EDINBURGH] NEW GREVFRIARS 35
mentioned; Jean, born 3rd March 1782
(marr. 20th Aug. 1806, George Irvine of
the High School), died 20th June 1808 ;
(2) 5th Jan. 1803, Ann (died 27th May
1837), daugh. of Francis Cowan, min. of
Gladsmuir, and had issue—John, min. of
Shettleston, born 25th Sept. 1803; rrancis,
born 8th March 1807, died 23rd Nov. 1810 ;
Ann, born 19th Sept. 1809. Publications
—
Three single Sermons (Glasgow, 1781-93);
View of the Agriculture of the County of
Fife (Edinburgh, 1800) ; Account of Mark-
inch (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.).
WILLIAM MUIR, D.D., LL.D. ; trans.
1822 f1,om St George's, Glasgow ; pres. by
the Town Council 12th June, and
adm. 12th Sept. 1822; trans, to St
Stephen's 26th Feb. 1829.
DANIEL WILKIE, born 1781, son of
1829 James W. of Gilchriston ; educated
at Haddington and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington 25th
March 1806 ; ord. to Stonehouse 28th Aug.
1806 ; trans, to Yester 6th Dec. 1821 ; pres.
by the Town Council, and adm. 13th Aug.
1829; died of a malignant fever caught
while visiting among the poorer classes of
his parishioners, 29th Nov. 1838. He marr.
20th Sept. 1809, Jane Clark Elliot (who
died from having accidentally set her dress
on fire at Portobello, 10th Dec. 1866, aged
78), and had issue— Jane Bogle, born
19th Oct. 1810, died 14th June 1833 (marr.
Robert Batt of Purdie's Burn, Co. Down)
;
Anne Macqueen, born 14th Nov. 1811 ;
James, born 10th March 1813 ; William
Clark, born 23rd July 1814 ; David Elliot,
born 14th Aug. 1815; Daniel M'Queen,
born 26th Oct. 1816; Susan Charlotte,
born 7th Nov. 1817 ; Mary Elliot Lock-
hart, born 9th Aug. 1819 ; Christiana
Stewart, born 7th June 1821 ; Caroline
Nisbet, born 21st May 1823 ; Emilia, born
11th Jan. 1825; George Hay, born 13th
Oct. 1826; Patrick John, born 2nd Nov.
1828.—[Anderson's Sketches.]
JAMES JULIUS WOOD, born Jed-
1839 kurgh 4th Sept. 1800, son of Dr
William Wood, a medical practi-
tioner in Jedburgh, and Isabella Hedley ;
M.A. (Glasgow); licen. by Presb. of Jed-
burgh 5th Oct, 1825; ord. to Newton-on-
Ayr 16th Aug. 1827 ; trans, to First Charge,
Stirling, 12th March 1836; trans, and adm.
5th June 1839 ; when on leave of absence
for ill-health acted as chaplain to 42nd
Royal Highlanders at Malta 1842. Joined
the Free Church ; was unable because of
ill-health to accept a church at once ;
resided two years in Madeira, and subse-
quently assisted Dr Guthrie, Dr Clason,
and others ; became min. of the Free
Church, Dumfries, 8th June 1848 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1856); Moderator of the Free
Church Assembly 1857; died 27th March
1877. Marr. 21st Oct. 1833, Christian Inglis
(died 14th Feb. 1886), daugh. of James
Henderson, I.R.,and SophiaYoung,and had
issue—William, born 31st July 1834, who
died in New Zealand ; Sophia, born 8th
March 1836 (marr. D. N. Mackay, min. of
Free Church, Rafford) ; Isabella Hedley,
born 13th May 1838 ; James, banker,
Sydney, Australia, born 14th March 1840
;
Julius, M.D., lieut.-col. I.M.S., born 10th
April 1842 ; besides one who died in in-
fancy. Publications—Two single Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1841-7); Letter to the Con-
gregation of New Greyfriars, from Malta,
1843 ; Address to the Congregation of New
Greyfriars, oil occasion of quitting the
Establishment (Edinburgh, 1843); Lecture
to Young Men (Glasgow, 1842).—[Smith's
Scott. Clergy.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Alloa,
1843 28th July 1805, son of William
R., corn merchant, Eyemouth (whose
father, Robert R. of Prenderguest and
Brownsbank, was descended from the
Robertsons of Ladykirk), and Margaret
Henry ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 10th June
1828; ord. to Muckhart 28th July 1831;
trans, to Logie, Bridge of Allan, 12th Jan.
1832; trans, and adm. 21st Dec. 1843;
convener of the Committee on Correspond-
ence with Foreign Churches 1845-70; he
took a deep interest in the work of the
Waldensian Church, and (along with Drs
Guthrie and Andrew Thomson) raised a
sum of £12,000 in its behalf ; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1868); died at Cannes, 21st Feb.