Ewing – List of Ministers: U-V
Here there is the text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900 followed by some Supplementary material. Information about this Supplementary material is available here. Subjects dealt with include Abbreviations, the way place names are recorded: Recording Locations and Publications.
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URE, NEIL SHAW
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born in Renfrewshire, 1828. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Newcastleton, 1861. Deposed, 1875.
Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 28th December, 1828, in Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, the son of William Ure, textile worker, and Margaret Brown. In 1841 he was described as a cotton worker.
Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1851.
Marriage
He married Jessie Simpson on 28th December, 1877, at George Street, Largs, Ayrshire (Registration: 1877 602/ 41 Largs (Ayr)). She was then a school teacher. She was born (or baptised) on 7th December, 1845, in Largs, Ayrhsire, the daughter of Alexander Simpson, draper, and Ann Williamson.
Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Lanark on 4th August, 1858; and served in Newcastleton, Roxburghshire. Four elders and two deacons of his congregation presented a petition to their Presbytery alleging that there was a fama against him. The matter came to the General Assembly in 1875. He then submitted his resignation, which was accepted by the Presbytery. But he was declared to be no longer a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. Thereafter he became a draper first in Manchester, Lancashire, England, and then in Largs, Ayrshire.
Death
He died on 5th October, 1884, in Largs, Ayrshire. His wife died there in 1882.
Family
They had issue including:
(1) William Simpson Ure born in the 1st quarter of 1879 in Chorlton, Lancashire, England. He married Johanna Houston in 1906 in Largs, Ayrshire. He was chief officer on the Baron Blythswood when it was attacked and sunk by U-99 on the morning of 21st September, 1940. He died in the attack. The ship was part of a large convoy which sailed from different ports in the Americas. It was attacked about 500 miles west of Ireland. The Baron Blythswood was carrying iron ore and sank within 40 seconds of being hit.
(2) Annie Williamson Ure born in the 1st quarter of 1881 in Chorlton, Lancashire, England. She died in 1884 in Largs, Ayrshire.
Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 31/1/1885, Draper, Largs, d. 05/10/1884 at Largs, intestate, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/46
Sources
Uboat.net; Ntlworld; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 24th May, 1875; The Aberdeen Journal, 4th August, 1875
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URE, WALTER MACLEAN
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born at Garelochhead, 1859. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Clackmannan, 1894. Married, 1900, Jane S. Gray.
Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Clackmannan. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.308, where a short biography is given). He died in 1907.
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URQUHART, ALEXANDER
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born at Alford, 1817. Studied at Marischal College and Divinity Hall, Aberdeen. He signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. The same year ordained at Sanday. Translated to Old Deer, 1845. Married, the same year, Mary Taylor. Became senior minister, 1884. [Vol. 2 says his ministry terminated 1897.]
Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 6th and baptized on 22nd August, 1817, in Alford, Aberdeenshire, the son of Robert Urquhart, surgeon, and Jane Brown.
Education
He matriculated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1831 and graduated M.A..
Marriage
He married Mary Taylor on 5th March, 1845, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She was born (or baptised) on 7th April, 1821, in Cabrach, Aberdeenshire, the daughter of James Taylor, sheep farmer, and Jane Simpson.
Ministry
“Alex. Urquhart, Cross and Burness, Orkney” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Sanday, Orkney. He was called to “Stuartfield”, that is, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, on 12 September, 1844, and was translated there on 16th January, 1845. John M. Skinner was elected as his colleague and successor in 1884.
Death
He moved to Caberfeidh House, Longside, Aberdeenshire, and he died there on 14th November, 1901 (Registration: 1901 218/ 36 Longside). His wife died there on 9th April, 1898 (Registration: 1898 218/ 20 Longside).
Family
They had issue including:
(1) Robert Urquhart born on 10th December, 1845, and baptized on 4th January, 1846, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. He became a Free Church minister.
(2) Alexander Urquhart born on 18th December, 1849, and baptized on 10th February, 1850, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire.
(3) Mary-Jane Urquhart born on 14th April and baptized on 11th May, 1851, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire.
(4) Helen Harper Urquhart born on 17th December, 1854, and baptized on 21st January, 1855, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. She died there in 1871.
(5) Anne Hall Urquhart born on 4th December, 1857, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. She married William Webster, a woolen warehouseman, in 1888 in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire.
(6) John Ferguson Urquhart born on 10th September, 1859, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. He married Flora Lawson in 1884 in Newtown, New South Wales. He died in 1886 in Manly, New South Wales.
(7) Isabella Eliza Urquhart born on 28th September, 1861, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. She died in 1955 in Kincardine O’Neil, Aberdeenshire.
(8) Margaret Littlejohn Urquhart born on 4th July, 1864, in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. She died in 1919 in Newington, Edinburgh.
Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 10/3/1902, F.C. Old Deer, latterly Caberfeigh, Parish of Longside, d. 14/11/1901 at Caberfeigh, testate, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/145; Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/123
Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 3rd May, 1895
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URQUHART, ALEXANDER
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born at Killearnan, 1821. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1856, at Tarbat. Married, 1857, Margaret Wood. Translated, 1865, to Glasgow, Hope Street. Died, 1886.
Supplementary Information
Background
There is good reason to think that he was born on 1st and baptized on 14th May, 1821, in Killearnan, Ross and Cromarty; that he was the son of George Urquhart and Jane Gray; and that this George Gray was a catechist, latterly in Kingussie, Inverness-shire.
Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1849-53.
Marriage
He married Margaret Wood on 15th December, 1857, at the bride’s home, 28 Victoria Street, Aberdeen (Registration: 1857 168/2 196 Old Machar Aberdeen Burgh). She was born about 1821 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, the daughter of Joseph Wood, merchant, and Margaret Gray.
In 1863 he conducted the marriage of Joseph Wood to Rachel Mackenzie. It is all but certain that this Joseph Wood was his brother-in-law. Rachel Mackenzie was the daughter of George Mackenzie, minister of Skene. For him, see the General Index of Scottish Presbyterian ministers here and scroll up to “MacKenzie, George: 1824, Skene”.
Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Tarbat, Ross and Cromarty. On 21st September, 1865, he was translated to Hope Street, Glasgow. In 1875 he was called to Oban and in 1884 he was elected by the congregation of North Ballachulish, but he remained in Hope Street.
Death
He died at 6 Clifton Place, Glasgow, on 16th March, 1886. His wife died on 22nd November, 1899, at 31 Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow.
Family
They had issue including:
(1) Margaret Jane Urquhart born on 23rd October, 1858, in Tarbat, Ross and Cromarty. She married James Macmichael on 27th September, 1883, at 6 Clifton Place, Glasgow. She died in 1931 in Hillhead, Glasgow.
(2) Jemima Stewart Urquhart born on 31st August, 1860, in Tarbat, Ross and Cromarty. She died on 18th June, 1933, at a nursing home in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.
Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 29/6/1886, Minister, Hope Street Gaelic Free Church, Glasgow, residing at 6 Clifton Place there, d. 16/03/1886 at Glasgow, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/115; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/93
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Urquhart or Wood, Margaret, 5/2/1900, 31 Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow, widow, d. 22/11/1899 at Glasgow, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/169; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/123
Court of Session: Unextracted processes: Reverend Alexander Urquhart and others (Trustees of Hope Street Gaelic Free Church, Glasgow): Petition to sell, 1881, NRS CS243/7401; Warrants of the Register of Acts and Decreets: Interim decree in petition and application of The Rev Alexander Urquhart and others, trustees for behalf of the Congregation of Hope Street Gaelic Free Church, Glasgow, for authority to sell, Mar 1882, NRS CS46/1882/3/54
Sources
Glasgow Herald, 12th June, 1863; 23rd November, 1899; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 3rd October, 1883; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 20th June, 1933, p.16
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URQUHART, ANDREW, M.A., J.P.
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born, 1805. Son of Rev. R. Urquhart, Kilbirnie. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained at Portpatrick, 1832. Married, 1836, Martha Hawthorn; and, 1851, Mary H. Minot. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1885. Died, 1890.
Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1832, Portpatrick, FES, Vol.2, p.351; FES, Vol.8, p.191. In the Free Church, he served in Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
Family
His first wife, Mary Hawthorn, was the daughter of John Hawthorn of Jamaica, and was born in Jamaica. His second wife was Mary Hawthorn Minot the daughter of John Sutton Minot and Eliza Hawthorn and was born in Portland, Jamaica. It is not yet known if his two wives were related. See Legacies of British Slave-ownership: John Hawthorn and Mary Minot.
Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, December, 1838, Portpatrick, Vol.4, Wigtown, p.129
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 633 and 635. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)
Miscellaneous small collections of family, business and other papers: ‘Social Survey and Register of all households in the Village and Parish of Portpatrick’ by Rev. Andrew Urquhart, minister at Portpatrick, grandson of (GD1/335/1) Andrew Urquhart, 1832, NRS GD1/335/2; Register of population in the parish of Portpatrick prepared by Rev. Andrew Urquhart; details of church membership are included, 1844-1852, NRS GD1/335/3
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant and sabbath travel, 28th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/186
The Urquhart censuses of Portpatrick 1832-1853, edited by N. L. Tranter, Edinburgh, Scottish Record Society, 1980
Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web site: Andrew Urquhart.
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 16/5/1890, Minister of the Gospel, Portpatrick, d. 10/03/1890 at Portpatrick, testate, Wigtown Sheriff Court, NRS SC19/41/19
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Urquhart or Minot, Mary Hawthorn, 22/8/1890, residing in Portpatrick, widow of Rev. Andrew Urquhart, F.C. Minister, Portpatrick, d. 11/04/1890 at Portpatrick, testate, Wigtown Sheriff Court, NRS SC19/41/19
Hugh Gibson, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.308 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 1, p.6
31st August, 1836, Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.386 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]
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URQUHART, JOHN
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born at Langholm, 1858. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Leslie, 1889. Married, the same year, Jane M. Robin. Translated, 1892, to Glasgow, Chalmers’ Church; and, 1899, to Rothesay, West. [Vol. 2, under Glasgow- Chalmers says he was translated 1899.]
Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Leslie, Fife; Chalmers’, Glasgow; and West, Rothesay, Bute. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.282). Thereafter he served in Hamilton St John’s from 1906 (FUFC, p.188, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1920 and died in 1933.
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URQUHART, JOHN
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Glenluce, Wilson Memorial, 1898.
Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Glenluce, Wigtownshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.116). He was deposed in 1911.
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URQUHART, ROBERT, M.A.
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born, 1845. Son of Rev. A. Urquhart, Old Deer. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Botriphnie, 1869. Married, 1871, Mary J. Spence; and, 1879, Helen Ritchie. Translated to Woolston, Southampton, 1874; and to Old Meldrum, 1879.
Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Botriphnie, Banffshire; and Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.437, where a short biography is given). He continued as minister in the united congregation until his retirement in 1910. He died in 1921.
Family
He was the son of Alexander Urquhart, a Free Church minister. His wife was the daughter of Alexander Spence, a Free Church minister. See there for further ministerial connections. His son, William Spence Urquhart, was a minister of the United Free Church: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.537.
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VAN ANDELL, ADRIAN
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
After acting for seven years as superintendent of the Jewish Mission School at Budapest he was admitted to the Free Church, 1863, and appointed missionary at Prague. In 1871 he was transferred to Amsterdam, where he remained till 1878.
Supplementary Information
Adrian Van Andel
Background
He was a Dutchman.
Marriage
He married Eliza Howlett Turpin.
Ministry
He was doing gospel work in Bremen and Hamburg, Germany, about 1855 as a Methodist lay worker. While he was superintendent of the Jewish Mission School in Budapest, Hungary, he was also acting as a pastor there. He was ordained on 29th October, 1860, at a meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in England. There was conflict in the church situation in Budapest; a delegation from Scotland visited to assess the situation; and eventually he was removed to Prague in 1863.
Family
A Rev. Adrian Van Andel officiated at the wedding of his son in Edinburgh in 1875. We assume that there were not two ministers with Scottish connections about the same time and with the same unusual name. Hence Adrian van Andel had issue, including:
(1) Gerard A. Edward van Andel born about 1845 in Hamburg, Germany. He married Mary Anderson on 15th July, 1875, in Newington, Edinburgh (Registration: 1875 685/5 325 Newington). He was a teacher of modern languages. He died in the 3rd quarter of 1937 in North East Surrey, England.
Sources
The Origins of the Baptist Movement among the Hungarians: A History of the Baptists in the Kingdom of Hungary from 1846 to 1893; Edinburgh Evening News, 16th July, 1875; Elihu Burritt’s Bond of brotherhood; Glasgow Herald, 4th October, 1860
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VERNON, EDWARD THOMSON, M.A.
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.348
Born at Edinburgh, 1853. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Arbirlot, 1879. Married, 1880, Elizabeth Shirra-Gibb.
Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Arbirlot, Angus. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.394, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1915.
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