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The Life of Alexander Reid, Covenanter. in Uphall
• October 15, 2014 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1680, 1684, 1689, Alexander Reid (Uphall), Bo'ness, Broxburn, Canongate Tolbooth, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Duncan Stewart, earl of Linlithgow, Edinburgh, George Barclay, George Drummond of Carlowrie, James Clarkson, James Livingstone of Westquarter, James Nimmo (Boghall), Janet Filmerton, John Gibb, John King (d.1679), John Potter, John Skene of Hallyards, Kirkliston parish, Linlithgow, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Lord Cardross, Major William Carmichael, Margaret Storie, Northumberland, Robert Hamilton (Broxburn), Robert Malloch, Scotland, Scottish History, South Queensferry, Sweet Singers, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway, Uphall parish, Walter Smith, Westquarter
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Search and Destroy: The Mauchline Martyrs of 1685
• September 1, 2011 • 20 CommentsPosted 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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