Archive for the 'Peter Aird' Category
New Evidence of Two Martyred Covenanters: John Barrie in Strathaven and John Smith in Newmilns
• February 12, 2014 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Cornet Peter Inglis, Cronan, Ducat Tower, Evandale parish, James Nisbet (Hardhill), John Barrie, John Smith in Cronan, Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire, Loudoun parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Aird
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
The ‘Levelling Fury’ of William Young in Strathaven
• June 26, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 14 convention, 15 convention, 1684, Andrew Young (Threepland), Auchengilloch, Ayrshire, Black Loch, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain John Inglis, Captain William Cleland, Covenanters, Cronan, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dungavel, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, George Smith, Grassmarket, Hallburn, Hamilton, High Plewland, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, James Dykes, James Finlay, James Nicol, James Renwick, James White, John Campbell (Muirkirk), John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran (Craig), John Cochrane of Chapel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Leitch, John McIlvey (Kilmarnock), John Smith in Cronan, John Ure, John Urie (d.1685), John Young (Threepland), King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Little Blackwood, Lord Ross, Loudoun Hill, Loudoun parish, Munzie Burn, Myres, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Aird, Renfrewshire, Robert Thom, Strathaven, Thomas Harkness, Thomas Young (Strathaven), Threepland, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Eaglesham, Early modern history, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
The Mysterious Martyrdom of John Smith in Croonan
• September 18, 2010 • 16 CommentsPosted in Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Biography, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cronan, Galston, History, James Renwick, James Smith, John Binning, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Muirkirk), John Smith in Cronan, Killing Times, Loudoun parish, Mauchline, Midwellwood, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Patrick Walker, Peter Aird, Peter Gillies, Peter Inglis, Priesthill, Scottish History, Upper Wellwood
Tags: Covenanters, History, Martyrs, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History