24 CANONGATE [PRESB. OF
ROBERT SEYMOUR [SYMMER],
1620 M.A. (St Andrews 1601); ord. to
Kinnaird 1607 j was a member of
the General Assembly and Privy Conference
at Perth 1618; pres. by James VI. 12th
Feb., trans, and adm. before 16th June
1621 ; died 30th Nov. 1623, aged about 43.
The oversight of his affairs he committed
to Patrick, Bishop of Ross, and George
Symmer, min. of Fern, his brother, as was
also Archibald S. of Montrose. He left
a widow, Agnes Lindsay.
—
[Beg. Sec. Sig.,
Test. Beg.]
JAMES HANNAY [HANNA], M.A.
;
trans, from Kilmaurs; pres. by
James VI. 5th Dec. 1623; adm.
1624; trans, to the Deanery and High
Kirk of Edinburgh in 1635.—[Maitland
Miscell., iii. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii.
;
Baillie's Lett., iii.]
MATTHEW WEMYSS, born 1603, son
1635 °^ Patr^ W., min. of Dunbarney
;
M.A. (St Andrews 1623); ord. to
Second Charge 1630; trans, and adm.
about 1635. Subscribed the Covenant 16th
March 1638 ; preached before the King
7th Sept. and 31st Oct. 1641 ; died Aug.
1645. He marr. 29th July 1631, Margaret,
daugh. of James Durie, in the parish of
Dunfermline, and had issue—Margaret
;
John ; Janet ; Matthew ; William.
—
[Dun-
fermline Sess. Beg. ; Baillie's Lett., i.
;
Balfour's Hist. Works, iii.]
GEORGE LESLIE, M.A. (St Andrews
1646 1619^ ' orc*' t0 Second Charge 22nd
Nov. 1639 ; a member of the Com-
missions of Assembly 1643-5 ; pres. by
Town Council of Edinburgh 18th Feb.
1646 ; trans, and adm. soon afterwards ; a
member of the Commissions of Assembly
1647-9, and commissioner for visiting the
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh in
the latter year ; died 26th Aug. 1656, aged
about 57, and was buried in the Easter
Kirk of Holyrood (Canongate Beg.). He
marr. (1) 19th Aug. 1640, Elizabeth Murray,
who died 20th June 1641, and had issue
—
John, bapt. 7th June 1641, who was served
her heir 14th July following : (2) Elizabeth,
daugh. of Henry Charteris, Professor of
Divinity, by whom he had George ; Henry
and Isabel (twins), bapt. 19th May 1650;
Margaret, buried Feb. 1658; Elizabeth,
buried July 1661.
—
[Edin. Comic, Guild,
Edin. Test. Begs.; Lamont's and Nicoll's
Diaries; Acts of Ass. and Parl.,v\.; Inq.
Bet. Gen., 2584 ; Craufurd's Univ. ; Baillie's
Lett., iii.]
JAMES NAIRNE, M.A. ; trans, from
165
,_ Second Charge ; adm. in 1657 ; trans.
to Bolton in 1662.—[Wodrow's Hist.]
JAMES KID, educated at the Univ. of
1663 Edinburgh; M.A. (21st July 1632);
instituted to the vicarage of Long-
haughton, Northumberland, but was ejected
during the civil war ; he had £100 allowed
by Parliament on account of his sufferings,
12th July 1661 ; coll. 26th, and adm. 29th
March 1663; died Dec. 1673, aged about
62. He left to the church and session, for
his burial within the church, 100 merks.
[Elizabeth Hill, widow of John (sic) Kid,
minister, was buried in Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 29th Oct. 1689.]—[Test. Beg., Beg.
Collat. ; Acts Pari., vii. ; Walker's Suffer-
ings ; Hutchinson's Northumberland, i.]
JAMES INGLIS, son of Cornelius I. of
1 ^„ Eastbarns, Dunbar ; educated at
Univs. of St Andrews, Aberdeen,
and Edinburgh; M.A. (Edinburgh 1664).
He passed his trials at Dunbar, and being
recommended to George, Bishop of Edin-
burgh, was licen. 13th Jan. 1671. In
consequence of the infirmity and sickness
of the preceding min., he was recom-
mended by the Bishop to supply his
place 30th May 1673, and officiated till
22nd Aug. 1676.—[Dunbar Presb. and
Edin. Counc. Beg., Beg. Collat.]
ROBERT SCOTT, trans, from Inver-
7 keithing, adm. before 28th Nov.
1676 ; trans, to (Hamilton) the
Deanery of Glasgow.— [Act. Beet. Univ.
St And. ; FountainhalPs Dec, i. ; Maitland
Miscell., iii.]
ALEXANDER BURNET, bapt. 2nd
„ June 1653, son of Robert B., advo-
cate, and Katherine Pearson (Beg. of
Deeds, Dal., 19th Feb. 1733); ord. to Cross-