Reverend Mr, Andrew Honyman, Minister of the Gospel at Kineff

REVEREND MR. ANDREW HONYMAN MA

Minister of the Gospel at Kineff

Biographical Summary

"Rev. Andrew Honyman, A.M., who succeeded his father, (Rev. James) at Kinneff, was the eldest son. He was baptised at Kinneff May 1, 1672. He studied at St. Leonard's College, in St. Andrews, and had his degree from the University July 17, 1688, when sixteen years of age.

In October, 1692 (his father then being sixty-three years of age, and probably in impaired health). Rev. Andrew, having prepared himself by a theological course of study, was called to be conjunct minister with and successor to his father at Kinneff. He continued to officiate there (but as an Episcopal minister) until 1701, when, on September 24th of that year, he was ordained by the Presbytery and continued his labors there (the church in the meantime joining the Presbytery), until his death, Dec. 30, 1732. The Scottish Presbytery records state that he flied "in his sixty-first year, and thirty-second year of his ministry."

Evidently his ministry was only dated from his ordination by Presbytery.

Rev. Andrew married Helen Raitt, of Finlayston, and had two children. the second of whom, a daughter, was the wife of Rev. William Elphinstone. minister of Logie. His first-born, who succeeded him at Kinneff, was the Rev. James Honyman, who, in documents, was often named "Honeyman"."

SOURCE: The Honeyman family (Honeyman, Honyman, Hunneman, etc) in Scotland and America, 1548-1908; by A. van Doren Honeyman; 1909; page 59-60

Other References

• Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. V, page 474