EDINBURGH] CORSTORPHINE
[WILLIAM OGSTON, D.D. (Aberdeen),
1664 f°rmerry of Colinton; coll. 19th
March 1664. Probably he was in-
firm, as the Register is unsigned, and he
does not appear to have taken charge.
After the former min. "gave over to
preach, the church lay vacant till 1665,
so that the children were baptized in
other churches for the most part." He
died Dec. 1667. He marr. Isabel Ewen,
and had issue—Rachel. Publication
—
Oratio funebris in obitum Georgii, Mari-
schalli Comitis (Aberdeen, 1623).— [Reg.
Collat., Test. Reg. ; Wodrow's MSS., lxiii.]
THOMAS MOWBRAY, M.A. (Edin-
166_ burgh, 15th April 1645); teacher
in the parish school of Dalkeith
;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith, 30th May
1650 ; chaplain to Lord Cranstoun's Regi-
ment in Prussia ; assistant at Campvere ;
adm. min. there 26th Sept. 1660 ; resigned
1664 ; adm. to this charge 13th March 1665 ;
died May 1666, aged about 41. He marr.
Sarah Cranstoun, and had issue—Margaret,
and a posthumous son, Thomas, bapt. 1st
July 1666. Publication
—
The Honour of
Kings Vindicated and Asserted, a sermon
(mdd\eburgh,l6Q3).-[Reg.Collat.,Test.Reg.,
Davidson's The Scottish Staple at Veere.]
ARCHIBALD CHISHOLM, born 1633,
1666 son °^ Walter O, bailie of Dunblane
;
M.A. (St Andrews, 13th May 1653)
;
ord. to Newbattle 20th Nov. 1663; pres.
by James, Lord Forrester of Corstorphine ;
trans, and coll. 21st Nov., adm. 7th Dec.
1666; died in 1670. He marr. Margaret
(died 23rd April 1680), daugh. of Oliver
Colt, min. of Inveresk, and had issue
—
Jean, bapt. 8th March 1668.—[Reg. Collat.,
Test. Reg., Malcolm's House ofDrummond.]
JOHN PRINGLE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1670 ^k March 1669) ; pres. by James,
Lord Forrester of Corstorphine ; ord.
and coll. 23rd, and adm. 24th July 1670;
disappears from the Record of 1671.
—
[Reg.
Collat.']
GEORGE HENRY, M.A. (Glasgow,
1672 1656); ord. to Dairy 1663; trans.
to Stoneykirk 1665 ; pres. by James,
Lord Forrester of Corstorphine ; trans, and
1689
adm. 9th May 1672. Deprived by the
Committee of Estates 10th May 1689, for
not reading the Proclamation, nor praying
for King William and Queen Mary. He
died in Edinburgh, 17th April 1723, in
his 92nd year. He marr. Nov. 1649,
Margaret, elder daugh. of Geo. Lundie,
town-clerk of Dysart, and had issue
—
James ; John ; William ; Margaret
;
Edward, bapt. 19th Sept. 1680; Mary;
Janet; Hugh.
—
[Test. (St And.), Edin.
Guild, and Reg. (Bur.) ; Fountainhall's
Diary; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Acts
Pari., ix. ; Monro's Apology, Peterkin's
Constitution of the Churchy
ROBERT LAW, M.A. ; mentioned as
minister 16th March 1689 ; (probably
only officiating for a time, and per-
haps the late min. of Kilpatrick).
—
[S. Leith
Reg. (Bajrt.).]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, son of
Arch. H., min. of Wigtown ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 28th Aug. 1683) ; ord. to
thePresbyterian Congregation atWycombe,
Buckinghamsh., in 1688 ; adm. 1692 ; died
30th April 1709, aged about 46. He marr.
Sarah Winne (Edin. Sas., Ix., 368). He
was, presumably in right of his wife, pro-
prietor of lands in Montgomeryshire (Edin.
Com. Deeds, 6th March 1710). His only
daugh. Sarah (marr. John Kenrick, Noncon-
formist min. atWrexham, Denbighsh.), died
22nd Oct. 1775, aged 80.—[Hart's Journal.]
GEORGE FORDYCE, born 1683, son of
17 Alex. F., min. of Rafford (Reg. of
Deeds, Mack., 22nd Dec. 1709);
studied at King's College, Aberdeen, 1696-
1700 ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd
April 1708 ; called 29th July, and ord. 18th
Oct. 1709 ; died 30th Aug. 1767. He marr.
9th July 1713, Jean, daugh. of Henry
Douglas of Friarshaw, and had issue
—
Anne (marr. John Dickie, W.S.); Sarah
(marr. David Moubray, min. of Liberton).
JOHN CHEISLIE [CHIESLEY], licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 12th June
1754 ; ord. to Abercrombie 1757
;
pres. by Sir Alexander Dick of Preston-
field, Bart., trans, and adm. 23rd Nov.
1768 ; died 12th June 1788. He marr. 26th
1768