Free Church of Scotland Ministers (1843-1900): H

Ewing – List of Ministers: H

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

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HAGGART, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.179
Born in Perthshire. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Methlick, Aberdeenshire, 1896. Married, the same year, Kate Grainger.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Methlick, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.442). Thereafter he served in Alyth North from 1908 (FUFC, p321, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1927.

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HAINING, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at Borgue, 1808. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and spent several years in teaching, taking his divinity course at intervals between 1830 and 1844. Married, 1845, Barbara M’Donald. Ordained at Glenkens, 1846. Became senior minister, 1883. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 10th October, 1808, at Aliceford, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire, the son of Samuel Haining and Elizabeth McGeouch. His father was a joiner, living at Aliceford, Borgue. Before entering the ministry he was employed in teaching, including a time at the Hill Street Institution in Edinburgh.

Education
He attended Borgue Academy and Edinburgh University. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1843-44.

Marriage
He married Barbara McDonald, on 31st December, 1845, in Edinburgh. She was born on 17th July, 1817, in Gigha, Argyll, the daughter of Rev. Malcolm McDonald, minister of the parish, and Margaret Stevenson. For Malcolm MacDonald see FES, Vol.4, p.55

Ministry
He was licensed in 1844 by the Free Presbytery of Dalkeith and worked as a teacher thereafter. He was ordained in Glenkens, Kirkcudbrightshire. Neil Buchanan was ordained here in 1883 as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 28th November, 1889, at Kirkstyle, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was buried in the churchyard there. His widow then lived at Orchardbank, Muthill, and she died in 1908 in Muthill, Perthshire.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Alexa Haining born about 1846, in Edinburgh. She died in 1856 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire.

(2) Elizabeth Haining born about 1847 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire.

(3) John Haining born about 1849 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. He died on 19th September, 1854.

(4) Margaret Haining born about 1851 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. She married John Barbour there in 1871. They lived in England.

(5) Jane Haining born about 1852 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire.

(6) Samuel Smith Haining born about 1854 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. He died on 11th June, 1923, at 9 Goldenacre Terrace, St Bernard, Edinburgh.

(7) Robert Malcolm Haining born on 27th August, 1856, in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire.

(8) Duncan Stevenson Haining born on 19th December, 1858, in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. He died there in 1859.

(9) Thomas Alexander Haining born on 11th March, 1860, in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. He married Mary Grimshaw in the 3rd quarter of 1888, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He died in the 3rd quarter of 1947, in Darwen, Lancashire, England, aged 87

Publication – by him
Goads and nails, plain sermons by a country presbytery, John Haining etc., Edinburgh, J. Maclaren, 1861

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Haining
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 21/4/1890, senior Colleague, Glenkens F.C. Congregation, sometime residing at Free Church Manse, Dalry, afterwards at Katrine Bank, Parish of Borgue, latterly at Kirkstyle, Dalry, all in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, d. 28/11/1889 at Kirkstyle aforesaid, testate, Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court, NRS SC16/41/43
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Haining or MacDonald, Barbara, 2/5/1908, Dalry, Galloway, afterwards Orchardbank, Muthill, widow of Rev. John Haining, Glenkens Free Church, Dalry, d. 25/03/1908 at Orchardbank, testate, Perth Sheriff Court, NRS SC49/31/209; Perth Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC49/32/4

Sources
Dundee Courier, 6th January, 1846; Rootsweb; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 13th June, 1923, p.14

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HALL, HECTOR, M.A., D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at Stewarton, 1838. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Beith, 1867. Married, 1880, Mary F. Taylor. Translated to St. James’s, Glasgow, 1877; and, 1887, to Troy, New York.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1838 in Stewarton, Ayrshire, the son of Roger Hall, shoemaker, and Elizabeth Armour.

Marriage
He married Mary Ferrier Taylor, in 1880 in Partick, Glasgow. She was born on 21st October, 1856, in Blythswood, Glasgow, the daughter of Robert Taylor and Margaret MacNab.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Paisley in 1866. As a probationer both the Eyemouth Free Church and the Beith Free Church wished to present a call to him. He was ordained in Beith, Ayrshire, on 21st November, 1867; and was translated to St. James’, Glasgow, on 13th December, 1877. The previous year he had been called to Dudley, but he remained in Beith.

In 1875 he spent a vacation, travelling through the United States. Subsequently, on 6th September, 1887, the Free Presbytery of Glasgow accepted his resignation from St James’ in order to accept a call to the Second Presbyterian Church of Troy, New York. Thereafter they were resident in Troy, Renssalaer, New York. He served as Chaplain in the Home Guard during the Spanish-American war of 1898-1902.

He seems to have been particularly active in public and ecclesiastical matters. Here is a sample. He presented a motion to the General Assembly seeking to confine membership of church committees to one term, and abolishing convenerships that extended over four years. “He confined his speech, which bristled with plain-spokeness and laughable allusions, mainly to denouncing perpetual Conveners, whom he call their ‘House of Lords,’ and whom, he said, they would have to reform, as they would never reform themselves.”

Death
His wife died at Ratho, Midlothian, on 7th June, 1944.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publication – by him
Perhaps The revision of the confession of faith’s new chapter “of the work of the Holy Spirit”, New York, Wm. C. Martin, 1893

Sources
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 22nd August, 1867, p.4; 7th September, 1887, p.10; 6th December, 1877; 9th June, 1944, p.6; Glasgow Herald, 3rd October, 1867; Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9334, 24 October 1875; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 1st June, 1887; 7th September, 1887

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HALL, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at Inverurie, 1863. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Cullen, 1889. Married, 1893, Isabella Stuart. Translated to Paisley Road, Glasgow, 1894; and to Warrender Park, Edinburgh, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cullen, Banffshire; Paisley Road, Glasgow; and Warrender Park, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.33). Thereafter he served as Secretary to the Home Missions Committee from 1925 (FUFC, p.57, where a short biography is given).

Family
His son, James Stuart Hall, was a minister of the United Free Church: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.375.

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HALLIDAY, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at Lockerbie, 1851. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Forgandenny, 1876. Translated to Peterhead, 1880. Married, 1881, Harriette W. Creighton.

Supplementary Information
James Gellately Halliday

Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Forgandenny, Perthshire; and St. Peter’s, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.444, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1917 and died in 1926.

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HAMILTON, ADAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born in Renfrewshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Afton, Ayrshire, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Afton, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.123). He died in 1902.

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HAMILTON, DAVID STOW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at Glasgow, 1844. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1874, at Symington, Ayrshire. Married, 1887, Frances B. Wilson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Symington, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.132). He retired in 1909 and died in 1927.

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HAMILTON, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at South Queensferry, 1823. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Cockpen, 1855. Married, 1853, Agnes Fraser. Died, 1877.

Publication.—Posthumous—Faith in God: Sermons.

Supplementary Information
Background
James Hamilton was born on 18th October and baptized on 16th November, 1823, in Queensferry, West Lothian, the son of Archibald Hamilton, slater, and Euphemia Thomson.

Education
He at first followed the business of his father. He studied at Edinburgh University, gaining his B.A. in 1846 and his M.A. the following year. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1845-49.

Marriage
His marriage to Agnes Fraser was registered in Carluke, Lanarkshire, on 14th August, 1853, and in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, the following day. Agnes Fraser or Frazer was born on 19th October, 1822, in Carluke, Lanarkshire, the daughter of John Frazer, grocer, and Ann Thomson.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Linlithgow on 14th August, 1849. He was ordained in Cockpen, Midlothian. He was called to St Stephen’s, Glasgow, in 1868 but he remained in Cockpen.

Death
He died on 11th January, 1877, in Cockpen, Midlothian. His widow lived at 9 Hartington Place, Edinburgh, and died there on 27th August, 1885.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Ann Jane Hamilton born on 9th June, 1856, in Cockpen, Midlothian. She died on 6th June, 1931, at Hillhead Manse, Dunkeld, Perthshire, the home of her brother John. She was buried at Dalmeny, West Lothian, on 10th June.

(2) Archibald Thomson Hamilton born on 22nd August, 1859, in Cockpen, Midlothian. He married Catherine. They lived in Ontario City, San Bernardino County, California, USA. He was a fruit farmer. He died suddenly on 19th June, 1926, in Ontario, California, USA.

(3) John Whyte Hamilton born on 4th May, 1861, in Cockpen, Midlothian. He became a Free Church minister.

(4) James Hamilton born on 20th May 1863, in Cockpen, Midlothian

Publication – by him
Faith in God: sermons, edited by Rev. William Scrymgeour; Author: Hamilton, James, M.A., of Cockpen; published: 1877.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James Hamilton
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 19/2/1877, Free Church Manse, Cockpen, County of Edinburgh, d. 11/01/1877 at Cockpen aforesaid, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/182; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/165
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Hamilton or Fraser, Agnes, 3/11/1885, 9 Hartington Place, Edinburgh, d. 27/08/1885 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/245; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/214

Sources
The San Bernardino County Sun, 22nd February, 1924, page 19; and 19th June, 1925, page 35; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 23rd June, 1926, p.16; 10th June, 1931, p.20

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HAMILTON, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at Greenock. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Abington, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Abington and Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.196). Thereafter he served in Henderson, Kilmarnock, from1902 (FUFC, p.140, where a short biography is given).

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HAMILTON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born in Arran, 1804. Ordained at Saltcoats, Gaelic, 1838. Married, 1840, Margaret Kerr. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1845, to Lochranza. Died, 1847.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1838, Saltcoats, FES, Vol.3, p.81. In the Free Church, he served in Gaelic, Saltcoats, Ayrshire; and Lochranza, Isle of Arran, Bute.

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HAMILTON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born at Stranraer, 1830. Studied at the Universities, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and Reformed Presbyterian Divinity Hall. Ordained at Renton, 1857. Translated, under Mutual Eligibility Act, to West Church, Glasgow. Died, 1878.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
FRPCS, p.12; Couper, The R.P. Church, p.133. In the Free Church, he served in West, Glasgow.

Family
His mother was a sister of James Brown, Reformed Presbyterian minister in Dumfries.
His sister, Elizabeth Hamilton, married John Laidlaw, a Free Church minister.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Hamilton
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/9/1878, Free Church minister, 23 Bluebank Crescent, Glasgow, Inventory, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/86

Memorials of the late Rev. John Hamilton, Free West Church, Glasgow, with a biographical sketch by John Laidlaw, Glasgow, David Bryce & Son, 1881

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HAMILTON, JOHN WHYTE, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Son of Rev. James Hamilton of Cockpen. Born there, 1861. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dunkeld, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dunkeld, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.330, where a short biography is given).

Family
He was the son of James Hamilton.

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HAMILTON, WILLIAM KING

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.180
Born, 1816. Son of Dr. Hamilton, Strathblane, and brother of Dr. James Hamilton, London. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained at Stonehouse, 1843. Married, 1845, Christina Proudfoot; and, 1855, Frances E. Gilett. Died, 1887.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 26th April, 1816, in Strathblane, Stirlingshire, the son of William Hamilton, minister, and Jane King. For some family connections, see the Walker Tree.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Christina Proudfoot on 29th July, 1845, in Glasgow. She was born on 6th November, 1821, in Arrochar, Dunbartonshire, the daughter of Peter Proudfoot and Jane Hislop. Peter Proudfoot was a minister – see FES, Vol.3, p.326

(2) Fanny Elizabeth Giblett in the 4th quarter of 1855 in St Pancras, London, England. She was born on 15th August, 1819, in St George’s Westminster, London, England, the daughter of William Giblett and Mary Jane Stansfeld.

Ministry
He was ordained in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, on 16th October, 1843 – “by the burn side, in the open air”. He served as Presbytery Clerk for a time. He became ill in 1876 and James Laing, of Bermondsey, London, England, was inducted on 26th September, 1878, as his colleague and successor. He then retired to London where his home was The Avenue, Brondesbury, London.

Death
He died on 11th May, 1887, at his home in Hendon, London, England. His first wife died on 4th April, 1850, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. His second wife died in January, 1914, in Kingston, London, England.

Family
He had issue including, by his first wife:

(1) Jane Hamilton born on 4th September, 1846, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. She married John Robert Macdonald on 29th January, 1875. He was born in Calcutta, India. He was a “manager general credit”. They had issue including a son, William King Hamilton Macdonald, who, in 1911, was Presbyterian minister in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. She died on 29th January, 1923, in Willesden, London, England.

(2) William Hamilton born on 23rd May, 1848, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire.

And by his second wife, including:

(3) Fanny Alicia Hamilton born on 24th September, 1856, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. She married Alexander Morrison Waddell, house agent or property agent, on 9th October, 1877, in Pancras, London, England. She died in July, 1886, in Hendon, London, England, and was buried in Hampstead, London, England, on 28th July.

(4) James Hamilton born on 1st March, 1858, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. In 1881 he was a commercial clerk; and later a discount broker. He married Agnes Jannette Jackson in the 1st quarter of 1888 in Marylebone, London, England.

(5) Thomas Stansfeld Hamilton born on 15th June, 1859, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. In 1881 he too was a commercial clerk. He married (i) Amy Boulton Arrowsmith on 2nd October, 1895, in Fulham, London, England; and (ii) Winifred Florence Kempshall on 9th September, 1922, in Surbiton, London, England . He died on 11th May, 1927, in Lucerne, Switzerland.

(6) Mary Christina Hamilton born on 21st March, 1861, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. She died on 29th December, 1866, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire

(7) Andrew Hamilton born on 9th December, 1862, in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. In 1881 he was a clerk in a life insurance office.

Hainings

Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 13th May, 1887

The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 13th May, 1887, p.4

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HANNA, ROBERT MAXWELL

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born in Ireland, 1821. Licensed by the Presbytery of Ards in the Irish Presbyterian Church, 1843. Ordained at Girthon and Anwoth, 1844. Resigned in consequence of broken health, 1848. Appointed by the Colonial Committee, 1849, to Malta. Translated to Florence, 1850. Died, 1857.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 10th December, 1821, in Millisle, County Down, Ireland, the son of Rev. John Hanna and Jane Maxwell. His father was Presbyterian minister there.

Education
He was educated at home and in a private school run by Doctor John Walker, of Ballymacruise. In 1836 he entered the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, and the following year began attending theological classes there. He completed his theological studies at Edinburgh and was licensed by the Presbytery of Ards, Ireland, on 31st October, 1843.

Ministry
He was ordained at Girthon and Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 12th June, 1844. He resigned on health grounds in 1848. He then went to Italy, and the Free Church of Scotland provided him with work as minister in the city of Florence, in January, 1850. He also contributed articles to the North British Review, the News of the Churches, Evangelical Christendom, the Edinburgh Witness and other periodicals and magazines. He was on terms of the closest friendship with many of the most distinguished families in Florence, including Robert Browning and his wife, Elizabeth Barratt Browning. He oversaw the translating of the Pilgrim’s Progress into Italian and became a recognised authority on Italian art and literature. His vigorous evangelism often led to conflict with the authorities.

Death
He died of gastric fever on Saturday, 19th December, 1857, aged 36, and was interred the following Tuesday in the Swiss Protestant Cemetery, at Florence, Italy.

Family
There is no evidence he ever married.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Robert Maxwell Hanna

Sources
Most of the above is drawn from material on this web-site: Boards.ancestry. But this is also information available at: Freepages. Kendal Mercury (England), 2nd January, 1858; Kwrendell; Worldcat‎; Quod.lib; Brief Biographies of Irish Presbyterians, Eighth Annual Report of The Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland, 1914-1915, p.10

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HANNA, WILLIAM, D.D. (Edinburgh), LL.D. (Glasgow)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born, 1808. Son of Dr. S. Hanna, Professor of Divinity at Belfast. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained at East Kilbride, 1835. Married, 1836, Ann S. Chalmers. Translated to Skirling, 1837. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated to St. John’s, Edinburgh, 1850, as colleague to Dr. Guthrie. [Vol. 2 says he left Skirling in 1848.] While minister of St. John’s, Dr. Hanna took very special interest in territorial work in Edinburgh, and was instrumental in starting the mission which afterwards grew into the Pleasance Church. Resigned, 1867. Died, 1882.

Publications.—Dr. Hanna edited for a time the North British Review, wrote the life of Dr. Chalmers, and edited his posthumous works. He also published several volumes on the Life of our Lord. Wycliffe and the Huguenots. Letters of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen. The Church and its Living Head. Headship of Christ. The Resurrection of the Dead. Wars of the Huguenots. The Last Day of our Lord’s Passion, etc.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1835, East Kilbride, FES, Vol.3, p.269; 1837, Skirling, FES, Vol.1, p.258. He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 3rd December, 1831 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.181). In the Free Church, he served in Skirling, Peebles-shire; and St. John’s, Edinburgh.

Family
For further connections, see the Chalmers Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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HANNINGTON, ROBERT, M.B., C.M.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born at Glasgow, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1881, for Livingstonia. Married, the same year, Jessie Robertson. The climate of South Africa proved unsuitable. Transferred to the Jewish Mission, Constantinople, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.533). He retired in 1915.

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HANSON, GEORGE, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born at Glasgow, 1841. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. He laboured as missionary in the district of Sighthill, Glasgow, and formed a congregation there, over which he was ordained, 1872. Married, 1873, Margaret Donald.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Sighthill, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.253). He retired in 1912 and died in 1923.

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HANSON, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born at Glasgow, 1843. Brother of foregoing. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Whitevale, Glasgow, 1878. Married, 1894, Jessie Loudon Kater.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Whitevale, Camlachie, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.221). He retired in 1904 and died in 1922.

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HARDIE, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born at Slains, 1847. Studied at the Universities, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall of the English Presbyterian Church. Married, 1871, Jane Donald. Ordained at Dudley, 1880. Translated to Newbattle, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Newbattle, Midlothian. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.58). He retired in 1916 and died in 1919.

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HARDY, WILLIAM JAMES, M.A

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born at Pluscarden, 1853. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Strachan, Kincardineshire, 1882. Translated to Natal, 1884, where he laboured successively at Addington and Berea in the neighbourhood of Durban. Died, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Background
William James Hardy or Hardie was born on 1st May, 1853, the son of James Hardie and Elspet Gow. His father was a farmer at Tor(e)head, Elgin.

Education
He attended Elgin Academy, Moray. He graduated M.A. from Aberdeen University in 1877. He studied in the Free Church College, Aberdeen.

Marriage
He married Annie Cooper Sinclair on 9th April, 1884, at Canisbay, Caithness (Registration: 1884 035/ 6 Canisbay). She was born about 1851 in Canisbay, Caithness, the daughter of Alexander Sinclair, farmer, and Helen Kennedy.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Elgin on 14th June, 1881. He was ordained in Strachan, Kincardineshire, on 15th February, 1882, as colleague and successor to David Scott Ferguson. In South Africa, he became minister of Addington, Natal, on 21st October, 1884, and on 1st March, 1886, he was inducted to Berea, Natal.

Death
He died on 19th July, 1892, in Harrismith, Orange Free State. His wife died in July, 1885.

Family
There is no clear evidence that he had a family.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William James Hardy

Source
Minutes of the Free Presbytery of Kincardine O’ Neil, NRS/CH3/528/3

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HARPER, FINLAY MUNRO

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born at Slickley, Canisbay, Caithness. 1836. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Portknockie, 1875. Translated to Martyrs’ Church, Wick, 1877.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Portknockie, Moray; and Martyrs’, Wick, Caithness. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.511). He died in 1906.

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HARPER, JAMES WILSON, D.D. (Glasgow)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.181
Born at Campsie, 1850. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Alloa, West, 1878. Married, the following year, Henrietta Fullarton Richmond. Dr. Harper made a careful study of social economics and the Church’s relation thereto. He also took a keen practical interest in educational questions.

Publications.—Money and Social Problems. The Foundations of Society etc.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in West, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.303, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1918 and died in 1925.

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HARPER, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born in parish of Birse, 1802. Studied at the Universities, St. Andrews and Aberdeen. Ordained, 1839 at Bannockburn. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1845, Jane M. MacMicking, and, afterwards, Alice D. Sorsby. Translated to Bothwell, 1859. Became senior minister, 1872. Died, 1875.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1839, Bannockburn, FES, Vol.4, p.297. In the Free Church, he served in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire; and Bothwell, Lanarkshire.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Harper
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 4/2/1876, minister at Free Church Manse, Bothwell, co of Lanark, I, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/78; 4/3/1876, Minister of the Free Church at Bothwell, Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/70; 17/4/1877, Minister, Free Church of Scotland, Bothwell, d. 17/10/1875 at Bothwell, testate, Eik, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/82

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HARROWES, WILLIAM HENDERSON, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Aberdeen, 1872. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Gallatown, Kirkcaldy, 1899. Married, the same year, Elizabeth S. M’Connachie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Gallatown, Kirkcaldy, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.362). Thereafter he served in St Enoch’s, Glasgow, from 1902 (FUFC, p.246, where a short biography is given).

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HARVEY, DANIEL

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Dalry, Ayrshire, 1851. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Carnwath, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Carnwath, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.198) Thereafter he served in the united congregation of Carnwath (FUFC, p.198). He died in 1926.

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HARVEY, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Aberdeen, 1859. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Duntocher, 1885. Translated to Lady Glenorchy’s, Edinburgh, 1890. Married, 1897, Alexandra G. Waddell. From 1894 Mr. Harvey was clerk of the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Duntocher, Dunbartonshire, where he was ordained on 9th April, 1885 (Minutes of the Free Presbytery of Dumbarton, NRS, CH3/80/2); and Lady Glenorchy’s, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.12, where a short biography is given). He served as Assembly Clerk from 1916 to 1929 and was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1925 (FUFC, p.569-570).

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HARVEY, THOMAS, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Paisley, 1863. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at St. David’s, Edinburgh, 1894. Married, 1895, Mary B. Wylie; and, 1899, Mary Paterson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. David’s, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.28). He died in 1928.

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HASTIE, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Edinburgh, 1799. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kirkpatrick-Fleming, 1834. Married, 1835, Margaret S. Laing; and, in 1851, Margaret Kinnear. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1856.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1834, Kirkpatrick Fleming, FES, Vol.2, p.251. In the Free Church, he served in Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfries-shire.

Publications – by him
The Scottish Pulpit, Vol.4, p.373, The offered Grace of the Gospel, and the Danger of Receiving it in Vain
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth bill, 23rd April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/182; Sites, 18th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/214; 27th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/218

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 10/1/1857, Minister Residing in True Church Manse Kirpatrick Fleming, Dumfries Sheriff Court, NRS SC15/41/10
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Hastie Mrs, alias Kinnear, Margaret, 2/2/1874, relict of Reverend George Hastie, Free Church Minister at Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfries, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/166; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/148
Dying in Faith: A Sermon preached after the death of Rev. George Hastie, Robert Brydon, Dumfries, 1856
John Irving Roddick, schoolmaster, Gair, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.109 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Samuel Kerr, schoolmaster, Kirkpatrick, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.109 [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.8

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HASTIE, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Whitburn, 1799. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Divinity Hall of Original Secession Church. Ordained at Yetholm, 1834. Mr. Hastie joined the Free Church in 1852. Became senior minister, 1862. Died, 1863.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
Burgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.581; 1834, Yetholm (Burgher), Scott, Annals, p.444; Call, Scott, Annals, p.338; General, Scott, Annals, p.75; General, Scott, Annals, p.193; Small, History, Vol.2, p.274. In the Free Church, he served in Yetholm, Roxburghshire.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Hastie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 16/10/1864, minister in Yetholm, Jedburgh Sheriff Court, NRS SC62/44/40

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HASTIE, JOHN STEWART, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born in Lanarkshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained in 1900 at Linthouse, Govan.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Linthouse, Govan, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.222). Thereafter he served in Lockerbie Trinity from 1925 (FUFC, p.99, where a short biography is given).

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HASTINGS, JAMES, M.A., D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Huntly, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Kinneff, 1884. Married, the same year, Ann Wilson Forsyth. Translated to Willison Church, Dundee, 1898.

Publications.—Editor of The Expository Times. Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols.), etc.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kinneff, Kincardineshire; and Willison, Dundee. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.390). Thereafter he served in St Cyrus from 1901 (FUFC, p.409, where a short biography is given).

Family
His son, Edward Hastings, was a minister of the United Free Church: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.330.

Publication – about him
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Michael D. McMullen, Hastings, James (1852–1922), United Free Church minister and journal editor

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HASTINGS, THOMAS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Dunscore, 1795. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained at Wanlockhead, 1833. Married, 1836, Margaret Dickson. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1868. Died, 1875.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1834, Wanlockhead, FES, Vol.2, p.329. He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 3rd December, 1814 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.161). In the Free Church, he served in Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire.

Publications – by him
The principles of the Free Church of Scotland, stated and defended against the new establishment made by an alteration of Lord Aberdeen’s bill, which produced the disruption of the old establishment, on the 18th of May, 1843, Dumfries, D. Halliday, 1866
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.3, p.302, Sanctification by blood
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 20; 577[ and 900. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)
Documents written by him are printed in the Report of the Committee on Sites (Scotland) on p.139 of the Second Report. Further information about his situation is available via the Reports’ Index under Wanlockhead.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Thomas Hastings
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 18/11/1875, sr minister of the Free Church Congregation of Wanlockhead and Leadhills, residing in Queens Street, Dumfries, d. 30/04/1875 at Dumfries, testate, Dumfries Sheriff Court, NRS SC15/41/16
19th October, 1836, Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.324 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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HAVRE, THOMAS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.182
Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1850. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Methodist and Congregational Institutes in England. Became Methodist preacher, 1874. Ordained over Congregational Church, Inch, 1879. Married, the same year, Jane H. Byres. Translated to Hutchesontown Congregational Church, Glasgow, 1883. Admitted to Free Church, 1885. Settled at Boharm, Morayshire, 1886. Translated to Somerville Memorial Church, Glasgow, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Boharm, Moray; and Somerville Memorial, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.253). He retired in 1906. Thereafter he served in Maryculter from 1907 (FUFC, p.425); and in Union, Aberdeen, from 1909 (FUFC, p.420). He resigned at local union in 1911. Thereafter he served in Lethendy from 1911 (FUFC, p.325); and in Glencaple from 1914 (FUFC, p.105, where a short biography is given).

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HAY, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born at Arbroath, 1859. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Coldstream, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Coldstream, Berwickshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.75). Thereafter he served in (FUFC, p.215, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1925 and died in 1930.

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HAY, GEORGE, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born at Prestonpans, 1842. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Humbie, 1874. Married, 1875, Elizabeth Mackenzie. In 1880 Mr. Hay went to Victoria, and was settled in the Presbytery of Ballarat.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 8th April, 1842, in Prestonpans, East Lothian, the son of Robert Hay and Euphemia Farquharson. His father was a boot and shoe maker – a trade which George himself followed for a time.

Education
He was educated at Edinburgh University and gained his Arts degree there and he enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1869-73.

Marriage
He married Elizabeth Mackenzie in 1875 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was the daughter of McKenzie McKenzie and Mary McMillan.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dalkeith on 24th June, 1873. He was ordained in Humbie, East Lothian, on 20th August, 1874. He resigned his charge on 27th January, 1880: “Mr. Hay proceeds to New Zealand and Victoria on ministerial work under the auspices of the Colonial Committee.” He was received by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria on 20th August, 1880, and served in Rokewood from 7th December, 1880, till 31st March, 1914.

Death
He died in his daughter’s home at Durham Street, Ballarat, Victoria, on 9th April, 1928, aged 85, “one of the oldest Presbyterian ministers in Victoria”. Elizabeth Hay died in 1926 in Sandringham.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Marjorie McKenzie Hay born in 1878 in Humbie, East Lothian. She married William Witt Gregson on 17th April, 1906, in Victoria. She died in 1970 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 91. William Witt Gregson (1873-1954) was an Anglican priest, who ministered in St Matthew’s Church, New Norfolk, Tasmania – a church in the construction of which his convict grandfathers had helped.

(2) Robert Hay born on 2nd March, 1880, at the Free Church Manse, Humbie, East Lothian. He died in 1960 in Victoria.

(3) Euphemia Paton Farquhar Hay born in 1881, in Victoria. She died there in 1882.

(4) Elizabeth McKenzie Hay born in 1882, in Victoria.

(5) George Hay born in 1884 in Victoria.

(6) John Hay born in 1886 in Victoria.

Sources
Brightoncemetery; Oamaru Mail, (New Zealand) 25th August, 1896, p.3; The Advertiser, (Adelaide, South Australia) 14th April, 1902; Cameron, James, Centenary History, pp.293 and 311; Breakodayboyles; The Maitland Daily, Friday 28th June, 1901; The Sydney Morning Herald, 26th May, 1902; Wikitree; The Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 5th March, 1880

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HAY, JAMES BALLANTINE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born at Kelso, 1811. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1844, at North Berwick. Married, 1845, Isabella Robertson. Died the same year.

Supplementary Information
Background
James Ballantyne Hay was baptized on 13th November, 1811, in Kelso, Roxburghshire, the son of John Hay, printer journeyman, and Mary Givin.

Marriage
He married Isabella Robertson on 27th January, 1845, in North Berwick, East Lothian, Dr John Wilson of Bombay officiating. She was the daughter of John Robertson, merchant, Edinburgh, and was born there about 1820.

Ministry
He wished to go to the mission-field but his health did not permit it. He was ordained in North Berwick, East Lothian, on 12th September, 1844.

Death
He died on 28th June, 1845, at Laverock Bank Cottage, Trinity, Edinburgh, and was buried in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh. His widow married Arthur Abn(e)y Walker, Esq., of Clifton House, Rotherham, Yorkshire, iron founder, widower, at Oban, Argyll, on 2nd July, 1846. She had several children by him.

Publications – about him
Memoir of the Rev. James Ballantyne Hay, late minister of the Free Church of Scotland at North Berwick, Walker, Abney, 1870, Edinburgh, for private circulation

Source
Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, 9th July, 1846

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HAY, WILLIAM, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born in Aberdeenshire, 1863. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at St. Andrew’s, Ayr, 1892. Married, 1898, Margaret Jean Chalmers.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. Andrew’s, Ayr. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.125). Thereafter he served in Barrow in Furness from 1904; in Wester Pardovan from 1915 (FUFC, p.53); and in Newport Trinity from 1917 (FUFC, p.377, where a short biography is given).

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HAY, WILLIAM SCOTT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born at Paisley, 1799. Studied in the Divinity Hall of Associate Synod. Ordained at Burntshields, 1821. Joined the Church of Scotland, 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. In 1843 Mr. Hay resigned his charge and went to reside in Paisley, where he laboured under the Presbytery. Settled at Bankhead (Midmar), 1845. Died, 1851.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
Scott, Annals, p.492, where he is William Scott-Hay; 1821, Bridge of Weir, FES, Vol.3, p.131. In the Free Church, he served in Midmar, Aberdeenshire.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 26th May, 1846, NRS GD112/74/829; perhaps also Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sunday travel and against Maynooth grant, 30th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/188

Publications – about him
References from the Free Presbytery of Kincardine O’Neil, in the case of the proposed Settlement of the Rev. William Scott Hay, formerly Minister at Bridge of Weir, presently residing at Paisley, at Bankhead, in the Parish of Midmar, Aberdeen, G. Cornwall, 1845
27th March, 1838, Eighth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.286 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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HAYMAN, EDWARD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born in the parish of Ochiltree, 1821. Licensed by the Presbytery of Ayr, 1844, and ordained at Dalmellington, 1845. Married, 1848, Jane Mackinlay. Became senior minister, 1880. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 19th and baptized on 28th January, 1821, in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, the son of John Hayman and Agnes Guthrie. His father was a farmer at Neitherton, Ochiltree.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1838. He was for a time tutor in the family of the Ochiltree minister who remained in his charge at the Disruption.

Marriage
He married Jane McKinlay on 12th June, 1848, at Dalmellington, Ayrshire. She was baptized at St James’, Whitehaven, Cumbria, on 16th June, 1830, the daughter of Alexander McKinlay and his wife Jane. Her mother was a publican.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dalmellington, Ayrshire. He retired on the grounds of ill health and on 9th December, 1880, Lauchlan MacLauchlan was ordained there as his colleague and successor. He then moved to Prestwick, Ayrshire, where he continued to give regular supply.

Death
He lived at Cathcart Villa, Prestwick, Ayrshire, and died there on 25th September, 1891. His wife died in 1875 in Dalmellington, Ayrshire.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John Alexander Hayman born on 11th November and baptized on 24th December, 1849, in Dalmellington, Ayrshire. He worked as a clerk.

(2) Edward Hayman born on 1st and baptized on 16th February, 1853, in Dalmellington, Ayrshire. He married Janet Brock, in 1881, in Blackfriars, Glasgow. She was born in Muthill, Perthshire, about 1851, and died in Anderston, Glasgow, in 1897. He then emigrated to the United States. He worked as a clerk, as a commercial traveler, as a day labourer and as a gardner.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Edward Hayman
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 4/12/1891, Cathcart Villa, Prestwick, d. 25/09/1891 at Prestwick, testate, Will, Ayr Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC6/46/2; 10/12/1891, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/53

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HEADRICK, DAVID

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born, 1800. Studied at the Divinity Hall of Original Secession (Burgher) Church. Ordained, Longridge, 1827. Married, 1833, Jane MacNab. Joined the Free Church in 1852. While in connection with the Secession he was clerk, first to the Edinburgh, and then to the Glasgow Presbytery, and was also clerk of Synod from 1834 to 1842. Died, 1865.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1800. The Glasgow University records say that he was the son of John Headrick, from West Kilpatrick, Stirlingshire, or according to the 1851 census, from New Kilpatrick, Stirlingshire. His death records say his mother’s name was McEwan.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1818. He entered the Secession Divinity Hall in 1822. He was licensed by Glasgow Presbytery on 18th January, 1826.

Marriage
His marriage to Jane McNab was recorded on 9th July, 1833, in Lanark. She was born in Lanark about 1817.

Ministry
He was ordained in the Whitburn Secession Church on 29th May, 1827. In the Free Church, he served in the same congregation which became known as Crofthead (Longridge), West Lothian.

Death
He died on 10th September, 1865, in Whitburn, West Lothian. His wife’s death was registered in Dennistoun, Glasgow, in 1906, aged 89.

Family
They had issue, born in Whitburn, West Lothian, including:

(1) Sarah Easton Headrick born 14th October, 1834. She married David Rintoul, merchant, in Whitburn, West Lothian, in 1857. Her death was registered in Bridgeton, Glasgow, in 1871.

(2) Janet Agnes Headrick born on 7th August, 1836. She married Alexander Smellie, joiner, in Whitburn, West Lothian, in 1860. Her death was registered in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, in 1885.

(3) John Headrick baptised on 6th June, 1838. He became a Free Church minister.

(4) William Headrick born on 14 April, 1841. He died in Whitburn, West Lothian, in 1866.

(5) Jane Headrick born on 30th November, 1843. She married Joseph McCarroll, traveller, provision trade, at High Church, Glasgow, in 1872. Her death was registered in Dennistoun, Glasgow, in 1883.

(6) Betsy (Elizabeth) Headrick born on 13th March, 1846. She lived with her widowed mother till her mother’s death. Her death was registered in Rutherglen, Glasgow, in 1922, aged 76.

(7) David Headrick born on 15th December, 1849. In 1871 he was living in County Durham, England. He married Elizabeth Moir Paterson in Queensland in 1878 and raised a family there.

(8) Mary Williamson Headrick born on 15th February, 1851. Her death was registered at High Church, Glasgow, in 1874.

(9) Isabella Headrick born on 30th December, 1853. In 1881 she was living with her widowed mother and two of her siblings in Dennistoun, Glasgow. She was School Mistress Infant School. She perhaps died in Dennisotun, Glasgow, in 1886, aged 31.

(10) James Miller Headrick born in 1858. He graduated M.B., C.M., in 1883 from Glasgow University. In 1891 he was living in Rothesay, Bute, with his mother and sister. He died on 18th June, 1893; his death was registered in Dennistoun, Glasgow.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: David Headrick

Sources
Scott, Annals, p.503; 1827, Whitburn (Burgher), Scott, Annals, p.442; General, Scott, Annals, p.75; General, Scott, Annals, p.193.

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HEADRICK, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born, 1838. Son of foregoing. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Sandbank, Argyllshire, 1867. Married, the same year, Jessie L. G. Crookston. In 1894 Mr. Headrick went to New Zealand. Returned to this country, 1900. Died the same year.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 6th June, 1838, at Whitburn, West Lothian, the son of David Headrick and Jane MacNab.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1854.

Marriage
He married Jessie Glen Crookston in 1867 in Whitburn, West Lothian. She was born on 23rd August, 1848, in Cadder, Lanarkshire, the daughter of George Crookston and Mary Doig.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Linlithgow on 29th July, 1862. He was ordained in Sandbank, Argyll, on 13th September, 1867. On 14th August, 1894, Charles Calder Stewart Dron was ordained there as his colleague and successor. He sailed on the Orizaba for New Zealand leaving at the end of January, 1894. He was settled at first in the Mangarere Presbyterian Church and subsequently supplied in Tauranga.

Death
He died on 21st September, 1900, in Partick, Glasgow. His wife died in 1892 in Dennistoun, Glasgow.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Catherine Headrick born on 21st September, 1868, in Dunoon, Argyll. She married Robert Ferguson there in 1891. She died in 1950 in Cambuslang, Glasgow.

Sources
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9696, 17th December 1894, Page 6; South Australian Register (Adelaide), 2nd March, 1894; PCNZ, Ministers’ Register; Glasgow Herald, 24th September, 1868

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HECTOR, JOHN, D.D. (Aberdeen)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born at Aberdeen, 1845. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Licensed and ordained, 1871, as missionary to Calcutta. Married, 1876, Margaret Pittendrigh. Became missionary in principal charge there, 1887.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.535, where a short biography is given). He served as Duff lecturer in Evangelistic Theology in 1904-05 (FUFC, p.585). He retired in 1902.

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HENDERSON, ADAM CUNNINGHAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.183
Born at Dunbeath, Caithness, 1842. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Married, 1871, Jane R. Taylor. Ordained at Harthill, 1875. Translated, 1878, to Busby.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Harthill, Lanarkshire; and Busby, Renfrewshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.204). He resigned in 1906 and died in 1909.

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HENDERSON, ARCHIBALD, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born, 1837. Son of Dr. James Henderson, Glasgow. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Crieff, 1862. Married, 1863, Elizabeth S. Candlish. Appointed junior principal clerk of the General Assembly, 1888.

Publication.—Historical Geography of Palestine (“Bible Class Handbooks”).

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Crieff, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.342, where a short biography is given). He was Clerk of Assembly from 1900 till his retirement in 1916. (FUFC, p.574). He was Principal of the Glasgow College from 1918 to 1921 (FUFC, p.570); and was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1909 (FUFC, p.569).

Family
Balfour Tree.

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HENDERSON, GEORGE, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born at Aberdeen, 1854. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh; also at Leipzig and Tübingen. Ordained at Monzie, 1880. Married, 1882, Lucy Anne Omond.

Publication.—Lady Nairne and her Songs.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Monzie, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 34, where a short biography is given).

Family
Bayne Tree.

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HENDERSON, HENRY FOTHERINGHAM, M.A., D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born at Glasgow, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Beith, 1878. Married, 1888, Margaret G. Reid. Translated to Ogilvie Church, Dundee, 1893.

Publication.—Erskine of Linlathen.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Beith, Ayrshire; and Ogilvie, Dundee. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.386, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1921 and died in 1939.

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HENDERSON, JAMES, D.D

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born at Kelso, 1797. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained at Berwick-on-Tweed, 1821. Translated to Edinburgh, St. Bernard’s, 1823. Married, 1826, Eleanor Rutherford Russell. Translated to Ratho, 1826; and, 1832, to St. Enoch’s, Glasgow. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1854, Charlotte Marjory Reddie. Dr. Henderson was Moderator of the Free Church Assembly in 1855. Died, 1874.

Publication.—Popery the Anti-Christ.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1821, Berwick, FES, Vol.7, p.458; 1823, St Bernard’s, Edinburgh, FES, Vol.1, p.91; 1828, Ratho, FES, Vol.1, p.183; 1832, St Enoch’s, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.441; FES, Vol.8, p.301. In the Free Church, he served in St. Enoch’s, Glasgow.

Family
Balfour Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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HENDERSON, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born at London, 1855. Son of Sir William Henderson, Aberdeen. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Insch, 1880. In 1885 Mr. Henderson went as Jewish missionary to Constantinople, and as minister of the Union Evangelical congregation at Pera. Married, the same year, Isabella Moir. Translated to Queen’s Park, Glasgow, 1894; and, 1898, to Broomhill, Partick. [Vol. 2 under Partick – Broomhill only says he was translated there in 1899.]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Insch, Aberdeenshire; Queen’s Park, Glasgow; and Broomhill, Partick, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.236, where a short biography is given). He died in 1906.

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HENDERSON, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born in Caithness. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1895, as missionary to Livingstonia. Married, 1899, Maria S. Davidson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.562)). Thereafter he served as Principal of Lovedale (FUFC, p.554, where a short biography is given). He died there in 1920.

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HENDERSON, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born at Lockerbie, 1865. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Ballantrae, 1894. Resigned, 1900, and went to Canada.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 7th March, 1865, in Johnstone, by Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire, the son of Robert Henderson, farmer, and Jane Breddick.

Education
He studied at Glasgow University and received his M.A. degree.

Ministry
He was ordained in Ballantrae, Ayrshire, on 29th August, 1894, as colleague and successor to James Porteous. And he resigned his charge on 27th March, 1900.

Other
He taught in the area of Education. He was an instructor in the McGill University of British Columbia; and was then Assistant Professor in the University of British Columbia from 1915, then Associate Professor in 1919 and Professor in 1929. Henderson retired in 1932.

Source
Csse

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HENDERSON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born, 1825. Licensed by the Presbytery of Linlithgow, 1847. Ordained at Orwell, 1848. Translated, 1853, to Port-Glasgow. In 1856 Mr. Henderson went to spend the winter abroad, and died at Cairo, 1857.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 30th January, 1825, in Bo’ness, West Lothian, the son of John Henderson, baker, and Jane Oswald.

Education
There was a John Henderson enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1846-47.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Orwell (Milnathort), Kinross-shire; and Hamilton, Port-Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

Death
He died in Cairo, Egypt, on 16th February, 1857. “Mr Henderson was translated to Port-Glasgow in 1853, and now, after a few years, he has been suddenly, in a foreign land, to which the liberality of his people furnished the means of resorting, removed by death from the scene of his labours, to the deep regret of a bereaved and sorrowing flock. His ministry in Port-Glasgow has been brief, yet it has been eminently blessed to the good of souls, and will, we doubt not, live in the grateful remembrance of all who were privileged to enjoy it.”

Family
There is no sign that he ever married.

Source
Fife Herald, 12th March, 1857

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HENDERSON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born in Dumfries-shire, 1834. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Coatbridge, 1861. Appointed Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology in the College of the Free Italian Church at Rome, 1876. His health failing, he returned home. Died, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in 1834 at Womanrigg Farm, Lochmaben. His father was a farmer.

Education
He was educated at Dumfries Academy, Edinburgh University and the New College, Edinburgh, and graduated M.A. He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 10th March, 1855 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.204).

Ministry
He was licensed in February, 1859; served as assistant to John Adam, South Free Church, Aberdeen, and then as Town Missionary in Rothesay. He was ordained to Middle, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, on 12th September, 1861. Early in 1876 he was nominated to the Professorship of Systematic Theology in the Free Church College in Aberdeen, but was not appointed. In November, 1876, he became Professor in the Free Italian College in Rome, Italy. But his relationship with the Free Presbytery of Italy caused some debate.

Death
He died “of Roman fever” at the home of a relative near Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on 17th October, 1882. His death was registered in the 4th quarter of 1882 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Henderson

Sources
Scottishmining; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 29th May, 1877

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HENDERSON, PETER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.184
Born, 1811. Ordained at South Church, Paisley, 1841. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated to Pollokshaws, West, 1844. Married, 1846, Jessie Grieve. Died, 1861.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1841, Paisley, FES, Vol.3, p.182. In the Free Church, he served in South, Paisley, Renfrewshire; and West, Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, 21 June. Auldfield House, Pollokshaws. Irish marriage question. NRS GD112/74/827

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Peter Henderson
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 1/4/1862, minister of the Free Church, Pollokshaws, latterly residing at Shawlands, spouse of Janet or Jessie Grieve, Mutual Disposition and Deed of Settlement with spouse; Inventory, Paisley Sheriff Court, NRS SC58/42/28
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Henderson or Grieve, Jessie, 23/10/1876, Westfield, Shawlands, widow, d. 05/05/1876 at Westfield aforesaid, testate, Paisley Sheriff Court, NRS SC58/42/44

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HENDRY, CHARLES SCOTT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born at Coupar-Angus. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Tarland, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Tarland, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.431). Thereafter he served in London Hither Green from 1907; in Kendal from 1912; and in Inverkeillor from 1926 (FUFC, p,399, where a short biography is given).

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HENDRY, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born at Elgin, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained, 1878, at Rothes. Married, 1879, Susan Christie. Appointed to Durban, Natal, 1886, transferred to Kimberley, 1889. Returned to this country and was settled at Forres, High, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Rothes, Moray; and Forres, Moray. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.470, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1924 and died in 1927.

Family
His son, Thomas Christie Hendry, was a minister of the United Free Church: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.455.

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HENDRY, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born, 1815. Ordained at Crail, 1845. Married, 1847, Elizabeth Inglis; and, 1870, Jane Johnstone. His health obliged him to resign, 1864. After a time of rest he was able to undertake the charge of the station at Crathie. Settled at Durris, 1868. Died, 1883.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 11th February, 1815, at Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, the son of Robert Hendry, farmer, and Jane Ramsay.

Education
He matriculated at King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1833 – when he is said to be from Edzell; and he graduated M.A. in March, 1837, when he is said to be from Fettercairn.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Elizabeth Inglis on 11th August, 1847, at Kirkmay House, Crail, Fife. She was then described as the eldest daughter of the late Robert Inglis, Esq., of Kirkmay. He was a tea and coffee merchant.

(2) Jeanie Johnstone on 14th December, 1870, in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire. She was born about 1827 in Leslie, Fife, the daughter of John Johnstone, a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, and Janet, his wife.

Ministry
He was called to Crail, Fife, on 7th July, 1845, and ordained there on 14th August, that year; and he was translated to Durris, Kincardineshire, on 29th June, 1868.

Death
He had just applied for three months leave on health grounds when he died at the Free Church Manse, Durris, Kincardineshire, on 12th August, 1883. On his death, the family moved to England. His first wife died on 18th August, 1849, at the Free Church Manse, Crail, of cholera; their child died there the following day, and his mother-in-law two days later. Jeanie Hendry died, on 27th July, 1911, in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.

Family
He had issue including, by his first wife:

(1) Mary Jane Ramsay Hendry, born on 22nd August and baptized on 1st October, 1848, in Crail, Fife. She died on 19th August, 1849, of cholera.

And by his second wife:

(2) Jessie Eveline Hendry, born on 1st November, 1871, in Durris, Kincardineshire.

(3) John Ramsay Hendry, born on 12th October, 1874, in Durris, Kincardineshire. He died in the last quarter of 1894 in Thanet, Kent, England.

(4) Roberta Mary Hendry born in 1877 in Durris, Kincardineshire, 1877. She died in the 2nd quarter of 1945 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Hendry
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/11/1883, Pastor of the Congregation, Free Church, Durris, County of Kincardine, d. 12/08/1883 at Durris aforesaid, testate, Confirmation ad non executa granted 25/06/1914, Stonehaven Sheriff Court, NRS SC5/41/28

Sources
The Aberdeen Journal, 18th August, 1847; 5th September, 1849; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 14th August, 1883; Canmore

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HENDRY, PETER GEDDES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born at Braemar, 1863. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Mordington, Berwickshire, 1894; married, the same year, Margaret Jones.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Mordington, Berwickshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.73, where a short biography is given). He died in 1926.

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HENRY, DAVID

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born in the parish of Fordoun, 1806. Studied at the University, Aberdeen. In 1833 he was ordained for Nova Scotia and laboured there for about three years. Became assistant at Marnoch, 1836, and was the choice of the people in the Marnoch Case. A new church was built by public subscription for the minister and people who left the parish church at that time. Mr. Henry was settled there by authority of Assembly in 1842. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1870.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1833, Nova Scotia, FES, Vol.7, p.615; 1842, Marnoch, FES, Vol.6, p.324; FES, Vol.8, p.609. In the Free Church, he served in New Marnoch, Aberdeenshire

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, June, 1842, Marnoch, Vol.13, Banff, p.382
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth grant and Sabbath desecration, 14th May, 1845, NRS GD112/51/193; Sites, 8th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/208
Christian Baptism, its nature, mode, and subjects, Aberdeen, 1860
A reply by the Rev. David Henry, A.M., to the Rev. James Macfarlane’s review of his treatise on “Christian baptism &c.”, Aberdeen, King, 1861

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: David Henry

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HENRY, GEORGE, M.A., M.B., C.M.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born, 1854. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall of English Presbyterian Church, also at Göttingen. Mr. Henry studied medicine in Aberdeen. Ordained, 1887, medical missionary to Livingstonia. Married, the same year, Georgina B. Forsyth. Died, 1893.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 24th December, 1854, and baptized on 21st January, 1855, in Foveran, Aberdeenshire, the son of James Henry, master shoemaker, and Isobel Beverly. He had a brother James Henry who became a Presbyterian minister in New Zealand (see PCNZ, Ministers’ Register). His sister, Elizabeth Henry, married John Aitken, granite polisher, and had family including James Henry Aitken and George Aitken, who were missionaries in Livingstonia.

Education
He was educated at Newburgh Public School, Aberdeenshire, and the Aberdeen Grammar School, where he was a gold medallist. He graduated M.A. at Aberdeen University in 1885, and there too he took his medical degree, graduating M.B., C.M. in 1887.

Marriage
He married Georgina Bower Forsyth at 1 Green Street, Forfar, Angus, on 5th May, 1887 (Registration: 1887 288/ 31 Forfar). She was born in Forfar, Angus, in 1859, the daughter of Alexander W. Forsyth, blacksmith, and Margaret Bower. At their marriage, he was a medical missionary, and she was a school teacher in Tealing.

Ministry
He was a licenciate of the English Presbyterian Church. In 1887 he went out to Africa in connection with the Livingstonia Free Church Mission.

Death
He died on 5th July, 1893, in Livingstonia, British Central Africa. His wife died there on 5th May, 1892.

Publications – by him
Zinyimbo za Mulungu zakuyimbedwa m’ nyumba Yachi [Hymns translated into the Chinyanja or Nyanja language], Aberdeen, G. & W. Fraser, 1891
The Book of Genesis and the Pilgrim’s Progress in Chinyanja

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: George Henry
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/5/1894, of Aberdeen, missionary at Livingstonia, British Central Africa, d. 05/07/1893 at Livingstonia, intestate, brother is William Beverley Henry, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/122

Source
Ncbi

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HENRY, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born, 1807. Ordained at Drumbanachar, Ireland, 1835. Married, 1840, Eleanor Stoker. Settled at Humbie, 1845. Died, 1873.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Ireland about 1807, the son of Nathaniel Henry, farmer, and Martha Armstrong.

Marriage
He married Eleanor Stoker. She was born about 1820 in Ireland.

Ministry
He was called to Humbie, East Lothian, on 8th October, 1844. The call was “sustained” by the Presbytery of Belfast, according to a newspaper report, and he was consequently inducted in Humbie on 4th December that year.

Death
He died on 26th October, 1873, at the Free Church Manse, Humbie, East Lothian (Registration: 1873 710/ 13 Humbie). An Eleanor Henry aged 81 was living in Bushmills, Antrim, in 1901, a widow, living of her annuities. She was nowhere to be seen in 1911.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth endowment, 14th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/174; Sites, 1st May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/205

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/11/1873, minister of the Free Church of Scotland at Humbie, Haddington Sheriff Court, NRS SC40/40/19

Source
Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, 18th November, 1844

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HENRY, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born in Forfarshire. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Strathkinness, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Strathkinness, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.378). He resigned in 1907. Thereafter he served in Netherton, Bridge of Cally from 1919 (FUFC, p.326). He died in 1920.

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HETHERINGTON, WILLIAM MAXWELL, D.D. (Jeff. Col. Pa.). LL.D. (N. Brunswick, U.S.A.)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.55
Born at Troqueer, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 1803, and having studied at Edinburgh University and Theological Hall, was ordained at Torphichen, Linlithgowshire, in 1836. Married Jessie, daughter of Rev. Dr. Meek, Hamilton. Having signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission, he was translated to St. Andrews in 1844, where in addition to his pastoral duties he had charge of the Free Church students attending the University. He directed them in their studies and advised them with regard to their work. In 1848 he was called to St. Paul’s, Edinburgh, and in 1857 was appointed to the Chair of Apologetics and Systematic Theology in Free Church College, Glasgow. In 1862 Dr. Hetherington was laid aside from public duty by a stroke of paralysis. As one of the leaders under Chalmers of the Disruption movement, arduous labour fell upon Dr. Hetherington, both as minister and professor, in organising the educational side of the Free Church. He started and for four years edited the Free Church Magazine, and made copious contributions to the pamphlet literature of the Ten Years’ Conflict. Died, 1865.

Publications.—History of the Church of Scotland. History of the Westminster Assembly, The Apologetics of the Christian Faith.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1836, Torphichen, FES, Vol.1, p.232. In the Free Church, he served in Torphichen, West Lothian; “>St Paul’s, Edinburgh.

Publications
See separate document here.

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HEWAT, KIRKWOOD, M.A., F.S.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born at Edinburgh, 1856. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Monkton and Prestwick, 1881. Married, 1886, Elizabeth R. Glendinning.

Publications.—A Little Scottish World. In the Olden Times, etc.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Prestwick, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.131, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1915 and died in 1927.

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HEWITSON, WILLIAM HEPBURN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.185
Born in parish of Maybole, 1812. Studied at the University and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Ordained minister at Madeira, 1844. Returned to this country, 1846. Settled at Dirleton, East Lothian, 1848. Died, 1852. [Vol. 2 says he left there 1850.]
Publications.—Posthumous.—Memoir of the Rev. W. H. Hewitson, by the Rev. John Baillie. Select Letters and Remains.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 16th September, 1812, at Culroy in the parish of Maybole, Ayrshire. He spent some time in England but returned to Dalmellington, Ayrshire, where his father was parochial teacher.

Education
He was an assistant in a commercial Academy in Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, before entering Edinburgh University in 1833. He finished his studies, without taking a degree, in 1841.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Ayr on 4th May, 1842. He suffered from poor health and medical advice was that he could not engage in any regular ministry. He then spent some time in Germany. “William H. Hewitson, Dalmellington, Ayrshire” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Edinburgh on 6th November, 1844, for work in Madeira. He arrived there in the middle of February, 1845, and left early in May, 1846. He spent a short time in the West Indies, to where a section of his Madeira flock had moved. He was inducted to Dirleton, East Lothian, on 9th March, 1848.

Death
He died on 7th August, 1850, in Dirleton, East Lothian, and was buried there. “Mr H. was ordained by the Presbytery of Edinburgh with a view to missionary work among the Portuguese in Madeira, which at that time was the scene of Dr Kalley’s labours. The persecution which drove many hundreds of the Portuguese converts from that island, also interrupted Mr H.’s labours, and he removed, at the instance of the Colonial Committee, to Trinidad, where the converts had found refuge. Having subsequently returned to this country, he was settled at Dirleton in 1848. Though distinguished by superior attainments as a student, and by ardent devotion to the cause of Christ, he had all along been unable, by reason of delicate health, to labour so energetically as he desired in the work of the ministry; and after presiding at the dispensation of the communion in March last, he was altogether laid aside from the duty of the pulpit.”

Publications
See separate document here.

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HEWITT, DAVID, M.A

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186

Born at Glasgow, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Sutton, Cheshire, 1877. Resigned, 1879. Inducted to Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, 1882. Married, the same year, Annie Caldwell.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.61). Thereafter he became minister of the united congregation of Cockburnspath from 1901 (FUFC, p.61).

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HEWITT, ROBERT ROBERTSON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186
Born at Glasgow, 1857. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Chapelton, Presbytery of Hamilton, 1893. Married, 1895, Harriet Hunter.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Chapelton, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.182). He died in 1914.

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HIGGS, GEORGE, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186
Born in Perthshire. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kirkbean and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.105). Thereafter he served in Cardenden from 1910 (FUFC, p.358); and in Lochee Road, Dundee from 1917 (FUFC, p.385, where a short biography is given).

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HILL, EBENEZER BROWN, B.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186
Born at Stirling, 1830. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dollar, 1856. Married, 1860, Elizabeth Vaughan Ball. Translated to Lochmaben, 1863. Died, 1883.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd January, 1831, in Stirling, the son of Robert Hill, writer, and Janet Brown. For some family connections, see the MacPherson Tree.

Education
He attended a school in Stirling. He graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University on 18th May, 1851; and enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1851-55.

Marriage
He married Elizabeth Vaughan Ball on 18th September, 1860, at the bride’s home, Wisely House, Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfries-shire (Registration: 1860 837/ 5 Kirkpatrick Fleming (Dumfries)). She was born about 1839, in Landican, Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, the daughter of James Ball, gentleman, and Esther Baines Vaughan.

Ministry
He was called to Dollar and Muckhart, Clackmannanshire, on 20th December, 1855. Hewas also elected by St Andrew’s, Dunfermline, on 16th January, 1856; but he was ordained in the former place. He was translated to Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, on 13th March, 1863, as colleague and successor to Hugh McBryde Broun, who died in 1866.

Death
He died very suddenly on 15th November, 1883, in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, and was buried in Lockerbie Cemetery, Dumfries-shire. His widow lived at Thornhill Lees Vicarage, West Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, and died there on 19th May, 1908.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) James Robert Hill born on 1st August, 1861, in Dollar, Clackmannanshire. He was a clergyman of the Church of England. He died in 1904 in Penpont, Dumfries-shire.

(2) Ebenezer Brown Hill born on 14th November, 1862, in Dollar, Clackmannanshire. He married Amy Louisa Barr, in Crieff, Perthshire, in 1903. He became a clergyman of the Church of England, serving as a curate in the Church of St. Andrew; St. Mary Magdalene, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, and then as a vicar in Thorbury, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, before being elevated to the canonry of Wakefield. He died in the 2nd quarter of 1946, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, aged 84.

(3) Henry Erskine Hill born on 16th March, 1864, in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire. He was educated at Edinburgh University and the Theological College of the Episcopal Church in Scotland and was ordained a deacon in 1887. He became a Canon of Glasgow Cathedral before being appointed Provost of St Andrews Cathedral, Aberdeen. On retiral from that post in 1932 he took up a living in the Diocese of Salisbury and became a Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral, England. He died in the 2nd quarter of 1939 in Hereford, England, aged 75.

(4) John Brown Hill born on 21st December, 1865, in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire.

(5) Mary Esther Barnes Hill, born on 18th May, 1873, in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire. She died in the 3rd quarter of 1928, in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, aged 55.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Ebenezer Brown Hill
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 14/4/1884, Minister, Free Church, Lochmaben, County of Dumfries, d. 15/11/1883 at Lochmaben, testate, Dumfries Sheriff Court, NRS SC15/41/19
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Hill or Vaughan Ball Elizabeth, 16/9/1908, Thornhill Lees Vicarage, West Dewsbury, Yorkshire, d. 19/05/1908 at Thornhill, Dewsbury, testate, Dumfries Sheriff Court, NRS SC15/41/30

Sources
The Erskine Halcro genealogy: a genealogical study of the ancestors, kindred, and descendants of the Rev. Henry Erskine, of Chirnside, Berwickshire, 1624-1696, and his wife, Margaret Halcro of Orkney, 1647-1725, and their children, the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine of Stirling, 1680-1754, and the Rev. Ralph Erskine of Dunfermline, 1685-1752, and their descendants : contained in five tables, with explanatory notes to each; Findmypast; Scottisharchitects; The Glasgow Herald, 24th April, 1939; Glasgow Herald, 4th January, 1856; 21st January, 1856

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HILL, ROBERT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186
Born in Lancashire, 1855. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Nenthorn, 1879. Married, 1883, Ada Davison. Translated to St. Luke’s, Glasgow, 1884; and to Renfrew, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Nenthorn, Berwickshire; St. Luke’s, Glasgow; and Renfrew. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.174, where a short biography is given).

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HILL, THOMAS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186
Born at Parkhead, Glasgow, 1819. Studied at the University and Free Church Divinity Hall, Glasgow. Ordained at Willison Church, Dundee, 1846. Married, 1847, Ann S. Hogg; 1857, Elizabeth Wilson; and, 1868, Elizabeth M. Wilson. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, in April, 1819, the son of Thomas Hill, mill foreman, and Christina Jack.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1839. He completed his studies at the Free Church College there.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Ann Sime Hogg on 17th August, 1847, in Dundee, Angus.

(2) Elizabeth Wilson on 17th June, 1857, at the bride’s home, West Hourlet House, Paisley, Renfrewshire (Registration: 1857 559/2 30 Abbey Landward). She was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, about 1830, the daughter of John Wilson, Esq., of Hurlet, and Margaret Wilson.

(3) Elizabeth Miller Wilson, on 8th December, 1868, in Blairgowrie, Perthshire. She was born on 4th and baptized on 22nd August, 1830, in Redgorton, Perthshire, the daughter of James Wilson and Barbara Sym.

Ministry
He was ordained in Willison, Dundee, in February, 1846. Alexander Steven Inch was ordained there on 2nd December, 1889, as his colleague and successor. On 25th March, he was presented with a handsome tea and coffee set as a token of the congregation’s appreciation of his labours over 44 years.

Death
He died on 9th November, 1891, at 13 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. Ann Sime Hogg or Hill died on 16th October, 1848, in Dundee. His third wife died at 17 Windsor Street, Dundee, at 20th February, 1906.

Family
He had issue by his second marriage including:

(1) Margaret Hill born about 1860 in Dundee. She married Nigel C. Roberton, a Free Church minister, in 1890 in St Mary, Dundee. She died in 1947 in Wick, Caithness.

(2) Jane Wilson Hill born on 30th September, 1861, in Dundee. She died in 1868 in St Mary, Dundee.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, January, 1835, Logie Pert, Vol.11, Forfar, p.263
Address to his parishioners, at Logie school, 8th March 1843, Montrose, Watt and Company, 1843
Address to the people of the Free Church of Scotland, called forth by the doctrinal defections prevailing in that church, issued by authority of a committee appointed at a large conference of ministers and elders of the Free Church, held in Edinburgh, on 5th March 1889, presided over by the Rev. Thomas Hill, Dundee, Edinburgh, James Gemmell, 1889?

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Thomas Hill
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 21/1/1892, Minister, Free Church, residing sometime in Dundee, afterwards at 13 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, d. 09/11/1891 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/302; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/256
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Hill or Wilson, Elizabeth Miller, 16/4/1906, 17 Windsor Street, Dundee, widow of Revd. Thomas Hill, minister of the Free Church of Scotland, Dundee, d. 20/02/1906 at Dundee, testate, Dundee Sheriff Court, NRS SC45/31/58; Dundee Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC45/34/11

Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 26th March, 1891

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HISLOP, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186
Born at Duns, 1807. Was for a time parish schoolmaster of Wick. Married, 1831, Jane Pearson. Signed the Probationers’ Resolutions of Adherence to the Free Church. Ordained, 1844, at East Church, Arbroath. Became senior minister, 1864. Died, 1865.

Publications.—The Two Babylons. The Red Republic. Infant Baptism.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 27th April, and baptized on 10th May, 1807, in Coldstream, Berwickshire, the son of Stephen Hislop and Margaret Thomson. His father was a mason by occupation and an elder of the Relief Church. His brother Stephen Hislop was a Free Church missionary. He was for a time editor of the Scottish Guardian newspaper. He was also parish school teacher in Wick, Caithness.

Marriage
He married Jane Pearson in 1831. She was born in England, the daughter of Francis Pearson, farmer, and Elizabeth Brewel. She was almost certainly the Jane Pearson who was born to Francis Pearson and Elizabeth on 19th February, 1806, in Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire, England. (Francis Pearson and Elizabeth Brewel had married there in May of the previous year.)

Ministry
“Alexander Hislop, Glasgow” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was called to East, Arbroath, Angus, on 11th July, 1844, and ordained there on 8th August that year. John Robertson was ordained there on 22nd August, 1864, as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died of a paralytic stroke at Arbroath, on 13th March, 1865, and was buried in the Abbey burying ground there. His wife died of paralysis at the East Free Church Manse, St Vigeans, on 7th February, 1878.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Elizabeth Hislop baptized on 9th September, 1832, in Houghton, County Durham, England. She died in 1871 in Dundee, Angus.

(2) Elizabeth Hislop born about 1835 in Wick, Caithness. She married William Salmond, manufacturer, on 13th August, 1861, in Arbroath, Angus. She died in 1915 in Colinton, Edinburgh.

(3) Jane Pearson Hislop born on 24th April, 1838, in Glasgow. She was superintendent of a small boarding school in Dundee. She died on 24th December, 1926, in Forgan, Fife.

(4) Agnes Hislop, born in 1839 in Wick, Caithness. She married William MacDonald in 1867 in Monifieth, Angus. He was born about 1828 in Inverness. He was a headmaster, she was a teacher. She died in 1907 in Colinton, Edinburgh.

(5) Frances Catherine Hislop baptized on 14th October, 1842, in Glasgow. She married John Robertson, a minister of the Free Church, in 1866 in Monifieth, Angus. She died in 1908 in Berry, New South Wales.

(6) Alexander Hislop born about 1845 in Arbroath, Angus. He died as a child.

Publication
See separate document here.

Sources
Wiki; Dundee Courier and Daily Argus, 15th August, 1861; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 18th March, 1865

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HISLOP, STEPHEN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.186
Born at Duns, 1817. Brother of foregoing. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Divinity Halls, Glasgow and Edinburgh. In 1843 he became secretary of the Ladies’ Society for Female Education in India. Ordained, 1844, missionary to Nagpur. Married Erasma Hull. She came from Olney, the inner circle of the Evangelical school of the eighteenth century, with memories of Cowper, Newton, Carey, etc. Besides unwearying missionary labour Mr. Hislop found time to study the geology of the province in which he was stationed and to make some important and interesting discoveries. He also investigated the condition and history of the aboriginal tribes in Central India, and specially drew public attention to the Gonds, which led ultimately to the establishment of a mission amongst that tribe. In 1854 Mr. Hislop was all but murdered by a riotous mob in Nagpur, who supposed him to be a Government official engaged in removing crown jewels to Calcutta. Mr. Hislop continued at his post during the Mutiny of 1857, and his wife and children only escaped massacre by sheltering behind the cannon on the Seetabuldie Hill. On the 4th September, 1863, Mr. Hislop was drowned while attempting, on horseback, to cross a flooded stream in the dark. A subscription was made for his widow and children, of above £4000, by friends in India and at home.

Publication.—Posthumous.—Stephen Hislop, Pioneer Missionary and Naturalist in Central India from 1844 to 1863. By George Smith, C.I.E., LL.D.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 8th September, 1817, in Duns, Berwickshire, the son of Stephen Hislop, builder, and Margaret Thomson. He was the brother of Alexander Hislop.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1838 but completed his studies at Edinburgh University. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, in 1843-44.

Marriage
He married Erasma Hull on 16th July, 1844, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. She was born in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, the daughter of William Hull, plumber, and his wife Elizabeth.

Ministry
On Thursday, 4th September, the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh met in St George’s, Edinburgh, and ordained him as the first missionary to Nagpur, Central India. Dr John Wilson of Bombay preached aud presided.

Death
He died on 4th September, 1863, at the Bori River, Takhalgat, India. His wife died on 27th June, 1903, in Morningside, Edinburgh.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Erasma Hislop born about 1841 in India. She died in 1927 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

(2) Stephen Robert Hislop born about 1846 in India. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1867-1871. He is variously described as “Ex. Student R. Cath” (1881); printer reader (1891) and accountant’s clerk (1901). He died in 1908 in St Giles, Edinburgh.

(3) Elizabeth Crichton Hislop, born about 1848 in India. She died in 1920 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

(4) Wilhelmina Maitland Hislop born about 1851 in India. She died in 1924 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
Wiki; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 23rd October, 1863

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HISLOP, THOMAS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Kirk of Shotts, 1790. Son of the Secession minister there. Studied at Glasgow. Ordained at Kirkcaldy, 1816. Translated, 1823, to Doune, in the parish of Kilmadock. Joined the Church of Scotland, 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married Charlotte Murdoch. Resigned, 1871. Died, 1879.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
Burgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.487; 1816, Kirkcaldy (Burgher), Scott, Annals, p.381; 1816, Kilmadock, FES, Vol.4, p.348; Small, History, Vol.2, p.355; Small, History, Vol.2, p.678. In the Free Church, he served in Kilmadock (Doune), Perthshire.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth grant, 19th May, 1845, NRS GD112/51/195

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Thomas Hislop
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/10/1879, Minister, Free Church, residing at Teith Bank, Doune, d. 09/09/1879 at Teith Bank, testate, Dunblane Sheriff Court, NRS SC44/44/24

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HOGG, ALEXANDER CAIRNS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born in Renfrewshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Yetholm, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Yetholm, Roxburghshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.80). Thereafter he served in Forest Hall, Newcastle on Tyne from 1913 and in Ardrishaig from 1925 (FUFC, p.284, where a short biography is given).

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HOLBURN, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born in Ayrshire, 1865. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Bridgegate, Glasgow, 1899. Married, the same year, Agnes A. Dunlop.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Bridgegate, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.233). Thereafter he served in Alyth South from 1908 (FUFC, p.321, where a short biography is given). He died in 1926.

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HOME, GEORGE, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Forfar, 1841. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Evie and Rendall, Orkney, 1880. Married, 1883, Margaret MacCrindle. Translated to Cleland, 1887.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Evie and Rendall, Orkney; and Cleland, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.182, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1915 and died in 1928.

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HOOD, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Dundee, 1822. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Mr. Hood laboured for a time as missionary in Arbroath. Ordained at Dunnichen, 1851. Died, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 4th and baptised on 17th November, 1822, in Dundee, the son of John Hood, gardener, and his wife Margaret Luckie.

Education
He attended Dundee High School. He studied at United College, St Andrews, Fife, 1843-46 and he was Guild Bursar in 1845. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1846-50. Before entering the ministry, he was an assistant teacher in the sessional school in Dundee.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dundee in 1850. He worked for a time as a missionary in Arbroath. He was ordained in Dunnichen, Angus, on 11th September, 1851.

Death
He died on 30th December, 1884, at the Free Church Manse, Dunnichen, Angus.

Family
He never married, but two sisters lived with him.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Hood
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 27/3/1885, Free Church Minister, Letham, County of Forfar, d. 30/12/1884 at Letham aforesaid, testate, Forfar Sheriff Court, NRS SC47/40/51

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HOOD, WILLIAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Edinburgh, 1862. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Craigneuk, 1891. Married, 1893, Ann J. Weir.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Craigneuk, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 185). Thereafter he served in Lyon Street, Glasgow, from 1904 (FUFC, p.232); in Martyrs’ and St John’s, Edinburgh, from 1911 (FUFC, p.19); in Colville Memorial, Cleland, from 1918 (FUFC, p.182); and in St David’s, Buckhaven, from 1929 (FUFC, p.357, where a short biography is given).

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HOPE, PETER, B.D

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Canonbie, 1815. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Signed the Probationers’ Resolution of Adherence to the Free Church. Ordained, 1844, at Johnstone and Wamphray. In 1854 Mr. Hope was appointed to supply at Gibraltar, and in 1870 he became secretary of the Colonial and Continental Committees. Married, 1854, Anne Elizabeth Weir, Gibraltar. Died at Sydney while on a visit to the churches in Australia, 1878.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 2nd and baptized on 5th April, 1815, in Canonbie, Dumfries-shire, the son of John Hope and his wife Jannet Graham.

Education
He attended the local school. He graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University on 20th April, 1836, and then studied divinity there and gained his B.D. degree on 30th April, 1832.

Marriage
He married Annie Elizabeth Weir at the Cathedral, Gibraltar, on 19th December, 1854. She was born about 1834 in Gibraltar, the daughter of Robert Weir, merchant, and Mary McPhail.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Lerwick, where he was then residing. “Peter Hope, 22 India Street, Edinburgh” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained in Johnstone and Wamphray, Dumfries-shire, on 18th October, 1844. He was unsuccessfully nominated to the Chair of Hebrew in New College, Edinburgh, in 1862. In 1870 he was unanimously appointed Secretary to the Colonial and Continental Committees of the Free Church.

Death
He died on 27th May, 1878, at Ewingwood, Ashfield, New South Wales, his home address being Cobden Crescent, Edinburgh. His wife died on 5th March, 1911, at Mount Pleasant, Crieff, Perthshire.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Mary Graham Hope born on 16th May, 1856, in Johnstone by Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire. She died at Crieff on 15th November, 1922, and was buried in the Gramge Cemetery, Edinburgh

(2) John Walter Hope born on 2nd July, 1858, in Johnstone by Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1878-1883.

(3) Robert Hope born on 8th March, 1861, in Johnstone by Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire.

(4) James Dymock Hope born on 13th March, 1864, in Johnstone by Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire. He died in 1892 in Edinburgh.

(5) Annie Sybella Hope born on 10th February, 1871, Edinburgh.

Publications – by him
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.3, p.289, The trials and safety of Christ’s people
He gave evidence before the Committee on Sites (Scotland) – see the Report of this Committee from Question 541 on p.39 of First Report
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 8th June 1846, NRS GD112/51/220
Statement as to the mode of erection and tenure of cottages for labourers and tradesmen on the estate of Annandale, belonging to J.J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., M.P., by Charles Stewart, Esq., Hillside, with remarks by the Rev. Peter Hope, Edinburgh, 1859

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Peter Hope
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/11/1878, minister of the Free Church of Johnstone and Wamphray, testate, Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/175; 28/11/1878, sometime Minister, Free Church, Johnstone and Wamphray, afterwards residing in Cobden Crescent, Edinburgh, d. 27/05/1878 at Ewingwood, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/191; 28/11/1879, First Eik, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/197; 11/6/1880, Corrective Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/200; 17/7/1880, Second Eik, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/201
Papers of the Montague-Douglas-Scott Family, Dukes of Buccleuch: Free Church of Scotland; Sites: 1844, January 12, Canonbie Manse, Letter from Rev James Donaldson to the duke of Buccleuch: Complains that petition signed by writer’s parishioners has been got up through misrepresentations of Patrick Maxwell and Peter Hope, a preacher, both natives of the parish, NRS GD224/367/4
Memoir of the Rev. Peter Hope, B.D., with a selection of Mr. Hope’s sermons, James Dodds, Edinburgh, John Maclaren & Son, 1879

Sources
The Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, 11th January, 1855; 17th April 17, 1862; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 4th May, 1842, p.3; 16th November, 1922, p.12

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HOUSTON, ALEXANDER SOMERVILLE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Glasgow, 1845. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Married, 1869, Margaret R. Monteith. Ordained at Greengairs, 1874. Translated, 1881, to Victoria, and settled at Moorabool, Geelong, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 5th and baptized on 13th July, 1845, in the Barony, Glasgow, the son of John Houston, grocer, and Martha Scott.

Marriage
He married Maggie Russell Monteith, in 1869, in Milton, Glasgow. But she was registered at birth as Margaret Monteath. She was born on 2nd June and baptized on 1st July, 1842, in Tillicoutry, Clackmannanshire, the daughter of William Monteath, warehouseman (drapery), and Margaret Fergus.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow in 1872. In the Free Church, he served in Greengairs, Lanarkshire, from 1874 till 1881. He was received by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria on 21st February, 1882, and inducted to Moorabool on 17th October, 1882, and continued there till his death.

Death
He died on 19th August, 1909, in Victoria. Margaret Russell Houston died there in 1923.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John Houston born in 1871 in Glasgow.

(2) Robert John Houston born in 1872 in Tradeston, Glasgow. He studied at the Geelong College, Victoria. He became a minister – see Ward and Prentis, Presbyterian Ministers, p.72. He died in 1953 in Victoria.

(3) Campbell Houston born about 1874 in Glasgow. He became a minister – see Ward and Prentis, Presbyterian Ministers, p.72. He died in 1959 in Victoria.

(4) Jane Houston born about 1875 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire. She died in 1964 in Victoria.

(5) Martha Scott Houston born in 1878 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire.

(6) Georgina Houston born in 1879 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire.

(7) Alexander Somerville Houston, born about 1881. He studied at the Geelong College, Victoria; he became of a minister of the Presbyterian Church and was Moderator of the Victorian Assembly in 1948. He died in 1971 in Victoria.

Sources
Geelongcollege; Cwgc

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HOUSTON, DAVID, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Canisbay, Caithness, 1860. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Lerwick, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lerwick (St. Olaf’s), Shetland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.523, where a short biography is given).

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HOWIE, ROBERT, D.D. (Glasgow)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born at Kilwinning, 1836. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1860, at Wynd Church, Glasgow. Married, 1861, Catherine Coulson Davie. Translated, 1864, to Trinity Church, Glasgow; and, 1872, to St. Mary’s, Govan. Dr. Howie served as convener of the Assembly’s Home Mission Committee. He also did notable work as convener of the Glasgow Presbytery’s Church Extension Committee.

Publication.—The Church and the Churchless.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Wynd, Glasgow; Trinity, Glasgow; and St. Mary’s, Govan, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.223, where a short biography is given). He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1902 (FUFC, p.569). He retired in 1903 and died in 1918.

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HOWIE, ROBERT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.187
Born in parish of Dreghorn, Ayrshire, 1873. Nephew of Dr. Robert Howie. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lochend and New Abbey, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lochend and New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.106). Thereafter he served in Gullane from 1906 (FUFC, p.63); and in Cockenzie from 1919 (FUFC, p.61, where a short biography is given).

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HOWIE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born in parish of St. Quivox, 1840. Brother of Dr. R. Howie. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Ecclefechan, 1873.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.96, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1911 and died in 1918.

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HOWSON, JOHN HAMILTON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born, 1813. Ordained at Dirleton, 1854. Married, 1882, Arabella L. Drysdale. Became senior minister, 1890. Died, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Airdrie, New Monkton, Lanarkshire, the son of William Howson, portioner, and Isabella Hamilton.

Education
A John Howson enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1843-1846.

Marriage
He married Arabella Louisa Drysdale, at the Regent Hotel, Edinburgh, on 12th October, 1882 (Registration: 1882 685/2 315 St Andrew (Edinburgh)). She was born on 16th and baptized on 27th July, 1845 in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, the daughter of Robert Drysdale (manager of a woolen factory) and his wife, Janet Black.

Ministry
He was assistant to the minister of Helensburgh Free Church in 1851. In the Free Church, he served in Dirleton, East Lothian. James Gracie was ordained there on 18th December, 1890, as his colleague and successor. Thereafter he lived at 9 Windsor Gardens, Musselburgh, Midlothian.

Death
He died on 9th February, 1895, at 9 Windsor Gardens, Musselburgh, Midlothian, 1895. His widow lived at 7 Delta Place, Inveresk, and then at Ailieford Cottage, Levenhall, Musselburgh, where she died on 22nd November, 1924.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 5/5/1895, sometime F.C. Minister, Dirleton, County of Haddington, afterwards residing at 9 Windsor Gardens, Musselburgh, d. 09/02/1895 at Musselburgh, intestate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/340; Eik, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/345
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Howson or Drysdale, Arabella Louise, 8/1/1925, one time 9 Windsor Gardens, Musselburgh, afterwards 7 Delta Place, Inveresk, latterly Ailieford Cottage, Levenhall, Musselburgh, d.22/11/1924 at Musselburgh, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/584; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/724

Source
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 27th April, 1895, p.2

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HUIE, JOHN ZIEGLER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born, 1822. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained by the Presbytery of Ayr for Geelong, Australia, 1846. Resigned, 1850. Settled at Dirleton, 1851. Translated to Perth, St. Leonard’s, 1853, as successor to Rev. J. Milne. Resigned, 1857, on the return of Mr. Milne from India. On the latter resuming the pastorate of his former charge, a section of the congregation broke off from St. Leonard’s, invited Mr. Huie to become their minister, built a place of worship, and were recognised as a charge of the United Presbyterian Church, 1861. Thereafter Mr. Huie proceeded to Victoria, and was inducted to a charge in 1861. Three months later he resigned connection with the Synod, and his name was dropped from the roll of the ministry.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 18th October, 1822, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, the son of James Huie, accountant of excise, and his wife Marjory Ziegler. His sister Mary Gordon Huie married James Fettes, a Free Church minister.

The Huies are said to be of Huguenot descent fleeing from France on the eve of the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre.

Marriage
He married Jane Steele Main on 11th January, 1847, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. She was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, being baptized on 9th August, 1818, the daughter of Robert Main, school-master, and Janet Hutchison. She was the sister of Thomas Main, a Free Church minister.

Ministry
He shared in constituting the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria on 9th June, 1847. .He served in Geelong from 1847 till he resigned on 5th March, 1850. He served in the Free Church in Dirleton, East Lothian, from 1851 to 1853. He was inducted there on 27th March, 1851, when he was described as lately of Port Philip. He was translated to St. Leonard’s, Perth and served there from 1853 to 1857, and a section of that congregation adhered to him when he resigned on the return from India of their previous minister.

However, his situation came before the General Assembly in 1858. It was alleged that he had resigned his charge in Perth on his accepting an appointment by the Colonial Committee to do evangelistic work in Canada. But it was stated that he hadn’t gone to Canada but was employed by the London Presbytery of the English Presbyterian Church; that he had deserted his wife and refused to support her. However he himself stated that the Colonial Committee’s attitude to him had caused him to give up his appointment. He denied that he had deserted his wife: she had deserted him. He was willing to provide “such aliment as his circumstances would permit.”

He was received by the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria on 10th April, 1861, after satisfaction had been given regarding his family situation, as his family had remained in Scotland. He was about to be inducted in Geelong when questions were raised about bizarre behaviour connected with the excessive use of alcohol, and he resigned connection with the church on 16th December, 1861. He continued an independent work there till he died.

Death
He died on 16th February, 1864, in Geelong, Victoria. His wife died in 1888 in Rothesay, Bute.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Samuel Huie, born about 1847 in Australia.

(2) Marjorie Seaton Huie, born 17th December, 1854, baptized on 4th February, 1855, in Perth.

(3) James Huie, born on 30th September, 1856, Perth.

(4) John Ziegler Huie. He was at one time a farmer in Australia.

Publication – by him
A narrative of facts contained in a brief correspondence with the Free Presbytery of Perth, London, 1858

Sources
Small, History, Vol.2, p.560; Users; The Aberdeen Journal, 26th May, 1858

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HUNTER, ADAM MITCHELL, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born in Midlothian. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Cardross, 1897. Married, 1899, Jessie Carslaw.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cardross, Dunbartonshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.269). Thereafter he served as Librarian in New College from 1922 (FUFC, p.585, where a short biography is given).

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HUNTER, HENRY WATERSTON, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born in Forfarshire, 1860. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kippen, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kippen, Stirlingshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.312).

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HUNTER, JAMES, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born at Beith, Ayrshire, 1841. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Reformed Presbyterian Divinity Hall. Ordained at Laurieston, 1870 [that is, Laurieston Reformed Presbyterian Church and joined the Free Church at the union in 1876 – see Vol. 2.]. Married, 1871, Margaret Binnie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
FRPCS, p.13; Couper, The R.P. Church, p.152. In the Free Church, he served in Laurieston, West Lothian. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.51, where a short biography is given).

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HUNTER, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born at Maybole, 1828. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Longforgan, Invergowrie, 1855. Married, the same year, Mary M’Ilraith. Resigned, 1881. Died, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Background
He claimed to have been born in Maybole, Ayrshire, but his birth is registered in Ayr, on 16th January, 1828, the son of Adam Hunter, merchant, and Sarah Dick.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1845.

Marriage
He married Mary McIlraith, on 6th December, 1855, in Ballantrae, Ayrshire. She was born on 8th and baptized on 28th May, 1828, in Ballantrae, Ayrshire, the daughter of James McIlraith, farmer, and Nancy (or Agnes) Caldwell.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Longforgan, Perthshire. Adam Philip was ordained there as his colleague and successor on 18th October, 1881.

Death
He was a patient in Murray’s Royal Asylum For Lunatics in the parish of Kinnoull and Scone in 1881 and in the Royal Asylum for the Insane, in Morningside, Edinburgh, in 1891.

He died at 19th Inverleith Gardens, Edinburgh, on 27th December 1900. His wife died there on 28th June, 1892.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Adam Hunter born on 19th November, 1856, in Longforgan, Perthshire. He married Grace Isabella Shepherd, on 13th June, 1883, in Dundee. She was born on 10th July, 1853, in Dundee, the daughter of David Shepherd, wright, and his wife Magdalane Oliphant Watson. He was a mercantile clerk and later, secretary to American Trust Company. He died on 20th October, 1936, in Ravenswood, Broughty Ferry, Angus.

(2) James McIlraith Hunter born on 12th July, 1859, in Longforgan, Perthshire. He died there in 1870.

(3) Mary McIraith Hunter born on 12th July, 1862, in Longforgan, Perthshire. She died in 1955 in St Andrew, Edinburgh.

(4) Sarah Dick Hunter born on 6th April, 1865, in Longforgan, Perthshire. She married Edward Shepherd on 2nd August, 1893, in Edinburgh. Edward was a property agent. He had previously married Margaret the daughter of Andrew Inglis. He was the brother of Grace Shepherd, whom Sarah’s brother Adam married. Sarah died on 14th April, 1930 at 1 Adelaide Place, Dundee.

(5) John Hunter was born on 25th February, 1868 in Longforgan, Perthshire. He became a minister of the United Free Church: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.139.

Publications – about him
Hunter John Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/1/1901, sometime F.C. Minister, Longforgan, Perthshire, latterly residing at 19 Inverleith Gardens, Edinburgh, d. 27/12/1900 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/397; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/327

Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 22nd October, 1881

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HUNTER, JOHN DRYBURGH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born in Fife, 1855. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Boharm, Morayshire, 1889. Married, 1883, Emily M’Gregor Fleming.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Boharm, Moray. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.451). He retired in 1924 and died in 1925.

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HUNTER, ROBERT, LL.D. (Aberdeen)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
Born at Newburgh, 1823. Studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen, taking a distinguished place as a student, especially in natural history. Ordained, 1846, as missionary to India. He was stationed at Nagpur, and laboured there till his health broke down in 1855, when he resigned his appointment. After a few years’ preaching work in Scotland, Dr. Hunter went to London in 1863. He was for a short time employed as resident tutor in the English Presbyterian College there, but resigned in 1866, and devoted himself to scientific and literary work.

Publications.—History of India. History of the Missions of the Free Church in India and Africa. The Sunday-School Teachers’ Bible Manual. Dr. Hunter was also principal compiler and editor of Cassell’s Encyclopaedic Dictionary.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd and baptized on 11th September, 1823, in Newburgh, Fife, the son of John Mackenzie Hunter, revenue officer, and Agnes Strickland, his wife.

Education
He matriculated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1837 and graduated M.A.. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1845-46. He was awarded an LL.D. degree by Aberdeen University in 1883.

Ministry
As a probationer, he was one of the teachers in West Free Church, Coatbridge: on 1st November, 1846, the scholars of the Sunday School presented him with a Bagster’s Bible and Concordance, previous to his departure to India as a missionary. He resigned from the mission field because on 3rd September, 1857, his brother, Rev. Thomas Hunter, along with his wife and infant son, had been massacred by the “Sialkot mutineers” – part of the “Indian Mutiny” or “The First Indian War of Independence”. A doctor supported the view that his mental constitution would not allow him to return to India. (The Home and Foreign Mission Record of the Free Church of Scotland, February 1, 1858). Thomas Hunter was a Church of Scotland missionary – see FES, Vol.7, p.695. He appeared thereafter on the platform supporting various causes. In 1864 he was appointed to be resident tutor for the English Presbyterian Church College “to superintend the students residing under the roof of the college”, his annual salary being £150.

Death
In 1891 he was living in Epping, Essex, England; and he died there at his residence, Forest Retreat, on 25th February, 1897, aged 73.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
The Aberdeen Journal, 18th November, 1846; Liverpool Mercury, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, 20th April, 1865; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 2nd March, 1897

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HUNTER, WILLIAM SMITH, M.A

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.188
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Born at Thornhill, 1856. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Bo’ness, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Borrowstounness and Carriden (Bo’ness), Stirlingshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.43). He died in 1905.

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HUTCHESON, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.189
Born in the parish of Liff, 1805. Studied at the University, St. Andrews. Ordained at Catrine, 1836. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1839, Jane Reid. Translated to Johnstone, 1844. Became senior minister, 1873. Died, 1876.

Publications.—Home Evangelisation. The Apocrypha Opened.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1836, Catrine, FES, Vol.3, p.19. In the Free Church, he served in Catrine, Ayrshire; and Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

Publications – by him
On drinking usages as sources of intemperance, with suggestions as to the proper means of having them discontinued, Paisley, 1847?
Home evangelization, Edinburgh, Johnstone & Hunter, 1851
The Apocalypse opened, Glasgow, William Collins, 1857
The fifth vial, or, The coming European war, Glasgow, William Collins, 1859
Thesis on the internal evidences of Christianity, Glasgow, Aird and Coghill, 1874
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 211. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William Hutcheson
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 1/5/1876, sen., Minister of the Free Church, Johnstone, residing 102 Bath Street, Glasgow, d. 25/03/1876 at Glasgow, testate, Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/70; 10/5/1876, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/79
2nd September, 1836, Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.460 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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HUTCHISON, MATTHEW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.189
Born at Loanhead, 1828. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Divinity Hall, Reformed Presbyterian Church. Ordained at Afton, New Cumnock, 1859. Joined the Free Church at the Union, 1876. In 1891 he became clerk of the Free Presbytery of Ayr.

Publications.—History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland. The Weekly Sabbath of the Decalogue distinguished from purely Jewish Sabbaths. The Resurrection and the First Day of the Week (two prize sermons).

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
FRPCS, p.13; Couper, The R.P. Church, p.139. In the Free Church, he served in Afton, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.123). He became senior minister in 1900 and died in 1913.

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HUTTON, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.189
Born at Cramond, 1822. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Closeburn, Dumfries-shire, 1851. Married, 1855, Mary Baillie. Was for several years clerk of the Presbytery of Penpont. Became senior minister, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Closeburn, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.101, where a short biography is given). He died in 1902.

Family
His son, William Baillie Hutton, was a Free Church minister.

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HUTTON, WILLIAM BAILLIE, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.189
Born at Closeburn, 1861. Son of foregoing. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Crailing, 1885.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Crailing, Roxburghshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.76). Thereafter he served in Gorbals, Glasgow, from 1905 (FUFC, p.221); and in Landsborough, Saltcoats, from 1919 (FUFC, p.153, where a short biography is given).

Family
He was the son of James Hutton, a Free Church minister.

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