Bethia Carstaires

1636 - Abt 1685  (49 years)

• Name	Bethia Carstaires
  Birth	Mar 1635/36	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Daughter of Johnne Carstaires and Agnes Murray
  Baptism	26 Mar 1636	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Free emigrant - died
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Title Suffix	Lady Aithernie
  Name	Bathia Cairstairs  [2]
  Name	Bethiah Carstaires  [1]
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [3]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis en route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44551	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Mr Thomas Rigg,   b. 1616, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland bur. Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Marriage	19 Mar 1656	Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. William Rigg,   b. 1657, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland d. Abt 1658, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Eupham Rigg,   b. Abt 1663, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland d. Abt Oct 1685, At sea (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Rigg,   b. 1659, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland d. Abt Oct 1685, At sea (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Mar 1635/36 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Baptism - 26 Mar 1636 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage - 19 Mar 1656 - Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland Role - Free emigrant - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Edinburgh 685/1 40/306. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Kilconquhar 436 10/349. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221).