dep. by Presb. 22nd March and ratified by the Synod 2nd May 1643, for "ane wyld and ignominious cuckolane and slanderous ryme, ventit and formed agains the brethrein." While the case was pending, Janet Baird, his wife, and widow of Roger Melville, min. of Kirkmichael (Reg. of Deeds, dxxxvi., 21), prayed for clemency " to hir husband and hir, whom God has visited with ane knawin infirmitie, which she has had for twenty-three years, and towards their poor children, who as yet have never been able to win themselves ane meall of meitt." He craved help for putting his son apprentice to a chirurgeon in Edinburgh, 28th July 1647, and received pecuniary assistance from various kirksessions, 7th N ov. 1643 to 19th Aug. 1647; date of death unknown.-[Beath, Carnock, and Dunferml. Sess. Regs.; Morrison's Dec., xvii.]

1644 JAMES FORSYTH, M.A.; pres. by James, Earl of Callendar, 10th Oct. 1643; ord. 4th Jan. 1644; trans. to Larbert and Dunipace 26th Feb. 1645.

[THOMAS THOMSON, probably son of Thomas T., min. of Hobkirk ; adm. min. to the garrison of the Earl of Callendar by the Presb. of Glasgow 11th June 1645, and min. of a congregation at Hartlepool, England; pres. by James, Earl of Callendar, Nov. 1645. On account of violent opposition the settlement was referred to the Synod, who recalled it, 6th May thereafter; he died in Edinburgh, Aug. 1667. [Glasgow Presb. and Edin. Reg. (Bur.).]

1647 WILLIAM TUEDY [TWEEDIE], of the Drumelzier family; M.A., regent in the Univ. of Edinburgh; pres. by James, Earl of Callender, 1st Dec. 1646; ord. and inst. 16th April 1647; had an Act of Parliament in his favour 16th Feb. 1649. Preferring his former position as a teacher, he returned to the regency 9th Sept. 1657; died in Feb. 1665, aged about 46. He marr. Jean Turner, who survived him.[Test. and Canongate Reg. (Bur.); Acts Parl., vi.; and MSS.

1658 ROBERT SEMPILL, min. of Second Charge, Lesmahagow, 1648; M.A. (Glasgow, 27th July 1649); joined the Protesters 1651; called (when the parishioners were much divided among themselves), trans. and adm. 13th April 1658; suspended by Presb. 19th Sept., dep. 28th Nov. 1660. He bad sasine of a house and yard, in the kirktown of Lesmahagow, 9th Aug. 1673. A daugh., Mary, was recommended to the Synod for relief Sept. 1695, and 2nd Feb. 1704, recommended by the Presb. "to be supplied out of the gift granted by the late King William of blessed memory, to Presbyterian ministers outed from their charges in 1660 and their children." On 5th Oct. 1709, the Presb. app. another daugh., Margaret, "now reduced to great straits in her old age, the sum of fifteen pund Scots for her present supply, out of the centesima money lying in the clerk's hands.''-[Sasines, Lanark.]

1661  GEORGE PHIN, schoolmaster of South Leith 1645; min. of Symington, Lanarkshire, 17th July 1649; pres. by Earl of Callendar; adm. 21st Aug. 1661; died 19th Feb. 1689, buried at Torphichen. He marr. (1) Margaret Spynie: (2) Susannah Simpson, who survived him, and marr. Duncan Whyte. A daughter, Helen, was served heir, 18th Aug. 1696.-[Torphichen Sess. and Test. Reg. (Stirl.); Inq. Ret. Stirl. 329, Lanark 429, Linlithg. 250, Fife 1392, Edin. 1360; New Gen. Reg. Sasines, xvii.]

1691 JAMES STEVENSON, licen. by Presb.  of Glasgow 14th Nov. 1689; called 12th April, and ord. 8th July 1691; died 17th Dec. 1708.-[Wodrow's Anal., ii.]

1709 JOHN STEVENSON, son of preceding; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 8th Aug. 1700; ord. to Cathcart 8th May 1701; called 20th Feb., trans. and adm. 9th Nov. 1709; dem. 28th Aug. 1711; dep. 211th Oct. following. He marr. Isobel Smith.