David Hackston of Rathillet

(d. 1680)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Hackston [Halkerstoune], David, of Rathillet (d. 1680), covenanter LBT ID: DaHacks1680	DIED: 1680-07-30
SOURCES: DNB
Scottish Covenanter; in 1679 he was present at the murder of Archbishop Sharp and at the battle of Bothwell Bridge; he was executed at Edinburgh the following year.
REFERENCES TO David Hackston of Rathillet: Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleugh, 15 April 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VIII 1819