198 CAMELON—CARRIDEN [PRESB. OF
1869; William Malcolm, born 4th April
1871 ; Annie Henderson, born 26th Feb.
1874 (marr. 19th June 1900,Andrew Hunter,
solicitor) ; John Michael, born 4th March
1876 ; Elizabeth Jessie, born 15th Feb. 1878 ;
George Robert, born 23rd Sept. 1879.
ROBERT AGNEW, born Finnard,
1913 New,T> Ireland, 5th Dec. 1883
educated at Newry, and Royal
Univ., Belfast and Dublin; B.A. (1906)
M.A. (1907); licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh May 1910 ; assistant at Portobello
ord. 16th April 1913.
CARRIDEN.
[Prior to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. A
church built on a new site at a cost of
£6500 was dedicated 18th Sept. 1909.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A.,
1561
" vicar of Carriden " ; witness to a
sasine 19th May 1561.—[Linlithgoiv
Burgh Rec.~\
JOHN LESLIE, M.A., son of Robert L.
1563 °^ InverPen?er i adm. exhorter 1563.
He was marr., and of the age of 47
in this year ; adm. a notary 29th Feb.
1563-4.
ANDREW KEIR, born 1598, son of
ie21 William K., min. of Ecclesmachan
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
M.A. (22nd July 1615); adm. Aug. 1621
clerk to the Presb. 1629; in March 1630
he was put in possession of four acres
three roods of the lands of Little Carriden
for a glebe ; member of Assembly 1638.
He was suspended for preaching for the
Engagement in 1648 ; died 22nd Nov. 1653.
He marr. (1) Christina Bell, and along with
her took sasine of a tenement in Linlithgow
in 1622 : (2) Euphan Primrose, and had
issue—Andrew ; William ; Janet ; George ;
Marion ; Elizabeth (marr. 1630, James,
eldest son of James Hamilton of Hiltlie :
Edin. >$as., xv., 296) ; Christian ; Robert.
—[Linlithgoiv >Sess. Reg., Stevenson's Hist.,
Peterkin's Rec, Tombst. ; Morison's Digest
and Dee., i. ; Baillie's Lett., i. ; Linlithgow
Burgh Rec]
ROBERT STEEDMAN; M.A. (Edin-
1650 burgh, 30th July 1646); adm.
(colleague) 13th March 1650 ; joined
the Protesting Presb. in 1651 ; was obliged
to escape after theEnglish entered Lothian,
and officiated for some time at Cleish
;
dep. 21st Aug. 1661 ; denounced by the
Privy Council for keeping Conventicles
3rd Aug. 1676 ; returned in 1687.—[Wod-
row's Hist.]
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A.; ord. and
1663 C0^' 24t^ April 166^ '> trans - ^0
Bedrule 1664.
—
[Colinton Sess., Reg.
Collat.]
JOHNPARK, son of James P., maltman,
1665 Linlithgow, and Joanna Mure ; licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
19th April 1664 ; ord. and coll. 9th June
1665. His life being threatened for having
reported the presence in the neighbourhood
of Donald Cargill and other preachers,
he was recommended to the Treasury by
the Privy Council (8th June 1680) for some
allowance for that service. He was accused
before the Privy Council, 10th Sept. 1689, of
not reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
etc., baptizing the children of scanda-
lous persons without demanding satis-
faction ; and praying that the walls of the
castle might be as brass about George, Duke
of Gordon, but was acquitted. Dep. 28th
Aug. 1690 for drunkenness, etc. He carried
off the parochial and session registers.
Marr. Annabella, daugh. of Provost James
Glen, Linlithgow.— [Reg. Collat. ; Wod-
row's Hist., iii. ; Peterkin's Constitution
of the Church, Hewison's The Covenanters,
Salmon's Borrowstounness]
ROBERT STEEDMAN, M.A., returned
1687 a^ter the Act of Toleration ; restored
by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690; died 29th Sept. 1701, in his 76th
year. He marr. Sarah (died 26th Oct.
1720), daugh. of Sir Alex. Inglis of Inglis-
ton, and had issue—John, min. of Tron
Parish, Edinburgh ; Helen (marr. Will.