GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
1854
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2013)
Name
William Trail
Gender
Male
Denomination
Presbyterian
Lived
b. ca. 1640-09-28 d. 1714-05-03 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon 1 on 1 Corinthians 10:16
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon 2 on 1 Corinthians 10:16
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon 3 on 1 Corinthians 10:16
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon 1 on Hosea 14:4
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon 2 on Hosea 14:4
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon 3 on Hosea 14:4
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Jeanne Shami, Adam Richter
Biographical Sources Consulted
Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol. 1, p. 302
Other note
Precise date of birth unknown, but Trail was baptized on 28 September 1640. M.A. (1658) from the University of Edinburgh. Chaplain to the Laird of Scotstarvet. Preached as a Presbyterian in Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland, beginning in 1671, and was imprisoned there in 1681-1682. Thereafter he lived in Potomac, Maryland but he returned to Scotland at the time of the Glorious Revolution. Minister at Borthwick, Midlothian, from 1690 until his death in 1714.
GEMMS record created
August 11, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
September 8, 2024