Ministers
| Sir William Owstean (Austin) | 1561 | vicar pensioner |
| Alexander Keith | 1563 | min. 1563, and at Garvock |
| John Patrick | 1563 | min. 1563, and at Arbuthnott |
| James Fullarton | 1567 | reader 1567 |
| James Simson | 1574-1575 | reader here 1574 & at Bervie & Catterline; ‘exhorter’ 1575 |
| George Young | 1585-1589 | min. 1585, having Bervie and Rescobie in his charge; still min. 1589, with Bervie also in his charge |
| Alexander Sibbald | 1611-1612 | M.A.; adm. bef. 10 Jun 1611; tr. to Kemnay ABD bef. 1613 |
| James Rait | 1613-1618 | adm. to Auldearn NAI 1585; tr. to Bervie 1591; called ‘vicar’ here 10 Jul 1602, with Bervie still in charge; tr. to Catterline bef. 1613; tr. & adm. 1613; d. 2 Dec 1618; mar.; issue: Robert, Wm |
| James Strachan | 1619-ca. 1639 | son of Andrew Strachan, min. of Dun; M.A. St Andrews 1604; adm. Barry 27 Sep 1611; tr. & adm. 1619; dep. ca. 1639; still living 14 Jun 1662; mar. contr. 16 Apr 1610 Margaret, dau. of Mr Arthur Fithie, min. of Inverkeilor |
| James Granger | 1640-1663 | M.A. St Andrews 1626; preacher Montrose 1635; hid the Honours of Scotland under Kinneff Kirk floor, 1651×1652; d. early 1663 aged ca. 57; mar. Christian Fletcher who survived him; issue: John, Margaret |
| James Honyman (primus) | 1663-1693 | son of David H., baker, St Andrews; bro. of Andrew Honyman, bishop of Orkney; M.A. St Andrews 1649; ass. Crail FIF 1656-8; adm. 30 Sep 1663; d. 25 May 1693 aged ca. 64; mar. 1671 Margaret Leask; issue: Andrew, min. here; Alexr; Robert, min. in New York; James, min. Newport Rhode Island; Cecil; Rachel (mar. William Elphinstone, min. of Logie); Margaret |
| Andrew Honyman | 1701-1732 | b. Apr 1672, eldest son of above; M.A. St Andrews 1688; ord. 24 Sep 1701; d. 30 Dec 1732; mar. 1702 Helen Rait, of the Raits of Finlayston; issue: James, min. here; Andrew; Wm; Rachel (mar. David Corse, min. of Dunnottar); Jane |
| James Honyman (secundus) | 1733-1780 | b. 1704, son of above; ord Keithhal 26 Sep 1728; tr. & adm. 29 Aug 1733; d. 6 Jan 1780; mar. 1738 Katherine, dau. of John Allardyce, provost of Aberdeen; issue: Jean; Helen (mar. Robert Edward); James, min. here; John, dissenting min. in England; Robert, physician in Virginia; Patrick |
| James Honyman (tertius) | 1780-1781 | b. 1745, son of above; M.A. Marischal 1763; min. Newport Rhode Island; ord. 17 Aug 1780; d. unm. 5 Aug 1781 |
| Patrick Stewart | 1782-1830 | son of James S., farmer; ord. ass. Middelburg Holland 20 May 1772; adm. 2 May 1782; d. 22 May 1830; mar. 1784 Christian Leslie; issue: James; Marjory; Anna (mar. John Campbell Stewart M.D.); Duncan; Wm (sheriff clerk, Stonehaven); Lewis; Isaac Grant; Allan, min. here; Patrick, customs officer, London; Fleance, M.A., L.R.C.P.&S.E.; Walter; Alexr, ass. surgeon HEICS; John, farmer Catterline; Christian |
| Allan Stewart | 1818-1837 | b. 1796, son of above; M.A. Marischal 1814; ord. (ass. & suc.) 17 Sep 1818; d. unm. 13 Jan 1837 |
| Thomas Brown | 1837-1843 | b. 1811, son of John Brown, D.D., min. of Langton; missionary Dumfries; ord. 15 Sep 1837; joined Free Kirk 1843; min. of Kinneff Free Kirk 1843-9; min. of Dean Free Kirk, Edinburgh 1849-93; D.D. Edinburgh 1888; moderator of Free Kirk 1890; d. 4 Apr 1893 Edinburgh; mar. 1848 Marianne, dau. of James Wood M.D., Edinburgh; issue: John James Graham, M.D., P.R.C.P.E.; Mary Eleanor Lucy; James Wood, min. of Free Kirk, Gordon BEW; several publications on geology |
| William Mearns of Disblair | 1843-1891 | b. 1814 Tarves, son of Duncan Mearns D.D.; M.A. Aberdeen 1832; ord. Glenrinnes 1838; tr. & adm. 15 Sep 1843; D.D. Aberdeen 1866; d. 5 Oct 1891 Oyne; mar. 1842 Margaret Moir, dau. of James Smith M.D., of Whitehill; issue: Jemima Smith; Duncan George, min. of Oyne |
| Alexander Morison Abel | 1881-1886 | b. 1855, son of John Abel, min. of Forgue; M.A. Aberdeen 1877; ord. (ass. & suc.) 22 Feb 1881; d. unm. 16 May 1886 S. Africa |
| James Corsar Anderson | 1887-1907 | b. 1861 Menmuir, son of Mark Louden Anderson D.D., min. of St Andrews; M.A. 1884 B.D. 1885 St Andrews; ass. Galashiels; ord. 4 May 1887; d. 14 Sep 1907; mar. 1887 Jeannie Anne Elizabeth Stephen, dau. of John Boyd; issue: Florabelle (mar. 1911 Herbert Ramsay, M.A., later professor, Otago); Margaret Jane (mar. Robert Kirkland Galloway); Mark Louden, forestry officer; Agnes Just (mar. Frank Edgar Rogers) |
| William Cruickshank | 1908-1932 | b. 1871 Newhills, son of James C.; M.A. 1896 B.D. 1899 Aberdeen; ass. Aviemore and Boat of Garten, and Holburn, Aberdeen; ord. Leslie ABD 18 Aug 1903; tr. & adm. 11 Mar 1908; D.D. Aberdeen 1926; d. 4 Jul 1932; mar. 1908 Annie. dau. of Henry Tyme, Sheffield; had issue |
| Burial records for Kinneff & Catterline are held by the Registrar in Stonehaven. See Kincardine and Mearns Burial Grounds. | ||
| Thank you to Dr John A. Robertson for permission to reproduce the information above. | ||
