Overview
Bishop Adam Bellenden (c. 1569–1647) was a 17th-century Scottish churchman serving the Church of Scotland and rising to be Bishop of Aberdeen.
Life
Bellenden was the son of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoul, Lord Justice Clerk, and Barbara Kennedy, daughter of Sir Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains by his spouse Janet Stewart, daughter to John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl.
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1590, and was ordained a Presbyterian minister on 19 July 1593. In 1608 he was appointed minister of Falkirk, a position he held until 1615.
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