William Falconer of Dunduff

Moy and Dyke were distinct parishes, till the year 1624, when they were united by a decreet of the Plat (Syn. Eec.}. [The parish was held with Dyke from 1585 till 1608, and united to it 24 Jan., 1618. The Session Eegister of Dyke from 1610 to 1640 went amissing between 1798 and 1842.]

William Falconer [nephew of Colin afterwards Bishop, schoolmaster of Dyke], ord. in England [by Henry Bishop of Oxford], adm. 23 Sep., 1674, ejected [by the Privy Council] 1690.

Mr. William Falconer seems to have been settled at Dyke about 1625; yet, upon a debate about teinds, the Earl of Dunfermline presented him in 1641, against which Mr. James Campbell of Moy protested, and the Synod, in 1642, ordered this protestation to be recorded in its proper place, in the Register of the Presbytery of Forres. In 1674, Mr. William Falconer, the Bishop's son, was presented by Dunfermline, and the Earl of Moray wrote to the Bishop, approving his set- tlement (Syn. and Presb. Bee.). Dunfermline, as commendator of Pluscarden, and thereby heritor or superior of Grangehill, might have been patron of Dyke, and forfeited to the Crown; but I know not of any right that the Earl of Moray has. The stipend is 97 bolls 3 firlots, and 500 merks, including Communion Elements. [New Kirk at Dyke built in 1781.]