Feb. 1657; William, born 7th March 1658; James, of Muirhousedykes.-[Edin. Counc. and Guild Reg., Leven and Melv. Pap.; Gen. Ass., 1690; S. Presb. Eloq.; M'Call's Midcalder, Warrick's Moderators.]

1692 JOHN MONCREIFF, son of Alex. M., min. of Scoonie; M.A. (St Andrews, 25th July 1668); denounced for holding conventicles 1682; min. of Prestonpans 1687; called 15th Jan. 1692; trans. and adm. shortly afterwards; died at Rumgally, Fife, 25th Nov. 1709, aged above 40. He marr. (1) Mary Greg g, buried in Greyfriars, 4th Oct. 1698: (2) (pro. 6th Aug. 1699) Janet, daugh. of John Mitchell of Balbairdie.[Acts Parl., xi.]

1714 JAMES BANNATINE, educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; tutor in the family of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 26th Oct. 1703; ord. to Whittingehame 19th June 1707; app. by the Presb. 21st July, trans. and adm. 10th Oct. 1714; Moderator of Assembly 10th May 1739; died 10th April 1756, in his 82nd year. He marr. 19th March 1708, Katherine, daugh. of Hugh Blair, Dean of Guild, Edinburgh, and had issue-Hugh, min. of Dirleton; George, min. of the Wynd Church, Glasgow; Elizabeth (marr. Andrew Shaw, min. of St Madoes); Katherine (marr. Hugh Blair, D.D., min. of St Giles); Grizel. Publications-An Essay on Gospel and Legal Preaching (Edinburgh, 1723); Mistakes about Religion amongst the Causes of our Defection front the Spirit of the Gospel (Edinburgh, 1737); Peace and Truth (1738).-[Finlayson's and Hill's Lives of Blair; Kay's Portr, i.; Warrick's Moderators.]

1758 HENRY LUNDIE, son of Archibald L., min. of Saltoun; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Haddington 24th June 1740; ord. to Monzie 10th May 1743; trans. to Abercorn 24th Sept. 1747; called 13th Aug. 1756; trans. and adm. 15th June 1758; den. 29th Jan. 1799; died 1st Jan. 1800. He marr. 7th Dec. 1749, Christian (died 10th Nov. 1810), daugh. of John Menzies, physician, Dumfries, and had

issue Archibald, W.S., born 22nd Dec. 1751, died 4th May 1841; John, born 1st Dec. 1755; Margaret, born 4th May 1757, died 20th Dec. 1759; Robert, born 13th June 1760, died 1st June 1767.-[Kay's Portr., ii.; Moncreiff's Life of Erskine; Morren's Ann., ii.]

1799 DAVID DICKSON, trans. from Canon gate Chapel-of-Ease; pres. by the Town Council, and adm. 21st March 1799; trans. to New North Parish 26th Nov. 1801.

1802 ROBERT ANDERSON, trans. from Eastwood; elected by the Town Council 27th Jan., pres. 17th Feb., and adm. 16th July 1802; trans. to Old Greyfriars 12th Jan. 1804.

1804 THOMAS MACKNIGHT, trans. from Second Charge, South Leith; elected by the Town Council 2nd Feb., and adm. 21st June 1804; trans. to Old Kirk Parish 15th May 1810.

1810 ANDREW GRANT, D.D.; trans. from Canongate; elected by the Town Council 6th June, and adm. 11th Oct. 1810; trans. to St Andrew's Parish 14th Jan. 1813.

1813 WALTER TAIT, born 1771, fifth son  of William T., merchant, Glasgow, and nephew of Admiral Viscount Duncan; educated at Glasgow Univ.; M.A. (1786) ; min. of Lundie and Foulis 1795-7, of Tealing 1797-1813 ; elected by the Town Council 27th Jan., pres. 16th June, trans. and adm. 25th Nov. 1813. He adopted the teaching of Campbell of Row, and Edward Irving, and in 1833 the Presb. reported to the General Assembly that he "had given countenance to certain extraordinary interruptions of public worship in his church on the Monday immediately after the Communion, by a person [Thomas Carlyle, Edinburgh] pretending to speak in the Spirit." The General Assembly expressed "their high disapprobation of these disorders and irregularities," and remitted the case to the