Samuel Charters (bef. 1741 - 1825)

Born before 20 Nov 1741 in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland

Biography

Samuel Charters was born in Scotland.

Samuel Charters was baptized on 20 November 1741 in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. He was the son of the minister Thomas Charters and his wife Christian Wardlaw.^[1]

He studied at the University of Glasgow and followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather to become a minister in the Church of Scotland. He was licenced by Presb. of Edinburgh on 28 November 1764 and ordained minister of Kincardine-in-Menteith Parish, in the Presbytery of Dunblane, on 12 January 1799. Later, in February 1771, he moved to the rural parish of Wilton.^[2][3]

Samuel married Margaret Scott on 25 August 1786.^[2]

He died on 18 June 1825.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism, "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births & Baptisms" [database online], National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 27 October 2023), Samuel Charters, Parents: Thomas Charters & Christian Wardlaw. 20 November 1741, Inverkeithing, Fife; citing Parish: 432, Reference Number: 50/276.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Scott, Hew. "Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation." Internet Archive. (Accessed 30 October 2023)
3. ↑ Conolly, Matthew Forster. "Biographical dictionary of eminent men of Fife of past and present times." Internet Archive (Accessed 30 October 2023)

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