Religion - Paterson U.F.C
Paterson United Free Church Timeline
1783 Application
made to Associate (Burgher)
Presbytery of Glasgow for pulpit supply
c1790 Meeting House erected at
Chapelton for worshippers from
Stonehouse congregation
1795 Dissenters Church founded in
Stonehouse.
1796 Meeting House ‘carried’ from
Chapelton to ‘Newtown’ (Lawrie
Street) site of present church. Newtown Meeting House served
congregation until 1820
as the Associate Congregation of Burgher
Seceders.
1798 Rev. William Taylor (b.1768, 1st m. Mary McKeown, 2nd m. Mary
Armstrong, d. 1837)
1st minister of Associate
Session congregation, from Falkirk, he
resigned in 1817, emigrating to Canada and thence to Waddington, New
York in 1819.
1815 First Manse built (Hill Manse)
1820 Congregation became United
Secession Church after union of Burgher
and Anti-Burgher Churches
1820 Rev. William Fraser (d. 1835)
2nd minister, from
Dunning, he resigned in 1828, later emigrating to
Canada
1831 Rev. Matthew McGavin (d. 1874)
3rd minister, from
Dundee, he accepted call to Airdrie in 1841, later
emigrating to Australia
1842 Rev. Henry Angus Paterson (b. 1818, d. 1901)
4th minister, from
Aberdeenshire. Opposed to Boer War, his grandniece
was wife of ex-president Steyn of the Orange Free State.
1843 Roof of church raised four and
a half feet to accommodate head
room at back of gallery.
1847 The United Secession Church and
Relief Church united to form the
United Presbyterian Church. The local kirk became known as the United
Presbyterian Church.
1859 Ordnance Survey map of 1859
shows detail of garden layout behind
church building.
1860 Church enlarged again to
provide more seating
1865 Choral Union established in
Subscription School Hall. With 40
members, Mr Thomson, precentor of the United Presbyterian Church was
conductor.
1878 Memorial stone laid for new
church, for growing congregation. The
previous church was demolished, leaving only a small circular part of
the original structure, which is still evident today.
1879 New church completed and opened
on April 29th, originally designed
to incorporate spire.
1883 YMCA established
1891 Jubilee of Rev. Henry Angus
Paterson
1895 Centenary of United
Presbyterian Church in Stonehouse
1900 Union of the United
Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of
Scotland. As there were two churches of the same denomination in
Stonehouse, the United Presbyterian Church was renamed ‘Paterson United
Free Church of Scotland’
1901 Rev. A. B. Macdonald
5th minister, from
Cumnock, he accepted call to Perth in 1914
1902 New Manse built on Strathaven
Road
1915 Rev. James Christian Brown
6th minister, from
Coatbridge, he accepted call to Glasgow in 1921
1921 Rev. Andrew Martin
7th minister, from
Stranraer, left congregation in 1929. Served with
Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Eygptian Expeditionary Force.
1929 Union of United Free Church of
Scotland and Established Church.
Congregation refused to participate and continued as ‘Paterson United
Free Church of Scotland (continuing)’, five years later dropping the
word ‘continuing’.
1930 Rev. Thomas Frederick Crow
8th minister, from
Yorkshire, he became the Moderator of the United
Free Church of Scotland, retiring in 1952
1953 Rev. David Wilson Roy
9th minister, from
Glasgow, the second minister of Paterson Church to
become Moderator of the United Free Church of Scotland. He left the
congregation in 1964 to become minister in Edinburgh.
1961 New hall built and dedicated on
4th November
1965 Rev. Archibald Amos Small
10th minister, from
Edinburgh, the third minister of Paterson Church to
become Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of
Scotland in 1977. Retired in September 1979.
1977 Church seriously damaged by
fire and restored by congregation the
following year
1981 Rev. John A. M. McFie
11th minister, born
Rothesay, Rev. McFie served in Shetland and Lochend
U.F. Church in Campbeltown before receiving call from Paterson Church,
retired in 1999. Rev. McFie was the 4th minister of the church to serve
as Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of
Scotland.
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