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A Great Article on the Sweet Singers
• August 28, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1685, Banishment, Bo'ness parish, Covenanters, Gibbites, Henry & Francis (1685), Jamaica, John Gibb, New Jersey, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers, USA, Walter Ker
Tags: Bo'ness, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, New Jersey, Scotland, Sweet Singers
Hard To Kill: Colonel Claverhouse, the Shooting of Andrew Hislop and New Jersey
• August 4, 2012 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1685, Andrew Hislop, Annandale, Anonymous (d.1685), Carthat, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Craighaugh, Dumfriesshire, Dunnottar Castle, Eskdale, Eskdalemuir parish, George Scot of Pitlochie, Henry & Francis (1685), Highlanders, Hutton parish, James Forsyth, James Johnstone of Westerhall, John Brown of Priesthill, John Graham of Claverhouse, King's Regiment of Horse, Langholm, Leith, Lochmaben parish, New Jersey, Perth Amboy, Scotland, Scottish History, USA
Tags: American History, Covenanters, Eskdalemuir, History, Military History, New Jersey, Perth Amboy, Scotland, Scottish History
The Departed: The Covenanters Banished on the Carolina Merchant in 1684
• July 25, 2012 • 12 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Charleston, Covenanters, Glasgow, History, Port Royal, Scotland, Scottish History, South Carolina
Shot at Strathaven: The Mystery of William Paterson the Executed Cambusnethan Covenanter
• January 25, 2012 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1832, Banishment, Cambusnethan parish, Captain-Lt John Bell, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covenanters' Oak, Dalzell House, Dalziel parish, Darmead, Dennis Gillies, Evandale parish, Flanders (1684), Garrion Gill, George Barclay, George Hill, George Jackson, George Scot of Pitlochie, Jamaica, James Forrest (elder), James Forrest (younger), James Gourlay, James Steuart of Goodtrees, John Barrie, John Collin, John Lauder, John Nisbet 1, John Oliphant, Kirkhill, Lanarkshire, Leeuwarden, Lochwinnoch parish, London, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Margaret Forrest, Murrays/Muirhouse, New Jersey, Patrick Walker, Perth Amboy, Reform Movement, Renfrewshire, Robert Gourlay, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Paterson (d.1680), Rye House Plots, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirling, Stonehouse parish, Strathaven, Thomas Jackson (Eastwood), Thomas Steuart of Coltness, USA, William Brackel, William Paterson, William Vilant
Tags: British History, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven, Wishaw
Renwick’s ‘lost’ preaching in Eaglesham
• November 14, 2010 • 20 CommentsPosted in 07 convention, 1680, 1685, 24 convention, Alexander Hume, Alexander Peden, Ardoch, Ardoch Burn, Argyll Rising, Assassination, Ayr, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, British History, Charles II, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darwhilling, David Paterson, Dragoons, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Argyll, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, George Scot of Pitlochie, Glasgow, Hardhill, Henry & Francis (1685), James Renwick, James Tennant, John Brounen, John Browning, John Campbell of Overmoor, John Gemmel, John Hodge, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Russell, John Smith, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lanarkshire, Letham, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Livingston, Loudoun parish, Marion Steuart, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mid Calder parish, Midland, Monmouth Rising, Muirhead, Munzie Burn, Munzie Well, Myres, New Jersey, Overmuir, Perth Amboy, Peter Gemmel, Peter Russell, Polbaith Burn, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Thomas Wylie, Threepland, United Societies, USA, William Jackson, William Wylie
Tags: 1685, Charles II, Covenanters, Eaglesham, Fenwick, History, James Renwick, Perth Amboy, Scottish History