New Spalding Club > Records of Invercauld MDXLVII - MDCCCXXVIII [1547- 1828]

MONALTKIE PAPERS. 411
1. "John M'Innes, A.M., a native of Inverness-shire, was laureated at the Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen, 20th April 1710; licen. by the Presb. of Aberdeen 14th Dec.
1714, called between 25th May and lolh June, and ord. loth Aug. 1715; he petitioned the
Gen. Assembly for an act of transportability, when they rcsoKed, 6th May 1726, he shall continue
a year longer in the parish, but after that the Presb. is allowed to grant it if they sec cause ;
trans, to Logic Coldstone 5th Oct. 1748." — Scotl's Fasti.
This is the clergyman referred to in the Family Papers, p. 355.
2. "Francis Dauney, A.M., studied at the Marisclial College and Univ., Aberdeen,
licen. by the Presb. of Garioch loth June 1742, called, 2d March, and ord. Sth June 1743;
trans, to Banchory-Tcrnan 21st June 1758." — ScotCs Fasti.
Mr. Jervise records the following anecdote : — Mr. Dauney is said to have been in every
respect a good example of the clergyman of the old school. Some anecdotes are still told of him
on Ueeside : among others, it is said that in Mr. Dauney's old age Mr. Douglass of Tilwhilly
charged him publicly on some occasion with inability to perform his parochial duties. This
Mr. Dauney determined to disprove, and one Sunday, while the laird was in church, he preached
"two turns of the sand glass," and was about to commence a third when Jlr. Douglass moved to
leave the church, upon which Mr. Dauney exclaimed, with emphasis — "Will you say noo,
Tilwhilly, that I canna insist?" (i.e. preach.) (Epitaphs and Inscriptions, Vol. II., p. 5.) This
anecdote, with some humorous expansion, obtained much currency at the dinner tables of the
local gentry.
3. "George Shetherd, son of Mr. John Shepherd, niin. of Logie Coldstone, studied at
the Marischal College and Univ., Aberdeen, called by the Presb. jiii-e devoluto 6th and ord. 21st
Sept. 1738 ; trans, to Newbattle iSth June 1754." — Scott's Fasti.
Mr. Shepherd was a member of a family largely represented in the Church of Scotland, and
afterward distinguished as administrators in the Council of India.
4. "George Shepherd (a relative of the above), licen. by the Presb. 3d June 1713,
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 22nd Feb:, and ord. 29th March; died i6tli Dec. 1752, in
37th min. leaving issue." — Scott's Fasti.
5. " William Abel, trans, from Lumphanan, prcs. by Sir Arthur Forbes of Cragievar
in June, and adm. 14th Oct. 1742 ; died 2lst July 1771, in 39th min." — Scott's Fasti.
6. " Robert Michie, studied at the Marischal College and Univ., of Aberdeen, licen. by a
Dissenting Class at Dublin, and admitted as a probationer by the Presb. of Alford i6th July 1740,
prcs. by Sir William Gordon of Parkin May 1742, and ord. 29th June 1743; died 15th June
1794, in his 77lh year and 51st min. He mar. 9th Jan. 1753 Janet Fraser, who died gth April
1790, aged 75." — Scott's Fasti.
7. "Alexander Garioch, A.M., trans, from Kinnairney, pres. by Sir WiUiam Forbes of
Craigievar in Aug., but called by the Presb. jure devoluto nth Sept., and adm. 31st October
1717 ; died 13th Dec. 1758, in his 82nd year and 53 of his min. Isabel Gordon, his widow, died
I Gth Dec. 17^8."— Scott's Fasti.
8. "Martin Schenk, A.M., trans, from Newhills, called 9th April, and adm. 12th July
1699 ; died l8th April 1747, aged about 75, in 53d of his min. His only son, Mr. Alexander of
Castlerigg, bequeathed ..i'loo to the poor of the parish." — Scott's Fasti.
9. " Lewis Reid, son of Mr. Thomas Reid, born in the parish of Banchory-Ternan, and
bapt. 28th Dec. 1676, called 9th Dec. 1703, by the Vresh. jure devoluto, and ord. 21st March
1704 ; died 26th Nov. 1762, in his b6th year and 59th of his min. ' Respected by all who knew