Janet Riddell

• Name	Janet Riddell
  Birth	Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner's child
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. With her parents Archibald Riddell and Helen Aikenhead
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Property	1 May 1699	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Account by administratrix, Janet Dundas: payments "for funeral charges & mourning etc for herself & her son" £36 4s 5½d to John Barclay, John Gilfillin, John Matthews, David Harriott, Geo Willoks, Miles Forster, Wm Jackson, John Jamieson
  Residence	1 May 1699	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	When administratrix of her husband's estate
  Arrival	Abt 1700	Scotland
  Death	Scotland
  Person ID	I31181	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Archibald Riddell,   b. Abt 1636, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 17 Feb 1708, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Aitkenhead,   b. Abt 1637, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland d. Abt Oct 1685, At sea (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F30567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Dundas,   b. Abt 1662, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland d. Bef 20 Sep 1698, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 36 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. Robert Dundas,   b. 10 Dec 1694, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 1768 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F20536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. With her parents Archibald Riddell and Helen Aikenhead - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 26 Jan 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Account by administratrix, Janet Dundas: payments "for funeral charges & mourning etc for herself & her son" £36 4s 5½d to John Barclay, John Gilfillin, John Matthews, David Harriott, Geo Willoks, Miles Forster, Wm Jackson, John Jamieson - 1 May 1699 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - When administratrix of her husband's estate - 1 May 1699 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Arrival - Abt 1700 - Scotland Death - - Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, pp145-146.