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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
Shot at Strathaven: The Mystery of William Paterson the Executed Cambusnethan Covenanter
• January 25, 2012 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1832, Banishment, Cambusnethan parish, Captain-Lt John Bell, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covenanters' Oak, Dalzell House, Dalziel parish, Darmead, Dennis Gillies, Evandale parish, Flanders (1684), Garrion Gill, George Barclay, George Hill, George Jackson, George Scot of Pitlochie, Jamaica, James Forrest (elder), James Forrest (younger), James Gourlay, James Steuart of Goodtrees, John Barrie, John Collin, John Lauder, John Nisbet 1, John Oliphant, Kirkhill, Lanarkshire, Leeuwarden, Lochwinnoch parish, London, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Margaret Forrest, Murrays/Muirhouse, New Jersey, Patrick Walker, Perth Amboy, Reform Movement, Renfrewshire, Robert Gourlay, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Paterson (d.1680), Rye House Plots, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirling, Stonehouse parish, Strathaven, Thomas Jackson (Eastwood), Thomas Steuart of Coltness, USA, William Brackel, William Paterson, William Vilant
Tags: British History, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven, Wishaw