Welsh, John
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| Dates | c.1679-1681 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Minister | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
| Marriage | Elizabeth Somerville; unnamed wife | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | H. Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1915–28), ii, 287-288; The National Archives, State Papers Domestic: Charles II, SP44/42, f.37r |
Minister of Kirkpatrick-Irongray (1653). Deprived following the restoration of bishops (1662). Became a well-known field preacher in south-western Scotland and Northumberland (where he also used the alias 'Hope'), and active in the Covenanter rebellion (1679). Went to London following the rising, where he died.
