Rev. William Falconer, Minister. of Dyke,Moray

Biographical Summary

"William Falconar, born about 1647, eldest son of Colin F., Bishop of Moray ; educated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd July 1667) ; schoolmaster of Dyke, 1668-70; ord. in England by Henry, Bishop of Oxford ; pres. by Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, coll. 16th, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1674; deprived by decreet of Privy Council, 10th Oct. 1689, for neither reading the Proclamation of the Estates, nor praying for King William and Queen Mary. He retired to Forres and was alive in 1712. He marr. 29th April 1675, Elizabeth, eldest daugh. of Alexander Tulloch of Tannachie, and had issue — Alexander, merchant, Elgin [father of Bishop William Falconar]."

SOURCE: Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VI, page 416