34 NEW GREYFRIARS [PRESB. OF JOHN EPSKINE of Carnock, M.A. ; 1758 trans - ^rom Culross ; called 13th Aug. 1756 ; adm. 15th June 1758 ; trans, to Old Greyfriars 9th July 1767. JAMES BKOWN, trans, from Melrose ; 1*767 calledby theTown Council, ministers, and elders 28th Nov. 1766 ; adm. 9th July 1767 ; trans, to New North Church 24th Nov. 1768. ROBERT HENRY, min. of the High .^ s Meeting, Berwick - upon - Tweed ; called by the Town Council 13th May, and adm. 24th Nov. 1768 ; trans, to the Old Kirk Parish 19th Dec. 1776— [Areiv Stat. Ace, viii. ; Scots Mag., liii.] JOHN KEMP, trans, from Trinity 1778 Gtask ; called 2nd Aug., and adm. 19th Dec. 1776 j trans, to Tolbooth Parish 25th Nov. 1779. ANDREW HUNTER of Barjarg, D.D. ; 1779 ,;raris - from New Church, Dumfries ; elected by the Town Council 3rd Sept., and adm. 25th Nov. 1779, being elected Professor of Divinity in the University, which he was to hold in conjunction ; trans, to Tron Parish 2nd April 1786. WILLIAM MARTIN, licen. by Presb. 17 7 of Haddington 1773 ; ord. to Gar- gunnock 6th April 1773 ; pres. by the Town Council 3rd Aug. 1786 ; trans, and adm. 22nd Feb. 1787, holding in con- junction the chaplaincy of Stirling Castle ; pres. to Tron Parish 8th Oct. 1788, but died previous to the day fixed for his admission, 10th Feb. 1789, in 45th year. He marr. 4th June 1787, Margaret Cock- burn, who died 5th Feb. 1855, having sur- vived her husband sixty-six years. HENRY GRIEVE, D.D. ; trans, from 17 Dalkeith ; pres. by the Town Council, and adm. 22nd July 1789; trans, to Old Kirk Parish 27th April 1791. JOHN SCOTLAND, born 1735, son of John S., Dunfermline ; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 12th Nov. 1760; ord. to Eskdalemuir 6th Jan. 1763; trans, to Westerkirk 16th June 1768 ; trans. to Linlithgow 17th Dec. 1778; pres. by the Town Council, and adm. 13th Oct. 1791. In the delirium of fever he terminated his life by throwing himself from a window, 3rd May 1792. He marr. 21st April 1778, Helen (died 17th Sept. 1793), daugh. of Professor John Millar, Glasgow. Publica- tions — The End of Preaching, and the Way to Attain to It, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1780) ; Sermon IV. (Scotch Preacher, ii., Edinburgh, 1776). — [Scots Mag., xxxvi.] GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD, D.D. ; 1?92 trans, from Dunkeld ; pres. by the Town Council 8th Aug., and adm. 15th Nov. 1792; trans, to New North Parish 10th Jan. 1799. ANDREW BROWN, D.D. ; trans, from 17Q9 Lochmaben ; pres. by the Town Council 3rd July, and adm. 18th Oct. 1799; trans, to Old Kirk Parish 24th July 1800. JOHN THOMSON, D.D. ; trans, from 1800 Markinch ; pres. by theTown Council 30th July, and adm. 18th Oct. 1800; trans, to New North Parish 16th Dec. 1802; min. again in 1814. ALEXANDER BRUNTON, trans, from 180„ Bolton ; pres. by the Town Council 23rd March, and adm. 15th Sept. 1803 ; trans, to Tron Parish 23rd Nov. 1809. ANDREW MITCHELL THOMSON, 1810 trans - from East Parish, Perth ; pres. by the Town Council Dec. 1809; adm. 16th May 1810; trans, to St George's 16th June 1814. JOHN THOMSON, father of preced- 1814 *n»' DOrn ^41 > ^Cen - ky Presb. of Penpont 1st April 1767; ord. to Sanquhar 7th Sept. 1769 ; trans, to Mark- inch 5th May 1785 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 10th Dec. 1789) ; trans, to this charge in 1800 ; trans, to New North Parish 16th Dec. 1802 ; pres. by the Town Council, trans. and adm. 20th Oct. 1814; died 17th Feb. 1822. He marr. (1) 6th June 1770, Helen Forrest, who died 25th Oct. 1801, and had issue—William, D.D., min. of Perth, born 28th Jan. 1773; James, born 29th Aug. 1774; Andrew Mitchell, D.D., above