Background
He was born in January 1760 and undoubtly a native of Portsoy, Banffshire.
He was born in January 1760 and undoubtly a native of Portsoy, Banffshire.
He was ordained at the early age of twenty-one or twenty-two (1771 or 1772). His first known pastoral appointment was the Incumbent of Blairdaff (Monymusk) and Auchindoir (1781–1786), followed by the Incumbent of Banff and Portsoy (1786–1791), and then the Incumbent of Laurencekirk (1791–1808). The last appointment he held until his death.
He died in office at Laurencekirk on 28 June 1808, aged 48, and was buried at Street Laurence"s Episcopal Churchyard, Laurencekirk on 5 July 1808.