Robert Sandeman
Founding Figure
1718 – 1771
Who was Robert Sandeman?
Robert Sandeman was a nonconformist theologian. He was closely associated with the Glasite church which he helped to promote.
He was born the second of twelve children to a linen weaver, David Sandeman and his wife Margaret Ramsay. He attended Edinburgh University over a two-year period beginning in 1734, where he initially seemed destined for a career in either medicine or the established church. It was here, however, where he encountered the teachings of John Glas, and joined his Dundee congregation in 1735. It was during this period that he apprenticed as a linen weaver for a number of years before starting a family business with his brother William. In 1737 he married Glas' daughter Catherine. They did not have any children by the time of her death in 1746. At the age of 26 he was selected as an elder of the Glasite church in Perth. Following her death, Sandeman devoted his life to his church and scripture. He traveled between Perth, Dundee, and Edinburgh where he served as elder among these Glasite congregations. He was more forceful than Glas and also more controversial.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1718
Perth - Spouses
- Catherine Glas
(1737 - )
- Catherine Glas
- Religion
- Glasite
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Lived in
- Danbury
(1764 - 1771)
- Danbury
- Died
- Apr 2, 1771
Danbury - Resting place
- Wooster Street Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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