Old family; or, The Setons of Scotland and America

2\2 AN OLD FAMILY. [a.D.
and in 1320 the place is filled by Andrew. After that we
hear no more of the vicar until 1562, when Thomas Cran-
ston, who had been inducted bv the canons at some earlier
date unknown, is found installed as minister, a member of the
Assembly, and married. The conclusion is, that he con-
formed to the Protestant religion.
The churchyard of Tranent contains some old tombstones.
The finest one is that of —
Bailie Seton.
" The following tombstones, that of Seton to the right and that of Vallance
to the left of the entrance from the new to the old churchyard, seem to
have been the most beautiful ever erected within these grounds. The fact
of the Seton shield, &c, being elaborately carved on the former, indicates
that he to whose memory the stone was raised must have been a scion of the
House of Winton. Inscription as follows : —
Bailie
George Seton,
Farmer at Seton,
Died the 10th day of May 1760, aged 82.
You err, O reader, if you should expect
Big swelling words, immodesty, respect
How short man's life, 'las, while we live we
die ;
To know man's life, keep death still in your
eye. —
To the memory
Of Katherine Turnbull, relict
of George Seton, Farmer in Seton,
who died Oct. 5th, 1766,
Aged 73 years." *
Another old stone, supported by four stout pillars with
sculptural adornments, is that of Hutchison, but originally
erected bv an Earl of Winton to some one of his family, as
seen bv the earliest inscription, which is to a " William Seton,
Tenant in Seton," who died in 1706, and to Agnes, his
spouse.
* McNeill : Tranent.