, John, 332, 531
Maclnnes, Roderick, 684, 692
Macintosh, Allan, 648
Macintosh, Charles Douglas, 332
Macintosh, Donald, 617
Macintosh, Duncan, 354
Macintosh, James Archibald, 740
Macintosh, Lauchlan, 363
Macintosh, William, 616
Maclntyre, Alexander Aeneas Ranaldson
Macdonell, 682
Maclntyre, Archibald, 703
Maclntyre, Archibald Ewing, 245, 317
Maclntyre, Duncan, 344, 688
Maclntyre, James, 602
Maclntyre, John, 340, 345
Maclntyre, John Duncan, 706
Maclntyre, John Walker, 345, 358
Maclntyre, Malcolm, 341, 680
Maclntyre, Walter, 173, 401
Maclver, Iver, 660
Maclver, John, 684
Maclver, Peter John, 256, 491
794
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Mack, John, 566
Mack, John Charles, 157
MacKail, Hew, 24
Mackay, Adam, 299, 607
Mackay, Alexander, 316, 604
Mackay, Angus, 707
Mackay, Cameron, 686
Mackay, Donald, 244, 692
Mackay, Donald William, 116
Mackay, Eye, 671
Mackay, Gavin Kerrill, 183, 239, 257
Mackay, George, 646
Mackay, George William, 358
Mackay, Hector William, 671
Mackay, James, 290, 498
Mackay, James Alexander Sutherland, 612
Mackay, James Cunningham, 351
Mackay, James Hutton, 732
Mackay, John, 315, 681
Mackay, John Alexander, 490, 546
Mackay, Kenneth, 341
Mackay, Niel, 223
Mackay, Norman Donald, 667
Mackay, Robert Henry, 454
Mackean, Walter George, 503, 740
Mackechnie, John, 125, 303
Mackechnie, William, 274
MacKeggie, George Alexander, 645
MacKell, John, 182
MacKell, Matthew, 253
Mackellar, Alexander, 343
Mackellar, Angus, 99
Mackellar, James, 734
Mackellar, John, 336
Mackellar, John Alexander Coull, 287
Mackellar, John Bayne, 333
MacKendrick, Thomas Miller, 262, 297
Mackenzie, Alexander, 303, 314, 315, 320, 536,
546, 667, 680
Mackenzie, Alfred James, 25
Mackenzie, Allan, 341
Mackenzie, Andrew Law McGregor, 177
Mackenzie, Archibald, 213, 274
Mackenzie, Callum, 327
Mackenzie, Charles Gordon, 379, 576
Mackenzie, Colin, 692
Mackenzie, Colin Archibald, 218
Mackenzie, Donald Francis, 732
Mackenzie, Donald Stewart, 292, 559
Mackenzie, Donald William, 342
Mackenzie, Duncan, 686
Mackenzie, Evan, 740
Mackenzie, Ewen, 653
Mackenzie, George, 247, 256, 329, 334
Mackenzie, George Edward, 156
Mackenzie, George Omond, 140, 433
Mackenzie, Hector, 651
Mackenzie, Hugh, 338, 556
Mackenzie, Hugh Skinner, 1 1 3
Mackenzie, James, 82, 151, 370, 667
Mackenzie, James Buchanan, 47
Mackenzie, James Duncan, 544
Mackenzie, John, 656, 659, 660, 662, 663, 680,
681
Mackenzie, John Henderson, 9, 261, 706, 723
Mackenzie, John Kennedy, 116, 582, 692
Mackenzie, John Skinner, 350
Mackenzie, Kenneth, 665, 667
Mackenzie, Kenneth Alexander, 619
Mackenzie, Lachlan, 336
Mackenzie, Murdoch, 681, 699
Mackenzie, Neil, 332, 334
Mackenzie, Neil Kennedy, 492
Mackenzie, Norman, 322, 654
Mackenzie, Robert Dunbar, 240
Mackenzie, Roderick, 656
Mackenzie, William, 675
Mackenzie, William John, 673, 681
MacKeracher, Malcolm, 336
MacKerchar, John, 355
MacKerron, David Denholm, 151
MacKerron, Peter, 130
MacKerron, Robert, 557
MacKichan, Peter Neil, 313, 315
Mackie, Alexander, 566
Mackie, Charles, 537
Mackie, George Munro, 730
Mackie, James, 19, 149, 622
Mackie, John, 171
Mackie, Thomas, 246
Mackie, William, 209
MacKillop, Neil, 338
MacKinlay, Alexander Wallace, 318
MacKinley, Henry, 20, 143, 431
MacKinnon, Alexander, 284, 300, 345
MacKinnon, Charles, 257, 306
MacKinnon, Donald, 312, 671, 687 bis
MacKinnon, Finlay, 359
MacKinnon, Finlay McNicol, 664
MacKinnon, James, 329
MacKinnon, James, Professor, 716
MacKinnon, John Campbell, 380
MacKinnon, Lachlan, 335
MacKinnon, Malcolm, 322
MacKinnon, Neil, 337, 372, 385, 386, 388
MacKinnon, Neil Donald Campbell, 334
MacKinnon, Neil Duncan, 284
MacKinnon, Robert Bruce, 50
Mackintosh, James, 329, 598
Mackintosh, John, 216, 264, 291
Mackintosh, Kenneth, 732
Mackintosh, Robert Smith, 211, 218
Mackintosh, Thomas, 525
Mackintosh, William, 342, 691
Mackintosh, Y., 678
MacKirdie, James, 325
INDEX OF MINISTERS
795
Macknight, James, 12
Macknight, Thomas, 12
Macknight, William, 232
MacKune, Christopher, 267
Maclachlan, Alexander, 273
Maclachlan, Archibald, 329
Maclachlan, Donald, 315
Maclachlan, Hugh, 332
Maclachlan, John, 312, 313, 326, 335
Maclachlan, Neil, 333, 334
Maclachlan, Patrick, 335
Maclachlan, William, 314
Maclagan, James, 366
Maclagan, John, 298
Maclagan, Duncan, 352, 355, 356
Maclaine, Aeneas, 318, 339
Maclaine, Angus, 338, 340
Maclaine, Hector, 316
Maclaren, Archibald, 306
Maclaren, Charles Lucius, 137
Maclaren, Daniel, 265
Maclaren, David Duthie, 494, 558
Maclaren, David John, 385
Maclaren, Duncan, 595
Maclaren, John, 390, 403
Maclaren, John Reid, 471
Maclaren, Kenneth Daniel, 363
Maclaren, Peter, 582
Maclaren, William Peter, 1
Maclauchlan, Archibald, 320(3)
Maclauchlan, Colin, 320, 357
Maclaughlan, Thomas, 654
MacLaurin, John, 301
Maclean, Alexander, 243, 311, 553
Maclean, Alexander Duncan, 343
Maclean, Alistair, 650
Maclean, Andrew Colquhoun, 659
Maclean, D. J., 688
Maclean, David Walker, 592
Maclean, Donald, 684
Maclean, Donald F., 329
Maclean, Donald Matheson, 320
Maclean, Douglas Gordon, 317
Maclean, Dugald, 616
Maclean, Duncan, 303, 318
Maclean, Duncan Finlay, 237
Maclean, George Murdoch, 487
Maclean, Hector, 687
Maclean, Hew, 338
Maclean, Hugh Baillie, 725
Maclean, James, 293
Maclean, John, 282, 329, 331, 345, 492, 681
689, 706
Maclean, John Dawson, 503, 572
Maclean, John Kenneth, 340, 678
Maclean, Kenneth, 653
Maclean, Lachlan, 315, 366
Maclean, Lauchlan, 732, 740
Maclean, Malcolm, 322
Maclean, Neil Alexander, 14, 506
Maclean, Norman, 19 bis
Maclean, Peter Hector, 340
Maclean, Robert Allan, 44
Maclean, Roderick, 690
Maclean, Roderick Matheson, 740
Maclean, Walter George, 740
Maclean, William George Green, 598
Maclean, William Gordon, 273
Macleay, Kenneth Alexander, 247, 275, 708
MacLees, David Patrick, 394
Maclellan, Alexander, 292
Maclellan, Duncan, 350
Maclellan, Duncan Tait Hutchison, 732
Maclellan, Ian, 359
Maclellan, John Campbell, 358
Maclellan, Malcolm, 306
Maclellan, Neil, 652
Maclellan, Sir William, 193
Maclellan, William, 207
Maclennan, Alexander, 655
Maclennan, Donald, 665
Maclennan, Duncan Macrae, 681
Maclennan, Duncan Shaw, 620
Maclennan, George Robert, 679
Maclennan, John Aulay, 621
Maclennan, John Norman, 343
Maclennan, Roderick, 690
Maclennan, William George Duncan, 623
Macleod, Alexander, 690
Macleod, Angus, 223, 324, 340, 690
Macleod, Donald, 139, 172, 307, 651, 670, 680,
683, 724
Macleod, Sir George Fielden, 19
Macleod, Hector Maclennan, 262
Macleod, John, 217, 294, 298, 340, 343, 620,
683
Macleod, John Ford, 26, 273
Macleod, John Matheson, 340, 601, 651
Macleod, Kenneth, 323, 328
Macleod, Kenneth Olans, 347
Macleod, Lachlan, 684
Macleod, Lauchlan, 690
Macleod, Malcolm, 686
Macleod, Murdo, 670
Macleod, Neil, 339, 651
Macleod, Norman, 105, 289, 300, 626, 683
Macleod, Roderick, 616, 686
Macleod, Walter, 470
Macleod, William, 322
Macleod, William Houldsworth, 274
MacLintock, Samuel, 66
MacLuckie, James Morrison, 13, 162
Macmaster, James, 214
Macmath, David Fyfe, 224, 310
Macmeikan, James, 272
Macmichael, David Colville, 344, 731
796
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Macmichael, Duncan, 461
Macmichael, Neil, 312
Macmillan, Alexander, 338
Macmillan, Angus, 324
Macmillan, Donald, 14, 295
Macmillan, Fingon, 338
Macmillan, Hugh, 150
Macmillan, John, 207
Macmillan, William, 410
Macmorine, Robert, 176, 307
Macmorland, James, 189, 407
Macmorland, John Peter, 140
MacMurray, Andrew Douglas, 214
MacMurray, Charles Robb, 447
MacMurrie, Malcolm, 325
MacMurtrie, John, 15, 543
Macnab, Alexander, 329
Macnab, David Evan, 328
Macnab, Duncan, 355
Macnab, James Simpson, 246
Macnab, James Strathearn, 258, 387
Macnab, John, 326
Macnab, John Rolland, 274
Macnab, Stevenson, 71
Macnab, William Urquhart, 324, 682
Macnair, Alexander Wood, 153, 577
Macnair, Duncan, 350
Macnair, James, 7, 48
McNaught, James, 288
McNaught, John Campbell, 666
Macnaughton, Colin, 670
Macnaughton, Duncan, 337
Macnaughton, George Donald, 376
Macnaughton, George Ferrier Anderson, 203
Macnaughton, John, 673
Macnaughton, John Scott, 370
Macneill, Archibald, 651
Macneill, Hector, 323
Macneill, Hugh Fraser, 666
Macneill, John, 317
Macneill, John Henry Horton, 390
Macneill, Neil, 341, 387
Macneill, Robert, 192
Macnicol, William, 492, 564, 678
Macnie, Robert Lamond, 493
Macniven, John, 244
MacNutt, William, 577
Maconachie, James Hamill, 376
MacOsonage, Malcolm, 322, 324
MacPaul, Sir John, 334
Macphail, Andrew, 652, 653
Macphail, Donald, 682
Macphail, Dougall Neil, 737
Macphail, Duncan, 314
Macphail, John, 196, 692
Macphail, Matthew, 203, 488, 508
Macphail, Murdo, 688
Macphail, Neil, 339
Macphail, William, 312, 333
Macphee, Angus, 318
Macphee, John Livingston, 694
Macpherson, Alexander, 43, 672
Macpherson, Colin, 240, 333
Macpherson, Donald, 287, 341, 648
Macpherson, Dugald, 683, 684
Macpherson, George Cook, 732
Macpherson, George William Kinnaird, 139,
266
Macpherson, James Rose, 659
Macpherson, James Roderick, 301
Macpherson, John, 336, 378, 674, 688
Macpherson, John Forbes, 248
Macpherson, John Gordon, 478
Macpherson, John Roderick, 167
Macpherson, Joseph Mackenzie, 480, 524
Macpherson, Lauchlan, 348, 376
Macpherson, Malcolm, 683, 688
Macpherson, Malcolm Munro, 248, 278
Macpherson, Martin, 681, 690
Macpherson, Michael James, 562
Macpherson, Neil, 313
Macpherson, Ranald, 21
Macpherson, Robert, 36, 83, 652
Macpherson, Thomas Smith, 307, 323
Macpherson, William, 666
Macpherson, William Mearns, 570
Macqueen, Allan, 689
Macqueen, Angus, 685
Macqueen, Archibald, 684, 686
Macqueen, Daniel, 12
Macqueen, David James, 402
Macqueen, Donald, 654, 684, 689
Macqueen, Edmund, 685
Macqueen, Ewen, 683
Macqueen, James, 689
Macqueen, John, 240, 572
Macqueen, Patrick, 314, 320
Macqueen, William, 638, 671, 686, 691
Macquerne. David, 195
Macquhae, Stair Park, 224
Macquhaill, John, 702
Macquirrtie, James, 319
Macquisten, Alexander, 249
Macquitty, John Montgomery, 450, 526
Macquitty, Luke, 203, 223
Macquoid, Peter Craik, 388, 595
Macquorne, John, 216, 225
Macrae, Donald, 664
Macrae, Dugald Cowan, 332
Macrae, Duncan, 356
Macrae, Farquhar, 333, 681
Macrae, Finlay, 681, 689
Macrae, James Duncan, 659
Macrae, John, 659 bis
Macrae, John Anthony, 20, 299, 487
Macrae, Martin, 339, 402
INDEX OF MINISTERS
797
Macrudder, Robert, 652
Macrury, Donald Archibald, 738
Macrury, John, 686
Macsweyne, Sweyn, 324, 680
Mactaggart, Alexander, 680
Mactavish, Alexander, 314
Mactavish, Archibald, 342
MacVean, Colin Archibald, 358
MacVean, Colin Archibald Arthur, 166
MacVean, Donald, 338
MacVean, Duncan Cameron, 345
MacVeritie, Sir James, 319
Macvicar, Angus John, 326
Macvicar, Colin, 357
Macvicar, Donald, 317, 318
Macvicar, John Gibson, 159
Macvicar, Neil, 19
Macvicar, Robert Barr, 510
Macvicker, Louis Edmond, 196, 593
Macwhirrie, Murdoch, 324, 325
Macwilliam, Charles Keith, 30, 130, 254, 271
Macwilliam, George, 267, 487, 648
Macwilliam, George Porteous, 406, 560
Macwilliam, John, 509, 585
Macwilliam, John Morel, 292
Macwilliam, Thomas, 375
Madder, John, 140
Madder, Sir Richard, 672
Madill, James Millar Moorhead, 636
Main, Archibald, Professor, 717
Main, John, 65
Main, William, 25, 243, 550
Mair, Alexander, 697
Mair, George, 403, 560, 581
Mair, John, 180,640
Mair, Ludovic, 185
Mair, William, 143, 376
Maitland, James, 87, 197, 205, 593
Maitland, John, 593
Maitland, John Carlies, 196
Maitland, Richard, 541, 608
Maitland, Robert, 553, 588
Malcolm, Alexander, 25
Malcolm, John, 174, 333 bis, 334, 663
Malcolm, Neil, 333, 334, 356
Malcolm, Robert, 163
Malcolm, William, 559
Matloch, John, 383
Malseed, Robert William, 169
Manderston, John, 78, 87
Manners, Stephen, 538
Manson, John, 592, 678
Manuel, David Gilmour, 145
Marche, William, 458
Marjoribanks, George, 113
Marjoribanks, Thomas, 1, 3, 113, 214
Marjoribanks, Thomas Stirling, 112
Marr, George Simpson, 13
Marr, Peter Carmichael, 269
Marshall, Adam, 381
Marshall, Alexander, 406
Marshall, Alexander James, 450
Marshall, Gilbert, 616
Marshall, James, 406
Marshall, John, 358, 703
Marshall, John Forsyth, 251, 278
Marshall, Robert Campbell, 570, 578
Marshall, Robert Thomson, 448
Marshall, Theodore, 347
Marshall, Thomas, 407
Marshall, William, 61, 414
Martin, Alexander, 580
Martin, Andrew, 239
Martin, Angus, 686
Martin, Frank Hale, 22
Martin, George, 287, 486
Martin, James, 364, 386
Martin, John, 194, 205, 214, 218, 275, 400, 658
Martin, Robert James Victor, 588
Martin, Samuel, 37, 450
Martin, Thomas, 63
Martin, William, 4, 9, 346, 354, 513
Martyn, Andrew, 666
Mason, Finlay, 667
Mason, John, 452
Mason, Stephen, 563, 564
Mason, William, 578, 592
Massie, Andrew, 588
Masson, Alexander, 44
Masson, David Norman, 233, 576
Masson, Donald Tolmie, 8
Masterton, Alexander, 173
Masterton, Robert Shaw, 657
Mathams, Walter John, 343
Mathers, Henry Alexander, 132
Mathers, James, 33, 82
Matheson, Duncan, 692
Matheson, Robert, 381
Mathieson, Finlay, 7
Mathieson, John, 1 1
Mauchline, Alexander, 30, 257, 586
Mauchline, John, 257
Maule, Patrick, 514
Maxwell, David, 455, 494
Maxwell, Edward, 170
Maxwell, Gabriel, 217, 239
Maxwell, Gavin, 201
Maxwell, Hugh, 494
Maxwell, James, 200, 673
Maxwell, John, Bishop, 710
Maxwell, John, 174 bis, 175, 377, 737
Maxwell, Peter, 704, 705
Maxwell, Robert, 239, 249
Maxwell, Thomas, 167, 171, 265
Maxwell, William, 275
May, William, 488
798
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Mayne, David, 159, 257
Mearns, Alexander, 566
Mearns, Duncan George, 571
Meik, James, 254
Meikle, Alexander, 163
Meikle, James, 472
Meikle, John, 60
Meiklejohn, Hugh, 36
Mein, John, 164, 199
Meldrum, Alexander, 173
Meldrum, Andrew, 145
Meldrum, David, 503, 525
Meldrum, George, 25, 538, 606
Meldrum, Neil, 364, 532
Meldrum, Robert, 104, 458
Meldrum, William, 24, 541
Mellis, David Barclay, 496
Melrose, William, 381, 385 bis
Melrose, William Rutherford, 216
Melvill, Andrew, 449, 536
Melville, Charles Nairn Barker, 539
Melville, Ephraim, 45, 463
Melville, James, 453, 463, 484, 485, 499, 502,
503, 504, 517
Melville, John, 112, 499, 503
Melville, Richard, 499
Melville, Sir Robert, 444
Melville, Robert, 537
Melville, Thomas, 179, 285
Melvin, Andrew, 96
Mentieth, Robert, 400, 402
Menzies, Sir Alexander, 679
Menzies, Alexander, 359
Menzies, Andrew, 195
Menzies, Archibald, 166, 167, 170, 184
Menzies, Hugh, 425
Menzies, James, 145, 151, 397
Menzies, John, Professor, 712
Menzies, John, 358, 359 bis, 521
Menzies, John Forbes, 681
Menzies, John Menzies, 341
Menzies, Peter Sinclair, 302
Menzies, Robert, 737
Menzies, Walter, 246
Menzies, William, 90, 183, 222, 356, 357
Mercer, John, 539
Mercer, Laurence, 60
Mercer, Robert, 535 bis
Mercer, William, 585
Merchiston, Robert, 158
Meredith, Thomas Downie, 22, 491
Meritoun, William, 154
Mernis, George, 674
Mernis, William, 674
Merrow, David Scribner, 392
Merry, John Reevie Johnston, 244, 254
Merry, Robert William, 676
Metcalfe, William, 648
Metcalfe, William Musham, 244
Methven, David, 447, 458
Methven, James, 119
Methven, John, 240
Methven, Thomas, 429
Methven, William, 119 bis, 449, 723
Michael, John, 552
Michaelson, Charles, 512
Michaelson, John, 423
Michell, Andrew, 220
Michie, George Bennet Thomson, 247
Middlemas, Savile, 435
Middleton, Alexander, 499
Middleton, Alexander, Principal, 712
Middleton, Arthur Stanley, 8, 255
Middleton, Charles James More, 136
Middleton, George, Professor, 712
Middleton, George, 450
Mill, George Scott, 740
Mill, John, 566
Mill, Thomas, 127, 537, 569
Millar, Andrew, 79, 216, 291
Millar, Archibald, James, 394
Millar, Arthur, 76
Millar, Daniel Jack, 278
Millar, David, 160, 165
Millar, Francis Duncan, 60
Millar, Gavin, 367
Millar, George, 348
Millar, James, 430
Millar, Peter Carmichael, 289, 438
Millar, Robert Gordon, 173
Millar, Thomas, 30, 242
Millar, Thomas Boyd, 272
Millar, Walter, 403
Millar, William, 52, 53
Millard, David Bruce, 431
Miller, David, 48, 647
Miller, David Alexander, 304
Miller, James, 20, 215, 297, 482, 495
Miller, John, 242
Miller, John Russell, 323
Miller, Robert, 223
Miller, Robertson McCallum, 248, 310
Miller, Thomas, 702
Miller, William Ewart Gladstone, 297, 509
Miller, William James Somerville, 26
Milligan, George, Professor, 717
Milligan, George, 159
Milligan, Oswald Bell, 3, 139
Milligan, Peter, 511
Milligan, William, Professor, 715
Mills, Alexander, 510
Milne, Adam of Bewlie, 152
Milne, Alexander, 247, 587
Milne, David Grant, 217, 431
Milne, David Munro, 21
Milne, Gordon Ewan, 310
INDEX OF MINISTERS
799
Milne, James, 593, 734
Milne, James Alexander, 5
Milne, John, 61, 149, 566
Milne, Joseph, 37
Milne, Peter, 27, 377, 511
Milne, Robert, 369, 638
Milne, Thomas, 357
Milne, William, 58, 593
Milne, William Murray, 456
Milroy, John, 187
Milroy, William Liston, 485
Mitchell, Alexander, 529, 552
Mitchell, Alexander Ferrier, Professor, 719
Mitchell, Alexander Gordon, 279
Mitchell, Alexander William. 316
Mitchell, Andrew Fallas, 194
Mitchell, Andrew Milne, 540
Mitchell, Archibald Henderson, 483, 487
Mitchell, David Russell, 354, 730
Mitchell, Frederick Ritchie, 80
Mitchell, George, 387
Mitchell, Gordon, 398
Mitchell, James of Auchinraith, 477
Mitchell, James, 30, 146, 376, 462
Mitchell, James Donald, 732
Mitchell, James Gordon, 402
Mitchell, John, 703
Mitchell, John Edmund, 541
Mitchell, Joseph, 220
Mitchell, Patrick, 56
Mitchell, Robert Constable, 502
Mitchell, Thomas, 110, 492
Mitchell, William, 11, 488, 540
Mitchell, William Carrick, 134
Mitchell, William Gemmell, 7, 447
Moderatus, John, 612
Moffat, Alexander, 288
Moffat, James, 61, 167
Moffat, John, 190, 192, 194, 195, 210
Moffat, Sir Stephen, 103
Moffat, Thomas, 80
Moffett, Joseph, 27, 724
Moir, Alexander, 160, 536
Moir, Alistair, 681
Moir, George, 568
Moir, Henry, 423
Moir, Robert, 523
Moir, Thomas, 131
Moir, William, Principal, 711
Moir, William, 694
Mollison, Patrick, 56
Molyson, John, 697, 698
Moncrieff, Sir Alexander, 477
Moncrieff, Alexander, 377, 434
Moncrieff, Andrew, 461
Moncrieff, Archibald, 361, 661
Moncrieff, Edmond, 375
Moncrieff, Edward, 367
Moncrieff, George, 362, 416
Moncrieff, Sir Henry Wellwood, 19, 261
Moncrieff, John of Tippermalloch, 372
Moncrieff, John, 349, 362
Moncrieff, Robert Kirkwood, 416
Moncrieff, William, 368, 450
Moncrieff, William Hardie, 165
Moncrieff, William Scott, 82
Moncur, Alexander, 370
Moncur, Andrew, 473
Moncur. Matthew, 474 bis
Moncur, Thomas, 474
Monilaws, Alexander, 168
Monipenny, Patrick, 46
Monro, Alexander, Principal, 716
Monro, David, 661
Monro, George Ross, 344
Monro, Robert, 662
Monro, Thomas, 286
Monteath, John, 239
Monteath, William Paul, 223, 240
Monteith, James Taylor, 276
Monteith, John, 378
Monteith, Robert, 68, 201, 387
Monteith, Robert Taylor, 579, 590
Montgomery, Archibald, 280, 287, 296
Montgomery, Hugh, 217
Montgomery, James, 23, 235
Montgomery, Robert, 212, 223, 224, 235, 320,
443, 661
Montgomery, William, 212
Moodie, Adam, 698
Moodie, Leslie, 76
Moodie, William Steven, 127
Mooney, Harald Lamb, 693
Moore, Charles, 394
Moore, Gordon, 655
Moore, Hamilton, 235
Moore, John Cunningham, 673
Moore, Thomas, 246
Moore, William, 468
Moray, David, 377
Morgan, Emmanuel, 224
Morgan, George Grandison, 99
Morice, George, 734
Morice, William, 550
Morison, James, 693
Morrell, William Wilson, 238, 240
Morris, Reginald Innes, 412
Morris, Robert, 470
Morris, William Drummond, 138
Morrison, Aeneas, 659
Morrison, Alexander, 658
Morrison, Andrew Mitchell, 20
Morrison, Angus, 325
Morrison, Archibald, 6
Morrison, Charles, 523
Morrison, Daniel, 692
800
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Morrison, David, 25, 397
Morrison, David Alexander, 425
Morrison, David Anton, 472
Morrison, Donald, 321, 692
Morrison, George, 365
Morrison, Hugh Thomas Sutherland, 161, 194,
Morrison, James, 430 [431
Morrison, John, 644, 741
Morrison, John Scott, 126
Morrison, Norman, 674, 688
Morrison, Thomas, 373 bis, 494
Morrison, Thomas Angus, 310
Morrison, Walter, 522, 599
Morrison, William, 341, 516, 551
Morrison, William Pollok, 238
Mortimer, Cyrus Maxwell, 487
Mortimer, Henry, 588
Mortimer, Patrick, 493, 566
Mortimer, Robert, 26
Morton, Alexander Aitken, 36, 449
Morton, Andrew, 286, 492
Morton, Sir John, 166, 184
Morton, Patrick, 455
Moscrop, William 199, 201 bis, 204, 208
Mosman, George, 266
Mossman, John, 79, 677
Mothersill, John Elmore, 207
Moubray, James, 36
Moubray, John, 40, 43, 363
Moultray, James, 430
Mowat, James Sinclair Mclvor, 673
Mowat, Mclntosh, 487, 531
Mowat, Robert, 84
Mowat, William Alexander, 201
Moyes, William Begbie, 283
Mudge, James, 257, 392, 731
Muggoch, James Wilson, 231, 244, 489
Muir, George, 193, 239
Muir, James, 219
Muir, James Chrystal, 380, 561
Muir, John, 42, 104, 244, 294
Muir, John Alexander Russell Brown, 126
Muir, Patrick, 665
Muir, Pearson Me Adam, 305
Muir, Robert, 204, 407
Muir, Robert Hugh, 40
Muir, Robert Walker, 307
Muir, Thomas, 56
Muir, William, 23, 72
Muir, William Bruce, 535
Muir, William Muircroft, 287, 425
Muirhead, Allan, 358
Muirhead, George, 5
Muirhead, James, 181
Muirhead, John, 222, 251, 310
Muirhead, Thomas, 255
Muirhead, William, 55
Mulligan, James Alexander Waddell, 553
Mulligan, John, 576
Mungall, William, 214
Munn, Thomas, 458
Munro, Alexander, 435, 664
Munro, Colin Ross, 490
Munro, David, 124, 668, 677
Munro, Farquhar, 661
Munro, George, 660, 667
Munro, George Mackay, 617
Munro, Hew, 674
Munro, Hugh of Kiltearn, 669
Munro, Hugh, 692
Munro, John, 661, 670, 674, 677
Munro, John Dempster, 126
Munro, John McLaine, 307, 457
Munro, John Malcolm, 27, 306, 314
Munro, Neil, 665
Munro, Robert, 661, 665, 666, 667
Munro, Thomas Smith, 547
Munro, William, 388
Murchison, Donald, 681
Murchison, Duncan, 663
Murchison, John, 681
Murchison, Murdoch, 681
Murdo, Andrew, 249
Murdoch, Alexander, 197
Murdoch, David Albert, 213, 703
Murdoch, James Rae, 697
Murdoch, John, 126, 168
Murdoch, William, 217, 546, 566
Mure, Alexander, 445, 447
Mure, Patrick, 502
Mure, Thomas, 246
Murehead, William, 696
Murison, George Reynard, 697
Murray, Adam, 48, 180
Murray, Alexander, 385
Murray, Alexander John, 59
Murray, Anthony, 53, 174
Murray, David, 170, 199, 346, 376, 380
Murray, George, 98 bis, 200 bis, 374
Murray, Gordon John, 527
Murray, Hotchkis Haynes, 383
Murray, James, 69, 160, 184, 201, 249, 389, 568,
570, 577
Murray, James Alan Cameron, 307
Murray, Sir John, 408
Murray, John, 56, 296, 367, 380, 385, 444, 592,
Murray, John Paton, 545 [658
Murray, John William, 61
Murray, Magnus, 707
Murray, Matthew, 98
Murray, Robert, 200
Murray, Robert Wilson, 502
Murray, Thomas, 351, 454
Murray, Walter, 599
Murray, William, 61, 413, 414, 425, 455, 474,
566, 623, 636
INDEX OF MINISTERS
801
Muschet, Alexander, 42
Mushet, Gilbert, 287
Mutch, Andrew, 385
Mutch, John Simpson, 463, 516
Myers, Alexander Smart, 517
Mylne, Alexander, 577
Mylne, Andrew, 507, 519, 521, 655, 657, 678
Mylne, David, 512
Myrton, David, 432
Myrton, Thomas, 544
NAIRN, Charles, 458
Nairn, James, 454, 464
Nairne, Thomas, 429
Nairne, William, 425
Napier, John Gordon Smith, 130
Napier, Peter, 290
Nasmyth, Gavin, 48, 230
Nasmyth, James, 40, 189
Neil, Alexander, 13
Neil, David, 250
Neill, Gilmour, 58, 159
Neill, Robert, 548
Neill, William, 462
Neill, William Notman, 261
Neilson, Alexander, 370
Neilson, Matthew Welsh, 490, 581
Neilson, Thomas, 44
Neilson, William, 538
Nelson, Adam, 587
Nelson, Allan Manson, 161
Nelson, David, 479
Nelson, John Leishman, 571
Nelson, Robert, 288, 525
Ness, David, 587
Ness, Donald, 308
Nevay, John of that Ilk, 476, 477, 482
Nevay, John, 476 bis
Newbie, Thomas, 140
Newbigging, William, 52
Newlands, William, 507
Nichol, Harvey, 208
Nicholls, John Ashplant, 81, 255
Nicholson, Christopher, 198
Nicholson, Maxwell, 23
Nicol, Alexander Sinclair, 166
Nicol, David Bruce, 22, 256, 294, 490
Nicol, David Durie, 22, 250, 294
Nicol, James, 432, 495
Nicol, John, 477
Nicol, Peter Hill, 509
Nicol, Thomas, Professor, 715
Nicoll, James Bell, 26
Nicoll, Peter Hill, 292
Nicolson, Alexander, 684, 688
Nicolson, Angus, 741
Nicolson, Colin, 619
Nicolson, Donald, 684, 686
3E
Nicolson, James, Bishop, 709
Nicolson, James, 479, 501
Nicolson, James Graham Goodall, 66, 101
Nicolson, Sir John, 619, 660
Nicolson, John, 685, 686
Nicolson, John Gunn, 660
Nicolson, Malcolm, 652
Nicolson, Patrick, 652, 698
Nicolson, Samuel, 682
Nimmo, Samuel, 1
Nisbet, Archibald, 124
Nisbet, George Dundas, 527
Nisbet, James, 2
Nisbet, John Christopher, 569
Nisbet, Robert, 27
Niven, Mungo, 157
Niven, Thomas Brown William, 299
Nivison, Abraham, 169
Nivison, Alexander, 152
Noble, James, 8, 64, 137
Norie, Alexander, 390, 502
None, Robert, 498, 502, 507
Norvell, Archibald, 197
Nymbill, John, 69
OCHTERLONY, Robert, 522
O'Colgan, Alan, 683
Ogg, George, 454, 741
Ogil, David, 89 bis, 108
Ogill, Richard, 76
Ogilvie, David, 477
Ogilvie, George, 723
Ogilvie, James Nicoll, 9
Ogilvie, John of Queich, 484
Ogilvie, Millar, 353, 702
Ogilvie, Robert, 575
Ogilvie, Walter, 598
Ogilvie, William, 108, 538
Ogilvie, William Falconer, 235
Ogilvy, Sir Robert, 461
Ogilvy or Ogilvie, Alexander, 574, 575, 576,
591, 617
Ogilvy or Ogilvie, Andrew, 131, 568. 571
Ogilvy or Ogilvie, James, 479 bis, 535, 741
Ogilvy or Ogilvie, John, 288, 440, 476, 492,
502, 506, 576
Ogilvy or Ogilvie, Thomas, 120, 473, 477
Ogston, Sir Patrick, 584, 593
Ogstoun, George, 54
Oislar, Sir Gilbert, 196
Oliphant, John, 263, 266
Oliphant, Andrew, 458
Oliphant, Johnston, 37
Oliver, George, 178
Oliver, James, 6
Oliver, John, 297
Oliver, William, 495, 527
Omey, Alexander, 363
802
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Omey, Donald, 319, 322, 337
Omey, Duncan, 326
Omey, John, 372
Omond, John Reid, 383
Ord, James, 577
Orme, David, 449
Orme, William, 449
Orr, Alexander, 168
Orr, Andrew Clark, 67
Orr, David, 293
Orr, George, 225
Orr, James Fleming Gordon, 730
Orr, John, 12, 270
Orr, Norman Farquhar, 186, 374
Orr, Robert Alexander, 275
Osburne, Henry, 226
Osburne, James, Professor, 712
Osburne, James, Principal, 711
Osburne, John, 219
Osburne, Thomas, 88
Ostlair, Sir Robert, 363
Ostler, Andrew, 616
Oswald, Archibald, 134
Oswald, George, 676
Oswald, James, 368
Oswald, James Honeyman, 184
Oswald, John, 100
Oswald, Robert, 250
Oswald, William, 385
Ouke, George, 369
Oustane, Samuel, 184
Owstean (Austin), Sir William, 523
PAGAN, Gavin Lang, 21
Pagan, John, 253, 363
Paine, Sir James, 205
Paisley, John, 242, 277
Paisley, Robert, 392, 499
Paisley, Robert Ninian, 88, 127, 178
Palm, John David, 729
Paplay, William, 372
Park, George, 244
Park, George Mathieson, 598
Park, Hugh, 287
Park, James, 29
Park, John, 192, 373
Parker, Andrew Borland, 271
Parker, James, 202
Parker, Sir John, 202
Parker, John, 302
Parker, Stuart Crawford, 156, 290
Paterson, Alexander, 564, 594
Paterson, Andrew, 129
Paterson, Archibald Morton, 49, 226
Paterson, Charles Edward, 156
Paterson, David Howat, 251
Paterson, George, 565
Paterson, Isaac, 199
Paterson, James, 546
Paterson, James Alexander, 454
Paterson, John, Archbishop, 707
Paterson, John, Bishop, 710
Paterson, John, 28, 110, 161, 170, 218, 405 bis,
440,644
Paterson, Keith Norman, 741
Paterson, Patrick, 278
Paterson, Peter, 286
Paterson, Robert, Principal, 711
Paterson, Robert, 258, 440, 444, 446
Paterson, Robert McCheyne, 741
Paterson, Thomas, 61, 67 bis
Paterson, Walter, 87
Paterson, William Berry Shaw, 279
Paterson, William Paterson, Professor, 716
Paton, Andrew, 184
Paton, David, 476
Paton, James, 68
Paton, James Aikman, 1 88
Paton, John, 172
Paton, John Allan Hunter, 6
Paton, Joseph Thomson, 218
Paton, Robert, 172, 179, 194
Paton, Robert Nicol, 432
Paton, Stephen, 61
Paton, William, 216
Patoun, William, 406, 409, 414
Patrick, Andrew, 516
Patrick, John, Professor, 716
Patrick, John, 523, 524
Patterson, James, 316
Patterson, John, 277
Patterson, John Thomas, 178
Patterson, Thomas Maver, 78
Pattoun, John, 414
Pattullo, Henry Alexander, 208
Pattullo, James Leburn, 734
Pattullo, James Mitchell, 96
Patullo, George, 347, 460
Paul, David, 14
Paul, John, 19
Paul, Robert John, 215
Paulin, George, 420
Paull, William, 536, 561
Pawton, James, 519
Pearson, Andrew Forret Scott, 236
Pearson, John Hardie, 699
Pearson, Robert, 127
Pearson, Rodolph, 193
Pearson, Thomas, 28
Peat, John Chalmers, 398
Peat, Patrick, 441
Peattie, John, 120
Pedder, Alexander, 655, 662
Peden, Alexander, 190
Peden, George, 233
INDEX OF MINISTERS
803
Peebles, Andrew, 424
Peebles, Sir Bernard, 239
Peebles, Guy Steel, 264
Peebles, Robert, 219
Penman, Gideon, 70
Pennell, James, 417
Pennell, William Joseph, 201
Pennycuick, William, 181
Penycuke, William, 81
Peter, Thomas Burnett, 397
Peterkin, William, 611 bis, 638
Peters, David Smith, 248
Peters, William, 419
Petrie, Alexander, 371
Petrie, George, 582
Pettie, Robert Douglas, 164
Pettigrew, John, 294
Philip, Alexander, 572
Philip, George Forbes Innes, 581
Philip, Horace Robert Andrew, 741
Philip, James Gibson, 732
Philip, John of Ormiston, 48
Philip, John, 561, 607
Philip, Pirie, 204
Philip, Robert, 659
Philip, William Marshall, 543
Philp, Andrew, 679
Philp, David, 636
Philp, Sir John, 563
Philp, John, 542, 555
Phin, George, 48
Phin, Kenneth Macleay, 149
Picken, John, 55
Pierson, William, 393, 699
Pinkerton, Robert Lang, 41, 270
Pirie, William Robertson, Professor, 715
Pirie, William Robinson, 649
Pitcairn, Alexander, 362
Pitcairn, David, 425
Pitcairn, James, 374, 445; 706
Pitcairn, John, 512
Pitcairn, Robert, 49
Pitcairn, Thomas, 18
Playfair, David, 36
Playfair, Patrick, 360
Playfair, Patrick Macdonald, 469
Plenderleith, David, 24
Pollock, Henry, 11
Pollock, James Ferrier, 43, 421
Pollock, Robert, Principal, 712
Pollok, John, 273
Pollok, Thomas, 130
Pont, Robert, 18, 468, 622
Ponton, Robert, 426
Porteous, Archibald, 141
Porteous, David John Moir, 250
Porteous, James, 74, 78
Porteous, Thomas, 21
Porteous, William, 53, 646
Porter, George, 222
Porter, William, 191
Porter, William Henry, 441
Porterfield, John, 212, 228
Potter, John, 300
Potter, Michael, Professor, 717
Potter, Michael, 397
Potter, Robert Douglas, 417
Potter, William, 578, 600
Potts, Robert, 149
Pow, John, 124
Power, Gilbert, 192
Powrie, William, 36, 38, 363
Prenter, Joseph Robert, 490
Prentice, Archibald, 79
Preston, David, 163
Preston, Berry, 64, 224
Preston, David, 308
Preston, Symon, 229
Primmer, Jacob, 410
Primrose, Charles, 70
Primrose, James, 48
Pringle, John, 119
Prophet, James, 160
Proudfoot, Robert Forrester, 119
Proudfoot, William, 95
Provand, William Seath, 306
Pryde, James Johnstone, 131, 133, 184
Pryde, John Marshall, 42, 460
Pryde, Robert, 308
Pryde, Robert Hamilton, 79
Pryde, Thomas, 263
Purves, George, 75
Purves, Thomas, 60
Pyle, William, 126
Pyott, Alexander, 107
Pyper, David, 99
QUIG, Gordon, 306, 494
RAE, Alexander, 503
Rae, David Neill, 158
Rae, David Smith, 352
Rae, James, 433, 527, 552
Rae, Peter, 184
Rae, Robert Reid, 252
Raff, Eric Maitland Kirk, 138, 412
Rainie, William, 213
Rait, David, 502
Rait, David Phin, 711
Rait, James, 479, 483 bis, 512, 517, 519, 523,
524
Rait, John, 512
Rait, Peter, 517
Rait, Robert, 488, 521,524
Rait, William, 476, 488, 493, 495, 524
Raith, Sir Thomas, 568
804
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Raldson, Robert, 450
Ramage, John, 215, 256
Ramsay, Alexander, 12, 126, 578
Ramsay, Andrew, 12, 382
Ramsay, Charles Rolland, 182
Ramsay, David, 477, 478, 480, 605
Ramsay, David Ogilvy, 182
Ramsay, Sir George, 68
Ramsay, George, 78, 429
Ramsay, James, Bishop, 710
Ramsay, James, 130, 180, 382
Ramsay, Sir John, 116
Ramsay, John, 90, 219, 496
Ramsay, John McNicoll, 263
Ramsay, Matthew, 242
Ramsay, Ninian, 32
Ramsay, Patrick 516, 523
Ramsay, Robert, Principal, 717, 718
Ramsay, Robert, 100, 186, 217, 482
Ramsay, Rowellyan, 186, 531
Ramsay, Thomas, 126, 172, 500, 513, 524, 526
Ramsay, William, 355, 356, 359, 448, 578
Randall, Thomas, 393
Ranken, Edward Blackmore, 1 1 3
Ranken, Ewan Archibald, 661
Ranken, Henry, 232
Ranken, James, 385, 452
Ranken, Oliver Shaw, 197
Ranken, Robert, 57
Ranken, William, 186
Ranken, William Eric Kilmorack, 104
Ranken, William Pillans, 734
Rankine, John, 224
Rankine, William Henry, 219
Rattray, John, 287, 353, 412, 471
Rattray, Silvester, 353
Rattray, Thomas, 694
Rattray, William, 308, 473
Rawson, Alexander, 640
Rawson, James, 645
Ray, Alexander, 479
Ray, James, 6, 455
Ray, John, 612, 619
Rayes, John, 260, 574
Rayning, Robert, 157
Reaper, Alexander, 241, 571
Reddick or Roddick, George, 180
Redpath, George, 103, 121
Reed, John, 126
Reekie, Henry Kilgour, 351
Reekie, James, 8, 148
Rees, David Daniel 228
Reid, Alexander, 657
Reid, Allan, 49
Reid, Andrew, 151, 423
Reid, Archibald, 335, 584, 693, 694
Reid, Cuthbert, 537
Reid, David Allan, 222
Reid, Duncan Alexander Cameron, 302
Reid, Sir Farquhar, 664
Reid, Farquhar, 666
Reid, Sir George, 94
Reid, Hugh Park, 129
Reid, James, 18, 89, 545, 551, 741
Reid, James Potter, 732
Reid, John, 250, 396, 456, 537, 575, 631, 656,
704
Reid, Malcolm, 678
Reid, Matthew, 100
Reid, Mungo, 242
Reid, Sir Nigel, 335
Reid, Patrick, 274
Reid, Peter Barr, 696
Reid, William, 201, 448, 555
Reid, William Alexander, 222
Reid, William Arnold, 198
Reid, William Lang, 679
Reid, William Walker, 277
Reidfurd, John, 608
Reith, John, 524
Rennie, James Fyfe, 565
Rennie, James Yule, 732
Rennie, Robert, 309
Renton, Sir Andrew, 165
Renton, John, 421, 432
Reoch, Donald, 576
Reynold, Robert, 529
Riach, William Lyon, 14
Rich, Henry, 741
Richardson, Alexander, 642
Richardson, James, 141
Richardson, Robert, 136
Richardson, William, 214
Richers, Joseph Edward, 473
Richmond, John, 199
Richmond, Matthew, 699
Richmond, Robert Hill, 189, 546
Riddell, Archibald, 25
Riddell, Henry Scott, 141
Riddell, Patrick, 613
Riddoch, Alexander, 357
Rigg, John, 452, 480
Rigg, Walter, 37
Rind, Robert, 380
Ritchie, Adam Inch, 113
Ritchie, Alexander, 397, 484
Ritchie, Alexander John Cairns, 105, 420
Ritchie, Charles, John, 57
Ritchie, David, 221
Ritchie, George, 139
Ritchie, James, 186
Ritchie, John, 440, 677
Ritchie, John Geddes, 150, 626
Ritchie, Robert Lament, 672
Ritchie, William, 87, 492, 663, 734
Ritchie, William Blackley, 387
INDEX OF MINISTERS
805
Robb, Alexander Barrie, 42
Robb, Richard, 562
Robertson, Alexander, 59, 318, 355, 390, 403,
516, 522, 541, 572, 582, 729
Robertson, Alexander Cameron. 315
Robertson, Alexander Irvine, 388
Robertson, Andrew, 14, 195, 257, 412
Robertson, Archibald, 329
Robertson, Archibald Aeneas, 354
Robertson, Charles, 665
Robertson, Charles Moncrieff, 23, 350, 526
Robertson, Christian Arthur, 277, 730
Robertson, David, 121, 491, 581
Robertson, David Rae, 485
Robertson, David Young, 247, 659
Robertson, Donald John, 328
Robertson, Douglas Dickson, 73, 223
Robertson, Duncan, 615, 688
Robertson, Edward, 375
Robertson, Frank, 310, 568, 594
Robertson, Frederick Lockhart, 300
Robertson, George, 33, 60, 323
Robertson, George Home, 127
Robertson, Harry, 110
Robertson, James, Professor, 717
Robertson, James, 31, 59, 114, 131, 282, 283,
305, 386, 462, 669
Robertson, James Goodlet, 502
Robertson, James Home, 124
Robertson, John, 254, 263, 345, 350, 586, 611,
619
Robertson, John Alexander, 129, 167
Robertson, John Anderson, 4
Robertson, John Balfour, 190
Robertson, John Leslie, 539
Robertson, John Spence, 215
Robertson, John Stewart, 506
Robertson, Joseph MacGregor, 8
Robertson, Robert, 413, 551
Robertson, Thorras, 40, 298, 346 bis, 351, 359,
368, 382, 582, 600
Robertson, Sir Walter, 358, 405
Robertson, William, 9, 10 bis, 252, 260, 383,
536, 552, 642
Robertson, William Cowper, 417, 727
Robertson, William George, 572, 598
Robeson, John, 257
Robin, Henry, 423
Robin, John, 426
Robinson, James Woodside, 285
Roche, George Ralph Malvern, 727
Roche, John, 541
Roche, Robert, 412
Rock, William, 177, 431
Roddick, James, 167, 677
Rodger, Ernest Ormrod, 239
Rodger, Matthew, 311
Rogan, John, 424, 493
3E»
Rogers, David, 170
Rolland, James, 396, 482
Rollo, David Andrew, 307
Rollock, Henry, 25
Ronaldson, John, 337
Rose, Adam, 659
Rose, Alexander, Bishop, 709
Rose, Alexander, 589, 605
Rose, David, 457
Rose, Donald Stewart, 409
Rose, James, 526
Rose, John, 545, 673
Rose, Lewis, 670
Rose, William, 673, 706
Rose, William Charles, 347
Ross, Alexander, 527, 559, 565, 665, 678
Ross, Andrew, 188, 662, 670
Ross, Archibald Watson, 615
Ross, Charles, 417
Ross, David, 341, 667
Ross, Francis, 245, 529
Ross, George, 168, 658, 661
Ross, Gilbert, 636
Ross, Henry, 609
Ross, Hugh, 670, 671, 672
Ross, Hutcheon, 648
Ross, J., 188
Ross, James, 46, 127, 450, 547, 553, 576, 666,
667
Ross, John, 266, 544, 545, 574, 666, 667, 672,
677
Ross, Kenneth, 685
Ross, Lachlan, 265
Ross, Neil, 329
Ross, Neil Macleod, 7, 620
Ross, Patrick, 606
Ross, Peter, 521
Ross, Richard, 534
Ross, Robert of Ballon, 669
Ross, Robert, 622, 658
Ross, Thomas, 658, 666, 681
Ross, William, 94, 299, 568, 664, 665, 668
Rossie, Charles, 512
Rothnie, George, 605
Routledge, James William Renwick, 351
Row, Andrew, 400
Row, Archibald, 64
Row, John, Principal, 711
Row, John, 200, 363, 365, 407, 426
Row, Robert, 36
Row, Samuel, 132
Row, William, 363 bis
Rowatt, Alexander, 255
Rowatt, James, 1 39
Roxburgh, John, 234
Roy, John, 275
Roy, William, 274
Rule, George, 120
806
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Rule, Gilbert, 9, 128
Rule, Robert, 393
Runciman, David William, 432
Russell, Alexander, 397
Russell, Andrew, 432
Russell, Edmund Stewart, 343, 593
Russell, George, 271
Russell, James, 154, 259, 458
Russell, James Curdie, 322
Russell, James Keddie, 446
Russell, John, 569, 606
Russell, Robert, 154
Russell, Thomas, 266, 426
Russell, William, 64 bis
Rust, James, 576
Rutherford, Andrew, 118
Rutherford, Charles Neilson, 476
Rutherford, David Sinclair, 52, 223
Rutherford, George, 209
Rutherford, James, 138
Rutherford, John, 154, 441, 456, 468, 494, 513
Rutherford, Robert William, 258
Rutherford, Samuel, Principal, 718
Rutherford, Thomas Ranken, 349
Ruthven, Donald, 648
Rutledge, James William, 732
Rynd, James, 544, 566
Rynd, John, 429, 432
Rynd, Patrick, 362
Rynd, Robert, 449
Rynd, William, 366
Ryne, Alexander, 197
SABISTON, James, 697
Sabiston, James Robertson, 6
Saidler, Sir John, 694
Saidsarf, Sir John, 656
Salmon, Sir John, 351
Salmon, William, 348
Salmond, William, 519
Sanders, William, 603, 623
Sandeman, James, 471
Sanderson, James, 128
Sanderson, John, 190
Sanderson, Patrick, 59
Sanderson, Samuel Somerville, 450
Sanderson, William, 89, 112, 114
Sandilands, James, 186
Sandilands, John, 54 bis, 137, 661
Sandilands, John Macrae, 181
Sandilands, Robert, 27, 128
Sangster, Alexander, 176, 246
Sauchie, Alexander, 426, 433, 434
Saunders, Alexander Christian William, 524,
545
Saunders, Frank William, 199
Saunders, John, 319
Savile, David, 35
Sawers, David Hay, 266
Sawers, William, 547
Scanlan, George, 417, 452
Schank, Martin, 545
Schillingis, Steven, 131
Scobie, William, 671
Scott, Adam Wylie Hempseed, 379
Scott, Alexander, 553
Scott, Alexander Inglis, 373
Scott, Andrew Noble, 705
Scott, Andrew Smith Dingwall, 254
Scott, Archibald, 26
Scott, Archibald Black, 673
Scott, Archibald John Darling, 479
Scott, David, 242, 257, 677
Scott, Francis of Langton, 147
Scott, George, 244, 425, 446
Scott, Sir George, 588
Scott, George Gordon, 5
Scott, George John Chalmers, 213
Scott, Henry Edward, 741
Scott, Hugh, 149
Scott, James, 3, 88, 135, 140, 148, 209, 232, 249,
385, 482, 677
Scott, James MacGlashan, 369
Scott, John, 38, 73, 141, 148, 163, 199, 266, 306,
482
Scott, Patrick, 265, 425
Scott, Richard, 148, 163
Scott, Robert, 59, 95, 148, 260, 304, 305, 412,
452 bis
Scott, Robert Baidock, 95, 283
Scott, Robert Forrester Victor, 452, 489
Scott, Symon, 140, 147
Scott, Sir Thomas, 385
Scott, Thomas, 4, 80, 381, 523, 732
Scott, Walter, 147, 655
Scott, Sir William of Balweary, 438
Scott, William, 130, 382, 437, 455, 458, 553,
694, 741
Scott, William David, 533
Scott, William Frank, 575
Scott, William Mackenzie, 741
Scott, William Richmond, 266, 699
Scougal, Henry, Professor, 713
Scougal, Patrick, Bishop, 709
Scougal, Patrick, 100
Secular, Andrew, 367
Scoular, John Greenshields, 194
Seath, George Allan, 217
Seaton, George, 540
Seaton, John, 568, 574
Sefton, George Arthur, 585
Selbie, George Alexander, 338, 556
Selkirk, Matthew, 70
Selkirk, William Alexander, 593
Sellar, John, 662
Semple, James, 104
INDEX OF MINISTERS
807
Semple, John of Beltrees, 414
Sempill, George Douglas, 721
Sempill, John, 419
Sempill, Robert, 246, 271
Seright, William, 231, 298
Serle, William, 6
Service, John, 188, 295
Service, John Barr, 88
Service, William Jack Nichol, 248
Seton, Alexander, 510
Seton, James, 129, 440
Seton, John, 529
Seton, Patrick, 588
Seton, William, 519
Seytoun, Alexander of Northrig, 395
Seytoun, Henry, 395
Seytoun, John, 440
Seytoun, Robert, 401
Shand, Alexander Mason, 237
Shand, Alexander Watson, 706
Shanks, William Speirs, 297
Shannon, William Henry, 224
Sharp, James, 77
Sharp, John, 360, 498, 529
Sharp, Patrick, 291
Sharp, Thomas Wylie, 306
Sharp, William, 209, 270
Sharpe, David, 261
Sharpe, James, 30
Sharpe, Robert Meredith, 266
Shaw, Andrew, Professor, 719
Shaw, David, 376
Shaw, George, 401
Shaw, Henry, 401
Shaw, James, 199
Shaw, John of Newmains, 154
Shaw, John, 491
Shaw, Patrick, 154, 248
Shaw, Robert, 163
Shaw, Walter, 9, 290
Shaw, William, 119,213,386
Shedden, John, 216, 390, 486
Shennan, Malcolm, 311
Shepherd, Alexander, 41, 156
Shepherd, George, 79
Shepherd, Robert, 565
Shepherd, William Alexander, 362
Sherriff, Thomas Chalmers, 380
Shewan, Thomas, 501
Shields, Alexander, 469
Shields, Patrick, 33
Shiels, Thomas, 186
Shirlaw, Hugh, 119,488
Short, Charles Maurice, 27
Short, George Murray Davidson, 237, 732
Short, James, 1 56
Sibbald, Abraham, 580
Sibbald, Adam, 385
Sibbald, David, 581
Sibbald, James of Keir, 535
Sibbald, James Hope, 116
Sibbald, Patrick, Professor, 712
Sibbald, Samuel James Ramsay, 299
Sibbald, William, 95
Sievwright, John Smith, 254, 417
Sievwright, Wilfred Robert, 203, 436
Silver, David, 147
Sim, Frederick Robert, 65
Sim, Robert, 450
Sime, William Lamb, 146
Simpson, Alexander, 640
Simpson, Archibald, 72
Simpson, Donald Murray, 337
Simpson, Frederick Angus, 447
Simpson, George, 291
Simpson, Ian Grindlay, 439
Simpson, James, 36, 58
Simpson, James Smith, 426
Simpson, James Wallace, 254, 579
Simpson, Macduff, 125
Simpson, Robert, 173, 360, 568
Simpson, Thomas, 655
Simpson, Walter, 352, 541
Simpson, William, 26, 138, 274, 583
Simpson, William Mungall, 192
Simson, Andrew, 81, 87, 95 bis, 107, 268, 642
bis, 644
Simson, Archibald, 151
Simson, Arthur, 100
Simson, David, 326, 329
Simson, George, 460
Simson, James, 523
Simson, John, 86
Simson, Matthew, 99
Simson, Patrick, 4
Simson, William, 272, 647
Sinclair, Archibald, 178, 319
Sinclair, Barty Daniel, 388
Sinclair, Constantine, 396, 623
Sinclair, Daniel, 120
Sinclair, Duncan Macrae, 343
Sinclair, Edward Arthur Neil, 293
Sinclair, Henry, 288, 304
Sinclair, Sir John, 180
Sinclair, John, 40, 81, 87 bis, 171, 173, 175, 336,
493, 685, 725
Sinclair, Malcolm, 702
Sinclair, Patrick Campbell, 641
Sinclair, Robert, 85, 375
Sinclair, Thomas, 42
Sinclair, Thomas Gourlay, 218
Sinclair, Sir William, 677
Sinclair, William, 115, 677, 678 bis
Sinton, Thomas, 650
Sivewright, Robert Troup, 724
Skene, Alexander, Principal, 718
808
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Skene, Alexander, 367
Skene, Andrew, 517, 595
Skene, Arthur, 551, 557
Skene, Gilbert, 499
Skene, Robert, 55, 551, 553, 560
Skene, William, 553
Skeoch, Thomas, 394
Skinner, John, 388
Skinner, Thomas, 216
Skirling, Thomas, 455
Slater, Thomas, 302
Slessor, Duncan Morrison, 177
Slessor, Robert, 535
Sloan, John, 245
Small, James, 103
Smart, Alexander, 485, 565
Smart, Alexander Forteath, 123
Smart, John, 266, 286
Smart, William Robertson, 426, 484
Smeaton, James, 429
Smeaton, John, 403
Smellie, William Thomas, 320, 411
Smith, Alexander, 122
Smith, Alexander Hood, 540
Smith, Alexander Salmond, 268
Smith, Andrew Gray, 433
Smith, David, 163, 184, 399, 439, 593
Smith, George, 24
Smith, Sir George Adam, 715
Smith, George Charles, 219
Smith, George Munro, 394
Smith, George Stuart, 100
Smith, Harry, 75, 279, 406
Smith, Henry, 193, 699
Smith, Henry Wallis, 28
Smith, Hugh, 238
Smith, Hugh Maconnach, 541
Smith, James, 59, 232, 243, 273, 284, 369, 542,
555, 582
Smith, James Cromarty, 255
Smith, James Farquhar, 191
Smith, John, 56, 280, 298, 338
Smith, Kenneth, 329, 332
Smith, Peter George, 400
Smith, Robert, 61, 227
Smith, John Gauld, 228
Smith, Murdo, 688
Smith, Robert Bridges, 116
Smith, Robert Harvie, 245
Smith, Robert Nimmo, 94, 347
Smith, Sydney, 83, 608
Smith, Theophilus, 83
Smith, Thomas, 300, 454, 478
Smith, William, 37, 55, 69, 257, 268, 488, 530,
617, 622, 679, 705
Smith, William Chalmers, 291
Smith, William Grierson, 148
Smith, William Henry Gray, 119
Smith, William James, 38, 233
Smith, William Stables, 706
Smyth, Andrew, 380
Smyth, George, 65
Smyth, Harry, 693
Smyth, James, 363
Smyth, John, 458, 474, 490, 492, 521
Smyth, Kirkpatrick Dickson, 134
Smyth, Patrick, 389
Smyth, Robert, 456, 575, 581, 586
Smyth, Walter, 35
Smyth, William, 410
Snadden, Andrew Mitchell, 5
Sneddon, Robert Laird, 535
Snoddy, Thomas Gillespie, 430
Snodgrass, John Allan, 736
Snodgrass, William, 162
Somers, Robert, 159
Somervell, Mungo, 522
Somervell, William, 190, 656
Somerville, Alexander, 54
Somerville, Alexander Neil, 288
Somerville, Hew, 265
Somerville, James, Lord, 32
Somerville, James, 58, 393
Somerville, John, 5, 152
Somerville, Ludovic, 262
Somerville, Munro, 28, 58, 187
Somerville, Robert, 55
Somerville, Samuel, 28
Somerville, Sir Thomas, 55
Somerville, Thomas, 55, 290
Somerville, William, 174
Sorley, Malcolm Tower, 536
Sorley, William, 105
Sousie, Lucas, 68
Soutar, Alexander Chalmers, 734
Souter, John Macgregor, 683
Souter, Robert Maitland, 696
Soutter, Andrew, 547
Soutter, James Tindal, 113
Spalding, Samuel, 205
Spang, William, 728, 729
Spankie, Thomas, 445, 473
Spark, Alexander, 304
Spark, Henry, 551
Spark, John, 6, 671
Spark, Robert Reith, 537
Spark, William Arthur, 557
Spears, Andrew, 563
Spears, Robert, 424
Spiers, Alexander, 309
Spiers, Ebenezer Brown, 13
Spiers, William, 356
Spence, Alexander, 532, 517
Spence, David Brown, 742
Spence, John, 42, 430
Spence, John Aitken, 217, 402
INDEX OF MINISTERS
809
Spence, John Ryrie, 141
Spence, John W., 20, 56, 423
Spence, Robert Moir, 516
Spencer, Andrew, 105
Spens, Alexander, 411, 450, 460, 623
Spens, Andrew, 564, 565, 571, 605
Spens, David, 446, 455
Spens, George, 43, 558
Spens, Sir James, 642
Spens, James, 565
Spens, Thomas, 569
Spens, William, 607
Spittal, Alexander, 55, 706
Spittal, Nicol, 490
Spittal, Nicholas, 492 bis
Spittal, Thomas, 41
Spottiswood, John, 33, 385
Spottiswood, John Robert, 229
Spottiswood, Robert, 138
Sprott, George Washington, 99
Stafford, John Owen, 167
Stalker, George Alexander, 261
Stanis, Sir James, 417
Stanis, John, 622
Stark, David, 133,428
Stark, John, 390, 449
Stark, Robert, 113,419
Stark, William Adam, 176
Stedman, Alexander, 406
Stedman, Edward, 95
Steedman, John, 26
Steedman, Robert, 39
Steel, Adam, 75
Steel, James, 387
Steel, William, 158
Steele, John of Palmone, 224
Steele, John, 421
Steele, John Aulay, 307, 527
Steen, James Cameron, 695
Steen, John Charlton, 156
Steill, James, 476
Stenhouse, John, 410
Stephen, James Alexander, 73
Stephen, Robert, 245, 611 bis
Stephen, William, 410, 522, 646
Steuart, Frederick Alexander, 239
Steuart, John, 320
Steven, Alexander, 408
Steven, David Sime, 141, 526
Steven, John, 195
Steven, Robert, 217
Steven, William, 25
Steven, William McCulloch, 299
Stevenson, Alexander Wright, 188, 289
Stevenson, Andrew, 107
Stevenson, Donald, 400
Stevenson, George, 193, 194
Stevenson, James, 10, 48, 613
Stevenson, John, 48, 127 135, 261, 453, 481,
576
Stevenson, Sir John, 149
Stevenson, John Gordon, 677
Stevenson, Malcolm, 274, 281, 282
Stevenson, Robert, 390, 410, 480
Stevenson, Robert Home, 20
Stevenson, Sir Thomas, 560
Stevenson, William, 30, 423, 428
Stevenson, William Black, 5
Stevenson, William Ferric, 311
Stevenson, William John, 506
Stevenson, William Sinclair, 242
Stewart, Alexander, Principal, 718
Stewart, Alexander, 78, 328, 343, 615, 651, 671
Stewart, Allan, 351
Stewart, Andrew, 365
Stewart, Anthony, 190, 195, 196
Stewart, Archibald, 193
Stewart, Archibald Francis, 395
Stewart, Charles, 356, 474, 587
Stewart, Charles Edward, 167
Stewart, Daniel 319
Stewart, David, 237, 246 bis, 426, 542, 551
Stewart, David Melville, 246
Stewart, Donald, 341, 548
Stewart, Duncan, 347
Stewart, Francis, 312
Stewart, Frank White, 721
Stewart, Gavin, 216
Stewart, George Lindsay, 30, 211
Stewart, George Wauchope, 94
Stewart, Hercules, 173
Stewart, James, 40, 52, 179, 230, 352, 414, 558
Stewart, John, 33, 195, 204, 249, 274, 291, 341,
471, 502, 524, 571, 613, 638, 686, 693, 694 bis,
735
Stewart, John of Traquair, 135
Stewart, John Douglas, 203
Stewart, Matthew, 260, 608
Stewart, Murdoch, 735
Stewart, Patrick, 319, 320
Stewart, Robert of Skerrels, 320
Stewart, Robert, 9, 65, 103, 193, 215, 320, 337,
344, 345, 473, 476, 691
Stewart, Theophilus, 542
Stewart, Thomas Dow, 509
Stewart, Walter, Archbishop, 708
Stewart, Walter, 148, 175, 242, 279, 350, 574,
575, 638
Stewart, Sir William, 680
Stewart, William, 114, 174, 414
Stibbles, Robert, 486
Stirling, David, 126, 215
Stirling, Henry, 479
Stirling, James, 243, 266, 289
Stirling, James Clark Paul, 741
Stirling, John, 214, 232, 542
810
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Stirling, Luke, 279
Stirling, Patrick, 192
Stirling, Robert, 235, 240
Stirling, William, 395
Stirton, John, 546
Stobie, Charles, 707
Stobie, Charles Walker, 457, 590
Stobo, Archibald, 737
Stoddart, Alexander, 445
Stoddart, John, 285
Stoddart, William, 382
Storie, Thomas, 126, 147
Story, Robert Herbert, Professor, 717
Stott, Ian Fergusson Gordon, 742
Strachan, Alexander, 440, 493, 545, 550, 552,
564
Strachan, Andrew, Professor, 713
Strachan, Andrew, 500, 568
Strachan, Arthur, 609
Strachan, George, 143, 425, 511, 518, 529
Strachan, James, 136, 359, 536, 551, 571, 692,
697
Strachan, James McTurk, 366
Strachan, John, 26, 352, 480, 550 bis, 552, 553,
555, 557, 560, 571, 575
Strachan, John Robert, 477
Strachan, Patrick, 373, 493, 515
Strachan, Robert, 170
Strachan, William, 529, 563, 565
Strachan, William Buchanan, 254
Strachan, William Greig, 396, 561
Straith, William, 564
Straiten, James, 144
Strang, Alexander, 182
Strang, George, 648
Strang, George Walter, 323
Strang, William, 232
Strathannan, John, 352
Strathauchan, James, 519, 608, 612
Strathauchan, William, 519, 612
Straton, David, 551
Straton, John, 643, 644
Strong, David, 216, 295
Strong, William Baillie, 75
Strudgeon, John, 201
Strudgeon, William, 201
Stuart, Adam Moody, 21
Stuart, Alexander, 18
Stuart, Archibald Graham, 293
Stuart, Donald, 666
Stuart, Gregor, 619
Stuart, James, 55
Stuart, John, 15, 140
Stuart, Thomas, 451
Stuart, William, 661
Stuart, William Stevenson, 307, 393
Summers, George Drummond, 439
Sutherland, Adam, 631
Sutherland, Sir Alexander, 640
Sutherland, Andrew, 410
Sutherland, David, 699
Sutherland, Hugh, 673 bis
Sutherland, Hugh Thomas, 425
Sutherland, Robert, 630
Sutherland, Rollo Russell Graham, 187, 233,
250
Sutherland, Thomas William Grant, 108
Sutherland, William, 178, 238, 576, 606, 643
681
Sutherland, William Neil, 40, 582
Swan, David, 222
Swan, Hugh Douglas, 584
Swan, John Arbuckle, 301
Swan, Ninian, 265
Swan, William, 30, 555
Swan, William Dalgleish, 457
Swinton, Alexander, 116
Swinton, David, 116
Swinton, George, 474, 502
Swinton, Thomas, 419
Swyne, Robert, 433
Syde, John, 61
Sydserff, George, 728
Sydserff, Thomas, Bishop, 710
Sym, Arthur Pollok, 151
Sym, John, 10
Sym, William John, 13
Symington, James, 271
Symington, John, 225
Symington, John Lawrie, 602
Symmer, Alexander, 630
Symmer, Archibald, 506
Symmer, James, 521
Symmer, John, 437
Symon, James, 231
Symonton, John, 265
Symson, Andrew, 99
Symson, James, 517
Symson, John, 462, 434, 507
Symson, Mathias, 393
Symson, Robert, 218
TAGGART, Moses, 60
Tailzefair, Anthony, 579
Tait, Adam Duncan, 44
Tait, Alexander, 65
Tait, Andrew, 286
Tait, George, 82, 723
Tait, John, 53
Tait, Walter, 25, 372
Tait, William, 53
Tait, William Marshall, 703
Tant, Alexander James Wishart, 329
Tarbett, Albert, 189
Tarras, Sir James, 649
Taylor, Alexander, 559
INDEX OF MINISTERS
811
Taylor, Andrew Ross, 43
Taylor. Charles William Gray, 21
Taylor, David, 454
Taylor, Gilbert, 36
Taylor, Henry, 147
Taylor, James, 58, 242, 383
Taylor, James Shepherd, 738
Taylor, Sir John, 166
Taylor, John, 24, 161, 170, 184, 205, 218, 440,
502
Taylor, Malcolm Campbell, 172, Professor 71 6
Taylor, Robert, 6
Taylor, Walter Ross, 678
Taylor, William, 170, 186, 305, 506
Taylor, William Caird, 673
Taylor, William Moncrieff, 395
Telfer, Samuel, 310
Telfer, William, 196
Tennant, Joseph, 138
Terras, Robert, 638
Thaft, James, 361
Thailand, Thomas, 422
Thailand, William, 422
Thorn, Patrick Baeda, 418
Thomassoun, William Ross, 665
Thompson, Richard, 34
Thompson, Robert James, 152
Thompson, William, 734
Thomson, — ., 191
Thomson, Adam, 189
Thomson, Alexander, 7, 11, 179, 650, 702
Thomson, Alexander Mclnroy, 137
Thomson, Andrew, 222, 564, 571
Thomson, Andrew Bald, 230
Thomson, David, 61, 657
Thomson, David Livingston, 262
Thomson, Edward, 454
Thomson, Edward Litton, 260
Thomson, Francis, 542
Thomson, George, 448
Thomson, George Eddie, 353, 594, 723
Thomson, George Miles, 43
Thomson, George Speed, 455
Thomson, George Thomas, Professor, 1 53, 670,
714
Thomson, James, 63, 188, 195, 200, 244, 300,
410, 420, 606
Thomson, James Laing, 542
Thomson, James Ramsay, 251
Thomson, Sir John, 61
Thomson, John, 9, 151, 181, 233, 351, 365, 438,
471, 618
Thomson, John Archibald Glover, 25, 137
Thomson, John Colquhoun, 167
Thomson, John Fernie, 73
Thomson, John Gardner Macleod, 235
Thomson, John James Scott, 147, 527
Thomson, John Knox, 239
Thomson, John Macalister, 424
Thomson, John Scott, 592
Thomson, John Secular, 317
Thomson, John Youngson, 248, 271
Thomson, Maitland, 360
Thomson, Neil Livingstone, 262
Thomson, Peter, 341, 380
Thomson, Robert, 82, 204, 502
Thomson, Robert Burns, 112
Thomson, Robert John, 124, 253, 386
Thomson, Robert Nicholson, 300
Thomson, Thomas, 141, 155, 403, 438, 529
Thomson, Thomas Bentley Stewart, 23, 257
Thomson, Thomas Reid, 119
Thomson, William, 65, 179, 196, 255, 388, 406,
444, 447, 494, 555, 558, 568, 724, 727
Thorburn, David, 31
Thorburn, John, 28
Thorburn, Matthew Charteris, 552
Thornton, Alexander, 130
Thornton, Cecil Taylor, 5, 22
Thornton, James, 135, 501, 516
Thorntoun, John, 622
Tindal, James Johnston, 539
Tocher, Forbes Scott, 742
Tocher, William Middleton, 446
Tod, George, 52
Tod, James, 53
Tod, Sir John, 28
Tod, John, 39
Tod, Sir William, 135
Tod, William, 202
Todd, Alexander, 460
Todd, George, 126
Todd, John, 119
Tolmie, John William, 345
Topp, Alexander, 636
Torrence, Alexander, 75
Torrie, William, 335
Tough, George, 122
Trail, Alexander, 572
Trail, Robert, 514
Train, Alexander, 177
Trent, Patrick, 45
Trent, William, 95
Trotter, Alexander, 89
Trotter, Ninian, 133
Troughton, John, 189
Tullidelph, John, 362
Tullidelph, Patrick, 457
Tullis, James, 423
Tulloch, Arthur Penryn Stanley, 41
Tulloch, John, Principal, 718
Tulloch, John Lancelot Constantine, 133, 260
Tulloch, Sir Nichol, 604
Tulloch, Nicholas, 601,605
Tulloch, William Weir, 297
Tullos, James, 435
812
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Turcan, Alexander, 380
Turnbull, Archibald, 742
Turnbull, Charles Scrimgeour, 252
Turnbull, George, 40, 216
Turnbull, James, 389
Turnbull, John, 152, 458
Turnbull, Robert, 290
Turnbull, Robert Wilson, 55, 157
Turnbull, Thomas, 199
Turnbull, Thomas Hardie, 271
Turnbull, William, 137
Turnbull, William Bell, 90
Turner, Alexander, 402
Turner, Archibald, 67
Turner, Patrick, 67
Turner, William, 176
Tweedie, Andrew, 539
Tweedie, David Jackson, 133
Tweedie, Walter, 52 bis, 53, 56
Tweedie, William, 64
Tweedie, William King, 24
Tyrie, Alexander, 474 bis, 485
UDNY, Thomas, 587
Underwood, John, 207
Underwood, Thomas, 177
Ure, Robert, 386
Urie, Andrew, 47
Urquhart, Alexander, 642, 678
Urquhart, Andrew, 191
Urquhart, James, 149, 641, 645
Urquhart, Patrick, 136, 149
Urquhart, Thomas, 647, 668
VALLANCE, James, 179
Vallance, Sir Matthew, 428
Vallance, Thomas Barr, 231, 441
Vallance, William, 311
Vassie, Thomas, 49
Vassie, William, 162
Vaus, James, 643
Vaus, William, 194
Vauss, Richard, 190
Veitch, Andrew, 311
Veitch, George, 361
Veitch, James, 19
Veitch, John, 129, 147
Veitch, William, 22, 172
Venters, Robert, 604
Vernor, Alexander, 99
Viland, William, 457
Vilant, William, Principal, 718
Vipont, David Avenel, 504
WADDELL, Alexander, 474
Waddell, David, 147
Waddell, Peter Hately, 113
Waddell, Richard, 107, 118
Waddell, Walter, 67
Walker, Alexander, 60, 484
Walker, Archibald, 84
Walker, Duncan, 67, 131
Walker, George, 203, 526
Walker, George William, 290, 439
Walker, George William Everett, 517, 557
Walker, Harry, 641
Walker, Hugh, 400
Walker, James, 7, 143, 202, 235, 274, 556, 561,
694
Walker, John, 8, 65, 168, 277, 637
Walker, John Cunningham, 194
Walker, John Hunter, 119
Walker, John Yuill, 59, 450
Walker, Robert, 7
Walker, Robert William, 8
Walker, Russell, 192
Walker, Samuel Stephen, 69
Walker, Thomas, 217
Walker, William, 213, 355
Walker, William Montgomery, 223
Walkingshaw, William, 60
Wallace, Alexander, 218
Wallace, Andrew Ewing, 117
Wallace, Charles Stuart, 195
Wallace, Henry Owens, 89, 151
Wallace, James, 299
Wallace, James Bell, 737
Wallace, James Mawer, 220
Wallace, Jardine, 65
Wallace, John, 25, 63, 145, 176, 218, 243
Wallace, Michael, 233
Wallace, Sir Patrick, 171
Wallace, Patrick, 250
Wallace, Robert, 27, 103, 190, 696
Wallace, Robert Wilfred, 470
Wallace, William, 227, 238, 542
Wallace, William Angus, 271, 488
Wallis, James, 734
Walls, Thomas, 734
Walls, William, 284
Walters, Edward, 297
Walsh, George, 677
Walwode, Charles, 426, 434
Wands, Victor William, 89, 723
Wann, Andrew Blair, 378
Warden, John, 8
Wardlaw, Alexander, 419
Wardlaw, James, 572
Wardlaw, John, 159, 526, 580
Wardlaw, Samuel, 33
Wardlaw, Thomas, 430
Wardrope, Alexander, 50
Wark, David, 199
Warner, Graham Nicoll, 517, 637
Warner, Thomas, 200
Warnes, Sydney Herbert Rutt, 299
INDEX OF MINISTERS
813
Warnock, Gavin, 252
Warnock, Thomas Alexander, 643
Warr, Alfred, 283
Warr, Alfred Ernest, 124, 295
Warr, Charles Laing, 11, 248
Warren, Andrew, 455
Warren, Robert Sharp, 192
Waterston, Patrick, 697
Waterston, William, 213
Watson, Adam, 240
Watson, Alexander Cameron, 153
Watson, Alexander Robertson, 244
Watson, Andrew, 548
Watson, Archibald, 486, 523
Watson, Charles, 43
Watson, David, 300, 308, 701
Watson, David Crawford, 310
Watson, George, 138, 277, 538
Watson, George Bruce Secular, 136
Watson, Harry Steel, 742
Watson, James, 7, 69, 502, 504, 617
Watson, James Patrick, 275, 307, 386
Watson, John, 170, 188, 193, 389, 676, 705
Watson, John Rutherford, 118
Watson, Laurence, 80
Watson, Louis Herbert, 194, 536
Watson, Mungo, 90
Watson, Peter, 429, 432
Watson, Sir Robert, 191
Watson, Robert, Principal, 718
Watson, Robert Matthew, 479, 499
Watson, William, 52, 423, 571, 617, 661
Watt, Alexander, 260, 409
Watt, Alexander Kidd, 478
Watt, Alexander Watt, 557
Watt, Andrew, 586
Watt, Charles James, 121
Watt, David, 498
Watt, Gavin, 693
Watt, Gordon Beattie, 644
Watt, Hugh George, 489
Watt, James, 498
Watt, John, 174, 396, 521
Watt, John Alexander Robson, 742
Watt, John Buchan Adam, 285
Watt, Lauchlan Maclean, 23, 305
Watt, Thomas David, 548
Watt, Thomas Meikle, 42, 729
Watt, William, 560
Watt, William Martin, 263
Watt, William Strachan, 575
Waugh, George, 194, 722, 742
Waugh, James, 30, 231, 549
Waugh, John, 203
Waus, James, 648
Webster, Alexander, 24
Webster, James, 24
Webster, James Moir, 407
Webster, John, 5, 440, 449, 546, 572
Webster, John McKesser, 283
Webster, William Laurie, 37
Wedderburn, William, 560
Wedderspoon, James, 134
Weicht, James, 494
Weir, Duncan Harkness, Professor, 717
Weir, George, 95
Weir, Harold George Mullo, 204
Weir, Hugh, 262
Weir, James, 626
Weir, John, 67, 270, 272, 481
Weir, John Symington, 571
Weir, Richard, 60
Weir, Robert Walter, 172
Weir, Thomas, 160, 186
Weir, William, 45
Wellwood, John, 626
Welsh, Sir John, 173
Welsh, John, 177
Welsh, Sir Robert, 184
Welsh, Robert, 186
Welsh, William, 58
Wemyss, David, 304, 374
Wemyss, James, Professor, 717
Wemyss, John, 117, 361, 362, 437
Wemyss, Matthew, 7
Wemyss, Patrick, 276, 429, 499
Wemyss, Robert, 456
Wemyss, Thomas of Fingask, 567
Wemyss, William, 132, 400
Westwater, John, 39
White, David, 472
White, George, 461
White, John, 95, 187, 189, 289, 378, 406
White, Robert, 457
White, Sir Thomas, 112
White, Thomas, 7
White, William, 229
White, William Kay, 606, 613
Whiteford, William, Bishop, 709
Whiteford, William, 233
Whitehead, William, 211
Whitehead, William Young, 81
Whitehill, Sir Maktor, 357
Whitelaw, Donald Chisholm, 264
Whitelaw, John Morrison, 87
Whiteley, Reginald Frederick, 245, 498
Whitson, John, 203
Whyte, Andrew, 697
Whyte, James, 576, 587
Whyte, John, 48, 321
Wichtand, James, 490, 491
Wight, George, 161
Wight, James, 141
Wight, Robert, 172
Wight, William, Professor, 717
Wight, William Ferguson, 346
814
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Wightman, Michael, 176
Wightman, William McCaig, 301
Wigtoun, John, 495
Wilkie, Adam, 157
Wilkie, Charles, 40
Wilkie, David, 9
Wilkie, James, 525
Wilkie, James Keith, 312
Wilkie, Patrick, 94
Wilkie, Robert, 233, 234
Wilkie, Thomas, 7, 13, 29, 136, 149, 151, 154
Wilkie, William, 151
Wilkie, Zachary, 121
Wilken, James Kissock, 531
Williamson, Alexander, 27, 222, 403
Williamson, Andrew, 346
Williamson, Andrew Wallace, 1 1
Williamson, David, 18, 363, 365, 391, 501
Williamson, David Ritchie, 189
Williamson, Donald, 662
Williamson, Edmund Edward, 678
Williamson, Frederick Hunter, 419
Williamson, James, 8, 113, 134, 182, 702
Williamson, James Alexander, 387, 721
Williamson, James Walker Morrison, 47, 588
Williamson, John, 76, 179, 240, 269, 431, 444
Williamson, John Conacher, 163
Williamson, Robert, 425, 440, 444, 447, 664
Willis, George, 432
Willis, Michael, 300
Willison, Alexander, 217
Willison, Alexander Stewart, 414
Wilson, Alexander, 595, 725, 729
Wilson, Charles, Professor, 719
Wilson, David, 218
Wilson, David Wilkie, 83
Wilson, Duncan Macfarlane, 434
Wilson, Gabriel, 151
Wilson, George, 22
Wilson, Hugh, 252
Wilson, James, 29, 125, 150, 177, 224, 370, 429,
432, 592
Wilson, James Alexander Sutherland, 396, 496
Wilson, James Peter, 224
Wilson, James Robertson Sweet, 29
Wilson, James Wyper, 264
Wilson, John, 75, 180, 271, 363, 380, 427, 503,
608
Wilson, John McLaren, 706
Wilson, John Rudge, 142
Wilson, John Stewart, 178
Wilson, Matthew, 272, 735
Wilson, Michael Cunningham, 502
Wilson, Neil Wilson, 609
Wilson, Rhoderick James, 268
Wilson, Robert, 79, 370, 577, 621, 677
Wilson, Roger, 100
Wilson, Stephen, 159
Wilson, Sir Steven, 262
Wilson, Steven, 381, 428, 430
Wilson, Thomas, 127, 271
Wilson, Thomas Clark, 349
Wilson, Thomas Wilkie, 147
Wilson, William, 124, 188, 247, 248, 402, 442,
471, 475, 510, 527
Wilson, William Bower, 48
Wilson, William Lyall, 18
Wilson, William Wallace, 586
Winchester, Alexander, 635, 636, 637, 640
Winchester, Hugh Sinclair, 273
Winchester, James, 139
Wingate, John of Chartershall, 389
Wingate, Thomas Daniel, 698
Winram, Robert, 443
Winter, David, 346
Wiseman, Robert Brown, 54, 431
Wiseman, William Reid, 90
Wishart, William, 25, 26, 43
Wishart, William Philip, 644
Wistoun, Thomas, 142
Witherspoon, James, 104
Witherspoon, Robert, 550
Woddrow, Patrick, 276
Woddrow, Robert, 238
Wood, Alexander, 68, 98, 461
Wood, Andrew, Bishop, 107, 709
Wood, Anson Robertson Craik, 192, 443
Wood, David, 167
Wood, James, 469, 456, 462
Wood, James Boath, 488
Wood, James Gray, 245
Wood, James Richmond, 186
Wood, John, 403, 559, 723
Wood, John Julius, 9
Wood, Mungo, 3
Wood, Robert, 463, 477, 480, 538, 706
Wood, Thomas, 107, 455, 468
Wood, Walter, 147
Woodburn, John Murray, 178
Woodside, Robert, 623
Wordie, James, 443
Workman, William, 147
Wotherspoon, Arthur Wellesley, 298
Wotherspoon, Henry Johnstone, 23
Wotherspoon, John Morrison, 298
Wotherpsoon, William Lang, 366
Wright, George Tod, 23, 156
Wright, James, 222
Wright, John, 205, 374, 397, 652
Wright, Leo, 210
Wright, Maxwell James, 532
Wright, Norman Macleod, 303, 325
Wright, Richard, 394
Wright, Robert, 408, 444
Wright, Robert Hill, 156
Wright, Stewart, 252
INDEX OF MINISTERS
815
Wright, Thomas Henry, 484
Wright, William, 311, 488
Wyhtman, John, 60
Wyld, Symon, 164
Wylie, Alexander, 520
Wylie, Alexander Matthew, 346
Wylie, James, 199
Wylie, John, 539, 542
Wylie, Matthew, 214
Wylie, Peter, 143
YAIR, Joseph, 137
Yalilee, Alexander, 397
Yeoman, Alexander Ross, 721
Young, Alexander, Bishop, 710
Young, Alexander, 199, 307, 564
Young, Alexander Aytoun, 348
Young, Andrew, 371
Young, David, 245, 725
Young, David Gowans, 368
Young, George, 157
Young, George Hislop, 132
Young, James, 244, 413
Young, James Morough, 220
Young, John, 229, 155, 185, 195, 425, 428, 476,
483, 515
Young, Ninian, 222
Young, Peter, 182
Young, Robert, 310, 376, 432
Young, Thomas, 249, 453, 574
Young, William, 370
Youngson, Alexander, 537, 553, 675
Youngson, James, 431, 730
Youngson, John Forbes White, 742
Youngson, Robert, 556
Younie, John Milne, 400
Yuille, George Simpson, 311
Yule, Robert, 470
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