Robert Burnet

Abt 1640 - Bef 1714  (< 74 years)

• Name	Robert Burnet
  Birth	Abt 1640	Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Property	6 Apr 1665	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Charter by Sir Robert Farquhar of Mouny to Robert Burnett and Anne Forbes, his spouse, of lands of Lethenty and others (GD1/24/25)
  Property	5 May 1665	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Instrument of resignation by Sir Robert Farquhar of Munie of lands of Lethenty and others in favour of Robert Burnet, son of Alexander Burnet, Sen, of Counteswells, and Anna Forbes, his spouse (GD1/24/27)
  Property	3 Jul 1669  [3]
  	Charter of confirmation and novodamus by Patrick, bishop of Aberdeen, to Robert Burnet, now of Lethenty, of lands of Lumphard
  Occupation	22 Sep 1671	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted
  Property	23 Feb 1671/72	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Signature of lands of Lethintie granted to Robert Burnet
  Property	1676	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Imprisoned several times and as a 'landed man' was fined 1/4 of his rents for attending a Quaker conventicle and 1/8 of his rents for absenting himself from public worship
  Religion	1676	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Imprisonment	12 Mar 1676	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Arrested and imprisoned for three months in Aberdeen Tolbooth for attending a house conventicle in Aberdeen. He was imprisoned again the following year.
  Property	23 Mar 1681/82	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Purchased the proprietary of John Heywood, a fellow Quaker, and a half share from Clement Plumsted. Sold on his property shares to Scots such as Andrew Jaffray and James Willocks
  Residence	30 Mar 1683	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Provided 50 bolls of meal @ £5 boll as part of his proprietor's contribution to the settlement costs of East Jersey n
  Role	1684	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [8]
  	Emigration agent
  Property	8 Sep 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Mem., that Robert Burnett of Lethanty has given to James Miller, his agent in East New Jersey, 300 acres on Raraton River, for 1/32 of 1/24 share
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Proprietor (absent at first)
  Property	22 Aug 1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [10, 11]
  	Robert Burnet of Lehtinty and Robert Gordon of Cluny sold 500 acres toJohn Laing, husbandman, and appointed thier overseer in East Jersey
  Property	20 May 1690	Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Warrnat for 2,700 acres (2,000 between Assunpink and the Raratan River) and 700 at Barnegat
  Property	23 Jul 1690	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [12]
  	Instrument of Sasine in favour of Robert Burnet of Lethentie of tenement of land on the north side of the Netherkirkgate in Aberdeen, which formerly pertained to deceased Mr James Kennedy, elder (GD67/163)
  Property	22 Mar 1692/93	New Jersey, USA   [13]
  	Sold 1/16 of his holding to Robert Sandilands, another Quaker
  Property	30 Nov 1695	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [14]
  	Sold barony and lands of Lethintie to Mr Alexander Rose (Ross) of Insh. Sasines 2 Oct 1696, including provison of annualrent to Robert's wife Anna Forbes
  	GD52/570 Extract ratification by Anna Forbes, spouse of Robert Burnet of Lethintie [Lethenty], of a disposition by the said Robert to Mr Alexander Ross of Insh of the lands and barony of Lethintie [Lethenty], in the parish of Logiedurnoo, lands of Lumphard and Cutlecraigs in the parish of Daviot and a tolerance to take peats from the Moss of Bogheads in the parish of Fyvie. Registered Burgh Court Books of Aberdeen, 30 November 1695.
  Residence	1696	Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Lethentie, Logydurno parish (Logie Durno). On the Poll Tax list: himself, wife, son Robert and two grandchildren, Margaret and Jean
  Arrival	Bef 20 Jan 1699/00	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [15]
  	On which date he was appointed as one of three to act as attorney for Gilbert Molleson and Francis Palmer
  Occupation	20 Sep 1700	New Jersey, USA
  	Member of the East Jersey Board of Proprietors, to 14 August 1701
  Property	20 Oct 1700	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [16]
  	Purchase of Indian land for £16 15s from 'Caponaeoconeon; Celemond; Indians; Oveakae'
  Legal	15 Apr 1702  [17]
  	As an East Jersey Proprietor, agreed to the Surrender of Government of East and West Jersey to the Crown, Lewis Morris signing on his behalf
  	Witnessed by Gilbert Falconer and Daniel Wild
  Title Suffix	of Lethintie, later of Freehold
  	Also known as Robert Burnet of Lethintie and Countesswells. There are various spellings of Lethintie including Lethinty, Lethendie, Lathentie
  Name	Lethinty  [18]
  	Thius is how he was known in New Jersey
  Property	28 May 1702	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [19]
  	Conveyed to John Chambers, Jr of Piscataway, yeoman, for £80, two tracts of land in the county of Monmouth, containing in whole 400 acres
  Property	3 Sep 1702	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [20]
  	Purchased a tract from beyond Cranbury Bridge from Weequahalaw (sachem), Quainheetquas
  Property	1 Dec 1705	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [21, 22]
  	Sold 520 acres on Doctor's Creek to his son-in-law, Nathan Allen
  Property	20 May 1706	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [22, 23]
  	Sold 500 acres to his son-in-law William Montgomery. This tract was named Eglinton and it remained in the Montgomery family for six generations
  Will	24 Nov 1712	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [18]
  	Executors: son Patrick, daughter Isabell. Witnesses: Samuel Atkinson, Daniel Rolson, Robert Feild, William Lumass
  Property	1 Jun 1714	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [24]
  	Sold 1,200 acres to Peter Murdock, woolcomber of New York province for 190 "silver money"
  	Scanned version available on Family Search
  Property	14 Sep 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [25]
  	On list of debtors to John Bowne of Matawan, listed in the inventory of his estate
  Death	Bef 16 Nov 1714	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [18]
  Probate	16 Nov 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [18]
  	Real and personal estate (slaves). Executors: son Patrick and daughter Isabell.
  Property	28 Mar 1719	New Jersey, USA   [26]
  	An act for vesting the Lands late the Estate and Inheritance of Robert Burnet, Esq., late of the County of Monmouth in the Province of New-Jersey in Trustees to be sold and disposed of for the Payment of Debts
  Burial	Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
  	Crosswicks Friends burial ground
  Person ID	I44542	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander Burnet   d. Bef 23 Nov 1681
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1665	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F31158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Forbes,   b. Abt 1642, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Marriage	Abt 1659	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Burnet,   b. 1660  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Isabel Burnet,   b. 1663, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Robert Burnet,   b. 1666, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Margery Burnet,   b. 1673, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Abt 1720, New Jersey, USA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Burnet,   b. 1669, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Alexander Burnet,   b. 1665, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Barbados  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Jean Burnet,   b. 1671, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 1714 (Age < 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Jeane Burnet,   b. 1661, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 1671, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age < 9 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Patrick Burnet   d. Abt 1744  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Mesdie Burnet  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1640 - Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Marriage - Abt 1659 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Charter by Sir Robert Farquhar of Mouny to Robert Burnett and Anne Forbes, his spouse, of lands of Lethenty and others (GD1/24/25) - 6 Apr 1665 - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Instrument of resignation by Sir Robert Farquhar of Munie of lands of Lethenty and others in favour of Robert Burnet, son of Alexander Burnet, Sen, of Counteswells, and Anna Forbes, his spouse (GD1/24/27) - 5 May 1665 - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted - 22 Sep 1671 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Signature of lands of Lethintie granted to Robert Burnet - 23 Feb 1671/72 - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Imprisoned several times and as a 'landed man' was fined 1/4 of his rents for attending a Quaker conventicle and 1/8 of his rents for absenting himself from public worship - 1676 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1676 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Arrested and imprisoned for three months in Aberdeen Tolbooth for attending a house conventicle in Aberdeen. He was imprisoned again the following year. - 12 Mar 1676 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Purchased the proprietary of John Heywood, a fellow Quaker, and a half share from Clement Plumsted. Sold on his property shares to Scots such as Andrew Jaffray and James Willocks - 23 Mar 1681/82 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - Provided 50 bolls of meal @ £5 boll as part of his proprietor's contribution to the settlement costs of East Jersey n - 30 Mar 1683 - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - 1684 - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Mem., that Robert Burnett of Lethanty has given to James Miller, his agent in East New Jersey, 300 acres on Raraton River, for 1/32 of 1/24 share - 8 Sep 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Warrnat for 2,700 acres (2,000 between Assunpink and the Raratan River) and 700 at Barnegat - 20 May 1690 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Property - Instrument of Sasine in favour of Robert Burnet of Lethentie of tenement of land on the north side of the Netherkirkgate in Aberdeen, which formerly pertained to deceased Mr James Kennedy, elder (GD67/163) - 23 Jul 1690 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Sold 1/16 of his holding to Robert Sandilands, another Quaker - 22 Mar 1692/93 - New Jersey, USA Property - Sold barony and lands of Lethintie to Mr Alexander Rose (Ross) of Insh. Sasines 2 Oct 1696, including provison of annualrent to Robert's wife Anna Forbes - 30 Nov 1695 - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - Lethentie, Logydurno parish (Logie Durno). On the Poll Tax list: himself, wife, son Robert and two grandchildren, Margaret and Jean - 1696 - Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Member of the East Jersey Board of Proprietors, to 14 August 1701 - 20 Sep 1700 - New Jersey, USA Property - Purchase of Indian land for £16 15s from 'Caponaeoconeon; Celemond; Indians; Oveakae' - 20 Oct 1700 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Conveyed to John Chambers, Jr of Piscataway, yeoman, for £80, two tracts of land in the county of Monmouth, containing in whole 400 acres - 28 May 1702 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchased a tract from beyond Cranbury Bridge from Weequahalaw (sachem), Quainheetquas - 3 Sep 1702 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold 520 acres on Doctor's Creek to his son-in-law, Nathan Allen - 1 Dec 1705 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold 500 acres to his son-in-law William Montgomery. This tract was named Eglinton and it remained in the Montgomery family for six generations - 20 May 1706 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold 1,200 acres to Peter Murdock, woolcomber of New York province for 190 "silver money" - 1 Jun 1714 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 16 Nov 1714 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - 28 Mar 1719 - New Jersey, USA Burial - - Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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