John Brown (1627-1685) also known as the Christian Carrier was a Scottish Protestant Christian Covenanter and martyr from Priesthill, a few miles from Muirkirk in Ayrshire. He was killed by Graham of Claverhouse outside his cottage home in 1685 in the presence of his wife, Isabel, and two children. Wikipedia
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