Captain John "The Martyr" Nesbit was the son of James and Jane Gibson Nesbit. He married Margaret Law September, 1651. He was hanged because of his adherance to the Covenanteers of the Protestant faith.
His last words were "My soul doth magnify the Lord, my soul doth magnify the Lord. I have longed these sixteen years to seal the precious cause and interest of precious Christ with my blood, who hath answered and granted my request, and has left me no more to do but to come here and pour out my last prayer, sing forth my last praises of Him in time on this sweet and desirable scaffold, mount that ladder, and then I shall get home to my Father's house, see, enjoy, serve, and sing forth the praises of my glorious Redeemer for ever, world without end."
Children:
James of Edinburgh Castle Nesbit
Alexander Nesbit
Hugh Nesbit
Thomas Nesbit
Allen Nesbit
His Diary (Nisbet's Manuscript Diary in Signet Library, Edinburgh also known as THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE PERSECUTED THE MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST YEARS OF JAMES NISBET ONE OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS) They met at the borough and offered 3,000 merks for him, 100 for my mother, and 100 for each of their four children, and threatened all the country under a great penalty no to harbor him, her, or any of us
The children were a daughter and sons James Hugh and Alexander
Contributor: PJTS (49296811)
His last words were "My soul doth magnify the Lord, my soul doth magnify the Lord. I have longed these sixteen years to seal the precious cause and interest of precious Christ with my blood, who hath answered and granted my request, and has left me no more to do but to come here and pour out my last prayer, sing forth my last praises of Him in time on this sweet and desirable scaffold, mount that ladder, and then I shall get home to my Father's house, see, enjoy, serve, and sing forth the praises of my glorious Redeemer for ever, world without end."
Children:
James of Edinburgh Castle Nesbit
Alexander Nesbit
Hugh Nesbit
Thomas Nesbit
Allen Nesbit
His Diary (Nisbet's Manuscript Diary in Signet Library, Edinburgh also known as THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE PERSECUTED THE MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST YEARS OF JAMES NISBET ONE OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS) They met at the borough and offered 3,000 merks for him, 100 for my mother, and 100 for each of their four children, and threatened all the country under a great penalty no to harbor him, her, or any of us
The children were a daughter and sons James Hugh and Alexander
Contributor: PJTS (49296811)
Captain John "The Martyr" Nesbit was the son of James and Jane Gibson Nesbit. He married Margaret Law September, 1651. He was hanged because of his adherance to the Covenanteers of the Protestant faith.
His last words were "My soul doth magnify the Lord, my soul doth magnify the Lord. I have longed these sixteen years to seal the precious cause and interest of precious Christ with my blood, who hath answered and granted my request, and has left me no more to do but to come here and pour out my last prayer, sing forth my last praises of Him in time on this sweet and desirable scaffold, mount that ladder, and then I shall get home to my Father's house, see, enjoy, serve, and sing forth the praises of my glorious Redeemer for ever, world without end."
Children:
James of Edinburgh Castle Nesbit
Alexander Nesbit
Hugh Nesbit
Thomas Nesbit
Allen Nesbit
His Diary (Nisbet's Manuscript Diary in Signet Library, Edinburgh also known as THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE PERSECUTED THE MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST YEARS OF JAMES NISBET ONE OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS) They met at the borough and offered 3,000 merks for him, 100 for my mother, and 100 for each of their four children, and threatened all the country under a great penalty no to harbor him, her, or any of us
The children were a daughter and sons James Hugh and Alexander
Contributor: PJTS (49296811)
His last words were "My soul doth magnify the Lord, my soul doth magnify the Lord. I have longed these sixteen years to seal the precious cause and interest of precious Christ with my blood, who hath answered and granted my request, and has left me no more to do but to come here and pour out my last prayer, sing forth my last praises of Him in time on this sweet and desirable scaffold, mount that ladder, and then I shall get home to my Father's house, see, enjoy, serve, and sing forth the praises of my glorious Redeemer for ever, world without end."
Children:
James of Edinburgh Castle Nesbit
Alexander Nesbit
Hugh Nesbit
Thomas Nesbit
Allen Nesbit
His Diary (Nisbet's Manuscript Diary in Signet Library, Edinburgh also known as THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE PERSECUTED THE MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST YEARS OF JAMES NISBET ONE OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS) They met at the borough and offered 3,000 merks for him, 100 for my mother, and 100 for each of their four children, and threatened all the country under a great penalty no to harbor him, her, or any of us
The children were a daughter and sons James Hugh and Alexander
Contributor: PJTS (49296811)
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