-[Mid-Calder and Cramond Sess. and Test. Reg., Morrison's Digest, Wodrow's gist., Acts of Ass.; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5288.]

1668 JOHN SOMERVILL, M.A.; trans. from Glasserton; coll. 17th June 1668; trans. to Mid-Calder in 1672.-[Reg. Collat.]

1672 JOHN KNOX, M.A., formerly of North Leith, where he had lived peaceably after his deprivation; indulged by the Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672; returned to North Leith July 1687.-[Wodrow's MSS. and Hist., Brown's Hid. of Indulg.]

1672 WILLIAM WEIR, M.A., formerly of Linlithgow, indulged with the preceding, 3rd Sept. 1672. Resisting the royal supremacy in spiritual affairs, and maintaining his obligations against Episcopacy in his public ministrations, he was, by authority of the Privy Council 31st July 1673, carried prisoner to Edinburgh, and committed to the Tolbooth; obliged to leave afterwards he went to Ireland, and accepted a charge in Coleraine. He returned to Scotland and was resettled at Linlithgow. - [Wodrow's Hist., Brown's Hist. of Indulg.]

1676 GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.A. (Edinburgh 1665); ord. to Queensferry 29th Dec. 1674. He appears as min. about 1675; trans. to Kirkurd 16th Jan. 1678; dep. 3rd Nov. 1680. Rabbled in 1689, when he left the parish, and died July 1691, aged about 46. He marr. 2nd Oct. 1685, Anna Naismith, who was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 29th June 1695. -[Test. and Edin. Reg. (Marr. and Bur.); MS. Acc. of Min., 1689.]

1689 JOHN LAUDER, bapt. 25th Jan. 1671, son of John L., min. of Tynninghame; min. of Dalziel 1659; dep. 1662; ind. at Dalziel 1670-84; returned 1687; called 31st Aug., and trans. and adm. 1689; died 1691. He marr., and had issue-Isabel; David; John. - [Dalziel Sess. Reg.]

1692 JOHN ANDERSON studied at Univ.  of Utrecht, lived for a time at Borrowstounness; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 28th Oct. 1691; called 29th Nov. following; ord. 28th April 1692; died 17th Dec. 1705, in 48th year. He marr. (1) 2nd March 1696, Mary, daugh. of Patrick M'Carra, bailie of the Canongate, and had issue-Mary (marr. 15th Oct. 1719, John Russell of Braidshaw, W.S.): (2) 18th May 1701, Janet, daugh. of John Gordon of New-work, who survived him -[Canongate Sess., Test., and Edin. Reg. (Marr.); Tombst]

1707 JAMES ANDERSON, called 13th March, and ord. 5th May 1707; trans. to Falkirk 26th March 1718.

1720 ANDREW GLOAG, M.A. (St Andrews, 8th April 1718); licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 2nd June 1719; chaplain to the Laird of Marjoribanks; called 14th Oct. 1719; ord. 25th Feb. 1720; died 28th Feb. 1770, in his 82nd year. He marr. (1) Oct. 1720, Christian, daugh. of Thomas Ronald, Provost of Linlithgow, and had issue alive in 1759, and all above 26 years of age-Thomas; James; John; William, min. of Lady Yester's, Edinburgh; Janet (marr. 25th Nov. 1720, William Good, wright, Edinburgh): (2) 5th Nov. 1730, Jean (died 1st Dec. 1793), daugh. of John Veitch, tenant in Hamildean, Lyne (G. R. Hornings, 29th June 1732), and had issue -Elizabeth; Andrew; Margaret; Mary, born 26th March 1742 (marr. Robert Wishart, min. of Livingston).

1770 WILLIAM GARVIE, M.A.; pres. by Alexander Marjoribanks of that ilk, and ord. 28th Nov. 1770; trans. to Aberdalgie and Dupplin 10th Jan. 1782.

1782 ALEXANDER WARDROP, licen. by Presb. of Haddington 1st Dec. 1778; was for a time a schoolmaster; pres. By Alexander Marjojibanks of Marjoribanks, and ord. 6th Sept. 1782; died 9th Dec. 1784.