Chieslie, John (1), Am

Chieslie, John (1), A.M.

a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1602, was appointed to the living at Quothquan in 1617, and died April 6, 1635, aged about fifty-three years. His son John became a great incendiary during the troubles, and his son. Walter was notorious as, the assassin of lord president Lockhart in 1689. See Fasti Eccles. Scotianae, 1:227.