Oct. 1723, Janet Gray, who died 10th Aug. 1780, and had issue-William; Katherine; Alexander, born 29th Nov. 1729, died 22nd April 1745; David, born 1st July 1731; Janet, born 17th May 1739.--[Tombst.]

1755 STEPHEN OLIVER, pres. by. William, Earl of March, 30th April, and ord. 11th Sept. 1755; trans. to Maxton l5th Aug. 1776.

1777 ROBERT SCOTT, born 1714, son of Robert S. of Coldhouse, near Hawick; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 2nd Aug. 1774; pres. by William, Earl of March and Ruglen, 21st Dec. 1776; called 20th March, and ord. Ist May 1777; died 5th June 1796. He marr. 28th June 1781, Margaret (died at Edinburgh, 27th .tan. 1817), daugh. of Dr Thomas Chisholme, surgeon, Selkirk, and had issue-Agnes, born 11th Dec. 1782; Thomas Chisholme, born 2nd April 1784; William Chisholme, born 3rd Aug. 1785; Charles .James, born 24th Dec. 1787; Jean, born 27th May 1789; James Robert, born 31st July 1790; Robert, born 1st Sept. 1791; Alexander, born 1st Sept. 1793, friend of Lord Byron. -[Tombst.; New Stat. Acc., iii.]

1797 JOSEPH JOHNSTON, chaplain to the Charity Workhouse, Edinburgh licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 27th Feb. 1771, and ord. by them (at the request of the Committee on the Royal Bounty), 10th April following, as a missionary in Shetland, where he officiated for three years. He then joined the Presb. of Relief, and was settled at Kinghorn, before 24th Feb. 1779. On professing his regret for this step he was received into Communion by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th April 1788, his moral character being unimpeachable, and admonished to be more steady and uniform in his future conduct. Pres. by William, Duke of Queensberry 25th Nov. 1796; called 23rd Feb., and adm. 16th March 1797; died 28th June 1808. He marr. Christian Grandison, who died 23rd June 1824. Their only daugh., Margaret, marr. 6th Nov. 1818, Capt. Albert Cummings of London. Publications -

Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1778, 1802); Sermons on Practical Subjects (Edinburgh, 1789).[Tombst.]

1809 JAMES PATE, born Shotts 1748, son  of William P.; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen by Presb. of Dunoon 27th March 1781; Keeper of Stirling's Library, Glasgow; pres. by Richard Alexander Oswald of Auchencruive 19th Oct. 1808; ord. 28th April 1809; died 7th May 1839. He marr. 16th Dec. 1824, Jean (died 5th April 1875), daugh. of Thomas Potts, Jedburgh. Publication-Account of the Parish (jointly) (New, Stat. Acc., iii.).

1833 PATRICK BOOTH, born Aberdeen, 1810, son of John B., Aberdeen. educated at Univ. and Marischal College, Aberdeen- M.A. (1827); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 6th Dec. 1832; pres. by Livingston Booth, merchant, Aberdeen, and ord. (assistant and successor) 4th July 1833; died at Leghorn, 22nd May 1859. He marr. 12th July 1842, Robina (died 30th April 1893), daugh. of Alexander Williamson, townclerk of Peebles, and had issue-Mary Williamson, born 13th Nov. 1843 (marr. Vincent Ravi, min. in the Waldensian Church); John Livingston, min. of Stobo; Jane Anna, born 2 7th Jan. 1847; Alexander Williamson, merchant, New Zealand, born 17th Oct. 1848; Patrick, Scottish secretary, M'All Mission, Paris, born 15th Feb. 1850; Robina Margaret, born 18th Sept. 1851; Elizabeth, born 22nd Feb. 1853, died 17th March 1853; William, M.D., born 22nd Feb. 1853; Helen Jessie, born 5th May 1854, died young; Robertson Stewart, banker, New Zealand, born 17th Sept. 1857. Publications - Essay ova the Existence and Attributes of God (Edinburgh, 1855); Sermons (Edinburgh, 1858); Account of the Parish (jointly) (New Stat. Acc., iii.).

1859  ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, M.A.; pres. by the Trustees of the Rev. Patrick Booth (his brother-in-law) 5th Oct. 1859; ord. 1 7th Nov. 1859; trans.