Archive for the 'Polbaith Burn' Category
Killed at Blackwood in 1685: The Other John Brown
• July 10, 2014 • 16 CommentsPosted in 1685, 18 convention, Ayrshire, Blackwood, Cameronian Regiment, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covington parish, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, James Nisbet (Hardhill), John Brown (Blackwood), John Brown (Castlehill), John Brown of Priesthill, John Smith (Muirkirk), Kilmarnock parish, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Loudoun parish, Muirkirk parish, Polbaith Burn, Priesthill, Rogerhill, Scotland, Scottish History, William Lawrie of Blackwood, William Steel (Rogerhill)
Tags: Blackwood, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Martyrs, Military History, Scotland
From Glasgow to Barbados: A Preaching in Renfrewshire in January 1687
• January 11, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1687, 32 convention, 40 convention, Alexander Shields, Barbados, Campshead Heights, Colin Alison, Colin Alison (elder), David Houston, Glasgow, Ireland, James Cunningham (Glasgow), James Renwick, John Buchanan (Glasgow), John Buchanan (student), Lanarkshire, Polbaith Burn, Renfrewshire, William Thomson (Ireland)
Tags: Barbados, Covenanters, Glasgow, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Journey of John Dick, Covenanter: From Fugitive to Dragoon
• July 28, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 23 convention, 24 convention, 25 convention, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Benbain, Blackgannoch, Carrick, Dalmellington parish, Friarminnan, George Barclay, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Renwick, John Dick (Benbain), Polbaith Burn, Quintin Dick, Robert Cathcart, Robert Langlands
Tags: Covenanters, Dalmellington, Hillwalking, History, Scotland, Scottish History
James Renwick at Muirkirk in 1686
• February 28, 2012 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 24 convention, Ayrshire, Daniel Defoe, Darwhilling, David Finlay, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dykes, General Thomas Dalyell, Girthon parish, James Browning, James Finlay, James Paton (Little Blackwood), James Renwick, James White, John Brounen, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Finlay, John Gemmel, John Law, John Richmond (d.1684), Kilmarnock parish, Knowe, Little Blackwood, Muirkirk parish, Muirside, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Inglis, Polbaith Burn, Richardton
Tags: Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, History, Muirkirk, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History
Renwick’s Intercepted Letter of 1685: John Binning of Dalvennan, Mrs Binning, Edinburgh and Eaglesham
• February 15, 2012 • 12 CommentsPosted in 11 convention, 1685, 24 convention, Amsterdam, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Ayr, Ayrshire, Benjamin Hall, Cambusnethan parish, Captain George Campbell (d.1679), Carrick, Covenanters, Dalvennan, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darmead, David Gibson fl.1683, David McMillan (d.1683), Dumfriesshire, Duncan Stewart, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Dalhousie, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edward Aitkin, Ensign Donald Mackenzie, Galloway, Gavin Witherspoon jnr, George Barclay, Hanna Keir, Ireland, James Boyle fl.1683, James Renwick, John Binning of Dalvennan, John Campbell fl.1683, John Dalgleish fl.1683, John Dick fl.1683, John Erskine of Carnock, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Williamson fl.1683, John WIlson (d.1683), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lady Earlstoun, Leeuwarden, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Marion Steuart, Mrs Binning, Polbaith Burn, Renfrewshire, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Miller fl.1683, Roderick Mackenzie of Dalvennan, Scotland, Straiton parish, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway, Thomas Steuart of Coltness, Utrecht, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, James Renwick, Scotland, Scottish History, Whitburn
Jardine's Book of Martyrs 