Covenanter pen portraits
William Niven (c.1654-1703)
William Niven, a smith from Pollokshaws in Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire (now part of Glasgow), lived through some of the harshest years of the Covenanter persecutions
Jean Moffat (c.1666-c.1749)
Jean Moffat was born in about 1666 at Netherbarns just outside Galashiels, the daughter of James Moffat, tenant farmer and determined Covenanter. Jean was perhaps even stronger
David Simson (c.1632–c.1686)
David Simson was an exiled Presbyterian minister and amongst the oldest Scots emigrants. David Simson, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, was born around 1632 and served
David Jamieson (1659-1739)
David Jamieson was born in March 1659 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, to David Jamie and Bessie Tod. He grew up in a Covenanter household and
Andrew Paterson (1659–1746)
Andrew Paterson was a Covenanter who was transported in 1685 and made his way to Connecticut where he settled and had a family. Andrew Paterson