James Bonar (moderator)

James Bonar or Bonor (c. 1570 – c. 1655) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1644.

In 1608, he was appointed minister of Maybole and was formally "presented to the vicarage" by King James VI in June 1614.

[7] In 1642 he was ordered to reinstate the minister Rev Gilbert Power to the parish of Stoneykirk (at least a days journey to the south-west).

However, a number of women from the village armed with clubs and stones, led by a man, Fergus McDougall, prevented him from preaching.

The reason for their anger is unclear, but the experience permanently scarred Bonar and he had a long and dangerous fever.