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1683
WILLIAM WALKER, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 19th July 1660); licen. by
George Wishart, Bishop of Edin-
burgh, 10th Oct. 1662 ; pres. by Charles
II. 4th Dec. 1662; coll. 27th Jan., and
inst. 24th Feb. 1663; died in Sept. 1682,
aged about 43. He marr. (1) Margaret
Ramsay, and had issue—Elizabeth (marr.
James Ruthven, brother of Sir William
R., of Dunglas); Mary (marr. 27th June
1682, John Hepburn of Kingston) : (2)
22nd Oct. 1667, Jean, daugh. of Bishop
Wishart, who survived him.
—
[Reg. Collat.
et Sec. Sig. ; Fountainhall's Dee., i.]
ANDREW GUILD, educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1660) ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton 1665 ; min. of Kirkmichael, Dum-
friesshire, 1665 ; pres. by Charles II. 7th
Dec. 1682 ; trans, and adm. before 26th
April 1683 ; deprived by the Privy Council
29th Aug. 1689, for not reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, nor praying for
William and Mary, but for James VII.
—[Min.-book Beg. Priv. Seal, Reg. Sec.
Sig.; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Rule's
Sec. Vindication.]
JOHN HERBERT, MA. (Glasgow, 27th
July 1676). On a charge of having
been present at an armed conventicle
at Clock-Lownie, Ayrshire, in 1682, he was
forfeited, though he alleged he was furth
of the country at the time, and his fortune
of 3000 merks which he had invested in
the hands of Lord Crichton was escheat.
In 1690 he petitioned Parliament for
reparation and repayment, and was recom-
mended to their Majesties' favour ; pres.
by William and Mary after 7th Jan. 1690 ;
died at Edinburgh, 14th July 1691, aged
about 36, and was buried in Greyfriars.
He marr. Helen Hume, who was buried
there on 29th Jan. 1700.—[Acts Pari., ix.
;
Leven and Melv. Pap., Wodrow's Hist.,
Reg. Gen. Ass.]
MATTHEW REID, born 1668, second
son of Matthew R., min. of Hoddam ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
;
M.A. *(30th Nov. 1687) ; orcl. 13th Jan.
1692; died 9th Jan. 1730. He marr. (1)
24th Feb. 1693, Anne, daugh. of Robert
1690
1729
Aitchison of Sydserff, and had issue
—
Robert, bapt. 1st Dec. 1693 ; Anna, born
13th April 1696 (marr. succeeding incum-
bent) ; Hew, of Sydserff, M.D., bapt. 22nd
Sept. 1699 : (2) 18th July 1706, Margaret,
daugh. of James Bannatyne of Newhall,
widow of Robert, second son of Sir Pat-
rick Broun of Colstoun, and had issue
—Matthew, min. of Prestonpans ; Joan,
bapt. 7th Sept. 1708 ; George, bapt. 6th
Oct. 1710 ; James, bapt. 10th July 1715.
—[Wodrow's MSS., Carlyle's Autob.]
GEORGE MURRAY, educated at the
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Earlston 17th Jan. 1717 ; pres. by
Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick,
Bart., 30th Sept., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 29th Oct. 1729 ; died 8th Dec.
1757. He marr. 6th Jan. 1730, Anna,
daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue
—
Matthew, his successor ; Elizabeth, bapt.
14th April 1732, died unmarr. ; Anna, died
unmarr. June 1808, aged 73.—[Carlyle's
Autob.]
MATTHEW MURRAY, born 1735, son
17 of preceding ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 7th Sept. 1756 ; pres.
by Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick,
Bart., and ord. 20th July 1758; died 13th
Aug. 1791. He marr. 28th Oct. 1772, Anne
(died 20th Jan. 1803), daugh. of John Hill,
one of the mins. of St Andrews, and had
issue— George, afterwards min. of the
parish; John, bapt. 14th Nov. 1774; John,
born 20th Oct. 1775, died 22nd Sept. 1798 ;
Jean, born 28th July 1777 (marr. 28th
June 1803, Capt. Thomas Fortye of the
18th Foot) ; Hugh, accountant of Excise,
editor of the Scots Magazine, born 18th
July 1779 ; Ann, born 26th June 1781
(marr. 12th Sept. 1803, John Renton of
Charterbank, W.S.), died 12th Aug. 1829;
Harriet, born 5th Oct. 1783 ; Elizabeth,
born 27th April 1785; Janet, born 12th
Feb. 1788 (marr. James Robertson, min. of
Slamannan) ; Mary Simpson, born 19th
Dec. 1790.—[Feme's Life of J. Carstairs.]
HENRY DAVID HILL, born 1762, son
1792 °^ J°nn HiH> imn - °f St Andrews ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews
;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 7th Sept.