thanks Gordon, I am wondering how George "lived" without his "living" after 1689...I am guessing that Thomas and James Meik were his brothers and somehow obtained Lands of Drimmie for him. George would have been about 50 when he married Isobell Nisbett... liz > In 1691, George Meik appealed to the Privy Council of Scotland for his > stipend for 1689, as he had been thrown out of his charge, and had > previously put a new roof on the manse at his expense. The Privy > Council > allowed this, but later in the year the Straiton church chalenged this, > and the Presbytery of Ayr provided a certificate to say that he had > left > voluntarily in November 1688, and the present minister had preached > since then. The Privy Council considered both claims, and settled on > George Meik getting the stipend for the first half of the year, and the > other minister, Kennedy, getting it for the second half. (source: > Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1691). >