George Brown

Abt 1659 - 1718  (59 years)

• Name	George Brown
  Birth	Abt 1659  [1]
  	(Age based on MI)
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Occupation	1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Tailor
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Legal	5 Feb 1684/85	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Ordered to be brought to Privy Council in order to be banished
  Imprisonment	10 Mar 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Refused the abjuration before the Committe for Public Affairs and sent to prison
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [4, 5, 6]
  	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   [7]
  Name	George Broun
  Name	George Broune  [8]
  Property	6 Sep 1697	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Deed of purchase of 14 acres from James Greer "for the sum of £12 Lawful Money"
  Property	12 Feb 1700/01	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [10]
  	Deed of purchase of land from Thomas Cauwood, weaver "for the sum of £15 Lawful Money Woodbridge
  Burial	1718	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Death	18 Feb 1717/18	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 11]
  Occupation	Mar 1717/18	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Yeoman farmer
  Will	14 Mar 1717/18	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [11]
  	Administratrix Annapell. Inventory made by Robert Gilchrist and Robert Porter
  Probate	5 Apr 1718	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [11]
  Person ID	I44561	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Annabel Gordon,   b. 1661, Scotland d. 2 Jun 1731, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	13 Feb 1693	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  Children	1. James Brown,   b. 8 Dec 1693, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 19 Oct 1761, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Andrew Brown,   b. 3 Sep 1705, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Thomas Brown,   b. 2 Mar 1695/96, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 1727 (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Brown,   b. 11 May 1698, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 14 May 1759, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Christian Brown,   b. 26 Apr 1701, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 1749 (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Grier Brown,   b. 3 Sep 1703, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Without issue  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tailor - 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Legal - Ordered to be brought to Privy Council in order to be banished - 5 Feb 1684/85 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Refused the abjuration before the Committe for Public Affairs and sent to prison - 10 Mar 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, 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 - 13 Feb 1693 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of purchase of 14 acres from James Greer "for the sum of £12 Lawful Money" - 6 Sep 1697 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of purchase of land from Thomas Cauwood, weaver "for the sum of £15 Lawful Money Woodbridge - 12 Feb 1700/01 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1718 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 18 Feb 1717/18 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Yeoman farmer - Mar 1717/18 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Administratrix Annapell. Inventory made by Robert Gilchrist and Robert Porter - 14 Mar 1717/18 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 5 Apr 1718 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3739] Monnette, Orra Eugene, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p372. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p177. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, 129. [S3589] Somerset, Douglas W. B., "The Dunnottar Prisoners of 1685", p115. [S3589] Somerset, Douglas W. B., "The Dunnottar Prisoners of 1685", p202. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, F(EJ): Folio 454-456 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Middlesex Co Deeds Vol 14: Folio 278-280 (CMICL011). [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p64. [S3529] Brown, Charlotte Cowdrey, The New Jersey Browns, p13.