3rd Aug. 1725; called 24th Dec. 1733; trans. and adm. 16th June 1734; Moderator of the General Assembly 25th May 1758; died 23rd March 1786. He marr. 25th Nov. 1726, .Margaret, daugh. of Hugh Stevenson of Montgrenan, and had issue-Margaret and George, aged above 21 in 1750 (George died 26th Dec. 1769); Elizabeth (marr. Robert Dundas, min. of Humbie); Robert, born 29th April 1742; Janet (marr. Alexander Torrence, Borthwick Mains).-[Carlyle's Autob., Morren's Ann., New Stat. Acc.]

1787  JAMES FINLAYSON, M.A., Professor of Logic in Univ. of Edinburgh, which office he held in conjunction; pres. by Lord President Dundas 30th Aug. 1786; ord. 6th April 1787; trans. to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh, 29th July 1790.[Sermons, Chambers's Biog. Dict., New Stat. Acc.]

1791 JOHN CLUNIE, born 1757; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Dec. 1784; schoolmaster of Markinch, and possessing a fine voice and some musical skill acted as precentor in the parish church; ord. to Ewes 28th Sept. 1790; pres. by Robert Dundas of Arniston, Lord Advocate; trans. and adm. 13th May 1791; chaplain to the Eastern Regiment of Mid-Lothian Volunteer Infantry; died at Greenend, Liberton, 14th April 1819. He marr. 1st Dec. 1790, Mary (died 9th May 1813), daugh. of Alexander Oliphant, min. of Bower, and had issue--Margaret, born 17th Aug. 1791, died 8th April 1810; Alexander, born 27th June 1793, died 8th May 1804; James Oliphant, born 14th Aug. 1795; Robert Dundas, born 21st March 1798. Publications-Author of a version of the song "I lo'e na a laddie but ane." His reputation as a writer and singer of Scottish songs led to an acquaintanceship with Robert Burns. The song "Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes" was taken down by Stephen Clarke when he and Burns were spending a night with Clunie in 1787, and used afterwards by the national poet. The occasion is recalled in a letter from

Burns to George Thomson: "About seven years ago I was well acquainted with a worthy little fellow of a clergyman, a Mr Clunie, who sang it charmingly." Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., xiii.).[New Stat. Acc., Conolly's Men of Fife, Dict. Nat. Biog.]

1814 ROBERT SMITH, pres. by Lord Chief Baron Dundas; ord. (assistant and successor) 22nd July 1814; trans. to Newtyle 3rd Sept. 1818.

1818 THOMAS WRIGHT, born 1785, son of Thomas W., plasterer, Dean, Edinburgh, and Isabella Somerville; educated at High School and Univ. of Edinburgh; tutor in the families of Campbell of Stonefield, and Clerk Rattray of Craighall; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th Sept. 1810; pres. by the Right Hon. Baron Dundas, and ord. 4th Dec. 1818; dep. by the Assembly 24th May 1841, for "constructive heresy"; died unmarr. at Edinburgh, 13th March 1855. Publications-Sermon (preached after the funeral of the Lord Chief Baron) (Edinburgh, 1819); The Morning and Evening Sacrifice (Edinburgh, 1822); Farewell to Time (Edinburgh, 1828); The Last Supper (Edinburgh, 1828); The True Plan of a Living Temple, 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1830); My Old Mouse (Edinburgh, 1835); A Manual of Conduct (Edinburgh, 1838); translated from the German-Elements of the Philosophy of Plants (Edinburgh, 1821); Reinhard's Family Discourses (Edinburgh, 1845); Sermon XV. (Gillan's Scott. Pulpit); Account of the Parish (New Stat. Acc., i.).

1841 JAMES SMITH, trans. from Chalmers Parish, Glasgow, and adm. 19th Nov. 1841; trans. to Kelso 28th March 1844.

1844 JAMES SOUTER, born Aberdeenshire; educated at King's College, Aberdeen, 1819-23; M.A. (23rd April 1830); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 23rd July 1828; ord. (at Aberdeen) to St James's, Newcastle, Miramichi, New Bruns