Adam Hude

1661 - 1746  (85 years)

• Name	Adam Hude  [1]
  Birth	1661	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Residence	Mar 1684/85	Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [2]
  Legal	3 Mar 1684/85	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	A "disaffected person", said in the trial of 16 year old James Renwick, to have dictated "a seditious letter against the government and orthodix clergie" dropped off at Ashkirk church
  	Adam Hude was apparently unable to write the letter himself
  Legal	20 May 1685	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
  	Refused the oath of allegiance in the presence of Major John Wedderburn of Gosford
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Legal	Jun 1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5), winning his case
  Name	Adam Hood  [5]
  Occupation	Abt 1688	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Weaver
  Residence	1694	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  Property	31 Jan 1695/96	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Deed, Daniel Robins of Woodbridge and wife Hope to Adam Hude of Staten Island, for 17 acres in Woodbridge; also 4 acres of meadow and 5 acres of upland. Transfer of these confirmed 9 Dec 1696
  Occupation	1701	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Member of the Provincial Assembly of New Jersey
  Religion	Oct 1710	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Year admitted to the membership of the Presbyterian Church in Woodbridge, pastor Rev Mr Wade
  Occupation	1718	New Jersey, USA
  	Judge - appointed as a Judge in the Court of Common Pleas. Stll active as Presiding Judge in 1733
  Origin	Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Possibly
  Death	27 Jun 1746	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 8]
  Burial	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 9]
  Person ID	I44434	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Marion Renwick,   b. Feb 1662   d. 20 Nov 1732, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1686	New Jersey, USA   [8]
  Children	1. Robert Hude,   b. 25 Sep 1691, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 30 Jan 1749, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Hude,   b. 27 Jul 1696, New Jersey, USA d. 21 Jul 1773, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lieutenant-Colonel James Hude,   b. 14 Aug 1695   d. 1762, New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John Hude,   b. 23 Jul 1687, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 1 Nov 1687, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Agnes Hude,   b. 29 Oct 1689, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Andrew Hude,   b. 13 Jul 1693, New Jersey, USA d. Dec 1716, New Jersey, USA (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1661 - Scotland Residence - Mar 1684/85 - Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland Legal - A "disaffected person", said in the trial of 16 year old James Renwick, to have dictated "a seditious letter against the government and orthodix clergie" dropped off at Ashkirk church - 3 Mar 1684/85 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance in the presence of Major John Wedderburn of Gosford - 20 May 1685 - Burntisland, Fife, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 1686 - New Jersey, USA Legal - One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5), winning his case - Jun 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1694 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Property - Deed, Daniel Robins of Woodbridge and wife Hope to Adam Hude of Staten Island, for 17 acres in Woodbridge; also 4 acres of meadow and 5 acres of upland. Transfer of these confirmed 9 Dec 1696 - 31 Jan 1695/96 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Member of the Provincial Assembly of New Jersey - 1701 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Year admitted to the membership of the Presbyterian Church in Woodbridge, pastor Rev Mr Wade - Oct 1710 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Judge - appointed as a Judge in the Court of Common Pleas. Stll active as Presiding Judge in 1733 - 1718 - New Jersey, USA Origin - Possibly - - Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland Death - 27 Jun 1746 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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