Archive for the 'Auchencloy' Category
Nithsdale Martyrs’ Monument: A Guide to the Covenanters #History #Scotland
• October 28, 2018 • 3 CommentsPosted in Alexander McCubbin (d.1685), Andrew Ferguson (Glencairn), Andrew Hunter (Dumfries), Andrew MacLellan (Dumfries), Andrew Wallace (Irongray), Auchencloy, Closeburn parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Dalry parish, Daniel McMichael, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Dunnottar Castle, Durisdeer parish, Edward Gordon (d.1685), Elizabeth Glendonning (d.1685), Elizabeth Hunter Lady Caitloch, George Allan, Girthon parish, Glencairn parish, Henry & Francis (1685), Ingleston, Irongray parish, James Bennoch (d.1685), James Carsan (Dumfries), James Forsyth, James Glover, James Harkness, James Kirko (d.1685), James McMichael (d.1684), James Muncie (Dumfries), James Renwick, James Sittingtoun, John Gibson (Ingleston), John Hair (d.1685), John Muirhead (Dumfries), John Mundell (d.1685), John Renwick (Dumfries), John Stot (Dumfries), Leith, Lochenkit, Lochmaben parish, Margaret Gracie, Nithsdale, Robert Edgar (d.1685), Robert Grierson (d.1685), Robert Mitchell (d.1685), Robert Smith (d.1684), Samuel McEwen (d.1684), Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Harkness, Tinwald parish, William Brown (d.1685), William Ferguson of Caitloch, William Grierson of Lochwharre, William Heron (d.1685), William Hunter (d.1684), William Smith (d.1685)
Tags: Closeburn, Covenanters, Dalgarnock Graveyard, Dumfries and Galloway, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Thornhill, Trigony House Hotel
Covenanters of the Killing Times Not Buried in the Parish They Died In #History #Scotland
• May 19, 2017 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1684, 1685, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Anwoth parish, Auchencloy, Balmaclellan parish, Balmaghie parish, Carolina Merchant (1684), Covenanters, Dalry parish, David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), Galloway, George Short (d.1685), Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Ingleston, James McMichael (d.1684), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Hunter (d.1685), John Smith (Muirkirk), Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkpatrick-Durham parish, Lesmahagow parish, Moffat parish, Muirkirk parish, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Robert Stewart (d.1684), Tongland parish, Tweedsmuir parish, Twynholm parish, William Smith (d.1685)
Tags: Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History
Daniel Defoe on the Killing Times of 1685
• September 18, 2015 • 7 CommentsPosted in -------- Auchenleck (d.1685), 1685, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Auchencloy, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Borgue parish, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Cumnock parish, Dailly parish, Daniel Defoe, David Dun (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), Dumfriesshire, Eaglesham parish, Edward McKean (d.1685), Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Galloway, George Woodburn, Girthon parish, Glencairn parish, Highlanders, James Bennoch (d.1685), James Clement (d.1685), James McMichael (d.1684), John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), John Brounen, John Bryce (d.1685), John Fergushill, John Gibson (Ingleston), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Jamieson (d.1685), John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Semple (d.1685), John Smith (Muirkirk), Joseph Wilson (d.1685), Kelton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Matthew McIlwraith (d.1685), Mauchline parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Peter Gemmel, Peter Gillies, Renfrewshire, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Robert Lockhart, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Robert Mitchell (d.1685), Scotland, Scottish History, Simon Paterson (d.1685), Tarbolton parish, Thomas Young (d.1685), Tongland parish, William Adam, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Paterson, William Shillilaw (d.1685)
Tags: Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, English Literature, History, Scotland, Scottish History
Donald Cargill, Gilkerscleugh and the Glenkens in April, 1680.
• April 3, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in 1680, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Ardoch, Arndarroch, Auchencloy, Covenanters, Crawfordjohn parish, Dalry parish, Donald Cargill, Earlstoun Castle, Galloway, Gilkerscleugh, Glenkens, James Thomson (Thankerton), John McMillan (Arndarroch), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lady Earlstoun, Lady Gilkerscleugh, Lady St John's Kirk, Lanarkshire, Murrays (Thankerton), Robert Stewart (d.1684), Thankerton parish, Thomas Douglas
Tags: Covenanters, Crawfordjohn, Earlstoun Castle, Early modern history, Galloway, History, Scotland, Scottish History, women's history
James Renwick’s Preaching at the Garple Burn and Barscobe Wood in 1684
• February 7, 2012 • 13 CommentsPosted in 1684, Auchencloy, Balmaclellan parish, Banishment, Barlay, Barscube Wood, Carroch, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dalry parish, Dumfriesshire, Elizabeth M'Clwre (Barlay), Enterkin Pass, Galloway, Garple Burn, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Holme, Holy Linn, James Renwick, John Dempster (1685?), John Graham of Claverhouse, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright (Glencairn), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lady Holme, Lieutenant-Colonel James Douglas, Marie M'Clwre (Barlay), Robert Ferguson (Knocksting), Robert Gourlay, Scotland, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Herries (Glencairn), William Hunter (d.1684)
Tags: Balmaclellan, British History, Covenanters, Dalry, Galloway, History, James Renwick, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, Scottish History
