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GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002031
NameJohn Carstairs
TitleMr
Gendermale
DenominationPresbyterian
Livedb. ca. 1623-01-01 - d. 1686-02-05 (new)
Linked SermonsA sermon on Genesis 19:30-36 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on Genesis 20:1-8 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on Genesis 20:8-18 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on Genesis 7 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Isaiah 5 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on John 15:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:20 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on John 16:22 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on John 16:22 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on John 16:22 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on John 16:32 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 16:35 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 1:6-7 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:18-19 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:20 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:4-5 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 17:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 3:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on John 3:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on Matthew 6:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)A sermon on Philippians 1:20 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Philippians 1:21 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Philippians 1:21 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Philippians 1:22 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Philippians 1:23 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Philippians 1:24 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Philippians 1:25 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Philippians 1:25 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)A sermon on Revelation 3:18 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Ecclesiastes 8:11-12 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Isaiah 57:15 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Revelation 2:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Revelation 2:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Ecclesiastes 8:11-12 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Isaiah 57:15 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Revelation 2:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Revelation 2:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Isaiah 57:15 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Isaiah 57:15 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Peter 5:10 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Timothy 6:12 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 8:12 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 3:12 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 9:5 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on Isaiah 45:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 57:13 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 57:16 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on John 12:39 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on John 17:20 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on John 17:21 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on John 17:22 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on John 17:23 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on Leviticus 10:3 -- preacher? (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on Luke 22:28-9 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 3:28 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 131:9 -- preacher (autograph: uncertain)Sermon on Psalms 2:28-9 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 24:7 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 39:1-9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 2:4-5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 7:24 -- preacher? (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesCathcart -- ParishOuter High Kirk -- ParishSt Mungo's (Inner High Kirk) -- ParishSt Andrews University -- Place of Study
Source of DataCatherine Evans; Nicole Cumming
Biographical Sources ConsultedHew Scott, Fasti​ ​Ecclesiae​ ​Scoticanae, New Edition Vol. III: Synod of Glasgow and Ayr (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1920), pp.381, 451, 460.
Other NoteBorn 1623 and educated at St Andrews University. Ordained to Cathcart 23 June 1647, transferred to Outer High Kirk 2 July 1650 and to Inner High Kirk April 1655. Present at the Battle of Dunbar in 1651, imprisoned in 1662 for not taking the Oath of Allegiance, and in retired to Holland where he was offered a post at the Scots Church in Rotterdam in 1677 but declined it. He returned to Scotland some time after this and died on 5 February 1686. He was married to Janet (died 15 June 1685), the third daughter of William Mure of Glanderston. Janet was imprisoned in 1679 for attending a conventicle.
GEMMS record createdAugust 30, 2018
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 26, 2023