Archive for the 'Galston' Category

Covenanters Captured at David Houston’s Preaching at the Polbaith Burn in 1687

• September 7, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in --------- Gilchrist (Carluke), 1687, 24 convention, 32 convention, Agnes Edward, Alexander Brown (Newmilns), Alexander Gilbert, Alton, Andrew Muir (Galston), Andrew Smith (Fenwick), Andrew Wylie (Sorn), Auchencloigh, Auchinleck parish, Auchmannoch, Ayr, Ayrshire, Barbara Gray, Beine Hill, Bessie Strathearn, Boghead (Ochiltree), Braidley, Burnside, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carluke parish, Covenanters, Daniel Speir, Darnconner, David Houston, earl of Linlithgow, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Galston, Galston parish, George Scot of Pitlochie, George White (Beine Hill), George White (weaver), George Wilson (Whitehill), George Woodburn (Ladyton), Glasgow, Grougar, Hugh Gibson, Hugh Jamieson, Ireland, James Allan, James Jamieson (Muirhouse), James Lockhart (Alton), James Masson, James Thomson (Burnock), James Todd, Janet Paterson (Burnside), Jannat Smith, John Brown (Richardton), John Frew (Glasgow), John Gilchrist (Carluke), John Mitchell (Wintocks), John Nimmo (Grougar), John Paton (Galston), John Smith (Newtounehead), John Wilson (Carluke), Kilmarnock parish, Ladyton, Lanarkshire, Lawersbridge, Logan (Sorn), Loudoun parish, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Margratt Muir, Margratt Smith, Muirhouse (Loudoun), Muirkirk parish, New Jersey, Newmilns, Newtounehead, Ochiltree parish, Paisley, Patrick Harvie, Riccarton parish, Richardton, Roddingdykes, Roger Black, Rushae, Sorn parish, Thomas Jamieson, Wanlockhead, Whatriggs, Whitehill, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Murray (Hillhead), Wintocks
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Search and Destroy: The Mauchline Martyrs of 1685

• September 1, 2011 • 20 Comments

Posted in 1685, Abjuration oath, Argyll Rising, Auchter Muir, Ayrshire, Bathgate parish, Carluke, Carluke parish, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Daniel Defoe, Dragoons, Edinburghshire, Falkirk, Galston, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Highlanders, James II, John Brounen, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Muirkirk), Killing Times, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, London, Lt General William Drummond, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Mid Calder parish, Midwellwood, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Peeblesshire, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, Russia, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Skirling, Skirling parish, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), West Calder parish, Westquarter, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Fiddison (d.1685), William of Orange
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The Mysterious Martyrdom of John Smith in Croonan

• September 18, 2010 • 14 Comments

Posted in Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Biography, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cronan, Galston, History, James Renwick, James Smith, John Binning, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Loudoun), John Smith (Muirkirk), Killing Times, Loudoun parish, Mauchline, Midwellwood, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Patrick Walker, Peter Aird, Peter Gillies, Peter Inglis, Priesthill, Scottish History, Upper Wellwood
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Buried By Covenanting Tradition?

• September 13, 2010 • 8 Comments

Posted in 1685, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Biography, Burn Anne, Cairntable, Captain Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Galston, High Plewland, History, James Renwick, James Smith, John Binning, John Browning, John Graham of Claverhouse, Killing Times, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns Tower, Peter Gillies, Scottish History, Threepwood
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