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.