Oct. 1751, Helen (died 13th Dec. 1811, in her 83rd year), daugh. of James Pillans, brewer, Pleasance, Edinburgh, and had issue-John; Barbara, born 1st June 1760; Robert, born 16th Nov. 1763; Agnes; Alexander, born 1st Jan. 1769, died 8th Feb. 1812; Ann, born 28th Aug. 1772 (marr. 6th July 1813, William Forbes, Keeper of the Records of Council). The 'introduction of the. Paraphrases into public worship gave offence to various persons in the parish, and resulted in the formation (1783) of a Secession congregation at Sighthill, now represented by Slateford U.F. Church.-Murray's Biog. Annals.]

1789 THOMAS SHARP, licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 5th Aug. 1778; ord. to Ettrick 20th April 1781; trans. to Hawick 22nd Oct. 1784; pres. by Sir William Dick of Prestonfield, Bart., trans. and adm. 15th Oct. 1789; died 13th July 1791. He marr. 5th March 1782, Alison, daugh. of James Russell of Ashestiel, who died 1st June 1793, and had issue-Thomas Boston, born 9th July 1784; Jean, born 24th April 1786, died 27th Oct. 1786; Jean Boston, born 29th May 1788.

1792 JAMES OLIVER, ord. to Ancrum 14th  July 1791; pres. by Sir William Dick of Prestonfield, Bart., trans. and adm. 5th July 1792; died l0th March 1814, in 56th year. He marr. 24th July 1790, Elizabeth (died 17th Feb. 1809), natural daugh. of Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, and had issue-Stephen John, born 5th Nov. 1793, died 22nd Nov. 1811; James, born 4th Aug. 1796; John Hamilton, born 11th Jan. 1798, died 1860; Archibald Hamilton, born 20th April 1800; William Douglas, born 3rd July 1803. Publication-Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., xiv.).

1814 DAVID SCOT [SCOTT], born 1770,  son of William S., Carrington (a ploughman whose love for speculative theology caused him to sell his cow to enable him to publish (1778) a pamphlet in refutation of Arianism); educated at Penicuik and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Nov. 1795; studied medicine; took the degree of M.D.

25th June 1812; sometime a private teacher, and devoted himself to the study of Oriental languages, in the knowledge of which he had few equals; pres. by Sir Robert Dick Keith of Prestonfield, Bart., 22nd Aug., and ord. 17th Nov. 1814; res. on app. to the Chair of Hebrew in St Mary's College, St Andrews, 26th June 1833 ; died 17th Sept. 1834. Marr. 15th Nov. 1832, Helen (died 18th Aug. 1870), daugh. of John Heugh of Gartcows. Publications- Observations on the Propriety of an Establishment in Edinburgh for teaching Oriental Languages (Edinburgh, 1820); edited Dr Murray's posthumous work, History of the European languages, Ancient as well as Modern, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1823); Essays on Various Subjects of Belles Lettres (Edinburgh, 1824); Discourses on some important subjects of Natural and Revealed Religion (Edinburgh, 1825); Key to the Hebrew Pentateuch (London, 1826); Key to the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon (London, 1828); A Hebrew Grammar (Edinburgh, 1834) [said to have been dictated extempore to the printer]. - [Scots Mag., lxxiii.; Murray's Biog. Ann., Dict. Nat. Biog.]

1833 DAVID HORNE, born Braziets, Kirkintilloch, 25th Aug. 1802, sixth son of Robert H. and Margaret Stevenson; educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Aug. 1827; tutor in the family of Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bart., of Prestonfield; ord. to Yester 12th May 1831; pres. by Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bart., trans. and adm. 28th Nov. 1833; died 24th April 1863. He marr. 18th Dec. 1832, Caroline (died 7th May 1875), daugh. of Edward Cook, H.E.I.C.S., and had issue-Robert Keith Dick, his successor; David, born 2nd April 1835, died 14th Jan. 1864; Harriet Margaret, born 13th Dec. 1836, died 26th Jan. 1909; Caroline Mary Patricia, born 28th Dec. 1838 (marr. 1867, Rev. James Roberts, Indian chaplain); Edward Keith, born 8th June 1840, died 3rd July 1841; Annie Gordon, born 8th June 1840; Elizabeth Fleming, born 27th Nov. 1842, died 24th Sept. 1851; Emily Cunningham, born 23rd Feb. 1846 (mar r. Fred Turner).