burgh; ord. 10th Feb. 1898. Marr. 17th Aug. 1889, Jessie Millar, daugh. of James Lowe, -M.A., min. of Thornton, and has issue-May Alexina Bayne, born 8th May 1890;William Henry Gray, born 24th Jan. 1902.

UPHALL, FORMERLY

STRTHBROCK.

[The church, dedicated to St Nicholas, was a prebend belonging to the Provostry of Kirkheugh.]

1562 MICHAEL SMIITH, adm. 1562. The General Assembly, 30th June 1562, ordained the Superintendent of Lothian to summon him to purge himself of certain crimes of which he was accused. -[Booke of the Kirk, Keith's Hist]

1570 THOMAS DOUGLAS, adm. May 1570; trans. to Dalkeith about 1573. [Reg. Min. Colleg. Ch., Mid-Lothian.]

1585 THOMAS MOWBRAY, adm. 1585; dep. 8th Oct. 1590.-[Reg. Assig., Edin. Presb. Req.]

1590 PATRICK SHAIRP, son of Sir John S. of Houston, advocate; one of the original students in the Univ. of Edinburgh; attained his degree of _M.A. at the first graduation (9th Aug. 1587); died probably in 1597. He marr. Jean Gudlad (the daugh. or granddaugh. of Walter Gudlad, vicar of Strathbrock), who afterwards marr. her husband's successor, and had issue-Agnes, his only surviving child in 1611 (marr. (1) after 29th April 1612, Alexander Somerville of Humbie (Reg. of Deeds, ccvii., 259), (2) James Laing, min. of Kirknewton). - [Reg. Assig., Edin. and, Stirl. Presb. Regs.]

1598  ALEXANDER KEITH, M.A. (Edin burgh, 28th July 1596); adm. 19th Sept. 1598; member of the Glasgow Assembly 1610; adhered to the protestation for the liberties of the Kirk, 27th .Tune 1617; still min. in 1633, when his name disappears

from the Presb. Record. He marr. Jean Gudlad, widow of preceding, and had issue-Robert; Alexander, his successor; Jean.-[Reg. Assig., Presb., Edin. Presb.; Booke of the Kirk; Orig. Lett., ii.; Calderwood's Hist.; Morrison's Dec., xvii.]

1639  ALEXANDER KEITH, son of preceding; M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th July 1634); adm. previous to 16th Aug. 1639; dep. 21st July 1649; reponed by the Synod 8th May 1656; had £100 ster. allowed by Parliament 12th July 1661, on account of his sufferings. He marr. (1) 19th May 1640, Margaret (daugh. of James Monteath of Kersebank), and had issue Katherine; Louis; Jean; Margaret.-[Falkirk Sess. Reg.; Peterkin's Rec.; Acts of Ass. and Parl., vii.]

1655 WILLIAM DEWCATS [DUGUID], M.A. He intruded himself, 27th March 1655, "over the bodie of the people," without any call or legal admission. [Afterwards min. of Dolphinton.][Presb. (Protesting) Reg.]

1659 JOHN MOUBRAY, M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th April 1645); licen. by Presb. of Haddington 30th Nov. 1653; chaplain to the Laird of Kirkbill; called 7th March and 30th June 1658; ord. 9th Nov. 1659; coll. loth Oct. 1662; outed by the rabble before 13th April 1689; dem. 6th Aug. 1690; went to England, where he obtained a living. He marr. 20th Feb. 1662, Julia Campbell, and had issueHelen and Margaret (twins); John; William; Catherine; Elizabeth. - [Reg. Collat.; MS. Acc. of Min., 1689; Rule's Sec. (Vindication).]

1690 GEORGE BARCLAY, educated at New College, St Andrews; called to this charge 10th Aug., and adm. 30th Sept. 1690; was a member of the Assemblies 1690, 1692; died 29th July 1714. He marr. Christian Fairfoul (Edinburgh Sas., li., 6).-[Reg. Gen. Ass.; Peterkin's Constitution of the Church; Wodrow's Anal., i., Corresp, i.]