2?>2 TORFHICIIEN [PRESB OF JAMES PATON, licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 10th May 1758; pres. by Walter, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 28th Aug. 1760 ; died 31st Oct. 1796, in 82nd year. Publication—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). WILLIAM MEEK, pres. by James, 17q7 Lord Torphichen, and ord. 31st Aug. 1797; D.D. (Glasgow, 10th June 1802) ; trans, to Hamilton 6th Nov. 1821. ANDREW BELL, pres. by James, 1822 -Lord Torphichen, and ord. 28th March 1822 ; trans, to Linlithgow 20th June 1827. JAMES SCOTT, pres. by James, Lord 1827 Torphichen, and ord. 27th Sept. 1827 ; trans, to Dalmeny 10th Sept. 1829. ANDREWKING, M.A., pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 29th April 1830 ; trans, to St Stephen's, Glasgow, 19th Feb. 1836. WILLIAM MAXWELL HETHERING- lg36 TON, born Troqueer, 4th June 1803, in early life a gardener ; entered the Univ. of Edinburgh in 1822 ; M.A. (30th March 1826) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith- gow 27th Oct. 1830 ; pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 28th April 1836. Joined the Free Church ; min. of the Free Church at St Andrews 21st Feb. 1844; LL.D. (U.S.A.) ; adm. to Free St Paul's, Edinburgh, 1848; D.D. (1855); Professor of Exegetical Theology in the Free Col- lege, Glasgow, 29th Oct. 1857; died 23rd May 1865. He marr. 1st June 1836, Jessie (died 2nd Sept. 1871), daugh. of William Meek, D.D., Hamilton, and had issue — Y\ T illiam Meek Maxwell, born 11th July 1843 ; Thomas Chalmers, born 15th Sept. 1847. Publications— Tivelve Dramatic Sketches founded on the Pastoral Poetry of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1829); The Ful- ness of Time (London, 1834) ; The Minister's Family (Edinburgh, 1838); Thoughts on the Connection between Church and State (Edinburgh, 1840) ; History of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1841, and various 1843 editions); The History of the Westminster Assembly (1843); The History of Pome (1849) ; The Harmony existing between Christianity and True Science ; The Anti- Christian System ;.National Education in Scotland ; Poems on Various Subjects (Edin- burgh, 1851); Toleration, or the Principles of Religious Liberty (Edinburgh, 1854) ; Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ii.), Lecture V. (on the Social Condition of the People), and XL (to Young Men, ii.) ; Authoritative Exposition of the Principles of the Free Church ; edited Practical Works of the Rev. John Willison ; founder and editor of Free ChurchMagazine.—[Conolly's Fifiana, Diet. Nat. Biog.] WILLIAM BRANKS, born Old Monk- land, 8th Aug. 1813, son of William B., farmer, and Jane Rankin ; edu- cated at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1835) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1840; ord. 1st Oct. 1841 to Camelon Chapel-of-Ease ; pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, Aug. 1843; adm. 15th Sept. 1843; died 16th Feb. 1879. Marr. 22nd Jan. 1850, Jane (died 27th Nov. 1890), daugh. of David Rankin, Glasgow, and had issue—Jane Rankin ; Helen Eliza Gillon ; Wilhelmina ; Ann Janet ; Anna Maria ; Jemima ; Georgina. Publications — Zion's King (Edinburgh, 1859) ; Heaven our Home (Edinburgh, 1861, and many editions) ; Meet for Heaven (Edinburgh, 1862) ; Life in Heaven (Edinburgh, 1863) ; Tabor's Teaching (Edinburgh, 1865)—all anonymous. JOHN M'KERLIE JOHNSTONE, born 30th July 1847, son of Michael J., D.D., min. of Minnigaff ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1868), B.D. (1871) ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 1871 ; ord. 17th July 1879 ; died unmarr. 25th Aug. 1897. GEORGE BEALE, born Haddington, 1898 17th Nov. 1861, son of David B. and Georgina Maclachlan ; educated at Haddington, Church of Scotland Training College,and Edinburgh Univ.; M.A. (1888) ; schoolmaster of Scalloway, 1888-90 ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th May 1893; assistant at Clydebank, and Dean, Edin- 1879