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David Cowan, in Idingtone (Edington) . 



John Cowan, there. 



David Cowan, in Ploughland. 



7. Mr. Erskine was succeeded in the pastorship of the parish 

 of Chirnside by the Rev. William Miller, who was ordained on 

 the 6th April, 1699 ; Mr. James Ramsay, of Eyemouth, preach- 

 ing his ordination sermon, from 1 Tim. iii. 1. He was trans- 

 ported to Meigle in 1702. " He preached his farewell sermon 

 on Nov. 8, from Isai, 53 chap., i. verse." 



8. Mr. George Home succeeded him, being ordained minister 

 of Chirnside March 13, 1704. "His ordination sermon was 

 delivered by Mr. Gilbert Laurie, minister of Hutton, from Mat. 

 24 chap, and 45 v." His first Session consisted of the fol- 

 lowing Members : — " George Home ; Paul Aitchesson ; James 

 Richardson ; William Aitchesson ; John Pearson, in Edington ; 

 Patrick Forman, in Chyrnside; William Tait, in Edington; 

 Robert Guthrie, in Chyrnside Mill ; and Alex dr Cockburn, 

 Sessione Clerk." In 1712 the following members were added : 

 — "John Home, in Nethermains; William Bald, mason in 

 Chyrnside ; Alexander Cockburn, (not the Clerk) ; John Ait- 

 chesson, both in Chyrnside ; George Landells, tenant in Chyrn- 

 side; and James Landells, in Blackburn." Mr. Home died 

 about the year 1750. He was the proprietor of Cadger Tower, 

 now Broadhaugh, in this parish ; and we believe that the late 

 Mr. Abraham Home, of Gunsgreen, and Minister of Greenlaw, 

 was his descendant. 



9. He was succeeded by the Rev. Walter Anderson, D.D., 

 who was ordained on May 13, 1756. Where or when he was 

 born is not ascertained. He had an irrepressible ambition to 

 be an author, and wrote and published many books, not one of 

 which ever obtained any celebrity in the world of letters. His 

 works are : — 



1. " The History of Croesus, King of Lydia, in 4 Parts. 

 1765." 



2. " The History of France during the reign of Francis II. 

 and Charles IX. 2 vols. 4to. 1769." 



3. " The History of France, from the commencement of the 

 reign of Henry III*., &c. 1 vol. 1775." 



4. " Two more vols, appeared in 1783." 



" But these continuous efforts were not drawn forth by the 

 encouragement of the public; they were solely owing to the 

 desperate cacoethes of the worthy writer, who would take no hint 

 from the world — no refusal from fame. It is said that he was 

 solely enabled to support the expense of his unrequited labour 



