Archive for the 'Robert Thom' Category
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
The Eaglesham Martyrs
• November 18, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1684, 1685, Abjuration oath, Alexander Shields, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ardincaple Castle, Ayrshire, boots, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Carrot, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cowplaw, Dragoons, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Dunwan Burn, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, East Kilbride, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, European history, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Gallowlee, Glasgow, Glassford parish, Hairmyres, Highlanders, History, Holehall, James Nicol, James Smith, John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Semple, John Ure, John Watt, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Melowther, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, National Library of Scotland, Newlands, Patrick Walker, Peebles, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Robert Lockhart, Robert Thom, Robert Wodrow, Scotland, Scottish History, Sparrow Hill, Strathaven, thumbikins, Torture, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Eaglesham, East Kilbride, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
James Renwick’s Preaching at Greenock and the Carolina Merchant Banishments
• September 28, 2010 • 13 CommentsPosted in '--------' Morisons (Greenock), 15 convention, 1684, Banishment, Covenanters, Dungavel, Edinburgh Tolbooth, General Thomas Dalyell, Greenock, James Holme, James Martin (Greenock), James Renwick, James Warden, Jennet Howie, John Morton (Greenock), John Urie (d.1685), John Watt, Lt General William Drummond, Marion Muir, Mrs Schaw, Patrick Lang (Greenock), Polmadie, Renfrewshire, Robert Roger, Robert Thom, Robert Urie (Little Govan), Scotland, Thomas Linning, William Andrew (Greenock), William Baird (Greenock), William Scott (Greenock)
Tags: Carolina Merchant, Covenanters, Glasgow, Greenock, History, James Renwick, Polmadie, Scotland, Scottish History