James Forsythe

• Name	James Forsythe
  Gender	Male
  Legal	1679	Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  	Listed as fugitive for having taken part in the rebellion of 1679
  Occupation	1683	Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  	Tenant farmer or cottar
  Residence	1683	Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  	Carthat
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Residence	Abt Apr 1685	England   [2]
  	Where he was seized and "sent down prisoner to Sir James Johnston of Wester-raw", on 13 May
  Legal	Abt 15 May 1685	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth.
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 18 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation. Wodrow reports that George Scot was said to "tamper" with James and others, asking for £5 sterling for his passage in return for their freedom on arrival
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Title Suffix	in Carthat  [1]
  Name	James Forsyth  [3, 6]
  Origin	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  	Annandale
  Person ID	I44614	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	_____ (Forsythe)   d. Abt Jul 1685, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F31913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Legal - Listed as fugitive for having taken part in the rebellion of 1679 - 1679 - Dumfries-shire, Scotland Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar - 1683 - Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Residence - Carthat - 1683 - Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Residence - Where he was seized and "sent down prisoner to Sir James Johnston of Wester-raw", on 13 May - Abt Apr 1685 - England Legal - Refused the oath of allegiance and sent to Burntisland to join the Covenanter prisoners. Held in Glasgow Tolbooth. - Abt 15 May 1685 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 18 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of the signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Granted to George Scot for transportation. Wodrow reports that George Scot was said to "tamper" with James and others, asking for £5 sterling for his passage in return for their freedom on arrival - 18 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - Annandale - - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), JC39/2. [S3533] Wodrow, Robert, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 4, p321. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, pp289-294. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p154. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10.