HADDINGTON] GARVALD AND BARA 363
Buriall of the Lady Jane Maitland, with
Verses, etc. (Edinburgh, 1633).
—
[Canongate
Reg. {Marr.) ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3144.]
ANDREW BANNATYNE, M.A. ; pres.
1637 ky David, Bishop of Edinburgh
;
coll. and inst. 13th Sept. 1637;
dep. 4th Oct. 1649, "for profanation of the
name of God, negligence in discipline,
suspicion of fornication, and silence in the
late Engagement." He intruded again in
May 1652, and at Drumoak in Oct. follow-
ing ; was reponed to the ministry 2nd Aug.
1654, under condition that he should not
accept a charge without special consent of
the Presb. ; [min. of Edrom in 1662].
JOSEPH PROVAN, M.A., ord. 12th
1Q
_ Sept. 1653; trans, to Morham 19th
Feb. 1657.
ROBERT FOORD [FORD], M.A.
1665 (Edinburgh, 1st Aug. 1651); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th Nov.
1658, and also by George, Bishop of Edin-
burgh, 17th Feb. 1665 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Tweeddale, 7th June 1667 (P. C.Decreta,
24th July 1673); ord. and coll. 9th June,
and inst. between 6th July and 7th Aug.,
same year ; died unmarr. between 29th
Jan. and 26th Feb. 1680, aged about 49.—
[Reg. Collat.]
ROBERT MELDRUM, M.A. ; adm. 25th
1680 Nov. 1680 ; deprived for not taking
the Test in 1681, but was min. of
Yester in the following year.
WALTER GRAY, M.A. (Glasgow, 15th
less ^U^ 1673) ; recommended for license
2nd April 1685 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Tweeddale ; adm. before 3rd Dec. 1685 ;
on the union of the parish to Bara in 1702
he retired, having 150 merks assigned him
from the stipend ; died at Gifford Hall, 19th
Dec. 1719, aged about 67. He marr. Jean
(died 26th Feb. 1725), daugh. and heiress
of Robert Adair, merchant, burgess of Edin-
burgh {Edin. Coin. Deeds, 17th Dec. 1686),
and had issue—Walter, M.A., chaplain to
John,Lord Gray.—[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ARCHIBALD MUIR, son of John M. of
„ Auchindraine ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles ;
ord. to Bara 15th Aug. 1699 ; app.by Presb.
1721
16th Aug. 1702; dep. by the Synod 5th
Nov. 1719, for drunkenness and disaffection
to the Government, " saying the King had
no more right to the crown than the moor-
cock." He was censured by Presb. of Edin-
burgh, 28th Dec. 1726, for irregularly
marrying, 4th April 1726, his daughter
Anne to Walter Nisbet of Craigentinny,
son of William Nisbet of Dirleton. He
was in such poverty and distress that a
collection was ordered to be made for him
by the Synod in 1736 ; alive in Edin-
burgh 27th June 1739. He marr. Eliza-
beth, daugh. of David Liddell, Professor
of Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow, and had
issue—Anne (marr. Walter Nisbet); James ;
Robert; Margaret.—[Wodrow's Anal, and
Corresp.]
ANDREW DUNLOP, pres. by John,
Marquess of Tweeddale, and ord. 15th
Aug. 1721 ; he complained, 21st Aug.
1722, of want of a manse, and of having to
rent an uncomfortable lodging, nearly four
miles off, whereby his health suffered
;
trans, to Ormiston 3rd Aug. 1731.
ARCHIBALD BLAIR, born 1704, son of
David B., min. of St Giles, Edin-
burgh, and brother of Robert B.,
min. of Athelstaneford ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 27th Aug. 1729 ; pres. byGeorge
II. 4th April, and ord. 3rd Aug. 1732 ; died
24th Sept. 1774. He marr. 24th Aug. 1739,
Janet (died 13th Dec. 1785), daugh. of
John Barclay, min. of Morham, and had
issue—Elizabeth, born 8th Jan. 1745 (marr.
William Begbie of Skedsbush); David,
born 22nd Jan. 1746 ; Euphan, born 28th
Oct. 1747 (marr. 29th Feb. 1776, William
Dudgeon, farmer, Dryburnford) ; John,
born 14th July 1749 ; Archibald, born 7th
June 1751 ; Robert, M.D., Professor of
Astronomy in the Univ. of Edinburgh,
inventor of the " aplanatic " telescope, born
15th Nov. 1752, died 22nd Dec. 1828;
Janet, born 25th March 1758, died 18th
Oct. 1827; Isobel, born 8th Sept. 1760.
—[Hill's Life of Blair, Carlyle's Autob.']
ANDREW NISBET, bapt. 9th Sept.
1733, third son of William N.,
schoolmaster at Long-Yester; pres.
by George, Marquess of Tweeddale, 7th Feb.,