John Nisbet

John Nisbet (1627–1685) was a Scottish covenanter who was executed for participating in the rebellion at Bothwell Brig. [Wells, V. T. (2004). Nisbet, John (1627–1685). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press.] The son of an Ayrshire tenant farmer, Nisbet traveled to mainland Europe as a professional soldier. He attended the 1650 coronation of Charles II at Scone, where he subscribed the covenant, swearing his allegiance to ‘all the acts of reformation attained to in Scotland from 1638 to 1649’. [Howie, J. (1870). "The Scots worthies" (p. 504), W. H. Carlaw (Ed.).] After returning to the family home at Hardhill, near Loudoun, he married Margaret Law.

Nisbet regularly attended illegal field conventicles and participated in the battles at Rullion Green (1666), Drumclog (1679), and Bothwell Brig (1679). He was subsequently declared an outlaw with a substantial reward offered for his capture. Nisbet was eventually captured at Fenwick in November 1685 and executed in Edinburgh on 4 December 1685.

ee also

* Murdoch Nisbet

External links

* [http://ayrshireroots.co.uk/Towns/Loudoun/Loudoun.htm History of Loudoun Parish]
* [http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/viewgallery/viewfile.asp?g=441&pid=702 Photo of Nisbet's gravestone]

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