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ing them into a subscription of his call. He was deprived by the Synod, the charge declared vacant from the death of the former incumbent before 6th Nov. 1660; the vacant stipend being given to his family 22d Jan. 1661. He died at Edinburgh in June 1665 aged about 56. He marr. 1st, 28th Feb. 1639 Margaret Cokburne, at the Kirk of Torrie, and had a daugh.Margaret; 2dly, Margaret Row, and had a son Thomas.-[Presb., Dunfermline, Torryburn, and Haddingt. Sess., and Edin. Reg. (Bur.), Livingston's Charac., Baillie's Lett., Acts Paul. vii., Wodrow's Hist.]

1661. THOMAS INGLIS, A.M., trans. from Whittingham, called 3rd Feb., pres. by Charles II. 13th July, and adm. between 18th and 25th Sept.; was elected a Second min. of Edinburgh 12th Sept. 1662, but did not accept, bad confirmation of Thurston, with Thomas Dalrumple, apothecary, Edinburgh, 10th Dec. 1672, and died between 3rd Oct. 1683 and 16th Oct. 1685. His books were estimat to j^c li; Elizabeth Whyt, relict. He had a son, Thomas, apothecary in Kelso, and two daugh, Jean and Agnes.-[Presb., Dunbar Presb., Edin. Sasines xxi., Guild., Counc., and Test. Reg. (Peebles), Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal v., Wodrow's Hist.]

1689. GEORGE BARCLAY, A.M., obtained his degree at the Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen in July 1674, passed trials before the Presb. of Dalkeith, and was recommended for licence; deprived by the Privy Council 3rd Sept 1689, for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates, not praying for their majesties William and Mary, and praying for James VII. The Town-council of Edinburgh passed Acts in his favour 25th March 1691, and 3rd Feb. 1693. He died in Edinburgh 13th Jan. 1712, aged about 58, having two sons George, at Bath, and William, optician in Edinburgh.-[Fasti Aberd., Peterkin's Constitution of the Church, MS. Acc. of Min. 1689, Presb., Test., Edin. Counc., and Reg. (Bur.)]

1691. JOHN GOWDIE, trans. from (Jedburgh Presb.), called 17th and adm. 28th May; he was a member of the Assembly 1692, and got j^c merks from the town-council of Edinburgh 8th July same year; died between 19th Oct. and 3rd Dec. 1702.-[Presb., and Edin. Counc. Reg., Reg. Gen. Ass. 1692.]

1704. NINIAN HOME, A.M., trans. from Bonkle, called in 1703, and 4th July 1704, and adm. 29th Nov. thereafter; deposed 9th July 1716 for one instance of drinking, opposition to the seasonable warning of the Commission, and for opposition to the warning of the Presb., together with disobedience to the orders of the Synod and Presb.; the sentence was taken off in Oct. following, but he was again deposed 14th March 1718, for alleged error, and disaffection to His Majesty's person and government, which was affirmed by the Assembly 24th May thereafter. He produced 29th Jan. 1723 a Decreet of Exception by the Lords of Session, and a signature by the Barons of Exchequer, to prove that he was invested with the rights and estate which belonged to the late George Home of Wedderburn, and died at Edinburgh 17th Dec. 1744, in his 76th year. He was a man of great parts, and becoming a banker, or bill-broker, accumulated a considerable fortune, which he invested by purchasing the estates of Billie and Linthill. He had six sons and three daugh., Patrick, who succeeded to the estates, Charles, David, Andrew, Abraham, Thomas, Jean, Margaret, and Elizabeth.(Presb., Chirnside Presb., Bonkle Sess., Test. (Laud.), and Edin. Reg. (Bur.), Reg. Gen. Ass. 1718, Boston's Memoirs.]