Thomas Fullarton

Abt 1655 - Aft 1726  (> 72 years)

• Name	Thomas Fullarton
  Birth	Abt 1655	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Role	Abt Mar 1683/84	Montrose, Angus, Scotland   [1]
  	Emigration agent
  Role	Apr 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner
  Property	22 Apr 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Confirmation by Robert Barclay to Thomas Fullarton, brother germane to Kinnaver, for 1-10 of 1-48 share
  Departure	3 Jul 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin
  Arrival	Oct 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	With his wife and 10 servants
  Occupation	9 Apr 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 13 Jan 1686/87
  Legal	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Appointed executor of the estate of Thomas Rudyard in Barbados, Jamaica and England along with Rudyard's servant, Hannah Beaumont.
  Property	19 Jan 1692/93	New York, New York, USA
  	Odrder of grants of land to Thomas Fullerton
  Property	26 Oct 1693	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Conveyance 670 acres by the Proprietors to Thomas Foulerton, Esq in his name and that of his dec'd brother Robert
  Residence	26 Oct 1693	Barbados   [5]
  	Arrived in Barbados in 1691?
  Occupation	31 Oct 1696	Barbados   [6]
  	Solicitor-General of Barbados
  Occupation	9 Aug 1697	London, England
  	Barrister. Date admitted to the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn
  	Source: Lincoln's Inn (1896) The records of the honorable society of Lincoln's Inn (London: Lincoln's Inn), p353
  Legal	10 Aug 1697	Barbados   [7]
  	Acted as attorney to the executors of the late Governor Russell of Barbados
  Legal	1 Mar 1697/98	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Party to the case at the Privy Council when his brothers John and Isaack and others of defrauding James Stewart, Servitor to the Earl of Southesk out of his inheritance.
  	The affair began when Thomas Fullarton wrote to his brother John informing him of the death of David Stewart who had died in Barbados leaving a "considerable fortwne" in land and money. John Fullarton brought John Stewart, a shoemaker in Bounetoune forward as David Stewart's heir, but this person's claim was subsequently challenged by John Stewart, Servitor to the Earl of Southesk on grounds of a closer relationship.
  Title Suffix	later of Gallery
  	Suffix obtained on return to Scotland. Later also of Thornton Castle?
  Name	Thomas Yallerton  [9]
  Property	1 Apr 1702	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [10]
  	Confirmation of second dividend of 500 acres by Passaic River and Foulerton's Brook
  Residence	Dec 1707	England
  	When mentioned in the will of his brother in law, John Hathersal
  	Barbados Wills and Administrations, Vol III, p373 in 'Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800' on Ancestry.com
  Property	26 Jul 1717	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [11]
  	Signature of the lands of Muchalls etc granted to John Fullarton and Thomas Fullarton
  Occupation	1723	Angus, Scotland
  	Commissioner of Excise
  Property	1726	Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Purchased Hallgreen, Sillyflat, Whitefield, Johnshaven and Balandra for £49,000 Scots
  	Source: Helen Burnett, ‘Memoir of the Irvines of Monboddo’, Scottish Notes and Queries, 2nd, 5.1 (1903), 4
  Property	22 Jun 1726	Logie-Pert, Angus, Scotland
  	Signature of the lands of Gallraw [Galraw, Galray, Gallery], etc granted to John Fullarton and Thomas Fullarton
  Origin	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Kinnaber
  Death	Aft 1726	Angus, Scotland
  Person ID	I38009	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John Fullarton,   b. Abt 1627, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. May 1677, Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katherine Allardyce,   b. Abt 1627, Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 28 Feb 1670, Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1647  [12]
  Family ID	F23567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joyce Hothersal,   b. Abt 1660
  Marriage	Abt 1691	Barbados
  Children	1. John Fullarton,   b. Aug 1694, Barbados  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Philip Fullarton,   b. 22 Dec 1695, Barbados  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Joyce Fullarton,   b. 7 Jan 1691/92, Barbados  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1655 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - Abt Mar 1683/84 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin - 3 Jul 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Arrival - With his wife and 10 servants - Oct 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 13 Jan 1686/87 - 9 Apr 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Appointed executor of the estate of Thomas Rudyard in Barbados, Jamaica and England along with Rudyard's servant, Hannah Beaumont. - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Odrder of grants of land to Thomas Fullerton - 19 Jan 1692/93 - New York, New York, USA Property - Conveyance 670 acres by the Proprietors to Thomas Foulerton, Esq in his name and that of his dec'd brother Robert - 26 Oct 1693 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Barrister. Date admitted to the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn - 9 Aug 1697 - London, England Legal - Party to the case at the Privy Council when his brothers John and Isaack and others of defrauding James Stewart, Servitor to the Earl of Southesk out of his inheritance. - 1 Mar 1697/98 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - When mentioned in the will of his brother in law, John Hathersal - Dec 1707 - England Property - Signature of the lands of Muchalls etc granted to John Fullarton and Thomas Fullarton - 26 Jul 1717 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Occupation - Commissioner of Excise - 1723 - Angus, Scotland Property - Purchased Hallgreen, Sillyflat, Whitefield, Johnshaven and Balandra for £49,000 Scots - 1726 - Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland Origin - Kinnaber - - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Death - Aft 1726 - Angus, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3659] Scots Proprietors, The, Advertisement to All Trades-Men, Husbandmen, Servants and Others Who Are Willing to Transport Themselves unto the Province of New-East-Jersy in America, a Great Part of Which Belongs to Scots-Men, Proprietors Thereof, p2. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p79. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p2. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p397. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, E(EJ): Folio 54-56 (SSTSE023). [S3646] The National Archives, (Name: The National Archives; Location: London;), DR 37/2/Box 98/484. [S3656] J.W. Fortescue, Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies, (Name: His Majesty's Public Record Office; Location: London;), Vol 15, 'America and West Indies: August 1697, 2-13'. [S3797] Privy Council of Scotland, Scottish Privy Council Records Database, The, (Name: Universities of Stirling and Dundee; Location: Stirling and Dundee; Date: 2024-;), D1698/3/3. https://spcr.ac.uk/decreet-1-march-1698-edinburgh-2 [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p64. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, pp334-335. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), SIG1/58/59. [S3701] MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 1, A-Bo, p121.