servitor to Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick, Lord President).-[Edin. Counc and Guild Reg., Kirkton's Hist.; Mair's, Presb. of Ellon, p. 199.]

1674 ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A., above mentioned; retrans. from High Kirk; appointed by the Town Council 14th June 1674; trans. to the Old Kirk Parish in 1681.-[Edin. Counc Reg.]

1681 ALEXANDER MALCOLM, trans. from Newbattle; elected by the Town Council 16th, pres. 18th, and instituted 31st March 1681; trans. to Tron Parish in 1687--[Edin Counc. Reg.]

1687 JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A.; trans. from North Leith; elected by the Town Council 11th Aug. 1687; dep. in 1691 "for contumacy"; restored by the Commission of the Gen. Assembly in 1699; min. of Fintray 1702.-[Edin. Counc. Reg.; MS. Acc. of Min., 1689; Acts of Ass., 1699.]

1691 [JAMES WILKIE, min. of North Leith; was appointed by the Town Council, but on account of opposition his induction was not proceeded with.-Counc. Reg.]

1693 JOHN HAMILTON, born 1651, son  of Archibald H., min. of Wigtown; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1668); ord. to the Presbyterian Church at Comber, Co. Down; adm. to Cramond 16th Dec. 1689; trans. and adm. in 1693; died 17th Oct. 1702. He bequeathed to the poor of Bally, £20; of Comber, £7 (both in Ireland); of Cramond, £10; and of Edinburgh, £17. He marr. (1) in 1673, Anne Rainalds, who died 28th Dec. 1692, aged 42, by whom he had issue Archibald, who predeceased him; James, who succeeded to the estate of Ballikeigly, Co. Down; Jean (marr. Hugh Hawthorn, merchant, Edinburgh); Dorothy (marr. Philip Mair of Billcleugh, Co. Down): (2) 5th Feb. 1696, Jean (buried 16th June 1697), daugh. of Peter Blair, min. of Jedburgh: (3) 29th June 1698, Maybe], daugh. of Hew Campbell, collector at Donaghadee (4) (pro. 25th May 1701) Elizabeth, daugh. of Henry. Cunningham of Carlung. -

[Test. and Cramond Sess. Reg. (Mar. and Bur.); Acts of Ass., 1694; Wood's Hist. of Cramond.]

1704 WILLIAM CARSTARES, M.A.; Principal of the Univ., and chaplain to His Majesty; called 9th Sept.; app. by the Presb. 11th Oct., and adm. 8th Nov. 1704; trans. to the High Kirk Parish 28th Dec. 1707.

1711 MATTHEW WOOD, trans. from Leslie;  called 5th Dec. 1710; app. by Presb. 14th Feb., and adm. 18th March 1711; trans. to the Tron Parish 16th Jan. 1715.

1721 WILLIAM MILLAR, an Englishman, M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1694); licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 14th Jan. 1698; ord. to Chirnside 6th April 1699; trans. to Meigle 31st Dec. 1702; trans. to Lady Yester's 18th July 1708; app. by Presb. 18th, trans. and adm. 22nd Jan. 1721; Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1727; died 18th May 1732, in his 59th year. His daughter Jean marr. Robert Dunbar, min. of Dyke.-[Wodrow's Anal., iii., iv.; Playfair's Bar., iii.]

1732  JOHN HEPBURN, son of John H., min. of Urr; ord. to Torryburn 26th Dec. 1717; trans. to New Greyfriars 3rd Oct. 1723; trans. and adm. 14th Dec. 1732; Almoner to His Majesty 13th Feb. 1747; died 29th April 1749. He marr. 2nd April 1721, Margaret (died 26th June 1769), daugh. of Thomas Fenton, one of the bailies of Edinburgh, and had issue-Emilia (marr. 24th Jan. 1742, Daniel Carmichael of Mauldslie, and was mother of Thomas and Andrew, 6th and 7th Earls of Hyndford).[Scots Peer., iv.; Carlyle's Autob.]

1750 ROBERT HAMILTON, born 19th -May 1707, fourth son of William H., min. of Cramond (afterwards Principal of Univ. of Edinburgh); educated at High School and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Sept. 1730; ord. to Cramond 4th April 1731; trans. to Lady Yester's 7th Oct. 1736; trans. and adm. 6th Dec. 1750; app. Professor of Divinity, and dem. 6th Feb. 1754; Moderator of