John Paterson (1604-1679), bishop of Ross, graduated from King's College, Aberdeen in 1624, and was appointed to the church of Foveran, Aberdeenshire, in 1632. He refused to sign the National Covenant of 1639, and fled to England to the king. In July of the following year, however, he recanted in a sermon before the general assembly, and was restored to his church at Foveran.

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  • John Paterson (1604-1679), bishop of Ross, graduated from King's College, Aberdeen in 1624, and was appointed to the church of Foveran, Aberdeenshire, in 1632. He refused to sign the National Covenant of 1639, and fled to England to the king. In July of the following year, however, he recanted in a sermon before the general assembly, and was restored to his church at Foveran. He was a member of the commission of the assembly in 1644, 1645, 1648, and 1649, and in 1661 he was named a commissioner for the visitation of the university of Aberdeen. In 1649 he had left Foveran to become minister of Ellon in Aberdeenshire. He was among the benefactors contributing to the erection of a new building at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1658. In 1659 he was translated to the ministry of Aberdeen (the third charge). In 1662 he was promoted to the bishopric of Ross, being consecrated on May 7, 1662 at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. He died in January 1679. He was married to Elizabeth Ramsay, by whom he had six sons and a daughter. His children, besides John Paterson jr, archbishop of Glasgow, were George Paterson of Seafield, commissary; Sir William Paterson of Granton, barrister, clerk to the privy council; Thomas Paterson; Robert Paterson, principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen; James Paterson; and a daughter Isabella, who married Kenneth Mackenzie of Suddie.
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