HADDINGTON] DIRLETON 361
Kirkton 25th Sept. 1751 ; trans, to Gala-
shiels 7th Dec. 1757 ; trans, and adm.
19th Oct. 1769; died 6th March 1805.
He marr. 16th Aug. 1768, Ann Black-
adder, who died 10th March 1830, and
had issue—James, born 16th June 1769,
took orders in the Church of England,
and died at Westminster ; Katherine, born
12th Sept. 1770 ; Elizabeth, born 24th Sept
1773; Barbara, born 3rd Feb. 1775 (marr
24th June 1794, John Wilson, Edinburgh)
John, born 10th June 1776 ; Alexander
W.S., born 22nd Nov. 1777, died 1841
Nisbet, commander R.N., born 6th March
1780, died 1824 ; Ann, born 29th March
1782; Walter, born 2nd May 1785.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
WILLIAM STARK, born 18th Oct. 1772,
son of Richard S., Auchtermuchty
;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews
;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 4th Aug. 1795
;
assistantatWhittingehame ; ord. to Airdrie
Chapel-of-Ease 23rd Aug. 1798; trans, to
Stonehouse 5th Feb. 1801 ; pres. by William
Hamilton Nisbet of Dirleton ; trans, and
adm. 19th Dec. 1805 ; died 20th Sept. 1834.
He was a distinguished Greek and Hebrew
scholar, and Biblical critic. He marr. 25th
Oct. 1802, Elizabeth (died 1st Dec. 1862),
daugh. of Robert Mackenzie, town - clerk
of Dumbarton, and had issue— Richard,
H.E.I.C.S., Bombay, born 21st March
1805 ; Margaret and Mary (twins), born
8th May 1810, both died 1811 ; Robert
Mackenzie and William Duncanson (twins),
born 17th June 1815; George Gibb, born
23rd June 1817 ; Margaret Mollison, born
8th April 1819, died 19th Feb. 1822 ; Eliza-
beth Helen, born 18th April 1822. Pub-
lications—Two single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1798, 1828) ; Considerations addressed to
the Heritors and Kirk-Sessions of Scotland,
on the Affairs of the Poor (Edinburgh,
1826); Sermonsintendedto IllustrateandEn-
force ChristianFaithand Dtilt/ (Edinburgh,
1836).—[Cormack's Memoir (Sermons).]
JOHN AINSLIE, born Edinburgh, 9th
Aug. 1808, son of Alexander A.,
merchant, and Jane Begbie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbar 5th Oct. 1831 ; pres. by
Mrs Mary Hamilton Nisbet Ferguson of
Belhaven and Dirleton, with concurrence
of her husband, Robert Ferguson of Raith,
and ord. 25th June 1835. Joined the Free
Church 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, St
Andrews, 1847; D.D. (St Andrews, 9th
Dec. 1854) ; died 6th Nov. 1895. He marr.
(1) 23rd Nov. 1841, Katherine Wolfe Duff,
Edinburgh, who died 20th Sept. 1857, and
had issue—Elizabeth Jane, born 18th April
1843 ; Jane Katherine Maria, born 20th
Feb. 1845, died 21st April 1912 : (2) 16th
Oct. 1860, Janet (died 16th Jan. 1890),
daugh. of Richard Scougal, merchant,
Leith, widow of Robert Henry Liston
and Rev. Mark Willoughby. Publication
—Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, ii.).
JAMES SCOTT,born Cavers, Roxburgh-
1843 sn^re > 26th Sept. 1899, son of Andrew
S., schoolmaster, and Margaret
Telfer ; educated at Cavers School and
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Loch-
maben 1827 ; ord. to Torphichen 27th Sept.
1827 ; trans, to Dalmeny 10th Sept. 1829
;
trans, and adm. 14th Dec. 1843 ; died 30th
Jan. 1864. He marr. 16th Nov. 1827,
Walter Baird (died 9th July 1898, aged 94),
daugh. of James Reid, of the Exchequer,
and Anne Baird, and had issue—Anne,
born 23rd Dec. 1828 ; Andrew, born 17th
Aug. 1830, died 4th June 1892; Jamima
Margaret, born 13th May 1832, died un-
marr. 18th Aug. 1868 ; Elizabeth, born 14th
Dec. 1833 (marr. 1864, Alfred Lawford,
C.E.), died 12th Oct. 1895 ; Janet, born 10th
Jan. 1836 (marr. 10th Oct. 1861, Henry
Hartly) ; James Reid, born 30th March
1838, died 2nd Dec. 1867; Mary Dundas,
born 26th April 1840 (marr. Edmund
Boycott, rector of Cove, Suffolk) ; Caroline
Coventry, born 27th July 1842 (marr. 12th
July 1871, Robert Gumming) ; Catherine
Ellerton, born 17th July 1844 (marr.
12th Feb. 1872, Edward Albert Gillett,
rector of Woolthorpe, Lincolnshire)
;
Walter, min. of Cromarty, born 1st June
1846. Publications—Sermons (Edinburgh,
1865).