Cockburne, William

Cockburne, William a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1627; became chaplain to John, earl of Cassillis, and was admitted to the living at Kirkmichael in 1638. In 1651 he did not take part with either Resolutioners or Protesters, but was confined to his parish in 1662 for nonconformity, and died in August 1677, aged about seventy years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:119.