of the same year he left the charge, and went to England, where he became vicar of Grays Thurrock, in Essex, 5th Oct. 1692; died previous to 25th Jan. 1693. He marr. 18th April 1672, Amelia Makmath, and had issue-Janet; Anna; John Elizabeth; William; Philadelphia; Barbara; Mary.-[Reg. Collat.; Acts Parl., ix.; MS. Acc. of Min., 1689; Thoresby's Leeds, ii.; Apology for Episcopal Clergy, 1693; Scot. Presb. Eloq.; Account of Persecution of the Church, 1690.]

1688 JOHN FLINT, M.A.; ord. (in the meeting-house of Burghlee) in 1688; trans. to New North Parish, Edinburgh, 1st Jan. 1710.

1711 JAMES BURNETT, son of James B. in Whitehope (Reg. of Deeds, Dal.); educated at the Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 26th Oct. 1708; called 26th Sept. 1710; ord. 7th March 1711; died 10th Aug. 1745. He marr. 25th Oct. 1711, Margaret Mowat, in Gorton, who died 27th May 1744, and had issue-James, surgeon-apothecary in London; Gideon; John; Elizabeth; Agnes (marr. John Blair, surgeon, Edinburgh), William. Publication-The Sum of Christianity, or Christ in His Sufferings and in His Glory (Edinburgh, 1724).-[Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii.; Test. Reg.]

1746 ROBERT PATON, born 8th April 1711, son of James P., min. of Carrington; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 26th Nov. 1745; pres. by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Bart., and ord. 15th Aug. 1746; died 27th April 1786. He marr. (1) 22nd Jan. 1750, Janet (died 4th Feb. 1757), eldest daugh. of John Hislop, merchant, Dalkeith, and had issue-James of Crailing, born 22nd Jan. 1751, died 1826; Marion, born 20th June 1752, died unmarr. 1840; John, his successor; Robert, in Royal Navy, born 24th Jan. 1757: (2) 9th Jan. 1769, Helen Seton, widow of John Currie, min. of New Monkland; she died April 1797, without issue. - [Carlyle's Autob., Tancred's Annals of a Border Club.]

1783 JOHN PATON (primus), born 19th Dec. 1755, son of preceding; pres. by Sir James Clerk of Penicuik, Bart., 2nd Dec. 1782; ord. (assistant and successor) 18th April 1783; Almoner to His Majesty 3rd flay 1803 (the last who held that office in Scotland); died 7th Aug. 1835. He marr. 6th Alarch 1794, Margaret Main, who died 16th Aug. 1808, and had issue-Robert, W.S., born 2nd Jan. 1795, died 25th .Jan. 1884; Grizel, born 15th Aug. 1796; James, captain, Bengal Artillery, born 13th Sept. 1798, died 1848; Mary, born 4th Oct. 1801; John, his successor, and min. of Ancrum, born 21st April 1804; Thomas, banker in Canada, afterwards in New Zealand, born April 1806; Peter, an artist. Publication Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., x.).

1830 JOHN PATON (secundus), son of preceding; pres. by Sir George Clerk of Penicuik, Bart., in Nov. 1829; ord. (assistant and successor) 19th March 1830; trans. to Ancrum 7th Sept. 1832.

1833 MUNGO CAMPBELL MACKENZIE, born 1801, son of William Al., supervisor of Excise, Edinburgh; educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Dec. 1824; assistant to John Paton (primus), previous to his son taking license; ord. (assistant and successor) 4th Jan. 1833; D.D. (Glasgow, 13th April 1865); died unmarr. 26th Sept. 1875.

1876 JAMES ALEXANDER BURDON, born Abercorn, 12th July 1838, eldest son of James B., schoolmaster, Monkland; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow; assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow; ord. to East Parish, Perth, 9th July 1863; trans. to Crawford 25th Aug. 1870; trans. and adm. 16th May 1876; died 15th Feb. 1905. He marr. 11th June 1872, Marianne, daugh. of Peter Imrie, Perth, and had issue-James, born 21st April 1873, died 3rd Oct. 1894; Annie Arnott, born 17th Oct. 1874; Peter Imrie, farmer, Natal, born 24th April 1876; Harry,