Archive for the 'Benquhat' Category

Banishments of Covenanters and Argyll Prisoners in July 1685 #History #Scotland

• August 8, 2019 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1685, Alexander Jamieson, Alexander Shields, Archibald Campbell, Argyll Rising, Banishment, Benquhat, Canongate Tolbooth, Carsgailoch Hill, Covenanters, David Law (d.1685), Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edward Stit, Gavin Russell (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Hanna Keir, Henry & Francis (1685), Jamaica, James Gavin, James Muncie (Dumfries), James Wilkieson, John Gibb, John Muirhead, John Muirhead (Dumfries), John Mundell (d.1685), Matthew Bryce (Carmunock), Quintin Dun (Benquhat), Scotland, Scottish History, Strabracken, Thomas Abercrombie, Thomas Richard (Glenluce), Thomas Stoddart (d.1685), William Cunningham, William Jackson, William McIlroy
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The Covenanter Assassins at Caldons in January, 1685 #History #Scotland

• November 18, 2018 • 3 Comments

Posted in Andrew Macgill (d.1685), Ayrshire, Benquhat, Caldons, Carrick, Carsphairn parish, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dalmellington, Dalmellington parish, Galloway, Gilbert Macadam (d.1685), Glenkens, James Dun (d.1685), John McWhirter (Caldons), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lieutenant Livingston, Minnigaff parish, Robert Dun in Benquhat (d.1685), Roger Dun (d.1689), Scotland, Scottish History, Starr, Straiton parish
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The Looting of Dalmellington in 1685

• July 31, 2012 • 6 Comments

Posted 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
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The Covenanter at Craignaw, Dalmellington and the Death of Roger Dun

• July 26, 2012 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1685, Adam Macquhan (d.1685), Ayrshire, Benquhat, Caldons, Captain Alexander Urquhart (d.1685), Carrick, Carsphairn parish, Covenanters, Craignaw, Dalmellington parish, David Dun (d.1685), Dunaskin Glen, Fingland, George Barclay, Glenkens, Jamaica, James Dun (Benquhat), James Dun (d.1685), James Renwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Major Andrew White, Minnigaff parish, Quintin Dun (Benquhat), Robert Dun (Lethamhill), Roger Dun (d.1689), Roger Dun (M'Commistoun), Straiton parish, Thomas McHaffie (d.1685)
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The Departed: The Covenanters Banished on the Carolina Merchant in 1684

• July 25, 2012 • 13 Comments

Posted in 14 convention, 1684, Adam Allan, Adam Hodgeon, Arthur Cunningham, Benquhat, Breich, Captain Adam Urquhart, Carmunock parish, Carolina Merchant (1684), Covenanters, Dalmellington parish, Dalwhat, Donald Cargill, Douglas, Douglas parish, Dumfriesshire, Eaglesham parish, Eastwood parish, Evandale parish, Gavin Black, George Smith, Gilbert Macadam (d.1685), Glasgow, Glasgow Tolbooth, Glencairn parish, Greenock, Hugh Simm (Eaglesham), Irvine, Irvine parish, James Dun (Benquhat), James McClintock, James Renwick, John Alexander, John Binning of Dalvennan, John Buchanan (Glasgow), John Buchanan (student), John Dick fl.1683, John Edward (Sorn), John Erskine of Carnock, John Galt, John Gibson (Mid Heilar), John Marshall, John Nisbett (Glasgow), John Paton (Old Monkland), John Richmond (d.1684), John Syme (Eaglesham), John Williamson fl.1683, John Young (Threepland), Keirshill, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Little Govan, Livingston parish, Major John Balfour, Matthew Machan, Mid Heilar, New Monkland parish, Nithsdale, Old Monkland parish, Paisley parish, Renfrewshire, Robert Urie (Little Govan), Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Sorn parish, South Carolina, Starryshaw, Stewarton parish, Stuarts Town, Thomas Bryce (Irvine), Thomas Linning, Thomas Marshall, USA, Walter Gibson, Waterside (Carmunock), William Dunlop, William Inglis (Glasgow), William Smith (Carmunock), William Syme
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