Thursday 16 July 2020

PONT

Pont

The name of Timothy Post is synonymous with cartography as the first to produce detailed maps of Scotland. Timothy and his brother Zachary also have connections to Caithness.

Dunnet Church

Timothy Pont was minister of Dunnet Church from 1602 to 1610. Dunnet Kirk however has a history back to the 13th century.






Zachary Pont was for a short term minister in Bower. Zachary was married to a daughter of John Knox.

Bower Church
Bower Church the resting place of the Henderson of Stemster family is now a little overgrown'

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