Volume 13 , Issue 21

George Dunlap (1736-1807)

Agnes Nancy Craighead's second husband, George Dunlap (1736-1807), is thought to be descended from William Dunlop (1650-1700), known as "William Dunlop the Covenanter," who founded the ill-fated colony of Port Royal in South Carolina. George Dunlap (1736-1807) was quite possibly (but not certainly, proven) to be a son of Capt. Alexander Dunlap (1712-1744) and Jean Ann McFarland. Capt. Alexander Dunlap is a son of an elder Alexander Dunlop (c1672-1742) who was a Professor of Greek at Glasgow University.

Prof. Alexander Dunlop was a son of William Dunlop (died March 1700) who was a brother-in-law to William Carstairs (Carstares) (1649-1715), a Scottish Clergyman, graduate of Edinburgh University, known as a "Covenanter." William Dunlop is believed to have been a member of a group of 51 such "Scottish Convenanters (Scottish clergymen outlawed in England)," led by Henry ERSKIN (Lord Cardross) to establish a settlement at Stuart's Town near the Island of Port Royal, South Carolina in 1684.

Carstairs had previously survived being put to "torture of boot and thumbscrew" in the Tower of London for his alledged involvement in the "Rye House Plot (an alleged conspiracy of Whigs to assassinate King Charles II)" in 1683. William Dunlop may have escaped such torture by joining ERSIN's settlers. In 1685, Carstairs was released from incarceration and later, during 1693-1702 became an advisor on Scottish affairs to William of Orange [William III (1650-1702)]. Finally, Carstairs was appointed to serve as the Principal of the College of Edinburgh in 1704-1715, upon the succession of Queen Anne. William Dunlop had served as Principal of Glasgow in 1690-1700. For more Information SEE DUNLAP website   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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