Kirkton, James

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Dates 1676-1687
Location England
Vocation Minister
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Elizabeth Baillie
Issue 5 children
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Minister of Lanark (second charge) (1655) and Mertoun (1657). Expelled for nonconformity (1662), and lived as a noted presbyterian preacher. Declared rebel (1674) and arrested (1676). Escaped,and lived in exile in England and the Dutch Republic. Returned to Scotland (1687), and became minister of Edinburgh's Tolbooth (1691).