Archive for January, 2013
The Two Banishments of George Jackson: Flanders and Barbados
• January 29, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1684, 1687, Banishment, Barbados, Colonel Henry Gage, Covenanters, Eaglesham parish, Europe, Flanders (1684), George Jackson, Louis XIV, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Barbados, Caribbean History, Covenanters, Eaglesham, Flanders, History, Louis XIV, Scottish History, War of Reunions
From Wigtown to Barbados: The Banishment of Alexander Ballie in 1687
• January 29, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1687, Alexander Baillie (Wigtown), Barbados, Captain Strachan, Covenanters, Galloway, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire
Tags: Barbados, Caribbean History, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown
Covenanters Out of Ayr Banished to Barbados in 1687
• January 28, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1687, Ayr, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Barbados, Covenanters, earl of Linlithgow, George Paton (Ayr), Ireland, James Richard (Ayr), Lt General William Drummond, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Ayr, Banishment, Barbados, British History, Caribbean History, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Banishment of Andrew Young in Eaglesham to Barbados in 1687
• January 24, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1687, Andrew Young (Threepland), Barbados, Eaglesham parish, East Kilbride, John Young (Threepland), Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Threepland
Tags: Barbados, Caribbean History, Covenanters, Eaglesham, Early modern history, History, Scottish History, Seventeenth Century
The Hanging of John Hallume at Kirkcudbright in 1685
• January 23, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1685, Captain Thomas Douglas, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), Galloway, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, John Hallume (d.1685), Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lairdmannoch, Lieutenant Livingston, Lt General William Drummond, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Scotland, Scottish History, Tongland parish
Tags: Covenanters, Galloway, History, Kirkcudbright, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Tolbooth Arts Centre
The Twynholm Covenanters: The Earl of Annandale and Lag Hunt Fugitives in Galloway
• January 20, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1685, Balmaghie parish, Covenanters, David Dunbar of Baldoon, David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), earl of Annandale, Galloway, George Short (d.1685), Glengap, Kirkcudbrightshire, Mayfield, Militia, Robert Grierson of Lag, Tongland parish, Twynholm parish
Tags: Covenanters, Galloway, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Twynholm
The Polgavin Moor Prisoners and Renwick’s Preaching in Nithsdale in 1686
• January 16, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in ------- Welsh (Lochrutton), 1686, Anonymous, Auchencairn (Kirkmahoe), Auchenflowerhill, Auchenleck (Closeburn), Bank (Carsphairn), Bessie Bekett, Bettyknowes, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain William Douglas, Carsphairn parish, Closeburn parish, Closeburnmill, Cotimpan, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dumfries, Dumfries parish, Dumfriesshire, Edinburgh, Edward Welsh, Gledenholm, Green Cleugh, Hartbush, James Corson, James Coultart, James Gowdie, James Harkness, James Renwick, James Robson, James Wallace (Kirkmahoe), Janet Brane, Janet Martin, Jean Currie, John Brane, John Faed, John McKein (Closeburn), John McQueen (Tinwald), John Rennie, John Wallace (Closeburn), King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkmahoe parish, Lieutenant James Stewart, Locherben, Lochmaben parish, Lochrutton parish, Lt General William Drummond, Marie Corbett, Michael Coultart, Mrs John Brane, Mrs John Wallace, Newlands (Kirkmahoe), Nithsdale, Polgavin Muir, Robert Cowan, Robert Ireland (Kirkmahoe), Robert Lister, Roucan, Scotland, Scottish History, Susanna Thomson, Tinwald, Tinwald parish, Torthorwald parish, William Beck, William Faed, William Gillespie, William McVittie, William Welsh (Bank)
Tags: Covenanters, Dumfries, Hillwalking, History, Scotland, Scottish History
