Jonet Dinwiddie

JONET DINWIDDIE

Jonet Dinwiddies (1701) Janet Dinwiddy (1736) Janet Dinwiddie (1736) Janet, l. dau. to dec. Robert Dinwiddie (1744)

Jonet Dinwiddie, here treated, is the daughter of Robert Dinwiddie of Germiston Her father was a merchant burgess and guild brother of Glasgow. Glasgow Burgesses: 456 Her mother was Elizabeth Dinwiddie Jonet Dinwiddie, here treated, was born before 27 March 1701, the date upon which her baptism was registered at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Baptisms, 1699-1707, reference OPR/644/1/8]

Bequests

Jonet Dinwiddie, here treated, was left £25 by her brother Robert Dinwiddie of Airdrie Her husband, the Reverend Mr. William McCulloch. was left £20 by his brother-in-law. [Lothrop Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), pp. 303-04]

Marriage

Jonet Dinwiddie, here treated, married Reverend Mr. William McCulloch, Minister of the Gospel at Cambuslang The marriage was booked on 11 April 1736, at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland, [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Marriages, 1728-39, reference OPR.644/1/11] and on 25 April 1736, at Cambuslang there. [National Records of Scotland, Cambuslang Marriages, 1657-1819, reference OPR.627/1] Her husband was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 9 October 1744, having been admitted in right of his marriage to Janet. Glasgow Burgesses: 456

Children

1. Reverend Doctor Robert McCulloch, Minister of the Gospel at Dairsie

Evidence from the Burgess Records of Glasgow

9 October 1744: M'Culloch, Mr. William, minister at Cambuslang, B. and G.B., as mar. Janet, l. dau to dec. Robert Dinwiddie, merchant, B. and (B., gratis, conform to act of council dated 14 Sept. Glasgow Burgesses 1573-1750: 456

Biographical Summary for the Reverend Mr. William McCulloch

WILLIAM M'CULLOCH, born Whithorn, 1691, son of the schoolmaster there ; educated at Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow, 26th April 1712); licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 28th Aug. 1722; tutor in the family of Hamilton of Aitkenhead, parish of Cathcart ; called 18th Feb., and ord. 29th April 1731 : died 18th Dec. 1771. He marr. 29th April 1736, Janet Dinwoodie, who died 13th Oct. 1779, and had issue — an only child, Robert, D.D., min. of Dairsie, born 21st July 1740. The ministry of M. was memorable for that extraordinary religious movement known as the "Cambuslang Wark," which occurred during the spring and summer of 1742. M., who is described by Dean Stanley as " no wild fanatic, but a learned, unostentatious scholar, a cautious and prudent parish minister," was hardly remarkable as a preacher. In the course of his ordinary preaching, however, the people became spiritually awakened. The news of what was happening soon spread, and multitudes from every part of Scotland crowded to Cambuslang to see the strange work. Many ministers came to M.'s assistance, and amongst them George Whitefield, who tells us that he preached to congregations which numbered between thirty and forty thousand. "It was ten o'clock at night when Whitefield rose up to speak. The tent stood on the margin of a little stream ; in front of this rose a green bank in the form of an amphitheatre, still known as the "conversion brae". It was wonderfully adapted to the purpose to which it was now applied, and Whitefield, in one of his bold figures of speech, spoke of it as a temple built by God Himself for this great concourse to worship in. As the preacher's deep voice, in the twilight of the autumn eve, rolled over the vast multitude, it was answered by sighs and sobs, and soon the whole audience was melted in tears." Whitefield's visit was the high-water mark of the Revival. In writing of it nine years after wards, M. had to lament many backsliders, but still he spoke of hundreds who from that time forward had been evidently changed. Fasti: 237-8

Genealogy

1. Fasti of the Church of Scotland. New Edition. Volume III. Synod of Glasgow and Ayr (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1920), pp. 237-8
2. Glasgow Burgesses 1573-1750: 456
3. Some Prominent Virginia Families: p. 601