James Clarkson

1666 - 1729  (63 years)

• Name	James Clarkson
  Birth	1666	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Baptism	8 Nov 1666	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Witnesses: James Crichton, George Bell, Robert Whyt. Name written as 'James Clersoun'
  Gender	Male
  Residence	25 Oct 1683	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Denounced along with his father James and mother Agnes for not attending the (episcopal) church in Linlithgow
  Imprisonment	27 May 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Imprisoned in Canongate Tolbooth with David Jamieson, 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   [5]
  	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
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis?
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Residence	1690	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  Residence	15 Aug 1693	New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	In receipt of a letter from his brother John concerning the death of their mother
  Occupation	May 1695	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Boatman
  Property	5 May 1695	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Purchased 1/4 acre in Woodbridge township from Thomas Parker
  Legal	30 Mar 1702	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [9, 10]
  	Petitioned the Proprietors for headland for himself and his father (who "came into this province before the 25th March 1685")
  Title Suffix	in Woodbridge
  Will	13 Jun 1723	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [11]
  	Executors: three sons plus Adam Hude, Robert Gilchrist, Mosses Rolph, Edward Crowell as assistants. Witnesses: Adam HGude, David Tappen, Conrelia Ellison, Marion Hude
  Probate	5 Jan 1728/29	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [11]
  Death	30 Dec 1729	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  Burial	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  Person ID	I44532	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	James Clarkson,   b. Abt 1635, Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1687, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Collen,   b. 1643, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland d. Bef 15 Aug 1693, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Age < 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1662	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F31145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian Spence,   b. 1661, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland d. 2 Nov 1715, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1687	New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. John Clarkson,   b. 1690, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 3 Nov 1757, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Clarkson,   b. 1 Mar 1687, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1729, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Robert Clarkson,   b. Abt 1694, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 15 Jan 1733/34, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Agnes Clarkson,   b. Abt 1700, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Aft 14 Oct 1761 (Age > 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1666 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Baptism - 8 Nov 1666 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Residence - Denounced along with his father James and mother Agnes for not attending the (episcopal) church in Linlithgow - 25 Oct 1683 - Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Canongate Tolbooth with David Jamieson, 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 Henry and Francis? - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 1687 - New Jersey, USA Residence - 1690 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - In receipt of a letter from his brother John concerning the death of their mother - 15 Aug 1693 - New Jersey, USA Occupation - Boatman - May 1695 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchased 1/4 acre in Woodbridge township from Thomas Parker - 5 May 1695 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: three sons plus Adam Hude, Robert Gilchrist, Mosses Rolph, Edward Crowell as assistants. Witnesses: Adam HGude, David Tappen, Conrelia Ellison, Marion Hude - 13 Jun 1723 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 5 Jan 1728/29 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 30 Dec 1729 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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