Canaries, James

From AngloScottish
Jump to: navigation, search
Dates 1692-1698
Location Abingdon, Berkshire
Vocation Minister
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Anne Erskine
Issue
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, 194

Licensed in the Church of Scotland (1671), but converted to Catholicism when travelling in Rome (1670s). Employed as a teacher in the presbytery of St Andrews (1681), where he petitioned to re-joined the Kirk. Re-admitted (1682), and appointed minister of Selkirk (1685). Left his charge following accusations of Jacobite sympathy (1689). Vicar of Abingdon St Helens (1692) and a prebendary of Salisbury cathedral (1693).