1760 JAMES PATON, licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 10th May 1758; pres. by Walter, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 28th Aug. 1760; died 31st Oct. 1796, in 82nd year. Publication-Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., iv.).

1797 WILLIAM MEEK, pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 31st Aug. 1797; D.D. (Glasgow, 10th June 1802); trans. to Hamilton 6th Nov. 1821.

1822 ANDREW BELL, pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 28th March 1822; trans. to Linlithgow 20th June 1827.

1827 JAMES SCOTT, pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 27th Sept. 1827; trans. to Dalmeny 10th Sept. 1829.

1830  ANDREW KING, M.A., pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 29th April 1830; trans. to St Stephen's, Glasgow, 19th Feb. 1836.

1836 WILLIAM MAXWELL HETHERINGTON, born Troqueer, 4th June 1803, in early life a gardener; entered the Univ. of Edinburgh in 1822; M.A. (30th March 1826); licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 27th Oct. 1830; pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, and ord. 28th April 1836. Joined the Free Church; min. of the Free Church at St Andrews 21st Feb. 1844; LL.D. (U.S.A.); adm. to Free St Paul's, Edinburgh, 1848; D.D. (1855); Professor of Exegetical Theology in the Free College, Glasgow, 29th Oct. 1857; died 23rd May 1865. He marr. 1st June 1836, Jessie (died 2nd Sept. 1871), daugh. of William Meek, D.D., Hamilton, and had issue William Meek Maxwell, born 11th July 1843; Thomas Chalmers, born 15th Sept. 1847. Publications - Twelve Dramatic Sketches founded on the Pastoral Poetry of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1829); The Fulness of Time (London, 1834); The Minister's Family (Edinburgh, 1838); Thoughts on the Connection between Church and State (Edinburgh, 1840); History of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1841, and various editions);

The history of the Westminster Assembly (1843); The History of Route (1849); The Harmony existing between Christianity and True Science; The Anti Christian System; National Education in Scotland; Poems on Various Subjects (Edinburgh, 1851); Toleration, or the Principles of Religious Liberty (Edinburgh, 1854); Account of the Parish (New Stat. Acc., ii.), Lecture V. (on the Social Condition of the People), and XI. (to Young Men, ii.); Authoritative Exposition of the Principles of the Free Church; edited Practical Works of the Rev. John Willison; founder and editor of Free Church Magazine.-[Conolly's Fifiana, Dict. Nat. Biog.]

1843 WILLIAM BRANKS, born Old Monkland, 8th Aug. 1813, son of William  B., farmer, and Jane Rankin; educated at Glasgow Univ.; M.A. (1835); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1840; ord. 1st Oct. 1841 to Camelon Chapel-of-Ease; pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, Aug. 1843; adm. 15th Sept. 1843; died 16th Feb. 18'79. Marr. 22nd Jan. 1850, Jane (died 27th Nov. 1890), daugh. of David Rankin, Glasgow, and had issue-Jane Rankin; Helen Eliza Gillon; Wilhelmina; Ann Janet; Anna Maria; Jemima; Georgina. Publications - Zion's King (Edinburgh, 1859); Heaven our Home (Edinburgh, 1861, and many editions); Meet for Heaven (Edinburgh, 1862); Life in Heaven (Edinburgh, 1863); Tabor's Teaching (Edinburgh, 1865)-all anonymous.

1879 JOHN M'KERLIE JOHNSTONE, born 30th July 1847, son of Michael J., D.D., min. of Minnigaff; educated at Edinburgh Univ.; M.A. (1868), B.D. (1871); licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 1871; ord. 17th July 1879; died unmarr. 25th Aug. 1897.

1898  GEORGE BEALE, born Haddington, 17th Nov. 1861, son of David B. and Georgina Maclachlan; educated at Haddington, Church of Scotland Training College, and Edinburgh Univ.; M.A. (1888); schoolmaster of Scalloway, 1888-90; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th May 1893; assistant at Clydebank, and Dean, Edin