Annals of the Free Church (1843-1900), Vol.1, Ministers – A

Annals of the Free Church of Scotland,
(1843-1900)

 

by W. Ewing, Volume 1, Ministers: A

 
Here is the text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900) followed by some Supplementary material. Information about this extra material is available here: Supplementary Information. Subjects dealt with include Abbreviations, the way place names are recorded: Recording Locations and Publications.
 

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ABEL, ARTHUR CLARK

 

Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.
Born at Kintore, Aberdeenshire, 1865. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Dudhope, Dundee, 1893.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dudhope, Dundee. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.383, where a short biography is given). He died on 8th September, 1922, and was buried in Balgay Cemetery, Dundee (Findagrave).

Family
He was a brother of George Abel.

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ABEL, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.76
Born at Kintore, 1856. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Udny, Aberdeenshire, 1881.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Udny, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.427, where a short biography is given). He died in 1916 and was buried in Udny Kirkyard ((Findagrave).

Family
He was a brother of Arthur Clark Abel.

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ABEL, ROBERT HENDERSON IRELAND

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.76
Born at Skene, Aberdeenshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, 1881. Went to South Africa, 1891, and was settled at East London, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 17th July and baptized on 4th August, 1850, in Skene, Aberdeenshire, the son of William Abel, farmer, and Elizabeth Silver.

Marriage
He married Williamina Clark Grant Anderson in 1881 in Aberdeen. She was born on 31st August, 1855, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, the daughter of William Anderson and Mary Walker.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Aberdeen on 7th May, 1878. He was settled in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, in 1881, as colleague and successor to David Paton. He resigned his charge in 1891. In 1901 his family were in St Machar, Aberdeen. He himself was a visitor in Duthil, Inverness-shire, described as a minister of the United Free Church. In 1908 he was a representative elder serving on Aberdeen United Free Presbytery. In 1911, the whole family were in St Machar, Aberdeen. Around that time they were residing at 21 Forest Avenue.

Death
He died in the 4th quarter of 1931, in Manchester North, Lancashire, England, aged 81. His wife died in 1937 in Hillhead, Glasgow.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Williamina Abel born, on 18th August, 1882, in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire. She gained her M.D., Ch.B., degrees at Aberdeen University and a D.Sc. from Glasgow University. She had a distinguished academic career – for example, a communication from her was read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the development of the autonomic nervous mechanism of the alimentary canal of the bird. She married John Shaw Dunn in 1914 in Blythswood, Glasagow.

Source
Journal of Pathology

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ABERNETHY, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.76
Born at Auchtertool, Fife, 1781. Studied at the University and King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Bolton, East Lothian, 1816. After the Disruption the church was preached vacant a few Sabbaths before his death, or rather, was pronounced vacant, for no audience could be got to witness the ceremony. Died, 26th July, 1843.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1813, Sunderland, FES, Vol.7, p.482; 1816, Bolton, FES, Vol.1, p.357. In the Free Church, he served in Bolton, East Lothian.

Publication – by him
New Statistical Account, November, 1838, Bolton, Vol.2, Haddington, p.271

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 11/10/1843, Minister of Belton, Haddington Sheriff Court, NRS SC40/40/5
James N. Neilson, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.162 [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.2

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ADAM, DAVID STOW, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.76
Born at Langside, Glasgow, 1859. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, in 1886. Translated to Kelso in 1890, and to St. Andrew’s, Greenock, in 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire; North, Kelso, Roxburghshire; and St. Andrew’s, Greenock, Renfrewshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.159, where a short biography is given). He died in 1907.

Publications – by him
Cardinal elements of the Christian faith, London, 1911
A handbook of Christian ethics, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1925

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ADAM, HECTOR MAIBEN, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.76
Born at Glasgow, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Marykirk, Kincardineshire, 1876. He married Mary Murray Hay, 1878; translated to Bon-Accord, Aberdeen, 1879.

Publication.—Memoir of Rev. James Jolly, Chalmers Territorial Church, Edinburgh.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Marykirk, Kincardineshire; and in Bon-Accord, Aberdeen. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.411). Thereafter he served in Montreux from 1909 (FUFC, p.528); in Genoa from 1918 and in Lausanne from 1919 (FUFC, p.527); and in Crathie from 1923 till 1926 (FUFC, p.429, where a short biography is given). (Note that in this entry, Geneva should read Genoa.) He died in 1930.

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ADAM, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.76
Born, 1820. Ordained, 1843. Minister of a Congregational church in North Wales. In 1846 was received into the Free Church, and admitted to the charge of Ladhope. Resigned, owing to ill-health, in 1849. Mr. Adam accepted a call to the Free West Church, Glasgow, 1854, but was again compelled to seek work in a warmer climate. He became minister at Castlemain, Victoria, where he died, 1861.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born around 1820, the son of James Adam and Agnes Campbell.

Ministry
He was settled in Ladhope, Roxburghshire, by July, 1846; and he was later translated to West, Glasgow. He was received by the Presbyterian Church in Victoria on 3rd October 1860 and inducted in Castlemaine on 19th February, 1861.

Death
He died on 6th December, 1861 in Victoria.

Publication – by him
The Prussian System of Popular and National Education; its history, character and prospects, 1846, John Johnstone, Edinburgh and London

Source
Hamilton, A Jubilee History, p.192

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ADAM, JOHN, D.D. (Glasgow)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born at Kilsyth, 1818. Ordained to the West Church, Alloa, 1843. Married, 1847, Charlotte Chancellor Collyer. Translated to the South Church, Aberdeen, 1849, and to Wellpark, Glasgow, 1867. [Vol. 2, under Aberdeen – South, says he was translated 1868.] Retired in 1875, when he became Convener of the Home Mission Committee. Dr. Adam was a lucid and effective public speaker, an accomplished debater, and he possessed a thorough knowledge of Church law. Died, 1890.

Publications—An Exposition of the Epistle of James. Headship of Christ.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born and brought up in the parish of Denny, Stirlingshire, the son of John Adam, merchant, and Jane Durham.

Education
He received his initial education in Denny, Stirlingshire; thereafter he matriculated in the University of Glasgow in 1832, and was licensed in 1842. He received his D.D. from Glasgow University in 1868.

Marriage
His marriage to Charlotte Chancellor Collyer on 5th December, 1847, was registered at Ayr and at Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She was baptized on 1st October, 1819, in Libberton, Lanarkshire, the daughter of Daniel Collyer and Elisabeth Chancellor. Her sister, Catharine, was wife of Andrew Hunter Cowan.

Ministry
A “John Adam, Larbert, Falkirk” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained in West, Alloa in 1843; he was translated to South, Aberdeen in March, 1849. “While in Aberdeen he displayed those business abilities in Church matters for which he was characterised throughout all his subsequent career … As a citizen he interested himself in a number of local institutions, notably the Royal Infirmary.” He was translated to Wellpark, Glasgow – a public presentation being made to him in view of his impending departure on 15th November, 1867 (The Aberdeen Journal, 20th November, 1867). He became senior ministry in Wellpark in 1874 but served as Home Mission Secretary. The terms of his appointment included that he continue having the ecclesiastical status that he previously had but should be released from all pastoral responsibilities, the salary being at least £500 per annum, plus travelling expenses. His duties included that he should inquire as to necessitous districts in large towns and in mining and manufacturing districts, stimulate and direct local efforts for originating new charges, and examine and report upon cases of application for the sanctioning of new charges; and that he should visit, if possible annually, mission stations, and inquire into the use made of grants given by the Home Mission Committee (The Scotsman, 2nd June, 1874).

Death
He died sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. on 19th November, 1890, at his home at 3 Marchmont Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow (Registration: 1890 646/3 814 Partick). This resulted from an accident sustained three weeks earlier when, about to enter a tramway car in St Vincent Place, Glasgow, he was knocked down by a lorry. He was buried in the Western Necropolis, Maryhill, Glasgow. He was “one of the best known and most popular men in the Free Church, and for many years he has been one of the most prominent figures in the councils of that denomination.”

His wife died in 1909 in Ardoch, Perthshire.

Family
They had issue, including:

(1) John Adam born on 10th August, and baptized on 9th September, 1849, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen.

(2) Elizabeth Chancellor Adam born on 12th May and baptized on 15th June, 1851, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. She married Daniel Houston Walker, iron merchant, in 1873 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She died in 1914 in Kelvin, Glasgow.

(3) Daniel Collyer Adam born on 7th December, 1852, and baptized on 9th January, 1853, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. He married Christina Jane Reid in 1884 in Victoria, Australia.

(4) William John Adam born on 19th September, and baptized on 29th October, 1854, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. He graduated M.B., C.M., from Glasgow University in 1876.

(5) George Bonar Adam born on 13th March, 1856, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. He died in Victoria, Australia, in 1926.

(6) Andrew Smith Adam born on 6th December, 1857, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. He was a minister of the United Free Church of Scotland according to the 1911 census – but he does not appear in FUFC.

(7) James McCombie Adam born on 4th August, 1859, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. He registered his father’s death. He died in 1934 in George Square, Edinburgh.

(8) Charlotte Eliza Adam born on 25th February, 1861, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She died in 1957 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(9) Alexander Forbes Adam born on 15th November, 1862, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. He emigrated to the USA about 1885. He was a steel merchant. In 1893, he married and later divorced Alice May Beesley who was born in May, 1866, in Illinois, USA.

Publications
See separate document here

Sources
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 20th November, 1890, p.5; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 26th November, 1890

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ADAM, THOMAS, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born in the parish of Bothwell, 1853. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire, 1883; married, the same year, Elizabeth S. Paterson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.45. Thereafter he served in St Paul’s, Kingston, Jamaica, from 1903 (FUFC, p.565); and in Wolflee from 1909 till his retirement in 1927 (FUFC, p.85, where a short biography is given). He died in 1932.

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ADAMS, JOHN, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born in the parish of Markinch, 1859. Studied at Glasgow University and the Free Church College, Aberdeen. He was ordained at Inverkeillor, 1888; and married, 1889, Margaret Swinton

Publication.—Kingless Folk.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Inverkeillor, Angus. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.399). Thereafter he served in Colinsburgh and Lathones (FUFC, p.374, where a short biography is given).

Publication – by him
Kingless Folk, and Other Addresses on Bible Animals, Project Gutenberg

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ADAMS, JOHN ESSLEMONT, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born at Hamilton, 1866. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Perceton, Ayrshire, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Perceton and Dreghorn, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.144). Therafter he served in Aberdeen West from 1901, (FUFC, p.420, where a short biography is given).

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ADAMSON, ALEXANDER, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born at Leith, 1845. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Old Cumnock, 1874; married, the same year, Janet S. Duncan. Translated to Chapelshade, Dundee, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire; and Chapelshade, Dundee. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.382, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1915 and died in 1937.

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ADAMSON, ROBERT MORGAN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born at Cupar, 1867. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Ardrossan, 1892; married, 1893, Robina S. T. Addis.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ardrossan, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.148, where a short biography is given).

Family
He married Robina S. T. Addis, the daughter of Thomas Addis, a Free Church minister. His sons, Graham Forrester Adamson and Henry Lee Adamson, were ministers of the United Free Church: FUFC, pp.318 and 538.

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ADAMSON, THOMAS, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born at St. Andrews, 1851. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire, 1876. Married, 1877, Isabella M. Buntin; translated, 1884, to Falkirk; and, 1888, to Anderston Church, Glasgow.

Publications.—The Spirit of Power. Studies of the Mind in Christ.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Prestonkirk, East Lothian; Falkirk, Stirlingshire; and
Anderston, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.227). He retired in 1909 and died in 1926.

Family
His daughter, Annie Baillie Adamson, married George A.F. Knight, a Free Church minister.

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ADDIS, THOMAS, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born in London, 1814. Studied at the University and Divinity Hall, St. Andrews. Ordained at Morningside, Edinburgh, 1841. Married, 1842, R. S. Thorburn. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. He formed the Morningside Free Church congregation, and remained its minister for 56 years. Died, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1841, Morningside, Edinburgh, FES, Vol.1, p.84. In the Free Church, he served in Morningside, Edinburgh.

Family
One of his daughters married Alexander Martin and another married Robert Morgan Adamson, both Free Church ministers. For other family connections, see the Chalmers Burns Guthrie Tree.

Publications – by him
Thoughts on the revival, being the substance of a sermon recently preached in Morningside Free Church, Edinburgh, Duncan Grant, 1874
In memoriam, Rev. John Isdale. Sermon preached by him … on … 1st March, 1891 … With appendix – extracts from funeral sermons preached … by Rev. Thomas Addis, etc., Glasgow, 1891

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Thomas Addis
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 31/8/1899, D.D., 3 Braid Crescent, Edinburgh, d. 18/07/1899 at Edinburgh, testate, Confirmation ad non executa granted, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/382; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/315; 7/6/1900, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/390

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AFFLECK, WILLIAM, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.77
Born at Edinburgh, 1838. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh, also at Erlangen University. Ordained at Auchtermuchty, 1867. Married, 1875, Williamina Jane Davidson.

Publications.—Translations of Janet’s Final Causes; Godet’s Introduction to New Testament; St. Paul’s Epistles; and Gospel Collection and St. Matthew; Martensen’s Individual Ethics.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Auchtermuchty, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.368, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1911 and died in 1923.

Publication – by him
Final Causes, Paul Janet, translated by William Affleck

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AGNEW, DAVID CARNEGIE ANDREW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.78
Third son of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Born, 1821. Studied at Edinburgh University and Theological Hall. Ordained at Wigtown, 1851. Married Eleanora J. K. R. Bell, 1855. Retired, 1875. Died 1887.

Publications.—The Theology of Consolation. Memoir of Henry de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway—Protestant Exiles from France—Huguenot Refugees. Protestant Lectures and Addresses. The Soul’s Business and Prospects—Sermons.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd May, 1821, in Leswalt, Wigtownshire, the son of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 7th Bart., and Madeline Carnegie. His brother, Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 8th Bart., was the father of Rosina Constance Agnew who married James Davidson, a Free Church minister.

Education
He attended Blackheath Proprietary School, London, England.

Marriage
He married Eleanora James Kerr Ross Bell, on 18th April, 1855, in Morningside, Edinburgh. She was born on 31st October, 1818, in Edinburgh, the daughter of George Bell, surgeon, and Isabella Ross.

For an account of the ramifications of the Bell family, see the Bell Tree on this web-site.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Ayr on 15th November, 1843. After serving in Aberdeen and in Ireland, he was ordained in Wigtown on 2nd October, 1851, where he served till 2nd March, 1875. In 1878, John Brown Reid was ordained there as his colleague and successor and he then removed to Edinburgh.

Death
David Agnew died on 16th March, 1887, in St George, Edinburgh, aged 65. His wife died on 22nd March, 1903, in Morningside, Edinburgh, aged 84.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Andrew David Carnegie Agnew born on 15th May, 1856, in Wigtown. He married Minnie Dale Buchanan, daughter of David Dale Buchanan and Mary Amm, on 28th December, 1882. He lived, at least for a time, in South Africa. He died on 4th October, 1927.

(2) Isabella Geraldine Agnew born in 1857, in Wigtown. She died there in 1859.

(3) Agnes Madeline Eleanora Agnew born on 9th November, 1861, in Wigtown. She married James Macdonald on 30th November, 1897, in St George, Edinburgh. He was a Writer to the Signet and was Deputy Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. She died on 4th July, 1937, in St Andrew, Edinburgh.

Publications
See separate document here

Sources
The Peerage; Rootsweb

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AGNEW, JOSEPH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.78
Born at Partick, Glasgow, 1854. Studied at Glasgow University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dunbar, 1886. Married, the same year, Margaret Wilson Stenhouse; and, in 1898, Isabella Redpath Graham.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dunbar, East Lothian. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.62, where a short biography is given). He died in 1912.

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AGNEW, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.78
Born at Edinburgh, 1852. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Gallatown, Kirkcaldy, in 1878. Retired, 1898, to become editor of the Stirling Tract Enterprise and of the Children’s Missionary Magazine. Married, 1881, Anne Murray Alexander.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 24th October, 1852, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, the son of George Agnew and Jessie or Janet Munro.

Marriage
He married Annie Murray Alexander in 1881 in Newington, Edinburgh. She was born on 9th July, 1855, in Edinburgh, the daughter of George Alexander, builder, and Ann Murray.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh on 21st May, 1877. He was ordained in Gallatown, Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 12th December, 1879. He resigned from there on 13th December, 1898. He then resided in Stirling – for a time at 26 Snowdon Place, but in Cook and Wylie’s Stirling Directory of 1909 he was described as “Editor, Tract Depot, 24 Allan Park”.

Death
He died in 1910 in Stirling. His wife died there in 1929.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) George Alexander Agnew born in 1882, in Dysart, Fife. In 1901 he was a law apprentice. He died in 1946 in Newington, Edinburgh

(2) Eric Munro Agnew born in 1887 in Dysart, Fife. He served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in WW1 and was awarded the military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in leading a raid on an enemy position at Salonika. He attended Glasgow School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art. He became an artist, designer and teacher. In the 2nd quarter of 1927, he married Laura Emma Elizabeth Jenner Wilson in Kensington, London, England. She was born on 9th February, 1901, in Sydney, New South Wales. She was a dancer, actress and ballet teacher.

He died in the 1st quarter of 1951, in Hampstead, London, England. His wife died on 14th May, 1999, in London, England.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 25/7/1910, Cranstonhill, 24 Allan Park, Stirling, d. 07/06/1910 at Stirling, testate, Stirling Sheriff Court, NRS SC67/36/142; and NRS SC67/40/18

Sources
Supplement to the London Gazette, 11th January, 1919, p.603; Artbiogs; Arts-entertainment; Artinfo; Free Church of Scotland Monthly, 2 January, 1899, Personal

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AINSLIE, JOHN, D.D. (St. Andrews)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.78
Born at Edinburgh, 1808. Studied at Edinburgh University and Theological Hall. Ordained at Dirleton, 1835. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission; translated to St. Andrews, 1847. Retired, 1876. Married, 1841, Catherine W. Duff; and, in 1860, Janet Scougall or Willoughby. Died, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1835, Dirleton, FES, Vol.1, p.361. In the Free Church, he served in Dirleton, East Lothian; and St. Andrews, Fife.

Publication – by him
New Statistical Account, November, 1836, Dirleton, Vol.2, Haddington, p.202
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against bill for legalising marriage with the sister of a deceased wife, 18th July, 1850, NRS GD112/51/222

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: John Ainslie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/12/1895, D.D., sometime F.C. Minister, St Andrews, afterwards residing at 65 Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, d. 06/11/1895 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/345; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/287
James Henderson, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.163 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]; James Thomson, schoolmaster, Gullane, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.163 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.8

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AIRD, GUSTAVUS, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.78
Born in the parish of Kilmuir-Easter, 1813. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Croick quoad sacra parish in the quoad civilia parish of Kincardine, Ross-shire, 1841. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission; translated to Creich, Sutherlandshire, 1843. Married, 1861 Mary Sim. Dr. Aird was Moderator of the General Assembly which met at Inverness in 1888. He collected a considerable amount of information regarding religious life in the counties of Ross and Sutherland. A portion of his manuscript has been published under the title of Religious Life in Ross. Died in Manchester, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1841, Croick, FES, Vol.7, p.52. In the Free Church, he served in Croick, Ross and Cromarty; and Creich, Sutherland.

Family
For family connections, see the Bayne Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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AITKEN, ALEXANDER

 
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Born in the united parishes of Killean and Kilchenzie, Kintyre, 1853. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Yester, Haddingtonshire, 1881. Married, the same year, Sarah Jane Greig. Translated to Dalry, Edinburgh, 1894. [Vol. 2 under Yester says he left in 1893.]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Yester, East Lothian; and Dalry, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.7, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1919 and died in 1920.

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AITKEN, ANDREW, M.A.

 
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Born at Aberdeen, 1861. Studied at the University of Aberdeen and at the New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Cambusnethan, 1895. Married, 1897, Isabella Margaret Stevenson. Died, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Background
He is recorded as Andrew Aitken or Taylor, born on 1st April, 1861, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, the son of Alexander Aitken and Isabella Taylor. (His parents were married there the following year.)

Education
He studied at Aberdeen University and graduated M.A. in 1886 with 2nd Class Honours in Mental Philosophy. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, from 1886-1890.

Marriage
He married Isabella Margaret Stevenson, in 1897, in Cambuslang, Glasgow. She was born on 8th June, 1865, in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, the daughter of James Stevenson and Isabella Stewart.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Aberdeen on 6th January, 1891. He then did evangelistic work for three and a half years at Cambuslang, Glasgow, and for two years was assistant in Barclay Church, Edinburgh. He was then called to Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, and ordained there on 12th December, 1895. After two years work there, his health gave way.

Death
He died on 23rd February, 1898, in Forres, Moray. His wife died in 1940 in Ayr.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Andrew Aitken
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 30/1/1899, M.A., F.C. Minister, Cambusnethan, d. 23/02/1898 at Forres, intestate, Hamilton Sheriff Court, NRS SC37/42/14

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AITKEN, JAMES A.

 
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Missionary teacher at Poona, 1839. Ordained by the Presbytery of Bombay, 1844. Married, 1868. Accepted an appointment in a Government school at Berar, Central Provinces, India, where he died 1870.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1839, India, FES, Vol.7, p.686

Family
He married a sister of Daniel Edward, a missionary to the Jews at Breslau. The only identifiable sister of Daniel Edward is Christina Erskine Edward baptized on 5th January, 1818, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. If he married in 1868, it must have been a second marriage.

He had issue including:

(1) Edward Hamilton Aitken born on 16th August, 1851, at Satara in the Bombay Presidency, India. He married in 1883, a daughter of John Chalmers Blake, Free Church minister, and Cecilia Whittet. He was a civil servant in India, well known for his humorist writings on natural history in India and as a founding member of the Bombay Natural History Society. He died on 11th April, 1909, in Morningside, Edinburgh. An Isabella Mary Aitken or Blake died there in 1924 – born around 1858. This corresponds with one of the daughters of John Chalmers Blake. (Wikipedia)

Publication – about him
Robert Hunter, History of the Missions of the Free Church of Scotland, London, 1873

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AITKEN, MARK

 
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Born about 1784. Licensed by the Presbytery of Chirnside, 1813. Ordained, 1816, as minister of the Presbyterian Chapel, Sunderland. Presented to parish of Dyke, Morayshire, by George IV in 1821. Became clerk of the Presbytery of Forres in 1837. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. For ten years after 1843 Mr. Aitken lived in Forres, some four miles from his church. Eventually a manse was built, but harassment and fatigue had undermined his constitution. Retired, 1855. Died, 1869.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1816, Sunderland, FES, Vol.7, p.482; 1821, Dyke, FES, Vol.6, p.417. In the Free Church, he served in Dyke, Moray.

Family
His daughter, Mary Aitken, married Peter McLaren, a Free Church minister.

Publications – by him
The special duties of the office-bearers and members of the Free Church in her present emergency, Elgin, A. Russell, 1844
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant, 28th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/186
Report of the committee of the Provincial Synod of Moray of the Free Church of Scotland on the state of religion within the bounds , Elgin: Robert Jeans, Courier Office, 1849

Publications – about him
New Statistical Account, March, 1842, Dyke and Moy, Vol.13, Elgin, p.215
Miscellaneous documents deposited by British Records Association, Letters under Privy Seal appointing Mark Aitken, preacher of the gospel, as minister of united parishes of Dyke and Moy, NRS GD2/270; Antenuptial contract of marriage between the Reverend Peter MacLaren, minister of the Free Protesting Church of Scotland in Drainie, near Elgin, and May Anne Aitken, daughter and only surviving child of the Reverend Mark Aitken, minister of the Free Protesting Church of Scotland in Dyke, near Forres, and deceased Elizabeth Bannerman, his spouse. Free manse of Dyke, NRS GD2/271
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/1/1870, Rev., 60 Buckingham Road, Brighton, Sussex, d. 20/06/1869 at Buckingham Road aforesaid, intestate, Letters of Administration, non-Scottish Court, NRS SC70/6/7; Note of Letters of Administration only, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/146
William Ogilvie, schoolmaster, Dyke, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.127 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 3, p.26 and Appendix 2, p.15; 10th October, 1836, Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.74 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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AITKEN, ROBERT

 
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Born near Glasgow, 1787. Studied at the University of Glasgow. Ordained minister of the Burgher Secession congregation at Kirkintilloch, 1811. Translated to Dundee, 1816. Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1845.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was the son of William Aitken. His age was given as 50 in the 1841 census. He was connected with East Campbell Street Secession Church, Glasgow.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1804. He was licensed by the Secession Glasgow Presbyteryon 20th November, 1810.

Marriage
He married Marion Wilson in Dundee on 13th August, 1816. She was born in Glasgow on 26th September, 1790, the daughter of Samuel Wilson and Elisabeth Darling.

Ministry
He received calls to Dunfermline, Dundee, Kirkintilloch and Shotts and was ordained in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, on 5th September, 1811, in response to a call signed by 122 members. At the ordination Finlay Stewart, Pollokshaws, opened the service and preached from Luke 12:42-43: “Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.” James Gardner, Kilpatrick, then preached an ordination sermon from Mark 16:15: “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature”; conducted the ordination and addressed the new minister and the people. The minister’s annual stipend was £60 with £20 for a house; £20 for travelling expenses and the use of a horse when needed.

He received various calls while in Kirkintilloch – to Dundee, Shotts, Boardmills, Ireland, and East Campbell Street, Glasgow – and was eventually translated to Dundee on 5th June 1816 after a call signed by 269 members and 263 adherents. He then, with his congregation, joined the Church of Scotland and then the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Willison, Dundee

Death
He died on 1st July, 1845, in Rothesay, Bute. His wife’s death is registered in West Linton, Peebles-shire in 1866.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) William Wilson Aitken born in Dundee on 26th September, 1824. He became a Free Church minister.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 18/8/1845, minister of Willison’s Free Church of Dundee, Dundee Sheriff Court, NRS SC45/31/7
24th November, 1837, Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.92 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]
Image: maker D.O. Hill and Robert Adamson. Rev. Robert Aitken

Sources
Burgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.485; Kirkintilloch (Burgher), 1811, Scott, Annals, p.384; Dundee (Burgher), 1816, Scott, Annals, p.311; General, Scott, Annals, p.75; Call, Scott, Annals, p.274; Call, Scott, Annals, p.341; Call, Scott, Annals, p.426; General, Original Secession, Small, History, Vol.1, p.283; 1840, Willison, Dundee, FES, Vol.5, p.342 – where he is Robert Aiken.

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AITKEN, WILLIAM WILSON

 
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Son of the foregoing. Born at Dundee, 1824. Studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Carlops, Peeblesshire, in 1860. Married, 1881, Susan C. Donald. Was for many years clerk of the Presbytery of Dalkeith. He remained outside the Union of 1900.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 26th September, and baptized on 28th October, 1824, in Dundee, the son of Robert Aitken, Free Church minister, and Marion Wilson.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1840. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1844-48.

Marriage
He married Susan Crozier Donald in 1881 in Glencorse, Midlothian. She was born on 1st November, 1842, in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, the daughter of Robert Donald, farmer at Blackwoodyett, and Jean Steel.

Ministry
He was ordained in Carlops, West Linton, Peebles-shire, in 1860. On 26th November, 1895, George Walker Taylor was ordained there as his colleague and successor. In 1901 he and family were in Inveresk and Musselburgh, Midlothian; and in 1911 in Liberton. By at least 1915, their home was Keppoch, Liberton, Midlothian.

Death
He died in December, 1925, in Liberton, Edinburgh. The funeral took place on 4th January, 1926, from his house, Keppoch, Liberton, to the Liberton Cemetery. The service in the home was conducted by Professor Moore of the Free Church College, and at the graveside by W. J. Sym, minister of Mayfield Parish. His wife died there in 1930.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jane Marion Aitken born in 1883 in West Linton, Peebles-shire. She died in 1959 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

Source
The Scotsman, 5th January, 1926, p.5

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ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.79
Born in the parish of Forgue, Aberdeen, 1854. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained missionary to Madras, 1878. Married, the following year, Jane Wallace. On account of ill-health, he returned to Scotland, and in 1887 he became minister of M’Cheyne Memorial Church, Dundee.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in M’Cheyne Memorial, Dundee. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.385, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1921.

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ALEXANDER, JACOB SCOTT

 
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Born at Derry, son of Dr. J. Alexander, Reformed Presbyterian minister at Belfast. Studied at Queen’s College, Belfast. Ordained at Derry, 1844. Admitted to Free Church, 1855, and settled at Stockwell Church, Glasgow, 1859. Translated to St. David’s, Edinburgh, 1863. Married, 1867, Margaret Veitch; and, 1874, Jemima Anderson. Became senior minister, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Londonderry, Ireland, about 1823. His father was Rev. Dr Alexander, Belfast, a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. His mother was Jane Scott, a daughter of Rev. Robert Scott, of Cardonagh, Ireland.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Margaret Veitch at the home of the bride, 5 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, on 30th November, 1867 (Registration: 685/4 249 St Giles). She was born on 30th June and baptised on 12th August, 1836, in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, the daughter of James Seaton Veitch, banker, and Isabella Romanes.

(2) Jemima Anderson at 11 Viewforth Terrace, Edinburgh, on 27th February, 1874 (Registration: 685/1 120 St George). She was born about 1827, the daughter of John Anderson, merchant, later independent, and Isabel Howden. At the time of her marriage she lived at 4 Torphichen Street, Edinburgh. She was the sister of John Archibald Anderson, a Free Church minister.

Ministry
He was settled in Stockwell, Glasgow. The Post Office Directories show him to have been living at 158 Hill Street, Garnethill, as the minister of Stockwell Free Church, from 1857 till 1863. He was translated to St. David’s, Edinburgh on 26th March, 1863, as colleague and successor to Robert Ferguson, who died in 1866. On 13th December, 1894, Thomas Harvey was ordained there as his colleague and successor.

During his time in Edinburgh, he resided at 13 Rutland Square (1863-1871); 22 Gilmore Place (1871-72); 11 Viewforth Terrace (1872-74); and 23 Magdala Crescent from 1874 till his death.

Death
He died on 7th April, 1901, in St George, Edinburgh. The furnishings of his home were sold off on 29th October and his library on 16th December, 1901. Margaret Veitch or Alexander died in Edinburgh in 1870. Jemima Anderson or Alexander died there in 1901. He and his second wife are buried in Dean Cemetery Edinburgh – see here for image of gravestone.

Here is an extract from the Minutes of the Edinburgh Presbytery of the United Free Church of Scotland of 7th May, 1901:

Thomas Harvey intimated the death of his colleague, Mr Jacob Scott Alexander on 7th April. A Committee drew up a minute which reads:

This being the first meeting of the Court since the death, on 7th April, of the Rev. Jacob Scott Alexander, the Presbytery desire to place on record their grateful remembrance of the faithful service which he rendered to the Church of Christ during fully half a century.

Ordained in 1844, Mr Alexander entered this Presbytery when called to St David’s in 1861. He came to Edinburgh in the prime of life, and having the great advantage of experience gathered in seventeen years of labour which had been often brightened by the joy of harvest. He continued in active service until his retirement, about seven years ago, after the induction of his colleague. He is remembered by his brethren as a warm-hearted friend, loyal at all times to truth and duty, a man of God who was mighty in the Scriptures, and not less tender in sympathy as a pastor than eloquent in utterance as a preacher, an ambassador of Christ who was honoured to come to many ‘in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel’.

The Presbytery desire to add to this tribute of esteem the expression of sincere sympathy with his widow in her bereavement; and instruct the Clerks of Presbytery to send a copy of this Minute to Mrs Alexander.

Family
There is no evidence that he had issue.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 27/4/1901, 23 Magdala Crescent, Edinburgh, d. 07/04/1901 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/400; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/329
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Alexander or Anderson, Jemima, 27/8/1901, of 23 Magdala Crescent, Edinburgh, d. 31/07/1901 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/404; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/332

Source
Minutes of the Edinburgh Presbytery of the United Free Church of Scotland NRS/CH3/111/42

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ALEXANDER, JOHN, D.D.

 
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Born at Lochwinnoch, 1803. Studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Ordained at Wallacetown quoad sacra Parish, Ayr, in 1836. Presented by the Crown to the Parish Church of Kirkcaldy, 1838. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission, took the great body of his congregation with him into the Free Church—Provost Swan among the number. Was clerk of the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy. Married, 1853, Elizabeth Elder. Died, 1863.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1836, Wallacetown, Ayr, FES, Vol.3, p.16; 1838, St Bryce, Kirkcaldy, FES, Vol.5, p.104; FES, Vol.8, p.430. In the Free Church, he served in St. Brycedale, Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, February, 1843, Kirkcaldy, Vol.9, Fife, p.740
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth, 14th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/174

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 19/11/1863, minister of the Free Church of Scotland at Kirkcaldy, Inventory; Extract Registered Trust Disposition and Settlement, Cupar Sheriff Court, NRS SC20/50/35
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 4, p.2; 28th October, 1836, Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.448 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]; 21st December, 1837, Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.420 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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ALEXANDER, WALTER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.79
Born in Lanarkshire, 1870. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kirkmaiden, Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer, 1898. Married, the following year, Marion Dunlop Cunningham.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.117). Thereafter he served in Greenock Martyrs’ from 1919 till 1924 (FUFC, p. 157); and in Kirkconnel from 1925 (FUFC, p.106, where a short biography is given).

Family
His son, John Alexander, was a minister of the United Free Church: FUFC, p.330.

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ALEXANDER, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.79
Born, 1808. Studied at the University of St. Andrews. Ordained at Duntocher, Dumbartonshire, 1838. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. For many years he was clerk of the Presbytery of Dumbarton. Became senior minister, 1885, and died, 1890.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1838, Duntocher, FES, Vol.3, p.344. In the Free Church, he served in Duntocher, Dunbartonshire.

Publications – by him:
The Scottish Christian Herald, Vol.2, 2nd series, p.377, No condemnation to them who are in Christ; Vol.3, 2nd series, p.462, A closing address to communicants on a sacramental Sabbath
The Church of Scotland a church of Christ, a sermon, preached in the church of Duntocher, on Thursday the 22nd of July, 1841, being the day appointed by the late General Assembly to be holden as a fast, Glasgow, William Collins, 1841
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant, 30th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/188; Sites, 11th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/209
Salvation by grace, a discourse preached at the opening of the new presbyterian congregation in Islington on Sabbath morning, 19th September, 1847, London, W. D. Thomson, 1847
Christ lifted up from the earth, a sermon preached on the October Fast-day of 1882, Glasgow, David Bryce & Son, 1888

Publication – about him:
Obituary notice on this website: William Alexander

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ALEXANDER, WILLIAM BURTON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born in Peeblesshire, 1829. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Crathie, 1876. Married, 1872, Isabella Stothert; and, 1878, Mary Tucker. Resigned, 1881. In 1884 he undertook the charge of Midfield Chapel, Drury Lane, London. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1826, the son of Robert Alexander, farmer, and Helen Wilson. Some sources say he was born in Peebles-shire. The family certainly farmed in Peebles-shire at one stage but one census shows him born in Biggar, Lanarkshire.

Education
After doing some business training, he entered Edinburgh University and then enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1850-55. He did territorial mission work in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, and was tutor to the family of the Earl of Aberdeen, and accompanied his three sons to St Andrews University.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Isabella Stothert at the home of the bride, 5 Whitehouse Terrace, Edinburgh, on 12th March, 1872 (Registration: 685/5 92 Newington). At that time his address was Harrington Square, London, England. She was born about 1829 in Cargen, Kirkcudbrightshire, the daughter of William Stothert, London proprietor, and Jemima Deborah Deans. Hence she is a sister of two Free Church ministers, Richard and Thomas Stothert.

(2) Mary Tucker on 2nd October, 1878, in Pavenham, Bedfordshire, England. She was born in the 2nd quarter of 1842 in West Ham, Essex, England, the daughter of Joseph Tucker, Gentleman, and his wife Maria.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Kincardine O’Neil, on 29th March, 1876. He served as assistant in Inverness and in Regent Square, London, and other places. He was ordained to Crathie, Aberdeenshire, in 1876. He built the Manse at Crathie and then donated it to the congregation in memory of his first wife.

As to his circumstances of his leaving Crathie, the Presbytery Minutes of 5th October, 1880, provide some information: “Mr Alexander stated to the Presbytery that a site for a Manse at Crathie had been offered by Col. Farquharson at a most inconvenient place called Pigeon’s Hole, which the office-bearers of the Free Church unanimously declined to accept; that he had now been four years subjected to the hardship of having no house to reside in; that he and his family had been put to great inconvenience and expense in procuring temporary residences, sometimes in Crathie and sometimes in Braemar; that his health had suffered in consequence, and that it was impossible for him to go on longer in the same way; and that he had now made a last application to Col. Farquharson for a suitable site, and that if this application was unsuccessful, he must take into consideration whether he could continue longer to be minister of the Free Church in Crathie.”

A Committee was appointed to deal with the matter of which Mr Alexander himself was convener. But the matter dragged on, partly because the minister had to spend time in Egypt on health grounds. On 2nd November, 1881, he submitted his resignation as no Manse site had been provided. This was not immediately accepted, and at the next Presbytery meeting, later that month, his congregation asked that his resignation be not accepted until the Presbytery show some activity in procuring a site for a Manse. A new convener to the Committee looking into the matter was appointed and on 28th December, they reported that a suitable Manse site had been offered. Despite this, and the congregation’s desire that he remain, he persisted in his resignation, and this was finally accepted on 3rd May, 1882.

There was obviously some problem rumbling in the background, which the Presbytery Minutes hint at but don’t clarify.

Death
He died on 25th November, 1891, in St Giles, London, and was buried, according to the Presbyterian form, at Pavenham, near Bedford, England, on 1st December (see Burial Index). His address was given as 36 Bloomsbury Square, London, England.

Family
He had issue by his second wife including:

(1) Joseph Tucker Burton-Alexander born in Crathie and Braemar, Aberdeenshire, on 17th July, 1879. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He wrote on railways. He was “an exceedingly rich – and heavyweight – Englishman living in Cannes.” (Grace’s Guide)

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: William Burton Alexander
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 7/7/1892, formerly of Crathie, Aberdeenshire, but late of 36 Bloomsbury Square, London, minister of the Free Church of Scotland, Probate of the will, non-Scottish Court, NRS SC70/6/46

Sources
Stevengibbs; Minutes of Free Presbytery of Kincardine O’Neil, NRS, CH3/528/3; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 7th January, 1882; Landed Families

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ALEXANDER, WILLIAM MENZIES, B.D., B.Sc., M.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born near Glasgow, 1858. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1889, missionary to Bombay. Married, the same year, Agnes Campbell Blair. After being some years in India he returned home.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 12th May, 1858, in Shettleston, Lanarkshire, the son of John Alexander and Margaret Menzies.

Education
He gained the following degrees from Glasgow University: M.A. (1883); B.Sc. (1884); M.B. (1888); B.D. (1889).

Marriage
He married Agnes Campbell Blair in 1889 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She was born on 26th March, 1857, the daughter of Colin Campbell and Mary Walker.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow on 7th May, 1889. He returned to the Free Church some time after the Union of 1900 and became a Professor in the Free Church College in Edinburgh.

Death
He died in 1929 in Boroughmuirhead, Edinburgh. His wife died there in 1933.

Publications – by him
Demonic possession in the New Testament: its relations historical, medical, and theological, Edinburgh, Clark, 1902
A Research in Egyptology: The Ancient Egyptian Canals Between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea: Their Problems for the Sciences of Geology, Geography, Engineering and History, doctoral thesis, 1918
League of Nations in history, League of Nations Union

Publications – about him
Rev. William Menzies Alexander, M.D., The British Medical Journal, vol. 2, no. 3584, 1929, pp. 522–522. JSTOR
William Menzies Alexander

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

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ALISON, GEORGE WATSON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born at Kilwinning, Ayrshire, 1856. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, 1886. Married, the same year, Jessie C. Crichton. Translated to the South Free Church, Peterhead, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cairnie, Aberdeenshire; and South, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.444). Thereafter he served in Longformacus from 1923 (FUFC, p.72. where a short biography is given). He died in 1925.

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ALLAN, HECTOR, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born in the parish of Alness. Studied at Marischal College and King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained missionary at Fort-William, 1819. Presented to the parish of Kincardine, Ross-shire, 1821, and the same year married Catherine, sister of Mrs. Stewart of Cromarty. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1853. [Vol. 2 says he died 1854.]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1819, Fort William, FES, Vol.4, p.130; 1821, Kincardine, FES, Vol.7, p.61. In the Free Church, he served in Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty.

Family
For some family connections, see the MacLaine Stewart Tree.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth endowment, 19th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/179; Sites, 9th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/208

Publications – about him
Court of Session: Bill Chamber Processes, Lady Mary Ross and others (Tutors Nominate to Sir Charles William Augustus Ross), and others v Hector Allan, (Minister of Kincardine, Presby. of Tain), 1825, NRS CS271/66508
New Statistical Account, August, 1840, Kincardine, Vol.14, Ross, p.403
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/11/1855, Free Church Minister of Kincardine, co. Ross, Inventory, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/6
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 2, p.40; 30th August, 1836, Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.294 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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ALLAN, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born at Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, 1858. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Married, 1886, Mary Muir. Ordained, 1890, at Carntyne (Shettleston), Glasgow.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Carntyne, Shettleston, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.252). Thereafter he served in Carsphairn from 1921 (FUFC, p.112, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1924 and died in 1938.

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ALLAN, JAMES HAMILTON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born at Kirkcaldy, 1846. Studied at Glasgow University and English Presbyterian Hall. Ordained at Strathdon, 1876; translated, 1881, to North Yell. Married, 1876, Ellen Deans Smith. Died, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1846 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, the son of John Allan, seaman, and Janet Orr.

Education
Prior to his training for the ministry he was in business. He also acted as a missionary in the congregation of Dr Miller in Manchester, Lancashire, England.

Marriage
He married Ellen Deans Smith at the home of the bride, the Free Church Manse, Keig, Aberdeenshire, on 11th October, 1876 (Registration: 1876 205/ 9 Keig). She was baptized in Keig, on 26th April, 1851, the daughter of William Pirie Smith and Jane Robertson his wife. She was therefore the brother of Professor William Robertson Smith.

Family sources of his wife have him a somewhat weak character, depressive, probably fond of women. On the other hand, she was capable and hard-working to the extent, it is alleged, that she mounted the pulpit steps and conducted the service when her husband took to bed.

Certain it is that she accompanied her brother to Edinburgh and Germany when he was studying there; and that she translated from German into English Gustav Oehler’s book, The Theology of the Old Testament. Clearly, a very intelligent lady.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Presbytery of London. He was assistant for a time to John Bain, the minister of Logie Pert, Angus, and also to his future father-in-law. He was ordained on 16th August, 1876, in Strathdon and Glenbuchat, Aberdeenshire. He was inducted to North, Yell, Shetland, in November 1880.

On 20th July, 1881, the Gloup disaster occurred, when 58 Shetland fishermen lost their lives. The Allans were active in support of the bereaved families.

Death
He died of a hepatic ulcer in Yell on 11th March, 1899. His wife died of influenza on 17th February, 1917, in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: James Hamilton Allan
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/10/1899, Free Church Minister, Sellafirth, North Yell, Zetland, d. 11/03/1899 at Sellafirth, testate, Lerwick (Shetland) Sheriff Court, NRS SC12/36/10; Testatment – Dative, Lerwick (Shetland) Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC12/37/6
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Allan or Smith, Ellen Deans, 12/2/1918, Bayanne, Sellafirth, North Yell, Shetland, latterly Lochnagar, Milltimber, Parish of Peterculter, widow, d. 14/02/1917 at Parish of Peterculter, testate, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/177; Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/139
Sources
William-robertson-smith; Genesontheweb; THE SHETLAND CALAMITY, Ingram, John. The Scotsman (1860-1920) [Edinburgh, Scotland] 28 July 1881: 2.

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ALLAN, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born, 1798, in the parish of Tarbolton. Studied at Glasgow University. Ordained at the Union Chapel-of-Ease, Aberdeen, 1832. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1846, Margaret Harvey. Retired, 1846. [Vol. 2 under Aberdeen – Union says he left there in 1847.] Died, 1885.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1832, Union Chapel, Aberdeen, FES, Vol.6, p.41. In the Free Church, he served in Union, Aberdeen.

Publications
See separate document here.

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ALLAN, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born at Lossiemouth, 1811. Ordained at Garmouth, Morayshire, 1843, and in 1880 became senior minister. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 27th October, 1811, in Drainie, Moray, the son of John Allan, carpenter, and Jane Anderson. Note that Lossiemouth was in the parish of Drainie.

Education
He matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1827. He became tutor in the private academy at Calcolts, run by the father of Charles William Barclay, Free Church minister, Enzie, and then became master of the parish school in Rothes.

Ministry
A “John Allan, Rothes” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained to Garmouth, Moray, on 17th July, 1843, in a wood yard of a saw mill. On 30th September, 1880, George Gardiner was ordained here as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 2nd January, 1891, in Garmouth, Moray.

Family
He never married.

Publications – by him
The home and foreign missions of the Free National Church of Scotland, and the duty of the church in respect of her missionary character, Elgin, A. Russell, 1844
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant and Sabbath desecration, 27th April, 1845 NRS GD112/51/185; Sites of churches, 28th April, 1846, NRS GD112/51/204; Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 16th March, 1854, Against Maynooth, NRS GD112/74/838

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: John Allan
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/3/1891, F.C. Minister, Garmouth, d. 02/01/1891 at Garmouth, testate, Elgin Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC26/39/18; Elgin Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC26/38/15

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ALLAN, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born, 1853. Studied at Glasgow University and at the Divinity Hall of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Ordained at Girvan, West, 1877. In 1879 he was appointed to St. John’s, Antigua, where he died of fever after a ministry of a few months.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1853 in Carluke, Lanarkshire, the son of James Allan, farmer, and Elizabeth Struthers.

Ministry
He was ordained in West, Girvan, Ayrshire, in 1877. In 1879 he was loosed from his charge in order to go to Antigua.

Death
He died on 22nd November, 1879, in Antigua.

Source
Familytreemaker

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ALLAN, WILLIAM OWEN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.80
Born in the parish of Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, 1812. Studied at Glasgow University. Ordained, 1842, as missionary to the Jews at Budapest. Mr. Allan also laboured in Constantinople and Damascus. Subsequently he was minister of Laygate, South Shields; St. Thomas, West Indies; and finally at Prague. He was married to a step-daughter of Dr. Duncan of the New College, Edinburgh. Died in Edinburgh, 1885.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1842, Missionary, FES, Vol.7, p.714

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: William O. Allan
Funeral sermon, of Rev. William Owen Allan, K.D., delivered at St. Thomas, W.I., 1st February, 1885, Du Bois, Alison, St. Thomas, John N. Lightbourn, 1885

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ALLISON, JOHN S.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Born in Lanarkshire, 1863. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at St. Abb’s, Berwickshire, 1895.

Supplementary Information
John Steele Allison

Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. Abb’s, Berwickshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC) , p.73). Thereafter he served in Aberdeen, Belmont Street, from 1903 (FUFC, p.410). He died in 1928.

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ANDERSON, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Born at Elgin, 1802. Studied at Edinburgh University. Ordained, 1841, at Kinlochluichart, a quoad sacra parish in the quoad civilia parish of Contin, Ross-shire. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated to the Gaelic Free Church, Rothesay, 1844. Married, 1865, Margaret M’Lean. Died, 1866.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1842, Kinlochluichart, FES, Vol.7, p.45. In the Free Church, he served in Strathgarve, or Garve, Ross and Cromarty; and Gaelic, Chapelhall, Rothesay, Bute.

Publications – by him
Lachlan, McKenzie, Muckle Kate and Christ the Rock – a Sermon with prefatory Observations by Rev. Alexander Anderson of Free Gaelic Church Rothesay
A brief statement of the case of the Free Gaelic Church, Rothesay, Glasgow: W.G. Blackie and Co., 1857

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Alexander Anderson, Rothesay
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/2/1867, minister of the Free Gaelic Church Rothesay, spouse of Margaret McLean, Inventory; Mutual Disposition and Settlement with spouse. Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/12
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or McLean, Margaret, 24/2/1890, Argyle Terrace, Rothesay, widow, d. 18/10/1889 at Rothesay, intestate, Inventory, Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/22

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ANDERSON, ALEXANDER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Born at Banff, 1822. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. After graduating he worked for two years in the office of a land surveyor. When the Disruption took place, he entered the New College, Edinburgh, and studied for the ministry. For several years during his theological course, and after it was completed, he acted as tutor to English youths of high rank. He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, 1850. In 1852 he accepted an appointment in the Presbytery of Turriff, Auchterless and Inverkeithny, two preaching stations four miles apart, being placed under his charge. Died, 1855.

Publications.—Posthumous—Life in the Spirit: A Memorial of the Rev. Alexander Anderson, M.A. By the Rev. Norman L. Walker, Dysart. With Prefatory Note by William Cunningham, D.D., 1859.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 10th April, 1822, in Banff, the son of Robert Anderson and Margaret Nicol. His father died when he was seven years of age.

Education
He attended the grammar school in Banff. He matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1837 and graduated M.A. in March, 1841. He then wished to be a civil and he worked for two years in the office of a land surveyor in Banff. He then came south looking for permanent work but failed to find any and was led to consider the ministry. He matriculated in New College, Edinburgh, but he also had under his care several boys and to do justice to that task he withdrew to Durham, England, for a year, before returning to complete his studies in New College, 1850. This no doubt explains why in the New College online record he is said to be from Durham. It was at that stage that he had a spiritual experience which changed his life. In July, 1850 he was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh.

Ministry
He was ordained in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire in 1852. For health reasons he spent over six months in Malta – but he returned home to die in November, 1855. He was buried in his native town;.

Death
He died in 1855 in Banff, mother’s maiden surname, Nicol.

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ANDERSON, ALEXANDER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Nephew of Principal Nicoll, St. Andrews. Licensed by the Presbytery of Deer, 1830. Presented, the same year, by the Curator for the Earl of Seafield to Boyndie, in the Presbytery of Fordyce. Married, 1831, Mary Gavin. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated to Old Machar, 1845. Resigned, 1847, on adopting certain views regarding baptism. Died, 1884. [Vol. 2 says he resigned 1848.]

Publications.—Statement of the Principles of the Spirituality of the New Testament Church Gymnasia; or, Intermediate Institutions. Account of the Parish of Boyndie or Inverlyndie in New Stat. Acc. xiii.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1830, Boyndie, FES, Vol.6, p.279. In the Free Church, he served in Boyndie, Banffshire; and Old Machar, Aberdeen.

Publications
See separate document here.

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ANDERSON, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Born at Barry, 1823. Studied at University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Markinch, 1858. Translated to Helensburgh, 1873. Retired, 1881. Died, 1891. [Vol. 2 says he was translated to Helensburgh in 1863.]

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 29th March, 1823, in Barry, Angus, the son of Alexander Anderson, tailor, later farmer, and Ann Dick. His parents belonged to the Burgher branch of the Secession Church.

Education
In 1841 he was a tailor journeyman. He entered the teaching profession (in 1851, he was in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, an English teacher) and took classes at Edinburgh University while continuing to teach. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1853-57.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Jacobina Davidson in 1858, the marriage being registered in Castle and Portsburgh. She was born about 1829 in Lasswade, Midlothian, the daughter of Thomas Davidson, auctioneer, and Mary Johnston. Her brother, Walter Davidson, was a Free Church minister.

(2) Isabella Liddell at the home of the bride, Mill Glen, near Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, on 30th August, 1870 (Registration: 1870 503/ 32 Row or Rhu). She was born on 25th December, 1823, in Glasgow, the daughter of Archibald Liddell, house painter, and Isabella Goodlet. He was then a widow, but his first marriage has not yet been identified.

Ministry
He was ordained on 25th March, 1858, in Markinch, Fife. He was inducted on 18th June, 1863, in West, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, as colleague and successor to John Anderson, who died in 1867. He resigned on 7th December, 1881, and thereafter resided in Edinburgh. According to the Post Office Directories, they lived at 9 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh from 1895. On his retirement, he was presented with a silver fruit set which consisted of a central raised basket, embossed with a view of the Church, and four silver dishes.

Death
He died on 10th October, 1891, at 6 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh (Registration: 1891 685/1 1005 St George). He was buried in the Grange Cemetery, there. His first wife died in 1869 in St Andrew, Edinburgh. His second wife died in 1895 in St George, Edinburgh.

Shortly after his death, Miss Catherine Kidston, who belonged to a local family of some standing, gifted a spectacular porch, designed by William Leiper. “This much-crocketed extension is alive with fantastic birds and beasts munching their way around the stepped cornice” (Helensburgh Heritage).

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Alexander Anderson, Helensburgh.
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 6/11/1891, sometime Minister, Free West Congregation, Helensburgh, afterwards residing at 6 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh, d. 10/10/1891 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/300; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/255
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or Liddell, Isabella, 9/4/1895, 6 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh, widow of Rev. Alexander Anderson, sometime Minister, Free West Congregation, Helensburgh, d. 02/02/1895 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/339; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/281

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ANDERSON, ALEXANDER, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Born at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, 1834. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Edinkillie, Morayshire, 1863. Married, 1864, Isabella Sangster.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Edinkillie, Moray. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.469).

Family
His son, Robert Sangster Anderson, was a Free Church minister.

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ANDERSON, ANDREW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Born at Pathhead, Kirkcaldy, 1827. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dromore, Ireland, in 1857. Translated to the Original Secession Church, Kilwinning, 1860. Married, 1861, Eliza White. Laboured in New Zealand from 1863-1867. Admitted to the Free Church, 1868. Inducted at Cowdenbeath, Fife, 1874. Retired, 1889. Died, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 1st September, 1827, in Dysart, Fife, the son of David Anderson, ironmonger, and Margaret Melville.

Education
He attended Kirkcaldy Burgh School.

According to Scott, Annals, p.589, he studied with the Original Secession Professors from 1850, and was licensed by the U.O.S. Edinburgh Presbytery in 1855.

He certainly was enrolled in New College in 1852-53.

Marriage
He married Eliza Whyte at the home of the bride, 23 Florence Place, Glasgow, on 20th August, 1861. She was born on 9th May, 1824, in Glasgow, the daughter of Thomas Whyte, merchant, and Jane (Jean) Reid.

Ministry
He was ordained in October, 1858, in Dromore Secession Church, Ireland. Two years later he was minister of Kilwinning U.O.S Church, Ayrshire. He then went out with the Pollok Settlers to New Zealand and served in “The Whau” (Avondale) Presbyterian Church, Auckland, from 7th February, 1865, till 15th October, 1866. He returned to Scotland in 1867. On being received into the Free Church he superintended stations in Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, and Strathblane, Stirlingshire, before being settled in Cowdenbeath, Fife, in 1874. In 1889 he retired to Edinburgh.

Death
He died on 23rd August, 1898 in Newington, Edinburgh. Eliza Whyte or Anderson died there in 1918.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jane Melville Anderson born on 21st August, 1862, at the Original Secession Manse, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. She died in 1883 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(2) David Anderson born in 1864 in Auckland, New Zealand.

(3) Margaret Andrina Anderson Whyte born in 1866 New Zealand. She died in 1883 in Beath, Fife.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Andrew Anderson
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or Whyte, Eliza, 22/6/1918, 19 Millerfield Place, Edinburgh, widow, d. 20/01/1918 at Edinburgh, intestate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/613

Source
Ministers’ Register; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 25th August, 1862

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ANDERSON, DAVID WILLIAM, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.81
Born in the parish of Fossoway, 1845. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Haddington on the 13th March 1873; on the 29th of same month he died of scarlet fever and diphtheria.

Publication.—Posthumous—A Memorial Volume.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 15th May, 1845, in Fossoway, Kinross-shire, the son of David Anderson, colliery manager, and Agnes Raitt.

Education
He attended school in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, and became a mercantile clerk. He graduated from Edinburgh University: M.A. in 1866 and B.D. in 1871 – the University only recently having opened its gates to allow Nonconformist students to take degrees in divinity. From 1867 to 1871 he was enrolled in New College, Edinburgh. He was awarded a Cunningham Fellowship in 1871.

Ministry
He was licensed by Edinburgh Presbytery in February, 1872, and served as an assistant to John Chalmers for a time in Ladyloan, Arbroath, Angus. On 13th March, 1873, he was ordained in St. John’s, Haddington, East Lothian. He had a ministry there of only 16 days.

Death
He died of scarlatina on 29th March, 1873, in the Free Church Manse, Haddington, East Lothian (Registration: 1873 709/ 67 Haddington).

Family
He never married.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: David William Anderson
Memorials of the Rev. David William Anderson, B.D., of Free St John’s Church, Haddington, by John Chalmers, Edinburgh, 1873

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ANDERSON, EDWARD ERSKINE, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born at Edinkillie. Studied at Aberdeen University and New College, Edinburgh, also Queen’s College, Cambridge, and Berlin University. Ordained at East Kilbride, 1899. [His surname is Andersen in Vol. 2.]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), pp.185 and 206). Thereafter he served in Newton on Ayr from 1911 (FUFC, p.125). He resigned in 1920 on his appointment St Andrews Presbyterian College, University of Sydney, Australia.

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ANDERSON, FREDERICK FOTHERINGHAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born at Edinburgh, 1812. Studied at Glasgow University. Ordained at Whithorn and Isle, 1843. When the charges were separated in 1876, he continued in sole charge of the former. Became senior minister, 1878. Was clerk of the Presbytery of Wigtown, 1843-1888. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 22nd May and baptized on 6th June, 1812, in Canongate, Edinburgh, the son of Alexander Anderson, Excise Officer, and Margaret Macleod. While he was young, his parents moved to Lauder, Berwickshire; Galashiels, Selkirkshire; and Glasgow.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1827 and graduated M.A. in 1832.

Marriage
He married Jacobina Donnan, on 15th January, 1861, in Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She was baptized on 5th November, 1821, in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, the daughter of James Donnan, farmer, and Jane McMillan.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Dumbarton in 1837 and was assistant for a time to Patrick McFarlan in Greenock. “Frederick F. Anderson, Greenock” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. After the Disruption, he was sent to Wigtownshire, where he organised two congregations. He was ordained in October, 1844, in Whithorn, Wigtownshire. In 1878 David Kennedy was ordained here as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 21st March, 1891, in Whithorn, Wigtownshire. His wife died in 1904 in Galashiels, Selkirkshire.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jane Donnan Anderson born on 9th November, 1861, in Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She married Nathaniel Stevenson, in 1894 in Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She died in Edinburgh in 1943.

(2) John Alexander Anderson born 27th September, 1863, in Whithorn, Wigtownshire. He married Jane Sloan MacCaig in 1892 in Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. He died in 1917 in Stranraer, Wigtownshire.

Publication – by him
Church and manse rates, London, Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control, between 1870 and 1879?

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Frederick Fotheringham Anderson
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/6/1891, senior Minister, Free Church Congregation, Whithorn, Parish of Whithorn, County of Wigtown, d. 21/03/1891 at Whithorn aforesaid, intestate, Confirmation ad non executa granted 04/11/1904, Wigtown Sheriff Court, NRS SC19/41/19
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or Donnan, Jacobina, 13/8/1904, Galashiels, widow of Rev. Frederick Fotheringham Anderson, d. 12/06/1904 at Galashiels, testate, Selkirk Sheriff Court, NRS SC63/34/31

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ANDERSON, GAVIN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born at Edinburgh, 1842. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, 1872. Married, 1878, Isabella Forbes. Translated to the Dundee, High, 1878. Died, 1899. [Vol. 2 under EDINBURGH – ST CUTHBERT’S says he was translated to Dundee in 1877.]

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 4th May, 1842, in Edinburgh, the son of Gavin Anderson, church officer and collector, and Mary Skinner. Gavin Anderson, the father, was of some standing in the church as can be judged by this inscription in St Cuthbert’s Cemetery:

“In memory of Gavin Anderson, principal officer of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, and also of the congregation of Free St. George’s, Edinburgh, born 18th June 1812, died 6th July 1862. Erected as a mark of esteem by the office-bearers of Free St. George’s; Mary Skinner wife of Gavin Anderson, born 16th January 1804, died 30th October 1881.”

Education
He was educated at Dr Andrew Thomson’s School, Moray House, and Edinburgh University, from which he graduated M.A. in 1869. The records of New College, Edinburgh, do not show him as enrolled there.

Marriage
He married Isabella Forbes at the bride’s home, Broadlands Lodge, 11 Palmerston Road, Edinburgh, on 30th July, 1878 (Registration: 1878 685/5 310 Newington). She was born on 23rd March and baptized on 30th April, 1854, in Old Machar, Aberdeen, the daughter of Robert Forbes, a Free Church minister, and Jane Harvey. (Broadlands Lodge was the home of Charles Morton, W.S., and his wife Isabella Harvey.)

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh on 16th May, 1871. He was assistant to J. M Sloan, South Aberdeen. He was called to St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh on 18th April, 1872, as colleague and successor to Sir Henry Moncreiff, and was ordained there shortly thereafter. (Sir Henry didn’t die till 1883, so he was senior minister throughout Gavin Anderson’s ministry here.) During his ministry in Edinburgh, Gavin Anderson resided at 2 Walker Street (1873-75); and 16 South Charlotte Street (1875-78).

He began his ministry in Dundee at the beginning of 1878 in what was then a church extension charge. When the charge was sanctioned he was inducted to High, Dundee on 11th July, 1878. “While the structure of his teaching was on doctrinal lines, it was characterised by a fresh evangelical spirit and much fervour. In the welfare of the congregation he took the deepest interest, and the charm of his manner was such as to win the affection of the youth connected with his church. … He was from the very start a useful citizen, and took a large share in philanthropic work. … To the affairs of the Royal Infirmary he devoted much time” (The Dundee Courier & Argus, 24th January, 1899). While in Dundee, he resided at 4 Prospect Place (1878-83); 20 Albany Terrace (1884-89); 7 Adelaide Place (1890-96); and 8 Union Terrace (1896-1899).

Death
He died suddenly on 23rd January, 1899 in St Clement, Dundee. His wife died in 1922 in St Andrew, Edinburgh.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Gavin Smith Candlish Anderson born on 25th October, 1879, in Dundee. He married Margaret Sharp in 1905 in Mains, Angus. He was gazetted a 2nd lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers in 1906. A civil engineer, he served as a Captain in the 5th Pioneer Battalion of the Canadian Engineers, during WWI. At the time of enlistment, their residence was Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada. He died in 1950 in Ratho, Midlothian.

(2) Charles Morton Anderson born in 1880 in Dundee. He married Eliza Chapman, in 1915 in Fife. He died in 1950 in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Gavin Anderson
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/5/1899, Rev., 8 Union Terrace, Dundee, d. 23/01/1899 at Dundee, intestate, Dundee Sheriff Court, NRS SC45/31/51Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or Forbes, Isabella, 6/11/1922, otherwise known as Ella Forbes, 36 Findhorn Place, Edinburgh, afterwards 19 Gillespie Crescent Edinburgh, latterly 1 Melgund Terrace Edinburgh, widow, d. 20/08/1922 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/686; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/562

Sources
Monumental Inscriptions in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Edinburgh, compiled by John Smith, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, C.V.O., LL.D., Edinburgh, printed for the Scottish Records Society by J. Skinner & Company, Ltd., 1915; The London Gazette, 13 March 1906 Issue: 27894 Page:1798; Canadiangreatwarproject

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ANDERSON, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Ordained by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, 1845, for Antigua. Returned, 1851, and is believed to have gone to New Zealand about 1858.

Supplementary Information
Ministry
He was ordained to the work in Antigua on 18th November, 1845. The service was held in St Andrew’s Free Church, Edinburgh, and was conducted by the minister, Dr John Bruce, who preached “an impressive sermon” on Psalm 30:6: “And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.” He took up his charge there in February, 1846, and resigned in June, 1850.

Sources
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 19th November, 1845, p.2; The Law Times Reports, Volume 21, p.166

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ANDERSON, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born at Loudoun, Ayrshire, 1818. Studied at the University of Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Married, 1839, Ann Farquhar. Ordained at New Cumnock, 1851. Became senior minister, 1886. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 27th October and baptized on 8th November, 1818, in Loudon, Ayrshire, the son of James Anderson, farmer, and Isobel Donald.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1836. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1844-49.

Marriage
His marriage to Anna Farquhar was recorded on 23rd January, in Barony, Lanarkshire, and on 19th February, 1841, in Loudon, Ayrshire. She was born about 1823 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, the daughter of William Farquhar, mason builder, and Jeanie Brown.

Ministry
He was probably licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow on 16th October, 1849. In the Free Church, he served in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. He presented his resignation from his charge on the ground of ill health in 1886 and on 4th November, 1886, Mark Scott was ordained here as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 26th January, 1889, in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire. His wife died in the Free Church Manse, New Cumnock, on 4th November, 1881 (Registration: 1881 608/ 67 New Cumnock).

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jane Brown Anderson born about 1841 in Glasgow. She married Robert Brown, coalmaster, in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in 1868. She was found drowned in the old mill dam near New Cumnock on Saturday, 18th January, 1890. She had been missing since the previous Thursday. She was supposed to have fallen into the dam, which was near the road, when taking a walk (The Scotsman, 20th January, 1890, p.6).

(2) Isabella Donald Anderson baptized on 17th July, 1842, in Bothwell, Lanarkshire. She married Alexander MacDonald, Free Church minister, in 1872 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. She died in 1900 in Ardclach, Nairnshire.

(3) William Farquhar Anderson born about 1846 in Glasgow.

(4) Anna F. Brunton Anderson born about 1848 in Glasgow. She died in 1939 in Ayr.

(5) James Anderson born about 1850 in Glasgow.

(6) Mary Anderson born about 1853 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. She married Lachlan Morrison in 1886 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. She died in 1924 in Mauchline, Ayrshire.

(7) George Anderson about 1854 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire.

(8) Catherine Anderson born on 17th July, 1856, in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. She married Primrose McConnell, a noted agriculturalist, in New Cumnock in 1884. They lived in Essex, England. She died there on 21st March, 1930. For Primrose McConnell see Paul Brassley, ”A Pioneer in Everything”: Primrose McConnell 1856-1931.

(9) John Anderson born on 7th May, 1859, in New Cumnock, Ayrshire.

(10) Agnes Matilda Anderson born on 23rd March, 1861, in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. She died there in 1870.

(11) Hugh Anderson born on 19th May, 1862, in New Cumnock, Ayrshire.

(12) Jessie Anderson born on 15th August, 1864, in New Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 22/3/1889, retired Minister, Hawkhill, Ayr, d. 26/01/1889 at Hawkhill aforesaid, intestate, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/50

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ANDERSON, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born in Forfarshire, 1828. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at St. Cyrus, 1862.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.409). He died in 1916.

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ANDERSON, HARRY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born at Aberdeen, 1810. Studied at Aberdeen University. Ordained at Colinton and Currie, 1844. Retired, 1869. Died, 1870.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 13th and baptized on 16th April, 1810, in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, the son of James Anderson, baker, and Susannah Watson.

Education
He matriculated in Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1824, and graduated M.A.

Ministry
“Harry Anderson, Markinch, Fife” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He served for a time as assistant to Dr Thorburn, Leith. He was ordained in Juniper Green, Edinburgh, on 1st February, 1844. When a minister, his sisters lived with him. “A paralytic shock in the pulpit was the
first disablement” and in 1869 he intimated his intention to resign because of bad health: “He was a powerful preacher, wise and energetic, but somewhat lengthy” (The history of Colinton, p.72).

Death
He died on 25th September, 1870. He resided at 10 Dalrymple Crescent, Edinburgh, and he was buried in the Grange Cemetery there.

Family
He never married.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 23/11/1870, Minister, residing at No.10 Dalrymple Crescent in Grange of Edinburgh, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/15; 7/2/1871, Corrected and Additional Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/151

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ANDERSON, HENRY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born at Lecropt, Perthshire, 1779. Ordained at Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, 1808. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1845.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1808, Tillicoultry, FES, Vol.4, p.362. In the Free Church, he served in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire.

Publication – by him
New Statistical Account, September, 1841, Tillicoultry, Vol.8, Clackmannan, p.66

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 21/2/1846, Minister of the Free Church at Tullicoultry, I & Letter or Last Will and Testament, Alloa Sheriff Court, NRS SC64/42/7
AndrewWatt, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.92 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.42

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ANDERSON, HENRY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born at Glasgow, 1820. Studied at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. Ordained at Partick, Glasgow, 1844.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Anderson, Partick, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.236). He retired in 1898 and died in 1902.

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ANDERSON, JAMES, D.D. (Aberdeen)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born in the parish of St. Fergus, 1796. Studied at Marischal College and the University of Aberdeen. Ordained assistant and successor at St. Fergus, 1822. Married, 1826, Margaret Gavin. Translated to Morpeth English Presbyterian Church, 1843. [Vol. 2 says he was translated in 1845.] Moderator of English Presbyterian Synod, 1847; and first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1876. Died, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1822, St Fergus, FES, Vol.6, p.241; 1845, Morpeth, FES, Vol.7, p.513. In the Free Church, he served in St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire.

Family
For some family connections, see the John Anderson Tree.

Publications – by him
Charity to the poor briefly characterized and recommended, a sermon, preached in behalf of Peterhead Female Society, Peterhead, 1823
New Statistical Account, January, 1840, St Fergus, Vol.12, p.185
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.2, p.181, The untiring travellers

Publications – about him
Robert Stewart, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.71 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.6

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ANDERSON, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.82
Born in the parish of Livingstone, 1785. Studied at Edinburgh University. Ordained at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, 1832. Married, the same year, Mary Stewart. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1860.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1832, Blantyre, FES, Vol.3, p.229. In the Free Church, he served in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

Family
For some family connections, see the William Anderson Tree. Note he married Mary Stewart Archer.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth grant, 25th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/184; Sunday trains, 19th May, 1845, NRS GD112/51/195; Sites, 26th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/218

Publications – about him
New Statistical Account, July, 1835, Blantyre, Vol.6, p.314
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 6/7/1861, minister of the Free Church of Scotland at Blantyre, spouse of Mary Stewart Archer or Anderson, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/47; Mutual Disposition, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/42
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson alias Archer, Mary, 18/5/1865, residing at Blantyre, widow of Revd James Anderson, minister at Blantyre, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/52
Peter Campbell, schoolmaster, Kirkton, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.203 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 2, p.12; 17th August, 1836, Eighth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.170 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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ANDERSON, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83
Licensed in connection with the Original Secession Church, 1829. Ordained at Kirriemuir, 1830. Retired, 1839, owing to voice failure. Joined the Free Church at the Union of 1852. Died, 1877.

Publications.—Martyrs of the Bass Rock. Ladies of the Reformation etc.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptised on 13th September, 1807, in Kirriemuir, Angus, the son of William Anderson, auctioneer, and Ann Sampson.

Education
He studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen, from 1823-27. He was licensed in the Secession Church on 17th August, 1829.

Marriage
He remained single much of his life, but in the 1871 census he appears as married to Helen, who was born in Edinburgh about 1811. In fact, he married Helen Whitelaw in 1869 in Edinburgh, Newington.

Ministry
He was ordained in Kirriemuir, Angus, on 26th October, 1830, when James Meek preached from 2 Corinthians 2:16: “To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?”; James Gray addressed the new minister and the people; and John Aitken concluded by preaching on Hebrews 13:17: “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you”. He was loosed from his charge on health grounds on 15th October, 1839, on the understanding that the congregation would pay him an annual pension of £10.

He then engaged in literary work in Edinburgh. He first appears in the Post Office Directories in 1869-70 living at 8 Henry Street. This is presumably when he got married: prior to his marriage he would have been a lodger and not a householder. Thereafter he lived at 8 Tarvit Street. His widow is recorded as living there after his death up to the 1878-79 Directory.

Death
He died suddenly at his home on 16th September, 1875.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
Antiburgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.564; 1830, Kirriemuir (Constitutional), Scott, Annals, p.392; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 17th September, 1875: 4

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ANDERSON, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83
Born at Rattray, 1833. Studied at Edinburgh University and English Presbyterian College, London. Ordained at Haltwhistle, Cumberland, 1862. Married, the same year, Jane Forsyth. Translated to Armadale, 1867, and to Polmont, 1873.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Armadale, West Lothian; and Polmont, Stirlingshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.52). He retired in 1907 and died in 1914.

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ANDERSON, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83
Born at Friockheim, Forfarshire, 1862. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dyce, Aberdeenshire, 1884; married, 1885, Isabella Reid Dobie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dyce, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.423, where a short biography is given). He died in 1910.

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ANDERSON, JAMES W.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83
Born at Dumbarton, 1873. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kilchattan Bay, Bute, 1899. Married Catherine A. Macmorran.

Supplementary Information
James Walker Anderson

Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilchattan Bay – Kingarth, South, Bute. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church, p.278). Thereafter he served in Port Glasgow Newark from 1906 (FUFC, p.162, where a short biography is given).

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ANDERSON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83

Born at Pollokshaws, 1804. Studied at the Divinity Hall of the “Old Light Burghers,” and was ordained in connection with that body at Helensburgh, 1827. Joined the Church of Scotland at the Union of 1839, when his church became Helensburgh West. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1862. Died, 1867.

Publications.—Patrick Wellwood. Chronicles of the Kirk. Bible Light from Bible Lands, etc.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1827, Helensburgh, Scott, Annals, p.504 and p.361; FES, Vol.3, p.347; Small, History, Vol.1, p.236. In the Free Church, he served in West, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.

Publications
See separate document here.

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ANDERSON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83
Born in parish of Kirkpatrick-Durham, 1805. Studied at Edinburgh University. Ordained as missionary to India, 1836, being the first ordained missionary from Scotland to Madras. He received into the Christian Church the first converts of the mission, 1841. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1847, Margaret Locher, who had been sent by the Ladies’ Association of the Church of Scotland, 1845, and who transferred her services to the Free Church. In broken health Mr. Anderson returned home, 1849. At the close of 1850 he returned to Madras, where he died, 1855, mourned by every one who cared for the evangelisation of India. Even heathen mothers told their children that the benefactor of the Hindoos had died. From the Disruption till the end of 1854—three months before his death—there were contributed to the Madras mission no less than 199,022 rupees, or in sterling money, nearly £20,000, collected by his untiring zeal.

Publications.—True Yokefellows in the Mission Field. Memoirs of John Anderson and Robert Johnston. By Rev J. Braidwood.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1836, Missionary, FES, Vol.7, p.687

Publication – about him
See Anderson, John in Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions

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ANDERSON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83
Born, 1815. Ordained, 1843, at Inverkip. Went to South Australia, 1850, where he is believed to have died about 1852. [Vol. 2 says he left Inverkip, 1851.]

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 8th June, 1814.

Ministry
A “John Anderson, Greenock” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained in Inverkip, Renfrewshire, in 1844.

He arrived in South Australia on 22nd June, 1851 and was settled in Strathalbyn on 14th July, 1851. He was suspended by the Presbytery in November, 1871, having acknowledged intemperance. For some time he ministered to a splinter group who left the Strathalbyn Church when a harmonium was introduced. He also preached fortnightly at Yankalilla until near the close of 1889, when his health gave way.

Death
He died, aged 76, on 14th March, 1891, at his home, Angus Street East, Adelaide, South Australia, and was buried in the West Terrace General Cemetery there.

Source
South Australian Register, 17 March, 1891; Australian And New Zealand Gazette: Saturday, January 10th, 1852, p.6

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ANDERSON, JOHN, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.83
Born in the parish of Birsay, Orkney, 1869. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh; also at Berlin and Gottingen. Ordained at Fordoun, Kincardineshire, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Fordoun, Kincardineshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.404). Thereafer he served in Firth, Orkney, from 1929 (FUFC, p.514, where a short biography is given).

Family
He married Charlotte Kerr Sutherland, the daughter of Andrew Neil Sutherland, a Free Church minister.

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ANDERSON, JOHN ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.84
Born at Edinburgh, 1830. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Collessie, Fife, 1855. Married, 1856, Mary M. H. Graham. Translated to Doune, 1866. Became senior minister, 1882. Died, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 1st June, 1830, in Edinburgh, the son of John Anderson, merchant, later independent, and Isabella Howden. He was the brother of Jemima Anderson, who married Jacob Scott Alexander, a Free Church minister. He was the brother of Georgina Anderson who married, as his first wife, William Reid of Lothian Road United Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh. A daughter of this couple, Georgina Reid, married William Mackay Sutherland, a Free Church minister. (For William Reid see in the General Index on this web-site.)

Education
For the most part, he was privately educated, one of his tutors being James Drummond Burns, who was later a Free Church minister. He then attended Edinburgh University and enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1849-53. He then spent some time on the continent.

Marriage
He married Mary M.H. Graham on 18th December, 1856, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty (Registration: 1856 061/ 14 Cromarty). She was the daughter of Alexander Graham, banker, and Nancy Graham.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1854. He was ordained in Collessie, Fife, in 1855; and was translated to Kilmadock (Doune), Perthshire, on Wednesday, 18th July, 1866, when the presiding minister, Malcolm McLean, of Gartmore, preached from 2 Corinthians 10:2: “But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.” On 18th September, George Sutherland Mackay was ordained here as his colleague and successor.
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Death
He died on 8th January, 1884, at the Free Church Manse, Doune, Perthshire. Rev. William Ross preached a sermon on his death, which was published under the title The Happiness of Heaven.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Nancy (Mary) Graham Anderson born on 12th December, 1857, in Collessie, Fife. She died in 1937 in Haymarket, Edinburgh

(2) John George Anderson born on 17th January, 1861, in Collessie, Fife.

(3) Alexander Colin Anderson born on 1st September, 1864, in Collessie, Fife

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Anderson, John Archibald
The happiness of heaven: a sermon preached in Kilmadock Free Church on Sabbath, 20th January, 1884, with reference to the death of the Rev. John Archibald Anderson, senior minister of the congregation, William Ross, Rev., Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1884
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 25/4/1884, Minister, Free Church, Doune, Perthshire, d. 09/01/1884 at Doune, testate, Dunblane Sheriff Court, NRS SC44/44/29

Source
Stirling Observer, 26th July, 1866

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ANDERSON, JOHN REID, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.84
Born at Aberdeen, 1844. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Harray, Orkney, 1874.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Harray and Sandwick, Orkney. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.514, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1922 and died in 1931.

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ANDERSON, JONATHAN RANKIN

 
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Born at Elderslie, Paisley, 1803. Studied at Glasgow University. Ordained at Kirkfield Chapel, Glasgow, 1834. Translated to John Knox Church, Glasgow, 1842. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Suspended sine die, 1852, for professing theological views that were held not to be in conformity with the Confession of Faith. Died, 1859.

Publications.—Sermons on Sacramental Occasions. A Voice from the Wilderness.

Supplementary Information
Jonathan Ranken Anderson

Life and Ministry
1834, Kirkfield, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.421; 1842, John Knox’s, Glasgow, FES Vol.3, p.418. In the Free Church, he served in John Knox, Glasgow.

Publications
See separate document here.

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ANDERSON, ROBERT SANGSTER, M.A.

 
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Born at Edinkillie, 1865. Studied at Aberdeen University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Tayport, 1890. Married Minnie Watson Horn, 1892. Translated to Sherwood, Paisley, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ferry-Port-on-Craig (Tayport), Fife; and Sherwood, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.173). Thereafter he served in Barclay, Edinburgh, from 1902 (FUFC, p.3, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1924.

Family
His father, Alexander Anderson, was a Free Church minister.

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ANDERSON, THOMAS STARK

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.84
Born at Aberdeen, 1854. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Lyon Street Church, Glasgow, 1881. Translated to East Church, Arbroath, 1885. Married, 1890, Catherine F. C. Bachelor; and, 1899, Jean Craig Clark Reid, M.A.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lyon Street, Glasgow; and East, Arbroath, 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 1924 and died in 1925.

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ANDERSON, THOMAS STEVENSON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.84
Born at Richmond, United States of America, 1819. Studied at Edinburgh University. Ordained at Crailing, Roxburghshire, 1844. Married, 1855, Grace Gray. Retired, 1885. Died, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in October, 1819, in Richmond, Virginia, USA, the son of Robert Anderson, accountant, and Findlay Stevenson. His father, who was from Edinburgh, returned there because of ill-health and there his family was brought up.

Education
He was educated in Edinburgh.

Marriage
He married Grace Gray on 18th December, 1853, the marriage being registered in Crailing, Roxburghshire, and Edinburgh. She was born on 30th December, 1821, in Edinburgh, the daughter of James Gray, ironmonger, and Grace Charles.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1843 and sent to help in the Presbytery of Jedburgh. The following year he was settled in Crailing, Roxburghshire. He remained there throughout his ministry though he had several opportunities to minister elsewhere. On 3rd September, 1885, William Baillie Hutton was ordained there as his colleague and successor. He then retired to Edinburgh and took up residence at 44 Findhorn Place.

Death
He died at his home in Edinburgh, on 9th January, 1896 (Registration: 1896 685/5 51 Newington). His wife died there on 20th September, 1897 (Registration: 1897 685/5 963 Newington).

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: Thomas Stevenson Anderson
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 12/2/1896, F.C. Senior Minister at Crailing by Kelso, residing at 44 Findhorn Place, Edinburgh, d. 09/01/1896 at Edinburgh testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/346
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or Gray, Grace, 6/11/1897, widow of Thomas Stevenson Anderson, 44 Findhorn Place, Edinburgh, d. 20/09/1897 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/363; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/301

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ANDERSON, WILLIAM, LL.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.84
Born at Peterhead. Ordained at Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, 1830. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Dr. Anderson assisted Cosmo Innes in arranging his Origines Parochiales Scotiae. The state of his health obliging him to go abroad, he became Professor of History and of Morals in Government College at Agra. After his return be resided for some time in London, afterwards in Edinburgh. Died, 1870.

Publication.—The Family of Iona, and other Poems,etc.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1830, Banchory Ternan, FES, Vol.6, p.81. In the Free Church, he served in Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire.

Publication – by him
New Statistical Account, October, 1842, Banchory-Ternan, Vol.11, Kincardine, p.323
The family of Iona, and other poems, with historical notes, Edinburgh, R. Seton, 1850

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 22/2/1871, Dr, Principal of the College of Agra, India, latterly residing at No.20 Mayfield Terrace in Edinburgh, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/151; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/131; 11/4/1871 Additional Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/152
Charles Ogg, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.180 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]; Francis Robie, schoolmaster, Lightwood, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.180 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]; William Scroggie, schoolmaster, Tilwhilly, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.181 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 2, p.32

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ANDERSON, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.84
Born at Bathgate, 1780. Studied at Edinburgh University. Ordained at Kippen, Stirlingshire, 1811. Married, 1832, Janet Downie. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission, and suffered severely for so doing, preaching for many months either in the open or in a barn. Died, 1845.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1811, Kippen, FES, Vol.4, p.351. He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 15th December, 1804 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.150). In the Free Church, he served in Kippen, Stirlingshire.

Family
For some family connections, see the John Anderson Tree.

Publication – by him
New Statistical Account, May, 1841, Kippen, Vol.8, Stirling, p.264

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 5/9/1845, minister of Kippen, widow is Janet Downie or Anderson, Inventory; Mutual Settlement, see page 34, Stirling Sheriff Court, NRS SC67/36/25; 23/9/1845, Additional Inventory, Stirling Sheriff Court, NRS SC67/36/25
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or Downie, Janet, 27/2/1884, Kippen Cottage, Cults, near Aberdeen, widow, d. 24/01/1884 at Kippen Cottage, testate, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/94; Will, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/93
James Auld, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.252 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.42; 23rd July, 1836, Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.294 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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ANDERSON, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.84
Son of foregoing. Born at Kippen, 1833. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Cults, Fife, 1861. [Vol.2 says Cults, Kincardineshire.] Married, 1864, Louisa Leslie. Died, 1879.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was the son of William Anderson, minister of Kippen. For some family connections, see the John Anderson Tree.

Education
He attended Edinburgh Academy. He studied Arts at Glasgow University, matriculating there in 1848. He was enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1852-1856.

Marriage
He married Louisa Leslie on 13th October, 1864, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She was born on 3rd May, 1831, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, the daughter of George Leslie, shop owner, and Ann Smith.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dunblane in 1856. Before ordination, he served in various places including two years as an assistant of Robert Traill of Boyndie. He was ordained in Cults, Kincardineshire, in 1861 – the first minister of the congregation.

Death
He died on 7th April, 1879, in Bath, Somersetshire, England. Louisa Leslie or Anderson died in 1910, in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.

Family
There is no evidence that they had family.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: William Anderson
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 5/7/1879, minister of the Free Church, Cults, co Aberdeen, d. 05/04/1879 at Bath, testate, spouse of Louisa Leslie or Anderson, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/85; 12/7/1879, Will, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/84
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Anderson or Leslie, Louisa, 17/12/1910, The Cottage, Murtle, Parish of Peterculter, widow, d. 16/10/1910 at Murtle, testate, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/162; Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/131

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ANDERSON, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Son of Rev. James Anderson of Blantyre, and nephew of Rev. William Anderson of Kippen. Born at Blantyre, 1839. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Boyndie, Banff, 1868. Married, 1870, Mary Christian Manson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1854. He was ordained in Boyndie, Banffshire, on 30th January, 1868, as colleague and successor to Robert Traill, who died in 1880.
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.451). He retired in 1901 and died in 1920.

Family
For some family connections, see the John Anderson Tree.

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ANDERSON, WILLIAM FARQUHAR

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born at Glasgow, 1845. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Tarbolton, 1879. Married, 1882, Agnes MacKenzie. Retired, 1890.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Tarbolton, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.133, where a short biography is given).

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ANDREW, ADAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born at Dailly, Ayrshire, 1851. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained missionary to India, 1879. Married, the same year, Elizabeth MacFarlane. Stationed at Chingleput, in Madras Presidency.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.542, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1915 and died in 1921.

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ANDREW, ALEXANDER, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born at Paisley, 1836. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Busby, 1865. Married, 1867, Agnes E. B. Grant. Translated to Cuninghame Free Church, Glasgow, 1873; and to White Memorial, 1884. Retired, 1893. Became editor of Stirling Tracts. Died, 1898.

Publications.— Bible Memories. Taken from the Plough, etc.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Paisley, the son of George Andrew, merchant, Glasgow, and Agnes MacAlister.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1858. Wilmington College, New Jersey, USA, awarded him a D.D. degree in 1894.

Marriage
He married Agnes Espie Grant on 11th September, 1867, in Stirling. She was born on 6th October, 1849, in St Ninians, Stirlingshire, the daughter of James Grant, merchant, and Helen Drummond. She was the niece of Peter Drummond.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow in 1864. As a student he worked in “Peter Drummond’s tract enterprise in its earlier stages.” He also worked in Airth, Cambusbarron, and Dovehill, Glasgow and, for two years, in Busby, Renfrewshire, where he was ordained on 26th September, 1865. He resigned this charge in 1873 to undertake work in Glasgow: when he moved to Cuninghame, Glasgow, he found a small number of members. When he left it, there were 700. About forty members went with him to form a new church – to this work he was inducted on 19th June, 1879. Eventually this became White Memorial, Glasgow. On 5th September, 1893, he asked leave to resign his charge on assuming editorship of the Stirling Tract Publications (The Scotsman, 6th September, 1893). The Presbytery wished to continue him as a member of Presbytery but the General Assembly did not permit this (The Scotsman, 5th June, 1894). In Cook and Wylie’s Stirling Directory for 1897 Alex. Andrew, clergyman, was living in Randolph Road.

Death
He died on 12th August, 1898, in Stirling, of cardiac debility (Registration: 1898 490/ 199
Stirling). His wife died in 1908, her death being registered in Cathcart, Lanarkshire.

Family
They had, according to his Obituary, three sons and two daughters who survived him:

(1) James Grant Andrew born on 22nd June, 1868, in Cathcart, Glasgow. He studied at Hutchesons Grammar School, Glasgow, and graduated M.B., Ch.B., from Glasgow University in 1889. He gained medical experience in Glasgow; Dublin, Ireland; London, England; and Paris, France. He married Christina Gilbert in 1897 in Anderston, Glasgow. After years as a surgeon in Glasgow, he moved to Bournemouth, Dorset, England. He died there suddenly – just after delivering a recitation at a medical dinner – on 6th December, 1923.

(2) Agnes McAl(l)ister Andrew born in 1870, her birth being registered in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. She married Francis William Sinclair in 1901 in Kelvin, Glasgow. It is possible that she was the Agnes M. Sinclair who died in the 1st quarter of 1929 in South Shields, County Durham, England.

(3) John Rankine Andrew born in 1872, his birth being registered in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire (though on his grave stone his birth date is given as 15th August, 1873). He married Jane Auchinvole Robertson in 1909 in Hillhead, Glasgow. In 1912 J. Rankine Andrew of Grant and Watson was living at 11 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow. Grant and Watson were hosiers, glovers, shirtmakers, hatters and outfitters. He was a city magistrate. He died suddenly on 15th April, 1931, in Blythswood, Glasgow, and was buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.

(4) Alexander Andrew born 18th June, 1876. He eventually became a Church of Scotland minister. See FES, Vol.4, p.180. The birth date is that given in FES. But this seems to be Alexander Somerville Andrew whose birth was registered in the Gorbals, Glasgow, in 1875.

(5) Helen Drummond Andrew born in 1877 in Gorbals, Glasgow. She married Malcolm McDonald Barbour in 1905 in Glasgow, Kelvin. He inherited his father’s business in South Shields, County Durham, England – a business specialising in high quality waterproof and outdoor clothes. Helen D. Barbour died in South Shields in the 4th quarter of 1960.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
Ncbi; Billiongraves; Free Church of Scotland Monthly, 1 December, 1898, Obituary

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ANDREW, JOHN GRAHAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born in Midlothian, 1860. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Barrhill, Ayrshire, 1885. Married, 1887, Isabella Ironside.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Barrhill, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.127, where a short biography is given). He died in 1929.

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ANDSON, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born at Arbroath, 1817. Studied at Edinburgh University and Divinity Hall. Ordained at Kirkmahoe, Dumfries-shire, 1844. Married, 1848, Ann Johnstone Henderson. Retired, 1884; but continued to discharge the duties of clerk of Dumfries Free Church Presbytery, an office which he filled for fifty years.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
“William Andson, Arbroath” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Kirkmahoe, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.106, where a short biography is given).

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant and Sunday trains, 28th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/186; Sites, 12th May, 1846, GD112/51/210
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.3, p.544, Walking with God

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ANGUS, ANDREW, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born at Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, 1860. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Ruthwell, 1886. Married, 1887, Ann S. Batchan.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.107, where a short biography is given). He died in 1925.

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ANGUS, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born at Inverurie, 1849. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Skirling, 1878. Married, 1880, Jemima J. H. Curr. Translated to West Church, Stirling, 1883.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Skirling, Peebles-shire; and West, Stirling. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.315, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1908 and died in 1912.

Family
His son, Walter Chalmers Smith Angus, was a minister of the United Free Church: FUFC, p.414.

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ANGUS, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born at Brechin, 1856. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Barr, Ayrshire, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.127. In the Free Church, he served in Barr, Ayrshire.

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ANGUS, ROBERT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.85
Born in Lanarkshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained missionary to Poona. Returned, 1871, and for three years ministered to the Presbyterian congregation at Madeira. He subsequently resided in Melbourne.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 28th May, 1836, in Chryston, Cadder, Lanarkshire, the son of James Angus, weaver, later merchant, and Margaret Stark.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1854.

Marriage
He married Sarah Ann Metcalf(e) on 4th July, 1865, in Tighnabruaich, Argyll (Registration: 1865 518/ 6 Kilfinan). She was the daughter of Thomas Metcalfe, builder, and Sarah Sevens.

Ministry
He arrived in India in 1865.

He was received by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria on 20th January, 1880, and settled in Maldon – Baringhup on 12th February, 1882. He resigned on 3rd May, 1887.

In 1897, he was prohibited by his Presbytery from celebrating weddings in connection with a matrimonial agency.

Death
He died on 17th October, 1908, at the home of his sister, Mrs Orr, in Temple, East Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire. Ann Metcalfe or Angus died on 26th September, 1871, in Rothesay, Bute.

Sources
Hunter, History of Missions, pp.276-280; The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) Tuesday, 2nd February, 1897; Hamilton, Jubilee History, p.414

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ARBUCKLE, ROBERT HUNTER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.86
Born at Kilmarnock, 1833. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kirkoswald, Ayrshire, 1860. Married, 1865, Marion McAdam. Retired, 1897, through failure of health.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 8th January, 1853 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.200). In the Free Church, he served in Kirkoswald, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.129). He died in 1911.

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ARCHIBALD, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.86
Born in the parish of Tarland, 1819. Studied at Aberdeen University. Ordained at Udny, 1843. Married, 1859, Janet Thomson. Was clerk of the Presbytery of Ellon from 1849 to 1881. Retired 1881. Died, 1887.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1819 in Tarland, Aberdeenshire, the son of John Archibald, farmer, and Anne Anderson.

Education
He attended the local parish school, where the master was Andrew Ross, later a minister, and Old Aberdeen Grammar School. He matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1834, graduated M.A. in March, 1839, and took the divinity course there.

Marriage
He married: Jane Thomson at the bride’s home, Newseat of Drumbreck, on 4th August, 1859 (Registration: 1859 249/ 3 Udny). She was born on 3rd and baptized on 16th May, 1838, in Udny, Aberdeenshire, the daughter of James Thomson, farmer in Newseat of Drumbreck, and Margaret Donald.

Ministry
He was licensed just before the Disruption. He was ordained in Udny, Aberdeenshire, in 1843. In 1881 George Abel was ordained there as his colleague and successor. He retired to Aberdeen where he lived at 14 Ferryhill Place.

Death
He died on 17th November, 1887, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. Jane Archibald or Thomson died in Udny in 1872, and was buried there. The following is the inscription on her grave-stone: “Erected by Rev. George Archibald in memory of Jane Thomson, his wife, who died at Free Church Manse, 13 January, 1872, in the 34th year of her age.”

Family
They had progeny including:

(1) Margaret Elizabeth Archibald born Udny, Aberdeenshire, on 30th June, 1860. She married James Knox Wilson in Old Machar, Aberdeen, in 1883.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this website: George Archibald
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 31/1/1888, minister of the Free Church at Udny, afterwards residing at 14 Ferryhill Place, Aberdeen, d. 17/11/1887 at Aberdeen, intestate, kin of Margaret Elizabeth Archibald or Wilson, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/103

Source
The Thanage of Fermartyn by William Temple p.424

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ARMOUR, MATTHEW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, Vol.1, p.86
Born at Paisley, 1820. Studied at the Universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1848, at Sanday, Orkney. Married, the following year, Jessie Thomson. Mr. Armour was Liberal in political idea, with a tendency towards Socialism, but all through the land agitation proved himself the friend of the crofters, and an ardent advocate of land reform. In 1886 he was tried before the Sheriff for causing a disturbance at a political meeting in Sanday and was, without the option of a fine, sentenced to four days’ imprisonment. The Court of Session promptly quashed what Lord Young denounced as a “nimious prosecution.” Mr. Armour received his sentence on Saturday afternoon, and at ten o’clock at night was fast asleep on his prison bed when the jailer opened the door for the liberation of the prisoner, having received a telegram direct from Lord M’Laren. At different times Mr. Armour was a member of the School Board, and of the Parish and County Councils.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Sanday, Orkney. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.517). He died in 1903.

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ARMOUR, MATTHEW

 
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Son of foregoing. Born at Sanday, 1863. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Papa-Westray, 1891. Married, 1892, Catherine Sutherland.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Papa-Westray, Orkney. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.516). Thereafter he served in Keiss from 1911 (FUFC, p.507, where a short biography is given).

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ARMSTRONG, JAMES

 
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Born at Glencairn, 1842. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Married, 1873 Antonia McClellan. Ordained at Bank, New Cumnock, 1878. Retired, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1842 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire. His marriage record says that he was the son of Robert Armstrong, farmer, and Agness Dunn. But in 1851 he was living in Glencairn with these people and they are his grand-parents. Various factors point to him being the grandson of these people, including the fact that Agnes was 61 in 1851 when James was 8. Also this couple already had a son James who was still alive in 1851.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1864-69.

Marriage
He married Antonia McLellan at Society Hall, Bridge of Don, on 24th March, 1873, in Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire (Registration: 1873 857/A 3 Balmaghie). She was baptized on 27th June, 1854, in Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, the daughter of Samuel McLellan, teacher, and Stewart Marshall.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Penpont on 6th July, 1869. He was ordained in Bank, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in 1878. On 4th September, 1896, John Mechie was ordained here as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 9th November, 1911, at 5 Henrietta Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (Registration: 1911 597/ 398 Kilmarnock (Ayr)). His parents names were not known. His wife died there in 1907.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) James Samuel Armstrong born on 22nd August, 1873, in Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire. He died in 1947 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

(2) John William Armstrong born in 1876 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He died in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in 1888.

(3) Samuel McLellan Armstrong born in 1880 in Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire. He died in 1908 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

(4) Robert Gordon Armstrong born in 1882 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. He died in 1942 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

(5) Agnes Helena Armstrong born in 1886 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. She died in 1964 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire.

(6) Andrew David Armstrong born in 1887 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. He was a private (S/18788) in the 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders and was killed in action on 21st October 1917.

(7) Antonia Grace Armstrong born in 1890 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. She died in 1972 in Glasgow.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/11/1919, Yardside Road, Riccarton, Kilmarnock, d. 07/11/1919 at Riccarton testate, Kilmarnock Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC7/28/15; Kilmarnock Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC7/30/16

Source
Newcumnock-parishchurch

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ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM

 
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Born in Roxburghshire, 1835. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire, 1865. Translated, 1878, to Rutherglen, East. Married, 1869, Agnes Cunningham. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in August, 1835, in Roxburgh, the son of William Armstrong and Susanna Tait.

Marriage
He married Agnes Cunningham on 14th April, 1869, in Stranraer, Wigtownshire. She was the daughter of Robert Cunningham , Free Church minister, and Elizabeth Jeffrey.

Ministry
He was ordained in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire, on 16th May, 1865; and was translated to East, Rutherglen, Glasgow, in 1878.

Death
He died suddenly on 23rd February, 1889, at Burnbrae, Rutherglen, Glasgow. His wife died there in 1896.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Elizabeth Cunningham born in 1870 in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire. She married William Forsyth, in 1892 in Rutherglen, Glasgow. She died in 1949 in Glasgow.

(2) William Buchan Armstrong born in 1873 in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire. He married Isabella Jamieson Cook in 1898 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She died in 1935 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire.

(3) Robert Armstrong born in 1875 in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire.

(4) James Armstrong born in 1877 in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire. He married Virginia R. MacCulloch in 1910 in Rutherglen, Glasgow.

(5) Susan Tait Armstrong born in 1879 in Rutherglen, Glasgow. She married Alexander MacAllan in 1913 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She died in 1964 in Glasgow.

(6) Jeffrey Armstrong born in 1885 in Rutherglen, Glasgow.

(7) Louisa Helen Armstrong born in 1887 in Rutherglen, Glasgow. She died there in 1892.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 30/3/1889, Minister, East Free Church, Rutherglen, d. 23/02/1889 at Rutherglen, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/124; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/98

Source
Rootschat

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ARNOT, WILLIAM

 
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Born at Scone, Perthshire, 1808. Studied at Glasgow University. Ordained at St. Peter’s, Glasgow, 1838. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1844, daughter of Mr. Fleming of Clairmont. Translated to Free High Church, Edinburgh, 1863. “There was a certain indescribable originality in virtue of which whatever he said and did was his own and not another man’s. His was a cheerful religion, and his was hopeful preaching. How long and cordially will his work and he be remembered! How distinctly one foresees, long years after this, in one company and another, the loving relaxation of the features, and the kindly tones of the voice, when men recall the name and speak of the ministry of William Arnot!” (R. R.). Died, 1875.

Publications.—From 1871 Mr. Arnot had charge of the Family Treasury. His principal separate publications were: Memoirs of James Halley. Life of Dr. James Hamilton. The Race for Riches. Laws from Heaven for Life on Earth, 2 vols. Roots and Fruits of the Christian Life. The Parables of our Lord. The Lesser Parables of our Lord. Lessons of Grace in the Language of Nature. Posthumous.—Autobiography with Memoir by Mrs. Fleming (his daughter).

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1839, St Peter’s, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.465. In the Free Church, he served in St. Peter’s, Glasgow; and High, Edinburgh.

Family
His maternal grandmother was Mary Stewart, sister of John Stewart, minister in Greenlaw, Berwickshire.

Publications
See separate document here.

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ARNOTT, JOHN, M.A.

 
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Born at Kirkintilloch, 1865. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Dailly, Ayrshire, 1892. Married, 1893, Jane Watson Millar. Translated to South Free Church, Stirling, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dailly, Ayrshire; and South, Stirling. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.314). Thereafter he served in Mentone from 1920 (FUFC, p.527).

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ARTHUR, DAVID

 
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Born in parish of New Cumnock, 1812. Called to the “New Church” at Stewarton, 1842. On 14th July, 1842, a Special Commission of Assembly met at Stewarton, under the Moderatorship of Dr. Candlish, and, in the face of an interdict from the Court of Session, ordained Mr. Arthur as “minister of the new church at Stewarton, and of the district thereto annexed quoad sacra by deliverance of the Presbytery of Irvine, and declared him to be a member of the Church courts as appointed by Act of Assembly, 1834, relative to ministers of quoad sacra parishes.” Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission, and his congregation and church became the Free Church congregation and church of Stewarton. Married, 1845, Agnes Morris. In 1851 Mr. Arthur was appointed to Belize, British Honduras, where he did excellent pioneering work. Returned to London, 1877. Died, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1842, Stewarton, FES, Vol.3, p.127; Scott, Annals, p.429

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this website: David Arthur

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ARTHUR, DAVID FINDLAY

 
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Born, 1813. Educated at Aberdeen Marischal College. Was one of the probationers of the Church of Scotland at the time of the Disruption. Adhered to the Free Church; was ordained at Banchory-Devenick, 1844. Married Mary Ann Brown. Died, 1893.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd and baptized on 15th August, 1813, in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, the son of David Arthur, farmer, Wellhill, and Jean Findlay.

Education
He attended the Arts classes at Glasgow University, matriculating there in 1832, and was for a short time acting assistant Professor of Logic.

Marriage
He married Mary Ann Brown on 6th March, 1849, in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. She was baptized on 12th June, 1819, in Old Machar, Aberdeen, the daughter of Robert Brown of Carden’s Haugh House, tax inspector, and Margaret Moir.

Ministry
He was licensed prior to the Disruption and served in Kilmarnock and Manchester. “David Arthur, Kilmarnock” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He took part in the Disruption procession to Tanfield Hall. He was ordained in Banchory-Devenick, Kincardineshire, on 24th January, 1844. On 23rd October, 1884, James Ironside Still was ordained here as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 24th August, 1893, in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire. His wife died there on 28th January, 1892. They were both buried in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John Findlay Arthur born on 27th December, 1849, and baptized on 10th January, 1850, in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. He died on 29th October, 1882, in Hunslet, West Yorkshire, England.

(2) Robert Brown Arthur born on 17th June and baptized on 6th July, 1851, in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. He married Betsey de Jersey Carey, He is said to have been a tea-planter in Ceylon. He died on 11th May 1921, in ‘Kingsland’, Guernsey, Channel Isles. His wife died there on 26th February, 1920.

(3) David Mitchell Arthur born on 1st February and baptized on 19th March, 1854, in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. He was a doctor. He died on 9th January, 1905, in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.

(4) Alexander Thom(p)son Arthur born on 11th November, 1855, in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. He married Margaret King in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, in 1897. She was the daughter of Adam Ross, a Free Church minister. He was a doctor. He died in 1930 in Peterculter.

(5) Margaret Jane Arthur born on 15th February, 1858, in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. She died on 30th May, 1947, in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.

According to his Obituary, two of his sons were in medical practice in Cults. One was pursuing the profession of art in England.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this website: David Findlay Arthur
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 1/9/1893, Cults, parish of Peterculter, co Aberdeen, sometime Free Church minister, Banchory-Devenick, d. 24/08/1893 at Cults, testate, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/120; 21/9/1893, Will, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/112

Sources
Geni; Findagrave

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ARTHUR, ROBERT, M.A.

 
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Born at Torphichen. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Westruther, Berwickshire, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Westruther, Berwickshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.74, where a short biography is given).

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ASHER, ROBERT, B.D.

 
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Born at Tain, 1868. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, 1894. Married Agnes McKaig the same year.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.181). Thereafter he served in Lancefield, Glasgow, from 1911 He resigned in 1929 (FUFC, p.230, where a short biography is given).

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AULD, ALEXANDER

 
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Born, 1821. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Olrig, Caithness-shire, 1855. Married, 1857, Christina B. R. Taylor. Mr. Auld remained outside the Union of 1900.

Publication.—Ministers and Men in the Far North, 1868.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 12th January, 1839 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.188). In the Free Church, he served in Olrig, Caithness.

Family
He had a son Archibald W. Auld who was a minister.

Publications – by them:
Memorial of David Steven, Wick, 1874
Life of John Kennedy, D.D., London, 1887
Ministers and men in the far North, Edinburgh, 1891
Memorial of Walter R. T. Auld, by his mother Christina R. Auld

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 6/6/1905, Free Church minister of Olrig, Caithness, d. 27/10/1904 at Castletown, testate, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/17
Memorials of Caithness ministers: being memoirs and sermons of Rev. W. Ross Taylor, D.D., Thurso and Rev. Alexander Auld, Olrig: with brief notices of some of their co-presbyters, Auld, Archibald, Edinburgh: W.F. Henderson, 1911

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AULD, ARCHIBALD W.

 
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Born in the Free Church Manse, Olrig, Thurso, 1869. Studied at the University and New College Edinburgh. Ordained at Innerwick, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Innerwick, Peebles-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.63). He returned to the Free Church in 1918.

Family
He was the son of Alexander Auld, a Free Church minister.

Publication – by him
Memorials of Caithness ministers: being memoirs and sermons of Rev. W. Ross Taylor, D.D., Thurso and Rev. Alexander Auld, Olrig: with brief notices of some of their co-presbyters, Edinburgh: W.F. Henderson, 1911

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AULD, ROBERT

 
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Born at Ayr, 1801. Studied in Hall of Original Secession Church. Ordained minister of Original Secession congregation at Birsay, Orkney, 1843. In 1852 he joined the Free Church, but the majority of his congregation declining to enter the Union, he was left without church and manse, and with only a handful of adherents. Retired, 1854. Died, 1861.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 11th October and baptised on 12th October, 1801, in Ayr, the son of John Auld, grocer, and Margaret Hunter.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1826. He entered the Secession Divinity Hall under Professor Paxton in 1827. He was licensed on 1st December, 1829, according to Scott – which doesn’t seem likely.

Ministry
He was ordained at Birsay Secession Church, Orkney, on 24th July, 1843, when David Burn, Thurso, preached from Jeremiah 3:15: “And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.” He also addressed pastor and people. George McCrie, Clola, closed the service by preaching from 2 Corinthians 11:15: “Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.” In the Free Church, he served in Birsay, Orkney.

Death
He died in Ayr in 1861.

Family
He appears not to have married.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/5/1861, Reverend, resided in Wallacetown, I and T, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/28

Sources
Antiburgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.569; Birsay (Constitutional), 1843, Scott, Annals, p.271; Birsay, General, Scott, Annals, p.194.

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