James Gourley

- 1714

• Name	James Gourley
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1679	Overtown, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Died	1714
  Buried	1714	Cambusnethan Kirkyard, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I416	Hamilton and Ridley Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2015

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Gourley,   d. Aft 1778  [Birth]
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 1679 - Overtown, Lanarkshire, Scotland Buried - 1714 - Cambusnethan Kirkyard, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  James Gibb in the Glasgow Herald (1859) James Gibb's story of his great grandfather, James Gourlay.

  
  

• Notes

  Two possible entries in the Scottish Covenanters Index on Ancestry.co.uk Name: Gourlay, James Birth Date: Abt 1645 Birthplace: , Scotland Name: Gourlay, James Birth Date: Abt 1655 Birthplace: in Kellie, Scotland Notes: bk 23 vol 9 pg. 626 [3] One possible entry in the Scottish Covenanters 1679-1688 on findmypast.co.uk First name(s) James Last name Gourlie Place Cambusnethan Place as transcribed Cambusnethan County Lanarkshire County as transcribed Lanark Description in Cambusnethan Archive reference JC39/9 Source List of prisoners some delyvered by Collonell Gage ND [1679-85]Not denounced Country Scotland Record set Scottish Covenanters 1679-1688 Category Directories & social history Subcategory Social history Collections from Great Britain [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Glasgow Herald, 22 Jul 1859, Page 3. "The battle of Bothwell Bridge was also fought on a Sabbath day - exactly three weeks after the battle of Drumclog. There were a goodly number of persons belonging to Cambusnethan at Bothwell, and were, in consequence, brought to trouble, suffering and loss. One of them was James Gourlay, who tenanted the farm of Overtown." [S61] Scottish Covenanters 1679-1688 [findmypast.co.uk], Accessed 15 Aug 2015. First name(s) James Last name Gourlie Place Cambusnethan Place as transcribed Cambusnethan County Lanarkshire County as transcribed Lanark Description in Overtoun of Camnethan Archive reference JC39/57/2 Source Parts of processes in actions against Covenanters 1684Rebel presentlie on Cultness land and hes lived there still since the Rebellion Fugitive Country Scotland Record set Scottish Covenanters 1679-1688 Category Directories & social history Subcategory Social history Collections from Great Britain [S-1643032295] Scottish Covenanters Index [ancestry.co.uk], Accessed 23 Jun 2013. [S61] Scottish Covenanters 1679-1688 [findmypast.co.uk], Accessed 15 Aug 2015.