John Foreman

- 1720

• Name	John Foreman
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1684	Hutton, Berwickshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Tailor
  	"A tailor who lived in Hultoun in the Merse"
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Religion	1685	Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Imprisonment	12 Mar 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Warded in Edinburgh Tolbooth by order of the Privy Council, brought by guard from Leith
  	Fellow prisoners: Andrew Craffurd, William Cuningham, Charles Gray, John Frazer, John Mortine, William Oliphant, Alexander Shiell
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	John Fairman  [3]
  Name	John Forman  [4, 5]
  Property	3 Apr 1697	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Deed of purchase of 15 acres from Abraham Denslie
  Occupation	1709	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Tailor
  Property	16 Jan 1708/09	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Deed of sale of 22.5 acres on north side of Rawack Swamp by John Foreman to John Aires (planter) of Woodbridge
  Death	1720	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Probate	5 Dec 1720	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	Administration on the estate granted to Zebulon Pike, Agnis Foreman and Ursula Foreman. Inventory of £70 10s 9d, dated 7 Dec 1720 made by Adam Hude, Robert Gilchrist and Richard Cutter
  Origin	Berwickshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44613	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Margaret Robertson
  Marriage	Abt 1694	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. Mary Foreman,   b. 25 Sep 1697, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ursula Foreman,   b. 25 Sep 1700, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Agnes Foreman,   b. 1695, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 29 Oct 1742, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Janet Foreman   d. Feb 1769, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tailor - Abt 1684 - Hutton, Berwickshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Scotland Imprisonment - Warded in Edinburgh Tolbooth by order of the Privy Council, brought by guard from Leith - 12 Mar 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 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 Property - Deed of purchase of 15 acres from Abraham Denslie - 3 Apr 1697 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Tailor - 1709 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of sale of 22.5 acres on north side of Rawack Swamp by John Foreman to John Aires (planter) of Woodbridge - 16 Jan 1708/09 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 1720 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Administration on the estate granted to Zebulon Pike, Agnis Foreman and Ursula Foreman. Inventory of £70 10s 9d, dated 7 Dec 1720 made by Adam Hude, Robert Gilchrist and Richard Cutter - 5 Dec 1720 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Berwickshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/76/1. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p9. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XII, 1923, p166. [S3522] Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, (Name: Old Edinburgh Club; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1916;), Vol. XI, 1922, p40. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, F(EJ): Folio 269-270 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Middlesex Co Deeds Vol 14: Folio 385-388 (CMICL011). [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p169.