Helen Aitkenhead

Abt 1637 - Abt 1685  (48 years)

• Name	Helen Aitkenhead
  Birth	Abt 1637	North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Daughter of Reverend Henry Aitkenhead, minister of North Berwick and Elspet Hepburn
  Gender	Female
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Free emigrant - died
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Passenger on the Henry and Francis with husband Archibald and daughter Janet
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [2]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis en route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I31185	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Reverend Henry Aitkenhead,   b. 1601, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. Abt 1648, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elspeth Hepburn,   b. Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1631	East Lothian, Scotland
  	Contracts dated 18 and 21 June 1631
  Family ID	F30606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Archibald Riddell,   b. Abt 1636, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 17 Feb 1708, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Sarah Riddell,   b. Abt 1677, Scotland d. Aft 1720 (Age > 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Captain Walter Riddell,   b. Abt 1671, Scotland d. 1738 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Doctor John Riddell,   b. Abt 1679, Scotland d. 1740, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Janet Riddell,   b. Scotland d. Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. unknown Riddell   d. Apr 1671, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F30567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1637 - North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland Role - Free emigrant - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Passenger on the Henry and Francis with husband Archibald and daughter Janet - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3612] Scott, Hew, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, (Name: Oliver and Boyd; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1923;), Vol.1 - Synods of Lothian and Tweeddale, p380. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221).