John Brown of Priesthill

John Brown
The Martyrdom of John Brown of Priesthill, 1685
ChurchReformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Personal details
Born
John Brown
Died1685
Priesthill
DenominationPresbyterian
The remote Martyr's Grave of John Brown
Monument at the Martyrs Grave

John Brown (1627–1685), also known as the Christian Carrier, was a Protestant Covenanter from Priesthill farm, a few miles from Muirkirk in Ayrshire, Scotland. He became a Presbyterian martyr in 1685.

Among the numerous executions carried out by the government during The Killing Time of the 1680s, the allegations of brutality make this event one of the most controversial illustrations of the character of John Graham of Claverhouse, afterwards Viscount Dundee.