370 HADDINGTON [PRESB. OF
daugh., Christian (marr., cont. 19th Dec.
1700, Roger Hepburn, advocate).
—
[MS.
Ace. of Mill., 1H89; Monteith's Theater of
Mort., Rule's Vindication; Archceol. Scot., i.]
JOHN CURRIE, born Ochiltree; ord.
7 to Oldhamstocks 14th March 1695
;
trans, and adni. 29th June 1704;
Moderator of the General Assembly 14th
April 1709; died 18th June 1720. He
marr. 26th Nov. 1703, Sarah, daugh. of
Archibald Riddell, min. of Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, and had issue—John, merchant,
Jamaica ; Walter ; Isobel (marr., pro. 27th
March 1726, Thomas Elliot, writer, Edin-
burgh).— [Oldhamstocks Sess. and Edin.
lo [i. {Marr. and Bur.); Passages in
the Life of Mr J[ohn] B[eW\ (Wodroiv
MSS.)j Brown's Gospel Truth, Warrick's
Moderators.]
PATRICKWILKIE,born 1684, youngest
l72l son of John W., Edinburgh (of the
Rathobyres family) ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (11th May
1704); licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline
7th March 1711; chaplain to Stuart of
Dunearn ; ord. to Second Charge 5th May
1714 ; pres. by Charles, Earl of Hopetoun ;
trans, and adm. 4th April 1721 ; died 31st
July 1771. He marr. (1) 1719, Mary,
daugh. of Patrick Liston, min. of Ayr
:
(2) 13th Nov. 1732, Mary (died 2nd Nov.
1765), daugh. of James Wilkie, deacon of
the tailors, Edinburgh, and had issue
—
Agnes (marr. 1746, Henry Hepburn) ; Janet
(marr. (1) 1746, Edward Steedman, min. of
Second Charge, (2) in 1763, James New-
bigging) ; James (of Gilchriston) ; Captain
Patrick—all above 21 in 1758 ; David, born
25th Sept. 1737, died 15th Aug. 1768;
Thomas, W.S. apprentice 1756, born 8th
Aug. 1740, lost at sea 1763; John, born
10th May 1742, died 19th Aug. 1763;
Mary, born 22nd Feb. 1744, died 1st Feb.
1772 ; Isobel, born 20th July 1745 (marr.
1766, Lieut. Logan Henderson); Henry,
born 20th June 1751.—[Carlyle's Aiitob.]
GEORGE BARCLAY of Middleton,
1772 k°rn 1^31 ' son °f Ceorge B. of
Middleton, min. of Ormiston ; licen.
by Presb. of Lochmaben 6th Aug. 1754 ;
ord. to Wamphray 14th June 1759; trans.
1796
to Hutton and Come 24th March 1762;
trans, to Second Charge 17th July 1766 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun, and adm.
17th March 1772 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 12th
Nov. 1773) ; died 2nd Dec. 1795. He marr.
11th July 1763, Margaret (died 6th May
1828), daugh. of John Yair, bookseller,
Edinburgh, and had issue—George, born
3rd May 1764 ; Alexander, born 24th July
1766, died 24th May 1767; John, born
31st March 1768; Agnes, born 11th Aug.
1769 (marr. Andrew Bell of Egmore, D.D.,
LL.D., founder of the Madras system
of education, and Madras College, St
Andrews); Mary, born 27th Jan. 1774,
died 4th Feb. 1775 ; Mary, born 24th Dec.
1775. Publication—Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).
—
[Tombst.]
ROBERT LORIMER, born 11th May
1765, son of Robert L., Kirkconnell
;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor
in the family of Grant of Rothiemurchus
;
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy Sept. 1791 ;
ord. by Presb. of Penpont, 3rd July 1793
;
chaplain to the Southern Regiment of
Fencibles ; LL.D. (Glasgow 1795); pres.
by James, Earl of Hopetoun, and adm.
16th June 1796. Joined the Free Church ;
colleague min. of St John's Free Church,
Haddington, 1S43 ; died 9th Nov. 1848.
He marr. 6th July 1801, Elizabeth (died
19th Sept. 1843), daugh. of John Gordon
of Balmoor, W.S., and had issue—Robert,
surgeon, Haddington, born 21st May 1802,
died 9th Nov. 1848 ; John Gordon, min. of
St David's Parish, and afterwards of St
David's Free Church, Glasgow ; Margaret
Stewart, born 27th June 1803, died 19th
April 1827 ; Jane, born 4th May 1806, died
31st March 1823 ; Alexander Patrick, born
3rd Oct. 1807; James, born 16th April
1810, died 11th Sept. 1829. Publications-
Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1813-29)
;
Character of the Rev. Thomas Davidson of
Muirhouse, D.D. (Muirhead's Sermons).—
[Disruption Worthies.]
JOHN COOK, born 12th Sept. 1807,
eldest son of George C, D.D., min. of
Laurencekirk (afterwards Professor
of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews) ; edu-
cated at Laurencekirk Parish School and