Simmers, Colin

Education

Student United College 1757-1761 [b, s] t, m. (Ternar). Lawson bursar, 1757. M.A. 4.5.1761.

Student St Mary’s College 1761-1767. Listed for Exchequer bursary, 1762. Yeaman bursar, 1766. Involved in row, 1763. Chancellor’s prize, 5 theol. 1767.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 29.11.1741 or 5.6.1743 ( 2 ss of same name) son of Colin Simmers, cordiner burgess , Dundee and Elizabeth Galloway.

Career

Minister Alyth 1773 - 22.1.1817 (died).

Death

[Died 22.1.1817.]

Sources

  • UYUC110 Lawson
  • UYUC400:1.11.1747
  • UYSM400/1/121-6, 176, 197
  • UYUY452/7/146
  • Dundee Town council minute 30.6.1757
  • Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae