Rev. Simon Somerville (Somervelle) 1768 - 1839
Rev. Simon Somerville (Somervelle), (1839-) Minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Elgin. Minister of Elgin Second Associate Congregation Seccession Church. Of Moss Wynd, Elgin (1837) . Sommerville, Simon Title Clerical: Reverend Town: Elgin County/Colonial: Elginshire Date: 1825 Office Clerical: Minister of the Seceders' Chapel Listed in, [Scotland, 1825] Pigot & Co.'s New Commercial Directory of Scotland, for 1825-6. From: Two Centuries of Border Church Life: With Biographies of Leading Men From the Anti-Burgher congregation went forth Mr. Simon Somerville, who became minister at Elgin. Born at Carfrae, in the parish of Channelkirk, in 1767, and licensed in 1790 by the General Associate Presbytery of Edinburgh, he was, on the 9th February, 1791, ordained minister at Barry. This charge he resigned on the 9th October, 1804; and on the 17th April, 1805, he was inducted to the second congre- gation at Elgin. In that town he died on the 11th October, 1839, in the 72d year of his age and the 48th of his ministry. One of his daughters became the wife of the Rev. William Stobbs, Stromness; and their son, the Rev. Simon Somerville Stobbs, is now minister of St. James' Mission Church, Broughton Place, Edinburgh.
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| Born: Lauder, Peebles., , Scotland 1768 | Baptised:
| | Died: Elgin, Moray, , Scotland 11th Oct 1839 | Buried: Stone no 308, Elgin, Moray, , Scotland 1839
| | Family: Somerville of Elgin, Scotland |
Timeline
| ??? | Made a will (will) | | 1768 | Born (birth) Lauder, Peebles., Scotland | | 19th Jan 1794 | MARB/ROLE FIANCE Barry, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland | | 24th Jan 1794 | Married Jane/Jean Rowbotham
(Somerville ) 1778 - 1860 (marriage) Edinburgh, Scotland | | 1839 | Buried (burial) Elgin, Moray, Scotland | | 11th Oct 1839 | Died (death) Elgin, Moray, Scotland |
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