Shootings and Summary Executions During the Killing Times, December 1684 to July 1685
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Shootings and Summary Executions during the Killing Times, December 1684 to July 1685. Incident Date Nam e Parish of Shire M ethod Killed at Parish of Shire By Grave Origin Auchencloy Incident after Claverhouse issues new instructions on 9th January. Led to killing of those involved in Enterkin and killing of the ‘Curate of Carsphairn’. 1 Auchencloy 18 Dec Jam es Dalry Kirkcudbright KIA Auchencloy Girthon Kirkcudbright Claverhouse Unknown. Auchencloy? 1684 McMichael 2 Auchencloy 18 Dec Robert Glencairn or Nithsdale, Shot Auchencloy Girthon Kirkcudbright Claverhouse Auchencloy 1684 Ferguson Tynron? Dum fries 3 Auchencloy 18 Dec John Grierson Dalry Kirkcudbright Shot Auchencloy Girthon Kirkcudbright Claverhouse Clachan of Dalry 1684 4 Auchencloy 18 Dec Robert Stewart Ardoch, Dalry Kirkcudbright Shot Auchencloy Girthon Kirkcudbright Claverhouse Clachan of Dalry 1684 5 Auchencloy 18 Dec Archibald Causey End, W igtown Shot Auchencloy Girthon Kirkcudbright Claverhouse Unknown. Auchencloy? 1684 Stewart Penninghame 6 Auchencloy, Late Dec W illiam Hunter Old Clachan, Kirkcudbright Hung & Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright Claverhouse Kirkcudbright then trial 1685 Dalry? Headed Capt Bruce Drum lanrig or Capt Douglas 7 Auchencloy, Late Dec Robert Sm ith Glencairn Nithsdale, Hung & Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright Claverhouse Kirkcudbright then trial 1684 Dum fries Headed Capt Bruce, Drum lanrig or Capt Douglas The killing of Captain Urquhart led to the Caldons W ood Incident. The Duns were key figures in the Societies. Letter 28 Jan to W igtown and Kirkcudbright orders process of 3 rebels captured involved in Killing of Capt Urquhart and burning of houses at Star involved in reset of them . 8 Caldons 23 Jan Jam es Dun Benquhat, Kyle, Ayr Shot Caldons W ood Minnigaff Kirkcudbright Drum lanrig Caldons W ood W ood 1685 Dalm ellington Lt Livingston Cornet Douglas 9 Caldons 23 Jan Robert Dun Benquhat, Kyle, Ayr Shot Caldons W ood Minnigaff Kirkcudbright Drum lanrig Caldons W ood W ood 1685 Dalm ellington Lt Livingston Cornet Douglas Incident Date Nam e Parish of Shire M ethod Killed at Parish of Shire By Grave Origin 10 Caldons 23 Jan Andrew or Shot Caldons W ood Minnigaff Kirkcudbright Drum lanrig Caldons W ood W ood 1685 Jam es M’Call Lt Livingston Cornet Douglas 11 Caldons 23 Jan John McClive Star, Straiton Carrick, Ayr Shot Caldons W ood Minnigaff Kirkcudbright Drum lanrig Caldons W ood W ood 1685 Lt Livingston Cornet Douglas 12 Caldons 23 Jan John Stevenson Star, Straiton Carrick, Ayr Shot Caldons W ood Minnigaff Kirkcudbright Drum lanrig Caldons W ood W ood 1685 Lt Livingston Cornet Douglas 13 Caldons 23 Jan Thom as Barleath, Carrick, Ayr Shot Caldons W ood Minnigaff Kirkcudbright Drum lanrig Caldons W ood W ood 1685 Stevenson Straiton? Lt Livingston Cornet Douglas Capt Bruce in Carrick 14 Sickbed Jan 1685 or Thom as Largs, Straiton Carrick, Ayr Shot Linfern Straiton Carrick, Ayr Capt Bruce Straiton 1686 McHassie Field Executions by Dalziel and Strachan. Robert Pedzen who took part in m urder of Curate of Carsphairn was an inform er with Lt Strachan. 15 Intelligence 31 Jan Daniel Lurgfoot, Morton Nithsdale, Shot Lower Dalveen Durisdeer Nithsdale, Capt Dalziel Durisdeer led skirm ish 1685 McMichael Dum fries Dum fries Lt Strachan and capture Kirkconnel Incident. Attack on prayer m eeting. 16 Kirkconnel 21 Feb John Bell W hiteside, Kirkcudbright Shot Kirkconnel Moor Tongland Kirkcudbright Lagg Anwoth Moor 1685 Anwoth 17 Kirkconnel 21 Feb Jam es Clem ent Shot Kirkconnel Moor Tongland Kirkcudbright Lagg Kirkconnel Moor Moor 1685 18 Kirkconnel 21 Feb David Halliday Mayfield, Kirkcudbright Shot Kirkconnel Moor Tongland Kirkcudbright Lagg Balm aghie Moor 1685 Twynholm 19 Kirkconnel 21 Feb Robert Lennox Irelandton, Kirkcudbright Shot Kirkconnel Moor Tongland Kirkcudbright Lagg Girthon Moor 1685 Twynholm 20 Kirkconnel 21 Feb Andrew Kirkcudbright? Shot Kirkconnel Moor Tongland Kirkcudbright Lagg Twynholm Moor 1685 McRobert Incident Date Nam e Parish of Shire M ethod Killed at Parish of Shire By Grave Origin Lochenkit Incident kills m ore involved in m urder of the ‘Curate of Carsphairn’. 21 Lochenkit 2 Mar 1685 John Gordon ‘Galloway’, Kirkcudbright Shot Lochenkit Kirkpatrick- Kirkcudbright Capt Bruce Lochenkit perhaps Durham Garryhorn, Carsphairn 22 Lochenkit 2 Mar 1685 W illiam Herron Glencairn Nithsdale, Shot Lochenkit Kirkpatrick- Kirkcudbright Capt Bruce Lochenkit Dum fries Durham 23 Lochenkit 2 Mar 1685 W illiam Stewart Crofts, Kirkcudbright Shot Lochenkit Kirkpatrick- Kirkcudbright Capt Bruce Lochenkit Kirkpatrick- Durham Durham ? 24 Lochenkit 2 Mar 1685 John W allace ‘Galloway’ Kirkcudbright? Shot Lochenkit Kirkpatrick- Kirkcudbright Capt Bruce Lochenkit Durham 25 Lochenkit 3 Mar 1685 Edward Gordon in Blacke? Kirkcudbright Hung Hallhill Irongray Nithsdale, Lagg Halhill then trial Dum fries Capt Bruce 26 Lochenkit 3 Mar 1685 Alexander in Marwhirn, Nithsdale, Hung Hallhill Irongray Nithsdale, Lagg Halhill then trial McCubine or Glencairn? Dum fries Dum fries Capt Bruce M’Cubie Drum lanrig and Attack at Ingleston. Led to Ingleston by the inform er Andrew Lawson or W atson who had m urdered the ‘Curate of Carsphairn’. 27 Discovered Apr? 1685 John Tweedsm uir, Peebles Shot in Corehead Moffat Nithsdale, Drum lanrig Tweedsm uir hiding and Hunter Tweedsm uir escape Dum fries shot 28 Inform er led 28 Apr Jam es Bennoch Glencairn Nithsdale, Shot Lower Ingliston Glencairn Nithsdale, Drum lanrig Glencairn raid, Ingliston 1685 Dum fries Dum fries 29 Ingliston 28 Apr Robert Edgar Glencairn Nithsdale, Shot Lower Ingliston Glencairn Nithsdale, Drum lanrig Glencairm 1685 Dum fries Dum fries 30 Ingliston 28 Apr John Gibson Ingliston, Nithsdale, Shot Lower Ingliston Glencairn Nithsdale, Drum lanrig Glencairn 1685 Glencairn Dum fries Dum fries 31 Ingliston 28 Apr Robert Grierson Reglen, Dalry? Kirkcudbright Shot Lower Ingliston Glencairn Nithsdale, Drum lanrig Balm aclellan 1685 Dum fries 32 Ingliston 28 Apr Robert Mitchell Cum nock Kyle, Ayr Shot Lower Ingliston Glencairn Nithsdale, Drum lanrig Glencairn 1685 Dum fries Incident Date Nam e Parish of Shire M ethod Killed at Parish of Shire By Grave Origin W igtown Abjuration Trials or killing of Captain Urquhart? 33 Abjuration Jan-Mar? W illiam Hung W igtown W igtown W igtown W inram W igtown Trial 1685 Johnston 34 Abjuration Jan-Mar? John Milroy Penningham e? W igtown? Hung W igtown W igtown W igtown W inram W igtown Trial 1685 35 Abjuration Jan-Mar? George W alker Hung W igtown W igtown W igtown W inram W igtown Trial for 1685 Nithsdale Abjuration Trials 36 Inform er led 12 Mar or Jam es Kirko Sundaywell, Nithsdale, Shot Sands of Dum fries Nithsdale, Capt Bruce Dum fries raid then trial June 1685 Dunscore Dum fries Dum fries Dum fries 37 Trial and shot 29 Mar W illiam Sm ith in Hill Nithsdale, Shot Moniaive Moss or Tynron Nithsdale, Cornet Baillie, Tynron 1685 Dum fries Glencairn Dum fries Maxwellton Stenhouse Ayr Abjuration Trial 38 Abjuration Jan 1685 Andrew MacGill Ballantrae Carrick, Ayr Hung Ayr Ayr Kyle, Ayr Gallows, Ayr trial Executions in Renfrew 39 Abjuration 3 Feb 1685 Jam es Algie Kennishead, Renfrew Hung Paisley Paisley Renfrew Orbiston Paisley trial Eastwood 40 Abjuration 3 Feb 1685 John Park Kennishead, Renfrew Hung Paisley Paisley Renfrew Orbiston Paisley trial Eastwood Actions in Lanarkshire. 10 Feb 1685 Letter orders establishm ent of Garrison at Blackwood. Letter 12 Feb thanks Buchan for his actions against party of rebels attending Societies’ 18th Convention. 41 Attack on 13 Feb John Sm ith Shot Lesm ahagow Lanark Buchan, Lee Muirkirk Twelfth 1685 Convention 42 Field shooting Mar 1685 John Brown Blackwood, Lanark Shot Blackwood Lesm ahagow Lanark Lt Murray Blackwood Lesm ahagow Incident Date Nam e Parish of Shire M ethod Killed at Parish of Shire By Grave Origin 43 Shot with Apr 1685 John Barrie or Newlands, Lanark Shot Strathaven Evandale Lanark Capt John Ingles, Strathaven pass Bawdie Kilbride Bell 44 In hiding with Apr 1685 W illiam Murrays, Lanark Shot Evandale Castle, Evandale Lanark Capt John Ingles, Strathaven others Paterson Cam busnethan Strathaven Bell Letter 24 M ar urged Drum lanrig to m ake forces in Ayr take action against Rebels in arm s. 45 Field Feb or Mar W illiam Adam W elwood, Kyle, Ayr Shot W elwood Muirkirk Kyle, Ayr Capt Dalziel, Lt W elwood shooting? 1685 Muirkirk Strachan Houses surrounded in Carrick 46 House siege 28 Feb Edward M’Keen Dalwyne, Barr Carrick, Ayr Shot Dalwyne Barr Carrick, Ayr Cornet Douglas Barr and shot 1685 47 House siege April 1685 John Sem ple Eldington, Dailly Carrick, Ayr KIA Eldington Dailly Carrick, Ayr Dundas Blawhan Old Dailly and shot or Cornet Douglas escaping 48 House siege 1685 Thom as or John Bargeny, Dailly Carrick, Ayr KIA House of Maybole Carrick, Ayr Old Dailly and shot McClorgan Drum m elian escaping 49 Reset 4-5 Apr Thom as Richard Greenock Kyle, Ayr Shot Cum nock Cum nock Kyle, Ayr Drum lanrig Peter Cum nock fugitives, 1685 Mains, Muirkirk Ingles captured then trial Drum lanrig’s pursuit of Society People near W anlockhead. First of a series of interrelated events. 50 Pursuit near Apr 1685? Robert Morris Shot Corsebank, by Sanquhar Nithsdale, Drum lanrig’s Corsebank? W anlockhead Crawick Dum fries Troops 51 Pursuit near Apr 1685? W illiam Brown Shot Corsebank, by Sanquhar Nithsdale, Drum lanrig’s Corsebank? W anlockhead Crawick Dum fries Troops Peter Ingles com m issioned in relation to Drum lanrig’s actions. Leads to attack on Little Blackwood house conventicle. 52 Little Apr 1685 Jam es W hite Neuck?