LINLITHGOW] SLAMANNAN 229 WILLIAM HASTIE, M.A. (Edinburgh, 1716 16th June 1703); called 13th Dec. 1715; ord. 19th Sept. 1716. Had sentence passed against him early in 1720, for refusing to take the Oath of Abjura- tion ; died 11th Nov. 1755, in 84th year. He inarr. Janet Shaw, who died 14th Sept. 1770. — [Tombst. ; Edin. Chr. Inst., XXX.] JOHN GRAY, pres. by George II. 27th 1756 ^an " 1^; called 21st April, and ord. 28th July 1756 ; trans, to Cam- busnethan 4th April 1764. JOHN KNOX, born 17th May 1727, son 1764 °^ William K., of Ladyland, St Ninians, and Mary Liddell ; educated at Glasgow Univ.; M.A. (1752); preacher at Norristown' Chapel-of-Ease 1758-64; pres. by George III. 23rd May, and ord. 27th Sept. 1764; died 12th June 1787— [Morrison's Dec, xvii.] JAMES MACNAIR, born 1759, fourth 1?88 son ofJames M., merchant, Glasgow ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st Oct. 1783 ; preacher at Shettleston Chapel - of - Ease same year; pres. by George III. 6th Oct. 1787 ; ord. 10th April 1788 ; died 15th April 1798. He marr. 24th April 1789, Agnes (died 28th Nov. 1807), eldest daugh. of Robert M'Nair, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue—Robert, D.D., min. of Paisley Abbey ; Mary, born 4th June 1792 ; James, born 1st April 1794, died at Mobile, U.S.A., 3rd Oct. 1823; Agnes, born 6th March 1797. Publications — Set Thine House in Order, a sermon (Glasgow, 1808) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.). — [Cleland's Ann., i.] JAMES ROBERTSON, son of James 1799 ^" > ec^uca^ec^ a^ Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 22nd Oct. 1788 ; assistant at St Ninians ; ord. to Dunfermline Chapel-of-Ease 6th June 1792; pres. by George III. Oct. 1798; trans, and adm. 18th Jan. 1799; died 15th March 1826, in his 60th year. He marr. 20th April 1820, Janet (died 25th Oct. 1867), daugh. of Matt. Murray, min. of North Berwick, and had issue—James, born 4th Sept. 1823, died 21st Feb. 1882. ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, son of lg26 Thomas D., Falkirk ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 7th Sept. 1802 ; ord. to Gar- gunnock 10th May 1810; pres. by George IV., trans, and adm. 5th Sept. 1826 ; died 29th Oct. 1855. He marr. 25th Dec. 1812, Christian Simson, who died 19th Feb. 1878, and had issue—Anne, born 19th Oct. 1813; Thomas, min. of Abbey St Bathans ; Maria, born 12th May 1817 (marr. 13th March 1849, William Stevenson, min. of Both- kennar) ; David, M.D., R.N., born 5th June 1819 ; Alexander, born 5th March 1825, died 10th June 1842; Margaret, born 17th Aug. 1827. Publication—Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, viii.). ROBERT STEVENSON HORNE, born 1856 Auchenkiln, Cumbernauld, 27th May 1830, son of George H. and Margaret Stevenson ; educated at Forfar Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1851 ; assistant at Inn- ellan ; ord. to St David's, Dundee, 11th May 1853 ; pres. by the Crown 10th April, and adm. 10th July 1856; died 30th April 1887. Marr. 1st Sept. 1857, Mary Archibald, daugh. of Thomas Lochhead, Toward, Innellan, and had issue—George, born 11th Nov. 1858, died 16th Dec. 1906; Elizabeth Scott, born 29th April 1860 (marr. Andrew Lamberton of Blair, Cum- nock) ; Thomas Lochhead, born 16th July 1862 ; Margaret Stevenson, born 21st March 1864 (marr. J. A. B. Bayly, M.B., CM.), died 19th Jan. 1894 ; Mary Ann Burn, born 8thNov. 1868 (marr. Joshua Ferguson, M.B., CM.) ; Robert Stevenson, advocate, M.A., LL.B., K.C, born 28th Feb. 1871 ; Emily, born 14th Jan. 1873. WILLIAM HENRY RANKINE, M.A., 1887 B.D. ; ord. 9th Nov. 1887; trans, to St Boswells 16th July 1891. ALLAN REID, born Capetown, South Africa, 26th March 1860, son of Henry Wilson R. and Elizabeth Sharpe ; educated privately, and at Glasgow 1892