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III., trans. and adm. 19th Aug. 1784; F.R.S.; died 30th June 1808. He marr. 8th May 1778, Jean (died 10th June 1831), daugh. of John
Fraser, W.S., and had issue-Magdalene, born 23rd Feb. 1779 (marr. 3rd March 1800, Richard Scougal, merchant, Leith); Jane, born 30th Sept. 1781 (marr. James Thomson, merchant, Leith); John, born 6th April 1784; William, born 13th March
1786, died 1st
April 1787;
Robert, born 9th Sept. 1788. Publications-Sermons (Edinburgh, 1791); Three
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1794-8); Observations on the National Character of
the Dutch, and the Family Character of the House of Orange (Edinburgh, 1794);
The Psalms of David Methodized (Edinburgh, 1794); Kolf,
a Dutch game (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., xvi.).-[Kay's
Portr.]
1808 ANDREW GRANT, D.D.; trans. from
Kilmarnock; pres. by George III., and adm. 20th Oct. 1808; trans. to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 11th Oct. 1810.-[Anderson's Sketches.]
1811 HENRY GARNOCK, born Dunblane, 1768;
educated at St Andrews Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 11th Feb.
1794; ord. to Legerwood 14th March 1798; pres. by the Crown, trans. and adm.
25th July 1811; Synod clerk 14th Nov. 1815; died in a carriage on his way
home, 22nd Jan. 1820. He was unmarr.-[Tombst.]
1820 ALEXANDER STEWART, born 29th
Jan. 1764, son of
Alexander S., min. of Blair Athole; educated at Univ. of St Andrews; tutor in the family of Graham of
Greigston; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 8th Feb. 1786; ord to Moulin 21st
Sept. 1786; M.A. (St Andrews 1792); trans. to Dingwall 1805; pres. by George
IV., trans. and adm. 13th July 1820 ; died 27th May 1821. A proficient Gaelic
scholar, he did great service to the Highlands in revising the translation of the Scriptures in his
native language (S.P.C.K.), and for this work he received the unanimous
thanks of the General Assemblies 1819 and 1820. He marr. (1) 31st
Oct. 1793, Louisa
(died, 6th Feb. 1799), eldest daugh. of Capt. Lachlan
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Macpherson, and had issue-Alexander, min. of
Cromarty, born 25th Sept. 1794; Catherine, born 11th
May 1797 (marr.
Hector Allan, min. of Kincardine): (2) 4th March 1802, Emilia (died at Bayswater, 12th Nov. -
1855), eldest daugh. of Charles Calder, min. of Urquhart, and had
issue-Charles Calder, min. of Aberdalgie, born 22nd Nov. 1804; Duncan, M.D., H.E.I.C.S.,
born 21st Jan. 1805; James Calder, born 29th Aug. 1806; Patrick, born 30th
May 1808; Margaret Brodie, born 16th Aug. 1810 (marr. 3rd March 1829, Sir
John Herschel, the astronomer); Isabel Robertson, born 27th May 1812, died
unmarr.; John, born 18th June 1814. Publications-Elements of Gaelic Grammar
(Edinburgh, 1801); Account of a Late Revival of Religion in a Part of the
Highlands (Edinburgh, 1802); Address to the Royal Athole Regt. of Volunteers
(Edinburgh, 1804); A Primer or Spelling Book, in Gaelic; Sermons, with a
Memoir (Edinburgh, 1822); Hints on Faith and Hope (Edinburgh, 1858);
translated into Gaelic Isaac Watts' Preservative from Vice and Folly; revised
the Original of Ossian, under the superintendence of the Highland Society of
London; Account of Moulin (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., v., xxi.). - [Sermons
(Mem.), Bonar's Canongate; Memoir, by James Sieveright, D.D., Markinch.]
1823 JOHN LEE, LL.D., M.D., Professor of
Divinity and Ecclesiastical History, St Mary's College, St Andrews; pres. by George IV. 15th June
1821; adm. 21st
March 1823; D.D.
(St Andrews, 28th Dec. 1823); trans. to Lady Yester's, 17th Feb.
1825.-[Bonar's Canongate.]
1825 JOHN GILCHRIST, a native of Edinburgh, whose parents belonged to the Cameronian Church; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 2nd Aug.
1797; assistant at Dundee; ord. to East Church, Greenock, 10th Nov.
1807; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May 1812); pres. by George IV.; trans. and
adm. 25th Aug. 1825; died 23rd May 1849, in 79th year. He marr. 26th Oct. 1812, Catherine (died 24th
Oct. 1842),
daugh. of James Addie, min. of Kilmaronock, and had issue-Margaret,
born 2nd Aug.
1813,
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