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124 THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH [PRESB. OF (Edinburgh, 1706) ; A Sermon at the Elec- tion of Magistrates (Edinburgh, 1706); The Covenants Displayed (Edinburgh, 1707) ; Lawful Prejudices against the Union (Edinburgh, 1707); The Author Defended [reply to Daniel Defoe] (Edin- burgh, 1707) ; Second Defence of the Author (1707); Select Sermons (Edinburgh, 1723); The Wicked Life of Haman (Edinburgh, 1740).—[Edin. Counc., Test.,andReg. (Marr. and Eur.); Wodrow's Anal., iii. ; Boston's and Webster's Mem.; Edin. Chr. Inst., xxiii. ; Carlyle's Autob. ; Kay's Portr., ii. See Some Tears from the South for the Death ofMr James Webster (1720).] WILLIAM GUSTHABT, M.A. (Edin- 1721 kur§h> !6th July 1698); adm. min. of Crailing 10th June 1708 ; refused the Oath of Abjuration 1712; deputed to congratulate George I. on his accession ; was successful in obtaining a modification of the aforesaid Oath, 1717 ; called 30th Aug. and 17th Nov. 1720 ; trans, and adm. 22nd Jan. 1721 ; one of His Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary, and Dean of the Chapel Royal 1726 ; died 27th March 1764. He marr. (1) 24th July 1711, Ann, daugh. of Adam Tait of Howden : (2) 13th May 1718, Ann, daugh. of Robert Hepburn of Whitburgh, and had issue—Robert; Jane, died 1795; Elizabeth, died 1792; John— [Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Wodrow's Corresp., ii.; Morren's Ann., i. ; Fraser's Life of R. Ershine, Carlyle's Autob.] DAVID PLENDERLEATH, eldest son 1765 of Patrick P., min. of Saline ; licen. by Presb. of Kincardine-O'Neil 6th Oct. 1731 ; ord. to Ormiston 20th Sept. 1732; trans, to Dalkeith 7th Oct. 1746; pres. by the Town Council 15th Aug. 1764 ; trans, and adm. 30th Jan. 1765; died 26th April 1779. He marr. 6th Sept. 1743, Helen (died 25th March 1796), daugh. of Matthew Simson, min. of Pencaitland, and had issue —Alison, born 20th Jan. 1745; Patrick, born 10th July 1746 ; Jean, born 16th Oct. 1749 (marr. Thomas Sellar of Westfield); Helen, born 18th Aug. 1753; Janet, born 10th Nov. 1755; Robert, hosier in Edin- burgh, born 18th March 1759. Publication —Religion a Treasure to Men and the Strength and Glory of a Nation, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1754).—[Edin. Counc. Reg.; Kay's Portr., i.] JOHN KEMP, born 1745, son of David 177 K, min. of Gask ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 7th Feb. 1769 ; ord. to Trinity Gask, 4th April 1770 ; trans, to New Grey- friars 19th Dec. 1776 ; trans, and adm. 25th Nov. 1779 ; secretary to the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Know- ledge, 1789; D.D. (Harvard Univ., Cam- bridge, U.SA., 1793); died 18th April 1805. He marr. (1) 2nd Oct. 1780, Beatrix (died 12th March 1796), daugh. of Andrew Simpson, merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue—David of Balsusney, born 13th Sept. 1781; Agnes, born 18th Aug. 1783; Jane, born 24th Sept. 1784, died 24th Aug. 1794; Robert, born 22nd July 1790, died 5th Sept. 1790 : (2) 2nd June 1797, Lady Mary Anne Carnegie (died 11th Aug. 1798), youngest daugh. of George, Earl of Northesk : (3) 26th Aug. 1799, Lady Elizabeth Hope (died 17th Sept. 1801, aged 33), seventh daugh. of John, Earl of Hopetoun. Publications — The Gospel adapted to the State and Circumstances ofMan, a sermon, to which are added Facts serving to illus- trate the Character of Thomas, Earl of Kinnoull (Edinburgh, 1788); Account of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge (Edinburgh, 1796); Observations on the Islands of Shetland (Edinburgh, 1801); The Character of the Apostle Paul in some of its Features, Delineated (Edinburgh, 1802).—[Douglas's Peer. ; Kay's Portr., i., 282.] JOHN CAMPBELL, born Glasgow, 24th May 1758, son of Daniel C, merchant ; educated at Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st Aug. 1781 ; chaplain to Willielma, Lady Glenorchy, 1782 ; ord. to Kippen 8th May 1783 ; pres. by the Town Council 31st July; trans, and adm. 24th Oct. 1805 ; secretary to the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Know- ledge, 1806; D.D. (Edinburgh, 10th Jan.

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