John Corbet

- 1706

• Name	John Corbet
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1684	Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer's son
  Legal	24 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Successful petition to the Privy Council by John Corbet, elder, son John and daughter Margaret against previous sentences, including banishmne tin the case of John, younger. Agreed to live orderly, on pain of 500 merks
  Imprisonment	Nov 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Brought from Dumfries to jail in Edinburgh
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner - returned
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'not banished'
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Legal	25 Feb 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5)
  Departure	Abt 1688	New Jersey, USA
  	Return voyage to Scotland
  Name	John Corbit  [4]
  Origin	Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Burial	1706	Tinwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  	See https://canmore.org.uk/site/66334/tinwald-parish-church and Mark Jardine's post, https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/the-grave-at-tinwald-of-john-corbet-banished-to-new-jersey-in-1685/ Tinwald kirkyard
  Death	17 Mar 1706	Tinwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44587	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Corbett
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer's son - 1684 - Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Legal - Successful petition to the Privy Council by John Corbet, elder, son John and daughter Margaret against previous sentences, including banishmne tin the case of John, younger. Agreed to live orderly, on pain of 500 merks - 24 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Brought from Dumfries to jail in Edinburgh - Nov 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Legal - Granted to George Scot for transportation - 18 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 'not banished' - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - One of several Covenanter prisoners subject to a case brought by Captain Richard Hutton for the costs of their transportation (£5) - 25 Feb 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Departure - Return voyage to Scotland - Abt 1688 - New Jersey, USA Origin - - Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Burial - 1706 - Tinwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Death - 17 Mar 1706 - Tinwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p307. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p377. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p155. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p11. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, p206.