1869; William Malcolm, born 4th April 1871; Annie Henderson, born 26th Feb. 1874 (marr. 19th June 1900, Andrew Hunter, solicitor); John Michael, born 4th March 1876; Elizabeth Jessie, born 15th Feb. 1878; George Robert, born 23rd Sept. 1879.

1913 ROBERT AGNEW, born Finnard,  Newry, Ireland, 5th Dec. 1883; educated at Newry, and Royal Univ., Belfast and Dublin; B.A. (1906); M.A. (1907); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1910; assistant at Portobello; ord. 16th April 1913.

CARRIDEN.

[Prior to the Reformation the church belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. A church built on a new site at a cost of £6500 was dedicated 18th Sept. 1909.]

1561 ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A., “vicar of Carriden"; witness to a sasine 19th May 1561.-[Linlithgow Burgh Rec.].

1563 JOHN LESLIE, M.A., son of Robert L.  of Inverpeffer; adm. exhorter 1563. He was marr. and of the age of 47 in this year; adm. a notary 29th Feb. 1563-4.

1621 ANDREW KEIR, born 1598, son of  William K., min. of Ecclesmachan; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (22nd July 1615); adm. Aug. 1621; clerk to the Presb. 1629; in March 1630 he was put in possession of four acres three roods of the lands of Little Carriden for a glebe; member of Assembly 1638. He was suspended for preaching for the Engagement in 1648; died 22nd Nov. 1653. He marr. (1) Christina Bell, and along with her took sasine of a tenement in Linlithgow in 1622: (2) Euphan Primrose, and had issue-Andrew; William; Janet; George; Marion; Elizabeth (marr. 1630, James, eldest son of James Hamilton of Hiltlie Edin. Sas., xv., 296); Christian; Robert. -[Linlithgow  Sess. Reg., Stevenson's Hist., Peterkin's Rec., Tombst.;

Morison's Digest and Dec., i.; Baillie's Lett., i. ; Linlithgow -Burgh Rec.]

1650 ROBERT STEEDMAN; ALA. (Edinburgh, 30th July 1646); adm. (colleague) 13th March 1650; joined the Protesting Presb. in 1631;was obliged to escape after the English entered Lothian, and officiated for some time at Cleish; dep. 21st Aug. 1661; denounced by the Privy Council for keeping Conventicles 3rd Aug. 1676; returned in 1687.-[Wodrow's Hist.]

1663 JAMES ADAMSON, M.A.; ord. and coll. 24th April 1663; trans. to Bedrule 1664.-[Colinton Sess., Reg; Collat.]

1665 JOHN PARK, son of James P., maltman, Linlithgow, and Joanna Mure; licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 19th April 1664; ord. and coll. 9th June 1665. His life being threatened for having reported the presence in the neighbourhood of Donald Cargill and other preachers, he was recommended to the Treasury by the Privy Council (8th June 1680) for some allowance for that service. He was accused before the Privy Council, 10th Sept. 1689, of not reading the Proclamation of the. Estates, etc., baptizing the children of scandalous persons without demanding satisfaction; and praying that the walls of the castle might be as brass about George, Duke of Gordon, but was acquitted. Dep. 28th Aug. 1690 for drunkenness, etc. He carried off the parochial and session registers .Marr. Annabella, daugh. of Provost James Glen, Linlithgow. - [Reg. Collat.; Wodrow's Hist., iii.; Peterkin's Constitution of the Church, Hewison's  The Covenanters, Salmon's Borrowstounness.]

1687 ROBERT STEEDMAN, M.A., returned after the Act of Toleration; restored by Act of Parliament 25th April 1690; died 29th Sept. 1701, in his 76th year. He marr. Sarah (died 26th Oct. 1720), daugh. of Sir Alex. Inglis of Ingliston, and had issue-John, min. of Tron Parish, Edinburgh; Helen (marr. Will.