Truth Triumphant Through the Spiritual Warfare, Christian Labours, and Writings of That Able and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Robert To Which Is ... of His Life, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

His origin education progress in religion and the chief events of his life. ROBERT BARCLAY was born at Gordonstoun in the shire of Murray, the 23d of December (then tenth month) 1648. Wil Ham Penn has mentioned Edinburgh as the place of his birth; but this, according to the account preserved in his family, is erroneous. t His lineal ancestors are traced back, by unquestionable documents, to Theobald de Berkeley, who lived in the reign of David I. king of Scotland. This king came to the throne in 1124, and was consequently contemporary with Henry I. of England, son of the Norman conqueror. Alexander de Berkeley, the fourth in succession from Theobald, having obtained by marriage, in 1351, the lands of Mathers, the family afterwards became designated by the appellation of De Berkeley of Mathers; until his grandson, called also A lexander, changed the name to the present mode of spelling, Barclay. Such a change seems to imply but little acquaintance with books and records; yet this Alexander was reputed to be a scholar; and to him are ascribed some verses Memoirs of the life of Col. D. Barclay of Ury, and of his eldest son RB arclay of Ury, p. 31. t Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Ury,
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