David Jamieson

1659 - 1739  (80 years)

• Name	David Jamieson
  Birth	1659	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Baptism	22 Mar 1659	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1676	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Trained by his father as a tailor
  Military service	22 Jun 1679	Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	In the Covenanter army at Bothwell Bridge
  Residence	Abt 1680	Utrecht, Netherlands
  	Possibly a student supported by the United Societies, the Presbyterian militant network
  Legal	20 Jan 1679/80	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Declared an outlaw, put to the horn and escheat for failing to compear accused of treason and rebellion, participating in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge
  Religion	1681	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Presbtyterian - Covenanter, member of the Sweet Singers
  Imprisonment	May 1681	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Held in Canongate Tolbooth following the arrest of Sweet Singers at Wolf Craigs
  Residence	May 1681	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	One of the 'Sweet Singers' led by John Gibb arrested bt a troop of dragoons probably at Wolf Craigs, and held in the Canongate Tolbooth
  Occupation	1682	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Tailor
  Residence	18 Nov 1682	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Imprisoned for failure to pay a fine imposed following a "'disorderly' non-attendance" at the parish church of Linlithgow. Apparently still in prison in Nov 1683
  Legal	4 Jan 1682/83	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Imprisoned for religious disorder with Alexander Montgomery, James Clerkson, George Higgins and others until they paid their fines
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  	and indentured servant
  Legal	5 May 1684	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [5, 6]
  	On the Fugitive Roll
  Legal	16 May 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	Banished by the Privy Council and ordered to be delivered to George Lockhart for transportation
  Imprisonment	27 May 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	Imprisoned in Canongate Tolbooth with James Clarkson, Alexander Montgomery, George Higgins and others and odrered by the Privy Council to be banished; to be delivered to Walter Gibson
  Legal	29 May 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [9]
  	Petition to the Privy Council by Robert Malloch, merchant in Edinburgh, to ship James Clarkson, David Jamieson, Alexander Montgomery, George Higgins and others to Carolina from Leith rather than with Walter Gibson from Glasgow - granted
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Arrival	Aft Sep 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Occupation	Abt 1685	New York, New York, USA
  	Indentured servant, sold by George Lockhart to Rev Josiah Clarke, the chaplain of the New York Fort. Allowed to "teach school to redeem himself"
  Residence	1689	New York, New York, USA
  	Believed to be an author of a tract against New York politician, and rebel, Jacob Leisler
  	"A letter from a Gentleman in New York concerning the Troubles which happened in that Province in the time of the late Happy Revolution"
  Occupation	1690	New York, New York, USA
  	Legal clerk to Matthew Clarkson, Secretary of the Province
  Occupation	15 Apr 1691	New York, New York, USA
  	Clerk to the Council of New York, date appointed
  Occupation	1693	New York, New York, USA   [10]
  	Clerk to the Council of New York, salary £50 pa. Dismissed in Oct 1698 by the incoming Governor, Lord Bellamont who sought to remove his predecessor's staff and accused Jamieson of having been condemned to death in Scotland, of atheism and bigamy
  	That he had been "condemned to be hanged in Scotland for blasphemy and burning the bible, but in mitigation of the sentence he was transported to this Province & sold a servant.He is a professed Atheist and has two wives at this time, if his true one be not dead at Lithgo in Scotland within these twelve months." Favoured by the previous Governor Col. Fletcher. "He has inriched himself by extortion in his office and other works of darkness, but cheiflyt 'tis said by the granmts of lands sold by Colonel Fletcher, he having a share of the brokage."
  Residence	1696	New York, USA
  	Member of the New York Governor’s expedition to renew an agreement with the Mohawks and other Native American nations in 1696, about which he wrote an account
  	Edmund B. O’Callaghan, ‘David Jamison, Attorney-General of the Province of New York, 1710’, Magazine of American History, 1 (1877), pp. 21–24
  Property	25 Jun 1696	Harrison, Westchester, New York, USA   [11]
  	Partner in patent for a large tract of land though to cover what is now the town of Harrison
  Occupation	1697	New York, New York, USA
  	Attorney. Later a founder of the New York Bar Association.
  Property	27 May 1697	Dutchess, New York, USA
  	With 8 partners obtained the Great Nine Partners Patent
  Property	14 Oct 1697	Deerpark, Orange, New York, USA
  	One of 7 partners granted 1,200 acres in Deerpark
  Occupation	17 Jun 1701	New York, New York, USA   [12]
  	Deputy Surveyor-General of New York - date of oath
  Property	11 Nov 1703	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [13]
  	Conveyed land to Thomas Grub and his wife
  Legal	Jun 1707	New York, New York, USA
  	One of three attorneys defending Presbyterian minister, Francis Makemie, for pereaching without a licence
  Name	David Jamie  [5]
  Name	David Jamison
  Name	David Jamisoun
  Occupation	1711	New Jersey, USA
  	Chief Justice of New Jersey, to 1723
  Occupation	10 Jun 1712	New York, New York, USA
  	Recorder of New York City and Commissioner to execute the office of Attorney General in the Province of New York
  Residence	2 Oct 1716	New York, New York, USA
  	Date of letter from Governor Hunter to the Boards of Trade defnding Jamieson from accustions of past bigamy and religious insurrection.
  Occupation	22 Jan 1720	New York, New York, USA   [14]
  	New York Attorney General - date of oath
  Death	26 Jul 1739	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [15]
  Burial	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [15]
  Person ID	I38060	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	David Jamie
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bessie Tod
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Maria Hardenbroeck,   b. 1667, New York, New York, USA d. Bef 1703, New York, New York, USA (Age < 35 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1692	New York, New York, USA   [16]
  	Collegiate Church
  Children	1. Elizabeth Jamieson,   b. Abt 1695, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Jamieson,   b. New York, New York, USA d. Abt 1747, New York, New York, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F23584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Joanna Meech
  Marriage	16 Jan 1702/03	New York, New York, USA
  Family ID	F31935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1659 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Baptism - 22 Mar 1659 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Occupation - Trained by his father as a tailor - Abt 1676 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Military service - In the Covenanter army at Bothwell Bridge - 22 Jun 1679 - Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Possibly a student supported by the United Societies, the Presbyterian militant network - Abt 1680 - Utrecht, Netherlands Legal - Declared an outlaw, put to the horn and escheat for failing to compear accused of treason and rebellion, participating in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge - 20 Jan 1679/80 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Religion - Presbtyterian - Covenanter, member of the Sweet Singers - 1681 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Canongate Tolbooth following the arrest of Sweet Singers at Wolf Craigs - May 1681 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - One of the 'Sweet Singers' led by John Gibb arrested bt a troop of dragoons probably at Wolf Craigs, and held in the Canongate Tolbooth - May 1681 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Tailor - 1682 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Residence - Imprisoned for failure to pay a fine imposed following a "'disorderly' non-attendance" at the parish church of Linlithgow. Apparently still in prison in Nov 1683 - 18 Nov 1682 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Legal - Imprisoned for religious disorder with Alexander Montgomery, James Clerkson, George Higgins and others until they paid their fines - 4 Jan 1682/83 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Legal - On the Fugitive Roll - 5 May 1684 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Legal - Banished by the Privy Council and ordered to be delivered to George Lockhart for transportation - 16 May 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Canongate Tolbooth with James Clarkson, Alexander Montgomery, George Higgins and others and odrered by the Privy Council to be banished; to be delivered to Walter Gibson - 27 May 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Petition to the Privy Council by Robert Malloch, merchant in Edinburgh, to ship James Clarkson, David Jamieson, Alexander Montgomery, George Higgins and others to Carolina from Leith rather than with Walter Gibson from Glasgow - granted - 29 May 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Aft Sep 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Indentured servant, sold by George Lockhart to Rev Josiah Clarke, the chaplain of the New York Fort. Allowed to "teach school to redeem himself" - Abt 1685 - New York, New York, USA Residence - Believed to be an author of a tract against New York politician, and rebel, Jacob Leisler - 1689 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Legal clerk to Matthew Clarkson, Secretary of the Province - 1690 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Clerk to the Council of New York, date appointed - 15 Apr 1691 - New York, New York, USA Marriage - 7 May 1692 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Clerk to the Council of New York, salary £50 pa. Dismissed in Oct 1698 by the incoming Governor, Lord Bellamont who sought to remove his predecessor's staff and accused Jamieson of having been condemned to death in Scotland, of atheism and bigamy - 1693 - New York, New York, USA Residence - Member of the New York Governor’s expedition to renew an agreement with the Mohawks and other Native American nations in 1696, about which he wrote an account - 1696 - New York, USA Property - Partner in patent for a large tract of land though to cover what is now the town of Harrison - 25 Jun 1696 - Harrison, Westchester, New York, USA Occupation - Attorney. Later a founder of the New York Bar Association. - 1697 - New York, New York, USA Property - With 8 partners obtained the Great Nine Partners Patent - 27 May 1697 - Dutchess, New York, USA Property - One of 7 partners granted 1,200 acres in Deerpark - 14 Oct 1697 - Deerpark, Orange, New York, USA Occupation - Deputy Surveyor-General of New York - date of oath - 17 Jun 1701 - New York, New York, USA Marriage - 16 Jan 1702/03 - New York, New York, USA Property - Conveyed land to Thomas Grub and his wife - 11 Nov 1703 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - One of three attorneys defending Presbyterian minister, Francis Makemie, for pereaching without a licence - Jun 1707 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Chief Justice of New Jersey, to 1723 - 1711 - New Jersey, USA Occupation - Recorder of New York City and Commissioner to execute the office of Attorney General in the Province of New York - 10 Jun 1712 - New York, New York, USA Residence - Date of letter from Governor Hunter to the Boards of Trade defnding Jamieson from accustions of past bigamy and religious insurrection. - 2 Oct 1716 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - New York Attorney General - date of oath - 22 Jan 1720 - New York, New York, USA Death - 26 Jul 1739 - Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Burial - - Manhattan, New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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