James Armour

1653 -

• Name	James Armour
  Birth	1653	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Baptism	21 Nov 1653	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Witnesses: Robert Allan, James Armour, younger
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	19 Sep 1678	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Merchant Burgess and Guild Brother - date admitted
  Residence	27 Oct 1682	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Attended a planning meeting of the undertakers in the Carolina Company
  	See Fryer, Linda G., ‘Documents Relating to the Formation of the Carolina Company in Scotland, 1682’, The South Carolina Historical Magazine, 99.2 (1998), pp. 110-34, Appendices. It is possible that the attendee was one of the other Galsgow merchants called James Armour.
  Religion	1684	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Property	14 Jan 1684/85	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Held a lot neighbouring that of John Carrington. On 11 Feb 1685, ordered to "erect a front house"
  Role	Abt Mar 1684/85	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Emigration agent
  Imprisonment	27 Mar 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Date of release from Glasgow Tolbooth, on agreeing to be transported, on pain of 2,000 merks for failure
  Occupation	Jun 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Merchant. Agent for George Scot of Pitlochie
  Role	Sep 1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Transported prisoner
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis, shipping felt hats paying duty of £1 12s on 2 Sep
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Occupation	1687	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Merchant
  Residence	1687	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Property	14 Feb 1687	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Bond by Lord Neill Campbell to Mr James Dundas and Mr James Armour of Amboy Perth (see GD 112/2/113/18 & 19)
  Property	26 Oct 1687	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Purchase of 640 acres of upland and meadow from Samuel Moore for £400. Witnesses: James Walker, Patrick Falconer
  Property	5 Dec 1687	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [10]
  	Purchase of a town lot from Peter Sonmans. Wtinesses: James Emott, James Fullarton
  Legal	5 Mar 1693/94	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [11]
  	Brought a case at the Court of Common Right against John and Ezekiell Blumfields for debt of £112 12s
  Property	20 Apr 1694	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  	Petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a warrant for 640 acres, granted
  Residence	Abt Jul 1695	New York, New York, USA   [13]
  	He was a merchant in New York until sometime before 4 Dec 1695 when he was described in court records as 'late of New York', when he was acting as attorney for Samuel Edsall
  Legal	18 Feb 1695/96	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [14]
  	Witness to the will of David Mudie
  Departure	Aft Mar 1695/96	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Legal	2 Apr 1697	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	A debt repayment of £3 4s appears in the inventory of Thomas Carhart
  	See 'A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Carhart' Mary E. Dusenbury (New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1880), p19
  Title Suffix	younger, later of Perth Amboy
  Name	James Armor  [7]
  Property	14 Apr 1724	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [15]
  	Sold land to Charles Dunstar (second transaction on 15 Apr 1724), 600 acres in all
  	Charles Dunstar gave a bond to pay Armour the third part of appraised value of the lands within three years or reconvey the land. This remained a claim against Dunstar's estatre in January 1740. See Nelson, William, Some Account of American Newspapers (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XII) (Paterson, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1895), XII, p9
  Person ID	I44546	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	James Armour   d. 1678, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean Biscat
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Feb 1641/42	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [16]
  Family ID	F31160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F31705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1653 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Baptism - 21 Nov 1653 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant Burgess and Guild Brother - date admitted - 19 Sep 1678 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Attended a planning meeting of the undertakers in the Carolina Company - 27 Oct 1682 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1684 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Property - Held a lot neighbouring that of John Carrington. On 11 Feb 1685, ordered to "erect a front house" - 14 Jan 1684/85 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Role - Emigration agent - Abt Mar 1684/85 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Date of release from Glasgow Tolbooth, on agreeing to be transported, on pain of 2,000 merks for failure - 27 Mar 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant. Agent for George Scot of Pitlochie - Jun 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis, shipping felt hats paying duty of £1 12s on 2 Sep - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Merchant - 1687 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1687 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Bond by Lord Neill Campbell to Mr James Dundas and Mr James Armour of Amboy Perth (see GD 112/2/113/18 & 19) - 14 Feb 1687 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchase of 640 acres of upland and meadow from Samuel Moore for £400. Witnesses: James Walker, Patrick Falconer - 26 Oct 1687 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchase of a town lot from Peter Sonmans. Wtinesses: James Emott, James Fullarton - 5 Dec 1687 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Brought a case at the Court of Common Right against John and Ezekiell Blumfields for debt of £112 12s - 5 Mar 1693/94 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a warrant for 640 acres, granted - 20 Apr 1694 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - He was a merchant in New York until sometime before 4 Dec 1695 when he was described in court records as 'late of New York', when he was acting as attorney for Samuel Edsall - Abt Jul 1695 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Witness to the will of David Mudie - 18 Feb 1695/96 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Departure - Aft Mar 1695/96 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - A debt repayment of £3 4s appears in the inventory of Thomas Carhart - 2 Apr 1697 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold land to Charles Dunstar (second transaction on 15 Apr 1724), 600 acres in all - 14 Apr 1724 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alternative birth to James Elder and Margaret Crauford, Glasgow baptised 5 October 1657 (644/1 50/81). Witnesses illegible. An earlier baptism of a James to these parents on 21 May 1654 had James Armour, elder as a witness (644/1 50/5)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Glasgow 644/1 40/327. [S3525] Anderson, James R., The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow, (Name: Scottish Record Society; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1925;), The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow. https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso43scotuoft [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p104, p115. [S3773] Scot, George, A Brief Advertisement Concerning East-New-Jersey, in America, p3. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p206. [S3550] Scot, George, The Model of the Government of the Province of East-New-Jersey in America, p272. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), E72/15/32/22. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/2/113/19. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, B(EJ): Folio 472-473 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, B(EJ): Folio 496-498 (SSTSE023). [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, pp268-269. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p208. [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, p288. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p331. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D-2(EJ): Folio 106 and 114 (SSTSE023). [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Glasgow 644/1 230/153.