History of Knox Church Dunedin/Lists and Tables

by John Hislop

LIST OF THE COMMUNICANTS

At the First Celebration of the Lord's Supper, Knox Church,
June 17, 1860.

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The total number of communicants was 308. Of these 125 are believed to be still living
(April 1892). They are distinguished by an asterisk (*).

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*Adam, John
Adam, Mrs
Allan, Robert S.
Anderson, Agnes
*Anderson, David
*Anderson, Mrs David
Allan, James
Anderson, George
Anderson, Mrs George
*Allan, Mrs James
Allan, Elizabeth

*Begg, Alexander C.
Bain, James
*Bain, Mrs
Brebner, Alex.
Brebner, Mrs
*Brown, John
*Brown, Mrs
Brown, Margaret
*Burnside, John
*Burnside, Mrs
*Barr, Archibald
*Barr, Mrs
*Brown, James
Brown, Mrs
*Borrie, John
Brown, Daniel
Brown, Mrs
*Boyd, Mrs James
Brown, Mrs Ebenezer
Bryce, Thomas
*Bryce, Mrs
Boag, Barbara
Brown, John
Begg, Mrs R. L.

*Crawford, Peter
*Crawford, Mrs
Campbell, Ann
Christie, James
Christie, Robert
Christie, Mrs
Cargill, Captain W.
Cargill, Mrs W.
*Cargill, E. B.
Cargill, Mrs E. B.
Curle, John
Curle, Mrs
Crawford, George
Crawford, Mrs
Chapman, Wm.
Chapman, Mrs
Currie, Archibald
*Calder, Elizabeth
Calder, Catherine
Currie, Robert
*Craig, William
*Cassels, Thomas
*Cassels, Mrs
Currie, John
Chapman, Janet
*Campbell, Peter
*Campbell, Harriet
Craig, Elizabeth

Duthie, Robert
*Duthie, Mrs
Dow, John
Duncan, John
*Duncan, Mrs
Dow, Mrs
*Dick, Thomas
Dick, Mrs
Dunlop, Mrs
*Douglas, Jane
Douglas, Charles
Douglas, Mrs
Dow, James
*Dickison, John
*Dickison, Mrs
Dickison, William

Edwards, Silvester

Falconer, Francis
*Ferguson, Donald
*Ferguson, Mrs
*Ford, Alex.
*Ford, Mrs
Falconer, Mrs
*Forsyth, David
*Ford, George
*Ford, Mrs
Fleming, Thomas
Fleming, Mrs

*Graham, Catherine
Gillies, John
*Gillies, James
Gillies, T. B.
Gillies, Mrs
*Gillies, Isabella
Gowans, William
Green, Miss
*Glen, Robert
Glen, Mrs
Gavin, James
Gilchrist, Janet

Hunter, James
Hunter, Mrs
Hepburn, Andrew
Hepburn, Mrs
Henderson, Donald
*Henderson, Mrs
*Hutton, William
*Hutton, Mrs
*Hewitson, Andrew
*Hewitson, Mrs
Harris, John Hyde
Harris, Mrs
Hood, Rev. Robt.
*Hood, Miss
Hepburn, George
Hepburn, Mrs
Hepburn, Wm.
Hynd, Christina
Heenan, Denis
Heenan, Mrs
*Herriot, Samuel
*Herriot, Wm. Geo.
Healy, John
*Healy, Mrs
Hay, James
Hay, Mrs
Hedley, Margaret
*Howie, John
Howie, Mrs
Harkness, Francis
Howlison, Robert
Hepburn, Geo,, jun.
Henderson, Wm.

*Jones, James
* Jones, Mrs
Johnston, Mrs J. R.
Justice, Wm.
*Justice, Mrs
Jenkinson, Robert
*Johnston, Elizabeth
Johnston, John
Johnston, Mrs

*Jolly, Wm.
*Jolly, Mrs

Kay, David
Kettle, C. H,
*Kettle, Mrs
King, Jas.
*King, Mrs
Kinnimont, Andrew
Kay, Mr
Kay, Mrs
*Kay, John, jun.

*Logan, John
*Logan, Mrs
*Logan, Mary
Logan, Agnes R.
*Lyon, Wm.
Lindsay, Peter, sen.
Lindsay, Mrs
Lindsay, Peter, jun.
Lindsay, John
Langlands, Wm.
*Langlands, Mrs

Miller, Robert
Miller, Mrs
Mathieson, James
Mathieson, Mrs
*Moodie, Thomas
Manson, James
Miller, Mrs
Miller, David
Miller, Mrs
*Miller, Mrs D., jun.
Mollison, John
Mollison, Mrs
*Mason, David
*Mason, Mrs
*Meikle, Ann
Mitchell, John
Mitchell, Mrs
*Morton, Wm.
*Milne, David
*Milne, Mrs
Murdoch, Robert
Marchbanks, David
*Marchbanks, Mrs
Miller, J. Maxwell
*Murray, Robert
Moffat, Mrs Jane
*Miller, George
Maxwell, Mary
McFadyen, Hugh
*McFadyen, Mrs
*McGruther, James
*McGruther, Mrs
McGoun, Mrs
*McGoun, Duncan
McLeod, John
*McLeod, Mrs
*McIndoe, James
*McIndoe, Mrs
*Macfarlane, Duncan
*Macfarlane, Mrs
McDowall, Mrs
*McLelland, Wm.
McLelland, Mrs
McLelland, Miss
*McIver, Farquhar
*McIver, Mrs
*McNaughton, Alex.
McNaughton, Mrs
*McGregor, Peter
*McGregor, Mrs
McKay, George
Mcintosh, John
McGillivray, Robert
McGillivray, Mrs
McMillan, Mrs J.
Macfarlane, John
McIver, William

Nicol, Walter
*Napier, Christina
*Napier, Jessie

*Orr, John
Ostler, Robert
*Ostler, Mrs

Paterson, John
Paterson, Mrs
*Paterson, James
Paterson, Mrs
Polson, George
Polson, Mrs
Purdie, Dr Wm.
Purdie, Mrs
Purdie, Miss

*Russell, Charles
*Russell, Mrs
Robertson, Andrew
Robertson, Mrs
Russell, Mary Ann
Robertson, Donald
Robertson, Mrs
*Robertson, Charles
Russell, Andrew
Russell, Mrs
Ross, Jane
Ross, Charles
Ross, Mrs
Robertson, Margaret
Reoch, Rebecca
Reoch, Mary Ann
Robertson, John

Sinclair, George
Sinclair, Mrs
*Sinclair, Ann
Simpson, John
Simpson, Mrs
*Strain, Mrs
*Somerville, John
*Somerville, Mrs
Swanson, Andrew
Swanson, Mrs
Scott, James
*Scott, Mrs
Street, Chas. H.
*Street, Mrs
Sounness, Jas., jun.
*Sounness, Mrs
*Short, Robert
*Short, Mrs
*Stenhouse, James
*Stenhouse, Mrs
*Strachan, Mary Ann
Simpson, Andrew
*Stuart, Rev. D. M.
Stuart, Mrs D. M.
Smith, Wm.
Somerville, Jane
*Sandeman, David
Sandeman, Mrs
*Stewart, John
*Stewart, Mrs
Stewart, Betty
Smith, Edward
Simpson, Margt. S.
*Sinclair, Agnes
*Sinclair, Mary

*Ternent, Andrew
*Ternent, Mrs
Thomson, Thomas
*Thomson, Mrs
Thomson, Grace
*Tennant, John
Turner, William
Turner, Mrs

Wilkie, James
*Wilkie, Mrs
Wilson, James
Wilson, Mrs
Wilson, Robert
Wright, Charles
Wilson, James
*Waddell, James
*Waddell, Mrs Marion

LIST OF ELDERS

OF

KNOX CHURCH, DUNEDIN.

From the Constitution of the Session in 1860 to April 1892.

Date of Ordination or Induction.	Name.	Date of Removal.		Cause of Removal.
August, 1860	William Cargill	August,	1860	Death
{{{1}}}„	John Gillies	July	1871	Death
{{{1}}}„	John Hyde Harris	June	1870	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	George Hepburn	Dec.	1883	Death
{{{1}}}„	Robert Hood		1868	Transferred to Kaikorai
{{{1}}}„	James Wilkie	Sept.	1873	Death
Feby,. 1862	Edward Bowes Cargill	March	1868	Transferred to St. Andrews
{{{1}}}„	James Brown	Dec.	1864	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Hannibal Gilbert	Dec.	1863	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Charles Henry Kettle	June	1862	Death
{{{1}}}„	Hugh Kirkpatrick	July	1891	Death
{{{1}}}„	John Mcintosh	Sept.	1863	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Charles Henry Street	Sept.	1872	Resignation
July, 1866	John Borrie	Sept.	1880	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Robert Dalgleish	March	1880	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Frederick W. Falconer	Oct.	1875	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Gillies	March	1869	Death
{{{1}}}„	John Grant	June	1881	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	John Hislop	Dec.	1877	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Andrew Hyslop	March	1873	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	John Reith	Dec.	1878	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Edmund Smith	Oct.	1872	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Stewart
Dec., 1871	Edward Bowes Cargill
{{{1}}}„	Robert S. Gardner	July	1873	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Colin McK. Gordon
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Rennie	June	1889	Death
Jany., 1874	David Ferguson
{{{1}}}„	John C. Hodges	April	1875	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Hon. W. Downie Stewart
{{{1}}}„	John A. Torrance
May, 1876	William Norrie	June	1878	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Arthur Scoullar	Feby.	1883	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Duncan Wright	March	1892	Left Dunedin
August, 1878	Robert Chisholm
{{{1}}}„	Wiliam B. Harlow
{{{1}}}„	James T. Mackerras
{{{1}}}„	Charles McQueen
{{{1}}}„	William Salmond, D.D.	April	1886	Resignation
Jany., l881	Robert S. Gardner
{{{1}}}„	William Macdonald, LL.D.	May	1890	Death
{{{1}}}„	John Reid
{{{1}}}„	Robert Short	Feb.	1885	Left Dunedin
May, 1884	William Douglas	Aug.	1891	Death
{{{1}}}„	James M. Fraser
{{{1}}}„	Wm. D. Sutherland
{{{1}}}„	Clement White
August, 1886	William Dymock
{{{1}}}„	John Hislop, LL.D.
{{{1}}}„	Edmund Smith
{{{1}}}„	George M. Thomson
April, 1888	Andrew Cameron
{{{1}}}„	John Dunlop, D.D.
{{{1}}}„	George Dutch
{{{1}}}„	Robert Glendining
{{{1}}}„	John Reith	Sept.	1891	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	John Roberts, C.M.G.
August, 1889	Walter Hislop
{{{1}}}„	William Hutchison
{{{1}}}„	William Simpson
{{{1}}}„	Daniel Smith
{{{1}}}„	William T. Todd
March, 1892	Robert Brown
{{{1}}}„	George Lyon Denniston
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Herdman

LIST OF DEACONS

OF

KNOX CHURCH, DUNEDIN.

From the Constitution of the Deacons' Court in 1860 to April 1892.

Date of Ordination or Induction.	Name.	Date of Removal.		Cause of Removal.
August, 1860	Edward Bowes Cargill	Feby.	1862	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Thomas B. Gillies			Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Charles H. Kettle	Feby.	1862	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	John Logan	July	1873
{{{1}}}„	Robert Short	Nov.	1864	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Charles H. Street	Feby.	1862	Elected elder
April, 1862	Archibald Barr	Nov.	1863	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	John Borrie	July	1866	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	John Cargill		1868	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	William R. Douglas	Nov.	1864	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Robert Gillies	Feb.	1869	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	J. Tythe Hart	July	1863	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	P. W. Hutton	March	1868	Transferred to St. Andrews
{{{1}}}„	Edmund Smith	July	1866	Elected elder
Jany., l865	Robert Chisholm	Nov.	1868	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	F. W. Falconer	July	1866	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	William T. Glasgow	June	1879	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	John Grant	July	1866	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	John Hislop	July	1866	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Andrew Hyslop	July	1866	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Thomas Moodie
{{{1}}}„	John Reid	Feby.	1871	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Stewart	July	1866	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	John Tennant	August	1873	Resignation
Sept., 1868	Thomas Douglas	Dec.	1869	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	James Irvine	Sept.	1869	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	Robert S. Gardner	Dec.	1871	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Colin McK. Gordon	Dec.	1871	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	James H. Milligan	Jany.	1869	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	John Simpson			Resignation
{{{1}}}„	David Smeaton	August	1873	Retired
{{{1}}}„	John A. Torrance	Jany.	1874	Elected elder
Nov., 1869	Hon. W. Downie Stewart	Jany.	1874	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	George Dutch	April	1888	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Rennie	Dec.	1871	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Arthur Scoullar	May	1876	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	William Simpson	August	1873	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	George Young	May	1873	Resignation
Sept., 1872	William Baird	Sept.	1878	Retired
{{{1}}}„	Thomas Cassells	August	1875	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	Adam Johnstone	May	1874	Death
{{{1}}}„	James T. Mackerras	August	1878	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Charles McQueen	August	1878	Elected elder
Sept., 1873	William B. Harlow	August	1878	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	George Young	Sept.	1879	Retired
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Burt
{{{1}}}„	Walter Hislop	August	1889	Elected elder
Oct., 1874	Robert Short	Jany.	1881	Elected elder
Sept., 1875	George Grant	Sept.	1878	Retired
{{{1}}}„	James Lothian	Sept.	1878	Retired
Oct., 1876	Robert Chisholm	August	1878	Elected elder
Sept., 1877	William N. Blair	June	1884	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	William Wallace	July	1880	Retired
{{{1}}}„	John Roberts, C.M.G.	April	1888	Elected elder
Sept., 1878	George M. Thomson	August	1886	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Robert S. Sparrow
{{{1}}}„	Clement White	May	1884	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Gilbert Anderson	August	1884	Left Dunedin
{{{1}}}„	William Lambert	April	1884	Left Dunedin
Oct., 1879	Robert S. Gardner	Jany.	1881	Elected elder
Dec., 1879	Patrick G. Pryde
July, 1881	James Wilkie	April	1891	Death
{{{1}}}„	Donald M. Stuart	May	1886	Resignation
{{{1}}}„	George L. Denniston	March	1892	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Alexander Bartleman
{{{1}}}„	John H. Morrison
July, 1882	John Macfarlane, jun.
{{{1}}}„	James M. Fraser	May	1884	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	James Thomson	Sept.	1883	Left Dunedin
July, 1884	Edmund Smith	August	1886	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	William Simpson	August	1889	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	John Stewart	May	1886	Death
{{{1}}}„	John Campbell
{{{1}}}„	James Mann
July, 1886	William T. Todd	August	1889	Elected elder
{{{1}}}„	Thomas Young
{{{1}}}„	Colin Macandrew
{{{1}}}„	Daniel Smith	August	1889	Elected elder
July, 1888	James C. Thomson
{{{1}}}„	Edmund R. Smith
{{{1}}}„	George McCarter
{{{1}}}„	Henry Guthrie
{{{1}}}„	Robert McNab	March	1890	Left Dunedin
July, 1889	William Cowie
{{{1}}}„	John McPherson
{{{1}}}„	Frederick Smith	April	1892	Left the district
{{{1}}}„	William A. Stout
April, l892	John Anderson
{{{1}}}„	George Calder
{{{1}}}„	Robert A. Johnston
{{{1}}}„	Willam D. Main
{{{1}}}„	Simon Macdonald
{{{1}}}„	John McLeod
{{{1}}}„	John S. Nugent
{{{1}}}„	Francis Shaw
{{{1}}}„	William Stevenson
{{{1}}}„	Robert Sutherland
{{{1}}}„	William Wright

Note.—The names of deacons re-elected on the expiry of their respective terms of office are not repeated.

TABLE showing the money raised by Knox Church Congregation in each year from the outset (1859), till December 31, 1891:—

Year.	Ordinary Collections.			Special Collections and Sundry Receipts.			Seat Rents.			Missions— Association, Sabbath Schools, and Collections.			Sustenation Fund.			Buildings— Manse, Old and New Churches, Organ, &c.			Totals.
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1859-60	195	13	11	86	7	11	119	1	0	14	16	0	84	14	2	1703	17	0	2204	10	0
1861	469	13	2	18	15	0	283	19	6	58	6	8	315	11	6	423	14	10	1570	0	8
1862	640	11	10	75	7	5	332	15	0	52	14	0	340	10	11	38	16	6	1481	4	8
1863	649	4	11	106	17	10	334	12	0	1	0	0	370	11	9	543	17	0	2006	3	6
1864	575	18	0	48	8	4	297	13	6	3	11	8	311	3	0	320	6	4	1557	0	10
1865	549	19	0	59	13	0	336	10	0	…	…	…	336	17	6	122	10	2	1405	9	8
1866	605	18	4	153	12	0	337	6	0	49	6	0	348	8	6	5	4	0	1499	14	10
1867	619	14	8	163	15	0	338	6	0	62	19	11	370	5	7	…	…	…	1555	1	2
1868	593	18	5	178	14	11	340	5	6	67	5	1	359	17	0	…	…	…	1540	0	11
1869	605	18	8	181	10	8	348	10	0	131	19	6	416	5	0	…	…	…	1684	3	10
1870	538	19	10	154	9	1	345	16	0	126	14	8	376	18	6	…	…	…	1542	17	8
1871	559	16	1	156	18	5	342	1	0	112	1	4	411	0	1	10	0	0	1591	16	11
1872	497	2	7	237	0	2	350	1	0	119	3	9	408	17	10	…	…	…	1612	5	4
1873	486	10	9	218	4	4	349	2	0	152	12	8	417	11	5	…	…	…	1624	1	2
1874	523	19	6	189	12	2	356	11	0	211	9	0	494	8	0	…	…	…	1775	19	8
1875	637	13	4	143	1	11	346	11	0	149	18	6	610	10	1	90	14	6	1978	9	4
1876	710	19	8	176	19	11	694	16	6	145	17	0	561	14	0	3060	14	6	5351	1	7
1877	764	19	2	202	13	5	667	2	9	141	5	10	571	0	4	674	5	1	3021	6	7
1878	797	7	4	223	3	1	865	2	6	153	3	6	558	18	6	1941	9	6	4539	4	5
1879	777	19	3	183	17	11	889	4	0	169	7	7	536	6	9	330	7	8	2887	3	2
1880	879	5	2	175	8	2	861	1	9	139	17	7	584	15	5	196	18	0	2837	6	1
1881	715	14	2	205	14	1	778	8	9	112	2	0	560	4	0	348	19	0	2721	2	0
1882	739	11	9	197	18	0	760	8	6	146	8	10	530	2	0	145	18	0	2520	7	1
1883	753	5	0	247	5	2	738	15	0	150	11	1	602	6	6	153	12	1	2645	14	10
1884	822	3	5	220	19	11	779	1	0	111	9	4	548	6	1	119	17	0	2601	16	9
1885	809	13	2	199	3	2	786	1	3	178	2	8	549	15	2	194	12	5	2717	7	10
1886	768	13	8	151	3	6	759	15	3	154	17	8	475	1	6	166	1	3	2475	12	10
1887	622	0	11	134	10	3	779	10	9	95	2	11	360	16	7	[1]2349	4	2	4341	5	7
1887-88	797	14	6	210	2	0	764	3	11	134	2	5	482	3	4	92	19	4	2481	5	6
1888-89	780	11	9	263	5	6	787	9	6	200	7	11	491	1	2	598	1	11	3120	17	9
1889-90	910	4	7	145	6	11	756	1	6	209	19	9	413	1	3	414	5	5	2848	19	5
1890-91	1056	10	7	134	12	7	791	7	3	231	7	11	428	2	1	1172	14	8	3814	15	1
[2]1891	217	16	5	24	10	4	…	…	…	13	15	11	52	18	0	1347	12	1	1656	12	9
Totals …	21,675	3	6	5,269	2	1	17,617	10	8	3,801	18	3	14,280	12	6	16,566	12	5	79,210		5

1. Including receipts for Organ Fund.
2. Receipts during last quarter of 1891.

TABLE

Showing the Total Amounts raised by Knox Church congregation for specific purposes from the outset (1859), to December 31st, 1891:—

Object.	Total Receipts for Special Purposes.			Total Receipts as shown in preceding Table.
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Ordinary Collections				21,675	3	6
Seat Rents				17,617	10	8
*Missions				3,801	18	3
*Sustentation Fund				14,280	12	6
Buildings				16,566	12	5
Special Collections—
Taranaki Refugees	70	10	6
*Church Extension	1035	2	3
*Otago Ministers' Passage-money	660	4	5
*Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund	670	14	11
*Synod and Presbytery	28	5	7
Bethel Mission	119	0	9
Benevolent Institution	1007	12	1
Patients' and Prisoners' Aid	171	0	9
Congregational Poor	660	2	4
Sabbath Schools	235	7	0
Students' Scholarship	92	0	0
Bible Society	13	15	0
Congregational Library	85	2	11
Female Refuge	38	10	2
Pastor Chiniquy	12	15	5
Dr Macgregor and Dr Rainy's Expenses	22	0	0
The Church Choir	10	0	0
Mr D. Wright's Mission	14	15	11
Walker street Mission	21	17	4
Anderson's Bay Church Building	11	0	0
Wakarido.	25	0	0
Blueskindo.	14	15	0
Dr Stuart's Portrait	76	16	0
Rents and Sundries	154	14	2
				5269	2	1
Total				79,210	19	5

* These receipts, with a few trifling exceptions, were handed over to the Synod's funds.

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The information furnished in this and the preceding table has reference only to the sources of income. In a number of instances the sums shown are far from representing the whole of the amounts actually expended on behalf of the objects specified, because these sums have been largely augmented by payments from the ordinary congregational revenue, which is almost wholly derived from seat rents and the ordinary collections. This explanation applies more particularly to expenditure on the old and the new buildings and their sites, Sabbath Schools, library, congregational poor fund, and students' scholarship scheme. The sum of £2000 received from the Synod in aid of the New Church building fund is not included in the two tables, nor are any other smaller sums received from the Synod on account of buildings.