PEEBLES] TRAQUAIR 293 NINIAN DOUGLAS, adm. (at Peebles) 1640 17th Dec. 1640; dep. 6th Nov. 1644, for falsifying and vitiating a bond, etc. ; reponed 4th Nov. 1647. He marr. Margaret Eeid, who died 31st Oct. 1663— [Canongate Beg. (Bur.).] WILLIAM THOMSON, MA. (St 1646 Andrews, 1631) ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 11th Nov. 1641; called July 1645; ord. 22nd Jan. 1646; com- manded to preach before the King at Edinburgh, 28th March 1646 ; died between 20th June and 11th July 1661, aged about 50. He marr. Geills Miller, and had issue —Thomas, who died in 1710. — [Act. Beet. Univ. St And., Eclin. Beg. (Bur.).'] JOHN CARMICHAEL, born 1632, son 1662 °^ Frederick O, min. of Markinch ; MA. (St Andrews, 20th July 1650) ; bursar of the Presb. of Kirkcaldy 4th Dec. 1650 ; ord. 24th May 1661 min. of Thursbie, Cumberland ; pres. by Charles II. 13th July 1661 ; inst. and adm. 7th Aug. 1662 ; deprived 18th Oct. 1665, for declining Epis- copacy, when he joined the Presbyterians, had his share of suffering, and died at Pitteadie, in Fife, about 1668. He marr. Eupham Carmichael, who survived him, and had issue— Frederick ; Eupham. — [Act. Beet. Univ. St. And., Kirkton's and Wodrow's Hists. ; Jedburgh Bresb., Kirk- caldy Sess., and Test. Begs. ; Lamont's Diary.] JOHN CLELAND, licen. by George, 1 Bishop of Edinburgh, 2nd Jan. 1662 ; min. of Middlebie in 1663 ; pres. by Alexander, Archbishop of Glasgow ; trans. and coll. 8th March, and inst. 9th April 1666 ; died between 14th Feb. and 8th May 1672, leaving a widow, Margaret Bell (alive in 1689), for whom a collection was recom- mended, 2nd March 1681 ; [his widow is called Magdalen Livingston in Charity Bolls, 1682]. — [Stirling Bresb. and Benicuik and Torphichen Sess. Begs.] JAMES FINDLAY, MA. ; trans, from 1672 Glasford ; pres. by Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow, and inst. 3rd Oct. ; trans, to Eddleston 28th May 1674. GEORGE FORBES, son of John F. of 1674 Pitnascadel ; M.A. (Marischal Col- lege, Aberdeen, 1660) ; min. of Port- patrick in 1664 ; of Innerleithen 1666 ; trans, and inst. 15th June 1674 ; dep. 7th Oct. 1690, for drunkenness, negligence, etc., which was ratified by the General Assembly 17th April 1694.—[Selkirk Bresb. and Edin. Beg. (Marr.); MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Lumsden's House of Forbes ; Beg. Old Dec, ii. ; Acts of Ass.] ROBERT TAIT, M.A. ; declared legal 16Q4 min. by the General Assembly 17th April 1694; one of forty-four mins. appointed to go North by the Assembly 3rd Jan. 1696, when he received a call from Cullen 29th July 1696, and was trans. 7th April 1697.—[Acts of Ass.] 1699 ALEXANDER COOPER, MA. (Edin- burgh, 18th July 1692); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1st April 1697 ; called 13th Sept. 1698; ord. 10th May 1699 ; died 11th Aug. 1754. He marr. 4th Nov. 1708, Margaret Mitchellhill. Publica- tion — An Essay upon the Chronology of the World (Edinburgh, 1722). WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, licen. by 1711 Presb- °f Biggar 17th July 1707; called 31st Aug. 1710 ; ord. (assist- ant and successor) 20th Feb. 1711. Getting into debt,hewas called before the Presbytery 9th Sept. 1729, and stated "That he had lost by a brother 2500 merks ; from his simpli- cityand easiness oftemperby another,£560 ; by furniture for his house, loss of horses, law plea, and necessary charges for his first wife, £1000 ; by courting during his widow- hood near eight years, considering the different persons I was in quest of, and the distance of place, £1000 ; frequent going back and forward to Edinburgh and Dal- keith, of old and of late, in quest of money to borrow for satisfaction of those threaten- ing diligence, 500 merks ; all which being considered, my debt will not amount to 1000 merks." He dem. 31st May 1738; died in Edinburgh 15th April 1753. He marr. (1) (name unknown) : (2) (cont. 24th