204 ECCLESMACHAN [PRESB. OF
Treacherous and Double Dealing, with
an Answer to Mr Anderson, Dumbarton
(Edinburgh, V714).—[Afim. Univ. Glasg.,
iii. ; Beg. Sec. Sig., Kirkliston Sess. and
Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, ord. 29th
1694 Aug. 1694 ; trans, to Airth in 1700.
JOHN BAILLIE, son of Thomas B. of
1701 Polkemmet ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 7th Aug. 1700; called
9th June, and ord. 25th Sept. 1701 ; died
25th Feb. 1733. He marr. Bethia Baillie,
who died 28th July 1761.
CHARLES WILKIE, son of John W.,
17q4 min. of Uphall ; studied at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 3rd July 1733 ; pres. by Charles,
Earl of Hopetoun, same month ; ord. 18th
April 1734; died 5th Nov. 1786, in 76th
year, leaving the property of Charlesfield,
West Calder, to Thomas Hardy, D.D., min.
of the New North Parish, Edinburgh, for
whom he entertained a warm affection. He
marr. 4th Aug. 1756, Eupham Flint, who
died 10th Jan. 1790, without issue.
WILLIAM PETERKIN, educated at
7 7 Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1755-9 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 8th
Aug. 1764 ; assistant at Old Deer ; ord.
min. of the Chapel-of-Ease at Down, or
Macduff, 30th Nov. 1768 ; trans, to Lead-
hills 2nd Nov. 1785 ; pres. by James, Earl
of Hopetoun, and adm. 11th July 1787
;
died 22nd Nov. 1792. He marr. 5th Dec.
1768, Isobel Irvine, who died at Peterhead,
27th March 1810, and had issue—James,
born 9th Sept. 1769; George, born 11th
May 1773 ; Margaret, born 25th Sept.
1775 ; Elizabeth, born 2nd Sept. 1777, died
22nd Jan. 1790 ; Alexander, Sheriff-sub. of
Orkney, ecclesiastical lawyer, editor of the
Booke of the Universalis Kirk of Scotland,
etc., born 23rd March 1780, died 9th Nov.
1846 ; Hope, born 2nd May 1787 ; William,
born 17th Feb. 1789, died 3rd May 1790;
John, born 13th Dec. 1791. Publications
—A Dialogue on Public Worship (Aber-
deen, 2nd ed., 1780) [not by W. P. of
Elgin] ; Account of Ecclesmachan and of
Leadhills (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii., xxi.).
HENRY LISTON, born 30th June 1771,
1793 son °^ R°bert L., min. of Aberdour
;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
;
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 5th Sept.
1792 ; pres. by James, Earl of Hopetoun,
and ord. 8th Aug. 1793 ; Presb. clerk, and
also, 2nd May 1820, conjunct clerk of
Synod ; died at Merchistonhall, Falkirk,
24th Feb. 1836. He had a strong natural
bias for mechanics and music, and became
widely known as the inventor of the
" Eucharmonic " organ ; his attainments in
the classics and sciences were of no mean
order, and in many other respects he was
a man of genius. He marr. 21st Oct. 1793,
Margaret (died 24th May 1802), daugh. of
David Ireland, town-clerk of Culross, and
had issue—Robert, F.R.C.S., Edinburgh,
distinguished London surgeon, born 28th
Oct. 1794, died 7th Dec. 1847 ; Janet, born
28th June 1796, died 21st Sept. 1888;
Anne, born 20th March 1798, died 14th
July 1802 ; David, Professor of Oriental
Languages in Univ. of Edinburgh, born
10th Oct. 1799, died 1881 ; Margaret, born
23rd April 1801, died 3rd June 1866. Pub-
lications
—
An Essay on Perfect Intonation
(London, 1812) ; Articles in Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia ; edited Horatii Placet Opera
Selecta (1819), and the sixth book of Caesar,
for use in schools.
—
[Diet. N~at. Biog.]
JOHN SMITH, born 2nd April 1801, son
1836 °^ ^ames S.j gardener at Hopetoun
House ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith-
gow 29th Dec. 1830; rector of Bathgate
Academy ; pres. by the Commissioner of
John, Earl of Hopetoun ; ord. 19th Aug.
1836 ; Presb. clerk 1854 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
Jan. 1866) ; died 30th May 1869. He marr.
1st June 1847, Agnes (died 12th Aug. 1910,
aged 86), second daugh. of James Wallace
of Belmont. Publication—Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, ii.).
ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, born 19th
186Q April 18-12, son of George S., of
Shethin, Aberdeenshire ; educated
at Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh
;
licen. by Presb. of Ellon 26th April 1865
;