Welsh

Welsh, or WELCH, JOHN (c. 1568-1622), Presbyterian divine, was minister of Ayr from 1590 till his imprisonment by James VI. in 1605 for defying the king in defence of the church's independence, and then preached to Huguenot congregations at various towns in France till 1622, when he passed over to London. From him and his wife, a daughter of Knox, Mrs Carlyle claimed descent. See Young's Life of him, edited by Anderson (1866).