The journal
Open the journal →The conversation starts in the journal — be the first to post.
About Robert Barclay
Robert Barclay was a Scottish Quaker, one of the most eminent writers belonging to the Religious Society of Friends and a member of the Clan Barclay. He was a son of Col. David Barclay, Laird of Urie, and his wife, Lady Katherine Barclay. Although he himself never lived there, Barclay was titular governor of the East Jersey colony in North America through most of the 1680s.
Everything about Robert Barclay →- Occupation
- theologian, writer, preacher, governor
- Position held
- Governor of East Jersey
- Citizenship
- United States, United Kingdom
- Born
- December 23, 1648
- Died
- October 3, 1690, October 3, 1690