May 1862; Colin Maclaurin, born 7th Dec. 1834, died 29th March 1836; Emilia, born 21st Feb. 1836, died unmarr. 26th March 1911; Catherine, born 26th March 1837, died unmarr. 21st Feb. 1890; Janet Drew, born 9th Nov. 1838; Frederick Lockwood, M.D., born 11th April 1840, died 4th July 1879; James Wilkie, C.A., born l0th Sept. 1841, died 11th Aug. 1901. Publications-Love, the Perfection of Christian Excellence and Enjoyment, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1846) ; Account of the Parish (Neu, Stat. Acc., ii.); Sermon xvii. (Church of Scotland Pulpit, i.).

1849 THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, born Balbairdie, Bathgate, 6th Dec. 1809, son of Alex. M., of Marjoribanks and Balbairdie, and Katherine, daugh. Of  Gilbert Laurie of  Polmont; educated at Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh; ord. to Lochmaben 18th Sept. 1834; trans. and adm. 22nd Nov. 1849; died 6th Jan. 1868. He marr. 5th March 1835, Mary (died 22nd July 1887), daugh. of George Cook, D.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy, St Andrews, and had issue-Diana, born 25th June 1836, died 21st Oct. 1838; Katherine Laurie, born 21st April 1838, died 30th March 1858; Alexander, banker, born 28th July 1840; George, his successor; Mary, born 5th Feb. 1845 (marr. (1) Alexander Leslie, C.E., Edinburgh, and (2) Robert M. Ferguson, Ph.D., LL .D.), died 28th Sept. 1912; Thomas Stirling, min. of Prestonkirk. Publication-A -Few Plain Remarks for Plain Men (1843).

1868 GEORGE MARJORIBANKS, born  Lochmaben, 6th Sept. 1842, son of preceding; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1862), B.D. (1866); licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 17th May 1866; ord. (assistant and successor) at West Linton 26th Sept. 1867; trans. and adm. 30th April 1868; chaplain to the Lord High Commissioner (Lord Thurlow) 1886, and again to Lord Kinnaird 1909; convener of the General Assembly's Committee on Psalmody and Hymns 1902; clerk to Presb. 1890 to 1908; D.D. (Edinburgh 1913).Marr. 19th Oct. 1869, Elizabeth, daugh. of James Leslie, C.E.,

Edinburgh, and Jane, daugh. of James Hunter, D.D., Professor of Rhetoric, and min. of the College Kirk, St Andrews, and has issue -Thomas, min. of Colinton; Jane Hunter, born 28th Sept. 1872; James Leslie, M.D., Indian Medical Service, born 14th Nov. 1874; George Erskine, Imperial Forest Service, India, born 9th Jan. 1877; Alexander, captain, 52nd Sikhs, Frontier Force, India, born 17th Aug. 1879.

WHITEKIRK, FORMERLY HAMER.

[Comprises the three ancient parishes of Hamer; Aldhame, dedicated to St Baldred, and united after the Reformation; and Tynninghame, united in 1760. Whitekirk, dedicated to Our Lady of Fairknowe with its Holy Well, belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. The traditions of the church and the reputation of the `yell (for which search has often been made in vain) drew many pilgrims to the spot, the most notable being Eneas Sylvius Piccolomini, afterwards Pope Pius II., who, in 1435, walked barefoot from Dunbar. The monks' Tithing-barn still remains in a field close by. Whitekirk Church was destroyed by fire (the work of suffragettes), 26th Feb. 1914. ]

1567 ALEXANDER FORRESTER [FORREST], reader.

1580 CUTHBERT BONCLE, pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 3rd May  1580; trans. to Spott before 1585. -[Reg. of Deeds, xxxvi. ; Assig.]

1592  JAMES KELLIE, son of Bailie K., Dunbar; MA. (St Andrews, 28th  Nov. 1586); adm. (assistant) to Dunbar 1st April 1589; trans. and adm. 8th Aug. 1592 ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI. before 18th May 1595. After 2nd Dec. 1597 there is no further trace of him. - [Edin., Haddingt., and Dalkeith Presb. Reg.]

1599 JOHN FORREST, a native of East Lothian, of the Forrests of Archer field, Dirleton; M.A. (Edinburgh 1588) - ord. to Prestonkirk 2nd Oct. 1593 ;