416 PRESTONKIRK [PRESB. OF
and adm. 14th April 1692 ; died probably
in Dec. 1704 (see Edin. Tests., 28th May
1705), aged about 67. He bequeathed £120
to his former charge at Tulliallan, "for
keeping poor scholars at the school." He
marr. Marion (died 3rd Dec. 1700), daugh.
of James Stevenson, merchant, Edinburgh,
and had issue—James, M.D., President of
the Royal College of Physicians.
—
[Tidliall.
Sess., Test., and Edin. Guild Reg.; Wod-
row's Anal.]
THOMAS FINDLAY, licen. by Presb.
of Chirnside 3rd Nov. 1698; ord. to
1702 Morham 20th April 1699 ; trans, and
adm. 23rd Dec. 1702; died Nov. 1732.
He marr. 15th July 1699, Christian Camp-
bell, and had issue—Hugh, served heir 1st
April 1734 (Canongate Services) ; David,
made a considerable fortune in India
;
Robert of Drummore, Prestonpans, D.D.,
and min. of Inch ; Margaret (marr. John
Stewart of Dalguise); Mary (marr. 1732,
Robert Chisholm, Collector of Cess for
Peeblesshire); Isobel (marr. John Clunie,
min. of Whitekirk) ; Ann (marr. March
1739, James Gilchrist, merchant, Edin-
burgh).— [iV. Berwick Sess. Beg.; Scots
Mag., xx.]
1734
MATTHEW REID, pres. by Sir James
Dalrymple of New Hailes, Bart., and
ord. 20th Nov. 1734; trans, to
Prestonpans 21st April 1768.— [Carlyle's
Autob.]
1768
DANIEL M'QUEEN, born 24th May
1743, son of Daniel M., D.D., min. of
St Giles, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th June 1765; pres. by Sir
David Dalrymple of Hailes, Bart., and
ord. 17th Aug. 1768. In 1807 the heritors
opposed a claim for augmentation of stipend
on the ground that the Court of Teinds,
being merely a Commission of Parliament,
had no power to grant. The Court of
Session by a majority of ten to three
sustained the claim (3rd Feb. 1808), which
was affirmed, on appeal, by the House of
Lords 20th May following. M. died 18th
July 1808. He marr. (1) 7th Nov. 1768,
Elizabeth Lyon, who died 7th July 1773,
and had issue—Janet, born 16th June
1769, died 13th July 1770 ; Elizabeth, born
9th June 1770 (marr. William Wilkie,
merchant, Haddington) ; Janet, born 9th
Sept. 1771 : (2) 2nd Jan. 1775, Mary
Lothian, who died 11th June 1815, and
had issue—Margaret, born 4th Oct. 1775
(marr. Robert Moore, min. of Oldham-
stocks); Warburton, born 11th May 1777,
died 15th Feb. 1778 ; Mary, born 1st Aug.
1778 (marr. 27th Dec. 1805, Archibald
Dunlop, distiller, Linton) ; Andrew, Lieut.-
Col. 36th N.I., born 12th Dec. 1780, died
26th Sept. 1829 ; Daniel, born 12th Aug.
1782. Publication—Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.).—[Connell on
Tithes.']
1809
JAMES THOMSON, born 1760, son of
Captain William T., and nephew of
Thomas T., min. of Dailly ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1776); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 11th Sept. 1782; ord.
to Girvan 18th March 1784 ; pres. by Miss
Christian Dalrymple of Hailes ; trans,
and adm. 1st June 1809 ; died 12th Jan.
1841. He marr. (1) 28th Nov. 1785, his
cousin, Margaret Hope (died 31st Dec.
1797), daugh. of Thomas Thomson, min.
of Dailly, and had issue—William, born
8th Oct. 1786, died 13th March 1793;
Margaret, born 29th Nov. 1788; Thomas,
merchant, Glasgow, born 22nd Jan. 1790,
died 9th June 1832 ; James, probationer,
M.A. (Glasgow 1815), born 8th March
1795, died 23rd Aug. 1823; Jane, born
31st Dec. 1797 : (2) 16th Dec. 1799, Eliza-
beth Hamilton, who died 10th Jan. 1854,
and had issue—Elizabeth, born 5th Oct.
1800, died 12th Nov. 1810; John, his
successor; William, born 9th Jan. 1813.
Publication—Account of Girvan (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xii.).
—
[Tombst.]
1831
JOHN THOMSON, born 18th Oct. 1803,
son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 7th Dec. 1825 ; pres. by Miss
Christian Dalrymple of Hailes, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 21st April 1831.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of East
Linton Free Church 1843; died 12th July