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John, Earl of Lauderdale ; adm. 1st and
inst. 23rd Oct. 1640. He deserted his
charge, Whitsunday 1661, and went to
Ireland. He marr. Margaret Abel, and
had issue—Helen.
—
[Humbie Sess. Reg.;
Acts Pari., vii. ; New Stat. Ace]
PATKICK HEPBURN, M.A. (Edin-
1661 burgh, 15th July 1650) ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 13th Sept.
1654, and employed by them ; had also
license from George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
and having discharged his duty " to the
great satisfaction of the parishioners," had
the stipend allowed by Act of Parliament
29th Aug. 1662.—[Acts Pari., vii.]
JAMES NAIRN, M.A. ; trans, from
1662 First Charge, Canongate ; coll. 16th
Oct., and adm. 10th Nov. 1662;
inst. before 19th March 1663; trans, to
Wemyss between 4th May and 15th June
1665.— [Peg. Collat, Nairn's Catalogue,
New Stat. Ace]
WALTER PATERSON, M.A. (Glasgow
166 1661); licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 2nd June 1665 ; pres.
by John, Earl of Lauderdale ; ord. and
coll. 1st, inst. before 6th, and adm. 23rd
Nov. 1665. He was one of "the Bishop's
Evangelists " 1670 ; dem. on account of the
Test in Dec. 1681 ; died 22nd March 1692,
in his 51st year. He marr. Elizabeth
Straiton, who survived him, and had issue
—Laurence, his heir, 29th May 1704
;
Walter {Edin. Sas., lxviii., 19, 28).—
[Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii. ; Peg., Collat., and
Gen. Ass. ; Burnet's, Kirkton's, and Wod-
row's Hists. ; Monteith's Theater of Mort. ;
New Stat. Ace]
JOHN SINCLAIR, M.A. (Edinburgh
1692 1(>75) ; ord. before 9th, and inst. and
adm. 30th Nov. 1692; died 28th
Feb. 1707, aged 50. He marr. 3rd April
1684, Euphan Reid, parish of St Cuthbert,
Edinburgh, and had issue—five sons and
five daughs., whose names have not been
traced. The Presb. recommended the
widow and children to the heritors for
the vacant stipend to Martinmas.— [St
Cuthbert's Sess. Peg., Tonibst., New Stat.
Ace]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, born 1673,
-,___ son of John H., gudeman of Provan,
by his third wife ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
28th June 1697) ; licen. 1704 ; called 24th
March, and ord. 11th May 1708 ; died 9th
May 1743. He marr. 30th Sept. 1708,
Margaret (born 1675, died 8th June 1730),
daugh. of James Caithness, writer, Edin-
burgh, and had issue—John, his successor ;
Helen, born 1711, died 22nd Aug. 1717.—
[Tombst., Family Records.]
JOHN HAMILTON, born 1714, son
1743 of preceding ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 2nd Dec. 1740 ; pres.
by Robert, Lord Blantyre, 6th Sept., and
ord. 22nd Dec. 1743; clerk to the Presb.,
and to the Synod 14th May 1754; died
14th Feb. 1797. He marr. 13th Oct. 1748,
Jean (born 6th Jan. 1728, died 12th Feb.
1759), daugh. of Robert Wight, one of the
mins. of Dumfries, and had issue—William,
died young ; Alexander, H.E.I.C.S., born
9th July 1751, died 7th Aug. 1777 ; Robert,
member of Legislature of Ontario, and
founder of the family of Hamilton of
Ontario (Chadwick's Ontarian Families),
born 14th Sept. 1753, died 1811 ; George,
min. of Gladsmuir ; Jean, born 20th April
1755 (marr. William Henderson of Pil-
muir, Fife), died 1845 ; John, capt. 73rd
Regt., born 30th Jan. 1759, died 12th
April 1794. Publication—Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
—
[Tombst.
Carlyle's Axitob., Family Records.]
ALEXANDERBRUNTON, pres.by the
17g7 Commissioner for Robert Walter,
Lord Blantyre, and ord. 28th Sept.
1797 ; trans, to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
15th Sept. 1803.
ANDREW STEWART, M.D. ; pres. by
1804 R°bert Walter, Lord Blantyre, and
ord. 26th April 1804 ; trans, to
Erskine 14th Sept. 1815.—[M'Farlan's Fun.
Serm., Oliphant's Life of Irving.]
JOHNABERNETHY, bornAuchtertool,
lgl6 7th May 1781, son of James A. ; edu-
cated at Univ. and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th March 1801) ; licen.
by Presb. of Caithness 7th April 1807;