Brief Biographical Sketches of Some Irish Covenanting Ministers

WHO LABOURED DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

BY

REV. SAMUEL FERGUSON, B.A.,

WATERSIDE, LONDONDERRY.

Londonderry:

JAMES MONTGOMERY, BOOKSELLER, CARLISLE ROAD.

1897.

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[Contents]

CONTENTS.

Preface ... ... ... ... 7

Life of Rev. William James ... ... ... 11

„ „ Thomas Hamilton ... ... 22

„ „ William Stavely ... ... 26

„ „ Samuel Aikin ... ... 63

„ „ Robert Young ... ... 68

„ „ Samuel Alexander ... ... 73

„ „ William Gamble ... ... 85

ILLUSTRATIONS—Bready ... ... ... 14

Knockbracken ... ... ... 28

Kellswater ... ... ... 59

Creevagh ... ... ... 65

Faughan ... ... ... 75

List of Ministers, Probationers, and Students ... 93

Index ... ... ... ... 98

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[Dedication]

Dedicated,

WITH ALL FILIAL LOVE, TO

REV. WM. STAVELY FERGUSON,

GRANGE,

WHO, IN HIS GREEN OLD AGE, IS ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVING

CONNECTING LINKS WITH A PAST GENERATION.