David Mudie

Abt 1637 - 1696  (59 years)

• Name	David Mudie
  Birth	Abt 1637	Lunan, Angus, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1674	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Merchant burgess of Montrose
  Property	10 Apr 1674	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Dispositions and assignations involving David Mudie of a heritable bond by James, Earl of Airlie, to Sir John Wood of Bonnintoune of annualrent of £405 12s Scots furth of the lands of [blank] on principal sum of £6,760 Scots, to 1688 (GD16/1/66)
  Residence	11 Jul 1679	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Departure	3 Jul 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin
  Arrival	Oct 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner
  Occupation	1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Judge on the Court of Common Right - year appointed
  Occupation	1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Merchant
  Residence	1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Set out to build "a good Handsome House, six Rooms off a floor with a Study, two stories high, above the Sellers, and the Garret above". Described in a letter to his wife.
  Occupation	9 Apr 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 11 Nov 1695.
  Property	1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Granted a patent to operate a mill
  Legal	28 Aug 1686	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Caveat of David Mudie of Amboy, merchant, against the granting of a payment to John Campble for any part of Monivairds land
  Property	30 Aug 1686	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Confirmation to David Mudy of Amboy Perth for 1/4 of 1/24, purchased from David Toshack of Monyvaird, late of Scotland, now of New York City, to-wit: 480 acres
  Legal	3 Nov 1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Gave power of attorney to his sons David and James, being about to sail for Montrose
  Residence	4 Nov 1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	David Mudie drafted a bill of exchange in favour of Thomas Hart or George McKeney of London, endorsed by Gawen Lawrie
  Departure	Aft Nov 1686	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Said to have returned to Scotland for two years
  Arrival	Bef 21 Sep 1688	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Arrived with 50 servants aboard the Unity
  Legal	21 Sep 1688	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9, 10]
  	Admitted a breach of the Navigations Acts before the Middlesex Court of Common Pleas, with the penalty of the pink, the Unity and apparel on board, valued at £31 15s
  Legal	28 Jan 1688/89	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [11, 12]
  	Having been sued by David Vilant, he agreed to mortgage his house and chattels (livestock and indentures of six servants), for the sum of £76 11s 7d
  Name	David Mudy  [13]
  Residence	22 May 1690	New York, New York, USA   [14, 15]
  	When dealing with John Johnston over his share of land at Barnegate
  Residence	16 Mar 1690/91	New York, New York, USA   [16]
  	When Edward Antill conveyed to John Johnston, a tract of 500 acres on Hope river, which Mudie had previously owned
  Occupation	23 Jul 1695	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	A Highway Commissioner for Middlesex County
  Will	18 Feb 1695/96	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [17]
  	Executor: Thomas Gordon. Witnesses: James Armour, Samuel Loveridge, John Chaplin
  Death	20 Feb 1695/96	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Probate	12 Mar 1695/96	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [17]
  	Inventory of personal estate (£60 3s 3d) made by James Dundas and George Willocks.
  Person ID	I38050	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	David Mudie
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isobel Gardine
  Marriage	24 Oct 1658	Montrose, Angus, Scotland   [18]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Mudie, II,   b. 1668, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Mudie, I,   b. 1663, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. Abt 1665, Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Christian Mudie,   b. 1669, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Isobell Mudie,   b. 1666, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Cat Mudie,   b. 1659, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John Mudie, II,   b. 1678, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. Bef 16 Sep 1709, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Mary Mudie,   b. 1677, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. Aft Jun 1729, New Jersey, USA (Age > 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Janet Mudie,   b. 1672, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. 1744, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Katharine Mudie, II,   b. 1675, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Anna Mudie,   b. 1671, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. James Mudie,   b. 1664, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Jean Mudie,   b. 1662, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   13. Margaret Mudie,   b. 1667, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   14. John Mudie, I,   b. 1665, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. 1665, Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   15. unknown Mudie,   b. 1660, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. 1660, Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   16. Katharine Mudie, I,   b. 1674, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. 1674, Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   17. David Mudie,   b. Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F23581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1637 - Lunan, Angus, Scotland Marriage - 24 Oct 1658 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Occupation - Merchant burgess of Montrose - 1674 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Property - Dispositions and assignations involving David Mudie of a heritable bond by James, Earl of Airlie, to Sir John Wood of Bonnintoune of annualrent of £405 12s Scots furth of the lands of [blank] on principal sum of £6,760 Scots, to 1688 (GD16/1/66) - 10 Apr 1674 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Residence - 11 Jul 1679 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin - 3 Jul 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Arrival - Oct 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Judge on the Court of Common Right - year appointed - 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Merchant - 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Set out to build "a good Handsome House, six Rooms off a floor with a Study, two stories high, above the Sellers, and the Garret above". Described in a letter to his wife. - 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 11 Nov 1695. - 9 Apr 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Granted a patent to operate a mill - 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Gave power of attorney to his sons David and James, being about to sail for Montrose - 3 Nov 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - David Mudie drafted a bill of exchange in favour of Thomas Hart or George McKeney of London, endorsed by Gawen Lawrie - 4 Nov 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Arrival - Arrived with 50 servants aboard the Unity - Bef 21 Sep 1688 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Admitted a breach of the Navigations Acts before the Middlesex Court of Common Pleas, with the penalty of the pink, the Unity and apparel on board, valued at £31 15s - 21 Sep 1688 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Having been sued by David Vilant, he agreed to mortgage his house and chattels (livestock and indentures of six servants), for the sum of £76 11s 7d - 28 Jan 1688/89 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - When dealing with John Johnston over his share of land at Barnegate - 22 May 1690 - New York, New York, USA Residence - When Edward Antill conveyed to John Johnston, a tract of 500 acres on Hope river, which Mudie had previously owned - 16 Mar 1690/91 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - A Highway Commissioner for Middlesex County - 23 Jul 1695 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executor: Thomas Gordon. Witnesses: James Armour, Samuel Loveridge, John Chaplin - 18 Feb 1695/96 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 20 Feb 1695/96 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of personal estate (£60 3s 3d) made by James Dundas and George Willocks. - 12 Mar 1695/96 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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