Tour Scotland 4K travel video of the Reverend Hugh Meiklejohn gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Abercorn. Hugh Meiklejohn, born 1765, died 1831, was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1810. He was born on 12 June 1764, the only son of Rev Hugh Meiklejohn, who was later a minister in the Carolinas in America, and Mary Cree, daughter of Hugh Cree, of Saline, Fife. He studied divinity at Glasgow University. He was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland around 1786 and ordained as minister of Dunfermline in 1788. In 1791 he was translated to Abercorn in West Lothian and remained there until 1799, when he was created professor of ecclesiastical history at Edinburgh University. In 1792 he married Anne Liston, died 1852, eldest daughter of Robert Liston, Moderator in 1787. They had nine children including Captain James Hope Johnston Meiklejohn, born 1795, died 1856, of the Gordon Highlanders, Hugh Cree Meiklejohn, born 1797, died 1847. Robert Meiklejohn, born 1800, died 1859, minister of Strathdon, and Reverend William Hope Meiklejohn, born 1811, died 1850 a missionary in Calcutta, India. From around 1810 he lived with his family at Merchant Street opposite Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh’s Old Town. He died on 11 June 1831. He is buried with his family in Abercorn churchyard. The grave lies to the east side of the church.
The surname Meiklejohn comes from the Middle English word " meikle, " meaning " great, " or " large, " combined with the personal name John. As such it was probably originally a nickname for the bigger of two men named John. The surname Meiklejohn was first found in Liddesdale, but in later centuries the name was fairly numerous on the northern side of Firth of Forth from Stirling to Dunfermline in Fife and Lanarkshire, Highlands, Thurso, Wick and Caithness. Meiklejohn is listed as a Sept of the Lamont Clan who were based in the Western Highlands around Argyllshire. The Lamonts trace their origins back to migration of Celts from Ireland. Spelling variations of this family name include: Meiklejohn, Mieklejohn, Miclejohn, Miclejones, Mikiljone, Meiclejones and many more. David Meiklejohn who was convicted in Edinburgh, Scotland for 7 years, was transported aboard the Duchess of Northumberland ship on 1st October 1842, arriving in Tasmania; John Meiklejohn, aged 32, settled in Barbados in 1745;.
Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Abercorn is one of several Outlander locations in the surrounding locality.
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