John, Earl of Lauderdale; adm. 1st and inst. 23rd Oct. 1640. He deserted his charge, Whitsunday 1661, and went to Ireland. He marr. Margaret Abel, and had issue-Helen.-[Humbie Sess. Reg.; Acts Parl., vii.; -New Stat. Acc.]

1661 PATRICK HEPBURN, M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th July 1650); licen. by Presb. of Haddington 13th Sept. 1654, and employed by them; had also license from George, Bishop of Edinburgh, and having discharged his duty "to the great satisfaction of the parishioners," had the stipend allowed by Act of Parliament 29th Aug. 1662.-[Acts Parl., vii.]

1662  JAMES NAIRN, M.A.; trans. from First Charge, Canongate; Coll. 16th Oct., and adm. 10th Nov. 1662; inst. before 19th March 1663; trans. to Wemyss between 4th May and 15th June 1665. - [Reg. Collat., Nairn's Catalogue, New Stat. Acc.]

1665 WALTER PATERSON, M.A. (Glasgow 1661); licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 2nd June 1665; pres. by John, Earl of Lauderdale; ord. and coll. 1st, inst. before 6th, and adm. 23rd Nov. 1665. He was one of "the Bishop's Evangelists" 1670; dem. on account of the Test in Dec. 1681; died 22nd March 1692, in his 51st year. He marr. Elizabeth Straiton, who survived him, and had issue -Laurence, his heir, 29th May 1704; Walter (Edin. Sas., lxviii., 19, 28).[Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii.; Reg., Collat., and Gen. Ass.; Burnet's, Kirkton's, and Wodrow's Hists.; Monteith's Theater of Mort.; New Stat. Acc.]

1692 JOHN SINCLAIR, M.A. (Edinburgh 1675); ord. before 9th, and inst. and adm. 30th Nov. 1692; died 28th Feb. 1707, aged 50. He marr. 3rd April 1684, Euphan Reid, parish of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, and had issue-five sons and five daughs., whose names have not been traced. The Presb. recommended the, widow and children to the heritors for the vacant stipend to Martinmas. - [St Cuthbert's Sess. Reg., Tombst., New Stat. Acc.]

1708 WILLIAM HAMILTON, born 1673, son of John H., gudeman of Provan, by his third wife; M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th June 1697); licen. 1704; called 24th March, and ord. 11th May 1708; died 9th May 1743. He marr. 30th Sept. 1708, Margaret (born 1675, died 8th June 1730), daugh. of James Caithness, writer, Edinburgh, and had issue-John, his successor; Helen, born 1711, died 22nd Aug. 1717.[Tombst., Family Records.]

1743 JOHN HAMILTON, born 1714, son of preceding; licen. by Presb. of Haddington 2nd Dec. 1740; pres. by Robert, Lord Blantyre, 6th Sept., and ord. 22nd Dec. 1743; clerk to the Presb., and to the Synod 14th May 1754; died 14th Feb. 1797. He marr. 13th Oct. 1748, Jean (born 6th Jan. 1728, died 12th Feb. 1759), daugh. of Robert Wight, one of the mins. of Dumfries, and had issue-William, died young; Alexander, H.E.I.C.S., born 9th July 1751, died 7th Aug. 1777; Robert, member of Legislature of Ontario, and founder of the family of Hamilton of Ontario (Chadwick's Ontarian Families), born 14th Sept. 1753, died 1811; George, min. of Gladsmuir; Jean, born 20th April 1755 (marr. William Henderson of Pilmuir, Fife), died 1845; John, capt. 73rd Regt., born 30th Jan. 17 59, died 12th April 1794. Publication-Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., iv.).- [Tombst. Carlyle's Autob., Family Records.]

1797 ALEXANDER BRUNTON, pres. by the Commissioner for Robert Walter, Lord Blantyre, and ord. 28th Sept. 1797; trans. to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 15th Sept. 1803.

1804 ANDREW STEWART, M.D.; pres. by Robert Walter, Lord Blantyre, and ord. 26th April 1804; trans. to Erskine 14th Sept. 1815.-[M'Farlan's Fun. Serm., Oliphant's Life of -Irving.]

1816 JOHN ABERNETHY, born Auchtertool, 7th May 1781, son of James A.; educated at Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March 1801); licen. by Presb. of Caithness 7th April 1807;