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Centre Tablet.
Inscription nearly illegible in 1915, inscription from archive:
Sacred to the memory of Dr. JAMES MACKNIGHT, one of the ministers of the Old
Church, Edinburgh, author of the Harmony of the Gospels, the Truth of the Gospel History,
and a translation and commentary upon the Apostolic Epistles he was born on the 17th
September 1722, and died on the 13th of January 1800
JAMES MACKNIGHT, third son, born 8th October 1759, died 17th November 1793.
SAMUEL MACKNIGHT, W.S., second son of Dr. Macknight, was born on the 23rd of
January 1757, and died on the 24th August 1807
ELIZABETH McCORMACK, widow of Dr. Macknight, died 1813, in her 85th year; also
to the memory of their first son,
THOMAS MACKNIGHT, D.D., one of the ministers of the Old Church, Edinburgh, who
died 21st January 1836.
On Marble Tablet at Foot of Above:
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. CHRISTIAN CRAWFURD MACKNIGHT, widow of the
above Thomas Macknight, born 31st July 1780, died 29th January 1862.
Oval Marble Tablet on Same Wall:
In memory of HUGH PEARSON MACKNIGHT, who was drowned in the Brisbane River,
Queensland, on the 2nd May 1875, aged 27 years; also of
JAMES WILLIAM MACKNIGHT, who died at Roma, Queensland, on the 19th December
1883, aged 26 years.
Marble Cross in front of above on Ground:
Sacred to the memory of ELIZABETH JANE MACKNIGHT, who died at the Bridge of
Allan 10th August 1873, aged 20 years.
Gothic Sarcophagus in front of Enclosure.
Sacred to the memory of JAMES MACKNIGHT, Writer to the Signet, who departed this
life 6th November 1878, aged 68 years; also his wife,
HELEN PEARSON, who departed this life 9th March 1896, aged 74 years