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The church of Balfron belonged to the
Abbey of Inchaffray. It was held with Killearn in 1567. The church
was rebuilt in 1832. |
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1560
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Alexander Callendar
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1569
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James Hunter, reader
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1569
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John Snell, reader
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1574
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John Porterfield, reader
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1574
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William Russell, reader
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And again in 1580?
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1st
July 1619
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John Galbraith MA
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Ed Uni St Andrews. Pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
Transferred to Bothkennar 17th Feb 1629.
Married daughter of John Norwell.
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1629 – c1642
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John Norwell MA
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Transferred from Bothkennar. Died in Stirling Sept 1671, aged 87. His
daughter married his predecessor.
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11th
June 1656
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William Stirling MA
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Son of minister of Baldernock. Transferred to Drymen, 15th
Dec 1663
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12th
July 1664
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Alexander Cameron
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Pres. 3rd Mar 1664 by Charles II.
Transferred to Roseneath 25th Apr 1665
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8th
May 1666
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James Buchannan
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Pres. By Charles II 18th Apr 1666; deposed 13th
Aug 1690 for contumacy. He
married at Holyrood 29th Apr 1668 Bessie Johnstone of parish
of Inniscailloch.
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1691
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David Fleckfield
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Ed at Uni of Glasgow 1676.
Ord. 23rd Sep 1691.
Married (1) 8th dec 1692 Janet nee Dunlop, widow of James
Hamilton.
(2) Janet Paterson.
(3) Jean Callendar, who survived him and married again.
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1731
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George Sinclair
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Of Upper ward, Lanarkshire.
He was ordained (in Parish of Biggar?) by a committee of the Commission
of Assembly with one member of the Presbytery after 6pm 23rd
Apr 1731, under the protection of the military. He was employed to
assist at the Communion at Cardross in 1731, but so obnoxious was he,
that when he preached on the fast-day and the greater part of the people
left the church. He was also to have assisted on the Lord’s day, but the
elders refusing to serve if he did so, he withdrew, and returned home.
He married 11th Dec 1747 Jean Baine, dau of minister of
Bonhill. He died 5th Mar 1756.
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1760
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Hugh Gourlay
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Grandson of David Fleckfield, born 1732.
Ed Uni of Glasgow; ordained 25th
Sept 1760 (in Stirling?).
Married (1) Margaret Lauder (2) 30th Jul 1782
Elizabeth Colquhoun.
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1787
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James Jeffrey MA
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Born 1750. Ed Uni of St
Andrews 1770. Pres by Thomas, Earl of Kinnoul 23rd Feb 1787.
Married Margaret Bathie, of Auchtermuchty.
He got a new church built in 1793. He died 10th Feb
1824 (in his 75th year and 37th minute!).
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1825
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Alexander Niven MA
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Born 8th Jan 1798, 3rd son of minister of Dunkeld.
Ed Uni of St Andrews 1817.
Pres by Thomas, Earl of Kinnoul 19th Jul 1824.
Married 22nd Sept 1829 Eliza Brown, dau of minister of
St John’s Glasgow. His 2nd son became minister of
Pollockshields; his 3rd son became minister of North Parish,
Paisley. Died 14th Feb 1872.
He rebuilt the church.
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1872
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James Ballingall MA BD
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Ordained 16th May 1872.
Transferred to Rhynd 24th Jan 1878.
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1878
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Alexander Slessor
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Born Rathen, Aberdeenshire. Ed Uni of Aberdeen.
Ordained 14th May 1878.
Married 6th Aug 1878 Elizabeth Ross.
He died 17th July 1904, sp.
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1905
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James Black MA
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Born Elgin 8th Nov 1870. Yr son of Provost of Elgin. Ed Uni
of Aberdeen 1891. Ordained 5th Jan 1905.Married 5th
Jul 1905 Roberta Cecilia Williamson of Edinburgh. Res. 6th
Feb 1912 on appointment to Scottish Church, Simla.
OBE 1919. He died sp.
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1912
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William John Sym MA BD
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Ordained 5th June 1912.
Transferred to Broughty Ferry 20th Oct 1915.
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1916
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Alexander Cameron Campbell
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Born Glasgow 1873. Ed Uni of Edinburgh.
Ordained to St Mark’s, Glasgow, 2nd Sept 1914. Capt
RAMC European War 1917-18.
Married 31st Oct 1901 Helen Buchannan.
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1919
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Archibald MacKenzie
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Born in Alexandria, 30th Mar 1882, son of minister of
Polmont. Ed Uni of Glasgow. Ordained 14th Dec 1919.
Married 24th Aug 1918, Frances Theodora Philips, of
Bearsden.
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Balfron North |
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Church and manse. Old manse was sold and new manse built in 1939. |
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1927 |
Thomas Hutchison Burns-Begg |
Retired 11 Jul 1967 |
United 11th Jul 1967 with Balfron South
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Balfron South |
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Balfron church and manse in one building. The Holm church and manse were
sold 15th
May 1952. |
| 1871 |
James Lindsay MA |
Died 7th Jan
1938. ‘Father of the Church’ |
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1909 |
George Turner MA |
Married 9 sep
1944 Janet McNaught, dau of John McLintock of Balfron. |
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1945 |
Joseph Ernest Somerville MA |
Ordained and inducted
20th Jun 1945. Dem. on appointment to Birmingham, Alabama,
USA 20th Feb 1949. |
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1949 |
John Garriock Ross |
Ordained and
inducted 20th Oct 1949.
Transferred to Ettrick and Buccleugh 31st Mar 1954. |
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28th
Oct 1954 |
George Dickson McMillan |
Born 6th Feb
1913 in Dumbarton. Ed at Uni of Glasgow and at Trinity College. Ordained
and inducted in Clydebank West 13th
Feb 1946. Married 19th
April 1947 Isobel Ruth Donald. |
Linked 30th Jun 1959 with Fintry.
Linking arrangement terminated 11 Jul 1967 to permit union same
date with Balfron North under name of Balfron.
The South Church was sold in 1991. |
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Balfron |
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Formed 11th
Jul 1967 by union of Balfron North and Balfron South. |
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19th
Nov 1967 |
John Jamieson |
Born 9th Jul 1929 in Motherwell.
Ed Uni of Glasgow.
Married 15th Feb 1952 Agnes Ferguson. Ordained and inducted 19th
Nov 1967. He retired in 1993. |
| 3rd Oct 1994 |
John Turnbull L.Th |
A retired
police officer. At this time, Balfron became linked with Fintry. During his
tenure, the Session House at Balfron Church was extended, using funds from
the sale of the former South Church. Retired November 2006. |
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23rd Aug 2007 |
Willem Bezuidenhout |
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