128 TRINITY [PRESB. OF
Feb. 1657 ; William, born 7th March 1658 ;
James, of Muirhousedykes.—\_Edin. Counc.
and Guild Reg., Leven and Melv. Pa]}. ;
Gen. Ass., 1690 ; S. Presb. Eloq. ; M'Call's
Midcalder, Warrick's Moderators.}
JOHN MONCREIFF, son of Alex. M.,
1692 m*n ' °^ ^coome '> M.A. (St Andrews,
25th July 1668) ; denounced for hold-
ing conventicles 1682 ; min. of Prestonpans
1687 ; called 15th Jan. 1692 ; trans, and
adm. shortly afterwards ; died at Rumgally,
Fife, 25th Nov. 1709, aged above 40. He
marr. (1) Mary Gregg, buried in Greyfriars,
4th Oct. 1698 : (2) (pro. 6th Aug. 1699) Janet,
daugh. of John Mitchell of Balbairdie.
—
[Acts Pari., xi.]
1714
JAMES BANNATINE, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in the
family of Robert Dundas, Lord
Arniston ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
26th Oct. 1703: ord. to Whittingehame
19th June 1707 ; app. by the Presb. 21st
July, trans, and adm. 10th Oct. 1714
;
Moderator of Assembly 10th May 1739;
died 10th April 1756, in his 82nd year.
He marr. 19th March 1708, Katherine,
daugh. of Hugh Blair, Dean of Guild,
Edinburgh, and had issue—Hugh, min. of
Dirleton ; George, min. of the Wynd
Church, Glasgow ; Elizabeth (marr. Andrew
Shaw, min. of St Madoes); Katherine
(marr. Hugh Blair, D.D., min. of St
Giles); Grizel. Publications—An Essay
on Gospel and Legal Preaching (Edin-
burgh, 1723) ; Mistakes about Religion
amongst the Causes of our Defection from
the Spirit of the Gospel (Edinburgh, 1737) ;
Peace and Truth (1738).—[Finlayson's and
Hill's Lives of Blair; Kay's Portr., i.
;
Warrick's Moderators!]
HENRY LUNDIE, son of Archibald
L., min. of Saltoun ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 24th June 1740; ord. to
Monzie 10th May 1743 ; trans, to Abercorn
24th Sept. 1747; called 13th Aug. 1756;
trans, and adm. 15th June 1758 ; dem.
29th Jan. 1799; died 1st Jan. 1800. He
marr. 7th Dec. 1749, Christian (died 10th
1804
Nov. 1810), daugh. of John Menzies,
physician, Dumfries, and had issue
—
Archibald, W.S., born 22nd Dec. 1751,
died 4th May 1841 ; John, born 1st Dec.
1755 ; Margaret, born 4th May 1757, died
20th Dec. 1759; Robert, born 13th June
1760, died 1st June 1767.—[Kay's Portr.,
ii. ; Moncreiffs Life of Ershine ; Morren's
Ann., ii.]
DAVID DICKSON, trans, from Canon-
17 gate Chapel-of-Ease ; pres. by the
Town Council, and adm. 21st March
1799; trans, to New North Parish 26th
Nov. 1801.
ROBERT ANDERSON, trans, from
1802 Eastwood ; elected by the Town
Council 27th Jan., pres. 17th Feb.,
and adm. 16th July 1802 ; trans, to Old
Greyfriars 12th Jan. 1804.
THOMAS MACKNIGHT, trans, from
Second Charge, South Leith ; elected
by the Town Council 2nd Feb., and
adm. 21st June 1804 ; trans, to Old Kirk
Parish 15th May 1810.
ANDREW GRANT, D.D.; trans, from
1810 Canongate ; elected by the Town
Council 6th June, and adm. 11th
Oct. 1810 ; trans, to St Andrew's Parish
14th Jan. 1813.
WALTER TAIT, born 1771, fifth son
1813 °^ "WiUiain T., merchant, Glasgow,
and nephew of Admiral Viscount
Duncan ; educated at Glasgow Univ.
;
M.A. (1786); min. of Lundie and Foulis
1795-7, of Tealing 1797-1813 ; elected by
the Town Council 27th Jan., pres. 16th
June, trans, and adm. 25th Nov. 1813.
He adopted the teaching of Campbell of
Row, and Edward Irving, and in 1833 the
Presb. reported to the General Assembly
that he "had given countenance to certain
extraordinary interruptions of public wor-
ship in his church on the Monday im-
mediately after the Communion, by a
person [Thomas Carlyle, Edinburgh] pre-
tending to speak in the Spirit." The
General Assembly expressed "their high
disapprobation of these disorders and ir-
regularities," and remitted the case to the