Kirkton 25th Sept. 1751; trans. to Galashiels 7th Dec. 1757; trans. and adm. 19th Oct. 1769; died 6th March 1805. He marr. 16th Aug. 1768, Ann Blackadder, who died 10th March 1830, and had issue-James, born 16th June 1769, took orders in the Church of England, and died at Westminster; Katherine, born 12th Sept. 1770; Elizabeth, born 24th Sept. 1773; Barbara, born 3rd Feb. 1775 (marr. 24th June 1794, John Wilson, Edinburgh); John, born 10th June 1776; Alexander, W.S., born 22nd Nov. 1777, died 1841; Nisbet, commander R.N., born 6th March 1780, died 1824; Ann, born 29th March 1782; Walter, born 2nd May 1785. Publication - Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., iii.).

1805 WILLIAM STARK, born 18th Oct. 1772, son of Richard S., Auchtermuchty; educated at Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Cupar 4th Aug. 1795; assistant at Whittingehame; ord. to Airdrie Chapel-of-Ease 23rd Aug. 1798; trans. to Stonehouse 5th Feb. 1801; pres. by William Hamilton Nisbet of Dirleton; trans. And adm. 19th Dec. 1805; died 20th Sept. 1834. He was a distinguished Greek and Hebrew scholar, and Biblical critic. He marr. 25th Oct. 1802, Elizabeth (died 1st Dec. 1862), daugh. of Robert Mackenzie, town - clerk of Dumbarton, and had issue -Richard, H.E.I.C.S., Bombay, born 21st March 1805; Margaret and Mary (twins), born 8th May 1810, both died 1811; Robert Mackenzie and William Duncanson (twins), born 17th June 1815; George Gibb, born 23rd June 1817; Margaret Mollison, born 8th April 1819, died 19th Feb. 1822; Elizabeth Helen, born 18th April 1822. Publications-Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1798, 1828); Considerations addressed to the Heritors and Kirk-Sessions of Scotland, on the Affairs of the Poor (Edinburgh, 1826); Sermons intended to Illustrate and Enforce Christian with and Duty (Edinburgh, 1836).-[Cormack's Memoir (Sermons).]

1835 JOHN AINSLIE, born Edinburgh, 9th Aug. 1808, son of Alexander A.,

merchant, and Jane Begbie; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh - licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 5th Oct. 1831; pres. by Mrs. Mary Hamilton Nisbet Ferguson of Belhaven and Dirleton, with concurrence of her husband, Robert Ferguson of Raith, and ord.25th June 1835. Joined the Free Church 1843; min. of the Free Church, St Andrews, 1847; D.D. (St Andrews, 9th Dec. 1854); died 6th Nov. 1895. He marr. (1) 23rd Nov. 1841, Katherine Wolfe Duff, Edinburgh, who died 20th Sept. 1857, and had issue-Elizabeth Jane, born 18th April 1843; Jane Katherine Maria, born 20th Feb. 1845, died 21st April 1912: (2) 16th Oct. 1860, Janet (died 16th Jan. 1890), daugh. of Richard Scougal, merchant, Leith, widow of Robert Henry Liston and Rev. Mark Willoughby. Publication -Account of the Parish (New Stat. Acc., ii.).

1843  JAMES SCOTT, born Cavers, Roxburghshire, 26th Sept. 1899, son of Andrew S., schoolmaster, and Margaret Telfer; educated at Cavers School and Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 1827; ord. to Torphichen 27th Sept. 1827; trans. to Dalmeny 10th Sept. 1829; trans. and adm. 14th Dec. 1843; died 30th Jan. 1864. He marr. 16th Nov. 1827, Walter Baird (died 9th July 1898, aged 94), daugh. of James Reid, of the Exchequer, and Anne Baird, and had issue-Anne, born 23rd Dec. 1828; Andrew, born 17th Aug. 1830, died 4th June 1892; Jamima Margaret, born 13th May 1832, died unman. 18th Aug. 1868; Elizabeth, born 14th Dec. 1833 (marr. 1864, Alfred Lawford, C.E.), died 12th Oct. 1895; Janet, born 10th Jan. 1836 (marr. 10th Oct. 1861, Henry Hartly); James Reid, born 30th March 1838, died 2nd Dec. 1867; Mary Dundas, born 26th April 1840 (marr. Edmund Boycott, rector of Cove, Suffolk); Caroline Coventry, born 27th July 1842 (marr. 12th July 1871, Robert Cumming); Catherine Ellerton, born 17th July 1844 (marr. 12th Feb. 1872, Edward Albert Gillett, rector of Woolthorpe, Lincolnshire); Walter, min. of Cromarty, born 1st June 1846. Publications-Sermons (Edinburgh, 1865).