Annabel Gordon

1661 - 1731  (70 years)

• Name	Annabel Gordon
  Birth	1661	Scotland   [1]
  	(Based on MI)
  Gender	Female
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. One of the signatories to a banished Covenanter testimony
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	Anaple Gordon
  Name	Annabel Gordone  [2]
  Name	Annabell Gordoune  [4]
  Burial	1731	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	First Presbyterian Churchyard. '70 yrs' on tombstone
  Death	2 Jun 1731	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Person ID	I44562	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 1	George Brown,   b. Abt 1659   d. 18 Feb 1717/18, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	13 Feb 1693	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  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

  
  

  Family 2	William Knox   d. Bef 1693
  Marriage	Abt 1687	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	William was a widower at marriage
  Children	1. Janet Knox,   b. 16 Mar 1688/89, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 16 Sep 1767, New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1661 - 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. One of the signatories to a banished Covenanter testimony - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 13 Feb 1693 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1731 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 2 Jun 1731 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3739] Monnette, Orra Eugene, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p372. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p11. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166. [S3529] Brown, Charlotte Cowdrey, The New Jersey Browns, p13.