John Glasgow (abt. 1650)

Born about 1650 in Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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John was born about 1650. He is the son of Glasgow. ^[1] In 1679, The Croune of London was shipwrecked carrying 257 prisoners of war that were being banished to the American Plantations. They were Covenanters a 17th Century Scottish Presbyterian Christian sect. During a shipwreck, they were abandoned to their fate, locked below the deck. Among the survivors were John Glasgow (abt.1650-) and William Glasgow (bef.1658-) of Cavers, Roxburghsire parish.

Brandishing ‘uplifted swords’, the Covenanters swore to ‘keep their bodies, property and consciences against all attacks; to defend Christ’s gospel and the purity of the Church; to submit to no ruler who would not submit to Christ, and to defend their liberty from fears without and within’. - William Glasgow, The History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, with Sketches of all her Ministry, Congregations, Missions, Institutions, Publications, etc. (Baltimore: Hill & Harvey, Publishers, 1888), 245.

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1. ↑ Source will be added by M Glasgow by 6 Jan 2021.

• jardine's book of martyrs