Page 151 – Northmavine and Ollaberry – It is not known how long Gilbert Mowat remained minister of this parish after 1642, but as far as can be learned, no fresh appointment was made until 1662, when Hercules Sinclair is mentioned as the minister of the parish. All that is known of him is that he took the degree of M.A; on 25 July 1657 that “his only child Margaret married Robert Ramsay, minister of Yell,” and that he caused the chapel of Eshaness to be destroyed, so as to put an end to the pilgrimages and superstitions connected with it.
A certain Laurence Sinclair is mentioned as minister of this parish, but the dates of his admission and demission are not known. All that is recorded of him is that “he went one Sabbath to preach at Ollaberry, where he died and was buried.”
Page 188 – Mid Yell or Reafirth. – Its minister was Robert Ramsay, who was admitted to this parish before 5th June 1684, and was ultimately received into Presbyterian communion by the Commission of Assembly 1700. He “died 10th January 1716 aged about 61.” He was a son-in-law of Hercules Sinclair, the minister of Northmavine.
