Ebenezer Erskine was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church.
Ebenezer Erskine (unknown artist) National Galleries Scotland
Ebenezer Erskine by Alexander Handyside Ritchie, Valley Cemetery, Stirling.
The Order of Free Gardeners is a fraternal society that was founded in Scotland in the middle of the 17th century and later spread to England and Ireland. Thereafter, Free Gardenery spread to many oth
Ebenezer Erskine
…His son-in-law Rev Robert Fisher (died 1775), married to his daughter Jean, was a minister in Glasgow. Erskine was a Free Gardener. He was Initiated in the Dunfermline Lodge of Free Gardeners in 1722 the same year as his patron, John Leslie, 8th Earl of Rothes. It is worthy of note…
Edzell Castle's walled garden, Scotland, dates back to 1604.
Free Gardeners' Apron, c.1920
Free Gardener regalia on display in Edinburgh
Frontispiece of Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris (1629) by Swiss artist Christopher Switzer