Marjory Cowan

• Name	Marjory Cowan
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Oct 1684	Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Barnesse (on Sir David Dunbar's land)
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Imprisoned in Dunnottar Castle. Left c12 Aug 1685. Arrived Leith 18 Aug 1685
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	Margaret Cowand  [1]
  Name	Marion (Greer)
  Name	Miriam Cowan
  Residence	1703	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Origin	Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I44589	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	James Grier   d. Jan 1702/03, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	29 Mar 1689	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Married by Archibald Riddell
  Family ID	F31558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Barnesse (on Sir David Dunbar's land) - Oct 1684 - Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Dunnottar Castle. Left c12 Aug 1685. Arrived Leith 18 Aug 1685 - 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 - 29 Mar 1689 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1703 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Possibly the same person as Marjory Cowan

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PC10/266. [S3589] Somerset, Douglas W. B., "The Dunnottar Prisoners of 1685", p115. [S3589] Somerset, Douglas W. B., "The Dunnottar Prisoners of 1685", p202. [S3604] Dally, Joseph W., Woodbridge and Vicinity, p332.