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NameRev Andrew Balfour 
[27, 19th Edn, Vol 1 (Scotland), pub 2001, Balfour article, p. 45], [257, Andrew Balfour, of Kirknewton, Lanarks, vol 1, p. 150]
[27, 19th Edn, Vol 1 (Scotland), pub 2001, Balfour article, p. 45], [257, Andrew Balfour, of Kirknewton, Lanarks, vol 1, p. 150]Birth1587
Death7 Jul 1624
General2nd s. Minister of KirkNewton, W. Midlothian from 1613.
EducationEdinburgh Univ: MA in 1607.
FatherRev James Balfour (1540-1613)
MotherBarbara Melville
Notes for Rev Andrew Balfour
His wife is unknown.
His children were:
James, advocate, clerk of session, b. 1615, his son purchased Pilrig,
Andrew apprenticed to John Inglis of Edinburgh, merchant
John,
Elizabeth.
His children were:
James, advocate, clerk of session, b. 1615, his son purchased Pilrig,
Andrew apprenticed to John Inglis of Edinburgh, merchant
John,
Elizabeth.
DNB Main notes for Rev Andrew Balfour
From Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticani:
1613 ANDREW son of James BALFOUR, min. of St Giles, Edinburgh, educated at Univ. there ; M.A. (25th July 1607) ; after being on the exercise of that Presb. some years, was pres. by James, Lord Balmerino, 8th July 1612 (the right to present being disputed and claimed by Archbishop Spottiswood) ; adm. 24th Feb. 1613 ; got leave from Presb. of Linlithgow, of which this parish then formed a part, to visit his uncle, James Melvill, at his special desire, then in bad health at Berwick, 28th July 1613 ; signed the Protestation for the Liberties of the Kirk, 27th June 1617 and was imprisoned for the same ; died 7th July 1624, aged about 37. He left James, advocate, clerk of session, born 1619 (who had a son Governor of the lithgow ; ord. to Kingscavil 9th Aug. 1887 ; | Darien Company, and whose son purchased the estate of Pilrig) ; Andrew, apprenticed 23rd July 1634 to John Inglis, merchant, Edinburgh ; John ; Elizabeth. [Melvill s Autob., Uphall 8ess. and Test. Res. ; Calderwood’s Hist., vii. ; Orig Lett., ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 203 de Tut., 387-90 ; The Balfours of Pilrig]]
1613 ANDREW son of James BALFOUR, min. of St Giles, Edinburgh, educated at Univ. there ; M.A. (25th July 1607) ; after being on the exercise of that Presb. some years, was pres. by James, Lord Balmerino, 8th July 1612 (the right to present being disputed and claimed by Archbishop Spottiswood) ; adm. 24th Feb. 1613 ; got leave from Presb. of Linlithgow, of which this parish then formed a part, to visit his uncle, James Melvill, at his special desire, then in bad health at Berwick, 28th July 1613 ; signed the Protestation for the Liberties of the Kirk, 27th June 1617 and was imprisoned for the same ; died 7th July 1624, aged about 37. He left James, advocate, clerk of session, born 1619 (who had a son Governor of the lithgow ; ord. to Kingscavil 9th Aug. 1887 ; | Darien Company, and whose son purchased the estate of Pilrig) ; Andrew, apprenticed 23rd July 1634 to John Inglis, merchant, Edinburgh ; John ; Elizabeth. [Melvill s Autob., Uphall 8ess. and Test. Res. ; Calderwood’s Hist., vii. ; Orig Lett., ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 203 de Tut., 387-90 ; The Balfours of Pilrig]]