190 ABERCORN [PRESB. OF JOHN ARTHUR, licen. by Presb. of Haddington 27th March 1656 j chap- lain to David, Earl of Werayss, and subsequently to Mary, Countess of Buc- cleuch ; pres. by Alexander, Viscount of Kingston, 23rd July 1661 ; but the presenta- tion being informal, the Privy Council ordered the patron to present anew (P. C. Decreta) ; obtained a gift of the escheit of Sir Patrick Hamilton of Little Preston 25th July 1675 ; was still min. in 1681, when he was probably deprived on account of the Test. He marr. 13th Feb. 1662, Grisell Kynynmound (died 20th Dec. 1684, and was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh), gentle- woman to the Countess of Buccleuch, and had issue—James, bapt. 25th Jan. 1663 ; Marie ; John ; Thomas ; Ann ; George ; Jean.— [Lamont's Diary, Edin. Reg. (Bapt.), Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Nexv Stat. Ace, i.] ROBERTGORDON, trans,fromCaputh, and adm. 1683; deprived by the Privy Council, 23rd Aug. 1689, for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates, nor praying for King William and Queen Mary, but praying for King James ; after- wards min. of Clunie.—[Peterkin's Con- stitution of the Church; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.] ALEXANDER DALGLEISH, called 16go June 1689; ord. 1st Jan. 1690; called to Dunfermline 7th April 1697 ; translation refused by the General Assembly 18th Jan. 1698 ; trans, to Lin- lithgow 31st May 1699.—[Acts of Ass.] 1700 JOHN BROWN, bapt. 1st May 1677, second son of James B., min. of East Calder; licen. by Presb. of Lin- lithgow 4th Oct. 1699 ; chaplain to Lady Torphichen ; declined call to Linlithgow, Second Charge, 15th Nov. 1699; ord. to this charge 20th March 1700; he was on the leet for Rotterdam 1714; died 3rd May 1743. He marr. (1) 20th April 1700, Margaret (died 22nd Sept. 1702), daugh. of Michael Henderson, portioner of Croft- martin, and had issue—Charles, bapt. 5th May 1701, died 10th Dec. 1703; Isobel, bapt. 31st Aug. 1702, died 28th March 1703 : (2) 16th April 1704, Elizabeth, daugh. of David Williamson, min. of St Cuthbert's, and had issue—David, of Golf Hall, born 12th May 1707 ; Stephen, born 15th Nov. 1710, died 10th Oct. 1712 ; John, born 10th June 1714, died 17th April 1715; George, born 19th June 1715, died 18th Nov. 1716 ; Joseph, born 11th May 1717; William, born 19th Feb. 1719, died 17th March 1724 ; Robert, born 2nd Jan. 1721, died 27th April 1725; John, born 7th Sept. 1722, died 6th Dec. same year ; James, min. of New North Parish, Edinburgh, born 17th Dec. 1724; Margaret, born 26th July 1705 (marr. 5th April 1730, John Johnston, min. of Arngask), died 8th July 1768 ; Henrietta, born 30th Dec. 1708 (marr. 8th Nov. 1730, John Tod, shipbuilder, Leith), died 7th Aug. 1796; Jean, born 10th Oct. 1712 (marr. 15th Aug. 1740, Walter Gibson of Greenknowe). Publications—Three single Sermons : The Rod of God shaken over the Heads of His Oivn Children (Edin- burgh, 1772) ; On Christian Fear ; and The Song of the Redeemed.—[Edin. Reg. (Marr.), Brown's Gosp. Truth.] HENRY LUNDIE, trans, from Monzie ; 174 ,_ called 16th July, and adm. 24th Sept. 1747 ; trans, to Trinity Parish, Edin- burgh, 15th June 1758. JOHN RITCHIE, licen. by Presb. of ^ Linlithgow 28th Sept. 1757; pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun, Sept. 1758 ; ord. 7th March 1759 ; died 4th May 1791. He marr. 20th Sept. 1763, Elizabeth Riddell, who died 17th Sept. 1796, and had issue—Harriet, died in infancy; Charles, min. of Kirkliston ; James, born 10th Dec. 1766; Elizabeth, born 12th Jan. 1769; Robert, born 22nd Sept. 1770; William, born 28th Sept. 1772; John, born 1st May 1775 ; David, born 21st July 1777. HUGH MEIKLEJOHN, born 1765, only son of Hugh M. of Saline- Shaw, min. in Carolina ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 27th Aug. 1788; pres. by James, Earl of Hopetoun, and ord. 22nd