Samuel Semple (1666–1742) was a Church of Scotland minister and historian.

Life

Liberton Kirk in south Edinburgh

Semple was born in 1666 as the son of Gabriel Semple (1632-1706), minister of Jedburgh, and his wife Margaret Murray, daughter of Sir Patrick Murray of Glendoick and Blackcastle.[1]

He studied at Edinburgh University graduating MA in July 1693. In August 1697, he was ordained as minister of Liberton Parish Church, south of Edinburgh.[1]

He died in Liberton manse on 7 January 1742, and was buried in the graveyard of his own church.[2]

Family

In 1701, Semple married Elizabeth Murray, daughter of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony near Peebles. Their children included:

His wife died at Swinton House on 18 January 1748.[4]

Publications

  • History of the Christian Religion from its First Plantation in Scotland

References

  1. 1 2 Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew Scott
  2. ↑ "Person:Samuel Semple (11) - Genealogy".
  3. ↑ Burke's peerage
  4. ↑ Scots magazine vol.10 p.50
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