A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661 • SECTION 283

S. R.

← Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition)

ABERDEEN, _March 7, 1637_.

CXII.--_To_ MR. JOHN FERGUSHILL.

[MR. JOHN FERGUSHILL'S mother was Janet Kennedy, sister or near relative to Hugh Kennedy of Ayr. He was at this time minister of Ochiltree, a parish in the centre of Ayrshire, in the district of Kyle. When Mr. Robert Blair was translated from Ayr to St. Andrews by the General Assembly, 1639, Fergushill was, by the same Assembly, appointed his successor. He died in 1644. He is mentioned by Livingstone, as one of the "many of the godly and able ministers" in Scotland. He was a member of the famous Glasgow Assembly, 1638. Lady Gaitgirth's mansion was near Ochiltree; see Letter CLXXXVII.]

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