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Erskine, Ebenezer

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Erskine, Ebenezer (1680-1756)

Scottish religious leader. He was the founder of the Associate Presbytery, the origin of the Secession Church in Scotland, in 1733. The latter was split up in 1747 into Burghers and Anti-Burghers, of which he headed the former.

Erskine was born in Berwickshire, Scotland. He was preacher at Portmoak in Kinrossshire from 1703, but was transferred to Stirling in 1731. His involvement in the patronage dispute in which he upheld the right of the people to choose their own pastor led to his suspension in 1734.



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