John Rae (minister)

He became one of the most zealous of the Covenanting preachers; and for eight years peregrinated the country, conducting public worship on the hillsides and in private houses.

But he declined to accept of this ensnaring boon, and associated with Mr John Welsh and others in preaching in the fields.

On 15 February 1683 he was apprehended in Edinburgh, and on 15 September next year, the Council ordered him to be sent to the Bass Rock.

[8] Like Mr John Blackadder, he lay there till released by the hand of death.

His mortal remains were carried from his prison and interred in the churchyard of North Berwick.