Michael Bruce | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Killinchy | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1635 |
| Died | 1693 (aged 58–59) Anwoth, Wigtonshire |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| Spouse |
Jean Bruce (m. 1659) |
| Children | James Bruce |
Michael Bruce (1635–1693) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister. He graduated MA at Edinburgh in 1654; was minister of Killinchy, County Down, in 1657; continued to preach, in defiance of the bishop, through 1660; was outlawed in 1664; returned to Scotland in 1666; was sentenced to transportation for field-preaching in July 1668, and imprisoned in London; allowed to return to Killinchy in 1670; driven out by the rebellion in 1688; and was finally minister of Anwoth, Wigtonshire from 1689 until death.