Collace

Collace is the family name of several Scotch clergymen:

1. ANDREW, took his degree at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1611; was presented to the living at Gariock in 1615, transferred to Ecclesgreig in 1619, to Dundee in 1635; deposed in 1639 for drunkenness, sacrilege, and disobedience to the General Assembly was settled at Dunse in 1663, and died September 13, 1664, aged about seventy-three years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1404; 3:689, 863, 870.

2. DAVID, was appointed to the living at Drainie in 1633, and ordained, and died June 3, 1681. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:161.

3. FRANCIS, took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1610; was presented to the vicarage of Channelkirk in 1614, and admitted to the living in 1615; signed the protestation for the liberties of the kirk in 1617; was transferred to Gordon in 1625, and died in 1647, aged about fifty- seven years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:521, 525.

4. JOHN, was appointed to the living at Fettercairn in 1580; had Newdosk under his care in 1585, and died March 16, 1587. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:866.