Jean Moffat

Abt 1666 - Aft 1730  (> 65 years)

• Name	Jean Moffat  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1666	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	NT 50296 34367 Lat, long: 55.60037, -2.79036 Netherbarns
  Gender	Female
  Religion	Abt 1683	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	Refused to attend episcopal services preached by the parish minister, for which her father was fined 1,000 merks. Also known for have attended conventicles.
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner - returned
  Legal	18 May 1685	Burntisland, Fife, Scotland   [2]
  	Amonsgt the women prisoners to be sent to Dunnottar Castle
  Imprisonment	24 May 1685	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August
  Religion	Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of 28 signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Banished by the Privy Council, with others, for refusing oaths of allegiance and abjuration
  	"refuseing the oath of allegiance or to oun the Kings authority or take the oath of abjuration"
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Name	Jean Moffet
  Name	Jean Muffat  [6]
  Name	Jeane Muffett  [3]
  Residence	1686	Waterbury, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Residence	Nov 1695	Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland   [7]
  Origin	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	Netherbarns
  Death	Aft 1730	Cromarty, Cromarty, Scotland
  Person ID	I44616	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James Moffat   d. Aft 1697, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mr John Fraser,   b. Abt 1657, Nigg, Ross-shire, Scotland d. 9 Jun 1711, Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1686	Waterbury, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Rev James Fraser,   b. Abt 1698, Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland d. 5 Oct 1769, Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jean Fraser,   b. 1695, Glencorse, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Katherine Fraser   d. 3 Jan 1785, Nigg, Ross-shire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Isabel Fraser  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Fraser   d. 9 Jun 1712  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	George Gordon   d. 28 Dec 1749, Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland
  Marriage	20 Nov 1714	Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland   [6]
  Family ID	F31425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1666 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Religion - Refused to attend episcopal services preached by the parish minister, for which her father was fined 1,000 merks. Also known for have attended conventicles. - Abt 1683 - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Legal - Amonsgt the women prisoners to be sent to Dunnottar Castle - 18 May 1685 - Burntisland, Fife, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Dunnottar Castle until c12 August, then marched to Leith arriving 17 August - 24 May 1685 - Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. One of 28 signatories of the testimony aboard the Henry and Francis protesting their banishment - Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Banished by the Privy Council, with others, for refusing oaths of allegiance and abjuration - 18 Aug 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Prisoner - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - Netherbarns - - Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Anderson (1873) in the The Black Book of Kincardineshire lists Jean Moffat as having died at Dunnottar (p11)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3780] Fraser, James, The Works of the Rev. James Fraser, of Pitcalzian, Minister of the Gospel at Alness, Ross-Shire, p viii. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p291. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p11. [S3560] Anon., "Banishment from Scotland, 1685", p125. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p154. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Cromarty 061 10/349. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Glencorse 687/10 59.