John Bethune (abt. 1746 - 1816)

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Died 8 Oct 1816 at about age 70 in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

"John Bethune, D.D., minister, first of Harris, and afterwards of Dornoch, and son of Mr. Bethune of Glenshiel, my grandfather's contemporary, "ministear na tunn" (the barrel minister) was my father's co-presbyter for upwards of thirty years. He was translated from Harris to Dornoch in the year 1778. He married Barbara, daughter of Mr. Joseph Munro, minister of Edderton in Ross-shire, by whom he had five sons, John, Joseph, Matthew, Walter, and Robert, and three daughters, Christian, Barbara..."^[1] He preached in Gaelic as well as English.

Rev. Dr. John Bethune DD^[2]

• Minister of Harris in the presbytery of Uist 1772 - 1788.
• Minister of Dornoch 1788 - 1811
• Son of: John Bethune & Christian McLeod
• Husband of: Barbara Margaret Munro

One genealogy suggests he married 19th Feb. 1779, Barbara Margaret (died 7th March 1835), daughter of Joseph Monro, min. of Edderton, original source for this not known^[3]

In 1812 he gained a Doctor of Divinity, an honorary degree awarded on him by the Aberdeen University^[4]

• Autograph letter signed from Rev. John Bethune to George Chalmers. Dornoch. April 28 1797^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Electric Scotland: Parish Life in the North of Scotland, Chapter V - Alexander Sage: His Settlement at Lildonan. The Presbytery of Dornoch [1]
2. ↑ Find a Grave: Rev John Bethune[]https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183035580/john-bethune
3. ↑ John Bethune, Min. of Dornoch [2]
4. ↑ Dornoch History Links, a leatherbound Gaelic New Testament Bible belonging to the Reverend Doctor John Bethune, A.M.[3]
5. ↑ MS Gen 1521 - Item: 12 and 13, University of Glasgow, Special collections, Associated Items [4]

• son's Biography
• Autograph letter signed from Rev. John Bethune to George Chalmers. Dornoch. April 28 1797