Robert Burns

Robert Burns (1789–1869) was a Scottish preacher, church leader, teacher and theological writer. He served with the Church of Scotland, Free Church of Scotland and the Presbyterian Church, and worked in Scotland, the US and Canada.

Biography Burns was born at Bo'ness in 1789. His father was a merchant, and a devout Christian, who saw four of his sons become ministers in the Church of Scotland. Plurality of Offices in the Church of Scotland Examined (Glasgow, 1824) (1) On 8 July 1814, he married Janet (died 14 November 1841), daughter of John Orr, manufacturer, Paisley, and they had seven children — Agnes, born 22 April 1816, died 1 January 1820 John, born 30 July 1819, died 29 January 1820 John Orr, born 4 January 1821, died 13 July 1831 Robert, born 4 August 1822, died 2 January 1823 James Orr, born 2 November 1823, student at University of Glasgow in 1840 Robert Ferrier, D. D., minister of Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Canada, 1847–1855, Knox Church, St Catherine's, Canada, 1855–1867, Scots Church, Chicago, 1867–1870, Cote Street Church, Montreal, 1870–1875, Fort Massey Presbyterian Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1875, born 23 December 1826, died at Broughty Ferry, 5 April 1896 William, born 16 August 1831

(2) On 12 December 1844, he married Elizabeth Bell (died 22 August 1882), daughter of Thomson Bonar of Grove; they had no children.