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5th July 1695, against intruding into churches without a legal call, by exercising the ministerial function in the church of Old Machar, in preaching and reading of prayers, after the form of the Book of Common Prayer used in the Church of England, Without legal admission thereto, "where he set up organs, which manner of worship was never in use in this church." He removed to Edinburgh, and in 1701 had a meeting-house in Gray's Close; died in Jan. 1723, aged about 60. He marr. in Dec. 1701 Janet daugh. of Archibald Paterson, merchant-burges, Edinburgh, who survived him.-[Act Rect. Univ. St. And., Peterkin's Constitution of the Church, Case of Greenshields, Edin. (Marr.), and Test. Reg., Lee's Memorial, Hume's Crim. Law ii.]

1689. GEORGE MURRAY, A. M., second son of Mr M. of Murraythwaite, obtained his degree at the Univ. of Glasgow in 1662, licen. by the Presb. of Dumfries 18th Jan. 1688, called in Sept. after, ord. (in the meeting-house at Dumfries) 31 st Jan. 1689; died 14th Jan. 1708, in his 84th year and 19th min. He marr. Isabel Maxwell, sister to the laird of Hills.-[Mun. Univ. Glasg. iii., Dumfries Presb. Reg., Tombst.]

1694. JAMES ARMESTRONG, trans. from Coldstream, called , and adm. 21st March; died (between 16th and 21st) April 1719. A son William succeeded to the cure.-[Presb., and Syn. Reg., Wodrow's Anal., Mun. Univ. Glasg. ii.]

1719. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, son of the preceding, licen. by the Presb. 23d July 1718, called 5th May and ord. 13th Aug. 1719; died 27th Jan. 1733, in 42d age and 15th min. He was termed a new light, or legal preacher, and gave much offence by his sermon at opening the Synod 14th April 1730. Preaching before his grace the Commissioner (Hugh Earl of Loudoun) and the General Assembly 16th May 1731, "upon doing good; he read his papers in the grossest, most indistinct, and undecent manner. The write was so large that the letters were seen at a good distance when he turned the leafe; at every six or seven lines he mistook the line, and read a wrong one, and called himself back;" he was also one of a club who did Rot favour Confessions of Faith. He had "an unbounded benevolence of manners, with a mellow and unexhausted flow of good nature, cheerful, well-bred wit, which combined to make his conversation an entertainment that was relished by every taste, soothed every turbulent passion, and almost healed all sorrow." He marr. Jean Sommervile, and had a daugh. who marr. Mr Andrew Jafray, min. of Ruthwell.-[Coldstream Sess., Presb., and Syn. Reg, Tombst., Wodrow's Anal., and Corresp., Scots Mag. lxv.]

1734. ROBERT PETRIE, A.M., elected schoolmaster of Jedburgh in 1719, became Master, of the Grammar-school of Selkirk, before 1728, was licen. by the Presb. of Jedburgh 2d Jan. 1734, called 16th May, and ord. 14th Aug. same year; died 15th July 1764, in his 64th year and 30th min., beloved, respected, and esteemed by all who were friends to religion, virtue, and polite learning. He marr. 24th July 1727 Margaret only daugh. of Andrew Waugh, Esq., Selkirk, and had nine children, four of whom by their talents and industry acquired handsome fortunes. Dr Robert, the eldest, was an eminent physician at Lincoln, and William, the youngest, rose to be second in command at Madras, and was distinguished for his great abilities in discharging the duties of his public station.-Publication-The reasonableness and necessity of Public Worship, a sermon, Edin. 1743, 8vo.-[Steven's Hist. of the High School Edin., Presb., Syn., and Selkirk Sess. Reg., Tombst., Sinclair's xiv., and New St. Acc. iv., &c.]

1765. ANDREW WALKER, trans. from Etterick, pres. by the Commissioner for Henry, Duke