Welsh later ministered in Kirkcudbright and in Ayr, where he spent five years and with which he was ever afterward associated. His preaching resulted in imprisonment on the orders of King James VI of Scotland, and in 1606 he was exiled to France, where he continued his activities for many years. His grandson was the Covenanters' leader, John Welsh of Irongray.
JohnWelsh [or Welch], minister of the gospel at Ayr, and grandfather of JohnWelsh of Irongray, the Covenanter, was born of an ancient and well-to-do family in Dumfriesshire about the year 1568.
Welsh abounded in industry and ability, and was not slow to gain a mastery of Latin [the language of theology in that age] and a competent knowledge of Greek.
Welsh's indignation was white hot, but his confidence in the sovereignty of God enabled him to predict future good for the Scots Church: 'Yet that stock and trunk of Jesse shall flourish, and the Lord shall reign in the midst of his enemies'.
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