John Gibson Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides.
John Gibson Paton: Scottish Missionary.
John G. Paton: The Apostle of Christ to the Cannibals...
John Gibson Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides.
John G. Paton. Short
biography.
John G. Paton. Biography.
Online book
John G. Paton. Short
biography for young people.
Pioneer Missionaries: John G. Paton. Short
biography for young people.
John G. Paton's Life Text.
Selections from The Story of John
G. Paton Today for Young Folks...
John G. Paton On His Godly Child Training.
John G. Paton On Total Abstinence.
Marriage and family:
John Paton married Mary Ann
Robeson (born 1840) just before sailing to the New Hebrides in April, 1858.
They were sent to establish a missionary station on the island of Tanna. On
February 12, 1859, a son, named Peter Robert Robson was born, but Mrs. Paton
died on March 3rd, followed by their baby boy on March 20th.
Returning to Scotland for the first time in 1863, John Paton
married Margaret Whitecross (born 1841) at Edinburgh in 1864.
She was a "woman of great piety
and strong character," who assisted her husband up to
her death on May 16, 1905. They had two daughters and eight
sons. One daughter and two sons died in infancy; one son
at died at age 2 1/2. Two sons became missionaries in the
New Hebrides and one daughter married a missionary there.
Recommended Books:
John
G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides.
An autobiography edited by his brother James Paton.
Published by Banner of Truth, 1994. 524 pgs. ISBN 085151667X. First
published in 1889.
Another edition (same content as
above) Missionary
Patriarch: The True Story of John G. Paton published
by Vision Forum. 524 pages. ISBN 1929241372.
See
more recommended Christian biographies.
The Story of John G. Paton Told for
Young Folks by James Paton. New York: A. L. Burt
Company, 1892. See Electronic text edition. |