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He died 12th May 1764, in his 64th year and 37th min. He marr. 29th July 1729, Anne Lawrie, who died 22d Oct. 1788, and had four sons and five daugh., William, James, Alexander, Ebenezer, Barbara, Ann, Helen, Isabel, and Mary-[Mun. Univ. Glasg. iii., Presb., and Syn. Reg., Tombst., &c.]

1762. JAMES M`MILLAN, second son of the preceding, licen. by the Presb. 6th April 1762, pres. by Charles, Duke of Queensberry and Dover, 13th May, and ord. 23d Sept. same year; got a new church in 1782, and died 8th Feb. 1808, in 72d age and 46th min. He marr. 30th July 1770, Jean, eldest daugh. of Mr Andrew Beveridge, min. of Caerlaverock; she died at Dumfries 4th Jan. 1814, and had two sons and four daughters, of whom Anna marr. the Rev. James Crichton, min. of Wamphray; and Mary, James Denniston, Esq., one of the magistrates of Dumfries.-Publications-Sermon preached before the Dumfries Missionary Society, Dumfries 1798, 8vo. Account of the Parish (Sinclair's St. Acc. ii.)-[Presb., and Syn. Reg., Tombst., Sinclair's ii., and New St. Acc. iv., &c.]

1808. JOHN YORSTOUN, trans. from Morton, pres. by William, Duke of Queensberry, in April, and adm. 18th Aug.; died 1st March 1841, in his 76th year and 51st min.-Publications-Accounts of Morton, and of Torthorwald (Sinclair's x., and New St. Acc. iv.)-[Presb. Reg., &c.]

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Previous to the Reformation the church belonged to the Bishop of Galloway, and was held in conjunction with Dumfries from 1574 to 1608; it was supplied by CHARLES HOME, exhorter from Beltyn 1568 to 1570, JOHN HALYDAY, reader Nov. 1570, JOHN GLEDSTANIS 1574, JOHN ANDERSOUN 1576, (a pres. to the Vicarage by James VI. to ADAM MURRAY was issued 4th Oct. 1577, but his acceptance does not appear), JAMES MAXWELL 1578, and HARBERT ANDERSOUN from 1579 to 1585.

1615. HALHERT GLEDSTANIS, A.M., trans. from Caerlaverock, pres. to the Vicarage by James VI. 11th Aug.; he gave x li toward building the Library of the College of Glasgow in 1636, and died 8th Oct. 1652, aged about 83.-[Presb. Reg., Commiss. to Ass. 1638, Wodrow MSS., Presb. Reg., Mun. Univ. Glasg. iii.]

1638. GEORGE GLEDSTANIS, A.M., had his degree from the Univ. of St Andrews in 1627 adm. (conjunct) in 1638; continued in 1639, was trans. to Urr in 1640.-[Commiss. to Ass. 1638, Wodrow Mss, Act. Rect. Univ. St. And.]

1653. JOHN BLACKADDER, A.M., son of John B. of the family of Blackhall, a branch of that of Tulliallan, said to have been born in 1615, though probably from the authority of his tombstone it should be 1623. This latter date seems confirmed by that of his degree (taken after passing through the curriculum of study) at the Univ. of Glasgow, as in this case he would have been then twenty-seven, which is more likely than that he was thirty-five; called between 21st Dec. 1652 and 26th April 1653, ord. 7th June succeeding; deprived by the Acts of Parliament 11th June, and of Privy Council 1st; Oct. 1662, when he retired to the par. of Glencairn, and abode with his family at successive places of residence, officiating occasionally