Patrick MacFarlan

Rev. Dr Patrick Macfarlane, 1781 - 1849. Of Greenock; signatory of the Deed of Demission (23rd May 1843)
Unknown man (possibly Rev. Patrick MacFarlan, 1781 - 1849. Of Greenock)

Very Rev Dr Patrick MacFarlan DD (1781–1849) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1834[1] and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1845.[2]

Life

He was born in Canongate Manse on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on 4 April 1781, the second son of Rev John MacFarlan (formerly known as John Warden) (1740–1788), and his wife, Helen Macdowall. He was educated at the High School, then studied divinity at Edinburgh University.[3]

He was ordained as a minister in the Church of Scotland in 1803. His first appointment was to Kippen in Stirlingshire. In 1810 he was translated to Polmont Parish Church near Falkirk and in 1824 to St Johns Church in Glasgow. At this time he was living at Garnet Hill in Glasgow.[4] In 1830 his alma mater granted him an honorary doctorate (DD).

At the time of his being elected moderator in 1834 he was minister of the West Kirk in Greenock. In 1835 he was succeeded in this role by Rev William Aird Thomson.

In the Disruption of 1843 he left the established church to join the Free Church of Scotland, and served as their moderator in 1845.

He died in Greenock on 13 November 1849.

Family

In 1808 he married Katharen or Catherine Clason (1786–1815), daughter of Rev Robert Clason of Logie, Dunblane. They had three daughters then Katharen died following the birth of his son, John (1815–1891).

Publications

  • A Benediction of the Church of Scotland (1850)
  • The Auchterarder Case
  • The Rights of Dissenters
  • Thoughts on Popular Election
  • Patronage and Calls

References

  1. ↑ "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland". geni.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  2. ↑ Wylie, James Aitken (1881). Disruption worthies : a memorial of 1843, with an historical sketch of the free church of Scotland from 1843 down to the present time. Edinburgh: T. C. Jack. pp. 371–376. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rev. Dr. Patrick MacFarlan [MacFarlane], Minister of The West Parish, Greenock b. 4 Apr 1781 d. 1849 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy". clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  4. ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1825


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