HAY, John of Renfield and Inchnoch, Minister of Renfrew parish, Rector of Glasgow University, Reverend Mr 1
- Born: 1597 1
- Marriage (1): FORSYTH, Agnes 1
- Died: After 13 August 1668 1
Other names for John were HAY, John of Ranfield, Parson of Renfrew, Mr. 2 and HAY, John rector of Renfrew.1
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John married Agnes FORSYTH, daughter of David FORSYTH of Dykes and Inchnoch and Unknown.1 (Agnes FORSYTH was born about 1598.)
Marriage Notes:
(at Renfrew in 1628)
"John Hay of Renfield and Inchnoch, born 1597, son of preceding; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1613); on the Exercise there 28th June 1615; had testimonial for ord. to Killellan 11th Sept. 1616; trans, to Paisley First Charge 21st May 1627; trans, and adm. to this charge 28th April 1628; member of Commission for Church Discipline 21st Oct. 1634; rector of Glasgow Univ. 1640-2; dep. after 1st June 1649 nominally on a charge of 'drunkenness,' but really on account of Episcopal tendencies. He became a preacher at Donegal in Ireland; had £100 sterling allowed him by Parliament 12th July 1661 from vacant stipends in Presbs. of Hamilton, Ayr, and Irvine, on account of his sufferings; was re-adm. before 29th Oct. 1663; died after 13th Aug. 1668."
from Fasti Ecclesiae 1
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