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Wigtown United Associate Congregation, which sat within the Antiburgher branch of the Secession church, first received mention in the records of the Synod in 1750, when a call was presented to Mr John Tennant, whom the Antiburgher residents of Wigtown wished to have recalled from Ireland to be ordained over them. It was decided however to leave Mr Tennant where he was and in 1751 the first minister of the Wigtown congregation, Andrew Ogilvie, was ordained, a church to house the session had been completed during the previous year. In 1900, upon the union of the Free Church and the United Presbyterians, Wigtown United Presbyterian was renamed Wigtown West United Free Church and in 1901 Wigtown West United Free was joined with the former Free Church congregation of Wigtown United Free. The two sessions were joined under the name of Wigtown United Free and after the union the former United Presbyterian church continued in use as the place of worship. Following the 1929 union between the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church, Wigtown United Free became Wigtown West Church of Scotland and in 1948 Wigtown West joined with the congregation of Wigtown Laigh, under the name of Wigtown Church of Scotland. After this union the former West church was sold. Wigtown Associate congregation sat within the United Presbyterian Presbytery of Galloway and later the United Free Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer. |