Archive for the 'Benbain' Category
Wanted Dead or Alive. Reward of £16,000 Scots for Notorious Traitors in 1680
• October 9, 2013 • 14 CommentsPosted in 1680, Airdsmoss, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Annandale, Auchinleck parish, Auchtitench, Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, Balmaclellan parish, Barr parish, Benbain, Blairfoot, Carrick, Carsphairn parish, Causeway End (Penninghame), Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covington parish, Craigminn (Cumnock), Cubs, Cumnock parish, Dalblair, Dalgig, Dalry parish, Daniel McMichael, David Moodie, Donald Cargill, Dumfriesshire, Durisdeer parish, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Francis Johnston, Galloway, Galston parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Horsehill, Irongray parish, James McMichael (d.1684), James Stewart (Causeway End), John Crichton (Auchtitench), John Fowler, John Gemmell (Cumnock), John Hamilton (fl.1680), John Howie of Lochgoin, John Malcolm (d.1680), John Moodie, John Paterson (fl.1680), John Potter, John Vallance, Kells parish, Kilsture, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, London, Lorgfoot, Loudoun parish, Michael Cameron, Midland, Minnigaff parish, Morton parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Old Castle of Cumnock, Penninghame parish, Peter Gemmel, Queensferry paper, Richard Cameron, Robert Dick, Sanquhar, Sanquhar Declaration, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorbie parish, St Brydsbank, Thomas Campbell (Waterhead), Thomas Douglas, Tundergarth parish, Wamphray parish, Waterhead (Cumnock), Wigtownshire
Tags: Airds Moss, Charles II, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, New Cumnock, Sanquhar, Scotland, Scottish History, Wanted Dead or Alive
Robert Hamilton’s Relentless Letter Against Union
• April 24, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1685, 23 convention, 24 convention, 25 convention, Andrew Wylie (Sorn), Ayrshire, Benbain, Blackgannoch, Dalmellington parish, David Steel (d.1686), Evandale parish, George Barclay, James Renwick, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran (Craig), John Dick (Benbain), John Haddow, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, Lanarkshire, Leeuwarden, Lesmahagow parish, Muirkirk parish, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Sorn parish, Utrecht
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Scotland, Scottish History
James Dick and the Breakway Society people in Carrick and Galloway
• August 1, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1689, Andrew Ross (Carrick), Ayrshire, Benbain, Cameronian Regiment, Carrick, Dalmellington, Dalmellington parish, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Douglas, Douglas parish, Dumfriesshire, James Dick (fl.1689), John Dick (Benbain), John Mack (Evandale), Lanarkshire, Nithsdale, Quintin Dick, Robert Cathcart, Sanquhar, Sanquhar parish, William Herries (Glencairn), William Rigg (fl. 1689)
Tags: British History, Covenanters, Dalmellington, Douglas, Dunkeld, History, Scotland, Scottish History, William of Orange
The Looting of Dalmellington in 1685
• July 31, 2012 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1685, Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Benbain, Benquhat, Covenanters, Dalmellington, Dalmellington parish, Dunaskin, Dunaskin Glen, George Barclay, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, James Dick (fl.1689), James Dun (Benquhat), James Dun (d.1685), John Dick (Benbain), John Paterson (Pennyvenie), Laight (Dalmellington), Minnivey, Pennyvenie, Quintin Dick, Quintin Dun (Benquhat), Robert Dun in Benquhat (d.1685), Roger Dun (d.1689), Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: British History, Covenanters, Dalmellington, History, Scotland, Scottish History
Quintin Dick: Dalmellington, Dunnottar and Disputes
• July 30, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Ramsay, Ayrshire, Benbain, Carrick, Covenanters, Dalmellington, Dalmellington parish, Dunnottar Castle, earl of Mar, George Barclay, George Welsh, James Clark, James Gray of Chryston, James Renwick, James Wilson (Societies), John Clark, John Dick (Benbain), Lord Livingstone, Lt General William Drummond, Patrick Walker, Quintin Dick, Robert Cathcart, Robert Langlands, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Covenanters, Dalmellington, Dunnottar Castle, History, New Cumnock, Patna, Scotland, Scottish History