GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001543
NameRobert Trail
Title
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Presbyterian
Livedb. ca. 1642-03-25 - d. 1716-05-16 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsLecture on Mark 10:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Lecture on Mark 10:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Acts 2:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Acts 2:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Galatians 2:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Hebrews 7:25 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon 2 on Acts 2:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Acts 2:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Galatians 2:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Hebrews 7:25 -- preacher? (autograph: uncertain)Sermon 3 on Acts 2:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Acts 2:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Galatians 2:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Galatians 2:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 5 on Galatians 2:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 6 on Galatians 2:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Peter 2:7 -- auditor (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Timothy 1:9, Acts 26:18, and Jeremiah 6:49 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Timothy 1:9; Acts 26:18; Jeremiah 6:49 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ephesians 1:13 & 3:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ephesians 1:13 and 3:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 10:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 10:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 102:16, 17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:16 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Source of DataAnne James
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 27659)
Other NoteTrail was born at Elie in Fifeshire and attended the University of Edinburgh. He was a private tutor or chaplain before fleeing to Holland in 1667. He returned to London in 1669 and was ordained to a Presbyterian charge in Cranbrook, Kent in 1670. In 1677 he was arrested in Edinburgh for preaching in private houses, and imprisoned. After his release, he returned to Kent and later to London, where he ministered to a Scots church.
GEMMS record createdMay 22, 2017
GEMMS record last editedDecember 24, 2021