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<p> Clapperton, John (1), </p> <p> a Scotch clergyman, was appointed, in 1570, the first minister of the [[Reformed]] faith at Livingston, and was transferred to Hutton in 1571 as the first [[Protestant]] minister at that place. He was a member of the convention at [[Leith]] in 1572. In 1574 three other places were added to his charge. He was transferred to Lenuel (now Coldstream) in 1576; appointed visitor of Merce and Lammermuir several times, and in 1583 was visitor from [[Forth]] to Berwick. In 1584 he was arrested and taken to [[Edinburgh]] for not giving obedience to his Ordinary. 'He was chosen constant moderator of the presbytery in 1606, but the synod required him to resign that office. He was a member of sixteen general assemblies, and died in 1617. Calderwood says, " He was ambitious, and ready to embrace any preferment." See [[Fasti]] Eccles. Scoticance, i, 192, 432, 440. </p>
<p> Clapperton, John (3), </p> <p> a Scotch clergyman, took his. degree at [[Edinburgh]] University in 1642; was presented to the living at [[Yetholm]] in 1662; resigned in 1666; was transferred to [[Yarrow]] the same year, and died in 1679, aged about fifty- seven years. See [[Fasti]] Eccles. Scoicance i, 476, 563. </p>


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<ref name="term_32675"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/clapperton,+john+(1) John Clapperton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_32684"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/clapperton,+john+(3) John Clapperton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 08:50, 15 October 2021

John Clapperton [1]

Clapperton, John (3),

a Scotch clergyman, took his. degree at Edinburgh University in 1642; was presented to the living at Yetholm in 1662; resigned in 1666; was transferred to Yarrow the same year, and died in 1679, aged about fifty- seven years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoicance i, 476, 563.

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