James Walker, Min. of Peterhead

Biographical Summary

"James Walker, son of James W., merchant, Peterhead ; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1723); licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 1st April 1735 ; called 4th Jan., and pres. by George II. 17th Oct. 1738; ord. 9th March 1739; died 1st Jan. 1763. A fire in 1740 completely destroyed his manse. He marr. (1) 25th Jan. 1750, Janet (died May 1756), only daugh. of John Gordon, min. of Old Deer : (2) 17th Nov. 1757, Elizabeth Innes, who marr. (2) 28th May 1772, Thomas Gordon, professor of Greek, King's College."

SOURCE: Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VI, page 232