28 CANONGATE [rRESB. OF
HENRY BLYTH, M.A. ; app. by the
15g8 Presb. 20th Oct. 1594, to officiate
occasionally in room of John Brand \
called 4th Feb., and adm. 6th April 1598
;
trans, to First Charge about 1601.
—
[Act.
Beet. Univ. St And.., Test. Reg., Reg. Assig.,
Wodroiv Miscell.]
OLIVER COLT, M.A. ; regent of
lell Humanity in Univ. of Edinburgh
;
adm. 1611 ; trans, to Foulden 1614.
MATTHEW WEMYSS, adm. 1630 ;
1680 trans, to First Charge 1635.
JOHN WATSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1636 23rd July 1631); adm. about 1636;
dep. 1st Jan. 1639, "for desert-
ing his charge."
—
[Wodroiv MSS., lxiii.
;
Ace. of Ass., Peterkin's Records, Stevenson's
Hist.]
GEORGE LESLIE, M.A. ; adm. 22nd
Nov. 1639; trans, to First Charge
1646.
JOHN HOG, M.A. ; trans, from West
1646 Linton ; nominated by the Town
Council of Edinburgh 25th Feb., and
adm. 19th May 1646 ; trans, to South
Leith in 1653.
—
[Edin. Counc. i?e^.,Lamont's
Diary.]
JAMES NAIRNE, called 12th Nov.
1656 1655, and adm. 17th April 1656;
trans, to First Charge 1657.
—
[Edin.
Counc. Reg.]
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, M.A.
1658 (Edinburgh, May 1653); called 8th
Dec. 1657; adm. 14th April 1658.
Deprived by the Act of Parliament 11th
June, and of the Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. Having been summoned to appear
before the Privy Council in 1673, and not
obeying, he was ordered, 4th Sept., to be
apprehended wherever found. He died 2nd
April 1676, aged about 43. He marr. 14th
Dec. 1658, Janet (died 20th Jan. 1709, aged
71), daugh. of Robert Hardie, burgess and
guild-brother of Edinburgh, in right of
whom he entered on both 22nd July 1668.
They had issue—Mary (marr. 23rd Nov.
1702, Nicol Spence, writer, Edinburgh)
;
Jean (marr. Jan. 1698, Dugald Simpson,
min. of Applegarth) ; John, bapt. 19th Aug.
1670 ; Elizabeth (posthumous), bapt. 6th
April 1676.—[Edin. Reg., Wodrow's Hist,
Canongate Reg.]
PATRICK HEPBURN, M.A. ; formerly
1663 °^ Bolton ) elected by the Magistrates
and Kirk-session 9th July, ord. and
coll. 20th, and adm. 22nd Nov. 1663 ; trans.
to St Cuthbert's in 1680—[Reg. Collat.] .
ARCHIBALD CALDERWOOD, bapt.
1680 ^k *^une 1657, son of Thomas C,
Dean of Guild in Edinburgh, and
Elizabeth Mortimer ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (7th April 1675) ; adm.
about end of 1680, and died unmarr. in
Nov. 1681.— [Calderwood's Hist., viii.
;
Edin. Reg. {Bapt.) ; Inq. Ret. Edin., 1279.]
JOHN LUMSDEN, trans, from Dal-
1682 &ety » adm. 1682 ; trans, to Lauder
1685.—[FountainhalPs Dec., i.]
1685
ALEXANDER BURNET, trans, from
Kirkton ; adm. 13th Aug. 1685
;
trans, to First Charge 1687.
1687
JAMES CRAIG, M.A. ; formerly of
Tranent ; elected by the Kirk-session,
Magistrates, Heritors, and Deacons
of Crafts 29th Aug., and adm. 14th Sept.
1687 ; trans, to Duddingston about 1694.
WILLIAM MITCHELL, called (after
12th April), and ord. in 1695 ; trans,
to the Old Kirk Parish 27th June
1708.
1695
1709
JOHN WALKER, Keen, by Presb. of
Edinburgh 9th Feb. 1709; called
19th July, and ord. 27th Sept. 1709 ;
trans, to First Charge 30th Jan., but this
was recalled 1st, and he was readm. 9th
April 1712 ; died 13th Nov. 1741, aged 61.
He was distinguished for his services to the
Society for Propagating Christian Know-
ledge. He marr. (pro. 15th July 1710)
Mary, daugh. of Adam Leslie, merchant,
Dumfries {Canongate Reg.). His son
Robert was min. of the High Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh.— [Morren's Ann., i. ; Kay's
Bortr., i.]