Free Church of Scotland Ministers (1843-1900): MAC1

Ewing – List of Ministers: MAC1

 
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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There are so many “Macs” that this index becomes unwieldy if presented as a unity. So Mac1 deals with names from MacAdam to Mackray. Mac2 deals with MacLachlan to McWatt. Again we have an alphabetical index. Take off the prefix “Mc”, “M'” or “Mac” from the surname you are looking for, and click the appropriate letter below. Then find the name you are looking for in the index at that point.

For example, if you are looking for “Ranald MacDonald”, remove “Mac”and you get “Donald”; click “-D” and then click his name in the index provided there.

Ewing’s layout here is difficult to follow. He uses Mac, Mc or M’ as the prefix. In a particular name – say “MacRae” and its variants – he lists all the “MacRae”s in alphabetical order; then he lists all the “McRae”s and “M’Rae”s together in another alphabetical sequence. To check on a person, you really need to look at both these sequences.

Some practical points:

Remember that there is a surname Mac – Intosh, and a surname Mac – kintosh.

“Macloy” is listed under “-C” not under “-L”.

“Makellar” is not a “Mac”.

-A                        -B                        -C
 
-D                        -E                        -F
 
-G                        -I                        -K

 

 

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MACADAM, THOMAS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.212
Born in Aberdeenshire, 1843. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Chryston, Lanarkshire, 1870. Married, in same year, Elizabeth Whyte. Resigned in 1880 and went to Canada, where he became Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in Morvin College, Quebec. Mr. Macadam died at Toronto, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 30th July and baptized on 23rd August, 1843, in Keithhall and Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, the son of James Macadam, farmer, and Margaret Johnston.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Elizabeth Whyte on 19th January, 1870, at 1 Coates Place, Edinburgh (Registration: 1870 685/1 271 St George). She was then of 99 Leith Street, Glasgow. She was born about 1847 in New York city, USA, the daughter of John Whyte, merchant, 13 Third Avenue, New York, USA, and Mary Henderson. She was a half-sister of Alexander Whyte, a Free Church minister.

(2) Elizabeth Cameron. She was born on 15th January, 1847, in St John, New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of Donald Cameron and Augusta Clarke.

Ministry
He was ordained in 1870 in Chryston, Lanarkshire. He left fot Canada in 1881 and the following year was settled as pastor of St Andrew’s Church, Strathroy, Ontario. Later he became Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, and Systematic Theology, at Morrin College, Quebec, Canada, the first anglophone institute of higher education in Quebec City.

Death
His first wife had died in 1888, in Bayfield, Canada – her death being reported in the Scottish press in September of that year. He died on 16th January, 1899, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His second wife died on 21st July, 1901, in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Elizabeth Macadam born in 1871 in Cadder, Lanarkshire.

(2) Margaret Macadam born in 1873 in Cadder, Lanarkshire. She graduated B.A. from McGill University, Canada. She married John Murdoch Ebenezer Ross, Free Church minister and editor of the British Weekly. She was a Poor Law Guardian at Redhill, where her husband was minister. She was Honorary Secretary of the Women’s Local Government Society. She was also involved in the Presbyterian Women’s Settlement and the Hendon Women’s Council. She died in Hampstead, London, England, in September, 1923.

(3) Alexander Whyte Macadam born in 1874 in Cadder, Lanarkshire. He died on 18th February, 1884, at St Andrew’s Manse, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, aged nine years and three months.

Publications – by him
The Master’s Memorial, Montreal, W. Drysdale and Co, 1896
Pharisaism a sermon preached in Chalmers Church, Quebec, on 23rd December, 1880, Strathroy, Ontario, T.J. Moore, 1889

Sources
Wiki; Banneroftruth; booksnow1.scholarsportal.info; Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, Dublin, Ireland, 4th September, 1882; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 15th March, 1884; 19th October, 1887; Glasgow Herald, 12th September, 1888; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 1st October, 1923. p.11

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M’AFFER, RONALD STEWART

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.212
Born at Glasgow, 1858. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Fetlar, Shetland, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Fetlar, Shetland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.522, where a short biography is given). He died in 1926.

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MACAINSH, PETER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.212
Born at Monzie, 1824. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lochgelly, Fife, 1856. Married, 1871, Hannah Brown Johnstone. Resigned, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lochgelly, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.353). He died in 1913.

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M’AINSH, JOHN, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.212
Born at Comrie, 1858. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dalguise and Strathbraan, 1885.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dalguise and Strathbraan, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.329). He died in 1925.

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MACALISTER, CHARLES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born in the parish of Stewarton, 1789. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained for the Benbecula Mission under the Royal Bounty, 1819. Translated to Gaelic Church, Dundee, 1822. Married, 1825, Sarah P. M’Dermid. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1854.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1819, Benbecula, FES, Vol.7, p.187; 1822, Gaelic, Dundee, FES, Vol.5, p.333. In the Free Church, he served in Albert Square, Dundee.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, 26th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/218; Against Mr Wortley’s bill, 20th July, 1850, NRS GD112/51/222

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 9/9/1854, minister of the Gaelic Church of Dundee, Dundee Sheriff Court, NRS SC45/31/11
24th November, 1837, Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.88 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACALISTER, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at St. Ninians, Bute, 1841. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Glenorchy, Argyllshire, 1872. Married, the following year, Catherine MacFarlane.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Glenorchy, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.293). He became senior minister in 1914 and died in 1922.

Family
He had a son, John Mitchell MacAlister, who was a United Free Church minister: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.137.

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MACALISTER, DONALD MACKINNON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at Edinburgh, 1832. Son of Rev. John Macalister. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kennoway, Fife, 1858. Married, 1864, Katherine Anne Maclagan. Translated, 1878, to Old Aberdeen; and, 1885, [Vol. 2 says 1886] to Greyfriars’, Edinburgh. Mr. Macalister remained outside the Union of 1900.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in 1832 in Edinburgh, the son of John MacAlister, minister, and Margaret Cuthbertson.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1846. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1850-54.

Marriage
He married Katharine Anne Maclagan on 17th August, 1864, at 40 Skene Terrace, Aberdeen. She was born on 21st June and baptized on 28th July, 1839, in Kinfauns, Perthshire, the daughter of James McLagan, minister, and Katharine Stormonth. Her brother, Laurence Craigie McLagan Wedderburn, was a Free Church minister.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow on 22nd August, 1854. He thereafter acted as assistant to Andrew Gray of Perth; Robert Craig of Rothesay, Bute; and Samuel Miller of St Matthew’s, Glasgow. He was ordained in Kennoway, Fife, on 22nd August, 1858 (so one source – or was it 25th March?). He was translated to Old Machar, Aberdeen on 13th June, 1878. He was called to Greyfriars’, Edinburgh on 14th June, 1886, and inducted there later that year. He remained in the Free Church at the Union of 1900. “… Latterly, almost single-handed, he resisted the movement which culminated in the Union of 1900.” He was Moderator of the Free Church General Assembly in 1902. He celebrated his ministerial jubilee on 25th March, 1908, being presented with an illuminated address and a cheque for £212.

Death
He retired to Heathfield, Auchterarder, Perthshire, where he died on 24th September, 1909. His widow thereafter lived at 12 Belgrave Road, Corstorphine, where she died on 31st March, 1925.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Katherine Stormonth MacAlister born on 23rd June, 1865, in Kennoway, Fife. She married Robert Bartley in 1887 in Newington, Edinburgh. She died there in 1895.

(2) John David Love MacAlister born in 1867 in Kennoway, Fife. He married Katherine S. Wedderburn. He died in 1914 in Forfar, Angus.

(3) Margaret Cuthbertson MacAlister born in 1869 in Kennoway, Fife. She died in 1952 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(4) Elizabeth Stuart MacAlister born on 13th May, 1872, in Kennoway, Fife. She died in 1957 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

(5) James MacLagan MacAlister born in 1875 in Kennoway, Fife. He married Charlotte Sibbald. In 1911 this family was in Yale-Cariboo, British Columbia. He died in 1967.

(6) Donald MacKinnon MacAlister born in 1877 in Kennoway, Fife. He died in 1895 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(7) Alexander Stormonth MacAlister born in 1878 in Old Machar, Aberdeen. He died in 1939 in Coldingham, Berwickshire.

(8) Jean Cuthbertson MacAlister born in 1883 in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She married Ashley Madge. She died in 1945 in Inveresk, Midlothian.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/11/1909, Free Buccleuch, Greyfriars, Edinburgh, latterly Heathfield, Auchterarder, d. 23/09/1909 at Auchterarder, testate, Perth Sheriff Court, NRS SC49/31/212; Perth Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC49/32/7
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacAlister or Maclagan, Katherine Anne, 23/4/1925, 12 Belgrave Road, Corstorphine, widow, d. 31/03/1925 at Corstorphine, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/729; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/588

Sources
Familytreemaker; Glasgow Herald, 19th August, 1864; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 25th September, 1909, p.8

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MACALISTER, FINLAY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born, 1805. Ordained at West Church, Crieff, 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1847, Margaret Whitelaw. Resigned, 1862. Died, 1866.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1839, Crieff, FES, Vol.4, p.267. In the Free Church, he served in Crieff, Perthshire.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sunday trains, 16th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/176; Against Maynooth endowment, 22nd April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/181; Sites, 19th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/215

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 10/10/1866, sometime minister of the Free Church Congregation in Crieff, thereafter residing in Rothesay, Inventory; Trust Disposition and Settlement, Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/12
For photo by Hill and Adamson see here

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MACALISTER, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at Kilpatrick, Arran, 1789. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained the first minister of the Parliamentary Church in Glenlyon, Perthshire, 1824. Married, 1829, Margaret Cuthbertson. Translated, 1831, to Gaelic Church, Edinburgh. There he became one of the secretaries of the Gaelic School Society, and took part in preparing for the press a new edition of the Gaelic Scriptures. In 1837 Mr. Macalister was presented by the Crown to the parish of Nigg, Ross-shire. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. During the remainder of his ministry in that parish Mr. Macalister officiated in a barn fitted up as a temporary place of worship. Translated, 1844, to the Free Church, Brodick, which served the parish of Kilbride. Died the same year, as the result of an accident.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1824, Glenlyon, FES, Vol.4, p.181; 1831, Gaelic, Edinburgh, FES, Vol.1, p.31; 1837, Nigg, FES, Vol.7, p.66. In the Free Church, he served in Nigg, Ross and Cromarty; and Kilbride, Isle of Arran, Bute.

Family
His son, Donald MacKinnon MacAlister, was a Free Church minister.

Publication – by him
Gaelic and English sermons of the late Rev. John Macalister, with memoir, edited by J. Kennedy Cameron, Inverness, The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, 1896

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Macalister alias Cuthbertson, Margaret, 26/8/1873, residing at Kennoway, widow of Reverend John Macalister, Cupar Sheriff Court, NRS SC20/50/46
An elegy in memory of the Rev. John M’Alister [Marbh-rann an cuimhne air Mr. Eoin MacAlistir: a bha air tus na mhinisteir ann an Gleanliobhunn, a rithis an Duneidein, na dheigh sin an Nigg, agus mu dheireadh ann an Eilein Arrainn], Peter Campbell, Glenlyon, 1853
Campbell of Kiltearn, with sketches of Dr. Macdonald, Flyter of Alness, McAlister of Nigg, Nobel of Poolewe, Macleod of Lochbroom, Edinburgh, Maclaren & Macniven, 1875
First Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, Appendix 2, p.100 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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M’ALPINE, ADAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at Linlithgow, 1860. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Carnock, 1887. Married, the same year, Jane S. Grant; and, 1893, Maud Godden.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Carnock, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.346, where a short biography is given).

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M’ALPINE, ALEXANDER GILLON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at Linlithgow, 1844. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Gorebridge, Stobhill, 1873. Translated to Anstruther, Chalmers’ Memorial, 1883. [Vol. 2 says 1884.]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Gorebridge, Midlothian; and Anstruther, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.374). He resigned on health grounds in 1903. Thereafter he served in Dornoch from 1907 (FUFC, p.500, where a short biography is given).

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M’ALPINE, ALEXANDER GILLON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at Linlithgow, 1869. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1893, missionary to Livingstonia. Married, 1898, Carrie Maxwell.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
His ministry in Africa was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.562, where a short biography is given). For a short time he ministered in in Monquhitter – from 1916 to 1921 (FUFC, p.449).

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M’ALPINE, ANDREW MACFARLANE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at Tarbert, Argyllshire, 1863. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Carinish, Outer Hebrides, 1893. Died, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 30th April, 1863, in Tarbert, Argyll, the son of Donald McAlpine and Margaret McFarlane.

Education
In 1881, he was an Arts student in Glasgow; in 1891, he was a Theology student in Glasgow.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow on 7th February, 1893. He was ordained in Carinish, North Uist, Inverness-shire, on 12th July, 1893.

Death
He died on 23rd March, 1897, in North Uist, Inverness-shire.

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M’ALPINE, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.213
Born at Glasgow, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Alloa, East, 1885. Married, 1889, Margaret Steele.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in East, 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 1909 and died in 1918.

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M’ALPINE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born at Linlithgow, 1857. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Pollokshaws, West, 1883. Married, the same year, Margaret G. Mathewson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in West, Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.240, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1929.

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MACARA, JAMES FINLAY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born at Crieff, 1827. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kinloss, 1856. Married, the same year, Elizabeth Maclaren. Became senior minister, 1878. Died, 1879.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 11th November and baptized on 2nd December, 1827, in Crieff, Perthshire, the son of John McAra, farmer, and Margaret Cameron.

Education
He was educated at the local school and at Monzie. He then studied in Edinburgh University. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1849-53.

Marriage
He married Elizabeth McLaren on 27th June, 1856, in Crieff, Perthshire. She was born on 27th March and baptized on 6th April, 1828, in Monzie, Perthshire, the daughter of Duncan McLaren and Margaret McAinsh.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Auchterarder in June, 1854. He was ordained in Kinloss, Moray, on 28th February, 1856, as colleague and successor to William Robertson, who died in 1860. On 7th November, 1878, John MacPherson was called here to be his colleague and successor.

Death
Latterly he lived at 2 Rochester Place, Glasgow, and died there on 19th June, 1879. His widow thereafter lived at 571 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, and latterly at Keppoch House, Crieff, Perthshire, where she died on 11th April, 1912.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Ann McAra born on 29th April, 1857, in Kinloss, Moray. She died on 2nd May, 1941, in Crieff, Perthshire and was buried there.

(2) Eliza (Pam) McAra born on 10th October, 1858, in Kinloss, Moray. She is said to have died on 31st July, 1924.

(3) Jessie McAra born on 25th July, 1860, in Kinloss, Moray. She died on 12th November, 1861, in the Free Church Manse there.

(4) John Andrew McAra born in 1862 in Kinloss, Moray. He died on 8th November, 1893, in Kelvin, Glasgow.

(5) James Finlay Duncan McAra, M.B., Ch.B., J.P., born on 12th January, 1864, in Kinloss, Moray. He married Margaret Morrison in 1898 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. He died on 15th December, 1937, in Durness, Sutherland. He was buried from Keppoch, Crieff, Perthshire.

(6) Colin Cameron McAra born on 9th March, 1866, in Kinloss, Moray. He died on 26th February, 1900, in Keppoch House, Crieff, Perthshire.

The family are commemorated by a monument in Monzie Churchyard, Perthshire.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James F. McAra
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 30/7/1879, sometime Minister, Free Church, Kinloss, afterwards residing at 2 Rochester Place, Glasgow, d. 19/06/1879 at Glasgow, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/89; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/77
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacAra or MacLaren, Elizabeth, 19/7/1912, widow, 571 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, latterly Keppoch House, Crieff, d. 11/04/1912 at Crieff, testate, Perth Sheriff Court, NRS SC49/31/218; Perth Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC49/32/13

Sources
Gravestonephotos; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 18th December, 1937, p.24

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MACARA, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born at Glasgow, 1812. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained, 1884, [Vol.2 says 1844] at Strathmiglo. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 27th May, 1812, in Glasgow, the son of Charles MacAra and his wife Agnes.

Education
He attended Glasgow High School and entered Glasgow University in 1825.

Marriage
He married Charlotte Grace Cowpar on 31st March, 1844, at Stormont Cottage, Perth. She was born about 1814 in Kirriemuir, Perthshire, the daughter of Thomas Cowpar and Charlotte Galloway. Thomas Cowpar was a Colonel in the Forfarshire Militia. Charlotte was orphaned young and was brought up by her uncle Sir Archibald Galloway. (The Cowpar surname is variously spelled but this is the way it is spelled in her death record.)

Ministry
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 1836. “William MacAra, Perth” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He acted as assistant in various churches in Glasgow and Perth prior to his ordination. In particular he assisted William Aird Thomson of Middle, Perth. He attended the Disruption Assembly. He was called to South, Strathmiglo, Fife, on 29th December, 1843, when he is described as “late of Perth”, and he was ordained there on 30th January, 1844.

Death
He died on 11th March, 1889, at the Free Church Manse, Strathmiglo, Fife (Registration: 1889 457/ 10 Strathmiglo). His wife died in Strathmiglo on 12th March, 1882.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Sir Charles Wright Macara born on 11th January, 1845, in Strathmiglo, Fife. He married Marion Young on 14th January, 1875, in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He worked at one stage in Manchester for the jute firm, Cox Brothers of Dundee. He was Chairman of the Manchester Master Cotton Spinners’ Association between 1892 and 1926. He was President of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners’ Associations between 1894 and 1914. He was created 1st Baronet Macara, of Ardmore, St. Anne-on-the-Sea, Lancashire, England, on 9th February, 1911. He died on 2nd January, 1929, in Bucklow, Cheshire, England.

(2) Archibald Macara. An Archibald Macara appears in the 1851 census in this family. According to the Old Parish Records there was a nameless male Macara born in 1846 in Strathmiglo, Fife, the son of William Macara, and an Archibald Macara’s death is recorded there on 1st January, 1852.

(3) Charlotte Adelaide Macara born on 13th July, 1847, in Strathmiglo, Fife. She died on 29th March, 1932, in Abernethy, Perthshire.

(4) William Macara born about 1848 in Strathmiglo, Fife. The death of a William Macara is recorded there on 23rd September, 1852.

(4) Amelia Mary Macara born on 29th September, 1850, in Strathmiglo, Fife. She died on 17th January, 1929, at Inverearn, Abernethy, Fife.

(5) James Thomas Macara born on 27th May, 1852, in Strathmiglo, Fife. In 1880 he took over his brother Charles’ position in the jute firm of Cox Brothers of Dundee. He married Emily Dumvillia Arnold in the 3rd quarter of 1881 in Altrincham, Chesire, England. He died in the 2nd quarter of 1903 in Stockport, Cheshire, England.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 19th March, 1850, Against hon Mr Stuart Wortley’s bill, NRS GD112/74/833

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William McAra
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 29/4/1889, F.C. Manse, Strathmiglo, Fifeshire, d. 11/03/1889 at Strathmiglo, testate, Cupar Sheriff Court, NRS SC20/50/63
In affectionate rememberance of Rev. William Macara, for forty-five years Minister of the Free Church, Strathmiglo, who died 11th March 1889, Manchester, Palmer and Howe, 1889

Sources
Mills, Haslam, Sir Charles W. Macara, Bart: A Study of Modern Lancashire, Sherratt and Hughes, Manchester, 1917, p.3; Thepeerage; Dundee Courier, 16th April, 1844; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 19th January, 1929, p.18

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MACARTHUR, ALLAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born at Mull, 1822. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Barvas, Lewis, 1857. Married, 1862, Christina Barnhill. Died, 1887.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born (or baptised) on 12th June, 1822, in Dervaig (Kilninian and Kilmore), Isle of Mull, Argyll, the son of John MacArthur, contractor, and Ann Maclean.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1852-56. While a student he taught Kilberry Free Church school, Argyll.

Marriage
He married Christina Barnhill on 27th August, 1862, at the bride’s home, 90 Buccleuch Street, Glasgow (Registration: 1862 644/6 302 Blythswood). She was born on 18th May, 1822, in Glasgow, the daughter of James Barnhill, farmer, and Margaret Ferguson.

Ministry
He was ordained in Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, in 1857.

Death
He died on 1st July, 1887, in Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty. Christina Barnhill or MacArthur died in 1907 in St Machar, Aberdeen.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John James Barnhill MacArthur born on 11th June, 1863, in St Andrew, Edinburgh.

(2) James MacArthur born in 1866 in Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Allan McArthur
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 15/2/1889, F.C. Minister of Barvas, Island of Lewis, County of Ross, d. 01/07/1887 at Barvas aforesaid, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/15; Testament Testamentar, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/15

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MACARTHUR, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born in Inverness-shire. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained, 1899, at Uig, Lewis.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Uig, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 498). Thereafter he served in Benbecula from 1910 (FUFC, p.493); in Lochs from 1914 (FUFC, p.496); and in Snizort from 1927 (FUFC, p.491. where a short biography is given).

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MACARTHUR, NEIL GALBRAITH, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born in Argyllshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1894, at Bowden, Roxburghshire.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Bowden, Roxburghshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.87). Thereafter he served in Killean and Kilcalmonell from 1923 (FUFC, p.288, where a short biography is given).

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MACASKILL, JOHN ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born in the island of Soay, Inverness-shire, 1855. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1884, at North Ballachulish.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in North, Ballachulish, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.257, where a short biography is given and where he is John Alexander Stewart McCaskill). He died in 1924.

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MACASKILL, MURDOCH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born in the parish of Knock, Lewis, 1838. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Glenlyon, Perthshire, 1868. Married, 1869, Jessie Cameron. Translated to Greenock, 1873; and to Dingwall, 1884. In 1889 Mr. Macaskill led Highland opinion on certain doctrinal questions then in debate. In the first Union controversy he was a follower of Dr. Begg. His views, however, underwent a change, and he entered into the Union of 1900 with the bulk of his congregation.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Glenlyon, Perthshire; Gaelic, Greenock, Renfrewshire; and Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.480, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1903 and died later that year.

Family
He had a son, John MacAskill, who was a United Free Church minister: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.170.

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MACAULAY, ALEXANDER BEITH, M.A., D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born at Irvine. Son of Rev. R. S. Macaulay, Irvine. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. After acting as temporary assistant professor in the Madras Christian College, Mr. Macaulay was licensed, and was for a time assistant in St. George’s, Edinburgh. Ordained at Forfar, East, 1899. Married, the same year, Mary Elizabeth Howden.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in East, Forfar, Angus. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.398). Thereafter he served in St John’s, Dundee, from 1902 (FUFC, p.)388); in Stirling North from 1911 (FUFC, p. 313); and in the Glasgow Chair of Apologetics and Systematic Theology from 1919 (FUFC, p.579, where a short biography is given).

Family
Alexander Fraser Tree.

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MACAULAY, DUNCAN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born at Tomintoul, Banffshire, 1843. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Glass, Aberdeenshire, 1876. Married, 1879, Mary Ann Harvey.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Glass, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.454, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1912 and died in 1931.

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MACAULAY, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.214
Born in Sutherlandshire, 1826. Studied at the Universities, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Invertiel, 1856. Married, the following year, Harriet Fair. Translated, 1863, to Stockwell Church, Glasgow; 1866, to Old Kilpatrick; 1874, to Roxburgh Church, Edinburgh; and, 1886, to Bowling. Retired, 1890. Died, 1895.

Publications.—Puritan Theology, 2 volumes. Pastor and People.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 26th and baptized on 30th April, 1826, in Creich, Sutherland, the son of George MacAulay, farm manager, and Anne Spanky or Spankie. For his relationship with other ministers, see the Alexander Fraser Tree.

Education
He attended school in Golspie, Sutherland. He studied at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1850-55.

Marriage
He married Harriet Fair on 3rd December, 1857, at Woodlands, near Duddingston, Edinburgh (Registration: 1857 684/2 13 Duddingston Landward). She was then a widow residing at 17 Hope Crescent, Edinburgh – the home of her parents. She was born about 1828 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter of Thomas Fair, merchant, and Harriet Kendall. Her previous marriage to Patrick Boag was recorded on 8th September, 1852, both in South Leith and in St Cuthbert’s Edinburgh. He was a wool merchant; he died in 1853.

Ministry
He was ordained in Invertiel, Kirkcaldy, Fife. He was called to St David’s, Edinburgh, in September, 1862, as colleague and successor to Robert Ferguson. That was the occasion for the congregation in Invertiel to raise the minister’s stipend by £50 to £230 annually. He declined the call. He was translated to Stockwell, Glasgow on 15th October, 1863, on receiving a call signed by 675 people; to Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, on 1st April, 1866; and to Roxburgh, Edinburgh, on 24th September, 1874. At least for a time in 1882 he had Robert Blackwood McGlashan as his assistant. Finally on 12th January, 1886, he was unanimously elected to Bowling, Dunbartonshire – a charge which he had begun as a mission church during his ministry in Old Kilpatrick – and later that year he was duly inducted there. We are told he resigned his charge in 1889 on account of failing health but on 5th August, 1890, Donald Georgeson was ordained there as his colleague and successor.

For his view of William Robertson Smith, see here.

Death
He died on 22nd March, 1895, at his home in Burntisland, Fife. Harriot Macaulay or Fair died there that same year. A portion of his library was sold by Sotheby’s, London, England, on 31st March, 1896: it comprised several early English black letter books and works on theology, poetry and general literature.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Harriet Fair MacAulay born on 12th October, 1858, at Invertiel Free Church Manse, Kirkcaldy, Fife. She married Walter Faithful Garland in 1882 in St George, Edinburgh, and they lived in Singapore and also in London, England. He was at one time Commissioner of Public Works in Johore. She died in the 1st quarter of 1923 in Fulham, London, England.

(2) Mary Annie Fair MacAulay born on 26th July, 1860, at Invertiel Free Church Manse, Kirkcaldy, Fife. She married Arthur Hickling in 1882 in St. George, Edinburgh. He was the son of B.W. Hickling, Esq. of St. Julien’s, Streatham. She died in the 4th quarter of 1893 in Marylebone, London, England.

(3) Thomas Fair MacAulay born on 27th July, 1863, at Invertiel Free Church Manse, Kirkcaldy, Fife. He died in the 1st quarter of 1884 in Lambeth, London, England.

(4) Margaret Helen Fair MacAulay born on 1st August, 1864, at 8 Hampton Court Terrace, Glasgow. She married Rev. Alexander Williamson Kinmont on 6th April, 1892, in Burntisland, Fife. He was a Free Church minister who later emigrated to New Zealand (PCNZ, Ministers’ Register). She died there on 4th December, 1944.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
Colonies and India, April 11, 1888, page 17; Genforum; Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, 15th October, 1858; 28th July, 1860; 26th September, 1862; 10th October, 1862; 29th July, 1863; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 4th October, 1862; Glasgow Herald, 23rd March, 1895; 25th March, 1896; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 10th September, 1863, p.2

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MACAULAY, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born, 1861. Son of Rev. R. S. Macaulay. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kilmaurs, 1886. Married, the following year, Janet Elizabeth Ronaldson. Translated to Pilrig, Edinburgh, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire; and Pilrig, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.23, where a short biography is given). He applied for a Colleague and Successor in 1919.

Family
Alexander Fraser Tree.

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MACAULAY, ROBERT SELLAR

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born in Sutherlandshire, 1830. Studied at the Universities, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Irvine, 1860. Married, the same year, Euphemia Beith Elder.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Irvine, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 138, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1900 and died in 1905.

Family
Alexander Fraser Tree.

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MACBEAN, ANGUS, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born in the parish of Moy, 1785. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. While passing through his divinity course, Mr. Macbean acted as parish schoolmaster of Dores. Was assistant in the parish of Croy for eight years. Ordained to the Gaelic Church, Greenock, 1821. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1845.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1821, Greenock, FES, Vol.3, p.200. In the Free Church, he served in Gaelic, Greenock, Renfrewshire.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 27/4/1846, minister of the Free Gaelic Church in Greenock, Paisley Sheriff Court, NRS SC58/42/15
16th January, 1838, Eighth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.340 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACBEAN, FRANCIS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born, 1793. Was for some years inspector of the schools under the Gaelic School Society. He then attended the Divinity Hall of the Original Secession Synod, and, after receiving licence, was sent as a missionary to the West Highlands. Ordained, 1836, for the purposes of this mission, his call being signed by only thirty persons, and his allowance from the Synod being not more than £40 per annum. Joined the Free Church, 1844, and was settled at Fort Augustus. Married, 1837, Flora Campbell; and, 1863, Ann MacWilliam. Died, 1869.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1836, Student, Scott, Annals, p.575; Scott, Annals, p.130. In the Free Church, he served in Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire.

Family
Bayne Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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MACBEAN, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born at Culloden, 1863. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Killin, 1888. Married, the following year, Margaret Bow.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Killin, Stirlingshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.308). Thereafter he served in Rosehall from 1912 (FUFC, p.501); and in Tobermory from 1917 (FUFC, p.301). He died in 1928.

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MACBEATH, DUNCAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born in parish of Applecross, 1830. In 1850 he was appointed town missionary in Inverness, and laboureed at the New College for three years, and thereafter took the Arts course in the University for four years. In 1878 he was sent to supply the vacant congregation of Cross, island of Lewis. Such was the impression produced by his services that a petition, signed by 1328 persons, was addressed to the next Assembly that he might be licensed and settled as their minister. The Assembly granted the request, and in 1879 Mr. Macbeath was ordained as minister of Cross. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born (or baptised) on 13th June, 1821, in Applecross, the son of John MacBeath and Flora Gillanders. His father had been a catechist there for 50 years. His spiritual life developed early and he was called to speak to the question in Ferintosh when he was only 16.

Education
He studied as a private student in New College, Edinburgh, being enrolled there 1862-64.

Ministry
He was appointed as town missionary for Inverness in 1850. He was ordained in Cross or Ness, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty.

Death
He died on 20th October, 1891, at the Free Church Manse, Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, of hepatic and gastric catarrh, 14 days.

Family
He never married.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Duncan McBeath
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/10/1892, F.C. Minister, Dell, Parish of Barvas, Island of Lewis, County of Ross and Cromarty, d. 20/10/1891 at Dell aforesaid, intestate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/1

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MACBEATH, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born in parish of Olrig, 1812. Ordained at Bower, Caithness-shire, 1844. Resigned, 1847, and, returning to Olrig, founded in the village of Castleton a congregation in connection with the Original Secession Church. Died, 1878.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 8th and baptized on 28th August, 1812, in Olrig, Caithness, the son of William MacBeath, farmer, and Charlotte Groat.

Education
He was educated partly in Caithness and partly at the High School of Edinburgh. In 1841 he was the parish school master in Olrig, Caithness, to which post he had been appointed on 20th June, 1838.

Marriage
He married Jane Sutherland on 30th April, 1857, in Edinburgh. She was born on 29th January, 1819, in Reay, Caithness, the daughter of John Sutherland, grocer, and Margaret Macleod. According to the 1851 census she had a brother Robert Sutherland who was then a Free Church probationer. Indeed a “Robt. Sutherland, Dunbeath, Caithness” signed the Roll of Probationers who adhered to the Free Church. But he never got a charge. He was the Robert Sutherland who served in the Presbyterian Church in Australia for some time; who wrote a book on the Australian Presbyterian Church; and who died probably of heart disease: at any rate his half clothed body was found on a beach in Reay, on 2nd September, 1880.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Bower, Caithness. In 1851 he is minister “with the New Church”; thereafter he is designated as a minister of the Secession Church. For an account of that congregation see here.

Death
He died in 1878 on 15th March, at his home in Olrig, Caithness. His wife died on 5th May, 1891, in Halkirk, Caithness.

Family
They had issued including:

(1) William McBeath born on 8th August, 1858, in Olrig, Caithness. He became a minister – see FES, Vol.7, p.123

Publications – about him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth endowment and against Sunday trains, 22nd April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/181
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacBeath or Sutherland, Jane, 4/8/1891, Manse, Halkirk, County of Caithness, widow of Rev. John M’Beath, Minister, Original Secession Church, Castletown, Parish of Olrig, in said County, d. 05/05/1891 at Halkirk, intestate, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/13; 5/7/1894, Eik, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/15

Sources
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 16th March, 1878, p.6; 2nd September, 1880, p.4

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MACBETH, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.215
Born at Dalrymple, Ayrshire, 1810. Studied at the Universities, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Ordained at Ladyloan Church, Arbroath, 1837. Translated to Lauriston Church, Glasgow, 1842. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Went to Canada, 1850.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1837, Ladyloan, Arbroath, FES, Vol.5, p.428; 1842, Laurieston, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.422. In the Free Church, he served in Union, Glasgow.

Publications
See separate document here.

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MACBRIDE, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born, 1806. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Appointed assistant at Rothesay, 1833, labouring specially among the Gaelic population. Ordained, 1836, to the new parish of North Bute. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1845, Mary Croil. Died, 1875.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1836, North Bute, FES, Vol.4, p.38. In the Free Church, he served in North Bute, Bute.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, May, 1840, Kilmorie, Vol. 5, Bute, p.40
Perhaps Remains of Peter MacBride, edited by A. Macbride, Glasgow, 1848
The Rev. Mr. Elder and the supporters of the Gladstone Irish policy, Glasgow, McCorquodale & Co., 1868?

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 21/7/1875, minister of the Free Congregation of North Bute island of Bute, Inventory, Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/15; 19/8/1875, Confirmed Testament Dative, Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/15
Crown Office precognitions, 1846: Precognition against Thomas Paul MacGregor, George Inglis for the crime of falsehood, fraud and wilful imposition at Glasgow – various locations: victoms include Rev. Alexander MacBride, and Christian MacBride, mother of Rev. Alexander MacBride, Ettrick Bank cottage, North Bute

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M’BRIDE, PETER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born at North Knapdale, where his father was schoolmaster, 1797. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Ordained at Rothesay, West, 1825. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Before and after the Disruption Mr. M’Bride extended his evangelistic labours over almost every part of the West Highlands. Died, 1846.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1825, Rothesay, FES, Vol.4, p.42. In the Free Church, he served in West, Rothesay, Bute.

Publications – by him
Letters, with a preface by P. MacBride, Glasgow, W. Collins, 1840
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 24 April, 1844, Against bills in reference to property for religious purposes held by persons dissenting from the Church of England, NRS GD112/74/825; 29 April, 1844, NRS GD112/74/825
Remains of Peter MacBride, edited by A. Macbride, Glasgow, 1848

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 9/6/1848, minister of the West Free Church, Rothesay, Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/5
22nd October, 1836, Eighth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.418 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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M’CAIG, CHARLES NEILSON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born in Galloway. Studied at the Divinity Hall of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Ordained at Lochgilphead, 1851. Retired, 1876. Died, 1880.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
FRPCS, p.16; Couper, The R.P. Church, p.129. In the Free Church, he served in Martyrs’, Lochgilphead, Argyll.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/6/1880, sometime called Rev. Charles Nelson M’Caig Cleland, Lochgilphead, d. 06/04/1880 at Lochgilphead, testate, Dunoon Sheriff Court, NRS SC51/32/26
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Cleland, Barbara M’Caig, 6/11/1876, of Springfield, Parish of Cadder, spouse of Rev. Charles Nelson M’Caig Cleland, Minister, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Lochgilphead, d. 01/04/1876 at Lochgilphead, testate, Dunoon Sheriff Court, NRS SC51/32/22

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MACCALLUM, ALEXANDER B.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1855, missionary to Madras. Died, 1862.

Supplementary Information
Background
Ewing gives so little information that it is impossible at the moment to identify this man with full certainty. The most obvious possibility is an Alexander MacCallum who appeared in the 1851 census at 4 Moray Street in Edinburgh, born Crieff, Perthshire, about 1817, a divinity student. He was there with his mother and brother and this enables us to say that he was born in Crieff in 1816, the son of William MacCallum and Isabel Kay.

Two further possible considerations supporting this identification are:

firstly, that he appeared at that address in the Post Office Directories from 1846-47 until 1855-56. If this is our man, he wasn’t there after that time because he was in India;

secondly, his mother’s mother’s maiden name was Brough. Perhaps our man was Alexander Brough MacCallum.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1850-52.

Marriage
He was about to be married to Elizabeth Moffat, the widow of his colleague William Moffat.

Ministry
He was ordained for the work in Madras by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh on 16th October, 1855.

Death
Due to illness, he was travelling to Bangalore for some rest, but died at the home of Mr Rice of the London Missionary Society, having taken ill on the night of 11th June, 1862.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Alexander McCallum

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MACCALLUM, ALEXANDER MURRAY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born in Perthshire, 1832. Studied at the Universities, St. Andrews and Edinburgh, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Shandon, 1862. Married, the following year, Margaret Thomson. Resigned, 1874, and removed, first to California, and then to New Zealand. Died, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 31st July, 1832, and baptized on 22nd August, 1832, in Monzie, Perthshire, the son of Peter MacCallum and Isabella Murray.

Education
He attended Monzie School. He studied at United College, St Andrews, Fife, 1850-54 and at Edinburgh University 1854-55. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1858-60.

Marriage
He married Margaret Thomson on 6th October, 1863, in Redgorton, Perthshire. She was born on 16th May, 1836, in Moneydie, Perthshire, the daughter of John William Thomson, minister, and Janet Moncrieff. For some ministerial connections, see the Thomson Tree.

Ministry
He was licensed by Perth Presbytery in 1860 and ordained at Shandon, Dunbartonshire, on 17th July, 1862. He tendered the resignation of his charge at Shandon on account of ill health in 1874. He went to California and arrived in New Zealand in 1878 and ministered there as supply in St David’s, Auckland; North Shore; and North Belt Church, Christchurch. He was inducted in Devonport, North Shore Presbytery, on 19th June,1883, and retired on 31st December, 1888.

Death
He retired onto his property “Mount of Olives” at Lake Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland. He died on 3rd March, 1897, and was buried in Birkenhead Cemetery, Auckland. His wife died on 4th August, 1886, in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Robert Hope MacCallum born on 27th August, 1864, in Row, Dunbartonshire. He died in 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

(2) John William MacCallum born on 18th October, 1865, in Row, Dunbartonshire. He died there the following day.

(3) Alexander Duff Murray MacCallum born on 17th September, 1866, in Row, Dunbartonshire. He married Jessie. They lived in the USA. He died on 21st July, 1940, in Santa Cruz, California, USA.

(4) Moncrieff Murray MacCallum, born on 9th March, 1868, in Row, Dunbartonshire. He married Susan Lily Gaudin in 1896 in New Zealand. He died in 1956 in New Zealand.

(5) Thomson Murray MacCallum born on 17th July, 1869, in Row, Dunbartonshire. He was an acquaintance of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose wife described him as “a runaway college lad”. He wrote Adrift in the South Seas, in 1934. He died on 29th January, 1957, in Los Angeles, California, United States

(6) Isabella Murray MacCallum born on 4th February, 1871, in Row, Dunbartonshire. She died on 31st March, 1903, in Te Aroha, New Zealand.

(7) Patrick William Murray MacCallum born on 22nd June, 1872, in Row, Dunbartonshire. He married Millicent Spargo in 1902 in New Zealand. He died on 25th August, 1954, in Auckland, New Zealand.

(8) Katharine Laura MacCallum born on 12th August, 1874, in Row, Dunbartonshire. She married John Archibald Cochrane in 1897 in New Zealand. She died there in 1956.

(9) John Tait Murray MacCallum born on 14th November, 1875, in Santa Clara, California, USA. He married Mary Lauretta Mccall on 3rd September, 1899, in La Salle, Illinois, USA.

(10) Henry Rutherford Murray MacCallum born on 20th January, 1877, in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA. In 1917 he was a stockman in Te Awamutu, and his name was drawn by ballot under the Military Service Act. He died in 1943 in New Zealand.

Sources
King Country Chronicle, Volume XI, Issue 1005, 5 September, 1917, Page 2; PCNZ, Ministers’ Register

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MACCALLUM, ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born at Glasgow, 1853. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Rousay, Orkney, 1880. In 1889 he resigned his charge, and in 1892 joined the Church of Scotland. Settled in the parish of Knock, Lewis. Went to America, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney. Thereafter in 1892, Knock, FES, Vol.7, p.203. He was deposed in 1895 and went to America

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MACCALLUM, ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born at Tighnabruaich, 1853. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Strachur, 1883. Married, 1886, Mary Buchanan Ancell.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Strachur and Strath Lachlan, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.282). Thereafter he served in North Knapdale from 1911 (FUFC, p.285, where a short biography is given). He died in 1922.

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MACCALLUM, HUGH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born at Glasgow, 1866. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Tummelbridge, 1895. Married, the same year, Janet Hutcheson Reid.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Tummel Bridge, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.319). Thereafter he served in Blair Atholl and Struan from 1903 (FUFC, p. 317, where a short biography is given).

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MACCALLUM, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born in the parish of Killean, 1819. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kincardine, Ross-shire, 1856. Married, 1859, Margaret Dunlop.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.484). He retired in 1902 and died in 1905.

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MACCALLUM, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born at Tighnabruaich, 1842. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Ardeonaig, Perthshire, 1874. Married, 1876, Annie Urquhart Mackay.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ardeonaig, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.317). He retired in 1907 and died in 1909.

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MACCALLUM, WILLIAM ADAMSON, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born in Aberdeenshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Gordon, Berwickshire, 1895. Married, 1897, Laura Watson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Gordon, Berwickshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.76). Thereafter he served as Secretary to the Drummond Tract Society from 1911.

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M’CLELLAND, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.216
Born in County Derry, 1839. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1874, at Harthill, Lanarkshire. Died, 1875.

Supplementary Information
Birth
He was born about 1839 in Londonderry, Ireland, the son of William McClelland, plasterer’s labourer, and his wife Margaret McElanny.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow on 17th June, 1874. He was ordained in Harthill, Lanarkshire, on 27th August, 1875 – a congregation which had originated through his efforts and which at the time of his death had 250 members.

Death
He died of phthisis on 28th August, 1875, at 470 South Wellington Street, Glasgow (Registration: 1875 644/11 777 Hutchesontown).

Family
He never married.

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

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MACLOY, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born in 1834. Ordained in Ireland, 1863. Translated, 1881, to the Middle Church, Paisley. Joined the Church of Scotland, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1863, Ireland, FES, Vol.7, p.532; 1882, Rothesay, FES, Vol.4, p.42; 1886, Liverpool, FES, Vol.7, p.465; 1889, Johnstone, FES, Vol.3, p.147. In the Free Church, he served in Middle, Paisley, Renfrewshire.

Publications – by him
The mode and the subjects of christian baptism, Belfast, C. Aitchison, 1866
Religious equality examined and the inconsistencies of voluntaryism exposed, Johnstone, William Johnston, 1893

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 8/6/1909, senior, revd, minister, Parish of Johnstone, Reay Arden, Helensburgh, d. 02/04/1909 at Reay Arden, testate, Dumbarton Sheriff Court, NRS SC65/35/15 and NRS SC65/36/7

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M’CLYMONT, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born at Dalmellington, 1809. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Ordained at Birdhopecraig, Northumberland, 1837. Translated, 1846, to Hampstead English Presbyterian Church; and, 1847, to Denholm, Roxburghshire. Became senior minister, 1881. Mr. M’Clymont was thrice married; his second wife was Mary Roxburgh, and his third Elizabeth R. Turnbull. Died, 1886.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1837, Birdhopecraig, FES, Vol.7, p.507. In the Free Church, he served in Denholm, Roxburghshire.

Family
He had a son, Alexander Watson McClymont, who was a United Free Church minister: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.190.

Publications – by him
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 686. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 13 April, 1844, Against protecting Unitarians in possession of funds and chapels left for Trinitarians, NRS GD112/74/825; Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth, 16th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/176

Publications – about him
The Free Church Monthly, April 1, 1887, Biographical Notice
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 25/1/1887, 5 South Morningside Drive, Edinburgh, formerly F.C. Minister, Denholm, Roxburghshire, d. 11/12/1886 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/255; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/222

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MACCOLL, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born in Argyllshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kilmallie, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilmallie, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.299). Thereafter he served in Strathfillan and Crianlarich from 1912 (FUFC, p.296, where a short biography is given).

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M’COLL, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born at Lochcarron, 1815. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, acting at the same time as parish schoolmaster of Uig, Lewis. Laboured for several years in the district of Applecross, Ross-shire, where three Free Church congregations were formed—Applecross, Shieldaig, and Lochcarron. Ordained, 1852, at Duirinish, Skye. Translated, 1870, to Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, at that time one charge; and, 1877, to Lochalsh. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1815 in Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, the son of John MacColl, sheep manager, and Marion Cameron. His parents came from Argyll and later settled in Glenelg, Inverness-shire. At the Disruption he was ejected from his post as parochial teacher in Uig, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty.

Ministry
He was licensed in 1844 and worked in the area of Lochcarron and Applecross, Ross and Cromarty, till he was ordained in Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, in 1852. He was translated to Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire, in 1870; and in 1877 to Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty. He was for a time Clerk to the Presbytery of Abertarff.

Death
He died on 22nd January, 1889, at the Free Church Manse, Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty (Registration: 1889 074/ 9 Lochalsh). He died of cancer of the lip from which he had been suffering for five years.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 18th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/214

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Alexander McColl
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 5/6/1889, F.C. Minister, Lochalsh, d. 22/01/1889 at Lochalsh, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/15

Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 2nd February, 1889

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M’COLL, DUGALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born, 1826. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. While a student he became missionary in the Bridgegate, in connection with the Free Tron Church. By authority of the General Assembly Mr. M’Coll was ordained by the Presbytery of Glasgow, 1854, as minister of the Wynd Church. Married, 1855, Janet Scott Mathieson. Translated, 1860, with a large part of the congregation, to a new church in the Bridgegate; and, 1873, to Wandsworth English Presbyterian Church. Died, 1882.

Publications.—Among the Masses; or. Work in the Wynds. Disciple Life.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 28th May, 1826, in Glasgow, the son of Dugald McColl, keeper of the Council Chamber, and Janet Sutherland.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1846.

Marriage
He married Janet Scott Mathieson at the bride’s home, Broomfields Cottage, Largs, Ayrshire, on 5th October, 1855 (Registration: 1855 602/ 10 Largs (Ayr)). She was born on 1st April, 1831, in Glasgow, the daughter of William Mathieson, merchant, and Margaret Scott.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Wynd, Glasgow; and Bridgegate, Glasgow. He was translated to the English Presbyterian Church in Wandsworth, London, England, in 1873. The following year a new church building was opened there. In 1876, he was translated to Kensington, London, England.

Death
He died on 20th March, 1882, at Eastbourne, Sussex, England, after a lingering illness. His wife died in the 1st quarter of 1895 in Kensington, London, England.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Mathieson McColl born on 13th October, 1857, at 2 South Apsley Place, Glasgow. She married James Marjoribanks MacLaren in the 1st quarter of 1883 in Kensington, London, England. He was a famous architect. She died in 1908.

(2) Dougald Sutherland McColl born on 10th March, 1859, in Glasgow. He studied in England: in the Universities of London and Oxford and in Westminster School of Art, and the Slade School. He was an accomplished water-colourist, and a well known writer and lecturer on art. He died on 2nd December, 1948, in London, England.

(3) Janet Helen McColl born in 1861 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She married Alexander Boswell in the 1st quarter of 1883 in Kensington, London, England. She died in the 1st quarter of 1938 in Surrey, England.

(4) Elizabeth S. McColl born about 1862 in Glasgow. She was a bookbinder. She died in the 1st quarter of 1951 in Midhurst, Sussex, England.

(5) Rebecca Mathieson McColl born in 1868 in Glasgow. She died in the 1st quarter of 1886 in Kensington, London, England.

Publications – by him
Among the masses; or, Work in the wynds, London, 1867
A free church and a free Gospel, or, The present question before the presbyteries of the Free Church of Scotland, Glasgow, David Bryce & Son, 1870
The kingdom of Our Lord and of His Christ: another contribution towards a peaceful solution of the union question, Glasgow, David Bryce & Son, 1871
Disciple-life, Glasgow, 1872
The theology of evangelism, London, 1877

Sources
Scottisharchitects; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugald_Sutherland_MacColl; Special.lib.gla; Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, 15th October, 1857; Liverpool Mercury, Lancashire, England, 22nd March, 1882

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M’COLL, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born at Tobermory, 1849. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1876, at Glenlyon, Perthshire. Married, 1884, Jane Mary Baillie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Glenlyon, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.318, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1907 and died in 1921.

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M’COMBIE, ROBERT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born at Aberdeen, 1794. Studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen, acting as parochial schoolmaster, first at Daviot, and then at Inverurie. Married, 1830, Margaret Templeton. As a probationer Mr. M’Combie was appointed chaplain to the prisons, the infirmary, and the asylum in Aberdeen; but, having signed the Probationers’ Resolutions of Adherence to the Free Church, he was deprived of his office. Ordained, 1844, at Leslie and Premnay. Became senior minister, 1869. Died, 1871.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 26th February, 1795, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, the son of Charles McCombie and Janet Thom.

Education
He matriculated in Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1808 and graduated M.A.

Marriage
He married Margaret Templeton on 8th July, 1830, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. She was born on 24th November, 1805, in Aberdeen, the daughter of James Templeton and Jane Mitchell.

Ministry
“Robert McCombie, Aberdeen” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Leslie and Premnay, Aberdeenshire. In 1869, John Burnett was ordained there as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 10th March, 1871, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. His wife died there on 30th December, 1881. She was a patient in Aberdeen Asylum for years before her death.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) James Brown McCombie baptized on 28th August, 1831, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. He matriculated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1845 and graduated M.A.

(2) Robert McCombie born on 13th June, 1834, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. He married Elizabeth in the 3rd quarter of 1858 in London, England. He was a lawyer’s clerk. He died in the 2nd quarter of 1892 in Holborn, London, England.

(3) William McCombie born on 8th February, 1837, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. He matriculated in Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1852.

(4) Charles McCombie born on 20th October, 1838, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. He matriculated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1855. He married Charlotte Mclean in 1876 in St Andrew, Edinburgh. He was an advocate in Aberdeen.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 7th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/207

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 10/3/1871, Free Church Minister of Leslie and Premnay, died at Aberdeen, T. 10/03/1871 NRS SC1/37/67/p543, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/6; Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/67
Inventories, Wills, etc.: McCombie Mrs, or Templeton, Margaret 31/1/1882, widow of Revd Robert McCombie a minister of Leslie and Premnay, d. 30/12/1881 at Aberdeen, intestate, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/90
Margaret McCombie, Patient Number 269; Admission/Transfer Date 23 June 1842; Death Date 30 December 1881; Institution Aberdeen Royal Asylum, NRS MC7/1 p.12

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M’CONECHY, ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow, 1805. Became parish schoolmaster at Erskine. Ordained, 1819, at Bunkle and Preston, Berwickshire. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Subsequent to the Disruption Mr. M’Conechy removed to Edinburgh, and later to Musselburgh. Died, 1853. [He does not seem to appear in Vol. 2]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1819, Bunkle, FES, Vol.2, p.5

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, July, 1834, Buncle and Preston, Vol.2, Berwick, p.115
The Scottish Christian Herald, Vol.2, p.80, Paraphrase of Canticles 2:8-13

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 15/11/1853, Reverend, residing at Musselburgh, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/81; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/30
Robert Johnson, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.76 [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.6; Appendix 1, Table 3, p.12 and Appendix 2 , p.6

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M’CONECHY, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.217
Born, 1815. He signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. Ordained, 1844, at Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, from which he was removed in 1846, when he went to Canada.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1815 on the Isle of Arran, Bute, the son of James McConechy.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1836.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Catherine Jane Maxwell. She was born about 1821 in Scotland.

(2) Jane Crane. She was born about 1826.

Ministry
“James McConechy, Rothesay” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire. In Canada, he was a Presbyterian minister and teacher. He lived from 1854 in Leeds Township, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada.

Death
He died on 12th April, 1879, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

Family
He had issue, all born in Canada, including, by his first wife:

(1) James McConechy born in 1847.

(2) Agnes McConechy born in 1851.

(3) John A. McConechy born in 1853. He married Isabella Grant on 1st December, 1875, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He was a farmer and they lived latterly in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

(4) Archibald William McConechy born in 1855. He married Emma Maria Hossack in 1881. He was a Presbyterian minister. He died on 23rd January, 1889, in London, Ontario, Canada, and was buried in the Woodland Cemetery there.

And by his second wife:

(6) Benjamin McConechy born in 1858. He died in 1875.

(7) Mary Elizabeth Sarah McConechy born in 1861.

(8) Charles Crombie McConechy born in 1864. He married Maggie. He was a farmer in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada.

(9) Catherine McConechy. She died in 1877 in London, Ontario, Canada.

Publication – by him
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

Sources
Booksbygwen; Findagrave

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M’CORKLE, ROBERT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.218
Born at Glasgow, 1806. Studied at the University, Glasgow. After receiving licence Mr. M’Corkle was employed for some years as agent of the Glasgow Association for promoting the interests of the Church of Scotland, and thereafter as editor of the Scottish Guardian newspaper. Ordained, 1837, at Limerick. Married, the same year, Mary S. Bannatyne. In 1844 he returned to Scotland. and was settled at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire. For some months in 1846 Mr. M’Corkle acted as theological tutor at Toronto. Died, 1883.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1837, Ireland, FES, Vol.7, p.531. In the Free Church, he served in St. Ninians, Stirlingshire.

Publications
See separate document here.

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M’CORMICK, DUGALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.218
Born in Argyllshire, 1846. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Lochranza, Arran, 1877. Translated, 1885, to Rothesay, Gaelic (Chapelhill). Married, 1879, Jessie Carmichael.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lochranza, Isle of Arran, Bute; and Gaelic, Chapelhall, Rothesay, Bute. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.281, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1920 and died the following year.

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M’COSH, JAMES, LL.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.218
Born in 1811 in Ayrshire. Studied at the Universities, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Ordained at the Abbey Church, Arbroath, 1835. Appointed, 1838, to the first charge, Brechin. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. In 1844 he removed from the West to the East Free Church of Brechin, where he ministered till the end of 1851. Married, 1845, Isabella Guthrie. Before and after the Disruption Mr. M’Cosh was active and influential in furthering the cause of the Free Church in Forfarshire and the Mearns. In 1844 he was appointed convener of supply for the district, and set himself with courage, energy, and tact to organise congregations, to provide them with ordinances, to advise and aid in getting sites, in raising funds, and erecting churches. In spite of much opposition at the hands of ministers of the Establishment, lords, lairds, and factors, largely through his efforts, churches were provided at Fettercairn, Menmuir, and Lochlee; and congregations were formed in Fordoun, Laurencekirk, Stonehaven, and Bervie. In the midst of these labours Mr. M’Cosh found time to prosecute philosophic studies and to publish erudite works. In 1852 he was appointed to the Chair of Logic and Metaphysics in Queen’s College, Belfast. In 1868 Dr. M’Cosh was called to the presidency of Princeton College, New Jersey, a post formerly occupied by Aaron Burr, Jonathan Edwards, and John Witherspoon. President M’Cosh resigned in 1888, but continued to reside at Princeton. Died, 1894.

Publications.— The Method of the Divine Government. An Examination of John Stuart Mill’s Philosophy. The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated. The Discursive Laws of Thought. Christianity and Positivism. Scottish Philosophy from Hutcheson to Hamilton. The Emotions. Supernatural in Relation to Natural. The Religious Aspect of Evolution. Typical Forms and Special Ends in Creation, etc.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1835, Arbroath, FES, Vol.5, p.426; 1839, Brechin, FES, Vol.5, p.377. In the Free Church, he served in West, Brechin, Angus; and East, Brechin, Angus.

Family
Chalmers Guthrie Burns Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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M’CRACKEN, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.218
Born in Ayrshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Young Street, Glasgow, 1893.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Young Street, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.262). Thereafter he served in Burntisland Erskine from 1919 (FUFC, p.358). He died in 1929.

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M’CRACKEN, THOMAS, M.A., M.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.218
Born at Girvan, 1836. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Symington, Ayrshire, 1865. Died, 1869.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1836 in Girvan, Ayrshire, the son of Alexander McCracken, wright, and his wife Rachel McGaw.

Education
He worked as a pupil/teacher in Girvan before enrolling in Glasgow University in 1854. He graduated M.A. in 1858 and M.D. in 1864. His name does not appear in the records of New College, Edinburgh.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Ayr in 1864. He was ordained in Symington, Ayrshire, on 11th May, 1865.

Death
He died of tuberculosis on 31st May, 1869, in Symington, Ayrshire (Registration: 1869 618/ 11 Symington (Ayr)). His Glasgow address was 92 Portland Street, Glasgow.

Family
He never married.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 10/7/1869, residing at 92 Portland Street, Glasgow, student of divinity, later minister of the Free Church of Scotland in Symington, I, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/34

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M’CRIE, CHARLES GREIG, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.218
Born at Edinburgh, 1836. Nephew of the two following. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, Presbyterian College, London, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Barry, Forfarshire, 1862. Translated to Blairgowrie, South, 1864, St. Mark’s, Glasgow, 1873; and Ayr, West, 1877. Married, 1873, Isabella Couper.

Publications.—The Public Worship of Presbyterian Scotland Historically Treated (Cunningham Lectures). The Confessions of the Church of Scotland: their Evolution in History (Chalmers Lectures). Sketches and Studies, contributed to the British and Foreign Evangelical Review. Claim of Right, 1842, with Historical Introduction and Annotations. Scotland’s Part in the Revolution of 1688.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Barry, Angus; South, Blairgowrie, Perthshire; St. Mark’s, Glasgow; and West, Ayr. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.126). He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1907 (FUFC, p.569). He became senior minister in 1909 and died in 1910.

Family
For a distant relative see James Hood Wilson, a Free Church minister.

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M’CRIE, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born at Edinburgh, 1811. Brother of following. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Divinity Hall, Original Secession Church. Ordained at Clola, 1837. Joined the Free Church, 1852. Married Mary Murray Meikle; and, 1854, Mary Brown. Died, 1878.

Publications.—The Old World: A Poem. Religion of our Literature.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Edinburgh, in March, 1811, the son of Thomas McCrie, Secession Minister, and Jessie Dickson. He was a brother of Thomas McCrie and an uncle of Charles Greig McCrie, both Free Church ministers. For a distant relative see James Hood Wilson, a Free Church minister.

Education
He attended Edinburgh University, and the Original Secession Divinity Hall under Professors Paxton and McCrie (younger). He was licensed on 7th October, 1836.

Marriage
He married:

(1) MaryMurray Meikle.

(2) Mary Brown on 4th October, 1854, at Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. She was born in Tarves, Aberdeenshire, about 1835.

Ministry
He was ordained in the Secession Church in Clola, Aberdeenshire, on 10th August, 1837. He, with his congregation, entered the Free Church in 1852. In the Free Church, he served in Clola, Aberdeenshire.

Death
He died in St Andrew, Edinburgh, on 1st June, 1878. His second wife died in 1865 at Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, aged 39, mother’s surname Walker.

Family
He had issue, by his first wife:

(1) Thomas McCrie born on 11th November, 1839, at Old Deer, Aberdeenshire.

(2) John McCrie born on 17th January, 1841, at Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. He married Jane Cunningham in Glasgow in 1866. In 1881 he was living in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Secretary to The Steel Company. He died in the 3rd quarter of 1909 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, aged 68.

(3) George McCrie born on 5th June, 1842, at Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. He married Catherine H. Cunningham in Glasgow in 1869. In 1881 he was living in Glasgow, a leather factor. He died in Cathcart, Glasgow, in 1901.

And by his second wife:

(4) Jessie M. McCrie born at Old Deer, Aberdenshire, in 1855. She is said to have married Benjamin William Hallifax.

(5) Margaret Anne McCrie born at Old Deer, Aberdenshire, in 1857.

(6) Mary McCrie born at Old Deer, Aberdenshire, in 1860. said to have married George Elliott Noad.

(7) William McCrie born at Old Deer, Aberdenshire, in 1864.

Publications – by him
Commentary on the book of Psalms, John Calvin, 5 vols, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Printing Co., 1845-9, Vol.2 translated by James McLean and George McCrie
The old world: a poem in five parts, with miscellaneous poems, London, James Nisbet and Co., 1857
The religion of our literature: essays upon Thomas Carlyle, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, etc., London, Hodder, and Stoughton, 1875

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: George McCrie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 9/12/1878, minister of the Free Church, Clola, Aberdeenshire, d. 01/06/1878 at Edinburgh, testate, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/83; Will, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/82
2nd October, 1837, Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.250 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

Sources
Antiburgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.577; 1837, Clola (Antiburgher), Scott, Annals, p.291; General, Scott, Annals, p.194; Small, History, Vol.1, p.136.

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M’CRIE, THOMAS, D.D., LL.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born at Edinburgh, 1797. Eldest son of the biographer of Knox and Melville. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Divinity Hall, Original Secession Church. Ordained at Crieff, 1822. Laboured at Crieff for eight years, and thereafter at Clola, where he remained seven years. Translated to Davie Street, Edinburgh, in 1836. In the same year he was appointed Professor of Divinity in the Original Secession Hall. He took a prominent part in the union of the Original Secession Church with the Free Church in 1852, and was Moderator of the Free Church General Assembly in 1856. The same year he was appointed Professor of Church History and Systematic Theology in the College of the English Presbyterian Church. Owing to failing eyesight he resigned his professorship in 1866. Married Walteria Chalmers. Died, 1875.

Publications.—Life of Thomas M’Crie, D.D. By his Son. Sketches of Scottish Church History, afterwards enlarged into The Story of the Scottish Church from the Reformation to the Disruption. Lectures on Baptism. Annals of English Presbytery. An Edition of Barrow on the Pope’s Supremacy. Life of Sir Andrew Agnew. Translation of Pascal’s Letters, etc. Dr. M’Crie was also a frequent contributor to the columns of the Witness under Hugh Miller, and was for several years editor of the British and Foreign Evangelical Review.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
Antiburgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.544; 1821, Crieff (Constitutional), Scott, Annals, p.295; 1829, Clola (Antiburgher), Scott, Annals, p.291; 1836, Edinburgh, Davie Street (Constitutional), Scott, Annals, p.324; General, Scott, Annals, p.132; General, Scott, Annals, p.152; General, Scott, Annals, p.193; Call, Scott, Annals, p.401

Family
For a distant relative see James Hood Wilson, a Free Church minister.

Publications
See separate document here.

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M’CRINDLE, THOMAS, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born, 1810. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Went to the Cape, but returned to Scotland, 1846. Ordained at Yarrow, 1847. Married Harriet Small. Became senior minister, 1882. Died, 1885.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 20th September, 1810, in Girvan, Ayrshire, the son of Hugh McCrindle, woollen hand loom weaver, and Jean McEwen.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1829.

Marriage
He married Harriet Small in 1881 in Wemyss, Fife. She was born on 9th September and baptized on 16th October, 1835, in Wemyss, Fife, the daughter of James Small, surgeon, and Ann Johnston.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Yarrow and Meggat, Selkirkshire. In 1881 it was reported that an endowment of £1000 had been secured for Yarrow Free Church through his exertions. The following year Malcolm Carment was ordained there as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 17th May, 1885, in Wemyss, Fife. Harriet Small or McCrindle died in 1904 in Boroughmuirhead, Edinburgh.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 18/8/1885, F.C. Minister, of Yarrow and Meggat, afterwards residing at East Wemyss, d. 17/05/1885 at East Wemyss, testate, Cupar Sheriff Court, NRS SC20/50/58

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M’CRIRIE, ARCHIBALD LITTLE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born, 1807. Ordained at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire, 1846. Became senior minister, 1854. Died, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 25th April, 1807, in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire, the son of William McCririe and Helen Neilson.

Ministry
He was called to Cairnryan, Wigtownshire, on 30th July, 1846, and ordained there shortly thereafter.

Death
He died on 5th August, 1884, in Dumfries, an inmate of the Crichton Royal Institution, there.

Family
There is no evidence that he married.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth endowment and Sunday travel, 25th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/184

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/9/1884, Rev., an Inmate of the Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, d. 05/08/1884 at Dumfries, testate, Inventory only, Dumfries Sheriff Court, NRS SC15/41/19
Patient Number 36190; Admission/Transfer Date 15 December 1880; Death Date 5 August 1884; Institution Crichton Royal Asylum, Dumfries, NRS MC7/5 p. 40; and MC2/261

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M’CULLOCH, JAMES DUFF

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born at Logie-Easter, 1836. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1867, at Latheron. Translated, 1889, to Hope Street, Glasgow. Married, 1870, Isabella Davidson. Mr. M’Culloch remained outside the Union of 1900.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 28th April, 1836, in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Andrew McCulloch, mason, and Catharine Ross.

Education
He attended the Free Church School in Fearn and Tain Royal Academy, Ross and Cromarty. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1862-66.

Marriage
He married Anne Isabella Davidson in 1870, in Latheron, Caithness. She was born on 12th April, 1847, in Latheron, Caithness, the daughter of George Davidson, Free Church minister, and Angelica Chisholm Murray.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1867. He was ordained in Latheron, Caithness; and was translated to Hope Street, Glasgow, on 25th March, 1889. He remained in the Free Church at the Union of 1900. He served as Principal of the Free Church College, Edinburgh, 1905-26. He retired from his pastoral charge in 1919.

Death
He died on 11th December, 1926, in Eastwood, Glasgow. His wife died there that same year.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Angelica Murray McCulloch born in 1872 in Latheron, Caithness. She died, unmarried, in 1947, in Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire.

(2) Andrew McCulloch born in 1873 in Latheron, Caithness. He was a chartered accountant and the General Treasurer of the Free Church. He died on 21st March, 1925, in Newington, Edinburgh. “Sabbath 22nd March 1925: … We were shocked to learn at church of the sudden death yesterday of Mr [Andrew] McCulloch CA the General Treasurer of the Free Church and an Elder of Buccleuch [and Greyfriars Free Church]. He had a tramway accident some weeks ago and had an operation but was thought to be going on well.” (Diary of Charles Wood Bell – at one time a clerk in the Free Church Offices and a member in Buccleuch Free Church).

(3) George Davidson McCulloch born in 1875 in Latheron, Caithness. He married Margaret Gordon in 1907 in Glasgow. They lived in Dornoch, Sutherland. He perhaps died in the 4th quarter of 1945 in Hampstead, London, England, aged 70.

(4) William McCulloch born 1876 in Latheron, Caithness.

(5) John Davidson McCulloch born in 1878 in Latheron, Caithness. He died in 1920 in Glasgow.

(6) James Duff McCulloch born in 1880 in Latheron, Caithness. In 1911 he was a medical practitioner in Bradford, Yorkshire. He married Theodora Neumann there in the 2nd quarter of 1913; and he died there in the 3rd quarter of 1955.

(7) Hugh Alexander McCulloch born in 1882 in Latheron, Caithness. He died in 1910 in Blythswood, Glasgow.

(8) Catherine Ross McCulloch born in 1884 in Latheron, Caithness. She died, unmarried, in 1963 in Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire.

(9) Alexander McCulloch born in 1885 in Latheron, Caithness.

(10) Elizabeth Wood McCulloch born in 1887 in Latheron, Caithness. She died, unmarried, in 1962, in Cathcart, Glasgow.

(11) Thomas Ross McCulloch in 1891 in Glasgow. He died in 1961 in Kelvin, Glasgow.

Publication – about him
Court of Session: Warrants of the Register of Acts and Decreets: Decree of absolvitor, William Manson v the Rev James Duff McCulloch, December, 1892, NRS CS46

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M’CULLOCH, JAMES MILLER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born at Edinburgh, 1833. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Newton-Stewart, 1864. Married, 1866, Sophie Heldy. Translated, 1877, to Kilmarnock, Grange.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 2nd December, 1854 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.202). In the Free Church, he served in Newton-Stewart – Penninghame and Minnigaff, or Creebridge, Wigtownshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.140). He retired in 1902 and died in 1911.

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M’CULLOCH, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born, 1814. Studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Carnbee, Fife, 1851. Married, 1859, Margaret L. Meldrum. Retired, 1864.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1824 in Ireland. He was the son of Bargeny McCulloch, Esq., of Ashgrove Lodge, Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland, and his wife Jane McCulloch. He himself was described as being “of Granite Lodge, Kingstown”.

Education
In the 1881 census he is described as: “Formerly Minister Free Church of Scotland A.B., LL.B., LL.D. of Dublin University,” He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1845-47.

Marriage
He married Margaret Louisa Meldrum at Kincaple, St Andrews, Fife, the home of the bride, on 8th December, 1859 (Registration: 1859 453/ 54 St Andrews and St Leonards). She was born there on 6th July, 1833, the daughter of Alexander Meldrum, advocate, and Margaret Louisa Roy.

Ministry
He was called to Carnbee, Fife, on 27th March, 1851, and was ordained there on 16th May that year. He resigned his charge in 1864 on health grounds. He thereafter resided for ten years in Ireland, and then for 13 years in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

Death
He died on 19th May, 1887, at 23 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, aged 63. His wife died in the 3rd quarter of 1876 in Newton Abbey, Devon, England, aged 43.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jane McCulloch born on 13th July, 1861, in Carnbee, Fife.

(2) Louisa Elizabeth McCulloch born on 19th September, 1862, in Carnbee, Fife. She married Reginald Peach Hooks in the 3rd quarter of 1891 in Whitchurch South, Shropshire, England. This surname seems to have been recorded sometimes as Ffooks. Certainly Louisa E. Ffooks, born Carnbee, Fife, is in Sherborne, Somerset, England, in 1911.

(3) Bargeny McCulloch born on 2nd December, 1863, in Carnbee, Fife. He studied at Oxford University, England. He was a bachelor. He died on 24th January, 1891, in Davoz Platz, Switzerland, though at the time he resided at 86 Oxford Terrace, Paddington, London, England.

(4) Lillias Sarah McCulloch born about 1864 in Ireland. She married Herbert Bradley in the 3rd quarter of 1891 in Whitchurch South, Shropshire, England. She died in the 1st quarter of 1934 in Kensington, London, England.

(5) William McCulloch born in 1868 in Ireland. He died on 30th November, 1871.

(6) George McCulloch born in 1869 in Ireland. He died on 4th December, 1871.

These two are mentioned together in this inscription in Mt Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland: “No.12985

Inscription on left side of number 12983: In Memory of | WILLIAM | who died 30th November 1871 | aged 3 years and 10 months | And of | GEORGE |who died 4th December 1871 | aged 1 year and 10 months | The dearly beloved children of | The Revd. WM. McCULLOCH | and | MARGARET LOUISA McCULLOCH | of Granite Lodge, Kingstown | “He shall gather the Lambs with his arm” | Isaiah XL. 11. | “Of such is the Kingdom of God” | Luke XVIII. 16.”

(7) Alexander McCulloch born in the 2nd quarter of 1875 in Cheltenham, Gloucester, England.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William McCulloch
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 4/11/1887, LL.D., 23 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham, County of Gloucester, d. 19/05/1887 at Cheltenham, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/261; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/227

Source
Igp-web

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M’CULLOCH, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born at Edinburgh, 1856. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained as missionary to Calcutta, 1883. [List of missionaries says he was appointed 1882.] Married, the same year, Helen Mabel Paterson.

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 retired in 1911 and died in 1928.

Family
His wife, Helen Mabel Paterson, was the daughter of John Paterson and a brother of Alexander Drummond Paterson, Free Church ministers.

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M’DERMID, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.219
Born at Glasgow, 1810. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall, Reformed Presbyterian Church. Ordained at Dumfries, 1835. Translated, 1855, to Renwick Church, Glasgow. Joined the Free Church at the union in 1876. Died, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
FRPCS, p.16; Couper, The R.P. Church, p.113. In the Free Church, he served in Renwick, Glasgow.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/3/1882, Minister, Renwick Free Church, Cumberland Street, Glasgow, residing in Glasgow, d. 20/02/1882 at Glasgow, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/98; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/83
21st September, 1836, Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.304 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACDIARMID, ALEXANDER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.220
Born near Kenmore, 1844. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh, and English Presbyterian College, London. Ordained at Grantown-on-Spey, 1876. Married Margaret T. Jamieson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Grantown, Moray. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.460). He retired in 1905.

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MACDIARMID, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.220
Born at Lochtayside, 1855. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Morven, Argyllshire, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Morven, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.301). He retired in 1925. Thereafter he served in Creich (FUFC, p.499, where a short biography is given). He died in 1930.

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M’DIARMID, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.220
Born in North Uist, 1866. Studied at Glasgow University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Glenelg, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Glenelg, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.487). Thereafter he served in Kilchoman, Islay, from 1910 (FUFC, p. 290); in Applecross from 1913 (FUFC, p.487); in Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig from 1924 (FUFC, p.299); and in Dunnet from 1929 (FUFC, p.506, where a short biography is given).

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MACDONALD, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.220
Born in the parish of Halkirk, 1791. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Appointed under the Royal Bounty, 1824, missionary in the district of Strathconan and Strathgarve. Became first minister of the quoad sacra parish of Plockton, Ross-shire, 1827. Married, 1828, Frances Julia Robertson; and, 1846, Jane Elder. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1844, to Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire. Died, 1864.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1824, Plockton, FES, Vol.7, p.162. In the Free Church, he served in Plockton, Ross and Cromarty; and Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire.

Family
Kennedy Tree.

Publications – by him
Seaforth Papers: Letter by the Rev Alexander Macdonald, Plockton Manse by Lochalsh, to J A Stewart Mackenzie, M P, forwarding a petition from his parishioners “for the better observance of the holy Sabbath”, 15th April, 1836, NRS GD46/12/81
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 15 April, 1844, NRS GD112/74/825; Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth, 14th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/174

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Alexander McDonald
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 4/11/1864, Minister of Free Church at Urquhart, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/12
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Macdonald Mrs, alias Elder, Jane, 11/2/1870, residing at Leith, relict of Reverend Alexander Macdonald, Minister of the Free Church at Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/146; Trust Disposition & S & Codicil, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/124

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MACDONALD, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.220
Born at Strathbraan, 1826. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Mabon, Cape Breton, 1861. Translated to Weisdale, Shetland, 1866.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Weisdale, Shetland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.524). He retired in 1901 and died in 1905.

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MACDONALD, ALEXANDER

 
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Born at Stornoway, 1838. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Ardclach, 1872. Married, the same year, Isabella Donald Anderson, and thereafter the only daughter of the Rev. Mr. Murray of Tarbat.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ardclach, Nairnshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.468). He died in 1908.

Family
His wife was the daughter of George Anderson, Free Church minister in New Cumnock, Ayrshire – see Anderson, George.

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MACDONALD, ALEXANDER CHISHOLM, D.D.

 
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Born at Inverness, 1842. Studied at the University of Glasgow and King’s College, Toronto. Ordained, 1867, at Thamesford, Ontario. Dr. Macdonald came to Scotland in 1871 and, having been admitted to the Free Church by the General Assembly of 1874, was settled at Queen Street, Inverness. Married, 1877, Helen Rhind.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Queen Street, Inverness. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 474). He retired in 1902 and died in 1910.

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MACDONALD, ANGUS

 
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Born at North Uist, 1839. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Portnahaven, 1886. Resigned, 1890, on account of his health, and went to Australia, where he was settled at Morwell, Victoria.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in North Uist. He was a schoolmaster in Nairn.

Education
He studied at Edinburgh University and he enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1849-53.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Portnahaven, Isle of Islay, Argyll, from 1886 to 1890. He then served with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria and was inducted in Morwell on 28th April, 1892, and was there till 24th April, 1899.

Death
He died on 20th April, 1914, in Victoria.

Family
He never married.

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MACDONALD, ANGUS MURRAY, M.A.

 
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Born at Rogart, Ross-shire, 1860. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Towie, Aberdeenshire, 1891. Married, the following year, Elizabeth Moffat Black.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Towie and Cushnie, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.438). Thereafter he served in Johnshaven from 1904 (FUFC, p.405). He resigned in 1922 and died in 1923.

Family
His wife, Elizabeth Moffat Black, was the sister of Archibald Black, a Free Church minister.

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MACDONALD, DANIEL WILLIAM

 
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Born in England. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Inchinnan, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 165, where a short biography is given).

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MACDONALD, DONALD

 
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Born, 1817. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Ordained at Edinkillie, 1844. Married, 1845, Finella Moodie. Died, 1863.

Publications.—The Creation and the Fall. An Introduction to the Pentateuch.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1817 in Inverness, the son of Donald MacDonald, farmer, and Margaret MacDonald.

Education
He matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1834 and graduated M.A. in March, 1839.

Marriage
His marriage with Finella Moodie is recorded in Edinkillie, Moray, on 12th April, 1845, and in Inverness on 2nd May, 1845. She was born about 1815 in England, her mother’s name being Mary.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Edinkillie, Moray.

Death
He died on 9th May, 1863, at the Free Church Manse, Edinkillie, Moray (Registration: 1863 134/ 17 Edinkillie).

Family
There is no evidence that they had children.

Publications – by him
Creation and the fall: a defence and exposition of the first three chapters of Genesis, Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co., 1856
Introduction to the Pentateuch; an inquiry, critical and doctrinal, Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark, 1861: Vol.1 and Vol.2

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MACDONALD, DONALD

 
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Born at North Uist, 1826. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Shieldaig, 1872. Married, 1887, Mary Forbes. Mr. Macdonald seceded from the Free Church in 1893 because of the Declaratory Act. Mr. Macdonald and the Rev. D. Macfarlane, of Raasay, along with an elder, constituted themselves into a Presbytery to which they gave the name of the “Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.”

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in 1825 at Langash, North Uist, Inverness-shire, the son of John MacDonald, farmer, and Marion McDonald.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1843-44.

Marriage
He married Mary Forbes on 29th December, 1887 at the National Hotel, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty (Registration: 1887 062/ 10 Dingwall). She was born on 2nd and baptized on 22nd September, 1848, in Dores, Inverness-shire, the daughter of William Forbes, farmer, and Eliza Colvin. In 1881 she was described as the farmer of the family farm.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Skye and Uist on 2nd May, 1866, and ordained and inducted on 25th April, 1872, in Shieldaig and Torridon, Ross and Cromarty. It was reported in The Free Church Monthly Record: “Through the intolerance of a site-refuser the congregation here has no church, and the ordination took place in the open air.” And the newspaper report of the proceedings says: “While the usual questions were being put and answered the minister elect had to cover his head with his shepherd’s plaid, owing to a heavy shower of hail which fell at the time.” He left to be one of the founders of the Free Presbyterian Church in 1893. The Free Church raised actions for the recovery of the property here and elsewhere. These actions were undefended.

Death
He died on 20th August, 1901, in Shieldaig, Ross and Cromarty. His widow thereafter lived at Broadstone Park, Inverness, and died there on 19th August, 1909. A memorial in Applecross churchyard reads: “Sacred to the memory of/the late/Rev. DONALD MACDONALD/of the Free Presbyterian Church/Shieldaig/Mr MACDONALD was born/at Langash North Uist in 1825/was licensed to preach the gospel/in 1866, and was ordained and/inducted to Shieldaig in 1872/where he died August 20th 1901.

He was a faithful servant/of Christ, an earnest evangelical/preacher, a man who walked with/God, and who was honoured to/suffer much for truth and/conscience’s sake.

Also his wife MARY/who departed this life/on 17th August 1909.

“For me to live in Christ, and/to die is gain.””

Publications – about him
Court of Session: Warrants of the Register of Acts and Decreets: Decree for payment in action of count reckoning and payment, Alexander Ellison Ross, and others v Rev. Donald Macdonald, February, 1894, NRS CS46/1894/2/11 [Alexander Ellison Ross was the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland – hence we think that this may refer to this minister]
Court of Session: Warrants of the Register of Acts and Decreets: Decree of declarator etc, John Cameron, and another, trustee for Shieldaig Free Church, and others v Rev. Donald Macdonald, and others, February, 1894, NRS CS46/1894/2/12
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 8/11/1901, Rev., Shieldaig, Lochcarron, d. 20/08/1901 at Shieldaig aforesaid, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/21
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacDonald or Forbes, Mary, 27/9/1909, Broadstone Park, Inverness, widow of Rev. Donald Macdonald, Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Shieldaig, Ross-shire, d. 17/08/1909 at Inverness, testate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/51

Sources
Gravestones; Fpchurch; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 25th January, 1894

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MACDONALD, DONALD

 
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Born in Skye, 1840. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kilbrandon and Kilchattan, 1877. Married, 1887, Margaret Isabella MacKirdy.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilbrandon and Kilchattan, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.293, where a short biography is given). He died in 1908.

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MACDONALD, DONALD ALEXANDER

 
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Born in the island of Iona, 1847. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Fort Augustus, 1878. Translated, 1888, to Kilmuir, etc. (Skye). Married, 1898, Frances C. J. Ingram.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire; and Kilmuir and Staffin, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.490, where a short biography is given).

Family
Ingram Tree.

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MACDONALD, DONALD CAMPBELL, M.A.

 
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Born at Glenurquhart, 1834. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kilmuir-Easter, 1863. Married, 1867, Ann MacKenzie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilmuir-Easter, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.484). He died in 1903.

Publication – about him
Allan, Ian M., West the Glen: a history of the Free Church just west of the Great Glen, Chapter 8, c.1997

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MACDONALD, DONALD MARTIN, M.A.

 
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Born at Uig, Lewis, 1859. Studied at the Universities, St. Andrews and Edinburgh, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1893, at Cross, Lewis.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cross or Ness, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.496, where a short biography is given).

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MACDONALD, GEORGE

 
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Born in parish of Halkirk, 1832. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at St. Columba’s, Aberdeen, 1864. Married, the same year, Elizabeth Helen Elder; and, 1869, Catherine R. MacKenzie.

Supplementary Information
See FUFC, 418 for the congregation of St Columba’s, Aberdeen.

Background
He was baptized on 3rd November, 1831, in Halkirk, Caithness, the son of Neil MacDonald, farmer, Forsie, and Ann Bruce. His grand-father was George MacDonald, one of the “Men” of Caithness; and Alexander MacDonald of Plockton, was his uncle. For some family connections, see the Kennedy Tree.

Education
He attended a local school; and then the Normal School in Edinburgh. He studied in Edinburgh University and enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1860-64. While a student he taught in the Gaelic ladies’ schools in the Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, and Melvich, Sutherland.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Elizabeth Helen Elder on 26th October, 1864 in St Giles, Edinburgh. She was born on 20th July, 1843, in Walls, Shetland, the daughter of John Elder, minister, and Julia Richardson.

(2) Catherine Russell Mackenzie on 23rd March, 1869, at 24 Rosemount Place, Aberdeen. She was born about 1842 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, the daughter of Hugh Mackenzie, minister, and Anne Fraser. See under Hugh Mackenzie for further ministerial connections.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, on 8th June, 1864. He was ordained in St. Columba’s, Spring Gardens, Aberdeen, on 5th August, 1864. In May 1881 he was given three months’ leave of absence on health grounds. In 1882 the congregation move their premises to Dee Street – which stimulated a bit of discussion in the Presbytery.

Death
He died on 4th March, 1898, at 10 Albury Road, Aberdeen. He was buried in Allenvale Cemetery there, his grave being marked by an elegant Iona cross. His first wife died on 20th August, 1865, at 36 Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen – a fortnight after giving birth to twins. One source has his second wife dying in South Australia in 1922, but I could see no clear evidence of that. Catherine Russell Mackenzie or MacDonald died on 10th October, 1934, in Logie, Stirling, aged 93 (1934 485/B 31 Logie (Stirling)).

Family
He had issue including, by his first wife:

(1) Alexander Neil MacDonald – a twin – born on 5th August, 1865, at 36 Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen. He was a solicitor in Aberdeen. He died in 1930 in Thurso, Caithness.

(2) John George MacDonald – a twin – born on 5th August, 1865, at 36 Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen. He was secretary in Ireland for the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company. He died in Dublin, Ireland, on 1st August, 1894.

And by his second wife:

(3) Ann MacDonald born about 1870 in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She and her sister Elizabeth Helen were Principals of St Helen’s School for Girls, in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. She registered her mother’s death.

(4) Elizabeth Helen Elder MacDonald born in 1871 in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She died in 1950 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(5) Charlotte Balfour MacDonald born in 1873 in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She was a teacher in Edinburgh. She died in 1948 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

(6) Catherine Frances Mary MacDonald born on 22nd March, 1876, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She graduated M.A. from Aberdeen University in 1900. She became the English and Classical mistress in Crieff Academy, Perthshire; and Science mistress, in County School, Llangollen, Wales; and Classical Mistress in Madras College, St Andrews, Fife.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 29/4/1898, 10 Albury Road, Aberdeen, minister, St Columba Free Church there, d. 04/03/1898 at Aberdeen, intestate, spouse of Mrs Catherine Russell Mackenzie or MacDonald, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/133

Sources
Archive; The Aberdeen Journal, 9th August, 1865; 4th March, 1868; 31st March, 1869; Glasgow Herald, 24th August, 1865; The Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 6th May, 1881; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 6th September, 1882

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MACDONALD, GEORGE GRANT

 
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Born in Strathspey, 1844. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, English Presbyterian College, London, and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Ordiquhill, Banffshire, 1874. Married, the same year, Mary Ann Scott.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ordiquhill and Ord, Banffshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.457). He died in 1922.

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MACDONALD, JAMES

 
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Born at Dingwall, 1806. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Glass, Aberdeenshire, 1843. Died, 1876.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd and baptized on 7th October, 1806, in Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, the son of James MacDonald and Janet Falconer.

Education
He was educated locally. He entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1829.

Marriage
He married Isabella Davidson on 30th April, 1846, in Glass, Aberdeenshire. She was born about 1805 in Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty, the daughter of John Davidson, school-master, and his wife Janet Ray or Kay.

Ministry
He was licensed in 1840. “James McDonald, Fortrose” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained in Glass, Aberdeenshire, in August, 1843.

Death
He died on 7th September, 1876, in Glass, Aberdeenshire. His wife died there on 8th March, 1861.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) James Falconer MacDonald born on 3rd and baptized on 28th February, 1847, in Glass, Aberdeenshire. He graduated M.A. from Aberdeen University in 1869. He was a teacher. He died on 9th November, 1882, in Ayr.

(2) John Davidson MacDonald born on 28th April and baptized on 5th June, 1848, in Glass, Aberdeenshire. He graduated from Aberdeen University: M.A. in 1869; M.B., C.M. in 1872; M.D. in 1876. He worked in Assam, 1873-75. He died on 11th September, 1876, at Carlin How, Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England.

(3) Janet Ray MacDonald born on 10th September and baptized on 7th October, 1849, in Glass, Aberdeenshire. She married George Rose, a Free Church minister. She died in 1912 in St Machar, Aberdeen.

(4) Jane MacDonald born on 4th November, 1851, in Glass, Aberdeenshire.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth endowment and Sunday trains, 16th May, 1845, NRS GD112/51/194

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James MacDonald
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 14/11/1876, minister of the Free Church in the parish of Glass, d. 07/09/1876 at Free Church Manse, Glass, testate, deponed by Miss Christina Macdonald, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/79; 20/11/1876, Will, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC1/37/78
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacDonald alias Davidson, Isabella, Mrs, 30/1/1862, wife of Rev. James MacDonald, Minister of the Free Church at Glass, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/50

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MACDONALD, JAMES

 
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Born in Perthshire, 1826. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Aberuthven, Perthshire, 1853. Married, 1864, Margaret Wyllie. Was for several years clerk of the Auchterarder Presbytery. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
His place of birth is stated in the censuses as Logiealmond, or Moneydie. He was born (or baptised) on 2nd April, 1825, in Moneydie, Perthshire, the son of James MacDonald, farmer, and Isabella Burden.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1845-50.

Marriage
He married Margaret Wyllie on 20th October, 1864, at the bride’s home, 13 Royal Circus, Edinburgh (Registration: 1864 685/2 320 St Andrew (Edinburgh)). She was born about 1835 in London, England, the daughter of William Wyllie and Mary Maria Rogers (?).

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Aberuthven, Perthshire.

Death
He died on 6th May, 1891, in Auchterarder, Perthshire. His wife died there – in the Aberuthven Free Church Manse – on 28th March, 1883.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 6/7/1891, F.C. Minister, Aberuthven, Perthshire, d. 06/05/1891 at Aberuthven, intestate, Perth Sheriff Court, NRS SC49/31/144

Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal , 7th April, 1883

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MACDONALD, JAMES

 
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Born at Morven, Argyllshire, 1847. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1875, missionary to South Africa, where he was stationed at Lovedale, and subsequently at Blythswood and at Idutzwa [Idutywa]. Married, 1878, Mary Cameron. Returned to this country, 1887, and was settled at Reay, Caithness.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Reay, Caithness. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.508, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1908. Thereafter he served in Cromdale from 1916 (FUFC, p.460). He resigned on health grounds in 1917 and died the following year.

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MACDONALD, JAMES, B.D.

 
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Born at Stratherrick, 1866. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dornoch, 1892.

Supplementary Information

James Boyd MacDonald

Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dornoch, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.500). Thereafter he served in Langholm South from 1908 (FUFC, p.84) and in Caldercruix from 1925 (FUFC, p.37, where a short biography is given).

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MACDONALD, JAMES STEWART

 
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Born at Kirkmichael, Banffshire, 1842. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Ochiltree, 1872. Married, the following year, Janet Thomson; and, 1884, Alice Warrick. Translated to South Leith, 1881. Died, 1898.

Supplementary Information
James Stuart MacDonald according to some records.

Background
He was born about 1844 in Kirkmichael, Banffshire, the son of James MacDonald, farmer, and Jane Stuart.

Education
He attended school at Tomintoul, Banffshire, and then studied at Aberdeen Grammar School. He entered Edinburgh University in 1862 and he enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, in 1866, according to his obituary and 1871-75 according to the New College online records. As a student he served as assistant to John Thomson of St Ninian’s, Leith.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Janet Thomson on 25th March, 1873, at the bride’s home, 2 Dunbar Terrace, Dumfries (Registration: 1873 821/ 74 Dumfries). She was born (or baptised) on 25th June, 1851, in Dumfries, the daughter of George Thomson, clothier, and Sarah Thomson.

(2) Alice Warrick in 1884 in Leith, Edinburgh. She was born on 30th January, 1859, in Leith, Edinburgh, the daughter of William Warrick, wine and spirit merchant, and Elizabeth Muirhead.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1870. He then was appointed to a mission station at Lassodie, Beath, Fife, and served as assistant to James Julius Wood of Dumfries before being ordained in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, in 1872. He was inducted into South, Leith, Edinburgh, on 28th April, 1881, as colleague and successor to David Thorburn, who died in 1893.

Death
He died on 26th September, 1898, at his home, 13 Claremont Park, Leith, Edinburgh, after a very short illness. Janet Thomson or MacDonald died in 1881 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire. Alice Warrick or MacDonald died in 1940 in Lismore, Argyll, 1940.

Family
He had issue including, by his first wife:

(1) James Stuart MacDonald born on 14th February, 1874, in Ochiltree, Ayrshire. He died in 1933 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(2) George Thomson MacDonald born in 1875 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire. He died in 1942 in Leith, Edinburgh.

(3) Alexander Robert MacDonald born in 1877 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire. He married Elizabeth Marshall Jamieson on 29th July, 1907, in Newington, Edinburgh. He was a solicitor. He died in 1932 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(4) Sara Jane MacDonald born in 1879 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire.

And by his second wife:

(5) Stuart MacDonald born in 1885 in Leith, Edinburgh.

(6) Percy Stuart MacDonald born in 1890 in Leith, Edinburgh. He married Mary Galloway in 1927 in Ferry Port on Craig, Fife. There was a solicitor of this name, from Dundee, who was elected to the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland in 1942. As this man certainly died in Dundee in 1945, we should probably take him to be this solicitor.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 27/12/1898, Minister, South Leith Free Church, residing at 13 Claremont Park, Leith, d. 26/09/1898 at Leith, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/375; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/309

Sources
The Free Church of Scotland Monthly, 1st December, 1898, Obituary; The London Gazette, 15th June, 1915; Issue: 29193; p.5752; The London Gazette, 1st January, 1941; Issue: 35029; Supplement; p. 6; The Glasgow Herald, 2nd December, 1942; Gritquoy; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 28th September, 1898

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MACDONALD, JOHN, D.D.

 
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Born at Reay, 1779. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained, 1806, at Berriedale. Married, the same year, Georgina Ross; and, 1818, Janet MacKenzie. Translated, 1807, to what was then the Gaelic Chapel of Edinburgh; and, 1813, to Ferintosh (Urquhart). Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Dr. Macdonald’s evangelistic labours were richly blessed. During his lifetime there were great spiritual movements at Muthill, Urquhart, Lochtayside, Glenlyon, Kilsyth, and Dundee; in all these he took deep interest, and rendered notable service. At the Disruption he preached the first sermon in Tanfield Hall. When the Free Church Assembly met in Inverness in 1845 he was associated as Gaelic Moderator with Dr. M’Farlan of Greenock. Died, 1849.

Publication.—Posthumous.—The “Apostle of the North”: the Life and Labours of the Rev. Dr. Macdonald. By the Rev. J. Kennedy, Dingwall.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1806, Berriedale, FES, Vol.7, p.112; 1807, Gaelic, Edinburgh, FES, Vol.1, p.31; 1813, Urquhart, FES, Vol.7, p.47. In the Free Church, he served in Urquhart (Ferintosh), Ross and Cromarty.

Family
He was a distant relative of John MacDonald, Helmsdale. See also the Bayne Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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MACDONALD, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.222
Born in the parish of Farr, 1800. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Signed the Probationers’ Resolutions of Adherence to the Free Church. He laboured as missionary at Helmsdale, Sutherlandshire, for two years. Ordained there, 1843. Died, 1854.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 24th July, 1800, in Achremisdale, Clyne, Sutherland, the son of John MacDonald, ground officer to the Duchess of Sutherland. He was a distant relative of John MacDonald, Ferintosh.

Education
He attended the local parish school. He worked for a time with his brother as a shop keeper. In 1818 he lost his right eye in a sporting accident. It was not till November, 1821, that he matriculated in Aberdeen University. He graduated M.A. in 1826 and took his divinity studies there, completing them in 1831. During his studies and thereafter for a time he was a school-master, especially in Farr, Sutherland.

Ministry
He signed the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church – “John MacDonald, Helmsdale, Golspie”. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Tongue on 26th November, 1833. He turned down the opportunity of ministry in Canada, and in Achreny, Sutherland, but in 1837 became the preacher in Helmsdale, Sutherland. He was ordained there after the Disruption on 13th July, 1843.

Death
He suffered from a growth in his nostril and sought medical help locally, in Edinburgh, in London, England, and in Glasgow, but no operation was possible. He died at 3 Brighton Place, Glasgow, on 24th November, 1854, and was buried in Helmsdale on 1st December.

Family
He never married.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 11th June, 1846, NRS GD112/51/220

Publications – about him
Mackay, John, Memoir of the late Rev. John Macdonald, A.M., minister of the Free Church at Helmsdale: with a selection from his correspondence, sermons and remains. Edinburgh, Johnstone and Hunter, 1856
The establishment principle in the Highlands, from Dr. McIntosh and the Rev. John Macdonald of Helmsdale, Edinburgh, between 1870 and 1879?

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MACDONALD, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.222
Born, 1807. Son of Dr. Macdonald, Ferintosh. Entered King’s College, Aberdeen, when only in his fourteenth year, and began his theological studies when eighteen years of age. Ordained at Chadwell Street, Pentonville, London, 1831. In 1837, during Dr. Duff’s first home visit, Mr. Macdonald accepted the appointment of the Foreign Mission Committee to India, where he was settled at Calcutta. Married, the same year, Ann MacKenzie. Died, 1847.

Publications.—Statement of Reasons for Accepting a Call to go to India as a Missionary. Pastor’s Memorial. Divine Grace as perverted by Romanism. Posthumous.—Memoir of John Macdonald. By Rev. Dr. Tweedie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1831, Chadwell Street, London, FES, Vol.7, p.495; 1837, Missionary, FES, Vol.7, p.698

Family
Bayne Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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MACDONALD, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.222
Born at Dingwall, 1808. He signed the Probationers’ Resolutions of Adherence to the Free Church, 1843. Ordained, 1843, at Fearn. Married, 1850, Martha R. MacLeod. Died, 1880.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 26th June, 1808, in Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Alexander MacDonald and Mary Henderson.

He is probably the John MacDonald who was a school-master in Dunnet, Caithness, in 1841. We think this because this John MacDonald had a sister Barbara; and there is a Barbara MacDonald of the right age with him in Dunnet; moreover, one of the John MacDonalds who signed the Probationers’ Resolutions designates himself as from Dunnet, Thurso. The teacher in Dunnet was a licentiate of the Church of Scotland and had been educated at the Edinburgh University, and King’s College, Old Aberdeen, and had taken up his post in July, 1833.

Education
He matriculated at King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1827 and graduated M.A. in March, 1831.

Marriage
He married Martha Ross Mcleod on 19th June, 1850, the marriage being recorded both in Fearn and in Tain, Ross and Cromarty. She was born on 13th and baptized on 29th February, 1824, in Tain, Ross and Cromarty, the daughter of John Mcleod, draper, and Catharine Munro.

Ministry
There were four John MacDonalds on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church – from Dunoon; Aberdeen; Dunnet, Thurso; and Helmsdale, Golspie. In the Free Church, he served in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty.

Death
He died on 2nd August, 1880, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty. His widow thereafter lived at 29 Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh, and died there on 20th March, 1898.

A memorial erected in Fearn Abbey Graveyard reads:

“John & Martha Macdonald & Family.

Erected by/the Free Church Congregation/of Fearn/in loving rembrance of/their first pastor/the Rev. JOHN MACDONALD M.A./who entered into his eternal rest/on 2nd August 1880/after a ministry of nearly 37 years/and in the 73rd year of his age.

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God./A good name is better than precious ointment: and the day of/death than the day of one’s birth.

[LHS]

He manifested during his whole/ministry a true and earnest/devotion to the cause of Christ/unremitting zeal in proclaiming/the gospel of grace and unswerving/attachment to the principles/of the Free Church/In humbly and self-denial/in forbearance towards all men/in sympathy with the distressed/in ardent love to souls/andspecially in overflowing tenderness/to the young, he is a living/epistle of Christ.

Beloved and revered as father/pastor and friend, his hallowed memory will long be cherished.

[RHS]

Also/in loving memory of/

JOHN GEORGE MACDONALD/medical student/died 28th October 1889/aged 20 years/and of his mother/

MARTHA ROSS MACDONALD/the beloved wife of the/Rev. JOHN MACDONALD/died 20th March 1898/aged 74 years both interred in Edinburgh.

[Rear]

MARY HENDERSON McDONALD/born 8th March 1854/died 18th July 1855/

GEORGE McLEOD McDONALD/born 18th May 1861/died 8th December 1865.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Catharine Munro MacDonald born on 6th July and baptized on 5th August, 1851, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty. She died in 1906 in “Sy Hills”, Victoria.

(2) Alexander MacDonald born on 18th January and baptized on 9th March, 1853, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty.

(3) Mary Henderson MacDonald born on 8th March, 1854, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty. She died on 18th July, 1855.

(4) Margaret Mcleod MacDonald born on 17th June, 1856, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty. She married Archibald Reid a Free Church minister.

(5) Mary Henderson MacDonald born on 5th July, 1859, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty.

(6) Georgina Mcleod MacDonald born on 18th May, 1861, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty. She died there on 8th December, 1865. [Notice that the graveyard inscription given above is not accurate.]

(7) Thomasina Mcleod MacDonald born on 11th October, 1863, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty. She died in 1942 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

(8) John George MacDonald born on 13th June, 1869, in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty. He died on 28th October, 1889, in Newington, Edinburgh. He was a medical student.

Publications – by him
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 819. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth grant, 2nd May, 1845, NRS GD112/51/189

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John MacDonald
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 1/2/1881, Free Church Minister, Fearn, County of Ross, d. 02/08/1880 at Fearn aforesaid, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/12
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Macdonald or M’Leod, Martha Ross 16/3/1899, widow of Rev. John Macdonald, F.C. Minister of Fearn, residing at 29 Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh, d. 20/03/1898 at Edinburgh, intestate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/377

Source
Gravestones

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MACDONALD, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.222
Born at Buckie, 1816. Studied at the University and Divinity Hall, Aberdeen. Ordained at Blackburn, Aberdeenshire, 1843. Married, 1863, Mary Reid Sangster. Became senior minister, 1896. Died, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 26th and baptized on 29th January, 1816, in Rathven, Banffshire, the son of George MacDonald and Mary Ross, Buckie. Buckie was a village in the parish of Rathven.

Education
He attended Rathven parish school. He matriculated at King’s College, Aberdeen,in 1833 and graduated M.A. in 1837. He studied divinity in Aberdeen. During the latter part of his studies he had charge of the school connected with Union Church, Aberdeen.

Marriage
He married Mary Reid Sangster on 20th August, 1863, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She was baptized on 1st September, 1838, in Aberdeen, the daughter of Robert Sangster, butcher, and Mary Still.

Ministry
He was licensed in 1842. There were four John MacDonalds on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church – from Dunoon; Aberdeen; Dunnet, Thurso; and Helmsdale, Golspie. He may have been the one from Aberdeen. He was ordained in December, 1843, in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire. He was a leading figure in the Free Church Temperance Society. James A. Jaffray was ordained there as his colleague and successor on 22nd October, 1896.

Death
He retired to live with his family in Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, where he died on 1st June, 1899. His wife died in the 3rd quarter of 1916 in Brentford, London, England.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Robert MacDonald born in 1865 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire.

(2) George MacDonald born in 1866 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire. He died there that same year.

(3) Mary MacDonald born in 1868 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire.

(4) Janet Sangster MacDonald born in 1870 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire. In 1911 she was a clerk. She died in the 1st quarter of 1951 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

(5) Annie Sangster MacDonald born in 1872 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire. In 1911 she was a clerk. She died on 20th January, 1946, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John MacDonald, Blackburn

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MACDONALD, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.222
Born, 1818. Studied at the King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Clyne, Sutherlandshire, 1850. Married, the following year, Barbara Sinclair. Died, 1866.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 9th January and baptized on 11th February, 1818, in Inverness, the son of Donald MacDonald, farmer, and Marjory Murdoch.

Education
He was perhaps the John MacDonald from Inverness who matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1824.

Marriage
He married Barbara Sinclair in 1851. There is a marriage registered in these names on 26th September, 1851, in Clyne, Sutherland, and another on 7th November, 1851, in Reay, Caithness. She was born (or baptised) on 19th February, 1830, in Reay, Caithness, the daughter of Donald Sinclair, merchant, and Jane Mackenzie. For some connections, see the Tulloch Falconer Tree.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Clyne, Sutherland.

Death
He died on or about 31st March, 1866, in Clyne, Sutherland. His wife died on 31st August, 1864, at the Free Church Manse, Clyne (Registration: 1864 045/ 28 Clyne).

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jane Sinclair Middlemas MacDonald born on 16th November, 1852, in Clyne, Sutherland. She died in 1907 in Inverness.

(2) Donald Sinclair MacDonald born on 14th June, 1854, in Clyne, Sutherland. He died in 1909 in Jura, Argyll.

(3) William Alexander MacDonald born on 24th March, 1856, in Clyne, Sutherland. He died there in 1859.

(4) John MacDonald born on 4th August, 1858, in Clyne, Sutherland. A John MacDonald married Helen Sutherland in 1888 in Clyne, Sutherland.

(5) William Alexander (or Alister) MacDonald born on 12th July, 1861, in Clyne, Sutherland. He married Lucy Winifred Cary in the 4th quarter of 1898 in Fulham, London, England. He became a well known artist and travelled widely. He died in Moorea, French Polynesia, in 1956.

(6) Barbaretus Sinclair MacDonald born on 18th August, 1864, in Clyne, Sutherland. He married Mary Marion Grace Galloway in 1895 in St Andrew, Edinburgh. He was an architect. He died on 15th January, 1936, in Thurso, Caithness.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 14/3/1867, Minister of Free Church of Clyne, Sutherland, died in Brora on or about 31/03/1866, Dornoch Sheriff Court, NRS SC9/36/5; 1/4/1867, Dornoch Sheriff Court, NRS SC9/36/5

Sources
Rootsweb; Guidedartwalks; Vialibri; Scottisharchitects

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MACDONALD, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.222
Born at Kiltarlity, 1845. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Dundas, Prince Edward’s Island, 1880. Translated to Cowbay, Cape Breton, 1882. Resigned, 1884, and returned to Scotland. After supplying for some months in Lewis he was settled at Kinloch, 1885. Married, 1887, Ann Campbell. Died, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born at Knockchollie, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire in September, 1845, the son of William MacDonald and Margaret Mackenzie.

Education
He attended Inverness High School and entered Glasgow University in 1870 and afterwards studied in the Free Church College there.

Marriage
He married Annie Campbell in 1887 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She was born about 1852 in Durness, Sutherland, the daughter of Murdoch Campbell and Mary Grant..

Ministry
He was licensed in Canada in 1879 and was ordained in Dundas, Prince Edward Island, Canada, in February, 1880. From 1882 till his return to Scotland he served in Cowbay, Cape Breton, Canada. He was inducted in Kinloch, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, on 11th November, 1885.

Death
He died on 14th February, 1896, in Kinloch, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, and was buried in the Laxay graveyard there.

Family
There is no clear evidence that they had issue.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John MacDonald, Kinloch
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 16/10/1896, F.C. Minister, Kinloch, Parish of Lochs, Island of Lewis, County of Ross and Cromarty, d. 14/02/1896 at Kinloch aforesaid, intestate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/19

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MACDONALD, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Applecross, 1860. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Acharacle, Ardnamurchan, 1891. Married, 1894, Jane MacGregor. Translated, 1895, to Raasay.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Applecross, Ross and Cromarty, the son of John MacDonald, seaman, and Mary MacDonald.

Marriage
He married Jane MacGregor on 11th September, 1891, in Perth. She was born on 20th October, 1871, in Fortingall, Perthshire, the daughter of Archibald MacGregor, farmer, and Jane McDiarmid.

Ministry
A John MacDonald was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Lochcarron on 6th October, 1891. He was ordained in Acharacle, Argyll. He was translated to Raasay, Inverness-shire, in 1895, though he had also received a call to Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire. He remained in the Free Church at the Union of 1900. He was inducted in Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty, on 30th April, 1908.

Death
He died on 22nd April, 1947, in Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty. His wife died there on 13th July, 1939.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John Norman MacDonald born on 20th June, 1895, in Raasay, Inverness-shire. He died in 1984 in Camden, London, England.

(2) Archibald MacDonald born in Raasay, Inverness-shire, in 1897. He died on 14th October, 1911, in Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty.

(3) Alexander (Alastair) Roderick MacDonald born in 1899 in Raasay. He died in 1940 in Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty.

(4) Mary Jeanie MacDonald born in 1902 in Raasay, Inverness-shire. She died on 2nd December, 1921, in Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty.

(5) Catherine MacDonald born in 1904 in Raasay, Inverness-shire.

(6) Susan Isabella MacDonald born on 5th September, 1906, in Raasay, Inverness-shire. She married Donald Mackay, a Free Church minister, on 31st July, 1935. She died in 1995 in the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty.

(7) Jeanie MacDonald born in 1909 in Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty.

Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 31st January, 1895

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MACDONALD, JOHN SOMERLED, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Kilmuir, Ross-shire. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Stornoway, English, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in English, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.497). Thereafter he served in Nairn High from 1901 (FUFC, p.471); in Wemyss Bay from 1909 (FUFC, p.162); in Dalkeith St John’s and King’s Park (FUFC, p.55, where a short biography is given); and in Sefton Park, Liverpool from 1921.

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MACDONALD, KENNETH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Applecross, 1830. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Applecross, in the Presbytery of Lochcarron, 1859. Married, 1882, Margaret Steven M’Ewan.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 11th and baptized on 15th February, 1830, in Applecross, Ross and Cromarty, the son of John MacDonald, farmer, and Mary MacDonald. His brother Norman MacDonald was a Free Church minister.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1854-56.

Marriage
He married Margaret Steven McEwen in 1882 in Newington, Edinburgh. She was born on 15th November, 1860, in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, the daughter of John McEwen, minister of the Free Church there, and Mary Crawford.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Applecross, Ross and Cromarty.

Death
He retired and lived at 13 Braidburn Crescent, Edinburgh, where he died on 5th July, 1906. His wife died there in 1917.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Kenneth John MacDonald born in 1884 in Applecross, Ross and Cromarty.

Publications – by him
Fair play to the secession church, or a page of Highland church history, Edinburgh, Hunter, between 1890 and 1899
? The Declaratory Act and a Second Disruption, 1893, R. W. Hunter, Edinburgh
Social and Religious Life in the Highlands, 1902, R. W. Hunter, Edinburgh

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/1/1907, revd, Applecross, afterwards 13 Braidburn Crescent, Edinburgh, d. 05/07/1906 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/465; Eik granted, 23/02/, to the above Executors, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/383

Source
Glasgow Herald, 26th January, 1893

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MACDONALD, KENNETH SOMERLED, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Glenurquhart, 1832. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1862, missionary to India. [List of missionaries says he was appointed 1861.] Dr. Macdonald was stationed at Calcutta, first as a professor in Duff College, and, subsequent to 1881, as an evangelist to English-speaking Hindus and Mohammedans. Married, 1863, Jane Hannah; and, 1878, Margaret Pringle Manson.

Publications.—Dr. Macdonald edited two periodicals as well as several English classics for the use of schools, including Reid’s Inquiry into the Human Mind. Rome’s Relation to the Bible. The Vedic Religion. Papers on the Bible. What Jesus Said and Did: A Manual.

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 died in 1903.

Publication – about him
Allan, Ian M., West the Glen: a history of the Free Church just west of the Great Glen, Chapter 8, c.1997

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MACDONALD, LACHLAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born in Nova Scotia, 1815. Studied at the New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Melness, Sutherlandshire, 1855. Resigned, 1858, and, after labouring in different districts, returned to Nova Scotia.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Coll, Argyllshire, in 1810.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1858-62. However, he was living in Edinburgh in 1851, aged 36, a student of divinity. There is something unclear about this man’s studies and the date of his ordination.

Ministry
He was said to have been ordained in 1851. In the Free Church, he served in Melness and Eriboll, Sutherland.

In 1861 he was a lodger in Heynish Farm, Tyree and Coll, Argyllshire. He was born in Coll about 1815 and he was a Free Church minister.

Death
He was buried in Earltown Village Cemetery, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. The inscription on his gravestone gives further information about him – see here.

Lauchlan, Rev. McDONALD
1810-1868

Sacred to the Memory of
Rev. Lauchlan McDONALD
A Native of the Island of Coll, Scotland
Emigrated to Cape Breton in 1820
Self consecrated to the Lord’s service in youth.
He was ordained by the Free Church in 1851.
He was powerful, faithful, preserving and true.
He was inducted at Earltown in Nov. 1866.
Unceasing in his labours, beloved by Congregational Church
He was called to his rest and reward Apr. 1868
Aged 58 yrs.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 12/11/1869, Minister of the Free Church of Scotland in Earlstown in the County of Colchester Nova Scotia, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/145

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MACDONALD, MURDO, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Lochbroom, 1833. Studied at the Universities, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Ordained at Innellan, 1863. Translated to Nairn, 1864. In 1875 went to Melbourne; was minister of Toorak, Melbourne, 1875-83; appointed in 1883 Lecturer, and afterwards Professor, of Systematic Theology and Church History in Ormond College. Married, 1886, Winwood A. MacKenzie. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, 1889-90.

Publication.—The Covenanters in Moray and Ross.

Supplementary Information
Murdoch MacDonald

Background
He was born on 19th August, 1832, in Lochbroom, Ross and Cromarty, the son of John MacDonald and Margaret Maclean.

Education
He studied at both Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities; he received an honorary D.D. degree from Rutgers College, New Jersey, USA, in 1886; and from St Andrews University, Fife, in April, 1892.

Marriage
He married Winewood Anne Mackenzie on 19th November, 1866, in St George, Edinburgh. For some family connections, see the tree of John Mackay of Kirtomy.

Ministry
He was ordained in Innellan, Argyll, on 3rd September, 1863, and translated to Nairn in 1864, where he remained till 1875, before going to the Presbyterian Church of Victoria where he served in Toorak from 24th January, 1876, to 27th November, 1883. He became the first Professor of Systematic Theology and Church History in their Theological Hall on 24th March, 1884, until his death. He was Moderator of their Assembly 1889-90.

Death
He died on 25th January, 1906, in Melbourne, Victoria. His wife died on 8th December, 1913, at 4 Konyang Koot Road, Hawthorn, Victoria.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Parker MacDonald born on 27th September, 1867, in Nairn. She died in 1949 in Victoria.

(2) Isobel Janet MacDonald born on 3rd October, 1869, in Nairn. She died in 1959 in Victoria.

(3) Anna Mackenzie Kennedy MacDonald born on 31st January, 1871, in Nairn. She died in 1946 in Victoria.

(4) Alice Robertson MacDonald born on 20th September, 1873, in Nairn. She died in 1949 in Kew, Victoria.

(5) John George MacDonald born in 1875 in Nairn. He died in 1944 in Victoria.

(6) Harry Rainy MacDonald born in 1876 in Toorak, Victoria. He married Agnes Dixon on 19th March, 1912, in Ellimanta, Kooyong Koot, Hawthorn, Victoria. He died in 1936 in Broken Hill, New South Wales.

(7) Winewood Theodora MacDonald born in 1879 in Toorak, Victoria. She died there on 9th March, 1880.

(8) Aeneas Sage Duncan MacDonald in 1880 in Toorak, Victoria. He married Margaret Sugden in 1908 in Victoria. In 1935 he was a Presbyterian minister in Murrumbeena, Victoria. He died on 18th July, 1946, in Victoria.

Publication – by him
Covenanters in Moray and Ross, 1875, J.T. Melven, Nairn

Sources
Gazette; Glasgow Herald, 7th September, 1875; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 23rd February, 1892

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MACDONALD, MURDOCH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Barvas, Lewis, 1811. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. While a student, was missionary to railway labourers in the Presbytery of Dalkeith. Became inspector of Gaelic schools. Ordained, 1853, at Logie-Easter. Married, 1864, Margaret F. Ross. Became senior minister, 1890. Died, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 24th June, 1811, in Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Angus MacDonald, farmer, and Catherine MacDonald.

Education
He taught a school in the parish of Cross, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty. While a student he became inspector of the Gaelic Schools and this task he remained in for nine years.

Marriage
He married Margaret Fowler Ross on 29th January, 1864, at Brenachie, Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty (Registration: 1864 077/ 1 Logie Easter (Ross and Cromarty)). She was born on 26th February and baptized on 26th March, 1841, in Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty, the daughter of John Ross and Ann Russell.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Lewis. He was ordained in Logie-Easter, Ross and Cromarty, in October, 1853.

Death
He died on 9th June, 1892, in Tain, Ross and Cromarty. His wife died on 16th December, 1901, at 18 Tower Street, Tain, Ross and Cromarty. An inscription in Logie Easter graveyard, Ross and Cromarty, reads:

Murdoch & Margaret (Ross) Macdonald

In loving memory/of/the Reverend/MURDOCH MACDONALD/for thirty seven years/minister of the/Free Church Congregation/of logie Easter/who died on the 9th June 1892/aged 81 years.

His last text. REV. VII. 13.14.

and of his wife/MARGARET FOWLER ROSS/who died in Tain 16th Dec, 1901/aged 61.

[RHS]

also of/MARGARET FOWLER/ROSS MACDONALD/their eldest daughter/who died in Edinburgh/23rd July 1906/aged 41 years/

Blessed are the pure in heart/for they shall see God.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Fowler Ross MacDonald born in 1865 in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty. She died on 23rd July, 1906, in St Giles, Edinburgh.

(2) Catharine Ann MacDonald born in 1867 in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty. In 1901 she was living in Tain, Ross and Cromarty, and a person of this name died there in 1939, born around 1867.

(3) John Ross MacDonald born in 1869 in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty.

(4) Mary MacDonald born in 1870 in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty.

(5) Murdo MacDonald born in 1873 Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty.

(6) William Russell MacDonald born in 1874 in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty.

(7) Angus David MacDonald born in 1876 in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty.

Publications – by him
Correspondence between Murdoch MacDonald and James Gibson on the union negotiations between the Free Church of Scotland and United Presbyterian Church, reprinted from the Inverness courier, Nairn?, 1870
The Covenanters of Moray and Ross, Nairn, J.T. Melven, 1875

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Murdoch MacDonald
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacDonald or Ross, Margaret Fowler, 28/1/1902, 18 Tower Street, Tain, widow of Murdoch Macdonald, F.C. Parish of Logie, Tain, d. 16/12/1901 at Tain, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/22;
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacDonald, Margaret Fowler Ross, their daughter, 24/8/1906, 18 Tower Street, Tain, d. 23/07/1906 at Edinburgh, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/24

Source
Gravestones

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MACDONALD, NORMAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Applecross, 1832. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, Free Church College. Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Alvie, Invemess-shire, 1868. Married, 1872, Elizabeth Stewart.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Alvie and Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.459). He retired in 1907 and died in 1910.

Family
His brother Kenneth MacDonald, was a Free Church minister.

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MACDONALD, PETER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.223
Born at Stornoway, 1856. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Edinburgh, St. Columba’s, 1884. Married, 1885, Johanna Macdonald. Translated to Stornoway, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Peter MacFarlane MacDonald

Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. Columba’s, Edinburgh; and Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.497). Thereafter he served in Glasgow West from 1902 (FUFC, p.258); and in Highlanders Memorial, Glasgow (FUFC, p.226, where a short biography is given). He died in 1919.

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MACDONALD, PETER, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born at Coupar-Angus, 1861. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Armadale, 1888. Married, the same year, Helen Walker Chalmers. Translated to Holyrood, Edinburgh, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Armadale, West Lothian; and Holyrood, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.11, where a short biography is given). He died in 1906.

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MACDONALD, RANALD, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born in Inverness-shire. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Melness, Sutherlandshire, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Melness and Eriboll, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.503). Thereafter he served in Dingwall from 1904 (FUFC, p.480, where a short biography is given).

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MACDONALD, ROBERT, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born in Perth, 1813. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Supplied for a year at Logiealmond. Ordained, 1837, at Blairgowrie. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Associated with William Burns, Robert M’Cheyne, Andrew Bonar, and John Milne, Robert Macdonald was in the central district of Scotland “like a torch of fire in a sheaf.” He took his full share in the work and witness-bearing of Disruption times. To him the Free Church owed the conception and execution of the scheme for school building, as also a great part of the success of the scheme for the erection of New College, Edinburgh. Translated to North Leith, 1857. Became senior minister, 1879. In 1882 was Moderator of the General Assembly. Died, 1893.

Publications.—Lessons for the Present from the Records of the Past. A Commentary on Genesis. From Day to Day : A Volume of Daily Readings.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1837, Blairgowrie, FES, Vol.5, p.256. In the Free Church, he served in First, Blairgowrie, Perthshire; and North, Leith.

Publications
See separate document here.

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MACDONALD, ROBERT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born in the West Indies, 1825. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Blantyre, 1860. Married, 1868, Catherine Cameron. Died, 1881.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in 1825 in the Barbados, West Indies, the son of William MacDonald, an officer of the 93rd Highlanders, and Jessie McKay. He moved to Canada where, as a young man, he engaged in business.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1849. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1853-56.

Marriage
He married Catherine Cameron on 10th November 1868, at the bride’s home, 30 Portugal Street, Glasgow (Registration: 1868 644/10 267 Hutchesontown). She was born about 1843 in Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire, the daughter of Duncan Cameron, joiner journeyman, and Margaret Cameron.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow. In the Free Church, he served in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

Death
He died as a result of blood-poisoning on 20th October, 1881, while “at the coast” in Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Bute.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Madeleine Elizabeth Ure MacDonald born on 27th December, 1869, at the Free Church Manse, Blantyre, Lanarkshire. She married (i) John Moore in 1891 in Kelvin, Glasgow; and (ii) Tom Hamilton Miller in 1901 in Gorbals, Glasgow. She died in the 2nd quarter of 1921 in Hendon, Middlesex, England.

(2) William MacDonald born on 25th March, 1871, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

(3) Jessie Mckay MacDonald born on 25th July, 1872, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

(4) Robert Macdonald born on 21st July, 1874, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

(5) Margaret Cameron MacDonald born in 1875 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire. She died there in 1881 – of blood-poisoning.

(6) Duncan Grant McDonald born in 1877 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire. He was a seaman.

Publication – by him
Anniversary sermon, preached in Blantyre Free church, 3rd December, 1865, Glasgow, 1865

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Robert McDonald
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 7/4/1882, Free Church Minister, Blantyre, d. 20/10/1881 at Millport, intestate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/98

Source
Glasgow Herald, 28th December, 1869

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MACDONALD, RODERICK N., M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born, 1837. Ordained as missionary to Madras, 1876. Married, the same year, Rosa Traill. Translated, 1878, to Calcutta, from which he was removed, 1887. [List of missionaries says he was pensioned in 1886.]

Supplementary Information
Roderick Nicholson MacDonald

Background
He was born about 1837 in the Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Donald MacDonald, farmer, and Catherine Nicholson.

Education
There was a Roderick MacDonald who gained an M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1865 and there is someone of the same name who enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1862-66.

Marriage
He married Rosa Traill on 7th December, 1876, at 83 North Street, St Andrews, Fife (Registration: 1876 453/ 57 St Andrews and St Leonards). He was then of 35 Lutton Place, Edinburgh. She was born on 20th September, 1856, in Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney, the daughter of William Traill of Westness and Woodwick and Henrietta Moodie Heddle.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1866. He was ordained as a missionary to Madras, India, by the Free Presbytery of Inverness, on 28th November, 1876. They sailed for India on 11th December, 1876.

He was moved from Madras to Calcutta due to inefficiency; and he was removed from Calcutta by the General Assembly of 1887 because of inefficiency and an inability to get on well with his colleagues.

Death
His wife died on 21st April, 1882, in Lewisham, London, England.

Sources
The Free Church of Scotland Monthly Record, January 1, 1877, p.15; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 11th December, 1876; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 24th May, 1887, p.4; North Isles Family History

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MACDONALD, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born at Urray, 1836. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1886, at Ballachulish [Vol. 2 says 1866.]. Married, 1872, Margaret G. Mackay. Died, 1876.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 12th and baptized on 26th April, 1833, in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, the son of John MacDonald, farmer, and Ann Chisholm.

Education
He attended the parish school in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, and the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, where he took a distinguished place in Mathematics and Philosophy, and was a good Hebrew scholar.

Marriage
He married Margaret Donalda Gow Mackay on 8th August, 1872, at the Free Church Manse, Lybster, Caithness (Registration: 1872 038/ 24 Latheron). She was born on 13th and baptized on 21st February, 1847, the daughter of John Mackay, Free Church minister, and Williamina Sutherland. Her brother Patrick Robson Mackay was a Free Church minister.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dingwall in 1866. He was ordained in North, Ballachulish, Inverness-shire, on 19th November, 1867.

Death
He died on 13th May, 1876, in Edinburgh. Margaret Donalda Mackay or MacDonald died in 1927 in Tain, Ross and Cromarty.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John MacDonald born about 1873 in Ballachulish, Argyll. He was a medical practitioner in Huelva, Spain.

(2) William MacDonald born about 1874 in Edinburgh. He was a Doctor of Science and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William MacDonald
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 27/12/1876, Free Church Manse, Ballachulish, Parish of Kilmallie, County of Inverness, d. 13/05/1876 at Edinburgh, intestate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/17

Source
Hallidaysutherland.filesThe Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 16th May, 1876

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MACDONALD, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born in Stirlingshire, 1840. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1874, at Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Married, the following year, Marion Fulton.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Bellshill, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.177, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1906 and died in 1912.

Family
He had a son, Robert Gray MacDonald, who was a United Free Church minister: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.237.

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MACDONALD, WILLIAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born at Thurso, 1855. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Bourtreebush, 1887. Resigned, 1899, and became chaplain in Craigleith Poorhouse, Edinburgh. Married, 1900, Lillias Finlayson Sinclair.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 1st February, 1855, in Thurso, Caithness, the son of William MacDonald, merchant, and Margaret Gunn.

Education
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 24th January, 1878 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.228). He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1880-84.

Marriage
He married Lillias Finlayson Sinclair in 1900 in St George, Edinburgh. She was born on 6th September, 1859, in Old Machar, Aberdeen, the daughter of Colin Sinclair, Free Church minister, and Catherine Finlayson. She was the widow of John Falconer, a Free Church minister, whom she had married in 1888 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire. For some connections, see the Tulloch Falconer Tree.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Caithness on 1st July, 1884. He was ordained in Bourtreebush, Aberdeenshire, on 6th January, 1887. He presented his resignation on 1st August, 1899, and it was accepted on 5th September, 1899. Some parts of the work he found “oppressively difficult” – especially preaching. “He was deeply concerned at finding himself unable to give enough interest to the Sabbath services to secure more than a very irregular attendance on the part of a portion of the congregation … The burden of another winter’s work, along with the isolation, formed a prospect which the present state of his health seemed to forbid him to face.” On 20th September, he was presented with an inscribed watch as a parting gift from members of his congregation and friends in the district.

Death
He was still alive in 1911-12 when he appears in the Post Office Directory at 2 Barnton Terrace, Edinburgh. In fact, according to the Valuation Rolls, he was still proprietor and occupier of that property up to at least 1935. His wife died in 1933 in St Andrew, Edinburgh. He died on 27th March, 1940, at his home, 2 Barnton Terrace, Edinburgh (Registration: 86 1940 685/2 365 St Andrew (Edinburgh)).

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Sources
Myheritage; Glasgow Herald, 2nd August, 1899; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 22nd September, 1899

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MACDONALD, WILLIAM JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born in island of Lewis, 1854. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and Free Church Colleges, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Ordained at Killin, 1881. Translated to Kirkcaldy, 1887. Married, the same year, Alexis Macmillan.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Killin, Stirlingshire; St. Brycedale, Kirkcaldy, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.363, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1900 and died in 1902.

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M’DONALD, DAVID SANDEMAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.224
Born at Westhillhead, 1855. Studied at the University and Free Church College. Glasgow. Ordained at Skirling, 1883. Married, the following year, Isabella Gardner. Translated, 1887, to Barony Church, Glasgow.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Skirling, Peebles-shire; and Barony, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.208). Thereafter he served in Tarland from 1914 (FUFC, p.431, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1921 and died later that year.

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M’DONALD, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born, 1804. Son of Rev. Donald M’Donald, Urray. Ordained at Urray, 1830, as assistant and successor to his father. Married, 1840, Mary Kennedy. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1878. Died, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1830, Urray, FES, Vol.7, p.50. In the Free Church, he served in Urray, Ross and Cromarty.

Family
Kennedy Tree.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, July, 1840, Urray, Vol.14, Ross, p.399.
For his contributions to the Edinburgh Encyclopedia see Vol.1, p.xii

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 19/5/1882, Free Church Minister of Urray, County of Ross, d. 14/02/1882 at Dingwall, intestate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/13; Confirmation of Testament Dative, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/13
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.68

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MACDOUGALL, JOHN RICHARDSON, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born at Glasgow, 1831. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Brighton, 1855. Resigned, 1857, and, by appointment of the Colonial Committee, commenced work in Florence in the following year. Married, 1861, Jessie Catherine Jack. Dr. Macdougall did much by voice and pen to foster the progress of the Free Italian Church. Died, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 20th November, 1831, in Glasgow, the son of Alexander MacDougall, victualler, and Isabella Richardson.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1845, and studied at the Free Church College there and was licensed to preach when he was only 24.

Ministry
He was ordained an assistant in the Presbyterian Church in Brighton. He was inducted in Florence, Italy, in June, 1857, having been requested to go there by the Colonial Committee. He was mainly influential in founding the Claudian Press.

Death
He died in the Manse in Florence, Italy, on 12th January, 1900.

Publications – by him
Lettura sugli Atti degli Apostoli [Readings in the Acts of the Apostles], Thomas Finlayson, translated into Italian and edited by J. MacDougall, Firenze, 1875
The case of the Free Italian Church. Signor Borgia, the Waldensian Press and the Italian Presbytery, Florence, 1877
The Evangelical Church of Italy: letter, Florence, G. Barbèra, 1895

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John Richardson MacDougall
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 27/4/1900, D.D., Minister of the Gospel, formerly of Newton Villa, Bridge of Allan, thereafter at Chiesa Scozzese, Florence, d. 12/01/1900 at Chiesa Scozzesa aforesaid, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/389; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/321; Eik, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/393

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MACDOUGALL, PATRICK CAMPBELL, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.57
Born in 1806 at Killin, Perthshire, of which parish his father was minister. Studied at Edinburgh University, and thereafter became Classical Master in Edinburgh Academy. In 1844 was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy in the New College, Edinburgh, and in 1850, on the resignation of Professor John Wilson, was presented by the Town Council to the Chair of Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh University, but did not take his seat in the Senatus till after the abolition of Tests in 1853. Professor Macdougall was the first Convener of the Free Church Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund. He died in 1867.

Publications.—Papers, Literary and Philosophical. [Note in the list of Professors he is said to have continued till 1856]

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 28th November, 1806, in Killin, Perthshire, the son of Hugh MacDougall and Janet Campbell. For some ministerial connections, see the Thomson Tree.

Education
He attended Edinburgh High School: he was dux at the age of 15. He studied at Edinburgh University: he was first in humanity, Greek and logic. He also did his divinity studies there – but according to an obituary, he did not take licence.

Marriage
He married Helen Mary Thomson or Glass on 7th October, 1847, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. She was baptized on 14th April, 1808, in Dalziel, Lanarkshire, the daughter of William Aird Thomson and Margaret Frazer. She married Walter Glass on 12th October, 1841, in St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife.

Ministry
He was for a time tutor in Edinburgh Academy and then for over twenty years Professor in the Free Church College and Edinburgh University. He was appointed to the Free Church College in 1844.

Death
He died on 30th December, 1867 at his home, 9 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, and was buried in the Dean Cemetery there on 3rd January, 1868. His widow thereafter lived at 3 Forres Street, Edinburgh, and died there on 3rd April. 1878.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret C. MacDougall born about 1850 in Edinburgh.

Publications – by him
Papers on literary and philosophical subjects: including a selection from contributions to various periodicals, Edinburgh, Johnstone and Hunter, 1852
Testimonials submitted to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, magistrates, and town council of Edinburgh in favour of Patrick C. MacDougall as a candidate for the chair of moral philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1852
Inauguration of the New College of the Free Church, Edinburgh, November MDCCCL, Moral Philosophy, p.189

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 15/2/1868, Professor of Moral Philosophy at University of Edinburgh, residing in Buckingham Terrace in Edinburgh, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/137; T & D, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/113
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacDougall or Thomson, Helen Mary, 14/5/1878, 3 Forres Street, Edinburgh, widow of Patrick Campbell MacDougall, Professor of Moral Philosophy, formerly in the New College, Edinburgh, latterly in the University of Edinburgh, d. 03/04/1878 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/188; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/173; 26/7/1878, First Eik, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/189
Patrick MacDougall in Some nineteenth century Scotsmen, being personal recollections, William Knight, p.70, Edinburgh, London, Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier, 1903
Catalogue of a large portion of the general and medical library of … John Brown …; a portion of the library of … Professor Macdougall; and several smaller libraries: to be sold by auction by Mr. Dowell, Edinburgh, 1883

Sources
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 4th January, 1868, p.2; The Morning Post, London, England, 1st January, 1868, p.4

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M’DOUGALL, ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born at Tarbert, Lochfyne, 1801. Studied at the Universities, Glasgow and Edinburgh. He signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. Ordained, the same year, at Argyll Gaelic Church, Glasgow [Glasgow – Tradeston]. Married, 1844, Jane Ferguson; and, 1848, Elizabeth Steele. Retired, 1873. Died, 1883.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 8th July, 1802, in Kilcalmonell, Argyll, the son of John McDougall, fisherman, and Jean MacFarlane.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1828. He also studied at Edinburgh University.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Jane Fergu(s)son on 27th November, 1844, at West Regent Street, Glasgow. She was the daughter of Walter Fergusson, Esq, secretary, Gas Office. She was born about 1813.

(2) Elizabeth Steel on 21st November, 1848, in Barony, Glasgow. She was born on 2nd November, 1808, in Glasgow, the daughter of Thomas Steel, manufacturer, and Margaret Robertson.

Ministry
He was licensed in 1839 and was governor of the Edinburgh Orphan Hospital 1839-43. “Archibald McDougall, Glasgow” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Tradeston, Glasgow. On 5th November, 1845, he was called to Kenmore, Perthshire, but he remained in Glasgow.

Death
He died on 28th March, 1883, at Kyles Bank, Tighnabruaich, Argyll (Registration: 1883 518/ 11 Kilfinan). His first wife died on 30th April, 1846, 11 days after giving birth, in Glasgow. Elizabeth Steel or MacDougall died of brain disease on 25th December, 1864, at their home, 5 Holland Place, Glasgow (Registration: 1864 644/6 593 Blythswood).

Family
He had issue including by his first wife:

(1) Jane Ferguson MacDougall born on 23rd March and baptized on 19th April, 1846, in Gorbals, Glasgow. She married Frederick H. McNeal in 1867 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She died in the 3rd quarter of 1923 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

And by his second wife:

(2) Margaret Robertson MacDougall born on 8th and baptized on 30th December, 1849, in Barony, Glasgow. She married John Steel, London, on 2nd March, 1876, at 8 Belmont Crescent, Glasgow.

Publication – by him
The Family Text Book, consisting of Bible subjects for every day in the year, alphabetically arranged, Glasgow, D. Bryce & Son, 1880

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Archibald MacDougall
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 16/7/1883, sometime Minister, Argyll Free Church, Glasgow, thereafter residing at Kyles Bank, Tighnabruaich, d. 28/03/1883 at Tighnabruaich, testate, Dunoon Sheriff Court, NRS SC51/32/30; 26/5/1885, Additional Inventory, Dunoon Sheriff Court, NRS SC51/32/32
Inventories, Wills, etc.: McDougall or Ferguson, Jane, 27/1/1847, spouse of Archibald McDougall, minister of Kirkfield Chapel, residing in Cumberland Street, Laurieston ,Mrs, I, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/32
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, [Compares Peel to Achitophel], 12 April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/173; Against bill for legalising marriage of a man with his deceased wife’s sister, 15th July, 1850, NRS GD112/51/222

Sources
Dundee Courier, 3rd December, 1844; The Morning Post, London, England, 7th March, 1876, p.8; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 26th December, 1879, p.3

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M’DOUGALL, GEORGE PEAT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born at Duns, 1852. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Auchtergaven, 1884. Married, the following year, Elizabeth Millar.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Auchtergaven, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.328, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1908 and died in 1916.

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M’DOUGALL, HUGH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born at Gargunnock, 1807. Ordained at Glasgow, Milton, 1845. Married, 1847, Leonora Hogg or Lawrie. Died, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 11th and baptized on 12th June, 1808, in Glasgow, the son of John McDougall, sawyer, and Catherine Dewar. He was the brother of John McDougall, a Free Church minister. He taught in Crieff before entering the ministry.

Marriage
He married Eleanora Hog on 23rd February, 1847, in Barony, Glasgow. She was born about 1795 in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Thomas Forbes Hog, Esq, and Deborah Farrange. She was the widow of James Laurie, parish minister in Gargunnock, Stirlingshire (see FES, Vol.4, p.309).

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Milton, Glasgow.

Death
He died of old age on 24th December, at 19 West Princes Street, Glasgow (Registration: 1884 644/9 1271 Kelvin). His wife died there on 18th April, 1866 (Registration: 1866 644/7 320 Milton).

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against marriage affinity bill, 19th July, 1850, NRS GD112/51/222

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 30/1/1885, Minister, Milton Free Church, Glasgow, residing in West Princes Street there, d. 24/12/1884 at Glasgow, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/108; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/89

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M’DOUGALL, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born, 1804. Brother of foregoing. Signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. Ordained at Chapelshade, Dundee, 1844. Married, 1845, Margaret Wright. Resigned, 1865.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 19th May and baptized on 26th May, 1805, in Glasgow, the son of John McDougall, sawyer, and Catherine Dewar. He was the brother of Hugh MacDougall, a Free Church minister.

Marriage
He married Margaret Wright in November, 1845, the marriage being recorded in Dundee and in Crieff, Perthshire. She was baptized on 7th May, 1809, in Crieff, Perthshire, the daughter of Thomas Wright and Grizel Thorburn.

Ministry
“John McDougall, Edinburgh,” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained in Chapelshade, Dundee, on 11th October, 1844.

Other
He bought an estate with an inheritance of his wife’s and erected Orchil Castle on it and they lived there till their deaths.

Death
He died of prostatitis on 20th October, 1888, at 51 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh (Registration: 1888 685/2 658 St Andrew (Edinburgh)). He was then said to be a landed proprietor as well as a Free Church minister. Margaret Wright MacDougall died on 6th September, 1887, at Southport, Lancashire, England, aged 78. There is a monument to them in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Grace Thorburn MacDougall born on 23rd April and baptized on 21st May, 1848, in Dundee. She died in 1936.

(2) John William MacDougall born on 20th July and baptized on 19th August, 1849, in Dundee. He served in the British Army and later emigrated to Canada. He married (i) Emma Jane Harris on 5th July, 1887, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; (ii) Margaret Ann Benner on 25th January, 1911, in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. He died there on 15th April, 1911.

(3) Thomas Hugh MacDougall born on 7th April and baptized on 4th May, 1851, in Dundee. He married Jessie Deane on 14th September, 1876, in Ruislip, London, England. He graduated M.A. from Oxford University, England. At the time of his marriage, he was a “Clerk in the Holy Orders”. He registered his father’s death, when he was of “South Cave Vicarage, Yorkshire.” He died on 12th February, 1924, in Mellington, London Road, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/12/1888, Rev., of Orchill, Perthshire, sometime residing at 51 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, d. 20/10/1888 at Edinburgh, testate, Dunblane Sheriff Court, NRS SC44/44/33; 28/12/1889, Additional Inventory, Dunblane Sheriff Court, NRS SC44/44/34
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacDougall or Wright, Margaret, 13/1/1888, of Orchill, Braco, Perthshire, wife of Rev. John McDougall, of Orchill, d. 06/09/1887 at Southport, Lancashire, testate, Dunblane Sheriff Court, NRS SC44/44/33

Sources
Holiday-cottage; Gravestonephotos; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 24th March, 1865

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M’DOUGALL, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born at Cladach Knockline, North Uist, 1851. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Lochs, Lewis, 1885. Married, 1894, Mary Macdonald.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lochs, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.496). Thereafter he served in Snizort from 1901 (FUFC, p.491, where a short biography is given).

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M’DOUGALL, JOHN WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born at Glenurquhart, 1845. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Shiskine, Arran, 1886. Married, 1895, Jane Howie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Shiskine, Isle of Arran, Bute. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.288). Thereafter he served in Farr from 1911 (FUFC, p. 503). A Colleague and Successor was appointed in 1913 and he died in 1914.

Publication – about him
Allan, Ian M., West the Glen: a history of the Free Church just west of the Great Glen, Chapter 8, c.1997

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M’DOUGALL, WILLIAM C.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born, 1841. Studied in United States of America. Ordained at Plato, Indiana, 1871. He came to Scotland in 1878, and was admitted to the Free Church by the Assembly of 1879. Settled at Coatbridge, West, 1883. On the 19th October, 1899, the Free Presbytery of Hamilton loosed Mr. M’Dougall from his charge and declared it vacant. This action was approved by the Assembly in 1900.
Supplementary Information
William Currie McDougall

Background
He was born on 9th January, 1840, in Glasgow, the son of Alexander McDougall, horn spoon maker, and Agnes Currie. In his court case, mentioned below, he speaks of his cell iron bedstead being “something similar to what he had in his miners’ home at Saltcoats”, Ayrshire. In his poetry book, there is one entitled “A Wayside Sermon” subtitled, “To the Old Pump Well in Raise Street, Saltcoats.” I can find no early connection with Saltcoats – nor, to the best of my knowledge, was Saltcoats a mining town.

Ministry
He was unanimously called to West, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, on 25th April, 1883, and inducted there on 22nd May following.

The poetry book mentioned below makes it plain that he was particularly acquainted with California, USA. There are poems entitled: Lines to the Yosemite, California; Santa Clara; To the memory of Dr T.W. Tilden, Chico, California; A summer Scene, Hollister. One wonders if he served in the American Civil War: there are poems entitled: The Picket in War and The Fatal Bullet. His poems also make it clear that he had returned to Scotland early in 1879: there is a poem entitled The Unveiling of a statue to Livingstone in George Square, Glasgow, on 19th March, 1879. There are also poems on two events later that year: Drumclog, 1679; and The Tay Bridge Disaster.

Late in the evening of Wednesday, 2nd July, 1879, there was a violent explosion at the High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Collieries of William Dixon and Co.. This was accompanied by an escape of gas so severe as to seriously impede the work of the rescuers. Twenty seven men lost their lives. Several clergymen were present at the pit head, including William C. Macdougall, Free Church missionary, “who did all in their power to minister much-needed consolation to the bereaved.”

The details given in the court case when he was imprisoned make it plain that he was loosed from his charge in Coatbridge because of inefficiency. He maintained that it was his opposition to drink that caused him to be put out by those in the church who were not opposed to drink.

He maintained that he could not consent to being excluded from his pulpit because he had been invited to occupy it by his Kirk Session. The civil courts had no right to interfere. The legal authorities maintained that the question as to who should have the use of the buildings was within the civil sphere. When he refused to promise not to preach in Coatbridge again, he was imprisoned for a month in Calton prison in Edinburgh. He was released on 7th March, 1902.

Death
He died in 1920 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire.

Family
There is no sign that he ever married.

Publications – by him
An Awakened Church, its necessity and power, Glasgow, 1892
Rome or Rum? And the Cure for Both. A Public Discussion with Pastor Jacob Primmer
Gleams ‘Yont the Gloom, Coatbridge, 1893

Publications – about him
Court of Session: Warrants of the Register of Acts and Decreets: Decree, John Brown and others v Rev William Currie McDougall, December, 1901, NRS CS46/1901/12/110
Criminal case files: Rev William C MacDougall: Breach of Interdict, 1902, HH16/100

Sources
The Coatbridge West Free Church scandal, and imprisonment of the Rev. Wm. C. M’Dougall for contempt of court. A collection of newspaper articles, in the National Library of Scotland; The Standard, London, England, 4th July, 1879, p.3

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M’DOUGALL, WILLIAM S.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born at Downpatrick, 1814. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Raasay, Skye, 1851. Married, 1854, Mary Ross Macphail. Translated, 1855, to Appin; and, 1866, to Fodderty and Contin, Ross-shire. Became senior minister, 1889. Died, 1892.

Supplementary Information
William Stewart MacDougall

Background
He was born in December, 1814, in Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland, the son of Dugald MacDougall, farmer, and Catherine Stewart. His father was of Argyll stock and he himself, though Irish born, was brought up in Argyll. In 1841 there is a William MacDougall, a teacher, in Inveraray, Argyll, apparently the son of Dugald and Cathrine MacDougall, both born in Argyll.

Education
He attended Campbeltown Grammar School, Argyll. He entered Glasgow University, intending to study medicine. Perhaps he was the William MacDougall who matriculated in Glasgow University in 1843 – whose father was Duncan MacDougall, tax collector, County Down. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1846-50. As a divinity student he visited in the Grassmarket and the Cowgate in Edinburgh.

Marriage
He married Mary Ross MacPhail in October, 1854, the marriage being recorded in Portree, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, and in Gamrie, Banffshire. She was born about 1835 in Lochbroom, Ross and Cromarty. She was the daughter of George MacPhail, fisheries officer, and Anna Ross. For some family connections, see the MacPhail Tree.

Ministry
He was licensed in June, 1850, by the Free Presbytery of Skye. In the Free Church, he served in Sleat and Kilmuir, both on the Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire; and in Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, before being ordained in Raasay, Inverness-shire, on 26th November, 1851. He was translated to Appin, Argyll, in 1855 and to Contin and Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty, where he was inducted on 6th December, 1866.

Death
He retired to Portobello, Edinburgh, in May, 1890. He died on 31st March, 1892, at 1 Osborne Villas, Pitt Street, Portobello, Edinburgh (Registration: 77 1892 684/1 30 Duddingston and Portobello). His wife died in the 2nd quarter of 1923 in Croydon, London, England.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Dugald William MacDougall born in 1855 in Portree, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. He married Jane Reid in the 3rd quarter of 1886 in Pancras, London, England. His death was recorded in the 1st quarter of 1913 in Hampstead, London, England.

(2) Ann Ross MacDougall born on 8th May, 1857, in the Free Church Manse, Appin, Argyll. Her death was recorded in the 4th quarter of 1950 in Battle, Sussex, England.

(3) Catherine Stewart MacDougall born on 19th June, 1860, in the Free Church Manse, Appin, Argyll. She married Robert Fox in 1885 in Urray, Ross and Cromarty. Her death was recorded in the 2nd quarter of 1937 in Battle, Sussex, England.

(4) Georgina Stewart MacDougall born on 15th January, 1863, in the Free Church Manse, Appin, Argyll. Her death was recorded in the 2nd quarter of 1945 in Battle, Sussex, England.

(5) William Stewart MacDougall born on 22nd October, 1865, in the Free Church Manse, Appin, Argyll. He married Margaret Johan Mitchell in 1896 in Scotland. It was probably his death which was recorded in the 3rd quarter of 1945 in Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, England, aged 79.

(6) Mary Ross MacDougall born on 23rd September, 1867, in Urray, Ross and Cromarty. Her death was recorded in the 4th quarter of 1934 in Croydon, London, England.

(7) Eliza Agnes MacDougall born on 30th January, 1870, in Urray, Ross and Cromarty. Her death was recorded in the 3rd quarter of 1970 in Battle, Sussex, England.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William S. McDougall
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 12/8/1892, sometime F.C. Minister, Fodderty, Ross-shire, afterwards residing at 1 Osborne Villas, Pitt Street, Portobello, d. 31/03/1892 at Portobello, intestate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/310

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M’DOWALL, ANDREW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.225
Born, 1808. Studied at the Divinity Hall, Reformed Presbyterian Church. In 1844 joined the Free Church. Ordained at Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire, 1849. Married Margaret Kerr Kennedy. Died, 1864.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 16th and baptized on 17th May, 1807, in Colmonell, Ayrshire, the son of Andrew McDowall and his wife Agnes McClung.

Marriage
He married Margaret Kerr Kennedy on 30th December, 1838, in Colmonell, Ayrshire. She was baptized there on 5th December, 1811, the daughter of Alexander Kennedy and Elizabeth MacMillan.

Ministry
He was for a time city missionary in Aberdeen. He was ordained in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire, in 1849.

Death
He died on 27th December, 1864, at the Free Church Manse, Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire. His wife died in 1911 in Stirling.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret McDowall born about 1839 in Glasgow.

(2) Andrew McDowall born about 1840 in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

(3) Alexander Kennedy McDowall born about 1844 in Glasgow. He graduated M.A. from Glasgow University in 1868. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1867-70. He was a probationer of the Free Church of Scotland. He died on 24th July, 1885, at Muirland’s Cottage, Causewayland, Stirling.

(4) William McDowall born about 1846 in Aberdeen.

(5) Agnes McDowall born about 1848 in Aberdeen.

(6) Eliza McDowall born in 1851 in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire.

(7) Robina Kennedy McDowall born about 1854 in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire. She died in 1942 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

(8) John Kevan McDowall born in 1862 in Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire. This man was actually a nephew of Margaret Kennedy, adopted by the McDowalls. He died in 1928 in Cathcart, Renfrewshire.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Andrew McDowall

Sources
Couper, The R.P. Church, p.165; Rootsweb; Rootsweb; The Aberdeen Journal, 18th January, 1865

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M’DOWALL, WILLIAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born at Ballantrae, 1851. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kirkmahoe, Dumfries-shire, 1884. Married, 1885, Janet Crocket, and, 1893, Agnes Jane Edgar.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kirkmahoe, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.106, where a short biography is given). He became senior minister in 1927 and died in 1929.

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M’EACHRAN, DUNCAN STEWART

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born at Campbeltown, 1826. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Portree, 1849. Translated to Cromarty, 1851. Married, 1853, Mary Middleton; and, 1862, Catherine B. M. Henderson. In 1868 Mr. M’Eachran went to Melbourne, and was settled at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Carlton. Was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in 1885.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 29th April and baptized on 2nd May, 1826, in Campbeltown, Argyll, the son of John McEachran, weaver, and Ann Campbell, according to the Old Parish Records – but his death record says his father was Archibald McEachran and his mother Ann Campbell.

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

Marriage
He married:

(1) Mary Middleton on 1st September, 1853, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She was born on 4th March and baptized on 4th April, 1833, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, the daughter of Thomas Middleton, farmer, and Elizabeth Allardice.

(2) Catherine Barbara Macleay Henderson on 23rd July, 1862, in Thurso, Caithness. She was born on 23rd April and baptized on 9th May, 1832, the daughter of Patrick Brodie Henderson, medical practitioner, and Isabella Rose.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in August, 1848. He was ordained in Portree, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, in March, 1850; and was translated to Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, in 1851, continuing there till 1868. In the Presbyterian Church of Victoria he was inducted in St Andrew’s, Carlton, on 15th December, 1868. He retired on 31st December, 1902. He was Moderator of that church in 1885-86.

Death
He died on 15th July, 1913, at Rathmines Road, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria. Mary Middleton or McEachran died in 1860 in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. Catherine Henderson or McEachran died in 1911 in Hawthorn, Victoria.

Family
He had issue including by his first wife:

(1) Eliza Middleton McEachran born on 12th August and baptized on 15th October, 1854, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She married Harrington Evans Wade in 1877 in Victoria. She died on 24th September, 1890, in Kew, Victoria.

(2) Archibald McEachran born on 11th April, 1856, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. He died in 1899 in Queensland.

(3) Thomas Middleton McEachran born on 21st August, 1858, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. He died there on 13th April, 1859.

(4) and (5) twin boys born on 26th June, 1859, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. They died there that same year.

And by his second wife:

(6) Mary Isabella McEachran born on 17th August, 1863, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She died in 1920 in Lilydale, Victoria.

(7) Anne Campbell McEachran born on 20th March, 1866, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She married Evans Harrington Wade in 1891 in Victoria. She died in 1959 in Ferntree Gully, Victoria.

(8) Jane Margaret McEachran born on 4th October, 1867, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She married Thomas Eales in 1890 in Victoria. She died on 6th November, 1934, in Lilydale, Victoria, and was buried there.

(9) A girl, twin of Jane Margaret, born on 4th October, 1867, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She died there that same year.

(10) Patrick Alexander McEachran born on 17th January, 1865, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. He died in 1893 in Carlton, Victoria.

(11) John McNaughton McEachran born in 1868 in Victoria. He died there that same year.

(12) Duncan Henderson McEachran born in 1870 in Victoria. He died on 13th January, 1954, in Melbourne, Victoria.

(13) Catherine Elizabeth McEachran born in 1873 in Victoria. She died in 1957 in Victoria.

(14) Christina Rose McEachran born in 1875 in Melbourne, Victoria. She died in 1919 in Hawthorn, Victoria.

Source
Caithness

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M’EACHRAN, PETER CURRIE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born in Islay, 1832. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. After receiving licence he supplied the station of North Yell. Ordained at Walls, Shetland, 1864. Died, 1868.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1832 in the parish of Kilchoman, Isle of Islay, Argyll, the son of Peter McEachran, farmer, and Catherine Currie.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1854.

Ministry
He was licensed on 2nd September, 1862, by the Free Presbytery of Irvine. In the Free Church, he served in Walls and Sandness, Shetland.

Death
He was found dead in his bed on 14th May, 1868 in the Free Church Manse, Walls, Shetland, of heart disease (Registration: 1868 012/1 9 Walls (Shetland)).

Family
There is no sign that he married.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Peter C. McEachran
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 10/12/1868, minister of the Free Church, residing in Walls, Lerwick (Shetland) Sheriff Court, NRS SC12/36/5

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M’ELLAR, ROBERT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born at Glasgow, 1832. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Gourock, 1864. Married, 1873, Mary M. Caird. Died, 1875.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1832, the son of Alexander McEllar, merchant or ship-builder or ship owner, and Jane Cormie.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University, in 1850. There is no evidence from the New College, Edinburgh, records that he enrolled there under this name. But there were Robert Mackellars who enrolled 1853-54, and 1855-58. Our man certainly appears in several cenususes with a “K” in his surname.

Marriage
He married Mary McKay Caird on 12th November, 1873, at Gourock House, Gourock, Renfrewshire. She was born on 7th February, 1847, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, the daughter of James T. Caird and Elizabeth MacArthur. This was James Tennant Caird of the Caird ship-building family. This means that Mary Caird was distantly related to Principal John Caird (see FES, Vol.7, p.397).

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Gourock, Renfrewshire.

Death
He died on 1st April, 1875, in Gourock, Renfrewshire. His wife died in 1940 in Greenock, Renfrewshire.

Family
They had issue:

(1) a still born son born prematurely on 12th July, 1874, at the Free Church Manse, Gourock.

Publications – by him
The man of God out of Judah; being the last sermon preached by the Rev. Robert MacEllar to his congregation in the Free Church Gourock on the 14th March, 1875, Greenock, Orr, Pollock & Co., 1875
Memorials of a ministry on the Clyde: being sermons preached in Gourock Free Church, with a biographical notice by Rev. A.B. Bruce, Glasgow, 1876

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 23/1/1877, Minister, Free Church, Gourock, d. 01/04/1875 at Gourock, intestate, Paisley Sheriff Court, NRS SC58/42/44

Sources
Gracesguide; The Morning Post, London, England, 17th November, 1873, p.8; 17th July, 1874, p.8

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M’EWAN, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born at Glasgow, 1825. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Roseneath, 1857. [Vol. 2 says 1856.] Married, 1860, Margaret S. Low; and, 1869, Eliza K. Hunter or Cruikshank.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Roseneath, Dunbartonshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.275). He applied for a Colleague and Successor in 1901 and died in 1907.

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M’EWAN, JOHN, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born near Crieff, 1826. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Ancrum, 1859. Married, the following year, Mary Crawford; and, 1864, Isabella H. Anderson. Translated, 1863, to Knox’s Church, Edinburgh. He rendered good service in the cause of education. For several years he was convener of the Education Committee of the Free Church.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ancrum, Roxburghshire; and Knox’s, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.12). He died in 1907.

Family
His daughter, Margaret Steven McEwen, married Kenneth MacDonald, a Free Church minister.

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MACFADYEN, GODFREY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born in Islay, 1863. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Latheron, Caithness-shire, 1890. Married, 1891, Jane Y. Ancell.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Latheron, Caithness. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.507). Thereafter he served in Marnoch from 1907 (FUFC, p. 449, where a short biography is given).

Family
His son, Godrey Donald MacFadyen, was a minister of the United Free Church: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.264.

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MACFARLAN, DUNCAN, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born at Renton, 1793. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained at Anderston, Glasgow, 1826. Translated, 1830, to Renfrew. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Was editor and principal writer of the monthly series of tracts issued shortly after the Disruption. Died, 1853.

Publications.—Revivals in the Eighteenth Century. Treatise on the Sabbath. Memoir and Letters of Martha Muir. History of the Shorter Catechism.

Supplementary Information
Duncan MacFarlane

Life and Ministry
1827, Anderston, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.390; 1830, Renfrew, FES, Vol.3, p.187. In the Free Church, he served in Renfrew.

Publications
See separate document here.

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M’FARLAN, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born at Polmont, 1815. Son of the following. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. He signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. Ordained at Monkton, Ayrshire, 1843. Married, 1844, Eliza Duncan Thomson. Translated to the Middle Church, Greenock, 1854. Became senior minister, 1879. Died, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 2nd May, 1815, in Polmont, Stirlingshire, the son of Patrick McFarlan and Catherine Clason. For some ministerial connections, see the Thomson Tree.

Education
He was educated at first at home. He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1829.

Marriage
He married Eliza Duncan Thomson on 3rd December, 1844, the marriage being recorded both in Monkton, Ayrshire, and in Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was baptized on 24th January, 1816, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, the daughter of John Thomson of Thornhill and Margaret Shaw.

Ministry
He was licensed to preach in 1839. “John McFarlan, Greenock” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained in Prestwick, Ayrshire, on 27th Deccember, 1844; and was later translated to Middle, Greenock, Renfrewshire. He withdrew from the ministry in 1879 on account of ill health. Shortly before that Donald Cook served as his assistant. On 14th August, 1879, Matthew Pool Johnstone was elected by the congregation as his colleague and successor.

Death
He retired to 2 Albert Terrace, Morningside, Edinburgh, where he died on 18th December, 1891. His wife died there on 3rd July, 1892.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John T. MacFarlan born about 1848 in Monkton, Ayrshire.

(2) Catherine Clason MacFarlan baptized on 7th October, 1849, in Monkton, Ayrshire. She married Archibald Aeneas Robertson on 8th August, 1900,at Corsbie West, Penninghame, Wigtownshire. He was a minister in Braes of Rannoch, Perthshire (see FES, Vol.4, p.175). She died on 17th December, 1935.

Publications – by him
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.3, p. 257,
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 3; 131 and 905. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 15th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/212

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John McFarlan
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 19/2/1892, formerly F.C. Minister, Middle Church, Greenock, afterwards retired, residing at 2 Albert Terrace, Morningside, Edinburgh, d. 18/12/1891 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/304; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/257
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacFarlan or Thomson, Eliza Duncan, 22/8/1892, widow, 2 Albert Terrace, Morningside, Edinburgh, d. 03/07/1892 at Edinburgh, intestate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/310

Source
The Morning Post, London, England, 11th August, 1900, p.1

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M’FARLAN, PATRICK, D.D. (Glasgow)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.226
Born in the Canongate of Edinburgh (of which parish his father was minister), 1781. Ordained at Kippen, 1806. Translated to Polmont, 1810; 1824, to Glasgow, St. John’s, as successor to Dr. Chalmers; 1825, to St. Enoch’s, Glasgow; and, 1832, to the West Parish of Greenock, at that time the richest living in Scotland. Dr. M’Farlan was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1834 when the Veto Act was passed. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. In 1845 he was Moderator of the Free Church Assembly, presiding both at its ordinary meeting in Edinburgh and at its special meeting in Inverness. He was one of the original promoters of the Evangelical Alliance, and he took a special interest in the Continental Churches. Died, 1849.

Publications.—On Popular Election, Patronage, and Calls, 1833. Letters to Friends of the Established Church, 1842. Correspondence with the Duke of Sutherland, 1843. Gospel Ministry Fund Essential, 1848. Vindication of the Church of Scotland.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1806, Kippen, FES, Vol.4, p.351; 1810, Polmont, FES, Vol.1, p.224; 1824, St John’s, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.447; 1825, St Enoch’s, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.441; 1832, Greenock, FES, Vol.3, p.207; 1834, Moderator, FES, Vol.7, p.444. In the Free Church, he served in West, Greenock, Renfrewshire.

Family
Thomson Tree.

Publications
See separate document here.

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MACFARLANE, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born in Inverness-shire, 1835. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Strathconan, 1876. Translated, 1879, to Moy; 1888, to Kilmallie; and, 1893, to Raasay. After the passing of the Declaratory Act by the Assembly of 1892 Mr. Macfarlane left the Free Church, and along with the Rev. D. MacDonald of Shieldaig, and an elder, constituted a Presbytery under the name of the “Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.”

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in 1834 in North Uist, Inverness-shire, the son of Donald Macfarlane, farm manager, and Betty Matheson.

Education
He taught for a time in North Uist, before studying in the University and the Free Church College, Glasgow.

Marriage
He married Mary Stewart Morrison on 14th April, 1880 at the Windsor Hotel, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh (Registration: 1880 685/2 85 St Andrew (Edinburgh)). She was then resident at 406 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. She was born about 1852, in Snizort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, the daughter of Alexander Morrison, farmer, and Euphemia Campbell.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Skye and Uist. He was ordained in Strathconan and Garve, Ross and Cromarty, in 1876; he was later translated to Moy, Inverness-shire. On 18th April, 1887, he received a call from Bernera, Harris, but he remained in Moy. He was translated to Kilmallie, Argyll, on 9th October, 1888; and to Raasay, Inverness-shire, on 27th April, 1893. He left the Free Church in 1893 mainly in opposition to the Declaratory Act which had recently been passed, was involved in the formation of the Free Presbyterian Church and was disciplined by the Free Church for contumacy. He gave up the keys to the Raasay Church under pressure of legal action. He became minister of the Dingwall Free Presbyterian congregation in 1903.

Death
He died on 4th November, 1926, in Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty. His wife died on 9th December, 1928, in Larkhall, Lanarkshire (Registration: 1928 638/1 136 Larkhall).

Publication – about him
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Roy Middleton, Macfarlane, Donald (1834–1926), Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland minister

Family
There is no clear sign of any issue.

Sources
Clanmacfarlanegenealogy; Fpchurch1; Fpchurch2; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 6th November, 1926, p.11

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MACFARLANE, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born at Glasgow, 1836. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained colleague and successor at Leghorn, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.527). He died in 1901.

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MACFARLANE, JOHN, D.D. (Princeton)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born at Edinburgh, 1798. Ordained at Ardoch, Perthshire, 1823. Translated, 1833, to Collessie. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1844, to Dalkeith. Married, 1826, Janet Marshall Gray; and, 1854, Louisa Cecilia Smollett. Became senior minister, 1863. Died, 1875.

Publication.—-Jubilee of the World: An Essay on Missions.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1823, Ardoch, FES, Vol.4, p.257; 1832, Collessie, FES, Vol.5, p.135. In the Free Church, he served in Collessie, Fife; and Dalkeith, Midlothian.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, March, 1836, Collessie, Vol.9, Fife, p.21
The Jubilee of the World; an Essay on Christian Missions to the Heathen, Glasgow, William Collins, 1842
The great stone under the oak, a sermon, preached at the opening of the Free churches of Dalkeith, and Collessie, Fifeshire, Edinburgh, John Johnstone, 1844
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth endowment and Sunday trains, 22nd April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/181; Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 14th March, 1854, Endowment of Roman Catholic chaplains in jails, NRS GD112/74/838
The Scottish Christian Herald, Vol.1, p.369, Faith; p.545, On Assurance of Faith; p.657, On the Increase of Faith; Vol.2, p.257, Repentance; p.449, The Necessity of Repentance; p.689, The Means of Promoting Repentance
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.1, p.286, Christ’s yoke easy to the subjects of his kingdom, Matthew 11: 30

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John MacFarlane
An Apology for Millenarianism, to which are added, more copious replies to modern objections [by O. T. Dobbin, J. Harris, R. W. Hamilton, J. Macfarlane], including those advanced by the authors of the Prize Essays on Missions, John Griffith Mansford, London, Nisbet, 1843
In memoriam: Rev. John Macfarlane, late minister of the Free Church, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, A. Elliot, 1875
John Duncan, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.135 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.46

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MACFARLANE, NORMAN CAMPBELL

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born at Stornoway, 1853. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Cruden, 1885. Married, the same year, Annie Murray Livingston. Translated, 1893, to Juniper Green.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cruden, Aberdeenshire; and Juniper Green, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 33, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1926.

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M’GARRITY, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born at Airdrie, 1855. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1887, at Leadhills. Married, the same year, Janet Cameron Jeffrey.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Leadhills, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.201, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1924 and died in 1927.

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M’GHIE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born in Lanarkshire, 1851. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Buckhaven, 1875. Married, 1884, Davidina Herd.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Buckhaven, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.357). He died in 1910.

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M’GILLIVRAY, ALEXANDER GORDON, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born, 1814. Son of Rev. D. M’Gillivray, of Lairg. Studied at the Universities, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, intending to follow the medical profession. Was for a time medical officer in the parish of Tongue. He attended the Divinity Hall, partly in Glasgow, and partly in Edinburgh. His father having been obliged to leave Lairg in consequence of the hostile attitude of the proprietor towards the Free Church, the Presbytery in December 1843 ordained Mr. M’Gillivray as missionary minister there. Translated to Mains and Strathmartine, 1845. Married, 1849, Elizabeth R. A. Watson. Translated, 1866, to Roseburn, Edinburgh, where he formed a new Free Church congregation. Became senior minister, 1884. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 18th December, 1814, the son of Duncan McGillivray, minister, and Jean Gordon. His brother Angus Mackintosh McGillivray was a Free Church minister.

For some family connections, see the tree of John Mackay of Kirtomy.

His father was said to have been a “near relative” of Angus Mackintosh, minister of Tain (Sage, Memorabilia Domestica, p.259). FES, Vol.7, p.72 says Angus Mackintosh was born in Strathdearn in 1763, while Duncan McGillvray, who was born in Strathdearn in 1764, was the son of Elizabeth Mackintosh “of Kyllachie”. As Strathdearn and Kyllachie are both in the parish of Moy and Dalarossie, it is possible that Angus Mackintosh’s father and Duncan McGillivray’s mother were brother and sister.

On the other hand, Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832) was the son of Captain John Mackintosh of Kyllachie and Marjory McGillivray (Historyofparliament). And there were other links of Mackintoshs and McGillivrays further back (Wiki). So relations between McGillivrays and Mackintoshs may have been more complex.

This is worth looking at – some time.

Education
He was a doctor before studying for the ministry. He obtained a place as a tutor in a gentleman’s family and studied in Glasgow and Edinburgh. More specifically, he matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1833 and graduated M.A. in March, 1837.

Marriage
He married Elizabeth Robina Anderson Watson on 16th August, 1849, in South Leith, Edinburgh. She was born on 13th March, 1825, in Burntisland, Fife, the daughter of Charles Watson, minister, and Robina Elizabeth Anderson.

Ministry
“Alex. G. MacGilivray, Lairg, Sutherlandshire” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Lairg, Sutherland; he was translated to Mains and Strathmartine, Angus, on 22nd October, 1845; and to Roseburn, Edinburgh, on 7th March, 1867. About 1883, Robert Hill Falconer served for a time as his assistant. In June, 1884, he resigned his charge on health grounds.

Death
Thereafter he lived at 6 Hampton Terrace, Edinburgh, and at 50 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, and finally at Lairg Lodge, Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh, where he died on 11th May, 1889. His widow then lived at 2 Rosebery Crescent, Edinburgh, where she died on 12th October, 1909.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Duncan MacGillivray born on 17th July and baptized on 18th August, 1850, in Mains and Strathmartine, Angus.

(2) Charles Watson MacGillivray born on 12th September and baptized on 19th October, 1851, in Mains and Strathmartine, Angus. He married Frances Ann MacGillivray. He was a distinguished medical doctor: M.D., F.R.C.S.E. He died in 1932 in Haymarket, Edinburgh.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sabbath trains, 30th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/188

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Alexander Gordon McGillivray
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 19/7/1889, sometime F.C. Minister, Roseburn, Edinburgh, formerly at 6 Hampton Terrace, thereafter at 50 Lauriston Place, lately at Lairg Lodge, Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh, d. 11/05/1889 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/276; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/239
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacGillivray or Watson, Elizabeth Robina Anderson, 7/12/1909, 43 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh, afterwards 2 Rosebery Crescent Edinburgh, widow of Rev. Alexander Gordon MacGillivray Edinburgh, d. 12/09/1909 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/497; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/411

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M’GILLIVRAY, ANGUS MACKINTOSH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.227
Born, 1805, at Strathnaver, Sutherlandshire. Brother of the above. Studied at the Universities, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Ordained, 1828, at Strathy. Translated to Dairsie, 1841. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1861, Emma MacKenzie Christie. Died, 1873.

Publication.—Revivals of Religion in the Highlands.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1828, Strathy, FES, Vol.7, p.109; 1841, Dairsie, FES, Vol.5, p.149. In the Free Church, he served in Dairsie, Fife.

Family
John Mackay of Kirtomy.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, February, 1843, Dairsie, Vol.9, Fife, p.770; Free Church Pulpit, Vol.2, p.382, Justifying righteousness
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 12 April, 1844, Against bill on subject of meetinghouses and other property held for religious purposes by dissenters from the Church of England, NRS GD112/74/825
Revivals in the Highlands, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Reformation Press, 2016

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Angus M. MacGillivray

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M’GILLIVRAY, ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born, 1805. Signed the Probationers’ Resolutions of Adherence to the Free Church, 1843. Ordained the same year at Keith. Married, 1846, Mary Rose. Died, 1869.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1806 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, the son of George McGillivray, farmer, and Jane Geddes.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1825.

Marriage
He married Mary Campbell Rose on 30th August, 1846, in Banff. She was born on 26th February, 1812, in Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, the daughter of Daniel Rose and Susanna Maccausland.

Ministry
“Archibald McGilivray, Ceres, Fife” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Keith, Banffshire.

Death
He died on 27th May, 1869, in Keith, Banffshire (Registration: 1869 159/ 58 Keith). His wife died in 1887 in Old Machar, Aberdeen.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Archibald McGillivray born on 4th May and baptized on 3rd July, 1851, in Keith, Banffshire.

(2) Daniel Rose McGillivray born on 20th October and baptized on 23rd December, 1852, in Keith, Banffshire. He was a bank clerk. He died in 1933 in Aberdeen.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, 15th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/212
Letter to Sir George Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster, on the extensive prevalence of religious error, and the sinfulness and danger of latitudinarian schemes of union; with special reference to the proposed union of the United Presbyterian and Free Churches, with corroborative extracts from United Presbyterian and other writers, Glasgow, Thomas Murray & Son, 1859

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M’GILLIVRAY, ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born in Inverness-shire, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained, 1887, at Fearn, Ross-shire. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 16th March, 1850, in Daviot and Dunlichity, Inverness-shire, the son of Angus MacGillivray, farmer, and Margaret McDonald.

Ministry
In June, 1887, he received calls to both Fearn and Hope Street, Glasgow. He chose Fearn, Ross and Cromarty, and was ordained there on 2nd August following.

Death
He died on 15th February, 1899 in Inverness.

Family
There is no evidence that he married.

Source
Rootsweb

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M’GILLIVRAY, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born, 1819. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyllshire, 1844. Married, 1849, Margaret Anderson. Was clerk of the Presbytery of Lorn and of the Synod of Argyll for many years. Died, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd June, 1820, in Killin, Perthshire, the son of Donald McGillivray, minister (FES, Vol.4, p.135), and Ann Allan. For some family connections, see the John Anderson Tree.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1833. He matriculated at King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1835 and graduated M.A. in March, 1839.

Marriage
He married Margaret Anderson on 23rd August, 1849, in Kilninver and Kilmelford. She was born on 1st August, 1828, in St Fergus, Banffshire, the daughter of James Anderson, minister, and Margaret Gavin. She was the sister of Frances Anderson, the wife of John Brown Reid.

Ministry
He was called to Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll, on 5th March, 1844, and ordained there the following July.

Death
He died on 7th September, 1892, in Kilmelford, Argyll, and was buried on 12th September. His widow then lived at 30 Comiston Drive, Edinburgh, where she died on 12th March, 1903.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Charles Calder McGillivray born on 5th September and baptized on 7th November, 1852, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. He died there in 1870.

(2) Donald McGillivray born on 8th August, 1854, and baptized on 31st January, 1855, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. He died in 1887, lost at sea.

(3) Ann Isabella McGillivray born on 7th April, 1856, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. She died on 25th June, 1940, in Crieff, Perthshire.

(4) James Anderson McGillivray born on 1st November, 1858, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. She died on 25th June, 1940, in Crieff, Perthshire.

(5) Margaret Gavin McGillivray born on 15th June, 1860, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. She died on 23rd December, 1940, in Crieff, Perthshire.

(6) Minnie McGillivray born on 6th February, 1862, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. She died there in 1865.

(7) Mary (May) Gordon McGillivray born on 22nd January, 1864, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. She died in 1895 in St George, Edinburgh.

(8) Robert Allan McGillivray born on 9th November, 1865, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. He died there in 1870.

(9) Jessie Davidson McGillivray born on 27th June, 1868, in Kilninver and Kilmelford, Argyll. She died on 21st September, 1951, in Morningside, Edinburgh.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/12/1892, F.C. Minister at Kilninver and Kilmelford, d. 07/09/1892 at Melfort, testate, Dunoon Sheriff Court, NRS SC51/32/42
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacGillivray or Anderson, Margaret, 8/7/1903, 30 Comiston Drive, Edinburgh, d. 12/03/1903 at Edinburgh, testate, non-Scottish Court, NRS SC70/7/17; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/425; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/349

Source
The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 17th September, 1892

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M’GILLIVRAY, DUNCAN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born in parish of Moy, 1764. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Ordained missionary at Berriedale, 1801. Married, 1802, Jean Gordon. Translated, 1813, to Assynt; and, 1817, to Lairg. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. At the time of the Disruption he was in his eightieth year, and was unable to continue his ministerial work, especially under the hardships inseparable from the lot of an outgoing minister. His son, however, took up the work, while the father, being refused permission to reside in the district, removed to the house of his son at Dairsie. Died, 1849.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1807, Berriedale, FES, Vol.7, p.112; 1813, Assynt, FES, Vol.7, p.78; 1817, Lairg, FES, Vol.7, p.94. In the Free Church, he served in Lairg, Sutherland.

Family
John Mackay of Kirtomy.

Publication – by him
New Statistical Account, November, 1834, Lairg, Vol.15, Sutherland, p.58

Publications – about him
Lairg John Sutherland, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.304 [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.42; Appendix 1, Table 3, p.32–; Appendix 2, p.7; Appendix 2, p.8 and Appendix 2, p.14

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M’GILLIVRAY, ROBERT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born, 1824. Studied at the New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Glasgow, Hope Street, 1848. Married, 1850, Isabella Miller. Translated, 1853, to Ballachulish. Died, 1865.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 1st February, 1824, in Killin, Perthshire, the son of Donald McGillivray, minister (FES, Vol.4, p.135), and Ann Allan. For some family connections, see the John Anderson Tree.

Education
He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1837. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1843-46.

Marriage
He married Isabella Miller on 5th November, 1850, in Barony, Glasgow. She was born on 25th August, 1827, and baptized on 26th September, 1827, in Barony, Glasgow, the daughter of George Miller and Janet Corbet.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Lorne and Mull in 1846. He was ordained in Hope Street, Glasgow, in 1848; and was translated to North, Ballachulish, Inverness-shire, in 1853.

Death
He died on 27th November, 1865, at the Free Church Manse, Ballachulish, Argyll. His wife died in 1870 in Stirling.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Janet Miller Corbet McGillivray born on 28th October, 1853, in Kilmallie, Argyll. She died in 1869 in Stirling.

(2) George Miller McGillivray born in 1856 in Kilmallie, Argyll.

(3) Charles Robert McGillivray in 1857 in Ballachulish, Argyll. He died in 1868 in Stirling.

(4) Annie Allan McGillivray born on 25th April, 1859, in Ballachulish, Argyll. She died on 22nd December, 1873, at the Free Church Manse, Kilmelfort, Argyll (where her uncle was minister).

(5) Mary McGillivray born in 1861 in Ballachulish, Argyll.

(6) Robert McGillivray born on 8th October, 1865, at the Free Church Manse, Ballachulish, Argyll. He died there that same year.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against marriage of a man with sister of his deceased wife, 22nd July, 1850, NRS GD112/51/222

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Robert McGillivray
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 21/1/1867, Minister of Free Church at Ballachulish, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/13

Source
The Dundee Courier & Argus, 12th October, 1865; 29th December, 1873

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M’GILLIVRAY, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born at Nairn, 1856. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, 1888. Married, 1890, Elizabeth M. Watson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 1st December, 1881 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.232). In the Free Church, he served in Cairnie, Aberdeenshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.452, where a short biography is given). He resigned in 1926.

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M’GILP, ALEXANDER, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born at Lochgilphead, 1857. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kilmodan, 1886.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilmodan and Southhall, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.279).

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M’GILP, JOHN DUGALD, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born at Ayr, 1866. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Lockerbie, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.99). Thereafter he served in Rutherford, Aberdeen, from 1904 (FUFC, p.417); in Crown, Inverness, from 1908 (FUFC, p.473). He resigned when appointed to Food Control in 1919. Thereafter he served in Kilmun from 1921 (FUFC, p.279, where a short biography is given).

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MACGILIVRAY, MALCOLM DONALD, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born at Poole, Dorset, 1859. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. For about a year had charge of College Park English Presbyterian Church, London. Translated to Kinfauns, 1886; to Union Church, Glasgow, 1891, and, 1898, to Broughty-Ferry, East. Married, 1893, Mina Rogers Brown. [In Vol. 2 his surname is MacGilvray or Macgilvray.]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kinfauns, Perthshire; Union, Glasgow; and East, Broughty-Ferry, Angus. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.379). He died in 1907.

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M’GILVRAY, WALTER, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.228
Born at Islay, 1807. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained to St. Mark’s, Glasgow, 1835. Translated, 1842, to Hope Street Gaelic Church. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1846, Maria Hooker. His exertions in the West Highlands at the time of the Disruption enfeebled his health, and in 1846 he went as a deputy of the Free Church to Canada. After labouring there for two years, mainly in the district of Glengarry, he was recalled to St. Mark’s, and settled there, 1848. Translated, 1854, to Gilcomston, Aberdeen. Became senior minister, 1876. Died, 1880.

Publications.—Lectures on Socialism. Expository Lectures on the Epistle of Jude. Lectures on Romanism. Chrysostom.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1835, St Mark’s, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.450; 1842, Hope Street, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.416. In the Free Church, he served in Hope Street, Glasgow; St. Mark’s, Glasgow; and Gilcomston, Aberdeen.

Publications
See separate document here.

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M’GLASHAN, ROBERT BLACKSTOCK, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229
Born at Edinburgh, 1858. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Girthon and Anwoth, 1883. Married, 1886, Mary Bardsley Reid.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Girthon and Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.114). Thereafter he became minister of the united charge in 1905 (FUFC, p.114, where a short biography is given).

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M’GOWAN, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229
Born in County Down, 1813. Studied at Belfast. After labouring for a year in the south and west of Ireland he came to Scotland, and was settled at Catrine, Ayrshire, 1844. Died, 1874.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1813 in County Down, Ireland.

Education
He studied in Belfast, Ireland.

Ministry
He was licensed in Ireland in 1842 and did missionary work in the south and west of the country. He then came to Scotland and was ordained in Catrine, Ayrshire, in 1844.

Death
He died on 7th April, 1874, in Sorn, Ayrshire.

Family
There is no evidence that he ever married.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John McGowan
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 23/6/1875, Free Church Minister in Catrine, Inventory, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/38; Probative Last Will and Testament, Ayr Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC6/46/10

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M’GOWN, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229
Born at Glasgow, 1807. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall of the Original Secession Church (Burgher). Ordained at Midmar, 1832. Married, 1835, Ann G. Cochran. Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1844, to Bervie, and, 1846, to Broomknoll, Airdrie. Died, 1864.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1832, Midmar (Burgher), Scott, Annals, p.403; Scott, Annals, p.507; 1839, Bankhead, FES, Vol.6, p.110; 1844, Bervie; Scott, Annals, p.247. In the Free Church, he served in Midmar, Aberdeenshire; Bervie, Kincardineshire; and Broomknoll, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James McGown
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 21/10/1864, minister of Broomknoll Free Church in Airdrie, spouse of Anne Grainger Cochrane or McGown, I, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/52; Last Will and Testament, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/47

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MACGREGOR, DUNCAN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229
Born at Lochtayside, 1824. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Stornoway, 1849. Translated to Hope Street, Gaelic, Glasgow, 1854. Married, 1855, Elizabeth F. Fleming. Translated to St. Peter’s, Dundee, 1864; and, 1876, to Augustine Church, Glasgow. He was laid aside by illness, and became senior minister, 1877. Died, 1891.

Publications.—The Shepherd of Israel. Memoir of Campbell of Kiltearn, etc.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 16th February and baptized on 10th March, 1824, in Fernan, Kenmore, Perthshire, the son of John MacGregor, miller, and Christian Campbell. For family connections, see the Bayne Tree.

Education
He attended school there and at Fortingal, Perthshire. He entered Edinburgh University in 1840 and graduated M.A. with Honours on 24th April, 1844. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1845-46, when his surname was spelled McGregor.

Marriage
He married Elizabeth Forbes Fleming on 20th December, 1855, at Sauchie Hall, Blythswood, Glasgow. She was born on 2nd September, 1825, in Glasgow, the daughter of John Fleming, Esq. of Claremont, merchant, and Jane Fordice Nicol.

Ministry
He served briefly as an assistant in the Gaelic Church in Greenock and was ordained in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, in November, 1849. He later served in Hope Street, Glasgow. On 7th September, 1864, his Presbytery agreed to his translation to St. Peter’s, Dundee, where he was inducted on 6th October, 1864. He was translated to Augustine, Glasgow, where he was inducted in 1876.

In March, 1861,while a minister in Glasgow, he had his pocket picked while at a revival meeting in his own church. The culprit was apprehended – an Englishman named John Hughes – and the gold watch that had been stolen was recovered.

Death
He died on 20th February, 1891, in Perth. His wife died in 1905 in Elie, Fife.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John Fleming MacGregor born on 8th November, 1856, in Blythswood, Glasgow. He died in 1858 in Bridgeton, Glasgow.

(2) Duncan Campbell MacGregor born on 24th April, 1858, in Blythswood, Glasgow. He was a Free Church minister.

(3) Jane Nicol MacGregor born on 27th October, 1859, in Milton, Glasgow. She died in 1936 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(4) William Malcolm MacGregor born on 16th September, 1861, in Milton, Glasgow. He was a Free Church minister.

(5) Mary Elisabeth MacGregor born on 21st November, 1865, at 42 Roseangle, Dundee. She died in 1888 in Kelvin, Glasgow.

(6) Robert McCheyne MacGregor born on 15th September, 1868, in St Mary, Dundee. He died on 27th September, 1868, at Roseangle, Dundee.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
The Bradford Observer, Yorkshire, England, 28th March, 1861, p.3; Glasgow Herald, 8th September, 1864; 29th September, 1868; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 22nd November, 1865; The Belfast News-Letter, Belfast, Ireland, 19th December, 1863

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MACGREGOR, DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229
Born at Glasgow, 1858. Son of the foregoing. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Elie, 1882. Married, 1888, Christian Fortune. Translated to English Presbyterian Church, Wimbledon, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 24th April, 1858, in Blythswood, Glasgow, the son of Duncan MacGregor and Elizabeth Forbes Fleming. For family connections, see the Bayne Tree.

Education
He attended Dundee High School, He graduated M.A. (2nd in Classics) from Edinburgh University in 1877. He studied divinity at the Free Church College, Glasgow. He was awarded an honorary D.D. degree by Edinburgh University on 14th July, 1921.

Marriage
He married Christina Fortune in 1888 in Elie, Fife. She was born there on 14th August, 1858, the daughter of William Ranken Fortune, farmer, and Mary Helen Gibson.

Ministry
He was ordained in Elie, Fife, in 1882. In England, in 1920 he was elected as Moderator of Synod and subsequently was awarded a D.D. degree by Edinburgh University. A year later, as Convener of the Foreign Missions Committee, he visited the mission fields in China. He retired as minister of Trinity Presbyterian Church Wimbledon in 1930.

Death
He died on 9th August, 1943, at a Nursing Home in North Eastern Surrey, Surrey, England. He was buried from Wimbledon Presbyterian Church on 13th August. His wife died there in the 1st quarter of 1938. They lived latterly at 23 York Avenue, Sheen Lane, East Sheen, Surrey. His wife left a gross estate of £4536 and he one of £7629.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Christopher George Mitchell MacGregor born in the 4th quarter of 1903 in Kingston, London, England. He died in the 3rd quarter of 1893 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

Publication – by him
A biography of his cousin George H. C. MacGregor.

Sources
Halhed; Trinitywimbledon; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 15th July, 1921, p.3; 10th March, 1938, p.13; 11th August, 1943, p.3; 12th August, 1943, p.8

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MACGREGOR, GEORGE HOGARTH CARNABY, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229

Born in Free Church manse of Ferintosh, 1864. Son of Rev. M. Macgregor, Ferintosh. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at East Free Church, Aberdeen, 1888. Married, 1891, Agnes Amelia Rose. Translated to Trinity English Presbyterian Church, Notting Hill, London, 1894. Died, 1900.

Publications.—So Great Salvation. A Holy Life, and How to Live It. The Aspirations of the Christian. Gospel Glimpses. Praying in the Holy Ghost. The Things of the Spirit. The Supreme Need in Mission Work. Who Kindled the Fire?

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 14th June, 1864, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Malcolm MacGregor, Free Church minister, and Johanna Robertson. For other family connections, see the Bayne Tree.

Education
He graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1883. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1884-88.

Marriage
He married Agnes Amelia Rose on 15th July, 1891, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. She was born on 6th December, 1866, in Old Machar, Aberdeen, the daughter of James Rose, ship-owner and guild burgess, and Agnes Westland.

Ministry
He accepted a call to East, Aberdeen on 22nd May, 1888. It was signed by 12 elders, 11 deacons, 382 members, and 98 adherents. Thereafter he was ordained there as colleague and successor to James Selkirk. In the spring of 1893 he was in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for a nine weeks’ mission, “where he has been engaged with Mr Moody in aggressive work.” He then received a call to St James’ Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – one of the most wealthy and influential congregations in the Presbytery. Nothing came of that call, but in April the following year he received a call from Notting Hill Presbyterian Church, London, England. By that time, the Aberdeen congregation 1,100, it was said, but London prevailed, and he was settled there by May, 1894.

Death
He died on 3rd May, 1900, at his home, 11 Hanover Terrace, London, England. He was buried at Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen, on 8th May. His wife died in 1949 in Glencourse, Midlothian.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) George Hogarth Carnaby MacGregor born on 26th November, 1892, in Aberdeen. He married Christine Elizabeth Goold on 19th November, 1918. He became Professor of Biblical Criticism in Glasgow University. He died on 3rd July, 1963, in Glasgow. Christine Elizabeth Goold came from a family with strong ministerial links – see under William Henry Goold.

(2) Agnes Rose MacGregor born on 21st November, 1894, in Kensington, London, England. She held the degrees M.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.C.O.G. She became Reader in the Pathology of Diseases of Childhood in the University of Edinburgh She died in February, 1982, in Kenmore, Perthshire.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
Archive; Munksroll; Aberdeen Weekly Journal 26th May, 1888; 3rd September, 1891; 21st June, 1893; 19th April, 1894; 28th May, 1894: 4th May, 1900; 9th May, 1900

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MACGREGOR, JAMES, D.D. (Edinburgh)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.57

Born at Callander in 1830. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh; was ordained at Barry, Forfarshire, in 1857; married Grace, daughter of the Rev. D. MacLean, Callander; was translated to the Free High Church, Paisley, in 1861. Dr. Macgregor was appointed in 1868 Professor of Systematic Theology in the New College, Edinburgh, but resigned in 1881, and migrated with his family to New Zealand, where he was settled Presbyterian minister of Oamaru, in the South Island. Dr. Macgregor died in 1894.

Publications.—Three Smooth Stones from the Brook. Christian Doctrine. Apologetics.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 6th January, 1829, in Callander, Perthshire, the son of Duncan MacGregor, builder, and Helen MacPherson.

Education
He attended the local parish school and then the Free Church school there. He studied at Edinburgh University and enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1851-55. He received the D.D. degree from Edinburgh University in 1871.

Marriage
He married Grace Campbell Maclean on 7th July, 1857, in Callander, Perthshire. She was born on 29th January, 1835, in Inverchaolain, Argyll, the daughter of Duncan Maclean, minister, and Georgina Campbell. Her brother Duncan Maclean was also a Free Church minister.

Ministry
He was ordained in Barry, Angus. He was inducted to High, Paisley, on 30th April, 1861, and to the Chair in New College on 29th October, 1868. He resigned his Chair on health grounds, emigrated to New Zealand and became minister of Columba Church, Oamaru, North Otago Presbytery, in March, 1882.

Death
He died on 8th October, 1894, in Dunedin, New Zealand. His wife died there on 15th February, 1907.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Georgina MacGregor born on 28th July, 1859, in Barry, Angus. She died on 18th April, 1876, in Newington, Edinburgh.

(2) Duncan MacGregor born on 14th September, 1860, in Barry, Angus. He died on 18th December, 1880, in Newington, Edinburgh.

(3) William Cunningham MacGregor born on 14th April, 1862, in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He was a lawyer and later a judge. He died on 25th August, 1934, in Bedford, England.

(4) James MacGregor born n 29th September, 1863, at 19 Oakshaw Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire. He died on 14th October, 1881, at sea.

(5) Helen MacGregor born in 1865 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. She was a missionary partly of the United Free Church of Scotland and of the New Zealand Presbyterian Church. She died on 20th November, 1933, in Wellington, New Zealand.

(6) Agnes Susan Craig MacGregor born on 24th June, 1867, in Paisley, Renfrewshire. She died on 19th October, 1961, in Wellington, New Zealand.

(7) Grace Elliot MacGregor born in 1868 in Newington, Edinburgh. She died on 17th June, 1964, in Wellington, New Zealand.

(8) Catherine MacLean MacGregor born on 16th August, 1870, in Newington, Edinburgh. She married William Alexander Patterson in 1898 in New Zealand. A son of theirs, J.M. Patterson, became a minister in the New Zealand Presbyterian Church. She died on 20th December, 1958, in Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand.

(9) Margaret MacGregor born on 10th October, 1872, in Newington, Edinburgh. She died on 6th April, 1944, in Wellington, New Zealand.

(10) Charlotte Eliza MacGregor born in 1875 in Newington, Edinburgh. She married Robert Wood on 5th February, 1907, in New Zealand. She died on 28th January, 1966, in Wellington, New Zealand.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
PCNZ, Ministers’ Register; The Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, 1st October, 1863

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MACGREGOR, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229

Born, 1824. Studied at the New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kirkurd, 1859. Married, 1865, Wilhelmina H. Wallace. Translated, 1864, to Hawick. Died, 1873.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1826 in Golspie, Sutherland, the son of Alexander MacGregor, merchant, and Christina Gunn. His sister, Christina MacGregor, married Alexander Murray, a Free Church minister.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1850-54.

Marriage
He married Wilhelmina Hepburn Wallace on 18th October, at the bride’s home, Coltbridge Houses, Murrayfield, Edinburgh (Registration: 1865 685/1 291 St George). She was baptized on 30th August, 1840, in Hawick, Roxburghshire, the daughter of John Aikman Wallace, minister, and Isabella Nisbet. Her brother James Nisbet Wallace was minister of the Presbyterian Church in Torquay, Devon, England.

Ministry
He was ordained in Kirkurd, Peebles-shire; and translated to Hawick, Roxburghshire, on 15th December, 1864.

Death
He died on 9th April, 1873, at the Free Church Manse, Wilton, Roxburghshire. His wife died there in 1869.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Augustus Wallace MacGregor born on 18th August, 1867, in Wilton, Roxburghshire. He was a Writer to the Signet. He served in WW1 as a Lieutenant in the K.O.S.B. He died in 1937 in Hawick.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/5/1873, minister of Buccleuch Street Free Church, Hawick, Inventory; Settlement, Jedburgh Sheriff Court, NRS SC62/44/54; Certified Copy Interlocutor and Letter of Declination, Jedburgh Sheriff Court, NRS SC62/44/54

Sources
Archive; The Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warden, 15th April, 1873, p.7

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MACGREGOR, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.229

Born at Aberfeldy, 1839. Brother of Rev. D. Macgregor. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Peebles, 1864. Translated, 1869, to Stockwell, Glasgow. Married, 1893, Louise S. Seeley.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Peebles; and Stockwell, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.240, where a short biography is given). He died in 1909.

Family
Bayne Tree.

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MACGREGOR, JOHN FRASER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.230

Born at Glasgow, 1829. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Bridge of Weir, 1858. [Vol. 2 says 1857.] Married, 1861, Ann Wright; and, 1874, Helen Young. Translated to St. Luke’s, Glasgow, 1867. Resigned, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire; and St. Luke’s, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.249). He died in 1907.

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MACGREGOR, JOHN ROBERT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.230

Born at Inverness, 1856. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Johnstone, 1887. Resigned, 1898. [Vol. 2 says he terminated his ministry there in 1899.]

Supplementary Information

Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. Thereafter he served in the United Free Church in Olrig (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.508). He died in 1907.

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MACGREGOR, JOHN URQUHART, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.230

Born at Amoy, 1865. Son of Rev. Dr. W. Macgregor, Amoy. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh, also at Berlin. Ordained at St. Boswells, 1894. Married, 1899, Mary Key Miller.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. Boswells, Roxburghshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.92). Thereafter he served in St David’s, Bathgate, from 1906 (FUFC, p.35); and in St Leonard’s, Perth, from 1914 (FUFC, p.335). He resigned on appointment as Assistant Honorary Secretary to the Foreign Missions Committee in 1926 (FUFC, p.572, where a short biography is given).

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MACGREGOR, MALCOLM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.230
Born at Lochtayside, 1820. Brother of Rev. D. Macgregor. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Ferintosh, 1850. Married, 1855, Johanna Robertson; and, 1872, Janet Esther Munro. Died, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1820 in Kenmore, Perthshire, according to the censuses. The Glasgow University records say he was the son of John MacGregor, miller, Logierait, Perthshire. His mother was Christian Campbell. For family connections, see the Bayne Tree.

Education
He attended school in Aberfeldy, Perthshire. He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1843. There was a Malcolm MacGregor enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1844-47, and another 1845-1849.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Johanna Robertson in 1855 in Thurso, Caithness. She was born on 29th August, 1835, in Wick, Caithness, the daughter of Alexander Robertson, an army officer, and Forbes Carnaby.

(2) Janet Esther Munro in 1872 in Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty. She was born on 6th May, 1836, in Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, the daughter of John Munro, factor of the Foulis estate, and Cecilia Ross.

Ministry
He was ordained in Urquhart (Ferintosh), Ross and Cromarty, on 10th October, 1850. He served for a time as Presbytery Clerk.

Death
He died after a long illness on 30th April, 1888, in Urquhart, Ross and Cromarty. Johanna Robertson or MacGregor died there in 1868. Janet Munro or MacGregor died on 3rd May, 1914, at 5 Wilton Gardens, Glasgow.

Family
He had issue including by his first wife:

(1) Forbes Carnaby MacGregor born on 3rd August, 1856, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. She died in 1943 in Lasswade, Midlothian.

(2) John George Carnaby MacGregor born on 2nd July, 1858, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. He married Margaret Elizabeth Wharrie in 1886 in Govan, Glasgow. He died in the 4th quarter of 1906 in Romford, Essex.

(3) Christina Campbell MacGregor born on 31st December, 1859, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. She married William Alexander Black in 1891 in Old Machar, Aberdeen. In 1911 they were living in Finchley, Middlesex, London.

(4) Alexander Duncan MacGregor born on 6th July, 1861, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. A Scottish person of this name graduated M.B., C.M., from Edinburgh University on 27th January, 1882. The Surrey Mirror of 2nd June, 1888, records that a medical doctor of this name died in Caterham, Surrey, England, suddenly and in singular circumstances, aged 26.

(5) Malcolm MacGregor born on 23rd February, 1863, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. He died there that same year.

(6) George Hogarth Carnaby MacGregor born on 14th June, 1864, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. He was a Free Church minister.

(7) Elizabeth Fleming MacGregor born on 26th October, 1865, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. She died in March, 1898, in Anderston, Glasgow.

And by his second wife:

(8) A male MacGregor born on 8th November, 1873, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. He died there that same year.

(9) Malcolm Secundus MacGregor born in 1875 in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. He married Margaret McIntyre in 1910 in Kelvin, Glasgow. He died on 23rd June, 1933, in Dunfermline, Fife.

(10) William John Munro Macgregor born on 28th December, 1877, in Urquhart and Logie Wester, Ross and Cromarty. He married Nellie Sarah Shaw on 17th August, 1915, in Bury, Lancashire, England. He was a minister of the United Free Church: Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.361. He died on 17th January, 1949, in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Publications – by him
Three Sermons, Charles Calder, with a preface by the editor, the Rev. Malcolm Macgregor, Edinburgh, Maclaren & Macniven, 1877
Communion and other sermons, by the Rev. William Forbes, A.M., partly edited by the late Rev. John Kennedy, D.D., Dingwall; and completed with a prefatory memoir by the Rev. Malcolm MacGregor, Free Church, Ferintosh, Edinburgh, James Gemmell, 1887

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 16/7/1888, F.C. Minister, Ferintosh, Parish of Urquhart and Logie Wester, County of Ross, d. 30/04/1888 at Ferintosh aforesaid, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/15
MacGregor or Munro, Janet Esther, Inventories, Wills, etc.: 29/10/1914, widow of Rev. Malcolm MacGregor, Free Church minister, 5 Wilton Gardens, Glasgow, d. 02/05/1914 at Glasgow, testate., Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/255; Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/166

Sources
The Free Church of Scotland Monthly, August 1, 1888, Obituary; Bmj; The Scotsman, 5th May, 1914, p.12

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MACGREGOR, MALCOLM

 
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Born, 1820. Studied at the New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Gartly, 1854. Married, 1856, Janet Magee. Died, 1863.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 18th and baptized on 19th July, 1820, in Luss, Dunbartonshire, the son of Donald MacGregor and Catharine MacIntyre.

Education
There was a Malcolm MacGregor who enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1844-47, and another 1845-1849.

Marriage
He married Jane Magee. She was born about 1830 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Gartly, Aberdeenshire.

Death
He died in 1863 in Gartly, Aberdeenshire. It seems likely that on his death the family moved to Ireland. Jane and Sarah were living in Eglantine Avenue, Windsor Ward, Antrim, in 1901 and 1911. Sarah was a teacher of music and languages.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Hamilton Burns MacGregor born on 21st April, 1858, in Gartly, Aberdeenshire.

(2) Donaldson MacGregor born on 2nd August, 1860, in Gartly, Aberdeenshire.

(3) Sarah MacGregor born on 22nd May, 1862, in Gartly, Aberdeenshire.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 9/8/1864, Minister of the Free Church at Gartly, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/55

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MACGREGOR, PETER

 
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Born at Inverness, 1853. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Uyeasound, Unst, 1881. Married, 1882, Mary B. Ingram. Died, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 2nd and baptized on 22nd April, 1853, in Inverness, the son of William MacGregor and Mary Fraser. His father was a ship-owner and captain.

Marriage
He married Mary Barclay Ingram in 1882. She was born on 16th November, 1842, and baptized on 10th February, 1843, in Unst, Shetland, the daughter of John Ingram and Margaret Blair Hutchison. For some family connections, see the Ingram Tree.

Ministry
He was ordained in Unst – Uyeasound, Shetland, on 27th August, 1881.

Death
He died on 7th March, 1888, in Unst, Shetland. His wife died on 22nd March, 1892, at 4 Maryfield Terrace, St Andrew, Dundee.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 12/11/1888, Uyeasound, Island of Unst, d. 07/03/1888 at Uyeasound aforesaid, intestate, Lerwick Sheriff Court, NRS SC12/36/8; Confirmation of Executors, Lerwick Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC12/37/4
Macgregor or Ingram, Mary Barclay, Inventories, Wills, etc.: 25/5/1892, 20 Airlie Place, Dundee, d. 22/03/1892 at Dundee, testate, Dundee Sheriff Court, NRS SC45/31/44

Sources
The Free Church of Scotland Monthly, November 1, 1888, Obituary; Jghalcrow

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MACGREGOR, ROBERT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.230
Born near Pitlochry, 1841. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Monifieth, South, 1871. Married, 1872, Lilias H. Hutchison. Translated to Augustine Church, Glasgow, 1877. Resigned, 1883, and became rector of Nithside Academy, Dumfries.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 20th June, 1841, in Logierait, Perthshire, the son of Alexander MacGregor and Ann Reid.

Education
He graduated M.A. from Aberdeen University in 1864 and enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1864-68.

Marriage
He married Lillias Hannah R. Hutchison in 1872 in St George, Edinburgh. She was born on 31st October and baptized on 20th December, 1842, in Wemyss, Fife, the daughter of James Hutchison and Agnes Ann Roper.

Ministry
A Robert MacGregor was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow on 4th March, 1869. He was ordained in Monifieth, South, Angus, in 1871; and translated to Augustine, Glasgow, in 1877. He resigned his charge in 1883.

Death
He latterly lived at Academy Villa, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire, and died there on 27th January, 1915. His widow lived there but died on 23rd January, 1920, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Robina MacGregor born in 1874 in Monifieth, Angus.

(2) Alexander MacGregor born in 1875 in Monifieth, Angus.

(3) David Hutchison MacGregor born in 1877 in Monifieth, Angus. He served in the Royal Engineers and was awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a period of five days preceding and during a raid. He was for a time Professor of Political Economy in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. In 1919 he became the Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy at Manchester, Lancashire, England, and from 1921 to 1945 was Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, England. He died in the 2nd quarter of 1953 in Oxford, England.

(4) Agnes Ann MacGregor born in 1878 in Cathcart, Glasgow. She died in the 4th quarter of 1942 in Oxford, England.

(5) Lillias MacGregor born in 1881 in Cathcart, Glasgow.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 23/3/1915, Forfarshire, afterwards Augustine Free Church, Glasgow, Academy Villa, Maxwelltown, d. 27/01/1915 at Maxwelltown, testate, Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court, NRS SC16/41/61; Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC16/47/7
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacGregor or Hutchison, Lillias Hannah Roper, 29/5/1920, Academy Villa, Maxwelltown, Dumfries, d. 23/01/1920 at Leeds, testate, Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court, NRS SC16/41/63; Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC16/47/8

Sources
Thegazette; Wiki

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MACGREGOR, RODERICK

 
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Born at Inverness, 1818. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, New College, Edinburgh, and Divinity Hall, Aberdeen. Ordained at Canisbay, Caithness, 1851. Married, 1852, Elizabeth Sutherland. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 24th August, 1818, in Inverness, the son of David MacGregor and Janet Ross. Much of his boyhood was spent in Prince Edward Island.

Education
He matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1838 and studied for three sessions. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1843-45.

Marriage
He married Elizabeth Sinclair Sutherland on 4th September, 1852, in Thurso, Caithness. She was born about 1817 in Canisbay, Caithness, the daughter of George Sutherland of Brabster, Caithness, and Margaret Gibson. This Margaret Gibson came from a ministerial family: her great grandfather was Alexander Gibson, Dean of Watten and Bower (see FES, Vol.7, p.114). This Alexander’s brothers, Adam Gibson and John Gibson were both ministers and two of his sons Alexander Gibson and John Gibson were also ministers. For these men see FES, Vol.7, p.270; FES, Vol.7, p.218; FES, Vol.7, p.270 and FES, Vol.7, p.117 respectively.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dingwall in July, 1849. He was ordained in Canisbay, Caithness, on 26th February, 1851.

Death
He died on 25th August, 1889, in Canisbay, Caithness. His widow lived at 31 Argyle Square, Wick, Caithness, and died there on 8th June, 1898.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Alexander Gibson MacGregor born 18th August, 1853, in Canisbay, Caithness. He graduated M.B., C.M., from Aberdeen University in 1877 and M.D. in 1879. He married Mary Balme Anderson on 20th July, 1882, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1916 in Morningside, Edinburgh.

(2) George Robert MacGregor born on 14th June, 1855, in Canisbay, Caithness. He graduated from Aberdeen University: M.B., C.M., in 1876; and M.D. in 1883. He died on 22nd February, 1922, in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.

(3) David John James born in 1857 in Canisbay, Caithness. He died there in 1899.

(4) Duncan MacGregor born in 1860 in Canisbay, Caithness. He died there the following year.

Publications – about them
Papers of the Sutherland family of Forse, Sutherland: Letters (36) from Robert Sinclair Sutherland (later HEICS), eldest son of George Sutherland Sinclair, 5th of Brabster: 1837, August 5, St Andrews, from Margaret to Robert’s mother; Robert is home; his sister Bettsy [later Mrs Roderick Macgregor] is going to stay with the Misses Anderson in Edinburgh; 1862, July 4; Jessie and Margaret [her sister] are still in poor health and should go again to Lochhead with Mr and Mrs [their sister Elizabeth (Bettsy)] Roderick Macgregor, NRS GD139/394; Letter to Miss Elizabeth (Bettsy) Sinclair Sutherland, daughter of Brabster, from Georgina [Craig], Falmouth, on Elizabeth’s forthcoming marriage to the Rev. Roderick Macgregor, 17th September, 1852, NRS GD139/491; Letters (2) to Mary MacGregor in Helmsdale from her brother Duncan MacGregor Board of Trade, Whitehall, [sister and brother of the Rev. Roderick MacGregor], on the imminent death of their brother John’s wife, 23-26 September, 1853, NRS GD139/494; Letters (4) to the Misses Sinclair Sutherland from their sister Elizabeth MacGregor [wife of the Rev. Roderick MacGregor], 1862, NRS GD139/498
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/5/1890, F.C. Minister of Canisbay, d. 25/08/1889 at Canisbay, testate, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/13
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Macgregor, Elizabeth, 21/10/1898, widow of Rev. Roderick Macgregor, 31 Argyle Square, Wick, d. 08/06/1898 at Wick, testate, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/16
Obituary notice on this web-site: Roderick McGregor

Source
Fionamsinclair

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MACGREGOR, WILLIAM MALCOLM, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.230

Born at Glasgow, 1861. Son of Rev. D. Macgregor. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Troon, 1886. Married, 1887, Amy Stevenson. Translated to Renfield Church, Glasgow, 1890; and, 1898, to St. Andrew’s, Edinburgh.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Troon, Ayrshire; Renfield, Glasgow; and St. Andrew’s, Edinburgh. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.26). Thereafter he served in the Glasgow College in the Chair of New Testament (FUFC, p.580, where a short biography is given). He was appointed Principal there in 1928 (FUFC, p.574). He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1919 (FUFC, p.569).

Family
Bayne Tree.

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M’GREGOR, JAMES

 
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Born in Perthshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at St. Monance, 1895. Married, 1896, Marion B. M’Culloch.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. Monance, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.378). Thereafter he served in Bannockburn Ladywell from 1907 (FUFC, p.305, where a short biography is given). He died in 1922.

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M’GREGOR, ROBERT, M.A.

 
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Born at Dunfermline, 1838. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Holytown, 1873. Married, 1881, Jane Campbell.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Holytown, Lanarkshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.189). He died in 1916.

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M’GROUTHER, ROBERT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born at Auchterarder, 1849. Ordained, 1879, at Whifflet. Married, 1880, Marion Ann Dunn. Translated on 13th October, 1881, to Maybole. Died, 11th November the same year.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1849 in Auchterarder, Perthshire, the son of John McGrouther, hand loom weaver, cotton, and his wife Helen Graham. He served his apprenticeship as a joiner.

Marriage
He married Marion Ann Dunn. She was born on 23rd January, 1860, in Rutherglen, Glasgow, the daughter of David Gardner Dunn and Janet Russell.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Hamilton, on 19th August, 1879. On 9th September that year, he was called to Whifflet, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, and he was ordained there on 28th October following. He was translated to Maybole, Ayrshire, on 13th October, 1881.

Death
He died on 11th November, 1881, at the Free Church Manse, Maybole, Ayrshire (Registration: 1881 605/ 108 Maybole). He had only preached once here since his induction. His wife died in 1902 in Kelvin, Glasgow.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 9/2/1882, Minister, Free Church, Maybole, d. 11/11/1881 at Maybole, intestate, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/43

Sources
The Free Church Monthly, March 1, 1882, p.84; The Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 18th November, 1881

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M’ILWRAITH, ANDREW

 
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Born at Ayr, 1811. Studied at the University, Glasgow, Divinity Hall and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lochlee, 1847. At first he suffered great hardships from the opposition of the proprietor to the Free Church. Mr. M’Ilwraith was twice married, his second wife being Janet Thomson Gray. Became senior minister, 1884. Died, 1886.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 9th and baptized on 25th October, 1811, in Ayr, the son of John McIlwraith– who held a good social and commercial position – and Elizabeth Hannah.

Education
He attended Ayr Academy. He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1829. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1843-44.

Marriage
He married:
(1) Francis (Fanny) Davis on 27th November, 1852, in St Pancras, London, England. She was the daughter of William Henry Davis, Esquire. She was then a resident of Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England. She died in Lochlee, Angus, on 17th November, 1854, and was buried there (Findagrave).

(2) Janet Thomson Gray on 24th July, 1867, in Edinburgh. She was born on 29th October and baptized on 29th November, 1825, in Brechin, Angus, the daughter of James Gray and Agnes Campbell. Her father and grand-father were ministers of the Secession Church (see Small, History, Vol.1, p.88).

Ministry
He was licensed at the beginning of 1846 and was ordained in Lochlee, Angus, in March. 1847. David Aitchison Dickson was settled there as his colleague and successor in 1885.

Death
He thereafter lived at 39 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh, and died there on 6th January, 1886. His widow lived latterly at 14 Polwarth Terrace Edinburgh, and died there on 7th July, 1902.

Family
There is no clear evidence that he had issue.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Andrew McIlwraith
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 20/4/1886, sometime F.C. Minister, Lochlee, near Brechin, afterwards residing at 39 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh, d. 06/01/1886 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/249; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/218
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacIlwraith or Gray, Janet Thomson, 31/7/1902, 39 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh, latterly 14 Polwarth Terrace Edinburgh, widow of Rev. Andrew M’Ilwraith, Lochlee near Brechin, d. 07/07/1902 at Edinburgh, testate, non-Scottish Court, NRS SC70/7/11; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/415; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/340

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M’INDOE, ROBERT

 
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Born at Partick, 1804. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall of Burgher Synod. Ordained at Kirkcaldy, 1831. Married, 1837, a daughter of Rev. W. Willis, Stirling; and, thereafter, Jessie Jamieson. Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. At the Disruption those of his congregation who adhered to the Free Church united with the Free Church congregation at Kirkcaldy, and Mr. M’Indoe was transferred to Galston, Ayrshire, 1844. Died, 1877.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
Burgher, Student, Scott, Annals, p.507; Kirkcaldy 1831, (Burgher), Scott, Annals, p.383; Call, Scott, Annals, p.261; FES, Vol.5, p.107. In the Free Church, he served in Galston, Ayrshire.

Family
He married Janet Jamieson Willis on 27th April, 1837, in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Publications – by him
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.3, p.247, The universal dominion of Christ, the foundation of the commission which his ministers receive, and his promised presence their encouragement in fulfilling it
The Scottish Christian Herald, 2nd series, Vol.3, p.159, An Address at the Communion Table
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 330 and 906. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant and Sunday travel, 19th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/179

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Robert McIndoe
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 7/6/1877, Reverend in Kilmarnock, spouse of Janet Jamieson Willis McIndoe, Last Will and Testament with spouse, Ayr Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC6/46/11; 30/6/1877, Minister, Free Church, Galston, d. 10/03/1877 at Galston, testate, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/40
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacIndoe or Willis, Jessie Jamieson or Janet, 2/3/1892, 51 Brisbane Street, Greenock, widow of Rev. Robert M’Indoe, F.C. Minister, Galston, d. 27/11/1891 at Greenock, testate, Greenock Sheriff Court, NRS SC53/41/5; Will, Greenock Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC53/47/3
Crown Office precognitions, 1869: Precognition against Henry Connell for the crime of theft by housebreaking and opening lockfast places, or reset of theft at Galston, Ayr; Victim: Robert McIndoe, minister of the Free Church, Galston, Ayr, AD14/69/232
21st December, 1837, Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.420 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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M’INDOE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born at Rothesay, 1828. Studied at the Universities, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and New College, Edinburgh. Appointed by the Colonial Committee to Canada. There he was ordained, 1855, and the same year married Mary Cunningham. Returning to this country, 1860, was settled at Carlisle as the first minister of the English Presbyterian congregation there. Translated, 1866, to Martyrs’ Church, Paisley. Married, 1871, Jane P. Brown. For several years was clerk of the Free Church Presbytery of Paisley. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd March and baptized on 13th April, 1828, in Rothesay, Bute, the son of Archibald McIndoe, merchant and magistrate, and Janet Miller.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1844. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1848-52.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Mary Cunningham. She was born about 1826, according to her death certificate; she was the daughter of Joseph Cunningham and Dorothea Jackson. Her family were from Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland. Her father was a strict Presbyterian and a United Irishman – see Rootsweb, where her birth date is given as 1817.

(2) Jane Peock Brown in 1871 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. She was born on 14th July, 1841, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, the daughter of John Brown and Jane Smith.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dunoon and Inveraray in the autumn of 1852. He was minister in Wellington Square and Waterdow, Canada West, 1855-61; and in Warwick Road Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, 1861-66. He received a call from Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, in 1865, but remained in Carlisle. He was translated to Martyrs’, Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 18th January, 1866.

Death
He died on 18th October, 1889, at Martyrs’ Free Church Manse, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Mary Cunningham or McIndoe died at the Free Church Manse, George Street, Paisley, on 27th November, 1868 (Registration: 1868 573/1 338 Paisley High Church). Jane Peock Brown or McIndoe, lived latterly at 2 Park Terrace, Underwood, Paisley, and died there on 28th January, 1908.

Family
He had issue including by his first wife:

(1) Mary Cunningham McIndoe born about 1857 in Canada. She married David Smith Semple in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in 1883. She died there in 1950.

And by his second wife:

(2) John Brown McIndoe born on 29th May, 1874, in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He died in 1958 in Pollok, Glasgow.

(3) William McIndoe born in 1875 in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

(4) Jane (or Jean) Smith McIndoe born in 1877 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. She died there in 1941.

(5) Jessie Elizabeth McIndoe born in 1880 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. She died in 1966 in Glasgow.

(6) Arthur James McIndoe born in 1882 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He married Mary Carswell Morrison in 1912 in New Zealand. He died in 1953 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William McIndoe
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/3/1890, Minister, Free Martyr’s Congregation, Paisley, d. 18/10/1889 at Paisley, testate, Inventory only, Paisley Sheriff Court, NRS SC58/42/55; Will, Paisley Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC58/45/6
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacIndoe or Brown, Jane Peock, 10/6/1908, resided at 2 Park Terrace, Underwood, Paisley, widow of rev William MacIndoe, minister of the Free Martyr’s Congregation, Paisley, d. 28/01/1908 at Paisley, testate, Paisley Sheriff Court, NRS SC58/42/69 and NRS SC58/42/70

Source
The Dundee Courier & Argus, 21st October, 1889

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MACINNES, ALEXANDER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born in Renfrewshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Markinch, 1897. Married, the same year, Sarah Hamilton.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Markinch, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.366). Thereafter he served in Rose Street, Glasgow, from 1902 (FUFC, p.245); in Cardonald from 1908 (FUFC, p.214). He resigned in 1919. He was appointed as Chaplain to the Forces in 1921 (FUFC, p.586). Thereafter he served in St David’s, Glasgow, from 1922 (FUFC, p.246); and in Fossoway from 1928 (FUFC, p.350, where a short biography is given).

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MACINNES, ALEXANDER, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born in Inverness-shire. Studied at the Universities and Free Church Colleges, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Ordained at North Knapdale, 1896. Married, the same year, Margaret C. Ellis.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in North Knapdale, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.285). Thereafter he served in Ferintosh and Maryburgh from 1910 (FUFC, p.480); and in Kirkliston from 1918 (FUFC, p.38, where a short biography is given).

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MACINNES, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born in Skye, 1839. He began life as a teacher. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire, 1879. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1838 in Glendale, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, the son of Malcolm MacInnes, master carpenter, and Janet McLeod. His father died when he was one year old. Malcolm Campbell, a Free Church minister, whose parents were William Campbell and Catherine MacInnes, was his nephew.

Education
He worked initially on the family farm. He attended the Free Church Normal School in Glasgow and became a teacher. During his college course he was a teacher in the Western Isles.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Skye and Uist. He was ordained in Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire, on 11th June, 1879.

Death
He died on 4th September, 1889, at the Free Church Manse, Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire, of gastric fever (Registration: 1889 107/2 4 Glenmoriston). He was interred in the ground in front of his church.

Family
He never married.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Donald MacInnes
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/12/1889, F.C. Minister, Invermoriston, County of Inverness, d. 04/09/1889 at Invermoriston, intestate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/24

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MACINNES, DONALD, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born in Inverness-shire. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Glenmoriston, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.298, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1907. He then served in the Church of Scotland, in Kinlochspelvie, Isle of Mull, from 1910 (Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae (FES)Vol.4, p.116); and in Tiree from 1914 (FES, Vol.4, p.122.

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M’INNES, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born, 1812. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and became schoolmaster, Ballachulish. Ordained at Tummel Bridge, 1845. Died, 1866.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 2nd November, 1811, in Kilmallie, Argyll, the son of Duncan McInnes, farmer, and Janet McLachlan.

Education
He took his Arts and Divinity courses at St Andrews, Fife: he studied at United College, 1832-36; and at St Mary’s College, 1836-37, and 1841-42. He was the Foundation Bursar in 1832. He also attended Edinburgh University 1837-38. He was a school-master in Ballachuish.

Ministry
He was ordained in Tummel Bridge, Perthshire, on 13th February, 1845.

Death
He died on 8th December, 1866, in Foss, Perthshire. There is a memorial to him on Eilean Munde (or Munda), a small island in Loch Leven, close to Ballachulish. It reads: “Rev. Alexr. McInnes, Minister of the Free Church, Tummel Bridge, Perthshire who entered into rest 8 Dec 1866 aged 55 years . . . This monument is affectionately dedicated by his nephew Alexr. McKenzie, Student, F. C. College, Glasgow.” This nephew was almost certainly the Alexander MacKenzie who was Free Church minister of Falkland.

Family
There is no evidence that he ever married.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 11/2/1867, Free Church clergyman at Tummelbridge in parish of Dull in county of Perth, Perth Sheriff Court, NRS SC49/31/83

Source
Findagrave

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MACINTOSH, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.231

Born in Inverness-shire, 1842. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Bowmore, Islay, 1874. Married, 1876, Ann J. C. MacTavish. Resigned, 1879, and went to Australia. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in Inverness about 1842, the son of William MacIntosh, clothier, and Catherine Mackintosh.

Education
There is no record of him as Alexander MacIntosh enrolling in New College, Edinburgh; but an Alexander Mackintosh enrolled there 1869-73. Indeed, Mackintosh seems to have been the spelling of his name.

Marriage
Alexander Mackintosh married Annie J. Campbell MacTavish on 1st June, 1876, at the Union Bank of Scotland, Johnstone, Renfrewshire (Registration: 1876 559/3 36 Johnstone (Renfrew)). She was baptised on 9th September, 1848, in Kilarrow, Isle of Islay, Argyll, the daughter of Colin McTavish and Catherine Campbell.

Ministry
An Alexander Mackintosh was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dunoon and Inveraray on 17th June, 1873. He was ordained in Bowmore, Isle of Islay, Argyll, in 1874.

He arrived in New Zealand in 1879 (PCNZ, Ministers’ Register). He is said to have finished his training there and then was ordained in Whangarei, Northland Presbytery, on 18th February, 1880; and resigned on 7th February, 1883. There are certain problems with this: for example, his being ordained in New Zealand, when he had been ordained in Scotland.

He moved to Brisbane, Queensland, in 1883, where he was tutor in the Divinity College. He moved to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1885 and, finally, to Melbourne in 1888.

Death
He died in 1889 in Pahran, Victoria, Australia. His wife died of pneumonia in South Yarra, Victoria, in 1890. South Yarra and Pahran are adjacent areas in what is now Melbourne City.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Catherine Campbell Mackintosh born in 1877 in Kilarrow, Isle of Islay, Argyll. Catherine Campbell Mackintosh or Watt died in 1965 in Haddington, East Lothian, aged 88.

(2) Annie (Nancy) Mackintosh was born on 27th April, 1878, in the Free Church Manse, Bowmore, Isle of Islay, Argyll (Registration: 1878,536/ 17 Bowmore or Kilarrow).

(3) Margaret Campbell Mackintosh born in Bowmore in 1879.

(4) William Alexander Mackintosh was born in 1881 in New Zealand.

(5) Colin Dugald MacTavish Mackintosh was born in 1882 in New Zealand.

(6) Eila Victoria Campbell Mackintosh was born on 24th May, 1885, in Queensland. She died in Tasmania on 24th August, that year.

(7) Aeneas Gordon Mackintosh born on 22nd September, 1886, in Tasmania. He died there on 13th February, 1887.

On the death of their parents in Victoria, the orphaned children returned to Scotland.

Source
Correspondence with a relative

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M’INTOSH, HUGH, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born in Inverness-shire, 1839. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Gartly, 1872. Married, the same year, Jane Watt; and, 1881, Mary M’Kinnon Fraser. Translated, 1877, to Glasgow, London Road; and, 1881, to Brockley, London.

Publications.—The Two Banners and the Old Battle, 1876. Philosophy of the Gospel.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 27th November, 1840, in Culloden, Inverness, the son of Hugh McIntosh, road contractor, and Ann McGregor.

Education
He graduated M.A. from Aberdeen University in 1869.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Jane Watt in 1872 in Kintore, Aberdeenshire. She was born in Keith-hall about 1839, the daughter of George Watt, farmer, and Margaret Crabbe.

(2) Mary McKinnon Fraser in the 2nd quarter of 1881 in Woolwich, London, England. She was born about 1858 in Scotland, the daughter of William Fraser and Agnes McKinnon.

Ministry
He was ordained in Gartly, Aberdeenshire, on 1st August, 1872. He received a call from Melville, Aberdeen, in 1875 but declined it. In 1877, he was translated to London Road, Glasgow. He was later translated to Brocklay Presbyterian Church, London, England. While there, there was a strike by employees of the South Metropolitan Gas Company, which resulted in some violence. He brought the employers, the Unions, and the Strike Committee together in an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the dispute.

Death
Latterly he lived at 16 Rillbank Terrace, Edinburgh, but he died at Wick, Caithness, on 9th May, 1921.
Jane Watt or McIntosh died on 23rd September, 1874, at the Free Church Manse, Gartly, aged 34, the cause of death being (1) albuminuria; (2) childbirth. This fact calls in question the accuracy of a statement in The Thanage of Fermartyn, which says: “Within an enclosure there is a granite pyramid bearing the inscription: — “Erected by Rev. Hugh Macintosh, minister of the Free Church, Gartly, to the sacred memory of his loving and beloved wife, Margaret Macintosh, who died at the Manse, full of faith, joy and love, on Saturday, 20 September, 1874, aged 34.” [Moreover, 20th September, 1874, was a Sunday.]

Mary McKinnon Fraser or McIntosh died on 25th October, 1929, at the Royal Asylum, Edinburgh, her usual residence being 16 Rillbank Terrace, Edinburgh (Registration: 1929 685/7 714 Morningside).

Family
He had issue including, by his first wife:

(1) Jeanie Hughina Watt McIntosh born in 1874 in Gartly, Aberdeenshire. She married Walter Robert Drew in the 4th quarter of 1907 in Greenwich, London, England. He was a bank cashier. She died in 1953 in Inverness.

And by his second wife:

(2) Marianne Christina McG. McIntosh born in the 2nd quarter of 1887 in Lewisham, London, England. She died in the 3rd quarter of 1960 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England.

(3) Robina Agnes Fraser McIntosh born in the 1st quarter of 1889 in Lewisham, London, England. She registered her mother’s death and was then resident at 7 St George’s Square, Regent’s Park, London, England. She died in 1980 in West Sussex, England.

(4) Hugh Patrick McIntosh born in the 2nd quarter of 1894 in Lewisham, London, England.

(5) Dorothy Martha McIntosh born in the 3rd quarter of 1898 in Lewisham, London, England.

Publications – by him
The new prophets, being an account of the operations of The Northern Evangelistic Society, Aberdeen, A. & R. Milne, 1871
The two banners and the old battle, or, The Established & Free Churches as they are, Edinburgh, Maclaren & Macniven, 1876?
The philosophy of the Gospel, London, James Nisbet & Co., 1887
Is Christ infallible and the Bible true?, Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark, 1901

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/5/1921, 16 Rillbank Terrace, Edinburgh, d. 09/05/1921 at Wick, intestate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/664

Source
The Aberdeen Journal, 7th August, 1872; The Leeds Mercury, Yorkshire, England, 19th October, 1887; Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, London, England, 26th January, 1890

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M’INTOSH, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born at Killin, 1852. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Fort William, 1881. Married, 1898, Annie Dingwall.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Fort William, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.298, where a short biography is given). He died in 1910.

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M’INTOSH, ROBERT, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born at Dundee, 1842. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Alva, 1872. Married, 1876, Helen Primrose Steven. In 1898 Dr. M’Intosh was a deputy from the Free Church to the Presbyterian Church of Otago on the occasion of the jubilee celebration.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 16th November, 1867 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.221). In the Free Church, he served in Alva, Clackmannanshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.305). He retired in 1914 and died in 1927).

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MACINTYRE, ARCHIBALD STEWART, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born at Glenelg, 1856. Studied at the Universities, Glasgow and London, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Portnahaven, Islay, 1891. Married, 1893, Elizabeth Lowe.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Portnahaven, Isle of Islay, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.291, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1913.

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MACINTYRE, RONALD GEORGE, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born in Victoria, 1863. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at St. Andrew’s, Birkenhead, 1891. Translated, 1895, to Maxwelltown, Dumfries. Married, the same year, Christina Watson Cromb.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Maxwelltown, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.107, where a short biography is given). He subsequently served in Australia. See Susan Emilsen, Macintyre, Ronald George (1863–1954), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 19th October, 2022

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M’INTYRE, ALLAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born 1797. Licensed by the Presbytery of Dunoon, and signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. Ordained at Paisley, Gaelic, 1846. Left for the colonial field, 1854.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Gaelic, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Thereafter in 1861, Australia, FES, Vol.7, p.594; Ward and Prentis, Presbyterian Ministers, p.108.

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M’INTYRE, DAVID MARTIN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232
Born at Monikie, 1859. Son of Rev. M. M’Intyre, Monikie. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh, and English Presbyterian College, London. Ordained at College Park, London, 1886. Translated, 1891, to Finnieston, Glasgow. Married, 1893, Jane Christian Bonar.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Finnieston, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.220, where a short biography is given). He became senior minister in 1915. He was appointed to Glasgow Bible Training Institute in 1913.

Family
Bonar Tree and the Miller Martin Tree.

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M’INTYRE, DUNCAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232
Born in Argyllshire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Eddrachillis, Sutherlandshire, 1897. Married, 1899, Catherine Finlayson.

Supplementary InformationDuncan Maclean McIntyre
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Eddrachillis, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.502). Thereafter he served in Carinish, North Uist, from 1914 (FUFC, p.493); and in Morven from 1925 (FUFC, p.301, where a short biography is given).

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M’INTYRE, MALCOLM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born at Haddington, 1819. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Monikie, 1849. Married, the same year, Mary Anne Miller. Became senior minister, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Monikie, Angus. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.392, where a short biography is given). He died in 1903.

Family
Miller Martin Tree.

Here is an inscription from Monikie graveyard: “In memory of Rev MALCOLM McINTYRE born 16 January 1819 Free Church Minister in this Parish from July 1849 until his death 10 October 1903 also his beloved wife MARY ANN MILLER born 6 September 1829 died 31 July 1862 children MARGARET GRACE born 1853 died 1863 and MILLER MALCOLM born 1862 died 1874 Rev DAVID M McINTYRE DD born 1859 died 1938 they also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him” (www.monikie.org.uk/kirkyard.htm#E02)

Notwithstanding the above, the censuses show Mary Ann Miller or McIntyre to have been born around 1820 in Eassie, Angus. This surely means that she is the daughter of James Miller, minister, who according to FES was born on 6th September, 1819, when the family were in Eassie. This also means that she is buried in the adjacent lair to her sister, Janet Martin Miller, the wife of Alexander Comrie, a Free Church minister. See these references for further ministerial connections.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Mr Stuart Wortley’s marriage bill, 18th July, 1850, NRS GD112/51/222

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M’INTYRE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born, 1802. Ordained missionary at Melness and Eriboll, Sutherlandshire, 1838. At the time of the Disruption Mr. M’Intyre retired owing to ill-health. Died, 1853.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born (or baptised) in the parish of Durness, Sutherland, on 29th April, 1803, the son of Donald McIntyre and Margaret Campbell.

Death
He died on 5th May, 1853, in Melness, Sutherland.

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MACISAAC, DAVID DUNDAS, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.232

Born at Comrie, 1836. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kirkmichael, Perthshire, 1865. Resigned, 1886. Died, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 30th August and baptized on 18th September, 1837, in Comrie, Perthshire, the son of Alexander McIsaac, farmer, and Elizabeth McLaren.

Education
He first enrolled in Glasgow University in 1854. He graduated B.A. in 1860 and M.A. in 1862.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Auchterarder in 1863. He was ordained in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, on 12th October, 1865. In 1886, he tendered the resignation of his charge on account of ill health.

Other
Latterly he was a farmer living at Brae of Monzie, Perthshire: in 1891 he was living in Monzie with his sister Jannet, a sheep farmer.

Death
He died on 14th March, 1897, at 3 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow.

Family
There is no evidence that he married.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 30/12/1898, F.C. senior Minister, Kirkmichael, residing at Brae of Monzie near Crieff, d. 14/03/1897 at Glasgow, testate, Perth Sheriff Court, NRS SC49/31/174

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MACIVER, ANGUS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born in Ross-shire, 1832. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Glasgow, MacDonald Church, 1872. Married, 1875, Margaret Jane Bannatyne. The same year he joined the Church of Scotland, and was settled at Uig.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Macdonald, Glasgow. Thereafter in 1876, Uig ,FES, Vol.7, p.209. He is said to have returned to the Free Church and was Free Church minister in Strathconan. Indeed, the information in the index of Inventories, suggest that this was so, as does the fact that his wife died in Carnoch, Ross and Cromarty, in 1909.

Family
He married Margaret Jane Bannatyne, the daughter of Robert Bannatyne, Officer of Fisheries, Lerwick, Shetland, and Eliza Umphray. For her ministerial connections, see the Bannatyne Tree.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 14/2/1916, Strathconon, Ross-shire, afterwards 24 Thirlestane Road, Edinburgh, d. 20/10/1915 at Balallan, Stornoway, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/576; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/480
Stornoway Sheriff Court: Dame Mary Jane Matheson v Reverend Angus MacIver: Action for interdict: interdict to prevent defender and all others acting on their behalf from cutting peat’s for fuel or for any other purpose in any of the mosses in Uig Parish belonging to the pursuer, 1884, SC33/17/1884/63
Lerwick Sheriff Court: Warrants of register of deeds: Minute of agreement between trustees of the late Mrs Margaret Spence or Bannatyne, Professor Colin Bannatyne and others Rev. Angus Maciver, etc., 21st Oct ober, 1909, NRS SC12/50/1909/11; Discharge by Rev. Angus Maciver, sometime minister at Uig, Stornaway, thereafter residing at 20 Ness Bank, Inverness, executor of the late Margaret Jane Bannatyne or Maciver his wife, to testamentary trustees of the late Mrs Margaret Spence or Bannatyne, 29th March, 1910, NRS SC12/50/1910/3

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MACIVER, PETER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born in parish of Lochs, Lewis, 1839. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Morven, Argyllshire, 1878. Translated, 1882, to Bowmore, Islay. Married, 1892, Anna Georgina Macphail.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Morven, Argyll; and Bowmore. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.290). He became senior minister in 1910 and died in 1921.

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M’IVER, ANGUS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born at Coll, parish of Stornoway, 1864. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Applecross, May 1900.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Applecross, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.487). Thereafter he served in Glenurquhart from 1909 (FUFC, p.299 and p.473, where a short biography is given).

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M’IVER, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born at Poolewe, 1838. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Resolis, Ross-shire, 1879. Married, 1886, Margaret Macdonald. Mr. M’Iver remained outside the Union of 1900.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born (or baptised) on 10th February, 1838, in the parish of Gairloch, the son of John McIver, crofter in Ormiscaig, Poolewe, and Catherine Mackenzie.

Marriage
He married Maggie MacDonald on 2nd September, 1886, at 39 Union Street, Inverness (Registration: 1886 098/ 88 Inverness). She was born about 1864 in Portree, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, the daughter of Alexander MacDonald, crofter, and Christian MacDonald. At the time of her marriage she was a governess, living at Millroad Cottage, Portree.

Ministry
Stratherrick, Inverness-shire, signed a call to John Maciver, probationer – presumably this man – on 3rd December, 1878. but he was ordained on 10th April, 1879, in Resolis, Ross and Cromarty. He remained in the Free Church at the Union of 1900. He fell ill in 1910 and retired in 1911.

Death
Latterly they lived at Bank Cottage, Conon Bridge, Ross and Cromerty. He died there on 10th June, 1922. His wife died on 22nd March, 1923 at Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

Family
There is no clear evidence that they had issue.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/2/1923, Rev. “Bank Cottage”, Conon Bridge, d. 10/06/1922 at Conon Bridge, intestate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/33
Macdonald or MacIver, Margaret, Inventories, Wills, etc.: 7/11/1923, Bank Cottage, Conon Bridge, d. 22/03/1923 at Drumnadrochit, intestate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/33

Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 7th December, 1878

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MACKAIL, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born at Coylton, Ayrshire, 1810. Studied at the University, Glasgow. After licence he supplied for a time the vacant parish of Gretna. His health obliged him to relinquish this work, and he was appointed minister of the Scotch Church at Malta, for which he was ordained, 1843. In 1846 Mr. Mackail became minister of the English-speaking congregation at Calcutta. Married, the same year, Louisa Irving Carson. Retired in broken health, 1852, and returned to Scotland. Died, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1843, Malta, FES, Vol.7, p.556. A “John McKail, Glasgow” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church.

Publications – by him
Papers of his are held amongst the Church of Scotland records: NRS CH1/11. There are 14 files: Ch1/11/1 – CH 1/11/14, and they contain journals and letters, including references to the work in Malta, a journey to Penang, and the announcement of the birth of a son.
The ministration of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel, a discourse (in substance) preached at the admission of the Rev. John Mackail, late of Malta, as minister of the congregation of the Free Church of Scotland, Calcutta, together with the address on the reciprocal duties of minister and people, delivered on the same occasion, Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press, 1847
Unto the venerable the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland now met at Edinburgh, the memorial of the Rev. John Mackail, formerly of Malta and Calcutta, Edinburgh, John Greig & Son, 1857

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John MacKail
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/7/1884, Rev., 9 Havelock Terrace, Ayr, d. 09/05/1884 at Ayr, testate, Will, Ayr Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC6/46/16; 23/7/1884, Ayr Sheriff Court, NRS SC6/44/45

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MACKAY, ALEXANDER, LL.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born, 1814. Ordained at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, 1844. Married, 1846, Margaret Lillie; and, 1866, Anna Maria Blackie. “Mackay of Uganda” was his son. Retired, 1867. Died, 1895.

Publications.—A Manual of Modern Geography. Elements of Modern Geography. The Intermediate Geography.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 24th November and baptized on 6th December, 1815, in Thurso, Caithness, the son of Murdoch Mackay and Catherine Campbell. For some ministerial connections, see the Thomson Tree.

Education
He graduated M.A. from King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1840, and was awarded the LL.D. degree by Aberdeen University on 16th December, 1865.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Margaret Lillie on 14th November, 1846, in Banff. She was born on 28th August and baptized on 6th September, 1825, in Banff, the daughter of Alexander Lillie and Janet Whyte.

(2) Anna Maria Blackie on 12th June, 1866, at 56 Castle Street, Edinburgh (Registration: 1866 685/2 153 St Andrew (Edinburgh)). She was then resident at 60 George Square, Edinburgh. She was born about 1831, the daughter of Robert Blackie, writer, and Eliza Purves.

Ministry
After license he acted as missionary in the Free Presbytery of Alford for several months. He was ordained in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, on 23rd August, 1844. He retired in 1867 and went to live first in Edinburgh and later in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.

He raised an accident for damages in the Court of Session against the Great North of Scotland Railway Company for £5000. In December, 1881, this was dealt with. He had fallen while trying to get out of a train at Carron station on Speyside, while the train was in motion. Witnesses, had shown that he had been deep in conversation with Dr James Scott, discussing the Robertson Smith case, and had not started to alight when he should have done so. He lost the case. But the newspaper report gives a picture of his life up till this time.

He had been a literary man for the previous 30 years. He had resided in Edinburgh for a number of years, and finally in October, 1878, took up his residence in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. In the accident he had fractured his heel and thigh bones. He had not been able to walk since receiving the injuries, nor had he been able to carry on his literary pursuits. He published through Messrs Blackwood works on scientific interests. The receipts of his literary labours for the last three years had been £700 besides other items. One of his works had had a circulation of 130,000. Besides the income from his literary labours, he had received payment from preaching for others, which he was now unable to do. The amount received for that he had given in his income tax returns at £34 a year.

There was a lengthy comment on this in the editorial column of the Aberdeen Weekly Journal, which was not overly sympathetic to Mackay: “Few will fail to sympathise with this literary clergyman in the mishap which befell him at Carron Station on the morning of the 21st July last; but on the other hand, it may be doubted whether such as look out upon the everyday affairs of life with unclerical eyes will not regard a plaster of £5,000 as a little too expensive.”

Death
He died in the Isle of Wight on 31st January, 1895. Margaret Lillie or Mackay, died in 1865 in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire. Anna Maria Blackie or Mackay died in 1908 in Boroughmuirhead, Edinburgh.

Family
He had issue including by his first wife:

(1) Jessie Whyte Mackay born on 28th January and baptized on 10th February, 1848, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire. She married John Harrison in the 2nd quarter of 1880 in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. She died in the 2nd quarter of 1939 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England.

(2) Alexander Murdoch Mackay – “Mackay of Uganda” – born on 13th October and baptized on 25th November, 1849, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire. He studied in Edinburgh at the Free Church Training School for Teachers and at the University, and finally at Berlin. He spent several years as a draftsman in Germany. He joined the Church Missionary Society and served in Uganda. He died there on 4th February, 1890, of malarial fever.

(3) Margaret Mackay born on 16th January and baptized on 23rd February, 1851, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire.

(4) Catherine Campbell Mackay born on 24th February and baptized on 16th May, 1852, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire.

(5) James Bunyan Lillie Mackay born on 11th August and baptized on 1st October, 1854, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire. He died in 1894 in Bendigo, Victoria.

(6) John Sinclair Mackay born on 20th September, 1855, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire. He died there the following year.

(7) Olivia Venn Mackay born on 22nd November, 1857, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire. She married Frank Russell in the 2nd quarter of 1883 in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. She died in the 2nd quarter of 1927 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.

(8) Charles Henry Mackintosh Mackay born on 7th September, 1860, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire. He died in 1876 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(9) Clara Georgina Mackay born on 9th June, 1864, in Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeenshire. She married John William Skeels in the 1st quarter of 1888 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. She died there in the 3rd quarter of 1935.

Publications
See separate document here.

Sources
Wiki; The Aberdeen Journal, 7th August, 1844; 20th December, 1865; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 1st January, 1881

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MACKAY, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born in the parish of Dornoch, 1839. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Rogart, 1873. Translated, 1887, to Dores; and to Glenurquhart, 1892. Married, 1898, Jemima R. Cameron.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Rogart, Sutherland; Dores and Bona, Inverness-shire; and Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.299). He died in 1908.

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MACKAY, ANDREW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born in County Down, 1849. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1879, at Stirling, West. Married, 1881, Eliza J. Christie. Mr. Mackay left for Otago, 1883.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born in 1849 in County Down, Ireland, the son of Joseph and Sarah Mackay.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1875-78.

Marriage
He married Eliza Jameson Christie in 1881 in Gladsmuir, East Lothian. She was born there on 19th March, 1856, the daughter of Charles Jameson Christie, farmer, coal and ironstone master, and Janet Anderson Rintoul.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, on 20th May, 1879. He was ordained in West, Stirling, on 17th July, 1879. In 1883 he resigned his charge. After his ministry in Scotland, he was inducted in New Zealand to Gore on 4th September, 1884. In 1890 he resigned, went to Australia, and was received by the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales that year. He served there in Leichardt from December, 1890, till May, 1896; and in Wollongong from then till 22nd December, 1899.

Death
He died in office on 22nd December, 1899.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jessie Anderson Rintoul Mackay born on 18th July, 1884, in New Zealand. She married John T. Boyd in 1912 in Wollongong, New South Wales. She died in 1981 in New Zealand.

(2) Elizabeth Arlow Ferguson Mackay born in 1886 in New Zealand. She died there in 1980.

(3) Sophia Atkin Christie Mackay born on 4th April, 1893, in Leichardt, New South Wales. She died in 1981 in New Zealand.

(4) Charles Joseph Mackay born on 6th July, 1898, in Wollongong, New South Wales. He died in 1982 in New Zealand.

Source
PCNZ, Ministers’ Register

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MACKAY, ANGUS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born at Lochcarron, 1817. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Glenshiel, Ross-shire, 1867. Married, 1871, Johanna Macleod. Died, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born at Jeantown, Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Duncan McKay, mason, and Christina McKay. He was a seaman before he was converted.

Education
He studied at Edinburgh University. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1857-61.

Marriage
He married Joana McLeod on 3rd March, 1871, in Oban, Argyll (Registration: 1871 523/ 4 Kilmore and Kilbride). She was born about 1842 in the Isle of Eigg, Small Isles, Inverness-shire, the daughter of Allan McLeod, farmer, and Catherine Robertson.

Ministry
While a student he did work in Barra and Eigg, and after licence served as an assistant in the McDonald Church, Glasgow. He began gathering a congregation in Glenshiel, Ross and Cromarty, in 1863, where he was ordained in 1866.

Death
He died 12th October, 1897, in Glenshiel, Ross and Cromarty. His wife died there in 1882.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Angus McKay
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 18/3/1898, F.C. Manse, Glenshiel, County of Ross and Cromarty, d. 12/10/1897 at Glenshiel, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/2

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MACKAY, ANGUS, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born at Strathnaver, 1860. Studied at the University of St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Westerdale, etc., Caithness, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Westerdale, etc., Caithness. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.510, where a short biography is given). He died in 1911.

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MACKAY, CHARLES GORDON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.233

Born at Melvich, Sutherlandshire, 1842. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Maryburgh, 1874. Married, 1876, Helen Mary Ross. Translated, 1883, to Pitlochry (Moulin).

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Maryburgh, Ross and Cromarty; and Moulin (Pitlochry), Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.319, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1910 and died in 1911.

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MACKAY, DAVID

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born, 1817. Son of Dr. Mackay, Rafford. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. From 1840 to 1843 was assistant to Dr. Rose of Drainie (Lossiemouth). Ordained minister of the Free Church there, 1844. In 1852 he resigned his charge owing to ill-health, but was subsequently able to accept a call to Castleton [Newcastleton – Vol. 2]. Translated to Rafford, 1860. Married, 1861, Sophia Wood. Died, 1875. [In Vol. 2 under Lossiemouth he is D.N. Mackay.]

Supplementary Information
David Norris Mackay
Background
He was born on 15th and baptized on 30th September, 1817, in Rafford, Moray, the son of George Mackay and Helen Johnson. His sister Sophia Dunbar Brodie Mackay married Alexander Munro, a Free Church minister.

Education
He entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1831 and graduated M.A. in March, 1835. He then did divinity studies both in Aberdeen and in Edinburgh.

Marriage
He married Sophia Wood on 18th December, 1861, in Dumfries. She was born on 8th March and baptized on 3rd April, 1836, in St Quivox and Newton, Ayrshire, the daughter of James Julius Wood and Christian Inglis Henderson.

Ministry
From 1840 he was assistant to Dr Richard Rose, Drainie, Moray. “David N. Mackay” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. He was ordained in Lossiemouth, Moray, on 20th June, 1844. At one stage he was suspended for six months for intemperance by the Presbytery of Elgin; eighteen months thereafter he suddenly left his congregation and went to Dublin, living there secretly for four months; he then resigned his charge rather than have the Presbytery enquire into the reasons for his absence. But thereafter he had been reponed and served in Newcastleton, Roxburghshire. He was elected to Rafford as his father’s successor, in July 1859, but he was only translated to Rafford, Moray, in 1860, as colleague and successor to his father after the matter had been brought to the General Assembly on account of his previous conduct. His father died in 1862.

Death
He died on 26th January, 1875, in Rafford, Moray. His widow lived latterly at 18 Rillbank Terrace, Edinburgh, and died there on 16th April, 1905.

Family
There is no evidence that they had issue.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: David Norris MacKay
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/2/1875, Minister of the Free Church of Rafford, Last Will and Testament, Elgin Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC26/38/12; 9/6/1875, Minister in the Parish of Rafford, Inventory, Elgin Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC26/39/12
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacKay or Wood, Sophia 6/6/1905, 18 Rillbank Terrace, Edinburgh, widow of Revd David Norris Mackay, Rafford, d. 16/04/1905 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/446; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/366

Sources
The Aberdeen Journal, 13th July, 1859; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 21st May, 1860, p.3.

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MACKAY, DAVID W.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born in Ross-shire, 1860. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Burrelton, 1887. Married, 1896, Anna Pitcairn.

Supplementary Information

David Wallace Mackay

Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Burrelton, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.323, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1923.

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MACKAY, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born at Tain, 1817. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Echt, Aberdeenshire, 1851. Married, 1856, Margaret Grant Gibb; and, 1868, Isabella Boyd. Resigned, 1893. Died, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born (or baptised) on 9th July, 1818, in Tain, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Hugh Mackay, colour sergeant 85th regiment, and Ann Munro.

Education
He attended the local school and studied at United College, St Andrews, Fife, 1840-44. He was the Mackay Bursar in 1840. He was engaged as a private tutor during his student days. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1846-48.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Margaret Grant Gibb on 2nd September, 1856, at the bride’s home, Willowbank, Aberdeen (Registration: 1856 168/2 102 Old Machar Aberdeen Burgh). She was baptized on 29th January, 1832, in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, the daughter of Alexander Gibb, civil engineer, and Margaret Smith.

(2) Isabella Boyd on 16th October, 1868, in Old Machar, Aberdeen. She was born on 11th August, 1802, the daughter of William Boyd, minister, and Janet Mackie. Her brother Alexander Boyd succeeded his father as minister in Crimond, Aberdeenshire – see FES, Vol.6, p.214.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Kelso in 1848 and worked in Aberdeen City Mission for two years till he was ordained in Echt, Aberdeenshire, on 14th August, 1851. In 1893 it was agreed that he should have a colleague. On 14th February, 1894, William Mackenzie Whyte was ordained there as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 13th August, 1896, at Greentree Lodge, Echt, Aberdeenshire. His first wife died there in 1864. His second wife died there in 1879. On 19th February, 1899, a memorial was unveiled to his memory. The tablet was of white Corrara marble, set on a dark slab, “neatly designed and chastely executed”. It was inserted on the north gable, on the right-hand side of the pulpit. It was inscribed:

In memory of
Rev. DONALD MACKAY,
The faithful and devoted pastor of this
congregation
During 45 years.
Born ar Tain, 1817;
Died at Echt, 1897.
“Rock of ages, cleft for me;
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
(Erected by the congregation.)

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Smith Mackay born on 4th June, 1858, in Echt, Aberdeenshire. She married Hugh Hart Currie, a Free Church minister. She died in 1886 in Keig, Aberdeenshire. Her husband died in 1922 in Alford, Aberdeenshire.

(2) Hugh Grahame Mackay born on 3rd September, 1860, in Echt, Aberdeenshire. He was in business in London, England, at his father’s death.

(3) Anna Monro Mackay born on 17th November, 1861, in Echt, Aberdeenshire. She married John Clark, banker, there, in 1888.

(4) Alexandra Janet MacKay born on 9th March, 1864, in Echt, Aberdeenshire. She died there that year.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Donald MacKay
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 18/9/1896, Greentree Lodge, parish of Echt, senior Free Church minister there, d. 13/08/1896 at Greentree Lodge, intestate, Extract Inventory, Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC1/36/129

Source
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 20th February, 1899

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MACKAY, DONALD ISLAY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born in Inverness-shire, 1848. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Strathfillan, Perthshire, 1876. Removed from his charge, 1888.

Supplementary Information
Background
The 1881 census shows him to have been born about 1840 in Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. He was then living with his sister Effy, who was born there about 1833, and with his niece Mary Gillies, born there about 1863. All this indicates that he was the son of Hugh Mackay, and Euphemia MacDonald, born in Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire about 1840.

Education
In 1861 he appears to be a “Normal Student” in Glasgow, that is, he was training to be a teacher.

Ministry
He was ordained in Strathfillan, Perthshire, in 1876. The Presbytery of Breadalbane began looking into the financial affairs of the congregation at the request of the Synod. An examining committee not only discovered that the congregation was not functioning well but that there was a fama clamosa regarding the minister’s morals, especially in connection with his niece Mary Gillies. The minister was four times cited by the Presbytery to be examined about this matter. It was obvious that he had deserted his charge and he failed to appear. Consequently on 24th October, 1888, he was deposed from the ministry because he had abandoned his charge and failed to appear when cited and when there were grounds for libel against him.

Other
It is probable that thereafter he became a teacher in England and that he died in Manchester South, Lancashire, England, in the 4th quarter of 1928. The evidence for that is that it was a Donald I. Mackay aged 87 whose death is thus registered – which fits our man well. Moreover, there was a Donald Mackay, teacher, of a similar age in Chorlton, Lancashire, in 1911 and 1901. (The minister had been a “Normal Student” before entering the ministry; and Manchester South district contained a part of Chorlton from 1926). In 1911 this Donald Mackay is said to have been born in Durness, Inverness-shire. As Durness is actually in Sutherland, this is a mistake: I suggest that the most natural explanation is that he was from Duirinish, Inverness-shire. This seems to me to show fairly conclusively that this man in Lancashire was the minister of Strathfillan.

There is more. He has got a daughter, Edith Mackay, with him in 1901 and 1911. She was born about 1885 in Aberdeenshire. She was a manufacturer of boys’ clothes in 1911. I can find no Edith Mackay of this age born in Aberdeenshire who could be this person. But there was an Edith MacDonald Gillies born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, on 19th July, 1885. She was the illegitimate child of Mary Gillies, domestic servant (Registration: 1885 192/ 67 Ellon).

Source
Minutes of the Free Presbytery of Breadalbane, NRS, CH3/45/2

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MACKAY, DONALD TULLOCH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born at Lochalsh, 1850. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Tiree and Coll, 1882. Married, 1892, Jessie Davidson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Tiree, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.301, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1911.

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MACKAY, GEORGE, D.D. (Aberdeen)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born, 1791. Son of Rev. D. Mackay of Reay. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Ordained at Rafford, 1816. Married, the same year, Helen Johnstone. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1859. Died, 1863.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1816, Rafford, FES, Vol.6, p.428; FES, Vol.8, p.646. In the Free Church, he served in Rafford, Moray.

Family
He was the son of a minister, David Mackay, Reay, Caithness (FES, Vol.7, p.134). His daughter Sophia Dunbar Brodie Mackay married Alexander Munro, a Free Church minister.. His son David Norris Mackay was a Free Church minister.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, March, 1842, Rafford, Vol.13, Elgin, p.238
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant, 30th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/188

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: George MacKay
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Mackay or Johnstone, Helen, 19/1/1889, Burgie Lodge, Rafford, widow, d. 01/04/1888 at Burgie Lodge, intestate, Elgin Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC26/39/17
Papers of Clerk family of Penicuik, Midlothian: Letter to Sir W G G Cumming of Altyre from George Mackay, minister of Altyre, on the choice of a minister for [blank]. With note by Sir William to Sir George Clerk on the same subject, Apr il 1834, NRS GD18/4108
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 3, p.26 and Appendix 2, p.16

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MACKAY, GEORGE, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born in the parish of Reay, 1796. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. During part of his course he acted as parish teacher of Loth, Sutherlandshire. Ordained at Clyne, Sutherlandshire, 1828. Married, 1831, Louisa Reid; and, 1847, Catherine Fraser. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. [His name does not appear on the List of signatories as printed in Ewing.] Translated to Inverness, North, 1845. Died, 1886.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1828, Clyne, FES, Vol.7, p.81. In the Free Church, he served in Clyne, Sutherland; and North, Inverness.

Family
John Mackay of Kirtomy. He was a relative of John Mackay, Lybster.

Publication – by him
Inverness Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 8th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/208; 18th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/214; Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 24th April, 1850, No sabbath labour in the Post Office, NRS GD112/74/834

Publications – about him
New Statistical Account, October, 1840, Clyne, Vol.15, Sutherland, p.149
Disruption Worthies on this website: Mackay, George
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 17/9/1886, D.D., sometime Minister, Parish of Clyne, County of Sutherland, afterwards of the Free North Church, Inverness, d. 27/06/1886 at Inverness, testate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/22
Rev. Dr George Mackay: a sketch, by his youngest daughter K. Mackay (“Violette”), Inverness, 1902Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 2, p.40
David Sutherland, schoolmaster, East Brora, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.302 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]

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MACKAY, GEORGE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born, 1804. Ordained at Tongue, 1846. Died, 1877.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1805 in Rogart, Sutherland, the son of John McKay, crofter, and Margaret Mackay.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Tongue, Sutherland. He was at the centre of a case involving a dispute over baptism. He refused baptism to the child of George Mackenzie of Braetongue. The main reason seemed to be that George Mackenzie sent his other children to the parochial school rather than the Free Church School. This, according to Mackenzie, was because the Free Church school was not well conducted. Mackenzie took his case to the Presbytery, who supported the minister, and then to the General Assembly. There it was unanimously agreed that the sending of a child to the parochial school was not a sufficient ground for denying baptism to a parent and the Tongue Kirk Session was told to take up the matter afresh. Eventually the child was baptised “without the father having had to appear in the white sheet of penitence before the offended dignity of the Rev. George Mackay.”

Death
He died on 19th September,1877, at the Free Church Manse Tongue, Sutherland, of chronic ulcer of stomach (Registration: 1877 056/ 19 Tongue).

Family
He never married.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 8h May, 1846, Sabbath desecration, shortening hours of labour in factories, and sites for churches, schools, etc., NRS GD112/74/829; 26th May, 1846, Support for bill regarding sites for churches and schools, NRS GD112/74/829

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 20/12/1877, sometime Minister, Free Church, Tongue, County of Sutherland, d. 19/09/1877 at Tongue aforesaid, testate, Dornoch Sheriff Court, NRS SC9/36/6

Sources
Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, 24th May, 1859; 8th December, 1859; The Aberdeen Journal, 4th January, 1860

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MACKAY, GEORGE SUTHERLAND, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born at Geelong, Victoria, 1856. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Doune, 1883. Married, 1884, Esther Nye Andrew.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilmadock (Doune), Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.310). He died in 1912.

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MACKAY, HUGH

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born, 1805. Ordained at Glasgow, Milton, 1842. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1844, to Kilmun. Married, 1846, Margaret J. M. Kennedy. Was clerk of the Presbytery of Dunoon and Inveraray. Became senior minister, 1886 [Probably 1866 – Kilmun had another minister by 1867, Vol. 2]. Died, 1873.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1842, Milton, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.426. In the Free Church, he served in Milton, Glasgow; and Kilmun, Argyll.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sites, 5th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/206

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MACKAY, JOHN

 
See footnote 1.

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MACKAY, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.234
Born in Strathalladale, 1813. After licence he became parish teacher at Clyne. Signed the Probationers’ Resolutions, 1843. Ordained, 1844, at Lybster. Married, 1846, Williamina Sutherland. Died, 1874.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 7th May, 1813, in Strath-halladale, the son of Hugh Mackay, shepherd, and Christian Macleod. He is said to have been a relative of Alexander Mackay and Murdoch Mackay, Free Church ministers. Also in his book on John MacDonald, minister of Helmsdale, he says he was a relative of George Mackay, Clyne, Sutherland.

Education
He matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1833 and graduated M.A. in 1838.
He was ejected in 1843 from the mastership of the parish school of Clyne on account of his adherence to the Free Church.

Marriage
He married Williamina Sutherland on 19th March, 1846, in Latheron, Caithness. She was born there about 1823, the daughter of John Sutherland, merchant, and Jane Sutherland.

Ministry
“John Mackay, Clyne, Golspie” was a name on the Roll of Probationers adhering to the Free Church. In the Free Church, he served in Lybster, Caithness. For some years before his death his labours were much interrupted by clerical dysphonia, and he was several times obliged to leave home for the south of England and the Continent.

Death
He died on 11th May, 1874, in the Free Church Manse, Lybster, Caithness, of diarrhoea, 21 days (Registration: 1874 038/ 38 Latheron). Wilhelmina Sutherland or Mackay died on 31st December, 1915, at Heathmount, Tain, Ross and Cromarty, of old age (Registration: 1915 082/ 1 Tain).

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Margaret Donalda Gow MacKay born on 13th and baptized on 21st February, 1847, in Latheron, Caithness. She married William MacDonald, a Free Church minister.

(2) John Sutherland MacKay born on 26th March and baptized on 2nd April, 1848, in Latheron, Caithness. He attended the old Grammar School in Aberdeen. He studied medicine in Edinburgh but took his degrees through St Andrews University, Fife. He was made Chevalier of the Royal Order of Isobel the Catholic for medical services in Spain. He thereafter was employed as a medical officer in Fife. He died on 31st March, 1924, in Newington, Edinburgh.

(3) Hugh MacKay born on 8th and baptized on 16th September, 1849, in Latheron, Caithness. He is said to have been a merchant in Canada.

(4) Christian Donalda MacKay born on 24th January and baptized on 2nd February, 1851, in Latheron, Caithness. She died in 1936 in St Andrew, Edinburgh.

(5) Jane Henrietta Sutherland MacKay born on 17th and baptized on 24th September, 1852, in Latheron, Caithness. She is said to have married a medical practitioner in Tain, Ross and Cromarty, by the name of Sutherland.

(6) Patrick Robson MacKay born on 6th and baptized on 12th July, 1854, in Latheron, Caithness. He became a Free Church minister.

(7) John MacDonald MacKay born on 10th April, 1856, in Latheron, Caithness. He was Rathbone Professor of History in Liverpool University, Lancashire, England, 1884-1914. He died in 1931 in Inverness.

(8) David James MacKay born on 20th December, 1857, in Latheron, Caithness. He married Georgina Clara Sutherland in 1912 in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire. He was a farmer in Tain, Ross and Cromarty, and died there in 1932. He registered his mother’s death.

(9) William Alexander MacKay born on 10th July, 1860, in Latheron, Caithness. On 16th October, 1885, he married Katherine Maria Bannerman, daughter of James Bannerman, a Free Church minister. He was a medical practitioner in Huelva, Spain. He had a hand in the formation of the second football team on Spanish soil. He died in 1922.

(10) Angus MacKay born on 28th November, 1870, in Latheron, Caithness.

(11) John Alexander MacKay born on 24th June, 1874, in Latheron, Caithness. He is said to have been a medical practitioner in Fife.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant, 26th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/185
Memoir of the late Rev. John Macdonald, A.M., minister of the Free Church at Helmsdale, with a selection from his correspondence, sermons and remains, revised and edited by John Mackay, M.A., Lybster, Edinburgh, Johnstone and Hunter, 1856

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

Sources
Bmj; Bbc; Hallidaysutherland; Prestoungrange; The Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 20th October, 1885, p.2

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MACKAY, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born at Thurso, 1815. Studied at the University, St. Andrews. Ordained at Cullen, Banffshire, 1845. Married, 1850, Caroline Charlotte Patton. Became senior minister, 1875.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Cullen, Banffshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.453). He died in 1903.

Family
His sister, Margaret Aitken Mackay, married James Milne Smith, minister of the United Original Secession Church, Pollokshaws.

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MACKAY, JOHN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born near Inverness, 1846. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Glenlyon, 1874. Married, the same year, Marion Macdonald; and, 1882, Agnes Fairrie Macfie. Translated to Oban, 1875; and to Cromarty, 1883. Resigned, 1895, to undertake evangelistic work in the Highlands under the Highland Committee.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1846 in Inverness, the son of Donald Mackay, land steward, and Isabella Rose.

Education
He graduated M.A. from Glasgow University in 1870.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Marion MacDonald on 24th November,1874, at the bride’s home, 5 Pembroke Street, Glasgow (Registration: 1874 644/8 449 Anderston). At her marriage she was a teacher of English. She was born about 1849, the daughter of David MacDonald, postmaster, and Flora Robson.

(2) Agnes Fairrie Macfie on 29th March, 1882 in Blythswood, Glasgow. She was born on 18th April, 1847, the daughter of Robert Macfie of Langhouse and Airds, and Agnes Fairrie.

Ministry
He was ordained in Glenlyon, Perthshire, in 1874. He was translated to High, Oban, Argyll, in 1875; and in 1883 to Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. He entered the Union in 1900. A pro-Union meeting in Evanton, Ross-shire, in November. 1900, to which he was a deputy was disrupted by a mob. He had conducted the services in the United Free cause the previous Sunday: 20 had turned up for the English service; none for the Gaelic one. He was then of “Crombagh, Inverness”.

In 1912 he was appointed to the Chalmers’ Lecturership and took for his theme The Church in the Highlands or The Progess of Evangelical Religion in Highland Scotland, 563-1843.

Death
He died at Crombagh, Southside Road, Inverness, on 13th March, 1918. His first wife died in 1880 in Kilmore, Argyll. His second wife died on 15th November, 1926, in Inverness.

Family
He had issue including, by his first wife:

(1) Isabella Rose Mackay born in 1876 in Kilmore, Argyll. She died in 1958 in Bridgeton, Glasgow.

(2) David Norman Mackay born in 1878 in Kilmore, Argyll. He died in 1944 in Kelvingrove, Glasgow.

And by his second wife:

(3) Mary Fairrie MacKay born on 12th February, 1883, in Kilmore, Argyll. She married John Young on 25th September, 1907, in Perth. She died there in 1972.

(4) Catherine Laurie Mackay born on 25th March, 1884, in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She died on 10th April, 1906, in Inverness.

(4) Agnes Fairrie Mackay born in 1885 in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She is said to have married Rev. Somerville Gilchrist in 1924 and to have died in 1943. Certainly, the wife of the Rev Somerville Gilchrist, a pioneer missionary to the Congo, died in South Africa in 1943. But this man married Mary Smith Gilchrist in 1897. She was the daughter of Robert Gilchrist, a Free Church minister. Hence Agnes Mackay must have been his second wife.

(5) Robina Mackay born on 23rd January, 1893, at the Free Church Manse, Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty. She died in 1982.

Publications – by him
Jonathan, the Friend of David, Sermons, Inverness, Melven Bros, 1896
The late Rev. Charles Falconer, Fortrose: sermon and appreciation in memoriam, Inverness, Melven Bros., 1902
Kittybrewster; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 26th January, 1893; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 15th October, 1913, p.1; 22nd November, 1912, p.8; 25th January, 1941, p.12; 9th October, 1950, p.6; Glasgow Herald, 30th November, 1900

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MACKAY, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born at Garrabost, Stornoway, 1862. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Scourie, Sutherlandshire, 1894. Translated to Kinloch, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Eddrachillis, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.496). He died in 1923.

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MACKAY, JOHN JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born at Wick, 1846. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Married, 1870, Jessie Foulton Fergus. Ordained at Leven, 1881. Translated to Glasgow, 1884; to Hull, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1846 in Wick, Caithness, the son of Alexander Mackay, fish curer and Isabella Campbell. At the time of his marriage he was rector of Wishaw Academy, Lanarkshire.

Education
A John J. Mackay graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1876. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1876-1880.

Marriage
He married Jessie Fulton Fergus on 19th July, 1870, at 20 South Wellington Street, Glasgow (Registration: 1870 644/10 245 Hutchesontown). She was born on 8th July, 1847, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, the daughter of Alexander Fergus, clerk, and Mary Holmes.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, on 18th May, 1880. While serving as an assistant to Donald Ferguson in Leven, Fife, he received, but declined, a call from Chryston, Lanarkshire. He was then ordained in Leven as the colleague and successor of Ferguson on 21st July, 1881, and was translated to Trinity, Glasgow, on 12th August, 1884. In 1889 he received a call from McCrie Roxburgh, Edinburgh, but declined it. He was translated to Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Hull, Yorkshire, England, in 1894. Later he was translated to Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

Death
He died on 20th May, 1915, in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. His wife died on 6th April, 1913, in Glasgow.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Mary Holms Mackay born on 13th May, 1871, in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. She died there the following year.

(2) Isabella Campbell Mackay born on 29th October, 1872, in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. She is said to have died on 6th April, 1923, in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

(3) Alexander Campbell Mackay born on 13th November, 1874, in Edinburgh. He married Dolina Mackenzie on 27th February, 1893, in Dennistoun, Glasgow. He was a commercial traveller.

(4) John James Mackay born in 1879 in Newington, Edinburgh. He married Agnes. He was a minister. He died on 25th January, 1940, in Newington, Edinburgh.

Sources
Glasgow Herald, 21st May, 1884; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 25th January, 1941, p.12

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MACKAY, JOHN STUART

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born in the parish of Farr, Sutherlandshire, 1838. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Altnaharra, in his native county, 1871. Married, 1877, Williamina Cameron. Translated to Fort Augustus, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Altnaharra, Sutherland; and Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.297). He retired in 1907 and died in 1908.

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MACKAY, MACKINTOSH, LL.D. (Glasgow)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born in the parish of Eddrachillis, 1793. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and Divinity Hall, Glasgow. Ordained at Laggan, 1825. While there he completed his great work of editing the Highland Society’s Gaelic Dictionary. Translated, 1832, to Dunoon. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. After the Disruption Dr. Mackay acted for a time as convener of the Highland Committee. He was Moderator of the General Assembly, 1849. In 1852 [Vol. 2 says 1853] he resigned his charge in order to visit and minister to Highlanders in Australia. Settled, 1854, as minister of a Gaelic charge at Melbourne. In 1856 he removed to St. George’s, Sydney. Returned to Scotland, 1862. Settled at Tarbert, in Harris. Retired, 1868. Died, 1873.

Publications.—Besides the Gaelic Dictionary, Dr. Mackay published Memoir of Robert Donn. Exposition of Matt. v. i-io.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1825, Laggan, FES, Vol.6, p.370; 1832, Dunoon, FES, Vol.4, p.24; 1854, Australia, FES, Vol.7, p.594. In the Free Church, he served in Dunoon, Argyll; and Tarbert, Harris, Inverness-shire.

Publications – by him
The Scottish Christian Herald, 2nd series, Vol.2, p.424, The Grace of God not Frustrated but Promoted by the Christian; p.536, The Connection between Faith and Justification; p.553, The Intimate Connection between Confession, Faith and Salvation
Letter in the Hand of M. Mackay to Rev. J.J. Bonar, on the Subject of Home Mission to the Highlands and Islands and Its Funding, 1849
He gave evidence before the Committee on Sites (Scotland) – see the Report of this Committee from Question 3555 on p.102 of Second Report

Publications
See separate document here.

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MACKAY, MURDOCH, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born at Thurso, 1812. Brother of Dr. Mackay of Rhynie. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Drumblade, 1844. Married, the same year, Alexina Robertson. Translated, 1845, to Fordyce. Resigned, 1872, and removed to Aberdeen, where he laboured for a time as chaplain of the City Poorhouse.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 3rd and baptized on 10th September, 1812, in Thurso, Caithness, the son of Murdoch Mackay and Catherine Campbell. For some ministerial connections, see the Thomson Tree.

Education
He entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1836 and graduated M.A. in March, 1840. He then matriculated at Marischal College, in 1842.

Marriage
He married Alexina Robertson on 10th December, 1844, in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. She was baptized there on 4th August, 1817, the daughter of John Robertson and Jessie Gordon.

Ministry
He was ordained in Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, in 1844; and was translated to Fordyce, Banff-shire, the following year. After leaving his charge, he lived in Aberdeen and worshipped in the West Free Church there. He was chaplain of the Poorhouse there from 1877. There were 384 inmates of the Poorhouse in 1887. At his death he was still senior chaplain, though his son, Alexander R. Mackay, had performed the duties for a number of years previously.

Death
He died on 22nd December, 1906, at his home in Maberley Street, Aberdeen. His wife died there in 1895.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jessie Gordon Mackay born on 4th October and baptized on 11th November 1845, in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. She died in 1939 in Aberdeen.

(2) Catharine Campbell Mackay born on 6th February and baptized on 18th April, 1847, in Fordyce, Banffshire. She died in 1931 in Aberdeen.

(3) Alexina Mackay born on 8th and baptized on 24th September, 1848, in Fordyce, Banffshire.

(4) Mary Amelia Mackay born on 23rd November, 1850, and baptized on 1st January, 1851, in Fordyce, Banffshire. She died in 1942 in Haymarket, Edinburgh.

(5) Margaret Mackay born on 9th July and baptized on 29th August, 1852, in Fordyce, Banffshire.

(6) Alexander Robertson Mackay born on 19th July and baptized on 17th September, 1854, in Fordyce, Banffshire. He was a minister of the United Free Church. He died in 1923 in Rubislaw, Aberdeen.

(7) James Cunningham Mackay born on 8th February, 1856, in Fordyce, Banffshire. He became a Church of Scotland minister – see FES, Vol.4, p.165.

(8) William Campbell Mackay born on 6 February, 1858, in Fordyce, Banffshire. He married Catherine Boyne in 1887 in St Nicholas, Aberdeen.

Sources
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 15th June, 1881; 3rd January, 1887; 3rd January, 1893; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 24th December, 1906, p.5

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MACKAY, NEIL, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born in Sutherlandshire. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Croick, Ross-shire, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Croick, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.483). He resigned in 1907. Thereafter he served in Strathconan from 1910 (FUFC, p.481); and in Strathy from 1913 (FUFC, p.503, where a short biography is given). He died in 1920.

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MACKAY, NORMAN NICOLSON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born in Skye, 1834. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Assynt, 1874. Married Elizabeth Miller.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Assynt, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.499). He retired in 1910 and died in 1919.

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MACKAY, PATRICK ROBSON, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.235
Born, 1853. Son of Rev. John Mackay, Lybster. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Prestonpans, 1879. Married, 1890, Harriet Sprot. Dr. Mackay spent some time in India promoting the work of the Anglo-Indian Evangelisation Society, labouring specially among soldiers in cantonments. [Vol. 2 says he ended his ministry in Prestonpans in 1898.]

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 13th December, 1877 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.227). In the Free Church, he served in Prestonpans, East Lothian. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.510). He resigned in 1908 and died in 1921.

Family
He was the son of John Mackay, a Free Church minister. See there for other ministerial connections. His sister Margaret Donalda Mackay married William MacDonald, a Free Church minister.

Publication – about him
There is an excellent short account of his life at www.prestoungrange.org

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MACKAY, ROBERT ROSE

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born, 1796. Ordained at Dirlet Mission in Halkirk, Caithness, 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated to Westerdale, 1844; and, 1847, to Bruan, near Wick. Became senior minister, 1865. Died, 1866.

Supplementary InformationHe is not mentioned in FES.
Background
He was baptized on 19th March, 1797, in Reay, Caithness, the son of Donald Mackay and Isabel Sinclair.

Education
He matriculated in King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1821 and studied for four sessions.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Halkirk; Westerdale, etc.; and Bruan – all in Caithness. William Gray Murray was ordained there on 3rd May, 1865, as his colleague and successor.

Death
He died in 1866 in Latheron, Caithness. (Bruan was in the parish of Latheron.)

Family
There is no evidence that he ever married.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 20/2/1867, Minister at Bruan, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/7

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MACKAY, WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born, 1865. Son of Rev. W. M. Mackay, Glasgow. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Troon, 1891. Translated to Aberdeen, South, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Troon, Ayrshire; and South, Aberdeen. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.419). Thereafter he served in Sherbrooke, Glasgow, from 1907 (FUFC, p252, where a short biography is given).

Family
He was the son of William Murray Mackay, a Free Church minister.

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MACKAY, WILLIAM MURRAY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born at Spittal, Caithness, 1828. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Young Street, Glasgow, 1859. Married, 1860, Christian Sutherland Sage. Died, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 28th February and baptized on 5th March, 1828, in Halkirk, Caithness, the son of Alexander Mackay and Elizabeth Murray.

Education
He attended Wick Academy, Caithness. He studied at Edinburgh University. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1853-57.

Marriage
He married Christian Sutherland Sage in 1860 in Resolis, Ross and Cromarty. She was born on 1st August, 1827, in Resolis, Ross and Cromarty, the daughter of Donald Sage and Elizabeth Mackintosh. For some family connections on her father’s side, see the tree of John Mackay of Kirtomy; and for connections on her mother’s side see the Sutherland Tree.

Ministry
During his student days he acted as chaplain in Queensberry House, a refuge for fallen men and women. He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1858. In the Free Church, he served in Young Street, Glasgow. John McCracken was settled there as his colleague and successor on 4th February, 1897.

Death
He died on 8th November, 1898, in Dennistoun, Glasgow. His wife died in 1904 in Cathcart, Glasgow.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Alexander Sage Mackay born on 15th August, 1862, in Calton, Glasgow. He died in 1867 in High Church, Glasgow.

(2) Donald Sage Mackay born on 20th November, 1863, in Calton, Glasgow. He married Helen Lawrence Smith on 23rd July, 1890, in St Albans City, Vermont. He was a Presbyterian minister. He died on 27th August, 1908, in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.

(3) William Murray Macintosh Mackay born on 15th June, 1865, in Calton, Glasgow. He became a Free Church minister.

(4) Elizabeth Mcintosh Mackay born on 2nd November, 1866, in Calton, Glasgow. She died in 1868 in High Church, Glasgow.

(5) James George Alexander Mackay born on 28th October, 1868, in High Church, Glasgow. He died there the following year.

(5) John Christian Mackay born on 15th March, 1870, in High Church, Glasgow. He died in Nairn that same year.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: William Murray MacKay
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 13/2/1899, Minister of Young Street Free Church, Glasgow, residing at Westercraigs there, d. 08/11/1898 at Glasgow, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/164; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/120
Short biography of William Murray MackayWilliam Murray Mackay Jr. 1896

Source
Wikidot

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MACKAY, WILLIAM SINCLAIR, D.D. (St. Andrews)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born at Thurso, 1807. Studied at the Universities, Aberdeen and St. Andrews. In 1831 he was appointed by the Assembly missionary in Calcutta to be associated with Dr. Duff in the Institution there. Feeble health hampered him throughout, and necessitated frequent visits home. His work latterly was at Chinsurah. He returned home, 1862. Died, 1865. Dr. Mackay was twice married, his second wife being Elizabeth Mary Shillingford.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1831, Missionary, FES, Vol.7, p.699

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MACKENNA, ROBERT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born at Girvan, 1842. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall, Reformed Presbyterian Church. Ordained at Port-Glasgow, 1866. Translated to Martyrs’ Church, Dumfries, 1867. Married, 1871, Margaret Wright. Joined the Free Church at the union in 1876.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
FRPCS, p.18; Couper, The R.P. Church, p.150. In the Free Church, he served in Dumfries— Martyrs’. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.103). He became senior minister in 1910 and died in 1917.

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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born, 1799. Ordained at Oban, 1832. Went to Tasmania, 1842, and settled at Tamar. Returned to this country after the Disruption, and was received by the Presbytery of Dunoon and Inveraray, 1846. Settled in the Free Church at Kildalton, Islay, 1847. Married, the same year, Marion Hunter. Died, 1871.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1832, Oban, FES, Vol.4, p.101; 1843, Tasmania, FES, Vol.7, p.601. In the Free Church, he served in Kildalton and Oa, Isle of Islay, Argyll.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 18/5/1871, minister of the Free Church of Kildalton and Oa, island of Islay, Dunoon Sheriff Court, NRS SC51/32/17
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacKenzie or Hunter, Marion, 31/5/1883, Portland Place, Helensburgh, widow of Rev. Alexander M’Kenzie, Minister, Free Church, Port Ellen, Islay, d. 14/04/1883 at Helensburgh, testate, Dumbarton Sheriff Court, NRS SC65/34/26
3rd October, 1836, Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.46 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born at Inverness, 1819. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. Became parish teacher of Kilmorack, 1842. Ordained, 1843, at Nairn. Married, 1851, Isabella C. Adams. Translated, 1863, to Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh. In 1892, on the union of the Tolbooth and St. Luke’s congregations, he became senior minister. Dr. Mackenzie was for several years convener of the Education Committee. Died, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptised in Inverness on 19th May, 1819, the son of John Mackenzie and Louisa Fraser. His father was formerly a weaver and latterly a merchant or stoneware dealer.

He erected a stone in memory of his parents and other members of his family in Chapel Yard Cemetery, Inverness:

“Erected by The Rev. Alex McKENZIE, Edinburgh, in memory of his father John McKENZIE, merchant, Tomnahurich Street, who died on the 8th of December 1873, aged 87 years; and his mother, Louisa FRASER, who died on the 12th of January 1840, aged 46 years; and his brother Duncan McKENZIE, grocer, High Street, who died on the 5th of October 1885, aged 62 years; his sister Catherine, who died 24th October 1893, aged 76 years; and his sister Christina, who died 21st October …, aged 87 years.”

Note: I have used the form “Mackenzie” throughout, because Ewing did; but it is obvious that the family used the form “McKenzie”.

Education
He matriculated at King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1833 and graduated M.A. in March, 1837, aged 18. Then he studied Divinity in Edinburgh. In 1894, Rutger’s College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, conferred on him the D.D. degree.

Marriage
He married Isabella Campbell Adams on 26th June, 1851, the marriage being recorded both in Petty, Inverness-shire, and in Nairn. She was born on 2nd and baptized on 17th May, 1817, in Ardersier, Inverness-shire, the daughter of George Adams and Jane Urquhart Roy.

Ministry
He was ordained on 16th November, 1843, in Nairn. He was translated to Tolbooth, Edinburgh, on 15th October, 1863. He was elected to his old congregation in Nairn in 1876 but remained in Edinburgh. In 1891, he applied for a colleague and successor. There was some debate on this in the General Assembly of that year, part of the difficulty that the congregation wished to use some of the capital realised by the sale of a building surplus to their requirements to purchase an annuity for him. Finally, it was agreed that he should retire on a yearly stipend of £404. £324 of this was to be furnished by the congregation, but not from the capital of the sale of property. However, the Assembly of the following year withdrew the restriction on the use of the capital from the sale of property.

Death
He retired to Nairn and died on 11th September, 1894, at his home: Westerlea, Nairn. His wife died there on 3rd February, 1891.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Jane Annabella Mackenzie born on 24th December, 1855, in the Free Church Manse, Nairn. She died in Westerlea, Nairn, on 13th August, 1927.

(2) Isabella Campbell Roy Mackenzie born on 25th September, 1859, in the Free Church Manse, Nairn. She died in Westerlea, Nairn, on 3rd May, 1913.

(3) Louisa Georgina Adams Mackenzie born on 25th September, 1859, in the Free Church Manse, Nairn. She died in Westerlea, Nairn, on 7th September, 1936.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Sunday trains; against Maynooth grant, 15th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/175
The Christ of God, or, Some considerations on the great question, “What think ye of Christ?”, London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1865
Joy out of sorrow, and, Life out of death, sermons preached on the occasion of the death of the Rev. James Buchanan, D.D., LL.D., Robert Rainy and Alex. M’Kenzie, Edinburgh, John Maclaren, 1870
1876 and 1843, a letter to the members and adherents of the Free Church of Scotland in the Highlands, Edinburgh, MacLaren & MacNiven, 1876
Gaelic: 1876 agus 1843, Litir a dh’ionnsuidh buill agus luchdleanmhuinn Eaglais Saoire na h-Alba ‘s a Ghaidhealtachd, Edinburgh, MacLaren & MacNiven, 1876
Is it better to return into Egypt?, a lecture delivered in Tolbooth Free Church, Edinburgh, January 13, 1878, Edinburgh, Maclaren and Macniven, 1878

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Alexander McKenzie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 16/4/1895, sometime Minister of Free Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh, residing at 6 Fettes Row there, latterly residing at Westerlea, Nairn, d. 11/09/1894 at Westerlea aforesaid, testate, Nairn Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC31/35/3; Will, Nairn Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC31/34/2; 23/12/1895, Eik, Nairn Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC31/35/3
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacKenzie or Adams, Isabella Campbell, 23/6/1891, wife of Rev. Alexander M’Kenzie, Free Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh, d. 03/02/1891 at Nairn, testate, Nairn Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC31/35/3; Will, Nairn Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC31/34/2
In memoriam Rev. Alexander M’Kenzie, D.D., late Minister of the Free Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh, died: 11th September 1894, Patrick William Robertson, Edinburgh, J. Gardner Hitt, 1894?

Sources
Correspondence with family member; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 3rd June, 1891, p.10; 1st June, 1892, p.9

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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born in Argyllshire, 1828. Studied at the Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Strath, Skye, 1864. Married, 1865, Marion Cameron. Mr. Mackenzie was removed from his charge in 1878, and went to Canada. Died, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1828 in Knock, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Murdo Mackenzie, soldier in the British army, and Catherine Bethune.

Education
He matriculated in Glasgow University in 1853.

Marriage
He married Marion Cameron on 1st March, 1865, in Portree, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. She was born there about 1835, the daughter of John Cameron, general merchant, and his wife Catherine.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Strath, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire.

Death
His wife died in 1875 in Strath, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Catharine Mackenzie born on 27th January, 1866, in Strath, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire.

(2) Murdoch John Mackenzie born on 10th August, 1867, in Strath, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire.

(3) James Mackenzie born on 18th December, 1868, in Edinburgh.

(4) John Mackenzie born on 17th August, 1870, in Strath, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire.

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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born, 1843. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Falkland, 1868. Died, 1900.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Falkland, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.371). He died in 1900.

Family
There are good reasons for thinking that this man was the son of John McKenzie, crofter, and Ann McInnes; and that he was the nephew of Alexander McInnes. He erected a memorial stone to his uncle.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 28/12/1900, U.F.C. Manse, Falkland, d. 22/11/1900 at Falkland, testate, Cupar Sheriff Court, NRS SC20/50/81; Will, Cupar Sheriff Court, NRS SC20/50/82

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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.236
Born at Alves, Morayshire, 1856. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained, 1880, at St. John’s, Innerleithen. Married, 1881, Katherine Howden Todrick.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Innerleithen, Peebles-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.89). Thereafter he served in Makerstoun from 1923 (FUFC, p.79, where a short biography is given). He died in 1934.

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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. After being assistant at Halkirk, he was ordained there, 1896. Married, 1897, Ada Mackenzie.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Halkirk, Caithness. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 506). Thereafter he served in A lvie from 1919 (FUFC, p.459, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1932.

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MACKENZIE, ALLAN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born at Marvig, Ross-shire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1889, at Lawers, Perthshire. Married, 1890, Isabella M’Clarty.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lawers, Perthshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.318, where a short biography is given). He died in 1910.

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MACKENZIE, ANDREW

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born at Greenock, 1801. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall, Burgher Secession Church. Ordained at South Gray’s Close, Edinburgh, 1831. Married, 1835, Isabella Morris; and, 1862, Catherine Bain. Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Immediately after the Disruption he was translated to Penicuik. Became senior minister, 1854. Died, 1871.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1831, South Grays Close, Edinburgh, Scott, Annals, p.510; 1831, Edinburgh, South Gray’s Close (Burgher), Scott, Annals, p.321. In the Free Church, he served in Penicuik, Midlothian. He is not mentioned in FES.

Family
His son Hugh Morris Mackenzie was a Free Church minister.

Publication – by him
The Scottish Christian Herald, 2nd series, Vol.2, p.472, The Nature, Duration and Extent of the Kingly Authority of Christ

Publication – about him
First Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, Appendix 2, p.88 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKENZIE, ANDREW DAVIDSON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born at Stornoway, 1815. Studied at the Universities, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Ordained, 1844, at Kilmorack. Married, 1849, Margaret Flyter. Became senior minister, 1890. Died, 1894.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 27th November, 1814, in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, the son of John Mackenzie, master carpenter, and Jane Davidson.

Education
He entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1833 and graduated M.A. in March, 1839.

Marriage
He married Margaret Bayne Flyter on 15th August, 1849, in Alness, Ross and Cromarty; and on 13th August, 1849, in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire. She was born on 11th May, 1828, in Alness, Ross and Cromarty, the daughter of Alexander Flyter and Elizabeth Bayne. For family connections, see the Bayne Tree.

Ministry
He was ordained in Kilmorack (Beauly), Inverness-shire, on 27th February, 1844.

Death
He died on 29th April, 1894, at Braevellie, Victoria Circus, Inverness, of cardiac dilation, 10 years (Registration: 1894 098/ 194 Inverness). He was buried in Beauly on 2nd May. His wife died in 1887 in Urray, Ross and Cromarty.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John Allan Mackenzie baptized on 4th June, 1850, in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire. He practised as an architect-engineer in Inverness and was the Town’s Master of Works in the 1880s. He married Anne Eliza Malcolm in 1882 in Nairn. At the time of his death in Inverness on 22nd August, 1903, his title was Burgh Surveyor. He registered his father’s death.

(2) Elizabeth Bentley Mackenzie baptized on 27 March, 1852, in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire. She died in 1876 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(3) Jane Rose Mackenzie baptized on 1st March, 1854, in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire.

(4) Alexander Flyter Mackenzie born on 1st February, 1857, on Urray, Ross and Cromarty. He married Hilda Maude Girling in the 3rd quarter of 1893 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. He was a medical practitioner in Edinburgh. He died in Dumfries in 1914.

(5) Mary Murray Mitchel Mackenzie born on 19th August, 1860, in Urray, Ross and Cromarty.

(6) Ronalda Hay Mackenzie born on 30th May, 1865, Urray, Ross and Cromarty. She married John Scott in 1887 in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire. She died in 1947 in Inverness.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, 1st May, 1845, NRS GD112/51/189; Sites, 12th May, 1846, NRS GD112/51/210; Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 24th April, 1850, No sunday work in the Post Office, NRS GD112/74/834
He was involved in a revision of the Gaelic Bible.

Publications – about him
Stornoway Sheriff Court: Processes – Preservation: Reverend Andrew Davidson MacKenzie and Isabella MacKenzie v Ann Morison, Action concerning heritable property: action for removing, 1877, NRS SC33/17/1877/8
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 10/8/1894, sometime F.C. Minister, Kilmorack by Beauly, afterwards residing at Braevillie, Victoria Circus, Inverness, d. 29/04/1894 at Inverness, testate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/28

Sources
Scottisharchitects; Cwgc; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 3rd May, 1894

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MACKENZIE, ANGUS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born at Stornoway, 1824. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Moy, 1891. Died, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1824 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty.

Education
He entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1844 and studied for four sessions there. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1848-52.

Ministry
In the censuses he was described as a preacher – but it was not clear where he was exercising his ministry, except in 1891 when he was a missionary in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty. He was ordained in Moy, Inverness-shire, on 4th November, 1891.

Death
He died on 25th December, 1896, at Aird of Tong, Isle of Lewis, Ross and Cromarty.

Family
There is no evidence that he ever married.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 25/1/1897, F.C. Minister, Tomatin, Parish of Moy, County of Inverness, d. 25/12/1896 at Aird of Tongue near Stornoway, intestate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/30; Eik, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/31

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MACKENZIE, ANGUS, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born in Ross-shire. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Croy, Nairn and Inverness-shire, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Croy, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.472). He died in 1910.

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MACKENZIE, ANGUS CAMERON

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born at Inverness, 1850. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Bridgeton, Glasgow, 1882. Translated to St. David’s, Dundee, 1887. Married, 1893, Minnie M. M. C. Burnside.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Bridgeton, Glasgow; and St. David’s, Dundee. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.388, where a short biography is given). He died in 1923.

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MACKENZIE, CHARLES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born in the parish of Knockbain, 1814. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. When a student he held the appointment of parish teacher at Urray. Ordained, 1845, at Golspie. Married, 1850, Isabella M. MacLauchlan; and, 1862, Mary Carnie. Was clerk of his Presbytery for upwards of twenty years. Died, 1889.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born (or baptised) on 22nd July, 1815, in Inverness, the son of John McKenzie, gardener, and Catherine Morrison.

Education
He served as a tutor in a family in Rosskeen and attended the Old Aberdeen Grammar School. He studied in King’s College, Aberdeen, starting in 1835 (where he is said to have been from Redcastle) and graduated M.A. in March, 1839. He was parish school master in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, at the Disruption and was ejected because of his loyalty to the Free Church. He finished his divinity studies in Edinburgh enrolling in New College there 1843-44.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Isabella Marjory McLauchlan on 18th September, 1850, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. She was the daughter of James McLauchlan, minister of Moy, Inverness-shire, and his wife Catherine Fraser, the daughter of Simon Fraser of Farraline. They, according to FES, Vol.6, p.476, had a daughter Isabella born in 1819. See the Calder Mackintosh Tree for further connections.

(2) Mary Carnie on 3rd June, 1862, at 7 Corunna Street, Glasgow (Registration: 1862 644/8 106 Anderston). She was born about 1816 in Glasgow, the daughter of Neil Carnie, East India merchant, and Mary Cassels (?). In 1861 she is a visitor in the Golspie Manse – a “fund-holder”. At the time of her marriage she was said to be from Sorn (?) Ayrshire.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Dingwall in 1845. In the Free Church, he served in Golspie, Sutherland, from 1845 till his death. In 1888, it was reported that he had hardly been able to fulfil his duties for the past two years and it was agreed that he should seek a colleague and successor. The congregation agreed that John Mackenzie, who had been acting as his assistant, should be continued in a permanent capacity till they were in a position to call him as a colleague and successor.

Death
He died on 23rd January, 1889, in Golspie, Sutherland. Isabella MacLauchlan or Mackenzie died on 9th November, 1860, at the Free Church Manse, Golspie, Sutherland, of phthisis, and was buried in Golspie Churchyard (Registration: 1860 051/ 17 Golspie). Mary Carnie or Mackenzie died on 10th May, 1876, in Golspie, Sutherland.

Family
He had issue including, by his first wife:

(1) Charles John Mackenzie born about 1853 in Golspie, Sutherland. He married Elizabeth – probably Elizabeth McKay – in the 4th quarter of 1889 in Portsea, Hampshire. He was a clerk.

(2) Margaret Mary Mackenzie born about 1855 in Golspie, Sutherland. She died there in 1885.

(3) Simon McLauchlan Mackenzie born on 14th June, 1856, in Golspie, Sutherland. He was a shipping clerk. He married. He died in the 3rd quarter of 1914, in Paddington, London, England.

(4) Thomas Mackenzie born on 29th December, 1857, in Golspie, Sutherland.

(5) James McLauchlan Mackenzie born on 16th July, 1859, in Golspie, Sutherland.

According to his obituary, there was another daughter who pre-deceased him.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Charles McKenzie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 20/4/1889, F.C. Minister, Golspie, d. 23/01/1889 at Golspie, intestate, Dornoch Sheriff Court, NRS SC9/36/7
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Mackenzie or Carnie, Mary, 29/5/1876, wife of Rev. Charles Mackenzie, Minister, Free Church, Golspie, County of Sutherland, d. 10/05/1876 at Golspie aforesaid, testate, Dornoch Sheriff Court, NRS SC9/36/6

Source
Glasgow Herald, 28th November, 1888

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MACKENZIE, COLIN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.237
Born, 1795. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained over the Lyndale Mission, Skye, 1831. Translated, 1832, to Shieldaig. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1844, to Arrochar. At the Disruption Mr. Mackenzie’s aged mother was a member of his household, but there was no house within the bounds of the parish, or for many miles beyond, to which they could be removed. The proprietor of Shieldaig, a near relative, with whom Mr. Mackenzie had been on friendly terms since boyhood, not only refused to grant a site for church and manse, but ordered him to leave the manse immediately, and to remove from the parish, as he was determined to prevent all his tenants giving as much as a single apartment in any of their dwellings to a Free Church minister. Became senior minister, 1866. Died, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1831, Shieldaig, FES, Vol.7, p.164. In the Free Church, he served in Shieldaig and Torridon, Ross and Cromarty; and Arrochar, Dunbartonshire.

Family
Kennedy Tree.

Publication – by him
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 225. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 2/1/1883, Sr, minister, Free Church at Arrochar, residing at 10 Melville Terrace, Stirling, d. 08/12/1882 at 10 Melville Terrace aforesaid, testate, brother of John, Inventory; Extract Registered Trust Disposition; 2 Deeds of Settlement, Stirling Sheriff Court, NRS SC67/36/77
Seaforth Papers: Legal and estate papers: Letter by Thomas Mackenzie of Applecross to J A Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth relating to the latter’s recommendation of Mr Rory [?Roderick MacRae] to be parish minister at Applecross and his offer of Shieldaig church to Mr Colin Mackenzie, 22 Dec 1831, NRS GD46/1/370; Papers relating to churches and schools: Letter by John Gordon, secretary of the Education Committee of the General Assembly, to J A Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth, M P, relating to complaints against Mr McGregor, teacher in the Assembly’s school at Torridon with copy of letter by the Rev Colin Mackenzie, minister at Shieldaig, and copy certificate by the inhabitants of Torridon rebutting the charges against Mr McGregor, 4 Aug 1834, NRS GD46/12/128
22nd August, 1836, Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.200 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKENZIE, COLIN

 

Born at Dingwall, 1852. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at St. Ninian’s, Stirling, 1883. Married, 1889, Georgina Simpson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in St. Ninians, Stirlingshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.313, where a short biography is given). He died in 1913.

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MACKENZIE, COLIN ARCHIBALD, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born at Inveraray, 1827. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at North Shields, 1854. Married, 1851, Mary Gilfillan. Translated to Govan, 1864. Resigned, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 16th April and baptized on 14th May, 1827, in Inveraray, Argyll, the son of Donald Mackenzie, agricultural labourer, and Catherine McNicol.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1849-53. In 1851, he was a Free Church student, lodging with this family.

Marriage
He married Mary Gilfillan on 17th April, 1851, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. She was born about 1832 in Edinburgh, the daughter of George Gilfillan, builder, and Mary Gilfillan.

Ministry
He was ordained in North Shields, Northumberland, England. He was translated to Summerton, Govan, Glasgow, on 27th October, 1864. On 4th January, 1872, the foundation stone was laid for a new, rather magnificent church building. In May, 1892, “Dr Colin Archibald Mackenzie … residing sometime at Morris Villa, Govan, now at 21 Gibson Street, Hillhead, Glasgow” was declared a bankrupt.

Death
He died in 1903 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire. His wife died on 30th May, 1889, at the Free Church Manse, South Avenue, Govan, Glasgow, of hepatic dropsy, 1 month (Registration: 1889 646/2 388 Govan).

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Catherine Campbell Mackenzie born in the 3rd quarter of 1855 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England. She married John Joshua Horton, an electric light engineer, in 1875 in St Giles, Edinburgh. She had children by him but they separated. She died in New Zealand in 1891 – an inquest found she died by accidental drowning.

(2) Jessie Fairrie Mackenzie born in the 3rd quarter of 1857 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England.

(3) Colin Archibald Mackenzie born in the 2nd quarter of 1860 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England. He became a Church of Scotland minister: see FES, Vol.3, 43. He married Jessie Helen Paul Bain, the daughter of John Bain, a Free Church minister.

(4) Agnes Reid Mackenzie born on 22nd December, 1864, in Govan, Glasgow.

(5) Alfred Mackenzie born on 27th June, 1866, in Govan, Glasgow. He married Ada Sarah B. Unsworth in the 4th quarter of 1893, in Mt Drayton, Shropshire, England.

(6) William Laughtan Mackenzie born on 28th February, 1868, in Govan, Glasgow.

(7) Christina Thorburn Kerr Mackenzie born on 15th July, 1870, in Govan, Glasgow. She died there in 1872.

(8) Helen Elliot Mackenzie born on 10th September, 1872, in Govan, Glasgow.

Publications – about him
Court of Session: Warrants of the Register of Acts and Decreets: Decree for payment, The National Bank of Scotland Ltd v The Rev Colin Archibald Mackenzie and others, The Deacon Court of the Govan Free Church, June, 1891, NRS CS46/1891/6/13; Decree for payment, The National Bank of Scotland Ltd v the Rev Colin Archibald MacKenzie, March, 1892, NRS CS46/1892/3/9
Court of Session: Concluded Sequestration Processes under 1856 Bankruptcy Act: Reverend Doctor Colin Archibald MacKenzie, Govan, Lanarkshire, Minister, 1894, NRS CS318/37/221

Sources
Rootschat; Inangahua Times, Rōrahi I, Putanga 53, 7 Hōngongoi 1891, p.2; Glasgow Herald, 5th January, 1872; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 7th May, 1892, p.5

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MACKENZIE, COLIN CAMPBELL, F.R.G.S.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born near Dingwall, 1848. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Strathglass, 1880. Married, 1881, Catherine Ferguson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Strathglass, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.476). He died in 1907.

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MACKENZIE, DAVID, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born in Sutherlandshire, 1783. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, acting between the college sessions as parish teacher at Tongue. Ordained at Achness Mission, Strathnaver, 1813. Translated to Farr, 1815. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1863. Died, 1868.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1813, Farr, FES, Vol.7, p.107. In the Free Church, he served in Farr, Sutherland.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, August, 1834, Farr, Vol.15, Sutherland, p.66
He contributed to the Disruption Manuscripts. His work is used in Thomas Brown’s, Annals of the Disruption – see footnotes 25; 118; 171; 177; 226; 239; 298; 410 and 754. (Note these links take you to the end of the quote.)

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: David Mackenzie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 8/6/1868, Minister of Free Church of Scotland, parish of Farr, Sutherland. d.24/02/1868, Dornoch Sheriff Court, NRS SC9/36/5
High Court of Justiciary processes: Trial papers relating to Donald Ross for the crime of theft at Tongue, Sutherland. Tried at High Court, Inverness; 26 Apr 1830, Victims include David McKenzie, reverend, Farr, Sutherland, NRS JC26/1830/90
Adam Campbell, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.304 [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.42; Appendix 1, Table 3, p.32 and Appendix 2, p.7

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MACKENZIE, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born, 1798. Ordained at Ardeonaig, Lochtayside, 1837. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1873.

Supplementary Information
He is not mentioned in FES.

Background
He was born about 1798 in Lochbroom, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Murdoch Mackenzie, farmer, and Ann McKenzie.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ardeonaig, Perthshire.

Death
He died on 10th October, 1873, at Ardtalnaig, Kenmore, Perthshire, of asthma (Registration: 1873 360/ 20 Kenmore).

Family
He never married.

Publication – by him
Ardeonaig Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth endowment and against Sunday trains, 22nd April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/181

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 18/11/1873, minister of Free Church at Ardeonaig in Lochtayside, Perth Sheriff Court, NRS SC49/31/96
Records of Ardeonaig Kirk Session: Ardeonaig parish was united with Killin in 1617. However this volume describes itself as part of the united parishes of Killin and Kenmore, but has a separate succession of ministers, not given in the ‘Fasti’, mentioned under dates as follows: John Campbell 1 May 1795; Robert Findlater 15 April 1810; – Hunter 4 May 1836; and Donald McKenzie 10 December 1837. The last joined the Free Church in 1843, with his congregation, NRS CH2/1247/1

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MACKENZIE, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born at Invergordon, 1829. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Appointed, 1863, by the Colonial Committee to Middle River, Nova Scotia. Ordained there, 1864. Returned to this country and was settled at Farr, 1870. Married, Margaret J. Dormond.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Farr, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.502, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1902 and died in 1917.

Family
His daughter Evangeline Mackenzie married Cathel Kerr.

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MACKENZIE, DONALD FINLAYSON, B.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born at Urray, 1858. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lochend, Campbeltown, 1885. Married, 1886, Isobel Macdonald. Translated to Langside, Glasgow, 1891.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lochend, Campbeltown, Argyll; and Langside, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.231). Thereafter he served in Bromley Trinity, London, from 1904; in Tain from 1911 (FUFC, p.485, where a short biography is given); and in Bow Road, London, from 1915.

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MACKENZIE, HECTOR

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born at Poolewe, 1844. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, 1880.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.475). He retired in 1902 and died in 1905.

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MACKENZIE, HUGH, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born at Beauly, 1787. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Lochtayside, 1823. Married, the same year, Ann Frazer. Translated, 1823, to Gaelic Church, Aberdeen. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1853. Died, 1859.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1822, Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen, FES, Vol.6, p.6. In the Free Church, he served in St. Columba’s, Spring Gardens, Aberdeen.

Family
Fasti has an incomplete record of his children. There is also a Simon Fraser Mackenzie, who was born on 17th March, 1828, in Aberdeen, and became a Presbyterian minister in New South Wales – as did his brother William Mackenzie (See Ward and Prentis, Presbyterian Ministers, pp.94-95). For some family connections, see the Kennedy Tree.

Publication – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, 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

Publication – about him
13th October, 1837, Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.378 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKENZIE, HUGH MACKAY

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born, 1771. Son of Rev. W. Mackenzie of Tongue. Studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen. Ordained, 1796, chaplain of the Reay Fencibles, with whom he went to Ireland. He subsequently received a similar appointment to the Fraser Fencibles, with whom he remained till 1802. Inducted, 1806, successor to his father at Tongue. Married, 1813, Grace Mackenzie or Russell. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. His son was associated with him in 1843. Both father and son suffered in health from the hardships of Disruption times, and died within a month of each other in the summer of 1845.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1796, Tongue, FES, Vol.7, p.110. In the Free Church, he served in Tongue, Sutherland.

Publication – by him
New Statistical Account, January, 1841, Tongue, Vol.15, Sutherland, p.164

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 27/1/1846, Minister who died at Tongue where he occasionally lodged, husband of Grace, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/3
Robert Newlands, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.305 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 1, p.28 and Appendix 1, Table 3, p.32
10th September, 1836, Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.234 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKENZIE, HUGH MORRIS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.238
Born at Edinburgh, 1838. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Chapelhall, 1869. Married, 1871, Margaret R. Fraser; and, 1884, Elizabeth Russell. Resigned, 1883, and removed to London, where he engaged in literary pursuits, working at the same time as an honorary missionary in Southwell and Clapham.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 6th February, 1839, in Canongate, Edinburgh, the son of Andrew Mackenzie, minister, and Isabella Morris.

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1861-65.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Margaret Robertson Fraser on 28th December, 1871, at the bride’s home, 11 Merchiston Place, Edinburgh (Registration: 1872 685/5 1 Newington). She was born about 1844, the daughter of William Fraser, agent of the Bank of Ireland, and Jane Wylie (?) Neilson.

(2) Lizzie Russell on 4th August, 1884, at the Manse, Brodick, Isle of Arran, Bute (Registration: 1884 553/1 3 Brodick). She was born in Scotland about 1865, the daughter of Alexander Russell, underground manager, and Mary Russell.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh on 7th June, 1865. He then worked for some time in Dudhope Free Church, Dundee. He was ordained in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, on 25th February, 1869. He resigned his charge on 25th September, 1883, to be employed in literary work in London. In 1881, he was in London, England – but he is a patient there. Later he is designated a Presbyterian minister.

Death
His first wife died in 1873 in Holytown, Lanarkshire.

Family
He had issue including, by his second wife:

(1) Bessie Russell Mackenzie born in the 3rd quarter of 1890 in Lambeth, London, England.

Publications – by him
Chapelhall and Calderbank Free Church Hymn-book, for Sabbath-School and other services, collated by Hugh M. Mackenzie, Chapelhall, 1875
Josept in Egypt, congregational lectures, with illustrations and lessons from the monuments, London, French Downie, 1896

Publication – about him
He was probably Editor of the Babylonian and Oriental Record in which case this is relevant here: The book of Daniel from the Christian standpoint, John Kennedy, with essay on alleged historical difficulties by the editor of the “Babybonican and Oriental Record”, London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1898

Source
The Dundee Courier & Argus, 27th February, 1869

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MACKENZIE, JAMES, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239
Born, 1817, at Barry, where his father was parish schoolmaster. Studied at the Universities, St. Andrew and Edinburgh. Ordained at Dalbeattie, March 1843. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1844, to Annan [Vol. 2 under Annan says he was translated there in 1845.]; and, 1849, to Dunfermline, Abbey. Married, 1846, Helen C. Miller. Mr. Mackenzie edited for a series of years the Assembly Blue Book and was also at one time the editor of the Free Church Missionary Record. Died, 1869.

Publications.—History of Scotland. Our Banner and its Battles.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1843, Dalbeattie, FES, Vol.2, p.262. In the Free Church, he served in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire; Annan, Dumfries-shire; and Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, 2nd June, 1846, NRS GD112/51/219
The people’s question, or, a short explanation of the proposed scheme of national education, addressed to the inhabitants of Dunfermline, Dunfermline, c.1855
Our banner, and its battles, or, An evening in a Free Church manse, Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859
Our country: a history of Scotland for the young, London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1861
The Reformation, and what it did for Scotland, a tract, Dunfermline, 186-?
Life of William Cunningham, R. Rainy and J. Mackenzie, London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1871
Three letters to David Laing, the historian, written from Dunfermline in April and September, 1858, and July, 1859, may have been written by this man.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James MacKenzie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacKenzie or Millar, Helen Chalmers, 14/11/1912, 63 Morningside Park, Edinburgh, widow of Rev. James Mackenzie, d. 19/10/1901 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/53; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/443
Records of Dunfermline Abbey Free Church: Call in favour of the Rev James Mackenzie, minister of Annan Free church, 1849, NRS CH3/413/18

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MACKENZIE, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born at Gairloch, 1799. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Carnoch, Strathconan Mission, 1829. Married, 1835, Georgina R. Kennedy. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1843, to Lochgilphead. Became senior minister, 1860. Died, 1864.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1829, Carnoch, FES, Vol.7, p.28. In the Free Church, he served in Strathconan and Garve, Ross and Cromarty; and Lochgilphead, Argyll.

Family
John Mackay of Kirtomy.

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

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: John McKenzie
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Mackenzie or Kennedy, Georgina Robertson, 9/2/1876, 2 Melville Street, Edinburgh, widow of Rev. John Mackenzie, Minister, Free Church, Lochgilphead, d. 30/11/1874 at Edinburgh, intestate, Inventory, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/176
1st October, 1836, Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.306 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKENZIE, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born, 1813. Son of Sir George S. Mackenzie, Bart., of Coul, Ross-shire. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained at Dunkeld, 1839. Married, the same year, Eliza, daughter of Dr. Chalmers. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated, 1844, to Ratho. Resigned, 1853. Died, 1878.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1839, Dunkeld, FES, Vol.4, p.156. In the Free Church, he served in Dunkeld, Perthshire; and Ratho and Kirknewton, Midlothian.

Family
Chalmers Tree.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, February, 1843, Dunkeld and Dowally, Vol.10, p.957
Instrumental music in Christian worship: has it, or has it not, the sanction of New Testament Scripture? An inquiry into the import and bearing of Ephesians 5:19, Edinburgh, John Maclaren, 1866
Dr Chalmers’s views on incorporative union between the non-established Presbyterian Churches, the substance of a speech delivered at the Free Church meeting in the Music Hall, on Wednesday evening, the 22nd February 1871, Edinburgh, John Maclaren, 1871
An inquiry into the meaning of the principal terms employed in the New Testament to denote the nature and duration of future punishment, Scotland?, [1878

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 24/6/1878, sometime Minister, Free Church, Ratho, afterwards residing at 64 Great King Street, Edinburgh, d. 25/05/1878 at London, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/189; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/173
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Mackenzie or Chalmers, Eliza 9/11/1892, 64 Great King Street, Edinburgh, widow of Rev. John Mackenzie, sometime Minister, Parish of Dunkeld, d. 18/09/1892 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/313; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/263
Mackenzie of Coul Papers: Prints and documents relating to an Act to authorise the sale of parts of the Glenuiack estate, sought by Dame Louisa Alexandrina Jones or Mackenzie, widow of the deceased Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie of Coul, Bart, the Rev John Mackenzie, minister of the Free Church in Edinburgh, Donald MacLeod Mackenzie, captain in the Royal Navy and Hugh Mackay Mackenzie, merchant in London, 1875, GD1/1149/33

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MACKENZIE, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born at Inverness, 1857. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, Free Church College, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Golspie, 1889. Married, 1896, Ann M. Bigg.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Golspie, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.500).

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MACKENZIE, JOHN ROBERTSON, D.D. (Washington)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born at Inverness, 1811. Studied at the University, Aberdeen. He took his theological course partly at Aberdeen and partly at Edinburgh. For some time he acted as rector of Tain Academy, and as domestic chaplain to the Duchess of Gordon. Ordained, 1841, at St. Mary’s, Dumfries. Married, the same year, Alexandrina Christie. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated in 1847 to Birmingham. Resigned, 1873. Died, 1877.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1841, Dumfries, FES, Vol.2, p.271. In the Free Church, he served in Dumfries— St. George’s.

Publication – by him
Free Church Pulpit, Vol.2, p.406, The redeemer’s desertion

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 22/8/1877, D.D., Silverwells, Inverness, d. 02/03/1877 at Inverness, testate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/17

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MACKENZIE, MURDO

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born at Lochcarron about 1834. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, New College, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained, 1870, at Kilcalmonell, Argyllshire. Translated to Kilmallie, 1873; and, 1887, to Inverness, North. Married, 1886, Isabella Stewart Shaw. Mr. Mackenzie remained outside the Union of 1900.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 13th August, 1835, in Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Duncan Mackenzie, farmer, and Annabella McLean.

Education
He studied at the Free Church Institution, Inverness; and then entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1853. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1859-61. He also studied at the Glasgow Free Church College.

Marriage
He married Isabella Stewart Shaw on 26th August, 1886, at 12 Merchiston Bank Terrace, Edinburgh (Registration: 1886 685/5 326 Newington). She was born on 2nd November, 1861, in Laggan, Inverness-shire, the daughter of Dugald Shaw, minister, and Margaret Maclaren.

Ministry
He was licensed on 7th October, 1863, by the Free Presbytery of Lochcarron but was ill for five years, during which time he stayed with Alexander McColl in Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. He worked as a missionary, formed a congregation and then was ordained in Kilcalmonell, Argyll, on 5th October, 1870. In October 1872, it was reported that a call to him to Kilmallie had been signed, but that his Presbytery had refused to allow the translation and that an appeal had been made to the Synod of Argyll. Nevertheless by the middle of 1873 he was translated to Kilmallie, Argyll. He declined a call to Fearn, Ross and Cromarty, in 1881 and in 1886; and one to Tarbert, Argyll, in 1884. He was translated to North, Inverness, on 8th or 9th September, 1887. He remained in the Free Church at the Union of 1900.

In September, 1898, his manse was broken into and a silver teaspoon, silver fishfork, embossed silver mug, and plain silver mug were stolen.

Death
He died on 26th May, 1912, in Inverness.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Annabella Flora MacKenzie born on 27th August, 1887, in Kilmallie, Argyll. She died in 1932 in Newington, Edinburgh.

(2) Margaret Isabel MacKenzie born on 20th October, 1888, in Inverness. She died in the 2nd quarter of 1971 in Kensington, London, England.

(3) Janet Colquhoun MacKinnon MacKenzie born on 1st September, 1890, in Inverness. She died there the following year.

(4) Alexandrina McColl MacKinnon MacKenzie born on 5th September, 1893, in Inverness. She died there in 1909.

(6) Murdo MacKenzie born on 8th February, 1895, in Inverness.

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 6/6/1912, Free North Church, Inverness, d. 26/05/1912 at Inverness, testate, Inverness Sheriff Court, NRS SC29/44/54
Rev. Murdo Mackenzie: a memory, by his wife (E. S. Mackenzie), Inverness, R. Carruthers & Sons, 1914

Sources
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 27th May, 1912, p.7; The Dundee Courier & Argus, 26th September, 1898

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MACKENZIE, RODERICK, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born at Assynt, 1837. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Tarbert, Harris, 1868. Married, 1870, Marjory Martin. Translated, 1884, to Maryburgh.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Tarbert, Harris, Inverness-shire; and Maryburgh, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.481). Thereafter he served in the united congregation of Ferintosh and Maryburgh from 1908 (FUFC, p.480). He died in 1909.

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MACKENZIE, THOMAS

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born at Ferintosh, 1826. Studied at the Universities, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Bonaive, in the parish of Muckairn, 1858. Married, 1876, Sarah J. C. Campbell. Retired, 1898.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Muckairn (Taynuilt), Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.294, where a short biography is given). He died in 1907.

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MACKENZIE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.239

Born, 1794. Son of Rev. G. Mackenzie, Olrig. Ordained, 1819, at the Presbyterian Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. Resigned to become assistant to his father, 1823, and was admitted minister of the parish of Olrig, 1825. Married, the same year, Catherine S. Brodie. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Became senior minister, 1855. Died, 1857.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1819, Monkwearmouth, FES, Vol.7, p.482; 1825, Olrig, FES, Vol.7, p.130. In the Free Church, he served in Olrig, Caithness.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, October, 1840, Olrig, Vol.15, Caithness, p.59
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Maynooth, 17th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/177; 22nd April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/181

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 29/7/1857, Minister of Free church, resided at Castletown, died at Wick, Disp. and Settlement p. 366, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS SC14/40/5
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Mackenzie or Brodie, Catherine Sinclair, 29/8/1884, Princes Street, Thurso, County of Caithness, widow, d. 10/07/1884 at Thurso aforesaid, testate, Wick Sheriff Court, NRS
Papers of the Sinclair Family of Freswick, Caithness: Letters to John Sinclair of Barrock, a trustee for William Sinclair of Freswick, from … Revd William McKenzie, minister at Olrig, concerning the boundaries of the new parish of Keiss, GD136
John McBeath, schoolmaster, Castletown, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.89 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.68
15th September, 1836, Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.256 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKENZIE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240

Born, 1804. Studied at the University, Edinburgh. Ordained at Comrie, 1829. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated to Dunblane, 1841; and to North Leith, 1844. Became senior minister, 1857. Died, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1829, Comrie, FES, Vol.4, p.264; 1841, Dunblane, FES, Vol.4, p.344. In the Free Church, he served in Dunblane, Perthshire; and North, Leith, Edinburgh.
Note FES says he went to Australia – and perhaps he did. But by 1857 he was living in the Isle of Man. He was elected to the Kirk Session of the Presbyterian Church in Douglas there. He took an interest in the Manx Society – see his publications during this period. He left Douglas in 1867 and gifted some of his Library for the use of the congregation.

Family
Note FES states that he married Christian MacLaren on 25th August, 1830. But his marriage to Elisabeth MacLaren is recorded on that day in Comrie, Perthshire.

Publications
See separate document here.

Source
The First Century of Presbyterianism in Douglas, Isle of Man, 1825-1925, Douglas, Louis G. Meyer, 1925

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MACKENZIE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240

Born, 1816. Son of Rev. H. M. Mackenzie, Tongue. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and Divinity Hall, Edinburgh. After receiving licence he was for a time assistant at Tain. In February of 1843 he was ordained assistant and successor to his father at Tongue. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Died, 1845.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1843, Tongue, FES, Vol.7, p.110. In the Free Church, he served in Tongue, Sutherland.

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MACKENZIE, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240

Born at Aberdeen, 1847. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at West Kilbride, 1873. Married, 1875, Margaret C. Clark.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in West Kilbride, Ayrshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.154). He died in 1902.

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MACKENZIE, WILLIAM DERMOND ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240

Born at Farr, Sutherlandshire, 1871. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Strathconan, 1899.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Strathconan and Garve, Ross and Cromarty. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.481). Thereafter he served in Latheron from 1907 (FUFC, p.507); and in Thurso West from 1914 (FUFC, p.509, where a short biography is given).

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M’KERCHAR, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240

Born at Kenmore, 1842. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kilmun, 1867. Married, 1886, Annie Maclachlan.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Kilmun, Argyll. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p. 279, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1913 and died in 1924.

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M’KERCHAR, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240

Born at Kenmore, 1831. Studied at the University, St. Andrews, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Avoch, Black Isle, 1862. Married, 1869, Euphemia Macfarlane. Died, 1897.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was baptized on 12th August, 1831, in Kenmore, Perthshire, the son of John McKerchar, general merchant, and Janet Crerar.

Education
He attended Kenmore School and Davidson’s Academy, Perth. He studied at United College, St Andrews Fife, 1851-55. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1855-59. He taught at Kenmore prior to becoming a minister.

Marriage
He married Euphemia MacFarlane in 1869 in Perth. She was born on 30th March and baptized on 23rd April, 1841, in Perth, the daughter of John MacFarlane, iron founder, and Isabella MacFarlane.

Ministry
He was ordained on 4th December, 1862, in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty, as colleague and successor to George Alexander Chisholm, who died in 1876.

Death
He died on 27th February, 1897, in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. His wife died in 1929 in Grange, Edinburgh. There is an inscription in the Avoch graveyard which reads:

“John & Euphemia (Macfarlane) Mackerchar.
In loving memory/of/the Reverend/JOHN MACKERCHAR/Minister of the Free Church/Avoch/born at Rhuvu[g?]ky, Acharn/Perthshire 1831/died at Avoch/27th February 1897/in the thirty fifth year/of his ministry/1st John III.2/and of/EUPHEMIA MACFARLANE his wife/who died at Edinburgh/on 12th March 1929/1st Thessalonians IV 14.”

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Isabella McKerchar born 1870 in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. She married Roderick Cameron there in 1894.

(2) Janet McKerchar born about 1871 in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. She died on 11th July, 1959, in Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty.

(3) Euphemia McKerchar born on 16th September, 1873 in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. She died there on 12th July, 1878.

(4) Christina McKerchar born in 1875 in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. She died on 12th November, 1951, in Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty.

(5) John McKerchar born in 1877 in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. He died on 18th December, 1958, in Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty.

(6) Margaret McKerchar born in 1879 in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. She died there on 4th December, 1882.

(7) Robert James McKerchar born on 15th March, 1881, in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. He served in the Cameron Highlanders and died on the Somme on 23rd July, 1916.

(8) Euphemia McKerchar born in 1883 in Avoch, Ross and Cromarty. She died in 1965 in Fortrose, Ross and Cromarty.

There is a memorial presumably in Avoch graveyard to this family:

“Erected by John MacKerchar, Minister, Avoch and Euphemia MacFarlane his wife in memory of their daughters Euphemia who died 20th July 1878 aged 4 years, Margaret who died 4th Dec 1882 aged 3 years. Robert James younger son, Corporal (2/4th Cameron Highlanders) attached 7th Cameron Highlanders born 15th March 1881, fell in action on the Somme 23rd Oct 1916. Christina who died 12th Nov 1951, John who died 18th Dec 1958. Janet who died 11th July 1959, Euphemia MacKerchar 1882-1965.”

Publication – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 22/5/1897, F.C. Minister, Avoch, d. 27/02/1897 at Avoch, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/19

Sources
Gravestones; Scottishwargraves

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MACKICHAN, DUGALD, D.D., LL.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240
Born at Glasgow, 1850. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow, also at Leipzig. Ordained, 1874, missionary professor in Bombay. Married, 1877, Eliza MacRitchie. Became Principal of Wilson College, 1883. He took a leading place as an educationist, and served twice as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bombay.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.539, where a short biography is given). He was lecturer in Evangelistic Theology in the UFC Colleges, 1900-1902 (FUFC, p.585) and was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1917 (FUFC, p.569). He retired in 1920 and died in 1932.

Family
His wife Eliza MacRitchie was the daughter of Malcolm MacRitchie and the sister of the wife of Donald Macleod, both Free Church ministers.

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MACKILLIAM, WILLIAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240
Born at Aberdeen, 1844. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Aberdeen. Ordained at Coatbridge, West, 1877. Married, 1878, Jane Bain Crichton. Translated to Possilpark, Glasgow, 1882.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in West, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire; and Possilpark, Glasgow. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.226). He retired in 1901.

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MACKINLAY, JAMES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240
Born, 1817. Son of Dr. Mackinlay, Kilmarnock. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Was for a time assistant to his father. Ordained at Wellpark, Glasgow, 1842. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1845, Sarah Johnstone. Retired, 1849. Died, 1876.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1842, Colston-Wellpark, Glasgow, FES, Vol.3, p.406. In the Free Church, he served in Wellpark, Glasgow.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James MacKinlay
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 20/7/1876, sometime Minister of Wellpark Free Church, Glasgow, thereafter residing in Saltcoats, and latterly in Edinburgh, d. 16/06/1876 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/179; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/162
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacKinlay or Johnson, Sarah Eston, 20/10/1914, 9 Ann Street, Edinburgh, widow, d. 12/06/1913 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/557; Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/464

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M’KINNON, ALBERT GLENTHORN TAIT, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240
Born at Edinburgh. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lochmaben, 1899. Married, 1900, Agnes Aitken.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.98). Thereafter he served in St Andrew’s, Greenock, from 1908 (FUFC, p.159). He resigned in 1918. Thereafter he served in Rome from 1923 (FUFC, p.528, where a short biography is given).

Family
His father John McKinnon was a Free Church minister.

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M’KINNON, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.240
Born in Arran, 1802. Studied at the University, Glasgow. Ordained, 1840, at Strathfillan, Perthshire. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1845, Katherine Boston Simpson. Became senior minister, 1875. Died, 1884.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1840, Strathfillan, FES, Vol.3, p.369; FES, Vol.8, p.284. In the Free Church, he served in Strathfillan, Perthshire.

Publications – by him
Breadalbane Muniments, Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane] and Others, Against Maynooth grant and sabbath travel, 28th April, 1845, NRS GD112/51/186; Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 8 June, 1846, Sites, NRS GD112/74/830

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Alexander McKinnon
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 7/7/1884, sometime Minister, Free Church of Scotland, Strathfillan, latterly at 3 Albion Crescent, Dowanhill, Glasgow, d. 23/05/1884 at Glasgow, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/106; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/88; Eik, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/108

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M’KINNON, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born in Mull, 1815. Studied at the New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lockerbie, 1851. Translated to Glasgow, Chalmers’ Church, 1859. Married Margaret Aitken. Died, 1892.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1815 in Salen, Isle of Mull, Argyll, the son of John MacKinnon, crofter, and Catherine McLean. This is perhaps the Donald MacKinnon whose birth (or baptism) is registered in Torosay and Kinlochspelvie, Isle of Mull, Argyll, on 23rd June, 1816 – parents John MacKinnon and Cathrine McLaine

Education
He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1847-49.

Marriage
He married Margaret Aitken on 30th June, 1840, in Glasgow. She was born on 29th July, 1821, in Killearn, Stirlingshire, the daughter of William Aitken and Jean Mitchel.

Ministry
He was ordained in Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire, on 24th January, 1851; and was later translated to Chalmers’, Glasgow. In September, 1864, he was injured while trying unsuccessfully to stop a fight between two pugilists, which was taking place in a field near his home.

Death
He died on 10th April, 1892, at Craigie Bank, Crosshill, Glasgow (Registration: 1892 560/ 91 Cathcart (Lanark)). He had preached twice that day. He reached home, had to be assisted to a seat, and expired. His wife died on 30th June, 1890 – the jubilee day of their marriage – in Blythswood, Glasgow.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) John Donald McKinnon born in Glasgow about 1845. He married Margaret. He was a Free Church minister. He registered his father’s death.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 5/10/1892, Minister of Chalmers Free Church, Glasgow, residing at Craigiebank, Albert Road, Crosshill, Glasgow, d. 10/04/1892 at Crosshill aforesaid, testate, Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC36/48/138; Will, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC36/51/106

Sources
The Dundee Courier & Argus, 16th September 16, 1864; Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 11th April, 1892

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M’KINNON, DUNCAN, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Studied at the University, Glasgow, and Divinity Hall, Original Secession Church. Licensed by the Glasgow Presbytery of that Church in 1883, he was admitted to the Free Church in 1888, and ordained at Wanlockhead, 1896.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Wanlockhead, Dumfries-shire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.109, where a short biography is given). He retired in 1916 and died in 1924.

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M’KINNON, DUNCAN ARCHIBALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Strathfillan, 1849. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Marykirk, 1879.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Marykirk, Kincardineshire. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.407). Thereafter he served in Cromdale and Advie from 1917 (FUFC, p.460). He resigned on health grounds in 1920 and died in 1922.

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M’KINNON, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born in Canada, 1829. Studied at the University, Edinburgh, and Divinity Hall, United Presbyterian Church. Ordained at Hopewill, Nova Scotia, 1858. Was clerk of his Presbytery. Translated to Georgetown, 1876. Returned to this country, and was settled at Nigg, 1884. Died, 1888.

Supplementary InformationJohn Ross Mackinnon
Background
He was born in 1830 in Prince Edward Island, the son of Donald MacKinnon, farmer, and Catherine Ross.

Education
He studied Arts and Divinity in Pictou, Nova Scotia, and subsequently, in 1855, took classes at Edinburgh University, and in the United Presbyterian Hall.

Marriage
He married Margaret Tait in 1859 in Newington, Edinburgh. She was born (or baptised) on 24th June, 1832, in St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, the daughter of William Tait, woollen merchant, and Flora Dunlop.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Pictou in 1858 and in September of that year he was ordained in Hopewell. He was translated to St David’s, Georgetown, Prince Edward Island. He then moved to Edinburgh where he was assistant to Thomas McLauchlan. In 1883, he acted as cautioner for three crofters from Glendale, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, who were in dispute with their landlords over grazing rights. He was inducted on 20th May, 1884, to Nigg, Ross and Cromarty.

Death
He died on 28th July, 1888, in Nigg, Ross and Cromarty, of pleurisy, five days (Registration: 1888 078/ 12 Nigg (Ross and Cromarty)). His wife died on 29th October, 1914, at 27 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, of senility (Registration: 1914 685/5 693 Newington).

Family
They had issue including:

(1) George Johnston McKinnon born in 1866 in Newington, Edinburgh. He married Elizabeth Hair Hyslop there in 1894. He registered his father’s death. He died in Newington Edinburgh on 18th February, 1935.

(2) Clarence Dunlop McKinnon born about 1867. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1889-94. He married Mary. He was a clergyman in Nova Scotia.

(3) Alice M. McKinnon born about 1870 in Canada.

(4) Albert Glenthorn Tait McKinnon born about 1871. He became a Free Church minister. He registered his mother’s death, when he was living at 52 Esplanade, Gourock, Renfrewshire.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: W. McKinnon
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 11/10/1888, F.C. Minister, Parish of Nigg, County of Ross, d. 28/07/1888 at Nigg aforesaid, intestate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/15

Source
The Dundee Courier & Argus, 21st February, 1883

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M’KINNON, JOHN DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born, 1846. Son of Rev. D. M’Kinnon, Glasgow. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Liverpool, English Presbyterian Church. Married, 1873, Margaret Millar. Translated, 1875, to South Free Church, Dumfries. Mr. M’Kinnon was for three years the official head of the Good Templar Order in Scotland.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Dumfries — South. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.103). He died in 1904.

Family
He was the son of Donald McKinnon, a Free Church minister.

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M’KINNON, WILLIAM

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born in Skye, 1843. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at North Ballachulish, 1878. Translated to North Uist, 1884. Married, the same year, Marion Mackintosh. Translated to Glenmoriston, 1891; and, 1894, to Gairloch.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born about 1843 in Strath, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, the son of Lachlan MacKinnon, farmer, and Catherine MacKinnon.

Education
He attended the Free Church school in Strath.

Marriage
He married Marion McIntosh on 21st July, 1884, at 45 Church Street, Inverness (Registration: 1884 098/ 101 Inverness). She was born in Harripol, Strath, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, the daughter of Murdoch McIntosh, sheep manager, and Annie Campbell. Her age is variable, so she may have been the Marion McIntosh born to these parents and registered in Strath on 21st June, 1842.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ballachulish – North, Inverness-shire; North Uist, Inverness-shire; Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, Inverness-shire; and Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, where he was inducted on 19th April, 1894. He remained in the Free Church at the Union of 1900. He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1908.

Death
He died on 13th February, 1925, in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 15/5/1925, Free Church Manse, Gairloch, d. 13/02/1925 at Gairloch, intestate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/34
Memories of Rev. William Mackinnon of Gairloch, compiled by Rev. Donald Mackinnon, F.S.A., (Scot.), Portree, Inverness, Robt. Carruthers & Sons, “Courier” Office, 1926

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MACKINTOSH, ALEXANDER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born in parish of Daviot, 1826. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and proceeded to Halifax, Nova Scotia, as the head of an educational institution there. Returning to Scotland, he attended the New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Paisley, Gaelic, 1859. Married, 1860, Jessie Ross. For a time was clerk of the Free Church Presbytery of Paisley. Died, 1880.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born (or baptised) on 2nd December, 1826, in Daviot, Inverness-shire, the son of Duncan Mackintosh and Elizabeth Davidson.

Education
He attended the local school and Inverness Royal Academy. He entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1844 and graduated M.A. in March, 1849. An Alexander McKintosh was studying in New College, Edinburgh, 1851-55. Around this time he was a tutor; and he taught for a time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Marriage
He married Jessie (Janet) Ross on 10th July, 1860, in Port Glasgow. She was baptized on 21st August, 1836, in Kilchoman, Isle of Islay, Argyll, the daughter of Hugh Ross and Mary McGillivray. He was the sister of Margaret Ross who married Daniel (Donald) Forbes, a Free Church minister; and of Agnes Ross, a Free Church missionary in India, who married Walter Joss, a missionary of the London Missionary Society there. In 1841 Hugh Ross was a teacher; later he was designated a missionary, born Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty.

Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Gaelic, Paisley, Renfrewshire.

Death
He died on 9th December, 1880, at the Free Gaelic Manse, Stevenson Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire. His wife died there in 1876.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Elizabeth Davidson Mackintosh born on 27th January, 1866, at the Free Gaelic Manse, Paisley, Renfrewshire. She married Alexander McDonald in 1896 in Edderton, Ross and Cromarty. She died in 1950 in Scotland.

(2) Mary McGillivray Mackintosh born on 2nd September, 1867, at the Free Gaelic Manse, Paisley, Renfrewshire.

(3) Duncan Ross Mackintosh born on 19th June, 1869, in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He died in 1887 in Edderton, Ross and Cromarty.

(4) Hugh Ross Mackintosh born on 31st October, 1870, Paisley, Renfrewshire. He became a Free Church minister.

(5) William Ross Mackintosh born on 18th July, 1872, in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He died in 1877 in Kelvin, Glasgow.

(6) Margaret Forbes Mackintosh born on 16th June, 1874, in Paisley, Renfrewshire. She died on 18th January, 1875, at the Free Gaelic Manse, Paisley.

(7) Jessie Ross Mackintosh born in 1875 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. She married Solomon Harold Richards in 1901 in St Andrew, Edinburgh. He was a medical doctor. She died on 6th September, 1913, at Ivy Cottage, Welcombe, Bude, Devonshire, England.

Publication – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Alexander Mackintosh

Sources
Rootsweb; Glasgow Herald, 30th January, 1866; 5th September, 1867; 19th January, 1875; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 9th September, 1913, p.10

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MACKINTOSH, CHARLES CALDER, D.D.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Tain, 1806. Son of Dr. Angus Mackintosh of Tain. Studied at King’s College, Aberdeen, and University, Glasgow. Ordained colleague and successor to his father, 1828. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Married, 1847, Annie Brown. Translated to Dunoon, Argyllshire, 1854. Died, 1868.

Publication.— Posthumous— Memorials of Life and Ministry. By Rev. William Taylor.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1828, Tain, FES, Vol.7, p.73. In the Free Church, he served in Tain, Ross and Cromarty; and Dunoon, Argyll.

Family
Calder Mackintosh and the Bayne Trees.

Publications – by him
New Statistical Account, August, 1837, Tain, Vol.14, Ross, p.280
Breadalbane Muniments: Additional Papers from the Taymouth Estate Office, Letters Accompanying Petitions to Parliament etc., 24 April, 1844, NRS GD112/74/825; Ecclesiastical Documents, Letters with Petitions to Ormelie [that is, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane], Against Maynooth endowment, 18th April, 1845, GD112/51/178
Apostasy and recovery, Isaiah 53:6, in Precious seed, discourses by Scottish worthies, Birmingham, Alabama, Solid Ground Christian Books, 2007, originally published, Edinburgh, John Greig, 1877

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: Charles C. Mackintosh
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 26/5/1869, minister of the Free Church Dunoon, who died at Pau in France, Inventory; Holograph Writings, Dunoon Sheriff Court, NRS SC51/32/16
Inventories, Wills, etc.: Mackintosh or Brown, Anne 18/8/1899, sometime residing at 17 Lansdowne Crescent, Edinburgh, widow of Rev. Charles Calder Mackintosh, D.D., Dunoon, d. 09/07/1899 at Edinburgh, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/382; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/315
Memorials of the life and ministry of Charles Calder Mackintosh, D.D. of Tain and Dunoon, with a sketch of the religious history of the northern highlands of Scotland, Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1870
David Ross, schoolmaster, Answers made by Schoolmasters in Scotland, p.275 [See here Parochial Schools – Queries to which these Answers are a response]
Third Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction: Teinds, Appendix 1, Table 7, p.66
27th September, 1836, Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, p.296 [For the questions which are being answered, see Queries]

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MACKINTOSH, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Cawdor, 1844. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Lanark, 1870. Married, 1879, Margaret W. Johnston.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Lanark. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.201). He retired in 1913 and died in 1924.

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MACKINTOSH, DONALD

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born in Inverness-shire. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Rogart, Ross-shire, 1897.

Supplementary InformationDonald Campbell Mackintosh
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Rogart, Sutherland. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.500). Thereafter he served in Ardeonaig from 1907 (FUFC, p.317); and in St Luke’s, Glasgow, from 1912 (FUFC, p.249, where a short biography is given). He resigned in 1916. Thereafter he served in Poolewe Church of Scotland from 1918. He died in 1919.

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MACKINTOSH, HUGH ROSS, D.Phil., D.D. (Edinburgh)

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Paisley. Son of Rev. Alexander Mackintosh. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Tayport, 1897. Married, 1899, Jessie Air.

Publications.—Articles in theological journals and dictionaries.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Ferry-Port-On-Craig (Tayport), Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.376). Thereafter he served in Beechgrove, Aberdeen from 1901 (FUFC, p.410); and in the Chair of Systematic Theology in New College (FUFC, p.580, where a short biography is given).

Publication – about him
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Michael Jinkins, Mackintosh, Hugh Ross (1870–1936), Church of Scotland minister and theologian

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MACKINTOSH, JAMES FORBES

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Fort-Augustus, 1860. Studied at the University and Free Church College, Glasgow. Ordained at Logie-Easter, 1890. His health failing, he went to Australia, where he died, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born at Fort Augustus, in the parish of Boleskine and Abertarff, Inverness-shire, in 1861, the son of Ewen Mackintosh and his wife Catherine.

Education
He attended the local school. He studied at Glasgow University and the Free Church College, Glasgow. In term time, as a divinity student, he was assistant in St Columba’s church, Govan, and in the vacations he ministered in Contin, Ross and Cromarty; Inverness; and Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Glasgow, on 10th June, 1890. He was ordained in Logie Easter, Ross and Cromarty, on 3rd September, 1890, as colleague and successor to Murdoch MacDonald, who died in 1892. He took frequent breaks from his ministry to try and recuperate his health. He left for Australia in October, 1894.

Death
He died on 3rd January, 1895, at Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia.

Family
There is no evidence that he married.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James Mackintosh
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 14/1/1896, F.C. Minister, Logie-Easter, d. 03/01/1895 at Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, testate, Dingwall Sheriff Court, NRS SC25/44/19

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MACKINTOSH, JAMES GRANT

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at St. John’s, Leith, 1856. Appointed, 1858, to Tasmania, and settled at Hobart He returned to this country, 1861. He acted for two years as secretary of the Colonial and Continental Committees, and was formally appointed to that office by the Assembly of 1879, and held it till 1891. Died, 1895.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
FES, Vol.7, p.601; Ward and Prentis, Presbyterian Ministers, p.96. In the Free Church, he served in St. John’s, Leith, Edinburgh.

Family
His wife, Marion Lewis, was daughter of James Lewis, a Free Church minister.

Publications – about him
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 15/3/1895, F.C. Minister, sometime residing in Edinburgh, d. 20/01/1895 at Bath, testate, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, NRS SC70/1/338; Will, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills, NRS SC70/4/281

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MACKINTOSH, JAMES MILLER

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Nairn, 1820. Studied at the University, Aberdeen, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained as missionary to Madras, 1853. The state of his health obliged him to resign, 1861. Having returned to Scotland, he was settled at Skene, 1862. Married, 1868, Annie B. Macdowall. Became senior minister, 1878. Died, 1879.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 28th October and baptized on 15th November, 1820, in Nairn, the son of Alexander Mackintosh, carpenter, and Sophia Miller. In 1841 he was a clerk.

Education
He entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1842 and graduated M.A. in March, 1846. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1848-1851.

Marriage
He married Annie Beggs Macdowall on 8th April, 1868, at Mars Hill, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She was born on 29th December, 1838, and baptized on 27th January, 1839, in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, the daughter of Peter MacDowall and Mary Baird. Peter MacDowall was a Secession minister – minister of the Anti-burgher congregation in Alloa (see Small, History, Vol.2, pp.681 and 708).

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Nairn in 1851. He was ordained for missionary service in Madras, India, in December, 1883. He returned from India on health grounds in 1859. He was settled in Skene, Aberdeenshire, on 6th March, 1862.

Death
He died on 12th June, 1879, in Rothesay, Bute. Annie Beggs Mackintosh or MacDowall died at Ardmillan, Rothesay, Bute, on 22nd April, 1912.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Alexander Millar Mackintosh born in 1870 in Skene, Aberdeenshire. He married Ann Mackay in 1903 in Kelvin, Glasgow. He was a banker. He died in 1933 in Rhu, Dunbartonshire.

Publications – about him
Obituary notice on this web-site: James M. Mackintosh
Inventories, Wills, etc.: 20/10/1879, Minister, Free Church, Skene, d. 12/06/1879 at Rothesay, testate, Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/17
Inventories, Wills, etc.: MacKintosh, Annie Beggs MacDowall, 5/8/1912, “Ardmillan” Rothesay, widow of Rev. James Miller MacKintosh, Aberdeenshire, d. 22/04/1912 at Rothesay, intestate, Rothesay Sheriff Court, NRS SC8/35/36

Sources
Glasgow Herald, 11th April, 1868

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MACKINTOSH, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Ordained at Duthil, Inverness-shire, 1843. Resigned, 1844.

Supplementary Information
In the Free Church, he served in Duthil (Carrbridge), Inverness-shire.

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MACKINTOSH, JOSHUA

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Marnoch. Studied at the University and Free Church Divinity Hall, Aberdeen. Ordained at Knockando, 1858. Resigned, 1867, and went to New Zealand, where he died.

Supplementary InformationHe seems to have used the spelling McIntosh as his surname.
Background
He was born on 27th April and baptized on 3rd May, 1829, in Marnoch, Banffshire, the son of Alexander McIntosh, farmer, and Jane Chrystie.

Education
He matriculated at Marischal College, Aberden, in 1843 and graduated M.A. in 1848.

Marriage
He married Christina Findlater on 30th June, 1858, in Durness, Sutherland. She was born on 6th and baptized on 20th May, 1828, in Durness, Sutherland, the daughter of William Findlater and Mary Thomson. For family connections, see the Bayne Tree.

Ministry
He was ordained in Knockando, Moray, in 1858. In New Zealand, he was inducted to Lyttleton, Christchurch Presbyery, on 21st January, 1868; was translated to Greymouth in 1873; and to Sefton on 14th June, 1877. He resigned on 10th July, 1879. He was then inducted to St Andrew’s, Otago, on 9th August, 1881, till he resigned on 22nd October, 1883. Thereafter he worked within the bounds of Christchurch Presbytery 1884-1890; and assisted at Stratford, Wanganui Presbytery, until his death.

Death
He died on 20th July, 1894, in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. His wife died in July, 1913, in New Zealand. They are buried in the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Family
They had issue including:

(1) Kennethina Mary Findlater McIntosh born on 15th August, 1859, in Knockando, Moray. She married Irwin Faris in 1889 in New Zealand.

(2) Joanna Clark McIntosh born on 28th August, 1860, in Knockando, Moray. She married Thomas McClatchie in 1878 in New Zealand. She died there in 1900.

(3) Alexander James McIntosh born on 18th September, 1861, in Knockando, Moray. He probably married Mary Ann McClatchie in 1895 in New Zealand.

(4) Mary Fairley Thomson McIntosh born on 20th April, 1863, in Knockando, Moray. She married Daniel McKirdy in 1888 in New Zealand.

(5) William Robert Findlater McIntosh born on 22nd August, 1865, in Knockando, Moray. He died on July 30th, 1894, at St Andrew’s Manse, Stratford, New Zealand.

(6) Joshua Ronald John Thomson McIntosh born in 1868 in New Zealand. He worked for the Bank of Australasia. He died at his brother’s home in Manaia, New Zealand, on 29th August, 1895.

(7) Martinette Percy Whitworth McIntosh born in 1870 in New Zealand. She married James White Harding there in 1900.

Sources
Rootsweb; PCNZ, Ministers’ Register

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MACKINTOSH, PATRICK STEWART, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Cramond, 1858. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Flisk and Creich, 1884. Married, 1885, Margaret M’Culloch.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
In the Free Church, he served in Flisk and Creich, Fife. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.371, where a short biography is given). He died in 1917.

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MACKNIGHT, JOHN

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Dalmellington, 1834. Studied at the University, Glasgow, and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Whitburn, 1863. Married, 1867, Margaret Simpson.

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
He was admitted to the Edinburgh Dialectic Society, 14th February, 1857 (see History of the Dialectic Society, p.205. In the Free Church, he served in Whitburn, West Lothian. This ministry was continued in the United Free Church (Fasti of the United Free Church (FUFC), p.41). Thereafter he served in Downfield, Dundee, from 1924 (FUFC, p.383, where a short biography is given).

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MACKRAY, ARCHIBALD NEILSON, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Stirling, 1837. Son of the following. Studied at the University and New College, Edinburgh. Ordained at Kirkurd, 1865. Resigned, through ill-health, 1867. Inducted at Ashfield, New South Wales, 1869. Translated to Torquay, 1872; and to Croydon, 1886. Married, 1873, A. E. Henderson, and, 1888, Alice G. Bewes.

Supplementary Information
Background
He was born on 18th May, 1837, in Stirling, the son of William Mackray, minister, and Margaret Neilson.

Education
He studied at Edinburgh High School. He enrolled in New College, Edinburgh, 1860-64. He was awarded the Gray Essay Prize in 1858; and the Miller Scholarship in the Free Church College.

Marriage
He married:

(1) Anne Emily Henderson on 1st October, 1873, at Ainslie Place, Edinburgh. She was born on 16th October, 1841, in Edinburgh, the daughter of Professor William Henderson, M.D., and Williamina Henderson.

(2) Alice Goddard Bewes on 20th November, 1888, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Kensington, London, England. She was born in 1860 in Plymouth, Devon, England, the daughter of Wyndham Edmund Bewes, army officer, and Mary Soltau.

Ministry
He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1864. He was ordained in Kirkurd, Peebles-shire, the following year. He served in the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in Ashfield (Haberfield) St David’s from November, 1869 till 1872. He then served in the Presbyterian Church of England: in Torquay, Devon, from 1872 to 1886. In 1886 he was elected by Grange Free Church, Edinburgh, but did not accept. He became minister of St George’s Presbyterian Church, Croydon, London, England.

Death
He died on 19th June, 1921, in Croydon, London, England. Anne Emily Henderson died in July, 1879, in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. Alice Goddard Bewes died on 3rd September, 1911, in Croydon, London, England..

Family
He had issue including by his first wife:

(1) Williamina Henderson Mackray born in the 1st quarter of 1875, in Torquay, Devon, England. She died there in the 3rd quarter of the same year.

(2) Margaret Neilson Mackray born in April, and baptized on 17th July, 1876, in Torquay, Devon, England. She is said to have died on 21st August, 1890, in Surrey, England

(3) William Henderson Mackray born in October, 1877, in Torquay, Devon, England. He was Under Secretary of the Federated Malay States. He died on 21st May, 1920, in the Federated Malay States

(3) Archibald Neilson Mackray born in July, 1879, in Torquay, Devon, England. He died on 1st March, 1960, in Colchester, Essex, England.

(4) Anne Emily Mackray baptized on 28th September, 1879, in Torquay, Devon, England. She died in 1962.

And by his second wife:

(5) Cicely Anstis Mackray born on 30th December, 1895, and baptized on 15th February, 1896, in Croydon, London, England. She studied at Westfield College, London University, and graduated B.A . with honours in mathematics. She married Arthur Benjamin Jordan in December, 1920, in Paddington, London, England. He served in the Malay Civil Service and was Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Singapore. He was interned by the Japanese when they took Singapore in 1942 in the Second World War. He survived Changi Camp, and was invalided home at the end of the War. He became a Church of England parson, and was curate at Trowbridge in Wiltshire, and then vicar of Mapperley in Nottinghamshire. But his wife stayed on with him in Singapore till the last moment and died by drowning on 13th February, 1942, in Banka Straits, Malaysia, when the ship in which she was escaping from Singapore was sunk by the Japanese.

(6) Wyndham Neilson Mackray born on 13th January, 1899, in Croydon, London, England. He graduated from Cambridge University, England, and became a teacher. He served full-time in the military during WW1 and part time in WW2. He died in 1981 in Bath, Avon, England.

Publications – by him
Farewell words of comfort and counsel, Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot, 1867
In memory of Robert Neilson Mackray, by his father and brother, William Mackray and Archibald N. Mackray?, London, For private circulation, c.1870?
Bird-preachers: friendly talks with little folks about Bible-birds, London, Religious Tract Society, 1889
Our firesides , an address, London, 1890
Edges and wedges: a book for the young, London, Religious Tract Society, 1895?
Knots: quiet chats with boys and girls, London, Religious Tract Society, 1900?

Sources
Badanwarisanmalaysia; Geni; The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 3rd November, 1858, p.2; The Standard, London, England, 4th October, 1873; 23rd November, 1888, p.1; Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, Dublin, Ireland, 19th July, 1886

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MACKRAY, WILLIAM, M.A.

 
Text of Ewing’s Annals, Vol.1, p.241
Born at Aberdeen, 1799. Studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and Original Secession Church Divinity Hall. Ordained at Stirling, 1824. Married, 1826, Margaret Neilson. Signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Translated to Huntly, 1843. Resigned, 1849. Died, 1870.

Publications.—The Reformation. A Defence of Civil Establishments of Religion. (Two Blackwell prize essays.)

Supplementary Information
Life and Ministry
1824, Stirling (Burgher), Scott, Scott, Annals, p.497; Scott, Annals, p.431; Small, History, Vol.2, p.669; 1839, Spittal Square, Stirling, FES, Vol.4, p.331 Note that this source has his son Archibald dying in 1841 aged 4. In fact Archibald Neilson Mackray became a Free Church minister. In the Free Church, he served in Huntly, Aberdeenshire.

Publications
See separate document here.

1
Mackay, John
Ewing mentions a probationer, ordained by instruction of the General Assembly, to serve in St Kilda, Inverness-shire. His name is not mentioned there nor was he included in Ewing’s list of ministers. He was John Mackay. See St Kilda for a short summary of his life.

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