Archive for the 'Maybole' Category
The Remarkable Hidden Histories of John and Mrs Stevenson
• August 30, 2012 • 11 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 30 convention, 32 convention, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Blackgannoch, Camregan, Carrick, Carrick Mill, Castle Stewart, Colmonell parish, Colonel Burns (d.1679), Colonel John Burns, Covenanters, Craigdarroch, Dailly parish, Dalry parish, Dumfriesshire, Earlstoun Castle, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Elizabeth McGhie (Craigdarroch), Galloway, George Walker (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Irongray parish, James Renwick, John Ferguson of Craigdarroch, John Stevenson (Camregan), John Welsh, John Welsh of Cornlee, Keir parish, Kirkcalla, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmichael parish, Kirkoswald parish, Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Maybole, Mrs Stevenson, Nithsdale, Penninghame parish, Polgavin Muir, Preaching Stone, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Stevenson (Camregan), Wanlockhead, Wigtownshire
Tags: Covenanters, Dailly, Hillwalking, History, Newton Stewart, Scotland, Scottish History, women's history
‘Wilt thou become a Walloway’: Cargill and the Lord’s Cause in Carrick and Galloway
• June 7, 2011 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1679, 1681, 25 convention, 33 convention, 37 convention, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Banishment, Benty-rig, Britain, British History, Cargill Stone, Cargilston, Carrick, Coulter, Coulter parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Dalry parish, Donald Cargill, Earlstoun, Earlstoun Castle, Field Preaching, Friarminnan, Galloway, Glenkens, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun Hill, Maybole, Maybole parish, Scottish History
Tags: 1679, 1681, 33 convention, 37 convention, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Banishment, Benty Rig, Britain, British History, Cargill Stone, Cargilston, Carrick, Coulter, Coulter parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Dalry parish, Donald Cargill, Earlstoun Castle, Field Preaching, Friarminnan, Galloway, Glenkens, History, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun Hill, Maybole, Maybole parish, Presbyterianism, Radicalism, Radicals, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History, twenty-fifth convention
