Ross & Cromarty Roots | John Downie.

Picture No:	152
Courtesy of:	Roddie Macpherson
Year:	2007
Graveyard	Urray Old.

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John Downie.

To the memory of/The Reverend JOHN DOWNIE/Minister of this parish/who died the third day of October MDCCCXI/in the 85th years of his age/56th of which he had passed in the faithful exercise of his sacred office/his example/he recommended and adorned/the religion which he taught/and its influnce was entirely displayed/in the serenity and resignation/with which he departed this life/in the midst of/his afflicted family this tablet was placed/by his sorrowing children/in grateful remembrance of/a kind monitor and/an affectionate parent. Records

	Title	Surname	Maiden Name	First Name	Date of Death	Age	Occupation
	Reverend	Downie		John	3 October 1811	85thy	Minister in Parish for 56 years

Picture Added on 26 November 2007.

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The date of death was 3 October 1811 - MDCCCXI - (confirmed by his entry in Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticianae). He was the father of Captain George Downie, killed on 4 October 1814 on HMS Confiance while leading the British fleet in the Battle of Plattsburg in the USA. John's parentage was not known to the compiler of his Fasti entry and I have not found it either, though his entry in the roll of Alumni of the University of Aberdeen (1748-52) shows that he was from Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire: "Aberdonensis" and the Fasti entry gives his birthplace as Aberdeen. He was Minister of Gairloch and then Stornoway before Urray. His son Alexander was Minister of Lochalsh (his gravestone is also on this website) and Alexander's son Charles was Minister of Contin (the gravestone of his wife and children is also on this website).
Added by Ian Downie on 08 April 2010.

Thank you for tying in these families. The Image Nos. for Alexander & Charles's family are 8703 & 805 respectively.

Added by Roddie on 08 April 2010.