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Presb. Tait was dep. 22nd Oct. 1833.
He became pastor of the congregation in
Edinburgh belonging to the Catholic
Apostolic Church, and continued till his
death, 22nd Feb. 1841. He marr. (1) 29th
Oct. 1800, Jane (died 21st June 1812),
daugh. of John Waugh, merchant, London,
and had issue—Anne Elizabeth, born 5th
Jan. 1802 ; Adam Duncan, min. of Kirklis-
ton ; John Waugh, born 29th July 1805,
died 14th Sept. 1814 ; Eobert and William,
born 15th May 1807, both of whom entered
the Church of England, the latter becoming
vicar of Wakefield, Yorkshire : (2) 12th Jan.
1816, Mary Tennant (died at Bathgate, 28th
Aug. 1845), widow of James Robertson,
solicitor. Publications—Two single Ser-
mons (Dundee, 1809-11).— [Anderson's
Sketches ; Acts of Ass., 1833 ; Haldane's
Mem., etc."]
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, born
1834 Hamilton, 2nd Oct. 1805, eldest
son of Charles O, merchant, and
Helen Cunningham (no relative) ; edu-
cated at Duns Academy (he was then
living at Cheeklaw) and Edinburgh Univ.
;
licen. by Presb. of Duns 2nd Dec. 1828
;
assistant at Middle Parish, Greenock ; ord.
there (assistant and successor) 15th Oct.
1831 ; pres. by the Town Council 30th Oct.
1833; adm. 16th Jan. 1834 ; D.D. (Prince-
ton, New Jersey, 1842). Joined the Free
Church ; Professor of Divinity, New Col-
lege, Edinburgh, 1843 ; Professor of Church
History, New College, 1845 ; Principal of
New College, 1847 ; Moderator of the Free
Church Genera] Assembly 19th May 1859
;
died 14th Dec. 1861. He marr. 15th July
1834, Janet (died 2nd March 1888), daugh.
of John Denniston of Greenock and
Jean Fairrie, and had issue—Janet, born
7th June 1835 (marr. George Carphin,
banker, Dunkeld), died 23rd Jan. 1913
;
Helen, born 14th April 1837 (marr. Robert
Mackenzie, Dundee), died 15th Nov. 1865 ;
William, born 15th Sept. 1839, died 16th
Oct. 1843 ; Jane Fairrie, born 4th May
1841, died 29th Dec. 1894; John Dennis-
ton, M.D., born 11th Dec. 1842, died 20th
Aug. 1871 ; Charles Gordon, merchant, born
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9th July 1845, died 12th Dec. 1894 ; Andrew
Blackadder, born 1st Aug. 1846, died 14th
Sept. 1852; William Robertson, born 9th
Sept. 1848, died 13th June 1849 ; Archibald,
merchant, born 26th Dec. 1849, died 12th
Feb. 1892 ; Elizabeth, born 3rd April 1851,
died 6th Sept. 1852 ; Mary Anne, born 7th
Jan. 1853. Publications— Reply to the
Statement of Certain Ministers and Elders,
published in Answer to Dr Chalmers
1
Con-
ference (Edinburgh, 1837) ; Speech on the
Independence of the Church (Edinburgh,
1839) ; Letter to John Hope (Edinburgh,
1839) ; Tracts On the Intrusion of Ministers
(Edinburgh, 1839) ; Defence of the Rights
of the Christian People in the Appointment
of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1840) ; Strictures
on the Rev. James Robertson's Observations
upon the VetoAct (Edinburgh, 1840); Letters
on the Church Question in Answer to Mr
Robertson ofEllon (Edinburgh, 1842);Anim-
adversions on Sir William Hamilton's
pamphlet, "Be not Schismatics," etc. (Edin-
burgh, 1843); edited Bruce
:
s Sermons and
Life (Edinburgh, 1843) ; Introduction and
Notes to Stillingfleet's Doctrines and
Practices of the Church of Rome (1845)
;
The Unchangeableness of Christ, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1853) ; The Reformers, and the
Theology of the Reformation (Edinburgh,
1862) ; Historical Theology, 2 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1863) ; Discussions on Church
Principles, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1863 )
;
Sermons, edited by J. J. Bonar (1872)
;
Theological Lectures, edited by Thomas
Smith, D.D. (1878).— [Life, by Robert
Rainy, D.D., and James Mackenzie (1871)
;
Disruption Worthies ; Smith's Scot.
Clergy, iii. ; Diet. Nat. Piog.]
WILLIAM STEVEN, born Peebles,
1843 22nc^ ^°V ' 1 '?9^' only son °f James
S., builder, Edinburgh, and Janet,
daugh. of Andrew Ritchie, farmer, Wood-
house, Manor, and sister of William
Ritchie, min. of Athelstaneford ; edu-
cated at the school of his uncle, Robert
Steven, Edinburgh, and at the High School
;
entered Edinburgh Univ. 1814 ; M.A.
(1822); licen. by Presb. of Peebles 24th
Sept. 1822 ; tutor to family of Grant of
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