Claim: John Fullarton, former minister of Paisley, and John Sage, former minister of Glasgow, were consecrated on January 25, 1705 in Dundee by John Paterson, Alexander Rose, and Robert Douglas.
Evidence: Following his ordination, he was minister at Kilmodan from 1669 to 1684 and at Paisley between 1684 and 1689, whence he was ejected at the Revolution. 25 January 1705
by John Paterson In 1705, along with Bishop Douglas of Dunblane, he performed the consecration of John Fullarton and John Sage. He visited Rose at Glasgow in 1684, and was introduced to Rose's uncle, Arthur Ross, then archbishop of Glasgow, who ordained him, and instituted him in 1685 to the charge of the east quarter in Glasgow.