The Burghers were a body of Presbyterians in Scotland, constituting the majority of the early Secession Church, which was split into two in 1747 on the lawfulness of accepting the oath then required to be taken by the burgesses in certain burghs. The Burghers accepted the oath, while the Antiburghers did not deem it lawful. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXB.HTM