John Bethune (reverend)

The Reverend John Bethune, (1751 ~ Sept. 23, 1815) immigrated to North Carolina from Scotland in 1773. He was a loyalist sympathizer and was recruited as Chaplain to the 1st battalion of the Royal Highland Emigrants. He saw action at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in February 1776 and was captured by the victorious rebels. He was subsequently released and eventually made his way to Montreal, where he re-joined the 1st battalion, once again as chaplain. Upon demobilization in 1784 he ministered to a small band of Presbyterian Scots and in 1786 established the first Presbyterian Church in Montreal. In 1787 he moved to what later became Upper Canada where he devoted the remainder of his life to his ministry among the Highland loyalist settlers in Glengarry County. [ [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=36388&query=] Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online]

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