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 nine 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.
  Arrival	Aug 1688	Barbados   [5]
  	Thomas took part in the expedition by acting Governor Barbados, Sir Edwybn Stede to St Lucia
  	This is by his own account. He may have arried in Barbdos some time prior to this.
  Property	19 Jan 1692/93	Ulster, New York, USA   [6]
  	Order of grants of land to Thomas Fullerton (relating to the purchase by his deceased brother Robert)
  Property	26 Oct 1693	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	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   [7]
  Occupation	31 Oct 1696	Barbados   [8]
  	Solicitor-General of Barbados
  Property	Abt 1697	St Andrew, Barbados
  	Inherited his wife's share in the Springhead plantation
  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   [9]
  	Acted as attorney to the executors of the late Governor Russell of Barbados
  Legal	1 Mar 1697/98	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [10]
  	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.
  Legal	9 Nov 1698	London, England
  	Ordered by the Society of Lincoln's Inn to enter into a bond of £200 with the condition not to practise as a barrister in England or Irland for ten years after his admission
  Property	1 Apr 1702	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [11]
  	Confirmation of second dividend of 500 acres by Passaic River and Foulerton's Brook
  Residence	11 Jan 1704/05	London, England   [12, 13]
  	When he recommended to the Earl of Roxburgh that his brother-in-law, Hercules Smith be contuned as Collector in Montrose
  	The Earl described Thomas as "a very honest and substantial merchant"
  Legal	1 May 1706	London, England
  	Acted as an agent with Rowland Tryon, for his nephew Alexander Skene, Secretary of Barbados when threatened with loss of office for not sharing his emolumnets with the Governor
  Title Suffix	later of Gallery
  	Suffix obtained on return to Scotland. Later also of Thornton Castle?
  Name	Thomas Yallerton  [14]
  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	1710	St Andrew, Barbados   [15]
  	Leased the Springhead Plantation to Samuel Osbourne, the largest landowner in Barbados, who later bought it
  Occupation	18 Jul 1710	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [16]
  	Appointed as one of six Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for Scotland. To 1723 when the English and Scottish boards were merged.
  	Jacob Price in ‘Glasgow, the Tobacco Trade, and the Scottish Customs, 1707-1730: Some Commercial, Administrative and Political Implications of the Union’. The Scottish Historical Review 63, no. 175 (1984): 1–36. suggests (p7) that Fullerton was responsible for the Earl of Wemys's report, 'A Brief Account of the Customs in North Britain' which demonstrated a huge disparity between customs duties raised in Scotland and England. This would have been before his appointment, though this does not rule out a contribution
  Residence	May 1711	Scotland
  	When mentioned by Governor Hunter of New York in a report to the Council of Plantations as "now concerned in H.M. Customes in Scotland"
  Property	7 May 1711	Ulster, New York, USA
  	Governor Hunter in his report to the Council of Trade and P1antations mentions that Thomas Fullarton has given him power of attorney to seel "800 acres of very good land"
  Property	26 Jul 1717	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [17]
  	Signature of the lands of Muchalls etc granted to John Fullarton and Thomas Fullarton
  Property	1726	Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Purchased Hallgreen, Sillyflat, Whitefield, Johnshaven and Balandra for £49,000 Scots
  	Land previously owned by the Burnetts of Leys. 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
  Death	Aft 1726	Angus, Scotland
  Property	20 Jan 1727	Kincardineshire, Scotland   [18, 19]
  	Tailzie by Thomas Fullarton of Galrow on the lands of Thorntoun and others, to protect his son's inheritance. Registered 30 Jan
  Property	13 Feb 1727	Kincardineshire, Scotland   [20]
  	Signature of the lands of Mains of Thorntoun, etc granted to Philip Fullarton (Foularton, Fowlerton, Fulertoun, Fullartoun, Fullerton, Fullertoun)
  Origin	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Kinnaber
  Person ID	I38009	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

  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  [21]
  Family ID	F23567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joyce Sparke,   b. Abt 1670   d. Bef 1698, Barbados (Age < 27 years)
  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 Jul 2026

  
  

• 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 nine 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 - Order of grants of land to Thomas Fullerton (relating to the purchase by his deceased brother Robert) - 19 Jan 1692/93 - Ulster, 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 Legal - Ordered by the Society of Lincoln's Inn to enter into a bond of £200 with the condition not to practise as a barrister in England or Irland for ten years after his admission - 9 Nov 1698 - London, England Residence - When he recommended to the Earl of Roxburgh that his brother-in-law, Hercules Smith be contuned as Collector in Montrose - 11 Jan 1704/05 - London, England Legal - Acted as an agent with Rowland Tryon, for his nephew Alexander Skene, Secretary of Barbados when threatened with loss of office for not sharing his emolumnets with the Governor - 1 May 1706 - London, England Residence - When mentioned in the will of his brother in law, John Hathersal - Dec 1707 - England Occupation - Appointed as one of six Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for Scotland. To 1723 when the English and Scottish boards were merged. - 18 Jul 1710 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - When mentioned by Governor Hunter of New York in a report to the Council of Plantations as "now concerned in H.M. Customes in Scotland" - May 1711 - Scotland Property - Governor Hunter in his report to the Council of Trade and P1antations mentions that Thomas Fullarton has given him power of attorney to seel "800 acres of very good land" - 7 May 1711 - Ulster, New York, USA Property - Signature of the lands of Muchalls etc granted to John Fullarton and Thomas Fullarton - 26 Jul 1717 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Property - Purchased Hallgreen, Sillyflat, Whitefield, Johnshaven and Balandra for £49,000 Scots - 1726 - Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland Death - Aft 1726 - Angus, Scotland Property - Tailzie by Thomas Fullarton of Galrow on the lands of Thorntoun and others, to protect his son's inheritance. Registered 30 Jan - 20 Jan 1727 - Kincardineshire, Scotland Property - Signature of the lands of Mains of Thorntoun, etc granted to Philip Fullarton (Foularton, Fowlerton, Fulertoun, Fullartoun, Fullerton, Fullertoun) - 13 Feb 1727 - Kincardineshire, Scotland Origin - Kinnaber - - Montrose, Angus, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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