Archive for the 'Colin Alison (elder)' Category
Dunnottar Prisoners Attempting to Escape at Leith are put in Irons #History #Scotland
• November 30, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1685, Christian Cavie, Christian Scott, Colin Alison (elder), Covenanters, David Scot, Dunnottar Castle, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Elizabeth Corse, Elizabeth Maitland, Elizabeth Walker, George Scot of Pitlochie, Grissell Gardiner, Helen Smith, Henry & Francis (1685), Janet Scott, Jean McGhie, Jean Semple, John Kellie, John King (fl.1685), Leith, Margaret Maitland, Marion Forrester, Patrick Cunninghame, William Douglas, William Hanna
Tags: Covenanters, Dunnottar Castle, Edinburgh, History, Leith, New Jersey, Scotland, Scottish History
Glasgow Fugitives Banished in 1684
• July 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1684, Alexander Finnison, Barony parish, Colin Alison, Colin Alison (elder), Covenanters, Gartcraig, Glasgow, Glasgow Tolbooth, John Finnison, John Williamson fl.1683, Kilmarnock parish, Lanarkshire, Peter Finnison, Ruchazie, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Covenanters, Glasgow, History, Lanarkshire, Ruchazie, Scotland
The Polmadie Martyrs: Major Balfour Shoots Three Covenanters Near Glasgow
• February 14, 2013 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Wood, Captain Colin Mackenzie, Captain James Maitland, Captain Kenneth Mackenzie, Cathcart parish, Colin Alison, Colin Alison (elder), Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, George Muir, Glasgow, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, James Lawson, John Gilfillan, John Richmond (d.1684), John Urie (d.1685), Lanarkshire, Langside, Lieutenant Duncan Menzies, Little Govan, Little Govan parish, Major John Balfour, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Mrs Gardiner, Polmadie, Renfrewshire, Robert Logan, Robert Thom, Robert Urie (Little Govan), Rutherglen parish, Sarah Kirkland, Thomas Cook (d.1685), Thomas Jackson (Eastwood), William Boyd
Tags: Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, Early modern history, Glasgow, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History
From Glasgow to Barbados: A Preaching in Renfrewshire in January 1687
• January 11, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1687, 32 convention, 40 convention, Alexander Shields, Barbados, Campshead Heights, Colin Alison, Colin Alison (elder), David Houston, Glasgow, Ireland, James Cunningham (Glasgow), James Renwick, John Buchanan (Glasgow), John Buchanan (student), Lanarkshire, Polbaith Burn, Renfrewshire, William Thomson (Ireland)
Tags: Barbados, Covenanters, Glasgow, History, Scotland, Scottish History
James Renwick’s Field Preaching at Dechmont Hill near Cambuslang
• August 20, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1686, Arthur Rose (Archbishop), Barony parish, Canongate Tolbooth, Colin Alison (elder), Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, David Scot, Dechmont Hill, earl of Linlithgow, George Lockhart of Carnwath, Glasgow, Hamiltonferme, James Foulis of Colinton, James Ker (Hamiltonferme), James Renwick, John Paterson (Bishop), Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire, Lord Abbotshall, Lord Hatton, Lord Livingstone, Lt General William Drummond, Old Monkland parish, Rhinns, Robert Wark, Robert Winziet, Rutherglen parish, Sandyhills, Scotland, Scottish History, Thornton, Viscount Tarbet, William Hanna
Tags: Blantyre, Cambuslang, Covenanters, East Kilbride, History, James Renwick, Rutherglen, Scotland, Scottish History