Reverend Andrew Edmonston, Minister of the Gospel at Mid Yell

REVEREND ANDREW EDMONSTON OF GRAVALAND

Minister of the Gospel at Mid Yell

Biographical Summary

According to the Fasti of the Church of Scotland, the Reverend Andrew Edmonston was born in 1559. He followed the profession of a notary and as such was witness to a charter dated at Montquhany, near Crail on 7 April 1590. He; went to Shetland shortly afterwards, and was witness to a charter at Scalloway on 26 September 1592 . He was admitted minister of Mid Yell before 24 November 1597. He acquired the lands of Hascosay and Gravaland. He had also charge of Fetlar in 1621. He died before 1632. He married Margaret, sister to James Kintore in Scalloway, and had issue:- (1) James of Hascosay, ancestor of Buness family (2) John of Gravaland, his successor (3) Thomas (4) Ursilla (marr. Ninian Neven of Windhouse) (5) Christian, died April 1650 (marr. William Spence of Houlland) (6) Agnes (marr. 1635, Walter, second son of Hosea Scott of Reafirth). Fasti: 302

Genealogy

1. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation. By Hew Scot D.D. New Edition. Volume VII (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1928), p. 302
2. County Families of the Shetland Islands: Edmonston of Buness