John Mylne (died 1657)

[1] He married Isobel Wilson in 1610 and had two sons, John and Alexander, both of whom followed him into the building profession, and a daughter, Barbara, who was later accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.

[1] In 1616 he was invited to Edinburgh to work on a statue of James VI for the Netherbow Port, or city gate, after the previous mason, Frenchman Benjamin Lambert, had died before completing the commission.

The contract stipulated that the church was to be built precisely to Lord Scone's specifications, and left Mylne little room for architectural input.

[4] He held his royal post for five years, before resigning it in favour of his eldest son John in 1636, when he left Edinburgh.

Over the following years he was engaged on several public works in Dundee, including the church steeple, tolbooth, and the royal burgh's fortifications.