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- John Bethune (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Urr. Iain Beutan) (1751 – September 23, 1815) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, who served and helped found Reformed congregations among the Scottish diaspora in the Colony of North Carolina, Quebec, and in Upper Canada.
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Mar 8, 2018 · John’s great-great-grandson Norman Bethune was idolized by the Chinese people for his work as a field surgeon on the Long Walk with Mao Zedong during the Chinese war for independence. Rev. Bethune’s manse in Williamstown is now operated as a museum, a fitting tribute to his long life of service.
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After graduating from King’s College with a ba in 1769 and an ma in 1772, Bethune returned to the Isle of Skye and was licensed as a Church of Scotland minister. In July 1774 the Presbytery of Skye came under criticism from the synod for having licensed Bethune before he could be presented to its meeting.
- E. A. McDougall
- BETHUNE, JOHN (1751-1815)
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5
John Bethune, brother of Alexander Neil Bethune, was the third son of Véronique Waddin and the Reverend John Bethune*, a minister of the Church of Scotland. During the American Revolution, the elder Bethune served as chaplain in the 84th Regiment (Royal Highland Emigrants).
- John Irwin Cooper
- BETHUNE, JOHN (1791-1872)
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10
Rev. Bethune is the common ancestor of a very large and notable Scottish-Canadian extended family connected with the fur trade, politics, medicine, law and the ministry in several church denominations.
He married Christian eldest daughter of Mr. Donald M''Leod minister of Lochalsh or Lochaish in the county of Ross, and by her had two sons, Angus and John; and two daughters, Margaret and Flora.
Bethune returned home from his studies to find the people of Skye planning almost en masse to leave their homes and settle in North Carolina. He soon caught the emigration fever and came over as early as 1773 as a licentiate of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland.
Among his sons were two who subsequently gained high rank in the English Church, the Very Reverend John Bethune, who became Dean of Montreal, and the Right Reverend Alexander Neil Bethune, D.D., who succeeded the Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan as second Anglican Bishop of Toronto.
