Margaret Forrest

Abt 1664 - Abt 1685  (21 years)

• Name	Margaret Forrest
  Birth	Abt 1664	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1683	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Old-yards
  Legal	11 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Sentenced to transportation along with others including her brother James
  Imprisonment	13 Nov 1684	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Glasgow Tolbooth when her brother James wrote to her from Stirling Tolbooth
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Name	Mary Ferret
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis en route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44609	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	James Forrest
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marion Forrest
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1664 - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Old-yards - 1683 - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Legal - Sentenced to transportation along with others including her brother James - 11 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Glasgow Tolbooth when her brother James wrote to her from Stirling Tolbooth - 13 Nov 1684 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - died - 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 Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3532] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 3, p446. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p251. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p337. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125.