194 BATHGATE [PRESB. OF Robert of Ramoth, died 21st Sept. 1800; Margaret.—[7 J ombst.] THOMAS WARDROBE, ord. in Eng- 1750 land; prom, from Hexham; pres. by Alex. Hamilton of Innerwick, and adm. 4th April 1750. He was taken ill while preparing for service on Sunday the 2nd, and died 7th May 1756, in his 41st year. A daugh., Christian, marr. David Dickson, min. of West St Giles. — [Tombst., Sup2~>. to Gillies's Collections.] 1757 ADAM WEATHERSTON, from Bav- ington, Northumberland ; pres. by Alex. Hamilton of Innerwick, and adm. 13th July 1757; died 28th Aug. 1780, in 58th year. Isobel Stuart, his widow, died 27th Feb. 1795.— [Tombst., Somerville's Sermons.] WALTER JARDINE, originally a 1*781 blacksmith, became schoolmaster of the parish ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 23rd Feb. 1774. Having been mentioned in the Edin. Mag. as the author of an article on a ball held at Whitburn, "which exhibits alternate strokes of superstition and blasphemy, with an utter contempt of all the rules of grammar," he brought an action for defamation against the publishers. The Court of Session found (20th June 1776) the defenders liable in damages and expenses. Pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun ; ord. 15th March 1781 ; died 30th Nov. 1811, in 72nd year. Chiefly by his exertions an additional school was established in the western portion of Torphichen. He contributed both school and schoolhouse, with a plot of ground, and a sum of twenty pounds sterl. per annum. He marr. 19th Sept. 1769, Janet Martin, who died 21st Aug. 1813, and had issue—William, died 6th March 1800. Pub- lications — The Causes and Dangerous Con- sequences of Security and Sensuality, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1796); Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.). — [Scots Mag., xxxviii. ; Muckersy's Fun. Serm., Tombst.; Edin. Chr. Inst., iv.] JOHN SMITH of Farthingrush, pres. by James, Earl of Hopetoun, and1812 ord. 17th Sept. 1812; trans, to Aberlady 28th June 1820. JAMES MONILAWS, pres. by John, 1821 -^ar^ °^ Hopetoun, and ord. 11th Jan. 1821 ; trans, to Annan 2nd June 1825. SAMUEL MARTIN, born 1802, son of 1825 J°nn -M--) D.D., min. of Kirkcaldy ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 27th July 1824 ; pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun ; ord. 22nd Sept. 1825. Joined the Free Church; min. of Free Church, Bathgate, 1843 ; died 15th May 1850. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1836, Janet (died 14th Oct. 1863), daugh. of Alex. Weir of Boghead, and had issue—John, born 18th Aug. 1837 ; Alex- ander, born 30th May 1839 ; Samuel, born 2nd Sept. 1840; Robert, born 12th Jan. 1842, died at Natal, 1862; William Hamilton, born 1st June 1843 ; David, born 4th March 1845; Jessie, born 24th Dec. 1846 ; Edward Irving, born 23rd Nov. 1848, died 8th July 1849. Publications— The Resjjonsibility of the Hearers of the Word, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1837) ; Ac- count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ii.); Memoir by J. Duns, D.D. (1854). JAMESGEORGEWOOD, pres. by the 1843 tutors °f John Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun; ord. 28th Sept. 1843; trans, to the Middle Parish, Paisley, 21st Feb. 1845. JOHN BYRES, born Kirkpatrick- 1845 Fleming, 1789, son of William B. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; sometime headmaster of Montrose Street School, Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lang- holm 15th June 1819 ; pres. by the tutors of John Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun, 21st March 1845 ; ord. 9th May 1845 ; died 26th June 1861. He marr. Margaret Paton, who died 27th Sept. 1869. GEORGE COOK, M.A. ; pres. by John Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun ; adm. 9th Nov. 1861 ; trans, to Borgue 3rd Dec. 1867.