Maxwell Nicholson

Jonah Maxwell Nicholson (30 July 1818 – 30 December 1874) was a Scottish minister and author.

Life

The grave of Maxwell Nicholson, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

He was born in Whithorn in south-west Scotland on 30 July 1818[1] He was the fourth of nine children of Mary Kirkpatrick and her husband, Rev Christopher Nicholson (1780–1867).[2]

He studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh.[3] In 1849 he was minister of Pencaitland in East Lothian.[4] He was minister first of the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile and latterly (from June 1867) of St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge, Edinburgh[5] in replacement of Rev Dr Muir.

In 1866 he is noted as being seriously injured in a fall from his gig near Tranent railway station.[6]

He lived at 3 Regent Terrace for most of his later life but moved to 7 Royal Circus in 1874.[7] He died there in the early hours of 30 December 1874.[8] He is buried in the south-west section of the original section of Grange Cemetery.

Publications

  • Preparation for the Coming of the Son of Man
  • Baptism, its Nature, Efficacy and Improvement (1850)
  • The Christian Conflict (1861)
  • The Heavenly Jerusalem (1866)
  • The Faithful Pastor (1869)
  • Family Prayers (1874)
  • Redeeming the Time and Other Sermons (1875)
  • Rest In Jesus (posthumous 1877)
  • Communion with Heaven and Other Sermons (posthumous 1877)

Family

He was married to Frances Isabella Oliphant (1818–1892) daughter of James Stuart Oliphant. They had seven children.[2]

References

  1. ^ Edinburgh Evening News 31 Dec 1874
  2. ^ a b "RootsWeb: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-L [WIG LIST] Benjamin Nicholson (ca 1722) Dumfries". archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016.
  3. ^ Fifeshire Advertiser 2 Jan 1875
  4. ^ Elgin Courant 22 June 1849
  5. ^ Fife Herald 31 Dec 1874
  6. ^ Dundee Advertiser 27 Feb 1866
  7. ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directories 1872 to 1874
  8. ^ Dundee Courier, 31 December 1874

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