Pencaitland and Ormiston @ Urbansea

Robert Moffat, missionary was born on 21 December 1795. His father was a custom house officer; the family of his mother, Ann Gardiner, had lived for several generations at Ormiston. In 1797, the Moffat’s moved to Portsay, near Banff, and in 1806 to Carronshore, nearFalkirk. Robert went at an early age to the parish school, […]