Presb. Tait was dep. 22nd Oct. 1833. He became pastor of the congregation in Edinburgh belonging to the Catholic Apostolic Church, and continued till his death, 22nd Feb. 1841. He marr. (1) 29th Oct. 1800, Jane (died 21st June 1812), daugh. of John Waugh, merchant, London, and had issue-Anne Elizabeth, born 5th Jan. 1802; Adam Duncan, min. of Kirkliston; John Waugh, born 29th July 1805, died 14th Sept. 1814; Robert and William, born 15th May 1807, both of whom entered the Church of England, the latter becoming vicar of Wakefield, Yorkshire: (2)12th Jan. 1816, Mary Tennant (died at Bathgate, 28th Aug. 1845), widow of James Robertson, solicitor. Publications -Two single Sermons (Dundee, 1809-11).  [Anderson's Sketches; Acts of Ass., 1833; Haldane's Hem., etc.]

1834 WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, born Hamilton, 2nd Oct. 1805, eldest son of Charles C., merchant, and Helen Cunningham (no relative); educated at Duns Academy (he was then living at Cheeklaw) and Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Duns 2nd Dec. 1828; assistant at Middle Parish, Greenock; ord. there (assistant and successor) 15th Oct. 1831; pres. by the Town Council 30th Oct. 1833; adm. 16th Jan. 1834 ; D.D. (Princeton, New Jersey, 1842). Joined the Free Church; Professor of Divinity, New College, Edinburgh, 1843; Professor of Church History, New College, 1845; Principal of New College, 1847; Moderator of the Free Church General Assembly 19th May 1859; died 14th Dec. 1861. He marr. 15th July 1834, Janet (died 2nd March 1888), daugh. of John Denniston of Greenock and Jean Fairrie, and had issue-Janet, born 7th June 1835 (marr. George Carphin, banker, Dunkeld), died 23rd Jan. 1913; Helen, born 14th April 1837 (marr. Robert Mackenzie, Dundee), died 15th Nov. 1865; William, born 15th Sept. 1839, died 16^th Oct. 1843; Jane Fairrie, born 4th May 1841, died 29th Dec. 1894; John Denniston, M.D., born 11th Dec. 1842, died 20th Aug. 1871; Charles Gordon, merchant, born

9th July 1845, died 12th Dec. 1894; Andrew Blackadder, born 1st Aug. 1846, died 14th Sept. 1852; William Robertson, born 9th Sept. 1848, died 13th June 1849; Archibald, merchant, born 26th Dec. 1849, died 12th Feb. 1892; Elizabeth, born 3rd April 1851, died 6th Sept. 1852; Mary Anne, born 7th Jan. 1853. Publications - Reply to the Statement of Certain Ministers and Elders, published in Answer to Dr Chalmers' Conference (Edinburgh, 1837); Speech on the Independence of the Church (Edinburgh, 1839); Letter to John Hope (Edinburgh, 1839); Tracts On the Intrusion of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1839); Defence of the Rights of the Christian People in the Appointment of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1840); Strictures on the Rev. James Robertson's Observations upon the Veto Act (Edinburgh, 1840); Letters on the Church Question in Answer to Mr Robertson of Elton (Edinburgh, 1842); Animadversions on Sir William Hamilton's pamphlet, "Be not Schismatics," etc. (Edinburgh, 1843); edited Bruce's Sermons and Life (Edinburgh, 1843); Introduction and Notes to Stillingfleet's Doctrines and Practices of the Church of Rome (1845); The Unchangeableness of Christ, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1853); The Reformers, and the Theology of the Reformation (Edinburgh, 1862); Historical Theology, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1863); Discussions on Church Principles, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1863); Sermons, edited by J. J. Bonar (1872); Theological Lectures, edited by Thomas Smith, D.D. (1878). - [Life, by Robert Rainy, D.D., and James Mackenzie (1871); Disruption Worthies; Smith's Scot. Clergy, iii.; Dict. Nat. Biog.]

1843 WILLIAM STEVEN, born Peebles, 22nd Nov. 1796, only son of James S., builder, Edinburgh, and Janet, daugh. of Andrew Ritchie, farmer, Woodhouse, Manor, and sister of William Ritchie, min. of Athelstaneford; educated at the school of his uncle, Robert Steven, Edinburgh, and at the High School; entered Edinburgh Univ. 1814; M.A. (1822); licen. by Presb. of Peebles 24th Sept. 1822; tutor to family of Grant of