William Cunningham

- Abt 1685

• Name	William Cunningham
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Abt 1684	Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Ashinyards
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Residence	Abt Feb 1685	England   [2]
  	On 17 Mar 1685, he was described as 'latlie come from Ingland'
  Imprisonment	12 Mar 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3, 4]
  	Warded in Edinburgh Tolbooth by order of the Privy Council, brought from Leith, having arrived from England unde rguard
  	Fellow prisoners: Andrew Craffurd, Charles Gray, John Forman, John Frazer, John Mortine, William Oliphant, Alexander Shiell
  Legal	6 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Found guilty of treason and banished
  Imprisonment	22 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Held in Edinburgh Tolbooth - date handed over to Sgt James Baird (Col Douglas's Regiment) prior to transportation with George Scot of Pitlochie
  	Handed over with William Jackson and John Muirhead
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner on Pitlochie's list
  Name	William Cuningham  [3]
  Name	William Cunynghame  [2]
  Origin	Ayrshire, Scotland
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44595	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Ashinyards - Abt 1684 - Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Residence - On 17 Mar 1685, he was described as 'latlie come from Ingland' - Abt Feb 1685 - England Imprisonment - Warded in Edinburgh Tolbooth by order of the Privy Council, brought from Leith, having arrived from England unde rguard - 12 Mar 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Found guilty of treason and banished - 6 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Edinburgh Tolbooth - date handed over to Sgt James Baird (Col Douglas's Regiment) prior to transportation with George Scot of Pitlochie - 22 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner on Pitlochie's list - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Ayrshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PC11/159. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XI, 1922, p44. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XI, 1922, p40. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p180. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p174.