Janet Filmerton

- Abt 1685

• Name	Janet Filmerton
  Gender	Female
  Imprisonment	3 Dec 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth
  	Warded with John Pollock, William Pollock, Anna Kerr, Jean Dreumond, Margrat Lessly, Isobell Smith
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Transported prisoner - died
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Appeared before the Privy Council and "flately and boldly ... denyed the King to be laufull Soveraigne", such that the Council determined that she should be put on trial for her life
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Name	Janett Fumertoune  [1]
  Name	Jannet Fumartoune  [3]
  Name	Jenet Foumartoune  [5]
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [2]
  	En route to Perth Amboy
  Person ID	I44610	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Edinburgh Tolbooth - 3 Dec 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Transported prisoner - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Legal - Appeared before the Privy Council and "flately and boldly ... denyed the King to be laufull Soveraigne", such that the Council determined that she should be put on trial for her life - 18 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. IX, 1916, p170. [S3609] Jardine, Mark, United Societies: Militancy, Martyrdom and the Presbyterian Movement in Late-Restoration Scotland, 1679 to 1688, Appendix 4.7. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p11. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p156. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166.